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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1889-12-24
BOOM IN IRON.

An Advance Expected all Along the Liae'
PTTsBURG, PA, December 23.-Extra-
ordinary interest is now manifested in the
iron market. A further advance is ex-
pected during the month of January, and
if there is any further increase in prices
the iron workers will be entitled to an ad-
vance in wages. Bar iron is now being
sold at 95c per pound, and it is said
some sales have been IN ide at &c. When
it goes above . cents, then the iron work
ers will receive an advance. The posslbll-
ity tf further advance is being discussed,
not only by those directly interested, bat
by business men generally.
The coke operators have agreed to
further advance the price of coke on Jan
uary l, from $1.75 to 81 90 per ton. This
will have, it is generally conceded, a
further stimulating affect upon the iron
market. The furnaces are receiving more
orders than they can fill. The boom in
Bessemer iron still continues, and there
is most active demand reported for all
grades of iron.
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FIELDS OF INDUSTRY.
A MOVEMENT TO UNITB fHg MINERS OF
The COUNTRY.
A Joipt Convention to b Held at Columbus in Jan
uary-Al Orders 70 bs Represented The
Upward Course Of Iron Wages
May be Advanced.

COLUMBUS, OHIO. December 23.-Two
workmeu, John b. Rae, and Secretary
Robert WatchOrn, of District Assembly 35,
X. of L., last night issued their call for
General Convention Of the Miners Of the
United States to be held in Columbus,
January "a, 1890. The members Of the
Knights of Labor, National Progressive
Union and unorgAnized workmen of the
mining craft, will assemble for the pur-
pose OF promoting the common interests Of
the trade. Organization lines will disap-
pear. The prime object of this convention
are the amalgamstion of the mining forces
aud the fixing of a national scale Of prices
for coal mining.
PROGRESSIVE MON CONVENTION.
President John McBtide also Issued a
cali for the regular annual meeting Of the
National Progressive Union, to be held in
Columbus, Tuesday, January 22d, 1880
He refers to the fact that the Knights Of
Labor have Issued call for a convention
of all miners organized and unorganized.
to be held in this city ON the same date,
and it is intended to hold joint meeting
with them to make final effort to unite
our forces.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1889-12-24
POINTS on PEopLK,
Movements OF Oiii1ens aud the Coming and
Going Of Strangers.

Movements of Oiiinens aud tho Uon,in.. and
Going Of Strangers.
c. l. Moore, of Proctor, IL regisroIfd at
the Hotel Windsor.
Mr. o. @. Dewey left last evening or
the East to spend a week or 70.
Miss Bella Coaders 10 visiting friends
and relatives in Steubenylle, o.
Attorney-Gansral Alfred Caldwell i. at
Charleston and is stopping AZ the Rufner
hr. Alfred R1einslrOm came no from
Charleston, yesterday, 10 spend the holi-
days.
Eiitor Glass, Of the Wellsburg N,ac,. WA
IN the city yesterday interviewing Santa
Claus.
Mr.. Melvin Hubbard, Of Pitlsburg is
visiting his brother and sister, Of North
Wheeling,
Rev. hr. Woods, Of Moundsville. wife
and daughter left for Cleveland yesterday
to spend the holidays.
Hon. David r. Plige, senior memhff or
The firm Paige, Carey * Co., was IN The city
a short time yesterday.
Gustave Lingaman is home from the
University 10 spend the holidays wi,h hIs
mother, Mrs. w. y. Howell
Mr.. o car Burdatts, Jr, who has been
attending tie Philadelphia Dental College.
is homo spending the holidays
Rev. w. H. Cooke, d D., lefi iast even
| ing for the East to pass the holidays With
bis sons, who are attending school
Messrs. Martin and Emmet MGnion. of
the South Side, who have been working iu
Garrett, Ind, are home spendira tie holi-
days.
Mr. and Mrs. Callend, Of Somer6eld y
are spending the bohdays with Mr. CAL
lands sister, Mrs. Hyder Riley, OF The
South SIDE.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Slater and dauga-
ter Nellie, Of McKeespOrt, are yisiuug
Mrs Sater's sister, Miss Nellie Llntry, OF
the South Side.
Messrs T. A. Holman and Harry MUM.
who have been attending the College OF
Pharmacy at Philadelphia, are home spend.
ing the holidays.
Mr. Charles Hubbard nnd wife and Sir
Amos lie Baron and wife leave this NOR
ing on the steamer Courier to visa their
parents in Newport, o.
Miss Jennie, daughter Of JrAa Hellsieip
who is attending the 81. AlOysus Academy.
at New lexington, came home on Sstur
day to spend hes Christmas vacation.
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Haudred-,of nos.arss Borne 90 the scene
of Death.
ATLANTA. December l} 81 esterday the
following tslegrsms were received from
New York irqlirnR .o- further ne~s than
chat contained iu lhs morning papers an
uouaciUg Mr Grady critical illness.
NEw YORK. December 23.
Copau t.u u Hnl
i am exceedingly anxious To receive news
concerning Mr. Guiy. Please send me d
despatch.
signed ORot EE CLEY BLAND
The foregoing messege was followed by
tl.- Telegram from Governor Hul TO Mrs.
Grady
ALBANY. n. g., December -
lr H ~ Grafl
I au gueved by Che startling reports OF
Ar Grady condition. I trust they are
exaggerated Please accept NV heartfelt
sympathy iu this hour of anxiety.
DAVID B. Hull.
The bulletin Carrying the message Of
lsa.l was given ,o tbe country few min
lisa sitter the announcement was made
ta- life bad taken i.s llghl Then came
q aood of messages from an over the union
Toes carry their oTn comment Among
'les received were toe following
NgW YORK, December 25.
t AH W luI
Acosp, the heartfelt. sympathy OF one
ao loved yorr hu band ior Whist be was
'el Tor a.l ,llt be- hss done for his people
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1889-12-24
ALONG TIE RIVER.
The Coming and Going OF steamboats,
The MARKS from Above;

The Coming and Going OF steamboats,.
The MARKS from Above;
The marks on the landing last evening
indicated II feet 10 inches and falling.
That the river business is improving il
evident from the fact that there is more
inquiry for steamboats, The indications
are that there will be more boats built in
1880 than there was in 1899.
The fine side wheel steamer Rainbow,
Capt. Ohris Young 10 com nand and
Charles Knox Chief Clerk, takes her de-
parture at o'clock this morning for Gin
cinnati, receipting through TO all points
South.
Nearly sll the river coal works will be
started up within the next few days, and
il will not be long until the towboats Of
the coal fleet will be pretty fully en- ployed
if the water in the river does not get down
too low for them, which, Judging from
present indications, Is not probable.
The marks from above yesterday were
Pittsburg, feet 10 inches and falling
Greensboro, feet inches and stationary
weather. clear. Brownsville, feet
inches and stationary; weather cioudy
Lock No. 4, 9 feet inches and falling
geathn fair. MorgantOwn, feet anC
stationary; weather cloudy. OIL City,
feet 8 inches and falling; weather cloudy
Rice's Landing, feet . inches and sra
lionary; weather clear,
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SETTLED AT LAST.

The Water Bpsri aud Contractor ohis-
holm Reach an Agreement.
Contractor Chisholm met the City Water
Board, yesterday, and another conference
was held in the hope of reaching cOnclu-
sion as TO the differences existing over the
reservoir on the summit Oft be hill.
After q long discussion, an agreement
was finally reached, upon the following
terms:
Mr.. Chisholm to tear out the brick and
clay backing at his own expense, and to
nut down a good and sufficient amount OF
concrete designed to make the reservoir
excavation water tight. The cost OF this
concrete is to be betrayed by the Water
Board. and then the contractor is to replace
the clay backing and brick at his own e1.
pense. Then, il the job be water tight and
satisfactory, he is to receive from the
Water Board the balance, Of about 10, 400,
due him upon the original contract, and
remaining in the hands Of the Board, and
in addition thereto, the cost OF the concrete
aforesaid. -,
II il estimated that this concrete will
cost between So. 600 and 81 coo, and the
capacity of the reservoir will be decreat ed,
from what it is at present. by Just the
amount of concrete placed in 1t.
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AKich on the Street Cars

Said an indignant citizen las. evening
"The electrical street car line, "a far AZ
accommodations above Tenth street are
concerned, is worse than no street car line
at all. A man is likely TO get on car,
pay his nickle, ride square and thsn wait
half an hour for another car to come along
and all this time there are seven or eight
care waiting at Tenth street, for what rea-
son il not knoRD. This thing occurred
last evening, and it is occurring all
the time. II is an outrage on the
travelling public and the company should
be compiled to Icy another track and fiu-
ish cut the loop. 1t would be no injury
to the street, because all wagons can run
in the tracks and have a roadway on either
side of them besides. Council should
take the matter in hand and see if he
company cannot bs compelled 80 give bet
ter accommodation 10 Che people OF North
Wheeling, and the double track would do
} "A
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CABLE BREVITiEs.

The Liberal newspapers have uuearlhed
speech made by Premier Salisbury 25
years sgO, in which he criticised the bad
government Of Ireland
Several members of the London stock
exchange have been stricken with typhoid
fever, due to bad draiDegs.
Two thousand five hundred Belgian
miners are on n strike in the CharlCroi dis
trict. At1
Portugal will probably submit the DIE
ferences between her end Eogland TO arbi-
tration.
The coal miners in the Sasr i.slric
Germany, have returned 10 work.
The steamers T. Osland and TharbocE
collided in the Channel. The Tharbeck
sunk.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1889-12-24
BLACK RXoDUs.
Negroes ImmigratinG to Arkansas by
Thouaards.

Negroes Immigrating to Arkansas by
Thousands.
CEDARTowN, GA, December 23.-Grest
excitement has prevailed during the past
week because of the wholesale exodus of
negross. Hundreds have already ltf. their
work in the f5lds to 90 TO Arkansas lured
by the extravsgant promises made by rail-
road emigration agents For some time
there have been rumors of general exo-
dus. Little attention was paid TO these
reports until last Monday, when the citi-
zens of Cedartown found their depot crowd
ed with col red people waiting to be trans
ported TO their new homes in the South
west. 1t was learned that the one hun
dred and fifty or more farm labOreTs who
were collected at the depot were only the
pioneers in the great exodus which will
soon dep1pulate Barlow and Polk counties
of their farm hands.
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P.sa.snt snrnri,e,

The students of the Wheeling Business
College have taken Christmas by the fore
lock by presenting, as token OF their
love and esteem, their preceptress, Miss 3.
]. Carroll, with beautiful black-walnut
desk, and Mr.. G. w. Kramer with an ele-
CANT gold pen and a handsome inkstand.
By req ueet, Prof. Frasher made the pre-
sentation remarks in the following words:
We find ervssl7es upon the eve Of the
celebration Of the ann ual Christmas festiVi-
ties. This season of the year is made
special occasion for extending holiday
greetings to our friends, and bestowing
upon each some material gift as q token Of
love, friendship and kind regards. The
biblical expression, THAT it IS more bless
ed 70 give than to receive" is, / believe,
tue. As an instance in proof Of the asser
tioD, may say that it is substantiated in
my own care; hence the truth is more
vividly impressed upon my mind. To
me on puch occasions, there is q feeling Of
pleasure intermingled with slight degree
of sadness which is best described in the
words OF the poet.
"A feeling Of sadness comes o'cr me
That Is not akin 10 pain,
B ttha' re embles rroW only
As the dew resembles rain
This feeling may be explained by pecu-
liar kind Of sensitlvenes found in
some OF our natures As at the
same time last year when ! listened to
presentation speech, when | was most
numerically cdned by the students and
teachers Of the institution.
q U pom the return of thia years festive
occasion, the students Of the W. b. O.
have deemed it fitting 10 show in some
tangible form the friendly feeling which
exists towards, sud the high esteem in
which they hold the teachers who have
so faithfully, and with great forbearance,
labored fjr their best interests.
On behalf OF the students and others par-
ticipating on this occasion, take great
pleasure in presenting to Mics s. J. Carroll
this elegant desk, and to Mr.. c. W. Kra
mer this beautiful gold pen and handsome
inks,and.
These articles ore emblematic OF your
school work and it is the wish OF all that
you may ind unbounded pleasure in their
use, aud that you may en- Joy, 10 the high
est degree, all the happiness and felicity
afforded by the holiday season.
18th, ,,ocipitnts were completely surprised,
but 10 a f;w very appropriate remarks
they expressed theic appreciation and
thanks.
Misa Carroll leaves on this morning.
train for Detroit where she will apend her
| Christmas vacation.
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A sunday wedding.

The marriage of Mr.. ImTy S. Garrison,
of this city, and Mss Ada DE Camps, o
Wellsburg, was sOlemn'zed at the reeidenc'
of the BRIDES parents on the Heights
east OF that place ct SIX o'clock Sunday
evening. The ceremony WAS performed BY
R.v. A. B. Phillips in tie presence Of a
few OF the immediate relatives Of the con
tracing parties. Mr.. Garrison il one OF
Wheeling's most enterpri-iog young busi.
ness men and il with the arm Of Logan &
Co wholesale druggists Mis- DE Camps hat
been fIr several years the popular Cen
trali in the telephone office at Wellsburg,
and both have a large circle Of friends
who extend congratulations and good
wishes
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1889-12-24
CONTEST COMMITTEE.
The Report Not TO be Made Public Until
the Legislature Meets-The Extra Sel-

The Report Not TO be Made Public Until
the Legislature Msets-The Extra Set
sion.
Special Ttlgram to he Register.
CHARLESTON, w. VA, Dec. 23.-The
action of the majority of the Contest Com
mittee, in not letting the report become
public property until tits submitted to the
Legislature, has terribly ratified the Radi-
cal politicians and newspapers, who ex-
pected to distOrt and twist the report into
all sorts of shapes for partisan purposes,
and has had very depressing effect. They
are at their wits ends to know how to Gre
ate sentiment against the report. Already
the word has been sent out to speak
of the report as if its contents were
familiar to the press and denounce it as
containing nothing to base a verdict for
Fleming and everything to insure vic
tory for GOh. OF course this scheme is
transparent as air so soon as is known the
manner of concOcting it, but the hope that
some part of the public will not learn Of
the Justification emboldens them to play
their game with the assurance Of an Al
fred Jingle.
Oas OF the ridiculous features of the
Radical situation is the fact that now when
the day is almost at haud for the
Legislature to meet, the minority
of the Contest Committee bas not
got its report ready. 1t has been
proclaimed to the four quarters Of the
earth time and again that the minority g
report was ready. Bat now it develops
that they had not done hate, and was
waiting upon the majority report to write
up a counter-repOrt. 1t would seem from
their course they had no thought Of the
law or evidence in the case, but simply to
prepare some cock and bull story in oppo-
sitiOn TO the majority report, upon which
they could blind truth and Justice and
hold their partisans together in opposing
the facts as contained in the sworn testi-
mony that is on file with the clerk Of the
committee.
THE WORK OF THE LEGISLATURE.
The belief so far as am able to ascer-
tain IS that Governor wilson mas TOO many
subjects for consideration in his call.
While, with one or two exceptions they
are not local and are all important mat
ters upon which legislation is needed,
nevertheless it is thought that the people
are adverse TO having an extra session sii
longer than sufficient to decide the guber-
na,orial contest and enact some measure,
such as the e-Australisn system, that will
prevent repetition of the wholesale fraud
/ that occurred at the last general election
| Possibly one or two other matters might
be considered with propriety no more
The Democratic party will be held respon
sible for the length of the extra session
every day beyond the settlement of tn,
contest, and no excuses will be accepted
by the electors ef the State from the party
that fritters away the public funds un
necessarily.
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WON WITH MONEY.

How santa Ana S1d a Victory 20 Zach
Taylor.
INpIANAP0u~. INp., December 23.-Ie
referring to a recent statement tina; Gen
Zach Taylor won the battle ef Buena Vista
by money and not by lighting, James RAbbr
a well-knowa banker Of Vincennes, says
President Polk gave Gen. Taylor s..
0OO. 900 OF secret service money and told
him that if De should get in q tight place
with Santa Ana 70 bay him of. Captain
Blood of Louisville told me that the second
day ol the battle o. g o'clock Gen. Taylor
was badly whipped. he sent me, Capt.
Blood said and two others with a prOpo-
sitiou 10 writing 20 Santa Aua that If he
would not do much more fighting that af-
tsrnoon. and would scatter his army that
NIGHT. that be would give him $4,000 600.
Ne Immediately accepted and got the
money.
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1.-THE CAUSE OF THE DEED.

An Ohio Man Murders His Entire Family
to Shield Them From Shame.
YOUNGSTOWN, o., December 23-The
latest theory 10 the case of Charles Shelsr,
at Niles. who murdered his wife and three
children, and cut his throat, is that be had
been threatened with arrest and prosecu-
ton by a woman whom be had betrayed,
and TO prevent shame attaching 10 his
family, he decided to kill them and him
self. While Shelar drank occasionally, he
vac, when last seen entering his home, on
Saturday night, entirely sober. Inc
funeral of the victims will be held to-
morrow
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BRITISH FAIR PLAY.
A SAMPLE OF IT ACCORDED TO PUGILIST
SLAVIN
Smiths Thugs Strike Hin in The Ring and Break Up
the Rght-The Australian Robbed Of
ycory-Hs viii Challenge Sulli-
yan-General Sports.

BRUSSELS. December % The fight be-
tween Jem Smith, of England, aad Frank
Slavin, the Australian champion, was
fought this morning il private grounds,
situated three miles from Bruges. There
was much squabbling from the outset and
owing to the outrageous conduct Of
Smiths party, at the conclusion of the
fourteenth round, the referee declared the
tight draw and refused to remain on the
ground. Smiths party evidently saw that
their man would be beaten and they broke
into the ring and interfered with the fair
progress of the fight.
THE FIGHT BY ROUNDS.
Slavin forced the fghing at the start,
hitting Smith several times on the chest
and head in the FIST two rounds. The
men fell together, and when Slavin rose
be was bleeding from the mouth. 10 the
third round Smith got home with his right
and left, and in return was knocked down
by Slayin. The fourth round was marked
BY hard fighting.
In the sixth round Slsvin landed ter
rife blow on one of Smiths eyes. In the
seventh round Smith fought Slavin to the
ropes, where a crowd of Smiths friends
kicked Slayin, who, however, remained 81
lent.
Slsvin again knocked Smith down in
the eighth round. In the ninth the mob
surrounding the ring struck Slavin several
times. In the eleventh round Slavin
again knocked his opponent down.
SMITH LEFT THE RING.
Smiths friends sgain struck Slavin dur
ing the thirteenth round, but their man
was once more Knocked down. In the
/ fourteenth, Slavin protested against the
treatment he was receiving and appealed
( to the referee for fair play. His appeal
was greeted with derision by Smiths
friends, who shouted Police" and bOlted
from the ground. Slavin remained in the
ring, and Smith, who had left when his
/ friends ran away returned. The referee
then said it was impossible to secure fair
treatment for Slavin and declared the fight
a draw. Slavin was full of fight to the
finish.
sLAVIN SHOWED ALL THE FIGHT.
Another report received here OF the
smith. S.avin prizs fight in Belgium says:
Slavin showed all through the fight that
be was the better man. A number ol
rouehs a. the rirg side armed with
knuckle-dusters and sticks tried to reach
Slayin over the ropes, and the Australian
was struck several times. Al the end ol
the thirteenth round Smith left the ring
Slavin remained ard claimed the fight,
bat the referee would not award 1t to him.
After a short time Smith returned to the
ring. During the next round there wal
great uproar sll around the ring. At the
close OF the round Smith was very sick
Slavin was perfectly well. The fight LASTED
- minutes. II was reported at one tim'
that Slavin had been killed, bat this repor
proved false.
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NOT A QUESTION OF AGE.

A Connecticut Woman Deserts Her IL
Years Old husband for Man Aged -.
NORwALK, Conn, December 23.-B.
c. Keig win, aged 76 years, book agent,
has eloped with Mrs. p L, Ruius, aged 46,
whose husband is 70 years old. Rufus has
obtained a writ of habeas corpus and will
90 10 Norwich after his wife tomorrow.
Rufus was confined to bed by illness dur
ing .Keigwin's brief Irritation with tie
woman preceding the elOpement. Mrs
Ruins took her son with her when she
laff
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CHICAGO, December 28-The Board Of
Trade report visible supply of grain as fol-
lows. Wheat "a. .275, 600 bushels, increase
89l. 600 bushels; corn 5,S56, 600 bushels,
increase $50 600 bushels; oats 1858, OOO
bushels. increase %, OOl bushels; rye l, 25l,
GOO bushels, increase %, 600 bushels bar
lev 252I, 900 bushels, decrease 65'o 'oOo
bushels.
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AFRAID OF AMERICA.

Hayti Thinks That Uacls Sam is WInklDG
at Her.
NEv YORK, December 23.-A Cape Hay
tien letter to the Times. under date of De-
cember II, says: The POrt-au-Prince pa
pers have already published several edito-
rials on the sutisct of the suspected or al
legged territorial designs of the United
States. 1t is assumed that We are anxious
to be self-appointed protectors of this I'M
happy country. If the United States is to
assume proteotorate over Hayt, she
must youch flr Hayti's good behavior
rather large contract to undertake, and
one that the American people would scarce
lY tolerate.
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LISBON, December 2l.-Senhor Cont
the Portugese Minister Of Foreign Anairs
in his reply to the note Of Lord Salisbury,
the British Prime Minister, relative 10 the
movements OF Major Pinto in Africa, says
tina. the Major did nothiHg 10 warrant the
accusations made against him he did not
order an attack on the Bfihsh lag, bat
merely repnlsed hostile natiyes. among
whose baggage, after the fight, three Brit
ish flags were found.
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BLEW HER HEAD OFF.

Burglars XIII Woman Who Detects
Them in Their Work.
PITrsBURG, December 23-Tarentum,
Pa, a village fifteen miles north of this
place, was the scene Of a brutal murder
and robbery tonight Three men broke
into the jswelTy store of Paul Rottret.
Mrs. RuttIet pluckily grappled with one
ofthe robbers. She wss getting the best oi
him when one OF obe other men drew bis
revolver and blew the top of her head of.
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CHICAGO, December 23-A dispatch
from Minneapolis, Mimi, says Finan-
ciers VI no are supposed to know all about
the negotiations which have been in pro
gress for several months for the purchaae
by an English Syndicate, Of the @. o..
Washburn FIGURING Mills, give out that
the deal has been closed.