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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-01-20
MEN

Are Holding an Important Confer
ence at ST. Louis.
ST. LOUIS, Mo, January 19.-The
Post-Dispatch to-day says: One of the
most important conferences of railway
workingmen since the great strike in
1894, began at the Laclede Hotel to-
day and is being held behind closed
doors. It's purpose is to consider grew
ances OF service menk
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Contagious Blood

NV Lee Mont.
Foniery. Ala. writes
" several years ago I
was inoculated with
poison by a diseased
iiufse, who infected
ms taby and for six
long years ! suffered
untoid misery Ny
body waa covered with
sorcs nnd uicerH scT.
efaI pliysieinnstrchied
NE, but ali 10 no piif
rose The mercury aud
potash they gave me
tscmed 10 add fuel 10
the nwfui fame which
VA deyoiitfuE me
Friend advised mr. 70
lfyS $ E. ! began tax
Ing Il aud improved
from the start, and a
complete and pefiee'
-..F. .ssaHeite VaGtfilN
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wHFEIING DAILY TNTEIIIGENcER TUESDAY, JUNE g. 1900

connection with the railway systems Of
southern Europe.
What the effect of the hostilities In
China With reference 70 works Of this
character will be cannot now be FORE
told. Russia controls u long stretch OF
territory along her north, and England
Che territory OF British India and Bur
nah at the southwest. Railway lines
existing or projected extend from the
territory of both of those countries into
the very heart OF China and informing
led with, and an important link among
these is the great American enterprise
already alluded to, upon which com
pany had according to the statements
Of accepted Authorities in railway mat
ters. arranged for the expenditure Of
100000 OF American funds.
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The Two Candidates.


Those who claim TO BE- well acquainted
with the situation say Mr.. woolley Will
get the support Of the New England
states. Michigan. Ohio, Wisconsin, Kan
sas and Tennessee. while Mr.. johnson
VIII look for his strength from Mime
sofa, North and South DakotI, Mon
tana, North Carolina, Virginia and Ar
kansas.
Rev. DIR. S. c. swallow, OF Harris
burg. Pa. will come before the conyen-
ton with a strong following and 1t is
believed that he will lead on the first
ballot with fairly good chances OF sue
cess. Delegates from his own state and
from New Jersey, Maryland. Kentucky,
Indiana, Iowa, Missouri and Nebraska
Will support his candidacy. The selec-
ton Of a vice presidential nominee will
depend largely upon what section OF the
country the presidential cholca comes
from. Among the candidates are Judge
Elliott, of California; Isaac X. Funk, of
New York: T. r. Carskldon, of West
Virginia. Henry b. Metcatf, Of Rhode
Island: Walter B. Hill. of Georgia, ana
F. T. McWhlrter and Rev. F.. L. Eaton,
Of DesMoines.
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REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

Too many men seem TO think home
~ like hcnvcn--a state. not place.
II Is a lot easier. somehow, for woN
man to remember once year when her
husbands birthday comes than Il Is to
remember what Kind OF pie he llkeB
best,
When a woman makes up her mind
TO 90 somewhere six months later she
begins To overhaul her clothes the next
day and spends part Of every day after
that packing,
II the average girl spent as much
time learning how 10 bake n good loaf
OF bread ne she does curling the wlsp
OF hair that grows down In front OF her
ear the men would all fight each other
TO make love to her-New York Press.
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SHORT STORIES.


DEsTRoYED.-Tha carpet mills Of
Masland & Sons, Of Philadelphia, was
destroyed by fire yesterday. Loss be-
tween $4,000 and 100000.
FAILURE.-The failure of Dennis
Perkins & Co., Of 1875 South street, was
announced on the cotton exchange soon
after noon yesterday The failure is a
small one and had little effect on the
market.
INTERCHANGEABLE soon as secre-
tary Root returns to this city early
next week, final arrangements win be
made for the withdrawal of as many
troops as can be spared from further
service in Cuba.
REsuMED.-The plant of the Ma
tlonal Steel Company at Columbus. O.,
which was shut down week ago. has
resumed operations with fun force.
The short suspension was said to be on
account of strikes in the west.
PosTPoNEp.-The examination Of
Charles F. W. Neeley; which has been
postponed number of times. was set
for to-day, before United States Com
missioner Shields has been again post
poned to next Friday, at 1890 n. m.
sAILED-An official dispatch recelv,
ed from saigor, (the capital OF French
Cochin Chlna), says thu French nrmor-
ed cruiser Vauban and the transport
Caravane have sailed north with Ave
hundred marines and Battery Of artll-
lery.
DIsMIssED.-The grand jury In
New York handed in report to Judge
Mcmahon in Part l. Of general sessions
Monday afternoon. in which they dis
missed the cases OF conspiracy against
the officers of the American Ice Com
pany.
DIED.-Martin j. Russell, of Chicago
president of the Chicago Chronicle
Company. and editor of the Chicago
Chronicle, died at Mackinac, Michigan
from Bright's disease. Mr.. Russell had
ben sufferer from this malady for over
a year.
NAMED.-The secretary Of the navy
has authorized the following names for
the new battleships and cruisers Bat.
tleships, Virginia and Rhode Island. Ar.
mored cruisers, Maryland. Colorado and
South Dakota. Protected cruisers, St
Louis, Milwaukee and Charleston.
HoPEFUL.-The Associated Pres!
learns Lord Salisbury Is still hopeful,
that the Chinese crisis will be solved
without war against that country as c
whole. In spite of the alarming reports
he Inellnes 10 the belief that the GOV
eminent OF China in some satisfactory
form win shortly be able to reassert
herself.
CABLEGRAM.-Richard c. Morse
general secretary OF the internattona
committee, of the Young Mems Chris
tlan Association, has received cable
gram from Robert r. Lewis. represe1'
tative Of the committee stationed a
Shanghai, dated June %, which reads
War is not likely to affect Shanghai
Lyon on way to Japan. BrOckman OF
way to Shanghai"
sAIL.-Among those who are to lenv,
an the White Star line steamer Oceanic
sailing from Liverpool, June %, fo
New York. are Sir William Martin Con
way. who is to so on an exploring expe
dltlon to the Bolivian Andes; formeJ
United States Consul General p, A
Collins, Mrs Mark Hanna, NJ. e. In
gals, president OF the Cleveland, Gin
ctnnatl, Chicago & st. Louis Railroad
| Company; Mr.. aud Mrs. Albert L
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RIVAL LOVERS
.ngage in a Pistol Duel, and in the
Melee the Sweetheart is Fatally

Engage in a Pistol Duel, and in the
Melee the Sweetheart is Fatally
Shot.
BEDFORD. Pa. June 2l.-Albert
Roberts and Oscar Jeans have been RI
val suitors Of Miss Jennie Russell, and
while Roberts and Miss Russell were
ont driving they met Jeans, and a pistol
duel between the two men followed
Miss Russell leaped from the buggy and
rushed between them, but they contln-
ued shooting and the girl was fatally
wounded. II is alleged from one OF Rob
crts' shots. Roberts grabbed the girl
in one arm as she fell and continued FIR
ing with the other. Miss Russell died
in a few hours at her home, Roberts re-
naming at he's bedside even after
death. He is now almost insane. Jeans
escaped, and warrants are out for his
arrest. All the persons concerned are
prominently connected.
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BEGINNING TO ARRIVE

Are the Prohibitionists to the Ma
tional Convention = Western Man
Wanted for the First Place.
CHICAGO, June 5.-Prohib.tionists
are beginning to arrive for the national
convention to be held on Wednesday
and Thursday at the First regiment
armory, and the state convention to be
held tomorrow at the same place.
The national meeting will be called
to order at 10 o'clock Wednesday, mora
Ing by Oliver w. Stewart. chairman OF
thu national committee.
John G. Woolley and Hale Johnson,
both of Illinois. are strong favorites for
the presidential nomination. Hundreds
OF large campaign buttons. having upon
them picture Of the former, are beIRg
distributed.
1t is thought that in the early ballot
ing for nominations the Illinois dele
gates VIII be divided between woolley
and johnson, with the understanding
that the solid vote viii later be thrown
to. the support of the candidates show
ing the more strength. The disposition
among Illinois delegates is TO work for
the nomination of some western man
and they feel that either OF the candl-
dates from this state fill the require
mentss
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NO need to fear sudden attacks Of
choleru Infantum, dyscntcry, dlnrrhoca,
or summer complaint, II YOU have DR..
Fowlcr's Extract OF Wild strawberry IN
the medicine chest
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lydia {. PIalham'D V.sstsbl. Compound
has restored q million
women 20 hsaINls

A494Al
women 20 hoaIGl0
letters from grateful
women are OOnSfanfLy
being printed 10 this
PaPeVs
Mrs. PLnlll1aI11 has fifty
thousand SWOh lsHOTS.
Her counsel Is safe COunI9
sell II always helps WO~
men and twill halP YOU
Mrs. PInkbam's aGE.
dress Is 4 yITs Mass She
witt advise you f5'e9s
The Elbert County tribune., 1900-04-26
ITO be continued.)
MADE FAMOUS BY WHITTIER.

Macy-Coiby House Mt Amesbury tho
Oldest In Town.
Among the many places OF historic
interest in Amesbury made memorable
by the writings of the poet Whittier.
none is destined to become more nota-
BILE than the Macy-Colby house, which
is to be presented to the Bartlett Gem
etery association through the generos-
ity of the present owner. Moses Col
by. Built prior to 1854, by Thomas
Macy, 1t is the Oldest house in Ames-
bury. Thomas Macy was a prominent
factor in the early settlement of Sails
bury and Amesbury, and was the first
town clerk of Amesbury. in 1854,
which position he held until 1853,
when. in November of that year, he
took his family in an open boat and
fed to the island of Nantucket to es-
cape the reprimand of Gov. Endicott
and the payment of fine of 80 shill-
ings for harboring three Quakers for
three-quarters of an hour during a Sc
we're thunderstorm Whittier, in his
poem, THE Exiles." has made the
name of Macy and the old house ia
nous, although it was not here that
Macy harbored the Quakers. In 1854
Macy sold the homestead to Anthony
Colby for s3S. to be paid as follows:
by a mare fole at f10, f3 in bourds
and in courne. G12 or f14 in money.
rest in pipe-staves or hogshead slaves,
cattle, all at prices current; Indian
corne at 3s., wheat and Barley at S."
10 .lv,A tv,
the Colby family. having sheltered
nine generations. In 1853 the home
stead came into the possession of Oba-
diah Colby of the fifth generation, who
occupied 1t through the war of the
revolution and until his death. in 1914.
Although not In active service, he
served on the committee of safety, and
here, beneath the old family roof.
many committee meetings were held
to plan for the comfort of those at
home In 1882 he was town clerk of
Amesbury, and his great grand
daughter, Miss Annah e. Colby, now
has in her possession the original no.
tice which he posted calling on the
citizens of Amesbury to present the
continental bills held by them for re-
demption, and she also has two 81
notes which he redeemed. The en-
trance to the new Bartlett cemetery
is at the rear of the house, which the
association proposes to open to the
public. In connection with the asso-
citation, Josiah Bartlett chapter,
Daughters of the Revolution, is to oc-
cupy portion of the house. and will
assist in restoring it to its original
condition. In the east room is pic
ture entitled THE Amiable Husband"
which is said to have occupied the
same position for $50 years.-Boston
Herald.
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N follow the direction the shot came
from. Directly he fell did my utmost
IN stop the bleeding: but saw at once
was useless. Death had been in
autapeous. got help from the
,afip thea, and we carried him down
to his tent. Next nfgnr we buried him
close to where he fell" Don's voice
was husky and strained. and suddenly.
at sight Of his ill-concealed emotion.
she checked her tears and laid her
golden head upon his shoulder with
a trustful tenderness that went to his
heart.
my poor Doni how you. too. must
have suffered"
He caught her to him with passion-
ate caress, all the more passionate be-
cause the thought assailed him how
once not love, but mere ambition, had
urged him to lay siege to this conhd-
ing heart.
II have suffered" he said. very low.
more than l can say. Lille"
She looked up In his face and saw
that he spoke truly.
His brow was lined and his cheek
pale; his brown eyes had a haggard
look she had never seen In them; and.
remembering with a great rush OF JOY.
he, too. might have never come back
from that wild pass which had made
her fatherless she returned his en-
brace with all the sweet naivete of a
child who chung now to her sole pro-
tector.
fTo ha continual
The Elbert County tribune., 1900-04-26

better wages. all things considered,
than ever before in the whole history
of the country. and capital, stImulat-
ed by assured safety and fair profits.
goes readily into all the fields Of pro-
iucfive enterprise
The money famine which prevailed
In 1896 has disappeared as II by magic.
The general level OF prices, which
was 105 in 1891. and fell below sixty
six In 1896, Is now slightly above nine
ty-one again. and there is nothing In
sight to alarm either producers or con-
sumers, either labor or capital. regard
Ing the future.
The vast change which has taken
place In business conditions In the last
four years-and more especially in the
lnst two-has produced a corresponding
change in public opinion on political
questions. and the net result will not be
favorable to any parties or candidates
that may try TO win victories on the
false pretensc that the country Is run
ming needless into bankruptcy and
ruin.-Denver Republican.
The Elbert County tribune., 1900-04-26
THE LAST DITCH.

The Puerto HIcan question seems to
be the last ditch of the Democratic
party In this camnpign thus far. They
have about given up the contention
that the constitutionexfends Itself over
Puerto Rico by its own inherent power,
and are not saying 80 much about the
new law being meant to "oppress" or
tyrannize over poor Puerto Ricnns; but
they nre harping on the fact that the
President and the Republican party
changed their minds about the neces-
sity OF n temporary tnriff for the
island. A Democrat cannot understand
how anybody can change his mind on
political subjects and be right In the
change. Progress Is an unknown
word In the Democratic dictionary, and
adaptation TO existing conditions an nm
known policy for the Democratic party.
What the Republican party has done
In the Puerto Ricnn law is this: 1t has
given to Puerto Rico n necessary reve-
nue. until such time as the government
OF the island-composed partly OF rep
rescntatives elected by the people
shall make provision for Its own reve-
nue..
II has given to Puerto Rico practical
free trade with the the United States.
and actual free trndc as soon as the
island is rendy for It, the intervening
period to be not more than two years
in any event.
1t has decided that Puerto Rico Is
not, and for the present shall not be,
part OF the United States In the
same sense that Colorado is part OF
the United States.
And aside from the law. the Repub-
lican party, through Its administration,
has given to the island good govern
mcnt, under which prosperity and hap
piness Will come to the island, and un-
der which II VIII thrive as 1t never
could thrive under Spanish domination,
or under an entirely Independent gov
ernment OF its own.
The Republican party has nothing to
apologize for In its treatment of Puerto
Rico.
The Elbert County tribune., 1900-04-26
FAMILIAR CONDITIONS.

The Democratic party this year Is
getting back Into f1smilinr conditions.
In the last campaign they bowled Gu
lamIty. apparently thinking the people
would forget that the calamity that ex-
listed had been brought about by Dem
ocratic rule for four years in the White
House and In Congress. This yenr the
party is confronted by the conditions
that existed In 1884 and 1892, when the
cry was that the revenues Of the coun-
try are too large and ought to be cut
down-in other words. that there is too
much prosperity.
Grover Cleveland devoted the whole
of the most celebrated of his messages
to discussion of what should be done
to reduce the revenue Of the United
States. ave are confronted by con-
dition, not theory" he said, and the
condition was that the treasury was
too full. Democratic rule soon changed
all that; but now Republican rule hns
brought about the same old trouble.
The government is getting too rich
again, and the Democrats offer the re-
turn of their party to power us sure
recipe for making 1t poor again. The
people have taken that dose SO recently
that they are likely to conclude this
time that the proposed remedy is n
good deal worse than the alleged dis
ease; the country can stand little too
much revenue good deal better than
1t can stand another four years of De-
mocracy In the saddle.
The Elbert County tribune., 1900-04-26
Didn't Know HI. ow,

"one evening a man entered the sta
ton house and asked II we had any
lost children There were three In
the back room. propped up on as many
chairs, and he was sent in to see IL
one of his was among them. The man
walked up and down before them with
perplexed air for some time. then.
stopping in front Of the little ones,
raised Its head and asked: Are you
Johnny So-and-So" The boy was too
sleepy to answer. and the caller started
to leave, saying that he would send
the old woman around to see.' 'What7'
said. don't you know your own
child?' TO tell the truth. he answered,
4 don't l work on the - line of
street cars; the children amt up when
l go away in the morning. and they're
in bed when get back at night. new
er see them Later his wife appeared
and Identified one of the children as
hers. 1t wasn't the one the father
picked out. either. New York Post.
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REsIsTs ENORMOUS PRESSURE,
steel Balls Cannot BE Crushed by Or
dinary Mechanical Devices.

steel Balls Cannot BE Crushed by Or
dinary Mechanical Devices.
The resisting power OF steel balls to
pressure has never beeen actually de-
termined, and recent tests reported to
the American Society of Mechanical
Engineers leave the question still in
doubt. At these tests balls were pro-
cured of sizes ranging from one-half
to one inch in diameter from six man.
ufacturers. and the attempt was at
first made to test the balls by crushing
between hardened steel plates. Diff
Guilty was experienced, however, in
procuring steel SO hard that 1t would
not indent under the pressure to which
1t was subjected In contact with the
balls and the plan was adopted of
placing three balls In a row in a spe-
cial holder. which kept them In line
axially. Pressure was then brought to
bear upon the two outer balls, event.
ually crushing the middle one. After
steel was found that answered the pur-
pose for testing the balls between fat
surfaces and another line of tests was
conducted with the balls between two
fat plates of this steel. A singular
fact is that in the first series nearly all
the balls were broken by the forma-
tion within the ball OF a conical wedge
which was gradually forced toward
the center Of the ball until the latter
was split. The base OF the cone was
approximately circular. with its center
at the point at which the crushing
force acted.
The Elbert County tribune., 1900-04-26
AN HONEST STATE GOVERN
MENT.

One OF the plnnks In the New York
State Republican platform, adopted
last week. was the following:
''In every department Of the state
government, moreover, all of them un-
der Republican control, the constant
effort of the officer In charge has been
to administer the laws equitably, eco
nomically, justly and for the public
welfare. and no breath of scandal has
touched the record of any single Re-
publican state officer
'The Republican party goes to the
people In this election with that conf
dencc which proceeds from the faith
full and satisfactory performance of
duty by every official in the state who
holds his commission in Its name and
by reason OF its support"
VIII the Fusion party of Colorado
dare to put plank like that into their
platform this year? And If they
should, wouldn't they get the laughf
The Elbert County tribune., 1900-04-26
A wl.e .na saf. preeeaen..

The Presldent's signature Is all that
is now necessary to complete the first
chapter in the legislative history OF our
relations with the territory acquired
from Spain as result of the war.
That signature will be promptly attach
ed to the billagreed toyesterday by the
House of Representatives as soon as 1t
reaches the executive mansion, and n
month hence Puerto Rico will have had
its first civil governor, and the organ
ization of Its local government will
have been begun. The result is a tri-
umph for sound principles and con-
servative policies In dealing with our
island possessions.
We now have clear. explicit declar-
alton by Congress of its power and
purpose to govern the new territory
and to fix the political status and the
economic relations of the inhabitants
to this country. That is what the
treaty of Paris stipulated should be
done. and 1t is precisely what Congress
has done.
A wise and safe precedent is thus
established that will grow in import
ancc as time develops the vital neces-
sity for firm, untrammeled governing
hand by this nation in working out the
future of both Puerto Rico and the
Philippines. II settles at the outset
question that If ignored now would in
evitably lead later on to an agitation
far more serious than that which has
attended the passage of the present bill.
The Bourbon Democratic doctrine that
the constitution extends itself over all
territory acquired by the United
Stntes, and that Congress must recog-
nize that fact In its legislation, is re-
jected by the Republican majority and
the distinct assertion made of the alb
solute power of Congress to deal with
such territory in Its own way unre-
stricted by constitutional limitations.
IL the Democratic leaders choose to
make an issue of this question as en-
bodied in the new legislation, they will
find the national administration abund-
antly able to justify its position. There
has been much delay In the final con-
sideration of the subject by Congress-
and some shifting of position as new
light has been thrown upon 1t, mainly
by the contention of the Calhoun Dem
ocrats; but we believe that dispassIon-
ate opinion will agree that every
change made has been in the right di-
rection, has strengthened the position
of this government, and has made more
stable and secure the attitude we are
to maintain toward the islands. That
attitude is no longer matter of CON
tention. 1t is unalterably fixed by
Congress, and we do not doubt that it
will be overwhelmingly approved by
the people-more and more so as time
elapses.-New York Mail and Express.