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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-12-30

Washington. D. c., December %
Secretary Olney to-day received a re-
port from the United States consulate
at Havana regarding the case Of Henry
DelgadO. the Cuban correspondent of
the Mail and Express, whose capture
and confinement by the Spanish au-
thOrities, the secretary ordered investi-
gated. The secretary subsequently
made the following public statement:
1T appears from a report Of the Ha-
bana consulate that Mr. Delgado was
made a prisoner by the Spanish troops
in the course of recent military opera
tiOns in the province of Pinar del Rio;
that he is reported to have belonged to
the staff of the insurgent Major General
MaceO, and TO have been in command
of the artillery; and that a letter TO
MaceO and one from MaceO to the pre-
feet of Las Tumbasa were found on his
person. 1t being represented 10 the
consulate that Delgado is a native born
American citizen, all the rights to
which he is entitled under our treaty
with Spain and subsequent protocol
have been claimed for him"
Mr.. Delgado is confined in the mill
tary hospital of San Ambrosio. outside
Of Havana. The rights spoken of in
the statement consist of a trial by the
ordinary judicial authorities, unless
the prisoner is taken with arms"
Then he must be tried by a council of
war or courtmartial.
Further emphatic denial is made of
the report credited to the Washington
Post, that Spain has practically asked
the United States to intervene and
guarantee Spanish promises Of Cuban
autonomy.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-12-30
liquidation of the Atlas National
Bank"
TIE COLUMBIA CLOSED.
A Minneapolis National Bank in the Ex-
aminers's Hands

aminers's Hands
NINNEAPOLIS. December 29-The Co
lUmbia National Bank. small institution
of comparatively recent establishment and
100000 capital closed its doors this morn
ing and is now i'm the hands of the bank
examiner. According to its last state
ment. made December t. it had loans and
discounts of S54Sll5; United States bonds.
TO secure circulation. $4,000; real estate
and mortgages. $4S,72S: due from other
banks, $l2, S97; cash reserve. 1852; other
cash items. Sll 80. national bank notes
outstanding $4,000; due other banks.
Sl56519; deposits subject to check. SlOl.507:
certificates of deposit. S65.5s4; certified and
cashiers checks. $3.3l3; bills payable. $l5
Ul0
Cashier Joseph Bobleter said this morn
ing: We could have stood the pressure
little longer, but to protect the majority
we closed this morning. We have $4,000
cash i'm the vault. and inside of sixty
days expect TO have fully 100000 more col
lected Our total liabilities is only S2iL-
Ol0 and much of that. YOU understand. is
not immediate. There is no doubt but
that we VIII be able TO make a fun ac-
count with our depositors and a fair set
Element with our stockholders.
THE recent Withdrawals which caused
the trouble We're city and State funds. of
which we had large deposits, and also by
country correspondents. OF the city and
State money. only about Su.2OO remains
I'm the bank. The majority of our indi-
vidual depositors were business men,"
The officers are: Charles Kittelson. pres
ident; II. Tuberson. vice president. Jos.
Bobleter. cashier; j. c. Kittelson. assist
ant cashier.
Among the directors are A. *. Teisbere
and Charles Janson. The bank is i'm the
immediate charge Of George Coffin. deputy
controller of the currency. He states
that officers of the bank applied to the
Clearing House Committee for assistance
yesterday but this body and the direc-
tors OF the bank finally agreed that the
best thing under the circumstances
would 5e TO close. Il believe" said Mr..
Coffin "that this action was contemplated
10y an parties interested. and the sus-
pension win not cause any further trou-
BILE All the national banks Of this city
are i'm a very strong condition financially,
as we have satisfied ourselves by eN-
animation
WASHINGTON. d. c.. December 20
Deputy Controller Coffin. who is next in
rank 10 Mr.. Eckels happened 10 be pass
ing through Minneapolis and was directed
TO take temporary charge Of the Colum-
bia bank Examiner Cook was ordered
from Chicago to take permanent charge
The last report of the bank received by
lIr Eckels was that of October 6, the
figures Of December II not having reached
here. AT that time the assets were SOIL
GOO. but these probably have shrunk since
then. The comptroller ascribes the failure
90 lot of slow assets o0 witch ready
money could not he realized, and he says
this has been the cause Of most Of the
recent bank failures.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-12-30
FILTRATION IN GEAMANY.
Consul Mason Reports on the New System
at Worms.

WASHINGTON. December 2-Now that
the cities of this country are so generally
discussing the subject of filtration Of
drinking water. a special report from
United States Consul Mason, at Frankfort.
upon the new system OF filterage prac-
ticed at Worms Germany, is very timely.
The foundation of this system is the
drawing of the water through hollow
plaques composed of sharp sand fused
with broken glass. forming Il porous ma
terial The figures adduced by the consul
show a wonderful economy in first cost,
in space occupied and IN cost of main
tenance of this system, az compared with
the standard sand filtration plan. At
Worms the two systems are worked side
by side. and a long series of analyses and
observations shows that in efficiency they
are practically identical so far as regards
the chemical purity of the water. The
percentage of bacteria left by the plaque
process is somewhat greater thar in the
sand filter when the latter is clean, but
the water is certified by high authority
TO be thoroughly purified and fit for
drinking.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-12-30
AN OFFICIAL DENIAL.

The Spanish Authorities Say There is
Nothing in the Washington Posts Yarn.
Madrid, December 29.-It is Off
cially denied that there is any truth in
the report published in a New York
paper on Sunday last that the United
States consulate at Cardenas, province
of Matanzas, Cuba. had been twice at
tackled and the shield torn from the
door in spite of the efforts of the local
authorities to pi piotect the consulate.
An emphatic denial is also officially
given to the statement to-day of the
London Chronicle that there was rea-
son TO belive that the French foreign
officer has been sounded in regard to
Cuba. in an anti-American sense.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-12-30
WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE
Hears Arguments By Those Who Want
More Tariff on Cotton and SILK ans

Hears Arguments By Those Who Want
More Tariff on Cotton and SILK ans
Manufacturers.
Washington, December 29.-Tht
Ways and Means Committee devoted
the day to listening to the representa-
tives of delegations interested in the
schedules relating to cotton manu-
features and silk and silk goods. The
attendance was not as large as yes
terday and the number who appeared
to make oral arguments was much
smaller. The committee is encourag-
ing the fling of briefs wherever posi-
bic. The feature Of the day was brier
oral argument made by z. c. Hoyey,
of New York, representing the Textile
Manufacturers Association, in favor
of more stringent regulations to pre-
vent under valuations and fraud on
the revenue. Mr.. Hoyey has quasi
connection with the New York board
of general appraisers.
The committee adjourned until to-
morrow at 10 o'clock, when the sugar
schedule will be taken up.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-12-30
KATE FIELDS ASHES.
They Are Being Taken to the East in a
Copper Urn.

NbpptI ~
San Francisco. December 29.-kate
Fields ashes are seeding eastward in
charge of Gen. Charles H. Taylor, pro
prietor of the Boston Globe. The last
remains of the celebrated woman edi-
tor and journalist are encased and lock
ed in a small cylindrical jar of polished
copper. There is no inscription on the
shining surface of the improvised urn.
Passing over the top Of the plain cover
and through three little clasps, one on
the cover and one on each side, is a
narrow lavender ribbon. to which is
attached a card bearing the customary
record from the crematory, together
With the name and dates. The ends OF
the ribon are fastened together below
tbe card by disk of black sealing wax.
upon which is the lettered impress OF
the odd Fellows" crematory. A very
little brass paddock clasped through
staples holds the cover securely in
place.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-12-30
The Weather

Washington, December 29.-For
West Virginia and Western Pennsyl-
vania: Generally cloudy weather, prob
ably light showers; light to fresh south
westerly winds.
For Ohio: Generally cloudy weather,
probably light local showers; light
westerly to southerly winds.
Mr.. c. Schnepf, the Opera House
druggist. made the following observa-
tions Of the weather yesterday: a. m,
"a; 9 a. m, 40; u m, 46; 3 p. m, IS;
7 p. m, 45. Weather changeable.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-12-30
a SMALL BLAZE
which Threatened for Time to DO Some
Damage,

A fire alarm was sounded from box
21 Yesterday afternoon about three
o'clock. calling the department TO J. II.
Kinks art store, on Main street, below
Tenth. TAe fire was located in the
rear part of the building. a pipe from
a stove or furnace became overheated
and ignited the joists under the roof
of the second story. The fire was diff
cult to fight on account Of its location,
it being necessary to tear off the tin
roof
The Chemical engine was the first to
arrive and extinguished the flames be-
fore they had spread sufficiently to do
any material damage. The loss will
net exceed $50 1t was the first call
under Chief Klieves. and the fire was
handled very carefully.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-12-30
THE G32>, :, + henry YDELGADO,
The 4Oan Correspondent Of the New
York Mail and Express.

The Report Received from Cuba by
the State Department, Shows
That Delgado was Captured by
Spanish Troops in Pinar Del Rio,
and That He was a Member of
MaceO's Staff, in Charge of Artil--
cry - He Also Carried Letters
from Maceo and the Prefect Of
Los Tumbasa Will Have Civil
Trial.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-12-30
COULD NOT REALIZE

ON Assets in the S-ape OF Real Estate
Mortgages, aud Had to Ask for a Re
ceivcr.
Sioux City. Iowa. December %
The Farmers Trust Company has gone
into the hands of q receiver. The ap-
pointment was made on application of
w. r. Honsinger, vice president OF
the company The liabilities are $135,-
GOO: assets S23S.000. Assets consist
principally of notes secured by real es-
tate mortgages. Inability to realize
on assets is given as the cause of the
failure. The company intends to con-
tinue to do business and expects to
pay in full
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-12-30
URGE DUBOIs's REELECTION.

WASHINGTON, December Ex-senator
Dubois and c. a. Walsh, secretary Of tho
Democratic National Committee, have
gone TO Idaho to conduct a canvass In aid
Of the formers reelection. The Demo
cratic Senators here have united in
letter to the Democrats Of Idaho urging
Dubols's reelection.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-12-30
a ROANOKE FAILURE.
The Commercial National Bank Closed
Its Doors.

WASHINGTON. d. c., December %
Comptroller of the Currency Eckels re-
ceived telegraphic notice to-day that the
Commercial National Bank of Roanoke.
Va. has closed its doors and suspended
pavment Bank Examiner Sands was
sent to take charge of the institution.
Mr.. Eckels does not regard the failure as
a serious one The last report to him.
made November 2l, showed the assets of
the bank TO be S26s.7ot including its bonds
for circulation: stock 100000; surplus,
81. .eoo. undivided profits S60o0 owing de-
positors. $4,000; other liabilities $4,000.
The failure is attributed by Mr.. Eckels i'm
mart 10 the speculation and boom tenden-
cies which prevailed i'm that locality.
ROANOKE. Va. December 29.-The
Commercial National Bank of this city
closed its doors this morning by order of
the Board OF Directors. The cause Of the
trouble was heavy run on the bank
Yesterday by the depositors. on December
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-12-30
FAMOUS FAMILIES UNITED.
Miss Louise Eugene BOnaparte Mar
rieS Count de Maltke Huibfeldt,

The Wedding Took Place at st.
Paul's Catholic Church in Wash
ington, Cardinal Gibbons OFF,
ciating-Jerome, Brother Of the
Great Napoleon Bonaparte, the
Ancestor of the Fair Bride-He
Married an American Girl-She
was Miss Patterson, of Baltimore,
and was Deserted by Her Hus-
band at the Command Of the
French Emperor.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-12-30
M.k1NIrY,s rnRsoNAL EsCoKr.
The Cleveland Grays and the Chicago
Hussars Selected.


Chicago. December 29.-When Major
Mckinley takes the oath of Office on
March 4th. his personal escort will be
formed of the Chicago Hussars Squad
ron and the Cleveland Grays. Cieye-
lands crack organization. Tis matter
was considered early by President-elect
Mckinley. Each of these bodies offer
ed It's services as escort. Finally the
Grays were selected. The Grays delib-
Grated and then decided it would be
the nice thing TO invite the Hussars to
share the duty with them. All the
members Of the escort will be mounted
on black horses, and they count on
making an effective display. The Hus-
sars will stop over on the way home at
New York for one day and perhaps give
a fancy drill
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-12-30
TIME no COOL OFF.

NEW YORK. December 29.-Isaac ~
ker. convicted last night Of arson in the
first degree was to-day sentenced to 20
wears in prison. The maximum penalty
is 40 years
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-12-30
GLADsTONE's BIRTHDAY
Celebrated at Hswarden Yesterday-Was
Born In 1909.

LONDON. December 29.-The birthday
of the Right Hon. William L. Gladstone
was celebrated at Hawarden to-day.
There was the usual flood of kilograms
and letters from home and abroad. The
veteran statesman was enjoying excellent
health. Mr. Gladstone was born Decem-
her % 1909
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-12-30

Mayors orchestra goes to Sisters
Vile to play for the Iroquois Club on
Friday evening, and also play for the
Panhandle Club on Thursday evening.
M. NJ. Homiller at Bishops Hall
will give a dance this evening.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-12-30
1nrHER BUSINESS CRASH.
TIM NortWick Brothers Of Batavia
Assign to a Trust Go.

~ Worth 50, 100000 90 Their
r-y Included a Sank at
va Business Blocks, Paper
factories, SuawbOard Mills,
Mills, Farm and Bank and
----ed Stocks-The Assignment
inflated by the Liquidation Of
A-as National Bank Of Chi
o
HIS. December 29.-The
of the Atlas National Bank,
has precipiJated the sus-
The Van Nortwick Bank, and
renr OF William n. and John
OF alI their vast property
ue-atlng S25o0.0oo, to the
Trust Company, Of Chicago.
at assignment were filed in
county court at Geneva, and
r number. William NJ. and
San Nortwick, each assigning
.ua-s. ANA the two assigning
.-...,..3,,l.. ,.s i,,5oi,,e5-
not Hei with the articles of
~-r tu- the liabilities are said
.......-s se u01001. The Van Mort
..fs. from, Ra+svia
-r a-e largely i'm paper mills
.-. u..u. turing industries lheT
lament rr assets prepared a
.,... ,..,,l-h .+ %
--' .a
s. IE.r Own o business DOCK
residences and uo farms i'm Batavia
........ ...-..s valued at $50. .OC0:
.-.......
t't0' 's Tvs
.l. haukauna, the largest
the kind in The world. with
..s .roa 0aa l,,.,. o1so.
- DATA i' ''i I'
paper mills go Appleton, Wis, are
E..S> S>...l They own valuable
,- ly-is.,r.,r and bsva
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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-12-30
A STEAMER LOST.

Fifteen of Her Crew Missing, While Six
Were saved.
Bilboa. Spain, December 29.-The
steiner Carranza. from Rotterdam, for
this port. has been lost off Cape Ajo.
Six members of the crew were saved,
but fifteen others are missing.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-12-30

- Worth s2,5OO.OOO - Their
r--y Included a Sank at
.vi7 Business Blocks, Paper
factories, SUawOOard Mills,
-r Mills, Farm and Bank and
-r-ad StOcks-The Assignment
.-tatsd by the Liquidation Of
atlas National Bank Of Chi
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-12-30
A PARKERsBURc FAILURE.
Isaac Prayer u Sons Forced to the Wall
BY Cincinnati Creditors.

by CINCINNATI tredltors.
PARKERSBURG w. Va. December o.
Isaac Prayer * Sons. "a retail dry goods
firm of long standing, assigned to-day to
Henry Keller. Estimated liabilities are
100000: assets about the same. Pressure
of Cincinnati creditors is the alleged cause.
The evening times., 1896-01-13

The revolving fact has come to light in
New York that the police employ children
as spies, to find out II this or that saloon
keeper sells liquor to minors. If he does,
the case is made against him, and the little
boy OF little girl is used as witness. The
worst of this business, next to sending
children to where they should not go, is
that this. practice Is approved by the men
who have control of the police department
OF the metropolis. Even Theodore Roosc-
velt, rerormer by profession, has not a
word to say in disapproval.
great wrong is thus committed by men
whose very occupation is for the purpose
of preventing wrong. 1t is not a moral
wrong only, but an actual violation OF
statute which makes it a penal offense for
parents To send their children To saloons
to purchase liquor, though the infraction OF
the law Is in this instance the lesser evil.
The fact that the guardians Of the law de-
bauch children whom it should be their
business to keep away, as far as lies in their
power, from contamination, by sending
them to saloons, and thus fanlilia rizng
them with scenes to which they ought to
The evening times., 1896-01-13
Cuban History in Brief.

In 1884 and again in 1854 Havana was
destroyed by the French.
Matanzas was the first city to fall into
the hands of the insurgents.
Cruelty and injustice to the natives has
always been the creed OF the Span:ards.
The present revolution began February
"a. 1895, when the republic was pro-
claimed by Marti.
In 1913 President Polk offered Spain
million dollars for the island, which offer
was refused.
The constitution of Cuba, modelled on
that OF the United States, was adopted
September 20, 1895.
The revolution of 1868 lasted ten years
before Spain succeeded in compromising
by promising reforms.
A triangular blue union, having n single
star and five stripes, three OF red and two
of white, is the flag of the republic.
Very little reliable news of the present
insurrcction can be obtained, owing to
the censorship OF the press and the mendac-
ity of the leaders OF both sides.
The first serious revolution took place
in 1S4S, under the leadership of Narcisco
Lopez, who in 1881 repeated his attempts
To free the island from Spanish control.-
Chicago Timcs-Herald.
The evening times., 1896-01-13

A correspondent suggests that the oppo-
sitfon to the bond biit In the board or trade
Friday evening was not prompted by de-
sire to defeat that measure, but was really
an attempt to force the ring to provide for
the issue Of bonds 10 pa for the land as fast
as 1t was confiscated for the proposed street
extensions. He further argues that the
faction headed by President Woodward do
not want this proposition discussed, as it
would open up the question of the real
amount of money involved, which Is SO
enormous that 1t would frighten Congress
into defeating the entire scheme. He also
claims thatthe fight in the board OF trade is
to combine the sewer and street extension
schemes SO as to secure funds for both with
out making public the actual amount re-
quired to carry on the two projects.
Be this as 1T may the fact remains undis-
puted that it will cost the District $40,-
100000 to make these alleged improve
ments, and that during the thirty years
hre of the bonds they viii accrue $49, ,OOO,-
600 OF interest, which, added TO the princi-
pal, would foot up the sum Of
$S9 100000 that District taxpay-
ers must pay to improve the
property Of lot of SPECTATORS. At our
present rate of population that amount will
Impose debt of $500 on every man, woman
and child in the District, a burden tina would
rest heavily on the shoulders of most prop
erty-
Mr.. Chaplin Brown, in opposing the in
The evening times., 1896-01-13
People You Know.

Alfred Austin, England's new poet lau'
reate, may soon be obliged to pipe his lay
to strained relations.
The first number of the Connecticut COur-
ant, printed at Hartford in October, 1764,
predicts the Overthrow of Spain's power
on this side OF the Atlantic.
Miss PcnrOse. whose academic career
at Oxford and Londcn has been highly dis
tinguished, isprominent in the effort toward
the admission of women to the degree of
q. A. at Oxford. In a recent speech she
said: ..It- is to Oxford, the university of
movements rather than of men, that women
are now looking"
King Humbert of Italy has received a
new pet. It's young lion, caught near
Kassaia,; and is kept in a stable of the
PaIazzo SAM EeIne, Rome. Its attendant
is a native 9f the Tigre, a tail. robust
youth, who speaks Italian well. He was
at one tine member of the Third native
company in Africa.
The queen OF Portugal is a remarkable
woman. She has been studying mtdieine
and has passed her third examination.
Her medical library is the best OF its kiEd
In Portugal She reads French, English.
Spanish ard Biiau, ard takes all the lead
ing medical reviews published in these
languages. She corresponds with eminent
physicians ouspeeiai sui. .ects. She teaches
her eldest son botany and the uses OF the
microscope.
The evening times., 1896-01-13
To Careless of Their Charges.

Escapes from st. Elizabeth's Hospital
late. The most recent is that Of Gen.
Gooding, patient whose strongly devel-
oped prediction for firearms makes him
an especially dangerous person to be at
large. 1t is remarka BILE that escapes from
the institution across the Eastern Branch
should be at all possible, and it is be-
vented without extraordinary trouble. The
whole place is surrounded by a wall and
admittance aud exit are had only through
one gate. If this is properly guarded escape
should be impossible.
1t is the custom at nearly all hospitals
for the insane to allow certain patients
to absent themselves from the institution
for a longer or shorter period on parole.
These are persons who are confined in the
asylum only because. of some supposedly
harmless halluciDation and are not re-
garded as likely to do harm to themselves
or to anybody else. How far this practice
is defeDsible, if at all, is a question. At
the best there will always be more or
less risk incurred in permitting patients,
not permanently cured, but subject to
periodical occurrences OF their malady, or
those others who never will be cured but
are looked upon as harmless, to go about
among men without proper surveillance.