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The Somerset reporter., 1896-11-26
STATE AND GENERAL

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died Friday Of apoplexy aged y.
AdYices received from Manila say that
the rising IL the Philippines is extending
to all Of the provinces Of the island
Hon William Y. Thomas. Portland's
war mayor, president Of the canal
National Bank, died saturday morning,
aged - years.
1t is understood that the accounts of
the New England Far at Rigby last
August have been closed up and show
net surplus of receipts over expenses
of about fonr Thousand dollars
Official returns from all the counties
in the State Of south Dakota, gives the
Bryan electors lgl majority. The
popnlsts elect the governor and con
gresham, while the republicans elect
the State treasurer by a majority Of
two.
Captain IIilman Smith of Auburn. was
nominated, Friday. by the governor for
warden Of the State prison. In addition
to his large endorsement by prominent
men OF Maine, more than 200 ex-sol-
diers petitioned the governor for the
appointment of Capt. smith
Before the largest crowd ever seen at
a horse sale in this country, and after a
sensational auction, Holm K. Gentry,
the champion harness horse Of the
world, passed into the hands Of Lewis
G, Tewksbury Of New York for SI990o
at Madison SQUARE Garden, Friday.
a conservative estimate places the
number of French Canadians in Maine
at the present time at 5000. About
half OF these are found in six manufact-
uring centres. Biddeford and ~aco
have in round numbers. about 1000:
Waterville, $500, and Brunswick 100.
Ten thousand salmon in one pool at
the Auburn Fish Hatchery look So few
in number that no man would estimate
them at over 1000. In a party at the
hatchery Tuesday, estimates varied
from LOCO to 100 and occasionally t.
1000. They are stripping trout. fer
tilizing the eggs and shipping small fry.
Hillside Fruit Farm on stuart hill.
Newport, owned by r. H. Libby, as the
name OF his farm indicates. makes a
specially OF nit growing one item
the past season was 10 bushels of
The Somerset reporter., 1896-11-26

New lot of hot water bottles at Samp-
sons corner drug store.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-02-18
INSANITY IN POLITICS.

Frotectionists and rec Silverites Are Drlv-
ing sober Thinking Men from Their
Ranks.
We never could understand why a
man cannot be a prOtecJiOnist without
becoming crazy or free silverite
without going raving mad. Why should
a matter of political economy or of fl
nance ever become i'm the mind, dis
ease in its most acute form.
We are bi-metalGst OurSelf. but
we are afraid to begin to express our
opinions lest we should De hurried
into some extravaganza of language.
which would make our good angel
weep. An around and about us. and
i'm all parts Of the land We see noble
minds overthrow, whose downward
course began when they first began
90 talk silver. This does not always
happen, there are men of sense and
reason who talk silver outside of q
straight jacket. and whose arguments,
20 our mind, are powerful if not UNI
answerable. But many of the silver
orators are to-day, so wild and intern
perate in language, that they are driv-
ing sober men away into the ranks Of
the gold bugs or mOnO-metalhsts,
whose advocates are careful not to
scream into peoples ears. and rave
about Cleveland like bedlamites.
Many of the protectiOnists are just
as unreasonable and sometimes they
are actually idiOtic That we can re-
fuse to allow foreigners to sell us
their goods and yet expect them to
buy ours. is to our minds an absurd
and unreasonable thing; yet if YOU eX-
press your belief that protection. in
its acute form. is a political disease
the tarifics begin to scream and swear
that they don't need any foreign trade
and that they are the American Eagle
itself. and that YOU are opposed to the
Monroe doctrine ana bought with Brit
ish gold.-WetZel Democrat.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-02-18

BY his new system of recruiting for
the army Secretary Lamont has been
able to make a saving of S25O.OOO a
year. In addition to this financial
feature. it is said that many officers
and men who were formerly kept at
recruiting depots and stations have
been returned to their garrisons.
These returns are matters of great
consequence. for the service was han
dicapped seriously by the absence of
officers and men from their regiments.
Forty-seven officers and 1900 men
have been restored to their troops and
regular military duty is now being per-
formed by them. The results from the
recruiting stations are better now
when there are but los men at recruit
ing stations than when there We're ]. 900
Not alone are the enlistments in sufi-
cient numbers, but the character of the
recruits is excellent.
One Of the most difficult problems in
the service is desertion. but it now ap-
pears to be on the decrease with the
enlistment Of a better class of men for
recruits.
One Of the most interesting features
of the new system which Secretary
Lamont has devised is that the new
recruits are no longer kept for a pro-
tracted period under instructions. At
present the period is but sixteen days.
when formerly it was seventy-four days
more. And under this system a recruit
is sent to a regiment for actual duty.
During 1895 the percentage Of deser-
tions was lower than during any year
since the war. To amounted to but
81 out of every 100. During S594 the
percentage of assertions was SO.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-02-18
BELLAIRE.

We learn that the Bellaire and Ben
wood Bridge Co. took possession of the
ferry boat yesterday at p. M; that
they bought it to get a better site for
their bridge, and that If the bridge is
not built in two years the franchise
for the ferry is forfeited. We give
these rumors ust as they are reported
on the street.
The revival services at the First NJ.
E. church will be continued this week
by the pastor.
Isaac T. Freeze has assigned his
real and personal property, valued at
$4,000 to j. A. Gallaher, for the bene
fit of his creditors 1t is believed his
debts are less than his assets and that
all will fare we'll
The Belmont County Medical Asso-
citation will meet at the Windsor hotel
on February %. There will be a
change of presidents, j. S. Boone, NJ.
D., will retire, and J. c. Workman,
NJ. D., will assume the reins.
1t is believed that Thomas. son of
VIM. Humes, Of near eBllaire, is in
trouble in the Transyaal, as he was in
that country, having gone there from
California some years ago.
Miss Rose Phillips, chairman of the
Teachers Relief Committee, asks our
citizens for clothes for the destitute
children to enable them to attend
school.
Miss Jennie Weber, of Pittsburg,
who was a guest of Mrs. John Eteger,
of the Second ward, for the past week,
has returned to her home.
Miss Alice Cunningham is at home,
but reports her sister. Mrs. VIM. Gas
ton, of Cleveland, as still being very
dangerously i'll.
Mrs. Alex. Dubois was reported as
considerably better Sunday and it is
believed that she will recover.
c. H. Strahl and wife, of the Third
ward spent Sunday with Sistersville
friends and relatives.
The mercury ran down to 8 above
zero at the c. & p, above at Mer
GERS, and zero at SeXauer's corner.
The irrepressible NJ. Fillmore Hels-
ley is ont again after a severe wrestle
with typhoid fever.
James A. Lee wants to run for as
SCISSOR on the Republican ticket in the
Third ward.
We noticed Mr.. Walter Darrah, Of
ST. Clairsville, on our streets yester-
day.
A little squabble between two wo-
men of the Third ward will likely he
aired in the local courts.
l. NJ. Rhodes. of Meadviile, Pa, was
registered at the Windsor yesterday.
A. NJ. Simpson. Belmont, and c. f.
Frazier, GAINESVILLE, were guests of the
Hotel Anderson yesterday.
Two of the Gardiner children, of the
Fifth ward, are sick.
Charles Deafenbaugh is getting
much better
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-02-18
DIED..

MCULLOUGH-At City Hospital. Mon
day. February nth. 1896 Paxton McCul-
Tough.
Funeral from the residence of his
nephew, Charles 2. Bailey No. 81 Virginia
street, Wednesday afternoon, February
18th, at O'Clock
ANKE-AIonday morning, February nth,
1896 at 2:30 o'clock. John Ankle, aged 81
years, 10 months and 10 days.
Funeral from family residence, No. 2S05
Jacob street on Wednesday morning at
$50 o'clock. Mass a St. Josephs Cathe-
dral at O'Clock Friends of family re-
spectfully invited to attend. Interment at
Mt. Calvary cemetery.
KALTENBACH-On Monday. February
II. 1896. at 10 o'clock p. m, Joseph Kali
tenbach. IN the Both year OF his age.
Funeral notice hereafter.
ENTHUSIASTICALLY February Is.
1896 at his residence. at Boggs' Run. Fred
ericz Niedermyer, aged 50 years.
Funeral Tuesday at p. m, from the
German Lutheran Church at Benwood.
Friends of the family invited to attend.
WOODS-At Garrett, S c.. on Saturday,
February l5 1896 at $3.50 p. m, Samuel 5.
Woods, son of Amelia and the late Robert
b. Woods.
Funeral notice hereafter.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-02-18
MARTINS FERRY.

Last evening the MaennerchOr Sing
ing Society gave the last masquerade
ball of the season. and TO say il was
largely attended would be putting IT
mildly. Meister's orchestra furnished
music for the occasion, and everybody
seemed TO have spent most enjoyable
evening.
Coroner Furbay held an inquest yes
terday morning over the remains of
Henry ROmal. Quite a number of
witnesses were examined, and it was
after II o'clock before matters We're
finished. The street car company and
the operator were eNOnerated from all
blame The suppOsitiou was that the
yOungster tried to board the car on
it's way up and was knocked senseless,
and the car i'm coming back ran over
him.
The Chas Swartz property was sold
yesterday TO Ct. G.. Sedgwick for Sl,2O5.
win Crow returned TO Wellsburg
Yesterday after a short visit with his
parents here.
The residence of James Keesey on
Fayette street was appraised yesterday
bv VIM. Mann. f. Eick and L. Rother-
mund at $3.50
A large crowd attended thebeneft
dance given for Scott Gordon last even
ing at Linn'S hall
David Davis is home from a trip
to Cleveland.
Several wagon loads of oil well tools
and an engine were taken out to the
oil fields yesterday.
John Henderson has returned home
from Smithfeld.
VIII Rowley has returned home from
q visit with friends and relatives at
Wellsburg.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-02-18
a CONCERT
To he Given This Evening at Milligan, Wal
tars & Co.'s.

To be Given This Evening at Milligan, Wal
ters & Co.'s.
This evening a concert will be rem
dered at the music store of Milligan,
Wilkin & Co., in which well known
talent Will participate. Following is
the programme:
March Ensemble .................. Paul Emo
Ariel and Ideal ClTDs.
Mandolin SOlo-FlOwer Song ........G lynn
Prof Fred c. Meyer Mr.. II. j. Ritter. Ac-
companist.
Mandolin and Piano Duet-The Mil in
the FOREST ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. EllenDerS
Misses Anna and Adelaide Burcoff.
Banjo Solo-Blushing Rose. Arr by Meyer
Prof. Fred G. Meyer Mr.. IL, j. Ritter, Ac-
companist.
Sleigh Ride ......................... Lansing
Ariel Club.
Bella Mazurka :........:......... Walteufel
Mandolin SOlo-Dedication .......... Duval
Master VIM. Deitweiler, Mr.. II. J. Ritter
AccOmpanist.
Mandolin and Piano Duet-Venetian
lance ......... Recommendations. Selected,
Misses Anna and Adelaide Burcoff.
Guitar SOlO-Romance ................. Abt
Prof. Fred c. Meyer. Mr. II. J. Ritter Ac-
companist.
oAtlS4 NIUE Observation-Disclosures. IOCaDen
Ariel and Ideal Clubs.
The Bay State guitar and mandolin
will be used
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-02-18

There is proposition in the New
York Legislature to investigate the
Coal Trust. Some Of the New York
newspapers have demanded that there
shall be "a legal inquiry into the right
ot the carrying and mining companies
to restrict production and parcel out
among themselves the percentages of
permitted business. 1t remains to be
seen whether the move in the Legisla-
ture shall prove to be a genuine effort
to prevent a combination against the
public interest or a mere effort TO
squeeze the Trust for funds for Boss
Platts political purposes.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-02-18

In another column will be found an
Interview with Hon. II. s. Riley which
t viii do every Democrat in the State
good to read. II is "a word of encour-
agement and good cheer and points out
the extreme weakness Of the Repub-
Hcan position in this State tt is be-
yond an question that the Democrats
can elect a majority of the next Leg
islature and hold our State govern
ment under the wise and economical
Democratic management that has pros
pered the state in the past, il they will
organize and stand together in the State
campaign and not allow national issues
TO divide them on State issues.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-02-18
BENWOOD.

Miss Dora Cockamel. of Leabnrst
VINO has been visiting her sister Mrs.
DR.. T. H. Meighen, has returned
home.
Postmaster James Barrett took
charge yesterday morning. Miss Mac.
gle Barrett will act in the capacity of
distributing the mail.
The young people of the German
Lutheran church viii give a Martha
washington tea party at City Hall
next Saturday night
The funeral of Frederick Neidemev-
er, an old and prominent citizen of
Benwood, will take place from the Ger
man Lutheran church at 3 o'clock this
afternoon. Mr.. Neidemeyer was at one
time foreman Of the Benwood mill. and
was respected by all
Democratic suggestion meeting Sat
urday night
James Welch a brick-mason at the
Wheeling Steel Works. was struck in
the back by falling brick while at
work Saturday, and sustained. it is
feared, an internal injury. Mr.. WEIGH
is in serious condition.
Mrs VIII Talkiton. of Pennington
has returned home after visiting
friends here
Miss Matte Glover, of Burton, is Wis
iting relatives in this city.
Neither the Riverside plant nor the
lower works here were in condition to
do much work yesterday morning. on
account of frozen water pipes.
On next Saturday afternoon. the Jr.
o. U. A. NJ. will present the North
Benwood school with a handsome fac.
The concert at st. Johns church last
night was q very successful affair. A
large and appreciatiye audience was in
attendance. The program was replete
with fSvorite pieces, and was exceed
ingly well rendered.
Col. Bob White will deliver n speecb
at the Democratic suggestion meeting
at City Hall on Saturday night.
James Smith, Of this city. is at FL
Paso, Texas. having gone in the inten-
ton OF seeing the pugilistic carnival
which was TO have been pulled off
there. One of his BenWOod friends re-
ceived telegram from rim YESTERDAY
stating that he had just returned from
attending bull fight, over on Mexican
soil. He stated further that he had
little hope Of the big Fitzsimmons-
Maher mill being pulled off.
The meeting for The suggestion of
candidates for the Democratic primar-
les comes off Saturday night, and it
seems that few candidates have as yet
entered the field. It's really high time
some hustling was done. Good Demo-
Gratis. either come out yourselves, or
prepare to suggest the names of your
friends, for you haven't much more
time in which to work.
A written guarantee given with each
- -.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-02-18

ter in it's advocacy of harmony among
Democrats in the coming State cam
paign.
Let us first look to the preservation
Of our State government and our State
Treasury from the control of self-seek-
ing and corrupt politicians who are the
tools of the men who would saddle
millions Of the Virginia debt on this
State. That most important point for
West Firginians settled. then let us de-
vote our attention to the national end
of the campaign, and fight out the silver
question in its proper arena.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-02-18

The ST. Marys Oracle mistakes the
purpose of the Registers advocacy of
harmony i'm the Democratic party of
West Virginia and the presenting Of a
solid front i'm defence OF this State
from the peril of Republican ascend
ancy in the state government The
IateIigencer With a view to making
an the mischief it can in the Demo
cratic party quotes our ST. Marys con-
temporary's comment on a former arti-
Gle i'm the Register. as follows:
we commend the above editorial TO- our
readers for what DO is worth. There are
some good things Bod b. and some chat are
not So good. It the Register thinks that
+. can "nCOIOO' the voters OF tle Demo
.rrrI. party into supporting gold bug"
for a national position. while iy gives the
silver men some Ittle state oUccS where
his views financially won't amount 90
row cf pins. why We think u Is mistaken
amount to anything thls ran on are united
as -he Register says. u W guy Poe because the
r.nr'. have declared their Judgment iu
CONVENTION on national Issues as well as
Sqte matters and that the minority has
gracefully sided 90 the majority. A con-
V.r.iir of the kcntucy Kind won't 10.
where the faction dominating the couveu-
zion was able to- elect only six members Of
-na legislature out or sixty Give The
frhrf-r chance. and they Will come ONT ON
cons every time. but none of the Kentucky
mothui .n ours please.
10 is this very Kentucky method
which lost that State to the Democracy.
that the Register would warn the
democracy of this State against. We do
not counsel any free silver Democrat
+o forsake his views on that question
for the sake Of party harmony. We
5o not ask any "goldbug" Democrat to
smother his sentiments i'm this regard
tn. silver question is not party Ques-
..o, Particularly. it i- mo-. n o'e-.'.
(Which the Democrats Of West Virginia
cam settle. or i'm the least degree tndu-
snce i'm the coming State election.
both parties i'm the nation are equally
sivided on the money question. And
., the national arena alone can it be
.orlod There let us fight 10 out DO
NOT let ft endanger Democratic suprem-
,.v i'm the State government of West
Virginia. All the Register asks of
Democrats. both "goldbug' and sill
rerite." is TO stand by their suns and
march shoulder to- shoulder i'm the de
fence of the state from the danger of
Republican rule at Charleston in the
nav. legislature and i'm the next State
,-....i.-,,-ion STt is not Inconsistent
with the principles Of either free silver
~ anu-free silver Democrats TO do
mis- IN defend the State Treasury from
the assaults of corrupt politicians and
tbe trickery Of the Virginia Debt Syn
dictate Of Wall ST.
whatever our beliefs ON the currency
Question. we can certainly all march
80 in defence Of West Virginia
toTnavers and our state institutions
t,5 ~ t't- ~~f -'o'' '''' me r--'s-
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-02-18
CARVING sETs-EwINe BROS.
pOCERS' BEST PLATE! La, y, KNIVES ,!.,I!:
4 n Best ivory and Stag AandIsd Carving Sets
GZWENT& BRo@o, . 1915 Market Street

for one to enter a rear door of the fac
tory which was open ut the time; run
upstairs, empty the contents of an oil
can on the dry wood. ignited it, and
then leave without being seen.
The origin Of the blaze will, however,
probably always remain a mystery, as
the above is only supposition. 1t is
very likely that the works will never
be rebuilt by Mr.. SeamOn, owing to
the condition of affairs that has exist
ed for a couple of years, so with it's
burning Monday morning, the town
loses one of its best establishments;
one which in times gone by was al
most the life of the place.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-02-18
SALE.

For a short time. one of Oh, Hr... tr...
Q rooms, hall and modern Improvements.
on Chapline street, Centra N....- I'd.
and easy terms.
House. Z rooms. hall and lars. .... ra-.
tenth street. cheap, &5W.
House. ! rooms, y. Narka -. sv
terms, 1850.
House. rooms and att.. Jacob --
Sixth ward. terms easy. N.tH
House, 7 rooms. and q r..u 1 q
rear. lot S0Xl20 feet, Eighteenth Nw
House. rooms. brick and bail. Ja.r. So.
Centre Wheeling.
2 lots on Lind ST.. Belvoi. S..rr
House, . rooms, Wilson L Contra
Wheeling, easy terms So
Lot, 80 feet front, Lind So.
House. II rooms. brick 18Th ... $500
House, "a rooms. Martins Ferry o..
cheap on easy terms
House. rooms, and IS r.W.I house
rear, Market ST., betw,aa 1h llI rl es
$500.
81, 600.
House. rooms, 18th ST.. V-"
House, 10 rooms. Chapine 500 Cnl
Wheeling, with large lot. cheap on ,s.
terms.
House, rooms and hall bath AMI .,
$500.
Lots in McMechen. North Berw -.
dale, Island, Edgington. Park N.t ra-
ant Valley and many other lots a rsr
city. Call and get prices.
-. House, rooms, brick, lot 33x' Il c .
line St, 5th ward, 1900.
House, IL rooms and stor. room 'r,
St. near 21st. lot 44xl20 II.
Business property on MarE.- So an MOB
crate price.
500, $500. 800, $500. 5000 and ,--ata a4-
on real estate.
NESBITT & DEVINE,
Tel. CAB. 1870 Market street
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-02-18
Was No INSURANCE.
The Total Loss at the Buckeye Will
Reach 100000.

Some Idea of Incendiarism Enter
tanned, but the Real Cause Of the
Fire is a Mystery-The Works
Will Probably Not Be Rebuilt.
The Books May be Safe-Large
Crowds Viewed the Ruins Yes
terdaV.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-02-18
A TRACK FOREMAN KILLED.
Special to the Register.

Special TO the Register.
Clarksburg. w. Va, February IL
George W. Bell. a foreman on The B. &
o. railroad. was killed near Wilsonburg
last night He was on his way home
from CIarksburg and was struck by the
west-bouud fast mail train. The top
of his head was cut off, one leg cut
OF AT the ankle, the other leg an the
thigh. and one arm cut off at the shout
Ger. He leaves a family, wife and three
children.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-02-18
GOT OUT OF JAIL.
Two Prisoners Make Their Escape at Wes-
ton-One Charged With Murder.

Two Prisoners Make Their Escape at Wes-
ton-One Charged With Murder.
Special to the Register
Weston, w. Va, February 17.-Sun-
day morning about five o'clock, l.. jack
son, a prisoner confined for house.
breaking and stealing, and who has
already served two terms in the peni-
Tertiary, gave the alarm and informed
Jailer Hall that John Davis, who was
brought here for safe-keeping from
Webster county, and a prisoner named
Brumely, charged with house-breaking
and stealing, both of whom were await
ing trial, had escaped. They gained
their liberty by extracting rock 13
by 20 inches, from a 21-inch wall. They
are still at large, and Sheriff Hall Is
making every effort to secure their
recapture.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-02-18
A STABBING AFFRAY
Over: at Bridgeport, Late Sunday Night
Injury Slight.

Injury Slight.
A stabbing ARRAY took place at
Bridgeport about midnight Sunday
night. The victim was Howard Mar
TIN, a well-known young man living at
Bridgeport. He and a man by the
name OF Charles Lewis got into a dis
pute on Bridge street, near the c. & p.
freight depot. Lewis drew a knife and
stabbed Martin in the left breast over
the heart. Officer Thompson saw the
affair and started after the men when
night. Theyictim was Howard aMr-
his escape to Wheeling while Martin
was taken to his home. where his in
jury was attended to. The wound is
not dangerous one, and Martin will
be able to be about in a day or so.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-02-18

I'm the last campaign certain unscru-
pulous and mendacious Republican pa
pers i'm this State attacked the Demo
cratic State administration on the
ground Of a too free use Of the execu-
tive clemency. The same sheets have
again come forward with the same ma
lciously false charge. one Of these par
tisan editors going even so far as TO
designate Gov. MacCorkle as the sec
ond Altgeld" How utterly baseless
the accusation against the Governor is,
is fully proven in - interview with the
Governor on boa lbject at Charles
ton. which VIII FIND in another col
1mn. The Information contained
which has never before been compiled,
viii be Of interest to West Virginians
and goes far to show to what lengths
certain Republican newspapers will go
TO manufacture a little political cap
ital