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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-03-10

A raw Of Ight-uot ga Y ray--has
pierced The clouds Of despair which
have dsrkeued the base bail horizon fer
many weeks. or words TO tn2t effect.
The aforesaid ray may expand and
gather volume. until it disDels the
gloom which hangs over the liner
sale-and then again lie may noc. AT
any rate there is once more foundation
for the hope that Wheeling may not De
left CUT i'm the cold, bIr tina, the fans
win be given an opportmiJy 10 witness
drst-class quality Of professional base
ball. and that. TOO. without going mp in
balloon. or waiting FOR the removal
of Wheeling hin TO give site for a
park.
This change in the situation is cue TO
the efforts Of Manager Wright OF the
Street Railway Company, who has lent
invaluable assistance and encoucas-
menr TO the projected club The park
win not be located on the Island. This
announcement viii be received with ex-
uressions of regret from lovers Of the
game but The difficulty in securing a
suitable location on the Garden Spot is
generally known. IL Wheeling is 90
have a club. the games win De played
in The old Irwin paris. above Forty
eigh-b street.
Sir. Wright had Ho consultations
over the long distance phone yesJer-
day. with Mr. Mckee, 3lu President
Power. The result was ln agreement
OIL The part OF MIR. Mckee, 90 use the
Irwin park Fl iL is secured. The prop
er.v is owned by the heirs OF Che late
Wdce Jacobs. and no trouble Is anlcl-
ualaI iu securing lease. lJ viii be
several days before % definite answer
can Foe given, owing TO the number or
persons whose consent must be secured.
The most we.gh,y objection ro The
Irwin park is it's location. To is in the
extreme southern portion o. .-e city,
but is on lhe line O. tne s-r railway.
and isl convenient tol Wheeling. Ben
wood a1d BeIIa're patrons. Tue Dirk
OF the club IS paronagc must cons. nom
the three cities men -CleC- --rtln S
Ferry patrons WIZ base al ana
costly ride -O rle p2f6- .-c round
TIP .cle l oe thirty cents. ar- o.
viii require about au hour and forty
five minutes -o make tho round Trap
from the lower end Of Martins Ferry.
AS matte OPP OF course lni- -cc- may
afs. Ike attendance from Lrldsap1rl
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-03-10
F1H IT'S THE irwin PARK
Probability That Wheeling viii Re
main III the State.

Result OF q Telephone Consultation
Between Mr.. Wright and Dessrs
Powers and lEcKee-The Running
Meeting Project-GCssip About
Boxing and Racing-Other Local
and Teleeraphic Sport
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-03-10
PRICE LIST.

Full Standard Tomatoes, 4 cans for. %
Fancy Cold Pack Tomatoes, per can. s
Full Stand, Sugar Corn, cans for. %
Fancy Cream Sugar Corn, 4 cans for 20
Choice Table Peaches, yellow, per
can. -. -. go. ...........1 10
Best Pumpkin, per can......... z
Best Cal. Plums, 2 cans for.
Cal. Prunes. large, per lb......
Cal. Seedless Raisins, per lb...
Cal Seedless Raisins, large, lbs. for.25
Cal. Evapor'd Peaches, fancy, per h. Z
Large Bottle Ketsup, per bottle. =. 10
Star Candles, S to the h., per b.. s
Carpet tacks, per box. 1
Clothes Pins, per dozen. l
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-03-10
Atlantic TGaCO.

From our price list you can always
learn the lowest price for the best
goods. Our facilities for buying and
handling goods in large quantities are
not equaled by any other house in the
State. We recognize no competition
if qualities are made the test:
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-03-10

The Committee on Markets made up
the following estimate for the year:
Salaries, clerks .......... .............% 500
Hauling garbage ......... .............. 2t0
Printing and advertising .............. 90
Repairs .......... ........... ........... 125
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-03-10
CEMETERIES.

The Committee on Cemeteries held
brief session. last evening. but trans
<ctd no business of Importance.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-03-10
NUN E1PR CnNn1ITTEr

This committee met last evening and
recommended for payment bills aggrc-
eating $25S04:
Clerk Watkins submitted the follow
inc estimate for 1905
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-03-10

Supplies ........ ........- .............. l50
Paying Fifth ward ....-.............. 1,000
Painting. Fifth ward ...--............. 30
Repairing roofs ......... ....'.'....... oOJ
Total ........... .......... .:..........$5,' uO
Bills to the Amount OF S4o.5O we're re-
commended for payment.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-03-10
REAL ESTATE.
-
The Committee on Real Estate made
MARKETS

No bills were passed.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-01-05

tents. S2s77s5: total insurance paid. S.
1874, loss on buildings insured and unin-
sured, S.07279. loss on contents insured
ana uninsured, S5vs5-s5; total loss, $s,l6sl4
The cost Of maintaining the department
for the year has been SIS s55.5f-
The census OF 1880 found I'm Manatee
county 2,ss5 persons. The census Of 1895
found 3,s96, a gain Of sl1 persons. or nearly
a third Of the whole number
a peach tree loaded with blossoms for
the first time. although 81 Is old enough
for several such efforts, is curiosity in
Capt A. y. Pacettfs yard at St Au-
gustine.
The Jose Morales cigar factory at Marti
city Is TO be moved this month tO~Iampa,
and the manager says the entire popula-
ton OF Marti. numbering about 80 souls,
will also move TO Tampa
AT Tampa Thursday William Hunter.
referee IN the case Of Charles ". Smith
vs. the Consumers Electric Light and
Street Railway Company, suit for $500
damages, rendered a judgment for 80 In
favor Of the complainant. =. o. Knight,
attorney for the company, viii move for
a new trial. and II not granted, the case
viii be appealed 10 the supreme court.
President ". 3. Henderson Of the board
OF public works Of Tampa has received a
letter from w. n. COler & Co. Of New
York, stating that the vote on bonds as
reported was satisfactory. but they have
not yet been furuished with the official
result. As soon as that is done they say
they are ready to comply with their part
OF the contract and furnish the city the
money
The largest sailing vessel that ever en-
tered the st. Johns river will arrive at
Jacksonville about the middle of Febru-
airy, with a cargo Of salt from Liverpool,
England. The vessel Is the Swedish bark
Gurlie Of $50 net tons burden, which was
chartered by Wightman & Christopher Of
Jacksonville. and to this firm is due the
credit of bringing over the first cargo of
foreign merchandise direct TO Jackson
Vile. The bark Gurlie left Liverpool on
Dec. 1s with a cargo of 500 tons OF salt
in bulk
Following is a list of those who lost
property in the fire at West Palm Beach:
George Zapf loss to buildings, $4,000. in
surance, $1,000; j. Frank, clOthier, loss.
$500. insurance, 5000; w. BuhOltz.
clothier, loss about $1,000, insurance not
known; Carl Schivinck, dry goods, loss.
5000 Castellano Brothers, groceries, loss,
5000. insurance, $1,000. These were the
heaviest losers. The other firms who sus-
tanned losses were NJ. w. Weinpant, jew
elry and dry goods: Boston Dry Goods
Store, Justice Elliotts office, Pucketts bar
room, Italian fruit stand. Cooper & john
sons barbershop, besides other small es-
Establishments.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-01-05

polite reprobate was. as a fact, an out and
out atheist, but he had decided upon
Christian burial out of Difference to the
religious views of his sons, who had been
reared in the faith of their mother.
Having thus carefully made all needed
arrangements, including the drafting Of
his WILL in which he left his fortune
equally to his two sons, the old gentle
man carefully prepared for the exit from
life. First he purchased a 25-pound keg
OF powder, good strong rope and a
butcher knife, whetting the blade of the
latter to razor edge. With these he
proceeded to the loft of his warehouse,
around beam, just over the open hatch
way through the floor; the other end he
made into a moose, which he placed about
his neck. He took the head out of the
keg, drew the latter to the edge of the
hatchway and sat upon 1t. Then placing
the keen edge of the knife to his throat,
ping the latter into the gunpowder with
one hand. while with the other he drew
the knife swiftly across his throat.
The explosion which Immediately fol-
lowed not only broke the windows of the
warehouse. but also those of several ad-
1acent structures, so that great crowd
was soon attracted to the, scene OF the
disaster. The body of old Picard was
swinging furiously around from the end
of the rope, blood was flowing freely
from the knife cut and his face was sootY
black from the powder. While some of
the neighbors rushed forward to cut
down the poor wretch, others looked for
a sack in which TO stow away the re-
mains.
The strangest part of the story is yet
to come. Picard was anything but dead.
The shock of the explosion had arrested
the progress of the knife, so that the cut
was insignificant while the propulsion
had thrown his body so far forward that
il first fell upon the floor, where 1t rolled
over, thus casting a coil under his arms I;
hence when his struggles dropped him
through the opening the weight fell upon
the body instead of the neck. Within
twenty-four hours Picard was at his place
his suicidal tendencies. His disgust was
unbounded, and he became deep-rooted
in fatalism. Nor did he harbor the slight
ing him in his hour of besetment. They,
however were slow to recover from the
shock of his escape and could never af-
terward brook any allusion to the affair.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-01-05
OLD PICARD's SUICIDE.
Powder, Knife and Rope All Con-
spired to Foil His Design.
From the New York Press.


Old Picard was Frenchman who grew
tired of life because his bank account,
which was a generous one, did not grow as
rapidly as he desired. His two sons did not
love him very much, for the reason that
his neglect contributed no small part to
the decay and early demise of their
mother Still, being their father, they
suggested to him that suicide was scarcely
respectable and that they should prefer
that he bide the natural limitations of
life.
Being very polite young men, extremely
regardful of the sensibilities of others
the thought did not occur to them to
adopt repressive measures against the
avowed purpose of the old gentleman A
dignitied and respectful protest seemed to
them all that was required under the cir
cumstances; so that when they learned
he was fully resolved to execute his par
pose, they withdrew for a day or two to
a neighboring city, that they might not
give omense to the father by their pres
ence.
Picard was a very methodical man in
all things. Rarely did he make a mis-
take. Having fully decided upon death.
he engaged an undertaken and grave dig
ger, paid them in advance and took a re-
ceipt from both. Then he called upon
the Methodist parson. who was a very lib
eral ard broad man in his religious views
eNtorting from him a solemn promise that
he would officiate at his funeral The
preacher agreed the more readily because
Picard was in perfect health and gave no
intimation of his deadly purpose. The
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-01-05

doin'? Coin to cuts backbone? Shaw,
you'll spoil i'm. Well, he did stop squirm-
In quick, didn't he? Never thought of
bells.
"Say, you know how 1 got that first bell l.?
Yes, well, it was guv to me, wasn't it?
It I'D help take the chill off'n the weather
to think I had a knife for Christmas, an
then it nd come in good to trim down the
bow end of this peg Of mine when it be-
ber's lost
''Peg-leg'' received the knife in return
for the story Of how he invented sleigh
be found any day down among the canal
boats, sleeping in the shade in summer,
and crouching on the leeward side of the
uprights in winter, but all the time wait
ing for the music that emanates from the
agony of an unwary fish on the mud below.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-01-05
FLORIDA

The temperance people in Baker county
are working for their cause.
The new building for the St Augustine
Herald will soon be completed.
The Putnam house, Palatka. will he
opened to the public on Jan. Is.
The Plant exhibit will be removed from
the exposition at Atlanta to Tampa.
A special election is to be held to-mor-
row to determine whether Green Cove
shall be bonded for $4,000 or not
The Florida Southern is now running a
chair coach between Gainesville and Eus-
It's. 1t is the most elegant coach on that
road.
During 1895 the number of alarms of
fire in Tampa was SO. The value Of build
ings where fires occurred was S96, $50; the
value Of contents was Sl4S, 40. Total valu-
alton, S245. $50. The insurance on the build
ings involved, s50.5O0; insurance ON con
tents, $56275 total insurance slO6. 775: in
suraree paid on buildings. 50, 577.29; on con
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-01-05

Nine. Jeanne Hugo, the granddaugh-
ter of Victor Hugo, who was recently di-
vorced from her husband, Alphonse Dau-
diets son, is about to marry a young doc
tor of Paris.
Col. c. A. Lincoln, a cousin of Abra-
ham Lincoln and a farmer in Kansas has
suddenly come into prominence as a pom
ulist leader and calls himself "Old Abe"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-01-05
THE LAKE of BLOOD.
Into Its Depths Were Thrown the
Soldiers of Charles the Bold.
from the Boston Traveler.

From the Boston Traveller.
This terribly melodramatic title does
not belong to a melodrama, but to a lake
in Switzerland, close to Morat. 1t is a
pretty lake, like all the lakes in that pic
turesque land, and has many of the ira
ditional little hostelries on its border
The town of Morat comes down to the
shore, a town full of historic memories
with its immemorial church, its castle of
the thirteenth century, and it's enclosing
walls, carefully maintained in their di-
lapidated condition. 1t was here that
Charles the Bold and his Burgundians
were literally annihilated on the Dist of
June, 1916 by the Forest Cantons, who
! gave no quarter.
The Lake of Morat, has, moreover, an
other quality peculiar to itself, and which
has been manifested with more intensity
during the last couple of weeks than it
has ever been known to be before It's
waters become red, internationally, some
times with intervals of weeks, sometimes
of months. In its last transformation it
has gone through regular scale of color,
deepening in tone, until now it is of an
| intense crimson. 1t is indeed a lake of
blood. as far as the look of it goes It's
appearance is sinister enough at any
! hour of the day, but when touched by
| the rays of an Alpine sunset, it assumes
! a weird, witch-like aspect that gives a
creepy feeling to the most Stold observer
No need to say that this phenomenon
mas us leSeQQ. Inc ola uSnermen or the
! lake, who draw enormous creatures from
! it's depths, called silures, and weighing
! from fifty to hundred pounds, whisper
| to one another when the change begins /:
| 1T is the blood of the Burgundians!' In
| fact, after the battle, a large number of
| the slain BurgundianS were thrown into
! the lake, while the rest were flung into
a ditch filled with quicklime
Scientists, however, refuse to accept
| the artlesS explanation of the fishermen
| The ghosts of Charles the Bolds SOL
| diers have nothing to do with the color
ing of the lake. Its red and crimson hues
| are due to the presence in immense guam
| titles of an exceedingly tiny aquatic plant
| which naturalists have named the oscil-
| latoria rubescens. The curious point is
| that the lake of Morat is the only lake on
/ the globe in which this strange vegeta-
| ton is developed. So far, no one has sue
! ceeded in finding out why, but the pres
| ence of a considerable number of distin-
guished naturalists there for some weeks
| past may compel these little microscopic
! growths to give up their secret.
1
in Switzerland and other mountain
GUS countries the goat leads long strings
/ of animals daily to and from the noun
| ta1nS, but 1t is in South Africa that If
| is regularly kept and employed as a lead
| er of fiocks of sheep. Should a binding
| storm of rain or hail drive the silly sheen
| before II, or cause them to huddle to-
| gether IN corner, so as to suffocate
| each other, the trained goat will wake
them up, aud by method best known
| 10 himself will induce them to follow him
] to place of safety.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-01-05

Rev. DR.. Elias Riggs a missionary of
the American board in Constantinople,
though 80 years old, is still in active SER
vice He Is engaged in .ranslating the
Bible into the Bulgarian tongue.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-04-13
Gould Hurrahs For Texas.

Mr.. George Gould the railroad
magnate, Mr.. G. E. Satterlee, secre.
tary and treasurer of the Texas &
Pacific railroad, and Mr.. John
Beresford, a prominent capitalist
of New York, accompanied by Col,
Tom. Campbell, general manager
Of the 1. & G. N. Ry., arrived in
the city last evening in Col. Camp
BELLS private car, and after spend
ing several hours in driving over
the city, left at 9 o'clock for Gal
weston. Mr.. Gould is on an inspec-
tion tour of his Southern lines, and
while admitting that railroad bus
mess is not as prosperous as it
might be, is still fairly good, and
expresses the utmost confidence in
an early revival Of trade. He was
enthusiastic in his admiration of
Texas and of all he had seen in our
great state and volunteered the
opinion that in a few years she
would lead all competitors, in pop.
ulation as we'll as in productive
and industrial prosperity.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-04-13
Capt Chas. Kings
New novel, Trumpeter Fred. just
received Mic. Tengg. 4 Is 1t
Attempted Self Murder.

Officer Vidal, of the city police
force this morning about 2 o'cl ock
found Henry Wolf, a soldier be.
longing at Fort Sam Hodston, in a
very bloody condition, near the
Southern Pacific depot on Austin
street, suffering from several
knife wounds in both arms, caused
by himself. Wolf was taken to
the police station and DR.. Menger
was summoned and attended him.
The man could not give a CO.
herent account of himself and
seemed to be on the verge of de-
lirium trem'ens. That he attempt
ed suicide there is no doubt; this
much he admitted to the officers.
He nearly succeeded, as the knife
blade barely missed one of the big
arteries of the arm.
He was taken to Fort Sam Hous-
ton and put under guard.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-04-13
ARMY NEWS.

REPORTED SPECIALLY For THE LIGHT.
A number of people from the
garrison went out to the infantry
camp yesterday on the train.
1t was intended to have guard
mount, mounted, yesterday morn
ing, but the soft condition of the
ground prevented this.
The commanding officer of the
Japanese army was welcomed to
Omaha, by General Coppinger,
last Friday.
Corporal Owings has been pro-
NOTED sergeant vice Miller, dis
charged.
The major and two troops of the
Seventh cavalry, now at Fort Sh eri-
dan, will be transferred to the de-
partment of Colorado. One troop
goes to Fort Hauchuca, and the
other to Fort Grant.
Guard mount was held mounted
this morning for the first time in
year.
Frank j. Afleck, Harvard grad
uate, and the brother Of a wealthy
member of the Stock exchange,
went through fortune of $4,000
six months ago, enlisted at Boise
Barracks, and is now in the hands
of the civil authorities at Portland,
Ore, for desertion.
The kettle drums were out this
morning, and were very ably
played by Musician Chandler. 1t
takes horseman and a musician
to play these drums mounted.
1t is expected that an order
changing both infantry and
cavalry troops, will be issued this
month.
The dance given by the Ladies'
Social club Friday evening, was
fairly attended.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-04-13
Big Crowd Coming,

Colonel Mike Goggan Of the
large music house of Goggan
Bros, predicts large crowds for
the Saengerfest from the surround
ing country. He says the demand
on him for tickets from his country
customers is enormous, with orders
still pouring in. This is the result of
judicious advertising and enter
prise on the part Of this large firm
giving away tickets to the Saenger-
fest to buyers of musical merchan-
disc, which they have been adver-
Using to do for some time past.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-04-13
WEATHER BULLETIN.

Weather forecast for San Antonio and
vicinity for the "a hours ending at 7 p. m,
April IA:
Fair tonight and Tuesday.
WEATHER NOTES.
A disturbance Of marked intensity is
central over Iowa this morning. Rains
accompany the storm center and have
fallen, during the past24 hours, over the en-
tire southwestern country except west and
central Texas. The heaviest of the rain
falls occurred at Little Rock and Calves
ton, at the former station the amount
measuring l.S8 inches while almost an
inch fell at the latter station. ..
The weather is very cool over North
Texas, Colorado, and the western por-
tions of Kansas and Nebraska. The
morning temperatures range from freez-
ing (32 deg.) at Denver to A deg. at Am
arillO.
Cloudy weather prevails through the
Mississippi and lower Missouri valleys,
and over east Texas. To the west the
skies are generally clear.
S. B. PFANNER, Observer.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-04-13
Public Resort in an Old Church.

Maggie Kerr and Mary Dobart,
two Government hill Migrants,
were fined So each this morning,
1t seems that Rev. Henderson
rented the abandoned church OF
Saint Patrick to a family by the
name of Bennett, who, in turn sub
let it to the women Kerr and
Dobart, who opened up a public
resort in the abandoned church.
The priest made complaint to OFF,
Ger Espinosa, who removed them.
The women were given an option
of ten days.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-04-13
RAILROAD NOTES.

Mr.. Gilbert S. Wright, of Evans
Vile, Ind, treasurer Of Evansville
and Terre Haute, is in the city,
visiting j. A. Macdonald.
Mr.. ]. B. Bartholomew, the
popular assistant general freight
agent of the International, has
rendered his resignation, effective
today, and the office will be
abolished.
The International will run an
excursion to Mexico after the ad-
journment of the Epworth league
conference in this city, April IL.
The train will leave here next Sat.
urday morning. An excursion to
Mexico will also be run April %,
for the Knights Templar, which
meets here.
Efforts are being made to have
the International run an excursion
to Austin next Sunday for the base
ball game between the Austin and
San Antonio teams.
Travelling Passenger Agent w.
A..Reinhardt, Of the Southern Pa
cific, came in this morning.
Manager w. G. Van Week, Of
the Southern Pacific, left for the
west this morning.
President H. G. Rouse, Of the
Katy, and party, will pass through
San Antonio over the Southern
Pacific tonight en- route east from
Callforn la.
Richard Doran, Jr., the little
6-year.old son of Engineer Doran
of the Southern Pacific, died early
this morning at his home, 1926
North blackberry street, Of acute
bronchitis, and the funeral will
take place this afternoon.