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Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1891-11-22
DEMOCRATIC COMMITTEES CALLED
To Meet in Washington on December s.
Chairman Brice PrOmuigates the Call.

Chairman Brice PrOmuigates the Call.
INDIANAPOLIS, IND, November al
r. z. Sherin, Secretary Of the National
Democratic Committee, and ex-ohicio
Secretary Of the Executive Committee
of that body, has by direction of Sena-
tor Brice, Chairman, issued a call for a
meeting Of the Executive Committee, at
the Arlington Hotel, Washington, De-
cember s, 1891. The Executive Com
mittee is composed Of twenty-five MEM
bers OF the National Committee.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1891-11-22
WELL KNOWN MINISTER DEAD.
Rev. Mr.. Landstreet, of Mnrtlnsburg,
Passes Away.


Passes Away.
SpsciaI Telegram 10 the Sunday Re0tstsr.
MARTINSBURG, w. VA, November
21.-After three years of patient suffer
ing, the Rev. John Landstreet died at
his residence in this city at 4:30 this
evening, from heart trouble, seventy
four years old. Mr.. Landstreet was
member of the Baltimore Conference OF
the NJ. Z. Church South, and has been
an active minister since lS47.
His work was principally In Virginia,
filing two appointments in mis- late years
in this city. he served as Chaplain to
the First Virginia Cavalry in the Con-
federate Army and was also on the staff
of J. L. B. Stewart. He married. in
Virginia. He was the son of John
Longstreet, one Of Baltimore City's first
merchants. He will be buried on Mon
day next from the NJ. E. Church South,
at ? o'clock p. N. Interment in Green
Hill Cemetery. Ex-Confederate soldiers
will attend the funeral in body.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1891-11-22
ANOTHER CANDIDATE
For Governor Moves to Charlottesville
Raymond City Eviction Cases.
SPECIAL Telegram 70 TIE Sunday Register


Raymond City Eviction Cases.
SPECIAL Telegram TO TIE Sunday Register.
CHARLESTON, w. VA, November ell
The United States Court has been occu-
pied all this week with few long drawn
out and unimportant cases, most Of
which have resulted in acquittals.
The eviction cases of the Marmet
Company, from Raymond City, where
the company is endeavoring to get the
striking miners out of the company's
houses, were set for to-day, but were
continued until Monday.
j, B. Menager, who is understood to
be a full iedged candinate for the Re-
publican nomination for Governor, is
here as an attorney in these cases, and
will move here and make this his home.
This gives Kanawha another candidate
for the GubernatOrial chair. Joel Fer
rell, of this city, was to-day appointed
Deputy Clerk OF the United States Dis
trict Court by Clerk Jasper Y. Moore.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1891-11-22
Confes.ed on the scafroId.

SAVANNAH, GA, November 21.-Wm.
Blash. colored, was hanged in the pres
ence of 500 people at Mt. Vernon, to-
day, for numbering man named Bone,
in February last. Blish confessed his
guilt on the gallows.
Bone was shot as he was running
from ii hsus,, which Blash had en-
tered for b purpose of robbery.
Blash hau I, al z ibe Burrows litera-
ture and decided 70 become highway.
man.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1891-11-22
AHi.tnr,c Gallery seized.

ROME, November 2l.-The action Of
the National Bank. the principal cred
ltor OF the Borghez family, compels the
seizure of the Borghez Gallery. The
sun of 81, 600. 900 is asked for the colIec-
ton.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1891-11-22
THE CARS UKASE.
Tho Imperial Manarch Issues an Order
Against the Expectation OF Wheat.

ST. PETERSBURG, November 21.-
Contrary TO the announcement made
few days ago that nothing further
would be done In connection with the
question OF exporting wheat from Rus
sia until the Cars return from Liyadia,
early in December. the uksse OF HIS
Majesty was issued to-day prohibiting
the export Of wheat and wheat products
from Russia.
This prohibition, which will 20 into
effect on Monday next, will be executed
under the same conditions as those gov
erning the prohibition recently decreed
against the export OF oats.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1891-11-22
CIarksburg Newspaper Consolidation.
S,,..,aL TsLsOy0ya 10 The RsC1stsr

CLARKsBURG, w. VA, November 21.
To-day the Clarksburg NelCS and the
Old Guard were combined, and the
paper hereafter will be known as the
Guard-NelrS and will be edited by Mr..
Lee Wolf, under whose management no
doubt it will be one of the rival pro-
CresSive Democratic papers Of the State.
The Messrs. SOmers will soon engage
in other business which will take all
their time.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1891-11-22
Il. 05'l vIEgInIan. ID Mn.hlnrtnn

r,...-''0'-H % ths SHaday Rs0lstsr.
2.srs,..l-,SGroN, ID. c., November 21.-
a R~-'stve Anderson aud Captain
a ba,Is b-'sa Of the State Penltentiary
~. ~ on their way 10 Court at Brax-
(,rir. wall leave tonight or in the
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1891-11-22
For Numbering a Daro.

ROANOKE. VA, November 2l.-Henry
Nowlin (colored) was hanged at Fincas-
tie for the murder OF an Italian stone
mason, Of Buchanan, Va, named Mosca.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1891-11-22
BASE BALL TALK.
President Phelps Shows Why the Associa-
tIou Won't Consolidate

tIou Won't Consolidate.
CHICAGO, November 21.-President
Phelps, of the American Association,
who arrived here to-day from Louis
vile, says there is no probability OF a
consolidation of the Association and
League clubs into twelve-club circuit.
lie said: 81 do not think there is any
one in the Associations membership
that would care TO sell ont. and even II
such were the case it wouldn't be possi-
Bile to do so without the consent OF the
other members, because l hold 81 per
cent of the capital stock OF each club in
trust for the Association.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1891-11-22

'''G-a" 70 he sunday REGISTER.
>T1s 1'seAlHSBUEG, w. VA, November 21.
tg-- new steamer Louise passed up
.5,,er -Ot f.t,Sburg, with Capt. Hod
L. p,,.s oh The roof. she will enter
'''sOurs and Charleston trade.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1891-11-22
THE SECOND DEGREE.
Catlin Found Guilty and Sent Up for tht
Full Term in the Penitentiary.

Full Term in the Penitentiary.
Special telegram to the Sunday REGISTER.
WASHINGTON, PA, November 21.-
Judge McIlvaine finished his charge TO
the jury in the Catlin murder case this
morning at 9:35.
The jury Immediately retired to de-
eide on verdict and at 7:30 p. m. re-
turned, finding Catlin guilty OF murder
in the second degree.
The Judge passed sentence giving him
the full extent OF the law, eleven years,
eleven months and twenty days In the
penitentiary.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1891-11-22
MIS-. BLAINE STILL IN IT.
she Denies the Report That She Has
Abandoned Ger Divorce Suit.

ST. PAUL, MINI, November 21.-The
report having been telegrsphed from
Sioux Falls, s. D., that Mrs. James 6.
Blaine, Jr. had abandoned her residence
In that State aud with it her suit for di
vorce, Mrs. Blaine, who is in this city
temporarily under the care OF physi-
clan, expresses q most emphatic and
sweeping denial Of the report,
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1891-11-22
Two Miner. killed BY an Explosion.

BgUssELs, November 1.-Two mi
ners were killed by an explosion at the
Norchain coIliery yesterday.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1891-11-22
,s,. 1.i. .iou''on Again Not Guilty.

P,p,-' ''1' % M sunday Register.
p! IN ~ ,is,sBCRG, CRG, November 21.-The
aag 'ae a' Ciouston case, which went
4oi No, e,'ehlus, returned with q YER
~ guilty at noon to-day.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1891-11-22
WORLDS RECORD BROKEN.

Yearling lilly Makes Mile in 2:26 1-2,
Breaking the 2:2s Sd Record.
STOCKTON, Call, November 21.-An-
other record was broken on the Stock
ton kite shaped track to-day.
The yearling filly Fausta, by Sidney,
was driven mile by NJ. Sanders in
2:2616, breaking the worlds record Of
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1891-12-12
A Hotel CLERK. Observations.

have been making one u the most pecul
lar studies you ever heard OF during the past
two weeks, and I'm going To give you the re
suits of my investigation. During the time
have mentioned | have put down ~
guests for calls in the morning, lis Of these
guests we're blondes and l35 brunetteS Ny
object was "a ascertain, If possible. the varia-
tion of the number OF hours sleep required
by the types OF the two compilations Then
went trihe further. | found Al OF the
guests To be below the average height, 80 to
be Of about medium height, and Ill to lie
what might be termed tall men. Now, just
look at this result Calls for between and 7
a. m blondes. o., brunettes, IL Between
and a m Blondes, 5, brunettes. ~ be-
tween 10 a IN. and II IN blondes Z: bru,
nettes, -
You will see by this that the blondes are
the earliest risers, and uphold their claim for
activity and nervousness. Now, here are
three peculiar facts Of the whole inveStiga-
ton, and they open up vast field for anat-
omical speculation The entire forty one
"shorties" we're up all before $ a. IA Those
OF average height slept little later. but not
one of them slept later than . o'clock. Every
one Of the sleepy heads" who dallied in
their beds until the sun had almost reached
its meridian, were OF the taller types OF man
hood There's something for study. and they
are the actual observations l have taken -
Hotel Clerk m Glulse= Democrat
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1891-12-12
VIII. Girl. Fat candy.

american girls eat more candy than the
girls OF any other nation, said an observing
traveller recently To a reporter, They com
menee ON New Years day and then continue
until New Years eve. Always candy; some
times because IL IS birthday, sometimes be-
cause they meet friend, sometimes because
IL was sent 10 them. They have AS many ex-
cuses for eating candy "a man has for
drinking whisky
Don't foreign girls eat candyr
''Oh, yes; and they are learning very fast
10 fosow the example Of the fair sex ON this
side OF the water. In this country the Yam
kee girls were the first 10 start the fashion,
on habit, as il should be more properly called.
aud from the east ii has spread all over the
country. Nea think the western girls can
hold their own against all Corners. In Eu-
rope Germans, Italians and Spaniaris are
great eaters Of pralnes, chocolates 10
creme. sugarei almonds and crystallized
fruits French women eat fondants, and
there man, when he escorts a lady TO the
theatre, must carr with him a packet of
douceIns In England candy eating started
with sucking earamels or nihbling cremes.
Now the web 10 do 3riton eats sweets with
his wine after dinner They are fond Of
fondants, nougat, candied mandarins or
taugerints aud other kinds Butter Scotch,
barley sugar and chocolate are the ordinary,
every day candies. Soldiers suck almond
rock while doing sentry duty. the policeman
on his beat usually has bulls eye or brandy
ball in his mouth, and the British tar chews
an American caramel instead Of the quid OF
pigtail that used To distend his swarthy
cheek in the good old days OF England's
wooden walls. New York Mail and III.
/ mrs.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1891-12-12

In the new regulations for the conduct Of
field operations of the German army, the
CAREFUL observation and mathematical pre-
eision OF the German mind is clearly dis
cernlble. The composition Of the advance
guard and the rear guard u a marching
army has been variously formulated by mill
tars wsiters, with general tendency to
strengthen the van and neglect the rear In
the new German orders this Is reversed; the
rear guard being made by far the strongest.
because it cannot look for any support, while
the advanced guard, II in ne<Si of any re-en-
fore, ments, has only TO fall back or wait for
the main body 20 come up. Il is, however,
where directions are given rs 10 keeping q
portion Of the road clear ON the line OF march
anl he treatment OF troops while en- route
thai these orders are most original and inter
sstin;. and. with no intention Of giving an
opin ON as To their efficacy. their reasonable
TIES obvious
Students Of military history wiz remember
hon often armies with everything favoring
thetT SucctSs rave been detained or even de-
nioraliEed by long marching without food
II Is the footSore infantry aud the lame
hols OF tbs cavalry that give the trouble,
Tor. Is the strength % chain Is not greater
than that OF its weakest link. 80 an army
cannot move faster than its slowest sections.
NAPIER. in his admirable history n the Pen
insuar war DESERVES the disastrous effects
OF Tat Kenny WIS.,, POUND foolish policy OF
Eavil2 an hour that should lie given To rest.
aud then losing six because Of premature
fatigue Of the soldier, and there have been
many modern Instances OF this.-ScieE tthe
Ans riczn.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1891-12-12
Life In a Russian Prison.

A Russian army officer VIII. was con-
demned to "kartogau for an assault com
mitted IN a moment Of excitement, and who
was pardoned by the ear after several years
tietention describes the Omega prison, where
he was confined, as follows:
"For smoking and minor ofYenses Of that
sort. prisoner could be made TO kncel for
two hours on the bare, frozen flags. The
next punishment for the same minor offense
was the black hole-the 'karzer'-the warm
one and the cold one, underground, with a
temperature at freezing point In both
prisoners slept on the stones. and the term Of
durance depended on the will of the director.
Several were kept there for fortnight, after
which they were literally dragged out into
daylight and then dismissed to the land
whore pain and suffering are not During
tile four years OF my confinement the aver
age mortality in the prison was 80 per cent
per annum 1t must not BE- thought that
those on whom penalties of this kind were in
ficted were hardened desperadoes We In
CURED them II we saved a morel Of bread
from dinner for the supper, or IL a match
was found on prisoner The desperate
characters were treated after another fash
| ION. One, for instance, was kept for nine
months in solitary confinement in one OF the
dark cells, and came out blind and insane.
'ln the evening the director went his
rounds, and usually began his tavorite occu-
patton hogging A very narrow bench was
brought ou,, and soon the place resounded
with shricks, while the director looked on
and counted the lashes, smoking n cigar
The birch rods were OF exceptional size, and
when not in use they were kept immersed In
water 81 as To make them more plant Aftel
the tenth lash the shricking ceased ant
nothing was heard but groans Floggin,
was usually applied in patches, TO Ave, tel
men, or more, and when the torture wa
over great pool of blood would remain {,
mark the spot. After every such scene VI
had two or three days Of comparative peace
the fiugging had a soothing influence on tn
directors nerves. Soon, however, he woul,
become himself again. When he was drum
and his leS mustachs was dropping an,
limp. or when he went out shooting am
came home with an empty bag, we kney
that the same evening the rod would he Se
at work. Michael MalkoR IN Chicag
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1891-12-12
Coior.d People Of savannah.

The first people one sees In Savannah, a.
the steamer nears her wharf, are the swarm
ing colored men, gathering % help the
steamer unload or give the operation the
benefit Of their senctioning presence They
are the ,nost motley crowd that any one ever
saw. their garb ranges from the most ap-
proved attire 81 the modern dude 10 almost
no attire mt all, or an attire exclusively OF
patches, II any one thinks that clothes made
Of nothing hut patches are nm impossibility,
he should see some OF these people and bs
convinced To the contrary. They stand and
sit in all attitudes of picturesque repose; and
when thea seize the gangplank TO run 1t ON
board, standing 81 closa 10 each other on
each side of the plank that they are like peas
In pod. they grunt and groan II each one
were lifting the plank all alone.
This scene was the beginning II my In.
ier,st In the colored people OF Savannah, and
| never ceased to observe them while | wa,
In the city. They are the merriest, mosi
contented, most philosophical people in tn,
world. They sing or whistle almost cease
leSsly Listen at any moment aud you will
hear grand combination OF whistles risinI
on the air In the evening the colored peo
pie sit In the parks or on the street corners
or wander up and down, singing, whistling
or playing their harnonicEs-a sort OF IN
strumeut OF which they are very fond. The.
improsise rather than perform, each neSr
appearing To prefer certain notes, 10 whic
he returns frequently and fondly as he pro
ceeds with his tune which Is for that mat
ter genuine melody, generally in mino
key. II there is a really and thorough
happy people In the world, | should say
from my brief olser, alton Of them. that I'll
colored inhabitants Of Savannah are this
people Cor Boston Transcript
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1891-12-12

Since Jupiters satellites were discovered
by Calico. IN 1910. astronomers have been
greatly mystified by the phenomena of their
transits across the planets disc. The fourth,
or farthest, satellite grows rapidly and in.
creasingly fainter as il nears the edge OF tho
disc, shines with moderate hrilliancy for ten
or fifteen minutes after contact, then disap-
pears altogether for like period. and lastly
comes out as a dark spot which becomes
darker aud darker until IL equals the black
ness of its own shallow on the planet The
second satellite however, seems never TO
have i.-an sen otherwise than as pure white
durinz sfansit The appearance Of the third
and tiISi is different stsl, the former having
been seen as perfectly white, aud yet, even ON
the next saccs,sitng revolution, 80 black rs 20
b. mistaken for the fourth, while the latter
H. sometimes a steel gray aud sometimes a
little darker
These singular anomalies. saws Sewcomb.
are VERY difficult 20 account for except by
suppo~ing very violent changes constantly In
progress ON the satellites surfaces After 9
special study ~ some years, MIR. L. Spitta,
X A =. reaches different conclusion, at
trihating the apparent changes TO idiosyn-
GRASSES u our vision --ArkanSaw Traveller.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1891-12-12
HEDGEU ABOUT BY A PRosCRIP
TIVE TABOO.

lam not aiming to convince mental babies, as
indeed that would be iruitless without the nee
essary cultured Intellect that makes logic aprli-
cable. Force, brilliancy and originality even
are no weapons 10 attack slave with. For many
centuries the medical art was hedged about by
proscriptiye taboo which 1t, as yet, has not sur
yiyed The brand for numbering truth is the
penalty OF imbecility stamped upon the mental
caliber Of the average individual-in relation 70
medicine aud medicine men The sun Of the
nineteenth century has not yet dawned upon his
intellectual horizon. lie, together with hts ideal
medicine man. still hibernates IN the good old
days of the DARK ages, when IL wis bad form o.
be inauisitive. lie skill believes T" IN bleeding,
blistering, vomiting, purging and sweating. lie
loves copious doses OF horse medicine. lie de
lights In assaf.etida and calomei aud eafbollr
acid They arr considered Indispensable; ua
well-regulated family with piginy intellecis aud
abdominal development, considers Itself safe
without those family lares. These do not wish
10 convert they are the Rip Van Wrinkles that
will continue e. slumber through this and prnhs
ably through the next century. They play no
role Ia the worlds history. They live; they die.
No monument marks their forgotten sepuiciief.
Il has lost nothing by their exit They arc driit
wood ON the shores Of time, and noht with the
ebb and tide OF opinions they have inherltssi
l from their nnthropumorphic ancestry. No, II u
not to THESE wish 81 address myself. but % the
/ thinking ONES. whom thought does not throw
into an epieltte parbSysin. Mhn love KNOW ledge
/ Tor liz own sake. who are willing to investigate
the truth or fnsity Of any proposition, and, oiise
convinced, will stand by Il through all the grim
aces OF chAttering AEsd delayed civilization
/ To these-not the chatterers, bus She thinkers
| commend the Hlstogcnctic system for investign
/ ton, and will elucidate with pleasure any qaer
tiou not sufficiently clear In book, which viii b.
| sent free TO any address.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1891-12-12
IN 4 GERMAN HoTEL


Confusion Created by an EnEstshwan
who Wanted Bath at Once.
When man announces In a German hotel
shat he has mRde up his uiind 10 take bath,
a wave vi incredulity, bafiiad wrath and
alert resentment sweeps over the establish
ment The chamberuaid PUSHES after ahe
waiter, he brings tho manager, and finally
the proprietor comes up and looks the guest
over with an air Of dim melancholy.
'why,n he asks sadly, do you take bath
tonight"
because want IL"
"Here-in this roomr
oof course don't propose TO 20 on the
roof Of the hotel"
''Oh, well, all right" the proprietor says,
with the air OF a man who washes his hands
Of transaction that involves suspicion OF
murder at the very least III you uill do u
IL must be done. Hans, hot bath for ~"
The waiter mutters something beneath hss
breath about the eccentricity Of foreigners
and goes sadly away. Presently he looks in
again and remarks that IL is after o'clock,
and IL will take two hours TO make prepsra-
tons forty-four-who happened In this
case to be an English merchant occupying an
adjoining room 10 mine-threw a book at
him, cams into my room IA pajamas and
seething rage, and delivered mn eloquent ora
ton about the recalcitrant spirit with which
the Germans regarded water
an get the BATH" he announced, rs be
strobe into his room with scowl, IF have
to call in the aid OF our minister"
The utmost confusion rcigned during the
next half hour. The one idea that seemed 70
animate everybody In the hotel, from the chef
10 the chamlsermaih Of the top hoor, was the
Necessity Of stopping the rash project Of No
~ Every effort was made, but the result
was failure, grim and complete About II
O'Clock the pulling and grunting Of a body Of
| men was heard on the stairs, and presently
two walters and Waterman staggered Ia
| with hath tub, which consisted la equa
parts of grcen paint, cast iron and rust
They dropped it IN the middle Of the door
cursed their fate with whole soulcd, Teutonis
enthusiasm. took or their coats, pulled ur
their sleeves, and fell To work with severa
other attaches carrying water up from th'
sub basement TO the third foor in small tin
pals
| By this time half the guests In the hote
had their heads out OF the doorway, making
| large vocal efforts 10 find out whether tn
uproar meant fire or another dead emperor
| When they found IL was an Englishman tab
ing bath 1T that hour Of the night, the ex
have been as the result OF a new death at tn
palace or genuine contiagration Berlin
| Cor. New York sun