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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-04-18
DIED.

WILLIAMSON Tuesday April 18th,
1895. at a. m. at her residence in
Leatherwood. Mrs. Jane Williams, relict
OF l. II. Williams, in her 18th year.
Funeral from her late residence Thurs
day afternoon at 2:3o o'clock. Interment
al Greenwood cemetery.
HEBURN-On Tuesday. April 18th, 1895,
at / o'clock a. m, at Pruntytown, w. Va,
Harry Lee. youngest son OF Mrs. Clara j.
Heburn, in the 18th year of his age.
Funeral from the residence of his moth
err, No. 81 South Front street. Thursday
afternoon at 2 o'clock. Friends of the
family invited to the house. Interment
nrivate.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-04-18
,pppopRIATE RESOLUTIONS.

Washington April 17.-At a meeting
of the officers of the Treasury De
partment held at I o'clock this after
noon in the Office of Secretary Carlisle,
who presided, appropriate resolutions
were adopted on the death of Charles
H. Mansur. late assistant controller
of the treasury. The resolutions were
ordered to be engrossed and forwarded
IN his family.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-04-18

The illustrated Special Cotton Mill
Edition" OF the Chattanooga Trades
man is an attractive and valuable ad-
dition to the industrial library.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-04-18
EAPT11oTrAKE IN VERMONT

Burlington, VT, April 17.-Quite a
sharp shock of earthquake was felt here
at 1920 a. m. to-day. Buildings and
their contents were shaken, but there
was no serious damage. The move
ment was from southwest to northeast
and was of two seconds duration.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-04-18
KrTJ,ED RY AN ELEVATOR.

Pittsburg, Pa, April 17.-William
Dean. a plasterer, was instantly killed,
and John Reef and Harry Goshen were
badly injured in an elevator accident
to-day in the Arrott block, an uncom-
pleted building.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-04-18
AMERICAN HARDWARE ABROAD.

AMERICAN HARDWARE ABROAD.
The Iron Age says: 1T is evident
that American hardware is being i'm
ported into the English market in con-
siderable and in constantly increasing
quantities"
The attention of Mckinley and his
followers is respectfully invited TO the
above According TO the McKinleyites.
you know. the tariff on English hard
ware. high as it is in the new tariff
law. is not sufficient to protect the
American manufacture against Eng
lish competition. In spite Of the Nc
Einleyites, however, the Engineer, Of
London. has this to say about the
sale Of American shears in England:
can Important branch of the scissors
trade is the large shears used by tatlorS
Tor cutting out. TIC is somewhat remark
able that the Americans are almost COM
pletely COMMANDING this market. on
course there are several who prefer lne
Sneffeli-made shear, but I'M nearly an the
large tailoring establishments which an
CuScrNaut man visits he viii ma lhat inc
The duty in the Wilson law on inn
ported scissors and shears is 40 per
cent. and the McKinleyites say it is
too low. Yet the American makers are
underselling the English manufactur-
ers right at their own doors in Eng
land and paying the ocean freight be-
sides.
The same London journal, speaking
Of the sale of American files and rasps
in England. says.
elm the lighter trades there is a good
deal OF talk at present ABOUT American
and British raspS and uicS. The Amerl-
cans are undoubtedly Offering their wares
at much lower prices than our local man
ufacturers, and there is growing im-
preston that the United States manufaC-
turers are likely 90 command more OF the
market than they have hitherto done
Shades Of the Mckinley bill. Amer
lean makers mderselling lat much
lower prices the English manufactur-
ers in the English home market, and
after paying the ocean freight charges!
The following from the Iron Age Will
make interesting reading for the Me
KinleyiteS:
An incident occurred this week which
shows that we are beginning TO step on
the heels OF even the Germans. who have
been the most aggressive sellers In recent
years. An order came into this market
Tor l.D00 tons If barrel hoops. An Ameri-
can mill bid a. low as any German works
and would have obtained the order 4
there had not been duty of about 81 per
ton ON hoops I'm Germany. I'm Other
words. with equal rates OF freight auc
short credits we can meet them success
fully in neutral markets.
When they can undersell the low
waged German product under equal
conditions. what have American iron
manufacturers to fear from foreign
competition
And yet Mckinley is stin going
about the country believing for pro
tecuonr' Protection against what?
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-04-18
MONUMENT FOR MRS. SCHENLEY.

Pittsburg, April 1.-THE CONNER
cial Gazette will unoficiaily announce
tomorrow that Andrew Carnegie mas
donated 100000 to build a monument
TO Mrs Mary E. Schenley, OF London
England. The monument is TO be
erected under the Tiumphal arch at
the entrance of the park OF AGO acres
which Mrs. Schenley presented TO this
CITY and which bears her name.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-04-18

The free silverites want to get hold
Of the New York Mercury. They want
10 make it'a quick silver organ.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-04-18

The Philadelphia Times was mulcted
yesterday in the sumed of $4,000 for
an alleged libel on eX-Mayor smith
Can any man, particularly politician,
be Hbelled $4,000 worth?
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-04-18
NEW K OF P. LODGE INSTITUTED.

Special to the Register.
Pennington, w. Va, April 17.-Fi-
deity Lodge No Z, Knights of Pythias,
was instituted here tonight. The
new lodge starts off with quite large
membership, and there is great en-
thusiasm among those who have joined
the order. A big crowd of Knights
was present from Warrington, Monon-
gah. Shinnston, Grafton and other
nnintS
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-04-18
EREE TO EVERY PURCHASER.

We will this week give free TO every
purchaser at our store one case OF Babe
skin Soap" guaranteed TO be the finest
soap on the market for the skin. COM
pleXion and scalp, for man, woman and
GOETZE'S PHARMACY,
Twelfth and Market Streets.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-04-18
FOR sALE-MIscELLANEoU5.
PUBLIC SALE.

seventy-nine G9) packase' %.
0erine. containing f0r'y ' .'.I f0 .s
having been seized a. slg H..
st nis9a S'I / Viii. on SATURDAY AFf.
iSa5 con commencing at ten o.ei2g - f.
proceed TO sell the said q. rrs -.s
Seized TO the highest 6.IlgII.. M. 3
will take place at the NJ cr Ig ..af
Storage COmpany's WaI.t'-'
street In Wheeling " o.
Terms Of Sale-Cash. t-r-erg.
Collector Internal tss'
4. II. WEIDEBUSCH, y. -
Wheeling, April Sth, H.
ap1le&dQz
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-04-18

Silver and the tariff viii please go
and hide their diminished heads; the
base ball season opens to-day.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-04-18

NICARAGUA'S NEW CABINET
Washington, April 17.-United States
Minister Baker at Managua, has in
formed the State Department OF the
formation of a new cabinet in Near
aqua on,April 1st last
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-04-18

The REGISTER. embracing its several
editions. is entered at the Postothce IN
Wheeling. W. Va. as second-class matter.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-04-18

Oil yesterday sDurted to 21O and
dropped to 21O. What a fall was there,
my couuymen!
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-04-18

The wicked and the oil spectators
stand in slippery places.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-04-18
For Cut Flowers

And floral designs, so TO Louis Han
del's. No. GO Twelfth street.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-04-18
WEST VIRGINIA PRINTING CO.,
PUBLISHERS AND PROPRIEIOtsS-


TERMS.
PER YEAR. BY NAIL POSTAGE Pfth-
PAID.
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DAILY. three days in the week. : "
DAILY. two days IN the week. 8 ~
DAILY. one day in the week. 1 p
WEEKLY. one year. IN advance..-''' ! ~
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DELIVERED BY CARRIERS.
DAILY. per week. 90 be paid weekly. -
DAILY and SUNDAY, per week. u
The DAILY viii De delivered by car
riers in any other city or town at. y
single copies Of DAILY or WEEKLY.
Tributes Of Respect and Obituary NO
tiees I'VE cents per line.
Stamps Of the denomination OF t"S
cents and less accepted for amounts less
than one dollar.
Correspondence containing Important
news solicited from every part OF the
surrounding country.
Rejected communications viii not De TO
turned unless accompanied by sufheiens
postage.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-04-18
BENZ. EARNSHHN,
Pardoned by the Governor, and
Released Yesterday.

III Health the Cause for the Exer-
else of Executive Clemency-He
Was Arrested January II, 1894,
and Was Sentenced to Eight
Years.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-04-18
WATER FILTERs-EwlNe BROS.
NATURAL STONE WATER FILTERS!

You can get best will filter enough water for family
of ten persons) at
Bros. iS'' Market W
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-04-18

DR.. Joseph W Richards, of Lehigh
University. advocates the use Of alum-
mum for fveand one cent pieces. The
softness Of aluminium is sufficient to
prevent it's use for this purpose at
present Or. Bichards's plan, however,
has a peculiar interest. There are
probably in circulation he states,
cover 100000 pounds Of nickel and
bronze pieces in the United States.
This could be reduced by 3,5OOOO0 by
employing aluminium. As for coun-
terfeitlng such coins, he believes that
the brilliant. untarnished surface at
the bottom Of the recesses in the let
tiers would be an infaIible preventive.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-04-18

The pardon of EarnShaw from the
Penitentiary by Gov. MacCorkle will
be recognized by those who know
Earnshaw and understand the circum-
stances Of the case as proper act.
Earnshaw strayed from the path of
rectiude. but he had served nearly a
year of his term and is sadly broken
in health, and in addition is aged and
bitterly repentant The Governor
pardon which grants this broken down
old man the boon of spending his few
declining days in freedom is a proper
use of executive clemency.
The Supreme Court has two more in
come tax cases before it. This is sig
nifcant. The fact is, there is an al
most universal sentiment to the effect
that the law is an abortion as it stands,
and that it should be restored in its
entirety or else repealed altogether.
Live stock, meat. wool, cotton. sill
yer. wheat and best of all, wages
going up on the bound Democratic
times are coming round once more.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-04-18

Dear meat is IN part caused by the
wholesale reduction iu sheep and the sup
DIV of mutton through the working OF a
democratic free-wool tarim.-Phladelphla
Press.
When prices were down it was
charged up TO the Democratic tariff.
Now that prices are up it is still
charged TO the Democratic tariff. Queer
folks. these NIcKiuleyites.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-04-18

TERMS.
PER YEAR. BY NAIL POSTAGE PttAS-
PAID
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-07-06
THE "uNSPEAKABLE" JURY
That Called This Sort Of Diabolical Brutal.
tyOnIy Granddaughter"


ty Only granddaughter"
DUBLIN, July G.-Michacl CIea,y, at
Ballyvadlea, near Clonmel, was convict
ed of manslaughter in causing the death
Of his wife Bridget Clcary, mt Rallyvad.
lea, on March last by burning and 9TH
erwise ill.treating her on the ground that
she was bcwitchcd. Michael Clcary, hus-
band Of the deceased; Patrick Boland.
her father; William Patrick, Michael
and James Kennedy, cousins; Mary
Kennedy, aunt, and Patrick Dunne
William Ahearn and Dennis Giney, the
latter known as the. family DOCTOR"
were jointly arrested and charged with
burning and ill.treating Mrs. Clcary un-
til death relieved her from further suffer
ing.
The evidence showed that she was suf.
fering from nervousness and .bron chitis,
and her hus sband, believing her to be be-
witchcd, forced nauseous dccoction
down her throat for the purpose OF cxor.
cising the evil spirit After this the un:
fortunate woman was held over q fire
and dreadfully burned until she declared
in the name Of God that she was not
Cleary's wife. This torture was repeated,
and in the end her husband knocked her
down, strip ped off her clothing. poured
parafIine over her body, lighted it. and the
woman burned to death in the presence
of her relatives.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-07-06
Nobody Alive to Blame.

WAsHINGToS, July 6-The report Of the
investig alton into the cause of the wreck
Of the Colima has been received from San
Francisco by General Dumont, supervising
inspector of steam vessels. 1t declares that
the vessel was not overloaded. was staunch
and seaworthy, and that there was no
danger anticipated until a few minutes
before the disaster. How it happened will
never be known, as all the otlicers who
could possibly have told are dead. The
number lost, SO far as positively known.
was eighty-five passengers and sixty-eight
Of the crew.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-07-06
ABBREVIATED TEIEGRAMa

Robert Bennett, colored preacher
was dragged from his pulpit and lynched
near Lake City, Fla, for alleged assault
His brains were shot out, his throat cut
and his ears cut of.
Blackfeet Indians near Gleichen, N
w. T., threaten massacre of the whites
Obituary: At Albany, Hiram E. Sick
les. reporter of the court of appeals, 55
At Auburn, n. Y, Editor William J
Moses, 12 At Humboldt, Ills, Mrs. Mary
A. Null, e.
The headlcss body of J. c. Alsop, a
printer. was found at Socorro. N. NJ. He
is the third printer decapitated there mys
teriously since 1883.
Charles p. Coates, wealthiest barber ir
Tifiin, O., has been given five days motto,
to leave the town. The notifiers are unior
BARRIERS.
At Tarrytown, N. Y, Carlyle W. Bar
ron mistook in the darkness an unknown
woman for n skunk, and shot her dead.
What was supposed to be the body oi
John Elder, an embezzler Of Columbus
O.. was buried n year ago. Thursda,
Elder reappcared, and now tho identity ol
the corpse is n mystery.
The case of Harry Hayward, niurdere
Of Catherine Cling ut Minneapolis, will
not be disposed of finally until October.
Theodore Gushing. who killed Thomas
King, his farm hand, at Spokane Wash.
has been convicted OF murder in the sec
ond degree.
Mount Vesuvius celebrated the Fourth
by opening a new fssure and pouring
fourth dense stream Of lava.
Magistrate Hause, of Jeffersonville
Ind, broke the Fourth of July record By
marrying sixteen couples.
High Gutemalan officers are charged
with stealing $1,000. 900 from the govern
mcnt.
Salvadoran army officers have been ar
rested for completely in plot to kidnal
President Guitterez.
DR.. Brown returned to Waycross, G :.
after an absence Of twenty-five years, I,
find his wife married to another man
She refused to leave her second husband
and Brown left broken-heartcd.
Professor Moore has taken charge Of tn
weather bureau at Washington.
The question whether Carl Browne, tn
Coxeyite, and his bride were remarked OF
the Capitol steps ut Washington Thurs
day is question of veracity between tn
Capitol police and the Coxeyite. Car
says he was; the police say he wasn't.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-07-06
WOULD KILL HER OWN MEN.
Experiments to Decide Dispute Between
Two Naval bureaus,

Experiments to Decide Dispute Between
Two Naval Bureaus,
WASHINGTON. j uly "a very important
test has been made recently ut Indian Head
to settle naval bureau dispute. The chiefs
Of bureaus Of the navy department differ
radically as to doublc-storied turrcts and
single.storicd turrets-one in front for the
heavy guns and the other elevated and
just in tho rear containing eight-inch
guns 1t was claimed by the ordnance
bureau that the eight-inch guns would be
rendered useless in an engagement in
which the vessel had her bow or stern to-.
ward the enemy, because II fired over the
turror containing the large guns the blast
from the cight-inch guns would kill the
men In tho other tower.
Captain Sampson ordered test made
by having an sight-inch gun fred over
an inch steel plate, the thickness of the
plate dcs gned to cover tho sighting tow
er Tho muzzle of the gun was "a inches
above the plate and the first charge bent
the plate down in the center 4 inches,
while stronger charge still further dent
ed tho plate s inches on one end and
inches on tho other. The plate was
about 5x411 feet and the supports were
equal to those which would bo placed on
the ship. This has caused the officers OF
the ordnance bureau to renew their ssser'
ton that the conclusion Of the eight-tnch
gun would kill the men at work In
the turrct.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-07-06
TROUBLE IN THE COAL REGIONS.
Miners in the Elkhorn and Bluefields Dis
tricts Raising Cain Once More.

CHARLESTON. W. Va, July 6.-The sit.
uation in the Elkhorn and Bluefields re.
gion has become so threatening that
Governor McCorkle has ordered eight
companies Of state troops to be in rcadi.
ness to march. kilograms to the gov
ernor from that region state that the
strikers are arming and say they will
drive out the ''scabs, with which some OF
the operators are trying to run the
mines.
At the Pocahontas coal field the miners
with Winchesters forced fifty of the for.
eign laborers to quit work and leave the
field. \ band of armed strikers met the
Norfolk and We stern trains at Eckman
and refused to allow any one to leave the
coaches. At midnight 20 armed miners
were marching from mine to mine, driv-
out non-union men and threatening to
bum ard destroy.
A special just received Is to the effect
that the miners throughout the Elkhorn
reg.on arc rioting, having burned houses
and committed o.Aer depredations.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-07-06

islanus-use silver al.nost exclusively.
For these reasons Spain's policy is def
nitely favorable toward the use OF both
metals. and her interests, particularly In
the colonies. are toward an enlarged uss
Of silver.
The belief Is expressed by some OF the
best posted representatives OF foreign
countries that any international none
tary conference agreemen. should en-
body certain essential features. 10 as
sure its power it must secure the adher-
ence Of the United States and OF at least
one Of the three great money centers OF
Europe-Great Britain, France or Ger
maryland the adherence OF as many
lesser countries rs possible. It should
also include that feature OK the Latin
union whereby the amount of silver to be
ccined by each member Of the union is
definitely fixed in advance. in accordance
with its needs.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-07-06
HELLDIANN'S CRIME,
Takes His Whole Family to
Eternity with Him.
WHOLESALE MURDER AT CHICAGO.

A Tragedy That Was at First Thought To
lie Accident-Perpetr Turns ON the
Gas when He Goes to Bed and with
-Four Ch,ldren and Wife Wakes in Eter.
nity-Terribie Riot in an Iudians VIII
laEc-Other Crimes.
CHICAGO, July 6-Frcderick He'll
mann, a well-:o-do mason contractor,
murdered his wife and four children and
then killed himself. 1t was first SUP
posed that II Hellmarn and his wife and
children met death by accident, but it de.
velopcd at the coroner's inquest that it
was wholesale murder, calmly planned.
and that the man intended to kill him
self and end the existence of the members
Of his family. The dead man and his vic.
Tins are: Frederick Hellmann, aged 81;
Mrs. liza Hcllmanu, aged ~; Fred He'll
mann, Jr, II; Ida He'll mann, 10; Will
liam Hellmann, :; Hedwig iIellmann, ).
The motive for the crime may never be
known, but it is supposed that the act
was that of a madman, as Hellmann,
about ten years ago, had a sun stroke,
from which be never recovered com.
pletely.
Discovered by Mother and Sister,
Suspicion was first aroused in tic
morning by the fact that the house in
which the Hellmanns lived was tightly
closed long after the usual hour for tie
family to be astir. The mother and mar
ried sister of Hellmann, who lived next
door, attempted to break into the house,
but were unable to do so. They finally
managed to force an entrance through a
window tha. had been left unfastened,
and made their way to one of the bed.
rooms, where the dead bodies of all the
family were found. The house was so
full of gas that the two women were
nearly overcome, and it was only after it
had been opened up that it was found
possible to turn off the gas which was
streaming from an open jet.
Letter Tells the Terrible Story.
The relatives and all the ncigh5ors at
once conclu led that the deaths hal been
the result OF IN accident, and the police
| adhered to the same opinion. The open
gas jet vas Just above the bed in which
the mother and one of the children lay
and it was supposed that one of them had
during the night accidentally hit the stop.
cock and knocked it open. AT the inquest,
| however, an entirely d .1fsrcnt complexion
was given to the affair by Charles, the
brother OF Helimann, who produced q let
| ter written by the murderer and suicide
late OH the previous evening, in which he
clearly stated his purpose Of killing him
| SELF
Didn't Tell His Full Purpose.
He gave no iEtima alton of the fact, how.
| ever, that he was meditating the death OF
| his family also. He spoke of the window
through which the women had crawied
as TIL, only way in which his brother
could gain admission to the house, and
said that he had left it open for that pur
pose. The BROTHER did not receive the let
ter until the afternoon, and went di
rectly to the inquest.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-07-06
BLOODY CELEBRATION IN INDIANA.
Riot at Picnic Es suits In Three Deaths
and Much Bar b arisn.


ENGLISH, July 6-Dr. William Lomax,
OF Sulphur Well, telephones here OF ter
rible riot which occurred at picnic at
Siberia, Perry county, in which ], 900 men
and women participated. Three meu were
killed and fifty-four persons wounded.
many of whom are women. The dead
are: William Geise, Frank Hart and
Fred Elmer The occasion was n German
Roman Catholic picnic, and an interrup.
tion by nti.Catholics loaded with bad
whisky was the cause of the trouble. DR..
Lomax is surgeon, and with two assist
ants was kept busy for twenty hours
dressing the wounds of the injured.
He related some awful incidents. A
woman in delicate condition was
kicked, the blow killing the child and
likely to result in her own death. Samuel
Wilson, a leader of the anti.CathOlic
side. will die from the effects Of a frac.
tured skull, caused by a bottle welded by
a woman whose husband Wilson had cut
with largo knife. Almost twenty arc
expected to die, while Others arein a crit
ical condition.