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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-01-26
RIVER INTELLIGENCE.
What is Going On Among the Boats ana
Boatmep.


Boatnien.
There were about 10 feet inches Of
water 10 the channel last night.
The crew of the Pacific No. 2 bad an
exciting experience near East Liver
uool, on Thursday. The Pacific strung
her barges out behind her wheel. 4
line parted, and ten barges started down
stream. They were chased, and several
cables were thrown TO the foremost
barge. just then the hawser snapped,
and two deckhands tumbled. Ihen d
capstan gave way, catching one mans
foot. He was thrown fifteen ieet INTO
the air, and fell into the water. lie
was pulled 10 in an unconscious copdl-
ton. His companions right leg was
broken and his foot crushed.
special TO the Register.
PARKERsBURG, W. VA, January %.
Ohio is feet 4 inches and rising.
Weather clear and cold.
The big Hudson arrived here TINS
morning about twelve hours late Win
the finest trip, both OF passengers ana
freight she has ever taken out OF PItts-
burg. She had taboard about 700 tons
OF freight and every state room In her
spacious cabin was occupied. She laid
up here quite a while and discharged
$50 kegs of horse shoes, 80 sacks OF
beans, and large quantity OF miscel-
laneous freight.
The Courier went to tie bank at Ma
rietta this morning on account OF the
heavy ice.
The towboat Walton, on her way up
with empties. tied up her tow in the
mouth of the Kanawha this morning on
account of the heavy ice.
The hall OF the Oneida is just visible
above the water now, and it will be
several days yet before she will be raised
entirely.
PIrTsBURG. PA, January 25.-River,
: feet inches and falling. Weather,
sleeting.
WARREN, PA, January 25.-River, l
foot inches and falling; weather cloudy
and cool.
OIL CITY, PA, January 25.-River, 2
feet inches and falling; weather cool
and cloudy.
MoRGANrowN. w. VA, January 25.-
River, 9 feet and falling; weather, cold
and raining.
GREENSBORO. PA, January 25.-
River, 0 feet and falling; weather,
warm and raining.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-01-26
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In the Guise of a Trigip,- -. Nom'

a hehaHce 10 Inc Public U.sr.,
In the Guise of a Triaing Di,or5o o''a''
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years ago. the disease has Been y. 80. '''en
studied. 1t has not improve on s,,,,. ,.''-''l
II is still regarded as one OF the ro e.
Gus and dangerous OF malad.,s NJ. .. YEA e.
be feared because It mos, o,t., ca. '- ''' p:
guise OF simple coll. It, true cb,..... '- 'a'
always recognized, until the victim r.' ~ D.:
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and strikes to the very bone. '''',
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little. expose themselves 20 cold 49, ~ %
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come he conditions ploiucrtlr TO-. -'s'.
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mltted, anu the peculiar adyan,s,.. .I'.. j a.;
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follow the use OF DAM pur- v... .,.--.-...l
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thing more serious, aud IN f,y g..
away altogether. Sood rilaucs b.. ,.a
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and Eastern States. and tae w.atg., i.'''... -
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spring. How % cure u l. al Ir.,-s...-. Z.
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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-01-26

II looks as though the case OF the
Bond Commissioners against the town OF
New Cumberland would develop into
quite an interesting legal battle. We
understand ex-Att0rney General Alfred
Caldwell aud W. p. Hubbard, Of Wheel
ing, have been employed by the BOND
Commissioners in connection with Al
torney w. J. Huff in the case Of an ap-
peal 10 the Circuit Court, and j. II.
Atkinson, J. Il. DonehoO aud Judge
Melvin will appear for the town
Hancock County Independent.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-01-26

masous ball for the children OF mem
bcrs of the Arlon, and they were pres
emit in great numbers, in spite OF the
extremely disagreesble weather. For
once their elders were forced TO take
back seat, and the young folks secured
Inc full measure OF enjoyment from
their undisputed possession OF the cluO
house. and their brief season OF author
ity. Parents and friends were present
as spectators, and they crowded the
lobby and gallery.
The hall was tastefully decorated for
the affair with feStoons OF pink ana
blue cloth, and all the lights were soft
ened bv pink and blue shades. The
children began 10 arrive early In the
evening, and there were nearly one
hundred present when the grand march
took place about $40 o'clock.
1t was led by Messrs. f. Z.
II. Schwertfeger and Albert Hoehle, In
Japanese costume. Heading the
column was "dot leetle Cherman bandit,
with very dignifed drum major. They
played various instruments, each essay.
ing different tune. Then followed
caricatures on all professions and all
the d ilferent social grades-bankers ana
hod carriers, ministers and clowns,
Queens and servants, John Bull, Uncle
Sam and GermanIa. Many OF the girls
wore elaborate fancy costumes, while
the little boys aped the ludicrous.
Af:er the march, the Opera House
orchestra made music for dancing.
During intermissions there were enter
tainments on the stage. The honors
here were freely accorded TO the dozen
boys who sang Little johnny SchmoK-
err" under the direction OF Mr.. Schwert-
feger. They fairly brought down the
house At eleven o'clock supper vas
served in the dining room, and the chill
dren partook of the repast, as only
children can, after such season OF eX-
element and recreation.
The older folks took the floor after
eleven o'clock, and danced until two.
The ball was complete success in every
particular, rejecting credit upon the
committee. composed of Mesdames I'D.
Schaefer, f. C. Il. Schwertfeger, John
Lutz, t. c. DreAorst, Leopold Riester,
George f. E6eling. George Miller, VIM.
Wendell, f. Schmeichel, Max Beuter,
John Klett, Albert Hoehle, and Messrs.
Schwertfegsr, LutZ, Hoehle and AmlcE.
There was a congenial assemblage
last evening at the home of Mr.. George
X. Wheat, on North Main street The
occasion was the birthday of the host,
number of his friends calling TO assist
MIN in its celebration, and taking him
by surprise.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. j. Nolte celebrated
their paper wedding at their home on
South Main street, Thursday evening.
A large number OF guests were enter
tanned, and the host and hostess re-
csived a number OF handsome presents.
The thirty-frst birthday OF Mr..
Henry Woke was made the occasion
for a very enjoyable surprise, arranged
by his estimable. wife, and carried out
in a delightful manner Wednesday
evening. About thirty friends called
upon Mr.. Woke, at his home on Four
teenth street, and repaired TO Horas'
hall, where the evening was spent In
dancing to Guthart's music.
The whist party which was to have
been given by the Island Club last
night was postponed until some future
date,
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-01-26
sprp1TrALTsTIC SEANCE.

One of the bright lights OF spiritual
ism, Miss Annie Eva Fay, whose mys'
terious seances have won for her much
fame. will give an exhibition at the
Opera House, Wednesday and Thurs
day evening next. Her entertainment
is OF the highest order, and the teats
performed by Miss Fay are indeed In
comprehensive. There is about them
ell weird air OF mystery and they
never fail to arouse the wonder OF those
who ses them.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-01-26
paid the Wager.

A novel election bet was paid asst
night. One young man pushed another
in a wheelbarrow down Market street
while two other young men rang oeiIs
and played harmonious. 1t is about as
pleasaus TO lose as TO win under such
conditions.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-01-26
At tho I. "A. Q. a,

The usual meeting will be held at the
Young Mems Christian Association
building at S o'clock. A report of the
convention of Associations, recently
held at Cumberland, Nd, will be made.
very interesting service for young
men will be held at the DdildiDg at
o'clock tomorrow afternoon. Young
men are invited TO attend.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-01-26
Oil Notes.

The Oracle well, it is reported, came
In dry one day last week.
The Western OH Co., OF Cumberland
expect 10 reach the sand ana drill their
well in next Thursday.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-01-26
Burned in Benwood.

George Myers, who lives on South
Cbanline street, was seriously burned
on the feet, one arm, and the left side,
yesterday morning, with hot pipe, at
the Riverside tube works, in Benwood'
He was brought to his home in this
city. and an East End physician dressed
his wounds
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-01-26
AMUsEM ENTS
EQUINE PARADOX.

The Grand Opera House attraction
the first half of next week, with We'd
nesday matinee, will be Prof. BarthoIo-
nevis Equine Paradox. Prof. Bar
tholomew's horses have been seen 10
this city before in their wonderful per-
formances. They do everything but
talk, and the entertainment is not only
instructive but amusing as well. 1t
should be greeted With crowded
hOuSes,
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-01-26

BUrrERMILK Soap, s.; fine castillo
soap, 91%c. ger cake; shoe so les lOc''
three pair for csc; shoe hammer, 1Oc. (;
shoe tacks, sc. per paper.
THE RACKET.
HOP Market street.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-01-26

At Hartford, Conn, 80 tgh lcs,t
boys have Joined the N2t.ls Az
Cigarette league.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-01-26
NEWS OF The DAY.
a cod VYatch stoIen.

Chief McNichol was notified yester-
day that gold hunting case watch had
been stolen from Max Koch, No. 90
South Broadway, on Thursday.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-01-26
MASQgg CARNIVAL
GIVEN By THE CHILDREN OF ARION MEM
BERS LAST MIGHT.
4 Very Pretty and Interesting Entertainment
Grand March and 0her Features
Other Society Events.

ERRY masqueraders
made the Arion rel
sound WITH their
laughter last night.
King Carnival held
full sway, and the
willing subjects of the
jolly old potentate
gave themselves up to
grotesQue revelry. 1t
w a S the annual
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-01-26

Chicago thievs stale FIRE alarm bo,
from the corner OF Trans. avenue and
Peoria street Ia that city.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-01-26

NYE IN TIE CAPITOL-Hs Views
the Statesmen from the Press Gallery.
See Sunday Register.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-01-26

BUTTERMILK Soap, &c.: fine CASTLE
soap, 215c. per cake; shoe soles 10c.,
three pair for csc; shoe hammer, 10c. /;
shoe tacks, sc. per paper.
The RACKET.
HOP Market street.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-01-26

He ROLLS IN GOLD-John D.
Rockefeller, Americas Richest Man.
See Sunday Register.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-01-26

~ 00 Buys q stylish Jacket at Geo.
X VII NJ. Shook 81 Co.. worth more
DCsUU than double.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-01-26

MRS. VANDERBILT AT HOME
The Wife Of Cornelius Modern Cor
nelia. See Sunday Register.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-01-26

The whist party which was to have
been given by the Island Club last
night was postponed until some future
date.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-04-13

OFF. What could anybody want with a
dead mans right hand and certain locks
of his hair? Then 1t struck me suddenly
the man was hanged; it was the Hand of
GoryI
Then, you will remember, I went at
your request to see the footprints of the
Fosters on the part of the path past the
watercourse. Here. again, it was muddy
in the middle. and the two brothers had
walked as far apart before, although
nobody had walked between them. y final
proof, if one were needed, of my theory as
to the three lines of footprints.
NOW l was to consider how to get at the
man who had taken the hand. He should
be punished for the mutilation but be-
ycnd that he would be required a wit
ness. Now. all the foot-tracks in the vi
cinity had been accounted for. There were
those of the brothers and of Sneathy, which
We have been speaking of; those of the
rustics looking on. which, however. stop
ped a little way off, and did not interfere
with our sphere of observation; those of
your man who had cut straight through
the wood when he first saw the body and
had come back the same way with you /;
and our own. which we had been careful
to keep away from the others. Conse-
queDtly there was no track of the man who
had cut off the hand therefore it was GER
tain that he must have come along the
hard gravel by the watercourse, for that
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-04-13

ia a description of a new electric carriage
owned by Monsieur Charles Jeantaud,
which will take part in the great race
next summer between automobile car
riages. The course will be between Paris
and Bordeaux. The race promises some
interesting developments In the line OF
steam, petroleum and electric carriages
NJ. Charles Jeantaud. the head OF an I'M
portant carriage establishment OF Paris,
commenced experimenting on an electric
carriage in 1881, when the .accumuiators
of Faure first appeared, but at this time
the dead weight of the accumulators was
so great that M. Jeantaud was forced 10
stop his experiments, but he was spurred
into activity by the recent success OF Pc
troleum and steam motors for carriages,
ard the result of his labors is the electric
carriage, which is shown in the accom-
panying illustration. He found 1t necessary
to obtain source of electricity lighter
and less cumbersome than those in use.
He found it in the Fulmen accumulator.
The plates are covered by perforated
celluloid envelope, filed with the active
material In the center of this envelope are
the lead plates which serve to collect the
current. The celluloid is perfect non
conductor and is not attacked by acids.
The plates are carried in wooden recepta-
cles, which are lined with celluloid. They
are composed of two parts-the box proper
and the cover, which is absolutely water
tight and is transparent as well. The
accumulation thus constructed presents
small bulk and light weight compared with
its great capacity. 1t resists perfectly
the SHOCKS TO winch IL Is SuoJeCleu. nc
batteries which propel the carriage of NJ.
Jeantaud consist of twenty-one elements
of the type just described, which give
current of 100 amperes of pressure OF
forty volts. In ascending slopes the cur
rent is increased.
The general appearance of the new
carriage, as shown in the illustration, re-
senbles that of a petroleum-propelled
carriage. None Of the actuating mocha
nism is in sight. The twenty-one elements
are inclosed in seven small boxes, each
containing three accumulators. These
boxes slowed away under the seat
The hands are free to steer the carriage
and to control the speed; the switch, as
well as the brake, is controlled by the
foot. The foot is placed on the switch,
and the carriage starts with ease. On
removing the foot the carriage stops, and
the momentum which it has acquired may
be checked. if desired, by applying the
foot to the brake. The brake is of the Or
binary variety, wooden shoe binding
on the rear wheel. circuit-breaker is
placed on the brake pedal. so that when
the brake is applied the current is cut off
at the same time. On a good level road
speed of twenty kilometers OPS miles)
per hour has been obtained, while in a
billy country the speed is reduced to twelve
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-04-13

and the Yukon, in the interior. is the rich
est gold region of the territory. AT the
time of the writer's visit Mr.. McGrath had
on his desk letter just received from one
of the richest American traders of the in
terror. The letter was dated Forty Mile
Creek, February TO-" having been two
months reaching this city. 1t states that
two hundred and seventy-five white men
and fifteen white women came last winter
to Forty Mile Creek, which settlement now
contains one hundred and twenty-five
houses. The writer goes on to say that
some Indians recently discovered, about
one hundred and ten miles above that place,
a new gold mine, from which they made
about $500. Twenty-Five white men are at
work at 1t now. The letter refers to two
old Canadian French gold miners of the in
terror, one of whom, it says, is known to
have made $4,000 in the past two seasons,
and the other of whom is expected to make
at least $4,000 during the coming season.
MIR. McGrath has great faith in the future
of Alaska. He says that with all of her
valuable resources the full extent of the
land occupied by private parties, if con-
denSed in one area, would not show up on
good-sized map, although any bona fide
citizen may obtain from the government as
many as 160 acres Of non-mineral lands for
only $3.50 an acre. Although most people
look upon Alaska as barren ice field, he
says that the normal temperature in most
regions is but little below ours, owing to
the warm current of the Pacific, which
washes its shores with the same effect as
tnat OF the gun stream upon England.
Even far in the interior, he says, he has
known the thermometer to go up as high
as 95 degrees in summer. What Alaska
needs, he added. Is a railroad to take the
people up there, and more women to make
their homes comfortable after they get
there There are nine white men to every
white woman in the territory.
DR.. Dali, who will examine the coal de-
| posits of Alaska, has spent considerable
| time in the territory, having some years
| ago made survey of it's tertiary strata,
| the layer which contains the coal This
| examination was made partly for the coast
| survey and partly for the Western Union
| Telegraph Company. The coal beds found
| were not separately recorded on the maps
| drawn after this trip. He says that during
| this expedition he located coal in many
places.
He found that the Indians in some re-
| gions possessed a great many amber beads,
| which they valued so highly that they
| would trade them only in exchange for
| forty or fifty sea otter skins, He also
| found some of these beads in an ancient
grave, which Convinced him that they were
| not imported into the country by foreign
| ers. Since amber Is the hardened resinous
| sap of the trees which formed the COAL he
| searched for the latter wherever he found
| an established settlement of Indians pos
| sessing a great deal of amber. He was
| generally successfultin finding coal in that
| way.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-04-13

branch from which the man had hung there
was an old tree stump. with fiat top,
where the tree had been sawn off. 1 ex-
amned this. and it became fairly apparent
that Sneathy had stood on it when the rope
was about his necl-his muddy footprint
was plain to see; the mud was not smear
have been If he had been stood there fore
IDLY and pushed off. 1t was a simple clear
footprint-another hint at suicide.
But then arose the objection that you
mentioned yourself. Plainly the brothers
Foster were following Sneathy and came
this way. Therefore, If he hanged him
self before they arrived it would seem
that they must have come across the body.
was mud on the knees. and clinging to
one knee was a small leaf. 1t was a leaf
corresponding to those on the bush be-
mind the tree, and it was not dead leaf,
so must have been just detached. After
my examination of the body / went to
the bush. and there in the thick of it,
We're, for me, sufficiently distinct knee
marks. in one of which the knee had
crushed a spray of the bush against the
ground-and from that spray leaf was
missing. Behind the knee marks were the
indentationS of boot toes in the soft, bare
earth under the bush, and thus the thing
was plain. The poor lunatic had come in
sight of the dangling rope, and the tempta-
ton was Irresistible. but at that moment
he must have heard the steps probably
the voices-of the brothers behind him on
the winding path. He Immediately hid in
the bush till they bad passed. 1t is proba-
BILE that seeing who the men were and
conjecturing that they Were following him
thinking also, perhaps. of things that
had occurred between them and himself
his inclination to self-destruction became
completely ungovernable, with the result
that you saw.
But before 1 inspected the bush I no.
ticed one or two more things about the
body. You remember I inquired ii either
of the brothers Foster were left-handed,
and was assured that neither was. But
clearly the hand mad been cut off by a
1eft-handed man with a large sharply
pointed knife. For well away to the right
of where the wrist had hung the knife
point had made tiny triangular rent in
the coat. So that the hand must have
been held in the mutila tors right hand
while he used the knife with his left
clearly a left-handed man.
But most important of all about the
body was the jagged hair over the right
ear Everywhere else the hair was well
cut and orderly-here it seemed as though
a good piece had been, so to speak, sawn
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-04-13
The New German Ambassador.


In regard to the lately appointed ambas-
sador from Germany to this country, the
well-known European correspondent, Mar
quise de Fontenoy, writes as follows:
Baron Won Thelman, appointed successor
to Baron Saurma-Jeltsch as Germanys rep
resentative in Washington, is a man of dis
tinction and some power. He has been in
diplomatic service for twenty years, and
in 1878 was secretary of the German lega-
ton in the city by the Potomac. Since
then he has steadily risen and has ably
served his country in Constantinople, Sofia,
Darmstadt Hamburg and Munich. He is
a great oriental scholar, and the news of
the battle of Sedan-in which be partici-
pated a young lieutenant of hussars-
he communicated to his favorite professor
in Berlin University by postal card written
in the characters of Sanscrit He Travelled
extensively through America and wrote a
very interesting book, ''Vier Reisen Quer
Durch Amerika.'' in which he supplements
Alexander Won Humbodt's researches on
the same ground. The fact that he is very
wealthy-worth about 100000 marks
will not injure his standing. 1 hope, in
Washington.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-04-13

on each side of the mud in the middle. On
the other hand, man in Sneathy's state
assuming him, for the moment to be NAL
and contemplating suicid0 would walk
straight along the center of the path, TAX
ing no note Of mud or anything else. l ex-
amined all the tracks very carefully, and
my theory was confirmed. The feet of the
brothers had everywhere alighted in the
driest spots, and the steps were of irregil-
lar lengths-which meant, of course. that
they were picking their way; while Snea-
thy's footmarks had never turned aside,
We're the rudiments of theory.
AT the watercourse. of course, the foot
marks ceased, because of the hard gravel.
The body lay on knoll at the left-a Knoll
covered with grass. On this the signs of
footmarkS were almost undiScoverable, al
though L am often able to discover tracks
In grass that are invisible to others. Here,
however. 1t was almost useless to spend
much time in exarnination, for you and
your man had been there, and what slight
marks there might be would be inois-
tinguishable one from another. Under the