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The advocate., 1897-11-17
SENATOR CHANDLER ON BIMETAL-
LISM,

Senator VIM. E. Chandler, of New
Hampshire, in letter to the Washing
ton Post, says among other things:
This comes very near being a coun-
try of free voters and our elections come
very near being honest transactions, and
an intelligent people with their votes
freely cast and honestly counted, will
never adopt or submit to the permanent
demonetization of silver and the fixed
ascendancy Of the single gold standard
prescribed by England. So the pathway
of safety is only in one direction. Mr..
Mckinley was elected only because his
platform and his previous utterances
promised efforts to secure bimetallism.
We lost the United States Senate be-
cause those promises were not sufti-
GENTLY in earnest and were distrusted by
many Republican voters. We did not
promise to establish bimetallism If we
could, believing 1t to be bad thing, but
because we believed it to be good
thing. If we now faithlessly abandon
the pursuit Of that good thing we doom
ourselves to political annihilation.
$50 there is no course open to us but
to bring together the Independent ma
tions of the Western Hemisphere and to,
unite them in one grand and irresistible
demand for the money of the ages, Gods
money, as Secretary Sherman devotion
ally and reverently called 1t, silver and
gold, Joined together at fixed ratio as
the basis of all paper money and credits
ard as the worlds time-honored meas
ure of the worlds values"
The advocate., 1897-11-17
KLONDIKB IN UTAH.

A man named ellison, travelling over
dreary, uninviting valley in Utah some
years ago, discovered a mineral sub
stance in the earth which, on exam
ination, proved to be very like the as
phaltum that is used great deal in paw
ing, and it took the name OF the discov-
erer-Gilson Gte). The Gilsonite beds
are found on the Uncompahgre reserva-
tion. They comprise about ten thou
sand acres and have been reserved by
the government for settlement under the
mineral land laws Mr. George Homans
Eldridge, the United States geological
expert, who made the examination Of
these lands, says in his report that from
tine lodes which have been already found
it can be safely estimated that 29,OO0,-
900 tons of asphaltum can be mined. The
St. Louis Gilsonite Company, which is
now working lode which adjoins the
reservation, is selling It's products for
from $40 to $50 ton. Estimating the
value of the deposits at $40 a ton, the as
phaltum contained in the lands re-
served by the government has a value
of $4,000, 100000
The temptation is strong and a great
pressure has been brought to bear on
Congress to direct the Secretary of the
Interior to open the lands to settlement,
but thus far without avail. If Congress
would provide for government handling
of the deposits, either directly by its own
agents. or Indirectly, through private
companies operating under a royalty
plan, great deal of money might be
gathered into the public treasury in a
few years. But such a. course would
SAVIOR of Populism and cannot, therefore,
be thought Of The usual method will
probably be adopted, and all there is in
the business will go to men who can or
ganize the strongest working force and
get the most money out Of 1t.
A Washington correspondent, writing
about these Gilsonite deposits and their
disposition, says: There is, however,
a most determined opposition in both the
Senate and House to allowing this i'm
mense mineral wealth to pass into the
hands of a monopoly. To prevent this
various plans have been proposed. The
proposition of Congressman Lacey, Of
Iowa, is for the government to lease the
lands and have the mineral dug upon a
royalty, the government retaining the
title to the mineral, and thus protecting
the peope at large, giving the govern
ment an income from the property and
at the same time not preventing or de-
laying its use. 1t is in this way that the
output from the lake of Trinidad is con-
trolled, the British government deriving
an immense revenue annually from the
property. Against this plan there arises
the cry of government ownership, the
same alarm that was used so effectively
in the case of the Union Pacific"
The advocate., 1897-11-17

and the bankers Of London criticised the
Cabinet so severely that It was com
PEELED to take course contrary to that
which the commission had expected" "
Exactly so. And Mr.. Wolcott ought to
have known that such would be the end
ing OF his work.
The advocate., 1897-11-17

a sermon on the benefits Of high
protective tariff policy could be preached
from the text found in Glasgow (Scot-
land) dispatch Of few days ago in the
following words: Glasgow, Nov. 10
The officials Of the JoiReCs' Union have
The advocate., 1897-11-17
NEW COUNTY OFFICERS.

1t is necessary for the Advocate to
give the result Of the recent elections in
detail again this year, to correct the
Misrepresentation of the Republican
press. The following table shows the
number of officers elected by the Re-
publican party and its opponents, to-
gether with statement Of the number
elected in 1893 and 1895:
The advocate., 1897-11-17

purpose OF comparing the result on Com
missioner with that OF three years ago.
The following table shows in detail the
politics of each Of the officers elect, the
Republicans being designated by a figure
! and the opposition by a Q:
The advocate., 1897-11-17

Rural mail delivery is now to be tried
in Indiana, the home Of the First Assist
ant Postmaster General. A dispatch an
nouncing the fact says the first rural
mail delivery experiment in this coun-
try was made under President Harrison,
the scheme being pet measure Of Post
master General Wanamaker's. Presi-
dent Cleveland also tested it, but his ex-
periments were not satisfactory to him
and he shelved it. This is the first ex-
pertinent made in this section Of the
country. Experiments, however, have
been made in twenty-nine States, and in
all Of them farmers were much pleased
with the results and there was no.
ticeable increase in the receipts of the
Offices which were distributing points.
The advocate., 1897-11-17

Garnett Agitator: 1T was announced
just before election that the break In
markets and check in business was due
to the candidacy Of Henry George for
Mayor of New York 1t would appear
to a man up a tree that il the best sys-
tenn our able financiers can give us
can be shaken from Maine to California
by the nomination Of a candidate for
Mayor, these able financiers had better
be retired and some farmers and work.
ingmen placed in charge Of the govern
ment"
The advocate., 1897-11-17

Senator Wolcott, of the international
blmetallic commission, is reported to
have said, since his return, that when
everything was going along nicely, and
it seemed as If the British Cabinet would
20 as far as had been promised, reopen
ing the Indian mints and consenting to
a conference, the press Of Great Britain
The advocate., 1897-11-17

The returns In off years are usually
slow getting in and seem to be slower
than usual this year. 1t Is, therefore,
impossible to give an intelligent COM
pariscn of the total vote cast, too many
counties having merely reported the
maiorlhes received by the candidates
who were elected.
The advocate., 1897-11-17

The wise men Of the East--they that
have associated themselves together un-
der the name and style of the Sound
Money League-have issued the follow
ing card of invitation: 1--WE invite the
friends of sound money and all who
would contribute to the we'll being and
safety of our commercial life to join In
bringing about the unmistakable dec
laration that now and henceforth the
monetary system of the United States
Shall rest on the single gold standard" "
That ought to quicken the pulse OF the
old-fashioned Republican who was sim
pie enough to think that silver Is as
good as gold for all the uses to which
money is applied.
The advocate., 1897-11-17

posted notices in all the shops Of this
city forbidding members Of the union
to hang doors which have been made in
the United States or to use manufac-
tured jolnery which has been imported
from America, The reason for this no
tice, it Is said, is that speculative build
ers have been importing large quantities
of all classes OF manufactured wood"
The advocate., 1897-11-17

What appears to be just and un-
favorable criticism of the American
courts, is that they allow too much lati-
tude to lawyers in the argument Of
causes and pay too much attention to
technicalities.
The advocate., 1897-11-17

Governor Hastings, of Pennsylvania,
addressing a meeting Of the State Grange
at Harrisburg, a few days ago, is re-
ported to have said, among other things:
public taxation is q necessary Incl
dent to all government, and the farmer
will undoubtedly contribute his share,
where the burden rests fairly and equi-
tably upon all. But his duty does not
end with the payment Of the tax. He Is
equally responsible for it's expenditure.
If you do not want your share OF the
public burden OF taxation to be frittered
away in useless expenditures, exorbitant
appropriations, or aimless expense Of In
Yestigating committees whose purpase
is to obscure or conceal the truth, 1t Is
your fault If you do not stop it. You had
better rise in your might and drive from
place and power those who misrepre-
sent you and your interests"
The advocate., 1897-11-17

The late Secretary of Agriculture, the
Honorable J. Sterling Morton, writing
to the national committee of the Sound
Money League, in session at New York
lately, said: "Mr. Bryan and his disci-
pies are actively engaged in propagation
of money fallacies They have united in
one conglomerate all the fanatics, bigots
and idiots in his State for the purpose of
upholding the free coinage of silver at a
ratio of 16 to /. 1t is very painful to OBJ
serve that this aggregation may quite
possibly make a majority of 10000 at the
coming election for candidates who rep
resent all that is inimical and disastrous
to agriculture, and in fact to sound gov
ernment everywhere"
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-11-18


Columbia Theatre between the young
man, his companion and the stage
hands.
AS the fight grew warm the man call
ing himeelf Moller drew a revolver.
This was the signal for renewed on
slaught by the muscular stage hands,
and before he knew it the man with the
revolver was landed in the dark alley,
where he was left to find his way out
as best he could. The young man had
been at the performance every night
since Tuesday of last week. Accom-
panied by two friends, he occupied
box Tuesday, THURSDAY and Saturday
evenings. On the other nights they
contented themselves with seats in the
first row.
The cause Of the row was the at
tempt of the young man, who said his
name was Moller, and companion to
force their way behind the scenes. Man.
ager Shuts, when he found remon-
strances of no avail, left the intruders
to the mercy of the stage hands.
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SISTERSViLLE.

q Sistersville, w. Va, November IL
Last evening, at their home on Hill
street, Mr.. and Mrs. r. T. Cowell en-
tertained few Of their friends. The
evening was spent in cards and music
and a luncheon was served. There
were about ten couples present and a
very pleasant evening was enjoyed
Marsdan L. Colvig, of Wheeling, was
in the city yesterday and to-day.
Mrs. George E. Work, who has been
the guest of her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Robert Johnston, of Bellaire, for a
month, returned home last evening.
From present indications the new pas
senger station will not be ready to open
next Sunday as was intended. The in
element weather has retarded the work
to a considerable extent and it will
not be fully completed by that time.
A. G.. Thomas, who has been at Gin
cinnati and other points in Ohio for
several days, returned to the city last
evening.
Last night, at their rooms in the Nc
Coach building, the Americas Club gave
another of their enjoyable dances. 1t
was largely attended and pleasant time
was experienced.
j. e. Magner, local manager for
DAWN G Mcclure, left to-day for his
home in Wooster, Ohio, where he will
visit a week or ten days,
W. A. Wilson and E. M. Holiday.
Of Wheeling, who recently purchased
the Russell planning mill here, were in
the city to-day closing up the deal and
making arrangements to take charge Of
the property.
E. E. Strong, of Oil City, Pa, gen.
eral manager Of the Mountain State
Gas Company, was in the city to-day.
Henry Rauch, who has been visiting
his home in Parkersburg for couple
of days, returned to the city this after
noon.
Art Smith left this afternoon for
Smoky City to attend to some business
matters.
Charles T. Caldwell, of Parkersburg,
a well-known attorney and Republican
politician, was in the city to-day.
George H. Ernest, prominent opera
tor, formerly of this city, but now To-
Gated at Marietta, was in the city to-
day.
J. C. McCue, field superintendent for
the Oxford Oil Company, who has been
in Pittsburg for a couple of days, re-
turned to the city this afternoon.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-11-18
WILLIAM c. WHITNEY

Gives tho New York journal Some Views on
Political Matters = Believes Democrats
VIII Win In 1900.
New York, November 1.-THE Jour-
nal and Advertiser says, in an inter-
view last night, William c.. Whitney
said: If the Democracy be true to
itself 1t will resume control OF the
nation in 1900. Restoration Of Democ-
racy to power depends on the party it.
self. If harmony comes it will win. l
should say that the tendency of Demo-
cratic thought is toward restoration
Df harmony. To that extent the
status of the party as a political or
ganization is improved
s'Does the complete restoration Of
harmony in the Democratic party de-
pend upon a change in the issues upon
which the national battle was fought
last year?'
II believe the issues will be chang
ed" replied the ex-Secretary. Mr..
Whitney declared himself out or
politics and would go no deeper into
the analysis of election results. he
did not say, however, that he would
not take part in the future battles OF
the State and national Democracy.
Although he has held aloof from the
councils of the party since the cam
paign of 1896, his friends understand
that his interests in it's success has
not waned, and that he may resume
his former share in it's leadership
when the occasion is timely. And that
depends on what is done with the sill
yer issue.
While the Democratic platform and
line of campaign in Greater New York
were laid in complete independence of
the gold Democratic faction, to which,
In 1896, Mr.. Whitney belonged, he was
understood to have approved the strict
adherence to local issues and the wav-
ing of the silver question by the party
managers. 1t now appears that he, in
common with many other party lead
ers, believe that the silver question
will not be the dominant issue in 1900
and that the party division resulting
from it in 1896 will not exist in the
next national campaign.
The former Secretary of the Navy
expects the present Republican admin
istration to create new issues before
1900 which will give the Democracy
its opportunity for a more aggressive
and harmoniZing campaign than it has
on the silver issue.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-11-18
LIVE STOCK.

CHICAGO, November 17.-To-day's cat
tie market was active. Sales ranged at
So S50J4 % for commonest lots of native
steers up to s. 00G5 80 for choice 10 extra
shipping cattle. with the bulk of the tran
sactions al 81 JCGI5 10. Stockers and feed
eTs went at So SOFA So; prime feeders
around 81 so. Calves went chiefly at Sc GOO
% per 100 pounds.
Trade in hogs was active early in the
day at an advance of 5G10c per 100 pounds.
Sales were largely at So 1908 80; coarse
packers s. 2GQ3 80 and shipping lots at
So G0d3 50.
Sheep, prices ruled about 15c lower for
lambs and slightly lower Tor sheep. Lambs
sold at So 75G6 % for poor to choice. Sheep
went at 50 50lI4 45, not many going over
81 So Feeders took common lots OF sheep
as low as 81 65l3 60 and common to fair
lambs at So 75Gt4 10.
Receipts-Cattle. 900 head; hogs, $4,000
head; sheep, 5000 head.
EAST LIBERTY. Pa, November IL
Cattle. steady; prime 81 15d4 So; common
SIS 00Gl3 so; bulls, stays and cows 81 O043 60.
Hogs, fairly active; prime assorted me-
dums So 50It3 SO; best Workers and pigs
So so: common to fair grades So 1893 So;
heavy 50 40d3 80; roughs 81 50Gi3 %.
Sheep, firm choice "a 4GGl4 so; common
So 0Gd3 65; choice lambs S. SOFAS 70; com
mon to good 81 50d5 80. Veal calves S. 500
60.
CINCINNATI. November T.-Hogs, act
i've at 81 1898 80.
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WILL NOT ARBITRATE.
A Refusal by the Coal Operators of North
crn Illinois.

A Refusal by the Coal Operators of North
crn Illinois.
Chicago, November 1.-THE coai
operators of Northern Illinois have re-
fused absolutely to arbitrate their diff
ferences with the striking miners, and
the miners will hold a convention at
Streator on Friday to consider what
further action shall be taken. A. L.
Sweet, of Chicago, one of the two coal
operators who responded to a call for
q conference with the miners, told the
men he believed the operators woulc
be willing to pay rate uniformly four
cents under the scale demanded by the
miners, except as regards the Streator
price, which is within 1 u cents OF the
scale asked. Mr.. Sweet generally is
regarded as the spokesman for the
operators and his figures are looked
upon as semi-official.
Most of the men are firm in their
demands for a better settlement.
though it is said by some if the opera
tors will make an Official offer of the
nature indicated by Mr.. Sweet, the
convention may vote in favor of ac-
cepting it.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-11-18

Cash quotations were as follows:
Flour, easier.
spring S31SaS5c: No n. red s5%gs73Ac. No
oats, No. 2 21c; No. White 2lc 9- NJ g. 8
white 22a4@24c.
Barley Bari vi No. T. 5''2 5sa4sc.
Flaxseed, No. l, 81 O612G1 1912.
Timothy seed, prime 81 So.
Lard. per loo pounds md 81 2C az 22 x.
Short ribs, .Qoose), s. 20@4 50;
Shoulders, dry. sailed (boxeO, 42a5c.
Short clear sides (boxed). 412@45sc
Whisky, odistillers' finished goods per
Sugars, unchanged.
On the Produce Exchange to-day, the
butter market was steady; creameries
15@22c; diaries 12d20c.
Cheese, quiet at S0S1ac.
Eggs, firm; fresh 1Sc
NEW YORK, November 17-Flour, re-
ceipts 24,S7o barrels; exports 1888 barrels:
market tirmer and fairly active on all
popular brands.
Wheat, receipts 1860 bushels; exports
5000 bushels. spot market strong; No. 2
red 99c; options opened firm; closed
stronger at A@fc net rise; No. red No
vember closed at $3.50; December closed
at SIC.
Corn, receipts $500 bushels; exports
$500 bushels; spot market firm; No. 2
Sac options opened steadier, closed at
LMMc net higher: November closed at
321ac; December closed at &c.
Oats, receipts 131.4O0 bushels; exports
33i 749 bushels; spot market firm; No. 2
251aG26c; options inactive but firm with
other markets, closing sc net higher;
December closed at 26c
Hay, quiet.
Hops, firm.
Hides firm.
Wool steady.
Beef. quiet.
Cutmeats. steady.
Lard, firmer; western steamed 81 500
4 So refined steady.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-11-18
PRODUCE.

ASSOCIATED PRESS QUOTATIONS.
CHICAGO, November IA little bulge
vanced the price of that article &c was
all that saved wheat and corn from al
most utter stagnation to-day. Sympathy
of activity, and considerable strength III
both these markets during the latter part
of the session. Wheat closed 1AM13sc
higher and corn advanced &c Provisions
were firm though dull and advanced 5G10c
The leading futures ranged as follows:
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-11-18

Pork. quiet.
TaIlow, steady.
Cottonseed oil, steady.
Petroleum, quiet.
Rosin and turpentine. steady
Rice and molaSses, steady.
Coffee, options opened barely steady;
closed steady at a net decline of 10alo
points; sales p eco bags.
Sugar, raw firm; refined firm.
BALTIMORE, November 17.-F1our, dull
and hunfhanged receipts a 80 barren
bushels bushels exports s ' is, 500 bushels.
Corn. quiet spot. month and December
3a1AG34c; November. December, new or
old, 3214 @3a1sc; receipts 21.2s9 bushels; ex-
oats firm: No. 3 white 2sG2Slsc; receipts
Rye, easier: No. western ss5s assAc !;
receiptsls,234 bushels; exports Ills oush-
Hay. steady; choice timothy s1s 90 asked.
CINCINNATI, November T--Flour,
steady.
Wheat, firmer; No red nominal at CSC.
Corn, strong; No. mixed re,
Oats firmer; No. mixed 22&4 G23c.
Rye, quiet; No 2 4612c
Lard quiet at 81 To-
Bukmeats. steady at 81 60.
Bacon, firmer at s. 80.
Whisky, quiet at 81 -.
Butter, quiet.
Sugar and cheese, steady.
Eggs firmer at 1612c.
PHILADELPHIA, November 17-Wheat,
firm and 1ac higher; contract grade, NO,
vember 9sG974c; December January ana
February nominal.
Corn, firm and &c higher: No. mixed,
November and ecember 5212G329sc; Janu-
airy and February nominal.
Oats, firm; No. 2 white November. De-
cember, January and February 2l12@2Sc.
TOLEDO. November 17-Wheat, higher
and firm; No. 2 cash ana December 94Ac.
Corn, higher and firm; No. mixed &c.
Oats, active and higher; No. mixed
PC.
Rye. dull and lower; No. cash 4Sc.
Cloverseed dull and steady: prime cash,
November and December So 20.
OIL unchanged.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-11-18
THE MYSTERY EXPLAINED,
A Mouse Ran Up the Clock and Caused Sur
prise in Bloomfield

prise in Bloomfield
Bloomfield, N. j., November H.
Residents of Bloomfield have been
greatly disturbed for a week by the
peculiar actions of the fire bell, which
is regulated by an electric clock in the
headquarters of the Essex Hook and
Ladder Company. The bell strikes the
hour Of nine each night, and every pos
SCISSOR of a watch or clock. in the town.
ship uses it to regulate his timepiece
When the bell strikes, out come watches
from pockets, in church, at dances, in
the streets-wherever the owner of the
watch happens to be.
The bell, however, has been striking
sometimes at a quarter before nine,
sometimes ten minutes before, appar-
emily just when it felt like it. After
the jewellers had regulated nearly every
. watch in the town, and the firemen had
several times hurried to headquarters
thinking that it was fire alarm, it was
discovered that the clock was running
wild and that the watches were all
fright.
Several members OF the hook and
ladder company volunteered to keep a
watch on the clock and bell, but it was
soon evident that no one was tamperlng
with them. The theory that it was
the work of spirits had begun to gain
some credence, but yesterday the mys-
terry was solved.
Mr.. Boyle, a jeweler, VINO IS custodian
of the clock, was ordered to fathom the
mystery or resign. He started to take
the clock apart in the presence of sew
eral firemen. A little mouse ran out,
and then it was discovered that the
mouse's attempt to build nest in the
clock wheels had caused all the trouble
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-11-18
A PATENT GRANTED.

Special to the Register.
Washington, D. c., November IL
A patent has been granted to C. A.
Packard, of Charleston, w. Va, on a
hair-pin.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-11-18
ROUTED BY STAGE HANDS.
A Chicago Chappie Who Was Too Attenti,

AChicago Chappie Who Was Too Attentive
to Actresses.
Chicago, November 17.-Overzealous
attentions to Miss Theresa Vaughn and
Miss Dorothy Drew, members of s'The
Whirl ofjthe Town" company, by a
styllshly-tressed young man, who rep
resented Aimself to be the son of former
kCommodd Re Moller, of the Greenwich
Yacht CT b, were the cause of an ex-
letting id at the stage door of the
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-11-18

Trains and daily between Cleveland
and Thrichsvilie, all other trains daily ex-
cept Sundays.
Passengers between Wheeling, Martins
Ferry. Bellaire ard Bridgeport. take EIec-
tric Hallway. N. G.. CARREL
G.. P. A. Cleveland. o.
O. r. WOOD. T. P, A.. Wheeling. ". va.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-11-18
METAL MARKET.

NEW YORK, November 17.-Pig iron,
warrants weaker at Sc 50 bid and Sc 80
asked. -
Lake copper, dull ats1O 10 bid and $40 So
Tin. dull at s13 20 bid and s13 50 asked.
Spelter nominal at 81 05 bid and 81 Is
asked.
Lead, firmer; exchange SO 80 bid and
So So asked; brokers steady at SO 30.