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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-01-01
WEST YIRa1NIA HOPES
For an Improvement tn -FouFTsars
Period or staRnatIon CioStnE,

For an Improvement tn ul601-EOWFTOAFa
perlod OF stagnatlon Closing.
Her development arrested, her pros
gress checked, by the hard times, West
Virginia looks hopefully for better times
In 1887. No other equal area Of undeyel-
oped wealth lies at once so near the
great consuming communities OF the sea-
board and those of the pushing young
west Before the Congress Of the United
states made the mistake OF leglslatlns
for the wrong part of the globe. capital
was beginning to discover West Vlrgin-
"a, Wild lands Of great value were fiud-
ing a market, and their coal and timber
were being turned Into money
This meant the building Of railroads.
that magic touch that dlsturbs the sleep
OF ages, peoples the wilderness and
makes the eolltudeG musical with the
sounds Of ead-gettIng activity. II the
country had not had setback West
Virginia would have gone on increasing
her tallrUad mileage, opening coal
mines, building coke ovens, setting up
lW mills, building new towns and add
Ing to the population Of old ones.
West Virginia has come through the
four years 0f waiting better than sur1e
other states. In this she has been itIl-
n1snSely helped by the continuing de-
yelopment OF her oil fields, a bounty
spread over wide area Snd embracing
In Its benIficence a very considerable
part OF the population Petroleum has
been West VlrglnlI6 mama In ths
4lme OF industrial drought
West Virginia, losks hopefully to the
future, because she is rich in the things
that meet the primary wants OF man,
because she has those things WHARF
they are accessible. because trade seeks
them and, under favorable commercial
conditions, Is willing to pay e fair price
for them, But West Virginia hopes,
and with reason, for something mote
than the sale OF her raw products. II
"a her ambition to turn her raw mate
rlals more and more Into the finished
forms OF manufacture, She knows the
difference IN vHiuc between & ton OF Pt8
iron and a ton OF watch springs, and she
aspires TO that which gives the most
employment and brings In the highest
returns,
Looking across her northern border
West Virginia beholds what PennsylyAs
MIA has wrought In q similar situation
with similar natural wealth.. ana her
ambition pictures for her similar In
dustrlaI development. This will not
come IN a day, but With a fRVoFinE Ha.
tional economic policy It will come, OF
this better public policy there ls great
party's solemn pledge, backed by ltH
"''N cHAPTEs RItRDETT HART,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-01-01
oFr1O1AL VOTE
shows Nearly Fourteen Million Votes
Were Cast at the Election.

Shows Nearly Fourteen Million Votes
Were Cast at tIle Election.
CHICAGO, Dec. 31.--The official cam
vass OF the vote OF Maryland for Pres
ldent November 3, was completed to-
day, this being the last state. The total
vote IN the different states was l3SSS,-
769. Mckinley CRepublican). received
7lO1,4O1; Bryan CDemocra0, G,47O,s5G;
Palmer Gold standard), 135,O56; Lev
cring (ProhibitioD). 1SO,560: Bentley,
(NatIonaI), l4,ig9; Matchett (Soclallstl,
SS,6SS. McIilniey's plurality Is $50, as,
aud his majority over all 3l6S99. The
vote In West Virginia was: Mckinley
105, ,36S; Bryan 94,4SO: Palmer 675; LGv-
erlng 1916; ATcKinley's plurality, l0,-
SSS; his majority over all, S,99Ii total
vote, 2ol,739. Following Is the vote in
tdatOHs
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-01-01
rs MAtEO AIIVEI
1. mat He . In Hospital suffering
From His Wounds,

Ii mat He y IN Hospital Suffering
From His Wounds,
n WEST, Elas Dec s1.-senora
D6i6fas Mlrabel, the widow Of Lleuten-
Colonel MiFabel, of the insnrgent
,aasy, who was killed in a nachete
easfse at Tapaste In September last
astiyed here last night on the steam
ollvetts, en- route to Tampa. Fla.
L Eas ut first reported that Sonora Mrs
ahsI claimed, to have come direct from
tfhe lnaurgenta camp In the western
lpif of Cuba, and that che had been
ia haIng Antonio Niaceo. Now. how
ever It appears that senpra Mlrabel
aid mt see NIpceo, but says that just
itsfSfe her departure from Cuba she was
liafprmed BY a gentleman OF Maceo's
eiai who had just arrived from the
fei lhat aiaceO was alive, but serious
andeds with four physicians in ate
tsdd6nce upbn him.
nnra MIrabel's informant added
iAoeo ,was recovering slowly and
firther stated that during the en-
hent between the insurgents and
the Spanish troops under Major clruje-
al Iir. zertutha, unobserved, shot Ma
esa and afterwards hastened TO join
th paniarda For this the doctor is
fId ~ have received $4,000.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-01-01
BRIEF TEIEGRAMs.

EuUene v. Debs, In n letter to thS
Railway Times, will announce that he
has abandoned the Popullsts and be.
come q straight out Socialist.
Senator, wolcott viii 60 to Europe
to confer with bllnetalllsts with vleH
to an international conference in ac-
cordance with the Republican platform
James w. Kennedy, leader Of the
hiRhWayFneH who held up the Chicago
g. Alton express at Blue Cut, Missouri,
last week, has been. arrested and Is IN
jail IN Kansas CITY.
It Ia not expected that tho Orbltra-
tlon treaty between Great Britain md
the BnitCd States viii be signed before
the end Of the month, for causes that
are officially Withheld from the public
Justice Brown, Of Cleveland, declIcd
yesterday, against Dan r. Hanna, son
of Mack Hanna, IN the case fn which
FiannR was paid $3.50 by the Stakehold-
or Of n bet that Mckinley would hove
ovcr $1,000 plurality IN Ohio, This Vlr-
tuallG settles It that the vote rccolyed
by the one Popullst pleetor voted tor,
though not legally on the ticket, must
bc counted as against Mckinley IN
computing the plurality,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-01-01
HrA1TH orrluER IRPsoN

Makes Some Timely suggestions Hn Tn
provsmsnt oGssn.Iary conditiohs-L Lo
Drath Rate 0fReceHS Year.
am requested to write few sanitary
notes for the New Years Intelllgence
and am glad to inform the publIc that
judged from the death rate as well 81
from tho experience OF our phgslcians
the year just closed has been the mo
healthtul in our clty's history The q
cords Of the health ofics for the past tn
years show that the hIkhest death-Tale
was reached In 1880 when 23.to deaths
occurred per thousand Of populatlon,
This high rate was largely due tQt the
prevalence OF typhoid fever Wllleh alone
In that year caused iSt deothe. Since
1892, during which year fttystW0 deathS
occurred from this disease, there
has been but llttle typhoid
fever In the city, the deaths nom this
Causa being twelve IN llplS AiNtean In
1884, ten in 1895, and twelty-Che IN the
YEAR lust closed A number Of the ty-
phold deaths last year were u patients
brought for treatment 20 our hospitals
from the ull regions WhoFe 9 severe tyre
OF this disease prevailed. The Increased
mortality from this Gaiiss does not,
therefore, indicate an increase OF typhoid
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-01-01

"A leading feature Of the New
IN Years 1ntelhgencer a symposium
~ of Views on what the past yeas
has wrought and what the new
year will probably bring forth, Is pre-
scented.
In addition to contributions from the
members of the editorial stan, number
Of the 1ntelllgeneers friends have kind
ly donated their assistance in making
this mornings paper pne that Will be
read with interest and pleasure, and
which viii be preserved. These friends
have the IntelllgenceFs hearty thanks.
Taken altogether, /; viii be seen that
nearly every contrlbutor-embracing
many lines OF business, sFt and resrea-
tiOn-takes hopeful view of the future,
and believes that 1897 viii be the initial
year of period Of prosperity for wheel-
ing, west virginia and the entire cOun-
try.
Perhaps the most notable article that
appears this morning is that from the
pen of President Charles W. Fsanzheim.
of the wheeling Pottery Company. He.
makes the statement-whIch Will sur-l
prise nine out of ten readers-thaS the.
past year has been the most prosperous
in the history of the pottery Industry
in wheeling. He explains that the
cause OF this prosperity, side by side
with depression in other lines of trade,
ls that wheellng's pottery, has schley-
ed such a high reputation taat the local
potterles have p,Osperea while potterIes
in other centres have Jagged.
Governor Atkinson, in an interestlns
article, tells of the historical features
Of the New Years celebration and avers
that the world is getting better and,
brighter. But the readers attension
win not be longer diverted from the ar
tlcles that follow, A wide field Is 65y,
erred, and the Intelllgencer, with par-
dOnable pride, believes 1t Is well coyefea.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-01-01
ouHAN aFNgRALs KInIEp.
Riyera. ptaeeO's Successor, Eaidt 10 Have
oIad Of MS wounds.

Rivera piaceO'a Snccese0rl salu 70 Have
Dlsd Of His Wounds.
HAVANA, Dec 3i.-It was stated
here this evening that General Rivera
has died Of his wounds, received In an
enlargement yesterday. Il Is further
stated that BrIgadier salvandor Rios,
who was wounded In the engagement at
Pernltnojo, died some time later.
Colonel Allsina was engaged on De-
cember % at Rio Pondo, Plnar del Rio,
with an lrsurgent force, which he dls'
persed The troops captured some Inns
portant documents attached u. belt
which. apparently had belonged TO an
insurgent officer OF importance.
Colonel PaVla, while reconnoiterlnG
near the Valladares form, AIantanzas,
engaged and dispersed baud OF inSur'
gents, who left on the field twelve men
Killed, among them being Captain Mar
tin Pulg
Private ndvlces received from Colonel
CiruJeda say that at the fight which
took place near Cayo Rosa the insur-
gent general SilYerIO Sanchez was
among the killed. ~
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-01-01

GRAND FORKS, N, D., Dec. sl.-The
directors OF the Second National Bank
Of This city to-day decided not to open
for business. The following notice was
posted:
drawals OF deposits and the impossible
tiles Of realizing upon our assets It has
been decided by our board 0f directors
to suspend and the comptroller be ad-
vlsed Of our action"
1t Is said by the officers that immes
dIately following the failure OF the Ma
tlonal Bank Of Illinois and the Bank OF
Minnesota, the bank had sustained a
shrlnkage OF $4,000, while their deposits
amounted TO about $4,000 during the
pnst fourteen days,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-01-01

sIsTERsvIL1E, W. Va, Dec. S1.-
Another case Of poIsining was dlscover-
ed here last night late, when couple Of
young ladies OF the south side were
taken seriously III from eating pigs,
feet. The women, Mrs, c. NJ VRnderllj
and sister, Miss Gertrude Douglass, had
eaten them for a lunch early in the
evening and during the night were taken
aerIOusly III. Two physicians were
summoned and worked with the women
all night and they had very hard time
bringing the women around. AS 1t Ia,
one OF them is still in very serious
condition and may not recover.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-01-01
a Roseate View Of What the reese
Win Bring to Wheeling.
.esent Year
NTELLIGENCER
NUMEROUS CONTRIBUTORS 70 GHg
Tell Of the Results Of 1896 and the Bright
Prospects For This Year.
GOVERNOR ATKINSON ON THE new T8IR GEIRBRlTI0E,

Tells Of the Historic Teaures Of hs an Appeals for an
United Effort to Better the World A Campbell ou the
Iron and Steel IndustryMiss Poac says the Past Year
Marked an Era in Musical Wheeling w Franzheim
Tells Of the Remarkable Year for Pottery Product Of
Wheeling-Cty Health Officer 8 Jepson on Santa
tion-Mr Braden Tells Of the Situation Railroad ClrcIes
Field Agent Barbe Gives Resume fork ofhe Unyer
sity-Prestdent Tge Labor and CapitalMany Other
Contributions.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-01-01

LOUISVILLE, KY, Dec. MA spec
III u the TImcs from MOntKameryl
tlh., says: George y. wilkins, Vice pres
.Tfnt of the Comimerci9l National Bank
Z Sdlnhl, which fhilsd for hdlf q mill
astkEjay. committed suicide by
lliJ ts shlm4eif through Jhg head IN
lf tlSeopAl church. az selma At
iif fhlH mornlng He hid been vice
~ ok the bunk and treasurer ol
diltah for Thirty yonrR and was
4 n pest known men IN the ststc'
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-01-01

Special Dispatch 10 the 1nielllgonceE
FAIRMoNT, w. Va. Dac- SID qol,
II. w. j. Ham. a colleague of Judge
Nathan Con in Congress, is adycrtli ed
10 deliver his lecture on the 'snOllyBks-
ter In Politics. here tu.mnrrow night.
Last night ia WAS at WaEtDn and =
gSntlsman who arrived here from WhA-
ton Tonight reports that thc lecture Wat
recclwel With great enthusiasm and that
Colonel Ham has Ereas powers ns an
orator, completely capturing hlS aud.
lenCe, it
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-01-01
LUMBER INDUSTRY
Clearly Shown to Have Suffered
Under the Wilson Law.
WEST VIRGlNIA'S INTERESTS
Were Among Those That Felt the
Baneful Effects.
FRUSTRATED BY FREE TRADE

And Protection Must be Restored d-Rspre-
sentative Bring Out Convincing Facts
Before the Ways ANA Means COMMITTEES.
strong Argument by SIr. Goodyear.
Heavy increase Of importation Of cana-
dlaa Luubsr-Fasts are the Strongest
Arsuments.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-01-01

LEADyILLE, Col, Dec. si.-The
county board to-day elected Thomas
otAiahoney sheriff to succeed Newman,
removed for rnalfeasaIlce. o'Mahoney
is Popullst and Is said to be favorAbly
disposed toward the striking miners. II
IN believed that llls, election Will delay
the Withdrawal OF the militia from the
camp
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-01-01

IINeToN. .. C.. Dec. Sl.-The
Iim autonomy which Spain Is willing
.o 10 Cuba was decided upon in
, to-day at a council Of the minis
ided over by the queen regent.
"a lee stililacks the oflclal endorse
the cortes, but this, It Is believed.
readily ohtalnabie when oondi-
u, reached such point that the
Authorities believe the reforms
nn Introduced In Cuba without dis
tni and turmoil from any dlscon-
atd actions.
Information reached the Spanish
Ififf6n tonight and Minister de LONE
horized 10 make public the COM
o69 aRreed upon. These reforms
into eject Immediately in Porto
If6 nd are announced to-day In the
~ 10 promulgate them as q new
fift 20 the citizens Of Porto Rico.
anne measures OF relief, 1t ts SAID,
n he nhnounced in Cuba 80 soon as the
tlon OF the island Is such mat
s,rms can be brought about with
ltl revolt as would nov be caused
bf insurEents, II is claimed that,
hmm the rebelllous portions OF the ts-
IA cate their Willingness to accept
tenn Of home rule suggested by
ebdin and cease the in8urrectlon. that
forms Immediately would go Into
~ III the decree announced tonight
eTdcd at present for Porto Rico
when they are effected IN Cuo9
fd6y will be on an enlarged scale ana
P0ilo Rico also would be favored Win ~
III ftSkhna HEslpnHA
iRid3 Spanish legation here state tnat
reforms were not brought about by
N dtermediation OF the United states
~ de LONE said tonight:
iie reform Jaw was voted py tne
~ In FeHrunry, 1895. 1t was ac-
Il then bY the autonomist party
feceived q unanimous vote In the
What has, been printed as new
lai 81 reform Is nothing but the law
81 1895 published by the spanish iesa-
li5n In May last In the pamphiet en-
filiS8 Spanish Rule In Cuba The re-
sl,orls' ri, the appointment OF cOtin-
ssoliiltik /, re- not against the people, but q
tcfioo nf fLkhA powers OF the govern
ft Nearly ali the councillors ap-
6BHipd bc tho crown nre to be taken
peopIe that have received votes
the eIeotors or have been spromt-
a1f IN the business community or are
|Rnhk the principal taNpAgers' isn-
t6N Varona, the member OF the New
E3ff tunta, and even people now In the
llId could be appointed councillors by
fh crown. and OF course elected
lsrhe object OF the reforms IN cuba
ild Porto Rico is to transfer to the
council OF administration Of each is-
iSdd. powers which hitherto have been
ittlbutIons of the government oiheiais
: aaa exercised In Madrld, The REFORMS;
a. announced, state that tnls couhS!t 81
AT e6rnlniStrhtion iS to be composed in
jlil6 ease OF Porto Rico, OF six proVln-
Rssembiymen OF the region IN
who'll the nexh biennial election shall
ile place, and six councillors aP-
pointed by thesSupreme government.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-01-01

KEY boat will be held untll
IL ibaled by the district at-
Was out OF the city to-day.
Tf on9tte Three Friends declin-
& to "a IKE any statement concerning
ffo ffir Despite the denials. however.
al r5ported chase Of the boat by q
5iniah cruiser has been well aulhen-
}lcat0d and also that the Three
Friends returned the fire Of the cruis-
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-01-01

MADRID. Dec. 31.-Tha impartial to-
day prints a violent article on the mill7
tary government OF Cuba and urges that
Captain General Weyler. be replaced Dy
General AZcarraga, the present Spanish
minister OF war.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-01-01
they cor $40, ,OOc.
IinFEIars Make a IIiE Haul Of booty Near
Enlllnnlll.

3ALLIPoLIs. o., Dec. ai.-Thc gen.
erai merchandise store OF J. II. Hanley
at Apple Grove. was entered Hast night
.by burglars. Thetsafe was hlown open
and about 100000 In money waB's;olen
ibeSldes stamps and valuable pApcte
.Irhere Is no clue to lead to the identlil-
cation Of the robbers.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-01-01

For west virginia, Western PchnsylYas
Mn nnd Ohio, Increasing elOudlnesu. with
rain; fresh and brisk southeast winds.
Ineat Iten,peFntOre.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-01-01
GIRAN AUTONOMY
Granted by Spain at Ear.
iist Possible Moment.
MINISTER INFORMED
cii ,ialiy ofthe Decision Made by
The Cabinet.
DEeIsib8laAS ASTRENG TO IT,

% I'd Contingent ON Certain
t,se -PoSto Rico will Get the New
Gitt, ana II tho PLAZA for ouba
sho will bo Granted the Same
sa PoWers- Mediation Of The
ueu, s.aso, Did Not influence spain.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-01-01

s a leading feature Of the New
Years 1ntelnsencer a symposium
iA of views on what the past yeas
has wrought and what the new
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-01-01

The Temperature yesterday As observed
nv g ScknTpL drugBiat, corner Four'
icenth ana Market streets. was as follows;
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-12-23
A Great Book Given Away.

One of the most deeply interesting
and truly educative books ever writ
ten is "The Peoples Common Sense
Medical Adviser" by DR.. R.V. Pierce,
Chief Consulting Physician of the In
valids' Hotel and Surgical Institute,
Buffalo, N. Y. This splendid volume
of zoos pages, includes ninety pages
on the subject of diseases peculiar to
women, with directions for home
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is bound in strong MANILA paper
covers instead OF cloth.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-12-23

der to attain the heart Of the eastern
faith. The heroic Gilman (Osman)
whom Allah chose for his strength
and genius and beauty, to be the first
great leader of the Osmanli and
founder Of the Ottoman Empire, be-
comes the object of the poets afec-
tionate regard. He is "ourn Gilman,
the enemy Of "our" enemies, the
Christians. And even a stubborn
reader shares the poets sympathy as
he traces the beginning of Othman's
love for Malkatoon; the years of trial
in which his wild nature got its dis
cipline from eagles and lions; his sub
lection of the tribe that supplied the
first OsmanIi warriors; his victory
over the Christian Lord of Eskischeer;
the splendid vision in which the Mo-
hammedan Empire was promised to
him. In other words,the sympathy and
the imagination of an American writer
have achieved an epic of Islamism,
an absolute novelty in English litera-
ture. And it would seem that the
present widespread mistrust and
hatred of the Turk should make the
publication of this appreciation Of the
Turkish ideal almost q sensational
event.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-12-23
THE BAR TO HELP.
Lawyers Enter the Fight Against
Divorce Judge Trimble Approves.
From the Kansas City World.

FROM LQe hauSdS Slty "oEid.
Speaking of the action of the Minis
ters' Alliance committee or divorce,
which has decided to request the aid
of the Kansas City bar association In
its fight against the laxity of the mar
rage and divorce laws of the State OF
Missouri, Judge j. Med. Trimble,
president of the association, said:
81 have no doubt that the lawyers
will be glad to assist the work and the
committee will doubtless be ap-
pointed. Lawyers have for a long
time felt the need of reforms along
the lines mentioned.
"Many divorces + secured, as ev-
eryone knows, by collision between
husband and wife.
"The defendant fails to appear an6
the decree is granted, although the
court feels that something is wrong.
SNOW, a marriage contract differs
from an ordinary contract in that the
public is interested. If a man sells hi
land, the public does not care; in 6
marriage or divorce 1t has a direct
interest. Judge Henry, I believe il
was, has suggested that in every di'
vorce case the State should be repre-
sented. If the defendant then fails te
appear the police officer can step ir
and by DISCRIMINATION show fht
merits of the case. The State as the
third party to a divorce should be pro
tected,D
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-12-23

"Female weakness" causes nine
tenths of all the wretchedness which
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uine organism. In a word the "Fa-
vorite Prescription" makes healthy,
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