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Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1891-12-13
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''No, 1 generally leave tramps alone
until the first stop. II the train is
moving slowly l sometimes throw their
hats of. They won't lose that for any
thing. They always get off for it. But
you have 10 catch them on the sly.
They always carry their pockets full OF
stones for ammunition, and the chances
are that they will stone you after they
get off. This is a common trick OF
trampS, and they often lie in wait until
the train returns to get revenge. The
worst place TO get the tramps down on
you is in the mining regions. Old con-
ductOrs say that they sometimes had to
call out the police Of the mining COM
panies in order to suppress them.
TrampS around New York are not so
dangerous, but they are just as common.
The roads between New York and Phil
adelphia are great runaway for them.
Several years ago the Pennsylvania and
Jersey Central Companies combined TO
get rid of them. They had large force
of men TO run them down and arrest
every one they caught. 1t worked for
time, but they got thick again.
Where do tramps go to? You tell
me. / never found person who knew.
You can't believe half Of what they tell
you. As l say, the professionals keep
their mouths shut. Probably they go
the round Of the cities, staying in each
one until their credit gives out, so to
speak. Do they work in the country
during the summer? That is a nice
profession for tramp to make, but l
guess you never found any one who be-
lieyed it. never found cent of money
on the body of u tramp killed on the
rOad-usually not much clothing, either.
Tramps go through the country good
deal during the summer, and iRtimidate
women at the farm houses while the
men are at work. They get good
deal in this way. They don't travel
much during the winter. though. They
flock 20 the cities. l have found them
walking along the tracks sometimes
when it was too cold TO ride, but this Is
against the principles of the profess
siOnal. He regulates his travelS &C
cording to the seasons"
Said a Pennsylvania conductor: 81
have found tramps in more odd posi-
tions on freight train than you would
imagine ever existed. But, for that
matter, l have seen them hid away in
the wooden vestibules of mail train.
That is fast travelling, but not comfort
able, for they must stand bolt upright
without moving or they will be de-
tected. You know how many train
men take pity on q well-meaning fellow
and let him through, even in the
coaches. They crawl in between two
seats with the backs reversed. These
are not generally professionals. But on
freight cars 1 have often found them
slowed away in big water main on top
of fat car. You may find dozen
tramps in q car load of mains. TrampS
can't very we'll ride on the trucks Of
freight cars, they would get thrown off
coming around sharp curve. But ex-
press and baggage car trucks allow
room enough TO get a good hold.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1891-12-13
The Bitter Bitten.
brandon BucksQtc.

Mark Twain likes to play practical
Jokes, or, rather, likes to try to play
them, for he is rarely, il ever success
full in his efforts in this direction.
A friend writes me from AK les Bains
that while Mark was there this summer,
the noted humorist met with singular
discontinue at the hands OF an En-
glishman.
One night the Englishman met Mark
In a hallway Of the hotel, where both
were staying, and borrowed a match to
light the lamp in his room.
In spirit Of fun Mark gave him q
safety match, which, as you know, is lit
by being struck on the rough side Of the
box.
As Mark went to HIS own room he
chuckled; in his minds eye he saw the
BrIton scrubbing the wall with the
match in vain eddeavor to light it,
and then going downstairs for a fresh
match.
By and by Mark went out into the
corridor hoping again to meet the Briton
in order to give him another safety"
But the Briton did not come down.
At dinner next dsY Mark innocently
INQUIRED of the Briton If the match was
all right.
sob, yes" was the reply, eft wouldn't
light on my trousers, so struck it On
the window pane. Those safety matches
can be ignited on glass, don't you
know"
Mark knows now, If he didn't know
before he he'd tried it, and found that
the Briton's statement MAS ceFrects
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1891-12-13
MANY INTERESTED
In the Arguments of the New York State
Election Cases.

Election Cases.
ALBANY, n. Y, December 11.-Never
in recent years has such large crowd
of interested parties thronged the Court
of Appeals, az this morning on the cases
of the arguments In the four disputed
Senatorial districts.
Among those present Of counsel for
the Republicans were Joseph 81. Choate,
VIM. A. Sutherland, Matthew Hale, j.
Rider Cady, Col. George Bliss, OF New
York, and Mr.. Parkhurst, while in be-
half OF the Democrats appeared Deputy
Attorney General Maynard, Delos Nc
Curdy, of New York. and Louis Mar
shall, of Syracuse.
Others present included the State
officers, several candidates from the
disputed districts and prominent law
yers and politicians. Long before the
court met, at ten o'clock, every chair
and inch of standing room in the court
chamber was occupied. The first four
cases on the Calendar Of the court ar
gued to-day were the appeals on behalf
Of the State Canvassing Board awarding
certificates of election in the Fifteenth
Sixteenth, Twenty and Twenty
seventh Senatorial districts.
Argument was finished at about 2
o'clock, and after giving the counsel
time to file additional briefs, the court
adjourned. The four appeals in rela-
ton to the Board of Canvassers Of
Onondaga county counting Republican
ballots for Senator in that district and
the first Onondago Assembly district
will be argued on Tuesday.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1891-12-13
THE GRAVES CASE.
Evidence That the Poison Was Taken
into the stomach Before Death,

Evidence That the Poison Was Taken
into the stomach Before Death,
DENVER, COL, December 11.-If such
a thing was possible, the criminal divi-
sion of the district court was more
densely packed with the curious public,
eager TO listen to the testimony in the
Graves trial, than it was yesterday. So
soon as the court had been called to
order DR.. Heaton, who was on the
stand last night when an adjournment
was taken, was recalled. DR.. Heaton
produced the exhibits Of his analysis
and Judge Macon examined them.
The direct examination which fol-
lowed was for the purpose OF showing
that the arsenic found in the remains
could not have come there by any means
intimated by the defense, but must be
the result Of poison taken into the stom-
ach when the person was alive. DR..
A. n. Holmes testified to his having
been called in to treat Mrs. Barnaby and
Mrs. Worrell.
He learned that their illness was
caused from about two tablespOonsful
of LIQUID that each drank from bottle
supposed to be whisky. He was present
at the autopsy and saw portions of the
viscera placed in clean jars. sealed and
turned over to Undertaken Rogers, the
Coroner having refused to accept them,
or even hold an inquest.
DR.. Bonesteele, the physician who
was in attendance upon Mrs. Barnaby
at the time she died, gave the most i'm
portant testimony of the day. He testi-
fed in the most emphatic terms OF the
arsenical poisoning. The defense then
asked why he had given q certificate
that death was caused from congestion
OF the lungs.
He replied that the congestion OF the
lungs was the immediate cause Of death,
and that 1t was the result OF the poison
which would have caused death had not
the congestion set in.
At this point, and before his testi
mony was concluded, Court adjourned
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1891-12-13
last week to find my wife, who is the

last week to find my wife, who is the
perfection OF good sense In womanhood,
trying to put on my Sunday raiment?
watched her with amazement, for first
OF all she put on the coat, the Prince
Albert Of which am proud. Many but
tons it had, but true to the promptings
of her womanly education. all these she
ignored and carefully pinned IL up from
chin 10 chin, which is to say from col
lar to tail. Then next she put on the
vest, left In front, and with painful ef-
fort buttoned 1t up behind. Then she
struggled with my pantaloons for long
half hour, with great impotence and
vexation, with wrath and tears, which
eliminated In an attack of hysteria,
trying to put them over her head. Rea-
soning from analogy sometimes, o
Prince, brings US out into queer eonclu-
sions.
Everything has Hs trials. young
Prince, except the Keely motor. And
70 every man the gods nave allotted so
much patience with so many trials. One
time in my journeysI was stranded st a
khan which was one. of the worst
among the many bad ones at which /
have suffered. 1t was rainy dav snd
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1891-12-13
TRANPS ON I'HE ROAD.
roW they GET OVER GREAT DISTANCES ON
SCHEDULE THE
u1,, Thew Can't Get Inside They Have the Best
III, Exterior Aforis-TOUrist Bsrths
Underneath Some Of
the Cars.

yvbile trainmen sre Of one mind in re-
I'D 10 the annoyance which tramps
-.rsa the railroad companies, they dis
cree about the methods OF these IN
S;viduals in ''dOing" the country. In
- M the strict rule Of all railroads
,robibltins tramps, these professional
jewelers. get over the road some
nv or other with astonishing
-spiiity. They haze been known to
me from San Francisco TO New
Work in but a trife longer time than It
zoo, Mr.. Mackey on his record-oreaking
trfo It's by no means certain that one
~ these nomads didn't accompany Mr..
Nackey part of the way across the con-
-irept on the fast mail train. Tramps
orapartial to mail trains. The trucks are
-oomier than those Of the ordinary
Zach or freight car. Whatever doubt
tbsre was about Mr.. Mackey's beating
tbe record, there certainly wasn't any
5oubt that Mr.. Tramp beat the railroad
company.
There are tramps and tramps. Many
a poor fellows who has spent his last
cent ard is out % the elbows wants 10
try his luck in another part OF the
country, but he has no means Of getting
tbare except his heels. These will not
cqrry him far without hunger staring
tfm in The face. He sinks about some
freight yard and when train is pulling
ont begs trainman to carry him along
a hit. He admits that be is tramp,
brt be isn't; he's a beggar and tender
foot. There are others, who have just
got their hand in, travelling from town
m town, and when a trainman catches
them slowed away in box car they
whine plteously and recount their sur
fsr.rgs or those of q sick family miles
away which they are anxious 10 get to-.
There are no trampS," said brake
man. There is nothing interesting
shout them and they are g nuisance.
The professional tramp is a character,
and sometimes you meet with one so
slick that he deserves TO beat his way.
The real tramp makes no excuse
when he is discovered. Nine
rimes ont Of ten he makes a
threat, and as . good many OF them
90 armed il is dangerous to NEEDLE with
them. For if there is a human being
who might be expected 70 value his life
cfeaDlv 10 IS tramp rather than burg
lar. How many times have L had a
tramp snarl az me with string Of oaths
and wind up by threatening TO put a
hole through met
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1891-12-13

tramp might net be the one to be pitch
ed of. A couple Of burly fellows will
sometimes make it lively for brake
man, or the whole crew, for that matter.
On Delaware and Hudson coal train,
several years ago, Conductor Billy Gerry
undertook to get couple Of tramps OF
while the train was going atfifteen miles
an hour or more. They were perched
upon q load OF coal when he tackled
them. They tossed him of head first
and then dropped a big chunk OF coal
onto his head. He was in the hospital
for a long time. The tramps went to
the penitentiary.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1891-12-13
SUPPOSED TO BE LOST.
A Vessel and Fourteen of Her Crew Sup
posed to Have Perished In the Pacific.

A Vessel and Fourteen of Her Crew Sup
posed to Have Perished In the Pacific.
SAN Francisco, December Ito. q.
Greenwald, President Of the Golden
Gate Lumber Company, said this after
noon: "My opinion is that the Maggie
Ross got caught in the trough OF the
sea and the waves washed over her,
completely Submerging her, and that
the captain and crew and boats were
carried away, and the men were drowned
in the raging waters.
The crew numbered fourteen. Cap
tain Marshal was q skiilful seaman and
had handled the vessel very successful
". Besides him there was Chief Officer
Taylor, Chief Engineer w. NJ. Annery,
and Fl. G. Annery, cook, and a second
mate, another engineer, two fremen and
five hands before the mast and cabin
boy.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1891-12-13
rELEGRAPHERs STRIKE.
The Men on the Southern Pacific System
Refuse to Handle Trains.


Ell PAso, TEXAS, December 1.-THE
strike OF the telegraph operators be-
tween this city and Yuma and the
Pacific system of the Southern Pacific
Railroad Company, promises to develop
into mammoth proportions. The super
intendent OF the Santa Fe ordered the
dispatchers to handle Southern Pacific
trains between this city and Deming,
\. NJ. bat the operators bluntly refus-
ed to do it and the superintendent was
notified.
Nothing had been heard from him up
to D. m. If he tries to force the mat
ter and puts scabs to do the work it
means a strike on the whole Santa Fe
system. The District Superintendent
of the Western Union ordered the men
TO handle the trains between here and
Deming, but the men would not and
the matter rests there until higher
officials are heard from.
The trainmen between here and Yuma
are holding meetings TO decide as to
whether they shall take any action in the
present difficulty. In an interview one
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1891-12-13

A dear little bride In a ral'wss v did
was like most brides in desiring ~ s han,
, MD as bride. The nus ssos.
vent ont TO smoke. An old iaoy 1 ,s,olv
the aisle talked to her. lyon are ia "a
married, my dear, I know sne s''N
kindly. Ar,os n long
ooh. move have been married a ions
time" returned the young "o""-
briskly. vo,np
"Ah, excuse me. You are SO youps
and seem so happy" -,
yes, eight years.
Have you any
"Oh. (blushing furiously) no."
"Well, well! And thought al nrss
You were on your wedding journey,
"oh. no. My husband will tell you
here he comes-that we have oeen
married eight years. Haven't "e
George?" ~
"Yes--yes, certainly" he replied.
Do you know, Kate, ! have some OF that
rice down my back yet"
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1891-12-13
A Paving Business.

"Jones is nourishing, they say"
eyes"
"Making money hand over fist"
sis that SOP"
"Don't you believe it?"
81 know from personal experience
that he IS not doing paying business"
ssHow so?"
because he owes me money and /
cannot get It,. Whenever call on him
for it ne 10 decidedly not In the paying
business"
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1891-12-13

of them stated that IL the Southern Pa
ci6c Company succeeded in defeating
the strikers, they would be the next TO
be dealt with in like manner. The
operators have received assurances from
every direction and they will stand by
each other in this case.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1891-12-13
IT,, n.hx Of Mine.

Auntie. three months ago had the SAT-
rheum so bad that his head was mass OF
sores. and had begun TO lose all hope OF
raising him, out my druggist recommended
Sulphur Bitters, and to-day he is as fatand
clipper as any baby you ever saw, and ne
has not sore on his head, and Just think
that after paying out so much, that Iew
dollars worth OF Sulphur Bitters should
cure him.-ifrs j. G. Hall, Lo,ceu.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1891-12-13
T1 Y0Ue 1/CE IcEES,

~ YOUR BACK AcEES,
On Won are an worn cut, really good for ncfnr
fnz Il n general debility. ny
BRSHTb IRON BJTTEks.
uwfl cure you, cleanse Jour hyer. ana glso
good ayDetits-
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1891-12-13
nIscountinr the cloud. :

Each cloud. though dark. has = "silvsr lining,
So they tell Us with brsvado;
But even the mountain has sueh-llninSs,
when you ges 70 Colorado.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-02-14

TnEtL miners wcrr killed by an ex-
Tlo-i"n "i powder at the Nelson col
licry in Nhaln"l:in. Ia.
EGHTEEN miners lost their lives by
water breaking int" mine at .Icarcs-
v.lIc. Ia.
The stahl. of IIavrl"w Il bernstein
at E">ton wa burned and siXty-fivr
horses persisted in the flames
Is Newark. Y. J.. Mrs Mary E"scn-
hcrg. II years of are. who lived in Il
haSrrurn: of a house. was found dead
from starvation. and her two little chil-
drcn wcrc nearly dead.
Ox the 5th the keel of the first iron
ship ever built in Maine WAS laid. that
of crui, r No. ; at the Bath iron works.
T. II. CHUE'I'S sodawatcr factory at
Green Point. y. Y. was burned. caus-
ing Il loss of ~a00.01J.
FigT ruined the holt and nut manu-
featuring plant of !. Henry Sternbcr%h
.. son at Reading. Pa. the largest of
its kind in America. Loss. S22.5.O00.
IL Albany. " Y. Francis Il. .lu9g.
win" fought with Napoleon at Waterloo,
died at tn. aye of 96 years.
The American Express Company was
said to have secured control of the Ma
ti"nal Express Company.
DrRING the past year damage aggrc-
eating SOD. 00) was done to buildings
in Ashland. Pa. by the settling of the
surface.
Is the Newcastle DcLD Jail eleven
prisoners were whipped and tw" stood
in the DiIlory for an hour
TIE death Of !. y. Mccullough. for
thirty three years president of the Clcvc-
land Il Pit; sburgh railway. occurred at
his home in Allegheny City. Pa. aged
20 wears He WAS worth S1O.000.O00.
Two MEN were instantly killed and
.wo fatally injured by an explosion of
gas in the new shaft at Simpson Il Wat
kin~ mine al Wyoming. Pa.
EpwA ARD PAgK died in the Westcncs-
ter N. " ro1rhOuse at the age If IG2
Y ar>.
The steamer Simon Dumois. valued
at SaOU.OO0. from Matanzas, Cuba.
fnundrred near New York, and her
crew Of sixteen men were lost.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-02-14
Is Cornell University at Ithaca. y.

Is Cornell University at Ithaca, y.
V, there is an organization of students
known as the Mock Congress. !: has
speaker and committees like the
House of Representatives. Its mem
bers represent the States and the op-
posing political parties. Bills are in
troduccd and acted upon. II elects a
functionary known a. president of the
United States" who appoints his Cabi-
net and is empowered To send in mes
sagcs The Mock Congress affords
an excellent political training To it,
members. and it is probable that an or
ganization of the kind will be- started in
New York
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-02-14
EUROPEAN ROYALTY.

A LOFTY personation of dignity is the
Crown Princess of Denmark, who stands
six feet three inches in her stockings.
THE late Duke of Bedford owned &c.
600 acres of land in Great Britain, in
Guiding a square mile of London itself.
LORD SALISBURY is said to work four
teen hours day, writing and reading
dispatches. Add to this the time con-
sumcd in social duties and he rarely
gets more than four or five hours sleep.
VoS MoLTKE has devoted the large
sum voted him by the city of Berlin on
his Goth birthday to the foundation of
the Moltke Branch of the Home for Old
People, instituted By William ]. and the
Empress Augusta
Ex-QUEEy NATALIE announces that
she can not bear the continued humilia-
tions to which she is subjected in that
country any longer. and that she has
determined to leave Servia and live
abroad until the King shall come of age.
THE late Earl of Devon, the twelfth Of
his line, was a most incorrigible spend
thrift. When, in 1872, at the age OF
thirty-six, he made his appearance in
the bankruptcy court, his debts reached
the extraordinary amount Of S3.5ss. 900
the result chiefly Of recklessness On
the rsce-tysck.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-02-14

CREMATION is becoming daily more
popular abroad. In Baden the Gutenberg
and IIeidelburg city councils have de-
cided to erect furnaces. The Govern
ment in Basel has granted TO all citizens
the right Ia choose between being bur
led and being burned. "A crematory is
being erected in Manchester at a cost of
S3., 800. The Italian friends of crema-
tion recently assembled in Milan Ia
consider the best means of burning
bodies and of spreading propaganda for
their ideas. This is the second congress
of crema;ionists held in Italy since the
Italians took the lead in pushing the
cremation movement
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-02-14
MESI AND SOuIH.

AT Clarlis. Ncb. the wife of Banke-
Cowles was killed 10y burglars and Mr..
CowIcs was knocked senseless.
TuE discovery Gas made that w.
McZimmcrman, the sturc-keeper and
agent Of the Farmers Alliance supply
house at Spartansburg, :. C.. was short
$50. 900 in his accounts.
The death was announced of Charles
II. Branscombe. the founder of Law
renee. Nan. and prominent in the early
struggles of that State.
FIRE ruined Robert McElroy's retail
dry-goods store in Detroit. Mich. caus-
ing loss of sl.5. 900; insurance, $3.50. 900.
Ar Greenville. ILL.,. fire destroyed
all the business houses on the east side
Of the square.
IT cost the Government In the In.
dian war in the Dakotas -. 0on.O
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-02-14

MRs. JoHN \. LoGAS has erected a
notable memorial hall in her house in
Washington dedicated to her late hus-
band. ON one wall hang General
Logan's swords, sabcrtachcs. stirrups,
saddles. brides. saddlc-cloths and boots
and spurs: ON another his pictures
paintings. photographs. crayons and en-
cravings showing him at all periods of
his military and civic career: on another
his badges. decorations. Sashes, regalia,
uniforms and the like.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-02-14
KING CARNIVAL.

Reception and Honors to His Majesty
Rex. King of the Carnival, xt His FA-
vored City, New Orleans-A Brilliant
Retinue Of Loyal Guards and Subjects
Escort the Royal Chariot Through the
City to the Place OF Holding the Grand
Levee.
NEW ORLEANS. Feb. 9.-The steam
boat Oliver Bierne. having aboard mem-
bers of the Royal Host and Carnival
Court. backed out from the head of
Canal street at eleven o'clock to-day
and went down the river to meet His
Majesty Rex. When the royal yacht
was met Rex and his resinue
were transferred to the Bierne. The
steamboat reached the head of Canal
street at p. m.
In passing up the river on her return
a royal salute was fired from the YES
sells of the White squadron, which were
passing on the way. On landing at
Canal street a procession was formed
consisting of fifteen companies of Lou
isiana troops and the following visiting
companies: Royal Veteran Zouaves. of
Elizabeth, y. J.: His Majesty's 1mpe-
rial Howitzers, of Richmond. Va;
Kings Own Light Infantry, of De-
troit, Mich; Royal Fifth Regiment. of
baltimore, and the Prince Junior lius-
sars, of Columbus, o. Then came His
Grace. Joseph A. Shakespeare, Duke OF
the Crescent City, commanding the
Royal Citadel: mounted escort of Cheva-
liers of the House of Peers; Kings
Own Royal Guard. mounted: Royal
IIalberdiers. having charge of His
Gracious Majesty. who was in a royal
chariot drawn by twelve magnificent
steeds.
The King appeared in the costume of
Philip the Second of Spain. His train.
the royal courtiers, guard. mounted.
treasure servitors, marines from the
royal yacht, His Majesty's council.
dukes of the realm in carriages. and
the household guards followed.
When the procession reached the City
Hall. the mayor presented His Majesty
with the keys of the city. At the con
clusion of this ceremony the procession
moved through the principal streets to
the Grand Opera-house. where levec
was rendered to all loyal subjects