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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-01-11
SOME ENORMOUS INCOMES.

The Anderson resolution to investi-
gate and report upon the fees received
by the Auditor and Secretary of State
will prove popular, unless all signs
be at fault 1t is well known that the
receipts of these two officers are some
thing enormous, though the public
generally probably has very little idea
of just how enormous they are. From
the best information it seems the Of
flee of Secretary Of state is worth $685.
600 a year, exclusive of fees which
the Secretary is enabled to make by
being appointed attorney for foreign
corporations chartered in this State,
which adds a number of thousand
more. During the year just passed
there were eleven hundred charters is
sued by the Secretary of State, and as
his fees are some six or eight dollars
per charter, it will be readily seen that
his income from that source alone is
one that is entirely out of proportion
to the Importance and responsibility
of the position. Then there are the
fees that come in by reason of the is
suance of notarial commissions, and
a whole lot more fees that the Secre-
tary gets, all going to make up an in
come that is far in excess of anything
ever contemplated by the men who
made the law under which they are
collected and much farther beyond
what the people would allow if they
knew the facts
1t seems RIDICULOUS for the Secretary
of State, a mere ministerial officer, 20
make more money out of his office
than would pay the salaries of the
Governor and the four members of the
Supreme Court put together, and yet
that is the state of the case, only
that the salaries mentioned would not
in three years equal what the Secre-
tary gets N one year.
Then why not investigate the mat
ter, find out what lne fees amount to-,
and pass law requiring that certain
portion of them be converted into the
State treasury. Or. better still pay
the Secretary stated salary and turn
all the fees into the treasury.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-01-11
THE M0SQJITO THE GUILTY
WRETCH.

The American commission in Cuba
investigating the causes of propagation
of yellow fever germs, has settled upon
the mosquito as the chief agent All
the evidence went to fasten upon the
ferocious blood-sucker from the
swamps the deadly guilt of yellow fever
contagion.
A series of experiments with infect
ed yellow fever bedding and clothing
seemed to show that contagion did not
come from that source, as has been gen.
orally supposed heretofore But wher-
ever the prc5oscis of Mr.. Mosquito WAS
put in evidence there promptly deveI-
oped the yellow fever.
This places the brand of gHilt where
it belongs and constitutes a new count
in the indictment against the pestifer-
Gus song0ird of the summer night.
This much being proved on the mos
quito the query naturally suggests it
self how much else in this line is he
responsible for? Can he carry, also,
smallpox germs around on his insidious
bill, and if so. how are we to quaran-
tine against him?
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-01-11
ANOTHER DISTURBER.

The bill introduced by Mr. Anderson
to lower the tax rate for State purposes
from 25 cents to 20 cents on the hum
Qred dollars valuation will stir up
storm of considerable magnitude. The
Republicans are already laying their
pipes for an increase instead of re-
duction they have adopted plans of
state government that call for the eX
penditure of great sums of money, and
they are not going to surrender them
without fight. This means, of course,
the bosses, and for the present at least
the bosses are the Republican party.
They believe that the proper thing to
do when people have money is to take
as much of it for government expenses
as they will stand to be touched for
and they are going to have this Legis-
lature make the touch. Mr.. Anderson
says the Republicans are saying so
much about prosperity and the increase
in values in the State, that he thinks it
time the people were reaping some
benefit therefrom.
The same bin proposes to increase
the rate of taxation for free schools
from ten cents on the hundred dollars
to rs cents on the hundred dollars. The
reason Mr.. Anderson gives for this is
that the constitution says taxes must
be equal and uniform throughout the
State. and that the Legislature shall
provide for an efficient school system.
Both these provisions are violated in
the present law, for one many pays %
cents school tax and his children have
nine months schooling. while another
pays 90 cents and his children have
four months schoonng per year.
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THE AUDITORS INCOME.

The same reason applies with al
most equal force to the Office of aud
itor. This Office is, of course, one of
more responsibility and the fees do
not amount to so much, but it is not
Of such overwhelming responsibility
as to call for an income running away
beyond that of the Governor, or any
other State official, and that is what
the Auditors pay does at present writ
ing. 1t is supposed that this office
now pays in the neighborhood of
twenty thousand dollars year, and
everybody knows there is nothing in
the demands OF the office that entities
the holder to anything like that much
money.
And one tough thing about both
these offices is that whenever the work
increases so much that an additional
clerk is needed, though the increase
means merely an increase in the re-
ceipts that go to the holder of the Of
fee the State is expected to pay, and
does pay, the salary of the additional
clerk
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THE ONLY WAY TO REFORM.

After all is said and done the fact re-
mains that if there is to be any re-
form of the city government or any
attempt to do away with the pestilent
fake hotels" etc, which are crying
shame to the city and the most pro-
life source of corruption both of NOR
ais and good government, it will never
be done by the very element under
whose regime especially in Council
these things have fiourished and grown
to their present enormous and far
reaching extent.
1t is equally plain that reform cannot
come through any independent move
ment such as that inaugurated by the
Committee of One Hundred with the
very best intentions, since no matter
how honest the committee may be in
their efforts for reform, both candi-
dates and a very large portion of the
people openly and strongly antagonize
what they regard as impertinent and
unwarranted interference in city pol
itics.
In view of this situation, which is
the real situation, much as certain mis-
taken and ill-advised spokesman for
the committee would like to blind
themselves to the fact, anything like
reform can be accomplished only by
those opposed to the element respon-
sible for present conditions uniting on
the only set or candidates besides the
regular ring ticket who stand the
ghost of a show for election, namely,
those of the Democratic ticket.
But we are told, The Democrats
will be no better than the Republi
cans" 1t is easy to make this charge
but not so easy to substantiate it.
Under Democratic rule in the past
nothing like the present outrageous
condition of things existed and there
was considerable and successful effort
at honest and economical government
and due regard for moral conditions.
There is no reason why Democratic
rule which has not been found want
ing In the past, will not be found
equally competent in tie future. Is it
not worth trial, especially since it is
the only practicable alternative to the
return OF the present ring to power?
If the Democratic ticket is not elected
the old majority or majority open to
the same old influences will be and
they will promptly and with reason
consider their election an endorsement
of their wretched shortcomings and
likewise of their policy of winking
at the immoral fake hotels" and other
fiourishing evils.
The only way to reform these things
is to turn out those responsible for
them and the only way to do that is to
elect Democrats.
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THE CONGRESSIONAL REAPPOR-
TiONMENT.

In view of the Congressional reappor-
tionment the old evil of partisan gerry
ment the old evil of partisan gerry
Wandering by which the party in power
in each State aims to get more than it's
rightful share of representation by in
genious carving of the Congressional
districts. comes prominently to the
front again. 1t is probably impractic-
able for Congress to prevent the State
Legislatures from doing this, but it is
not impossible for Congress to provide
that no district should have a popula-
ton of more than 10000 in excess of
any other district of the same State.
said districts also to be composed of
compact and contiguous territory" as
the Hopkins bill provides.
This would insure what is most de-
sirable. equality of representation, and
go as far as possible in the direction
OF preventing gerrymandering.
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MAJORITY
WILL BE- FORCED 70 PUT
ITSELF ON THE RECORD
Continued From First Page.


Kenney, of Calhoun county, providing
for an Investigation of the two asy-
lums and the institution for the deaf.
dumb and blind is directed principally
against the Weston Asylum, and
means that unless the Republican ma
jority smashes it by weight of its
avoirdupois the Stathers business is
again to have a searching inquisition.
And it is doubtful if the powers that
be-and want to continue to be-can
muster strength to choke it off. The
people all over the State feel that.
there is something very wrong about
the asylum, and it will take some
strong bossism to keep their represen-
tatives from relieving their demand
for knowledge by making thorough
investigation
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tiles we're forthcoming, and it Is not
clear how these are to be secured. As
Carnegie already has road to the lake
which now hauls empty cars one way,
his new venture at Conneaut will nicely
balance the traffic of this carrier with
small increase in hauling expenses.
Meanwhile, Pittsburg is red-faced
with excitement over the desertion of
that field by the Carnegies and the ac-
Acknowledgement it involves of the SUI
periority of the lake shore site for
certain purposes. With its congested
traffic and overcrowded condition of it's
industries Pittsburg must now play sec
ond to Wheeling in point of advantage
as a manufacturing centre. ,-4
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MOUNDSVILLE.
Events Yesterday in the Marshall
County City.

events Yesterday in the MarshaI1
County City.
James O'Connell. of Morton avenue,
is seriously Ill.
H ]. link. prominent merchant OF
Powhatan, Ohio, was here yesterday.
John H. Brantner has returned from
a business trip to Cannonsburg, Penn
sylvania.
J. K. Chase, ex-assessor of the Sec
ond district, was in the city on busi-
ness yesterday,
Services Will be held in the Catholic
church next Sunday at $3.50 a. m. and
at Cameron the same day at 10 a. m.
and 1880 p. N.
The street commissioner won the
everlasting gratitude of our people
ings with the hose. On the paved
streets the mud is about two inches
and rising rapidly, but il the crossings
are kept clean, the people can cross
without fear of drowning.
Squire Pierce yesterday tried Friend
Williams, fourteen-year-old boy on
charge of asSaulting and beating
Buelah Alley, a seven-year-old girl.
The evidence was not sufficient and
the boy was dismissed. The trouble
grew out of a quarrel among some
school children, the boy boxing the
girls ears.
Just at present there appears to be
an epidemic Of grip in this city. There
is a large number of its victims and
the list increases daily. Some OF those
who at present are suffering with 1t
are D. B. Evans. DR.. Hall and daugh-
ter, County Clerk Lewis, j. II. Nc
Gill. Fred Frey, A. j. McElroy and
Mrs. Elmer Henderson.
Persons VINO are compelled to walk
to the Ohio River depot wonder why
the city does not establish a ferry
line or bridge over the mud lake that
the people are now compelled to wade
through to reach the depot. With
the disreputable shanty called de-
pot and the lake to cross TO reach il.
it is as great blot on the town as the
Eighth street pond.
Abel Policy and his son, Milligan.
Of Hog Run, were taken to the coun-
ty infrmary yesterday. The father is
about eighty years of age and the SON
is past fifty. They were taken to the
infirmary two years ago, but when the
warm weather came they returned TO
their former home, saying that H.
food furnished at the poor farm-;dId
not suit ter refined tastes.
A few nights ago a prominent c;tt-
zen of Toms Run, an eastern subnrh
with his family went to a peiphhor..
to spend the evening Shortly aftar h..
had gone neighbor heard a terr,hIs
NOISE DIT ms mouse ana has|ening at
ter the farmer told him thai bnreIar.
were trying to get into It's homo
Hastily arming themselves Nth clphs
and such other weapons as we're con !
venient, they cautiously returned to-
the farmers residence, where bis tw
faithful dogs had something cora
ed in the coal house. The paraA0 Is
a rush to capture the supposed burg
lar, but great was their chagrin when
the found the family COW, which had
escaped from her stable and walked
into the coal house.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-01-11
MURDERER HANGED.

GREENsBURG. Pa, January 1o-John
]. Saddler. convicted of the murder Of
Stewart McCune, on July S. 1899. was
hanged in the court court yard at 10.23
o'clock this morning
Death resulted In nine minutes from
strangulation. Saddler and McCune quar-
relied over a keg of beer. and Saddler was
badly beaten. Later he procured a gun.
laid in waiting for McCune. and as he
came out OF his home. shot him dead.
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APPEARED IN POLICE COURT.

Special to the Register,
PARKERSBURG, w. Va, January TO-
Warrants were sworn out this morning
by Chief of Police Cook for Councilmen
Smith and Lyons, who met in fistic COM
bat in the council chamber last night.
DR.. Lyons, who was the aggressor. was
at the police court at once and plead
guilty. paying a fine OF $3.50. and being
released. Mr.. Smith appeared and plead
not guilty. His case was set for to-mor-
row, when he will make defense.
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DIED SUDDENLY.

NEW ORLEANS. January 10.--Major
Nat Burbank, Of the Picayune, widely
known as a dramatic critic and as the
author Of the humorous column Of that
paper. died suddenly in a street car to-
day. He came here with the northern
army during the civil war. and had been
associated with the Picayune for many
years.
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KILLED BY AN ENGINE.
Special to the Register.

Special to the Register
KEYSER, w. Va. January I0-At
Thomas at o'clock this morning. Lee
Harsh, a young man aged 20. day hostler
at the West Virginia Contract Railway
roundhouse. was struck by engine No.
50 and ground literally to pieces. He
stepped off one track to escape No. IS, the
engine which killed Lewis and Danford
Monday night, in front of 81 This acct
dent happened less than two hundred
yards from where two civil engineers
were killed Monday.
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INQUEST NOT NEEDED.
cIal to the REGISTER.

Special to the Register
PARKERsBCRG. W. Va. January 10
The coroner has decided that no inquest
will be necessary In the case Of Walter
Stewart. found dad on the river bank
yesterday. He thinks Stewart fell in an
apoplectic fit and his face falling In soft
mud, he was suffocated before he came
TO- He had been absent from his compan-
ions but short time and there was no
opportunity for murder.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-01-11

The Burleigh plan of reapportion-
ment had the bulge on the Hopkins
bill since under its provisions no
State loses while there are twenty
nine new members, of which the South
gains ten. This isn't exactly reform.
but all the favored sections as well as
all those threatened by the Hopkins
measure at once flocked to its support.
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WILSON NEEDS A BRACE.

Unless Speaker Wilson gets quick
brace on himself. and acquires lot of
parliamentary knowledge mighty sud
denly the House is going to run away
with MIN one of these fine mornings
Already Martin, of Kanawha, has de-
veloped the intention of making kind
of go-as-you-please race of the House
proceedings. and the Speaker will have
TO adopt iron hand tactics TO hold him
in line.
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NOT RELEASED RECENTLY.

To the Editor of the Register.
WESTON, W. Va. January e-I notice
In your paper OF the sth communicate ton
from Elkins. w. Va, stating that John
Beard. a recent inmate o. the Insane
Asylum. who had been discharged as
cured. had murdered man by the name
OF John Philips. John Beard was not re-
Gently discharged from this institution
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PAINTERS FATALLY HURT.

Special to the Register.
CHARLESTON. W. Va. January 10
The scaffold upon which E. B. Hundley
and John Mason were painting the power
house of the Wilson Aluminium Company,
at Kanawha Falls. to-day, broke and the
men were precipitated to the ground. IS
feet. Hundleys skull was crushed and
Mason had leg broken and internal in
juries. Both were taken to Paint Creek
Hospital and will likely die from their in
iuries.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-01-11
IMPURE FOOD STUFFS
Alleged to Have Been Sold by East
Liverpool Grocers.

Special to the Register.
EAST LIVERPOOL, O., January 10.
Martin Cowan, of Bellaire, deputy
State food inspector, has filed affidav-
it's in the court of Justice McLane, al
leging that Edwin Oppelt and the
American Cash Grocery Company sold
impure merchandise. Cowan, after
buying goods and having tests made
of them, filed the affidavits.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-01-11

Those kidnappers who spirited
away the eighteen-year-old son of an
Alabama tax collector, made rather
startling innovation. They may next
steal the tax collector himself, which
maybe wouldn't be regarded as an If
reparable loss to the community.
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FOR MANUFACTURING.

Special TO the Register.
TORONTO, Ohio. January lo.-At Port
Homer Station. north of this place.
Pittsburg parties, through an agent. have
secured options on 100 acres Of ground for
manufacturing purposes.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-01-11

The army canteen is to be corked up.
The outside doggeries, however, which
infest the neighborhood of every army
post and are forty times more harmful
than the official canteen, will flourish
all the more The victory over the
canteen is no victory for Temperance in
the army.
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CONDITION OF THE TREASURY.

WASHINGTON, January 10-To-day's
statement Of the treasury balances in the
general fund, exclusive OF the si5o,o0gso
gold reserve in the division Of redemption,
shows: Available cash balance. yli2, 49,
49,: gold, $50. i28,3i4.
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RUBBING OF A SHOE
On Mr.. SteeFs Great Toe Caused
Blood Poisoning and Ultimate

Blood Poisoning and Ultimate
Death.
READING, Pa, January 10.-Walter
Steel, one of the founders of the Car
penter steel works, died last night af-
ter an illness Of five weeks, from blood
poisoning and gangrene.
Several months ago the large toe of
Mr. Steel's left foot became infamed
as the result of irritation caused by
the shoe. Mr.. Steel paid little atten-
ton to it, but about five weeks ago
the member began to cause him great
pain and became considerably swol-
len. Mr.. Steel went to a physician and
began a treatment, but he grew stead
lily worse
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-01-11

Few deaths have been recorded as due
directly to the disease. but the general
increase in pneumonia, which has its IN
ception IN the grip. is causing much
alarm.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-01-11

Special 10 the Register.
WASHINGTON, January 10. G.
McCluer. of Parkersburg, W. Va. has
been admitted to practice before the
United States Supreme Court.
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REGISTER AGENCIES.

WHERE THE REGISTER CAN BE
PURCHASED OUT OF TOWN.
CHARLESTON. w. Va. - Richardson
Book Store. Capitol Street, opposite
postoffice. Hotel Ruffner News Stand
WASHINGTON, D. c. Queen News
Stand National Hotel.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-01-11

Wheeling's streets, with no extra ex-
pense, might easily be the cleanest in
the country. Why are they the filth
lest?
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-01-11

When Carnegie gcbbles what is left
of the iron business the people will be-
gin to learn what real extortion is
The U. S. government in its armor-
plate experience knows how the noted
philanthropist can pile on the price
when he has monopoly.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-01-11

One thing that has promptly follow
ed the flag to all our new possessions
is the gin-mill.
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AS to Senator Marcum-it's a good
radiance.
Winter seems to have been sidc-
tracked.
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What branch of iron manufacture is
safe from the grasp of Carnegie?
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-01-11

To the B. of P. W.: Wake up! Gel
out your hose!
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President Mckinley has the grip.
There are others.
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DEMOCRATIC CITY TICKET.

For Mayor,
ANDREW T. SWEENEY.
For City Clerk,
FRED. w. COLMAR.
For City Sergeant,
JOHN S. RITZ.
For Wharfmaster.
JEFFERSON FRAME.
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long after Quay himself is dead and
his monument obliterated by time,
Pennsylvania will rise superior to
Quayism At present she glories in
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Maybe one Of these days toward the
latter end of the Twenty-first Century