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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-01-21

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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-01-21
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The herald., 1896-08-18
GRAND JURY

A grand Jury is now due by law. Our
six Republican judges do not call this
body out. The Republican machine in
the court house and in the city hall does
not represent the Republican party in
this county nor does 1t represent any
thing but gang of politicians who are
out for the stuff"-as the talent of de
push" explain the situation. There are
good men in both the city and county
service. but the whole air and spirit of
the local public service is self-seeking
and corrupt. The public good is second
ary. The emoluments, both proper and
improper. entirely overshadow honesty,
and efficiency. the men who enter the
public service with high ambition to
make record for good work are gradual
ly diverted and discouraged by the gen.
eral condition of political Doodle about
our public buildings. The Republican
masses disapprove the high taxes and
costly inefflciency of our local govern
ment as much as any of the people. The
reason why the peoples grand commit
tee of control is not called is because our
government is under the dictation of a
vicious political machine. The BULLDOG
ing Times does not want any grand jury
either. The most extraordinary feature
of the case is that the two grand juries
provided for this county by law are en-
tirely at the call and initiative of the
superior court judges. These gentlemen
are sworn to support the law and it does
seem strange to see the letter of the law
not executed in the public interest when
it SO often appears to trample justice out
of human recognition.
1t must of course be admitted that the
coming campaign is an awkward mo-
ment for revelations in politics such as
those now being made by the graud
jury in San Francisco.
The herald., 1896-08-18
AT THE THEATERS

THE ORPHEUM.-Certai there
was variety enough in the bill presented
at this popular theater last night to
please all elements in the audience. 1t
was a large audience, and they greeted
the new and old features of the bill with
an enthusiasm that even the ferVid
weather could not quench. In point OF
general excellence the ensemble was a
strong one as strong as any bill that has
been seen here for many weeks. Talent
ed Lydia Yeamans Titus gave the
brightest features of her act last week
and added several new songs that laid
strong hold on the popular fancy. John
Mason and Marian Manola were in the
bill and gave an engaging and enter
tanning musical sketch with two clever
recitations by John Mason. Charley
Snow, the only Snow that has fallen
from a ladder here in the City of Angels
for 10, these many years. repeated his
success of last week in delineating the
vagares of the man of the brake-beam
and the dusty highways, Snow alone
can entertain an audience all evening
and still not be a frost A bright little
commeditta formed the frame for
the clever singing and dancing of Bell
man and MooA who are two vaudeville
artists of tvrling excellence. The
musical blacksmiths introduced pleas
ing variety of r,usical collections and 2
The herald., 1896-08-18
IN THE PUBLIC EYE

Among young society women who are
thoroughly accomplished musicians are
Miss Willard. Miss Rockefeller and the
Misses Hewitt. Each plays the violin,
violoncallo, harp and piano.
The Marquis LAMA is said to be writ
ing another novel. this lady's full titl5
is Marquise Lanza de Mercato S1ano
but she is not at ali an awe-inspirins
person. but lively, charming and gen
erous To a fault.
Ex-Queen Isabella of Spain has fol-
lowed up the reconciliation which took
place some years ago between herself
and her husband. Don Francis d Assist,
by travelling with him for the first time
since the separation.
Like President Cleveland, Candidate
Arthur Sewall dearly loves fishing. John
r. Houghton. the other day, took Mr..
Sewall out for a day on the cod grounds
outside of Seguin Collector of Port Lar
rabee and a half dozen other gentlemen
made up the party. The first fish Mr.
Sewall hooked was silver hake.
Massachusetts oldest living state
treasurer. Moses Tenney of Georgetown
in Essex county. was chosen to that
office on the Governor Gardner know
nothing ticket. and served from 1856 to
1861. Mr.. Tenney was running saw
mill when the popular uprising called
him to handle the state funds. He Is
now SS years old and enjoys pretty good
health.
Yukichi Fukuzaiwa. the Grand Old
Man of Papan, visited this country
about thirtyfive years ago. When he
returned home he introduced Webster's
dictionary into Japan and was one oi
htose who introduced the study of Eng
lish into japanese schools. He is thf
proprietor of the Jill Shimpo Japanese
Times.) but ne has retired from the ac
tive management of it.
In the light of modern incubation b!
the injection of blood from the immune
it has been suggested that it may be pos
sible to protect African explorers by
blood from the healthy natives. In the
case of Stanley, il is known that he sub
mitted to the TRANSMISSION of native blooC
some fifty times in the practice of th'
rite of blood brotherhood, and it is no
impossible that to this was due his ex
| emption from the fatal fevers Of that eli
mate.
The herald., 1896-08-18
M'KINLEY'S DEFICIT.MAKER

1t may be just as well, at this time. to
institute an inquiry touching the legit-
imacy OF Republican complaints of the
Wilson tariff as fict-maker by siz-
ing it up in comparison with Mckin-
leys tariff for protection with Incl
dental revenue.
The Louisville Courier-Journal fur
nishes a basis for comment in the fol-
lowing table of our national income and
expenditures for a term of years. The
Journal says:
The receipts of the fiscal year which
ended June 80. exclusive of the postal
service. were $685. 1S9, ,226 of which $780,
534, ,3G1 has been for customs Si46, sos 264
from internal revenue, and $l9, 1856
from miscellaneous sources. The eX-
penditures of the fiscal year have been
1855 231 40 of which $139, ,434, ,046 has
been for pensions, sS5, ,SGG, 4sS for interest,
sS7, ,26S, ,55S for civil and miscellaneous
purposes. $50, ,S30,9S1 for the war depart
mert. $27, 1852 for the navy and $l2,-
1e3 166 for Indiana. This shows deficit
of S26 6042,2 PA This deficit was larger
than was expected some months ago,
but the conditions of trade have been
such as could not be anticipated. 1t will
be noted that the deficiency is less than
the lowest estimate of what the income
tax would have yielded if Judge Shiras
has not changed his mind. 1t is also
considerably less than the deficit last
year.
TIE following table of receipts and
expenses. including postal receipts, Will
be found useful:
The herald., 1896-08-18

If the reader will begin at the bottom
of this table and read up he will see that
the fiscal year of 1890 closed with a sur
plus of S105, ,0O0, 900. This surplus 1t must
be remembered, was not under the op-
Grafton of the Mckinley tariff. which
did not become law until October I,
1890. The fiscal year 1890 began July l,
1889, less than four months after MI
Harrison was inaugurated, and ended
June 80. 1890. The first quarter of the
fiscal year 1S90-91 was over before the
Nick inley law went into effect. and then
not as an entirety, for the sugar sched-
ule did not go into effect until April l,
1891. The Harrison regime, as every one
knows, inherited from Cleveland's ad
ministration plethoric treasury-a
heavy surplus: and, in anticipation of
the higher rates of the Mckinley law,
very large imports were made to escape
them These circumstances readily ac-
count for the S105, 900, 900 surplus in 1890
The fiscal year of 1891 was the first for
which the Fifty-first, or Billion Dollar"
congress made an appropria ton The
expenditures We're run up from S358,6lS,-
5s5 to $421 ,304 40 and the surplus shrank
accordingly to s31 900 900. The following
year the receipts were $50, 100000 less
and the surplus fell below S10.0oo,00o. In
1898 the surplus was down, nominally,
to little over two millions; but the re-
ouirements Of the sinking fund had been
ignored, or, in other words the treasury
had defaulted in some OF its payments
so that the apparent surplus was really
deficit. Secretary Foster was on the
point of making a bond issue, but man
aged to stave it off so that the odium
should attach to his successor.
The fiscalyear 1894 which closed before
the passage of the Wilson bill, showed a
deficit of nearly $40, 900, 900 1t is admit
ted that this was year of panic; but
this has not prevented Republicans
from using it as a basis of comparison
in order to show an increase of importa-
tions under the Wilson law. No doubt
the panic increased the deficit, but there
would have been q deficit anyway.
With all the devices OF bookkeeping to
conceal the real state of facts the fig
cures still show a steady progress to-
wards a deficit from 1890 to 1894. From
1894 to the close of the fiscal year on
June 30 last the deficit has been growing
smaller each year. This shows what
law was responsible for the deficit. The
Mckinley law in four years changed q
surplus of $105. 100000 TO q deficit of So
100000. The Wilson tariff law in two
years reduced the deficit from $4,000 900
to $26 1000, ,0o0.
The herald., 1896-08-18
FOR BETTER HIGHWAYS
An Important Conference Held at the
Courthouse
State Road Commissioner Haude Talks to the
Supervisors and a Number
Of Git zens

]. L. Maude of Riverside. one of the
state commissioners of highways, ad-
dressed the board of supervisors and
large number of the road overseers of
thecounty at the court house yesterday
morning, the subject of his address per-
tanning to roads in general and incident
| ly the condition of those in this vicinity
| The road superintendent of Rivera de =
scribed an ingenious contrivance in that
| district, where there are irriSating
| bitches. A sprinkling cart has been rig
| ged up with Il gasoline engine and pump
| and the driver sticks the hose into the
ditch when his cart is empty starts his
pump, fills up and goes on his way re-
joicing This appliance saves much la
Dor in the district, where the irrigatinS
ditch runs along the county roads.
Referring to the matter of dedication
of land for public highways, Mr. Maude
asked many questions about the meth
ods employed, the recording of maps
and kindred queries.
The supervisors stated that no at
tempts have been made in this county
to utilize the labor of the county prison.
ers on the roads. In response to ques-
| tion by Mr. Maude whether or not a
rock breaking department could not be
organized that would be of public utility
| it was stated the obstacles in the way
of such q plan seemed to be the cost OF
getting the rock transported TO the ROADS
| on which it was TO be used.
In response to suggestions from the
| board as to needed legislation, 1t was
the idea of the board that the sugges-
| tions by the recent convention in the
north embodied all that they thought OF
| in that line.
He held that the highways hereabouts
should be sprinkled from eight to ten
| hours per day and thar the cost should
be about 1925 per mile per annum. and
| that the whole expense should be charg-
ed to the general fund instead of the
road fund He then described plan OF
road sprinkling which has proved very
| satisfactory in some parts or the state
! This was by means of a gasoline pump
ing engine and bitches on either side OF
the road with pipes to connect with the
watering cart. Mr.. Hay Of Norwalk was
| Of the opinion that the county was under
too much expense. He said that S4oo,
| had been invested already from the gen
eral fund. That the county owned about
eighteen grading and rolling machines
which needed repairing. The commits
sjoner was also of the opinion that law
| should be passed to fine any person OF
persons IS for demolishing the sigr
boards at crossways. Labor paid by the
hour he said was more satisfactory 1T
results than road work by contract.
Commissioner Maude is making gen
eral tour of the southern end of the state
He goes from here to San Diego. He is
travelling by d blackboard so as to be
better able to investigate his subject
The result of his findings will be~Sub
mitted 10 the governor and will be by
the latter submitted to the Legislature
in January for the enactment of tbs
various recommendations made into {
| general road law.
The herald., 1896-08-18

The Republican press is engaging in
a frantic but futile effort to draw the
wool over the voters eyes as to the vital
issue of the campaign. Hanna's hire
lings are still protesting and pretending
that the tariff is the issue. The Times
of yesterday insults the intelligence of
its readers by telling them that the
burning question of the hour is the
tariff. although young Mr.. Bryan evil
IDENTIFY thinks otherwise" If only the
Times really thought so too. its readers
would be spared column after column of
impotent and self lf-contradictory twad-
die on the financial question
The herald., 1896-08-18
THE POLITE WORLD

A pleasant Inauguration of the week s
social gatherings was the meeting yes
terday of the Monday Musical club.
which had for its hostess Mrs. Orr Har-
relson, at her home. 904 South Pearl
street. The attendance, owing to SO
many of the members being out of town.
was unusually small. but the excellent
program provided proved none the less
acceptable. There We're bowls of bright
flowers in the room. with a touch here
and there of green that gave refresh
inE appearance to the Whole.~~ onclud-
ing the selections dainty viands were
served. Following is the program:
Nocturne, Teschilizsky, Hark, Hark
the Lark. Schubert-LiZst Miss Bots
ford; Donau Lieder. Strauss. Fantasia,
Debeiiot, Miss Mullins; duet from Sem
iramide, Rossini. Mesdames Scar
borough and HARRISON; Nespers
Tosti, Mrs Modini Wood; duet, Good
Night. Millilloti. Mines Kempton and
Wood; Cute Nacht, Dvorak, Mrs
Scarborough.
The herald., 1896-08-18
r1exico's Position

MANY American papers now quoting
this journal do not comprehend our po-
sition. We are for gold in the United
States and silver in Mexico, This is not
inconsistent. for we naturally desire the
continuance of the gold standard in the
great republic. our best customer, and
we selfishly desire for Mexico the ex-
elusive use and profit Of the silver stand
ard for at least twenty-five years more.
Silver is making US prosperous, and we
are not inclined to share its advantages
with our big neighbor, from whom we
hope to continue to extract the gold
premium on everything we sell to it,
McKinleys election will suit Mexico
Mexican Herald.
The herald., 1896-08-18

The following from the National Bt-
metallist is a point worth considering.
1.-The '50-cent dollar cry also involves
another assumption that goes to the very
heart of the whole question. 1t assumes
that the value of silver bullion excluded
from the mint and thrown upon the mar
ket as mere commodity is the same as
it would be with the mints of the United
States open for its reception and coin
age. This is in total disregard of the
great law of supply and demand, and
right in the teeth of all human expert
ence upon the subject. 1t is the same in
principle as to claim that making it a
crime to grind spring wheat into flour or
to use II as such would have no effect up
Oh the value of the grain"
The herald., 1896-08-18
fere and There

Hon. Jefferson Chandler and family
have returned from Redondo, where
they have been for a number of weeks.
Among those who returned from Cat
alma Sunday were Chas. Gordon, Chas.
Bunnell. Chas. Briggs. Irwin Herron
Minnie Prentice, Brent Neal, Helen Ea-
ton. Chas. Dick, Guy Lewis, Tom Nc
Crea. Cora Cass. Abby Easton. Roy Nc
Cumber Julia Mercereau, Messrs. Stoii
and Jenkins.
Mrs. Orr Harrelson and son will leave
for a two weeks stay at Catalina today.
Mrs. Spangler and Mr.. David Spang-
Ter have returned from a visit of several
weeks at Mt. Lowe. and are again To-
Gated at the Hotel Broadway.
Mrs. 2. NJ Daniel and family will
leave today for a two weeks stay at
Santa Monica.
Mrs. Chanslor and Miss Birdie Chans-
lor are at home from a delightful trip to
Rear valley.
The herald., 1896-08-18
The rickin.cv and Wilson Laws

The Mckinley tariff. law was entitled
an "act to reduce the revenues" The
rate of duties was increased. The reve-
nues We're reduced and the deficit Of S72.-
900, 900 in the last year of the operation
of the law was the result The effect
was in the direction intended. but to a
greater degree than was expected by
the architects of the law. The deficit
under the Wilson law last year was
only SIS 200, 600, about one-third the
amount Of the greatest Mckinley de-
ficit. The average reduction in tariff
rates WaS about per cent. Isn't it a
plain mathematical proposition from
these facts that the way to get more
revenue from tariff duties and to COM
pletely wipe out the deficit is to scale
down the rates still lower?-Utica OBJ
server.
The herald., 1896-08-18

The action of the city council yester-
day in officially setting forth its claim
to all the waters Of the Los Angeles
river, from it's source to the mouth, and
declaring it's intention of defending it's
rights against all comers, is in the right
direction. The water supply is the city's
he too closely guarded. Had this action
been taken years ago much expensive
litigation would have been averted. 1T
is never too late to mend. and the council
is to be commended for it's action. Now
anyone who enters in a scheme to appro-
pirate any portion of the water of the
river does so with its eyes open, and
must take the consequences.
The herald., 1896-08-18

plorable. In view OF the bitter feeling
existing between some of the supporters
of the rival candidates and the appar-
ent hopeiessness Of the present situa-
ton. the probable solution of the prob
lem this morning will be the nomina-
ton of another candidate. The Herald
has maintained that either Mr.. Patton
or Mr.. Rose would make an able repre-
sentative. and it seems lamentable that
both good men must be sacrificed owing
to the immovability of their adherents.
The herald., 1896-08-18

Nothing done by the Republican polit-
ical machine in this county Is OF such
regret to good mon of all political faiths.
including gold Republicans. as the intro
duction of a strict and complete partisan
political regime to our schools. We have
had taste of politics in our schools al
ready, and bad, bitter taste it has been
Now comes the board of supervisors, up
to their cars in patronage deals, and find
ing what was and will be always certain.
that the offices were too few for the po .
litical strikers, drags the county school
down into the spoils arena. The cost of
the county schools for the last month
published by the auditor was $82,S41.9 81
This far exceeds any amount ever paid
in this county before in single month.
The herald., 1896-08-18
Trucking lrsincerity

Remember that the Republican party
of California has been persistently in
favor of the free coinage of silver. hav-
ing declared for it two years ago as well
as this year. When you find q Republic
can paper pointing out the evils that
may flow from free coinage YOU may pe
sure that it is insincere and simply
trucking to Hanna and the money pow
er. or else the party in this state has
been dishonest in it's claims upon the
voters of California. a.-Stockton Mail
The herald., 1896-08-18
National Democratic Ticket
= For President,
WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN
OF Nebraska.
- For President, l'
li ARTHUR SEWALL y
OF Maine.

It is a relief to find that the present
city council still possesses the remnant
of a backbone. The councilmen at last
decided yesterday that the absurd abuse
of the Main street paving contract by
Mr.. Long merited forfeiture. Better
late than never, but how much valuable
time has been lost and serious incon-
venience experienced solely due to their
dilatorineSS?
The herald., 1896-08-18
Even in Chicago

Notwithstanding every paper in Chi
caGo is in the goldbug interest. the
Hon. Richard p. Bland writes from that
city shat all indications point to a sweep
ing victory In Chicago next November
for Bryan and Sewall. What can be the
matter with that campaign OF educa-
tion" that the goldbug sheets of Chicago
have been talking about for now these
many moons India polls Sentinel.
The herald., 1896-08-18

lightning change of scene. Belle Bir-
beck's contortion dance is a marvel of
high kicking and phenomenal attitudiZ-
ing. highly suggestive of India rubber
bones. The Donates again gave their
clever sketch and judging from indica-
tions the Orpheum Will be packed again
this uaak
The herald., 1896-08-18

This was in the county and had nothing
whatever to do with the city schools.
Every fair-minded citizen recognizes
that there are at least two departments
of our popular government which should
be kept free from political machine
methods and partisan extremes. These
are the courts and the schools. The ma
chine of politics dominant in this county
has reserved neither of these depart
mentS from its blight
The herald., 1896-08-18

Yet another "object lesson is reported
from the east. The plate glass trust
shuts down it's nine plants and locks
10000 men out of employment. The trust
announces that the shutdown is until
election. 1t is but part ana parcel of
Hanna & Co.'S scheme to stampede work
ingmen by locking them out of employ
ment. Its complaint is avowedly against
free silver. This trust enjoys the same
protection under the Wilson German
bill that it did under the Mckinley pro
lection, so complaint on that score IS
impossible.
The herald., 1896-08-18

The European correspondents seem
over-anxious to dispose of w. w. Astor's $
hand in marriage. The latest story is
that Mr. Astor desires to wed Princess
Victoria, the remaining single daughter
of the Prince of Wales. They are not
bold enough, however, to affirm that
Princess Victoria has any disposition to
marry Mr.. Astor. BY the way, what has
happened to his definitely announced
engagement to Lady Randolph Church
i'll, nee Jerome?
The herald., 1896-08-18
Manr-l1eyer Wedding

William A. Mann and Bertha Maya
were united in marriage last Sunday
evening at 5 o'clock by the Rev. B. f.
Coulter of the Broadway Christ church
at the home of the brides mother, Mrs
J. NJ. Kellerman, 319 Stockton street
After the cererSony an elaborate supper
was served
The herald., 1896-08-18
Preachers Tore Daring Than 1ckinIev

1t is rather curious that certain class
Of preachers should think it necessary
to convert their pulpits into political
rostrums in the interest of Republican,
lem when Mckinley himself will not
consent to open his mouth on the main
issue of the day.-St. Louis Republic
The herald., 1896-08-18

Ii Hung Chang declares that abso-
lutely no political significance can be at
tached to his visit to the United States.
His chief desire is to see the great sky
scraping buildings running high in the
air and compare the New World with the
Old. If possible, he is anxious TO visit
San Francisco and learn how his coun-
trymen live in great American cities.
The herald., 1896-08-18

May the city council continue to keep
awake to the urgency of important
questions that have too long waited on
its deliberation and demanded its de-
cision. The Sunday closing ordinance
will again be brought before its notice
today, and it is certainly ripe for har-
vest. Only some of the councilmen can
not make up their minds if the fruit will
agree with them or not.
The herald., 1896-08-18
INCONSISTENCY OF REPUBLICAN LEADERS

sacrificed their records and
al which they
Mckinley does not utter many
hand foot and mouth
discipline Below plain statement OF
Thurston the
his
reproduced
The herald., 1896-08-18
Hold Onto Them

The continued expectation of Mexi-
can dollars TO be used in the United
States as fifty-cent pieces Is another
instance of pushing along a good
thing" BY and by the American people
who hold these dollars will find them at
par.-Mexican Herald