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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-01-31
FOR RENT.

FOR RENT-Entire store room at 1908
Main street, or first and second story only
Of same, if so desired, now occupied by
Alexander Frew Furniture Company.
Possession given April 1st, nex Apply
at Room No. 10, City Bank Building.
nolOtu, fri
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-01-31

FOR SALE OR RENT-Residence No. Ill
South Front street. Modern improve
ments. Inquire on premises, or of w. J.
LUTZ, 1904 Market street. jas. tn, thu oh
FOR SALE-That desirable store room and
residence property, 2311 and 2313 Market
street. For particulars. call on or address
CHAS. L. WOE1BER, city. ja30eqvdt
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-01-31

Advices from the river counties and
interior points in the First Congress
sional district, indicate that Capt. B.
B. Dovener's pathway to denomination
is not to be strewn with roses. Judge
Campbell, of New Cumberland, is
particularly strong in some sections of
the district, and it is understood that
his friends will make a very determin-
ed fight, in his behalf. Mr.. Meighen
will have Marshall county at his back.
and friends say that two or three 9TH
er counties will cast their votes for
him as long as he is before the con-
vention.
The avowed candidacy OF Judge Ro-
meo H. Freer for the Republican Cub
ernatorial nomination, has clear11
aned the issued bet%een the
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opinion in the association have been made
any less or that harmony is any nearer
than it was before the Middle Department
entered the discussion.
The Middle Department Committee.
which has held several meetings with the
different factions Of the associa ton this
week, yesterday morning went into .xecu-
tive session and adopted a report favoring
all the changes above named At / clock
the committee announced its report to the
association.
a meeting of,the underwriters was called
at 2 o'clock. and after a somewhat stormy
debate the report of the Middle Depart
ment was made the law of the associa-
ton by large majority vote. Representa-
tives of all the local companies were pres
ent. including the Potomac. but the Po-
tomac was moi allowed to vote, as it was
at that time a suspended member.
An officer of the Columbia Company then
made - announcement that the local
companies would all resign on September
IS, as the cut in rates was ininiIcal to
them and contrary to all their interests.
To this statement there were two excep
lions taken. officers Of the Riggs and the
German-American companies stated that
they would abide by the decision of the
association and retain their membership.
The cut in rates on dwelling houses has
been the one threatened by the associa
ton since the suspension of the Potomac
Company. The meaning of this cut and
Of the other changes made Is thus ex
planned by those IN sympathy with the as
ISOLATION:
The fight originally was over the ques-
tion Of company having the right to
more than three agents in the District. The
Potomac Company, which has numerous
agencies all over the city, refused to re-
duce their number. The association then
adopted a rule taxing the agents of any
one company over three In number al the
rate of SEQ each. This rate was consG-
cred prohibitory, and the Potomac refused
to pay the tax. The company was then
suspended.
The proposition to cut rates was at first
4 fight measure entirely against the Po-
tomac Company. Later the association as
= body decided that the cut in rates on
dwelling houses was necessary under any
circumstances, though the local companies
generally objected to it, 1t is said by as
ISOLATION men that the rate is higher than
in ether cities, and that it has allowed
non -members to cut under il and secure
business away from the association.
The advance in rates on business build
ings was made. it Is said, by association
people, for the benefit of the local COM
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The Fire Underwriters Association of
the District of Columbia. at meeting yes
terday afternoon adopted a cut in insur-
ance rates on dwelling house from % cents
on 500. to Is cents. The rate is to go
into effect On September Is. The associa-
ance rates on dwelling houses from % cents
in the rate on business buildings and
other "non-preferred risks" this change
TO go into effect Immediately. The Poto-
mac Insurance Company and other mem
bers that were suspended few weeks
ago were reinstated TO membership. The
recently adopted rule Of the association
which taxed each agent was dropped and
In It's stead it was decided that hereafter
no company shall be entitled to more
than three agents in the District. 1mme-
diately following this action by the as
sociation it was unoiIicially announced TO
the meeting that eleven of the thirteen
local insurance companies would withdraw
from the association on September 10. the
date when the cut in rates is to go into
effect.
Hope to HcaI the Breach.
These various important changes in the
laws of the association were adopted on
the recommendation of the Washington
Committee" of the Middle Department OF
tAe sls'tNloI Agents -iSSOIlatiOl- NiiiIu a.
been in the city for several days endeav-
oring TO adjust the troubles in the local
insurance situation. They are all the
outgrowth Of the fight and are supposed
10 be designed ito heal the breach. 1t
IS the opinion Of all insurance people that
these new laws and the results which are
likely to follow them form one of the
most momentous occurrences in insurance
history in the District AS the action Of
the local companies indicates. however, il
Is not believed that the differences of
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panies, to countcract the effect of the cut
on dwelling house premiums. 1t is said 10
| be the fact that the insurance losses on
business buildings have increased heavily
recently, while on dwellings the proper
tional losses have not increased. The ad-
vance is thus said to be justifiable one in
every way in addition to helping out the
situation of the local companies, whose
revenues will be heavily Gu. into if they
accept the cut rate in dwellings.
Claims of Association Men.
Association men state that the new rules,
as whole, form an important advance in
insurance methods in the District 1t is
believed by them that the schedule of rates
is now more rational and equitable, and
that 1t will prove equally profitable to in
surance companies. 1t is said further that
OUTLAW" companies will find no profit in
cutting under the rate of 10 cents on dwell
ing houses, and that the probable effect
will be to induce all outsiders to come into
the association. II is further suggested
that this cut in rates also solves the ques-
ton Of multiple agencies, rs in the opinion
OF association people 1t will be impossible
TO pay heavy commissions to numerous
outsiders out OF so small a premium rate
as that now to be collected.
President Myer Cohen, of the Under
writer's Association, said yesterday re-
garding the action of the association:
MY belief Is that the Middle Depart
ment has acted with great discretion and
probably presented as fair solution of all
the difficulties of the situation as could
have been made. The decrease in pre-
ferred rates was inevitable, and the in
crease in the non-preferred gives the local
companies the opportunity to increase
their premium RECEIPTS, thus making up
fDr in ta ntnr In
time the record justified the increase.
The time set for the proposed decrease
gives these companies not now content
with the reduction an opportunity TO con-
slider the question from alls sides. 1t is
my hope that such deliberatiohN may bring
them a realizing sense OF the. folly of at
tempting TO collect n higher rate on
dwellings than this committee with a
large experience has decided ought to be
charged. Personally / do not believe that
the Washington public, who have seemed
so much interested in this matter will be
willing TO pay any set of companies double
price for the same insurance contract
Regarded as n Shrcwd Move.
The adoption of the rule advancing the
rate of premium on business buildings is
considered by insurance men generally a
very shrewd move on the part of the asso-
citation. The advance came as somewhat
of q surprise TO many yesterday, and
opinion has not yet crystallzed as 10 its
probable effect on the situation. Many
are inclined to believe that. Nv. Cohen
says, the local companies will accept the
cut on the one hand in consideration of
the advance.
The Potomac Insurance Company is
understood to still hold to its design to
employ as many agents as II sees fit. In
case II continues to refuse to accept the
new rules it will be again suspended from
the association on September 10, when the
cut in rates and the reduction in the num-
Der of allowable agencies go into effect.
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The following deaths twenty-iour hours wee
rerortjd ct the Health Department up to moor.
Yesterday: Afaiolla ". Nash, IS years; Joseph j.
Firdlav ~ years: Francis become, is years;
Su.an f. Steele - years; Mary j. Waters, G5
yeaIs; Nary NJ. Parkinson. to years; Henry L.
Wis.n. ~ wears; Edward DOYLE. Is years; Iohn
Il: O'I auncr. II years; Fred kiesicHer, IL year,
C.-l T. Paftz.th, 20 wears; Lizzie =, Reausr, Is
vrsr., wi!lilm Ii. Butler, years; Charles l..
Wood. yclr: May T. Walker, moaths ii'nc'
A. MGrui.y. $ mor;lis; Felma Notes, months;
within, :. i..Ir.-. morths; Julia i:oiins. 9
,,ortl.>; Clint II Mot I month; MARY L. janc'
r,dn'I,.: Rch.lt /. itathfrdaic, moath-; MARY
+. rincllo . months Rudolph VI. Fauncs, l
iaugt!.; Ric!. Mo.ten, nioath; Edward Norton.
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l5cOIE!:.R!!!'.C!E'S
n~ FAVDRaTE
| PRESCRIPTION
a FOR WEAEA WeDhEEN.
SUIT FOR DAMAGES.
Charles O'NnIIey Asks $1,000 for
Alleged Personal Injuries.

William IL. Rap!ey was yesterday made
defendant in a suit for $1,000 brought by
Charles O'Malley, who claims the amount
named for personal injuries sustained by
reason OF alleged negligence on the part
of the defendant. The plaintiff is repre-
scented by Attorneys Hamilton and Colbert
OMalley states in his declaration that
on November last, Rapley was manager
of certain portion Of the premises at the
corner of d and Ninth Streets. which is
used as a theatre He also states that he
is a minor. and that he purchased a ticket
emitting him TO witness a certain theat-
rical performance on the premises. The
premises were SO improperly lighted,
O'Malley states, that while he was en-
deavoring to make his way to his seat
he missed his footing and fell. and broke
both of his wrists and was otherwise in
iured
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Injured by Falling From "a Car.

Raymond Hail. seventeen years Of age, fell from
a ear Of The Capital fraction Company at the
corner of Fourteenth and Binley Streets north
west last night about O'Clock, anil was painfully
hurt. He sustained a scalp wound and injuries
Of the right shoulder, and WAS removed to
nearby drug store. where h. received medical
attention ir.in Drs. Hatdir,; an Watkins. Later
he vas conveyed to lis home, 49, Fourteenth
III ~
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In AND ABOUT THE CITY.
Released From 81. Euixnbeth,s.

Emma Williams was yesterday ordered released
from st. E!labe,h's Asylum for the Insane by
Justice Bingham until further order OF the court
Miss Williams Mas adlndged a lunatic in 1897 and
committed to the asylum for treatment 1t was
shown to the court that She has so recovered as
to Justify her release from the institution.
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Shocked by ELECTRICITY.

Harry Fletcher, residing at $50 y Street south
east, while removing a pillow from under a ear
OF the Anacostia and Potomac Railway Company,
at TIE corner of Seventh and Streets southeast
last night, got Il severe electric shock. He was
rendered unconscious. and was hastily removed to
the Emergency Hospital in the ambulance Under
treatment his condition improved. Fletcher Is
about thirty years of age.
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Glen Echo Park-V.mdeville; evening.
Wildwood Vaudeville; evening.
Trains leave Chesapeake junction daily, 10 a.
m, IL M, p. M, ) p. III. p. III. for Ches-
apeake Beach ON the Bay.
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Marriage licenses were ISSUED yesterday to IL ID
Smith and Sarah johnson. both Of B-o.llnd,
u. C.; Charles \. Lucas and George l.. sm,ot: :
Joseph Hall aud Eiizi Campbell, both II E4.ti-
more: Jcs.,h II. F. HAWKINS and Helen D. Block
ford. Lewis Dixon aid AGdir NcAtc.
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nighcs. temperature. p. m....................00
Lowest temperature, 10 ?. m...................I0
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W. |. DOUGLAS $3.50 SHOE.
UNION MADE.
My Washington Store. 905 Pa. ave. NV.

FOr sunday Beer if You would keep cool roc
"a bottles delivered, only Sl.25. Write or phone
Washington Brewery Co., 4th and ne.
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1. Dainty nj, fer the Conno,sncur.
The Snort, Boy. cGt ear
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Chr - Ciaasss
FRIDAY, July IS, 1909.
TEMPERATURE.

Partly CLOUDY FRIDAY and Saturday; fresh west
rly, sl.iftirS to northcriy winds.
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CUT IN INSURANCE Rates
Action Taken by the Fire Under.
writer's Association.

A Reduction of Ten Cents on Every
One Hundred Dollars of Risks on
Dwelling Houses After September
I5-A An Advance of Twenty-Five
Per Cent on Business Buildings.
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STREET LIGHTING.


Lamps ut To-Day. .e;Vi ~
Lamps out tomorrow ...................S: ji AN
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Sun rose......3:A4 AN sun scts......7:2d PM
Moon rose.............. Moon sets. :0J A. NJ
The suburban citizen., 1900-10-27
A wounded Tiger.

Expecting to find the corpse we fol-
lowed the tracks quietly for about POO
yards, and then came upon a place
where the tiger had evidently lain
down and lost much blood They
cling to life with extraordinary tenac-
ity. Again we followed the tracks,
and in the marshy ground the fresh
pugs 6ootmarks) had water still oOZ-
ing into them We stole in line
through the trees and grass up to
some tall reeds, when our hearts stood
still.
There was a spring with an infu-
rated roar, and bounding through the
cover with open mouth, his tail lash
ing his sides, his whole fur bristling,
the tiger charged straight at us. Heav-
ems! what an unlocked for moment!
could see before me nothing but a
shadowy form, owing to the lightning
speed of his mOvements-a shadOwy,
striped form, with two large Jumps of
fire fixed upon us with an unmeaning
stare-as the beast rushed upon us
Such was the vision of a moment
The trees were so thick that l dared
not shoot till he was close, and 1 dim
ly recollect, even then, thinking that
everything hinged upon keeping cool
and killing him If possible. On he
came. l fred straight at his chest al
about fifteen yards distance, without
moving at all, and then instinctively-
almost mlraculously-I sprang to the
left as the tiger himself sprang past
us, so close that l found his blood
splashed over my gun barrels after
ward. - rom "The Sportswoman il
India" by Isabel Savory.
The suburban citizen., 1900-10-27
An Overwhelming Thought

Our sun is a third-rate sun, stu
ated in the milky way, one Of myriads
of stars, and the milky way is itself
one of myriads Of sectional star ac-
cumulations, for these seem to be
countless, and to be spread over in
flnlty. At some period of their exist.
ence each of these suns had planets
circling around it, which, after untold
ages, are fit for some sort of human
Jeing to inhabit them for compar'
atiyely brief period, after which they
still continue for years to circle around
without atmosphere, vegetation or in
habitants, as the moon does around
our planet There is nothing so cal
cuated to take the conceit out Of an
individual who thinks himself an i'm
portant unit in the universe as astron
omy. 1t teaches that we are less, com
pared with the universe than n col
Ony Of ants is to us, and that the diff
ference between men is less than that
between one ant and another.-Londo1
Truth.
The suburban citizen., 1900-10-27

tions very quietly. At first work was
carried on only at night. A couple Of
years elapsed and the country folk
thereabout Were quite unaware Of
0'Neilrs secret belief and persistent
search. An excavation sixteen feet
square was dug through broken rock
and primeval debris on the hillside.
and then the work lapsed. Numerous
curiosities in the form Of rocks and
bones were revealed in the 5000 square
feet of earth excavated, but no argen-
tiferous matter was found.
Last summer digging was resumed
and small chunks Of ice were found
at level few feet lower than the
petrlfed bones. Imprints of fern
leaves had been revealed. The furth'
er the dlggers proceeded. both later
ally and perpendicularly, the more ice
was encountered under messy beds be-
tween rocks. The icy belt was found
to extend for twenty rods one way
AMI a couple of rods crossways. At
this time the thermometer at the sur
face registered eighty-six to ninety
degrees Fahrenheit In the shade. The
mine was then about thirty-tive feet
deep, and the atmosphere was so colo
1t was difficult to make much progress.
O'Neill abandoned his hunt for silver,
and Mr. Dodd determined to exploit
his ice mine in lieu of his silver shaft.
Repeated and thorough tests were
made to prove tile frigidity of the Cou-
dersport ice mine. 1t has been demon
strated to the satisfaction of all who
visited the spot that such articles as
potatoes, fruit and small animals
when left in the cave over night after
an extremely hot summer day are
frozen stiff and solid as rocks.
A platform has been constructed
over the lower seventeen feet, access
which is had through a trap door and
via a ladder. During the torrid Au-
gust days when a visitor stepped
through the outer door and descended
to the platform a current of cold air
coming from the bottom of the shaft
would turn his breath into dense mist,
just as when one leaves a hothouse on
a frosty January morning.
At the northeast corner of the bot
tom Of the mine there was discov-
cred an aperture about six inches
square. From this point issues the
icy blast in a steady current 1t is
impossible to hold a lighted match or
candle near this opening without
having the fame eXtingushed imme-
diately.
There are other lesser assures
throughout the mine whence come
cold currents continuously. Efforts
have been made to ascertain the depth
Of the main aperture by throwing
weights attached to twine and arrows,
but bottom was not reached.
The best local opinion is that two
immense caverns underle the mine at
considerable depth, that subterran-
can rivers have been formed from
melting glacial Ice and that some cross
current causes the draught Of Icy air
in the Coudersport mine.-New York
Herald.
The suburban citizen., 1900-10-27
OFFICERS,

President, Louis P. Shoemaker; 1st
Vice President, Wilton j. Lambert; I'd
Yice-P President, N. Z. Robinson; Sd
President, Thomas Blagden; 4th
Yice-President, DR.. Henry Darling
Secretary, John G.. Keene; Treasurer,
n. L. Robinson.
BSg- Total Membership about 200.
The suburban citizen., 1900-10-27
The Emperor Of China Has Cancer.

Dr. Bachmann, Of Shanghai, has re.
Gently stated in letter to the Gegen.
wart that Emperor Kwang-su suffers
from cancer Of the throat and Is una.
bic to reign. The same view Is taken
by DR.. Dethere, a French physician
and by Dr. Sheng Liam Feng, both OF
whom have examined the Emperor
Medical Record.
The suburban citizen., 1900-10-27
PRIMACURA.

Primacura not only RELIEVES but PER
MANENTLY ERADIcArEs prickly heat Al
ONCE, and cures all skin diseases. 1t il
an IMMEDIATE and PERMANENT allayer OF
inflammation. 1t is a new and economical,
remedy which affects a permanent cure
For sale by Evans, 924 f St.; Simms.
l4th St. and New York Ave; Ogram
18th St. and Pennsylvania Ave, and by
druggists generally.
The suburban citizen., 1900-10-27
List of Officers Together With
Time and Place of rleeting.
IN THE ALTER OF THESE ASSOCIATIONS
THE FIRES ARE BURNING FOR ALL
The PEOPLE Of THE SUBURBS.
Citiz0nS' Northwest Suburban
Association.
Meetings arc Held the First Friday
Evening in Each Month la the Town
Hall, TenleytOwn, ID. G.
OFFICERS:

President, CHARLES Q. Lancaster;
lst Vice President, Col. Robt. l..
Fleming; 2nd Vice President, Hon.
Johu B. Henderson; 3rd Vice Presi-
dent, John Sherman; 4th Vice -Presi-
dent, Rev. Joseph q. Mallon; 9TH Vice
President, Rev j. Mcbride Sterro,ti
Secretary. DR.. J, w. Chappell; Treas
arer, Charles r. Morgan; Chairman
Executive Committee, Louis p. Shoe
maker.
E5- Total Membership about 100.
The suburban citizen., 1900-10-27
Railroads.
CHESAPEAKE BEACH RAILWAY

Schedule of excursion trains effective
Sunday June 3, 1900.
Leave District line depot for Chesa.
peake Beach 10.80 a. m. and 200 p. m.
daily.
Leave Chesapeake Beach 1900 noon,
go aud 6 10 p IN. daily
fake Columbia electric cars and allow
yourself 30 minutes to reach depot
Fifty cents for round trip. Children
half fare
OTTo MEANS, A. II. LEWIS,
Pres. aud Con. Mgr. Gen. Pass. Agt
The suburban citizen., 1900-10-27

A Pointcr.-When you order goods
from Hartig the hardwait man, 500
Fl ST., n. f., they come the same day.
There is no delay like there is IN cases
where goods are ordered from Balti-
more, Philadelphia, Chicago or other
foreign houses
The suburban citizen., 1900-10-27
More Space n cded.

Owing to the large and constantly in
creasing attendance at Woods Com
mercial College it has been found
necessary to enlarge the building by
the addition CT another floor Me-
chanics are now working on the
change.
The suburban citizen., 1900-10-27
North Capital and ECkingt0-
Citizens Association,

Meetings are Held the Fourth iIOh-
day Evening in Zach Month i'm the
Church Of the United Brethren, Cor
uer North Capitol and Il Streets.
OFFICERS;
President, Irwin p. Linton; Vice
President, Washington TUpham
Treasurer, W. w. Porter; Secretary
A. o. Tingley; Executive Committee
The officers aud Messrs. Jay f. Ban
croft, Theo. T. Moore und W, ]
Fowler
va Total bership about $50.
The suburban citizen., 1900-10-27
BTightWOOd Avenue Citizens,
Association.

Meetings are Held the second Fri
day Evening In Eaoh Month in
BrightwOOd Hall.
The suburban citizen., 1900-10-27
BEXXTNG NEWS. R n

Mr. p. r. Meaney entertained a house
full CT friends at his birthday party
last Saturday evening
Things are livening up considerable
on account of the races that open next
month.
The suburban citizen., 1900-10-27
Fresh Cows Wanted.

WANTED.-Three or four fre'h COWS
in good condition, for use of dairy
man. Address ]. NJ Wood, GIL 10th
ST., N. f. ct