Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-02-14


The House will on Wednesday enter
upon the consideration of the bank
ruptcy bill, which the majority of the
Judiciary Committee has reported as
by the Senate at the extra session last
summer. Under the order made the
bill is to be debated on Wednesday,
Thursday and Saturday Of this week,
and voted upon on Monday Of next
week at o'clock. The substitute,
which the minority contend, practi-
cally is the old Torrey bill, including
both the voluntary and involuntary
features, will be opposed by the united
DEMOCRATIC AND POPULIST
opposition, but if there is no appre-
cable detection from the ranks of the
majority the measure will pass. The
Democrats and Populists are both IA
vorable to the passage of a voluntary
bankruptcy bill, but have always Wig
orously opposed the Torrey and other
bills including an involuntary feature,
claiming that its purpose is practi cally
to create a law for the collection Of
debts.
Tomorrow is District of Columbia
day, Tuesday probably will be devoted
to the consideration of such business
and call of committees, and Friday,
which was excluded from the order
providing for the consideration of the
bankruptcy bill, will, under the rules,
be devoted to private bills.
The Hawaiian
ANNEXATION TREATY
will receive the greater share of the
Senate's attention during the present
week. The friends of the treaty have
succeeded in securing quite geeral as
sent from Senators in charge of other
measures that the treaty shall be Civ
en- practical right of way until the
Senators who want to speak upon it
can be heard, and until a vote can be
secured which practically will decide
its fate. The Corbett case has right
of way but the probabilities are that
an arrangt11ri.t will be made early in
the week whereby time will be
fixed for voting on the Corbett case
and that then the consideration Of the
treaty will be allowed to proceed
without Interruptions. There are still
some speeches to be made in the Cor
bett matter, and it may be proceeded
with on Monday in case no one is pre-
pared to speak on the treaty. Senator
Pettus has not yet completed his
speech in opposition to Corbett. Sen
ators Burrows and Allen also will
make opposition speeches, while Sena-
tors Hoar and Spooner will address the
Senate in Mr.. Corbett's behalf. On
the treaty there will be speeches by
Senators German, Pettus, Money
Lodge and others, in support of it,
while Senator Pettigrew has not yet
concluded his speech in opposition.
1t now looks as if the fertilization
appropriation bill would not be con-
sidered this week.
THE FOOD QUESTION.
The result of investigations into the
food habits Of a number of families
in the congested districts of New York
city in 1895 and 1896 have been made
public by the Agricultural Depart
ment in a report entitled Dietary
Studies in New York City
The report was prepared by Prof. W.
0. Atwater and Prof. c. D. Woods,
under whose immediate direction the
investigations were conducted with the
cooperation of the New York asso-
citation for the improvement Of the
condition Of the poor. The general
plan of the inquiry consisted in visit
ing number of typical families in the
worst congested portions of the city,
observing the kinds and amounts OF
which they paid, noting whether they
obtained good weight and measure,
and subjecting specimens of the food
materials to analysis for the purpose
of learning their nutritive value.
THE WORK IN NEW YORK
was done mostly by Dr. Isabelle
Delaney. The investigation consisted
mainly of the studies of dietaries of
families Of the poorer classes, the
majority of whom were on the East
Side, near the junction of Cherry and
Catherine streets. The people in
whose families the studies were made
represented large number of occu-
pants. In some instances they were
slovenly and shiftless. and took little
interest in the appearance of their
homes and tables. Other families,
though ignorant were willing and anx-
ious to learn how they might improve
their habits of living. The main re-
suits of each study were given, with a
brief discussion of the chief features.
Following this are some valuable
suggestions regarding the improve
ment of the food habits OF the city
poor. 1t is impossible, the report says,
to lay down any hard and fast rules