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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-03-15
To-Day's Boats.

Parkersburg, Ben Hur. s a. m.
Parkersburg, City of Wheeling, noon.
Steubenville, T. NJ. Bayne, 2:30 p. m.
Darlington, Leroy, $50 D. m.
Si~stersville, Ruth, $3.50 p. m.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-03-15
BUILDING IMPROVEMENT.
FIRM OF GEO. e. sTIFEL 4 CO. WILL
ENLARGE IT'S PRESENT
QUARTERS.
LEASE ON RHODES BUILDING

ed observation-disclosures Altera-
lions VIII BE Made, and h Firm
VIII Connect the Building With
Its Present Big store.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-03-15

Don't contract Resi-
dence telephones. Sc n day; business
telephones. &C.. All long distance
NO LINES Visit
our instrument and service display
opp, House & Herrmann's.
NATIONAL TELEPHONE CO,
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-03-15

G. w. Conner was elected to the Of
flee of City Clerk as he had no opposi-
ton.
The Councilmen in the First and
Second wards were elected, as there
was no opposition. They are:
First ward-T. w. Booher, ]. NJ.
Fox, P. F. Hodgman and Herman
Heff.
Second wards. w. Maxwell. J. l..
Davis, Joseph F. Polite and c. c. Mat
thews.
The Councilmen elected in the Third
ward are:-J. w. Crow, Isaac Rodgers,
Frank Wade and A. J. Younken.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-03-15

A supper and social will be given
on Friday evening, March 18th. in the
lecture roo of abe First Presbyterian
Church, by the Ladies' Aid Society.
Supper will be served from $50 until
s o'clock. Tickets. 35 cents.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-03-15
Marks From Below.

PARKERSBURG-Ohio river q feet and
falling. Weather cloudy and cooler; mer-
curry, 40. Up-City of Wheeling, 4 a. m.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-03-15
%MOUNDsvILLE GOES WET.
The Straight Republican Ticket
Chosen at Yesterdays Munich
pal Election.
Had Very Little Objectionable
Peoples Party Did Not Have a Full
Ticket-The Day Passed on Very
Quietly-The Result.

Yesterday the city of Moundsville
issue was the license question and this
was decided by the town going wet
by about IL votes. The straight Re-
publican ticket was elected IS the Peo-
pies Party offered very little OPPOSE
ton, they only having candidates in
the Third ward for Council, and for
Mayor and Marshall. The result OF the
contest follows:
, 1901-12-05

Anna Carter and Myrtle Love, liy-
ing near Grants pass. Oregon, not long
ago fought and whipped a panther,
though neither of the girls had a wea-
pom more deadly than a good-sized
rock. The girls are nieces of Judge
Hanna. who owns a large farm. and
were engaged in washing clothes at a
creek not far from the house, when one
of them saw a large panther crouching
within twenty feet of them. The big
brute was evidently getting ready TO
spring at them. Miss Carter, who first
caught sight of the animal. had an
armful of clothes. These she flung at
the panther just as he rose in the air.
The brute became entangled in a sheet
and before it could claw itself free the
girls had poured in on his ribs and
head a shower of rocks which they had
picked up. The unexpected attack
completely ratified the panther, which
darted away with a snarling cry. Then
the girls ran to the house and sent a
couple of armed men after the prowler.
That evening a handsome panther skin
was nailed on the side of the barn.
, 1901-12-05

A certain minister of Greater New
York is determined that his young
daughter shall not know the dark side
of orthodox religion. The miss went
to the country with her mother during
the past summer, and there found 4
playmate in the youthful daughter oil
a village teacher. One day the follow
ing conversation was overheard:
You've told a story" said the village
girl, accusingly. Don't you know
where folks go that tell storiesg
No" replied the New York miss
Where do they go?" They go to
hell" Where's help" why, Mamie
Blank, you n minister's daughter and
don't know where hell Isl" well, |
don't care" answered the accused. i
never was in a geography class in my
I e."-New York Times.
, 1901-12-05

A little Germantown CPa.) boy, VINO
goes to Sunday school every Sunday
always receives a nickel from MS
father to place in the collection plate
Last Sunday his father gave him two
nickels, saying: One is for the LoTd
and the other is for yourself" As 1t
was toe early to start for Sunday
school, the little boy sat on the porch
steps in the warm sunshine. playing
with the two nickels. After a WINE
he dropped one of them and lit dlsap-
peared down a crack. Without a no
ment's hesitation and still clutchihB
the remaining coin in his clenched hst'
he looked up at his father, exclalmihs
oh, pop, there goes the Lords mex
el!"-Philadelphia Record.
, 1901-12-05

Ernest Seton-Thompson, the wen
known writer and author, has Deen
granted permission by Justice BischoH
n the New York supreme court 10
'hange his nam to that of Ernest
rhompson-Seton. Mr.. 'Setcn-Thomp'
son in his petition said that the sur
lame of Thompson was a pseudonsu'
ldopted by his family, which hid ron
he English government after haNlD-
aiken part in the Jacobite rebellion u"
l745.
, 1901-12-05

"a who claimed to be the cham
pion man-hater of the world. This
vas her boast during her lifetime. and
as yet her title stands u]ndisputed. She
decreed in her viii that no male per
sons should have anything to do with
her burying. She must be laid out
preached over, and carried to the
cemetery by women, a woman must
shovel earth on the box other mn
had nailed her up in, and her rave
stone must be chiscled by a woman's
hand. During the funeral procession.
however, a hard wind made it impos-
siblc for m of the llgbearers to hold
her burden. and a man was called for
help,
, 1901-12-05

The cousins of Memo shaul. of Her
kimer. N. Y, are coming into existence
with the fecundity of rabbits all over
the country. He died recently, leaving
s21.0oO 10 be divided among his third
cousins. meaning, as he expressed 1t,
the children of those persons related
to me as cousins" There are already
$40 persons. from various parts of the
United States. who have sent in their
claims to the estate.
, 1901-12-05

The message points out the defects in our
present consular service, and the
passage of bills now before Congress thar
Will Increase It's efficiency. OF the Indian
problem II says
In my Judgment the time has arrived
when we should definitely make up our minds
to recognize the Indian as an individual and
not as a member OF a tribe. The General
Allotment Act Is a mighty pulyerizing engine
to break up the tribal mass, II acts direct
ly upon the family OF the individual. Under
its provisions some sixty thousand Indians
have already become citizens OF the United
States, We should now break 10 the tribal
funds, doing for them what allotment does
for the tribal lands; that is. they should be
divided into Individual holdings. A stop
should be put upon the in~discriminate per
mission to Indians to lease their Hllotments,
The effort should be steadily to make the
Indian work like any other man on his own
ground The marriage laws OF the Indians
should be made the same as those Of III,
whites.
In dealing with the aboriginal races few
things are more important than to preserve
them from the terrible physical and mora
degradation resulting from the liquor trat
hc. We are doing all we can 10 save our owl
Indian tribes from this evil. Wherever BY
international agreement this same end can be
attained as regards races where we do not
possess exclusive control, every effort should
be made 10 bring 1t about.
= bcspoak the most cordial support from
the Congress and the people for the St Louis
Exposition to Commemorate the one Hun
drvdth Anniversary Of the Louisiana Pur
chase. This purchase was the greatest iu
stance Of expansion In our history, II def
luitcly decided that we were 10 become Q
great continental republic, by far the fore
mos, power In the Western Hemisphere. tn
national government should be represented
II the exposition BY a mll and complete Sc
Of exhibits
The people Of ChurlestCd, with great en-
crgy and civic spirit, are carrying on an eX
position which viii continue throughout mos
Of the present session OF the Cont uss. d
heartily commend this exposition to the goo.
viii OF the people. IT deserves an the ou
couragemcut that can be given II.
For the sake Of good administration souu
economy, and hc advancement OF science. III
Census Office as now constituted should l.
made "a permanent government bureau. ThIs
Worl] insure better, cheaper and more sat
l~s.aVlury work, In the interest not Gully o
our business but Of statistic, economic anl
social science.
, 1901-12-05

James Farrell of Barboursville, W.
Va. recently celebrated the 1O5th an
niversary of his birth. He is now pos
sibly the Oldest man in the United
States. Mr.. Farrell served in the var
OF 1872 and later was in Mexico under
jefferson Davis. When the war be
tween the states broke out he enlisted,
although no longer a young man, and
inv four years OF service. He was
probably the oldest veteran to offer his
services to the government when the
Spanish wal broke out.
, 1901-12-05

AS a rule, the men whom men draw
and h women whom women depict
are nearer the truth, for it is a blessed
law of nature that men and women
shall view one another through the
eyes of the Imagination.
, 1901-12-05

Red-headed Indians are very rare.
One of them, belonging to the Passa-
maquoddy tribes reservation at Pleas
ant Point, near Eastport. Me. recently
die there, aged SO. His name was
Sopiel Haney. and all through his life
he was stunned by the other members
of his tribe because of his bright red
hair,
, 1901-12-05

An eccentric Ohio man made his own
coffin FIVE years ago. and when he died
the other day 1t took considerable
muscular persuasion to get his in
creased girth into the box. 1t was
done, however, and two men sat on
the coffin lid IN the way to the grave.
at the expressed wish of the dead man.
, 1901-12-05

Il told you" said the teacher, apollo,
.etNally to Tommy, that ] shou'u
hip o if you did not tell your fam,
ou had run away from school. dln"
?" That's all right" respoHu',
Thomas. II didn't tell him. on ~
'onr lickin's is a picnic by the SIDE VI
jne of dads. STRAY Stories.
, 1901-12-05

Covington, Ga, has furnished a new
boy preacher, Metz Joiner. . years of
age, who lately held one of the largest
congregations ever seen in the town
enrRptured for thirty minutes. After
ne had finished his sermon. several la
dies ran mp to kiss him. but he told
them not to worship him, but the one
of whom he was preaching.
, 1901-12-05

The Alaska Indians have a violin
closely resembling in form the print
tive instrument of the same kind used
among the Persians and Turks. 1t
has two strings and is played with a
small bow.
, 1901-12-05

Budapest. Hungary, has ffty
f! churches in which divine service is
conducted in twelve different Ian
guages.
, 1901-12-05

A three-wheeled cab has made it's
appearance in London. The third
wheel runs in front of the passenger
and is to save him from accident
should the horse fall.
, 1901-12-05

A farmer in Addison. Me, has a
sheep which this year yielded two
fieeces. one black as ink. and the other
as white as snow.
, 1901-12-05
PRESIDENTS MESSAGE
READ TO CONGRESS
Governmental Problems
DWeIt On at Length in
the Document.
URGES EXCLUSION OF THE ANARCHISTS
Czolgosz and His Tx Enemies of
the Human Race.
THE MERITS OF RECIPROCITY.

President Defends the Workings OF the
Protective Tarin-Construction of the
N~icaraEuan Canal Urged. and the Lay
ing of n Cable to Hawaii and tn.
Philippines-Changes In the Present
militia Laws Recommendcd-The Navy.
, 1901-12-05
THE SARATOGA SUN.

SARATOGA, WYOMING.
, 1901-12-05

and enables them to call into their enterprises
the capital OF the public. they shall do SO
upon absolutely truthful representations as to
the value of the property in which the capt.
tai IL to be invested. Corporations engaged
In interstate m should be regulated
II they are found to exercise a license work
ing to the public injury. 1t should be as
much the aim of those who seek for social
bctterment to rid the business world of
crimes Of cunning as to rid the entire body
polite of crimes OF violence. Great corpora
lions exist only because they are created
and safeguarded by our institutions and II
Is therefore our right and our duty to see
that they work in harmony with these insti-
buttons.
, 1901-12-05

but to produce a constantly growing surplus
for which we must find markets abroad. To
secure these markets we can utilize existing
duties in any case where they are no longer
case where the article is not produced here
and the duty is no longer necessary for
revenue. as giving US something to ofer in
exchange for what we ask. The cordial re-
lations with other nations which are so de-
sirable will naturally be promoted by the
course thus required by our own interests.
policy OF reciprocity will be In connection
with those of our productions which no long,
TO establish them upon a sound basis. and
with those others where either because OF
natural or of economic causes we are beyond
the reach Of successful competition.
II ask the attention OF the Senate to the
reciprocity treaties laid before II by my pre-
Leceasor.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-01-12

p.acable jacobson himself becomes recon-
ciled TO. Would Mr.. Jacobson have that
delightful usage of increasing the es-
tablished pay Of given devoted guardian
of the cloak room from, say, g so to
IS day, and extending the operation OF
the increase back to the first day of the
session, discontinued? Would he, when
the paper bullets are flying, and his fell
low members are wrought up to the ten
derest sentiments of mutual devotion,
dispense with the prerogative of the aver
age legislative statesman to make gratu-
ity of the pubic funds to any and every
good member of the Grand Old Party
who mad shown his interest in the wei
fare of the state by cooling his heels on
the tassellated pavement of the state
capitol for an entire winter? Out upon
the thought
Let the rewards of patriotism flow free
frem the beginning. It is best while the
endeavor TO check it may be productive
of the delightful result of le2sening the
Jacobsonian outflow of eloquence during
the weary days of the session, not even
that unquesttonable gain should interfere
with letting the devoted taxpayer enjoy
the conviction which comes to Kim ben
nial,y around the early days of January,
that his interests are of prime concern
to the wise men whom he chooses to en-
act his laws.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-01-12
AN 1NDo-CH1NEsE EMPIRE.

It is safe to assume that England is
really opposed to & dismemberment of
China. She has by far the bulk of
China foreign trade now and under the
principle of the open doerghe might hope
to retain it, while dismeu.be. ment would
mean the exclusion of her commerce
from vast areas At the same time she
is probably not in position to prevent dis
memberment should the other powers
insist thereupon; and that they may so
England will see to it that she gets her
share, and she expects the lions share.
England claims the valley of the Yang
tse-Kiang and the country south of it,
covering in ali about one-ffth as much
area as the United States and having a
population of at least EO),O0O 600. Eng,a
claims this territory mainly on the
strength of her railroad and mining con-
ressions-and great country it is. The
Yang-tse is one of the largest rivers in
the world, upon which big ocean steam
ers can sail as far as from New York
to Chicago, while small steamers go in
land as far as Salt Lake is distant from
Boston, and the number of navigable
tributaries is numerous.
AS an empire, agricultural, mineral, in
dustriai, this region has few equals. It
is the garden of the world, devoted to the
culture of tea, silk and rice. 1t contains
coal fields equal to those of Pennsyl-
Yania, and it's deposits of iron ore are
among the richest in the world It con-
tains any number of cities that count
their population by the hundred thou
sands, and not a few by the million
It will he noticed that this region
borders upon The great British Indian
empire which, together would form one
continuous mass of territory, British
Indo-C Chinese empire with some $50, 0Co coo
Inhabitants.
In course of time all this territory win
be covered with a network of railroads.
To offset the Russian transcontinental
railway in Siberia a British railway has
through Southern Asia to Shanghai.
The prop osed route is from Suez through
Northern Arabia to the head of the
Persian Gulf; thence through Southern
Persia to India, where it is to use exist
ing lines through Northern India to
China down the Yang-tse- Kiang AS this
line would also connect with another rail
way which German capital is building
through Asia Minor from Ccnstantinople
to the head of the Persian Gulf, it would
establish railroad connections between
Western Europe and all of Southern and
Southea stern Asia.
1t would mean wonderful empire so
wonderful that the Russian Bear would
spend most of his time watching it and
licking his chops. Undoubtedly it is IN
view of this prospective appetite of the
Fear that England is cultivating her all
lance with Germany.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-01-12
REaUIRED-A eUID Pro eUo.

When this country first announced the
Monroe doctrine, it was really intended
for our own protection more than any
thing else. The Holy Alliance was pre-
pairing to reconquer the Spanish-Amer-
lean countries, and if that plan had sue
ceeded. our own freedom would have
been in immediate danger. But the
Holy Alliance is ancient history and ex-
cepting the nearer parts, the West In
dies and the north coast of South Amer
ica all the rest might go into European
possession without the least danger to
our OWL position. AS a matter of SELF
defense the Monroe. doctrine. therefore,
no longer has any value for US, at least
as far as the southern part of South
America is concerned If we are to con-
tinue protecting those countries from Eu-
ropeaH aggression, it is no more than
fair for us to ask some commercial adj
yantages in return. If they are not will
ing to favor us in the matter of trade,
the thing for us to do is to let them
drift and shift for themselves. They will
soon come begging for our protection
and be glad to get it at any cost.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-01-12
1T SHOULD Pc sroppED.

Inc counsel who appeared before the
supreme court of New York in behalf of
the provident Mr. Wertheimer, of Lon
don and Paris, must be regarded as an
uncouth specimen of the American aG-
vocate. He INDUCED himself in such
language touching the Count Bonf de
Castellane, as would bring pain even to
the breast of the least sensitive young
lady of American parentage who might
be contemplating admission into the
ranks of European aristocratic society.
Why would such distinguished repre-
sentative of one of the most exalted
families of Europe, of luxurious tastes
and fiery temper, such as the young
count indisputably is, be subjected to
such vulgar abuse? Supposing he does
choose to blow himself s125,OO for a ward
robe or $4,000 or even 100000 for com
mode. and then proceeds to stand off his
creditor-that circumstance of itself
should not be regarded as affording war
rant for abuse such as might be imposed
on an ordinary American deadbeat, nor
operate to reduce his personal expendt-
ture to the vile level of a common Areri-
can millionaire
When an ordinary man, without the So
cial advantages of long line of more
or less predatory ancestry, engages him
self in the dissipation of his wife patrl-
mony there may be some excuse fer a
vulgar attorney to refer to him as a
scamp. But if such language is to be ap
piled to the representatives of the pa
trician families of Europe with mar
riageable sons, all of whom. or the young
er members of which at any rate, might
be regarded as available to the advances
of some modest and well-to-do young
American miss, the inquiry naturally
suggests itself how we Americans can
lock forward with any reasonable degree
OF expectation to the day when the blood
of European royalty will course so gen
orally in the veins CT the younger gen
erattons that such a change in our po-
ltical institutions as viii give US the
titles of nobility that our daughters now
go across the ocean In search Of will be
inevitable
Let Mr.. Wertheimer collect his calm
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-01-12
PERTINENT OR PARTLY so.


Kansas has, restored capital punish
ment. The legislators may have thought
that death, in Kansas, was preferable
to strenuous life. I@' ssa
The United States consul at Cologne
has received his eXequatur. If he had
been clerk at the capitol it would have
been just the bounce" but thew have
big words in Cologne.
The royal spanker seems to be at yarge
in the imperial household of China. An
important dispatch from the imperial
kindergarten to the enterprising press of
America says: Sen Wen Pao, Chinese
heir apparent, was given forty bamboo
strokes for not paying due respect to the
emperor. The empress dowager ac,
quieSced
Now a medical man claims to cure
consumption by decomposed light SINH
liza similibus curantur. What is tubercu-
losis of the lungs anyway, but decompos-
ed light. R
Mayor Ames, of Minneapolis. has an
orderly to escort him and protect him
from personal violence There are other
people in Minneapolis who need police
protection more than the mayor-who are
not getting it.
A Minneapolis policeman left $4,000
when he died. No wonder it was easv
to find 110 men who were willing to 20
on the force at SIS a month.
The Booz Inqutry-Did you swear off
New Years.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-01-12
rRGE TT FORWARD.


Senator Stockwell has done well in tax
ing action so promptly in the direction of
securing the election of United States
senators. The demand for a change
in the existing machinery has become
widespread among the people, and the
evil OF the present system is recognized
as involving a national evil.
In most of the reforms relating to
the exercise of civil rights by the people
which the progress of the past half CEN
fury has brought about the state OF Min
nesota has been always well in the lead.
There is no reform at the present mo-
ment the need of which is more generally
recognized than that which will make the
federal senators TO be chosen by the pop
ular vote II has been urged persistently
for two decades past; and the renewed
scandals attending the present system
has brought the question to the point
now where neither branch of congress can
afford to ignore the demand OF the
country
It has become impossible practically for
any citizen reputed to be wealthy to ap-
pear as a candidate for the position of
senator without having the imputation
attach to him that he is seeking cleo
ton by dishonorable means If men of
wealth have abused their positions in
this respect IN the past there is no rea-
son why those of them who aspire to ex-
allied public position should not be al
lowed to enter upon the realization of
their ambitions in that regard without
such suspicion attaching to them
Money is necessarily a factor in all
elections. 1t is regarded as being almost
the only effective factor in senatorial
elections. No such state of things could
exist were the people allowed through
the ballot box to pass upon the claims of
different candidates for senator 1t is
possible to corrupt a legislature and
thereby elect the candidate for senator
who accomplishes the corruption. 1t Is
not possible to corrupt an entire people:
and any candidate for senator under the
popular plan of election who was under
stood as relying on his money would soon
find that his money was a det.tment
rather than an advantage to him.
The early adoption of the necessary
joint resolution by our legislature Will
materially speed the time when the pres
ent stain upon the American good name
resulting from the corruption which has
attended the election of rich men as SEN
ators will be wiped out. The Globe
sincerely hopes that Senator Stockwel
VIII do everything IN his power, and
mat lie Will have the cooperation of
Of every member of the Ramsey lesisla-
tive delegation, to secure the early adon-
ton Of the necessary action on his pro-
posaL