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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-09-04

ature of the wrapper or it may be
de in round length. A ribbon stock
"a belt, are dressy adjuncts and the
eeves may be draped in buttefiy effect
ky a short row of gathers at the center.
yCashmere, in soft, becoming delicate
shades will often be chosen for the wrap
per. and ribbon and lace edging are indis-
pensable to a neat completion.
The Butterick pattern is wrapper No.
9237; sizes; bust measures, 80 to As
inches; any size, 80 cents.
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larea scSiss Ihs n,szlf>t flrosie hont
vas stronger and thu avera&e level Of
prices raised further than yesterday
industrial stock and the dealings In the
standard railroad shares were largely. aug
mented, the buying through commission
houses being confident. and on large
scale. The volume Of transactions in the
Vanderbilt group, which played such q
showed a considerable falling of, but they
retained the sharp gains achieved yester-
day and in fact closed tonight higher
high point, but reacted. But the entire
center of interest in the market was shift
ed to ST. Paul, which sold during the day
at 50, q net advance of 3s4, and which
crossed Burlington during the day. on
enormous transactions. st. Paul was aid
ed by the statement of the estimated earn
ings for the fourth week in August.
which showed an increase over the cor
responding week last year of Sos, $50.
The total sales OF stocks to-day were
csoa
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CLEVELAND, LORAIN AND
~ WHEELING RAILROAD.
Time schedule Of Passenger Trains ia ep,
feet Sunday, May 18th, 1891.
Cleveland Depot foot South Water street
ARRIVE
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SLAGLE G. CO., BROKERS,
Grain. Provisions, Stocks & Cotton

1923 Market Street. Wheeling. w Va.
Direct private wires to the Chicaga
Board Of Trade and the New York Stock
Exchange. over which we receive contin-
uous markets and the latest news.
Long Distance Telephone 215.
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METAL MARKET.

NEW YORK. September 3.--Pig iron
warrants, active Sc S. bid and 81 90 asked.
Lake copper, steady at 81 15G11 %.
Tin. easy at So 55d13 60.
Lead, strong; exchange, 81 25G4 80; bro
kers' IS s..
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MINING STOCKS.
PRODUCE.

Slagle & Co.. the Market street brokers,
furnish the following quotations from the
Chicago Grain and Produce Exchanges:
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FINANCE AND TRADE.

NEW YORK. September 3.-Money on
call. easy at 1A6,2 per cent: last loan. .
per cent; closed offered at 11kd2 per cent.
Prime mercantile paper 5iaI4ia per cent
Sterling exchange, strong, with actual
s NJ aud AZ 81 sassess 81 co., eS o. =
Posted rates, S. s419G4 S5ls and 81 S6Iaq
81.
Commercial bills 81 SLY.
Silver certificates 52stc.
Bar silver SIC.
Mexican dollars. 415sc.
(xaSsrn NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
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DEPART.

Scs. I, 4. and g.. daily beEwee9 cieye-
land and Uhricneytlle. otheg trains daily
Passengs - - neeliny. Martina
Ferry. B5 &c port. take Eiecr
trio Railv q. CARTEL
Ia Cleveland, O.
Wassisn<, w. Va
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Stocks.-To-day's market was much
more regular than ttat Of yesterday. the
manipulated and thA concurrent profit
taking in other sto9ks not being on so
Evening star., 1897-04-29
GREEK REVERSE IN EPiRUs.
The Situation Changes With Startling
Suddcnneks.

SuuOCnnekS.
A dispatch to the London Daily Mail from
Patras, dated Tuesday evening says:
The Greeks have suffered their first great
reverse in Epirus, and the situation has
changed with startling suddenness. When
/ last teiegraphed, the Turks were In full
and disorderly retreat toward Janina, and
the Greeks were joyously advancing. For
some unGccountable reason the absurdly
Inadequate force Of only 1.000 men was de-
tached from Phiilipiada to seize Pentepi-
gad:a. On entering Pentepigadia some ir-
regulars by mistake fired upon the Greeks.
During the confusion which followed 3,OU]
Turkish infantry arrived from Janina, and
instantly attacked the Greeks. A desper-
ate and bloody hand-to-hand encounter en-
sued. The Turks uttered denloniacal yells
and showed the greatest ferocity, while
the Greeks, who had been without food all
night long and were hopelessly outnum-
bered, Were taken at considerable disad-
vantage.
An hour after the fight began two COM
panies OF Turks occupied hill on the
Greek flank and opened deadly fire. The
Greeks broke in confusion and fed in panic.
With the greatest difficulty their officers
rallied them and led them back to the
front, where they renewed the battle again
over powerlng odds.
Major Ccmmundaro commanded them.
All day he fought in the front line. Two
horses were shot under him, and he was
twice wounded, but he seemed to bear q
charmed life. A Greek lieutenant an Ital-
ian volunteer and five priyates rushed upon
Evening star., 1897-04-29
THE CRITTENTON MISSION.
Mrs. Barretts Coming Lecture-Suc.
of the Fair.

A lecture on Darkest Womanhood, and
the Remedy will be delivered at the
Luther Place Memorial Church next Sun
day evening by Mrs. Kate Waller Barrett,
rational superintendent and organizer of
the Florence Crittentcn Society. Charles
S Morton, private secretary Of Mr.. Charles
y. Crittenton, the founder of the Florence
Missions for Girls, will also speak.
The fair and lunch for the benefit Of the
Florence Crittenton Hope and Help Mis-
sion, under the auspices of the Holly Leaf
Circle, at 1924 7th street, opened yesterday,
and will be continued from IL to o'clock
this afternoon and from 1880 to 1880 to-
night. The ladies managing the feir have
prepared a very creditable exhibit of
staple and fancy goods. A large crazy
quilt will be given to the one guessing
nearest the number of beans in a jar. and
some pretty oil and tapestry paintings will
be disposed of. The ladies having the fair
in charge are Mrs. T. N. Riffel, president;
Mrs F. p. Nash. vice president; Mrs. w.
e Gardner, secretary; Miss Elsie More,
treasurer; Mrs. W. {. Wood, Mrs X. A.
Rogers, Mss Effie Redkey Mrs. c. n.
Buckland, Mrs. N. B. Millike2, Mrs. VIM.
Taylor Mrs. William Baus. Miss Olivia
Moore Mrs. Jennie Moore, Mrs. j. Hance
and Mrs. A. H. Moier.
the Florence Crittenton Hope and Help
Mission was held in the parlcrs of the
home. 2ls Sd street last night. The treas
urer's report showed that the mission Is
out of debt, and that nearly 500 were cx-
pended the past month in improvements.
There are twenty-four persons i'll the home,
including the ulatron and the home mother
and two nurses, who are in training and
doing excellent service There were ex-
pressions of appreciation of the faithful
medical services rendered the nome by DIR.
Nancy D. Richards. and also of DR.. Francis
A. st. Clair. Three girls, with their in
fants. have been restored to their parents
and friends. and several others have OBJ
taiEed employment. Mrs. Ella T. Fair
ganization of q Hope and Help Club
among the girls. This club consists of
about fifteen members. There is an en-
broidery class and class in English gram
mar, literature, &c. A contribution OF $i00
was received from Rev. DR.. Mackay smith,
among others.
Evening star., 1897-04-29
DUTIES OF CITIZENSHIP.
Ex-Secrctnry Olney's Views of Indi-
yiduai Responsibility.

Ex-Secratary O1ney was the guest of
honor at a recent banquet Of the Boston
Bar Association. and in the course Of an
address on the duties of citizenship he
made the following somewhat significant
remarks:
"A wonderfully excellent, almost in
spired frame of government having been
put together and put i'll motion by the
founders of the nation, the great body of
rs citizens have since come TO assume tha;
no more need be done. They apparently
conceive of the governmental machine as
running i-seif-as working automatically
leaving them 10 be wholly engroSSed by the
pursuit of wealth. of culture, of pleasure,
or of whatever other private ends they
may effect. more fatal mistake il
would not be easy TO make
Eternal vigilance is the price of good
go-ernfnent. as well as of liberty. And,
IL l. sometimes seems as If government :
undei the national constitution were be
coming a melancholy failure; If the
most elementary maxims OF political ecor
omy ana u honest dealing had come TO
be steadily ignored; as if extravagant and
wastefui expeaGiture were TO know no
limit and no end; as if the taxing power
were being systematically perverted to
raise revenue not TO meet public necessi
ties. but 10 NIL private purses: as if the
stultifying policy of the country were to
be combination Of unreadiness for war
with unwillingness to accept proffered
guarantees IF peace; as if the mission of
the Anglo-Saxcn race, as the advance
guard of Christian civilization were TO
be ciscredited by our refusal % join our
klnSmen over tho seas III being the first
TO dc away with brutal ana barbarous
methods of settling international differ
ences; II IL some times seems If all these
things were 50, the fault cannot be i'm
puted TO the superb scheme tf government
which the fathers devisvC and handed
DOWN fer our use.
1t is in ourselves, in the lethargy and
Indifference which only too often permit
u highest offices of state to be filled by
frcumbenis without either patriotism or
principle. and wholly wanting in the most
rudimentery qualifcatlons for the high
fur ctions devolved upon them.
In vicious CT ignorant hands, how can
the most perfect political mechanism pro-
duee any bUt disastrous results? The one
consolation, the one hope of the future Is
thai, as the fault is with ourselves. SO is
the remedy. and that Ii is inconceiva Bile
that The people of this country should not
scUe time awake 10 the fact that the one
chance for good government of the nation
lies in radically changing. purifying and
elevatirg the official personnel in every
department Behind the most faultless and
hrikhed contrivance Of human genius, of
whatever sort. must stand the man or men
nj Tor its operation, and the constitutional
government CT the United States is no ex-
ceptlon to the rule"
Evening star., 1897-04-29
F R EIG HT ON OIL
Excitement in the South Over an Increase in
the Rates.
The SeabOard Air Line Prevents q
General Rise in the Price of the
Article to Consumers.

There is much excitement among large
dealers in oil in this and other southern
cities over an attempt on the part of the
Southern States Freight Association to
raise the rates of freight on that article to
such an extent as to advance the price TO
consumers about 100 per cent.
II developed a few days ago that the
Freight Association. whose headquarters is
in Atlanta. and which comprises all the
lines in the south except two, had issued an
order. February 10. raising the classifica-
ton on oil and gasoline in iron drums
which is the common mode of shipping OIL
from Washington and Baltimore to the
south from sixth to third class making
the rate of freight 100 per cent higher than
bef0re. W hen the circular was promu,-
gated 1t occasoned such a storm of indig-
nation that Commissioner Haines of the
association, temporarily suspended the rate
sclns into effect until those interested
could be heard in support of their protests.
The Seaboard's Action
The hearing was had. but 50 strong was
the influence against the dealers that the
decision was adverse, and the announce
ment made that the rate would go into ef-
rect on April 20. The merchants were in
despair. but on April II the Seaboard Air
Line and its connections, which are not
members of the Southern States Freight
the Seaboard would take their oils and
sasolines south a. the old rate under the
sixth class. While the Seaboard Goes not
cover all the points TO be reached, its action
Will. it is believed. cause the roads and
steamship lines in the Southern States As
sociation to accept the same rate now.
a Baltimore refiner who does a very ex-
tensiye trade with the southern merchants
said to Star reporter: Il was in Florida
in February when this change of rate was
announced l hurried 20 Atlanta and had
a long consultation with Commissioner
Haines. He said he would suspend the ra.e
temporarily. Since then l have Travelled
nearly two thousand miles in connection
with this matter. but was unable to ac-
compiish anything until the Seaboard Air
Line came to our relief
The Cause and Eject.
The refiner referred to, in explaining as
he believed the cause for the increase. said
"A well-known oil monopoly instigated
number of railroads, in which it owns large
blocks of stock, to raise the rate If it had
been enforced it would have raised the
price Of oil e-.eents ~psr gallon in many
Of the southern states. This monopoly has
accumulated vast sums of money by having
state and city Investigations laws passed
and manipulating freights in the south.
The people of Georgia alone in the past
twenty years have been made to pay thou
sands of dollars. excess price on oil, simply
because of an inspection law which kept
competition out of the state. For many
years past there has been no necessity for
inspecting oil after shipment.
Evening star., 1897-04-29
THE POOLING BILL.
Railroad Men Are Eager to See One
Adopted Into Law.

Ex-Representative A, G. Cochran Of 81.
Louis solicitor general of the Missouri!
Pacific railway, when in Washington a few
days ago, said there was a general feeling
that rates between competing points could
7 OF be maintained unless a bill were quickly
passed legalizing pooling. He had given
some attention to the pooling question, he
said. and two years ago he advocated the
passage in Congress of what is now known
as the original pooling bill AS to the de-
ciscn of the Supreme Court, declaring the
antitrust law constitutional. he said that
some bill should be passed as soon as pos
sble to egaliZe pooling.
Continuing. he said: Senator Foraker's
ILL would DO; indeed. any pooling bill that
will permit the roads to operate on a fair
and just traffic basis will answer. We do
not wish 10 take any advantage of ship
Ters in rates, and all We ask is fair play.
A pooling bill that will give the roads the
right to enter into rate agreements under
the inspection Or supervision of the inter-
state commerce commission will suit per-
fectly. In fact, the commission can reg,l
late the agreements and see that 10 un
fair discrimination whatever IS male. If
the commissioners saw that they operated
TO the disadvantage Of any section they
could call halt AMI have the agreement
changed
Evening star., 1897-04-29

the Turks. Five of the Seven dropped
enemy. and the sixth Was sounded. An
other private. when the Greeks fed, fought
the Turks from behind FocKsfor five hours,
until he was killed.
At 1o,clock In the evening the Greek am
nunition failed. Tie mkR we're faint from
want of food and: the retrest call was
and field artillery. advancing ny another
road, arrived an hour tho late This also
retreated in great. disorder. The Turks
now hold PenteptEadia, which might. how
are greatly depressed .aAd. discouraged.
The retreat is much discussed here; and
no one can explain 1t except upon the hy-
pothesis that there was &,risk of the Turks
cutting off our escape. The Greeks have
suffered reverse. but Greek honor is not
lost
Evening star., 1897-04-29
CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION
Inquiries Reaching Them Regarding En-
ployes Dismissed or Reduced.
What the Rules Provide in Cases of
Violation of the Provisions
of the Law.

Numerous inquiries are reaching the civil
service commission regarding government
employees who have been dismissed or
forced to resign, whose salaries have
been reduced. and they elicit the informa-
tion that it always has been the practice
of the commission TO investigate properly
presented complaints of noE-observance of
any civil service rules. The position of the
commission to removals from office is of
public interest, and outline of the civil
service view of the changes follows:
Rule Of the civil service rules says: Any
person in the executive civil service of the
United States who shall wiifully violate
any of the provisions of the civil service
act or of these rules shall be dismissed
from office.
Whenever In the past the non-observance
of any. rule has been shown to the COM
mission ii has brought the complaint to the
attention Of the officer Involved. and in
several instances correction OF the injus-
tice alleged. or reinstatement of the person
removed, has been secured. Where the
violation was shown to be wilfu the of
Tending official has sometimes been removed
by his superior and sometimes fined by the
court.
The latest instance is that of Thomas 7
Murphy, subordinate official in the New
York custom house, who removed by
the collector ard month ago was fined
500 by the court
Chiefs of divisions are now within the
Classified service. ard cannot legally be
removed for political reasons This clearly
appears from section 4 Of rule = which
reads:
A person holding a position on the date
said position is CLASSIFIED under the civil
service act shall be entitled to all the rights
ana benefits possessed by persons of the
same class or grade appointed upoa exami-
nation under The provisions of said act
Tne other sections Of the rules which ap-
ply particularly TO the cases occurring at
the present time in the service at WASH
inston follows:
Rule ,. section 3. NO person in the ex-
ecutive civil service shall dismiss or cause
to be dismissed. or make any attempt to
pressure the dismissal Of or in any manner
change the official rank or compensation Of
any other person therein because of his po-
hIical or religious opinions or affiliations
Section 6. In making removals or reduc-
tions. or in imposing punishment. for de-
Hnque ncy or misconduct. penalties like in
character shall be imposed for like offenses
and acticn thereGpon shall be taken ire
spective of the political religious opinions
or Affiliations of the offenders
The commission win make every effort to
secure a consideration by the present adj
minstrdtion Of any complaint that the rules
have been violated
The commission has always held that If
& reduced clark does not desire to make
personal complaint for fear OF dismissal
any friend do for him, the co:u2lis-
sion desiring enly to know that there IS
some reasonably founded belief FOR the as
sertion that rule is not observed.
Evening star., 1897-04-29
RELIGIOUS EDUCATION.
The Regents of the American SOciet,
Meet and Elect Officers.


Meet and Elect Officers.
meeting of the regents of the American
Society for Religious Education was held
yesterday afternoon at the residence of
Mrs. Fitzhugh Ccyle, No. 1881 K street
northwest
The attendance of members was large,
and officers for the ensuing year were
elected as follows: President. Gen. John
Eaton; vice presidents, Rev. DIR. "A. Mac
kay-Snaith, Rev. DR.. ]. E. Rankin and DR..
John NJ. Gregory; secretary, Rev. Dr.. ]. f.
Gilbert: treasurer, Mr.. II. s. Chew.
Members of the advisory council Of last
year were reelected as follows: James ii.
Smart LII. D.. president Of Parnell Uni
versity, Lafayette, Ind; Prof. L. II. Jones,
superintendent of public schools, Cleveland,
Ohio; Rev. w. ]. Loos, editor Christian
Guide, Louisville. Ky: Rev. DIR. Gross Alex
ander. professor In Vanderbilt University,
Nashville, Tenn; Rev. DR.. ]. M. p. Otis,
Montgomery, Ala; Rev. DR.. II. A. White
of Washington-I.ee University. Lexington,
Va; Rev. DIR. James II. Carlisle, president
of Wofford College. Spartanburg, 8. c.;
Rev. DR.. Edward Roundthaler. Salem. N.
c.; Rev. DIR. Thomas Hume. professor III
State University of North Carolina; Rev.
DR.. Hugh johnson, pastor Metropolitan NJ.
e. Church, Washington, d. c.; +. 3. Pal
mer principal Of State Normal School. FIRE.
donia, N. T.; Rev. E. Blakeslee, editor Bihle
Study Union, Boston, Mass: Rev. DIR. Wll-
Lace Mating, Providence. r. L.; Rev. DIR.
L. r. Graham. Philadelphia, Pa. and Rev.
Evening star., 1897-04-29

Wrinfers' Jn& tfee fiffHe se8oof>
master Of aeosrfisms', saps:
il is efaimso for f8e rpas8ins o,
star, ono prosa6fp fruf6fufRe
efatm.o. f8af no of5er newspaper
IN tie ooanfrp goes into 50 fars,
a pereenfas, Of off f8e 8oass 6
uoif8tn a RADIUS Of fmenfp mifs5
from f8e Office Of publication.
Evening star., 1897-04-29
GOING TO CALIFORNIA.
Railroad Conductors to Have a Dc.
lightfuI Outing.

Division 337 of the Order of Railway
Conductors, all the members OF which ex-
cept one are conductors on the Baltimore
and Ohio railroad, will leave Washington
the night Of May for Los Angeles. CAL.
to attend the national convention of tha
order, to be held there May 10. The party
will consist of Isaac Brownley and wife.
Thomas Shipley and niece, Henry Long
and wife, Amos Ward and wife, Philip
Carter and wife. Daniel Eagan, Richard c.
Moore and Conductor Hoover of the West
ern Maryland. The. party will have a spe-
cial car to St. Louis. and then, with other
delegates and their wives, will travel tho
rest of the way to the Pacific coast in a
special train. After the convention tho
delegates from Division 337 will make an
extended pleasure trip all over the Pacifc
coast, including visit to Yellowstone Park.
They will return about June TO-
Evening star., 1897-04-29
A Bitter Labor Fight Promised.

General SecrctaryTreasurer John W
Hayes of the Knights of Labor left Wash
ington this morning for New York, where
he expects to meet General Master Work
man James r. Sovereign, and have con-
ference with him relative to the beer
troubles at Rochester, n. T., mention OF
which has heretofore been made in The
Star. In speaking to Star reporter pre-
vious to his leaving the city. Mr.. Hayes
said that he and the general master work
man have made plans for long and bitter
fight against the American Federation OF
Labor, on account Of its proposed active
National Brewers Workers Union toward
the Bartholoniay company. Mr.. Hayes was
however. confident that there could be but
one result, which was that the knights OF
Labor would be successful In the struggle
Evening star., 1897-04-29
Dr. Julius Grammer, rector of Trinity p E
Churob Ralffuaora Nd

Church, Baltimore, Nd.
Chairmen of standing committees were
appointed, with power 10 select their $3.50
ciates, as follows: On Bible training school.
Prof. George Cumming: Sunday schools,
DR.. J. NJ. Gregory; lectures, +. IL. Ander-
son; Bible in college, Rev. DIR. ]. e. Ran
kin; Bible Readers Union, Rev. DIR. Mac
kay-Smith; home culture. Mrs. +. Son.
mers; conventions, Rev. DR.. J. E. Gilbert;
depository, Prof. A. r. warbler: rub!ica-
ton, A. B. Duvall: rules, R. s. Chaw:
finance. NJ A. Ballinger; members, Gen.
John Eaton.
Rev. DIR. Rankin and Mr.. M. A. Eallinger
were elected trustees to take the place of
two members of the board whose terms
had expired. The next meeting of the So
c:ety will be held on June 4.
Evening star., 1897-04-29
UNION PACIFIC EARNINGS.
Annual Report Shows an Increase for
Passengers and Freight.

The annual meeting of the Union Pacific
railroad was to be held at Boston yes
terday. but in the absence of a quorum it
was adjourned for one week. The annual
report, which was distributed to the stock
holders. shows that the passenger earn
ings Increased sJ0.5o4, while the freight
movement shows an increase of SJ21 .19i for
the year. There is, however, a decrease of
$1,000 in value OF material en- hand and
a decrease in interest on bonds of s3S, SIS.
Tn amount withheld for transportation
seryices and carried TO the credit Of the
sinking fund under the Thurman act in
creased SJ.3, 40. Cash paid by the COM
pany was 81 42l IA.
Evening star., 1897-04-29
4Iine IN rouoIobamuo.

special to the Denver Republican from
Santa Fe, y. NJ, says: Unless all signs
are at fault, the Rock Island is back of the
biggest railroad project the southwest has
known in years, and proposes to have a
lire from the Missouri via Ell Paso 10
Tcpolobampo bay. on the gulf of Cali
fornta, in comparatively short time.
Evening star., 1897-04-29
Burned by a noi,cr.. E.plo.ien.

The boiler of engine No. on the Pitts
burg and Lake Erie railroad exploded near
Montcur Junction. Pa. yesterday MORN
ing, scalding six trainnaen. Those serious
ly burned are: Frederick Arnold, engineer,
may die; Geo. Henderson,. fireman; 8. L.
Turner, suoerlntendent OF motor power.
The engine was a new one. and was pull
steep grade as a test, wneh the explosion
occurred.