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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-08-26
AT THE PARK.
One orthe Plensantcst Features OF Msr.
chants DHy-Iie banquet and Opera
Performance.

Une Oftho PIenaanlost Features OF Mer.
chants Dhy-'The Banquet aud Opera
Performance.
The climax Of the round Of pleasure
which had been prepared by the com
mlttee for Merchants Day" came in
the evening, when the visiting mer-
chants, the merchants OF Wheeling,
wholesale and retail. and the ladies who
accompanied the guests of the city. re-
paired to Wheeling park, where the
programme for the entertainment, as
heretofore announced. was carried out
to the letter The regular and special
motors from to 3 o'clock running
every half hour, were crowded. and by
the latter hour there were fully three
thousand people In the park Hundreds
who were not guests Of the occasion
went through curiosity and mingled
with the throng. but the red bandges
Of the invited guests predomlnated.
Hundreds Of the visiting merchants
had their first view Of the beautiful re-
sort and were enthusiastic In their OK
presglons OF admiration Of the natural
and artificial beauties. Wheeling park
never presented more attractive mn
pearnncc, and the visitors did not seem
TO tire OF promcnndlng the walks ana
breathing the fresh, pure mir. 10 well
come to them after tho long, tlrcsome
day Of alght.Hocng
At half past the splendid suppcr
which had been prepared for the guests
began, Mr., y u Carney. Of the Hotel
Windsor the caterer, did himself proud
Every detail WAS perfect. The tnbrB
were spread on the broad vorandh SUR
rounding the Casino ana 10 the cafu In
the basement, Plates were laid Tor n
thousand guests and the tables were
crowded within % few minutes. There
was not room for nll the vlaltuf5. but
the "oyornuwH" waited patiently until
they could bn accommodated. nnd IL
was 3 o'clock before All were fod. Fol.
lowing l8 the monu
ID, Green Turtle Roup
Celery Tomatoes.
Cold Meats.
Roast llpof Ham.
llUuf Tongue Veal
chicken Ballad Potato Salad,
Hnur pichun
lUN tTrum
Choose CUnUu Fruits.
AZ the principal Table on the vnrpndn
wCrc President llullIhun Quarter, OF
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-08-26
THE lNrEL1IeENCERs ENrERpRIsE
In Printing n Special "Merohnnt' Day
Edition Met with Favor.


Edition Met with Favor.
Both among the local wholesalers and
general public, as well as among the
visitors. the Intelligencer's enterprise
in printing a special Merchants Day
edition was favorably commented upon
While the Register was industrIousy
engaged In blowing It's trumpet and In
cldentally printing a little over COLI
umn Of Merchants Day" matter ne
lntclllgcnccr was content TO allow we
public to judge in the matter Of enter
prise and public spirit after an inspet'
tlon OF the nine columns OF special mar
ter that was spread before the readei;
OF the paper yesterday morning. W
course the lntelligcnccr does not mas.
Inc that the reading pabllc gauge,
newspaper enterprise by the scale 2,
inches, columns and pagcs-Whl'n
seems to be the Registers yard.siloA-
but the beat administered the MatM
street sheet, both In the range Of 10,
subjects covered and In quantity o,
the news handled, was 80 pronounce
that a comparison Of the two moih.b
pnpcra was quite generally maze y"
tpTdny,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-08-26
THE RA1LRoAp TRIP.
Eight Hundred Visitor. sec the Greater
Wheeling.


Wheeling.
When the projectors of Merchants
Day" first preached the scheme they no
doubt had little thought that 1t would
draw TO the city all the dealers in varl-
GUS lines as thronged the streets yes
terday, and when the arrangements
were made with the railroad lines for
trip around the city and suburbs, the
committee having this branch of the
entertainment in charge did not con-
template that there would be such
crowd to accommodate, but when the
early morning trains began to arrive
yesterday morning each carrying hun
dreds OF merchants, IL was seen that all
the rolling stock Obtainablc would be
required for the trip The matter was
explained to the local railway agents
and when the merchants went to the
Baltimore & Ohio depot at 2 o'clock
they found train OF nine coaches
awaiting them. The train was made up
OF coaches from the Baltimore d ONO,
Pittsburgh, Cincinnati Chicago 81
Louis. Ohio River, Cleveland, Loraln IL
Wheeling and Wheeling Bridge Ter
mlnal railways. II In estimated that
the train pulled out.
II was just twenty minutes after 2
o'clock when W. II. Jams0n, the gem
eral yard master, called all aboard"
and the trip was begun. The run was
made TO the Riverside steel plant on
good time and here the FIRST stop was
made. The visitors were met by Man
aged Ed Wild who plotted them
through the various branches Of The ex-
tenslve works. The frat place visited
was the blast furnace, where the men
we're Just ready to makW n blast IL
was pretty sight. and one which Inter-
ested and surprised the strangers not
a little The molten metal as II ran
along In tho cutters Of sand md Into
the mouldH, forming the pigs Is
sight not 10 bo forgotten
From the blast furnace tho visitors
were escorted through the steel plant,
where hundreds " men we're seen con-
vertlng the iron nto steel ana rolling
md cutting II into different forms, Tho
pOnderouB machinery md the uniform
handling ~ the various departments
were the cause VI general surprise ana
comment
Tho limo taken w 40 far was longer
than had been allotted 10 this stop, Ho
n tflp through the tube works was not
made. Tho crowd scrambled on board
the cars ana u start was made again
Tho train pulled through llonwUpd
nround the loop ana over the bridge 10
Bcllnlrn. where N was Transferred 10
the Cleveland. LUrnln A. Wheeling
tracks, and Hu engine NJ That rund hHul-
cd IL up through noll1Irc, West Wheel
ing and Bridgeport ~ the AotnnsSiDnd-
ard MIL whore the crowd was VOL
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-08-26
umERCHArrs' DAY" VISITORS.
Hundreds Of Them Registered ut Head
aunrterS-Thu Entire List.

Hundreds Of Them Registered ut heah-
aunrters-Thu Entire List.
The following are the names of mer-
chants from the tri-state radius, who
registered at Merchants Day" head
quarters yesterday:
George Kelsey, st. Marys, w. Va
II. l.. Hoge. Oak Forest, Pa
S. Thompson & Co, oak Forest Pa.
j. NJ. Bradford, Kirby, Pa.
J.L. Hobs, Barnesvlilc, Ohio.
Smith Brothers, Bcmont, W. va
DR.. S. NJ. Richardson, Matamoras' W
c. NJ. Sanille, Elm Grove, W. va.
John Sanlle, Uniontown, Pa.
Wllson g. Buchannon, Claysville' Pa
Il. G. Ray. West Alexander, Pa.
Morris & Iayrs Waynesburg, Pa.
c. W. Adams, Washington, Pa.
D. II. Shiplet, Claysvillc, Pa,
X, w. Davis. Washington, Pa.
d. II. Goodwin, Washington, Pa
NJ. L. Graham, Rentnn, Pa.
D. NJ. Cats. Woodland, w. va.
s. A. Rolan. Washington, Pa.
James Hughes & Co., East Finley, Pa.
II. W. Guios. st. Clalrsville, Ohio.
Charles Moffat. WoodsAeid, Ohio.
c. l.. Morris. Belllsvlllc, Ohio.
j II, Cross. Wuynesburg, Pa,
Il. l.. Horner Lumberport, W. va.
Il, II. Blake, Masonvllle, w. Va.
I'M. Booth, Masonville, W. va.
WI. Warrlck and wife. Washlngton,Pa
j. A. Green. Belalre, Ohio.
Il. A. Kirk, sallneville. ONO.
A. II. Hover. Hannibal Ohio
A, NJ. Vcogtiey. Hannibal. Ohio.
L. Williams, New Mnrtinsvllle. w va
II. u. McEldowney, New Martinsvllle,
w Va.
c. p. Ross, wavcrly w Va.
]. NJ. Fox & Co, Benwood, w, va,
Alex. Martin, Hamilton, Ohio
c. Is, owens, Friendly. W. Va.
j. Il. Goodwin, Sardis, Ohio.
A. s. Smith & Co., Friendly, w. va.
Moore a. Rasscll West Alexander, ia.
Ismnn Cox, Martins Ferry, Ohio
&C. Elsenbnch, Now Martiusville, w.
Va,
r.. o, Schmidt, Jolly, Ohio,
10. Swallow, Jolly, Ohio.
j. A. Yost, Lolth, Ohio.
II. j. Link, Powhntan, Ohio.
]. A. HUI. Now MartlnsVlllc w w
], G, McMnnn, Now MartlnsylIlc, IVA.
A. Clark, Dean, w, Va.
HIN. Graham, New Cumberland, w va
G. II. Scott, Bethany, w w.
G. NJ Smith, WayneRburg Pa.
John w. Chapman, New Cumberland
W. va.
H. Il. Fowler 81. ClnlrsvIllc, Ohio.
John McCAbc, Dlllonvnle, Ohio
10. a. McCnbe, pnrlRD pn.
U ..
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-08-26
The Retail Merchants Of the Populous TrtSate Radius
Poured Into Wheeling Yesterday
THE "MERCRANTS' DAY" COMMITTEES NEARLY sWAMPED
But They Were Soon Equal to the Unexpectedly Large
Number Of Their Guests
THE DAY ONE OF UNINTERRUPTED PLEASURE AND PROFIT.

The Trip Through Industrial Wheeling in the Afternoon Spe
ca Train of Nine Furnished by the Local Railroads Was
Greatly EDOyedSOps We're Made the AetnaSandard, Rv,
ersde and the Schenk EsabishmensThe Performance of
"l492" Which Wound Up the Days Programme Was Wit,
messed by the Largest Audience that Ever Assembled in the
Park Casno-The Affair Concludes Today With Pro.
gramme Of Mingled Business and Pleasure
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-08-26
IN GALA ATTIRE
uu.Ins, Portion or ,hc city Beautifully
Decorated.

Decorated.
one Of the most pleasing features O'
merchants pay" was thc Artistic acc
orntlons throughout the business d''
trlct Of tho city, aud 1t has been loO'
tImc aimee the citizens saw the town T"
such gala attire ne II was yrslrt'N.
Main street from Eleventh down to lui
clHoN wDB one mass ~ hhnlnN U g'
llora mgloJully arranged aud 10 sgU !,
cd that each merchant was tlNln1 T,
uut-du th0 other IN am unDri in h''.. ..,l
most airlkIut display OF tho u'U''"
cllurH .,J
Appropriate strcnmrra were nlrnVUW"'
and stretched az they were oar0'' ''
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-08-26
4 SIMON IN TIME SAVES NNE.

Heat. sense OF tenderness and swelling OF part
ali indications that there is need of instant repair
the stitch in time Where these symptoms exist OF
the left or the right side OF the womb disease OF TN
10 not already established, discharge, tritiing a
Srst Init later oopous and irritating, Soon, also
there will be felt dull dragging pains radatng from
the ovary.
Do not, my sister, let your malady go SO isr' but
those of you who are already suffering IN TINS
wav should begin az once j course OF treatment r
with lydia E. Pinlham's Vegetable Compound
Il will restore the organs to their normal con-
dition.
In this connection Mrs, d. L. MYERS, Vuak1
.,,a pa saws, INV oyares were badly dist
ia n,h tnr almost a year suffered with se-
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-08-26

we're burning pains which almost ane7dur able and dull heavy
; on stool or chair told would take nv
Nod and keep quiet used half bottle of Lydia Pnkham %
~ crnrrd before It worked with heh
W the Compound suffering from diseases peculiar
men would say Lydia Pnkhas Vegetable Compound
they need"
Ns telling her lust will the ad
49, charge Think what privilege be able to write woman
% all these willing advise without charge
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1897-08-25
HOW WE ARE GOVERNED.

The 'hold up of the Dingley bill in the
senate by the Democrats and Populists is
the cause of the light receipts which may
be expected under that measure in its first
few months by reason Of the enormous i'm
portations that the hold up permitted
the importers to make.-Crookston Journal
From Room ]. Glover Butldint,. Washing
ton. d. c. This should appear as your
own matter 1t should not be used as from
vouched for.'-St. Paul Globe.
Even the exchange editor Of the Pioneer
Press was lecoyed into clipping some Of
the stuff sent Out from Room l. Glover
Building" this week. The editors OF Min
nesota should pass up that syndicate stun.
1t doesn't look we'll to see the same article
in too many papers.-Princeton Union
The exchange editor Of our contemporary
is not "onto his job lie should get the
Hanna bureau to send him it's assisted
editorials. st. Paul Globe
The meaning of all this is, that there
is a plutocratic syndicate in Room J.,
Glover building" Washington, D. c..
that supplies the G. O. P. editors with
editorials, and Bob Dun's paper, the
Princeton Union, kicks on it and gives
the snap" away. 1t is funny! And
thousands of good honest old party men
read the hireling stuff, and suck it down
as gospel utterances, which came from
heaven-or Whereabouts. They don't
see that they are played for suckers, :.
and that robbery is at the bottom of the
whole business.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1897-08-25

The Peoples party is body of hon
est men, who are trying to do right
in the midst of corrupt age. Their
condition is far worse than was that
of the Republican party in 1860.
However much the Southern Seces-
sionists were wrong in their ideas and
principles, they we're at least perfectly
honest in the methods they used to de-
fend them. They did not come into the
North and buy up newspapers and pub
lie men, and pervert the truth, and con-
fuse the public mind. They believed
they were right and in bold and manly
fashion they proceeded to fight for their
ideas. They would not even resort to
the subterfuge of sham loyalty. They
might have elected members to con-
gress from every state in the union, AMI
those men, while protesting devotion to
the government, might have voted
against all appropriations to carry on
the war. They did nothing of the kind
they stepped to the front and took
the chances Of life and death for their
ideas.
Very different Is the condition OF
things today with the Peoples party
The Democrats want our votes for the
least concession of principles that is
possible. They are ready to steal our
ideas and ignore us; and both sides
q DIV fC fn To
carry their point. We have an exam
pie of all this in the present condition
of affairs in Ohio. The Republicans
cast last fall a majority of $4,000 votes
in the state; the Populists polled about
$4,000 votes; and it would seem that
common sense should have dictated
that the Democrats being in the min
GRITTY, should insist on cooperation with
the Peoples party The Populists. or
a majority of them, would probably
have been glad to do something of the
kind. They went before the Democratic
state convention and asked that they
have at least che candidate upon the
state ticket. Their request was con-
temptuously ignored-they rode over
the Populists rough-shod. and at the
same time they insisted that the Popu-
list party should die, and their votes
all become Democrats. The result Of
all this was that the Populists have held
a state convention of their own, and
have made nominations.
There are, of course, some Pcpulists
who have gone over to the Democracy:
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1897-08-25
WHAT TO EAT.
And How to Get 1t.

An exchange says this:
What to Eat lies on our lesk. "How
to Get IT, weighs our mind.
Behind the question of "How to get
it, is another and profounder issue:--
How much money will we have to ex-
change for it; or, in the more natural
form, how much of it will we have to
Now, as rule, the average man does
not have the money. 1t is in the hands
of capitalists or in the banks. The av-
erage man can only obtain any of that
money by giving his work. or the prod
ucts OF his work in exchange for it.
The man who has the money, Of course,
desires to get with it a very large
amount of the work Of his neighbCr;
and the money that will buy the largest
possible amount of such labor for his
products, the holder of that money calls
honest money" But if the money mas
doubled in purchasing power and is
still increasing in value, or, in other
words, if the products of the laborer
have comparatively fallen in price, then
it is DISHONEST money-trick money,
rascally money.
And if the process is to continue in
definitely, then the men who own that
cube of gold, of rs feet on each side.
which, it is said, represents all the gold
in the world, will own the world. There
fore that cube 25 feet square, of yell
low metal, will be worth more than all
the world is worth-the whole great
round globe, with all it's billion and a
half of people and all the great wealth
produced by their industry.
This is the question that presents it.
self to the world today. 1t is a gra>o
and solemn question. 1t concerns the
wealth of all the children of men that
are alive and all that are to live here
after For when that cube of gold is
worth more than the world, more than
the industry of all the people of the
world, then those people who do not
own a share of that cube must descend
to lower and lower depths Of wretched-
ness, and as they sink, crime, violence.
insanity, pauperism must increase.
Mankind must be divided into two great
classes; few thousand who have an
interest in that 25 foot cube Of gold,
and a great multitude who have nOtns
ing but their deprecated labor to offer
in exchange for any part of it.
These are the inevitable results; and
no clamor of hiring newspapers. no
pretended boom of prosperity, based
upon a temporary failure of crops else
where, can overcome this great natural
law.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1897-08-25
kLONDYKE.

It is not to be believed that the
yield of gold at Klondyke is going to
unsettle the value of that metal. Why
should there be unlimited quantities
there any more than in California ?
The mountain ranges of the coast are
continuous; the gold probably came
as a gas and condensed into the crew
ices of the rocks Why should it con-
dense in the Arctic circle beyond all
the presidents Of the rest of the world?
The idea is purposely encouraged
that gold is going to be as cheap as
pot-metal, so that the fool people Will
quietly endure the impoverishment now
being inflicted upon them. 1t is live
horse and you will get grass" Not long
since it was stated that the sands Of
the Pacific coast were plumb full of
gold. Then we had stories of noun
tain of that metal that had been dis
covered in Australia. Then South Afri-
ca was to fool the whole world.
The vast discoveries Of gold in Aus
tralia and California did not drive gold
out of USE 1t was right on the heels
OF those revelations that silver was
demonetized.
The crushing out of the human fam
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1897-08-25
IMPERTINENT.

Mr.. William R. Dcbbyn, commonly
called the Professor after having
treacherCusly betrayed lis in 1896. and
misrepresented us in every newspaper
he could obtain access to, now has the
impertinence to write a letter for pub
lication in THE REPRESENTATIVE
notwithstanding the fact that he has a
paper of his own.
The purpose of his letter is an absurd
enc. Two OR three weeks ago Mai.
Bowler wrote communication to THE
REPRESENTATIVE, In which he
stated that Dobbyn had been elected
chairman of the state national COM
mittee. We did not publish it because.
before the matter was reached Mr.. Sc
berger Informed us that. while Mr..
Dobbyn had been, as the result of a
cabal. elected chairman of the commit
tee, yet the feeling of dissatisfaction in
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1897-08-25

are apt to move together. The people
are rapidly realizing that it is not so
much question Of the rise or fall of
parties, as 1t is of the continued exist
ence of free institutions Even the
Pioneer Press, Of st. Paul, which has
resentative of plutocratic ideas in this
state, feels the influences Of public opin-
ion, and in a recent issue speaks as fol-
lows:
since the war, has been to steady en-
croachment upon territory formerly held
to lie within the exclusive jurisdiction OF
the state tribunals. Matters have come to
such a pass that there is scarcely case
which cannot on one pretext or another.
be brought in or transferred to federal
court. The law under which this Is done
Is in most instances one of precedent. not
Of legislative enactment. and while there
have been some noble defenders OF states
rights among the federal judges. the ma
jOrity of them have seemed at all times
willing to avail themselves OF any prece-
dent which tended to enlarge their powers.
Modern, sO-caied, government by 1nJunc-
tiOn," too. is a feature of Jurisprudence
which has found its development In the
IcueIdI COuTlS Although JuSICc IAhl ioH .
famous rebuke to a federal district judge.
who attempted to set up that sort OF a
government in Southeastern Michigan not
long ago, caused a temporary cessation OF
such attempts. the present coal strike has
brought about similar attempts by several
federal judges and an imitation of their
methods by state tribunals
It should be our duty not to try to
resort to the ancient trading and traf-
ticking habits of the old parties. but to
address ourselves rather to the broader
and deeper sentiments of this great
American people If we can show them
that we are not actuated by petty and
contemplate motives, that we are not
merely after a few small Offices, but
that we are trying to build the great
ness Of the people upon a foundation
of justice and truth, there is no saying
how far the masses may rally to our sup
port, and give us an opportunity to
carry out the reforms we preach.
In the meantime, let every man stand
true to his principles, and do all he can
to proselyte his neighbors.
We are fighting upon the side Of God
and we may depend upon it God will
not desert us.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1897-08-25
LIKE A RUSSIAN CENSOR
LOnLGn Paper Sees Much to Fear II
Andrews' Resignation.

Londcn Paper Sees Much to Fear II
Andrews' Resignation.
London. July 31.-The Spectator in
an article entitled "Aggressions Of
American Wealth." refers to the re-
tirement Of President Andrews from
Brown university, and Prof. Bemis from
Chicago university, saying: We can
scarcely escape the conclusion that
conspiracy exists among the heads Of
trusts in America to interfere with the
freedom Of teaching in the universities
so far as economic questions are con.
cerned, in order that nothing shall be
uttered that has not received the trade
mark of monopolist approval.
The paper pictures the Americans as
reduced almost to the situation of Rus.
STA by the censorship of wealthy mag.
mates over the universities, and says:
"Capitalists have subsidized the pull
pits. bought up the press, seated well
paid attorneys in the senate and finally
have stretched their hands out to the
colleges, which it is an easy thing to
capture by such generosity as Mr. Rock
efeller's. Apparently, it is their inten-
ton to convert the United States into
a powerful oligarchy. and they will ex.
tend the sway Of that oligarchy to othaF
lands when they can"
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1897-08-25
A GREAT CAUSE.
a traitor.

PARIS. Aug. 14.-Suicides are not the
sole greWsome results of the heat in Paris
The depressing weather seems to promote
all sorts of hysteria and silly conduct.
Just now the newspapers are encourage
ing spirited discussion of the profound
question: why are mountains pointed at
the top instead of at the bottom?"
Men who are supposed to have ordinary
sense have entered into this controversy
and columns have been wasted. 1t must
be the heat
would be worth 100 cents of the mater
Nonsense, it is not the best, but the
degradation Of the human mind under
the thraldom of plutocracy.
Compare the America of forty or
fifty years ago with the America of to-
day. Then we had Clay, Calhoun.
Webster, Benton, Summer, Lincoln,
Wendell Philips, in craftsmanship; and
Lcngfellow, Bryant, Irving, Holmes,
Emerson and a host of others in itera-
ture. What have we got now? Mark
Hanna and Mckinley!
Then the human mind was free, now
1t is enslaved. Then great thoughts
ruled the world, now it is dollars! The
Imagination which once thrilled the
age with splendid flights of poetry and
oratory. is now engaged inventing base
and plausible lies in the interest of the
Oppressors of mankind The humanity
was advancing up the mountain side of
progress, with the dawn of Gods blessed
sunshine frightening it's face Now it
is sneaking down hill in the shadow
of the Jail and the almshouse to an
abyss of infamy
Could Lincoln or Summer or Webster
rise today to eminence? No, unless they
subjugated their better natures and be.
came the tools of some great corpora
tions, and compensated themselves for
their establishment and degradation by
stealing all they could lay their hands
on. This is the age of theft!
Can there be great men under such
circumstances? No. Great men re-
quire great people behind them, and
a great people are never dominated by
alien money-lenders