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Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1897-11-07
A WHALE IN THE WAY.
The Schooner Elliott Received Two
Shocks.

ATLANTIC CITY. n. j.. November g.
The sea-serpent season has closed, and
Captain Pruitt. master of the coastwise
schooner. J. H. Elliott. is not in the habit
of seeing strange sights anyway. So there
were no skeptcs to-day when he told how
his vessel had been nearly capsized by a
whale.
The Elliott was running down the coast
under full sail yesterday, when, sud
denly and without warning, the vessel
seemed to strike a sandbar. There was a
shock, followed almost Immediately by a
second shock as though the Elliott had
become stranded. AS the vessel was six
miles off shore. Captain Pruitt could not
understand it all. He luffed up, however,
and began an investigation.
In few minutes whale. nearly 20 feet
long, Captain Pruit, observed came blow
ing up about 200 yards distant from the
Elliott. The Captain believes the whale
twice scraped under the keel of the ves-
sell
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1897-11-07
A Fair FUGITIVE Captured.
Arrest Of Lizzie DeKalb, Known as
"The Woman in Black"
Alleged Murder Accomplice---Held
for a Further Hearing at Norris
town as One of the COnspirators
in the Celebrated Kaiser Tragedy.


5stown, Pa, November 6.-The
murder of Emma P. Kaiser on a dark
and lonely road in Upper Merton
township. near Norristown. on the eve
ming of October g. 1896, was revived
to-day in all it's shocking details by the
arrest of Lizzie Dekalb, the alleged
woman in black who was on the scene
of the murder at or about the time or
Nine firing of the fatal shot for which
Me dead woman's husband, Charles o.
Kaiser. Sr., is under sentence of death.
\e arrest was made on Tuesday night
yaptain Rodenbaugh and Detective
kford, of Philadelphia. Captain
kbaugh says the woman was tax
o custody on Pennsylvania
id train as it neared Broad street
IN. She was brought to Norris
: town by Captain Rodenbaugh this af-
ternoon, and for nearly four hours she
was at the mercy of the police, the Dis
trict Attorney and Attorney james b..
Holland, who subjected her to most
rigid examination, without. however,
eliciting any replies that impllcate Miss
DeKalb or clear up the mystery in
which the murder is surrounded.
A warrant for Miss DeKalbs arrest,
charging her with conspiracy and as
an accessory to the murder Of Anna P.
Kaiser, was issued a year ago by Mag
istrate O. F. Lenhardt. This evening
the woman was taken before Magis-
trate Lenhardt for preliminary hear
hot &c N q 81
Magistrate.
"Elizbeth X. DeKalb," was the re-
ply. punctuated with the sobs of the
nervous little woman. She was COM
mitted to prison for a further hearing
on November II.
Immediately after the murder of
Mrs Kaiser the county offered a re-
ward of 5000 for the arrest of Miss De-
Kalb, and like amount for the appre-
hension of James A. Clemmer, in
whose company Lizzie was seen in
Norristown on the day of the tragedy.
No tidings have ever been received OF
Clemmer, but now that his companion
is in custody it is believed the detec-
tives will soon be in possession of in
formation pointing to his wereabouts.
District Attorney Strassburger says
Miss DeKalb was located through the
assistance of one of her acquaintance
who was tempted by the N00 reward
The only witness at the hearing was
Captain Rodenbaugh, Who testified
simply that he arrested Miss Dekalb
on reliable information" She was
taken weeping to prison, where later
in the evening she had a conference
! with Attorney ]. P. Haze jenkins,
! who represented, her y5ar ago in ex-
{ ceptions to the Accountssof the execu-
tors Of her grankfatbse estate. His
client be saws, WI nothing to
say about the murf advised by
him.
On the eyenfn1 2S. 1896,
Kaiser ana IT. Nor
- Tfoun n fol-
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1897-11-07
LOVE IGNORES PAROLE.
Inmates of Milwaukee Industrial School
Marries While Out ION Leave"


Milwaukee, Wis, November 1.-THE
strange case of Vesta Simpson and Mrs.
Robert Louis Schoenbaum promises to
bring trouble to the minds OF the peo-
pie who are in charge at the State in
dustrial school in this city. They are
one and the same person, but which has
a legal existence is the question.
Vesta Simpson was committed to the
school about five years ago. and in June
she was released On parole to become
a servant in the home of Mrs. Ellen p.
Coleman, wealthy lady of this city.
A short time ago she met Robert Louis
Schoenbaum and the couple fell in love.
Schoenbaum is a well-to-do young man
and when he proposed that they get
married Vesta consented The mar
riage was performed Sunday by JUS
tice Kitzerow, but hardly was it over
when Officer Love, of the Industrial
school, appeared and claimed the bride
as his own. He carried her back to
the State institution. Since that time
the girl, who is twenty years of age,
has been locked up, and the husband
has been refused permission to see his
wife.
The matron at the home declares that
Vesta had no right to get married with
out permission, and by doing so violat-
ed her parole. But Schoenbaum does
not care a rap for the parole and has
engaged a lawyer, who will attempt to
reunite the young pair. The matter
will cause general inquiry into the
methods at the home, and members OF
the county board declare that they will
turn the girl over to her husband, who
is perfectly able to support his wife.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1897-11-07
AN OLD OFFENDER.
Not His First Effort at Passing Fraudulent
Checks

SAN FRANCISCO. November 6.-TIcnry
Oubridge. alias Lord Athol and Algernon
Percy Of Ainwick Castle. Northumber-
land. England. has been arrested. charged
with having fictitious checks in his posses
sion. He is an old offender, having been
arrested before for swindllng livery stable
keepers. and it is also stated by the police
that he once served three years in san
quentin for forging the name of AleSan-
der Center. general manager Of the Pa
cific Mail Steamship Co. ON the present
occasion. he is said TO have offered as SCI
curity for livery bill a bogus check for
$500, alleged to have been drawn by J. -.
Tobin, on the Bank of California.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1897-11-07
BURNED TO DEATH.
Mother and Son Perish in a Fire Caused by
"a Lamp Explosion.

SAN FRANCISCO. November 6-Mrs.
Rudolph Vessels. wife of a conductor on
a Kentucky street car, and her tive-year-
old son Rudolph, lost their lives last night
by the explosion of a coal oil lamp at their
home 220 Mississippi street. The child
playfully pulled the table cloth off a table
on which stood the lighted lamp, which
fell to the floor and Immediately explod-
ed. The boy w04 enveloped in the flames
and in trying to save him the mother was
badly burned. Botf. were taken to the city
and county hospital were they died after
suffering intense pain.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1897-11-07
ELKINS FIGHTING A WIDOW.
Trying to Cause the Removal OF Mrs.
Kenna from the Charleston Postoffice.

Trying to Cause the Removal Of Mrs.
Kenna from the Charleston Postofice
st. Louis. November Ga special to
the Republic from Washington says:
Steve Elkins is leading a fight to
secure the removal of Mrs. Kenna,
widow of the late Senator Kenna, from
the postoffice at Charleston, w. Va,
and Dorr, the Congressman from the
district, is with him in the fight on
the widow. The President said that
he would wait until Congress meets;
but it is urged that il. action is delayed
until then at least half the Senators
will take a hand in securing her re-
tention. The President informed the
Congressman to-day that he would
make the change later, but declined to
do so to-day
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1897-11-07
WILL BE PARDONED.

Havana, November ct is semi
officially asserted here that if the crew
of the American schooner Competitor.
whose trial viii again begin on Monday
next before a naval c0urtmartial are
sentenced TO death or Imprisonment
they will be pardoned by the govern
ment at Madrid.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1897-11-07
SOUGHT REVENGE.
Rejected Lover Kills His Sweetheat
and Her Father.

and Her Father.
Dallas, Texas. November "a
special this afternoon from Durango,
Mexico, says:
Manuel Garcia, desperate charac-
ter, yesterday morning killed upwards
OF 20 sheep and two dogs on the sheep
ranch of Pedro Lopez, and in the even
ing entered the LONE of Lopez and
killed him and his daughter, a young
woman 10 years old. For several
months Garcia has professed to be
deeply in love with the girl, but both
she and her father refused to recognize
his suit On Tuesday he was given pos
itively to understand that he must offer
no further attentions to the young wo-
man, and must keep away from the Lo-
PEI home. This was the cause of the
crime He cut the throats of both his
victims. He has not been captured.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1897-11-07

ris Boyce, foreman at the Dold G Sons
packing house, has been arrested by
United States Marshal Shelby on a
charge of attempting to bride Don w.
Patton, Leslie j. Allen and Fred w.
Hopkins. government meat inspectors,
to pass condemned beef.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1897-11-07
TO BE EXTENDED.
Lake Erie, Alliance Southern Railroad to
Go to the River.

Special to the Register.
Steubenville. O., November 6.-The
Lake Erie. Alliance & Southern rail-
road, known as the Bergholz railroad,
is 70 be extended shortly, as a result
of the incorporation of lne Ohio River
& Lake Erie Railroad Company, with
$500 eco capital stock. AS there is a
railroad from Alliance to Berghalz it
railroad from Alliance to Bergholz it
river, so that it will extend through
Stark. Carroll and Jefferson counties.
1t will also be extended northward to
some point on Lake Erie. The incor-
porators are G. E. Taintor. H. d. EN-
erson, E. E. Scranton, Us. Williams,
E. H. Miller. An effort will be made
TO have the road brought to this city.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1897-11-07
BREACH OF PROMISE.

Wants $4,000 of Drug Clerks In
come.
Paterson. n j.. November 6.-Rob-
ert Sherwin, clerk in Loveland's drug
store. was committed to jail to-day in
a breach of promise suit for $4,000
brought by Hattie Aten, who lives with
her parents in Scraton, Pa. They were
school companions. Sherwin claims
that Miss Aten has been instigated to
the suit by her mother. who seeks re-
yenge for an imaginary wrong
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1897-11-07
JUDGE APPOINTED.

Special to the Register. 8
Charleston, w Va. November e.
Governor Atkinson to-day appointed l..
G. Gains Judge of the Criminal Court
of Fayette county to succeed Fl. w.
Brazie, who died October 81.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1897-11-07
bunting and has issued 1000 extra copies

bunting and has issued 1000 extra copies
Of his paper, in which he says:
Mr. Van Hazel, a veteran subscriber to
this paper, brought in load of wood that
was due this office thirty-five years ago,
and it is rarely we ever get promised wood
on account of subscription, hence We cele-
brate the happy event
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1897-11-07

petition for writ of error and super
sedeas refused.
J. Il. McChesney was appointer crier
of the court. Adjourned till next
Wednesday.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1897-11-07
IN THE SUPREME COURT.

Special TO the Register.
Charleston, w. Va, November G.
The following orders were entered to-
day by the Supreme Court:
~Vintroux VS.. Simms, from Putnam
county; petition for writ Of error and
supesedeas refused.
The State, for the use Or Yost ".
Ming q Boyer. rpm Tyler connty:
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1897-11-07
LONG-PROMIsED WOOD.

Edtt tor Celebrates Payment of Thirty Five
Near-Old Debt.
wINkMAC, Ind. November 6--Marion.
H. Ingrau. editor of the Pulaski County
Democratic Journal a weekly paper pub
lished at Ahis place, has decorated his
printing o1|ce with red, white and blue
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1897-11-07
SHOT HIMSELF .

Special 10 the Register.
Sistersville, w. Va, November g.
A telegram received here this evening
announces that Irwin Powell. son Of ex-
Sheriff Powell, who has been at Hot
Springs, had shot himself seriously.
He has been in i'll health for some time.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1897-11-07
WEBSTER STREET APPOINTED.

4 Washington. D. c., November g.
be President has appointed Webster
ceet, Of Arizona, to be chief justice
fhe Supreme Court Of Arizona.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1897-11-07
THOMAS NuLTY ARRESTED.

Dawdon, Que, November 6.-Thomas
Nulty was arrested this afternoon by
e. detective on suspicion of having
d gdered his three sisters and brother
On Th6 Nay hsts
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1897-11-07
A PLACE FOR BYRNES.
Said to Be Slated for Chief of Police of
Greater New York

New York, November 6.-It is
understood that former Supt. Thomas
F. Byrnes is slated for the position of
Chief of Police of Greater New York
Mayor Van Wyck will control the Po-
lice Board after January l next, and
he is said to have sounded Mr. Byrnes
on the question of returning to his old
post. The former chief is receptive
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1897-11-07
WATCHF1UL CARE.

birth, endangering the
lives of both mother and
infant, are the result.
Such difficulties cannot
be overcome by internal
medicines. Direct action
is required upon the parts
involved. This can only
be secured by the applica-
ton of a penetrating lini-
ment to the cords and
muscles subjected to Sc
verest strain. Such a
Imminent is 7" Mothers
Friend, /" made by the
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1897-11-07
"MOTHER'S FRIEND
NEVER FAILS.

JoHN G. PoLHILL, leading druggist Of
Macon, Ca, writes:
have sold quantity Of "Mothef's Friend"
and have never known IN instance where il failed
to produce the good results CLAIMED for it. know
one lady the mother of three children, who suf-
fcred greatly in the birth of each. she obtained
bottle Of me before her fourth confinement, and
was reiievc3 quickly. All agree that their labor
was shorter and les painful
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1897-08-25
Edeting a Newspaper.

An exchange thus sums up the
business:
Editing a newspaper is pleas
ant business if you like it.
If it contains much political
matter people won't have it.
If the type is large it don't con-
tain much reading matter.
If We publish telegraph reports
folks say they are nothing hut
lies.
If we omit them, we have no
enterprise, or suppress them for
political purposes.
If we have a few jokes, folks
say we are nothing but rattle
heads.
If we. omit a few Jokes folks
say we are nothing but fossils.
If we publish original matter
they damn us for not giving Sc.
| lections.
| If we give selections, people say
we are lazy for not writing NOR,
and giving them what they hav,
not read in some other paper.
If we give complimentary no
tice we are censured, for bein
partial.
If we don't praise, all say W
are a great hog.
If we insert an article whic
pleases the ladies the men becom
jealous and vice versa.
If we attend church, they sa
it is for effect.
I If we remain in our Office a
. tending to our business folks sa
> we are too proud to mingle wit
g other fellows.
If we 60 out they say we don
attend to our business.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1897-08-25

The Rocky Mount Argonaut sings
thus hopefully: "All hail to the
era of prosperity so long and pa
tiently waited for by the people OF
this country. No difference by
what influences it was brought,
the people are not captlous, they
are too glad to see the brighter
day coming. Our crops are grand
and the promise of good prices
never more favorable. Every in
dustry is yelling up and the
whololatmosphere of the business
werlE.is thrilled by the electricity
Of hope. Now let our people have
good heart and celebrate the com
ing of brighter days by buryine
the calamity howlers and oaSer'
so deep that their dismal yawl
cannot break through to disturb
the Thanksgiving of grateful poo
ple.i',
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1897-08-25
The R0BES0NlAN.
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 18th, 1897.

George Brodie, the negro brute
who outraged Miss Mamie Catlett
at Kittrell, on July Doth, has been
convicted and swiH hang on Sep
tember ist. Tfle.trial was held at
Henderson last week. The jury,
which was composed of nine white
men and three~negroes, were OUT
only seven minutes before return
ing their verdict. The. charge OF
Judge Brown only consumed foul
minutes. No testimony was offer
ed by Brodie and no speeches were
made by his counsel or the 'attor
neys for the State. A great GROVE
was present at the trial but there
was no excitement. There is gen
eral satisfaction AT the quick trla
and prompt conviction and lsen
tence of the fiend.'
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1897-08-25
Best Kind of independence.
Charlotte News

It is not what State raises
that makes it rich, but what it |
has left after the wants and needs |
of its people have been suppl
ed.
Here in North Carolina we
should first Of all raise our home
supplies enough to feed the State
without going outside of it for a
barrel of flour sack of meal or a
pound of meat. And if we raise
our own supplies we are indepen-
dent of the rest of the world
and not even the injustice Of dis
eliminating laws or the manipula-
tons of the gamblers on the pro-
duce exchanges can seriously dam
age us. Then what we have to
sell to the outside world, no mat
matter how much or how little or
what the prices are, is so much
clear profit andadds to the wealth
of the State.
! In some of the eastern counties
corn and flour are being imported
| from the West, and the. counties
are being drained of ready money
to pay for supplies that could
easily have been produced a
home.
II The corn crib, the barn, tn,
granary and the smokehouse con
|. stitute the the farmers banks, ant
they contain deposits of which de
faulting cashiers and schemin,
g officials cannot rob him. Whel
! they are we'll filled he has prett,
s solid base of prosperity under hi
t own vine and fig tree, no matte
t how the rest of the world wags.
al 1t is independence of the bes
d type.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1897-08-25
The Printer Did 1t.
Philadelphia Record.

The old proof reader. was hold
ing forth upon the question of ty-
biographical errors and their occa-
sionalinfiuence on posterity. "The
word 'hoodlum' is all instance of
this" he said, as he threw the
ashes out of his pipe. ''Out in
San Francisco Is years ago there
was q notorious character named
Muldoon, who was the leader of a
gang of young ruffians. They were
a terror to the community and
about as tough a lot of citizens as
you would find On the coast. A
reporter who had been assigned to
a story in which they had figured
tried to coin word designating
the gang. He reversed the name
of the leader and referred to then
as 'Noodlums.' The composition
set up the "n'' for an "h,'' and as
'hoodlums' the word passed the
proof reader. And now 'hoodlum
Isl recognized word, and will pro
badly survive. Aaother instance
which L recall shows how even al
actress may accept as inevitabl,
| the error of the compositor. Yol
may not be aware that Ada Rehan'
reaI,name is Ada Crehan, but suc]
is the case. On the occasion o
of her first appearance in sneak
ing part, when she was accorded
dignity of having her name on tn
play bill, the printer divided it u
as Ada G. Rehan, and the name G
Ada Rehan she has ever since wen
by."
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1897-08-25

Mr.. A..C. Wolfe, Of Dundee, Mo-, who
travels for Mansur. & Tibbetts, lmple-
nent Co., of ST. Louis,s gives travelling
men and, travellers in general, some good
advice. "Reing Knight of the Grip,
he says, II haYe for the past three years
made it a rule to keep myself supplied
with Chanlber1ain's Collie, Cholera and
Diarrhoea Remedy, and have found nu-
merous occasions to test its merits, not
only on myself, but OH others as we'll. l
can truly say that never, i'll single in
stance, have known it to fail Iconsider
iteone of the best remedies travellers can
carry and could relate many instances
where have used the remedies OH skep-
tiss, much to their surprise and relief. l
nope every travelling man i'll the Unite
States win aHy bottle of this remedy
in his grip" For sale by DR.. J. d. NC
MILAN.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1897-08-25

Or. J. L.. Terry, of Trinlble, Tenn in
speaking of Chamberlain S Collie, Cholera
and DiaIrheoa Remedy, says: 1T has al
most become necessity i'll this vicinity
This is the best remedy in the world for
collie, cholera morbus, dysentery and di-
arrhoea, and is recognized as necessity
wherever its great worth and merit bel
co,ue known No other remedy is sc
prompt or effectual, or so pleasant to take
Sold by Dr. J. ID. Mcmillan.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1897-08-25

Some lineage little bottle of Cham
belain's Colo Cholera and Diarrhoea,
Remedy fell irtomy.hands, inst at a time
when my two-year-old boy was terribly
afii6tsl. His bowels were beyond coil
troll. We had tried many remedies to nc
purpose, but the little bottle of Collie
Cholera and Diarriioea Remedy, speedily
cnred him.-Wiiliam +. Jones, Oglesby
Ca. For sale by DIR. j. D. Mcmillan.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1897-08-25
A Railroad Mans Story.
ST. Louis Globe-Democrat'

"When the Erie road was hrst
built the railroad man SAID,
(which runs from Harrlsonburg
to Canandaigua, N. Y, it was nick
named the 'Davy Crockett, and
for many years observation-disclosures
chung. To was brought about III
this way:
cone cloudy night the conduc-
tor noticed the headlight Of a 10
connective in his rear. He inform
ed the engineer of the fact, and
both began specializing what it
meant. The headlight in the rear
was gaining steadily on them. AS
there were no lights in the rear OF
the headlight they concluded 1t
must be an empty engine.
"The conductor ordered the en-
gineer to put on more steam, and
then followed wild, tireless chase
through the night. Pursuer and
pursued tore along at the highest
speed. Everything on the cars
believed that the engineer OF the
pursuing engine was either intoxl-
Gated or crazy.
"At last brilliant idea was
thought of by the engineer, and
the contents of two large cans of
| lard oil were poured on the rails
Of the road from the rear of the
last passenger coach. Soon the
head light of the pursuing engine
grew dim in the distance. When
it was safe to do so the train was
stopped and backed up to solve the
mystery. A very funny sight wa'
revealed.
Zone of the finest engines on tn
road called the 'Davy Crockett
: has ran away from the hostler VI
, at Williamsport and started dow
the railroad on voyage of destruc
/ ton. The oil poured on the rail
had baff1ed the destructive abili
ties that locomotive possessed
D There stood the Davy Crockett
: putting and snorting, apparent
g as mad as wild Texas steer, tn
driving wheels buzzing around O
d the creased rails similar to a fly
r wheel in machine shop, bu
d hardly moving an inch.
n mot a sign of an engineer ws
il found, and the fireman of the pu
le sued train mounted the engine al
n shut her off: They towed her In
lie Sunbury, and there found a di
le patch ordering them on to a sidil
le out of the way of the runawa
q. but the oil had saved them
t. GA large excursion train was I
he turning from Niagara Falls tn
On night, and the escape from d
struction was really brought abo
Sc by the oiled rails. The 'Da
gs Crockett made many trips aft
ar that, but the road went under t
on nickname for a long time, owl
mt to the peculiar way the lives
fu- many people had been saved