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Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1896-08-23
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The REGISTER. embracing itz several
editions. is entered a. -l- P---ofl-e ID
Wheeling. ". Va. as s-cJrd---a7s matter.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1896-08-23
LOST.

LOST-PENNSYLVANIA f.N
age book. near Glenn g ha.
gust rs. The finder VIII
returning 10 Union TICK
House.
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Fifty cents worth Of Wheeling TO-
bacco and one silver dollar for one
United States dollar, at
HUGO L. LOOS, 1920 Marke- street.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1896-08-23

WANTED. QUICK
visit trade ana
greatest selling hIc
n 20. 500 0WHH beaI
Dru's. Bradstree' .t
Fine chance slu4i
FALO SPECIALITY u
y y.
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EoR sALE-MLacELLANsOUs.

FOR SALE-LARGE, FULL SIZE Grand
uilno. good as new. VIII sell cheap or
trnde for upright piano. Address Box 800,
Ci,y +. o., or this office. auZ5dqer
FOR sALE-ONE POOL TABLE, SIZE
4J9xg IN first class condition, for sale
cheap Enquire at FRANK ALBINGt,h'
1888 Jacob street. )e9edh
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AGENTS WANTED

GOLD AND SILVER CANES 3ikc; MA
poleon hats l5c, buttons. badges. lantcris
e.. everything cheap. NATIONAL CAM
PAIGN GOODS Co, 4sl Madison CnicaBo'
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AGENTS WANTED FOR TALES or
the Civil War. as told hy 400 veterans on
both sides. Something new. hundreds OF
great war pictures On. pages; Cn- aEr,.1
PEOPLES PUB co, 3yh Marke, ST.
phllalelphla. au-o-9
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OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES AGENT
IN every town. 70 report on parties re-
garding opening or rehtting saloons. by
The largest saloon manufacturers IN the
world Good man can make 5000.
ROTHSCHILD'S TT Broadway. n. Y.
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AGENTs-s3 TO So DAY SELLING
"CoId Process" preserving fruits No
cooking CALIFORNIA FRUIT CO, 81
22G la Sale St. Chicago. au23Q
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BUSINESS CHANG

SPECULATE JUDICIOUSi
can make money. EXcelic
handling large or small DI
cotton. grain and prov im"
published and daily rev
sent free. Member Chicag
Is years. ROBT. II. KEL.
sale Street. Chicago.
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AGENTS MAKE BIG MONEY SELLING
our Ice Cream Freezer for home use.
only 30 seconds required. only freezer
made that don't scrape tin. Sells at sight.
An excellent seller for county fairs Write
for particulars. 81 Levant St, Philada.
au23Q
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Greater WaeelIng's Creates, Sale
Tra an .4e.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-12-05
WON ATHLETIC HON0RS
The First Infantry Regiment
Carries off the Chief Prizes
at the Preside.
Exciting Field Day at Which the
Third Artillery Was Not Far Be.
hind lis Successful Competitor.

In the contest between the First Regi-
ment of Infantry and the Third Artillery
at the Presidio yesterday, in field sports,
the former carried off all the honors of the
contest.
The forenoon was devoted to pro-
eramme of varied athletic sports.
The first was dash of 100 yards, which
was won by Picket of the First Infantry
in IL seconds.
The same winner came out victorious in
a 220-yard dash in Is 2-5 seconds.
In the 440-yard run Engstrom of the
First Infantry won in 65 seconds.
The high jump, feet inches, was won
by Miller of the same regiment, while
Morris of the First made the broad Jump
of Is feet 81 inches. The tug of-war was
won by the members of the First in Sec
onds. The amusing race known as the
potato" was won by Divine. The relay
race fell to the Third Artillery owing to
BaIley's speed; as also did the hammer
throwing, won by Musselman. Putting
the shot was won by o. Brien of the First.
In the afternoon the sports were con-
the following entries and their scores:
First Infantry-McLean 4, Engstrom 2, Vine
yard 5, Wilmington a, Fry /, Divine 0, Kohl
man 2, Noyse 3, Gosnell 2; total 81.
Third Artillery-Sherlock Q, Smith 1, Jen-
kins O, Pellycourt q Torrey 1. Harris 2, Tiddy
0, Winslow 1, oConnor q; total IL.
This game was umpired by H. Rogers,
who was compIimented on the fairness OF
his decisions. The result of the whole
day contest was:
First Infantry AZ, Third Artillery %.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-12-05
WONG GIN CAPTURED.
How the Lights Suddenly Went
Out on the Pursuing
Officers.
The Runaway Witness in the Dick
Williams Case Safe in the Mar.
shal's Custody.

Wong Gin, an exceedingly slippery Chi
nese, who is the principal witness in the
Dick Williams case, now in the United
States District Court, was yesterday re-
manded to the custody of the Marshal.
On the day he was to give his important
testimony against ex-Inspector Williams
he disappeared, and has been diligently
sought for by the officers. Day before yes.
terday Special Agent Moore, Assistant
Agent Charming and Deputy Marshal
Moffitt went to a room in Chinatown in
search of their man., Upon enterin the
building bell tingled and all the lights
went out. The officers CROPPED around in
the darkness, and finally found the fleet
ing Mongol under bed occupied by two
of his countrymen. He was enveloped in
blankets and was snugly hidden away.
District Attorney Henry s. Foote has
been informed that Wong Gin was paid
500 10 make himself scarce, and as he is
now safely in custody there is no doubt
that his testimony will uncover the guilty
party in the case. However. he will be
punished for contempt IN not appearing
in court when wanted, and Judge Morrow
will probably give him severe sentence
as owing to his flight one of the indict-
ments against Williams was quashed.
At the request OF Judge Dibble, repre-
senting the defense. continuance of the
case was granted until next Wednesday.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-12-05

lives in Wisconsin, having made a vast
fortune in African gold mines. 1t is
rumored that he wants to marry again,
but it has been discovered that the divorce
which his wife obtained from him for de-
sertion is not valid, the decree never having
been entered as required by law. Mrs.
Phillips, who has for years believed her.
self to be divorced, now finds herself the
lawful wife of the husband who aban-
doned her and his children. As she lives
a very humble life and as she has strug-
gled for many years to bring up her ch IL
dren she is naturally 10th to surrender
Monte Cristo. She, therefore, stands
firmly in the position that if her truant
husband wants his freedom he must pay
for 1t a sum becoming to his rank and
station in life.
Mrs. Phillips seems to have decidedly
the long end of the fight and her obstinate
refusal to surrender her hold has caused
her husband great uneasiness He has
hired Attorney W. H. Hart and others to
intercede in his behalf and Judge SeawelI
has issued a temporary stay of pro-
ceedings.
THE facts of the marriage and divorce
proceedings, that may yet play an i'm
portant part in the courts and seriously
interfere with Phillips untrammeled en-
joyment of millions, are as follows:
A. g. Phillips married his wife, Eva L..
. in Western Utah twenty years ago. He
was a struggling young civil engineer
and, failing in Utah. he moved to Virginia
City, then to San Francisco ten years ago.
4 son, now Is, and two daughters were
born to the couple. They are all living
now.
Phillips did not remain here long, but
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-12-05

was told that he had better keep his hands
off Nicaraguan affairs. After hundred
lashes had been piled on the Salvadoran
he finally confessed" that he would tell
where the money was. He was taken from
the rack and brought upstairs, where be
pleaded with the brutes that he did not
know anything about it and that he had
confessed simply to get time to recover, as
they were killing him. He was brought
down and again fifty lashes were laid
upon his qulvering and bleeding flesh.
Brought upstairs again he tainted away,
and when Fischer interceded to be al
lowed to get the man water the captain
told him that 'dirty" Americans should
keep out of Nicaraguan affairs or they
might get the same treatment. After
much pleading on the part of Fischer the
suffering victim was brought glass OF
water.
II could not believe my eyes" said
FISCHER, when | beheld the brutal SOL
d1ers take the Chilean and place him on
the rack again. / saw them give him fifty
more lashes on his raw flesh and | left,
slckened at the sight. The next time
saw him he was being brought on board
the steamer by the soldiers with docu-
ment from the omandante to the effect
that the man had been proven innocen
and honorable. They then started TO
take up collection on board to pay the
Chilean for his torture. They came to me
and wanted $50.n
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-12-05
FIELD DAY AT THE PRESIDE.

identity and began to abuse and threaten
Fischer, despite the fact that he told him
he was an American citizen and innocent
of any wrong.
81 had $175 in American money on me, 4"
said Fischer. ut was utterly useless for
me to argue. but thought l would make
a stand, which proved to work all right.
A crowd Just then pushed on shore from
the steamer and in the crush ] managed
to escape and made my way to the Com
andante, inquiring Indignantly into the
treatment received. He met me with
naughty air.
"'Did you not escape?' SAID he. That
is enough. Even as your friend it is
almost my duty to have you turned over
to the soldiers again
1.-The police boat went out to the San
Juan that night and took off one Chilean
and two San Saivadoran passengers. The
San Juan was flying the American flag.
The men were searched, but no American
money was found on them. Shortly after
native woman appeared before the Com
andante with $35 in American gold, stat
ing that passenger on the steamer lying
in the harbor had slipped it to her to give
TO the Comandante fearing that if it
should be found on his person he would
be suspected of the robbery. She was
asked to point out the man and her finger
rested on the Chilean. He protested that
he was a hard working man and had
earned the money in Panama. But he was
stripped across the loins and as far down
as the knees and placed on rack or bench
face downward, with his legs spread apart.
A bundle of long lashes of some kind of
wood of whalebone tenacity was brought
and six soldiers, commanded by a captain
took their places beside him.
CAT the sound of bugIe and the word
from the captain one of the soldiers took
up one of the fails. and with measured
beat TO the time OF the bugle, threw it over
his head and brought it down with awful
effect on the body of the man. He did
this ten times, when, after the expiration
of a quarter of minute, another soldier
stepped forward and repeated the opera
ton. The cries of the victim were some
thing heartrending to hear as lash sue
ceeded lash, each cutting into the flesh
like knife. Two hundred and sixty of
these were administered. and still the NJ an
could not tell where the money was. He
begged and begged for mercy, but the
soldiers were brutal soldiers, who tried to
make every lash as painful as possible.
The man was finally taken off the bench
to give him time to recover for another
flashing. He was a literal mass OF raw
meat where the lashes had descended upon
him, and he had to be carried away and
set down on his hands and knees like a
figure of wood. The two Salvadorans
meanwhile were imprisoned, and it was
thought best to try the lash on them. One
of the men was put on the bench and
given sixty lashes, and he could tell
nothing about the stolen money and was
taken off and the third man put on. The
beating administered to him was beyond
description"
Fischer saws he could stand it no longer.
He appealed to the Comandante, but he
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-12-05
Rlg&,:,@7
VL@ Murphy Building, I
Market and Jones Streets.

beth Carroll and A. F. Allen, Miss Ethel CO.
hen and R. Mckee Duperu, Miss Elizabeth Cole
and K. II. Montague, Miss Frances Curry and
F. c. Pardee, Miss Genevieve Carolan and
Thomas Breeze, Miss Dottie de Noon and A. A.
Cotton, Miss Bertha NJ. Dolbeer and G. L..
Davis, Miss Gertrude Forman ard A. F. Will
liams, Miss Jessie Glascock and A. r. Baldwin,
Miss Genevieve Goad and Philip Tompkins,
Miss Mary Bell Gwin and Alfred Clement Miss
Emile Hager and Allen st. J. Bowie, Miss
Louise Harrington and Edwin McAfee, Miss
May Hoffman and Raymond Sherman,
Miss Rose Hooper and w. H. Howard Jr., Miss
Florence Josselyn and Stanley Jackson, Miss
Mary B. Kip and Danforth Boardman,
Miss Clementina Kip and Lieutenant VIM,
Miss Fanny Loughborough and A. d. Keyes,
Mrs. Magee and Thomas Magee, Miss Edith
Merry and Lieutenant Newton McCully, Miss
Belle McKenna and Peter D. Martin, Miss
Florence Mills ana Gerald Rathbone, Mrs.
Percy Moore and Percy Moore, Miss Mai
Moody and Edward Houghton Miss Eva
Moody and Douglas Watson, Mrs. Moulder and
A. B. Moulder, Miss Mary McNutt and F. S.
Butterworth, Miss Alice Owen and Frank
Owen, Miss Ethel Patton and Leonard Chenery,
Miss Bertha Smith and Allen Garwood Wright,
Miss Schnuly and S. Clark Porter, Miss Cora
A. Taylor, Miss Mollie Thomas and Lawson s.
Adams, Miss Daisy Van Ness and Latham Nc
Mullin, Miss Marie VOORHEES, and Lieutenant
Winship, Miss Romie Wallace and A. Perry
Hayne, Miss Juliette Williams and S. Fl. Board
man, Miss Eleanor Wood and Burbank Somers.
The next meeting of the Friday Night Club
will be held on the 18th. 1t is to be fancy
dress leap-year cotillon and Will be led by Miss
Alice Hager.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-12-05
.LASHED TO THE
VERGE OF EATH
George L. Fischer of This
City Brutality Treated
at Corinto.
Chilean Passengers Of the San
Jose Taken Off and
Beaten.
They Are Beaten With Whips Till
They Almost Yielded Their
Last Breath.

George L. Fischer, agent of Coburn,
Tevis Il Co., was a passenger from Co.
rinto, Nicaragua, on the San Juan, which
arrived here day or two ago. He says
Americans and citizens of most other
countries except Great Britain and Ger
many are badly treated in Central
America.
When the San Juan was near Corinto,
off Arenas, Costa RIGA, Spanish drum
mer for liquor-house claimed he had
been robbed of about e LOO in American
gold which he had left on a chair in his
stateroom. That was thirty miles from
land and on the high seas. The Spaniard
lost no time in reporting the matter at
Corinto, and when Fischer went ashore
again he was seized by six Nicaraguan
soldiers, whose captain demanded his
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-12-05
HEROES OF sEVENTY-sI

Patriotic Drama Successfully Performed
Last Night at the California.
A performance of Heroes of '76,'' a
patriotic drama by ]. Eliot Trowbridge
and Charles E. Cobb, was given in the
California Theater last evening. The
drama was arranged and dramatized
under the direction of Alfred Wilkie.
The performance was under the auspices
of all the California societies which en-
body the remembrance of the American
Revolution, including the California
Society, Sons of the American Revolution;
Sequoia Chapter. Daughters of the Ameri-
can Revolution; Colonial Danes OF Ameri-
ca, California Branch; Puerto Del Ora
Chapter. Daughters of the American
Revolution; California Chapter. Daugh-
tiers OF the American Revolution; Valen-
tine Rolf Society, Children of the Amerl-
can Revolution; the California Com mand-
cry, Military Order OF Foreign Wars of the
United States and the French colony OF
San Francisco.
The house was decorated with Ameri-
can and French flags. A. F. Schleicher
acted as stage manager. Patriotic songs
and choruses we're sung by children from
the public schools. under the direction of
f. Dellepaine and Leo Bruck, and there
were dances, military exercises, marcneS,
drills, etc., appropriate to the occasion.
The drama went off very well. The
dramatis persona was as follows: Farmer
OF Auburn, Charles l.. Parent; Roger, the
gallant and heroic, Alfred Wilkie; Allan,
the courageous captain, Robert 3. Duncan ;
Uncle Eph, the village gossip, ]. K. Mil
Ter; Clover. comical. brave and faithful,
A. F. Schleicher; sergeant of the minute
men, A. E. J. Nye; soldier, III G. Blank
man; the little corporal, Master Fred
Wllkie; Anna. betrothed of Roger, Miss
Gretta Wittram; Ruth, daughter of the
farmer, Miss Nelye Giusti; farmers wife,
Mrs. Emile Parent; Dick, the dog, by
himself
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-12-05

took a sudden notion to abandon his
family, leaving them almost pennlless.
In 1892 Mrs. Phillips brought a suit here
for divorce, on the ground of desertion
and failure to provide. Her attorney was
one E. L. jenkins, whose name never ap-
peared in the directory here and who can
not now be found.
In due time after fling of the suit it was
heard, and Judge Seawell granted the d.
vorce as prayed for.
Attorney Jenkins. however, filed no
findings and the Judge signed no decree.
1t transpires that, under the laws OF Cali
fornia, when judgments are not entered
within six months the court is directed TO
dismiss all proceedings. Mrs. Phillips.
however, having paid her attorney, be-
lieved she was lawfully divorced, and but
recently discovered that she was not.
The deserted woman, having wondered
for wears what had become of her chill
dren's father, was greatly surprised few
weeks ago to get letter from her old
home in Wisconsin, stating that her bus
band was back, and giving details of his
great prosperity. She investigated and
found that he has made many millions in
the mines of Africa in the past ten years
and that he recently sold his interest to
a British syndicate for several millions.
He has been spending his money lavishly
since his return.
On consulting Attorney Z. }. Mogan
the lady learned of the attorneys error
that makes her the lawful wife of the
African millionaire. His attorneys have
pleaded with the court to affirm the do
cree of divorces but this has been without
success. Judge Seawell at first vacated the
whole proceedings and has now simply
entered a temporary stay of proceedings.
If Mrs. Phillips gets a divorce now she
will ask for such allmony as she finds her
husband is able to pay. AS he is undoubt-
eddy worth several millions and is said to
be exceedingly anxious to marry again it
is probable that the little woman who has
been struggling against poverty to rear
and educate the children of the man who
deserted them will get Judgment for sum
that will make her and the children COM
Portable and happy for life.
The case will come up again in a few
days, and it is probable, so attorneys say,
that there will be compromise that will
pay the woman handsomely. If Phillips
wants his freedom, it is said, since he has
no cause for divorce he will have to let
the wife begin new suit, and this she can
do on her own terms.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-12-05
HER HUSBAND
A MONTE CR|STO
A. G. Phillips Makes Mil
lions After DESERVING
His Family.
The Wife Got a Divorce, but 1t
Was Unlawful and She
Claims Him Now.
Judge Seawell'S Order Makes a Poor
Woman the Wife of Rich
African Gold Miner.

. By the simple making of motion IN
Judge SeaweIIs department OF theSuperior
Court yesterday Attorney P. }. Mogan
blocked the game of millionaire a. G.
Phillips, who has been trying for some
months to have a decree of divorce en-
tered against him on judgment rendered
during his absence in Africa several years
ago. =,
The simple proceedings. however, recall
a husband desertion OF wife and chill
dren, and mark the first step in one of the
most unique legal battles ever waged in
the courts by reason of the matrimonial
status. Reduced to its simplest elements,
o the story, which will soon be fully mar
rated in the courts. is as follows:
A G. Phillips, who was a poor man at
the time he deserted his wife and children
. some years ago, is now very wealthy. He
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-12-05
Those .Mulrooneyo Letters.

The series of letters purporting to have been
written by local statesman to his relative
across the seas forms one of the cleverest OF
the many clever features that the Wasp has
produced in some time, showing up in rather
scathing fashion the way in which our law
makers legslate bills. Sporting matters re-
ce1ve especial attention in the Wasp this week,
ana among the pictorial attractions are four
full-page portraits in halftone of Fitzsimmons
and Sharkey, together with views oil their
training quarters, taken expressly for the
Wasp by Bushnell the day before the fight.
The Old Maids Diary contains some amusing
comments on masquerade balls.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-12-05
HEIR TO A FORTUNE.,,
5. Baldacci Bound to His Old Home in
Italy to Pick Up a Large
WindfalI.

S. Baldacci, an old resident of Gllroy
and owner of half interest in general
store thore, was among the arrivals at the
New Western Hotel yesterday. He is on
his way to Italy to file his papers for a
large fortune which has been left him by
an uncle who has lately died.
Mr.. Baldacci was in Italy on visit last
year: He is quite well-to-do, but the
wlndfall OF the fortune in his native land
will put him in far better shape. 1t is
said the bequest will be upward OF 500 900.
Mr.. Baldacci, when he was apprised that
the estate had been bequeathed to him,
endeavored to get the matter adjusted
through the Italian Consul. He was told
however, that this could not be done and
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-12-05

E. M. Greenway, Assisted by
Miss Kate Salisbury, Leads
the German.
Odd Fellows Hall AblaZe With Lights
and Draped in Blue and
White.

Odd Fellows Hall was the scene of q bril-
liant gathering last evening, the occasion
being the first cotillon this season of the
Friday Night Club.
This opening german was not very large
affair, but what it lacked in numbers it made
up in smartness Society still fingers at the
country homes, and the wanderers who spent
the summer months tramping abroad or
lingering at fashionable Eastern resorts have
not yet all returned.
Last evening was the debutante's night.
1t seemed as though the Friday Night Club
had met but to do her honor Miss Kate
Salisbury, pretty "bud," assisted Edward
Greenway to lead, and the first set was given
over entirely to the debutantes.
The hall was draped and festooned with
baby blue and white bpnting-debutante
colors. The bunting was arranged in such a
manner as to form canopy of delicate blue
and white overhead. At regular intervals
from the canopy, depending on long streamers
of the bunting, swung Japanese lanterns filled
to OVERLOOKING with long delicate ferns and
fronds.
Cleaning in the midst of festoons and dra-
perry were numberleSs electric-lights. The
effect of the whole was brilliant and beautiful
In the extreme.
Six figures were danced-the serpentine,
the figure 8, the Maltese cross, four circles, the
debutantes' march and the wheel.
The music was the latest and best, inter-
spersed now and then with the rhythm
measures of Strauss and Waldteufel, which, by
the clrcuitous march of fashion, new
once again. After the co.illon the following
elaborate supper was discussed:
Oysters on the half-shen.
oysters a a poulette.
Terrapin.
Chicken sal ad
Shrimp salad.
Turkey.
Ices, gateaux assorte.
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| that he had better cross the Atlantic
once.
He will, therefore, leave here on this
mornings train and will be absent proba-
bly, two months. Mr.. Baldaccl is about
60 years of age. He said last evening, in
speaking of the bequest, that he felt he
was getting along in years and must take
better care of himself.