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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-01-16
BLACK Death in sIberia.

ST. PETERsBURG, January ia DIS
patch from Tobolsk says that the ter
rible scourge known as 'black death"
has reached the city Of Tobolsk, the
capital Of West Siberia. The whole Of
Asiatic Russia from Samarkand to the
mouth OF the Obi i suffering from the
scourge. Thousands are dying at OBJ
darsk. near the mouth Of the Obi, owing
TO the lack OF physicians. II seems al
most hopeless to try and check the fear
fnl disnase
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-01-16
Supreme Court Proceedings.

SDfri1l ItIfJrlil % NJ Hs1lsIsF.
CHARLESTON. w. VA, January 10
In the Supreme Court to-day the follow
ing orders were made: State of West
Virginia V. HuckinS, from Ritchle
county: writ Of error allowed. Bonard
vs.. Wilson. from Roane: case submitted.
Baxter vs.. Turner, from Clay county;
recommltted. RAIDER v. Armstrong,
from jackson county; continued. Duff
field. administrator yS. Butler, from
CLAW: submitted. Henklng, Bowie y
Co. vs.. Anderson aud others, from Jack
son county; submitted.
In the case of Smith vs. Smith, from
Brooke county, appeal refused.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-01-16
The Elections Bili.

WASHINGTON, ID. c., January ID
In the Senate to-day at o'clock the bill
to increase the compensation oi en-
ployes in the Government printing Office
went over without action and the cleo
tions bill was taken up, Mr.. Evarts TAX
ing the floor to address the Senate;
Mr.. Evarts spoke for three hours and
three-QuarterS.
Mr. Pasco obtained the floor and the
bill was laid aside informally. Mr..
Hoar gave notice that tomorrow he
should ask the Senate to remain in ses'
sion until the bill was finished.
After a short executive session the
Senote adjourned.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-01-16
WHEELING, w VA, FRICsF JANUARY

friends. Therefore. with great respect
to the Speaker, he asked TO be excused
from the duty that had been placed
upon him. He would like the Speaker
to corroborate his statement as to his
declinatlon.
The Speaker gave hearty corrobora-
ton, stating, however, that he had not
understood the gentleman to decline on
account of any personal feelings. The
Chair, therefore, would submit the
question OF excusing the gentleman to
the House.
Mr.. Dockery having been excused,
the Speaker appointed Mr.. Peel, of
Arkansas, to fill the vacancy.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-01-16
REAL ESTATE MARKET.
Deeds of Transfer Left for Record fester-
day

The following transfers Of real estate
were left for record at Clerk Hook :
office yesterday:
Deed made January 3, 1891, by James
Todd and wife, TO Daniel Mcdonald and
Harvey Mcdonald, of Donegal township
Washington county, Pa, for u acres
and ~ perches of land in Ohio county.
Consideration, s5,231.
Deed made January IA, 1891, by
.Jobana f. Keim TO Enoch Ball, for the
north one-third OF lot No. 70 and 4
inches off the south part Of lot No. a, on
the west side Of Market street. Consid-
Grafton, -, 900.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-01-16
Pattison Resigns.

PHILADELPHIA, January l5.-Govern-
or-elect Robert +. Pattison to-day re-
signed the Presidency Of the Chestnut
Street National Bank, of this city, and
William NJ. Singerly, proprietor OF the
Philadelphia Record, was chosen to MI
the vacancy. Mr.. Pattison will be IN
aucurated Governor on Tuesday next.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-01-16
AItiner Found Guilty.

Special Teiegrdmt0 ne Register.
PARKERsBURG, w. va, January ID
Henry A. Altizer, an ex-member OF the
Legislature from Calhoun county, was
tried in the United States Court to-day
for pension frauds. Altizer was found
guilty on four indictments, and not
,rl1iliu IN nnn
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-01-16
Postomce Robbed.

KEY WEST, FLA, January 1.-THE
safe in the postoflice here was blown
omen by thieves early this morning, aud
- 400 in money. stamps, etc. stolen, be-
sides the contents OF four registered
letters. H.. l.. Hafer, Of Barnwell, ,:
G by trade a baker, has been arrested
an snspicion. His chum. John Cline, IS
missing. The amount OF money in the
registered letters is supposed to be
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-01-16
r...o prnthers Murdered

CoRPUs CHRISTI, TEN.. Januar! %
The bodies of Walter and Miles Adams,
brothers. between the ages OF 20 ana %
wears. were found dead 30 miles from
San Diego Tuesday. Near by lay a
partly butchered COW, and 1t IS thought
the Young men were killed by thieves
IN cover no their crime, the brothers In
All probability having detected them IN
sLa act of slaughtering the animal.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-01-16

A Number ni ii'ii- l'''''''
alteration of Committees
S,--. r.ser 'e PEEL hgr
CWurl-ro> 49,. NA- January To-
Ar.rt.e u-.o., ttte, oi ye',cIua!
tar Hoa-. convened promptly al p' in'
to-day, all ,...el ,o ier'eul prayer
from one NJ JOS members NeF. >litudn
Young. tbeie.esate FROM L pshw couo-
-v. The following measures were then
introduced and appropriately referred,
By Mr.. Finley Tucker, resolution
-. prevent as>iguee> masking preferred
creditors.
By Mr. Haneu. o, Marshal. county,
Hu,c John, Resolution no. extending
r.r iraukug privilege OBJ State officials
and members oi tlr state legislature
l.d .ger
Eg Nr Shaw. of Barbour county. @
pelton ofJ. $. Humphreys aud 1906
others. praying Tor pas to members or
ttc Thirteenth West Virginia regiment
ol militia f0r service, .u the civil war.
Eg Nr Haueu. of jackson county,
Ho.-. u so. is. regarding free
,.a.o. 90 Numdsv..e.
EF Nr Irttr. oi Preston county,
House So. il, concerning Coroners
.al Inquest, upon dead bodies
Eg Nr Thomas, ot Pu-uam county,
House No .l. providing for screen
.r-. w-..t.r. aud measuring coal Also
Nm,. So. -L tO prevent the ere
axiom .. trusts.
it Str nanir.dsr- oi Jefferson coun-
..- Mousse . No. -'' CON N.,i- '"N v- pa.
-aNN-r- 4ai PeiiIcr>. Also Mouse ON
N..-.. .lt.rrn'nS CORRECTION OF l1Ne>'
hf Mr. llr.1rau. OF ONO county,
N.-'r h.. 40. ~ concerning tue eiii-
i'}m.nt ', children ODD lactories' WORK
-a.i, u.''. Nc.
hg Nr Hariea, oi Ohiocounty' House
D NJ. -, regarding compensation OF
.''.,,'i-. Also House hil No - 'oi'-
collection oi taxes Also mouse
n.. ~. pfo'I4Ins Tor el''''"" "'
DO. t.. ''..'' 'i "''' ''"N''' i.''''.
h NJ. t payment to coutrJc tof> on
county r.li> Also House bill No. -''
-rt iu continuation OF county
longer chan four months A'So
t'at~
'l N. SIMPSON oi 'hlo county 10
No. 'I t1 prevent 'oipoi"-
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NJ. H to regulate the holding OF
primary elections, caucuses or pno.ic
man.nj actof l,>e. concerning the
observation of certain useful animals
N-' Ii.H,r o... 40. $50, permitting the
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'. 40, i-. empowering county
iAt.'f county to pay d. VI
->,' >-or. additional. compensation
II ~N House 1911 No. At, COM
s mUdIng and loan aSSocia-
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-01-16
sub-Treasury Scheme Ridiculed'
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Spfdidl IsltgTlln 20 lNs HsgI0'u'
Co1uNBUS, O., January l5.-AddreSS-
ing a convention of Ohio farmers here
to-day. J. G.. Russell, who presided,
said the sub-treaSury scheme now be-
fore Congress was in his opinion absurd
and Impractical, and the farmers who
were endorsing II were making a mis-
take. He was applauded.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-01-16
Joshua Take. - Hand.

NEW YORK. January l5.- Mrs. Eva
Hamilton, whose contest Of Robert Ray
Hamiltons will j. proceeding in this
city, was irritated and east down dur
ing the latter part of the trial to-day.
The cause was found in ihe ANNOUNCE
ment that Joshua Mann had filed papers
for divorce. aud Eva had been served
with notice during recess. Her c0un
sci subsequently said that Mann was
crazy; that the suit amounted Co moth
ing. However. Joshua alIegc, that
he met Eva on the 18th day 0f April.
1881. and they agreed 10 live together %,
man and wife. and did thereafter Hre
together as such. He had visited Eva IS
relatives on several occasions, aud bad
always been recognized %, her husband
by them, aud the fact Of her being bis
lawful wife was never questioned by any
one. When hc learned that she bad
pretended to marry Hamilton be- con
,idered the matter a joke. 40 cercmo-
ny by minister is referred TO-
The will ease Is still on.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-01-16
New postmaster Appointed.

Special Telegram TO the Register
WAsnINGToN, January Id. IL.
Seersher, vice II. Trout, deceased, has
been appointed postmaster at Rldge-
vile, Mineral coun.y.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-01-16
,,,nos Uerndon Divorced.

NEW YORK. January l5.-Mrs. Agnes
r Jesset Agnes Herndon) was granted
\ divorce from her husband in court to-
day.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-01-16

Don't stand on the order Of going but 60
straight 70 the next corner and buy bottle Vl
DR. Bulls Cough Syrup, II YOU want to cure your
cold.
E.-r,ers and horserneu. read this; l find sal
walton oil a most excellent ilniment among
horses. aud I take pleasure in indorsins II as "
certain remedy for scratches -
JAMES THOMAS,
Frauklin Road. near Baltimore.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-01-16
r,-aovernoy rhayer surrenders.

LINCOLN. NEB., January l5.-ln ac,
cordance with the action Of the Board
OF Public Lands and Buildings, eX-Gov-
ernor Thayer this morning surrendered
possession of the executive apartments,
but under protest Governor Boyd mas
taken possession OF the executive Ohlce'
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-01-16
DEMPSEY OUTCLASSED.
lie II Suffering From His Punishment
Gossip OF the Fight.

NEW ORLEANS, January l5.-Jack
Dempsey slept under the influence of
opiates last night. The bridge Of his
nose Is broken, and his ribs were so
sore that the physician who accom-
panied him from the Club administered
strong narcotic. This morning he
looks badly bruised and swollen about
the face and mouth, and piece of skin
the size of mans hand, is scrapcd
from the back OF his neck on the left
side. kiirain says his nose was broken
in the fourth round. The Oregon man
was clearly outclasSed from the start,
but he stuck TO it until nature would no
longer give him power to exert himself.
FitzsimmonS fought fair and even,
but he is simply heavyweight sweated
out and trained down TO requisite fig
ure. He is as tall as Sullivan and with
longer reach. Muldoon says that with
twenty pounds more of muscle Fitzslm-
mons could fight and man living, Sulli-
van not barred.
As result of the fight, it is not un-
likely that the question OF height and
reach will hereafter cut as important a
figure in the making of matches as that
of weight.
An idea of the battle can be learned
from this summary:
FitzSimmOns landed by actul count
over 50 times, using his right most fire.
quently up TO the ninth round, when he
put his left at work. lie missed his
man but five times. didn't clinch once
and seldom backed ground. Dempsey
landed by actual count 35 times, missed
his mark four times and clinched l.
times. His opponent secured first knock
down and first blood, and besides the
once Nonpareil backed away and ran
from the grinning winner a dozen times
or more.
There were a good many I-told-you-
SOS in this city to-day. But few big
winners can be located. DR.. Jennings
had backed his faith pretty heavily, and
a South Slider also captured good sum.
Sep NauSe, of Bloomfield. an original
supporterof FitzsimmonS. is also a hun
dred or 80 ahead. Many persons won
hats. A good many OF DempSey's ad-
mirers want the men To meet with hard
gloves.
Ftzsimmons weighed in at 1903. and
Dempsey at l47l.. DempSey's eyes
closed shortly after the fight. His face
was covered with cuts, while his oppO-
nent had but few bruises Dempsey
was taken in carriage to his boarding
house. while Fitz put on his clothes and
walked home with his seconds.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-01-16
ONE DOLLAR

Buys the DAILY REGISTER during
the Session of the Legislature. Com
pIete Telegraphic Reports from
Charleston. No West virginian should
be without II.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-03-13
Silver In Volcanic Ash es.

The existence Of silver in volcanic
ashes is a rare occurrence. Only in two
cases have argentiferous ashes been met
with. The sample was obtained during
an eruption Of Cotopaxi in July, 1885, in
the ashes of which Mr.. j. w. Malet
proved the existence of one part of sill
yer in $1,000 parts of ashes. In the fol-
lowing year the same Investigator was
able to add a second instance. In Janu-
airy, 1886, violent eruption of Tun-
guragua. IN the Andes of Ecuador, be-
tween fifty and fifty-fve miles from
Cotopaxi, took place, the eruption con-
tinuing at longer or shorter intervals up
to November of the same year. The
ashes thrown by this volcano, which
had been at rest for over a century,
contained silver TO the extent of one
part in los, 200 parts of ashes. This ap-
pears, at first sight, to be only very
small percentage of the metal; but when
it is considered what enormous quanti-
ties of ashes are erupted, and what a
vast extent of area they cover after an
eruption, the quantity of silver thrown
up with them must be considerable
Butte Inter-Mountain.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-03-13
THE DYKES OF HOLLAND.
Their Appearance and How They Pro-
tect the Land and Are Protected.

Their Appearance and How They Pro-
tect the Land and Are Protected.
A certain Jealous dame is said to have
once attempted to sweep the ocean away
with a broom. The Dutch have been
wiser than this. They are slow and de-
liberate people. Desperation may use
brooms, but deliberation prefers clay
and solid masonry. So, slowly and de-
liberately, the dykes, those great hill
like walls of cement and stone, have
risen to breast the bulfeting waves.
And the funny part of it is they are so
sl,illfully slanted and paved on the out
side with flat stones that the efforts of
the humping waves 30 beat them down
only make them all the firmer
These Holland dykes are among the
wonders of the world. cannot say for
how many miles they stretch along the
coast and throughout the INTERIOR but
you may be sure that wherever dyke is
necessary to keep back the encroaching
waters there it is. Otherwise nothing
would be there, at least nothing in the
form of land; nothing but fearful il
Illustration of the principal law of hydro
states: Water always seeks its level.
Sometimes the dikes, however care
fully built, will "spring leak" and if
not attended to at once terrible results
are sure to follow. In Threatened places
guards are stationed ut intervals and a
steady watch is kept up night and day
AT the first signal of danger every
Dutchman within hearing of the start
ling bell is ready to rush to the rescue
When the weak spot is discovered. what
do You think is used TO meet the cmerg-
ency? What but straw-everywhere
else considered the most helpless of all
things in water! Yet straw, in the
hands Of the Dutch, has a will Of its
own. Woven into huge mats and Sc
curely pressed against the embanl1ment,
it defes even a rushing tide, eager to
sweep over the country.
These dikes form almost the only per-
fectly dry land to be seen from the
ocean side. They are high and wide,
with fine carriage roads on top, some
times lined with buildings and trees.
Lying on one side of them, and nearly
on level with the edge, is the sea, lake
canal or river, as the case may be; on
the other the fat fields stretching damp
ly along at their base, so that cottage
roofs sometimes are lower than the shin
ing line of the water.
Frogs sQuatting on the shore can take
quite a bird seye view of the landscape,
and little fish wrigyle their tails higher
than the tops of the willows near by.
Horses look complacently down upon
the bell towers, and men in sliffs and
canal boats sometimes know when they
are passing their friend Dirk's cottage
only by seeing the smoke from its Chin
ney, or perhaps by the cart wheel that
he has perched upon the peak of its over
hanging matched roof, in the hope that
some stork will build her nest there and
so bring good luck.-Mary Mapes Dodge
in st. Nicholas.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-03-13
John A. Suffer.

John A. Suffer was born in Baden in
1903 of Swiss parents, and was proud Of
his connection with the only republic of
consequence in Europe. He was warm
admirer of the United States, and some
Of his friends had persuaded him to come
across the Atlantic. He frst went To a
friend IN Indiana with whom he staid
awhile, helping TO clear land, bat it was
| business that he was not accustomed to-
So he made his way to st. Louis and in
vested what means he had in merchan-
disc, and went out as New Mexican
trader to Santa Fe. Having been unsuc-
cessful at Santa Fe he returned to St.
Louis, joined party of trappers, went
to the Rocky mountains, and found his
way down the Columbia river to Fort
Vancouver. There he formed plans for
trying to get down to the coast of Cali
fornia to establish colony.
He took vessel that went to the
Sandwich islands, and there communi-
Gated his plans to people who assisted
him. But as there was no vessel going
direct from the Sandwich Islands TO Cal
ifornia, lie had to take Russian vessel
by way of Sitka. He got such credit
and help as he could in the Sandwich
islands and induced five or six natives to
accompany him to start the contem-
plated colony. He expected to send to
Europe and the United States for his
colonists. When he came to the coast Of
California, in 1910, he had an interview
with the governor, Alvarado, and OBJ
tanned permission to explore the coun-
try and find place for his colony. He
came to the bay of San Francisco, pro-
cured small boat and explored the
largest river he could find, and selected
the site where the city of Sacramento
now stands.-Gen. Bidwell in Century.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-03-13
The Blind Woman and Her Ganaer.

A blind woman, giving her name as
Mrs. Elizabeth Cant, and led by q large
white gander, has been attracting much
beggar and quite old, and claims to
have no friends except the fowl which
attends her as closely as dog. leading
her along by the dress, which it holds in
its bill. The woman says she comes
from near Birmingham, where she made
her home with her son. but on his death,
last August, was left penniless and home
less. The gander shows no particular
intelligence, except in his care of the
woman, who taught him TO do so in lieu
of any other guide, bat occupies himself
after the manner of his kind while she
sits and begs at the corners till she is
ready to go on, when she recalls him
with whistle, and he comes at once,
taking hold Of her skirt and marshalng
her solemnly along.
He will exchange greetings with floclls
of other geese, but never leaves her to
join such, while he has been seen to fly
at and rout dog threatening his Eiis-
tress. 1t is necessary, however for her
occasionally TO hasten his somewhat lazy
steps, for he is of an investigating turn
of mind, and stops frequently to exam
inc such objects as arouse his curiosity.
This fault, the woman says, is owing to
his youth, for he is only about year
old.
She also says that his education was
by no means SO difficult as dogs for
the same business would have been, and
that whenever she is unable to go about
through sickness he evinces the greatest
concern, and will urge to get up by tug
ging at her dress, but on her refusing
still, seems to understand, and will take
up his position close beside her, and re-
main there all day with his head under
his wing and most dejectedly peeping
out at her at intervals. The gander is
an unusually large one, and absurdly
pompous, as if he knew his importance,
refusing all overtures of friendship, and
resenting all attempts to handle him,
while he allows his mistress to caress
him in any way.-Ada (Ala.) Cor. st.
Louis Globe Democrat.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-03-13

The Lansing Journal last Monday
says: about 80 members of the house
were present this forenoon when the
House was called to order. AS it was con-
spicuously evident that quorum was
not present the proceedings were limit
ed to prayer by Rev. G. II. Beale
and an informal recess was taken. This
afternoon noses were counted officially
by Clerk Brant, and as the House was
short Of "A quorum there was nothing
left to do but adjourn until 10 O'Clock
tomorrow. The Senate re-assembles
tonight Fewer freeral road passes
would work a world of change on
Monday ouorums
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-03-13
NJ. CoQuelin's Real SHORES.

He must feel, but he must guide and
check his feelings as a skillful rider
curbs and guides fiery horse, for he has
a double part to play; merely to feel
himself is not enough; he has to make
others feel, and this he cannot do with
out the exercise of restraint. Let me
make use of an instance afforded me by
NJ. Coquelin himself.
Once, he says, he was tired before he
came on the stage, and falling sound
asleep when feigning sleep, he snored
real shores instead Of feigned ones. The
result was, he tells us, that he never
snored so badly. Naturally so, since he
had lost control of the steed of feeling by
the fact of his sleeping, and so it ran
away and carried him he knew not
where but had NJ. Coquelin at some
time in his experience shed real tears,
while at the same time in full possession
of his waking faculties, and had he been
able TO guide those tears into the chan
mel that his artistic sense told him to be
the right one, then we should not have
heard that the audience found those real
tears less effective than tears wholly
feigned and the product of intellect
rather than of feeling. -Salvini in Cent
urV.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-03-13

Some interesting facts and figures
obtained from a Cincinatti exchange.
They furnish food for speculation and
show conclusively that the Republicans
may look forward with hope and conf
dence to the outcome of the next presi-
Dental contest. no matter what may be
the main issue before the people. In
1884 and 1888 there were 40l electoral
votes. Next year 444 electors are to be
chosen. BY the admission of six new
territories into the union and by the
new appointment of representatives
under the eleventh census, an increase
of forty-three has been made in the
membership of congress twelve sen
ators and thirty-one representatives
The new states add eight to the house
and twenty-three are added by the
gains in seventeen of the old states, as
shown in a table which we printed a
few days ago. OF the total increase by
the new OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES, in
OluuluS Ouo III Tic oldJc VI w dSllDptOIl
the south has six, the west 1t, the
middle states two and New England
one. 1t will thus be seen that the
west, if we also consider the increased
representation on account of the new
states, grows largely in relative import
ance in congress and the electoral col.
lege. The Republican party will profit
by this growth and through the changes
in northern sections.
To what extent it will probably gain
electoral votes can best be indicated,
perhaps, by taking as reliable Republi-
can states those that were carried by
, Mr.. Blaine in 1884 and showing how the
! vote would stand if only these states
and the new states should be Republl-
can next year. Here is a table of
Blaine and Cleveland states. with the
elector al votes to which each will be
entitled to in 1892, and with Dakota,
Montana, Idaho, Wyoming and Wash
ington included in the Republican
column