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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-04-26

Tho discovery Of oil in this region
brought great wealth TO scores OF opera
tors aud made noarly n hundred farmers
what is called '%Inmensely rich" in n
community OF tho size OF Sistersyillc.
Before oil was found the country was
decidedly n poor n ngriculturnliy.
Now there isn't a farmer in tho limits Of
tho field that is not independently
wealthy. some being millionaires and
others semi.millionaircs. Not being Cd
,ucatcd up to tho idea Of controlling
immonge sums OF money many curious
features are being constantly brought to
light in connection with their methods
OF using tho money. An Irishman came
into SistcrsviNe worth 5000. 00Oor moro)
recently and purchased 4 now ovorcont.
"a brand new one" rs no put il, tho
first timo no had jndulgod in such ex.
%travagonCo In seventeen years. Very
few casoa OF %s1nandering are noticeable.
Most everybody atarts in to improve
his homo, perhaps 20 build II now house,
and then, living comfortably, il happy
and ~contontcd for tho balance Of his
days. In tho over.tiio.riyGr hl,trict
many Of tho farmera who were enriched
by oil are Germans. owners oil small
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-04-26

YOU should not JAW I" yi.i. Wh.nlinE
Park next sunday. It Ia hrP Paradise Of
the Ohin valley.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-04-26

3Ioncy to .oiul uu lt-ai i:.L,ts-Stock Can
10 Taken MT Any Time.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-04-26

THE public say Scl,mulbnrh's Book Door
10 tho boat.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-04-26

DRINK TIE OSLv-scrmulbach's Iloci
ltpsr.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-04-26
ATLANTIC TEA COMPANY.
VATHAT WE CLAIM!
w Asp Defy Contradiction.

That NO soll moro goods tlnn
any other retail houso In tho
state.
That va aoll q battcr quality
ofgoods for h omonoy than any
other retail house In tho state.
That wo mover advertise any
article that We have nOtin stock.
That no o,hor house In tho
Ustate can compete with us.
PRICE LIST,
4 cana beat Tomatoes Is. ."...""..... Coo
8 cana Standard Sugar Corn. ".... 26c
8 cans Standard paas...."...."..... 96c
8 lbs. best Ginger Snaps".."."...... 25c
8 lbs. boat California prnnes.."... 96c
6 lbs. host California Ralsins. ",...... 26c
8 lbs. bcs. Butter Crackcrs. 26c
5 lbs. best Corn Starch ............... 25c
8 lbs. Carolina Rice. ......."""".... 26c
8 lbs. TapioCa.. 49,, ....".. .."..".". 96C
@ bottles ketsup ...... ...,.. ........ 25c
8 bottles Pickles. ..... 26c
Choice Cal. Evup. Peaches, per b.. l0c
Choice Cal. Evap. Aprfcots. per IT,. Zoe
Choice fresh Salmon. per eau ......... SC
Bcst Lunch and Lemon Cakes, per lb &c
ParlorM Matches, 200fnllcount, nor box lie
Send for Price Lists. mailed FREQ TO any
address.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-12-17
ELLICOTT SQUARE.

building $50 feet high. The cost of the
building and site is to be So, $50, COO.
The work was begun on May /, 1895,
and the building is to be complete on
May /, 1896. 1t is now being inclosed.
The building will contain on the
ground floor 40 stores. on the second
floor space for 16 banks or counting
rooms and on the floors above 600 offices.
It will contain 447, 900 square feet of
floor space, or over ten acres. The weight
Of the steel frame is $3.50 tons and Of
the freproofng IL, 900 tons. The build
ing is fireproof throughout, even the
partitions being of hollow brick. The
wood finish of the building is quarter
sawed red oak.
The exterior is light terra Gotta and
brick, resembling sandstone, and is
deliberately modelled, resembling fine
sculpture. The cornice of terra Gotta
projects five feet, and the whole build
ing is rich and stately. The architect is
D. H. Burnham, the supervising archi-
tect Of the Worlds fair.
In the center of the building is beau
tifu1 court 10 by 40 feet, upon which
many of the Offices front. It will require
1000 electric lights to light the build
ing, 1 1924 steam radiators for heating
purposes and about II miles of steam
and gas pipe of various sizes. A refrig-
Grating machine will supply ice water
throughout the building. The four great
boilers have capacity Of l, 900 horse
power. There will be eight steam pumps
for various purposes. The pumping ca
pacity for the water supply will be
equal to that for village Of 5000 in
habitants. There will be 20 elevators,
one of which is for freight and the rest
for passenger service, and four elevators
for receiving and discharging freight
from the sidewalks.
The building is to be highly orna-
mented throughout with fancy iron
work, Italian marble and marble mosa-
ic. The floors of the corridors are to be
Of marble mosaic and Of the Offices hard
maple imbedded in cement. Six thou
sand barrels Of portland cement will be
used in the building.
About one-third of the space in the
building has been leased six months
ahead of its completion. The Western
Union Telegraph company will occupy
q large space on the tenth floor, where
it will have the largest Geographic re-
| peating station in the world. The Eli
colt club, comprising 600 of the leading
business men of Buffalo, will occupy
elegant and spacious quarters on the
tenth floor. A law library of several
| thousand volumes will be placed On the
ninth floor for the use of tenants Of the
building. 1t is expected that Ellicott
Square will be business community Of
1000 to 5000 people, and that $4,000
people will pass in and out its doors
J daily. JEROME WARD.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-12-17

he was old enough to teach school, then
studied law, was elected to the Indiana
legislature as soon as old enough, and
here he is. Hon. @. A. Sulloway of the
First New Hampshire is the Salvation
Army captain, and he looks it. Hon.
Miles Crowley Of the Tenth Texas is the
cowboy, but he was born i'll Boston, has
been boss stevedore and foreman and
member of the house of representatives
Of Texas, and now succeeds Buck Kill
gore, who kicked in the door Of the house
during the F'ifty-second congress.
Hon. H. H. Atwood, Tenth Massa-
chusetts, is artist and architect and has
had a great deal of legislative experience
for man but 80 years old. Hon. 7. NJ
Hurley of Brooklyn is an Irishman, car
penter and building contractor and abb
solutely new in legislature. Hon. W. M.
TrelOar of the Ninth Missouri is a teach
or of music and was nominated against
Champ Clark as a mere matter Of form,
but here he is. Hon. Frank S. Black,
Nineteenth New York, began life as
farmland, changed his profession few
times and is a successful lawyer, and
finally Hon. Rowland Blennerhasset
Mahany is charged with being a poet.
He has also been minister to Ecuador
for short time There are several 9TH
er members about whom there is deal
of popular curiosity, and about none
more than Colonel and Hon. George B.
Mcclellan. AS the son Of the great
general he is of interest to all Ameri-
cans, and, in addition, he is the youn-
gest man in this congress, having just
reached 80, and is not only a successful
business man, but represented to be Pc
culiarly adroit in political management.
j. Fl. BEADLE.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-12-17

IN a conversation with the Washing
ton correspondent of the STATE JOURNAL
Colonel Dick Blue has made his position
on the currency question as clear as mud.
He favors 1.-THE largest possible coinage
of the silver product of our own country
consistent with keeping the metals on a
parity and interchangeable with each
other" At the same time he favors the
coinage of the product of the American
silver mines, ergo; the coinage of the
American product will just exactly pre-
serve the parity between the two metals.
But no Mexican silver must be allowed to
creep in, because in that case not only
would the parity be destroyed and the
country be placed on a monometallic sill
yer basis, but the owners of the Mexican
silver could bring 80 cents worth of sill
yer to the mint aud carry away
dollar and be $50 cents ahead" So
while he would deny the Mexican
this privilege, the colonel is really and
truly in favor of allowing the American
silver baron to have fifty cents worth of
silver coined into a good American 100
cents dollars, "as good as any other dol
lar" and reap a profit of fifty cents on
each and every one of them. This is
more extreme position than that of the
most radical silver men. If they did not
believe the opening of the minis would
cause the bullion which enters into a
dollar to become worth 100 cents pre-
vious to receiving the governments stamp
they would not advocate the free and
unlimited coinage of the white metal for
a minute.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-12-17
KATE ADDISON, AGlTAToR.

She Is a Persuasive Woman and May Do
Much For Equal Suffrage In Kansas.
Mrs. Kate Addison, who halls from
Eureka, Kan, would rather vote than
talk at pink tea. She has been inter-
ested in the suffrage question for num-
Der of years past, but her recent election
as president of the Equal Suffrage league
of Kansas has given her a prominence
she had not hitherto enjoyed. She sue
ceeded Mrs. Laura Johns, who in the
last woman Suffrage campaign promised
the Republicans the vote of every wom-
an in Kansas provided the equal suffrage
amendment was adopted, while Mrs.
Anna Diggs was making the same prom
Uses to the Populists. Mrs. Addison has
not posed as Republican or a Populist
and this is one reason why she has been
chosen to lead the united army Of wom-
en- who are battling to win the ballot in
the Sunfower State. She is willing to
admit, too, that there may be woman
or so in Kansas whose vote she cannot
control.
Mrs. Addison is said to be utterly IN
like number of members Of her sex
who have achieved notoriety in Kansas
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-12-17

of Washington and four of the southern
counties of Maryland. The new bishop
will have his headquarters in Washing
ton. His salary is to be $1,000 a year,
but this will soon be increased, it is
promised.
The Rev. Henry Yates Satterlee will
make an imposing figure in bishops
robes, as his person is tall and COM
handing. He is SO years old and ma
tive of New York city. He was graduated
at Columbia college and from the Gen
eral Theological seminary. His first ap-
pointment was as assistant rector of the
Episcopal church at Wappinger Falls,
n. Y. He subsequently became rector
and was called to the pulpit of Calvary
church in 1882. About this time the de-
gree Of doctor of divinity was conferred
upon him by Union college. In 1888 he
was elected assistant bishop of Ohio,
and in 1889 he was elected bishop of
Michigan, but he declined both honors.
DR.. Satterlee has been a prominent
figure in the Episcopal church for sew
eral years. He has been most actively
interested in the Episcopal church con-
gress, the parochial missions, the tenn
perance movement and in home and
foreign missionary work He is an elo-
ouent speaker, writer Of no mean abili-
ty and an energetic organizer. He was
not a candidate for bishop and was sur
prised when notified of his election.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-12-17
IS IT TILE RTLsoN BTLLa

Those persons and papers, especially
in the east, which are regarded as Re-
publican and Democratic authorities
agree pretty generally that the depletion
of the gold reserve is due to the Wilson
bill and yet as a remedy they advocate
the retirement of the greenbacks. They
do not regard the greenbacks as the
cause of the trouble but as the means to
an end. Is there any probability then
that the drain of gold from the country
would be stopped by closing up this
channel? Exporters OF gold must have
it just the same even though they had to
60 into the open market and buy it at a
premium, which they would certainly be
forced to do if the government did not
supply them.
Gold once at premium of course no
more of it would find its way into the
treasury and the little that is now there
would not last long under the system
adopted by the Cleveland administra-
ton of paying out gold in preference to
any other kind of currency for every
thing. Even the New York World is not
so blind worshipper of Cleveland as not
to see the truth of the matter and says:
"The simple truth is the gold reserve
of the government runs down as often az
it is replenished because the revenues of
the government are not equal to its ex
penditures. The treasury is paying out
more than it receives, and is forced to
make good the deficiency by borrowing.
That is the fundamental fact in the
case"
This is an admission by the World
that the bonds were sold to meet run
ming expenses Mr. Cleveland to the con-
trary Notwithstanding. 1t will be re-
membered that we have had the green
backs with US for thirty years and yet no
trouble with the gold reserve ever occur
red until this Democratic administration
assumed control of the nations affairs.
But after all is it right to blame the
trouble all on the Wilson bill? Is it not,
like the greenbacks, but a means to an
end? Both are tools found ready to the
hands of the treasury raiders and they
have made the most of their opportuni-
ties. Neither could have been used with
much effect, had it not been for the poll
cy adopted by the administration of re-
deeming all forms of currency in gold
contrary to law. That is the real found
alton of the monetary difficulties.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-12-17
OPEN HOUSE AT TOMBs.
The Lock is on the Door of New Xork's
Famous Bastile.

The Lock is on the Door OF New Xork's
Famous Bastile.
New YORK. Dec. 17.-For the first time
in its history the Toombs prison is IN
locked
There was considerable excitement
about the prison this morning. caused by
broken lock, which for more than 3
week has not been working well.
Shortly after 10 o'clock when Door
man McGill attempted to open the door
the lock refused to work. Warden Fall
Ion was notified aud he sent men to re-
pair it. They worked over it with ham
mers and many kinds of keys, but with
out success. and after half an hour the
warden ordered the men to take the lock
off
To do this it was necessary to use cold
chisels aud hammers, and meantime the
crowd outside grew in size. Finally, at
II O'Clock, it was taken off aud the gate
swung open, but there is no lock on the
front door of the Tombs.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-12-17

his ancestors were among the first dis
senters in England, and he is descended
from that Richard Sperry who was
prominent in the original New Haven
colony and sheltered the judges who had
condemned Charles l. He has been
teacher, builder, contractor, railroad
man and postmaster, Wing and original
Republican and proudly boasts of receiv-
ing his first commission as postmaster
from Abraham Lincoln. He is not
merely passive but a most tenacious
fighter. His battle for the Bible in the
public schools of New Haven was nota-
BILE episode in the history of that city,
and SO we can judge pretty well as to
one source of the strong support he re-
ceived in the last combine, and that he
will be foremost figure in the commit
tee on postofices.
The capitol district is represented by
another veteran, Hon. E. Stevens Henry,
who is farmer and breeder of thor
oughbred stock and has had much expe-
rience in the Connecticut general as
sembly and minor Offices. Still another
member of wide experience from that
state is Hon. E. J. Hill of the Fourth
district, who is a very successful bust
ness man and great society man, being
prominent in the Odd Fellows, Sons Of
the American Revolution and so forth.
And all these are liable to be stayers, as
their districts are fairly good Republic
an ground.
For some of the new men of the west
brilliant promises are made. Captain
Thomas b. Mckee Of Logansport, Ind.
whose association with congressman and
recent candidacy for sergeant alarms
ought to have made him a judge, picks
out Colonel Charles G. Burton of the
Fifteenth Missouri as a slayer and the
rising man of that delegation. "He is, -
says Captain Mckee, ga remarkably
strong man in every respect. with great
capabilities, and as lawyer has that
capacity for clearness of statement
which is half the battle in law and
probably more than half in congress. 4"
The man who beat Champ Clark is
much inquired about, but so far has
maintained sort of incognito. AS to
1.-THE man that beat Springer, - he has
really had an extremely varied career
Hon James Austin Connolly is native
of New Jersey, 80 years old, a lawyer
and soldier with very brilliant rec
| OAOs hS LIDS Do6u q AS4uUSE VI l1lO ILL
nois legislature, United States district
attorney, solicitor of the national treas
ury by appointment, which he declined,
and again United States district attor-
ney.
Hon. J. Frank Hanley of the Ninth
Indiana district is the infant member
and the log cabin man. By all accounts
he had tough time of it in youth, his
father being an invalid and his mother
| blind. He sawed wood for a living until
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-12-17
THE PRIZE WINNERS.
Some New Men in the Fifty-Fourth
Congress.
THERE ARE A COWBOY, A POET,

An Artist, a Salvation Officer, as Well
as Carpenters and Journalists and
Lawyers and Bankers Galore.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 14-In the fifty
fourth congress are a cowboy, a poet, an
artist and a Salvation Army officer.
There are carpenters, farmers, merchants
and journalists, but by far the largest
proportion are lawyers, and among these
are surprisingly large number of cor
poration attorneys. Lawyers and bank
ers are decidedly in the lead, and this,
in connection with the demand for leg
islation about the currency, is one Of
many reasons why am confident the
session will be very long one.
The journalist naturally turns first to
those Of his own profession, and if any
among them have risen high through
many years good service he expects
most Of them. But when former occu-
pant of this gallery comes back the boys
buzz around him like the stay at home
members of a family around a member
who has gone west and come back rich,
and the man who fills the bill in all
these respects is Hon. William E. Bar
rett Of the Seventh Massachusetts dis
trict. He is only So years old, yet he
was for two years editorial writer on
the St. Adams (Vt. } Daily Messenger,
then reporter for the Boston Advertiser
and long it's Washington correspondent,
then managing editor of The Advertiser
and The Record and finally business
manager and chief proprietor of both.
Besides all these he is graduate Of
Dartmouth college, has served six terms
in the Massachusetts legislature, in five
of which hewas speaker, and succeeds
the scholarly but somewhat eccentric
DR.. William Everett in this house.
The veteran of the New England del
egation is Hon. Nehemiah D. Sperry of
New Haven, who was postmaster of
that city for over a quarter Of century,
has been secretary Of state of Connecti-
cut and is 68 years old. Our boys from
that section say that they will put Mr..
Sperry against any other man in the
country for unmixed Puritan blood, for
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-12-17
Daily R1crA8e 9, 554.

This is the greatest showing the STATE jour
NAL has ever been able to make for period q
any six months in its history.
This is greater figure than was reached g
any daily paper in Topeka for the year 1884
The American Newspaper Directory. issued in
June. 1895. and covering the year 1894. gives the
average daily circulation of the Topeka Daily
Capital for the year 1894. as only STA. These
figures we're furnished by the publishers OF sne
Capital, to the Directory, and are guaranteed TO
be correct b. forfeit Of 500. which will De
paid to any one disproving their correctness.
The following figures, substantiated by sworn
statements in detail. giving every issue for the
first six months in 1898. 1894 and 1895. shows the
Topeka STATE JOURNALS
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-12-17

during the past three or four years. She
is quiet and modest in her department
and there is no trace of mannishness
about her. She does not go around with
a chip on her shoulder endeavoring to
get into war of words with some other
woman suffragists, and she even refrains
from heaping abuse upon men when
they do not happen to agree with her on
the subject of woman suffrage.
She is not at all backward about pre-
eenting the claims of her sex to the bal
lot, but she goes about it in quiet,
di2nifed manner. In her opinion the
browbeating, bullying air that some ad
vocates of equal suffrage assume is not
the air that wins votes, and her fayorite
policy is Of the quiet, tactful, gently
persuasive kind. She does not believe
the Equal Suffrage league should afflli-
ate with any party, but that it should
seek to gain success by exacting pledges
from all legislative candidates regard
less of politics. Her first effort will be
directed toward uniting all the various
! woman suffrage factions in Kansas, and
when this has been accomplished the
different associations and societies will
be ready to enter upon strong andHde-
tsrmined campaign for equal suffrage
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-12-17

A TENDENCY to write letters has gen.
orally been regarded as one of the most
unfortunate failings of a politician, but
Mckinley seems to DO afflicted with a
disposition to talk tee much. The coun-
try has not yet forgotten that goldbug
speech he made dewn in Georgia last
winter, and now on a more recent visit to
that state he has pledged himself to Levi
P. Merton, providing he cannot succeed
in securing the nomination himself.
There must be something in that Georgia
climate which produces a condition of
relaxation in the region of the mouth.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-12-17
A WONDERFUL BUILDING.
Largest Office Structure In tho World Now
Being Erected In Buffalo.
TSneci9J CorresDOndence

Being Erected In Buffalo.
Especial Correspondence
BUFFALO, Dec. 2.-Some idea of the
strides which the art of building has
taken in the past few years is to be OBJ
tanned from the prospectus, just issued,
CT what is claimed to be the largest
Office building in the world. This mag
ni1cent structure is known as Ellicott
Square and is in the heart of the bust
ness center of Buffalo. 1t fronts Oh four
streets-Main, Washington, Swan and
South Division. The ground measure
ment is $40 by 200 feet, and it is now
ten stories high, or IA feet. The steel
framework and foundations are Of such
substantial character that ten stories
more may be added, making a 90 story
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-12-17

Mr.. FLYNN, of Oklahoma, can't vote
in the house, but that does not prevent
his talking. If he Intends however, to
do full justice to all the members of the
present administration there will not be
time for any ether business.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-12-17

IT is feared that "Coin" Hsrvey's new
society, THE Patriots of America" has
undertaken too much. The declared pur-
pose Of advancing the cause of silver is
all right, but when it undertakes to elm
mate selfshness from politics-wen,
that's an entirely different matter. It is
doubtful if the two causes succeed well
together,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-12-17

SEcRETARVCARLIsLE's annual report in
dicates shat that buoyant hopefulness
which has never left him since he entered
upon his duties as manager of the nations
finances. still envelopes and hedges him
about. He still thinks there will be nc
deficit next year.