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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-03-30
CABINET MEETING.
Many Important Topics Discussed.
The Civil Service Question-ordcr
May be Issued in q Few Days.

Many Important Topics Discussed.
The Civil Service Question-ordcr
May be Issued In Few Days.
WASHINGTON. D. c.. March 2s.--At
the cabinet meeting to-day. which last
ed until o'clock. variety OF subjects
were discussed, including number Of
questions which have arisen during the
two weeks of the Presidents absence in
the south. The administration OF Of
fairs in Cuba came up and 1t WAS prac-
tIcally decided to simplify matters By
consolidating some of the administrative
departments. but Just what changes
vii! lie made is as yet undetermined.
The question OF amending the civil SER
vice rules and regulations in certain MI
ton and the President stated that he
desired to dispose Of the matter ut an
early day. Almost the last thing the
President did before leaving fer the
south was TO return to the members OF
the cabinet their several recommended
tons on the subject with request that
they again go over them with a view to
making any changes which might sug-
gest themselves during his absence.
To-day the President asked that he be
furnished with the conclusions IN the
matter as coon as possible, and It Is ex-
pected that 1t Is his purpose to issue his
order within few days. II was again
demonstrated at to-day's meeting Oft the
cabinet that while strongly upholdlng
the principles OF the civil service law
there Is disposition on the part OF sew
ecal members to crlticise Its present adj
minlstratiop.
The subject of the appointment Of
commissioners to represent the United
States at the forthcoming convention,
called by the car OF Russia with q view
to promoting peace among nations, was
advanced by the President. 1t Is under
stood that three ambassadors Of the
United States at European courts will
be named. together with two or three
citizens of the United States not In the
displomatic service. The personnel of
the commission has not yet been def
nitely decided. The new Nicaragua ca.
nal commission, which was provided for
in the last rivers and harbor bill also
was discussed and it Is not unlikely
that the members will be named very
soon. The question of raising an addl-
tional force Of volunteers to go to the
Philippines was not mentioned at the
meeting, and it is not thought that the
President has any such purpose in
view at this time. Postmaster General
Emory Smith. who has just returned
from Cuba, told OF his observations
there and 1t was upon his suggestion
that several Of the Cuban administra-
tive departments will be consolidated.
Some attention was paid to the CAM
paiga of the troops in the Philippines
and the administration Is confident of
the capture OF Nalolos, the Insurgent
capitol, in q few days. The arrival here
OF delegates from the Cuban assembly
was touched upon and the discussion
brought out reiteration OF the con-
clusion to pay no attention to their de-
saands. 1t Is felt that assembly dele
gates represent a disturbing element
and that under no circumstances would
they be formally received by this gov
ernment
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Pittsburgh River News.

PITTSBURGH. March 29.-The Ale
ghery ard Monongahela rivers are ey-
pected to reach stage of eighteen or
nineteen feet some time tonight.
1t is not thought tina. the danger line
of % feet will be reached. The cold
weat her OF last night had tendency 10
check the rise slightly. Navigation on
the Monongahcln river IS completely
suspended to-day. the river being COM
pletely over the locks. There was n
rise OF thirteen feet at Lock No. dur
Ing the past tweniy-four hours. The
rise is coming principally out of the Mo-
nongahcla river.
The Ohio river Is rising ut all points.
and the lower river streams seem 10 be
on rampage. The high winds which
prevailed last night also intcrfcrcd with
the movements of the boats. The tow
boats experienced the most difficulty.
bit the packets did not seem to have
any trouble. and they are running as
usual to-day. 1t Is thought that by to-
morrow morning the Monongahela river
will have rccedcd sufficiently TO enable
the packets and the pool boats 10 re-
sumo their trips No coal could be
dropped out OF the pools to-day on ac-
count OF the high water, but none OF
the mills seemed to suffer by reason, OF
u shortage Of coal.
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With Brick ChimncyS.

a writer In the Waterways Journal
says: Old Pittsburgh has the honor OF
having bull; the first stcrnwheel boat.
Size was called the Beaver, and ran
from Beaver to Pittsburgh. The old
Smoky City also had the honor of build
Ing the finest and fastest sternwheel
boat with lever engines tina; has ever
been constructed upto this time. Stcu-
benvlllc can just knock the stutiin'"
out of anything. Many years ago they
built boat there with I brick Chin
ncy She started for Pittsburgh, sew
erty miles away. In going around the
first bend she took Il sheer or the pilot,
struck the bank, and down went the
brick chimney. They had to send the
yawi back to Steubenville for some
mortar and bricks to repair It. When
she got 10 Pittsburgh they put up an
Iron chimney.
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American Tobacco Company.

NEW YORK, March 29.-P. A. B. Wi
dener, A. n. Brady and Thomas S.
Ryan were elected directors OF the
American Tobacco Company to-day. TO
fill the three extra places in the direc-
tory decided upon yesterday. The reg
ular quarterly dividend of per cent on
the common and on the preferred
were declared; also 3 per cent on the
scrip. a notice was issued that scrip
holders can have their scrip redeemed
ut par any time In May or they can
present the scrip certificates and have
them stamped for redemption at the
expiration OF three years with accrued
interest at per cent.
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Pennsylvania Earnings.

A statement OF earnings and cx-
penaes OF the Pennsylvania railroad
company for February, 1899, and two
months ending February IS, 1899, COM
pared with the same periods OF 1893.
follows:
Pennsylvania railroad lines directly
operated, gtoss earnings. decrease. $780,
100, expenses increase S2ji.188; net
earnings, decrease, s5l2,iO0. For two
months gross earnings. decrease. sS7.-
600: expenses Increase, ff4f,999: ne.
earnings, decrease. SiG2,j00.
Lines west of Pittsburgh and Eric,
gnoss earnings. Increase, S7lgO0; cx-
pc,sos Increase. $4,000: net earnings,
incrcasc, $4,000. For two months gross
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NEW ACADEMY BUILDING.


Bids are Being Submitted by Many
Local Contractors.
Local contractors are submitting bids
for the erection Of the new St. Joseph's
academy building. to be built on the site
of the present structure. at the corner
of E.off and Fourteenth streets. This
will be ore OF the handsomest school
buildings in Wheeling and Is to cost not
less than $4,000. The architect is S. +.
Heckert, of Pittsburgh, The bids close
Monday at noon.
The old academy will be torn down as
soon as the contracts for its successor
are awarded. The convent proper will
remain standing, as 1t is In good con-
dtlon and answers all purposes. but the
academy end Of the mammoth pile OF
brick has ostl!ved Its usefulness. It's
foundations were never any too good
and they were weakened q few years
ago when excavations We're made in
putting in steam heating apparatus.
The Elm Grove railway has also shak-
en- the building up. hence 1t had to be
condemned
The plans call for four story brick
structure, with handsome stone trlr1t-
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TWENTY-FIVE FEET

or Water will be In Evidence Here
To.day-Thc River was Still Rising
mt Pittsburgh Last Night.
The river here at . o'clock this morn
ing was at the twcntY-foot marx and
still rising. Last nights reports from
steubenville and Pittsburgh showed a
rising river at both points, and the AL
legheny urd Mononsohela were also
rising, though the end was near on the
Monongahela at least. for that river
was falling at Greensboro.
Here at least twenty-five fee. is ex-
pected Oh the Else and 1t may reach
thirty feet.
Thirty feet will not hurt anybody,
but two or three feet higher would
reach some OF the cellars on the river
front and on Main street.
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OIL CITY--Rlvec feet . inches and
rising. Cold and showing.
WARREN-RiYer feet. Showing and
cold.
GREENSBORO-River IS feet ?
Inches and falling. Fair and cold. Nav
lgation suspended by high water.
BROWNSVILLE-Rivcr % feet 5
Inches and rising slowly.
PITTSBURGH-Rivr l1.3 feet and ris-
ing. Weather. showing and cold.
STEUBENyILLE-- IS feet and
rising. Cloudy and cold.
POINT PLEASANT-4ivcr 33.S feet
and rising Weather. cloudy.
CINCINNATI-Rivcr 80 feet and
rising. Weather. clear.
CAIRO-River 4G.1 feet and rising,
Weather. fair AMI pleasant.
MEMPHIS-River 49, feet and rising.
Weather clear and cool.
LOUISVILLE-Rivcr rising: II feet I
Inch in the camel; II feet IL inches on
the falls; 40 feet below the locks.
Weather, clear and pleasant.
EVANSVILLE-Riv 1856 feet and
falling. Weather. clear and cold.
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THE RIVER.
YESTERDAYS DEPARTURES.

New Orleans. PITTSBURGH. $50 a. m.
Charleston. .KANAWHA. G:30 a. m.
Pittsburgh. BEN HUR. 2 p. n.
Ststersvfiie.. RUTH. 500 p. m.
Darlington. LEROY. 1850 p. m.
Steubcnvile. Y. NJ. BAYNE, 2:30 p. m.
BOATS LEAVING TO-DAY.
Pittsburgh. GREENWOOD. $50 a. IN.
Cincinnati. VIRGINIA. 8 a m.
Parkersburg. II. X. BEDFORD, II n. IN.
MatamcTas. ..LESINGTON. II 4. NJ
Sistersv!le. RUTH. $50 p. m.
Darlington. LEROY, $50 p. m.
Pittsburgh. .IORENA. a. m.
Stcubemiiic. r. II. BAYNE. $50 p. m
BOATS LEAVING To-MORROW.
Pittsburgh. QUEEN CITY. 3 n. M.
PGri:ersburg BEN HUR. il u. III.
Sis;ersvIlle.. RUTH. $50 p. m.
Darlington. LEROY. $50 p N.
Stcubeuvii,c. r. II. BAfNE. 800 p. m.
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Woolcn Combine.

TRENTON, y. j., March 18Th
American Wooden Company, With
capital stock of ss5,600.0oe was iacf'
porated this. afternoon. The incoEFs'
ators are S. B. Lawrence, John B, SUI.
merfield. Henry c. Everdell, ArHl''i
Matthews. Henry NJ. Faviland. Gs&s'
Z. Spencer, Leavlit J. Hunt. ChaI!tss
Hill and Robert H. Barry. IT,, o! NJ
York. and James C. Woodruff. 0, NJ"
arlr
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Killed by Fist Blow.

SPARTA, Mich, March %-LA'
Cram. aged eighteen. killed Falna NJ
son, a comrade, to-day, by a blow VIZ
his fist. The boys were employees o.t'
Welsh folding bed factory Gnd 8e'
friends until their quarrel to-day. q
his anger Cram struck Nelson On u y
point OF the jaw. causing, It is ee!le's.
conclusion OF the brain. resu!uns !.
Nelson's instant death. Cram s.i's-'
dered to the authorities.
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earnings. increase, :3O!,seo: expenses In.
crease. $4,000; net earnings increase,
SIC. ann Il
BRIEF MENTIONINGs.
Events In and About the City Given in
I, Nutshell.


Yesterday, in the criminal court, the
case OF the state We. Frank Johnson was
on trial before jury. 1t resulted In a
verdict OF guilty.
The council committee on ordinances
has been called to meet next Monday
evening. The committee on health will
meet at the same time.
z City Collector Hall has engaged new
deputy collector. Charles l.. Brubaker,
and Is vigorously pushing the collec-
tlon Of city taxes. All taxes not paid
on March 81 will be collected by the
enforcement of the city ordinance pro-
vlding for the sale OF personal property
II necessary.
Welcome lodge No. 6. q. o. U. w, will
give a banquet this evening at the A.
o. U. w. hall. to which members Of
sister lodges are invited. An enjoyable
function is anticipated, for Welcome al
ways does herself proud on such occa-
slons.
Harry Elder. German farmer and
veteran Of the civil war. was drowned
Tuesday night while fording Island
creek near Steubenville. The creek IS
high and the current swift, and when
hfs buggy upset Elder got entangled in
the wheels and was drowned. The horse
broke loose and went home. Elders
body was recovered yesterday morning.
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mIngs, and with all the modern conve-
ntences. The entrance vestibule on the
Eoff street side will be especially elab-
crate. There will be large music hall
for commencement and concert pur-
poses. and II will be lighted with cleo
trio lights. Hardwood will be used ex-
tensively in the interior. The old acad-
envy is nearly as old as the convent
building, which adjoins It, and 1t has
therefore nearly passed the fiftieth mile
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-03-30

= NEW YORK. March cit IS az
nounced that the combination Of u,,,r.
facturers of clay sewer pipe. fire b-.tk,
chimney tops and Innings and similar
products, is now definitely completed
The new concern will be called tie
Federal Sewer Pipe Company, and r!a
have u capital of s25.OOO,O0J. hal. d!
which Is to be seven per cent prstere.
Stock and half common Stock OF sati
class OF stock sl0.750.N0O is to be pres.
emily Issued. Over 50 per cen. 0, Ii.
underwriting has already been take,
by those engaged in the industry.
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Famous Gunner Dead.

NEW YORK, March e9-Tlmothy
Reardon, who served as gunner on the
United States steamship Kearsage dur
ing its famous battle with the Confed-
crate privateer Alabama, outside the
harbor of Cherbourg. France, and who
later served under Farragut in Mobile
Bay. is dead in Brooklyn, aged sixty
one years,
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Along the lNntlin...

To-day's packet for Cincinnati is the
Virginia at O'Clock.
The marks 4, p. N. showed 16 feet 7
inches and rising. Weather. cloudy and
cool.
The City OF Pittsburgh got away at
$50 o'clock yesterday morning on
good head of steam. for New Orleans
with $50 cabiE passengers. Several pas
ss9gcrs were received here.
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Death ofGeneraf Eiasfcr.

WASHINGTON. March GA i!s
patch received here from Old PoIn.
Va. says that Brigadier General FIl:.
Ter, chief OF ordnance. U. S. A, died a.
the Hygeia Hotel, at O'Clock, this Il.
ternoon.
General Flaglcr was born in NI
York. and was appointed TO the NIL.
tary academy from that state July Il
1856. He was graduated number III.
In the class of 1861. and was appoint.
second lieutenant Of ordnance. E
served with credit throughout the VI
Of the rebellion.
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Condition Of Winter Wheat.

NEW YORK. March 29.-!The Com
mercial Advertiser to-day prints Tho
mans April crop report. 1t estimates
the present condition OF winter wheat at
81 per cent. representing decline Of 6
per cent during the past month and as
compared with December l, 1873 per
cent. On the corresponding date last
year the condition was returned as S9S
per cent. Returns from the six principal
states east of the Rocky Mountains
(Ohio. Michigan, Indiana, Illinois. Mis-
souri, and Kansas, are particularly dis
courasing. showing average condition OF
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NEW YORK, March ea-The o'sSl
of q ten-lnch gun on the P'o''-'
grounds at Sandy Hook, burs, ms .
ternoon, while 1t was underso'as
test. One man was killed aad aav.'
injured. The man killed was hea, Il. I
Murphy, who had been reco'dias VI 4.
at the testing of guns for years a
had several narrow escapes from ~ )
at former tests. He leaves a wiaoS i. "
five children. An enlisted nlan u
ordnance department was !!nu'e1
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but S3.S per cent as contrasted with 81
per cent last month and S6.6 last AMI
The average condition for the the,
states OF California, Oregon and Wass.
ington is SCI per, cent. as comparA
with 500 per cent last month; SIS d:
cent last December, and eo3 per cent .,
April l, last year.
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Democrats Denounced.

DOVER, Del. March 29.-The Demo-
cratic state central committee met here
to-day and unanimously adopted a set
OF resolutions denouncns Senator E. II.
Farlow and Representatives William T.
King and James B. Clark for voting for
j. Edward Addicks for United States
senator at the recent session OF the
Delaware legislature and calling upon
them to resign their offices as state
senator and representatives respective
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mites having so much In common, the
scheme though deferred. was not de-
feated, and that general arbitration
would be eventually adopted between
them. even II 1t was not generally
adopted throughout the world.
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ECZEMA, scald head. hives. itchlncsy
OF the skin OF any sort. instantly re-
lieved, permanently cured. Doan's Olnt-
mcnt. At any drug store. 4
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The Best Prescription for onl'e
and Fever Is n bottle OF Grove -. d
less Chill Tonic. 1t is Simply y! Ms cr,-
quininc In tastcless form. s ,.ssts
no pay. Price, SOC.
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Boys' EnstcrG1. 10 Dress Shoes, BlncIs
or Tan, Sl.25 ut McI'nddcn's. =
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Mems Fine $500 Dress SHOE SHOE
or Tan, for 81. lis at McEnIlcM -
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NEW YORK, March 29.--The Evening
World says: william X. Vanderbilt
has duplicated his wedding present to
his daughter. Consucio. Duchess OF
Marlborough. for his son, William X.
Vanderbilt. jr. Securities amounting In
value to s1O,0O0.00O. havc been turned
over to the young man by his father"
Miss Virginia Fair. the bridc-to-hc, Is
anid to have $5,000.000 in her own right,
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1899-04-07
Eox Hunting on Wheala.

Among other uses to which the cycle
is put is that OF following hounds,
and the cyclist is by no means
novelty at most Of the numerous meets
in England. Those who follow hounds
in the orthodox way do not welcome
him any more than they do the mis-
cellaneous assemblage that, on foot
and otherwise, tries to see little OF
the sport. With good knowledge OF
the country. the roads and the foot
paths, however, the cyclist is often
far from being "out of the hunt" for,
though thrown out at times by the
fox taking an unfavorable line, he can
get well to the front when a stretch or
good road falls OPPORTUNITY in his
way.-Chicago News.
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Japan,s Financial Condition.

From financial point of view the
Japanese we're better off when they
lived by themselves, in closed coun-
try, than they now are when COM
PEELED to fight under handicaps, for a
place in civilization. Then they had
few wants and enough to meet them
Now their wants are many times great
err, and their resources of gain have
not increased proportionately. How
to increase them and how to reduce
the wants Of the people present as puz-
zling a problem to Japanese publicists
as any with which modern statesmen
have to deal.-San Francisco Chroni-
Gle.
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BIG FOUR OFFICIAL RESIGNS

Passenger Traf,o Manager Mccormick
Goes to the Southern Pacific.
E. o. Mccormick, passenger traffic
manager OF the Cleveland Cincinattl,
Chicago and st. Louis railroad, Big
Four, has resigned from that company
to accept similar position with the
Southern Pacific company, with head
quarters at San Francisco. This in
formation came last night In the form
of telegram to 9. II. Mitchell, city
passenger agent Of the Big Four in
Chicago, as follows:
"E. o. Mccormick has resigned to
take service with the Southern Pacific
railway as passenger traffic manager,
headquarters at San Francisco. ,Presi-
dent ingalls, has appointed me general
passenger and ticket agent, in full
charge Of the passenger department.
These changes effective about May l.
WARREN ]. LYNCH"
The news was complete surprise to
local railroad men, as no rumor Of
change in the traffic department of
either road had been circulated. 1t is
believed that the approaching en-
trance Of the Santa he into San Fran
cisco and consequent competition,
something the Southern Pacific has not
vet had to face on traffic into that
CITY. is the cause of the change Mr.
Mccormick is progressive passenger
man and is considered one of the best
in the business. He was formerly gen.
eral passenger agent of the Monon, and
subsequently of the Cincinnati, Ham
ilton and Dayton, before going with
the Big Four, in 1898. w. ]. Lynch,
who succeeds him, has grown up with
the system, rising from stenographer
in the Office of the passenger agent Of
the old Bee Line at Cleveland in 1888.
The position of passenger traffic man
ager is created on the Southern Pa
cific, Samuel Goodman being general
passenger agent and j. G. Stubs, third
vice president, in charge of the traf-
&c department.-Chicago Tribune.
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Doe Gully Curves.

About half way between Cumberland
and Martinsburg, on the Second Divi-
sion of the Baltimore and Ohio rail-
road, is a picturesque spot known as
Doe Gully. There is quite little hill
at this point that the road goes
through, and the approaches to this
tunnel include several reverse curves
The company has been engaged for the
past two months in removing these
curves and reducing the grades. The
chief engineer says that the improve
ment will do away with one of the
most Objectionable pieces Of track on
the Second Division since Seven
Curves were eliminated, and will re-
move four reverse curves. 1t will not
only make much better riding track
for fast trains, but materially assist
the west-bound freights in climbing
this grade.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1899-04-07
Kitty EntIced tho Mice.

From the Weekly Telegraph: One
Of our Birmingham readers sends us
an account of cat that lived in an
clubhouse and was seen one day to take
small portion of her dinner and
place 1t deliberately in front Of a
mouse hole in corner. She then re-
tired to a distance and set herself to
watch. Not many minutes after fine,
plump mouse came out, gave one look
around, and, seeing nothing suspi-
cious, commenced to eat the food.
While the mouse was thus pleasantly
engaged pussy made the fatal spring
and captured her incautious prey.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1899-04-07
Deafness Cannot De Cured

by local applications us they cannot reach the
diseased portion OF the ear. There Is only one
tutional remedies Deafness is caused by an
innamed condition Of the mucus lining OF the
Eustachian Tube. When this tube Is infamed
YOU have q rumbling sound or imperfect hear
Ing and when 1t Is entirely closed deafness Is
the result, and unless the inflammation can be
taken out and this tube restored TO Its normal
nine cases out of ten are caused by catarrh,
which is nothing but an infamed condition OF
the mucuS surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars Tor any case
Of Deafness (caused by catarrh) that cannot
10 cured by Halls Catarrh Cure Send for
circulars, free.
Sold by Druggists 75c.
Halls Family Pills ire the best.