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The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1898-03-29
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We are PERFECTLY willing to have
"Peace at any cost, providing it does
not cost 4 neT ic.sfi tbii;ea - American
dignity and honor.
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COUNTY DIRECTORY.

Circuit Courts.
Tenth of February, June and October.
County Courts.
First Monday in April, July, November
and January.
Arrivals and Exits OF Mails.
harrisville; leaves daily, ut a. M, ex.
ceptiSunday, arrives same day at p. m.
Arnolds5urg; arrives daily at II o'clock
NJ, and leaves 1T p. m.
Chenille arrives every Tuesday and Fri
day at p. M, and leaves Wednesday and
Saturday at : i. m.
Burning Springs leaves every Monday,
"Wednesday and Friday Mt u m, arrives
Tuesday, Thursday ana Saturday at A D. m.
Staten leaves Tuesday, Thursday and
Saturday At IL j. NJ and arrive. 4 u. m.
same days.
Societies.
Eureka Lodge, No. 40, A. r. and A. NJ,
meets Saturday might ON or before the full
moon in each month.
S. c. BARR, w. NJ.
X. NJ. MARSHALL, Secy.
Grartsvillc Lodge, No. 100, 7. O. o. f.,
meets Saturday night in each week mt 7:30
o'clock p. M. CYRUS HICKMAN, n. q.
W. w. BRASSoN, Secy.
Richardsonville Lodge |. o. o. F., meets
every Saturday night
J. Il. SrARCHER, n. G.
A. l.. MACK, Secv.
Thorburn Post, No. 50, G. A. r., meets
Saturday on or before the first full moon
in each month.
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letter, Salt-Rheum and Eczema.

The intense itching and smarting, incl
dent to these diseases, is instantly allayed
by applying Chamberlain 8 Eye and
Skin Ointment. Many very bad cases
have been permanently cured by it. 1t
is equally efficient for itching piles and
chapped hands, chilblains, frost bites
and chronic sore eyes. 25 cts. per box.
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lightning Hot Drops
What a Funny NameI
Very True, but IL kills All Pain.
Sold Everywhere. Every Dsy-
Without Rellef. There ls NO PsYI
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The Weekly Intelligencer and
CHRONICLE will he sent tn any adj
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us IT you want these two excellent
papers
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S..gsaY ?l.sIaG Mil %.

CONTRACT ORS and BUILDERS,
Keep on hand for Sale all kinds of
Dressed Lumber, such rs Weather
Boarding, Ceiling, Flooring, Drop
Siding, Moulding, and Brackets, also
all kinds of Building Material, such as
Sash, Doors, Nails. Glass, Paints Oils,
Locks, Hinges and Screws, and, in
fact, Building Material Of all kinds.
Kept at residence on Daniels run.
PostOffice address,
ARNOLDSBURG, W. Va.
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Peter Hicks.
Iss:,g!sl Artist asl Esi. Dresser,

Can he found at his shop back Of
Smiths store every Saturday. Give
him call. Satisfaction guaranteed
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The greatest Industry in West Vir-
ginia to-day is the production of coal,
coke and lumber.
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NORTHBOUND.

All trains daily except Sunday.
T. r. WILSON Supt.
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DeWitt's Witch Hazel Saivo
Cures Piles. Scaids, Burns.

By'accident we had one or two
mails from the railroad last week.
Richie county must either bridge
Leatberbark or quit boasting of her
good roads.
The herald., 1898-03-01
PROCTOR'S MISSION

The presence in Cuba of Mr.. Proctor
as the personal representative of the
president, marks another stage in the
latter's exasperatingly slow progress in
getting in line with public sentiment in
this country; and since the sending OF
that gentleman there appears to be in
the line of progress, we may take hope.
Three months have passed, however,
since the executive intimated in his
message to congress, that the time might
come when obligations to ourselves, to
humanity and civilization would i'm
pose the duty to intervene with force,
and yet, Notwithstanding the preponder-
ating sentiment of the country that fur
ther delay will imperil the national
honor, he still hesitates.
His plea for delay at that time was
that the necessity for it was not so
clear as to command the support of the
civilized world" If that necessity does
not exist today, then will it never exist,
for the conditions that dictated inter-
ference in December are found to be
only aggravated in March, with no prom
ise of betterment in April or in May.
A new minister is coming over to dis
cuss a commercial treaty; the autono-
nous party in the island is preparing TO
make new overtures to the insurgents,
and Snain is sepdine Trash t~cors to
The herald., 1898-03-01
CONDENSED TELEGRAMS

Mrs. Robert Mantell, who was taken
seriously i'll at Port Huron, Mich, last
January, has suffered a relapse and all
hopes of her recovery have been aban-
doned.
Fitzhugh Lee, jr., son of Consul-General
Lee, who is employed as a clerk in the
Chesapeake and Ohio offices at Richmond,
Va. will leave for Cuba today to visit his
father.
ments in the petition of M w. Fox. presi-
dent of the Hale e Norcross company, for
writ of supersedeas, and took the matter
under advisement.
A 10 per cent reduction in wages went
into effect yesterday in all departments of
the Boston Manufacturing compapy's
mills at Waltham, Mass. The 1900 opera
tives accepted the cut.
Notices of an advance of 10 per cent in
the price of rubber goods have been is
sued by the Canadian Rubber company of
Montreal and the Gutta Percha and Rub
Der Manufacturing company Of Toronto
Qimited). The reason given Is the increased
cost of crude rubber.
The court martial trying Captain O. M.
Carter, U. S. A., will reconvene in New
York today. An effort will be made to get
information from the Knickerbocker
Trust company, where Captain r. D.
NiCci uepOolttu tuc 3OtUUoU IcCtlNeu OIl Tie
contracts of 1896 in both Savannah harbor
and Cumberland sound.
The Pittsburg Post will announce the
sale of the Carrie furnaces to the Carnegie
Steel company Qmited) by the Messrs.
Fownes. The sale was a cash one and
while no figures are given, the plant was
valued at 100000. The output is 600 tons
day, which gives the Carnegies daily
production of 64OO tons of pig, s. per cent
of the total output Of Allegheny county
The invalid pensions committee has
agreed on and favorably reported the
Gibson bill extending the benefits Of the
June 81, 1890, act to men who served less
than six months in the confederate army
and who Joined the union army before
Sept. l, 1864, and did not enlist out of a
prison in any state. The bill provoked
animated discussion, but was finally agreed
to by a vote of 3 to A.
Commander Lamberton has been re-
lieved of duty as inspector of the Fifth
lighthouse district at Baltimore and or
dered to the Boston at Mare Island on the
18th. on which date he becomes a captain
He will be succeeded at Baltimore as
lighthouse inspector by Commander
Hutchins. who is detached from the re-
ceiving ship Saratoga for that purpose
The resignation of Ensign Osborn has been
accented. to take eject March 18th.
The herald., 1898-03-01
STATE NOTES

Today John Markley of Santa Rosa will
succeed ]. B. Fuller as bank commissioner.
Fuller's term expired at midnight last
night Markley has been secretary of the
state board of examiners, but prefers his
new position.
Governor Budd has issued commissions
to the new board of state library trustees,
consisting of ]. H. Neff of Placer, Frank
d. Ryan of Sacramento, Thos. Flint of
San Benito, B. w. Lee of Los Angeles and
A. 3. Lennon of Sonoma.
The remittitur In the Ebanks case de-
nying the appeal to the United States su-
preme court for writ of habeas corpus.
was received at San Diego yesterday. 1t
is the last step in the legal fight, and the
murderer will soon be brought from San
Quentin to receive sentence Of death.
Gen. VIM. Booth, founder of the Saliva
ton army, was given rousing reception
yesterday upon the occasion of his second
visit to San Francisco, at the California
theater. He led a monster conservation
meeting and conducted another large
meeting later on and at the same place
where he delivered an address on saliva
tion."
The entire proceeds from yesterdays
attendance at the mining fair at San Fran
cisco are to be devoted to the relief of the
families OF the victims of the Maine disas-
ter. While the result may not equal that
of the benefit given in New York Sunday
the attendance amply demonstrated the
patriotism of the people OF San Francisco
and their appreciation Of the naval heroes
~ho met their death r. HAVANA hnshqy, K,
The herald., 1898-03-01
WORKING DOUBLE SHIFTS
AN ACRoBATs MIsHAP
Arthur Seymour's Serious Fall at the
Theater

When Arthur Seymour, one of the aero
bats with the Primrose & West minstrels,
now playing at the Los Angeles theater,
stepped upon the stage last night he had
premonition that harm would befall him,
and he was right. The clever young aero
bat is now confined to his hotel, suffering
from terrible shock and several broken
ribs, received when he failed to accomplish
a very difficult feat.
One of the special features of the Sey-
mour brothers turn is a backward jump
from table over nine chairs, and it falls
to the lot of Arthur to make the flight
through the air.
"Say, boys he said to several of the
supers just before he started on the stage,
II can't do that tonight. I'm sure I'll
fall
Nevertheless he mounted the table, and
with the leathern shot bags in his hands
in order to insure the required momentum,
stood ready to take the leap backward.
Say, fellows he called quietly over
his shoulder, "Ill never do it, And he
didn't.
Seymour made the leap, but failed to
clear the last chair, striking his chest
against the back. He rolled over in ter
rible agony, and the curtain was rung
down. He was carried to the dressing room,
and Drs. Lewis and Hitchcock were sum-
moned. An examination revealed the fact
that several ribs had been broken and
torn loose from the breast bone, and the
plexus nerves had sustained a terrible
shock. Manager Harry Wyatt had every
attention possible given to the injured man
and remained until assured that the injur-
les would not prove fatal After three ribs
had been put in place by DIR. Lewis, the
suffering man was removed to the Hoffman
hotel. Where he is stopping with other
members of the troupe. Seymour is badly
injured, but will pull through in time, as
he has done when injured before. The ac-
cident will not interfere with the perform
ance of the minstrels this evening.
The herald., 1898-03-01

Havana; but the horrors q which ths
world stands ashast are IN no consid-
cradle degree mitigated. while starva'
tion and misery still stalk abroad, and
the patriots are more determined than
ever to win independence at whatever
cost.
1t is not understood that Mr.. Proctor's
authority is paramount. nor Is 1t even
known that he has been given any
authority whatever, but as cool-headed
man of affairs. keenly observant, and
capable of formulating a judgment
based upon the facts as he will see them,
without outside aid. we may gather some
encouragement that his report to the
president will result in an attempt at
least to measurably redeem the Decem-
Der promise.
The herald., 1898-03-01

The Bromwell resolution, introduced in
the house yesterday, to create an emer-
gency fund of twenty millions, for the
use Of the navy department in the event
Of a foreign war, will strike the average
reader as timely. If we are to fight a
great naval power our strength on the
sea must be reinforced, and the speediest
way to accomplish this is to buy for cash
from other nations anything in the way
of effective sea power they may have to
sell. We are fast reaching that point
if indeed we have not already reached it,
where the cost in dollars should not be
considered. The vote upon this resolu-
ton will test the temper of the popular
branch of the national legislature as
nothing else could.
The herald., 1898-03-01

in'so far - Spain was concerned ct least,
Il was advanced purely for efKect, and to
give to the Spanish minister at Wash
ington an influential propaganda for
effective work upon congressional senti-
ment, mission which De Lome could
not with propriety himself undertake.
But. even were the two governments dis
posed to take UP the matter in good faith.
its consideration at this time would not
be warranted. With the reasonable
certainty that the original purpose of
the play has not been abandoned by the
Sagasta ministry. its attempted revival
should be considered as scarcely less
than an affront.
The herald., 1898-03-01
REVIVAL OF A FARCE

The new Spanish minister will arrive
in Washington early next week, and it
is said his first attention will be given
to the commercial treaty between the
United States and Spain, with special
reference to Cuba" The occasion will
be recognized as very fitting for the con-
tinuation of this farce of negotiating
commercial treaty with Spain, with ref
erence to country which the world
comedies has been forever lost to it,
and but fraction of whose territory
has been under the control of that nation
for two years.
The insincerity of both governments
In their treatment of this question of
commercial regulations was, we had
thought, abundantly demonstrated by
De Lome's candid though undiplomatic
letter To canalaias. which showed that
The herald., 1898-03-01
THE HARBoR BUSINESS

The Pasadena News, after declaring
strongly in favor of the San Pedro har-
Dor project, urges the business men of
Los Angeles and Southern California to
see to it that the contractors do business
in the home market so far as it is prac-
ticable. 1t says further:
There is a scheme on foot to make
San Francisco the base of supplies.
Waterway cheap transportation from
San Francisco to San Clemente island
will be argued as one reason for pur-
chasing supplies in the Bay City, II
the lowest bidder receives the contract.
Paste this in your hat for future refer
ence.
1t is not likely that the business men
of Southern California will allow San
Francisco to secure a monopoly of the
business that will accrue during the
construction Of the San Pedro harbor
While cheap water transportation might
be argued in the event that San Gle
mente stone should be used, it Is not at all
certain that the secretary Of war will
tract. 1t has been hinted that he would
give the preference to -quarried
stone ION account of its greater density"
with the incidental liability that such
a decision would please Mr.. Huntington,
whose railroad would no doubt be glad
to get big stone-hauling contract. Be
sides, the harbor is to be constructed at
San Pedro, not at San Clemente. The
boats hauling stone from San Clemente
could take back supplies from San Pedro
more cheaply than such supplies could
be carried from San Francisco.
1t is possible that the News is unneces-
sarily alarmed; still it Is just as we'll
to have attention called to such things
in due season.
The herald., 1898-03-01

he was the first minister to follow DR..
Thomson. The plain duty of the church
Is to live up to its contract.
Mr.. Butler read letter from DR.. Thorn
son expressing kindly sentiments and
sympathy for the pastors Illness and the
high esteem in which he held DIR. Wendte.
Mrs. Lang and Mr.. Ferguson expressed
their willingness to contribute 800 each
to pay delinquencies. and the former was
very earnest In her desire for harmony
greater liberality in money matters and
the evidence of a more Christian spirit
Calvert Wilson proposed that telegram
be sent to DR.. Wendte. carrying the gym
pathy of the congregation. and saying that
it would be glad to see him on the 10th
OF March. This was greeted with loud
and long applause and passed unani-
mously.
Mrs. Severance, Mrs. Stimson, DIR. Pease
and others expressed themselves In no un-
certain terms concerning the duty of the
church toward DR.. Wendte and the i'm
perative duty of Its members to sink past
differences and work together for its up
building from this time forward
The herald., 1898-03-01
READY FOR THE EMERGENCY

The country is well assured that war
with Spain will be averted II 1t be within
the power Of the administration. 1t is
quite as certain that every preparation
Is being made to meet the crisis when 1t
shall be presented. Officials of the war
and navy departments have made some
foolish statements of late. with the OBJ
vious purpose of allaying popular feel
ing, but they have deceived no one. The
fact is obvious that the country is being
put on a war footing as rapidly as pos
sible, quite as much urgency being dis
played in quarters where haste is de-
manded as though war had actually be-
gun. Every available vessel at the COM
mand of the government is being pre-
pared for service, coast defenses are be-
ing put in order, and the naval reserve
is being recruited up to it's full compile
ment of men.
There is less activity in army circles,
for the obvious reason that land forces
will, at the outset at least, cut but
small figure; but the available force eff
fective at the command Of the presi-
dent has been ascertained, and plans
have been arranged for its speedy mobil-
ization in the event of an emergency.
1t has been limited that the reluctance
of the executive to precipitate crisis
is largely due to confidential informa-
tion in his possession as to the funda-
tov Ixp< ~~F a. tt,a 1,,,f !,
lieve the conviction is general, outside
of close administration circles, that the
country is in this regard quite as well
equipped and prepared for hostilities as
is dominant everywhere an indefinable
faith in the ability of the country to
successfully meet every emergency, to
supply from its matchless resources
every requirement for the national de-
fense, and to perform even greater mir
acles than were achieved in the early
SOS, in the magic creation of effective
instruments of offensive as well as de-
fensive warfare.
Time. with the opportunity it affords
for thought and reflection, is preparing
the public mind for what may be in store
for the nation The people are none the
less resolute because not so excited as
a fortnight ago; just as patriotic and de-
termined, though trifie more composed
and less irritable, and fully as prepared
to make the sacrifices which war demands
as though the issue had been precipitated
without affording the slightest oppor-
tunity for consideration of the conse-
arms. Watchful patience and rational
will continue to character
ize their attitude during this delicate, if
not critical, waiting period.
The herald., 1898-03-01
ACTOR RADCLIFFE
Would Be Happy if Both Charmers
Were Away

NEW YORK, Feb. 2s.-Ratcliffe was TAX
en- before S. P. Paul, referee in the suit for
divorce brought by Caroline B. Ratcliffe
the English wife. Reporters were excluded
from the room, but at the close of the hear
ing one of the attorneys said that Ratcliffe
married to him.
Immediately after the hearing before
Referee Paul there was a similar one be-
fore Thomas c. Kinney, referee in Alice de
Lacey's suit for annulment of marriage.
Alice de Lacey Radcliffe testified that she
was married to Radcliffe on August 20, 1894.
Ratcliffe was called and asked If he ad-
mitted the two marriages. He refused to
answer, on the ground that by doing so he
might incriminate himself. He also re-
fused to answer several other questions in
reference to his marriages. The hearing
then came to a close and Ratcliffe was
taken back to the Tombs.
The herald., 1898-03-01
THE MOUNTAIN WATER SCHEME

The mountain supply water commit
tee brought forth its mouse ait yester-
days meeting of the council. 1t was not
difficult after that to smell a mouse.
The committee received several propo-
sitions, but confined its presentations to
three. The Piru creek supply, accord
ing to the figures presented, would cost
the city $2,00000O. The Hemet PROPOSE
tion calls for $3,130,OOO, and the Los
Angeles Mountain Water company
property for $2,046,54O To these figures
in each case is to be added the price
the city pays the Los Angeles Water
company for its improvements; also the
cost of whatever improvements it might
be found necessary to make in directly
supplying the water to consumers before
the city would have complete, adequate
plant.
1t should also be taken into consid-
GRAFTON that the figures upon which the
report of the committee are based,
were furnished by the engineers
of the companies interested in selling
their property to the city, and that,
therefore, the cost and the difficulties
are doubtless under estimated
The recommendation of the committee
that the city attorney and the city en-
gineer be directed to look into the merits
of the three propositions was adopted. 1t
will involve great waste of time. Why,
in the name of common sense and ordin-
ary business judgment, should the city
be asked to go from fifty to seventy-five
miles away for its water supply, at
enormous expense, when it already has
an adequate supply and ample sources
belonging to the municipality much near
er home?
The Herald has frequently declared
that 1t would be most unwise and extrav-
agant to proceed to the requirement of
an additional waterworks plant until ex-
listing litigation, in the form of the Pom
eroy & Hooker condemnation suit and
the suit of the city against the Crystal
Springs company, had been settled. That
contention holds good. But the city
might be defeated in these suits and still
have trump card up it's sleeve, for it is
the undisputed owner of the water in
the Los Angeles river
If the worst came to the worst, the city
could construct submerged dam across
the channel of the Los Angeles river and
conserve the water supply, and no power
on earth could say it nay. But the worst
has not come; the city has not lost its
suits, and the question of an adequate
water supply from present sources and
adjacent ones is still open-is still SUBJ
stantial The fact is worth repeating.
and the people should not lose sight of it
the city owns the water of the Los An
geles river.
The scheme to force the city to go
fifty or seventy-five miles away at an
enormous cost for its water supply does
not look right. The Investigations of the
city attorney and the city engineer may
or may not throw the light that is needed
upon the propositions. but, at the pres
ent time and under the existing circum-
stances, the whole business is a farce
Any plan that does not first include and
exploit the rights already possessed by
the city, granted and contingent, con-
templates an extravagant and unnec-
essary expenditure of the peoples money.
and is to be looked upon with grave sus
picion.
The herald., 1898-03-01
PLATFORM

Tho Herald believes that tho city OF
Los Angeles should ow n and control a
complete system OF waterworks.
The Herald believes that the city
should acquire such a system 1T the
earliest dste possible and on tho most
advantageous terms possible. consistent
with contract obligations and fair deal
ing.
Tho Herald believes that the con-
tract with the Los Angeles City Water
company should be enforced to tho let
ter, and that, at the conclusion OF tho
pending lease, the plant should be taken
over in scoordanee with the provisions
Of that contract.