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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-06-18
OVERCOME BY FOUL AIR.
Death OF Father and Son I'm Well
Distressing Scene.

SHREVEPORT, LA. June 17.-0ne OF the
most distressing accidents ever recorded IN
the history of this place occurred TINS
morning at about III O'Clock at t9e oalIy
of Mr.. James Darian. For several days Mr..
Dsrian bad been drilling well with large
anger and had attained a depth OF
nearly 60 feet. The well was about SH
feet in diameter. In some way the blades
of the auger became deraDged, when Ru-
dolph Datien, age Is, took hold OF the
shaft and began to descend into the well to
remove the obstruction. He had gone only
q few feet when
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-06-18
AHeniure Of the Picnic

Yesterday was the active part taken by the
girls in the athletic programme OF the day
There were four 100 yard foot races ar.
ranged for them. The sport began about
O'Clock in the afternoon. The course which
lay along the main avenue and through
the grove, was lined on both sides with
eager spectators. Jacob kleimer, Presi.
dent of the association, was Judge, ana
Captain Michael Gaiser was starter.
In the FIRST race the entries were Kate
Winter, Sophia Winter, Mrs. Jacob OppeI-
mann and Mrs. Thos. Toapp. When the
signal 10 start was given all four broke
away eagerly, and the spectacle OF the
fCct footed girls speeding over the green
sod won applause ON every hand.
All the Girls We're YounE and Pretty.
and all were dressed in white with light
shippers. The married ones were as gay as
the Others. One Of them gave out about
City yards from the starting point, but the
other contestants continued To the goal,
Miss Kate Winter leading the way and
winning by several yards. She made the
hundred yards in l0h seconds.
II the time was correctly taken Miss
Winters can Justly claim the title OF the
champion female sprnter. But there Is
no doubt that either the timing was wrong
or the course very much short OF 100 yards.
The Only Authentic Record
for 100 yard race by n girl is that by Miss
Kate Duffy, a sister OF the celebrated ex.
champion three.miie runner, mt some
gsm,s given at Washington Heights In
1873 Her time was l2lt seconds.
Ire second race was the best contested.
The entries were Miss Kate klemmer, Car
rie Winter Mrs. Winter, Mrs. Andrew
MrtZler and Miss Moilie Merzler. They
ran almost neck and neck, but towards the
close Mrs KIemmer forsei ahead and was
the winner.
The last rEse was won also by Mpliie.
The entries were Emma Wagner. holIe
M,izler Minnie Courier, Carrie Winter.
Katie Spreges aud Katie Wagner. All
these were under sixteen yeIrs OF age.
Miss Wagner won.
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FLEET-FOOTED MAiDENS.
How n Party of Girls Made Matters
Merry at u Picnic by lnduiEtaK In
Eanl Races.

TREAToN, n. J., June 1.-THE prettiest
grove within miles OF Trenton is Lincoln
Park, along the Bound Brook route to New
York. Yesterday beneath its shady trees
were enCamped the dramatic association
of the Social Turn. Yerein OF his city. The
members. brawny German citizens and
ilaxen-haired German maidens, turned out
200 strong. All alike are accustomed TO
calesthenic. exercises at their hall in Tren-
ton, girls frequently outdoing their male
competitors in daring deeds on bar and
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-06-18

CHICAGO, June tr.--1As cjerks srs buy
IN the ofiess of the AR1s Which vent y ths
vail yestsrdAy II bsnlipg Ne lasteosees.
and nothisg oo6nite Win b knoSa Oil y:
mofros md psssikiy not ill Tsssdsy ~
later.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-06-18
GOES Down At LAST.

The BIgEess J4As1 Osal Ever Attempted
In Asy nashst Hs11s - Ne Tsss % .
MilDiso.
CHICAGO, June I6.-Ths gssstsst disturb.
ance OF values ever known is one .dsy In
.he history Of the ChIoaeo Board Of Tfade
occurred to-day, ang The result y The total
failure OF one very hxs Grm. hcGsocb,
Eyerinshsm d Co. 70 thS amount Of consid.
ersbly ever d, ,000, 600, I'D the failure. 81.
pension, of serious embasssssmept Of Ls.l
=. dossn nas'. s@a,. !, SSnoiss n. - to a., I'LL ~,
tempted IN any maskS1, and With II ths
COLLAPSE OF one or The bol1est opsfstors Who
ever undertook the saAaspuiatiou Of arss.
kst .Haa-. #..sl
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are made up. Character, like water, gets
putrid if il stands still too long. Who can
wonder that in this world where there Is so
much to do and all the hosts OF earth ana
heaven and hell are plunging into the con.
flict, and angels are flying and God Is az
work and the universe is a.quake with the
msrching and counter-marching, that God
lets bis Indignation fall upon man who
chooses idleness. / have watched these
dO-nothings who spend their time stroking
their beard and retouching their toilette,
and
CTiIieisipg industrious People
and pass their days and nights in barrooms
and club houses lounging and smoking
and chewing and card playing. They are
not only useless bet they are dangerous.
How hard it is for them to while away the
hours.
Alas for them! T. they do not know how
10 whLe away an hour, what viii they do
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WHEEIING W. va. MONDAY MORNING. JUNE 49, 1888

when they have all eternity on their
hands? These men for q while smoke the
best cigars, wear the best broadcloth and
move in the highest spheres; but have no
ticed that very soon they came down to the
prison, the aims house. or stop at the gal
lows.
Again, among the uprooting classes l
place the oppressed poor. Poverty to
certain extent Is chastening; but after that,
when it drives man to the wall and he
hears his
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-02-14
4" SIX CHEERS"

We often hear of persons being greeted on
public occasions with "three cheers" and
sometimes, when the person is extremely popu-
ar or the audience unusually exuberant, with
three times three" But I" six cheers I've
may be mistaken about it, but really six
cheersD for anybody In particular upon any
particular occasion seem to us rather novelty
in the tabulation of enthusiasm. 1t is an I'M
common arrangement. When three cheers
are piven we know that it means "A simple out
burst of average applause. But no reasoning,
intelligent person ever heard enthusiasm roll
over beyond this limit and on to the fourth
cheer without Immediately concluding in his
own mind that at least five more cheers lin
gered behind in the vocal chambers OF the bawl-
ing crowd, and that nothing short Of sweep
ing general sneeeze or a sudden change of
heart could hinder the final contamination OF
the traditional three times three" No fact
in political moral or physical science is better
known to public orators like, say, Samuel Cox
or State Senator Grady, than that after an
audience, propelled by its own divine afllatus,
gets fairly swung over to the fourth OF series
of cheers, there's 40 stopping 1t till 1t has gone
through with the whole conventional nine,
and very likely-but that depends little on
the beer gauge-a tiger" added. We believe
we are safe in the assertion that the annals of
our political history do not furnish more than
three instances in which an audience fired to
the highest pitch of enthusiasm after giving
more than three cheers stopped short of nine in
its believing. Two of these, if the encyclo-
padas are correct, were occasioned by an
alarm OF fire, and one 10y Il sudden invitation to
Democratic convention to take link.
But ut the meeting of the Lincoln Club the
other night, it is recorded that our ex-senator
alb, how our eyes moisten over the Elk and
the stupendous might have-beens" it con-
! tains-that our ex-senator, Thomas Z. Platt,
rising to respond to the call for speech, was
greeted with six cheers "Big Six" per-
haps, but "slx." Why six this untradi-
tionai, uncabalistic, phenomenal. unmeaniDg,
oven number" u The memory of dead
| heroes and statesmen is by immemoIial custom
honored by libations drunk standing and in
silence. SO upon occasions like the one above
referred to, Washington, Jefferson, jackson
and Lincoln are remembered and honored.
| Great living leaders like Conklng, Grant,
John Kelly and Patrick Duffy are never hon
! ored with less than three times three" Yet
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-02-14
4 hdTjSFACTORY VERDICT.

The British Admiralty Court rendered yes
tor,;av n most imuortant decision in the case of
the collision between the lnman steamship Clty
of Brussels and the Kirby Hall. Its prompt
ness and severity cannot fail to increase the
watchfulness of all officers OF steamships, ana
thus lessen in some degree the chances OF cot
lisiOn. The circumstances OF this disaster VIII
be readily recalled. On Sunday, January Z,
the CITY of Brussels was lyIne-to in fog eli
the Northwest Lghtship at the mouth OF the
Nersey. Suddenly steamers whistle was
heard. white light appeared upon the star
hoard bow. and the bow of the Kirby Hall
struck the starboard bow of The City of Brussels
with terrible force, cutting hole down To the
waters edge, and in twenty minutes the City OF
Brussels went down IN forty feet OF water.
Ten lives were lost, and n cargo valued at
1879, OOO, while the vessel WAS valued at
300 600 The owners of the Kirby Hall then
lodged claim for 10000 damages to their
vessel by the collision, while the Messrs. lnman
claimed f16O. 900 as their loss On the CITY oil
brussels exclusive Of CLAIMS for cargo or loss
of life. The decision of the Admiralty Court
throws the blame upon the kirby Hal. Inc
testimony which came to us directly after the
collision. rs The TRIBUNE has already pointed
cut, led Ia the same conclusion. me Lohdon
Times said two days after the disaster: " II yes
sells manned and equipped as the Kirby Hall
- was are sent on trial trips II IL no wonder that
acollisions and wrecks occur" lt would appear
that this verdict is remarkable IN respect To the
amount of damages. Ii Is stated that the
Kirby Hall is made liable TO the extent oil -
- per ton for cargo lost and 10 per ton for HE
"lost."
Verdicts like this form the only means OF
extracting good from steamship disasters and
wrecked trains The pocket is the most sensi-
tive point with steamship owners and railway
managers alike. damages, gentlemen, heavy
damages" inspire the most careful precautions
and most praiseworthy exer.ions for the protec-
ton of life and property, and the influence Is
felt from the superior down to the humblest
subordinate. SO We can hail this verdict rs
one inst and beneficial in its influence, which
will afford another safeguard to tho outgoing
tide of travel that will shortly set in toward
Europe. Collisions arc chiefly preventative
! and il is we'll that fatal laundering has been
pnpishcd. Yet the possibilities Of such blum
/ de1ing should be rendered few. Damages, after
all. are but poor consolation. There should oe
no collisions at all. The subject of signals and
| steering rules must be speedily taken up again.
| The appeal in Germany for an international
! court 10 take evidence upon collisions and
devise n universal system of signals is well
founded. The subject has been already agi-
rated in Congress, and some action should he
| taken that tins country may do her part III pro-
! tCctiug lite at sea.
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here is grea leader whose visible presence ~
a social entertainment is suihclent eVr'enoo
that he lives. and the enthusiasm when purS'S
forth Mt his appearance rolls beyond the con-
ventional three cheers only to stop suddenly al
s,x with. 80 far as we can learn, no tiger for
a snapper. Why six cheers for this >" leader Oh
conservative Repub,icanism ~ aud why not
we will not say why not three-ou' why ho'
nine? Is he too great for three anu not grea'
enough for nine7 We cannot believe IL. Is IL
possible that this company gathereu u Wv
honor TO the memory of Lincoln thought onlY
of Plat till the sixth cheer, and then suddenly
and simultaneously remembered LincoiI IL
NAV be. Or possibly some occult Significance
attaches I'm this uncommon demonstration, ana
that hereafter, following this preceden'' We
are to have our applause measured OUT ilioro III
accordance with the merits OF the recipient anu
with less regard to the exuberance OF the COM
many. Was it the ex-SenatOrs own suggestion
that. ont of regard for the fitness OF things, the
same cut-uff should be applied to the applause
that he had himself applied to his career II
would not be unlike him. But even then, why
cheer at all2 Why not get all ready to hurrab
and of a sudden bolt under the table ? OF the
ntneSs OF tlllb ueluOustidIiOh UNIV NN ' -
be any question.
But though we may never he able to under
stand fully the reasons why our ex-senator
wos received With @six cheers" by the Lincoln
Club. he has left us in no obscurity as to his
views of political management and the mo-
tiges that actuated him in resgning his seat IN
the Senate. After mOdestly renarking that he
had come to the dinner with the understan ding
fiat he was not to make speech, but was to be
nurelv ornamental, he proceeded to say In erect
that he believed in having Bosses" in politics
Int never in having newspapers as Bosses
He considers the present deplora6le condition
If noliticul affairs as due entirely to the depo-
sition of the Bosses" under the influence OF
pcwspaper clamor, and the substitution OF the
newspapers themselves in place OF the Bosses
Inv divine right In conclusion, he said he was
- like the little girl who wanted to go to nell on
Saturday afternoons and have good time
This. we believe, is the only satisfactory ex-
nlonation Mr.. Platt has ever given OF the ACT ny
which his brief career in the Senate was terml-
mated. lie thought It was saturday alter
noon.r But though he had perfect right to
90 there himself, it seems to us he made mis-
take in trying to take the whole Republican
party with him. And we don't believe nc mas
had "A very good time either.
But the six cheers! VIII "Sitting Bull,
who prrsidcd on this occasion. please inform
an induiring public Why the cheers ran over
three aud stopped short of nlneT
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-02-14
Jnot. to ADVERTISEMENTS.

AyrsvvESrs-9h Pdqe-6th column.
ANNOUNCEMENT lOM Page-6th column.
RANKING HoUsEs-9h Paae-2d column
RustSEss NoTIcKs-4h Paoe-1st coiumn'
RrsrxRss CHAsCEs-9h PGge-5th column.
BOARD WANrED-9M Pa0e-3d and Atm column
DANCING AcApEMIEs-6h Pdqe-3d column
DIVIDEND NoTICEs-9h Pd0e-2d and 80 column'
Dprss N AKIsG-6M Page-5th column.
prpopgAy ADvERTIsENENTs-9h Pdgs-3d coiulnn'
FrsAsCIAI-9M P0Ge-2d column.
HELP wASTED-6h PGge-5th column.
HoTEfs-9h Page-6th column.
ICE CREAu-9h Poge-6th column
INsrRUcrIoN-6M Pa0e-3d column.
IkcruREs AND MEETINGs-sh Pa0e-6th column
LEGAL NoTICEs-9h Pa0e-3d column.
LOST AND FoUsD-9m Po0e-6th column
MISING-9h Paqe-4th columns.
M.pp1.cEs AND DEATHs-5th Pdge-6th column.
M,scr1,,SEoUs-9h Page-5th column; Sh PGge-oth
column.
vns1o.L ,ssrRuMESTs-9h Page-6th column
NEW PusIICArIoNs-6th Paoe-2d and Sd columne
OCEAN sTEAMERs-9h Paoe-5th Column
PRoPosALs-9h Paoe-5th column
REAL EsrATE-6h Paoe-4th aud 9Th columns
SAFE DEPosIrs-9h Page-3d column
SITUATIONS wANTED-MALEs-6h Pd0e-otn co4"nh'
FgxALEs-6h Pooe-3d column
SPECIAL NorIcEs-5M Pa0e-6th column 49,
erv,upoArs AND Railroads.&c. Page-5th and OH
columns.
TrAcHERs-6th Page-3d column
WINTER REsoRTs-9th Page-4th column
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that.the Club fairly reflected that public op'n-
ion at the North which is sure in the long run
to be controlling.
Members of Congress who want to know
what substantial, patriotic and influential
men at the North think on pending questions
may proftably read the resolution adopted on
Thursday:
Rsoyr,d That this Club earnestly appeals to the pres
emf Congress to secure before its adjournment In accord
ance with the recommendations of the President and e
Secretary of the reasury: First roadjustment oil inc
tariff retaining the principle OF adequate protection 10
home industry; second, the repeal oil all war '"N
those on whiskey and tobacco; and third the suspension
OF the coinage of silver dollars.
Reimbursement in accordance with the recon- .
mendati0ns of the President ana secretary vi
the Treasury means a substantial re"uct'oh
sucb reduction as the Tariff Commission pro-
posed. That the principle of protection shoulu
he retained was essential, in the Judgment Vi
the Club. and is held essential by great h''-
iority of the voters in the Northern o'"teS'
The repeal of war taxes except those OH
whiskev and tOba,co means that more OK
tended and sN eeping repeal OF lnternal IaAes
should not be made, in order TO serve as an eA-
cuse for rcfusing tariff reduction. The sus-
pension oil silver coIhdS0 - -.
es,ly desired for the safety of business ana IN
dustry, not only by merchants ana ouS,pcSS
men in the commercial centres, but by all the
ablest and most prominent advocates OF OIL
metallic currency These accord precisely Win
The TRBuNE's plan. They accord, we be-
lieve. with the wishes of those influential ana
intelligent mon whose opinions III the long run
control public opinion and action. Can Con-
gress quite afford to disregard entirely such
an indication of public sentimentT
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-02-14
GENERAL NOTES.

Tho assertion that the soldiers of the guard
t p,ailent Garieds tomb open the collin. identity the
body and exchange receipts as often as they relieve eac
t "a explicitly cJntrudicted by Lieutenant Burbank
~ icer i'm charge This is the order Of the Secretary
~ War Until otherwise ordered by competent author
itv no one save Mrs. Garfield the wire OF the late
president must be allowed to view the remains In your
charge" Lieutenant Burbank has assured "a CORE
snon,lcut of The Phddtp IresS that the order
0nsy observed, and TINT no one except Mrs Harnea
Is allowed upon any consideration Whatever 10 en'0'
the vault
The town of Wartburg Tenn, has just lost
its fattest citizen Samuel Scott by name VINO Weisleu
$50 pounds Now that Is not AN unheard-of weight by
any means; mnny man has carried that buruen 10
eam-baSe in the most cheerful and jaunty manner put
tho amented Scott rather short ana otherwise uh
equal to it, The peculiar feature OF his aenth Is 'l' ITO
di IN l he'd and that except for the bed he would not
have died at all His physician had forbidden him TO he
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-02-14

When the veteran hunter informed the small boy
whom he observed shoveing dirt like mad from a
woodchuck's hole that he could not possibly dig
ont that bashful and retiring little animal, he was
met by the remark: Mi ter, I've got to dig him
out; we haven't got any meat at hum.'
Very likely the same cogent reason prompted VEN
nor and Virgins to embark in that most reckless oil
specuIatlons know as weather prophesyng. AS
en- Iy branch OF business it is to be regarded as
being rather more dscouraging than the attempt to
lure the casual woodchuck from his lair. Vennor
came out of it with fatal fracturein hisreputauon
rs practical guesser in regard TO storms. SO did
Virgins. But the public begins to suspect that 1t
WAS with Virgins as with VennOr-that the
prophesying WAS undertaken to advcrtis- the al
manac in which he is interested rather than for q
more scientific and dislnterested purpose. Neither
Vennor nor Virgins has any standing among
scientists. The latter, who has just be'r
brought to grief taught school In Nova
Scotia or New Brunswick few years ago, ana later
on WIS given small clerkshp in the Finance De-
partment at Ottawa. Hence his peculiar fitness to
instruct the re Of US in the science of forecastng
storms The next gentleman this continent W no
rises TO remark that he can tell what sort OF weather
tho fnlure has in store must expect to be exten-
siyeIy reminded that if he wants to sell his almanac
he had better quit his tomfoOlery and advertise 1t
in legitimate way.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-02-14
UNION LEAGUE RESOLUTIONS.

It NAV be presumed with safety that Con-
press does not. wish to disregard the public
will. 1t may err in weighing expressions of
public sentiment; it may mistake the voice of
lobbyists and jobbers, of bummers and strik-
ers, for the voice of the people. That has hap
pened more than once, and Washington is
famous place for misunderstanding what the
people want Mere parasites who exist by
favor Of Congressman, do so large a part of
the current talking in that town that Member
of Congress il apt to think the whole world
enamored of his views because all the people he
meets at Washington say they approve them
most enthusiastically. But the unexpected in
ignomini0us defeat OF more than one large
majority in Congress, when it has appealed to
the people, has shown that members who rely
upon such echoes of their own voices as they
get about Washington are apt to be mised
Presenting that Congress really wishes to
know what the people think and want, we call
attention to the resolution passed at its regular
monthly meeting by the Union League Club
on Thursday last Time was when persons in
sympathy with rebellion were fond of saying
that this Club really represented nobody and
had no influence But that is good while ago.
The power of the organization during the war
was so manifested that nobody has doubted it
since, and it proved to be due almost wholly to
the fact that the Club really represented the
will of vast majority of the intelligent,
thoughtful, patriotic and influential men of
this region. What few hundred represea-
tati,e men thought in its meetings was
sure to be what many thousands of in
fluehtial men said in their talk with their
ncigbbors. friends and employees. 1t came
to he clear in the end that the people OF
the loyal North wanted and insisted upon what
the Union League Club said that they wanted
and many a man in public life steered hi,
!! bark into safe harbors because he believed
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-02-14
amusements 60 Might.

r-1ou Oprp. &c usE-s:15-"v Virginia"
% -u,s TaEArRE-s-" Monte Cristo."
CAsrso-s-" The Queens Lace Hanokercne"
synsxopoIITAN-s-" Fritz IN Ireland"
n.Iy,s THEArRE-2 and s:l5-" The Squire.
sIrrr AVENUE THEArRE-s-" Countess Duoarry'
o.,xn OPERA HOUSES" Joshua Whitcomo'
49, =, ,aru STREET THEArRE-2 and s-"her
Atonement" o.,z "1o,onthe :"
rxSprRsoS's STANDARD THEATRF-Sio.
NATIONAL ACADEMY OF DEsIGS-A. r AZ. Win.
throp." Nh, vu,s,
s.S FRANCISCO OPERA HoUsE-o-sah fr"h0i''0
Minstrels
ru.II. IUEATRE-S-"Ki King Lear
THEATRE CoMIQUE-s-"McSorley's lnnauon. =,
UNION SQUARE THEATRE-s-"A fariSian no""-'0
~, 80 rux.rRE-7:45-"The silver King
.rTvpsop Tur,rRE-2 and g." Esmer1da."
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direction, to indulge either in 3malict or
@evil speaking"
Here the discussion rests The point which
w, wish TO emphasize about it is the agreement
of the two disputants, the one an alleged
heather and infdel, and the other jealous,
protesting Christian, that there is a hell, ana
that it is a desirable and necessary institution.
We ale not sure but that this agreement VIII
settle the question permanently and if it does
n prolific source of discord among theologians
will be removed. However much sadness the
decision may give to some people, there can be
no doubt that it will give great joy to many
others who look upon hell as ali eminently
commendable place OF eternal abode for their
enemips