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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-05-22

The celebration Of the eighth ami
versary Of the organization of Welcome
Lodge No. Q. Ancient Order Of United
workmen, yesterday. was a rousinE
success from every point Of view. Tho
trades display In the afternoon was
planned admirably and It's execution
could not have been better. Thousands
OF delighted spectators lined tho pave
ments on the thOroughfare over which
the line progressed. In the evening the
reception to the ladies' of the members
OF the lodge. was a AttIng and brilliant
climax Of the afternoons success.
Tho parade started up Market street
at Twelfth at 2:S5 p. m. under command
ofChIef Marshal w. II. Travis and his
numerous stafr OF aids, The order OF
march was us f9IIowss
Chief Marshal and stan.
Opera House Band.
Welcome ConclaVe No. 6A5, Mogull9ny.
In their line the MOEullinnS had
"ship Of state" thHt henved and pitched
in waves Of red and blue calico, TO the
amusement OF the small boy. who was
very much In evidence from start 10
welcome Lodge No. G. 100 strong. In the
lodges line was big picnic Wason
the words. ''ThO a. o. U. W. protects
the lIttI0 ones"
Then came the floats" as follows:
George N. Shook & Co., dry goods; bril-;
Ilantly decorated with gaily colOred
$. i. Bell produce:
II. i. NOlte. grocer: two pieces.
A. W. RAIDER. advertising; two pieces.
Wheeling Bakery; "a striking device;
VIM, SchWertfeRCr, harness and bicycles.
A. korn, grocer.
F, Strtn 4 Sons, dyefg.
w ". Irwin, druggist.
4, DIngUr BTOB.. hats.
Singer Manufacturing Co. sewing ma
chimes: eight pieces.
n Wendell Bros. transfer
c. d. Thompson. livery.
wheeling Hinge Company
r. s. Colvig, millinery.
tRRtsfully arranged display.
William Hare x Son, plumbers; Hahd'
some piece.
r, J. HuCbel & Son, groCCrs!
House & Hermann. furniture; one OF me
most elaborate and best arranged dls"
plays IN the parade. II was MADE up
mainly OF nlAtiingS. and included 9
ChIncSA mandarin under canopy OF
Wheeling Tent and Awning Company.
W, o. McCIuSkey, oysters and produce.
1'rimble & LutL, plumbers
c. e VanKcuren, BUSY Bee,
II. F.. RchrenE grocer: two pieces.
LaISclIe Iron Works. Represented nail
machine and tin mHchlne In opera.
ton. Jimmy" Travis was monarch Of
all he surveyed here.
Joseph VOgler. jF.. tinWare.
+. NJ Work, grocer.
Hamburger 4 lOtG, plumbers.
c. Aul & Son, dyeTS.
PrUVident Washington Insurance 90.
G. A. House, music and pIRnos: two pieces.
W, A. Wilson & Son, painters and hulII-
era' supplies; three pieces
Booth h DiEhy, produce.
r. W. Klileea, grocer.
Wheeling Stone Company.
T. Montgomery. grocer
q. NJ. Culley. dairy.
S, 8, Mckee. grocer; two pleceA
Home Steam Laundry.
The line OF march wis as printed IN
Yesterdays Iniciligeucer, going over
on the South Side and back up to the
4. o. u. W. hall, whGte the line broke
about 8 o'clock.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-05-22
JUST RRCRIVEp.

Another lot Of those elegant All.NVOOl
5000 TrOuSsrtnES. IIRVIlg Just incrCaSed
eur capacity we RF0 prepared TO mako up
c. HESS 4 SONS,
Faahi0nabtG TatIoFs and Gents FuTnlShs
erS, 13lI and la23 Market Street.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-05-22

YOU AhonIh wear our celebrated Bal.
brigham Underwear, 6OC, TBn and u 90
each, aud ESQ Half Hose. They RFo Supos
Tlor to all others. COlor0d Shirts extra
sizes, 60 body, 10 neck. .,o,,
1871 aud 1913 Market Street.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-07-16
old-fashioned Pioneer Baptist Dinner

Old-fashioned Pioneer Baptist Dinner
Friday Deacon and Mrs. Edgar 8.
Frost gave a dinner in honor of some
pioneer Baptist people. Those in
whose honor the dinner was specially
given ire William Harper and wife, T.
b. Hit and wife, Mrs. G. I'll. Hardin, r.
A. Jesse and wife, w. j. Jesse and
wife, Mesdames Joel Guthrie, Jane
SuIlinger, Martha Bolts, Jane Rick
etts, r. Forrist, Annie L. Robinson,
Judge John A. Guthrie.
The invited guests were James Howe
and wife, Rev. N. r. Pittman and wife,
j. r. Griffee and wife, T. v. Ellis and
wife; and Mesdames Anna Stone, Be
nepe, Lucy Graham.
The party gathered at noon at the
Frost home, at 305 East Monroe street.
It was a happy, hearty assembly.
Good cheer. and good fellowship
abounded.
Every seat was occupied at two din
ing tables. Mr.. r. A. Jesse asked the
divine blessing. An abundant dinner
was served with gracious hospitality.
At the conclusion of the dinner, each
one of the party was asked to repeat
a favorite verse of Scripture. Tones
were tender and eyes were dewey as
the consoling promises of God were
repeated. s'Blest Be the Tie'' was
sung, and Rev. N. X. Pittman offered
prayer.
Pioneers and guests unite in graft
tude to the thoughtful hosts for their
wise kindness and generous goodness.
Let it be known that Sarah Cruise
who cooked the fine dinner is a pio-
neer.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-07-16
Some People We Know.

from the Montgomery City News.
A. G. Armstrong, of Mexico, was {
visitor in Montgomery City Sunday.
Ben Haskell, of Mexico, was "tak.
ing in" the sights of u city Sunday
Will Harper, one of Mexico's goo6
boys, was visiting friends in Mont
gomery Sunday.
Miss Jennie Mckinley, of Mexico, il
visiting Miss Della Hilbert in Mont
gomery.
l.. G. Cove went to Mexico Satur-
day.
Rev. j. W. Heagan went to Mexico
Friday.
Mrs. A. II. Whitney, wife of Mont
gomery's popular druggist, returned
from a visit to MeCredie Saturday.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-07-16
What Free Coinage Means.

10 tue EuitOf OF the Ledger.
MEXICO, Mo-, July I0.-I saw in the
LEDGER.a day or two since an expiana-
ton of the ratio of 10 to /, now what
is meant by the free coinage of silver
A GOLD BUG.
Free coinage means that the mints
are thrown open and bullion is con-
verted into coin without charge to the
owner. The holders OF gold bullion
have that privilege, and so did the
owners OF silver bullion before the act
of 1878. The advocates of the free
coinage of silver simply demand that
the two money metals shall be treated
precisely alike by the Government.
II gold is coined without charge silver
shall be. If gold is coined without
limit as to the amount, the coinage of
silver shall be unlimited.
The free siIverites claim that both
silver and gold are recognized by
the constitution as money metals,
and that Congress has no right to
discriminate for or against either
metal. Their parity should be main
tainee, which can only be done by
treating them alike, they say.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-07-16

At the suggestion Of ex-senator
Walse and delegate Dwyer, the new
committeeman from California, Sec
onded by Mr.. Holman, of Maine, the
following was added to the preamble:
"The Constitution of the United
States guarantees to every citizen the
rights of civil and religious liberty.
The Democratic party has always been
the exponent of political liberty and
religious freedom, and 1t renews it's
obligations and reafiirms it's devotion
10 these fundamental principles OF the
Constitution"
Congressman Bryan offered the fol-
lowing plank before the committee,
and IL was adopted to form part OF the
platform: ave are in favor OF the
arbitration Of differences between
employers engaged In Interstate com
marco and their employees, and rec.
ommend such legislation as il neces-
sary to carry out this principle.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-07-16
THE PLATFORM REVISED.
Thursday Mornings Meeting Of the
Resolutions Committee.

CHICAGO, ILL.,, July 9.-The Commit
tee on Resolutions held q brief meet
ing this morning and agreed upon
several amendments to the platform,
the most important Of which was the
following substitute for the plank on
bank issues:
Congress alone has power to coin
and issue money, and President Jack
son declared that this power could
not be delegated to corporations or
to individuals. We, therefore, de-
nounce the issuance Of notes n money
by national banks NJ In dsrogation OF
the Constitution, and we demand that
all paper which ID made legal tender
for public and private debts, or which
10 receivable for dues TO the United
States, shall be issued by the Govern
ment Of the United States and shaII
be redeemable In coin.n
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-07-16
A Cure guaranteed In ev-ry case
or money cheerfuIly refunded.

as the first president. We crossed
and re-crossed Brooklyn Bridge, the
height of which was satisfactory blu,
the width disappointing, as East
River here is surely not more than q
| quarter of a mile wide.
Madison Square is a beautiful and
interesting center. Broadway anG
Fifth Avenue and many other popu-
lar streets meet here and the flying
street cars and many carriages make
a stirring scene. Here is IN open
square fresh with grass, trees, flow
ers and flowing fountains. Here is
also an attractive group of statues.
Here are also many elegant we'll
known buildings, the Fifth Avenue
Hotel, the Delmonico and Madison
Square Garden. This last building
contains one of the best known
theatres, also a roof garden and cir
Gus department. Our recollection is
that our fellow townsman, Jim Robin
son, won laurels here.
The cheapest articles in New York
are the newspapers. You can get a
new edition every few hours for one
cent up to ten O'Clock at night. But
at present they are poor reading to a
western Democrat. They are all
"gold bug' papers. The New York
World is very bitter against the silver
idea and in large headlines refers to
the southern and western delegates as
''scrub oak'' and ''sage BRUSH fanat-
les. 1t is a pleasure to turn to a Mis-
souri, paper.
Mr.. st. John, president of the Mer-
camille Bank at a salary of $4,000 per
annum, was removed to-day because
he adhered to silver principles. You
should see how the newspapers roast
him. He accepted the situation grace
fully and IS off to Chicago as a dele
gate.
Before leaving New York we went
out to Riverside Park and the Grant
tomb and monument. The temper
airy tomb is a plain brick structure,
through the iron gates of which is
the casket containing the inner
casket and body. 1t bears the simple
inscription, "U. S. Grant" 1t is con-
tinually guarded and will be until the
remains are removed to the monu
ment, the dome of which is just being
completed some fifty feet away. This
monument is a large substantial
and is built of white marble
with large columns and reminds one
of a large dome. The situation is COM
handing with a beautiful view OF the
Hudson river. We leave here for
Washington and will be home by the
10th. w. w. Fry.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-07-16
Says Bland Was Miserably Managed

Correspondence Of the Ledger.
Troy, Mo-, July 10.-Of course, all
native Missourians, good Democrats
and WELL wishers for the best interests
of Missouri, feel some disappointment
over the sudden and unexpected re-
suit of the presidential nomination at
Chicago. A man without a banner, q
badge or a boom twenty-four hours
old is the chosen leader of The Democ-
racy and the inspiring fact is ours
that in the person of w. j. Bryan, Of
Nebraska, the aus of silver, true
Democracy and sympathy for the toll
ing bread winners of the union has
the most eloquent and magnetic lead
er that could have been chosen. His
language reads like poetry, his man
ners are Chesterfieldian and his rea-
sons for the cause he loves so we'll are
irresistible. He win need no mouth
piece or forerunner to defend him or
the principles he advocates 80 defiant
ly. The true embodiment of all there
is in American oratory, the soul OF
honor and fidelity and Western a
illness, he will electrify the South, en-
terrain the refined and astute East, and
with the unbroksn columns OF the West
will be made the next President of the
United States. Mr.. Bland made hogs
and hay making too much his study
while millions of citizens were spend
ing sleepless nights on his chances for
the high honor. He didn't want IL
anyhow and the eliminating effort for
his success In the most critical hour of
the convention was most miserabIy
managed.
Champ Clark will be our next Com
gresham. Some other good Demo-
crat will be u next Governor and
w. j. Bryan will be our next Presi-
dent and bring with him to the high
office the energy Of young manhood,
the classical scholarship OF Americas
best institutions and what most of all
is the Americans true idol OF great
ness-true native born patriotism and
eloqnence. Yours for success,
J. V. WILLIAMS.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-07-16
HONEST FISH R
Col. White is Gong to Sea Alone to
Fish and Promises to Tell
What He Catches.
Editorial correspondence of the Ledger.

Editorial Correspondence of the Ledger.
SOUTHAMPTON, LONG ISLAND, N. Y,
July I'll went fishing this afternoon
but did not catch any fish. This is a
fact or I would not have told you. A
newspaper correspondent ought only
to state facts. When there are no
facts to state he should say so. The
"fact'is, l am always too s~crupulously
honest about my fish stories, hence my
reputation for being a better farmer
than a fisherman. / am going out to
sea fishing in a day or scout of sight
of land. l am going alone. / will write
You about my catch. What a lone
fisherman catches out of sight of land
and just how a man votes under the
Australian system is known only by
what the man tells and only then when
he tells the truth, and you are not al
ways quite certain about it then.
Hard times do not seem to bother
the New York City people who spend
their summers and several thousand
dollars at this beautiful resort by the
ocean. l am in a position to know that
one family buys $500 worth of fresh
meat a month every three months
spent here. This is in addition to the
fish, fowls, clans, crabs, Holsters and
othermeats ofthis kinds. Just think of it
500 a week for steak and roast beef,
and his other meats must cost as much
more, making his bill for meats alone
cost close to 81 900 per month, and he
seems to ha We plenty left to buy
bread with and he don't live on meat
and bread alone by any means. There
are other people in this world who
spend less than $1,000 per year
their families, including all
of their expenses, and they are just as
happy, perhaps happier. 1t is not
what you eat or wear that constitutes
Now that's a fact, and a
fact worth remembering. If You don't
believe it car prove it to you.
The air is cool and delightful here.
You have to rel a light %overcoat
here after supper and sleep under at
least two blankets. The salt air is
bracing and invigorating and makes
you feel ten years younger; that is,
you r forty it makes you feel
/ can't remember just what
effect it has on o 10-year-old. One
thing sure, there are more old men in
years and young in feeling on the
east end of Long Island than any
where else in the world. The climate
has a good deaf to do with this and
habits do the rest. Take it
the world over and you will find that
al of the men who live to a good old
age and retain their health have been
of the most temperate habits.
This ia a fact that the young men OF
should remember and profit
by; but they won't.
r M WHITE
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-07-16

Is a blood disease and only a blood RENE.
dy can cure it. So many people make
the mistake of taking remedies which
at best are only tonics and cannot posi-.
bly, reach their trouble. Mr.. Asa Smith,
Greencastle, Indiana, says: "For years
have suffered with Sciatic Rheuma-
tisrl, which the best physicians were un.
able to relieve. I took many patent
medicines but they did not seem to
reach my trouble. / gradually grew
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-07-16

When we consider that the mites:
tines are about five times as long as
the body, We a realize the intense
suffering experienced when they be-
come inflamed. DeWitt's Collie e.
Cholera Cure subdues Inflammation at
once and completely removes the
difficulty. For sale by Woodbridge &
Purdy.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-07-16
BLAND e A THE NEWS.
Satisfaction Expressed With the Nom.
ination of Bryan at Chicago.

LEBANON, Mo-, July 10.-Just as the
vote of Oklahoma nominating Bryan
was received q. reporter and General
Mitchell jumped into a waiting buggy
and drove rapidly to BANDS farm to
break the news to Mr.. Bland. AS they
went up the gravel walk to the house,
Mr.. Bland was sitting on the front
steps coatless and with his hat on the
back of his head. He was pale and
wound and unwound his fingers ner-
vously.
"Bland is nominated" shouted
General Mitchell when he was twenty
feet away. Mr.. Bland and az
the general approached him, said:
"He is a good man, and I will support
him with all my heart"
"Mr. Bryan is a capable young
man." continued Mr.. Bland, sand /
am glad to hear of his nomination. 1
congratulate him. You will excuse
me-" he added, turning to the crowd
of newspaper men who had driven
up to the house and crowded around
him, after he heard their expressions
of regret at his defeat and had shaken
their hands.
Then he went into the house and
wrote the following telegram to Mr..
Bryan: al heartily congratulate you;
l shall support You with all my heart.
R. p. Bland" This he gave to a tele-
graph messenger and got into a car-
rage to come down town. On the way
he met carriage after carriage con-
tanning his friends going out to offer
He stopped as he met
them and said: 81 expect it ia for the
best. 1t is, of course, a disappoint-
ment to my friends, but / am thorough
ly satisfied"
When Mr.. Bland reached town he
went directly to the Bland club rooms
which were packed to suffoeation and
hot as an oven. Mounting a chair he
said: "My friends, I have no state
ment to make. As q Democrat 1 am
satisfied with the nomination and will
support MIR. Bryan with all my heart.
We will sweep this country in No
Vember. To my friends, Democrats,
and Populists, / thank
you heartily for the interest you have
AIKEN in me personally and shall al
ways remember 1t kindly
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-07-16
Interest Must Come Down,

FROM the Snelbina Mo- Democrat,
The following we clip from a dis
patch from London published in
daily paper:
"While the West of the Unite,
States is crying for free silver, Eng
land to-day is suffering from a glut o.
money. The banks are full of idl,
money for which 1t is impossible tt
find any investment that would ever
pay the cost OF the brokers' commits
sion. SO phenomenally cheap is money
In London to-day that it is possible tC
borrow practically an unlimited
amount at the rate of % cents a day
for every $4,000. There is now OF
deposit in the bank of England alone
more than $3.50, O0O, 900 more money
than was lying there nine months ago
and the amount on deposit has been
steadily mounting up during that per.
Tod and is still increasing. There il
thrown on the market here each year
about f120, 0OO, 900 seeking inv stment
This vast sum Of money 1890, OOO, 600
represents the annual surplus cash ac-
cumulated in the country, saved from
its income, and ia altogether apart
from the income reinvested in home
industries"
Think of a glut of money, and mon
ey being loaned for a song, at less
than a fifth OF one per cent. One
great trouble with the West is, inter-
est Is too high. Business does not
justify paying the rates that are asked.
II money could be borrowed here at s
per cent business would boom.
It Is a question of principle whether
the rate of interest ought to be limit
ed by law where contracts are made;
but for time out of mind it has been SO.
Our State formerly limited interest at
10 per cent, and some years ago cut it
to 8 per cent. This being the policy of
the State to regulate the amount Of
interest that the lender can charge,
why not still further cut it down?
Again 1t Ia a well known fact that all
the dishonest lenders, and their name
la legion, dodge the assessments on the
bulk Of their money loaned. This puts
o premium on dishonesty and the bor-
rover has to pay the same interest as
though proper taxes were paid on the
money loaned. In fact the borrower
is doubly taxed. His property Ia
taxed the same as though he owed
nothing OH IL; then he has to really
pay taxes on the money be borrows
and is secured ON his property. This
discourages and hampers business and
keeps men from striking out into new
enterprises, and lis unjust. Now |
would II not be wise TO exempt money
loaned from the payment of taxes and
cut down the limit OF interest to s or 6
per cent? At 8 per cent farmers could
AFFORD to invest money in stock, in
improvements, and business men
could afford to invest more money in
improvements and in stocks 4 goods.
This question js well worthy OF care
ful consideration, OF candid discussion.
The men who dodge taxes on the
money they loan win, Of course, be
opposed TO any such measure; but the
honest loaner viii be willing to take
lees interest II taxes are removed.
Would not such a measure be far bet
ter In the long run than present laws7
Mrs. Thomas Smith, of st. Louis, h
he guest Of Mra. Rosamond and fam
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-07-16

/. The Monroe county fair will begin
on Tuesday, the first day of septem-
Der, and continue five days. Prem
iums will be offered for everything
raised on the farm.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-07-16
Catarrh Cannot be Cured

with LOCAL APPLICATIONS,as they
cannot reach the seat of the disease
Cartarrh is a blood or constitutional
disease, and in order to cure it you
must take internal remedies. Halls
Catarrh Cure is taken internally, and
acts directly ON the blood and mucous
surfaces. Halls Catarrh Cure is not
a quack medicine. 1t was prescribed
by m of the best physicians in this
country for years, and is a regular pre-
scription. 1t is composed of the best
tonics known, combined with the best
blood purifiers, acting directly on the
mucous surfaces. The perfect COM
bination of the two ingredients is what
produces such wonderful results in
curing Catarrh. Send for testimonials,
free.
F. j. CHENEY & CO., Props. To-
ledo, o.
Sold by druggists. price Tie.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-07-16
old by druggists, price Zoe

The Centralia Fair will be held on
September 1918 and will distribute
$4,000 in premiums. A $500 saddle
stake is offered that will attract many
good horses from all over the coun-
try. M. A. Arnold, formerly of this
city, is secretary.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-07-16

worse until 1 was un.
able to take my food
or handle myself in
any way; / was abso-
lutely helpless. Three
bottles of SIS. re-
iieved me so that I
,was soon able to move
my right arm; before
long I could walk
Aa-a-- A. -
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-07-16

Mrs. e. V. Dobyns, of Marshali, is
the guest Of Mrs. II. P. 8. Willis on
South Olive street.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-07-16

Mrs. Thomas Smith, of st. Louis, In
the guest Of Mira. Rosamond and fam
lily, Of this city.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-07-16

Read our locals and take advantage
OF the summer sale.
TuREEB, JACKSON & Co.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-07-16

when ] had finished one dozen bottles
was cured completely and am as we'll as
ever l now weigh no"
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-07-16
A Real Blood Remedy.

SIS. cures Scrofuia, Cancer, Eczema,
aud any form of blood troubles. If you
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cIne-S.S.S- gHa,anfsed purely vegeka-
faokee is exclusively for the blood and
Is recommended for nothing else. II
forces out the poison matter permanent
iy. We will
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