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Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-09-18
PlDEH's VALLEY.

Paden's Valley, w. Va, September II
Nh. Harry Ihrig. prominent con-
tractor Of Sistersville, was here this
week on business.
Miss james Quimby. OF Blaine, o., IA
the guest Of relatives here this week
Miss Josephine Stephens was In New
MarensvYsle Friday.
]. W. Bowers has returned from a
visit with frieEG5 In Cincinnati, o., and
Kentucky.
Dr.. +. P. kcwshe- was here Friday.
Miss Jennie, the Handsome daughter
OF DR.. Stewart. Of SaTds. o.. was call
ing on friends In the Valley the frst Of
the we~k
RAlps 1dMa0er, = pgq6dnent bUn-
ines Eers eman q E1n4FsviIlA. ~
here tEals w&ek
Edwin KG0oEs prouin{rf younG -
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-09-18

isturasa e tas.r aoze 4 spshess -.
Miss katherine white len early this
week for Auburndnle. near Boston, to
attend La Sal Seminary during the
coming term. miss White was accom-
panied By her mother. Mrs A. B.
White.
Capt. o. M. Clemens and Miss Glenn
ems entertained q party Of friends in a
novel manner ON Thursday. It was q
four-in-hand drive through the Hen
dershot oil field and was q most de-
lightful outing. The party was COM
posed Of Mr.. and Mrs. 8. B. Moody, OF
Chicago; Miss Ida Nicely. Miss Orsini
Lowery, Miss Mary Van Wrinkle, Mrs.
Charlotte Demfng, Miss Margaret Pad
en-, Miss Hattie Van Wrinkle, Mrs. Dore-
mus Paden, Messrs Geo. Gambrill, Phil
Turner, s. B. Stiles and Harry O. Cam
den
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-09-18
USED UPRIGHT PIANO
CHEAP.
F. W. BAUMER co.
PlEDM0NT.

Piedmont, W. Va, September IT,
The funeral of Mrs. Hugh Boutwell,
took place Sunday.
Mrs. Alden Duckworth died Monday
and was buried Wednesday.
Miss Ella Hooking, of Grafton, Is
visiting Miss Leola Stuart
Harry Thomas has accepted clerk
ship at the B. & 0. depot.
| Miss Mary Harmon is visiting in phil
adelphia-
Miss Virgie Daddysman, of Fairmont,
is the guest of Miss May Blackiston.
Mr.. and Mrs o. E. Harden are at
Grafton.
Jos. C. Tonry and family. of Elkins,
are guests of James Tonry, ST..
Mrs. Jas. Allison and son, of ST.
Louis, No., are guests of Mrs. w. w.
Shultice.
Miss Clara Gornal, of Cumberland,
is spending few days here.
Miss Freda Everhart is home from
Martinsburg.
Robt. H. Drane is home from New
Frederick, Md.
G. w. Harrison, Jr., wife and son,
visited Capt G. w. Harrison the first
of the week.
Mrs. Jas. B. Rankin and Mrs. Robt.
Smith have gone on a visit to Scotland.
Mrs. Michael Cosgrove is home from
Philadelphia, and has typhoid fever.
Paul d. Millholland and family have
returned home to Reading, Pa.
Mrs. Jane Elliott is very sick.
Jas. B. Elliott, Of Martinsburg, spent
Wednesday here.
Mrs. Ed. Nichols and daughter. Miss
Lila, of Welisburg, are guests of Mrs.
w. B. Nichols.
Miss Margaret Brannon and Master
P. t. Mclnrue have returned to New
York.
Mrs. Geo. NJ. Boyles has gone to visit
her husband at Camp Poland, near
Knoxville, Tenn.
j. p. Kerns and family have moved
back here from Parkersburg.
Chas. F. Peters, machinist on the
U. S. ship Richmond, visited his rela-
tives here this week.
H. c. Walker and family, F. w
Getty and family, Jos. Getty, Miss Beat
rice Getty, Minnie Berisford, of this
place, and Chas. Davidson, of Washing
ton, will spend next week fishing near
Springfield, Hampshire county.
The tenth annual session of the Sc
lect Castle of West Virginia, Knights
of the Mystic Chain, convenes here
September 9th and 2Sth. The local
members will give an entertainment on
the night of the 9th.
The Piedmont public school opened
with 235 scholars, and the Westernport
with 354. Both schools have an excel
lent corps Of teachers.
Fields & Hanson's MINISTRIES appear
here Tuesday night, September goth.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-09-18
YHE NEWS OF THE
nE|GHB0R|NC TOWNS.

Thompson, of Cambridge, have been
spending the week here as the guests
of Mrs. Eagles brother, Mr.. Thomas
Carmichael.
Miss Weyrich, of Bellaire, has been
the guest this week of Misses Flora
and Ada Gregory.
Mrs. Mary E. Lapham, of Harrington
Kas., is the guest of her mother, Mrs
Harriet Reese. Of Second street.
Mr.. and Mrs. l. X. Alderman, OF
Maryville, Mo-, are visiting E. R. Alder
man and other relatives here.
DR.. John Mcclure, of Athens, has
been spending the week in Marietta
visiting his parents, DR.. and Mrs. Jas
Mcclure.
Mrs. q. D. Walter, Of Pueblo, is the
guest of DR.. and Mrs. H. N. Curtis, Sec
ond street.
Mrs. John K Anderson and Mrs. A.
A. Anderson, of Eagleport, are guests
of Mrs. John A. Stone, Fourth street
Mrs. S. NJ McGirr left this week for
Mrs. George M. Brown.
Mrs. F. J. Cutter left Tuesday night
for ST. Louis, Mo-, in response to tel
egram announcing the serious illness OF
her mother, Mrs. Carter.
Miss Jennie Vest and Miss Blanche
Taylor, of Parkersburg, spent several
days in Marietta this week as guests
of Miss Title MorgansternS
Miss Jennie Hutchinson has returned
home from an extended visit to rela-
tives at Moundsville, w. Va.
Mr. Benjamin Briggs, of Pomeroy,
has been the guest during the week OF
Mr.. William Harris and other friends
here. Mr. Briggs left Marietta about
forty years since.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-09-18

Brooke county lost one Of IL moek
prominent farmers in the person q Mr..
Edwin Andrews. Mr.. Andrews was :
native OF Ohio county, w. Va. but cane
to Wellshurg several years ago. He
was highly esteemed by all who knew
him. Interment took place at Green
wood cemetery, Wheeling, Friday.
Misses Sarah George and jamie Men
del leave this week for Washington, D.
c., to attend young ladies' boarding
school for the year.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-09-18

a. lot 4ecoive : soldiers life. b was
coenectsa with the commissary epart-
ment.
Rev. Guy Crook Is to be retShed a.
the minister Of the South Mthodist
church.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-09-18

tmnoY a. New 1Gart1nsvila ~ caIline
q lfieudu 81 tho Valng rec6n11y.
Mrs. Sara Sayre and friend, Mr.. Hin,
were visiting friends Aere last sun
day.
Miss Rachel Smith is visiting friends
at Wittens, O.
Miss Korah Farmer, who has been
quite i'll for some time, was in Wheel
ing the first of The week consulting DIR.
Clyde Ford. skillful physician of that
city.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-09-18
PLUMBE6.

DLUMBING. Gas AM Steam Fitting,
Work done at reasonable prices. wa
furnish estimates on application. Tele-
phone 81. WIN. Il. :. SCIINE
mh2ae&d k0i2 Main Street.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-09-18
WHEELING WIRE Works.

Manufactures OF railings heavy and
light window guards, sani screens, wire
fencing. baskets and tre' guards. etc
Office and works corter Seventeenth
and ChapIine streets hone No. g.
au2idc
The San Francisco call., 1898-07-03
THE ASSAULT ON REED.

N the attempt to keep party contention alive the l Bryan Democracy just now viewing Speaker Reed with aversion His offending began with the Congress elected in 8SS which met the first Mon day in December, IS8o It had small Republican majority and pledged to pass protective tariff The Democratic members publicly boasted that no party measure should go through the House Ii they could prevent it by breaking quorum.
 With this plan in view the minority sat silent ln their seats and refused to the roll call This went on for some weeks of the session, until one morning Reed, against the advice ot other leaders of his party, counted quorum by including the s- lent members, and legislation went The House and the country thrown into turmoil. He was vicousy denounced from the floor. Scenes Of high violence and potent passion of daily oc- currence But the Speaker, declaring that the House was elected to the public business, insisted that it should be done. It all parliamentary nov city and attracted world wide attention. In that way the Mckinley tariff became law in October, I8oo and the next month the Republicans over whel1ningly defeated The Democrats elected more than two-thirds of the members of the House and had fifty over quorum The Republicans and Pop usts could absent themselves entirely and there would be no check upon the transaction of public business That House showed the stuff that was ir 1t by turning dnyn Mills. hs nltlra ;cader and Chlef by all rules or party cleCtlLB the palld and insipid Crisp to the Speakership The next House. elected in 1892, as overwhelmingly Democratic and Crisp reelected. It turned out that this overwhelming Democratic majority and in dependent quorum had not the manhood to stand to its duty and attend to the public business Crisp, who had denounced Reeds rule for counting quo rum was at last driven adopt it himself, through committee and the country had the impressive spe- tacle before 1t of majority in the House, every member of which had denounced Reeds ruling while candidate compelling its own Speaker to adopt the same methods!
 Reed was vindcated. Men had said that he wrecked his party in 1890 and in 1892 but the event proved him to have had more foresight and courage than any other party leader who had presided the House. and now a return to the practices that pre- vailed prior to January I8oo would not be tolerated by the country.
 No wonder that Mills left the House in disgust, and that the weak and amable Crisp pined and died, unable to bear the burden of the difference between party promises in denunciation of Reed and party performance in initiating him. There is the record. It was made by the Magures and Champ Claris who did everything but stick to their seats and their duty Reeds course was at first questioned and criticized by his party friends, but he vindicated by his
The San Francisco call., 1898-07-03
THE. NEWS. FROM SANTIAGO.

D MOTHER striking illustration of the superiority
 \ of The CaliHerald service over that of all rivals was shown yesterday in the reports from the battle Santiago. Our exclusive specials enabled to give the public complete account of the con tict in all of its detailsy while ourmornng contem- poraries had but comparatively n3eagcr reports As the event was the first important land battle of the war, and was a>subject of thrilling interest to all classes of people; the difference between the full description giyen:n our columns and the scant de tails published in other papers could not have been overlooked by anyone who hada chance to compare them: -':':: - : =: '' -.'... =.
 As d matter of fact, there has never been war news service more deliberately devised exten- sively oFerated energeticay carried out than atwichIs now gathering information for The Call and the New York Herald in this conflict. It isa thoroughly accurate service: That fact the public is growing to appreciate more=and note as tic war goes on. The fallng yellow jottnals Saeh the. Exam ner have at times made great display ef news, but the faseness Of The fakes has been soon. exposed Even tie los cfeduous: of the public longer read with patience the wonderful interviews with the Queen Regent Mrs" Mckinley, the :Popeaand other dgni- tares fiwhicf the Examiner has rcpeatedly filed it's columns in order to make up for lack of real news .::: .*:@ :: ::
 It costs money and :tireess work and daring to gather the news of war and transmit it ahead of all rivalry but the public demands that service and The Cal-derald combination gives it., The dispatches of yesterday afforded one rstratio1 of its excellence and another Is furnished this rr0rng. The reports o our special torrespondents at the scene of conflict should be read i1 fl. They arevyid graphic and accurate: Those who wish to follow the events of the war with pr6nptness and intelligence must read The Call ~:'.: :*+ : :: =.
The San Francisco call., 1898-07-03
THE BLUE AND. CRAY. ARE ONE

Hurrah for the North. 1iurrah :for.the!
 Hurrah for.the East and;.the West !. " .<... =<:; The Nation is One; unqlvideq ana IFee,'': >. : Together the men Of the: "hefe olessea Are firmly. united in one: mig band. . =, And they: that were dnce: of: the e Blue ana ;; Are gafhered f beneath dear pId; Glory to- :. With nien of both sides in command. - :. Then March, .b6ysi: March3. we'll. set fair. March, boys. March!t: with Miles and Fitz-: ForwaTd all the line! and:be :yo'is songs America for. freen1en,. and break the. grip :. Hurrah. for: the. .Bfue!. Hurrah: for the :. Hurrah for the sons of them .aHl. : .:: T.: Together we come and united; we stand, -:
 To answer Humanity S call; ':::. .# Freemen arising to.;dash down 'the"foe7 :,. Blue. and Gray dealing him death at : Minging fasH a piR% host from the North and the:
 South.' =. = s. Meath tie same banner, and. from ey''ry: one battle cry. '".Freedom!' shall go: :. Hurrah for the. guns! : Hurrah. for the. : HurraR for the flag of the stars =; Hurrah for the men who fought under
 Or under the. Stars and the Barsl They're rallying now, brave. ardent, and
 strong, To punish injustice and overthrow wrong; Columbia rises and leads in the fight, -- And they're singing Americas s song.
 William Lightfoot Visscher.
The San Francisco call., 1898-07-03

is something wrong with the Latin
 blood. Only a short time ago this
 country seemed on the verge of war
 with England on behalf of the SUD- posed rights of 8 greasy lot of .Venezu- :: clans, and what thaaks2 Venezuela hates the United States, and is not backward about saying so. The same : is true of the other: South American
 peoples: They have. no. sense: of jus
 tice,> and are;aIl of a piece It is. for this. reason I. hope the" Philippines will be taken and heEd,:~ the stars and stripes : floating over them, and no mongrel re- : public nor gory monarchy be: Permltted to establish itself :tlnder,: an Agulnaldo nor any other bloody: minded <: 9. adyen- h. : turer- <-, :, :. ...::...:- CerTera~ ccannot. be. :. particularly blamed for failing to obey when E Blaneo ordered hiu1 to leave Santi ago *harpQl: :. Of course a soldier: is not supposed. to make reply but bidden to e.cot'llrn1t farl- T.: kari. he woulf be less: than human IF : he did. not feel an Impulse imp. -akln:to hesftancy. =: ,.:%c :: :
 Young Rivers, who. pleads: to: be: ?: re- . leased from the. bonds. of matraInony because he. :assuined them, while stllf- in his. techs; :swearirigss.,:: however =. to
 more years than he had, is one pr >tne irritating specifaens who. deserve. more :: than a mere d1ivorce. He should spanked for his. fool1shness and made :: to: serve a :tefnl .fQ1: hi $: perjury: f he: baby act is :being. sadly ;overYorkedi::. ::
 The lawyers ennlpleyed: by the heirs of the Fair .estate: are to. be congratu-'. lated upon the fatness.. of their fees' :. At this point the reason. for: ,eongratu@ latfon. comes to an abrupt :send. lt seems that the papers of :eontraet: have been filed: ahead of time so that there might be a saving: of: the war tax" Ihe
 lawyers, busy i.l pursuit of material
 wherewith> to strengthen their side or
 litigation, may: have overlooked the
 fact that the country is engaged in :. conflict, that revenue is. necessary, and that people who evade the payment of their: share. are guilty of an act about which there; is no rsavor Of patrlotlsIn.
 As an American, I am glad to see growing the idea that the@islands taken from Spain shall remain under the mas
 of the conquering people: Even. ii an independent government be set up in
 Cuba, it can be only temporary, Let the protection: of this country be with: drawn, and bloodshed would be inaug-
 urated among the: Gubans The fac
 tions would fight, there would be revo--.: lutions in rapid .successfon,. and at last: the United States would have to send
 armies there to, civflize and control the
 people, now being set freq Despite. all the theory, there. is. no Cuban. republic. nor does it appear: that there is ma teriai for one: Respeet for civilization: will make necessary: sooner or later,
 the tailiag. of Cuba and the: erection over it of d -government directly con. ~stituted by the. GoNe1:nTnent at Wash '!7 : ington., we are taking :: Cuba now. :. Having taken it. we either keep: it, or in after time. have the trouble, of talk 7 ing it again: :. @.;: -: .s~:: =.
The San Francisco call., 1898-07-03
THE GREAT AWAKENING.

 The nation will never be the same again after this war is over, Something an- cestral and grand has been stirred to life in 1t. The nation has passed through one of those Illuminating epochal moments
 that change the individual. or national character It has caught sight of larger world, beyond the sordid rnoney-grabbing circles in which it has ,trod. The old thrill. of great deeds and of constructive enter that cannot again. be forgotten in the
 petty cares of indoor life. Something large and healthful has come into our national life-come from within ourselves, and come to stay We have somehow awakened to a true sense of manhood, and are at last ready to take our place as @ nation among nations. It is a grand thing to set Cuba free, but in doing it we have
 ourselves attained to a grander freedom
 of national thought, and the change wrought in ourselves Is by far the most
 momentous result of the war.-Chicago Tribune
The San Francisco call., 1898-07-03
THE. ASSESSMENT ROLL.

# n REPO RI: from the Assessors office states that \ the total assessment of real and personal prop erty this year will reach ar aggregate Of $35I oooooo The roi last year a1iounted to $345,ooo ooo and the figures now returned show increase in as sessabe vauatiohs. of about $6ooo ooo It is stated that this increase has been produced, not by chang ing any of the valuations placed upon real and per sona property in I8o7, but by natural increase in the taxable wealth of the city In other words, real property has been improved and the quantity of per sona property has increased the extent of $6ooo 900.
 It is not likely that the results of Assessor Sebes work will satisfy the State Board Of Equalization but it nevertheless indicates healthy condition Of business. There is not the slightest question that S5ooooooo represents Go per cent of the actual cash value of real and personal property in San Francisco Inasmuch as the Assessor aims to come within 40 per cent of the actual selling value of all property and as this percentage has been frequently indorsed by the State equalners it would seem that an assess ment of $35ooooooo ought to be big enough.
 An addition of $6ooo,ooo to the city's assessment roll, if it be traced:to improvements shows that the growth of San Francisco during the past year has been exceedingly satisfactory That amount of money invested in new houses would make a great many people. comfortable and it is probably fact that more than half of will be traced that source
 We are pleased to note that Assessor Siebe has not attempted to reach the cxfravagat valuations of the State equazets. which find no parallel in any other county in the State Or course our assessment roll will in conseduence, be raised, but the Assessor may find justification for his course in the reflection that the time is certain to come when eassessent raises such inflicted annually upon this city by the Morehousc- Beanl(r combination, will cease We think it is good thing to :prdciptatc tesc annual tax raids. Eventually: the people. will get mad and tlen they will overthrow the Boafd of Equalization dynasty It is pretty certain that the moment they discover how thai board is robbnG them they will .risc.in their might and smash Morehouse
 In tle meantime ~-Assessor siebe should stick by tie facts ndtreat our people the people of the ir- terior beipq treated by their Assessors-that is b say. place fair valuation upon tre- property r- re3ncctivc oftle arbitrary action Of the State Board of ofEauazaton, whose figures usually indicate vertigo or insanity. .:- =.
The San Francisco call., 1898-07-03
RANK AND PRECEDENCE.

| jfounded nation whose government recog-
 O/ nized no class distinctions and conferred vain dgnities of rank but that they had formed people whose sentiment would be forever indiffer- ent to such distinctions and ayerse to such dlgntes They believed the only distinctions Americans would be those of official station, involving the per formance of public work, and the only rank would be that attained by service rendered
 This expectation of the founders of the republic has been fulfilled in the main, but not wholly. There are some Americans who think of titles and rank than of service and unfortunately very large number of these have established themselves at Wash ington, where they exert a pernicous influence only upon society, but upon the Government.
 According to well informed correspondents at the national capital the passage of the much de sired navy personnel bill has been delayed solely by the influence of this class. It has nattered nothing to the worshpers of title and rank that the engineers and the naval staff generally perform much work and as useful work for the nation do the line of- fcers It has mattered nothing to them that the efficiency of the navy would be greatly increased by the reform proposed by the personnel bill It has mat
 tered nothing that acommssion of experienced officers of the navy have recommended the bill. They know that the adoption of the measure would confer upon engineers titles of naval rank which the excu- sive possession of the line and that is all they know They are opposed to the bill and are fighting it with all the power they possess
 The same class influence which for so long pc rod has prevented the passage of the navy personnel bill is now arrayed against measure proposed by the House Committee on Military Affairs providing for the appointment of lieutenant general of the army by the President. It believed at time that the opposition to this due mainly to the belief that Major General Miles would be the profit by it, but in the bill proposed the Presi dent is not required to make the appointment from the list of major generals In spite however of this free field given for all, the opposition continues Moreover, is believed it will prove sufficiently strong to defeat the measure altogether
 Thus it appears that class jealousies over mere questions of titles stand in the way of important forms in the navy and needed reform in the army organization With this illustration of what can oc- cur in republic because of such feelings in the so ciety of comparatively unnportant city like Wash ington we well understand how difficult is the task of European statesmen in carrying that disturb the social pretensions of a widespread aris- tocracy. It remains to be how long such an- tagonism actually prevent the enactment of a measure universally approved as ,ne navy per sonne1 bill It has been predicted that the bill will
 not be passed at this session. at the next If so 1t will be matter of general regret that we cannot reform Washington society at the same time we elect new Congress.
The San Francisco call., 1898-07-03
e. MEDICATION NO SOLUTION.

Sagasta was right in advising the Span- .ish Queen Regent to refrain from abdi- cation. Her thowing down of the reins of office and her departure from Madrid would solve none of the perplexities that surround the nation and would undoubt- edly look like flight. To be sure, she can do no good by remaining In control. Events have gone beyond her power and she is as weak as mouse in the paws of that old cat, Chance. Still, her departure or flight might do irreparable injury to the dynasty, and that IS what the states men of Spain are principally interested in saYing.--Philadelnhia Innuirer :.
The San Francisco call., 1898-07-03

Women have not yet learned to keep secret. One of the sex, required to pass teachers examination and not having full confidence in her ability to do so, got friend to undergo the ordeal for her It good scheme, the question Of honesty waived but the had to tell about it. There ought to be other fields for such genius. The god-bricl, business still offers opportunities