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Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1895-08-18
AUCIION at si Emsheime s,'s4'
THE EYESI

II has been demonstrated that there is
more eye and head aches from the defects
of refraction and the use of glasses not
properly adjusted than from all other
causes, and that it is absolutely necessary
10 have the eyes scientifically and skiIlfuly
examined and fitted with glasses TO secure
relicfand prevent injury.
Those needing spcCtacles. or their eyes
tire or head aches when reading or sewing
can consult and have their eyes examined
for glasses without charge by Prof Shelf.
the scientific optlcian, ITO Main street,
next door To Shook & Co.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1895-08-18
DEATH or HOWARD BECKETT.

Howard Beckett died last evening az
the home of his parents on Fourteenth
street. after am illness Of about three
weeks of o complication of cerebro spi-
MAJ. meningitis and brain fever. He
was III years of age. Air. Beckett was
q quiet. uuobrusive young man, but
possessed a genial and kindly DISPOSE
.io1 which made him many warm
friends. lie was for several years pre-
scr.r-iOn clerk at Youug's pharmacy
The arrangements for the funeral have
not yet been made.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1895-08-18
DAMAGE BY THE WIND

During the wind storm about five
o'clock last evening, portion Of the tins
roof of the b. & O. depot was torn of.
and about a dozen and a half Westerns
Union wires were torn down Some.
ether minor damage was done about thu
city.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1895-08-18
sNATL FIRES. YESTERDAY.

The chemical company got a still
alarm. yesterday morning. to Neu-
mann's dyeing establishment, on Mar
ket street. No damage resulted.
Yesterday afternoon an alarm was
struck from box 50, for a small blaze
at the house of Charles Kettler, at
Twenty-sixth and Jacob streets. The
fire had originated in some rags and
waste, and was soon eXtinguished.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1895-08-18

AIRS. Rev Trppe,t and Miss Ada
Gardner of West Liberty. met with a
serious accident yesterday morning
while driving 90 tha Masonic picnic
east Of that place The hose took fright
ana became manageable Both
ladies were thrown from tle busy
and quite badly hurt. Mrs. Trippet
collar bone was broken and she receiv-
cd other m.nor injuries Miss Gardner
received several bruises and cuts DIR.
j. 81 Sheets reduced Che fracture and
rendered medical AID
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1895-08-18

The grand jury at Middlebourne was
dismissed to-day. but not before q num-
Der Of indictments were found against
the hotel men for selling without
license The indictments against the
Other saloon men could not be secured.
1t is understood that there were eleven
indictments found against the three ho-
tells, against James f. Dolan. of the Ar
lington, one against George z. Work. CT
the Whittlesey, and five against Hos
ford Of the Wells. a large number of
indictments were found against the pro-
prietcrs and the bartenders of the
other places Nothing has as yet been
heard from Dolan, of the Arlington. who
left MiddlebOurne so suddenly. II was
reported to-day that he was In Wheel
fru
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1895-08-18

DO you need Table Lineu2 NJ So. don't fail
to attend our Bargain sale of Bleachcd
Table Linens. Just look at these prices
soc Linen for so cents. so cents Linen for
80 cents We alway, do as we advertise.
GOOD A co.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1895-08-18

As passenger train No. ? was pulling
away from the station to-day teamster
got out to hold his horses. The horses
reared and apparently threw the driver
down. almost turned the wagon over
and dashed down over the embankment'
which is about twelve feet high at that
place. The horses ran for aboS hum
dred wards. After the accident several
persons ran over to the embankment eX,
pecting TO see the trampled and crushed
remains va the driver. Nothing but his
hat could be found. He managed to ge5
away. A second after the accident hap
pened he was noticed running atIer tHe
horses.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1895-08-18

Miss Minnie Clark, Of New Martins
Vile. accompanied by her brother
Friend. were the guests to-day OF Misses
Maude Thistle and Blanche Wells. Ihey
will remain over Sunday Guy Steel OF
Rock Island, H., who has been the guest
of his uncle on Charles street, LETT Tor
his home. Miss Marie Gorrell, charm
ing young lady OF Friendly, was the
guest of friends in the city. Guy steele,
OF Oakdale. and Joseph Steele, OF Oh
City. who have been the guests OF MISS
Maude Steele. of Charles street for sew
eral days, returned home to-day.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1895-08-18

Sunday morning the new Baptist
Church will be dedicated. The congre-
cation have one of the handsomeSt
places Of worship along the Ohio River
between Wheeling and Parkers6urg.
The church. which is of brick, was bulIt
at a cost of about $4,000 A very inter-
esting programme has been prepared
for the dedicatory services, including
musical selections by the capable choir.
Rev. r. c. Johnson, pastor OF the Bap'
list Church at Charleston, will deliver
the sermon. The services will be held
at 10 o'clock.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1895-08-18

Every Rose Ham is guaranteed.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1895-08-18

Possesses more pointSOfreaI
merit than are fOundin most
other
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1895-01-18
LATER NEWS.

THREE dead-two men and hoy-was the
result of a mans kick in a tenement in New
York City. They were Abraham Bersam.
twenty-five; Joseph Jacobson, twenty, and
Jacob Rosenberg, the thirteen-Year- son
of their employer, with whom they lived.
The tube connecting the burner with the gas
stove became detached by an accidental kick.
ELMER HOPPING, aged seventeen, and
Herman Warren, aged sixteen, two boy des-
peradoes, sons of prominent people, are
prisoners in Kearny On. J,) lookup. During
the past three months they have stolen
$4,000 worth of diamonds and iewelry,
sacked lighthouses along the ice-bound Pas
sale, and lived liko princes on their ILL
gotten gains
Miss MARY VANDERBEcK and Miss Clara
Rugey, of Coytesville, N. j., both seventeen
years of age, since babybood have been con-
slant companions. They died the same day
from attacks OF pneumonia. They lived at
Coytesviile, and the residences of their par
cnts adjoined each other.
LOUIS GREss, q young truckman, mur-
dered his pretty young wife, Jennie, at their
home in New York City. Immediately after
ward he shot himself through the breast,
and died In a few moments. The only wit
nesses of the tragedy were their two little
children, five and throo years old re-
spCctively.
GEORGE MAPP and Buddy Wootten, two
young colored murderers, were hanged in
the execution room of tls County Jail at
Chattanooga, Tenn. William Taylor, the
colored man who assassinated Squire David
G. Doty, was hanged at Richmond, KY.
SOUTH DAKOTA is unable to pay its dobts
owing to the defalcation of Treasurer Tay-
lor.
THOMAS Fl. CARTER was nominated for
United States Senator by the Republican eau
Gus of both houses of the Montana Legisla-
ture at Helena.
THOMAS T. SMITH, of Indian Territory
Just nominated to be Assistant Commissioner
of Indian Affairs TO succeed General Frank
G. Armstrong, has had long experience in
the Indian service, though still young
man.
TURKISH troops returning from Armenia
boast of the atrocities committed there, and
say the massacres were ordered by the Sui
tan.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1895-01-18
THE LABOR WORLD.

The Pullman Gompanv. according to their
annual report, lost 81 700 ,ON the past year
THE Carnegie Steel Company has broken
the strike NJ the Edgar Thomas Works ut
Braddock. Penn.
THE finishing dcpartmen; OF tho Warren
(Ohio) Rolling Mil, Idle since June, 1898
has resumed operations.
HUNGARIANS employed at steel mills at
Brrsitock and Honest cad. Penn. threaten
Violence because wages were not raised.
MANY of the cork cutters in New York City
are Spaniards, and they have fine faculty
for getting all out of piece OF cork that it
contains.
THE Brooklyn Central Labor Union ap-
pointed committee to submit plan TO find
means and ways for erecting labor tonple
in Brooklyn.
THE price of iron ore was so low du: ing 1891
that profits were very small indeed, and min
ers were Obliged TO work at low prices, say
from : TO 81. % day.
DEBs's friends are asking for raoney for
the expense OF his appeal ami say that the
life of organized labor depends on the nc-
quittal of the President of the 4. II. [.
THE striking abilities of the Nlssillon.
(Ohio) miners have not been exhausted The
day laborers refus. to accept al. CO. and are
holding out for S1.75 Their acTiou effect
uaIly ties up the district.
Mons of unemployed marched TO the Gov
ernment house in St Johns. Newfoundland
and demanded bread or work, but not being
satisfied with the assurances of the Cover
nor, looted many stores.
4 SERIOUS crisis Is imminent in the silk in
dustry at Lyons. France. The weavrrs com
plain that an honorable understanding with
regard to an advance of wages has not been
carried out by the employers.
ARBITRATION rs u means of settling strikes
has been on trial in France. During 1893
there were 634 strikes in that country and
arbitration was initiated in l09. In thirty in
stances what are called satisfactory solutions
were obtained.
MISSISSIPPI planters have agreed upon n
wage schedule which fixes the pay of the
best male labor at fifty cents per day. and OF
the best female labor at forty cents per day.
No more than 81 month with rations will
be paid the best lnhOrers. and crops are to
be laid by with maximum expenditure OF
$3. 50 per acre.
THE letter carriers helped the labor or
ganizations to get through All eIght-hour law
in the expectation of doing extra work tor
extra pay. They have run up an account of
81, ,00O, 900 for extra pay, but now that pri-
vilege is abolished. Hereafter substitutes
will be employed, aaG the carriers will be
limited to S75 per month.
The managers of some cotton mills at
Saco, Me-, insist that their women employees
shall wear their hair In a close coil about the
head, and have also prohibited tho big
sleeve from being in evidence among the
operatives during working hours. This sort
of dress reform WAS adopted after several Sc
rious accidents through the hair or dress OF
employees being caught Ia the machinery.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1895-01-18
MAKING ANTI-TOXINE.
Consul Mason Reports on the Great
Diphtheria Cure.

Frank Mason, United States Consul al
Frankfort-on-the-Ma Germany, has sub
mitted to the Department Of State an inter
esting report on anti-toxi0e. At Frankfort
Is located the only establishment where il
has been produced commercially in quaint
ties adequate to meet the rapidly increasing
demand.
The establishment utiizes the blood OF
seventy-six horses and has a trained corps
Of more than fifty men employed in this one
work, producing at present about 2OOu
doses per day, and by tho end OF this month
1t will supply any demand. 1t is absolutely
requisite that the horses be young, vigor.
Gus and physically perfect. Every new
horse is carefully Isolated for time to test
for inherent disease, however slight, that
might be transmitted to the human sody.
A surprising quantity OF blood can be drawn
from strong, healthy horse, running up to
ten liters (21.1 IS pints) in two days, and ont
horse was used for four years and is
still in good condition. The anti-toxtDe
improves with age, at least dur
ing the fret two months, and the German
physicians no longer use II fresh, when II
IL apt 10 cause n skin eruption. An early
application, however, Is of the utmost I'M
poztance In seventyIwo cases OF children
treated within two .ays of the first appear
hnce OF diphtheria but two cases were fatal
and the death rate In such cases is placed a
four per cent.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1895-01-18

unfortunate fireman, who was conscious
most OF the time.
Tie engine was wrecked and the wheels
were wrenchei off the tracks OF the smoker.
The roof and right side of the car were badly
damaged.
The only other persons on the train at the
time of the accident We're John Mcdonald
and Conductor Frank w TooIe. Mcdonald
was on the platform of the car, just behind
the smoker, but, like Il wise young man, he
Jumped off his car AMI escaped injury.
TOote was on the last car and in no immedi-
ate danger.
Tnere is no mystery as to the cause of the
accident the tracks were slippery and the
train could not be stopped; it crashed into
the bumper and Immediately topplod to the
street
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1895-01-18
PROMINENT PEOPLE.
QUEEN VICTORIA has never entered shop
ice the death of the Prince Consort

QUEEN VICTORIA has never entered shop
since the death of the Prince Consort.
SAMUEL MINrURN PECK, the poet, culti-
Yates one of the largest flower gardens in
Alabama.
BISMARCK will be eighty years old on April
/, and Germany proposes to hold a grand
celebration that day.
PRESIDENT CAsIMIR-PERIER has greatly
pleased the French with his lavish but unos-
tentatious hospitality.
HENRI HoUSSAYE. the newest member of
the French Academy, wrote his first book
when he was nineteen.
COLONEL JOHN H. Bass, the car wheel
manufacturer, of Fort Wayne, is said to be
the weaithiest man in Indiana.
THE Mikado has conferred upon the Ger
man Emperor the Order of the Imperial
Chrysanthemum, Japan's principal decora-
ton.
Ex-CoNGREssMAN MARTIN I. TOWNSEND, of
Troy. n. who is as old as Gladsto one, enjoys
robust health and is still an eloquent and
witty speaker.
The Dowager Empress of Russia has no
fortune, settlement or dowry rights, and it
will be the duty of her son, the present En-
peror, to provide for her.
Mrs. MARY T. LATHRoP, who has just died
IN Michigan, was born orator. She had
the fire and flow Of words of Webster and
deep and powerful voice to match.
THE Prince Regent of Bavaria makes
presents on his birthday, and on the last one
he gave 100 bottles of diphtheria serum to
the hospital for poor children at Munich.
PRINCE THooN KRAMoN Thu, who is be-
ing educated in England, has been chosen
as heir to the throne of Siam in succession
to Prince Maha Fajirunhis who died JanI-
ary 4.
COLONEL JOHN A. CocKERILL is about leav-
ing for Japan, not as q war correspondent,
but under contract for term of years the
resident correspondent of the New York
Herald at Toxic.
President WOODRUFF, of the Mormon
Church, is eighty-eight years old, and in
spite of the hardships of the early pioneer
days heis as sturdy to-day as any well-pre-
served man of sixty.
.Ex-MAYoR RICHARD VAUx, of Philadelphia,
is seventy eight years old. He is still hale
and hearty and the same picturesque figure
that has attracted the attention Of his fellow
citizens for years past.
SIR JULIAN PAUNCEFoTE, British Minister
to the United States. has been made men,
Der of the Queens Privy Council, and will
be entitled to precede mis- name with the
words ''Right Honorable"
CLAUS SPRECKELs, the California sugar
king, has created stir in financial circles in
San Francisco by drawing check on the
Nevada Bank for 81, 100000. He refused to
state what the check was for.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1895-01-18
" WORK OR BREAD!"
4 Mob of Starving NewfOundlandPrs
Calls on a Warship Commander.

n MOD Oh starving Ne"IOhH'lidHtfi
Calls on "A Warship Commander.
mob OF tho unemployed, carrying a ban
streets of st. Johns, Newfoundland, then
called on the captain of the British wnrshp
Tourmallne to know If he would fire on them
If they broke open the stores and took food.
The 'fourmnine il housed for the winter
In the upper part OF the hHrbOr. The crow
filled the pier BY n coincidence about ono
hundred fully armed MARINES and senmsn
out for exercise returned to tho ship
marching through the assemhlnye and
quickly repressing any idea of iorcihlc en-
try OF stores.
There were between three AMI four thou
sand, and hunger was written In tho faces Of
alt The captain of tns TOurmnline, SIR
Richard Poyre, d"mandei to know whHt tho
crowd wanted, and directed that representa-
tivcs be sent aboard TO state their grievances
Three delegates were sent 10 III" ship and
stated their case Tn Nbank failures occurred
four weeks ago. aui nearly every Iarge en-
ployer of labor susp"nIoi the sam" dav
Nearly every man in tho crowd had been i2le
all that time.
Their families arc starving, they have no
coal or provisions. diphtheria, scarIatinn
and kindred disaasos arr making their no
pcarnnoe among their children, and they
have no chance Of obtaining employment
before spring.
They pointed TO the stores and warehouses
filled with food and demanded why they
should starvs when food was 10 b" hnd.
Captain Poore promised that ne would s"e
no man starve, although he would alloy no
riotIng. He counselIcd them 90 be patient
twenty-fOur hours morn. He would writ"
to the Government and also to the Governor
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1895-01-18
CEREAL ESTIMATES.
Corn Crop of 1894 One of the Smallest
Yields on Record.

The estimates of the area product and
value by States and Territories OF the cereal
crops have been completed by the Agricul-
tural Department.
The corn oroP Of 1894 in rate of yield is
one of the lowest on record. In the past
thirteen years the yield per acre OF but one
year, namely, 1881, was lower. Severe
drought and dry winds in few of the prIn-
ctpal corn producing States reduced the area
harvested for is grain value to 62. 5o2. 900
from the 76, ,OOO, ,Oc0 acres planted. The pro-
duct garnered is l, ,212.I &c, 600 bushels. hav-
ing An estimated farm value of 1854, 1890
The wheat crop Is above an average one
in Weld per acre. The entire product IS
400. .267, ,416 bushels. The farm valus of the
crop is S225.9 2,025. The area, a2tording to
revised estimates. is 34.8S2 436 acres. The
rate of yield is 1872 bushels per acre. The
average value per bushel is 49.1 cents.
The estimates for oats are: Area, 9.h23.-
553 acres; product, 662, ,086, ,928 bushels :;
value. S214,s16, 920; yield per acre.
24.5 bushels. Rye-Area. 1,944.7S0 acres
product, 26.727 ,6l5 bushels; value, sl3,-
394. ATS Barley-Area. S,170,602 acres ;
product, 81, 400 .465 bushels; value, S27.-
1S4127 Buckwheat - 789. 232 acres ;
product, II, ,668, 200 bushels; value. s7,040,-
23s Potafoes-Area, 2,737, ,973 acres; pro-
duct 170 757. .338 bushels ;vaIue, S91 .526. 1877.
Hay-Area 4s 321, ,272 acres protuc,, 54,-
s74. .40S tons value, S46S, ,578. .321. Tobaeeo-
Area, 523, ,103 acres; product, 406. .67o, $50
pounds value. S27. .760. 739.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1895-01-18
JAPANESE PUSHING ON.
Chinese Routed and Retreat to the
Great Wall

An official dispatch says that Msior-Gen-
eraI Nogrs division o! the Japanese invad-
Ing army commenced attack upon the
Chinese position at $50 a. n. BY $50 a. N.
Eaiping was taken. The Chinese 6ei to-
ward Hai-Shak-Sai, with the japanese In
pursuit.
The First Army was welcomed by the IL
haoitanis while moving its headquarters TO
Sheu-Yen with manifestations of strong de-
sire 10 remain under japanese rule,
Dispatches from Kin-Chow say that Japan
csc scouts report that a large force OF
Chinese is moving down to support the
Kaiping force. which has retired toward
New-Chwang. AT kaipiBg the Chinese num-
bered 5000 men and they had twelve guns.
Ahou 2G0 Chinese were killed the number
OF wounded Chinese is not kGown. About
80 pri-Hners were taken. The japanese
casualties are not stated.
The japanese are steadily advancing on
Chin-Chow. The Chinese are retiring slowly
to the Great Wall wGere IT Is expect ed they
will make stand. Heavy SHOWS impede
the progress of the armies. Several skir-
mishes haye occurred. and IN their retreat
the Chinese have left numbers OF thei,
wounded behind them.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1895-01-18

CINE and smoking car jumped the track
and went crashing down to the street.
Fireman Frank Baumann. aged twenty
two, of 90 Liberty avenue, died at the hos
pital. Engineer Charles Fish, aged thirty
three, of % Russell place, had his left leg
broken, his head INJURED and received other
Injuries. Fortunately no passengers were on
the car at the time.
track and Engineer Fish io' put on vi the he brakes,
but they did not check the train on account
of the slippery condition of the tracks. On
went the engine 1t struck the bumper,
knocking it out of position and opening n
chasm through the ironWork twentyone
feet deep. Down plunged the engine, with
the smoking car alter and on top of it, Fish
and Fireman Baumann were il the engine
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1895-01-18
State TREASURER SHORT
W. W. TAYLOR, OF SOUTH
DAKOTA, A DEFAULTER.


600 is Missing The state Is
Practically bankrupt Tho Treas
urcr Loaned the State Money and
Could Not Get 1t Back
Probably tho most startling failure that
has ever occurred in the Northwest was r.
vealed when William Walter Taylor. the out
going State Treasurer and President ot the
FIRST National Bank and Northwestern Mort
gage Trust Company, OF Rrlneld, South
dakota, sent word from Nrw York that
he would not appear ~ make hts
settlement Mt Pierre with his su'r"Ssnr
Treasurcr-elc't Phtllips. ot p"biwooi Roth
Taylor aad his financial institutions wrr"
regarded rs firm and reliable beyond qucs-
tiou.
No money is hcld either at RrdHeli or in
Pierre to tn" crcli! OF the state Fr'7-urcr,
AMI it is estimated that about S3j),0o0 ts
missing with Taylpr
There quiet run on th' bank hY
parties who hat their suspicious aroused,
and the bank officials decided 10 close tho
bank subject to examination. Cashier Hum
phrey declares that dcpositors VIII he ptld
in full, as there is AN excess OF fully sGo,O
in good paper, besides about forty per cent.
deposited in other brnks
The worst blow tails upon Taylor and his
bondsmrn. maEy OF them loading business
mon OF Red1eld. Taylor was last seen In
Chicago, ami thence went To New York.
In his letter from New YORK he says 81
am compelled to inform you that will not
return TO Redhcld or P.err", hav" count
ed on friends assisting rae in making MP my
settlement with the State, and felt that II
would bee done until the last faw days. |,
have 10 excuse To oiyer for my condition, al
though believe have many"
1t has been known for some time that Troas-
urer Taylor was hard pr, ssnd. II" was
L., upl Intl
ure OF Chicago for q larr" amount, AMI lost
- 600 in tho bank Mt MiIbank, and $4,000
in that mt Gettysburg. which failed during "a
panic Altogether hn lost 300, coo.
Taylor has always had IA high reputation
as n flnancier and II man OF integrity. Tho
schoo! fund may loso $50 900. Tho whole
State is torn up over tho dedication. state
officers are parayzed. and no ono knows
either the amount taken or tho method
used.
1t is utterly impossible to tell anything
about the amount. There ar" no records To
show where tho money IL deposited Taylor
should have had on hand :3iG, 900. lie had
set aside $4,000 10 pay warrants which
were duo in New York.
Three weeks ago Taylor wont to New York,
and it is un icrstoO that he has bc"n trying
10 raise money TO cover tho shortag". His
father IL very wealthy and his connections
are 80 Influential thnt 1t IL IA surprise that ho
could not fix matters up. Mr.. Taylor. Nr., is
In Pierre, as is Ex-Governor M"lett, who was
the chief bondsman. Other hondsmGn are
Speaker Howard and Bo:. Mccoy, OF Ahcr-
deem. The total bond was $3.50 900.
If it is n large defalcGtion, as tho bonds
men appear to believe, II will place the state
In Il very embarrassing position. Tho limit
Of indebtedness has been passed. largely. No
paper or bonds can bo sold, and there Is
deficiency in revenue. 1t Is now I'm ossiblo
10 mako both ends meet.