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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-03-13

The wheelInss Are lining UP in good
shape for the greatest year the Nation
al Game has ever experienced. Here
there Is more enthusiasm so early in
thu year than has ever been experi-
enced before, largely because the team
signed by the Messrs. Healy and Lytle
appears SO very strong on paper. The
fans can't see how the stogics of 1900
are to escape finishing in the one-two-
three bunch. and naturally there Is
feeling of elatlon in evidence on all
sides.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-03-13
last nights games resulted in K, X. K.
taking two OF three from tho EmigTants.

Implre--Norten1an
Scorers-Miller and Waine
Schedule for to-night-ApoilOs vs.. Rough
Riders
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-03-13

The Wheeling management believe
the new rule of the National League,
providing that clubs may play exhlbl.
tlon gumcs during tho season. VIII
bring about many contests on the
Wheeling grounds this summer with
the big IeuEuers Wheeling Is on two
trunk lines baltimore & Ohio and Pan
HANDLED and half way between the east
ana west, making II possible for team
20 stop Off hero aud mn an off-day date
and arrive nj either Boston on tho cast,
or st. Louis on the west, IN time for
regular championship game the next
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-03-13

President Healy last night received n
telegram from President Power, that
the Columbus muddle has been settled
the franchise has been formally
transferred from Torreyson to John
latter has finally succeeded in securing
n FAVORABLE park location. This Is the
best OF news. and insures q compact
and profitable circuit for the Inter-
state league OF 1900.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-01-16
GOOD AMERICANS N

from the government, and the host Of
government officials at the capital
have, until lately, been doing little
more than fleece the people and draw
their salaries. The department of pub
lie works has been costing Porto Rico
in salaries alone $5S, 900 in Porto Rican
currency, the courts and department
OF justice have been receiving $3.50, 900.
and other things in proportion. The
priests up to the beginning of the
American occupation were paid out of
the government treasury, annually re-
ceiVlng $4,000 from that source, and
this Notwithstanding they charged
such high fees for marriages that
many people were unable to afford tine
ceremony.
| am surprised at the hazv ideas
which many hold as to our possession
OF Porto Rico. Some do not realize
that it is now and for all time a mart
OF the United States. 1t is as much
a part of the Union as Massachusetts
or California, and the time NAV come
when it will be one of the most i'm
portant parts of the country. We
should consider the island as an out
lying defense or fertilization. IT will
De M of our chief military and naval
stations, and will be one of the bases
OF operations in the defense of the Gulf
OF Mexico and of any canal across the
lstnmus OF Panama. We have already
a naval station upon it, and have set
ASIDE a large territory on the Bay of
san Juan for a navy yard. AS a sta
tion of this kind it is important hat
the island should be essentially Amer
lean In all of its interest. Its people
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-01-16
first One to Be Killed in q Quarter Of Century
May Be Sent to Washington.

What is the first specimen of the
twenty-five years has just been bagged
On the Falkland islands. It's conquer
DR. photographed the rare beast, and the
picture with this article is a reproduce
ton Of 1t. These huge and strange
sea beasts once were extraordinarily
plentiful in the South Pacific, but per-
yistent and RELENTLESS hunting has prac-
tically exterminated them and they al
ready are among the rarest Of beasts.
The sea elephant Is much larger than
the sc. lion and gets his name on ac-
count Of the curious proboscis, which
resemble an elephants trunk in every
thing except in length. The man who
killed this monster is James Smith Of
Stanley in the port OF Stanley in the
Islands. He describes the successful
hunt as follows:
"The animal now is very scarce. this
being, | believe, the only grown one
that has been killed on the island in
twenty-five years. One was seen on
the north coast about a year ago, but
1t has not been seen or heard of since.
While hunting sea lions on a small
Island about fourteen miles southeast
Of Stanley, a few months ago, l killed
what | thought were two seals. They
were about seven feet long and looked
peculiar. Now | know that they were
young sea elephants. The fellow that
| killed first appeared about one hum
dred yards east of the settlement
Later he hauled up on the beach and
Topped around above high-water mark.
He made no attempt to leave the
beach until he had been disturbed sew
eral times by my tapping him on the
trunk. At first he only opened his
mouth to the full extent; l~atterly he
raised himself on his four fippers and
swung his afterpart round, thus turn
ing his head toward the water;
this, by placing his fore
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-01-16
Dark Light.

IN Science Franchise M Ia Ron
SHOWS how, by the aid Of a netronaum
lamp, 1t is possible to render obioo4a
visible even though concealed hT
OPAQUE coverings-in fact, to realize .bs
marvels OF the x rays by a simple = a0
paratus. A lamp gives off two sonp.
Oh light. One is clear and lnminon"
Inc other is non-luminous and ,nvis
ioie' which he terms dark light ond
winch like the x rays, is canabIe az
piercing opaque substances. AcoorS
ing TO M. LIE Bon, there are really ~
opaque bodies; all substances are tron no
parent; but u being blind 70 as
lulnlere noire, or dark light. wo foi, ~
lecosnize this translucency. He a.
scrloes an experiment by which q nou nc
b ppen Is read by means of light Will.
mas passed through sheet-iron
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-01-16


coveries that they made are merely an
indication of the great discoveries that
might be made if the cliff dwellings
were eXcavated on the scale and with
the thoroughness with which Pompeii
has been explored.
The rooms showed that the cliff
dwellers deserted the house in a hurry.
They left many articles of interest be-
hind which they would have taken
along il their departure had been less
p%recipitous. Pottery decorated with
unique geometrical designs and glazed
in a skillful manner, household uten-
sils, smoking pipes fashioned in the
shape of prickly pears or cactus, and
other articles were found in those two
rooms. The abundance of turkey and
dog bones showed that those animals
were kept in the houses, and attached
to each roof in the communal building
are small turkey corrals four by five
feet and connected with low archways
with the living rooms, just high
enough for a turkey to slip through.
In the burial places the remains OF
the ancient race are found invariably
covered with turkey and dog bon,s.
The bodies are buried in a STOPPING po-
sition, with the heads between the
knees and the feet of all pointing to-
ward a common center.
The most important find was that
OF nine skeletons, which are proof that
the ancient cliff jewellers were moi In
dams, but were allied to the Caucasian
race. The forehead of the skull is We Z
formed, while the posterior part OF th.
head is almost fiat. In the course OF
evolution, it is supposed, the incisors
OF the cliff jewellers were transformed
into grinders, for the cliff dwellers
were evidently vegetarians. In their
houses are found corn, and they evil
IDENTIFY grew and smoked tobacco.
Some skulls that were found in cliff
dwellings on the ella had long red
hair. In that part of New Mexico were
also found monuments with inscrip-
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-01-16

ward everything American. These 80
per cent form the working classes. The
other 10 per cent are the property own
ers and the governing class. They are
Spanish in feeling and education. and
1t is they who wish to keep the Span
lsh language in the schools. think
this is a mistake. The Spanish Ian
guage and literature are the KEY to
Spanish thought and ideas, the very
Things we want to get rid of. Nothing
put English should be taught. and
English should be made the language
OF the people just as soon as possible.
II Spanish were kept out of the schools
this would be accomplished in a very
rev years. The young Porto Ricans
would become Americans in spirit and
IDEAS; they would probably be the
most intensely patriotic of our people.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-01-16

ltpnr specimens were found at hvr
o,,elon's land by the Challenger, ana
on Heard island there were strs"n
thousands of skeletons. "The bones
Law in curved lines. looking like uae
lines. on either side OF the plain above
the beaches. marking the rookerles OF
old times and tracks of slaughter oil
the sealers," says the report. Speci-
mems which we're preserved on board
the Challenger we're found to nave
only a g~reenish slime in their stomachS
and Prof. Moseley says thai the sea
elephants do not feed during the Dreeu-
ing season, but live on their rat grau-
ually becoming thinner and thinner
The Rev. A. e. Eaton, on his visit 10
Kerguelan island, frequently saw
young sea elephants in SWANS bay
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-01-16
THE DISTRIBUTION OF PONG
ETC


and sold. Judges and justices are still
considered open to purchase. and the
courts cannot be respected as long as
natives are at the head of them. It is
so with the other native officials. Near
ly every one of them expects to charge
Tor doing his duty when the doing IL
benefits anyone out of whom he can
squeeze money. The notaries public,
Tor instance, so managed their offices
In times past that many of them mad,
as much as $10,0 0 a year. Gen. Ken
nedy tells of one who made more than
100000 per annum, and says he heard
of some who made more. According
TO law, the notaries have to draw up
all real estate papers. They charge
not only for their services, but also
a percentage on the amount of the
sales. Having made a deed, they will
not deliver the original to the pur-
chaser, but make him pay for a GER
titled copy. They then hand the or
iginal deed over to the recorder. who
charges for entering it, but who will
not let anyone look at the entry, but
will charge for telling whether 1t is
there and just what it is. Fees of this
kind are common in all sssch transact
tions. A recent transfer OF real estate
cost the purchaser over $4,000 for no.
tarial and recorder fees. Another
transfer, the amount of which was
only $4,000. cost in fees alone over
$500. The recorders charge proper
tionate fees for all kinds of work, one
recently demanding more than SO, 900
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-01-16

amount of vegetables and fruit which
the poems had brought in for sale The
1ailers in many of the towns have been
found to have charged 20 cents apiece
Tor the rations they have given the
prisoners, whereas. it is known that
the rations thus itemized have cost
each 15 cents or less. School cache
nave beer allowed to charge certain
classes of pupils, and they have. as a
usual thing, sublet their living rooms
taxing, In some cases, as much out
OF their rent as their salaries. The
normal school at San Juan, which has
chiefly small children, and which is
not a normal school in our sense of
the word, has seventeen professors.
who have been drawing s45, 900 a year
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-01-16


should De made American as far as
neart, hea and pocket are concerned
me heart and pocket will go some
~hat together, but the head will bava
70 be a matter of education. Beforo
we can make the Porto Ricans Amer,
ANS in our sense of the word NO 49,.
got to give them our l~anguaoe 80
IDEAS. They must be taught Fno,,aS
Inc only way way to do this VIII -.
through the next generation ana ~
ny ican education. At present 90
road oens Oh the Porto Ricans capnot
n e"o anu write They are densely ig-
huiant' and having been SO oppressed
~ tne spaniards they have an an
trpm TO everything Spanish. and
" NO" on will naturally lean to-
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-01-16
lSneclal Letter.l

New Mexico has its Pompeii and its
Herculaneum; 1t has its extinct Vesu-
vius and its extinct Aetna; 1t has ruins
as old and as interesting as those OF
central Asia and of Egypt. Not far
from Santa Fe, the ancient capital OF
New Mexico, in the Santa Clara canon,
there are buried the ruins Of a city
older, perhaps, than Rome, but less
known than Nineyeh or Babylon. Only
a few weeks ago the Rev. G. S. Mad
den and a party of scientists made
some attempt at systematic excavation.
and they only dug out two rooms of a
commercial building 300 by 400 feet.
three stories high, and containing at
least 1000 rooms. The finds and dis
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-01-16

the animal lives. Some say that it is
herbiverous, like the manatee, while
others believe that it feeds on mol
lusca and crustacea, like the walrus.
In the case of the n described here,
the stomach was empty, with the ex-
ception Of many marine worms. While
it is believed possible that herds of
sea elephants may still exist On some
island that is not visited by ships, it
is certain that the beasts have desert
ed all their old haunts. Thus they
have disappeared from the island of
Tristan da Cunha almost entirely.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-01-16
CONSUM PTION.
20" Death Rate Gives Some vaIuable
Pointers of This Disease.

20" Death Rate Gives Some yaIuabia
Pointers of This Disease.
Nearly one fourth of the deaths
among the animals at the British Zoo
logical Gardens last winter were dra
TO tuberculosis. This is nearly douh1a
the human average, and confirms the
rapidly growing belief that the dis
ease is emphatically one of conina.
ment and overcrowding, for this So
clety's superb menagerie is very muc,
cramped for room. The difference in
the distribution of the disease between
the various classes of animals at tbs
zoo are marked. Reptiles of ALI sorts
are almost exempt, probably because
the tubercle bacillus cannot live Of tho
low temperature of their bodie, al
though two Or three suspi ,ious coeos
were found in tortoises and pvthons
ANIMALS suffer nearly so per cent moro
severely than birds. But the ,nost
strlklng difference is that between the
meat-eaters and vegetable feeders
among vegetarians (monkevs onto
lopes' deer and kangaroos) II causcs
20 per cent of all deaths; among meat
eaters Clions, wolves, small cats civ
ets) barely 3 per cent. Among grain
eating birds (rheasants. nea-fowl
grouse, ostrichs) tubercle is r~esnons,'
ole Tor so per lent of all deaths
among flesh eaters eagles, vulturos
Owls, erows) IL per cent. Comment is
s~upernuous An open-air life and q
meat diet are clearly the best nrotec'
ton against consumption.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-01-16

ver his head, and fastened to a rock
to prevent his getting away. On be-
ing lanced behind the fore hippers the
blood ran freely, but the animal
pressed his ripper several times
against the wound and stopped the
bleeding until the ripper was forced
from his side. At a low estimate there
were 300 gallons of blood. The length
from the tip of the trunk to the end
of the hinder lippers was II feet 8
inches; the skin, when spread, meas
ured IS feet by IL feet. He was in low
condition as regards blubber, there be-
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-01-16
The Porto Ricdns Must Be Taught Our
Language.

There is one thing very evident, and
that is that Americans should handle
all public funds and hold the chief
Offices Of trust for some years to come
in Porto Rico, writes Frank G. Car
penter. The Porto Ricans have been
educated according to Spanish ideas of
honor and financial responsibility.
They have been taught that every pub
Tic official can be bribed and can be
moved by brides. With them in the
past justice has always been bought
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-01-16

for recording a will. In fact, until
Uncle Sam took possession of the gov
eminent it is doubtful whether there
was an official in Porto Rico who was
not making more or less money out
side of his regular salary. The steal
fngs extended to all branches and the
people were worked in every possible
way. In some of the towns I found
the policemen going about the mar
kets and laying assessments Of their
own or the mayors, I suppose, on the
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-01-16
SEA ELEPHANT NOW NEARLY EXTINCT.

ing only forty gallons. The hide re-
sembles that Of the land elephant in
color. and is covered with deep scars
from the head TO one-half of his
length. The skin and skeleton are
still here. l intend to give the Smith
sonian Institution the first refusal"
The trunk of this queer animal is
found only on the male. 1t is about
a foot long and is a loose tubular sac
Of skin just above the nostrils. Nat
uralists differ as to the food on which
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-01-16

Some examples are uniformly red
dish brown, others are pale. blotched
with darker gray" he said. They
usually lie just above the beach, sep
arately, in hollows, where they are
sheltered from the wind. They take
particular delight in covering them
selves with great quantities of sand,
moistened by the sea water, which
they throw over them with their paws
till they are entirely enveloped in it.
In these circumstances it is easy to
mistake them for so many enormous
rocks"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-01-16

matls-"What we want is someon.
%no wili make the Filipinos nnSnn
stand that American promises under
idoo spanish promises" Potts-"coos
Ia why not send a few Americeu
at,o"ns 10 make the necessary explan'
alons?"-Indianapohs journal Npiah-
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-01-16

FLYING BEFORE FLOWING LAVA.
lions much like those on Chinese mon
uments, while in other ruins were dis
covered remains of monuments of the
Egyptian type.
Inc reason for the sudden evacuation
ot santa Clara cliff dwellings is found
IN the immense stream of Laws which
poured forth from a crater only a few
mics from Santa Fe and covered MANY
square miles with lava and ashes. It
must nave been a volcanic eruption
IKE that which destroyed Pompeii and
ilerculaneum that caused the cIiT
uweilers TO flee from their homes.
II was probably at that time that Tho
Indians coming from the north hsnan
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-01-16

flippers a little forward and draw
ing his body forward, somewhat
like a snail, he was making for
the water. A rope was then passed
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-01-16
spondI
GATHERING EGGS or
The Captain FOLLOWED
Flew Before EM :

Capt. Bendire, a = wouId
biologist, was riding and !,
of Rillitto creek. Ari1 INV 9
a big black hawk. Hs II SCI
ing bird and at lergl ger wa
perched on a dead Iii SO / al
ton-wood tree. A 10 see
the fork Of the ra ave TIL
from the ground. Ia In
hawk which the calz never
lowing was sitting o, ZEN. B
to secure a trOphI the grI
climbed up to The = to brin
found a single pale with tn
rent birds circled lte the
their anger at The small
screams. but the epl king
He put it in bis moi from
ing, as he required y. even
descent. Suddenly b to ma
perch he caught si3a
he Indians cIouchsi A stor|
yon about eighty roa riking
awake to his DANCE ile Pat
he manifested no So which
descended to the gu ty and
manner. Had The parable
that they were dlSs the ne
have been waiting 2 es, whe
at the foot of the TT and ST
captain reached thl lass of
his horse, and stsiis IN of
the camp, five mills ne open
ment the Apaches lnBut the
sued. They chassi ia in 81
camp. but he reachs There
egg still in bis n'.-u Ut viii
ken. Owing to It's Of her
tain had difficulty d the HI
his mouth without cent vo
Jaws ached for sou' superb
JoWo M
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-01-16
THE CLIFF JEWELLERS
POMPEH AND HERCULANEUM
OF NEW WORLD.

Cities Uncovered la New Mexioo-The@
Were Giants Then Who Left Heaps OF
Bones Wherein Their Own and Those
of Turkeys and Dogs MIngie.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-01-16
V~oRAcIous MUS
spoon Hooks and Who, lad
~ Appeu,. Al

spoon Hooks and Who. lad
Mrs,.u ly Appellee A
MINUS Muskelluage are vsn Cd
M ter ,h. Of Chicago, VII {
. r1E them vouehes To- ,xr
and my brother %, :,
fish got under The ~. Tia
me The next mon b
started out, my brotts dal
ieu us all that II an, ens
FISH with his hook I, ri
claim it. Not more m. m
the same hole Dr. IN N
hsh and landed bin. Q
er's fish. His hook. ,, biz
i've feet Of line were fl
A fish must be hungr "
day with all that n N
chlnery. But the
musky has a single N
not satisfy him: nsl,b, ~,
hook. l once found
the bank disconsolss nm
taken his last SPOOL. va
much all his line.
ing me l got a strIE,
fish. He had fifty o,
attached to him, 49,
his mouth. The man -
tilted his property, sqi
fishing again. Two nn =
l think | have prors -
have seen a muskel
the reeds and bite At 4
binding on an oar Al ILL
s%poon-hook playing ly
But the most remain erat'
the Unsuitable appsHa me
lunge was a fish asau ~
ence Peck. When unis
the boat there were =
ga - ,riso
inside Of him. The 90 !
ton had not yet bzs A.,
fish had bit at aHoae kins
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-01-16

ero"ding the clin s,.n !
Tor one Of the SKIM
On one side as /,
while on the oths, s y
as II with a club. ny y,
whom It belonged he ~
nth, the defense Of "a s.' !
Indian Invaders. The se, \, :
lnurs found mea,p,. y &
and must have belo's
tween seven and eI,S, )
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-01-16
The.
rn. Youngest Mnieigers lis

The 1OuhBes'
The youngest Hll she ais
army is John CAM thanks
eron highlands tam
three years yOuils sssse ..-I sil
major in the ssr'is y, ins
his promotion 50 u sse u 90
tive service. TIE au
him in his regln'n ray
durham. Major song q
long llne y gore The rn
granuIatne, ..ao-s Jdy for
eron Hisn sothss 2uld hav|
regiments in Indl
had a marrow a.
sbamming Derviil was 70 . ~
He W Si4J
Omdurnlan. Ian aSsxclusive
battlene!u WV, Voc demand
noticed s'la sud- always '
l II that mans Is ana a :
at belleN u W
comrade; .nssns n deman
move m matte odd
enough" SS'' c,arscts. A I'd
walked on vhlpd protect
than a spear ots pliability
from the nam ,nrrs' use of /
Campbell hau ,on fishing ID
to his compau" % Russi
him. tanner,
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-01-16
NOtTn
English E

An English e, \
courteous rotor n.
a case that Va II
courts were n sysoa
judge was q S Jifa
had several .ua ~
the he counsel 'D y J
last he SAID MT
Brother arSat
manners ans
the quick reSpC
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-01-16
srne'

rne'
In the Ro'S ~,
70 miles Of tun''
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-01-16

Size of
ara desert
ne Medite
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-01-16

HHU dU1
ale In the|
is as god
GU see, \
eussia led
me indd
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1900-09-20
Story ola slave.

To he bound hand foot for years by
the chains of disease is the worst form
Of slavery. George ID, Williams of
Manchester. Mich tells how such a
slave was made free. He says: My
wife has been so helpless for five years
that she could not turn over in bed
alone. After using two bottles Of
Electric Bitters she is wonderfully i'm.
proved and able to do her own work. >
This supreme remedy for femdlc dis
eases quickly cures nervousness
sleeplessness, melancholy, headache
fainting and dizzy spells This miracle
working medicine is q godsend to weak
sickly, run down people. Every bottle
guaranteed. Only soc. Sold by Bate
man & Co.. druggists.