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The Frankfort roundabout. [volume] (Frankfort, Ky.) 1882-1908, 1899-07-22
A Popular Wedding Trip

Is to- take ID. d G. steamer to
Mackinac Island, Michigan. If you
want a delightful wedding trip where
you are not likely to meet acquaint-
ances, take one of the ID. & G. new
steel passenger steamers to the
Island of Cool Breezes. Staterooms
and parlors reserved thirty days in
advance. Send two cent stamp for
illustrated pamphlet. Address A.
A. Schantz, G.. p. A., d. Il c., De-
truit, Mich.
The Frankfort roundabout. [volume] (Frankfort, Ky.) 1882-1908, 1899-07-22
There Need Be No Alarm.

We wish to assure our friends in
the country and elsewhere that there
need be no uneasiness or alarm so as
to prevent their coming to this city
to transact business.
The smallpox tor what ever it
was) has not affected any consid-
cradle portion of the city and the
cases generally are confined to the
humber walks of life.
The Frankfort roundabout. [volume] (Frankfort, Ky.) 1882-1908, 1899-07-22
Spent a Good Farm D0ctOrIng.

Mr.. a. n. NOEL, of Asherville,
Kansas, says he spent good farm
doctoring himself for chronic dar-
rhOea but got no relief and was afraid
that he must die. He CHANGED to
get hold of u bottle Of Chamberlain's
Collie, Cholera and DiarrhOea Rem
edy and was permanently cured by
it. For sale by j. w. Gayle, drug
gist.
The Frankfort roundabout. [volume] (Frankfort, Ky.) 1882-1908, 1899-07-22
Postponed.

Owing to the orders of the Board
Of Health requesting all public as
semblies, picnics, &C., to be dispensed
with, the lawn fete to he given by
Joseph II. Lewis Chapter, Daugh-
tiers Of the Confederacy. was post
poned indefinitely.
The Frankfort roundabout. [volume] (Frankfort, Ky.) 1882-1908, 1899-07-22

to give this explanation, TO do
away with the impression made by
the Times correspondent, which
lead to the belief that they were not
brave enough to do their duty.
The Frankfort roundabout. [volume] (Frankfort, Ky.) 1882-1908, 1899-07-22
These Frogs.

Early risers, on Monday morning,
found the streets near the custom
house covered with little frogs about
the size of the end of a mans little
finger.
The Frankfort roundabout. [volume] (Frankfort, Ky.) 1882-1908, 1899-07-22
Hot Weatehr Goods
At Popular Prices.

This e.: I. :; = 4: :::
the lowest prices the qualities in Such beau
tiul cool airy fabrics from 4Ac yd age I'd deserve
tention from all careful buyers We invite inspection and
lcomparson The largest nd complete line of Black
Crepons silks for waists wash silks fouard ribbons
and trimmings may be found Call and
The Saint Paul globe., 1899-02-12

DDS. These branches are distirctivaIv
normal school studies. yet they receive
but very limited amount of attention
IN any of the four normal schools. be-
ing confined almost wholly to the last
years work, while the instruction Civ
en- during the first three years of the
course almost duplicates the present
standard required of irst-class high
schools throughout the state.
1t is urged that the change will not
only add to the value of the normals
as teachers training schools, but it
will result in a saving to the state
which is very necessary at this time.
The demand for additional appropria-
tions for other branches of the edu-
cational system of the state has been
growing from year to year, and this
year the legislature has but limited
amount at its disposal. 1t Will be
necessary for the legislature to prac-
tice economy in many directions. All
Of the state institutions, with scarcely
the exception that proves the rule, are
asking for appropriations for new
buildings. AT the outset it will be seen
that wise care will be necessary to
maintain all hign schools and ali other
educational institutions at their pres
ent high standard. Retrenchmept must
be made in some quarter. The cry has
been raised all over the state against
the normal schools. The graduates ot
these schools have not always come up
to the requirements. All agree that
training schools are absolutely neces-
sary. as the demand for competent
teachers far exceeds the supply
The Saint Paul globe., 1899-02-12

their kind thoughtfulness, as we enjoy
them thoroughly. You know we have
to depend altogether on the mails for
our reading matter. as only Spanish
books can be bought here
1t is also pleasure to us to know
that the boys at home bear us in mind
and think of US SO kindly when we are
so far away. Our thoughts often go
back to the boys at home, and of the
pleasure we enjoyed in our comrade-
ship in the armory, and 1 hope it won't
be long until we are back again to-
gether once more. at least in old Com
pany G room. The old crowd together
again, and added to them new faces
to you, but familiar to US here. All
of the boys that Joined us at Camp
Ramsey and Camp Merritt are all good
fellows. We still think as we always
have thought in years past, that Com
pany G is the finest of them all, and I
want you boys back there to always
count yourselves in as one of us; even
though we have been separated for a
time, We know that your thoughts and
best wishes have ever been with us
and when we come home, next to our
home folks, the first people we will
want to see will be the old members
of Company G.
We are still on the police force and
will probably stay until we leave here,
it is hard work. but it greatly relieves
the monotony of garrison duty, as there
is always something new to do, and
more or less danger and excitement all
the time. At present we are working
on a murder case and 1 think we will
lard our man In day or two. We
have made. in our station. over 300 ar
The Saint Paul globe., 1899-02-12

rests in the four months we have been
had something to do.
The boys in the company are all in
splendid shape now: the health of the
company was never better
The following is the sick list:
Crother, smallpox, cured, will report
to company tomorrow. I saw him at
the pest house ON Saturday and he
was looking fine. He will be marked
very little.
Simons, dysentery, doing nicely, up
and around and will be on duty in a
few days.
Hughes and Rank, dysentery. Both
up and around, but am going to send
them home, discharged. Too far gone
to build UP here.
Kerna, convalescent, hospital. Will
be on duty Monday.
Pearson, fever, not recovered yet
Will probably break it up this week.
You see the list is pretty small
against what it was two months ago,
when I had twenty-five sick, and two
of them died. That is what takes the
nerve out Of an officer and out of his
company, to lose men and have so
many sick, and the rest of the company
about half sick.
We received cable about ten DAYS
ago, saying that we were to be ordered
home in sixty dayS-later Gov Clough
wired that it was not certain, so we
are all waiting anxiously for something
definite, although most of US expect
that we will get out of here Feb. Is.
| That would suit us very nicely, as
that will get us away from here before
the unhealthy season commences. The
The Saint Paul globe., 1899-02-12

elementary work of these schools; in
fact, it is urged by many who favor
change that the elementary depart
ment simply duplicates the work Of
the high schools of the state, at an
additional cost to the taxpayers The
normal schools were primarily estab-
lished in Minnesota for the training Of
teachers, many years ago when high
schools and grammar schools were
very scarce, and 1t was to supply this
demand that the normals We're estab-
Hshed and made q part of the edu-
cational system Of the state. Within
q comparatively short space conditions
have changed, educationally-so to
speak. The high schools of the state
include in their course every study
that Is taught in the elementary de-
partment of the normal schools. 1t Is
not proposed to abolish the elementary
course Of the nornals, as it Is an ah-
solute requisite to the efficiency of the
school. but there is a demand for more
exact professional teaching in the nor
NAL school.
Trained school men all over the state.
county superintendents and all school
officials have said: Let us have more
Of the professional taught in the
schools" The voice of the high school
official has been loudest in this de-
mand. They say why the nornals
furnish us with no better teachers than
we can secure from the graduates of
our own schoOl?'
1t is asserted by the great majority
Of those engaged in school work that
greater attention should be paid in the
normals to psychology. child study
school management and school meth
The Saint Paul globe., 1899-02-12

weather now is delightful, very hot
in the day time and nice and cool in the
evenings. The mosquitoes are pretty
thick evenings. Just think of it, Mac,
hot weather and mosquitoes on Christ
| mas, and youR Door devils at home
shoveling coal and snow.
We are going to be disappointed on
our Christmas boxes, as they have not
reached here yet, and no boat is ex-
pected until next week now. We will
probably spend Christmas without any
mail or boxes am afraid that it will
be pretty lonely day for a great many
of the boys, but we will do the best
we can and try and make merry any
way. 2
I am glad to- know that the old Com
pany boys aressticking together, for
there never was e better crowd of
fellows, than the Same Company C
coyotes, as old Wade Hampton used to
say. d
We'll. I have written a pretty long
letter, so 1 guess will stop. Remem-
Der me to all the boys, Schaller, Stout,
Schaffer, White. McEune, Watson, Vo-
geli and all the rest, and with best
wishes for yoh allsand a happy and
prosperous New Year, remain, as
ever yours truly,
IN. c. Robinson.
The Saint Paul globe., 1899-02-12
CHANGE in NORMALS
1T WILL BE URGED AT THE COM
ING MEETING OF THE
BOARD
EMPHASIS ON THE TEACHING
Well and Constantly I'm the View
of the New State Normal School
Board, Which VIII Assume the
Reins of Government Within
the Next Few Days.

The state normal school board will
hold meeting some time next week
for the purpose Of perfecting an or
ganization. Matters which will come
up for consideration at the initial
meeting of the board are Of interest to
every educator in the state and will
be watched with concern until a
definite policy towards the normal
schools has been decided upon by the
board.
Uppermost in Importance Is the pro-
posed change in the policy of conduct
ing these schools. In the past q great
deal Of attention has been paid to the
The Saint Paul globe., 1899-02-12

The Southern Railway exhibit at 354 Jack
son street, st. Paul, offers an interesting
study for all who contemplate trip in that
direction. The great variety of products ex-
hibited. together with a large number OF
colored Photographs of different sections along
the line of the Southern Railway. will give 9
general idea Of the country.
The Saint Paul globe., 1899-02-12
FERRETING A MURDER
COMPANY c BOYS AT MANILA ARE
DEVELOPING THEMSELVES
AS SLEUTHS
CAPT. ROBINSON WRITES
Under Date of Dec. 20 He Tells of
Hot weather and Mosquitoes,
While His Former Colleagues
Are DalIying With Snow ShoveIs
and Worrying Over Coal Bills
and Frozen Water Pipes.

The following letter has been re-
ceived by Edward Mclean, from Capt.
n. c. Robinson, of the Thirteenth regi-
ment, under date of Dec. 90.
Received your two letters some time
ago, but I have had so much to attend
to, and as captain of the company
quite a large correspondence to keep
UP. so l am bsuy all the time
We receive your paper and maya
zines regularly, and 1 tell you, Mac,
they are highly appreciated out here.
and in behalf Of the boys in the com
pany and for myself. l want to thank
you and the boys who send them, for
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-01-24

At the city election to be held
Thursday there should be a full and
representative vote of the people.
There is a grave and important issue
to be decided then and it is important
that a full expression of the will of the
people of this city be had upon it.
We need not again go into the details
of this issue at this late day. 1t has
been thoroughly discussed in these col
umns and we believe the people are
familiar with it. In a word it is a
choice between government of, by and
for the people and government of, by
and for a political ring, a handful OF
selfish scheming politicians and chronic
officeholders who have in view none
but their own personal and political in
terests and the perpetuation and eleva-
ton of themselves in office.
No intelligent citizen needs to be told
how to vote on this issue in order to
conserve the best interests of the peo-
pie, the taxpayers and the city.
The ring is in existence for but one
purpose and that a selfish one and to
accomplish that it has made of all
the departments of the city government
mere wheels in a general municipal
political machine far-reaching in its
scope and power. Under the rule OF
the ring, every officeholder in every
department from the highest to the
lowest is a political worker and heller
for the ring-is in office chiefly for
that very purpose. Every department
of the city government is thus prosti-
tuted to the selfish ends of the ring
sterS after the usual manner of rings.
And any intelligent citizen may see
at a glance how this but operates to
greatly lessen the efficiency of those
important departments on which the
citizens, regardless of politics, depend
for protection to their lives and prop
erty. ~Partisanship and political pull,
alone, are made tests of qualification
for Office under the rule of the ring;
the matter of fitness or capacity to dc
the important work involved is another
question coming afterward and may
or may not be taken into account.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-01-24
sThe Strange Schemes OF Randolph

sThe Strange Schemes Of Randolph
Mason These very clever and ingen-
ious yarns each have a plain purpose
as all lasting literature must, each de-
picting in very powerful manner
by the force of illustration certain
glazing defects in the law.
One of these stories, it has been fire.
quently charged, put into the head OF
Leutgert. the Chicago sausage-maker,
his grewsome plan of numbering his
wife and disposing of her body.
1t is these reports that have aroused
the watchdog of the Cleveland library
to defending it's shelves from this
dangerous" literature.
But even if this far-fetched assump-
ton of connection between Mr.. Posts
interesting book and the crime of
Leutgert were true, it would be no
more reason for barring this excellent
piece of literature from the shelves of
a public library than it would be for
barring dozens of standard works that
might be held to be open to the same
alleged objection.
Meanwhile, our esteemed friend Mr..
Post owes Librarian Brett his thanks
for this excellent testimonial to the
power of his pen.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-01-24
AN INSTANCE.

The recent defeat of Chief Klieves for
reelection as head of the fire depart
ment vas an instance of how the ring
operates the city government in all it's
branches. Chief Klieves having some
regard for the personnel of his import
ant department and approaching as any
practical fireman must, that fitness and
capacity are by long odds the first
requisites to be considered in employ
ing firemen, declined to discharge good
and experienced men and hire poor
or inexperienced ones at the behest of
the members of the ring who desired to
provide for a heeler here and a faithful
ward-worker there at the expense Of
the taxpayers and the efficiency of this
department. Consequently Chief
Klieves-a good and efficient man-was
summarily turned down and out.
Yet the fire department is probably
the most important department in the
city and one in which fitness and capac-
ity should always be the first test of
employment, for on the efficiency of
that department depends the safety of
property, which should not be trifed
with and j~eopardized to subserve the
political or personal fortunes of any
clique, ring or set of politicians.
1t is this sort Of thing which the adj
vocates of good municipal government
call upon the people regardless of party
to go to the polls and put an end to
next Thursday.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-01-24

The Filipinos having defied Presi-
dent Mckinley we suppose we shall
now enter upon a war of conquest
against Aguinaldo and his people,
who have so long been battling for
their liberties. 1t is an anomalous
position for this free government OF
the people to assume And we speak
advisedly in calling it a var of con-
quest; since SPANS right and title tc
the archipelago outside of Manila and
it's immediate territory had been
wrested from her by the Filipinos, she
could not deed to us in a treaty what
she did not possess.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-01-24
THE REFUNDING SCHEME AGAIN.

! The Register has a deal to say about
the ~refunding measure these days. Some
one has been rude enough to suggest tndt
the Registers opposition to this measure
was inspired by the fact that Register
stockholders and friends of the paper hold
high interest bearing bonds of the city,
OF course, these people want a 6 per cent
bond and do not want to exchange one for
a bond bearing only 4 per cent. BY the
way, a lower rate of taxation would also
suit these investors in city bonds admir-
ably; it would mean inability to continue
the present policy of rapidly disposing of
the city's bonded Indebtedness, and GER
tain persons investments would be con-
tinued Observation-Disclosures.
We do not wonder at so silly and ma
licious a bit of personality and false
hood as this coming from a newspaper
that could stultify itself and play the
traitor to the city and the people that
that support it as the In~telligencer
does in it's advocacy and sup
port of the ring, the political canoe
that is sapping the life of the city gov
eminent and the purses of the taxpay-
ers.
1t were far better for the ring organ
to hold it's peace on the subject of the
city's debt and the bondholders. If
the rings refunding proposition, sup
ported alone by the ring and its Or
gan, had been adopted not only would
the people have been bilked of a good
ly sum intended to be paid on
the city debt, but the bond
holders practically would have
had a LIFE INVESTMENT, not a SOL
itary cent of which could have been
disturbed for at least ten years, while
the chances are with a continuance of
| ring extravaganza the whole debt
would have had to be refunded again
in due course and so DEMONSTRATING
a never ending burden on the taxpay-
ers and an everlasting fountain of in
terest for the bondholders.
The insolent and trucking organ has
a vast deal of ~impudence to mention
this phase of the rings discredited
scheme. The people have been saved
a vast sum of money in interest and
principal by the defeat of the refund
ing scheme and the best evidence of
the wisdom of the opponents of that
plan is the present excellent financial
condition of the city, which the organ
has the sublime i%mpudence to point to
as an instance of the rings good man
agement when it is a condition that ex-
lists in spite of the strenuous efforts of
the ring and its organ to prevent it.
This laundering and malicious organ,
it will strike most people, has a fright
full amount of effrontery to oppose
lowering the rate of taxation on the
ground that the higher the people are
taxed the sooner their debt will be
paid, when in the same breath it Of
fers excuses for the refunding propo-
sition which would have delayed the
payment of the debt for a generation
at least!
The ring organs financial logic is Of
that peculiar variety which visitors to
| paretic wards of insane asylums are
sometimes treated to.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-01-24

ocrats Of the House Will endeavor to
preserve this legal majority in strict
accordance with the law. They have
already begun contest proceedings In
four cases that had been held in abey-
ance-and the total number Of ques-
tionable titles in the House held by
Republicans is fully equal to the whole
Democratic membership of the Senate.
1t was not the purpose of the Demo-
Gratis at once to go into these cases
unless it was made necessary by the
revolutionary acts Of the Senate and
in order to preserve the majority in
the Legislature which the people elect
ed. But now the time has come to
sift every questionable title and no
time should be lost in clearing up
every one of them and in every case
seating the mar honestly elected.
The revolutionists in the Senate
having shown themselves utterly re-
CARELESS of the rights of the people
and of the law of the land, are worthy
of no further consideration.
The Democrats of the House, if it
shall be found to be necessary,
should take heroic measures in right
ing this mighty wrong, in avenging
this ~stupendous crime against the bal
lot and in preserving popular govern
ment in West Virginia. And the peo-
pie would uphold them, for when
they shall again have oppor-
tunity to record their will at the polls,
they will speak with such en-
phasis that not a vestige shall be left
of the party responsible for this damn
able, reasonable outrage.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-01-24

We are promised another dramatic
treat Of February 3, Friday week,
when The Players give the second of
their series of performances the first
of which was given last November. the
third and last of these series being for
a date still further in the future. Sub
scribers to this series of performances
are to be congratulated on having Sc
cured seats in advance. There is a
goodly portion of the house, however,
still open to the public and the re-
naming seats should be snapped up
quickly, for these performances by our
local talent are among the very best
things of the theatrical season from
an artistic standpoint. The next play
will be Sidney Grundy's fine comedy
Hare and Hounds"
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-01-24
DIED.

McCOLLOCH-On Wednesday morning,
January 23d, 1899, at 9 o'clock, Renecca L.,
wife of the late Joseph McColloch, in the
T4th year of her age.
Funeral from her late residence on Short
Creek. Ohio county, Tuesday morning at
II o'clock. Interment at Short Creek GEM
etery. Friends of family invited to attend.
JOHNSTON-On Monday January 23d, at
2:45 a. m. Mary Adela Johnston, wife of
W. j. Johnston, in the SD year of her age.
Funeral from the residence of her hus-
band, No. 1888 Market street, on Wednes-
day, January 18th, 1899 at $50 p. m.
MAGERS-Monday. January 23d, 1889, at
2:40 o'clock p. M, Henry Mayors, aged rs
years.
Funeral from his late residence No. 2121
Alley D, on Wednesday afternoon at 2
o'clock. Friends of the family invited to
attend. Interment at Peninsula cemetery.
WAIT-Sunday. January p. 1899. at fam
lily residence. No. 1916 Main street. at lis
o'clock D. M, Mrs. Mary j., wife of the
late Lorenzo D. Wait, in her 74th year.
Funeral services this Tuesday after
noon at 2:30 o'clock. Friends of the family
respectfully invited to attend. Interment
private at Peninsula cemetery.
I'LL SdLhl0dEs 0dludty Il
1899, at 100 p. m, Sarah, wife of c. w.
Seabright, aged IS years.
Funeral from her late residence, No. 2201
Main street, Tuesday morning at $50
o'clock Requiem mass at st. Joseph's
cathedral at 9 a. m. Interment at Mt.
Zion cemetery. Friends of the family are
requested to attend.
CLARK-Grace Mcconnell Clark, in her
18th year. Second daughter of ]. W. Clark
and wife, at their home, 26 South Wabash
street, on the Island, on Sabbath after
noon, January 2. 1929.
Services at the home on Tuesday morn
ing at II o'clock. and interment at st.
Clairsville, Tuesday afternoon. Friends
of family invited to attend.
WILSON-On Sunday morning, January
., 1899. at 8 o'clock, William Allen Wilson,
son Of Charles and Lillian Wilson, aged 2
years, 10 months and II days.
Funeral services at the residence of par
ents. No. 2722 Jacob street. on Tuesday at
/ p. M. Friends are respectfully invited.
Interment at Sherrard cemetery.