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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-12-12
ROPER R0PED IN

On charge OF UunG HANS 1ge
Fraudulent Purposes = Had .
scheme Far and Away Better Than
KILLERS franklin Syndicate.
NEW YORK. Dec 1l.-osmer W. R6s
per, OF Newark, N. j., was arrested to-
day by United states Marshal Garsida.
Post-odice Inspector W. B. SNOW and
several deputies, and committed to 1all
in default of 1--WE thousand dollars bond.
The charge is based upon an allega-
tIon that he was using the mails for
swindllng purposes. The authorities
claim that his scheme was far and away
better than MilIer's Franklin syndicate.
in that he took in plenty OF money and
seldom, or never. paid out any, except
for running expenses. They have hfty
complaints drawn up against him, ana
say iifty more are filed. and that they
Gun get thousands of them Il need be.
The swIndle, as they say 1t was, has
been in operation for three years Ro-
per's business required a large force Of
clerks, stenographerB and typeWriters,
and he did an enormous m0ll business.
II Is claimed that Roper ls the Realty
Corporation Company. Of New jersey,
the Realty Loan & Trust Fund Cone
pany, the Realty Loan and Title Com
pany and the -Four Per Cent Mortgage
Company. The authorities say the
companies existed only on paper, al
though regularly incorporated, and that
IN each Roper was the only person cone
cerned.
Inspector Snow says Roper'S scheme
was alluring, and that victims are IN
every state In the nation, and embrace
all classes. He says that even churches
and lawyers have been taken In by ho-
per.
According to the inspector, who has
personal charge OF Roper's aGair0, the
four concerns were worked In pairs The
method is alleged to have been some-
thing on this line;
The Realty Corporation Company sent
out allurIng circulars al over the eoun-
try. The stationery was most elabor-
ate, and so gotten up as TO deceive even
business men, The body Of each clrcu-
lar stated that the company was In 4
position to obtain for any person with
property loan Of any amount Of money
at per cent, or even less.
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rorma Of President and Congress.

WASHINGTON, d. C., Dec. lin
the senate to-day Mr.. HOar. CAinss.),
offered a Joint resolution providing for
the submission to the state legislatures
OF a constitutional amendment provid-
Ing that the term OF the President Of
the United States and the Ftfty-Slxth
Congress shall not expire until the last
Wednesday in April. 1901. and that
thereafter the terms of the President
nnd Congress shall expire on the last
wednesday in April instead OF on the
lth OF March.
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from Lieutenant Gilmore ana other
American prisoners, in which the re-
cipients were commended to the Amer
leans on the score Of Kindness shown
to the writer's. There are twenty-seven
Americans with lieutenant Gilmore.
Another party Of fourteen was taken
through 1lOcOs q week ahead Of General
Young. They were ragged ana dirty
and the natiyes say some Of them we're
urged forward at the point Of the bay-
onet."
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1rAsoN,s RFsorUTroN
OF symapthy With Beers Referred 70
Foreign Ralations.

B.
WASHINGTON. D. c.. Dec. ll.-An
appeal by Mr.. Mason, ulls), for an ex-
preston Of sympathy for the Transvaai
Republic in its war with Great Britain
was the feature Of the senate proceed-
ings to-day. It was the first formal adj
dress delivered in the senate this p6t-
sion and was listened TO with thought
full attention by both the members and
by q large gallery Of auditors. The
resolution upon which Mr.. Mason based
his speech was referred, at the epns
ciusIon OF the address TO the foreign r..
latlons committee, Mr.. Lodge, (MaBs.),
considering 1t too delicate q question IN
View OF the position Of this govern
ment, to pass upon without serious
consideration. No business Of import
lanCe was transacted by the senate and
an early adjournment was taken.
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Roberts Committee WIN Go to Utah

WASHINGTON. D. c.. Dec. 1.-THE
Roberts investigating committee was
not In session to-day, having adjourn-
ed until tomorrow, when Mr.. Roberts
will be heard further A member OF
the committee stated there was little
further doubt that a subcommittee and
possibly the full committee would have
10 visit utHh and take testimony. Rob-
erts witnesses VIII be summoned along
with the others, and win be given the
same allowance for travelling expenses
etc., as the other witnesses receive.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-12-12
pr,t,.b VIII Furnish Lists.

WASHINGTON. D. C.. Dec. 1l.-Up-
on the application of the South African
Republics, through the medium OF the
Netherlands government the British
government has consented to supply
the POers lists Of the Boer prisoners
held BY the British and with other
pIoper Information ns to their cOndi-
lion. The British government has intl-
mated that It expects the Boer govern
ment will reClprouatc when called upon
In kind,
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IMMENSE STEEL PLANT
To Be Erected on Neville Island, Near
Pittsburgh.

To Be Erected on Neville 4sI0nui near
Pittsburgh.
PITTSBURGH, Pa. Dec. 1t.-That
the American steel & Wire Company
will build It's immense Ee,OOO,oOO plant
on Neville Island, a suburb of this city.
Is now a settled fact. To-day ground
was broken for the iirst of the ak 500
ton Bessemer furnaces to be erected
Each of these furnaces will cost $780,
900. The company has purchased a
tract Of four hundred acres on the Is
land at cost Of 100000, on which the
intention is TO erect n plant OF sutiicient
capacity 10 centrallze all Of the COM
papy's smaller plants, making OF the
island small city In itself. When
completed the works will employ over
6,OO0 men.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-12-12

CHICAGO, Dec. 1i.-At a benefit given
hero tonight TO Frank Garrard, the old
time lightweight, Eddie santry, the
fcathcr-weIght champion Of the world,
lnocIcd out Jnck O'AIalley, an aspiring
liFht- weight from baltimore, in less
than q minute Of what was 70 have been
q slx-round go
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-12-12

iOpel up the ports n the phiiippira
The matter was IN the discretion
General 0ti1, however. and the war d6k
partmant earnestly hoped that tlie d
would not be distant when ~ Of lht
ports could Be Bhfely opened.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-12-12

WASHINGTON, u. c, Dec. ll'-sec-
rotary Root said to-day that he had
sent no directions TO General Otis to
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was the object Of the Britiah ulRnoeu-
vre. After an hours firing the Boer
guns were silenced the h1WitSsra
searched the trenches ana then threw
shell after shell upon the hills. the ex-
plosion Of the Lyddite causing the
whole ground over an extensIye area to
rise in the air in dense, brown clonds.
A Boer long gun was dlsmRntled.
1t now appears that the Beers intend
that the next tight Is 70 take place q
lfagerbtontein. Apparently spyfontein
IS not defended or the Boers are un-
willing to unmasl their position there,
as the replies Of the Boer artillery were
all from guns at Magotsfontein.
LoURENso MARQUES. Dec. H.
The following dispatch has been re-
celved from the Boer laager near Lady
smith:
Several Kafir runners from Lady
smith to Estcourt have been captured.
They received from els to $40 for the
trip. The intercepted messages show
that mon and horses In Ladysmlth are
now on half rations, that whlskey is Ell
bottle and that beer Is exhausted"
PRETORIA, Dec. II, via Lourenso
Marques-The Beers captured three
British guns in the engagement with
General Gatacre's force at stornberg'
The sortie at Kimberley last Saturday
was an attempt to take the new posi-
tion at Kanperdam and TO secure the
water works. All the British shots fell
short.
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woather Forecast for TODAY.


For West Virginia, rain Tuesday;
colder in northwest portion wedues-
day; fair; colder higher southeriy
shifting to westerly winds.
For Western Pennsylvania, rain
Tuesday: colder In the afternoon.
Wednesday. colder. with probably light
snow; Boutheasterly galea. shifting 70
westerly by Tuesday night.
For Ohio, colder. with rain Tuesday
possibly turning Into snow Ia northern
portion; Wednesday fair, except snow
ilurries near the lakes; colder Ia east
ern portion southeaHterly gales, shift
ing to westerly by Tuesday night,
Local Temperature.
The temperature yesterday aS oeeoryod
by {, Schnspi. druggist. corner Mafset
and Fourteenth streets. was 40 tolloWai
Z a, m.....,,...,, 81 9 p. n.."........
a, m...u.,.,..," e0l p. M, .;,...,..I,.,st v
u 2Il...,...N,,,,,.,.. 6SiW'Gather ehAnGoaole.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-12-12

MoDDER RIVER, Cape Colony,
Sunday Evening, Dec. 1O.-The naval
~ gun again took up position north
OF the camp this afternoon, while the
HowitSer battery was posted south
enst on the left of the Beers. Both
opened hot fire with Lyddlte shells
ana shrapnel, TO which the Beers
sharply replied with dosen guns,
thus unmasking their position, which
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-12-12

The tempcrRture yesterday, AS obeorvod
& sShnspE sraS dT1Sgi't, SS sDTH'f g follsTs S
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-06-03

IF the President besides that the sit
uation in the Philippines demands the
calling ont Of the $4,000 volunteers au-
thorized by Congress, the quota of Maine
would be one battalion, which Is the third
part of regiment. These men would not
be taken from the National Guard, as the
First Maine was taken year ago, but
would be recruited from all parts oil
the state by the recruiting officer ap-
pointed by the war department, and
formed into four companies, "a battalion),
combined with the battalions of some
of the other New England States. The
company otiioars of the Maine companies
would be from this State, and perhaps
the line officers of the battalion; but the
colonel. lieutenant colonel aud majors
would probably be appointed by the Pres
ident from the country at large Gen.
Charles p. Mattocks, an officer of large
general experience, is quoted as saying
that in his opinion volunteers from
Maine, properly differed. would be fit
for service In the Philippines or any
where else In a short time. He also
thinks that Maine, and especially Port
land, would respond promptly to a cali.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-06-03

If more troors are needed In the Phil
ippines there ought to be no delay, or
no more delay than is absolutely neces-
airy, In furnishing them. As 1t seems to
be our settled policy to force the Fill.
pinos to an unconditional surrender
plenty of troops should be furnished to do
it. Possibly 1t may have bad effect
politically to call for volunteers. though
we doubt it. But whether it will or not
ought not to be considered. IL is unfair
to our generals In the Philippines and TO
the men with them to neglect to furnish
everything needed to prosecute
bhe war to decisive conclusion. Gen.
Otis says $4,000 men at least will be me-
sssary to put an end to the war and pacify
the country. If he is right, and he has
been in the habit. we think, Of under
rating rather than exaggerating, the diff
culties. then to carry on operations with
any less number is to waste lives and
spend money without accomplishing the
result aimed at,-the pacifcation of the
country. If there are not regulars enough
to supply Gen. Otis's needs, then enough
volunteers should be called out promptly
to ill the gap. The worst thing that
could happen for the administration or the
country would be to have the war drag
along for years without any definite re-
suits.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-06-03

When the Speakership contest began
an attempt was made in Chicago to preju-
dice the candidacy of General Henderson
of Iowa, by charging that he was respon-
sible with Mr.. Reed for the tyranny
of the rules of the House. MIR. Henderson
made no attempt to deny this charge. He
had stood Loyalty with Mr.. Reed In bat
Ting for those innovations in the rules
that put down obstruction and enabled
the party in the House having RESPONSE
bilities to meet those responsibilities.
Every member Of the House familiar with
the rules knows that those features intro
ducsd by Mr.. Reed must be adopted by
the House in the 56th Congress If the
majority party Is not to be reduced to
laughable Impotence. The Chicago papers
that declaimed against the rules were
talkihg about something of which they
knew far less than is known by the mem
bers who are to elect the Speaker. They
have not. by such ill-advised attacks,
prejudicsd General Henderson's chances,
as is seen by the exceedingly strong sup
port which he Is getting In the West. The
old guard Republicans of the House of
Representatives do not need to be in
structed by any resurreoted Democratic
war cries.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-06-03

Secretary Cages explanation Of the
Presidents civil service order, which ap-
pears elsewhere, is for the most part salts
factory. The part that falls short Is that
relating to Alaska. All officers in that
territory are exempted from the rules
because 1t is far of. II distance is a good
reason In case of Alaska, it Will be a
better one in the case of the Philippines
which are very much farther off. 1t will
be just as good for Porto Rico and Cuba.
Under this reasoning the result will be
that in places where 1t is admitted the
greatest care ought to be taken to procure
honest and competent officials, the bars
will be let down entirely for the en- :
trance of anybody and everybody. who
can get enough Of influence, without
much regard to fitness. If our colonies
are Offered on this plan they are pretty
certain to turn out curses. AS matter of
fact il would be much safer to abolish ull
she civil service regulations in this coun.
try and retain them for our colonies
rather than retain them in this country
and abolish them In the colonies. Public
sentiment here is active and
intelligent enough to keep the civil SER
vice up to fairly high grade. even when
turned over to the apoilsmen. but in the
Philippines there will be no public senti
ment which will work in that direction.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-06-03
There is nothing like pulling yourself

There is nothing like pulling yourself
into another's place, occasionally. Some
society people OF Baths Four Hundred,
on their way to Lewiston In special cleo
tric, car were delayed on siding in the
suburbs of the factory city. Some OF
the young men in the party amused the
young ladies by throwing pennies for the
street nrchins to fight over. Finally one
begrimed urohin cried out: when Lew
iston folks GO to Bath they will throw
five cent pieces in the dust for you uns to
scrap for.''
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-06-03

when woman Is rundown with the drains,
pains, displacements and weaknesses pecu-
liar to her sex, she ages fast. The wrinkles
come early. The roses in the cheeks van
ish, and an unwholesome pailor spreads
over her features. She becomes nervous,
petuiant, hdgetty. She loses flesh. and
drags about IN a most miserable state of
body and mind. Such sick woman needs
DR.. Pierce's Favorite Prescription. This
medicine will restore the looks of younger
days by Strengthening her in womanly
way It will do what powders and paints
and "beautihers can never do. II is a
non-alcoholic and non narcotic preparation.
The stimulation and strength II imparts are
permanent. It cures all the distressing
ailments commonly called female troub-
les" There is no other remedy so good
for this purpose. When medicine dealer
urges upon you something else as a sub.
stitute for IL, he is attempting a personal
injury. Never take any substitute for DR..
Pierce's Favorite Prescription.
II have been In poor health more or less al
my life, writes Mrs. M. r. Long, Of lie Loup
Franklin Co., Kans. A specialist said hat
liberation of the womb and that an operation
would have to be performed At last wrote te
Or. Pierce asking advice. I received an answer
advising me to try his medicines, his Favorits
Prescription Golden Medical Discovery and
also his Pleasant Pellets In one month
gained eight pounds. After taking two bottles
Of each medicine, began to look like woman
and not like wasted skeleton. That weary
tired feeling has all left me-"
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-06-03

II pecuniariy profitable to do 50. Whether
the committee will be able 10 lind a
remedy for this condition IL another ques-
ton. The chances are that IL win not
fnd any effective one Indeed, we rdoubt
II there is any effective one to be found.
outside Of q revival Of public sentiment
In the city itself which will demand offi-
ciai honesty and deoency and insist on
having them. Police officials are not
likely to long cater to the disreputable
elements when 1t becomes Improbable to
do SO. and 1t win become Improbable
when the decent part Of the public assert
themselves and insist that proof Of guilt
shall be followed by the instant dis
missal Of the guilty party. It Is not
necessary to go to New York to find
officials who wink at violation Of law.
What is going on there goes on on q
smaller scale In almost every city where
there is an element Of considerable mag
nitude that does not want all the laws
stringently enforced. The causes are al
ways practically the same and the real
remedy is always the same, an awakening
of public Sentiment.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-06-03

The fight against Hanna was noisy,
but 1t was far from effective. The oppo-
sition secured control of the committee
on credentials on the first day, and from
that fact ii was inferred that Mr.. Ham
mas candidate would have a hard row to
hoe. The outcome makes 1t clear that
this was not test Of the Hanna and
anti. Hanna strength. That came on the
second ballot for nominee and then it
was shown that Hanna was good many
laps ahead.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-06-03

--Ihey are having trouble in Waldo
county over two State oonstables appoint
cd to enforce the liquor law. 1t is said
that one of these constanles has been I'M
able to obtain from tie local justices
search warrants; and the Good Templars
of the region have memorialized Governor
Powers on the subject.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-06-03

Maine people who placed money in
Florida orange groves are rather Ediscour.
aged. The trees had gotten good start
after the freeze of four years ago; but
the cold of last winter killed many of
them back. AS far South as one hundred
miles below Jacksonville the orange trees
which were in full leaf, succumbed in q
night.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-06-03

The Lewiston sun thinks there would
be an excellent chance for the Democratic
party II 1t would only drop is to one and
coma out for OWL service reform and
withdrawal from the Philippines. As the
age Of miracles is past the suns wishes
are not likely to be realized.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-06-03

Very many curious things are being
printed about changes proposed in The
rules Of the House OF Representatives
now that Mr.. Reed Is to retire. II Is as
sumed off-nand by soma that the rules are
all of his making, and that by changing
them all further liability of having q
great Speaker In the chair will be pre-.
vented. Mr. Grosvenor, Of Ohio, is credit.
ed with . desire TO see the Speaker
stripped of nearly all the power he has.
and is quoted as follows: "For years ]
bavs been believer In the advisability
of rsturning to the old system which pre-
vailed in the earlier days Of the govern
ment--the system Of allowing the House
to choose its own committees, instead o.
having the Speaker name thsm.n II
would be interesting to know how early
were the days to which Mr.. Grosvenol
refers The House of Representatives or
ganized In 1859, and made q rule that ths
Speaker should appoint all committees Of
not over three members. All over thres
in number were to be elected by ballot,
That was before the days of STANDING
committees, and many If not most. of the
special committees consisted of not over
three members. The next year. in 1880
the rule was changed SO as to provide
that unless the House should otherwis,
order the Speaker should appoint all ths
committees. That has continued TO b.
the rule from that day to this
If Mr.. Grosvenor wishes to appeal K
the ''good old times when things wers
essentially different. he must go hack t.
a time before the birth OF the House o.
Representatives. Under any system d
rules that body Of $50 members can
adopt and still do business, great mar
will be a great and Influential Speaker.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-06-03

AT social gatherings at Augusta they
elect caterpillar inspector. whose duty
1t is to pick the worms of the guests as
they arrive. The caterpillars have been
SO thick on the rails of the Electric road
In Hallowell as TO stop the cars.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-06-03
NOTICE.

The annual meeting OF the stockholders Of
will be held at the office of Moses A. sanford Id
kistery. Maine. on Wednesday, June i4th, 1885
az ii.30 o'clock In the forenoon for the following
purposes
Ito fix the number OF and elect Directors
for the ensuing year.
2-To see II the stockholders will vote to au
thorlze the Directors 10 pay all outstanding
liabilities and sell and distribute the assets thai
may remain.
..3-To see II the stockholders will vote to
dissolve the corporation and authorize some
officer OF the company TO take the necessary
legal proceedings to that end.
Per order o. the Directors.
JOSIAH H. DRUMM0ND, JR-, Clerk.
my27&je3
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-06-03

The discussion of the wage question
among the sailors brings out the state-
ment that iA00 were drowned In this
part of the world last winter. And yet
the sailors are having to fight to get $50
a month.