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West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1899-11-16
NJ. WATSON.
Troop ID, 3rd U. S. Cavalry.
FROM ANOTHER PREsTONIAN.
CAMP MEADE, MIDDLETowN, PA.
November 11lh, '99.


November 11th, '99.
DEAR EDITOR
This evening, while the camp
fire is burning brightly and the
candle-lights are cleaning and |
hear the bugle sounding taps, l will
try and pen you few items.
The second battalion of our
regiment returned yesterday from
target practice at Mt. Gretna. We
are drilling SIX hours a day and
dress parade every evening. Yes
terday was payday and some Of
the boys are celebrating 1t in
Middletown and Harrisburg. This
regiment has been recruited up to
1873 men in company. Lieut..
Johnson, of Company e, left here
the 4th with sixty men for the 10th
regiment, at Fort Riley, Kansas.
This regiment leaves here Thurs
day, the 10th, for New York City.
where we will sail for the Philip
pine Islands on the twentieth on
the transport Logan. This regi-
mcnt was reviewed and inspected
by Secretary of War Root and Ad-
jutant General Corbin on the fifth.
II this letter does not find It's way
to the waste basket, | will write
again, Yours Respectfully,
II - - 49, II C..,..,. -.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1899-11-16
Notice 10 Creditors.

All persons who have claims
against the late If. G.. HYDE.
whether by note, account or other
wise, will please present the same
TO me at once.
j. j. CRoGAN,
~ Administrator.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1899-11-16

Admiral George Dewey and Mrs.
W. b. Hazen were quietly married
in Washington City last week and
went to New York on o wedding
trip. They were not expected to
marry till about Thanksgiving, but
stole a march on everybody by 60
ing quietly to the home of the
priest (as Mrs. Hazen is Catholic)
and were married, with no one else
present except the necessary wit
nesses, an assistant priest and the
AdmiraPs Secretary. The priest
who married them was q sailor
when a young man, and this great
ly pleased the Admiral.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1899-11-16
90 Acyes Of Land iu Portland
District,

o. No.ie WiudoiI on The i2th day of vay ls1.
TERM OF @ALt Enough cash in and 20
pay the costs OF suit aud cvuons.. ,tr enIc atd
the residue i1 ONE iwu. three uud -FOUR ya.rs.
The purchaser executing Cor The % fcrrcl pave
mruts. iufe cst bearing notes with good m
curity, payable io said special cprnni .sfluor.
.. 90 OGAN. Special ,omr
I. vs.. Watson clerk of -ai circuit Court
do hereby Ger iy thHi tlle above namcl special
cOmH.l .luu p Bias cxCrufed bond with serur.I S.
os provided Do tho decree Of etIc boo Said EAU
nc 99Ns3OO
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1899-11-16

The case of Davis VS.. Brown, in
which the Supreme Court rendered
decision last Saturday, involves
the removal of the county seat of
Randolph county from Beverly to
Elkins. The judgment OF the
Circuit Court was that ElkIns had
been chosen the county seat by
more than three ffths of the votes
of the people, and that the county
seat should be removed to Elkins.
The Supreme Court affirmed that
judgment. The opinion is by Bran.
non, and this settles this long and
almost bloody battle. Beverly
made a gallant fight, but she has
lost and the county capital will now
go to Elkins as soon as the neces.
sary arrangements can be made.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1899-11-16
! II

Secretary Gage says he thinks
the State elections we're an order
TO the Republicans in Congress to
put the single gold standard into a
law. Democrats only hope that
he will be able TO convince the Re-
publican leaders in Congress to
think the same way.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1899-11-16

10 the front door Of The court house Of aaif
county. tNoe public auction o. tho hfef.. Z
po ib'c bidder che following described
real estate
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1899-11-16

The Smiths, browns and Jones
all had candidates for Governor at
the late election. John Walter
Smith, Democratic candidate for
Governor OF Maryland, elected by
over twelve thousand majority.
John Young Brown, independent
democratic candidate for Governor
Of Kentucky, badly defeated, as he
should have been, and should DO
kicked out Of the party besides.
"Goidon Rule" Jones, independent
candidate for Governor Of Ohio,
secured a big vote, mostly from the
Democrats, and thus save the State
for the Republicans. So the Smiths
are ahead this time.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1899-11-16

Some unprecedented Republican
rascality in connection with the
election returns in Philadelphia are
now being investigated, and several
arrests have been made. Some Of
the repeaters confessed that they
put in os high as two hundred bal
lots at time. Some prominent
Republican leaders are implicated
and it has already been proven that
they were behind the whole bust
ness and hired the rascals who did
the dirty work. The parties i'm.
plicated are Quay henchmen, and
it is no wonder they carry Penn.
sylyania 5y such big majoritics.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1899-11-16
DENJA MIN r. STEWART.
Company e 41st Regt. U. S. v.


Lieut.. 9. @. Wood, Of the North
Lancashire regiment, reported
fatally wounded at Kim berloy, and
whose death was subsequently, an
nounced in Saturday evening s
cable message, was a grandson Of
Jefferson Davis, president of the
Southern Confederacy, and great
grandson Of President Zicharv
Taylor. His father is Captain j.
Taylor Wood, who resided in
Halifax since the close Of the war
between the North and South.
Captain Wood figured with great
distinction as naval lieutenant and
commander in that war, his last
command being the cruiser ITALIA
hassee. Lieut.. Wood was born in
Halifax and educated in the
Canadian royal military college at
Kingston, Ont.
lie was tho first graduate Of that
college 20 die in battle and the fret
Canadian to fall in the present war
in South Africa. The young man
served in India before going to
South Africa.
lie hid promising future. lie
has brother in the Canadian
military service. VINO is in command
If . bo ruopptoI ,.,It1o. b.. 81. "
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1899-11-16
CAPT. MICHAEL CRESAP.
A Relative OF the Cresap Family or
klngwoOd

From the Hampshire Review.
Ii was on midsummer after
noon, while idling away a few
hours, that we strolled down
lower Broadway, New York City
and entered the gates of the quaint
little old cemetery, that lies di-
rectly on Gotham's chief thorough.
fare and within stones throw of
Wall Street, the financial centre Of
the Western World. The dead
That sleep within makes fame for
the hallowed spot. Even in the
days of Washington this was an
old burylng ground and history
tells us that while he tarried IN
New York, then the capital of the
new republic, he "was won't to
iinger in the shady walks Of the
quiet old cemetery and within it
are buried two of his closest
friends" One of them, the Earl
of Sterling put away a crown and
cast his fortunes with the
struggling Colonists, while the
other, Capt. Michael Cresap, at the
beginning Of the Revolution drilled
his troops at Washington's side on
the site of the present City Hall
Park, In New York. This friend
of Washington, who sleeps in Old
Trinity Church Yard, got his title
by being Captain OF the militia Of
this county, having been appointed
such by Gov. Dunmore. For him
Cresaptown, in Maryland. was
named, and to his memory clines
the malodor Of the murder of the
family Of Logan, chief of the
Mingoes, though his son-in-law,
Rev. j. j. Jacob, father of the
late Governor Of this State, showed
conclusively that Capt. Cresap was
not present when this cruel murder
OF women and children occurred.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1899-11-16

Golden Rule" Jones, the indepen.
dent candidate for Governor Of
Ohio, received over 100, 900
votes, and Mark Hanna says most
Of them came from the Democrats.
which is probably true, aud the
only thing that saved the State
from going Democratic.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1899-11-24

There is something gruesomely fitting
in the fact that Carl Schurz is a leader
OF the opposition to the policy of Presi-
dent Mckinley relative to the Philip
pines Carl Schurz was the bitter critic
of Abraham Lincoln in 1864 he was the
most relentless defamer of Gen. Grant
IN 1852, and he was one of the traducers
of James q Blaine, in 1891. 1t is, there
fore, not surprising that Carl Schurz is
opposed to the policy of the Republican
party at this time nor that he thinks it
is his duty TO denounce President Nc
knley in terms almost as bitter as he
denounced Abraham Linco,n and Ulysses
5. Grant. -Cadillac News and Express
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1899-11-24
FRIDAY, NOV. "a, 1899.

one million acres of land will be Of
fered TO homesteaders by the the state.
This arrangement was made possible by
the enactment of new homestead law
by the last legislature The terms ON
which these lands are TO be offered for
homestead entry are very easy. The
person applying is to make affidavit that
he desires the land for actual settlement,
whereupon certificate will be issued TO
him upon the payment of 10 cents per
acre for 100 acres or less. Five years
of actual residence is required before a
deed will be given by the state, but no
future payment is to be made by the
homesteader. The law went into effect
Sept. /. This offers chance for com
munity TO get rid of its surplus at low
figure
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1899-11-24
THANKSGIVING PROGRAM.

The following is the program for
Thank sgiving Sunday, Nov. 26'h,a lat the
Methodist Episcopal church. Regular
S S. exercise with lesson, etc. Black
board drawings Temperance review
with chemical experiments:
SPECIAL ENERCIsEs
Overture ............. ............. O.. Orchestra
singing by the school with orchestra ...... J..
$50. 90. 10. Bringing IN the Sheaves -
Reading ........ &C.. "ThHnk sgivinR' ......
..........hy "a Puritan maiden in costume
Glass Song ........"Nery Little Tots" ...........
.............P Primary department
Tails. Thanksgiving in OlD Ell Times ......
........ 90. D.. &C.. Or Petty John
Vocal solo e.. ...... $50. Harvest Hymn
Closing song by school and orchestra In the
Harvest Field "
The church will be handsomely de-
corated with autumn fruits and flowers.
A souvenir will be given every member
of the school. All are cordially invited.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1899-11-24

For some time the world has been
prepared for the news that reached it
Tuesday of this week in the death of
Vice President Hobart. From the earl
lest stages OF his illness il was announced
by the medical profession that it would
terminate fatally. From that time TO
the inevitable termination skill and
science devoted themselves 10 assuaging
pain and deferring the fatality. BY the
death of Mr. Hobart the Office of vice
president remains vacant for the re-
maiuder of President McKinley's term.
as the law provides no succession.
Senator William r. Frye of Maine, now
president pro tempore of the senate, will
preside at the assemblage of the senate.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1899-11-24
Reduced Rates for Thanksgiving Day. Novem
Der 30th, 1899.

The Grand Trunk Railway System
will sell tickets between all its stations
on lines west of Detroit and Port Hur-
on, at one fare and third for the round
trip within a radious of $50 miles from
starting point. Tickets good going on
all trains of November Goth and Both,
and valid to return up to and including
December lst 1899.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1899-11-24
To the Ladies Of Alma

Miss Muir, dressmaker of Saginaw,
now at Park House, st. Louis, will be at
Wright House, Tuesday of each week,
from 9 30 a. IN. to 30 p. m. TO fit lin
ings and take orders Any ladies desir-
ing first.cla work please call. A fine
line of samples to select from.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1899-11-24
Gard of Thanks.

We wish TO thank our kind friend
and neighbors for their aid and sym
pathy in our loss by the death of on
beloved Della, also the beautiful flora
gifts which decked her silent form.
Mrs III. O. DOWNS,
BERTHA Downs,
Mr. AND MRS w. w. IvERsON.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1899-11-24

In 1896 prophecies were not consid-
cred significant unless they were as
founding The OswegO Independent
produces an old Populist banner of the
campaign of 90, which reads as follows:
"A vote for Mckinley means more
tramps.'
"AlcKinley's election means
10 cent corn,
% cent wheat,
$ cent oats,
81 per ton for hay,
> cents per pound for butter,
. cents per dozen for eggs,
: cent hogs,
! - cents for fat cattle,
No money 10 carry on business"
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1899-11-24

IL is understood that one reason why
the majority in Nebraska for the fusion
was not larger was because of the fact
that Mr. Bryan was handicapped during
the LAT stages of the campaign by mis-
physician restricting him to seven
speeches day.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1899-11-24

Republican majority ...... go. II
Mr.. Mckinley's electoral majority II
1856 was %. so that the net Republican
gain in three years has been 2S.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1899-11-24
THANKSGIVING RATES.

The Ann Arbor Railroad will sell ex-
cursion tickets November goth TO Both,
limited for return to December LIST, to all
points within 100 miles of starting point
at one and one.third fare for the round
trip.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1899-11-24

That the elections on Tuesday, Nov.
3, was landslide is recognized by the
New York World in the following com
ment;
If the last elections in the several
states had been for the president the re-
suit would have been this:
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1899-11-24
Sugar Beet Notes.

Business men and farmers Of Marine
City and the vicinity want beet sugar
factory located i'll the village, and are
going about it in II systematic way to in
terest capital TO build one there. They
have organized IA company for the pur-
pose of working up interest in the mat
ter and convincing the men who have
the necessary money that there isn't
better location in the state for such an
institution than Marine City.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1899-11-24

Richard Anderson showed us a sugar
beet this week that was raised on his
farm southwest of Alma that for length
exceeded anything of the kind that has
been brought TO our notice. The beet
was just three feet, eight and one half
inches in length.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1899-11-24
Licensed 10 Wed.

The following is list of marriage
licenses issued by the county clerk since
last week:
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-05-04
General Merriam. Report.

WASHINGTON, May 3.-The War De-
partment does not anticipate serious diff
culties at Wardner, Ida, after the troops
now on their way there arrive. General
Merriam has sent the following dispatch
from Boise City to Adjutant General Cor
bin: ARRIVED this morning. Conference
with Governor discloses usual difficulties OF
dealing with riots. Some difficulty Of identi-
flying offenders through coroner's inquest at
Wardner Tomorrow. One union man dead
and one nonunion man mortally woundea.
Destruction of mining property reported
very great. Troops from Boise, Vancouver,
Walla Walla and Spokane moving for
Wardner to-day. Troops from Assiniboine.
Russell and Douglas ordered to-day to Null
Ian. Will go to Wardner o-night myself.
Number of nonunion miners in district
about 1900; number armed and acting in
riots about one hundred"
The troops now on their way to Wardner,
according 70 the dispatch of General Merri-
am. are: From Boise, Troop c, Fourth
Cavalry; Vancouver, Company b, Twenty
fourth Infantry; Walla Walla, Troop a,
Fourth Cavalry. From Spokane, Company
NJ, Twenty-fourth Infantry. Those ordered
TO Mullan, Ida, are: From Harrison, Com
pany d, Twenty-fourth Infantry; from
Assinibo:ne, Company X. Twenty-fplrth In
fantry, and from Russell and Douglas. two
companies of the Twenty-fourth Infantry.
The Twenty-fourth Regiment consists of
enlisted colored men. The most of them
saw service in Cuba.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-05-04
GUNBOAT NASHVILLE.
The Vessel to Leave Memphis for ST.
Louis This Morning.

MEMPHIS. Tenn, May 3.-This was the
last day of the stay in Memphis OF the
United States gunboat Nashville, and owing
to the fatigue of the officers and men the
festivities did not begin until nearly noon.
Shortly before hat hour a parade of the
city police and fire department was wit
messed by thousands of citizens and visitors.
At 11:3 a. m. Captain Maynard and the
other naval officers were escorted by a COM
mittee TO Montgomery Park. and a short
stay at the clubhouse was given over TO
refreshments. Luncheon was taken at the
Chickasaw Club. the gentlemen being guests
of Gen. 8. T. Carnes. In the afternoon the
visitors were rendered a reception at the
residence of Hon. William r Moore, and
completed the entertainment in honor of
the Nashville's officers.
The sailor lads were we'll looked after
during the day by the various committees.
Luncheon was served them at the Audi
forum. and in the afternoon special trolley
cars were rendered the men behind the
guns" and a ride over the city was enjoyed.
! The crowds coming into the city to-day far
surpassed those of yesterday. Regular
| trains were all filled and special excursions
arriving this morning were crowded TO their
capacity. The stream of people visiting the
war ship to-day was even greater than that
of yesterday. and the rive boats carrying
passengers were kept busy until late In the
day.
~ at 6 o'clock Tomorrow morning and will
proceed from Memphis to St. Louis. The
question of a stop at Cairo has not yet been
decided. The commander has m 20
do so If the river conditions are such as
TO enable him 10 anchor another day, but
the outlook is now that Cairo will have 10
take a fleeing glimpse Of the war ship as
she steams past the city. After the stop
at st. Louis the return trip will be made
direct TO New Orleans, as a falling river
will not permit OF any delays.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-05-04
WILL NOT MARRY.
Denial of the story that Mrs. ChiIds
and Gen. Wheeler Were to We'd.

PHILADELPHIA, May 3-The Ledger
will tomorrow make an authoritative de-
NAL of the wild Ely published statement that
a marriage was contemplated between Mrs.
George w. Childs and Gen. Joseph Wheeler.
The denial of the truth OF the report was
made to-day by Mrs. Childs TO Major j. NJ.
Carson. the Washington correspondent of
the Ledger, who telegraphs his paper as
follows:
Several weeks ago a story was given
wide publicity through the newspapers TO
the effect that marriage was contemplated
between Mrs. George w. Childs, of this
city, formerly of Philadelphia, and Gen.
Joseph Wheeler. of Alabama. Thu publica-
tion caused Mrs. Childs much annoyance,
but she refrained from making any public
denial from a mistaken belief that the alb
sence of any foundation for the story would
cause it to pass in the public mind and
from an aversion to adding to the publicity
which a denial would bring.
1.-The revival Of the mischievous story en-
bellished with details that have been invent
ed TO give It plausibility. has brought addi-
tional annoyance and distress TO Mrs. Childs
and has induced her to reconsider the de-
termination not to notice the false report.
In a conversation with the Ledger CORE
spondent this afternoon Mrs. Childs, after
expressing surprise at the original story and
Indignation at the persistence with which
it has been adhered to. requested that the
fullest and broadest denial be given In the
Ledger. There was not at any time the
slightest foundation for the story or JUS
t.ication for its publication"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-05-04
MONUMENT DEDICATED.
Kentuckians Who Wore Both the Blue
and the Gray Remembered.

CHATTANOOGA. May 3.-The beautiful
granite monument erected by the State of
Kentucky in Chickamauga Park was dedi-
Gated this afternoon with imposing cere-
monies. At noon Governor Bradley, his staff
and other prominent Kentuckians left the
city for the park, and promptly at 2 o'clock
the exercises began. The preliminary portion
of the programme consisted of music, one
OF the numbers being My Old Kentucky
Home" and an impressive invocation. Maj.
Thomas II. Hays, Of the Kentucky COM
mission, in an eloquent address, then for
mally rendered the monument to Governor
Bradley. Following this address Miss Chris
tine Bradley, the Governors beautiful
daughter, gracefully unveiled the shaft.
Governor Bradley next formally accepted
the monument and transferred it to the
government. The Governor delivered an adj
dress. Of which the concluding paragraphs
are here given:
THE monument dedicated to-day may, in
the rush of years, crumDle and fall into dust,
but around the submits of Lookout and Mis-
StTnary fnreIge, Tx gaInering mists. shall
toric fields, and in every heart shall be a
monument of love. and strength. and patriot
ism, which will perpetuate through all COM
ing time the glories of that great conflict.
Looking into the future, may not the
fond hope be INDUCED that in the end our
country may in all things be deliberate,
Just and wise-that our flag may wave in
triumph, feared by tyrants, in every land
and on every sea? That beneath its folds
shall gather the oppressed of every cline.
and the slave struggling beneath the rod
OF oppression feel his chains grow lighter.
his heart leap with joy and hail its colors
as a deliverance? That nations which have
been bitten by the serpent of rapacity and
conquest shall look upon it's folds and he
healed, as those who with faith looked upon
the braZen serpent that. was lifted IN in
the Wilderness? God grant that ours shall
be the victory of enlightenment and liberty,
the triumph of right over might. of justice
over injustice, of humanity over cruelty and
oppression. Until empires shall lave passed
away and the nations of earth become one
The monument was accepted for the gov
eminent by Gen. III. v. Boynton. president
of the Observation-Disclosures National
Military Park Commission. Following Gen.
BOynton's address the band PLAYED The
Star-spangled Banner amid the waving of
flags and the cheering Of the assembled
thrOng, and the exercises ended.
The monument, which is one Of the hand
soonest at Chickamauga. was erected to the
memory Of the Kentuckians VINO wore both
the blue and the gray. and both sides are
equally represented in the descriptions. The
Kentucky party returned home tonight.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-05-04
Labor Notes.

The Chapman Slate Company, whose big
quarrieS are near Bethlehem, Pa, announce
a 10 to 20 per cent. advance in wages.
Four hundred machinists employed at the
Saco and Petee shops at Biddeford, Me-,
have struck for an advance of 20 per cent.
The executive council Of the National
Bread Makers Alliance Is in session at
Springfield, Ill. The referendum method of
amending the constitution was adopted. The
each member will be assessed 5 cents per
month, was under discussion when adjourn
ment was taken.
A general strike of furnace workers took
place at New Castle, Pa, Tuesday night,
causing all the furnaces to be closed down.
About 900 men are affected. An increase of
wages was granted the furnace men on
Monday, but the advance did not come up
TO the expectation Of the men and they
concluded to strike at once.