The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-12-23
CAPITAL CHAT.
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STEAMER INSPECTIONS.
Supervising Inspector Geaeral OF Steam.
beats Dugent has lust completed his state
WOW, ohow;r, ovsra,a rn,nher NJ stsam.
t0u' .Do" e o' ~ - -.
poas lnspecIeu anu tne AEetafe 1moun. Lti.
Of the contingent expenses o. nus bureau
during the PERIOD oil hls administrator as
compared win toe Iont yeSLa ons ptecsuing' Cligs
Il SHOWS thSt from 1910 70 1910, lnclusIHe'
the average NUMBER d d. SleaInpoAts II-
spected annually was o,ios, anu tne aver y 81
age conungent expenses PER annum 94S,'
543, while from .lsIi 70 ioou tne yearly
average OF the steamooats inspected mum,
berea 4'2oo, win Tue annuSI aSsTsSe rsS 10 o.
contingent expenses aggregAuns sS'' LII
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AHe toHIA Cu''.o' 49, 49, y..S:.a.1. 49, - sSo
AsNeu permission ~ ''SIs "as.'on' 81
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SsctSIaty fn tSa g,ssancs of % Gsnsr.I Geo CrooE
Mr. stickney and Mr.. Walter. All three
OF the Ponca commissioners lately named
by the President, General Miles being out
OF town. The Ponca chiefs declared
that they desired to remain
in the Indian Territory and to make per-
manent homes there. to sell their Dakota
land and to acquire title to their reserva.
ton in the Indian Territory. They said
further that there had not been any
sickness among them for year. They
were emphatic in declaring that they
wanted Mr.. Tibbles and other white men,
who hod been trying to get them back TO
Dakota and thus interfering with their
working and becoming prosperous, TO let
them alone nencelottn. they luLtlef ue-
;ndir;dnaI % oninion @ % brt @ tbe rnanimnms @ ""
sentiment Of all their people living in the
Indian territory. The chiefs here repre-
sent every oano IN the Foncs tripe'
ANXIOUS MoRNoSs.
The Mormens appear to be very uneasy
a, tbo .t,itrJa ~ p,ssidant H.veo and
~ ''' "stNN. - t1 ,-s, N-'e'' 1NI
nave sent on ioooy 10 ieel tne temper OIL
Congress. The proposition to deny to
their delegate (Csnnon) n certificate OF
aIao,;or IN ,ba ,ovt Coro-oss mo, oIso
% SsSa ;ncrs,SaJ "a ,Sair oIorT '' H;rsm "'SS 2
Clawson, a three times son.in.law OF Brig.
ham Young is here with one Of his wives,
and may be seen daily about the balls Of
Ssmhers GHt He is n5ansaer =" -'n of the MoIroU
Co.operatiye ORGANIZATION, and immense.
ly wealthy. He married two dauphters
Of the late founder Of the Salt Lake
Church. The spread of Mormons into
Idaho and Colorado, as announced in
these dispatches some time ago, has cre-
ated feeling in Congress that something
should be done.
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A- N'A.0 - ..'S'' :,
JudSe French, Assistant secretary oil
the Treasury, left here to-day for Charles
ton. Savannah, Mobile and New Orleans
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MONEY FOR THE DAFts ISLAND DAN.
Members OF the Ohio River Commiss-
ion appeared before the House Commit.
tee on Commerce to-day to advocate ap.
prcpriations for the improvement Of the
channel and continuance Of the work on
head s % nTaed @ The onnronriation eS % If 500 S6S
recommended by The Commission, saying
he asked Io larger sum than was specified
in the engineer g report Col. Merrill fol-
lowed, saying the plan OF the dam was
not the same as at first, the
size of the lock being almost
double. he was not ready to give
a definite estimate Of the amount required
to complete the work until he got into the
channel Of the river, but thought that
about $500, 900 would be sufficient. Some
allowance must be made for contingencies,
since 0 nights ice might occasion loss oil
$4,000. Two seasons would be required
to finish the dam: He did not want the
committee to arbitrarily tie MS hands by
n1s Hense .ne snnoa1.u pI' w., " nave tne