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The morning times., 1896-05-17
GIGANTIC TINE TELLERS
City P0StOffIce DialS the Larg-
est in the Country
A NOVEL NIGHT SCHEME
Illuminated Spaces Will Flash the
Hour Every Five Minutes to
the Sleeping City.

The four great dials which will adorn
the tower of the new postoffiCe building
VIII be the largest clocks in this country
Although ii will be a long time before
these mammoth chronometerS will be put
In place, general interest is already beng
manifested, and there is constant inquiry
regarding the size aud mode of operation
OF these G.Dii,tcr tlnie-tcllerS Ever ynt,r
has guessed from the great circular spaces
seen on each of the four sides OF the great
tower that they would be occupied by the
great clals of the clock But at the same
time a glance upward gives the observer
not the least idea of the Dimensions OF tie
a,ertures left in the tower to be filled by
tie dials. The pedestrian on Pcnnsyivanll
avenue, whether on business or pleasure
The morning times., 1896-05-17

were the two lost kittens, receiving uour-
ishment from her through the wires OF the
trap.
The secret was out. The mischievOus kit
tens had era wled into the trap, which had
long been out Of Use, and it had caught
them. Their plight being seen by their
mother, she sustained them in the manner
which instinct suggested.
The kittens had grown so large in the time
they had been missed that they filed the
narrow precincts OF their prison. Baltimore
Sun.
The morning times., 1896-05-17
A Mystery Solved

1T is mystery to ne how you could
accumulate so large a fortune dealing in
CATTLE" said the King of Bavaria to Baron
Hirsch.
''Ah, your majesty" returned the baron,
my dealings have been with cattle as
well as in cattle. boston Herald.
The morning times., 1896-05-17
He Couid Find Ont.

Swellington lat the soiFee)-I wonder If
that plain woman over there is really try
ing to fIirt with me?
Cooler (politelyJ-I can easily find out,
sir, by asking her. She's my wife.-Lon-
don Tit Bits
The morning times., 1896-05-17
SIS 10 BaJtImore ana Paturn

The B. & o. r r. Co. will sell excur-
siou tickets from Washington TO Baltimore
for all trains of Saturday and Sunday.
May 18th aud 18th. at the rate or SI.36
for the round trip, valid for return passage
until following Monday. myI4-&R
The morning times., 1896-05-17

4erences measuring more than 45 feet and
each with an area of more than 16S square
leet, vii! be painted the blackest of black.
and across them will extend two immense
indicators, or hands. Each of these tndi-
GATORS with The counterbalance, will meas
ure within Traction OF . Tpet-a length
greater than the talleSt man in the civ
These long arms will be painted the bright
est sllvery white, so that against the black
background Of the dials they can be easily
seen from any part of the city when the
view is unobStructed.
VERY SIMPLE MACHINERY.
Up in the light tower there will be no
machinery, except possibly O cog wheel
or two to control the movement of the
hands OF the clock aud adjust the tim
indicated at night. Nor is it known
this time what style of machine the clocks
will be. 1t is very probable, however,
they will be either pneumatic or electric
Whatever they are, the actual motive pow
er which VIII govern the movements OF the
indicators in the towers will be stationed
on the first floor of the building, and there
be in charge of experts day aud night
During the night the dials of the clocks
will be illuminated by two spaces in the
form Of segment of a circle, having a
horizontal measurement of about three
feet and perpendicular measure OF about
two feet, which viii be lighted by electric
lights.
These Illuminated segments win be placed
about five feet apart one above and the
other below, and equidistant from the
center Of the dial. By means Of these the
time will be shown every five minutes, the
hour being indicated by the figures seen
The morning times., 1896-05-17

of the circle will reach little more than
206 feet above the street below.
These immense dial plates, with circmn
The morning times., 1896-05-17

scribed the glorious history of his shrewd-
ness.
And yet. 1 suppose some people wouldn't
call that dumb luck?"
The evening times., 1896-09-14

the night in an old cart. where they Were
discovered by Policeman LightfoOt. who had
Dem arraigned vGgrarts.
Me and Lige curned huh er lOokin for
my aunt. but We couldn't find her. said
Samuel.
The boys said they wanted to get tack
home, and the court asked them how they
intended TO reach there. as they had no
money They said they would walk, SO
he released them.
: john Henry Williams, coiored, was put off
o Brightwood car by the conductor because
le was drunk He. then used considerable
profanity and was arrested 10y Policeman
Stuerman.
Williams acknowledged being drunk, bnt
maintained in court today that the Con
ductor exceeded his authority.
Nothing OF the kind" said the judge.
sharply; mo drunken man should he al
lowed on a street car, and the conductor
was only doing his duty. You are fined
So
The evening times., 1896-09-14
,ToLLGATES TORN DOwE.
Kentuc kians in n Riot About Free
TurnUikeS


.s--.. Turnpikes.
Springfield, KY, Sept. 14.-Every rirst
the city is patrolcd by special officers under
command Of the city marshal. People in
the country not in sympathy with the mob
dare not come to town lest they be sus-
pec;ed Of giving information and incur per
sonal vengeance of the mob, which Is In
the majority. Not a soul enters or leaves
Springfield without giving good account
of himself.
County officials are afraid to raise
hand except to protect the town. They are
not accused of cOwardice, but fear the con
sequences of an attempt to restore orGer
with the mea ger support at their command
and the almost moral certainty Of failure.
County Judge Thompson has written for
publication an appeal to all good citizens
10 aid him in uphdlding law and order. The
general feeling is In favor letting matters
take their course for the present and not
infiame the excited mobs in the county.
The people oflthis, Washington county,
yoted last fall to make the tCrDpikes free
Throughout the country. AS the pixies are
owned by companies ii is necessary for an
other vote of the people to assess taxes
to purchase the pixies. This vote has not
yet been taken, and the authorities cannot
legally stop the toll gathering.
This the people of the county do not under
stand, and on t of patience with delay, they
have risen in rebellion and torn down
about all the toll gates in the county. This
Iiotous business has been going on for two
weeks. As the county authorities, whom
the mobs blame, live here this town has
been threatened with destruction.
The evening times., 1896-09-14
EDISON A SURGEON PRO TEN.
Located a Bullet in a Boys Leg
With His New Discovery.
Through Bandages and Splints the
Piece of Lead Is Plainly Shown
by the Fluoroscope.

New York, Sept. 4.-Thomas A. Edison
and his assistant viva rds at Menlo Park
are in a very pleasant fra me of mind be-
cause OF the success of an experiment with
the fluorOscope, performed on Thursday
night. They were pleased because the new
Edison discovery did all that was claimed
for it, and did instantly and completely
what the surgeons probe had repeatedly
failed to do.
Last Sunday afternoon Frank Denny, the
sixteen year-old son of a prominent politi-
clan of Orange. was playing with other
boys near his house. An Italian was pass
ing them. and, So the Italian claims, they
called him vile names. He whipped ont a
32-c caliber revolver and fired one shot.
which took effect in Young Dcnny's le.
thigh.
The boy was at once conveyed to the
Orange Memorial Hospital, and the fol-
lowing morning DR.. Thomas F. Phelan
made three unsuccessful attempts to ex-
tract the bullet with his probe. The the
ory of the surgeons was that the ball had
lodged alongside the tibia
Repeated attempts with the probe were
made, and young Denny grew weak under
the strain 1t was therefore on Thursday
evening decided to apply to Mr.. Edisc.-
for aid. Mr.. Edison was only too pleased
to put his Horoscope to practical test,
and later in the evening Denny was COLI
veyed to the Edison laboratory. Dr. Phe-
Ian accompanied him.
The injured hmb>was encased in splints
one quarter Of an inch thick and numar-
Gus baDdagcs. Denny was at once placed
in an ordinary chair and the necessary
apparatus put in use.
The Roentgen ra tube was placed gainst
the inside Of the wounded limb, while on
the opposite side was placed the Horoscope.
When all was ready Frederick OFT turned
on the rays, while c. NJ. Daley looked
through the cone ofthe microscope.
In an instant splints, handages and flesh
had faded from vision, revealing only the
light shadows the boys leg and the dark
shadows Of the bones. In another instant
Mr.. Dailey's keen eyes disCerned small,
dark object wedged against the femur. 1t
was the bullet.
Mr.. Edison took peep, smiled in a sat
isfied sort of way, and said "Goo night. >
Then DR. Phclan seated himself in n chair,
and, looking at the flrorescent rays, care
fully made diagram OF the location Of
the bullet, which will probably be extract
ed today.
The evening times., 1896-09-14
Marriage Licenses.

Marriage licenses were issued today to
John g Poynton and Lydia M. Howard;
william Harris and Bertha Edwards; Rob-
ert f. Wilson and Dora Campbell; George
W. Beasley and Jarie A. Lofty; Ralph E.
Il. Miller and Arlene Morrell
The evening times., 1896-09-14
The Coal Barnns

may put coal up Protect yourself by Sc
curing guarantee against raise in price.
s. g. Daish Son, Second street and Florida
avenue northeast. -4ss.1 ss.s s5ds a. ~
The evening times., 1896-09-14

Try the hest medium ever offered for
securing tenants. Continuous free adver.
Using. THE TIMES REAL ESTATE
BUREAU. Times Building, 10th ST. aud
Ra. ave.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-07-20


at lower prices at the pits mouth than
the cost OF production in England. but.
apparently, the extraordinary increase
in output is causing fears to be en-
tertained somewhat similar TO those just
referred TO respecting the duration Of
supply. Taking the anthracite deposit
which is tolerably we'll defined and I'M
ders,ood, it is said on good authority
that with the present annual consump-
ton, to say nothing o. an increase, the
supply Will be exhausted in, approx
ma,ely. hundred years from now. Our
descendants viii then have bituminous
coal TO depend upon for some further
period of time
It is sometimes asserted that the
twenty-irst. twenty-second, or the
tweuty-third century will have solved
all Of the problems that perplex men of
the present day, and that the world will
then be a delightful place to live in; but
II Is possible that we are preventing
this ideal existence by the free way we
are squandering the patrimony of the
human race through all generations.
Certainly. if our predecessors from the
year 11G0 10 1900 had burned up for
their own purposes all of the fuel stored
up in the earth by natural forces work
ing through millions Of years, we, the
present possessors Of the worlds sur
face, would be compelled TO adopt a
method living not greatly different from
that followed by the lower types of the
human race who inhabit the tropical re-
giCnS Of the world.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-07-20

A number Of well-informed scientists
a few years ago called the attention Of
the English people to the rapid deple-
ton of the coal supply of that country.
They insisted that if the rate Of increase
in mining then going on were contin-
ned. in TWO centuries the supply of coal
in the United Kingdom would be ex-
hausted. At that time the production
of The United Kingdom was about 1S0,
O00.O00 tons a year. which was GER
tainy a marked increase over the OUT
PUT o. 1o.O0oO0O tons which was the
limit during the early years CT the pres
ent century. 1t is doubtful whether
these gloomy prophecies have had any
material effect in cutting down the Eng
lish coal output. but what has had
tendency IA restrict it has been the
greater cost Experienced in mining, now
that The coal is taken from deep levels.
We are producing coal in this country
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-07-20
n,A1>r AGAINST MoNomETALLIsM.

I believe the struggle now going on IN
this country and in other countries for a
single gold standard would il sueceSsIu''
produce widespread disaster in anG
throughout the commercial world. inc
destruction OF silver and establishing so'U
~ a sole unit OF value must have rui"on'
eject upon all forms Of property except
those improvements which yield hAeu '0'
turn In money. 1t is impossible to str'N'
.nver out OF existence As money without
results which VIII prove distressing 10
millions aud disastrous to tens OF tho"s
spds. L believe gold and silver coin TO De
the money OF the constitution; Indeed the
money Of the American people anterior TO
tho constitution. which the great organic
law recognized as quite independent OF i's
own existence. No pOwerwas eonferrs" Oh
Conrress 10 declare either metal should
NOT be money. Congress has. in my judy
ment. no power to demOneti1e silver any
more than TO demonetize gold.-James u
Isl.,,ne. February. 1878.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-07-20
HALTED AT THE DOOR.
Young Mans Mind Changed at a Saloon
Entrance.

Outward action is not always con-
elusive evidence of inward thought, &
fact that wGs demonstrated on East
Seventh street one day last week. A
young man, who had apparently just
about reached legal years, was seen
to pause in front of finely-appointed
saloon and gaze thoughtfully at the
liquid display in the windows After
a moments contemplation ne stepped
towards the swinging door, pushed it
partially open, and then stopped once
more. His face wore an undecided
look, and it was apparent that the young
man was waging mental warfare with
himself. For moment only ne stood in
She doorway, his eys resting wistfully
on the bar; his lips were tightly COM
pressed and his hands opened and closed
convulSively, while his whole demeanor
proved what a struggle was going on
between mind and matter. Finally the
expression on his face changed and with
a resolute mo | won't do it, the battle
was won and the young fellow started
down the street.
An elderly gentleman, who had been
an interested witness of the scene just
described, was apparently much pleased
at the termination of the struggle. He
rushed after he young man, clasped
his hand and in a voice choking with
emotion, said: Heavens bless you, my
friend. You have made a gallant fight
and won. If this country had more
young people with a determination like
your own the land would soon De purged
of drunkards."
ooh, its not dat, Gully" said the hur-
rying youth, But dere' blokey around
de corner wot sells a bigger glass for a
nickel,an trows in free lunch, too.
See?"
The old gentleman nearly tainted and
the young man with the determination
made Decline for his objective point
ST. Paul Globe.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-07-20
LONDON MONEY MARKET.

LONDON, July 19.-Tae dull feeling
continues on the Stock Exchange, and the
only market at all active is that for home
railways. The uncertainty Of American
currency affairs more or less dominates all
the markets and there is tendency to re-
strict speculation ard to prepare for pos
sihle trouble ahead.
Cornelius Vanderbilt's Illness has s@d
further depressed the American market
and though thu support given TO first ciass
American issues proves that there is con-
fidence in the maintenance of the gold
standard, there is still an uneasy feeling
that many things might happen before No
vember. Yesterdays prices showed a
slight improvement. The weeks decreases
were as follows: Lake Shore and Michi-
gan Southern :. New York Central and
Reading frsts 3. Chicago. Milwaukee ard
ST. Paul 25s. A1chison, Topeka and Santa
Fe preferred, Denver and Rio Granda pre-
ferreT. Erie mortgage and Louisville and
Nashville >. Atchison. Topeka ard Santa
Fe. Illinois Central. Northern Pacific and
Wabash u. Pennsylvania !.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-07-20
DIED..

EDWARDS-At Bsnwood. on Saturday.
July 18th, 1896 at Q a. m, Thomas c. Ed
wards. aged 81 years.
Funeral from the residence Of his dluPh-
ter, Mrs. Saul Carroll, Water street. Mon
day, July 20th, at , p. m. Services at NJ. e.
Church. Interment at McMechen Gene
terry. Friends are invited.
HILKE-On Saturday, July Is, 1896, at
1879 O'Clock a. m, Mrs. Hanna Hike. aged
20 years.
Funeral from the residence of her son
Herman Hike, No. 10 South Huron street,
Monday afternoon. at 3 O'Clock. Friends
Of the family respectfully invited to at
tend IntermeuJ at Mt Zion cemetery.
ACHESON-At Los Angeles California. on
Sunday. July l.. $50. Mrs. Elizabeth Har-
bour AcheSon. formerly of this city.
Funeral from the residence Of Alex.
Mitchell. No. Virginia street this Mon-
day. afternoon at , o'clock. Interment
private.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-07-20

A correspondent of the New York World
wants 10 know why the free silver men
place limit on the fiat. II thls country
can sustain an unlimited COUNT or SlNer
coined az the ratio of 10 10 !, as the tree
silver men contend Il can, why can II NOT
as We, sustain II at the ratio or 70 or
. 10 |? II the nat of the government Is all
that is necessary, why not strike from our
ten cent piece the inscription "Ore Dime
and substitute therefor "One Doi2r?-
lUtelligeUCer.
The above proposition contains so vi
client an assumption that it is unworthy
Of consideration. If this same PROPOSE
ton were carried to its legitimate end
one might ask, If the fiat money of the
government is all that is necessary, why
not make paper, which is worth nothing
in the dollar, equal with gold the world
over?
We presume that the Worlds CORE
spoudent and our neighbor are familiar
with the Constitution of the United
States and the fact that that instrument
does not authorize any other money than
gold and silver and that no other money
is recognized anywhere. When the
country issues money which is without
intrinsic value that money is purely fiat
money unless there is the specie behind
ii TO redeem it on demand. All our
money to-day, except gold, is fiat money,
because there is nothing behind it but
gold and there has been nothing behind
it but sold since 1873, when all our sill
yer money was demonetized and gold
made the only money standard.
To-day we have several kinds OF dol
lars which we call our money. Of which
nearly three-fourths is purely fiat be-
cause the government Of the United
States has only little over fifty MIL
ions Of gold coin in lis Treasury vaults
with which to redeem it, and is
forced a, the Will OF the gold sharks of
Europe and Wall Street to issue prom
ises TO pay in gold to them whenever
they please to take the gold out of the
government treasury vaults by de-
manding gold for the governments
no,es-gold now being the only money
Of final redemption recognized by law,
and on which basis our silver money is
now actually worth but little over fifty
cents of its face value.
1t is this very assumption of the gold
advocates, which they accuse he bimet-
allists of making, namely, that the gov
ernment can make money out Of moth
ing. that is the grossly wrong and
grossly absurd feature of the argument
advanced on the gold side of the ques-
ton, for the government has issued a
thousand millions Of money that has
nothing behind it in the shape of in
lrinsic value out the insignificant
amount Of gold now in the treasury
vaults Il is this condition that now
exists under the single gold standard
OF money that the people of the country
have declared must be changed They
1 want cur silver money remonetiZed-
made money again-and United States
minis thrown open to the free and equal
coinage Of both gold and silver at the
/ present ratio, to the end that we may
have no more fiat money than we can
help having and a circulating medium,
whose value is not regulated by the
Rothschilds Of Europe.
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IARDlNIERS-EWlNG BROS.

that Americans can recognize in the
light of the Constitution of the United
States should not for an instant relax
their efforts or their vigilance. Al
though thousands of Republicans who
have repudiated the St. Louis platform
are unalterable in their allegiance to
their principles and belief on the cur
rency question, many others will be
whipped into line before November.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-07-20
DANGER WON oyERcoNrIpENcE.

There is serious danger TO the Dem
ocratic cause this year, particularly in
this locality and in the money centres,
from oyerconfdence. The South Branch
Inteligencer. commenting on a state
ment that SEQ Republicans in Preston
county will bolt the ST. Louis platform,
Shrewdly remarks:
TAe mar who could get dollar for every
r. publican VINO votes the Democratic
ticket this fall would not nave enough 10
keep him out Of the poor house very long.
They may talk great deal, but are found
IN line when voting times comes
l, is worth while for Democrats TO
ponder over this statement of we'll
informed Democratic contemporary in
an agricultural district Workers in
behalf of the only sound money doctrine
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-07-20
THE BATTLE GROUND.
Pittsburg Post.

IIIIFOUIH VH1'
The fact is pretty generally accepted
that the deciding battle ground of the Pres
idertial campaign will be in the great Cen
trail States lying west of Pennsylvania to
the Missouri river. including Ohio, Indi-
ara, Illinois, Michigan. Iowa, Wisconsin
and Minnesota. President making under
the new conditions that have arisen has
shifted from the Empire State to the States
of the West-from the manufacturing and
commercial section Of the Union to the
agricultural. It has long been predicted as
the result of the union of the West and
South. and it now seems to be within hail
ing distance.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-07-20

Would the world "deluge" us with sill
yer if we threw open our minis to the
free coinage Of that metal on an equality
with gold? The only way the world
could accomplish this "deluge" would
be to coin the silver into dollars at our
minis. Hence it would be a deluge Of
dollars-as good dollars as any IN the
country Therefore we say, let this
condition of things be inaugurated as
soon as possible. No one objects to be-
ing deluged with dollars. They are
generally recognized as being good
things and we can't have TOO much of a
good thing.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-07-20
THE SILVER LIMIT.

Catawba, W. Va, July is, 1895.
To the Editor of the Register:
Dear Sir: Does the limit in the coin
age of silver apply to the amount to be
coined or to the legal tender OF the
money coined? DEMOCRAl'
(Both. The coinage OF silver dollars
is limited to the requirement to redeem
treasury notes. The legal tender OF the
silver dollar is unlimited unless other
Wis contracted. Only gold is unlimit-
ed in the matter OF legal tender and
the amount that may be coined.-Ed)
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cARLIsIE.s PREDICTION IN 1873.

Secretary Carlisle said, February q,
1873:
THE conspiracy which seems TO have
bsen formed here and in Europe to
destroy by legislation and otherwise
from three-seveuuhs TO one-half OF the
metallic money Of the world, is the most
gigantic crime Of this or any other age.
The cOnsummation Of such a sceheme
would ultimately email more misery
upon the human race than all the wars,
pesdlence and famines thar ever oc-
Cured in the history of The world