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Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1894-12-02
The NICARAGUAN CANAL

It VIII Likely Receive Considerable At
tention by Congress.
WASHINGTON, December 1.-phere is
strong undercurrent OF belief among
members of Congress that the Mica
ragua canal will receive earnest con-
sideratiOn during the session Of Con-
gress which begins Monday. This
feeling is especially pronounced al
the House end OF the Capitol, and pre-
walls particularly among Southern mem
bers. Even those who, like Mr.. Bailey,
Of Texas. oppose the bill on constitu-
tional aud economic grounds, concede
that the question is one which will re-
ceive early attention, and most OF them
are Of the opinion that the prospects OF
its success are good. Some express
doubts about the expediency OF an eff
fort 10 pass upon a question OF such
importance at three months session,
while others think that 1t is just the
time TO act. Mr.. Cooper, Of Florida,
whose State has ever been an enthusi-
astic supporter of the canal scheme, to-
day said that the Democratic party
could do nothing which would do more
TO restore its popularity than TO author
ze the construction OF the canal.
THE fact that we were defeated at
the election instead OF causing Us TO lie
supine during the remaining days Of
our power, should" be said, "cause US
10 work with all the greater determine
tion. The Democratic party is the
party which should provide for this
great enterprise. If the party will do
this during the short session and pro-
vide for a more elastic currency, l am
sure it will not long be out Of power"
Representative Livingston, Of Georgia,
entertains similar views as TO the i'm
portance OF action az the present SEES
sion. He says that If the Democrats do
not act upon the bill at the next session
the Republicans are sure TO take 1t up
when they come in, and get all the
credit. de says IL has become evident
that outsiders want the control OF the
canal. Mr.. Livingston says there was
tacit understanding during the late
session that the bill should have atten-
ton at the short session and he thinks
il will, in all probability, be taken up
and disposed of by the House before
the Christmas holidays.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1894-12-02

this week In the Town Hall. A special
train on the G. & II. X. X. brought the
bands from Frostburg, Homecoming and
Barton, Md, 10 attsnd the fair. MIR. II. L.
Hiatt, whilst waiting between the tracks
to cross was struck by the yard engine aud
thrown down, breaking his skull, Monday
morning. He is doing will At present.
T.. S Landstreet, OF Thomas, ". va,
was here several days this week looking
over the Franklin mine OF the Davis Coal
Company.
An umbrella member fell from moving
train on Thursday evening, receiving sert-
Gus but not fatal injuries He was taken
TO Cumberland 70 his friends to-day.
WIN. Cramer was home from Morgan
town for Thanksgiving.
Albert Jones, Of Morgantown, spent sew
eral DAYS here this week.
Joseph Tonry and Miss r. +. Michaels
were married at Firm Rock church on
Wednesday evening. leaving 70 visit rela-
tives in Brooklyn, New York CITY ana
other points.
Senator r. s. Hyde returned wednesday
from visit 10 New York City.
Fabio Romano was well rendered IN the
Opera House on Tuesday evening.
A select hop was given In FairvieS Han
on Thursday evening
John w. Lyon, OF Patters0n's creek, and
E. p. Hyatt, Of South Branch have moved
10 town
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1894-12-02
ENGLAND'S STATEMENT.
No Difference with the United states Re
garding Mosquito TERRITORY.

garding Mosquito Territory.
LONDON, Decem Der 1.-The following
semi-official statement will be Issued
this afternoon concerning the differ
ences between Great Britain and Nicar-
aqua.
No difference of opinion exists be-
tween the governments OF Great Brit
ain and the United States with refer
ence to the Mosquito Territory. Owing
to the influx of certain traders and
others in these regions 4: became neces-
sary recently for Great Britain to draw
the attention OF the Niosfsguan
government to the provisions OF the
treaty between Great Britain and
Nicaragua, which were contrary 70
certain DEGREES recently issued By the
commissioner at Bue6elds. II Is IN
derstood that the matter formed the
subject of inquiry upon the part OF the
United States, and q satisfactory expls-
nation of the matter was given by the
British government. The question did
not affect the relations between Mica
ragua ana the Mosquito territory. but
merely the rights and customs OF the
Moso uito Indians reserved under the
treaty in question.
There was no question OF the United
States dlspatching war vessels TO the
spot In this connection.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1894-12-02

eral wear, and matching the color of
her costumes when on the stage
Whether black or colored, however,
they are absolutely plain and devoid Of
all embroidery or fancy Ornementation
which at once stamps woman as want
ing In taste.
Her dainty carriers correspond with
her stockings, and fasten around the
knee with diamond buckles, which rest
on rosettes of ribbon.
Her shoes and slippers are not lack
ing in daintiness. These she gets in
London from one Of the SWEETEST boot
makers in Burlington Arcade.
A ROYAL BED.
When at home, in Paris, Melbs sleeps
10 a bed 10 which Marie Antoinette
once reposed, an exquisite little affair,
slender and delicate, and draped with
the finest lace and TrianOn blue bro
cade.
She lies between softest Of white silk
sheets, trimmed with lace and EN- 6roid-
cred with her crest and monogram.
Her covsrlet is a wonderful piece Of
needlework, a solid piece OF silk en-
broidery, mellow with all the soft Of
colorlng Of the Orient, pink that melss
into the green-blue and yellow OF sun
set, dim gold and silver aud warm
white. Ii was q labor Of love, and took
five years TO complete.
In other matters Nine. Melba's home
is equally harmonious. Once within il
one is carried back 20 the days Of Louis
XVI. Even the locks and handles OF
the doors belong to the period of his
tory. Small details there, but they
help make the harmonious whole, an
exquisite home for an exquisite wo-
man
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1894-12-02
WHERE THE HORSES WILL WINTER.
Racing Over at 81. Asaph, But VIII Con-
tinus at Alexander Island.

Racing Over at ~. Asaph, But VIII Con-
tinus at Alexander Island.
WASHINGTON, ID. c., December l.
With the sport over st ST. Asaph, the
stables are preparing to leave the track.
There have been about 100 stable owners
here during the meeting, keeping prob
ably 500 horses ia all.
Most Of the owners will place their
horses in winter quarters. G. +. Smith
(Pittsburg PHIL will send Derfsrgilla,
Iadra, Thurston and the others of his
string to the now closed Morris Park,
where the PulsifeF stables will also be
kept until next season. James McLaugh-
Inns stables, including Weinberg and
Little Tom, and the Hesley 81 Cooper,
and Sheridan stables go 10 Sheepshead
Bay. The Z. Pnrssr stable is expected
to go direct to the San Francisco meet
ing, and q full carload will soon be
shipped there. The stables OF Frank
Reagan, Young, J. HSyman and George
Morton will swell the entries at the
New Orleans track, and Prince George,
Fhrt and others Of the Manhattan sta
BILE and those of the Dryer Brothers,
and James McLaughlin' will be given q
rest st GraveseDd. Jockey Griffin viii
Rb TO the San Francisco course and
Shilh and Doggett expect to follow him
liter.
Some Of the owners Of the Smaller
81 blss VIII probably seskrfo make up
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1894-12-02
WOMEN PERISH.
Death by SuFocadon on the Fourth Floor Of
a Boarding House Several Had Narrow
Escapss-Ons Man Drawn From Win.
dow 10 the Roof

PHILADELPHIA, December Tive
persons lost their lives 10 FIRE a. the
fashionable boarding house Of Mrs. O.
b. Reeves, No. 3ls South Broad street.
The dead are: Mrs. Ella Ray Smith
and Miss CullendsH. boarders 10 the
house.
The Ere was discovered before .
O'Clock, bursting from the shaft Of
dumb waiter.
The fourth story front room was oo-
cupled by Mrs Smith and the middle
room on the same floor By Miss Cullen
den. The 6remen were on the scene Ia
a few minutes, and at once turned
their attention TO rescning the board
ers on the third and fourth floors.
They tried the doors Of Mrs. Smith and
Miss Cullenden but found them locked.
The doors were burst open Lying on
the floor in the front room was the BODY
OF Mrs. Smith partly wrapped IN car
pet which she had torn from the moor
10 her agony. She had beep suifocatee
By the smoke. Marks on the window
sill showed she had made fa EFFORT 10
raise the window.
Miss Cullenden was 5ound lyine
across the bed IN her room, having
fallen from sufocation. be was DEAD
E. L. Rabourg bad thru lag escape
| He saw that his escape doTn sue sta,r-
gay was cut OF. and GATHERING up Dis
bed clothings, rushed NJ the window
and waved franticaliy, qnfeayoring 20
attract the attention ~ The nrsmen.
Fireman Rafferty,. Of ergI)ns No. 2, had
reached the roof OF the btrnIng build
Ing. and was attracted By Rsoourg's
wild shrisks. Rafsrty rushed 70 the
ladder. aud, psocuz 4 short piece OF
rone. dropped II v oryg. The lst-
TER cIutched the strand and was
draw. M on tb By, ,he fremea.
From the roof takst down tho
ladder In szfsI
snoon--oo k9 : uus:xchs-
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1894-12-02
PIEDMONT.

PIEDMONT, w. VA, December l-Mr.
Patrick Faherty, aged % years and 8
m onths. died Tuesday evening a. the resi-.
dence Of his mother, Mrs. Anna Faherty.
He has been suffering with consumption
for some time. He was buried. at 10 O'Clock
a. 10. Saturday, with appropriate services
bv Rev. p. r Weider in St Peters Cath
ole Church.
Mrs. Elizabeth Powell died last Satur.
day evening, aged 50 years, at her home
here. She was buried in Philos cemetery
at D. M. November a. Services were
conducted By Rev ak Bielasn ana w.
Hubbard. Two daughters, Mrs J. Il.
Houck. Of Cumberland aDd Miss Annie
Powell, Of this place. an4 two soRs, lanes
OF Dubuque, Iowa and W liian 70 eii'
81 Piedmont, survive her,
The 81 Peters 80 nk 1e''
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1894-12-02
strong Antl.Frsneh FssIlng.

ANTANANARIvO, December IA
royal proclamation, announcing the
rupture OF the relations between MAZDA
eascar and France, was read ia the
presence Of 5000. The Prime Minis
ter. wholis the husband OF the Queen,
sfterward addressed the people. He
declaredthst all foreigners remaining
were friends OF the HoyaS. and must be
treated with respect. The Prime Min
tier was spplauded by his hearers.
The French troops who are guarding
the houses OF the French residents, left
on October "a, during the hot weather,
for the coast. They had to burn part
of their baggage. Some OF the soldiers
became deranged by the march under
the great heat, and committed suicide.
The people here are much ineensed
againsl the French.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1894-12-02

The So nth Penn Oil Company have
struck a gusher on the place OF Henry
knight, on Little Flint river. about B We
miles northeast Of West Union. II is
good for 500 barrels day.
S. Il. Bradley has put up rig on the
Strickling farm, about three miles north
OF West Union.
The rig. engine house, and TWO tanks
of oil at Sweeney No. 3. On MeElroJ
creek, Doddridge county. burned Wed
nesday night. This property belonged
to the South Penn Oil Company.
w. v. Hoge, OF this city was at West
Union several days trying an ejeetmsnt
suit in the Circuit Court II Involved
about rs acres of land on Arnold's creek
su ouosed TO be oil territory. The jury
Yesterday evening gave him verdict
for so acres Of the land.
The deep territory north OF Manning
| ing possesses the quality OF presenting
an occasional producer Of more thar
the average size. The latest acquisition:
70 that part of the field are the pro-
pertv of the South Penn Oil Company
The first in size is their No. I'D l.
Floyd, and started to flow a. the rate Of
Is barrels an hour. Beatty No. 10 on
the adjolsing farm. is Ia the first pal
and flowing barrels an hour. Is b ex
pected 70 improve with deeper drilling
BOSNIAN & Co. have 3 rid up on the
Roach farm south OF Steubee vile. snt
located abont midway betWeop the Pus
nss dustsr and tbs Lewis sm we'll
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1894-12-02
BIG BRICK WORKS BURNED.

The RookysIde Plant of the Mack Manu-
featuring Company Destroyed - Loss,
S25,OOO Insurance, SI6,Oo0
Special 70 the Register.
New CUMBERLAND, W. VA, Decem-
Der about o'clock this morning
the large building of the Rockyside
brick works above town, belonging to
tho Mack Manufacturing Com Dany, was
burned, the fire starting in the engine
room. The works were among the best
owned by the company. They were
built about three or four years ago by
Capt John Porter at a cost Of $500
The loss will approximate $4,000 They
will probably be rebuilt shortly. There
is GIG. 600 insurance on the property d.
vided as follows: Franklin, 81, 500; JEFF
ferson, $1,000; London, Liverpool and
Globe, 50, 500; Hanover, $1,000; German
American, $1,000; Lancashire, s1,5O0;
Virginia Fire and Marine, 1,500; Prov
idence Washington, $1,000; Phoenix,
So, 500; Standard, $1,000; Scottish,
So, 500.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1894-12-02

WASHINGTON, D. c., December l.
A statement prepared at the interna
revenue bureau shows receipts for the
four months ending October 81, as fol-
lows: Spirits. Sal, 294, $50; increase
over corresponding period Of last year
S14,5I2,43S. Tobacco, S10,377, 443; in
crease, S9SO,O23. Oleomsrgarine, $685.
las; decrease. S1O2, $50. Miscellaneous
S257, 951; Increase, S914,929. The ag-
eregate receipts for October were $50
SAC, g95 less than for October 1898.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1894-12-02

for 10 all that is beautiful she sees she
ambition OF some one TO excel, and that
10 her own motto OF life A certain
sympathy, therefore, exists between
Sic artist and her clothes-nOt merely
the graufed feeling Of possession.
From the top Of her head 70 the tips
OF her toes Nine. Melba Is eXQuisite,y
attired With her, soitest Of white In.
dia silk takes precedence over linen
cEmbric. Her chemiSeS are made Of
this clinging material, and are trimmed
with finest Of Valeneiennes lace. -Four
dollars q yard is q moderat" figure FOR
Der 20 pay for this. Near the Left
shoulder her monogram is embroidered
In white silk, the only color appearing
on these pretty little garments being
the ribbon used TO draw them close
around her lovely shoulders. Sky blue,
she'll pink, lilac. maize and other deli
sate tints are the only ones she ever
Affects for This purpose.
CORsETs THAT ARE NARvELs.
SUI or satin makes Melba's cOrsets,
tilk or satin OF the same color as the
ribbon running 10 aud out Of the lace on
her chemlse. She orders her eorsets by
The dozen 10 Paris, at the same place
where Mrs. Langtry gets heT stays.
Some OF Melba's are brOcaded affairs,
matching her petticOat; others IRE OF
nolre antique, silk or satin, and a are
trimmed with softsst Of lace and (rib-
bons, exhaling . faint Odor OF wood 10
lets
Melba's underskirts are also OF silk
and carry out the color scheme beguN
BY her chemise and corset. They are
laylshly trimmed with lace, and rustic
in she most approved Partisan man
ner. This muslcal irou-fro1 plassss
her
OF course,
aux. plain biac
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1894-12-02
MELBA.
EXQUISITE LlNGERIs OF THs DAINTY.
A Shoe FOR q Fairy-hlmy, FsullesS Fabrics
That Cling About thGDiva-lndia Silk at Del
lars Yard and Of Puresi Grace
Mslbs. the exoulslte!

Mslba. the exquisite!
The great artist, the singer who has
won the applause OF two continents, the
fashionable mondSine, Nine. Melbs is
above all dainty wCnan, who, like all
other dainty women, glOries ia luXuri-
Gus lingerie. Ii Is as necessary TO her
as harmonious encourage is essential
to her musical success.
Like all possessed OF the artistic tenn
permanent, Melbs is highly impression
able, and pretty clothes have q pecu-
liArly happy effect on her.
She loves color, fine textures, lace,
the expensive things Of life. They
mean more 30 her than TO most people,
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1894-12-02
LEASING IN CALIFORNIA.
Oil Men Have a Hard Row to noe on
Account OF the Old Placer Mining LAVE
A big Well In DOddridge County


Oil Men Have a Hard Row to zoe on
Account of the Old Placer Mining Laws
A big Well in DOddridge County,
The petroleum interests in California
furnishes an instance OF an important
and growing industry being retarded oy
laws which were framed to fit other con
ditions. OF course the old laws OF Call
fernIa were made with special reference
TO gold and silver mining, at time
when it was not thought that petro-
leum would ever be among the
products OF the State. Under those
laws petroleum lands stand on
the category of placers and OF course
are subject to the same conditions. IL
is stated by our California exchanges
which advocate the interests OF petro-
leum producers, that laws recently pro-
posed work the same injury TO petro-
leum producers. IG gold mining It was
perhaps best TO restrict the amount OF
land one owner could embrace In a
claim. Very often 40-acre tract was
sufficient to furnish fortunes, and when
unproductive it was too much TO hold
But in petroleum production the cir
cumstances are quite different. A large
amount of capital is required before
work is begun, and the territory should
be sufficiently large to warrant toe ex-
penditure. The present laws limit the
area to 40 acres, and make 1t necessary
to perform annual assessment work on
each subdivision with a certain separate
expenditure before ownership OF the
tract Gao be secured. Even then
petroleum in paying quantities
must actually be produced before
the title TO the land can be secured.
California oil operators justly complain
that in dealing with this matter the au-
thorities OF the Land Office Depart
ment refuse to recognize the ordinary
indications known TO the petroleum In
dustry. 1t is not strange. therefore
that there is q movement for the aoro-
CATION OF those laws, which now do SC
much to keep back petroleum develop
msnt in California. The oil industry oil
that state should be given every chance
for growth, and in order to build II W
opportunities for operating on large
scale must be given.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1894-12-02
PROTECTION NOT NEEDED.
Minister Denby Has Not Reported Chaos
In Pekin.

WASHINGTON, d. c., December L.
Secretary Gresham MAKES the state
ment that the reports that United
States Minister DENLY had 'cabled from
China that "Chaos reigns at Pekin.
The American legation is in danger.
Need protection" is wholly unwarrant-
ed and untrue. Mr.. Gresham says no
such report or anything akin to il has
been received by cable, mail or other
wise,
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1894-12-02

SAN FRANCISCO, Decent Der AFTER
January 1 the Western Sugar Refinery
Company will commence shipping raw
sugar from Honolulu TO New York di-
rect by ships sailing around she Horn.
The refinery officials say the change In
the shipment route is due 20 "a over
supply Of sugar on the Pacific coast.
hitherto al Hawaiian suguar has been
brought 20 s. Francisco for distriou-
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1894-12-02
she Haa Spank.

Mrs. Stuyvessnt Fish and Mrs. d.
Ogden Mills are credited with assuming
almost royal prerogativss IN recogniz-
ing Or ignoring people at Newport last
summer.
At cotillion Mrs. Mills finding her.
self placed next to q pretty woman OF
unouessionahle birth and standing, but
from New Orleans. put up her lorgnette,
and taking a cold survey. asked some
one. %Who Is this woman?" The VIC
tim. not abashed, after the first figure
was produced still more formida-
Die 10 bette and inquired. who is this
woma BANGING next 10 me?" Tableaul
with . mills of the gods grinding
very slAwiy.-Trilth.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1894-12-02

BE pdnctual. To keep dinner party
waltinA 4 under any circumstances is the
grave social indscoEum.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1894-12-02

Keep the ows Always close 70 the
y, 40 matt how &Dpie may be the
HI between ~.
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Hosiery.

ChiIdrfn's all wool Ribbed Hosiery. value 2Uc, al
Chidrsns heavy all wool Ribbed Hose, Inc EoS Hnu'
40 dozen chIdren's Fleece Lined Hose al
The sun., 1894-01-11

the mud; the fight that ls on Is not against
Republican robber bsrons. but against DEM
ocrats with Populist principles.
Prof WILSON'S service TO the great silent
masses. the farmers. is the putting OF lot
OF agricultural products on the free list
for the benefit OF their Canadian competl-
tors, and the Increasing OF the farmers
taxes for the benefit of manufacturers. The
great silent masses must bear additional
burdens in order that the manufacturers,
protected and favored by the remission OF
duties on raw materials and by the contin-
uatlon OF protective duties on the manufac-
tured products. may wax fat while the silent
masses are ploddlng their way with WILSON
taxation weighing them down.
II the petition boxes are full Of petitions
against trusts and combinations. IL Is be-
cause Prof. WILSON hasn't taken the petit
tlons out and read them. He and his
friends have been telling us. to the point OF
weariness. that protection Is the prop Of
trusts and combinations; and now they have
sedulously avoided cutting the prop down.
"Let us be true to our faith" says the
Professor. Well, why isn't he7 Who Is
preventing him 2 Ho is In fine condition to
call upon tho Democracy for faith. after he
has dumped the platform into the Shcnan-
doah. What Is the use Of talking about tho
gateway Of opportunity, when an atrocious
culminator is stationed at the entrance to
make you stand aud deliver How is man
going to rise to such prosperity as his
merits justify. when his back is broken
with taxation2 Labor for a country
equal to all1 Where does the equality
come In. when you make one man pay an
other mans taxes. pick one pocket to stuff
another. and flch from the majority to fat
ten the favorites2 2 Where's the equality.
Professor. when a man with an income Of
$4,000 year has to pay tax. and a man
with an income of $500 docsn'tp You are
not planting opportunity. Professor; you
are raising mischief.
You have quoted Mr.. WEDsTER's imagl-
nary speech OF JOHN ADAMS in behalf OF the
Declaration OF Independence. Professor.
Suppose JOHN ADAMS had made such
speech aftor opposing and voting against
the Declaration. and In favor of continuing
the colonial relation with Great Britain.
Had JOHN ADAMS done that very thing. his
speech. judged by his act. would havo been
just such speech as yours Is.