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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-05-24
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THE INTELLIGENCBR.
WHEELING. MAY "a, 1900.
Persistent Petitioners.

= The surrender OF the council COM
mIttee on petitions and remonstrances
to the element that was turned down
several times in their applications for
licenses, and who have since brazenly
boosted that they would yet secure the
privilege of debauching the community.
was a deplorable reversal Of most
commendabie stand. 1t is true that the
action was taken in the absence Of GER
tain members OF the committee who
have voted against issuing licenses to
these dlscredlted applicants, but this
does not absolve the committee from
responsibility for the change in Its at
tItude. These absent members should
have known that from the desperate
methods employed by these men they
would be watching to take advantage
of any opportunity that offered.
Besides there was a strange absence
from the meeting of council OF those
members who have been the most earn
est antagonists of these applicants.
This will not do. Every man who has
formerly fought this vicious element
should make 1t a point to be on guard
at every session of the council. II
these licenses should unfortunately be
slipped through during their absence
the people will hold them responsible.
Furthermore there may be some dis
tressing reflections on these members
should their absence be repeated. The
action of the committee on petitions
and remonstrances is somewhat sur
prlsing in the light OF the recent con-
vIctIon of one man who was refused a
license and Of another saloon that had
Just been granted a license. One thing
should be distinctly understood, and
that is these people will persist In their
attempts to be rellcensed in their ne
farIous business in the hope of weary
ing council into submission. Can they
do it? It is up to council to determine.
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authorized by the river and harbor act
approved March Sd. 1893, and approprl-
ating sl35OOO for the same.
The next item is OF special local in
terest, inasmuch as it provides for ar
appropriation of 100000 for the con'
structlon Of dams numbered thirteen
and eighteen, the former being located
at Wheeling and the other at Narletta
All Of these appropriations becoms
available on June 30, of this year, ex-
tending throughout the fiscal year end
ing June 80, 1901, and for which Captain
Dovener has labored so earnestly.
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The antl-cauteen bill, which has at
tracted widespread attention, and
against which the military authorities
recently reported, was ordered favor
ably reported by the house committee
on military affairs yesterday, with an
amendment which will exclude liquor
from the capitol and other public build
lngs. The bill reported is known as the
Bowersock bill, and applied to premises
used for military purposes" These
words were stricken out, making the bill
apply to ANY premises used or owned
by the United States"
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Tho praxton pissentients.

The 1ntellIgcncer regrets to note the
disposition manifested by some OF the
Republicans of Braxton county to stir
up unnecessary strife within the party
lines. No one denies the right OF a free
expression OF opinion to those who are
favorable to Judge campbelrS eandI-
dacy. but we do not think his support
ers in Braxton county are taking n
course that is calculated to strengthen
his cause. From nil the Information
obtainablc, and Information that Is rs
reliable MS our correspondents. the In
tolllgencer believes that the convention
which selected delegates to the Con-
Rresslonal convention was entirely reg
uar. A large majority OF those present
were favorable to the reconciliation of
Captain Dovencr and his delegates were
chosen in due form.
1t 20 happens at times there is a
disposition OF the following Of the IN
successful candidate to dispute the
privileges OF the majority. II lisa strain
in human nature that cannot be Grad
Icated. The melting cause pcrmpates
every walk in life and Is not confined
10 political conventions. The success
ful man In business or in the profess
ions is always the target OF the en-
vious-those who have failed to reach
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REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR
A bird in the bush is worth two on the

A bird In the bush is worth two on the
hat.
Women have the advantage over
men; you can never tell when their
knees interfere.
After woman gets married she al
ways acts superior to a woman who
isn't married unless she is lot young
er than she is herself
a woman never considers seriously
whether she is in love with a man or
not until she has got him whore she
thinks he thinks he has got to propose.
II the average woman tried all the
time TO look as pleasant at her hus-
band as she does at the photographer
she would die OF nervous prostration in
two weeks,-New York Press,
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Progressive Prosperity.

The biennial report OF State Labor
Commissioner Isaac V. Barton, to be
submitted to the governor on June l. is
remarkable document. The Intelli-
gencer believes 1t is safe In asserting
that West Virginia has never before
experienced two years OF such progress
i've prosperity as the years 1898 ana
1899, In support of which 1t has only to
cite Mr. Barton's report. The commits
sioner's summary tells the story in a
nutshell, as follows:
Five hundred establishments report
1884 employees on the pay rolls. Jan
uary /. 1897: 1859 employees on the pay
rolls. January /, 1899; 1921 employees
on the pay rolls, January l, 1900, an In
crease OF As per cent.
Average number of weeks in opera
ton, year ending January /, 1900
46 1925.
Three hundred and Ave establish
ments report an advance In wage rates,
affecting 22.55S employees.
Three establishments reduced wages,
affecting "a employees"
Here Is an example OF cold figures be-
coming warmly eloquent, and It does
not seem possible that in the face OF Mr..
Barton's report any party demagogues
or demagogic newspapers can possibly
possess the assurance to continue their
inslstence that West Virginia in par
ticuiar and the nation in general are
not outstrippIng the balance OF the
world on wave OF Industrial pros
perlty such rs has never been witnessed
in the past,
The Intelligencer this morning prints
a synopsis Of Commissioner Barton's
report, and commends 1t to every read
er for earnest and thoughtful perusal.
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as the house yesterday adopted with
out division the. resolution providing for
the adjournment of Congress June G,
1t Is quite likely that the senate will
concur, and members of both parties
will be Afforded an opportunity to re-
cuperate for the national conventions
ut Kansas City and Philadelphia
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How soon would Pettigrew, sulzer
and Lentz drop the Boer delegates II
they were convinced the President
would extend to them anything else ex-
cept courtesy.
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Distressing Kidney and Bladder dis.
eases relieved In SIX hours by "New
Great South American Kidney Cure" II
Ia great surprise on account OF Its ex,
ceedlng promptness In relieving pain In
bladder. kidneys and back, in male OF
female. Relieves retention OF water
almost immediately II you want quick
relief and cure this Is the remedy. Sold
by Il. II. List. druggist. Wheeling ".
Va. tth&s
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Two rebel Filipino companies have
surrendered, an event which General
Macarthur considers highly important.
We believe it would be as well. however,
for the general to be on his guard
against some sneaking act of treach-
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FAMIIY WASHING.

Rough Dry Washed, starched and
Dried cents per pound.
Flat Work, Washed and Ironed, 8
cents per pound.
All hand work finished 10 cents
per pound. At LUTz BROS.
Home Steam Laundry.
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at Rock Springs Park, Chester. W. Va.
forty miles from Wheeling, on
the Pennsylvania lines. Low excursion
rates and open dates furnished on APP
pliCation TO j. G. Tomllnson, Wheeling,
or j. Howard Maxwell, manager, East
LlYlrnOOl. OHIO.
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"IT was almost n miracle. BurdoclS
Blood Bittcrs cured me OF terrible
breaking out all over the body. am
very grateful. Miss Julia FIlbrldge,
West Cornwell. Conn.,
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Governor Taylor is in Indiana and
naturally will not return to Kentucky
to be prosecuted, perhaps assassinated.
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80 55 Detroit and return. Going May
90, % and %; returning, May 20.
Si2 30 Chicago and return, going May
81; returning, June l.
$40 90 ST. Louis and return, going May
81 and 90, returning, June l.
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Nicely is again under arrest, and has
been jailed in default of $4,000 ball.
The proceeding is under a civil suit en-
tered by the government.
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MAY MUSINGS.

Browu-That is beautiful medal
Smith has. Jones-Ycs; that's for beat
Ing the bicycle record, BrOwn-What is
his record? Iones-Ran over seventeen
men In week,-Harlem Life,
Her PrefeyeRee.-o'BT ien--So Casey
and Costigan fought for Miss Kelly's
hand, and Casey won? Thin OF sup
pose Casey got her? O'Rourke-No;
CostIgan got the prize! She said she
wanted the mon she could lick aisiest,
beRorrah!-Puck.
His Reason for GratulatiOn.--"' It's
very fortunate" remarked Mr.. Grady
wisely "thot hay be not as hwy as
coal" For whOy, PATTI" "Shure, ton
av tho shtuff would weigh so much thot
n poor man couldn't afford to kape n
cow."--Iudge
Special Servlcc.--"Blg fire down on
the street" said the suh-cdItor on the
thIrty-ninth floor Of the new office
building How do You know" asked
the chief. Just got special dispatch
from our stan correspondent on the
first floor. "--Philndolph North Ameri-
can.
NAV, what's dc difference between
or politician and err statesman" We'll,
honey. mushrooms good, amt it?"
Yes, 'um." "And toadstoo Is pIzan
amt IT." "Ycs, UNI "And dey boz look
alIte?" Eyes, 'um." "Das same DIFF
ference from statesman to Il poItl-
clan. Brooklyn Life.
A Question Of surgery.--Mrs. Wng-
ger-Hnve you moved into your new
house? Mrs. ChargeF-oh. yes; but We
are not Settled yet The carpenter has
to make 50 many alterations. Mrs.
Waggcr-T thought everything would
BE- lust right. Mrs Charger-So did we.
But we found that scarcely one OF our
old carpets would ht.-Hnrper's Bazaar,
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THERE ia more catnrrh in this sec
ton ef the country than all other dis
eases put together, and until the last
few years was supposed to be Incurable.
For n great many years doctors pro-
nounced It local dscnse, and pre-
scrIbpd local remedies. and by constant
ly falling to cure with local treatment,
pronounced It lncurable Science hau
proycn cntarrh to be constitutional
disease, and therefore requires con-
stltutlonnI treatment HANS Catarh
cure, manufactured by Il, j, Cheney &
Co, Toledo. Ohio. is the only constitu-
tionnl cure on the market II is taken
Internally In doses from ten drops TO n
tenspoonful. 1t acts directly on the
blood and mucous aurfaces Of the sys-
TEN. They offer one hundred dollars
for any case II fails to cure. Send fol
circulars and testimonials. Address
Ell. CHENEY & Co. Toledo, o.
Sold by druggists, 7jc
Halls Family Pills arc the best.
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1t. looks like the dive keepers had
recovered their pull.
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(Ths INTBLLIGENCER, embracing it's
several editions. is entered in the Post
Office Mt Wheeling, w. Va, as second
class matter.)
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-05-24

GA 9.1 REA.
Bsan tho AIha Kind You Han LIAaB Bought
'i'; 4 Ilz2z61 :,
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BEEcHAMs PILLS for Stomach
md Liver Ills.
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Yotf can get full length White Bnch
Wall Pnper at ! cent roll, Mt
nos. GRANES, SONS.
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Phosphorus Butter
~ Is death to Rats and Ro,.,..
LigHEnIne Killer.
Destroys Bed Bugs and -,
"HydrOcresoI''
The best disInfectant .or chm.
Sold by &. Il. LIST, 1910 NaID nd q
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-08-17
RI: REPORT DENIED
That Krlge Has Contributed Largely
to the bryan Campaign Fund

New York, August 13.-Touching a
dispatch from Pretoria. and printed
in London, under date Of August 10th.
in which it was stated mat President
Kruger is contributing between ST.
10000 and So, $50. 900 to the election of
William J. Bryan, also that Webster
Davis had received $685. 900 from the
same source as a contribution for the
democratic campaign fund. Charles D.
Pierce, consul general and treasurer
Of the Boer relief fund. and p. LauteI
Vessels, special commissioner of the
South African republic, Of this city
today gave out a denial Of both state.
ments, adding to the denial the follow.
ing:
THE Beers have other and better
use for their funds. England is in des.
perate straits for the sinews of wal
when she will resort to such a despica.
bic means to influence the American
people against the Boec cause, wher
fully IS per cent Of the citizens are in
our favor"
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MOODY'S REMINDERS
Few Words on a Card From Which He
Manufactured m

There was a striking resemblance
between the late Mr.. Moody and Presi-
dent Garfield said a New Orleans
newspaper man last evening. Gar
field was the taller of the two, but
otherwise they were strangely alike.
They had the same MASSIVE frame, the
sam suave, smiling cast OF features,
the same enthusiastic temperament,
the same facility for anecdote and the
same effect Of sincerity in everything
they said or did. Their style Of ora
tory vas almost identical, and both
possessed the gift of captivating peo-
pie at first sight.
L interviewed Mr.. Moody several
times" continued the speaker, "on the
last occasion about three years ago,
and 1 asked him, among other things,
what preparation, if any, he made for
his longer public addresses. Why,
Jot down a memorandum Of a string of
stories he replied, with one of his
characteristic boyish laughs. Then he
explained that he mapped out his gen
eral line Of argument, in advance,
thinking up some striking anecdote
with which to clinch each successive
point That was all done mentally.
n the only notes he made were 4
Lew catch words on a card to remind
him of the stories in case any of them
should slip his mind. He showed me
one OF these memoranda, and l have
often regretted I did not ask him for
1t as a souvenir. It was simply a string
or words, unintelligible TO anybody ex
p himself-for example, ocean grey
Mound Battle Of Waterloo coral
reef insect first locomotive break
Ing In new boots'-those are a few I re-
member. Each was a cue to n OF his
immftable little tales. In my opinion,
much Of the power over a general au-
d1ence was attributable to this faculty
or apt and familiar illustration It was
like driving home a nail with blow
or a sledge-hammer."-New Orleans
TimeS-Democrat.
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G0NGER FULL OF COURAGE
He Tells Chaffee: Sswe VIII Hold on
Until Your ARRIVAL

Washington, August 12.-The war de-
Ipartment officials awaited a~nxiously
additional news from General Chaffee
today. One dispatch was received
from him, transmitting a message he
had received from Minister Conger.
The message was as follows:
"Pekin, August 4.
W will hold on until your arrival.
Hope ii Will be soon. Send such in
formation as you can.
"CONGER."
While the message of Minister Con-
ger contained nothing new it was en-
lcouraging to the officials to have re-
newed assurance of his ability and de-
Termination to held on" until relief
reached him. That General Chaffee
will communicate to the besieged min
lister tidings Of hope and good cheer, if
the opportunity afforded him, officials
are certain.
REPORT OF RUSSIAN GENERAL.
St. Petersburg, August 13.-The dis
patch of Genera Linevitcn commander
lof the Russian troops il the province
Iof Pechili to the Russian minister of
war describing the capture of Peit
Sang and Yang Tsun has been publish
ed here, but adds little to the details
lalready known. General Linevitch es-
Inmates that the Chinese at Peit Sang
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-08-17
THE STATE MUSEUM
The Lecture Hall We'll Furnished.
Vance Monument Unwilling Notes.
Election Aftermath New Masonic
Lodges
Messenger Bureau.
Raleigh. n. c., August IL.

Raleigh, n. c., August IL.
The lecture nall of the state museum
building is being fitted up with Us
opera chairs, and will be first used by
the convention of the commissioners
of agriculture of the cotton states. which
meets August 2Sth.
enato Butler will return here to-
morrow and remain q few days and
it is then said he will go to Washing
ton.
Not a bankruptcy cas- has come be-
fore the judge of his federal district
in four months.
The address which Richard II. Battle
will deliver here August 22nd at the
unveiling OF the Vance statue will be
the best sketch of Vance's life and SER
vices yet made and will be by a loving
hand. h arrangements are now en-
tirely completed for the unwilling. It
is. OF course, impossible TO estimate the
attendance, but most believe &c will be
as great as that of the unwilling OF the
confederate monument here. The un-
yelling will be by Miss Espy Vance. a
daughter OF the late David NJ. Vance.
of New Orleans, and a granddaughter
of Senator Vance. h Is now I'm Bum
lcombe county.
A very prominent republican here
says that at n time practically all
the white republicans in eastern North
ICarolina favored the constitutional
amendment, but that they had to fol-
low their party organization. As a
matter Of fact a great many of them
voter for tin spite OF party.
Grand Secretary Of Masons John c..
Drewry says the following new lodges
have been organized: Ccotland, at Glib
SON.. Scotland county: Cherryvflie. at
I~Cherryville, CASTOR county. The char
ter of Galatia Lodge. No. 30s. az Rae
stored
There are yet in the penItentiary
nine federal ~convicts. whose terms
have almost expired. Twenty-Five on
ly1cts have been at work at a saw mill
lin Moore county and these have been
lreturned To the p~eaitentiary.
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were $4,000 strong. He says their
flank was mined and provided with
bomb proofs. ATheir hurried flight pre-
vented them from destroying a bridge
of boats and this enabled the allies to
capture the whole. camp. including
thirteen guns.
At Yang Tsun, General Linevitch es-
Inmates the Chinese force as about TO-
DOOM en-. The Russian losses were two
officers and lie men wounded The report
concludes: "Our troops are bivouack-
ing and are in splendid health"
Russian officials consider that the
German papers misapprehend the
real scope of the appointment of field
marshal Count Won Waldersee. 1t is
pointed out here that he will act mere
ly as president of the council of gener-
ais, to direct and combine the opera
tons of the different detachments, but
without in any way weakening the in
dependence of their respective COM
manders in executing strategic ar
rangements decided upon in common.
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A TERRIBLE MISTAKE
A Russian Battery Shells American
Troops at Battle of Yang Tsun

New York, August ia special
cable dispatch to The Evening World
to-day, dated Che Foo, August 9th, via
Sanghai says:
"A terrible mistake occurred at the
taking of Yang Tsun. Russian artii-
lery opened fire on the American
troops. Before the mistake was dis
covered many American soldiers had
Leen killed or wounded by the Russian
shells.
The Fourteenth took part ~ the at
tack on the Chinese trenches. AS the
Chinese fled the regiment entered n
occupied one of the Chinese positions.
"A Russian battery did not notice
the movement. It opened fire on the po-
sition and planted shells among the
American troops. The Russians were
quickly notified n ceased their fire.
London, August ia Yang Tsun
dispatch. dated August 7th, giving de-
tails regarding the capture of that
place says:
THE Russians and French held the
left, the British the left center, the
Americans the right center, and the
Japanese the extreme right. The
British and American advanced on the
village at a rapid rate for 5000 yards,
under severe shell and rifle fire. The
Russians opened and the British
American advance became a race for
positions, eliminating in a brilliant
charge.
The heaviest loss of the day was
| sustained by the Americans, the Four
| teenth infantry having line killed,
Sixty-two wounded and several miss
ing. The Bengal Lancer unsuccessful
ly attempted to cut off the Chinese re-
treat"
Another Yam Tsun special says: "Ow-
ing to a mistake British and Russian
| guns shelled the Fourteenth infantry
| during the night, wounding ten.
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Deaths From Heat.

Chicago, August 11.-Six deaths here
were due to the heat today, the eighth
day of the torrid spell. and there were
twenty-five pro%strations. hire of which
will prove fatal. A small shower in the
afternoon sent the mercury down to
80 for a short time. The second time
it remained at so. but the weather
man says it will pass 80 again tomor-
row
Milwaukee, August The wealth
bureau reported a temperature of Il
degrees after a cooling shower. This is
a decrease from h maximum of the
day of - degrees and is the lowest
registered in over a week. During the
eight days Of excessive heat there were
thirty-four fatalities.
Washington, August 11.-Washington
was the hottest city in the United
States today. For the first time since
August 13, 1881. the official thermome-
ter at the weather bureau registered
101 and the private street thermome-
tiers reached several degrees higher.
The eleven days of the present month
have been warmer than the first half
of August 1896. when the terrific heat
made a record here in the number OF
fatalities.