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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-11-01
sEMI-CENTENNIAL
OF the Third Presbyterian Church to
be Observed Tomorrow.

Tomorrow evening the seml-centen-
NAL Of the Third Presbyterian church
will be observed with appropriate ex-
erclses in the evening at the church, in
which several Wheeling clergymen will
take part. The following programme
has been prepared:
Organ neutrality-suspicious..
Invocation. Rev. Samuel Schwarm. DID.
Anthem.
Scripture Reading .. Rev. ]. II. Littell
Prayer. Rev. NJ. w. Buck
Hymn.
Greetings from the Presbytery of
Washington.Rev w. H. Lester, DID
Greetings from Wheeling Minister
ial Union Rev. Jacob Birmingham
Anthem.
Greetings from the NJ E. Minister
ial Association Rev. ]. L. Sooy, DID.
Address. Rev. D. a. Cunningham, DID.
Hymn.
Greetings from Ohio Presbyteriars
Rev. 5. j. Boyle
Address. Rev. Joseph Speer5
Anthem.
Closing Hymn.
Benediction.. Rev. c. NJ. Oliphant
Next Sunday morning the pastor,
Rev. Mr.. Bigger, will preach the ami
versary sermon. The Sabbath school
will hold special exercises in the after
noon ut o'clock. and In the evening 4
special service will be held.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-11-01
Fatal Shooting in Boone County,

Special Dispatch 10 tho lntel.igcnccr.
CHARLESTON. w. Va, Oct. al
Near Racine. in Boone county, last
evening. Gcrlnnd Chambers shot and
killed JEFF Workman. and seriously
wounded II man named Adkins, who
had attempted to rob his house. Cham
bers gave himself up to-day to Squire
r., w. Cabcll. mt Lewiston, this county.
The news reached here tonight or nm
other murder which has occurred near
the same place. In nm alteration Mt
the house OF Andy Slower. on Cabin
creek. Andy Slower shot and killed
Cal Slower, OF Paint creek, with u
Winchester rifle.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-11-01
Another Launching.

PHILADELPHIA, Pa, Oct. ;l-Tn
new Russian cruiser, Variag, Vi
launched to-day at Cramps shipyat4
with impressive ceremonies. The \.
llgious ceremonies formed spectis
lar feature, In addition to passing !
gllded cross before the huge hull
benediction the Reverend Hotovits
sprinkled the vessel with holy vat
The American custom Of breakinsI
bottle of wine rs the shin glidei 1
the ways, was omitted. There Et
present numerous officials OF the r!
sian and United States governme.1
The cruisers complement will consist
twenty-one officers and $50 petty q
GERS and crew.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-11-01
'les proclaimed in Philadelphia il !,

pies proclaimed In Phlladelphi, 4, -,
advanced to glorious triumph nj ys
town. made effective In the forma,iot,
the federal union In 1857, sustnlnsa y Y
the heroism OF all our people IN sa Y
foreign conflict, sealed In solemn WI
nant at Appommattox Court HIVE to,e'
sanctifled by the blood OF The nav vuss !,
the south and Of the north at MarHS4t
and Santiago, and in Porto Rico Saa.
lost none of their force and vIrtun H sss
the people Of the United States viii ~. aas
their new duties and rcsponsib,in,l
with unfailing devotion to those r,1..,a
pies, and with unfaltcrinE purnns. y y
uphold and advance them.
standing near the close OF Ina a.
fury, we can look backward with n, II,
and forward into the new century r NAV
confidence and courage. The mnn,o.,.l
of the past inspire us to nobler cro.:,
and higher endeayors. II Is for uu me- !.
guard the sacred trust transmi,,oJ "
our fathers, and pass on to those ~ ~
follow this government Of the f T.'
stronger In Its principles and greats /,
Its power for the execution OF lis beS,s
ciert mission" 50
At the conclusion of the PresIdeDy,
speech. Secretary of the Navy Inv,
was introduced by the Mayor, and !.
acknowledging the, reception given nj,
by the crowd. said:
"Mr. Mayor. Ladies' and Gentlem,..
1 shall not attempt TO make speers
a. this time and under these clrc,n,
stances. can only say that as sec,..
tary OF the Navy and still more as,
citizen OF this great, united republic /
rejoice heartily with you in this CONT.
button to our naval equipment-ln n,
example Of what can be done by souN.
ern capital and southern labor-and 4
the fact that this day is feather d,t
in the proud history Of the grand al
commonwealth Of Virginia" a.
plause.) $50
The launching which followed was
grand success, the boat being chi.
tened by little Carrie Shubrick, 4
Rocky Mountain, N. c., great grand
niece of Commodore Shubrick. with Il.
usual formalities. 1t was side launss.
ms. but the boat took the water lk.
duck. amid enthusiastic cheering a.!
the footing of steam whistles.
The boat was caught in n terris
storm last night and it was feared s..
would be lost. On the christening stl,.
were little Miss Carrie shubrlck, vi,
christened the boat: her maids Of ho,.
or. Miss Mary Curtis. Elizabeth Presto
and Roberta Trigs, DR.. and Mrs JOIN
T. ShubrlGk. parents Of the spons':;
Mrs. William r.. Trigg, and several d
the Shubricl connections. Miss sau
brick is ten years old. She wore !
dress of white silk, trimmed with Whlts
satin ribbons. Her hat was white, viii
white tips. She carried a BOUQUET 0!
Beauty roses.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-12-10

trations assist the imagination 20 make
real all these wonderful tales.
Another story for little tots Is "The Boo
300 Book. written by Gertrude Smith.
the author OF the -Arabella and Aramfnta~
stories. This tale tells OF peacockS aud
Drass bands. roses and donkey carts: 1t
Is prettily illustrated. and not too large
for little hands TO hold.
Among the books for lads is "The Biz
cycle Highwaynan." which viii appeal 10
all boys who love their wheels. The many
incidents and accidents OF the young hero
while somewhat improbablc-are stil mads
possible by the happy manner In whica
the author, Frank NJ. Bicknell. tells them
The Armed Ship America" by James
OTIS. Is another story for boys. which
relates the experiences OF two boys OF If
Teen. who were OF the crew on board the
good snip America" during the war OF
tolz. The book is very interesting without
being sensational.
For Tommy and Other Stories Will im-
mediately be read by all who remember
Laura II. kichards's charming Christmas
story. Captain January" 1t Is hard to
say whether these attractive little stories
are written for the grown up or for the
half-grown people. but there is no doubt
they will be perused with great satisfac-
ton by both. All these are published by
Dana Estes * Co. Boston.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-12-10

II Is stated that the CONSENSUS of opinion
IN the army generally is that the present
exchange promotes the morals, temper
ance. discipline and the health OF the men
as compared with the former regime. Sales
OF IlqUor are confined 10 soft drinks. beer
ana light wines. a radical departure from
the old system, when whisky was one OF
the articles issued by the subsistence de-
partment.
The Chicago Tribune speaks the expert
ence of the army officer when II says:
There is a long row OF buildings on the
main street of the village of HighwOod. H.,
and over the doorway OF each is the word
saloon More than One-half Of the BUSH
ness houses of the place are whisky shops.
Highwood is contiguous 10 Fort Sheridan.
anc every Groggery keeper in the place
yesterday rejoicod when he read that the
lower House Of Congress had voted to abol-
ish the army canteen.
When the groggery keeper" who Is the
worst in the business when just outside a
government reservation. rejoices over the
action of Congress it is because such action
will increase his traffic.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-12-10

The world of the great central African
forest Is a remarkable one. It's denizens
range from the huge elephant to the
smallest ant, including many kinds of
animals, birds and reptiles not found In
any other part of the world and some of
which are never seen except by persons
who explore the forest. No person has
done this more thoroughly than Paul Du
Chaillu, and. as young readers know, 10
person can write more entertainingly con-
corning strange adventures than he. In
a new book entitled "The World of the
Great Forest he takes the reader into
the heart and life of the great African for
est and describes many of the strange ami
mails he has seen and studied there. There
are forty-nine chapters In the book and
each one describes a different animal. or.
rather, in each one a different animal Is
made to describe itself, for the author
ADOPTS the mode of making the animals tell
their own stories and explain their own
actions, as If they were endowed with the
power of speech. He gives their native
names as well as the common ones by
which they are known TO the world. II Is
an instructive book and can be read with
interest by adults as well as by children.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-12-10

In his own characteristic style. Stephen
Crane tells. in a volume OF short stories
called Wounds in the RAIN some very
clever tales of the Spanish-American war,
laying the scenes in Cuba. The stories
are told. for the most part, from the stand
point of the overworked, underfed war
correspondents who, sent by their various
newspapers and magazines to gather facts
and impressions on the spot. follow along
after the army on b~oot-galled feet, or
steam after the eighteen-knot cruisers I'm
little ten-knot tugs in their attempts to
get their STUFF at first hand. Crane
tells of the heroism of our volunteers and
regulars, of their eagerness TO be at the
front, even though the Spanish bullets are
picking off the men in the trenches one by
one. The stories are graphic i'm descrip-
ton and bring forcibly 10 mind some OF
the somber pictures Of the war-pictures OF
the dying and dead, and OF men who.
though wounded. raise their voices TO join
in the refrain OF the "Star-Spangled Ban
ner." Frederick A Stokes * Co., pub
fishers.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-12-10

The bear is the most human OF all the
beasts. He Is not the most manlike in
anatomy. nor the nearest, in the line OF
evolution. but in his temper and way OF
doing things and in the vicissitudes Of his
life there is a suggestion OF humanity.
The bear is a savage. Of course. but so
are many men. ana like human savages,
the hear is a clumsy, good-natured blunder-
err. eating with his fingers in default OF
a knife, and preferring any day a mouthful
or berries TO the excitement OF a fight. In
this book Joaquin Miller has tried to show
the bear as he is, not the traditional bear
or the story books. The author says in
a preface that the stories are compiled
from a long life of action in our noun
tains n up and down the continent"
They are. as the title indicates. true bear
stories, in every one of which either thu
author or some person he knew was an
actor. They are, therefore. very realistic
and in some instances very thrilling.
Young readers will be c%aptivated by such
chapter titles as My First Grizzly I'm
Swimming with a Bear" The Great Griz-
ely Bear" The Bear-Slayer OF San Die
CO." "Monnehan, the Great Bear Hunter
of Oregon etc. The stories are well told.
and can be read with interest by older
people as well as by the young There
Is a characteristic preface by the author
and an introduction conveying some scien-
tific information, by President David Starr
Jordan. Chicago: Rand. McNally * Co.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-12-10

lar disease could have been shipped to
Germany. The decree against American
cattle and dressed meat was issued in Oc-
tober, 1894. A month later a decree was
issued placing restrictions on American
canine goods. Shortly afterward American
insurance companies doing business in Ger
many were attacked, and such hard con-
of the companies withdrew from the coun-
try and the ether two were subsequently
ruled out. They were three of the strongest
companies in the United States. In March.
1898. a decree was issued prohibiting the
importation into Germany of every Kind
of American fresh fruit. This order was
based on sanitary grounds. the alleged OBJ
ject being to prevent infection Of German
trees and fruit with the San Jose scale
and other destructive pests said to prevail
In this country. American fresh fruit, es-
pecially apples, had come to be in great
favor in German cities, and no complaint
against it on the ground of infection
with vermin had ever before been heard.
The decree was peremptory. Two months
later came the battle of Manila bay, and
everybody remembers the offensive and
truculent conduct of the German admiral
toward Admiral Dewey. Whether he was
acting under Instructions or not, his con-
duct was never repudiated by the German
government. American naval officers and
other persons on the ground have said it
was highly insulting. Some of the prohib-
tory DEGREES above referred 70 have been
revoked or modified, but in a grudging
way.
In view of these facts it would seem that
1t does not become German papers to ac-
cuse the United States government of I'M
friendliness or the American people Of en-
tertaining a feeling against Ger
many. The truth is, as already stated,
that there is nothing of the kind here. but
there is some ground for it. If the United
States ambassador at Berlin is kept busy
keeping the peace between the two coun-
tries" it is because Germany has given
several good causes for American irritation.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-12-10

hundred dollars per machine is too big a
price. Interested parties who are ever on
TIE lookout for driving a good bargain VIII
urge immediate action. Taxpayers who VIII
nave 10 foot the bills are interested in de-
ferring action until voting machines are
perfected and offered at a price within the
bounds OF reason.-South Bend Times.
With the machine the expense of elections
would not be so great, and the saving on
one election with the machine, as compared
with the present law, would pay for 1t.
With the machine there are no mutilated
ballots. no costly election boards and no
expense for printing ballots. 1t is the only
correct way TO purify elections. If there is
such a thing possible, and even were a man
paid Tor his vote there would be no way Tor
me purchaser to find out whether or not
the voter delivered the goods The ma
chlhe is the only sure way or getting an
honest vote. a clean election and a fair
count. Let's have i~t.-Cannelton Enquirer.
Several counties in the State are making
preparations to buy voting machines, and it
now appears that the coming Legislature
will so amend the law that all counties
will be compelled to buy them before the
chine is bound to come sooner or later,
though We do not see how the Legislature
can compel all counties to buy them. Some
counties, and Upton county is one OF them.
have reached their constitutional limit
OF Indebtedness. and while this condition
exists it will be impossible for the Legfs-
iature TO enact a law that will come In
conflict with this constitutional provision.
Upton Advocate.
The cost of printing ballots and the cost
of election boards for one or two extra
days on every election will overbalance the
cost of machines. and the advantages will
be; First, every man can vote without
mistake and without danger of having his
vote thrown out. which amounts to dis
reimbursement; second, it will give an al
ways anxious public the election returns
on the evening of the election; third, it will
be self-recording, preventing manipulation
OF results by dishonest election boards, and,
fourth and last, but not least, 1T will pre-
vent the purchase of voters, as there Will
be absolutely no means of the purchaser
knowing how the purchased voted--Bates-
Vile Tribune.
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The other Mans Country.

This book appears a few months behind
the time when IL might have attracted some
attention. II is labeled appeal to con-
science" but those who read IL will find IL
an elaborate defense of Aguinaldo and an
attack upon those i'm Manila who had to
do with him. Ii shows how far "A man OF
good reputation can be carried away from
truthfulness when he becomes the cham
pion of such n shifty person as Aguinaldo.
Even the betrayal of the cause OF his peo-
pie to the Spanish is excused. But the
author seems not 10 have heard OF the con-
spiracy of Aguinaldo to massacre the
whites I'm Manila or his offer I'm June. ISS.
to become the ally OF old Spain against the
United States The author Is Herbert
Welsh, of Philadelphia. who has been the
champion of the American Indian The
book is published by the j. Il. Lippincott
Company, Philadelphia.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-12-10
John Hr0wn.

1t is fitting that the life OF John Brown
should be written by a Kansas man and
published by a Kansas publishing house,
Crane & CD. Topeka. This book is a
biography of John Brown. by William L.
Connelley, who is an enthusiastic admirer
OF the man who made b0-der rufiianism in
Kansas a dangerous calling for a time.
Like most OF the admirers of Brown, the
author time and again dwells upon the
measureless assistance he rendered the
cause of human freedom by his nasco at
Harper's Ferry. All who have read OF John
Brown will admit that he was a moral hero
and an unselfish reformer. His courage
reached the point of moral grandeur. But.
further, those who recall the setback which
the Harper's Ferry performance gave TO the
growing party lighting for free soil and free
speech until IL was fully understood that
Brown In no sense stood for the new party
know that his rash action was harmful.
He hindered, rather than helped; yet the
late Senator Ingalls, was doubtless right
when he declared that three men OF that
era Lincoln, Grant, John Brown will
loom forever against the remotest horizon
of time as pyramids above the voiceless
desert" Those who desire TO learn OF this
remarkable man will find Mr.. Connelley's
book full of Information and interest.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-12-10
The Half Hearted.

'The Half Hearted" by John Buchan.
is an unusually well-written and Interest,"
ing novel. The hero. Lewis Haystown, Is
a highly cultivated English gentleman OF
old family, who is imbued with the rest
less spirit of travel and adventure. He
comes home from n long trip i'm the far
East. launches a successful book OF travel.
falls in love, and. somewhat unexpectedly
TO himself and others, stands for a seat in
Parliament, but loses the election. Later
he returns TO the East again. where the
events of the story take place In
upper India, near Fhe Russian border.
there occurs an insurrection among the
Cossacks and border tribes against the
English. To those who are at all familiar
with the many-sided Indian problem. this
vivid story viii appeal strongly. Houghtor.
Mi01in g. Co, Boston.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-12-10

There is nothing in the statistics of Euro
pean railroads to convince anyone that
governmental ownership and management
would give us cheaper transportation. In
Germany and Russia. where the railroads
are controlled by the government, passen-
ger rates are higher than in the United
States. and the accommodations are in
ferior to those offered in this country. In
the United Kingdom the rate per mile in
first-class passenger coaches is 4.2f cents.
and 44 in France. The cost per ton per
mile for freight transportation in the
United States is from one-third TO one
fourth as much as in the leading countries
OF Europe.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-12-10
MRS. MARY M'LEAN DEAD.
Widow of Washington Mclean and
Mother of Mrs. Dewey

WASHINGTON, Dec. 9.-Mrs. Mary Nc
Lean, mother of John r. Mclean, of the
Cincinnati Enquirer, died here, at her resi-
dence, at 1:31 O'Clock this morning, of acute
heart affection. She had been i'll since
Friday last, and from the first attack her
life was despaired of.
end came were her daughters, Mrs. Dewey
and Mrs. Ludlow the wife of Rear Adj
miral Ludlow; her son, John r. Mclean,
and Admiral Dewey.
Mrs. Mclean was q native of Kentucky,
but previous to going to Washington sew
eral years ago she spent most of her life
in Cincinnati. She was the widow of the
late Washington Mclean, proprietor of the
Cincinnati Enquirer. Mrs. Mclean was in
her seventy-second year.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-12-10
ANTITRUST BILLS.

1t is learned from correspondence to out
side papers that quite a number of anti
trust bills are ready for presentation the
day the Indiana Legislature convenes.
Some of these bills will undertake to dis
eliminate between trusts that are harm
full and those that are beneficial. say these
correspondents. Others are of a most
sweeping character, going so far as to
prohibit the shipment of goods out of the
State which are made by manufacturing
combinations.
The Journal has not seen any OF these
bills. and it doubts if any number of them
have existence outside the brains of legis-
lators who are considering the subject.
That some legislation is necessary to make
all corporations responsible to the power
Of the State and to prohibit outside COR
%porations from exercising powers in the
State which are denied corporations ere
ated under the laws of Indiana. may be
admitted; but no bungler or wild-eyed re-
former, with a single idea of hostility TO
wealth, corporate or otherwise, is fitted
to draw an antitrust bill. Only those men
who have considered the legal features of
the question are qualified to frame meas
ures for control of manufacturing COM
binations. 1t would be easy to devise a
bill which would drive industries and labor
out of the State to the irreparable injury
Of property and business. 1t is not so
difficult for an enterprise to abandon a
plant in one State and set up one in an
other. where it will not be refused liberal
Many of the large factories in the State
employing thousands of men belong to
combinations. In the changes which these
combinations have made there is reason
TO believe that as few plants nave been
closed in Indiana as elsewhere. This
of the State for manufacturing. The few
cases of hardship in this direction are real,
but can they be remedied?
On the other hand, it must be admitted
that more men have been regularly en-
ployed at better wages the past two years
than when every factory stood for itself.
Another question, and an important one,
to be considered in connection with legisla-
ton is: Are these combinations doing
anything in restraint of trade? Do they
in any sense monopoiize production TO an
extent that prices are enhanced thereby,
or enhanced to an extent tina. the benefits
derived from them do not exceed the inju-
ries suffered?" 1t is well to consider. also,
what viii be gained If plants are driven
out of Indiana to make goods elsewhere
to sell ir, the State.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-12-10

Laura E. Richards. author OF several
cheering stories of hild life. offers a new
one. Snow White is the poctical nick
name OF a little girl who runs away from
little house, hid.sen away among the trees.
and there makes the acquaintance OF 4
kind and charitable dwarf. who adopts her
and takes the best OF care OF her until she
gets 20 be a good-sized girl. when she
adopts him and voluntarily remains with
him. II is a pretty story and charminsly
told. Boston: Dana Estes a. Co.