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Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-01-30

Washington, January 29.-In accord
aaca with the advertisement issued by
lle Navy Department recently, pro-
l5sa.5 were opened in the Office of
secretary Long to-day for the construc-.
ton Of government armor plant for
lie sale to the government of sites
suitable for such plant and for the
machinery and buildings necessary, if
4e government decides to make its
own armor. There were twenty-nine
ul7 and they covered every phase OF
the advertisement. Many of the pro-
Do-as were merely offers to donate
sizes to the government conditional
upon the location of the plant; num-
ber Of others were for the supply of
machinery. There were only two bids
10 furnish complete plant; only one
OF these named a figure. The two
companies now engaged in the man
utacture of armor for the navy did not
submit proposals. The Huntington,
W. Va, Chamber of Commerce offered
to follow the specifications OF the
beard and build a complete plant for
the sum of $3,325, 905, including site,
buildings and plant
Another offer to supply complete
plant comes from the John P. Holland
Torpedo Boat Company, of New York,
but no figure was named, the company
simply offering to do this for sum
of money, and within a period less
than estimated by the armor factory
board in its report" This bid was ac-
comEHnied by the expression of an
opinion that "armor should be includ-
ed in the construction contracts of all
els. by which policy Congress and
tie country would understand the full
cost of ships and their protection, xle
price of armor would be reduced and
It's delivery expedited"
Another proposal that cor manded
some attention was that of the Rear
lex Engineering Company, of Column
bus, Ohio. This is a very complicated
proposal to supply each of the numer-
GUS buildings, furnaces. boilers, etc,
required. as we'll as $50 acres of land
at sums specified in each particular. A
special point of interest about the bid
was an accompanying offer rom the
Chamber of Commerce of Columbus to
donate 100000 to the government II
the plant were located in that city.
Offers of sites for a plant gratis, or
for a nominal sum of money came
from Muskegon, Michigan; Youngs-
town, Ohio; Escanaba Michigan Du-
luth, Minnesota; Ensley; Alabama;
Lorraine, Ohio; Winthrop Harbor and
Dock Company, Chicago; Sheffield,
Tennessee; Waukegan, Illinois; De-
troit, Michigan; Peoria, Illinois; Mar
Quette, Michigan, and Admission, Ala
bama.
A Marionette, Wis, man offered to
donate a site free if the government
would build a 100000 dock into the
lake. Offers came from one man in
Hampton, Va, to sell some land and
machinery for about 800, 600, and from
a Philadelphia man to supply some
land a testing machine for $4,000.
Some of the big western tool con-
Germs came forward with offeres to
supply machinery needed for the plant
in this list were the Morgan Engineer
ing Company, of Alliance, Ohio, and
the Niles Tool Works, of Hamilton,
Ohio. Bennett, Miles & Co., and Deit-
erich & Harvey, of Marland. A Mar
ion county, Indiana, corporation offer
ed to donate forty acres of land and
fifty wells of natural gas.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-01-30
A SMALL FIRE.

Special to the REGISTER. ,,,sr,,
steubenville. Ohio Jan II H.
two-story brick bu4iHI-7 lie
son iron works burner LII
Loss. 81 eco.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-01-30
OFFERED A NOVEL DEFENSE
Mrs. Smith Said Her Husband Hypno-
tizod Her; Before Marriage,

And That Her Life with Him for si~
Years Was a Blank-Then She
Married Again and Was Charged
With Bigamy.-She is the Adon+ed
Daughter of a Russian Count
The Jury Accepted Her Testi-
mony as True, and Promptly Ao-
quilted Her-A Strange Case.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-01-30
RUiLDING ACCEPTED.
Board of Regents of state Normal school
Find New Marshall Buildings Satistac-

Special to the Register; 90
Huntington, W. Va, January 20
The Board of Regents of State Normal
Schools were here to-day and accepted
the new Marshall College building.
They were rendered banquet to-nlght
at the Adelphi Hotel.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-01-30
Mr. IN ARnOR PLATE PLANT.
Bits add Proposals Opened by Secretary
Long Yesterday

At His Office in the Navy Depart
no nc-Phere We're Twenty Nine
BIDS, Covering Various Features
OF the Specifications Submitted.
But Aside from a Proposal from
Huntingdon, West Virginia, No
Town or Company Made a Defln-
lite id Offered Everything Com
pleto for So, 1925, 900.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-01-30
OTTTB A GOOD ]

Special to the Regis'[l
Parkersburg, ". va
P. ]. shannessy's barroo,e
by robbers last night apd !
tanning SITS was stoleLh &
The times., 1898-11-06

he would be AT loss many times, but
he is noted for saying something TO the
point when it comes his turn to speak.
Not long ago young Iacy went into
the Washington Loan and Trust Building
and going to one of the elevator boys
said:
There's a gentleman in this building
! don't know his name or what floor he's
on. Do you know him?"
The Knight of the Heavenly Ascent was
startled but only for n second. Then, re-
alizing that 1t was his move, he blandly
remarked:
''Yes'm, he's just gone OUT
Often persons from the rural districts
wander up to the elevator. eyeing 1t sus-
piciously and will ask il it is the elevator
and wonder how the 'durned thing does.
Every day men get into the car. saying
nothing about the number of the floor
where they wish to get off, and when
their floor has been passed call the atten-
tion of the elevator boy to the fact and
soundly berate him for disobeying orders.
But he must take 1t all as a matter of
course and give no vent to his spleen.
Surely his life is full of trials and tribu-
lations.
The distance Travelled by many elevator
boys is something surprising. and were
they to wander over the world as much
as they travel up and down, they would
equal the records of widely travelled tour
lists and sailors
John Maher who has been running an
elevator for six years continuously at
the Washington Loan and Trust Building,
has probably Travelled more miles in an
elevator than any person in the District.
His record stands according TO rough
estimate at something like q COO miles.
The elevators in this building are said
TO be the fastest In the city and have
the greatest distance to go.
The shaft is 100 feet long and it requires
on an average of two minutes for the
round trip. The car Is going almost con-
stantly, and at this rate about eleven and
half miles are travelled in day. Leav-
,, ing out Sundays and holidays this
amounts to about S.505 miles year.
H. G. Devine, who runs one of the ele-
vators at Woodward & Lothrop's, has
been in the business eight years, but
owing to his not having a. great a dis
tance to go or as fast an elevator as those
of the Washington Loan & Trust Build
ing. his record does not equal Mahers.
Robert L. Carthwait at the District build
ing comes next, with 10,G43 miles in three
years to his credit.
The oldest and slowest elevator in
Washington is the building at 1920 New
York Avenue 1t was placed In its present
position when elevators were first invent
ed, and is of the old water power type
1t will scarcely move If four heavy men
get in the car at once.
The times., 1898-11-06
TALES OF ELEVATOR BOYS
Their Woes Are Many and
Their Wit Is Bright.
TROUBLES OF PASSENGERS
The knights of the Rope and Wheel
Hear Many Stories - Carry Souls
Heavenward, But Bring Them
Back to Earth Again - General
tions.

Since It has become the custom to erect
tall buildings in the large cities the
elevator has come to be an indispensable
come the elevator boy.
The modern elevator boy, especially
of the large department stores and
office buildings, is a precocious youth.
and person of wide experience and pro-
found sagacity. He daily meets host of
people of all conditions and degree of
intelligence, and from this contact gains
a surprising ability to read character.
AT a glance, often, after having heard
n person speak. he is able to estimate
that individuals character in a general
way. Indeed, in this respect he is like
an observant person of much maturer
years, who has devoted a good deal of
his life TO studying humanity and with
him, as is the case with the older person.
this ability to read men has become a
sort of instinct.
And 1t is no wonder that the observant
one possesses this power in a marked de-
gree, when the variety and number of
persons whom he meets is taken into con-
sideration. They range all the way from
the high Government official 10 the poor
est beggar seeking aims and many and
various are the themes of their conversa-
tons, which, although not intended for
his ears, the elevator boy overhears.
Subjects are discussed including every
thing from lecture upon children raising
by suburbanite who has recently moved
TO the country or the disconsuate utter
ances of forlorn lover for the benefit of
some bosom friend-anything from these
TO the learned discussion of the college
professor who is explaining to brother
Instructor the intricacies of some scien-
tific problem.
This is a most lucrative field for the
study of human nature and the elevator
boy. no matter how dull he is. cannot
help learning something. However pro-
ficient in the art of character reading he
may be, he is. nevertheless. human and
has many good qualities.
He is an uplifter of the human race
and probably carries more souls heaven
ward In a day with his simple device than
the whole intricate religious machinery
of the world carries in a year. but, alas!
he gets no credit for his good work
Perhaps it is because he undoes 1t all
by bringing the spirits back to earth
again.
The elevator boy is the butt of all the
foolish questions that women can con-
ceive. No matter how many floor walk
ers there may be, OF persons stationed
to direct people, large majority OF the
fair sex make straight for the elevator
boy and there PROFOUND questions that
Solomon could not answer, and were it
NOT for the fact that the average elevator
boy is wiser than Solomon in some things
The times., 1898-11-06
ACCIDENTAL DEATH.
Coroner's Verdict in the Case of
Mrs. Emmn Gill.

The Coroner's jury at the inquest held
yesterday morning in the Sixth Precinct
station over the remains of Mrs. Emma
Gill, who died at the Emergency Hospital
Friday afternoon as the result of injuries
received in a bicycle collision at Ninth
and P. Streets northwest. on Thursday.
returned verdict of accidental death
Several witnesses were examined and
testified that the accident was unavoid-
able. Roger o'Hanlon and John sperry.
the wheelmen. in trying to avoid each
other misunderstood the direction the
other intended 10 take and collided Just
as the woman came between them. They
did not see her untf1 after the accident.
Deputy Coroner Glazebrook. who per-.
formed the autopsy. testified to the na-
ture of the injuries and the cause OF
death
The times., 1898-11-06
SCALES THAT Weigh TONS
Monster Machines in Use in
the District.
UNCLE SANS LEADS ALL
Has Set i'm the Navy Yard That
Will Hold Three of the Big Thir-
teen-Inch Guns - The Railroads
Come Next - Big Hay Scales I'm
Washington.

The study of weighing machines, or
one that engages the attention of few
persons in this city of thought and re-
search, other than that of the Distric.
sealer of weights and measures. To him
it Is both pleasure and business to
study the counterpoise and the sensitive
natures of all balances great and small,
public and private, and he is probably the
only person who can tell just where the
largest and the smallest scales of the
national capital are to be found.
Everybody is perhaps aware that the
large scales upon which entire freight
cars with their loads of many tons are
weighed are considered immense, but with
all their immensity it seems that they
are meager in the eyes OF Uncle Sam,
in the country one point better by in
staliing at the Navy Yard in this city one
of the largest pair of scales in the coun-
try.
This machine can outweigh the largest
railroad weighing machines by fifty tons,
and when ii is considered that its results
must be accurate to the weight of a
pound, while railroad scales are consid-
cred good if they approach anywhere
near fifty pounds of being correct it is to
be marveled at the advances that have
been made in scale manufacture in re-
cent years.
The new scales are located on the
track going south from the great gun
shops and just opposite the forge shop, be-
ing about ten feet to the astward from its
entrance. Work has been progressing on
them for considerable length of time,
but they were only compIe,ed last week
and turned over to the authorities of the
yard last Monday. AT hurried glance
they are not unlike the ordinary platform
or hay scales.
Closer investigation reveals the fact
that they are forty-eight feet long and
| twelve feet WIDE and that they rest upon
cement base built upon long piles. The
ground is somewhat low, and 1t was nee
essary to utilize the services of pile-driv-
ers to secure stable fvuneaiion, which
is one of the requisites of an accurate
weighing machine. The cost was about
81, 200.
AS is the custom at the Navy Yard
in securing machinery bids were request
ed for the desired machine from all the
thorough scale manufacturing firms in
America. and the lowest bidder was
awarded the contract for erecting the
machine. Much of its fine and sensitive
balancing apparatus was manufactured
for special use in the new machine, and
the completed structure is considered a
model and marvel of modern mechanism
and American ingenuity. .t
In order to Illustrate the accuracy OF
the counterpoise of the machine to re-
porter for The Times yesterday after
noon, the superintendent of yards and
docks picked up a half brick which was
lying on the grpnnd nearby and tossed
it on the huge platform Of the machine
The times., 1898-11-06

tains. generically. ALL or nearly all. the
properties of the unadulterated article.
and passes current for it without the
slightest question. save from persons in
the business"
do all the drug stores in the city OBJ
serve the law requiring all persons pur-
chasing drugs that are poisonous TO reg
lister their names. addresses and the use
they intend to make of the drug in ques-
tion?" was asked.
THE law is not rigidly lived up to.
There is but one place in the city. be-
lieve, where the law obtains in all its
meaning. and there the rule is strictly
enforced by everyone employed about
the place"
The times., 1898-11-06
Four Telephone suits.

Four petitions for injunctions were filed
against the Chesapeake and Potomac
strain it from removing its telephone in
struments and appliances from the prem
ises of the petitioners. The complainants
are E. ]. Bentley. doing business at the
corner of Florida Avenue and Second
Street; the Mount Vernon and Marshall
Hall Steamboat Company, at Seventh
street wharf; Frank d. Hospital, at No.
l6ia X Street, and John C. Weedon, at No.
22i East Capitol Street.
The times., 1898-11-06
SHORT STORY CLUB MEETS.
Washington Times Prize Won by
Mrs. Mny whitney Emerson.

The second regular meeting of the
Short Story Club, of the present season,
was held Tuesday evening in the club
rooms, in the Lehman Building. Secre-
tary Mrs. Metcalf read the minutes of the
last meeting, which were confirmed.
after which DIR. W. A. Croffut read a
number of original humorous and pa
thetic poems, which were well received.
The story of the evening, which was a
unique conceit of the author, Miss S. NJ.
Huddleson, was entitled Jacks Story"
and was read by Miss Huddleson. 1t was
an able and vivid description of the
storming and capture of the Spanish fleet
at Santiago, as told by one of the par
Elephants, marine of the United States
ship Iowa, In his own vernacular. Jack S
yarn" was a story within a story, and
was most interesting.
Mrs Allen contributed couple of
piano solos, one of them an original COM
position entitled 1.-THE Rough Riders, ;"
and most apropos to Miss Huddleson's S
story.
President Whitaker announced that The
Washington Times prize for the best
story written and read last season, had
been awarded to Mrs. May Whitney Emer-
son. for story entitled ..The Mayors
Yellow Book" which was published in
the Sunday Times of October %. The
Post prize was won by Miss S. NJ Hud-
dleson. whose story was published in the
Sunday Post of October 80.
The subject for general discussion,
which was participated in by nearly all
the members, was Fugitive Poems" Mr..
s. H. Agnew recited a couple of pretty
unpublished love songs, and called the
attention of those present to some other
choice ..fugitives.' President Whitaker
read Casual Counsel by Horace
Greeley, the only published poem of that
author.
Mrs Burket recited chllds poem on
the death of her pet kitten. DR.. Klemm
read in the original a choice patriotic
poem of the Fatherland. and then gave
his own poetic translation of the same.
Among other contributors of fugitive
poems were Mrs. Rodney Burt, who read
Kate Hathaway the authorship of
which is disputed, Mrs. Metcah. Prof.
Hyland C. Kirk, Miss Gertrude Withing-
ton. Mrs. Agnew, and Mrs Case.
The program was brought to close
by recitation by Mrs. Hort, in that
lady's own inimitable style. President
Whitaker announced business meeting
to be held on Tuesday evening next. at
the residence of Mrs. NJ. L. Willis, 14l1
n Street northwest.
The times., 1898-11-06
civic Center Annual Meeting.

The third annual public meeting of the
Civic Center will be held tomorrow even
ing in the Church of the Covenant The
proceedings will be of special interest to
school teachers and parents.
Mrs. ALA B. Foster, of Howard Uni
versity. who has made careful investi-
cation of the city schools with the COM
mittee of education of the Civic Center
and the Washington branch of the Asso-
citation of Collegiate Alumnae, will SUBJ
nit report on this subject. DIR. W. W.
Johnston will deliver an address on the
subject of the Relation of Health to
Education in Childhood
The times., 1898-11-06
ARMY HOSPITAL IN SAVANNAH.
Bids-to be Opened for Large Insti-
tuition.

Savannah, Ga. Nov. 5.-Capt. McHarg.
assistant quartermaster general. U. S. A.
on Thursday, November 10, will open BIDS
for the construction of an army hospital
at this place. Twenty-one acres Of ground
have been secured for the purpose, and it
is said that the establishment will cover
the whole tract and be the largest hospi-
tai maintained under the auspices of
the Federal Government.
There will be forty-nine buildings in all.
The cost of-the Savannah establishment
is to be $l5O,OO0
The times., 1898-11-06
SUSPENSION OF AN OHIO BANK.
Loans ON Poor Security the Alleged

Loans ON Poor security the Aiiesea
Cause.
The First National Bank OF Gushing,
Ohio, suspended yesterday morning and
the Comptroller of the Currency appoint-
ed Bank Examiner ]. W. Delacy tenn
porary receiver. The statement made by
the bank on September 20 showed the
capital stock $4,000: surplus and undi-
vided profits, s1,si4; due depositors, so,ei5;
circulation, s11,2so. Total resources.
s132. GA.
The affairs of the bank are said TO be
In very bad condition because of loans
advanced on poor security.
The times., 1898-11-06
Potpourri
Shoe Specials for
Monday and Tuesday Only

Having the largest stock, 1t is natu-
rally the most complete and comprises
the largest varieties of footwear.
Have culied these special offers for
Monday and Tuesday
Ladies and Mems good black cloth
cheviot overgaiters, usual 25c 4 IN
quality. Monday and Tuesday. iZ0
The times., 1898-11-06
salvation Army Meetings.

Adjt. Owens and Capt Bell Will con-
duct the services today III No. s3O Penn
sylvania Avenue northwest as follows:
Holiness meeting. II a. m; Christians
praise service. 3 p. m; salvation meeting.
S p. m. There will be special features at
each of the meetings.
The times., 1898-11-06
Death .f Mrs. Robie.

Portland. Me-, Nov.,5-The wife OF ex-
Gov. Robbie died in Gorham this morning
of heart failure. She was born in Bidde-
ford and married Mr.. Robbie ffty-one years
ago Three, of their children are living.
The times., 1898-11-06

Ladies' and Children's warmth-giv-
ing black cloth and jersey leggins.
Regular 75c kind. Monday and kQn
Iuesday.... OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. -fOV
The times., 1898-11-06

Boys three buckle felt lined cordu-
roy and tan leather 'Fauntleroy"
leggins. s1.50 qualities. Mon OQn
day and Tuesday. ay................. JOO
The times., 1898-11-06
Two Days of Great Interest
To Thrifty Shoe Buyers.

We are keenly alive to the fact
that as leaders of the local shoe
business you expect more of US than
of other dealers. An address con-
sidered brilliant coming from
The age-herald., 1898-04-26
UNCLE SANS SOLDIERS
Continue to Pass-0ne Train Lead Last Night
 .and Two More Trains Today.

Last night at 9 o'clock, Battery K, of the First artillery, United States army, passed through the city over the Alabama Great Southern road en route to Chica- mauga park. The train was in command of First Lieut. enant Vim. Lasseter, and Second Lieutenant Harry E. Smith Lieu tenant Frank K. Ferguson, another of the officers was left sick in Galveston. There were seventy-five men on board The train consisted of three cars of stock, four flat cars on which was the light artillery, bag gage car, three passenger cars and one Pullman. These trains have for the past five weeks been stationed at Galveston, but before that time they were stationed at San Antonio, Texas. Although the train was run through the freight yards instead of the car shed, there was a large crowd to see them.
 Two more train loads of troops will pass through Birmingham today over the Ala bama Great Southern. At o'clock this morning detachment of cavalry from Arizona will pass through, ten cars of hors- es and ten of cavairymen. These will be the first of the yellow legs that have pass ed through Birmingham About o'clock this afternoon twenty-four car loads of infantrymen from San Francisco will pass through. Beth of the trains today will probably be run through the shed. The Alabama Great Southern is handling all these troops at the rate of thirty miles an hour, which, considering the mixed con- dition of the trains, freight and passenger cars, Is remarkably good time.
The age-herald., 1898-04-26
WATER COMMITTEE
 READY TO REPORT
New Schedule of Rates Submit ted by Birmingham Water
 works Company

The special water committee of the city council will make it's report to the next meeting of the board
 It is understood that a new schedule of rates has been submitted to the committee by the Birmingham Water Works company more favorable than the schedule submitted some time ago, and which was rejected by the committee.
 Several members of the committee were seen yesterday by an Age-Herald reporter, but beyond the statement that the Water Works ompany had submitted a schedule of rates, and that the report would be made to the next meeting of the council would say nothing.
 A meeting of the committee will be held in the next few days to agree upon the report that will be submitted to the board.
 The committee was appointed by the board some months ago, to investigate the Birmingham Water Works company and the source of supply, etc. A lengthy in- vestigation was held during which num- Der of witnesses were examined The committee then asked that it be granted further power to readjust rates which was granted.
 The water company. through it's officers and attorneys, has expressed its willing ness to readjuSt rates and the announce ment that the committee will report in- dicates that the solution of the question has been finally reached.