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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-06-12
100 MILES AN HOUR.
Electricians Interested in the Road
From st. Louis to Chicago.
THE CURRENT ON THE L. LINES.
Protecting Property and Art Treasures by
Wire Connections
STORAGE BATTERY FOB A TRICYCLE.
WRITTEN FOR THE DIsPATcH.I

WRITTEN FOR THE DIsPArCH.l
One of the latest systems of fast travel Is
that proposed by Dr. Wellington Adams,
who has been telling the New York Electric
Club how he is going to build an electric
line betwe cen Chicago and st. Louis, over
which passengers will be carried at speed
OF 100 miles an hour. There is no theoreti-
cal reason why people should not travel on
electric lines at this speed, and the prob
ability is that before this century closes We
shall fly over the face of the country at Q
much greater velocity and with no more COD
Germ than we now experience in a asixty-mile-
an-hour steam express; but the New York
electricians were somewhat puzzled how to
receive Dr. Adams scheme. 1t was not
that they doubted the possibility of attain
ing the speed proposed, but that the leo
turer's explanations of the way in which
his enterprise was to be carried out were
not so explicit as to secure the unqualified
acceptance of his critical and conservative
audience. The construction of DR.. Adams'
road will be watched with great interest.
As an evidence that the subject is no
longer confined to electricians, but is being
seriously considered by railway companies,
1t may be mentioned that paper written
from the standpoint of the railway man on
the substitution Of electricity for steam on
long railroads will be read ut the coming
convention of railway superintendsnts at
Denver. The fact that Berlin is to have its
elevated electric road may possibly, in con-
JUNCTION with the eloquent and encouraging
suggestiveness of the statistics of electric
line operations, have had some influence in
the decision of the New York Manhattan
Elevated Railway Company to receive from
firm of electrical engineers full estimate
of the cost of substituting electricity for
steam power on the elevated roads of the
CITY,
The saving of such change to the rail-
way company will be seen by comparison
Of the relative consumption Of fuel in the
two systems Assuming that the present
locomotive consumes 435 pounds of coal per
hour, the same power can be furnished
electrically by $50 pounds of coal. Based
on this estimate, the difference between the
figures 100000 per annum, the present fuel
expenditure, and the figures $500, 900 per
annum, the cost of generating the power at
the central station, and distributing it cleo
trically, represents the saving in fuel alone,
to say nothing of the elimination of the
smoke and dirt nuisance, the more even dis
tribution of the load, and the possibility Of
running lighter trains at shorter intervals
The Wadsworth dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1892-1899, 1892-09-21

Bar Harbor is rapidly becoming a
colony of cottagers. Three of the larg-
est hotels and several Of the smaller
public houses are closed this season.
while cottages are springiny upon every
hand and there are none to spare. Two
weeks ago one large hotel had forty two
guests and ninety-six employees: an
ther twenty-five guests and ninety-two
employees. Life in private houses is en-
1oyable for some people at Mount Desert,
but the hotels as rule are wretched
places in which to pass the summer
Bar Harbor Letter.
The Wadsworth dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1892-1899, 1892-09-21
ODDS AND ENDS.

Providence is one of the greatest jew
elry centers of the world.
Forty -four million oysters were landed
in England and Wales last year.
There are twelve obelisks in Rome,
one in Paris. five in London and one in
Central park. New York.
Chinese piper currency is il red, white
aud yellow. with gilt lettering and gor-
geous little hand drawn devices.
A fragment of the Holy Cross =
which Marie Stuart wore during her
imprisonment and on her way to the
scaffold, has recently been presented to
the treasury of the cathedral at May
euce.
The Wadsworth dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1892-1899, 1892-09-21
STAGE eLlNTs.

Fay. Tempieton has gone to Paris for
good. it is said
Pauline Lucca is teaching girls to sing
vt lschle. in Bohemia.
George Henschel will conduct his
.Hamlet" music in Vienna.
Lady Blarney" is the name of Miss
Annie Ward Tiffany's new play.
An electric car runs across the stage
Ia the play called "A Railroad Ticket"
Otto Hegner. the child pianist. has an
cffer to make another tour in the United
States.
'The Struggle of Life" has been re-
written by William Haworth for Walter
Sanford.
The largest audience at the opera in
London this year was drawn by Tristan
and Isolde"
Philip Scharwenka will not return to
this country for some time. as his wife
is dying in Germany.
In wife for Wife" this season there
will be poisoning scene. with double
duel with knives and pistols
Princess Beatrice and her husband.
Mr.. Battenberg. recently sang and ap-
peared in tableaux for a charity.
4 1t has been discovered that Charlotte
Cushman took more farewells to the
stage than any other actor that ever
lived.
A number of English authors have
come to the conclusion that there should
be no play censor in London. and they
are moving to get rid of him.
Henry e. Walton is about to produce
before bieathlessly expectant world
Mccarthy Cats, THE Rambler from
Claire" and The Pride of Mayo"
By averaging the ages of 100 famous
singers John Towers discovers tn At the
age of the usual man singer is sixtytwo
years and of the woman singer fifty
seven.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-02-17
Not SO Sure rs They We're,

The free traders are not SO sure OF
their ground as they we're. Before the
congressional elections OF 1890 they
were going to sweep out OF existence
the infamous Mckinley tariff just so
sure rs the people gave them power.
Strangely enough the people gave
them SO large a majority in the house
that they do not know what to do with
it. They have not control OF the senate
and they have not great influence at
the white house; but this is not what
they had in view when they asked for
coutrol. They were after the house and
: they got it
Their first act was to slaughter the
champion OF free trade who has the
courage OF his convictions. Brought
face to face with their.opportunity they
lacked the courage TO lay the ax to the
root. Instead they will go at the
branches wish their little hatchcts.
They arc afraid Of something which is
due TO arrive early in next November.
They are not ever SO confident as
they were when they concluded to ac-
cept the piecemeal plan Of their chair
man OF the ways and means committee.
So they vii! investigate to SEQ whether
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-02-17
The Contest in Louisiana.


The Democratic followers Of the lot
terry, ielicitously called by the Mew Delta
McLotteryites, McEnery being their
nominee for governor, are getting the
cold shoulder in large and icy chunks.
They want the anti-lottery Democrats
to withdraw their state tickle. and 20 to
the primaries again for a new ticket
which both factions may support. This
they profess to think altogether reason
able, because the lottery has voluntarily
given up the ghost since it was struck
by the decision OF the supreme court Of
the United States.
The ants reply that tho election will
come oil in two months, the farmers are
busy with their crops, time is lacking,
moreover they have no desire to face
again lottery Doodle and lottery meth
DDS. They think they have that whole
outfit defeated, and this being all they
could accomplish at the primaries ii
they had them all their own way, they
are disposed to let well enough alone.
The New Delta, tho able and effective
organ OF tho honest Democracy, says
there can be no new primaries" This
is the spirit of '76. Every American
who believes in honest government and
decent politics will wish it q glorious
triumph.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-02-17
REPUBLICAN CLUBS.
Call for tho Annual Convention Of the
State League.

The fourth annual convention OF the Rcpubli.
can League of the state OF West Virginia will
convene In the city OF Parkersburg. Wood coun.
~, ut 10 O'Clock noon. TUESDAY. FEBRUARY23,
1892, (this day having been recommended by tho
National League, for the election Of officers for
the ensuing year. the selection oil delegates to
the fifth annual convention OF the Republican
League Of tho United States, and for tho transac-
ton OF such other business Us may regularly
come before II.
Each Republican club In tho state Is entitled
TO be represented by five delegates.
Ills requested that the election OF delegates DO
held and Q list thereof be forwarded to the Sec.
rotary OF tho State League at Parkoriburg, W. Va,
Us soon as possible.
Full Information as to tho rates OF transporta.
ton will DO published as soon rs tho necessary
arrangements Gun be made.
HENRY C.. FLEsIIER, President
r ALEXANDER, Secretary.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-02-17
General Ayers War Record.

Secretary Elkins is charged with dig.
ging out General Ayers war record to
belittle him before the Republican M.
tional convention and destroy him rs q
possible nominee. Having done this
no found u way to have it appear in the
Democratic New York Sun.
Secretary Elk'ns is hardly warm in
the war department, yet he is supposed
to have been there long enough to learn
what General Alger himself did not
know about his war record as it appears
in that department.
The secretary Of war has been thought
to be at least an average politician. His
dearest enemy has never believed him
to be the prince Of fools. What could
he hope to gain by destroying General
Alger?
The Michigan soldier does not stand
in President Harrison way. He is not
stronger with the Republican party than
he was in 1888, when he was before the
convention and General Harrison was
easily nominated. Harrison is i'm
mensely stronger than no was four years
ago.
Did Secretary Elkins fatigue his in
genuity to find q way to ALLEVIATE from
the man who is the destined nominee
the support of the indignant friends OF
General Alger?
1t is given out as a fact that the matter
was worked up under President Cleve-
lands administration to have in readi-
ness in the event Of General Ayers
nomination in 1888. Whya Democratic
newspaper puts it out at this time, ex-
cept to make a newspaper sensation, is
not easy to imagine.
The publication will not hurt General
Alger. 1t has given his old comrades
an opportunity to testify to the value
OF his services and to his surgeon a
chance to take responsibility for the re-
moval OF General Alger isom the field
to the hospital.
The written record is easily seen to
do him injustice. The record he carved
with his sword remains to vindicate
his conduct as q brave and capable SOL
dior
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-02-17
BUDGET.

An inexplicable habit in a church at
Valsbol has at last been explained.
When the men went to the altar to re-
ceive the sacrament and then returned
to the body OF the church each made q
genutiection in the direction OF the
women, always on tho same spot No
n for q long while had known why
this was done. Lately one OF tho walls
was being cleaned, and a picture Of tine
Virgin was discovered which had been
covered up for 400 years by the white
wash. The genutlections originally
made to this picutre had been continued
by the force OF habit for centuries alter
it had disappeared.
The most extraordinary precautions
are taken in Spain to provide for the
safety OF the sovereign at night. His
slumbers arc watched throughout the
night by the Monteros dc Espinosa, a
body OF men who, for 400 years, have
enjoyed the exclusive privilege OF guard
ing their royal master or mistress from
sunset 10 sunrise.
Tho Knights OF Pythias of Ashtabula,
O., have decided to erect a monument
to the memory of the u%nrecognized
dead who persisted in the Ashtabula
railroad disaster, and they appeal to tho
pubic for contributions, which may be
sent to 7. w. McCreary, secretary, Ash
tabula.
A man applied for naturalization pa
pers at MERGED, CAL, tho other day who
after thirty years residence in this
country could not speak word Of Eng
fish or answer q single question put to
him by the court regarding our laws
and institutions.
Somany spurious works by old mas
tiers and celebrated modern artists have
been palmed off lately in Europe that
the Belgian police are doing their ut
most to discover the factory, which has
been located in that city.
Nurserymen now sell trees on the
fifteen year plan, that is, tho nursery
man is to receive choice OF any two
crops grown on the trees inside OF fl
teen years in payment OF the trees.
The printing of two centuries ago has
improved with age; that of to-day, it is
feared, will, within fifty years, have
eaten its way through the pages upon
which it is impressed.
Farmer Hardin and Lawyer McKin-
ney, OF Moberly, No., went to law over
q ten-cent dog. The farmer lost the
suit and also lost over 500 in costs.
1t is said that forty-one college-bred
men are employed on the New York
Tribune, ~thlrty-eight on the Sun and
%thirty-three on the Times.
A bill before the Illinois senate pro-
vides for only womcn jurors in coro-
ner's inquests on women.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-02-17
PERSONAL POINTS.

The salary contracted to DO paid to
Mr.. Mccall, who has beon appointed
president Of tho New Life Insurance
company, Ia $4,000, or $4,000 moro
than is paid to tho President OF $4,000,
600 people in forty-iour. States and eight
Territories. This enormous salary and
tho o%xtravagant pension OF $37, 5e8~per
annum paid ex-President Beers, is cal
culated to startle policy.holders in the
New York Lilo and other great life COM
panics.
The sword and bloody dagger taken
from tho body OF James ~ Of Scotland,
on Floden fold, are, with Queen Victo-
ria's permission, 10 be deposited in tho
restored Parliament hall, in Edinburgh.
1t was from the fortress in that city that
the unfortunate monarch ventured
forth to the battle in which he was
slain.
Bills have been introduced in tho
United States senate. appropriatin2 $780,
600 10 erect q monument to commemo-
rate the battle OF Princeton; $4,000 for
an equestrian statue to Gen. John
Stark, of New Hampshire, and $4,000
for a statue to Gen. Zach Taylor.
The retirement OF Cons. John NJ.
Schoiield and o. O. Howard will take
out of the active service, it is said, every
officer who commanded a corps during
the civil wal.
The reunion OF tho Army OF the Po-
tomac will DO held at Scranton, Pa,
June Is and l6. Rev. John r. Paxton
will be orator and William H. McElroy,
OF New York, poet
James Payn, the novelist, says n
funeral breeds a dozen in England on
account OF "tho senseless custom OF
standing bareheaded blythe open grave"
G. P. A. Healy, tho veteran American
portrait painter, will leave Paris in a
few days with his wife and daughter for
q brief s~ojourn in the United States.
Joseph Francis, founder OF the United
States life saving service, is, at the age
OF ninety, writing his autobiography.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-02-17
FACE D"ISFIGURED.
Painful, Disnguring Skin Disease.
Every Known Remedy Fails.
Cured in One Month by
Cuticura Remedies.

Some time the last Of last November I had some
skin disease In my face. 1t grew very fAst, and
about the last OF December 1t became so painful
and was very disiguring. and l had tried every.
thing that l knew, but all 10 no effect. My face
grew worse instead Of better. After trying every
known remedy 1 ordered a box OF CUrrCURA
REMEDIES from you, and began 10 use 1t, and in
one month my iace was well and as smooth as
over. | have used II for old sores and find II 10
be good in all cascs ! have used 1t, and would
not be without 1t. do not think the CUTICUHA
can be recommended too highly. CUrIcURA Is
good for everything lever knew 1t used for. 1t
Is good for ali II Is recommended for.
MISS L. ANDERSON, Toledo, Ala.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-02-17

DIAz, though not an ideal president
from the American point Of view, has
done much for his country and given it
among the nations q standing it mover
had before he put his hand to the helm.
1t Is sad to hear hat he has been Sc
duced by the Louisiana Lottery sharks,
that for the annual bride offered to
Louisiana he has consented to have
transplanted to his country q democrat
izing swindle driven out OF the United
States.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-02-17
Tho Grippe Raging in Alabama.

Ella grippeis raging hero, aud I find
Chambcrlain's Cough Remedy to be a
certain cure Tor it," says W.. G. Johns,
OF Trimbln, Cullman county, Ala. Mr..
Johns ordered 4 supply OF the Remedy
to be shipped by express as quickly as
possible There is no question but this
Remedy is OF great value in tho treat
ment OF the grip, especially on account
OF its cou%nteracting any tendency OF the
Disease towards pneumonia. 1t is also
a prompt and certain cure for the
cough which usually follows OH attack
OF the grip. % and so cent bottles for
sale by druggists. p&w
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-02-17

Wealth and case are. finding Wash
ington more and more to their fastidi-
u taste. Tho number Of Carriage
people" has increased enormously with
in my recollection. Smart turnouts
that cost a small fortune to buy. u
larger one to maintain, ornament with
their splendor the beautiful streets and
broad avenues and fill the air with the
music OF their clinking chains. We are
getting there" C. D.. IL,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-02-17
Gtdlfgenter
WHEELING, FEBRUARY II, 1909.

THE approaching contest Is rendered
. especially important by roason Of the In.
dustrial and financial policies OF tho Gov.
being Mt stake. The popular dc.
cision on these Issues Ia Of great moment
md will BIO of far-roaohing consequence
jams @. B,dine
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-02-17

the Mckinley tariff is really SO bad n
thing as they told tho pcoplcit was.
Tho committee on agriculture will
tackle the farmers, tho committee on
manufactures the manufacturing side
OF tho question. The FREQ traders arc
sparring for wind.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-02-17

PEorLE who use arsenical prepare
tons for their complexion, do so at the
risk OF their lives. Ayers S~arsaparilla
is guaranteed free from any injurious
drug, and is, therefore. tho safest as
well as the most powerful blood medi-
cine in the world. 1t makes the skin
clear. DIV
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-02-17

hear, and 1t is easy to believe, that no
does not regard as his most considerable
friends those last-ditchers who are SO
very wise III to know that no wants the
Republican party to read between tho
limos and find in his letter OF d%ccllna.
tiona bid for the presidency, q willing
ness to accept tho nomination, or any
other thing which his language does not
mean to the ordinary comprehension.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-02-17

The governor of Iowa thinks he is a
bigger man than any of tho favorite
sons of New York, because there isonly
n OF him. This it is to be tho biggest
toad in a small puddle.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-02-17

One David B. Hill has seemed to DO
about as much as there Is likely to DO
demand for undor any circumstances.
But there arc two OF them.
Ono made a speech at Elmira squint-
ing SO pleasantly in tho direction OF
FREQ silver coinage that tho silver mon
expressed their satisfaction. Tho other
side in tho Democratic party growlcd
and aaid 1t would have mono Of that
sort Of thing. Then the other David B.
Hill made q speech at Albany looking
in the other direction.
Tho silver Hill is sending his Elmira
speech by tho carload to tho silver
states, tho anti.silver Hill is resting on
his Albany laurels SO far rs theory is
concerned and in the way OF severely
practical politics closing his ears to the
noise OF tho brass bands Of Cleveland
and reform and getting the delegates"
as before no did.
II these two David B. Hills could get
together and arrange q platform on
which they can both stand tho result
would be striking and might have some
effect on the Chicago convention, for
which they are both heading. But to
succeed they must harmonic.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-02-17

Mr.. BLAINE is out Of the presidential
racket, yet he is lin it" up to the hand
lie. What pleasing paradoxes We get
out of our personal politics and pictur-
esque phraeseology.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-02-17
The people,s Preference.

"The people OF this vicinity insist on
having Chamberlain's Cough Remedy
and do not want any other" says John
Y. Bishop, Of Portland Mills, Indiana.
The reason is because they have found
it superior to any other; especially for
the grip and the cough which so often
follows IN attack of the grip. % and so
cent bottles for sale by druggists. D&w
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-02-17

WARD McALLIsTEE will keep on whit
ling down the Four Hundred until he
will be left solitary and alone to tell the
tale OF the fall Of the mighty dollarites.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-02-17
KNOCK-ABOUT NOTES.

happened to be sitting within a foot
of Secretary Elkins when a telegram
was handed him asking leave for some
n in General Ayers interest to look
into that much abused soldiers record
as it appears in the files OF the war de.
partment. The request was at once
granted. II am sorry about that thing"
said the secretary, Gen. Alger has met
it very promptly and l think it will do
him no harm, but the first thing YOU
know some mischief-maker will DO ac-
cusing me of instigating it, because the
record is in my department. OF course
l knew absolutely nothing about it until
the publication was made in the New
York Sun. I have notthe slightest idea
that General Algcr will connect me with
it In some way the facts about tho
publication will come out in time"
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-02-17

The Mississippi legislature has just
passed a law prohibiting the smoking of
the deadly cigarette in any public place.
There is hope for Mississippi.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-02-17

CURE ron CRoup.-Use DR.. Thomas
Electric Oil according to directions. 1t
is the best remedy for all sudden at
tacks OF colds, pain and inflammation,
and injuries, DIV
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-02-17

II you think tho President has
dropped his friend Elkins into a bed OF
roses arm yourself with a snapshot
camera and take position in front OF his
office for n few hours; and then for q
little change get a locus on his resi-
dence. There is scarcely a break in tho
line OF the coming and the going. Ii all
these people have business with the sec.
rotary and must SEQ him or suffer scri-
Gus arrangement OF their affairs, it fol-
lows logically that there should be sew
eral OF him. Fortunately he is strong
physically and mentally, can stand a
tremendous strain, has the administers
tive faculty we'll developed by large ex-
p%erience in large affairs, takes it all
coolly and seems to be trying to per-
suade himself that he is having a thor
oughly good time. Yet the tide begins
to roll in on him before he is out of bed,
rises higher while no is Mt breakfast
and by the time he reaches his Office
has become 4 veritable delugo.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-02-17

THOSE who do not attend the Repub-
lican League convention will miss some
good things. On to Parkersburgl