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SOME LIVELY CITY POLITICS
Mr. Turner Gives the Demo
crats Very Good Advice.
MORE SALVE FOR SPEAKER JOHN
A Cand Idate Who " Pats J u ba"
For the Negroes.
Meeting of the City Democratic AhhocI
for the City Ticket
Saville Instructs
uy the Ordc
-No
Proposed—Collector
the Negroes to
Biggins.
A largely attended meeting of the
City Democratic Association
on Saturday evening.
The committee
■titled the following ticket:
Mayor—Dr. Willard Springer.
President of City Council—John C.
candidates sub
Parra.
City Solicitor—William T. Lynam,
Esq.
City Treasurer—Richard R. Griffith
and Horace C. Johnson.
Assessor and Collector—William G.
Pierce, for tins Northern district and
Eugene Sayers, John F. Callahan, John
J. Kennedy, William Kyne and Daniel
Me Kenney for the Southern.
May 16th was selected for the nomi
nation election.
It was resolved to rent the prerent
quarters, the second story of the build
ing No. 419 Market street, for two
months at a rental of $16 per month.
Andrew Klett, Thomas F. Kane and
Henry R. Smith were appointed a com
mittee to obtain speakers to address
meetings of the association.
A motion to adjourn was withdrawn
to give Henry C. Turner, Esq., oppor
tunity to deliver an address. "There
is," he said, "a great apathy among the
uts of this city. Things nave
been going wrong and are going wrong.
There is not the harmony existing be
tween the leaders and the rank and file
which should exist. The rank and file
has been left to itself for several y
1 in consequence w
ent strait. When
is offered
hand. [Applause. | If we do not rouse
rill be defeated. Exercise clear
judgment in your nominati«
, ignorant men and men lacking in
character should not be nominated.
You must nominate men of high char
rith a certain amount, of in
telligence and men who
speckd. If the leaders had done their
would have been nomi
would not be
it now is.
fashionable to
disrespect our legislative Jjodv. Is this
the fault of the rank and filer No ! It
is the fault of the leadt
glccted to see that proper candidates
were presented. These are plnin truths
and sober truths; truths that must be re
spected. Better men should be sent to
Council and they'll be respected,
the positions under the Five Commis
unbarrasfied
by political troubles of the past. Be
careful whom you nominate for high
positions. Don't nominate any
who has scandal attached to him. Nom
inate men with a fair degree of intelli
gence. Be careful to not nominate a
thief or a liar. Lift your party up to a
higher plane. When you go to the polls
May 16th, think befi
ballot whether or not your candidate is
honest and fit. Don't vote unreason
ably; don't vote blindly, but think."
Loud applause followed the conclu
sion of the address.
Dr. Springer, the mayoralty candi
date, who arrived while Mr. Turner was
talking, was next called upon for a
speech, 'l'he association applauded
while he was approaching the presi
dent's desk and applause frequently in
terrupted his remarks. He said he
agreed most heartily with what Mr.
Turner had uttered. Mr. Turner's
speech was admirable and if his advice
carried out the Democrats will
carry the city election. We want good
candidates for Council. He
to say a great many citize
spent the City Council. He was not
particularly anxious for the position of
mayor and if any candidate could be
obtained who can get
votes and carry
withdraw and give him his support and
hope for his election,
nomination he will turn in and make
his best effort to elect himself and the
Democratic: ticket. He proposes to elec
tioneer by driving
the people he knows, particularly among
Republicans. He has not much money,
but the association can have what he
has. Republicans probably will regis
: than the Democrats, and the
thing to do is to get Republicans to vote
the Democratic ticket, llo knew ho
could get a great many Republican
votes, lie urged the bringing out of
the full party vote at registration, and
declared there will be no trouble in that
respect among t ho Republicans.
Registrar William II. Lee read and
moved the adoption of the following,
1 which was written
H.
. Vicious I
in the pres
position that pays
e always find the leaders
;ter,
fill be
duty bettor
nated and the party
in the position
It has become
They ne
F
:rs bill we want
.
you cast y
sorry
do not re
Republican
: strength he would
If he sec
thi
ml town among
ter
Health Départ
ait envelope and handed to him by
Ilarry 1*. McCloskey, a clerk in the city
tax office:
,'e, the City Democratic
•ting assembled,
the action of .S
n 1 I 1 « c<
absolved. That
Association, in 1
do heartily end
John P. Donahoe 1
pursued regarding the Five Commissioners
bill and the bill providing for the ho
ing of $500,000 for the improvement of
streets.
absolved, That we condemn tho poignant
attack made by Every K
he has tuk£
utmost confidence for the manly
has taken in Wilmington's interests.
A half dozen voices seconded the
motion and, without discussii
lutions were unanimously adopted. On
motion of James Murray,a councilmanic
candidate, in the Tenth ward, it w
dcred that a copy of the resolutions be
sent to Senator Donahoe.
ular
se he In
the
im of «
and he
, the res
adjourned until next
The associât i
Saturday evening.
.E TARTY—
'AT« JUBA"—A KEO OP
HKHilNH THE 1
SHORTLIDGE
EUR SET UP.
Morniug News May 4.
A meeting of colored men
on Saturday night at the corner of West
Eighth and Forty-foot streets i
terest of Dr. E. G. Shortlidge for the
Republican mayoralty nomination. The
held in the house of John
chairman.
held
the in
meeting
Woodland, who acted
There were about 40 persons present,
representing tho Fifth, Seventh and
Twelfth wards. The speakers were Dr.
E. G. Shortlidge, II. H. Billany,Thomas
W. Saville, deputy collector of internal
revenue; A. B. McPherson Johnson,
Ezekiel Townsend and James H. Seeney,
the last three being colored
The men were all assembled when the
speakers arrived, and when they entered
tne room Dr. Shortlidge greeted' the men
familiarly, saying, "Hello, boys, come
on," and began patting the juba, at the
same time giving them an invitation to
dance. The invitation to dance was de
clined, and the doctor in lieu of a dance
ordered cigars for the crowd in order,
he said, to keep the mosquitoes
'ay.
Dr. Öhortlidge was the first speaker.
He urged the voters present to be stead
fast in their devotion to the party, and
to maiutain a solid organization* and to
work hard for the party's success. He
asked their votes as a candidate of the
whole party, and not of a faction of it.
H. H. Billany of the First District Re
publican Committee was the next
speaker. He endorsed Dr. Shortlidge as
candidate for mayor.
A. B. McPherson Johnson, colored, of
the Ninth ward, also spoke in favor of
Dr. Shortlidge and recounted his
to the colored people in the matter
of schools and school-houses.
Deputy Collector of Internal Revenue
Thomas W. Saville made the important
speech of the evening. He spoke of the
necessity of party organization. He said
that the party had not succeeded in this
State in the past because it had not been
organized. It had never had an official
head until after the election of Senator
Higgins. The senator is the head of the
party, and the party organization has
been made under him as its leader. The
colorod
than
organization is in line with the senator,
and Dr. Shortlidge is the candidate of
the party organization for mayor. He
urged the colored men to eloso up the
party lino and vote as a unit for Dr.
Shortlidge.
Short speeches were made by Ezekiel
Townsend and James II. Seeney. Town
send, in his speech, prayed that God
would bless Dr. Shortlidge and make
him the party candidate. After the
speaking was over the chairman
nouneed that the committee in charge
of the meeting had furnished a keg of
beer for the refreshment of the party
and invited them to stay and partake of
it.
in
;vor had a better friend
Higgins. The party
people ne
Senator
THAT DONAHOE AMENDMENT.
Speaker's Demagoguery Is R
spresentatlve Den
Hoi
garde
" It Is Hatched in Corruption
»5
d VYith
oubt for 1
The remarkable "Donahoe amend
ment" to the $500,000 Wilmington
street improvements enactment, now
that it is better understood by the
nninity, is receiving condemnation
roundly from every side.
It is criticised as so much catch-penny
claptrap used by the senator for the
temporary purposes of personal aggran
dizement. Its apparent intentions
I to aid the workingman and the people
of this community generally. It is now
clearly
that such
it passed, would be suicidal to
Wilmington's commercial future. It
would put usfrupon the black books in
all manufacturing and commercial
centres. All Dig contracts would be
driven from Wilmington and the
mercial prosperity of the city would bo
imperiled. The past week's reflection
upon the question in all its
phases, as applied to this city, has
caused thinking citizens to come to this
1 the specious arguments
* now condemned
being directly opposed to the present
and future business outlook of Wil
mington.
This is the understanding on the
streets to-day as to how the enactment
would affect us. Numbers of citizens
: outspoken in their indignation over
such political shortsightedness
exemplified by the senator representing
the metropolis of Delaware. The general
demand is that he immediately retrace
his steps and withdraw the dangerous
legislation he has so thoughtlessly of
fered. .
Various citizens were interviewed by
Tiik Gazette reporter Monday morn
ing and the following expressions of
opinion were gathered :
President Vvilliam T.
Morton Poole Company,
to state how he viewed the "Donahoe
amendment" spoke, without hesitation,
as follows : "The
trary to public policy; it is contrary to
Democratic principles. What is equally
bad it opens the door to jobbery
corruption. It is an open invitation for
rings to combine and conspire for the
express pufpose of cheating and
knavery and of bleeding the public
purse.
"It is hatched in corruption and, with
out doubt, for a purpose. It places the
city of Wilmington at a disadvantage in
that it is by this amendment precluded
from going into the open market for
material.
This city is supported, it must be re
membered, almost entirely from busi
ness solicited and secured outside of the
State of Delaware, having the world to
compete with,and when it once becomes
known that such a bill is passed by the
Legislature it could not otherwise but
result in a way detrimental to the inter
ests of the city.
"The amendment is silly. In itself it
is simply
ing work
it away. Any self-respecting commis
sion would never ask for those bonds to
bo issued under the terms of such an
amendment.
"1 look upon Speaker Donohoe's
course as a demagogue's cry to catch the
popular
"Did the commission accept bids and
prosecute the work the results would be
so serious to the public purse; what
would be accomplished would be done
at such a high rate of increased prices
compared to what might have been
acquired i
enactment,
conclusion,
of Senator Donahoe
Porter of the J.
being asked
mduient i
ridiculous. Instead of bring
to Wilmington it would drive
open competition market
for the various contracts, that it is my
opinion that impeachment would lie at
somebody's doors for such reckless and
intentional was
tefulness of the public
funds. The amendment also opposes
the terms of the enactment for it would
prevent open competition for the best
and the cheapest material."
Andrew G. Wilson was seen Monday
morning at his office at the Harlan &
Hollingsworth Company
Mr. Wils
his opinion upon the "Donahoe amend
ment."
He said, "It would hamper all the
manufacturers of Wilmington in their
efforts to secure trade and work for
Wilmington. Our ,manufacturers
entirely dependent
for their business. In view of that cir
cumstance such
s works,
jry emphatic i
also was
outside sources
actmcnt should
never appear on the statute book. It is
also unwise because it puts
position preventing us from making our
purchases in the cheapest markets. Of
a necessity the labor will all come from
Wilmington. It cannot come from any
where else." Mr. Wilson closed his
remarks by expressing his opposition to
the "Donahoe amendment" as a very
unwise piece of legislation.
Dennis J. Menton was also seen. He
said: "Wilmington is the last city in
the world that
moled by such legislation
'Donahoe amendment.' "
We depend altogether
sources for our business existence. Sup
pose other communities should retaliate
upon us with similar legislation. Did
they do so it would be commercial
death to us. Several years ago you may
remember, western business
a ted in that way
thatycity gained some prohibitive legisla
tion of this Donahoe nature. Philadel
hia got a bad name for it and it took
several years of wiser business
course before she recovered her standing
in western commercial circles.
Besides this the amendment would
afford to be tram
that of thu
out ld<
retali
Philadelphia when
establish a most dangerous business
precedent.
The idea of having the market closed
and restricted to the city would give
opportunity for most reckless waste of
public money. Proof of what might
happen is only too recently before the
eyes of the public to allow of the enter
moment of any
of doing business.
tain ment for
such method
This was seen in the recent inter
cepting sewer and parkway bids. The
former ranged from $110,000 to $47,000
and the latter from $15,000 on to about
$•20,000. The restricting the work to
city bids in the first case would have
cost the city $(>•},000 and in the latter
e $5,000. By parity of
would be possible for almost half of the
$500,000 asked for in the bill to be lost
in sheer jobbery.
Altogether it looks too much liko pos
sible ring work. There is no danger in
regard to labor. There are betw
3,000 and 4,000 laborers out of work
here who will be immediately available.
Donnlioo a Political Issue.
.Morning Nows editorial.
The City Democratic Association at its
«eting on Saturday evening unanimously
passed two resolutions approving of
Speaker Donahoe's course in respect to
e Commissioners bill and the bill
providing for the expenditure of $5U0,(X)0
in improving our streets. These resolu
tions were introduced by Mr. William II.
Lee, and appeared to meet the sense ol the
meeting exactly.
These resolutions place the Democratic
party at the approaching city election on
Donahue as a foundation stone. This is a
proud position for the speaker of the State
Senate, and will no doubt lie regurded by
him as a step forward in his ambition to
secure in due time the Democratic nomina
--- for go verm
We do not kn
to Mr. Donahoe's appearance
election. He certainly will
Donahue appears to be utterly destitute of
modesty. We doubt very much if he
knows what the word means. The latest
oning it
the Fiv
who will object
city
not. F
Mr.
instance of his conception of his own un
furnished the other day by
ospondent of the /„'mi
ni the occasion
portance
the legislative c
ivy Journal. It was upc
the signing of the Five Commissioners bill
by the Speaker of the Senate. The re
porter's statement is as follows:
Speaker Donahue said, when he took up
the bill to sign his name. "I will now
christen my baby."
There is a public impudence about this,
,'iew of the differences between the
Five Commissioners bill fur which Mr.
Donakoe stood spans
uully passed, that is positively refreshing.
The absence of dignity is also obvious. In
' jrt, while there is no positive harm in
the remurk—exeent its bald and fulse pre
tence that the credit for what other men
had d<
coarseness about
noying to every
State business transacted in a decor
ami the
belonged to him—there is u
It which is extrem el>
who would like t<
all
manner.
But aside from the manner in which Mr.
Donuhoe discharges his official duties,
public feeling of insecurity
may do if he is not watched.
This constitutes the real objection to the
. If he had power to do as he pleased
could tell what he would do. It is
ite Sure that he has no sense of respect
the orderly and lawful processes of
government. The fact that the qualified
voters of this county had chosen their
taxing officers, to serve at leust until the
people could express their judgment again
at a regular election, had no effect at all
upon him in his consideration of a change
unfcy government. His idea of
is right and proper to do in so
serious a matter as the reconstruction of
important local government was fully
pressed in the coarse jest which he threw
at the head of Senator John Pilling, as the
representative of the majority party in this
county, when he said« mi April loth, "you
muke me tired. Why don't you stand up
and take your medicine like a man." It
is sad that this grout dignitary should
xhuusted by an nonest, reason
it turned out—thanks to
tain Democrats who possess some know
ledge of the need of respecting existing
law in out public affuirs—effectiveopposi
his revolutionary schemes. If he
had laid the power to do as he wished lie
would have en forced his whims and caprices
upon the people of this county without
straint or limit. So little a* thing a
general election would not have required
two minutes' consideration from him i
order to decide that it constituted
obstacle to the execution of his purposes.
There is ulso a feeling that Mr. Donuhoe
is capable of tricks—that he is governed
by the opinion that all is fair in legisla
tion. That blotted "not" has never been
satisfactorily explained. The bill in ques
tion has been traced from hand to hand—
from the time when it left the House of
Representatives, where Mr. Kiscnbrey
voted against it because the "not"
ii the moment whep Gov. Reynolds
.«ported that the "not" hud been
who handled
to what he
what i
have beei
able, and
'
publicly rt
blotted out—and every
the bill during this interval denies having
made the blot. Obviously some one is not
telling tho truth. But in t he course of these
denials one fact bus come out, namely,
that the clerk of the Senate enrolling
mittee reported the existence of the blot to
.Speaker Donahoe before it became
known through Governor Reynolds,
and that Speaker Donahoe did nothing
and said nothing about it. This was very
singular conduct on the part of the speaker
of the Senate—an officer who is specially
charged with the duty of seeing that bills
passed by the General Assembly become
the form in which they were
passed. We do not pretend to know who
mutilated this bill, but we are quite confi
dent that if Speuker Donahoe had made
the blot himself, or had known the
who did make it, he could not have acted
:h differently from what he did. In
case his failure to take immediate
steps to correct the fr<
reported to him, indicates that he is either
u very incapable or a very
to bo charged with any responsibility
uking
The appearance of Mr. Donahoe a;
of the matters to be decided by our city
election is not therefore a matter of regret.
)u the contrary, this is a very good time
to deal with him, while his qualities and
offleiai career ure entirely fresh in .'
i,
•ustworthy
public mind.
While There is Life There I» Hope.
The wisdom of the saying "While there
' was singularly *
a Centreville, Md., physician
• distance to
is life tiicre is hope'
sod
:ek. lie was called s.
ist
hild suffering from double
•h condition that its Heath
monin and i
would have been no surprise to him at
hour. Still ho prescribed for it, and left
■îe with the injunction "to notify'
ile 1mm
him in case of death
long rule
made two sue«
improvement in the child, and repeated
the former injunction. On the fourth day
ying, "Y
,'e him fro
He, however,
! visits, but found
a postal card
10 more." He of ci
d the child was dead, and so
1 others of the liousc
s ordered and
ade for burial, but
very much to the
ran notified to go
. When lie w
lir
it for gri
did the mother
hold. Then a ooffi
preparations w
the succeeding day,
doctor's surprise, he
see the chil
he found the child not dead, but revived,
d it has apparently improved ever since,
that the physician has hopes of ita ulti
rery.
'
■
r building
of the Equitable Guarantee and Trust
Company are 8107,658, and the limit time
for construction is one year. As nlreudy
stated, the chief contractor,is Calvin I.
^ . The sub-contractors
lows : Brick work, Lenderman <fc Brother;
plumbing, H. A. Miller; plastering, A. L.
Johnson; mill work, Jackson & Sharp Co.;
painting, Caldwell & Son; tin work, F. A.
Taylor; marble, Thomas Davidson; stairs,
Henry Evans of this city: tile work, W. H.
Harrison «fe Brother, Philadelphia; iron
work, Bancroft «fe Son of Philadelphia.
Work will be begun immediately, and the
tearing down of the old structure will be
commenced at the Shipley street end of the
buildings. _ _
A tornado struck the town of Paducah,
Ky., on Saturday evening, and either de
str«iyed or badly damaged about 100 build
ings. Several persons were hurt but no one
was killed.
The contract 11
for the
foi
ls wav
of
to
Anarchists Make an Attack
on the Police.
PARIS UNDER A STATE OF SEIGE
40,000 Troops Ready to
Crush Any Uprising.
Not Pcr
'eaceful Day
No Dls
■
ix Worki
In Borde
mitted to Asse
ii<
London—Many Strikes
111 America.
Rome, May 1.—Fiery Italian
ingmen gave to their native Rome
rorst features presented
;ork
Florence the
tile May-day in Europe. Their agita
tors led the way to bloodshed i
Eternal City. The workingmen 1
the afternoon near the Church of S
Giovanni. There were five
the chamber of deputies present. An
Anarchist speaker violently urged
attack upon the police. Soon after the
excited mob stoned the troops stationed
in the neighborhood. Some hurled
stones from the windows of Ik
The gendarmes fired upon the rioters,
and the cavalry immediately after
charged upon those who had not been
put to flight by the gendarmes' fire. At
the same time the infantry near the
scene of the riot were ordered to st«
the houses from which the stones had
been thrown.
A terrible uproar followed. When
matters had calmed down somewhat it
was found that Signor Barzilai a
her of the chamber of deputies; Signor
Cipriani, a Socialist leader, and 25
others had been wounded during the
riot. One man was killed outright by
the gendarmes. In addition a gendarme
was stabbed to death by the rioters.
During the cavalry charge, several
troopers were unhorsed and trampled
and kicked by their comrades'
I
et in
■mbers of
up.
horses.
At Florence a mob of 1,000 on the
Piazza Savonarola listened eagerly to
the advice of an incendiary speaker,
who advised the workmen present to
rush toward the centre of the city and
plunder the houses of the wealthy
. The police, unable otherwise
to break up the menacing mob, charged
into its midst and arrested its leader.
Then the mob attempted to rescue him,
and a squadron of cavalry charged upon
the rioters and scattered them away
from the piazza. The retreating mob
broke store windows all along their
route of flight.
During a disordeily Socialist demon
stration in Marseilles a squadçon of
cavalry was forced to charge up
scatter the Socialists, many of
das
and
whom
wore arrested, including M. Antide
Boyer, Socialist member of the chamber
of deputies.
Paris was kept under a state of siege,
like that which followed the overcoming
of the commune und preceded the re
public. Troops and police abounded
and were vigilant on every hand
40,000 of the former. In spite of them
however, there was a terrific explosion
of dynamite near the Rue Berry, which
shattered windows on every hand. No
body was injured, as that particular
locality was deserted. To the deputa
tions of workingmen who called
Floquet, president of the chamber of
deputies, he expressed his sympathy
and his hope that they might ultimately
secure a shorter work clay.
A mob threatened the police station at
Clichy, and a body of gendarmes sallied
out to disperse the crowd. The mob
took rofuge in a wine shop, which they
barricaded. The police attempted to dis
lodge them, and were met by a volley of
revolver shots. Four policemen were
wounded. In the Place de la Concorde
a large crowd assembled, and t^e police
were obliged repeatedly to charge the
people before they dispersed.
At fuyons a policeman was killed in a
At Bordeaux several attempts were
made by workmen to parade, but on
each occasion the workmen were dis
persed. Many arrests were made.
At Fournies, France, a mob of 4,000
hooted at a body of gendarmes, and the
gendarmes drew their 6abres and at
tempted to disperse the crowd but were
received with a shower of stones, and
were compelled to retreat.
London workingmen, in holiday at
tire, had a peaceable though monster
parade.
There were strikes for a shorter day,
but no disorder, in Belgium; peaceful
meetings at Berlin, Madrid, Geueva,
Lyons and Lisbon, and holiday demon
strations in other European cities.
THE STRIKE« IN AMERICA.
In America, as had been anticipated,
the principal strikes for the eight-hour
day were among the carpenters and
kindred tradespeople. At Pittsburg
3,500 building artisans struck, and
placed other trades in such a peculiar
position that 10,000 members of build
ing organizations will soon follow. To
prevent such breaks as may disorganize
and weaken the master builders, the
latter will stand together and tie up ma
terial so that exceptional masters who
may yield to the men cannot go
with their work. Ballinger Bros, of
Philadelphia, building the "Alvin Jos
liu 1 ' Davis Theatre, granted the eight
hour demand of their Pittsburg men,
but cannot go on with the work owing
to the master builders' attitude. At
McKeesport, Braddock and other towns
near Pittsburg the carpenters also
struck.
All workers in the building trades
have struck at Milwaukee for a more
uniform recognition of their unions.
Housesmiths and others in the build
ing trades to the number of 4,500 struck
at New York for a shorter work day,
with long day wages. They held several
mass meetings in New York and Brook
lyn.
Carpenters, painters, boilermakers and
out for better wages at
plumber
Chattanooga.
Bituminous miners in Huntingdon,
Bedford and Cambria counties, Pa., de
cided not to strike. In the Lucas, Ohio,
district, 1,100 miners did strike for higher
as did also 250 at Sand Run, Ohio.
wage
All South-eastern Iowa miners have
pended work, but say they
strike. They want the eight-hour day,
which their union does not support.
Terre Haute, Ind.,3,000 quit, pend
ing the signing of the scale for another
year.
At Port Deposit, Md., the 200 men
employed at McClenahan & Bros.'
ranite quarries struck for a nine-hour
av without reduction of wages and
eight-hour day on Saturda
At Brazil, Ind., 1,800
bituminous miners struck for higher
wages; at Evansville, 500 miners and
collar and harness makers; at Youngs
town, O., all the workmen of the build
ing trades except stonemasons and
bricklayers; at Hamilton, O., all the
penters and painters; at Davenport, la.,
all the carpenters, and at Duluth all the
plumbers.
Rome, May 2.—Two hundred persons
have been placed under arrest
:tion with the Labor day disorders
here. A gendarme who was wounded
yesterday while police were (jueilingthe
N
ays.
and Si'iO
riot, died this morning from the effect
of his injuries. A number of me
gaged in the building trade went on a
strike to-day. They show a disposition
to engage in dangerous demonstrations,
but the police immediately dispersed
gatherings. Many stores are being
closed by their proprietors, who fe
that there will be more trouble before
the day is ended.
Naples, May 2. —Fifteen persons
have been placed under
result of labor disturbance which
ourred during the May-day demonstra
tion.
ist he
THE CORK Kill.ED HIM.
Dr. Ilof.liwell
Ing—Medien
This Simple Little Cork—A
re SulTer
dpe With
lead A
Could N
May 3.—The little cork in
rge Bothwell's lung killed
'l'he preacher died at the
I-here he had
Brooklyn,
the Rev. Gei
him to-night
Brooklyn City Hospital,
under treatment since April 18th.
When tin
bedside his
ut his
! there
md
<1 just
he
fe, win
; the Rev. Dr. St<
iltl friend of the family; Miss Ale:
1 Miss Collins, tw
Ambulance Mirgeor
1er
ses and
Young.
ud as if the end
All day long it had :
the matter of a few
d life was only maintained
by the frequent administration of
hints, hypodermic injection of Sparte!
ether, brandy and the inhalation of oxygen.
His pulse during the
180, and finally became
possible to count it. At nightfall it was
feeble an to be scarcely felt.
At G o'clock the physiciai
dead, but he rallied again.
of the most celebrated
dient
,-oiild he li
thought him
This in <
. The
)ne of the
in the hist
f>7 "f
c about
s this :
way it c
doctor's children was ill and he picked it
up on his knee to give it medicine. It took
medicine from his hand quicker tl
the mother's. The
the patent decoctions got up for children's
complaints, and it is very widely adver
tised. He held the cork between his teeth
while he dropped the medicine in a spoon.
Ho was about to give it to the child
when his 3-vear-old child came running
up crying "l'apa, give me some." This
reminded him of the expression, "Chil
dren cry for it," in many advertisements.
He started to laugh and took a deep
breath. The cork slipped from betw
his teeth and down his throat. His efforts
to extricate it with his finger resulted
As was
from
Of
in his pushing it further down,
said, tne accident was regarded
that would only cause passing inconveni
himself laughed about it
igjiing^fit that fol
The doch
when he got
low the lodging of the c.
of the left bronchial tul
crons side to it. He paid practically no at
tention to it for two days. He preached a
sermon the following morning, Sunday,
and another on Sunday eve
Monday uftu
ized that it was a matter that required at
tention. and lie visited Dr. Rushmore. The
doctor did not, think it was a serious
ter at first. As is customary in all cuses.
the simplest, methods to get rid of foreign
substances in the thoat and near-by orguns
orted to. When heroic measures
were adopted they came too late.
An attempt was made to dislodge the
cork by using a long silver tube with a
screw in the end. The cork was reached
with tins on Wednesday lust, but could
not be dislodged. Then an attempt was
made to cut into the lung from the hack.
The patient failed quickly, and his death
followed.
About 8 o'clock this morning Dr. Rush
d found
the c
; a ludi
He
011 t hat he rcal
It w
a
the hospital
his putient unconscious and siowly sink
ing. The Rev. Dr. W. D. F. Stows had
remained near his bedside until a late ho
together with Mrs. Both well.
New York, May 4.— in the autopsy by
wliich the fatal cork was at last removed
from the lung of the Rev. Dr. George W.
Both well this afternoon Dr. Rushmore
made
■
interesting discoveries. He
found that the minister had died of sup
urated bronchial pneumonia, caused by
ie closure of the middle division of the
left bronchia. The cork was found lying
in the lower bifurcation of rhe ft bron
chia with the wide end up. The 1
half an inch in diam jUi and sev
of an inch
cl
»hi
1 of the
■k was l. r .1
«-quart
hold.
■
the cork:
The non
tu'obablj
lining membrane of the brand
found to be all decomposed. Relow the
tne membrane was
d
a was abobroken,
'allowed j(. The
liecv.
V bei
the cork
low
very much congested.
RUDINI BLUNDERS AGAIN.
Hlaine with a Vi«
ic Confidence
Charges Se
t ion of Dip)
retary Pro
Washin«
Blaine only received Rudihi's latest
through the Associated Press, he has been
portion of it—that which
imputed to Blaine improper use of Iiiidini's
note of April 14. The answer, however,
has been undressed to Minister Porte
this Mr. Blaine says :
"A series of statements addressed to the
Marquis Jmperiali by the Marquis Kudini
was telegraphed from Rome yesterday,
and was published by the Associated Press
of the United States to-day. The only
part of the Marquis ltudini's communica
tion which this government desires to
notice is the one here quoted." Mr. Blaine
then quotes this: "1 have now before
a note addressed to you by Secretary
Blaine, April 14th. Its perusal produces a
most painful impression upon me. I will
not stop to lay stress upon the lack of c
fortuity with diplomatic usages displayed
in making use, as Mr. Blaine did ' '
täte to do, of a portion of a teleg
communicated to him in strict con
fidence, in order to get rid of a question
clearly defined in our official documents
which alone possess a diplomatic value."
After quoting M. Rudini's telegrair
March 24th, concerning whose public
in his note of April 14th the Marquis Ru
dini complains, Mr. Blaine says to Minis
ter Porter : The intimation of the Marquis
Rudini that the telegram in question was
delivered in strict confidence is a total
. As the telegram expressed the de
mand of the Italian government it was im
possible that Marquis di Rudini could
transmit it in strict confidence. As I have
already stated, it was communicated
in person by Baron Fava, written in Eng
lish in his own handwriting without a sug
gestion of propriety, and the telegram
itself has not a single mark upon it denot
ing a confidential character. I have caused
a number of copies of the telegram to be
forwarded to you to-day in facsimile. The
ark for italic printing was used by
under four lines, and tnoy appear in
the copies. You will use the fac similes in
such manner us will most effectually prove
into which the Marquis Rudini
ir Sec
tlie Contrary.
N, D. C., May 4.—Although
rift
. In
of
hesi
of
of
lias fallen.
Minister Porter will not be withdrawn,
it is stated
the state department, bet'«
the President returns, the whole matter
awaiting his action by his request, but
y then be granted a hmg leave
the Austrian minister here
was when the United .States delayed
tho vacancy created by^the rejection of
Keiley, at Vienna.
Porter
BARON
Washington, D. C., May 4.—It is said
that a strong reason for Baron Fava'
call was because of his meanness. He
was paid $16,000 per year salary, and
additional allow
He lived
MEAN.
of $5,(KM> per year,
a par with a $1,200 gov
ment clerk, and did not maintain the
dignity of his position.
Illinois Alim
Operators.
CnrcAoo, May 5.-— The coal operators of
Northern Illinois including Braidford,
Lowell, Wilmington, «lecided to lock their
miners out several weeks ago in the event
of a strike for higher wages. The strike
materialized May 1st and then the
otiicers of the state miners' organization
requested tho operators to meet the
and talk it all over. The operators assert
that long before May 1st they announced
they did not care whether their miners
struck or not. Now' they have acceded to
the overtures for a conference with a
lut ion setting forth that they all offered
the same price ana conditions
' - they cannot, do any
better they decided to approve the confer
ence.
their
us lost ye
BLAINE'S ER TENDS ARE MAD
Action of Young Ilar
rlal a Piece of Mouu
lie Iliimptu«
■inn —His Kfl!
mental Impertinence.
New Yo k Herald special.
Washington, May 3.— "Bumptious,"
a few' of the
"vulgar," ''impudent," are i- —
choice terms wliich Blaine's friends
in characterizing the recent pronuncia
mento of Mr. Russell Harrison. They
the angrier, because they believe in
will not accept
their hearts that Blaine
a nomination, and to that extent Russell
Harrison spoke truly.
unbiassed observer nothing
amusing than the politi
ikeying between the small but
resolute and compact forces of Harrison
and the howling, enthusiastic, unorgan
ized mob of Blaine shouters. Out
wardly all is calm and serene. The Re
who are "in" and the Repub
et in, the manufac
. other beneficiaries
mak
"the
To
could be
(■ill
public
licans who hope t<
turers and trusts
of war times in time of peace
ing a brave show of harmony fi
party's sake," but they are not success
lul at it.
Perhaps they talk too much, and in
thus freeing their minds say more than
they ought to. Certain it is that the
gap between the Harrison and Blaine
forces was never so wide as at present,
and appearances indicate that instead
of narrowing it will steadily grow
wider.
The Blaine men dread another term
of Harrison. He has, they say, re
peatedly snubbed their idol. He has
grudged him I he honors he has gained
out of his reciprocity treaties, and '
jealous of him that he cannot sleep at
nights. Ail of which, like sweeping
generalizations usually, is partly true
and partly untrue.
The Harrison men, on the other hand,
careful not to abuse Blaine. They
are too clever for that. But they ask,
with a most ingenuous air, how Mr.
Blaine can remain in Hftrrison's cabinet
and permit his friends to project the
boom for his nomination, lie must
either get out of the cabinet and
nounce his candidacy
a letter
claring himself out of the
say he will do this,
not do it, and that's
lies, llis friends are urging him not to
do it, and those who are closest to him
say that he will be guided by their
wishes.
L'he advice they have given the pre
mier, as one of them repeated it to
to-day, is to "say nothing and
wood." Such an injunction would be
mystifying to most men, but Mr. Blaine
understands it to mean that he is to
preserve a strict silence, and his friends,
like the nickel in the slot machine, will
ho must write
he did three years ago, de
. They
But Blaine docs
,'hcre the trouble
a
do the rest.
Mr. Blaine, these gentlemen contend,
popular, lie has they
will tell you, twenty supporters
throughout the country where President
Harrison has one. lie could be nomi
nated, they add, without enough oppo
sition to nnike the contest interesting,
and he could be elected over any Demo
crat who might be pitted against him.
Reasoning thus they ask you what
right Mr. Blaine has to set his personal
wishes against those of his party. He
owes what he has to the Republican
party. If the party demands him as
its leader he ought not to refuse. He
ot refuse.
Following this reasoning to its logical
cud, they ask what Harrison has done
for the party that he should force him
self upon it. If the party wants him,
all right. If it wants Blaine, then the
Presiderit ought to stand aside.
But the President will not stand aside,
and that is what distresses them. The
cordial reception which the President, is
•iving on his western trip is another
source of discomfort to them. They say,
and with apparent good reason, that
the ovations accorded him signify
nothing in a political way. That i
section has he been more enthusiastic
ally received than in the south, where,
It is well known, he could not secure
an electoral vote. Asked what they
think of the receptions in California,
they scornfully reply that the Pacific
a flamboyant and enthus
little of national
coasters
iastic people who t
celebrities that when one appears among
them they are inclined to overdo raat
. And then they add that if Blaine
were out there the cordiality of his re
ception would discount that of his chief.
Still they are not happy at the
dently good impression that the Presi
dent is making out there, and will
breathe easier when he returns to the
White House and resumes again the
unattractive and routine duties of his
office.
The Harrison people, however, can
afford
to
a
to be complaisant. They have
one to fear but Mr. Blaine, and he is,
I have pointed out in these dis
patches, not in any sense a candidate,
no matter what his followers may say.
Chester River Free llrid K e.
Centreville, Mn., May 4.—The hridge
the Chester river at Chestertown has
been rebuilt since its purchuse from the
stockholders by Queen Anne's and Kent
counties, and is now operated as a free
bridge. The-cost of putting the structure in
first-class condition is $6,000, or $3,000 for
euch county. Travel over the bridge under
the new arrangement has largely in
creased, greatly to the benefit of Chestor
town. The two counties will make a special
levy to pay the
Copious rain fell i
Sunday morning.
of
of
snense of rebuilding.
Queen Anne's county
rivifying of nature's latent forces
occurs every spring. At this time, better
than at any other, the blood may be
cleansed from the humors which infest it.
The best and most popular remedy tr use
for this purpose is Ayer's Compound Ex
tract of Sarsaparilla.
\
ltay Hamiltoi
Denver, Mav 4.—Just back from Jack
's Hole in the Snake River Valley, Tom
Cooper, the Wyoming guide, says he
there Ranchman Davis who told him that
lie would swear that he personally
Robert Ray Hamilton alive after the find
ing of Hamilton's supposed body. Hamil
ton at that time. Davis said, announced
his departure for the Pacific coast.
ought to Lifo Again.
Edmund L. Jones, a son of Detective
William T. Jones, died
Saturday.
At tho meeting of the board of
aminers of New Castle countv
Saturday, Burton C. Burris or
town and Charles W. Smith of this city
massed examination for admission to the
, and Julian C. Walker of Mill Creek
registered
bar
Middli
i;
law student.
hundred
W HEN you put away your Fur
and Woolen Garments be sure
to protect them from the....
ages of MOTHB by wrapping them ii
TAR PAPER.
8 by 4 feet in size.
We also have
The sheets
TAR PAPER BAGS,
Which
„ be more perfectly closed
than the paper.
Z. JAMES BELT,
PHARMACIST,
SIXTH AND MARKET STS .
THE .TEWS.
Upon Trade in
PERSECUTION OF
It« Disastrous EfTec
Russia.
London, Mav 5.—A Moscow correspond
ent writes of the utter disorganized
business through the sudden exodus of the
Jews, ail who are engaged in the verb
business agencies. The correspondent
says it is impossible to collect deots and
hundreds of bills are protested and the
judge of the commercial court lias been
asked to telegraph to the minister of
finance for instructions as how to act in
the emergency. Many traders m the
Jewish quarter are facing bankruptcy
owing to the departure of the Jews, who
only left their belongings to cover debts
amounting to £t;tO,OOU.
At St. Petersburg a synagogue has
nl ready been sold for £11,000. A
line synagogue and a mosque have been
offered for sale as it is useless in the face
of the exodus.
Thousands of workmen are idle who have
of
'I
previously been employed bv Jews.
foreign importers arc keeping back .
goods on the front, it is reported one is
Swiss dealer has lost £8,000 in a single .
eek. The letter confirms the statement
I to the business collapse. Neither Jews
?«nmSiTdSri B tt e a shame Sum
rich Jewish bankers are not touched by
the go\ eminent.
other
at
the
to
be
to
THE TROOPS SENT A WAT.
The Regiment that Find oil
to Ito S
the Pro
> Ol.I
Away
Fournies, May 5.—The workingmen's
delegates, representing all the trades
labors of this town, called to-day upon the
prefect and made a most resolute request
that in view of the peaceful attitude of the
workingmen of Fonrmies since Labor day
and in order to avoid the responsibility of
any further trouble, the regiment of in
fantry which fired upon the process!
May day, are to be removed
port of France.
The prefect, after consultation with the
mayor, agreed to the delegates' request,
sidération of the people
to the peaceful
ness of the inhabitants of the city that he
would freely recommend the government
to send the obnoxious regiment to some
other port of France.
I
saying that i
who had called attendu
A
Baltimore, Md m May 5.—Just after the
close of the civil war the patriotic
citizens of Baltimore raised a fund for the
erection of a monument to Thomas Holli
day, one of Maryland's war gov
The work was completed, but for 25 years
the monument has been in such obscurity
that very few people in Baltimore knew of
its existence until knowledge of it was re
cently made. The monument will
Broadway at the Johns Hop
de
be placed
University.
:
People's Party In 111!
DesMoines, Ia., May 5.—A call signed
by about 60 leaders of the Farmers' A1H
and other industrial organizations of
Iowa has been issued for a people's indo
rention to he held in
lendcnt state c
)esMoines, June 3d, for the purpose, ns
stated in the call, of adopting a niatf«
of principles upon which all patriotic citi
zens of the state can unite in nominating
a ticket to be voted for at the ensuing
election.
He
as
He
the
is
Itreari Riot in Pamm.
Parma, May 5.—A rise in the j ice of
bread caused ii riot here yesterday. Women
»^arched In procession to the town hall
u ..d demanded a reduction of the
Many were arrested before the
dispersed.
Satur
Slaymakcr <fe Co. of Dover
day made a shipment of about 60,000
strawberry plants to Idaho Falls, Idaho.
The steamer Fairfax, building by the
Harlan & Hollingsworth Company for
the Merchants and Miners' line, will be
launched about June 1st.
An adjourned session of the New Cas
tie Presbytery will be, held in Rodney
Street Church next Monday. In ti e
afternoon considerable business will be 1
transacted and at night candidates for
the ministry will be ordained.
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Pi
219 Market Street.
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habitual constipation. Syrup of
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prepared only from the most
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Syrup of Figs is for sale in 50c
and $1 bottles by all leading f
druggists. Any reliable drug
gists who may not have it on
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for any one who wishes to try
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I Children Cry for Pitcher's Castoria