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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-09-27
CLEAR THE TRACK
For the KanaWha and Webster
Railroad Company.
INTERVIEW WITH E. G. cRacRaFT,
The Protector and Controlling Spirit from
Beverly to CharIestOn-cOmplete OF
line Of the Road and Scheme-A
Wonderful Enterprise

A REGISTER reporter learning that Hon.
Z. G. Crscraft had Just returned from Har-
risonburg, Va, where he had been to aid
in the completion of plans for his standard
guage railroad from Beverly, Randolph
county, to our future capital, Charleston,
w. Va, called upon the distinguished gen.
tleman at his pleasant sanctum, No. llSG
Chapline street, Blackstone Row.
Said the REGIsTER scribe: Mr.. Cracraft
theM-that sesptopose toase+~r ch1rter'
this week for the right of way, and to open
your books at once for the many subscrip-
tons promised here and throughout the
State for your
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and completion OF this ran -hi4h they
ALREADY see full of profit are ernent
that sbonld have been diso red ysars
sgo. Besides, they rseogr ize the eqaity
and justice Of these donstip.es- They secoff
them sEd every Sfoctbp,def p the conPle.
ticn Of f.is rsssd snd IN the sSvidsnds s1d
izansns pspat an oaseons q thsos Tass
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The Rest Railroads

In America. The B. d o. r r, Chesa-
peake. sbensdoah Valley and Washington
City. Pocohoatas giving q ready and short
transit TO the Capital AZ Washington snd
a, Richmond, Va, and only then a. said
did 1 set daylight from it These many
prom, inent and liberal gentlemen found
IN my suggested scheme what assured
mem success in the completion OF tn Q
way and splendid prices for the re-
msinder OF their lands, and the high
est devtlopmeRtof ths rich and
utslecud places OF their fine valleys
and mounta'ns, and kindly offered Oh the
condition We should build this way, large
snd rich gifts Of lands
Such public spirited gentlemen as Hons.
Jonathsn N. Bennett G. D. Camden. John
Boegess, Homer Holt, and many others
needless 10 name, will donate large tracts
of land snd sell others a. chesply ss the,
can to ensure the
I.ne<tfnsH Rraseeutfon
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Additional Particulars.

PrTTsBURG, October 24.-Finzer resided
in the Frier's creek valley, and was last
seen Sunday evening, when he was very
despondent because the doctor had adj
vised him to quit work ON account of i'll
health. He seemed to be much worried
about his family. Last night a neighbor
named Neisbaum visited the house CT Fin
ger and found the doors locked and the
curtains down. After summoning neigh
bors the door was forced open, when hor-
rible sight met their gaze. On bed in
one corner of the room lay the dead body
of Mrs. Finer, with her throat cut from
ear to ear, while by her side was the
youngest child cold in death, with its head
mashed. In a little crib cot on the east
side of the room lay the two oldest, chill
dren with their heads crushed in, and near
the north window of the room lay Mr..
FINER with the side of his face torn off
by the discharge of gun. The mother
and child on the bed were ly-
ing as if asleep, both being covered
up with quilts. 1t is supposed that brood
ing over his ill health and inability to
work deranged Finzer's mind, and that
while his wife and children were sleeping
he murdered them and then killed him
SELF as there is no evidence in the room
that there was scuffie. The manner in
which the murderous father killed him
self is certainly diabolical. By his side
was new empty gun-barrel with no ham,
mer or stock. He must have loaded the
barrel and held one end in the flames of a
lamp that stood near by and the other in
his face and held it till it exploded from
the heat and blew his brains out.
ANOTHER ACCOUNT
says it was probable that the awful deed
was committed SUNDAY night. The teacher
OF school near by missed the family on
Monday, and in the evening a party oi
people went to the house where they
found all the doors and windows fastened
and nailed. The appearances indicated
that the wife fought for her life, but was
so quickly overcome that the children
were not awakened. Having killed her,
he laid her out in bed composing her arms
for burial and carefully covering the corpse
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BOLD ROBBERY.
A Swiss Emigrant GarrOted and Rob
bed in a Car at the Depot.

At the stationhouse yesterday were a
family of Swiss emigrants, Victor Walker,
his cousin, their wives and one child.
They were entirely helpless, having been
robbed the night before of all their means.
Victor Walker, who was the purser for the
party, states, through an interpreter, that
they came over from Little Rock Tuesday
night ON the train, and when i. stopped
under the shed at the Louisville and Nash
vile depot, they sat still until the crowd
moved out. AS he was in the act of col
lecting their luggage three men entered
the coach, walked directly up to him and
without a word seized him by the arms,
one of them clutching his throat and chok-
ing him, while another went in his inside
coat pocket and his right-hand pants
pocket, taking three railroad tickets from
one and 800 in money from the other.
None of his other pockets were searched
and none of his companions were mo-
Tested. As soon as they had robbed him
the trio ran rapidly out of the car and es-
capped in the crowd with their plumber.
Walker could give no description of the
robbers, except that they all wore dark
clothes and one had beard. The emf
grants were on their way to New Orleans,
and the loss of their tickets deprives them
of means to pursue their journey.
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THE SENATORIAL CONVENTION
of Delegates for the District Composed
of the Counties of Tunica and Tate.

Delegates from Tate and Tunica counties,
Miss, in accordance with agreement be-
tween them, metlrin the Peabody Hotel,
Memphis, October 20, 1888, TO nominate a
Dem6cratic candidate for State Senator for
the Senatorial District composed of said
counties.
1t was agreed that Tate have four and
Tunica two votes in conventions. Tunica
was represented by Messrs. r. F. Abbey,
w. I. Bayne, Z. l.. Harris and Justice
Lake, and Tate by MessTs. J. NJ. Walker,
n. 4. Taylor, p. NJ. B. Wait proxy of G..
d. Sands, and John b. Atkinson proxy OF
A. ]. Scott Mr. n. \. Tayor was elected
chairman, and Mr.. J. NJ. Walker secretary.
Tate county, out of desire to have the
levee questicn-important in Tunica coun-
ty-properly represented in the next
Legislature, agreed to allow Tunica county
the candidate. A. J. Foster, +. A. Cole,
r. w. Owen, G. c. Crews and Henry
Tucker were presented rs candidates from
that county. Mr. Owen was nominated
on the second ballot and the nomination
made unanimous. He was notified of his
nomination, and appeared and thanked
the convention in q brief but appropriate
address. After nassing resolutions re-
questing publication of the proceedings IN
the Memphis APPEAL and Tate Coun.s
Record. and thanking the proprietors of
the Peabody Hotel for courtesies, the con-
vention adjourned.
\. A. TAYLOR, Chairman.
j. NJ. WALKER, Secretary.
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RACES POSTPONED
On Account of the Miserable state Of
the Weather.
Programme 10 be Taken Up Where II
was Left OF.

Rain began falling long before daylight
yesterday morning, the sky was of solid
leaden hue and fine, dreary drizzle fell
steadily all day long, though the sun
struggled hard to shine about noon. The
streets were muddy, and foot passengers,
protected under umbrellas and rubber
coats, gave the city anything but cheer
full appearance. Around the hotels the
pool men and the bookmakers wore
their hands in their pockets and a dis
satisfied look on their faces, looking up
at the sky from time to time, as if in hopes
that the evening might be clear. At the
track everything was kept closely housed
and the place was as dead as a dismal
morning could make it. When the tally
no failed to make its round at the usual
time and the notes of the bugler were
silent in the land, it began to be
generally understood that there would be
no races that evening, greatly to the disap-
pointment OF the general public, especial
ly as several hundred people who did not
attend the two first days had intended to
go. Those who had purchased pools the
night previous were annoyed because they
must wait day or two longer before their
horses could fill their purses, and num-
Der who had engaged teams-play or pay
were even more put out. The Jockey
Club very sensibly concluded to make no
attempt whatever to carry out the pro-
gramme, but decided to take it up to-day,
the weather permitting, exactly where ii
was left off yesterday. There will be no
doubling up, but Saturdays entries will
run Monday, and if it is too bad to-day
they will be postponed another day, max.
ing the sport last until Tuesday night. Elk.
cellent sport is promised for to-day, great
deal OF interest being especially taken in
Aztec
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The weather considered, the attendance
at Leubrie's Theater was excellent last
night, when Keene essayed the part of
"0thello, the Moor of Venice His con-
ception OF the part is perhaps the most
consistent, and undoubtedly that upon
which the majority OF Shakespearean
scholars and critics have agreed-soft as a
woman in his moments of love, fierce and
vindictive, and the arch fiend himself
when once he is led to doubt; warm, but
gentle in his friendships, terrible in his
wrath and jealousy. With him there
is no medium, no middle ground,
but it must be one extreme
or the other. His acting last evening
marked him not only as a player perfectly
repeating his part and moving about the
boards according to stage directions, but
as a man of thought, knowing and feeling
all the subtleties of human passion such
as moved the Moor of Shakespeare. Gott-
hold, in another role, might have earned
some praise As 'Iago," the subtle viii
lain, the traitor and the base migrate, he
was sad failure. His voice and his man.
ner are entirely at variance with the part,
one of the most difficult to interpret. Miss
Story's '.Desdemona" was graceful per-
formance No fault could be found with
il, Of the remainder of the cast, Miss
Hamblin's '.Emeiias excepted, little more
remains to be said.
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INTERSTATE COMMERCE.
Important Decision by United States
Judge McCrary as TO the
Right of a State to Regulate Railroad
Rates on Through Freight.

DEsMoTNEs, Ia, October 24.-In the
Circuit Court Of the United States Judge
McCrary rendered a decision upon the
question of the right of the State to regu-
late interstate commerce. The case arose
out of a suit against the Illinois Central
Railroad Company to recover damages for
overcharges upon freight shipped over the
company's road from points in Iowa to
points in Wisconsin, and originated under
the tariff law of 1874, now repealed.
Judge McCrary held that the act in
question, if applied to through ship
ments, related to subjects in the nature
OF business, and that if the power of a
State to pass such an act were conceded it
would necessarily include the power to
discriminate against the commerce of ther
States. For these reasons such a statute
would be violation of the Federal con-
stitution, and it is not within the power OF
one State upon interstate traffic to fix rates
to be paid for carriage within its territory,
for that would, in effect, give it power to
demand more than its share of reason
able charge for the entire distance. 1t
would be giving to the statutes OF such
State eXtra-territorial force
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SPRINGFIELD, MO-,
Receives Fresh Impetus from the
Completion of the
Kansas City Road-GeneraI Awakening
Among Traders and Travellers.

Regular Correspondence of the Appeal
SPRINGFIELD, Mo-, October 22.-The
completion of the Kansas City, Springfield
and Memphis railroad is giving this city a
fresh impetus. The possibilities of the
trade between the two cities are fully real
lied by our business men. Almost stimuli
taneously with the completion of the road
the Memphis Milling Company began
operations, with capacity of 125 barrels
OF "roller patent flour per day The
Queen City Milling Company are prepar-
ing to use the roller process exclusively,
and to increase their capacity. At Ash
Grove another mill will be in operation be-
fore the holidays, with a capacity of 100
barrels per day, roller process. The greater
portion of this flour will seek Southern
market ria the Gull road. This will give
faint idea of what is expected in a single
line.
The new depot of the Gulf is now being
occupied. This building is of pressed
brick, two-story, and has some architectu-
raj beauty. 1t has in addition to the
usual ticket office, baggage and waiting
FOOnlS, etc, the OIllceS OF the DIVISION SUI
perintendent, chief engineer, train-dis-
patcher and other officials. Just in the
rear of the depot is a neat two-story, four
teen-roomed eatinghouse. In the yards
at this place there are. or will be when
completed, five miles of track. round
house of eight stalls is nearing compile
ton, and mammoth twenty-four-foot
tank will follow. Another result of the
| opening OF the new road is the removal o.
a number of the families of conductors
engineers and other train men to this city
from Fort Scott, where they have hereto
fore made their homes.
Speaking of railroads, last Sunday morn.
ing the first through sleeper from ST. Louis
to San Francisco passed through this city
One can now step on board palace car at
this place and travel 2200 miles over the
Frisco, Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe
| Atlantic and Pacific and Southern Pacific
roads, and step out of the car for the frs
| time at the Golden Gate. And this is done
| within less than week.
The races given by the Driving Parl
Association last week were the finest evel
yet given. The purses were liberal, anC
horses from neighboring States were in
attendance to show their mettle. In the
| Greene county trot it was demonstrated
| that we have a number of 2:50 horses
The association is young yet, but it hai
! already done much to encourage the train
ing of fast horses in the county. A few
additional races are promised before tn,
| close of the season.
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THE STATE CAPITAL.
| The Nashville and # Orence ROad-Sad
| Observation-Disclosures Back Taxes.

The Nashville and # orence ROad-Sad
Accident-RaiIrOad Back Taxes.
Special to the Appeal.
NASHVILLE, October 24-Work on the
Nashville and Florence railroad, which is
being built from Columbia TO Florence,
Ala, is progressing rapidly. The road is
completed to Lawrenceburg, and the first
car passed over this portion Saturday
The management gave a grand excursion
to-day over the road, it being its formal
opening. The bed beyond Lawrenceburg
is now being constructed, and in short
time the road will be opened to the pub
lie. This road passes through a fertile
| country, and will prove great advantage
to the people. Several mineral beds, some
of which are being worked, lie near this
road.
Comptroller Pickard completed making
out the assessments OF the properties OF
| the Louisville and Nashville, Nashville
and Decatur and the Nashville and Chat
tanooga railroads this morning, showing
the amounts of back taxes due from each
Then, through attorneys for the State, he
filed bills against the railroads in the
Chancery Court to recover said amounts
of back taxes.
Miss Annie Craft, living on West Cedal
street, this morning unintentionally tool
an overdose OF morphine, from the effects
OF which she died in a short time. De
ceased had been suffering for some time
with heart disease, and by the advice o
her physician used morphine for the ale
vation of her pains.
Seven hundred excursionists from thu
Northwestern States are ON a prospectin;
tour throughout Tennessee. 1t is though
that 10000 will settle in this State within
the next six months.
Six men charged with an attempt to ku
klux James Love, in Warren county, il
1881, for having guided revenue raidinl
party, and for which he was whipped as
warning that he should sin no more agains
the moonshiners, were acquitted in tn,
Federal Court. Over 100 witnesses wer
examined. The case cost the government
| 5000.
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ESTABLISHED 1910.

every available shipping point that cotton
seed is in sufficient demand to tempt plant
ers to an inadequate holding for planting.
If it be true that numerous thrifty pawn
shops is signal OF distress in a city, may
not the influx of money-lenders to this
section be significant OF approaching disas-
ter? Look to your title-deed and keep a
firm grip thereon, is the voice OF caution.
A meeting of citizens has been called for
the 30th instant, to organize for systematic
action in the building of the Helena, Sardis
and Birmingham railroad, possible, and,
| with proper effort, probable route.
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MATTHEW ARNOLD,
Arrived In New York, Takes u Drive in
Central Park.
Delighted With 1t and with the Hay
His Lecture Tour.

New YORK, October 23.-AIatthew Ar
mold, the eminent English writer, arrived
here yesterday on the steamship Servia, of
the Cunard Line. Upon the arrival of
the steamship at quarantine in the morn
ing Mr. Arnold, who is accompanied by
his wife and daughter, was met by Mr..
Andrew Carnegie and party of friends,
who had gone out to welcome him. As
the Servia slowly crept up the bay Mr.
Arnold, who now makes his first visit to
this country, took a critical survey of the
shores extending on either side of him.
AS the sun rose over some hilltops on the
Long Island shore. Mr.. Arnold appeared
to be struck with the beauty of the scene
'What beautiful sightw he exclaimed,
admiringly. But" he added, a moment
later with humorous twinkle in his
eyes, 81 don't see a single Mohican on
shore" Upon the arrival of the
vessel at her dock the party was
driven to the Windsor Hotel, where
of Mr.. Carnegie during his stay in New
York. After resting for few hours Mr.
Arnold took drive in Central Park. He
was so impressed with the beauty of the
park that he insisted on alighting and
roaming about for some time on foot. Mr.
Arnold, who is to lecture under the man
agement of Doyle Carte during his stay
here, was called upon by Herald repo1-
ter last evening He said that he had al
ways entertained great desire to see this
country, and when he was pressed to
come and lecture he only yielded to an
old temptation in acceding to the proposal.
No definite plans had yet been decided
upon as to when and where the lectures
would be given outside of New York 1t
had, however, been decided that he
would lecture on Tuesday week at Chick
ering Hall. The subject of his lecture
would be Numbers. In this lecture he
would touch upon political and social top
les. At later period he intended to de-
liver a lecture upon Education" touch
ing upon the rival claims of literature and
science in the education of the day. He
would also lecture in Boston upon Emer-
son. Mr.. Arnold said he felt some ner-
vousness as to his lecturing tour, as he had
been accustomed rather to express his
/ thoughts in writing than in speech. In
conclusion he said he was glad to see that
Mr.. Henry Irving, whom he knew well,
had arrived here safely. He sincerely
hoped Mr.. Irving would win as great pop
ular praise here as he had in England. He
deserved it; for in spite of certain manner
isms and peculiarities of elocution he was
undoubtedly great actor, endowed with
much force and great delicacy of feeling.
\ reception is to be given on Saturday
evening at the Windsor by Mr.. Carnegie
in honor OF Mr.. Arnold.
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A Thriiling story.

WRELING, w. VA, October 22.--A gen.
tleman who came up the river this morn
ing tells G thrilling story OF an occurrence
in Peasants county about fifty miles below
Wheeling. A young man named Alex
Brown had been paying marked attention
to Miss Nancy Wells. but recently lett the
country Soon after Miss Wells confded
to her stepfather, Isaac Henderson, that
Brown had seduced her. IN time she gave
birth 10 child, and Brown, not hearing
any charge against him, returned and was
arrested for bastardy. but escaped from
The officers. Saturday he and brother
called at Herdsrson's and were talking 70
his two daughters in tie yard, when Hen
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HELENA. .RK.
Heavy Damage TO Open Cotton BY Rain
New Railroad Project.

Heavy Dnmage 10 Open Cotton by Rain
New Railroad Project.
Special TO the Appeal
HELENA, October 24.-The cactus hedge
of Texas has invaded this country. The
hedge is for fencing, and strongly resem-
bles in its growth the century plant
Hedge fences III this comparatively new
and heavily-timbered country may be de
sirable, but they are ridiculous.
A fiji 2700 feet long is making TO repair
the trestle-work OF the Iron Mountain
road in the RAnguille bottom.
The entering of rival packet in ths
trade now controlled by the Lee Line i
regarded as a doubtful venture. The ship
pers can stand it, however.
Editorials favoring Randall for Speak
ership are flooding the country. In tn
election OF Speaker the voice OF the peopl
is but whisper.
The protracted wet weather of the las
ten days is working heavy damage to opel
!, cotton, with which the fields are heavy.
Oil-mills are springing up SO rapidly a
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BLOODY BUTCHERY.
The Horrible Crime of a Maniac Father
He Murders His Three Children
and His Wife,
And Finishes the Terrible Tragedy by
Putting an End to His Own
Existence.

NEwcoMERsTowN, o., October "a. =
There is great excitement in this town. A
farmer has just arrived, bringing with
him news OF terrible crime which was
committed ten miles northeast of this
place. All that is known at present is
that Albert Frizen murderd his wife and
three children and then terminated. the
fearful tragedy by putting an end to his
own miserable existence. Many people
have left for the scene of the crime.
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what a Physician Says.

CYPRESS RIDGE, MoNRor Co, ARK, July %, 1888,
have bright little daughter who will
be two years old next month. She has
been troubled nearly ever since her birth
with skin disease, which l first diagnosed
obieken-pox, but later on found it to be
some sort OF eczema; at any rate it resisted
very stubbornly all the different treat
ments. l procured one bottle OF Swift's
Specific and gave il to her in small doses
three times day, and in short while
had the satisfaction to see that she was en-
tirely well. / am so well pleased with its
effect on her that | shall not only use it in
my practice, but shall administer it to
my other children and take it myself.
w Z. BRONTE, NJ. ID.
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SPARTA, TENN-Dr. w. b. Cummings
says: 81 am strongly convinced Of the
efficacy OF Browns Iron Bitters and recon-
mend them"