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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-04-12
COMPELLED TO. Be ABSENT.
Governor MacCorkle Detained From the
Meeting of the Southern Governors Dy
the Illness of His Wife

Governor MacCorkle Detained From the
Meeting of the Southern Governors by
the Illness of His Wife.
sreeoL 7s.eorsm to the Rsosstsr.
CHARLESTON, w. Va, April 11.-Gover-
nor w. A MacCorkle, who has taken much
interest in the meeting OF the Southern
Governors, who convene at Ricnmono,
Va, to-day, finds, owing TO the serious III
ness of his wife. that it is impossible for
him TO be present at the convention, ana
sends the following communication:
"To THE CONVENTION OF SOUTHERN Gov
ERNoRs-GENNILEMEN:
81 write to express my very great regret
that cannot attend your meeting. nave
given the best enaeavors TO the work con-
templated by you and believe that the
meeting will be one which will bring great
good TO the South and Southwest. l sug-
gest especial efforts in the direction or
bringing TO this section the actual immi-
grant both foreign and domestic, and be-
ieve that if il is brought to the attention OF
the world that we have the lowest taxes,
the cheapest and most fertile lands, the
best schools, absolutely safe investments
and a climate in which the workmen can
labor twelve months in the year. We Will
have in few years our hills and valleys
filed with happy and contented people en-
gagged in working out for our south land a
magnificent destiny.
IL had hoped to be with you and to dis
cuss with you the best plan of working out
this great result, and also 10 tell you OF the
marvels Of wealth of timber and coal and
soil in my own State, but to-day am com
PEELED TO go on another mission and try to
restore the health Of my wife. l very much
wish to prepare an article on any. subject
you may designate and in any possible way
assist in carrying out the objects OF your
meeting.
with the hope that your deliberations
may be fraught with good to our country,
l am, gentlemen, your obedient servant,
"W A MACCORKLE.o
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-04-12
STEPNIAK, THE RUSSIAN PATRIOT,
Appeals 20 the American People TO Pre-
vent the Proclamation OF the Russian
Fxtradition Treaty.

Appeals TO the American People to Pre-
vent the Proclamation OF the Russian
Extradition Treaty.
NFv YORK, April 11.-G. Stepniak,
the r lssian patriot, to-day makes an
apueal TO tho American people in favor
of the asylum right for Russian political
offenders. The following are excerpts:
ssBy the laws Of the United States the
decision upon this important question
rests now entirely with Mr.. Grover
Cleveland. This is a happy chance for
the United States. The personal pOpu-
laritv OF the President is not limited 20
the United States, and there Is no Amer
ican statesman whose arbitration on
such matter the Russians would look
forward with 80 much confidence.
"But the American Presidents pride
themselves upon submitting TO and not
trampling down the wishes Of the ma
tion. / appeal, therefore to the high
est tribunal, which is above Senates
and Congresses and Presidents. 10 the
Dublic opinion Of the American people,
and 1 beg leave 70 submit 20 them some
considerations upon the matter.
ssThe provisions of the treaty To
ouestion look harmless enough az first
sight, but / affirm that this obnoxious
treaty is in reality an abolition, as far
As Russians are concerned, of the aSy
lum right 70 political offenders, which
has never been infringed Ia the United
States since the foundation Of the Re-
public. Its ratification by the Senate is
the most un-Amerlcan, un-DemOcratic
I'D q il n IA "a ~ nf IN p
rage 70 the nObleSt traditions OF your
country, which only prompt veto can
Obliterate.
american institutions are not the
heirloom of the Americans alone. They
belong 10 a sense TO the whole world; 10
all nations and to al men who look up
70 them as the most perfect embodiment
of democratic freedom that we know Of
"a brilliant example and the final goal
toward which all our countries are
slowly and painfully out unmistakably
advancing. Every act tending 70 the
the discredit Of these institutions delay
this advance all the world over.
Hear the other side before condemn
ing.
sMurder is undoubtedly the most
cOuutmudOio VI SAlAASss ohu O1uASt uc
tolerated in civil society. But as long
rs there is war there will be murder,
and Of ali forms Of wsr, civil war in the
most fierce and brutal. The so-called
Russian Nihilists have murdered u Gar.
but the French cOmmunardS did worse
Ihings ln Paris In 1871. They actually
0utchered the hostages, men who were
innocent Of aEy participation in the
struggle, and were absolutely at their
mercy, helpless and defenseless. Yet
these crimes were condpned and over
look' d, and the English Parliament re-
fused 10 sxtraoite thes& men 70 the
Yren Govsrnment
In recent times the fri Pscret so
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-04-12
ELLIOTT F. sHEPARD's WILL.
It DispOses OF Nearly a Million and Balf
Dollars-MOst OF 1t Goes 10 Mrs. Shep-

It DispOses OF Nearly a Million and a Balf
DoIlars-MOst OF 1t Goes 10 Mrs. sheP-
ard
New YORK, April 1.-THE will Of
Elliott +. Shepard was fled for pro-
bate this afternoon. 1t was executed
July Is, 1891, and disposes Of an estate
estimated at $780, 600 in realty, and
$780, 600 in personal property. He
gives TO the trustees Of the Presbytery
OF New YORK $780, 600 for the general
religious and evangelical church work
OF this city, he also gives the same
trustees $50, 900 to be used by them for
the benefit Of the Seventh Presbyterian
Church of Jesus Christ, Of this city.
lie gives to ST. Paups Church, of Tar
sus, Asia Minor, 100000. He devises
all his real estate to his widow, and
makes a special beQuest of $4,000 to
Augustus ID. Shepard. He provides
that the residuary estate, which is TO
90 TO his children, shall consist of his
interests in the Nail and Express, the
New York Express Company and Fifth
Avenue Transportation Company pro-
vided the stages are not operated on
Sunday. In that case the interest
would have 10 be disposed Of.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-04-12

CHICAGO, April 1.-THE strike at the
Fair grounds seemed as ancient history.
The ex-strikers were all at work and they
and the exposition officials were too busy 10
discuss or express general satisfaction at
the agreement reached last night-the rec
ognitiou of minimum scale of wage TO rule
until the end OF the exposition, no discrim-
lnatiOn against either union or non-uniOn
men, and the business agents of the unions
70 have free access TO the grounds so long
as they do not materially interfere with the
work. The Worlds Fair officials to-day
increased the landscape force to almost two
thousand men. These men are working q
wonderful transformation. The great gang
is commencing up at the north end Of the
grounds where the State and administra-
tion stands are. AS the wave OF shovelers,
rakers, sweepers and teamsters rolls along
the great possibilities of the Worlds Fair
in gala dress are presented. Each build
ing becomes a palace, each dOOr-yard
beautiful garden spot. the whole threaded
by wide sweeping boulevaros smooth as
piano cover, and winding gravel paths un-
dulating in a simmer in the sunlight. All
debris is hauled TO the open stretch Of
ground some sixty acres in extent at the
south end Of the Exposition. Here it is
burned.
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The sportIve MuIlet.

Tourists visiting the Indian and Ba-
mana Rivers in Florida are astonished
and amused at the antics OF the mullets
in those streams. These fish grow to be
FIVE or six pounds in weight and are
famous jumpers. They leap from the
water, shoot three or four feet through
the air, come up again and leap twice
as far. and keep on so for half dozen
leaps, each longer than the other. Now
and then muIlet takes leap OF fifteen
or twenty feet and disappears. Il hap
pens not infreqnently that leaping
mullet falls into passing boat.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-04-12

WASHINGTON, d. c., April 1.-THE
text Of the extradition treaty which was
signed by Secretary Bayard and Mr.,
De Struye, the Russian Minister In
Washington, Ia 1877, but which failed
OF ratification by the Senate, principal
ly because Of the strong opposition
raised 20 Article 3, defining pOut-
zeal offenses, is published here this
morning apparently with "a view OF elic-
iting expression OF public opinion. The
same is alleged 20 have been published
IN some Of the New York papers six
years ago, and 10 is believed to be aecu-
rate. Article 3 is the article which Re-
publican Senators, 70 is said, now desire
should be made public In parallel col
umns with the corresponding article OF
the amended treaty, which the Senate
ratified az it's last session.
The article In question, as submitted
90 1857, was as follows:
Article 3-lf it be made 20 appear
that extradition is sought with view
70 try or punish the person demanded
for an Offenss Of a political character,
surrender shall not take place, nor shall
any person surrendered be tried or pun
ished for any political Offense committed
previously 20 his eXtradition, nor Tor
any OfTeuse other than that for which
the extraditiOn was granted; nor shall
the surrender or any person be demand
ed for an Ofieuse committed prior TO the
date at which this convention shall take
effect.
The murder or manslaughter, COM
prislng the wilful or negligent killing
of the sovereign or chief magistrate OF
the State, or any member Of his family
as we'll as an attempt 20 commit or par
ticipate in said crimes shall not be con-
sidered an Otfense of political charac-
Ter.
Itis pointed out that the mOdifca-
tions Of article 3 as adopted 10 the ter
ritOry makes no concessions ia favor OF
Russia, which are not reciprOcated In
favor OF the United States The actual
text OF this part IS il now stands is: "An
attempt on the life Of the head Of
either government, or any member Of
/, his family, when such attempt COM
J prises the act Of murder or assassina-
tlon or poisoning shall not be cOnsid-
cred a political Offeuse, or al act con-
nected with such Offense."
Article OF the treaty OF 1887 con-
tains this definition Of the crime OF
forgery:
'"The crime Of forgery, by which is
understood the utterance Of forged
papers, and also the cOuntertelting OF
public, sovereign or government acts. "
tits understood this definition is re-
tanned In the amended treaty ratified
by the Senate. Opponents Of the
treaty contend that under this de6nl-
tion persons would be extraditable for
using false passports, or passports is
sued IN an assumed name.
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The Truth About 1t.

1t was reported, that there was re-
cent meeting In Grafton, OF great
number of B. & O. employees from all
branches Of the service, for the pur-
pose of taking measures best suitable to
their interests. II was stated the meet
ing was secret, and it was intended to
discuss recent court decisions regard
ing the railroads. A prominent Balti-
more and Ohio railroader, OF this city,
states he was in Grafton the day OF the
meeting. and that it was an assemblage
of the machinists of the the road, and
no other railroad men. He declares the
report untrue, as the machinists assem-
bled on other business entirely.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-04-12

LONDON. April 1.-The would-be assas-
sin OF King Carlos, Of Spain, yesterday
turned out 20 be prominent society man
and member OF the artstocracy. He de-
nies having any political ends 20 serve aud
It Is not thought that ho belongs 70 any
political party. The assassin is either In
sane or suffering with deiirium tremens,
He placed himself In front OF the horses,
which the King himself was driving and
addressed very insulting language 70 His
Majesty before firing the shot. His name
is Levi. The King had never seen him be.
fore. OF so little Importance did His
Majesty consider the affair that he calmly
continued his drive while Levi was taken
70 prison.
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More Trouble Threatened at An,Iers

WASHINGTON, d. C., April 11.-Secretary
HOke Smith TO-DAY received the following
telegram from Agent Bennett at Musko-
gee, /. T.:
"Am reliably advised both factions OF
the Choctaws are being reinforced. Pres
ence Of military alone will prevent conflict.
Troops should be sent to Antlers as quick
as possible. will go there when advised
troops have been started. Telegram Just
received from AtOka SAYS:
4" zone hundred men going TO the location
Of the trouble, if the government does not
interfere
Have wired their leaders that you have
asked the War Department 10 send troops
70 prevent domestic strife and preserve
peace"
The Secretary referred the telegram to
the " ar Department.
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THEY DIDN'T KNOW BRAINS.
Two Experts Swearing Mans Life Away
Who Didn't Know Real Brain From
Manufactured Model.

Manufactured Model.
NEW YORK, April 11.-Dr. H. 7.
Loomis and DR.. T. Mitchell Prudden,
expert pathologists for the prosecution
in the case OF DR.. +. w. Buchanan
charged with poisoning bis wife, have
been made the victims Of professional
hoax that is thought to have effectually
DESTROYED much of the value OF their
evidence In this case and will, so far as
popular opinion goes, discredit all ex-
pert testimony in all capital cases.
Both these learned gentlemen handled
a human brain, believing it to be wax
model, and both objected to it as an In
ferior pattern, not corresponding 10
their ideas of what brain Is
like. They had a brain In their
hands and did not know 1t
nor suspect it. They were criticislug
nature, and dogmatically preferring
models made by machinery, while the
life OF q human being depended upon
their expert opinions. sits a mere car
feature of BRAIN" remarked DR.. Prud-
den. 1t was the intention OF the de-
fense to let nothing be known OF the
hoax until the case was concluded, but
the story leaked out last night.
The brain used, aud which both OF
them believed to be wax model, Is that
of a man who died four years ago, being
then "a years OF age. 1t was preserved
by DR.. Arthur J. Wolff, Of Hartford, a
pathologist for the defense in this case.
He used the giacomlnl process OF hard
dening-an ordinary and approved
method. DR.. Wolff will go upon the
stand and make affidavit as to the ident-
ity OF the ''caricature" which is said TO
be normal in size and proportion.
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HUNTINGTON NEWs NOTES.
A Drowning and Two Forgeries Stir Up
the Second City.
I'LL. ~ L..

SrscidL telegram TO The Re0tstsr.
HUNTINGTON. w. VA, April IL
Robbie, the thirteen-year-old son OF
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Ritchie, of Guyan-
dotte. was missed from home last night.
A thorough search of the town failed to
find him, and this evening his body was
found floating in the Guyandotte river.
He had been last seen playing about a
barge.
John Foster, the son Of ]. w. Foster,
an old and highly respected citizen, and
who has been about town for some
time, having returned from California,
is wanted by the police tonight, but
has evidently skipped town. He forged
his mothers name to number Of
checks on the First National Bank to-
day, and the amount aggregates con-
siderable. This is his second oftense.
Gus Martindale, travelling salesman
for the Barlow Henderson Company, is
also wanted here for forging the firms
name, but has not yet been located.
Cards and women caused his downfall.
He formerly resided at Gallipolis.
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ohIo LerislatIre AHalrs.

SSteial Telegram TO taS Rs0tsts-.
COLUMBUS. OHIO, April II, lS9S.-The
honse defeated Myers bill to COM
pensate members of township boards Of
education under the Workman law. The
senate defeated Clapp's bill requiring
veterinary surgeons to be examined as 70
their fitness to practice. The house
concurred ir Senator Green's bill
allowing Garnishess the same time
10 answer as defendants in civil
cases. Huskill's bill providing for
the destruction OF peach trees
afflicted with the yellows is now law.
The Gaumer libel law bill passed the House
by sixty-six 10 eight votea. About sixty
editors and publishers met here last night
and read the riot act 10 legistors regarding
the measure. 1t simply provides that the
establishment of the truth Of the puolica-
ton shall be sufficient defense against &C
ton for damages.
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AN AWFUL NINE DISASTER.
More than Fifty Miners Imprisoned In
welsh Coal Mine-No Hope OF Recover
ing anv of Them Alive

More than Fifty Miners Imprisoned In
welsh Coal Mine-No Hope of Recover
ing any of Them Alive.
LONDON. April ia spark from an en-
zine ignited the gas in the coal pit near
Pont-Y -Pridd, Wales. and caused the gas
10 explode.
A large number Of miners were at work
a. tho time and the explosion caused terri
Die havoc.
impossible TO obtain more tnan meagre ue-
tails Of the accident.
The first alarm was gwen a. z;oO lnls
afternoon. The sparks from an engine ir
four foot seam are supposed 70 nave
ienited a pile OF cotton waste
THE flames spread 10 the wood work and
finally iQnited the ipfiammaole gas IN tue
seam. Flames and smoke gave 10 the ~
men who work in the seam the nrst Warn-
ing OF approaching danger.
All ran toward the landing. Many were
oyertakeu 0y the fire and smoke, fell, and
were left to their fate by their comrades in
Comparatively few OF the men who
were in the seam ST the time OF the explo-
sion reached the landing.
There is little doubt that ell OF the men
left below have been suffocated or burned
70 death.
The number of men stiIl in the mine
cannot be ascertained. although 1t well
known TO be well above fifty.
At midnight the IRE was burning IN al
sections Of the mine near the shaft
The rescue OF the men below is regard
ed as hopeless
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A slander on mr. ohIey.
..inL 1LL.nrnm 10 IA RsalaLer.

Suseidl TelsOrGm TO the Register.
CHARLESTON, w. VA. April 1.-THE
Cincinnati Post last night had what pur-
ported to be a telegram from St. Albans,
stating that ex-Secretary of State VIM. A.
Ohley had been indicted for shooting craps.
The statement is absolutely false. The
grand jury has been IN session and this is
the whole and only foundation for the
story.
Mr.. Ohley is quite indignant at the pub
lication of such falsehood which was pro-
baby done through malice by some un-
scrupulous person. IL is thought that
there may oe some politics in it, the story
being circulated to throw discredit on the
late Democratic administration.
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japan Alleged to be Spreading Her Eo-


MADRID, April i1.-Much excitement has
been caused here By q dispatch 20 the effect
that Japan has seized the Pelew Islands, q
group OF islands in tho North Pacific,
claimed 70 belong 70 Spain, $50 miles east
OF the Philippine Islands, az the western
extremity OF the Caroline Archipelago.
The Islands are claimed by the Spanisrds
By right OF discovery. The Governor Of
tho Philippine Islands has sent cable
dispatch asking for reinforcements, whetn-
er with the object OF attacking the Japan
Csc or not II Is not stated. The Pelew
Islands have about ten thousand inhablt
ants and are very fertile. The AFFAIR ma
lead 70 grave difficulties between the w
bowers.
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Wants to Walt Awhile.

CHICAGO, April 1.-THE much exploited
500 900 damage suit brought by ex-News-
how Eugene Dunnivant against Millionaire
o. w. Potter alleging false Imprisonment
for presuming TO aspire to the hand OF Mr.
Potter's daughter, was taken up before
Judge Mcconnell to-day. Judge Moore,
Dunnivant's counsel, moved that the case
be set at the foot Of the docket. II this mo-
tion prevails there will be 594 cases ahead
of this one and it's trial will not be reached
for several months. No explanation was
given of Dunnivant's desire for this long
delaV
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THE RUSSIAN TREATY.
The Obnoxious Section About POlih-
cal 0fenSeS aud
ONE RELATING TO FORGERIES

Published in Washington-P. Step
naik, the Russian Patriot, APP
peals to the American People
and Through Them to the Pres
ident to Interpose His Veto.
American Institutions Are the
Heritage and the Hope Of the
Oppressed of the Whole World.
What the Russian Nihihsts Are
and What They Are Aiming
to Do.
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WIN Continue tho Strike.

CuCAaO, April 1.-THE strike Of the
architectural and ornamental iren workers
is still on, there being about five hundred
men out Last evening two more firms
signed the ist-LlOyd x Pennington and
Chennowith 4 Co., employing altogether
about 325 men. One OF the largest firms in
the city, frost < Vandercloke, EMPLOYING
800 men, is expected to sign to-day. There
are still seven firms who refuse TO come tC
an agreement ana the strikers decided by
unanimous vote TO continue the strike al
summer If necessary.
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A Card.
10 ne Ed.tor Of The R.oistst.

10 Hl6 hdttOT OI Gtc n@VtobcT'
SIR:-In a communication In last
evenings NelOS, purporting to come
from Baltimore, stating that the engl-
neers of the Baltimore and Ohio
contemplated going on strike
during the Worlds fair, and
that the company had procured enough
men in the large cities TO fill the place
of the strikers, we do not know any
thing Of, but what we do know is this:
we emphatically deny that the Baltl-
more and Ohio engineers does not en-
tertain or tolerate the report for one
moment. 1t was never discussed at
our meetings. We have an article OF
agreement with the company, and the
men are satisfied and are prospering.
They have no cause to complain, know
ing that the General Manager, j. T.
Odell, Is a great admirer OF the men,
and has the instinct and principle OF
gentleman. R. NJ. Sheats, Superinten-
dent OF the Western division, who al
ways complies with the wishes OF his
men, is highly respected. We are
working in harmony and the confidence
of the officials. We never have enter
tained the thought OF striking. Hoping
YOU will find space In your valuable
paper, we are, Yours respectfully,
MEMBERS OF SEABRIeHT DIVISION, No.
All, B. OF l.. Z.
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Two New Charters Issued.
y srsIscrc,,, IA thS Re yfs,er

CHARLESTON, w. Va, April 1.-THE
Secretary Of State to-day issued GER
tiicate OF incorporation to the West
Union Bank, of West Union, Doddridge
county, with a paid up capital Of 1000
for the purpose Of doing general banking
business. The incoroperators are w.
Brunt Maxwell, p NJ. Robinson, Clarks'
burg, w. Va; S. B. McMillen, Lewis
Maxwell, W. Stuart, j. V. Blaire,
L. II. Charter, J. NJ. Markey, and l.. w.
Pearcey, West Union.
Also charter to the Huntington Guar
antee Bond aud Investment Company,
of Huntington, Cabell county, with a
capital of $500. The incorporators are
NJ. A. Neff, E. B. Euslow, C.. L. Gwinn,
Galand Burlington, all Of Hunting
ton, w. Va.
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demolished by a CrcIons.

OMAHA, NEB.. April 1.-THE town Of
Akron, Iowa, on the line Of the Chicago,
Milwaukee & ST Paul railway, 30 miles
north Of this city, which has population
of about lO. 600 persons was devastated by
a cyclone this afternoon.
A double span wagon bridge across the
Sioux river was wrenched from the piers
and dashed up against the river bank.
Several were killed aud injured, but II Is
impossible now TO obtain definite details.
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pishop KaIn,s Departure.

Rt. Rev. J. j. Kain, Bishop OF Wheel
ing, will leave next Sunday evening for
New Orleans, to be present at the cen
tennary anniversary OF the establish
ment of the second Roman Catholic
hierarchy In the territory now compris-
ing the United States. Upon his re-
turn he will make his annual visit to
the parishes in the southeastern portion
OF the State. He will not return to
Wheeling for four or five weeks.