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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-05-13

day from Philadelphia. where sh.,>
attending the Womens' MedicssIu e has be-,
Col. John W. GaIlaher, Jr., OOll9ge
the Governor of West virpipiaaIse nber
stopping at the Monongahela@s san i
Mrs. Rheinstrom, who 10.
guest Of Mr.. ALI. RheinstroTn0 oeen he
teenth street, for some time dan,oh lhr.
her home in Dallas, Texas, yeste pddrted ior
J.W. Van Keuren, who has
fined TO his room for many w eeen con.
SICKNESS was out Tor the first time ro WITH
day, and was gladly welcomed by i Si5S ester-
friends. us many
Miss Nellie Harrison, of Clarksh.
Va, is a guest Of Mrs. w. II S;uiitg ".
Meyran avenue. Miss Harrison Of
artist, and five Of her portraits -, Is fair
Cincinnati exhibition. She corS race the
Cincinnati, where she has spent the iron
studying. Pittsbur0 Times. ' winter
E. c.. Martin, of Warrington. n,
Of Sistersville; w +. johnson 81 i4pore,
Reach; A. NJ. Crow, Of LittletonV.' long
Phillips, of New Martinsville ana L. l.
Rumbaugh and V. w. Dittman y, ION
nington, were the West Virgininns Nsn'
tered at the Hotel Behler yesterday 'sl'
Following are the West Virginia neo.,
who were registered at the Stamm r peUp.e
day: John A Brok. of Farmington. N we
Koehm. of Warrington; VIM. Woodva!rss
of Spencer; F. E. King and wife q y
Batson and wife. p. d. Neal, Emma Il
Neal and w. f. Harrison and wife. OF D..
kersburg, and James knight and I n
Knight, of Lewlsburg.
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ABOUT PEOPLE.
{ ally Chronicle OF the Movements of Ir =
dividuals.

dividuals.
The Boston Ideal Club are stopping at
the Mcclure.
HE. Waddel left yesterday afternoon
for New York.
Hon. Henry S. Walker, of Charleston, is
In Pittsburg.
ia. Lafoy, Of Volcano, is stopping at
the Windsor
John NJ. Sweeney left for Washington,
D. c., last night.
Jacob Wilson left over the Pan Handle
Yesterday for Portland, Oregox.
C. S. Spates, of Clarksburg, was late
arrival at the Mcclure last night.
A. J. Spur. travelling passenger agent of
the G. B. & q. railroad, Is in the city.
Elk Governor F.. Il. Pierpont, OF Fair
mont. registered at the Stamm yesterday.
George W. Storm, the well known
Pittsburg artist, is stopping at the Bruins
wick.
Nj. p. Smith and c. L Williams, Of
Parkersburg, was at the Mcclure yester-
day.
Col. D. S. Thompson and s. N. Jackson
of tarmont, stopped at the Mcclure yes
terday.
Miss r.. II. Valentine, or washington,
D. c., was an arrival at the Windsor yes
terday.
o. S. Marshall and VIM. O'Brien, OF
New Cumberland, were guests OF the Nc
Lure yesterday.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. H. Watkins, Jr., OF the
Seventh ward, are spending few days at
Chippewa Lake.
R.C. bennington and Conrad Sipe and
wife, Of Fairmont, were arrivals at the
Mcclure yesterday.
L.. w. Tavener, L. w. Hughes and wife,
and r Alexander, of Parkersburg, stop
ped at the Windsor yesterday.
Mrs DR.. j. H. Pipes arrived in the
city from Watercure, Pa, Monday. She
is much improved in health.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Bayha, Of Wheeling,
are the guests of VIM. Henke on North
Third street-Steubenpille Herald.
Miss Madge Beall returned home yester'
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II. g. O. IMPROVEMENTS.
Some of the Yard Changes Under Way ut
Benwood.


Benwood.
Mr.. j. M. Douglas, the engineer In
charge OF the B. & o. yard improve
ments, at Benwood, was seen by REG
IsTER representative last evening.
When asked by the reporter as to the
scope of improvements contemplated, he
said Il am not sufficiently acquainted
with all the details to give you com.
plete answer, but can give you pretty
good idea of it. In the first place, said
Mr. Douglas, "the yard facilities here
like Wheeling, and one of the prime OBJ
jects aimed at now is to remedy this.
Another feature is that the operating
expenses will be greatly reduced, and at
the same time the public can have a bet
ter service"
Referring to the ''loop" which is sim
ply an oval beginning at point on the
main line track under the bridge, ex-
tending down towards the junction and
terminating by crossing the main line
tracks and connecting with the trans
Ohio division near the bridge, he said:
"You see, the trains from Pittsburg and
Wheeling will come down on the old
track, run around the loop and go
onto the trans-Ohie division without
change of engines or crews and vtce
versa from the trans-Ohio division"
"Well, how about about all this grad
ing etc., down below the Junction."
queried the newspaper man.
"Why next to the most extensive
yard on the B. & o., will soon be
placed here. When completed, which
the sidings here will hold 1000 cars and
will be so arranged as to allow Of the
making up Of freight trains and de-
spatching them East and West without
interfering with the main line track.
Besides all this, the B. & o people ex-
pect to erect extensive shops here
soon."
Glow do you expect to overcome the
grade, getting up to the trans-Ohio
tracks from the point where the loop
crosses the main line tracks,"
"We are fixing that part now. The
main line tracks from below the juno
ton to above the bridge will be raised
sufficiently to overcome the heavy
grade"
"What is to become Of the Ohio River
road?"
"Well, we have the embankment
made and will begin the transfer Of the
ties and rails at once, putting their line
between the loop and the river"
All this improvement will benefit
Wheeling greatly and will be appre-
ciated by those who come here over the
b. & O. from points east OF here. In
stead Of being detained from half an
hour to an hour coming from Benwood
here, in month from now the run can
be made in Is minutes, for the tracks
will be clear Of freight trains.
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SOME remarkable cures of deafness
are recorded of DR.. Thomas Eclectric
Oil. Never fails to cure earache.
THE GULLIBLE ENGLISH.
Pinter's Trick of Doubling GOld-How He
Worked His Dupes.

worked his DupcS'
LONDON, May 12.-Edward Pinter,
alias ''Sheeny AL" also said TO be known
i'm New York under the name of Sond-
helm, the American swindler, who has
been reaping gold in Europe by pre-
tending to be possessed OF the mythical
philosophers stone, was again under
examination to-day at the Marlborough
street Police Court, charged with at
tempting to obtain $40, 900 by false pre-
fences from Edwin SIreeter, the we'll
known Bond street jeweler.
Pinter, who was arrested on May 4,
had previously induced Streeter to 90 to
his (Pinter's) bedroom at Storey's Ho-
tel, where so as to test the Americans
claim, Streeter handed Pinter a SOW
ereign, which the latter threw into a
crucible, covered it with some kind OF
powder, and after appearing to melt it,
pulled out a lump IF gold, equal in
weight to about three sovereigns.
s'Sheeny AL" as Pnter is known in
New York, then suggested that Streeter
should furnish him with 5000 Sovereigns,
which he would transform by the use OF
the philosophers stone into gold weigh
ing "a, 600 sovereignS, or equal to sum
of elsO, 0OO Streeter appeared to agree
to this and asked that Pinter should go
to his (Streeter's) iewelry works, in or
der to further test the power Of the won
derful stone. Pinter consented, and
while experimenting, two Scotland Yard
detectives, who were concealed in the
workshop, placed Pinter under arrest.
In Police Court to-day Mr.. Avery, for
the prosecution, stated that the tricks
the prisoner used were of the most sim
pie nature possible. He made it con-
dition of his "experimentS" that the
sovereigns were to remain in the acid
or composition which he used for a GER
tain time. The prisoner, Mr.. Avery
said, would then use materials which
produced such horrible stencil that
everybody present at the experiment"
would rush away. When they returned
to ascertain the result Of the Ameri-
cans work, they found the prisoner and
the SOvereigns gone.
Seven years ago, Mr.. Avery added,
Pinter played this trick with success in
Liverpool He then managed to get
hold Of 500 sovereigns and vanished.
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Odd you know where DR.. Baird
was going, or what attracted your at
tention at the time? A.-Nothing at
tracted my attention TO him. | was just
looking out OF the window. | did not
know where he was going.
Q-What want to get at is, what at
,, tracted your attention to Dr. Baird. A.
i don't know 4. hing attracted my
attention. IwH,vKing out; knew
young man was sick there.
Q. = Sick where? Alt Mrs.
Knights.
Q-Who was the next person you
saw there? A-The next person l sa"
was DR.. Garrison.
O.-Where was he? Ale was at
the edge of knights steps.
The witness here marked mo. II on
the photograph where she first saw Or.
Garrison standing, saying "about there. "
O.-What was DR.. Garrison doing
when YOU first saw MIN? Ale had
his revolver raised when / first saw him.
He had his revolver raised and shot Dr.
! Baird.
O-What did DR.. Baird do? A.-Dr.
Baird then stood for a second, should
saw. and then he took about TIVE steps
toward Prayers, and then DR.. Garrison
shot again, and DIR. Baird's head fell
forward ls thouS n the shot hit him In
the head, aud then he staggered on to
Pagers aud opened the door and went
| In, and DR.. Garrison went on down
street to Market street. did not near
him say ANYTHING or know that he did.
O.-What was DR.. Baird doing when
DR.. Garrison shot. A.-NOthing; he
was standing with his hands at his side.
He had nothing in his hands. He made
no demonstrations. | don't think he
moved toward DR.. Garrison before the
| first shot was fired, and he did not be-
tween the two shots. After the first
shot was fired he moved toward Prager's
away from DR.. Garrison. / didn't see
DR.. Garrison move. He turned and
went down street, when he fired the
shots, with the revolver in his hand.
He had the revolver in his right hand
when he fired.
Q.-You said something about DR..
Baird's head falling forward when he
was shot the second time. l want to
ask you il he was in motion at that
time? Al don't know whether he
was or not. He had moved after the
first shot toward Prayers door.
Q.-Was that the first or only time
you had seen DR.. Baird come there and
hitch? Al had seen him once oil
twice before. He had gone into Mrs
Knights.
Q.-When was that? A.-One or two
days before, maybe week. He wa
attending IA sick boy. don't know how
long he had been sick.
Q-What sign, If any, is printed oil
the wal Oh the left of Mrs. knights
door? A Yes; Furnished Rooms"
TConiin1tcd ON Strth Paqe
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scribed blue print OF Eleventh street,
between Main and Market, drawn to a
scale of ten feet to the inch, and made
by him from an actual survey, especial
" for the case, and this done the print
was offered in evidence, and copies
given to the jury, counsel and the Court.
At the suggestion of the defense, the
points of the compass, and the bearing
of Market and Main streets,
n 6 degrees W., was marked
on the plats. The Engineer was ques-
timed by Col Arnett, and the plats were
offered in evidence by the State, and
the Engineer was then asked by Mr..
Howard.
O.-What is the distance FROM o. G.
Genther's show window, on the west side
OF Main street, to the hitching ring, on
the north side of Eleventh street? A
About 1870 feet.
Q-What is the distance from tho
northeast corner Of Main and Eleventh
to the northwest corner of Market and
Eleventh? About 2l0 feet.
Q-And from the northeast corner OF
Main to the northwest corner of the
alley? A.-107 feet.
Q.-From the northeast corner OF the
alley to the hitching ring, what is the
distance? About 46 feet.
Q.-You will find place on the plat
marked middle of gutter? Ayes.
Q.-What is the distance from that to
the hitching ring? About 364 feet.
Q.-You understand the question? A
Oh, yes; it's about measured from
- -
O.-What is the distance from the
eastern edge of the stone step In 'front.'
of the door marked knights steps"
diagonally across the pavement to the
hitchng ring? About II feet.
Q.-What is the distance from the
"gas cap" to the hitching ring. A
About feet 7 inches.
O.-From the point marked hitching
ring to the corner Of Prayers door? A.
It's IA feet.
Q.-From the point marked centre
OF Hennig's door," on the south side OF
Eleventh street, to the point marked
.'hitching ring?" Alt scales about
"a feet.
Q.-From the point marked center
of east window OF John Walton's" to
the hitching ring? Alt would be al
most 30H feet.
Q-From the point marked "hitching
post" on the north side of Eleventh
street. in front of the building marked
"Dusch & Gaus' saloon" TO the hitch
ring? About 81 feet.
By Col. Arnett-Q Was the meas
urement from the Walton window 10
the ring an air line measurement? A
/ II was not an air line measurement
/ that is from the window down but
from point directly beneath the win
! dow
By Mr.. Howard -Q.-Can you make
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an air line measurement? A.-Oh, yes,
it can be done.
Owe will ask you to make that
measurement.
Col. Arnett went over most OF this
ground, and some other in addition,
and the Engineer was kept measuring
until a quarter after eleven o'clock.
MISS LoTTIE WALTON.
Before this witness was examined, the
State raised the point that on Monday
only about one witness for the defense
had been actually sworn. They might
be in the court room, and Captain Dove
ner asked that they be called, sworn and
excluded. The matter was discussed
by Captain Dovener and Col. Arnett,
aud explained by the latter, ana the
Sheriff then called the witnesses for the
defense, Clark Hanes responded, and
brought out the remark from the Court
that there must be startling amount
of obtuseness, or witnesses would not be
in the Court room after the Instructions
given heretofore by the Court. Mr..
Hanes was sworn and excluded.
The witness was then examined.
Q.-Where do you live? AT the
southeast corner of Main and Eleventh
streets, with my father and mother.
Q-Mr. John Walton? Ayes.
Q.-Where were you on the forenoon
of March 18th last? Al was sitting at
our kitchen window. 1t is the last
window east, in the second story.
Q.-Who was with you? Any
ond Naff Nv hrOt ~
name is French. l know Dr. Baird,
and saw him that morning about half
past 10. When l first saw him he was
coming up in his buggy in front of
Switzer's store.
Ole was going west? A.-Yes.
Q.-Toward Main street? A.-Yes;
toward Main street.
Q.-Was he in the middle of the street,
or toward one side? A. He was more
toward the north side. He did
not stop while was looking at him, but
came on up and stopped and he got out
in front of Rose & Hamilton'S plumbing
shop.
On the street or on the pavement?
Ale got out on the pavement.
On front of Rose & Hamilton's?
A-YeS.
On front of what door was DR..
Baird when he got out of his buggy?
Ale was not in front of any door.
He was little above Rose & Hamilton's
door.
Q-Where did he go? Ale didn't
go anywhere. He stopped to tie his
horse He stopped to the ring-I think
it's in front of Rose & Hamilton's. It's
an iron ring in the curb stone.
Q.-Was the horses head up as far as
the ring? A.-Yes, it was up to the
ring-I'm almost sure Of it.
Q.-And where was DR.. Baird? A
He was little above the ring, toward
Main street. There is gas fixing"
right where he was standing.
Q.-I wish you would tell the jury If
he was about the centre OF that gas cap
and the ring? Ayes; he was about
the centre Of the space between the
two. refer to the gas cap west Of the
ring and toward Main street.
A photograph was here shown wit
ness, and she marked on the picture,
with cross mark, where DR. Baird was
standing at the time she had described.
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HILL AND THIS LIQUOR INTERESTS.

Toe Republican papers OF New YORK
are making much ado over the report
that the 'Iiquor men" Of New York
City are greatly dissatisfied with Gov.
Hull, because, as they assert, he did
not help them to pass the bill enabling
them under certain conditions to sell
LIQUORS on Sunday. GEORGE K. CAMP
RelI. President of the State Liquor
Dealers Association, is reported as say
ing that the Governor has been unalter-
ably opposed to the selling Of liquor on
Sunday, and NJ no time has been willing
20 consent to its Equalization. Comment
ing on this statement, the Albany Times,
which is frst-clasS authority on that
point. says: The fact of the Governors
opposition to Sunday liquor selling has
long been known, as well as the fact
that he is an abstainer from the use OF
alcoholic stimulantS."
In view of these statements how can
these same Republican editors 90 right
along calling Gov. HILL the whisky
Governor"
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Others Must Follow.

The Wheeling REGISTER has enlarged to an
eight page paper, thus giving its readers twice
the amount OF daily news. The IRteIh0eneer
has consumed greNt amount of its space re-
Gently in telling its patrons what it intends to
do. but up TO this time has done nothing that Is
noticeable. The REGISTERS great boom is in
keeping with the States rapid development and
it isa satisfaction to have our leading State
organ up with the times. The InteIhgsncer must
now follow
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"Register's" Enterprise Appreciated.
NartinS6urq Statesman.

The leading newspaper Of West Virginia, our
enterprising contemporary, the Wheeling REG
IsTKR, has given US another instance of its sue
cess and prosperity, by enlarging from four
page TO an eight-psge paper. None more de-
serves the success which has attended its eff
forts than this live journal. In news and po-
liticsl sense especially, it has been in the un-
disputed and sole possession of the front place
for years; and it is not surprising that inan-
cial prosperity has followed upon its Efforts
Faithful to the local interests Of Wheeling, and
always ready to strike blow in their behalf,
we are glad to see her people returning the IA
vor. May the REGISTER live long and prosper.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-05-13
MISS LOTTIE WALTON'S EVIDENCE
She Saw the Shooting from Second
Story Window,
DIRECTLY ACROSS ELEVENTH ST
John Armstrong and Leonard Gerkstetter
Tell of the Scene on that Fatal
MOrning---A Map Of the Street
in Evidence.

Yesterday mornings session OF Court
was opened with the usual rush OF spec
tators. as soon as the doors were ajar,
and in five minutes the room was well
filled. The Court, jury, prisoner, and
Court officials all came in with unusual
nromptness, but proceedings were de-
layed for a little time while various
counsel made motions to reset or other
wise dispose of cases crowded out OF
their dates by the slow progress of the
murder trial. About twenty minutes Of
ten Mrs. Garrison and the sister-in-law
of the prisoner, with his little son,
came into Court. The prisoner at once
caught up his son in his arms
and held him closely for some
five minutes, and then engaged in con-
yersation with his wife, while awaiting
the appearance Of Col. Arnett, who was
temporarily engaged in case in Part
One. A somewhat unusual scene was
the swearing of John Walthers, a wit
ness. The witness was very deaf, and
the form of the oath had to be written
out for him by Clerk Mitchell. The
witness read the oath, and said he under
stood 1t, and after some further CORES
pondence Of this sort he was about to be
sworn, when Capt. Dovener discovered it
was possible TO make him hear, and the
Clerk swore him in the usual manner,
in voice which might have been heard
a square away.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-05-13

IL accordance with the REGIsTER's
suggestion, Council at its meeting last
night resolved to submit to a vote
OF the people the question Of loan
60 provide for the building of an cleo
trio light plant, to be owned and con-
trolled by the city. The vote on the
question vas unanimous, showing that
Council fully appreciates the great
Importance Of this improvement, and
the fact that there should be no
delay in making il. The story that
has been circulated by interested par
ties to the effect that the city can not
stand another loan is sheer nonsense.
The city is a quarter Of million dol
lars within the limit Of Indebtedness al
lowed by law and the loan asked is for
but $50, 600. 1t is small loan and con-
sidering the vital Importance of the i'm
provementS for which it is to be used
there is no question as to the advisable
" Of issuing it and Fastening an i'm
provement which is to bring Wheeling
out Of the darkness.
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Senator Brice's Taxes.


COLUMBUS, o., May l2.-The Supreme
Court to-day sustained the motion OF
Henry w. Morganthaler in his case
against Auditor Critics, OF Allen County,
relative to Senator Brice's back
taxes, to cite Critics to appear and show
why he should not be punished for con-
tempt. Some weeks ago the Court or
dered Critics TO put great amount OF
property belonging to Senator Brice on
the tax duplicate. He made a return
with statement that he had complied,
but failed to show what property he had
So listed. Morganthaler claims that he
has not complied in full with the order
Of the Court. Critics will now have to
prove that he has done so. The Court
has ordered him to appear on May 81 or
be punished for contempt.
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That's What 1t Does.
Belmont Chronicle.

The Wheeling REGISTER appeared last week
as an eight page paper, size which it proposes
to hereafter maintain. New presses OF the
most approved designs are soon to be put In IN
the o aces OF both the REGISTER and IHteIt'0eH-
Ger, and the latter paper will also be enlarged
to eight pages. This is keeping pace with the
development in Gil lines Of business in Wheel
ing, and will supply that city with newspapers
mn 70 the standard Of much larger centers
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-05-13

MAYOR GRANT has answered the re-
mort Of the Special Advisory Street
Cleaning Commission and says New
York is the cleanest city on the eonti-
nent The New York editors and Mayor
GRANT don't "gee" on this point.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-05-13

JNEAsISEss is felt in London, says
dispatch, on account of news from the
Transvaal Indicating great movement
of the Beers to found a Republic. Lon
don and all Europe besides have excel
lent cause to fear the formation of Re
publics.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-05-13

WELCOME, Knights Templars! You
are an ancient organization, but in all
your experience you never struck bet
ter place Of meeting than Wheeling
That will be your verdict before you
have been with us many hours. A
hearty welcome, Sir Knights.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-05-13

OUR Republican high tariff friends
gleefully make the announcement that
the Golden Club, of London, is so poor
that it has had to give up its annual
dinner. All right. Now let US hear no
more about the British gold" which
1t was said that organization sends to
help the 'free traders" in the United
States.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-05-13

James Pochiski, Pole, residing in Pitts
burg, came home IN an Intoxicated comb,
ton last night. and fell out OF the thlrd
story window Of his boarding house. He
dead.
The headless and limbless body OF
woman was found lodged against the BANK
of the Missouri river, six miles below
Rockport, Mo-, Sunday. An inquest was
held yesterday, after which the corpse was
buried. Noclue could be found.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-05-13

THAT capital has its eye on West VIZ
ginia may be seen from the large at
tendance Of prominent eastern capital
lists at the opening yesterday OF the
sale of lots OF the Charleston Develop
ment Company.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-05-13

A NEW candidate FOR public favor is
The KanalchG Industrial Age Devoted
10 the Industrial Development of West
Virginia" aud published in Kanawha
City. Volume l, No. We have before
rs. and it is publication worthy Of the
support not only Of the Kanawha Val
lev but Of the whole State. 1t is neatly
gotten up in folio form and has an
air Of success about il.