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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-06-10
THE CoLoR QUESTION.
There VIII be No DlnlcuIty In Lodging
,y,s rnlors,I DrIsyntrI

There VIII be No DlnicHIty In lodging
the COIOTrd Delegates.
ST. LOUIS, June 9.-"Those men who
are having trouble In getting rooms for
colored delegates have only themselves
to blame" said s. NJ. Kennard, presI-
dent OF the Business Mems League, to-
day. when we got the convention we
pledged ourselves to take care OF the
colored men. and we are going to do
It. But those who waited until the last
minute will have to take what they can
get. so long as 1t Is clean and good.
White men cannot get accommodations
nt the hotels now. They are all filled
up for convention week. But We Will
take care OF the cOlorcd men, as We said
we would"
tYou may say positively" said Mujor
Ralnwater "thnt We can get places
for the lodging and feeding Of all the
cOlored delegates who apply. l know
this and can show It. II Committee
man HIM will come to me. which he
has not done. will refer him to plnrcs
where he can put his colOred delegates,
and good places, too. | do not care
what difficulties may stand In the way,
the pledges we mnde the national COM
mittee when we asked for the cOnveu-
tion win be carried out to the letter.
For weeks past l have bombard'd
the national committee with letters and
telegrams asking them TO let me ar
range for the accommodation OF their
delegates. Especially did pay attsn-
tlon to the southerners, because fore
saw the difficulty we might have In
placing the negroes at the last minute.
Many of them did not reply, and now
they cannot get the same quarters they
might have secured had they let US ar
range II weeks ago.
"But every one OF them will have
good place TO sleep and plenty TO cat.
Dozens OF restaurants will feed colOred
delegates during convention week"
CLEVELAND. o., June 9.-The news
that the color line viii be druwn IN 81
Louis during the Republican national
convention created n stir at Mckinley
Headquarters In this city. Hon. VI. a.
Hanna at once wired Judge a. z,
Thompson. OF Portsmouth, O., who Is
in ST. Louis, requesting him TO see to II
that all the COlnred delegates Hre pro-
yIdcd with comfortable quarters re-
gardless OF expense.
Later he again tclegruphed him to
the eject that President c. F. Leach.
on the Ohio Republican league, had
offered the use Of the ST. Louis expo
sitlon building for the cOlored delegntes.
The league has leased the building as
headquarters and meeting place.
George Myers. who was delegate
to the last Republican national convcn-
tlon. md who is one OF the foremost
colored men In Ohio, has made urrangc-
ments to 70 to st. Louis with fifteen
other prominent coloned Ohio RepuDh-
cans 10 work for Mckinley. Some time
ago he engaged quarters for the entire
party Mt the st. James hotel sending
a check and getting q receipt
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-06-10

WASHINGTON. u. c.. June 9--Tho
following letter from Ex-Governor
Roles. OF Iowa, has been received In this
WATERLOO Iowa, juno ., 1896.
Dear SIr:-If the silver delegates
control the convention at Chicago. Il
Democrat will certainly be- nominated
by that convention. II is not vasuv Inn
portnnt as to who h" ehlll be. u Vr "
n thoroughly tried ana true friend Or
The free coinage nt silver and Is ca
pablr and honest II would. In my
Judgment hr absolutely impossible TO
unite any considerable number Of the
delegates to that convention In fnvOr OF
nominating anyone outside NJ Tile party
fnr the head Of the ticket, at least Sim
c,rCly yours, HORACE BOiES.'
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-06-10

For West Virginia, local showers, fol-
lowed by fair weather, uortNwoHitrly
winds
FOr Western Pennsylvania and ohio,
lIght local showers IN the early morning.
fEIIoWcd hy generally fair during tho
dny; light to fresh norlhvrly winds,
Local Trmprrntnrr,
Tho temperature yesterday as observed
by 4 SchnSpf. druggist corner Four
iccnih aud Market streets, was a. io''
lows:
IA. m.......... as y. nnu.,...""" {,
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1896-07-24
Raby In Mi.ehief.

1t was on Summit street trailer and
the young mother was absentmindedIy
gazing on far-off blue-capped heights and
carelessly toying with pink-tinted trans
fer check in her right hand. The baby
had asked for the pretty ticket, but the
mothers thoughts were busy elsewhere
She kept on looking out over the land
scape, evidently in a brown study Fares,
pleasev' 1t was the conductor. The
mother came back to the present tense
with jump.
II paid my fare once"
mo, ma'am, you didn't, beggin' your
pardon"
Yes, did. l had a trans
Just then the baby began to gag and
grow black in the face And not only
black, but all about her little mouth were
remarkable variegations in shades of
pink The transfer ticket had returned to
the pulp from which it was made. The
mother scooped out what was left OF il
from baby's mouth, thumped the little
ones back to aid 1t in recovering its
breath, and then turned a very red face
toward the conductor in mute inquiry as
to what was to be done.
The conductor never said word He
merely held out his hand.
well, 1 won't pay again. I-I-Tll walk
first"
The conductor gave the gripman one
bell. All the passengers looked their SYM
pathy as the mother and the variegated
little one left the car. = Kansas City
World
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1896-07-24
GENERAL BUSINESS POINTERS.

Qtemized from Dradstreet's.)
Midsummer dizziness
Detroit finds collections slow.
Quiet in all lines at Galveston.
Business is lifeless at Cincinnati.
Wool continues light at Philadelphia
st. Paul grocers report increased sales.
Fair demand for staples at PittsouTg.
A firmer tone to Boston's money mar
ket.
Duluth's flour market exhibits more
life.
Baltimore reports seasonable collec-
tons.
Good trade and fair collections at Sa-
vannah.
General trade fair for the season at
Nashville.
There is activity in boots and shoes al
Philadelphia.
Fairly satisfactory volume of business
at Milwaukee.
Nashville reports that country collec-
tions keep up very well.
New Orleans learns that the crop con-
ditions are less favorable.
There is good trade at Omaha in gro
ceries and staple dry goods.
Liberal receipts of live stock al Kan
sas City, with higher values.
Augusta jobbers report a fair demand
for staples, but the profit very unsatis
factory.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1896-07-24
FAME's PATHWAY.

Sir David Salomons an English writer
on apparatus for electric light stations,
has singularly varied scientific tastes.
He is a member of geological. microscope
ical and astronomical societies, and par
ticularly prominent among civil and cleo
trical engineers in Great Britain.
President Kruger's metaphors are as
plain as his diplomacy. IF my little dogs
are naughty" he said, in replying to the
thanks of the released prisoners, II must
whip them, but am always sorry to do
so. Next time 1 must get hold of the big
dog. My little dogs bark. but the big
one bites
On Waterloo Day Emperor William for
warded to the British First Royal ORA
goons, of which he was honorary colonel.
a wreath with which to decorate the head
of the staff of the regimental colors. The
garland is composed of golden laurel
leaves, interviewer with flowers and fruits
and with a scarlet gold fringed riband at
tached. On the end of the riband is the
initial w. with a crown.
Yvette Guilbert had $4,000 a week; six
weeks, $4,000. Fregoli, $l,7OO week. The
Craigs, acrobats, took $1,000 for eight
weeks work; the Martinettis, $11 900 for
Is weeks. Harriet Vernon made $1,000 in
eight weeks singing her little serio-com-
les. The Painter brothers, acrobats,
made $3.50 week each with Proctor. Gin
quevallfs twelve weeks of juggling
brought him 5000.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1896-07-24
THE FIRST WAGON TRAIN
ONE OF THE MEN WHO CROSSED
THE PLAINS IN 1s4s
Sent by DIR. whitman to Pilot the New
Comers-wagon Was Taken
Through in 1872

Edward HI. Lenox, who was one of the
young men who crossed the plains to the
Columbia river in the first train of 1913,
concerning the experiences of that train
in its perilous trip write to The Ore
CONAN from Oakland Cal. In order to
correct some misconceptions of the way
in which the train reached its destina-
ton. His statements are corroborated
by !. G. Mathery, at present residing
in San Francisco, who was also one of
the train. Mr.. Lenox's letter follows:
Il was one of the young men of that
first train to the Columbia river, in 1S43
1t has been stated that DIR. Marcus Whit
man overlook us at Blue river when the
TACT is he came into our camp three mifes
from Westport, No., May 20, 1S43. Peter
H. Burnett was elected captain of our
train on May %, and held that Office only
three days, resigning, when the company
elected ID. L. Lenox to be captain of the
company. which Office he held till we ar
rived at The Dalles, November ] of that
year.
"Sticcus, the Indian chief, was not the
pilot from Fort Hall, for Dr. Whitman
gave Captain Lenox a way bill, with all
camping places on the trail marked on 1t,
and said, I will ride home and send my
old friend, Sticcus. a Christian chief of
the Cayuse nation Sticcus met us at
the Grande Ronde HILL bearing letter
from DIR. Whitman to Captain Lenox.
The chief had his wife and two daugh-
tiers with him. Then he began plotting
us across the Blue mountains to DR..
Whitman's mission.
Following the trail was made more
easy from the fact that Robert Newal
an old trapper, had taken a small skel-
eton wagon through to DR.. Whitman's
in the summer of 1912. The tracks were
quite plain in some places in soft ground
being, In fact, so plain that our lead
driver, Edward H. Lenox. son of our
captain, often spoke of the fact that we
were on the right trail. We did not
cross the Cascade mountains with our
wagons, but put them on RATS and Hud-
son bay batteaux and brought them by
water to Oregon City the next spring
This is the true history of the first wag-
on train to the Columbia river in 49,
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1896-07-24

paratively poor in the worlds goods. she
was of great assistance to him, and
helped largely to push him upward on
the political ladder. Mrs. Brice has an
abundance of tact, and knows how to
entertain as we'll as any woman il the
land. She makes friends quickly, and
possesses the art of holding them. Some
day her husband will blossom out as an
active presidential possibility and then
Mrs. Brice's cleverness will be shown
Colonel William l.. Strong, the reform
mayor of New York, says that he would
never have gone into the political race
had it not been for Mrs. Strong Mrs
Strong picked up much knowledge of a
political kind during her life in Ohio, and
the colonel says that whenever he finds
himself in tight place and doesn't know
which way to turn he makes clean
breast of it to Mrs. Strong, and she die
tates the policy to be pursued.
Another Ohio woman who has shown
that she knows something of the ways
polite is Mrs. Asa Bushnell, wife of
Governor Bushnell She is level-headed,
with kindly dark eyes, a handsome face
and an attractive manner. Like the 9TH
ers, she is ambitious. and hopes to see
her husband in the national arena. Her
father, Dr. Ludlow, was one of the pest
known men in Springfield, where Mrs.
Bushnell was born and raised.
When the careers of these women are
remembered it is easy to understand the
solictude of all Ohio mothers to instill
knowledge of politics into the minds
of their infants. But the outlook is
| dreary for the other states of the union,
when the present generation of Ohio ba-
bies reach the office-getting age.
HENRY G. WILLIAMS.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1896-07-24
PASSENGERS WE'RE INTERESTED
Comedy the Sort That Some tim =
Occurs in Public.

1t was the hottest of mornings The
carette rumbling on it's way to the north
side was half filled, says the Chicago
Tribune. Its occupants were two shirt
WASTED, sailor-hatted high-collared
young women, quiet and correct who
chatted together in low tones; three com
Portable, well-fed danes of certain age,
each with her complement of small
parcels, fat pocketbook, fan and par
asol; a small thin woman with grizzled
hair, oddly dressed in red and blue, who
sat in the corner by the cash box, and
three nondescript men. The small wom-
an in red and blue, after dropping her
fare in the box. settled back in the cor
ner, laid her hand over her eyes, and
seemed lost in meditation. Ever and
anon her lips moved rapidly, giving out
ward sign of inward conversation, and
the passengers all studied her garish
costume curiously the red of which made
the hot air seem hotter still.
Across the bridge two good-natured,
smiling men from the country got in.
seated themselves near the door, and
produced each of them a nickel The
man nearest the box reached over, touch
ed the little woman in the corner, held
out the nickels with a Thank you,
ma am and sat down. On receiving
the nickels the little womans face
wreathed itself in a sweet smile, and
bowling graciously TO the good natured
man, she opened a deep black pocket
book that lay in her lap, deposited the
nickels therein, closed the clasp with a
click and resumed her cogitations. The
heat was forgotten. The passengers
looked at one another first in amazement
and then in mirth.
There is an atmosphere of coziness in
a carette that promotes a certain esprit
de corps and interest in ones neighbor
never felt in a car of any kind.
Poor thing. she is crazy murmured
one woman.
Wait till the driver calls for his fare!''
said the jolly man confidently slapping
his knee and counting his witnesses.
The carette rumbled on. and every
one waited expectantly, their eyes on
the little woman in red.
Ding! Fare please said the driver
glancing backward.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1896-07-24
DECLARATION


| The republica,, free <,<f,,<. - $50. 80 81
state ~ vash,,,srtor x. es-- = ~ =
| into prominence Tha .e.h,ss, 49, spss
f,rs,,a ,,,, . nthusiasm thar
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| mosphere vestardav - - 800 s4'7 ~
"Rrvan ana j, i ~. ..,-ss pauees Wi-n
worn by a gree. ,nanv a,,s .nelson Were
about town II would = ~ ' s'.'e
gold men were ~ u ss...s ,s7 49,. s,'a =
| the city limits Of snoran. ss'''s'
Those who did not have ~ ,,,,s,..,.......
to sign the roll and dac,sr t,,, 1870 -
pies Saturday night will vst I. =. ~.
chance. The party has arran ses =, 49,, 80
the roll in a number ~ pro,rs,,a,,. -, s-.s
In the city. and TO-DAY tbo.s -. - IN,
drop into Iohn w croh.r.s - -
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Avenue drug store IN tha c,,r,ra -.
buiIding Sbau,,s 49,. 49, 80, - =
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cigar store in the sb.ru,o,a h,..,, -. :.
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will have an onnortunit,, - s,sr,,,,. 49,,
names s''e'A
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of princinles. '-'.o''
s..Ua tba rnaars,,. .,.,.
state =, wash;rr.or $3.50, ~ ~.
approvaI Of tbs fo,,a,,,,ns ,,,,ti.a, 49,.
oinIee.
we bs,,eva .ho
~ na,.,,,..,... 80, - - -
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eve ha,,sya tho. - a .,..
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papinp nostar,t,, - soo,,rs .t.,v ,s.....,..
1--WE ba,ieve IN The ,sa ~ rot, IA a,,a
silver as aouaI standara ,,,oras, pa a.,
the povarnmant ~ ~ TYr,tsa Gee.
shon,d immad,ata,v ono, ,+s ,,,,,ts - 80,
nnrast,,otoa ,,o,,,,,,.as ..a ,..s.,s.s.s
coinage of silver a. tha rst,o 90 Is ~ NE -
silver to If goId
.we ho,,ava tha Al ,..r =, ,n,,,.,... -
forts and the failure ~ Ave ,ntarn ! t,o,,a,
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1896-07-24
LIGHTS AND SIDELIGHIS.

The man that beats the lottery forgets
that he's been poor;
The chap whose aching tooth is out re-
members it no more;
The victor crowned, forgets the strain 1t
took to win the laurel;
The lovers, after alls made up, forget
their bitter quarrel;
Likewise the iceman honest is when he
puts up the price;
He forgets the chilly winter, with Its
overplus of ice!
indianapolis Journal.
y
ooh, pa" exclaimed little Johnny, the
first time he saw a trout, its got the
measles, amt it?',Boston Transcript.
n
Nov, Miss Ticklowell," began the
youth, II propose"
II beg pardon. Mr. Fields-James.'' in
terrupted the Boston maiden, but do you
mean you purpose? Perhaps, however,
she added hastily and in some confusion,
II did not anticipate exactly what you
were about to say. Pray proceed. Chi
cago Tribune.
why, Ella, 1 heard that you fell down
a flight of stairs the other day. Weren
you hurt?"
mot bit. You see, fell into a bar
gain basement. Detroit Free Press.
Reciprocity-And would you die fol
me?'' the fair young thing asked.
We'll" the cruel man replied, as he
fondled the golden braid that was hang
ing down her back, II suppose ii would
be only doing the fair thing, since yol
seem to have bleached for me-"
Whereupon a solemn stiffness enfold
ed them.-Cleveland Leader.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1896-07-24
Mr. RnIfonr,. Mheel..

Henry White. formerly secretary Of the
American embassy in London, returned
early last month to that city ION pri-
vate business connected with bicycles, .
1t is said. He at once proceeded to the
residence of Arthur Balfour, and there
deposited a bicycle of the latest American
type. Mr. Belfour was at the house of
commons when he heard of the arrival
of the American bicycle, but he imme-
diately FASTENED home and was soon Civ
ing his new machine a trial. The world
first heard of Mr.. Belfour's passion for
the wheel through newspaper announce
ment that he had been thrown. Since
then he has been the recipient of any
number of bicycles from manufacturers
anxious to obtain a note Of approval.
The cellar of the house In Downing street,
the Official residence of the first lord OF
the treasury, is now crowded with BIZ
cycles, new and used.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1896-07-24
What He Knew About II.

Have you seen Mathilde's new dress p"
asked Mrs. CumroX.
mo, / haven't seen Matilda's new
dress" was the not very genial reply,
'and what is more, 1 don't want to see
it,"
81 should think you would have enough
of the sentiments of father about you
to take an interest in what MathIlde
wears"
81 can find out all want to know about
Matilda's dresses" he rejoined, persisting
in his own pronunciation, without seeing
them"
"Oh, indeed! Then perhaps you can de-
scribe the material of this one."
II can; not infinitely, but none the less
accurately. The most conspicuous thing
about the material is large check feel
sure about that, because / wrote the check
, myself Washington Star.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1896-07-24

he moisture and to prevent the baking
and cementing of the soil. The plant
tissues add fiber and richness to the
land, and make it amenable to all the
revivifying influences of sun and rain
and air and warmth. The plant is CO.
partner with the weather in the build
,ng of the primal soils. Ma
ture intends to leave no vacant or bare
surfaces. She providenly covers the
railway embankment with quack-
grass or willows, and she scatters dais-
les in the old meadows where the land
has grown sick and tired of grass. So,
if / pull up a weed, l must quickly fill
the hole with some other plant, or ma
ure will tuck another weed into 1t.
I'VE must keep the land at work, for
it grows richer and better for, the exer-
else. A good crop on the land, aided
by good tillage, will keep down all
weeds. The weeds do not run out the
sod, but the sod has grown weak
through some fault of our own, and
.hus the dandelions and plantains
find a chance to live. So the best treat
ment for the weedy lawn is more grass.
Loosen up the poor places with an iron
garden rake, scatter little fertilizer,
and then SOW heavily of grass seed.
Do not pillow up the lawn, for then you
undo all that has been accomplished;
you kill all the grass and leave all the
ground open for a free fight with every
ambitious weed in the neighborhood.
If the farmer occupies only half the
surface of his field with oats, the other
half is bound to be occupied with mus
tard or wild carrot or pigweeds; but
if his land is all taken with oats, few
other plants can thrive. So a weedy
farm is a poorly farmed farm. But
if it does get foul and weedy, then
what? Then use a short, quick, sharp
rotation Keep the ground moving OF
keep it covered. No Russian thistle
or live-for-ever or jimson-weed can
ever keep pace with lively and re-
sourceful farmer.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1896-07-24
AD rERkrBLn DREAD OF WEEDS
Give Them an Inch and, Devil Like,
They VIII Take All.

In my younger days had a terrible
dread of weeds and to tell the truth,
they often got the better of me then,
simply because did not bear in mind
that If you gave them an inch, devil
like, they will take all, says @. A. Clin-
ton of the Cornell university expert
ment station in Farm and Fireside.
The secret of dealing with weeds is to
never give them even the first fraction
of an inch, unless we want them for
special purpose. In some cases we
might use common weeds as soil
improver but in that case they hardly
deserve the name weeds" Professor
Bailey, in the Cornell bulletin already
mentioned (No. 1922, talks so interest
ingly on this subject that ] cannot
refrain from giving some extracts from
it:
Mature is a kindly and solicitous
mother. She knows that bare land be-
comes unproductive land. Its elements
must be unlocked and worked over and
oigested by the roots of plants. The
surface must be covered to catch the
rains and to hold the SHOWS, to retain
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1896-07-24

Men of the greatest prominence, such as
U. S. Grant, August Belmont, Jay Gould
Leland Stanford, Robert Bonner, b. f.
Tracy William C. Whitney and Sheppard
F. Knapp, were in the habit of going to
Stony Ford for two three days at a
time, and devotng sunlight to an exami-
nation of the horses and lamplight to the
discussion of breeding topics. After din
ner the party would adjourn to the smok-
ing room upstairs light cigars, recline in
easy chairs and give no heed to the pas
sing hours. Frequently the clock would
strike two or three before the discussion
would end. This smoking room shows
the stains of time and if its walls could
speak stories of entertaining interest
would be cold. 1t was in this famous
room that General Grant smoked his last
cigar.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1896-07-24
IS Her FAD
OHIO WOMAN KNOWS ALL ABOUT
THE GAME.
The Wives of Mckinley, Foraker,
Brice, strong and Campbell
Skilled I'm the Art.

1t is a timeworn saying in Ohio that the
babies of that great state learn all about
politics before they know their A. B, &c.
1t is also asserted that they are deep in
the political lore of the nation before they
have cast aside their tin rattles, and that
they are well up in campaign statistics
while still feasting at nature dining
place. They absorb political facts and
problems with the same gusto that the
average child swallows buttons and cop
per pennies. They know all about the fat
offices within the gift of the people at the
early age of one year, and each masculine
baby is supposed to have his Juvenile eye
glued upon the particular berth which he
will seek in later years.
Whether Calvin Brice, Major Mckinley
Mark Hanna, James e. Campbell, j. B..
Foraker, Colonel w. L. Strong and host
of other distinguished Ohioans were bah