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West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1897-04-01
Excursion to Washington.

The II 4 O. r.. T. announces the sa 10
OF Excursion Tickets TO Washington,
THURSDAY, April sth.
Washington. is ut all tfmos an attrac-
tive City but IL ia particularly SO at this
season of the year, and while Conrr cs.t
IA in session The lon: limit on tn,
tickets allows ample time FOR visit To-
Mt. Vernon, Oil Point ComforA Rich
mona, Virginia Reach and other points.
Wo show below train schedules and
rates OF fare froln this vicinity,
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1897-04-01
A Household Necessity.

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iousness. Please buy and try box OF
&. Z. G.. to-day; 10. 25, 20 cents. Sold
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pists
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1897-04-01
Look at This.

Il. NJ. Albright Is now selling out nt
cost for cash, for tho next thirty days,
before going oast, 4 groat slaughter.
OF prices In his ontiro stocl. This is.
Your chance 10 secure II bargain from
hi table set with samples Sale ba.
gins Friday. March 9TH
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1897-04-01
Notice :,


To whom II may concern
My wife, Virginia j. Copeman, hav-
ing left my bed and board without lust
cause or provocation. | hereby notify
all persons not TO trust or harbor the
said Virginia J. Copeman on my ac-
count rs will not pay any debts or
contracts made bv her Given under
NV hand this tho 99th day of March.
1897. FREDERICK CoPEMAN,
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1897-04-01

Correspondingly low ties from other
stations.
Tickets will be valid for 10 days AMI
good for trip from Washington to Bali
tlmore and return at any time during
the timo limit
For particulars, call on Or address
nearest II. n o. Agent.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1897-04-01
CnN,,IsslnNrn,s nrr,cr

ktNGwoop, w, VA, March 20, 81.
a list OF Fiduolarics whose accounts
arc before the undersigned Commits.
ssioner OF Accounts for Preston county
for settlements
John w Guseman. guardian OF vii.
lard #. Mckinney.
Same guardian of G.. $. mckinney.
Same, executor OF David Wheeler,
dcoenaev j. NJ. GOODWIN
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1897-04-01
SUMMER NOR NAL
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TGRRH HLTH.

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ing the Summer Normal NJ Terra
Alta, W. Va. commencing April
18th, 1897. For particulars con-
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~ Torra Attn, w. Va.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1897-04-01

JUST try 90. box OF Cascarsts, tia
finest l'vor and bowel regulator ever
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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-04-23

LATE NEWS ITEMS.

THE Lowell observatory. which vas
transferred from Flagstaff, Ariz.. to
Mexico, early in December last, for the
purpose of observing the opposition of
Mars and for the measurement OF south
ern double stars. has been dismounted
and shipped back To its original loca-
ton after three months remarkable
service.
THREE lepcrs. natives of Iceland.
have arrived at the lazarretto at Ira
cadic. Gloucester county. y. II. They
were taken from Winnepeg. Man. in a
freight car. which was directly behind
the locomotive, and was placarded to
warn the people to keep away from it.
THE captain and crew of the Norwe-
gian ship Senta, 81 men in all. from st.
John. n. H., for Newport, England,
before reported passed abandoned.
were landed at Philadelphia, on the
10th, by the British steamer Snowflake
from Penarth.
A TELEGRAM vas received by the
Cleveland (O.) Leader. from Ashcville.
n. C., on the 10th. stating hat Mrs. ).
NJ. Hanna, the mother of Senator Han
ma, had died at hat place from pneu-
monia. aged 81. She had been sick only
about a week.
THE entire national guard of Ohio
will attend the Grant memorial cere-
monies in New York. II is held that
as Ohio is Grants birthplace that state
should be represented with its full
equipment Of $500 men. The troops
will go in heavy marching order.
TuE United States consul at Bergen,
Norway. reports to the state depart
ment that the Norwegian tanners have
petitioned their storthing to increase
the duty on leather to protect them
against the competition of Sweden and
America.
CHINA is to have a new set of treaties
with the great nations of the world.
which will in a measure emancipate
her from the onerous restrictions she
Is now under and enable her to adjust
her own revenues to the nations needs.
CASHIER SrIcKNEy. of the Great Falls
national bank. OF S~onicrsworth. N. H.,
was brutually murdered, on the 10th
by two unknown robbers, who after.
wards escaped with an amount OF
money estimated at SO, 600.
INFORMATION was received in Wash
ington. on the 10th. that the president
Of the Swiss republic had been Sc
lected as arbitrator of the boundary
dispute between Brazil and French
Guiana
THE statement OF the condition o.
the treasury, on the 10th, showed
Available cash balance, s224,6i7, 900
gold reserve, 1854, sos. 125.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-04-23
TOPICS.
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.
~FIFTY-FiFTH CONGRESS.
Especial Session.D

THE senate was not n session on the 10Th .....
In the house, there beink nothing else 10 do, a
political debate was INDUCED In. embracing "A
variety Of subjects. In the course OF which
there was a short passage between Mr. Boutelle
(Me.) and Mr.. Hopkins ,Iil.). Mr.. Boutelle de-
sired TO have read TO the house Secretary Longs
letter regarding bids for armor-plate, but
Mr.. Hopkins objected. Mr.. Bouteile appealed
to the speaker To know IL there was no method
by which "a subject of great Importance could
be brought before the house. Printing In the
Record was suggested. but Mr.. Hopkins OBJ
jected to this also. and at l:i0 p IN. the house
adjourned until the lsth.
In the senate. on the ieth. Rev. Mr.. Milburn.
the blind chaplain, in his opening prayer made
eloquent reference to the late ex-senator Noor-
hees. Immediately following the prayer MT
German, Md moved that a. a mark of respect
10 their late associate, the senate adjourn adj
ding that many senators desired TO attend the
funeral. The motion prevailed and at l2uS p
m. the senate adjourned 49,. The house was not
in session.
In the senate, on the 18th. Senator Morgan
concluded his long speech on the resolution de-
claring that a state OF war exists in Cuba Con-
sideration OF the bankruptcy bill was then re-
sumed. Mr.. Lindsay tky.) speaking in favor OF
the bill, and answering the criticisms OF Mr..
Nelson Mimi. Ata:45 p. m. the senate went
into executive session and soon after adjourned
...... The house was not in session.
In the senate. on the isth. after a brief dis
cussion of the tariff bill Mr.. Morrill, trep., VII
moved 10 refer "A resolution offered by Mr.. Vest
dem. MOI. declaring the retroactive clause OF
the tariff bill illegal and beyond the power OF
congress, which was carried by a vote of "a to ss.
and was regarded as a test vote on the tariff
bill itself. The Indian appropriation bill was
then taken up, pending consideration OF which,
at 3. p m. the senate adjourned Re. In the
house no business OF Importance was transact
ed, and the body adjourned until the 18th
IN the senate, on the 18th, the open session
was devoted to consideration OF the Indian APP
preparation bill, the pending question being the
committee amendment opening the Uncompah-
gre reservation in Utah to public entry. The
incident OF the day was "A speech by Mr.. Vest
dem. MOI in criticism OF the provision abol-
ishing sectarian Indian schools, in which he
denounced Protestant and praised Catholic
schools among the Indians The Indian bill
was not completed when. at five o'clock. the
senate adjourned until the 10Th ...... The house
was not in session.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-04-23

SHOULD the Missouri river complete
the cutoff threatened at East Omaha,
Ncb.. extensive factory plants. includ-
ing the great Carter white lead works,
will be moved into Iowa, and the So
600, 900 bridge Of the East Omaha Ter
minal Go. will be left across a slough,
while the thousands of dollars expend-
ed by the government in protecting the
banks Of the river along the great
bend will have been wasted on a cut
oil" lake
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-04-23
BANK CASHIER TAYLOR
l;cturns and Voluntarily submits to Arrest
a Preliminary Hearing.

KANSAS CITY, Mo, April 1T.-George
A. Taylor. the former cashier Of the
l~cfunct Argentine bank, who mystcr-
iously disappeared a month ago. re
turned home Thursday. and yesterday
voluntarily submitted to arrest ON .
warrant charging illegal banking.
Taylor was arraigncd yesterday aft
crnoon and given a preliminary hear
ing. Friends went his bond. The
warrant for Taylor's arrest was sworn
put by a former depositor.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-04-23

Mrs. LELAND STANFORD has signed a
contract, by which her life is insured
for the sum of 81, 900, 600. Mrs. Stanford
is to pay an annual premium of si7o,-
900, and upon her death 81, 900. 900 will
be paid by the company to the Leland
Stanford, Jr., university. Should she
live ten years aud continue her annual
payment of premiums, the university
will receive at her death S., 900, 900 in
stead Of 81. 900, 900.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-04-23

TREASURER SPALDfNG of the board of
trustees Of the University of Illinois.
who was expected to appear before the
meeting of the board. on the 18th, and
explain the disappearance Of the uni
verify funds intrusted to his keeping.
failed To put in an appearance. \. q.
Keith was elected treasurer in Mr..
Spalding's place.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-04-23

AMONG the passengers on the steamer
Australia, from Honolulu, which ar
rived at San Francisco, on the l4th,
was William A. Kinney. special COM
missioner to Washington. His princi-
pal work will be to look after the reci-
procity treaty. and he will endeavor to
secure a renewal of the same.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-04-23

Coz. j. w. FoRSEY died at his home
in Lebanon. Pa, on the 18th, from
brain trouble. aged 20 years. Soon
after the breaking out of the war Col.
Forney moved to Washington where he
established a reputation as co%rrespon-
dent for many leading newspapers of
the country.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-04-23

THE weekly statement OF the associ-
Ated banks Of New York city. issued
on the 10th. showed the following
changes: Reserve. decrease. 81. 496. 52a;
loans, decrease, 500, 100; specie, de-
crease, sll9, 900; legal tender. decrease,
g.. 204, 100; deposits, decrease, 81, 300.
100; circulation. decrease. sl12. G0o.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-04-23

A DISPATCH from Yokohama. on the
18th, said the government of Japan had
decided to SEND two war ships to Ha-
waii. stopping meanwhile all emigra-
ton. A number of rejected e~migrants
have arrived at Kobe. The Japanese
press is urging the government to take
a firm attitude towards the Hawaiian
and American governments.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-04-23

SECRETARY AIGER thinks the worst
of the flood dangers have passed in the
Mississippi valley. and that with the
force the var department has in the
field, cooperating, as IL is, with the
local relief committees, there is small
danger that suffering will go un-
checked and unrelicved.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-04-23

ANNOUNCEMENT Is made that The
Patriarchs. the famous social organize
ton launched by Ward McAllister %
years ago at Delmonico's, New York
city, has dissolved. Lack Of support,
strife for leadership and internal dis
sensions of a minor character contrib
uted To the COLLAPSE Of the society.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-04-23

The United States weather bureau,
on the nth, gave out the startling in
formation hat 500 square miles of the
state of Arkansas was under water and
that the Mississippi river would o
tinue to rise.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-04-23

THE project of police in Paris threat
ened to close the hall and expel Prin-
cess DE Chimay from France If she ear
ried out her intentions of appearing on
the stage in public. She then changed
her plans and left the city.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-04-23

THE president has decided To recon-
mend 10 congress an appropriation as
indemnity for the killing by n mob of
lynchers of three Italian citizens at
Hahnville. La, August ) last.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-04-23

THE statement of the condition Of the
treasury ON the 18th showed: Availa-
BILE cash balance, S2ad, 264, $40; gold re-
serve. &l5a. 4aO. 100.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-04-23
The River Above tho Danger Line
sas City.

KASsAs CRY. Mo. April -
river has risen eight inches 81
Wednesday. marking three IN hes apo
the danger line. and Is s. 1n;ng
up slowly. The water Is % tos
TO spread out over w !.
lands and the rise. thereioT
more slow. The current IS stil 49,
swift. and huge trees and other ~
In large quantities constantly pa' 49,
city. Precautions taken againsaa
have. in most cases. proven eiiecn,
and no very serious damage ra'
occasioned.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-04-23

UNITED STATES Consul LITTLE tele-
graphs from Tegucigalpa, the capital
of Honduras. that "A revolution had
broken out, and that the republic is
now under martial law.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-04-23

TuE senate. on the 18th. confirmed
the nomination of James l.. Angel, of
Michigan, To be minister To Turkey;
also, of George ID. Meiklejohn, of Ne
braska. TO be assistant secretary Of war.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-04-23

The st. James (London) Gazette, re-
ferring to the trouble in Hawaii re-
garding the landing of Japanese, says
that if a rupture between Japan and
the United States occurs. the latter
may find the Japanese navy a hard Gus
toner To tackle.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-04-23

Mrs. ELIZABETH TILToS, the wife Of
Henry Ward Beecher's accuser, died. on
the 18th, ut her home in brooklyn.
The news of her death was not made
public until the 18TH. Since the ia
nous Beecher trial she had lived in
strict retirement.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-04-23

DANIEL WorsEy VOORHEES,. ex-Jni-
ted States senator from the state OF In
diana, died at ) a. M, on the 10th, at
his home In Washington city.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-04-23

A DISPATCH from Cape Town says the
Hetdogeblad, the Dutch newspaper,
declares that leading officials of the
Transvaal speak openly of war with
England as inevitable. and aver that
it will be carried right up to Table Bay.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-04-23

Col. john HAY. United States ambas-
sador TO the court of st. James, sailed
from New York for England, on the
14th. on the American line steamship
81. Paul. He was accompanied by his
wife and eldest daughter.
The times., 1897-03-29
Does 1t stop Us, Too?

When. some days ago, the six European
powers, forming what is known as the
Concert, obligingly notified our Govern
nent that they had blockaded the Island
Of Crete, this journal ventued the sug-
gestion that il would he wise thing for
the Secretary OF State to inform their
representatives that the United States
could not, matter of principle, admit
that their action had any binding force
as against American ships or commerce.
1t might lie said, Of course, that there was
hardly a remote chance of any vessel fly.
ing our flag being caught in Cretan waters,
and, therefore, that il was not worth our
while to take any notice of the matter.
If Secretary Sherman did take any notice
OF il the fact has not been published hut
we think he should have done SO, and the
reason why has been clearly developed.
Within the next few days 1t is highly
probable that the same European powers
will take advantage Of a new occasion TO
express their sentiments OF the most dis
tinguished consideration. and to advise us
that they have established firm blockade
Kingdom of Greece What viii the Secre
tary of state have to say to that? The
principle involved is the same as in the
case Of Crete. hut the circumstances, and
our national interest in them, are very
different
1t might happen. in the event that the
Dingley bill should become law. that after
a short time Qua foreign trade would dis
appear entirely. thus relieving the Gov
But the threatened protective tariff has
not yet been enthroned, and for the time
being we have a system which permits
the existence of some commerce with other
countries, aud one of those countries is
Greece. For the fiscal year ending June
30 ! S96, we exported to that State nleF-
chandise valued at Sl91 ,046, and our
imports from the same amounted to ST2O,-
3S6.
Under current conditions it is possible
that our exports to Greece might be tenn
poraTiIy much Increased by the sale of
food products, timed meats, and vegeta-
bles, arms and ammunition, and otherthings
useful to u nation about to engage in war.
The kingdom is not at war now, and until
actual hostinties or formal declara ton,
the people of the United States have
perfect right to trade with the Greek
government or its citizens.
Really it would seem that we have
rights and interests at stake in this block
ade business that even the powers of
Europe ought to respect, and perhaps
our foreign office viii have the goodness
to tell them so.
The times., 1897-03-29

will cut the farmer in every direction.
With that in view, the demand of the
Changers for a law to pay to any ex-
porter OF agricultural products grown in
the United States at the rate of 10 cents
per bushel on wheat and rye, and so cents
per barrel on flour, cents per bushel on
corn. cent per pound on cotton, ana
2 cents per pound on tobacco and hops,
does not look unreasonable
The memorial lays down the broad
proposition that money raised by .,ro-
tective duties ought to be distributed
among the GLASSES not protected, and TN
less that Is done protective tariffs are
unjust and ought To be abolished.
IL discussion of the Lubin bounty plan
aCeomplishes nothing more than it has
already in illustrating the hypocrisy, dis
honesty and inhumanity OF the Dingley
infamy, it Will have served highly use
ful purpose.
The times., 1897-03-29
AT THE PEOPLES CHURCH.
Representative Jaues G.. Mcguire
Speaks to IL Large Congregation.

Representative JaUeS G.. Mcguire
Speaks to IL Large Congregation.
Representative James G. Mcguire, of
California, addressed the congregation of
the Peoples Church at Typographical
Temple yesterday morning, upon the einyita-
ton of DR.. Kent. The hall was well filled
with very attentive audience.
The speaker began by saying that ne
liked the idea of a peoples church 1t is a
noticeable fact that when Christ was on
earth, he said. the common people followed
Him in great multitudes, because Hetaught
them the great truths of God that werefo
them
Judge Magrire said he would not discuss
the theological phase of his subject He
would present the topic in the light OF
common sense-TeaSOn-
He cited the sentence, The earth is the
Lords and the fullness thereof and show
ed what a world of meaning iU contains.
Man is in the most literal sense directly
connected with the earth He is pre-efni-
nently land animal Denied access to the
land, he is deprived of life. Every atom in
his physical body was once earth, and will
be again. Everything he uses to support
lilu~t tbitt Vic tAtlEli VIII
again return.
Under this law of circulation OF continual
interchange of matter, il is impossible for
one generation 10 impoyeTish the earth for
the future. Nature is always balancing
destruction by rebuilding. Seeing, then.
that man is so vitality allied to the earth,
it is evident that God made them to beto-
gether.
The rich suffer quite much as the poor
from our unjust land system. Some men
may retain their former character after
building up a large fortune, but their chill
dren are greatly inferior 60 them, and, a.
a rule, the second or the third generation
sinks into poverty. Superfluous wealth has
never brought men To that height of good
ness. nobility and manhood that plenty
without superfluity has. Under present CON
ditiOns it is not the man of generous and
noble purposes, but the one hardened
against such qualities. who has the best
opportunities for success.
The times., 1897-03-29
WHY Not Hawaii?

Some grave and mysterious question of
day, to judge by the conduct OF certain
distinguis he'd citizens. mere ur less con-
Dected With the Presidency, the Cabinet,
and the Senate. We will take a long shot
at it and venture the guess that Hawaiian
annexation was under discussion.
If that hits it we are glad that this i'm
portant national matter is to receive at
tention. There are people and some news
papers claiming to believe that President
Mckinley has an ambition to add the stars
of Hawaii and Cuba to the Union Jack
before he gets through with the White
House, and that he even thinks it might be
a good thingto take over the Danish West
Indies into the bargain,
If that really is his idea he is right. and
we are with him. tits noble and honor
able ambition What a chapter in the his
tory Of his country Mr.. McKinleys Ad-
miniStration would fill if he could ac-
complsh these things. besides starting
construction on the Nicaragua Canal. and
leaving us at the end of his term with
q perfected civil service system.
With so many grand objects in view four
years : d short time; but il cannot be eX-
tended. as we have promised the place to
q Democrat. Then there is all the more
reason for going at some of them without
delay Why not Hawai- at onceo
The times., 1897-03-29
TORTURED BY FIENDS
They Applied Blazing Rags to all
Old Mans Feet.

Beatrice, Neb, March 2S.-David Jones,
an aged farmer who lived near Wymore,
died yesterday of injuries inflicted one
week ago by robbers. Jones was seventy
one years old, bachelor, and lived alone.
He was quite wealthy and was popularity
supposed to keep large SUMS OF money
about his place.
About s O'Clock at night as he was
preparing to retire, two masked men
entered his house. one Knocked him down
with a blow on the head. When he ad
partly regained consci BUSINESS he was
ordered to show them where he kept his
money. Hetookthem upstairs andshowing
them 81 declared it was ali he had. They
then tied him TO bed, wrapped in feet
in clothes, and after saturating them in
coal oil, set them on fire.
Jones managed to get free, crawIed to
the barn, got on a horse, and rode to his
sisters, half mile distant, where he
fell from the animal unconscious. He
was only able to give slight description
of his assailants.