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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-03-24
WAR DEPARTMENT.

Ordered. that hereafter no chief or
acting chief OF stafr corps shall be de-
tailed or ordered to any duty by any
authority without the approval Of the
secretary Of war
(Signed.l r. A. -EALGER. X
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-03-24
Weather Forccas. for To-day.
Local Tcmpernturc

For West Virginia, western Pennsyiva.
MIA and Ohio, generally fair; brisk wOst
winds HfaaI' -
The Holly chieftain., 1899-12-29
New Military Ralss win Begin Prepssss
Reforms 1t Onoe.

New Military Rule9 win Begin PrUp0oe4
Reforms 1t Oncs.
Havana, Dec. 26.-General Wood
says he intends to begin work at once
upon the highways, which are greatly
In need OF repair. This Will also serve
to give employment to large number
of men.
The school system will also be i'm
mediately 'rcorganized. Alexis Frye,
superintendent of Cuban schools, will
be reinforced with two or three other
commissioners.
The judiciary will form the subject
OF early attention., particularly the
tails and the existing system of keep
Ing prisoners for months without trials.
An order will issue directing that q
complete list of prisoners held for trial
be furnished monthly.
Senor Pierra says: IF the United
States really intend to fulfill the pledge
OF the joint resolution and to hand
Cuba over to the Cubans, President
Mckinley should outline the basis on
which the Cubans could work In order
10 form government such as the
United States would consider ade-
quate. BY doing this he would confer
great benefit upon Cuba, US most Of our
people are keenly desirous of doing
something toward forming govern
ment, but are ignorant as to the best
way to proceed. The leaders also diff
Ter among themselves. The existing
political parties were originally intend
ed to educate our people in political
methods, but owing to disagreements
Detween well meaning politicians, er-
roneous IDEAS are likely to be sown in
unframed minds. These ideas must
sooner or later be eradicated."
The Holly chieftain., 1899-12-29
WIN Re.I.t Advance in Ra,e..

Kansas City, Dec. 23.-A mass meet.
Ing Of the shippers and jobbers of the
Missouri river towns, to take steps
to resist the advance in railroad freight
rates, announced to take effect the lst
Of January, has been called by the To-
cal transportation bureau. The meet
Ing will be held in this city at the rooms
Of the Commercial Club on December
9TH. The commercial clubs Of Omaha.
st. Joseph. Atchison and Leavenworth
have already taken similar action and
many Individual merchants have al.
ready given their Endorsement to this
movement
The Holly chieftain., 1899-12-29
BRITISH HORSES DYING.
Boers Smelling Ladysmith-Brltlsh Destroy
Bridge Over the Tugela.


London, Dec. 2G.--Up to this hour
that would indicate any change in the
military situation there. The war Of
lice is issuing lists of further dead and
wounded as well as accounts of sick
ness. The most serious report of the
last class is that horse sickness has
broken out in both British and Boer
camps in Natal.
-Four hundred British cavalry horses,
1t is said, have already been shot,
owing to the occurrence of glanders.
The disease Is likely to spread with
much greater rapidity among the Brit
ish horses than among the hardy Boer
ponies, and this may mean n con-
siderable prolongation of the campaign.
THE British position at Frere is
being strengthened. The Tugela river
is rising and there is n prospect of
heavy rains.
"a two-hour bombardment of Lady
smith has been heard from here. Ac-
cording to reliable native reports the
Beers had 200 killed in the fight at
Colenso."
The news that the Colenso foot
bridge has been destroyed seems to
show that General Butler is more
anxious to keep the enemy at bay than
to attempt further advance.
Despite the severity of the censor
ship, hints are being continually re-
ceived of the serious spread of Dutch
dissaffection in both the Queenstown
district Of Cape Colony and Natal.
The Holly chieftain., 1899-12-29
Doesn't Liz. Women.

1t is said by those who know Cecil
Rhodes, the south African magnate.
that he has great aversion to the op-
posite sex. They say that while on
a recent visit to London he dined at
the house of the Baroness Burdett-
Coutts. and later. when he was dis
cussing the affair with his secretary,
the latter asked: And whom did you
take in to dinner?" "Oh. don't know.
Some Lady Somebody" was the reply
But what did you call herr" Didn't
call her anything. Never spoke to
her."
The Holly chieftain., 1899-12-29
EARrHouAKe ncNrrrs........
Many Baidlnss psnag and People
Alarmed.


Many Baidlnss psnag and People
Alarmed.
Los Angeles, Cal, Dec. 26.-At 4:oJ
o'clock this morning n severe earth
quake shock was felt over large por.
tion OF southern California, the undu-
lations lasting about twelve seconds.
The entire center of the shock ap-
peared TO have been at San Jaclnto, a
small town in Riverside country. The
business portion of San Jacinto con-
sists of two blocks Of two-story build
ings, some of which are built of brick.
Ten or fifteen buildings were damages,
chimneys being toppled over and walls
cracked and shaken. The total damage
at San Jacinto and Hemit, small
town near by, is estimated at $4,000.
A large tourist hotel at Hemit was
damaged and the hospital at San ia
cinto also suffered. The rear wall OF
the Johnson block Mt Hemit fell.
The only loss Of life so far as known
was at the Saboba Indian reservation.
near San Jacinto. where six squaws
were killed by falling walls. A num-
Der OF Indians We're seriously injured.
In this city no damage was done
though the shock was particularly vic
lent. The houses here are well filed
with eastern tourists and they were in
many instances terrified at the unex-
pected disturbances and rushed from
their rooms in fright
The Holly chieftain., 1899-12-29
Recommendation In AFRICA.

Cape Town, Dec. 25.-General Cat
acre, in order to check insurrection
among the Dutch colonists, and to pre-
vent disaffected persons giving infor-
nation or other assistance to the
Beers, has issued II modified reconcen
trado order.
By its terms all males over 12 years
Of age, of whatever nationality, resid.
Ing outside of towns or villages, but
within radius of twelve miles of mill.
tary camps now established, or hereaf.
ter to be established north of Sterk.
stroom, are required Immediately tc
vacate their places of residence and
either to remove to some place outside
the twelve-mile radius, or to form a
camp in close proximity to the nearest
military camp-the spot to be selected
by the officer commanding-where they
must reside until further notice, pro-
viding for their own needs.
Adyices from Colesberg assert that
not many colonial Dutch have Joined
the Beers in that district.
The Holly chieftain., 1899-12-29
The Coal Nina Tr.peax.

Brownsville, Pa, Dec. 25-The hor-
ror of the Braznell mine disaster grows
in intensity with every hour. The
number of the dead is now estimated
at forty and may pass that figure. At the
same time there is strong presump-
tion that the laws regulating mining
We're carelessly and probably criminal
ly disregarded.
To-day the first bodies of the victims
were brought out of the mine, and nev-
er in the history Of mine disasters were
human beings SO horribly mutilated. 1t
was nearly IL O'clock before the first
five bodies We're taken out, twenty
eight hours after the explosion. At
$50 three more were brought to the
surface. and again at $50 three more
came up In the cage of the main shaft.
That naked lights and unlocked safe
ty lamps We're used in n dangerous
mine was officially confirmed by Pit
Boss Thomas Jones, who made a state
ment which forms the most sensational
chapter on the management of the
mines which has yet developed.
The Holly chieftain., 1899-12-29
A New Mosquito.

Newark has new breed of nosqui-
toes. This appalling intelligence is
Cleaned from one of the papers pub
lished in that city. These new mos
quitoes are not to be kept out OF
houses by any of the screens now in
use. They are SO small that they get
into the rooms of the unhappy resi-
dents of the fourishing city on the
Passaic river and bite them with a
ferocity hitherto unknown even in the
state which is famous for its mosqui-
toes. The doctors are trying to COM
fort the people by telling them that
these mosquitoes will eat malaria
germs with more avidity than the or
dinary New Jersey breed. but the peo-
pie are not satisfied. Some of them
are declaring that their board OF
health ought to do something about 1t.
Just how board of health can con-
sistently take action looking toward
the determination of any insect which
will eat the germs of malaria is not
explained.-New York Times.
The Holly chieftain., 1899-12-29
More Detail. of Am.,a p,..,..-.

Rome, Dec. 26.-Among those killed
In the Amalti disaster We're Miss Weir.
a daughter of James Galloway Weir.
member of the British House of Com.
mons for Ross and Cromarty, and her
governess. They had escaped, but re-
turning for their valuables, were killed
together.
1t now develops that some earth
tremors and other premonitions en-.
abled many people to get away before
the catastrophe occurred. The mayor
of Amalti declares his belief that the
landslide was due to the fact that
huge nssure, left after a similar slip
ten years ago, had been carelessly
filled with faggots and pieces of tim
ber This had always been considered
u source Of danger.
The Hotel Santa Caterino was COM
pletely buried and other buildings are
in ruins.
The peasants, fearing further land.
slides, refuse to return to their homes.
The Holly chieftain., 1899-12-29
CubRns Reaasured.

Havana, Dec. 26-The events of the
last few days have had great effect
on Cuban politics. The circumstances
attending the arrival of General Wood
and the departure of General Brooke,
taken with the speech of the former
at the farewell banquet to the latter in
which the Intentions of the United
States government We're restated, have
satisfied the Cubans that Cuba will GER
tainly be independent within a reason
able time.
More than this, the arrival and pub
lie and private utterances of Horatio
Rubens have increased the restful feel
Ing that now apparently exists among
all classes. Mr.. Rubens has, without
doubt, considerable influence. Wher.
ever he goes he is cheered by the
people. His room at the hotel is
thronged with Cuban officials seeking
an interview, and altogether he is re.
garded somewhat in the light Of IN
oracle.
The Holly chieftain., 1899-12-29
CORRESPONDENT. LOSES ARM

E. F. Knight, the war correspondent
who lost an arm in the battle at Bel
mont, has packed much adventure into
comparatively short life. Born in the
north Of France. he tried hard to en-
list in the French army when the Ger
mans were closing in around Paris.
The next year he succeeded, in spite OF
his youth, in getting into the army,
and served as a volunteer in Algeria
against the revolving Arabs; that over
Mr.. Knight took to yachting. He has
several times crossed the Atlantic in
small cutter. and has thoroughly ex-
plored the Baltic sea in tiny pleas
ure boat. AS correspondent he has
followed several campaigns in Africa
He represented the London Times dur
The Holly chieftain., 1899-12-29
DUBOIS is HOPEFUL.
Says Continuance of the Boer War WIN
Help the Silver Cause.

says n Continuance of the Boer War WIN
Help the Silver Cause.
Chicago, Dec. 2G-"If the war in the
Transvaal continues for two or three
months longer, the cause of silver will
have been won,' said former United
States Senator Dubois of Idaho, one
of the Silver Republican leaders, who
was in Chicago to-day.
The short time 1t has been in pro-
gress," continued Mr.. Dubois, has fur
nished proof of the contentious of the
friends of silver that there is not
enough gold in the world to form the
basis of the worlds money, and IL the.
war continues the length of time /
have indicated, the truth of this will
nave become too apparent for sue
cessful contravention.
Il believe the Transvaal war will be
n mighty influence in the campaign of
next year in this country, and that
the object lesson will convince the
people of this country that it is not
safe to place on gold the entire burden
OF the monetary volume of the world.
1T may be interesting to observe
that the panic in New York was stimuli
taneous with the passage of the House
gold standard bill. Now, If panic had
followed the passage of silver free
coinage bill the wise men and the press
OF the land would have attributed it to
the passage Of the BILL"
The Holly chieftain., 1899-12-29
England Must Explain,

Washington, Dec. 26.-The State Dc.
partment has received from the Penn.
sylvania Milling Company of New
York, statement of the facts touching
the seizure of two cargoes of -four be-
longing to that concern bound for Por-
tuguese ports in East Africa. The seiz-
ures were made by British warships on
the ground that the flour was intended
for the Beers. The company's letter
is presentation of the case without
protest and is evidently intended to
serve as basis of claim for pecun-
larry damages against the British gov
ernment.
The Holly chieftain., 1899-12-29
LIBERAL NOBLEMAN.
MARQUIS WHO is CARRYING
OUT GOOD WORK.
Spending His Furtune for the BeneEt
of HI. yellow Men-He Is Typical of
the Real Britisher Having No selnsh
Aims :'or Greed to Appcase.

The Marquis Oh Butte is one OF Scot
lands noblemen with personality all
his own. Born in 1S4S, he succeeded
to the title and estates when he was
one year old and was under tutors
the late Earl of Beaconsfeld was one
OF them-until he came of age He
has great wealth acquired for the most
part from the mines and lands at
Cardiff. 1t shows his interest in muni-
cipal institutions that he was mayor
of Cardiif in 1890 and 1891. and that he
also paid the town of Rothlesay. in
the island of Bute--which he owns and
from which he takes his title-the
compliment of becoming Its provost in
1896 and 1897.
An accomplished and enthusiastic
antiquarian, Lord Butte has found an
outlet for his great wealth in restoring
ancient, historic buildings. among the
most interesting being that OF Falk-
land palace. in Fife. an old residence
The Holly chieftain., 1899-12-29
OUR FEsr oaowlNo. LAaoEr.
So Say the shoemaker and the Hab-
Grdashsrs.


So Say the shoemakers and the Hab-
ordashsrs.
Shoemakers and haberdashers who
cater to the wants OF the elite assert
that their patrons this year demand
hosiery and shoes averaging from one
half to one and half sizes larger than
they did five years ago. says the New
York Herald. The majority of the
dealers t.iieve that the average length
and breadth OF mems feet have been
steadily increasing since the wane OF
the fashion which demanded pointed
toe and tght-fitting shoe. This they
explain by saying that the effect Of the
style in vogue six years ago was to
cramp and distort the natural deve.-
opment of the feet. When the sty.a
changed and comfort became the critic
rion of fashion, nature again exerte,i
itself. Feet which had become dig
torted during the reign of the narroa
shoe and pointed toe slowly began to
broaden and adapt themselves to Their
neg surroundings. The change, beins
gradual, went for long time un-
noticed. and not until the merchants
recently began to compare their sales
OF five years ago with those of today
was 1t found that the average increase
has been approximately one size. Sew
eral well-known shoe dealers said that
when they first began to notice the ap-
parent change they became interested
and studied the problem. They founa
that when fashion demanded the use OF
narrow shoes. feet were closely con-
lined and by degrees became small.
AS styles changed and an easy ht was
alone desired. the feet seemed to ex-
pand and grow steadily larger unit.
the fashion aga.l required small. neat
feet, when the process would be re-
peated. One merchant, versed in an.
cient and oriental history. pointed on.
to me the fact that in countries where
the sandals or other loose foot cover
Ing is generally worn, the feet of the
inhabitants are comparatively large.
and in countries where a big shoe is in
poor taste, small feet are in the ma
jority. A weli-known Broadway
hosier. when ] told him the theory
advanced by the other haberdashers
and shoemakers, smiled incredulously
and said: "I'll tell you what my ex-
perience has been: perhaps It would be
interesting. When times are hard /
notice that men order large socks, and
when there lie plenty of money they
prefer close-fitting ones. 1t can all be
reduced to question of economics, in
my opinion. Large hose wear longer
than those OF perfect fit, but they are
not SO comfortable. Most well-dressed
men are the first to feel the pressure
of hard times, and then they begin to
economic. They would probably
deny it If you should confront them
with the statement that for the sake
of saving quarter they were wearing
pair of misfit socks. but under these
conditions nine times out OF ten the
accusation would be true"
The Holly chieftain., 1899-12-29
~ W - ~ n lI7l-l-I-l
"A NEW YEkR.S CALLER.

A year ago, around last New Years.
was called upon by gorgeous youny
creatures saving beauty--who bor5
n letter Of Introduction from mutual
friend in st. Louis.
The substance of it was:
THE girl is stagestruck. Can yor.
do anything for her?"
She was the most artificial thing /
had ever seen. doubted whether she
could sneeze naturally.
Have You had any stage expert
ence?"
Only with amateurs"
"Ah! Have you any money!"
She looked at me much as a we'll
posted countryman would gaze at a
"bunco steerer.''
MY dear girl. don't want your
money. but it might be to your adyan-
tage to take course in some good
training school. and that REQUIRES
cash."
Her nose went up.
oh, ! don't wish anything like
that" she said disdainfully. II want
an engagement where can get n sal
ary."
well. you might possibly begin by
playing very small parts" l replied.
"Mr. DAILY generally has a corps of
fifteen or twenty young girls connected
with his theater who are occasionally
selected"
NO. mol" she interrupted. 81 must
DO better than that. viii you hear me
recite speech from 'Parthenia"p
Ihis was pretty hard, but 1 was pre-
pared to go some lengths "in friend
ships NAME" as the gentleman sings
in "Iolanthe."
Go ahead" said hoarsely.
She went ahead.
1t was pretty bad.
My dear" said. there is no cal!
Tor Parthenias unless they have cash
galore, and even then the CALI comes
principally from the manager. who
wants his rent guaranteed. and the
actors, who need their salaries. We
are also overstocked with Juliets and
fairly reek with Rosalinds."
She rose impatiently.
lhen YOU DON'T give me any en-
couragement?"
Not in that line; no."
You don't think spoke well?"
Let us talk of something else.n
mo. l should like an answer
please"
We'll. then. II you must insist, 1
didn't care for you in the speech"
She walked out. trembling with in
dignation.
Yesterday / met her.
Beautiful still. but with a look of
hard experience in her eyes and her
dress quite shabby.
My heart warmed toward her. and I
seized her poorly gloved hand with
fervor.
Il am sorry you were offended with
NEIL murmured
She heaved a sigh.
You were quite right" she said,
"and wish that had known 1t then"
You have been on the stage?"
Been on the stage?" she echoed,
The Holly chieftain., 1899-12-29
Bodies of Maine xlc,,m.

Newport News, Va, Dec. 26.-The
battleship Texas, in command of Cap
tain Sigsbee. arrived here shortly be
fore noon to-day with the remains of
the men who lost their lives by the de-
struction Of the battleship Maine in
Havana harbor. The bodies of the
Maine heroes which We're brought up
on the Texas will be transferred to q
chesapeake d Ohio train tomorrow at
IL o'clock and will be taken to Wash
ingto for interment In Arlington Gene
terry next Thursday.
The Holly chieftain., 1899-12-29

with bitter smile. why, I've hardly
been off 1t for the last four months"
''Well?"
well. I've been doing small parts
in twice day performance COM
pany. and I'm half dead We even
played on Sunday, and the mornings
were given up to rehearsals. | tried
important parts Just twice-when tho
leading woman was ill-and made
botch of them both! And one was our
old friend Parthenia" She laughed
cynically.
But your experience will count in
the end" ventured.
mo. 1t won't" she retorted. "Im
one of the actresses who don't Offend
l haven't any talent, and fourteen per-
formances a week is little too much:
I'm going back to St. Louis to get
married"
Very sensible"
And she sped away and was lost in
the crowd of Thespians that decorate
Broadway and Fortieth street.
The Holly chieftain., 1899-12-29

OF the kings of Scotland, which he pur-
chased few years ago. and in the ap-
pearance of which he has made a great
change. At Montstuart, in the island
of Butte. he built some years ago a
magnificent house in the gothic style
OF architecture, which cost good deal
over 100000. 1t is a marvel in its
way, with its inner staircase and great
balconied hall composed of beautiful
Italian marbles.
Now his latest building work, which
has Just been begun, is small private
chapel in connection with Montstuart
House. This is to cost $4,000. 1t
will be fitted up in the most gorgeous
manner for the celebration of worship.
Colored marbles, for the decoration Of
the chancel, the walls and the pas
sages. will be freely employed, and in
the plans it looks as II this chapel
would be one of the handsomest of the
kind in Scotland.
Unfortunately the marquis Is not In
good health. A man of feshy form and
of considerable bulk. he suffers from
eczema. which lately has been very
troublesome, and it was also reported
that he had had slight attack Of
paralysis. His condition not long since
was very critical, but he is now get
ting better. though still far from we'll.
The best wishes Of his countrymen are
for his recovery, for he is a nobleman
who has adorned his station and has
done great good with the wealth he
possesses.
The Holly chieftain., 1899-12-29

ing the Graeco-Turkish war, and was
one Of the few men to get into Ha-
vana last year after the blockade was
established. Desiring to follow the
progress of the war from the side OF
the Spaniards he was told when he
reached this country that 1t was i'm
possible to get into the capital OF
Cuba. Nothing daunted he hired the
captain Of sailboat to take him with
in few miles of Havana. and there
cast him adrift in a rowboat. A storm
coming up, the boat was overturned,
but Mr.. Knight clung to the keel until
he was picked up the next morning by
a Spanish patrol. He was one Of the
four correspondents allowed to accom-
pany the present British expedition to
the relief of Kimberley.
The Holly chieftain., 1899-12-29
Red Cross lInspita, In China.

Something entirely new in China Is
that the red cross floats over full,
equipped hospital, where from fifty tc
one hundred or more patients are
treated daily. The hospital is in charg.
OF four native physicians.
The Holly chieftain., 1899-12-29

II We had NOT very rich we generally
had very happy friends about us.
The Holly chieftain., 1899-12-29

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