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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-12-12
WEST v1RaItIIA PENs1oNs.

1nereased Railway Postal Eacilitiea.
PoStmssters Appointed.
Special pl8patch 70 the IntslilGsneer.
WASHINGTON D, c., Dec. il.-Pen-
slons have been granted 70 West Wiz
gtnia applicants ds follows:
otlginal-Dayid Powell. Harrisville,
81
Increase isaac N. Hubs Glen Eas-
ton, IS to $40: John w. Norman, Wheel.
ing, 80 to S17. and George Il. Teats,
BrondonVllle, S14 70 81; Peter Cassell,
Grafton, s. TO 80; ISAIAH r. Jones,
Saint Cloud, So 70 81, and Mathew
Parry (restoration) dead, Belva, So 70
Original WIDOWS = Samantha L.
Hardman. (speclall, L0uther. S13: Mary
4. Thompson. Morgantown, S. and
Mary Parry. Relva, IS.
Dependent-M Mary a. Clark, (mother1,
Hickory, s..
Three new postohices Of the fourth
class, have been established In Weat
Virginia. They are: Jones, Putnam
county. Charles s. Leadman, postmas-
ter; Warden, Ralei6h county, McDoW-
ell Warden, postmaster, and Hankins,
Greenbrier county, Elmer @. Hanna,
postmaster.
Joseph w. Laliin has been commits.
stoned postmaster at Ruckhorn, ". Va,
fourth-class ONCE.
A change In the star service Of Weat
Virginia has, been ordered on route
1865, Erbacon to BoggG. Hereafter the
pOBtofilce Of Edwin win be supplied at
the site heretofore authorized, without
changing the distance.
Additional railway postothce service
has been established on the line Of the
Pittsburgh, Cincinnati Chicago q st.
Louis Railway and Ohio River railroad,
between Pittsburgh, Pa, and Wheeling,
w. Va, and southbound. between
Wheeling and ParkersburG W. Va,
making double daily Except Sunday
service over the whole line; three times
daily Except Sunday service north
bound, ana four times daily except
Sunday service southbound. between
Wheeling and ParkersbuTg, W. Va, by
the Pittsburgh and Kenova railroad
Postof7ce
George 2. Webb has been appointed
postmaster Of the fourth class at
Crump'S Bottom, Summers county,
and James A. Phillips has been APP
pointed postmaster, same class, at Nc
Gill, Putnam county, West Virginia.
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CHIcAGo-cattle, choice steady;
others 10c lower; butchers stock. cam
ners and feeders steady to firm; good to
choice s. 1907 so; poor to medium
"a 6O65 Is; mixed Htockers So COOS 50;
selected feeders a 1904 so: good 20
choice COWS s. 1904 50; helfers IS 009
s 0O: Gamers 81 5O@3 90: bulls 81 75@
4 Co: calves 81 0097 40; fed Texas
beeves 81 25@S Is; grass Texas steers
So 25G4 20. Hogs, trade active; aver
age a shade lower: good clearance;
mixed and butchers IS 1904 Is: good to
choice heavy s. 1904 10; rough heavy
So s0a3 80: light IS 1904 OH; bulk Of
sales 81 0O94 O5. Sheep steady; lambs
active and a shade higher native wethers
81 0O64 rs: lambs 81 COOS 90; western
wethers 81 00@4 so; western lambs
S. 1906 so. Recelpts-Cattle, 2l,00e
head; hogs, 1900 head; sheep, $1,000
head
One car load of Aberdeen Angus
steers sold to-day at 81 50, the highest
price since December, 1884, for beef cat
tie of any kind.
EAST INTERVIEWING steady; Ell
ira SO OO9S Is; prime IS S546 Is; COM
mon 50 coos 60. Hogs ruled active; eN-
ira heavy 81 1904 IS; assorted mediums
81 1O94 1871; best workers. and light
Workers. and pigs 81 o58l 10; roughs
81 6O@3 IS. Sheep active; choice weth-
ers 81 1904 40; common 81 6e@2 90;
choice lambs IS S045 20; common to
good 50 50G5 20, Veal calves 81 oo8
z 50.
CINCINNATI - Hogs active and
strong at 50 5000 05.
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Naw erist q Interpretations.

sueclai Dtspaich to tile lntelliGeaesr
CHARLESTON, w. Va. Dec. 10
Charters have been obtained by the fol-
lowing concerns:
The South Side Water Works Com
pany, Of Mercer pcstotise, Hancock
county, with subscribed capital Of $780,
900, ten per cent. paid up, and author
lied capital Of $4,000, The tncorpora-
tors are Peter A. Pagh, Of FaiIview,
w. va, and others. sFk
The Azisnza specialties Company,
with principal office IN this city. for
the purpose OF manufacturing Inedlc-
inal and toilet preparations. The sub
scribed capital Is 500, all paid IN, and
authorized capital OF $4,000.
Valley Coal and Coke Company, OF
BelIngton. Barbour county, with sub
scrlbed capital Of $4,000, ten per cent.
paid up and authorized capital OF
100000. The incorporatOrs are Floyd
letters, Of iseiington; Fred o. Blue and
Charles F. Teter. OF Philippi. and N.
T. Arnold and j. c. Williams, Of Ridge
way. Pa.
The Phoenix Company, Of clarlSs-
burg, for the purpose Of conducting a
coal mining business. The incorpora-
tors arc L. s. Horner, W. W. Miller,
c. R. Battle, E. s. Sands and I. NJ.
Jackson, all OF clarksburg. The sub
scribed capital is $500. ten per cent.
paid up, and authorized capital Of $780,
900.
C. H. BeaII Hardware Company OF
Williamson. composed of A. H. WIZ
hanson, W. NJ. Bronson, ]. X. Roach
John strouder, e. F. Randolph and s.
D. stokes, all of Williamson. The sub
scribed capital Is $4,000. of which 5000
is paid up. and authorized capital Of
$4,000.
The Grant Atlantic Hotel Company,
with principal ONCE In this city. and
the Mexlcano Copper Mining Company
also with principal office in this city.
The incorporatlve designation in both
is mineral.
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CAPTAIN W00D
who Performed Such III BaIvioi
at the 3attis q Manila Bay.
ON THE GUNBOAT PFTREI
succumbed % typhoid Fever at HIS
Home IN waahiagsoa fstesday.

WASHINGTON. Dec. n.-command+
er E. p. Wood, q. 8. NJ, died Of typhoid
fever at his residence In this city at
o'clock this morning. ne was In COM
mand Of the gunboat Petrel ct the bat
lie Of Manila bay.
Since his return from Manila 70 the
United States his health had been bro
ken and he lacked the power to throw
Of the disease which caused his death.
The condition Of Lieutenant hrumby,
who was Dewey's flag lieutenant dur
ing the battle Of Manila bay, and has
been attached to his stan since his re-
turn to the United States, remains un-
changed. Admiral Dewey Is not per-
mltted to visit the sick man.
Commander. Wood had been seriously
III for only week before his death. he
was In charge Of the Fifth lighthouse
district, with klS once 81 Baltimore.
but had been in the habit Of coming
over to his home In this city In the
evenings.
Commander Wood Was ofdered 20
command the Petrol December 1s. 1895.
and lit was while in that command that
he earned the highest praise OF Admiral
Dewey and his brother oftcers. The
petrol is the tlnlest Of gunboat5, and
without protection beyond a steel deck.
Because Of her light draft commander
Wood saw his opportunity to run the
Petrol close IN shore of the entrance
to the harbor ct cGyite during the bat
tie Of Manila bay. The Spanish ships
that remained aaoat had sought shell
ter under the guns Of the forts at Ca
vite and Dewey's ships could not get
at them. The little Petrol; however,
steamed boldly into the harher en-
trance, sunk the remaining Spanish
boats and then paid her respects to
the Spanish forts in such fashion as
to silence them.
The exploit was remarkable exhibit
ton Of cool daring and skill, and Conn
mander Woods brother officers made
no secret Of their belief that his feat
was the most daring and successful OF
any connected with the memorable ma
val battle The board on naval rewards
recommended that "for.his eminent and
conspicuous conduct in battle" Com
mander Wood should be advanced ten
numbers in his grade, and although
this was higher measure Of reward
than was bestowed upon any other cap
tain, Congress did not withhold #.
Commander Wood was detached from
the Asiatic station December slst, 1898,
and coming home was. after a short
leave Of absence placed in charge OF
the Baltimore lighthouse district
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skeptics Turn Believers and ara
cured.-''When I read that DR.. Agnew's
Catarrhal Powder could relieve Ca
tarrh in ten minutes I was far from
being convinced. tried tia single
puff through the blower afforded In
slant relief, stopped pain over the eyes
and cleansed the nasal passages. To-
day am free from Catarrh" 3. I.
Egan's (Easton, Pa.,) experience has
been that Of thousands Of others and
may be youTs.-Sold by Charles r.
Goethe. druggist, Twelfth and Market
Rtreets.-3.
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NEW YoRK-The market has ruled
quiet throughout to-day, so far as ac-
tuaI business goes, but some fair sized
bids for brown goods for instant dellv-
cry turned down at current prices. A
small transaction in four yard 5000
brown Bheetings reported at SIC. Print
cloths and print cloth yarn fabrics
generally have ruled quiet, but strong
in tone. Rleached dull but very Arm.
DenlmB still tending upward. Other
coarse colored cottons strong. Prints
In good demand for both staples and
fnncles. Glnghams strong and scarce.
White goods tending upwards in both
plain and fancy varieties.
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nIsToRY oR ApMIRA1 oRRvaRA
And Of His Fleet, Which Was De-
stroyed at Santiago.

WASHINGTON, D. c., Dec, 10'--An'
other contribution to the naval ntera-
ture Of tho Spanish war has been pub
lished by the bureau Of naval intelll'
genee. It Is history by Admiral Ger.
vera, Of the feet under his command,
which was destroyed by the American
squadron OF Santiago. The original
publication was authorized by the
queen regent Of Spain on the petition Of
Admiral Corvern, who wished to vindi'
cate himself for the loss of his SQUAD
ron after having been sent to Cuba
against his earnest protest. The docu'
ment 10 Of historical value, aa It Is made
up entirely OF ofhelhl letters and dis
patches, and includes the report Of Ad'
mirnl Cervera and his fleet command
ers on the action OF Santiago Bay
There Is nothing Of news IN the compt-
lRtiOn which has not already been
printed from time to time.
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NEW YORK-weakncs was the
most conspicuous feature OF to-day's
market for metals. In this respect tin
carly led, breaking heavily under lib
eral offerings, withdrawal Of buyers
and unfavorabie London cables. Prl-
vate ndvlces from the English market
reported difficulty OF sneculator a.
the reason for the weakness abroad. At
the close the metal exchange reported
pig iron warrants as neglected. Lake
copper dull and nominal at SIT. Tin
very weak at $35 50@26 90. Lead steady
at 81 1904 IS; spelter weak ut s. coo
70. The brokers' price for lead Is
q As, and for copper 81 009l7 g.
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work.. employing 1850 men. win Sd
forced 70 shut down because of the
scarcity o. that fuel A representat tive
q the company Taa at WINNER, liear
mere, yesterday, b zee the BarU ynd-
Waite Coal Com any officials about
setting coal. but tailed 70 Get any. Els
also visited al the local operators, but
was unable TO procure q ton. he VIM
80 into the Cie8rfeid district to-mOrl
row Scarcity Of oar1 q given Hs the
reason.
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ALTOONA, Pa. Dec. 1O.-unIess the
Standard Steel Company OF Lewiston.
Pa, can get q consignment Of coal
within the nnEt tow days, the entire
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OIL CITY-Credit balances 81 GO; GER
titlcates no bid; no offera or sales;
shipments i4S,284 barrels: average ~
825 barrels; runs 12l,72S barrels; aver
age 7s,l6l barrels.
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ITIHR MoNoNeAH ROUTE 10 TUE
Short Line between Fairmont and
CiaTkBhurR. Quick Time-FABt Trains
Suro Connections. When travelling 10 or
from ClaFItaburR or West Virginia and
PittaburEh railroad points, see that your
tickets read via the Monongahela River
VIII h. q o. tfAinB, and AZ Clhfkaburg
with B. q o. and W., v. & p. tratnl. Tick.
81 via this route on sale n all 3, q o.
HuoA q. AoWLEa. CENT. Rupt.
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ITCHING piles? Never mind II
have failed TO cure you. Try
Doan's Ointment. No failure there.
90 cents, at any drug store,
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Wool.
NEW YoRK-Wool duh.
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Total sales Of stocks WeFe LIZ, 90 5haFes.
soGered,
Steel, Tin, Tube and Hoop Stocks.
The following quotations on National
Steel Co., American Tin Plate Co. ana
National Tube stocks are fuFnlgheo by
Simpson q Tatum City Bank building I5:.s
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The following quotations are furnished
by Howard HaElett 4 Son. brokers, ma
tionai Exchange bank building:
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ParIor Car wheeling to PittsburEh on
a.S5 :. m. and 6:S5 p m, train. Central
time. zone hour slower than WAeellne
a'ns'1 ]. g. ToMLINsoNs
Passenger and Ticket Agent
Agent for ali steamship Glne9.
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RAItRoAps.

Ticket ofices at Pennsylvania Station On
Water street, foet OF Eleventh street
Wheeling, and at the PennSylYanih Sta
ton, Bridgeport.
SOUTHWEST sYsTEM-.PAN HAM
DIE ROUTE"
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A Home Witbout KitebeD a3d Di33er
Prepared Witbout Use Of
Stove.

pendently on the many questions OF
proven by the fact that nature herself
supplies it for the use Of the young OF
both man and beast"
Mrs. Henshaw here passed me a plate
of salad, which, being dressed only
unable to really enjoy. She also placed
upon my plate, and gave me a heaping
saucer Of strawberries. I looked about
for a sugar-bowl, but was doomed to
disappointment.
I'VE never eat sugar" said Mrs.
HenshaW, noticing my visual search
among the dishes and speaking sWeetly
enough almost to make up for the miss
ing article. "Saccharine foods are
quite as bad for the stomach as meats
and starchy edibles. They all tend to
create an unnatural appetite for liquids,
and are exciting rather than soothing
and nourishing in their effect upon the
general system"
1T was never intended that artificial
heat should be applied to anything de-
signed to enter the stomach. The chem
ical changes caused by such applica-
ton render even fruits and grains unfit
for the purpose for which they were in
tended.
Bananas are the most satisfying
fruits of ALL" declared Mrs. Henshaw
peeling a large, fat one deftly as she
spoke, "and apples are nex.; after them
come all the others-pears, apricots,
peaches, oranges, ponegranates and all
kinds of berries and grapes. Then nuts
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Arer7cans Versus Chinese
Pupils in Our PUBIC Schools
Sunday caN Firs+ IS Presen+ the Facts 7n he Case

zone of it's pupils. Wong Book Yue, at
tanned a higher percentage than any other
pupil of any grade color in the city.
THE highest average of any white stu
dent was made by Robert Dougherty OF
the ninth grade of the Mission Grammar
School. He got through with "a per cent,
or per cent less than was attained by
Wong Book Yue, who is just promoted
from the seventh to the eighth grade.
There were several of Wong Book
Yue's classmates who gained as high
percentage as Robert Dougherty, the
highest white boy. The seventh grade Of
the Chinese school ran from 84 to 81, O
remarkably high average. In the fourth
grade (primaryJ an individual percentage
Of SO was attained. while no pupil ran
lower than So. In some of the white
grades some of the pupils ran as low as
zero, while one entire grade averaged only
1--WE must give Wong Book, Yue the
credit which the figures stand for and
call him the top notch pupil in the lists"
That ali sounds pretty hard on the
white grades" but We shall see later on
that good blood will tell, and the little
white boys and girls take top notch"
places in spite of the Examiners state
ment to the contrary.
The above quotations well illustrate the
confusion In the mind Of the writer and
the general uninteligibility of the article.
In one place it says THE PERCENT
AGE WAS 100." in the next WONG
BOOK YUE ATTAINED A HIGHER
PERCENTAGE THAN ANY OTHER
PUPIL OF ANY GRADE OR COLOR IN
THE CITY" and that his percentage was
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HAD MADE A SCHOOL RECORD OF
100 PER CENT t4 ALTHoqGR SR A STATE
MEANS idf\N soMETHfNG ENTIRELY DIFF
FERENT. FURTHER, THIS is NOT AT
ALL FAIR and Miss Thayer pointed
out the following:
vanced age than the whites when they enter
school. The American urchin takes his greasy
The Celestial aspirant for white knowledge is
nurtured at home until he is old enough to
know something before he is trusted to try
his speed. He is about u when he ventures
into the light. He has got ready to do q little
thinking when properly invited
At HAVE BOYS HERE YEARS OLD.
ROLLED AT RELATIVELY THE
SAME AGE OF WHITE CHILDREN"
The Chinese boys have done well under
Miss Thayer,s able supervision and they
deserve credit, but not to the detriment
of the white children.
Now for the truth Of the matter and
the exact relative standing OF Chinese
and white school children as VERIFIED
regarding the emanations of the fertile
brain of a Sunday Examiner scribe.
Robert Dougherty, who had "a per cent:
did not attain "the highest average of
OF THE SIXTH GRADE IN THE
HAIGHT SCHOOL HAD SO PER CENT,
per cent higher than Robert Dougherty
and per cent higher than Wong Book
Yue.
Wong Book Yue had his average beaten
in his own school'and by his own country
men. for in the fourth grade Vim Dye
Kee and Chan Bing Gay both had SO per
cent.
Now with reference to the relative men
tality of the white children and the Chi
nese Youngsters a close comparison can
be drawn by another glance at the Off.
cial records.
In Wong Book Yues class there were
but seven pupils and these had averages
as follows: No. L. 81; No. 2. 95; No. 3, "a
No. A. "a: No. 5, 80; No. g. 80; and No. q
a. Adding these averages together and
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81; then again, I'm THE FOURTH
GRADE PRIMARY AN 1NDdVIPD- p

TANNED"
In other words In its own story the Ex-
notch pupil at 81 per cent, and then i'm
mediately makes a statement that an
other little Chinese boy had SO per cent
GRADE BOY At 80 PER CENT GIVEN
GRADE BOY. WHO ONLY RECEIVED
81 PER CENT? 1t further states:
There is a daily attendance of about
81 900 pupils in the San Francisco public
schools Wong Book Yue has, approx
n1ty nm1attely ss sss con eompetitors TIT He holds a
Wong Book Yue could easily give the
Examiner a little lesson in arithmetic.
He could tell them that 81 is not as high
the highest member of which had 81, could
hardly be credited with making "a school
record of 100 per cent
nese school, upon being questioned ex-
pressed the greatest regret that such an
article had appeared, placing the Chinese
of the white children of the city. In
speaking of the matter she said;
"a YouNG S5IMAS Nan CAME NM WIsH WHEKE EP FROM TH
I TAKE Ak f'ssa7N SOME = PIcTuREs Pc AID IooR
AT THE SCHOOL RECORDS. OF
COURSE 1 COULD NOT ALLOW HIM
To TO 20 EITHER nsAR AID F4EEoRFT REEERRER FT4R9 HIM
DID TELL HIM THAT WONG BOOK
YUE OF THE SEVENTH GRADE HAD
MADE MA g PER = CENT yG RdYs B9T d Also LIS 9
FOURTH GRADE HAD MADE 80 PER
CENT EACH; AND WHY THE EXAM
INER SHOULD PICK OUT WONG
YOND MY COMPREHENSION. I TOLD
HIM THAT IN THOSE TWO GRADES.
THE FOURTH AND SEVENTH, NONE
oF THE BoYs S95 ARA AHAT FAlEEp IS possbS 81 RR9
VITA WHAT THE He EXAMINER MEANT
WHEN IT STATED THAT THEY
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firmly and refectively and said nothing
in dissent
It is. of course, delightful for a
woman to be emancipated from the
thraIldom of cook-stoye. A house
which contains no kitchen and never
harbors within its walls the reek OF
steam. the Gior of fried onions or boiled
caulifower or burning fat or any other
cooking produced smell which wages
aggressive warfare on sensitive nostrils,
must be pre- -eminently satisfactory in
one way; but in another 1t certainly
could never be to me. Mrs. HenshaW
reioices in the extra time which her
freedom from the heaviest burden Of
housewifely care gives her. There is
no storm of preparation raging about
her exouisitely served repasts, and no
deadly. rnonotonous calm Of clearing
up" follows after them. Her regimen,
she declares, gives her clear mind in
a sound body, and time to read and
study and think. She stands shoulder
to shoulder with her husband as a
bread-winner and their marriage,
which took place at sea and was ro-
mantle love match between a pretty
native daughter of Santa Cruz and a
man thirty-five years her senior. has
been a particularly happy one.
Mr.. Henshaw, who owns to 70, and
has eaten only nuts and uncooked
fruits and grains for over forty years.
looks like an astonishingly well-pre-
served and vigorous man of so, and his
pretty wife who is really S5, looks like
a girl in her twentfes.
/ thought of this as I was vending
nv way restaurant-ward after parting
from my kind and hospitable acquaint-
ances. and for moment hesitated. But
hunger was strong within me. / took
my seat in my usual corner and gaZed
unf1inchingly in the mirror beside me
at the hint of crows feet in the outside
corners of my eyes.
Il might look young at 70 if 1 ate only
raw things I reflected "and have
more time to improve my nina llso;
but"-and here 1 shuddered-"I should
be starving hungry every blessed min
ute of the time!
And then 1 ordered my dinner.
CLARA DOUGLASS.
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rants The Sunday Call in giving the facts
Of the case ard placing San Fran"isco's 5
bright boys and girls right in the eyes Of
the world.
In the first place the entire unreliability
and careIessness of the Examiner article
can be well shown from the story itself
and without reference to the facts of the
case-which we shall give later on.
The following statement is made in
They take the same lessons all in in
make a school record of 100 per cent
1t would be natural to suppose from the
above that the little Celestials were per-
feet.
Continuing, the story runs:
There is a public school of Chinese
pupils in San Francisco, and it has just
made itself felt with something of a jolt
in the understanding of the great white
men who make the educational wheels
go around in the 'velly big city.
"At the recent examinations this school
of Celestial youngsters reached higher
percentage than any other public school
having no grade higher than the seventh
The percentage was 100.