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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-10-17
AOUEFR LOT
Connected With Lancaster Revenue
stnnan Connterfeltlng Plot. :.

Connected With Lancaster Revenue
stamp Counterfeltlng Plot.
PHILADELPHIA. Pa, Oct. ls.-The
trial Of ex-UnIted States District Attcr-l
ney ElIery P. Ingham and his former
assistant. Harvey P. hewitt, on the
charge Of conspiracy and bribery, IN
connection with the Lancaster revenue
stamp counterfeihng plot, was resumed
to-day before Judge McPherson, in the.
United States district court.
Mr.. hewitt, who had, on Friday, re-
lated the story Of his dealings with se-
cret Service Agent MoMnnus, and
gWore that he had employed the lat-
ter merely ia the capacity Of private
dectective, was placed under CROSS
examination. He Insisted that he had
perfect right to employ Operative
McAianha. as he had always entertained
the opinion that the secret service men
could take private work n It did not
Interfere With heir gpYernnent serti
MI. hewitt Insisted that he was not
aware Of the existence Of counterfeit-
ing plot during his relations as counsel
to Jacobs and Kendlg.
District Attorney Beck brought out
the fact that Mr.. hewitt intended to
ahow Jacobs and Kendlg copy Of the
decoy letter written by Chief Wilkis
to Operative McManus. This letter In
formed McManus that the secret service
had Information that Jacobs and Ken
dig were counterfeiting. and instructed
him (McManus) to swear out warrants
for their arrest. hewitt admitted that
he had copied the letter, ana the COPY
was produced In evidence.
porter Of this city, testified that on the
seventh Of this month McManus had
in conversation with him, asked the
reporter not to be harsh with him IN
his paper, as he (McAfanus) must save
his position. even II he testified to what
was untrue.
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airs. They escorted her all the way
to her anchorage inside the Hook.
The race tomorrow viii be over the
triangular course. ten miles TO the leg
and the Shamrock will have an Oppori
tunity to show what she can do at her
favorite point Of sailing.
The weather office here received tl1'
following dispatch tonight from VI
lis Moore, chief Of the bureau at Was ~
ingtOn;
"Durlng Tuesday, the wind viii
from easteFly to aoutherly. with a y
loclty OF from ten 70 twenty miles an
hour"
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Special Dispatch to the Intelligeneor.
sTEUBENvILLE. Ohio, Oct. "a
Mrs. Mary E. Barnes took large dose
of strychnIne at her home, on Stanton
street, Tonight. and died at Q o'clock,
despite the efforts OF two physicians to
save her. Before dying she said she
took the poison to end her troubleG
She parted from her husband, shep
Barnes, OF Wellsburg, twelve years
ago, and has been living here with an
other man, Her parents nre named
Nicholson, and reside in Wellsburg.
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EntnI ncnr Enh Colllslon.

CHEYENNE. wyo. Oct, 16,-A rear
end collision occurred to-day, near
Granite Canon station, on the Union
Pacific railroad, between a stock train
and an east-bound fast mail train. kili-
Ing two men and lniuring three others.
The dead: II. j. Purple, Of Norwood.
Kansas; Thomas J. Parker, Salt Lake
City. Utah. Injured: William Suylea,
Vermont, Illinois; Edward PArncil,
Upton. Illinois: Charles Morris, Laru-
nile. wyo. Thomas ]. Parker, one OF
the killed, was wealthy stock man.
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NEW YORK, oct. 1s.-slr Thomas
Upton took his defeat with the spirit Of
q true sportsman.
ut was fair and square race" said
he to an Associated Press representa-
tive who saw him on board the Erin.
1--WE were beaten fairly. No two boats
ever sailed a better race and they were
equally well handled as far as could
Sec"
Speaking OF the Columbia, he said:
"she is fine, fast boat and she was
spIendidly sailed We gave her three
rousing cheers and her people respond
cd right heartily. Mr.. 1selln and those
associated with him on board are hon
orable gentlemen, and wish TO say
that It ig a pleasure to sail ngainst such
rnn1nptitOrs -
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INSURGENTS ATTACK
Angclcs-onc American Killed and
Seven Mnnndeh.

MANILA, Oct. 10, O:55 p, m.--Thc In
surgents made IN nttack upon Angeles
at haif-past 2 this morning. One Amer
lean was killed and seven were wound
ed.
The Flllpinos used artillery. n few
shells exploding. The Seventeenth.
Ninth and Thirteenth regiments en-
gagged the enemy, who retired at half
past a. M
An American scouting party near
BIlInnte captured eleven FllIplnos. An
other near MNycauyhn captured n Fill
iplno major. All were brought to Ma
Mia. ~
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QUEENS SPEECH
At tho Opening orPNrllamcnt To-day.
Reasons for Cnllingit.

LONDON. Oct ls.-Thc queens
speech at the opening OF parliament to-
morrow will declare that parliament
has been summoned at an unusual date
for specific purpose. and that this
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Monther I,orconst for To.lay.

For West Virginia and Western Penn
aylyunlR, showers and cooler Tuesday and
Tuesday night; Wednesday fair; brisk
goutherly. shifting 10 westerly winds
For Ohio. showers and cooler Tuesday:
Wednesday fair; brisk southerly, SHIFT
Ing to westerly windh
Loral Temperature.
Tho temperature yesterday. as observed
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There was a soul.stirrlng scene rs
the Columbia approached the finish.
The excursion boats had gathered there
In u seml-clrcle to give her welcome,
ana as she swept across the finish bed
lam broke loose. The steam whistles
ahrleked, the sirens walled, the COrsRlr
the flagship OF the New York Yacht
club, and several other yachts, flunR
their powder into smoke, and the null
tltudea on the decks Of the side wheel
crs cheered. The Corsalr hauled down
all her private signals, and set "Old
Glory" at each masthead and gnn and
tafirail. The crew OF the Columbia
gathered nft. hurrnhed with barred
hcnds. then, ns she lowered her head
sails and took the tow line from her
tender the crowd waited over ten min.
utcs, until Shamrock had crossed, ana
the fiort had given her n stentorlan eH'
preston OF good viii. Then ehey turn
ed on their heels and scampered after
Columbia. crowding about her and
cheering her hBaln and again. whlla
the banda played HAL Columbia"
"YGukeO Doodle and other pGttlotle
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THE BOERs NOT BLAMELEss.

According to Alleyne Ireland in the
Atlantic Monthly" the Beers have by
no means been peaceable and anna
BILE people. From 1852 to 1877 the
story Of the Transvaa1, he says is one
of continual strife and discord. The
Beers were divided amongst themselves
and formed four small republics, which
did little but quarrel with one another
over religious and political questions.
In 1857 the discussions had so grown
that a raid into the Orange Free
State was the result, the Transvaal de-
manding and attempting to enforce the
demand, that the Orange people should
enter into a confederation with the
larger republic Kruger himself led
the invasion and an actual conflict of
arms was only averted by comprom-
Use that really gave the Transvaalians
-as aliens in the Orange State-the
rights the Uitlanders Of to-day ask for
in the Transvaal.
Concerning the denial that slavery
was maintained by the Beers, and was
the original source of the difficulty with
England, Mr.. Ireland declares that not
only did the Beers hold slaves, but they
made frequent raids into friendly ma
tive kraals, for the purpose of carrying
off women and children He quotes
from the British Blue Book, c. 1716,
published in 1877, which says Slavery
has occurred not only here and there in
isolated cases, but as an unbroken
practice has been one of the peculiar
institutions of the country. 1t has been
at the root of most of its wars"
A Dutch clergyman, P. Huet, in a
volume published in 1869, said: It'll
their twenty-second year they (the ma
tives) are apprenuced- All this time they
have to serve without payment. 1t
is slavery in the fullest sense of the
word In 1876 Khame, chief Of the
Baganangwato. sent petition to Queen
Victoria praying for relief, claiming
that the Beers came into his country,
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England is learning the lesson over
that skilled marksmen behind entrencn-
ments and fighting from shelter, though
not in perfect organization, are often
superior to highly disciplined troops
Twice the English We're taught that
lesson by the revolutionists at Bunker
Hill. Burgoyne discovered the truth in
his march out of Canada to Saratoga,
when American sharpshooters from
every wayside demoralized his columns.
Pakenham discovered it also when
5000 Kentucky and Tennessee hunters
played havoc with his 1900 British
picked and experienced soldiers at New
Orleans. Napoleon realized it when
Hofer's Tyroleans slaughtered the
flower of his army in the Tyrol passes
History is replete with such instances
The strange thing about it all is, that
though the great Generals have the ex-
anples all before them, they seem to
be unable to profit by them
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OF course as long as Congress leaves
the Philippines under the control of the
PRESIDENT he must, as Commander-in-
Chief, govern them as a military pos
session and enforce the customs regu-
lations upon commerce. If such regu-
lations are bar to increased commerce
between the islands and the United
States, the way out is for Congress to
act as it has the power to do and make
such regulations as it deems wise, and
in the interest of the people of the
nation. New Mexico, when acquired,
was held for five years under military
rule and the Supreme Court decided
that the regulations established by the
military power were lawful until Con-
gress superseded them by ordinances
prescribing other regulations 1t Is
true that no duties can be charged up
on imports from one State into another
our duties must be uniform But the
rule does not apply to possessions not
States nor organized as Territories, and
that is the condition Of the Philippine
possessions, and will remain even when
Congress sets up It's ordinances of reg
ulatlon. For it will protect American
commerce and industries against the
competition which some assume to fear
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Embassador Porter's Retort.

Rev. Cortland Myers has recently
published a little book entitled, why
Men Do Not Go to Church." and it
brings up a passage-at-armsw which oc-
CURED between him and General
Horace Porter at Washington's Birth
day banquet. given in New York. The
clergyman was called upon for a
speech, and getting warmed up in his
subject. did not notice the flight Of
time until he was called to order by
the presiding officer. He looked at his
watch and saw that he had taken an
hour. although the speakers had been
limited to fifteen minutes.
He apologized to the audience and
remarked: "Over in. Brooklyn / am
accustomed to speak for long time
to my congregation, and / often take
two hours -f, s.--
General Porterswas the next speaker
and he opened his address by saying:
1.-THE explanation of our reverend friend
gives a complete answer to that hither-
to mysterious question why Brooklyn
people refuse to patronize their
churches. "-Pittsburg Dispatch.
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SOUND REASONS FOR 1T.

With the threat to kill the citrus fruit
industry of California by the approval
of the Jamaica treaty; the threat to
give black eye to the wine interests
by the proposed reduction on the duty
on French wines; with the menace to
our wool industry by the proposition to
give Argentina a lower tariff rate on
her product; with the menace to our Pa
cific commerce by reason Of the vacant
chair in the Senate whereby we lose a
voice and vote on all questions affect
ing the new Pacif1c-here is enough to
set California upon the edge of unrest
certainly
In such crisis the Legislature should
be convened at once to voice the senti-
ment Of this people, so emphatically
and so loudly that it will be heard and
needed at the East. Secondly to take
action concerning the appeal of the
merchants of San Francisco for i'm
proved wharf facilities in San Francisco
harbor, deficiency of which is now
working serious harm to our maritime
interests. Thirdly, to elect a United
States Senator to fill the vacant seat
and complete the California delegation
in Congress. and lastly to save by such
action on these subjects as is proper,
the State of California to the Repub-
ican column.
The San Jose Mercury" pertinently
says:
The practical question IS: Are the
industries. and interests of California
to be sacrificed in the interest of East
ern manufacturers? The answer is:
Yes, unless we can contrive to bring
pressure enough to bear to defeat the
reciprocity arrangements now in the
making.
In what better manner, what more
enective way can such pressure be
brought to bear upon Congress and the
Eastern people, than through official
action by the representatives of all the
people of the State convened in extra
ordinary session for that express pur-
pose1
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General Lawton leaves his wife and
children little or nothing. He was
too much soldier to be saver of
money. He married a California girl
and has a home near Pasadena with a
small orange grove on the land. But
it is encountered for half its value by
a mortgage. General Corbin. Gene raj
Shafter, General Weston and General
Ludlow have constituted themselves a
committee to raise the nIoney necessary
to lift the Indebtedness upon the
homestead and in both houses Of Con-
gress bills have been introduced to al
low the widow of the dead General a
pension. So the nation will see to it
that the family of the gallant Lawton
shall not want.
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PRESENT DAY THOUGHTS.
BY "Grosvenor."

A Christmas Retrospect: A few days
more and with much innocent pollity
and kindly feeling toward each other
the Christmas festival of 1899 will have
passed. From our present prosperity
and comfort let us look back at two
Christmastides Of the past.
Defeated, perplexed, not daring to
make a stand and yet not daring to
show an appearance of flight, disobeyed
by General Lee, disregarded by Con-
gress, his force growing less at every
step with strengthening foe at his
heels, Washington ferried his shadow
army over the Delaware few days be-
fore Christmas, 1776. He had only LOO
men to hold the fortunes Of the country
against several thousand of the enemy,
yet with apparent fool-hardiness he
fingered on the west bank of the Della
ware, as if waiting for the weather to
form an icy bridge over which the Brit
ish could march triumphantly. The
calm courage of the man seemed sud
denly to mingle with a return OF his
impetuous boyhood. Instead of wait
ing for further defeat, he wrested vic
tory from defeat by doing the unexpect-
ed thing. Amid darkness and killing
cold his forces boldly recrossed the
Delaware, fell upon the unsuspecting
Hessians, who were needing only their
own appetites at Trenton, slew many OF
them in their cups, captured a thou
sand and got safely back into Pennsyl-
vania Christmas day, 1776. Then fol-
lowed three weeks Of such vigorous,
oier,, d.
erick the Great judged it to be the most
brilliant in the annals of civilized war
fare. In a few weeks the breadth of
the State across which he had so igno-
miniously retreated stretched between
him and the discreet and astonished
enemy.
Defeated at Brandywine becauae for
once he yielded to public clamor and
risked an engagement that he was ILL
prepared to meet; and again defeated
at Germantown; the enemy in full pos
session of Philadelphia and passing the
time with paradeS and masquerades,
Washington went into winter quarters
at Valley Forge, 1777. The houses or
huts provided for the troops were not
so very uncomfortable, but it was not
long before fuel, food and clothing were
wofully lacking. Our own hearts can
tell whether these are essential to COM
fort in rigorous climate. The mems
feet left bloody tracks behind them In
the snow, their shoulders were bowed
and chafed from dragging supplies on
sleds through the drifts, their bodies
were given over to the agonies of
scurvy because of the poor quality and
small quantity of their food. Thus
passed Christmas Of TIT. Though God
and man seemed to have forsaken them.
inspired by the heroic determination of
Washington and by the steady drilling
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NOTICE OF ELECTION.

an election will be held at the pump house
in Reclamation District No. 673, county of
Sacramento, State of California, on Sat
urday, the 10th day Of January, 1900, com
at O'clock p m. of that day, for the
election of three trustees of said Recia-
nation District No. 67S Of the county. Of
the officers of said election are Thomas
Lennox, Inspector, and Joseph Costing
and F. j. Luiz, Judges
Attest: 9t -
(Seai) W.. B. HAMILTON,
Clerk of the Board of Supervisors of Sac-
ramento County. California.
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PittsburE drummer tells this new
yarn: always carry a bottle of Kemp's
Balsam In my grip. I take cold easily and
q few doses OF the Balsam always makes
me q well man. Everywhere 60 r speak
a good word for Kemp. take hold Of my
customers, take old men and young
do when take GOLD. At druggists, go
and 6Qc.
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When the Chicago News" adds to
the proverb Honesty is the best pol-
icy" the proviso-"outside of politics.
it must be taken as speaking sarca.s-
tically. If there is any realm of activ-
ity known to man demanding stiff up
and down backbone honesty. it is the
realm of politics.
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Curious Battle.

An interesting spectacle was wit
messed the other day ON the banks Of
the RIVER Soar, near Hathern, by gen
tleman resident in the district. Being
attracted by a peculiar cry, he turned
aside, and came upon a young otter
and q huge eel engaged in a deadly
struggle. The otter had evidently
caught the eel; which had retaliated
by winding itself tightly around the
formers neck. The fight lasted sew
eral minutes. the otter eventually free
ing ITSELF and making off with a part of
the eel, which it had bitten in two
London Telegraph.
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Weather Forecast

For Northern California: Cloudy, unset
tied weather Friday with showers in
northern portion; warmer in the interior;
fresh southerly winds.
For Sacramento and vicinity: Cloudy;
warmer Friday; fresh southeast winds.
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People who love their country and are
proud of it's flag are never ashamed to
acknowledge it and never take cold in
lifting their hats to salute the banner
of the Nation. Those who do fear they
will get the snifIies by performance of
such an act of tribute. diagnose their
patriotism as in galloping consump-
ton
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mo gains without palms." Yet by
purifying, vitalizing and enriching your
blood by taking Hoods Sarsaparilla you
can acquire good health and escape
much suffering. 1t never disappoints.
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Glenbrook whisky Is pure, unadulter-
ated and copper distilled. Blauth, 4U7
X street.
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1t is we'll to think of the manly sort
of material that rendered our present
happy conditions possible. How would
our characters as citizens stand the
comparison If these heroes came TO sit
at our tables?
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70 Cure "a Grippe in Two Ds,.

Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets
All druggists refund the money 1t fails
to cure. E. w. Groves signature Is on
each box. Csc. FSa
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of Steuben, this nucleus Of revolution
airy success had nerve enough to hold
out through the great testing OF the
winter. Then it went out to succeed
and never again underwent another
long series Of defeats.
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Smoke La Primerencia after your
Christmas dinner.
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SUNDAY excepted monday excepted.
=. n. GOODMAN. Gen. Pas Agent
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Travelling Bags.

We have travelling bags.
and satchels of genuine ALI.
gator and kip bag leather,
sealskin finish. These range
in price from $I.75 to $I2. go
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as would lead to generally SauSfac-
tory result Both public interests and
the interests of the Republican party
call for the putting aside of the passions
of last winter, and for a determined
effort to come together in the choice of
a Senator who would stand with the
Republican Administration in support
of those Republican policies whose en-
forcement is essential to the general
we'll being. Is there among the MEM
berS of the Legislature spirit that
would lead to wholesome result, If
they should come into special session?
Is it likely that a special session would
make a judicious selection for the Unit
ed States? If yes, tIfen there ought to
be special session, limited in it's duties,
practically, to the business of electing
a Senator. If no, then there would be
no possible good in coming together
The question ought to be answered
by the Republican members of the
Legislature. for it lies with them alone
to determine and signify their dis
position and purpose. Their RESPONSE
bility, in respect to present conditions
and of future party dangers, Is very
great. The Mercury" does not care
fig who is chosen Senator, provided ne
be a man united by his character and
abilities to command general respect
and to perform the duties of the SEN
atorial office. It would be vastly bet
ter all around If there could be found
some new man outside the lines Of old
passions and contentious, upon whom
all could unite and who could COM
mand the cordial support of the State
in his duties at Washington. Surely
there must exist somewhere in this
State a manor a score of them--qual-
fled for public duties and free from
the objections which are SO passionate
ly urged against the "old line" of Sem
atorial aspirants.