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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-06-24
A HANDSOME WEDDING.
Mr.. Wilbur Shirley Mayors and Miss Ella
Duvall Miller Married at Fairmont.

Mr.. Wilbur Shirley Mayors and Miss Ella
Duvan Miller Married at Fairmont.
Special to the Register.
Fairmont, w. Va, June 23.-The
wedding of Wilbur Shirley Mayors and
Miss Ella Duvall Miller was solemn
lied this afternoon at $50 o'clock at
the Christ P. E. Church, Rev. Luther
w. Doggett officiating. The church
was tastefully decorated with rare
profusion of ported plants, flowers and
ferns, and the ceremony was one Of the
most impressive ever witnessed here.
The bridal party was composed as fol-
lows: The Episcopal vested choir, OF
which the bride was a leading member,
followed by the ushers, Mr. George NJ.
Mayors and J. P. Kirby, Esq. The
bridesmaid Miss Irene T. Mayors, OF
Wheeling, and the groomsman, w. Hupp
Sands, came next, Immediately pre-
ceding the bride and groom. They were
followed by Hon. Joseph E. Sands, who
gave the bride away.
The bride is one of Fairmonts most
popular young ladies and has formed
a host of friends during her stay here.
She was formerly a resident of Ken
lucky, but has been at this place sew
eral years as third assistant at the State
Normal School.
The groom is a son of G. w. L. May
ers., Esq. and is very promising
young man. For two years past he has
been engaged in settling up the estate
o. his uncle. Stephen H. Mayors, in
Chilli, South America.
The happy couple lefto the Z o'clock
train for the West and will visit several
large cities in the United States. after
which they sail for Chilli. They take
with them the best wishes of host Of
friends.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-06-24
WILL MAKE WESTON DRY.
The Mayor Has Decided to Enforce the
law Rie,dly.

law Rig dly.
Special to the Register.
Weston, w. Va, June 25.-There are
no licensed saloons in Weston now and
it is the intention of the authorities to
enforce the liquor law rigidly. The
fight has begun in earnest. p. J. Dyer
was to-day arraigned before Mayor
Gaylord for the unlawful sale of the
ardent, and was held under 500 to
await the action of the grand jury.
The Mayor also required an addi-
tional bond of $500 conditioned not to
sell liquor between this time and the
first day of the October court. Dyer
refused to give this bond and was re-
manded to Jail. His attorney has taken
steps to secure his release upon habeas
corpus.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-06-24

Democratic party We have a chance
of holding the reins OF the government
in our own hands for four years if we
will act wisely. We want to see the
convention act in harmony and not act
the fool.
CAPT. J. w. WILLIAMSON.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-06-24
OVER HIS FATHERS GRAVE.
An Oakland. Md. Man Hangs Himself-No
Reason Given for the Deed.

Special % the ReglsJeT
Terra Alta, w. Va, June 2S.-At Z
o'clock this morning the dead body OF
Lloyd NJ. Bell. a we'll known saddler
and harness maker of Oakland, Md,
was found hanging to a tree in the Odd
Fellows Cemetry at that place. He had
tied rope to a limb Of the tree, fasten-
ed it TO his neck and jumped from the
tree. His neck was broken and death
was probably instantaneous. He left a
note for his vile but gave no reason for
his rash act. His aged father, James
Bell. gas buried on Thursday last and
theman suicided near his fathers grave.
He leaves a wife and two pretty chill
dren
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-06-24

~; John L. Brown, Elkins, Randolph
county.
Restoration and Reissue-Marshall
Calvert, deceased, Topin's Grove, Jack
son county.
Restoration and Increase-Peter Dill
lon, Wheeling; Samuel Darnell, Char
lesion, Kanawha county.
Renewal-Aaron n. Gatchell, Jarrett,
Kanawha county.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-06-24
FELL BETWEEN CARS.
william Knots. of StauntoD, Va, Instantly
Killed at Parsons.

Special TO the Register.
PARSONS. ". VA, June 23:-Wm.
Knots, of Staunton. Va, VINO has been in
the employ of the Black Water Boom and
Lumber Co. of Davis. w. Va. while max
ing running switch in front of the Union
Manufacturing Company, of this city,
where ne was at work, fell between the
cars as ne attempted TO step from one to
the othr. and was instantly killed. His
body is badly mangled, almost past recoS-
milton. lie is single man and has been
a trusted employe of the Black Water
Lumber Co for some time.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-06-24
LIFELONG FRIENDS
Fall Out Over a Trivial Matter. and Ia
tai Shooting ARRAY Results.

Special to the Register.
Huntington w. Va, June Esd.
Mackey was fatally shot by Tom Dit
at Thacker last night. The men had
been lifelong friends but fell out last
evening over a trivial matter. which
ended in the shooting. Dit crossed the
river to Kentucky and has not yet sur
rendered
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-06-24
THE WIGWAM,
IAO2 MARKET STREET.

New and elegantly furnished, and the
newest thing just added Is beautiful oil
painting just hung up, painted by the dis
faii To see II. Remember This Cafe is first
class. Everything served prompt. Tho
hest brands OF Whiskes. Imported and Do
on draught all the time. Side entrance TO
ladies' and Gems Restaurant, Fourteenth
an15 S. BRUBAKER, Prop.
Mesa free press., 1896-12-25

The output of mineral wealth
faom Arizona's extensive mines at
Congress, jerome, Bisbee, Clifton
Morenci and Globe will be- so
enormous this coming year that
even Montana will be thrown in
the shade in the yield of copper
and other precious metals. Ari-
IONA mining is as yet in its in
fancy. A few years hence and
Won Humbolt's prediction will be
realized: "The world does not know
the immense amount of hidden
wealth in Arizona and New
Mexico"
Mesa free press., 1896-12-25

The Sugar Trust is said to be
preparing to stamp out all opposi-
ton and prevent any more rivals
from entering the field oy obtain
ing possession of ell the new in
ventions for reducing the cost and
labor Of refining as fast as they
come into notice. This is a great
wrong to the people of the country,
but there is some solace to be found
in the fact that it will bring shout
the sale of many inventions, and
the producers of the devices will
profit, even if consumers of sugars
do not.
Mesa free press., 1896-12-25

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Mesa free press., 1896-12-25

Every one should know that to
eat when tired is to place upon the
digestive organs a burden wi ieh
they are wholly unable to carry
When the body is in a state of
fstigue the digestive. organs are
unable to perform their natural
functions; the glands of the
stomach will not form gastric juice,
the saliva is deficient in quantity.
and the whole digestive apparatus
is incapable of doing efficient work
When exhausted. one should rest
before eating. If faint sensation
is experienced relief may be OBJ
tanned by drinking glass of hot
water.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-12-11
THE WAR DEPARTMENT..
Little Active Work for the Arm,
During the Year.

The report of the secretary of war ex-
hibits satisfactory conditions in the several
branches of the public service intrusted to
his charge. Fhe Limit of; our military
force as fixed by law, is constantly and
readily maintained. The present discipline
and morals of our army are excellent, and
marked progress and efficiency are appar-
ent throughout its entire organizat ton.
With the exception of delicate duties in
the suppression Of slight Indian disturb
ances along our southwestern boundary,
in. which the Mexican troops co-opera ted
and the compulsory but peaceful return,
with the consent. of Great Britain, of a
band of Cree Indians from Montana to
the British possessions, no active opera
tions have been required of the army dur
ing the year past.
Changes in the method of administra ton,
the abandonment of unnecessary posts, and
the consequent concentration of troops,
and the exercise of care and vigilance by
the various officers charged with the re-
sponsibility in the expenditures of the ap-
propriations, have resulted in reducing to
a minimum the cost of maintenance of
our military establishment.
During the past year the work of con-
structing permanent infantry and cavalry
posts has been continued at places here
tofore designated. The secretary of war
repeats his recommendation that appropria-
tions for barracks and quarters should
more strictly conform to the need of the
service, as Judged by the department,
rather than respond to the wishes and i'm
that much of the money provided for such
construction should now be allotted to the
erection of necessary quarters for the gar
risons assigned to the coast defenses, where
many men will be needed to properly care
for and operate modern guns. It is es-
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-12-11
Weight
Revenue
s5,ss7,s4sl
34s, 9Ss, 64sl
7s.7O1,14Sl
1s,s5O,1s7l
$60,624.464
2,sss,4os
1o,s24,OSs
s,s2o,s21

The remainder of our postal revenue,
amounting to something over 5000, 600,
was derived from box rents, registry fees,
money-order business and other similar
items. The entire expenditures of the de-
partment, including pay for Transports
ton credited to the Pacific railroads, was
$92, ,1S6. 1856 II, which may be considered as
the cost of receiving, carrying and deliver
appears that though the second-class mat
ter constituted more than: two-thirds of
the total that was carried, the revenue
derived from 1t was less than one-thirtieth
Of total expenses. The average revenue
from each pound Of frst-class matter was
SO cents, from each pound of second-class
matter Sh mills (of the second class 52,
348 .297 pounds was free matter); from each
pound of third class, 1871 cents; from each
pound of fourth class, 1876 cents.
The growth of weight in second-class
matter has been from 299, 900 900 pounds IN
1894 to 4312, 900, 900 in 1895, and to almost
349. 900 900 in 1896, and it Is quite evident
this increasing drawback is far outstrip-
ping any possible growth of postal reve-
nues.
Our mail service should, of course, be
such as to meet the wants and even the
conveniences of our. people,, with a direct
charge upon them SO light as to exclude
the idea of our postoff1ce department be-
ing a money-making concern; but in the
face of the constantly recurring deficiency
In its revenues. and in view of the fact
that we supply the best mail service. in
the world, it seems to me it is quite time
to correct the abuses that swell enormous
ly our annual deficit. If We concede the
public policy of carrying papers free in
the county of publication, and even the
policy of carrying at less than one-tenth
their cost other bona fide newspapers and
periodicals, there can be no excuse for
subjecting the service to the further i'm
mense and increasing loss involved in car
rying at the nominal rate of l cent a
pound the serial libraries sometimes in
cluding trashy and even harmful litera-
ture and other, matter, which, under the
loose Interpretation of a loose statute, has
been gradually given second-class rates,
thus absorbing all profitable returns de-
rived from first-class matter, which pays
three or four times more than its cost, and
producing large annual loss to be paid
by general taxation. IF such. second-ela
matter merely paid the cost of its handling,
our deficit would disappear and sur
plus result which might be used to- give
the people still better mali facilities or a
.cheaper rate Of letter hostage.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-12-11
POsTOFFICE DEPARTMENT.
The Deficit Less Than I'm Formel
Years 49, 49,. <;


Our postoffice department is IN g5od
condition, and ,the exhibit made. of Its
operations during the fiscal year ended
June 30, 1896, If allowance is made for
imperfections in the laws applicable fto it,
is very satisfactoryA The, total receipts
during the year were s82 499:208 40. The
total expenditures, were $50. .626, ,2s6 "a, ex-
elusive of $1,55s;SSs q. which was earned
by the Pacific railroads for transportation
and credited on their debt to the govern
ment.9 There was an increase of receipts
over the previous year of IS, ,516080 q, or
II per cent, an increase of expenditures of
So, S36, ,14 OF. or Az per- cent. The deficit
was a,679. .956 S19 less than that of the pre-
ceding year.
The chief expenditures .of the postal ser
vice are regulated by law and are not in
the control of the postmaster-genera All
that he can accomplish by the most watch
full administration and economy is to en-
force prompt and thorough collection and
accountings for public moneys and such
minor savings in small expenditures and in
letting those contracts for postoffice sup
plies and star service which are not regu-
lated by statute.
An effective cooperation between the
auditors office and the spostoffiee depart
ment, and the making and enforcement
of orders by the department requiring i'm
mediate notification to their sureties of
any delinquencies on the part of post
masters and compelling SUCH postmasters
to make more frequent deposits Of postal
funds. have resulted in prompter audit
ing of their accounts and much less de-
fault to the government than heretofore.
The Years s. report shows large ..exten-
sions of both star route service and rail-
way mail service. with increased postal
facilities. Much higher accuracy in hand
ling malls has also been reached, as
appears by the decrease of errors in the
railway mail service and the reduction of
mail matter returned to the dead-letter
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-12-11
PRES|DENIS..hESS
Inc Iinpoitalt FEATURES @
the Chief Executives Adj.
dress to Congress.
- a :.

10 the Congress Of the United States:
AS representative of the people in. the
legislative brancheof their government; you
have assembled at q time when the strength
and excellence of our free. institutions
and the fitness of our citizens to Aenjoy.
popular rule have been again made MANI
fest. A politicaLconte involving moment
Gus consequences fraught with feverish
apprehension, and creating aggressiveneSs
so intense as to approach bitterness and
passion, has been waged throughout our
land, and determined by the decree of free
and independenf suffrage without disturb
ance of our tranquility or the least sign
of weakness i1our national structure.
When we consider these incidents and
contemplate theHs peaceful obedience and
manly submission which have suceeeded:a
heated clash OF political opinions, we DIS
cover abundanEevidence of determination
on the part ofe6nr countrymen to abide by
every verdict Of the popular will, and to
be controlled at all times by abiding
faith in the agencies established for the
direction of the affairs of their govern
ment. Thus, our people exhibit patriotic
disposition, which entities them to demand
of those who undertake to. make and exc
cute their laws such faithful and unselfsh
service in their behalf as can only be pro-
NOTED by a serious appreciation of the
trust and confidence which the acceptance
of public duty Invites. -. 49, -
In OBEDIENCE. to constitutional require
ment, I hereby submit to the congress
certain INFORMATION concerning national af-
fairs. with the suggestion of such legisla
tion as. in my judgment, is necessary
and expedieRt. To secure brevity and to
avoid tiresome narration, I shall omit
many details concerning matters within
federal control, which, by no means un-
important, are more profitably discussed
in departmental reports.
I shall also further. curtail this communi-
cation by ontftting q minute recital of any
minor incidents connected with our foreign
relations which have heretofore found
place in executive messages, but are now
contained in. a report of the secretary of
state, which is herewith submitted:
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-12-11
FINANCIAL MATTERS.
The Weakness and Vices of Our Pres
ent Methods.

This reference to the condition and pros
poets of our revenues naturally suggests
an allusion to the weakness and vices OF
our financial methods. They have been
frequently pressed upon the attention of
congress in previous executive communica-
tions, and the inevitable danger of their
continued federation pointed out. Without
now repeating these details, .canI-. re.
frain from again earnestly presenting the
necessity Of the prompt reform Of sys-
tenn opposed to every rule of sound finance,
and shown by experience to be fraught with
the gravest peril and perplexity.
The terrible war which shook the founda-
tons of cur government more than 80 years
ago brought in its train the destruction of
property, the wasting of our country 8
substance and the estrangement of breth-
rem. These are now past and forgotten.
Even the distressing loss of life the con-
fict entailed is but sacred memory which
fosters patriotic sentiment and keeps alive
a tender regard for those who nobly died.
And yet there remains with us today
in full strength, as an incident of that
tremendous struggle, feature of its flnan-
cial necessities not only unsuited to our
present circumstances, but manifestlJ q
disturbing menace to business security and
an ever-preseut agent of monetary distress.
Because we may be enjoying temporary
relief from Its depressing influence should
not lull us into false security nor lead
US to forget the suddenness of past vista
tions.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-12-11
Demand Tor Intervention.

These inevitable entanglements of the
United States with the rebellion in Cuba
the large American property interests
affected and, considerations of philan-
thrdpy and humanity in general, have led
to vehement demand in various quar-
ters for some sort of positive Intervention
on the part of the United States. 1t was
at first proposed that belligerent rights
should be accorded the insurgents,
proposition no longer weighed because it's
untimely and impractical operation would
be clearly perilous and injurious to our
interests. 1t; has since been and is now
sometimes .contended that the. independ-
ence of the Insurgents should be recog
nized. But, imperfect and restricted as
the Spanish government of the island may
be, mo other EXISTS there, unless the will
of the military qffceT in temporary com
mand of a particular district can be dig
nitied as a species of government 1t is
now also Suggested that. the United States
should buy the isfand-a suggestion pose
sibly worthy of consideration if there
were any evidences of a desire or will
ingness on the part of Spain to enter
tain such proposal 1t is urged, finally,
that all other methods failing, the exist
ing internecine strife: in, Cuba should be
-termina ted by- our intervention, even at
the cost of a war between the United
States and Spain-a war which its advo-
Gates confidently prophesy could neither
be large in. eitssprhporti0ns nor doubtful.
IN Its Issue.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-12-11
THE CUBAN QUESTION.
FriendIy Omces of the United State.
OFFERED to Settle the Wnr.

FriendIy Omces of the United States
offered to Settle the War.
The insurrection IN Cuba still continues,
with all its perplexities. 1t is difficult to
perceive that any progress has thus far
been made towards the pacification of the
island, or that the situation of affairs, as
depicfedcin my Hast annual message, has in
the least improved.
If Spain sti1l holds Havana and the sea-
ports iand all the considerable towns, the
Insurgents still roam at will over at least
two-thirds of the inland country. The de-
Termination of Spain to put down the in
surrection seems but strengthened with
the labse ofrstine, as is .eyinced by her
unhesitating devotion of largely Increased
military and naval forces to the task.
There is~much reason. to believe that the
Insurgents have gained lin number, char
acter and resources, and are none the less
fnfiexible in their resolve not to succumb
without practically securing the great OBJ
feet for which they took up arms.
If Spain has not yet re-establfshed her
authority, neither have the insurgents yet
made good their title to be regarded as an
Independent state. Indeed, as the contest
has gone on, the pretense that civil gov
ernment exists on the island, except so far
as Spain is able to maintain it, has been
practically abandoned. Spain does keep
on foot such government, more or less
imperfectly, in the large towns and their
Immediate suburbs, but, that exception
being made, the entire country is either
given over to anarchy or Is subject to the
military occupation of one or the other
party. It is reported, indeed, on reliable
authority, that at the demand of the COM
x1ander-in-chief of the insurgent army
the putative Cuban government has now
given up all attempt to exercise its func-
lions, leaving that government confessed
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-12-11
Lifesavins Service.

From the lifesaving service it is reported
that the number of disasters to docu-
mented vessels within the limits of its
operations during the year was 537. These
vessels had on board 4608 persons, Of
whom 1896 were saved and 13 lost. The
value of such vessels is estimated at
IS, $50, ,140, and of their cargoes So, BAG, $3.50,
making the total value of property i'm
periled $12, ,726, $40. OF this amount, $n,-
292, ,7N was saved and 81, 75o was lost.
Sixty-seven of the vessels were totally
wrecked. There were besides 243 casual
ties to small undocumented craft, on
board of which there were 594 persons, of
whom 5S7 were saved and seven lost. The
value of the property involved in these
latter casualties is estimated at $119, ,265,
of which $114,955 was saved and $4350 was
lost. The lifesaving crews during the year
also rescued or assisted numerous other
vessels and warned many from danger by
signals, both by day and night. The num-
ber of disasters during the year exceeded
that of any previous year in the history
of the service, but. the saving of both life
and property was greater than ever before
in proportion to the value of the property
involved and to the number of persons
fimperiled.