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FINANCES OF BRITISH GUIANA.
(Fr0m the DemerGra Arg0Sy)

In regarding it as IN act of courtesy
due to the members Of the Combined Court,
to take the opportunity OF the re-Openlng If
the current session, at which no speech
was necessary, to submit his views OH the
finances and other important questions of
public interest, the Governor was fulfilling
the wishes of the intelligent portion OF the
inhabitants, who, naturally enough, were
anxious to know in what direction his pc.
litical sYmpathieS extended. The plat
form His eXcellency has disclosed has met
with what might be described as almost
universal approval. Starting with the ii
nanceS, he says in words the interential
Significance of which cannot be overlooked,
that he desires to be frank and to lay be-
fore the colony without cOncealment or
disguise the situation in which we are
placed Tho revenue for 1887 fell short
Of the expenditure BY $121,8 51, the for
mer being : 2.226.579. and the latter
S2,34S,23O The years 1867 have each
placed the balance on the wrong side, to
an aggregate sum in the three years of
34O9, 975. The deficits Of 1886 and 1886
were known to the public, Sir Henry
Irving having set them out clearly in his
Speech at the opening of the present SEES,
sion Of Combined Court in December last ;
but he very cleverly paraded his figures
to prove that although these two years
had been financially unsuccessful, their
deficits was fully covered by the credits of
former years and, ms to 1887, the Reve-
nue., it was believed would fully cover the
Expenditure, the Customs Returns alone,
up to November shelving over estimate ans
amount of S126, 900. How Sir Henry
could proclaim as he did that the reven-
he of 1887 would cover the expenditure we
should like to hear some of his champions
endeavOur to explain. During the few
days that elapsed between the delivery of
his Speech and the close of the year, it is
highly improbable that the revenue could
have fallen off to the extent of 100000;
and rejecting this improbabllity we are
forced to believe that Sir Henry either
Intentionally, or misled by statements
supplied to him by his ministers, altoge-
ther deceived the people. TO suppose
that our former Governor could not OBJ.
tain statistics which his successor has
been able to muster in array would be
quite impossible on our part, whatever it
may be on the part of others. Sir Henry,
we take it. wished to make his exit from
the colony in the midst of congratulations
over the financial success of his regime,
and tire scientific displacement of a few
figures was all that had to- be done to &C.
complish this end. So Sir tHenry stated
in black and white that the years 1924
had given an aggr egate credit balance Of
, 1888-06-13
Wednesday, 18th June, 1888

The Colonial Council held it's first meet
ing for the present session Oh Monday.
His ExcellenCy the Governor was present.
The business was mostly of q formal Cha
racter, namely electing the Councils
officers, and members to serve on the
several municipal commissions. The cleo.
ton of the Councils officers resulted i'll the
reelection of the gentlemen serving last
session, namely Chief Justice Andersen as
Chairman, Judge Petersen as Vice-chair-
man, and Customs Inspector Lemming as
Secretary.
The elections of members for the several
municipal Commissions resulted as fol-
lows:
Hospital Commission: Christiansted, Mr..
Svitzer; Frederiksted, Mr.. Iwersen.
School Commission: C~hriStiansted, Law
yer A. E. Stakemann; Frederlksted,
acting Inspector of Customs O. G.
Knudsen.
Quarantine Commission: Ch~ristiansted,
Mr.. Jameson; Frederiksted, MI.
w. Ii. Brown.
Poor Commission: Ch~rlstiAnsted, Mr..
Jameson; Frederiksted, Mr.. Nc.
Donald.
Prison Commission: Mr.. SvitZer.
Members of Committee for examining
the Colonial Treasury's Cash Mr..
Jameson and Lawyer Stakemann.
The formal business above mentioned
was followed by a more interesting feature,
when His Excellency the Governor, coming
down to the Councils table, and gathering
the mem bers present around him, explain
ed, with the help Of d chart of the harbour
of ChriStiansted, prepared by the chief
pilot, the different ways, in which the har-
b0ur might be improved. These ways are
described in detail in a letter to the Coun-
Gil, which is to be translated by the next
meeting and will then be published, OF
course, with the proceedings. We shall
not here attempt to describe them, but
shall only remark that according to HiSEX-
cellency's estim ate the most thorough plan
wOuldinvolve an outlay of atleast 500, 600,
while each Of the two others described i'm
plies an expenditure 0fnOt less than $60.O00.
Lawyer Stakeman, as the intrOducer OF the
petition which had led to these calculations,
thanked His EXcellency for the interest and
trouble which he had taken in the matter
and only re GREETED that the calculations
had proved the need Ofsuch large amounts
to accomplish the task.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-08-02
AFTER THE LIAR.

Democrats Hunting the Man Who Said
They Had FlOpped.
New CASTLE, PA, August 1.-The cor
respondent of the Pittsburg Dispateh, who
gave the names of several Democrats al
legged to have Topped, is in hiding tonight,
fearing the wrath of the reported floppers.
Miles Maxwell, who has the convictions of
. true Democrat, and the courage to ex-
press them, says he can whip the liar who
wrote the article. Jonas Kaufman, q
prominent merchant, also denies that he
has Topped. Oftne list of men in Shenango
township who are quoted as having voted
for Harrison and Tyler in 1S40, and as
being for the son Of his grandfather, Will
liam Griggley says he voted for VsnBuren
in that year and will vote for Cleveland in
1888. Mr. Floyd, another of the Dispdteh's
alleged Harrison and Tyler voters, was not
in the country in 1910, and Daniel Miller
was a beardless boy at that time. So
much for the lying correspondent of the
DisDafch
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-08-02
JOHN K. COWEN
Back In the Democratic Ranks-Other Dis
Eusted AccsssIons.

Back In the Democratic Rsnks-Other Dis
gustsd AcesssIons.
BALTIMORE, August when John X
Cowen and Colonel Charles Marshal flop
ped over to the Republicans at the last
State election, that party congratulated
itself on having secured these gentlemen
for all time to come, and much was ex-
pected in the way of campaign work in the
next Presidential fight. To the consterna-
ton of the Republican leaders, however,
it was authoritatively announced to-day
that not only would they support the
Democratic ticket, but work for it as well.
Other Democrats who strayed from the
fold, like William l.. Murray, Joseph
Packard, Jr., and W. Csbell Bruce, have
returned to their old love. They are all
leading lawyers, and propose to start q
campaign club. They will also put money
10 the fight.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-08-02
HON. JAY GOULD
stin Remains True to- the Republics
Party.

stin Remains True to the Republican
Party.
NEW YORK, August The Hon. Cal
vim s. Brice. Chairman of the National
Democratic Campaign Committee, smiled
dreamily when, for the twentieth time
this morning, he was asked if it was true
that Dr.. Norvin Green had yesterday in
serted $1,000 of Jay Gould's money into
the Golfers of the Democracy, and said
it wasn't worth while denying such
things; they grew wild during campaigns.
Other people officially connected with 10
West Twenty-ninth street jeered the no
ton, and said Republican papers should
keep on soaring their party to death by
printing such things. and wished the
amount had been set at $4,000. 1t would
have made no more difference to Mr..
Gould.
DIR. Norvin Green said this morning that
there was not q word of truth in the story.
He had been, he said, at the Democratic
headquarters, but was there only on bust
ness. He had been q Democrat all his
life.
"Mr. Could" said another gentleman,
''has signifed no intention to leave the
Republican party. The New York Press
story to the effect that he had declared for
Cleveland was a silly lie. He will vote
for Harrison and Morton, and if he con-
tributes to any campaign fund it will be
to the Republican.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-08-02
n,rrpLANK. NATIONAL DEMO
IAk, .,TIC PLATFORM, lsss-

,oeratie remedy II 10 ehioree
I"e - in public expenditures
SoIi.h unnecessary taA"no"'
an" ,ntished domestic tndustries
our ,,rises should not and need
s Ha ne endangered by . redncion
mo- Correction of the O"roehs
an" ,tiou. On the contrary,
OF I'm AND CAREFUL kESIsioN
A fr.XLAwS, WITH DUE Az
OF O rE FOR THE DIFFERENCE
LO"Ar% LOr%ruE WAGES OF AMERI
BE- IN FOREIGN LABOR, MUST
CAV ,ND ENCOURAGE EVERY
rSSTu OF STCH INDUSTRY AND
b.rrRpRISE BY GIVING IHhM As
h.%Cr Oh An EXTENDED MAR
II ,ED STEADY AND con-
M h-s OPERA TIoN IN
H. H. INTEREST OF AMERlCANs'
i,a,td in no event be neglect
-, ision of our tax laws con-
',,,I,ted ~ by the Democratic party u
,i,oDo,r the advantage Oh sue"
70 ~, ehcapeninE the cost OF the
iS"" a.. oT life in the home OF
i,,..man, and at the same time
~ a. him steady and remuner-
s'," a,,,Io,ment. Upon this ques-
10, Of tarifi reform, 40 closely con,
ssrning every phase Of our N"iI"na
,,r. and upon every question 4"
i,', l',.di an ,he pro bIem of good govern
- ,ne democratic party snbmtts
"r;nripIeS aud professions to the
-, ',i,,t,-ont .utTrages of the American
Deople.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-08-02
TWO DISCOVERIES.
A Secret Service officer Finds the Inventor

A Secret Service Offieer Finds the Inventor
of an Aluminium Process.
Boston, August flames j. Scanlop,
Of the United States secret service, in try
ing to trace what he thought was gang
of eounterfeiters in an old barn near Mel
rose, to-day, discovered great invention.
Instead of being eounterfeiting place, it
was chemists study, where the greatest
invention Of the sge has been made, that
of extracting aluminium from clay. The
inventor il O. II. Washburn. He mills
clay in water jackets in steel retorts. The
result is large supply of aluminium with
very little cost. The value Of this metal is
insstimAble.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-08-02
SCORED BY GIBSON.
OUR OWN A. W. CAMPBELL w0RSrRD IN
POLITICAL DEBATE
Special 7ssscasa to ne Register.

Special Teasordsa 10 tie REGISTER.
HUNTINGTON, w. VA, August The
first public discussion of the issues of the
present campsigu in Huntington, took
place last night, between Mr.. Archie
Campbell, of the Wheeling Iatelligeneer,
and Hon. Eustace Gibson, of this city.
Mr.. Campbell being here ostensibly on
private business, il occurred to the Re-
publicans to have an impromptu
meeting drummed up and have Mr..
Campbell address it. In his speech
which was q very long and tedious one,
he attempted to prove that the Southern
idea is and has always been opposed to
material progress and manufacturing in
dustries, and that the rebels Of the South
framed the bill providing for tariff reduc-
tion and are to-day dominating the Demo-
cratic party. He referred to England as
the money centre and manufacturing
country whose commerce controlled the
markets of the world, bat omitted to state
that England was free trade country.
At the conclusion Of his address, which
lasted about two hours, the crowd, which
hitherto manifested but little enthusiasm,
began to yell for Gibson and pulled him to
the front. Mr.. Gibson, with an easy au-
dacity that is characteristic of an accom-
plished antagonist in the duel of debate,
attacked Mr.. CampbelPs argument and
demolished one by one the
points that he bad presented in favor
of high protective tariff. He
dealt sledge hammer blows, one
after another, upon Mr.. Campbell and his
party, and challenged Mr.. Campbell to de-
nv his assertions. An effort was made to
get Mr.. Campbell forward again, but he
refused to come ont.
The greatest interest and enthusiasm
prevailed during the delivery Of Mr.. Glib
SON speech, and the crowd which the Re-
publicans drummed mp turned out to be
Demceratic. The attempt thus
made to arouse some enthusiasm for the
ticket was not only an igno-
minious failure, but it has aroused the
Democrats to fighting condition.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-08-02
HUNTING THE DEAD.

Kanawha Citizens Excited OTer Ped
dIer's Mysterious Disappearance.
Special Telegram 10 The Register.
CHARLESTON, August 1.-The residents
in the neighborhood of Jsrrett's Ford are
very much excited over digging for dead
man, who is supposed to have been killed
by Granville Mcdaniel, alias Hammock,
who resided on q small farm half a mile
below the Ford. 1t is claimed that the
party killed was a peddler and was missed
some years ago. The accused is now in
Jail on charge Of having killed an old
German named Herman Stoefel some
months ago. These was o rumor on the
street to-day to the effect that bones and
hair, supposed to be that of a human being,
had been found in an old we'll on McDan-
iel's place, and had been brought to the
city and turned over to Prosecuting Attor-
ney Burdette, but owing to the fact that
Burdette could not be found there was not
confederation of the report
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-08-02
COULDN'T HELP 1T.

The Excuse of the Texas Capitol Syndicate
for Importing Lsborers.
CHICAGO, August IA reporter for q
local paper called on Col. Abner Ia ylor, a
member of the Texas Capitol Syndicate,
for some information regarding the impor.
tation of stonecutters from Scotland, as de-
veloped in the Congressional investigation
now going on in New York. In reply as
to whether he and other members Of the
syndicate knew that foreign labor was i'm
ported to do stone cutting, he said, 81
presume it was generally known to the
syndicate, but they could do nothing to
prevent it. I am unaltersbly opposed to
such practices, but in this instance ] or any
other member of the syndicate was unable
to say anything about it because the work
was let out on contract"
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-08-02
CONDEMNED TELEGRAMs.

Arguments for q new trial began yes
terday in tho case Of Geo. Clark, the con-
demned Wsynesburg murderer.
General Roger A. Pryor has been re-
taiued to conduct the case Of the State of
New York against the Sugar trust.
A German scientist says there is q great
natural gas reservoir burning in the earth,
one mile beneath the town of Findlsy.
He predicts an explosion and terrible
catastrophe.
Since the last rise in the river, which
shipped IL, 600, 900 bushels of coal, the
miners of the MonoDgsbela have been
practically idle. The producers will, it is
said, ask for reduction in mining prices,
as the sales down river do not authorize
the present rates.
At the present low prices the McCon-
nellsville coke is taking the trade in the
anthracite regions, as well as on the ex-
port business. The men who put coke in
the market at 81 per ton, at very small
margin, are opening up business at the ex-
pence Of the small operators, who cannot
compete.
Geo, Harrls, ag'd fourteen, ACCIDENTALLY
shot dead his sister, aged eleven, in play
full contest for target rife, at Cincinnati.
Mrs. John Phillips, wife of the ball
player, who was murdered By Bohemian
at Chicago, hss become insane,
W. Fl. Handley was taken from the jail
at Csrthsge, Tenn, by mob and hanged
to tree.
The seventy-eighth annual convention
of the Catholic Total Abstinence Union is
in session at Boston. The sermon yester-
day was preached by Rev. Father Sheedy,
of Rttshurg.
The postoffice at Atlantic City was en-
tered and robbed Of 81, 100 Tuesday night.
New York letter carriers claim they do
not get the full benefit OF the eieht-hour
law. They are talking Of entering formal
complaint
Willie Ellsworth and Oliver White, two
fourteen yeAr-old boys of LaPsrte, Ind,
quarrelled. Ellsworth was shot dead BY
White, who fed to escape arrest
Bartley osmpbsIl's remains we're to b.
brought % Rittshurg this morning. The
funeral oocem to-day.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-08-02
A FATTY TRUST.
The Purpose Of the Soap Manufacturers
Combine.

The Purpose Of the soap Manufacturers
Combine.
NEW YORK, August Ia Buffalo
special says: At last Buffalo soap manu-
fscturer has been found who is quoted as
saying that the soap manufacturer are try
ing TO form a combination for son nething
more than protection against tariff reduc-
tion. Edwin A. Bell, secretary and treas
urer of the R. W. Bell Manufacturing Co.,
says movement has been on foot for
nearly q month among the larger factories
in the country, which bad its origin in the
East, for the formation, not Of q soap trust,
as was generally understood, but for
combination among soap manufacturers to
remedy many of the great evils of the
trade, TO look after the freight rates and to
regular price on standard goods
as well IS Gale of prices on cheaper goods,
according to their quality.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-08-02
POLITICAL POINTS.

Bslva Lockwood's campaign manager Ii
said to be disliked by the rest Of the
woman sufragists. Her name Is Mrs.
Cynthia Leonard, and Susan B. Anthony
and Elizabeth Cady Stanton viii have
nothing to do with her.
General Alger denies that be has made
any contribution yet to the Republican
campaign fund.
v. 8. Shipman was nominated for Gov.
ernor, yesterday, by the Republicans oi
Florida.
An effort is being made TO induce Con-
eresman Sowden 20 run as an independent
for Congress in the Ninth Pennsylvaniz
district.
California Republicans held their con.
.vention tonominste electoz yestsrday.
Rhode q frohibitisnists hsId thsi'
State conI yesterdsy and noni
nstsd fnl IA Ths conseution VI
d vRy lazg 4 = thuisstie sfhir.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-08-02
Raysgsd by Grasshoppsrs,

CHICAGO, august IA special from
Montreal, Ont says: In the Parish Of st.
Bsrthelini county, Of Berthior, swarms Of
ravenous grssshoppers have settled down
upon and eaten almost everything in the
field. The wheat and oats crop in the
neighborhoOd has been completely destroy
ed. The grssshoppers do not seem TO be
satisfied and are attached to everything in
the shape of fruit and vegetables, and
actually eat the cedar bark from the posts
along the fences.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-08-02
DEMOCRATIC SOLDIERS

Organized for the CsmpaIgn-The McClel-
land Legion.
HARRISBURG, August 1.-The Dsmo-
cratic soldiers of this city are taking a
lively interest in this campaign. The
George B, Mcclellan Legion, which has a
membership of 2s5, fully organized to-
night and proposed to do active work for
the Democratic national ticket.
The Republicans here have rival organ
ization OF soldiers, bat it has not yet as
sumed the proportions of that OF the Dem
Ocrats.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-08-02
"BIinkey" Refuses to Confes IS.

COLUMBUS, o., August John T.
Norris, a detective, made a proposition to
Charles, alias 'Blinkey," Morgan tonight,
that if he would make con.
fesfion of the Rsvenna crime and give
information leading to the capture of the
other parties named he would try to secure
q respite of sixty days, and in case of con.
viction of the other parties, Communication
of sentence to imprisonment for life. Nor
gan refused to consider the proposition.
He will be hanged at the psnitentiary to-
morrow night.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-08-02
After the Tea Trade.

CHICAGO, ILL, August 1.-The North
ern Pacific is making an effort TO secure
share of the tea trade from the Pacific to
the Atlantic coast, which trsffic has been
monopOlized to great extent by the Can
adian Pacific. Yesterday the first ship
ment of sixteen car loads arrived at Chica-
go on its way to New York The effort is
to show that the tea can be handled quick
er and better over this route than by the
foreign line. Much interest attaches to
the trial trip.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-08-02
Mrs. Clev Glands vacation at q Close.

MARION, MASS, August This is
Mrs Cleveland's last day at Marion, as she
leaves here this evening on a special train,
which will take her to Fall River. There
she takes boat to New York, and from
there she will return to Washington. Mr..
Glider will escort Mrs. Cleveland and her
mother to New York. The day is fine,
and Mrs. Cleveland is busy receiving few
callers.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-08-02
Tony Still In Jail.

BROOKLYN, August Tony Mullane,
pitcher of the Cincinnati base ball team,
who was arrested here yesterday on q judg-
mem for debt Of S2ls, contracted by his
partner, is still q prisoner in Raymond
street Jail. His counsel advised him this
morning not to pay the debt, as the execu-
tion was not properly made out, Tony
claims that his name is James, and there
fore he will not answer to the name of An-
thony
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Detrolt's Grain Trade Ruined.

CHICAGO, ILL, August Before the
Inter State Commission last evening the
depositions of Homer 4. Peters, John A.
Wendell and number of other grain deal
ers of Detroit were read, all pretending to
show the east bound grain business of De-
troit has been ruined by the present order
of thinOa
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-08-02
SOUTHERN IMMIGRATION.

Cardinal Gibbons says Anarchists, Com
munists and Paupers Are Not Wanted.
BALTIMORE, August Cardinal Glib
bons, who has just returned from the South,
in speaking of the Southern immigration
plan, said the idea was to bring over ma
natives of Ireland and Germany. He says:
"These people are honest, thrifty and in
dustrious We do not waot Anarchists,
Communists, thieves, murderers and the
worst pauper classes in the old world to
come among us. That is a class of immi-
grafton We do not counteDsnce and will
not have, but we do want the honest, fru-
gal, thrifty immigrant"
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-08-02
H.rri.on county Delegatss.

Special Tsltgrun 20 he Register.
CLARKsBURG, W. VA, August Fol
lowing are the delegates from Clark and
Coal districts to the Democratic county
convention called to select delegates to the
different convention: Wm- Rector, N. j.
CopIin, N. Connell, II. w. Carter. j. r.
Adams, ]. Davis, T. t. Payne, 7. P. Bren-
nan. Geo. Bastable, Granville Kesler, John
Romine, Thos. Morrison, n. F. Bartlett,
WIN. Francis, NJ. Wilson, VIM. Burke,
WIN. w. Gore, Henry Horrison, E. A.
Peck, @. @. wadsworth, ]. w. X. Hays,
Msies Bartlett and Wm- Wsdsworth.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-08-02
Death From Intense Heat.

CHICAGO, August 1.-Dispatches from
various points in Northern Illinois and
Southern Wisconsin report yesterday to
have been the hottest day of the season,
the temperature ranging from 90 to los.
A violent thunder storm is reported from
several points and much damage was done
by lightning, especially about Clinton, Ia.
A number Of prostrstions from heat are re-
ported; two were fatal.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-08-02
tits a Jute Trust This Time.

ST LOUIS, August lit now seems
that the jute combine has secured sufi--
cient control of the output Of baggiug man
ufacturers to control the market. 1t is
claimed that Warren, Jones and Grady are
at the head Of the trust and they decline
10 DENY or affirm the statement.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-08-02
RaDants at MnrpantnHn.

1SII6CfII IsItyT,IW % IIt htyISltT.
MORGANTOwN, August 1.-The follow
ing Regents on the committee to build an
agricultural experiment station, arrived
here this morning: DR.. w. W. Brown,
Col. d. D. c. L Smith and j. G. Schilling.
Senator J. B. Sommeryille and Hon. T. j..
Farnsworth, members of the Executive
Committee, which was to meet to-day,
also arrived this morning.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-08-02

A LIST Of Republican hoppers from New
Castle, Pa, IL ventilated this morning.
They are OF the usual kind that the Repub-
hcan press has indulged in so much self
cOngTaInla'iOu over doppers who wont be
Hoped.