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The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1891-12-04

About One Thousand Copies will be Sent
TO Congress.

WASHINGTON, December 2.-Presi-
dent Harrison's message to Congress
will probably be delivered to that body
on next Tuesday, barring incidents
and accidents. Congress convenes on
the first Monday in December of each
year, but it has been the custom for
the President not to send his message
till the second day of the session, as
the first day is consumed in organiza-
ton.
About one thousand copies of the
message viii be sent to Congress. 1t
will be printed in long primer type,
loaded. twill be on heavy calendered
paper, and put together with steel
rivets and bound in heavy paper.
Copies of the message will be laid upon
the desk of each senator and repre-
sentative just before the reading clerk
begins to read the message. SO that it
may be optional with the Legislators
whether they get the information in
the message by listening to the read
ing or by retiring from the hall of the
Senate or House and perusing the
copy individually. The large majority
Of both houses prefer to listen to the
reading of the message, as it is much
easier to comment On, and digestation
can come naturally by that process.
This message of the President is ex-
pected to be quite lengthy. Beside a
stringency in the money market which
has been felt throughout the country,
there have been complicated diplomatic
negotiations in progress and extensive
reciprocity work done. These viii re-
quire much space in the message.
There are great many questions the
President will have to treat, and many
recommendations will be necessary
upon the facts which the Chief Exc
cutive will recite. Then we are on the
threshold of an important political
campaign, and everybody naturally
demands the fullest possible informa-
ton and opinion.
Mr.. Harrison will, doubtless, referto
the beneficent effects of the Mckinley
bill. In his message last year, it will
be remembered, Mr.. Harrison took
the ground that time and fair trial
would show its wisdom, and his state
ment has been entirely borne out. 1t
is not unlikely that he may throw out
a hint that the Mckinley law author
ICES the President to reimpose certain
duties against countries which have
not as yet granted the United States
reciprocal trade advantages. In this
connection, too, reference will doubt
less be made to the removal of the
onerousrestrictions by certain European
nations on some of our agricultural
products portland the ex-
cellent prospects for further benefits,
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1891-12-04
SADNESS AND REJOICING.
nksgiving Reunion Long to be Re
membered.

KANSAS CITY, Mo-, Nov. 28.-
Thanksgiving day, day of rejoicing,
was transferred into day of sadness
for David 7. Beals and his family. His
two-year-old boy was kidnapped and
held for ransom.
To-day, one of sorrow for the family,
was turned into one Of gladness. The
child was recovered.
A Thanksgiving reunion of the Beals
family took place yesterday at the
house of Mr.. David Beals, wealthy
banker of this city, and capitalist
well-known through the west. Mr..
Beals, while sixty-two years old, is the
father of two pretty children, a girl
aged four and two-year-old boy,
David 7. Beals, Jr., or Junior
Beals, as the boy calls himself, the
only boy of the family and the partic-
ular pride of his father. While the
older members of the family were
just finishing their dinner at o'clock
in the evening, Mr.. Beals' two child
rem and one of his grandchildren were
making merry in the hall. Suddenly
the childish glee ceased and almost i'm
mediately an outer door was heard to
slam. This aroused the suspicious of
Mrs. Beals, who ran quickly to the hall
to find that Junior Beals was not
among his playmates.
Lizzie Smith, the waitress, was also
missing, and the conclusion was ar
rived at that she had kidnapped the
boy. The police were notified at once,
and three detective agencies were de-
tailed udon the case
All day long to-day no encouraging
news was given by the officers, and the
parents of the child had almost given
up their boy as lost to them forever.
This afternoon Mr.. Beals offered in the
evening papers IS, 900 and no questions
asked for the return of his boy.
AT Z o'clock this evening man of
strange appearance presented himself
at the front door of the Beals mansion.
He wore false face and a wig, and
was dressed very like a day laborer.
He told the servant who answered the
bell that he must see Mr.. Beals i'm
mediately. Mr.. Beals went to the door.
The man said he was a detective that
he had found the abductress and her
accompGces; that they had the lost
child in their possession, that they de-
manded $40, 900 ransom, and that they
were prepared to deliver the child to
its parents for that amount. Mr.. Beals
declined to pay the sum, and stuck to
his original offer of $4,000. 1t was
finally agreed that the Detective"
should deliver the child for that
amount.
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1891-12-04
HE MAKES A DEMAND.
Tennessee's Governor Firmly Says the
Convicts Shall BE Returned.

NASHVILLE, TENN, December L.
"The convicts shall be returned to the
mines if it takes every able-bodied man
in the State to do it, said Gov. Buch-
anan last night.
"When will they be returned, Gov
ernor 2" he was asked.
That | do not know yet"
Will you send a military guard
with them ~
81 cannot tell you that. l can
simply say that the convicts shall be
returned to the mines if it takes every
able-bodied man in the State to do it.
Is that not enough p
The lessees have made demand up-
on the State for the convicts. This de-
mand was answered promptly that
when convicts had been captured they
would De returned if supplied with suf-
ficient guard and proper quarters. The
proper quarters will be built at once.
This will take two weeks.
The question of the guard required
not little consideration. The present
intention is to provide about so men
each for Briceville and Coal Creek and
100 men for Oliver Springs. All these
will be in the pay of the lessees.
Twenty-Five at each place, it is thought,
will be militiamen specially enlisted for
this guard duty.
In regard to this last feature Gov.
Buchanan wired Gen. S. T. Carnes, of
Memphis, Brigadier General of the
Tennessee militia, to come to Nash
vile. The two were in consultation all
the afternoon.
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SCHOOLS OF PENNSYLVANIA.

HARRISBURG, Pa, Dec. 2.-The su-
perintendent of public instruction to-
day gave out advance sheets Of his
forth coming annual report. He states
that the total number of pupils in the
public schools Of the state is 969, 500,
an increase of 4,062. There are %,
SS4 schools, an increase of 519,and the
state has "a, 925 teachers, an increase
of 432. During the year the expendi-
lures including that upon buildings,
was S13, 518, 703.a8, an increase of $500,
386.88. The estimated value Of school
property is $35, 1877 ,S94.S4.
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1891-12-04
AN ACTIVE PARTY.
The Peoples Party Getting Ready for
the Campaign.

Topeka, Kan, Nov. 2S.-The Peo-
pies Party Central Committee met
here yesterday, and perfected arrange
ments by which permanent headquar-
tiers would be maintained. The work
of the Indianapolis convention was APP
proved, and it was decided that in the
future the Peoples party organization
in each county should act independent
ly of both political parties. Every
member of the committee gave it as his
opinion that a combination with the
Democrats in 1892 was out Of the
question.
A statement Of the vote cast at the
recent elections compiled from semi
official returns was submitted to the
committee, in order that an estimate
of the strength might be made. The
statement showed the straight Repub-
lican vote to be 90,33S combination
Observation-Disclosures vote, 39,65S ;
straight Democratic vote, 81 1873 Peo-
pies party vote, 1l3,2S0, Frank Nc
Grath, EXPIRE ident of the Alliance,
who was quoted as saving that in the
future he would denounce the Third
party, participated in the meeting and
was allowed to dictate the chairman
ship of the Executive Committee, which
is to maintain the headquarters in adj
dition to the surveillance organization.
Peoples party clubs will be organ
lied and daily paper started. The
Alliance and the Peoples Central Com
mittee will have their headquarters in
the same building, and will work to-
gether. S. w. Chase, who was made
chairman of the Executive Commit
tee, was chairman of the Peoples
Central Committee last Fall, but was
deposed shortly after the election on
account of the McGrath troubles. His
nomination by McGrath is not under
stood
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1891-12-04
CONDENSED MILK TRUST.
An English t15.OOO,O00 For Operating
Under the Borden Patent.

ELeIN, ILL.,, Dec. 1.-The five chief
milk-condensing factories in the United
States under the Borden patents are to
pass into the hands of an English syn
dicate, it is understood. It's factories
are located at Elgin and Carpenters
vile, ILL.,, and at Brewster, Wassaic
and Walden, N. Y. They have been
the property of the Borden and Mil
bank families since their establishment,
and the Borden heirs are now in New
York, where, it is said, arrangements
for the transfer have been completed.
The purchase price is not stated, but is
estimated to be about fifteen millions.
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1891-12-04
PONTIFICAL MASS.


ST. Louis. On November 30, 1871,
just fifty years ago, Peter Richard
Kenrick was consecrated bishop of
the Roman Catholic Church. Yester-
day, the fftieth anniversary of his CON
secraton, his golden jubilee was cele-
brated with great pomp. Only once
before has the golden jubilee of a
bishop been celebrated-that of John
McHale, Archbishop of Tuam, Ire
land, eleven years ago. Archbishop
Kenrick has filed these fifty years
with usefulness and good, and were it
not for the fact that on notable oc-
casion he incurred the displeasure of
the Holy See by declaring boldly his
unbehef in the infalibility of the Pope,
he would now be prince of the
Church. 1t is related in connection
with the above that, had he not virtu-
ally defied the head of the Roman
Church, he would have been created a
cardinal long before this.
The grand pontiical mass began at
nine O'Clock in the old Cathedral on
Walnut street. 1t was the most inn
pressive ceremony ever seen in Catho
lie church in this city, The leading
representatives of the Roman Catho-
lie hierarchy of the United States off
ciated. An hour before this ceremony
took place the venerable Archbishop
said mass privately in his own chapel,
and then repaired to the Cathedral,
where he, in cope and inter, assisted
the Cardinal. The jubilee sermon was
delivered by Archbishop Ryan, of
Philadelphia, who for years held the
coadjutor bishopric of this provice.
In addition to Cardinal Gibbons and
Archbishop Ryan, the bishops of the
mass were Very Rev. H. Muehlsipen,
V. g., and Rev. VIM. Walsh, deacons
of honor to the Archbishop; Very Rev.
Philip p Brady, arch-priest to the
Cardinal Revs. d. w. Kenrick and
James Hessoun, deacons of honor to
the celebrant Rev. Joseph Schaefers,
deacon of the mass Rev. E. J. Shea,
sub-deacon of the mass 4; Rev. VIM.
Noonan, ss-bearer; Rev. Martin S.
Brennan, first master of ceremonies
Rev. Henry Geers, second master of
ceremonies Brother Felix, F. S. c.,
third master of ceremonies.
The altar was dressed in magnif-
cent style with flowers. evergreens and
colors. An Illuminated crucifx adorn-
ed the tabernacle. On the epistle side
was the Cardinals throne, decorated
with cardinal silk and bunting. Di-
rectly opposite was the Archbishop's
| throne. After the Cardinal had vastad
he proceeded to the foot of the altar,
meanwhile blessing the clergy and the
people. He then said the "Dutroit y
and incensed the altar, after which he
passed between the deacons to his
throne. After the choir sang the
Kyrie" the Cardinal intoned the
GLORIA in Excelsis."
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1891-12-04
GRIP IN BERLIN.

BERLIN. December 2.-The epidemic
of influenza which has caused so much
suffering here of late is increasing in
severity. Owing to the large number
of influenza patients supplementary
barracks at the Moabil Hospital have
been opened for their accommodation,
all the ordinary wards there being full.
There are now LOO patients at the
Charity Hospital, many Of whom are
suffering from influenza.
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axnERAE. sUrLER Ill.
Unable to Lenve His Room and HIS
| Condition Regarded as Critical.

LOWELL, Mass, December 1.-Gen-
eral Butler is seriously i'll at his home
in this city. The gravest doubts of
his recovery are entertained.
General Butler was 70 years old on
November 5. He has aged rapidly Of
late, and those who have seen him in
court during the last few months could
hardly fail TO remark the change.
There was the same witty remark and
sarcastic rejoinder which everyone had
come to expect from General Butler,
but there was more feebleness Of step
and greater trembling of hand and
voice than formerly. Little by little
he has been withdrawing from prac-
tice.
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1891-12-04
CURRENT HAPPENINGS.

Items FROM All Sect1ons Oh the country
A food of $454, $50 in silver dollars
poured from the minis last week.
Census Superintendent Porter is i'll
with tonsilitis, andis locked up athome.
Fire-bugs are making life burden
and property a milestone at Castleton,
VT.
The Texas Legislature will be called
in special session to consider the Alien
Land law.
A rush for hotel accommodations at
Minneapolis has been started by the
Republicans.
The would-be assassin of Rev. Dr.
John Hall, John Roth, has been re-
leased on $4,000 bail.
Grand Army veterans are agitating
the purchase of the Mount MacGregor
house, where Grant died.
Carter Harrison's Chicago Times is
booming General Nelson A. Miles for
therepublican Presidential nomination.
The Directors of the Standard Gas
light Company, New York, adjourned
yesterday without reaching any con-
clusion in the Andrews affair.
Boiled to death in I've was the fate
of the 3-year-old son of William Car
penter, near Indianapolis, Ind. The
child fell into 60-gallon boiler.
Charged with libeling the Mutual Re-
serve Fund Life Association, of New
York city, H. r. Whitman, of Newark,
N. j., has been sued for $50, 900 dam
ages.
During the last ten months there
were in the German Empire, 1854 bank
ruptcies, while there were only 1920
during the entire year of 1890.
Duke Gunther, ofSchleswig Holstein,
has incurred the displeasure of his
brother-in-law, the German Emperor,
owing to his infatuation For Spanish
dancer named Otero.
A block has occurred on several
railways in Southern Russia, the con
dition being such that any warlike
movement ON the part of that country
Is practically impossible
Abram Backer, the New York broker
who failed for S4,000,000 in August,
pleaded not guilty" yesterday to the
charge of grand larceny He is still
under bail.
Cherokee Indians, or old Settlers
yesterday secureda judgment against
Uncle Sam for $685., 900, money alleged
to have been due them since the treaty
of 1916.
In spirit of revenge James T. Nc
Kibben, prominent Illinois Alliance
man, it is charged, has burned many
farmers buildings near Centralia, that
State, and is under arrest.
A Socialist speaker was arrested at a
meeting in Deptford England The
crowd followed the man to the police sta
and were finally dispersed by charge
of mounted police, several people being
injured.
The condition of the London money
market is considered the best for a
year past. The Autumn requirements
have been met and the expected decline
of gold has not occurred. On the
bourse in Paris business was quiet
with a slightly better tendency. In
Berlin the outlook was brighter, and
though dealings during the week were
limited, confidence is returning. AT
Frankfort good feeling prevailed.
William Allen, known as Gland
Bill" Allen, died yesterday in the
Franklin County Ohio Infrmary,
aged eighty-one years. He was at diff
ferent times editor of the Rhode Is
lander, the Ohio State Journal and the
Cincinnati Gazette. He spent 100000
In furthering a plan to give 160 acres
of government land to every man who
would settle on it. In 1868 his bill
Dassed Conorees He haoaroa ,,a,p;
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In Samoa it is evidently better to be
the adviser of the king than to be the
king himself. The adviser of the king
lives in handsome house. and has a
salary of $4,000 a year The king lives
in house which is a mere shanty COM
pared to that of his adviser, and is
forced to exc out living from sal
airy OF $40 a year. All kings don't
have as soft snap as most people
think they do.
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HAGERsTowN, November 30.-1n the
Criminal Court to-day counsel for a
colored man demurred to the indictment
and challenged the general array of the
jury on the grounds that no coiored man
had been drawn on the jury. The mo-
ton has excited considerable comment
in this community. No colored man
has ever been drawn as juror III this
county, although in the two other
counties Of this Judicial district colored
jurors are in attendance at every term
of court.
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OLDEsT MAN Is DEAD.
He Claimed to be 149 Years Of Age, Bat
IL Was Doubted.

GRAFTON, W. VA, November 3d.
Isaiah Carpenter, the oldest man in
West Virginia, and believed to be one
of the Oldest men in the country, died
at his home in Preston county yester-
day. Estimates as to Carpenters age
varied, but none placed it under 100.
He claimed to have been born in 1882,
and would, therefore, have been 149
years old. He had a son, who died
ten years ago at the age of 80, and a
daughter now living is nearly that
age. Until recently Carpenter had
fairly good health, though entirely
blind.
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NOT THE RAILROADS FAULT.
Passengers Must Not Put Their Arms
Out Car Windows.

| H5seHB6Tb NHubt INUt ut 1HeIT zfrHIs
Out Car Windows.
CHARLESTON. w. VA, December 2.
In the Supreme Court to-day, in the
case of Carrie VS.. the West Virginia
and Pittsburg Railroad Company, a
very important decision was handed
down. The case comes from Tucker
county, where the plaintiff were given
$4,000 damage for a broken arm, sus-
tanned while hanging out of a car win
dow. In effect the Supreme Court
holds that the plaintiff had no business
to have his arm out of the window,
and reverses the decision of the lower
court, thus relieving the railroad com
pany of any liability.
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1891-12-04

All promotions in the fifty post Of
fees under civil service rules will be
made hereafter only after competitive
examination.
The morning call., 1891-08-06
IT WOULD NOT WORK.
n husbands Trick to Avoid Aeco
nanNiutr Hia NNifo L. E......4n

a Husbands Trick to Avoid Accom-
panying His Wife to Church.
James" she said. as they were packing
Tor short trip in the country, ARE you
going to wear that neglige shirt?"
Certainly" he responded. .'You don't
suppose l am going to loaf around in a
staEehed one, do you?"
Oh, no; but you must put in one white
one, you know. Wen be there over
Sunday"
What of it?" he asked irritabIy.
What of it2" she repeated in surprise
Why, James, you can't so to church In q
nfglise shirt, and you must go to church,
you know. Aunt Maria would think it
awful If you didn't.
But if forget to bring the white shirt"
he suggested, ''she-'
But You mustn't forget it." she inter
rupted. You must go. really. You pro-
trip
He sat down on a corner OF the room with
his grip in front Of him and thought il all
over for !: minute. Then he said:
,,, An right, Jennie. Ii it'll please you,
III take one"
He took shirt out of a drawer and
damned it into grip and to show her an
probation of the act she put her arms
around his neck and kissed him.
And the following Sunday morning while
he was getting his last d0ze she took the
SHIRT out OF the valise and laid it on chair
Then she went back to the yalse, and a
moment later her voice rang out clear and
sharp:
cuffs?' anu
8, '",Hey?'' he said. partially awakened.
". coll9rs and cuffs. Aren't they there ?"
No; they're not there"
must have forgotten Them" he said,
yawnlng and turning over.
-. GU certainly didn't bring them"
Ihere was menacing ring in her voice.
but he failed to notice it,
Then L can't go 10 church," he said
fes you can" she retorted. 81 know
yon, James Stringer, and you can't fool me
And he went. wearing a seventeen collar
belonging 10 Uncle Henry" on fifteen
neck belonging to himself. And the cuffs
could have been put on outside his coat
sleeves
But he went just the same, and the next
time he tells his wife he will go anywhere
ne Till make preparations accordingly.-
Sunday Mercury
The morning call., 1891-08-06
THE SMALL BOY AND THE DOG.

An Ordinary, Everyday Street Incident
which Caused Sensation.
Yesterday at about 80 o'clock Market
street was thrown into CONSERVATION and
uproar by the electric cry, Mad dog"
Ladies ran and streamed, small boys hal
looed vociferously, wagons and ether vehicles
were retarded in their progress and the men
who d d not get out of the way turned
around to look for the cause Of all the dis
turbance. This was a medium-siZed white
and black dog, which came around the cor
ner bowling and yelling as il pursued by
demons and with large white paper bag,
filled with something that made a rafting
noise, tightly tied to his tail.
The dog pursued his course up Meeting
street until opposite the store of Mr.. James
f. Walsh, into which place it darted for
refuge, anG found it under barrel rack full
of barrels. The clerk in the store succeeded
in pacifying the terrified animal sufficiently
to allow him 10 cut off the bag. which on
examination was found to be full of peas,
the rafting of which had caused such terror
to the dog, which in its turn mad terrified the
street.
While this was going on q small boy with
a large umbrella entered the store to inves-
tigate the proceedings, and asked with the
bland expression affected by All Sin, and
immortaliZed by Bret Harte, what was the
matter with the dog. Mr.. Walsh, who had
some reason to suspect that he was one OF
the perpetrators of this ancient joke. replied
in language more emphatic than elegant,
and the last seen of the small boy was a
vision crossing the street in leaps like a
kangaroo, Que hand holding on high the
huge umbrella, as If TO lend wings TO his
fight, aud the other en- arriere, for purposes
of protection. - Charleston News and
Courier.