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The Opelousas courier., 1901-05-25

Those who do not regard the sky
scraner-that salient feature OF great
American cities-as a type OF beauty
physical or moral, but rather as an
example Of the ability of massed capl'
tai to profit by natures provisions to
the detriment of the individual, may
he interested in the view taken by a
writer in one of the magazines. he
regards the twenty-one-story block as
the masterpiece of mass, of immensi-
ty. of numbers; with its LAPS windows
and its 497 Offices it expresses, he says,
the city ward tendency which is so
marked a characteristic OF the present
era. It is. the statue Of a crowd"
This is cleverly put, and anyhow, this
kind ia statue" has come to stayc
The Opelousas courier., 1901-05-25

The segregation of alleged "dull"
pupils, as proposed by a Chicago edu-
Gator, would be irrational and unjust,
even il it were not impracticable, for
the reason that the average dull"
pupil is not dull. He simply does not
respond to a fixed, %infiexible course OF
instruction that takes no account OF
varying temperaments and mental en-
dowments. The rational remedy is to
be found In a teacher who has tact
enough and sympathy enough and in
telligence enough to adapt her instruc-
ton each day to the dull" pupil as
well as the bright pupil.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-05-25

A true enemy will tell you of your viz
tues. and others of your faults.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-05-25

The man in Mississippi who does
not pay a poll tax cannot vote or serve
on %juries, and official returns show
that 29,371 white citizens have neglect
ed to pay up this year. This neglect
DISTINGUISHES them for two years. The
privilege of voting, seemingly, Is not
held in very high esteem in Missis-
sippi.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-05-25

The municipal council Of the little
French town of Courteuil is discussing
an ordinance forbidding the wearing
of tall silk hats within it's borders.
The 'stove pipe is condemned in the
argument OF the advocates of the ordi-
nance as a ridiculous headgear"
which by reason of its costliness con-
stitutes a badge of social superiority,
and is, therefore, humiliating to those
whe never wear it. The tall hat, re-
formers declare, sis used only by aris-
tocrats who live and grow fat on the
sweat Of the poor"
The Opelousas courier., 1901-05-25

The birch forests in Maine are being
used up at the rate of thirty-fve mil
lion to forty million feet Of wood each
wear. and that they cannot much long
er stand such a drain. About thirty
two thousand cords are used in turn
ing out eight hundred million spools
annually, each to carry two hundred
wards of thread, and last year about
fifteen million feet of spool bars were
exported from Maine, mostly to Scot
land. and about one-half from Bangor
and several million feet were sent to
snoo, mills in other parts of the United
states where there are spool mills,
notably to Rhode Island.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-05-25

+ The weight of the air which encircles
Ahe earth Is equal to that of 5Sl 900 cubes
n copper, each 1903 yards square.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-05-25

Noting. a suggestion that the British
colonies be called kingdoms, the Mon
treal Herald says: There is not in the
world a more democratic community.
In Canada we have neither the ap-
panages of a court nor the survival Of
a feudal nobility by which to be joined
to the past. We have only a growing
population of Industrious freemen,
knowing no castles or classes, and a
government that is truly by the people
and for the people"
The Opelousas courier., 1901-05-25

Speaking of valuable metals, what
do you say to the newly-discovered
radium? It is said that half a pound
Of it will light an ordinary sized room
for a million years. The present price
is rather a drawback to its general
use, as an ounce of it Is worth $1,000.
However, at that rice, as an illumi'
nant, considering $4,000 in conjunction
with a million years, neither coal oil,
electricity nor the sparklings from a
woman's eyes would be in it.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-05-25

Much money has been expended in
a vain effort to kill out the Canadian
thistle. It has now been discovered
that the fibre of the same can be used
in paper-making, and, for that matter,
in the manufacture of cloth. Instead
of trying to eliminate the thistle, why
not cultivate it? Possibly then it
might disappear, very much to the
chagrin of the would-be c~ultivators.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-05-25

The British War Department asks
for the enormous sum of $4,000, 900
for remounts. Many centuries have
passed since Job spoke of the thunder
with which the neck of the battle
charger of his time was clothed when
he went on to meet the armed men
and was not afrighted, but even now
in the era of the automobile and the
bicycle the horse is by no means obso-
lete in arts of war or Of peace.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-05-25
II You Have Dyspepsia

Pugiiism seems to have a black eye. So
have a good many pugilists.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-02-01
Meaning of the Proclamation.

LONDON, January Sit is now
generally conceded that the wording
OF the proclamation at Pretoria de-
claring King Edward as supreme
lord OF and over the Transvaal," was
deliberately designed to promote con-
Citation. Special significance is at
tached to the fact that the Times
prints a letter from Sir Henry Drum
mond Wolff in which the diplomat de-
cIares it is difficult to exaggerate the
Importance Oh this wise and lbenef-
cent step. The title, he says. is like
lier than any other that could be de-
vised to lead to pacifcation. 1t estab-
fishes the supremacy of the British
sovereign and recognizes the moral
entity of the ~Transvaal, keeps it sep
arate from the cQnstitut. onal empire
and places the ancient laws, customs.
traditions, religion, ~genealogy and
private property under the supreme.
separate rule and protection of the
king.
The Proclamation, concludes Sir
Henry, was inspired by the genius of
conciliatory statecraft ana the result
must be pacific.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-02-01

Time makes all things right" is an
old and a more or less truthful saying
that is forcibly exemplifed in the COM
ments OF the Intelligencer on the effort
of German interests to protect them
selves against cheap importations from
the United States by a protective tar
If. Listen to what this hide bound
organ Of high protection in the United
States has to say CT the same policy
when it is practiced by the other fell
low: The imposition of a protective
tariff will, therefore, raise the price If
meat and of breadstuffs to such an
extent that the general public will suf-
fer for the sake of increasing the
profits Of the agrarians."
Ye gods, here We have the organ of
McKinleyism really admitting that
the imposition of a protective tariff
will raise the price of meat and bread
stuffs" and that the general public
will suffer for the sake of increasing
the profits" of private interests.
Here we have 4 fiat acknowledge,
ment from OF the most
missing and consistent organs of high
protection that the tariff IS a tax on
the consumer. 1t is an unguarded ad-
mission of the entire truth of what the
organ used so persistently to charac-
terize as free trade sophistry and
falsehood." 1t is an admission that all
this while the advocates of Mckinley
ism and Dingleyism have been guilty
OF unblushing deceit in telling the peo-
pie that the tariff was o a tax on the
consumer and of falsehood in denying
that so-called protection was taxation
OF the many for the benefit of the few.
The supreme effrontery with which
these organs take off the mask and
Jauntily discard campaign
f~alsehoods in full view of the people
whom they have tricked and deceived
at every turn-like a sleight-of-hand
artist condescending to explain q few
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-02-01
THE WORST YET.

One of the most Ubiquitous measures
ever introduced in a State Legislature
is Senate Bill SO, introduced by Sena-
tor Davis, by request, but prepared by
and for Secretary of State Dawson,
which proposes TO completely revise
the entire code of the State in rela-
ton to corporations.
An analysis of the measure, which is
of vital import to many important
business interests of this State, will be
found in another column. Suffice it
to say that this bill, which will COM
pletely upset all present laws in rela-
ton to corporations and which will
be far reaching in its evil effect upon
many established industries, is design
ed, evidently, solely to increase the
fees Of the Office of Secretary of State.
Immense as these fees now are this bill,
it is estimated, will augment them
by at least $40, 900 annually!
Is it not about time to call a sum-
mary halt on such outrageous schemes
Of grab? The bosses who gained
ascendency largely through the false
p%retense that they would abolish the
fee system, thus propose, o that
they are getting the fees, not to abolish
them, but to increase them!
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-02-01
AL Is NOW N READINESS
FOR IODAY'S SAD PAGEANT.
THE PICK OF THE GERMAN. FRENCH
AND BRITISH NAvIES LIE
AT ANCHOR B
READY TO PAY LAST TRIBUTE
TO THE SOVEREIGN UNDER WHOSE
REIGN WORLDS GREATEST
NAVAL PROGRESS WAS MADE.

COWES, January 81, 9 p. ma gilt
tering crescent of light stretches this
evening from Cowes to Portsmouth. 1t
consists of ten miles of warships. the
pick of the British, French and Ger
man navies. These lie at anchor.
ready to take their part in to-morrow's
ceremonies when the navy will pay a
last magnificent tribute to the sover-
eign whose reign was marked by the
greatest naval progress in the history
OF the nation.
1t probably will be nearly 4 o'clock
tomorrow before the Alberta with
the royal coffin, leaves Cowes.
The omens for fine weather to-mor-
row are not propitious.
AT Osborne this evening all is quiet.
During the day the royal
walked about the grounds and passed
me hours in much the same way as
they had done for a week or more.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-02-01
More Royal Arrivals,

LONDON, January 31.-A special
train this morning brought to the
Charing Cross station a number of
members of royal families UPON the
continent here for the purpose of at
tending the funeral of Queen Victoria.
Among those who arrived were the
crown prince of Sweden, Prince John
George, of Saxony, the Prince of Sake
Altenburg. Prince Waldeck-Pyrmont.
and the Prince and Princess Of Schaun-
burg-Lippe, and their respective suites.
They We're conducted in royal car
riages to Buckingham palace and the
various hotels. The members of the
German embassy met the princes from
Germany, but non of the members of
the British royal family were present
at the station. His Majesty. King Ed
ward VII. was represented at the sta
ton, however, by Col. Campbell, one
of his grooms in waiting.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-02-01

simple tricks to his audience after the
show-and the apparent readiness Of
the people to. forget and forgive and
vote the deceivers and tricksters back
into control of their affairs, would
seem to show that the late P. T. Bar
mum was right, that the American peo-
pie love to be humbugged. One of
these days after they have been trick
ed into giving their all to Plutocracy
and have been robbed of constitutional
government into the bargain, the peo-
pie will realize what has been done to
them and then something will happen.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-02-01
ELF-CONTRADICTORY
REFORM

THE Laughlin bill is the only ear
nest effort of true reform says the
Intelligencer. And in another place IN
the same editorial column it Omit
that "The slot machines have gone.
The next thing will be the Sunday side
door" And, also, the browning evil
of the fake" hotels.
Now. having admitted that these
reforms have either been accomplish
ed or will be accomplished as soon as
an active police force can accomplish
them. is it not rather contradictory
for the organ to state that the Laugh
lin bill. which aims to do no more
than this and would really not do as
much, is "the only earnest effort Of
true REFORM"
The people of the city voted for true
reform at the polls and the Laughlin
bill organ admits that they are getting
it. Then why the Laughlin bill? Why
foist onto this community a measure
in direct opposition to the wishes of
a majority of the bona fide voters of
the city expressed over their sigma
lures, a measure that would deprive
our own city Council-without its
consent although a majority Of new
members have the endorsement of the
reform Committee of One Hun
dred-of the granting of licenses
and the supervision of the saloon
business, an ~usurpation of municipal
authority that would place it in the
power Of other counties to regulate
the internal affairs Of Ohio county and
dictate to the people here whether we
shall or shall not have license and to
whom it shall be given.
If this undemocratic and unAmeri-
can measure is not also Unconstitu.
tional, which it most likely is. a very
grave omission was made by the franz
ers of that instrument for the protec-
ton of popular rights.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-02-01
KING EDWARDS DEMEANOR
And Have Shown mari
able Change Since His EIeya-
ton.

And Methods Have Shown mari
able Change Since His Eleya-
ton.
LONDON, January 31.-Members Of
King Edwards suite say His Majesty
appears overwhelmed by the sense of
the responsibilities of kingship. Where
as, formerly he was genial, but exact
ing and irritable regarding official mat
tiers, he has become profoundly grave
and exceedingly considerable to those
about him in small as well as in i'm
portant matters.
Society expects that King Edward
will make st. James the most bril-
liant court of Europe, hold night
drawing rooms instead of the some
what dreary afternoon functions of
the past quarter of a century and pro-
vide refreshments instead of leaving
the guests to eat sandwiches in their
carriages, under the eyes of the
crowd. Those who have been pre-
sented to Queen Victoria will be en-
titled to attend King Edwards draw
ing room, after submitting their
names to the lord chamberlain.
1t is hoped the King will revive the
custom Of the monarch visiting the
castles of the nobility and also re-
vive the holding of drawing rooms at
Holy Rood palace.
For the funeral $4,000 soldiers will
be under arms.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-02-01
THE ELECTRIC LIGHT BILL.

The Senators of the State of West
Virginia, now in session at Charles
ton, will please ninety-nine-one-hun-
dredths of the people of Wheeling if
they will take up the electric light bill,
recently passed by the House, and
adopt it by at least a two-thirds ma
jority.
Wheeling has been striving for
eight years to obtain from the Legis-
lature some measure of relief from
the questionable acts of our own
Council, to the end that the light de-
partment of the city-a most valuable
element of u government-may be
protected from the inroads of private
enterprises maintained and operated
for private gain at the expense Of the
people.
The time is opportune to acquire
that remedial legislation to which we
are entitled, and Senators will stand
in high favor here if they will act
quickly and decisively.
AS a means to a desirable end,
Council should lose no time in indi-
eating to the upper branch of the
Legislature it's hearty acquiscence in
and approval of the pending bill.
Council owes the people at least that
much in r~ectification of past blund-
ers.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-02-01
The ministerial end of the Commit

The ministerial end of the Commit
tee of One Hundred who advocate the
Laughlin bill stultify their own acts
as members of the reform committee.
A majority of their own endorsements
for Council were chosen by the people
at the recent city election, yet these
ministers are unwilling to trust their
own selections to give the city the re-
form they promised would follow the
election of their Councilmen. Is this
either consistent in the committee or
just to the new Council?
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-02-01
VIII Enter English NAVY.

WFENHAGEN. January 31.-The
accession of a daughter of the King of
Denmark to the position of Queen of
England will affect the future of
Prince Charles of Denmark. who, like
his wife. prefers to reside in England.
Prince Charles has long desired to en-
ter the British navy. His grandfath-
er, the king Of Denmark, has consent
ed, but his father, the crown prince,
has objected. 1t is now understood.
however. that the latter has approved
this step and Prince CHARLES will pro-
badly soon be appointed to a posi-
ton in the English navy.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-02-01
An Extravasnnt Congress.

Baltimore Sun:
The fifty-sixth Congress will make a
stunning record for pro1igacy in ex-
penditure. At it's first session it ap-
propriated s710,050 1862. The estimated
appropriations for the present session
aggregate s743, 374 ,S04, not including
deficiencies of $50, O00, 900 which al
ready exist and deficiencies of $780,
000, 900 which are likely to occur. The
total expenditures will amount, on this
basis, to s1.493, 525, 666. In addition
the ship subsidy bill and the Nicaragua
canal bill, the former providing for a
yearly expenditure Of 5000, 900 and
the latter 500, 900, 900, may be passed,
while the promoters of the Pacific
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-02-01

Mrs. Nation now proposes to organ
lie a regular company of wreckers and
smashers and there doesn't seem to be
anything in Kansas capable of stop
ping her. Yet many who are most Wig
orous in denunciation of lynch law
when practiced by the people of the
South in protection Of their wives and
daughters from worse than death, are
foremost in upholding Mrs. Nation in
taking the law into her own hands.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-02-01
Dun To" Something.

While the Republican conferences
were being held last night, there was
an interesting ~assemblage of politicians
in the Office of Circuit Clerk Chas. H.
Henning. There were present, in ad-
dition to MI Henning, Col. Morris
Horkheimer, Richard Robertson, H. c.
Richards and several others. Several
messengers kept them posted on the
progress of negotiations looking to an
agreement with the trio of boiling
Councilman.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-02-01
Death of Mrs. weber.

Mrs. Geneveve Weber, wife of M.
Weber. died early yesterday morning
at the family residence on Eighteenth
street. She was we'll -.nown, and had
a host of friends who held her in
highest esteem n will sincerely
mourn her death. The funeral will
take place tomorrow. Requiem mass
will be celebrated in st. Alphonsus
church. Interment at Mt. Calvary.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-02-01
SHOT BY DE VETS ORDER.

CAPE TOWN. January 31.-The
Boer attack on the Boksburg mines
resulted in damages amounting to
$500, 900.
The commissioner at Kroonstad re-
ports that Andres Vessels, one of the
peace ENJOYS, was shot at Klipfontein
January 2Sth, by orders Of Gen. De
Wet.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-02-01
Advocates of the Laughlin bill lay

Advocates of the Laughlin bill lay
great stress on the fact that Pennsyi-
vania manages to get along under the
Brooks law after which it is modelled.
Pennsylvania also has speakeasies,
which are unknown in Wheeling,
Pennsylvania has many bad laws
no State has more-that we do not
want. There are forty-four other
states of the union that seem to be
getting along pretty well without
Brooks legislation.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-02-01
American Floral Pieces.

LONDON, January 31.-The United
States embassy will send to windsor
castle three magnificent floral pieces
wreaths from President Mckinley and
Mrs. Garfield and a cross from Am
bassador Choate. The Presidents
wreath is eight feet in diameter and
Of solid, white camelias, arums. lilies
of the valley. tulips and roses, with a
cluster Of mauv orchids in the center.
Mr.. Choate's cross is of the same fow-
ers. Mrs. Garield's wreath is COM
posed of arums. neopolitan violets and
greenery.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-02-01
to Pat,

Chicago Chronicle:
We learn with pleasure that Mr.. Pat
rick Grove, late of Omaha. is unob-
trusively quartered in a secluded seq
ton of u busy little city waiting for
the clouds to roll by. We welcome
MI. Grove as a distinguished visitor
and venture to suggest that he should
try for the Republican nomination for
mayor. He would size up" favorabIy
with most of the a~spirants thus far
heard from.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-02-01
BRYAN A BUSY EDITOR,

AUSTIN, Texas, January 31.-A let
ter was received and read in the Sen
ate to-day from VIM. j. Bryan de-
clin1ng the invitation to deliver an
address to the present session of the
legislature on political topics. Mr..
Bryan stated that he has not time to
make political speeches at present.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-02-01

Terre Haute Express:
Even stalwart protectionist journals
are moved to cry out in amazement
and disparagement against the exac-
tons Of the salt trust, which. under
cover Of the tariff, is making this
necessary of life so dear that large
consumers find it profitable to buy salt
in Portugal and ship it to Kansas City
for use in packing meat.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-02-01
Mckinley's Duplicity.

boston PoSt:
Ut Is Impossible to avoid the suspfc-
ion that the President has been play
ing politics in Withholding until this
late date his demand for a civil gov
eminent in the Philippines. The dates
Of the communications from the Taft
commission show that he must have
had in hand long ago the information
on which he bases his demand. But
he gave no intlmation of it until he
was voted a standing army of 100. 600
men. and only now comes forward
with a plan looking to a regime Of
peace.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-02-01
A PLEA TO DEMOCRATS
To Bury the Hntchet and Get Togeth.
err For United Effort.

WASHINGTON, January S1.-The
House to-day passed the Notifications
bill. Mr.. Lanham, of Texas, delivered
a notable speech upon the future of the
Democratic party in which he made a
strong plea for the necessity of an
united Democracy and counselled the
burial Of the Ratchet and the welcom-
ing back OF those who in the last two
presidential campaign have declined to
support the nominees OF the party.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-02-01
Slot Machines Must Go.

City Sergeant John S. Ritz has Is
sued an order giving saloon keepers
and owners of slot machines until this
evening at midnight, to discontinue
the use of the machines. Several ma
chimes not owned by the "combina-
ton" are still doing business, it is un-
d%erstood, and they will probably be
raided if the order is disregarded.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-02-01

has spoken and has not been heard.
The wealth of the Republican party
which is not based on lying laws. On
purchased laws and differing laws, is
potential enough socially and politi-
cally to make itself heard If it will"
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-02-01
May Talk 1t to Death

WASHINGTON. D. c.. January 31.-The
Democratic Senators opposed TO the ship
subsidy bill have speeches assured for
ten days, and other Senators who will
prepare speeches within that time. They
say If there is to be an extra session it
will be better to have the subsidy mat
ter among the questions 10 go over.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-02-01

If the people of Ohio county had
known before the election what they
know now neither Mr.. Laughlin nor
any other of the Ohio county members
who voted for the Laughlin bill would
be occupying seats in the Legislature.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-02-01

The Laughlin license bill amends
the charter of the city of Wheeling
IN a very imortant particular, with
out the consent of the people. Don't
let that fact escape your attention.