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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-04-10

TODAY.
Special Sale Of ISI6 Gloves at
l.. =. GOOD l. CO.'S.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-04-10

THE nnsst ct-sChmulbHch brewing
Co.'S Rock Beer.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-04-10

Detective W. y. Lukars testified to the
manner OF his arrest NJ Eaton in Ch'ca-
go. already detailed IN these columns.
When asked II h. had any conversation
with Eaton on the tti,n before starting,
he replied TINT the prisoner asked him II
for confederation h. would not walt I'M
III another train Rafu3ing this oner'
the prisoner again said that II would DC
worth Sg5 10 him n he waited over one
train. on the way 70 Wheeling the pris-
drer asked him i've 0r six times IL there
was any other charge than arson against
him. on REORGANIZATION witness said
that Eaton told him the reason he want
cd 70 walt over 4 train was % get ms
vailse and cDngdN his attorney.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-04-10

J. y. Gihb6r'. who has charge Of the
handllny oC freight for the F.. c. q ST. l..
and Ohio River roar testified 20 the ar
rival OF lot OF goods from IiuntinEtof'
addressed 10 Eator, previous TO the hTc;
there was more than one shipment
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-04-10

Theodore Roller. stcrctary Of the Fire
and Marine Insurance Company, SAID
that the prisoner came TO him on the sat
urday beC0r, the are and wanted him to
tyrgtS a poIicy for 81 500 on his stock Of
cn5d,. on which he acknowledged he al
rsady had 81 900 worth Of Insurance. He
e1w The stock and dit not think the value
was therr. He wansed the policy right
away. and when asked " the next week
youldn't do. he answered yes. Us he
would have more stock in, He never
came back.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-04-10

Thr testimony u Benjamin List, mes
Fanger OF the Commercial Bank WAS 70
the effect that hfsits' a man In the build
Ing about noon on the day before the hre;
he was about the same size as the prison
er. bu, would not say that he was the
man.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-04-10

The star witness Of the examination 30
Jar was Albert Grandson, an Intelligent
and VuiCk- wittcd cDlDrod man, who was
employed az a porter by Eaton for I'VE
days. hlI services ending on III" Monday
preceding the fire. He has been employ
ed OF and on a. the various hotels ABOUT
the city and hi9 manner and the SIM
pIleity n hlr recital 81 hls connection
with Eaton carried conviction as II lt3
trutnfulncT. II wag the most direct ana
tangible evidence yet given connecting
Eaton with the firing OF the puildlnE
After TeCitIHg hiH duties at the store ne
said he never carried the kcy or the STORE
except one nigh. ON the Saturday niEht
before the IRE he Frl Eaton wanted MN
10 Keep the key, but he refused TO 10 co.
Eaton alEo had knyH % tho store IheT'
was a stove on the NF-t floor, but II was
not connected w,gl natural Rl3, or was
the stove connected with any ilue ny
pipe: .hcTa war no gloye or IRE place In
the second T,Jgr There was no lock on
the rlcI. DOOR while h0 worked there, only
q bolt on tho mEHlug after the IRE ne
'aw q now lock had been nut On me door
"a inlN lo0i, he all that Eaton hnd
pUrChls"d q lot " empty boxes from tnr
Eub ClpthIE~ hsEEH, md h. wt3 t0ln 10
orange thrm nlpug tie side al tho wan
with %" adore rod side turned IN 20 incS
could not b. seen. on the Monday bt.
FORE tho Ore Eaton told witness ne would
nor need HIN any ~ re, 49, ne was F"iu6
asa" Cor n few Days. said h. was golnE
10 Pitirhurgh Told tnH he was u7.nG the
UuIiliGH Tor storage |pufI0gri that nc
wnH going To- .Tlynl md would nave
gHada Tnppnl from 'h0rr Wtnras gald
ihai on Monday Afternoon he noticed aIl
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-04-10


Insurance Agent W. Il. Rice was the
February 10, at No. 1909 Main street, to
see him about writing insurance on the
stock. Eaton said he had 1880 al
Fcndy, IN the Continental. Of New York.
Mr.. HilleS objected because witness
was speaking OK the We5tchnBtcr Com
many. while the charge against Eaton
Is defrnuding the London Assurance
COMPANY. He moved 10 exclude all GU
idence not bearing on the charge
against tho defendant.
Mr.. SommcrvIllc s1ll the evidence
was relevant because II bears on Tho
burning Of the same stock ana build
inH.
The court ruled that the evidence
could be heard and considered later
Witness had been told on the 18Th Of
February, the Friday bpCarc the nvg, by
Eaton. that he had 1880 Insurance In
addition to that witch he took from
wEtnC1s After the FIRE Eaton notified
him Of the loss, verbally. Witness had
heard proofs Of loss wore made on tHc
Westchester Ilc heard ~ the fire
twenty On twenty-five minutes after
'hc alarm. The FIRE department was ut
work when he arrived. Whcu he had
fra examined the goods they were on
jhr first floor, After Che IRE he found
the hdli-bgrncd stock on tho second
iD1r Wit1cBB knew IN appra iHclu.Ht
o. the gods otter the nrc was wId"
witness had been At the Turner
building Mt 10 ,. m before the fire, ro-
'gmpGGied by sir, Evans, q special Ia
aIranc" nRcut ~ Chat time the stock
%as not IN tho nrst floor Thoy visited
tho nIhcc because his suspicious had
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-03-09

whom the subscriber wished to talk was
talking to some one else; SO she told the
first man that the line was in use and
shut him off.
His subsequent remarks reached no
farther than the transmitter of his own
instrument. Before he had time to ring
again she had answered a dozen other
calls and had forgotten the number.
Then, when, instead of giving the num-
Der he wanted, he began his little lee
ture, she just switched him off and con-
nected him with the monitor, a serene
young woman whose duty it is to attend
to just such cases and to keep track of
what the other girls are doing and say
ing. Into her patient ears he poured his
TRADE, and she, being used to such COM
plants, listened in silence. Had there
been any real cause for complaint, she
would have reported the matter to the
superintendent; but, as there was not,
she merely switched him back when he
was all through, and the first girl made
the proper connection, the line in the
meantime having been cleared. In order
to use his telephone intelligently every
subscriber should know these things,
but usually he doesn't, and SO he loses
his temper.
1t is the monitors duty also to nip in
the bud any attempt at telephone fir
tation. The receiver which she wears
clamped to her right ear by fllet OF
thin steel is connected with the trans
mitters which hang in front of each
operator in the room, and she can hear
exactly what they are saying. She is a
sort of exchange detective, SO that it is
impossible for the girls to fiirt over the
wire without being found out. Even if
they wanted to, they haven't the time,
for during the busiest part of the day
the little disks in front of them keep
huttering up with startling rapidity.
As for gossiping among themselves,
the girls do very little of it for the same
reason. In smaller cities, where the dis
cipline of the central office is not main
tanned SO strictly, the telephone girls
may sometimes neglect their business,
but in the big city exchanges this sort
Of thing is not allowed. In New York
city there are IL exchanges. The largest
of these is located in the down town
district. 1t has switchboard $50 feet
long, which is managed by 1873 girls.
There are II, OO0 subscribers in New
York, and during the rush hours of the
forenoon and just before the Stock Ex-
change closes in the afternoon the aver
age is 10, 900 calls an hour. 1t can read
lily be seen that in order to answer the
summons of each futtering disk the
young women find little time either for
gossiping or flirting. So the next time
one of them tells you that the line is
busy just believe her.
One of the pioneers among the auto
matte devices is the Stronger system,
which was Brought out two or three
years ago. In this the ''hello girl is
supplanted by most complicated appa-
ratus, which looks something like cross
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-03-09
AN AUTOMATIC SWITCHBOARD.

between printing press and a patent
knitting machine. Another system
which is now being used in a number of
places is the Drawbaugh. This elm
mates the "hel1o'' as we'll as the "hello
girl.
In using the new telephone the sub
scriber does not have to call up the ex-
change at all, but makes his own con-
nection. On the front of the telephone
box there is a dial in which are ten
numbered finger slots. Suppose he
wants to call No. 324. He puts one
finger into the third slot and pulls the
dial around until the designated slot is
opposite an indicator. Then he releases
it, and it flies back. The operation is
repeated with the other numbers and
the thing is done.
In the central Office there is locked
and vacant room, in which the switch
board is located. There the connection
is made by jointed arms, which move
mechanically up and down and seem to
be endowed with more than human in
telligence. Should 324 be at liberty
when the call is made, his bell and the
bell on the subscribers telephone will
both ring. In case 1924 is busy he
would know that some one else wanted
second caller could not break in on the
conversation, for the connection would
not be made, and he would know that
the line was in use, for his own bell
would make no sound.
This system insures absolute secrecy
to each conversation carried on over the
wire, for not only is there no one in the
central Office to listen to the talk, but no
subscriber can listen along the line.
But the telephone girl will have no
part in all this. Her place will be taken
by an inanimate combination of shafts,
ratchets and geared wheels. Perhaps the
subscriber will miss her soft What
number, please?" and even pine for her
crisp answer of "Line busy!'' There is
a certain sort of romance connected with
talking to a young woman whom you
can t see, don t know and probably never
will see. This will all be done away
with. The automatic transmitter will
knock every bit of romance out of the
telephone. But when this rose of fancy
is cut off and cast away, the thorns that
went with it will vanish also, and it
may be that the short tempered man of
affairs will be able some day to use the
telephone without endangering the fu-
ture salvation of his soul.
SEwELL FORD.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-03-09
SOUANDERING MONEY.
Con gresham Cannon's Report Shows
There Is No Check on Congress
sional Expenditure.

Washington, March 9-Representa-
tive Cannon of Illinois, chairman of the
appropriations committee of the house,
and Mr.. SayerS of Texas, who is at the
head of the minority of the committee,
have prepared their reviews of appro-
priations and they were printed in the
Congressional Record this morning.
Mr.. CannOn'S statement Is or more
than usual interest on account of the
methods of keeping down appropria-
lions in the future. Mr.. Cannon makes
the total appropriations submitted to
the president for his approval at the
last session, including the general de-
ficiency which failed in conference,
$516, JOB. 45S. or $25, ,276 less than the
estimates submitted to congress by the
executive. The appropriations for the
first session were $515, sac, 1874, making
a total for the congress of 81, O43, 437, OBS,
which he says is $49,797, 812 more than
the appropriations for the preceding
congress. The increases, he points out,
include, for Notifications, $12, 56S, 467;
for river and harbor works. including
contracts therefor, 81, 476.506; for pub
lie buildings, none of which We're au-
thOrized by the Fifty-fOurth congress,
81, 423, 1874; for the postal service, 81, 454,
315; for the naval establishment, SS,94f,-
523, and account of permanent APP
preparations, mainly to meet interest
and sinking fund charges for the bonds
issued by the Cleveland administration,
$24, 1888, IA
The appropriations are" says Mr..
Cannon, in my judgment in excess OF
the legitimate demands of the public
service, but this fact, while greatly to
be deplored, is not, in my opinion, prop
erly chargeable to the action of either
of the great political parties of the
country. It is the result of conditions
accruing out of the rules of the house
and out of the rules, practices and So
called courtesies of the senate, together
with the responsible manner whereby
the executive submits to congress eStl-
mates to meet the expenditures for the
conduct of the government. If the ap-
propriations made by congress had
been extravagant and beyond the reve-
nues of the government, how much
more so have been the estimates of the
executive
He concludes: 1.-THE appropriations
for federal government have grown to
such startling proportions within the
last dozen years as to render 1T well
nigh impossible to devise means of
raising revenue wherewith to meet the
expenditures. If the new administra-
ton Just about to cross the threshold
of power carries out its pledges by Giv-
ing to the country a protective tariff, it
will utterly fail to produce the means
of meeting expenditures, if they are to
be maintained on the existing high
plane unless, per adventure, the pro
tective tariff measure should be sup
plemented by tax on coffee and tea
and perhaps other taxes of an equally
nature.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-03-09
Ohildrena Party.

Mr. and Mrs. w. w. Ballard enter
tanned a number of little people yes
terday afternoon for their daughter
Clemn1a in celebration of her eleventh
birthday. The house was darkened and
lighted with many lamps. Games of
all sorts were played and refreshments
were served at several small tables.
The small cakes were frosted in white,
decorated in colors and marked with
the guests initials Souvenirs of
pink ribbon with "18S6-1897'' were car
ried away by the guests, who were:
Helen Adams, Willis Blinn, Herbert
Blinn, William Church, Elizabeth
Church, Maggie Dawson of Usage City,
Bert Gillespie, Jimmy Hayes, Fay Hum
bert, Hazel Humbert, Shirley King,
Margaret Lovewel, Carroll Lovewell,
Jeanette McMurtrie, Ernest Martin,
Lillian Martin, Crichton Miller, Mildred
Mills, Donald Neiswanger, David Neis-
wanger, May Thrapp, Eugene Traver,
Walter Wedding
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-03-09
INSURANCE MEN MEET.
Western Fire Insurance Union in Ses-
sion at st. Louis.

ST. Louis, March 9.-The Western
Fire Insurance union, composed of
presidents and managers of large in
surance companies met in annual con-
vention here today for a four days SeS-
sion. A committee appointed at the
last convention has been in session
here for several days preparing a re-
port to be made at the convention. The
committee has also prepared several
papers to be read, showing the cOndi
ton of fire insurance business in large
cities, with plans for remedying evils
of the business.
The most important question to be
discussed will be the relation of the
union to nOn-uniOn companies. There
are about 50 union companies and 70
non-uniOn. The rivalry between them
has often led to bitter fights and cut
ting of rates. At the present conven-
ton plan will be adopted to secure an
amicable adjustment of differences be-
tween union and nOn-union companies
The question of legisIatio will also re-
ceive cOnsidera BILE attention.
In a number of states bills have been
introduced hostile to insurance compa-
MES. The committee on legislation
whose report will be made toward the
close of the convention will advance
this as an argument for the alliance of
all insurance companies. union and non
union. The fire marshal system will be
considered by the convention This
system is in vogue in several of the
eastern states and an unsuccessful eff
fort was made in Missouri to get a law
III lAAC appointment VI AiAS maj SAiai
and his deputies, whose duty it should
be to investigate every fire, holding an
inquest in due form, with a jury and
witnesses, and making an official re-
port. The insurance companies are in
favor of the idea, as they believe it
would greatly prevent incendiarism and
careless fires.
Prominent insurance men are present
a delegates from Chicago, New York,
Hartford, Conn.,, Philadelphia, Omaha,
Detroit, Louisville, Cincinnati, Provi-
n nd A n TO u Nr-fl Dc
Dayton, o., Newark, N. ].
The convention was called to order
a the Southern hotel, where the ses-
sions are being held behind closed
DOORS
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Some of them have not yet stood prac-
teal test, but at least one system may
be said to be successful, for it has been
adopted and is being used in the ex-
changes of 10 different cities of this
country.
Before she goes for good and all, how
ever, justice should be done the ''hello
girl" She has not been used fairly She
has stood ridicu1e and abuse uncom-
plainingly. On occasion she has retail
ated with a little "back talk to an
irate subscriber, but to the jokes and
sneers which the newspaper paragraph
ers have hurled at her she has had no
opportunity to reply.
Many people will not believe it, but
the "hel1o gir1'' is not such a bad lot,
after all. She is not always pert and
saucy. She does not spend all her time
in gossiping with her companions or in
dulging in long distance hirtations.
Some of the time she devotes to her
work. Of course this is hard to believe
You know how the average business
man acts when he tackles a telephone
Here are some Of his regulation remarks:
''Hel1o, hellol want 397. Yes, 397,
and be quick about it, for I can't wait
all What? What's that? Line busy?
Oh, say, I don't believe any such
Here, herel Hello, hellol Say, centrall
What did you cut me off for? Hello,
hellol Oh, blank, dashety, blank, blank,
blank''
Then he rings with fury that e1o-
quently indicates his frame of mind
He fondly imagines that he is creating
a big disturbance in the exchange, and
he whirls the little crank handle vi
ciously around.
In a moment a soft, unruf1ed voice
greets him with "What number
p1ease?'' just as if nothing unusual had
happened. But this is case where
soft answer fails to turn away wrath. 1t
augments it instead. He takes this as
an evidence of the cool impudence of
the girl at the other end. She knows
full well he has been ringing madly,
and she is trying to aggravate him by
ignoring his former request. He thinks
it proper at this juncture to give her
piece of his mind, and he proceeds to
do it.
If it is big city exchange, he is al
lowed to proceed and is not cut off. He
delivers a little lecture, in which he
mentions the value of his own time, the
large amount of money which he is pay
ing for a supposed convenience, the
enormity of the sin of gossiping during
business hours, and he winds up by
threatening to report the offender if she
does not reform. When he is all through,
he is puzzled to hear the same sweet
voice ask once more:
"What number, please?"
Such humility is more than he can
understand, but he decides that his own
eloquence has been SO impressive that
the young woman at the other end OF
the line has been frightened half out of
her wits.
In 0eality nothing of the sort has taken
place. He would be vastly surprised to
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-03-09
HERE'S A PRETTY MESS.
Disgusting Scram BILE for Consular Pc
sitions-Political Sweaters
Want Paw.

Washington, March 9.-The Missouri
Republican delegation in the last con-
gress have arranged to call upon the
president tomorrow and will urge an
early nomination to fill the vacancy in
the office of postmaster at st. Joseph,
Mo, caused by the failure of the senate
to confirm Mr.. ClevelandS nomination.
The senate is divided into two bitterly
hostile Republican factions and for this
reason the distribution of patronage is
q matter of political interest. 1t is the
desire Of the administration that the
factions come together, but this seems
unlikely Most of the Missouri repre-
sentatives are candidates for office.
Representative Hubbard wants to be-
come Pacific railroad commissioner,
Representative Tracy would like to be-
come internal revenue commissioner
and Mr. Barton is opposing r. E.
Lewis the gubernatorial candidate in
the last election, for district attorney
for the western district of Missouri.
Representative Crowther wants to be-
come a European minister.
Major Bittinger of the St. Joseph Ca
zette is opposing the aspirations of Mr..
Leishman of the Carnegie company
to the Swiss mission.
James r. Dun of Massilon, o., ex-
poets to be appointed consul to Dres-
den, in recognition of his work in or
ganizing the wheelmens league in the
last campaign, and Robert Porter, for
Enerly superintendent of the census,
wants to go as minister to Japan, a post
much sought after.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-03-09
OPERA COMPANY WRECKED
a Boy Killed and Several Tramps In.
jured.

Phoenix, Ariz., March "a special
train bearing a French opera troupe
of $50 people, bound for San Francisco,
was wrecked about midnight near Casa
Grande. The train consisted of three
Pullmans, two tourist sleepers and
three baggage cars. The accident was
caused by bolt breaking in front of
the tender. allowing the fixtures of the
truck to drop down and spread the
rails. The following car remained up
right but the wheels were buried in
the ground. The second baggage car
was thrown on it's side and off the
track. The third baggage car was
also thrown off the track, but remained
upright.
Under the second baggage car a boy
about Is years old was found dead, with
one of his hands protruding from I'M
der the wreck. There. were eight or
ten tramps on the train, and several
were badly injured. Only one of the
passengers was injured, and he but
slightly. The eastbound passenger
train was held while a track was built
around the wreck
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-03-09
SNAP SHOTS AT HOMENEWS

Prof. George W. Jackson will probably
start another colored band.
The Scottish Rite Masons are holding a
reunion in Topeka and comforting degrees
The Colored First Voters endorsed
May3 or Fell kg s. G. Watkins, L. G. Beal
Chef Crawford is the proprietor of the
repertoire company that has just closed
an engagement at the Crawford.
Col. J. J. Hit is contemplating the es-
tablishment of new Christian church in
Topeka.
Mrs. Ida B. Bowman has applied to the
district court to release her from her
marriage vows She married A A Bow
man in 1890.
B. F. Martin returned yesterday from
Sidney, O., where he buried his mother,
who died at his home at 400 West Sixth
street, last week
A foolish fake story in a Kansas City
paper about Sheriff Kepley stopping a
play at the Crawford has caused him a
DR.. Westerfield has decided to not be a
candidate for the school board in the
Fifth ward. There are now but two can
dfdates, Mrs. Robert Steele and Edward
Keith.
will conduct special evangelistic services
at the Westminster Presbyterian church
on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday
Gertie Merritt, a colored girl. has sued
w S. Furman for 1900 damages for haV-
ing her detained half hour on suspicion
that she had stolen a pair of shoes. The
shoes were given her by Mrs. George NJ
Noble
Lawyer F. P. Lindsay has just com
menced suit in the United States circuit
court for n. B. Goodwin of Peoria, Ill,
against the city of Lakin. Kearney coun-
ty, for $12 900. Mr.. Goodwin holds twelve
of the refunding bonds of that municipal
ity and as no interest has been paid
them for several years he has implored
the assistance of the federal court
At the session of theUnitedStatesdis-
trict court at Wichita. which convened
yesterday, a Topeka printer by the name
of w. A. Pine is to be tried for perjury
Lawyer J. T. Ward. who will defend
Pine, went to Wichita today. The al
legged crime was committed two years
ago and is connected with a pension forg-
cry. Pine has been out on bond and his
attorney says that there is no doubt about
his acQuittal.