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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-05-08
w VA STATE GRAND COMMAN
Derry KNIGHTS TEMPLAR, Al

WHEELING, MA L AN - 20
For the above occasion, the B. & o,
will sell excursion tickets from West
Virginia points on line of road, to
Wheeling May 18th and 18th at one farS
for the round trip. Good returning IN
iii the 14th inclusive.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-05-08
Prices From 6OC to $3.50 Each.
| Our Linen Collars
For both men and women are
safe styles to tie to. We
also furnish the right kind Of
Ties to go with our Collars.
Muslin and Other

Underwear Department is the
best we have had in years.
All 1897 styles. PriC e S
right.
The San Francisco call., 1897-03-30

telegraphed to General Wevler to spare
his life as a civilized act which would win
sympathy for the Spanish Government,
but it is very doubtful that Weyler Will
agree with this view
The news of the capture has been pub
lished by La Lucha and the Diario de
Marina and has caused wild Joy among
the Spaniards here
General Velasco is enthusia stically COM
plimented and great manifestation in
his honor is preparing.
complimentary cablegrams from Mad
rid, signed by the Duke of Tetuan and
General Azcarraga, have been sent 20
General Weyler, extending congratu-
lations to the army.
The successor of General Ruiz Rivera as
commander OF the Cuban forces in the
province of Pinar del Rio will be Colonel
Vidal Ducasse, brave native of the
province of Santiago de Cuba, who came
with Maceo in the invasion from the
east. Ducasse is mulatto, and he and
his brother have always been considered
by General Weyler himself as redoubtable
foes.
The San Francisco call., 1897-03-30
CORN FOR THE STARVING
A Ship Laden With Food Will
Sail for India Within
Six Weeks.
Large Supplies on the Way From
the East-A Third of Cargo
Now In Sight.

The local Indian famine relief COM
mittee has taken new life and from all
accounts a ship laden With corn and pro-
visions will sail from this port for India
within SIX weeks. Several weeks ago the
committee decided that in the relief prop
osition they bad bitten off more than they
could masticate and that the project of
sending food to the starving inhabitants
Of Queen Victorias Eastern possessions
would have to be abandoned. The prin-
cipal obstacle was the excessive cost of
getting Western corn to the railroads and
then to the sea. So the com mittee called
hat and decided 10 send the $500 air. ady
subscribed to the relief headquarters IN
London.
Within the past week the movement has
received fresh life. Secretary r. z. Perry
has been informed that the people hav g
contributed $500 to the fund. In Iowa
they have forwarded fifty carloads of corn
to the kilns at St. Paul as all large quanti-
ties of this product have to be kind ried
before it can be shipped. The city of Des
Moines has also sent several carloads to
be dried.
From other parts of the East more corn
has been collected and will soon be on
the way. The local committee has been
informed that at the present time twelve
carloads OF corn are on the way to this
City. This will be stored in warehouses
until the remainder arrives. At present
about one third OF q shlpload is in sight
that IS. sufficient to load vessel that will
hold 5000 tons or 220 carloads. The COM
mittee is greatly encouraged with the
manner in which the people of the East
are taking hold of this matter, and the
mem bers have no doubt but that the ship
laden with corn will sail from this port
within six or eight weeks for India.
The San Francisco call., 1897-03-30
81. BERNARD KENNELS BARRED.
Stockton Kennel CLUB Forbidden to Receive
Their Entries for the Coming
Bench Show

STOCKTON, CAL, March 29.-At its
meeting tonight the Stockton Kennel
Club discussed the action of the advisory
committee OF the American Kennel Club
in asking for the suspension of the st.
Bernard kennels and of the National or.
ganization in following the committee
suggestions. President w. M. Gibson
said on behalf OF the Stockton Kennel
Club that it did NOT desire to take any par,
in the fight between the San Francisco
Kennel Club aud the Olympic Gun Club.
The desire of the local organization was to
see the differences between the clubs
amicably settled but it would not take
any part in the controversy, desiring to
retain the friendship of both.
Notice has been received by the bench
show committee here for bidding it to
accept any entries from the ST. Bernard
kepnela, or to offer any prizes donated by
that clup or its officers.
From word received here to-day by J.
E. Doak, one of the leading men in the
local kennel club. it would seem that the
differences between the warning dog fanci-
ers in San Francisco were in a fair way to
be settled.
Entries are coming in very rapidly for
the show that is to be held here next
month, and from the present outlook
twice as many dogs will be benched as
were here on exhibition last Septem ber.
One of the features of the show will be an
exhibition by the great bloodhound be-
longing to John Quiggle OF Gait, which
will show how tracking by dogs is done.
There are many other special features
that have been arranged, but the dogs
themse yes will be well worth the trouble
of those who have promised to come con-
siderable distances to see them.
The San Francisco call., 1897-03-30
CARGO OF THE LAURADA.
An accurate Description of the Wa
Material Sent Insurgents.

An accurate Description of the War
Material Sent Insurgents.
NEW YORK, N. Y, March 29.-El
Porvenir. tue Cuban paper, published to-
day for the first time an accurate state
ment of the cargo of the Laurada, which
is reported to have been landed in Cuba
on March 81 with General Carlos Roloff.
the Cuban Secretary of War, and other
leaders on board. Although the war sup
plies debarked are asserted to have ex-
ceeded in quantity those of any other
expedition since the war began, it appears
from the new list that they were consid-
erably less than have hitherto been
printed. The NUMBER of rifles, instead OF
being 5000, was only 2516, and the cart
ridges 2, 2,600.0 600, against 100000. Instead
of three dynamite guns, as stated in a
morning paper to-day, from information
purportiEg to have been furnished by q
Trustworthy source" presumably the
Junta) there was, according to Ell Por-
venirs admission, only one. In addit1on
the inventory includes two Hotchkiss
12-pound cannon and $500 cannon shots,
80 tons of dynamite, 5000 machetes and
125 cases OF war material-that is, electric
batteries, fuses, machinery for repairing
rifles, parts of rifles, etc. There was also
supply of clothes and medicines.
Concerning the statement In yesterday
mornings paper that General Roloff, who
has forfeited his bail in the Federal court
here and in Baltimore, had not sailed
with the Laurada, but was still in this
country, nemb Der of the Junta said that
General Roloff undoubtedly went with
the Laurada and was now in Cuba. "I'm
as certain of it." he said, "as that l am
sitting at this desk
The San Francisco call., 1897-03-30
W0RK F0R TACOMA OFFICIALS.
Japanese Shipping in Books Falsely
Stamped as Copyrighted IN the
United States.

TACOMA, WASH. March 29.-The willy
Japanese, who have been copying so many
articles OF American manufacture, have
commenced shipping in pictures, books and
other articles falsely stamped as copy
Iighted or patented in the United States.
Now this is to be stopped by Uncle Sam,
for local customs officials to-day received
a Treasury Department circular calling
their attention to the act of Congress ap-
proved on March 3, prohibiting such i'm
portations and sales, which are made to
save the trouble and expense OF obtain
ing copyrights. At present there are no
laws in Japan governing trademarks and
copyrights.
Recently circular was sent from Wash
ington warning patentees of the danger
of allowing their machines ana attach
ments to be sent to Japan until such in
ternationai laws had been adopted as
would effectuallv prevent the hand me-
chanics of the Orient from duplicating
articles with impunity. The new law pro-
vides that no book. map, caart, musical
or dramatic composition, print-cut, en-
craving or photo which shall have unlaw.
tul notice OF copyright attached, shall
be admitted, aud that any one who shall
knowingly sell such work shall be liable
to fine of $l00. one-half going to the IN
formant ana one-haf TO the Government.
The Federal Circuit Courts are empow-
erod to en- join sale of such articles.
The San Francisco call., 1897-03-30
DREW IN A DEAD BODY
"A Grewsome Catch That Told
the Story of a
Tragedy.
1t Is Supposed That a Squall Over
turned Boat Near
Hunters Point

Last evening when Chivelo Michele,
who was fishing off Hunters Point, drew
in his seines for the last time before set
ting sail for home, he found tangled in Its
meshes the llteless body of a man who had
apparently been dead bur few hours.
The fisherman recognized from the
clothing OF the body that man in his
own walk of life had met his death by
drowning. He tied the body to his boat
and towed it to the nearest wharf.
The Coroner's Office was notified, and
when the body was searched at the
Morgue it was found to be that of Corso
Scafano, wo resided with his son and
daughter at 8 Greenwich street.
Sunday morning Scafano and his son
Michaelo went fishing, and cast their nets
off Hunters Point. Late Sunday even
ing q number of fishermen PASSED an over
turned boat drifting slowly out toward
the heads.
The fishermen conversed freely among
the m selves about the overturned boat, but
as they had not heard of the loss of any
of their fleet they finally let the matter
drop.
Last night when Scafano's body was
drawn up out OF the sea, all immedi-
ately turned their attention to the son,
Michaelo.
Several friends then went to the drowned
mans house and asked the daughter
Mary where her brother was. She did not
know and then it was learned that he had
died with his father.
The boat seen floating out toward the
heads was the one father and son had left
the wharf in early Sunday morning.
There was only one conclusion to be
reached, that the two fishermen had
been caught in scuall and quick as
wink had been hurled into the waters to
death. The sons body has not yet been
recovered.
The San Francisco call., 1897-03-30
Oregon Officers Apprehend
the Mountain House
Raiders.
Trailed From the Scene of the
Robbery to an Astoria
Ranch.
Both Are Young Men and Are Be-
lieved to Have Served Time
in Folsom.

COLUSA, CAL, March 9.-Sheriff Jones
returned from Ashland, Or, to-day, hav-
ing in charge the two men who entered
the Mountain House Hotel. about twenty
two miles west of Colusa on the evening
OF March 8, and at the point OF their re-
volvers compelled the occupants TO part
with their cash. They obtained about
$50, and after exchanging shots with the
proprietor of the place rode on few miles
to the ranch of n. S. McMichel, where
they left ono of their horses, which was
almost exhausted, and stole fresh one.
Sheriff Jones was notified and imme-
diately started in pursuit. He tracked
them through Bartlett Springs away up
into Lake County, where they doubled ON
their track and came back through Bart
lett. They stopped there to purchase
pair of shoes and were recognized, but no
attempt was made to capture them. They
returned over the trail they had made in
escaping, and were again recognized by
the occupants OF the Mountain House,
who locked their doors and turned out
their light, half expecting to be held up.
Their trail was followed north to Sisson,
where they shipped some articles by ex-
press to Ashland, Or. Their description
was telegraphed ahead, and they were
arrested by the Ashland officers about
five miles from town, where they had OBJ
tanned work ON ranch.
The prisoners are young men, and both
are supposed 10 be ex-convicts who were
released from Folsom prison about the
middle of last month. One of them, Will
liam Roberts, about 10 years of age, was
sent from San Francisco to serve two
years for robbery, and the other. James
Hammer, was sentenced from Tehama
County for horse stealing. Hammer now
claims to be John Buchanan, and says he
lived for several years at Arbuckle and
has brother working for Superintendent
George Northey OF the Sulphur Greek
mines.
Both disclam any knowledge of the
robbery, and say the officers have made
mistake. Nevertheless they have been
fully identified as the right persons.
The San Francisco call., 1897-03-30
MACEO'S
SUCCESSOR
CAPTURED.
Cuban General Ruiz Rivera
Falls Into the Hands
of Spaniards.
WOUNDED BY HIS CRUEL
CAPTORS.
General Weyler's Men Throw a
Grenade Which Kills
Many Rebels.
COLONEL BACALLA0 IS ALSO
TAKEN PRISONER.
Death of Correspondent Crosby While
Witnessing a Battle at
Juan Criollo
COLONEL BACALLA0 IS ALSO
TAKEN PRISONER.
Death of Correspondent Crosby While
Witnessing Battle at
Juan Criollo.

HAVANA CUBA, March 29.-General
Hernandez Velasco, who is operating in
the hills of the province of Pinar del Rio,
has sent a report to the Government which
has caused much elation to all classes OF
Spaniards. He says that while his column
was in the vicinity OF CabeZadas in the
Rio Hondo district yesterday they en-
countered a party of rebels, 100 strong,
who were under the command of Ruiz
Rivera, who was appointed to the COM
mand of the insurgents in Pinar del Rio
after the death of Antonio Maceo.
The rebels occupied a stzong position
and fought stubbornly, but after an en-
gagen. ent which lasted an hour they were
defeated and dispersed. a grenade was
thrown by the Spaniards which fell among
the insurgents, and exploding wounded
many of them. This caused panic and
many of the rebels fed.
Shortly after the explosion the Spanish
infantry penetrated the rebel position.
They found Colonel BacalIao, chief OF
staff to General Rivera, attempting to
carry tins latter, who had been wounded
by three Musser bullets, to a place OF
safety. Lieutenant Terry of the lnsurgent
party, who had been badly wounded by q
fragment of 8 shell. was also captured.
The re bells carried some of their dead with
them, but LETT on the field ten bodies that
they were unable TO remove. The Span
ish loss was only one man killed and one
Lieutenant and twenty-four privates
wounded.
General Valesco sent General Rivera,
Colonel Bacallao and Lieutenant Terry, in
charge OF two companies of troops, to San
Cristobal, az which place they arrived at s
o. clock last evening. Lieutenant Terry
was SO badly injured, however, that he
died on the road.
Speaking TO a soldier at San Cristobal,
General Rivera said that he had been
kindly treated by his captors, and he COM
plains greatly of the pains of his wounds,
out is cool and sel1-possessed. He has one
bullet still lodged in his thigh. He is
lodged at the quarters of the guardia
civil.
General Valesco is operating in the vi
cinity of Canezadas.
Private adv1ces have been received here
to the effect that C. C. Crosby, the CORE
spondent of Chicago newspaper, was
killed while Witnessing the recent com bat
at Juan Criollo. 1t is stated that he was
with the rebels. No official report of his
death has been made.
The San Francisco call., 1897-03-30
OFFICIALS WITH SOFT JOBS.
Those Put Out of Office BY the Sgpremt
Court Decision GiYen Railroad Bureaus
of LnfornGnon

CHICAGO Ill, March %. - Western
railroad managers decided yesterday to
wind up the affairs of both the Western
Freight and the Western Passenger asso-
Citations. In their place bureaus of infor-
n. ton and statistics will be formed for
both freight and passenger business. This
was agreed upon by the general and traffic
managers of the various Western roads
which have their headquarters in this
city. Chairman Caldwell of the Western
Passenger Association will become the
| chief of the passenger bureau of statistics
and information, and the N EN- bers of the
board of administration of the late West
ern Freight Association-C. A. Parker, II.
II. Courtwright, c. L. Wellington and II.
L. Shute-will take care of the different
departments of the freight bureau.
The offices heretofore occupied by the
Western Pasenger Association on the
fourth floor of the Great Northern build
ing will continue to be occupied by Mr..
| Caldwell and bis force while the freight
bureau will have accommodations on the
| ninth floor of the same building removing
from the Rookery building, where they
now are. All clerks and other employees
of the associations will find employment
in the new organizations.
x
bers of the late board of administration in
charge of the freight bureaus work is, not
because their services are needed, but
| because The roads are under contract to
pay them $4,000 per annum each for two
years, of which term only three months
have expired.
Definite arrangements for the establish
ment of the new bureaus will be made
next Wednesday, meeting of the general
traffic officials of the Western road s having
been called for next Monday in this city
10 perfect the details of the new scheme.
At yesterdays meeting the officials of the
Chicago roads only were represented, but
a Wednesdays m meetlng, the officials of
all the roads in the West are expected 10
be present.
Through the agency of the new organi-
cations, the railroads expect to keep in
formed what the rates of each individual
road are and keep posted as to changes in
rateE. With this information at hand,
joint tariffs can be published by the
bureaus and shippers anu travellers can be
informed what the through rates are
while otherwise each road could only pub.
lish rates over its own line. and shippers
would, IN order to find out what through
rates are, have to secura inform alton from
all The different roads over which the
business is to go.
To make uniform tariffs would be easy
enough without holding meetings for
that purpose. The roads can send volun-
tary information of what their rates are
TO the bureaus, and if the rates do not
correspond the roads can be visited by the
chiefs of the bureaus with a view to secur-
ing uniformity of rates.
The San Francisco call., 1897-03-30
PORTLAND HUSBANDS WRATH,
htent on Killing a Physician Accused o
Having Caused His Wife's
DEATH

PORTLAND. Or, March 29.-Jacob Sit
tel has been chasing DR.. II. f. Hoffman
all over town to-day with a siI-shooter,
threatening to use it If given ha.f q
chance. Mrs. Sittel died yesterday as the
result of an operation performed on her
by the physician.
The case was brought to the attention
of the authorities to-day, and the health
officer refused to issue death certificate.
Coroner Koehler was notified, but, owing
to the mutilation Of the remains by the
undertaken, he could not decide on the
case without an inquest, which will be
held tomorrow.
Health Officer Beakey reports that dur
ing the past week eight cases of death
from suspicious operations have come
The San Francisco call., 1897-03-30


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The San Francisco call., 1897-03-30
RIVERA MEETS VEIAsCo.
Military CoWrtssies Exchanged by the
Opposfn1 Generals.

OPpoStnI generals.
HAVANA, CUBA, March 29.-It is re-
ported that Burmudez, the Cuban general,
is an invalid, the result of wounds received
10 battle.
Perico Delgado is said to be suffering
rom consumption, caused by wounds.
1t is stated here that when Ruiz Rivera
vas taken before General Velasco the lat
Ter told him that as man he regretted
his wounding and capture.
General Rivera replied that he was
proud to shake the hand of so valorous a
fpanish general
The Villa Visiosa regiment has routed
the rebels under Castillo and Juan
oelgado, near Santiago de Las Vegas,
province of Havana. Twenty seven rebels
yere gIlled and two captured. Seven oi
ne troops were wounded.
General Luiz, with two battalions oi
toops, has started in the direction OF
lajagua, near the Jucaro-Morron trocha.
The movement seems to be due to con-
entration of the rebels under Gomez.
the troops have dislodged a number OF
rbels from their positions and pursued
ITEM with infantry and cavalry. Thirty
r.bels are known to have been killed, and
II is believed that the number was larger.
Tie troops lost two killed and twenty-five
w,unded.
The San Francisco call., 1897-03-30
Now the Great Mississippi
Flood Has Reached
New Orleans.
Alarming Reports of the Rivers
Rise Come From Many
Sections.
Thousands of Acres of Fertile Fields
in Fertile Valley Will
Be Submerged.

NEW ORLEANS, La, March 29.-The
river finally reached the top of the leyee
this morning and began running over into
Vaudeville street, directly in front of the
celebrated French market building. 1t is
not believed that any material damage
will occur to property.
The people in the city are not greatly
alarmed because the levee at that point is
very strong one and there is no fear that
il will break, no matter how much water
flows over it.
That portion of the river where the
water is flowing over is the nearest point
between the river anG Lake Pontchartrain.
The water coming over the levee can be
easily carried back into the lake. There
are several streets which would carry it to
the lake at once. Canal street and the
main portion of the city is above where
the overflow has occurred, SO that very lit
tie damage can be done unless the water
flows over the levee in the upper part of
the city.
The only news disturbing the citizens
is the fact that freshets and rising rivers
are reported from the States above Louis
lana.
News has come that the Minnesota
rivers are rising rapidly. The Mississippi
at St. Paul has passed the ten-foot mark
and is getting higher
Higher water is reported at Little Falls,
st. Cloud and Grand Rapids.
At Quincy, Ill.,, the river is fifteen feet
above the low-water mark.
Every effort will be made by the city
authorities OF New Orleans to strengthen
the levee. From past experience they
know that the very high water only lasts
few weeks and after that all danger is
past. Usually when the river is booming
the levees above break and that relieves
the pressure here. If very often happens
that the levee on the Aigiers side caves in
and generally saves the city.
MEMPHIS, TENN, March 29-The
weather is cloudy To-day. Another down
pour of rain is soon expected. The ievees
along the lower Mississippi are in serious
danger of giving way, but up to noon they
are intact.
ST. LOUIS, Mo-, March 29.-The river
is rising steadily and is now within four
feet of the danger line. Reports received
from the upper river points state that a
flood is on its way down and may be ex-
pected here within forty-eight hours. 1t
is raining this afternoon and the rain is
general throughout Missouri, Arkansas
and Western Tennessee
The San Francisco call., 1897-03-30
Eloped From Piocer,ill..

FRESNO, CAL, March %. - Stephen
Hammell of Placerville returned home
yesterday from MADEIRA in company with
his daughter, whom he had captured after
an exciting chase. The errinp girl had
eIoped from Placervlle with Walter de
Variia. who, it has been learned. is a mar.
ried man. He represented himseIf as be-
ing mining man and had Interests in
the MADEIRA Mountains. The couple had
been stopping at hotel in Maoera for
about week before the irate parent ar
rived.
The San Francisco call., 1897-03-30
Snna at Red,rood Cifu.

REDWOOD CITY, CAL, March 29.-Not-
wlthstanding the inclement weather a
large crowd from this place and the sur
rounding country gathered in the Al
ham bra Theater last night to greet the
Knickerbocker Male Quartet of San
Francisco. The personnel of the quartet
is: d. NJ. Lawrence, first tenor; c. M. Ell
liot, second tenor; D. B. Crane, first bass,
and L. A. Larsen, second bass. In the
rendition of their programme they were
assisted by Mrs. Kate Rix, the well-known
soprano of Portola; Hurlbut brothers.
the cornet players; Cyrus b. Newson, the
lmpersonator, and Roscoe w. Lucy, an
accomplished pianist. A high-grade pro-
gramme was rendered.