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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-09-18
INTERSTATE LEAGUE.

FORT WAYNE, Ind, September IT,
Score:
Fort Wayne 20 0 0 9 1-6 13 )
Wheeling I'll l l l Al 4
Batteries. Alloway and O'Meara; Camp
bell and Donahue.
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Springfield, O., September 1.-THE
score:
Springfield 2 1 0042 ia Is 2
Youngstown.0 0 1920 O-412 6
Madden andVetter, Jordan and Tin
ram.
Toledo, Ohio, September 1.-THE
score:
Toledo 20 OO2 1-12 IA 2
New Castle 1 0 00O 0-3 4 5
Blue and Myers, Smith, Eagan, Graf
fuS and Donovan.
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Fifty Years Ago.

This is the stamp that tie letter bore
Which carried the story far ard wide,
OF certain cure for the loathsome sore
That bubblcd up from the tainted tide
otthe blood below. And twas Ayers mama
And his sarsaparilIa, that all now, l:uow,
That was just beginning it's fight of fa1ua
With its cures of so years age.
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PARKERSBURG SHOOT.
Some Big Percentages Among Those Who
Took Part

Special to the Register.
PARhERSBURG, W. Va. September
1.-THE result CT the big shoot of the
west Virginia State Sportsman's Associa-
ton Just ended here. shows some remark
able percentages for those taking part in
the two days events.,a as follows:
Wednesday. THURSDAY
.sIN ard, go 90
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BOWLING.

The games at Seibert's Thursday
evening between Columbia and Calu-
NETS resulted in Columbia taking three
out of five. The first four games re-
suited: Columbia, 643, COZ, 1888, 500;
Calumets, 621, 637, Up, 681. The teams
were made up of five men, and the
deciding game resulted:
n1, &c L.
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st. Louis -. IL 0 0 8 0 0 0 o. 4
Earned runs, Pittsburg l, st. Louis
/; two base hit, Gardner; sacrifice hits,
Smith, Gardner, Hastings; stolen
bases, Smith (2), Rothfuss; double
plays, Hastings, Ely and Rothfuss,
Douglass and Cross; first base on balls,
off Hastings 3, off Hart 4; hit by
pitched ball, Douglass; struck out, by
Hastings 4, BY Hart 2; wild pitch,
Hart; left on bsses, Pittsburg 5, st.
Louis ~; first base on errors, ST. Louis
8; time, 1850; umpire, Mcdonald.
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Springfield. O., September 17-Tba

DAYTON, O., September 17.-No game.
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MARIETTA RACES.
! Lass Day of the Fair-Interesting Speed
! Trials,

Special to the Register.
MARIETTA, o., September 1.-THE Ma
rietta fair closed to-day after four days
of the most successful exhibition in its
history. The races resulted as follows:
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CARROLL CLUB BOWLING.

Following were results of games in the
Carroll Club bowling tournament last
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-04-09
RACING BOARD TROUBLE.
other Rssignstions May Follow That O
Henry w. Robinson.

other Rssignstions May Follow That of
Henry w. Robinson.
Among members of the Massachusetts,
Division, l.. A. W., there is a growing
feeling that the resignation of Henry w.
Robinson from the State racing board
may be followed by others. 1t Is not now
a secret that Chief Consul Tippett has
found the duties Of the chief consulship
too weighty, and there are those who do
not hesitate to say tina they would not be
surprised to hear Of his resignation.
This statement is borne out by an inter-
view with Mr.. Tippett within day or
two, in which he expressed his disapproval
with the way In which his recommended
tions In the case OF appointed Offices had
been ignored by President Potter, espec-
tally that OF handics pper. Mr.. Tippett
said:
"l have always understood that the
opinion OF the Chief Consul had some
weight with the president OF the l.. A. w.
Now have written 20 other chief consuls
I'm relation to this point, and, IL find that
IL has been the custom for the president OF
the League to follow the opinions OF his
chief consuls in relation TO his appoint
ment OF officials I'm their districts, may
have something interesting to say"
In connection with the above the Prov
idencc Journal very truly says: "The pass
Ing of Robinson OF Boston is a corollary OF
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-04-09
M'NALLY WHIPS CAPPO.

A 1isrce Fight Finished In the second
Round Yesterday Morning.
A finish fight was pulled on Just over the
line In North Providence early yesterday
morning. The contestants were young
McNally of Providence and Jerry Cappo, a
coIorcd boy who halls from Norwich, CT.
There were about 80 sports In attendance.
The fight was for a purse OF 600, and
Hugh Martin acted a. referee, with John
Cavsnaugh behind McNslly and William
White behind Cappo.
The fight was vicious one. In the first
round Csppo pushed the lighting, and
seemed intent on winning at the start.
Young McNsIly showed more science,
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-04-09

the election of Potter. Mr.. Robinson as
member of the Racing Board, was not the
unqualified success that his friends made
him out. They endeavored to boom him
as the local successor OF Gideon for the
Craftsmanship. In his official action on
cases In Rhode Island he was not success.
TO say the least, he made to many mis-
takes. He was unfortunate in this respect,
not to say anything OF the friends he made
and who were his hackers.
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-04-09

represents some of his heroes as contend
Ing with lump of iron perforated in the
center for the passage of handle, the
prize for the winner being nothing more
or less than tho discus itself. Some Of the
Americans who visited Athens last year
are trying TO introduce discus throwing
among college games. But the matter has
not yet passed the theoretical stage It is
time for something new in sport, howeve,, :,
and throwing the discus, combining as it
does both strength and skill, In u formi-
dable candidate for public form.
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-04-09

2:O41s, out Of Lizzie, the dam Of the old
time champion Little Brown jug, 2:l1A.
Star Pointers dam was also the dam Of
Hal Pointer; SO that the great stallion
comes honestly by his wonderful burn Of
speed, having the blood of champion PAGERS
on'all sides. He is intensely inbred to Tom
Hal, the founder of the famed tribe Of
Tennessee side wheelers, tracing back to
the old Kittrell horse through no less than
four different lines
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-04-09

A freight train was destroyed by an
explosion at the Belt junction, Indian
epolis. yesterday. The trouble probably
originated In car loaded with whisky.
The car had a hot box. The entire train
OF IA cars was destroyed. The trainmen
escaped injury, but Otto Crenshaw. who
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-04-09
KING OF THE PAGERS.

A Side Wheeler with Ancestry of His Own
Gait.
The price at which James A. Murphy Of
Chicago recently purchased Star Pointer
is understood to be the highest ever paid
for PAGER excepting the Gentry sale few
months ago. A remarkable thing about
Star Pointer ia the fact that he comes from
an ancestry of PAGERS, and breeders claim
that there ought to be something in this
fact. His sire, Brown Hal, 2:1s1a, held
the stallion record in his day, and he was
by Tom Hal, Jr., the sire of Hal Pointer,
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-04-09
THROWING THE DISCUS.
a Novel Sport Unearthed From the An
tiquities of Greece.

tiquities of Greece.
A sport new to modern times has been
adopted from the ,Olympian games Of an
cient Greece and may become q favorite
among athletes Of classic tastes. II is said
that the pastime of throwing the discu.
was invented in Persia, and Homer stat
that it was favorite diversion of the
troops besieging Troy. Originally the
discus was of stone and disks of this char
acter were used along with those of metal
down to the latest classical times Homer
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-04-09

however, and held back his strength for
the second round.
In the second he drove Cappo all over
the ring, furnishing him terribly, and
Cappo came to the scratch in the third
round in a. very weak condition. Before
the round was concluded McNally landed
the Knockout blow.
The times., 1897-08-08
AFTER A WIFE MURDERER
Citizens of Erie County, New York,
Aroused Over a Crime.
Worthless Warren L. widrig Kills
the Woman Who Was Unfortun-
ate Enough to Marry Him.

Buffalo. n. Y, Aug. Warren l. Wild
rig, worthless wife beating resIdens
OF the town Of SpringviIIe, Erie county, shot
and instantly killed his wife at 11,30 lass
night in the presence OF Miss Eta Ware,
who had called at the widrig farmhouse
After numbering his wife, widrig fired q
parting shot at Miss Ware and escaped
The bullet grazed the young woman's
wrist.
Moss CraadaII, who was in buggy
outside awaiting the coming OF Miss Ware,
raised the alarm Physicians and other
citizens went to the widrig house. where
they found the dead body in pool OF
blood in the kitchen on the floor Hun
dreds OF citizens formed into posses and
began a systematic search OF all roads
The deputy sheriff swore in all the men
he could, and armed them He did this
partly to help IN the hunt for the mur-
derer and party to prevent ynching. which
the angry mob declared would be done
II Widrig fell into their hands. All night
and throughout the day the posses fol-
lowed each trail, and they became eager
for Widrig's blood. 1t was reported THAI
he has been located in a heavy piece OF
umbg-land back or Cataraugus county.
about seven miles from SpringviIle Armed
men surrounded the woods, and they de-
clare that If Widrig is there they VIII
take him, dead or alive Sheriff Lamy
is in personal command OF the deputies
widrig's crime was brutal and unpro-
vokcd Mrs. WIdrig was respected by all
the villagers, while he has confessed to
arson, assault, larceny and burglary.
The times., 1897-08-08
KERNAN's LYCEUM OPENING.
Zittella's English Froliques Inaugu-
rate the Vaudeville Season.

rate the Vaudeville Season.
Last night the season OF 1S97-1993
opened at the Lyceum, and that popular
playhouse was filled with an enthusiastic
audience OF vaudeville devotees that greeted
Zittella's English FroIiques with every
manifestation OF favor, and encores were
conspicuous by their startling frequency.
"a Bashful Venus" laughable skit, in
which pretty girls, sparkling satire and
an array of becoming costumes were the
attractive features led off the bill, which
included Ashton and Moore, duo of black
face comedians of the old time order; Joe
Waldron, who has baritone of much
COMPASS and sweetness, the Valnore Sis
ters, as agile and versatile as usual in
terpschorean features; Tilzer and Sidney,
two clever and up-to-date German special
lists, and the Bijou comedy trio, Clarence
Wilber, Henrietta Wheeler and George
Brennan, whose vocal selections made the
hit of the evening. princess Chinese, or
Buncoed at Monte Carlo" convulsing
buricsque, in which the entire strength OF
the company was shown, concluded an en-
tertaining bill
The widening OF the entrance and the
treatment OF the walls and interiors in
rich, bat sofnbre tint, has added greatly
to the appearance or this home of Washing
ton vaudeville, and called forth many pleas
ing comments from the frequenters OF the
house. During the evening two handsome
floral pieces were handed across the
footligbts to the ladies of the company, and
altogether the opening was one of the most
auspicious thathas mar ked Manager Eugene
Kernan's reign.
The times., 1897-08-08
ACQUIRE RICH MINES.
Sugar Trusts Secretary Going
Into the Iron Business.

FaribaUlt. Mimi, Aug John E
Searles, of the Sugar Trust: number of
other New York men, and James E Yorke.
as manager have leased from the Orinoco
Company, of this city, that canpany's s vast
deposits OF iron OF e in its concessions on the
Orinoco River in Venezuela These con
cessons are part OF :he grant made by the
Venezuelan government To the Minnesota
company two years ago By the terms Of
the lease the lessees are compelled to mine
not less than 500 900 tons annually and to
pay a royalty OF / g IL cents a ton.
Active mining must begin by july lSe6-
The company intends TO mine not lesz
than 3.00o, 900 tons year after the prop
critics nave been opened, which it Is esti-
mated viii take some two years. Tho
ores are OF a high grade and suitable for
the manufacture OF BesseIner steel The
deposits are practically tneXha ustible sea
can be mined easily AS the only prae
tical market for this ere Is In the United
States and at furnaces along tidewater.
this lease by a strong syndicate Is Of tbs
utmost Importance to American miners IN
the W est and South.
The times., 1897-08-08
Ordered hy commissioners.

The following orders have been issued
by the Commissioners.
Thatlanp-postOn theesst sideof Twelfth
street, between NJ and streets north
west, recently broken down by a runaway
team, be re-ereeted; estimated cost, So 90.
ofargeahle to the current appropriation
for street lighting. t6e949
That so much of the order OF August
., 1897, as relates TO moving nephtha
lamps on NJ street, between North Capitol
and Second streets northeast, be amended
To read - four lamps instead OF two, an
an additional cost OF 50, chargeable 20
the current appropriation for street light
Ing. t5S76.l
That n pro rata instead OF penalty de-
'iuction be imposed for non-iIluminasfon OF
certain electric lights In lexington on
the night OF July &c, 1897 (60TS)
That catch basin and sewer connection
be constructed in alley of square No 8e7;
estimated cost, S2S7, chargeabie To- tho
current appropriation for main and pipe
sewers. t5914)
THAT e 3 feet of 12-incn sewer and three
manholes be constructed in Rock Creek
Church road, between Spring road and
Eighth street; estimated cost. $5I7,
chargeable TO the appropriation for subur-
ban sewers, 1s9s. t5Ss49
That cement sidewalk be laid and new
curb set on r street, at the intersection
of Florida avenue northwest, under the
permit system: estimated cost, S266, one
half of hich has been deposited by appli-
can't. (4771)
That G street, between Third and Four
and-a-half streets southwest. be resur-
faced with sheet asphalt; estimated cost,
$4,000, chargeable to the appropriation
Ter repairs to concrete pavenlents, s9S
l5575.)
The times., 1897-08-08
A Great Fish Tale.

A wonderful fish story comes from Port
Tampa, Fla. 1t is about twelve-foot shark
which was caught in the shallow water
near the beach, short distance from Port
Tampa. His sharkship appeared to be sick
and was an easy victim The parties who
captured the prize noticed that his stomach
was considerably distended, while the lower
portion of hisbody and tail were quite thin.
These facts excited the curiosity of the
fishermen, and they decided TO dissect ft.
upon opening his stomach a small pork
barrel, with one head knocked out, was
found. The mouth of the barrel was point
fng upward toward the fish's throat, and
was literally filled with dead fish, but they
could not be digested.. Hence the shark
was literally starving to death, yet he had
a barrel Of fish in his stomach Baltl-
more Sun
The times., 1897-08-08
ROBBED OF MONEY And LIFE
Henry Reed, a Usurer, and His Sis
ter Killed by Burglars.
Beaten, Stabbed and Mutllated be-
fore Being Slight
CIew to the AssailaDt. .

North Adams, Mass, Aug. Henry Reed,
money lender, who had many enemies,
and his sister Wanch NJ. Reed, We're muir
dered and mutilated by burglars some time
last night at their home in Webster ave-
nue., in the very heart OF the city. Ap-
parently revenge and robbery Were the
motives for the crime. Reed was beaten
to death while he lay gagged and bound
on the floor. 4 bullet wound was In mis-
forehead. Miss Reed was also SHOT and
beaten. Reed was forty five years of age.
His sister was five years his senior.
A few minutes before noon H W. Tinney
called at tn home of the Reeds 10 trans
act some bLiness. Receiving no res IDnse to
his rings he entered the house. He found
Reed dead in lds bed, his head battered
with a nallet that lay on the floor A gag
had been thrust into the victims mouth
There We're several stab wounds in the
body and evidences OF mutilation-
Miss Reeds body was lying across the
threshold of her room in the second story.
she wore a thin night dress. It was evil
dent that the burglars had been discovered
by Miss Reed, who was shot and beaten to
death before she could give an alarm. Her
bady was also mutilated. 1t was thought
she was pounded with the mailet.
Drawers had been pulled open and their
contents strewn over the floor. Trunks
| had been burst open and searched The
edges of the carpets had been ripped away
from the floor and every place where there
was the possibility OF finding money had
been searched by The Durderers. lar ge
quantity OF expensive jewelry that the muir
dered couple were known to have was
stolen. The money the murderers got is
believed to be large sum. Reed was
professional money lender. His methods
were said TO be very eXactfng. When q
dollar was due him he expected to get
| it. This trait of his business character
| made him disliked by many who did busi-
ness with him. While his enemies were
many, his friends were also numerous
| His sister was Wen liked.
The burglars escaped without leaving
| clew.
The blood was still flowing from Reeds
| body when 1T was found. The gag in the
murdered mans mouth had been made
| from the bed clothing.
| Three bullet holes were found in Miss
| Reeds body. Two were in her left arm
and one in her throat.
| Late tonight the police learned that
Mrs. David Fairfield, who lives next door,
heard a wagon leave the font OF the
! Reed house about 1 o'clock this morning.
| Going to the window, she saw a short,
| heavy set man leave the house. She
! heard no shots. Her husband heard moth
| ing The police officer on that beat
heard no unusual sounds.
| Mr.. Reed came here TWENTY-FIVE years
/ ago, from Manchester. Vt. He was pc
| nurious and was looked upon as usurer
| by many who knew him. de kept large
| sums of money in the house. Reed re-
| Gently speculated in sugar and made some
! money. He and his sister were supposed
| to be worth at least $50, 1000.
The times., 1897-08-08
Names Taken to Order.

1t has been-and is yet-a fashion for
women of wealth who employ ladies' maids
70 give them foreign names. or names that
they prefer to the domestic article. One OF
of these maids, after leaving place, said
to her friends: Well, thank heaven, 1 am
plain Mary Ann againl did so hate that
nane Luella! Missus said Mary Ann
wouldn t Go at all. she called il owtTsy. OF
something ike that, and saidIm be given
some pretty romantic name. that would
sound pretty for calling, SO I have been
'Luella' for year and half
Occasionally cognomen is found to be
too flowery for ordinary use, like that Of
the young woman who applied fora position
as housemaid, and when asked her name
said it was Birdie
THAT won t do atall,' saidher GIL pioyer.
1--WE willcaIl you by your1astname in stead.
VIII you like that?"
.sOh. yes, mern; there do be many calls me
by it now"
.sThat will lie more reserved where there
are Young gentlemen in the family What
is it?"
s-Isaoi,e Darling 'mem."- -Chicag go Times
Herald.
The times., 1897-08-08

Hon John ". Foster, formerly Secre-
tary OF state. who was Commissioned by
President Mckinley 10 go 10 England and
have a confidential talk with the British
about Ehe Bering Sea trouble, returned
yesterday, ami will soon make his re-
port 10 the President and Secretary sher-
man.
Gen. Foster had pleasant and success
ful trir. as is wen shown 10y his happy
and healthful appearance
''Yes," he SAID last evening, Il was very
hospitahy received, as ! always have
beep over there. The British are royal
entertainers.
WAS your mission a success"
Yes IL mas been definitely arranged
that England, Russia and japan will send
representatives to this city In October
for a conference on the seal question
i would like to tell you all / know; but,
OF course, I could NOS possibly say any
thing that would beIray my trust Ny
report is in she hands of the President
and Secretary Sherman by this time, and
il rests with them TO give TO the public
through the newspapers whatever they
deem advisable to publish
But you may be- sure that there VIII
be something 20 talk about and write
about when the Secretary does make the
report public"
did your mission have anything to do
with the commission OF scientists, which
has been srni TO Alaska TO investigate, in
connection with a like commission from
England?r
Now, yoa are asking diplomatic ques-
tioas. / must decline to say either yes
or no. Goa may draw yoEr Own in
ference. went TO Europe as the sole
representative for the particular business
on which l was sent, but did not go TO
Japan"
What do you think viii be the result
Of the coming conference between the ma
tioDs in October"
The outcome viii III all probability be
the adoption Of regulations regarding
seals, which viii be entirely satisfactory TO
the United Sta5es-''
''What can you say OF the annexation OF
Hawaii?''
Il believe IL VIII take place all right,
without any troubie. You see, here are
stacks OF letters that / have not bad
time TO open. so that ] have hardly had
time TO keep track OF recent minor Incl
dents regarding Hawaii. OF course I have
kept posted IT. general, and l have no hesi
tation in saying that there VIII be no
difficulty in our settling the Hawaii mat
ter with Japan. To my mind, there is no
possibility or serious trouble. Japan has
$4,000 subjects in Hawaii, and she is
interested in their safety, as any country
should he. But tie idea that Japan Will
seek trouble with US is ridiculous"
The times., 1897-08-08
LOST ALL HIS SAVINGS.
German Waiter at Cabin John
Robbed by His Roommate.


Theodore AIbrecht, young German
engineer, who has been employed at the
Cabin John Bridge Hotel, was robbed
last week of ali has money at that place.
The money was taken from trunk in his
room and until last night no trace of it
hsd been found. Albrecht is now thrown
upon the city without employment and
street and is looking for work, but his
efforts during the last few days, like
those put fortE by him when he first came
10 this city, have been in vain.
Albrecht isan experienced engineer. When
he first came to Washington he was given
employment at the German legation. He
tined TO secure work in his own pro-
fession, but being unable to obtain any
thing in that line, he was compelled to
engage in meniaI work al Cabin John Bridge
Hotel. BE rad saved some money, which
be had deposited in the bottom Of his trunk
He occupied the same noom at the hotel with
q waiter whose name was only Familiarity
known 10 Albrecht as Charley"
Las Tuesday night the waiter disap-
peared suddenly, and 70 trace OF him
has been found. On the same night Al,
brecht lost his money. his trunk being pick
ed with sharp instrument. The police
were not notified because the manager al
Cabin John told him that he would recover
his money for him. He would not state the
exact amount lost, but a friend of his
told Times reporter that the sum was
$500
The times., 1897-08-08
She Thought Orgies Were Bottled.

A well-known professional man W ho halls
from Cleveland recently told this story to
illustrate the extreme innocence OF the
feminine mind when backed up by unfa-
niiiarity with popular idiomatic expires
sonS.
he was in company with party OF
Young people, and the talk turned to the
recent stories OF suddenly acquired wealth
well" said the man who tells the story.
.swhen my ship comes in viii invite you
all to an extended orgy"
One Of the young women looked up IN
quiringly.
whats an 'orgy?'' she asked
The man was little astonished.
"Why, an orgy" he facetieusly answered,
sis something that comes IN bottles "
TIE young woman was silent for mo-
ment
TITS something like olives, amt ft?,'
she said.
But the story-telIer didn't explain
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