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The Evening Journal ffVÊNINû JÖU«NÄC 'A09. READ THEM EVERY NIGHT >9 AN ECONOMICAL DIRECTORY TO THE HOUSEHOLD SHOPPING. ALL OF WILMINGTON'S PRO GRESSIVE MERCHANTS TALK TO YOU THROUGH THESE ADS. WEATHERS RAIN OR SNOW TO-NIGHT. FAIR AND COLER SATURDAY. 38 degrees Noon temperature WILMINGTON, DELAWARE. FRIDAY. JANUARY 25, 1907. SIXTY-SEVENTH YEAR—No. 52. ONE CENT / THAW MOVED BY HIS MOTHER'S LOVE « He Greets Aged Woman With Outstretched Hands as Tears Come to His Eyes BREECH SEEMS EXIST BETWEEN FAMILY By Our Own Wire, Publishers' Press NEW YORK. Jan. 25.—Every indica tion late this afternoon was that an other panel of talesmen will have to he caleld before a jury can bo selected to try Harry K. Thaw for the murder of Stanford White on the Madison Square Roof Garden last June. The monotonous grind of sifting the present panel continued to-day without a feature to break the monotony. Vir tually every talesman called evinced a pronounced aversion to sitting In Judg ment on the young multi-millionaire slayer. All sorts of excuses were of fered to escape the long confinement which seems certain to be the fate of the Jury, the indications to-day being that the case may be dragged out the better part of a month. The first nine talesmen called to-day were excused ■without a single juror being secured. Mrs. William Thaw, the aged mother of the defendant, was In court to-day when the prisoner came In. Thaw greeted his mother with tear-filled eyes and outstretched arms. Thaw seems to be improving In spir its and as the day wore away became quite cheerful and took quite a hand In the efforts of his counsel In exam ining talesmen. The early advance guard of and reporters had taken their places in talesmen scarcely court to-day when Evelyn Nesibil Thaw and her chorus girl friend, Miss May Mackenzie, took their seats in the trial room. Mrs. Thaw carried a dark leather satchel containing the noonday luncheon, which she and Miss Macken zie eat In the clerks' room which ad joins the court. Evelyn was a pathetic figure In court to-day. Counsel fears she may never be able to take the wit ness stand in defense cf her husband, whose life depends upon the testimony of the fl In the sa She was dressed girl. mtWBrk p k purple dress she wore yesterday and from her blue hat, crowned by a cluster of violets, there fell a purple veil Instead of the ac custom* white, .one .which partly oo«-. oealed the deep shadows under the young -wife's eyes. Mother There To-d«y. Mrs. WHHam Thaw, whose illness prevented her from attending court yesterday, was at her son's trial to day. Mrs. Thaiw was accompanied to court by Mrs. George Lauder Carnegie, her daughter, and two sons.' Edward and Joslah Thaw. With the convening of court there followed the Interminable roll-call of talesmen. An elderly prisoner. Wil liam Younger, indicted for perjury, was arraigned to plead. The Thaws watched the .proceedings Interestedly and seemed to feel a kindred pity for the old man In the toils of the law which had their own In an embracing grasp. "Harry K. Thaw to the (bar/* cried The marrow oak door Clerk Penny, leading to the prisoner's pen .beyond swung open and Harry Thaiw .with a smart stride, marched quickly to his He showed evident delight on seat. seeing his mother and stopped to reach over and shake hands and give a word of kindly greeting, not seem to see his wife as she fondly Thaw turned away Harry Thaw did smiled at him. and the eyes of the fragile figure fol lowed his eye move as he took his seat and spoke,to the lawyers. At 12,53 o'clock the sixth Juror, How ard.R. Thayer, a printer was chosen. Trial May Bo Stopped. Startling Information gleaned by repre sentatives of District-Attorney Jerome Continued on Second Page. Will M. S. Brown's Latest Song Hit. "A Faded Piece of Ribbon Blue." full of rich harmonies, beautiful sentiment and quaint, catchy strains. We have published many "hits," all of which are having immense sales, but Judging from the demand for this beautiful bal lad, we predict that "A Faded Piece of Ribbon Blue" will be the biggest song hit this country has ever seen. Don't fall to get a copy from the publishers. Brown & Edwards Music Co., 200 W. 7th St. New music dally. TELEGRAPH NEWS IN A NUTSHELL By Our Own Wire. Publisher» - Press. BELFAST, Ireland—By the over whelming majority of 835,000 Votes • gainst 90,000, as represented by the delegate«, Uie labor conference to-day rejected a proposed amendment to tha constitution of the party, the effet of which would have been to transform it Into an avowedly Socialistic organi The proposed amendment was Ballon. contained In a resolution suggesting the Insertion of a new "abject" Into the constitution; OLEAN. N. Y.— Dr .Hibbard after his morning call on former Governor Higgins »aid the patient was not so well, having passed a bad night. LONDON—The man named Wells, who was knocked down and seriously Injured iby a motor car while cross ing the Strand at Charing Cross at l o'clock this morning, was not H. G. WeMa, the novelist, as at first reported, but W. J. Wells, ^ commercial travel ler . PHILADELPHIA—While sweeping the dining-room of her home. No. "501 Queen lone, shortly after 8 o'clock this morning, Äara.h Lynn was burned to death by her dress catching fire nt a gas stove. The girl was alone Jn the house, and U u u. ^ r. fiMMytf JUUmatSt' -4 tertio.. FOUND DEAD IN A BARN William Bowers Dies During the Night and Companions Are Locked Up HE WAS WELL KNOWN HERE William oBwers, aged about 65 years, a character well known to the police, died suddenly In a barn on the Lynum farm, near Newport, some time last night, and locked up at the police sta tion are the companions who were with him when ho died. They are George Foxcroft and Bernard Ktrk, and both will bo held to appear at coroner's in quest to tell what they know of the man's death. The police do not believe that Bow ers met with foul play, but loan to the belief that he died of exhaustion and exposure. The body is now at the morgue. At one time Bowers was a powerfully built man and was a skilled laborer, though he did considerable fishing and worked on various boats for a living. He was unmarried and whether he has any relatives living here Is not known. He was harmless and never gave the police any trouble. The only wrong ho ever did was to himself. WORKING ON THE ELEVATED for use on Monday next several men now employed as signalmen at the various crossings will lind themselves out of em most of the When the southbound track on the P„ B. and W. elevated system Is thrown open , , . . .. . . i* ™*»stood.the* will be given polios elsewhere. are old employes who have been crlpplid in theveorvlce of the railroad company It CAUGHT IN ICE PACK Workmen Have Thrilling Experience in Frozen Christiana River. While William Coyne and James Bozan were endeavoring tp secure some timber belonging to the Harlan yards, the small boat in which they were seated -became fast In the ice In Ibe Christiana creek, preventing further progress. Realizing the danger of their posi tion and. the almost certain destruction of their frail craft if help did not ar rive shortly, the men shouted for help. Fellow workmen, hearing their cries, threw out a line which was caught by the men and by which their boat was towed ashore. FEW CASES HEARD Business Dull in City Court—Minor Offenders Hoard. Business was somewhat dull in City Court this morning, nothing unusual transpiring. After the coses of four in ebriates had been disposed of John Bar rone, a small boy who was implicated In the larceny of window letters, was placed under a $200 probation bond. Cases against Robert Morris and Mich ael apd Thomas Donald were dismissed, and Pollock Ray. accused of stealing whiskey from tho Delaware House, was held for a further hearing next Friday. Fire Did Little Damage. The Washington Fire Company re sponded to a still alarm of fire af the boot blacking establishment of Henry Kentross livthe basement of the .build ing at the northeast corner of Fourth and Market streets, tout did not go Into ■service. by'John Manlove with a few buckets of water. The blaase was extinguished UTICA, N. Y.—A despatch from Pros pect, a village 19 miles north of this city .states that three distinct earth quake shocks were felt tn that place early yesterday morning .the severest being the last and felt about 8.30 o'clock. LACROSSE, Wls.—The unusual spect acle of a limited passenger train stop ping In the middle of a prairie to per mit Us crew to rescue two people who had been Injured in a runaway, was afforded passengers on the Burlington daylight limited" to-day. and Miss Gussle Fitzgerald were hurl ed from a sleigh at a grade crossing. The accident was witnessed by the trainmen and the limited was stopped and the injured people taken aboard. Miss Fitzgerald's skull was fractured. Fleck was also badly Injured. R. Fleck L NDON—President Roosevelt's as surance« that the United States will pay no heed to the Kingston Incident are greatly appreciated by the British government officials. ROME—The Vatican authorities de nounce as non-Catholic the "French Apostolic Catholic Church," organized Ul France, the constjjk ■ft cultural associa tla| ^Kpted by the French FERRIS WANTS POST ABOLISHED Wilmington Friend Makes Able Plea Before Senate for Repeal of Law HOUSE PASSES BOTTLE LAW Special to Tae Evening Journal. DOVER, Jan. 25.—-David Kerri», rep resenting the Society of Friends, made a stirring appeal before the Senate to day for the bill to abolish the whipping post. The Senate killed the Senate bill re lating to corporations of the city of Wilmington occupying streets with gas pipe lines, poles, wires or power con duits. The Senate Indefinitely postponed ac tion on the "anti-wlld eat bill," pre scribing severe punishment for exag gerating or falsifying public statements concerning corporation properly. The Senate passed the Senate bill changing the name of Dudley Vernon Brown to Dudley Vernon Walker. The Senate killed Senate bill assess ing portions of street paving cost to abutting property owners (Mr. Sparks voted "no," explaining that he was heartily In favor of this bill and It pro vided. In his judgment, the only means 3 1 paving the un paved halt of Wil mington. but becailhe of opposition In hts district he would misrepresent the sentiment by not voting "no"). The Senate passed the House bill changing the name of James Monroe to .lames Monroe Copeland. In the House. The House passed House bill to re peal the bottle and "growler" law (yeas, 23: nays, 10). A motion to re consider was lost. The House passed the House bill to preside that the road commissioners of Christiana hundred shall reside in dif ferent election districts. Sir. Holcomb Introduced a bill to au thorize the borrowing of 3100.000 for municipal Improvements In New Cas tie. A committee reported unfavorably on House bill providing for the retire ment. on full pay pension, of certain Judges. Committees reported favorably on House bill relating to a new election district In the Third Representative dis trict of Sussex county: relating to fish ing In Broadkiln rive*. House bill providing for a higher test for 11 umlaating oils, with amendment exempting /Wilmington from Us pro visions; providing a provision reserve fund for guarantee Insurance and fidel ity companies; repealing rtie law mak ing appropriations by Levy Courts to Sunday schools: to compensate Miss Edna Dick and Miss Margaret B. Coop er for services In assisting the Stale Treasurer. burn, superintendent of the County Hos pital, has filled one of the Ice houses at that institution with Ice of an excellent Housed Ice Crop. As a result of tho cold snap B. T. Black quality and four Inches In thickness. YOUNG LOVERS END THEIR LIVES Parents Objected to Association—Youth Shoots Girl, Then Kills Himself. NEW YORK. Jan. 26.—Sarah KUng, aged 1$, of Orchard street, was shot and Instantly killed By her cousin, Meyer Schwartz, aged 17. at his home at 1C6 Broome street. Schwartz then shot and killed himself. It 1s believed the boy and girl entered Into a pact to die together because their parents objected to their fondness for . each other. AVhcn neighbors, attraated by the shots, entered tho room they found Meyer lying dead bn the floor with a lit hole In his temple and a revolver clutched In his hand. The girl wus sit ting In a chair with her head back against the wall, and with a frightful wound In her mouth. On a table In the kitchen were two notes, both wrltteip with a lord pencil. They pointed clearly to tho theory that the boy and girl had planned the night before to die. Tho first note read: "To Every One: I beg no one to sus pect or bhuno any human being, because I did it myself. "Parents and friends. I have nothing to say to you, for I die for my sweetest on Meyer Schwartz," The other note also was s'gned by Wcytr and ran; "My father did not allow me to go to her. Her mother did not want her to go to me, and therefore we both bo together." It is the belief of the family that the girl went'to the home of her cousin yes terday morning knowing she was to be killed by him and that he would kill him self. For hours after tho murder and sui clde the little room that contained tho bodies was filled with grlef-strlcken rela tives who shouted back and forth In criminations and récriminai Ions, each side, blaming the other for the double tragedy, ! ; , earth. DIGGING OUT KINGSTON'S DEAD KINOSTON, Jan. 25—Every hour's work toward the restoration of this stricken city brings to light the bodies of additional victims. Yesterday forty mutilated and badly decomposed bodies were recovered and as the re construction squad expects »0 Invad the business district to-day It 1» prob able that many more will earthed. Several more bodies were taken yes be un terday from the ruins of the famous old Spanish Cathedral, from thé outlying districts show that for the The reports most part the damage from tho i di light, except In the city of quake w u »uw,.,,, „m i 1 h- Lim .a Oil» limit« A & A P vMimm * r. «V P- • * t •' ■ BV'f't - I -, {* > v m FV ' .i : ; s . V 'I m S •A «T, Ho has just been re-elected U. S. Senator from South Carolina. WOMAN AFIRE ON SCRAP HEAP Margaret Hinton Perhaps Fatally Burned While Picking Rags While picking paper arid other scrap on an ash heap beyond Market street bridge this morning, Margaret Hinton, aged 35 years, of No. 802 South Market street, was seriously burned when her clothes were Ignited from a small fire jithiat had been kindled to kenp warm. Before she realized her danger her skirts were aflame and she was soon completely enveloped. Her screams attracted Walter Davis who was passing at tho time .and rushing to the woman's assistance he. at great risk to himeilt. tore her burn ing clothes from her (body. Miss Hinton was badly burned and when carried to her home was unconscious and It is her doubtful If she will recover. Davis was badly burned about the hands. DIVORCES ON TRIAL DEAN OF LAWS' IDEA Professor Karchwey'e Address Starts Lively Discussion in People's Insti tute Club. | NEW YORK. Jan. 25—Trial divorces are advocated by Professor George W. Karchwey, dean of the Columbia Unl ' verslty Law School. He elaborated his Idea before a mixed gathering of the People's Institute Club. No. 318 East Fifteenth street, last night and aroused " 1 an exciting discussion. Some of the bul-/"'onven present declared that a separa tion on trial after being legally granted for cause teas as abhorrent as a trial marriage. Professor Karchwey made the only formal address, his subject being: "The Desirability of Uniform Divorce Laws' eH said: "We have heard a groat deal of late ohput trial marrl.igi«. Now I do not bo Ifeve In any such ld«<A os suggested by Mrs. Herbert Parsons, but I do believe'a in trial divdrces. When two p.m ns do Hde there is good cause or rmson for tholr living apart and the court agrere with them. I do not think apenmnmt de-; 'i ik*' it t mp ir ary. Do not render U impossible for theca two people, once happily married, ever' to live together again. "I would advocate making a deere? val'd for a certain length of time only. Then let the parties conic into court at the ex plratlon of tho stated period and say whether they didn't think a m'stcke had been made and that they would prefer to live together again. In certain oases, invc no doubt, ebseneo would show each I II hasty In making grounds for apply that mistakes had been made wh'ch Ih y, wore lug for a divorce. "If after one or more extens'ons of th'aj period the parties were shown to he as far apart as at the time the first awstd of separation was made, then the court In tho discussion that followed, n woman <»a.ld she believed ten persons wou'd apply, for a divorce where oned Id now. If th*y knew that It was only to be a "trial." An other woman wanted to know if the par tie« during their temporary Judicial rep aration, wore to be held by the court amenable to their original marriage vows. Professor Karchwey was kept bu«y an swering questions until a late hour. could make It final." Pilots and all ship masters on the Chris-, tlaoa and Delaware rivers hive be n no:l-'j fied by the lighthouse officials that the Edge Moor light lociKd cn the bulkhead off Edge Moor Iron Works U out. TWa will Inconvenience nav g i'.l n at night fFF.1 Edge Moor Light Out. JfciWV % REV. C. A. GRISE SUCCESSOR TO W. H. Anderson Now Super* intendent of Maryland Anti* Saloon League Tho Antisaloon League of Maryland, with the approval cl lire National League authorities, lias elected Wllltam H. demon, of Buffalo, N. Y„ superintendent of Its work lu Maryland, to succeed the Rev. Dr. C. A. Uric«, a former paste if Union AI. E. Church, this city. The totter resigned,the position Inst Monday, to «c cept tho district superiptendency of the league, with headquarters on the Bastei Shore. An 1 n Mr. Anderson Is a lawyer, a graduate of the Law School of the University af Michigan, and although only 32 years old. bas had nearly four years' experience In tho general practice of law and seven years In active AuUesloon League work, six of which were spent In hts native state if Illinois. WARNED BY DREAM HE SAVES $15.000 Chef Zink, of Fordham University, It Felled by Robber After Depositing Money. NiBW YORK, Jan. 25—A dream saved Max Zink $25,000. This Is how It hap pened: Zink has been for twenty-five years the chef at Fordham University. Ho did not believe In banks, so he car ried his savings In his clothes. The police warned him and so'did the col lege professors, but he laughed at them. Max dreamed on Tuesday night that' he was 'being knocked down and rob bed. The dream was so realistic that he hurrlod to the bank and depoattel hts heard, $15,000. a dark lane In the university grounds Wednesday night he was net upon by a man. who felled him with a club and robbed him. While walking In But nil the thief got was Zink's gold watch and $17. After recovering conacloueness the chef got his wounds dressed In tho university hospital and told the police whot had happened. Detective« Rooney and Mossmacher lost night arrested young man on Kingsbrldge road who said he was Thomls iMcMahon, nn om ploye of the Branx Highway Depart ment, prisoner will »be arraigned lo-day in Westchester court, Zink identified him. The CHOSING MEMBERS Of THE REICHSTAG By Our Owr> Wire. Publishers' Press. * BERLIN, Jan. 25—The elections for the Reichstag are taking place to-day ial lover the country In 397 electoral districts. The polls opened every where at 10 (o'clock this morning, German who had attained his twenty fourth birthday three weeks ago is en Every mal titled to vote. The polls close at 7 o'clock this even ing. NOT TO BE FARTED IN DEATH Late Mrs. Tanner's Championship of Soldiers' Wives Bears Fruit. WASHINGTON, Jan. 25—The House Committee on Military Affair» has de cided to make a favorable raport on a bill permitting the wives of enHsted Im . n to be buried In the same grave with their Izurbands In national ceme terles. This measure was strongly urged for several years by Mrs. Tanner, wife of "Corporal" Tanner, who was killed in Iaat suinm-r T inner ha irrtfttntijiallj fill the measure. DEATH DROP BROKE LEWIS JOHNS' NECK TAKEN PROM WOMAN HE LOVED eath tuts Miort Life of Dy ing Man Who Wanted to Wed Sweetheart HE LID NOT LEAVE WIDOW Death Interfered to-day with the marriage of Frederick Burnett, of this illy, and Miss Kale Pennington, of Middletown, at that (dace. Ml; s Pen nington Is pros ira tod. For some time Mr. Burnell has been 111 at Middletown, and his condition to-day became serious, lib expressed the desire that he might be married to the girl he loved before the cm) came, and arrangements were under way to have the nuptials performed .it the dy ing man's hedrlde, when ho expired, A local physician, whose name could Magistrate George H. Hollis by telephone before I the latter had Iilft his bed this morning 1 and wanted to know If the 'Squire could not Issue a Iteenee and hold It to be | ett'led, for. but In the meantime allow the marriage to proceed. The justice was doubtful as to such a procedure, but when the doctor explained the un usual circumstance« connected with the ease, he replied that he supposed that would be all right. Fifteen minutes j later, however, the magistrate received another telephone message to the ef fect that Mr. Burnett had died before the marriage could be performed and the license was nAt needed. . So ended this romance. not be learned, culled BIG RESULTS FROM "PROF. NAPOLEON 4* That considerable money has been realized by the four performances of "Professor Napoleon," given at the Op era House for the benefit of tho Wll ... _ _ , , ,, , , mln * ,rtn Fr ' 0 Zno Association. M%vl 'lent by the thousands of people who | havo attended tho performances and L, onP of the members of the assocla | tlon expressed It. "Our share of the .proceeds was Just like finding money." When tho production was first pro JJectcd a contract for two nights was signed, tho agreement calling for an j equal division of receipts between the association and the company, nil ex penses for staging to be paid hy tho company, tho zoo to pay all local ex penses. The company's expenses In cluded all traveling accounts, salaries, costumes, necessary scenery and board. After the first two performances an agreement was reached wh<%eby the three Interested partis should shim alike, each taking one-third, less the $100 to be paid for tho production of the show. To-night's performance, however, will bo arranged differently. It being staled that the Opera House Company will receive one-third of the receipts. Davis Brothers one-third and the performers one-third, the division to bo made after tho expenses of tho Opera House, amounting to $100, shall have been paid. The rental of the Opera House for the first two nights of the performance was $75 each night and on the last two performances $100 per night. Added to this was the cost of advertising and tho salary of the Instructor In music, a local woman, amounting to $50. It la estimated roughly that the net revenue obtained by the zoo were $558. of which such $100 Is to be deducted for the Antl-Tuberculoals Society. The seating capacity of the Opera House Is about 1400 persons, but be yond this a number of persons can be accommodated by standing. For the first two performances of "Professor Napoleon" the prices were $1 and 75 cents down stairs and 60. 35 and 25 cents In tho balcony. At the last two performances, however, a reduction was made, the prices being 50 cents on the lower floor and 25 and 25 cents In the balcony. At to-night's performance the three leading characters will be as sumed by out-of-town ta'ent. z Warship Sinks Fighting Raisula. TANGIER. Morocco, Jan. 2k—Wh Is bombarding tho ramp of Ralsuli, the tan <U, to-dny. the Moroccan warship Tank 1 , struck a rock ntar the Lsffarln Islands off the coast of Morocco and went to the bot tom carrying many of her crew with her. A passing French ship bore down on the scene and picked up many of the crew. STATE CONTRIBUTES TO GIRLS' INDUSTRIAL .SCHOOI tut ion Is controlled by a private cor poratlon, and as such, cannot .be the recipient of county funds. This point appears to be well taken hut the same oondltlon does not exist In connection w'th the girls' school. This school was instituted on April U, 1393, and reccivea from tho -Slate an annual ap Opinions regarding the power, under the constitution, of the Legislature to appropriation by New Caf permit an tie county to the Ferris Industrial School, have caused the question to arise as to whether that body Has the authority to sanction an appropriation by Irfvy Court for the Delaware In dustrial School for Girls. The ground for opposition to an ap propriation to the reform rchool Is bused upon the fact that that Instl Murderer of Arameda Jones Hanged at the County Work house This Morning MOUNTED scaffold • WITHOUT A tRctfOR Lewis Johns, the murderer of Aral col red, rigid 23 yi neda J ms. I 5,0 rs. oi ed, was hanged at the O house (Ms morning by Chief Wm 3 Meserve. The :y Uork dei A. imn d m.m ni com ul d scaffold .it in 07 o'c o U mid tne tiup till was sprung at kits. Pneen c • usm Immediately us the snojr biokeii by tile fal; tbpou; m ek v..a :»i ihi* n alto d Imp. ,n *f ht 1 ' 1 '* 'himself In a suit versing watch, Harvey* Uiek. Attir finit..! g ha l> Hot he re iueq-U the duy watch, Kr nk Gray, to bring him his breakfast wMoIt «insisted of steak, p. pi toes, biead and butter and coffee, workhouse The hanging of John» without a h t li and tin fullllled wdh none of the a which somethin laklag of a hum ui life, i ha negro retired at the usual h.ur la t r.d (.:• pt tom.dly until 4 morning when he mes. und dr.a a >r back cloth tat, o n 1 In Kivu la with the night dentil im« cart lid out Her of the law . y ng . tit leg l u seem Tt Al ÎLW o'clock tho Rov. 13, T. Mio e, reached the ;ncl Hpeni 4i few minutest ni h tlie eoncV-fnntxl man In hi* rel! offir nj P raye ni for h?» n.ilvatlon. Johns spoke freely of his crime, expressing repetyteme for his il'i'd ami said that he was sure C forxlvene?« for his sins. Do ft nlsrht ho mads a full confession and regretted U t terly that ho hud taken a human life. Bore Up Bravely. Af 10.04 o'clock this morning the prl^ Tier led from his cell and accompanied by Wardens Leonard Ctvtwford and Ed ward O'Rourke, was led through the tun nel to the scaffold In tho stock ide, en uring the yard at 10.06 o'clock. HU step was Hnn and hU demeanor Indicated Johns* spiritual adviser. Idol ho felt no tear «.t his impending fate. fAter reaching tho yard Johns wta led Into the hoher room of the Institution where a nwnuu wos spent in prayer with the R«v. Mr. Moore. At 10.07 o'clock tho condemned man mounted the sc »(Told, his foot slipping Hllshtly ns ho ascended tho steps. With him were Wardens Crawford cmd O'Rourke. A half minute later the black cap and noosu were adjusted by Warden Crawford and at 10.08 o'clock tho trap was sprung. Died While Praying, As the noose was being adjusted Johns broke Into a prayer, exclaiming In a clc r voice; "Going home to die no more. Go; log home to Jeuus. Jesus take me as 1 a n. Everybody ■ " At this Juncture h » ■rnycr was Interrupted by the falling i f the trap. Coroner's Physician J, W. Dart Inn end Dr. Harold Springer attended tho execu tion officially and announced at 10.20 o'clock that John' heart had stopper! beating. From the time the trap fed until tho body wets taken down Johns moved not n nr me hr and although- he swung round several llmA* there vulslone. The corpse ■ hy Deputy Coroner N chois erd i« nov d In the morgue. It will be rlalnc-d by rela tives and shipped te Dover th's afternoon for burial. The only member of his family ms no ocn taken Hi char?* who visited Johns within the past few days was a sl»t»r who spent sumo time with him ycatorday. Few Wore Present. Beyond tho Jurors but few persons w t nejoed the execution. Tile Jurors Wore as follows: William F. Aschenl-arh, Thom-ae F. Donohue. George II. Loach, f JamoS T. Leach. A. B. Berry, John J. Fox, J. Daw sen Artis. William Chambers, Thom is Tully, Elmer M, Thompson. E. Clifford Wilson and John Lloyd, Jr. During the past two weeks Warden Meserve has been exceptionally busy hav ing been visited by a committee of the Legislature, a delegation fiom Strsex county. New Jersey, who looked over tiw Institution with a view of suggesting Id a for the erection of a workhouse In that ccunty: tho grand Jury, and members of the Legislature. Bes'des this there b is been two hangings and an escape of pris cne.rs at the workhouse. The Rov. B. T. Moore, who has visited tho workhouse frequently of late. Bays that the religious infiunece about the in stitution I» excellent due to the effort» of Mr. Meserve and Ws oorps of ass'st nr.ts. . Important Special Sale To-morrow By Row & Company. See advertise- , ment on page 2. propria tlon of $3000 for Us maintenance. In addition to this Levy Count allow» the s.'hool 23 cents per day for each In mate received from New Castle coun A» an indication of the localities from which the inmates come It may be slated that one-sixth of the num ber of girls received during the past seven years came from Kent and Bur sex counties, which re presents a ma terial Increase. There are now forty-one girls ip tho school although the capacity 1» thirty-four, twenty months, years thirty-one glris have been pa ruled, twenty-one of whom have done, , well, two are doubtful, two are leal | ing Immoral lives, four have been rt J • (Continu* on Sixth Page.) ty. but > girls should noth in the school *n T! plete their course In the past fo'r