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March Iff. 1*91
All quiet along the Kanawha. Notwiih
■landing the tipple at Montgomery, peace
reigns there.
Ex-Senator White, of Louisiana, on Mon
day entered upon bis career as a Justice of
the Supreme Court of Appeals.
Thirty-one Pittsburg Democrats hare been
arrested for illegal voting. The majority
for Galusha Grow should discredit the
charge against them.
In course of the Senate committee changes
made necessary by the resignation of Sena
tors White and Walthall, Senator Camden
was assigned to the chairmanship of the
committee on contingent expenses to »uc
ceed Mr. White.
Senator Camden took occasion one da\
last week to deny on the floor of the Senate
certain newspaper charges with reference to
his attitude toward the tariff bill. He sta
ted that his position was the same as that
of Senator Faulkner.
By a mistake, the speech of Hon. Win.
L. Wilson on the Tarifl got into the Tom
Reed envelopes, and the speech of Mr.
Reed was placed in the Wilson envelope*.
Mr. Reed's constituents got some good read
ing by reason of the blunder.
Senator Blanchard qualified Monday and j
took his seat in the Senate. He will have |
a chance to vote again on the Tarill bill.—
When Mr. Carlisle was transferred from the
House to the Senate, be had a socond *boi
at the McKinley Tariff bill. He wa*, a*
Blanchard is now, a double-barreled rep
resentative.
Representative N. C. Blanchard was ap
pointed United States Senator from L'-uNi
ana to succeed Justice White. Mr. Blanch
ard did bis utmost to have a duty placed w*
sugar when tbe Wilson bill was under con
•ideration in the House but, failing, he voted
nevertheless for the bill. He is a free silver
advocate.
The bill introduced in the Virginia Senate
by Senator Walton, of Shenaudoah, to
incorporate the Australian ballot system
into the election law of tbe State, having
passed both Houses and received the Gov
ernor's signature, will go ioto effect July 1st
and will be used for tbe drat time in tbe
congressional electious next November.
The Governor of Virginia baa appointed
Judge W. F. Rhea, of NVashington county,
as the seventh member of the West Virginia
debt commission. The commission is con
stituted as fol’ows: Messrs. Taylor, Berry
and John B. Moon, chairman of tbe Seuate
and House committees respectively ; Sena
tors Henry T. Wickham and H. D. Hood,
Delegates Randolph HarrUou H. H. Down
ing and Judge Rhea.
The Pol lard-Breckinridge suit is ou trial
in Washington aDd is tbe sensation of the
day. Some very naughty things are being
revealed. On Monday a number of well
dressed women occupied seats in the court
room, but Judge Bradley deemed it an
“unfittin’ ” place for decent women not en
gaged in the case as witnesses and ordered
their retirement. They went out indignant
to tbe extent almost of cuss words. During
the trial Miss Pollard was overcome and
fainted as she left the room. There was an
altercation at the adjournment, within the
hallowed precincts of Justice, between
csunsel. Mr. Shelby, law partner of Mr
Breckinridge, gave Mr. Johnson, counsel
of Miss Pollard, a blow for words spoken
in court. Judge Bradley signified his inten
tion to take cognizance of it Tuesday.
Senator Faulkner is credited with origi
Dating the plan by which the Dem«*cr*ts of
the Senate rushed the Bland seigniorage hill
in a few hours almost to the final vote, sur
prising the Republicans and defeating th-ir
pious intention of using the bill to delav
action on the tariff. The amendment stage,
at which effectual filibustering w»s possible,
was passed before the minority fully real:* >•
what was taking place. Mr Faulkner
in the chair when the bill took its metorie
way through the Senate, and was criticized
the next day by Senator Hoar and other*
who intimated that “unusual celerity” had
been used in putting the motions on its
progress. He responded with a vigorous
denial, saying that he was not respond ble
for the negligence of the Senator from Mas
sachusetts, who, he declared, was not the
keeper of his conscience or hi* intelligence.
It is considered certain that the bill will
pass on Thursday, a final vote on that day
having been agreed to. Its fate at th*
hands of the President i* in doubt, with the
chances in favor of a veto.
The amended tariff bill of the Senate fi
nance committee is pretty generally believed
—by Democrats—to be not as good as the
original measure. This it not surprising
for the bill in its original form wa« the re
suit of weeks of patieot labor of men wbo
had made the tariff the chief subject of
thought and study during the whole term
af their public life, wbo were in immediate
contact with the people, and who put their
beat efforts into the work entrusted to them
Many of the Senators who have influenced
the preparation of the Senate measure are
aot experienced in tariff legislation, nor in
tooth with popular sentiment. From a
partisan standpoint, we are grieved that
tome of the feature* of the Wilson bill
which promised earliest and moat general
rolief and benefit to the public, and, there
for*, moat advantage to the Democratic
party, have been eliminated, and because
the time for it to go into effect has been put
off another mooth. However, that as it now
stands contains provisions that will be pro
ductive of much permanent good, it is a
considerable step in the direction of the
ideal tariff. If it is passed promptly the
amending Senators will be forgiven a good
many of their sins.
SJENATOB J- >’■ CAMDEN
Gives Vloua o» IF*at Tariff *****
Should Be.
In speaking of bis attitude towards the
tariff bill, Senator Camden “aid it was his
desire to see the bill put into such shape
that it would, when brought into the Senate,
command U<e support of every Democratic
member of that body. No Dem<K:rat. he
thought, would for a moment deny that it
was the imperative duty of the party to pasa
a tariff bill at this session of Congress. The
Democrats were pledged to do this, the
country demanded it, and it would be polit
ical suicide to fail to respond to the demand.
But io dealing wiih such a vast and com
plicated subject, it was inevitable that grave
obstacles should be encountered. Conflict
ing views as to the best means of attaining
the object which all decided had to be har
monized, diverse interest* h*d to be reconcil
«d. There were honest differences of opin
ion among Democrat* a* to the best plan of
constructing the tariff bill, but the outcome
w..u d toe, tor bad no doubt, a bid formula
led ou geuuiue Democratic lines, and w hich
all Democrats would commend as fairly
sati-factory. All his efforts had been
directed to impressing on his colleagues the
necessity »f sinkiug minor considerations,
avoiding mere hair splitting, and uniting
iu framing a bill which would command the
full and hearty support ot every member of
tne party iu the Seriate.
Owing to the narrowness of the Deraoc'at
ic in *j »ruy, this wa« essential, because the
R publicans would fi'ht the bill el every
point and no depend mce Could be placed
on Populist sup j ort. The Democratic Sen
ators must put through whatever hill was
framed, and therefore it was imperative that
the measure rei*orted from the Finance
t\:mmiltee should toe one that wou d coin*
in ind their vigorous and undivided -upp >rt.
A hill of this kind could be framed oil sound
Democratic line', providing the needed
revenue to ru i the G ivernnaent and at the
same lime shitting some of the burdens ol
taxation from the toiling misses of the pen
| pie to others that were belter able to bear
Senator Camden also said the delay in
reporting ihe bill to the innate would in
the end prove a great saving of aime l he
C iu-e ot this delay was the effort to get the
bill in such shape that there would be no
need of trying to amend it in the Senate,
where the process of amendment consumed
much greater time than in committee. 1*
the bill comes Irorn the committee m per
fected form, theu it wi.I be passed with-a
rapidity that w! 1 more than make up for
the delay in reporting it.
The Democratic members of the finance
committee of the Senate submitted the
Wil-on bill as amended by them to the full
committee Thur-day. Many of the changes
made are reductions. Irou ore, coal and
raw sugar are removed from the free list,
but a number of articles are added to it.—
In a long list of articles in the iron and
steel schedules the duty U reduced by from
one fifth to one-ninth. The same is said of
articles in the w<x*len schedule. There is
no change in the cotton schedule, but col
lars and cuffs are advanced from 35 per
cent, to 45 per cent, ad valorem. Lead ore
is made dutiable at a specific rate instead ol
at an sd valorem, but in lead products there
are no changes. Wool and lumber remain
mi the free list. The date at which the bill
is to go into effect is changed from June 1,
1894, to June 30. The administrative fea
tures of the Senate bill are autwlaulially
identical wiifi those ol the House bill. Haw
sugar is made dutiable at 1 cent a pound,
and the duty is increased in pmporiiou as
the quality approaches that ot refined sugar,
up .n which toeuuiy is 1 4-10ceuta a pound.
The bounty on sugar is aboiisued. I lie du
ty on iron ore and coal is placed a) 40 Ceuts a
ton;« n coke, 15 per ceut ad valorem; on le»d
ore, three tour Mm of a cent a p<>Qod. 1 tie
internal tax on whiskv is mcrea-ed to $1 10
a gallon and the bonded period is eXteu-len
from three lo eight ytars. Flaying card*
bear a tax of 2 cents a package, as IU the
Wilson bill. Ou cigars »IIU cigarettes
weightug over three pounds a thousand the
t ,j w a thoitsatid; on paper cigarette*.
$1 a thousand; <>u cigarettes with tobacco
wrappers,50 cents per thousand The in
come tax is leit at 2 per cent., but is extend
ed to rents, profits,salaries "froiu any source
whatever.”
“ Hie is»ue »s raised between toe Assembly
elected by the voices ol the people, and the
A*aruibly occupied by men whose virtues
and talents are ol considerable variety. * *
The question is, whether the judgment of
tt.e House of Lords is not mereiy to ttmrdify,
but to annilii'ate tne whole wo»i of the ses
*ioa—work which has been performed with
an amount of *acrifice of time, labor, con
vemence and healtli. which is totally un
known to the Lords * * * We have
bt n de*irous to -avo something of the ses
sion’s work. We, however, are compelled
to accompany the accep ance of the amend*
oentswith the sorrowful declaration that
the differences are not merely temporary
and casual opinion, hut differences ot con
viction and prepos*cs*iou.”
The quotation is an extract iro n Mr Glad
stone’s speech of March 1st upon an impor
taut measure passed by the House of Com
mons and amended and mutilated in the
I House of Lords. If Glsd-tone were a mem
ber of the American House of Represents
| tives, it would not be difficult to believe that
be would make the same observations, with
; oat nia erial change*, upon the return of the
tariff bill with the amendmeut.* now propos
i ed from the sienate to the House.
Mr. Wilson s Condition.
WA*HlStiTOSr, D C., March 9 — Repre
eentative ltreckenridge, of Arkansas, has
received the following telegram from the
eon of Representative Wilson concerning
the latter’s condition :
Guadalajara. Mex, March 9.—Fever
gone. In bed, very weak and much emacia
ted W. U W11305.
Liter information more encouragiug.
In the Easter Number of Harper’s Bazar,
i-sued March 17th, there will he a story by
Marion Hariand, entitled “A Distinction
and a Difference,” illustrated by Lucius W.
Hitchcock, and a clever sketch by Kate
U!>son Clark, eniitled “Easter Hats,” illus
trated by W. H. Hvde. Sketches and ar
ticles by other writers will be full of Easter
suggestions. -.
Xeicsy Sotes.
Gov. MacCorkle if fc charter member of
a Base Ball Club.
Fifteen young women students of \ assar
College have enlisted in tleSalvatiou Army.
The post*'flics at Jordan’s Springs, Fred
erick, Co. Va., has been re-established, with
Cleary Jordan as postmaster.
David Powell, ag«d about io years, com
mitted suicide by banging himself to a tree
near Winchester. He was a widower with
out children.
Admiral Da Gama has offered to surren
der the insurgent fleet to the Brazilian gov
ernment, providing full protection is offered
himself and followers.
Robert E. Lee, son of the late General R.
E. Lee, was married in Washington City
on Thursday last, to Miss Juliette Carter of
King William county, Va.
Hon. B F. Martin, who has been under
medical treatment in Wheeling for six
months past, has returned to ln» home in
Grai on much improved iti health.
One rioter at the Eagle mine in Faye.te
county has been held on the charge of mur
der; and others have given bond, and sev
eral jailed to await action of the grand jury.
J Frank Field-, B & 0 agent at Han
cock Station, has purchased the Harrison
farm of 200 acres, lying near Hancock Sta
tmn, from E C. Jones, of Kearneysville, for
$5,000.
There nre now in the South 400 cotton
mills, with 2.763.879 spindles aud 65 052
looms. The capital invested in them is
estimated at $97,000,000, as against ouly
$21 976,000 in 1S80
Senator Pefl'cr says the cost of producing
wheat has been reduced to 35c. a bushel in
the northwest ami to 22c. in California.—
He accounts for the present prices by over
production.— Wheeling Register.
A north-bound N & W. vestibule train
on the Shenandoah Valley branch ran into
a landslide ten miles north of Buchanan at
6 40 Thursday morning. The engineer was
kilted and the fireman was badly scalded.
York, makes h miraculous cure of Iter rheu
matism. She write*: "I owe unspeakable,
and never to be forgotten gratitude to Sal
vation Oil. It. made a miraculous cure of
my rheumatism.”
The value of We*t Virginia's coal output
in 189!) wa* $5 085.584; capital invested in
the mines, $10 508 000 ; number of employ
es 9,952; wages $3,888.0 0 The capital
invested in iron mining in 1890 wa*$3 905,
000; total wage* paid 2,468 worker*, $505,
061.
Licentiate W. J Warden, a Presbyterian
preacher, died at Wa-hington, Rappahan
nock county, last Friday, in bis 70th year.
He was a man of marked ability, but hia
retiring and modest spirit always shrank
from ordination to the ministry, and so be
gave hia life to mission work among the
destitute in which he was very successful.
—Staunton Yint/icaeor.
The bodies of the thirteen mpn entombed
in the Gaylord mine, Plymouth, Pa., were
brought to the surface on Monday. It is
certain they met instant death by the fall
of rocks and earth upon them. Twenty
seven days elapsed between the cave-in
and the recovery of the bodies. Fifty chil
dren mourn the death of the*e thirteen la
tb-T*. One of the men was so papular in
bis home that seven days after his entomb
ment be was elected a school director.
Mr U S. J. Dunbar, the Washington
sculptor, on Friday submitted a model for
a statue which it is propo-ed to place in
Statuary Hall of the Capitol of the late
Senator Kenna, of West Virginia. Ibis
stitue is in the hands of the committee
which will select a model from those sub
mitted Senators Faulkner and Camden
and Governor MacCnrkle, of West Virginia,
are menibersof the committee. Mrs. Kenna
visited Washington to give judgment on it.
Mortuary.
From the Martinsbur-j Independent.
At ihe residence ot hi* parents in Mar
iin*burg, Urban Samuel, the twenty month
old child of Mr. and Mr*. Uiu. A. Burk
hart.
Mr* L. A. Montague, who has been ill
for a long time, di*d on Sunday night at
her h<>nie in Martinxhurg of con-ump'ion.
Mr*. Mon'ague was very estimable, and her
death throw* a mantle of sorrow over hus
band, children ami many friends.
Mr. Charle* Carney, son of Mr. Jacob V.
Carney, of m ar Bedington, died at his fa
ther's home Tuesday night.
Little Pearl, the infant daughter of Mr.
and Mr* J. B. Grubb, die*! ai her father’s
house in Mari insburg of membranous croup.
Mr Gc » R >u*rh died at the home of his
sister. Mr*. Win. Edward*, in Martinsburg
on Saturday, March 3d, after a long and
seriou* illness. Mr. Rouach had many
frit nds in tm- ci'v. ami all along the line
j of B. & 0 R. II of which he w.«sau engin
| eer for a number of years.
State of Ohio, t ity of Toledo, )
Lucas County. j
Frank J. Cheney makes oath that he
j i* the senior partner ot F. J. CHENEY A
Co, doing business in the City ol Toledo,
I County and cute ainrrs&id. mid that said
firm will pay the sum of ONE HUNDRED
DOLLARS for each and every case ot C’A
TAKKU that cannot he cured by the use of
Hall's Catarrh Cure
Frank J. Cheney
Sworn to before me and subscribed in my
i presence, this 6th day of December, A. D.
i 1886
| ~A. W. Glea-on,
seal • Notary Public.
Hall s Catarrh Cure i* taken internally
and act* directly on the blood and mucous
surface* of the system. Send for testimo
nial*. free F J OHE*EY & Co ,
fcafSold by Druggists. 75c. Toledo, 0.
The British Parliament reassembled Mon
day. The Queen’* speech declared that bills
will be submitted for the amendment of
registration, abolition of plural voting, deal
iug with church affair* in Wales and Scot
land. A graceful tribute was paid to Mr.
Gladstone by Mr Balfour. In the course of
1 his speech Sir William V. Harcourt said
that home rule is hound to come The gov
ernra »r»* -will go through its entire program
. and : appeal to the country.
A disastrous fire occurred at * Alt. Gilead,
the farm adjoining “Woodlawn,” owued by
James M. Roper and formerly occupied by
O. H. Goens, and now managed by him.
The fire was discovered about 2 o’clock
Tuesday night, starting in the meat house,
and thence communicated to the house, con
suming all the buildings and a hog bnu-e
and corn crib close bv, which contained
thirty barrels corn and a lot of rye. The
meat huu«e contained 50 pieces of.raeat and
2 cans of lard and many other articles.
The fire cut off all communication with the
cistern and rendered the destruction of the
property inevitable. Mr. Shutter and wife
occupied the house. Mr. &. bad his hands
badly burned and his wife narrowly escap
ed being burned to death in endeavors to save
some things stored in the cellar. There was
no insurance on the contents of the build
ings, but the buildings were insured with
Messrs. Washington & Alexander—$400 on
the residence, $50 on the smoko house and
$100 on the kitchen. The loss is a serious
one and tails heavy upon the occupant of
the properly. The fire is supposed to have
originated by thieves robbing the meat
house and setting it on fire to cover up their
traces. The theory is strengthened by the
fact that no lard cans could be found in the
ashes nor were there any bones The loss
will be promptly paid, as all honest losses
are by our reliable insurance agents.—Ad
vocate.
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Largest, Strongest, Best.
A prominent feature of this year’s state
ment of the Equitable Society is the evidence
which it affords of the wise and successful
economy of the management. All the ex
pense ratios show a still further reduction
over that effected in the previous year and
yet a larger new business was written and a
much larger amount was kept in force. No
other life company has ever transactid eo
large a business on so small a rate of ex
With 278,435 policies in force, assuring
$932,532,577. the Society still maintains its
position as the largest life assurance company
in the world. With this wide basis to iustiri*
the full operation of the law of average, and
with a surplus of J32.366.750 33 (nearly
double that of any other life company), and
with a very high ratio of assets to liabilities,
it maintains its position as the strongest life
assurance company in the world.
With its uniform, just and wise liberality,
its busine-s conducted wholly in the interests
of the policy holders, and the splendid re
sults of its Tontine policies, it continues to
maintain its position as the best life assurance
company in the world.
We understand that some road orders are
sold at 33$ per cent, discount. This should
not be and ought to be corrected.—Advocate.
W* are informed by those who disburse
the public money that orders are promptly
paid when presented and not by them dis
counted. If holders of claims against the
county subject themselves to a “shave” ol
their paper, it is not improbable it is becau«e
said paper hits not yet reached the stage ol
an “order’’ of the court upon the sheriff, but
is simply an open account transferred. It
is not uncommon to see the published state
ment of an order to Joliu Jones for the use
of Samuel Smith. Such an order is so made
because the open account has been trans
ferred by Jones to Smith aud then presented
to the court for an order upon the sheriff—
When a man knocks off a third of his ac
count he must be in dire need of ready
money. It may be proper just here to re
mark that Deputy Sheriff Alexander said to
us that if the county court would authorize
the road supervisors of Charles Town dis
trict to certify to him accounts of road work
ers, he would pay them upon presentation,
thus preventing the delay incident, ns now,
to the wailing on a term of court.
Women cannot be too careful abouf the
whiskey they drink. They need it often
and should have the list. Inferior, im
pure whiskey is poisonous. It makes the
>0 >>kin blotchy, ruins the com
plexiou and irritates the nerves. Woman’s
whiskey must be a safe, honest brand —
jjueh liquor will cure heart and nerve
troubles, torpid liver and insomnia.—
Science, common-sense and experience are
blended in ihel. W. Harper’s Nelson Coun
ty, Ky., Whiskey, manufactured by a relia
ble Distillery. A delicious, beneficial
liquor—a family wlii*key. Physicians pre
scribe it lor its purity aud soft, mellow fla
vor. Sold by G. W. Thomas, Charles Town,
W. Ya.
Citizens' Engine House, March 0. 1894.
At a regular meeting of the Citizens’ Fire
Company, the following resolutions were
adopted :
Resolved, That a vote of thanks be extend
ed to the Fire Marshal, the honorable Mayor
and City Fathers for their kindness in pro
curing a suction pipe for our engine
Resolved, That a copy of the same be aent
to the honorable Mayor and Fire Marshal,
and the same be published in the papers of
tbe town. J. W. Russell, Captain.
—-> *
Church Sotes
The Baltimore Conference of the M. E.
Church, South, will hold its sessions in
Frtdericksburg, beginning March 28 b.
Lenten services in Zion Episcopal Church
on Mondays at 5 p. m., Tuesdays, Thursdays
and Saturdays at 7 30 a. m., Wednesdays at
7.30 p. in. and Fridays at 11 a. m.
The Best in the World.
I was troubled for a long time with indi
gestion and constipation and received no
benefit from the various remedies I tried
until I used Dr. D-ane’» Dyspepsia Pills
which certainly worked wonders in my case.
I consider them the best pill in the world
for those ailments. Geo. W. Haddox.
Boots and Shoes, Winchester, Ya.
We carry an elegant line of trunks as well
as traveling Dags at Hirscbman’s.
Great bargains in all our departments at
Hirsch man’s.
Those ladies’ kid gloves which we are now
selling at 50c. is the best value ever received
for the money. Come and try a pair at
Hirsch man’s.
A perfect stock of suits and overcoats are
being sold at the cost of production at
K»hn’t.
Visit Kahn’s, Sadler building, for the
greatest bargains in saiu and overcoats.
“ Castor! a Is so well adapted to children that
I recommend it as superior to any prescription
known to me." 1L A. Archer, M. D.,
Ill So. Oxford St, Brooklyn, K. Y.
“The use of ‘Castoria is so unirersal and
its merits so well known that it seems a work
of supererogation to endorse it. Few are the
intelligent families who da not keep Castoria
within easy reach."
Carlos Marty*, D. D.,
New York City.
Castoria euros Colic, Constipation,
Sour Stomach, Diarrhoea, 1 .nictation.
Kills Worms, gives sleep, and promotes di
gestion.
Without injurious medication.
“For several rears I Uavs recommended
your ‘ Castoria,' and shall always continue to
do so as it has invariably produced beneficial
results."
Edwdi F. Paud ex, M. D.,
125th Street and Tth Ave„ New York City.
Tux Centaur Company, 77 Murray Street, New \orr City.
Communicated.
Morgantown, March 6. 1S94.
Mr. Editor: There appeared las June in
the columns of The Free Press certain
articles, which purported to be letters from
Morgantown, giving accounts of the trans
actions of the Board of Regents of the West
Virginia University. One of those articles
contained a statement, which had previous
ly appeared in the Wheeling Register, to the
effect that E M. Turner, the, then, President
of the University, had attacked me on the
ground of incompetency (as Professor of
Engineering) in his annual report. The
baM* of his attack on me was that I had
made a motion in the Faculty to recommend
to the Board of Regents that my title be
changed from ‘‘Professor of Civil and Min
ing Engineering” t» “Professor of Civil
Engineering." After making this offense
appear as enormous as possible by much
verbiage, innuendoes, etc , he suggests that
it was time the University should employ
Professors to fit the chairs, and not make
the chairs to fit the Professors. It does not
become me to say whether or not I am com
petent to teach the fundamental principles
of a profession I have followed for twelve
years; that matter I am willing to leave to
the verdict of tho«e who are most compe
tent to judi.e, viz: the students of engineer
ing who have received instruction at my
■ • V » _.!>L -....I HMII a K.irltrtt i m
nHmiS. 1 UCirHim ovi.-va ~ .
copy of a petiiinn presented to the Board
of Regents without my knowledge or con
sent. It is signed by every member of the
engineering class. It speaks for itself. I
am now pleaded to inform you that, since
Turnerism is no more, the prospects of the
University are very flattering, the enroll
ment being larger than ever before. The
acting President, Dr. Reynolds, is giving
great satisfaction; energetic, industrious,
having great natural ability, ho is, par ex
cellence, an ideal college President.
Hoping that you will find space in the
columns of your valuable paper for this let
ter and petition, and thereby permit my
friends to know all the facts in the case and
not compel them to depend lor information
on the irresponsible, ex parte, statements of
Turner, I am very respectfully,
H. B Davenport. Jr.
Morgantown. W Va.. June 13, '03
To thi Hon Board of Regents—
Sir*: Thera is a rumor current thatacharge.
direct'v or indirectly ha* been made ta your
honorable body that Prof. Davenport i» in
competent as a teacher in engin-ering.
Those of us in his classes know that he is
perfcetlv competent in llie branches we have
studied under him. and w#> believe that there
is not a professor in the University that ean
get more work out of the students and in a
more agreeable way than Prof PavcDport —
In fact lie is a general favorite, as he seems to
stimulate us with ambition to have perfect re
citations
We feel sure thnt you cannot do better than
to retain him in his present position ; and we.
the engineeringstudents. humbly petition that
you recognize our request; for we certainly
have had every opportunity to know of his
competency and ability.
Fred Minshall, O. R. Jones,
8. K Jenkins. C. E. Krebs.
Hatw«rd Flfmino, R. L. Morris.
8. C. Btathkb*. J. V Griffin.
A. F. Rader. C W. Ross,
L. J. Robb.
jno man can dc as great as t.ieveianu, nor
cling so unfalteringly as be to wbat he f«ela
to be the best, mod honest and to what he
feels himself pledged, without calling down
upon himself the virulent abuse of every
political failure in the land and every big
oted opponent. Mr. Cleveland has been
right where other men would have been po-1
litic; he lias struck where other men would
have bought; he has defied where other
men would have compromised ; he has act
ed where other men would have procrasti
nated and he has done it all with the deep |
e-t sense of his duty and feeling to the utmost
the weight of the responsibility.—Hagert- |
town Mail.
.lVir.tdrertinementn.
I _________________ - |
|| Is still at the front! You 5
t>can rely on it! It never#
\i fails to perform a cure! S
Di.BulI’SsS
<> is sold by all dealers for2£c# :
. | Dent be misled. It a dealer offers you A
T some other ’ u?t as (|ood^ ytwwt^on # i
A tyrup' No ic..uiionj are a* good. A
nurvii LANGE'S PLUGS, Thu Great Tobacco
bnt¥» Antidote!—Pricu 10 Cta. At an dualtra
Notice to Taxpayers.
At a special meeting of the Town Council ;
held on March 7th. ls»4. it was ordered that '
Al.I. TAXES due the Corporation must he !
paid by April 1st, or the Sergeant will collect j
them according to law
| MASON* F.. YOrXQ.
March. 14 13W. S&rgeant.
Dwelling House for*Rent.
For rent from April 1st. 1894. the Dwelling
House now occupied bv Gerard D. Moore, Esq-,
"**, '”d °rMai“ W^TRAVKRS.
March 14,.1894—3t.
House Cleaning.
The undersigned offers her services to those
needing them for house cleaning, (-’barge*
moderate. Apply at my home on West Main
street, nearly opposito Colored BaptistCburen.
Mar. 14. ’94. Mas. MARY ANDREW.
Executors’ Notice.
The undersigned, having qualified “ Exec
utors of the late Mrs. Marguret 8. Riddle, of
Wilmington. Delaware, hereby request all
persons indebted to said estate to make prompt
payment; and all having claims against the
same to present them pro,£s\)pVf*
W. 0. N0RRI8.
March 14, 189i-4t.* Executors.
PUBLIC SALE
OF
PERSONAL. PROPERTY.
The undersigned will sell at public sale at
her residence near the corner of Main and
West streets, opposite Mr. Dumm’s, on
Wednesday, March 28, ’94,
the following property:
One Set of Bedroom Furniture,
mattress and springs, refrig'mtor, wood stove,
wardrobe, 1 red press, half-dozen parlor chairs,
half-dozen dining room chairs, 1 cooking stove,
1 coal stove, extension table, 1 small stand, 1
washstand, t chairs, bureau with mirror, l
f kitchen table, 1 wash tub and wash board, 1
ironing board, 1 brass kettle 1 porcelain kettle,
3 flat irons 3 stone jars, 4, 3 and l gallons, and
uumerous other articles.
TERMS Or SALK —A credit oi MVCMontiw
on mms over $5; sums of $5 and under, Cash
No property to be removed until terms are
complied with. Sale to begin at 10 o’clock.
Mas. MARGARET E. CRANE.
March 14, 1b94.
AISQUITH Sc CO.,
PHARMACISTS,
DEALERS IN
Drugs, Proprietary Medicines, Pure
Chemicals, Paints, Oils,
Dye Stuffs, Fancy Hair and Toilet Brushes,
Fin© Toilet Soaps*
Combs, a full line of Domestic and Foreign
Perfumes, Trusses, and Shoulder Braces, tine
assortment of
Stationery and School Books.
Physicians’ Prescriptions
Carefully Comj>aunded at all Hours,
Court-House Square, Charles Town.
March 14, 1»94.
BANK STATEMENT.
Report of thecondition of the First National
Bank of Jefferson at Charlestown, W. Vs., at
the clo^e of business Feb. 2a, 1804 r
RESOURCES.
Loans and Discounts,.$ 74,065 13
Overdrafts, secured and unsecured... 34* 29
U. S. Bonds to secure circulation,. 12,500 00
Stocks, securities etc. 28,000 00
Banking House, Furniture and Fix
tures. 100 00
Due from National Batiks (not Re
ferve Agents). 1,180 Go
Due from State Banks and Bankers.. 95 42
Due from approved Reserve Agents 6,723 39
Checks and other Cash Items,. 244 84
v -___. •? oot AA
Fractional Paper Currency, Nickels
and Cents. 07 99
Law»cl Mosey Resekve is Bask, viz:
Specie.12.824 40
Legal Tender Notes. 5,910 00 18,731 40
Redemption Fund with U. 8. Treas
urer (5 per cent of circulation). 562 50
Total.-.$150,757 61
LIABILITIES.
Capital Stock paid in,. .50,000 00
Surplus Fund,. :»,00Q 00
Undivided Profits less Expense?! and
Taxes paid. 7,585 70
National Bank Notes outstanding. 10,600 00
Due to other National Banks. 2.447 G3
Due to State Banks and Bankers. 3*>9 70
Individual deposits subject to check. 59,757 08
Certifie/1 Checks. 7 50
Total.. 4l‘0.757 61
State of West Virginia,
County of Jefferson, w:
I, Samuel Howell, Cashier of the aliove
nanie/I Bank, do solemnly swear that the above
statement is true to the best of my knowledge
and belief. SAM'L. HOWELL,
Cashier.
Subscribed and sworn to before me, this 6th
day of March, 1891.
JNO. PORTERFIELD,
Notary Public.
Correct—attest
H. O. Talbott, 1
J.Gakl. Hour, v Directors.
O. F. Msaos. j
March 14. 1894— It.
To Let.
A pleasant room, with or without board,
can be ha/1 by a lady or gentleman, in a pri
va>e family. Location central. Apply at tbis
office.
Feb. 21, 1894—34
For Rent.
OFFICE ROOM for rent. Apply to
A. G. WYNKOOP.
Feb. 21. 1S94—4t.
Stockholders’ Meeting.
The annual meeting of Stockholders of the
Bank of Charles Town will be held on Monday,
April 20, 1894, at their usual place of meeting.
GEO. A. PORTERFIELD,
March 7, 1994—It. CaahJer.
THIRTY-FOURTH
ANNUAL STATEMENT
-OF
THE EQUITABLE
Life Assurance Society
OF THE UNITED STATES,
For the Year Ending Deo. 31, 1893.
Assets, $169,056,396.90
Increase in Assets, $15,996,334.89
Income. $42,022,605.55
Increase in Income, $1,736,368.06
Surplus. $32.366.750.33
Increase in Surplus, $1,176,934.74
New Assurance written in '93.
$205,280,277.00
Assurance in Force,
$932,532,577.00
Iucreasc in Assurance, $81, 570,332
THE EQUITABLE LIFE
Is the Best Company to As
sure with
BECAUSE
1. It U the8TROXGE8T company-haviaga
larger surplus than any other financial insti
tnt on of its kind in the world.
2. It is the I.AKGE8T company-haring a
larger outstanding business than any other.
3. It la the BEST company-for its history
proves that its management baa been more
succe«»ful in the interest of policy-holders than
any other.
4. It is the most LIBERAL couipany-for it
has been the pioneer in all reforms for the
benefit of pelicy-holders.
5. It is Die most ECONOMICAL company
m ii evidenced by the returns under iu Ton
tine policiee as well as by its steadfast adher
ence to conservative methods, and its refusal
to adopt measures to attract new memUra »t
the expense of the mass of its assured.
U. It is more truly a MUTUAL company
than any of its competitors, for no other com
pany has been conducted so uniformly and
consistently for the advantage of policy-hold
ers.
7. Its PROMPTNEK8 in paying of death
claims and maturing policies is unexampled.
8. Its policy grants every privilege snd ad
vantage which, in the interest of its member?,
it is safe and appropriate to combinein sting!*
contract of assurance.
9. It has done more to liberalize and simpli
fy and extend the usefulness of life assurance
than any other company.
10. Its new Tontine Instalment policy is.
without exception, the best contract of assur
ance now extant.
11. Its financial statement (printed in this
issue of tbi* paper; will illustrate its unpar
alleled financial standing, its healthy growth
and great prosperity. .Special attention 1* di
rected to that statement, as wall as to the rec
ords of its past history.
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