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The age-herald., 1901-05-26
HOW THE BIRMINGHAM
 STREETS ARE WORKED
The Mayor Talks About the
 City's Teams OPPOSES CONTRACT WORK Thinks the City With a Few More Teams Could Remove It's Own Garbage-Talks About the
 Dust Devil.

"I have always thought that the streets of the city should be cleaned by the city, and that the work should not be let by contract,' said Mayor Drennen yesterday in speaking to an Age-Herald reporter about the condition of Birminghams streets. At present the city has a con- tract for removing all its garbage and pays one thousand dollars a month for this work. The present condition of the streets demonstrates that his work can not be done satisfactorily to our citizens by contract.
 q think the City Council can do this work better and more satisfactorily, as well as cheaper, and that the saving in one year on the present cost of the work will pay any additional outfit required to do 1t.
The age-herald., 1901-05-26
THE CITY.

Bank cIearances.-Bank clearances yesterday were $115,81l.13.
The age-herald., 1901-05-26

Feb Gathright lnjured.-While rid ing on Thirteenth street Friday after noon Feb Gathright was thrown from his bicycle. He was painfully injured about the head and knees, and it was found necessary to call physician to dress his wounds.
The age-herald., 1901-05-26

Will Receive PIans.-It is announced by the committee appointed by the Mayor and Board of Aldermen to re- ceive plans for a school building at East Lake that they are ready to give reception to proposals. All plans must be submitted by June 2. The building will cost about $15,000.
 Miss PIesner's Accompaniment.- Miss Julia Plesner, at the request of Capt. H. F. BrideweH, father of Miss Carrie Bridewell, played the accom- paniment for the latter, and Mrs. H. H. Sinnige at the Confederate Veter- ans benefit concert Friday night. Miss Plesner is not only pianist of supe- rior merit, but understands perfectly how to accompany a singer. This is quite an art in itself and is by no means understood by every pianist.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-01-06
EIkins StiIl ruvors DRY"

Special to the Register
KEYSER, w. Va, January 5.-For the
third successive time the town of Elkins
voted dry" Two years ago when the
town went dry as the results of the act
i've campaign by the ladies of the Wom-
ans Christian Temperance Union, cor
poration known as South Elkins was
formed just across the river on an ex-
tension of the principal street of the town
and license was granted. So lucrative
has grown the business of the two sa-
looms operated in South Elkins that dur
ing the past two years the saloon keepers
have Joined in the with the anti-liquor
element to prevent the granting of license
on the EIkins side of the river. with the
result that the town is to be dry for an
other year, the majority voting against
license being 46. The Citizens ticket de-
feated the Republican ticket by 100 votes,
the officers elected being as. follows:
Mayor, j. II. Fout; recorder. N. 1. Hall:
councilmen, L. S. G. Haddix, II. l.. Shat
fer, w. W. Mills. James Hanley, Sr. and
]. H. Stevens, Sr.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-01-06

and wrestled with the White Ascot,
and gummed his hair down and rub
bed little Scent on himself so as to
be as Offensive as possible. and went
down to Mingle. He gave every one
the high-up Handshake, and said he
was Awfully Glad to see her, and
leaned and Nodded and carried on
as natural as possible. 1t was
Flying Start and a good Getaway.
His Wife stood back, her eyes pop
ping with Pleased Surprise, for a
Woman always likes TO Exhibit her
Husband if he has been trained for
the Show Ring.
This Husband was set on making a
full Afternoon of it, after going to all
the Trouble of changing Clothes and
having his Hair cut He was there
TO help Entertain the Guests If it was.
in him. So he slowly circulated
about the Room, looking for the
Right One who would probably meet
him Half Way When. he spotted
the Young Widow with the Coaxing
Dimples and the haunting smile, he
said to himself that he could do no
better, for she was the Town Talk.
He knew that it was Great to sit in
and hold conversational Daily with
one having the Beauty inseparabIe
from Youth, and at the same time a
Prudent Audacity resulting from enc
Inning of Mafrimony. So he put him-
self alongside of her and told her she
was All Right. and began to make
Spicy Observations He had heard
that one is permitted certain Lati-s
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-01-06
A 5o-cENr DOLLAR FOR FILrp1Nos.


The scheme of the administration
for doing away with the use of the
Mexican dollar in the Philippines Is to
coin for exclusive use there silver
piece about the size of our silver dol
lar, containing an amount of silver
worth about 45 cents. These are to be
sold in unlimited quantities to any one
who will pay fifty cents apiece for
them and in this sort of currency the
American soldiers there are to be paid,
receiving the rate of two for one.
The main idea is to increase the
evidences of American sovereignty in
the daily life of the people, and Secre-
tary Gage stands sponsor for the plan,
which is also intended to relieve the
stringency caused by the scarcity of
Mexican silver dollars 1t is expected
that for some time to come there will
be demand for 100000 or SO, 900 900
worth per month of the new coins,
which are expected to drive the Next
can dollar out of circulation there,
having less silver in it than the Mexi-
can coin.
This innovation will add another
feature to our already highly compli-
Gated currency system, besides adding
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-01-06
A PARTIAL CHANGE
In Text Books Made NY the Board OF
Harrison County.

Special to the Register.
CLARKsBURG. va. January 81
The school book board of Harrison
county met Wednesday to adopt text
books for use in the schools of this
county The following books were re-
adopted: Montgomery's U. 8. History.
Myers General History and Copy books
published by CHM & Co.; Cutters Phy~j
siologies, published by J. b. Lippinoottl
& Co.; Meseryeys Bookkeeping and
Brooks Mental Arithmetic. published by
Thompson. Brown & Co.
The language books and Civil Govern
ment now in use were changed. CHM 81
Cos. Mother Tongue" being adopted ir5
place of Hyde's Language Lessons, ans
Peterman's Civil Government. published
by the American Book Co.. being adopted
in place of Dole's American Citizen
The board deferred action upon Geo.
graphies and State History until I'M
March.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-01-06

CURRENT pOETRY.
THE ssow.

THE Snow.
For the Register.
Hurry, skurry, come the snowflakes,
With the wind they're gaily dancing.
Hitler, thither. round about now:
Merriment they are enhancing.
Down, then up again they're flying.
Hardly know which way they're going;
So excited they are seeming,
But they know that they are showing.
So they need not go sedately,
To the window-pane they're flying;
But. alas, their Ieet are melting
And they're slipping down and dying.
Why did they not stay with nature,
And not seek mans habitation?
For they should not have been thinking
There to find much appreciation
Heller. SHELTER, some are flying
On the trees and there are sitting,
Robing them in snowy garments,
Though some don't seem TO be fitting,
For the wind comes, blows them onward
To the ground. which they may cover;
But some are so lofty minded,
Round tne house-tops they will hover.
Fitting it with caps of snowfakes.
Pretty. fleeey hood they're making,
And they are so much delighted
That they think no risk they re taking.
But they'll surely have a falling.
When the bright sun gets to shining,
And to tears they'll then be turning
To the ground will be inclining.
Martini Shepard LippincOtt.
Moorestown, N j.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-01-06
Modern Fables


he did while paTtaking Of Brick Ice
Cream and listening to Stories
about the Pastor.
He got many raps because of his
evident desire to Duck on the Fes-
tlvities. Very often his Wife would
give him a Turning Over for his
Failure to Show Up. She ve>uld ask
him why he could not be like Mr..
So-and-So, who always helped his
Wife pass the Tea, and who went
from one Woman to another with
neat little Compliments about her
Gown and the way her Hair was
Done Up. The Husband replied that
if he had to be the same as Mr.. So
and-So In order to make himself
Parlor Favorite, he hoped that he
would continue to be merely one of
the Also Rams. In lis opinion, the
Husband she had set UP as a Shining
Example was a feather-brained
Gussie. who ought to be Drummed
Out of the Community. He said he
had no Use for Married Man big
enough to pull a Dray who carried
a Pocket Handkerchief inside of his
Cuff. and loved to sit around and
Chat about Point Lace and Painting
on China. If she wanted that kind
of an Article around the House she
had better pull the Rope and ask
for Transfer.
She came back by saying that she
would just as soon see Gentleman
making himself agreeable to Convey
of Refined Ladies as to see him of
in Club with lot Of Passenger
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-01-06

Agents and Horse Breeders, pulling
for Table Stakes and furnishing
Manhattans. Furthermore, she
thought things had come to
Pretty Pass when Husband would
sneak in the Back Way and crawl
up stairs to avoid meeting his Wife's
Guests in the Front of the House.
She nagged him until he decided
that he would go in for her kind of
run just to Keep Peace in the Fam
lily.
One day when the Street in front
of his House was damned with
Coupes and Broughams and there
was Strip Of Red Carpet trailed
down the Front Stoop, just to give
the Place a Tone, he came Home
early and got into his Frock. He
enjoyed an Afternoon Makeup al
most as well as he would have en-
joyed Suit OF ArEnor. The only
men in America who. feel at Home
in coat that has a long Skirt to it
are a few who have been up and
down Fifth Avenue so often that
they don't care what they wear.
This poor Man despised hin. self
whenever he was in Ministerial
Toys. He always was feeling for
the Side Pockets. When he caught
a Glimpse Of Himself in the Mirror,
he realized that he was Ringer for
the Neat Artist who comes out in
the Variety Show to play on the
Sleigh Bells and the Tin Cans.
But it was up to him to please his
Wife. so he got into his Long Suit
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-01-06

and lsa pnuvfdea u satisfactory asnet
il case 81 failure The lack OF the
latter commodity caused serious din
culties to many an old-establis
London lirm this week It is doubt
full, however, IL such q conservative
body as the Stock Exchange win bring
itself to adopt a change so radical.
Few smillionaires in England or 9TH
'er countries live In such princely style
as Mr.. Whitaker Wright, the moving
spirit in the collapsed London aud
Globe group. In London he has min
iature palace in Park Lane, in the
drawing room of which is picture Of
the famous Cabiner~du Roi of Louis
XIV. At Godalming he owns a country
seat worthy of Monte Cristo, on which
six hundred workmen are now engaged
in beautifying. 1t contains costly
fountains and statuary brought from
Italy. Wright's stables alone cost
small fortune. They have upholstered
oak and leather settees and polished.
gun metal fittings, while valuable
paintings and bas-reliefs adorn the
stalls. His private yacht is fitted up
with similar luxurianee. Everything
he owned had to be of the best. To
crafty this desire there was no stint
in expenditure
Both Mr. Howard Abel. of Chicago,
and Mr.. Henry C. Davis. of New York,
the agents of Mr. Charles T. Yerkes.
are now installed in London, busily en-
gagged in pushing the underground rail-
read work. which they hope to have
in good shape by the time Mr.. Yerkes
arrives here in March. The delays in
the plans for the electrical installation
on the District Underground Railroad
are said to be due to insufficient capt.
tai and have caused a reiteration of the
rumors that Mr. Yerkes will take a
hand in the scheme.
With dozen theatres within short
radius of Trafalgar Square giving two
performances daily and half as many
more giving eight performances week,
London theatre-ogers have no reason
to complain of lack of amusement
New theatres are rapidly springing up
IN all directions, but the managers
complain OF vexatious delays in their
completion.
Lowenfeld's new house, the Apollo,
contiguous TO Days, where, 1t is ex-
pected The Belle of Bohemia will be
produced in few weeks, will be the
future home of many American pro-
auctions.
George C. Mcclellan has just return
ed to London for the purpose OF hurry
ing up the work of the new Adelphi,
which will be opened early in the
spring with one of Morton and Ker-
ker's new plays.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-01-06

tude with Degrees. He was intent
on making it Pleasant for his WifeS
Guests, and he used his Best Judg-
ment. Instead of telling the Widow
that the Weather had been very
Changeable of late, he whispered TO
her that every Single Man in Town
was ready to Marry her at the Drop
of the Hat. She nit him. Twice with
her Fan and began to think he was
not such Dummy after all.
He said if only he was Foot-Loose
probably he would have little Prop
osition TO make to her. Then he
started in to tell her how Crazy she
had all the Fellows he knew. She
became Flushed and said it was Ter
ribie to tell her such Things and to
please go ahead.
1t was a Noble Effort at Entertain
ing, and when she began TO make the
Goo-Goo eyes at him ne did not seem
to mind the Work. They were quite
Wrapped Up in each other. with the
Heads about three-quaFters of an
inch apart. so they did not realize
that ell the Women in the Room
were accommodating Material for a
Rich. succulent Piece OF Gossip.
As the Charming Hostess. who was
compelled to witness the Brazen
Performance for twenty minutes, she
was so RedLHeaded that she was
splashing Tea and upsetting Lady
Fingers all over the Best Table
Cover. When Hubby cooed some
thing right into the tiny Ear Of the
Flirtatious Widow and she gave him
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-01-06
INSANE HospiTAL HORRORS.

The revelation of horrors practiced
in the insane pavilion of Bellevue Hos
pital in New York made by a reporter
for the New York Herald, who by
feigning insanity had himself COM
mitted to that institution, has resulted
in preparations for general shaking
up Of the management and conduct OF
that hospital, which is to undergo
thorough investigation by the medical
authorities and also by the district at
torney's office.
The entire system of Bellevue seems
to be honey combed with rottenness.
The enterprise of the Herald man has
started the ball rolling and resulted in
an avalanche of charges against the
conduct of the institution from many
other sources. Besides the horrible
brutality practiced by the ruffians
serving as nurses and resulting in che
murder of at least one of the helpless
unfortunates intrusted to their tender
mercies, there are charges of harsh
ness, neglect and extortion on the part
of physicians of the hospital, of excess
sive fees collected by officials and
other things that should make plenty
of work for the grand jury. Already
half dozen nurses for the insane have
been expelled, some of whom deserve
hanging or the electrical chair, and the
field for reform seems to be co-exten>
sive with the hospital in all its de-
partments
That such an institution as this, and
especially that part of it designed for
the peculiar care and delicate treat
ment of the most unfortunate class of
the community. whose affection should
appeal most strongly to the sympathy
of humanity, should be the hotbed OF
such monstrous evils as have been
practiced at Bellevue passes the under
standing of the ordinary citizen, yet it
is fact borne out to a considerable
degree by the experience of our own
State that it seems to be the fate es
Decially of institutions for the insane
to be the frequent victims of the
worst and grossest kind of mismanage-
ment.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-01-06
KILLED His sister.

Special to the Register.
PAlRKERSBURG. w. Va, January s..
Mr.. and Mrs. William Chichester, Wild
live five miles from town, were here
to-day doing some shopping, when al
messenger from their home came after
them and finoing them on the street.
informed them that their little daugh-l
ter, Dora, aged fourteen, had been kills
ed by her brother Willie, aged nine.
Dora, Willie and small girl had beenl
left alone in the house and Willie
started to go hunting. He took his
fathers shotgun down from its rack
and as he started through the kitchen,
where the other children we're. It.
struck chair and was discharged
The charge entered just under Dora q
shoulder. and passing through the
heart came out her breast. She died
almost instantly.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-01-06
A NEW YEARS NOTE.


Dear. if 1 ever in a word or thought
Forgive, Forgiveii What hath the
New Years brought?
Just your love-far away.
The world so lonely is without you, dear,
l may not sing or say
How l have hidden from that world the
Which falls for you to-day.
1t had been sweeter-since the world is
And prodigal or grace
That tn this lone singer of thy love had
Ere he had seen thy face.
But since that face is fairer than all
A Right in years or Wrong,
Accept, upon the New Years swift, glad
This Tribute of his song.
L see thee gentle, with thy golden hair,
Whereon the starlight CLEANS,
Bending above thy later image there
Kissed of thy lips to dreams.
VI.
The greet strength of mightier arm
than mine
Comforts thee: Hill and plain,
Mountain and river, make not even
sign
OF one grave in the rain.
VII.
Thou shalt hear then innumerable tones
Soft as the rils sing Sea-
What, in that hour, if far wind means
Over the dust of me?
VIII
| had my day and since my day is done,
With all It's cross and care,
L thank God YOU were fair to look upon,
And that ! loved YOU, dear!
Joy of it all! And when the Night de-
sends
On lonely sea and Shore
Weep not, VIXEN heaven III azure bright
ness bends
For one who comes no more.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-01-06
Robert Howard Russell.

any one who dropped in would be
sure to notice that she was on Close
Terms with the Best of Them. She
used to Bulletin all the doings at her
House in Red Letters foot high,
and then when the Society Reporters
came to get Names and Costumes
and toss few Flights of Fancy at
the Elegant Repast, she would let on
to be Annoyed, and say it was Funny
that One could not have a little
Gathering without the Papers want
ing to know all about it. Still. she
never allowed her Annoyance to get
the Upper Hand of her Judgment,
She always had the Type Written
LIST ready. She preferred that
Nothing Whatever be said about her
Reception, but If the Forward Press
insisted on printing something. they
might say that it was a Rip-sizzer.
and doubtless the most brilliant of
the Season, and the Beautiful Hos
tess were striking Creation in Pale
Mauve Satinette and no Jewelry. ex-
cept as many Diamonds as she had
been able to get together by cutting
down the Gas Statements.
The Husband of this Woman had
no liking for Violet Teas or afternoon
Whist Orgies. When his Wife was
tearing open the Street with one OF
her Social Events, he preferred to
- DoWn Town and get a lictle
rather than 60 Home and Face
fslc. He felt more at ease
swiss Cheese Sandwich in a
Corner IA . German Place than
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-01-06

A the Result Of DecisIon by Juao
y. >. Mansfield.
Special to the Register
CADIZ, Ohio, January ito those
who drink, Cadiz Is as dry as the great
sahara desert. Judge j. s. Mansfield,
of Steu6enville. handed down his de-
cision in the celebrated case of DR.. J..
8. Mclean against j. +. Sears, treasurer
OF Harrison county, to enjoin him from
leyying on his premises to satisfy the
Dow taxes. DR.. Mclean is registered
physician of extensive practice, and he
owns a drug store He claimed in his
defense that he only sold liquor on the
prescriptions OF reputable physicians
and to those under his own treatment.
He produced hundreds OF prescriptions.
County Prosecutor Roland hired six de-
tectives of Columbus and Tiffin to come
ana purchase whisky from the Doctor.
Judge Mansfield, in his decision. held
that the Doctor had no right TO sell on
his own prescription, and that only one
of the many prescriptions produced was
in accordance with the law. The
amount of taxes due the county Is
$500.
The case has attracted no little in
terest. All the "Speakeasies- have
been closed in Cadiz and the owners
made pay taxes ranging from $3.50 to
$1,000, and the physicians were the
only ones left to sell. Now whisky
cannot be had for love nor money. Nc
Bean will take his case to higher
court.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-01-06

WASHINGTON, January 5.--The Gems
sus bureau to-day issued the following:l
The centre of population Is In the
following position:
Latitude-39 degree, 9 hours, SO mln-
utes.
Longitude-S5 degrees. As hours. 81
minutes.
In ten years the centre of population
has moved Westward 16 hours min
ute. about fourteen miles, and south
ward 2 hours 20 minutes. or about
three miles. Tt now rests in Southern
Indiana, at point about seven miles
southeast of the city of Columbus.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-01-06
Population of Three Hundred Mill
ion.


ion.
Washington Star.
Serious thought attaches to some of the
suggestions made in an interview in The
Star by Robert P. Porter, formerly direc-
tor of the census, as to the population of
this country at the beginning of the
twenty-first century. The calculations of
30O,Oo0,OOO souls in the United States
proper is a matter that would alarm the
living 100000 now here if they thought
their lives would be continued to that
time. The possibility of a seething bee
hive of humanity living under present
conditions would be appalling. but few
think that the same conditions will con-
tinue Inventive and scientific man will
change affairs by that time as thorough
ly as they have been changed since the
beginning of the twentieth century. The
magnificent soil of the country will be in
creased in fertility so that one acre will
produce what five now produces Science
Will come to the rescue Of the millions of
additional mouths by chemically prepared
foods that will be healthy and cheap.
The suggestion that the Malthusian
doctrine of the French in the way of
suppressing increase of population may
be adopted by the people of this country
is one that does not seem to be very
threatening in the belief of the present
generation.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-01-06
By George AIDE.

a saucy overland Slap on the FL
bow, the Lady of the House let out
a quick Gasp, and 1t looked for a
Moment as il she would Keel. When
anything like that happens at a
Polite Gathering, no one Notices 1t
until all get Outside and compare
Notes, and then every one has Lit
tie Something To say about H.
The Hostess had the Feminine In
stinct, and she knew that the scam
dalous Going-0n between her Hus-
band and the shameless Widow had
laid the Foundation for more or less
spiteful Guess Work. She was Mad
enough to Scratch and Pull Hair. Not
that she was Jealous Only little
Provoked, that was all.
After all of them had gone and her
Handkerchief was out ana ne was
being raked over the Goals, he waved
his Arms in Despair.
Didn't you want me to Report
here and be Agreeable?'s he demand
ed. Il thought / was Fine and
Daisy. The Widow says she never
saw me give a Flash Of my True
Form before to-day. came here To
pat in my Best Licks at Entertain
ing. | think / did it, on the level.
for the Widow says am Bad Boy.
and she has promised me her Pic
ture in a Iocket-
whereupon his Wife Shrieked and
bounced over into an Armchair,
conpleteIy Out.
Moral Only One in Thousand
ever strikes the Happy Medium