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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-10-12
IRiSHM En-
Applaud Sentiments of Hostility to
England Pointed Speech by Will
lam Redmond.

Dublin, October 1.-THE first gen.
eral national convention of the Irish n
dependent League, organized by John
Redmond, the Parnellite leader, devel-
oped an exciting scene to-day. During
a speech by VIM. Redmond he said that
when the Dillonites rejected Parnell
the alienated the United States. thus
killing the goose which laid the golden
egg. Continuing, he said he would
never walk into any room to be con-
trolled by Dillon and Healy, though he
was for unity. with all the royal
procession through our streets, it is
time for Irishmen to say something.
The great mass of the Irish people are
to-day, and will be until liberty is
given them, the enemies of England.
England is bully, pirate and savage.
Whether in India or in Africa, the
bloody flag of the British empire has
been advanced by plundering and de-
stroying poor people. Our sympathy
goes out to these poor people God
bless them and give success to their eff
forts. Three cheers for the men in In
ola who are fighting England"
The delegates thereupon climbed up
on their seats and shouted, Down with
Britain"
Much denunciation of England fol-
lowed. There was, however, no dis
cord whatever in the meeting, the reso-
lutions were all adopted with enthus-
iasm and the reading of a telegram
from the Irish Independent League of
New York was heartily cheered
The proceedings were finished this
evening, and the predictions made of a
revolt against the leadership of John
Redmond proved entirely unfounded.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-10-12
OPERATORS 0BDURATE.

RatchfOrd Has Little Hope That the Union
Can DO Anything in Kanawha
Charleston, W. Va, October IL
President Ratchford, of the United
Mine Workers, addressed meetings of
miners to-day at Maiden and at Mont
gomery. He expects to leave early to-
morrow MOI hing for Columbus. he
says he finds the operators obdurate
and does not hope to induce them to
come to terms. The officials of the
mine workers have been seeking a
conference with the operators, but
have said in advance that they would
not accept any compromise. they de-
mand the scale. With hope of COM
promise thus cut off, the operators de-
cline to meet the miners in conference
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-10-12
TREASURY STATISTICS.

Washington, October 1.-THE annual
report of the treasurer of the United
States will show that on June 80, 1896.
the total available assets of the treas
ury were $685., 1921, and on June 80,
1897, they had increased to 1914, 764,377.
OF these sums S30S,354,44S was avail
able on June 80, 1896, and $2S3, 295. 424
on June 80, 1897, for the strictly fiscal
operations Of the government. On
June 80, 1896, S547 ,330,973, and on June
80, 1897, 1891 ,46S,953 was held on de-
post against outstanding certificates
and treasury notes. In addition to net
ordinary revenues, the treasury received
5.44S,970 in deposits for the retire
ment of national bank notes and $3.50
in refunding certificates for conversion
into bonds, so that the total income
available for the fiscal operations of
the year was s363, 1895.
AS against this there was disbursed
besides the ordinary expenditures, the
sum Of $11 1878, 500 on account of bonds
and fractional currency, and the fur
Their sum of 81, 092. 355 in the retire
ment on national bank notes. making
a total of s3SS,245,017. The net loss
of available cash arising from these
operations, therefore, was 25,071 ,091
In this issue of paper currency the
operations of the year, which amount
ed to S374,S4S, 900, was exceeded in
only one year, 1892, and then by only
narrow margin.
The redemptions, amounting to
$50. go, were also relatively high
er. The presentation of national bank
notes for redemption increased to such
proportions as to overtax the capacity
of the force employed in counting and
asserting, and required considerable
advances to besmade out of the general
funds of the treasury. By an increase
of the force, however, the arrearage
of work was brought up before the
close at the year.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-10-12
GOVERNMENT BY INJUNCTION
Receives Severe jolt at the Hands of a
Colorado Court.

Receives q Severe jolt at the Hands of a
Colorado Court.
Denver, Colo, October 11.-Judge
Wilson, of the Court of Appeals, with
Judges Thompson and Bissell concur
ring, handed down an opinion to-day
in which he makes vigorous attack
on Government by Injunction" eve
cannot approve practice" said Judge
Wilson, nor subscribe to a doctrine
which permits the exercise by the
courts of the extraordinary power OF
injunctive relief for every wrong or
infringement upon the rights of an
other
Such course of procedure, if car
ried to its ultimate natural conclusion,
would tend to entirely subvert the
fundamental principles upon which
our system of laws are founded"
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-10-12
EASY FOR CHOYNSKI.

Galveston, Tex, October 11.-At the
end of the fourth round tonight, upon
Choynski remarking to the referee,
For Gods sake call the fight off. |
don't want to hurt the man any more, -
the contest between Choynski and
Herman Bernau, of Texas, was decid-
ed in favor. of the Californian. The
fight from the first was all in Choyn-
skis favor. He could have knocked
the German ont at any time had he
cared to follow up his leads. In the
fourth f found. choyn 7 noored his man
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-10-12
The Weather.

Mr.. c. Schnepf, the Opera House
druggist, made the following observa-
lions Of the weather yesterday: a. M,
81; 9 a. m, &c: Il m, IS; D. M, IS;
Z D. m. "a. Weather changeabIe.
Washington, October 11.-For West
Virginia showers, followed by
fair and cooler weather Tuesday even
ing; westerly winds.
For Western Pennsylvania-Sh Show
ers and high southwester1y winds and
cooler Tuesday evening.
For Ohio-Local rains. followed by
fair and cooler weather. brisk west
erly winds, high On lakes tQsnirff
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-10-12
THE HORSE SHOW OVER.
Was Success in Every Respect-Promise
for Next Year

Was Success in Every Repositories
for Next Year
PittSburg, Pa, October 11.-Pitts-
burg's first horse show closed tonight
decided success socially, financially
and horsely. The managers of the ven
ture are SO well satisfied with the en-
couragement given them that they an
nounce the horse show as a permanent
annual occurrence
Many exhibitors received but one cup
as prize, the three big winners being
George B. Hume, of New York, receiv-
ing eight cups; ]. Holloway, of Chevy
Chase, Nd, seven cups, and Mitchell
Harrison, Pittsburg, seven cups. H. B.
Wick & Co., of Youngstown, Ohio, fol-
lowed closely in the wake of the large
winners.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-10-12
NEWS FROM KLONDIKE.

Victoria, B. c.. October 1.-The
City of Topeka mas arrived from Alas
ka, bringing Capt. Hackett and the
crew of the schooner Annie c. Moore
which was burned in the Lynn canal.
Harry Romano. who sold claim on
Hunter Greek for $4,000. also came
down. He says there ars@ 900 people
In the Klondike and only nod enough
for one-third Of them.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-10-12
THE DROUIH'BROK[NAT LAST.
COpiOus Rains Are Falling Over the
Great Parched Area

Which Has Been Blistering and
Baking Under the Suns Rays for
Six Weeks-Indications Are Good
for a Continuance Of the Rain for
Thirty Hours, Over the Region
from the Rocky Mountains to the
Ohio Valley-The Most Severe
DrOuth Ever Recorded is at an
End.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-10-12
ANADDRESS BY MRS. PETERS,
A Former Wheeling Lady, at the
Nashville Exposition

Brooklyn Day Fittingly Celebrated
at the Big Tennessee Centennial
Show--An Immense Crowd in
Attendance, and an Unusually
Interesting Programme Carried
Out-Mrs. Peters's Address was
q Gem, and Sparkled With Bril-
liant Lights on Woman's Work
and Sphere.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-10-12

Chicago, October 11-Rain is fall
ing generally to-day throughout the
parched belt of the Western States,
and the long disastrous drought has at
last been broken.
Reports from Kansas, Nebraska,
Iowa Illinois, Missouri, Arkansas and
Minnesota show quite general rains
are still falling, with indications of
continuing during the next twenty
four hours.
The rain in Nebraska is the first of
any consequence that has fallen in that
State for six weeks, while Kansas is
receiving her first wetting for two
months
According to the weather bureau an
unusually extensive area of low baro-
meter extends from the Rocky Noun
tains eastward over the Mississippi and
Ohio valleys and the lake region.
Within that area since Saturday
morning general showers have fallen.
The heaviest rainfall reported is at
Wichita, Kas., where 2SS inches we're
registered. The temperature is above
the normal in nearly all sections ex-
cept the Southwest
The drought just broken has for
severity and wide area of country af-
fected never been equalled in the
period covered by authoritative record
in this country Crops have suffered,
fruit has been blasted, fires have
leaped up as if from spontaneous COM
bustion in field and woodland, and
every moment of the time since the
middle of August has been crowded
with danger to cities.
Farmers have been hauling water
for their stock, even buying the fluid
in many sections of the country.
Many small towns throughout the
country have suffered severely from
fire. -----------
Conservative estimates place the re-
duction of acreage in winter wheat at
% per cent. Thousands Of acres
throughout the affected district have
not even been ploughed, the ground
being nisuch condition as to render
farm work next to impossible.
To stock raisers the rain is a God
send, for pastures which have been
dried up for weeks will be available
once more.
In many localities it has been neces-
sary to feed stock for three weeks past.
Weather bureau officials said this
afternoon that indications point, to a
continuance of the rainfall for SO hours
more
Dallas, Texas, October 1.-THE
drought of the last eight weeks, which
has cut short the cotton crop over all
North Texas, dried up the pastures and
put stop to nearly all farm work. has
been broken by hard rains that have
fallen over fully half the State during
the past "a hours The rain belt ex-
tends from the BraZos Valley to Red
river, and from Abilene, in West Texas,
and Wichita Falls, in the Panhandle,
to the Louisiana line. The drouth had
damaged the corn crop, lessened tie
States cotton crop 100000 bales. and
greatly retarded preparations for tai
planting. Greeks and ponds throughout
Central, Western and Northwestern
Texas have been dry for two weeks and
a water famine was threatened PREP
arations for seeding a big area of
wheat will now begin
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-10-12
INTERNATIONAL DIFFICULTIES
Not Likely to Result from the Liberia
ton Of Miss CisneroS.

Ex-Minister Taylor Says Senior
Sagasta Will Be More Likely to
Give a Royal Decoration to the
People Who Arranged and Aid
ed Her Escape - Relieves the
Spanish Government of a Great
Load of Trouble-Consul General
Lee and Taylor Going Over
Spanish Affairs at the State De-
partment.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-10-12
WILL PROSECUTE THE WAR.

Madrid, October 1.-THE new Cap
tain General of Cuba, Blanco, had a
long conference with the Queen Regent
to-day The Spanish party OF Cuba.
the commercial association of Havana
and the Independent party OF Porto
Rico, have cabled to the government
assuring it of their support
The San Francisco call., 1897-06-13
White House Pioneer Davs.

Gong ress first assembled in the new
Capitol on November H. 1900; and John
Adams, then President of the United
States, took up his abode in the Execu-
tive Mansion" writes ex- President Harri-
son of THE Domestic Side CT the White
House" in the Ladies' Home Journal
Neither the Capitol nor the Executive
Mansion was fully completed. The
proportions of the house seemed to
Mrs. Adams as grand and superb
The plan was taken from the pal
ace of the Duke of Leinster in Dub
lin. If they will put me up some bells
and let me have wood enough to keep fires, )
wrote Mrs. Adams. L design to be pleased.
But though literally IN the woods no one
could be found to cut and cart frewood.
The few cords of wood that had been pro-
vided had been expended to dry the plaster.
ing. A Pennsylvania wagon, secured
through treasury clerk, delivered cord
and half of wood, which is wrote Mrs
Adams, 'all we have for this house, where
twelve fires are constantly required, and
we are told the roais will soon be so bad
that 1t cannot be Drawn
'The society ladies were impatient for
drawing-rnom' in the Executive Mansion
and this when Mrs. Adams had no look
ing glasses but dwsrfs' and not a
twentieth part lamps enough to
light the house. There was no in
closure and she made a drying-room
for her clothes of the great east
room. The original cost of the White
House is said to have been a little more
than $500, ,0o0, and something more than
that amount was expended in restoring il
(after its destruction by fire in 1SI4), and
in the building of the north and south
porticos.'
The San Francisco call., 1897-06-13

and saw the teacher surrounded by seven
dark skinned Indian children, or part In
dian, her white apron, tidy dress and
youthful appearance in strange contrast
with the sand beaten face. the weather
worn and chaparral-torn garments of the
man at my side.
After all, it was net the gold that he was
after; it was what he thought the gold
would get him. Then for the lrst time it
dawned Upon me that If the vein only ex-
listed in his MIND the coming back would
be worse than going out. His assurance
was catching. His mood always sanguine
of rich results, failure seemed to be on
no part of his programme. The third day
we entered the sand. The great dunes.
like mountains stood in our way. He
knew we'll almost every trail. The pro.
gress was slow. At last he pointed to
the foot OF one of the Cocopah Mountain
ut is near there" he said.
We we're now in the most terrible part
of the desert. The mountains to the west.
the north and the south shut out the
The San Francisco call., 1897-06-13

1 never knew his other name. He was
known from Cocopah mountains 10 the
sea as the Irish Lord. His coming TO San
Diego always meant two bits from each
OF the court officials. He was political
boss. In addition TO controlling precincts
on the desert, that existed largely in his
fertile brain. his nomadic habits gave him
the privilege of voting in several places.
He always looked as though be needed a
breakfast. His request, however, was
very brief, and spoken with the pride and
bearing of man whose ancestry had i'm
posing tom bstones, "Give me two bits;
Pm dry" Even the officials who were
endorsed by the Prohibition party could
not refuse the request, and the Superin-
tendent of Schools, sworn to advocate
scientific Temperance instruction, yielded
TO the mans strange personality.
1t was in 1892 that the Irish Lord came
into my Office. and said. in his jerking
way. "Want to get rich?'
Yes, l replied.
Then come with me TO the desert.
have found a mine-vein seven teet wide,
almost solid gold.'
at is too good thing to divide with
me, IS it not?" / asked
out there on the edge OF the desert her
school, and she is the queen of her sex. 1
love her and every one of the halfbreed
children IN her school, cause they're near
to her. That's why I'll Givy with you.
There's enough in the vein of gold for
both of US. Nav be it's the Peg1eg. While
l know all about huntin' mines you may
be able to help theorize about 'em. Viii
,ieh To-
trip. The creeks are all towards ana run
underground and whisky is so scarce that
YOU can't use it to wet down dry Jokes.
when we get the gold I'm going to
Ireland and buy the estate of the Irish
Lord and come back ana give the title to
The school-lassie.
knew the Irish Lord had spent years in
prospecting on the desert. Knew, too,
that the possibility of finding rich mines
always existed in hat section of country
that exteHdeu from Borega to Cocopah.
His love for the pretty schoolmarm was
The most unreal part of it. Yet here in
this tramp's life were the two elements
that ruled the world-love and gold. The
irish Lord, a hermit almost of the desert,
had the two great realities in an almost
primitive state.
1t did not take me long to decide that l
would companion the Irish Lord on the
desert trip. A strong presentiment ex-
listed in my mind, however, that neither
one of US woulc get any gold and that the
schoolteacher would remain in blissful
ignorance of The Irish Lords love and his
title. Some other mpulse-one of those
impelling thoughts that come into ones
conscience from a stronger will than your
own-!ed me TO make the trip.
The second day out we passed a house
made of three ex- x-Goyernment-claim shan
ties, with an Am rrican flag floating over
it. The name of it was the Milquatary
School. Somehow, [ knew that the
teacher was the Irish Lords sweetheart. l
stopped the team.
'Drive on, - youW he said excit-
edly.
''Why. don't you want to see herr"
'See her! Look into her pretty ewes
now? Mol FL not speak to her until
come back from Ireland with my titles
and deeds"
We drove on. Hooked back. however
The San Francisco call., 1897-06-13
THE GEORGIA POET

Shakespeare and hundreds of poems
In one respect Stanton resem bles his dis
tiuguished co-worker. Uncle Remus."
He is unwilling to leave Georgia, and
seems to think that a position on a big
newspaper in any other State at double
his present salary would be utterly ruin
Gus.
1t is passing strange that these two men
are willing to remain practically prisoners
in ''pent-up Utica" when business and
pleasure offer them wealth and fame in
our great centers OF population, but they
are so constituted and they cannot help it.
Doubtless a strange timIdity and shy
ness common to both men will be found
to be the true explanation of their un-
willingness to change their place of abode.
They seem to think that geogra phical
The San Francisco call., 1897-06-13

Frank L. Stanton, the Georgia poet,
whose verses are so familiar to all news
paper readers, is q rare genius and some.
thing more. His only school was the
school of adversely. The misfortunes of
his early childhood swept this fatherless
boy past the doors of academies and COL
eges, and he was glad enough when just
entering his teens to act as office-bo for
Joel Chandler Harris on the Savannah
News.
In short time the boy drifted to a
small town in South Carolina, where he
went to work in a printing Office.
He was fond OF books, and began to lisp
in numbers at the age of 6. His rhyming
gifts were wonderful. and when he was
only 10 he made dash into print.
One night ne wrote short poem and
The San Francisco call., 1897-06-13
INJURED CATS AND DOGS ARE TENDERLY CARED FOR

moment and then spoke in a subdued
tone of voice.
About three hours ago a gentleman
came and asked 10 see this dog. 1t was
brought here about a week ago, hav-
ing been hurt We thought it would be
all we'll in a few days when 1t came, but
some way the little thing caught cold and
com plication ensued and we can't save 1t
now"
SIZE wiped her eyes again. Well, it was
too bad, but being heartIess l couldn't
weep over the death of yellow dog when
there are hundreds in the street-poor
little homeless wanderers-iust exactly
like it 10 HAIR.
This gentleman, as l was saying" she
went on, 'came and asked for the dog to-
day. He was a great, tall man, finely
dressed, and his team waited for him out
side. We took him in to see the dog and
told MIN 1t couldn't be taken away, and
there was only one chance in a hundred
that it would live. Truly, miss, he Just
sat down like big baby and cried and
patted the dogs head. Presently he
looked up with the tears running down
his cheeks. and he told Us that the dog
was his little boys. The child had been
taken sick with fever. and every day he
had begged them to 60 and see the dog
and bring it home to him. This morning
the doctor advised them to give the child
anything it wanted, and so he came for
the dog.
Don't you know, it was awful to see
that strong man with that poor inSignih-
cant dog, crying over it as though his
heart would break. 1t nearly killed him
to go pack TO the waiting baby without its
pet"
AS l stopped down the little animal
opened its eyes and whined. We watched
it for a moment as it slowly closed its
eyes again; then it opened them and
trembled all over and
I turned away with sick feeling at
heart and when [ looked back again the
animal was dead. And it was more than
poor little yellow dog, for it had had
within its good-for- naught little frame
the power 10 make baby happy.
There were big Newfoundland with a
severe cold that affected him something
like the asthma; a water spaniel with the
distemper and a pair of eyes that were
strangely like human beings.
What a pity there isn't heaven for
dogs - 1 yentured.
We had stopped in front of the operat-
ing-table, on which was stretched a beau
tiful doc. His long brown hair was as
fine as silk and as glossy. too. His great
eyes were filled with pain and his whole
| body QuiYered.
''Do you mean to say you believe such a
beautiful creature as that dies and is
buried and that is the last of it? Bah -
But we die-and we are considered
beautiful creatures"
She laughed pleasantly.
YES" she said, ''but they DO hold out
hope for US. But to say that in the ma
ture of things an animal dies and goes
to-nowhere, and a man lives forzver. 1t
is absurd. If people knew more about
animals they'd know better. Why, they
are the children of nature themselves.
Humanity isn't half as good as"
She hesltated second, so l ventured to
help her out:
"Doganity? p
Yes she laughed. Now let's wait
and see them operate"
She settled herself on her feet in that
confden. way in which women show that
they do not wish to be crossed, and she
kept her eyes on the trembling and fright
The San Francisco call., 1897-06-13

moving air. The atmosphere stood still
and was hot The sand burned the
horses feet The dried carcass of a mule
that had wandered away from some pros
pectors was beside the trail. The coyotes
even shunred the place. 1t was not the
heat that putrities. 1t was the heat that
dries one up. 1t does not melt. 1t abb
serbs. The heat moved in thick waves
like the grainer moves the paint on the
door. 1t was hot. The matches caught
tire and in moment our wagon was all
ablaZe. The keg of waller was barely
saved. Even the matches in the Irish
The San Francisco call., 1897-06-13

sent it to his favorite paper. with the fol-
lowing businessiike note to the editor:
"Dear Sir: 1 want 81 for this"
The dollar was promptly forthcoming
and the poem was printed In the course of
two or three weeks.
Then young Stanton tried his luck again.
He wrote longer poem, and his note to
the editor ran as follows:
Dear Sir: l want So for this"
The money was sent to him, and his
verses appeared IN short time.
His next venture showed that the rnonev
devil had captured him. He forwarded a
poem to the editor, with a note in which
he said:
Dear Sir: l want So for this
Again fortune favored him. The editor
published the poem and paid the sum de-
manded.
Stanton's memory is something phe-
nomenal. He can repeat the whole of
"Childe Harold" page after page of