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RECOMMENDATION Is not Attached to Angle Strong license Application. COMMITTEE HEARD EVIDENCE Of Citizens Living fn the Vicinity of "Fifty-seven" that was Derogatory to the Character of the Place?Fire Committee to Make it? Aniiual Inspection Tour This "Week?Other Council Committees Meet. Recently, It will bo remembered, the council committee on petitions and remonstrances met and recommended to council favorably the petition of Miss Angle Strong, of "Fifty-seven" Seventeenth street, for a coffee house license. Under a ruling by President Maxwell, ui iiiv acconu imtnca 01 council, iuc matter was sent back to the committee lor the reason that It hail not first been presented to council. Last night the committee met and again consideftd the application. After a lengthy session, the committee decided to send the application to council without a recommendation. Of the eight members of the committee, six were present, Messrs. Bradbury, chairman; Bachmann, Beuter, Hitter, Chew and Williams. Mayor Sweeney was also in attendance. The first business coming up was the petitions of Ernest Hartman for the transfer of his license to 224S Market street and David 11. McGlumphy to 113S "Water street. Chairman Bradbury suggested that the matters he referred back to council, they having not been presented to that body first. This action was taken after a short discussion. The application of Angle Strong for a license, with Louis B. Fro be and Jacob Wllhelm as sureties, was then brought before the committee, in order to bring the matter properly before the committee, Mr. "Williams moved that the application be referred favorably to council. Mr. Bachmann seconded. Mr. Chew suggested that it would be well first, to admit and hear from neighbors who, he understood, are protesting against the granting of the license. Chairman Bradbury, who had been in the mill once before, suggested that the protests be- heard before council. Mayor Sweeney remarked that the revelations would be of too ugly a character to be brought before an open meeting of council. Chairman Bradbury?Well, we stood it one night until after 11 o'clock. Mr. Chew said he didn't like the idea of recommending the application to council without an investigation into the character of the applicant. Unless this is done it would mean that every member of the committee is in favor of the application. He did no: see how the committee could face the public without listening- to any complaints that may be mad .- by neighbor?, either in committee or in council. The mayor said that at ilrst he had favored granting a license, believing that he and the chief could better control the place then, but since then he had heard ^things derogatory to the character of the place and had changed his mind. Mr. Williams?I withdraw my motion then. Mr. Bachmann then moved that the application be sent up to council with- j out recommendation. At this point Instances of alleged la*.v- i lessness, said to have occurred at "Fifty-seven," were cited to the committee. Citizens living In the neighborhood of "Fifty-seven" were then called In. The llrst asserted that Miss Strong is running ^ house that is not respectable, j Hacks come there at all hours of the j night, many of the occupants drunk, some of them girls of the town. He had seen a prostitute- come out in broad daylight, enter a hack and go to a house of prostitution on the same street not far awaj/. Mis3 Strong, he said, is very : Insulting to the respectable women living in the neighborhood. Another citizen mid his repose at nigh: had often been disturbed by the coming and going of hacks and the noisy conduct of their occupants. He cited an instance of obscene language he ha<l heard used In front of "Fifty<eeven" at midnight recently. On that occasion he had entered a. complaint at police headquarters, and the night lieutenant had sent an officer to quiet the women. At the conclusion of this'witness* testimony, a member of the committee remarked: "Boys, she's too tough." The same witness. ?>">ntinuing, said If license was granted he would he forced to sell his property at a sacrifice and leave the neighborhood. He did not believe she would run a legitimate saloon business: "there would be more girls than saloon." Chairman-Bradbury?If she gets no license will the city close the place? Mayor Sweeney?The city will do the best It can. The third witness, too. was omphalic In expressing his wish that license be? not granted. He told of hacks coming to tl>e place at all hours of the night and depositing women and men of the town. The fourth and last witness told of n well known Marke: street man alight from a hack there accompanied by two women. Some of the teacher* of Union school walk down the alley at the fid* of "Fifty-seven," and they had seen some of their girl scholars entering the place. Girls who had run away from home had been located at the place by tho police; Captain Bennett, Lieutenant Blckerton, Lieutenant Suppler and other officers could testify to this. lie predicted that the place woul.l be abandoned In three weeks If council declines to grant license-, especially now that the mayor and chief of police have entered upon a vigorous campaign against lawbreakers. Places Ilk'- this, he .said, injure the business of respectable saloons; one salconlst had told him he could not keep his custom liecause they preferred to xo to saloons where they could meet women. Chairman Bradbury suRgestc-d that <he room be cleared of all but members of the committee, so that a vote might be taken on the application. To this course- Mr. Chew objected. Chalrm tn Bradbury?"Why? Mr. Ch(?w-I odn't desire to coyer tip what we may do here. There Is every Indication that there is no necessity for the granting of this license, and the entire neighborhood objects t-? It. If there was ever on aggravated case, this is one. Finally, Mr. Bnrhmann's motion to refer tho application to council without recommend ?tIon, was passed without a dissenting vote. Thu City Ta.ve*. City Collector James Iv. Hall gives I.. .....tlw.p r? Hon to pr-'if-'Ml tvilh Ilu- Qnf.nn-m<-nt of An Improved Cloancr. That docs away with wear and tear, it RCMOVta DINT AND BTAIN&"'NOTHINQ MORC, I the collection of city taxes after the first of the coming month. This coarse he 13 directed to pursue by the provisions of city ordinances governing <tax collections. The council finance committee Is now pushing: the collector for us full collections as possible. Persons owing taxes nre requested to call and settle before the first of the coming month, and* thus avoid expensive and unpleasant litigation. THE ANNUAL INSPECTION Of tlio Fire Department to be Made Next Friday Afternoon. At a meeting of the council committee on fire department held last evening, presided over by Chairman Baird, it was decided that the committee would make its annual Inspection of the department next Friday afternoon. The committee will assemble at the public building at 1:30 o'clock, and will visit all the hose and engine houses. At Its meeting the committee transacted considerable routine business, including the recommending to council for payment ^f bills aggregating $399 30. Chief Robert D. Cllne made the following report to the committee: "I havo complied with your request as to having the new chemicals attached to the different apparatus. I tented them and lind they work first class. The supply wagon at the Atlantic engine house is suffering vcrv much for want of paint and should be attended to at once. The tin roofs of the engine houses should be painted. "The chemical attachment at the Vitrf Iftnt makes tlie apparatus so heavy for exercising the hories that it is detrimental to the apparatus to use it for exercising. I suggest that the committee get an exercising wagon, which would also be useful for hauling. I wish to call your attention to the location of hox 39 on High street; the road going thero is dangerous and considerable time is required for the department to reach the place. This could be remedied by the committee consenting to have a shed erected there for the storing of a hand reel, which could be used in caso of lire by the citizens, or the men of the department could go over the hill and have tho hose connected and working before the^ department could get there." The committee instructed its purchasing committee to order two exercising wagons, along the lines of the chief's .recommendation. REMEMBERED TIIE CHIEF. The Police Ofllcers Present Captain Clcinans with a Flue Badge. Last night, at C o'clock. Chief of Police William Clemans received a "hurry" call to the police court, cltjT building. When he arrived, and found every police officer on the force assembled, with Attorney Charles J. Schuck at their head, and it, is needless to state that he was surprised. Perhaps he had visions of a strike for higher pay, and was under the impression that the boys had retained a lawyer to aid them. If he had such an impression it was speedily dispelled, for Mr. Schuck stepped forward, and in a very neat and eloquent little talk he presented to the rhinf nn behalf of his mon ?_ hnniitlfnl gold enamel badge, inscribed: WILLIAM CLE MAN 3, Chief of Police. Wheeling", W. Va., 1S59. Though the chief was taken completely by surprise, he managed to express his thanks in a few words, and even if there was much that he would have said had he been able, still the j boys were astute enough to know the embaraesment that comes to all on | such an occasion, and could therefore j excuse the gallant captain's attack of ' tongue paralysis. The badge is Indeed a beauty, and was furnished the boys by Jeweler "W. J. Lukens. 31ADE A NEW OFFER | United States Fertiliser Company Proposes Better Terms. j The council committee on healfh j met last evening and took up the important matter of some improvement in the ability of the I municipality to cope with the constantly increasing amount of garbage and night soil. It will be recollected that at a former meeting there was a proposition to let n contract to the United St.lfoe UVrMH^or r.lmnirr ?->n n llfiolc of $3,000 per year, the city to deliver the refuse at the proposed new plant on the site of the crematory and give the company free pas and water. At a stcond meeting this proposition was rejected and the solicitor was Instructed to draw nn ordinance appropriating 53,000 for the repair and enlargement of the present furnace. Last evening representatives of the fertilizer company were again present, and submitted a new proposition, the effect of which was that the company would be willing to so modify its contract as to erect a plant and rcduce the city refuse at the actual expense for labor at the crematory now upon the city. Ths amounts to $100 per month, or $1,200 per annum. The amended offer was n material reduction upon the one first made, and ns it would, in addition, save the city the $3,000 proposed to be expended upon the present furnace, the committee thought well of it. rescinded its former action, and will recommend the new proposition to council for adoption. TIIE MAYOR'S MESSAGE Will be Presented at To-Xight's Session oft lie City Council. At to-night's regular session of the city legislature, Mayor Andrew T. Sweeney will present his first message to council, and the mayor stated last nlghr. that it would be a rather lengthy document, making about twenty-five IIUIIUICU liuiua, Jl l? UilUtri'SlUUU IIU will deal elaborately with nil the departments of the city government, and make recommendations for the betterment of municipal conditions. A new city workhouse will be recommended, a statement that causes no surprise as the mayor has been Interesting himself in this matter since ho entered ofllce. It Is said, too?'that he will recommend a new ten-cent levy for street lighting, and a decrenso In the price of illuminating gas, in order to take from the gas consumers alone the burden of lighting the streets, of the city. Other Important recommendations are to be made. Improved Market House. The committee on markets met In the city clerk's olllce and recommended bills to council amounting to $21 Go. There was considerable discussion relative to the wants of tho department of markets for the ensuing year, and It was decided that the committee would visit the Second ward market house next Wednesday, March at 10 a. m., for tho purpose of considering the advlHlbllltj/ of closing the sides of the house, as was done at the Fifth ward market house years ago. There hns been complaint from the users of stalls that they are practically entirely un protected irom ine wcniucr. A New Wrl^luuaMicr. The council commlttce on scalon met last evening and recommended to council for payment bills amounting In the aggregate to JIG 10. The resignation of Welghmimtor William J??hnHon, of the Mast McCulloch . street HcnlOH was accepted, and Churlea ICxlcy was rccommendcd n? his jjucccat!or? A MEDICINE?A STIMULANT. [ DUFFY'S PURE FWmed?MJSE NO FUSEL 0?L ,r For nflTeetlonHof thotlirontnml lnnps. er A safeguard against pneumonia. lie tli who takes It may be a.s well nt homo as .. it ho spent the winter in the Atllruii- 111 Unelc wjmmIh. tr Pamphlet Tor the asking. . durrr mai.t "wiii^key co., Uochestcr, X. Y. ai al THE LITTLENESS OF IT. ???- _ pi jDvciung unrciifioics Aiicmpt to in* | rc load its Cargo of Trouble. st The evenlns sheet is having: such n aj distressing experience these Gays in th trying to square itself with all people pi on the gas1 board coal contract libel, x which it sprung last week, that it would th fain foist trouble upon other people, x Envy, spite, littleness and an entire F1 lack of truthrolness show prominently t|| in every line of an attempt the News . made in its Issue last evening to place the Intelligencer in a false position re- ki warding the Wheeling Pottery deal with Is; the combine. The News gnrbles a state- jjC ment in Saturday's Intelligencer and proceed."? to make unfair comparisons with a statement printed Monday. The at Intelligence'.* stated what was true Sat- j5* urday when it said the Wheeling Pot- * . tery Company had r.o: withdrawn from ,l the combine, and could not until the op- ?f tlon expired April 1. This sentence the .w News quotes, but did r.ot quote another paragraph In the same story in which it was stated that the Wheeling would probably desert the combine eventually. There was nothing inconsistent in what this paper has printed at any cc time regarding the Wheeling Pottery jV Company and the combine. Can as " much be said about anything the News UI attempts to handle? Ask the gas board; J31 ask the trades assembly; nsk Mr. Gra- , ham. of- the tin-plate combine?ask anybody, In fact. U? BRIDGEPORT DEMOCRATS . r - K .uuko ^Nominations lor tlic Coming Municipal Election. Thirty-threa Democrats met in the city hall at Bridgeport last evening to nominate a city ticket. Lawyer W. V. r' Campbell called the meeting to order 01 and' was In turn called to preside. The ?* chairman started the proceedings by saying "Now come boys, get a hustle on you, for I am getting dry." b; One good old Democrat told the reporter that there were fifty present, but only thirty-three were counted. The 1 first thing in order was a nomination for councilman from the First ward, cTwo names were presented, George Gordon, who received seven votes-, and ^ Capt. Thomas, who received twenty- ^ four votes. :r Dan Haley and Delbrool^were nomi- ^ r.ated from the Third ward for council. James Wilev was nominated much against his will, for assessor from the First ward. The ballot for assessor for the Second ward resulted as follows: Bayha, I'J; S. "Wilson, 12; C. Match, 7. For assessor in the Third ward, John Kepner was Ii nominated by acclamation. MONTH LY CONFERENCE Of Ministers of the Christian Church Held in this City. C The regular monthly conference of the Northern Ohio Valley Christian e' t j Ministers' Association was held Monday In this city, at the First Christian church. The association comprises di churches of the denomination in this rr section, and the meeting was one post- nl poned from the previous Monday. The p; feature of the programme was the ad- & dress on "Fellowship," by Rev. Mr. C( "Watson, of Bellaire. n1 Among the ministers present were: p, Rev. C. M. Oliphant. of Wheeling, pres- al ident of the association; Rev. S. G. Naylor, of Wheeling; Rev. Mr. "Watson, of Bellaire, secretary of the association; Rev. Messrs. Slater, of Steubenville. Darsle and "White, of Bethany, Pike, of Barnesville, and Wiseman, of Martin's Ferry. le I)r. Bull's Cou??h Syrup cures n) bronchitis. Why suffer when this wonderful remedy can be had for onlfr* 2">e a ?J bottle. cr Spring Openio We confidently assume that ne\ Fine Floor Coveri ARTISTIC DESIGNS CORRECTNESS OF OR Boy the Elect? AND YOU WIL The Electric . Full directions how to lisc It with every pnekn^e. WE ARE ALSO SOLI- AGENTS F< AETNA-STANDARD ompanv to Issue Important Circular to Stockholders. MININGS OF THE SIXTY DAYS nco the Last Dividend was Dcclaj^ ctl "Will be Included in the Payments to be Made to the Stockholders in a day or two?These Earnings Amount to $G0.000.?"Wheeling & Kim Grove Elects Directors.. To-day the management of the A?ti-Standard Iron & Steel Company will 3ue a circular letter to the stockholds, which will go down into history as ;e last Important act of that corpora3n, which will then pass/into thcconol of the National Steel Company and se lis laenuiy among me muuv jrou id steel plant3 which the combine has jsorbed. The circular will state the time arifr aces at which the stockholders -will celve their cash and National Steel ock In exchange for the Aetna-Stand d stock which ivas recently placed In le hands of three local banks for the irpose of closing up the deal with the atlonal. The places designated are io City bank, of Wheeling; the First ational bank, of Bellalre, and the rst National bank, of Bridgeport. The me settled upon could not be learned st night, and of course will not be lown definitely until the circulars are sued; which, as stated, will probably i to-day. In addition to giving notice of the nount of cash and National Steel ock each stockholder is entitled to, e circular will state the amount of the vidciid declared for the past sixty lys?or since the last regular dividend as declared. It is learned upon exeunt authority that the net earnings for is period amount in the aggregate to 0,000. Out of this amount, first com*a ic dividend of the preferred stock, at le rate of S per cent per annum; then unes the common stock dividend. The eferre-d1 stock issue is Jl.MO.OOO, and to 11-3 per cent dividend which it is iderstocd will be declared on this -ancli of the stock, amounts to $23,270, ss than half the amount of the comma's net earnings for the past sixty iys. ELM GROVE DIRECTORS ;c-Elcctcd at a Meeting of tlic Com. pan}- Held Yesterday. Yesterday morning the Wheeling & Im Grove railway company held the 'gular monthly njeeting at the office i Sixteenth street, and elected aboard ' directors and officers for the ensuig twelve months. Aside from this .-ature the advance of wages asked for the conductors and motormen was iscusSed, but no action was taken, to Lio-te one of the directors. The election of directors made no lange in the old board, and it was as Hows: Anton Reymann, August Rolf, enry Biebtrson, J. D. Dubois, George \ JeCfers, H. B. Grimm, Paul O. Reylann. The organization resulted as >l!oivs: President?A. Re-ymann. Secretary?William Carle. Auditor?George W. JefTers. General Manager?W. S. Wright HIGHER WAGES i Effect at the Riverside, Wheeling, Steel "Works and Top Mill. Yesterday a large number of em'iivrs nf thr? mills In this cr*M!nr? ti-nnf work for increased wages. The gcn al advance of 10 per ccnt went into Tect at the Riverside, the laborers at le puddling and plate mills of the "heeling steel works, who got $1 23 n \y, worked yesterday under the new ite of SI ?.3, ar.d the fillers and helpers l the Top mill blast furnacc felt hapy und?r a raise from $1 50 to $1 65 a lv. All advances were made by the >rr.panies without solicitation by the en. The Wheeling Steel & Iron Commy controls the "Wheeling steel works id the Top mill. WHEELING RAILWAY MEN' re to Meet on Saturday of next Week to Ask for Higher Wages. On Saturday of next week, it is arned, there will be a meeting of the iwly organized union of the employes the Wheeling Railway Company, >mposed of the eighty motormen and ig of rer before has there been si ngs approaching our presen BEAUT STYLE, DURAB VARIETY OF PATTERr ic Wall Pape "53:^ss=to^.A.sicl Fr L HAVE THE BEST IN Ti ' Neither becomes h Makes less dirt or other cleaner, as Cleans easily and f it successfully. , "-- Is a thorough disin leaves the room. Is economical; one feet square, and Can be kept from jury to the goodj )R THE ELECTRIC CARPET CL :1I24 MAIN STREET.^ i ? 7": .... " . *"?^5, Silesadden. 1_ SkcDadden. 25c ^ for spring weight , men's fine underwear. Men's fine Batbrignn Spring Underwear, W^|P| the silk finished kind, that is worth 3Sc>2g LwMSj Men's finest Merino Spring Underwear, that's soft as silk and will not shrink, sizes 30 in &to ??.** - 48c f&jii Men's extra fine Lamb's Wool Spring Underwear, the kind recommended by doctors, y [ tjZD "11 sizes, for / OC McFadden's Underwear Dept., 1320 and 1322 Market Street. I Sco. ?5?. Uaylor Co. 1 ?*co Oayior Co. MRTTAYLQR CM? ' Annonncing the Arrival of our Regular Pnrchase of l^Irtwr *11nA Am new jjjung auu juiiuuci WUH FOR 1899 we beg to cn.ll spccinl notice to our choice and ex-fe elusive lines of Dress Goods, embracing new designsjl in Crepons, Silks, Grenadines," Wool Suitings, Wash! Fabrics, White Goods, Laces, Embroideries, Table 1 Lirtens, Lace Curtains and Ladies' Custom-Made Suits. This department embraces the very latest and newest Every suit was made to order and from materials o( our own selection. Fit guaranteed. No charge for alterations. GEO. R. TAYLOR COINPANTJ $C en del Sftros. | Sllendel Slrot. ft! ^ Popular Society Swell 1 KSSsaSp^Ti. \ flyR ;<ji as well as Ihe business man,or the tin i I li ' li M >\\lt?r 6 of fastidious taste in dress, alwysaSa I 11f.Vjj1 j C? tA\5,!J ;V himself in the most irreproachablelias^ I iij as the customs of good society demai i U'/reSK; sjgpffa ' 'i They have found our laundry piretci ^ lence for transforming their soiled lira () into "a thing of beauty" in color ci ^ finish, just like a new shirt, collarorcil M W eft' Carpet Beating and Storage Roocj. n %?$<*a33&hk M W vft Best In the City, at \ 1213 and 1215 Eoff St. gs\< . IS Telephone No. 5i0.- MD'DEL ES[' John jfriede! <?* Co. [ (John jrriedel S: Co. Ft j^AI^C ^a^er IllvliS? Is Muddy.. r.??- n u;^i. c:!.? UCL <1 TrclLCS filter for $2.35 and up at John Fsiedei & Coq9s9 main'm! conductors, for the purpose of making a THE KlYEft. formal request of the management for j an increase in the wage scale from six- YESTERDAY'S DEPART! KES. teen to twenty cont^ on 1'our This is Parkersburg.BEN IITJR, 5 p* a I1-'? iLLn 10 ceni^ ..our. x ms is sistersvi!le...RUTIl. 3:30 p. ta. ! in line with the recent request of the Clarington....LEROY. 3: 3d p. m. | : employes of the "Wheeling & Elm Grove Steubenville..T. M. BAYNE, p. & Ipj road for a similar advance. BOATS LEAVING JO-DAY. Cincinnati....KEYSTONE STATE. Siah$ Pittsburgh...VIRGINIA, "a. m. M Parkorsburg.lLK.HEDFOKD.lla.- \y.'; Pittsburgh...AVALON. noon. Matamoras... LEXINGTON. 11 a. a |fl Sl8tersvHle...RI*TH. 3:30 p. m. r^rr?^ Clarlngton?LEROY. 3: 30 p. n:. 1.;^ Steuben ville..T. M. BAYNE.P-a gg ^ BOATS LEAVING TO-MORROW, Xj&few Charleston...KANAWHA. C:3) a. a Pittsburgh...BEN ltl'R. U p. m. a - Si."?tcrsvHle...RUTH, 3:3) p. ni. )J ^ Clarlngton ? LEROY, 3: :<> P- m. iA 0 Steubenvllle:.T. M. BAYNE, 2:? P- B* .g| tlie Landing. p| ?en in this city a display of The marij&it 6 p. m. Monday f 32 feet 6 Inches and falling. Weaflt-M it StOCk. 0lth61 in clear and cool. |j|j Y OF COLORINGS, ? mu?X-* ilLITY OF FABRIC, *** and Bel* McGo,van, I p. a River Telegrams. OIL CITY?River 3 feet and rL?!&|g Cloudy and cold. WARREN?River 3 feet 1 inch. CioWHg rand cold. ,pa GREEN'SRpRO?Rlwr 9 *?; *m Inches and falling. Cloudy and cool l;%y MORGANTOWX?Hiver 3 Kef /Th /o <r> /r*. y* -r> t-t* inches and falling. Clear and colder. B es^o meaner, ^* -1 IE MARKET. STEUBKNV1LI.K?llivcr 1! ?' erE? falling. Clear ar.d cool. . .EgS ard, nor moulds nor dries out. PAiiKEnsBrna-ohio ami f.iillns:. Cloudy; mercury n. ? BS litter on the floor than any an^,T?Jr^ioS,:fr_i!''"r I it nh^rti'b^ thp Hiit in rlfmninn- ninixxATi-ltivcr !l '?'< Q:i(!H .. lnR. ci0uu.vv. . . 3tl perfectly; any person can use fa^Nao?Jy " * LOUISVILLE?River 2 inches in canal; 23 fee: on v fectant, destroys all germs and w ?J f-" clean and liealthy. inp. Cloudy. | package will clean a room 14' ti^ n?t vro-rripuon r.?- f* retails at 25 cents per package. Fever is n bottle ot Gwvf'? l- less Chill Tonic. It Is simj'curfseason to season without in- jjj'j'rric^soa*" FAMII.Y WASmSfi- j EANSER-25 CENTS PER CAN. ! Ro?gu Dry Wn-I.r.l. sturchM i Dvotl Ti oontn por IKV,n? n?.i ironeJ'a I Pint Work, W uk1um1 nno Irt conlMpcrponntl. , ,0 cont-?,l*r VVa M f j W " uufaAi Home Steam Eean tio b_^_ **?. ^j0zz>i i