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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-01-20
EWING BROS.

and SC73.25 in 1886 a total of but Sl,3Il.I5.
These are instances of the way the thing
worked How the increased expenditures
ran up was shown yesterday. As a net
result. the present administration has
spent a total Of $500. 61635 in the two years
il has been in power and in that time has
paid nothing it was not compelled to pay,
save and except the deferred installmenis
of electric light bonds for 1893 and 1884.
amounting TO $4,000. while ii has neglect
ed to pay the gas Office overcheck which
il was pledged to the people to liquidate
in the name of reform. This overcheck,
amounting at present in round numbers
to $4,000. is still drawing interest at six
per cent. and has been for twenty-four
months No reforms have been instituted
and none are in sight. Pledges and prom
Uses, made with all possible earnestness,
have been broken with an utter disregard
to either the proprietes or the eXigencies,
and yet the party, with a record which it
ougL. to be ashamed of. and which it
cannot defend, except by general assertion
in defiance Of the facts. is again before the
people asking to be given another lease Of
power ane authority. And to cap the eli
fairs of the city, it was reserved for the
present administration TO do what no other
had ever done before-shut the doors of the
city Clerks office to newspaper men, as
was done in December. 1895. and refuse to
give for publication even such small facts
as the annual financial returns of the City
Sergeant and copy Of the monthly state
ment of the Clerk of Council with the
excuse that if the Register got hold of any
figures it would "garble" them, to the
annoyance and confusion of the officials
Since that time, thirteen months ago, the
Register has been unable to obtain any
figures from the Office OF the city Clerk,
although before one year ago it was al
ways the pleasure of every official, Demo-
crat or Republican. to supply every news
paper with anything it wanted, no matter
what its political opinions might be, and
all enquiries were uniformly and cheer
fully answered.
Other matters concerning this reform
administration viii be treated Of later on.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-01-20
SMALL TALK.

The cars seized on attachments
sued out by the Huron Dock Company,
of Cleveland. against the Wheeling and
Lake Erie Railroad Company, last Sat
urday. are still in the custody OF the
Sheriff
The new officers of the Pioneer
Society will be installed at ASio Hall
on the evening Of the 9th inst.
The In and Out Social Club gave a
blowout at Carls Hall, on the South
Side, last night.
The Wheeling pottery is working
nearly full. Fifteen men are employed
in the sanitary works, and more are
expected TO be put on.
One of the heating furnaces at the
Riverside skelp mill was shut down yes
terday on account of some accident, but
was started up again last night.
The corner store room OF the Pyth-
ian Castle, corner Twenty-seyenth and
Chapline streets, is to be occupied by
a Confectionery establishment.
"A new enameling works is to be
started in Bellaire in the large ware
house of the old Enterprise glass works.
Those interested in the enterprise are
all Bellaire parties. headed by Charles
Dorr. mold-maker at the National glass
works.
W. A. Chain, who IS accused Of en-
bezzlement by J. A. Penn, manager Of
the c. T. Adams Installment Company,
was given a hearing yesterday after
noon by Squire Rogers and bound over
to the grand jury. In default of $500
bail he was committed TO Jail.
j. A. Kemple, boot and shoe dealer
of No. 1896 Market street yesterday
made an assignment for the benefit Of
his creditors. Charles Bachman is the
assignee.
j. 2. Prosser, grocer at the corner
of Sixth and Main streets, will move to
Zane street, Island, in the spring.
Harry May, an employe of the
Riverside furnace at Steubenville, in
jumping from pile of pig iron, dis
lance of eight feet, came down on
rusty nail which penetrated the sole
Of his shoe and entered the fleshy
part of the foot Symptoms Of lock-
Jaw have manifested themselves and
his condition is serious.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-01-20

The Republican Council which was
brought into the world in January, 1895,
sired by Reform and since damned by
about everything else, began business un-
der the fairest auspices. It had the his
tory Of the city government before it, with
ample opportunity to study the methods
which had been in vogue, the mistakes
which had been made. and the errors Of
omission and of commission by its pre-
decessors. 1t had an overwhelming ma
jority Of Republicans in the First
Branch. all but two Of the members OF
the Second Branch, and q full staff OF Re
publican officials to do its bidding, save
and except in the gas office, where the
Democratic Trustees had a rev months OF
life under their tenure of office. The
promises of "a better and more economical
city government were profuse, the people
had given them an ample opportunity to
carry their ideas into practical effect, and
an eXpectant public awaited with interest
not to say anXiety-the institution OF
those retrenchments and the advent Of
those improved methods which it had
d right to expect.
1t was universally recognized that one
of the most prolific causes Of trouble OF a
financial nature in the city government
was the practice of delaying the annual
estimates until May June or July. The
city ordinance requires these estimates to
be made in April. or as soon thereafter as
possible. and that Council fully under
stood the necessity C. promptness in this
regard there can be no doubt, for in the
body were many experienced men. and the
chairman of the Finance Committee was
an old and experienced public official.
and a business man whose standing in the
community is second to none. Did the
reform Council take prompt hold of a
situation which it was admitted required
prompt action? It did not. on the con-
trary. the avowed policy from the start
appeared 10 be TO allow the making up Of
the annual budget for 1895 to drag along
to the last possible minute, and then some.
and although the administration came into
power pledged to rectify at once the finan-
cial policy Of IS]3-4. if It was pledged to
anything 1t deliberately set to work to
run the affairs Of the city for 1895 upon
the basis Of the estimates for 1894, and it
did it for full seven months, The eX-
ponses of the nrst three months of 1885
were betrayed by an ordinance appro-
priating one-fourth of the money appro-
priated TO the several departments during
1854 this ordinance being passed by the
expiring old Council, in accordance with
custom. When that ordinance ran out,
on the 3lst day of March, 1895, the reform
Council promptly passed another ordin-
ance for April, approprating one-twelfth
Of the appropriations for 1894, and it re-
peated it for the months of May. June
and July. ana it was not until the first
day of August. 1895, six months after the
reform Council had been elected and had
entered upon the discharge of its duties,
pledged and promising TO institute finan-
cial reforms, that the appropriations for
1895 became available! This is the exact
truth of local history. and cannot be
either palliated or denied.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-01-20
VII

The reformatory disposition Of this over
whelmingly Republican Council took queer
freaks. 1t could increase taxation. That
was an easy trick. But it could not in
stitute such measures as would increase
the revenues of the city from legitimate
miscellaneous sources. without imposing
a direct burden upon the property owner.
Il could spend more money than the old
Council. but it could not retrench ex-
penses. It could delay the passage Of an
annual budget beyond all precedent, in a
year when the eNigencies called for prompt
action. but Il could not rise to the en-
Urgency and take that action. In short.
it couldn't or wouldn't do anything that
it was expected to do. but it did with
cheerful alacrity those very things which
should not have been done For instance:
While increasing the city taxes by 1ic. on
every 500 of property valuation within
the limits Of the city. it allowed the re-
ceipts from licenses TO fall off from Si5,-
6i9.5S in 1893. and SIS. 1855 in 1894, a total
for the two years of $S9.1l911 TO $i3.1 90
in 1885. and Si0.517.6l in 1896 total Of but
$50. 729.7O. 1t allowed receipts from fines
and fees to fall off from $992O.75 in 1893.
and S6.413.95 in 1894. total of Sl6.3S470. to
S6.9SlS5 in 1885. and $5,7l3.3O in 1886. a total
of but SO. 69465. Wharf receipts. have de-
creased from SiI49.i9 I'm 1898. and S1S26. .
in 1894, total OF 2,56S.74, to S6sS.5O in 1895.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-01-20

is a miscarriage. It will not work.
He would abate the nuisance by enroll
Ing the lobbyists and charging a fee
for the privilege Of practice before the
peoples legislative jury" This
procedure has the excuse OF
an attempt 10 regulate an evil that
no effort hitherto has been able to sup
press. At the same time it is open to
the same objection MADE against other
propositions to regulate" instead Of
suppressing evil practices. Regulation
carries with it recognition and to a GER
tain degree protection.
Gov. Pingree is not happy in describ-
ing the law making body as "legisla-
tive jury. The Office of a jury is TO de-
termine facts as affected by existing
law. The duty of a legislature is to en-
act laws for the public benefit. The ob-
ject of a lobbyist is TO promote or de-
feat legislation according to its antic-
mated effect on the private interest OF
himself or his hacker. To countenance
lobby influence in legislation by licen-
sing lobbyists is against public NOR
atty. and it is surprising that Gov.
Pingree should advocate IL.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-01-20
STATE SUPREME COURT.

Special to he Register.
CHARLESTON, W. Va, January 10
The Supreme Court to-day disposed Of the
following cases:
Williams vs. the Thacker Creek Coal
and Coke Co., from Kanawha county; sub
mitted.
Baer's Sons Grocery Co. vs.. Williams,
from Mason county; submitted.
Wiegand VS.. Alliance Supply Co., from
Mason county; submitted
Wels-Stone Mercantile CO. vs. TruaX,
from Putnam county: continued.
state vs. VIM. Nutter and others, from
Kanawha county; continued
State VS.. David Bowyer and others, from
Mason county; submitted.
Adjourned till tomorrow.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-01-20
A FIELD DAY
For Old Soldiers in The HOuse---Fifty-
Two Pension Bills Disposed of
Yesterday.

WASHINGTON, January 19.-The old
soldiers had field day in the House to-
day. Under a special order adopted yes
terday, the whole day was devoted to the
consideration of private pension bills OF
the 900 on the calendar, q were disposed Of
during the five hours session. Among
those favorably acted upon were bills to
grant pensions to MajOr-General julius
II. Stahel at the rate Of 500 per month;
Hannah L. Rodgers, the daughter of a
revolutionary soldier. at $l2; and the
widow of the late General Matthew NJ.
Trumbul of Iowa, at SlO0 per month.
There was a pathetic incident in con-
nection with the first bill called up. II
proposed to grant a pension Of Si2 per
month to Margaret O'DOnnell, volun-
teer army nurse, who devoted her SER
vices from 1923 to the wounded OF the
22d regiment OF New York light artii-
lery. Her claim has been pending be-
fore Congress for several years. To-
day when the bill was brought up Mr..
Thomas, (Rep., Michigan,) moved that
it be laid on the table.
"The relief carried by the bill for this
poor woman" said, comes too late.
Our committee has just received word
that the beneficiary is dead.
The session Of the Senate to-day was
without incident. Senator Turpie spoke
against the Nicaragua canal bill and the
reading of the legislative appropriation
bin was completed with the exceptions Of
sections making provision for the Con-
gressional library. which was passed over
temporarily. in the absence Of Senators
interested in the subject.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-01-20
Dillon, Wheat & H2lo5@ q
1923 MARKET Street
DIR. Julius King. Of cleveland e'''
Ewalt: "NOnc better
CLHIRMOYENI'

Prof. Charles ". Leon
world as "a ClairvOydnt ana
dunn
TO tho Heavy Hearted
so dreary and sad. mo-
biipbtcd. no heart So stt
conditions or clrcum
red or incomprehenslbie
cor RIGHT and kept right
In - 1.oir Wen VIE or i hus6ar
ia $oui has The demon
Ii, lna t,,ry Va 0uieuic Of 81.
another s4e RegP SIha re- the love .a
aaEo,,id belong 10 you2 D.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-01-20

corornor Piugree. Of Michigan other
to Known as Potato Pingreee' VIII
. y - go down in history as re-
, al,,0,'. Of GOOD intentions and consider
o .II-lr nerformance. but if he wants TO
az his fame secure let him perfect
u - nnsb through his last proposed re-
s ..,,r namely. the abolition Of the leg
LEV, ~ y. lobby nuisance. If the Hon
@potato" Pingree can only aecOmp''S'
.rot he will have done a greater 'n'n5
.,., hercules. who cleaned the Ause''N
efables. Just think what 'ons'e, -, ~.
ZION this reform would tnro" 'u9
qipia debt schemers into who are no"
working" at Charleston
But while Pingree has our enCiIe
svmpathy in this matter. we fear lna'
rs last effort in q reform dTeeO0n
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-01-20
WHEELING TECHNICAL SCHOOL
AND BUSINESS INSTITUTE

Technical Department.The following
brancbes viii be taught: fundamental Me-
chanical and Architectural Drawing Let Let
W W p 60 Cabiuetmakers Carvers and
Sfonecutters. Modelling in Clay.
T1ieiDess Deuarrment - Bookkeeping.
stenography Type%r,.ilnig; Penmansn mp
T,,itic,1 Zoe Inn Technical Department, 81
per month admission 20 all classes.
~ P,,sjoess Department - Modern Lam
guages. s. per month: Bookkeeping. Cor
ctonoe,r9rbv and Typewri,.ng 81 per
MONTH 10 scholarships sold. Students
bi3d 'ttiberrselves Tor one month only. Spe-
cjai classes for ladies' in both departments.
Glasses In session ID evening ''So-''"''
For particulars apply direct 70 49,
u P''' GFRHARDT NELSON,
i.c.,.b Frcrter Building, "a Floor.
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DIED.

FLOTO-On Monday morning, January
18th 1897. Nina, wife OF Christ. Floto, in
her 18th year.
Funeral from family residence, No. 1918
Jacob street, this "wednesday afternoon
at 2 o'clock. Services at St. Johns Ger
man Independent Protestant Church. cor
ner Seventeenth and Market streets, AZ 2:3O
O'Clock. Friends of the family respectful
~ invited 10 attend. Interment at PENN
sula cemetery.
FEE-Sunday. January 18th, 1897, at 1890
o'clock. Harvey D.. son of the late John
Fee, in the Gath year of his age.
Funeral services at his late residence
No 2726 Jacob street. Wednesday afternoon
at o'clock. Friends Of the family respect
fully invited TO attend. Interment at Pen
insula cemetery. Please omit flowers.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-01-20
CLERK ROBERTsONS OFFICE.

A deed was left for record, dated
November 90th, 1886, from Cordelia z.
Carr. widow of NJ. T. Carr, to Frances
J. Paxton and Bernard Horkheimer,
conveying property for sewer purposes
in Pleasant Valley. Consideration,
$50.
Deed dated August 81, 1896, from
Charles Schmidt, ct al, to Frederick
Happy, ct al, conveying lot in Belvidere
addition. Consideration, S175.
a marriage license was issued to
Robert Jenkins. aged q, Of Martina
Ferry, and Emma Dakin, aged 20, Of
Belmont county, Ohio.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-01-20

word comes from hepuole'n source.
III washington that three Dsmo''a,''
5e..4ors have been secured en- the
and currency questions which
give the Republicans majority
in the next Senate. beyond every
(o,.r-.'cy. For our part we can Z
e out where these votes are 20
nom. because those Democrats
are in accord with the Republicans
~, crrrency. are, as "a rule. s'ronsiy
opposed to MeNinleyism- Inc ,'s sl,ao.
ms saw. however, that several slices
natronage viii DO the trick-0rioery'
- otber words. 1t isn't a good plan
10 let this leak out, however
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-01-20

Special 10 the Register.
Sistersyilie. S.. Va. January 19.-Ol
/ is now The lowest &c has been for long
time, and the small price paid for same
is not q very good thing 10 encourage
/ the development of the thick fluid. Not
withs-anding his fact, however the
work goes on f. q small way, and only
those having the material on hand are
doing any work towards obtaining or
seeking more of the stuff. The Ben
wood pool still holds the lead and is
/ looked upon as the one most likely to
have its production increased with the
exception of the Hebron field. In bOtl
of these fields The different concerns
have q good many strings OF tools run
ming, and they viii very likely increase
the output
The most important well due within
the next few days is che wen now drill
ing by MCFaudeu a IVitClCil, on the
Witchey farm. over i'm the BeUwoOd ter
riJ1vv This well is an important test
Well and viii either blast The hopes of
some men or make their prospects look
more gliuUeriug The + Usher oil Com
pduv ls also working ON test well on
the Martin farm. ahead of developments
to the west, ANA the operators are
watching them with considerable inter-
est
Nothing has been heard from the
Wilson well. out ON the Wilson farm,
i'm the Plum run territory, ON account
of The bad condition of the roads, which
are almost impossible in some places.
Up in the Mayfe,d district the devel-
Opment goes moderately on, and every
thing looks good I'm the immediate
neiehtorhOod The way these wells
hold ont speaks volumes for that sec
lion and makes the price of the prop
crty nearby very valuable. Several
Sistersville parties are drilling we'll a
little 10 the east of the big well on the
lavheld farm.
ON CITY. Pa. January 19.-Credit
balances $50: certificates SIZE bid;
shipments. S2.946 barrels; runs 1G5,09S
barrels.
New York. January 19.-Petroleum,
Pennsylvania crude steady; February
NSc.
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DYNAMITE,
Given to a Boy to Play With---The
Result Was What a Sane Person
Would Have Expected.

Greenwich, Conn., january I9.-An-
tonic Angelo, employed by Joseph
Christain0, a contractor. placed frozen
dynamite cartridges near the stove IN
tle kitchen of his dwelling TO thaw out
This morning, ana later his ten-year-old
boy, who was playing with one, placed
IL ON the stove. when &c exploded,
wrecking the house, killing the boy and
probably fatally iujuring Angelo and
his wife and Giuseppe Ninoh who
U-.rn IN lie .n--.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-01-20

A natural result of this unwarranted,
UncaUed for and entirely reprehensible
delay on the part of Council was the in
creased taxation of 1895 which took be-
tween $4,000 and $4,000 from the pockets of
the people, over and above what they had
been taxed by the alleged maladministra-
ton of 1S93-4 No one familiar with the
affairs of the city in 1894 and the opening
months of 1895 doubts that had the new
Council taken hold of the financial adj
ministration in earnest Immediately after
its organization. called its Finance Com
mittee together to study the state Of af-
fairs during the months Of February and
March, anu made up and passed an APP
preparation ordinance early in April, that
the city government could have been
pulled through, with close economy and a
little stretching of the cloth here and
there perhaps. and the increased taxation
saved to the people But with the city
government being run upon the scale of
1894 for full seven months of 1895, while
Council shudied and dnly-dallied and de-
layed. it was impossible. by July, to in
sJitute such economies as would meet the
situation. and The Gao. levy was the result
How the taxpayers We're compelled to pay
for this bogus reform is shown by these
fiar-rpe.-
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-01-20
TANtlS COLLECTED.
1899. 1854 1895. 1895.
Sl31 20 OF Si3> 2'S = $1C95S2 46 S1S3 4l9 Of
1872 o. 16g 532 IS
Council of

Council OF Council of
'e2-t ......$269 sos 81 500 ..... 1902 95l AZ
a natural and legitimate result of this
increased revenue was increased extrava-
gance. as was conc'usively shown in the
department estimates for 1885. compared
with the like estimates for 1894, as pub
Hshed in the Register Of yesterday morn
mg Instead Of trying to save thousands
OF dollars, as might have been done had
prompt action been taken and business
methods pursued thousands of dollars
Were spent over and above what was ex-
pended in 1894. and even then bills to an
unknown but large aggregate were car
ried over from 1885 10 1896 as other bills
were carried over from 1896 to 1897. not
withstaudine this was another Of the
practices of the Council of 1891 which
was lou'est exclaimed against and which
the reformers We're going to rectify.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-01-20
DEATH OF CASPER GILES.

Yesterday morning ut eight o'clock
Casper Giles. the wei known gardener
Of the upper end of he Island died from
mfrmiteS incident to old age, he be-
ing i'm his seventy-eighth year. He
leaves seven children. among them
CASPER GILES. the pilot. and Mrs John
KOehuline. Of BridgeDorts
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GOES DRY THIS TRIP.
Special to the Register.

Special to the Register.
MARIETTA. o., January 19-After an
exciting election held to-uay the town Of
Lower Salem. this county. goes dry by the
Small margin II four votes. The total num-
Der Of ballots cast was 375. The equal d.
vision of sentiment makes the town due
for an election about once a year and it
has been both wet and dry" in the
past.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-01-20

Ashland. KY. january 19.-Less than
cna-haIf Of tlc coke ovens Of the Flat
Top coal field % West Virginia are now
I'm operation. The decrease i'm the coke
baulaee of The Norfolk and Western
Railway the past two weeks has been
greater than ever known at this sea-
SON
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-01-20

We have received an invitation to
the anniversary dinner to be given on
the sixty-drst birthday of Hon. George
w. Tippett. of the PIT. Pleasant Regis
ter. on January 30, 1897. This is but
ten DAYS oil. Editor Tippett will have
hosts OF friends who viii sit down to
his birthday meal. and there isn't any
one VINO deserves more. We hope to be
among them.
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A PENSION BILL.

Special to the Register.
WASHINGTON, January 19.-Capt. Do
vener has introduced bill granting "a
pension Of 81 a month to Nicholas c. VIII
son. Of Chapel. Braxton county, late a
scout and guide to United States volun-
teers.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-01-20
DIRECTORS ELECTED
st Several Meetings of Stockholders Held
Yesterday.

st Several Meetings of Stockholders Held
Yesterday.
The stockholders of the Central Glass
Company held their annual meeting
yesterday and the following Board Of
Directors were elected Peter Cas-
sell. Louis F. Stifel, Jos. Speidel, James
Steadman, Louis Schaub. DIR. r. w.
Hazlett and n. B. Scott The only
new member of the Board is Mr.. Schaub,
who succeeds Mr.. VIM. G.. L. Goering.
At the annual meeting of stockhOld-
ersers of the Wheeling Ice and Storage
Company, the following Board of Di-
rectors was chosen: Lewis Steenrod.
Andrew Hamilton, James II. Mcclure
Andrew Hamilton, James II. Mcclure,
DR.. L. D. Wilson and Charles W. Con-
ner. The old Board consisted Of Messrs.
r. K. Friend, julius Pollock, Or. L. D..
Wilson, J. A. Miller and c. w. Conner.
The annual meeting of the stock
holders in the Standard Fire Insurance
Company was to have been held yes
terday afternoon, but in the absence of a
quorum the old Board of Directors con-
tinues. notwithstanding the business
depression during the past year, the
books of the Secretary show fair profit
for the year.
The stockholders of the South Side
Bank met yesterday afternoon and
elected the following directors: r. NJ.
Gilleland, Chas. Hortsman. Michael
LOTUS. Fl. F. Behrens. r. +. Hearne, w.
w. Mcconnell. VIM. NJ Hearne, w. S.
McColloch. c. KalbitZer.