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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-03-07


FOR you.
Ir has remained for an overwhelming
Iy Democratic Legislature 20 pas, "a bih
providing, as nearly as can be- done by
law. forapurc aud free ballot .u West
Virginia. The Australian ballot bIu'
which was passed yesterday needs
but tine signature OF the Governor Col
become law.
Tn C.. N O. proposes to put ou "a.
Western express called Che "Flyius
Dutchman. which viii make the run
between Washington aud Cincinnati boo.
l- hours and 35 minutes, which sill.
beat the record by hours and a half
the average speed being so miles am
hour. This is certainly hustlmg
A PrNNsyLvANiA legislative commits
tee Investigating the school book gue>-
zion has discovered that the cost of
manufacturing APPLETON IS readers. in-
Guiding paper and labor, is about as fol-
lows. Primers, from TO cents: First
Readers. % 90. second. l0 to1e, Third
l2toI5: Fourth. l6 20 rs; Fifth, Is TO
GOD. A retail price list from q Western
county showed that First Readers sold
There for IS cents; second, 40, Third, SOD.
Fourth. -5. and Fifth, Sle4. GoFF'~
arithmetics costing from 20 Is cents.
sold for 800 and 50 cents. These figures
give an idea OF Che profits OF thc school
book business, and give point Co ,he
complaint in various States against the
charges.
SUNDAY SALOONS IL NEW YORN.
The New York World has taken 30
bold stand iu regard 20 saloons Zoo the
mctropoli, selling ou Sunday. 10 takes
tlc stand that people whc drink liquor
on week DAYS want 10 on sunday. also.
and will drink 10 foo spite oil all the laws
that can Doe made. our contemporary
thinks that the law should bc modified
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std "' '' ''''''
Sunday, under certain re>if'cl'H>'
t..t..... d.. .,.f..,..3 This d. D--
iicVe-, would De better l"ah '"e Pi'>'''
,.rolibffnrv 9rraf,refnent. which is prlc-
....-,.
iicaiiy 90 drau irltrI' ~i"'' "'"i'' '''''
saloon in the city under tbe present i2w
....rt.. .l.......,. ..lf sl..
l- no" luu p'"',''@''' "'''
Sabbath day. La support OF It's @rgu-
,.......,..... ,,.t..r,i,, tie
i"enl 10 0''oN '''
SUNDAY law discrimin0teS ln FAVOR OF
t..,..l. .,...t ,.,.,i,,s -he rer-,,iir
saloons a man may s'' "> D' ''" "' ''.
wants 20 at his club or at motel "n
sunday but he is barred from entering O.
saloon.
The World says.
The present Excise las 's no- ann, o', S,s
~ e onor,c it n Is y.oisred every sun
day in almost every saloon IN town. ana no
body IS or San oe .,S,'' c, t6,o ANN of
those that excise laws are signed 20 re-
press 10 brings law ini' ,o" 9..,li,,. o n,
law and the iniquity OF law-5rcakinr 10
,mn upoo blackmaii and bribery
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Roasted Coffees.

"Alsromc " "Arbuckles," Lion. and ny
own roas. oi Ole Woman, Horse HeGi, snc
.cuse .c-st.
H~Sole Agent Tor the Celebrated Dupont
Powder Mills. A full supply Of Rife, Blast
ing and SPORTING Powder ofevery Kind constant
IL u magazine orders solicited from dealers
only. Also Patent Hemp, Gotten, and Water
Proof Safety Fuse. myo
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eas rrss. 81 0AiL. fosrAsE 'FrfA AID
lA.fy. 81 jSys iu '4c week Z, W
.AlLN. three days .H enc wees U
)AlLN tv. t.y- in thc week 40
,s..l oac t.y BOZ ff- sees 10
VS. kLN. o0- yras. '" .avanr. W
VsrE ll sis Derths 90
rEgIST.E. end -1cirs isssttrll sii.ioas,
,.e.-.-.i O.. no Postones g.. 8hesiue. w. Fr.,
ls second c.rss mater
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WANTED rHa UNITED STATES
W ARMY-Ahlr-boiic unmarried m5"' W.,
.,.',,, H.. of and - years. Good ply,
raticu.. clotiins and medical .ttendancf APP
pii.aili> mus b. prepared 10 furnish >aii,iac-
in-,, ,i.ien,e "a, to age. chararicr aud habits.
ABBY a. il3l MAIN STREET, Wheeling ".
a. ftbllw.d-,at- iuue3b
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o5citrrul 1tutirra.
A SSIGNEE'S NOTICE.

All persons who are indebted % D,gg Bros,
are requested 10 make payment 81 the under
signed, and those having claims against them
viii present them az As early date 80 possible.
! The stock of Boots and Shoes at No. lDUS Market
street ARE now on sale. aud those desiring bar.
| gain. will de- well 90 call aud inspect these
! FOODS 4 : RILEY,
J f4Igh Assignee
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1.cu Advertisements

WANTED GOOD CANvASSERS FOR
w Wheeling. Belaire and vicinity Apply AZ
Belmont Hotel, Beliaire, Monday. u kAhS'
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TNNERGE lC. RELIABLE MEN or GOOD
~ address wanted in every town IN Ncs5
Virginia 60 represent one oil tI, oiu.st nhu
strongest Nqtionai building and Loan Associa-
zion. Exclusive territory and liberal induce
m,nt,. Addre,, LOCK BON No. q. New Mar
,i,,.,ili. ~ Viruiui.. fc25eragb
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C. O. SMITH


mari No i9eq Market Street.
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4 CHANCE IN \ LIFE rlN FOX MtN
4 with capital and active men without capital
/, ,ecllre vcry pleasant and profitable business.
No droncs or curiosity seekers need Apply
Address with a2 cent stamp, Consolidated "A
Unstable Shoe Co, sal, m, Mass. inarseodq1
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XyTANTED-A SALESMAN SELLING TO
w the retail trade to take our iall inc OF
Jeans. Cottonades. Dress Goods. Cas'lmef-s'
Ginchams and DamaSks IN connection MN Vim
MANIFACTURER Box 1871, Bryn Mawr. Pa
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TIM C.. IS O. proposes to put ou "a
Western express called the "FlyiuS
Dutchman." which viii make the run
between Washington and Cincinnati iu
l- hours and 35 minutes, which viii
boa, the record by 8 hours and half
The average speed being sd miles am
hour. This is certainly hustiug.
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NATIONAL BANK OF Y. VA
~ AT WHEELING.

CAPl4AL.. .--s' s-evioVs
Southwest cor. Main sni Twelfth Ste
DOES \ GENERAL BANKING BUSINESS
St. Landry democrat., 1891-08-29

The Atlanta Constitution says: A stu
dent of prison life at Sing Sing gives it
as his deliberate judgment that reforma-
ton is impossible, when criminals are
crowded together under Que roof. In a
penitentlary the prisoners sentenced for
term of years for small offenses 90 out
into the world after their release more
wicked than before, and plunge still
deeper into the black. abyss of crime.
Another thing has been observed at Sing
Sing. While the prisoners do not de-
rive any moral benefit from their associ-
alton with each other, the officials, whose
duty it is to watch them, seem to be af-
fected by the contagious iniquity around
them. The reported heavy defalcations
among some of the recent officials of the
prison will make startling reading when
the story is given to the public. So it
seems that our prison system not only
educates the prisoners into malefactors,
but tempts their guards to become GRIM
inals. If Sing Sing is fair sample of
our penal institutions the whole business
needs thorough overhauling.
St. Landry democrat., 1891-08-29

It is pleasing, confesses the New York
Sun, to obtain official information that
there is no danger of the immediate ex-
tinction of the American buffalo, as this
superb beast has found a quiet and
happy home in the Yellowstone National
Park. 1t is to be feared, however, that
the habits and even the natural qualities
of the buffalo are undergoing a serious
change in the Park, and that he is be-
coming tame and we'll disposed quad
ruped. 1t is truly sad to think that the
vast herds which roamed proudly over
the plains, even as late as the middle Of
the present century, have disappeared.
St. Landry democrat., 1891-08-29
1 Dramatic Rnyon"e.

A reoi,,ent once marched into per;o,-
eng tc take mn ouor.cr9 thera and tba
whole town was ont to see the soJdiers
enter Tha cj,iYcns crovdc1 ont into
the line of much, unr;yo them bacl, 7,
commanded the colonel AFcst of the
snectators shrauIl AWAY. Oolv one man
remained i,nmovahle-a Great white-
haired man. with crossed arms defiant
mjrn. and a contnrnntvous smile on his
lips. He WAS the Maf4uis Mari. de
Saintc- Maria. 4 cavtain. named Roland.
tanned him ON the breast with tho
handle of his sword. Marie de Sainte-
Marie snatched .|le sword. gnapped it
over his knee. and threw the tits in
Holand's face. hand to-band FIGHT
followed The MARQUIS was arrested
and confined in his hotel under guard
of thycr soldiers. lie remained there
FIVE DAYS and then learned that at four
O'Clock on the f,lloXinf morning the
REGIMENT, with Castlin Roland, would
march away. 10 get his satisfaction,
he must hunt Roland down like fox,
and he resolved to do it. Early in the
morninn, he eli .sijo,I M the chimney OF
the room in which he was imprisoned,
over five roofs. and down thc scuttle OF
the house Of friend. lie swallowed q
glass of wine, Dut chicken BONG in his
St. Landry democrat., 1891-08-29

But this eloquent and patriotic appeal
fell UNDECIDED upon the dull cars Of an
unapprcciative Senate, and the matter
has strangely remained in allegiance
through successive administrations from
that day to this, until so disheartened
had the authorities and the people of
the little republic finally become that
they plaintivcly referred to it In recent
ly declining to be represented ct the
Worlds Fair in 1898.
It is true that President Baez and
others prophcsied that it would some day
be renewed. And this has now come
to pass. But the renewal now proceeds
from the side of the United States, and
not until our humble supplications at the
other end of the island have been per-
emptori!y rejected. The vigorous i'll
crease of our navy, our rapidly augment
ing commerce with the southern repub-
lies, and the new impetus to be given to
isthmian transit by the Nicaragua Canal,
and soon, perhaps, by a ship railway at
Tchuantepec, all SO lorcbly urged by
General Grant in his repeated appeals to
Congress, contribute to impress upon the
mind as a matter of imminent importance.
-CIic0Q2 ItmeS.
St. Landry democrat., 1891-08-29
Courts of Cancellation.

"Fonligelsis Kommission, or courts
OF consultation which have existed for
years in Denmark have worked to a
charm and are well worthy of imitation
everywhere, and especially in this coun-
try, where all of our courts are crowded
to repletion with business. These are
not courts of arbitration, but are con-
Quoted on this plan: There is one judge
and two assistants, none of whom are
professionals, but are taken. from among
citizens the same as we take jurors, ly
consent of all parties. Every case to be
acted on must be brought before these
courts of Cancellation before it can be
taken into regular court OF law. The
plaintiff comes without counsel, none be-
Ing allowed on either side, and states his
case plainly, and the defendant is sum
monsd to appear on certain day, either
ia person or by proxy, otherwise he is
fined 1.-THE case has to be taken to a
law court. Then each party is heard
and questioned by the Judge, who tells
him OF the legal rights and duties of each
and gives advice or suggestions. The
parties are not obliged to take this, but
If they do, and agree to settle, the judg-
ment j. without appeal and final.
Xork Dispatch.
St. Landry democrat., 1891-08-29

| for vessels lies between the northernmost
| portion Of these AMI the peninsula. The
| largest ships of the line can enter this
bay with the utmost ease and find secure
anchorage entirely out of cannon range
| from vessels outside. There are also
excellent anchOra ges and small harbors
on tie northern side near the entrance
to the bay. The infregucncy of land
brcczes at certain seasons of the year has
been urged as an objection to this har-
bor for sailing vessels. But we are con-
tcmplating it as coaliDg station and
steamers lind no difficulty in entering or
leaving it at all seasons, day or night.
The small town of Santa Barbara, for
which Admiral Ghelardi, United States
navy, is now negotiating, is situated on
the north shore of the bay, on small
blight, but this is not the only nor by any
means the best locality. It's convenient,
however, to the sea, is good water
station, and is we'll sheltered.
Reference to any general map of the
chain of islands separating the Atlantic
Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico from the
Caribbean Sea will at once suggest the
importance of Santo Domingo as naval
station. 1t lies between the two prin-
cipal Spanish possessions of Cuba and
Porto Rico, and controls to some extent
jamaica and all the Windward Islands.
Columbus took possession of the island
in the name of Ferdinand and Isabella,
the 9th of December, 1902. The Indian
name was Haiti, but Columbus called it
Hispaniola, and it has since been known
alternately as Santo Domingo and IIayti.
Tie central position which it occupies in
that archipelago, separated from Cuba
by channel of only forty miles, inter-
mediate between Jamaica on the west
and Porto Pico on the east, its vicinity
to the commercial ports of the United
States, Central America and Venezuela,
confer upon it at this time a political i'm
portance second only to its commercial
value. It's entire coast IS indented with
deep and valuable harbors and inter
sected with rivers penetrating far INTO
the interior, which render all its re-
sources available in extending the com
merce of any power which may acquire
sovereignty over it or become connected
with it in relations of reciprocity.
In addition to the typographical and
climatic advantages the Dominican por-
ton of the island has peculiar salubrious
attractions, owing to the trend of the
mountain ranges east and west, the val
ley between them being swept of all
malarious influences by the trade winds
of the ocean.
1t is remarkable that this island-so
richly endowed by nature and the first OF
the discoveries of Columbus-is at this
late date so little known. As early as
1914 the President of the Dominican re-
St. Landry democrat., 1891-08-29

pauslng as she passed my lounge to draw
the covers more closely about my shout.
ders, while I lay here as if asleep.
Then for half an hour she and Robert
sat there before the fire, while Robert
told her everything.
First, he had thought he might take
still another set of books to keep BY
staying an hour later every night he
could accomplish it. But Aunt Mere
dith said: "No, dear 1t is not right to
stay out so very late;' and the books
were given up.
Then the clock struck half-past ten.
Robert rose and lighted Aunt Mcrediths
candle; and again the halo seemed to
form around the silver braids, and
showed me the smile upon her pale face
as Robert bent his head to kiss her faded
cheek.
Now she is gone, and it is Robert who
bends over my pillow and whispers,
"Poor Clarcnce!" as lie draws the covers
ever so lightly over my chest.
And now, he, too, is asleep; but his
bed is so near that can touch him if |
choose. A little silver call-bell is in
reach on the other side.
"You may want water, oear," Aunt
Meredith said, when she put the bell
there; us if did not know what it is
Aunt Meredith fears. 1t is the black
banner on the door knob
But am not thinking Of that ton ght.
am thinking of Aunt Meredith; and
thinking OF her life. SO full of promise
and so barren of fuitiiment, and of my
life so devoid of promise, and yet so full
of peace.
l am thinking, too, of the lives of the
children asleep in their beds; of the
young man about to enter the world
pure of heart and strong of purpose; of
the graves of the two men who blessed
Aunt Meredith with their last breath of
the dying pillows made easy by her prom
ises; OF the little child who only left the
shelter Of her arms to slip away to Gods.
When | remember these, | bless Aunt
Mcredith's mistake. - Youths C0mp0n5oa.
St. Landry democrat., 1891-08-29
SAN DOMINGO.
AN IMPORTANT ISLAND IN THE
WEST INDIES.
1t Cont aims Two Small Republics-Its
Grand Harbor-importanC to
This Country of the Bay
OF SANTANA

It is intel esting at this time to consult
the map of the West Indies, and espe'
Cially the group of the Great Antilles,
with the view of duly approaching the
discovery Of Columbus, the questions
arising and likely to arise from the penc'
tration Of the American isthmus, but
particularly the questions arising at this
time from our relations with Hayti and
Dominica. The island upon which these
two republics are situated lies central be
tween Cuba and Porto Rico, about one
third Of it being occupied by the negro
republic and the rcmaincr by the repub-
lie Of Dominica The boundary runs
nearly north and south along a chain of
mountains from Cape Haytien to the Bay
of ,JaquemcI.
The Cape St. Nicholas (reccntly re-
fused to the United States as coaling
station) is the northwcsternmost point of
the island, and is in Haytian territory.
The Bay of SANTANA, to which the United
States has been invited, is on the other
extreme, and is in the territory Of Do
minica, commanding the Mona passage e
the principal channel to the Caribbean
Sea and the Spanish Main. The cape
and town of Isabella, where Columbus
first established himself, is on the north
cln coast of Dominica, and the city of
San Domingo, where he finally planted
his colony, where his body was deposited
when it was returned from Spain, and
where 1t remained 24O years, until finally
taken to Havana, is on the southern
coast.
The Bay of SANTANA is beyond doubt
the grandest harbor of the Antilles. 1t
extends some thirty miles from east to
west by lime or twelve from north to
south. The peninsula which forms che
lay is grand lromontory, broken into
hills ranging from a few hundred to
COCO feet in height, exceedingly steep,
very irregular, and interspersed with
narrow sloping valleys; the whole COW
cred with dense growth of underbrush,
vines, and timber, well watered by num-
crous mountain streams which sometimes
fall in beautiful cascades. The predom-
inant rock is limestone, generally porous,
but often of such quality as to form a
good building material, and in positions
quite accessible. Schistose rocks also
occur with veins of calcareous spar and
sandstone. Quartz occurs frequently,
and at the extremity of the peninsula an
abundance of mica slate. Bituminous
coal is also found of exceeding richness.
The entrance to the harbor at SANTANA
for vessels drawing more than eight feet
is contracted to about 1000 yards by
broad coral reef extending from the
southern shore. At the point north Of
this reef are five small islands, the
largest containing about 100 acres, the
smallest mere sandbank. The pass
St. Landry democrat., 1891-08-29

The then recent experiences of the
people, however, under foreign DONNA
ton rendered the proposition inoppor-
tune. Although, as the Assistant Sec
rotary reported, the measure commended
itself to the better judgment of the
leading minds of the Dominion republic,
it would require time to satisfy the
minds of the people that the occupation
of SANTANA by the United States would be
a far different matter from its recent
temporary controlby Spain. and that o'n
presence and friendship would save them
from the very evils which they dreaded,
and bring peace and prosperity to take
the place of their unhappy discords.
The negotiations were, however, broken
off; but on the Oath of November in the
same year our comm ercial agent again
wrote that an informal proposal had been
made to him for lease of SANTANA and
the following month President Baez,
after consulting the magnates of the re-
public, made arran gements for submitting
a proposition for the protection of the
United States to a popular vote.
Such was the con dition of these nego-
tiations when the administrion of Mr..
johnson ceased and General Grant was
elected President. General Babcock was
now sent as commissioner to act in con-
junction with Mr.. Perry, the commercial
agent of the United States, to negotiate
d treaty for the nnexation of the whole
territory of the republic to the United
States, or for a lease Of the peninsula
and bay of Sam ana.
In February, 1870, the proposition for
was submitted to the people
and was approved by an almost unani.
nous vote. Mr.. Perry in his dispatches
said: "The whole people desire annex
alton to the United States"
The treaty, however, failed to receive
St. Landry democrat., 1891-08-29

gravest responsibilities as to our new
possessions and precipitated also upon
them questions as to the right Of way
| for isthmian transit. These were, how
ever, left as legacy to the administra-
| ton of Mr.. Pierce, under which, III the
month of August, 1854, Captain (aftcr-
ward GeneraD George B. Mcclellan and
other engineers were sent out III the
United States flagship Columbus at the
| invitation of the Dominican authorities
70 survey the bay OF SANTANA tor the pur-
| POSE of obtaining sites for naval station
and coal depot. From that day to this
| every administration Of the Dominican
Government has manifested its desire to
place the fortunes of the little republic
under the protection of the United
States or to make it an integral part of
the Union.
President Santana was particularly
anxious to egotiatc general treaty to
this end, and the 10th of September,
1856, Mr.. Elliot, the United States com.
mercial agent, wrote: liam authorized
to offer the United States Government
not only any location in the Bay Of ST.
mana for their purpose, but the coal
mines in that harbor, and any other COM
mcrcial advantages they may require"
The Government Of Spain (Which hap
PLY fell with the revolution Of 1859,
following the example of the French in
Mexico, took advantage of the Civil War
in the United States to attempt the res
tcration of its power in San Domingo.
The political and military objects of this
effort were very palpable. One side o!
the Memo passage being already in ike.
possession the Bay OF SANTANA would civ
them the absolute control of the maiH
passage to the Caribbean Sea. The a.
tempt, however, was abandoned in 1863,
a provisional Government was estab
lisbed and call was made for a cou-
vention to frame constitution.
A strong popular feeling in favor of
more intimate connection with the United
States now earnestly manifested itself,
and our consular agent in writing to the
State Department referred to the survey
by General Mcclellan in 1854, and said
IL the pOtlCy VI our uoVtlhlllcHl was sun
to acquire station at SANTANA he was
sure it could then be obtained.
Again, he says in his dispatch of Sep
TENDER, 1865: ".ihc influence of our
glorious republic is well-nigh omnipo-
tent here"
In 1916 General Cabral was elected
President with great unanimity, and Our
agent said in his dispatch of September
8: Il feel sangulne that any arrangement
that might be desirable could now be
effected advantageously." Indeed, the
new Government lost no time in convey
ing to Secretary Seward its willingness
to part with some of its possessi ,ns on
the Bay of SANTANA. Accordingly in
January, 1867, the Assistant Secretary OF
State, attended by Rear. Admiral Porter,
proceeded to the city of Santo Domingo,
authorized to offer the Dominion Govern.
ment 50, 000,O onehalf in cash anG
the other half in arms and munitions OF
war, as a consideration for the proposed
cession.
St. Landry democrat., 1891-08-29

The United tSergicc Gazctte Uondonl
observes: "The encomium pronounced
by the German Emperor on the drinking
and duelling corps of German universe
ties meets with very little sympathy
amongst our officers. That it is we'll to
cultivate manliness and disregard of
pain is freely admitted, but it is con-
tended that this object can be attained
without the revolving slicing OF noses
and Sitting of lips. These words, how
ever, uttered by William the Second,
Train your courage, your discipline and
your obedience, without which we can
not as a State continue to live are
worthy of being remembered and taken
to heart.n