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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1892-11-02
eREsHAM's LETTEK.
dis Reasons for Refusing TO Further Sup
port the MoKiniey Bill Party.

His Reasons for Refusing TO Further Sup
port the Mckinley Bin Party.
WASHINGTON, d. c., November l.
Mr.. Don NJ. Dickinson, Chairman Of the
Democratic National Campaign Commit
tee, has received copies Of the cores
pondence between the Hon. Blu eford
Wilson, who was solicitor Of the Treas
ury during the administration OF Presi-
dent Grant, and Judge Gresham, OF
Illinois.
Judge GreSham's letter in part Is:
$40 hon. B'usfOrd wilson, SpTtRGF !d' U.S.
"DEAR MAORI have your letter Of the
2lst inst. / did tell you at Springfield that
after mature reelection / had determined 10
vote for Mr. Cleveland this fau, because
aqree in the main with his viows on the
tariff, and did not believe In the principles
. am aadiaG in the Mckinley bill |. adhere
"Ile Republicans were pledged TO re-
duction OF the war tariff long before 1888
pledge WAS renewed with emphasis again
and again. Instead Of keeping that prom
ise the Mckinley bill was passed imposing
still higher duties. 1t was passed in the
interest Of favored classes, and not for the
benefit of the wbOle people.
Il think with you that Republican can
vote for Mr. Cleveland without joining the
Democratic party.
How I shall vote Ia the future will de-
pend upon the questions at issue.n
Very truly yours,
W O. GRESHAM.
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TO KNOCK OUT RACING.
The Courts OF Illinois Against Poe
Selling,

The Courts of Illinois Against Pool
Selling,
CHICAGO, November 1.-Judge Collins,
this afternoon, denied a petition of the
Garfield Park Club for an injunction re-
straining the Chicago Police from interfer.
ing with its West Side track. This, it is
said, is the final blow to the track The
decision apparently will be fatal to the
Hawthorne track as well as Garfield. The
Illinois law Of 1887, providing that pool
selling is legal if carried on in regular race
track Enclosures, is emphatically declared
to be unconstitutional. If sustained by
the Supreme Court, Judge Collins's de-
cision seems to mean the closing Of every
race track in Illinois.
The Garfield people, however, have q
new track well under way just across the
State line in indiana
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One of Mrs. simpsons Little Schemes.

KANSAS CITY, Mo, November 1.-The
Journals Harper, Kas., special says: At
room at a hotel here occupied recently by
Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Simpson letter was
found addressed to Mrs. Simpson, as fol-
lows:
1--WE have not been able to arrange the
matter yet, but expect TO soon.
[Signedl "SwIvELL."
1t will be recalled "Swivell" was one of
the names connected with the alleged plot
to assassinate Jerry Simpson.
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Patents to West Yirelnisns.
- - u .....,.., q, "a p1-rgfaN

WASHINGTON, November 1.-The follow
ing West Virginia patents have been is
sued to-day: To Frederick Carel and W..
Z. Davidson, of Charleston, patent on a
gate; 70 John S. Moss, Martinsburg, pat
ent on underground electric conduit and
trolly bar for electric railway.
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W. Q. GRESHAM.

CHICAGO, ILL, November Judge
Gresham was seen at his residence to-
night by correspondent Of the Asso-
ciated Press and told Of the giving out
OF his letter.
"Well, what OF it?" he remarked.
"DO you intend TO take the position
outlined in the letter?"
Il have nothing 70 say"
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VIII Put Up $50. 900.

New YoRK, November 1.-Tbe Board Of
Directors OF the Coney Island Athletic
Club held meeting tonight and decided to
otfer purse of $4,000 for fight between
Hall and FitzsimmOns Both men have
been notified. A cablegram was sent Hall.
An answer is expected tomorrow.
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Does transmit it through their teeth
u-setS shonld be kept free from virus.
Tee sOZODOhT, keep the human teeth
elssn and 40 damage can be done 0y the
man man Who soys "a his girl. Il feel Ike eat
ing you up deafesk"
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The first union fag was uRfurled on
January 1. 1776, over the camp at Cam
bridge, Mass. II had thirteen stripes
Of white and red ana retained the BRITISH
eross in the corner.
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F;rst snow IN Dakota.

SUMMIT, S. D., November 1.-The first
snow of the season began yesterday morn
ing and continued al day. The temper
ature is mild. Another month IS required
TO complete farm work.
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Cleveland to Speak in New Jersey.

New YORK, November lit has been
decided that Mr.. Cleveland will make one
more speech in New Jersey, and probably
one in Delaware. before election.
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Arranging Things In Oregon.

PORTLAND. OREGON. November 1.-Two
OF the DemOcrOtic Presidential electors
held a conference with Naaonai Commit
taemsn Mckee this afternoon and as re-
sult OF the conference it is understood that
the two exectors lwill send In their reslgna-
tons tomorrow and the State Central Com
nittee will MI the vacancies by endorsing
two of the peoples party electors.
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The xestiuaoniaIs

Published In behalf Of Hoods Sarsapa-
rilla are as reliable and as worthy your
confidence as if they came from your
best and most trusted neighbors. They
state simple facts.
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spss1i 1sis5rns % re Re1ssfT
BARxEsynLE, O., November L-Johr
Sherman addressed fair-si1ed audienc'
here at O'Clock this AFTERNOON
agreeable rain has been falling slnce
town. Senator Sherm<n's speech "
al Repnblicanism and evidently
Us audience.
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SaoRr BREATH, Palpitation, pain IN
chest, weak or faint spells, etc, cured 0y
DR.. Miles New Heart Cure. SOLD a. Iae
Toran bruQ Company's and r. B. Burt o
and az Bowie Bros, Bridgepore
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IS POORMAN ELIGIBLE2
sr.rlal Ye.sgran 70 ne ks9ists-.

Col w. A. Taylor aRd Other Good Law
yers Think lie is NOt-ShOuld Have Re
signed ais once.
Sr.c,0I Ys.sgraR % ne hS7ists-.
CoLUNBUs. O., November Colonel W..
A. TAYLOR, Democratic candidate for Sec
retary OF State, claims that il is contrary
10 law for Secretary Of State z. l.. Poor
man, VINO is ex 0ficio State Supervisor or
Elections, TO be 8 candidate for Congress.
Poormau's District is Republican by about
l,5OG Good lawyers say Colonel Taylor
is right, and that Colonel Poorman should
have resigned three months before election
in order 10 be eligible.
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HOOPS Pills cure sick headache.
- snenIr in Jersey C!ty.

New York, November 1t is an
nonnced that Mr.. Cleveland will address a
Democratic meeting in Jersey City Friday
night,
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NEWSLEIS

Interesting Pieces sofTelegraphIc OF New1 In
Small Space.
NJ Dievaux, director Of the Ottoman
Bank at Constantinople, has committed
suicide by drowning himself.
Miss Mary Mosby, daughter of/Msyor
John B. Mostly. Of Cincinnati. win break
the baptismal bottle Of wine on the new
cruiser Cincinnati. at the launch OF that
ship st the Brooklyn Navy Yard, next
Tuesday.
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.,,;,ans for Harrison's
Be Esp The Present Cam
1o'sss IS Been one Of Careful
a ~ nd thought, but that
'aay ,,r-.rDaiqn % Doesn't Make
E0ri o. Votes - Grover
-.rs,snd's speech Last NiSi'''
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Sam. Campbell at ork AttemP'tus -
Deliver the Goods He Promised Coionei
Poormau.
Speaal zsleorGm to the Rsotstsr.
SrEUBENvILLE, O., November l.
The following letter is the production
of Sam. Campbell, the man who was
made Chief Clerk to the Secretary OF
State by Col. Poorman, in preference
10 one OF his Belmont county friends
because Sam. was supposed TO be par
tlcullarly smart politically, and 10
carry the Republican party OF Jei-
ferson county in his vest pocket.
Ii is the same old personal friend racket
that Sam mas worked so many times IN
this city ani county that II is all COW
cred over with moss and is known 10
every one who ever took the least IN
terest In Steubenville and Jefferson
county politics. The suggestion in the
letter that he and Col. Poorman Will see
to IL that the Postmaster is reappolnted
IL he renders the service asked Tor Is
also the same. Sam always was good
at making promises, but somehow or
other he forgot all about them after
election. II he could get the three or
four hundred voters spoken Of 1t would
doubtless help Col. Poorman amazingly.
Personal and ConadentiaLl
DEPARTMENT oF STATE,
COLUMBUS, o., October p, lS92.
| Postmaster
DEAR SIR: l desire to call your atten'
! ton 10 the contest now on In the Slxteentl
| Congressional District. Some OF Col
| Poorman's personal enemies Will leaVe h'
stone unturned 10 belittle him, make hin
run behind his ticket and possibly nope u
defeat him. All sorts Of rumors Will Of
nut in circulation against him, TO all o
which want TO call your attention anC
ask that YOU pay no attention TO them
III YOU desire TO aid him in this matter
would suggest that you have quiet tail
with some Of your prudent Democrau
| friends and suggest TO them that 1t woul'
be personal fdUor TO you and In your tnteT
est IL they would support him III TINS con
test You can say 10 them by making
cross in the circle at the head OF the Demo
cratic ticket and then make cross IN iron
of Colonel Poorman's name, the ucKe
would be straight Democratic TICKET VII
the one exception.
ANYTHING you do In his behalf he will or
preciate, and ] will call his attentlon !
the matter. A vote or two so gained D
each postmaster would make gain OF OF
tween three and four hundred In the on
trict and show plainly in each precinct. c
There is not the slightest danger OF az
feating Col Poorman in this contest, an
he will take rank at once as an able ma
in Congress. His ability is recognized a
over the State and he has quite reput'
tion outside OF the State.
AS matter OF pride he will wish to ru
up to, and it would be a gratitication
him should he run ahead of his ticket, an
thus keep his enemies from showing the
have done him any harm.
Yours Respectfully,
5. b. CAMPBELL,
| Nhinf Olnrr Danarfment of Slato.
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Telegrapbers' Demands Conceded.

ST. LOUIS. Mo. November 1.-The Pro-
tective Board Of Telegraphers Of the Cot
ton Belt System, Order Of Railway Tele-
graphers. which has been negotiating with
the officials of the Cotton Belt systom to
arrange a schedule Of rules and rates Of
pay. have gone home, after reaching an
requests were practically conceded. By
the new rules the telegraphers will be al
lowed pay for overtime on a basis Of eight
hours work per day in cities and 12 hours
work in small towns An increase in
monthly wages amounted TO tl1. .509 was Sc
cured, which means from g 10 S25 increase
per telegrapher per month, with mini
mum salary Of $50 per month.
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TIE FORCE BILL

Is But One step Beyond the Order Issued
BY AttOrney-Genersl Miller.
WASHINGTON, November THE general
effect Of a circular issued to-day by Attor-
ey-General Miller TO the United states
marshals, supervisors and attorneys
throughout the country Is that he holds
the Federal election law to be paramount
in All cases where a State law conflicts
with il; that il is in force whenever q rep
resentative in congress is to be voted FOR
and the officers to whom the circular IS di-
rected must be governed accordingly.
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CHICAGO, November The committee
of telegraphers from the Santa Fe system
and President Manvel. who have been in
conference for some days, reached an agree
ment shortly after midnight. The settle
ment is regarded as satisfactory By the
committee representing the operators, and
no further trouble is anticipated The
company grants an increase OF $4,000 in
salaries, besides agreeing to pay overtime.
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HELPING COZ. PooRMAN.

Sam. Campbell at Work Attempting TO
Deliver the Goods He Promised Colonel
Poormau.
c.,.-;,i T.l<orc,n In fhs Pfcfstsr
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1892-03-17

close of the war, began again. 1t was de-
Cided that the manufacture of the guns for
the new navy should be divided between
private foundries and government shops,
the former supplying the forged and tenn
pered parts and the latter finishing tho
parts and assembling them. At the out
BET no domestic concern could furnish the
forgings, and the government was COM
Delled for time to purchase them abroad,
but the Bethlehem and Midvale steel
works in Pennsylvania are making them
now, and it is said are able to supply all
that may be needed in future.
The building of a man destroyer at the gun
foundry is a novel and in many respects
all interesting process. All of the guns
built by Commodore Folger are steel tubes.
which are first bored out and then
strengthened by having successive steel
Jackets shrunk over them The steel tube
for gun of l2-inch caliher weighs in the
rough ingot between sixty and seventy
tons 1t is reduced by pressure, and its
strength and elasticity carefully tested be-
fore it leaves the steel works. When the
tube reaches he gun foundry it is bored
out II process which occupies about fort
night and then its steel jackets are put on.
These jackets are heated before being put
on and then are cooled with water until
they shrink tightly into place. Then the
bore receives its rifiing and the outside OF
the gun is polished. Finally the trunnion
bands, the breech mechanism and the
sights are put in place and the gun is
finished In few words this is the method
bv which Commodore Folger builds guns
at the Washington foundry.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1892-03-17

OF folger's predecessor, Dahlgren, If only
to see what great advances in gun con-
structIon have been made in thirty years.
The contrast between the Foiger gun OF
1881 and the Dahlgren gun OF 1861 is as
great as Is that between Maud S and a cart
morse lhe former Is shapely and beauti-
ful to see, the latter, still preserved in
many OF our forts, clumsy and unwieldy
and closely resembling u huge cucumber.
Dahlgren did not build his guns of steel,
but of cast iron. His crowning effort was
gun of l5-inch caliber. This gun was
less than fifteen feet long and weighed
twenty tons. The weight of it's powder
Charge was eighty five pounds and of its
shot $50 pounds Its effective range was
only little over mile, while that of tho
l2-inch Folger gun is over eleven miles.
The Fc!ger gun is fired mapy times be-
fore it is finally accepted AS fit for use
ESQ rounds was the usual length of life Of
the Dahlgren and Rodmau guns), and it is
fired by electricity instead Of in the old
way. The four sinch guns which are
mounted on the crack cruiser Chicago
throw at Il single discharge 900 pounds Of
metal, or 320 pounds more than an entire
broadside of one of the forty four gun
frgates with which Perry and his fellows
iouehC anu won immortal honOr III the war
of 1912
The firing of one of these S-inch guns is
costly operation. The powder at thirty
cents a pound costs s31 80 for one round,
and forged steel shell almost $l25. The
gun itself, when completed, represents an
outlay of $lG,S0O. In the mounting and
management of guns on board ship the ad
vance has been almost as great in their
construction. The naval commander of to-
day can fight his guns by broadsides or
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1892-03-17
About Errors in Newspapers.

People like to find mistakes in The
newspapers and then call the attention
of their critical friends to the errors.
A blunder so trivial is easily magnified
into something awful. An event may
have been said to have occurred at 3
o'clock, when in reality the time was
3:03. \ misspelled name or wrong
initial is equally serious. A place may
be mentioned that the critics are
ignorant of and Immediately they con-
clude it is wrong. Anything is good
enough for an opportunity to call a
newspaper down. and people do it
regardless of the fact that they them
selves probably make more mistakes
than the newspaper. However, there
is satisfaction in the thought that there
is another class of people who believe
implicitly in their favorite paper and
will stand by it through thin and thick.
To those who know anything about the
business the wonder is not that mistakes
should occur. but that they are not
more frequent. Where thousands of
little pieces of metal have to be
handled one at time it is not strange
that the wrong letter should creep in
now and then. or that an error Of fact
should be made by the editor or re-
porter in the press of work that always
crowds him. But some people lose
sight OF these things.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1892-03-17

So rapidly and skillfully have the equip
ments of the foundry, which covers several
gcres of ground in the navy yard, been in
creased that a 6inch gun which two years
ago it took six months TO complete can
now be finished in fifty days; an S-inch gun
can be completed in three months, a l0-inch
euu in five months and l2-inch in about
seven months. One hundred and three
Guns have recently been finished at the
foundry and forty-eight are now IN process
Of construction | mentioned the weight
Of the rough tube of 12-inch gun. Two
Of these guns have been built by Commo-
core Folger. and eight more are under way.
\ gun of this size completed is thirty six
let long and weighs forty-tive tons. The
weight of its powder charge Is i25 pounds,
nd of the projectile it discharges just
twice that amount. 1t Is capable OF doing
destructive " ork TO an object eleven miles
distant and of penetrating 261a inches OF
steel at the muzzle 1t is interesting TO
compare these details with the best WORK
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1892-03-17

"RALLY ROUND THE FLAG. BOYS"
Graham marched his men down the slope
of Fairview crest and up the slope Of Hazel
Grove, where the Confederates stood ready
to receive them. Hating in belt of oak
timber at twenty rods from their line,
Graham answered the sharp Confederate
fire with Il few voleys, then ordered the
advance resumed. The One Hundred and
Forty first held the right Of the brigade.
The whole line moved forward with a cheer
that made the woods ring. and the Con-
federates gave way and fell back in con-
fusion to ridge behind them, where an
old log fence offered some shelter. With
the logs for breastwork they made
stand and poured II calling fire upon Ora
ham 5 ranks.
Again the advance WAS sounded and the
brigade attempted 10 carry the works. The
situation of the One Hundred and Forty
first was most desperate. \ second log
fence extending forward from the first
named, and at right angles with it, also
offered shelter, which the Coufederates
quickly took advantage Of. thus forming
two lines These two lines created an an
gle into the hollow Of which the One Hun
dred and Forty-iirs. bravely rushed This
regiment iiuInbe:e-i only ii1 men and "A
officers, althoug.-. Ike vas its first battle.
Il struggled g,,.antly 10 GreaE through
the angle and disrupt the enemy's line,
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1892-03-17

CRANE FOR NAVAL PROVING GROUND.
singly, as may be required directing all
operations from an armed coming tower.
In this tower are buttons which send cleo
trio sparks to one gun or all the guns of
the vessel. Signal light bulbs at the com
manders elbow show him when the guns
and what guns are loaded. An Sinch gun
requires crew Of sixteen men and Il 6inch
gun crew of fourteen men for its man
agement. Each gun is under the charge
of Il petty officer and each pair of guns
constitute a division commanded by a
commissioned officer.
The discipline instituted and maintained
by Commodore Folger in the gun foundry
is almost perfect. He is not as noisy as
Admiral Dahlgren, who used to work out
results with abundance Of profanity
that was startling at times, but his infu-
ence is felt in every part of the works.
Each department is under the direction Of
a competent head. who is held to a strict
account for all the work that passes
through his hands, and in this way a
measure of personal responsibility is estab-
lished that insures perfection in the fin
ished articles. When visitors come to the
navy yard Commodore Folger, il he is too
busy to show them about in person, gener-
ally turns them over to Lieutenant John
G. Fremont, son Of the Pathfinder, who
displays all that IS of interest. Every
where about the great plant energy and
activity abound, throngs of workmen busy
about lathe, drill. forge. plane and trip
hammer. One thousand men are now en-
ployed, and this number will be doubled
when machinery now ordered Is put in
place.
The building of heavy ordnance is not
the only work performed in the navy yard.
Gun carriages, turrets, projectiles. shields
and other equipments are made there, and
Gatling guns and secondary batteries also
mounted. At present a cannon ten feet
long is being built that Is shot from the
shoulder the same as rifle and discharges
with accuracy twenty shots minute.
American ordnance in quantity does not az
yet equal that of other nations, but its
superiority is calculated to make any in
vader pause before attacking. Commodore
Folger has good reason to be proud Of the
work he has accomplished during the last
five years. RUFUS r. WILSON.
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thus far been productive of great results,
and as yet it has only fairly commenced
When the war ended he was still student
at Annapolis and he did not reach the
rank of ensign until 1869. Now, as he has
Tor more than year past, he enjoys the
rank and pay of commodore, and he is the
youngest man who has ever held that rank
in the navy of the United States He did
not win his promotion in battle, but his ad-
vance is nevertheless the result of solid
merit. The young ensign of 1869 had
talent for the construction of ordnance
that amounted almost to genius, and this
explains his rapid, if not phenomenal, ad-
vancement.
Thirty years ago Captain Dahlgren of
the navy and General ROdman of the
army were the governments great gun
builders, and the Rodman and Dahlgren
guns were famous in their time and re-
garded as triumphs of the gunmaker's
art. Certain it is that they rendered splen-
did service and aided materially in win
ming the worlds greatest war. But could
ROdman and Dahlgren return and see the
guns their successor is building in the very
foundry that was the theater OF their
greatest successes they would be honest
and generous enough to confess that hs
had surpassed them in every way, and this
despite the fact that the Washington gun
foundry in its remodeled and renovated
form is a creation of the last six years.
When it was decided to commence in
earnest the work of rebuilding and re-
arming the navy the gun foundry was one
of the first objects to receive attention.
1t was thoroughly overhauled, and under
the direction of Commodore Folger fitted
up with new machinery and the work of
gunbrlilding, which was suspended at the
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1892-03-17
WHAT is A SMILE?

What is smile ? latent CLEAN
OF sunshine born within the eyes,
As water lilies in a stream,
Awakened from their long, deep dream,
TO light arise
What is a smile? A nameless thing
The lack of which fair face mars,
And makes to be like brook Or spring
No radiant sunlight imaging,
No dancing stars
What is smile? An airy rhyme
Which tells more with its subtle vile
Than tongue could tell throughout al
time
Which sets the heart-bells in chime.
This is smile .
-Josephane Preston Peabody