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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-01-16
THE INDIAN Story.
The Indians are Coming In and They Give
Upa few Guns.

PINE RIDGE, 5. d., January lj.-The
Indians have at last come, or rather are
coming in, at this writing-noon. They
string along the west bank Of the White
Clay creek for a distance OF two miles.
They are mounted, walking and riding
on wagons, and in fact are advancing in
every manner known to them. They
are driving and leading immense herds
OF ponies.
Some OF them are entering the friend
lies camp, others are pitching their
tepees on the west bank Of the White
Clay. These are the Ogallallas. The
Brules, however, are camping in the
bottom around Red Clouds house, and
half mile from the agency buildings.
1t is not at all likely that all the tepees
will be pitched before evening. The
Indian camp, two miles from the
agency has been broken up. The
advance guard of the hostiles had
scarcely reached the agency when BAG
Road sent word that he had collected
the arms of his followers, and wanted to
surrender them TO the agency. When
the weapons came in they were found to
consist of simply two short guns, a
heavy rifle, and broken carbine,
two Sharp's rifles, and one Winchester,
nine guns in all. This surrender
is an evidence that the Indians
do not propose to give up all their
guns, and that they have hidden their
best weapons on the hills. On this basis
the entire hostile band would be eX-
pected to give up in the neighborhood
of 100 guns, when it is known that every
buck is the owner of weapon.
Another big talk between Gen. Miles
and the hostile chiefs is expected. 1t is
not likely that Gen. Miles will be salts
fed with the disarming of the Indians
on the basis OF Big Roads surrender.
If he should not be some people here
consider that the difficulty is far from
being settled
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-01-16
THE FORCE BILL
TAKEN UP AND DISCUSSED IN TIE SENATE
YESTERDAY.
Senator Eyarts Makes LOng-Winded Speech on
II. Which Destroys the OOmbinahun-So
Danger Of Its Passage-The Free Silver
Bill Held in Allegiance for Awhile.
Sueeinl zslearam 70 the Rsnster.

Special TslsQrdm 10 the ReQ1ster.
WASHINGTON, ID. c., January Ia
The Democrats are not at all alarmed
about the Force bill. Those who are
opposed to it throughout the country,
they saw, need not be disturbed about
the vote by which it was reSuScltated
in the Senate Wednesday night. Sena-
tor Kenna said tonight that bill which
could only be got uU for consideration
bv the deciding Yote OF the Vice
President, and that, too, when
there is no other bill antagonizing
it. was not very dangerous measure.
The Democrats are quite confident that
il would have been once more and for
the last time side-tracked to-day had 1t
not been that Senator Evarts, OF New
York, spoke two hours longer than he
was expected to speak on the Dill. III
was the intention, as soon as Evarts
closed and PaSco, of Florida, took the
floor. to have date agreed to, and Re
publican to move that some other bill
be taken up. If the opportunity had
presented itself TO do this il is sup
posed the motion would have com
manded enough Republican votes to have
carried it with the solid vote of the
Democrats. As it was, Mr.. EyartS
spoke at such length that 1t was too late
to do anything when he closed. Wheth-
er or not this programme will be car
ried out tomorrow is not known. 1t Is
hardly likely, however, that Senator
Hoar will be able to induce'the Senate
to consent to continuous session on the
Force bill, as he gave notice to-day that
he would undertake TO do.
Although the Free Coinage bill has
passed the Senate, the Democrats have
not left themselves in position to be
thrown over with impunity by the ke-
publican Silver Senators. The Free
Coinage bill has still to go through the
House, where nothing can be done
with it except by Democratic
cooperation, and nothing IS likely
to be done with it until it is definitely
settled what the Republicans mean TO
do with the Force bill. The knowledge
Of this fact will probably serve to keep
the free silver Republican Senators
close to the Democrats in their night
against the Force bill. Intimations are
now made that the President may sign
a free coinage bill when it comes to him.
There is excellent authority for saying
there is nothing in this. The President
still adhereS TO his determination to
veto the free coinage bill.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-01-16
w. VA. CHURCHES.
, nuIIetin From the Census Department
Giving Partial Statistics.

Census bulletin No. Is, just issued by
the Department OF the Interior Census
Bureau. is devoted to statistics ot
churches. and contains Information re-
snecting the United Presbyterian,
Church Of the New Jerusalem, salvation
Army. Advent Christian Church,
Seventh Day Baptists and the Christian
Church South. From the bulletin II ap-
pers that thers are six organizations Oi
the United PRESBYTERIAN Church IN
West Virginia, the churches having a
seating capacity OF l,730; there are 800
COMMITMENTS. and the value OF church
nroperty is $4,000. The salvation
Army has two organizations, with places
Of worship with seating capacity oil
100 There are but seven mem
bers of the Army in the State.
The Advent Christian Church has
Is organizations, churches having
a seating capacity OF 3,4f5. and a money
value OF -. POO. There are Gsl members.
The Seyenth-Day Baptists have y
churches. with seating capacity of
1. 500 and a value VI $4,000. The
Christian Church and the Church OF
the New Jerusalem are not represented.
The Presbytery Of Wheeling, OF the
United Presbyterian Church. embrac-
ing the counties OF Belmont, Harrison,
Monroe and Tuscarawas, uhiOi Wash
Ington, Pa, and Ohio and Marshall, w.
Va, has 10 churches, with a seat
ing capacity Of CESS. The church
property is valued at sl2s, 700, and there
are 1890 communicates. Belmont coun-
" alone has churches. with $50 mem
bers, or nearly one-half Of the whole.
Ohio county has 2 churches, with 800
members.
The Christian Advent churches 10
West Virginia are In the counties OF
Brayton. /: Calhoun, i; Jackson, J.
Kanawha, 6: Nicholas, !; and Roane' o'
The Seventh Day Baptist churches are
In the counties Of Braxton, ]; Dod-
bridge. 2: Gilmer, /; Harrison 81 Lewis
!, and Richie, /.
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REDISTRICTING The STATE.
The Views Of some OF the Ablest Legis-
lators ON That Subject.

Ss.tiai T.i-grua '9 ne Register.
CHARLESTON. ". Va. January 10
The RFGIsrrR correspondent talked to-
dav with number of gentlemen upon
the subjects that will probably engage
the attention Of the members of the
Legislature FOR the next few weeks.
The redistrictiug question is one OF the
principal topics discussed, and / nave
hastily iotted down some OF the remarks
Of few representative men.
REPRESENTATIVE Finley, Of Tucker
county. representing Randolph aud
Tucker. when asked aS to his opinion
about rediStricting the State. said;
..Wcu. I think there is considerable
necessity for q remOdeling OF the Sena-
torial districts. and some OF the judicial
Circuits. Take for instance ours, the
Third Circuit. composed OF Taylor
Tucker. Preston, Barbour and Randolph
county: why Judge Hoke can't do the
work at an. although he Is hard
worker. There's great deal OF lltiga-
tion there and entirely too much work
for one judge.
As to our Senatorial district, the
Tenth. If you'll just look at the figures
you'll see that IL is by far the largest
district iu the State. 1t has over lO'5oO
population. while the adjoining district
the Eleventh, ouly has about $4,000. In
Justice 90 AN concerned | think there
should be a change.
Now. I'm regard TO the delegate dis
trict of Randolph and Tucker, there can
Doe no question as Co what should De
dome there. The two counties have
nopulation OF $1,000 in round numbers
and only get one delegate. The basis
Of delegate representation might we'll Dc
placed at. saw, one for 10000. mat
would give our district two when Is
what il needs. You see, our two conn
Ties have had such wonderful growth
i'm population recently that the present
arrangement is not satisfactory.
am I'm fayOrOf changing the district
lines wherever fairness. Justice or equity
demands e.. and. il necessary 10 do So
increase the number OF members In
either house OF the Legislature. The
number could be increased some with
out making either house too large or
uuwieldy. ! do not think there should
be more than seventy members IN the
House OF Delegates
Hon. ID. W. shaw, Of Barbour county.
SAYS: III 70 can be avoided, am OPP
posed to increasing the membership Of
the House. II 10 is absolutely neceS-
sary. however. | shall favor such
proposition, provided the increase Is
not too great.
The Third Judicial circuit IS entirely
too large and has too much litigation
for one Judge to attend 10. The re-
markable development Of the counties
composing that district has increased
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May Beat Cameron.

HARRISBURG, Pa, January lj.-ln
accordance with the usual custom. both
branches OF the State Legislature to-
day proceeded to the nomination OF can
didates for the United States Senator
ship, balloting for which will take place
on tine Goth inst. In the Senate j. Don
aid Cameron. the present incumbent,
was the only nominee upon the Repub-
ican side. The Democrats placed in
nomination State Senator Ross. Of
Bucks county, and Hon. Chaun-
cey +. Black, OF York county.
Mr.. Nature (Rep.) of Delaware coun-
ty, placed in nomination Austin I. Tag
CART, of Montgomery county. In a
speech following the nomlnation Mr..
McGuire said he was confident OF being
able to defeat Cameron, now that Tag
CART has the Changers at his back"
A caucus OF Democratic Senators and
Representatives has been called for
Monday evening next to select Demo
cratic nominee for United States Senate.
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Prominent Ohio Lawyer Dead.

Special Itleqraid 70 ne HeglsItF.
ST. GAINESVILLE, O., January ID
Oliver J. Swaney, Esq, died at 4:3O
p. m. to-day, in his I'D year. He leaves
surviving a widow and one brother.
Mr.. Swaney was admitted to the bar in
1s4G. and has resided here continuously
since that time. His position at the
bar. while he was in active practice,
was among the leaders, and his sterling
honesty gave him reputation that he
valued higher than political honors.
The funeral, which will be in charge OF
the Belmont county bar, will be from
his late residence at l p. IN. on Satur-
dav. the nth inst. A bar meeting has
been called at noon tomorrow for the
purpose of making arrangements.
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THE DEMPsEY-FITzsIM FIGHT.


About It.
The local interest manifested in the
DempSey-FitzSimmons fight was per-
haps something beyond any pugilistic
event OF recent years The enquiries
at the REGISTER office by telephone and
in person were fast and frequent, and
after the grounds" began TO come over
the wires the callers seemed to in
crease. Great was the disappointment
when the boys were told that at the
close OF the thirteenth round Dempsey
was done up Many OF them could
hardly believe 1t.
Notwithstanding the incongruty
which existed between the contestants
in the manner of style and shape, aud
the apparent OverpOwerlng sweep Of the
Australia, about all the money up in
Wheeling was tied ON Dempsey. II was
only natural that with the long line OF
victories to the Oregonian'S credit that
his friends should "stick," and aS a con-
sequence some $500 in $50 and $50 bets
among the boys Just over the creek went
where the w0Odbine twincth. Probably
not far from 1000 was dropped in the
whole city. one wcll-knOwn merchant on
Main street having 500 on Dempsey.
A well-known exponent OF the iistic
science, just over the creek, perhaps
the best in Wheeling, and who has
taught the glove tactics some time at
the gymnasium to leading citizens, said,
ITS all nonsense for the boys to talk
about the result OF that fight being due
10 FitzSimmOlS' extra heightE. or
course he had a little longer sweep, but
he was trained down fine, and was
clear match for the wonderful prOweSS
and great science Of Dempsey, and 1t is
my opinion that Dempsey, after all the
hard battles he has gone through, has
not the stuff in him now 10 face such
redoubtable. fighters. But 80 Tar as the
mere matter of extra heighth Is con
cerned, don't think that has 50 much
to do with il as some people think.
Look at some Of the men Sullivan has
tackled. And how about that famous
Heenan-Sayers battle, where Sayers
won with : feet 50 inches against
a towering feet. Goss at feet =
inches closed up Ryan at feet, while
Mace at ) feet So inches polished of
Hearst at 9 feet 9is inches, and that in
six or seven rounds. And then there
was the Jack Kain and Bilston Jack
fight i'm the old rink IN Wheeling some
time ago. 1t was draw to be sure
but Kain was feet 2i5 inches tall,
while Jack was but feet o inches
Another well know sport on the South
Side said he believed that Dempsey was
clearly outclassed. and went on to say |
that in many OF the other battles Jack |
clearly had the advantage OF the reach.
A well-known physician on Market
street. who takes considerable interest
In matters fstic. said he was not sur
prised at the result. He only lost on
The fight by betting that Fit would
do him in three rounds. I've seen
Fitzsimmons fight in Philadelphia, and
| know something Of his tactics and the
tremendous power Of his blows. be-
liaye with fifty pounds additional
weight he could face Sullivan, and come
ont the victor. ! tell you, Fitzsmmons
b Is like hammer
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A-lecn for Three Meeks.

EAU CLAIRE, WIS, january IJ.-Mrs.
Melvina White. wife Of farmer of the
town OF Wheaton, has been asleep for
three weeks and all efforts to awaken
her have been in vain. She had been
suffering from nervous prostration for
some time. Several physicians from
this city have been called from time TO
time but the case has puzzled them all.
The sleeping woman has received scarce
ly any nourishment during the period
of somnolence, being forced occasion
ally to swallow little milk She can
not long surViVp
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-01-16
Fraud. Against the Government.

PHILADELPHIA, PA, January 10
Special Agent Chance, of the customs
service, made an important discovery
few days ago, which gave evidence OF
the existence OF a gigantic conspiracy TO
defraud the government out OF legltl-
mate revenue. BY the mereSt accident
he was made aware of the fact that
there was a lowering of the sugar en-
tries OF w. Ford Thomas, representing
the Claus SpreckelS sugar refinery. Col
lector Cooper at once started an lnveStl-
cation i'm conjunction with Special Treas
ury Agent Haulon. II took but n short
time TO show that fraudulent entries mad
been made i'm the sugar enterprise ana
the casual examinations led to the dis
ccvery that the government had been
cheated out OF almost $4,000. Col
lector Cooper, with view of protecting
the government. made an Immediate
demand upon Mr.. c. A. SpreckeS from
lue firm of the sum of 100000, believing
tbat the sum would cover the extent OF
the fraud. Mr.. Sprcckels handed to
the Collector a certified check for that
amount. and this it is believed will fully
protect the government. The District
Attorneyswill at once institute an IN
vestigation with view TO the proSecu-
tion Of the offenders.
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McGinnis' Forlorn Hope.

Special TELEGRAM 10 me ReqiSteF
WASHINGTON, d. c., January l5.-Mr.
McGinnis, who is contestlng Represen-
tative Aderson'S seat, has been very i'm
patient at his failure to get any assur-
ances as to when his case will be taken
up by the Republicans of the House.
1t is said he has at last got the assur-
ance that his case will come up on the
last day OF the session. This is not
very comforting to McGinnis, as II VIII
give him no chance TO show the quality
of his craftsmanship, but the $4,000
salary it will enable him to draw Will,
no doubt, console him This is on the
suppositlon that the Republicans will
be able to carry out their intention OF
unseating Mr.. Anderson, which Is not at
all certain.
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Two Great Victors.

Special telegram 10 ne Register.
CHARLESTON. January l5.-Senator
IIardman. of the Third district, who
accomplished the grand feat of defeat
ing Judge Maxwell. has been the recipi-
ent of many congratulations since his
arrival Mr.. Hardmau says he was
placed IN the field rather against his
own will. and that he only consented to
run i'm order to push through some i'm
portant legislation that will materially
advance the interests of the farmers Of
West Virginia.
Editor Gall, who accomplished the
feat OF redeeming the Tenth Senatorial
district from the clutches of the Repub-
licans. has also been warmly congratu-
lated upon his victory.
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c.bv Cnoked I'm soup.

ERIE. PENN, January IA wedding
feast at the residences Of Mr.. Michael
Susanna. in the Italian quarter OF the
city. at which Louis Marinillo and his
bride were the principals, met with
distressing termination to-day. While
the bride and groom were rebeiving the
congratulations of the guests, Antonne,
the baby son of the host, wandered
around in the kitchen and fell into a
caldron of macaroni soup and was
cooked to death before he could be res
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Bucking For ingalls,.

TopEKA, KAS., January l5.-Every
member of the Legislature this morning
found on his desk printed circular let
ter signed Committee. The writer
states himself to be a Farmers Alliance
man. and advises the Farmers Alliance
to abstain from holding caucus on the
Senatorial question. The Alliance
members say that the circular was writ
ten by the Republican State Central
Committee, which they say fears that
the holding of an Alliance caucus will
lessen Mr.. ingalls, chances of re-elec-
d
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Presidential Nominations.

WASHINGTON, January 15.-The
President sent to the Senate the follow
ing nominations to-day:
Postmasters - Pennsylvania James
l.. White, WellsbOro; Royce ). Price,
North East; Henry Howard, North
Clarendon.
Ohio-Wm. II. Gibson, Tif1in; VIM. a.
Hunt. st. Clairsville; Johnson Brown,
Bridgeport; w. Howard Anderson,
Barnesville; Mary S. Mong, Minerva.
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New Railroad Incorporated.
.r ~, f...,.lt,., q. fI1 RseJSfsr

Special telegram % me AestSteF-
CHARLESTON, w. VA. January 10
Secretary Of State Ohley issued char
ter to-day to the PickenS, Arvon aud
Western Railroad Company. The road
will start from the town of PickenS,
Randolph county, and extend to the
head waters OF the Little Kanawha and
Holly rivers. Webster county. The in
corporators are PcnnSylvanians, aud the
amount subscribed is $4,000 This Is
an extension of the West Virginia aud
Pittsburg railroad. 1t will pass through
a country of vast mineral resources, and
a country that is wonderful for its im-
mense tracts of valuable timber: The
West Virginia Central has surveyed sew
eral routes through this region but
none proved TO be practical.
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KempIe VIII: c i'll SNUFF AIhali Dust.
Sn,-;oI Telsora,u ,o.i ReOksfer

WAsmNoTexchD. c., January b.
Among the Nirginians about the
CAPITAL t.rNTs,Dle Mr.. Andy McDavitt
of Charlie stereu' - "Jake" Kemple, of
Wheeling. 2. REFER has just returned
from his exile oNsix months on the Mex
lean border of Arizona, where he was
sent by the Government to stop the
smuggling of heather Chinese. KEN
pie made his report on his work to As
sistant Secretary Spaulding to-day and
started for Wheeling tonight. In max
ing his report he intimated that he
would like to be transferred to more
congenial cline than that OF Arizona,
but was informed that it could not be
done at present.
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nplesby Gets IL.

SPRINGFIELD. ILL, January l5.-At
the Republican caucus tonight, ex-
Governor Richard j. Oglesby received
the caucus nomination for L. 5. Sena-
tor, defeating Chas. Il. Farwell, the
present incumbent. a telegram was
sent to Governor Oglesby at Oak Hart,
Ills, notifying him of his nomination.
Senator Farwel and Chairman Jones
also sent congratulatory messages. This
is an empty honor, as Gen. Palmer has
the Democratic nomination.
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v,olator. Laws Arrested.

SDscial Tsle0rdIR % tht H'gtSIsT.
WESTON. w. VA. January l5:-u. ;
Marshal Holland and Deputy Marshal
Stalnecker arrived here this evening
with L. ). prisoners NJ. c. Marsh OF
Vadais. and Capt. George w. Crook ol
Alumni Bridge. w. Va. They are
charged with violation OF the pension
law The ease OF Capt. Crook, how
ever. is said to be only n slight ottenSe.
They will be taken 10 ParkerSburg'
where the Federal Court is now IN Ses-
sion and given a hearing.
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a Pertinent Point.

To ne Eflf0r Qr fAs Register.
SIR:-We heard Democrat say last
evening that not a single Democrat dec
Grated the programme OF the Farmers
Institute. who give the first act In their
show in the Opera House to-day. Now
n does look a little funny that with the
vast array of Democratic talent in Bel
mont county, and while quite three
fourths of the farmers Of Pease town
ship are Democrats, that room could not
not have been made for one Democrat
or Prohibitionist out Of twelve to hiteen
sneakers. Guess the Farmers Institute
is what most people think 1t is-a Ke-
r,,hlicsr side-show. OBSERVER.
Martins Ferry. January II.
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rroe silver in the House.

WASHINGTON, January l5.-The free
coinage bill was received from the Sen
ate to-day. and its reception was greeted
with applause from the Democratic SIDE
1t now goes to the Speakers stand.
The silver men in the House have been
actively engaged in missionary work In
the interests of free coinage. They are
sangune OF ultimate success and are
certain that the bill cannot be kept in
definitely in committee, and that within
a reasonable time the Coinage Commit
tee will order report to be made not
withStandng all efforts to prevent the
bill having an opportunity Tor consld-
Grafton.
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ohIo LegIslatIve sensatIon.

Special telegram 10 ne ReQister.
COLUMBUS. January ia resolution
was offered in the House late to-day by
REPRESENTATIVE Price. of Hooking, pro-
viding for an investigation of Warden
DYER. of the Ohio prison. Price and
Dyer are both Democrats. and the reso-
lntion created great surprise. Three
charges are made against Warden Dyer.
The first Is mismanagement OF the
finances. the second is of delicate ma
ture and involves female official in the
institution, and the third is that his
son-in-law. who is an attorney, has been
doing Il big business in securing paroles.
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West Virginia Pensions.

Special Tele0rdmt 10 he Register.
WAsHINGToN, January li.-Pen'
sions have been granted to the follow
ing West VirginianS: 0riginal-Jacot
Reckart, Cranesville: John Boyle, Wood
land: w. =. Fields, Reedsville; Charles
Zimmerman, Martinsburg. Additional
John Still, Volcano; Charles thinner
man, Martinsburg; Jacob Byers, Orens.
Increase-Aquilla Gilbert, New Mar
tinsville: B. Il. Smith. York: Thomas j.
Braden. Elk Garden; Moses +. Lamb,
Fairmont: Nathan Elliott, Winfield
Hiram Adkins, Hamlin; Finton IL.
Moore, Grangeville. Reissue-Abraham
Lanham, Lentuck: Alonzo Dyhe, Dol
liSon.