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LIABILITIES

Losses Adjusted and Unpaid ............
Losses in process of Adjustment or in
suspense: .-....--.. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Losses Resisted, including expenses.
Gross Premiums on Fire Risks running
insurance so per cent.
Gross Premiums on Fire Risks running
more than one year, 81 ,033,142 S5; re-
Commissions and Brokerage due and TO
becOme due.....................
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We will also show this week elegant assortment
Of NOVELTY FRENCH PLAIDS at prices ranging
from SOC to 81. IS per yard
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INCOME.
EXPENDITURES.

Net amount paid for Fire Losses Gn-
Guiding s1S5,079 05 losses of previous
Dfyides,1 Dfgi%dLs1 Il, 70
raid or allowed for commission or
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Paid for Salaries. Fees and other
charges for officers. clerks. etc..
Pald for State. National and Local IaXeS
All other payments and expenditures.
Total Expenditures. ...............s
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At $l.25Per Yard.

1 case Genuine English Es-
tamene Serge, full 5S
inches wide, in browns,
navys, plum, hunters and
olive.
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At $l.OOPer Yard.

DO pieces Satin Finish Plain
Muscovienne, in new blues,
reds, green's, plum and
browns, goods As inches
wide.
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so pieces Fancy Pireola Suit
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new fall colorings, full SO
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At $l.OO PerYard.

1 case 48-inch Genuine Eng
lish Twills, a full assort-
ment Of all the new shades
for fall.
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It
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STAT M MT
Insurance Company


Amount of Capital Stock, paid up in
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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-12-10

II is not generally known that Cen
eral Washington was killed in a most
cruel and barbarous manner, but 1t is,
nevertheless, fact.
At the time of his death, Washington
was in his sixty-eighth year. strong,
robust man. on December 19, 1899, he
contracted a severe cold and pneumon-
Ia threatened, Two doctors were sum
moned, and. In accordance with the alb
surd custom of those days, they pro-
ceeded to bleed their patient. Nearly n
quart of blood was taken from his
veins, until at last he begged them to
let him die in peace, He died that same
day-not from disease, but actually
from loss OF blood. He was killed by
ignoranee'
In these days, any doctor who treat
ed a patient as Washington was treat
ed, would be indicted for manslaugh-
ter The world has moved since then,
and there has been complete reyolu-
ton in the practice of medicine. In
stead OF lowering the vital forces by
thinning the blood advanced physicians
now endeavor to build up the strength
of their patients, They employ only the
latest and most scientific remedies.
And yet, In spite OF this fact, we find
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when you heard the shot we're there
a wagon, COW or horses in slght?'
You said you saw the smoker"
Yes, after the crack from the gun"
You turned around and saw a MANI"
Yes, he was running down the run"
Toward the national roadg'
mo sir. down into the run, TO the bot
TOM"
To Mr.. Sommerville:
did you see no wagon?"
mo sir"
Gould you see the road?"
II could see 1t above the place where he
was killed"
Amy houses in slght?"
yes, there's log house down near the
bottom OF the run on the other side"
The witness then testified the house
was above where he saw the smoke
from the shot.
How far above?"
II don't know Just how far; didn't
take tape-lIne and measure II"
about how far?"
"About twenty-five yards"
How far above did you Cross the
run?"
About seventy-hve yards"
Then you were one hundred yards
away from the man who fired tine shot?'
Yes, sir"
Judge Hugus-"could you see the
house when the shot was fired?"
YES" a,
Then the witness was excused. -
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MRS. M1cHAEL sTRIN.

Mrs. Michael Stein lives in Fulton,
across from Hoffmanns grocery; her
husband keeps a saloon, She saw wylIo
Bowers on November .. 1896, in her
house, She first heard him up stairs;
hrst saw him about II o'clock, up on tho
porch WORKING on n drum. She Raw him
then for about two hours, from II n. m.
To D. m She fixed the day by the
"MOiher Hubbard" parade. She heard
OF the death NJ Klol about 2 o'clock lie
took dinner mt her houec and returned
u work on the drum. There were lots Of
people nj her house that day. Daniel
Meyers was ono; her own family, Mrs
Happy her daughters Gusslc and Amc-
la. Her son and "Cooney" were there.
Mrs. Miller wac there, too. Charley
steln wnB there also, These names were
brought out ON suggestive questions by
Mr. Sciuck
on REORGANIZATION by Mr.. spmmcr-
Vlllc rho said phc fret saw Bowers mt II
a. M on the porch, liking d drum Char.
lcy Stein and Mira Happy were with
Bowers. Wyllc was working on the
drum when Dan Myers was there. She
noticed itiel papsng out homo rather late
that day, aud later heard NJ his death
when lSlcl pnfssd out, Wyllr Bowers was
n w0fl, on the drum nm the porch In the
roar on the eilpOn The account NJ the
murder was published In the evening
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DANIEL WALTERS.

The deposition of David Walters was
read by Attorney schuck. He was ten
years old and lived at 20 Sixteenth street,
He went to Fulton on the day of the
murder. going to Michael STEMS, getting
there at II a. m. lie fixed this time by
the hour he left home, about 9;i5 At
STEMS he saw wyllc Bowers, and Mrs.
Stein was gcrubbng the pavement. He
first saw Mrs Happy In the afternoon.
Wylle was standing by the fire in the
back room Of the saloon. He did not see
him working at bass drum. He took
dinner ut his aunts and then saw Bow
ers again at stein's at O'Clock. Then
ne and Bowers went down to the paper
mill to get some rope. Then they went
back to STEMS and made paper wigs for
use In the Mother Hubbard" parade
that evening, the night before election,
November 2, 1896.
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EVIDENCE IN RERuTTAL.

The state announced 1t would have
some evidence in rebuttal, and after a
consultation recalled A, A. Franzheim.
He could not be found in the building,
and considerable delay resulted.
H. C. Ogden, publisher Of the Evening
News, was next called for the state,
and was examined by Mr.. Meyer, AZ
ter stating his business. and the time
his newspaper came OUT, witness said
his paper did not print an account of
the killing of Henry Klel on the day
the crime was committed, (Nrs. MI
chael Stein had said she first heard Of
the murder through reading of 1t in the
News the same day.
The cross examination was by Mr..
Dryden. Witness thought there We're
but the two regular city editions pub
llshed on that day, the last about 4:2O
p. M, but witness had made no special
examination of the files for that pur-
pose. If there had been q third edition,
1t would probably be later than the last
regular edition. The news Of the death
of Henry Kiel did not reach witness
until the next morning. II was not
published in the News Of November 2,
1896.
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B. E. DUNLAP.


B. r, Dunlap lived on short Coal street
North Wheeling. He remembered the "a
of November, the day before the election,
last year. He thought he remembered
the night of the Mother Hubbard par
ade. He was out cunning that day, with
a boy named Hastings. He carried re-
peatlng rifle, 32-claibre. The boy had no
gun. He thought he had on u SLOUGH
hat; the boys suit he could not remem-
Der. He described his route going hunt
ing in Stackyard Hollow. He went up
Mt. Wood road past Nichols house, Into
the hollow, He crossed the hollow to
back OF Kiel's. He had has gun filled
with sixteen charges. He first shot, this
side OF Nichols house, was at 'giggle"
chicken. He knocked the tail off. That
was the only shot he fired that day. This
shot was fired at about 1885 p. m, about
n square" the other side OF Stackyard
Hollow--250 yards In other words, He
did not shoot in the direction of the hol-
low. He returned to town via Nichols.
going over his former route. He crossed
the road about 100 yards down the road
from where Kiel was killed-between
Kiel's gate and the place where the body
was found He had not seen others gun
ming there that week. Hunters do go
out hunting there. When he returned
to town he had fifteen loaded shells and
one empty she'll When he got home II
was about 1850 O'Clock.
What Is the distance from on the hill
back of Ernest Stems place In Fulton
to where Kiel was kIlled?"
About 400 yards"
up hill and DOWN."
Straight across"
"How much time to walk 1t at an ord-
nary gait and hunt?"
About half an hour"
about an hour to go out and come
back?"
YES"
Coming back from Stackyard Hollow
he heard shot fired in the hollow about
1890 o'clock, near where Kiel was Killed.
After the shot was fired from below
the roads he saw the smoke from the gun
and saw man running away. He be-
lleved 1t was n rifle shot. 1t could not
have been a revolver shot he heard.
Court adjourned until p. m, at 12l5
0'plOpk
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oil CTTY-Rlver . feet inches and
stationary Cloudy and warm
WATREN-Rivor 2 feet Weather
clear and warmer
GREENSBORO-Rivcr G feet inches
and falling. Weather, fair and warmer
James q, Blaine down Friday; Adam
Jacobs and Florence Belle up,
MORGANTOWN-Rlvcr s feet 4
inches and falling, Weather clear and
warm.
BROWNSVILLE-Rlvcr feet 4
inches and falling weather fair
PITTSBuRGH-Rivcr 40 feet ana
falling at the dam, Clear and pleasant,
STEuRENVlLLE--Rivcr 0 feet q
inches and falling Weather clcar ana
cool. Passed down-I1awk, Dick Ful.
ton, Mount Glare, Belle MCGOWAN,
queen city, Passed up-Cntlcrlnc Duv-
w., George shIran Lorcna aud volun-
tcor
POINT pLEAsANT-Rlvcr 40 feet
and tlRhg, Cloudy
CtNClNNATI-ltlyCr 1914 feet and
rising. Clear
cNiRo-Rlvcr SO feet and rising,
Cloudy and warm,
LOulsVlLLl'--Rlvcr falling; Z feet
In canal, 4 feet Inch on the falls, u
fcct inches below locks. Clear ana
warm
EVANsviLLE-Rlvcr i23 feet ana
falling Cloudy and cool
MEMPHls-fllycr 90 feet ana falling.
Cloudy ana pleasant
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THE VERDICT mot GUILTY"
Jury Came In After Being out Fifteen
Minntes-Mueh Enthusinsnl.

Jury Came In After Being out Fifteen
Minntes-Much Enthusiasni.
AZ the conclusion Of the evidence. in
structlons were read to the Jury on be-
half OF the defense, by Nr. Dryden, at-
ter wait of fifteen or twenty minutes
after the testimony had closed. Relative
to the albl It was said the evidence on
that line was proper, and II the jury
doubted the defendant was at the scene
OF the murder, a verdict of not guilty
must be given. 1t was not necessary to
prove this beyond reasonable doubt.
For the state, instructions were read
by Prosecuting Attorney Meyer.
At o'clock the instructions were
handed to the foreman OF the jury and
they filed out OF the court room, across
the hall into the jury room.
While the jury was out, the crowd re-
manned In the court room very much on
the anxious seat-more so than the
prisoner. who seemed as unconcerned
as eVerand sat quietly between his at
torneys, Messrs. Schuck and Dryden. At
5:15 o'clock there was rush into the
already crowded court room from the
outside and the word was passed
around that the jury was leaving Its
room.
At 5I7 Judge Hugus. Sheriff Rich
ards and the jury entered the court
room. and, n minute later the assem-
blage was so quiet that pins fall
could be heard, almost.
Gentleman OF the jury, have you
agreed upon a Verdict?" said Clerk
HenninE.
Eve have" replied Foreman e. c.
Harry.
what is it?"
I'VE, the Jurors, in the case OF the
state VS.. Wiley w. Bowers. find, from
the evidence in the case, that the de-
PENDANT Is not guilty as charged in the
within indictment"
80 say you all, gentleman?" inter-
rogated Mr. Henning.
A general nod was the response,
Gentlemen of the jury" said Judge
Huuus, you ore discharged until De-
cember 30 Bowers, Vou are discharg-
ed"
As the last sentence fell from the
courts lips, the audience burst into
enthusiastic cheers which were repeat
ed. 1t was remarkable scene and
testified 10 the fact that the crowd had
made up its mind that Bowers was not
guilty,
Many came into the enclosure and
congratulated Bowers, who first shook
the hands OF the members OF the jury.
He was not surprised and said he was
innocent and expected nothing but
verdict of acQuittal.
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Henry Roth was next called. He was
examined by Mr., Dryden, Witness is
at present mayor of Fulton, Had lived
there all his life. He knew Henry Stein,
the Stein shop. and located Marshall
hill. stackyard Hollow and the place
where Kiel was killed. lie saw the lat
ter place this morning, first. He had
walked over the hill. from the shop,
this morning. from the Stein shop to
the place where Klel was killed, Henry
Stein was with him. They took the
nearest route, and walked ar fast as
witness cared to walk. 1t took half an
hour to reach the point where Klel was
killed, They stopped three to five min
utes and came back the same way, 1t
took thirty-two minutes to get back,
and one hour and seven or eight min
utes to make the round trip.
The cross-examination by Mr., Som
merville was very brief,
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language was used, and that after
wards Minnie Stein came up, was It
true"
The question was asked at least M
teen times, and finally witness said Min
ME Stein came Up after Bogard and
Mrs. Miller and witness had talked.
Minnie Stein made the remark after
Mrs, Miller said "she could not qualify"
where defendant was on the forenoon.
and Minnie Stein said she could not tes-
tlfy as to where she was. Minnie Stein
was at Mrs. Miller's door, and the men
were at Bogards store. Witness never
had anything against Mrs. Miller. He
had known her for a long time. Wit
ness and Mr.. NJ. Stein and the Stein
boys had always been on good terms,
and witness knew of nothing to the
contrary. He had worked against de-
PENDANT, and did not leg in here from
Fulton through the mud" to Convict de-
PENDANT. Witness didn't remember
when he first recalled the conversation
he had heard and taken part in, after
Bowers arrest. He had thought over
It since the trial started, and was able
to repeat the words used.
The cross-examination was drawn
out TO great length.
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paper that day; later she qualified her
statement and said she was not certain.
After seeing Wylie Bowers at II o'clock
she stayed In the bar-room, but she
could not watch customers from year 20
year" She could not remember all who
ate dinner with her that day. She had
the meal at 1890 o'clock Wylie Bowers
had had his dinner before this. She did
not see Wylie Bowers eat his dinner. Her
daughters were at dinner when she ate
her dinner.
Who waited on you?"
"Oh, just waited on myself"
There was warm interchange be-
tween Mr.. Sommervllle and the witness
She had told Mr. Schuck she could
Vile she admitted she had not seen him
all the time, but she was not sure she had
made that statement to Mr.. Schuck. She
saw Wylie several times between II a.
m, and p. m. She did not know what
time he came to the house. She saw
Wylie Bowers and her sons, Richard and
"Cooney' on the porch together.
When did you make up your mind
Wylle was at your house that day?" was
asked by Mr.. Sommervllle.
The witness was little mixed up and
could not at first give answer, but later
said:
II made up my mind the evening Of the
day he was arrested"
When she heard of Bowers arrest she
did not at first remember the incidents
OF the day Of the murder. She talked
with her nelghbors, but denied 1t was a
conversation with neighbors that caused
her to remember. She admitted she re-
membered after this conversation and
not before.
did you say when Bowers was arrest
ed that you didn't know where he was
that day?"
mo Sir"
She had no conversation with Lewis
Kraft about the murder and Bowers
connection with 1t, Couldn't remember
telling Mr.. Kraft that she could not re-
member where Bowers was on the morn
ing Of the murder.
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New Pullman. for Is. & o.

The new sleeping cars that Pull
mans Palace Car Company has placed
In service within the past month on the
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad between
Baltimore and Louisville, Ky, are
quite an Improvement over those here
tofore used on that line They have
large smoking rooms and an extra size
ladies' toilet room, a feature which will
be thoroughly appreciated by the fair
sex who have had TO dress In some OF
the Columbian cars hitherto used be-
tween those cities. The Chicago and
New York service has been improved
by the addition Of seven new Pullman
cars, which the Pullman people say are
the best cars they operate anywhere.
They have large smoking rooms, large
ladies toilet rooms, empire deck and all
the new features that the company has
recently introduced
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-12-10
A. A. FRANzHEIM.

Mr. Franzheim was then recalled by
the state, and was asked by Mr.. SOM
merylle as to his having been out at
the scene of the tragedy with b. .,
Dunlap. 1t was two or three weeks at
ter the shootlng-on November l6, 1895.
Dunlap's father, w. B. Lukens and a
young man named Hastings were along,
Witness talked to Dunlap about the
matter, but witness did not recall that
Dunlap saw or heard shot fired or saw
the smoke from shot, but Dunlap did
saw he saw u man run down the hill,
To Mr.. schuck witness said the man
was supposed to have ran down the hill
towards the run. Something might
have been said about a shot or smoke,
and witness have forgotten 1t.
To Mr.. Sommerville witness told Of
the visit to the locality with the boys.
Frank Hastings, Dunla4f companion,
was sent for by the state, but could not
be found. The state then rested, and
defense did the same, at AT p. IN.
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HENRY STEIN.

Henry Stein was next called. His ev-
idence was about the same as the fore
going. There was no cross-examina-
ton.
The defendant and his counsel then
retired for consultation. At the end of
the conference Isaac Bogard was called.
Witness was reported not present.
The defense then rested,
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The Bowers murder trial came to It's
conclusion yesterday afternoon at $40
o'clock, when the jury brought in a
verdict of not guilty after having been
out sixteen minutes. This was not at
all unexpected, after the breakdown of
George Bowers on Wednesday having
shattered the case of the state entirely.
Without his evidence the state had
nothing to rest on,
A number of witnesses were examined
yesterday, and the defense set up an
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Who Was Acquitted Yesterday.
after Photograph by the lntellIgencer)
abb which the state was unable to up
set in it's rebuttal testimony, although
some of the witnesses were handled Sc
Verely on discrimination by Messrs.
Sommervllle and Meyer,
The scene in the court room when the
jury's verdict was announced was re-
markable. the audience cheering wildly
and enthusiastically when Clerk Hen
ming had finished reading the verdict
and Judge Hugus ha- pronounced the
sentence, Blowers, you're discharged"
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In Part II of the circuit court, Judge
Hervcy, In the case of John B. Finley
VS.. Wheeling & Elm Grove Railway
Company, testimony was in progress
yesterday morning. The arguments
were made in the afternoon.
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DAVID CAMPBELL.

David Campbell was next called. He
knew Mrs. Miller. Minnie Stein and
Isaac Bogard. Witness took part in a
conversation in Fulton, with the peo-
pie named, near the Bogard saloon,
about the next day after the arrest Of
defendant, Mrs. Miller was looking out
of her window, over the saloon, Mr..
Bogard ana witness were in front OF
the saloon. and Minnie Stein came up.
Isaac Bogard began the conversation,
saying to witness that the defendant
was In bad shape and witness said: Il
DOM know. He may prove he was
somewhere else" Mrs Miller said she
could not be qualified" where Wylo
Bowers was on the morning of the
shooting.
The cross-examinatlon was by Mr.
Dryden Witness was u coal miner
and worked on the day named, quitting
at o'clock. on the Cd of November
1896, witness was at GreggBv!lle. on
the day Bowers was arrested, witness
was boarding in Fulton, about one hun
dred yards above Bogard's saloon, He
was not working that day, but could not
remember what day 1t was--it was Just
after Bowers was arrested. BoEard
stopped witness and made the remark
about Bowers being lin bad shape" and
other remarks followed. Witness and
Mr. Dryden got into quite gnarl over
the question:
III you told Senator sommerville this
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THE MORNING SESSION.
Witnesses for the Defense Contribute 10
the Alibl Contention.

When court convened yesterday
morning, the first witness examined
was Charles Stein. He remembered
that Bowers was at Michael STEMS
that morning fixing drum to be used
In the Mother Hubbard procession.
General Manager John Frew of the
Intelllgencer, testified that his paper
had published accounts OF the Mother
Hubbard's procession and Of the find
ing of Kiers body on the Stackyard Hoi-
low road.
Miss Jessie Stein testified to having
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CARTEWs Little Liver Pills, rcgu.
lar price 2bc, Our price, lie. Chnpc'F
nerve and blood food regular price tOc
our price zoe Cut Rate Patent MCdI.
cine COu 1850 Market Street
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TRUSTEE SALES.
TRUSTEE SALES.
Trustees Sale Of
Island Real Estate
ON SATURDAY, DEC. IS, 1897,
AT THE COURT HOUSE.

No. 81 South Front street, frame dwell.
ing, 7 rooms, bath room, etc.
Eleven (ll) lots. Nos. u, 70, II, H. y, H.
Is, 10. 20, 81 and %. OF Mnrshall's addition
on Wheeling Island, $40 feet by 50 feet y
depth, between South Huron and South
Wabash streets, and adjoining the BaH
Ball Park on the east.