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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-07-01
POLITICAL. 20
Official Call for Republican State
Convention,

Pursuant to the instructions OF the state
Republican Central Committee, Il STATE
convention OF delegated representatives
of the Republican party OF West Hl ik,,nis
in the county Of Wood, on wednesday.
the twenty-sGcond day Of July, 1886 NJ IL
o'clock a. m. for the purpose OF noml-
mating candidates for the following otiiees,
TO be voted for ut the general election 70
be held on the third day OF November IN
said year, to-wit:
Governor. Auditor, Treasurer, Superin-
tendent of Schools, Attorney, General
Judge of the Supreme Court OF Appeals,
and two candidates for Electors-at-LarBe
of President and Vice President OF tho
United States. The delegates from each
senatorial district will also nominate 10
the convention one person for member OF
the State Republican Central Committee.
The delegates from each senatorial dis,
trict are requested to hold meeting ana
organize by electinS q chatrmatt and sec
n chairman and secretary OF the
senatorial district delegation: and also
to select from the delegates IN the
several counties of each senatoriai
the following committees: Rules and
Order OF Business, Credentials. Permanent
Organization, Basis of Representation.
and Resolutions. TO be ANNOUNCED to tho
convention ut the forenoon session.
Each county chairman VIII Toward TO
the undersigned chairman tho state
committee, by the 18th day of Juiy, list
OF the delegates elected from his county,
attested by the secretary OF the county
committee: and all cases Of contest must
be filed by said date, with full statement
OF each case. with the evidence therein
(prlnted or type-written),. and any such
contest will be heard and considered by
the State Central Committee at q meeting
thereof hereby called to meet at the Blen-
nerhassett Hotel, in ParkersburS, nj p.
M, on July q. mig
II Is Recommended that the BASS OF rep
resentation In said state convention be
one vote for each 100 votes, and fraction
thereof greater than fifty. cast for tho
Republican nominee for Congress In 1871.
Each county viii choose as many dele
gates to said convention as will equal tho
number OF votes II will be entitled to cast
therein: and the chairman OF each Repub-
lIcan county committee VIII take proper
steps to have called conventions or other
proper meetings in his county, 10 choose
delegates TO the state convention; IN which
conventions or meetings the cooperation
of ali persons Is invited who purpose here
after 10 act with the Republican party In
It's efforts to promote protection to Ameri-
can workingmen, American agriculture
and American Industries: system OF reel
procIty, sound money. return OF pros
perity, and reform and economy In the
Ntata government.
CIV. ATKINSON. IN
Secretary.
KinRwood w Va June IS 1896.
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DIED.

M'GINLEY-,On Tuesday, June 20. 1896, at
o'clock d. M, PATRICK MCKINLEY,
Sr.. In the 9th year OF his age.
Funeral from his late residence. No. 1SS
Seventeenth street, Thursday at $3.50
O'Clock u. m. Requiem mass at st.
Joseph's Cathedral at 9 o'clock a. m.
Friends of the family invited to attend.
Interment at Mt. Calvary cemetery.
GARRETT-On Monday, June %. 1896, at
$40 n. M, JAMES NJ. GARRETT, aged
50 years.
Funeral services at family residence, No.
125 East Eleventh street, Wednesday
afternoon at o'clock. Friends of the
family respectfully invited to attend.
Interment at Peninsular cemetery.
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tee on credentials was heard and adopt
ed. The committee on representation
fixed the basis as follows:
Marshall county thlrty-one; Marion
county thirty-one: Wetzel county four
teen.
The committee on resolutions report
cd and the report was adopted. The
full text OF the resolutions is as follows:
Resolved. That we give our unqualified
approval TO the resolutions and platiorm
OF principles adopted by the Republlc9h
national convention, which met ut st'
Louis: that we rejoice TO know the re
publican party has the courage 10 speak
in no equIvocal terms upon the great
questions OF taxation and finance; that
we are heartily In favor of protection
reciprocity and good money, and are OPP,
posed TO free trade, flfty-cent dollars ana
wildcat banks.
Resolved, That we pledge to our gallant
standard bearers, Mckinley ana hoDarL;
the loyal and enthusiastic support o. az
the Republicans OF this senatorial district.
Resolved, Thnt'to our efficient senator's
Hon. ]. II. Furbec and Hon. =. a. hoSe,
be extended the thanks OF THIS dlstrlct
for their valuable services In the S.ate
senate, and that We congratulate them
on being permitted 10 assist IN the sIecti on
of Hon. S. Il. Elkins to the United states
senate. and thus performing noble Work
for the state and country.
The next business was the Gait Ny
counties, for nominations for state sem
ator. Mr.. Purdy, OF Marshall. present
ed the name OF S. W., CJack'O Mat
news, of Moundsville. Mr.. Scott, on
behalf of Marion county, seconded the
nomination. Mr.. MCGEE, OF WetZel, al
so seconded Mr.. Mathews nomination.
and upon motion by Mr.. McIntire. OF
wetzel, the nomination Of Mr.. Mat
hews was made by reclamation. Calls
of Mathews" were heard and the
chair appointed Messrs. Purdy, Scott
and McIntre to escort the nominee to
the platform. Amid great applause Mr..
Mathews was introduced and his re-
marks were well received. In part he
said that he rejoiced to know that his
name would be upon the ticket TINT was
going to win next November, with NC
KInley for President. Atkinson for gov
ernor and Dovener for Congress. Dur
ing his few remarks he was heartily
checred.
Chairman Mason then addressed the
convention in most interesting and
earnest speech. He dwelt mainly upon
the money question and in q plain man
ner presented clearly that subject. His
remarks were forcibly put, full of
good thoughts and timely.
The convention then adjourned sine
die,
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OF the senatorial executive committee,
who named as temporary chairman,
Hon. John W. Mason, of Marion, ex-
United States commissioner of internal
revenue. AFR. Mason assumed the posi-
ton and In a neat speech accepted the
honor conferred upon him. Squire w.
W. Selby. OF wetzel, was made tempo
rary secretary. The next business OF
the convention was the selection Of
committees. A recess was taken during
which the several delegations organized
and chose their members on the various
committees. The organization OF the
delegations was as follows:
Marshall county-S. VI. Steele, chair
man; NJ. S. NicAfee, secretary.
wetzel county-W W. Lemasters,
chairman; A. VI, Grow, secretary.
Marion county-L. II. wilcox, chair
man; W. W. Scott. secretary.
The committees appointed consisted
of the following:
redentials-Narshall. l.. B. Purdy
and S. N. Cunningham; Wetzel, Charles
Fluharty. and ], a. Hoge: Mstion, j. D,
Charlton and j. II. Furbee.
ResolutlonS-Marshall, L. NJ. Crow;
wetzel, ]. W. McIntire; Marion, W. W.
Scott
Permanent MISUNDERSTANDING
c. StIllwell: Wetzel, Robert MCGEE;
Marion, J. w. May.
Basis OF sentatIon-Marshall. DR..
W. +. Grow; Wetzel, Thomas Mills;
Marion. Caleb Moore.
Executive committec-Marshall, FEE.
Kimmins, j. d. Burley. and II. c. Bran
non: wetzel. ]. w. McIntire. James f.
Blair and J. A. Hoge; Marion.J. II. Fur
bee, P. G. Staley and l.. II. Wilcox.
The afternoon session was not called
to order promptly by reason of eau
Gus being held by tlrs Marshall county
dnlnrnn nn The rnnnrt Of the rnrnnit-
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LOCAL saRv1r1Es,
Matters Of minor Moment In and About
the City.
Now doth the willy druggist
Fill his shelves with supply
OF arnica ana bandages-
Saturday IL the Fourth OF July.

The last half of '96 began to-day.
The council committee on petitions
and remonstrances will meet tomorrow
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"JACK" MATHEWS
Nominated for the State Senate at
Moundsvillc.
DISTRICT CONVENTION
Yesterday was an Enthusiastic Gathering
ofRepublicNns from Marion, Marshall
and wetzeI Countles-CNptaln Mat
hews Nominated by AccIanation-Th
Resolutions Uncqulvocaily for Sound
Money and Protection.

Large and enthusiastic delegations of
Republicans came from Marshall, Wet
eel and Marion counties to MoundsyIlle
yesterday to attend the convention of
the second senatorial district, which
met for the purpose of nominating a
candidate for state senator.
The convention was called to order
by ]. D. Burley, of Marshall, secretary
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BURNS are absolutely painless when
Dewitt's Witch Hazel Salve is prompt
ly applied. This statement is true.
4 perfect remedy for skin diseases,
chapped hands and lips, and never
falls to cure Piles. Charles r. Goethe.
corner Twelfth and Market streets;
Bowie & Company. Bridgeport: Pea
body 6 Son, Benwood.
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OFFICIAL CALL
For the First District Republican Con
gressionaI Convention.

The Republican voters OF the First Con-
EreasIonl District nre hereby notified that
a Convention for the purpose OF nomi-
mating a candidate to represent thu said
District In the Congress OF the United
States, and to choose n Presidential Elcc-
tor for the district. will be held at ClHrks-
burg, W. Va. Tuesday. July q. 1896. begin
niny at II O'Clock n. IN.
The basis Of representation will be one
vote for every ono hundred votes cast for
CONGRESSMAN Dovenor in 1894, and one for
every fraction Of one hundred over fifty
County committees are requested to pTrD-
vide for the selection of delegates to said
Convention.
n. r. RICHARDS. Chairman
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improvements at Fourth street Church.
The board Of trustees OF the Fourth
street NJ. L. church, at meeting Mon
day night decided to make extensive
improvements this summer The int,
rior of tho church cdiflcc will be frcs-
coed. recarpetcd throughout. reprinted.
the finest OF stained glass windows Will
be- put in and electric lights viii replace
gas. The improvements decided upon
will cost netaiy $1,000.
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Huron street; c. +. PAUL, Penn and
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Il. c. RICHARDS, Chairman
REPUBLICAN CONVENTIONS.

state Nominating Observation-Disclosures
burg. July @.
Fourth District Congressional conven.
tion-Pnrkersburg. July q.
First District Congressional Convention
--Clarksburg, July q. lls
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-02-27

We concede to the Hon. GEORGE J.
WEST, Councilman from Ward 10, politi-
cal sincerity. In otner words, Council
ma WEST whenever he can find out what
he thinks his constituents want un-
dertakes earnestly and faithfully TO get
il for them. This is evidently part of
his duty aD Councilman, and the per-
'ormancc Of that duty must ever be OF
political advantage to Mr.. WEST, because
that is "what he is there for" to repre-
sent his constituency. We thus dis.
tinguish Mr.. WEST because not infre-
quently Counoilmen fOil signally TO repre-
sent their constituency whilst in the pur-
suit their political ambition and only
use the interests of their ps sople to further
their own political ends rather than to
serve those interests, regardless OF oil poll
tical teachings and practices, which de.
monstrate the fallacy OF feeking TO serve
yourself by doing anything else than
serve your country.
Accordingly we believe Councilman
WEST to be sincere in seeking to secure
soms kind q a transfer ticket service for
his people. He Is credibly informed that
his constituency "domand" transfers, and
he has no patience with the mistaken idea
of politics. 80 evidently held by callow
and insincere Goo-Goo politicians, that IL
is tte best politics to keep up the trans.
fer ticket agitation as long as possible in
preference to getting transfer tickets.
These inexperienced politicians have an
exaggerated faith in the political virtue
OF tissues" rather than accomsishments
They have given evidence that they do
not want transfer tickets so much ~ they
want agitation kept up until the next
election comes around. IL tran fer tickets
were once secured they would be without
a political issue; that is the idea OF the
mex erienced politician. lie would take
pains to strive for transfer tickets i'm a
way that would offer the least chance Of
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L. D. NEWELL g. SON

Briggs; thence southery along the westerly
line OF land OF said Edwin A. Briggs about ol9
feet To said Phenix avenue; thence across sala
Phenix avenue 10 the northwest corner or
land of Edward L.. Wood: thence southerly
along the westerly line OF said Wood ana
estate OF Gardner L.. Luther, and the con.
tinuation thereof TO line drawn parallel
with and 500 feet southerly from the south
erly line Of said Phenix aoenue; thence east
erly along said line until u intersects ine
drawn parallel with and SOD feet westerly
from the westerly line of Cranstou street (;
thence southerly along said line to the porth-
erly boundary line OF the "Wayland Park
Plat; thence easterly following the northerly
line of saio NayIand Park Plat 10 and across
Cranston street 20 the easterly line thereof: !:
thence southerly, following the easterly line
of said Cranston street and Oaklawn avenue
to Sockanosset Hill crossroad: thence soutb-
easterly with said road about ~ feet; thence
northeIly on a line drawn parallel with and
800 feet easterly from the oastefly line OF said
Cranston street 10 the northerly line OF Park
avenue: thence easterly with said Park avenue
about $50 feet thence northeriy on line
drawn parallel with and S33 feet easterly from
the ensterly line of said CraDston street about
200 feet; thepce eastariy at rieht angles from
last line l67 feet: thence northerly on line
drawn parallel with and 1000 feet easterly
from the easterly line OF Crauston street until
it intersects line drawn parallel with and
1000 feet southeTly from tho southerly line OF
said Cranston street: thence easterly aud
northpastorlv with said line drawn parallel
with and 1000 feet southerly and southeasterly
from the southerly and easterly line or said
tranStOn street 10 the CITY llne NJ TFHneT hNt-
nue: thence northerly with said city line 70
the place OF hoeinning: are interested In their
proceedings in the true intent and meaning
OF said act.
The plats OF the proposed Improvement and
OF the assessment area. may he seen az the
office OF j. A. Latham, 81 Wey hosset street,
(Swarts Block). Providence. u. /
GEORGE II. BABBJTT
JOHN G.. DAVIS,
EDDY NJ. SHAW,
Commissioners.
Cranston, r. l., February IL. 1906.
feb27-mar5
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Court Calendar for Friday.
Appellate Divislon.t


Ex. 2035. Henry Cairns vs. Myer
Silvetstein.
TX. 2ilS. Augustin II. Morgan ct ux
VS. city OF Providence
Div. f0il. Louis Kiopelle vs.. Stanislas
Riopelle.
Ex. 21ll. John G.. Colney VS.. Frank
Bryant
Div lO,452 Julia Bogues vs.. James F.
Bogues.
fcomnon Pleas Divisional
2o8I. Pc er Leonard, administrator, VS..
w. A. &F. G.. S1yles. Attorneys-Psge
& Owen for plaintiff; W. q. Rocker for
defendsnts.
205s. isaac Spivak VS.. New York, New
II ven a Hartford n ilrosd Company. At
orneys-Page n Owen for plaintiffs, I,
Frank =. Arnold for defendant.
7i33 Nellie n. Smith vs.. city OF Paw
tucket. Attorneys--W. w. N r. W. Blod-
gett and J. W. Mstthewson for plaintiff;
H. G.. NJ wry for defendant
Ti8O Eley ID. Smith vs.. X. l.. Rose
Company. Attorneys-H. j. Dubois Tor
the plaintiff; x. q. Mowry for defendant.
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No more money will be appropriated
for the license commission investigation.
Well, no more Is needed. 20 far as can be
ju5ged, witnesses and so-called witnesses
can Re had in plenty vi hout seeking for
them with fine-tooth comb, and as for
IN osscisl stenographic report Of the pro-
ceedings, the commission is welcome to
tse the columns Of THE NEWS, where is
printed a verbatim account OF what goes
on In the course Of this remarkable in
vestigstion.
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success OF getting them, and then be In a
position to tell his constituents how he
had tried and how he proposed to keep
on trying and ask for a renewal of the
confidence of their suifrag
Councilman West. however, has pre-
vailed over his inexperienced colleagues
who think i, better p litics TO make. a
great show of trying to do something, in
stead Of really trying to do something,
and the resolution adopted by the Council
yesterday promises to result in securing
to the public a great deal of satisfactory
light on the transfer ticket question.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-02-27

We take IL that clergymen, ministers,
rectorr, pastors, everywhere will symra-
thize with the plea OF fourteen members
of the cloth OF Brooklyn, N. y, all OF
them pastors o large churches, who hold
that too much OF their time is taken and
too much strain put upon them by pres
ent funeral customs
They have issued sort of manifesto,
an appeal to the public, setting forth
their views in the matter. According to
this interesting paper, "the burial customs
OF the community are exceptionally heavy
in the tax they lay upon the time and the
strength of the ministers. There are very
few cities in which so much is demanded
of the clergymen who ofiiciate at funerals
The very general custom Of evening SER
vices over the dea d, calls upon them, OF
course, for an hour at time which prac-
tically prevents the use of the evening for
any other purpose. II is then expected
that the minister will he at the house OF
mourning ON the following morning for
a brief service in the presence of the fam
lily, and after that follows ride to the
cemetery, consuming the entire forenoon,
over exceedingly rough pavements and in
close carriages for the sake of the very
brief sentences OF committal TO the grave.
"Now," tie ministers add, "there are
few men so vigorous as not to feel the
strain of this continued service upon the
body and upon the sympathies so severe
ly as to make any serious work for the
rest OF the day out of TIE que tion.
"We might well question" they con-
tinue, "the whole matter of interment
services on the ground of their extreme
trial TO the feelings add, in our climate,
the danger to the health OF those who
attend them. For fully one half the yclr
the seventies OF our climate make the
exposures they involve periIous to the
witnessss and to the c.ergymen alike"
From some OF this strain that has been
growing with the custom of celebrating
and extending the funeral service, these
Brooklyn ministers frankly ask to be re.
lieved.
ave do not ssk," they protest, "to
be released from any reasonable service
to those who are in sorrow, nor to Sc
feelings Of our charges. We recognize
the consultations we are called to admin
lister as the most sacred part of our Chris
tian office. But we submit that the re-
quirements of thess distinct services and
the long journey to the distant cemeteries
is more than In fairness ought to be ex-
pected. We therefore ask the people of
this neighborhood, our parishoners and our
friends not to request the presence OF
the ministers at the cemeteries and to do
all In their power 20 build upa sentiment
in the community which shall discoun-
tenance this practice"
The ministers who thus express them
selves are the Rev. Messrs. HUGO w. HoFF-
MAN, JAMES III. DARLINGTON, JOHN
EasKrNE ADAMS, RINaToN ID. LORD
JOHN BRITAIN CLARK, j. ID. KENNEDY,
JOSEPH 4. DURyEA, JOHN COLEMAN
ADAMS, j. WESLEY JOHNSON, j. L. RAY,
NEWELL WooLsEy WELLS, john ID.
WELLS CHARLES W. I'VE, and q. l..
wEIsKoTrEN. Their pulpits are in Whist
Is known as the Eastern District, end
their following among clergymen and lay
men in support o. their position is likely
to be large, we should say,
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-02-27

IT is by no means a reflection on Secre-
tary CARLISLE that he had little private
talk with Banker MORGAN when in New
York. Such an intercourse would be de-
cidedly TO the advantage OF the Secretary
in gett ing points.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-02-27

ALDERMAN BURBANK was r ght in his
statement that about every witness who
came to complain against the Ii ense com
mission had personal grievance to air.
Aud personal gr evances are all there Is
in IL.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-02-27

GEN. wEYLER may be able to dictate
the Spanish reports of ins rgent successes
in Cuba, but II is not so certain that he
can interfere with the successes. Gen.
MAcEo disported himself the other d y
by wiping out two towns and village
right under the noses Of the Spanish
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-02-27

Marshall Field, the dry goods
man of Chicago, who owes his
success to advertising, says: IL
would rather have my advertise
ment in one paper reaching the
homes than forty sold on the
street."
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-02-27

PERHAPS Mr.. Pugilist CoRBETT and
MIR. Pugilist FTzsIMMoNs may be pre-
vailed upon e. submit their differences to
arbitrat on in event of which a much
wearied public would cheerfully consent
to the holding OF the hearing with closed
doors
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-02-27

WE commend to the extensive and pow
erful s:rvant girl class the kindly ex-
ample Of the New York domestic who
upon her death bequeathed $1,000 to her
mistress May their hearts tn be inolin-
cd to larger Consideration and more
mar y than has heretofore prevailed for
the down-trodden housewife ody
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-02-27

ANOTHER Consolidated station, that at
Berlin, Conn.,, has.been burned, and this
time the disaster is unaccompaniei by
ameliorating circum tance, for it was a
fine new depot, such as the Consolidated
builds in Massachusetts and in Connecti-
cut.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-02-27

WHEN the Atlanta Constitution ex-
presses the opinion that ABRAHAM LIN
cors was "naturaI Democrat" II falls
sfoul Of history in a way to make history
stick pins into itseltto discover IL 1t is
awake or only dreaming.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-02-27

AFTER Prosecuting Attorney p. j. Nc
CARrHy was through with the license
commission the defence may well have
been satisfied to rest its case.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-02-27

1T is recorded that for once the Poard
OF Aldermen has done something without
the permission OF the Aldermanlet from
Ward ?, and to the view Of the latter they
are mean old things, every man Of them.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-02-27
THURSDAY FEBRUARY 27, 1895.

MAX NoRDAU declares that the new
poet laureate is the ''most perfect embodi-
ment OF Anglo-saxonism in the literature
of our time.n This view indicates that
DR.. MAX is degenerating.