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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-03-11
He Fought.

Washington Star: you lost n good
deal OF time from your business by go
ing to war, didn't you?"
Yes" answered the man who voIiln-
teered, but doubt whether lost any
more than some OF the people who
didn't 20 have lost argun. over H."
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-03-11

New Jus,lcc-Werc you-h'm--evcr ar.
rested before? z
PrIsoner--Ah. say. Gully! Dis Is nc
place for kidding!--PuCk.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-03-11

According to the Dahloncga, Georgia,
Nugget. Georgia preachers are men OF
many resources, aside from their regu-
lar duties. The Nugget boasts that one
OF the pastors Of that town Is the most
Industrious minister they ever had
there. He does not expect the people
to wait on him simply because he Is a
preacher" says the Nugget, but does
his own work. lie chops his own wood,
builds his own fires. milks. the COW, and
when his wife is away does hts own
cooking; and the other day, after suffer-
Ing with the tooth-achc twcnty-four
hours, sent to the dentist and got the
necessary grabs and pulled his own
tooth" The Dahloncga Nuggets APP
probation OF this pastor is worthy OF
note. but Georgia isn't the only state
where the self"sacrlfclng country
preacher Is forced to practice such
economy by circumstances. The noun
tains and the back districts everywhere
have them.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-03-11

cold their winters were. With the COM
Ing OF the government thermometer and
a bureau to keep them posted. they are
learning the American way OF shlverlng
or perspirns according to the showing
OF the instrument. This indicates how
rapidly our new brethren. the Porto
Ricans, are becoming Americanlzed.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-03-11

'(The 1NTELLlGENCER. embracing Its
several editions. Is entered in the Post
Office, mt Wheeling. w. Va. as second
class mntter)
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-03-11

Wheeling, Tnrnlsh Co.
GEORGE WISE, P. "
Omaha daily bee., 1899-12-31

respect 10 yourselves in any undue
earncstncss | may seem TO display.
But the fcrveut appeal of Abraham
Lincoln for a constitutional amendment
giving gradual emancipation fell On dear
ears. Nobody in the congress of lS62-G3
was bold enough to father the PROPOSE.
ton or make himself Il laughing stock
by championing a plan for cmancipa-
ton at Il time when slavery was en-
trcnched in power and the hosts of the
confcderates were in possession of four
ffths of the slave territory. In this
instance the world was taught in Il forci-
bile manner that man proposes and God
disposcs. While slavery wa only par
tally abolished by the proclamation of
January I, 1863, every man, woman and
child held in bondage was freed by the
adoption of the thirteenth amendment
to the constitution thirty-thrcC years be
fore Lincoln's appointed day of jubilee.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-12-31
SECULAR suors VI rHp PULPIT.

Minneapolis journal. Ian MaclaIcn has
propounded the question: should Old
Clorgymen be Shot?' No, probably not.
But there are som OF the younger brethren
who might proftably be-say, half shot.
Pioneer Press: a California rabbi has
been preaching a sermon on the subject:
What Need Have We for Uoll?' We'll,
some Of us could doubtless dispense with IT,
But If permanently abolished 1t might be
sadly missed in circles where repartce
abounds.
San Francisco Cali: \ local preacher has
arrived at the conclusion that man, con
sidcred from every roint Of view that may
be suggested by his necessities, has no need
for hell, That preacher must have been
studying the signs of the times or reading
the reports Of the war in South Africa,
Cleveland Plain Dealer: Probably the
best paid pastor in the country viii be the
new one at New York's Firth Avenue
Presbyterian church. He is to receive Sl2.-
OOO and the use Of a fine residence. lie
knew what he was about when he h~csitatcd
over his acceptance. They speedily showed
him that money was no object.
Boston Globe: At a rescue meeting in
New Jersey the other night a hardened
criminal came in and expressed his desire
to repent of his sins. These sins were OF
so shocking a nature that upon his calling
for prayers one of the brethren slipped out
and called in "A policeman, who arrested hin,
There seems to be such n thing as OVERRIDING
even repentance.
Minneapolis Times: During service last
Sunday a clergyman at Marinctte, Wis,
glanced out of the window and saw a thief
carrying away u lot of plumber from the
parsonage. The parson shucked his robes
and gave chase, overtaking the robber and
turning him over to the police. That is a
great deal better than engaging in a five
round go with a saloonkeeper In a red barn.
Chicago Chronicle: The last words OF
Brother Moody have been reported for the
press. AS he passed into the death agony
he is said to have exclaimed: IL see earth
receding; heaven is opening; God is calling
me-" Brother" Moody might have used
this language of ecstasy in the pulpit, but no
deathbed eloquence ever was as elaborate as
this specimen. Nearly all deathbed
eloquence is imaginary.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-12-31
A WOMB no rRfENDs or nm BOERs.

4 WORD TO FRIENDS or TIM Beers,
The war in South Africa has
naturally evoked much sympathy in the
United States for the two Boer repub-
lies. The instinct of every lover Of re-
publican institutions the world over is
favorable to all republics engaged in a
life and death conflict with a power
full monarchy.
There is, however, such a thing MS
stopping over and carrying sympathy to
Il point where it becomes damaging in
stead of helpful. 1t will not help the
cause of the Beers for their friends in
America to indulge in demonstrations
or outbreaks that would compel the
president and the authorities at Wash
lngton to give forcible proofs of our
neutrality. So long as the United
States is at peace with Great Britain
its paramount duty is to prevent any
acts of hostility on the part of its citi-
zcns. Whatever may be the sentiment
of the president or his cabinet toward
the respective ]bclligerents their impera-
tive duty in international law is to OBJ
serve and enforce the existing treaties
between Great Britain and the United
States with all the authority vested in
them.
The organization of men whose pur-
pose is to exhibit their sympathy with
the Beers by Il threatened invasion of
British colonies is in violation of the
existing treaty ana any serious attempt
on the part of American citizens or
aliens residing in America to create
such a diversion in favor of the Beers
would compel the president to patrol
the borders and cause the arrest and
punishment of all so foolhardy as to
seek 10 embroil this country in n war
with Canada and England.
American sympathizcrs can help the
Beers in only one way and that is by
observing the law ana abstaining from
acts calculated to force the government
into furnishing the Canadians and
other English subjects with a military
guard,
Omaha daily bee., 1899-12-31
HOWLS or DELIGHT.
Tumble I'm Trust stocks TickIes the
Calamity Crowd.

j. Sterling MOrtOn's Conservative.
The organs of pOpulism are now ~gloating
over a few bank failures caused by the
tumble Of trust stocks and other soap-bub-
bic securities. De-pulpiti2ed preachers and
other creedless, principleless exhorters for
the money ~fallacios now howl with triumph
from Texas TO Idaho. Real ruin, absolute
poverty, desolation and despair arc the nor
NAL conditions out of which p7pullsts and
their oracles are evolved. The recent furry
in Wall street, which alone furnishes
money for the game of draw poker-and
takes the playing cards as s~eeurity-has
been to Bryanarchy a new breath Of life,
All its orators. all its newspapers. have
clapped their hands with joy and crowed
as though the morning of a universal
money panic had already dawned. The in
cident has merely brought into very gen
eral notice the fact that popullsm, fusion,
sophistry in nance and ~latulcnt oratory
can flourish only in times of disaster, as
hre-nIgs or June bugs are visible only in
darkness.
VIII somebody start a subscription to
raise money TO bring on a financial biz
Yard, an economic cyclone, so that cru
cihxiona on crosses Of geld, and also crowns
of thorns mag be placed within the reach
OF the plain people before the campaign
OF 1900 begins? My friends. the greatest
trust - the money trust but II you me
trust, it must bust"
Omaha daily bee., 1899-12-31


THE BEES Stats TICAL RETIEU.
The Bee presents in this number its
annual statistical review of the prog
rcsS made 10y omaha in the various
branches of industry, trade and com
mercc and public and private improve
meutS.
From the facts and figures set forth
the people of this city can gather sub
stantial reasons why they should con-
graduate themselves upon the advance
ment made and the prosperity enjoyed
during the year 1899. Comparative
figures in every field Of activity, with
two or three exceptions, show decided
steps forward.
AS n distributing center Omaha at
the opening of the coming year finds IL
self better equipped with railroad facili-
ties and terminal convenienceS for the
accommodation of passengers, the dis
tribution of its products and the extern
sion of its iobbing trade than ever be
fore. Its manufacturing and CONNER
cial institutions have all enlarged their
scope of operations to meet an in
creased demand made upon them, while
the retail business has exceeded all
previous records. The bank ~clcarings
show a considerable falling off, but this
is entirely fictitious and due to a ma
nipulation of clearance figures.
In Omaha labor circles the prosperity
of the labor organizations reflects the
prosperity of the wage workers and
gives an index to the steady increase OF
population steadily %trenching upon the
number of dwellings aud business
houses available for rental purposes.
Omaha's public improvements, while
not ~pretcntiouS, have also kept pace
during the year with the substantial
growth of the city. The finances of the
city and county are in comparatively
good condition and the whole commu-
nifty enters upon the new year confident
of its resources inc encouraged TO
united effort for still greater achieve
ments in the forward march of progress
and prosperity.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-12-31

our popocratic contemporary tries to
make out that the reason the State
Board of Transportation was not lcgiS-
lated out of office 10y the populist lcgis-
lature of 1897 was because they were
to he given another chance. That
sounds nicely, but the real reason was
because the sinccurcs which had pre-
Viously been enjoyed by the republicans
had just been annexed by the fusion
horde and no rcformcr was willing TO
let anything in the shape of a public
SALARY get AWAY.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-12-31
DOMESTIC PLEASANTRIES.

Chicago News: "Why did l ever marry"
she sighed, with the dregs of bitterness IN
her words.
Because l asked you,'' he responded with
a SardOntC smile.
Cleveland Plain Dealer: "Do YOU think.
dear, you would love me any, better If my
hair were some other COLOR
~ don't know. What other colors have
you?"
somerville Journal: Young Man-Wm
Young Woman am sorry to say l am
engaged myself, but you will like my sister
just as well.
", Washington Star; ola Are RE y sS, going to
Yes answered the man, with a de-
fiant air; "one. I'm going to, give up this
old, old habit of swearing off every New
Year day.
Boston Transcript: Harriet-1f you are
real good, Tom, I'll throw you a kiss when
., T To- ala i, dept You You E En9T Se z wG p9jn@
it to me; or shall ! come after 1t?
indianapolis Journal: Thomas, the indi-
cations from the weather bureau say
from the weather bureau; read me the in
dications from the coal bureau"
Harlem Life: George, father has failed"
That's just like him. | told you all
along, darling, that he was going to do
all he could to keep us from marrying
Detroit Free Press: Husband-That tramp
I met at the gate told me he weighed $50
pounds
Wife-What a story teller! Why, he told
me when l fed him that he only weighed
a hundred
Husband-Yes, my dear, but that was
before he had eaten those biscuits of
yours.
the ch t e T 6st%esn YOU "s sSS MISS T TRst, is
1.-THE trouble is this: We decided two or
three years ago to be married at the be-
ginning of the twentieth century. She
takes the absurd ground that 1t begins
January l, 1900. want to marry, of course,
as much as she does, but / simply won't
yield to any such ridiculous contention!"
Omaha daily bee., 1899-12-31

The new United States consul to the
Transvaal has just left London for Pre-
toria. AS he is expected to reach there
Butler, the friends of the British pris-
oners of war have loaded him down
with messages to the soldiers, who, for
the time being, are beyond the limit of
ordinary means of communication. 1t
is always handy to have a friend at
court
Omaha daily bee., 1899-12-31
GOVERNMENT or PUERro RICO.

b'l EhNhENI Or PUERTO RICO.
The people of Puerto Rico are very
anxious to have civil government insti-
tuted there and the administration is
in sympathy with this desire. President
Mckinley said in his annual message
that the time is ripe for the adoption
of Il temporary form of government for
the island and added: at is desirable
that the government of the island under
the law of belligerent right, now main
tanned through the executive depart
ment, should be superseded by an adj
ministration entirely civil in its nature.
For present purposes | recommend that
congress pass a law for the ~organiza-
ton of II temporary government, which
II provide for the appointment by
the president, subject to confirmation
by the senate, of Il governor and such
other officers as the general admins
tration of the island may require, and
that for legislative purposes upon sub
jects of a local nature not partaking
of Il federal character, a legislative
council, composed partly of Puerto
Ricans and partly of citizens of the
United States, shall be nominated and
appointed by the president, subject to
confirmation by the senate, their acts to
be subject to the approval of the con
gress or the president prior to going
into effect" He also recommended
that the principle of self government be
applied at Once to municipalities and
other local subdivisions, so as to enable
the intelligent citizens of the island to
participate in their own government
and to learn by practical experience
the duties and the requirements of a
self-governing people.
1t is expected that this matter will
be taken up in congress very soon after
it and the fact that Gov
ernOr General Davis has been ordered
from Puerto Rico to Washington indi-
Gates that 1t is the intention of the pres
ident to urge the matter. Senator For
aker, chairman of the senate commit
tee on Pacific islands and Puerto Rico,
has been giving careful attention to the
subject during the recess and expects
o to have ready for presentation to
his colleagues Oh the committee a ode
of laws for Puerto Rico. 1t is said to
be the purpose of Senator Foraker to
adopt the existing laws of the island
as far as these are applicable to the
changed conditions, in order to avoid
confusion among the people, who are
reluctant TO adopt radical innovations.
To this end it is proposed to retain the
existing limited suffrage. which allows
all taxpayers TO exercise the franchise.
1t Is probable that congress will fol
low pretty fully the recommendations OF
the president, which are the result of
II very careful study of the subject ana
doubtless of Il pretty thorough knOWl-
edge of the wishes of the better class
of the people of Puerto Rico. There
ought not TO be much difficulty in estab.
fishing ii civil government in that island,
but ii may not be found so easy 10 ar
range its trade relations with the
United States. That is a matter about
which there is promised n good deal
of 90 ntroyersy and this may operate to
delay the establishment of "A civil gov
eminent.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-12-31

1t is now apparent why Bryan went
to Texas. \ cyclone blew down some
of his fences and before the damage
could be repaired came north and com
mcnced work in Iowa. The Texas pop
ulist with the windy name insists that
populiSts down that way will not blow
for the Nebraska man another cam
paign. This is indeed II severe loss
when the greater portion of his cam
paign material is wind.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-12-31
MY FRIEND.

1 have a friend who often leans
For hours against the wall,
Without a word from her round lips
With ne'er a sound at all.
And then her voice rings out
In tones both loud and clear,
Commanding me to come right quick
AND talk into her ear.
Sometimes her words are harsh and stern;
Again they're soft and low
But ever when ! speak to her
She greets me with "Halloa!"
Her health is always pretty good,
She's seldom out of order
But If her board We're not so cheap
| could not well afford her.
And yet were ! to part with her,
My loss / would bemOan,
For who can keep their business straight
Without a telephone?
GRACE soRENsoN.
Portland, ore.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-12-31

The Northern Pacific receivcrship has
finally been wound up. The year just
closing has seen the last of all the great
railway receiverships, with one or two
the crash of 1893 and its immediate re-
suits. only one large receivership has
been ~forced-that of the Port Arthur
route-and reorganization is already well
under way. The railroads have had u
good wear.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-12-31

The secretaries of the State Board of
Transportation have finally decided that
it is best to unload the freight rate con-
troversy upon the attorney general and
have furnished that official with the
evidence in its possession. BY so do
ing the secretaries hope to divert some
of the fire from themselves and insure
that peace and quiet they so greatly de
sipn
Omaha daily bee., 1899-12-31

Iowa school teachers in their state
convention have decided 10 ask the leg
islature for Il compulsory education law
and additional normal schools. We pre-
sumo the compulsory education law is
to furnish n demand for more teachers
and the new normal schools to supply
the demand when II Il furnished.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-12-31

With the coming of cold weather the
plumbers are enabled to dance with
good spirit. The coal man and the ice
man join in the festivities, while the
patrons dance even n l~ivelier step.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-12-31

1t will be in order for democracy to
organize "A commercial agency in the
near future. Those at present in bust
ness insist upon sending out reports
showing the wonderful increase in
trade and the better financial conditions
prevailing, No well organized calamity
campaign a be conducted unless some
organization is secured to furnish ca
lamity figures and forecasts.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-12-31

IIODt-DtIlOCIaI
Uncle Sans new refrigerator at Manila
will be a building $50 feet square and 45
feet high, In addition TO preserving ra-
lions it will produce daily fifty tons OF ice
and 5000 gallons Of distilled water. No
on earth are treated as well as
those of the United States, and they de-
serve all they get.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-12-31

Governor Poynter asserts that super
intendent Lang Of the Institute for the
Feeble-Minded is conducting the affairs
of that institution entirely 10 his salts
faction. The governor is evidently
easily satisfied, Little things Ike ir-
Irregularities in vouchers and seeking to
get supernumerarics on The pay roll do
not disturb him. The taHpayera, who
foot the bills, have had altogether 100
much of this sort of business TO suit
them.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-12-31

Beginning with tomorrow figure 3,
which has been ever present on billet
douX and due bills and promissory notes,
will be discarded and the print shops
will have II great run on the figure .
and the ciphcrs.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-12-31
Relief In Sight.

Ohio's supreme court has decided that tele-
phones should be taxed on their rental value.
A general application Of this principle would
probably bring the relief a long imposed
on public has sought from the extortionate
charges of this monopoly.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-12-31

London iinanciers are estimating the
cost Of the war against the Beers at
E5O,OOO,OOO, equivalent to S250,00O,0OO of
our money. Ii is more than probable,
however. that these figures will have
to be revised several times.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-12-31

The west, which is enjoying the finest
variety of winter weather, sends its
sympathy to the blizHard-swcpt east. If
You want to enjoy all the blessings of
life come west and grow up with the
counting
Omaha daily bee., 1899-12-31

Reports from Pretoria indicate that
the officers and privates of the English
army who are prisoners are perfectly
safe and having the best of care, SO far
as their position ms prisoners Of war will
permit. In many respects they are bet
ter off than their comrades who were
not captured.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-12-31

among the employees OF the road ut par.
This distribution ON the cooperative
plan is expected to attach the employees
to the road, but as the amounts any
one of them or all of them together will
control are a mere drop I'm the ocean
their influence upon the management or
policy OF the road will he iuiiuitcsimal
Omaha daily bee., 1899-12-31

We hear ii great deal of wireless teleg
raphy in the field in South Africa, but
nothing about bullet-proof coats OF
about the bicycle as a war utenSil. The
great inventions that were To revOlu-
tionize modern warfare seem to be dis
counted several per cent when war ac-
tually breaks out.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-12-31

Ex-President Cleveland is suffering
severely from rheumatism. The malady
of the democratic party has not yet
been satisfactorily diagnosed by all the
physicians, but its suffering is equally
Omaha daily bee., 1899-12-31

More new railroad mileage has been
built during the year 1899 than any pre-
vious year since 1890, yet some OF u
popocratic friends are still insisting that
prosperity is simply IL sham.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-12-31

Nebraska teachers evidently devote
considerable thought to the subject of
wire-pulling when studying political
economy. In addition 10 ulal 'heH
show considerable natural proficiency.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-12-31

The State Brand commission is now
in session. Before adjoining it might
be well to brand prospective applicants
for positions on the commission so the
governor will have no difficulty in the
future in distinguishing the politics of
apDOintppS.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-12-31

Washington Post.
There are some men who feel that the
highest round of greatness has not been
achieved until they have been tucked away
in a public office with a colored gentle
man stationed at the door to keep out the
fellows who whooped it up for them.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-12-31

If it be + that the United States
IS becoming a nation of beef eaters the
prospect for a rise in the value OF Ne
brnska farm land is very encouraging.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-12-31

According to Pope Leo the nineteenth
century closes tonight and the TWEEN
tieth century plant should bloom ana
blossom tomorrow.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-12-31
Balm for the Wounded.

Boston TRANSCRIPT.
1t ought to be a balm for the wounded
pride of Spain that more people are study
ing the Spanish language than ever before.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-12-31
Oh. Swenr or.

P"hiladelphia Ledger.
It's getting pretty close, now, to the
time when We shall have to decide which
century we are living in.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-12-31

Philadelphia Times.
And yet, those people who are so sure
the nineteenth century ends this month
will be among the first to write 1899 on their
next years letters.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-12-31

Jim lin is reputed 10 be a pretty
shrewd railroad manager, but by all
odds the sleckest scheme devised by the
great st. Paul promoter is the proposed
distribution of the water which is about
to be injected into Grel{ Northern stock
Omaha daily bee., 1899-12-31
STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION.

State of Nebraska, Douglas County, SIS;
George B. Tzschuck, secretary of The Bee
Publishing Company, being duly. sworn:
complete copies of The Daily, Morning,
Evening and Sunday Bee, printed during
the month of November, 1893, was as fol-