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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1911-04-22
IRE
DESTROYS LARGE FRAME BUILD
ING AT GREGosViLLE.
Loss viii Exceed Five Thousand
Dollars Only Partially Covered
by Insurance.

a disastrous fire occurred Yesterday
afternoon about . O'Clock in Gregrs-
Vile IN which the residence az Oriaa
Roller. 90 well known civil engineer.
was burned 20 tie frOund while the
ueighbors who had gathered 90 help
fight 80 were unable 20 do anything
to stop its progress owing 20 the fact
that the fire had such q start before
30 was discovered
The origin OF the fire is mystery.
80 being supposed to have started Boo
the cellar boo bundle OF rubbish
The fire was discovered by neighbors
who reside near. as none o. the
family We're AZ home az the time As
there is uo Ere department boo Gregrs-
vile au alarm could not he turned in
and Dos the time that residents OF thar
section bad rearIcd the fire. 30 had
gained such Roadway that r. was
found Impossible to save any OF the
contents o. fho house
The building wns situated on Wa1.
dies run. short distance from
ircrcsvilio. and was one of fho finest
residences 100 chat section The Joss
VIl exceed $4,000. and tho amount
covered bF Insurance Vif NOT bc ore.
l1f that arm Mr. Roller intends 20
rebuild and work vul le started af
once ON 3D. now residence The build.
.nc was twelve rnnucI ono.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1911-04-22

explosion which wrecked the home OF
Hon. David WAGNER, at West Wheel
ing. was adjusted yesterday by the
J. r. Linard agency OF this city. Con
sideration. $500.
Mrs. Owen Meekan has gone 70
Pittsburg. called there by the illness
OF an aunt.
The Imperial Saxophone quartette
VIII give a dance in Armory hall ON
Thursday evening. May 4.
DR.. II. F. link. OF this CITY. "a mn.
thority for the statements 10 the erec,
that Mrs. Harris. OF Belmont stree,
is In critical condition at the Mar
tins Ferry hospital are Incorrect He
states Mrs. Harris is improving. and
VIII soon be able to leave the hos-
pital.
The Moose Marching club fair and
festival at Armory hall is being we'll
attended. The affair will close TO.
night.
A delegation OF Bellaire went 70
Woodsfield last night 10 attend a so
cal gathering given by the Elks OF
that place.
Mrs. William Kesselman. OF Park.
ersourg. left yesterday for Butler. Pa
lot visit with friends after spending
Wassman.
Isaac Myers. OF Gravel Hill. IS I'll OF
pneumonia.
Bellaire Lodge. No. >. Shield Of
Honor. will entertain with n eucb-e
and dance at Armory hall next Thurs
day evening.
meeting OF the Pultney township
board OF education will be held this
afternoon. WIS
Chester Lancaster has returned
from n trip 10 California
Mrs. G. NJ. Kocher. OF this CITY. is
visiting friends az Darlington.
county treasurer r. W. Archer was
visitor In this city last night.
MEMS SS5 Spring Suits for sfs.75.
MeFADDEN'S.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1911-04-22
Engaaement Announced

The engagement OF Miss Sue
Northington Howell. daughter Of Mr..
and Mrs. r. r. Howell 20 Mr.. Willis
~. Partridge. Of Norfolk. Va. was an
nouncod az dinner given Monday
evening hF Miss Grace Waters 40 her
home IN klrkwool The date for the
marriage has not been given out. Miss
Howell is ono Of the prominent and
popular young ladies of bridgeport.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1911-04-22
MARTINS FERRY
soth OIL and Gas Found In the No. ?
Maekeye Well Other Martins
Ferry News.

The Macl,eye No. . well was drilled
into the Berea sand Friday and both
OIL and gas were found in small guan-
titles. The we'll will be shot TODAY
and Il IS believed that II will be an
oil well OF some value. There is con
siderable gas. but nothing Ike the gas
wells that have been drilled in. This
Is the first we'll that oil has been found
IN in tho field north OF the city in the
Eerea sand
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1911-04-22

Leslie Craig. the well known p. &
o. railroad man, was removed 10 the
liasklnS hospital In Wheeling yester-
day. where he may have TO undergo
an operation. Mr.. Craig has been in
TOT several days and from reports yes
terday. his condition is critical
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1911-04-22
JULIUS WE'LL
CORSET courp

embroidery with now eye'et work
ID d-iiercut patterns. shoulder bands
I'D i"h Ten, =. go a sarl
NAit j. 2 Waists Tor boys and
girl7. TIE Kind that wear acc.
Merit Knit Waists. none better z
for 25c.
i'a., ~, Stockings pr women. q
pairs for use.
i..f.A cat Hose f.r boys arf r.---
.-..a and .s-t weight. fa l5c aai
Hear brand Hose for children. d,
velvet Grip Hose Supporters f.r
'..n arI a..ir~u. 15c, zoe ana 25c.
t.rsou STOCKINGS f0r women. t.e
'. hose without seams. 40 pair
Trio shape Hosiery. 10 Isle a-r
FH.ya 25c IIir
Al. STA fiYse f1r women. with heel.
H't foes ~ linen. 90 500 i1lr.
straw Hats fHr children. a mos.
4ac. sec. sBc. s125.
l5o. 25c.
l.a.s a-l waite srs Elastic Belts
no 25c slI COO.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1911-04-22

The musical and entertainment Civ
en- by the seventh and eighth grades
in the hish school auditorium last
evening under tie direction OF Prof.
Parsons. music Instructor Of the
schools. was well attended The pro
gram was an excellent one and was "A
compliment TO Prof Parsons as an IN
structOr.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1911-04-22

70 was reported last evening that
r ~ Sprague. proprietor ~ the fob
printing establishment ON Main street.
would Do" % Republican candidate FOR
~" nomination for mayor Mr.
0rracue is fhe first o' several talked
of candidates fo arrtlnco himself
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1911-04-22
Left for Pittsburo.

Mrs.. Mamie liartzell stair. who A..
tempted suicide Thursday evening by
-r'A.'ns carpoiic acid. left yesterday.
.,oii panied hy her husband. for
i'''r"Irs u was said shat while her
mouth and throat were very sore She
"as not suffering any serious result,
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1911-04-22
viii Let Contract

The stockholders o, the Brown-NIuI-
.'uey OF company will meet this even
ing lh Attorney George Cookies Office
To- let th" contract for the we'll 10 De
drilled ON the Davidson brothers farm
north o. Tie city. The company is com
posed Of local nennle-
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1911-04-22
At Same Appraisement.

Messrs. Mckee and Meistcr. execu.
tors or the Will OF the late Mr.. Waiter
man, viii ofer the Waterman home
stead for sale next Tuesday az the
hrst appraiscment of So 600. which
means that IL Will have TO ring about
slI.OlO.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1911-04-22
BRIDGEPORT
We'll for Test for OIL and Gas Was
Located on the William c.
mecomas Farm Friday.

wheeling parties Friday located a
Wen Tor oil or gas on tho William q.
McNotnas farm. near Colerain, and
me WORK or erecting tho rig will be
started this week. Much interest will
ne taken IN this test. rs II lies in a
territory that has never been tested
ana VIII help in defining the territory.
me lease was taken by Mr.. Curtis
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1911-04-22
Hunting Hushard

Mrs. Antrosan. OF Indianapolis. was
here yesterday looking for her hus-
band, who. she said. was miner. She
came here from Steubenvllle. where
she failed 20 find him The woman
could speak but little English
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1911-04-22

pension % eight dollars month
WHICH SUM Was later Increased To-
twelve dollars per month
Nrs R'ne has eight living children
and CIehu.fwo grandchildren
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1911-04-22

An c'f fashioned gentleman r. -
polite TO- a gS. of 81, as be is TO one Of
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1911-04-22

Tone is the most essential in any
piano, and it is in tone the House
Piano most excelS.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1911-04-22

Think of tone clear and singing
in the treble, deep and richly
SOnOrouS in the bass.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1911-04-22

Mems SIS Spring Suits for sfs.75.
McFADDEN'S.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1911-04-22
{. A. House Music Co.
13O5-13O7 MARKET STREET
WHEELING.
BLUM BROTHERS
WHEELING.

VALUES THAT SAY BUY HERE"
Saturday IS a day % good values
We gel. you OF a few.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-01-13
SIAM SCHOOLS.
King Chowfa Will Establish Schools
Like Those Of the United States.

King Chowfa of Siam. who has been
reported t, have taken steps to estab-
lish schools in his country that will
offer to all his Young subjects u chance
to get IN education. He intends to
develop a system of schools modelled
or that OF the United States. which he
studied closely when he visited this
country a Few years ago, when he was
the crown prince. The king himself
is graduate of Englands famous
oxford university. He speaks several
languages nuently, has written books
and plays and is altogether progress
sive. When he was but boy he saw
a typewriter for the first time. and ne
Immediately ordered one. He became
an expert operator and. if necessary,
could earn his living running the ma
chine. At his suggestion the manu-
facturers made typeWriterS Win
Siamese characters, and they We're
soon i'll general use in Bangkok ana
other Siamese cities. King Chowfa Is
twenty -nine years old. lie Is ciose
student of military affairs and rs IA
miliar with the tactics and systems IN
vogue in England and Germany. his
father, the late King ChulalorgKorh'
was more prcgre ssive than his prede-
eessors and paved the way for the re-
forms that his son is expected I" intro
duce.-Brockton Enterprise.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-01-13
One Woman's Work.

Gall River Evening Heraldo
Mrs. Robert Clarkson of New York
has organized a club to promote So
cial intercourse with neighbors and
friends among the poor and to encour-
age the growth of home spirit. She
perccives the lack of social life of
the right sort in the homes Of poorer
people. and appreciates the rarity,
hitherto. of social intercourse in the
direction indicated. By her club she
intends to provide a place in which to
meet. a chance to see and hear some
thing outside of the four walls OF a
dirty tenement Congested home quar-
ters lead to back rooms of saloons and
dance halls for the younger members
of families and to the saloon for old
er members. The club, the Round
Table. hopes to obviate this. and by
bringing old and young equally to-
gether to promote family affection
and growth of sociability. The low
ing spirit of a group Of women thus
banded together for public upift
must improve social and domestic life
wherever 1t operates.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-01-13
SUNFlOWER PHILOSOPHY.

No man gets as much mail as he ex-
poets.
We never knew any one of whom it
was not said occasionally: He has
some funny notions"
An old bachelor is single because he
does not choose to marry, an old maid,
maybe.
What has become of the old fash
Toned man who. when he was mad
said he had his Irish up?
You are thoughtful, and may be able
to think of something which means
less than a woman's kiss bestowed on
another woman.
Somehow people wonder when they
give up money to Salvation Army so.
licitors if it ever gets where it start
ed for.
This world will never be just tight
until we are sleepy at 9 o'clock in the
o'clock in the morning.
Americans put too large an imprint
on everything they make. When {
farmer buys new wagon he is really
hauling about sign for the manufac.
turer.
Lots of people are nearly as smart
as John y. Rockefeller, the world!
richest man; but the little difference
makes big difference.
-Atchison Okano Globe.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-01-13

The vigilance of the customs inspec-
tors has resulted in collecting an
amazing total of fines from incoming
passengers in the past year. Even
with the frequent stories of the record
duties paid, the results of the year
come as a surprise. During 1907, FOL
instance, the average duty paid by
each passenger was s1.66. In 1910. the
average duty was increased 10 1886
Less than 100000 was collected from,
duties on passengers baggage in 1909
while last years energetic campaign
against smuggling. resulted in the col
lection of s1.773,OO0. During the q
months service of the present collector
of the port. nearly 100000 has been
collected in fines. penalties and forfeit
ures. There is only one Loeb but il
will be long time before cid condi-
tions will be allowed TO exist in the
customs service.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-01-13

The Mormons of Utah and Idaho
have just concluded another purchase
OF 10000 acres Of land in Northern
Mexico, according to report OF Consul
Luther T. Ellsworth, located at c. p.
Diaz. Mexico. Referring to this pur-
chase, a. prominent Mormon leader
says that aaa4.y of his people will set.
tie in Mexico and that another colony
has been organized to settle on a TO-
900 acres tract. He also gives it out
that an aption has been taken on 500,
900 acres more in the same district, and
predicts that within rs months 5000
Mormon families will have settled in
Mexico. All the land so far purchased
will be farmed by irrigation. Prcpara-
tons are under way to build churches
and schools in line with those who ad-
here to the Mor!non faith.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-01-13
Coming Events

Jan. IA, Knox Pomona Grange, Union.
Jan. T-Legislature enters upon dis
charge of duty of election of u. s. SEN
ator.
Jan. 1s-19-4Sth Annual Meeting Maine
Press Association. Augusta.
Jan I-Kennebec County Christian
Endeavor Union. Gardiner.
Feb. 6-il-Commercial Travellers Food
Fair, Bangor.
and College Y. M. C. A.. Lewiston.
Feb 21-22-Western Maine Pythian Jul
bilee, Lewiston.
Feb. 23-Annual Meeting Maine Society
of the Sons of the American Revolution,
Riverton.
March s-Cony Hlgh-Portland High de-
bate. Augusta
March IS-15-Annual Meeting State OF
Maine Chapter. y. A. r.. Portland.
April 19-Annual Convention Maine
State Branch, No. IS. u. n. A. Z. o. c..
Bangor.
April lo-2s-East Maine Methodist Con-
ference, Oldtown. Bishop Cranston pre-
siding.
April 1s-os-Maine Methodist Confer
ence. Biddeford. Bishop Nicely presidinz.
Oct. 25-26-:7-Annual Convention Maine
Teachers Association. Augusta
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va.
Way Lemsns Are Handed Out.

Judge Buckley~at San Antonio, Tex
as, crawled out of a pretty small hole
tae other day. and got square with
an officer who was chuckling over the
courts predicament. Charles, Walton,
an 1rInless beggar. was brought be.
fore him charged with insoience and
seeking, aims on the street. Walton
being rl,nus his upper limbs. could no;
comply with the usual court formality
OF holding up his right hand when the
oath WAS administered. Some wag in
the audience suggested that Walton be
but the judge refused to permit such a
burlesque on usual formalities. Wal
ton was fined $40 and given term OF
ten days on the rock pile. This part of
the sentence serves as a problem for
Officer Henderson who has charge of
that department of the city's labor
bureau. Just how man without arms
can break rock is the problem that
Officer Henderson faces. He says: 1T
is real live lemon"
He. might ask Gov. Plaisted 1t is
just the same sort Of a problem as that
Of driving absliTz hheriffs to enforce
the prciibitory law without the en-
tQgcsmspt club.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-01-13
Lessons in Science
WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY.
The Fessendsn System.

IT. the FeSsenden system. the ternlt-
mails of the secondary of an induction
coil are connected with multiple
spark gap in the usual manner, while
the closed oscillation circuit includes
a variable inductance formed of a
number of parallel wires immersed in
oil having high dielectio capacity
The aerial aid earth wires are con-
nected dire city to opposite sides of the
closed circuit. and therefore this trans"
ujtter Is said to be closely coupled
The receptur used in conjunction Will!
this transmitter is the most sensitive
OF any yet devised. employing as 1t
does Fcsscndens electrolytic dctector,
or liquid barretter. In its simplest
form this detector consists VI a me
platinum wire a few thousandtlS OF
an inch in diameter. one end OF "hlch
is Immersed in a dilute solution OF acic
contained i'll u platinum vessel ABOUT
the size of a lcad-pencil Thc feceptor
is q close-couplcI system like that or
the transmittcr. the tuning being ac-
complished by means of sird Oh
wires immersed in oil.
The Teiefunken System.
HIS is Il CDllpllidNloii u ~
and Slahy- Arco systems. rcvolutlohized
by Arco and his assistants along the
lines indicated by the the"r"tcih m
vestisations Of Max Wien on tie
oueuched spark. 1t employs alternat-
ing currents III the primary circuit.
and a special spark-gap made UP OIL
several small gaps of large opp' sea
surfaces ia series. The detect"r used
is generally the clectrolyuc detcttof
ar the crystal rectifier. Because of the
low yol.agos employed in this system
no difficulty is encountered IN insuIat-
ing conGensers and inductances. lhis
like the 'Radiotone' system uses closed
tuned circuits, without sliding con
facts for adjusting frequencies, mus
keeping damping losses GOV" :.
minimum. Interference from siehai''
differing Icy only one per cent. III wave
length can be prevented by these sHs-
TENS,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-01-13

Records for the weather bureau To-
Gated in Houston, Tex. contain rec
ink entries for the third day of the
new year as establishing new data
for that section. On that date when
ali the country was shivering in VIM
ter's grasp. the mercury there fell to
Il degrees above zero, the coolest day
for the month of January of which
there is any record. Little stoves and
ovens filled with blazing charcoal
were in all the fruit stands and stores
and the people of South Texas. UNI
used to such weather. suffered more
than the residents of states which on
the same Gay reported temperature as
low as go degrees below zero.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-01-13
Hesson for Moving State House

Tile rumor las been current about
town that the new State House is u,
be moved 20 Waterville in the spring
Tor safe keeping until the next Legis-
lative session. The idea has been quite
generally secuted by innocent Capital
City folk who are yet unacquainted
with the "Waterville Ring" But il
may be so, after all. 1t would be SO
much more convenient. you know. and
would save car fare for the office hold
crs. a case in Illinois suggests a suf-
ficient incentive. 1t runs something
thus WISE
Inconsistencies attacked Representa-
tive William Dickman during the first
week he spent attending the opening
session of the Illinois Legislature at
Springfield. and to avoid a recurrence
of the illness he has arranged to return
100 miles to his farm home near Ed
wardsville every night. Hot biscuits
Will be steaming on the table when
Representative Dickman completes his
daily ride from the capital. The brlh-
ant electric lights on the streets and
the hotels hurt his eyes and he longed
for the moonlit pastures stretching
away on each side of his cottage. By
boarding car at the State house i'm
mediately after the daily adjourning OF
the Legislature Representative Dick
man is able to reach his home at 6
O'Clock. The trip will cost Dickman
so each way.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-01-13
Tho Skilled Hand.
bridgeport Telegram.

The Rev DIR. George Clarke Peck,
pastor Of St. Adrew's Methodist Epis-
copal church, New York. sent to the
members of his congregation card
of wishes for the New Year which
were singularly beautiful in thought
and expression. Among them was the
following, which gives delightful ut
terance TO the highest modern con-
ception of work II wish YOU the
happiness of skilled hand-thc JOY
OF doing good work, whether with tool
or brush, tongue or pen. This is the
beatitude of the artist
The "beatitude of the artist al
most the highest joy given to men,
is no longer reserved for those who
labor with brush or pen or chisel. AS
in the older days, it is shared by tho
wonder workers whose miracles with
tools are changing the face of the
world The craftsman is once more
place. upon a level with those whose
work has long been more highly eS-
teemed and that coming of the world
to its senses marks one of the great
est advances of the age. People are
beginning to recognize that the skilled
hand is among the most precious OF
human possessions. and that whether
it Yields brush of artist or tool OF
trade. il is unattainable unless there
is fine and keen intelligence to guide
it,
This is the spiritual side of what
is often called the present worship of
material triumphs. The world is learn
ing that tine true craftsman works in
the spirit of an artist and that there
goes as much creative imagination to
the building of a bridge, the inven-
ton of an aeroplane, or even to the
faithful carrying out of the more inn
portant separate details of such work
as is necessary for the making of a
statue or a song. What is even more
to the. point. the workman himself is
beginning to feel the dignity of his
altered status and to repeat. by ham
mer and hand all arts do stand" will
something of the old honest pride.
1t is well that the church is quick
t. recognize the high place in civiliza;
ton of the man who yields the tools
even as its Great Founder did. The
day is fast approaching when the skill
led workman will regard his daily toll
as blessing and find in the 10y OF
the skilled hand the highest pleasure
of his life.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-01-13
WAR OF TODAY.
A 5ombardment by Modern Fleet
Resulted In Killing One muie.

War itself, the red old anarch. III
passing. 1t is safer to be soldier
than a workingnan. The chance for
life IS greater IN an active campaign
than in factory or a coal mine. In
the matter of killing. war is growing
inpotent. and this i'll face of the fact
that the machinery of war was never
so expensive in the past nor SO dread
full War equipment today, in time of
peace, is more expensive than of old
| in time of war. a standing army costs
more to maintain than it used to cost
to conquer an empire. II Is more ex-
pensive to be ready to kill than it used
to be to do the killing. The price OF
"a Dreadnought would furnish the
| whole army Of Xerxes with killing
weapons. And i'll spite of its nagni
fceHt equipment. war no longer kills
as il used to when its methods were
simpler a bombardment by mod
| ern fleet has been known to result ia
tine killing of one mule. The casual
| ties of 10Th century war between
two world powers are such as to make
a worker in an iron foundr? turn,
green with envy. War has become a
| joke. Men have made for themselves
monsters OF battle which they cannot
face in battle. Subsistence is generous
these days, life is not cheap. and ~
is not in the nature OF flesh and blood
to indulge in the carnage made pos
sible by rresent-day machinery. This;
| is not theoretical, as will be shown by
comparison of deaths in battle and
men involved, in the South African
war and the Spanish american war on
the one hand. and the civil war or tho
Napoleonic wars on the other.
Not only has war. by its own eyolu-
ton, rendered itself futile. but man
himself, with greater wisdom anu
higher ethics, is opposed to war he
has learned too much. War is repug-
| nant to his common sense. He con-
ceives it to be wrong. to be absurd
and to be very expensive. For the
damage wrought and the results &C
complished. it is not worth the price.
Just as in the disputes of individuals
the arbitration of a civil court instead
of blood feud is more practical. SO
man decides, is arbitration more prac-
teal in the disputes Of nations.-Jack
London in the Forum