davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-05-17
FINE sulrs-rAe Aus cLorHleas.
WeLeaVeitt0YOu
wv

Let's weigh facts aud iaucic' aud 10, whore rests tho crown Of
leadership. Record i. iacts-tulk Is fancy. Anybody can talk, bat
1t take, time to mako a recorl-takes persistent energy 10 make q
successful one 1t doesn't grow up In might like weeds.
Tako us as wo are. Take other stores as you find ON. Thos
must 10 a necessity for this big store Of ours. There mu,t DO do
mand Tor tho qualiios We have to oaor, or we wouldn't plc our noon
full Of sock. Tho policy we live by must ring honesty and upright,
nesS In the cars Of our competitors, for they groedily adopt them.
Brush up your memory q little and soc who has bd every reform
In the past four years. Think bt.
Wero We not the first to better qualitios and lower prices?
Aren't We responsible for tho stampede that's made every ssA,on
from tho tanors?
Wasn't It us-now think hard-who frst guaranteed satisfaction
to the purchaser under forfeit OF a willing return Of the money!
= These arc facts as thoy existed and rs you find Thorn to-day.
Stage thunder may DO realistic mimicry, but 1t doesn't Brighten any.
body A truck horse may go fa. enough Tor n iuneral, but 1t can.
keep up with the procession.
We don't spend any time telling what we are going to do. It,
doing that means the forever doing bo,or, that makes us the toe.
most ou.atiers. Don't be hoodwinked by borrowed fame. Cool
people, tho genuine good, have got an uumstakablo ring, and you
have sounded US for the last four years. aud tho verdict has alvsy,
been the same. 1t moana something whom NO say
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-05-17

Lat night the Martins Ferry Glcc
Club gave a very enjoyable affair, com.
plImontary to @. O. Mitchell. secretary
Of the YIN. G. A .,who leaves tomorrow
for Chicago. 1t va, 4 trolley party on
the Bellairo, Bridgeport & Martins
Ferry railway. The crowd, n jolly one.
numbered twelve couples, and left Han.
over street at $50 in a special car and
made n tour OF tho entire limo. return.
ingtwo hour, later. all we'll pleased with
the trip. A number OF invited guests
accompanied the Glee Club. Ono stop
was made for refreshments.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-05-17

Apply to tho West Virginia Savings
aad Building Association, Room IA
Masonic Temple. Olico hours: G:lS to
S:l5 u. in. ovory Monday. Mwar
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-05-17

O'NEu, tho Woodsdale florist, 70.
ccived n car load oil choice rarc plants
ycatorday.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-05-17
Our So, $40, $12 and $40 Suits
Are the Best You Can Get for
the Money

TT MEANS SOMETHING when we say our Boys Short
Pants Suits, from 81 rs to $40, and our Long Pants
Values Money Commands
The same thing Is true of our FURNISHING GOODS Offer
ings. They are unmatchable. 1t demonstrates what a
power our facilities give your money.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-05-17
DIRECTORS.
once, Nos. "a aud ~ Fourteenth strsot.

Onieci Nos. M aud ~ Fourteenth, street.
Now Advertisements.
N%otice-spccIal Meeting OF tho Trade, Assem-.
bly,,
Wanted Registered PhstmhcI,.
stock holders Meeting Whitaker oil aud OIL
land Cu.
Trustees Sale Of Valuable Property.
Joseph Horne 4 G1,-Thlfl Page,
dissolution SOtlce,-ChE Magic.
FOR Rcni-Oticc Room.
W~lnlcd-i.Ady Solicitor
lnSi-Nelvet llolt.
waited Two Good Girls.
taiInp-C. V. Harding & Co.
New York Central Il Hudson River Il. Il. Co.
Copp Il bCyotp.
French Rcd Kidney Deaus-Albert Stoke (
Co.
SPECIAL BARGAISs IN 5000 TRoUs.
l:itlSGS.
inst receive ell another ei~egantllno, which
we RrS prepared To make 10 0risr IN short
notice. q. HE'S & Sons,
Fashionable TRilOrs aud Gents Furnish.
ers, 1874 and 1873 Market Street
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1895-05-30
PersOnal Mention.

Thomas Peeler died at Anna, Ill. lie
was prominent in railway circles.
John Wilmeroth. one of the early set
tiers of La Sale county, and one of the
founders of Mendoza, ILL.,, is dead.
Ex-Sheriff John l.. German of New
York, who was stricken with par
alysis, is dead at the age of sixty
seven years.
A Detroit millionaire has declined
to serve on Mayor Pingree's agricult-
cral commission. saying ''unostenta-
tiOus secluSion and obscurity has been
his heaven and earth"
The nephews and nieces of Mrs.
Emily House, who recently died in
Kalamazoo. Mich. leaving $4,000 to
charitable institutions, have objected
to the probation of the will.
John Chitterdon and Ivo sisters of
Strawn, H.. have been notified that
they are sole heirs to an estate of
$15O.00O left by Mrs. Anderson, an
aunt in New York city.
DR.. Rush was the only physician
who signed the declaration of indie
pendence. Eleven vars ago fund to
erect a monument to his memory was
started in Washington.
Jay Smith, one of the most prom
inent citizens of Saginaw. Mich. and
head of the drug house of Jay Smith
4 Son, dropped dead on his farm Of
heart disease. He was seventy-three
years old.
Henry A. Dupont, the new United
States senator from Delaware, will,
if he gets his seat, add one more TO
the number of milliOnaires in that
body, and will be the first really rich
man to sit for Delaware.
George Latimer, whose rescue from
slavery in 1912 created considerable
excitement, is now very old and in
destitute circumstances at Lynn.
Mass, and the people of Boston are
raising fund for his relief.
NJ. Eugene de Robespierre, grand
nephew of the famous revOlutionist.
was summoned befort Paris tribunal
Il few days ago, charged with selling
coal under weight, de Robespierre be-
ing a coal merchant. He was acquit-
ted.
Mrs. Lucy Evans of Independence,
Mo-, is 112 years of age and no atfida-
Wits are necessary to prove it. Her
father was captain in the American
army under Gen. Washington, her hus-
band fought the British in the War of
1S12. and her grandson fought in the
contests between the states in the
COS.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1895-05-30
Unfortunate Events.

The town Of Augelyen. y. Y, was
partially destroyed by fire.
Two men were killed in a mine at
Butte.
In a game of ball at English Ind.
Harry We'll was struck on the head
with the ball. crushing his skull.
James Smithson and two unknown
men lost their lives in a boarding
house fire at Gate City, Ala.
Boos' meat block factory at Effing-
ham, Ill, was destroyed. Loss, $1O,-
0OO
Paul Smith. contractor. was burn
ed to death trying to manage a brush
fire at Decatur, Ill.
At Detroit, Mich, the Imperial Tea
company building and contents were
destroyed by fire. Loss, $4,000; in
surance, $4,000.
n cyclone struck near Luing. Tex.
unroofing several houses and killing a
small negro boy. Crops In the track
or the storm were blown out of the
ground.
Charles, Andrew and Robert Smith.
brothers at work in q coal mine i'm
Winfield, w. Va. We're caught under
fall of slate. Charles and Andrew
were instantly killed and Robert died
short time afterward.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1895-05-30
From the Nations Capital.


President Cleveland reprimands Ad-
miral Meade and retires him.
Justice Jackson will probably soon
retire from the bench of the nauonai
supreme court
The state department is officially in
formed Of the withdrawal of Minister
Thurston.
The Yorktown and Concord have
sailed from Che Foo, China, to Maya
saki, Japan.
President Cleveland is said to have
given it out that there will be neither
another bond issue nor an extra SEES
sion.
Civil service examinations for clerks,
storekeepers and gaugers will be held
in siXty-three of the principal cities
and towns the latter part of June.
Lieut.. Col. John J. Rogers. SecOr..
artillery, has been ordered from tie
department of California to the de-
partment of the East. Maj. J. Nj. j.
Sanno has been assigned to the depart
ment of Dakota.
Clerks in the engineering bureau of
the war department at Washington
left their desks to watch circus
parade. They were greatly astonished
to learn next day that the time they
were idle had been deducted from
their two weeks leave of absence.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1895-05-30
Hadn't Thought of II.

San Antonio, Tex, May 26. 49, Jonn
SchOfield, to whom have been attrig
uted presidential aspirations, denieu
emphatically to a correspondent OF tne
Associated Press that he had ever Ell
tertained the subject for an instant
He was seen to-day at Fort sam
Houston. When asked If it was true
as reported, that he would be candi,
date for the Democratic presidentia'
nomination on free coinage platform,
Gen. Schofield at first laughed ana
then, with a suspicion of indignatios
In his voice, said: al have never haa
that matter under consideration anu
he looked as If lie were really angry
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1895-05-30
stock Yards IA he Sold.

Sioux City. Iowa. May 26.-Orders
were made in the federal court to-day
for the sale of the Union stock yards
to satisfy mortgages amounting to
over S1.UO,0OO in favor of the Mis-
souri,, Kansas X Texas Trust company
and the Boston Safe Deposit and
Trust company, trustees, and A. l..
Stetson individually. The priority of
the claims is established in the order
given above, and the stock yards com
pany is allowed only ten days to settle
them all before the sale is made. The
yards will be bid in by the Sioux City
Stock Yards company, an organization
formed by the unsecured creditors to
protect their equities.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1895-05-30
Foreign.

Rumor is hard at work getting Pre-
mier RoSebery out of office.
China can only boast national debt
of SJO,OO0,0OO.
One hundred and siXty-eight people
were drowned by the s,1king of the
Spanish steamer Gravina recently.
Joseph MART, who was proclaimed
president of the Cuban revolutionists,
is killed in battle.
In Coatepre Castles. state of Guer-
rero. Mex, fire destroyed siXty-two
houses.
The lieutenant governor and six Off
Gals were killed at Kuchen, Turkey.
during disturbances because of pre-
mature collection of taxes.
+. c. Burnard's Happy Thoughts"
has been translated into French. The
best the translator could do with the
title was "Ingenieuses Pensees."
China's emperor gets up at o'clock
to study English and Manchu before
breakfast, which is at 5. He makes
up for it by going to bed at shutdown
Minister Mariscal of Mexico will APP
point an arbitrator TO represent Mex
leo in the MeXico-Guatemala settle
ment
1t is said that the names of the five
kurds who murdered Frank G. Lenz,
the Pittsburg bicyclist, in Armenia,
are known.
The Spanish newspapers attach con-
siderable importance to the fact that
the insurgent leader, Jose Marti, who
is described as the life and soul of
the rebellion, is dead.
On board the Atlas line steamer
Ailsa. which arrived in New York this
morning from Port Limon, was Gen.
De Nasquez, eX-president of the re-
public of Honduras.
Capt Trench of the warship Royal
Arthur, who was made military gov
ernor of COrintO when the British
seized that port, succumbed to an at
tack of gastric fever shortly after the
ship started on the homeward voyage
and was buried at sea.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1895-05-30

Amos Poole. a wealthy fruit grower
of Golden, ILL.,. killed himself while in
"A respondent mood.
Nellie Pope is on trial at Detroit,
charged with the murder of her hus-
band.
James McDonough killed one man
and wounded three liz an Aspen (Col.)
saloon.
J. =. Foley. travelling salesman.
was found dead in bed, a revolver in
his hand and a bullet in his brain, in
Cincinnati hotel.
Engineer WATSON of north-bound
Illinois Central freight train picked up
a young girl baby from the track
near Dixon, III. The mother of the
abandoned baby is supposed to be
Laura Stonier. She will be arrested
DR.. II. w. Stout, a prominent physi-
clan at Veedersburg, Ind, was ac-
cused Of intimacy with the wife of
Charles Williams. The men met and
both began shooting. Stout will die,
but Williams may recover.
Mrs. Emaline Casterline of Hart
ford City, Ind. wife of the eX-county
surveyor. threw eiSelf in an ice pond
while temporarily insane She was
discovered by a farmer and resuscita
ted, but will probably die.
Timothy Mccarthy, aged % years,
of Logansport. Ind, committed sui
eide. He attended game of base
ball in the afternoon and seemed in
good spirits. His mind was de-
ranged by sunstroke four years ago
and he was confined at Long Cliff i'll
sane hospital for time.
Two murders were the result of
theft at Menard, Ill. City Marshal
Ragslade attempted to arrest man
named Lancaster for stealing a Skiff.
and was killed. A posse. composed
mainly of ignorant negroes. set out in
pursuit and succeeded in killing Mrs.
Lancaster. The boat thief was cap
tured later many miles down the river.
Against the advice of her brothers
Sallie Dams OF MiddlebOro. Ky,
eloped with Henry Cooley. Marshall
Cooley, brother of the groom, met
them and warned them that the Dams
were in pursuit. While they were
comforting the Dams rode up and
there was a pitched battle. in which
Marshall Cooley and George Dams
We're killed.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1895-05-30
Pictures of Fire

New York, May 26. President
Cleveland's portrait will illuminate the
night during the festivities attending
the opening of the Baltic ship canal.
1t will be shown in pyrotechnics from
the yard arm of the cruiser New York
at Kiel, and at the same time q fiery
portrait of Emperor William III. will
be displayed. 1t was suggested to
Secretary Herbert shortly before the
New York sailed that it would be an
excellent idea to have a display of
fireworks at the opening of the canal,
and that the presidents portrait would
look well among other set pieces. The
secretary thought well OF the sucges.
ton, and the order was accordingly
given.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1895-05-30

The new state constitution to be
ubmitted 10 the voters of Utah is an
unusually conservative document in
many respects. 1t limits the number
# state officials as much as possible,
dispensing with lieutenant governor,
md the Legislature will consist of 63
members. one clause prohibits the
tate from contracting a debt Of over
100000, and state, county or munich
'ality will not be permitted to lend its
redit TO any enterprise. Women are
o have exactly the same political
privileges as men. There can be but
title doubt of the adoption of the con
titut'on, and Utah will probably be
ull-hedgcd state early in the winter.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1895-05-30
MIR. BYRAN TALKS.
The Eloquent Young NcbraxL
Speaks at MemphiS

Memphis, Tenn, May 2G.-Memnt,.
is the storm center of the South t,s.
now in the agitation of the all-absorh
ing currency question. Coming On w
heels of the sound money conyentinu
at which the economic views of Thu
secretary of the national treasnsr
were expounded to a large gatherins
of men from all parts Of the South on'
posed to the free coinage of silver q,
Il ratio of 16 to /, comes a rousnc
meeting of an equally numerous class
of citizens whose slogan is "bonaSt
money" and whose guest of honor
was the eloquent young Nebra Slan
w. j. Bryan. Shortly after the sound
money convention was called the Gil
yer people got to work upon counte,
demonstration, with result that Mr.
Bryan consented to reply to the speech
of Secretary Carlisle ut meeting
held at the Grand opera house. Thai
structure seats only about One-tbird
as many people us the auditorium. in
which the other convention was held
and large number of people who
sought Ambulance could not he 40.
commodated. Mr. Bryan was intro.
duccd by w. III. Carmack, editor Of
the Commercial-Appeal, and received
an enthusiastic reception.
A considerable part Of his speech
was taken up with comparisons On
Secretary Carlisle's last speech with
utteiances said to have been made by
him in 1873. The telling points in
Mr., Bryan's speech We're loudly ap
plauded, and when he had concluded
the audience rose to its feet aud
cheered for several cesOndS In clos
ing. he said:
"Mr. Carlisle holds out no hope Of
international bimetallism. but insists
that ii is the duty of the government
to maintain a gold standard and tries
to show that it will cause no apprecia.
ton in the value of the dollar. At tte
Memphis convention Mr.. CatChinS
insisted that the opponents of silyr
were expecting international bimeta.
lism The seeming conflict between
Mr.. Carlisle and Mr.. Catchings can be
easily explained. Mr. Carlisle Ne.
lieves that the government should buy
whatever silver il needs. and there
fore might be called a buymetalist
Mr.. CatChings is in favor Of the reStof.
alton Of silver after awhile if other ma
tons will help us, and therefore may
be called a by-and- list
Mr.. Bryan discussed various phases
of the money question, quoting FIRE.
quently from Secretary Carlisle, and
answered his arguments by arguments
formerly made by Secretary Carlisle.
He closed by saying that Secretary
Carlisle had deserted the "StrugglRg
masses" for whom he formerly spoke
but that even without his leadership
they would be able to east their bal
lots for the restoration of the gold
and silver coinage Of the constitution
and that the present efforts OF Secre
tary Carlisle instead of retarding the
movement would make his former
speech familiar to the American pee
pie and show that the danger Of CO.
trusting our financial policy 10 te
Idle holders of idle capital" or "
| their representatives.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1895-05-30
Otherwise.

Two big claims against the Stanford
estate nave been compromised.
The first filler on the Yankton land
grant was young woman.
The American Cigarette company is
negotiating to secure control of the
Canadian market
Stevens & Co, large cotton dealers
assigned at New York. Liabilities es.
timated at $4,000.
L. J. Colver died at Richmond Va
An operation was being performed
ana relative says an artery was cut,
out this the physician denies.
"A Paris firm has commenced suit
against the Carnegie COMPANY at
fittsburg. claiming an INFRINGEMENT
Of patent
The Michigan house passed by n
vote of 10 to II and gave immediate
effect to the Waite "anti-treating"
bill.
1T has been definitely decided to ey-
tend the Mexican Central railroad
from Guadalajara westward to the
Pacific coast.
An organization embracing skilled
employees of the large steel plants In
the Pittsburg district is said to have
secretly formed within the past few
weeks TO secure an advanced and uni
form rate of wages.
The body Of Con Foley, Bald
Mountain BLACK Hills prospector.
who has been missing for ten DAYS
was found last night mile from his
cabin. He was an old-timer, about
fifty years Of age, and much addicted
to intoxicants.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1895-05-30
IN THE SLUMS.
West SuperiOr's Moral Mayor Tours
I'm the TenJerIOtn District.

West Superior, Wis. May 26.-lm-
tating Dr. Parkhurst and other sensa-
tiOnal divines, Mayor Starkweather
the eXrectOr, has made an extensive
Summing trip. He, in company win
a police official, took in the tenderloln
district and the various shows. The
mayor will say nothing about the Oh
ject Of his visit. The situation win
regard to the gamblers is constantly
changing. The gambling rooms have
opened and closed several times WITH
in two days. The chief trouble now y
over the question Of who shall he the
gamblerin-chief. The man who has
enjoyed this distinction has been DIS
placed, and there is jolly row on the
inside. Mayor Starkweather, WHO
boasts that the newspapers can't muo.
die him, maintains most discreet
silence on the subject, and is hard 10
get at,
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1895-05-30

1t is New Jersey man who has
evolved the idea of a combination Of
kites to which the flag is hung. By
this means the stars and stripes may
literally flutter against the sky. and
The result is said to be very effective.
The staff is suspended from the kites,
and the currents of upper air keep
the flag in place for an indefinite
length of time.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1895-05-30

The young man at the head of the
German government has been strongly
reminded of late that his views on
he subject of personal rights of Ger
man citizens and also on taxation do
lot weaken the force of the constitu-
ion. A heavy and increasing majority
s arrayed against the emperor, whose
self-assertion and vanity of opinion do
lot mellow as he grows older.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1895-05-30

Now that the secretary of war has
detailed three members of the engineer
corps to examine the plans for the
great Chicago drainage canal. Chicago
is Fastening to assure the country that
she has no intention of damaging
Niagara Falls. Hitherto she has kept
as quiet about the affair as a child at
pot of jam.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1895-05-30

The report comes from Florida that
three negroes, suspected of assaulting
a white girl, was taken into a swamp
by mob of white men and flayed and
burned at the stake. The report is too
has not much to boast of over the per-
petrations of the outrages in Armenia.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1895-05-30
All the Pine Conc.

Black River Falls, Wis, May 20
The last of Jackson county pine VI
any account was manufactured very
recently by the George Warren con-,
pany at Zelda. It's large mill was
closed, and the company has discon,
tinued the lumber cutting. 1t ID,
cleared thousands of acres of pine anu
cut it all up, employing small army
Of men for thirty-fve years.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1895-05-30

The daughters of the late DR.. Swing
have quarreled as to the place where
his remains shall be permanently in
TERED. and the matter has gone to the
probate court. Such an exhibition of
family pettiness is a poor tribute to
pay to the memory Of man like
David Swing.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1895-05-30

Barking up the wrong tree"
meaning that an individual is mis-
lakenly following the wrong impress
sion, is believed to be an Americanism
borrowed from the fact that squirrel
logs will often bark at the root of a
rec from which their game has es-
branch.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1895-05-30

Prof. Chas. III. Drew, as Chemist to
the Minnesota State Dairy end Food
Department, has officially examined
every baking powder sold in the
State. lie gives the preference to the
Royal over all others. He says 1t Is
an absolutely pure cream OF tara'
powder and of the very highest leaV'
ening power.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1895-05-30

The only baking powder vet found by
chemical analysis to be entirely free
from lime and absolutely pure is the
Royal" This perfect purity results
from the exclusive use of cream OF
tartar specially refined and prepared
by patent processes which totally re-
move the tartrate of lime and other
impurities.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1895-05-30

The voluntary contributions to the
a total of over S2S.0O0O0O. Add the
amount given TO colleges, hospitals
and other public institutions of un.
questioned merit, and it must be adj
mitted that the world is growing more
wisely liberal.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1895-05-30

The increase of wages in Carnegie's
steel works is another evidence that
the business improvement is likely to
stick. The rates lost in 1893 and 1897
will probably be restored all over the
country before 1895 ends.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1895-05-30

Justice Field has been on the SUI.
preme bench for thirty-two years. and
says he has no intention of resigning
Notwithstanding his advanced age he
feels as strong as he did ten years
ago, and claims that he can discharge
his official duties as well.