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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-10-12
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. RACE.
Articles OF Agreement signed Last
Night-The Race TO be Rowed on the
a.. In.


goth inst.
Last night Vim. Elliott and George Weis-
gerber met at the Mcclure House and
signed articles of agreement for q three
mile boat race for 500 side, as follows:
WHEELISG, October II, lS83.
Articles Of agreement entered into this llth
day of October. ES3, between William
Elliott. Of England, and George w. Weis-
gerber OF Wheeling for three-mile
single scull race, with a turn, for $50 q
eide, TO be rowed on Saturday, october
%, 1853, according 10 the following con-
di,ons, the National Amateur rules 10
= govern the race
Article Ito start from two boats
mOored twenty-five yards apart In the mid
die OF the river, and turn two buoys from
rieht TO left, twenty tye yards spsrt
Article 2-The rae 70 be one mile and
lslf and return 10 point OF starting.
Article 3.-Tbe men TO start By the word
go" 10 be given by the referee.
rticle That the sum oil tSU n9e -
now up in the hands OF Capt, MuhieHfI' oil
the NeLure. and the sum OF $500 a'sfde be
made good on Thursday, the llth OF octo-
her, 1853. to Capt Muhlemsn, who Ia hereby
appointed final stakeholder.
rticle 5-TEat the sum OF 80 be paid 70
VIM. Elliott on Thursday, the l5th inst,
for expenses.
That is known as the lower coarse, be-
txeen the hours OI 3 and o clock '. ~. on
smooth water, the referee TO be jr.dss OF the
same, who shall be chosen at che time oil
making the tinsl deposit. ST,
Article Zach party sh'!l be entitied
N two Judges, the men 20 toss ior posi-
lions before starting. No guide boats or
coacbipg allowed. The roe 70 De roSei 10
best and best boats.
Article s-E.ther p,.f'y filling 10 com
uIy with sny of the shore articles shall
foifeit ell uyney up.
tS,gnsdl g: " wtIsaksbEk'
Both partie. are nov in active trainini
and tie lGrtiDg fraternity expect TO SEE
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school Director.
HE PULLED A DOGS TAIL,
As n Result. Three Men Were Shot and
Badly Wounded.

Badly Wounded.
DANvILLE, VA, October 1.-Three men
were sho: and probably fatally wounded in
the lower part of Franklin county yester-
day in fight growing out of dispute over
the pulling of a dogs tail. Joseph p Love,
a fugitive from Justice from West Nirgjnie,
has been living with his father-in-law near
the scene OF the tragedy for some time.
Yesterday Love, his father, brother-in-law
ard brother, Charles Love, we're in the
woods hunting.
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KANSAS KLUKlUXERS.
Raising Objections 10 Negro SchOO
a'hIIHrau

Raising Objections 40 Negro SchOO!
Children.
KANSAS CIIY, October ll.-There has bean
great dissatisfaction among many people in
the Junction school District, near Rose
dale, in Wyandotte county, Kansas, over
the admission OF two children OF Sterrett
Hawer, a colored man, into the county
school. On Tuesday night party Of
seven visited Hawer house and compelled
him to take an oath that he would remove
his children from the school They visited
the residence Of Frank Halsinger, the
chief
school Director.
about midnight and informed him they
wished to see him about the school trouble.
Halsinger ordered them away, and as they
refused 10 20 fired revolver through the
glass of the door, be having bolted himself
in his house. The men retreated, .ex-
changing a number Of shots as they went.
Last evening, at the instance Uf Halsinger,
Il e sheriff arrested John Steele, Joseph
Brown, Doc Singleton, c. Parry end King
Scott, all young men, sons Of well-to'do
farmers. They were taken to Wyandotts
for examination. They declare that they
are innocent of any completely in the
affair.
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THE BAsTHoLDI MODEL.
A Miniature of the statue Unveiled In
New York.

New York, Oct 1.-THE unveiling OF the
model of the Bartholdi statue Of Liberty
and the pedestal took place to-day in the
Bryant Building, in the presence Of large
number of prominent gen tlemen, including
General Grant, Wm. NJ. Evarts, Joseph W.
Drexel, Mayor Edison, Parke Goodwin, Henry
T. Spaulding and General c. P. Stone. The
statue was in terra Gotta and the pedestal
of wood. The latter is square at the base
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-10-12

G'gpnSsn SIm LAIRD, R.; George W. Critics, d.
v W i Hsrns HSS%eFSn' RI W; 7. Hughes R.; VIM.
BOYLE We'd d. n = = W: S, Brown, r. R: Henry
Johnson, Z, E. B. Emerson, K; T. A
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"THE REMoYER'S" TRIAL.
The Secretary of State Will Secure His
Proper Defense.

Inc SSehetary Oh stare VIII secure his
Proper Defense.
CHICAGO, October 11.-At meeting held
here of Irish citizens, two weeks ago, a re-
quest was made Of John +. Fiperty, repre-
sentative in Congress from the Second
Illinois District, to place before the State
Department at Washington the fact that
ODonnell, the slayer OF the informer
Carey, was an American citizen, and as
such
Entitled TO Proper Defense
by the United States at his forthcoming
trial. Representative Finerty at once
communicated with Secretary Freliug
huyseD, and has received the following
reply:
DEPARTMENT OF STATE,
WASHINGTON, D. c., October 3.
Hon. John +. Finerty:
SIR: l am in receipt OF your letter of the
9th ult. inclosing a resolution adopted at
a meeting Of Chicago citizens in reference
to the
Approaching Trial
OF Patrick O'Donnell in England, said to be
a citizen of the United States. A copy of
your letter with its inclOsure will be COM
municated to our Minister in London, who
will be instructed to ascertain whether
ODonnell is citizen of the United States,
and if so to do what is necessary to secure
his proper defense.
1t is not doubled that the accused will
receive fair trial according to the usual
forms OF law, which, in England, are sub
stantially those in force in this country,
and that any proper aid to that end which
it is
within Their Power
to furnish will be given by the representa-
tives Of the United States in London. Such
aid will be given as matter Of course,
without specific instructions from this de-
partnent, to any American citizen accused
of crime IN any foreign country where this
government is represented.
am, sir, your Obedient,
[SigneG1 FEED'K 7. FREL!NGHCYsEN,
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A DISMAL, DISMAL GRoAN.
Murat HaIstead Explains Why it
Happened So.

Murat HaISteRd Explains Why it
Happened So.
CINCINNATI. October 1.-THE Commercial
Gazette says: Judge Hoadly was one OF the
last persons to believe in his own election,
AID vas doubling, and questioning, and
determined agnostic until after gas light
ing. Then came the
COld-RIOOded News,
putting Hoadly's majority at ten thousand
and more. 1t was not worth while to work
up fractional returns against such lumpy
dispatch as that. Even Hoadly came out
through the foS OF his malaria and saw that
he had been elected Governor OF Ohio, and
was a candidate for the Presidency. What
he needs now is to go a.tshing where the
cLills and fever are not known, and read
up on the protection Of wool, the manu-
facture of native wine, and the propagation
Of Temperance legislation OF graduated
kind.
Thc Great Cry
about little wool duty helped the Demo-
Gratis some, and the notion that their vine
wards were to be cut down, lest the purple
grapes offend, had its influence in the wine
making districts but the Old German guard
stood in the storm like the Imperial Guards
of their fatherland, when the fire hail dies.
The prohibition fury did the job, however.
The ProhibitiOnist must have voted more
heavily than was anticipated for their own
particular ticket, and they would not put
up with reasoning or
Listen 80 Remembrance,
but from enthusiasm they became greatly
excited, and grew rapidly intolerant. Tney
lave Sac-inred a great good, and have moth
ing to show for il. Perhaps they will ret
I he DemCcr, t 10 submit their favOrite
amendment to the people next time.
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ABDUCTED BY WOMEN.
The Extraordinary Experience OF
Canadian Young Lady.

Canadian Young Lady.
ToRoNTo, October 1l.-Much excitement
has been excited at St. Catharines by the
mysterious abduction of Minnie Brougham,
a daughter OF NJ. E. Broushau, excise
officer in that city, young lady of great
personal attractions and the belle of the
city. She wasaeccosted on the street by two
women closely yelled, who persuaded her
TO accompany them under threats of call
ing the police. Bewildered by their state
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-10-12

" ygur l0I Is are sEsf, II coid anses
,tn anirk ,listr.,s. you will breathe easier,
Won viz cough less, YOU will sIengt hen the
yuIuao,ry S.gsng, ynn viii f-s. better
sv.TSvsy Il you v6a.f recssinn u! Hss
rr. R;,,:r'. ra's,rr u wi'd Cary. Ash
~. G-.Ls.-. &c. Il.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-10-12

MRRF LIxx. 1896 Main street Wheel,
;,.o " W. ssvs: Il bad fysr%o'iA snd
feit 5sh It'd. R-o~n'7 Iron H!tieE' Ira
r.cl,G L. Lc--.A-
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Doomed TO Defeat.
The party must prepare for the ferct

The party must prepare for the iercest
attack it has ever withstood. The Demo.
Gratis will be so much encouraged by
showing better than many of their own
leaders expected that they will gather up
all their strength for the struggle of next
year. The civil service Law will not check
the party's ardor. one sweep Of the grimy
Democratic paw will smear that off the
statute book. and even il it would not
there are 5000 post-oftices to be had when
the pillsging begins. II may be that the
result in Ohio, which it took more than
twenty-four hours 10 ascertain, will be a
blessing in disguise to the Republican
party by dispelling the political apathy
from which it has been suffering
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A CHlLD'S HORRIBLE DEATH.
Fat8T Result Of a Dogs Bite over Two
Months AGO.

Months Ago.
CHICAGO, October ll.-PLulina l.. Hart
man, aged nine years, died Of hydrophobia
to day. She was bitten by black andtan
dog on August ID, but as the parents un-
derstood that the death of the dog re-
moved all
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Entitled TO Proper Defense

by the United States at his forthcoming
trial. Representative Finerty at once
communicated with Secretary Freliug-
huysep, and has received the following
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Rainr ClnseIY Pursued.

II is now known that they boarded the
New York and New England train at Pawl,
ing. a mile or so west OF the wrecked
house, at two O'Clock on Saturday alter
noon, All three we're under the influence
of Gouor. They were going to tlshkill
landing. At Wicopee they had talk
with the station sSent who knew them,
bnt did not know what they had been do
ing. They were quite boisterous when
thew arrived at Fishklll Landing. Ihey
crossed TO Newburgh, and the next day
walked up the West Shore Railroad track
and were seen at Highland, opposite tbs
city. They no doubt slept somewhere
Along the Track
on Sunday night, and on Monday footed it
10 Kingston, where they appeared at the
Waikiki Valley Railroad depot in time to
tske the $50 P. NJ train. They had but
dollar between them, and told the con-
ductor they were going into Pennsylyauia-
He carried them as far as their COLLAR
would take them sud then they got OF the
train. e,
The conductor OF the train arrived at
Kingston this morning, and says he saw
them walking along the railroad toward
Goshen. Deputy Sheriff Brsck, OF PaTl'
mo arrived at Kingston this afternoon,
sn1 started sitter them on the 4:SO ?. VI.
train. expecting TO reach Goshen tonight
and il is thought he will capture them, as
he tsIsgraphed ahead to the Orange county
= CA'cials 10 look out for them.
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She Followed Them

and allowed herself TO be placed on the
train and taken to Hamilton. Upon the
cars young gentleman named Lloyd made
himself acquainted with her, and to him
she stated that she was going to visit
friends. On arriving at Hamilton she was
taken to a hotel and the women closely
watched her. Mr.. Lloyd again called on
her there. but it is asserted she did not say
ANYTHING about her abduction. She sue
ceeded in alluding the women's vigilance,
and boarded the train for home, where she
told the story Of her abduction. A govern.
nept detective is working up the case, but
he expressed himself non plussed.
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RosDLYs MAJORITY 1900.

sa- So. TuDEx. -
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Pain ia the Head.

Friday morning she was we'll enough 10 eat
break fast, but at noon she was so i'll that
Dr. J. +. Abel was called in. She then re-
fuIed water, and the sight OF fluid threw
her into spasms. The child would lie on
the bed perfectly conscious, the froth com.
ing from her mouth, and then she would
shlver and give vent to moans followed by
"a species Of barking. Saturday the spasms
we're less frequent, but she complained of
rain in the heart, and would clutch the
u, d clothes and sink her inger-nails into
ber flesh and tear Off long strips from her
limbs snd breast, almost laying bare the
bones After this she showed great fear,
tryirg to hide under the bed clothes. At
g She died in the most horrible agony.
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The DYNAMITE MURDER.
Death OF samuel Graner-The Sheriff
Hot Pursuit OF the FuGitiVeS-

PoUGHEEEPsIE, Oct. 1l.-Samuel Graner,
the victim of the dynamite outrage at
Pswling, died there this morning. Coroner
jerks held a post-mortem examination.
He found a piece of tin in q cavity OF the
abdomen. evidences of hemorrhage and in
flsmmation in the contents OF the bowels,
and other serious injuries. Graner made
no statement at the last in fact, be dld
not speak after 1 o'clock yesterday after
noon The inquest will begin tomorrow.
The fugitives, Griffin, Miller, and Mulkln'
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Tnners Gracefully

as it rises. Upon each of the four faces is
a door. hich lead to central staircase, and
near the top is a cluster of three windows.
Around the pedestal is band of medal
lions containing the arms of the states.
The structure will be a mass of solid granite.
The model Of the statue itself is One-thirty-
second Of the actual size, and it is peace
full and heroic figure. Among the incidents
of the day was the presentation to the
treasurer OF the statue fund Of 3 check for
5000, by
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OHIO IN The BALANCE.
The Tribune Looks for Better Fight
Next Year,

New YORK, October ll.-JommentinG od
the Ohio election, the Tribune this morning
SAYS: THE Ohio election means that the
Presidential contest next year will be one
OF peculiar earnestness. The great parties
present the appearance OF being so evenly
balanced that few hard blows may turn
the scale one way or the other. There will
be no tidal wave unless some exciting cause,
nov unforeseen, arises. The Republican
party will not have an easy victory. On the
other hand, no shrswd politician will be
uuiCk tn assume that is
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T.. H. yJnk, Of philadelphia.

on behalf Of the Sunshine Publishing
Company, Of this city. This sum repre-
sents the profits Of the sales Of sunshine
for Children all Of which now go 10 the
statue fund. Mr.. Smythe, the energetic
manager OF the company, has guaranteed
the fund $5u, 400 before the first Of March:
Mr.. Joseph Drexel and otker members OF
the executive committee agree with Mr..
Smy the that the guarantee can readily be
met. The amount of money raised by the
Pedestal Committee is 100000, and about
$4,000 more are necessary 10 complete
~
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Cbauee Of Hydrophobia

attacking the person bitten, they left the
matter drop. Last Tuesday, however, Just
nine weeks after the child was bitten, she
was taken sick as with a bilious attack.
Thnrshny she comnlained nf
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-02-28

UNIoNTowN. February 22.-The
lull in the coke trade continues. The
industry is being 80 bound up with
the iron Interests that 1t follows the
fate OF the latter. In the southern
end of the coke fields, embracing
most of the works in Fayette county,
the Fairchance iron furnace is shut
down indefinitely Ollphant is be-
ing relieved, while Lenunte is run
ming, but making only about twenty
five tons per day. One of the stacks
of the Duulear furnace is making 30
tons per day, aud the other is being
relieved. At the Red,tone coke
works only 65 of the BIB ovens are
in blast. Those at Oiipnant are idle
for want OF destinations.
The ovens of the Chicago and
Connellsvilie, aud of the Stewart
lron Company are idle. The Youngs-
town works are running, but the
Mahoning are banked. These are
the works i'll which Brown, Bonneil
IL Co, have IN interest, aud against
which the Littsburg " Lake Erie
Railroad issued an attachment To
secure their freight bills. The works
of Reid Brothers. at Duncan, are III
full blast, as are also those at Percy,
Mount Braddock and Leisenring.
The extensive works of Col. Snoeiua-
ker, and of the H.. G Prick company,
as well as those of Cochran Il Keis
ter, are running, but in many cases
where the works are III operation,
they are only making seventy-two
hour coke.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-02-28
Stampede Of Convicts.

HELExA, February "a "A deplor-
able tragedy was enacted three miles
below Helena this morning. j. n.
Grant had IS pe~nitentiary convicts
employed at work on the levee be-
low the city. 1t seems they made
an arrangement TO capture the guards
and escape. One of the convicts
while spading dirt knocked the
guard down. The other convicts
then rushed upon the other guards.
At this time Grant came upon the
scene riding a horse. He fred at
the convicts, but seing them armed,
turned TO retreat, when one of the
convicts fred, the load passing thro'
his body and killing him instantly.
Seventeen convicts made their es-
C, pc. They came across a lot of ne
groes working near and compelled
them to change clothes. A posse of
citizens have gone in pursuit, but up
to the present writing none of the
convicts have been captured. Grant
was an energetic citizen and the
people mostly depended on him to
keep the leyee from Helena to Old
Town from breaking. The Old Town
country vail probably be overflow
ed.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-02-28
Buryiag the Children.

New York, February 22--The
funeral services over the budies Of
fourteen of the fifteen victims of the
terrible accident In the Fourth street
parochiL school On TUESDAY took
place this morning In the Church vi
the Most Holy RedeenIer, where
Solemu REQUIEM Mass was ceiebra-
ted " Father Hespeieln, assisted by
other priests OF the order OF kedeunp-
tionists. The cottins were taken 10
the church in fourteen white iiearses
and carried through two Iiues OF the
independent Rifle Company, at
tached to the church, 10 the altar
rail, IN front ot which they were
laid. Twelve little girls, dressed Ill
white aud wearing black Grape scaris,
stood at the mead of the coftlns.
Twenty-six girls, similarly DRESSED.
were rauged along the altar rail.
The services were most impressive,
and a touching funeral sermon was
preached by Rev. Father Scha.tfer.
The church contained nearly five
thousand people, and IA large police
iorce Was necessary 10 prevent
more from entering aud To preserve
order In the street without. On
either side vi the church there ex-
tended ali immense crowd of people,
filling sidewalks and roadways,
while every window and roof top of
the popuious tenenIeIits III the
neighoorhood We're also thronged-
Similar throngs vi people filled all
the streets through which the tuner
al procession passed on its way to
the ferry which lterossed Oh It's way
To Calvary Cemetery, where the bod
les We're buried. The fifteenth vic
tim Of the panic, who died last night,
Will be buried Tomorrow.
Little Louise Floren died to-day
IN ST. Francis Hospital. Examiner
Reeily to-day reported that he ill.,
spected the school building a few
niYnths ago and found nothing
wrong.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-02-28

ST. Louis. Feb. GA special
from Allan, Ill, says the upper gorge
there has moved, carryi ing away
ab.u half oi the box factory on the
river bark, -uhmrrging the building
aud ruipeng tie III cliintry. Tie
loss is $500 la $1,000. The main
gorge, at Maple leland, was carried
out.
PEORIA, ILL.,, February 22.-The
stage OF the river lacks four and one
bali feet uf the high water "f 1919
st Havana the river l. six miles
wide The approaches tu III. ~ag"i,
bridge have been swept away, and
Phelps warehouse WAS carried dowd
In the stream.
CAIRO, Ill. February p. The
river here begah failing this morn,
ing. Bust ess il not interferr,d with
in any way.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-02-28

The editor of the Philadelphia
Press 10 down at Washington, sitting
on HE hind legs and bowling for a
leader to marshal the Republican
forces in the desperate battle being
waged for protection, against Tree
trade. A few brief months since,
this same editor was denounciug
party leaders as BOSSES" and de-
mandina hat they be "unloaded.
He. and such as he, by their per-
sistent denunciation of, and hostility
to certain prominent Republicans,
d~emoraliSed the party, and made the
election of Democratic Governors in
New YORK and Pennsylvania, togeth
er with . majority of Democratic
members of Congress possible, and
now, when the legitimate result Of
this folly is being reaped, when our
industries are paralyzed with dread
of an approaching Democratic Con.
gress, and free trade leaders at Wash.
ington are placing Pennsylvania
greatest manufacturing interests al
the mercy OF British competitors, he
heiplessly wrings his hands, and
cries for might or Butcher" TO save
us from utter route, and the misera'
BILE consequences of his own arran'
folly.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-02-28
A Terrible Murder.

CHICAGO, February 22.-The ru-
nor from the Logging Camp. at
East Tawas, Michigan, is that two
men got into a dispute over a trial
as to whose team could haul the
heaviest load. After the trial, the
one whose team vas victorious went
into a cabin and sat down. The de-
feated one came behind him, and
with one blow OF an AK severed his
head from his body. The head roll
ed to the floor, the ewes winked sew
eral times, and the mouth opened.
An alarm WAS raised. The MEM
beers OF the camp took the murderer,
placed a logchaln around his neck
and hung him, and placed "a guard
around the body to await the arrival
Of the sheriff. Some men came from
Il neighboring camp to take the
corpse down. a general fight en-
sued, and seven men were killed.
No names were uhtainable.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-02-28
Flooded Mine.

BRAIDwooD, February 22-The
work OF pumping out the Diamond
mine continues, two more large
pumps being placed in position. 1t
has been asserted by those in au-
thorlty that the shaft will never be
worked again, As soon as the bod
les are recovered it will be abandon
ed. Hugh J. Jewett. President of
the Erie Railroad, principal owner
of the Diamond Coal Con pany,
writes to Superintendent Fordice 10
use every available means and spare
no expense to recover the bodies of
the victims. the wlter has been
lowered forty feet. The weather is
turning cold aud fears are enter
tanned that the pumps will freeze
ND.