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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-09-23
CHAPTER w.
ON HAND AGAIN.


At 10 o'clock the next morning James
H. Webster, the great criminal lawyer,
was seated in his Office.
He had waited for hours for tidings
from our hero.
There was a knock at the door and
Ralph Dumont, counsel for the defend
ant, entered the room.
81 came to tell you that the foolhar-
dy youth who dared to visit the labor
atory last night is no more said he,
smile of triumph lighting up his ma
Iignant features.
"Dead.' exclaimed the great lawyer,
blanching perceptibly.
"Yes-dead. He was pursued to the
tower and leaped to the river. He did
not come to the surface. SO you see,
Mr.. Webster, that your trump card has
failed. You can never convict An
thony Goodlot."
Don't be too sure of that" came a
quiet voice from behind.
"Perdition!" exclaimed Ralph Du-
mont
Eddie Parks, the boy detective, was
standing in the doorway!
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MYSTERY OF A TOOTH:
A:::OR,:::N
t::::OR,::::#
THE FATAL !. IMPRINT.

bottle, which fell and broke with
crash!
The four men came through the
doorway. Our hero turned and ran..
He knew that all the doorways were
locked His only hope was the stair
way!
The pursuers were close behind! He
fed I'D one fight of stairs after an
other! Below he could hear the
curses and CALCULATIONS of the enraged
watehmen!
Suddenly he emerged into an open
tower. He had reached the topmost
point of the great building! Over 100
feet below him was the placid river!
The pursuers came painting at his
heels
There was no time to be lost!
With a defiant shout he leaped far
out from the tower and dived for the
river!
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RINEHAnT g. TATUM
TELEPHONE ID. CITY BANK BUiLDlSi.
TRuSTEE's SALE.

BY virtue of a deed of trust made by
Peter Maurer and katherine Maurer his
wife, to the undersigned as trustee, dated
June 18TH 1894, and recorded in the office
of the Clerk of the County Court of OHIO
County, West Virginia, in Deed of Trust
Book No. 40, page sos, will sell at public
auction at the north front door of the
Court House of said county, in the City
of Wheeling, West Virginia, on
THURSDAY. OCTOBER 7TH, 1897,
commencing at 10 o'clock a. m, the fol-
lowing described real estate, in the Sixth
ward of the said City Of Wheeling, that
is to say: The south half of that certain
lot or parcel of ground situated in Joseph
Caldwels addition 10 the City of Wheel
ing, known and designated on the plat of
the same as lot numbered six 60, lying
and being on the east side of Main street,
IN the addition aforesaid. together with all
the buildings and improvements
thereon and thereto belonging. or
the same property which was granted and
conveyed to the said Peter Maurer by
Christ. Thiele and others by deed dated
October 18Th 1870 and recorded in the of
fee of the Clerk OF the County Court of
Ohio County, West Virginia. in Deed Book
No. 81. page 43S.
Terms of Sale:-One-third and as much
more as the purchaser may elect to pay
in cash on the day of sale, the balance of
the purchase money to be paid in two
equal instalments at six and twelve
months, notes bearing interest from the
date of sale, to be given for such deferred
payments, said notes to be secured by deed
of trust on the property sold.
JAMES 2. ROGERS
G. 4. SCHAEFER & co. Trustee
se8ei = Agents.
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that gum"
"At the residence of Anthony Good
lot, stuck along under the edges of
chairs, tables, shelves, piano, piano
stool, mantle, desks, what-nots, fold
ing beds, ratings, bannisters, sofas
and bookcases. [ found twenty-five
portions of chewed gum stuck on the
columns of the front veranda and 1
found fourteen on various chandeliers
and brackets. l found three on one
closet door and two on the caster in
the pantry"
Have you attempted to fit the por-
celain tooth, which you found in the
gas tank, into any of the imprints or
indentations on or in these 423 pieces
of chewed gum"
Il have"
"Tell the court what. if anything,
you have learned"
THE porcelain tooth fits into the
deepest mark on every one of the 423
pieces"
Ralph Dumont arose to cross-ex-
anime the witness.
He trembled violently and his face
was purple with rage.
When he attempted to speak he gave
vent to incoherent sounds and fell to
the floor in an apoplectic fit.
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CHAPTER VI.
THIN TDTkI

The Goodlot murder trial was in
progress.
The prosecution was about to close
| its side of the case.
There had been no direct testimony
OF show that Anthony Goodlot had
murdered his wife.
The attorneys for the defense were
| jubilant.
! Ralph Dumont smiled sneeringly at
James H. Webster.
Edward ParksI"
| At the call of his name there was a
sensation, for the fame of the news
boy detective had spread far and wide.
Our hero modestly stepped to the
witness stand and faced the hushed as
semblage.
After the usual preliminaries James
H. Webster handed him a small box
containing the porcelain tooth.
do you recognize the article in that
box" was asked.
81 do replied our hero.
what is it,"
at is a false tooth made of porce-
lain"
state whether or not you ever saw
this tooth before?"
Il found this tooth in the gas tank
in the Goodlot factory on the night
of September %"
Our hero briefly related the circum-
stances under which he had found
the tooth.
DO you know what person, if any,
had ever used that tooth?" asked the
lawyer.
Il know that the person who used
that tooth and the person who chewed
the gum contained in this box are one
and the same" With these words
our hero drew a paper box from his
pocket.
I"What does the box containo" asked
James H. Webster.
1T contains 423 pieces Of cheved
gum, each showing the imprint of
HVman teeth,
You mayl state where you found
-
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CHAPTER II.

THE NIGHT ENCOUNTER.
HALT"
AS this word was spoken a revolver
cleaned in the moonlight.
The Waterman standing at the great
doorway Of the Goodlot chemical lab
oratory strained his eyes to see what
the object might be that was approach
ing.
"All right, don't be afraid" came a
gruff voice from the gloom, and a po-
liceman stepped into view,
Il am glad it was you." said the
Waterman, in a relieved tome of voice
eve have instructions to shoot and Kill
any strangers found near the labora-
tory
The next instant the Waterman felt
his throat clutched as if in a wise. He
heard voice at his ear: Maintain
quiet, or / will throttle youi'
In few seconds he was bound and
gagged. The policeman took the keys
from the PROSTATE form.
'Now, MY good man, stay here I'M
til 1 return" he said gleefulk. WITH
that he threw off his disguise.
1t was the newsboy detectiye
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CHAPTER V.
THE TOOTH.

AS soon as James H. Webster saw
our hero alive and we'll he rushed to-
ward him with open arms.
Ralph Dumont hurried from the
room, muttering curses.
"Ee seemed surprised to see me!''
said our hero, laughing merrily.
you are indeed brave youth, "
said the great lawyer, gazing at our
hero in admiration. "But tell me, have
you secured any evidence?"
Il have" replied our hero, modestly,
and taking a small paper from his
pocket he unrolled it and showed a
false tooth.
This is a porcelain tooth and was
not affected by the gas" said be. "Af-
ter finding this I inquired the name of
Mrs. Goodlot's dentist"
''Aha." said the great lawyer.
81 looked up the address in the di-
rectory, and upon going to the address
I learned that the dentist died three
years ago."
Course the 1uck!" exclaimed James
H. Webster THE Fates are against
us. Is there no one who can identify
the tooth?"
There is a way" said our hero.
leave it to me. Let us deposit the
tooth in a place of safety"
AS they passed out of the building
there was a terrific explosion, and
James H. Webster's office was COM
pletely wrecked.
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CHAPTER III.
THE TOWER.

Before starting On his perilous night
trip to the chemical laboratory our he
70 had studied plan of the interior
of the vast structure, so that, even in
the pitch darkness, it required but a
few moments for him to find the tank
in which the ozonotic gas had been
generated.
Taking a can opener from his pocket
he cut circular opening in the tank
and crawled in.
After few minutes he emerged with
a satisfied smile on his face.
AS he approached the, doorway at
which he had entered he saw four
men standing in the moonlight. The
other men on guard had discovered
the bound Waterman.
They were waiting for our hero to
return!
Il will not be captured" he said,
drawing his trusty revolver.
AT that moment his foot struck a
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Chicago Record.
"The case is hopeless"

Chicago Record.
."The case is hopeless"
So spoke the great criminal lawyer,
and as he did so he sighed deeply.
"Tell me the facts again." said his
companion, bright appearing youth
of 9. as he took a note book from his
pocket.
81 will" said the other, dejectedly,
"but 1 fear it can avail nothing. We
can prove that Mrs. Goodlot has been
missing since August 2. We know
that she had uuarreled with her hus-
hand. and that he had threatened her
life. We can show that on the night
of August the defendant generated
ozonotic gas in his chemical labora-
tory, and we have every reason to be-
lieve that he put his wife into the gas
tank; but to prove it-ah, that is the
difficulty"
.What is the effect of ozonotic gas
on human tissue?" asked the youth
with a thoughtful expression on his
face.
at converts all animal mater into
gaseous vapor. Within ten minutes
after the body had been put into the
tank there was not trace of solid
substance left
81 will examine that tank"
''You!"
'tYesi"
'It is guarded constantly. They will
kill you!''
1--WE shall see!'
He arose, and, after shaking hands
with the great criminal lawyer, pass
ed rapidly to a carriage in waiting.
The reader may have suspected ere
this that he was none other than Ed
die Parks, the news5oy detective
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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-09-23
CHAPTER VII.
Justice.


AS soon as our hero had finished
his testimony the prosecution called
other witnesses to prove that Mrs.
Goodlot had false tooth and that
she was the only one around the house
who chewed gum.
Little remains to be told.
Our hero was again recognized as
the greatest detective of the age.
The defense could not shatter his
testimony in regard to the tooth.
Without leaving their seats the iur-
ors brought in verdict of "justifabIe
homicide
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PENSIONS GRANTED.

Special to the Register.
Washington, D. c., Septeml or %
The following West Virginia pensions
have been issued:
Original-George W. Martin, Mar
tinsburg.
Original Widows etc.-Fannie Mes
ser, Spaulding.
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They met on the sea-shore, but little hal
changed
Since two fleeing summers before
OF course in their absence their heart:
were eStrangzd
A change in themselves. nothing more
They iaughingly spoke of the VOWS they
had made
And how they were broken so soon.
For never pang had grown out of tbs
OF hearts on the sea-shore in June.
Twas mischief melted the maiden to saw
"Lst's live II all over again,
You gay al the things that you said Oh
that dav
And / TO believe them shall feign..
waist
They. loyer-iike. gazed ar the moon
And he asked the question I'm very poo1
taste:
.aHoN,s this Tor lnfr snoone.,
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HAWAII WANTS 70 CONE "
The Annexation Treaty Mas Ratified
by Unanimous Vote.

Opponents Still Busy-Portuguese
and Other Foreigners Fear An
nexation Will Deprive Them OF
Certain Privileges They Enjoy
Under the Little Republic-Sev-
eral American Statesmen Study
ing the Situation at Honolulu.
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A PATENT GRANTED.

Special to the Register.
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III health is tie
" Sword of Damocles {"
that hangs suspended
by a slender thread
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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-06-16
Sugar Trust Profits Cinched.

The trusts have cinch on Dingley bill profits Of course they will make many times more if the bill becomes law i'll anything like its present shape, but they are already engaged in taking part of their profits.
 Sugar has risen considerably i'll antic- ipation of greatly increased duties, and merchants all over the country are laying in stores because still higher prices are expected The Sugar trust is consequently busy and rolling up profits. In April it imported 757. 799, 527 pounds of raw sugar, valued at $14, AT. 139 An extra profit of one half cent per pound on this amount-which is already real ized or guaranteed-means nearly $4, GOO, 900 to the trust.
 If the bill is two months longer in its passage, the trust will surely pocket SI0, 900, GOO extra profits before the bill becomes law. Who says protection is not good thing? And why shouldn t Senator Aldrich push it along and in turn get his street railway syndieates pushed along by the Sugar trust? Ism this reciprocity? Wouldn't Aldrich be an ingrate if he should desert his friends and packers when he has an opportnni- ty to help them?
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-06-16
The Proteotionist Performance.

The following is a part of ex-Oon- gressman John De Witt Warmers crlti- oism of the Dipgley bill:
 "As it stands the most brilliant part of the pending performance consists ln eating the words of the same actors Ill the Fifty first congress The Mckinley bill of that date was virtually entitled a bill to reduce revenues. The Dlngley bill is specially commended as q revenue getter. The Mckinley bill pointed With pride to the poor mans free breakfast table. The Dingley bill puts upon sugar "a single item of the breakfast table one-third of the total amount of the tariff tax proposed. The items which are supposed to help the farmer are good examples of so setting your trap as to .cotch lem a-cumin and a-gwlne. For instance, we have reciprocity ln order to give the farmers market abroad for what it is assumed they cannot produce for home consumption unless they are highly protected, as is done by another section of the bill.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-06-16
Why pinsiey Rates Are So High,

Afraid to open your chops about the Mckinley bill before the election, hay ing won, you are cut Heroding Herod. out McKinleying Mckinley, because the men who furnished the money to carry the election are relentless task masters, clamorous for their remunera tion. They have such ravenous appe tites that you have been compelled to make the rates higher than in the Me Kinley bill Let this not be forgotten, inscribe it on the tablets of your mem- ory. Be it known that the average tariff tax under the Mckinley till was 49. 5S per cent ad valorem; under the Wilson German bill, 89 94 per cent, and under the Dingley bill, 03 per cent. Hence the average rate of taxation on some thing like 1000 articles of every day consumption is per cent higher under the Dingley bill than under Mckinley g law, and IF per cent higher than under the Wilson German bill Hon. Champ Clark in Congress.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-06-16
s...ator Sherman at His Best.

Every advance toward free ex- change of commodities is an advance Iii civilization. Every obstruction to a free exchange is born of the same narrow despotio spirit which planted castles up on the Rhine to plunder peaceful com- merce. Every obstruction to commerce ls a tax upon consumption. Every faci.- ity to 2 free exchange eheapens commoo- ities, increases trade and popuia.ion and promotes civilization. John sher- man in 1868.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-06-16
The New Sugar Scandal.

IS tho country to be afflicted with n second sugar scandal? Are the "senators rom Havemeyer" ex-officio members of the finance committee, and are tGey to De permitted to dictate the important sugar Chicago Evening Post (1nd. Rep ).
 ihe senate committees bill, whether designed to do so CT not, will give the trust a great advantage should it be- come law. Fer that reason the country IS bitterly opposed to the senate sugar schedule, and if the senate will heed the voice of the people that schedule VIII not be embraced in the new tariff. Indianapolis Journal (Rep. ].
 The storm over the sugar schedule is steadily increasing All the examina- tlons which have been made since it's report, instead of clearing it up. only make It lock the blacker It has appar ently been made of very complicated character to batfle analysis and to dis gulse a job, but, intricate as it is, it does not conceal the fact that it em- braces very large differential for the benefit of the trust. This conviction is universal, and it is aggravated by the stories of personal profit ill connection with it.-Philadelphia Press (Rep.).
 The specific charge by responsible newspaper in Chicago that three mem bers of the senate speeulated in the se- crets of the committee room after the sugar schedule on the senate tariff bill had been framed, and profited $30 600 by the transaction. is altogether too seri- ous to be treated by the senate with contempt or indifference.
 The peculiar influence which the magnates of the Sugar trust have exerted in the framing of the new sugar sched- ule has already created suspicious as to the integrit of the framers of tho bill. If the charge against the alleged apecu- lators shall net he investigated, it will serve to strengthen, If not confirm, this suspicion. Philadelphia Bulletin (Rep.).
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-06-16

st Isw IVY tariff bill spunk is on the is V. " nave our opinion of a man sk , ps0npeiled to use imported
 Philadelphia Call.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-06-16

skins of beasts, which are neither fash ionable nor healthful Let us not tax him to death. Let us be reasonable and encourage him to live and to wear clothes. By so doing we can keep our mills running and give employment to American workingmen at American wages, which, after all, is the chief cb- ject aimed at by us protected manufac- turers. n-Byron w Holt.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-06-16
Tennessee Centennial and Interna-

Tennessee Centennial and lnterna- tional Exposition at Nashville, Tenn. May lst to Oct. 30th. 1897 For his occasion the St. Louis Iron Mountain and Southern Railway will sell round trip tickets as follows: April 2S to Oct IT inclusive. final re- turn limit Nov. [. 1897. rate $lS.70: April g 10 Oct 15 inclusive, final re- turn limit 20 days from date of sale rate $l3.70; April g, May 1, {. II. F. Is. 70, z5. 27: June l. 2, <, 10. E, F, 22 24. 20. July l, 6. s. !3. 15. 20. %. 27. 29; Aug. 3. ,, 10, 12. r. l9, q, 26, 3l; Sep ,. |. 5, II. Is, 2l. 23, 2S. 30; Oct. :, l2. n. 10 T and 26. final limit return ten days from date of sale. rate $l0 03.
 H. E. MIzELL.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-06-16
Prices Going Up.

Prices of sngar, lnlnher, tea and otE CT articles have already risen since du- ties have been increased or new ones imposed. The foreigner appears to be somewhat backward in coming forward to pay these tariff duties but perhaps he was taken by surprise by the sen ate's action and will yet pay all duties assessed against him by Republicans.
 .sIf under the reformed Dingley bill the consumer shouldn't and the for eiener wouldn't pay the tax, where would we be ats'' asks the Memphis Commercial Appeal