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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-01-04
SWELLING TIE TAX LISTS.
co,.vrIFs Up THE STATE SHOW BIGGER PRO
poKTIoNATE INCREASES THAN CREATE"
NEW-YORK.

,u,., Ian 3-The State Board OF Tax coninls-
- hoe received the returns from the Boards
-, c,,,orvIeors Of thirty-four counties as to me
o,,n, NJ real and personal estate subject 10 TAX
-, ,hat ,s found in these counties In accord
,o' ,.,th the demand made by the commissioners
~, ,bere should be honest assessment "hch
to,,,a vras backed by a threat TO prosecute as
,.ss,r. uyho failed to 10 their duty, the increase
a., ,.s,,a an many OF the counties Is enormous
,-ho poarS has received the totals OF real ana
orso,aI nroporty for the counties comprised IN
creator New-York and, while some large IN
.r.sos oro shawn there. they are not by any means
- ,,r,a 40 I'm the counties OF the upper tier Inc
,,-,-o ~ real property subject 10 assessment III
w Kings Queens and Richmond Counties
:, 6; 40 lAs ana Of personal property 'l5'lS''SiS
,-.york County's total valuation OF real properly
- a. - ,se -el and OF personal property *l'SI'vSitS
,r,, g.. an Increase over last year OF %"o',o0o IN
- s,o,e and 1903 In personal Ihls large
- d, the one county IS met however ny
- IN tne assessed value OF real estate IN
co,,n,v where the total valuation Is only
20 a decrease OF s.5. .2O3 2o5. while the vaua-
S. o,ai property Is increased sG.l52Osj with
uO" ~ =, s2g 6Ss III Queens county SHOWS IaHlHs
a ~: *, qi0 In the value OF us real estate as
on Oh '"ih last year. while Richmond SHOWS
cOHPaN e. al 9ls In personal estate hlchmOhd mas
gam % a. iiS "a over last year and queens SHOWS
gam oi s.r ssoo state counties Oneida and Onon-
IN me Po"irs Of over 100000 each in personal
oAsa ana Hcrkimer gain of slVooOO IN TeAi es-
i"sie.eo,R County shows II gain OF ,26coco In real
estate over last year
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-01-04
THE MONEY POWERS AWFUL. PLOT.

Denver Jan. Ex-senator Stewart, Of Nevada. Is
in Denver to-day and will resume his journey 10
Washington this evening. THE Rothschilds syn
dicate" said he 'Is about TO divide China among
the god-standard nations OF Europe. All the
nations OF Asia are to be reduced TO financial
slavery. The next movement viii be TO divide
South America. What will then become of the free
institutions OF our own cOuLtry? What then can
intervene 10 support the Monroa Doctrine The
money syndicate, which began ts work with me
downfall VI Napoleon. proposes to reduce the world
..I.4t
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-01-04
THIRTY PLUNGE TO DEATH.
CATASTROPHE AT AN ELECTION MEET
ING IN LONDON. ONTARIO.
SECTION OF FLOORING IN THE CITY HALL GAVE
FELL ON THE HEADS OF THOSE WHO

FELL ON THE HEADS OF THOSE WHO
SANK THROUGH THE HOLE.
London. Ontario Jan 3.-One OF the most stub
bornly contested municipal elections ever held
In this city eliminated tonight In great
tragedy. At the close of the voting the crowd
as Is usual. gathered in the City Hall, where 1t
mas been the custom for years for the success
Iui candidates to address the electors. The
meeting had been conducted In the usual man
ner and was about to end. when the floor In the
northeast corner Of the hall gave way and the
people In that section preciptated to the
floor below.
An alarm OF fire was sounded, and the bri-
gade soon reported and began the work of re-
moving the debris and taking from the ruins
the bodies OF the dead and injured. At 10 o'clock
thirty bodies had been taken from the wrecked
building The partial list of dead follows
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-01-04
rar SULTAN or M0Rocc0's VICTORIES.

raneier Jan s.-A letter from the Sultan OF Mo-
rocco haG been read In the Grand Mosque. amid
salvos of artillery announcing fresh victories over
the rebels many OF whom have been killed. wound
"a ., can ,red Sailed heads OF rebels have been
dispatched to the principal towns. where they will
be set on spikes
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-01-04
~. nAn nr sheldon Jnckson saned for Liver

M, D.. l,r sheldon Jackson sailed for Liver
- r., Chr,stmns Day, by the Cunard steamer
fncania. with power from the United States war
Department to purchase i've hundred reindeer WIN
,,(Pr harness. and sleds. and 10 hire nfty lhpihhd
49,, 1r,,,'ra Who will be accompanied by their iaM-
lies The renaecr ana sleds VII DE used 10 ior-
"Wiluom A. Kjellmann. superintendent OF the
reindeer herd OF the o'ss fsp seSen on the
sa,'a -, errand in November last -.-.
-" i.,,'ant /, g. DcyOTc. military secretary 10
c,r"farv of War Is acting as disDursing
sgeni Dr jackson and Lieutenant DeVore eor,a- ar
90 90 1orizcd 10 charter vessel lor ne uhhtPoith
a.. - ,be reindeer. etc. TO the tnited states
The ship viii also take aise s1ppy Gr Arct1n on
mos ,hosr av across the ATLANTIC The cost OF the
rrnninderr IL " estimated. VII amount 10 SOou'
EQ,Q9J.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-01-04

stockholm. Jan. S.-The British steamer Gisu'o-
,,s captain Wright, from philadelphia on a.
her "a which arrived Al stettn on nner has been
seiore off this port. "A shlN"bc S''
disnatched 20 her assistance.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-01-04

NE VAS STARTED FOR LAPLAND. AFTER Nh"o-
rtATING FOR SHIP ~ LONDON

rIATING FOR A SHIP ~ LONDON
London. Jan. S.-The steamship companies mere mere
,,,ch interested IN the presence In Eng
are - Roy DR. Sheldon Jackson. and Lieu
, '','r u Is Devore. Military Secretary OF the
1n,ed STATES Secretary OF war; "go ~, nay ,aad ns
1NT1 rts cove rument, TO hire snip WIN W%hiGh % 10
conN"E Tnr forwarding supplies 20 the miners ~
PIE Yukon VALLEY Several SHIPS nav nTe d
70 'n''nt Incidental advertisements No selection,
slTlng ,"' has vet been made. Dr. jackson viii
satgr, for Iapland to-morro"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-01-04

The Powerful Is frst-class cruiser Of over
fourteen thousand tons displacement and twenty
five thousand indicated horsepower. She Is heavily
armed and is estimated 10 have "A speed OF about
TWENTY-FIVE knots She carries crew or SD men.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-01-04
E1RopEAN STOCK EXCHANGES FIRMER.

EUROPEAN STOCK EXCHANGES FlRMhR.
Berlin Jan 3-Prices on the Boerse were hrmcT
to-day as a result OF the news from Peking Inter
national securities were higher and Americans were
maintained.
Frankfort. Jan. S.-Prices hardened on the boerse
to-day in sympathy with the tone Of the Berlin
and other hocrses. American securities, excepting
Louisville bonds advanced.
Paris Jan. 3-Busness on the Bourte to-day was
inactive with tendency more favorable prices
italian Securities were strong
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-01-04
A n1.sso.1ApANEsE A111ANcE FAVORED.

ST. Petersburg. Jan. 3.--The "Novostf publishes
an article strongly urging Russo-Japanese am
ance as the best means Of guaranteeing their
mutual interests and the maintenance OF the
political equilibrium. ~,
It is understood this view Is favored IN russian
official circles in which II Is felt that Russo
Japanese alliance would contribute to avert serious
cOmpCations in the far East.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-01-04
THE DEAD.
THE INJURED.
Among the injured are

BI.ANCH John. JONES. william. Water
BURGESS. -. Commissioner elect badly
COOPER Neil Alderman bruised.
CORROTHERS Alderman PASSMORE Harry reporter
slightly injured. The Advertiser"
pARCH. Joshua. VAN WICK,
FLEMING, - both arms WILSON Dr., the Mayor
broken. eject leg broken.
GRAY. William leg broken YATES George W. city cd
MORkIN. Edward. II '"The News"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-01-04

RUSSIA REPRESENTED TO CHINA THAT THE BRIT
IsH FLEET WAS COMING TO TAKE 1T.
London. Jan 4-The Shanghai correspondent
Of THE Daily Mali says
"The Russians tricked China into consenting
TO an occupation of Port Arthur by representing
that the British fee. was coming to capture IT,
They also asked the Chinese to prohibit the
English from landing. The latter refused, but
any Englishman going ashore at Port Arthur Is
shadOWed by the Russians"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-01-04

BIG BRITISH CRUISER AT HONG KONG.
Hong Kong Jan. 5-The British warship Power
full has arrived here.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-01-04
COTNTRYMEN DEMAND EVERYTHING

The rural Republicans are demanding about
all the party patronage In the Legislature. Ihey
assert that New-York City has no claim. be
cause f. is Democratic In It's representation. and
likely to stay so for years to come. They argue
also that the party work will have to be done
ou,side tho New York City boundaries next
fan and that patronage must be put where II
viii do the most good Mr.. O'Grady refers per-
sistcnt place-seekers to CharIes w. hachet,
viii not attend the Democratic caucus lie also
va n Citizens' Union candidate for Assembly
man The Democratic party mus W, coiiiiiano
nniv eiyfv-nine votes in the Assembly
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-11-02

J. G. HERVEY Auctioueer oc1Sesz
TRUSTEES SALE OF CITY OF
WHEELING REAL ESTATE

BY virtue of deed of trust made by
Mary Mitchell to the undersigned Wheel
ing Title and Trust Company as trustee,
bearing date on the twentieth day Of Feb.
ruary, 1887, and recorded in the office OF
the clerk of the county court of Ohio
county, West Virginia, in deed of trust
book, No. Al, on page 51S, the undersigned
trustee, the Wheeling Title and Trust
Company, will proceed 10 sell at public
auction, at the north front door of the
court house of Ohio county. In the city OF
WEDNESDAY THE THIRTIErH DAY
OF NOVIGM BIER, 1898.
commencing at 10 o'clock a. M, the fol-
lowing described ireal estate, situate in
the said city, Of Wheeling In the county
the Fifth ward of said city, that is to say,
part Of lot number eighty-six (S6) in
Chapline and Eoff's addition to said city.
which lot is situate at the northeast cor
ner of Maine and 1'wenty-first streets,
said portion thereof being bounded as fol-
lows: Beginning at the southwest cor
northeast corner of Main and Twenty-frst
streets, and running thence in northerly
direction with the east side OF Main street
and the west line of the said lot forty-five
(45) feet and eight (0 inches to the south
west corner OF the new brick building
erected ON part of the said lot, by the
Wheeling Democratic Club: thence run
ming in an easterly direction with the
south face Of the south wall of the last
mentioned hnildfng to the front wall Of
ge brick dwelling house on said
lot; thence running In a northerly direc-
ton with the west face of the west wall
or said dwelling house. ten Q0) inches to
the northwest corner of the brick walls
of the front or west part of the saiN
dwelling house: thence running In an
easterly directions with. and In the direc-
ton of the north wall of the main or west
part of said dwellinN extended to the
alley in the rear of the said lot and OF
said dwelling, such alley being the one
running in a northerly and southerly d.
rection, between Main aIsC Market streets,
and from themes running in a southerly
direction, with the west line OF said alley
forty-six (46) feet and six 90 inches to the
northwest corner of said alley and
Twenty-first street, and from thence in a
westerly direction with the north line Of
Twenty-first street to the place OF begin
ming, together with all the buildings and
improvements thereon, and all the privi-
leges and appurtenances thereunto be-
longing, being the same property granted
and conveyed by the Wheeling Democratic
Club to said Mary Mitchell.
Terms of sale.-One-third OF the pur-
chase money, or SO much more as the
purchaser may elect to pay, cash in hand
on the day of sale, and the residue IN two
equal instruments, payable respectively in
one year and two years from the day OF
sale, with interest thereon from that day.
the purchaser TO give his notes with good
security for the deferred payments. and
the legal title to be retained as further
security until payment in fun.
TITLE AND TRUST CO.
oct2tesz.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-11-02
Some Women

Doubt ' %:"{ sss xSase ., think thiI:
--------------------- dren is necessary
period Of great pain and distress. They
doubt whether any medicine can relieve
their sufferings. Well may they hesitate
about taking those injurious internal
mixtures so widely sold. But they may
place implicit faith in - ~ u - - =:
MOTHERS FRIEND
which is softening, relaxing and sooth-
ing liniment for external use. Doubling
women should get bottle at the drug
store for 81, and test it. There is no
possibility of IFS doing harm, and there is
every likelihood of its saving them many
hours Of pain. ~ ~ - ~ ~ " :: " -
THE BRADFIELD REGULATOR co.
ATLANTA. GA.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-11-02
LEGAL NOTICES.
NOTICE OF TRUSTEES SALE.

BY virtue of a deed of trust made by
James F. Dolan and Mary l.. Dolan, his
wife, to me- dated the seth day of April.
1890, and recorded in the office of the clerk
OF the county court of Marshall county,
West Virginia. In deed of trust book No 3,
folio 337 l will sell at public auction on
the premises on
SATURDAY, THE 23RD DAY OF
commencing at 10 o'clock a, m, the
following described property situate
and being in the city of Benwood, county
of Marshall and State of West Virginia.:
Beginning at a point in the westerly line
of a sixteen foot roadway distant one
hundred 600 feet southwardly of the
point of intersection of the said westerly
line with the south line of Robinson's adj
dition to the city of Benwood. running
thence southwardly with the westerly line
of said roadway one hundred and fifty
Q50) feet; thence westerly and parallel
with the south line of said addition one
hundred and eight and seven-twelfths feet
to the easterly line of the river road:
thence with the said easterly line of the
river road, northwardly one hundred and
fifty and three-twelfths feet to a stake;
thence eastwardly and parallel with the
dred and one and four-twelfths feet to the
place of beginning,
Terms of Sale:-Onethird cash on day OF
sale, one-third in four and one-third in six
months, the purchaser giving his notes
for such deferred payments with security
to be approved by the trustee.
HENRY NJ. RUSSELL,
Trustees.
j. c. HERVEY, Auctoueer. oc1Sesz
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-11-02
REFUSE TO ALLOW THEM.

should be credited Win THESE Suils,
many of which they had no option
about paying out. In this condltlon
Of affairs the Auditor had to have re-
course to unjust and expensive law
suits against the Sheriffs or walt until
the next Legislature would make the
necessary appropriations. AS the
money was perfectly safe and the State
treasury was in condition to pay every
thing for which appropriations had
been made, he naturally chose the
latter alternative. When the last Leg
islature met he again reported the
amounts necessary to settle CLAIMS OF
this nature, and as the incoming Re
publican administration was to dlS-
burse this money, the Legislature has
tened to make the appropriation
largely in excess of what was required
and the sheriffs could no longer post
none their settlements. AS the
amounts thus appropriated were not
available until the adjournment or the
LEGISLATURE, settlements held back on
this account were made with the
present administration, and thus Great
ed a large increase of receipts IN the
items of license and property tax. An
other cause of this increase is due TO
the fact that all the sheriffs in the
State went out of Office in January,
1897. and their final settlements would,
of course, include every unpaid item
with which they are chargeable Tor
the whole term.
Owing to the Treasurer"s illegal and
utterly uniustifiable refusal to publish
a detailed statement of receipts and
ic,i ron OCCihlp anon 9
many other things, to ascertain just
what amount of these back taxes has
been collected by the present admin
istration, but a comparison OF MS
dumped statements with the lucid de-
tails to be found in the last Auditor
report, leaves no doubt that the IN
creased balance is due entirely to the
| largely increased receipts, while part
ly made up of two or three eXtraordln-
ary items, is chiefly due to the collec-
ton Of back taxes.
The unpatriotic and partisan course
of the Legislature of 1895 had made il
| impossible for these back taxes to DC
| collected in time to increase the re-
ceipts of the treasury before the
| close of the last fiscal year OF the
| Democratic administration, without
| gross Injustice on large class of citl-
| Zens in every county in the State, anC
| hence they have gone to swell the
boosted RepulliifeGa tact remains that
! StedsuTer Kendall receipted to his
Democratic predecessor for $1,136,-
47201 in the three State funds when
the State government went into the
hands of the Republicans, March 4,
1897 and the total cash balance in
total expenditures of the first two years
of Republican rule exceed those Of the
last two years of Democratic admin
istration by the sum of s297,152, and
that gross waste and extravaganza has
marked the present administration of
State officials.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-11-02
THE BALANCE

Treasurer Kendall and certain news
papers have for some time back been
rolling around in their mouths AS q
peculiarly sweet morsel the fact that
there is or was a balance of S424.641
to the credit of the State fund on Sep
TENDER 30th, 1898 As far as we know
the brilliant Treasurer has not vet I'M
bosomed himself to the extent of tel
ling the public how this gratifying
balance happened to be in the Treas
ury at the time mentioned The spirit
of his usual reply to injuries of this
kind seems to be the money is there.
all debts are paid, what more do Won
want?' or, 'the taxes have not been
increased, all debts are paid, and the
money is on hand, are you not salts
fed with Republican ruler Well.
not exactly. We would also like to
know how it comes to be there.
whether it is temporary, or whether
we may expect it to be an annually
recurring fact. He says the taxes have
not been increased. The Enthusiastically
ornamental piece of literature that he
calls his biennial report shows that
the total disbursements for the period
embraced by it were S297, 152 in excess
OF those OF the last two years of Dem
ocratic administration. Why, then. has
he not taken the public into his con-
fidence and elucidated the mystery .
We We're growing impatient on this
subject when we learned that the en-
ergetic Treasurer was going to let
loose his report before it was time.
SO that the electors. we presume, would
nave an opportunity OF endorsing the
magnificent stewardship Of the finan-
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-11-02
STATIONERY.

quet, war maps and novelties Pitts
burg, Dispatch, Commercial Gazette. Post,
Times Cincinnati Enquirer, Commercial
Tribune, New York and other leading
dailies. Magazines and stationery Cos
pei HYMNS c. II. QUINCY. l414 Market.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-11-02
ARE NOT LIKELY TO RBCIrR

it is apparent at once that it cannot be
relied upon to repeat itself. Except
for these large increases that do NOT
belong to ordinary revenue and win
not again occur, the extravagant an
preparations of the last Legislature
would have caused large decrease in
the balance handed over by the preced-
ing administration. The only sure
method OF keeping balance in the
State treasury is prudent economy in
expenditures, which the present ad-
ministration has not practiced. Their
expenditures for the two years EN-
braced in the Treasurer's document
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-11-02
IREASUR[R'S REPORT
Is A PEACH. :
It Makes Just Thirty-Tw Pages Of
"Fat" Tables,

AND THE "INFORMATION'' MIGHT
HAVE BEEN PUT INTO TWENTY
PAGES-THE LAST DEMOCRATIC
REPORT WAS A BOOK OF 4Sa
PAGES, SHOWING EVERY ITEM
OF RECEIPTS AND EXPENDI-
TURES-SOME INTERESTING COM
MENTS ON AN UNIQUE, QUAINT
AND CURIOUS PUBLIC DOCU-
MENT
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-11-02

1888 1897
& 1896. & 1898. Excess
State tax (sheriff)$ 797, 1898 S 9SS Gil $l70624
License tax (shr'D I'll .363 269l0 165 So
License tax Char
teri ...... ........ 80, $50 2-SC63 92,3l5
Redemption land. 51,416 1888 1881
State VS.. Eddy. 359l5 49, 915
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-11-02
exceed those Of the last two Demo-
nro tic ,roa,rr h1r 40Q7 162

exceed those OF the last TWO Demo
cratic years by 1921. 1852.
But the inquiring citizen naturally
asks, Why did the last administration
(Democratic) allow such large
amount of back taxes to remain uncol-
lected? The explanation is very SIM
pie. 1t is found in the unpatriotic and
deliberately calculated course of the
Legislature of 1895 That body, hop
ing to compel the administration to re-
ject a great number of claims in all
the counties of the State. and thus
cover itself with odium and secure the
i'll will of large number OF voters at
the next election, refused to make suf-
fcient appropriations to pay claims
of a certain kind, many of which were
already overdue. AS Mr.. Brady, a
member of the Finance Committee of
that Legislature, expressed it with so
much naivette in the Intelligencer OF
some days back, it decided not to pay
those old debts until the next session,
when it was hoped there would be Re-
publican officers in the executive de-
partments. The bulk of the claims
thus refused to be paid or provided for
belonged to the class grouped under
the head of criminal charges. Iney
are audited and ordered to be paid by
the courts, and consist largely of jury
and witness certificates. Some OF
these claims the sheriffs are compell-
ed to pay by law; a great many otn-
ers are received by them in lieu OF
money due for taxes. The sheriffs OF
the different counties naturally and
Justly consider these claims as so much
~, hnir cntt1nnnnf with the
State The action Of the Legislature
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-11-02
DO YOU HAVE TO
"SPEAK A PlECE?"

On Friday afternoon. at school, or at any
time or place? We can show you line OF
SPEAKERS SELECTIONS.
DIALOGUES AND PLAYS
That covers all ages and intellects. We
keep in stock all the IS numbers One Hun
drsd Choice Selections; % numbers Shoe
makers Best Selections; 10 numbers Fem
nos Favorites, books showing how to
give public entertainments, etc. etc.
Prices range from I0c. to &c and zoe.
Mail orders solicited
SfQnfOn'S so OK s City
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1898-02-17
To .Pry."

Pry is not uncommonly used in this
sense in the west and southwest of Eng
land. 1t is a local form of prise, to
force open by means of "a lever. You
may "pry up" nailed box lid with q
chisel, 'pry open" fastened door with
owbar, etc. Another American in
stance may be found in "Farm Life In
New York" Scribner's Magazine, vol
ume H., No. ], where barn which
must be moved was "pried up" by
levers and jacks to enable "a sled on
runners to be placed under it,
Just as New Englanders, well nigh
without exception, if not the people of
the United States generally, speak and
write of "prying open box" and "pry-
ing up stone," so i'll this part of East
Anglia do all but persons of consider
able education. None of the glossarists
Of our local dialect that are accessible
to me records the use of "pry" instanced
above, but it is given in several English
dictionaries, among them being Stor-
month s, as if it were a common corfu :
tion
Jamieson's Scottish Dictionaf. ~
the word prise, prize, g., lesu
S.; E., pry, to force; Latin, presso,
pressare. Stormonth (1S71) has "Pry,
v. (probably Scot. }, to raise by lever, :"
etc. The Mayfiower carried off many
old words now obsolete. and
Queries.