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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-03-06
DISASTROUS FIRE
AT the University Tho splcndidly,
Equipped Mechanical Hall Con-
i nInf nIy ncct royo5- So,touc T,occ

AT the University Tho SplendidlyJ
Equipped Mechanical Hall Con-,
plctcly Dcstroycd-A Serious Loss.
Special Dispatch to the 1ntellIgencer.
MORGANTOWN. W. Va, March o.;
Early yesterday morning the depart
ment Of mechanical engineering of the,
West Virginia university sustained a
serious and. In many respects, an irre-.
parable loss in the destruction OF the.
splendidly equipped mechanical hall by,
fire. The building. machinery and fine
models, which Prof. Aldrlch and Prof.
Emory have been years in collecting.
are total loss. In addition, Prof. Al
drich lost many valuable books and
models, which cannot be replaced for
less than $1,000. Prof. Jones' assistant
to Prof. Aldrich, also lost $500 worth of
books and models. The cost Of the
property to the university was about
$4,000. but 1t Is thought 1t cannot be
replaced for less than 100000. as much
of the machinery was donated by man
ufacturers who wished to introduce 1t.
and good portion was secured at cost
as a compliment to Profs. Aldrich and
EIloTy ny Tie manufacturers. he
building Itself cost $4,000. The prop
erty was insured for s2S. 900.
The, fire was preceded by an eXplo-
sion which alarmed some residents near
the building. They at once discovered
the fire and made 1t known to the mem
bers Of the fire department. The build
Ing was at least 1000 feet from a water
plug, and the department was inef-
fective because Of this. Then, too. the
report was circulated that the building
was filled with explosives and the fire.
men beat hasty retreat, so that the
immense crowd collected watched. the
consumption Of the property in silence
from a safe distance.
Your correspondent saw Mr.. SturgiSs.
president OF the board OF regents, last
night. and was told that the hall would
be rebuilt ut once. Prof. Aldrich left
on the night train for the east to ar
range plans for it. Mr. Sturgiss said
that the Insurance would be available
to put up building, and that some of
the annual income from the Morrill,
fund can be used to begin upon the
accumulation Of machinery and appar-.
atus. * =
The cause Of the fire Is still mys-
terry. The most plasuible theory is that
there was u leakage In the gas pipes
and that 1t had accumulated sufficient
~ to become explosive and inflamma-,
BILE.
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Cnssius NJ. Clny.

+ The sad mental condition of the ven-
cradle. Cassus NJ. Clay. due to all the
troubles he has endured since he mar
ried a childwlfe, has eliminated In m
apparent complete loss of his mind.
This once brilliant Kentuckian. who fig
urcd SO prominently In ante-bellum
days, MS one of those who took leading
part In the Union cause, and rendered
the country such conspicuous service.
has become such n mental wreck that
he. appeals to Congress to send COM
mittee to his home to save him from
dying blind and alone In his own castle.
He charges that the "vendctta' who
have deprived him OF his liberty and his
child-wife. have deprived them OF "llfe,
liberty and the pursuit OF happiness, vi
olnting all national and state laws"
1t Is but the natural result, OF the
marriage of an old man to n mere child
against the protests Of his friends and
hers, and while much OF his grievance
ls just. the sadness or It all Is that his
ill-ndvIscd action has so wrecked his
life In Its declining years, and brought
80 good II mnn-onc so highly esteemed,
and whose career was one OF honor-to
such pass. In such n case the sympa-
thy and regret of his old friends and as
sociatcs can do little good, but Will 10
out to him just as sincerely.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-03-06
Our Naval Station at San Juan.

! The new United States naval station
to be located Mt San'Junn Porto Rico,
Will be one OF the utmost Importance to
this country as the key to the situa-
tiop when the Nicaragua canal Is con-
structed. The key to good health Is
Hostetter' s Stomach Blttcrs. 1t guards
the digestive organs from attacks of In
digestion. blliOusness and constipation,
Just the same rs the new naval station
ut San Juan VIII ward off attacks upon
this country by foreign foes.
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With Admiral Dewey and Major Gem
eral Otis in charge at Manila. there Is
no need Of any anxiety that the outcome
OF the situation In the Philippines will
be cleared up in the near future. Three
months is the time put down as the
period within which quiet and peace
Will be restored.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-03-06
Winter in Fnrwnytowp.

The airy snow comes Sitting down and
down
IN lhridpe. and tree md snIre In Eorwav.
=" town. '' ~ N '' -
ITnon Tho hu,s 'sIckIcs of s,lvor,- sIaet
Rem in MI The ilelds once bright WITH Yellow
',i who,ts -, = 20 49, go
MnpIss bend low with crystal tears un.
''''' ab.d - - 49, -
Tber"'I ais n fairy music overhead
VIII Z hivorinrr brnnchos hoat oratnst tbo
" " 49, '"1 s5w ''''t' ''' 80 81" 's'' >''o
And s1nnrled frost-bclls chime unccas.
'' ,npiv ~''''"e
Yet the he teathery snow comes Sitting down
And u dIm soT the picture of tho s,eepleo
~ tomn '"' r ~
eo"'.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-03-06

De sure and use that old and well-tried
remedy. Mrs. Winslow's Soothing
syrup, for children teethlns. II soothes
me child. softens the gum. allnys all
pain, cures wind collie and Is the best
remedy ior diarrhoca. Twenty-Five
cents poltle. mw&f
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-03-06
FAMILY WASTING

Rough Dry Wished, Stnrchod md
Dyed cents por pound. -
Flat Work, Washed and Ironcd, g
cents per pound. ~ !. u 80 =
All hnnd work finished 10 cents nor,
pound. At LUTZ BROS.
= mlhAi Homo Steam Laundry,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-03-06

Sunday was typical March day. with
Its strong. penetrating Winds. snow and
clouds, and some sunshine Ms a relief.
1t was not. however. MS severe as 1t
might hRyc been, and us 1t may be be-
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-03-06

fore the leonine month passes away. We
have the equlnoctial period to pass
through yet. and then the dawn Of
spring, all within a month.
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Beautiful Forms
and composition

...... Arc not madc by chance, nor car
..... they ever In any material BIO made
..nt small expense. A competition
i...... for chcapncss. and not for excel.
$3.50. lcncc OF workmanship. Is tho most
$500. frequent and certain cause OF tho
rapid decay and cntlro dcstruc.
...... tlon OF nrts and manufactures.
49,. For best (Which Is tho chcnpcst)
...... work. tho lntelllsencer Job Print
.'.'.. Ing of1ico Is tho place to 80.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-03-06

tThe INTELLIGENCER embracing Its,
several editions, is entered in the POST
office. at Wheeling. w. Va. as second
class matter.)
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-03-06
5BOSTONIC OOKEpv4

I'M MISS sss Janet N Hlll, OF the Bos,o, :,
nps ,scnool; VIII siyo a course Of y, Cook.
9niS,trated lectures In Cooking al al Il, IL DEN.
F rT,i GSinp. beginning Monday. M tne CA.
nr rye IN u ,srSr, ior the course. Ladies !,
the ieetu irssea MA ana who desire 10 AM,
W. PETERSON, telephone Ie sss MRS. d
day noon, March I, tOt-' by TIES.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-03-06
Ne.o 1dperliseme.,.

POUND q oCKETBooK,, & 80
II can receive same by nrn;,,o WEse
nml paying for this ad.. at iniobDfIo ,t,J
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-03-06

" hive carefully examined the foregoing State
Incut aud ind the same to be correct liabilities
calculated by the Insurance Department,
- CHARLEs A. PRELLER Auditor
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-03-06
ROBERT A. oaAaNlss Wee.parsrurr

: Prom the Divisible Surplus a dividend viii be
apportioned rs usual. .ye
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State Superintendent OF Free School
The Richmond climax. (Richmond, Ky.) 1897-1914, 1899-08-30

atrsprrutr1 80 v - 49,
his mother, two sisters and two broth
ers. ALI living in Lexington.
The Richmond climax. (Richmond, Ky.) 1897-1914, 1899-08-30

monetized and gold was made the sole
primary money. The volume Of pri-
mary money was thus cut in half; the
value of all things measured in money
was likewise cut in half. and the value
or purchasing power of all credits was
daubled. This act was done in the in
terests of the holders of the bonds and
other securities of the American peo-
Pile
1T doubled the value or purchasing
power of all debts the American people
owed; it deprecated at least one-half
The value of all property that the
American people possessed or might
produce. The great creditor nation of
the world in 1873 was England, and
there the great bulk of American Sc
curities was owned. The United States
was the great debtor nation. The act
OF 1873 imposed upon this country the
mono-m metallic system of the greatest
creditor of this country, England. That
system is as much a British system
now as it was in 1873. An American
policy should replace this British pol
icy. This can only be done by restor-
ing silver to its constitutional place as
a money metal. The bimetallist asks
nothing from government upon this
subject except to undo the wrong it
has done. He proposes no mere ex-
pedient. He insists upon a return to
the wise conservatism of the founders
of the republic. The struggle for the
return to this system has now contin-
ued for quarter of a century. That
struggle must succeed. The demon
citation of silver was a fraud upon
every solvent mana theft from every
honest debtor; a robbery from every
laborer and producer 1t was done by
avarice. and will be undone by justice.
The Democracy of Kentucky, now as
in the past. in this contest sides with
the struggling masses who produce the
wealth and pay the taxes. The Re-
publican party now, as in the past,
ranges itself with the idle holders Of
idle capital, with the bondholder and
the money changer. The Democrats
of Kentucky declare that their faith in
bimetallism has been indicated by
events; that the necessity for the res
toration of the double standard was
acknowledged by President Mckinley
and the congress when. in 1897, a COM
mission was sent to Europe to entreat
other nation. to aid us in Te-establish-
ing bimetallism; that the failure of
this commission to secure European
cooperation establishes the fact that
the free coinage of silver can come
only throu~N the independent action
of the United States. and that the
present leg'l ratio of 16 to l is the
only ratio at which bimetallism can
be restored, and that opposition to
that ratio is confined to those who OPP
pose bimetallism at any ratio. and to
those who ignore the reasons which
led three national conventions to
adopt it.
And in order to emphasize. as moth
ing else could emphasize, their con-
viction and purpose with reference to
this great question. the Democracy of
Kentucky have in their platform nom
mated as their candidate for the presi-
dency next year William Jennings
Bryan. and as their candidate to sue
coed William Lindsay in the federal
senate Joseph c. S. Blackburn. [Great
cheering
The Richmond climax. (Richmond, Ky.) 1897-1914, 1899-08-30
SILVER AN ISSUE.
Kentucky Democratic Platform Fav-
Ors the White Metal.

1.-THE platform adopted by the De-
mocracy of Kentucky this year is as
clear and uneqUivOcal a defiance of all
the forces of monopoly and concen-
trated wealth as the national platform
of 1896 itself. 1t reaf1irms without
qualification that national platform,
and insists upon the independent free
coinage of silver at the ratio of 16 to
l. Money is a measure of value, a me-
dunn of exchange. 1t is an established
economic principle that as the volume
of primary money, which is the basis
of all business exchanges, decreases,
the value of all property measured in
the medium of exchange decreases.
And as the volume Of primary money
increases, the value of property meas
ured in or by it increases. Also. as
the amount of primary money is les
sened, the purchasing power of the
dollar is increased. From the founda-
ton of the government until 1873 both
gold and silver constituted primary
money of this country-being freely
received at the minis without discrim-
inatiun against either metal, and with
out charge for mintage. In 1873, with
out demand therefor from any political
party, without discussion of the mat
ter, without open or public demand
from any business interest. but secret
" and surreptitiously. silver was de-
The Richmond climax. (Richmond, Ky.) 1897-1914, 1899-08-30

Ps1is Iast year, Fl-zs cppcsrIo1 IN -,
Jaw the basis Of 0is canvass. "a -. -
de1eated. Neither he nor anv one s, ~
has even pretended that wrong NJ u.s. sr.,
kind contributed to the result. The Z
a complete answer 20 every obiectio-ss
that has been made TO this law.
Governor Bradley in his mssss-,
10 the general assembly thst enaetsS
this law recommended the epactroeat.
Of new election law to prevent eiso
ton frauds. The bill for the new -
old not meet his views and he vetoed
II, but even he has declared that ~
new law Is better than the old Law. IN
which the Republican platform A.
mands a return.
No well-informed. fair-mjndad M,
doubts that but for this law J1J aa
Hobson would not now be Judge of ~
court of appeals. No well-iDfo-n,a5
falr-miAded man doubts that but r.,
this law-without reference To ~.
the votes may be cast-the results ~
the elections this year and next vas-
would have been determined now ~
favor of the Republican party. III
Their real objection to this Law e..
opponents do not state; that obiacsio9
is that this law insures honest s-o-
tons. This law takes the vote of J,o-
lucky out of the vote market wbi.5
Hanna established in KentucLv &.
1896. II destroys the assumed inaiisn-
able right of the Republican part ~
steal elections. 1t is the barricads
which the Democracy of Ka-turs-',
have erected to repel the invasiors NJ
Hannaism, and it will prove ..4..-vs
70 prevent repetition Of the THEFT OF
1896. [Applause1
atfTbp DaD7ncr
and the Republican platform cond----s
the bill offered by Senator N.Cbo-5
and passed at the last session Of ne
general assembly, which was ve-cad
by the governor.
''If that bill had become A law no
railroad commission would have bsa1
empowered by it to fix maximum rates
Tor the carrying of freig,4ts on rail-
roads in this commonwealth. in orl-r
TO prevent discrimination and py+c--
ton. Several years before the gana-7r
assembly had enacted section 81e ~
the Kentucky statutes. which unda--
took to define the offense Of cvto-+i,r
by railway carriers and to irl70sa a
penalty for its commission. In Anil
1896, the court of appeals a5f14gsd
this statute insufficient to su0oo-+ a
prosecution, because the general -
sembly had not by law fixed a moi
mum rate for freight carrying. nor en-
powered the railroad commission N
do so. To remedy this defect the Nc
Chord bill was passed. The bill made
II the duty of the railroad commission
upon complaint of extortion TO g,-a
notice of hearing. to hear the proof
on Doth sides. and. if it is found al
extOrtionate rate was being CHARGED
to FIX Just and reasonable rate which
should be the maximum rate there
after to be charged ard the charging
OF a greater rate should be deemed ex1
tortion and punished by fine.
The Richmond climax. (Richmond, Ky.) 1897-1914, 1899-08-30
Position of the Loval Democrat In
the Present Vital Contest.
ANSWER TO EscH QUERY.
Gallant Standard Bearer Fc=rIess!y Dis.
cusses Problems of the Day.
REPUBLICAN MIsRULE ARRAEGNED.

Sturdy Democrats of the Blue Grass
State Formally and AuspiciousIy
Open at Mayfield Struggle of Ma
tional Interest and Significance.
SILVER, Trusts, Expansion and State
Problems Lucidly Touched Upon by
tie Speaker In the Presence of a
Mighty ThrOng.
The keynote in the Kentucky state
campaign was sounded at Mayfield on
Saturday. Aug. II. by Hon. william
Goebel, Democratic nominee for gov
ernor. Six thousand of the stalwart
Democracy of Graves. the banner Dem
ocratic county CT the state, gathered at
the county seat and gave enthusiastic
welcome to the standard bearer Of the
party.
Senator Goebel. in his speech, clearly
defined the issues of the campaign.
His arguments were telling and clear.
During the delivery of his peroration.
Mr.. Goebel was momertlrily overcome
by the intense heat, an incident which
for time caused some alarm. He was
compelled to give way to Senator
Blackburn, who made an eloquent de-
tense of the principles of Democracy,
and at its conclusion, Senator Goebel
finished his mastery address.
The immense meeting was held in
the shadeless courthouse yard at May
field, and despite the great heat, the
auditors remained to the very last.
On the platform was noticed an i'm
mense picture of Hon. William ].
Bryan, which the crowd cheered again
and again.
Senator Blackburn and Senator Goe-
bel were escorted to the speakers
stand by Hon. Samuel Grassland and
Judge ]. E. Robbins of Mayfeld.
Tumultuous cheering greeted the
party. Mr.. Grassland acted as chair
man, and in his Introductory address
eulogized Mr.. Goebel's public and pri-
vate record. MI. Grassland also scath-
ingly referred to the boilers meeting at
Mayfield.
Il now introduce to you, gentlemen"
said Mr.. Grassland, "our candidate,
Senator Goebel, who will lead oun fight
in the coming campaign, VINO will help
US to assure the reelection to the SEN
ate of Hon. ]. c. S. Blackburn and
carry to a glorious victory the banner
of w. ]. Bryan" [Cheers.l
Mr.. Goebel said:
Fellow Citizens: We are entering
upon the initial battle of the great ma
tional conflict of 1900. Now, as in
1896, the corrupt and corrupting forces
that seek to perpetuate their control of
government, to enrich themselves at
the expense of the masses of the peo-
pie, are engaged in an effort fraudu-
lently to take Kentucky's electoral
vote from Bryan and transfer it to
Mckinley; to prevent the election to
the federal senate of Blackburn. Ken
tucky's foremost champion of bimetal-
lism, and 20 subject Kentucky per-
manently to the domination of Hanna
ism and Hunterism, and all that they
imply.
The Richmond climax. (Richmond, Ky.) 1897-1914, 1899-08-30
FOE OF DEMOCRACY.
Big Railway Corporation Arraigned
For Dipping In Politics.

an 1896 the most effective instru-
ment that aided in fraudulently taking
Kentucky's electoral vote from Bryan
and giving it to Mckinley was the
Louisville and Nashville Railroad com
pany. Today the chief influence that
is endeavoring to repeat the foul work
of 1896 is the Louisville and Nashville
Railroad company. Now, as in 1896,
the means employed to this end are
the substituting of newspapers, the CO.
ercion and intimidation of employees
and dependents and an attempt to di-
vide the Democratic party.
The true reason for this course of
the most powerful monopoly of the
commonwealth is found not so much
in the pretended apprehension of hos
tile state legislation-for no such leg
islation is or has been pToposed-but
in the fact that those who own and
control that corporation have a greater
interest than any other persons on
earth in the maintaining of the single
gold standard.
1.-The Louisville and Nashville Rail-
road company is controlled by the Bel
monts, who are and for many years
have been the American representa-
tives of the Rothschilds. Mr.. August
Belmont is the chairman of the execu-
tive board of the directory of the Lou
isville and Nashville Railroad COM
pany The CIeveland-C Carlisle gold
bond sale contract was signed August
Belmont & Co, on behalf of Messrs.
N. NJ. Rothschilds & Sons of London,
and themselves
None have a greater interest in
maintaining the single gold standard
than the Rothsehilds and the Bel
monts, because they are the largest
holders of American securities on
earth The agency through which fnev
can most effectively work in Kentucky
is the Louisville and Nashville Rail-
road company. Now, as in 1896, that
corporation employs every known en-.
CINE of coercion and intimidation
against the Democratic party.
Now, as in 1896, it uses the money
gathered by it from the people of Ken
lucky TO send broadcast over the com
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which, if violated, in either case must
The Richmond climax. (Richmond, Ky.) 1897-1914, 1899-08-30

oap corner eastward to the pike cross
Ing OF Silver Creek, distance of 81
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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-05-09
A HARMLESS STIMULANT.
should Always he Kent nj Hand
these Treachcrous spriur Dpxs.

should Always he Kept Mt Hand
these Treachcrous spring Days.
This long desired agent in the prevention
(and cure of disease has at length been
round. It has been stamped with the Gov
ernment's approval. and endorsed by the
medical profession.
AN eminent medical authority while
speaking ,of grip and its proper treatment
mas this to say: that while ordinary
whiskey is either useless or dangerous. or
both. in the treatment OF grip. Duffy's
Pure Malt Whiskey is OF the largest value
in Toe treatment"
This invgorating agent, with its abso
lutte freedom from fusel oil. and its pos
session OF tonic powers which have been
rev and recognized by all who have used
its Is a sovereign remedy for coughs and
colds. influenza and asthma, and often
times wards off an attack of pneumonia
(Which. without its Intervention. would
nave hurried the sufferer into a prema-
fture grave.
The wise housewife. then. will ALWAYS
Keep bottle of Duffy's Pure Malt Whis-
key In the closet among her household
remedies
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-05-09
One Cnuse of Large Exports.

To the Editor OF The Post.
Brenham Texas, May 2.-The Boosting
of the administration party over the fact
that our exports are so much greater
than our imports would be justified II
we were getting paid for those exports in
the shape of imported gold, but if l am
not mistaken the money received for those
exports is not coming back to the United
States The only explanation ! can see
is that IL takes all the balance to pay
the interest ON our bonded debt held
abroad. When you take into account the
immense bonded debt of the people of the
United States, National. State. municipal
railway and trust, and the fact that d
large part of this debt is held abroad, II
is not strange that the money stays
abroad. The interest on this debt mus
be paid either in exported gold or prod
ucts. We have been paying in product:
and these products have been sold by the
producers at a price barely above the
actual cost, so that the people have ne
surplus money to spend. The poverty o.
cur people is no doubt one cause of the
decreasing amount of our imports, This
state of affairs Is certainly not prosperity
1t is the natural working of the golC
standard prosperity for the money lenders
poverty for the people at large.
r Bungess,