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New-York tribune., 1900-01-03
Dividends PAID BY THE NORTH JERSE

The average price Of print cloth for this mar
ket for the year was 26S51 cents
New-York tribune., 1900-01-03
RIGHT OF SEIZURE NOT ADMITTED
INSTRUCTIONS SENT TO AMBASSADOR
CHoATB REGARDING BRITISH CAPT
URES OF AMERICAN COoDs

Washington. Jan. 2.-The State Department
to-day received by cable from Ambassador
Choate at London a statement of the facts he
mad learned In connection with the seizure by
British warships of American goods on three
merchant vessels. the Beatrice. the Mashona
ana the Maria The goods comprised not only
Hour but miscellaneous articles of common
rade and while they were shipped for Lourenco
marques in British and German ships yet the
contention OF the officers here is that they were
not subject to seizure. They could not make
representations on the subject until they pos
sessed knowledge of the facts but as soon as
Mr Choate's statement was received to-day in
strucuons were sent to him by cable to inform
the BRUSH Government that the right of seiz-
ure IN these cases not admitted
ihls is the preliminary step usually taken in
such negotiations. Next in order will be re-
port from the American consular representative
at Lourenco Marques respecting the present
condition of the goods seized or detained and
the damage sustained. The State Department
Is not yet fully informed on these points AL
though they will be necessary to the further
presentation of the case. 1t is not even known
JUST where the goods are, If they have all been
seized or only in part 1t will be the duty of
the consular agent at Lourenco MARQUES to
ascertain ana report these facts, and he is now
engaged in doing this under the original in
structlons OF the State Department
l., w me the department is acting it promised
III tte beginning, hrmly to protect all American
rights Of trade, it is showing no unseemly haste
III the presentation of the case. To-day's in
structions to Mr.. Choate were not a demand for
the release of the goods nor for indemnity but
rather precautionary notice to the British
Government to save all the rights of the United
states II VIII be sufficient to effect a settle
ment OF the matter by negotiation and the
state Department has not the slightest doubt
onat the British Government will make full
amends to the owners of the goods when all
the facts are laid before it.
New-York tribune., 1900-01-03
PITCHER NOW AT DOUGLASS.

Douglass, Cape Colony. Jan. 2.-Colonel Pill
cher has occupied Douglass, without opposition.
and has been received with enthusiasm by the
loyalists
New-York tribune., 1900-01-03
THE TRANSPORT LOGAN AT SINGAPORE.

Singapore, Jan. 2-The United States trans
port Logan, from New-York on November 20
has arrived here her way to Manila.
New-York tribune., 1900-01-03
THEIR PER CENT

THE RESTRAINING ORDER MODIFIED AND CON-
soLIDATED TRACTION HOLDERS RECEIVE
THEIR PER CENT.
The attempt to defeat the lease by the North
Jersey Street Railway Company OF the Consoli-
dated Traction Company lines was not successful.
so far as stopping the payment OF the first dividend
of 2 per cent to the holders of the stock Of the
Consolidated Company and the money paid
Yesterday The solicitors of the North Jersey Com
pany went before Justice Gray, at Wilmington,
Del on Saturday and had the restraining order
modified and the time extended for hearing
argument the rule to show cause TO Thursday,
Januarv 49, at Trenton. The lease is contested by
the Dickinson estate. holders Of 100 of the 15oWo
shares issued by the Consolidated Company.
New-York tribune., 1900-01-03

Prices for the year OF three standard grades OF
yide goods were follows:
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-04-12

ognized abroad, and this has simply
been emphasized by the recent. war.
Their essential qualities are speed,
coal endurance and means Of coaling
rapidly; with these characteristics
their usefulness will be so great that
no admiral will be likely to feel that he
has enough of them. 1t is generally
accepted that this Is IA true of cruisers
to-day AS II was Of fast frigatcs in he
days OF Nelson. Whatever method of
scouting or of search be adopted. the
finding of n fleet at sea must always re.
main very difficult problem, in view
OF the obstacles of limited horizon, un-
favorable weather, fog and darkness.
Very small cruisers and light
draught gunbonts continue To he pro
'ided, their number and varying quail
ties depending upon the special need,
of the different navics for cruising or
for minor shonl-watcr operations.
with regard TO torpedo boats and dc
stroyers, foreign naval opinion is prac-
tisnlly unanimous that the war has
thrown no new light on the question of
their value when used for the purposes
for which they are intended. Nuvcs
which held them in high esteem before
still continue TO do so. Their vulnera-
billy has long been recognized, az has
the fact that they are peculiarly Il
weapon OF opportunity, requiring for
their successful usc favorable condi
tions which may or may not be present
at a given time and place. Their use
'ulncss in the trimming of young OIL
GERS IL universally conceded. Organ
lied ns Institutional notillas or as d
part of the mobile defense Of ports, cN.
crciscs With them are continuous and
systematic and are not confined to tn"
period Of the annual mancuycrs. Tor
pcdo boat dcstroyers, simply larger
torpedo boats with increased gun
armament and better sea-going quail
ties, are coming more aud more into
favor M the best type. In Germany
Il has been decided To build no more
small torpedo boats. New ones are tu
ID" Of the destroyer class, and viii be as
large as the former division boats.
Submarine boats have not received
much attention abroad Of late, except
In France, where number of them Of
new type have been authorized.
While II has not yet received en-
hodiment TO any extent In new con.
struction, foreign comment shows =
clear apprehension az the need of a
sufficient nun Der OF vessels for supply
aud auxiliary service having the speed
aud other qualities requisite for eli
cheney. These are seen TO include col
Hers fitted 90 give coal rapidly at sea.
dist'lliuR ships 30 replcnish fresh water
for boilers repair ships TO obyiate
Withdrawal for any except large re-
pairs, ammunition vessels 10 make
good the enormous expenditure Of the
rapid-fire guns, provision ships with re-
frigerating plants, telegraph cable
steamers, fitted also for laying out sub
marine mines and for countermining
operations, powerful tugs with mine
laying as well rs wreckibg facilities,
and hospital ships.
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following this comes recent request
by the minister Of marine for authority
to lay down additional battleships for
the French navy.
As battleships are intended to have
the greatest possible fire energy. with
the best protection attainable, their
gun fire must he the maximum which
their displacement will permit; and
the latest foreign expert opinion is
practically unanimous that their
armor must not only protect the wa
ter line and the gun positions, but that
the hull and the personnel must be eff
fectively sheltered.
The typical features Of the battle.
ship, maximum offensive and defensiv,,
power, are not dependent on circum-
stances, but are ready at all times.
! Speed varies with conditions of sery-
/ ice, and for battleshps Is regarded as
secondary consideration, although y
! very important one. The anxiety which
| the monitors caused Admiral Samp-
son has impressed anew upon foreign
! observers the need Of strategic mobili-
| ~. Other things being equal, the more
| efficient of two fleets OF battleshipS
will be the one whose slowcst ship is
' faster than the slowest ship of the
enemy. The aim abroad now is to have
the battle fleet composed OF ships hav-
! ing great offensive power and the best
! protection obtainable, with minimum
/ speed OF not less than IS knots. While
some OF the units may be capable of
! IS knots there should be none which
/ cannot be depended on for tactical cvo-
! buttons nt Is knots speed. To attain
| this, obsolete vessels must be replaced
| or modernized in accordance with the
/ latest developments IN engineering.
! Next in Importance 10 the battleship
~ the armored cruiser. which forms a
/ prominent feature of the latest for
! eign shipbuilding programmes. Yes
sells of this type have primarily high
! speed aud great coal endurance; they
I are usually Of large size and are given
ms much protection aud as intense hse
energy AS practicable. but these quail
! ties wc secondary. While they may be
/ used to supplement the feet of battle
ships il necessary in maintaining com
| mand ~ The sea at strategic points,
aud are most useful adjuncts Of such "a
J fleet, II is held 10y many foreign writers
/ that they have also distinct field OF
! operations. While these operations
viii not he decisive in their results in
war between great naval powers, yet
the sudden opportunc arrival of an ar
mored cruiser. or OF several Of them, al
well-chosen points. may have great
! influence on the war. Their size, speed
and armament enable them 10 engage
successfully any except hattieships.
They are regarded as the most effective
type for carrying on cruiser war Of
depreciation
II was formerly held by some writer's
that nrmored cruisers would prove su-
4 pcrIor TO battlcships, owing to their
( greater speed. but since the close Of the
war with Spain such claims are seldom
I heard.
/ II is worthy of note, however. that
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-04-12
WmybPs Thai Foreign
Nah0ns IRE Building
Europe Is Profng by the Lessons Taught by
the AmericanSpan War

with the effort TO give increased speed
to battleships and better protection to
armored cruisers these two types tend
10 approximate.
Armored coast defense vessels APP
pear to be practically ignored in pres
emit foreign programmes fog the in
crease of modern fleets. There are two
general belief that naval force will be
mainly employed in sea contests rather
than in merely defending home shores
against attacks by an enemy. The sec
ond reason for not building new ar
mored eoast-defense vessels is that in
the European navies it is felt that they
already have a sufficient number of yes
sells of this type and that future needs
will be supplied by taking from the
active armored feet the older vessels
as these are replaced from time to time
b. others of later type. In the British
navy, in pursuance of this plan, the
obsolete ships formerly stationed In
home waters as coast-guard and port
guard ships have been succeeded by
vessels which, though old, are still eff
ficient. In Germany the same end is
attained by the rule assigning def
mite length of seryice-25 years-to
battleship as such, upon the expiration
of which she must be replaced by a
new ship and transferred to the list OF
coast-defense ships. The monitor type
is regarded abroad as hSXing been thor
oughly discredited by the experience
of the war.
The need of making liberal provision
for the building of cruisers Is fully rec
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ID ESULTS of the many lessons
N taught by the naval battles of
the American war with Spain
are showing themselves in the types Of
vessels which are being constructed, or
for which appropriations are asked,
for the navies of Europe.
In report to the naval intelligence
bureau Lieut. Com. George II. Peters
U. S. n. considers the principal for
eign nayics with a view of noting re-
cent tendencies Of development and OBJ
serves as the most striking feature the
marked effort now making by the impor-
tant maritime powers to increase their
naval strength, Never before, except,
perhaps, spasmodically during a naval
war, has such endeavor been more Wig
orous or more general.
In the apportionment Of new ton
mage abroad the large share set apart
for battleships, notwithstanding their
great cost shows that responsible for
eign opinion regards them as consti-
tuting the real fighting strength upon
which reliance must be placed to win
naval battles. This view was held long
before the Spanish armored cruisers
were destroyed at Santiago, but it now
meets with general acceptance, and the
assertion that the building of battle
ships is a wasteful use Of money and re-
sources is seldom heard. In France and
in Italy, tor special rgc"ons, the ar
mored cruiser is still held in relatively
high esteem, and in the French press
the claim has been persistentIy urged
that the battIeship will be deprived Of
It's value by the submarine boat; but
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II five hours without
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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-01-11
AN IMPORTANT MATTER.

to Determine What Con-
stitutes '"The United States. Ac-
cording to the Constitution.
WASHINGTON, January 10.-The
ways and means committee of the
House held a meeting to-day, at which
an important resolution was adopted
upon motion of Mr.. Newlands, of
Nevada, as follows:
Resolved, That a committee of five
be appointed by the chair to report
the authorities and the law as to the
meaning of the term United States
in that provision of the Constitution
which declares that all duties, imposts
and excuses shall be uniform through
out the United States viz: whether it
includes the area actually included
within the boundaries of the States, or
whether it covers also the territory be-
longing to the United States"
Chairman Payne appointed Messrs.
Dalzell, of Pennsylvania; Grosvenor,
of Ohio, and Hopkins, of Illinois, Re-
p%ublicans; and Messrs. Richardson,
Democrat, and Newlands, Silver.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-01-11

Of statesmen. II offering Democratic
candidates for the two places OF Gov
ernor and Supreme Judge. In this
particular instance both the gentlemen
named are most excellent timber,
qualified and competent, and the nom
ination of either or both would be a
positive improvement upon those
whom they seek to succeed. But two
candidates for State offices cannot
come from the same town, there is an
unwritten law against it, hence one
or the other of them should get into
some other wagon, and give their
friends a chance.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-01-11
Patent Office Business.

Special to the Register.
WASHINGTON, D. c., January TO-
Patents have been issued to the follow
ing West Virginia inventors: Alfred
L. Baker, Mansfield, can-opener; Char
les w. Garland, Blueield, assignor of
one-half to w. T. Poster and E. L..
Warren, Lindsey, machine for cutting
railway ties; Homer ". Rightmyer,
Rowlesburg, shaping attchment for
planners. Bloch Bros. Tobacco Com
pany, Wheeling, have registered a
trade mark on their tobacco.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-01-11
The Journal wen knows.

Morgantown Dominion.
The Parkersburg Journal says that
the University seems to be prospecting
in spite of Democratic assaults. The
fact is that the institution is prosper
ing in spite of other things that the
State Journal knows very well has
nothing to do with Democratic at
tacks. The attempt to drag the talk
about the University into politics is
about the weakest thing that the Jour
nal or any other paper can make.
There has been no effort on the part
of the Democrats of the State to at
tack the institution on political ground
and all the papers of the State know
this to be a fact.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-01-11
TO THE INTELLIGENCER.
Organ Can't Find Room to Pub
Iish-The Monroe Election Case.
UNION, W. Va, January 3, 1900.
To the Editor of the Intelligencer,

UNION, w. Va, January 3, 1900.
To the Editor of the Intelligencer,
Wheeling, w. Va.
Dear Sir:-In your editorial of Dec 9th,
in relation to the agitation for a non-par-
tisan Supreme Court, you take the trouble
to charge the Democratic party with ''re-
cent and atrociously corrupt practices in
disturbing the properly elected legislative
delegates in Taylor and Monroe counties"
VIII you please produce the proof of
corruption in the Monroe county case on
the part of any one connected with it?
No Republican of good character in Mon
roe county has ever charged the County
Court of Monroe county with corruption,
and l do not think one can be found now
who will do so. Where is the proof of the
"atrociously corrupt practices with which
you undertake to brand this county?
In the election of 1898 there was a lif-
ference of but seven votes on the face of
the returns between the leading legislative
candidates in Monroe county. 1t was
known that some of the election commits
sfoners, under the honest belief that the
law required it, had thrown out legally
marked Democratic ballots for the reason
that they were marked with a lead pencil
instead of ink. A recount was naturally
demanded, and two districts were recount
ed on mouon of the Republican candidate.
The result showed the election of the Dem
ocrtic candidate by a bare plurality of five.
Hon. p. w. Morris, whom you will rec
ognize as one of the best Republicans in
the State, in speaking of the charges of
fraud, said in his newspaper, the Richie
Gazette:
I'VE do not include Monroe county be-
| cause the election returns there show the
result to be so close between the Republi-
can and Democratic nominees for the
House OF Delegates that it is necessarily a
matter of much doubt as to which may be
elected
| Mr.. Morris stated the situation exactly.
There was never a case freer from fraud
nor one in which the effort TO employ cor
ruption would nave been more fruitless.
| The alleged Monroe county outrage"
having been bolstered UP with false frenzy
and misused at the time 70 make xcuse
for such crimes as the wanton expulsion
of Senator Kidd until after the vote for
U. S. Senator had been taken, is IT really
necessary now TO continue the old bare
| faced Misrepresentation? The county of
| Monroe has borne an honorable name
what has the Intelligencer TO gain by stg-
matizing it? The Intellgeneer may have
unwittingly given voice 10 this gross un-
truth and s~lander-if so will it publish this
communication and withdraw the charge Of
atrocious corruption?
A. 5. JOHNSTON.
I'm a note Mr.. ohnsto states that the
above letter was sent to the In~telhgeneer
last week. but was not published by thai
paper.-Ed.l
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-01-11

mdnts. He produces the best of Re-
publican evidence to prove that there
is not and never was held to be by
any honest or well informed Republic
can in the Legislature any founda-
ton whatever for such absurd charges
as the Intelligencer makes at this late
day in connection with the Monroe
case.
The organ evidently still has ringing
in it's long ears the wild and random
talk manufactured for the express pur-
pose of bolstering up such crimes as
the expulsion of Senator Kidd from
his seat until after the Senatorial
election in order to give the ring an
apparent majority on joint ballot for
United States Senator, and it forgets
that the Monroe case has been sifted
to the bottom and cleared of all sus-
picion of fraud. In fact, such charges
were never seriously brought by any
Republican, for there never was any
room for them in this case, as has
been freely acknowledged by leading
Republicans in and out of the Legisla-
ture-although the Wheeling organ has
had the decency to publish the
fact, and it declines even now to pre-
sent the truth to it's readers.
And in this connection, by the way,
it is a fact that Mr.. Johnston's letter
was first sent to the Intelligencer, itself,
given the courtesy of publication or
acknowledgment, although eouched in
respectful terms and signed with the
writer's name.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-01-11
Directors Elected.
to the Register

Special to the Register.
ST. MARYS, w. Va, January 10
At a meeting Of the stockholders of
the First National Bank to-day the
following directors were elected: j. F.
Mallory, S. Ankrom, E. T. Martin,
r. S. Browse, j. w. Stewart, G. w.
Barnes, H. G.. Feller. w. G. Dotson
and F. E. Mallory. The bank is now
fully organized and doing an excellent
buseness under the efficient manage
ment of w. B. McGregor, cashier.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-01-11
NOT A CANDIDATE.
Secretary Root Desires to Continue
Mt the Head of the War Depart

Secretary Root Desires to Continue
at the Head of the War Depart
ment.
MILWAUKEE,, Wis, January TO-
Henry C. Payne, National Republican
committeeman of Wisconsin, to-day re-
ceived a letter from Secretary of War
Root, in which the latter states that he
is not and will not be a candidate for
the vice presidency of the United
States. In his letter, Mr.. Root ex-
presses the belief that it is far more
important to the country, the admins
tration and he Republican party at
this time that he should continue to
attend to the business of the war Of
flee, not that there are not plenty of
other men who could well discharge
the duties of Secretary of war, but hav-
ing spent five or six months in becom-
ing familiar with the subject, no other
man could step in and take up the
work without going through the same
training"
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-01-11
THE RING IS ACTIVE.

II Hon. Romeo H. Freer has not
been guilty of lending his name merely
as a blind to keep others out of the
race for the Republican gubernatorial
nomination against the ring candidate,
A. B. White. if MIR. Freer has the guber-
Material aspirations his friends have
been led to believe he has, or if there
be any other possible aspirant, or as
pirants against the ring candidate, he
or they had better be hustling, for the
ring and it's man are working the
wires at both ends and in the middle.
The State is being deluged with per-
sonal typewriter appeals to Republi-
cans to support Mr.. Whites candi-
dacy.
1t is a still hunt and is being dill
gently prosecuted in the interest of
ring supremacy in the State
ton.
If Mr.. Freer's candidacy is not mere
ly a blind, if that gentleman has not
been deceiving his friends in the in
terests of the ring and to keep others
out of the race against the ring man,
it is high time he was up and doing.
Of course. it is none of our fun
eral," but the Register cannot refrain
from this pertinent comment on a
very peculiar situation.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-01-11
AN OPEN LETTER TO THE ORGAN

AN OPEN LETTER TO THE ORGAN.
In another column will be found a
copy of a highly interesting communl-
cation in the shape of an open letter
to the Intelligencer from Hon. n. s..
Johnston, of Monroe county, in connec-
ton with the Monroe county contested
election case in the last Legislature.
The letter is in answer to certain Serl-
Gus but ill-considered and reckless
charges made editorially by the organ
in this connection.
Mr.. Johnston, in the name of Monroe
county, takes exception to said charges,
evidently the result of gross ignorance
of the points at issue in the Monroe
case, backed by o~ver-zeal in the SER
vice of the ring and a habitual ten
0ency to throw mud at the Democracy.
Mr.. Johnston calls upon the organ
to substantiate these charges or re-
tract the SANDER on the County of
Monroe. But Mr.. Johnston evidently
does not know u neighbor, which
was never known to exhibit so much
fairness. 1t was never known to give
the other side a hearing.
Mr.. Johnston briefly reviews the
Monroe election cases and proves the
utter lack of foundation for the or
gan's ignorant and partisan state
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-01-11

After all it is Mckinley and not
Gage who is the really responsible
party in the Standard Oil Bank deals.
Gage acted only on McKinley's inltia-
tive and to serve McKinley's friends
not his own, nor for any purpose of his
own. Yet Gage is the scapegoat,
while Mckinley poses as the only i'm
maculate President