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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-12-02
THE KANSAS BANKS.
Indignant Depositors Choking Cashier
smith Into a Confession.

HCSNEwELL KANSAS December 1.-The
excitement over the Hunnewell and Cald-
well bank failure still runs high. At one
time yesterday it was thought President
Danford and Cashier Smith would never
see daylight again. They are under q
heavy guard A deteIMlneu vTowu OF
swindled deROsitors say a settlement must
be made at once in full, or Danford and
Smith must die All is quiet here. The
latest news from Caldwell is that a rope
was put around Smiths neck and gently
pulled, which induced him to make a con-
fesSiOn. the substance of which cannot be
learned
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-12-02
Gsae CH

r~nrAxAroLIs. December La special 70
r~s. from Union City. reports
the Dirty r National Marriage and
the failure d the ''res number OF
Dover Assoeistion. A "'Ranised
these associations hare been -. -.
in This ststs within Che 1hst tey mons.-.
and two of them have alresdy failed.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-12-02

Iris worth remembering that nobody en-.
ioys the incest surroundings If in bad
health. There are miserable people about
today with one foot in the grave. when
bottle of Parker's Ginger Tonie would DO
sheIn more good than all the doctors ana
tfesiicincs they have ever Tried. See adver-
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-12-02
THE NEWS.

.rrRETARY BLAINE will visit the
,,,.rt, Exposition on December II.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-12-02

E.rrHrE i becoming pious. He has
pronounced against Guiteau, against
l.gL.hrsding ministers and in favor of
,Lurrh taxation.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-12-02

NN,Il-roN i almost an epidemic in
several rili,>, and i'm the small towns of
Minnesota ii i spreading with alarming
rrr.Gity.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-12-02
IRISH NATiONAllSTS.
Proceedings OF the Chicago COnyen-
ton.

CHICNGO, December r-Thc Irish Nation
nj Convention met this morning about half
past nine The Committee on Credentials not
being ready To report, this fact was received
with some marks of diSapprobation. 1t was
stated on behalf Of the COmmittSc that the
credentials of the New York delegations
were not yet at hand, but subsequently
these were obtained, and the committee re-
ported 733 delegates in attendance. There
was some question as to the official author
ity of some Of the delegates, and there was
a running debate over some names.
A telegram vas received from Patrick
Egan, of Paris. that he had learned that ).
go properties, representinga rental of ElO,-
coo, 600 year, had already refused tOpay rent
in obedience to the Land League manifesto.
The hall was crowded at nom.
Afternoon session.
Cpon the conclusion of the reading OF
the report Of the Committee on Credentials,
the COnvCnt ton took recess. Several del
cgateS %rriyed during the day. augmcnting
tho number OF those i'll attendance to over
$40
Upon reasSembling, a permanent organ
ization was affected, by the election of Rev.
Dr. Belts, an EpiSaopalian clergyman, of
ST. Louis, as chairman. His nomination
Was the theme 1t some discussion, owing
70 ire TACT that some OF the ueleSateS
were disposed TO make objection on relig-
ious grounds, Father Sheehy and Others,
however, strenuously opposed this, insist
ing that the political and not religious
matters were before the Convention.
The afternoon was consumed i'll routine
business preliminary To the appointment Ql
q committee ON resolutions. which was
compost;a. of one delegate from each State
represented with an additional representa-
tive Miss Ellen Ford, u New York.
The Convention at o'clock, ADJOURNED
| until "a. NJ. tomorrow, to give the com
| mittee time to prepare aplatfOrm.
False Alarm.
ST.. LOTS, December 1.-The police oI
Kansas City have received information that
another train robbery was contemplated or
| one of the east bound lines running from
that city, Monday night. Armed men. nc
| cpmpanied the east bound passenger tralr
on the Missouri Pacific, which left the de
/ not al six o'clock. The Chicago and Alton
rain which runs side by Side with tn
! Pacific. was also guarded that night
| WIS believed the attack was to h msde a
>;ut near Blue river, near which tn
| IN. - diverge. No attack, however
two traCA- contemplated robbery Wa
was made. I'm, Ter mistress OF one o
given away by forl.. for some reasol
the old Glendale gang, bu.
amounted to nothing.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-12-02
CRIMES,

ST. L"CIS, December IA San Antonia,
Texas special says: The Laycrna stage
was robbed this morning, about five miles
from the city, by one man on horseback.
The negro driver and one passenger, lady,
were OF board. The robbery was effected
by cutting the bolt from behind. The mail
was found scattered on the road. and valua-
bic packages stolen. Officers are on the
trail of the rObber.
BRADFORD, Pa, December During a
quarrel in Googe's bowlingallcy, Richburg,
\. Y, this afternoon, Edmund y. Whipple
shot al fatally wounded Theodore l..
Googe Whipple was promptly arrested.
Whipp,c is aged 35 years, and native Of
Ohio. His victim is aged -, and his par
cnts reside at Oil City.
Hangings In st. Louis.
ST. LOUIs, December THE Supreme
Court has fixed the dates for three hang
ingS in this city next month. Charles FL
lis, who murdered Mack saunders, and
Thaddius Baber, who killed his mistress
and her mother, are to be hanged December
%, and Erb. the wife murderer on Decem-
Der 80
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-12-02

ScMr one down in Georgia prophesies
that Uoiquitt will never be United States
senator till al of Ben Hills tongue is
-puF
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-12-02

Tur budget Of the German Empire
shows deficit Of -, $4,000. We judge
an An!,riaL bank cashier is running
that hUdgcy,
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-12-02

Nuyors pains and weaknesses nsiAste.
aJseases. MS Ifua Ha9V.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-12-02

>lx cxp,rtS, it is said, will pronounce
t.unv,u insane. An expert" is Scien-
urir noodle. and any school boy ought
>.snurr 10 bc trusted.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-12-02

The claim Of Mackey, of South Car
GINA, 10 a seat in the House il said to
Present 'noTel features, none of the kind
''"r having been presented to Con-
Sr'NS.' Mackey claims that he. aud not
'"nnor, should have been returned
''r'''" in November, 1sSO, ana that the
o@I,"tS!uem election of Dibble, vice
''hnor deceased, is nun and void.
a Precisely similar case arose in LoaiSi-
- %,a under the Kellogg regime, and was
Iy''ied ~ by the Republican majority in
,''' Mouse m manner to give Mackey
-, :" '''hiort, if he will refer to the record |
u " made. In the Louisiana case a
~, l''lcan was returned elected, and !
> ,r'" hd another Republican was chosen
~ !ne alleged vacancy. Tho Democratic |
I~sn lll"ht u. was held t. nave no standing !
GolT ahe House. Toaow seat Mackey, 7
W ysr5e p5c1,iS,chn, ,Sn, the Republicans must re-
ago. '" Ii"oa onsy = lew years
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-12-02

(Asdi6onai tstg4daf On Iessa psJt.l
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-12-02

REVENGE is sweet. The officers of
tine Indiana, Bloomington and West
rru Railroad have brought suit in Me-
Lean county, H., against a farmer
named Cope, because OF his carrleSSncSS
in permitting his cattl" 70 stray on the
lI-rrk of that road, whereby train was
u!t,lud.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-12-02

for me TO have shot. What possible i'll will
could ! have had against Garfield? Blaine
was the man to have been shot, according
to your theory. My getting or not getting
office had nothing to do with il whatever.
1t only shows how absurd and nonsensical
your theory is. II General Garfield had
paid respect to those letters it would have
been all right; but what did he do! lie
went and sold himself, soul and body, to
Blaine. lie did not appreciate the scntl-
ment and kindness OF those letters, but
threw himself into Blaincs hands, and
allowed Blaine to use the presidency TO
destroy
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-12-02

CONGRESSMAN HoAR, Of Michigan,
who once advised the South 10 raise
more cotton and les HI" has come to
the ir mt again in Tie Spcakership fight.
lIr will probably find as much of the
htrrr element as hc CARES for before he
q, - through.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-12-02

NAVIGATION Oh the Nerth Atlantic
is now being carried ON uhder serious
and diseouraging difficulties. The
storms by which that ocean is bei6s
swept are described as more violent anu
dangerous than Is usual, even at this
stormy season of the year, and the num-
her OF vessels which have within the
past few weeks narrowly escaped the
Jury ofthe wind and waves is eIoquently
numerous.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-12-02

PRESIDENT ARTHUR'S life was re-
Gently insured in Chicago company
.,r Sar.0oo, and the application elected
rlr information that there are $4,000
slr,ady insured in other companies.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-12-02

i RUSSIAN Prince i on trtal in =.
Petersburg for killing merchant in Il
restaurant last summer. 1t il an oiitn'c
n Russia to kill merchants in rcStau-
rants that cannot be- endured even ut
the hands Of the nobility. They should
take the merchant ont of the restaurant
+. they would kill him with impunity.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-12-02

p Last evening United STATES Treasurer
Giffiilan sent out ft,7s2 checks for the ag-:
gregate san of $2pf3. 81, ts nav tkequar
trrly irteress. falling d &c to-day. on Si7S.-
a7ealsa nj n friStsreff fcn Ia hr.riu : 4 y -xa=.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-12-02

Cot. FuRNEY says Anna Dickinson
lives at Elizabeth, that her middle name
= Elizabeth, and that she is "brainy,
bold, elastic electric AMI eclectic" Just
wait until her pantaloOnS begin to bag at
the knee, and all these adiectiveS will
till - ,unIfi,rt hGs- ------s---
no sessions of the Senate has been
consumed i'm a quarrel over the redS-
triI ution of petty official salaries, and
now the powerful mimi of the Ropubli-
can majority of the House is concen-
irG,trd on a similar object in the other
rul Of the CppitOl
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-12-02

and then asked who notnina ted him
A.-Tbe Chicago convention.
Q.-Was that inspired!
The prisoner besitated and seemed about
10 dodge the question, when Porter stopped
him with an fmpatient-"Sow, now, now.
A. (mockinglyl-"Sow, now, now l
thought Grant or Blaine would be nomi-
mated. and when Garfield vas nominated on
the thiriy.siIth ballot, 1t was the act OF
t;od The facts surrounding his election
would sustain the same position. IL was
the act OF God. and the facts surrounding
his removal would sustain the same posi-
ton. ..-..l
The prisoner complained Of being ia.
tieued. saving be was not used TO speaking
I've hours at time, and the court ad'
iourned
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~ Inten dcd to Borrow

il from some Of my friends" and added
'Tll tell you, Judge, how borrow money
It may bc of service To you when You wan
to borrow for yourself. don't lie, no
sneak hut go right up to man and as'
him for what want" Witness was close
ly questioned about the purchase OF th'
pistol, and asked why he bought one will
an ivory handle instead of plain one. ant
replied, because thought IL worth q dol
lar more.
Judge Portcr-Did you not say il woui'
look better in the Patent Office
Witness admitted he might have believed
or thought the pistol wonld sometime h
placed in the State Department. Shortl!
afterward Guiteau became very indignan
al Judge Porter's use Of the word
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-12-02

Several officers of the b. & o. Railroad
were in town last week. They came over
the Hempfeid on tour OF inspection.
They also looked at the work on the ONO
and Baltimore Short Line east OF town.
The work on this new line is progressing
steadily and with reasonable rapidity. The
probabilities are that the road will be com
pleted to GAINESVILLE, its eastern terminus,
within twelve or eighteen month from tne
present. IL the dignitaries OF the b. ".
were on trip of inspection ana oDser-
yation over the Hempfeld ii Is hsped 'hes
obse,rcd the dilapidated and forlorn conan
ton Of tho passenger stations along us lihe;
At the thrifty and enterprising town Oh
, Glaysville the station house resembles De
ted barracks: Al Coon Island and many
se; .ations ON the road there IS no com
""ner >, N for ladies. and the places look
lvHrtable roU- ~he station in Warrington
old AID sick 4. building has celeorat-
is little better. ThU timber and gener,
ed its centennial and IN. II the abode oi
al appearance is a reminder re discoT'
Noah and his sons when they W. IN its
cred by the dove with the olive ieal
mouth. - Warrington Pa Democrat.
The first car from Cincinnati 10 the seaooaf'
via Huntington and Richmond left that
place yesterday morning. 1t started from
the Covington depot, and goes to Lexington
over the Kentucky Central; thence to
Huntington, via the Elizabethtown and
Big Sandy Railroad, and thence over the
Chesapeake and Ohio to Norfolk.
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pnd shouted fercely. You seem todeligh'
in the use Of the words kill and murder
There's no use Of your whining in tina,
way. The mere fact of how ] removed
the President has nothing whatever to do
with this case"
Guiteau's shrewiness in detecting am
anticipating any point which might b'
mode against him was marked feature %
the investigation. Judge Porter pressed
him very closely to fix the day when ~
received his alleged inspiration TO remove
the President. and Guiteau finally shriekcc
QUITO remove all this loose talk wan
YOU TO know that would have
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-11-10
An Ingenious Rascal.

The theater of Ofen (Buda-Pesth) was
the scene of his debut, though this was
made in loge, not on the stage. 1t ap-
pears that certain Hungarian countess,
well known for her riches and beauty
(the same spirited lady who seconded
her brother in dueD graced with her
presence the performance at the Arena,
or summer theater On one of her fair
fingers my lady wore two splendid dla-
mond rings, exactly like each other.
During an entr' acte there presented
himself in her box big fellow in gorge
GUS livery-six feet of the finest funkey
imaginable. ,Quoth he, in finest Hunga-
rian My mistress, Princess p, has
sent to your ladyship, to ask the loan OF
one Of your rings for five minutes. Her
highness has observed them from her
box opposite and is very anxious to have
one made after the patteru." Without
an instant's hesitation. the countess
handed q ring to "Jeaines, who bowed
with respectful dignity and retired. The
performance over, the two great ladies
met on the staircase, and the countess
begged her friend to keepthe ring at her
convenience. s..What ring, my dear?''
,Denouensent! Tableau The "pow-
dered menial Y, was no funky at all,
but thief, and the ring was gone. The
police were informed Of the impudent
trick. Justice seemed to. have over
taken the culprit in q very few strides,
for next morning the countess, while
still en- ro6e7de-chan6re, received let
ter informing her that the thief had been
caught and the ring found on his per-
son. s"Only," added the note, the
man stoutly denies the charge and de-
clares the ring to be his own. To clear
up all doubt pray come at once to the
police station, or send the duplicate ring
by bearer. To draw the second ring
from the finger and intrust it joyfully
to the messenger-a fine fellow in full
police uniform, together with hand
some "tip," for the glorious news, was
the work of a moment. Only when my
lady an hour later betook herself radiant
| to the police station to recover her jew
els, q slight mistake came to light.
"Well, my rings?p could not come to
myself the instant I got your letter. y
"What letter, madam ?" Denouen,enf!
Tableau No. 81 The thief had got them
| botlt. - London f(JJo6e. s, 80 81
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-11-10
The Household Recipe.

: In the information column of some OF
our exchanges, the startling assertion
that watermelon may be vanished and
will keep till Christmas, il still going
around. 5
The watermelon is our favorite fruit
and we thought last fall that we would
vanish one and surprise our friends with
it Christmas. The surprise was all right
but the melon wasn't good for much.
After the turkey and cranberry sauce
had been demolished, we remarked as We
sharpened the carving knife on our boot
leg, that we would now deal out the
fruit. l1. n8a.a
= When we showed the glittering blade
through the vanished shell of the water
melon, about quart of melon juice in a
bad state of preservation squirted around
the festive board and stopped the flow OF
conversation.
Yes. YOU can varnish watermelon and
keep it till next fall, but when you hold
the autopsy you want to have nobody
around but the coroner and the en-
balmer. a -t
When we threw that melon over into
the alley we remember that it went to
pieces like an old seed cucumber thrown
against the side of barn.
You can always DeI on THESE IecipeS
that you read in the papers. We re-
member once of reading that certain.
preparation would keep eggs for year
and they would taste better when you
peeled them than when they were first
picked. ~
We tried it.
They seemed filled with malaria when
we opened them and they popped like q
champagne cork.
The family had to move out on ranch
till the affair had blown over And while
we we're gone, the coroner broke into the
house to see who had been killed and
locked up there in order to conceal the
| crime.
Some of these editors who compile
recipes for housekeepers don't know
blanc mango from paletot. Boomer
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-11-10
Fears of death.

Why should men ever be afraid to die
but that they regard the spirit as sec
ondary to that which is but its mere
appendage and conveniency, its symbol,
its word, its means of visibility If the
soul lose this poor mansion of hers by
the sudden confagration of disease, or
by the slow decay of age, is she there
fore houseless and shelterless If she
cast away this soiled and battered gar
ment, is she therefore nakedp A child
looks forward to new suit and dons it
joyfully we cling to our rags and foul
ness We should welcome death as one
who brings us tidings of the finding of
long lost titles to large family estate,
and set out gladly to take possession.
though, it may be. not without nat
ural tear for the humber home We are
leaving. Death always means us
kindness, though he has often a gruff
way of offering it. James Russeu
LOaDeLL
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-11-10
The Condensed TrOwsers.

An editor in Chicago had ordered
pair Of new trowsers from the tailor. On
trying them on they proved 10 be two or
three inches too long. 1t being late ON
Saturday night, the tailor's chop ives
closed, and the editor took the trowsers
TO his wife and asked her to cut them of
and hem them over. The good lady,
whose cucumbers or melons had perhaps
disagreed with her, brusquely refused
The same result followed an application
TO his wife's sister and the eldest daugh-
ter. But before bedtime the wife relent-
ing, took the pants and cutting off six
inches from the legs, hemmed them
nicely and restored them to the closet.
Half an hour later the daughter, taken
with compunction for her unfilial con-
duct, took the trowsers, and cutting off
six inches from the legs, hemmed and
replaced them. Finally the sister-in-
law felt the pangs of conscience, and
she. too, performed IN additional surgi-
cal operation on the garment. When
the editor appeared at the breakfast,
Sunday, the family thought highland
chieftain had arrived, for the trowsers
reached only TO the middle of his thigh.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-11-10
AVAILABLE ASSETS.
One Of Those "Masho Letters.

When Horace Weston, the colored
banjo player of the Plantation troupe,
was travelling in Europe with the Jarrett
& Palmer Uncle Tom Combination, he
received large mail daily. One day he
was showing his letters to Mr.. Jarrett,
who was reading them to him. as he had
never lesrned to read. Suddenly Mr..
Jarrett was overcome with emotion. q
"Where did you get that letter ?" he
asked, holding out one with the royal
insignia printed on the corner, and
signed by-a court official. ~ e
1"Dat one7 Why, I've carried dat in
my pocket a week. ..1
4 '"Why, you idiot r. shouted Jarrett,
/ that is a command to appear before
the Queen, and is worth $4,000 to he
company for an advertisement"
sis dat so?'' replied Weston, II
thought it was one of dem mash letters. :"
---NeaO York San. 81 ESQ sea.a Ea
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-11-10

promised to surrender his property in
case of any trouble. Under these cir
cumstances the loan increased, till it reached
over two millions of dollars. The manner in
which this business was transacted was thus
Nugent would give drafts on friends in New
York which would be credited him as cash, ard
Baldwin would use the banks money to take
up the drafts when due. The books were
so falsifed as to show the accounts to be
correct. Finally, however, the losses
were placed in account with the Mechanics-
Bank, New York, agent of the Newark Bank
SO that while it appeared the Newark Bank
had claims for $4,000. 900 against the
New York Bank, in truth the Newark Bank
owes the New York bank 100000. This diff
ference is almost wholly due to the irregular
transactions with Nugent. He said he had
speculated very little, and lost nothing in that
way. District Attorney keasly says: "Nugent
can be held liable for his part of the transac-
tion under Section 5000 United States Revised
Statutes" "When Baldwin was before u"
said a Director, "he appeared to be anxious to
make q clean breast of the matter. He said he
fully realized the grave nature of the offense,
and admitted he ought to be dealt with in the
severest manner the law would allow. There
is no excuse for my misdeeds,' he said, 'and
now see what ought to have seen years ago.
1 stand before you tonight ape, jurer, aforger,
a falsifier and q criminal Il think, gentle
men, he said, in conclusion, that you ought
to sead for the officers and put me under
arrest for misappropriating your money
and money belonging to other persons.
1t is your duty to send me to Jail, and only
ask the privilege of going home to inform my
wife and family of my misdeeds. They know
nothing about this affair. I never expect to
go to the bank again, but instead I expect to
go to the jail, and from there to State prison,
where shall have to end my days. If I bad
not been too much of a coward 1 would not
have been here to tell you this story tonight
I should have shot myself. Since I have
chosen to live, must suffer-"