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The league is planning a campaign of
education for the initiative and referen-
dum, and a fund will be raised for the
purpose.

The completed hull of the steamship A.
Brooke Taylor slipped from the ways in
the yards of the American Car and
Foundry Company this morning, just as
Miss Georgianna Coxe broke a bottle of
wine on the bow and gave the craft its
name. She is the daughter of William
G. Coxe, president of the Harlan & Hol-
ingsworth Corporation, at the plant of
which the new craft will have the ma-
chinery installed. The stearmship, when
completed, will be used in the menhaden
fisheries business.
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Complying with a summons received by
them several days ago, the members of
the commission that will have charge of
the construction of the joint city hall
and county court house, today had a con-
erence with the Judges of the State
[urts?] in their parlors in the court house.
The commission was appointed by the
[dges?]. They took the opportunty to
explain to the commissioners the law
relative to the act authorising their ap-
pointment and the construction of the
new buildings and they admonished them
not to exceed their appropriation. After
the brief conference the commissioners
met in the offices of Harlan G. Scott for
organization. Mr. Scott was elected
chairman and L. Scott Townsend, treas-
urer.
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In a paper he read before the members
of the New Castle County Medical So-
ciety, Edgar M. Hoopes, Jr., chief engi-
neer of the Water Department, proved
to the satisfaction of the physicians that
the danger of typhoid fever in this city
has been elminated. This is due, he
asserted, to the present system of filtra-
tion.
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CHARTERED FOR $95,000.000
Chile Copper Company Incorporated
Under Delaware Laws.
[SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE PUBLIC LEDGER.]

DOVER, Del., April 16.—A spectal mes-
senger from Wilmingion brought to the
office of the Secretary of State here late
this afternoon a charter for the Chile
Copper Company, with a capital stock of
$95,000,000, the objects and purposes be-
ing to prospect, explore and generally deal
in and with minerals and ores of all kind
anywhere if the world. The incorpora-
tors include local Wilmington men, Her-
ert J. Latter, W. J. Maloney and Oscar
J. Reichard. The provisions of the char-
ter allow an office in New York city.
The State tax paid with the filing was
$4850.
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DOVER EDITOR MARRIES
[SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE PUBLIC LEDGER.]

DOVER., Del, April 16.— Thomas Fran-
es Dunn, publisher and manager of the
Dover Index, and Miss Kate Shakes-
peare Haman, also of Dover, were mar-
ried here at 1 o'clock today at the home
of the bride, on Division street, by the
Rev. William L. White, pastor of Wesley,
Methodist Episcopal Church, of this town,
of which the bride is an active worker
and influential member.
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SPREAD GOSPEL BY BOAT
Baptist Missionary Asks for Money
to Buy Launch.

The Rev. Guy C. Lamson begins his
administration as missionary and Bible
secretary of the American Baptist Publi-
cation Society by appealing to the Bap-
ist churches for $1000 with which to com-
plete a chapel launch to operate among
the islands of Puget Sound. The launch
which will cost something more than
$3000, will be christened the Robert C.
Seymour, in honor of the Rev. Mr. Lam-
son's predecessor.

Mr. Lamson's department already has
one large colportage cruiser, the "Life-
line" which carries Gospel privileges to
30,000 people.

"There are nearly 100 towns on Puget
Sound that can be reached only by boat,"
said Mr. Lamson yesterday. "More than
one-half of these communities have no-
church, Sunday school or religious work
of any kind."
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COLORED METHODISTS MEET)
Bishop Warns Ministers Against
Dabbling in Politics.

The 41st session of the Philadelphia and
Washington Conference of the Colored
Methodist Episcopal Church was held in
Mt. Zion Church, Sharon Hill, yesterday.
Bishop C. R. Williams, of Augusta, pre-
sided.

The bishop said he was opposed to min-
isters dabbling in politics. Organization
was effected as follows:

L. E. B. Rasser, Washington, D. C.
secretary; J. L. Carroll, this city, as-
sistant secretary; A. W. Womack, Wash-
ington, D. C., statistician; C. L. Knox.
Washington, D. C, reporter.

The conference will continue untll Mon-
day.