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Daily Kennebec journal., 1897-08-20

Private advoces from a semi-public
source in Nicaragua are to the effect
that Costa Rica and Guatemala will,
in all probability. refuse to proceed fur
ther with the scheme for the consolida-
tion of the FIVE republics of Central
America into one nation, and that the
present greater republic, comprising
Salvador. Honduras and Nicaragua
general war.
The agreement by which the pro-
posed scheme of the republic of Cen
tral America was to be carried into ef-
feet was that made at Guatemala City
last year. by the representatives of the
highest judicial tribunals Of the five
separate states. 1t declared that the
confederate union should exist, and the
constitution go into effect when the
congresses of lie two states ratified it.
1t was further arranged that the presi-
dency should be for one year, and be
filled in turn by citizens of the five
states. beginning with Costa Rica and
going down tho list alphabetically. Up
to the present time, Costa Rica and
Guatemala have not given in their ad-
herence to the agreement. and the in
formation from Nicaragua. confirmed
semi officially here, it that they will
refuse to do SO. The congresses of these
two states meet this month. and the
agreement for the complete organiza-
tion of the new republic expires by
limitation next month.
The intense jealousy existing between
Costa Rica and the states composing
the present Greater Republic Of Cen
tral America, in which Guatemala par
ticipates to a lesses degree, is given as
the reason for the possible failure tc
carry out the agreement. Upon the
formal announcement Of the refusal Of
Costa Rica and Guatemala to enter the
union the present combination of Hon
duras, Salvador and Nicaragua is ex-
.pected to collapse. and the result, 1t is
feared, will be a state Of war that VIII
extend to. all the countries Of Central
America.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1897-08-20
n the range As kept in good condition

n the range Is kept in good condition
it must be often blackened. This Ii:
necessary, not only for the preserva-
tion OF the material, but also as the
requisite of brisk fire from amoderale
amount OF fuel Yet blacking implies
dark marks upon dishes set on the
warming shelf. and these dark rings
are transferred in time to the dining
room to appear where the dish has
been placed upon the tablecloth.s 4
tin plate set upon the shelf upon which
the dish may rest Is the only sure way
to prevent the transmission Of the ring
Of Llack. The wiping on Of plates or
pIatters atsthe l9st moment IS not al
ways, even in the most orderly
Kitchens. thorough.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1897-08-20

Chicago, Aug. 19.
The leading futures closed as follows:
WHEAT-No. 2 September, SIS; De-
cember. new, STA; May. S9h.
CORN-No. 2. August. 2SAM2Sas: Sep
tember. 2s7sd2Ss4 December. 3oA: May. IS.
OATS-No. 2. September. 11hMlS; De-
cember. 1s5sM19; May. 21ssM2l1s
PORK-September. $S.57ls; October. $3.50;
December. $50.
LARD-September. $.52,la October.
A57is; December. $i62ls.
RIBS-September, $5.073: October.
$512la.
Cash quotations were as follows:
FLOUR-Firmer: prices advanced 25c.
WHEAT-No. 2 spring, S5s@S9; No. 3
do, S4GiS7; No. 2 red, new. so.
CORN-No. 2. 2Sls@2SA; No. 2 yellow,
2S1aM2S%.
OATS-No. 2. IS: No. white, fob, 2l6o
90; No. do. fob. 191S@2lH.
+ RYE-No. 2. 46A. S
BARLEY-No. 2. nominal; No. 5, fob.
30l3S; No. 4. fob. 2SIsM34.
FLAXSEED-No. 1. $f.00H@1 liz.
TIMOTHY SEED--Prime. SIZE.
,POR<-Mcss. per bbl.. $S550IS.60; short
ribs sides. loose, $4.950l5.25; dry sailed
shoulders. boxed. 5@5A; short clear sides,
boxed. 5HM5&.
LARD-Per 100 fbs.. $4.52ia.
SJfGAR-T1nCshange
Daily Kennebec journal., 1897-08-20
Cereal Coffee Drinkers BEWARE

II you have been deceived and tried one
OF the cheap bran substitutes now on the
market, claiming to be the original and
to have great food value, and you got a
pound Of poorly roasted bran for your
25e. and a poor, weak. sickish drink
(what can you expect from bran), dom I
made from solid grain. nicely Drowned
and 2 pounds for 25c. Grain-O takes the
place OF coffee at Y the price. Get a
package Of your grocer today.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1897-08-20
WHAT DO THE CHILDREN DRINK

tried the new food drink called Grain-O?
It Is delicious and nourishing and takes
the place of coffee. The more Grain-O
you give the children the more health
Grain-O is made Of pure grains. and
when properly prepared tastes like the
choice grades of coffee but costs about
as much. All grocers sell it. 15c and
Csc. -@.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1897-08-20
New York Cotton masHst.

New York, Aug. 10.
Cotton spot closed quiet and steady;
middfing uplands, g.; do. Gulf SA; sales,
9340 bales.
Cotton futures closed easy; sales. 90 800
bales: January. SIS; February, 67S;
March. 6.s2; April. S.S5; May. 6SS; August,
TAG: September. 6.94; October, C.S0: No
vember, $50; December. 6.7.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1897-08-20
Chicago Live s,sck alarLss.

Chicago, Aug. 10.
HOGS-Estimated receipts, today, "a 900: !:
left over, 1000; market opened steady to
stronger. closing weak: light, $3.S5dr4. 121s;
mixed $S S750l4.O5; heavy, $a.c5Ql4; rough,
$3.550D3.70.
CAT1'LE-Receipts, 1f,00O; steady to
firmer; eeves, $4I5.4O; cows and heifers.
81 .90@4.40 Texas steers. $1.90@D4; Westerns.
N.3504.4O; stockers and feeders. $500
4.50.
SHEEP Receipts, 19,cOo; weak TO lOc.
lower.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1897-08-20
DAILY SERVICE ron
eo0THBAY AND the 1sLAnUU.
Season Of 1871. The fasts ard f4xuuoas
STM'R IaI.ANDH4.

y Captain Freeman Boynton, oomt6saSSS11
SATURDAY., JUNE - WIN run non
kennebec river to Boothbay and xAo
Monday, Wednesday. Thussaay ard 1nk-
urdaysWill leave Gardiner 6t AM..HSGk-
mond Bath 8 Returning leave Bo6t16av
at 1,30 F. NJ, Bath &SQ, touching at Five
islands both ways. Monday. We&Ss6f9S
and Saturdays; Sundays, leave QAy1anee
at SO. A. n. Richmond ct 8.1o, 63S6 ~
1870. Special eieetfic oar leaves 0tato asd
Water streets. Augustss IN A. - ~
turning. boat will leave Boothbay g S.P.
Nj Tuesdayg and Fridays S6e6MSE n
lander may b.. chaftered. ~ dIoG10td6 ~
but On these days Steamer Ihlnnder =
Gardiner Will run 70 DuutAha8 - -
Islands. leaving Gardiner IT . q. ",
from Augusta and AalloweN W11l 3akD
electric care or n. G.. b. j. BS1G0
transferred freo a& Gardner h44 XaU.
! ASsuts, ]. 2; Rchansop. Rienmona: q.
For excursion rates Apply %
n. A. HARAOHN.
General e9enk, Qar01nog.
Bee time cards Tor rate g 'faeGk @1sss
Daily Kennebec journal., 1897-08-20
! special to- the Commercial Tribune

A special to the Commercial Tribune
from Clarksburg, w. Va, says: A meet
ing of over 600 miners was held. Wednes-
day night. on Main street. William a.
Carney of Pittsburg, vice president OF the
Iron and Steel Workers of America, was
the speaker Among other things he said
that for every man arrested IN that state
10 would be sent in from other states, ana
that this strike would be won II 1t took
one week or one year.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1897-08-20

Boston. Aug. 10.
FLOUR-Firm: spring patents, $5.5g@
600: clear and straights. $3.50M4.S0; winter
patents "a S595.S5; clear and straights.
81. .3Odl5 10.
CORN MEAL-Firm: per bag, 7id76;
per hbl.. 81. .55671 60. sx
CoRN-Quiet; steamer yellow, :stzz1I39; /;
No. 5 ard steamer, 3Sss Issae.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1897-08-20
How sickness. il Prevented.

"One OF my sons was AFFLICTED with
boils, caused by impure blood, but after
taking two bottles Of Hoods Sarsa-
fparilla he was entirely cured. We do
not have much Sickness in our family
because we keep Hoods Sarsaparilla
on hand and take 1t when we need It.
Mrs. S. H. Parsons, West Stewards
town. n. N.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1897-08-20

New YOrk, Aug. ~.
Money on call easy at 1AM1Ia per cent.
Prime mercantile paper, 3aiM4k per cent.
Sterling exchange firm with actual bus
rates, $4.Slls6t4.S6 and $i.S6l4@4.S7; COM
mercial bills, $4.S2.
Z Bar silver, 52
Mexican dollars 39k.
Government bonds, steady.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1897-08-20

HOODS PILLS are the favorite
family cathartic and liver medicine
Price Is cents.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1897-08-20

BUTTER-Market firm; creameries, II
G16ta: riairies, 10GI14.
CHEESE-Quiet: 7A6iS.
EGGS-Firm; fresh, 121s.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1897-08-20

Fall River. Mass, Aug. 10.
The print cloth market is firm at rs
panfR 3s77 n Ssss.~ -
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-06-05
DFSERV DEATH.
James Lewis. Black Rape Fiend
Hanged at Fairfax, Va.-Had Com
mitted Four Such Grimes.

Fairfax. Va, June flames Lewis
colored. who was recently convicted OF
criminal assault on Mrs Reidell. Of
this place. was hung at SOB this morn
ing in the Jail yard in the presence OF
about fifty people. Lewis was quite
cool and walked 10 the gallows without
assistance There was no demonstra-
tion Of violence on the part OF the
crowd.
The crime for which Lewis suffered
the extreme penalty Of the law was that
of ravishing Mrs Ida ReideI, a white
woman who lived with her son some
miles below Alexandria. Va. The crime
was a brutal one and stirred the indig-
nation of the people Of the surrounding
country almost to the lynching poiat.
He had three trials in as many days,
the mrv in the first two cases being
unable 10 agree, and in the last trial.
declaring him guilty and imposing the
death penalty. He asserted his inno-
cerce until Yesterday. when he admit
rcd that he committed the assault and
also confessed thar he had at various
times committed assaults upon three
other women. for one Of which he
served a term in Jail.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-06-05
SAVAGE ISLANDERS.
A Boat Grew Lurel to Death by Can
nibalistiC Natives.

San Francisco. June 4.-Advices per
steamship Mariposa from sydney, ~.
: w. state that another tragedy has
been enacted by the treacherous ma
tives of the Solomon islands, pre-
sumablv for cannibalistic purposes.
While trading in Nayre lagoon, Capt.
Wilson. of the schooner Navarro, went
ashore in boat with three natives.
As the islanders appeared to be friend
lv the crew in the boat accepted their
invitation to accompany them to their
village nearby, but Wilson decided to
remain with the boat. When out OF
sight of Capt. Wilson the islanders at
tackled the crew. killing one on the
spot and wounding the Others. The
latter made dash for the boat, but
only one managed to reach it, rs Wilson
was compelled TO leave the shore, and
the natives captured the wounded man
as he was swimming ont to the schoon-
or Wilson reached the vessel in safe
~ and repealed one attack by firing on
the invaders. who were evidently de-
termiped to kill the remainder Of the
crew.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-06-05
DURRANT'S NECK
VIII not Stretch Hemp for Four
Months at Least-~An Appeal to the
, US Supreme Court.

San Francisco, June 4.-Th2odore
Durrant will not be hanged on next Fri
dav. His attorneys have gained for him
a new lease Of life for four months at
least and the condemned man MADE
merry in his cell last night when he
heard the cheerful news. lie had be
come resigned to his fate and lis tear
ful ewes had turned to the Bible as his
only solace when information was re-
ceived at the prison that Judge Gilbert
Of the United States Circuit Court, had
granted his attorneys permission to ap
neal to the United States Supreme Court
from his order made on Wednesday,
denying the application for a writ cf
habeas corpus.
The appeal will be perfected today
when Theodore Durrants father viii
file q bond in $500 10 cover the costs CT
the appeal. Even if the appeal should
he dismissed early in the term, the
thirty days allowed by the State law
between the time when the day for eX-
ecution is fixed and the day of execution
would carry the matter pretty well to-
ward the end of the year. The posi-
bilities for further delay are so numer-
ous that practically he has an insurable
lease of life into the new year
No formal stay of execution. however
has been given. Attorney General Fitz-
gerald has not yet advised Warden Hale
not to proceed with the execution on
June II. but he has given such advice
10 Warden Aull. Of Folsom. in the Wor-
den case. and the Durrant case stands
on precisely the same footing. Dur
rants attorneys regard the immediate
labors in his behalf as at an end and
are preparing for their next effort.
which will be before the United States
Supreme Court.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-06-05

Special 10 the Register.
Charleston, w. Va, June 4.-The
commission to locate the home for in
curables met here this afternoon. Large
delegations from Huntington. Paykers-
burg and Clay Court House were here
to ask for the home Charleston also
had a committee to wait on the commits
sioners.
Huntington offered to donate to the
State 30 acres of land. cash to the
amout Of five per cent. of the cost TO
construct the building and to construct
free of cost to the STATE the necessary
sewers. water mains, etc, costing from
fifteen to twenty thousand dollars. EX-
Mayor George |. Neal was the spokes-
man for Huntington and he made a
strong plea in its behalf
DR.. Van Wrinkle and Mayor Thomas
spoke for Parkersbmg They made
an offer of $1,000 in cash and from -
to lee acres Of land, as may be needed.
Charleston did better; it offered the
State the new City Hospital building
lust completed, with % acres of land.
The building and land are estimated
to be worth $4,000
Berkeley Springs and Clay Court
House also asked for the home. The
commissioners being unable to decide
on a location adjourned to meet in Par
kersburg. Monday. June A.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-06-05
PROSPEROUS PARkERSDURG.
Wood County's Metropolis Feeling the
Good Effects of an Oil Boom,

The Business Life Of the City
Quickeued toa Very Appreciable
Degree--Not a Vacant Dwelling
or Business House in the City.
Hotel Accommodations, While
Unusually Good for a Town OF
the size, are Entirely Inadequate.
People B g With Tears for Homes
in Which TO Live and for Cots at
The Hotels--WOrk on a New Rail
road to Begin, and Improvements
Making Every where.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-06-05
WHEELING w. V y SATURDAY, s.

are claiming $4,000 with an earnest
! ness and unanimity which carries con-
viction to the sojourning stranger
They have a splendid City Hail. nine
teen churches, five banks, excellent pa
pers, brick paved streets, electric
lights, plenty of saloons, fifteen or
twenty big jobbing houses, excellent
schools, a capacious Jail, fine hotels,
u very bad street railway system,
and picturesque city generally.
Something of an eye-sore is the old
Court House. but l am assured that
there is a decided disposition 10 wreck
the present building and put something
like $1,000 900 in new one, and that
this will be carried out just Us soon
as the money can be procured. Some
gentlemen are also looking around in
a quiet way for site for another ho-
tel. but as yet nothing in this regard is
settled They are also going 10 have
new railroad. ground for which will
be broken tomorrow or Monday. 1t is
to run up the south bank of the Little
Kanawha, through Elizabeth, Pales-
tine. Burning Springs. Creston, Brooks
Vile. Grantsville, Glenvlle, and on to
Burnsville. in the heart of the great
coking coal field in central West Vir-
ginia. and its chief and most persis-
tent advocate is Mr.. Claiming NJ.
Smith. who will cheerfully sit up o
nights to tell about the great good it
will accomplish. and who richly de-
serves the success which now appears
to be in sight.
The crops in the surrounding conn-
try appear to be fully up to the mark,
oats and wheat looking particularly
well. and the beginning OF harvest is
less than three weeks away. The To-
Gusts are fearful, in some parts of the
country. however To illustrate this, |
met an apparently truthful man yes
terday. who said he had hCel "Out TO
the farm" and he assured me that il
places where the road led through the
woods. the locusts nade so much
noise that conversation between two
men in the same buggy was impossible.
I don't vouch fer this; / simply narrate
the conversation-or. rather. the other
mans end of it. But notwithstanding
the plague of insects, think the fa'm-
ers Will raise enough 70 feed the pests,
and hsce something lei over for them
selves.
Several other things struck me, while
here One was the extreme ahmn-
dance and exceptional lusciousnaHS Of
the strawberries. and another was the
fact that even active Republican poll
/ ticians down here couldn't place Dr.
Stathers. just selected as Supefn'cni-
emf of the Weston asylum. This latter
is odd. for the Doctor has some rennla-
ton here at home, both in pEysics and
politics. I also found Republican
who was disgusted with the rusA OF
office seekers at Weston, but his SAD
ness was accounted for. He GiGn't get
what he went after. He said the
hotels of Weston were jammed, private
houses were entertaining people. and
the rest of the crowd was sleeping un-
der the trees. I had heard it was prct-
tv bad. before I saw this gentleman
w. c. BEANS.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-06-05
Special to the Register

Special to the Register
Parkersburg, w. Va, June 4.-Worc
comes here to-day of terrible destruc.
tion wrought by a heavy rain and wind
storm which swept over the country
in the vicinity of the Henderson, oil
field last night at o'clock Out the
northwestern pike, from Red Hill,
about five miles east of this city. for
ten or fifteen miles in the direction OF
Volcano, a storm in the nature Of hur-
ricane and of unprecedented violence
swept a tract of country probably half
a mile wide.
Great damage was done all along
the track Of the storm, fences, Ourbuilc-
ings. barns. orchards, and crops being
blown down or badly damaged. The
force of the wind was terrific. In
places in the woods, spaces of one tc
two acres have had nearly every tree
broken down or twisted out ny the
roots. while some orchards have been
nearly ruined, half the trees being
blown down.
Long lines of fences were in mar,
places swept down. At Murphytown
a handsome grove Of huge trees, sur
rounding the Baptist church, were up
rooted and scattered about. The large
orchards of p. c. Barrett, Jerry Piersol
Osburn Congletons and l number OF
others along the pike. were destroyed
On Osbourne Congleton's farm, al
Pleasant Valley, several buildings we're
blown down and fences destroyed.
The storm played havoc in the Hen
dershot oil field Three rigs are re-
ported 10 have been blown down. One
Of these was on the Montgomery No.
vel. and at the time it went over
there were seven men seeking shelter
in the derrick from the storm, and two
were badly injured by falling boards.
One of the Gilbert Oil Company's der
ricks also went over. 1t is probable
that the damage is greater than has
been yet reported.
The telephone line to the field is
wrecked.
The storm was accompanied by
drenching rain and vivid lightning. A
number of trees were struck by light
ming.
Two persons. Mrs. Stillie Piersol and
Miss Virgie Nowery. 15-year-old daugh-
ter of Robert Nowery residing near
NIurphvtown. were overtaken by the
storm while passing through a field.
They sought shelter from the rain be-
meath big hickory tree, which was
struck by a bolt of lightning and COM
pletely shattered. Both women were
rendered unconscious and the shoes
were torn from the feet of Miss Nowery.
They Law unconscious for over an hour,
when Miss Nowery revived.
The storm had passed and she man
aged to go for aid When help, which
she secured. went back to the tree, Mrs.
Piersol had also recovered to some ex-
tent and was removed to her home, and
il is thought is not seriously injured by
the shock.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-06-05

Special 10 the Register.
Parkergburs, W. Va, June 4.-Owing
40 the influence and impetus OF the eX-
tensiye oil developments in surround
ing territory, this is now the most act
i've business community in West Nir-
ginia, with the single exception OF
Sistersville, the relative sizes OF the
two communities being taken into con-
sideration. Sistersville is a much
smaller place, but is more Immediately
influenced by the developments for oil,
which come right up to the building
line in many parts of town. and natur-
ally makes a greater showing than
Parkersburg: but here the effect of the
oil business can be seen on all sides,
and the business life of the whole city
is quickened to a very appreciable de-
gree. am assured there is not va
cant business house or a vacant resi-
dence in all of Parkersburg, and per
sonal inspection bears out the asser-
tion. while the demand for buildings
amounts to a clamor One gentleman
tells me that by some sort of accident
he SAYS he always was unlucky-one Of
his tenement houses became empty,
and the fact being noised abroad, he
was literally deluged with letters and
telephone inquiries, while there was a
regular procession of people towards
his home for a couple of days, until he
made a lease. He assures me that he
had to disconnact his telephone and
keep his office door locked while at his
place of business. and he actually
dreaded going home of evenings, for
people were waiting for him all along
the streets. sitting on his front steps
and idling around generally in the
neighborhood of his residence, awaiting
chance to put in q claim for the lease
of that blessed tenement, without stop
ping to inquire how much the rent was.
This, of course. may be a tri1e eX-
aggerated. but being comparative
stranger here, [ am compelled to be-
lieve it or run the risk of appearing
rude
Seriously. however. business is brisk
here, the town is growing at a rapid
pace. handsome new buildings are 60
ing up on all sides. particularly in the
district above the Baltimore and Ohio
track. five banks are busy, the daily
papers have prosperous look. and the
hotels are bang full all the time with
despairing would-be guests standing
around on the sidewalks. wondering
where in the world they will lay their
heads. As a matter of fact another
hotel here would make its proprietor
rich in year or so. You can hardly
throw stone now. without hitting a
hotel. but there are not accommoda-
tions enough. and daily and nightly
people who plead with tears in their
eyes for the poor boon of a cot in some
out-of-the-way corner are turned aside
not rudely. but still firmly. | have
seen. something of this, heard of some
thing more. ard-imagine the rest It's
actually based upon fact
There is room here for a big city,
and if the petroleum industry holds out
long enough they are bound TO have
one. The start which has been made
is excellent. They probably have
about Is 600 or 1900 people here, but
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-06-05
MAKING REPAIRS.

Special 10 the Register.
Martinsburg, W. Va, June 4.-The
p. & 0. shops here are undergoing
thorough repairs. between 40 and 80
men being employed on the work. The
shops will be used to do repairing for
the maintenance of way and bridge
building departments.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-06-05
OIL MARKETS.

Oil City. Pa. June 4.-Certifcates. no
bids. credit balances, SIC; shipments,
1146S7 barrels: runs. 9S.597 barrels.
New York. June 4-Petroleum Penn
svlyania crude steady, July soc bid.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-06-05
CONTRACT LET FOR LAUNDRY.

Special to tine Register.
Weston. W. Va, June THE Hos
piral Board spent to-day in examining
the bids for the new buildings and an
nexes. The laundry was the only con-
tract awarded. which was given to Ham
iton Bros. of Wheeling. at S1S,312.70.