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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-03-06
rHE eoyERNoR vEroEs
The Bill Extending the Corporate Limits
OF Parkersburg

cfr'lA- 4--rsflH no me h-lis'e-.
CHARLESTON. w. Va. March The
Governors message accompanying
House Bill 40. 206, extending the cor
poratc limits OF Parkersburg is as fol-
lows. As I cannot approveof said bill,
I herewith return 10 with my objections,
which are confined Co the proviso found
DOB tbe latter part Of section two. which
reads as follows: Provided that the
said city sba, mo-, levy or collect any
municipal taxes on auPtracts of the real
estate Iu The said territory added 10 the
limits OF the city by such extension
except aud uuti. such real estate
OF any part thereof shall be laid of into
lots, streets aud alleys. am of opinion
chat This proy.so is boz COZ tict with Sec
ti0n 90. article l0 cf the constitution.
which reads as follows. The LegiSla-
tar, may boy law authorize the corporate
authorities of cities, towns and Villages
for corporate purposes to assess and col
Iect taxes. but such taxes shall be uui-
form with respect to persons and prop
erty within tne Jurisdiction of the au-
thority imposing The >ame.
"l refer Jo tlc case OF Powell against
che c.ty of Parkersburg .esth West Vir-
g.uIaI. which decides that similar
clause ot exemption contained iu the
act Which this bin seeks Go amend is 60
Flew of said constitutional provision
and thc leg Station contained iu chapter
o. al the code unconstitutional
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ANNtKE JANs' HEIRS.
Meeting ut New Aibany-siatement From
Yrinity Church.

NEW ALBANY. IND, Maich IA
large meeting OF the heirs To- the An
neke JAMS estate is in session here
There are in attendabceS delegates from
Indiana. Illinois, ohio. Kentucky aud
other States.
Attorney Strattan, Of Chicago, repre-
sents 10 Of the heirs at Chicago and
other towns in Illinois. Mrs. Lafayette
Smith and George A. Bolton, of Spring
field. ILL.,: Mrs. Schifiinian. OF Richview,
H.. and a number OF other Illinois dele
gates are taking part in the delibera-
tiOuS.
There lives in this city Mrs. Urich
KEYS. who claims 10 be a grcat-grand-
daughter OF the old llollander Anncke
Jams. The heirs say they have had no
difficulty In tracing their descent from
the rich old woman, and they have at
their meeting a copy of the viii OF An
urke JAMS. in which she bequcathes her
estate Ia her eight children aud their
heirs.
The estate claimed covers a. acres in
the heart of New York City, including
all the lands held 10y Trinity Church.
The prantof this g. acres was made TO
the husband OF Annckc Jams, and the
patent was issued by the Colonial an
thoritie~ OF Sew Amsterdam ia 1920.
Trinity Church has claimed to hold the
property under 4 99-year lease Inc
heirs maintain that 10 such lease exists,
and that Trinity Church has no legal IL
lie whatever To- the valuable real estate.
and holds 10 without legal authority.
The heirs will employ the best lawyers
i'm the country and commence legal pro-
ceedings. A statement was made IN
the meeting that number of the pres
cut holGerS of the property offered to
compromise with the heirs, without q
lawsuit. and pay them large sums To
quiet their claims
A New York dispatch says: In con
nection with the New Albany Dispatch
giving al account of meeting OF the
heirs to the Anneke Jams estate the iol-
lowing is interesting:
"OFFIcE OF THE CORPORATION OF
TRINITY CHURCH,
NEW YORK, February II, 1891. y
.To An Whom II May Concern:
As letters are being constantly re-
ceiyed from various places in the Uni
ted states. making inquiries about sup
posed suits pending against this corpo-
ration in respect to its property, or
about negotiations assumed To be ON
foot in respect to the alleged claims OF
the descendants OF Anneke Jams, or Of
other persons. notice Is hereby given
that no such suits are pending, and 80
such negotiations are going on, aud all
persons who suppose themselves to be
descendants Of Auneke JAMS, or other
wise interested in claims hostile To the
utle Of this corporation. are cautioned
against paying out money to any per
SON alleging the pcndency of such suits
or negotiations.
"MoEGAN Din, Rector,
~. Y. Il. CErGFR. Comptroller,
"SrEpnEN =. NASH, Warden"
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Result of Recklessness.
.s0,eial Tsl,oram 10 he Register.


WASHINGTON, March "a sample OF
the careless way in which business was
done in the last days of the session was
furnished to-day by the discovery that
the Philadelphia mint bill, which
passed the House on Monday, contained
no provision for getting the money out
OF the Treasury with which TO do the
Job. The statute declares that no act
passed authorizing the Secretary Of
the Treasury to purchase 4 site and
erect building thereon shall be held
or construed to appropriate money I'M
less the act in express language makes
such appropriations. The bill pro
vlding for the building failed to make
any appropriation, aud none was made
for ii in the general appropriations
bill. therefore the act cannot be put
into effect. Philadelphia will have To
come TO the next Congress for =, ,00O,-
600 appropriation, and it is by no means
certain that she will get it.
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THE LATE CONGRESS
THOUGHT NOT Oh THE MORROW IN APPR0,
PRlATING MONEY.
Ons Billion Dollars Voted Away FOr Various
Obeets-Ths Most PrOdiga Body in the
History Of the COuntry-Ihsre Will
Be an Alarming Deficiency
in The Treasury.
Special telegram to me Register.

Special Telegram 10 me Register.
WASHINGTON. March j.-It now clear
that the unexampled extravaganza OF
the Republican Congress which expired
Yesterday will next year confront the
Treasury with the problem of meeting
a deficiency Of about SlOO, 900, 900.
Mr.. Cannon, Of Illinois, the Chair
man of the Appropriations Committee,
warned his Republican colleagues in the
House the other day that there would
be a deficiency of thirty millions.
Mr.. Dockery, OF Missouri, corrected Mr..
Cannon 10y declaring that the deficiency
would be nearer fifty millions than thir-
ty millions. But figures prepared to
day by Mr.. Sayres, Of Texas, a Demo
cratic member, Of Appropriations Com
mittee, shows that the deficiency vii
probably be double Mr.. DOckery's esti-
mate. Mr. Sayres figures show that The
total appropriation for both sessions OF
the Fifty-first Congress will reach the
enormous aggregate of - ,OOG, 3'O,4'l.92.
This is a tax OF IS each on every person
IN the country.
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4 Plea for Justice to jews.

WASHINGTON, March j.-Mr. VIM. h.
Blackstone, of Chicago. to-day visited
the President in company with Secre-
tary Blaine, and presented memorial
in behalf Of the Russian Jews. lie eX-
plained that the memorial was the re-
suit of conference of Christians and
Jews recently held ia Chicago and
called special attention to the fact that
it did not antagonile Russia. but only
sought in peaceahle way to give the
Jews control Of their homes in Pal"S-
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puh,Ic Lands to be Thrown Open.

WAsmNGroN. d. C., March The
legislation enacted blythe past Congress
Ia the ratification Of various treaties
heretofore concluded between commls-
sioners on part of the United States and
the various Indian tribes Will result III
the opening up of over 5000, 1000 acres
of public land to settlement. The ag-
gregate cost To the government OF this
land will be about S9,000.O00. About
:. 900. 600 acres OF the land that will be
thus thrown open is situated in the VI
cinity of Oklahoma.
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EYRAUD EMULATED
A COUNTERPART CRIME OF THE NOTORIOUS
FRRSCE SIRLNGLER
Cones to Light 10 callioruia-A Young English
Physician Who Was Lursd to Rain and Deaih
By an American Prct5iyPs of Bon
part-furthG Developments
Expected.

MONACO, March "A man aud a
woman were arrested here yesterday
charged with the murder of physician
in December last. Their arrest has
caused a sensation because the crime B.,
direct counterpart or reproduction of
the crime FOR which Michael Eyraud re-
Gently suffered the death penalty in the
Place dc La R0uquette. From the
meagrc details Obtainable from the uu-
lice IL appears that iu December last
the body Ot an English physician. lIr
Lindemann, OF Manchester. Was found
dead la rayine near san Rrmu.
The finding Of the dead body wa> foi
lowed by al official investigation which
IL was announced resulted boo thc au-
thOrtics of San Reno coming 90 ih,.
conclusion that it was either suicide
or else that Dr Linjcmaun met h..
death by accident through falling down
the raVlnc some dark night MhiIr.
out walking IL now appear, that
the police allowed the suicide or accI-
dent theory 10 get abroad boz order o..
better enable the police to follow uut
the real the0ry-that of murder Dr.
was thought likely the muricrr,. or
murderer upon hearing that the authn-
tiles Of san Reno had arrived ai thc cuu-
cluSion that the English physician
death was caused by accident 0r >u.-
eide would relax their vigilance. iahr.
fewer precautions 90 conceal their
crime and thus fall more readily into
the hands Of justice. From thc mD-
mcnt the doctors body was found tlr
of san Reno never r,a>,i
their investigation aud gradually wote
q net of evidence around thc d0,t0r'-
which resulted .n thr arrest
~ man aud woman Who are charged
with the murder. The woman. 10 ap-
pears. was of the ,rdurtisr character
if Gabrielle Bompard, EyrauI.
and she used l,r
bright eyes 90 lure thr du,
.or To- lodgings she occupied 800
san Reno. A. To what actually ionh
jlace after the woman had euti,rd ihr
iictim into her room little is not actually
inown here. owing 10 the fact that ;h.
,olice are not Yet prepared t0 give l.l
he facts to the public. However. 30 i>
concluded that the doctor when thr
yoman'S apartment wa> drugerd. mui.
lered aud robbed hy the woman who
lad bewIt he'd him. and that rhr latter
after was assisted in lhr preparation
II the crime by the man surpassed to h-
Ter lover, who wa, taken into cl.
ody with her. The arrest, ha,rtau~rd
much commotiou here. n ha, even
'een rumored that the pair boz custody
nay have other and similar riim,-
harged against them and that thr w0-
nan have been used Go lure other men
o their doom.
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Senator and Clerk Burned Out.

opt6W Ift'WfW ~ H' ht"'N'ff'
CHARLESTON. W. VA, March Fire
at / o'clock tonight damaged the resi-
dence of Levi Welch several hundred
dollars worth and caused the deStruc-
tion of good deal Of the furniture.
The fire started in room occupied by
Senator Prichard aud Assistant Clerk of
the Senate, j. a. Wcllman, neither of
whom had returned after the night
session. Both Of them lost nearly every
thing they had in the room. There was
no one IN the house when the fire begun
80 il is not known low IL originated.
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Double Murder, or

PoRr HrHoN. MIcn., March ANNE
Murphy. aged nineteen, was leit 1Ion"
at home ia Rity township last night
When her family returned this morn
Ing she was found lying on the bed with
her throat cut from ear 70 ear Inc
The room bore evidence Of terrible
struggle. Search was Immediately IN,
stituted. and the hired man was iounu
I'm his room with his throat cut ana III q
diving condition. He has been unable
IN make any statement, and opinions
differ a. to the case being uouule niIi
der or murder and attempted su'e'ue'
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pyuamiter Gibson Give. Bond.

CmcAoo, March Geo. j. Gibson,
Secretary Of the Whisky Trust, arrived
from Peoria this morning and gave
bonds in the four new indictments taru-
"a in by the last grand jury against
him. which were dismissed. The ne"
one is for conspiracy with some person
ar per,on unknown, 80 destroy the
nroperty of the Shufeldt Distil.ery Com
many. and having in his possession dyn-
anite. gunpowder, ntro-glycer!ne. or
other explosives, for the purpose OF de-
stroying life and property.
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Here Are spendthrir Figures.

WAsnINGToN, ID. c.. March 5.-The
following is an approximate statement
Of appropriations made at both sessions
uf the Fifty-frst Congress prepared by
the Clerk Of the Senate Committee on
Appropriations: Amount Of regular
bills, including deficiencies and miScel-
laneous appropriations, for the lirSt seS-
sion, S3Gl, -OO,O amount of regular
bills, Including deficiency and miscel-
lameous appropriations, for the second
session, S405, 900, 900: permanent appro-
priationS for the first session about
SlOl, 900, 900, and permanent appropria-
tions for 1892, estimated at Sl29.OOO,- =
600. This makes the grand total OF
$3.50, 700, 900. Senator Allison expects
to have detailed statement OF these
appropriations compiled in few days.
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ME- Coke strike sitnation.

P,rrsguRG. March To-day opera
tor Dillinger, Of the PennSylyan'a coke
works. signed an agreement with the
strikers to 90 back at the Old wages;
The men are pleased, and it IS expected
several small operators will foilo%'
Everything is quiet in the region with
he eyception OF an occasional mass
meeting. Solicitors have been sent to
,ba West Virginia. Cleariield and other
coal districts 10 enlist sympathy ana
assistance from outsiders.
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MAMMOTH MINE DISASTER.
Report of the Legislative Committee.
The Company Exonerated.

HARRISBURG, March 5.-The Legis-
lative Committee appointed 10 inyesti-
gate the accident at the Mammoth
mine, by which lO7 miners were killed,
will make the following report TO the
Legislature tomorrow:
by direction OF the Senate and
House OF Representatives we went TO
the place OF the disaster and entered the
mine aud thoroughly examined the part
Of IL where the explosion occurres.
Near the scene Of the disaster we took
the testimony of n large number Of wit
neSSeS, among them being many OF the
workmen who had been employed IN the
mine, the mine foremen, fire bosses.
mine inspectors, superintendent and
general manager. From the testimony
taken ii is evident that the Mammoth
mine was not considered = dangerous,
gaseous mine previous 10 the explosion,
and for that reason the necessary pre-
caution was not exercised In the opera
tion oi IL.
From our examination Of the mine
we have concluded that the explosion
was caused by the drawing back, or
taking out, OF pillars, In a portion that
was worked before il came into the
hands of the present management; aud
the stripping of those pillars at the
present time caused pressure on the
bottom aud the breaking in of the roof,
from either OF which gas might have
generated In small quantities without
easy detection. The area in this por
tion Of the workings affected would en-
brace probably half an acre in extent.
In the cavity caused By the fall or
breaking in OF the roof the gas accumu-
lated and was driven from such place.
or places. by subsequent falls, and
forced into the workings where men
were evidently employed who carried
naked lights. and was thereby ignited.
"Thc committee are OF the opinion,
taking into consideration the testimony
Of the several witnesses and our per
sonal examination Of the mines where
the explosion occurred. and the condi-
tion We found it in. in the vicinity OF f.
the explosion, that the accumulation of |
gas was not very large. but that the cN-
plOsiOn was intensified by the accumu- /
lation Of coal dust In that particular
section OF IL. and that most OF the men
in that section who lost their
lives lost them chiefly from the result
Of after-damp, which always follows an
explosion Of this character
Taking into consideration the testi-
mony Of the mine inspectors OF the dis
trlct, aud that Of the mine boss, aud also
the measurements OF air currents made
by them aud submitted to your COM
nittee. we are OF the opinion that the
Mammoth coal mines were reasonably
well ventilated. We are also Of the
opinion that tie mine foreman and the
Inspector Of the district did not make
such careful examinations Of the air
currents at.or near the face of all the
headings a. is contemplated by the mine
la a.
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s,o, Hi. Brother-In-Law.

ASHLAND. WIS, March "a iatal
shooting ARRAY occurred here about
non today. G. NJ. Steele, prominent
druggist. was shot through the heaT'
bv his brother-in-law' W. IT,
French. The shooting occurred IN
Steele's drug store, aud was witnessed
nv several persons, the murderer's VIE
S3ing among the number. NJ. French
gave himself up Immediately after the
7Soo,ing He claimed that steele came
between him and his wife.
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Low Dog In Custody.

HrRoN. :. D.. March Low Dog
one Of the most desperate Indians u the
Sioux tribe. reached here last evening
from Fort Bounctt . charge Of Lieut..
Kennedy aud two aides from the Third
United States Infantry. The prisoner
vas heavily ironed aud was being taken
20 Fort Smelling Tor -aie keeping. He
j. brother Of the noted sioux Chief
Big Foot. killed during recent Indian
troubles. aud Is charged with stealing
two Of Big Foot children from the In
dian school at Fort bennett. lie re-
fuses 10 give any Information concern
lug them. and - they cannot be found,
it is thought that be murdered them.
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St.nner Rnrned.

New YORK, March 5.-The big SIDE
wheel passenger steamer City OF Ken,
mond. Of the Hartford line. was burned
M her dock, OH East river, at 3 o'clock
This afternoon. The Richmond was one
of the best known Of the Hartford line
The boat aud fargo were totally de-
stroyed. The boat is estimated to have
he,n worth sl25,OOO. There was a
l,,,,s and valuable cargo on board.
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END of Miners, strike In sight.

PrrTsBUEG. March THE strike OF
the Monongahela river miners, by which
20. 900 miners and laborers have been
thrown out OF employment since Janu-
arv /. is now iD a fair way OF settlement.
A meeting of the operators aud shippers
has been called for next Monday, and 1t
is stated they will come to the mems de-
mandS. that Is cents per bnshel. The
operators deny this individually, but 1t
is an open SER. D. that the strikers are
supported by rich fund raised by the
men now ON strike ia the Connellsvllle
regions. They seem able to continue
thr strike indefinitely
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Wild with Delight.

KIN.~rov. March Later returns
how that Sir John Macdonald is elect
rd by 500 majority. The Conservatives
are Wild over the result. They did not
expect such a Waterloo.
The return, we're received with Wild
cheers at the new spaper offices aud city
hall. Returns foom the northwest ter
ritories indicate that the governmen
will carry all of the four constituencies
there. uo change from the last House.
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Porr GIBSON, Miss, March Dot
,ia Dibson killed her husband, Dave,
near Rocky Springs, this county, last
night. The pair had been separated
since Christmas. and Dave tried TO effect
a reconciliation. Failing IN TINS ne at,
tackled her with club. tie had knocked
her down several times, when she
erabbed meat knife and plunged II
INTO his neck. He died In three min
utes. She is in Jail
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BosroN, March E. !sno" began taI.
ing here early yesterday morning ahd
continued all day. accompanied most oi
the time by a high Wind, From u u u
inch-- fell, the largest this winter
There has been but little delay u trai
fc. From various parts Of New hamp'
shire. Maine aud Vermont a heavy
snowfall T. reported, which has bad y
blocked the roads aud rendered travel
almost impossible 10 places. Al New
port. L. l.. the snow storm lasted about
- hours, aud left heavy coating on
the ground. Wires are heavily loaded
with ice. and telegraphic commnniea'
tion 4. more or less Interrupted.
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streeter wHIGetIt.

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. March Street
er will be the next L. ;. Senator. AZ 4
meeting OF the Republican State Cen
tral Committee this afternoon the action
a. the steering committee 10 throwing
the party TO StreeteF was endorsed. and
the marty recommended % 20 a. uuit.
Recalcitrant Republicans subsequently
agreed 70 come into line, but ask until
Tuesday. The Indications are, how
ever. Streeter will De elected tomorrow
~ SnfmrllN-
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Martin Upton.

Sgfti1l IslgTON ~ NJ Hf1lfIlT
FAIRNoNT. March "A very pretty
wedding was solemniled last night al
o'clock az the home Of the brides
mother. Mr.. !. A. uptou, the contract
ing parties being Miss Minnie l.. pton,
an intelligent aud accomplished young
lady. and a general fayorite ia Fair
mont society. and Mr.. Jef. W. Martin
q prosperous young merchant of Booths
vile. this county.
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Why 1hey Hnyen,t Reported.

SDsciai Telegram. 10 ME Register
. CoLuuBUS. O., March The special
appointed at the special ses-
sion of the Legislature last summer to
investigate charges made by Governor
Campbell against the Democratic mem
bers Of the Cincinnati Board OF Public
Affairs has not yet reported, though
their investigation proper closed two
months ago. II leaked out tonight
that the delay is caused by Senator
Oren. one of the members, refusing to
sign ii. Strange to say, he is Repub-
lican. but thinks the report as proposed
and agreed to by the other three mem
bers reflect too severely on the Governor.
II is said to be very conservative, though
quietly inficting thrust upon Governor
Cempbel for precipitouS action. The
is composed of two Repub-
licanS and two Democrats.
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Trc~oN, ARIz., March 5.-George
Christ. Collector Of Customs for this
district. has made a seizure Of the san
Rosario mill, aud q large stock Of mer-
chaudiSe, for violation OF the customs
laws. The seizure was made at Sonata
on the Mexican line. The property i
valued at $4,000. Philadelphia par
ties arrthe owners OF She property
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4 MIllIonaire's Estate.

Specidl ISteQrdm 10 ne hegisitr.
WAsHINGToN. PA. March >. - A
schedule Of the personal property OF
the late John McKeown was filed at the
Registrars Office this afternoon by NJ.
c. Acheson, Esq, administrator of the
estate The millonaire's personal pro-
perty amounts to 81, l,370,0OO. McKeown
kept a hand bank account to the extent
Of S2SG, 100. His income from his oil
wells alone during the month Of Feb
ruary was over SD. 900.
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Cnn.er,nti,es .IolIlrYIng.

HAMILTON, ONT, March The large
Conservative malOritieS here are sur
prise 20 both parties, especially after
the Liberal victory of last week. The
city is Wild with excitement. Large
professions. with lamps and fireworks,
are paradins the streets, and at the
Conservative headquarters, where the
returns are given out, the crowd is i'm
M.u.l..
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O'Connor la "a FiS.

CALDWELL. KAS. March >. - Pat
O'Connor. who is the recognized leader
OF the O'Connor and Dill Colony oi
Striu boomers is considerably agitated
over the fact Congress took no action
looking to opening up the Cherokee
Strip. He has several families VINO
have made every preparation to NOV"
into the strip but where 10 take them
To. or what to do with them, is agltat-
ing O'Connor's mind seriously. IL j.
either lind them homes or pay back
their membership fee, which VIII
amount to a large sum when forfeited
L. .ArrN mrmher.