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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-05-04

II would be the part of good poll
tics for the Democrats in the Senate
to let the Dingley bill go through in
all its rank rottenness. without endeav-
oring TO improve it. as they have I'M
der,aken TO do in the interest Of the
people. That is the policy the RepubL-
cans pursued towards the Wilson bill
in that body three years ago, when they
murilared il all they could before per
hitting it TO pass. The Dingley bill
made into a law as it came to the Sen
ate would insure the defeat Of the Re
publican party for many years TO come,
if not forever.
As the Senate now stands the Demo-
Gratis have. or will have. very nearly
equal power with the Republicans.
Deboe. the new Kentucky Senator, will
support the Dingley policy at all points
and until the Florida Democrats elect
n successor TO Senator Call. Deboe's
election gives the Republicans control
by aid of the casting vote Of the Vice
President. They will have A votes,
with a votes divided among the COM
bined opposition. and TWO vacancies
FLORIDA and Oregon. The Oregon
LEGISLATURE has adjourned, and cannot
fill the vacancy in that State until next
wear. The appointment made by the
Governor of Oregon is evidently not
TO be recognized by the Senate as valid.
Under these circumstances, the
Florida Democrats. who have 50 Of the
. los members Of the Florida Legislature,
should lose no more time, but get to-
gether ar once and agree upon a Sen
+ ator. This would give the combined
opDosition Is votes. and since the Demo-
Gratis have periodically resolved TO
make the Dingley monstrosity as in
nocuous as possible, prevent its pro
gress by the straight Republican Sen
arors Mus the Vice Presidents vote.
undoubtedly the McKinleyites are pre-
pared 10 do something for the silver
Republican Senators in consideration
for their aid in passing the high tariff
bill: but the fact may not be made clear
N the country unless the Florida va
carcv is filed and the Republican hand
forced.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-05-04
SISTERSVILLE.


Sistersville. ". Va. May 3.-Art.
smith is down the road looking after
lrsiness fCr the Boyaird & Seytang CO.
C.R. Duerr. Of New MartinsylIle' was
q business visitor in the city saturday.
I w. Bowers and J. W. Henderson
vent 10 Wheeling Saturday evening TO
participate in the drill OF the knights
Templars. returning home TINS morn
Mr. and Mrs. c. c. Mccormick spent
SUNDAY in New Martinsville with rela-
tives.
DIR. and Mrs. c. B. Blubaugh and }. b:
Hcnper of the Ohio River Railroad
ComYanv. made the round trip from
Parkersburg TO Wheeling IN Mr. buI'
private car PoOz TO call upon Master
Mechanic Layman. who Is confined ~
p bospital. He is resting easier and VIII
soon be able TO resume his duties.
Wn. Agnew's parents household e.
fees arrived in the city to-day and are
being placed in the house which they
are to occupy.
The Leidecker Tool Company, under
the management Of Major Clint Moore
are making some very needful improve
ments in the way Of new machinery,
etc.
Sci. Wells. Of Ben's run. was IN the
ci-v Yesterday visiting friends.
Miss Nora HaddoX, went to Wheeling
Yesterday and Will visit friends 1or
short time.
II. Hollis came up from Marietta last
evening and returned there this after
noon.
MS. F. E. Ihrig made flying bust
ness trip TO Friendly this afternoon.
L. f. Randolph went up the road this
morning on business.
A. McMullea went to Willow Island
this morning on business.
Miss Pearl Calvert went TO Friendly
this morning.
Miss Eva Nesbitt went to her home in
Sardis this afternoon 20 spend few
days at the beside of her sick sister.
c. c. Mccormick. the shOeman. went
to New Martinsyille this afternoon on
business.
Hon. o. W. O. Hardman. Of the inter-
Tor Of the county. passed through The
city to-day en- route to Parkersburg.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-05-04
RIVER NEWS.
Daily Chronicle OF tao Movements o. the
sosts and Boarmen.

sosts and BoaVmen.
YESTERDAYS BOATS-Parkers-
burg. Ben Hur 10 a. m; Sistersville,
Ruth. $50 p. m; Darlington, Leroy
$3.50 D. N.
To-DAY'S BOATS-Cincinnati, Key
stone State. a. m; Pittsburg, Hudson,
lam; Parkersburg, Argand, II a. m;
New Martinsyilie. Lexington, II a. IN;
Sistersville, Ruth. $3.50 p. m; ClarnS-
ton. Leroy, $50 p. N.
The building Of new dams on the
Monongahela Will furnish employment
for q good many men for the next few
years. or until they are completed.
There are 70 be three new dams above
Morgan-oWn.
The Cincinnati papers are greatly
worried about who are going to COM
mard the Queen City. There IS con-
siderable guessing going about it. Some
now say it will be Capt Charles Knox,
Of the keystone State. while some mint
n Can't. Snence Sanford. one OF the
pilots of the Virginia.
The river is still climbing up grad
uallv. Last evenings marks at the
public landing showed 9 feet lnches
and rising. $780,,
and rising at the dam. Clear and cool.
Oil CITY. Pa. May 3.-River feet
inches and stationary. Weather clear
and cool.
Greensboro. Pa. Nav 3.-River II
feet ( inches ard falling. Weather
cloudy and cold. The James G. blame
is due up and down on Tuesday.
Warren. Pa. May 3.-RiTer foot .
inches Weather clear and cool.
Norgantown, w. Va. May River
10 feet 6 inches and stationary. Weather
clOndv: mercury so.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-05-04

n snnnort two companies, and the
bufIdirg of two would simply mean
the wreckirg Of one or the other or the
combination of both. Competition is
NOT the cure-an it is usually supposed
10 be BY the unthinking; on the con-
t-arv it is a very potent factor in stihen-
ing rates against the public and in
grinding down wages.
On the other hand. where the plans
Of the two companies do not conflict
one with the other. we see no reason
why Council should not grant all the
rights asked freely. if it shall be deemed
best for the public convenience TO have
the proposed Improvements, or extern
sions built. There is but one thing for
Council and the Board OF Commission
ers 10 keep in view and that is the con-
venience and welfare Of the people; as
public servants they have but one duty
TO perform and that is to the public.
This applies with equal force TO the
telephone company that is seeking ad-
mission to this city. Let it come, but
under such restrictions and safeguards
that it cannot in future escape from
the letter of its promise. We cannot
have too many conveniences and i'm
provements Of this character, but let
us guard against being taken in
again by the false assumption that mere
competition is all We need. The COM
petition theory in the public service
of a city is lovely. but it works just
the other way in practice.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-05-04
MARTINS FERRY.

Yesterday evening at o'clock Mrs.
Margaret henderson, Of Walnut street,
dIeQ. aIUer Z lingering illness caused
Uy apOpleXy. Inc deceased was sixty
SIX years Old ana was one Oh the pest
known women OF the Town. Sne was
born in 1881; her maiden name was
COwan. ~ the age OF 20 she was united
in marriage TO hugh henderson. 81
children and an aged husUanu survive
her they are +. u. and II. NJ. Hen
dersOn. OF PIt,sburs; j. b., OF Nanoer-
bin. Pa; Mrs. VIM. Green, or Ale
sheny: j. III, and Miss Emma, OF this
place. Mrs. Henderson was an earnest
ana active member OF the First ". L.
Church, having identified herself with
that faith when a girl OF sixteen. me
funeraal will take place Wednesday
afternoon al O'Clock from her late
home. Interment VIII be made al R!V-
erview cemetery.
Mrs. y. X. Ong is at GAINESVILLE,
where she was called by the serious i'll
ness of her mother.
Mrs. Husseg. OF Mt. Pleasant, was
in the city yesterday.
W. H. Coss went up TO PitJsburg yes
terday on business.
Mr.. and MIS-. James a. Gray are VS.
iting friends at Cadiz, for a few days
Tow HOWells has returned TO Column
bus after a visit with his parents here.
Miss Helen WeslfaII. OF SteuDenVllle,
returned home yesterday aIter a Nlslt
with the Misses Hoge. OF Fourth street.
Miss Helen Williams, Of Mt. F'eas-
ant. was in town yesterday calling on
relatives.
VIM. Leech, an old and respected
citizen of this place, residing on Soutn
Second street, died yesterday at noon.
The deceased was a widower and was
60 years old. The funeral will take
place this afternoon at ; o'clock from
his late home.
VIM. McMechen. Of St. GAINESVILLE
was in town yesterday on business.
The Bimetallic Club held It's regular
monthly meeting last evening at the
G.. A. R. hall.
Mrs. Edith Scott and daughter OF Mt.
Pleasant. were in the city yesterday
calling on friends.
BY purchasing ice cream at 1. hus-
kins. YOU receive a chance in phono-
graph. VII
Chas. NcKim was down from NeIIs-
VILE Yesterday visiting relatives.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-05-04
AMONG The HOTELS
The strangers Who Reached the City
Yesterday.

The strangers Who Reached the City
Yesterday.
Mcclure: c. L. Weem. ST. Clairsvilie;
n. W. stewart and wife, Steub7nville;
II. B. Thompson.
Stamm: G.. % Woodstock, New Mar
tinsville: Mrs. II. B. White, Sisters
vile. C. +. Marsh. Weston.
Howell: D. Dewar. Warrington: N.
G. Snodgrass. Barton: Miss Lizzie
smith. Fairmont; VIM. F. Ong, Wells
burg. Dan stephens. New Martinsyille;
A 3. Campbell. Niddlebourne; Chas.
n. Barber. New Cumberland; b. r.
Rumble. Noundsville.
Windsor: F. A. Orr Salem; j. Y.
Faulkner. Miss Faulkner Warrington;
G W. Moore. Taylorstown, Pa; Miss
Agnew. Sistersville; Eph. Wells, Sis
rersville. II. r. Pell, Salem.
81 Charles. J. r. Nottingham,
Foirmont: James Rogers, Clarksburs;
Christian Nozer, Wayerly; John Gayly'
Sistersvi'le
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-05-04
THr RAILROAD And TELEPHONE
PROPOSITIONS.

Wheeling viii gladly welcome any
Improvement in any branch Of her pub
lie service. There is no question as 10
that. Therefore when propositions 10
improve or extend certain branches OF
thar service in the city and county are
presented it is the first duty Of the
Council and the Board of Commission
ers To- thorouehly investigate for them
selves and ascertain just where the i'm
rrovement and advantage TO the public
will come in before granting the rights
and PRIVILEGES asked.
In the matter of the franchises asked
by the Wheeling and Elm Grove R. +
Co. and the Suburban Electric co. Coun-
cn and the Board Of Commissioners
with the exercise of ordinary Judgment
and Foresight can hardly 90 ascray.
They have the whip handle over the
comnanies and are in a position To play
one AGAINST the other so to speak in
manner 10 guarantee that the public
i'm the end will ger the best and most
improved service and in the shortest
time.
There is no reason on earth why the
substantial and heretofore faithful
Wheeling and Elm Grove Co. should not
be given immediate leave 70 adopt the
improvements and extension il asks au-
rborirv for. with the proper safeguards
l,oktre 20 the fudumsnt of the COM
panv's promises. Likewise there is no
reason why the new Suburban Co.
should not be given an opportunity 10
build the line and make the extensive
improvements it contemplates on the
same line If that company thinks it
can give the public better and more
satisfactory. service and at an earlier
date than the W. K E. q. In other
words. give both companies the privi-
leees they ask. conditioned in such a
manner that the one making the ear
lest and best performance shall have
the franchises asked.
Above ALL the Uusory advantages of
"competiug lines" should not DE enter
tanned for a moment Wheeling has
had sufficient experience in this sort Of
thing 20 REQUIRE no further demonstra-
ton of the fact that they are the most
qss-ine chimeras Composition in such
cases is but the forerunner Of combi-
nation and is frequently engaged in
simplv with a view to selling out" at
qs early a date as possible This. Of
course means a considerable increase
In the investment of the remaining
,ompanv. or the consolidated concerns,
and hence larger profits must be made
70 cover IL. and these can only come
ont of the pockets of the public in the
shape Of increased rates or a reduction
in the value Of the service.
In dealing with this matter Council
and the Board Of Commissioners should
keep these facts clearly in view and in
graut;ug leave 20 the two companies 10
so ahead with their work. safeguard
the people SO that between the two it
will be the survival of the dtJest. for
there is certainly not suburban bust
ness enough along the proposed route
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-05-04
EWING EROS.
y%RBNCH And ENGLISH SOAPS AID PERFUMES
sH ,r,r aooDs ,rsr ARRIVED
ExU1TNo PpOC 1915 Market ST.

died Yesterday from dropsy. Funeral to-
morrow morning.
Rev. W. u. Thomas. Of Nashville. Tenn.
will lecture at the Second n. L. Church
on Thursday at Sp. m. on the subject
The queer Things Of the Negroes.
Mrs. J. ". Boyd and daughter were in
Pitsburg yesterday.
Miss Nary Myers. Of Wheeling Island
is a guest of friends in the city.
$. N. Fletcher, of 81. Clairsviile, was in
BaUaire Stalking hands with his many ac-
ouain-ancss on Sunday.
Edward Uuman, Of Quaker City, was in
Be,lairl Monday
Carl Fletcher. who works at Cleveland,
Is now q guest of his parents.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-05-04
DIED.

-
RLADE-NondaT. May 3, ~. az -
o'clock. D.. M. Patrick -'iad7' III lAe '''"
Hs5' Oh Ms age --.,s-..- - ,,t- can
Ni7laI ron. ~. 7.--.oo5
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moss "' -. - - 49, e.-,,-
:r,. ,~. ;-,.r..5 rr-a--1sr- a, Nj calvary
i-' Cd ''''
cemetery,
rIAPTON-c. +ba family residence.
No 522 Main street. on Monday. Nav g.
1897. al 9::2o o'clock a. m, August {. har-
''--' III MS i1'. 7''i. ,--.,...-.,-.. IT,
UiieI". -. ~ ~. ,'', - -
noon al -'o1l'
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-05-04

West yirg.aia's Democratic editors
should not forget that they are called
10 meet at Clarks5urg on the 18th inst
the day before the regular meeting OF
the regular stare Editorial Associa-
ton al Weston. The commencaole OBJ
4sct is TO organize a Democratic Edi-
torial Association for political purposes
and TO get into line for next years cam
3aien which Will be one of the most
memorable in our history. II will be
good for the brethren 10 exchange ideas
and form a general plan of action
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-05-04

Fully half a million people have sur
fered severe loss in one way and an
other through the disastrous Miss -ssippl
floods. Let these people resolve TO SUI
fer no more. but pack up and come 10
West Virginia where they Will be safe
from such visl,aJiOns.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-05-04
DIRECTORS ELECTED.

The stockholders Of the Wheeling
Natural Gas Company held meeting
Yesterday afternoon at the Company s
office on Chap'ine street. \ number Of
Pittsburgers attended the meeting. The
old Board Of Directors was reelected
and no business of Importance was
rra1s9Crnd
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-05-04

We sympathize with PiJsourg in her
big fire loss; but there is the consolation
Of knowing it might have been very
much worse. As il Is. the loss iails
chiefly upon those who are abie 20 bear
1.-THE insurance companies largely
while those thrown out of employment
will be couutertalanced by the number
who will be given employment In re-
hriIdirg the burned district.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-05-04

The pretty typewriter OF President
Spalding of the wrecked GLOBE SAVINGS
bank of Chicaeo. is altogether too smi--
inely bland and innocent for anything
She testified she didn't know whether
the fortune she had was her own money
or was given 10 her by Spalding. Aud
she has lived all this time in Chicago.
Forsooth, and likewise Rats,
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-05-04
IL SOCIETY

The Junior Island Club will give their
last dance of the season tonight al
Frarter hall. An elaborate banquet
viii be served during an intermisSlon
ar midnieht. and will be followed by
a number of toasts delivered by several
members of the club.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-05-04

And now there are no fans SO poor
as 20 do the Wheeling base ball CLUB
reverence.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-05-04

Hey. there. sporIsmen, not quite three
weeks YET until the new game law goes
into eHect-on the 23d.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-05-04
WberIjag 32e9isfer
CHARLES H. TANEY. General Manager

Ire REGISTER. embracing SIS several
editions. is entered a, the Fos-o'i'-e I'LL
W-aes..cg. ". Va as secord-c-ass matter
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-05-04

WANTFD-Psrtrsr wiki 5000 spot cash
Tor business yielding heavy casn irons
Address L. Y. ny-l414
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-05-25
MUNICIPAL AFFAIRS.

While in Cuba and the Levnt to interest the
either OF should
We fight necessarily for
scandals
there's need eternal vigilance
of
The will with good object further i'm
used or the
of the
City
building Hall Of Justice
municipal checked
scandals
City We cannot accomplish things
We
thoughts
public
In New York Chicago, Philadelphia
certainly while
spending checking
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-05-25

is five inches in one diameter, three in the
other, with wall about quarter of an inch
thick, and 1T holds rs pints OF water, the
round opening being between the lips. OF
the usual material, reddish-brown color and
hardness of eartben ware, ii has brilliant
glaze. which a on &c forb DIS the idea of Indian
origin. There is a semi-giaz on some pottery
relics in Guatemala only, so far as can be
ascertained. Several psychologists have seen
this vessel, and can make nothing of it; they
can merely suggest that some things of some
what similar style hsve been referred to early
Spaaiard settlers in the South.
In the New York museum collections The
are faces on old Peruvian pottery Several with
broad nosewings, as in this. ana some with
openings through the mouth, but with little
or Il glaze. The hair OF this. into the ceases
representing which some whiting was rubbed
before photogrsphing, il peculiar in arrange
ment and may afford some hint OF source and
date. OF course, it may be a freak of some
white mans pc terry, and of recent date; but,
ii so, how came IL 10 be inearthed, aud on that
farm? Among details that may be mentioned,
there Is black pigment baked into the sunken
corners of the eyes, and no attempt to repre-
sent eyehds.
Poss bly, the relic dates back to the early
Dutch settlers. who imported oddities in not
terry; many OF the Dutch, especially from New
Jersey, migrated to Western New York and
beyond. The hair arrangement on this can
teen may perhaps favor this superstition.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-05-25
INDEPENDENCE DAY,

The interior part of the State is indus
triously laying fuses for the fourth OF next
July. In scarcely any quarter o the cares
OF local government or the stringencies- of
bard times diminish the fires of patriotism
which smolders there from one year end
to another and splendors its equ nox with
blue and red lights and spires o; fire that
reach TO heaven.
Only one voice is this season heard dis
affirming the glory of that yearly dav of
light and snioke-one voice down in Santa
Ana uttering itself through the Herald to
aver that the sewer question thereabouts
is 100 engrossing to admit of interference
by any eeiless diversion. A "littls
thing Ike Independence day" is what the
Herald calls it. 1t is obviously regrettable
that his editor with nose so violently
unsolicited to sewer gas has suffered that
triv a part OF him to obscure the sense of
patriot SIN which ought to lie behind it.
but such seems to be the cold, impassiye
fact expressed by hin: with a studiou,
caini n II would fleszo The feet OF a 3 )ston
patriot
By singular coincidence the Santa Mon
lea OutIookrises to demand: Shall we cele-
keep on listening to the kickers against
sewersr Sewers seem to WELD a peculiar
influence over the destinies of Independ-
ence day cele brations this year. Is the
sewer foe to the perpetuation of that
divine devotion to country which every
year wells up audib!y into the throat of
every man, woman or child who has
heart deep enough to nurture bubbIing
spring of it2 We should hope not. Let
the coupling of sewers and Independence
in the same breath be hereafter ia booed,
else no one may tell what will come OF it,
That celebration in San Jose is to be a
marvel OF brilliance, unless the great
white light which is gathering for the
Fourth above Oakland shall succeed in
darkening it by comparison. With two
such fires rising on either side of San
Francisco to beacon the night Of uncon-
Germ which shrouds her as the anniversary
ship comes speeding on, this City may
find herself sufficiently well lighted for
the ship to see how to land when it
reaches here. Otherwise there might be
capsze, for San Franchises Fourth of
July fires are not burning very distinctly
as yet.
We rejoice to see the country preparing
for this one hundred and twenty first
birthday of American independence. The
country is always alive to these revered
requests of the fathers-these days of
special festivity to recall the brave deed
Of hero. the noble innovation of a ma
ton or the greatness of a statesman.
Even when their hurrying. crowding
metropolis Is too busy to fittingly note
the annual recurrence of these various
red-letter days the interior districts main
tain their ardent devotion to and enthusi-
asm for them without abatement. 1t
would appear that the kind of patriotism
which people call healthy patriotism" is
the kind that lives in the country.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-05-25
THEY KEPT UP Ape ARANCES
Chicago Times Herald.


In the boom times a syndicate of Kansas
politicians started an Associated Press paper
up IN little town in Central Kansas. 1t was
hummer, and for time had all the facilities
OF metropolitan journal. Then the funds
ran shorter and shorter. One fatal night they
gave out Governor Click was the presiden {
OF the papers syndicate and he was tele-
graphed to for help. He refused and the force
was left to get out the paper as best they
could. The orders were to keep up appear.
ances at any cost, and 1t was DONE For sew
eral weeks the paper came out every morning
with full page OF telegraph news, not
word of which was authentic The
Abilene Gazette had probably the most
varied service ever known on a pretentious
paper during that time. The foreman had a
fle of the Cincinnati Enquirer year or two
ole, and the kilograms were taken from that
and dated on the day preceding at such places
as seemed best for the telegraph editor -
Long tariff speeches were taken from the old
copies of the Congressional Record and the
try weeklles We're robbed fer happenings
A rain was good for two columns OF special
dispatches from score OF towns telling OF the
benefit to the crops. People wrote in to say
that when the dispatches were sent the ground
was frozen two feet deep and farmers could
not have been sowing OATS as siated-but it
made no difference. The farce was kept up to
the END and many people never knew that for
weeks not word had come over the wires.