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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-11-19

The monthly reports ofthe exports and
imports OF the country are regularly de-
m%onstrating how false were the Demo-
cratic predictions that the Dlngley bill
would destroy our foreign trade. 1t will
be recalled that similar predictions have
always been INDUCED in by free traders
previous to the enactment Of protective
tariff laws. They were made Just as
posltively regarding the Mckinley law
as they were last summer while the
Dingley bill was pending. Every speech
In opposition TO the measure, and every
cree trade newspaper article, bristled
with attempts to show that the logical
result OF It's passage would be the de-
structlon OF our foreign trade, and there
was much talk about retaliation" on
the part OF foreign nations,
II will also be recalled that under the
Mckinley law the foreign trade OF the
country, both imports and exports, was
larger than ever before, The statistics
ISSUED since the Dlngley tariff has been
in operation show n growth Of a like
character, while talk Of retaliation" has
about ceased, The total value Of i'm
ports for October, in spit. Of the enor-
nous a%ntlcipatory lm%portutions, was
$4,000 i3, lees than a half million dol
lars lower than In October, 1896, when
there had been no advance importauons
The value Of the exports in october was
3IOo,6s3,si2. while this Ia S2,5OO,0O less
than in october OF last year, the exports
for September were &2O,O OO, 900 greater In
value than those for September Of last
year. A claim that theee eXporta were
wholly due to the foreign demand for
American grain will not hold water" In
the faco OF the fact that there has been a
steady Increase In the exports Of manu-
featured godds
These facts, together with the fact that
tho receipts from customs revenues arc
steadlly Increasing, bearing out the pre-
dictlon OF MIR Dlnglcy that there would
be a gradual increase until the dcnclcn.
ules would cease, not only vlndlcnte tho
confidence Of the supporters Uf tho Ding.
Isy bill but prove false tho freq trade
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-11-19
INTELLIGENCER.
WHEELING, Novnmpna 10, lsO1.


~ AAH
The Register does not hesitate to mis-
represent everything and everybody in
favor of the refundlng ordinance, This,
of course, is very pleasing to those OF its
stockholders who own some Of the pres
ent high interest bonds of the city, but It
cannot deceive the intelligent public,
The people of this city know something
Of the Registers attitude heretofore In
certain other propositions in which the
tax payers were concerned. It will he
remembered, for instance, that our con-
temporary advocated the erectlon'o of the
Main street stone bridge, r%ldiculing the
idea that It would cost more than $4,000,
when It was proposed to erect a splendid
steel structure for less than half that
sum. The stone bridge proposition car
rled, and the taxpayers. who had been
promised that this monument to the
economy of a Democratic city adminis-
tration would cost them less than $4,000,
were called upon to pay $3.50, 900, besides
the interest on the bonds. In ordinary
transactions this would have been term
ed a neat job of bunkoing.
At another time, In 1895, when council,
in order to meet overdue bonds and
other obligations that were inherited
from it's Democratic predecessor, found 1t
necessary to propose a loan ordinance,
the Register raised pretty much the
sort OF a howl that It Is now raising
against an honest, b~usiness-iike, non
political proposition in the interest Of the
public welfare. The ordinance failed to
receive the required majority, because,
then as now. there were people who
couldn't see what was best for their own
interests. The result was that, in order
to pay these overdue debts left by the
administration supported by the Regis
ter, a raise in taxes of II cents on the
500 was necessary. AS soon as the back
debt was paid the levy was repealed,
however.
Now, we find the Register. true to its
record for opposing every fair business
proposition to lessen the burdens of the
tax-payers of this city, advocating the
defeat of the refunding ordinance.
Should the ordinance fail to receive the
necessary three-fIfths majority the result
will be the stoppage of all improvements
for years to come, or, the other alterna-
tfve-another raise of taxes.
1t will not do for the Register to dis
honestly attempt to create a prejudice
among the voters by impugning the mo-
tiyes OF the authors Of the ordinance. or
by misrepresenting the management Of
the finances. That is an old trick Of the
Registers which the community has
learned to understand, or,,if It hasn't, 1t
is time for 1t to open its eyes. In this In
stance a little inquiry will show that the
Register, aside from it's chronic opposl-
ton to about everything in the line OF
progress, may have a selfish interest In
desiring to retain the high interest bonds
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-11-19
N

1t is the rolling wheel that gathers
the most punctures.
It's a poor road that will allow a BIZ
cycle to indulge In mud-sllnging.
A desire to mind ones own business
Is a taste that IS often hard to acquire.
1t is the unwrltten poems and I'M
sung songs that make life endurable.
When a man is a candidate for office
his check Is mightier than his word.
The man who takes his whisky
straight Is never accused of tamperlng
with a mixed evil.
When a man Is too sick to do any
thing else he puts In the time making
good resolutions.
Our first impressions E usually full
OF errors, That Is why proofreaders
are indispensable.
A man never appreciates the gift of
a solitaire diamond more than when he
holds the other three aces.
E%lectrocution has taken the place OF
hanging In many states, but the pa
irons of crowded street car will CON
tlnue to hang on.-chicago News.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-11-19
IFS

Iflove is the birth of an Illusion mar
rlage must be the death OF It,
If a man has a little money and does
not work he is rated as a capitalist.
II you are disappointed in love It
may save n greater disappointment in
marriage.
II an old maid is sent to buy furniture
she is sure to select a chair with arms
to II.
II a ]sure-enough foolkiller were to
come around every nan on earth
would try to hide.
II there is to be no marrying or CIV
ing In marriage In heaven that mag &C.
count for its being heaven.
If somebody would only pull the sled
up the hill for us life would be one
long delightful slide.
II we had to pay for all the advice we
get there would be no money or less adj
vice in circulation.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-11-19

Harpcr's Book OF Facts" n classified
history Of the world, embracing sol
ence. literature and nrt, Is the most
useful OF all books Of reference for the
general reader. The compiler of this
work. Mr. j. II. wlllBcy has taken from
that magnificent compilation OF Joseph
Haydn's, the "Dlctlonary Of Dates ev-
cry fact which has moro than q marrow
aud local interest, and has added In n
form 30 infinitely classified az to be no
cesalble In all detail at n glance, tho
events worth notice In the entire hlH.
tory Of the western hemisphere and
each Of lts political divisions The
United states, for example, aud every
state alnglv, arc represented by chtono-
logical tables In which tho o%riglnfouh-
dhllon political changes, and cconon-
10 activities Of each may be read"
Events Of national Importance arc
themselves independently recorded, In
brief II cAn be said that The Boot nf
Facts" contains by far tho largest
amount OF precise and accurate lnfor-
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-11-19

Mr.. "And-Loan" again breaks loose
in the b~ond-holders organ to say that
figures quoted showing a comparison Of
the handling of the city debt by the pres
ent administration and It's Democratic
predecessor are not correct. The figures
are taken from the annual reports of the
various city clerks.
This queer genius also says the admin
istration is not entitled to any credit for
having shown up cleaner books than it's
predecessor did, and asks, do they (the
powers of the city hall'') claim especial
and particular credit for obeying the
law?" No; they simply point out that
they paid bills which had been left over
by their predecessors who had not obey
ed the law.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-11-19


round the place;
The sweetheart roses at tho gate are
memories OF her face;
Tho lilies lean and Iisten-tho ghosts OF
lost delight
The sunfiower like golden star signals the
silent night.
rosy years
When life wRB oil OF hope and all It's ways
too sweat for tears:
This II tho place / met her-this Ia tho
dear, sweet place,
And all the world Is wondrous with mem.
cries Of her face.
Oh. IL may be that not for me another
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-11-19

The action of the German war ships in
landing forces at Kiao-chan, China, and
taking possession of three forts, after
putting the Chinese garrisons, number
ing $500 men, to flight. while an act Of
war, is not likely to result in a serious
outbreak between China and Germany.
China must realize that the course of the
Germans was justified by the murders Of
German missionaries and the mobbing of
the German minister to China, and will
see the usuelssness of refusing catlsfac-
tlon therefor.
The responsibility Of China for the
murder of the missionaries appears to
be fixed, since 1t Is asserted that the
tragedy was not the work Of bandits, but
was deliberately planned by the COVER
nor Of the province in which It occurred.
China knows well her own weakness and
is not anxious to get into a scrape with
one OF the greatest European powers.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-11-19

We orer one Hundred Dollars Re.
ward for amy case Of Cntarrh that can
not be- cured by Hams Cntarrh Cure.
t. j. CHENEY n G, Props, Toledo, O.
We the undersigned, have known ~
]. Cheney for the last nftecn years, and
believe him perfectly honorable In all
business transactions and financially
able to carry ont any obligations made
by their Arm,
WEST \ TRuAX, Wholesale Drug.
glstg, Toledo, o.
wALDtNu, K1NNAN & MARVIN,
Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, q.
Halls Calarrh Cure IL taken inter.
nally, acting directly upon the blood
aud mucous surfaces Of tho pyHtem,
price, Toe, por bottle Sold BY all drug
glBtB. Testimonials free.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-11-19

It is refreshing to note that there Is
one European power that knows how 10
deal with Turkey and get prompt salts
faction for outrage, committed against
its citizens. Austria didn't mincc words
with the sultan, but sailed right In for
apologies and indemnities with guns
trained to enforce the demand.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-11-19

Our Charleston dispatch gives the
latest developments concerning the Chill
ton shortage, from which 1t may be
noted that the state administration has
been investigating the facts so far as It
is possible to do so, and will take proper
action in the case,in the proper way, ma
llclous comments about "collusions," by
the evening paper in this city, to the con-
trary notwithstanding.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-11-19

Mrs. Mabel Estelle wallace etcham,
who is figuring in Chicago'S latest big
sensation, Is either a very wicked woman
or a very much prosecuted woman. The
able Chicago reporters are trying to find
out all about 1t, and the reading public
will have all the entertainment 1t has a
right to expect.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-11-19

The Register claims that the need of
improvements in Wheeling Is not 10
great that she cannot afford to wait sew
eral years for them. The Register should
take a look about the town, and make an
inspection tour Of all the clty's property.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-11-19

Holders Of bonds drawing 0 per cent
interest are naturally opposed to a plan
to reduce the Interest on the clty's debt,
but why should those who pay the taxes
be oppoacd 70 gueh a measure2
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-11-19

nation on subjects OF general interest
than has ever been condensed into a
single volume The work is handsomely
and substantially bound, and of clear
and beautiful typography.-Harper
Brothers, New York.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-11-19

Richard Cookers present ambition is
very modest, He wants only that the
Manhattan district OF New York shall
be set aside as a separate state, which
would have two Democratic senators, a
Democratic representation in congress
and permanent Democratic control Of
the new states legislature. The act OF
giving Croker a crown and constituting
him king OF North America need not be
considered until some time later-Chi-
cage Record.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-11-19

Senator Hanna isn't worrying half as
much about his chances for election as
tho Popocratlc editors are.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-11-19
CURRENT COMMENT.

A st, Louis mar has turned to chalk.
This is n way a St. Loulsan has of
making his mark In the world.-chlcago
News.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-11-19
Take Care

and thought along with you
In your pocketbook when you start plano
buying. Don't buy haphazard-anywhere,
Start here first. We believe In always
going straight to the point. We know that
We have a good stock, and We want you
are reasonable and honest, and we want
you to know that also. We know that we
can give you satisfaction. and we want
you to know that, Right pianos, right
prices and right treatment is our motto,
and We intend to stick to II.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-11-19

GThe INTELLIGENcER, embracing its
several editions. Is entered in the POST
office at Wheeling, w, Va, al ~second-class
matter.1
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-11-19

The press is having a great deal to
say about that eastern man who voted
and then went and committed suicide,
Kentucky can go that case several bet
ter with a man who died at 3 O'Clock a,
m. on election day and voted at nine
o'clock the same morning,-Loulsvllle
Courier Journal.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-11-19
SEALED PROPOSALS.

SSAD Ff'oFosAAS'
Sealed proposals will be received until
Thursday. November 25, 1887, at l p, m,
by tho County Commissioners OF wetEel
county. West Virginia, for the erection Of
a jail building and sheriff's residence at
New Martinsville, Wetzel county, West
Virginia, in accordance with plans and
specifications prepared by Franzhelm,
Glesey & Farls, architects, Wheeling,
w. Va.
Bids will be received for the entire work,
and for all cell work, and for all other
iron work separately.
Plans and specifications can be seen IN
the clerks office OF the county court OF
Wetzel county and at the office OF the
architects, Wheeling, W. Va. The County
Commissioners reserve tho right to reject
any or all bids. Bids to be sent to Henry
r. Thompson, clerk OF the county court
OF WetZel county, and addressed: pro
posals for New Jail"
Bidders will submit with bids o %eertihed1
check for 2 per cent OF amount Of bid: nos
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-11-19

An Illinois woman wants $4,000 dam
ages for a fractured heart, Which also
goes to show the, feminine love foF hne
fgures.-Philadelphia Times,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-11-19

A society has been formed to demollsh
the Santa Claus myth. II ought
to be chrlstened 1.-THE Society to Rob
Childhood of Its Chief Delight. Phil
adelphia Press.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-11-19

TELEPHONE NUMBERS
EDITORIAL Rooms, -s13 Counting IOOm-"..'s22
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-11-19

Before we take Marse Henry Waiter
son back into the party we might insist
on his freeing Cuba as an evidence Of
good aith.-MemphIs Appeal.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-11-19

1t Is funny, but every Democratic pa
per in the country is for defeating Mark
Hanna for the senate,-Des MoInes
Register.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-11-19

The time is now ripe for the Euro
pean Concert to go into vaudeville
New York Press.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-11-19

Mrs. Mabel Wallace walkup Ketch-
am, OF Chicago, is for the second time
a widow. She first married James b.
Walkup and then John B. Ketcham.
The pair netted her s2O0, 900. It appears
that all she had to do vas to walkup
and ketcham,-Plttsburgh Times.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-03-18
oUsTED ny GOV. SMITH

Are Two Capt toll Com mi ii oners8
sss Tho Show Plenty OF Fight.
elena Mont, March cary OF
waiting for their resignati ions, which
he called for four days ago, Gov.
Smith has removed the members Of
the capitol commission who refused to-
retire and appointed new men in their
places Commissioner Flowerree and
Lloyd resigned, but Commissioners
Cole and Byckford refused to do SO. A
recent mine rity report of the legisla-
tive investigating committee charged
the last two named with malfeasance9
in Office. They say that the section Of
the new law that pretends to empower
the governor to remove them without
cause is defective because Of an error
in the title Of the bill and that they
will force the governor to make and
#subst ntiate the charges against them.
Then, & said Commits Cole, I'VE
will resign. We don't want to impose
ourselves upon the state, but we are
going to show the people. what there is
i'll this whole business
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-03-18

United States Consul General Karel,
at st. Petersburg, has furnished the
state department with full particulars
OF the conditions under which the
plans for the Siberian railway were
changed so as to run the eastern por-
ton of the line through Chinese terri
tory. He says it was found that the
original plan would be hard Of execu-
ton, owing to the great technical diff
ficulties encountered. Thus on one
section Of 1,105 miles the cost per mile
would be $46,260. It was this fact
which first led to the consideration Of
q Chinese section, and investigation
showed that. by running the line
through Manchuria, not only would the
construction be cheapened, but the line
!, would be shortened and other advan-
tages be secured. Negotiations were
begun and the Chinese government
gave a concession to the Russian Chi
nese bank, which formed a new com
pany. the Eastern Chinese Railway
company, capital $2.57O,ooO, to con
struct that part Of the road in Chinese
territory.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-03-18
LAND COMMISSIONERS.

To he Named This Week-Henry G.
Payne Disclaims.
Washington, March 10. It, is under
stood that the app intment ofsa com
missioner Of the general land Office,
for which ex-Congressman Binger5
Hermann Of Oregon is the leading can
didate, has been definitely decided
upon and that the nomina ton will be.
made early this week, but no contirma-
ton Of the report could be obtained at
the White House. Henry g. Payne
Of Wisconsin, who was prominently
spoken Of as a cabinet prob bility, and
who has been more recently mentioned
as ambassador to Germany, has an.
8@nounced to the Associated Press that
he was not a candidate for any Office,
that he wanted none and expected
none. fsS n s#
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-03-18
Accidental happenings.

The Park theater, formerly the Met
ropolitan, the oldest theater in Indian
apolis, Ind, was destroyed by fire. 4
BY the explosion Of an oil well boiler
on the Hartman farm near Gallery
junction, Pa, John Dunlap, engineer,
was killed and William McKeeyer, tool
dresser, fatally injured.
"A snowslide. on mountain near
Park City, Utah, struck one of the DAILY
mine bunk houses, in which nine men
sleeping. Five Of them We're rescued
alive, three bodies were recovered and
one man is missing.
While Taylor Stivers and John Bailey
were working in one Of the mines at
Altamont, Laurel county, Ky, a huge
block Of slate fell upon them, MASKING
them fat against the floor Of the room.
The bodies are still beneath the slate.
Henry Nall, a well-to-do young farm
er, living near Ramsey, ILL.,, met with a
fatal accident while bracing the second
floor Of his barn, which was heavily
laden with corn. The floor gave way
and fell upon him, crushing his to
death.
Four children and their nurse walk
ed out on the big railroad trestle nea1
Terre Haute, Ind, to view the wreck
caused by the recent rains. The fast
Knickerbocker passenger train from
ST. Louis to New York dashed around
| the curve and knocked two of the chill
dren into the water, instantly killing
them.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-03-18

The six-days' bicycle races which
have become features of recent exhibi-
lions are reprehensible in every sense
of the word. The severe strain has in
nearly every case resulted in fatal in
luries to the contestants. Joseph JEFF
ferson, commenting recently on undue
athletic training, said that some years
ago he met Laurence Barrett on street
corner in Boston, and Barrett said he
was waiting for a street car to take him
to a gymnasium. Why not walk p
asked Jefferson; "that is better exer-
else than you will get at the gym
nasium, and you will save the trouble
Of going there
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-03-18
WILL GLADDEN. MANY.

sFOurth-C Class Postmasters to HOLD
ONCE Until Their Terms Expire.
" Washington, March II Postmaster
General Gary has made the definite an
#nouncement that the administration,
after deliberation. has decided to adj
here to the four-year tenure Of Officer
policy for all postmasters. He stated
that except in a few cases, where re-
moval for cause was required, all post
masters of the fourth class, as we'll as:
those OF presidential appointments,
would be allowed to serve out a term,
of four years.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-03-18

The rainfall at the Oklahoma Elk
pertinent station for 1896 was 31.4
inches. This is an abundant supply.
Unfortunately it was not well dis
tributed. Nineteen inches fell in May.
June and July, and over ten inches In
ttirty-one days in June and July. Had
1t not been for the. great evaporation
because Of high temperature and
strong. hot winds the rainfall OF Au-
gust. 1.64 inches, would have been suf-
ficient to prevent injury to crops.
january, February. April and Decem-
bar were the only months IN which
mo rainfall did not reach one inch.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-03-18
HANEY NOT GUILTY.
Aid. Drew, the Principal Witness,
7nRs

AID Drew, the Principal Witness,
Ordered Arrested.
vi Minneapolis, March Is. Elk City
Clerk Charles q. Haney was fonud not.
guilty on the charge Of giving bride.
The jury returned the verdict: on order
of the court. Aid. Drew, on whose.
testimony before the grand jury.
Haney was arrested, did not prove a
satisfactory witness for the prosecu-
ton, failing almost entirely to sub
stantiate his former testimony. The.
court ordered his arrest after declar-
ing that he had been guilty either Of
larceny or perjury. He was held to
the grand jury under bonds Of $4,000.