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Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1896-02-01
LABOR TRIUMPHS.

The Stone Trade News make;
mention of what are considered the
ton most remarkable works Of hu.
man labor:
/. The pyramids of Egypt, the
largest of which, near Cairo, known
as the great pyramid, built by
Cbeops. king of Egypt, took 100000
men twenty years to build.
. Theartifcial reservoir-Lakc
Noeris-built by Amenemha, of the
twelfth dynasty, which served tc
Store up the waters Of the Nile dur
inc the season eff floods, and dis
tribute them by canals over the
land during the dry season. Its
circumference was 5000 furlongs,
and on its being allowed to fall in
to ruin, the fertility Of the region
became. to a serious extent, thing
of the past.
3. The Tai MahaI, a tomb erect
ed at Agra, in Iindustan, by Shah
.Jehan, over his queen, Moor Jehan.
1t was built of purcst white marble
and vet seems SO airy that when
seen from distance it is SO like a
fabric of mist and suubeams, with
its great dome soaring up, a siIyerY
bubble about to burst in the sun,
that even after you have touched it
and climbed to its summit you al
most doubt its reality. 1t cost over
three million pounds.
4. The temple of BaaIbec, in the
erection Of which stones 81 feet long,
20 feet broad and l. feet thick have
been used-more prodigious masses
than have ever elsewhere been
moved by human power, and much
exceeding in size the stones used III
the pyramids.
). The temple Of karnak, des-
cribed by Ferguson as the noblest
work of architectural magnificence
ever produced bv the hand Of man.
1t covers twice the area of st. Pet
er's at Rome, and undoubtedly is
one Of the finest buildings in the
world.
6. The greatwalI of China, l, 23O
miles in length 1t is 20 feet in
heigqt, and in thickness - feet at
the base and Is feet at the top.
!. The Eihel tower, erected in
the grounds Of the 1889 Paris eX-
position, 984 feet high
s. The Suez canal, with So miles
of waterway connecting with The
Mediterranean and Red seas, and
forming the principal route to India.
1t cost more than / ! millions ster-
ling, and 1862 out of the $685.,
61G shares were purchased by and
belong to the British government.
o The railway bridge (the Iarg-
est cantilever bridge in the worldly
over the Forth, with two spans each
of 100 feet, erected at "A cost Of
nearly four millions.
10. The leaning tower Of Pisa.
which deviates Is feet from the
perpendicular
The following works were by the
ancients esteemed the seven won
ders of the world. The pyramids,
the tomb Of Mausoleus, the temple
of Diana, the hanging gardens OF
Babylon, the colossus Of Rhodes,
the ivory and gold statue Of Jupiter
Olympus, and the phoros, or watch
tower of Egypt.
ADVERTISING FOR FARMERS
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1896-02-01

Or Prices Cream Baking Powder
Worlds Fax Highest Award.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1896-12-27
AN OLD MAN.
Edward Payson Weston Fails to Equal His
Great Record. But Does a Wonde rful
De..s WALKING Nevertheless

Edward Payson Weston Fails TO Equal His
Great Record, But Does a Wonderful
DAYS walking. Nevertheless
New York. December 26.-When Ed
ward Payson Weston, the 5S-year-old
pedestrian. at 10 o'clock tonight left
The track on which he had endeayOred
to equal his record, 112 miles in twenty
four hours. he had walked 100 miles
426 1-3 yards. The old man went 70
the office of the skating rink, in which
the track was stationed. threw himself
on a cot and wept bitterly. 4 number
of friends gathered around and sought
to console him. but Weston refused 10
be comforted and reproached himself
for his failure.
The veteran started out bravely in
his effort TO prove that he was as sturdy
a man as he was twenty-five years ago,
and more than half the day maintained
a gait that promised TO break his rec
ord. Then he was seized with vertigo,
and was Obliged TO leave the track for
longer periods than he had planned.
He was also obliged after walking a
few laps. to reverse the direction, in
order to overcome dizziness.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1896-12-27

"-e Supreme Court of Missouri has
t. reversed and annulled the iecis-
f.. .ttae Circuit Corr. of Kansas CITY
n Che suit brought TO test the validity
ctthet tax OF S. go levied by The city of
Kansas City upon am voters who Cal
or refuse to exercise the franchise ar
municipal elections, the higher Court
lriue the law 10 Doe uDcousdtu-
uoret The provision providiHs for
tae Icyyirg and collection of the tax
was made % part OF the charter of Kan
sas City in 1889. with O view to CONF
pcunr the better class of citizens
those meant being presumed Co Doe
business and professional men. to cast
a vote at am elections The additional
tax resulted as might have been eN-
rcctel. It induced no one 90 take any
greater interest i'm the conduct of mu-
nic.pal affairs but lbs collection caused
a multitude of objections. and there
WAS much railing at the natural results
0f "misEovernmeut by the very people
who refused TO DO anything. even under
The oompulsion of a special tax. 90
make Che government better I'M 1892
O suit was instituted to test the law.
and it resulted i'm it's favor, the Jujse
holding. in a long and interesuns opin-
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1896-12-27
BIG PLUMBER
Supposed to Have Been Secured By
Postofice Thieves Who Work
ed a Bold Stroke at New York.

New York. December 26.-The World
tomorrow will publish the following:
Several business firms that had Won
dered why important letters, contain
ing large sums Of money had been de-
layed in the mails have received the
letters. but not the enclosures, stained
with the waters Of the bay upon which
il had tossed two or three days before
being picked up. The letters had been
oDened. the money inside transmitted
by the firms correspondents in Chicago,
Cincinnati. san Francisco, Philadel-
phia and Pittsburg. taken out, after
which the thief had dropped the let
tars into the bay. Investigation made
st the pOstofice confirmed the story.
The ROBBERY is evidently one of the
largest and cleverest ever known in
the history of the department. and the
total loss reaches many thousand dol
lars. The pOstOffice officials admit this
much. but decline for official reasons
to say anything further.
1t was learned that the mail bags
were stolen at "a depot in this city
from a western express that reached
here Tuesday. that the letters were car
ried away. that thieves boarded an out
going steamer and are now on their
way to Europe or 10 one OF the South
eTn ports.
An that an at liberty to tell" said
Postmaster Dayton to-day. lis that
these letters were found in the bay just
off Coney Island. having been dropped
by an outgoing steamer. That is all
we can tell at present. There has been
a robbery and the postoffice inspectors
have the case in hand.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1896-12-27
THREE DEAD.
Of the Eight Maryland Boys, Bitten
By a Rabid Dog and Treated at the
Posteur Institute. Three Have
Succumbed TO the Disease.

Baltimore, Nd, December 26.-Rob-
ert Perry. one of the eight boys bitten
by mad dog on December first. and
subsequently treated at the Pasteur In
stitute New York. died to-day OF
hyGrophObia This makes the thlru
victim. Robert Henry and Conrad Ep-
pers having died from the same cause.
New York. December 26.-Dr. Paul
Cibier. who followed the seven boys to
Baltimore from the Pasteur Institute in
this city after they had been discharg-
ed as immunized from hydrOphobia, re-
turned tonight He refused to say
anything about the death of Robert j.
Henry and Conrad Eppers, two of the
patients. from rabies DR.. LaBadle, OF
the institute said that the death of the
boys did not prove that the Pasteur sys'
TEN was a failure.
I'VE do not he said. absolutely
guarantee that our treatment will pre-
vent hydrophObia any more than that
vaccination is an unquestiOnable pre-
ventitive against smallpox. About
one patient out of two hundred we
have treated has died, while fifty per
cent of those otherwise have died. We
cannot tell whether innOculation has
been effective until fifteen days after
the patient has been treated. The boys
were not brought to the institute until
four DAYS after they bad been bitten in
stead of being sent here Immediately.
Had thew come here at once | believe
their recovery would have been as
Sured.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1896-12-27
WOMAN SUFFRAGE AND THE
CHRISTIAN CHURCH.

Bv Rev. Ada c. Bovles Gloucester
liass.
Suffrage for women has been urged
upon every ground of right and of eX-
ped.ency for The last fifty years. Never
has great question commanded more
able advocates. Their names are
am0ng the foremost i'm the land, and
are. of themselves. the Witnesses of the
Importance OF the reform and the sure
or l0r IRIS complete final triumph. Much
has already been gained. Many States
have given school suffrage few
States fun Suffrage. The results where
given have been such as encourage it's
extension r0 the whole country.
iu spite of these facts the church is
strangely Indifferent rO the question.
although it is one so closely connected
with IT'S own needs. What more than
the uplifting of three-fourths of it's
units to citizenship and political equal
i.y with mon could raise the church 90
higher Impotence as o. social regenera-
ruc What more than this would win
to Js al'oWslin the men now So widely,
apart FROM f..
m thrae-foU-th- of amy organization
are deprived OF the authoritative eX-
preston of their opinions by the same
EW which CgpriVes idiots unatiCs
uluuers and criminals of such EXPIRES
sion such l0 lrlauiLarI0u cannot win
and hold .hc confidence and respect of
men. lsu then any marvel that men
have SD largely failed to Identify them
selves closely With the church The
secretary cf cine national committee of
the s. ST. u. S. not long since sent
abroad the printed statement that but
GIVE per cent OF t1e young men through
ONT the country are church members.
only fifteen per cent attended church
with amy regularity. while seventy-hye
per cent never attended church.
DO the women now So rgely consti-
WtWg the chur.a be given fun citi-
zeushi0. J.er viii lift the church 10
higher ulac. ~ Jle affairs of men. The
minister. pr- ching mo- longer to q class
whose uriri ions arc not counted NJ the
ballot box is likewise % sharer i'm the
Ohange and not. as now. undervalued.
The morality and religion of women
viii nos bee looked upon as a bau-hoN
possession. but as weapons of warfare
uuou wrcr- doing through better gov
eminent v-Cse duty Mr.. Gladstone
,hus defines "It is The duty of gov
eminent t1 make DC Us hard as possible
for man to go wrons. and as easy as
possible for man 10 go right
Shall not De ministers and other
leaders of .be church rouse themselves
ODD the need of Che hour. and save the
church from Che danger AN TOO APP
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1896-12-27
DIED.

TODD-SatwdJy December %. 1896 no
] o'clock D.. m Mrs. Mary r.. Todd wife
Of the late Or. s.. :. Todd. iu the >erl
year of her age.
Funeral notice hereafter
FLETCHER-At Elwood City. Saturday
morning. December Goth 1856 Mary. w.ie
OF Philip 5. Fletcher. iu her 18th year
Funeral notice hereafter
HOUSEHOLDER-At the residence Of
her son-in-iaw. Mr. O. B. McD1l If corr
ner Eleventh and Lind streets. on Sunday.
December 20 1895 40 -..H B.; m.. Mrs Su-
san Householder iu her bi~- year
MATTHEW'S - Sunday morning De-
cember goth. 1896 40 6,15 O'Clock at resi-
dence of parents. NO. 1924 ChanlnC street.
Edith L.. eldest daughter Of George and
Nancy ~ Matthew
GILMARTIN-Sunday morning. Deem
Der 2Dth. 1896. at $3.50 o'clock Mary d. wife
OF the late Patrick Gimartiu. AGED 30
years. months and 10 days
DEAN-At SistersvH.e. W. Va. on Mon
Cly December DIST. 1886. at 2.2u o'clock Do.
M Matte. wife of Joseph Dean iu the
18th year Of her age.
REDFON-On Wednesday. December
23rd 1896 at o'clock a. M. Margaret wife
of Jacob Redf0V. aged a years.
BRILL-On Wednesday December 22rd.
1896, az 4 o clock p. m, Paul Bril-. On his
eightieth year.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1896-12-27
THOMPSON GETS IT..

So cial 10 the Register.
NLW NIARTINsVTLLE. w. Va De-
cember 26.-Judge Jacobs to-day decided
the certiorari case of r. +. l.. Snodgrass
US. II. r. Thompson I'm favor Of defend
ans. At the late election they were the
candidates for County Clerk. Thompson
being the Republican and Snodgrass the
Democratic nominee. Thompson was
elected by g majority on Tie face of the
returns Snodgrass moved the canvass
ing board TO throw out Big Run precinct
for the reason that the poll clerks did not
write their signatures on ballots as Zee
CURED by law. PC appears that the clerks
divided the ballots and each signed his
name and that Of his co-clerk. The court
held that there had been substantial
compliance with the law. Thompson $
majority since the recount is 20.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1896-12-27
o. R. R. r. APPoINTMENTs.

Special to the Register
PARKERSBURG W. Va. December %.
The office Of southern passenger agent
of the o. r. r. r. has been abolished
and l. X. Dye. formerly rate clerk. has
been appointed southern commercial
agent, with headquarters ar ChaJtanooga.
Tenn. Mr.. Dye is "a capable and hustling
railroad man and viii ill the position very
acceptably.
Ashby J. Smith has been appointed
travelling passenger agent. Air. Smith
has had considerable experience in passen-
ger business and viii make % successful
solicitor.
jay Archer has been appointed solicit
ing freight agent. and has had consider
able experience ia this line Of work.
Messrs. Smith and Archer will have
headquarters at Parkersbvrg.
The appointments are effective Jaau-
airy 1.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1896-12-27
rlucoNrKAcr TRANSFERRED.

Mr Bryan Uncertain About Delivering
More Than the Five Lectures Arranged
for
Lincoln. Neb.. December 26.-The
following was given to the Associated
Press tonight:
Mr.. McBee has. with my consent
transferred his contrac, 10 II. Briggs &
Co. Of Greenville, :. G. Only five lee
lures have been arrauge for up to this
time. Whether I shall deliver any in
addition 10 that number is as yet I'M
certain. 7 have some further work on
hand which may interfere with further
lecturing during this season
(Signed) Nv. J. BRYAN"
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1896-12-27

REQUIRES the whole output for the
Parkersburg consumers, consequently
all the operators are having coal hauled
for fuel. Several wells were drilled
for gas recently in that ncighborhood.
near the Shultz gas well, but without
avail until last week, when a well was
drilled in on Spice run, branch OF
/ Lnu- nrnpk
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1896-12-27
\ MARIETTA MAN
Shot by Tramps and Killed at Salamanca.
New York.

Bradford. Pa. December 26.-Charles
O'Brien. aged about % years, whose
home is in Marietta, Ohio. was shot at
Salamanca, \. Y. about 7:30 this even
ing. OBrien. who had been working
in a Pennsylvania town, was on MS
way west and stopped off at Salamanca.
He fell into the company OF couple OF
tramps. one of whom was a one-armed
man. and was drinking about town
They enticed him off the main street
and attempted to rob him, he resisted
and they shot him. O'Brien lived long
enough TO give a description Of the men
and a posse is now searching for them.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1896-12-27

Mrs. Mary E. Todd, widow of the late
DR.. Archibald S. Todd, died at the resi-
dence Of her son-in-law, DR.. J. c. Hupp,
on Fourteenth street, yesterday after
noon at one o'clock, Of the infrmities
of old age.
Deceased was one of the oldest resi-
dents Of this city. She was native Of
Morgantown, where she was born in
June, 1911, her maiden name being
Mary /. Jarrett. and came to this city
in girlhOOd, where she resided cOntin-
uously for nearly or quite seventy
years. Her husband, Dr. Todd, came to
Wheeling from Washington county,
New York, in 1919, to join his brother,
DR.. Martin l. Todd. who had been a
pTacticing physician here for dozen
years. After reading medicine, he
completed his studies in 1926, in the
Pennsylvania University, at Lexington,
Ky. in 1926. and returned to Wheeling.
succeeding to the extensive practice Of
his brother In 1881 DR.. Todd and Miss
Jarrett were married, and the tie thus
formed continued for over half cen
fury, Or. Todd dying in 1888 Mrs. Todd
thus surviving her husband thirteen
years. Two children out Of family OF
six or seven, survive their mother,
they being Caroline Louisa, wife of DR..
J. c. Hupp. and Mrs Mary Z. Tarwill.
of Oak Park, Ills. The latter has been
advised of the sad event, and is expect
ed to arrive this evening, when the fun
eral arrangements will be made.
Mrs. Todd was the oldest member OF
the First Presbyterian Church, and was
noted for her deep interest in relig-
iOus matters. During the war she also
distinguished herself for patriotic
work, and much good resulted from her
efforts. Since the death of her husband
she has lived quiet and retired life,
but possessed a large number of warm
friends. who estimated at their true
worth her personal attributes and her
kindly and Christian character.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1896-12-27

Fsa pretty safe guess that The dear
public win eventually repay with ,--
terest whatever money the sl--f 'ias,
proposes TO lose in that little co1ee
roasting experiment.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1896-12-27

The Spanish say they would like TO-
reform Cuba some more but VIII never
coudesceud to- DO it until the rebellion
is crushed. while the patriots say the
lion win never down until cuba
-nd there YOU are.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1896-12-27

Special 20 the Register
St. Nary's. ". Va. December 90
There is very little stir in the Broad
run field i'm The matter of development.
The Great Kanawha Oil Company
and Frink are drilling their No 10, and
are down over 200 feet. Their No. 9,
on the c. c.. Schumacher land. is do
ing wen since it has been cleaned out.
1l. Frauchot Bros. viii continue
dri' ing their No. .. on the Amber
farm. after the holidays.
French creek has nothing new re-
ported Productions remain about the
same.
Brown & Wolf have located well on
the c. W. Bills farm and viii COM
mence work next week.
The Gale No. ., on the c. Nv. Bills
farm. is producing fair quantity OF
oil of good quality.
The well on the Robert Reynolds
farm has produced nothing but dissat-
isfactiOu.
SchaTer & Co. have located a we'll on
Green run.
A 300-barrel well was reported to have
been drilled in Cow creek, but there are
no particulars.
Irig. Green & Duffy are putting up a
new rig on the Henderson, farm.
The Earnest Oil Company, on the
Rogers farm. are due in the Berea sand
i'm their No. l., in the Newport field
The wells in this field are keeping mp
their production. The Irig well makes
thirty barrels per day Work on the
western extension of this development
is being pushed as rapidly as the
weather viii permit
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1896-12-27

Outin Chicago they appear Co believe
that the chief end of a bank is ro loan
money to- anybody without the formal
ty cf security. And the larger the sum
YOU ask for the better grace you stand
iu.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1896-12-27
MARRIED IN ONO.

The Laws OF New York Would Not Permit
the Wedding Divorced In california.
CLEVELAND. o., December 26.-Wir-
field y. Johnson and Mrs. Lottie NJ. Ellis.
prominent people of Syracuse. y. y. came
all the way to Cleveland TO be married on
Thursday Mrs Ellis was recently die
vorced from her husband In California on
grounds not recognized in the New York
laws and could not be remarked in that
State: hence the trip to Cleveland.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1896-12-27

Russia accuses Japan of meaitatins
another attack upon China and has 7ra-
toned q feet of twelve vessels or \Ia--
livestock to watch the Japs. The real
truth is. that Russia is itching for
chance to break the growing power o.
japan. and sooner or later viii find an
excuse for war
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1896-12-27
MRS. DR.. A. s. TODD.
The Death, Yesterday, Of a Very Old
Wheeling Resident.

A Native of Morgantown, Deceased
Came to This City in Girlhocd, and
Resided Here Continuously for
About Seventy Years-The Fun
eral Arrangements Have Not YET
Been Completed.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1896-12-27
JOSEPH D. WEEKS DEAD.

The Wen Known Pittsburg Editor and
Metalurgist Passes away.
Pittsburg. Pa. December 26.-Joseph
ID. Weeks. editor of the American Man
ufacturer. died at his home tonight
from the effect of a stroke Of paralysis
Mr.. Weeks was one Of the best known
metalurgists Of the United States, and
for years has held a high position in
the manufacturing business world.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1896-12-27

The New York Journa. refers TO-
.those West Virgiuians who died
from the effect of bogus whisky. Beg
pardon Mr.. Journal but the victims
were NOT West Virginians. and this
particular driuking bout didn't occur
ia this State. Iu this matter. as n
many Others. the Ohio man was pam
fully conspicuous.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1896-12-27
Special to the Reriste


Waverlv. w. Va, December 26.-The
Florence Oil Company has rugged up all
their wells i'm this field in such a man
ner that they can all be operated with
one nOwer machine There are 81
wells in an. 10 on the Ed. Smith and Is
on the Squire Cooper farms. 1t re-
CURED so 000 feet of wire cable to con-
meet these wells. and the cost was in
the ueighborhood of $4,000. These
are all shallow wells and all light pro-
duCers.
Smith & Shay have located a deep
well i'm the sGme field between the old
Strosnider well and the deep wen on
the Harness farm.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1896-12-27

1N are gettiu- up % charter fer
-raai. Sow York. and as % means of
informing .be public and of learning
public lument and receiving s1ee
tons. the chapters are published ass
completed and daily public hearings
o.. leld at the City Hail, where critic
c,e ere made. enquiries for informa-
ucu on obscure points answered. s0e-
eesuors filed and fun explanations
given generally. Questions of law or
of fact may be- fled 1y anybody. ana
discussions Cnsue.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1896-12-27

When the average New Yorker feels
the need of something sensational he
spends a cent for almost any old daily
paper and feasts his distorted mind
uron the accumulated horrors OF it's
"art" department TO his hearts cone
tent The days of yellow covered lite
e-awe win never return while the
metropolitan freak journal remains
I'D ua
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1896-12-27
UNDERTAKING.
HELP WANTED

WE 30 NOT WANT BOYS OR LOAF
ers 10 write hut mem of ability. 800 10
$3.50 per month salary or commission.
state and general managers RACINE
THE ARNUTAGE MFG. CO. or RICH
mond Va. can give you employment that
will paw You biz wages. None but honest.
sober and industrious men wanted as this
is legitimate business. Write at once for
personal letter. oe5dt
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1896-12-27

Parkersburg. W. Va. December 81
The Mountain State Gas Company has
notified The operators in the Waverly
and Ogdin fields that they will be un-
able to furnish gas for fuel. Il is re-
ported that there is a shortage and it