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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-07-29
NOT WORRIED ABOUT PALMYRA.
Island Is 1000 Miles from Honolulu and
British Nine Years.

Washington, July Estate depart
mert officials say that no new issue is
presented by the seizure of Palmyra isl
ard by the British. reported some days
ago by an Incoming vessel, for Great
Britain has maintained a claim to the
island for the past nine yearA The ISL
and is said to be in the Pclyne sian
group, and although Hawaii has asserted
claim to its possession our government
has rot been strongly impressed with
the validity of the claim.
Meanwhile the Erftish, it Is said not
only have asserted a claim TO it but
have actually occupied the island for some
years past. In view of the probable an
nexatiCn Of Hawaii by the United States
the matter doubtless will receive closer
attention in the future at the hands of
the state department., but it is not ex-
pected that the subject will prove to be
difficult of adjustment. particularly in
view Of the fact. as stated by naval Off
GERS, that palmyra island is rothing
more than a barren rock in the Pacific,
distant loco miles from Hawaii.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-07-29
FILLED Cheese Not Properly Marked.

Washington, July 29.-The attention
OF the treasury department and also
the agricultural department has been
called to alleged violations of the filled
cheese law passed by the last congress.
A letter from a dealer in Liverpool has
been shown, together with the cloth
wrapped around filled cheese which was
sent abroad. showing that the stamping
of cheeses has not been carried out as
provided by the law. The Liverpool
merchant says that great quantity
of filled cheese is now shipped abroad
and sold as other cheese, as the mark
ing required by the government is done
badly.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-07-29

There's no question about it.
Hoods Sarsaparllia is the best blood
purifier. This 10 proven BY its won
derful cures Of blood diseases.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-07-29
Caught tho Eclipse.

Beloit, Wis , July 29-Prof. c. A.
Bacon made satisfactory observR-
tion Of the suns eclipse this morn
ing.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-07-29

President Mckinley Safe In New York.
White Hall. N. T.. July 90 Pres
ident Mckinley and party arrived
this morning and wen. to the Hotel
Champlain.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-07-29


ments On the Order-No Likelihood Of
Trouble Over Palmyra Island, Which Is
About 1000 Miles from HOnolnlu-A
Fact of Importance to the Brewers.
Washington, July 29-The presidents
order modifying the civil service rules.
issued yesterday. is a disappointment
to the place-hunters. 1t was confident
ly expected that the or::er would take
the government printing Office and the
bureau of engraving and printing. in
whole or in part, out of the CLASSIFIED
service to provide places for about l.
600 hungry office-seekers and generally
loosen up the service so that it would
not hold water. The result proves that
there was no justification for the pre-
diction, as the order extends tne civil
service rules over all the custom houses,
including siNty-five which had hereto
fore been left out. The exceptions are
few. being two or three of. the higher
subordinates in each custom house ard
internal revenue Office.
Amend me mt That Is Important.
An important part of the order is the
following paragraph: No removal shall
be made from any position subject to
competitive examination except for just
cause and upon written charges filed
with the head of the department, or
other appointing officer, and of which
the accused shall have full notice and
an opportunity to make defense" As
sistaAt Secretary Vanderlip in speaking
of this said: These amendments to the
civil service rules which the president
has signed are the most distinct steps
forward that have been made in the
civil service regulations. since the pass
age of the original law. Up to the pres
ent time nearly all the regulations have
been aimed at throwing safeguards
around the method of entry into the
service. There has been almost nothing
looking toward the enforcement of the
spirit of civil service reform within the
service itself.
Inclusion Of the Custom Houses.
MANY prominent civil service REFORM
ers believe that regulations enforcing
proper observance of the spirit of civil
service reform within the service would
be of much greater Importance than
anything that could be formulated in re-
gard to the entry into the service itsel.
| and it is in this direction the amend
ment which has just been signed by the
president is aimed. Another distinct
steps Is taken in the customs service
All customs offices are, by the order
just signed. placed in the classified SER
vice. There We're under President
Cleveland's order sixty-five ports where
| the number of employees are five OF
| less left outside of the classified SER
vice. All employees of those sixty-five
hy -,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-07-29
RULES EXTENDED.
Effect Of the Latest Order ReIat.
ing to Official Pie.
NOT so MUCH TO PASS AROUND,

And a New Rule That Makes the 1ns
Harder to Get Out-Vanderlip's Com
ments on the Order-No Likelihood Of
Trouble over Palmyra Island, Which Is
About 1,OOo Miles from Honolnlu-A
Fact of Importance to the Brewers.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-07-21
JULY RISE
OF Sufficient Height to Allow Coal
Shipments at Hand.
TWELVE FEET AT THIS PORT
!, the stage Expeotsd-somo coai will he
shipped From PlttIbnrEh. but Most OF
1t VIII DO Kept There for Local Com
sumption DnrinG the striSeITowboats
Passing Up with E~mPues--Is eys;Ons
STATE C,ears for Cincinnati.

a July rise of sufficient height to per-
nit Of shipment of coal to the south IS
at hand.
Last evening at Pittsburgh the river
became stationary. with Z feet in the
channel, The stage at Wheeling is like
ly to be about eleven or twelve feet. This
stage will be realized this evening when
tae advance guard of the coal fleet will
pass. Although there is about 100000
bushels of coal in the pools near Pitts
bursh. not more than 100000 bushels
wir BE sent south on the present rise, as
the possibility OF q coal famine at Pitts
hulEh during the coal strike makes that
cltt tust as good, OF better, n market as
Cincinnati or Louisville, The following
o. ats will come out with coal tows: Josh
Cook. Enterprise, Pacific, Ed Roberts
ard one or two others. The Iron Age
VIII pass to-day with a big tow Of manu-
factured iron and steel.
II Is estimated that there are o
5000. coo bushels OF coal loaded In the hur-
lor and pools at Pittsburgh, says last
evenings Pittsburgh News. or this,
less than 1000, 900 bushels may be sent
out tomorrow for the Cincinnati market.
The remainder will be available for use
in Pittsburgh and vicinity during the
strike. Already 100000 bushels have
been unloaded from barges and %coalboats
and applied to local contracts. The rail-
roads are supplying most OF the coal used
by the retailers. some who formerly de-
pended upon the river for their supply
having made arrangements for railroad
coal while the strike lasts. With this
source Of supply and the 7,00o,O 900 bushels
lying in the river. there Is said to be no
danger OF q scarcity OF coal in Pitts
burgh.
Coal has advanced about n cent a
bushel since the strike was declared, Ind
this will more than cover the cost Of I'M
loading II from barges or coalboats. The
unloading is done by means OF steam
HOSTS There Is an active demand for
coal throughout the western towns, and
considerable OF the surplus lying at Gin
cinnatI is being loaded on freight cars
by means OF elevators, and shipped
throughout the central west. Owing to
the facilities for loading and he cheaper
transportation by river, the shippers will
send some coal TO Cincinnati TO be load
ed on cars there. and sent to inland
towns. .-,.-.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-07-21
NEW SEWER NEEDED
On Twelfth Street.-The Present One Only
Three Feet In Diameter.

The recent tearing up of Twelfth street
for a new water pipe has attracted the
attention of citizens, interested in pub
lie affairs, to the necessity OF laying n
new sewer pipe there before the street Is
paved. The present is made
quate: 1t Is crooked. worn out, and
threatens at nc distant day to go down
and clear the street. like Ninth street
was cleared some years ago.
The money has been appropriated for
the paving Of Twelfth street this year,
but 1t would be a better plan to expend
the money for n new sewer, and defer
the paving for another year. 1t Is GER
tain that the present sewer can't hold
good for more than n few years, and to
lay 1t then, after the street had been
paved, would involve considerable trou-
BILE and unnecessary expense.
A larger sewer Is needed than the pres
ent. which is only three feet with a four
inch ring. The new sewer should be
either five or six feet, with a nlne-inch
ring. There are many people who would
prefer seeing It put down now especially
business men, who don't want the street
torn up every few years.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-07-21
MIR. CAMpBEIL,s COURAGE
And Presence OF Mind In tho Recent
OurRy Runaway Detailed.

An ouray (Col.) special to the Rocky
Mountain News, relative to the accident
in which Mr.. A, W, Campbell, of this
city, figured, tells of Mr., campbell's
courage and presence OF mind, as fol-
lows:
No blame Is attached to the driver Of
the stage from which Miss Shaw jump
ed and lost her life. The salvation of
the party Is due to the presence OF mind
Of Mr.. Campbell and the driver, who,
together kept the team in hand until an
inner turn of the road was reached.
There Is q sharp curve in the road to
go around which at the terrific speed
the team was travelling, would have
meant death to all. The team was
refined into the rocky wall, which aus
ed the carriage to upset. Mr.. Camp
bell is suffering from a badly bruised
hand and wrist, but is all right In every
other respect. Careful investigation of
all the facts last evening established
that In all probability Miss Shaw jump
ed from the rear end of the WAGON,
where she was sitting, and was thrown
backward upon her head. Had she kept
her place she would probably have es-
capped unhurt or with slight bruises, for
Of the six who remained in the wagon
until 1t was overturned, four escaped
without n scratch and the other two
with painful but moi serious bruises.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-07-21
JUSTICE SEEKS JUSTICE
Sought to Recover n Plano From His
wife-She May Sue for Divorce.

A Justice of the peace, who has an
office on chapllne street, figured in an
attachment suit against his wife yester-
day, and the complications that resulted
furnished considerable gossip for the
habltues Of Lawyers Row."
The squire brought suit before a
brother dispenser of justice, Squire
Greer. of the South Side, for a plano
which was In the possession of his wife,
from whom he has been separated about
a year. and yesterday morning with sew
eral constables, he tried to take the plano
away from her, at her home in the East
End. She refused to give up the piano,
and her attorney, r, Ryan, demanded
the proper papers. These not being
forthcoming, a halt was called until the
afternoon. when the Justice got his long
ed for prize.
The attachment suit come off July 90.
The wife threatens to sue for a divorce,
and other developments In connection
with Yesterdays affair are promised.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-07-21

oil IL nov ut the s~oventy-nvo cent
mark. The quotation Is the lowest since
January, 1894. In the lower southwest
alone, the decline will have no effect on
field work. In the Elk Fork pool opera
tors chow no disposition to respect tho
present depression. New rigs nre going
up In all directions and there IL general
hlstllng to get new work gtartcd az
speedily ns possible, 10 the eouthrnst
l~eaachnldcrr nrc the most active. Some
of The farms That Ind but II rig N
them two weeks arc, now have as many
as -four and others building, There 10 no
vyniiInp for pointers,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-07-21
HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL.
He will be Prof. Work, ofwoostsr. Onto.
school Commls,ionsrs are Very busy
Arranging for the Opening.

- nAa-
He w'il DC Froi' Work' U" oo.'sF' on'
school commis'ionFrs are Very busy
Arranging for the Opening.
The school commissioners have a
husv Tina these DAYS and grave states
.-lg htu :. ,hoi. n.,ds
men win lhe 'a'l'i pii o' 'hsf $50
have hardly as weighty problems pug
cling their minds. Besides receiving bids
ana avard,np contracts for repalrs and
-,
Improvement NJ tue sehoo's' '"s VS."
high school has put an extra phase up
on the situation.
~, &c raoant oot,or In aholisbing ms.
"" M
sistant grammar aeher IN the PupllD
schools, on account OF the high school,
the hoard is the target for hundreds Of
.,,,iaauo,s Gov oos,,,ons In 40 hIgh
app''ea'lons io' pos " "a
school, The former assistant
teachers are In the race, and they are
putting up a stiff fight, bringing all the
influence to bear possible upon the
guardians OF the city schools, Day after
day the number OF applicants increases,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-07-21

DON'T nauseato your stomach with
teas and bitter herbs, but regulate your
liver and sick headache by using those
famous little pills known as De Wits
Little Early Rlsers, Charles Il. Goethe,
Market and Twelfth streets; Chatham
Sinclair. Forty-siXth and Jacob streets;
A. II. ScheGle, No, COZ Main street; Ex-
ley Bros, Pom and Zane streets;
Bowie g. Co., Bridgeport. /
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-07-21

Engineer Freese, of the city building,
has in his possession a car of oil, two
bundles of calico, a blue calico skirt and
some meat. He found these articles just
inside the west door the other night, and
viii give them to the rlghtful owner 1t
is presumed that the owner Is n gentle
mar from the country, who accumulated
a Jag and also some forgetfulness, and
left his provisions behind,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-07-21


The resolution offered by the fire COM
mittee. providing that all money re-
ceived by the fire department for out
side services be turned into a special
fund for the department was adopted.
The committee on ordinances 18th ita
report stirred UP things a little. Tho
gas works and English Lutheran church
ordinances were adopted, but a snag
was struck when the committee recon-
mended the rejection of the petition of
the Wheeling S~tockyards Association
for an ordinance. Before n vote was
takon on this matter, Mr.. Welsgerber
moved that some petitions anent stock.
yards be read.
The n%eighborlng residents Of Goodhud
& Company's yards at Tenth street peti.
toned against council driving the yards
from Its present location. They stated
that the yards brings considerable bust.
ness to that portion OF the city. The
petition was numerously signed.
Citizens from the same part of the
city doomed up In n counter petition,
which asked that the Goodhue yards
be discontinued from present location,
Business men living between the
wharf and Tenth street favored the re.
moval of the same yards.
The Main street business men petit
toned against n stockyards In the bust.
ness district, and also for the removal
of the Goodhue yards. They stated that
glass windows were In danger from wild
stores and other cattle being driven
along the principal streets.
Upon motion OF Mr.. Welsgcrbcr tho
petitions were referred to tho commit.
tee on ordinances. Then the question
Of accepting the committees report rcla-
tive TO the rejection of the Wheeling
stOckynrda petition came up. The com.
mittec had recommended It's rejection,
and council saw II that way, too, by a
vote Of II TO Z.
An ordinance amending tho old stock
yards ordinance. which was passed In
RtockynrdA could bo kept In the city. but
only within certain prescribed limits IN
the eastern part Of the city, and made
clearer the penalties for violations OF
The ordinance. II was referred to the
commlttcc on ordinances.
The English Lutheran church ordl.
nance pissed without n murmur The
Pna works ordinances, relating 10 the
nchnflnE OF EAR HttNTH HIlu Specifying
certain kinds NJ metal tuhInEa, also wan
adopted without discussion.
Mr.. Buccy offered n revolution provld.
inE That tho City and North Wheeling
hospitals IN return for free wator and
FnR from the city, take cNrc Of Huch
emergency CAeoa m shall he offered
thcm by the chief OF police or health
officer. This resolution was adopted,
Mr.. Hnhnc offered n resolution ngldng
that the committee on ordinances, WITH
tho assistance Of the city solicitor he
Instructed TO draft mn ordinance lcvylnp
n Hpcclnl tnT to dofrny the cXpcnrc OF
the city electric llHht nlant, Referred
to tho ordinance committee
A bin for rorvlccH Of tho city on.
Clntcr'H assistants, amounting Ia Sita &c,
was ordered pnld By the Hooond branch
Tho nrHt branch fCfIcd TO concur, aud
referred the bill 10 tho committee ON
ntrcoin, nllcya ana rrndca,
Thr nrHt branch eeHeurred im nil othrt
huBlncpH, md ADJOURNMENT took place
nl 1910 o'clock
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-07-21

The Wheeling inspectors have sustain
Cd the charges brought by Captain John
s. Dippold. the well known pilot, against
Albert Gould, master Of the Raymond
HUrner. but Just what penalty was I'M
posed on Captain Gould IL not known.
Gould was charged with nssaultlnE Cap
tain Dippold while the latter was on
watch in the pilot house.
Captain John +. bravo, OF the Pitts
burgh Coal Exchange, has addressed a
letter to Major Powell, at the lattcr's re-
quest. informing him Of the condition OF
certain bridges on the Monongahela
river, which nre Baid TO be n menace TO
navigation. II Ia very likely that the
rivcrmcn will make an effort TO have
the bridges mt Brownsville and Monon-
gahela raised, an well al the channel
fpnn wldened.
The keystone State arrived yesterday
morning shortly inter II O'Clock, and
cleared for Cincinnati ut noon, with a
fine trip, having about oil tho freight she
could handle.
The News river man must have been
under the impression hr wns doing rail
road stun yesterday, for according TO the
evening paper the Lexington left for
Matnmor0a ana all "statlona" A dla-
gram Of these stations would be Interest,"
ing,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-07-21

Council held a special meeting last
night, and disposed OF some business
that was laid over through the failure
to get a quorum last week, The stock
yards question was the only thing to
break the routine. The petition of the
Wheeling stockyards Association for an
ordinance granting II the privilege of
locating at Sixteenth and Main streets
was rejected. An ordinance regulating
stockyards in the city limits was re-
ferred TO the ordinance committee.
There was q large number of specta-
tors present, chiefly butchers and Main
street business men. President Zoeck-
Ter and other members of the Wheeling
S~tOckyards Association, with their at
torney, John j, Coniff, were on hand,
and d. +. Goodhue, of the Tenth street
yards, was accompanied by his attor-
ney, Colonel Robert White,
1t was sac o'clock when both branches
secured quorums. Mayor Butts pre-
sided IN the first branch, and Mr.. Hig-
gins acted as president in the second
chamber. The members present In the
irst branch were; Baehman, Baird,
Halter, List, Mcclure, Schmidt, Stree
bel, Wiedabusch, Williams, Zwicker,
Absent-Davison, Ebeling, Ha2lett,
HorkheImer, McKelvey, Otto. Second
branch-Ahl, Arndt, Berry, Bronstrop,
BUGGY, Connolly, Fair, Gartley, Hig-
gins, Kaiser, Mcdonald, McFadden,
Meehan, Megrail, Meyer, Nesbitt, Paul,
Welsgerher. Acknowledgement, Brad
bury, Hahne, Klndelberger, Hoe, Knoke,
Miller, Travis and Watson.
After the reading of the minutes in
the second branch Clerk Watkins sub
mltted his report, which was as fol-
lows:
Depart Approprla- Expendl- Bal
tons, lures. ances,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-07-21
LOCAL BREvIT1Es
Matters OF Minor Moment In and Abont
tho City.

The new Riverside pattern foundry,
which replaces the building burned
down some time ago, is nearing COM
pletion.
Parke Division, A. o. H., assisted by
Its ladies auxiliary, will give n picnic
at Wheeling park. August Il, Meister's
band will play.
There Is considerable local interest in
the Alaska gold fields, and many
W~heelingites II they had the where
ylthal, would see them ere long.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-07-21
REMARKABLY Low RATES.
Only si5O to Cleveland nnd Return-Thc
Gle veIand- BNltlmore Ball Game 20 b.
the Attraction.

The Attraction.
On July %, the Cleveland, LoraIn &
Wheeling railway will sell tickets to
Cleveland and return for only one dollar
and fifty cents. Tickets good only on
date Of sale. Special train leaves Bel
lNire, G:l5 u. M, central time; Bridge
port, $50 n. m, central time, or 1880 a.
m, Wheeling time. and runs direct to
Cleveland, making only five or six Of
the most Important stops. Special train
returning leaves Cleveland, $50 p. M
The great base ball game between
Cleveland and Baltimore will occur on
that date. For full particulars, see
Cleveland, Lorain & Wheeling agents,
or o. r. Wood, travelling passenger
agent, Mcclure House block, Wheeling,
W. Va.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-07-21

Rdulrc Fitzpatrick yesterday put I'M
der bends 10 liocp the peace. LlEalo pay
tan mud Muholn DAWSON or names To-
that effect The women uunirclod IN the
sixth ward, aud their ncliuns created
Hrogl CNcllompnL
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-07-21
Excursion 10 Chicago Account dwelling
Logan Monument.

July 81, the Baltimore & Ohio will sell
excursion tickets from Wheeling to
Chicago and return. at rate OF Sll, good
returning until July 90. inclusive.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-07-21

nURNiEd, itching ehln Diseases IN
sinptiy relieved ny DO wits witch
Iinsol ghlvo. uuodhnllcd for cuts,
bruises. burns II heals without leaving
n lcnr Charles H. GoctEo, Mar.
let and twelfth r%lrculBi chatham
gInrinlr 1rurty.HlXih nnd juc1b Hltcetri
4. ID. gphcolc, No c0i Main street, l4N-
lay lrlAi roun ana Zane alteelhi
Bowie a CO.. bridgeport
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-07-21
DIED.

LALLY-On Monday, July 10, nj 7 o'clock
u. m, MRS, MARY LNLLY. In hcr 10th
year. Mt hcr late residence, No, 2iO7 1Gorf
street
Funeral will leave Baltimore g Ohio depot
At Z o'clock this morning for BOARD
Trcc tunnel, where the lntcrmcnt will
pprur.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-07-21

SEE prizes for Carroll Club bicycle
races, in window at McNamee's Jcwelry
store.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-07-21

Totals ...$lll,G26 80 Sl9O,l2O 81 S22i,5O6 %
Collector Hnll reported having turned
ave- to City Receiver Forgey the fol-
lowing amounts: Fifty-cent levy. $780,
ia 92; 10-cent levy, S4,5SS 60,
The following accounts were submit
ted by the various committees, and or
1a,a1 not1.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-07-21
S. 90 Excursion TO Put-in-B hay July 81,
via n a. n.

on above date the Baltimore & Ohio
Will sell excursion tickets Wheeling to
Put-In-Bay and return, at rate OF IS 90.
good five days, For further information
apply to Baltimore 81 Ohio agents.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-07-21

TO-DAY Ia mems day Mt Tnppan &
Conncl's gallery. one dozen OF our fine
Aristo Cabinet Photos for Si.4S.