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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-05-31
DEATH OF RUIZ
The Commission Sitting at Havana,
Concludes It's SessiOnS--.TWO Re-
pOrtS--A Mysterious Secret Mes
senger from Washington,

Havana. May 30.-The commission
conducting the inquiry into the clrcum-
stances surrounding the death of Dr.
Ruiz closed its l9bors at an early hour
Yesterday. A mysterious messenger
from Washington came from Tampa on
the steamer MascOtte this morning, but
did not land. Mr.. Fishback, secretary
of the commission, accompanied by
General Lees son, went on board the
steamer before she sailed and held a
brief consultation with the stranger
and it is supposed that they delivered
10 him the report of the commission
and other highly important dispatches
from Consul General Lee and Mr.. Cal
houn. who was selected to investigate
DR.. Ruiz's death, to be conveyed TO the
State Department at Washington.
Messrs. Calhoun. Fishback and Con-
gostO will leave next Thursday Tor New
York direct.
OF the two reports understood to have
been sent from Havana to-day by the
commission investigating the death OF
DR.. Ruiz. the one by Mr. Calhoun, who
represents the United States, and the
other by ID. Jose Congosto, the Span
ish consul at Philadelphia, who acts
for the Spanish government, the for
mer will it is said, agree with the
statement Of Consul General Lee that
Ruiz died from COncussiOn of the brain,
the result of violence after solitary
confinement of more than thirteen days,
regardless of his treaty rights.
Consul General Lee declined at yes
terdav's session of the commission to
question the witnesses, who were in
terrogated only by the Spanish re-
porter. Consul General Lee will short
lv make a report on the Ruiz case, and
MIR. Calhoun will make a further re-
mort on other matters, such as the
money question. the state of the insur-
rection. the condition of American in
terests. and the general suffering due
TO Captain General Weyler's style Of
campaign.
Consul General Lees position is just
what it was in February last. He holds
that Spain is responsible. since Ruiz
died because he was deprived of his
treaty rights.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-05-31
A VIOLENT ATTACK
by Eel Dario on Commissioner Calhoun and
General Lee.

Havana. May 30.-In leading arti-
Gle this morning. FL Diario de la Mari
ma makes a scathing indirect attack up
on Commissioner Calhoun by critics.
ing articles which have appeared in a
Washington newspaper over the sigma
ture of Mr.. Pepper, who, in the gulse
of an intimate friend of President Nc
Kinley and Mr.. Calhoun, accompanied
the latter to Cuba.
Ell DiariO de la Marina maintains
that many incidents Of the interior
working of the mixed commission,
which are wholly private, have been
divulged in Mr.. Peppers letter. thus
tending to compromise Mr.. Calhoun.
The paper also resents Mr.. Pepper S
unfriendly attitude toward Spain in
his reports on the Cuban question: eN-
pressing disgust that. while he blames
Spain for the natural result OF the war
he has no word of censure for the Gu
han Insurgents. whose torches are de-
stroving the wealth Of the island.
In closing its article FL Diario de Ia
Marina calls attention to the fact that
two New York newspapers whose Gu
ban representatives are scarcely favor
able to Spain, maintain bureaus in
Havana under the same roof with the
United States consul general. intimating
without much delicacy that the cor
respondents of these newspapers are
virtually under the wing OF General
Fitzhugh Lee. and draw most OF theif
inspiration from him.
Mr. Fishback. accompanied by Mr.
Pepper. went into the interior to-day to
visit Guanajay. Mr. Calhoun spent the
dav With General Lee at the American
consulate.
Captain General Weyler went from
Tunas to Jucaro or Friday, but re-
turned to Tunas to-day
The insurgents dynamited passen-
oer tr9in between Santa Clara and
rsneranza. The baggage car was cap
sized and the locomotive and three pas
senger cars were derailed, but no lives
were lost.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-05-31
B0NDHOLEERS
Will Vigorously Oppose the Pro-
posed New Issue of Certificates
by the Receivers of the B. & 0.
Road.

Baltimore, Md, May 3O.-The re.
ceivers of the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad Company will apply to the
United States Court this week for au.
thority to issue $6SOOOO additional re.
cevers' certificates. The certificates
will bear interest at the rate of five
per cent. They will be a lien prior to
mortgage and also to the $4,000 0O0 six
per cent receivers certificates issued
June l. 1896. Ii is understood that they
will be a lien on gross earnings and
will be retired by annual payments,
not to exceed 100000, out of gross
earnings.
The obligations will be turned over
TO the Carnegie Steel Company. OF
Pittsbure. in payment for the 10000
tons of steel rails recently purchased
by the receivers. 1t is understood that
the Carnegie Company has already ne
gotiated the sale Of the certificates
through a Baltimore financial institu-
ton.
The issue Of additional receivers GER
tifcates will be vigorously opposed by
the bondholders, and the indications
are that a stubborn legal battle will be-
gin when the receivers file their appll-
cation in the United States Court.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-05-31
THE PIT. MAR1'N FIRE.
1t Was Evidently s. q RObbers-Tw
Arrests on Sus' Morgantown.

Arrests on Sus' Morgantown.
Special TO the 9 =.
Inorganic o Va, Nay 80
When the,< s$ Blaine arrived here
this mo. e. e officers arrested two
young & Imed Steele and Kelley,
on ST, of being the parties who
set fire the buildings burned last
night in Point Marion, Pa. twelve
miles below here. The men were re-
leased after a preliminary hearing be-
fore the Mayor. The fire started in
Titus barber shop, no insurance; and
communicated to Morris three story
building, insurance $4,000; A. d. Frank
enberry's residence, insurance $4,000;
J. l.. Morris residence, insurance 81
600. J. L. Dillinger's store room, occu-
pied by A. l. Stone, no insurance; A.
NJ. Newcomers tin shop, no insurance.
The total loss is $4,000. Six or eight
men are here looking for incendiaries.
Tools found on the railroad near the
shop show the town was evidently ac-
cidentally fired by robbers.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-05-31

New York, May 3O.-Nineteen years
ago the country was startled by the
report of the biggest bank burglary
known in the history of the world. 1t
occurred Sunday, October y, 1918. The
Manhattan Savings Institution, Of this
city, was robbed of securities valued
at S2.74770O and $1,000 in cash.
With the exception of a few of the
bonds offered for sale some time ago,
none of the securities have been re-
covered. 1t was believed that they
had been buried or destroyed.
That the securities are still in eX-
istence is known here. i short time
ago
NEGOTIATIONS WERE OPENED
between men said to represent the
burglars and President Joseph Bird, of
the Manhattan Savings Institution, for
their return.
The burglars have made a demand
for $4,000 and 10 questions to be
asked, with the understanding that the
securities are to be handed over in
good shape and that Immediately after
their delivery the money shall be paid
in cash. President Bird, who at the
time of the robbery was paying teller
of the Manhattan Savings Institution,
said to-day that $4,000 had been ask
ed for the return of the bonds, and al
though the bank officials would like to
get them back, he declared they
WOULD NOT PAY THAT AMOUNT.
Continuing. Mir. Bird said:
MANY of the securities are worth
less to-day, | should say, since the
government came to our assistance
some time ago by an act of Congress
authorizing the Secretary of the rreas-
ury to reissue duplicates in place OF the
stolen United States bonds.
There was a number of other bonds
issued by cities and corporations, how
ever Some of these are due soon, and
of course we would like to have the
originals. as it would make it easier
for us to collect the moneys involved.
Il refer particularly 10 the Ionkers
City seven per cent. coupon bonds.
There were $11S000 Yonkers bonds
stolen. and out of that amount we
have received $9S,OOO, which leaves
$4,000 due"
Mr.. Bird stated that he believed the
offer to be
MADE IN GOOD FAITH
and the case has been placed in the
hands of the bank counsel Those
who participated in or were connected
with the robbery were Jimmy Hope,
John Hope. Patrick Shevelin, the
watchman of the bank, William Kelly,
Peter Emerson, alias Banjo Pete,
John Nugent, policeman, Eddie Gold
ing. alias Eddie" Goodie, John Tracy
and Johnny Dobbs. OF these, Jimmy
and John Hope are living in this city.
The others are all either dead or in
prison.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-05-31
THE WHEELING
Made a Most Satisfactory Record on
Her Official Trial Trip in San
Francisco Bay.

san Francisco. May 30.-The four
hour official trial run of the gunboat
Wheeling took place yesterday back
and forth over a twelve-mile course
in the bay, and at the finish her ma
noeuvering powers were thoroughly
tested. She ran the four hours at
231.4 revolutions per minute, with a
steam pressure of $50 pounds, which
gave her speed of 1915 knots per
hour. Everything worked satisfactor-
ily. her performance being even more
creditable than that of her sister ship,
the Marietta less coal per horsepower
being required and the engine and fire
rooms cooler. This difference is due
10 the dissimrarity of boilers used in
the two vessels.
The Wheeling will be ready for de-
livery to the government in two weeks
and the Marietta in three weeks from
tbis date. when they Will go TO the
Mare Island navy yard to be mas'ed aud
10 receive their batteries, boats and
EQUIPMENTS
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-05-31
OFF THEIR GUARD.
a LeVse Broke, Just South Of Baton
Rouge, Early Yesterday Morning,
and Much Farm Land Will Be
flooded.

New Orleans, La, May 30.-A GREY
asse resulting from over confidence
and relaxation of vigilance, occurred
at five o'clock this morning in the levee
at COnrad's Point, four miles by rail
below Baton Rouge, on the east side
OF the Mississippi river. At 2 o'clock
this morning information was received
at Baton Rouge that the levee at Con-
RAIDS sugar house was leaking badly
and that a crevasse was likely TO occur
at any moment. There had been a
feeling Of almost perfect security
throughout that section, and the
thought of a crevasse had not entered
into the calculation of things likely to
take place. There were no laborers
within call, as they had all been dis
charged and sent to their homes.
The levee authorities at Baton
Rouge hastily gathered together force
of men and placed them on barges OF
material which happened to be anchor
ed along the front of the Burton saw
mill. and by four o'clock a tug was
towing the baTges and material 10 the
scene of danger. At six o'clock, shortly
before the barges arrived at the plan
tation, the levee burst with a loud re-
port, and the water, in a stream forty
fest wide and seven feet deep, began
pouring through the break and spread
ing rapidly over the fertile lands in the
vicinity. The officials of the Ponchart-
rain levee district and of the Illinois
Cenrtal railway are on hand with large
forces of men and unlimited supplies
of material, and will no doubt succeed
in closing The break before any very
serious damage is done to the adjacent
nlanfafinnS
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-05-31
GRECIAN HOPES.
A Feeling That General War May Yet
Occur.

Occur.
London, May 31.-The Athens cor
respondent Of the Times says:
"Turkey's continued arming and re-
ported Russian preparations, with other
rumors of a bellicose character raise
the hopes of some of the Greek news
papers that Greece may yet beneht
from a general European war. But the
majority of the nation, sobered by a
sad experience, is only desirous that
Europe should protect Greece against
her conquerer.
There is no reason TO fear that
either Bulgaria or Servia will abandon
the policy it has followed thus far
The Turkish troops who have been sent
to the Servian and Bulgarian frontiers
are only intended to replace those who
were withdrawn just before the war
began.
The reports Of alarming antt-dynas-
tic troubles. published abroad, caused
surprise here. as there is no sign of
any such movement. nor is any prom
inent politician likely to commit him
self to an anti-dynasty programme.
1T appears that the Prince OF Wales
has expressed his personal desire that
the Crown Prince Constantine should
come to London for the jubilee testlVl-
ties: and this is regarded as indicative
of English good will toward Greece"
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-05-31

Nashville, Tenn, May 30-To-mor.
row the bank clerks of the State viii.
visit the exposition. The South Caro-.
lima Press Association will attend in
body. One hundred and fifty men,
bers of the order of railway conductors
and ladies accompanying them Will be
entertained at the Exposition.
Tuesday is Tennessee day and Gov
ernOr's day. An extensive programme
has been arranged. Governor Taylor
will deliver an address, and other
prominent Tennesseeans will speak
Several Governors, their staffs, and
companies of State troops will attend.
Governor RUSSELL of North Carolina.
and staff escort are en- route. 1t will
be day OF speeches, parades enter
tainments and social receptions, and
will close with
THE GREATEST DISPLAY
of fireworks and illuminations of build
ings yet witnessed.
Wednesday the Republican League
of Tennessee and Sons of Veterans. L.
- "a, hiNIHlOl VI iildDdllld anu l eli
nessee and Tennessee department. G..
A. r., will hold meetings in the audi
torium
Wednesday afternoon the beautiful
building erected for the use of the press
and all duly accredited newspaper
men will be opened formally with
elaborate ceremonies and an exquisite
luncheon.
Friday has been set apart for the
National Travellers Protective Associa-
tion, which will be in annual session
from June lst 10 9th.
THE CONVENTION
will meet that day in the auditorium.
President John Thomas will deliver
the address Of welcome. Hon. John
Lee. national president T. p. A., will
respond. Governor Taylor will also de-
liver an address. which will he re-
sponded to by Hon. Henry 7. Kent. In
the afternoon the ladies attending the
T. p a. convention will be given a
reception in the Woman's Building,
Mrs. Y. /. Kirkman officiating
Saturday will wind up busy week
with the formal dedication and opening
of the Negro Building. Many of the
leading and most prominent negroes Of
the South are expected to make
speeches An immense parade will be
held and the attendance promises to
be large.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-05-31
A BIG RAID
Made By Pittsburgh Police on an
Anarchist Picnic, and FOurty-Seven
Arrests Made--A Lot of Rifles
Captured--AnarchiSt State Con-
VentiOn.

Pittsburg. Pa. May 30.-An anarchist
picnic at a grove near Glenwood was
raided to-day by the police, and forty
seven men taken prisoners. Inc
charge preferred against the prisoners
is disorderly conduct and breaking a
citv ordinance. which prohibits the sale
of beer on a picnic ground. Il IS
claimed lotteries were also in opera
ton. and several rifles and a large lot
Of bullets were captured which the
men said were to be used in 4 shooting
gallery which had not been erected at
the time of the raid.
The picnic was being held in cele-
bration of the release a few days ago
of Henry Baur and Carl Mold from the
penitentiary. where they had served
four years for melting riot at Hone
stead at the time of the big strike at
that place.
Baur and Mold. who were among
those arrested, say the action OF the
police is an outrage and some one Will
be made to suffer for il.
The State Convention of the Socialist
Labor party was held here to-day.
Henry Parker and Edward KuDpnger,
of Philadelphia. were reelected presi-
dent and secretary respectively. State
Headquarters are to be removed from
Philadelphia to this city.
w. II. Thomas. of Buena Vista. was
nominated as the party's candidate for
State Treasurer.
Resolutions were adopted denounc-
ing the American Federation Of Labo'
Unions as traitors to the class, and
calling on all true Socialists TO shun
them as ViperS.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-05-31
A THREATING SITUATION
In Kentucky, Caused by the Anti-Toll
Gate People.

CINCINNATI, May SO.-A special to the
Commercial-Tribune from Owingsville,
Ky, says:
The situation is threatening tonight.
Gamers gate is in danger from rein
forced raiders.
To-day a leading citizen of Montgomery
county stated that the free turnpikers in
that county have threatened to come TO
the assistance of their brethren in Bath
county, when the troops leave, and wreak
vengeance on the officers at Owingsyills
and on informer Joe Black.
At to-morrow's trial Mayor Allen will
concentrate troops in the court room.
Nearly every citizen of Owingsville is
armed and in every house there is one or
more double barreled shot guns loaded
with buckshot. 1t is the general opinion
tonight that had not the soldiers been
brought here there would have been much
bloodshed
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-05-31
A BIG CROWD
the Annual saense serfest. at zoar. Ohio

At the Annual saengerfest, at Zoar. Ohio
Yesterday.
CANAL DOVER. O., May 2o.-The an
nual Saeugerfest is on at Zoar Ohio,
seven miles from here. and all day dele
cations have been coming on special
trains from Ohio and Pennsylvania cities.
There are not less than 1000 members OF
vereins from different points and 1t is es-
timated that with the visitors from this
and adjoining counties. the crowd Will
aggregate twice this number.
The fest will BE- continued all-to-morrow
and an interesting programme or enter
tainment has been prepared.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-05-31
HARD LINES FOR GREECE.

london. May 3l.-The Berlin corre-
spondent of the Daily Mail says to-
day:
From a Russian source comes news
of a conspiracy against King George.
of Greece, far more deeply rooted than
was supposed. There is undubiatable
evidence that Premier Ralli and his
colleagues in the cabinet are gravely
implicated in plot to overthrow the
dynasty.
The Kolnische Zeitung says that
Greece will be compelled to pay large
indemnity. to reduce her army to ~
600 men and to give up her feet
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-05-31
KILLED BY LIGHTNING.
.cial tn Ia Register.

SpeclaI % the htsIsItI.
Harper's Ferry, w. Va. May so
Word comes here to-day of the awful
death of John Frazier. of huntington,
FRIDAY. Frazier. was struck by a bolt
of lightning and was so badly injured
that he died yesterday. The bolt
struck some hoes which he carried
mon his shoulder and set fire to his
clothing. He was in blaze when
passers by went to his rescue. and after
a hard fight the flames were eXtin-
guished. He was % years of age.
The same bolt struck a wire fence,
and following the fence to shed,
nearly killed a hog in the shed.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-05-31
DISTRESS AT Ell PAS0.
A Fear That the Rio Grande Has Changed
Its Course.

FL PASO. Tx. May 3o.-Fuly 25~
people have been driven from their homes
in thi, city and East El Paso. and 700 Of
that number are in destitute circum-
stances. It is impossible at present 10
estimate the damage done by the flood,
but it is great. and especially severe be-
cause a very large percentage Of the suf-
ferers are poor laborers. The river has
changed its course considerably and those
who for years have watched the antics or
the erratic Rio Grande say that when
the food recedes it will be discovered that
the river has shifted It's course, leaving
about fifty blocks Of III PasO on the Mex
lean side Of the stream.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-05-31

Wilmington, n. c., May 3O.-The
Messenger to-day prints detailed ac-
count of the loading of the tug AleXan-
der Jones and her departure with the
schooner John D. Long on Cuban fill
clustering expedition. The facts were
obtained from a member of the crew
Of the Alexander Jones, which returned
to port several days ago. His story
substantially is as follows:
"On Thursday night, May 18th, the
Jones took on a cargo of rifles, ma
chetes, rapid-fire guns and ammunition
at the wharf of the Wilmington, New
burg & Norfolk railway, in the south
ern limits of the city Before she had
entirely finished her cargo report
was started that
OFFICERS WE'RE APPROACHING
and that the revenue cutter Merrill was
getting up steam. Taking alarm at
this the Jones pulled out and started
down the river at 1915 p. m, and in a
few hours crossed the bar and an
chored outside The schooner John D..
Long having meanwhile been loaded
with coal and other material at the
Wilmington Il Weldon railroad wharf,
was shortly afterward towed out to
sea by the tug Jacob Brandon, going
past the revenue cutter ColfaX. On
the schooner were General Nunez and
another officer of the Cuban army, a
Cuban pilot and Captain John OBrien,
of the filibustering tug Dauntless. At
the sea buoy they went on board the
Jones, anchored nearby, and Captain
O'Brien took charge of
THE EXPEDITION.
A hawser was made Sast from the Jones
tOthe schooner and early Friday morn
ing the tug steamed to the south with
her tow. The Jacob Brandon returned
to South Port On the way down the
coast no port was entered, but off Palm
Beach. on the coast of Florida, sixty
two Cubans were taken on board. The
Jones then towed the schooner to the
Bahamas and in the vicinity anchored
in the open sea on Tuesday, May 18th.
On Thursday morning, May 20tb, the
tllibuster Dauntless hove in sight and
came alongside the Jones and the
schooner. She coaled from the schoon-
e., took q cargo Of arms from the
Jones. and with Captain O'Brien in
command, headed for the Cuban coast,
about sixty miles away. She left the
Jones between eight and nine o'clock
Thursday night made
A SUCCESSFUL LANDING
in Cuba, near Matanzas, and after an
absence of twenty-four hours exactly
returned to the Jones, took another
cargo of war material and started for
Cuba Friday night.
On the last trip General Nunez and
the sixty-two Cubans left the Jones
and went on board the Dauntless, and
left with Captain O'Brien when the
Dauntless left with her second cargo,
the Jones coaled from the schooner,
towed her off Cape Canaveral, Florida,
and turned her loose. She sailed back
and got into Southport yesterday morn
ing.
The cargo carried ont of here was
valued at $4,000, and is said to have
been the second largest ever landed
in Cuba.
The member of the crew above re-
ferred TO. says there is no truth in
the story that the Jones was chased
and fired on by a Spanish war vessel.
The Jones never saw the smoke OF such
y war vessel while on her trip.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-05-31
pOsTMAsTERS COMMISSIONER
Special to the Register.

Special to the REGISTER
Washington, May SO.-Commisslons
have been issued 10 the following re-
Gently appointed postmasters: John
Peacock. at Coalbmg; Ezra l.. Morri-
SON at Crown Hill: Ulysses C. Cook,
AT Oceana: Alfred II. Cole. at St
Narv's: Winfield s Myers. at Summit
Point: Willis 5. Taylor. at Tunnelton;
John c. Malone. at Horseneck; George
Bonzo. at Matewan; William A. Har-
rison. at Silverton; Clara B. Largent,
at Upper Tract. ---
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-05-31
Ar rHE TOME On LAFAYETTE.

= III VT
Paris. May 30.-To-day Ambassador
Porter. former Vice President Steven
sen. Senator Wolcott. Gen. Paine. Re-
firing Consul General Morse, Henry
Vignaud and Theodore Stanton, hon
orary secretary of the American Uni
versity Dinner Club. with number
of members Of the club and embassy
and consulate officials. went TO the
tomb of Lafayette, and placed there
a magnificent wreath and other floral
decorations.