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stitution to take care of 251 patients, while, in ac- 

 cordance to the custom in well-regulated asylums. 

 -hould lie aliotit 25. 



The annual report of the Delaware Hospital, made 

 in March, shows that there were 451 admissions dur- 

 ing the year. Of the total number. 30? recovered. 

 ?!) impro\. unimproved, and 43 died ; and 



on D ".11 remained in the hospital. 



The subscriptions for the year ending Deo. 31, 



is; I.'), amounted to $3,170.50, and the cash donations 



-4. The assets of the hospital are : Heal 



. 1 37.S2 : furnishing and outfit, $2.434.3!) : 



endowment fund. $1.709.40. 



Granite. The value of this product in 1895 fell 

 far below that of the years immediately preceding, 

 attributed to the general depression of bu-l 

 The value of the product for the six years ls!)0-'95 

 was: is'.iO. $211.1!i4: 1*91. $210,000; Is'.i2. s250.- 

 000; ls<i:S. $215.964: 1*94. sl?3.Ni.5: ls:i.,. s?:;.l3s. 



Railroads. The report of the Delaware Rail- 

 road Company in January gave the following fig- 

 ures: Earnings from passengers, s34o.186.43: from 

 freights. ft834.?19.64 ; from mails, express, etc.. 

 J3.88; total gross earnings, $1.259.129.<i5. The 

 operating expenses were s-:!o/,--,;.52 : interest on 

 equipment, $22,949.6! ~-5:;. <>32.15. The net 



earnings were $405.497.80. from which deduct inter- 

 est on bonds paid and accrued, s^ii.-,'i n : dividends 

 paid and accrued, $157,471.44; taxes. $4.695.96; to- 

 tal, $191.367.40; surplus. $214.130.40. The result 

 for 1895, compared with the previous year, shows an 

 increase in passenger receipts of $10,842.50; freight, 

 $80.121.64: mails, express, and rents, $12.930.40: 

 total increase, ftl03.8i.i4.54. 



The report of the Wilmington and Northern, in 

 May. includes the following: Receipts from pas- 

 sengers. $76.149.98; milk/ x9.937.82 : marketing, 

 -J.03: express. s2.s59.U6 : mails. $4.Cs:!.fi4 : 

 freight. $386.609.68: telegraph. $459.62: miscella- 

 neous. $6.322.<;6 : cfi-oss earnings $4ss.3i5.39. ( )per- 

 ating expenses. $410,578.55; taxes, s5.s4n.92: total. 

 $416.419.4?. Receipts, less operating expenses and 

 taxes. $71.895.92: interest on bonds. sMS.SOO: re- 

 ceipts, less operating expenses, taxes, and interest 

 on bonds, $33.395.92. Compared with the previous 

 year, there was an increase in gross earniir. 

 $48.159.44. or 10-94 per cent., and an increase in 

 operating expenses of s: ; !!Mi 111.57. or 10'35 per cent. 



The new Queen Anne Railroad connects lower 

 Delaware with Baltimore. It was finished in Octo- 

 ber to the State line, and is to be carried to Reho- 

 both. 



Water Ways. The following appropriations 

 were in the river and harbor bill reported to Con- 

 - in April : For continuing improvement of Ap- 

 poquinimink river. 5.000: of Smyrna river. $5.000: 

 of Murderkill river, $6.500: continuing improve- 

 ment of the inland water way from Chincoteague 

 Bay to Delaware Bay. at or near Lewes, to be used 

 from Delaware Bay to Indian river. $25.000: pro- 

 vided that no part of this appropriation shall be 

 expended until the right of way is secured without 

 cost to the United States: continuing improvement 

 of Broad Creek river. $5.000: of Choptank river. 

 s-ViuO: of Chester river. $1.500: of Manokin river, 

 s4.ni iu : ,,f Wicomico rhvr. s3.?on : of Warwick- 

 river, $2.000 : improvement of Patapsco river and 

 channel to Baltimore: for maintenance from main 

 ship channel to Curtis Bay. $50.000: continuing 

 improvement of Nanticoke river. $3.000 ; continu- 

 ing improvement of Delaware Breakwater. ssn.dOO; 

 constructing harbor of refuge. Delaware Bay. in 

 accordance with plans submitted by the chief of en- 

 gineers. Jan. 29. is;c2. $5.000; continuing improve- 

 ment of harbor at Wilmington and Christiana river. 

 $20.000: repairing the iron pier in Delaware Bay 

 near Lewes, $7,660. 



Crane Hook Monument. A stone marking the 



( 'ran.- Hook Church was dedicated Oct. 1? by 

 the State Historical Society. This is th. 



niorial of the kind in Delaware. Tin- -h> < I 

 old church, built in l<i<>7. is about halfway between 

 Wilmington and New Castle. The church wa- of 

 ipon large foundation stones at the 

 corners and 



The SenatorgUp. The <jM.-stion of the legality 

 of the election of Henry A. Du Pont to the United 



- Senate (see "Annual Cyclopaedia." 1895. page 

 227) was settled adversely to his claim.- by a vote of 

 31 to 30 in the Senate. May 15, thus leaving the 

 State without full representation. May 26 the Sen- 

 ate voted an appropriation of $2.500 'for the pay- 

 ment of his counsel fees, and a like amount for 

 counsel on the opposing side. 



Political. The Prohibitionists met in State con- 

 vention at Dover. May 14. to select delegates to the 

 national convention.' They declared for the gold 

 standard ; favored the retirement of the tariff ques- 

 tion from partisan politic-sand its reference to a non- 

 partisan commission : protested against the granting 

 of divorces by the Legislature and the supporting 

 of schools by the proceeds of liquor licenses : favored 

 Sunday laws and woman suffrage: and declared for 

 a nonpartisan constitutional convention. Joshua 

 Levering was recommended as candidate for Presi- 

 dent. The convention for nominating Governor, 

 member of Congress, and presidential electors met 

 at Dover. Aug. 11. Daniel M. Green was made the 

 candidate for Governor and William Fairies for 

 member of Congress. 



The Democratic Convention for the election of 

 delegates to the national convention was held at 

 I >< 'ver, June 16. The resolutions, which were adopted 

 unanimously, declared for the gold standard. 



In reference to the senatorship the resolutions said : 

 We congratulate our party and the people of our 

 Slate that the ability and standing of our only rep- 

 resentative in the Senate of the United States has 

 protected the water ways of our State from outside 

 encroachment. His course in this and in resisting 

 the misrepresentation of our State in that body by 

 the admission of any one claiming to represent our 

 people as the result of the most corrupt, debasing, 

 and dishonorable political contest that could possi- 

 bly be waged meets with our approval." 



On Aug. 18 the convention for the nomination of 

 presidential electors and State officers was held at 

 Dover. As candidate for Governor. Ebe W. Tunnell 

 received 108 votes against 7? for Peter J. Ford. For 

 member of Congress. L. Irving Handy was nomi- 

 nated. The resolutions were limited to declarations 

 on State affairs, except that the electors were 

 pledged to the support of Bryan and Sewall. 



A meeting of " sound-money " Democrats was held 

 at Wilmington. Aug. 25. A league was organized, 

 and delegates were chosen to represent the Honest 

 Money League of Delaware" at the Indianapolis 

 convention. Sept. 2. They held a State convention 

 at Wilmington. Sept. 30. and adopted resolutions 

 ratifying the nomination of Palmer and Buckner 

 and the platform of the Indianapolis convention. 

 Ebe W. Tunnell was made their candidate for Gov- 

 ernor and Thomas F. Bayard. Jr.. for member of 

 Congress. Mr. Handy having repudiated the decla- 

 ration in favor of the gold standard by the conven- 

 tion that nominated him. Candidates for presiden- 

 tial electors were also chosen : the nominees of the 

 Democratic Convention for the State Legislature, 

 the Constitutional Convention, and county offices 

 were adopted. 



The contest between the Addicks and Higgins 

 factions in the Republican party was reopened at 

 the meeting of the State Central Committee. April 

 6, when a resolution introduced by an Addicks 



