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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-09-19
TO IMPROVE THE OHIO.

An Important Meeting of the Ohio River
Commission Called.
PITTSBURG, September ia call for
an important meeting of the Ohio River
Commission, to be held in this city, on the
29th inst. has Just been issued. The Com
mission is composed of five members from
each of the States of Pennsylvania, Ohio,
Virginia, West Virginia, Indiana. Illinois
and Kentucky. The meeting in this city
will BE- Of unusual interest to river men, as
q lengthy report will be read from the spe-
cisl Committee appointed to investigate the
matter Of purchasing the Improvements on
the various tributaries of the Ohio now in
the hands Of corporations. The propriety
Of memorislzing Congress to further ex.
tend the Chanoine system viii also form an
important topic of discussion. 1t is esti-
mated that the cost of placing dams simi-
lar to that at Davis Island, at necessary
points between this city and Louisville viii
he $50 600 600
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-09-19
THE CHINESE MASSACRE.
OficiaI Investigation Chinese LsaStn
Rock Springs by Wholesale.

ofieiaI investigation Chinese leaving
Rock Springs BY Wholesale.
Rock SPRINGS, Wy September ls.-Tns
government directors Of tie Union Pscifc,
on tour of inspection, arrived here from
the East YESTERDAY, Srd have been looking
into tie cause Of the late riots. They were
met By q committee Of citizens, who pre-
septed over thirty closely written pages Of
evidence showing the anti Chinese demon
pratiou to have been the outgrowth Of an
accumulation Of grievances under which
tire miners bad suffered for several yeIrs.
The directors viii continue their iuyestiss-
ton to-day, leaving for the west in the
sitsrDoon. Three Chinese Consuls arrived
Yesterday to inquire into causes and efess
Of The late not in behalf the Chinese Gov
eminent They are General Bee, OF San
Frspcisco; Hy Gang Foy, Of Washingtos,
ard General fsing. OF New York, and are
accompanied by an interpreter. They we're
e.Icsesed With their ovn people most OF ths
1sy. and il Is impossible 70 learn Just nov
. bat they have accomplished They vii
,epsin several days,
Assistant General Superintendent Dickin
son. Governor Warren and Superintendeni
Warrel are also here, presumably 20 sssis'
the Chipese officials IN their Investigators
They win begin taking testimony to-day.
The Chinese are fast having Roei
Snr;ugz. being afraid 70 resume work. aDc
i, 4 con6dsniIy expetied that the white
viii soon be enahIsd to commence opera
sions The rosd sess from Rock springs !
Fued with Cbinamfn With their faces turns'
reward The setting san Ths white niner
are gEAss5 sneoazsgsd oyH ths pssss.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-09-19
transfer Of the Buralos.

BUFFALO, September lS.-Al the details
of the transfer Of the Buffalo bsse ball club
to the Detroit management were completed
last pight, and Richardson, White, Rove
and Browthess left tonight for Detroit TO
play in tc-norross game against the New
Yofbs. Their places here viii be hlled oy
some Of the Detroit team for the balance OF
the season. Il Is learned on good
authority that the Detroit nine ttr
next year viii be composed as
follows at the salaries named: B'nnett,
catcher, S2,5OO0; Baldwin, pitcher. $, 900;
Browtners. first base. 81 900; Dunlsp, sec
opd base, S4,0O: Richardson, shOrt-sto2,
81 600; White, third base, $500; Wood,
left 6eld, 1850; Hsnlcu, center held, 81
GOO; Thompson right field, 81, $50; Rose
catcher. SS,5O0; Wsedman, pitcher, 81, IoO.
TIE salaries Of the management aggre-
-ys4e s.. $50 more. making total Of sio''
iea Manager Watkins. Of the Deerolts'
ravs ke win have the heaviest batting nlne
N The country nexi season, and exPeets 70
achieve good results
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-09-19
REALLY TIE GREATEST.
The Ever-Growing Barnum and London
shows.

The EVer-Growing Barnum and London
shows.
One might as well claim that the Jets
from q gsrden sprinkler exceed in volume
and grandeur the mist-enshrouded wstery
avalanche OF Niagara as TO deny the 6rst
place in ali the world 10 the Bsrnum, Bailey
ard HntchiuEon unity of nine monster
shows which viii exhibit in Wheeling
Wednesday September so bringing In
structive and recreative resources that can
scarcely find shelter and eoncealmeut under
full ten acres of the biggest tents ever made;
The continued growth OF this railroad world
of wonders is well nigh as marvellous ss that
of the bean stalk in the fairy tale, and des-
u;te the protestatious Of too big. too
much for the money, cant see half OF II,
will they never stopF from the
biggest crowds, gathered daily from far and
rear it grows and grows The unique and
only Ethpologicsl Congress Of strange, saw
see tribes has grown enormously. The
costly features and rare attractions OF the
Two rlensgeries, museum, three circuses
and three rings. Roman hippodroue and
huge elevated stage for the display OF
0lympian games, have grown aud mulrI-
plisd The magnificent WARDROBE aud trap
pings have grown still more suupfuous,
and the grand free street parade has grown
to golden presentation and caravan and
csyalcsde imnensity. utterly eeliDsing snJ
public pageant Of which the past furnishes
record The stupendous arenic and hip
podromatic programme has grown to q
hundred acts, races aud contests; the p0pa
lar performers have grogn up 10 the nam
Der of three hundred; the biggest herd o
elephants haa grown stiI bigger ths larg
est clInvases hEvs groFn sill more NOR
espasious and sys1 tbs immeEss atiaai
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-09-19
MARTINS FERRY.

TT. Irwin has returned from Elmira, n.
Y, where he represented the Grand Lodge
of Ohio in the National Grand Lodge OF
Red Men.
The Rtna and Standard Mills are run.
ming full with the sheet mills making three
turns.
The bar mill at the lEtna will go on Mon
dsy.
Joe Henderson returned yesterday from
three weeks hunt in the West Virginia
wilGs.
Mrs. William Wetherald is improving
slowly and her friends entertain hopes Of her
rapid recovery.
Johcathsn Rose, Esq of Quaker City,
was in town yesterday calling on his son
Mansi J. Rose
Mr.. Miller, OF Detroit, ia at the Hanover
House.
Jason W. Hobeusack is in Bealsville, Pa,
On business.
One day this week James Keesey was sit
ting in front of his saloon on Washington
street taking sun bath, aud while doing
so some entered from the rear and going
to the money drawer, which happened to be
unlocked, took out nearly eight dollars.
Mr. Keesey suspected an eleven year old
girl named Mamie o. Donnell, who lives
lust across lots from the saloon. The same
tveuipg he went to an opening into the
house and from the outside saw the sus-
pected girl and her sister counting the
money. The next morning he went In and
ssked for the money which had been stolen
he stealing of which was strenuouslY de-
.ied by the girl and her mother till Kefse :
Old them where it was hidden, when they
weskened and shelled out.
The town has been billed for an excu'-
sion to St. Clairsville Tuesday, September
%, at which time the corner stone OF the
ew Court House will be laid.
The Climax will make special trip to
the wharf tonight, to accommodate those
Wishing to attend the Opera or Academy
The Maennerchor Singing Society held
their first rehearsal in their hall on Thurs
day night. The rehearsal, which was well
attt nded, brought out the fact that there was
more real ability among them than was at
fret supposed to exist in the society,
John B. Hall, of Wellsville, Ohio, is in
town.
Issac Dean and family, Of Brainerd,
Mimi, are in town, visiting relatives and
numerous friends.
1t is reported that the Martins Ferry
Stove Works will resume about the fret OF
October.
There are reports flying through the dir
ike mosquitoes on the bottom, concerning
the mills aud glass works, bat so far all OF
them have collapsed under the pressure of
an investigation
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-09-19
WASHINGTON.
Secretary Lamar Orders an lnyss-
tigation Into the
CONTRACT OF PACIFIC RAILROADS
By Which They Pay a Subsidy of
100000 Per Annum to the Pacific
Mail Steamship Company.
GENERAL WASHINGTON DISPATCHES.

NEW YORK, September ia special
dispatch from Washington, D. C., to the
Mail and Express says; Secretary Lamar
has directed the Commissioner Of Railroads.
Gen. Joseph E Johnston, to send letter
to Charles Francis Adams, President OF the
Union Pacific, and to c. P. Huntington,
President. of the Central Pacific, stating
that the department has been informed
that their companies had been for years
paying subsidy Of nearly 800, 900 per an
mum to the Pacific Mail Steamship Com
paDy, and instructing them to forward to
the Commissioner copy of the contract
between their companies and the Pacific
Mail, also to cease the payment ofany mon
ey to the Pacific Mail Company until the
matter could be thoroughly Investigated by
the department
Examinations for Medical Examiners.
WASHINGTON, D. c., September l8.-
Examinations for medical examiners or
reviewers for the Pension Office will be held
October lst at Cleveland, Chicago ST.
Louis, Kansas City, Nashville, Philsdel-
phia, New York, Boston, and at other places
if the convenience of applicants demands
it. Applications for this examination should
be made at once. Blanks and instructions
will be furnished on request sent to the
United States Civil Service Commission at
Washington, D. C. A special examina-
ton will be held the first OF
October at Washington for clerks
having knowledge Of nautical science aud
sffairs The examination OF applicants for
appointment as medical reviewers will in
ciGde, first, photography, penmsnship and
letter writing; second, arithmetic, to include
fractions, interest and discount; third,
geography and history of the United States
and its wars; fourth, the principal provisions
of the pension laws, also an examination IN
medicine and surgery, including medical
jurisprudence and hygiene. Medical re-
viewers are required to be physicians of
skill and experience whose duty it is to de-
termine medical questions including the de-
gree Of disability of claimants as the basis
of the rate of pension.
Custom House Superintendent at Toledo.
The Secretary of the Treasury has sp-
pointed n B. Bacon to be superintendent
Of the Custom House at Toledo, o. Mr..
Bacon is brother-iI-lAw of President CleVe-
land.
Special Agent Appointed.
William A. Roberts, of Wisconsin has
been APPOINTED a special agent of the land
office.
Treasury Notes.
The United States Treasurer is in receipt
of requests from all parts of the country for
five and ten dollar notes in large quantities.
he says the supply OF these notes is sufficient
10 meet sll demands The Treasurer added,
in response to sn inquiry, thai so far as he
knew there was no immediate prospect OF
resumption of the Issue OF one and TWO dol
lar no;eS,
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-09-19
To Nailfeeders,

To The Editor Of the Register:
SIR: Many of you have been feeding
nails for years in the vain hope that your
masters, the nailers, would teach yoa to
grind and allow you to have machine,
Don't object to the word masters now, for
during tie past month the nailers have
shown themselves to be your masters as
completely as ever southern planter
showed bis mastery over his slaves. They
OrR your labor. and have proved it by for.
bidding you TO 60 to work at the big wag0a
offered you-twice as much as you were
ever able to make while toiling for them
and you hare obeyed them.
You have been controlled BY them for
years, humbly accepting just what they
have allowed you TO have, and giving up
everything they said you could not have, so
don't object to the word masters. They
have brow. beaten you, denied your ability
to equal them in skill, laughed at the idea
of your being able to run
machines, "black-sheeped" you by
feeding their own machines when
you asked for sometbing more than the
mere crumbs that fell from their well.laden
tables and have whipped you into the traces
whenever you have shown a disposition to
kick over. Why are they not your masters
the owners OF your labor? Does not the
record prove it? They are using you now
as mere "catspaws" to rake their chestuuts
out of the fire; and you are afraid TO assert
your manhood by cutting loose from ser
vile condition that has always been CALLING
for fear of being called black sheep.
You are over 1000, they less than 400.
BIZ what divine right do they rule over yo1
Have you family, and does your wife and
children need anything they ought to hayer
Would YOU rather see them in want than be
called a black Sheep? If so, you are not
a man, although you may wear a beard:
Ycu have been feeding nails for years, and
your nailer-msster has not taught you
to grind. You are afraid to learn,
now that you have an opportunity. There
can be no other reason, tor you cannot say
YOU do not want 10 be mailer, You can
not say it would be dishonorable If you have
a wife and children in actual want You
cannot be honorable and accept charity
when good job is open to you anywhere.
Come be men, aud dare to do right. Do
not allow these designing nailers to stand
between you and your hearts desire Do
not be lured from the path Of duty By prom.
ises only m ade to be broken; nor frightened
from it By the "scarecrow" Of "blacksheep."
There is not dinDterested man or woman
in this community, whose opinion Is Of
value to you, who will say you did wrong.
What Cf the future2 Do you expect TO feed
nails hereafter? Can you not see that your
nsiler.masters are losing ground every
week, and that they will make nails at the
l7.cept scale or not at all in this country
If You would rather feed nails at the IL
cent scale than run q machine, just stay out
q little louger ana you will have that Prec-
ious privilege sure as the sun shines.
NAILFEEDERs' FRIEND.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-09-19
BRIDGEPORT,

Miss Nellie Topping gave very enjoy.
able progressive euchre party last night at
her home in kirkwood.
A number oi Bridgeport BOYS witnessed
the ball game on the Island yesterday.
Miss Hetty Alexander is on the sick list.
Addison Thompson, Of St. Clairsville,
billed the town yesterday for the corner
stone laying next Tuesday.
Mr.. Geo. Hosr former resident OF this
place, but now OF 0skaloosa, Iowa, is in
town visiting friends, after an absence OF
nineteen years
Col. Ed. Bowie, Of Bsllaire, was in town
yesterday.
Robert Boreman, Of Psrkersburg, W. Va,
is in town on business.
Judge J. II. CASTOR, o. ST. Granville, wa,
in tosn yesterday.
Charley Gifin, Of the firm Of j. c. Dent
& Co is of on q week vacation.
Miss Mollie Brown is the guest Of X. T..
Howell
Mr.. Turner has opened o grocery store in
his room on Pike street.
The audience room Of the Presbyterian
Church has been handsomely repapered and
be Whole building thoroughly cleansed.
TIE papering and calcimining are the work
OF Mr.. Maxwell, urder the direction Of On
efficient committee Of ladies OF the cougre-
GATOR. Opening services will be held TO-
morrow at the usuaI hour. The regular
preaching in the morning, and praise ser,
vice in the evening.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-09-19
Mr.. RANDALL DID WRITE
The Southern Magazine Article on tn
Tariff.

The Southern Magazine Article on the
Tariff.
ATLANTA, Ga, September ls.-Hon.
Samuel ]. Randall having denied the su-
thorship of sn article on the tariff which sp-
peared in Dixie yesterday, and was copied
in the New York Herald, the Dixie Pub
fishing Company" tonight make statements,
sDbstantiated BY sftidsvits, to the effect that
the article was certainly written BY Mr.. Ran
dali Early in June last the editor Of Dixie
wrote long letter to Mr.. Randall explain
ing the objects Of the proposed magazine,
Dixie, and requesting an article on the
tariff question. In reply to this letter the
editor OF Dixie received from Mr.. Randall, in
an envelope bearing his signature as a mem
Der OF Congress, an argument on tariff re-
form. Several striking paragraphs were
pointed out BY means Of pages turned dovr.
This article was condensed to Q proper
length and printed in Dixie in accordance
with the understanding upon which it was
procured. The editors OF Dixie have the
article in duplicate, certainly proving that
Mr.. Randall himself was the anthor ofeyery
word Of it, and the signature on the en-
VslQpe Hh0ws ikaf Nt Randall himself must
AVE teen It, or Otherwise the signature was
forged. Papers in the possession of the edi-
tor OF Dixie show that the matter was used
in good faith.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-09-19
ANOTHER sAWDUsT sWIND E
In Which the swindler is Nicely Trapped
and Jugged.

In Which the swindler is Nicely Trapped
and Jugged.
New YORK, September lS.-Wm. Curtis,
q coarse-looking negro, was brought to po'
lice headquarters to-day. He was charged
with being implicated in sawdest sWindle,
of which 3. J. Severance, Of Adams, Mon
roe 4 Co., Minnesota, was the intended vic'
tim. The real plotter escaped and only
the negro fell into the hands Of the police.
Mr.. Severance got letters at his house Of
fering to sell counterfeit money. There let.
ters were signed John Kellcher, New York. "
Mr.. Sc, erance came on here according to
Kellcher's instructions, even following
the route laid down fer him by Kellcher.
On arriving here he was to put up at the
Ashlond House under an assumed name.
Mr.. Severance followed out these instruc.
ions but notified the police, and detectives
we're placed in the room adjoining his. MIR.
Curtis came to the hotel, inspected the reg
ister and then went up to Severance 8 room,
where he presented letter purporting to be
from Kellcher. Curtis, who is runner
for Barney Mcclure, one of the leaders in
the counterfeit bill swindle was sent to
prison for six months.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-09-19
CONDENSED TELeGRAMs.

J.bn Geddis yesterday struck match in
bis cellar in Philadelphia, and terrific ex-
plosion occurred, burning Geddis terribly
and doing damage to the house.
Cad,t Henry A. Wiley of Texas, was
yesterday dismissed from the Annapolis
Naval Academy, for haziDg fellow student.
The Attica bank robber was yesterday,
at Warsaw, New York, sentenced to thirty
years in the penitentiarY.
John Fitz, heretofore respected citizen
OF Baltimore, has, it is thought, gone to
Canada With $1,000 of funds belonging to
bis emplo7 er at a brewery.
Rev. Howard Crosby urges the New Y York
Republicans to pace high license plank in
their platform.
Canon Farrar lectured last night in Mon
trtal.
Twenty-nine deaths from small pox oc'
Cured a. Montreal on Tharday.
Henry r. Sslden, ex-Lieutensnt Govern
or of New York, died yesterday, aged so
years.
Elmer Jones, farm hand of Weston, III
YES arrested yesterday for sssaulting two
youug daughters Of his employer.
A compromise has been affected between
some Of the striking miners and the owners
of the mines IN the Belleville mining dis
trict oi Illinois.
Tie tobacco crop in The Bright tobacco
bet of Virginia and North Csroina is re-
pCr'ed to be nearly failure on account Of
the drouth.
At Grand Chs n Ill.,, the b,iler Of saw
mill exploded killing two men and fatally
ipjuring another
Alf Wymsu TaJ lor, an actor of Chicago
bad an stack OF paralysis Sunday while
preparing to 60 on the stage, and died on
Thursday.
RieTs counsel Yesterday started for Eng
land TO secu bis release.
A chest of fifty pounds Of powder explod-
ed in front of a store in Wilmington, n, c.,
Yesterday, terribly burning Charles Smith
and doing much damage to the buildings
near II
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-09-19
BELLAIRE.

The Presbyterian Sunday School picnic
to-day at Martins Ferry. Train caves at
a. m. for the grove.
Miss Maggie Duffy, charming young
lady Of Wheeling, is the guest Of Mrs. Stout
of the Second ward. Miss Maggie has quite
q circle of scqusintances in old Bellsire,
who make it point to make matters pleas.
ant for her when she visits here.
Yard engine No. III got of the track on
the railroad bridge over the river yesterday
afternoon, but was replaced after consider.
able work. The accommodation train was
delayed over half an hour BY the accident.
Both railroads are having rush Of freight
inst rog from East 10 Wssf. "a .,.s..
As this is Hebrew holiday number OF
stores will be closed
The narrow gauge is erecting building
ore-half as large as the one destroyed BY
FIRE some time since, to protect Its engines.
Mrs. Jas Mullen has re mel from visit
with friends in Mason City, W. Va
Mrs. Margery Jones, wife Of W. ID. Jones,
died yesterday about noon OF hemorrhage
OF the womb. Mrs. Jones had been sick
several weeks Of stomach complaint, but
was feeling considerable better when Q
change for the worse came ever her and she
seemed to realize this, for she called her
husband and children around her before
she passed away. Funeral will take place
tomorrow.
Music at the Niagara rink to night.
Strauder & Morrison will contest with the
glove at McDermotts tonight.
The game Of ball on Wheeling Island
this afternoon will attract large crowd,
Prof. A. A. Clark and wife, who have
been in the city for several days, returned
home ST. Clairsville yesterday.
The BARRIERS cay there will be no shaving
on Sunday.
George Turnbull will be home from
White sulphur Springs to-day where he has
been playing with Kramers band.
Two chaps decided TO have q fight last
evening and went over into the B & o.
yard back OF Sellsrs' Photograph gallery r
the tussle. They had hardly squared them
selves for business when one Of the hghIers
struck the other and knocked him down,
the side Of his head striking piece OF iron,
cutting it somewhat The lucky pugilist,
when he had accomplished the above, set
on Oh u run, huu Nucu tLIcc ohiSciS NJ
peared on the scene o minute or two after
the trouble, both contestants had made their
escape.
Yesterday completed the second week oi
school The attendance is greater than
was expected, and Prot B. 7. Jones is do
ing all he can to make the schools more
prosperous than ever before, and We think
he will succeed.
The B. l. o. pay car was in town yester-
day.
Isaac Littleton, father of Mrs James p.
Kelly, arrived in the city Wednesday even
ing from Hamilton, Canada, on visit to
his daughter.
The C. 4 P. will run cars through from
this place to ST. Clairsville direct on the
dsy Of the corner stone laying.
r. Fl. Turner, President Of the M"s~
ocnooI BOARD, IS In the city, contracting Tor
window glass for the new school house at
that place.
Rev. J. NJ. GriHen, died at Yellow
Springs, O., on Tuesday, after lingering
illness. Mr.. Griffen was formerly Of this
city.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-09-19
WHEELING, W. MORNING. SEPTEMBER 49, 1885
A HORRIBLE MURDER
In Lonely Spot on the Denver and Bio
Grande by q Lunatic.

In o Lonely Spot on the Denver and kao
Grande by . Lunatic.
DENVER, Col, September l8.-In lone
ly spot in Brown canon on the line OF the
Denver and Rio Grande railroad terrible
murder was committed to-day. The victim
was Pat. Rush, section boss, and his muir
derer was Mike Carroll Rush was work
ing with his men, and Carroll, who had COM
planned of not feeling well, had been left
alone in the cabin. The two men were
warm friends, and Rush told his men that
he was going down to the cabin to see how
Carroll was. He not returning as
expected, one of the men fearing
something was wrong went after him. Ly.
ing outside the door he found Rush dead
with every evidence Of a terrible struggle
around him. The man was frightened and
soon brought the whole gang to the spot.
Rush had been beaten in frightful man
ner and one bullet wound was found to en-
ter the ear. Rush's body was taken 70
Salida. An Intellectual search was made
for Carroll. Later he walked into Salads
and was at once placed under arrest, there
is no doubt of his insanity. The theory is
that Carroll did not recognize Rush when
be visited him and mistook him for one Of
his imaginary enemies. Rush leaves wife
and son at Salida.