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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-10-26
TRUSTEES SALE.

BY virtue Of deed of trust made bJ
Lizzie Abercromhie with Chester Aber.
crombie her husband. bearing date the
18th day Of January, 1897, and recorded in
the Clerks office OF the County Court OF
Ohio county, West Virginia, IN Deed of
Trust Book No. AZ. page $50, to the unde~.
signed trustee, ] will. on
SATURDAY. NOVEMBER, 9Th, 1897.
beginning at 10 o'clock a. M. at the north
front door of the Court House in the city
of Wheeling, sell at public auction the
following property: A certain lot or par
eel Of ground situated in what was for
merly known as the town OF South
Wheeling now the Eighth ward of the
city of Wheeling. IN the caunty of Ohio
and State of West Virginia. and numbered
on the plat of what was formerly known
as Ritchierown and La Grange as lot
numbered ten in square numbered eight
cen, with all the improvements thereon
and the appurtenanGes belonging thereto.
Terms Of Sale-One-third and as much
more of the purchase money as the pur-
chaser may elect 70 pay In cash on the
day Of sale, and the residue. II any, In
two equal installmentss payable IN one
year and two years from said day. with
interest on said deferred instalmcnts
from the day Of sale until payment and
the payment Of said lnstaiiments and In
terest 10 be SECURED by deed Of truEt
upon the above described property.
JAMES +. ROGERS,
oc5oawt Trustee.
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TO HANG NOVEMBER -.

The notoriety gained by Albert
Voires on account of the extreme bru-
tailty OF his murders, his escape and
recapture, together with the stolid in
adherence he has maintained in regard
to his sentence, warrants the belief
that the crowd will be larger here on
the twelfth of November than was ever
here before on any occasion. The in
terest manifested in public exhibitions
OF this kind is something unaccount-
able, but there nothing that will draw
a larger crowd. The gallows on which
Clark Lewis and Jerry Brown were
hanged is still standing and will be
brought into use for the ;aird time
Fayetteville Republican.
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A CHARTER ISSUED.

Special to the Register.
Charleston, w. Va, October Is
The Secretary of State has issued a GER
tificate of Incorporation to the Par
kersburg and Marietta Traction Com
pany, of Parkersburg, vith an author
lied capital of $5,0O0,0oO. The com
pany is organized for. .ne. purpose of
constructing and operating an electric
railway between the cities of Parkers-
burg, w. Va, and Marietta, Ohio. via
Wllllamstown, w. Va The incorpo-
rators are A. McCash and e. E. Wick
son. Parkersburg; A. j, Yoke, of
Grafton, w. Va; S. S. Stone. of vi
emma, w. Va, and w. E. REYNOLDS,
of Oil City, Pa.
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MOUNDSVILLE.
Harry Spears returned yesterday from
eT eastern CrJfeS.

Harry Spears 81 eturned yesterday from
John Showacre, who travels for a
Pittsburg firm, was in the city call
ing on friends yesterday.
Following is a list of the acclaimed
letters remaining at the postoffice dur
ing the past week: VIM. Bowles, Miss
Bette Fecklin, r. G. Thomas and w.
S. Wilson.
Miss Lynn Hammond has resumed
her duties as clerk in Stone & Thomas
dry goods store in Wheeling, after be-
ing at home one week on account or
sickness.
Superintendent Martin. of the Bell
Telephone Company, with office at
Pittsburg, was visitor in the city yes
terday.
Prof. Jesse Berry, the horse educa-
tor. has secured quite a class in horse
manship here, and last night gave his
people their first lesson and good
crowd of visitors was also present. He
has pitched his tent on the citys lot
at the corner of Sixth street and Nor
ton avenue. and will remain here until
Thursday morning.
Diamond Bros Minstrels appeared
10 Ialr mouse last HiSHt anu saw sat-
isfaction. The show is not as large as
most minstrel companies, but their en-
tertainment is up to the standard.
]. B. Alexander will give his phono-
graph entertainment at the Christian
Church this evening for the benefit OF
| the new building, which the above
| church intend erecting in the near
| future.
| In circuit court yesterday the argu-
ments in the case of the parties against
| the County Commissioners were set fol
| November 6thA To-day the case Of
Flick against McFadden will be heard
and it will likely consume the entire
day.
Isaiah Stephens, of McMechen, was in
the city on business yesterday.
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and consoles. 1t is a humiliation to any
proud woman that the man of her choice
should prove at last failure - broken in
purse and in spirit Back of all business
failures lies i'll health. No man who is suf-
fering from brain fag, nervous prostration
and debility, due to impure blood and dis
ordered digestion can long succeed in bust
ness. Every woman should make it her
duty to see that her husband takes proper
care of his health.
The best medicine in all the world for
hardworked business men is DR.. Pierce's
Golden Medical Discovery 1t is medicine
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Medical Advisers. know your book to be good
one. had suffered seven years with liver COM
plant when read about yovr Golden Medical
Discovery in one of your books After using
few bottles of the Discovery and three vials of
the Pleasant Pellets was completely cured v
One copy of a good practical, medical
work is worth more in home than a tllous-
and works of fiction. DR.. Pierce's Com
mon Sense Medical Adviser is the best
home medical book extant. 1t contains
zoos pages and three hundred illustrations
and is written in plain, everyday language
that any one may understand. Over a mill
lion women own copies of it and $50 600
of them paid 81. so each for their copies.
A new and large edition will be given away
absolutely FREE. If you want a copy in a
paper cover, send twenty one one cent
stamps, to cover cost of mailing only, to
the Worlds Dispensary Medical Associa-
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son the 9Th Nov, 1779. George III. wrote
to the Empress Catharine: 1.-THE lively
concern that you take in all that concerns
Great Britain demands my thanks. In
| this, as on so many other occasions. I
have admired the greatness of your tai
ents, the Wilderness of your knowledge, and
the nobility of your sentiments
The designs of my enemies will not escape
your penetration. The use or the
simple show, of a part of your naval
force would restore and assure the repose
of all Europe by dissipating the league
which is formed against me-"
On the 18th January, 1850, "another
sop to use the language of the third
Earl of Malmesbury in vol. T., page 1859.
of his grandfather's writings) was given
to the Empress" On the 18th January.
Sir James Harris handed to Prince Po-
temkin a memoir, Written to show that.
should the allies prevail against England.
America would supply France with hemp
pitch. timber, ETC., to the detriment of
Russian trade.
ON the 22nd February, 1880" says Har-
ris, prince Potemkin sent for me. and
with an impetuous joy, said I heartily
congratulate you, orders will be given to
arm fifteen ships Of the line and five frig-
ates; they are to be put to sea early in
the spring. 1t is entirely owing to
what you have advanced. Your
nation may consider themselves as hay-
ing twenty ships added to their fleet.
L am just come from the empress; it is
by her particular orders I tell it to you.'
He ended by desiring me to despatch my
messenger Immediately, expressing his i'm
patience for this event being known in
London. '-Malmesbury; Diaries and Cor
reSpOndence. L 20
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Trustees Sale Of Valuable City
Property.

BY virtue of Deed of Trust. made by
p. ID. Carroll and c. c. Carroll, his wife.
TO John j. Jacob, Trustee, dated July 81,
A. D., 1898, and recorded in the oihce Oh
County in Deed of Trust Book number a.
page $50. and order entered W. ~ Nd
Circuit Court Of Ohio ,s S9an a1pyp;ointing the
undersigned Trustee. IN pituge vii sell at
John j. Jacob now deceased lomrt House
the north front door Oh 'ns
of Ohio County. on ~, Nc, 4
"a nD2N VENEER, A. D., 1887,
commencing at 10 O'Clock a. in.' 'ne =
loving described properly pa of tho lot or nor
Tow esround in the city of Wheeling,
West virgin,a y ying John al h ne siNteenths
OF south street, which is west of "a
foundation wall, running from the Six
straeti through the building occupied by
Samuel Nesbitt as a blacksmith shop, and
5oins1 as follows; Be ggiiKtnensfi
and South steel 'o in square nurloelel
elght 90, in that part of said Gity, lHe Gis
f eanh eastwardy along she fae 81 20 IN,
center of the Foundation wall above re-,
tered to; thence running along the centeg
with, the line of Warket street, SOUTH.
westwardly along th&tine of South street,
10 10 me ne place of beginning, together WIN
an the appurtenances and Entertainments
thereunto belonging, or In any wise APP
pertaining.
Terms Of sale-one-tnird of the pun
chase money and 40 much more as the
purchaser may elect to pay, cash on day
or sale, and the purchaser to give pis
notes for the balance, payable in six and
twelve months. with interest from day OF
sale, the title to be conveyed to the pur-
chaser. he giving a deed of trust on the
property to secure the deferred payments.
r. S. RILEY.
Oct14ei Trustee.
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| during this year, 1880. Sweden, Den
mark and Holland joined in the league
with Russia, which was in its effects
league of hostility to England. Hol-
land also soon joined in the war: SO
that on one side stood England soli-
tary and alone-on the other, using all
their forces against her, the United
States, France, Spain, Hyder Ali, Hol-
LAND; while all the northern powers
were armed, nominally neutral, but
really hostile to her autocratic preten-
sions.
One of our wisest. statesmen John
Adams, exclaimed few years later:
I'VE owe the blessings of peace not to
the causes assigned, but to the armed
neutrality" And who as the real au-
thor of the armed neutrality? Who
conceived that act, and who. by his
ingenuity and indefatigable persever-
ance, led Russia and with her the
northern powers to adopt it?-Florida
Blanca, the Minister of Spain. And to
him and to his country I here render
the honor, with all the more pleasure
that this has not usually been done,
and that the documents which estab-
lish their claim to it are in my possess
sion.
For such aid as the armed neutral
ity gave us-again we have to thank
Spain.
With all this inequality of force the
war still went on. Constant efforts were
made by England to induce the Colon
les to return to their allegiance; and,
to their shame be it said, men were
found ready to listen to her PROPOSE
lions; men who, seduced by the hope
of rewards and by the promise of office
for themselve or for their sons, consent
ed to sheer at and to deny the princi-
pies of the declaration. It was after
intercourse with such men, that the
intelligent agent of one of our allies
wrote home to his government that
there was more real enthusiasm for
American liberty in the smallest cafe
in Paris than in large portion of the
society which he met.
Again and again were terms offered
by England to Spain and to France,
but the constant reply was a refusal
to treat until we were free.
Peace and freedom were at length
secured; and from that time, through
various vicissitudes and difficulties, our
confidence in democratic
by faith in the people and
by the spirit Of mutual forbearance and
charity among them-has gone on
and increasing, till in ma
terial force it stands among the might
lest; and, did we but always act up to
the immortal truths of the declaration
would, in moral force, be the highest
Of the earth.
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ttfeeirr aiournafs, evefll rfsfe5tr and OF
open in the Baltic, declared that the
Russian fleet had already arrived at
Plymouth.
In one week all this was changed and
there suddenly appeared in the spring
of $780, the important declaration Of
Russia that led to the armed neutral
ity, which as been called by writers on
international law, that charter of the
liberty of the seas" By this, the en-
press declared that her fleet was fitted
out, not to aid England, but to main
tain the principles: that free ships
make free goods-that the neutral flag
covers enemies prCperty-and that no
| blockade which was not maintained by
an effective force, no blockade made
merely by the London Gazette, would
be recognized as valid.
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this million was paid over to the agent.
with whom Silas Deane and Arthur Lee.
as delegates of Congress, were in treaty
Ior the shipment of arms and supplies.
But this was not ALL Cargoes of mil
ltary stores were sent Gus from Bill
bao; then the hint was given that three
thousand barrels of powder stored at
New Orleans were at our seryice:I the
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preceded by another. On the 9th OF
June, 1776, the Spanish Minister of For
eign Affairs sent to Count Amanda, Am
bassador OF Spain, in Paris, one million
francs, as free gift for the American
colonies;;* and on the 18th of August
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When a man IS

When q man ~
ruined and there is
no help for it, a
good wife is the
one stay and COM
: fort left to him.
But no man, who
is a man, wants to
put his wife to this
extremity. F Or
W o IN an il her
gentle nature suf-
fers with the hus-
band she comforts
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us in our hour of suffering and OF

us in our hour Of suffering and of
peril.
But the labors of Spain did not end
with this. England, driven to des-
peration, used all her arts to draw the
northern powers into her alliance, and
with Russia succeeded so we'll that or
ders were issued to fit out fifteen ships
OF the line at Cronstadt, and the in
tlmation was given by the Empress
Catharine to Sir James Harris, after
wards Lord Malmesbury that this feet
would soon be ready to aid England in
her contests British Ministers an
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Tine dispatches of Oliver Pollock. the
agent of Congress at New Orleans during
the war, which are in the archives of Ybe
Department of State at Washington
throw the fullest light upon what was
done by the Spanish government in I,ouis-
lana
AS carry as August, 1776, cargo of pow
DER was given by Gov. Unzaga. despatched
Ny POLLOCK and arrived in safety. In jan
uary, III, Don Bernardo de Galvez sue
ceeued Unzaga as governor
That worthy nobleman." writes Pol
iooh, Immediately made a tender of his
services, and gave me the delightful as
surahce that he would go every possible
iehsth 1or the interest of Congress. I
should be guilty Of injustice did L not
ueclare That this generous promise was
hohoraoly fulfilled; and I should belle nv
own heart if I did not on this, as on
every other proper occasion, express nv
grateful sense of the services he has rem
dered to the United States The first in
stance OF them was retaiating the seizure
Oh an American schooner in the lakes by
the seizure and confiscation of all Rritisb
vessels between the Balize and Manchac
and by an assurance that the mort
or New Orleans should be open and free
10 American commerce, and to the admis
sion and sale of prizes made by their
cruisers"
Pollock not only sent military stores
presented to Congress by the Spanish gov
ernor, but also made purchase of supplies
amounting to s65,S14, for the State of vir-
glnla, and sent them by batteaux to diff
1erent points on the Ohio. His drafts
authorized by Governor Patrick Henry
came back protested, placing him in the
greatest embarrassment from which he
was generously relieved by Don Berna rdo
de Ottero, the Spanish Treasurer of Lou
isiana.
Inc course of events at New Orleans
under the brilliant young governor. Ber-
hardo de Galvez. whose name a CITY Of
the United States now bears. is described
III papers IN the Archives de las Indias
ana has more than the interest of ro-
nance A somewhat tardy recognition of
MS aid to us is found in a despatch writ
ten by order of Congress on the DIST of
November, ISL This despatch, signed by
Robert Morris. addressed to General Don
bernardo de Galvez saws:
I am directeu by
exp JOUR IIXceltency the grateful
sense they entertain of your early efforts
in their favor. Those generous efforts
gave them so favorable an impression of
your character and that of your nation,
that they have not ceased to wish for an
intimate connection with your country"
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*"The doctrine said Earl Shelburne,
'of free ships, free goods at once de-
stroyed the law of nations as it has re-
manned for many centuries; but that was
not all: it must terminate in the ruin of
Britain, at least in the overthrow of her
naval power If France and
Spain could transport their property to
and from the western world in free be-
cause of neutral bottoms, it was to the
last degree ridiculous to say or believe
that Great Britain could possibly be able
to cope with the united force of the House
Of usBourban. Then farewell for
ever to the naval power and glory of
Great n!"-Parlamentary History
XXI, 600 ct seq.
Desperate efforts were made by Brit
ism Ministers to meet the emergency.
Appeals were addressed to Denmark
and Sweden, but without effect; and,
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Il have seen the dispatch of the Marquk
OF Grimaldi to Count Amanda, enclosing
TINS draft for million francs.
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More yet. Though the declaration in
regard to Capt. Lee was the earliest act
OF recognition by any power except
France, Spain abstained from making
a treaty with our minister for the very
excellent reason that to do so would
have been tantamount to a declaration
of war against England, for which she
was not prepared. But that eminent
man who, on the 10Th of February,
1777, took the reins of power in Spain,
Florida Blanca, was not idle. He i'm
mediately commenced building now
ships and arming those already built
the annual expenses of the navy, usual
| ly about one hundred million reals, or
| five million dollars, were suddenly rails
/ ed to twenty million dollars-and, in
the spring Of 10 thirty-six ships of
/ the line, mounting more guns than any
! fleet she ever had, being ready for sea,
/ she declared war against England
/ This immense feet, of which seven
were three-deckers, of 100 to 120 guna
| (our solitary three-decker, the Penn
sylvania, has never yet got to seal,
this immense fleet Joined the French
fleet, sailed to attack the common
enemy, and during that and the sue
ceeding year intercepted the troops and
supplies which had been sent to aid in
our conquest.
Florida Blanca did not stop here,
but. while engaged in his naval pre-
partitions. made a treaty with the En-
peror of Morocco which closed his ports
to the English. He also opened rela-
items with Hyder Ali in India, and
fomented the war which that powerful
prince maintained against England
Benjamin Rush, writing shortly after
to General Gates, says: Heaven pros
per our allies. Hyder ALI Is the stand
ing toast at my table" Florida Blanca
did not rest content with this, but used
all the wiles of diplomacy and all the
force of Spain. to make difficulties fol
England in every part CT the globe
When we are disposed to stretch the
hand of coyetness toward any posses.
sion of now weakened Spain. let us re
member the helping hand she gave &
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port of Havana open to us on the same
terms as to France, and the further
hint given that if an American ship
should look in there occasionally it
would find the door of a certain mag
azine open, and something in it useful
to the Colonies.
Nor was this the end of Spanish
favors. Blankets for ten regiments
were sent as a present to Congress,
through John Langdon, of Portsmouth;
ship loads of stores were despatched
through the house of Gardoqui at Bill
boa; and when John Jay appeared at
Madrid as Minister of the new States,
without any provision being made by
Congress for money to pay even his
house rent, another gift of $4,000 was
made to him for us.
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This open act of friendship had been
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FOR RENT

FOR RENT store room. dwal,,rr -.
nected; the best grocery stand in the cifv,
Recently refitted. Inquire Of n I.IiTs
TIE, No. 1870 Market street ocs1ss
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-07-06
Treason and TreaChery Charged.
Big Political Sensation in South Carolina

SUMTER, S. c., July 5.-The first
meeting of the campaign for the
Democratic nomination for United
States senator to fill the place now
occupied by John L. McLaurin, by ap-
pointment from Gov. Ellerbee, was
held here today, and proved sensa-
tional in the extreme. 1t opened quiet
ly in the opera house, which was only
comfortably filled. County Chairman
Purdy introduced Senator McLaurin
as the first speaker. The senator's ad'
dress was conservative. He paid
tribute to the memory Of Senator
Earl, and gave an account Of his own
political stewardship. Mr.. McLaurin
was warmly received, and sat down
with the pleasing assurance of having
made a good impression. Then the
storm broke Ex-United States Sem
ator John L. M. Irby was introduced,
and for three-quarters Of an hour
there was enacted as exciting a scene
as perhaps has ever been witnessed
at a campaign meeting in this or any
other state. Things looked serious time
and time again. At once Irby and Nc
Laurin were only prevented from
clinching by Interference by those on
the stage.
Irby In his speech applied the sever
est language to McLaurin. AS he came
to the front the cheers for McLaur1n
were deafening. He made an opening
sally. McLaurin made an apt aside.
And the cheering was such that Irby,
despite repeated efforts, could not go
nT hot q
crowd, he started out again by charg-
ing the crowd with trying to howl
him down. He said he knew that it
was all fixed In this hotbed Of Haskell
lism and conservatism, Pretty soon he
said he did not care how many of
these city henchmenl tried to prevent
him from speaking.
Chairman Purdy advanced then, and
said that it was their desire to give
Irby respectful hearing, and he ask
ed that he should not repeat the In
sulting language. If he could not be
respectful, they did not want to hear
him. The committee was not respon-
sible for the outbursts Of feeling. Irby
replied that they had insulted him
first
Irby went ON then, and characterized
McLaurin as a ringstreaked, striped
and speckled politician. He charged
him with dishonesty and with being
guilty of treason and treachery. lie
said the foulest conspiracy that ever
existed in this state was now in force,
and McLaurin was it's beneficiary.
Finally McLaurin, who had turned
pale, jumped up and faced him, say