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galleries The dancers were SO numerous
that they almost filed the space inside.
AS for the reception committee in the
handsomely decorated room under the
Frear gallery they were simply crowded
out of sight.
This was the situation up to II O'Clock.
OF course they got more room later after
the spectators had finally become
thinned out, but even with the spectators
all absent, there were SO many dancers
that dancing could not be engaged in ex-
cept with much difficulty
There were perhaps $500 people in the
hall if one may judge from the pro-
grammes given out. and prot badly Of those,
there were 500 couples who danced.
1t was a splendid success as far as
numbers went, but it must be admitted
that smaller. attendance would have
made the dancing rloasanter.
As usual, great many people came
from out of town, the railroad men hav-
ing sold many tickets all along the line.
Among the special guests, beside the
railroad officials, were Mayor Baxter, and
Railroad Commissioners Chadbourn and
Danforth.
The Programme.
The programmes were very handsome
and yet not at all gaudy. 1t was a little
booklet held together by silken cord.
The cover was ornamented with shield
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good work of the Association can be bet
ter appreciated when the totals of she So
eight years are considered. These are
the figures:
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in blue and gold, against the back
ground formed by the branch of the
pine tree. On the shield was in white
letters: Maine Central Ball, February
14th, 49,
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HOODS PILLS cure Liver us.
Es1ieosness, Indigestion, Headache.
4 pleasant laxative. AL Druggists
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The Government Agrees With the OPPOSE
ton that President Kruger Should Visit
England that Existing Difficulties May
be Adjusted
The Portland daily press., 1896-02-15
Decorations,
Entertainment.
Splendid
THE MAINE CENTRAL BALL
HUGH SUCCESS.

Asst evening City
hall was a place of
beautiful brilliance,
such as this city or
any other city rarely
sees. The seventh an
nual ball of the
Maine Central Relief
Association eolipsed
,;all former balls.
City hall has Eeen
the scene of many
festive occasions and
has blossomed forth
in festive attire
The Portland daily press., 1896-02-15

The entertainment lasted till nearly 10
O'Clock and all that time, hundreds Of
people were standing placed SO closely
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-03-21

are crushed and sold for domestic and
railroad fuel.
conneiI.vilIe and Fsirmont.
The analyses and practical tests Of the
coke. both demonstrate It's superior
Qualities. The United States geosra-
phical report opp $40, 1922 contains the
nellsvilie and Fairmont coke:
Carbon. Ash, phur. Authority.
Connellsv'e-
bradford Sa57s siis Os2i A. s. Mccreath
Fnirmont-
Mines.
Montana. 81 $50 OSLO o.iSo d. \. Day.
The quality of the coal is attestad by
the following analysts made by prof A.
S. McCreath. the well known Pennsyl-
vania analytical chemist:
Water. 1512; volatile matter. $4,000:
fixed carbon, b7.sS7; sulphur, .aSl, ash,
$4,000; color OF ash. red.
owing TO the comparative recent orb
gin OF the mining industry in this re-
gion, coal lands are yet purchasable at
minimum figures, and owing to the fav-
orabie location OF the vein for drift
operations along the railroads and river.
and also to Its thickness. furnishing
from 5000 to 5000 tons per acre. opera
tions can be carried onin these mines
more cheaply and with greater profit
under the same rates OF labor than In
any other section of the country, posi-
bly, without q single exception
The area OF workable coal in Marion
county comprises nearly 200 square
miles, or i2S,ee8 acres. This IS nearly
twice the area that was originally In
af,,anH Ia &I4a CaaxnlIa,tIfa huglt and
would supply the markets of the whole
country Tor bltumlnous coal at the pres
ent rate of output for period Of nearly
ten years, every acre of which lies In
convenient working distance from the
Monongahela river and would find a
market by the completion OF slack water
navigation TO Fairmont
What SineIkwatcr will DO.
The capacity OF the present establish
ed mines in this country. with full and
complete facilities for transportation.
would be probably 100000 OF tons an
nually, or nearly three times the present
output. They now employ as miners,
coke workers, upwards OF 1000 men. and
support population OF nearly 10000
people. 1t will thus be seen that II the
present mines could be furnished with
ample transportation facilities, the out
put would at once be increased in the
ratio of three 70 one, and that proper.
tionately the population OF the, county
dependent upon this single industry
would swell TO 10000 people The ok
pertinent here Ia that as the mines he.
come more prosperous, the general on
terprise OF the county responds in the
erection OF various other Industries
Hence the operation OF the mines al
ready established to their fullest capa-
city means the doubling Of wealth, en-
terprise and population of this already
large and thriving community.
mt II may be asked. Is there q present
demand for so largely Increased produc-
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lively engaged. in the practice Of his pro-
fession since that time; removed to
Marianna Lee county. Ark, In B'ebrtl-
airy. 1874. where he has since resided;
was elected as the Democratic nominee
TO the Office OF prosecuting attorney of
the First judicial district OF the state In
September. 1878; was renominated and
elected for three successive terms. AZ
the expiration of his third term he de-
clihed 10 offer again. He was the DEM
ocratic presidential elector for the First
congressional. district In 1855; was nomi-
mated by, the Democratic congressional
convention. at Paragould. on the 18th
of July, 1892. for the Fifty third Con-
gress by acclamation and was elected,
and was reelected to the Fifty-fourth
congress.ass "a Democrat, receiving 6,O2b
votes against 1899 votes for NJ. r. Coff-
man. Populist, and 46 votes scattering,
The last member, of the committee Is
Hon Albert s. Berry, of the Newport
tTSy.) district. who ranks with Messrs
Doyener. Grosvener and Bramwell, as
warm friends Of river Improvement.
Mr.. Berry was born in Campbell county,
Ky..:: educated at Miami University,
oxford, Ohio; attended Cincinnati Law
School served two terms in the state
senate and five terms as mayor.o OF New
port. was elected oathe Fifty-third and
reelected to the Fifty-fourth Congress
as a Democrat. receiving 14,00S votes,
against II, 96S votes for Thomas B. Mat
thews. Republican, and ga votes FOR
Franklin Sanford. Populist
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Connellsvllle coal, which Is embraced
In a long narrow strip, comprising ori-
ginalIy about 10000 acres OF the finest
coking coal in the world.
The Fine Fairmont Coal.
Westward the vein deteriorates in
quality, but though there are some mod
iflcations OF the Connellsville variety, as
It proceeds south into West Virginia, it
is found that the same excellent quail
ties that marked the vein in the lower
pools and on the Youghiogheny are fully
preserved In the regions of the upper
Monongaheia. In fact in many partic-
ulars, especially In the Fairmont region,
they seem to have been enlarged and in
creased. The VENTS thicker. From five
feet and less near Pittsburgh, and seven
on the Youghiogheny 1t becomes In
many places nine and ten feet In thick
ness. Its superior qualities as a steam.
gas and colSing coal have not deterior-
nted. On the contrary, II enters the
market as q close competitor with the
product of these more northern regions
and finds a ready sale, Notwithstanding
II Is Handicapped by considerable
freight differentials In their favor. and
notwithstanding the development of the
mining industry is OF comparative re-
cent origin In this section. Indeed the
growth OF the industry Is most grati-
flying indication of the esteem In which
the product is held In the markets of the
country. AS an Illustration OF this
growth, II may be stated that the total
output of the mines OF Marion county
was only about 100000 tons In 1887. while
in 1895 II has increased in round NUM-
bers to 100000 tons. The manufac-
ture OF coke shows more surprising
gains. In 1887 the total output was 81
COS tons; IN 1895 It had grown TO 100000
tons. II must also be remembered that
during this period OF increase the single
railroad upon which the operators OF
this section depended for transporta-
ton, was often unable to supply ade-
quate shipping facilities, being short OF
oil kinds OF cars and equipments, and
frequently during times OF the most
pressing demands for coal and coke, II
was positively incapable Of moving one
half the Tonnage that was offered.
slaolewater Ares.
The area to be taken in by the COM
pietlon of slack water to Fairmont EN-
braces several hundred square miles of
workable coal, which lies in the coun-
ties Of Monongnlla, Marion and Harrt-
aon. Owing to the fact that but a smell
portion of that lying In Monongalia is
on the lire OF the railroad which runs
from Fairmont to Pittsburgh on the east
side ot,the river, there has been but lit
tile development in that country, two or
three small ninea only having been
onened on the line OF the Fairmont. Nor
gantown a Pittsburgh railroad. But
the great body of the coal lying In Nom
ongalla Will be made available by the
completion OF slack water navigation 70
Fairmont and the construction OF short
line railroads from the river for two or
three miles up the variouH small creeks
which empty Into the same river.
The coal OF Harrison county Is sub,
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INN STEAMBOATS,.

Cant. james a. Henderson, In n Very In
teresting Article Gives His Views OF linz
prosen,ent OF the Western Rivers, Par
tiruiarIy the ohio Movable Dams Like
That nj Davis Island, strung Along the
River, Would be q God-send.
THE past summer demonstrates the
feet that the Ohio river should be speed
ny improved. In fact, the three last
summers were disastrous ones to those
employed on the river and also unpro-
fitableito owners OF all kinds of marine
crafts When we realize we have on
the banks of the Ohio the greatest pro-
ducing territory. which furnishes more
tonnage than any other stream in the
world, ii is the strongest plea that can
be used for making the Ohio river 1avi-
sable the entire year. AS Is shown by
statistics, the Ohio floats more tonnage
than the Missouri and Mississippi riy-
ers combined, and that is counting only
the navigable seasons, which average
about seven months in the year
what would be the tonnage on the
great Ohio river II we could be assured
OF six feet OF water at Pittsburgh all the
year round?
The steamers operating on the river
would be of a different type and as fine
as could be found on any water course
In the country At a season of the year
when the people OF Pittsburgh and
surrounding cities would travel by wat
er during the months Of July and Au-
gust navigation is suspended on &C
count OF low water: not that there is not
sufficient water, but 1t is waste OF the
waters,
20 Davis Island dam. located below
Pittsburgh, could be extended all along
the river to Cairo. Ills. the tonnage
would far exceed the expectations and
fondest hope 8 of those now engaged IN
the Transportation business by water
The Mississippi river received in appro-
prIatIons up ITO 1890, $i2,0S6,5S6, while
Inc Ohio rlyek received s9156,3l3- The
amount of tonnage on the upper and
lower Mississippi rivers, including the
Missouri, amounted in one year 10
s.S59b53 tons. while on the Ohio river.
during the season OF navigation, the
tonnage was 1901, $50 tons. AS an In
vestment In real estate, how much more
valuable would be the banks along the
Ohio river as every farmer would be
interested In having the stream naviga-
r r.
bic. 9,s
The cities would become more pros
ferous where they are now slumbering.
i should think that some scheme could
be devised by Congress by which bonds
could be issued for waterways improve
ments. that could be paid by, genera
lions to come, for they would be inter-
ested as well as I'VE of the present. IN
n permanent navigable waterway !
do not think that those OF the present
generation should bear the expense Of
these improvements. The entire Ohio
river could be locked and damned com
plete In. five years, II the appropriations
we're forthcoming TO carry on the work.
senator Quay's idea is an excellent one;
toraise b large srm and let US have our
waterways improved so that the coun-
try oan be benefited by cheap trans
rortation and the better facilities that
watercourseg afford.
G JAMES A. HENDERSON.
Pittsburgh & Cincinnati Packet Cons
pany.
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Innrnrn lI,e nlrerls..

Tho result Of every Improvement of q
great Waterway, no matter where, has
always been an Immense increase In
production and commerce. Glasgow
spent SEQ, 900 on Its river and jumped
from q cityiof 10000 to a city OF 100000.
Manchester built her ship canal, and
now ships 60 from her docks to every
city OF the world
Germany, during the past twenty-five
Year,, haB improved her river nhyign-
tion toilthe highest polnt OF efficiency
nfd, asil result. She has Jumped from ~
obscure Producer OF Iron and steel u
size second place IN the list oi steel man
ufacttifing snptl0ns. In fifteen yearf
the cities ofeBerlin and Hamburg dou-
bled their tonnnge. ffhmburg's ton.
mage before the work began was 6,00Q,-
900 a year. and now II Is 100000 tons 9
year
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dect to to the same disadvantages in
point OF transportation that have proved
such an Incubus TO operators IN Marion
county. Nevertheless there nrc several
successful mines. shipping q large guam
tity OF coal and coke. now In active opcr-
atoms Ia that field. But The largest de-
yeiopment IN the mining industry IS
found In Marion county, situated near
the junction OF the two branches that
form the Monongahela. The coal in
Marion county crops out all along the
Monongahela and its West Fork branch
for a distance or nearly twenty miles,
and within all that distance can be oper-
ated by drift mines along the river. AZ
Il gets back from the river Il becomes
deeper. but r. easily worked by SHAFT
openings at nominal depth. The Balti-
more & Ohio, Monongahela River and
Fairmont. MorgRntown & Pittsburgh
railroads are built along the river. and
since the completion OF the two last
named roads. tbranches Of the Baiti-
more & Ohio within the last i've years,
the development In mining has been
carried forward with great activity.
There are now twelve mines and $50
ovens in operation along these lines,
in Marion county, producing last year
lbs. 1856 tons of coal and 100000 tons OF
coke.
This coal finds ready market princi5
pally in the northwest for steam and
fuel purposes; but considerable guam
,tity is used both east and west for the
manufacture OF gas. II being very rich
In the elements that go 10 make UP q
good gas coal. The coising OF this coal
has always been more OF an incident
than well directed branch OF the busi-
ness operations OF the mines, as II has
been the custom to use only the SCREEN
ings of the coal for coking purposes,
Stiii some of the operators The Mon
tana Company. especially have adopt
ed the most modern and best methods OF
coliing the product, and II has a very ex-
eeiient reputation as q furnace and
foundry coke. while thousands of tons
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the east and the equally rugged hills
between the Monongahela and Ohio
rivers. on the west. The cost OF trans
porting products over this single rail-
road system. has been extremely heavy.
and has operated 70 prevent anything
like the measure OF development OF this
section which would nave prevailed IN
der more favorable circumstances. This
Is especially true as 10 coal. the most
important product Of this region. which
Is found here under more favorable
conditions. probably, for cheap and eff
fectlve working, than In any other place
in the country
AS Is Wen known. the coal measures OF
the Monongahela river. extending from
Pittsburgh on the north to the interior
ffWest Virginia In the south, and from
the Allegheny mountains in the east to
the Ohio rlyey and beyond on the west.
comprise the largest, best and most pro-
iductive veins OF bituminous coal In the
world. There are several veins ems
braced In the series. but the leading one
In point Of general excellence is the
Pittsburgh vein, which crops out on ttte
Monongahela from Pittsburgh ~
Clarksburg. a distance Of over $50 mill
and also on the Youghiogh branch
of the Monongaheia, which empties into
that river a few miles south OF Pitts
iburgh. The character OF this particu-
lar vein of coal is so wen established in
the markets OF the country that II
would seem TO be unnecessary to speak
OF the excellence Of the deposit in this
region, IL II were not from the fact that
all coal from the same vein Is not of
equal merit, and that even In the Pitts
burgh vein there are localities where the
variety is marked by imDerfections.
The best grades for fuel. steam and do;
nestle purposes are found In the Pitts
burgh region. extending along the river
In the lower pools and on up the Yough-
iogheny until point is reached where
chemical changes have modified the
characteristics OF the vein somewhat
into the particular variety known as the
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NEEDS OF rHE M0NoNGAHELA.

IL should be Freed from the bondage OF
UnjustinRhie ToIis-other Rivers not so
Hampsred- Probable Cost OF Maxi
I Ing this Important Water Way Free.
Value OF the Navigation company's
Plant
The sufficient answer to the question
why should the Monongahela river be
freeY" is that, possibly with one exeep-
ton and that river with little com
merce. there is not another navigable
water In the United States on which
tolls are exncted. This applies to the
coast as well as TO the inland waters,
The harbors. bays, channels. inlets and
rivers that flow into the oceans and guif
have been improved at an enormous ex-
pence. and their navigation Is free. The
rivers OF the Interior, as well as OF the
coast, have their channels relieved OF
obstruotions, and improvements have
been undertaken to mako the navigation
OF these rivers not only safe but easy
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mittee Is Hon. Richard II. Clarke OF
Mobile. He was born in Marengo coun,
~, Ala, February .. 1873 gfaauAtso
from the University OF Alabama IN July.
1851: served in the Confedernte army as
lieutenant IN the First Battalion OF Ala
bnina Artillery: was admitted 70 prac-
toe OF the Law. In 1851: was state sgiisl-
tor (prosecuting attorney for Mareneo
county from 1876 to 1877; was electea 70
the TIfsy-arst. Fifty second and Fly
third Congressess and Reelected 70 tne
1rlfty-fuurth Congress Us q Demoet.tt,
receiving C,sif votes, against SsS votes
for sIhiey, popuiist.
Tho lower mississippi has 2 represen.
tntlve on. The committee In the person OF
Hon. Philip b culloch, jr.ot MARI
anna. whose district rs the First ar
kansas. Mr. sicculloch was born IN
Nfurfreesboro Rutherford county
Tenn. ON the 2Sd day Of June. isel y q
son Of DR.. Philip d. and Lucy v. McSul-
loch (nee Burrus): removed with ms
parents when three years OF age 20
TreIfton. Gibson county Tenn where
he was reared; was educated at 81. AM
drew College, In that place; began the
study OF law in 1871 at the age OF TWEEN
~: was admitted TO the bar OF Tennes-
bee In August, 1872 and has been act
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si.oss, 600 s sS77 2t 20 sssssa 50 si,sgo. 49, 20
This narticiilar mine is one of the four

Thislparticular mine is one OF the four
owned by the Montana Company, and
It's shipment of coal for the year 1895,
was less than that of two other mines
operated by the same company AS its
product paid freights amounting to
$685.. 1853 90, the sum total Of the freights
paid by this one company last year
must have been quite one million dol
lars, This company ships about one
half the product OF Marion county; con-
sequently the railroad freights on coal
and coke paid every year to the Balti-
more g. Ohio railroad at Fairmont must
aggregate nearly. II not altogether.
s2.000.000. The exact figures are not
available. but Il IS within bounds to
say that twice the amount OF money
asked from, the government to
Extend sinels-watcr TO Fairmont
is annually paid out in freight on coal
and coke alone to the railroad that
transports It to market, and which Is
frequently unable TO furnish transpor-
tatton for one-half OF the product that
could be shipped from these mines
under more favorable circumstances,
OWEN s. MCKINNEY,
Secretary Fairmont Development Com
%,pany
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a most significant example o. tho
present conditions of con,merce Oh the
Ohio WINS recently given. Millions Q.
TONS OF coal lay for months At or ne ,s..
lPittsburgh, waiting for an opporsusn,ttES,
to descend the river There weye SOW
ar more loaded barges waiting tnere.
ana for months It took 81 4 day to pump n,l,
each one OF them out Finally m ners
came q. lucky rain aud the graf iiees
started. Immediately there WIS
,,reck ~ Dead MANS rifle. Just below
pittsburgh and the whole VAST I'cet va
blocked again, with tnc M XIV Lni'. NJ
and the sunlen parses e''o i''l's gay
channel. " ~
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MONONGAHELA.
The Wonderful Resources OF This
Great Valley Outlined.
WEST ylRGlNIA'S PART OF IT.
Is by Far Richer Than That in
Pennsylvania, Over the Line.
THE PEOPLE THERE AROUSED

To the Magnitude OF the Future OF the
yalisy-Ths Coal Deposits in Marion
and sionongaIia Counties arc Hardly
More Than Tonehsd II win be tho Bas-
iestsection OF the valley I'm Ten Years.
Fairmont and srorgantown People
Want ssacIxwater Extended.