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Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1896-02-05
SENATE COMMITTEE
On Appropriations Order the Pension an
Military Academy Rills Reportad.

Tn appropriations Order the Pension and
Military Academy Bills Reported.
WAsuINGToN, Feb. 4.-The senate
committee on appropriation Monday
morning ordered the pension and mill
tary academy appropriation bills to be
reported Tuesday. The estimates for
the pension bill amounted to S14l,-
3S4, 575, and the house passed it
with an appropriation OF Sl41, 325, 800.
The senate committee increased it by
S52, 100 the two items of increase be-
ing S50,0 for fees and expenses of
examining surgeons and 80, 760 for rent
of pension agencies. AS it will be re-
ported to the senate the bill will carry
e14l, 37s, $50. For the current year
e14l, 3Sl, $40 was appropriated.
AS this bill passed the house it was
provided that during the fiscal year
1897, whenever any claim for pension,
under the act of June 20, 1890. has been
or should be rejected, suspended or
dismissed and new application shall
have been filed and a pension
shall hereafter be allowed IN
such claim such pension shall date
from the time Of the fling Of the first
application The senate committee
struck out the limitation conGning
such action to the fiscal year 1897 and
made the provision general in its APP
plication until the law may be re-
pealed.
A net increase of So, O4S has been
MADE in the bill for the support of the
military academy.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1896-02-05
Recruits From St. Louis for cub,.

ST. LOUIS Feb. A letter was re-
ceived here Monday from Aug Doerner,
mailed at Havana, Cuba, January 81.
Mr. Doerner left here in August to
join the Cuban army and is a captain
Of artillery with Gomez He states
that Capt i. r. Roemer OF the Busch
zounves, has been promoted to colonel
Of infantry under Gomez and is active
ly engaged in the war There is a de-
sire among the members of the Busch
zouaves TO follow Roemer, their late
captain, and it is as good as settled
that number will 20 to Cuba.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1896-02-05
A Bill Relating to the Conduct Of
Elections. a

The following bill introduced by
Senator Dana is the outcome of the
Richardson Demo-Populist fasco last
fall:
SECTION /. Be it enacted by the
General Assembly of abe State of Ohio,
That section Ga of the above recited
act be amended SO as to read as fol-
lows.
SEC. Ga. Itshall not be lawful, how
ever, for any committee, appointed for
the purpose of filing vacancies, in
cases where no nominations were made
originally for particular office, to
substitute the name of another catidi-
date of another party for such office,
or to substitute the name of candi-
date nominated by petition, it being
nomination of candidate of one
party is endorsed by another that it
shall be done at the time and in the
manner provided for original nomina.
tions. Provided further, that if the
name of any candidate is certified to
the state supervisor of elections or
deputy state supervisors or board
of elections by two or more political
parties, or by petition of electors and
political party or parties, it shall be
unlawful to cause the name of any
such candidate to be printed in more
than one place on the ballot sheet, if
said candidate be certified by two or
more political parties or petitioners for
the same Office. When the name of
candidate is certified as above men,
toned, such person whose name is SO
certified shall, within five days from
the time the certificate of nomination
is filed, notify the state supervisor or
deputy state supervisors or board of
elections, as the case may be, under
which political party name or list of
petitioners he desires his name to de
printed, and the said election officers
when SO notified shall print the name
in that list only. If the said person
whose name is so certified by two or
more political parties or petitioners
fails to notify the state supervisor of
elections or the deputy state super
visors or board of elections, as the case
may be, in which list of candidates he
desires his name to be printed, then
the said state supervisor or deputy
state supervisors or board of elections
shall print the name in the list of
party candidates which was first certi-
fed TO the state supervisor or deputy
state supervisors of board of elections,
and in that list only.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1896-02-05
Council ProceedInga.

Council met in regular session Tues
day evening with seven members pres
ent.
A petition was presented from prop
erty owners on Second street between
Sacrd Via and Montgomery, protest
ing against street paving on that
square, asserting that they would have
to sell their homes to pay assessments.
On motion the petition was tabled.
The report of the Solicitor to the ef-
feet that settlement had been made on
the Darrow sewer contract and certain
suits is connection Herewith, the city
still holding $500 of Darrow's money,
was received and fled.
Rule 1S, of the rules governing the
fire department, was amended to pro-
hibit exhibition runs except by order
of the Council.
Mayor Palmer reported n controversy
which had arisen over the action of
Constable Gilpin in cutting tree on
the Commons on the West Side. and
suggested that Council adopt some reg
ulation for citizens use of the property
in question. Upon motion of Mr..
Moore the matter was referred to the
Solicitor for rep ort
The Board of Health having received
complaints that audiences in the Audi
torium were annoyed by the stencil
arising from the fire department
stables underneath, the matter was
referred to the Fire committee for re.
port. 1t should be stated that the
stencil complained of is not occasioned
by uncleanliness in the depar tment,
which is cleaned every day.
The City Clerk was authorized to COL
lect $3.50 due from railroads for electric
lights.
The matter of a plank walk on the
ell on Third street above Butler was re-
ferred to Street Committee and City
Commissioner, with power to act.
Reported inequalities in wharfage
charges on the Muskingum were re-
ferred to the Landing committee for
report
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1896-02-05
The Electric Road.

The hum of the trolley is in the air.
1t is everywhere. 1t has taken posses
sion of the atmosphere of the country.
In the great cities, where other and
sharper and more strident noises con-
tend with it, it is less felt than in vii
lagos and on country roads. There is
scarcely any escape now from its whir
and buzz on any of the principal high
ways. At the dead hour of night the
reader in q secluded country house
hears it call to him, dragging him out
of his world of poetry, out of his
mediayal romance, out OF his classic
studies, dissipating his dream of Sc
curity and repose, insisting that he
should pay attention to the passing by
of The nineteenth century-nay, more,
to the arrival of the twentieth. 1t bids
him arise and grid his loins and go
somewhere, anywhere, indeed every
where, and for nothing comparatively
for five cents. The world is in motion,
the American world is all in motion
neyermore to rest, to sit still, to reflect,
but to go. The trolley calls, and we
must go. The whole air is electric,
and we can only have peace by putting
ourselves in the current, and moving
on with the whirring, whizzing world
Who rides so late through the night
and wind? 1t is that new being. the
Motorman, o my beloved child. 1t is
the modern Erlkonig, and his victims
he holds them fast and keeps them
warm, for his car is heated 10y elec.
tricity. Willy-niily, we must go with
him. He turns on the lightning with
q crank, and he speeds away like
spirit We must 60 Whittier? 1t does
not much matter, Anywhere so we
keep in motion. The Earl-king smiles,
the Earl-king grins, the Earl-king
frowns. He has his hand on the lever
of the universe. The hum that he
makes is not exactly the music of the
spheres, though it is part of the orches-
ira, and it will not let us rest. Probab-
ly we ought not to rest. The machine
vac" hho "CuAS Lilhh VIC
chine that rests. That at least is our
American theory. | fancy that the
very patriotic American Colonial Dame,
Mistress Abigail Adams, would have
enjoyed the hustle OF this present time,
a hundred years ago, when detained
by Il calm on the Atlantic, her first
voyage on the hateful sea, she wrote:
II begin to think that calm is not de-
sirable in any situation in life. Every
object is most beautiful in motion;
ship under sail, trees gently agitated
with the wind, and a fine woman
dancing are three instances in point.
Man was made for action, and for
hustle too, believe. l am quite out
OF conceit with calms," Let the Motor
man, the vicegerent of lightning,
turn his crank Harper's Magazine
for February.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1896-02-05
HE WITHDRAWS.
Harrison's Name Will Not Go
Before the Convention.
He Emphatically Says So in Letter
to Hon. John X. Gowdy.


INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, Feb. AT an
early hour Monday night Capt John
X Gowdy, chairman of the repu blican
state central committee, called by invi.
tation at the residence of Gen. Harri.
son, when the cx-president handed
him the following letter:
Hon. John X. Gowdy, Indianapolis,
Ind: In view of the resolutions
passed by the state central committee
at its recent meeting and of the fact
that delegates to the national repub.
lican convention are soon to be chosen
in this state, / have concluded that
some statement from me as to my
wishes and purposes, should now be
made to my Indiana friends Hitherto
I have declined to speak to the
public upon this matter. but scores of
friends to whom I have talked and
many scores more to whom / have
written will recognize in this explana.
tion the substance of what / have said
to them. To every one who has pro.
posed to promote my nomination l
have said, No" There never has been
an hour since l left the white
house that I have felt wish
to return to it. My Indiana
friends have been most devoted and
faithful and l am their grateful debt
or. The republican party has twice
in national convention given me its in
dorsement and that is enough.
think the voters of our party are now
entitled to have a new name. For the
sentiment, great or small, that has
been manifested for my nomination l
am grateful and of that wider respect
and Notwithstanding party lines
which have been shown me in so
many ways, l am profoundly appre-
ciative.
/ can not consent that my name be
presented to or used in the St. Louis
convention, and must kindly ask my
friends to accept this as sincere and
final expression upon the subject
BENJAMIN HARRISON.
indianapolis, Ind, Feb. 3.
The politicians close to ex-President
Harrison have feared that he would
fatty refuse the use of his name if
crowded too closely upon the subject
and they regard the resolutions of
loyalty adopted by the state commit
tee last week as the prime cause of the
letter. Even in spite Of these
resolutions they had continued to
hope that he would continue to say
nothing and quietly permit the use of
his name Nobody here questions the
entire sincerity of the letter and they
regard Harrison as definitely out of
the race. In this situation there
is little question that the Indiana
delegation will be largely, if not
solidly, for Mckinley Allison is COM
paratively unknown to the masses
OF the people, and Reed alienated what
friends he had in the state by refusing
to make any speeches here during the
campaign of 1894. Mckinley has
spoken through the state so often that
he is known to thousands, and there is
very strong sentiment in his behalf,
particularly throughout the ''gas
half -
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1896-02-05

Ex-PREsIDENT HARRISON has at last
made definite statement that he will
not be candidate for nomination at
the St. Louis convention. This gives
Mckinley practically the entire sup.
port of Indiana and at the same time
removes one of the most dangerous
possibilities.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1896-02-05

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Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1896-02-05
HuckIen,s Arm ca snrye.

THE BEST SALvE in the world for
Cuts, Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt
Rheum, Fever Sores, letter, Chapped
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or no paw required. 1t is guaranteed co
give perfect satisfaction, or money re-
funded. Price 25 cents per box.
For sale by W. III. Styer.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1896-02-05
ANOTHER OPENING UP WELL.

Waverly, W.. Va, Feb. 3.-The Pol
lock well in Calf creek field is showing
up nicely for good producer.
The Angus we'll will be in the last of
next week.
The main development for the week
was the we'll on Mrs. Malone, about
one-half mile from the mouth of Bull
creek. This well had thirty-four feet
of sand and made thirty-two inches of
oil in two hundred and fifty barrel
tank and has been keeping at that
rate to this writing. This is actual
measurment. This we'll opens up quite
a new field. 1t makes the lease of the
Eastern Oil Co. on Mrs. c. p Ross
land look very valuable and also the
lease owned by the Henry Oil Co. and
r. II. Ross on the Corbitt heirs farm.
There have been several good wells
come in, in the Cooper field, but they
are mostly in defined territory.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1896-02-05
The ideal Panacea.

james L. Francis, Alderman, Chica-
go, says: IL regard Dir. Kings New
Discovery as an Ideal Panacca for
Coughs, Colds and Lung Complaints,
having used it in my family for the
last five years, TO the exclusion of ply
sician's prescriptions or other prepara-
tons."
Rev. John Burgus Keo&uk, Iowa,
writes: 81 have been a Minister Of the
Methodist Episcopal Church for 80 years
or more, and have never found any
thing so beneficial, or that gave me
such speedy relief as DIR. Kings New
Discovery" Try this Ideal Cough
Remedy now. Trial Bottles Free u,
W. ii. Styer's Drug Store.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-06-17
BLACK DRESS GOODS.

An instance of the way special priced
goods come here: a New York house
has a dozen equally important customers
there. and one lot OF goods TO be quickly
turned into cash. To divide the lot among
all would simply unsettle values; TO sell
10 one Of the houses would bring the other
camoring for discounts. So the goods
come here. Come and simply choose the
piece that suits your fancy-the prices are
right
Tomorrow at A. VI. we will place
in this sale the Old-time Black Lace
Rnnting AZ y DC Vard-36 inches wide
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-06-17
A CLE.N-CUT OPINION.

Hon. W. G. Whitney, Of New YORK
stood in February last on the iree-coih-
age question where a host Of good Demo
Gratis stand to-day. and where many more
of them may stand when the chicago
convention meets. In letter dated re
bruary %. 1895, he said:
I 1eorn that some persons have beieVed
mo q supporter Of the view that the
f-rited states should open its mints
to the free coinage Of silver at 10 10 J.,
INDEPENDENTLY of the cooperation anu
action Of other nations. and IN that pc
lief have been led into false position
as regards their own principles. Lhuer
these circumstances, l ought 10 say tiaI
I do not believe in that theory OF finances,
hut consider il unsound. and. If adopted.
1ii.ol,, 10 lead to most evil consequences
to our people and their industries ana
proepcrity. 1t Is. in my opinion, fundd-
mentally wrong and vicious.
| am a believer in gold and silver as
the metallic basis of values ana OF the
worlds currency, and | am confident that
within time not far distant thefe
will be "A concurrence Of the nations upon
that subject. by which the ratios OF
values Of the two metals Tor coinage an"
currency purposes will be fixed and the
EfADliltN
an international agreement. / am aware
that this view is looked upon as fnan-
cial heresy by some. and as visionary by
others. But such persons must be them-
selves ignorant of the latest developments
of scientific thought upon this subject
and the rapid Advancement this view Is
making, where, heretofore it has had
little support.
Upon Mr.. Whitney's letter the Dispatch
in February last commented as follows:
Hon. w. G. Whitney has written the
following letter to the Clarion (Mississip-
NH Ledger. 1t stands from the beginning
TO the ending upon a sound platform
the very platform upon which the Demo
cratic marty ought to stand. He declares
boldly for international free coinage His
language is clear ana explicit"
Mr.. Whitney said plainly in his letter
that he was not a candidate for Presi-
dent.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-06-17
INTERN .TIoNAL nIMETALLIsM.

1t is next 10 impossible TO make John
Bull believe that he wronged the world
when he closed the minis of India TO the
free coinage Of silver, or that he has il
I'm his power to right this wrong by join
ing the commercial nations in the work
Of providing for international free coin
age. Nobody can assign a good reason
for saying that international free coin
age would not be OF incalculable benefit
to the world. a New York paper SAYS:
india apparently holds the key of the
situation; but as matters stand there
is less likelihood than ever Of India being
compelled TO retrace its steps toward the
path IL has left"
The path alluded TO is the one which
leads towards currency for all the
world and is the one we have so often
pointed out as the only one which will
lead us out Of the wilderness Of quack
finance and set our feet upon the solid
rock-namely international free coinage.
The New York paper continues:
"By the stoppage of free coinage the
rupee has attained a value % per cent.
greater than that of the fine silver which
IL contains"
That is TO say, by the restoration of
free coinage, the rupee would lose IS per
cent. of its valuel
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-06-17
WEATHER. AND CROP BULLETIN.
Conditions In virginia. the CARROLL
mas. Georgia. sc.

WASHINGTON. d. c., June 16.-Fol-
lowing are extracts from the summary Of
the weekly weather and crop bulletin Of
the Agricultural Department:
Observation-Disclosures Cool cloudy,
weather, with much rain. has kept farm
ing operations - a standstill in eastern
counties; corn continues fine. but fields
are grassy; wheat harvest under way;
Grass improving; oats heading; cotton and
peanuts damaged by rains; tobacco very
promising.
North Carolna-Raleigh Week too
cool for cotton: precipitation abundant,
with excess i'm five counties. and destruc-
tive hail-storm i'm one; all crops doing
well: first cotton-blooms on 10Th; wheat
harvest nearly over, and threshing be-
gun; early peaches and apples In market;
poor quality: condition of grapes good.
South Carolina-C Columbia: Week IA
vorable to crop-growth and cultivation,
except too much rain over southeastern
norton: both early and late corn con-
tinues promising; cool nights and lice
have injured cotton seriously; squares
forming plentfully. and blooms common;
melons good; fruit prospects fair.
Georgia-Atlanta: Plenty OF rain and
sunshine. and crops generally doing well.
though much complaint OF cotton lice.
especially In southern portion; cotton In
bloom. and squares forming: corn very
promising. and being laid by; all minor
crops I'm hourishing condition.
Florida-Jacksonville: Week favor
able. cotton. corn and other staple pro-
ducts satisfactory; opinion Of crop condi-
tions throughout the state shows marked
change for the better.
Alabama Montgomery: Rains first OF
Nr-N ItTl lsrnF In Inrs
and cool weather, while checking growth,
allowed rapid advance in crop cleaning;
fruit doing we'll; corn fine and crop prac-
tically laid by; cane and minor crops
flOurshing.
Louisiana-New Orleans: Light scat
tered showers and cool nights in droughty
area. covering north-central and central
parishes all crops need rain. and old corn
is In precarious condition: cotton good.
and fruiting nicely; cane being laid BY
i'm good condition. rice improved, but
needs more rain.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-06-17

llberatoly defends. II the ST. Louis con-
yentlon. for instance, were TO put such
n declaration IN IT'S platform. what would
the world say Of It? Would 1t say that
It was a sound-money platform? NO, In
deed OF course not. And yet the Times
wishes TO be looked up to as model
sound-money paper!
But let all that pass, for the present AZ
least We find that though yesterday $
Times makes a great racket about the
currency question it keeps mum about
boiling. a year ago the Times, with all
Of the vehemence OF It's emotional nature.
gave notice TO all the world and the
rest Of mankind that II the Democrats
nominated a free-silver man 1t would boit.
But. finding this position unpopular u
switched around and detained against
boiling in its famous article, How can
Democrats Bolt; Bolt 10 what? iheh
the Times said that INSTEAD OF threaten
ing dlssension, It Is a good time TO swear
renewed allegiance TO our party nag
etc.
only n few weeks ago the Times was
enthusiastically leading its fellow-citizens
into the Richmond primary and Henrico
mass-meeting to elect delegates to the
state convention. and this, notwithstahd-
ing the fact that it was pubiicly-accepted
doctrine that whoever participated III
those elections thereby committed him
self TO abide by the result Of the Stanton
and Chicago conventions.
Hundreds Of our voters refused 10
commit themselves, but not so the Times.
It took a leading part in the election Oh
the delegates. and induced others to COM
nit themselves. Now where do we mo
the Times? Where, indeed! Within d
year we have seen the Times
/. Declaring that It would bolt
.. Declaring that it would not bolt
3. Calling upon Democrats TO take part
IN the primaries.
4. on the fence.