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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-09-20
FOR FIELD DAY.
wsethor is the Only Thing to In
sure tho Success Of
TIRE ATHLETIC MEET ON FRIDAY.
Tho L. a. W. Racing Board Has
Sanctioned tho Bicycle Races That
Are a Feature of the Exercises.
George Helms and stcrriu Are
Among Those Who Are Looked
Upon as Probable wiuners-The
List of Track officials

The interest being taken in the COM
ing Field Day exercises Of the Young
Mems Christian Associations OF the tri.
state radius, which is to take place at
the State Fair grounds, under the au.
spices OF the local association, Friday
afternoon Of this week, lie quite pro-
nounced, and should the weather
brighten up the indications are that the
attendance from the towns whose as
sociations will be represented will be
very large, and the local lovers Of
athletics are sure to attend In force.
The young athletes are all In training
aud some Of the tri.state records are
sure to be smashed. sterritt, Of Wash
ington, Is decided isvorite in all Of the
events In which he 10 entered and
George Helms. of Steubenville, lie
looked upon as having the best chance
to win tho open bicycle events. Helms
has been doing good work on the track
lately, but perhaps some Of the Wheel.
ing riders entered can give him battle
royal. Yesterday Physical Instructor
George II. Marshall, OF the local associ-
alton, who has the affair under his
direction, received the sanction Of the
national racing board OF the L. A. W.
for the cycle races to be run at the Field
Day meet.
The committee on track. Messrs. ].
@. Lynch, 7. E. Bodley and s P. Park
or, yesterday selected the officials for
the affair, as follows:
Judges-Robert s. Gibson, OF Wash
inston; Willis Burton, Of steubenville;
DR.. r. @. Darrah, OF Martins Ferry.
1ime-keepers-E. D. Lash, OF Mar
tins Ferry; W. ]. Lukens and R NJ.
Archer, Of Wheeling.
Clerk OF the course-George Fl. Mar
shall, Of Wheeling.
Starter, W. a. Wells, of Washington.
Scorer-James Barr, Of Claysville.
Announcer-Dr. E. l. Warren, of
Wheeling.
ing.
Tho list OF entries has been augment
cd by several whose blanks were not
received Tuesday night, when the list
closed, the total number entered being
twenty-five,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-09-20

The Laughlin nail works will not re-
sumo next Monday, as reported.
John Williams, a roughor in tho
Etna-Standard mill, was taken very
sick yesterday with cramps.
Thomas Lloyd, rollor in the Etna'
Standard, who had his log burned re.
Gently, returned to work yesterday
The Belmont Brick Works, over the
river. which has been of on account OF
on accident, will resume tomorrow.
Ellis Roberts, Waterman at the Etna.
Standard mills, had his foot mashed on
Tuesday night by steel ingot falling
on 1t.
One hundred and seven cars were
handled in the Martins Ferry yards OF
the Cleveland, Lorain & Wheeling rail-
road yesterday. The Cleveland 4; Pitts
burgh and Wheeling & Lake Eric rail-
roads are also doing q good freight
business.
The Wheeling steel plant, which has
been of since last week to prepare for
the use of natural gas from the new
mains in place Of coal, which has lately
been used as fuel, resumed work yes
terday, and everything was reported to
work satisfactorily.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-09-20

The remains Of the late Levi W.
Bailey were laid to rest yesterday morn
ing in Linwood cemetery, and the SER
vices we're conducted by Rev. Messrs
Worthiugton and Hartzog aud Everett
Morris. Thoburn Post, q. A. r, No.
T2. attended in a body. Tho pallbear.
ora we're =. F. Dean, William Sloan,
Ebenezer Clark, james A. 1annehill, T.
II. Stanton and Jerry Gilbert.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-09-20

At9 o'clock yesterday afternoon tho
funeral of Scott Liston. the we'll known
old soldier and ex.poIiceman, took place
from the family residence on South
Huron street, and was largely attended,
especially by his old comrades in the
army. fIe will BIO kindly remembered
by many old comrades and other
friends.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-09-20
TRAVELLING MEMS HOME.
A Wheeling Branch of the Homo Assocl
alton TO be Organized.

Mr.. John v. Lawton, OF Philadelphia,
who though traveller for Michigan
vinegar concern is not one Of those
soured individuals that occasionally
crop out, is in the city, q guest at tho
stamm. and ia endeavoring to organize
local organization of the Commercial
Travellers Home Association. The
gentleman was one Of the organizers OF
the association which was the result OF
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-09-20
DIED.

?oclock a. m, JACOB swEIrzER.
Funeral services at family residence No. g.
Eleventh street, on Thursday afternoon at
o'clock Friends Of tho family respectfully
invited to attend Intermcnt private at Mt.
Wood Cemetery.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-09-20
NEVER s !. '.. ... = '. .',:. So. :
BOYS And CHILDREN'S
CLOTHING.

As do this You will find everything worth having
our new Fall and Winter Stock For the little fellows we have
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1894-04-29

"A trial but 1t must be remembered
tals GAS in Texas. Strange as it may
sasm. An effort is now being made 10
nave this man pardoned, and 1t is said
tbat II he is ever released be will get
even with men who were active In his
capture and trial
4 new mining camp seems to have a
neepliar attraction for men OF this
Class. As soon as the discoveries al
Crsede Colorado, were made known,
the gamblers and desperadoes were In
evidence quite as soon as the honest
and industrious miners. IL should be
known that these gentry delight In the
name of osDorts" and have an antipathy
TO being called gamblers, while TO init
mate 10 one OF them that he was
murderer would be sure to result In MS
killing the insulter TO prove that be was
not. Prominent among the despera-
does who locked 10 Creole In us early
DAYS was a KentuckiaD, who la his own
state bore the name Of Charles l.. Creek,
but who owing 10 his having had MS
features badly carved up by bowie
knife and his nose slsshed out OF shape,
came 10 be known as Broken Nose
Creek. Curiously enough, Kentucky
has furnished more Of these outlaws
than all the other states put togetner'
Creek served in the Union army during
the war, and unlike most OF the men III
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1894-04-29

81 see that there's some others that
has been claiming that they're king OF
the fakIrs." said Mr.. Stivers, with the
fine contempt Of a legitimate monarch
who scorns all weak pretenders TO the
throne, "but tell you, sir. they Amt
no good and they don't know the least
little bit about the biz"
Having known OF Mr.. Stlvers as the
undisputed monarch Of the "streetmen"
that is the name they apply to them
selves on cermonious occasions-I was
quite ready 10 endorse his declaration,
and, in recognition OF my amity aud
featy, be was equally ready 10 give me
the secrets Of this widespread and I'm
portant calling.
Among the great mass OF facts pres
ented by his majesty are many OF gen.
eral interest and few that are applica-
BILE only TO New York city. Twenty
seven years ago, when Mr.. Stivers, as a
boy OF thirteen, entered the business.
all "street statesmen" sold goods from a
tray, push-carts and wagons being un-
known 10 the fraternity. Away back
in 6s," said his majesty, when | took
I'D the business. began by selling
pocketkniyes from tray: that was
down In front OF the old postoffice on
Nassau street. l used always to make
from FIVE 10 eight dollars day By a
few hours WORK at noon; but them
days is gone and won't never come
back" The men who sell from push
carts in New York city pay license Of
five dollars year, and one dollar for
each succeeding year. The peddlers
who sell from trays or baskets pay one
dollor the first year and fifty cents
thereafter. Mr.. Stiyers has scores OF
men in his employ and ne keeps them
supplied with licenses as protection
against the police, who have not little
TO do with the happiness OF the street
fakirs. There Is an ordinance that no
street salesman shall remain In one
place more than ten minutes at time,
but II the seller stands in well with the
''cop" on that beat be may remain for
hours without beina disturbed, and II
has been whispered, ough - ~ bis
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1894-04-29
CASPER EDIsos.

A person with large stock OF spring
cold isn't apostrophlziDg the genii OF
natures renaissance 10 any considers
Die extent.
MateriamilIas-"I would rather bury
my daughter than see her marry you"
StoIbal Suitor-''In that event. mad
am, it would be yonr funeral. not mine"
Do not talk platitudes to man who
Is hungry. An empty stomach is .
savage whom no power except food
can clvilize. The most precious logic
that ever fell from the lips OF wisdom
is naught compared with q pound Of
beef.
Smith fell from the seventh floor 20
the ground. Jones. looking over his
shaving glass, recognizes his neigh
Dor. Hello, Smith, Is that you2"'
Such little social amenities have their
compensations.
A long neck Is feature OF beauty In
woman, bat regarding its utility we
cannot see wherein the goose has the
advantage OF the duck In the physical
mechanism Of the esophasus. An
elongated palate, however, should In
crease the delight Of dsglutftios.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1894-04-29

educational opportunities. While his
companions were studying at school
Young Masterson could be found IN the
woods practising with q revolver, and
to this early training is no doubt due
the phenomenal skill with that weapon
which he has displayed. The number
OF deaths credited 10 Bat Masterson
range all the way from five to twenty
eight. Perhaps fair average wouldioe
sixteen. Masterson had established a
reputation as a shooter when he was
made marshal of Dodge City, Kansas.
Here, in the early seventies, his broth
err, who was the sheriff, was killed by
five Texas cowboys. As soon as Bat
learned Of this he sought out the men
and at once shot the whole five down.
He distinguished himself in those days
as an Indian fighter and buffalo hunter,
but while he was practising with his
rife aud revolver he did not cease 10
perfect himself in his skill with the
cards. Wheu the railroads opened up
Colorado TO the world he went thither,
establishing innumerable gambling
places, and because Of his fearlessness
and his skin With the pistol was elected
marshal ct different times Of half
dozen infant cities, in each Of which
there is at least one grave in the Gem
etery filed by the victim Of his revol-
yer. Masterson is man OF medium
height, with an intellectual face,
strange as it may seem, and is not sd-
dicted to profanity or liquor. BIS
friends claim, and with show OF
Justice, that he never drew his revolver
except in the interest Of law.
NELSON ASHLEY.
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want" We have not only the sub
stantive "iakir," but the adjective
fake" as applied TO articles that are
not all they seem 10 be, aHd the verb
ITO fake" has taken its place in every
newspaper Office In the land. When a
reporter-which is, of course, very
rarely the caSe-draws on his magma
ton for his facts, or with creative
genius makes his story "out Of his
hesd"-as the farmor's son did his I'D
die. after he had wood enough left 10
make another-it is said TO be faxed.
How she name fakir came TO De APP
piled to street peddlers do not know,
nor can the most careful investigation
discover. have just had most pleas
ant interview with Mr.. George Wash
ington Stivers, the head and acknowl-
edged liking of the fakirs," aud he is
as ignorant OF the origloa OF the term as
applied TO himself and his associates as
the rest OF the world. When name,
no matter how Objectionable, sticks and
aud cannot be avoided, 1t is the part OF
wisdom to accept it, and no matter its
history or its associations, TO have 10
honored by making II respectable AT
the beginning OF the war the name
rebel" stung our southern fellow
countrymen to the quick and their pa
pers and orators were inclined TO resent
it, but after a time they not only yield
ed to the inevitable, but proudly APP
piled the name TO themselves and boast
ed that they were "rebels." ! do not
think the acquiescense OF street ped
dlers has had exactly the same genesis
as the name rebel, for they are not
sensitive or foolishly chivalric class OF
men, but certain 1t is that they have
not only ceased to object to the terms,
but they have proudly adopted It, as
the Dutch did the epithet "beggars,
applied to them by the Spaniards.
George Washington Stivers. king OF
the fakirs, has his armory on the north
side Of Ann street, near Nassau,in New
York city. He is man Of medium
height, blue-eyed, with blond mus
tache, an active, erect form, a manner
OF speech that is forceiul and defiant
of grammar, and be says he is forty
years of age, though no might easily
mass for thirty
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1894-04-29

should be. in entire sympathy with
those of Europe. and he believes that
before long the first Monday in Sep
TENDER will be abandoned and the hrst
day in May be adopted as the date Tor
the assembling OF labor organizations
throughout the world. The only pur-
pose OF this can be to bring these asso-
Citations into closer sympathy, and I'M
der proper influences to impress all
with the idea of race unity and the
brotherhood OF man.
One reason why these May day demon
STATIONS in Europe have so much sig
nificauce to labor is the fact that IN
most countries their local laws are so
suppressive they have no other means
of making their wants and their pur-
poses known. Over in America, where
there is a broader liberty, and wnere
associations are not under the espion-
age OF spies, and the press is
open TO labor advocates, no great DEM
onstrations or gatherings are need
ed to impress on the law-making power
the necessity for proper legislation. In
England and on the continent there Is
always an element of danger in the as
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1894-04-29
THE DEVILS CHAIN.
Singular Memcnto Left by Satan to
Count With Whom lie Played Cards.

Singular Mennonite Left by satan TO
Count With Whom lie Played Cards.
I will repeat Que Of many charming
legends told me by a charming Swedish
lady about the family Of Count Piper,
the well-known minister Of her country
TO the court OF st. James, says q writer
in the National RcUiCiU.
Once upon a time the head Of this
house was bored TO death in mis- splen-
did castle, and he yawned his thousandth
yawn and said: 81 would / had even
,the devil TO play cards with me-" and at
the word Satan himself appeared in that
guise OF a gentleman 10 which Shelley
also knew him. oddly enough, the
devil lost his money, and having none
in his pockets, for reasons best known
TO himself, he offered the Count, In full
Quitance Of all Claims an apparently
golden chain, remarking incidentally
that whenever that whenever that
chain was lost or injured the castle OF
the Pipers would infallibly be burned.
This unusual announcement aroused
the winners suspicious, and, happen
ming to look under the card table, G
beheld the cloven hoof. Instantly he
sprang TO the wall TO reach down his
sword, for swords in those days, the
date Of which l cannot exactly give,
were always ready to the hand. But
the devil was gone and the chain alone
remained. On examination 1t proved
to be long and thin, with ennumersble
little links, such q chain as old gentle
men used TO wear around their necks
for watch chains not long ago. An
assay discovered the metal to be some
thing other than gold, but could by no
means determine what it actuall was.
An accidental injury to one OF the
links, however, caused by the hammer
OF the goldsmith. cost the Count wing
of his castle, and second injury and
TEN porary loss Of the chain having re-
suited in second and in third fire, IL
at once became apparent that the devil
would keep his word. Each successive
head of the Piper family has worn that
chain around his neck from the day of
his accession TO the day Of his death,
and on the decease Of the late Count,
not long ago, IL was carefully and rev.
erently removed to his body to be passed
on his heir
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1894-04-29

NEW YORK, April 2S.-There is
general impression, particularly In the
east. that the lawleSs frOntierSman Is a
comparatively recent addition 70 our
criminal classes. This is a mistake.
Ever since we have had frontier, ever
since there has been any part OF our
country so SparSely settled as 10 De
practically out of OF the reach or con-
troll Of officers OF the law, we have had
this element with US, but It's types have
varied with the improvement In nre-
arms and the nations genearl advance.
lisa mistake 70 suppose that the
lawless desperate is a peculiar product
OF the far west He is found IN greater
NUM- erS 10 the settled parts or the
south ana vest than 10 the mining
camps and pasture lands Of the west.
Asa matter Of fact We have DO frontier
AZ this time, and have had none since
the trapscOntinental railroads brought
the near east and the far west within
six DAYS OF each other. The people or
the southern mountains and OF western
Texas are not naturally more vicious
than those OF other parts OF our coun-
try; but living IN Sparsely settled COM
IuunitieS, where SCbOOl-houseS are I'M
possible, where roads are ruts, where
agriculture is practiced In its most
primitive forms, and where the word
claw" is an echo and its authority a
shadow, men have kept up the 6arbar-
Gus custom of carrying firearms. There
are parts of the south aud southwest
TO-DAY where men regard the knife and
revolver as much articles OF dress as
their hats and bOOts-mOre so, indeed,
for there saTe seasons when a man
might travel with safety without boots,
but he would hardly think it healthy
10 do so without his customary pistol.
Since the revolutionary days the peo-
pie who settled along the Appalachian
range, particularly in the Southern
slave states, have been distinguished
for their lawlessness. II is only the
other day that the country was horri-
fed by the recital Of the Hatfeld-McCoy
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1894-04-29

One Of the greatest successes was
folding chair. OF which bis majesty
sold, here and abroad, In tho neighbr
hood Of 5000, 600. The fifteen pus
invented by a deaf and dumb man
Boston, would have maze the maj
fortune had he not neglected TO patoL
1t before 10 got on the market. The re-
turn ball and the pencil with rubber o
the tip have made snug fortunes
their patentees. but one Of the groates.
successes for the inventor and the
faklrs was tho celebrated puzzle OF
"pigs In clover" The inventor was an
old farmer over near Millville, New
Jersey, and out OF the millions sold In
two years he Melted over $50, 600, and
at ono time had three factories and
over 500 people employed ia the manu-
facture.
According to his majesty hearty all
the things offered for sale by the fakirs
are "gooi goods" and are disposed OF
flr less thsn the cost OF manufacture.
Many OF the fakirs have made snug
fortunes, bus according TO Mr.. StJvers,
the Polish Jews. who live on nothing
and wear no clothes, are running the
business. The most successful fakirs
are Americans or Irlshmon. They must
be clean, well dressed, and possess
'about enough brass to get along" "in
addition to these qualifications the sue
cessful fakir must have the gift OF
gab," said his majesty. "A good man
must be able 10 tall better than the
worst lawyer, and II be can make the
folks laugh, or tell a good story, all the
better"
The goods bought from Insurance.
companies after q ire, bankrupt sales,
and goods sold out by the sheriff, are
always attended TO by his majesty.
"For more than year." said the
monarch Of Ann street, I'VE have not
had novelty on the market. There's
a big fortune ready for the man who'll
invent some little article that can be
sold AZ low price and which IL either
useful or curious. The wonder 70 me
f.. that with such profits In sight an
inventive genius doesn't gofnto this
field. II means cash from the word 20,
and no botner or laUsuite or infringe
ments and bother OF that kind"
His msjesty's throne will not be left
vacant, for ne has ten chlldren--nve
princes and as many princesses-and
each one, like the father, has throne
ready.
CASPER EDIsoy.
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gineers, the Knights of Labor, the
American Federation OF Labor, the In
ternational Typographical Union, and
other bodies that work separately,
though having a common purpose. In
this matter of the labor organizations
America seems to have led, though IL
should be said without any intent to do
injustice to the workingmen there, that
their methods OF procedure have not
always been such as TO excite the SYM
patty Of the people az large or to result
to their own advancement.
From time immemorial May day in
Great Britain and on the continent has
been regarded by the working people as
something of a holiday, and though ii
fell into disuse in the cities, it continu-
ed to be observed IN the agricultural
districts. 1t was this fact, no doubt,
which induced the international Con-
gress OF Labor that assembled in Paris
In 1855 to adopt it as its own special
day.
1t is also claimed that the date was
fixed by the American labor organiZa-
lions, who sent a delegation to the Paris
congress, asking them to set apart
day for the simultaneous demonstration
OF workingmen throughout the world,
and suggested May l. II this be
the case. the American organizations
subsequently changed their minds, for
in our country the national day for
labor is the first Monday in Septic N Der.
However, the date, and the reason for
il, are matters OF no Importance. Labor
day in the United States is simply a
parade of workingmen, more or less
picturesque, depending on the nat:onali
ties engaged, but as yet it is not regard
ed with suspicion by capital, nor has it
any political significance.
In Europe they seem 10 have managed
their labor organizations with more
skill, and in way 10 show to the gov
eminent and to their employers some
thing of their capacity for organization,
and TO give an idea of their tremendous
strength, and the use that might be
made of it for bene fetal or instructive
purposes. When men of different races,
different creeds, speaking different lsn-
guageS, and bound together only by she
common tie of labor, unite for the pur-
poses Of mutual defense and ofense as
they have done in Europe, the position
becomes so serious, or at least of such
vital Importance, as to command the at
tention of the ablest statemen and pro-
woke speculation as TO its possibilities.
Mr.. Samuel P. Gompers. prssident OF
the American Federation of Labor, told
me when in New York that the labor
organizations Of America are, a. they
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European governm~-
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com
European governm~-
America has already done. tr1
real greatness and prosperity depend
not so much on the number Of their
ships or the weight of their ships
as upon the condition Of labor and
its spirits spirit of discomfort Of con-
tent.
This rising Of the fourth estate" as
it is called, must ultimately result in
the confederation of labor throughout
the world. Properly managed, this
Itself might be used as an all-powerful
factor in the interest or pacse, but so
long as there are queens and kings and
czars and hereditary rulers to serve, so
long the interests o. the workingmen
will be minor consideration 10 the
monarchies. Preparations are being
made TO suppress any outbreak that
NAV occur during the Nay day demon
strations now on hand; but as men be-
come conservative with power, we feel
assured that on this, as on past occa-
sions, the day will pass off with custo-
mary peace and quietness.
EDWARD HILDANE.