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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-06-22
COUNTERFEIT PENNIES.

Wholesale counterfeiting of pennies
is being carried on in the downtown
Italian quarters, says the New York
Journal. Representatives of the gov%
ernment Secret Service Bureau have
been at work on the case for several
weeks, and a number of arrests are
expected very shortly.
The discovery of the counterfeits was
made by an agent of the American
Mutoscope company This company
has a large number of moving -picturs
machines in different places all over
town. One of their branches is in
Park Row, not far from the downs
town Italian quarter.
1t is the custom 10 turn in the pens
nies taken in by the machines to tha
main office, at Fourteenth street and
broadway, twice a week. From there
the pennies are taken weekly on a
truck to the sub-treasury.
Three or four weeks ago 200 pen-
nies We're rejected as fraudulent. The
same experience was met with the fol~
lowing week. Then watch was set
on the arriving pennies. and it was
finally discovered that all of the coun-
terfeits came from the show room in
Park Row.
When the authorities We're notified
of the cOunterfeits an investigation
was at once set on foot, which re-
suited in the discovery of evidence
that On extensive plant for the manu-
fracture of the spurious cents is in
existence somewhere in the Italian
quarter.
The coins are a very fair counters
felt, ana seem to be made of some-
thing much like the alloy used by the
government in their manufacture.
When examined closely il is easy To
detect the difference from the genus
ine however.
1t is not customary TO look at the
small coins with much attention, hows
ever, so that the counterfeits seem To
pass almost as readily as the genuine
coins. {
The magnitude of the operations Of
the counterfeits is indicated by the
fact .hat the Mutoscope company alone
has taken IN an average of more than
two hundred of the coins each week
in one OF the places alone where itS
machines have been exhibited.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-06-22
Ohio Leads.

When, on the call of states for NOM
ination for the presidency, Alabama
yielded her place to Ohio. a roar of
applause filled the vast building, which
only subsided to start afresh when
Senator Foraker ascended the platform
to put William Mckinley in nomina-
tion. The senator is a man of COM
manding appearance, sincerity, earn
estness and determination are stamped
upon his features. His gestures are
quick and reveal tremendous energy.
He has clear enunciation and his de-
livery carries conviction with it. Ohio
is full of orators, developed by the in
tense way in which they en1eavor to
settle buckeye issues, but Foraker is
the peer of all. Unfortunately, as Of
ten happens where all has been said
that could be said of a slated candi-
date, the speech did not appeal with
pristine freshness. Not soul but
knew all about the president, had
heard his praises sung in every possible
key before, and had possibly absorbed
the platform which was necessarily
paraphrazed in a nominating speech.
But Foraker had this trancedant
virtue, bravery. He spoke less than
fifteen minutes, and when he finally
named the president the floor and the
galleries broke into a tumultuous out
burst. all rising, everything waveable
tanning the air.
Roosevelt's Appearance.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-06-22

Even Senator Quay's thinly disguised
threat TO torCe a change in the basis
of representation and by so doing bring
hesitating southern delegates into line
with the anti. administration coalition
was known to be threat merely that
had served its purpose and was in no
danger. therefore, of being carried
into effect on the floor of the con-
ventiOn. There remained nothing,
then, for the spectator to do than to
be one of sweltering mass of hu-
manIty, to listen at a more or less
effective distance to a dozen of
speeches or so and to contribute his
share of the enthusiasm which always
marks a historical event of this char
acter. and without which the formal
opening of a political campaign would
be incomplete.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-06-22
Roosevelt's Appearance.

The uproar was renewed when Gov
ernor Roosevelt appeared on the plat
form TO second the nomination. He
faced the abounding multitude with
the same determined look and with
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-06-22

when explorers did give names to
countries they selected those of their
own families, as we see in the case. of
Vancouver and Magellan. The origin
of such places as Columbia, Columbus
and Colon can also be clearly traced"
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-06-22
REMARKABLE
CONVENTION
Gathering at Philadelphia
the Most Unique
of Its Class.
FORTUNATE CANDIDATES

Only Presidential Nominating Con-
vention Upon Record in Which
Neither Candidate Had Opposition.
Mckinley Received Every Vote of
the Convention, and Roosevelt
Every Vote but His own-But Lit
tie Personal Friction During the
Observation-Disclosures Eloquence.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-06-22
The Climate Was Not to Blame.

Eastern Speculator-You say this is a health.
full climate. but look at your graveyard Why,
it's full 10 the fences.
Lariat Lem-That amt nothin' to do with
the climate. None o. them ducks died natu.
raj death.-Chicago News.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-06-22

A very popular hat for chill
dren this summer is the Linen
Tam O'Shanter-looks neat and
cool. The qualities in this spe-
cial line come nearer the soc
grade shown in other stores.
Silk band with cross an o-
chors. We sell them at. ZSC
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-06-22
PERSPIRATIoN.
Men, Monkeys and Horses Seem to
Have the Must Use for This Pc
culiar Function.

From the Youths Companion
Precipitation is almost peculiar 10
men, monkeys and horses. Horses
sweat all over the body and so do
human beings, but monkeys, it is said,
sweat only on the hands, feet and
face. The use of perspiration is main
ly TO cool the body by it's evaporation,
although it is generally believed that
waste materials are also eXcreted
through the sweat glands when the
action of the kidneys is interfered
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-06-22
Principal Incidents.

The demonstrations which followed
Senator Forakcr's nominating speech,
Governor Roosevelt's speech Sec
onding the nomination of Pres
ident Mckinley, and Senator De-
pew's address were the principal Incl
dents of the session. Those who re-
member the remarkable outbreak for
Blaire in the Minneapolis convention
of 1892 may contend that the enthu-
siasm, or noise, if you please, meas
ured by the length of time it lasted
alone, which delegates and audience
INDUCED in today cannot compare with
the record breaking convention pam
demonium of eight years ago, shouldn't
forget that mere volume of sounds or
power of lung endurance are of little
insignifcance when approved by in
telligonCe and judgment, and that for
earnestness of purpose and thought
full appreciation of the tremendous re-
sponsiblities it was called upon to dis
charge, the convention just closed can
successfully challenge a comparison
with the records of the past. owing
to the comparative carly hour for
which the meeting of the convention
was called the delegates were rather
slow in assembling. 1t was nalf past
ten o'clock before Chairman Lodge felt
himself justified to rap for order. At
tired in scarlet robes, himself a rep
resentative of one of the most power
full organization on earth, Archbishop
Patrick j. Ryan, of this city, invoked
blessing upon the day, the convention
and it's labors.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-02-15
.THE SWORD
FOR YOUNG
D0DDRIDGE
Arrived Yesterday, and y g q 9eau.
tI4ul Example q tho AEmessl's
Art-It Has Been
PLACED on VIEW AT GRUBB'S
whore Il Attracted General Atten-
tion-NeWs Notes Of dewey
Day. Celebration.

The sword to be presented to Lieut..
Doddrldge. In connecting with the
Fort Henry tablet ceremonies next
Thursday, was received yesterday af-
ternoon BY Mr.. Jacob ". orubb. the
jeweler, through whom It was ordered
recently. It Is now on exhibition in his
lower display window, where Il win re-
main until February q. During the
afternoon and evening II was the cyno-
sure Of all eyes, and many and FREE
quent were the expressions Of admiring
comment,
The sword Is Of the regulation navy
pattern. ana in style Is q duplicate OF
the one presented some time ago to
Admiral Sampson. It 80 OF the finest
Damascus steel. with gold ornaments
literally in evidence on blade. scab-
bard and hllt. The head Of the hllt
bears representation Of the great seal
OF the state Of West Virginia In solid
gold; at the bottom Of the hilt are the
letters, ~. s. NJ handsomely emboss-
ed, with gold anchors and chain rum
ming around the hilt Around the head
Of the hilt IS a cruisers hghting-top,
with nag Of enamel in colors At the
lower end Of the hilt are dolphins, em-
bIematc OF the ocean The blade,
which curves slightly, is etchsd in gold,
with this inscription on one side: Pre-
sented to John sehon poddridge. by
Citizens Of Wheeling" and on the oth-
er, ain recognition Of his services at the
battle Of Manila, May ]. 1898" Also on
the blade are etched cruisers ana other
designs. The scabbard Is OF black
leather CregulatioD with gold orna-
ments. The upper hanger OF gold,
bears Lieut.. Doddridge's monogram in
gold, surrounded by gold rope. The
second hanger bears shield and eagle.
with gold rope surrounding. The lower
tip OF the scabbard shows two dolpdins
and a shell ornament. Accompanying
the sword is the regulation junior
grade lieutenant's belt. with ornaments
of gold. The lleutenant's waist measure
IS thirty-two inches.
The sword fund was suggested by the
1ntelligencer in November, and this
paper received in subscriptions $40 10.
The movement was then endorsed by
the Register, which received subscrip-
tons aggregating about Sos. and Bates
lodge, A. F. & A. NJ, Of which Lieut..
Doddridge Is a member, has collected
between $50 and SIS The Registers
and Bates lodges collections win be
turned over to the 1ntelligencer to-day.
Yesterday, Master Dubois Baird. son
Of DR.. Reed M. Baird, subscribed S to
the fund. OF this young man It may be
remarked that. though last, he Is not
least-among the subscribers.
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eood for the B. 8 o.

Travelling Passenger Agent John 7.
Lane, Of the Baltimore & Ohio railroad.
yesterday reported to the general COM
mittee the arrangements made by his
line for bringing the multitude to
wheeling on dewey Day" Addition
al coaches win be had on all regular
trains, and the following specials will
be run:
From ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS at q.
M, arriving at wheeling ct Il a. M,
and departing for Morgantown at u p.
m.
From Washington. Pa.-Leaving at
$3.50 a. M, arriving at Wheeling at $3.50
a. NJ. and departing for Washington at
1O:15 p. m.
From MISUNDERSTANDING az 5 a. m
Cslow tlme). arriving at wheeling at
1920 a. M. and departing for GAINESVILLE
at z p. m.
Mr.. Lane reported that in all diree-
lions from wheeling on his lines there
is the greatest interest in the coming
celebration. and he anticipates the lar
gest crowd in the history of the city.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-02-15
"a Nipht Ri ohinatown.0

"a Night in Chinatown" melodra-
ma Of life in New York. comes to the
Grand opera House the last half Of this
week, commencing tonight. The his
tory Of homicidal crime in and the
growing cosmopolitan composition Of
our country's commercial and financial
metropolis furnishes the playwright
with a superabundance Of facts and
striking characters with which to vital
lie and intensity dramatic romance,
and nowhere are these resources more
strangely in evidence than in the
murkily mysterious locality known as
Chinatown, where the highbinders, the
yellow-s skinned ganesters, the victims
Of the deadly and degrading poppy
Juice and the poorer classes, who have
to seek cheap shelter, hide, plot, prey
swarm and intermingle. The gambling
den, the opium joint, the dance hall are
here. But there is comic lining to
the cloud, and wickedness is sunnily
OFFSET by the breeziness Of the jolly
tar, the pranlSs and peculiar dialect Of
the boot black and the news girl, the
oddities Of the sightseeing Yankee FAR
ner and the dilemmas Of the Irish and
Dutch characters. A large company
figures in the action Of the play, which
is thronged with exciting incidents
stirring situations ard laugha'ble come
dy. Madam and Augustin Melville
head the cast.
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No oadets not coming.

Mr.. Clarke Hamilton. Of the dewey
Day" finance committee, was in Nor
gantown yesterday. and was deiegated
by tho general committee to negotiate
with the University battery for its APP
pearance here next Thursday The
negotiations were without success, tho
boys asking mora for expenses than
the committee was able 70 eGpend.
When this matter had been determin-
ed, the general committee went to work
on another tack in order to provide Tor
the firing OF the proper salutes TO Ad-
miral Dewey. Lieut., B. c. Dent, D. 9.
N, Cretlred), principal Of Llnaly lnst-
tute. was called upon for assistance
ana agreed to furnish men Tor man
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AlEUsRllnNTs.

the InteliIssncers prediction that the
Daniel 2. Ryan company would b
playing to packed houses before 10 en-
gagenent Of one week q the Opera
House had come to its close, has been
realized. At both matinee and evening
performances yesterday the house vas
wen niled. and the verdict was that this
company Is the best In repertoire that
has appeared IN wheeling In the az
ternoon Camille" was given, while the
evening bill was 'Ingomar,% said TO BE-
the company's strongest play. In both
pieces the company vas highly satia-
factory. and applause was FREQUENT
and generous. ThiB afternoon the play
win be "a Celebrated Cas-" and q
night "The Fatal wedding," e thrilling
meiodrama, win be put on.
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1rrs. peWey lEay 10 oome.

II is barely possible MrG. Dewey win
not accompany the admiral to Wheel
ing, though in the face Of the latteFs
statement to Chairman Garvin early In
the week, that the party would be come
posed Of himself, wife and Lieut. cald-
well, tho possibility IS slight In let
ter to the 1ntelligencer, u friend in
washington states It was rumored
there that Mrs.. Dewey would assist
her sister-in-law, Mrs. John r. Mclean,
in receiving at a large and brilliant re-
ceptlon to be given next Thursday,
February q. Wheeling people win Join
in the hope that there is no truth In the
rumor.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-02-15
Exports and Imports.

WASHINGTON, Feb. H. = The
monthly statement of the imports and
exports of the United States, issued by
the bureau Of statistics, shows that
during january, 1900, the figures were
as follows:
Merchandise - Imports, S75, ,s76. OF
which $92,9ls,2sO was free OF duty. Tho
gain over January, 1893. was about S17.-
100000; exports, Sii7.62O,sSo, Eain over
january, 1899, OF about 100000.
Gold--Import1, S1,9SS, ga; decrease,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-02-15
The congressman.

Among the distinguished guests in
the city for Dewey Day. viii be the
party of congressman to be chaperoned
by Captain and Mrs. Dovener. The fol-
lowing information as to the arrival Of
this party In their private car via the
Baltimore & Ohio, was received yester-
day, in the following letter from Con-
gresham Dovener:
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
WASHINGTON, D. c., Feb. U, 1900.
Hon. 7. N. Garvln, Wheeling, ", Va.
DEAR SIR AND FRIEND:-Your re-
cent letter and formal invitation recently
received. expect that our party VIII In
clude from twenty-five to thirty ladies and
gentlemen. Just who they will DO can
not az this time exactly say. but ex-
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given away by a newspaper, and that It
Is worth framing is evident from the
fact that copies cannot be bought at re-
dition to this, every reader Of next
Sundays Press" will receive an at
tractively Illustrated booklet Of cone
venient size. containing the greatest
detective story ever written by Emile
Gaboriau. If you want these splendid
gifts you had better order next Sum
days Press" at once, as warning is
given that the supply Will be limited.
II there is no news agent in your vicin-
ity get some bright boy to write for the
agency
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-02-15

great, grand and beautiful; natchless
in grandeur, with fun without a blush,
provoking long and loud laughter with
humor without a faint; the cieanest
and best Of all amusements. The above
definition forms a brief synopsis of
the many good things in John W. Vo-
gel and Arthur Demlng's Big MinBtrels,
which come to the Opera House, Tues
day and wednesday, February 20 and
d. In point OF numbers, embelllsh-
ments and general equipment, and with
a roster second to none, this company
deserves the right 10 the title, cOstliest,
richest and best.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-02-15
itTha Telephone GIRL"

Looked at from the popular stand
point, 'sfhe Telephone Girl" which
comes 70 the Opera House Monday
February 70, s. a very diveFting attair;
indeed. It Is light and frothy. and Is
whole It Is an exceedingly merry
amusement, and oils out an evenings
leisure capttally. That was the YER
dice rendered long ago. The Incidents
portrayed and the dialogue inserted
bear upon subject which Is familiar
TO nine-tanths Of the community, ana
that, perhaps, enhances us value.
Everybody can and does understand It
The scene IN the first act Is laid in the
operating room Of metropolitan tele-
phone exchange The girls are ranged
around the switchboard, while In the
foreground are the desks Of the chief
operators and the others IN charge OF
the establishment "A great deal Is
said and done which Is side-splitting
burlesQue and exaggeration Of what
takes place In such place. This sort
Of thing naturally appeals to the tele-
phone-using part Of the public, and is
inexpressibly. comicai. The interest
never for moment flags and Is con-
tinued throughout the second act to the
finish. otis to laugh" 20 use a hack
neyed term, and amuse It unquestlona-
bly, does, Dave Lewis, as the German
inspector, IS amazingly funny, He 10
without doubt the best German dialect
comedian now on the stage and in all he
does and says he IS seen at his best.
Miss Jessie Merrilees, as Bstelle, Is in
tensely cunning and chic. In her sing
ing and her specialties she is very clev-
err. The others in the company are all
more than efficient, and fully sustain
the claim for special excellence put
forth by the management.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-02-15
MARTIN pliun Dead.

"A telegram was received here yester-
day to the erect that Martin Blinn, a
former well known operator with the
Postal Telegraph Company, had died at
San Antonio. Death was caused by
lung trouble. He was a son of r. e.
Blinn, of stcubenvllle, and went to
Texas for his health sixteen months
ago. He had many friends here who
will regret to learn of his demise.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-02-15
Eirhth ward Club Tonight.

There will DO a meeting of the Eighth
ward Republicans at ArbenS's hall. cor
nsr of'Thirty-third and Jacob streets.
at 1850 this evening, for tho purpose Of
forming a permanent organization and
to elect delegates and alternates to the
state league convention at ParkerSburg,
March 0. All Republicans Of tho ward
are invited.
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The general committee yesterday re-
ceiyed a letter from Governor George
x. Nash. Of Ohio, in which be regret
fully declines the invitation to take
part In the Dewey Day, celebration,
owing to a previously accepted invita-
tion to speak In Detroit the same day
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-02-15

Passenger Agent T. c. Burke, Of the
baltimore & Ohio, yesterday rendered
70 the reception committee free trans
portation to Warrington, where the
committee VIM go on the afternoon Of
February q, to meet the train bearing
the Dewey party. The otfer was grate-
fully accepted.
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"a Woman IL the onse.n

Fltz & Webster are to be congratulR-
ted for having made the hit of the sea-
son, in producing the ''slde-splltting"
farce, IA Woman in the Case" which
can be seen at the Grand Opera House
Monday night The company Is headed
by Bartlett & May. the well-known
vaudeville team, and comes for a half
week. including the usual wednesday
matinee.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-02-15
Excelsior Minstrelsy.

webster's abridged definition of the
word '.minstrelsy" is-art or occupa-
ton Of a minstrel: system Of ballads;
music; a company Of musicians. But
the way he would define 1t now would
be as follows: Gorgeous magnlhcence
in scenic embellishments; songs that
are witty, wise and charming; person.
al grace with beauty added; voices
with power to charm; an Amusement
exhibition containing all that is novel,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-02-15

ming LIttIo Tip. the Intelligencsr
cannon, which viii b used for he sas
lutes. Being a navy man, Lieuf Dent
may be depsnded upon % handle The
matter Of dring saiutes IN the manner
iaid down in the naval regulations. The
fring squad viii be made up Of Llnsly
cadets. ~
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GOV. AtIrinaon,s ArriHnl.

Chairman Garvin yesterday received
q letter from Governor Atkinson, IN
which he states that he VIII arrive
here from washington, ct $40 a. M. on
Dewey Day" via the Baltimore &
Ohio. The governor has called upon
his stan to assemble at the Mcclure q
9 a. m.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-02-15
Turnyerein Concert.

The concert and bali given by the
Wheeling Turnvereln at their hall, on
North Market street, was very sue
cessful affair and was largely attended.
The programme was In two parts and
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WONDERFUL soUvENrRs FREE
Remarkable difta to Everybody b,

Remarkable Gifts to Everybody by
the Great Philadelphia "sunday
Press"
Announcement Is made by the pub
fishers that every reader Of the great
"Philadelphla Sunday Press" viii re-
eeiye next Sunday February Is, abso-
lutely free two souvenirs of a charao-
ter ana value far beyond anything
heretofore offered by a Newspaper. One
WI! DC beautiful picture In ten OOlors,
py Paul do LongprG, tho famous flower
painter. entitled, "a Yard Of Roses"
Il IS twice as large RS any picture ever
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-02-15

In the list Of division marahals APP
pointed by Chief Marshal White and
given In yesterdays 1ntelligencer, the
name Of Division Marshal Harry ].
Kurner was omitted by mistake.
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pect several prominent members Of the
house among them. We expect 70 get IN
on the morning Of the Elgt ct S:0 q, m.
With best wishes, am, aincerelZ your,
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FAMTLY WASTING.

Rough Dry Washed, Starched and
Dried 3 cents per pound.
Flat Work, WasE ID and Ironed, 8
cents per pound.
All hand work finished 10 cents
per pound. at LUTE BROS.
Home Steam Laundry.