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Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1888-01-29
IN COURT.
A Chicago Expressman Tries to Improve
the LAW.

A Chicago Expressman Tries to Improve
the Law.
CHICAGO, January 28.-A loaded re-
volver in the hands OF a mai half Crazed
with excitement, two women, his wife and
daughter, with their arms about his neck,
beseechiGg him not TO shoot another man,
his life hanging almost on a thread and
with every nerve strained to avoid the eX-
pected bullet, a jury OF eleven men scramb-
ling to get out of pistol range, spectators
scared aud bailif!s in q wild hurley-burley
to prevent a tragedy were the points in a
sensational episode that took place in Judge
ClifOrd's court this morning. The would
he shooter was Thomas Walsh. He is the
oldest cNpressman in Chicago and his at
tempt to commit murder in court this
morning was the result OF a belief that
Justice had fallen short in his case. James
Britton, a man who had formerly worked
for him, wa charged with having assault
ed bis daughter. The jury found Britton
not Guilty to-day, and that 80 intamed
the father that he resolved to take the
law in his own hands and kill, in the
very sight of the men who had acquitted
him, the person who he believed 10 have
been guilty. Walsh was O~verpowered ere
he could carry out his purpose and locked
up in Jail.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1888-01-29
TREATED LENIENTLY.

American Criminals Escape Death Sen-
tsnce In Mexico.
ST. LOUIS, January 25.-AdVices from
the Mexican frontier say that a very I'M
usual leniency is exhibited by the Mexican
authorities in regard TO the fate of the Ma
pula Train robbers, three of whom-Chas.
Small, Hutchinson, and Doc Hines-were
caught and are now in Jail at chihuahua,
they have all confessed and their share of
plumber has been recovered. 1t was con-
sidered q foregone conclusion after their
arrest, that they would at once be shot, as
a recently passed federal law expressly re-
Quired, but for some reason or other the
death penalty will not be inflicted, but
they will all be sentenced to hard labor for
life. Such a sentence is usual served out
in some mines belonging to government,
and the punishment is considered equal i'll
severity to that of the Russian exiles in
Siberia. The reason Of the leniency shown
in mitigating the death penalty TO impris-
onment for lite is because the Culprits are
all Americans, with whom the government
did not wish to be too severe.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1888-01-29
STORM SWEPT
Y ! GREAT BLIZZARD CONTINUES.
New York and New England States Suffer
~ 10 ., the Most ii
RAILROADS BLOCKADBD BY SNOW.
Business Generally at 8 Stsndstll Through
out the Storm Area.

OswEeo; N. T., January %. storm
ragged worse than ever last night. Deep
cuts on the railroads that had just been
cleared of snow we're ucs more filled up.
The thermometer was ten degrees below
zero, and the wind blew ten miles an hour.
All trains ON the Rome, Watertown and
Ogdensburg railroad have been again aban-
doned. The Delaware, Lackawanaa and
Western road is also badly blocked, and
the trains that are run are making very
poor time. A passenger train due here last
evening from the west spent the night
three miles west Of here. The blockade Is
the worst in years, aud every effort is be
Ing made to raise it, but with little effect,
as the high wind fills the cuts up rs o o
as cleared.
The delay in the arrival and departure
of mails, owing to the snow blockade,
continues, and was worse last night than
during the preceding t~wenty-iour hours.
The trains have not been 81 irregular for
several years. The Chicago express, over
the New York Central, due at 500 last
night, did not arrive until lilo o'clock this
morning. All trains on the Pennsylvania
railroad between here and Washington, D.
C. are from an hour to an hour and a halt
late. The Chicago express, on the New
York Central, due here at S:45 o'clock this
morning, is five hours late. All trains
from the West on the Erie are from four TO
five hours late. The New York Central is
making no attempt TO send out freight
trains. One thousand six hundred east
bound loaded freight cars are stalled at
East Syracuse and 800 more at West AL
bany.
An Auburn dispatch says: The storm
shows no sign of abatement in this section.
The hotels here and at C~aBajobarie are
crowded with snOw-bOund guests, and
there it but little prospect Of their being
able to continue their journey for some
days. Eleven passenger trains are stuck
in drifts within fifty miles Ofthis city. A
snow pillow with five engines has been sent
ont by the New York Central road, but its
labors are useless, rs the wind drifts the
snow back on the track as soon as it passes.
The snow in the cuts near Cato is over
thirty teet deep.
LONG ISLAND CITY, n. Y, January %.
There is danger of a water famine here,
if the cold weather continues.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1888-01-29
THE CHOCTAw CLAIM.
Grasping Attorneys VIII Get the Most
of IL.

G~rasping Attorneys VIII Get the Most
of IL.
CHICAGO, January 28.-Au AtOka, l.
T., special says: The ChoCtaws are great
ly exercised over their net proceed claim
against the United States Government, for
property which had to be abandoned in
Mississippi and Alabama when they were
removed west. This property consisted OF
improvements, houses, fences, &c, on the
lands sold the Government, and for which
the Government pledged in the treaty
they should be paid. 1t has never been
paid, and now amounts to So, 900, 600. IL
has been allowed by Congress two or three
times, and also by the United States Court
of Claims. About half of IL is pledged to
lawyers and other middlemen.
The last Choctaw Council passed some
legislation obnoxious TO those attorneys,
and they are now ~obstructing any meas
ure in Congress apprOpriating money for
these claims.
A called session of the Council was held
in November, to compromise the affair
with the attorneys, but failed to effect
anything. The net proceed money will
hardly reach the Indians this year. There
is talk of another called session of the
Council to adjust this matter.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1888-01-29
SAVED BY HIS DOG.
The Narrow Escape of a New York MAJ
from Death by Freezing.

from Death by Freezing.
New YORK, January 2s.-George Heeg,
a milkman living at East Williamsburg,
Long Island, is an inmate Of st. Cathar-
ines Hospital, Brooklyn, waiting to have
one of his arms and n leg amputated in
order to save his lie. During the intensely
cold weather last Tuesday night he started
to walk from Williamsburg to his home,
about three miles. When about q mile
from home, and while crossing an open
field, he was seized with an epilepiic fit
and fell on the ice.
Mr.. Heeg recovered sufficiently TO sit up,
but could not regain his feet, IS one OF his
sides was so benumbed by the cold that one
leg and arm had become useless. He man
aged to reach his hat and held it out in
front of his excited dog. The intelligent
creature understood the motive, and seiz-
ing the hat in his mouth, started in full
speed for Mr.. Heeg's residence. Reaching
the front door he began barking so violent
ly that he aroused one Of the workmen en-
plOyes on the place, and succeeded i'll
making him understand that assistance
waS needed. The man procured help and
followed the dog Oyer the ice for a mile,
about 3 o'clock in the morning, 10 where
Heeg was found, badly frozen and unable
TO move.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1888-01-29
Remarked His Ding Wife.

WELLsvILLE, o., January %. -
highly romantic incident WAS contaminated
at New Lisbon, this county, yesterday. J.
Frank Morrow, a well.to-do citizen OF that
place, a few days ago secured a divorce
from his wife. The ink on the paper
scarcely dry before Morrow re-
Tented, and, entering the Probate
Judges Office, Immediately took out q
license to marry the divorced wife. The
straDgest feature Of the case is that the
poor woman is on her death bed with con-
sumption, and her death is only q question
Of a few days. Her remaining time in this
world was made happy by the strange
marriage, which was solemnizsd yester.
day.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1888-01-29
OHIO SOLONS
The STATE LEGISLATURES WORK,
Important Measures introduced in the Two
Houses.
TALLY SHEET FORGERY CASES.
The Interest in the Legal Fight at q Fever
Heat.

Special Correspondence OF the Sunday Re0i&z.
COLUMBUS, O., January % -Astound-
ing developments are looked for in the
tally sheet forgery cases next week. The
feeling between counsel for the State and
the defense is strained in the extreme.
Somebody will be killed before this trial
isoyer, said a leading lawyer to-day. TOO
many people have axes to grind, and the
States LAWYERS want 10 use the machinery
OF the court TO vent their malice" Said
ex-C congressman Converse: There are half
q dozen lawyers for the State, including
both the foreign and domestic article, that
would he glad to pay q handsome sum for
the purpose Of posing before the court and
jury in this case. The court held that
they could SO appear. The Jury has finally
been selected, and the trial will progress
Monday"
Mr.. Hamilton, OF Monroe, has prepared
a bill which will be reported fayOrably
from the committee next week. II pro-
vides that after The adoption OF a text book
il cannot be changed by a board OF educa-
ton for five years. Another measure
which he has introduced provides TO rcim-
burse Samuel Gates in the sum of $500 for
forfeited recognizances.
Messrs. Clancy, Laulz and McKelvey
were absent to-day.
Col. Poorman is tax reforner. He has
four bills pending in the House. One to
increase the Dow law tax. Another i'm
portant bill of his provides for the appoint
ment Of commissioner 10 obtain the true
value of property improperly listed and
returned, or not returned at all.
Another pending measure to debar par.
ties from bringing a proceeding in Courts
for claims relatingto ownership, possession
or recovery Of unlisted property, whether
the same be of invoice, rights on action,
credits or Investments. Another whole
some measure Of Mr.. POorman's is that all
chattel mortgages shall be rescinded
Hamilton county is in a throe of agony
over its numerous governmental depart
ments and its multiplicity Of Offers Sen
ator Mack thought he had au antidOte for
the burdensome evil; hence he introduced
q bill to-day 10 include the whole Of
Hamilton county as a municipality. The
bill is very elaborate and carefully drawn.
The dual government Of city aud Council
is merged into one organism only, thereby
making the system less complex and less
expensive.
The Dashler will case involving an estate
of more than a half million dollars was
heard b, fore the Circuit Court and a jury
rendered n verdict to-day setting asida the
will. This is the second verdict of the
kind and will stick.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1888-01-29
A NEW MOVE

Made by the Public Spirited Citizens Of
Martins Ferry.
A charter has been granted by Secretary
of State Walker 10 the Martins Ferry
Construction Company" Q company Or
ganizsd for the purpose Of mining for snd
dealing in clay, coal, stone and other min
erals, and manufacturing the same into
useful products; Of boring for and sinking
wells for oil, petroleum and gas and trans
porting ard selling the same; OF manufac-
turing and dealing in all kinds Of crock
cry, pottery and glass, and OF constructing
for themselves and Others buildings Of oil
kinds, including dwelling houses, manu-
featuring plants, md business structures
of every kind and nature, and selling and
disposing Of the same, and doing
and carrying on the business Of general
builders and constructors, and for the pur-
pose Of manufacturing. using and
dealing in electrical apparatue Of ell
kinds, electric light, power and all elsa
pertaining thereto. The principal ofics
will be at Martins Ferry, Ohio, and the
incorprators are Joseph Bell and Alfred
PAUL., Of Wheeling; o. Russell Wood,
John 8. Cochran and Ed Auhleman, OF
Martins Ferry.
Meeting M Of the ineorporators Of the
Martins Ferry Construction Company yes.
terday, the REGISTER scribe asked him Whist
Il meant. He replied that their first object
wa to create Q fund that would enable
them TO build factories (pottertes pre-
ferred) for suitable parties who can be In
duced TO locate there. He said:
"By assisting the proper parties 10 this
extent, we feel that in q short time w
can build mp all OF d vacant and unpro.
ductiye real estate, when gas works, cleo.
tric lights. street cars, &c, viii be neces
sary. In tact, we propose TO do anything
that Is authorised by our charter that vii
help to increase or improve the business o
our town, and give employment 10 its sur
plus labor. think in q year or two, in
stead of being at the tail end of . littl
procession, composed Of Wheeling, Bel
iaire, Bridgeport and Martins Ferry, N
will be near the head Of it. II We get bal
the encouragement We expect, We viii en-
ate q boom here that will astoniah the N
tives."
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1888-01-29
STRIKERS APPEAL.
A Statement of Their Case-Tsrms q
which They VIII Return.

A Statement Of Their Case-Tsrns on
which They VIII Return.
PorTsvILLE, Pa, January a.-Chair-
man Lee has left for Philadelphia and
will be Joined there by Joint Committee
Chairman Davis and Executive Committee
Secretary McGarvey, and these three, rep.
resenting the striking minersin the Schuyl-
kill and Lehigh regions and the striking
~railroaden, will speak in Baltimore to.
morrow.
The Joint Committee were in executive
session to-day Tor final approval Of .
lengthy appeal passed upon and approved
by Sub Division ~ and the Executive
Board Of the Amalgamsted Association,
which, in conjunction with an appeal for
financial aid IRON Chairman Lee, Is 10 be
circulated all over the country wherever
there is Q labor organization
The appeal says: ''The following letter
was sent to Presidents Corbin and Keim,
January l2th: 1--WE submit the following
in confidence, not to betray our fellow
workmen, nor for the purpose Of giving
their opponents any advantage, but 10 set
tie this mutually ruinous strike. First,
discharge whom you please without
sny unjust or spiteful discrimina-
ton against those who have, up to
December 26th, been your faithful
aud abedient employees on the
railroad. Second, employ whom You please,
giving preference to those who have served
you before. and who will be your most
useful workmen in resumipg operations,
Third, renew with your miners the agree.
ment ~ existing from September l, 1887,
to January l, 1888. With these concessions
to miners from you we can influence our
fellow-workmen on the railroad to with.
draw any claims that may stand In tire
way of immediate resumption. Should you
not agree We fear a long and serious strug,
GLE
''In this letter the alternative to he in.
sisted upon by the company, according to
Mr.. Corbin's version, has been conceded
tist, the right to manage its own proper y;
second, the right to employ whom it
pleases. The following reply shows that
the miners gould expect nothing and the
railroaderss till less. A reply dated Jan
usry 18th rays: 1t Is hardly worth while
to 20 over the ground again, our position
is 80 vel! UNDERSTOOD. The railroad ques-
ton il endednever to be taken mp again. As
TO the miners, we are willing TO pay always
much NJ other coal companies, no more.
A 81 ~ basis would give our miners more
than any other locality, aud by your letter
you would expect us to pay still more.
This il entirely out OF the question,
Signed KEN, President"
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1888-01-29
THE SITUATION
IN THE LOGlE-PIKE COUNTY War.
Governor Wilson PsitUnsd for Protection
TO BY the People. a
MASS MEETING In LOGAN COUNTY
Both States Will Probably Send Troops to
the Border.



CHARLESTON, W. Va, January 2s.-
developments to-day in the Logsn-Pike
county war were not important in. charpc-
ter. The object of the visit of W. P.
Floyd and J. A. Sheppard, of Logan
county, was to lay the resolution and
petitions ofthe Logan county people be-
fore the Governor. As stated yesterday
Governor Wilson has received a telegram
from the Governor Of Kentucky, saying
be would take steps to prevent the future
inyssions Of the Pike county people in
West Virginia. The sentiment of Logan
people is for peace. One of the objects Of
the recent mass meeting at Logan Court
House was to pass resolutions correcting
the Misrepresentation of Pike county
people to the Governor of Kentucky.
The stories being carried to Frankfort
are to the effect that the Hatfield band had
threatened to burn Pike Court House and
release the nine Yirginians confined in the
Pike county Jail. Many other exsgger-
ated stories have been carried to Frank
fort, hone Of which have any foundation in
fact. The Hatfelds have s~tudiously
avoided the borders.
The Governor has not made public his
intended action in the matter, and will
take no steps until lie has had further
communication with Governor Buckner.
w. P. Floyd and j. A. Sheppard will
leave for Logan Monday. The Golf Guards
rendered their services to the Governor by
telegraph to-day. The opinion seems to
prevail that the Governors will arrange to
place troops on either side of the border,
to preserve peace and quiet and protect in
| nrrent and law abiding citizens.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1888-01-29
Only One Agreement.

New YORK, January 2s.- Brddstreet',
to day contains an interesting article con,
corning the merits of the Reading strike
1t says that in order to get the Reading
C~ompauy's version of the discrepancy be.
tween the claims made by each side an in
quiry was wired to Mr.. Corbin on Thurs,
day rs 10 whether more bar one agree
ment with the miners was signed. The
reply va as follows
The agreement, a copy of which appears
in my published statement, dated January
u, was the only one ever signed or agreed
TO by the company or any Of its reprcsen.
tatives. AUSTIN CORBIN.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1888-01-29
strength Against Skill.

DULUTH, January 2s.-Six hundred
people witnessed an e%ight-rOund contest
between ]. W. Curtis, of Duluth, and
Black Frank, Of Ashland. The fight was
for $500 and IS and 25 per cent. division Of
the receipts. Black Frank had clearly the
advantage of Curtis in science, but Curtis
bested him by repeatedly clinching and
throwing him to the floor. The fight was
hard all through, and Curtis won in the
last round by two knock-downs, the first
Of which laid Frank ont for eight seconds,
and the last left him on the floor.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1888-01-29
A Coach Leaves the Track.

CINCINNATI, January 2S.-As the Pan
Handle east was running through the city
of Dayton this morning and wa crossing
the Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton
track, one coach left the track and ran OF
the Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton raj
and was thrown on its side. The follow
ing coach was also derailed. Officers Of
the road here say the passengers wer'
shaken up but no one hurt The trair
was DELAYED an hour and 3 hall.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1888-01-29
SUNNY KANSAS.
What . Man who 10 Thsrs Has 70 say
Aboat u.

What . Man Who .. Thsrs Has 10 say
Aboet II.
A gentleman who 10 located 81
Wichita, Kansas, writes 10 . frtssd
and gives him some points shout The
country. which may be interesting 10
Wheeling people, ~ . great many Of them
are located out there. In speaking Of The
cold, he says that be had his ears FROZEN
the other night while walking homo
from the depot, very sbost
distsnes, and he describes his
caudal sppenGsges M resembling boot
heels and feeling wore. The mercury has
been down from To- 10 ~ belsw zsso Cor
the past week, with no prospect q sn early
chsDge-and this IL sunny kansas!
The country, be says, n In . baA copdi-
ton, and looks ~ though II was drsped In
deepest mourning. sGd there are plenty Of
mournen- Times are txtremsly hard
there In nothing to sell and nothing "a do,
and there il DO money Tor anything This
In no doubt . pretty country,
but its beauty yields no prodt-
We are still here, but will
surely leave when We get . ehsscs. Theirs
10 no nopsy sud everything b high. Coal
sells iron 81 70 SIC per ton; potstoes
81. 30 to tl-50 per buabel; spples ~ Is per
barrel; butter Is 10 40 cents per pound
egss Is 70 IS cents per dozen, apd every.
thing in the same ratio. Everybody wbo
can get away isIeavibg There srs plenty
Of vacant houses and Store ree0s and %
business Those fellows, who SIX month
aeo, were weighing their corpa lets by u
pound and estiDsted tbeoss1val
worth 81, 900, 000, ! think could - beaGbl
for q few nickleN. Several real s~stssssOontI
have taken lie paaeA and gone where tbey
can winter without shelter. The people
ay the boom Left them 10 wore ahap,
than II found them, and l would adyis'
anyone having money 70 inve4 10 put I
in some other part Of the country and keeI
It away from here.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1888-01-29
Woman Jailed for selling wh,skv.

WICHITA, KANn January 28.-Tbe
grand jury which convened on January
Sd is still IN session, working away upon
the whisky cases. Yesterday they return,
ed nineteen more indictments, the greater
part OF which are for selling whisky, and
each n contains from one to fifty counts.
The first woman vas found guilty and
sentenced for the offense in the District
Court yesterday. Her name is Bessie
StebbiDs. She was sentenced to thirty
days i'll the county Jail and 500 fine on
each count.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1888-01-29
IN II ICY WAVES.
Terrible Experience of oystermen in the
Delaware Bay.

Terrible Experience of Oystermen In the
Delaware Bay.
DOVER, DEL, January 2S.-The cap
tain and crew of the oyster schooner Viii
lsge Belle had a terrible experience in the
Delaware Bay, nearly opposite the mouth
Of the Manons river, Thursday evening.
They were caught in the northeast gale
which swept the upper bay late in the af'
ternoon, and were e~ndesvoring to make
the river when their vessel capsized. For
fully an hour they chung to the upturned
vessel with the icy waves dashrng over
them, when they were rescued, nearly ex.
hsusted and badly frozen, by the crew OF
the schooner Maggie Garrett.
The rescue was accomplished with much
difficulty and risk. The CARROTS crew
did everything they could to make the
sufferers comfortable and they were all re-
ported As completely recovered. The Vii
iape Belle was owned by Meyer & Shellen-
berger, Of Philadelphia.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1888-01-29

IT is thought that the Governors OF West
VIRGINIA and Kentucky will send trOOPst "
a.. scsps OF the HATFIELD-MCCoY war.
This i what should be done. The Ken,
tueky people have misinfOrmed Governor
BrcENER as TO which party was the az
y,s,.or. and he promises to keep the Nc
~ y,py ont of West Virginia
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1888-01-29
STICKING FOR THE ADVANCE.
Weayers Decide to Continue the Strike IL
Five Manufactures

W
Five MANUFACTURES
PHILADELPHIA, January 2S.-Nearly
500 carpet weavers, representing most of
the shops in the northern part Of the city,
met last night in Temperance Hall .nd
voted TO continue the strike at the five
manufactures at which the men are now
out.
At Joseph Taylor & Bros, where the
men have been working for Some time for
five cents a yards on both shaded and plain
work, committee yesterday demanded al
additional hall cent for shaded work and it
was granted.
The shops from which the ruen are or
dered to reruain out are WINS, Dietz &
Magee, Dornan Bros. 4 Co, Samuel
White, Henderson IL Co. and c II. Mat
land q Sons. The latter firm posted a no
tice in their mandatory that they would
pay the price demanded, 50 cents, but as
they declined to take back the discharged
employees, the meeting ordered that all
weavers keep away from their shops.