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WILMINGTON, THURSDAY, MAT 7.
A Schein* That Should II* Squelched.
It is doubtful if any considerable
number of people in this community
realized until Friday, when it was
made clear by Senator Gray and
Senator Higgins through the columns
of Every Evening, tho real nature of
Major Raymond's scheme for the im
provement of the Delaware river by the
construction of the dike at Liston's
Point Work on this project is now
under way, but it will doubtless be
stopped in time to prevent the consum
mation of tho mischief that would bo
wrought by its completion.
Tho plan proposed by Major Ray
mond, while it would doubtless
the purpose of deepening tho channel
of tho river botweon Reedy Island and
tho Dun Baker Hhunls, would prove
disastrous to tho State of Delaware. It
comprises a dike to bo built front Port
Penn to tho northern end of Reedy
Island, and anothor dike, fivo or six
miles long, from the southern end of
Reedy Island to Liston's Point. About
a mile of the latter dike, beginning a
tho lower end of Reedy Island and
tending south, was constructed several
years ago, and the contractors
at work on a diko from Liston's Point
northward, to meet that portion ex
tending south from Reedy Island.
About 2,000 foot of the new diko has
been constructed.
The effect of this work, if completed,
would bo to dam the Delnwaro river,
by moans of the dikes and Reedy Island,
from Port Penn 1o Liston's Point.
Within this dam, the river would be
but a sluggish pond, and the effect of
such a body of water upon the section
of country bordoring upon this portion
of the river can readily be imagined.
It would be converted into a dreary,
disease-breeding marsh. But worse
than all, the proposed improvement
would practically cut off communica
tion with the Delaware river by means
of Appoquiuimink river and Blackbird
creek, as tho dike would cross the
mouths of theso two streams and make
it impossible for vessels to go in or out
The town of Odessa, on tho Appoquini
mink. which now has steamboat com
munication with Philadelphia, would
be completely blocked and its
merco ruined. The Appoquioiinink
and Blackbird would bo changed from
tide-water streams to sluggish mill
ponds and all thoir commercial advan
tages destroyed.
The audacity of this proposed scheme
ve^t i' ir,rOVUUient ' H Ha do
j s ,» ere and apologists in Philadelphia
Ik slightingly of the damaging
u. .it it would have upon two "unim
portant Delaware streams," which they
consider as of no consequence in com
parison with the bonetits that Philadel
phia would derive from tho deepening
of tho chanrel of tho Dolawaro. But
tin* pooplo of this State have riparian
rights that cannot be taken
them at tho mere whim of th
seek the advancement of Philadelphia'
interests. Delaware people
out of seeing tho navigation of the
pela ware river improved
free passage to the largest ocean stei
ships, but they do not
/ not c
my from
•ho
to giv
ent, to have tho work done at
the expense of their own material con
It does not matter that the
commercial interests of Port Penn ami
Odessa
not co
iderable in volume.
They
of those ec
mpnrtant to tho people
unit!
tho c
»rceof the port of Philadelphia to tho
people of that city,
I having boon
Disputed possession of tho faeili
ties afforded by free
igatii
of tho
i its tributaries for een
Delaware
turies, they c:
lot
ow ho deprived of
the
simply to cnn.
for
the benefit of the c
roe and gen
•HS.it the city of Philadelphia.
■,,Ra,vr \>n.i will havo to fi
Its Si
I
ling tho chan
iver between
Baker Shoals.
Roody Island :
Ua
j I ti
To permit the
mrlc
to
an out- ;
tho people of lower New
It would bottle them
rage upo
Castle co
it!
P <-•«>
Wt their hI
into
arsis pl«,t, and the
Of them inti
nob
fa
e-rnod.
It would
be a blow at thoir
rial well-being,
dit.
H tl
general health,
i.' that should
iced,
In fait, th
pn.j-ct is
be m longer
counter
low that
the suri
*r it threat»*!
to this
Stu
u. Hoi
ito
!
th» thanks of hi
cMerrn ined oppositi
•nprovement so subversive of thei
entai to their inter- |
miiHtitmr
for his
to a sehe
" r
r i
1 iletri
tB i
its.
!
b of August, 1891, I
sp»»ke chillingly nr i
coinage, and which has '
The stump spot
in which McKink
free
•ed a great consolatio:
pr»
d
supporters, i
not hi»
. s j
li'
o upon the subject. Tw»
ir
*t September,
H93, he
.i.. « j
hich he said ;
Hm Hi Iver product
of the ,*r
f the
ost i
•C h;
•portant
uh
I «
but H*
should
is"d fur its 1
utiliz
lispl
the saf.
id full
"f both,
:h;
K'ctmri
vith his ,
VS that M»*- '
tne gravent
rums speech,
Kinl.*y is a
wohb
public questi< »
of
sitlered i
Congre
of fr«:
ii
it p
es 1.
unsafe
to he
ts critical j,
V« in tho cut
bist«
'*•
i
Itrpuhllciia Op;
in rsmifeni« Mm Truth.
In ita bitter hostility to tho political
pretensions of Mr. .1. Edward Acidic les,
tho Milford Nows and Advertiser, a
Higffii
organ, telle some plai
wholesome truths. Editorially
but
very
in its lust issue it says:
Noitbor in
either ancient
of anything
less
history nor in story,
modern, huve we read
impudent
Mr, Addicks' proposal to buy
tho Republican party of tbe State of
Dolawaro. Tho
retailers and jobbers in tho purchase
and salo of political preferment, but
, wo beliovo, Imvo frankly offorod
to purchase a whole State,
whole party in ono commonwealth.
Such a propositi
gonius of John Edward Addicks.
impudent and apparently
nppo
d sbauie
are und have boon
the
renminod for tho
llowev
shameless moat ir,
and aro bribed , 4 they uausully havo
sufficient respect either for thomselv
for the good opinion of tho peoplo,
to conceal thoir overt acta from the
public. Tho briber and tho bribed
usually endeavor to keen their acts a '
profound secret, and rarely will tho
most conscienceless
shame. Such, however, is not the
condition attending tho present situ
ation in Delaware. Mr. Addicks, who
Rooks to tie Senator of this State, has
advertised from the Brandywi
Indian River that ho will spend
$100,000 to elect the Republican ticket
noxt fall, if he is given full political
control of the convention, to the end
that he may be elected Senator !
Ho proudly proclaims that bo has
tho money and intends to purchase
control of thn Republican party.
ore strange to say, there aro
hundreds who rejoice in the at
enco of the offer, and shamelessly
admit that they are parties to the bar
gain and sale.
who bribo
thoir
to
And.
•copt
Such poaitivo accusations of political
corruption, if made by a Democratic
journal, would Ito donind most in
dignantly by tho Republican press of
tho State,
mombered, they
Republican paper,
whom they
gaged in a desperate struggle for con
trol of tho Republican party in Dela
ware.
tut in this e
, be it re
made by a rabid
I tho m
against
directed i.
When Every Evening, th
of last campaign, exposed the c
methods of Addicks and his henchmen,
the Republic
had nothing to say. Then his debasing
methods wore directed against the
Democratic party, and the local Re
publican pro
But
and the Addicks money
ghout all
pt
papers of tho State
stood ready to applaud.
' that the Addicks methods
directed toward securing control of the
Republican party,
goes up from hi
who saw the s:
a howl of protest
factional opponents,
tactic
ployed
against Democrats
d laughed in
their sleeves. Their frantic objections
at this ti
aro simply puerile.
Tho only feature of
ote about the
present aspect of the affair is that it
vindicates Every Evening'
during the last campaign,
this paper thon
political methods is ondi
Republican testimony this year.
attitude
All that
id about Addicks'
id by high
A notablo victory for the cause of
onoy attended tho Democratic
primaries of »Shelby county, Teun., in
which tho city of Memphis is located.
The contest involved the
honest
• nation
of Congressman Josiah Patterson, wh.>
has been
compromising opponent
ilver coinage folly. The
plish his de
feat, and put forth the most desperate
'riions, but Congress
verwhehuing victory.
of the free
silvoriteg sought t
an Patterson l
Tl *o
'horn !
friends of honest
ey, among
»re all the substantial busines
of Memphis, took :
1
cti »
terest i
the prim:
d
ado their inffuene
felt,
veil
tbei
votes.
garden as
d the Pound j
ph for their 1
•y
cause by making the victory
A significant feature • f th
that M
i
nplctf
;
i
ffaii
phis is tho h o
f :
ed
States Senator lsbam (i. II;
and ohne
«7 the I
newt pestifero
•f the !
ilvf
>f the Democrats ..f Ids homo
erve to at least i ; m the
of
r ii:
:s to tho fact tha
representing tin* \. w
to constituents ii,
- !
fr«
V. I
hi
'
'
• he inis tl
,
respect to th
cation.
Tho Afro America
devoted to the ii
■■•its «.f tho .t !
1 ;
«ff Kent
people, professe
ing that the
it at
>te
ty do
lot takf
V part in tim
Republic!
pr
• p ' . :
day ami vote ;
I> by tho R.
;
the polls «
•lecti.
put
for th
. m '
it hi
"nothing
Lha
•oliticai
very of tho
should
tolerated."
h i
A In»-A meric;
ty have vo
!
Kent !
,t
after thi
1 tlu» irat
In
d
»lügt
:
t.
ill? You ;
i catt
like
driv.
I ;
■ff'
»d b
! « real'll
|
ith
ihh
i
long whicl
life, lib«
and the pursuit of ham
i Kent, anse and assert
if
M
g that those wh
strike
thcmselv
the lirat blow.
! The
eagerness with
■Inch important j
r by tho clergy ;
I "h »roh os
i
'
ight fo
is illustrated
tiio fact that the
»venty applicants f<
tho v
*t pulpit i
of tho Park Street Ci
Spring
Herald
j holds, is a
voiation of the
'
* n ' I
n y
must that exists
j
in the professi
a single pulpit is so
light for.
The
P*
Ltract the amtd
to make
.'»d that the
•lergy, who ;
1 their mark, but it i.< belie:
I
many of the
Inspirit which I
cr number. The '
ght for bv
injustice t«
ils
P
' I'; 1
•
1 pr«* fens io
st
cn for lie
»usons, ;
isefuln
of
■• Christi»!
bv large
!a
parish»:.
f nets
aging than f
•thing hut 1
It it
iibitiot
opefuty to proveut
i
i euormuus crop.
McKinley Winn In lllinolN.
With the BRino
that characterized hi
• lari tv and dash
•o upon the
forcos of Speaker Keod in Now Hatnp
nhiro and Vermont, McKinley attacked
tho Cullum linos in tho Illinois Ropub
Ucan convention, Thursday, and gained
a signal victory. Senator C'ulloni'B
followers
completely routed, and
after tho failure of the attompt to in
struct tho delegates to St. Louis to vote
for Cullom, a resolution of instructions
for McKinley was adopted with grout
thusiasm.
Tho victory in Illinois leaves little
doubt that McKinley wili be nominated
at St. Louis, on tho first ballot. Ho in
far in the lead that it does not
H»om possible for the opposition to
form any combination that will accom
plish bin defeat,
to l.
'
, it remains
It of tho
hat may bo the
ipulationsof the bo
at St. Louis,
I the porsiiHsivo effect of cash
'niera tio
of the McKinley
delegates from the Southern States.
The charge has freely be
many of the latter
McKinley, In that o<
no trouble to buy them again. They
open to tho highest bidder.
upon s
made that
chased for
rill bo
cut, it
m I»
Herein lies McKinley's chief danger.
A significant feature of the lllinoi
convention, taken in connection with
the McKinley triumph, was tbe finan
cial plank adopted. It i
Resolved, That we. the Republic
ole. are unyeilding
demands for honest
follows :
nf llli
I emphatic
\v. Wo
or havo boon, to
•heme that
opposod.
tl o
•ill give
to thi
depreciated
«poet inferior to the money of thn most
advanced and intelligent nations
thn earth. Wo favor the
currency, but to the
under
with gold c
It is idle to contend that this is a
nincere doclaratioi
money. It contai
country a c
y way
del
of silv
stent only and
that parity
:h
restrictio
I "■
amtained.
in fav
if honest
dnmand for a
dard, tho
sound money in
this or any other country. It is a
straddle, designed to held out at least
tho "bow of p
I keep them
giunce. It is McKinley's Ohio Repub
lican money plank, with slight varia
cm of Iho gold
•0 basis f<
iy
iso" to tho si I vérités,
to thoir McKinley alle
The Republicans of New Jersey and
the Democrats of Massachusetts and
Pennsylvania havo shown how to make
a plain and unequivocal declaration in
1 against the
clamor for tho free coinage
» Illinois Republic
do a similar declaration.
favor of honest
of silver,
might hav
But they
Kinloy is
free silver coinage folly.
Th
McKinley, and Me
strongly tinctured with the
• r<
McKinley's
record ii
atisfactory financial
so of much uneasiness
to tho Philadelphia
tho str
.odgor, in
? probability of his
'resident. It says:
Tho Ohio Republicans hold an earl
nvoDtli
of
:
d McKinlo
amlidacy, at tbe
imo ti
•ncy plank of which
adopting
platfo
,the c
ost unsatisfactory. This plank,
without denial to McKinley's
ridiculous straddle.
•ribod
|"-n.
r
1
>se of its
« coinage 1
sign has
It begged tho q
inglesH jargon, cowardly, ev
unworthy of a statesman, i
il
asive
self respecting polit ici:
F
determine what tho spnt
blv th«
he frei
favorite so
e upon
s V;7 n '
Sir.' MeKi
the situation.
Not by
ley deigned to ill
He i
the '
'I striving to keep
tariff is
Hie
the
*1.
it her I
he is afraid
nvs will drive
off the
he still
r which
r hi
flelegat
n,
hi
tains the
kness f
displayed more th
H
se and olenwhere, and which
minatif
to be deplored bv
tho mainte
i
of
•e ::f a gold stand
I
j],
tof legislati
•ountrv from
on which shall
the danger of
fi
the
Thi
victory for sound money i
tho
Mir
Do
a st;
g blow to the
at
Washing!.
Senator Tillman voiced
the g,
vpianution i
a whining
plea that t!
delegates had bee
d to
h they did,
vote
d tho
doleful
ion lest the purchaa
.'cessful in
invention.
•ent
ted i
!
.ail of ap
; ing tactics
controlI n g
..»ght pr
tho Chi
The tn.
of th
matter is that tho
: Democratic people have beer
; at tho bo. i fully of th
Dot
Misa.»
' under tho lead «
i and other States,
the discredited and
1 1 like false lead,
hav»
re uved to place thn pa
i U
for tho
of sound mom
m Do
»-•ratio principle»
!
No
qualified to pro
tl
'.co ju'.gnmnl
litiato H tin
al
id than .lohn
that Mu
very form,
to the
Id stundard
■ lis
; Kinloy is "committed
>ch, and
bjoct. — Philadelphia Evoniug
,
g the
i I»'»
ill I
idem:
o
Telegraph.
th
But there i
îh infinitely better quali
find to speak »»r thi
•late's financial vim
particular can.
j
;
William McKinluv.
speak for himself.
Lot McKinley
i
Thn pier
is being put forth by thn
who a
onoy Republic;
:t by
his
Ohio Republican
>f Me
inker I partner" For
P
constrictor
I swallowing McKinley, but fei.
financial unsoundneBs, that thn strad
dling nlank of tl
platfor
»t the (irmiuctio
Kinloy but of "
I nkor,
•ho did it f.
the purpose of put -
' .McKinioy i
a hole.
fut the fact
that the Ohio «ioduration harm«»
I will, McKinley's rm
' |„ UV( , 3 mtl.> life in thi
sorti i
Congress
bit «if specious
pleading.
Tlie Mo
ing News Monday departed
from its "policy of silence" with rn
"'ct to Addicks,
* >itonal appeal to Republic
I indulges
to
ft
»in tho clutches of tho
No doubt tho strong
gas
■ liability of :
Addicks victory at
»»s next Saturday is the in
i unlive for its outburst.
Ilnw Dun riait May Nu(T.w.
About the only pleasing feature of
the wavo of McKinley «ont irr.
dominating the Republican party, and
which bids fair to land hi
t now
a win
ner on tho first ballot at St. Louis,
is the pltiablo plight in which It leav
Platt of Now Vorhand the other politi
cal boBSOB who have arrayed themselvoa
f destiny" from
In the event of McKinley's
nomination and oloction they will 1 bo
shorn of their political prestige» and
loft without tl
tho national administration.
The triumph of McKinley in the
Illinois convention, says a New York
correspondent, is giving great delight
to tho enemies of Platt, some of whom
promet that the election of McKinley
President would result in the down
fall of Platt as the Republican leader
in that State. They claim that with
McKinley
hav
against tho "
Ohio.
slightest influence in
President Platt would
voice in the distribution of the
Federal patronnge in New York, and
tho municipal patronage is al
in the possession of tho opposing fac
tion he would certainly full undor tho
crushing weight of this combined force.
There is certainly cause for rejoicing
in this view of
iy
mg Platt's e
thn Rituatlon. It in tho tiret prospect of
victory over him that they have had in
a long time. It is not unlikely that
of his followers, alarmed at the
.* desert him as rats
Perhaps some of
pledged to Morton
will turn to McKinley, although Mr.
Platt says that Morton is not going to
bo withdrawn and that ho is not giving
prospect, may
do a sinking ship,
the delegates
up anything.
Possibly bv
tho wily linns of tho
York Republicans might recover
from tho shock of a McKinley triumph,
Nt
I still retain his old power, but it i
doubtful.
Tho people of tho country,
however, could make mire of defeating
the Republic:
McKinley should tho Republican na
tional c
bosses by defeating
mention
inate
unfit man for tho Presidency.
In vii
of the probability of Mc
Kinley's nomination for President, tho
Philadelphia Ledger is not satisfied to
tako John Sherman's assurance that
lie is sound
tho money question,
to speak for himself.
but wants hi
It says :
A
of that kind is not wanted in
tbe Presidential chair, aud yet until
Mr. McKinley speaks out for himself,
declaring his views on the currency
question, he must bo regarded
shuffler, coquetting for the silver vote,
while Senator Sherman vouches fi.r his
Tho money plank
, which has I»
financial orthodoxy,
of tho Ohio platfo
again and again atrributed to hi
without denial or contradiction, i
nilempt at evasion,
that "the
ii bis declaration
of the government
fair as its honor," is of the
same character. Both are shuffling
deceptive. Unless Mr. McKinioy can
be induced to inuk» a clear, unmistak
able declaration in favor of tho in
violate maintenance of the gold stand
ard ho will be
IDS]
■
dangoro
President, and, consequently, a candi
date whom the Republicans should
nominate.
man for
.
Tho Dov
licks, in last
Hentinel, organ of Ad
k's issue printed a
sketch of its owner and patron, together
with a realistic portrait of hi
by a local artist. The picture bus, in ad
ditiou, been printed on heavy paper, and
copies distributed broadcast through
,
•executed
and
d
î whenever
:o t<
t the State. To thus.
-ith the
boss of th
a United States Senator, the pict
the Sentinel states, "
i introduction to thn
unacquainted
aspires to be the
I loiawaro Republic
•ill
I
enable the
to recognize hi
ay c
and wherever they
ot
him." Mr. Addicks
to havo
be
Delawarean for se
d yet is compelled to
i toon
tort to this
to make himself
ti
i;.
to his feile
man, truly, to represent Delaware in
tho United States K«
A fi
ho
late,
triumph
in this State
t tho next election.
Tho Sussex
îopublio
of Gc
gives the following
ing to its
party follow.*
: " It is intimated that
ii be used in the pri
Saturday next, for thn purpoi
choice of delegates. Wo
-'«ni all honest Republicans,
who have tho future interests of tho
party ut heart, against counte
any such action. Thi
will destroy tho harmony i
of ii
fiuencing tl
deal
to
dug
kind of politics
any party.
think, and if
>
there
ust bo a fight, lot it bo a fair
and honest expression of the public
desire. ' ' A nd yot this is the party whoso
loaders seek to obtain control of the
convention that is to fn
stitution for this State.
tv Con
The National Kloctrical Exposition
was formally opened, Monday, i
Grand (.'entrai Palace, N
exhibition of remarkable in
d shows tho groat strides
York City.
It i
torest,
that hnvo already been made in electri
( -al science. Perhaps tho most interest
ing feature of tho exposition
demonstration of tho power generated
by the Niagara Falls. The
turned a model of tho power plant in
the building, and, by putting a re
ceiver to tho ear, tho visitors
to distinctly hear the
thi*
rent
able
of tho groat
cataract 402 miles away.
Bay State G
vigorous
Monday. A number of Delaware Repub
holders of this stock, and
will fool highly elated at the increased
va 1 ué of thoir holdings. Naturally,
«Iso, they will feel gratolul to the
who let them i'
Iden and
in the stock market
took
lie
the ground floor in
this "good thing" of the stock market,
»rk all the harder for tho
of (ii
delegate oloction noxt Suti
Addicks' tickets at tho
rday.
Senator-elect Foraker says ho in
f McKinley nnd will
heartily in fav
take great pleasure ii) placing him i
Fora ker see s the rising McKinley tide,
•t intend to drop be
doubts
Î evidently <1 «»cb
hind in thnpr»
«»Ha ion. No
that slu
Id the opportun ityjpresout, ho
*>f tho first to stab Mo
Kinloy iu the back.
Tn Vnt« on 111© «lu l'ont Cnn©.
No matter what may be the outcome,
the United .States Sonuto did well in
determining, Monday, to vote
du t'obt case hefn
of the present
consented to a dcHnlto arrangement
with very poor grace, but fortunately
he could not help himself, and the
Senate lived the matter beyond recall.
The arrangomont entorod into is that
soon as tho Kivor and Harbor bill ie
disposod of, the resolution to sout
Colonel du Pont will bo takon up and
debated until 5 o'clock i
of the
taken.
thn
the adjournment
ion. Senator Mitchell
the evening
JoncI day, when a voto will bo
This compact guarantees a settlement
of tho long-ponding case, without much
further delà}'. The result of the flnul
vote is, of ooun
tbe Senators permit themsnlv
guided by the plain fact
and tho equally plaiu provisions of tbe
Dolaw
problematical. Tf
to be
f tho case
Constitution, instead of \»eing
governed by partisan considerations,
tho vote to refuse the Beat to tho
claimant will bo practically unani
mous. Thn discussion th
Senate has shown most convincingly
to the unprejudiced mind, that tho
laut Legislature of this State adjournod
without electing u United States Sena
far in tho
tor.
But, in nny event, the matter
ill be a good
Should Colonel du Pont bo
rill be
finally settled, and that
thing.
seated, tho Scnatorship will be elimi
nated from the pending political
paign in this Htnte. Should his ciai
be rejected, tho Monatorship will then
become a vital issue in tho campaign,
1 thn peoplo will prepare fur it. It
in well that tho partisan scheme of
Sonator Mitchell and snmo of his col
loag
cam
to keep the case in ahoy:
til tho assembling of tho noxt
:tion
Sonate hns boon blocked by the
of tho Honato in ordering
vole to bo taken boforo tho end of the
dociaive
present session.
Carefully compiled figures furnished
the Now Orleans Timos-Democrat show
that at tho recent election, Foster, tue
Democratic candidate lor Governor,
coived a large majority of tho white
vote of tho State. Ifo had a majority
of white votes in forty-one parishes,
amounting to 43,282; Pharr, Republi
can, had wbito majorities in twoivo
parishes, aggregating 5,820, while in
six parishes tho wbito vote wasoqually
divided, making a net white majority
for Foster of 07,393.
Sonator Teller of Colorado announces
that ho will not support tbe nomii
of tho Ht Louh
--- a gold
platform. His colleague. Sonator Wal
cott, says ho desires
but will rei
I Ivor platfi
in a Republican, in
any
î shrewd than
idontly has faith in tho
Wolcott i
event.
Toller, lie
nomination of McKinioy
satisfactory to thn uilveritos.
platform
Tho Ni
•ark Lei go r is
tho statement that
thority for
John
Pilling is an advocate of tho fron coin
age of
x-Henat
As Mr. Pilling bi so
iformly level-headed
public
rospoctto
)OHt
po
questions particularly
non-parti
reution—it is a matter of regret
licully wrong
nth
Constitutional
Ci
that he should bo
upon tho money question.
John Sherman speaking for McKin
ley is suggestive of John Alden asking
for the hand of th
behalf of Captain Myles Standish. ('an
it bo that Sherman hopes that the Re
publican national ennventir
pinto the analogy and coyly ask, "Why
not speak for yourself, John?"
fair Prisc illa, i
Tho Milford, Chro
iclo, a Republi
oh i
of
paper, is very
free silver coin ago. It says: "Silv
hat tho A meric
and protecti
pooplo need to bo prosperous.
This
•dot. Tho
Chronicle, it may bo well to add, is
Addicks organ.
is tho McKinley idea, to
als*
Dolawaro people
the improve
it will hunefit tho
people of Pennsylv
not consent to liav
•o not oppr
d to
out of tiio Delawar
voll
tho
in. But they
dll
tho work done at
the cost of practically
ling
gable strem
vn State.
Tho State of Dolawaro has too long
interrupted uso
that bears its uamo, to
by any
chemo for tho improvement of navigu
enjoyed tlio free and
of the ri
havo that rieht taken
ay
Some of tho Republic
Stato
paporsof tho
making a plaintive appeal
for party harmony. Harmony, however,
will remain in tho background until it
is finally determined who is to be boss.
Thei
»ms to bo nothing left for
Speaker Reed now but tho nomination
for Vico-1
ident, and that is u mighty
poor consolation prize.
'I VNJSD I A
'K LA WA HR.
Two 1.1 ©es I.
MlMll*l|lt
Philadelphia, April 30.—T
drowned
rescued from
Arch street wharf, Doia.w
people
d three
the
wutory grave opposite
river, this
Tho drowned
35 years, of Philadelphia ; A
aged 14 years, of Camden.
: Ijouise Adams, aged
Shi nip,
who
: Peter Shimp, aged
George, aged 8 years,
■10 years; hi
and Mary Welsh.
The party left Camden in a rowboat
for Philadelphia. Everything went
well until opposite Arch street, when
fell ovorl
Mrs. Adams' hi
d.
»aching to rec
«1 the frail craft capsized, throwing
the five people into tho river. The
fiantic screams of tho women attracted
the attention of the crew
boat, in two minutes tho boat
and r
Welsh. Mrs. Ad;
of the police
out
>, his
and
Anna Shimp went down together, the
having grasped the girl in her
arms in a frantic effort to rescue her.
•ued Shi
«1 M
y-tlir** Miner
, May 5.- A spociul
freu» El Pas«», Tex.,
is, Mo.
St. I
to thn Republic
"There
43 miners in tho
that- cave» I in
The rescuing party havo quit
the constant falling of rock
Chihuuh
mine
lately.
jeopardized their lives. All the miners
recently takon out were deud.
SOUND MONEY AND BAYARD.
SuBseatinn lUgai
Democratic Platform
The Richmond, Va., TiinoH urgoa
the adoption of a sound-money platform
by the Uhicag
nomination of Hon. Thomas F. Bayard
of Delaware, for President. Tho Time»
co Du Hides a loading editorial as follows :
"If iho convention dnet* adopt a
sound money platform, then we urge
upon all of our Democratic brethren of
the South to present u solid front in
demanding that tho nominee shall be
1 bornas F. J fayard of Delaware. Say
to tho convention as a body thnt,
your views upon tho construction of
tho platform hnvo boon disregarded,
and as you are to furnish tho bulk of
tho votes that will elect tho Democratic
nominee, you think 1bat y
may bo at least respectod as to tho
didato. Buy to it that Thonas F.
Bayard is the solitary living public
îh possible to uoininate
who can heal all differences and unite
all factions in tho South. Hay to it
that tho pooplo of the South rememb
with tho deopest gratitude and tho
tonderesl affection tho way in which ho
stood in tho Senate, through tho dark
years of reconstruction, a bulwark be
twoon them and the horrors of Repub
malignity towards thorn. Say to
it that these» people will novur forgot
that heroic conduct of his, snd that
opportunity to testify
thoir gratitude to and affection for him
by voting to place him in tho chair of
the chief executive of this natiou.
Bayard is, in fact, the only
und-monoy man living
Potomac who c
the South and bring out tho
iastic vote of all thn white people, and
he can do it. With
crat it is usoloss to deny that Virginia,
North Carolina and South Carolina
All three States will
go tremendously for Bavard.
"Oh, tbut Heave
tho mind
convention to adopt
platform and ton«
Kinloy and his odi
tinu and thn
coll V
ashes
whom it
they long fi
"Mr.
th of tho
ito the factions <;f
other Di
in groat doubt.
would put it into
1 heart of the Democratic
sound
iuato Bayard.
Me
system of favois
and bounties would shrivel up like dry
fire before such a campaign as
the Democracy would then make."
grass
srnth k a* sirnr.XT.n.
ICOK'llt of Co
mini
Mi
© COII.-K
MS on D
l by S
Delaware, O., May 2. The students
of tho Ohio Wesleyan University went
on a grand strike last night at chapel
time. One thousand students gathered
at tho chapel entrance anil then de
liberately murchod away. Some pro
paratory students, who allowed their
beyond tho bounds of reason,
battered down the signs of merchants
while passing along the streets in tho
line of march.
The cause of the strike i
that tho faculty havo greatly disap
pointed the college glee club,
had arranged a long Western tour under
tho approval of the faculty by, just on
of making tbe tour, imposing
•h conditions
possible for tbe t<
of tlio
zeal to
id to be
•hieb
the
to make it burnly
to be made.
ihrry.
Pittsburg, Pa., May 4.—It has just
niudo public tbut tho jrwolry
of M. G. Cobon, No. 222 Fifth
veuuo, was robbed April 2d of $7,000
forth of diamonds. Thron mon and n
*ro concerned in tho robbery,
which is pronounced by tho polie
of tho slickest thefts
boo
stor
:or committed
country. Two trays containing
taken, tbe
in thi
5Ü diamond rings
cheapest of which was valued at $1^0.
So far tho police havo xbeen unablo*to
hoc m o u cl
to tho thieves.
'««■is, May 4.—The Socialists were
ful yesterday in the municipal
held at Marseilles, Lacoitat,
, Cette, Caluis, Roubaix und
electii
Narho
Carma
Lavol, Remans und Albi.
»derate
and we
defeated in Caen,
Tho 17
vative
■ î
»wspapers clai
• that the ci
that the electio
try is opposed to a Kadicul-Hocialint
programme.
si
Kxp'uftlnn on n Nteumer.
Milwaukee, Wis., May 4. A steam
chest *in tho stoamer Argonaut, bound
from Marquette to South Chicago with
ore, exploded last night when tho
off Sheboygan,
hurt. A hole was blown
ill*
20
si earner
Nobody
through tl
r a bull above the
slot
I«« AfTmtii'tl
In thoSupr
rendered
mused of
National
Bunk, uffirming tho decision of tho
court below and therefore confirming
the sentence of impr'
Washington. M
4.
Court to day
op
•reeking tho Iruli
a poli
Philadelphia,May 4.—Chairman II
rlty has called a meeting of tho sub
ittre of tho Democratic National
ho Hotel
Wellington, Chicago, on Friday, May
8th, at 12 o'clock.
( '
itt
to I
held
M «•«•»«
Louisville, Ky., M
«UuHU-y it
The di roc
ball Club
•lease Manager Mo
O'Bri
4.
D
of the Louisville B;
havo decdoil to
Clos key.
Capt.
charge of the team until
is selected.
•ill have
manager
rint AcalHHt
L
in, May 4. A spociul dinpatch
I here from Naples'
1 there tiiat
•s it is
anarchist plot
nst King Humbert has bcon dis
rum
if Mrs. -lohn stotiinn.
Boston, Mass., May 1. Mrs. Kato
Stokes Stetson, widow of John Stetson,
died this morning.
The remains of tho lato Secretary
Gresham wore interred in tho National
cemetery at Arlington Saturday.
Um
W ^NAHAKER'S.
Philadelphia, Monday, May 4,1R1W.
THIS STORE IS SINGULAR
Busiest, brightest of all
stores in busy times. Busier
than ever in these times when
merchants far and near com
plain that trade is dull. There
is a reason for it. This store
is helpful. Worthy merchan
dise can always find a market
here—when the price is right.
And here hoîdersof great lots
invariably turn when help is
needed. No lot is too large.
Just now we are having i
shipped to us Seven Carloads j
of Aluslin Underwear —a pur
chase so stupendous as to at
tract country-wide attention,
And even this great purchase
of hbxh.orrail** Under-
wear is but part of the stock
preparing for the May sale.
As soon as the goods arrive
and can he marked the selling
will commence. The date will
shortly he announced.
CONTINRNTAI. BICYCLES
Such bicycle selling is new,
even here. Such bicycle val
ues arc not found elsewhere
y.
(f \
J V
r£
V*
V
r
C'Vy
\1
«
ft
in this whole land. Every bit
of the material used in the
Continentals is equal to that
used in the best jS8o and $100
wheels—and no wheels at $80
and $ too arc handsomer. But
we only charge #45 and $55
for Men's Continentals and
$45 for Women's Continen
tals ! The saving is in lessened
expenses—there isn't a cent's
worth of goodness lacking in
the wheels.
Prove the Continentals by
any method you please. They
equal the best. They are light,
strong, last. They an; the one
absolutely fair-priced wheel,
and that price is so low that
no discounts are allowed to
anybody.
COTTON DRESS GOODS
Hot days are just ahead I
Sewing will be uncomfortable
work, and the demand for cot
ton
dresses
will be
urgent.
So it is
doubly
wise to
MKY r ,r °mptly
t^Ml S enjoy the
feast of
little
rices at
/ana
maker's.
No skimping of styles
prettiness—but you never paid
so little !
ioc Printed Dimities at 6 c.
i2',^c 40-inch Printed Ba
tiste at 8c.
15c Lappet-stripe Gauze at
12 J/jC Lace-stripe Lawns at
ioc.
18c Silk-stripe Cotton Chal
lis, i 2 I/*c.
25c Genuine Scotch Ging
hams at 12 yîc.
5c Pink and White Lawns
at 4c.
And here is a group of Cot
tons so daintily pretty that the
demand for them is ahead of
tlio maker's producing power.
Jaconet Duchess, i2f{c.
Tulle Chatelaine, i2j4c.
Drab Baronne, iz'/^c.
Printed Croisctte, 1 2 j^c.
Satin Striped Lawns, i2j£c.
Printed Dimity, i2 l /,c.
Fancy Corded Lawns, 15c.
Royal Lace Gauze, 15c.
Fancy Strined Gauze, 15c.,
Corea Madras, 15c.
All American. Can tha
French do better ? Answer
after you've enjoyed this show
of cotton beauty.
INTERESTING DRESS STUFFS
Stock adjustments, clear-ups
here and there—big buying
with quick cash keeps interest
at fever heat among the dress
stuffs. Instances of special
value follow :
IÔC Kignr.ll Luster, at 50c. A pretty
dross .stuff for all seasons. Tho col
*5
tf
or
OC,
Bigchecksand little checks;
cr,ss - posses of color in all
sol ts °l combinations, from the
ort * (; rly shepherd's checks to
. e kmciest ol fancy combi „
tlons - Because Fashion de
them they are here—
aiu ^ fashion
that was
accepted.
y art ^
bri
. navy, greens, tans
ich blue; width 45 Inch.
, soft
and V
The lh
rface in illumined
ith
iuy ligures.
All
fit'»-inch Bicycle .Suiting
insically
thirty coloring» and
every thread wool and
00c—goods
r °rth 75c. There
ixtures;
give long service
Checks—
na
never made an
more graciously
37 /jC to $1.50 a
John Wanamaker.