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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-05-05
LONG LIFE TO HIM!

MoNTPELIER. VT. May 4.-Charles
Dewey. brother of Commodore Dewey.
has just celebrated his fiftleth wedding
anniversary and the victory which his
brother. has won over the Spanish forcrs
at the Philippine islands. There were
guests present at the celebration from
Massachusetts,, New Hampshire, all
parts OF the New England states and
New York stale. The only topic men
toned by all there was the commodore's
great victory. Charles Dewey Is the ex-
ecutive head OF the National Life 1nsur-
ance Company. In an Interview he said:
!"I had great confidence In the commo-
dore. l know him possibly better than
any one else. Lam oldr- than he, and
knew him from a little fodder until he
grew up to manhood.
Tread with great pleasure his mes
sage that he would take Manila in :hlr-
ty minutes. 1t sounds as he would
talk. 1t was his way OF saying; he had
no doubt of taking the city"
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-05-05
Sensational News of British Inter.
ests Being Threatened.
CONSUL AT sANTI4U DE CUBA
SAID 10 HAVE BEEN ASSAULTED,
AND 1T IS REPORTED THAT HE
REPELLED THE ATTACK VIC
oRousLY. KILLING A SPAN
IARp-THE LATEST ADvrcEs.
ARE THAT THE DIFFICULTY
HAS BEEN SETTLED. BUT NO
DETAILS ARE oBTA1NABLE.
DETAILS ARE o%BrA1NABLE..

S(Copyflght, 1898. by the Associated Press.)
KINGSTON, jamaica, May 4,--Trou-
bic OF a most serious nature Is threaten
Ing British interests at Santiago do
Cuba. The British third class cruiser
Pearl 10 now there and within twenty
four hours the British third class cruz
ser Pallas and the British sloop Alert
probably will join her. The Alert, It
nov appears, was accompanied 10 SAN
tiago dc Cuba by the Pe1t and the
Alert was sent back with iltDa.ches, re.
garded hy- trc British consul 40 being
too important to trust to the censored
cable. These dispatches were cabled 70
London by the colonial authorities here.
The Alert VIII return to Santiago de
Cuba, with the. Pallas, now. at Port An
tonic
The colonial authorities are retlcent as
tn the,contents OF the dispatches and the
reasongfor the movements OF the wac.
ships hut the story told the Associated
Press correspondent at the Jamaica.
club totday' was that the British consul,
Mr.. Ramon had been attacked In the
consulate by a mob, whereupon he fired
on the crowd, killed a Spanlard and has
been imprisoned. These statements,
however, are not verified. Mr.. Ramon
Is partner in the firm of Brooks
Brothers and is regarded as a man OF
vigorous and wen violent character.
Later In the day It was reported that
the trouble at Santiago dc Cuba has
been settled. The British war ship
Pearl has arrived at Port Royal and,
thoushFhe officers are retlcent, It Is be-
slieved that the trouble is not Sc serious
as reported at the jamaica Club. The
British war ship Pailas Is still at Port
Antonio. There Is no further light on
the occurrences at Santiago de Cuba.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-05-05
IN MEXICO.
Spanish Demonstration stopped-Euro,
pean Residents Jealous,

CITY OF MEXICO, May THE
government has stopped the conlem-
plated meeting Of Spanish clerks here for
the purpose of raising maneya and voiun-
teersl for Spain. The police were ordered
10 prevent the meeting as contrary to
the obligations of a neutral nation.
There has been great excitement here
over the American naval victory. and It's
moral effect will be great forsthe Span
ish local papers and other journals un-
der Spanish influence have confidently
anticipated triumph for Spain.iH the
first Iencounter on the ocean. Resident
Europeans who have been predicting the
defeat of the Americans are chagrIned.
There Is intense commercial Jealousy Of
the Americans. and this hostile senti-
ment is displayed In the papers here.
The Spanlards are predicting artunex-
pected blow by their cruisers at some
point on the. Atlantic coast.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-05-05
NAVAL cARRlER-PIGEONS,


y Savy Experimentation upUu th1;Sys.
tens la yogne IN Other NnvIes-Lomr
Flights
New York Post: In n loft communicat
Ing with the library OF the receiving.
ship Vermont, In the n~avy-yard, at
Brooklyn, are the pigeons kept by the
navy for the transmission OF govern
ment Idispatches. These feathered re-
cruits are as alert and well uniformed
a branch OF the service as any In ex-
istence, and regularly each day. a
dozen OF more OF them are put through
practice drill In their special duties.
They are taken to some point In the big
navy yard, ur to some ship out in the
harbor. and on being duly equipped
with dispatch tubes are set at liberty,
with the express understanding that
they are to fly with the said dispatches
straight into the narrow loft-entrance
OF the Vermont, and nowhere else.
Their light. touch, as they arrive with
in the latticel vestlbule In the top
story of the loft. sets jangllng an cleo
trio bell in the library. and a messen-
ger comes promptly In response to re-
lease the faithful, fellows and re-
lieve them of their burden.
Young ones. Just beginning to drill,
older ones almos; thoroughly trained,
and graduates, oil ready for active SER
Vice, are put through this discipline,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-05-05

Ia"4a.H.H
toe of the claw serves 10 hold,the mark
er In place, and keep 1t from slipping of
when the bird files. "S3SS" was labelled
on the anklet that Mr.. Howard Carter,
of the Blooklyn station, slipped on 4
gtwo-weeks-old squad yesterday after
noon, the youngster making not the
slightest objection to the ceremony, and
his parents from the latlced court above
looking on with apparent approval. The
first number on the nnklet stands for the
terminal number of the year of the
squads birth. the second for the NUM-
Der OF the Brooklyn station, and 'SS'
stamps him with an individuality strong
er than IL The were named John or
James. a similar label with the num-
Der $50" for q am was sllppedaover the
left claw Of "SS's' twin brother, dedi-
eating him also to the United States
naval service.
The pigeons in the Brooklyn station
are all OF fine pedigree. They arc val
ued at $40 and S25 apiece. Some are i'm
ported from Belgium, (which country
furnished originally the finest strain OF
tumblers. smerles and carriars in the
world. The cross-breedsi of these fami-
lies are birds as fit and mcttlcsome as
coursers of high degree. The best spec
linens have swiftness, endurance. the
ability 10 sustain themselves for a long
time In the mir, and the domestic quail
ties that make them available for mans
uses.
Grit, fortItude, and ,gentleness, the
SAINT qualities that Insure success in
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-05-05

LONDON, May 3.-The majority Of
the important British provincial papers
to-day pay warm tributes to the ON
duct of Commodore Dewey and the
United States fleet at Manila. The
Leeds Mercury says: THE operations Of
the United. States squadron were skill
fully planned and courageously exc
cuted. 1t was a dangerous operation,
entering the bay under the cover OF
darkness"
The Bradford Observer says: st was
a ~singu!ariy daring exploit. and 1t will
rank ,high:in naval annals, not in Amer
lea merely. but throughout the world"
The above are brief examples Of many
similar expressions OF opinion on the
subject . sL y
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-05-05

NEW YORK, May 3.-rhere were
twenty Spaniards on board the II,l-
land-Amerlcan ship Werkendam, which
arrived here to-day from Rotterdam.
The men, who are said to be farmers
from the interior of the Country with
(which the United States Is now at war,
embarked on ythe Werkendam at I;3u-
llogne-Sur-Mer. and were not al tnat
time aware of the existence OF hos,ilitics
between the twu nations. Pending IN
structlons from Washington. :he limit
grants will be detained here.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-05-05

Grams understand 1t. He is New York
err and has served through many admin
istratlons OF civil service. During New.
York's reform administrations, he held
the position of president Of the police
board. Immediately upon his appoint
ment he announced that he would rather
be discharged for performing his duty
than be kept eternally in office by ne
glecting 1t. He meant that he would
give New York, a4dry Sunday event
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-05-05

CHILDREN like It. It saves their
lives. We mean One Minute Cough
Cure, the lnfallible remedy for coughs,
colds. Group, bronchitis, grippe, and all
throat and lung troubles. Charles r..
Goethe, Market and Twelfth streets;
Chatham Sinclair. Forty.slXth and Ja7
cob streets; A.lE. Schcehle, No. COZ Main
street; TIxlcy Bros, Penn and Zane
streets; Bowie & Co., Bridgeport. 4
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-05-05
BEATS THE. RECORD.

NEW YORK, May A.-The North Ger
man Lloyd liner Kaiser Wilhelm der
Crosse. which has arrived here from
Bremen made a days record run Of
i 500 knots. This beats the liners best
Z previous western performance Inst Sep
TENDER by thirteen knots. The run was
accomplished at an average OF 1886
knots an hour.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-05-05

though It would result in his political
death.
Colonel Fred Grant was offered the as
slstant secretaryshlp Of war, but de.
clined the invitation. 1t was then ten.
dered to Mr.. Roosevelt.
He is a man Of wealth, a man Of fight
and a man OF fame. His wife is a qulet
woman who goes little into society. He
and she have always been intensely In
.terested In political matters.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-05-05

Lees Vlrglnians will be headed by a
New York man. Theodore Roosevelt
resigned from his position as assistant
secretary of war as soon as he learned
that General Fitzhugh Lee was person
ally to lead a body Of troops into Ha-
vana.
Theodore Roosevelt is too young a
man TO have made his mark yet. as vet
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-05-05

,polled by twoE15O horsepower gas en-
glncS. giving the vessel1N .stcaming RAJ
Sdlus" Of 1000 miles. The Holland Is
run by steam. and Mr.. Dantzbcchcr
says that the heat which the:creW have
TO stand g -enormous, n discomfort that
Will be done away with in liis boat,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-05-05

md twelve feet In diameter at Its great.
est width, which lain the nmldslip sec
tion. The keel Ia OF The HAT type, anu
the outside plating Of one-hnlrs inch,
thiknccss In tho middle length and
hree.eightll OF an inch on the remain
der Of the. hull. Tho boat will be bro.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-05-05

THERE Is rota headache In a dozen
Of Cooks Imperial Champagne. IT'S
extra dry. bouquet fine. Record, half
q century.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-05-05

Although he is past the age limit
which sets. the period Of enlistment at
fifty, Colonel Fred Grant will fight in
this war. He has n%etitioned the gov
eminent to be allowed to join the volun-
teer corps. His fathers spirit. Is too hot
within him to remain at home Idle when
the others ,areEfghting.
Colonel Fred Grant has done many
services for his country. During a pre-
vious administration he was minister to
Russia, and there made a mark as an
Ideal diplomat. On his return he began
which serves to strengthen their wings
and keep them In good condition, as
well as to make them tractable, and
used to handling.
The government officials regard this
homing- pigeon service as of much in
tcrest and moment In naval affairs at
present. No dispatch boat, w the
fastest invented, can approach any
where near the leetnesS OF these ma
tu%re-equlpped voyagers through the air.
Topfatrol-b boats on duty off the coast,
commissioned to watch all lntlmations
OF hostile developments and signal the
same to the authorities. on shore, the
carrier pigeon Is an invaluable ally.
The swiftest dispatch-boaL can travel
but little over twenty miles an hour,
The most muscular thoroughbred pig
con can fly sixty miles In the same
time. The average homing- pigeon can
and does so forty-three miles am hour,
and Is warranted to aim unerringly for
home, and TO arrive at the loft In the
given time unless something untowurd
i%ntervencs. The carrier-pigeon never
stops FOR anything once started. In
deed, flying over water Is not at all TO
her TASTE and even the most attrac-
Tive perch on n ships mast or on an
Island. house. or tree viii not tempt
her to dawdle. She Is domestic BY ma
turc (the hen birds are considered the
best carrlers). and once liberated from
her strange quarters nothing will on
tent her but home, no matter what the
distance. or how weary she may become
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-05-05

public work in New York city, and was
q member of the reform police board of
which Theodore Roosevelt was presi-
dent. He acted as secretary and nman-
uensls to his father during the last year
of the generals life, and worked hard
through that memorable summer at
Mount McGregor, thirteen years ago.
Colonel Grant married twenty-five years
ago a sister of Mrs: Potter Palmer, and
he and Mrs. GrantNhave been the leaders
of diplomatic circles In New York. lie
greatly resembles his father in stature.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-05-05

Uncle Sam has a now submarine
4 Iehtins vessel for which IL Is claimed
thas " can whip the entire Spanish navy,
sinsie-handed It WINS constructed Nv
MI. Dnntzbeeher, a Philadelphia Inyen.
, tos. craft is 100 feet long over ali
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-05-05

CA@,TSTlEA.
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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-05-05
FIRST AIDE ROOSEVELT.

He is lookln 6 for the bright spurs of a warrior In the present wal
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-05-05

man TO have made his mark yet. as vet
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1898-02-08

They Draw Large Salaries for Pur-
chasing Goods for Leading Stores.
According to the Cincinnati Enquirer
I prominent woman drummer says:
There are at least SO per cent. NOR
women buyers in the trade now thai:
.acre were six years ago" It is r'ov-
estimated that there are 0C0 wcrnc.:
buyers in the United States. From H.
lime that women first entered Il
stores at all, even as saIeswomen. thc:",
taste and intuition for style, their ab;i-
ity to select, were noticed. The en-
thing that held them back from tic
highest position and that holds then?
back now in some houses was the fear
shat they could not be relied on to make
judicious investments.
y woman buyer who purchases fine
inc, of gcCds, for example, ladies' tailor
made suits or misses jackets, receives
4. salary of from $4,000 to 5000 year
IF she thoroughly understands her bust
.acss she turns her stock money over
Two or three times within year. She
buys from 100000 to $500, 900 worth OF
goods per annum. Such q buyer will
have been in the business certainly ten
years or more and have familiarized
herself with every detail. If woman is
uncommonly bright she may learn the
business of "buyer" in three years.
But she has to understand her line of
custom from A to u, and know exactly
how much she can afford to pay apiece
for such goods in order to sell them at a
reasonable profit. She must know the
wholesale price for the velvet, silk OF
fur that trims the garment; also, the
price of the cloth it is made of, the cost
of the making, and the profit to allow
the manufacturer.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1898-02-08
WAS NOT AN EJcHER.
How the Very Shy rF0NnE Man
sweRed1 the Pretty Girl.

This is the story OF 2 shy young man,
and for that reason his name shalr be
hidden under the mantle of charity. He
is a very shy youth in the presence of
all womankind, and has even fbeen
known to blush when a wee baby girl
smiled at him and gurgled. 1t is not
surprising, therefore, that while his
family were more or less immersed in
society, he seldom went forth himself,
says the Kansas City Star.
One day his aunt babe him to dinner
and declared that she would be forever
offended If he did not come. It was
family conspiracy, you see, to intro
duce him to the sweetest girl in the
world, who would undertake to cure.
him of his shyness. .
The dinner came off and the shy
young man found himself seated by the
sweetest girl. 1t was hard work for The
girl, though. All through dinner she
had made impossible conversation and
had only been rewarded with bushes
and stammering.
AT length dessert was served. ard
with the finger bowls came doylies, or
each of which was drawn a clever it'll
design with indelible ink. Pictures &C
this sort are, for some unaccountablc
reason, said to be etched. They fur
nished the almost exhausted girl with a
new theme, however. Turning to the
shy youth she inquired, brightly:
"Do you etch?"
"N-no," he replied. "but I've been
troubled with .prickly heat somewhat
during the last hot SPELL"
With a shrek of indispensable
laughter the sweetest girl gave him
up. Heis still shy.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1898-02-08
JOINT STATEMENT

.0F AUDITOR AND TREASUkEls
OF ELKO COUNTY.
For the Quarter Ending Dec.
~, 1897.
TATE OF NEVADA.
Cou~tSof klko. GO
~. .. AUDITORS oFFICE.
70 the Honorable Board OF County Commls
sioners Of Elko County, Nevada:
9nNrLEnRN: We herewith submit our Quar-
@ly' Report OF the Finances Of the County
for the quarter ending Dec. 81 1897.
Respectfully submitted:
G. A. WATKINS
Auditor.
0.A.MCBRIDE,
tTrGssurer.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1898-06-09
~ for The Prison Mirror.
A HOLDUP.
sssssssssssssssa

"How'd get here? Well it was this
way. | came up here to b, and by
and by | get broke, and I'd been read
ing some of these here detective stories
and says l, guess I'll 60 out and do a
little business. Well l borrowed the
landlords double barrelled shot gun
and goes out and says l, I'll hold up
the first man 1 meet that looks as if he
might have some money. Well, as 1
walks along the road l came to cut
about six feet deep and on top of the
cut was a tree. That was just the
place for me. [ gets behind the tree
with the gun cooked. BY and by L hear
a buggy coming along and there was a
fine big man with long black whiskers
and gold chain on his vest. When he
came to the tree l steps out and says
Halt, hold up your hands and hand
over your money or I'll blow your
br-r-r-ains out Well the man he rolls
right out of the buggy and comes tow
ard me and says: why, certainly, my
boy, here's my money and do you want
my watch?' And he takes out the
watch and holds it out to me. Well, 1
reached for it, and just then he reached
for me too, and he gets me by the
scruff of the neck and hustles me into
the buggy and takes me back to town
and locks me up in the Jail"
"What business did he have to lock
you up?"
"Why he was the sheriff"
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1898-06-09
Lawyer-What is the charge against

Lawyer-What is the charge against
you?
Alleged CRIMINAL am accused of
having borrowed $1,000 from bank
on forged security.
Lawyer-Did you get the money?
A. C.-Yes.
Lawyer-What did you do with it?
A. C.-Paid it back.
Lawyer-(despairingly) What, paid
it back! Well you ought to be sent up.
Judge-What's your business?
Prisoner-I am literary man.
Judge-You are accused of forgery.
Prisoner-Well, I sometimes use a
nom de plume.
Jones-I never heard of any one be-
ing so badly taken in before.
Smith, have.
JOneS-WhO?
Smith-JOnah.
"Deah breddern and sistern, dis am
de time de scripshas am most shoohly
come true again. For 10 and behold
am not Sampson smitin' our enemies
wifi de iawbone of dat meWl, an hain't
DOGGY swatted dem Philistines.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1898-06-09
THE PAROLE SYSTEM
Two Cases Cited in Which the Paroling
of the Unfortunates Would Probably
Have Saved Them.

The following is taken from the
Texas Prison Bulletin (printed at
Huntsville, Tex.,) and speaks for itself
without further comment:
TO illustrate the practical workings
of the parole law let us take the cases
of two men discharged from this peni-
Tertiary to whom such law would
have been like "the shadow of a great
rock in weary land"
One man was released nearly four
years ago. He was we'll educated, in
telligent and a hard worker But drink
had made him a vagabond and
brought him at last to the penitentiary.
After three years Imprisonment, with
a good record as a convict, he went out
and at once found employment, only
to fall into his former habits and come
back to prison.
The other man was discharged a few
weeks ago. His intelligence and ability
were unQuestiOnable, and it was an
easy matter for him to find work at
high wages. In less than week he
was again on the downward road, and
drink was his master.
These are only two cases out of hun
dreds. and we name them above others
because the ability and standing of the
men being so far above that of the
average prisoner, their downfall is more
marked
1t was the sudden change from re-
straint to pardon, from repression to
liberty, that brought about the miser-
able ending. They ought to have been
kept in the penitentiary, you say ?
No, but they might have been released
gradually, allowing them the partial
freedom of parole before their final
discharge If these men had known
that the moment they entered saloon
they made themselves subject to arrest
and return to prison, they would never
have fallen.
The parole law handles the prisoner
in the same way as mother teaching
her child to walk. She doesn't throw
the baby on the floor and say-"There,
walk But she holds it and leads it
until it can use its feet "Men are but
children of larger growth -
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1898-06-09
NATIONAL LEAGUE.



The Lady-Oh, it's terrible. [ hardly
dare to tell you what has happened
The Husband-Whati is it?
Lady-Our son, our dear John, has
run away with the hired girl. Here is
letter.
Husband Good Lord-then We'll
get no dinner today.
"Why, Smith, are you never going
to quit drinking?"
"Yesser, l jes (hic) quit a lillewhil-
ago."
Mrs. Younghusband-Dear George,
1 wish you would quit that terrible
habit of wiping your plate with your
napkin. l really don't like to have to
give you clean napkin every meal.
Druggist-You will have to wait for
this half hour.
Lady-O dear, whole half hour?
Druggist-No, half whole hour.
Mr.. Henpeck-Indeed, if I were to
enlist, it would not be in the navy.
Bumps-Why not?
Mr.. HI never could survive being
blown up, and not know who did it.
Callahan hear that Houlahan is
dead. Was he union man?
Casey-A union man, is it? l tell
yez there niver was bether wan
Shure that's what kilt him, dye moind
Callahan-Tell me now.
Casey-Well, thin, this is the way av
it. He was pullin' up bucket O. NOR.
thar whin the whustle blew at noon an
dye moind he was too good a union
man to worruk overtoime, an that
bucket was at the fifth sthory when
Houlahan let 60 the rope.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1898-06-09

The convicts of the Chester. ILL.,. pen
itentiary have given substantial evi-
dence of their patriotism by contrib
uting $25 toward the erection of the
national monument in memory of the
deceased sailors of the Maine.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1898-06-09
BASEBALL.

Standing of the Clubs in Western and
National Leagues on June g.