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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-06-16
NOTES OF THE DAY.

New Zealand's representative Maorls
for the queens celebration have been
selected for their size. Two of the ma
tives weigh respectively 400 and 800
pounds.
A French ecclesiastic says, in COM
munication to the London Times, that
the next great change in the Roman
Catholic church will be the repeal of
the law of clerical celibacy, and pre-
diets that when it does come there will
be a large exodus of Anglican clergy
men to the church of Rome.
The number of dark-haired girls who
get married greatly exceeds that of the
fair ones. a statistician tells us, and in
order to prove this is owing to a mans
choice. not the redundancy of bru-
nettes. he proceeds to show that an
overwhelming majority of those wo-
men who live and die unmarried
have fair hair and blue eyes.
A large band of MennOnites are
about to move from their homes in
Kansas and South Dakota, and buy
about 1900 acres of land about Hous-
ton. Tex. They bought the land they
now inhabit about twenty years ago
for 81 an acre, and will sell it for from
s25 to $40 an acre They move to Tex
as because they can get land there for
almost nothing.
Despite the growing use of The cycle
the English imports of American horses
in 1896 amounted to 1880 heal, an
increase of 1879 over 1895, or nearly
70 per cent. The Canadian imports
were nearly 10000 head, or ABOUT the
same as the preceding year. The total
imports were nearly 41,OO0, an increase
of 1000. The average price paid for
American horses was nearly $3.50.
The railway of the Jangfrau has Its
upper terminus about seventy-five feet
below the topmost pinnacle of rock.
II cannot reach this. but the passen-
gers will enter a tower and be raised
to the supreme point by an elevator.
Several stations are provided at diff
ferent attitudes. from which the Alpine
scenery may be inspected, and at two
stations large hotels will be built.
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NOT EXACTLY MURDER.

Murder
one afternoon a short time back this
cry in a hotel. proceeding from a room on
the third floor, caught the ears Of several
chambermaids, and created instant con-
sternation.
oh heavens"
1t was the voice of n man who shrieked
the words from room No. 30. and the cham
bermaids at once sent a messenger to the
office with the news that murder was be-
ing committed.
Don't kill me by inches"
These words alarmed others besides the
chambermaids. and the group of three or
four presently grew to a dozen. Who oc-
cupied the room? one of the chamber
maids recollectod seeing Il beetle-browed
man of somewhat piratical look, accom-
panied by a woman closely yelled, enter
the room. Was he killing herr.
"Oh. oh-you are killing me-
Il was the voice of the man, The yelled
woman had him in her power, and seemed
TO be submitting him to some sort of tor
ture. Several of the crowd Knocked at
the door. and one of the chambermads
demanded in a falsetto voice that it should
be opened at once. There was a "Ha, ha,
ha.'' from the yelled woman. and the
voice of the man cried out, What! do you
mock a. my misery?'
a clerk came from the office and de-
manded admittance in the name of the
law: after some little delay the door was
opened and a woman stood in the opening
and asked what was wanted.
whats going on in there? Who's be-
ing hurt?" demanded the clerk.
She laughed her "Ha, ha, ha" again
and it was echoed by the voice of man
behind her.
whats all this about?' shouted the
clerk
why. sir" she replied, demurely, Il
was only pulling a porous plaster off my
husbands backr-Tit-Bits.
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AIR SHIP MYSTERY SOLVED.
The Floating Lights Were Sent Up By an
Expert in Pyrotechnics.

The Floating Lights Were Sent Up By an
Expert in Pyrotechnics.
Chicago. June 15.-The air sAip
mystery of two months standing has
been solved by Capt. Jos. ODonnell
an expert in pyrotechnics, who has
confessed that he was the author Of
Tho foaung red and green lights which
hundreds of sober citizens were ready
% swear were the signal lights of an
air ship passing over the lake to me
North of the city.
Nothing was further from the inten-
r Of Capt. ODonneu, he declares,
-- To- cause the stir he did He pro-
i red and green lights that look
like sowing switch lanterns swung
below The clouds at intervals of a few
minutes for more than two hours, ut
ob.ivious of the fact that the
0E roofs were covered with gaping
citizens.
.n- O'Donnell lives i'm Wilmette,
al. sent mp the lights while expert
Iea"ag The lights can be seen. the
-.sltor says. for nearly 50 miles.
'-oh accounts for the fact that the
.zsus Of Kenosha on the north and
moud ON the south were given
--les To- speculate on the nature OF
-e queer hsUy visitor flashing above
horizon.
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BENWOOD.

Mr.. and Mrs. Frank POrterfield en-
tertained a party of Wheeling young
ladies' at their home on McMechen
street last night, after the conclusion
of the public school commencement.
Miss Anna Stein. of South Eoff street,
was a charming member of the party
from Wheeling.
VIII Miller, of Wheeling, was calling
on friends in Benwood Monday even
i3g
Clark Sprouts came to Mayor Shep-
pard yesterday and stated that he had
struck a conductor on the Moundsville
line. The Mayor accordingly fined
him five dollars and costs. Sprouts Is
accused of having created trouble on
a south-bound car on Monday night
with Conductor McCombs by tapping
beer on the car and quarreling with the
conductor. Arriving at Moundsville
Conductor Zane went on in McCombs'
place. and on the return trip Sprouts
committed the assault on Zane.
Rev. Mr.. Ford, of Hundred w. Va,
is visiting his son. Prof. G. NJ. Ford,
principal Of the Benwood schools.
The evening paper of Monday stated
that the baccalaureate sermon was
preached Sunday in the St Matthew'S
German Lutheran Church. This was
another error consistent with the well
established reputation of the
paper for unreliability. This was
the paper the published a
sensational untruth a couple of weeks
ago about an alleged attempt to assas-
sinate one of the Benwood officers at
the city building. The sermon referred
to was preached in the Methodist Epis-
copal Church last Sunday morning by
Rev. c. L. Boecele, and was enjoyed by
a large audience.
Many of the Benwood young people
attended the Akorn Klubb hop at Moz-
art Park on Monday night.
The Knights of st. John. Command
erv No. 231. held a large meeting last
Sunday afternoon al their hall on Main
street. Five candidates were initiated
into the order. Three more were to
have been initiated, but could not be
present. The commandery will come
out in handsome new uniforms this
summer The uniforms will be SINH
lar to those worn by the Knights of st.
George of Wheeling.
A crowd Of Moundsville young people
chartered two cars and gave trolley
party over the Moundsville line last
evening.
The commencement of the St. Johns
parochial school takes place Thursday
evening.
Louis Goegelein. saloon keeper,
was fined ten dollars and costs yester-
day by Squire Lacey for assaulting his
wife. W. P. Robinson. of Wheeling,
was attorney for the wife. The de-
PENDANT gave notice that he Intended
tc appeal the case, but afterwards
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N'KINLEY AT HOME.


The President and Party Have Arrived at
Washington from Nashville.
Washington. June l5.-The PresiOen-
I'D. train finished its journey of more
uu 1000 miles at 1880 this morning,
pulling into the Washington station
.a tine to the minute. At 1O:45 last
NIGHT when Salisbury, y. c, was
reached, a large crowd had assembled
ar the suburban station and saw the
resident for a moment. Immediately
thereafter every one went to bed, and
-aa night being cool. all the party
gained "a good rest The semi-invalids,
Secretary Alger and Mrs McCallum,
we're reported as being much improved
-.Is morning. and the President, when
boz babe the correspondents goodbye
last night said the trip had done him
much good and had been thoroughly
enjoyed from start to finish, despite
the heat
A. the station here the incoming was
very quiet The President and Mrs.
Mckinley. with Secretary and Mrs. Por-
t- got into the waiting carriage and
drove directly to the White House,
while the other members of the party
went their several ways. Mr. Mckin-
Us had hoped TO settle the yeXing queS-
-.a If the Spanish mission while
away but his hope was not realized in
this regard. He met thousands OF
Southern people on this trip, and this
morning expressed himself as delighted
r-h The journey and with his added
knowledge Of so important portion Of
-a .nublic.
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A CHILD'S BAD FALL.

Special to the Register.
Toronto, O., June 15.-Dora Marquet,
of New Cumberland, aged three years,
fell from a window twenty feet high
Yesterday. alighting on a pile of stone,
severely injuring her. Her escape
from death was miraculous.
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Fas.5 about our Country
Ilaadlcrait and Invention
lime and its Land-MsEke
Language, lis Use and misuse
PoetJ and General Literature
Mythology and Folk Loro
Industry an6 Commerce
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GENERAL NOTICES.
NOTICE.

Tho furniture and undertaking business
of the late p. J. Altmeyer. corner Thirty
sixth and Jacob streets viii be continued
under the management of Mr.. W. r: Coey
who has been the. undertaken r., OF this h !L
nublic for past favors and soliciting a
Continuance Of the patronage for The fu-
ture. guarantoe.ug always courteous treat
ment. go -
dertel-ing and art5rial embalming. Tele-
phone calls Will be answered day and
night. cory
Tol 1-4o Manager
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MAKING IT TOO PLAIN.

Gentlemen of the ury,' said lawyer
the other day. there were SO hogs. Re
member the fact-just three times as
many as in the jury box, gentlemen. =
GRAPHIC.
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Tapestry Carpets 20 Per Cent OF, $780, g: i
Carpets Made Laid and Lined Free

withdrew the appeal. Mrs. Goegelein
testified that her husband had struck
her with pair Of KNOCKERS.
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NOTICE.

NOTICE.
WHEELING. W Va. June II. 1897.
We. the undersigned Banks, hereby agree
~ close our place of business on Saturdays
betveen the hours of three and six o. clock
D. m. to take effect June 18th, 1897.
DOLLAR SAVINGS BANK.
b. W. Peterson, Cashier.
MUTUAL SAVINGS BANK,
Alex Mitchell Treasurer.
- SAVINGS BANK,
George Hook. President.
wJEEIIN TITLE AND TRUST co.
Louis +. Stifel, Secretary.
SOUTH SIDE BANK OF
WHEELING.
Chas. 4. Bowers Cashier.
The Saint Paul globe., 1897-10-04

nature his busy brain has been study
ing a way to lessen the danger when
comes to humanity through t1reafms
in the hands of those who seek human
life. He is an enthusiast in this re-
gard and a genuine humanitarian. In
appearance he gives one exactly the
impression Of his real character. Clsar-
ly a student, his ability is apparent
even to the most careless OF observers,
and his kindly face and gentle man
ners always win friends.
His experiences leading up to the
completion of the invention and MS
ideas regarding it are best told by him
self. So the signed statement covering
these points will be of more than ordl-
nary INTEREST,"
ut was my principal idea from the
first Just as it is today, to set at
naught the destructive force of the bull
LET and to remove forever the danger
of so many individuals losing their
lives through these deadly missiles. L
do not know when the idea of bullet
proof cloth first came to me. You
know such things are inspirations, ana
It is not for any human being to say
how or just when they came. 90
distinctly remember, though, that IT
was on the 5th of December, 1S93 that
7 really began work on what promises
To become a creation of great useful
ness to the world.
''To be sure 1 did not have any deIl-
mite idea as to just what l was 10 90
to bring about the results Whlcn
sought, but 1 realized, of course, thae
The Saint Paul globe., 1897-10-04

ness without greatly lesSening the ca
pacity for resistance that it could be
made into suits like underwear and
resist bullets of the greatest caliber.
provided they came from reVolvers.
In order to resist a rifle bullet, the
cloth must be of twice the thickness
of which I have spoken. Here is where
l do not feel that 1 have quite accom-
plished what | conceive to be my mis-
sion, for the cloth in double thickness
loses it's elasticity and is, therefore,
unfit to be made into suits, although
admirably adapted for a shield and
other military purposes.
II, myself have proved that in dou-
BILE thickness it will resist rifle ball.
because I have, on several occasions,
donned a plate of this cloth seventeen
inches long, twelve inches wide and
three-fourths of an inch thick, and
permitted soldiers of the regular army,
armed with rag-Jorgensen rifles,
to fire at me from a distance of 300
yards l have never been even bruised
by the bullets.
"On one occasion at distances of 30,
100 and 200 yards one plate Of the cloth
was used as a target for twenty steel
cartridges fired from an army rifle
and thirty forty-eight caliber bullets
from a revolver. They did not even
dent the cloth so that the dent was
visible an hour afterward. / do not in
tend this exclusively for military pur-
poses. but as protection from the
assassin and the madman.
-"Casimir Zeglen."
The Saint Paul globe., 1897-10-04

Saturday scarcity of offerings, Trade in hogs
was rather slow at decline of 6Q10c per
100 pounds, the bulk of them crossing the
scales at So .S0G4. 20; heavy packing lots sod
at $3. .6O@3. So and prime assorted light weights
at S4.25Q4.30. The supply of sheep and lambs
was increased by considerable number left
over from yesterday, and prices We're not any
better. Sheep were saiable at 81. 25q4. 20 for
inferior to prime natives and at So. 1904 for
ewes. Lambs were sold at s.. .50@5. so for poor
to extra; feeding sheep were salable at IS go
@3 70 and feeding lambs $4.50@4. rs. Re-
ceipts-Cattle, 500; hogs, $1,000; sheep, 1000.
OMAHA.
OMAHA, Oct. 2.-Cattle-Receipts, 700. Mar
ket steady native beef steers, $4. .2o@5. 20;
@S: 20; COWS and heifers, 81. .9o@S.65: Gamers.
$2g2.8O; stockers and feeders, $3.5OQ4. 40;
calvess4Q4. 90; bulls, stays, etc, 1908 10.
Hogs-Receipts $500; market 5@1Oc lower;
heavy, $3. .65G3. 80; mixed, So. 1908 80; light,
s.. .S003 .95; bulk of sales, 81. 1908. 80 Sheep
Receipts, 200; market strong; fair to choice
natives, So. .60@4; fair to choice Westerns,
So. 1908 so; common and stock sheep, $3.50
$50; lambs, s3.7595.25.
ST. LOUIS.
ST. LOUIS, Oct. 2.-Cattle-Receipts, 800;
market steady at a decline; native shipping
and export steers, 81. 4.25@5. .15; light and dress
ed beef and butchers steers, So. .5Oq4 80;
stockers and feeders, 81 25@410; cows and
heifers, $204.75; Texas and Indian steers,
81. 75Q4.25 COWS and heifers, S2Q3 %. Hogs
Receipts, $500; market 6c lower; light,
81 .15@4 .25; mixed, $2.90@4.20; heavy, $500
4.25. Sheep-Receipts. 300; market steady;
native muttons. sSQS.9O; lambs, SS.7ogo.5O
The Saint Paul globe., 1897-10-04
OTHER GRAIN MARKETS.
NEW YORK.

NEW YORK, Oct. 2.-Fiou-Receipts, 2,S46
ly steady. Rye -four easy. Buchwheat quiet
Cornmeal steady. Barley easier. Barley malt
dull Wheat-Receipts, S3S, 900 bu exports,
12O,295 bu; spot steady; No. red, $3.50; op-
tions 1s@14c net lower; No. 2 red May, 901s
@91hc, closed s0%c; October. 931s 9s3ssc,
closed $3.50. Corn-Receipts, 169, ,775 bu; ex-
ports, 1854 bu; spot steady; No. 2, 341sc;
options 1sc net lower; May closed 371sc; Oc-
tober 32Q321sc, closed 321sc Oats-Receipts,
S34, 500 bu exports, 127, ,84S bu; spot quies; No
2, 231A@S13c; options 1sc iower; October closed
231sc.
ST. LOUIS.
ST. LOUIS, Oct. Wheat lower; No. 2
red, cash, elevator, 951zc asked; track, ESQ
961ac; No. hard, cash, S31a@S4c, nominal;
December, 955sc asked: May, 95c. Corn firm;
No. 2. cash, 26c bid; December, 26Ac asked;
May, S0ssc asked. Oats firm; No. 2, cash,
elevator, 1870 bid; track 20Q2O1zc; No.
white, 22q221ac; May, 223sc bid.
MILWAUKEE,.
MILWAUKEE, Oct. 2.-F3our dull and 10c
lower. Wheat lower; No. 1 northern, SSc
No. 2 spring, e5c; December, S6Hc Corn
higher; No. 3, N1ac. Oats steady; No. 2
white, 2111@221sc Rye lower; No. l, 45hc
Barley lower No. 2 42c; sample, 27942c.
LIVERPOOL.
LIVERPOOL, Oct. 2.-Wheat quiet 1kd
lower to I'd higher; October, rs sgd; Novem-
Der, nominal; December, Is 39sd; May, Is
1Ad. Corn quiet, A@2d higher; October, 81
I'D; November, 3s 11ad; December, IS 2s4d.
The Saint Paul globe., 1897-10-04
NEW YORK STOCKS.

NEW YORK, Oct. 2.-The marked strength
in stocks which developed in the late trad
ing yesterday was resumed this morning In
full force, and continued with only one mo-
mentary pause from the opening until the
close Of the short session. The buying was
eager and the covering Of short contracts put
out during the two weeks reaction in the
market appeared to be urgent. There was
every indication that the reaction had run
its course and the agentse employed by the
leaders of the bull campaign were buyers on
g. lrage scale. The stocks that have shown
the sharpest declines recently were foremost
in the recovery. Prices Of Americans We're
advanced in London before the opening here,
and arbitrage brokers bought for London ac-
count. The stocks which were favorites In
the London buying were those that have re-
Gently suffered most severely from liquda-
ton Of foreign holdings, rejecting marked
change in foreign sentiment. The various
trade reviews published this morning, all
reporting continued improvement in trade
and industry and the additional statements
Of railway earnings showing increase, con-
tributed to the desire to buy. An additional
fall in the rate Of sterling exchange OF 1sc
for demand bills to 81 841R made 1t evident
that additional gold imports cannot be long
delayed, and probably helped the market,
though gold is SO plentiful at this center at
present that some Of the banks are settling
their daily balances at the clearing house
in that metal. The weekly statement Of the
clearing house banks has also interpreted
favorably. The statement clearly reflected the
pains the banks nave Deen at 10 prevent AMY
further heavy shrinkage in their surplus re-
serves. There is on doubt that withdrawals
Of deposits would have been much larger had
it not been for falling off in the demand
for currency shipments to the South due
to the interference of the movement Of cot
ton crop, due to the yellow fever quaran-
tine. The decrease to the South has been
offset by demand from the Eastern and
Middle states to meet october interest and
dividend payments and by New York re-
quirements for payment Of taxes. Today
net gains in prices of stocks ran from to
8 per cent, the advance being in full tide
when the market closed. The total sales of
stocks were 700 shares, including: Atch-
ison preferred, $500; c. & H., 4,335; Bur-
lnigton, 7712; Erie new, 1900; L. G NJ,
$40; Manhattan, 5000; New York Central,
1881; N. P. preferred. 13, 1888; Reading, 3,4OO;
Rock Island, Io,O4S; St Paul. lips; St: Paul
& Omaha, $3.50; Southern Railway preferred,
4,250; Union Pacific, 13,050; Chicago Gas, 15,-
060; Sugar, %, $50; T. c. & l., 50G0 Chicago
Great Western, 1890
The following were the fluctuations of the
leading railway and Industrial shares, fur
nished by c. H. F. Smith & Co., members
New York stock exchange and Chicago board
Of trade:
Closing are hid nripes
The Saint Paul globe., 1897-10-04
MARKET SUMMARY.
FINANCIAL

CHICAGO, Oct. 2.-The bears ran the wheat
market today In spite of the help the bulls
received from the drought Paris was unac-
countably very weak and this encouraged sell
ing, which resulted in a decline Of s4QAc
IN december. Corn was firm and advanced
1sQAc. Oats were unchanged at the close,
and provisions 212c lower to 21a@5c higher.
Inere was moderate degree of strength In
the wheat pit at the opening, December start
Ing at SOkc, as compared with yesterdays
closing price Of 901sc and advancing to 90asc
at once. But the little bulge with which
trading commenced was soon obliterated under
a flood of selling which was participated in
by many OF the biggest operators on the
floor. The fact that some of the outside mar
kets were at the time relatively much weaker
than Chicago helped along the decline, which
carried the price Of December down to $3.50
almost without a stop. The statistics for the
day were by no means bearish. The Liver
pool market was quoted irregularly 1sd low
er for December and Ad higher for May Chi
cago received 263 carloads; Minneapolis and
Duluth received 1,1S3, against 1926 a week
ago and LIZA the similar day of the year
before. Chicago receipts for the week were
1,295,34 bu, and the shipments 703,212 bu.
The weeks shipments from both coasts were
5,92400O bu, against 5,S08,0OO bu the week
decline to $3.50 was followed by a rally to
90c. Covering by shorts started the recovery
and when New York reported liberal for
eign demand at the decline the market grew
quite strong temporarily. The closing weak
ness Of continental markets was the latest
influence and rounded up the session decisive
ly in favor Of the bears. A surprising break
at Paris fairly took the breath away from the
bulls and knocked the props from under
the market in hurry. December finally sold
down to 89Ac and closed at 89A@S9ssc bid.
With the exception Of a short time in the
morning corn was irresponsible to the weak
ness of wheat The market averaged firm
and closed at a 1sQAc advance. Local receipts
were CSC cars. Clearances for the week were
2,53S, coo bu. December ranged from 291a9
295sc to 29c closing at 29asc bid. Oats were
dull. Receipts amounted to 574 cars. Char
ters were for 10000 bu. December ranged
between 1875 and 1870, closing unchanged at
1880 asked. Provisions were dull Outside
speculative orders were light. At the close
December pork was 21ac lower at $500, De-
cember lard 21a@5c lower at 4.55@4. 571s, and
December ribs about unchanged at $4.75.
Estimated receipts Monday: Wheat, 275 cars !;
corn, 635 cars; oats, ALI cars; hogs, $4,000
head.
The les ding }f,1t,fres ranged as follows.
The Saint Paul globe., 1897-10-04
Doyal Love
Matches.

The news that Archduke Franz Fer
dinand of Austria, son OF the lats
Archduke Karl Ludwig ana Princess
Annunciata, and heir presumptlVe u
+ba throne of Austria Hungary, mas
married beneath his station, Whlie II
will assuredly cause CONSERVATION III
the great courts Of Europe, Will haldIy
,,,rorisa those who know how prone
the male members of the Austlleh
,nnerial house have been, at least our
ing the present century, to enter lhlo
,,,etrimonial -, alliances of this kind. In
+bis resnect many of the Hapsburgs
bava won much unenviable notoriety.
Love. indeed, has played great part
IN the lives of many of them, bringing
IN too many instances ostrac1sm and
social ruin, and in one instance at
least a. lamentable and untimely death
Never singularly fortunate. the
Hapsburgs have of late years been sin
gularly unfortunate. Study their his
tory for the past few decades, and how
many domestic casualties and eccentric
act you will find recorded!
Only a few years ago Archduke John
of Austria disappeared, and they say
that the old emperor still mourns f)r
him. A brilliant fellow he was. but
wonderfully hot headed and independ-
ent. His teachers complained that he
seemed to lack "a sense Of reverence. -
He entered the army and at once IN
augurated several sweeping reforms.
The state authorities checked him. and
then, IL revenge, he published bitter
pamphlet, in which he inveighed
fercely against the Austrian military
authorities and claimed that the army
was shamefully mismanaged. The en-
peror punished him by sending him to