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The record-union., 1896-03-23
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And in accordance with law and an order of the
Board of Directors made on the 18th day of Febru-
ary 1896 so many shares of each parcel of such
stock as may be necessary will be sold at public
auction at the office of the company, basement of
Nevada Block, No. S03 Montgomery, street, san
Francisco, California, on TUESDAY, the 7th day of
April 1896 at the hour of l o'clock p. m. of said
day, to pay said delinquent assessment thereont
together with costs of advertising and expenses of
the sale. JAS. E. DAMON. Secretary.
Office: Basement of Nevada Block, No. 303 Mont
gornery street, San Francisco, Cal mr23-I5t
The record-union., 1896-03-23
Weather Notes,

The Weather Bureau reports show
the highest and lowest temperatures
yesterday to have been 6S and 50 de-
grees. with gentle southerly winds. in
the forenoon and northwesterly in the
The record-union., 1896-03-23
NEW TODAY.

ALL THE HOUSEHOLD GOODS OF
Frank Sweeney's residence, 1706 III street,
will be sold at private sale, In bulk or sepa-
rate articles, commencing MONDAY, March
23d. House open 10 a, m. until 2. M.
Inr22-2t FRANK SWEENEY.
The record-union., 1896-03-23
BOB BURDETTE, THE HUMORIsT
VIII LECTURE at the

CON ATIONAL CHURCH ON
WEDNESDAY EVENING, March 25th.
Subject: "Good Medtcne.'
Lecture is under the auspices of the First
Baptist Church, and will commence at S:15.
Admission, SOC; reserved seats 75c. Seats
can be reserved at PurnelPs Book Store to-day
and up to time of lecture. mr23-3t
The record-union., 1896-03-23
AUCTION SALE
Groceries, Horses. WAGONS. Carriage. Etc.

WE Will SELL AT AUCTION ON
TUESDAY, March gath, at 10 a. M, at No.
SlS X street between Eighth and Ninlh, the
entire stock of Groceries of SIMONS & son,
insolvent debtors; also. Wagons, Horses, Car
riage, etc. Trade IN vited.
ma23-2t 1904 Fourth street.
The record-union., 1896-03-23
7. c.. RYAN
rho colotrotod I ect,ror

The Celebrated Lecturer,
Will appear at
PYTHIAN CASTLE, WEDNESDAY EVEN
ING. March 25th, and at the Congregational
Church Thursday and Friday evenings,
March 26th and 27th. Tickets for course OF
three lectures. 300 mr23-2tMW
The record-union., 1896-03-23
SPECIAL NOTICES

vehicles-Baker & Hamilton-Hardware.
Carts, Buggies, Carriages, Pbaetons, Balm
Farm and Header Wagons, Wholesale
Hardware. Send for catalogue.
The record-union., 1896-03-23

(Readers of the Record Union" are re-
quested to send to this Office personals.
weddings, engagements, society notes and
on one side of the paper, and give your
name and address, not for publication, but
as a guarantee of good faith.9
The record-union., 1896-03-23

WATER COLOR Portrait 81 % at Hod-
sons, S13 K street.
The record-union., 1896-03-23

On the evening of the 30th Columbia
Circle, Companions of the Forest. and
Court Perseverance, Ancient Order of
Foresters, will give an invitation en-
tertainment and dance at Red Mems
Hall.
The record-union., 1896-03-23

THE WEEKLY UNION - THE BEST
weekly on the coast.
The record-union., 1896-03-23

The socials given by the Perkins Club
are on Thursday evenings, not Satur-
days, as previously stated. The next
will be on April I'd.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-06-02
cHEApER TELEpHoNEs.
The Effort ofthe Old Monopoly to Fright
en- the PcopIc-A Few FactS-sOme Fan

The Effort ofthe Old Monopoly to Fright.
en- the PcopIc-A Few Facts-Some Fan
cics.
To the People of iWheeling:-Rep-
resentatlves OF the Bell telephone mo-
nopoly are very anxious to make
1t appear That there is no telephone sys-
tenn but their own, and that as fast as
another starts something knocks 1t
down. So we have news items" in the
newspapers, telling OF these disasters.
These news items" are Bell advertise
ments, but their true character IS not
always revealed. The latest Is sup
posed dispatch from LAGRANGE, I'LL
nois, telling that the system for which
we hold the franchise in West Virginia,
was put out OF that town. La Grange y,
in fact, a suburb OF Chicago. Connet-
ton with Chicago was important and
the new system could n0tgive 1t at once.
] took the trouble to telegraph to La
Grange, and this Is the reply:
LA GRANGE. Ills, May 81.
j. ]. Woods, Wheeling, W. Va.
Ycs.was abandoned on account of CHI
cagO telephone coming into La Grange
giving US Chicago connection
II. WERNO, Mayor
Il will be seen that no fault was
found with the system. telegraphed
also to la Porte, Indiana, where the
same system is in use and about which
rum0rs had been circulated here in the
Bell interest. Here is the reply TO that
inquiry. from 4 prominent citizen and
eN-mayor OF La Porte.
LA PORTE. Ind, May 81.
]. ]. Woods, Wheeling. W. Va.
Stronger automatic telephone has
been in use here several years and gives
excellent satisfaction. L. II. SCOTT.
For year we have had the system in
operation in Grafton, West Virginia. It
has operated every hour Of every day
and every night. ! refer those VINO are
interested to any citizen OF Grafton.
There we have seventy phones In use.
This Is an advertisement for the public
interest and for our business purposes.
]. j. WOODS,
President Peoples Telephone Co.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-06-02
AT THE UNIVERSITY.
A Prosperous Year Drawing to Its Close.
The Commencement.

waltman Bnrbc. field agent OF the
West Virginia University, is In the city,
and will visit one or more of the Wheel
ing schools to-day. The years work Is
drawing to n close at the university,
and 1t has been the most prosperous
year in the Institutions hlgtOgy. The
attendance Is 39S, being an Increase Of
ltj over last year
The commencement exercises begin
June G and close June 10, the latter date
being commencement day. Mr.. Barrie
says that large number Of di7tln-
Eulshed visitors are expected, and he
dcglros 20 extend. on behalf OF the uni
vcrslty, n cordial invitation to every
body Interested IN higher EDUCATION TO
attend thegc interesting clDsinS cNor-
cises OF West Vlrgina's chief instltu-
tiOn OF learning.
There will br iifty-gcvcn graduates In
all DEPARTMENTS. II would surprise, he
pays. AN who have not recently vigi'"d
the un.vorWty to 600 the great improve
menta that have boon made In the past
Few years. The college OF the m2chanl-
cal arts. the agricultural college ana
the COMMERCIAL department are new
foatuus This law college has an rn-
rollmCnt this year Of about ninety.
Ne. Barbo always emphasizes the two
important lacts that the university "
the best possible 7ch00l Of hiFn grlbf
Tor Wost Yirgninns TO attend and that
tuition lG free ln an departments o. all
West VIRGINIA students.
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board heard the new ordinance granting
an extension from Trladelphla to the
state line read twice and n number OF
amendments were offered in regard TO
the route. A resolution was passed,
compelling the. company to build its
own bridges and not use the county's.
The discussion continued through the
morning session, and an adjournment
was taken until o'clock, when 1t was
again taken up, and resulted in an adj
jCurnment at o'clock without action,
the matter having been laid on the table
until a special meeting, which has been
called for tomorrow afternoon. The
right Of way will OF course be granted
but the board is considering the many
features Of the petition carefully and
will probably be ready TO settle the
question ut t0-morrow's meeting.
i number OF miscellaneous matters
came UP during the session, among
which were the acceptance of resiSna-
ton rendered by Jerry Westlake rs
constable of Trladelphia district, and
the ordering OF removal OF the barber
shop and shoe shop off the pike at Elm
Grove.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-06-02
WOMEN,S POLITICAL Glue

Held an Enjoyable Meeting Last Night.
An Exciting Debate on Female Sum age.
DIR. Joncs' Strong Arguments.
The women's Political Club held a
meeting last evening. The programme
was opened by Miss Bessie Kyle. who
played a very beautiful selection, Sur
lie Lac" This was followed by a hui
morous reading. How Samantha went
to the Election" very graphically CIV
en- by Miss Jennie Rich. A debate fol-
lowed on woman suffrage, the paper
on the negative being read by II. c.
Caldwell and the affirmative by DR.,
Harriet B. Jones.
Mr.Caldwell treated the question from
a satirlcal rather than serious stand
point lie described the new woman
with her manulsh attire and boomers,
who bears the same relation to the real
new woman" that the dude bears to
manly man. AS usual, he drew very
moving comparison between the new
woman, talking to drunken men, ana
setting up theAdrinks, and the old-fash-
lOned woman IN tue noIle' ptSP'llAHb
the meals, rocking the cradle, and busy
ing herself with the duties, pertaining
to home life. One Of his points was,
also, that IL women voted they must
also hold Office, forgetting that not one
man in u thousand who votes, holds Of
fee.
DR. Jones made some good points In
her paper. She spoke OF the dudes, the
uneducated Italians, the lowest ele-
ment being allowed to vote, while wo-
men, educated in our common schools,
who have studied our constitution and
laws and are in all respects as well
qualified to vote as any man, are de-
barred from exercising this right which
ought to be the privilege Of every citizen
OF the United States. With regard to
the repeated objection that woman
will lose her refinement, DR.. Jones
simply asked how 1t is with Oriental
women shut up in harems; are they
any more refined than our American
women. who have great freedom. but
want more.
Tho audience showed its sympathy
was with the affirmative. At some fu-
ture day there will be another debate,
and ladies' and gentlemen in favor or
against woman suffrage are cordially
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-06-02

The board Of county commissioners
met yesterday in regular monthly sess-
ION and deyoted-the greater portion of
the day to transacting important bust
ness and discussing the subject of the
right of way asked for by the Suburb
an Railway Company. for the proposed
electric line from Elm Grove to the state
line at West Alexander. Every member
Of the board was present when Presi-
dent Dobbins raped for order at 10
o'clock. Clerk Mofiat read the reports
Of the various committees, which were
as follows:
The committee appointed yHJndge
Campbell to examine the circuit clerks
Office, reported that the conduct of the
office by Clerk Mitchell and Assistant
Clerk walton was entirely satisfactory,
and recommended that the basement
nom at present used by Colonel Arnett
as an office. be- arranged for use by
the clerk. as the present office Is crowd
"a The report was referred TO the
committee on court house and jail Tor
action.
Prosecuting Attorney Howard filed
nm 5plnion recommending the payment
Of ROAD taxes To the town Of Elm Grove
IN consideration Of the town having
kept up the road within It's limits. The
paper was referred to the committee on
roads and bridges.
The roads and bridges committee re-
ported having some tr"ible II securing
the removal Of the poles owned by the
TAFnnpnNr from
the Elm Grove bridge. and the board
decided that II the poles in question
were not removed by to-day at O'clock
that the superintendent be ordered 10
cut them down. This action brought
the telephone people 20 time and yes
tcrday afternoon a representative call
cd at tho clerks Office and said the
poles would be removed this morning.
Tire court house and jdil committee
awarded the contract for metal cell
!1gs in the two court rooms, 10. the
Wheeling Corrugatlng Company for
$685.. Ft
The COMMITTEE son poor house and
farm reported that the number OF In.
mates kept at the indrmary for the
past year was greater than ever he
fore. The repot show that there We're
1913 inmates during the year an aver.
age by the month Of 1Ois. The rotIl
expense for the year was $l0gGlh.
which Includes all salaries and repairs
to buildings. an average cost per day
OF twcnty.nine and one-half cents for
each inmate. Deducting the cos. Of the
new barn which was S75l, ana the cash
receipts received from the supcrintcnd-
ent, S23S a. from the expenses, aud the
average cost per day for keeping in
mates during the year ending June /,
was twcnty-six and ninc-tenths cents,
The report OF expenditures was then
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-06-02
The Key to Success

is MERIT and with that key we reach the1conhdence
of the public.
If this sounds like boastng here are the goods for
your most critical examination and no one need buy
what he doesn't want
CLOTHING we SELL and we hope to do it simply by In
ducing YOU to visit our store and for yourself how
fully our Suits for Men and Boys justify the praises OF
those who wear them
Anespecay good thing for hot weather is one Of our
BLACK or BLUE SERGE unlined COAT and VEST,
which weare selling for $500.
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invited. Sentiment is growing, and more
members are being added TO the club
ut each meeting.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-06-02
MANY MATTERS
Receive the Attention of the
County Commissioners
At THEIR MONTHLY MEETING.

rhc Proposition to Grant Right Of wAy
"a the suburban Hallway Receives At
trn,lon-A special Meeting to be Held
roday-Iseports of the District Commits
slonsr. for the Past Year Presented.
other business Transuctoti-
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-06-02

RELIANCE LODGE. A. o. U. W.,
will picnic at Wheeling Park June q,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-02-18
QUEER RELIGIOUS FANATICS.


Mnason's Band Of Angel Dancers Seems
to Thrive ON Persecution.
A queer band OF fanatics are the Angel
Dancers Of Pcscack, n. j. There are 2s
members of the band-men, women and
children-and they have been pretty Wig
orously prosecuted since they established
themselves on "thc Lords farm" few
years ago. Despite the attempts to drive
them out of the neighborhood, the Angel
Dancers have stuck fast to the little prop
erty which WAS turned over to them by one
of their own band. They have returned
the jeers, the insults and the abuse Of the
neighboring farmers with prayers for
them, and they have set a good example in
the neighborhood by caring for any unfor-
tunate who CHANGED to pass their way. No
man, it is said, who ever applied at the
Lords farm for food, clothing or shelter
was ever turned away.
Huntsman 7. Mnason, the leader Of the
band, made his first appearance in the vi
cinity rs lay exhorter In the Methodist
faith. He preached the gospel in company
with local evangelist for year without
attracting attention, and then he began to
see visions. Tho visions were principally
the faults and shortcomings of those about
him, and as Mnason had q way of telling
in public all that ho saw in his sleep he
became very unpopular In q short time
among certain youths who had not proflted
by his revelations.
One night this crowd ducked him In
cold water and then shaved on one side Of
his head and face and put him on o train
bound for Jersey City, warning him not
to return. He came back two days later,
however, and was welcomed at the Storms
farm by young Carrot Storms, who had
become one Of his converts. Others Joined
him later, and the Storms farm became
the headquarters for the hand. Then ru-
mors Of all sorts began to get around. Tho
members of the band were accused Of being
free lovers, and Mnason and his male fol-
lowers were accused of inducing young
women to join the band and then running
them. This hue and cry went ON for some
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-02-18

mysterious story began to be whispered at
Waterloo. Another claimant for the child
appeared.
A day or two after the boy had been
taken to MarengO a young man living at
Laporte City, Blackhawk county, named
Reuben Good, came to Waterloo and stated
that the child belonged to his sister, Mrs
Tom Burke If Marion, o.; that the child
had been born in the Muscatine county
poorhouse and was adopted by his mother,
Mrs. David Lucas, who had given 1t to
his sister and had take.- it away from her
after quarrel had occurred and had
brought 1t to Waterloo and left it with the
Helpers.
Soon afterward Mrs. Lucas appeared on
the scene. Sho was for a time employed
as matron of the insane department of
the Muscatine county poor farm. During
the summer of 1889, she said, an I'M
fortunate young woman was brought to
| the poor farm, and on July 81, 1885, a
son was born to her. Mrs. Lucas offered
| to adopt the babe, and the mother will
ingly gave her consent. The boy was
known as Louis Leroy Meskell, and in
support of her claims that she had legally
adopted him Mrs. Lucas produced q copy
of tho decd Of adoption from the records of
Muscatine county.
This story, and the papers with which
she sought to back 1t up, Mt once raised a
question in the minds of the people of
Waterloo in regard to the identity of the
boy. Many remembered the boy who lived
with Mrs. Lucas while she lived there, in
1899, and remembered the resemblance to
the boy who had been identified as the lost
Ray Elliott. A local photographer was
found who produced a picture of the Lucas
child, and the resemblance became at once
apparent.
Thomas Burke soon came out to Water
loo. He said that tho child was theirs,
and that he proposed to have 1t IL there
was ANY law in the land After re-
naming at Waterloo for several days he
went to Marengo for the purpose as he
expressed it, Of telling the people that the
boy was not Ray Elliott, and taking him
home to Marion. o. He, however, chose
exactly the wrong time to attempt to carry
out such n plan.
The people Ut Marsngo were satisfied
the boy was the lost Ray Elliott, and they
| were also certain that the Lad had been
abducted. Rumors Of the claims of the
Burkes and Mrs. Lucas had reached their
ears, and they were In no mood to parley
with either Of these individuals or listen
70 their stories. Accordingly no sooner
had Burke reached Ma-eneo and an
| nounced who he was and his object in
coming than he was arrested and placed
in jail on n charge Of having abducted Ray
Elliott. He was arrested Aug. Q, 1894,
| and the day after Mrs.. Lucas was arrested
at Independence on the charge Of compile
ify in the crime.
| The trisl Of Thomas Burke bsgan Aue.
~ 1904 before J. u. Richasdsop, . jus-
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time, but no action was taken against
Mnason until some one In passing the
farm one Sunday saw members Of the band
at work in the field. Warrants were then
procured for them for violating tho Sab
bath, and they were locked up for three
days. They could have escaped imprison
ment by paying small fines, which they
were abundantly able to do. but preferred
to go to Jail To the band Sunday Is a.
any other day, as all their time, they say.
Is spent In the worship Of the Lord.
In the fall of 1898 the entire hand was
indicted by the Bergen county grand Jury
for maintaining n disorderly house. In
dividual indictments were also found for
destroying Bibles and other property be-
longing to Herman Storms, although Mr.
Storms continued to live with the band.
For weeks they were locked up in the
Hackensack Jail. spending the time in
singing and praying On the trial every
body, save Mnason and Mrs. Jane How
ell, known in the band rs Thecia, were
acquitted. These two were sent to the
Trenton Jail for year. Mnason returned
to the farm after serving his term, and he
has been there ever since.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-02-18

Awesk pssssd, and the womsn who bod
r-umised 70 return did noe d %. Then
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-02-18

Mr. and Mrs. Herlef, who, by the way,
had at one time lived near Mareneo, re-
membered the disappearance of Ray Elliott
and began TO suspect that possibly the boy
that had come to them might be the long
lost child. The Waterloo officers were mo-
titled Of their suspicious and began to In
vcstiRntc the case.
The Ind said that his name was Roy
Burke; that he remembered being In Cam
ada and Q also in Marion, @. He snid he
had had "a good many mammas," and
that at one time he was taken In a covered
wagon by felix's who had 'slots Of horses
and poEics." He did not seem to remem-
Der being in Marengo. however, but tho
rescI blarce which he bore to the picture
Of II : missing Ray Elliott was so strong
hat the officers had a photograph taken
and sent TO Mr.. Elliott.
As soon rs the parents saw the picture
shey concluded that their missing bog had
been discovered. and Mr.. Elliott, accom-
panied by tho Rev. W. b. Phelps, Presby-
Waterloo.
As soon ss he saw the boy Mr.. Elliott
said ne was satisfied it was their Ray. 1t
was decided to take him to Marengo and
!et Mrs. Elliott see him, satisfied that the
eyes of the mother could tell unquestion-
tngly the identity of the boy.
Their coming had been made known by
wire, and the anxious mother mot them
several miles outside the town. As Mr..
Elliott saw his wife approaching he placed
the boy ON the ground by the side of the
Toad. The mother nlighted and approach
cd the boy. He looked at her wonderingly
for an instant and then ran toward her.
As she clasped him in her arms she ex-
claimed amid sobs and as the tears Of JOY
flowed down her cheeks: my boy Ray!
My boy! Oh, where havo you been?''
The little fellow seemed bewildered at
first, but finally, throwing his arms around
Mrs. Elliott's neck, he cried out, You are
my real mamma, amt your
That was gala night at Marengo.
Everybody felt like rejoicing with the e.
liotts now that the lost was found. In the
public park, Just over the way from the
humble home Of the now happy family, a
big bonfire was soon kindled, and the pco-
pie came in crowds to look on the child
and hear the story. The Rev. Mr.. Phelps
told in eloquent but simple language Of
their trip to Waterloo and the finding Of
the child at the home OF Mr.. and Mrs
Hepler. The crowd listened and mingled
their voices In cheers over the happy out
come. Other speakers followed, each one
expressing the thankfulness that was in
the hearts of,all. Then there were prayers
of thanksgiving, and finally, with hearty
congratulations for the parents and little
Ray, the meeting ended. Later on, when
the little boy, tired out with the strange
scenes Of the day in which he had taken
such n prominent part, was prepared for
bed, he knelt down and in childish tones
repeated tbs Lords Prayer and then added
tho prayer Mrs. Elliott had taught him,
God bless papa and mamma and Roy
and little Ray" Roy was the name Of
another son of Mr.. and Mrs. Elliott.
At this time, while Marengo was the
scene Of such rejoicing over the happiness
which had come to the Elliott home, a