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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-01-26
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osma Dlgna has been taken to suez.
Admiral schley was given brilliant
entertainment at BuenOs Ayres.
The Columbian special, on the Plant
system, was derailsd near Waycross,
Fla. No one is reported killed, but sew
eral were injured.
General Otis informed the war de-
partment that the transport Grant ar
rived at Manila yesterday morning with
the volunteer infantry. Colonel w. p.
Duval commanding.
The remains OF John Rusdn, which
were removed from Brentwood, were
Inferred at coniston yesterday after
noon amidst universal signs Of sadness
md with II ceremonial typIcnlly rural.
General Wood, at Havana. hns in
formed the war department OF the
death OF Private Howard c. Acre, Com.
pany i, Eighth infantry, on the 22d
Inst, at Columbia barracks. QuenHdOE,
of appendicitis.
The German naval bill provides for
the doubling OF the present number Of
battleshIps and the construction OF SIX
large and seven smnll additional crtils-
ers. The expenditure Will be annually
provided for In the setimates.
Prof. Max Muller, Corpus professosy
OF comparative phllilogy at oxford
who wns supposed to be recovering
from long illness, has suffered n re.
lapse and his condition is causing great
nnxietv. He was born In 1923.
James and Amos "Plnney" Pierce
the brothers were were arrested in con-
nectlon with the murder Of George b
Eyre, the young Chester, Pa, man
whose body was found in the Delaware
river after he had been missing for q
month. were given q preliminary hear
Inc before Mayor Jefrries. Of PhiIndel-
| mia. The two men were held without
bail for a further hearing.
The coroner's jury in the case of MnS
BlbInghaus, the 19-year-old girl wht
dled M a hospital after smoking opium
has rendered verdict placing the re-
snonsibllIty on Hugh Kennedy as prin'
cIpal; Harry Parker, Frank Reynolds
georRe Gregg and James Grey as nc
cessorles. These men were committed
to prison to await the action of tho
grand jury
News has just been received at st
johns, n. r.. that large unknown
vessel went ashore on Foxtnil Point II
Bay st. George. on Wednesday, Jnnu'
airy II. Her spnrB were all gone and
lot Uf wreckugc was along her side, buI
I she showed no sign ~ men or bonts \
southeast gale on Saturday drove The
/ vesyei on the shore and the lee pre-
! vented anybody getting near the wreck
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-01-26
MAJORITY
RESOLUTIONS
ADOPTED
By a Vote Of 2es to so, and Brigham
B. Roberts, Mormon, Of
DENIED A SEAT IN CONGRESS.
Declared Himself a "Eartyr to a
spasm Of Prejudice"-wil Not

WASHINGTON, D. c., Jan. 25.-The
case Of Brigham II. Roberts, the Nor
man representatiye-elect from Utah
which has occupied SO much Of the at
tention Of the house since the ASSEM-
bling of Congress. was decided to-day
by the adoption OF a resolution to ex-
clude him by a vote Of 2ss to 80.
The exact language Of the resolution
was as follows:
"That under the facts and circum-
stances Of the case, Brigham II. Rob-
erts, atlve-elect from the state
Of Utah. ought not to have or hold a
seat in the house OF representatives,
and that the seat to which he was
elected. is hereby declared vacant"
The amendment to expel AH Roberts
without seating him. offered by Mr..
Lacey, was ruled out on point of or
der, and the house only voted upon the
resolutions Of the minority and the
majority Of the committee.
The former, to seat and then expel
Mr. Roberts was aeteateo. q 70 ~ ~ AZ AN
analysis OF TINS vote SHOWS snas ~ wv, iss-
puhlicans' y Democrats ana =, g Fopu- ~.
lists were against IL ana q peuloer"1s' a ,,
Republicans, 9 Pppulists and 2 silver
kepuDlieans ZOE IT.
The majority resolutions, 10 eA'iuu'
Mr. Roberts and declare tne seee va
cant were adopted zoo 70 W. !ne a..
hrmatiVe vote was o'Vloeo as lollOMs' ,.l
Republicans. 1855 democrats 70, Fop-
ulists, g. and the negatiVS vote Demo-
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-01-26
WEST VIRGINIA COLONY

Held an Enthusiastic Meeting.
Speeches by Messrs. Dayton, Freer,
Dovener. Charles Davis, W. W.
Scott and others-Btg Delegations
to Come to Meeting Of Republican
Clubs.
Special Dispatch to the Iutelligeucer.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 25.-The West
Virginia Republican Association held a
largely attended meeting tonight when
addresses were made by Representa-
tives Dayton, Freer and Dovener, the
Hon, Charles Davies, Major w. w.
Scott, Of claIrmont, Mr.. Ira Robinson.
of Grafton. and others. Arrangements
were made for the proposed reception
to Senator y. B. Scott and Representa-
tive Freer. the states latest Republic
can additions to the legislative coun-
ellis. The reception will be given the
evening Of February 16, ut willard's
hotel. The association elected twenty
delegates to the convention OF Repub-
llcan Clubs, to be held in ParSersburg
in March.
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ined the RoerR were there in great
force, and II Is taken in some quarters
to indicate that the Beers were not so
surprised et the assault as It appeared,
but previously drew on their main
body and left a small body to, with
stand The Britlsh advance. It s. even
suggested that the Boers invelgled the
British into occupying splon Kop and
have now surrounded them.
Boer Artillery EnAlades.
II Is evident, In spite Of the fact that
the British hold PotgieteFs Drift and
the hills above. that the Beers have sue
ceeded in bringing up enough artillery
to inaict considerable losses on the
British force which seized splon Kop,
although Lord Dundonald Is supposed
TO have been securing the country be-
yond the ranges In order to prevent this
very thing. and although General Ly-
tleton ought to have got near enough
to spion KOp TO either intercept the re.
treating Beers or prevent a serious at
tack once the British had taken posses
sion of the hill.
The American scout, F. r. Burnham,
now on his way back to South Africa,
expressed considerable satisfaction at
the news Of the capture of splon KOp.
He said to a representative of the AS
soclated Press:
ut is evident that the Boer position
is being shaken, and do not think It
win be long business now to drive the
Beers out Of the prakensburg. We
shall then reach rolling. open coun-
try, where there is q chance to display
tactics and undertake flankIng move
ments and cavalry operations But
the Beers are sure to make most de-
termined stand around Pretoria 1t
will not take long to reach the Boer
capital, but the siege Of Pretoria will be
long and diilcult"
Burnham sails for South Africa on
board the Scot, to take up his appoint-
ment on Field Marshal Lord Roberts
personal stan.
He says ingram. another scout, leaves
San Francisco forthwith to join him in
South Africa.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-01-26
1N THE sENATE.
Mr.. Chandler COmbated the Effort to
Reonen Old Sores.

Mr.. Chandler Combated the Effort TO
Reopen Old Sores.
WASHINGTON, D. c., Jan. 25.-Just
at the close Of to-day's session OF the
senate a speech delivered by Mr.. Mo-
ney, of Mississippi, on the race ques-
tIon in the south. preclpituted a heated
colloquy between him and Mr.. chand-
Ter, CRep, N. HI, in which the latter
alleged that the southern senator's. by
Incorporate statements, were reopen.
ing the whole southern question in the
senate, after it was supposed to be
dead. The charge which Mr.. Chandler
particularly criticised was made by Mr..
Morgan, of Alabama, who is absent at
present; but as II had been reiterated
substantially In Mr.. Chnndler'S opinion
by other senators. he declared he did
not purpose to permit It to go unrefut-
cd. The charge was that the Civil war
had been preclpltated by designing poll
itlclaps Of the north for the purpose Of
putting the slaves on a political and
social equality with the southern
whites. Mr.. Chambers refutatIon of the
statement was made with characters
tic vehemence and agEresslveness. but
as no reply was offered the incident
ended there.
The urgent deficiency bill, carrying
about $sOOO.OOO was passed without d.
vision and practically without debate.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-01-26
DEAD LOCK
OF Operators and Miners on "Run si
the Nine"

the Nine"
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, Jan. 2s.-The
first meeting OF the Joint scale COMMIT
tee of the United Mine Workers Of
America and the Interstate Operators
Association, which waa held this after
noon and evening, resulted in a dead
lock and no report will be fOrthcUmlns
at the Joint session which will probably
be held tomorrow afternoon. All the
members were present from the COM
petItive fields. The first demand Of the
miners was for mine run, which She
operators declined to entertain. The
matter was argued at great length and
finally an adjournment was had with
out reaching a solution Of the matter,
The miners left, IDS understood, to rc-
port back te the delegates who rerSsn
in tho city, and It is said meeting will
be called for that purpose tomorrow
morning. TO-day'S meeting was in the
nature of a preliminary sklrmlsh. In
which an attempt was made Sy each
side to have the other show It's hand.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-01-26
CAPTAIN CARROLL,
In Command Of Telegraph construo-
tinn nrnin Arnnt,ahnd

In Command of Telegraph Construo-
tion Train, Ambushed.
LAGOS, Colony of Lagos, British
West Africa,Jan. 25.--AdvIces have Just
been received here from Jebba that
Captain Carroll, of the Norfolk regi-
ment; and $50 men of the West African
frontier force. while escortlng the tele-
graph construction stan, were attacked
on January 8. by 1000 MitphI and Basa
tribesmen Captain Eaton, of the Eas:
Kent regiment. and twelve others, were
wounded and one member of the escort
was killed. The tribesmen left eighty
dead.
Jebba Is probably northeast Of Lo-
koja on the Niger,in which vicinity ap-
parently the attack was made.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-01-26

perlhtepdent, ana Rev. p. D. Hanna, ol
thiE city, district guPerihte &tg.
HYiiliatn ShocEmlth, uf Louisville, VA
Rppnin1ea assistant glpeERteul !.
The executive committee was re-eiepl-
Cd. AIra. Henry G. DRylB, oe AlElng;
Mrs. Holly G. ArrlstrOne Of 4dpl1y:
Mr.. II 4. Waters. Of this city N
Mrs. D. ". Border. Of KeIppys sViile,
JEFFERSON county. were added 70 the
board Of directors.
The time for holding the annual nle9t-
ing was CHANGED to the first ThuPbdRy
n AlaT, The next meeting VIII be held
IN May. 1901.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-01-26
Buller's orders, NAdyancevl

LONDON. Jan. 25.-1n General Bull
ler's orders to his troops, the substance
Of which has already been cabled to
the Associated Press, after warning
them to beware of false orders. he con-
cludes:N "our generals will only give
one order, namely advance!' Should
any one at any time be surprised by a
volley at close quarters he must re-
member that the only way to safety
and victory lies in rushing upon the
enemy, for the one thing the enemy can
not stand is hand-to-hand night This
war has been forced for the lowest and
basest OF motives. by an enemy who
uses every means Of treachery deceit
and conspiracy to gain their ends. Let
US bear ourselves as the cause de-
serves"
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-01-26

city hags were half mAstsd. including
those over the United States embassy
and consulate.
The papers publish sympathetic oblt-
uaries and express feeling for the Sor-
rowing empress The emperor quickly
dispatched messengers cOuntermanding
several important app Ointments he had
made and then haHtened with the em-
press for the train that would carry
them TO Dresden. The funeral Will
probably take place Sunday.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-01-26
DEMOCRATIC
EXECUTIVE
COMMITTED
Meeting at Charleston sdiscted At
Time and Place for Com
yention
AIPARKERSBURG, JUNE SIXTH
District Conventions to be Held at
Charles Town, Charleston, clarlrs-
burg and Pt. Pleasant


Special Dispatch to the IntellIgencer.
CHARLESTON, W. Va, Jan. 25.-
The Democratic State Executive Com
mittee selected Parkersbnrg as tho
place for holding the convention to
nominate state officers. The vote stood
Parkersburs s. Charleston . Wheeling z,
. The fixing of date was deferred until
tonight, when June was agreed upon
The general sentiment was in favor OF
holding the convention prior to the ma
tional convention, and dates as early as
May /. May 8 and May "a were suggest
ed. An efEort to fix It for July II, failed
by n vote Of II TO 2.
After some discussion May IS was
agreed upon as the date for holding
conventions In each of the four COM
gressIonal districts to select delegates
to the Democratic national convention
Each convention is, as usual to select
two district delegates and one delegate
at-large.
District Conventions.
The following places were selected for
these conventions, First district,
Clarksburg; second, Charles Town;
Third, Charleston; Fourth, Point
Pleasant. Moundsyllle was proposed.
also. for the First district convention
and Hinton for the Third.
The committee was called to order at
O'Clock, In the parlor OF The Hotel
RuRner, with Chairman Andrew Ed
miston, of Weston, and Secretary W.
A. ohiey. Of Charleston, and eight other
members present, They were. s. b
Davis, Clarkesburg: II. r Howard ~
Pleasant; George /. Neal Huntlagton;
J. A. HOlley, Hamlln; W. 3. Chiffon
Charleston; John T. McGraw. GRAFTON
Thomas b. Davis, Piedmont.
The absentees were represented by
the following proxies: R. s. Kincheloe,
Wheeling. By Joseph Handlan' Wheel-
ing; R. F. Kidd. GIlmer. by c. D. pOd-
son, Parkersburg; ard r. Al, Fisher,
Berkeley Springs. by r. w. Morrow.
Charles Town. The thirteenth member
j. ". GaIlaher, was reported to have
left the state to reside elsewhere. and
C. E. Wells. Of 9!overs Gap, Marion
county, was elected in his stead.
Want Separate Judicial Conventions.
Flournov. OF this city. appeared
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-01-26
ANNUAL MEETTNe
OF chHdrden's Home sOcisty-Eiec.
ton Of omees.
Special Dispatch to The lntclllEcnoor,

Special Dispatch to The Intclllscncor
CHARLESTON, w. Va, Jan. 2S.-
The annual meeting OF the Children's
Home Society OF West Virginia was
held tonight in the senate chamber OF
the capitol. All the executive officers
were reelected, namely:
President, Governor q. w. Atkinson;
vice presidents Dr. r. D. Roller, Rev.
NJ. r. Compton. Of this city, and Con-
greRsman David II. Johnston. OF Blue
ttetd' secretary, J, II, Trutter, state su-
q. Dickinson, OF this city, Rev. ID. w.
Compstock was reelected general su-
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-01-26
STAMP DECISION

Bills Wnen ERlu ny o"AAA AVA -
Deposition, Must Have TwO-oent
Stamp on Receipt.
WASHINGTON, D. C.. Jan. 25.--com-
missioner Wilson. of the internal reve-
nue. bureau, has rendered decision in
which he holds that receipts for inSur-
ance premiums. monthly gas, water or
telephone bills, and in fact nil similar
receipts or bills when cashed by a bank
md charged to depositors accounts
must have affixed thereto twO-cent
stamp as orders for the payment OF
money. This applies not only when
such bills or receipts are cashed by a
bank at the request OF n depOsltor, but
also when cnshed by Il bank without
any expressed authorization from the
deDos!tor, but with his implied author
ity, as shown by his acquiescence.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-01-26
weather Forecast for To-day.

For ohlo-Eair I'ylday. with colder In
eastern portion; diminishing n0rthWNhts
erly wlnds Saturday fair, With rising tenn.
paTatUTc,
For West Virginia ana WcNsrn Penn-
the ently morning: diminishing northwest.
erly winds; Saturday fair and cold.
Local Temperature,
The temperature yesterday as observed
by c. SchIepf, drugEtRt. corner OF Market
and Fourteenth streets, was a. toiloWs:
n m,.......,... ~ 9p, m..a...n,,,.. IS
? n. m,..,.,...,.., - p. ul,.,...,,,,,.. q
Il m..",... "..... ~ WSathcF-Chtns'
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-07-09
Down WITH THE DEMocRArA
Voters who support Them Are -
viting Disaster.


The congress elections fhia year NJ
be OF the gravest Importance 10 all bt1e
pess interests The present house y
representatives. has n Republican majcr
ity OF thirteen only. and that dangep
ously small margin for the defense OF ~
gold standard IL the consequence OF IN
reereancy OF the business men Of ~
city Of New York In 1893 to the soanb
currency principles upon which Its pre-
perity depends.
Tho fret fifteen congressional distsiee
OF New York are all In the city Of Me-
York as II now is, except the First. which
IL made up of Queens Nassau and ~
folk counties. In Long Island. In 1891 ~
Of these districts elected Republican con
gressmen 60 the Fifty-ffth congress. Twe
years after In 1895. all OF them rcturnso
Democrats. II Was n shameful abandon-
ment OF the defense Of the gold standsfe
by the great commercial and finances
capital Of the Union.
This year when n new congress- " -
ba elected n great effort viii be made y
persuade tho citizens Of New York thas
thy can repeat this recrenrcy wiihoM
danger on the ground that the soA
standard ie established by the nepubM-
ran currency act beyond this reach u
distui tarea. The gold majority ~ ~
senate. ~ II asserted, Will remain for W
SucesSsrnl defense, even II Rsyan y
elected, sni along with him HryaHtts
hpnFe .. Representatives. but aetnalls
there r. no such assurance. Tire probanBs
ity IL rather that before llryan's sdHih
iEtrntitn ~aE over both houses % 600.
gross would III controlled by natf-
its agalnei the gold standard and ~
ready Ga -creal the present law.
No gold man 81 sound Judgment vhsfn-
er a Denoera, or Republican, Will s'xA
such catastrophe BY voting for psr-
ocraiie candidate for ths house ~ rnpfe
Hentatlvcs Or for a legislature which =
70 elect = senator.
The situation now r. the more 6arxsf..
Gus because the whole organization y
the Democratic partF will he sqHsfeV
ard sincerely BrYanistir. In this NV
II viii stand by Bryan ard the chicsxs
pianorrf heartily and resolgtciy. Ssr>
over. "arti-im periailst" leeders VII =
USING an their iistie Efforts 70 defeas ~
publican ana consequently gold-s'and&N
carsf5&lea for congress.
The business interests ~ the ShaN
Union. and Of Nav York more paftSsv
larry. VIII therefore need ~ Unlts N ~
porting NJ Republican candidates fHa
congress without regard 20 past ppu.
Ell aiTCrerceS. II danger ~ the repeal =
TIE gold standard II 20 Dc aH0idsd.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-07-09
SEATTLE Is THE GATEWAY.
President It4il Taking Advantage OF
Natural Conditions.
Denver Republican.

James J. Hin is evidently determined
90 make Seattle the commercial gateway
of the Pacific Coast. He has announced
that, as soon as his two gigantic steam
ships are completed. he viii establish
through rate Of not more than s. ton
from Buffalo and other lake points to
Yokohama. Nagasaki. Hongkong Shang-
hal and other places on the coasts Of
Japan and China. He says that this rate
may he cut 10 81 eventually half to go
10 the railroad end OF tho bushes. and
tho other hair to the steamship end.
President Hilis policy during the last
few years has been such as to make this
announcement inevitable. After the flrm
establishment OF the Great Northern
railroad came the control OF large fleet
of lake steamers. making him master Of
the freight business from the Pacific
Coast to Buffalo. the, Northern Pacific
being practically his only competitor
and that only part Of the way. The es-
tahlishment Of a line Of steamers. ply
ing from the Great Northern docks at
Seattle 70 the Orient. was the stroke that
gave him firm hold on Oriental traffic
This line will he enlarged, and Mr. Hiil'F
interest In the Baltimore & Ohio and his
recent order for the construction Of two
mammoth transatlantic freighiers. viii
soon give him control 81 line % corn
nsrce extending from China TO liver
pool.
The Inauguration of cheaper freight
ratea viii mean new era IT commerce
with the Orient ~ n viii put America
In position 10 compete with the ship
ping business 10 Asia from Europe by
way 81 the Saez canal The rate from
Antwerp TO Eastern Asia Is now 81 =
ton. ard commodities must he sent to
Antwerp before they can be shipped AZ
this rate The new trade movement Wit
he felt IN every commercial vein and ar
terry In the United States, and Colorado
will b~ among tho FIRST states ~ expert
epce benefit. owlng 90 the admirable con
recIions with the Northwest afforded by
The eatahliahAA rnufna
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-07-09
Clearing House Figures.

The clearing house returns are an al
most tnfantble tndicla 60 the business
Of any community. save In the great
financial oentsrs. where speculative ac-
tiVity or absence OF activity carries a
greater fuctuate In ciearinss than ie-
tho returns OF the local clearing houses
are proportionate 70 the volume OF ac-
tual business being transacted. II IS
for this reason that the weekly re
port. are so closely scanned by the
commercial world
The wonderful expansion % the bank
cisarlngs IN Seattle show more than
any thing else how the business ot this
community has grown within the past
tea years. aUa arorts fair oppoTta-
nifty gor comparing the commercial bus
mess 81 this city With that ~ the other
cities - the country. os relatively the
same size snd Importance, Taking the
later clearing house RETURNS and IL APP
pears that Seattle Is trAnsscAnE bust
ness out % all proportion greater than
any other city % ia, stse In the Unite4
states. and Is rapidly taking rank
among the lmpastar. commercial cen
ters ot the country Fer example. IN
the week ending on Friday last up o.
which time Bradstreet's figures are corr
pilci the clearlnEs 10 Seattle reached
s1l0l 569, an amount considerably In
excess ot the clearings az both Portland
and Spokane together, over four times
greater than those OF Tacoma alone. and
but 500. 60 short Of the aggregate clear
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-07-09
IS 1T SAFEf
Seattle, j

Seattle, July 6. 1900
To tho Editor: Every day thousands
OF people go and come between Seattle
and Lake Washington over the Madison
street railway. There Is long, high
bridge on this line. known rs the Madi-
son street bridge. 1t is said that this
bridge was built more than nine years
ago. The life of bridge tlmbers in this
climate In seven years. Unless. there.
fore. Madison street bridge has been re-
constructed within the last few years
1t would. In the natural course OF things
now be unsafe. We do not believe
that the bridge has ever been re-
constructed. The superstructure has
been patched. recently rotten pianks on
the surface have been replaced by new
ones but how about the substructure?
Have there been any repairs upon that.
and IL so. have they been extensive
enough TO amount to a reconstruction Of
the hridge-
The street railway company should take
90 heart at once the frightful lessons
taught by the appalling calamity which
occurred In Tacoma on the Fourth Of
July and the hardly less appalling caIars-
ity which occurred at Victoria "A few
yeaN ago. This bridge and all others
ON the lines Of the street railways ought
10 be- carefully looked 20 by the en-
ginecrs Of the companies. The street
authorities ought also TO look into these
matters. n is the duty az the board %
public works TO look after structures 81
this kind, 20 see that they are absolutely
safe. Has she board done It's duty In
this regard I write this letter for the
purpose 81 calling tho attention ~ the
street railway managers and the city
authorities 70 this matter which may he
% great consequence 70 the Seattle public
SIDNEY J. WILLIAMS