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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1889-05-08
HOPKINS HOSPITAL.
THE BALTIMORE PHILANTHROPIST ADDS
ANOTHER
To the NOblsst Gifts Of Chanty-Ths Opening Of 4
Magnificent Institution Ysstsrday-A Tribute
to the FOundsr-Hls Love for
His Fellow Man.

BALTIMORE, May May THE Johns
Hopkins Hospital, at Monument street and
Broadway, was formally opened this morn
ing. 1t is one of the finest and most COM
plete institutions in the world, embracing
seventeen buildings, which cover four acres
of ground, and is surrounded by ten acres
more of beautiful psrksge, which will sf-
ford healthful exercise to the patients Its
construction was begun more than ten
years ago, and the total cost was 81, 050,-
600. To the munifcence of one man Bal
timore owes this great institution-the late
Johns Hopkins. 1t was he also who
founded and provided for the Johns Hop
kins University.
Over 8, 200 invitations to attend to-day's
ceremonies were sent to persons in various
parts of the United States, exclusive of
those issued to Bsltimoreans. Addresses
were delivered by Francis T. King, Presi-
dent of the hospital; DR.. John S. Billings,
U. S. A. and D. @. Gilman, President of
the Johns Hopkins University. President
King said that Johns Hopkins, in found
ing his two great trusts-the University
and the Hospital, each with an endow-
ment of nearly three and a half millions
dollars was not actuated by a wish to
build a monument to his own memory.
His motives were higher and nobler.
He remembered that in reply to a ques-
tion as to why he had never made will,
Mr.. Hopkins said that he looked upon his
wealth as a gift for which he was not &C.
countable, but which was given to him for
a purpose and he did not believe he would
be before it was revealed to him how he
should dispose of it. "This wealth" he
said, 'is my stewardship" One of the
most interesting parts of Mr.. Kings ad-
dress was quotation from letter written
by John S. Hopkins to his trustees, which
clearly sets forth in few words the good
he purpOsed to accomplish. 1t as follows:
''You shall receive into the Hospital the
INDECENT sick of this city and its environs,
without regard to sex, age or color, who
may require surgical or medical treatment
and the poor of this city and State of all
races who are stricken by any casualty.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1889-05-08
AGAIN ON THE RACK.
PARNBLL DENIES THAT He INTENDED
WILPUL DECEIT.
Webster NlsquOtsd His Speech in the House, and he
Was Compelled TO Testify Under kiaPprs-
hersOn-Gsnsral Foreign News
The Samoan Conference.

LONDON, May THE Parnell Commis-
sion resumed its sitting to-day. Mr.. Par
nell, upon taking the stand, said he desir-
ed to correct part of his evidence given on
Friday in relation 10 the statement made
by him in the House of Commons concern
ing the non-existence of secret
societies in Ireland. Upon refer
ring to the Hansard reports Of
the proceedings of the House of Commons,
he found that his remarks which had been
quoted by Attorney General Webster re
ierred particularly to Ribbonism and not to
secret conspiracies generally. His remarks
therefore were fairly accurate statement
of the facts, as R:bbonism at that time
practically did not exist in Ireland.
The cross-examination of the witness
Was then resumed. Mr.. Parnell said he
had not heard of 100 guineas being paid
for the defence of moonlighters at the Cork
Assizes in 1884. II he had been asked to
make such payments he should, in those
days, have approved of them, il
he had reason TO believe the law was
being strained against man, but his
general rule was to limit such payments
as much as possible. He rememberei
one case in whicn he had sanctioned the
payment of money for the defense OF
prisoner, and the man was acquitted. In
another case he reimbursed Mr.. Harris,
who had made himself responsible for the
costs of the defense, but at the same time
witness instructed Mr.. Harris not to under
take in the future the defense Of accused
moonlighters.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1889-05-08
ANNUAL MEETING
OF the wheeling Natural Gas Company
What the Report Showed.

OF the Wheeling Natural Gas Company
What the Report Showed.
The annual meeting of the stockholders
of the Wheeling Natural Gas Company was
held at the company's Office Monday. Th'
annual report of the Directors was sub
mitted.
The financial statement shows the total
assets to be 81, 159, 517 50, on which there
exists an indebtedness of $50, 4O4 09, the
sum of $1s9, 173 60 in excess of capital
and debt having been paid out OF earnings
The earnings for the year amounted to
1856, 689 SO; the running expenses to 200,
63S 10, equal to 27.27 per cent. OF the
earnings, showing an increase in earnings,
and decrease in expenses over that of the
year ending March 81, 1883, OF 4.3l per
cent.
The board reports that the contract sys-
tenn has long been recognized as AN IN ust
and upequsl way of selling and consuming
natural gas, and that the meter system
will be substituted Just as fast as possible
without injustice to the consumer. The
following leases are held by the company:
Good, 1884; uudeveloped, $3.50; total,
II, ,s34; annual rentals, s7,279. During
the month of January the company came
into possession of leases on about 5,4OO
acres of new territory in Washington coun,
ty, adjoining the Taylorstown field. OF
the A, ,2s2 acres held in the Taylorstown
field the company owns all the gas rights
in 9, 625 acres, half the gas rights in !, 657
acres and all the oil rights on 1872 acres.
The gross earnings of the company for
the wear was $1s5. $50 SO, making an aver
age sale of SIS, 47416. OF the disburse-
ments, $50, 63s 70 is charged to the ex-
pense account, SO, s62.15 to construction
and $22, 79l 55 to wells and leases. The
company owns 2l wells. The original
rental Of these was 81, 800. The present
rental is s.. $50. The company operates
1879 miles of pipe lines, pos, ,Ol9 feet OF
which ia main line, ~, 922 branch, 1876
service and 149, 565 safety lines.
At the meeting the following Board OF
Directors was elected VIM. Finn, J. NJ.
Guffey, L. II. Williams, T. II. Given,
Henry Fisher, John ". Nesb, Q. l.. Magee,
X. G. Elliott, A. +. Kesting and Edwin
Bindley. The last two members take the
places Of o. B. Mclean and Charles w.
BrOckunier. The board will meet At the
Office Of the company in Pittsburg next
Saturday and elect officers for the ensuing
year
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1889-05-08
FIVE SCORCHED BODIES
Gathered from the Ruins of New Yorl
HoIocauaf

Gathered from the Ruins of New York
Holocaust.
WEST CHESTER, N. Y, May THE
dwelling house of Watson Bownes was de-
stroyed by fire about 1:3O o'clock this
morning, and five persons were burned ia
death.
The household consisted of Watson
Bownes, his wife, his mother, Mrs. T. B.
Bownes, aud two children and two SER
wants
Just how the fire started is not known,
but it is supposed that a lamp which was
left burning in the hall exploded and
started the flames. When Mr.. Bownes
was awakened by the cracking OF the
flames, the fire had already gained great
headway and the house was filled with
smoke.
Bownes Immediately gave thu alarm
and then started to carry his wife into the
open air. In doing this he was severely
burned about the feet and body, and Mrs.
Bownes was also burned about the head,
neck and shoulders. While Bownes
was rescuing his wife, he could plain
ly hear cries of agony from his
mother and his two children, who were
sleeping with their grandmother, but he
was unable to save them and they perish
ed The children we're aged three and five
years. Kate Dunn, servant, and her
sister Annie, who came to visit her last
night, also perished.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1889-05-08
OVER THE LINE.
Senator Camden and Party Over the
/ Monongahela Road.
| cnaofal Talaoro,, 70 tba paoicfar

Senator Camden and Party Over the
Monongahela Road.
Special Telegram to the Register
FAIRMONT, May IA number of dis
tinguished gentlemen, including come
heavy capitalists, made tour over our
new railroad to-day. and also took trip
to see the famous Montana coal aud coke
plant here. The party included President
Mayer, of the B. o. r. R., Mr.. Frick,
Vice President King and James
Sloan, Jr, B. & o. r. R., D.
Weeks, Mr.. Clarke, a Philadelphia
capitalists, argely interested in the new
road; Sidney Dillon, Senator Camden,
President R. s. Carr, of the State Senate
Cove lor Fleming, O. B. Hart, Mr.. Al
word, of the Baltimore Sun; James o. Wat
son, judges Raymond and Hagans, J. Ed.
Watson, general mansger at Montana; S.
L. Watson, superintendent at CASTOR; J.
E. Dana, Col. G. B. Carney, F. Legge, Coils.
Staggers, Hood and Prichard. Some coke had
been specially prepared and drawn at
Montana, and Mr.. Weeks made an exam
ination of it, after which he announced it
was - very superior quality, equal TO the
best grade of Connellsville coke, and better
than other grades of that.
Tbs party were we'll pleased and
quite favorably impressed with
their visit here and came back
on their special train at eleven o'clock and
went up to CASTOR mines. From there
they take carriages and will proceed up
the West Fork to look at the astounding
richness of that section
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1889-05-08
WALLS OF FIRE
Surround Towns and villages OF the
Northwest.

Surround Towns and villages of the
Northwest.
DULUTH, MINI, May Reports OF
destruction by forest fires continue to come
in.
The fires are still raging in all directions,
but in many localities they have burned
themselves out. They have attacked the
heavy pine woods in many places, and the
loss of timber will be immense.
All trainmen on roads leading here from
every direction tell OF the long lines of fire
passed through. The greatest loss is in the
destruction of railroad ties, telegraph poles
and cordwoOd. Several hundred thousand
ties and thousands of cords of wood have
been burned. So far news has reached here
of the destruction of a dozen buildings,
three near Barnum, dozen miles west of
here, and others in Wisconsin. Jos. Brad
ford's wood camp and two camps near
Norman were wiped out.
From a score of small places come ac-
counts of fighting the fire to save villages
or mills. There was a rumor yesterday
that saw mill in Douglas County, Wis,
had been burned, but no news could be
had to confirm it. Some stock has been
destroyed in outlying districts. The most
destruction has been on the lines of the
st. Paul and Duluth and the Northern
Pacific.
A dispatch from Wausau, Wis, ssys,
Unless rain soon comes great hardship to
farmers in this section will result. Woods
are on fire all around the city. Hay
meadows, crops and bridges have been de-
stroyed in the western part of the county.
Farmers aud mill men in the country are
fighting fire with big crews. The air in
the city is filled with smoke.
Forest fires are burning south and west
of Ishpeming, Mich, but no serious dam
age has yet been done. Timber and un-
derbrush is very dry, and unless rain
comes soon the fires may become serious
At East Tawas, Mich, forest fires did con-
siderable damage yesterday, destroying a
large amount of fencing and several build
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1889-05-08
Rase RaIl Briefs.

The Standard base ball club of the War
wick pottery issues challenge to the ball
club of the Wheeling pottery 10 play q
match game on May 1lth or the 25th.
Pitcher Robert c. Burchard, Of Mans
field, has been suspended. Burchard
jumped his contract last Friday by leaving
the city and not returning TO play. 1t is
thought he is at Urbans, where his wife
resides. He owes the club 1925.
The base ball event of the season will
occur on the Island base ball park Monday,
May 13, when Capt. Sam Brubsker's team
will meet Sergt. Sam Letzkus' ball tossers
in battle for supremacy. The admission
to see this great and only game will be ten
cents and the proceeds will be devoted to
the Wheeling club. This will be the only
opportunity this season to see such game
and il is for blu did.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1889-05-08
WEARY WITH LABORS
WRIHR AND MARTIN WILL STBP DOWN AND
OUT.
They Will Not Accept Reelection 10 their Offices at
the Head Of the Amalgamatsd-NO General
Scale for the Ysar-A
Free for All.

PIIrsBURG, May lit was learned to-
day that neither President Weihe nor Sec
retary Martin, of the Amalgamsted Asso-
citation OF Iron and Steel Workers, will be
candidates for reelection at the coming
convention, both men having accepted bet
ter positions in other business. Messrs.
Weihe and Martin have been at the
head of the great iron workers association
for many years and their retirement may
change the policy of that organization.
Prominent iron manufacturers predict that
no general scale will be signed this year as
the Manufacturers Association has not
been in existence for some time. They
say that it will be every man for himself,
snd as result there may be trouble over
the wage question.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1889-05-08
POINTS ON PEOPLE.
Movements of Citizens and the Coming and
Going Of Strangers.

Movements of Citizens and the Coming and
Going Of Strangers.
Mrs. II. p. Allen, OF Pittsburg, is at the
Mcclure.
Ed. II. Ingalls,, of Zanesville, was in the
city yesterday.
Mr.. U. B. Williams, OF Grafton, is at the
Mcclure House.
Hon. w. p. Hubbard left for Charleston
yesterday morning.
Mr.. +. N. Thompson, of Cleveland is
quartered at the Mcclure.
VIM. Weitzel is home from Leechburg,
Pa, on visit to friends.
Manager Geo. A. Dean, of Mingo June
tion mill, was down yesterday.
President H. NJ Priest, of the Junction
Iron Works, was in the city yesterday.
Mr.. and Mrs. /. G.. Dillon have returned
from New York after two weeks visit.
Mrs. Capt Campbell Sweeney is lying
seriously i'll at her residence on the Island.
Mr.. George n. Vardy has returned home
from two weeks business trip to New
York.
Col. Geo. p. Bissell has returned TO the
Mcclure House from trip to his home IN
Hartford, Conn.
Mrs. Ralph Kline and son, Edwin, LETT
for GAINESVILLE, Ohio, to spend the sum
mer with her parents.
|. w. Burgoon, F. NJ Hobar, and wife
Zanesville, and Misses Maggie Smith and
Gertie Morgan, of Fremont, Ohio, stop
ped at the Mcclure House last evening.
Mrs. Jacob Kemple left this afternoon
on visit to friends in Wheeling. Mrs.
Kemple will return shortly Charleston
Gazette.
Editor A. B. White, of the STATE Journal,
Parkersburg, came up Yesterday and regis
tered at the Mcclure. He WAS on little
political business, but just what, could
not be discovered.
Alfred RheiDstrom Esq. left for
Charleston, yesterday, to act as clerk and
stenographer to the Legislative committee,
appointed to hear the evidence In the
GubernatoIisl contest.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1889-05-08
Neutrality In Samoa.

BERLIN, May The Vossiscbe ZeifuHg
says that the American Commissioners TO
the Samoan Conference are instructed by
their Government to demand the neutral
ity of the islands aud the administration
Of Samoan affairs b. Samoans, and to urge
the claim Of the United States TO the right
TO establish q coaling station at Pago Pago.
The demands of the United States,
however, are not intended to prevent the
other powers from exercising their intiu-
ence in accordance with their interests.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1889-05-08
Main Street Bridge.

To the Editor ftte Register:
SIR:-There does not seem to be any
probability that we will have permanent
bridge over the creek at Main street, ready
for travel this year. This would be Of no
importance if we had any assurance that
our temporary bridge at that street
would stand through the win
ter. Unfortunately we have no
snch assurance. On the contrary, the
probabilities are all the other way.
The superstructure of the bridge seems
n he subrtantial enough, and might last
for several years, and the pile foundations
NAV be strong enough to carry the weight,
but the greatest danger to the permanence
of. the structure, is the breaking mp OF
the winters ice, aud against that the pro-
lection is ridiculOusly inadequate. The
few piles planted above the bridge and
their trifling facing, put mp as pretence
of nrotection, would be crushed like egg
shells. by the first movement of the ice in
any ordinary winters break up. The de.
struction of the main supports OF
the bridge and the downfall of the whole
structure would speedily follow.
But for the unusual mildness OF the
past winter, the contractors would probs-
bly have had experience of this character.
The present weak protection ought to be
replaced by rows of substantial piles driven
close together and faced from low water to
height of fifteen feet, with heavy timber
not less than ten inches thick, placed hor-
izontally and securely bOlted, and this
work ought to be solidly backed With stone
and earth to its fall height Unless some
thing equivalent to this is done, the
bridge cannot reasonably be expected TO
stand through the coming winter. II
would be q sad modification and our city
authorities would certainly be very cen
surable if this bridge should be allowed TO
be destroyed for the want OF the necessary
attention and the small expenditure neces-
sary to its preservation.
INSPECTOR.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1889-05-08
Two san Fr.nol.cn Mlnn.r..

Butchertown, South San Francisco, b.
likely 10 become very popular. One Of the
happiest men in this thriving suburb h.
Hans NJ. @. Mapgels, who keeps grocery
store on the corner Of Railroad Ave. and
Manitoba 81. He had bought Louisiana
State Lottery tickets, and = few days BE-
fore the March drawing he resolved TO ify
once more. He held a coupon Of ticket
2, 81, and 20 won $4,000. lie Was paid
last Thursday in full. William Grimm,
also a San Franciscan. was the other lucky
man in last weeks drawing He b
printer by occupation and has for some
time past worked on the GHide at 81 Gay
Street. Appearances are very deeeiiinl,
however, as the result proved, for the little
number 2,Ss7 was the means Of enriehing
me TO the extent Of SIS, ,OO0.-San Francisco
Gal Chronicle, March II.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1889-05-08
CONDENSED NEWS.

Assistant Attorney General Shields, O.
the Interior Department, yesterday decld
ed that the Census office and employees &c
not come within the scope of the Civil Ser
vice law. but that examinations and ap
nointments are to be made at the discre
tion of the Secretary of the Interior.
White men are beginning to squat on
the part of the Sioux reservation IN Ne,
braska. between the Niobrara river and
tbe Missouri river and between the Mo
brara river and the Keya Papa river.
AtCynthiana, KY, Cap Moore's famous
stabIes were burned, and fifteen horse:
nerished. Two of them were valued al
So, 500.
lanes Stone, the colored jockey, was
oentenced 10 be hanged in New York, yes
terdsy.
Az Washington yesterday, Secretary
Rnsh and Chief Clerk Lockwood are SAID
70 have taken hand helping the laborers
70 NOW grass. Both distinguished them
selves.
Rritannic, Vaughan, Civil Service, Pa
fracleS. anu dudhloi WA -
land Jockey club races, yesterday
clara @, Chelhowie, Leo ID, Timothy
and Forever, won in the Nashville races.
Beaver, a small village near Findlay, o.
wss totally destroyed by fire yesterday
The loss is $50, 900.
II is given out in Pittsburg that Andrew
Carnegie expects to make change in the
,rages rate Of his mills that will do Euch
to equalize wages.
Thirty stores and dwellings in Waldron,
Michigan, were burned yesterday. Loss
$4,000.
An incendiary FIRE at Greenfield. Ills,
sostToyed six bu mess buildings and con-
tents. Loss, $4,000.
Detective Howard, of Pittsburg, claims
- have discovered plot, in which i've
Usrsous ~ we're engaged, to lay the murder
r aid man Umberger, of Somerset county,
u. on an innocent man.
One man was killed and seven wounded,
hv an explosion af dynamite at Ashland
Pa.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1889-05-08
GLADSTONE WINS.
Significant Action of the National Liberal
nIub

Significant Action of the National Liberal
Club.
LONDON, May THE annual meeting
of the National Liberal Club was held to-
day. Two thousand members were pres
ent. A resolution WAS adopted rescind-
ing previous declaration of the club,
"that owing to the divisions at present
existing in the party it is not desirable
for the club to be actively identified with
any section Of it.n
To-dsy's action is tantamount to decla-
ton the cluba Gladstonian body.
After an excited discussion Mr.. Parnell
was elected life member Of the club by
a large majority.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1889-05-08
HARRISON'S CHOICE.
A Long List OF Presidential Fsvorites
Appointed.

Long List of Presidential Fsvorites
Appointed
WASHINGTON, May The President
made the following appointments to-day
Arthur L. Thomas. of Salt Lake City,
Utah, to be Governor of Utah.
Elijah Sells, of Salt Lake City, Utah, to
be Secretary of Utah.
Ellsworth Dagget, of Utah Territory, to
be Surveyor General of Utah.
Perry ]. Anson, of Idaho, to be register
of the land Office at Blackfoot, Idaho; VIM.
H. Danielson, of Idaho, to be receiver OF
public moneys at Blackfoot, Idaho; Mich
ael A. Leahy, of Wisconsin, to be agent
for the Indians Of the Lapointe Agency in
Wisconsin.
Joseph T. Bennett, of New Mexico, to
be agent for the Ind ans of the Mescaloro
Agency in New Mexico.
James A. Beacon, of Kansas, 70 be ref
cree and chairman of the referees under the
get of March ., 1887, entitled IAN act to
grant the right of way through the Indian
Territory to the Chicago, Kansas and Ne
braska railway, for the purpose of apprais-
ing the compensation TO be made by said
railway company to the Cherokee Nation, y
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1889-05-08
UNTOLD TORTUREs
Inflicted on the Inmates of Chicago In
sane Asylum.

Inflicted on the Inmates of Chicago In
sane Asylum
CHICAGO, May IA bill waa filed in
the Circuit Court by number of promi-
nent citizens this morning, asking for the
appointment of Receiver of the Home
for Incurables, and an injunction to restrain
the .qsnagers of the Home from removing
the books The bin furthermore asks Tor
the removal of President H. W. Higgin-
botham and Caroline S. Barlow, Mstron of
the Institution, from their positions for
gross violation of trust reposed in them.
1t is claimed that the helpless inmates
have been hightfully abused and tortured.
Thirt cases are cited, some of them too
horrible for belief. They are charged with
causing death of some of patients. The
case promises to be one of the most noted
ever tried in Cook County.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1889-05-08
OoIored Clergy I'm the South.

CHARLESTON, S. c., May THE Epis-
copal Diocesan Convention of South Caro-
lima meets at Aiken Wednesday. 1t is ex-
pected that the question of the admission
of the colored clergy to the convention
will come up on the question of organlza-
tion of the convention, one party claiming
that the last convention illegally organized
and the bishop and clergy contendipg that
it was legally constituted. While the or
ganization of the convention in ostensibly
the point of difference, the rights of the
colored clergy and parishes is the real
question at issue.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1889-05-08
A Train Jumps the Track.

Special Telegram TO the Register.
ELLENBoRO, w. VA, May IA train
on Wilson's tram road jumped the track at
Bond creek trestle this morning and pre-
cipitated Ebert Wolf and family, who
we're passengers, into the water below, a
distance of twenty feet Mrs. Wolf re-
ceived internal injuries that will prove
fatal, but the baby she had in her arms
during the terrible fall, escaped injury.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1889-05-08
EiirirnfDataa.

Isa combination Of the active properties
of dates, figs and pruues, and other tropl,
cal fruits. It's pleasant taste and benehciai
fleets have rendered it immensely Popu-
lar. It cures habitual constipation, indi-
gsstion. biliousness, sick headache, piles,
stc Sold in 80 cent bottles by W. W.
irwin. W. E. Williams, John Laughlln'
and C X. Goetze. J. T. Goodwin x 20.
and Logan & Co., Wholesale Agents.