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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-02-03

ing an attempt TO organize In Philadel-
phla. Tho National League md Amer
lean Association Of professional base
ball clubs own and are in possession Of
the title american Association" and
such title cannot be adopted OF used
without their permission. The associa-
tion which has been organized has
made proper application for the right to
assume the name when relInqulshed by
the present National League and
American Association"
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FORMAL ANNOUNCEMENT

OF Congressman Freer Of His Gubsr-
Material Candidacy at Charleston.
Judge Smith for Congress.
Special Dispatch to the Intelligencer
CHARLESTON, w. Va. Feb. o.
Congressman Romeo H. Freer, OF the
Fourth West Virginia district, in a
public speech here Tonight, formally
announced his candidacy for governor.
At the same time Judge C. w. Smith.
of Mercer county, announced himself n
candidate for Congress in the Third
district,
At the conclusion of the meeting, the
Lincoln club was organized, with rx-
Congressman j. II. Huling, of this city,
as president.
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1AWToN,s FuNERA1
Be Held in Church Of the Cove
no,,4 In mashinrtnn.

To Be Held in Church Of the Cove
nant, in Washington.
WASHINGTON, D. c., Feb. AFTER
telegraphlc correspondence with Mrs.
Lawton, it has been finally arranged
that the funeral services over the re-
mains of the late Major General Henry
w. Lawton. United States Volunteers
shall be held in the Church of the Cow
enant CPresbyterian) in this city next
Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock, and that
the interment shall be In the national
cemetery at Arlington.
A telegram has been received from
Geenral shafter, saying that the funer-
al party win reach here Thursday af-
ternoon.
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Ex.MEMpER WRIGHT
of Kentucky Legislature, Assassin-
ated Yesterday.

ated Yesterday.
MIDDLEBoRoUGH, Ky. Feb. D.
The report that William S, Wright, ex-
member OF the Kentucky legislature for
Knott and Letcher counties, was assas-
siDnted at Boone Fork, on the Kentucky
river, last night, is confirmed by advices
tonight from Hagan. During the cam
paIgn last fall Wright made an. enthusI-
astlc canvass for John Young Brown
for governor. He was prominent law
yer and Democratic politician, and had
made many enemies among the noun
taineers in defending cases of the coal
companies. There were five shots, and
two took effect. He was shot with i
winchester of the same calibre as that
used by the would-be assassin Of Goe-
beL
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THE CLARK CASE.

Defense Presented Its Side Of the
ouestion-Reprssentative Campbell
Placed in Compromising condi-
tion by a Witness.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 2-The defense
in the case Of Senator Clark, OF Mon
tana. before the senate committee on
privileges and elections to-day began
the presentation OF It's side of the con-
troversy. The first half of the day was
given 10 three witnesses for the memo
rialists, after which Thomas T. Lyon,
county attorney Of Jefferson county,
was put on the stand by Mr.. Faulkner
in Mr.. clark's behalf. His testimony
was rather startling in several respects.
He brought Representative Campbell,
one Of the attorneys for the prosecu-
ton, into the controversy as an active
participant in the case, saying that Mr..
Campbell had promised him 5000 to
testify in the case against Mr.. Clark in
this prosecution. He had previously
been worker for Mr.. Clark and said
that he acted in this matter at tne IN
stance OF Mr.. c. w. Clark, playing the
part, as the witness put 1t, "oi a
.whIteslde on the other side" Accord
ingly, he said, he had visited Mr. Camp
bell. After hearing his proposition to
testify that several members Of the leg
islature had been to his knowledge
brlbed, Mr.. Campbell had agreed to pay
him the sum mentioned for the evil
dence, afterward agreeing to double Il.
He said that afterward Mr.. Campbell
had told him that he Gyons) would ruin
him (campbell) IL he revealed these
facts before the committee. but that he
had never said to Campbell that the
story he had told Campbell he would
tell was false.
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FOR BoER so1D1EDs' WIDOWS.

Contributions Forwarded to Consul
Hay by the State Department.
WASHINGTON. Feb. g-secretary
Hay has received the sum of $3.50, coll
lected by the st. Louis Westliche Post,
and transmitted to the department of
state by Mr.. Petorius, to be used for
the benefit OF the widows and orphans
OF Boer soldiers. The secretary has
forwarded the money by the mails to
Adelbert Hay. United States consul at
Pretoria, to he turned over 10 President
Kruger, for the purpose specified. Mr.
Prctorius' letter was also sent forward.
The action OF the state department. 1t
ia explained, applies only TO cOntrlbu-
tions for charitable objects.
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MINERS AND OPERATORS
Have Finally Agreed on Scale of
Wages.

INDIANAPOLIS. Ind, Feb. 2.--After
a joint conference lasting nearly two
weeks, the delegates from tho United
Mine Workers of America and the In
ter-state Operators Association finally
adopted scale at 1l;2O o'clock tonight
which Ia u compromise between the first
demand OF tho former und the first Of
fer OF the latter
The deliberations OF the su5-scclc
committee were practically ended nc
noon, at which hour the scale was form
ulated but there was one or two points
on which President Van Horn, OF the
Indiana miners. did not feel at liberty
to vote until he had consulted his Cel-
low delegates. He was given until ?
o'clock to do this, and nt tho hour
named cast the vote A meeting OF the
entire Joint scale committee was then
called. and at o'clock went Into sos
sion. From that time en iy was fairly
smooth sailing.
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1IrrIE BUSINESS TRANgAoTRD
By the State Supreme Court of Ap-
peals Yesterday.

Special Dispatch to the lntelligcncer.
CHARLESTON, w. Va. Feb. 2.-The
supreme court to-day transacted the
following business:
Creed Watson vs. J. II. Hurry Ct nj,
from Barbour county; submitted ON
briefs, Dewing & Son vs. Elihu Humon
ct AL from Randolph county; argued
and submitted.
mitted TO the bar Adjourned til Mon
day,
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DISCHARGED

From the Service Officers Of the
Emergency Troops.
HARRISBURG, Pa, Feb. 2.-General
orders were issued to-day from the
headquarters of the National Guard of
Pennsylvania, honorably dIscharglng
the officers of the emergency troops Or
ganlzed to take the place OF the regular
organizations OF the guard in the vol
untecr service during the Spanish
American war and which have since
been mustered out. Colonel Asher MI
ncr. of the Seventh regiment. and Al
bert j. Logan, of the Seventeenth rcgi-
ment. are assigned to duty with Cover
nor Stone.
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Won bv Tommy RYAN.

HOT SPRINGS, Ark, Feb, a,-TomrnY
Ryan, OF Syracuse, was given the decI-
sion over George Lawler, Of Detroit, az
ter thirteen rounds this afternoon. Law
Ter was badly punished. although he
had the advantage In height and
reach. Champion j. j, Jefrrlcs acted as
tlnln- krnner.
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GOVERNOR TAYLOR
offers Reward for the Assassin of
Goebel.

FRANKFORT. KY, Feb. 2.-Gover-
nor Taylor tonight personally offered n
reward of $500 for the arrest and con-
viction of the man who shot Governor
Goebel. In making the offer of the re-
ward. Governor Taylor states that the
authorities OF Franklin county. Inwhlch
the crime was committed. have never
requested him to officially offer a re-
tncrEf6Fe. offers $500 as an
Individual.
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Secretary and Mrs. Dawson Receive

Special Dispatch TO the Intelligence
CHARLESTON, w. Va. Feb g.
Secretary N state and Mrs William NJ
Q. Dawson gave a formal reception to-
night from TO II. In the receiving line
were Mr. ana Mrs, pawsou, Governor
and Mrs. Atkinson. ana Miss Marsdcn,
Of tiinEw0od.
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NEW YORK, Feb. 2.-Kid Broad, Of
Cleveland, knocked out Joe Bernstein,
OF this city, in the thirteenth round. at
the Broadway Athletic Club tonight.
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GOV. GOfBEL'S CONDITION

EelCepIply AAnPEVNSuI anu tHS = ny
sicinns Now Believe He May Re-
cover-His Iron VIII and Deter
minatiOn Not to Die Contribute to
His Better Condition.
FRANKFORT KY Feb. 2.-The con
dltion nr william Goebcl is tonight
considered better than at any time
since he was shot The iron win and
determination Of the wounded man that
he will not die by an ass0ssln's bullet
is. however sun considered the main
factor IN sustaining him, but tonight
the attending physiciuns Cor the lirsi
time hold ont some hope for his ulti-
mate recovery Governor Gocbel So
cured some sleep during the day. which
Incrcascd his strength perccptlbly, nud
though unfayorablc symptoms showed
tbemsplvcs at umcs the sick man al-
WAYS rallied Wen. Compared with
twenty -four hours aSo, his condition
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wCnthor FOrocagt for To.day.

For Ohio. Western Pennsylvania and
West Virginia: Fair and warmer Satur-
day; light 10 fresh westerly winds, In
creasing eloudiness Sunday.
Local Temperature,
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SISTERSYllLE'S GAS SUPPLY

Has Been Strengthened Looking
Forward to Dewey Day-River Full
Of 1ce-PersOnal Points on Promi-
nent People Of the Petroleum
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81 9rsfae.. s. StaeA,
W. Saaven 81 9y Ed0sr-
rs Using sa Sic SateM-
geacer
The Portland daily press., 1900-10-19

Subscribers whose papers are not delivered
promptly are requested to notify the Office OF
The DAILY PRESS. No. 81 Exchange street
Portland Ne.
The Portland daily press., 1900-10-19
THE sARDINE BUSINESS.
[Eastport Sent inel.l

Another dull year in the sardine busi-
ness has made more apparent the neoss-
sitY of furnishing some additional source
of employment for the labor of Eastport-
Other years of course have been bett r,
wnen labor was fully employed, and
when the present industry was sufficient
to furnish means for the ample support
OF all who depend upon the factories for a
livelihood and possibly another season
like this may not again occur, or at
least for years, but the history Of all
towns that are dependent solely upon the
product Of the water Is the same-com-
parative af1uence or poverty. The scar
city of fish and the duIlness Of the season
can be laid to no mans door; every effort
has been made to secure the raw material.
and thus furnish employment, the boats
engaged making regular trips to points
more than a hundred miles away, the
necessity for which in the past has been
rare indeed. But this may be the Begin
ming; as was the case with the "porg1e, !"
the taking of which for years furnished
whole communities in this stats as does
the sardines business to the city; the end
came, against all prophecy, until the few
who continued to pursue the business,
were compelled to go far south after the
scanty SCHOOLS. Herring may be seek
ing other feeding grounds, and the opin-
ion is ventured by many that they are,
many reasons being given to support the
opinion, but scientific research shows
that the water Of this locality is the home
of the fish, and nature has so appOrtioned
the feeding and spawning grounds, that
under anything less than extraordinary
conditions the herring will always be
found in and about QuOddys But ''off
years. are liable to OCCUR, and when they
do come they fall heavier from the fact
that they are rare. There are in this town
today, men who in other years have made
gOoi seasons work up to this time,
who now within six weeks Of the end Of
the season have earned less than hun
dred dollarsl TO provide against this
contingency which is detrimental to all
business interests, those WHO have the
most at stake should take th3 initiative
in the upbuilding of the town, by the
establishment OF other branches Of manu-
featuring Industries that will furnish
labor with employment and give the town
an increase in permanent population,
such as never can be attained merely by
business in which operation Is cur
tailed BY law and reduced to q few
months in the year. The most striking
example Of the present condition of Things
is the wholesale exodus that has already
begun to points IN other pa is of New
England where employment can be Sc
cured.
The Portland daily press., 1900-10-19
BRYAN AND CROKER.
(Boston Herald.)

If the state of New York shall give its
electoral vote to Bryan, and Bryan shall
be chosen President of the United States,
his obligation will be to Richard Croker.
and to no other citizen of New York in
equal measure. Can he, after his elec-
tion, avoid recognition Of this Oblga-
ton? He can no more do It than ne can
avoid recognition Of any other substan-
tial and necessary aid IN cOmIassing his
ambition. There IS no reason to pre- sumo
that he Will dssire to avoid it. There is
much reason to presume that he was
pledged in advance to recognize it.
Croker was the member of the New York
delegation whom he called to Lincoln fer
a consultation before the meeting Of the
Kan sss City convention. Croker defeated
all the schemes Of Hill to prevent the re-
committal of the Democratic party to the
free silver delusiOn and the other rantiDg
follies Of the Chicago platform. Croker
came back to New York to be, and he has
been, the supreme representative OF
Organism. He is not the chairman OF
the state committee, he is not the state S
member of the national COMMITTEES; but
he has taken charge of Bryan's cam
paign, and the titular managers are re-
mitted to sub0rdination, He is the sole
authoritative mouthpiecs of Organism
in New York. When Bryan comes tc
New YORK, it is Croker who rides by his
side In the procession and shares with
him the plaudits of the multitude.
The Portland daily press., 1900-10-19

William L, Wilson, who has just died
at Charlestown, West Virginia, was the
leader of the Democratic majority in the
House of Representatives in Mr.. CleVe-
lands second administration, and subse-
qUently became postmaster general in
Cleyeland's cabinet. It was from him
that the Wilson bill which was passed by
the Democratic House Of Representatives
and subsequently so altered by the
Senate that Mr. Cleveland stigmatized
it as ''pertidy and diskonor," took its
name. He was a believer in free trade, or
at least in low tariff, and there was
never any doubt in the mind of any one
who knew him that he was a sincere be.
up to his convictions. He was essentially a
man of letters, thoroughly yersed in lit
erature as well as in economics, and his
speeches were always clear and elegant,
and pitched upon high Key. There was
not the slightest taint Of demagogism
about him, and he was a stranger to the
arts and the tricks by which many Of our
successful politicians have won successes.
His appeals were to the reason. and SEN
sationalism and spectacular display were
foreign to mis- tastes. He was the very
antipodes in almost every trait Of mind
Of the men who are today leading the
Organized Democracy. Had he lived, a
return Of the Democracy to sound prin-
ciples of government and to the considera-
tions Of questions that ara really debata-
ble might have brought him to the front
again; but SO long as Bryan rode at the
head Of the procession there could not be
in it any place for man Of his convic-
tions, his intelligence and his ncerity.
The Portland daily press., 1900-10-19

One of the lessons Of the coal strike is
that 1t is much better for digagreeing
employers and employees to meetsone an
othar the moment a dispute arises and
try and settle it than to delay till after the
strike is on. Had this policy been
adopted IN case of this strike it is alto
gether probable that the operators would
have been saved a serious disturbance
of their business with consequent heavy
loss, the miners a large loss in wages
and some suffering on the part of them
selves and their families, and the poor
people Of the country a great many dol
lars which they can i'll afford to expend.
1t would have cost nc more concessions
to settle the dispute before 1t
passed into the strike stage than it has
now after five weeks Of industrial paraIy-
sis. Indeed, very likely, it would not
have cost so much. Demands may
be made that employers cannot accede
to, and the employees may insist and GO
on strike, even after conference, but in
the great majority Of cases the manifesto
ton Of disposition on the part Of the
employers to be fair and just and to ex-
plain the situation frankly to thsir en-
ployes, would result in a satisfactory
settlement. Both sides are apt to be
dictatorial, to keep aloof from one another,
and to distrusb one another's sincerity.
The Portland daily press., 1900-10-19
CLAY IN 1s4s.
New York Herald. }

To Henry Clay's great reception in
New York on March Z, and 9, 184S, can
that to Mr.. Bryan, which occurred yes
terday, be Iikened. In proportion to the
population, one was about as great as
the other.
Henry Clay, the leader of the old Whig
party, had been an unsuccessful candi-
date for President in three elections, and
at that time was candidate for th6rPresi
dential nomination again. He had been
in Washington on professional business
in February, and had been at the death
bed Of the former President, John Q Q1incy
Adams. Clay preceded Adams's body to
New York At Baltimore and PhiIadel-
phia he had had tremendous receptions,
and plainly the idol OF the people at that
moment, he had welcome in New York
that ecl1psed everything known before or
since, when the number Of residents OF
the municipality is taken into considera-
tion.
The difference between the Bryan and
Clay receptions is that men of all parties
greeted Clay. The reception was planned
by the mayor and corporation OF the city
of New York, and everybody Of promi.
nence participate, The ''Great Common
er'' was met at Perth Amboy by the
committee on steamboats,, and brought
up the bay to Castle Garden. Amid
booming OF cannon at Castle Garden he
was welcomed by Mayor Brady, and a
great procession was formed, which es-
corted him to the New York Hotel. He
was here serenaded, and later rendered a
dinner, and practically the entire popu-
Iation Of the city Of New York and out
lying towns turned out to do him honor.
So great was the crush at the serenade,
that it Is recorded that the venerable
Jack Hayes, high constable, was knocked
down, but fortunately not seriously In
jured.'' Mr.. Clay failed to receive the
re nomination, being doomed to defeat as
he had been previously in all his aspira-
tions for the Presidency.
The Portland daily press., 1900-10-19
THE HALL OF FAME.
(Washingtnn Star.l

Washington and Lincoln head the Doll
Of statesmen, the father Of his country
leading the great emanoipator by one
vote. Each in the days Of his activity
was the object of the severese assaults.
The opponents of Washington held him
up as a cold -bIOoded aristocrat without
either knowledge or love Of real democ-
raoy. In their eyes he was nothing but a
poseur and something of a hypocrite.
The opponents of Lincoln represented
him alternately as a clOWDish Joker and
bloody tyrant. His marvellous eloquence
went for nothing with them and the
bOuDdless sympathy Of his great heart
they were utterly unable to recognize
Today these msn are the idols Of the
nation, Grant received the highest vote
in the poll for soldiers. When he was in
the saddle leading the Union armies the
popular denunoiatiOn characterized him
as mere butcher. His enemies-some
of whom were on his own sids-deDied
him all the higher qualities of general
ship They would not allow him either
strategy, or first-class execution of the
suggestions Of others. Today he stands
acclaimed IS Americas great captain.
This estimate By an ex Confederate will
always stand: He was great soldier
and a good man. A great soldier, be-
cause he would always light and was al
ways ready for fight. A good man,
because in his hour of supreme triumph
he was generous toward the vanquished.' -
Emerson STOOD highest on the list of men
Of letters But it was almost the fashion
at one time to deride him as a dreamer
lost in clouds. The leader Of the New
England bar sneered at him in these
words: He brings no message to me; i;
but my daughters not only digest but
relish him. The nots of Emerson is re
garded today as the clearest and highest
yet sounded in the realm of American
thought. The name Of that New Eng
land lawyer survives only in his sneer.
The Portland daily press., 1900-10-19

The Belfast journal, noting the alleged
panic among the rumsellers Of Portland
and Augusta. remarks that "Mr. Man
ley's letter is bearing fruit" If Mr.
Manley' letters are 50 potent it is great
pity that he did not write some about
twenty. i've years ago then we should
have been spared twenty-five years of lax
enforcement or no enforcement-Portland
PRESS.
Why "alleged panic2" If there was
not real panic, then we have been mis-
informed by the Maine dailies; and it is
on the same authority that we aEcribed
potency to Mr.. Maneys' letter. AS to the
tardiness Of his epistOlary efforts we have
nothing to say. There are various quo
tations that would apply here, and some
might choose to say: Better late than
nsver belfast Journal.
The journal has got things a little
mixed 1t was not the potency of Mr..
ManIey on public opinion, but the
potency of public opinion on Mr.. Manley
that the Maine dailies have dlscoursed
about.
The Portland daily press., 1900-10-19
CURRENT COMMENT.
THE DIVORCE HABIT
(Zion S Advocate

According to the Rockland Opinion,
Judge Strout, Of the Supreme Court, in
connection with some divorce cases, re-
Gently called attention to the large num-
Der Of young women who, from their
own statements, appear to have married
men without knowing, or apparently
caring to know, anything concerning
their character. Judge Strout remarked
that a woman is supposed to exercise a
little common sense and ordinary pru-
dence in entering Into the marriage rela-
ton. But many women, he said, asking
for divorce, testify that at the time Of
their marriage they knew nothing of the
character Of the men they married, and
so allowed themselves to become the
wives OF drunkards, or Of shiftless and
cruel men. The judge said he did not
have much sympathy for such women,
but granted the request for divorce in
such cases. believing that no good result
would follow if the marriage relation
should be continued. He hoped, how
ever, that the records Of cases that had
just come before him would be warning
to some women against contracting hssty
marriages with men OF whose character
and habits they know nothing, But does
not the ease with which Judge Strout and
his associates grant requests for divorce
lead to the recklessness OF which Judge
Strout so justly complainsS There ars
those who believe, and they have good
reason for their bslief, that If the judges
would refuse such requests, young wom-
en- would be much more likely to exercise
common sense and ordinary prudence in
entering upon the marriage relation. In
other words, it ts because the way is
made so easy to break the marriage bond
that so many young women are willing
to incur the risk they are so ready to
take.
The Portland daily press., 1900-10-19
For Vice President,
FOR PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS.

At LaTge-JOseph o. Smith of SkoWhegani
George P. WescOfl of Portland.
First Dist Charles f. Libby of Portland.
Second Dist.-James w. Wakefield OF Bath.
Third Dist-Fred Atwood, Winterport
Fourth Dist-AlmOn II. FOgg, HoultOn.