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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-09-24
Deeds stronger rhan words.

Boston Globe.
The American peopia learned 10 gaugs
Mr.. McKiHley's Idea as to our plain Duty
toward Porto Rico when he permitted
leading men n the Republican party 70
overruie for supposed political exigancies
his own emphatic declaration They ara
likely 10 apply the test ~ the object lesson
which ne permitted in Porto Rico 20 his
profession Of what ne viii do for the Fill
pinos. If left 10 be dealt with as he may
elect
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-09-24

out ten factories of the actual value of
five million dollars. 1t then issues
stock to the amount of ten millions.
Before this change the ten factories had
to earn profits only upon the actual
capital or five millions. But the trust
has added five millions of stock, repre-
senting nothing but what is known on
the Stock Exchange as water. In order
to sell this stock the trust must double
its earnings. With practical mOnop-
oily of the market 1t advances the prices
of its product, cuts down expenses by
discharging clerks and travelling sales
men, and closes some of its factories to
make its output scarce. The same pro-
cess is followed as to coal, provisions
and everything which enters into con-
sumption Thus profits are run up un-
til dividends can be made alike upon
the Watered stock and the actual cap
ital, when the former is dumped upon
the market and bought by the unsus-
pecting, who have been taught to be-
lieve that the rise in value means pros
perity. The crash in time will come
when the licensed swindlers have I'M
loaded upon the gullfble public, and the
dupes will be added to the working
men in the general bankruptcy which
will result. Then other schemes of
like nature will follow until the voting
public, educated at a ruinOus cost, rise
in their might and by sound legislation
put stop to such robbery. 1t will
never be done by the Republican party,
whose accession to power has always
been signalized by a similar policy. The
Democratic party on the other hand has
always opposed this process OF fleeing
the many for the benefit Of the few, and
to it the victims of the trusts must
look as the only remedy for such evils.
The trust issue is quite as important
as the issue of Imperialism, but. in an
other way. 1t comes right home to the
people. 1t affects their daily life; their
income and expenditure; it marks the
difference between plenty to eat and
sufficient to wear at moderate prices, or
a stinted table and Indifferent apparel
at exorbitant prices. The abolition of
the trust system means the end Of that
policy which makes few men i'm
mensely rich, and benefits the masses
not at all, but really Injuries them. That
this present system is popular not one
will contend. That it is beneficial to
the people cannot be successfully ar
gued. That it ought to go is an un-
doubted fact. The way to eliminate it
from the United States of America is to
make change in the national admin
istration, in the political complexion of
Congress, and in the composition of a
majority of the State Legislatures. In
the people alone lies the hope of saw
ing themselves from future robbery and
extortion, and we believe the people are
prepared to act for themselves, intelli-
gently and decisively.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-09-24
ATTEMPT TO Cruelty FREE
SPEECH

The Wheeling Intelligencer of Sat-
urday morning, with extended editor
ial approval, printed long commune
cation signed 1T. H. ~" in which. let
ter the writer, with spirit of intoIer-
ance not to be submitted tc
in this country and age OF the
world, and with q narrow-minded.
nss4. vindictivensss ard partisanship
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-09-24
The worst pirate of All.

Columbus. o.. Press-Post.
Hanna speaks Of that brigand Aguin-
aldo" He IS himself the most notoriou.
brigand in American politician utterly
ungcrupuious political pirate ard the Iead-
err o. gang Of psrates--the trngts Ths
position in the National Senate fr0rn
which ne controls the imperfalist party.
hakes himself a dictator to the Mckinley
administration and dishonors the state Of
Ohio was gained b. notorious policy.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-09-24
Hanna.s Inconsistency.

Omaha World-Heraid.
Mr. Hanna says: we must keep orr
mills running full time 10 supply the mar
kets of the world" This is rank treason
to the Republican idea Of a home mar
ket- Likewise 1t is queer logic coming
from the leader OF a party that innplores
the continuation OF policy alleged to be
necessary In order to prevent foreign
pauper-made goods from competing with
American made goods
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-09-24
HERE'S ANOTHER RECORD.

IF it is official records that Captain
Dovener wants concerning the propo-
sition as to whether or not Aguinaldo
was our ally in the war with Spain,
the Captains attention Is respectfully
called to the extract quoted from the
''ofRcial records known as sssanata doc
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-09-24

The detailed account in the current
issue Of Leslie's Weekly of the fighting
berore Tien Tsin shows that the Chi
nese did some very effective work,
and also affords a renewed demonstra-
ton of the abilities of the japanese
as soldiers without fear and without
reproaeh.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-09-24

Judge William j. Groo, one OF the
best known lawyers in the State of New
York, and a man who has held several
prominent positions under the Republic
can party. is out for William Jennings
BRYAN. This is another straw.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-09-24

The plea of some Republican papers
and speakers that the Republican party
is the only one which ever enacted anti
trust legislation is enough TO make peo-
pie smile Republican antitrust legis-
lation is one of the political jokes of the
present campaign.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-09-24

Hanna's demand upon the trusts and
corporations of Chicago, made last
week with all the arrogance of SUI
preme dictator, was Five hundred
thousand dollars by Saturday night
and more later on But Mr.. Hanna's
arrogant manner isn't producing the
usual results this year.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-09-24

And so the Republican importation
of illegal voters into West Virginia has
already reached the six thousand
mark. What will it be a month hence?
Every Democrat and every fair minded
citizen should be on guard against the
casting of fraudulent ballots.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-09-24

The mail advices from China give the
japanese great credit Their equip
ment is universally pronounced per-
feet, their discipline marvellous, and
their fighting courage equal to any
thing on earth. The Chinese fighting
will teach the world to respect Japan.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-09-24
FOR "oFFIcIAL RECORD DovENER

There is no equiyocation about the
language of Consul Wildman in refer
ence to our "insurgent allies as the
following cablegram to Secretary Of
State Day plainly shows:
Hong Kong. May 10, 1898.
DAY, Washington:
This answers Long cable to
Dewey From best information obtain
able, Dewey cannot reply under week.
Twenty-one thousand Spanish troops,
of which 1000 native, 1000 volun-
teers. All but 1000 at Manila. They
have ten mountain guns; no large
field artillery; proven last rebellion
not practicable. Plenty good ponies, II
hands high. Large supply rifles.
Should be taken for insurgent allies.
''WlLDMAN.'
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-09-24

The average Ohio Republican wears
an anxious expression, these days.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-09-24

Did you observe that yesterday was
an ideal day for early autumn?
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-09-24
DEMOCRATIC STATE TICKET.

For Governor.
JOHN II. HOLT,
OF Cabell.
For Auditor
JAMES H. MILLER,
OF Summers.
For Superintendent of Free Schools,
ROBERT A. ARMSTRONG,
OF Monongalia.
For Attorney General.
GEORGE NJ. MCCOY,
OF Tyler.
For Treasurer,
]. GARLAND HURST,
OF Jefferson.
For Judges Supreme Court of Appeals,
JOHN w. ENGLISH,
OF Mason.
WILLIAM G. BENNETT,
OF Lewis.
DEMOCRATIC COUNTY TICKET
For Sheriff.
W. w. IRWIN.
For Prosecuting Attorney,
JOHN b. WILSON.
For assessor, City District,
]. WILSON WHITE.
For Assessor, Country District,
MICHAEL MADDEN.
For Judge of Criminal Court,
LOUIS S. JORDAN.
House of Delegates.
CHARLES A. CARENBAUER,
d. NJ. THORNBURG,
ROBERT SIMPSON,
l. +. JONES.
For County Surveyor,
C. c. SMITH.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-09-24

This is the day of the night of tt;
big scrap"
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-09-24

Does Official Record" Dovener need
an interpreter to fathom the facts
noted in the above quoted cablegram?
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-09-24

"The constitution and the
flag, one and inseparable, now
and forever.
"1>he flag of a republic for
ever, of an empire never"
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-09-24
DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL TICKET.

Fer President,
WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN,
OF Nebraska.
For Vice President,
ADLAI EWING STEVENSON.
OF Illinois.
For Presidential Electors at Large,
JOHN w. DAVIS,
OF Harrison.
E. NJ GILKES0N,
OF Wood.
For District Presidential Electors,
First District,
JAMES B. BREMEN,
OF Ohio.
Second District.
f. w. BROWN,
OF Jefferson.
Third District,
JOHN A. PRESTON,
OF Greenbrier.
Fourth District,
JOHN NJ. HAMILTON,
Of Calhoun.
FOR REPRESENTATIVES IN CON
GRESS.
First District
WILLIAM L. RAYMOND,
OF Braxton.
Second District,
THOMAS 3. DAVIS.
OF Mineral.
Third District.
DAVID e. JOHNSTON.
OF Mercer.
Fourth District,
CREED COLLINS,
or Richie.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1900-07-28
Peace to His Ashes,

The decease of H. Denny Mcknight
in Pittsburg emove one of the men
most prominent in the history of pro-
fessional base ball in this country. In
1876 Denny Mcknight, as he was al
ways known, was a promising young
fellow in .Pittsburg and much inter-
ested in the game of base ball. He
was connected with the Allegheny
club as director and did much to make
that club a success. He was largely
instrumental in securing for it such
players as John Nelson, Joe Quest,
New Williamson, Jimmy Calvin, Billy
Holbert, Andy Cummings and others.
III. Denny Mcknight belonged to an
OLD aristocratic family of Pittsburg, his
middle name Denny being a family
one. In his younger days he was con-
nected with one of the largest banks of
the city and was captain of the Du-
Quesne Blues, a high-class military
company. He was a gentleman of
splendid mind, we'll educated and a
very popular fellow, and was a power
full factor in the organization of pro-
fessional base ball in America. Re-
quiescat in pace.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1900-07-28

was no way out of the fix but to fight,
the desperate consented. The en-
counter took place on the outskirts of
the town, and almost everybody in the
place was on hand to see the fun. The
seconds arranged the two men In DO
sition, by the side of each being
a half-bushel measure filled with
large, hard Irish potatoes. Bowman
threw the first tuber. 1t struck his
opponent and flew into pieces. A yell
OF delight went up from the crowd.
which Hurried the desperate, and his
potato flew wide of the mark. Bow
man watched his chance, and every
time his opponent stopped for a po-
tato, another hit him in the short
ribs, knocking the wind completely
out of him and doubling him up on
the grass. The people were almost
crazy with laughter, but Bowman
looked as solemn as if he had Just
been preaching a funeral m The
desperate was taken home and put
to bed, and stayed there for more than
a week before he recovered from the
effects of the Irish potato duel.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1900-07-28
DUEL WITH
How a Kentucky Preacher Turned a
Desperate Into Ridicule.

How a Kentucky Preacher Turned a
Desperate Into Ridicule.
One way of combating an evil
practice is to make it look ridiculous.
1t was by this means hat dueling was
stopped in a certain district in Ken
lucky, says the Boston Herald. A
travelling preacher named Bowman-a
strong, muscular fellow-was conduct
ing services in Kentucky. At one OF
his meeting a well-known desper-
ate character created a disturbance,
and, being publicly rebuked by Bow
man, sent him a challenge to fight.
Bowman, as the challenged party, had
the choice of weapons. He selected a
half bushel of Irish potatoes, as big
as his fist, for each man, and stipu-
lated that his opponent must stand ff-
teen PAGES distant, and that only one
potato at a time should be taken
from the measure. The desperate was
furious at being thus freshly insulted,
and made an indignant protest, but
Bowman insisted upon his rights as
the challenged man, and threatened to
denounce the desperate as a coward il
he failed to come to time. AS there
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1900-07-28
Vie Chicaco Racinr

Wherever the most money is hung
up there the horsemen and the better
class of horses will c~ongregate. Such
being the case, Washington park will
this season be the mecca for owners
of high-class thoroughbreds, as a pro-
gram that is sure to attract them has
been arranged by the management.
Purses ranging in value from $500 to
$500 will be hung up, while for the
overnight handicaps 81, 900 will be Of
fered, thus making races as we'll
worth the winning as are some of the
so-called stake events run OH many
of the other tracks. The Washington
Park club has always catered to the
highest class in racing, and this year
will be no exception to the rule, the
conditions of the various races as
framed being such as to bar out the
dogs" that serve to make life miser-
able for the better class of horses with
whom they are thrown in. With such
liberal inducements held out to them
the better class of horses now racing
at Cincinnati and st. Louis are sure to
be saved for the big South Side meet
ing, and many eastern horses are more
than likely to be sent on.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1900-07-28
Scientific Jottings.

During the year 1899, 21,080 patents
were applied for, compared with 20. 0S0
in 1898 and 18,347 in 1897. Of these
7,430 were awarded after examination
by the patent Office, the corresponding
number during the last veal having
ben $3.50, says the Electrician. Thus,
while the number of applications in
creased by only 81 per cent, the num-
Der of successful applications increased
by 33.4 per cent. During the year
5,171 patents have expired or become
void and the total number of patents
in force is 22,19S. The increase in the
number of patents awarded is chiefly
marked in the case of electrical APP
paratus and machinery. Two hundred
and sixty-five patents were awarded in
this class in 1898 and 439 in 1899. Pat
ents granted to foreigners are also on
the increase. United States leads the
way, with 722. England follows with
554, France 474, Austria-Hungary S72,
Sweden and Norway SO and Russia IS,
A wrought iron gas main, 23,015 feet
long and three inches in diameter, is
in use between Phoenixville and Roy
ersford, Pa. The gas is conveyed un-
der pressure of 20 pounds.
1t is said a naptha pipe line 100
miles long has been laid by the Trans
Caucasus Railway company.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1900-07-28
To Curb an Umpire.

Harry Wolverton, the third base
man of the Phillies, makes a charge,
which, if true-and j. Ed. Grille, the
sporting editor of the Cincinnati Com
mercial Tribune, is authority for the
statement that Wolyerton is willing
to file an affidavit that it is-should
Swartwood's dismissal from the
umpire staff. Here is what Wolver-
ton is credited with saying:
1T is no surprise to me that some
ball players use vile language on the
ball field. They are forced to do it in
order to protect themselves against the
vile attacks Of some Of the umpires. In
the first inning to-day, when / told
SWartWood that we had made a double
play on Crawford and Corcoran, he
turned on me and used a vile phrase.
| told him that | did not intend to
stand for that kind of language, and
he threatened to put me out of the
game. 1t is going pretty far when a
player has to stand the abuse of an
umpire without some redress"
Things have come to a pretty pass
when an umpire, who is supposed to
enforce the rules which prohibits the
use of vile language on the field, in
dulges in disgraceful tactics of this
kind, is the comment of Mr.. Grille,
who adds that it is high time that some
one injects a dose of elixir of life into
Nick Young and John B. Day, the su-
peryisor of umpires.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1900-07-28
Expectoratlon in New York.

The board of health of New York is
giving considerable attention to the
question of regulating and abating the
practice of expectoration, A recent
ordinance of that board might be prof
1tably adopted by the health boards of
other cities. Il forbids ex%pectoration
IN cars, other public ~conveyances and
In public places and requires that no.
tees to such effect shall be posted. It
further provides that the proprietors
or cigar manufactures and printing
offices must provide cuspidors in pro-
portion to n to every two persons
employed in such places. 1t is prob
able that eventually the demands of
the public will compel the introduction
OF cuspidors in smoking cars and the
smokingroom of ferry boats. The ques-
ton OF preventing the atmosphere
from becoming laden with infectious
germs and microbes is causing a great
deal of discussion all over the coun-
try at present, and if promiscuous ex-
pectoration can be stopped a long
step in the desired direction will be
made.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1900-07-28

Detectives arrested two yemen yes
terday, who are alleged to have sys-
tematically robbed Wanamaker &
Browns clothing store for nearly a
year, says the Philadelphia Times.
Both women are negroes. The pris-
oners are Rebecca Holden, aged As
years, of 1907 Thompson street, and
Susan Lewis, aged 80 years, her
daughter of the same address. The
mother was employed at the store as
a scrub woman. Recently complaint
was made by Wanamaker & Brown
that about two hundred pairs of trous-
ers had been stolen during the last
year. An investigation disclosed the
fact that Rebecca and her daughter
had pawned many garments of this
description in more than fifteen pawn
shops, and their arrest followed.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1900-07-28
Appointment of Umpires.

Mr.. Brush says that it was a mis-
take for the magnates to elect the UNI
pires and advocates the appointment of
the officials. He is quoted as follows:
There should be some power in the
league to do this. Some one man
should select the umpires and control
them and the players on the field, and
he should have no financial interest in
any club. He should be held respon-
sible by the league for the work of the
staff, and until that is done the UNI
pires are never going to be satisfac-
tory. Say that this or that club should
oppose an umpire, and yet he be Sc
Ilected. If he hears that, say, the Gin
'cinnati club has opposed him, it may
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1900-07-28
A BRAVE r
True Courage Not Incompatible with
Nervousness.

Nervousness.
l suppose a bird is the bravest crea-
ture that lives, in spite of it's natural
timidity. From which we may learn
that true courage is not incompatible
with nervousness, and that heroism
does not meal the absence Of fear, but
the conquest of it. Who does not re-
member the first time he ever ran
across a hen partridge with her
brood, as he was strolling through the
woods in June? How splendidly the
old bird forgets herself in her efforts
to defend and side her youngi Small
er birds are no less daring. One even
ing last summer | was walking up the
Ristigouche from Camp Harmony to
Mowett's Rock, where my canoe was
waiting for me, to fish for salmon. AS
l stepped out from a thicket on to
the shingly bank of the river a spotted
sandpiper teetered along before me,
followed by three young ones.
Frightened at first, the mother flew
out a few feet over the water. But
the piperlings could not fly, having
no feathers, and they crept onder a
crooked log. | rolled the log oyer
very gently and took one of the cow
ering creatures into my hand-a tiny,
palpitating scrap of life, covered with
soft gray down, and peeping shrilly.
like a Lilliputian chicken. And now
the mother was transformed. Her fear
was changed into fury. She was a
bully, a fighter, an Amazon in
feathers. She flew at me with loud
cries, dashing herself almost into my
face. | was a tyrant, a robber, a kid
naper, and she called heaven to wit
ness that h would never give up her
offspring without a struggle. Then
h changed her tactics and appealed
to my baser passions. She fell to
the ground and f1uttered around me
as If her wing were broken. Look"
h seemed to say. Il am bigger than
that poor little baby. If you must eat
something, eat me. My wing is lame.
I can't fly. You can easily catch me.
Let hat little bird go," And so |
did, and the whole family disappeared
in the bushes as if by magic. l won
dered whether the mother was saying
to herself, after the manner of her
sex, that men are stupid things, after
all, and no match for the cleverness of
a female who stoops to deception in a
righteous cause.-Dr. Henry Van
Dyke.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1900-07-28
Big Bill" Taylor Passes Away.

Billy Taylor, formerly a noted base
ball pitcher, died at Jacksonville, Fla,
a few days ago. He was 43 years of
age. At n time he pitched for the
Athletics and also for the Philadel-
phia and other leading clubs. He was
coach for the first American team that
visited Europe and Cuba. Of late years
he had been in the employ of the
Plant system. Taylor's death, which
occurred at st. Francis Hospital, was
due to Bright's disease. Taylor had
made Hartford, Conn. his home dur
ing the summer months for the past
ten years, and spent the winters in
Florida. Jack Farrell, the veteran
player of Hartford, came to visit Tay-
Tor and remained with him until he
expired. AS usual in such cases, when
Taylor died he was penniless and
Farrell paid all bills and gave him a
decent burial, feeling that it was the
least he could do for his old friend and
brother player.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1900-07-28

gusta, Ga, Alexander Whitney, a So
cial leader, was shot and instantly
killed by William Willis, a negro.
Whitney had some trouble with a
friend of the negro's about a seat in
the car, and when he slapped him,
Willis pulled d revolver and shot
Whitney. The murderer was arrested,
and while being taken to the Jail a
crowd took the negro from a train and
hurried him into the woods. Gov.
Gambler ordered out the militia, but
before the soldiers arrived an attempt
was made to hang him. When the rope
broke he was instantly ridd,ed with
bu1lets
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1900-07-28

The amiable. usually silent and gen
orally sleepy bird known as the tou-
can, had to carefully adjust itself be-
fore going to sleep for it will become
overbalanced and fall from it's roost or
perch. 1t first cocks up it's little scut
of a tail which is not more than three
or four inches long, in a very slow and
cautious manner This must materi-
ally affect its balance, for it never
moves on its perch after the tail is
once adjusted. Later it gently turns
its huge, unwieldly bill around by de-
grees and lays it along it's back in the
usual bird fashion. 1t then perches
on one foot and goes to sleep. If awak-
enel suddenly it will tumble dowa in
a heap. being unable to adjust it's bal
ance owing to the weight of its pom
derous bill.