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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-12-25

LIGONIER, Ind. Dec. Eth" re-
llclouE society known NJ Dunka"ds. IS
cndcavorinE 10 purchase the entire re-
gIuu comprised within Brown county,
In this state, TO which Its members VIII
rmigrnte to cStRb llsil IL government OF
their own according to their peculiar
notions.
{. Everett. Of Albion. Is the proiCc-
tor 0c the scheme. He has already pur-
chased Il, 900 acres Of land In that Coun-
", 10 which one hundred families will
remove In n few days.
The projectors say that neither jail
nor court house viii be needed and
that the election nf local officers will
he held only to comply with the law as
an property win be held IN common.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-12-25
WIPED OFF TIE MAP.
Fabltd Home OF RohImSun CruS0r lie.
SirOyed 10y u Volcanic Action.

NIr0yed nyH Volcanic Action.
SAN FRANCISCO, Dee 2f.--A few
weeks ago shlp putting in a; Lisbon
otter Z trip around Cape Horn. reported
the destruction by volcanic action Of
the Juan Fernandez island, famous as
the tabled home Of Robinson CTuSue.
The master claimed I" hay" seen the
catastrophe from III" deck OF hts YES
sci. Tho report wns not given Crcdrnce
at the time by scientific men and many
dennld are printed in papers and mugt-
zines. Hut Captain Pdw"lls. Of the Brit
ish ship, James Kerr. now In port. AS
srrt5 lha; the Story Is generally believed
by grlfIring men all over the world
The james Kerr recently arrived from
New Castle, y. S. w. where she wan
laid UP four months on account OF the
coal STRIKE. Captain POwcllH met 4 very
Mrgr number OF master mariners there
and says that the destruction Of the
island was a matter Of common gossip
among them. The captain himself, has
not paS-'cd within sight ~ the island
plncs 1889. when he secured an excellent
photograph Of It from tie deci; VI hiSI
ship. II" gays That some ~ the cap
talns who arrived In N"w Castle while
ne was there verified til" report that the
!Iland was missing.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-12-25

MlNNEAPOLIS. Nina, Dec. 81
Minneapolis has experienced the iirss
hold-up OF n street car since the opera
ti0as OF the Barrett brothers several
ycnrs ago. and FOR which Crime and
the murder Of the driver. they were
hanged. Last ulGht three maSkrd men
entered Drawn Mawr car Mt the end
Of the line. at the rud Of u rcynl-
var. took Sl2 from Conductor QuAdy.
Tho muiOrmnn lv This time had enter
cd the car and one Of the robbers Gov
cred him. white another went through
him. Hts pockets yielded only one cent
and this the robbers rcturu"l To him.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-12-25

Disease 1T 30 establish health. Pure,
rich blood mCNna good health. Hoods
SRrsnparllln IL tic One True Hood
Purifier, II tones up thr Who'll" system,
gives appetite Und strength and causca
weakness. nervousness and pain 20
dianppenr. No other medicine has such
u record Of wonderful cures az Hoods
Slrsdpurllla,
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DUBTLC SALE.

ON "Wednesday. December 70 1926 n
o'clock u, M, viii offer on tho premise!
nj public or private SUlN II small fnrm OF
clgHt acres, fronting On ihn Ohio TIN"T'
along two lIucS OF railroads, and four
miles from Wheeling. W. Va. and lust
above 'rit0avillC. Jefferson county, Oh'n;
We'll improved, nice two-stOry dwelling a.
rooms, carriage house, stu6lo and Other
0mtmiIldtnCs. Would suit Rardcncr. Yer
ull particulars, CRll on or address W IL,
House. StCuhCnvilc, Ohio, dcS.wyW-I
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LOUISVILLE. Ky. Dee. "a Src-
clul to tho Times from Frankfort says:
Tom i:runnc. ahnt and fatally wound
cd Town MHryhnlI GUDr"" Wilton ut
Stamping Ground. KY. laat night. at 10
u'clurk. Til" shooting occurred IN til"
bank Of that place, Two shots were
fired, both taking effect. one IN the
breast and tho other In tn" side.
Whisky vas Tn" cause. Wilton viii
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beginning at 10 o'clock n. M. and con-
iiWEinE tEQRl day 10 day until the s".N
shall have been completed. thc household
and kitchen furniture. ornaments pictures
books Giyl other personal property Uow
contained IN the residence OF the said VII
IAN T. Simpson.
Terms .! SlIc.-Casli. except tha; with
IL" purShaSers Of property IN considerable
amounts, satisfactory ARRANGEMENTS VIII
be made for reasonable credit With good
security. ",i
LeIG.l HOWARD HA2LETT, Assignee.
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HOODS PILLS are IN" best after
dinner pII: assist digestion. proven;
constipation. @6C i
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I Will also sell at public auction, at Nun.
Der 81 Fifteenth street. on
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-12-25

Under tho authority OF deed made :,
the undersigned by William H. Slrrsr,.
dated on the 18Th day or Augusi, In An.
year 1890. md recorded IN the ONCE Of liz
clerk Of tho county COurt Tor Ohln cu,ri
In Decd book numbered H. at page ri, I
will sell nj public auction NJ tho north
door OF tho court house OF Ohio culn, y,
WElI NiruinIn mn ''''
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-12-25

F-AVER BlncO I was eighteen years old
E% until learned OF Dr.. Miles RcstOrn-
AH tive Remedies, suffered from sick
headache and extreme nervousness anddys-
prpsIR. In tlmo heart disease developed, l
was treated by several doctors with no re-
Lief. Severe palptatIon With pain In left
breast, shortncss OF breath, and smothurlng
spells made mo most miserable. | pro.
cured DR.. Miles, Restorative Ncrvlne md
New Heart Curu and took them alternately
ns directed. Improvement began at OucO
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-12-25

". German st.. Little Fails. n. Y, Nov. 7!'a5,
DR.. Miles Remedies arc sold by all drug
glsts nuder 4 positive guarantee, FIRST bottle
benefits or money refunded. Book on Heart
and nerves sent free to all applicants,
DIR. MILES MEDICAL CO.. Elkhart, Ind
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and Increased 80 rap.
idly that inside OF six
months l increased
thirty SIX pounds In
weight, All pain In
tho heart Is gone. and
the nervousness has
wholly left me-"
a.. 1- r
The San Francisco call., 1896-05-17
THE COLLEGE COMMENCEMENT,

IT has been said, "a college education is
merely the index of an encyclopedias of
general knowledge" but it should be more
than that. 1T should be stimulant to
seek knowledge in all the fields of expert
ence. To the young graduate, however,
the world beyond the campus is too apt to
appear to him as a great orchard whose
trees bear golden apples in all seasons,
and that all he has to do is to hold out his
"sheepskin," shake a tree and walk away
laden with fruit to the uttermost of his
hearts desire, and it is better so, perhaps,
for 1t is easier to recover from the
fatigue of seeking water in mirage in
youth than later in life. and somehow
man seems predestined to pass by the real
in wildchase after the will-o' -the-wisp at
some period in his earthly existence.
But the young man OF to-day is far
better equipped to stem the currents of
the outer world than his forefathers were.
They were isolated from passing events,
but the introduction of steam and cleo
tricity puts the college boy these days in
touch with all the world.
His morning newspaper tells him of the
happenings III every land for the preced-
ing twenty-four hours, while the monthly
and quarterly magazines TEEN with the
truest and latest information from all the
fields of science, philosophy, art and litera-
ture. The college boy of to-day has oppor-
tunities to acquire knowledge that were
not enjoyed by the collegian in any former
age or time, and, generally speaking, he is
wiser, mentally stronger and more thor
oughly educated than boys were a century,
yes, half or even quarter of a century,
ago.
And it may be said that boys quitting
college these days, our California boys GER
tainly, are better prepared every way 10
enter upon the stern and exacting activi-
ties of life than their fathers were. More
over they, for the most part, have higher
aspirations and more fully realize the i'm
portance of the responsibilities they as
sumo in the world OF Independent being
than the youth OF few decades ago. And
too, more clearly than In any former pc
riod, the young graduate understands that
while there alwlys is room at the top it is
reached only by that ladder whose rounds
are moral worth, honesty OF purpose and
business integrity.
The San Francisco call., 1896-05-17
N0RWAY'S LIBERTY DAY.

Elghty-two years ago to-day the people
of Norway ratified the constitution which
was to give them greater degree OF indl-
vidual liberty. than was ever before en-
loyed by their countrymen. The people
generally did not take kindly at first 10
the idea of being an annex, so to speak, of
Sweden, and being subject tot e authority
of a Swedish King, but it was considered
such long stride away from the rule of
Denmark, which had oppressed Norway
SO long, that the more conservative of the
Norwegian political leaders advised the
ratification OF the new constitution which
was to bind Norway and Sweden III one
nation.
Norway secured SO many concessions in
the direction OF personal liberty and prop
erty rights, however, that it was great
victory after all. One of the leading if
not the most important features of the
new constitution provided that the King
should have no right to alter or prevent
the altering Of the spirit of the compact.
No doubt Norwegian statesmen adj that
provision inserted so that the people
might of themselves change the constitu-
ton from time to time as new and better
conditions were demanded. But anyway
it is very certain that but for the deter
mination of the Norwegians to resist an
nexation to Sweden, except upon terms
which guaranteed them very much
wider range of liberty than they before
enjoyed, Sweden would have made OF Nor
way little if anything more than depen-
dency.
Hence, in celebrating May II, Norwe-
gians commemorate an event in the his
tory OF the land OF their fathers which i'm
plies as deep and as positive principle of
individual sovereignty as does our own
Fourth of July, and it may be said that
these sons of the Scandinavian peninsula
have been the leaders for more than a
thousand years of the advancing thought
Of Europe toward greater freedom and
better conditions of living for the common
people, and corresponding curtailment
of the alleged "divine right" of kings.
But the true Norwegian could not be other
than a loyal and enthusiastic friend of
human liberty. He is of the Aryan race,
and to that race civilization has always
looked for strength ana encouragement to
reach higher and better levels.
The San Francisco call., 1896-05-17
THE LOGIC OF THE PAST.

In ratio to the increase in farm and ranch
products in the countries that are in COM
petition with the United States in the
markets of Europe will Europe buy less of
us, and naturally So for to do otherwise
would be to contradict the authority of the
unwritten law of commerce. Great Brit
ain, more especially, gave our cereals and
provisions the preference so long as we
were content to remain strictly agricul-
tural people and buy our supplies OF goods
and wares of the manufacturers. 1t was
most satisfactory arrangement for Great
Britain, for the balance of trade was con-
tinually in her favor. She could well af-
ford to pay good prices for our breadstuffs
and provisions, because the power and the
commercial right remained with her to
determine what we should pay for the prod
uct of her industries.
Before America became a country OF
farms and livestock ranches England had
an immense trade with other nations, hence
America only furnished.an additional de-
The San Francisco call., 1896-05-17

was bafore the commerce committee recently.
And, as a matter OF TACT, the reports snow tnat
the engineers did not master the l coauii'o"s 40
they would affect decp-Water narpOl, D.
"After l had determined that oan LeI,o
would not do. Mr.. Huntington Sent Chlei 1a.t ~ ~
gineer Hood of the southern Pacihc raltl1o @ ~ "
make an examination OF San Pedro, ana ne re,
ported that it would not do TOT ueeP WIZ D.
harbor, and that. although the Soutnepn ad
ifc had S3, 100000 invested there, tney ntu
better abandon Sa Pedro and go ELSEWHERE.
So, upon his recommendation the soutnsrn
Pacific went to Santa Monica bay and ~ p1Lic nao d
pier right out into the water, costing @l,ooo,-
0OO which has been standing for four years,
and which has not been seriously oam1ge thn bsrl
yet This shows how well sheltered the ma. mar.
Dor is naturally from the prevailing "A'
and storms of the coast. Itch.
aWishing TO satisfy myself that 1 was right,
asked E. l.. Cortheli, tne wea5Snumdi Eads snd who
is perhaps, the best expert on naIpo WIZ
TO examine San Pedro and santa monica re-
Gently, and he reported strongly IN ia'or VI
0anta ~, vas nnon such facts that the commerce
committee acted in reporting TINS amend
chiefly from the opponents OF the Southern
Pacific Railroad, and from the owners on u ny
tie Terminal road at San PEDRO. IL is oliIcuit
the ground that the Southern Pacihc mas It's
terminal at Santa Monica. Tor IL only mas
5O-foot right of way, and any other raliroau a
an express proyiso in our al. amendment
that before any part, OF the appPo-
priation is expended the ooutheru ta
cific Company shsll file with the Secretary OF
War an agreement that any railroad ompany
may share in the use OF Its pier ana lhe ap-
proaches thereto, upon paying thn ap
part of the cost OF the same ana ot the e&-
penses of maintenance. Under this, 1or exam
pie, the Atchison and santa re, Bhlch unuer- is
stand is near 10 Santa Monica Day, can shsie sL
all the benefits of the Improvements Oh the
harbor. H.. 49,,
"Santa Monica Bay is the right place ior the
deenwater harbor OF Southern California, and
it viii either be there or nowhere at all. 90
not see how it can possibly affect New Eng land
unfavorably. nor why there should De any
opposition TO it there"
The San Francisco call., 1896-05-17
SANTA MONICA.
Senator Frye Says He Originated the
Idea Of Making Harbor There.

1dea or making Harbor There
Boston Herald.
In view of the evidence interest in the mat
ter in New England the Herald correspondent
asked Senator Frye to make statement about
it for publication in the Herald and he con-
sented to do so. "Ths matter has been pend-
Ing" he said "for about six years There has
been dispute as to whether the deep-water
harbor in Southern California should he ar
San Pedro or at Santa Monica. We have had
exhaustive hearings before the committees of
Congress on the subject and three reports be
the army engineers and myself have person.
ally examined the two harbors At first the
strongest demand was for the Improvement of
san PEDRO. The army engineers recommended
1t, MT. Huntington and the Southern Pacific
railroad wanted it, because they had inves ted
SS,oOo,OOo there and other influences were ar
WORK TO bring about the selection OF San Pedro.
TOOK occasion, when visiting California. to
examine San Pedro and also Santa Monica
nay and was satisfied that it would never do
70 try 10 make deep-water harbor at San
for ii. 4'e '"o-'
u supposed the next board of army en-
gineers which had sent out there wou d take
she view which had taken, but it reported in
lavor OF san Pedro, chiefly because the en-
siheers were thinking more of the fortiication
OF tne harbor than of its value to shipping.
AL the engineers' reports have been in favor
OF san Pedro Tor that reason, as General Craig
hiii' tne chiet ot engineers, admitted when he
The San Francisco call., 1896-05-17
A BIG VICTORY.
San Diego Sun.

The big feature of the Sacramento conven.
ton was the manner in which John d.
Spreckels went 10 the front. He began with a
fight in San Francisco, and had opposition all
along the line. Even the Los Angeles Times
was against him, and went so destructiyelv
far as to call him John Dough- Spreckels. 1t
was also supposed that Spreckels was against
Mckinley snd in favor of Allison. which was q
handicap. But Spreckrls went in and won
everything he appeared to want to win, an d
was elected delegate at large by vote of 564
out of total of 635-lacking less than 100 OF
the entire vote of the convention. That is a
big victory for a man who has been called
"Dough." and the result of it all is to maze
John Dough the boss of the Republican party
in this State. In the case of McKinleys final
success 1t also may mean place in the Csbi-
net, or United States sehatorship for John
Dough.
The San Francisco call., 1896-05-17

mand for British money and British mer-
chandise. But it was very different with
this country. Being producer of grains
and meats only. our people were obliged
to seek buyers in markets already estab-
lished and as a new competitor. In other
words, being new country, Europes mar
kets, particularly those OF England, were
absolutely necessary to US. but the things
we had TO sell, and which we were obliged
to find buyers for, were not necessary to
Europe. Great Britain more than any
other country found in US most valuable
customer, in that she had an additional
source of breadstuffs and provision sup
plies, and demand for her own products
which left US with an annual cash balance
to pay.
These trade relations were maintained
about eighty-tive years, and under them
the total wealth accumulation of our peo-
pie reached the sum of little over fifteen
billion dollars. About thirty-three years
ago our people concluded that if Europe
could grow rich by converting raw ma
terials into merchantable comm modities
America could do it too. The product OF
that resolve is not only seen in the tens OF
thousands of industrial enterprises that
dot the whole country, but In the output
OF these industries, which is competing for
supremacy in the markets of the manu-
featuring oenters of Europe. Meanwhile
the material wealth of our people as a
whole has increased nearly four times
over what it was when we resolved to try
the home-industry experiment.
In view of these facts-facts that are
authenticated by the census returns of the
Nation-it is hard to understand how any
sensible person would rather see the coun-
try abandon the economic principle of
protection and return to Nation of a
purely agricultural people. The logic of
past events in the country's business and
social life. the now widespread opportunity
for individual effort at home making and
the enormous increase in the wealth of the
Nation all testify that the doctrine of pro-
lection and National progress are synony-
The San Francisco call., 1896-05-17
MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT.

We all become enthused and ANXIOUS in
State and National political contests, and.
whether we are n owed by party pride or
not, good comes of it. Generally speak
ing, the people turn down the party in
power whenever it gets too far from funda-
mental principles IN State and National
administration, but almost always the re-
verse OF this is true in municipal govern
ment. And yet the government of cur
cities on lines of honesty, economy and
moral strength is in some respects more
important to the social and business inter
ests of the people than good State or
National government.
The city is the objective point of all the
highways of travel and trade. 1t is the
center of accumulation and distribution of
the products of industry and it is the mar
ketplace where the goods and wares of
the territory tributary are bought and
sold. The city is a center of virtue and
vice; of intelligence aud ignorance; of
honesty and dishonesty; of social splen-
dor and social squalor and degradation; of
houses of God and the haunts of Satan;
of men and women of the highest ana of
the lowest character: of affluence and
poverty; of pleasure and pain; of high art
and OF bare pictures; of everything, in
fact, that goes to make an earthly paradise
and an earthly sheol.
Our cities supply the bench, the bar and
the pulpit with great and wise men and
the penitentiaries with criminals. They
are the center of publication of great news
papers, magazines, books and journals for
the enlightenment of the people, and they
also harh0r mn hli hers of the yiIest hind of
literature. In short, the city Is at once the
keeper and defender of purity and right
cousness and the patron of everything that
is low, vile and degrading.
Now, it will not De denied that the bet
ter element of society in all cities is in the
majority-that those who rule are weak
numerically as compared with those who
represent the business and social strength
of the community-but it is a fact that in
nearly all American cities the majority
permit the minority to rule, rob and
plunder the public. 1t is not an uncom-
mon thing to see a hall crowded with
prominent business men to hear a noted
speaker discuss National economic prob
lens or international law, but nothing
would move them to attend a primary to
help overthrow the ward boss and his
following of toughs, who will, later on,
control the nominating convention. No
city government need be nor would it be
in the hands of bad and dishonest men if
the better class would do their duty.
Municipal reform is very much needed in
all American cities, but the work of
reformation must begin with the business
men and taxpayers.
The San Francisco call., 1896-05-17
PERSONAL.
Paris is at the Palace.

A. Basore of Paris is at the Palace.
Henri solomons of Paris is at the Palace.
The Rev. Samuel Hirst of Vallejo is at the
Grand
R. English and wife of Arroyo Grande are at
the Cosmopolitan.
W. P Tisdale, a railroad man Of New York,
is at the Occidental.
J. H. Warren OF Fort Spokane, Wash, is reg
istered al the Cosmopolitan.
Frank J. Parkinson, mining man OF Grip
pie Creek, Colo, is at the Grand.
Ralph Tompkins, wealthy gentleman OF
Fishkill-on-t the Hudson, is in the City.
H. Moore and F. NJ D. Dorland OF Helena,
Mont, are guests at the Cosmopolitan.
Clarence Louderback of Urbana, Ohio was
among yesterdays arrivals at the Palace.
Dr. Joaquin Yela of Quezaltenango was
among yesterdays arrivals by the Panama
steamer.
DR.. Padilla of Guatemala, medical director to
President Barros, was among the arrivals at
the Occidental yesterday.
Evan Williams, who is largely interested in
mining and also in the Bullion Bank at Vir-
ginia City, is among recent arrivals here.
A. C. Dauphiny, leading merchant OF Eu-
reka, Humboldt County, who is engaged in
both the wholesale and retail business, is in
town.
George H. Daniels general passenger agent
OF the New York Central Railroad, is in the
City, accompanied by his family and several
friends.
A. Il. Smith and John H. Gyselaar, business
men of Eureka, and A. c. Edison of Fortuna. all
delegates to the Grand Lodge OF the Knights of
Pythias, are in town.
Samuel Merrill, the wealthy resident of Los
Angeles, formerly Governor of Iowa, is at the
Lick, accompanied by Mrs. Merrill. The ex-
Governor was formerly heavily interested in
orange lands and irrigation enterprises at
RialtO and. Riverside.
Among the arrivals at the Cosmopolitan
Hotel are A. A. Canepa, J. NJ. Early and E. A.
Angeles of Eureka, delegates to the twelfth
Grand Council of the Y. NJ. l., which convenes
at Haywards on the 10th inst.
DR.. Luella Cool, the originator of diamonds
in front teeth, who went from here to Central
America year ago, has made much advance
ment. She is dentist to General Barrillas, ex-
President, and number of the best Spanish
families there. Her one object TO make money
has been to be able to finish the musical edu-
cation of her little daughter. In short time
DR.. Cool expects to take her to Paris The
daughter is said to show musical ability.