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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1889-01-16
CONDENSED TELEGRAMs.
The King of Holland is better.

The King of Holland is better.
Charles Tinker has been indicted for
forgery by the grand jury at Cincinnati.
Experts have been appointed to select a
design for the Grant monument at New
York.
The woolen mills at Caldwell, O., were
destroyed by fire, causing loss OF S25,-
GOO.
Two Young men were arrested at Will
mington, for blackmail, on complaint Of
deputy postmaster. They claim that he
offered them money for their votes st the
recent election, and he claims that they
are trying to bleed him.
John Arnett was fatally stabbed by
Bud Smith during quarrel about Dug
gy, at Cynthiana, Ky.
General Malone is in Jacksonville, Fla,
and politicians are wondering what his
visit to that place means.
The Legislative Assembly Of Idaho Ter
ritory has msmorialized Congress 70 Keep
Utah out of the Union.
Heavy judgments by default have been
taken at Columbus, O., against the Sclolo
Valley Railroad Company.
VIM. Hopkins was bound over at Gin
cinnsti on the charge of completely IN the
Tinker forgeries.
General Grosyenor has introduced bill
in the Lower House of Congress TO regu-
late Congressional elections.
Charles Freund, of Cincinnati, charges
VIM. Templer with robbing him OF S'OO IN
cash which he had saved.
Warrants we're sworn out yesterday for
the arrest of two Cincinnati bar-tenders
for violating the midnight closing law.
II is said that the Panhandle has
honpbt or leased the Cincinnati, Lebanon
and Northern railway, and will widen the
gauge.
iriured by the fall of an elevator IN
moving machine work, at Hoosic Falls,
Ny.
A LOT of immoral books imported from
Germany and consigned 10 a Chicago trm
were seized by order OF Court and de-
stroyed.
Gilbert Duncan was arrested at Cincin-
natl for a highway robbery, alleged to
have been committed by him resr Lock
land, o. ,,..
Frank Harper, of Minneapolis, Mimi,
attempted to commit suicide in barber
sbop st Sydney, o., by cutting his throat
with q razor.
A plucky woman of ZAnesville, O., who
had bsen criminally assaulted by man,
recognized her assailan. on the strest ana
assisted in his capture.
The Financial Receiver of a lodge OF the
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, at
Newark. O has been arrested on a charge
of embezzling the funds of the lodge.
Mrs. Clemmie Cox, demented woman,
locked herself in her room, at Paris, Tex,
aud saturatipg her clothing with coal oil,
set i, on fire She died in great sgony.
James G. Blaine, Jr, in order TO obtain
as good sn idea as possible of the power OF
Iocomotion in a practical workshop, has
begnn work as an apprentice in the repair
shops of the Maine Central Railroad.
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were laid ss aforesaid before said commits
sioners, the said ballots we're fecurely and
safely kept in said Office, not accessible or
exposed 10 any person, and not in any
way altered, changed or handled, and that
during said psriod said box had not been
opened, or the seal or seals broken; and
that the ballots in said box laid before said
County Commissioners for recount as
Aforesaid, were the identical ballots and
all the ballots cast at said Charleston pre-
cinct on the day of election, not in any way
altered or changed. All of which facts
the Court refused to permit the said
Fleming TO prove"
IN THE FACE OF THIS TESTIMONY
which counsel for Fleming and Anderson
produced, and urged the Court 10 hear.
that highly honorable body decided that
the ballots OF Charleston City had been
tsmpered with, ignored the recount
which 1t had conducted itself, and denied
Fleming and Anderson the benefit of their
respective gains of 2S and % on this re-
Count.
The above are few of the instances of
fraud set forth in the bill of exceptions
signed by the commissioners themselves.
There is no chance to escape their force.
They show clearly the character of the
whole proceeding. 1t is against the sue
eessful contamination of these out
RACES that Judge Fleming's attorneys
are now protesting. The vote of
Kanawhs county, as certified TO by the
commissioners, is rotten with the foulest
corruption. There is q redress for Con-
gresham Anderson, for these proceedings
will be reviewed by the Circuit Court in
his Gaze. There is no redress for Judge
Fleming except in the hands Of the Legis-
lature. If that body, on the strength Of
these fraudulent returns, sees fit to 90
ahead and announce the result, it will be
because it does not care to place safeguard
around the purity of elections in West
Virginia. Tne Democratic leaders be-
lieve that the shape in which the Kanswhs
returns are precludes the possibility of an
nouDcing and publishing the result of the
election, and the facts that are given above
are ten times sufficient justification for
this belief.
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Court Notes from Parksr.burr,


Special Telegram TO the Register
PARKERsBURG, w. VA, January 15.-
The 'Paynes," of Winchester notoriety,
upon indictment for Illicit distilling, were
brought here yesterday to await their trial
in the U. S. Court. They are to be tried
tomorrow. These are the men whom
Col. Wooters Special Agent of the Internal
Revenue Department, captured In R1leigh
county some time ago, after battle with
rifles and shOtguns.
The case of United States vs. Henry
Smith and lloyd Payne, upon indictment
for obstructing Government officer, will
also be tried in day or so.
The case of U. S. vs. Thorp was tried
yesterday. This was a case of illicit dis
tilling. The result of the trial was that
the prisoner gets 30 days in Jail and was
lioed $500 and costs.
Elvn Jenkins, of Richie county, was
tried on charge OF selling liquor without a
license aud found guilty. Fined 500 and
oosts.
Peter Randolph was tried and acquitted
OF same charge.
Lee hlgglnnOtnhm WIS hlsO tIleu auu
acquitted of same charge.
The grand jury has returned no indict-
ments as yet.
Foreman Welsh, of the grand jury, has
gone home sick.
Among the noted trials for this term is
that OF the Payne brothers for illicit dislil-
hing. They are despersdoes, and are said
to have killed several men. A number OF
indictments have been found for various
offenses, Including the violation of election
laws, though they have not been made
public.
Dispositions were taken at Friendly, in
Pleasants county, to-day, in suit brought
by w. n. Walton, agent Of an Eastern
company, who own large timber tract,
to recover $1,000 from the Marietta Chair
Company. 1t is alleged that the Bhair
Company bought timber from party who
illegally cut it from the above tract. The
timber thieves being irresponsible, action
is brought against the purchasers Of the
timber.
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Pension Agents' Fees.

WASHINGTON, January 15.-Anotne'
hearing was had by the Senate Commit'ee
on Pensions to-day upon the House oili ~
regulating fees Of pension sgeIn'5, ,,., Ie.eHuy
passed. In support Of the bill kePIessen- I7i.s.l
Stsn,e1 Sor,el, Do of kansas, snd Peters spoke,
SS;Ie Il was Opposed by T'Commissione5
H',4i,u MI :" o"d wei.fs Lemon, O'Farrell and
other pension agenp II s '1y Loi oPtI'oI ,bs III m
some, in position 70 kuo". e '"'' '-'' ''''
eli not 90 through the Senate.
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No poubt About stanIe,,. saieiy.

LONDON, January Is There is no loa-
ger any doubt here about Slanlcy's safety.
1t is stated, on direct information from
An official source that the Governmen. has
received letters from Henry NJ. Stanley
and that bis safety is assured.
These letters will toon he publishedi
end are temporarily withheld fom pobl'-
cation for official reasons not given. Oh
their authenticity, and Of the safety Of the
explorer. there is no doubt whateytr.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1889-01-16
A BOOM FOR PLATT.
Fourteen New York Electors Said to Have
Signed a Petition.

Fourteen New York Electors said TO Have
Signed a Petition.
NEW YORK, January 15.-An Albany
special to the Herald says: A bombshell
exploded last night at the Fort Orange
Club. A reception was given there TO the
members of the Electoral College after
they had cast their votes for Harrison.
During the entertainment petition was
circulated, it is said, by Chairman Knapp,
of the Republican Slate Committee, and
Clinton d. Macdougall. Nearly every one
of the electors was approached, and it is
said by those who claim to have seen it
that fourteen electors signed it. They
were told that the petition WAS to accom-
pany a letter TO be written by William II.
Seward of Auburn, and Elector Strans-
han, of Brooklyn, urging the appointment
of Mr.. Platt as Secretary of the Treasury.
There were a number of the doctors who
were very indignant at the sction of Gen
eral Knapp and Mr.. Macdougall, and were
not all reluctant in characteriziDg it as an
outrage.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1889-01-16

The officers and crew of the steamer
Kate Adams, recently lost by fire at Com
merce Landing, Miss, have been eHoner-
ated from any blame in the matter Dy lne
Local Steamship Inspectors at Memphis
Tenn.
Two colored men qnarrelied at Garre's-
burg. XIV. but the matter was dropped
SevsraI dsvs afterward one of them went
70 The others house, and calling him out,
opened fire on him. The hre was RETURNED
with fatal effect.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1889-01-16

WEIIsBuRe, W. VA, Janusiy l5.-Ihe
onsstiou of erecting plant for the m'nn'
ac,uripg ef gas il being talked CT here al
nresent. It is believed that plant large
enough TO supply the town and all oi ,do s1s
manufactures could be erected TOT '-V''
900.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1889-01-16
Is HE JACK THE RIPPER?
Tunis Police Think They Havo the white
chapel Murderer.


TUNIs, January 15.-The police here
have captured gang of robbers and as
sassins.
Among the members of the gang ia a
man who is believed TO have perpetrated
the recent revolving murders Of a number
of women in the Whitechapel district OF
Lsndon.
The British Consul here has forwarded
10 his Government the details connected
with the arrests The supposed White
chapel murderer ia charged with having
committed in Tnnis murder similar to
those committed in Whitechapel. The
man has confessed that he recently lived
in Whitechapel.
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Is 1T DISMISSED?
And VIII BoodIer Dudley Go Free for
Lack of Tschinal Proof?

INDIANAPOLIS, IND, Jannary 15.-The
Federal Grand Jury this morning seked to
be conducted before Judge Woods for
further insttuctions. The foreman asked
the Court for instructions touching
letters written with an evident intent to
corrupt voters and requested to know
what additional proof aside from the
authorship Of such letter or letters was
nece siry to establish conspiracy and
Justify an indictment. Judge Woods
instructed the jury that in
order TO make casa OF
conspiracy it would be necessary to prove
tha. some one received letter advising
corrupt action and that they acted upon
the advice 20 received.
This is regarded as q clear and unquali-
fed dismissal of the Dudley case from the
further consideration of the Jury.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1889-01-16
ANTHONY HIGGINS
Receives the Nomination for the Delaware
Senatorship,

DOVER, DEL. January 15-Anthony
Higgins, OF Wilmington, was nominated
for United States Senator on the forty-thiId
ballot, in the Republican caucus, at $3.50
o'clock this morning.
The vote was: Higgins 9, Massey Cone
member having left the room and gone to
bsd.
LATER-The Senate ballotted at Ills
for United States Senator. The seven
Democratic members voted for James T.
Walcott, the two Republicansf for Anthony
Higgins. This makes the vote of both
Houses stand: Higgins, Is; Walcott, g.;
Robinson, ).
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Fire At Germantown.

Special Telegram % The keglsIeT.
GERMANTOWN, w. VA, January A.
There was fire broke out in the kitchen
of Tom Gebos yesterday morning and en-
tirely destroyed the building. Most oi
the contents were insured in the Phoenix,
if not expired. All papers destroyed.
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W.. nouc,csnlt Granted a Divorce.

LONDON, January 15.-The Court has
granted a decree in favor Of the plainiih
in the suit for divorce brought by Mrs.
Boucicaplt agnes Roberhon) against
Dion Bouc;csult, the author and actor
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s.natnr Eve REFLECTED.

AUGUSTA. NE, January l5.-At noon
both branches of the Legislature voted for
United States Senator. In the House the
vote stood: Oae hundred and twenty-ons
for w. p. Frye Republican, to % for
Harris NJ. Rlaisted Democrat In the
Senate ali Of the % votes were cast Tor
W. p. FRYE, two Senators being absent.
The vote will be declared in both branches
at noon tomorrow.
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snreotIes Secured the Entire Crop

PHILADELPHIA, January 15.-Large
dealers in sugar here cay that Claus
Spreckels has secured the entire PHILIPPINE
Islands sugar crop for his Philadelphia
and San Francisco refineries.
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They AmLIka HIrrInu

WASHINGTON, January 15.--Republi-
can Senators are well pleased over the out
come of the caucus in Delaware, Mr.. Hig-
gins nomination being the best, in their
opinion, that could have been made.
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The Jersey senatorahIn.

TRENTON, n. J., January 15.-The Dem
ocrstic legislative caucus for United States
Senator, it is believed, will not be held
until next week.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1889-01-16

Don't trust or try every ores Iemsuy
use d.. Balls Cough Syrup end be cured
The question of the hour-CAn sny ofe- &
tsr remedy exist than Salvation Oh! No.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1889-01-16

Use Salvation Oil at once for severe head
ache and neuralgia. Price only % cents.
Co where you will, you will always dnd
DR.. Bulls Cough Syrup conveniently. 25c.
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EIGHT, NOT FOUR,

Is tine Democratic Majority the RevOlu-
tionists Of the Senate VIII Find To Greet
Them In the House II They Ever Go over
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1889-02-01
A Furious Combat.

The hawk is n vicious and Danger
Gus bird when wounded, and will
fight dog or even n man until it is
killed, but it is not often that we hear
of one attacking q man without pro
vocation. Such case occurred up in
the state, however.
A man who was driving team of
horses along a country road saw a
largo hawk circling around in the air
above him, apparently looking for
prey. Being interested in the move
ments OF the bird, he stopped his
horses and sat watching it. Sud
denly no was astonished TO sec
the hawk swooping down directly
towards him. 1t struck him in the
back and nearly knocked him out of
the wagon, and then few to the side
of the road, taking with it big piece
of the mans coat which it had torn
out with its talons. Tho man jumped
from his wagon with the intention Of
killing the hawk, but as he touched
the ground the bird sprang at him
furiously. He kicked it in the breast,
but this had no effect, except to in
crease its fury. II rushed at him
again, and picking up stick of wood,
the man attempted to give it a finish
ing blow, but the hawk was too strong
and too quick, and it soon had the
mans clothing in shreds and great
gashes torn in his breast and legs with
its terrible talons. II attempted time
and again to strike the mans eyes with
its beak, but in thisit was foiled, and
finally lucky blow with the stick
stunned it SO that he soon dispatched
it. He was so much exhausted by the
furious fight that he had to lie down
to recover his strength. The hawk
measured six feet from tip to tip
Philadelphia Times.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1889-02-01
The Australian boomerang.

The boomerang of the Australians is
made of hard wood and has the curve
Of u parabola; is about two feet long,
two and half inches broad, and one
third OF an inch through. In throw
ing it the hunter takes it by one end,
holding it so that tho convex edge is
forward and the fiat side uppermost.
When thrown it ascends gradually
with a rotary motion, and finally be-
gins to retrograde.
The natives of some tribes call the
boomerang wangno or kilic, and the
wood known to botanists as acacia
pondula is generally selected by the
boomerang makers. If possible they
choose O limb that is bent to form an
angle of about'100 to 13Odegrees. The
weapon returns to the thrower best
when thrown against the wind, but
never returns when it has fairly hit
the object at which il was aimed
Those who are expert can place it
where they wish, and in warfare it is
most effective, striking where it is
least expected, and in hunting it can
be used at distance of 200 PAGES
New York Commercial Advertiser.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1889-02-01
Copper becoming Fashionable.

Copper is coming into fashion.
What do l mean2 Well, look at this
lot OF canes and umbrellas that have
just imported. You will notice that
each one of them has piece of ordi-
nary copper wire around the handle.
Gold and silver has become so COM
mon as heads for these articles that
people demand something new for "a
change, and you see the result before
you. Just now great simplicity is af-
fected in this respect, but l haven't
tho slightest doubt that when this
metal becomes popular, as l believe it
will, we shall see very elaborate per-
sonal ornaments made of il. Indeed,
| have often wondered why copper
was not more generally used as ma
terial for ornaments It's peculiar
color harmonizes perfectly with dark
materials and compilations, and it is
comparatively free from oxidization.
Barbarous, Not Il bit of il. True, the
aborigines make use Of copper to
adorn their persons, and in that they
show excellent judgment. In matters
of taste we might frequently take les
sons from the %avagcs. jewelers.
Weekly
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1889-02-01
osxTeaous DANCERS.
sinuous Slamese Girls Who Pick Up
Straws with Their Eyelids.

sinuous sIamese Girls Who Pick Up
Straws with Their Eyeiids. ..
Poised on tiptoe, bending their arms
and limbs back as far as they will
reach and picking up bits OF straw
with their eyelids, the dancing girls
OF Bangkok are always exercising in
tho royal gymnasium. The new vol
ume in the Zigzag series, Journeys
in tho Antipodes," gives a very
graphic description of the wonderful
physical training of these girls, whose
ages vary from 8 to 20 years. The
curious and subtle feat of picking up
bit of straw with the eyelids can be
learned only by tho youngest of them,
who are made to practice il in order
to render them flexible in every part
of the body.
There are two long rows Of benches,
one little higher than tho other. On
the lower is row of little girls, and
on the upper bench arc laid fine, pol.
ished bits of straw. AT tho sound of
the drum the little girls all together
bend back the head and neck until
they touch the bits Of straw, which,
with wonderful dexterity, they secure
between the corners of the eyelids.
The cup dance is the most graceful
and poetic of their dances A row of
young women, with tier of cups on
their heads. take their places in the
center of the gymnasium. A burst of
joyous music follows. On hearing
this they simultaneously, with mill
tary precision, kneel down, fold their
hands and bow their heads until their
foreheads almost touch the polished
marble floor, keeping the cups steadily
on their heads by some marvellous
jerk of the neck; then, suddenly
springing to their feet, they describe a
succession of rapid and intricate cir
cles, keeping time to the music with
their arms, head and feet
Next follows a miracle of art such
as may be found only among people
of the highest physical training. The
music swells into raptur,us tumult,
The dancers raise their delicate feet,
curve their arms and fingers i'll seem
ing impossible textures, sway to and
fro like withes of willow, agitate all
the musles of the body like the flutter
Of leaves in soft evening breeze, but
still keep the tier Of cups on their
heads. At other times cup full of
some liquid is placed on the floor in
the center of the hall. A girl will
spring to her feet and dance about it
in round wild eddies, and, suddenly
laying herself down, keeping her arms
folded tight on her breast, will take up
the cup with her lips and drain The
liquid without splitting n drop.-Ncw
York Star.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1889-02-01
A Providential Rat.

A woman in West Tennessee went
home from church one Sunday i'm
pressed by moving appeal which her
pastor had made in behalf Of minis
ter's widow recently left in want with
six children. What could she give to
relieve this case of suffering2 She
was herself widow and poor She
thought intensely over the matter, and
that night she prayed over it, but no
way OF raising tho money occurred to
her. The next morning when she
went out to sweep off her doorstep
she noticed that the earth on one side
had been freshly thrown up. and
something glittering lay in tho dirt.
1t was S. gold piece. During the
night a rat had taken it into his head
to dig hole under the step, and one
result of his labor was the resurTec-
ton of that coin. The woman knew
that during the war her husband had
buried his savings, all in gold coin,
under those steps, but he had dug up
the money after the war was over, and
evidently supposed he had recovered
the whole 1t seemed that he was
mistaken. And now his widow was
not slow to follow the hint given her
by the burrowing rat She moved the
steps and after thorough search sue
ceeded in finding $50. Regarding this
money as direct gift from heaven she
sent it all to the suffering family
Boston Transcript
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1889-02-01
Witness of the Pennmt.

Experience and daily observation,
however, prove that tho love of tho
peanut is not confined solely to the
small boy. It's fascination has a
broader sweep. Fashion may taboo
it at the table, but it takes sweet re-
venge in all sorts of other places and
upon oil sorts of humanity. Its will
ness, too, is Machiavellian. No other
nut has half its cunning, and none
other can boast the half its power of
insinuation. Its omnipresencc is UNI
escapable. Every street corner fumes
with its roasted fragrance, at five cents
a quart, measured out by the leather
colored merchant who has left his
home beneath the sunny skies of Italy
to set his trap for fortune in our ia
vored land temptingly baited with
peanuts and pink lemonade. Prudence
may take sniff at the bait and pass
on. Who hesitatcs is lost. One mix
ble-one tiny end of the parched l1er-
mel in contact with his palate and
good-by to all his disdain for the pea
nut. The trap springs and sends him
munching down the street with u
quart dangling in his coat tail pocket
Table Talk.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1889-02-01
When John" Took To Washing.

There arc no laundrymen in China.
No linen is worn there. The rich use
silk and wooden undergarmcnts. and
the poor wear wooden or cotton. As
starching and ironing are unknown,
the female servants do all the laundry
work. The reason of the great num-
Der of laundrymen here is That when
the Union Pacific railroad threw hun
dreds of Cinnamon out of employment
they cast about for something TO do
and as there was q great demand for
washcrwomcn, and a scant supply of
them in t'ic west, the Mongolian
turned his iention to her trade. He
learned it So quickly and so well that
he stuck To- it, and made SO much
money that the calling soon became
popular. Gradually tho laundrymen
came east, and no city, and now few
villages of any size in the whole coun-
try, arc without Chinese laundry"
San Francisco Call.