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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-08-07
NOT A LUNATIC.
Frank Harper, Of Cameron, Who Was
Committed to Jail to Be Sent to
Weston is a Sane Man and Has
Been Living in France.

Frank Harnar, who recently escaped
from the workhouse, and was after
wards committed to Jail by Squire Fitz-
patrick to await transportation to an
insane asylum just as soon as room
could be made for him, has shown
signs of recovering his mental faculties
and will probably escape the asylum.
Squire Fitzpatrick visited the county
Jail and found Harper in a reasonable
frame Of mind and fully conscious OF
his situation. Speaking of his predica
ment Harper stated that his mental
alteration was caused by hard drink
ing and that his experiences for several
weeks past seemed to him like dream.
He said that he was manager Of a
club house at Cameron and had come
to Wheeling to buy some liquor for his
establishment. He bought five gallons
of whisky and a lot of beer Some OF
the stuff he sent home and some he
did not. 1t found its way into his
capacious and thirsty stomach. He al
leges that for eight days he did not
eat bite Of food and put nothing into
his stomach but whisky. He became
desperately drunk and practically lost
his senses. He says after this he re-
members only dimly what occurred.
He was arrested and sent to the work
house for ten days. When brought up
before His Honor, the Mayor, he was
in this trance-like condition, and was
under the impression that he was be-
ing hauled up before his Satanic males
ty. whom he thought had a vengeance
to wreak upon him. He has a faint
recollection of being confined at Hill
Side Inn and during the time that he
was there he got the idea fixed in his
mind that on certain days the devil in
tended to have a public execution at
the workhouse for the entertainment
of his fellow inmates and that he was
to be the victim to be sacrificed.
On these days he made an effort to
gain his liberty, and succeeded In es-
Gaping twice from the workhouse.
When last arrested he was found IN the
vicinity Of the Belmont mill, but the
devil still pursued him. He finally
made a last stand and says he got
satan in a corner and fixed him.
He also told the Justice Of an impress
sion he had while in this trance tnat
his brother had been made emperor OF
one of the foreign countries and that
ba had gone across the waters to wit
ness the coronation. He explained
that It was the grandest sight OF his
life. He said he hardly remembered
heing taken before the Justice and tried
for lunacy. Harper declared he had a
sister in Titusville. Pa, and gave her
name. The Justice wrote a letter and
received a prompt reply, stating that
she was much surprised to hear that
her brother was a lunatic and could
hardly believe the statement. Harper
will be kept in jail until he has fully
recovered and next week VIII be per-
mitted to go home instead Of being sent
to Weston.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-08-07
"MISERY LOMES COWPHN'

torn off, one lying at the bottom or
the door, and the other on the noor
about six feet back from the door. A
search of the rear work room resulted
in the discovery of an inch and one
eighth carpenters mortising chisel'
standing on a small table, and leaning
against the wall, in the rear OF small
water cooler, just across the room from
the door. 1t was applied to the marks
on the door, and fitted them exactly.
If that particular tool did not make the
marks, it was one Of similar size. En-
ouiry of the employees resulted in the
information that they had such chlsel
about the store. but they did not think
the one found behind the water cooler
was theirs, because the store chisel had
a loose handle and was often without
il whereas the chisel found had the
handle firmly attached. The employees
did not think the chisel found was the
one belonging to the store. The tool
was taken possession of by the police
No -other clew was found, anu 30 on9
in the neighborhood saw the thieves
or heard them, except the workman at
the rear window at the cigar store, VINO
remembers hearing a man say, shortiy
after six o'clock, You will have TO
raise the latch" He paid no attention
to the remark, however. The police
went to work on the case energeucally,
last night, but they were handicapped
by the fact that the robbery was not
discovered for over an hour after 1t oc-
Cured.
Mr. McNamee stated last evening
that last Saturday there was an evl-
dent attempt to rob the store by three
men. one of them coming into the place
from Market street and making some
plausible excuse to look at things,
while the others were simultaneously
observed at the rear, looking in through
the windows. One Of the employees
grabbed the big revolver stolen yester-
day. put two cartridges in it, it being
empty. and started out the back way,
but the suspicious characters had dis
appeared. Little was thought about
the matter at the time, but it appeared
to have an added significance last
night
The affair created a good deal of ex-
citement along Market street, and
there was quite a crowd about the store
until after nine o'clock last night.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-08-07
TAKES LOIS OF CAPITAL

To Get Into the KIondyke Region-starva-
tion Staring Many Prospectors In tho
Face.
San Francisco, August 6.-Speaking
of the Klondyke output of gold' the
chief clerk Of the mint said; "All the
gold brought to this city rom 'ns
Alaskan mines will not exceed ssooooo.
ord all that has been taken TINS Year
ana sent 10 otner mints Of the count'9
will not exceed $2,0UO,oDo.
"The gold from that part OF the coun-
try is generally from 700 to 500 fine. and
some of t. ran to 900. the average being
worth from $3.50 to $1700 an ounce"
&c. Butler, of the Pullman Car CO.,
is in receipt of letter from X. r. lay
lor. a financial broker OF Seattle. A
few days ago Taylor received letter
from some men whom he had sent TO
the Klondyke section last spring, In
which they inform him that every claim
within $50 miles OF Dawson City has
been taken up and that men are rush.
ing all over the country looking for To-
cations. He says starvation and hard
ship stare many of them in the face.
Capt. Niebaum, of the Alaska Com
mercial Company, who has made a care
full study OF the situation. fears there
will be a great deal of suffering In the
mining regions this spring. He thinks
the people going are far In excess OF
the supplies that have been forwarded.
A letter from Hart Humber, pros
pector, dated Dawson City, June Is, just
received, shows that the gold seekers
need plenty Of capital. After reaching
Dawson and paying the heavy duty on
his outfit, besides thirty cents a pound
for getting it over Chilkoot Pass. he
will have 10 pay 25 cents a pound TO
get it from Dawson to the diggings.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-08-07
HARRISON COUNTY ALI OUT.

Not Miner Now Working In That Dis
trict-Agltators Make Confident Claims
Clarksburg, W. Va, August g.
Everything is quiet here in mining
circles. A large meeting at the Pritch-
ard building was held last night. There
was considerable enthusiasm and as
result the miners are out at every mine
in the county The coal trade is at a
standstill. Il is confidently claimed by
the agitators that this result will now
take place all over the State and will
end in a victory for the Pennsylvania,
Ohio and other miners.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-08-07
ANOTHER MEETING HELD.

Charleston, w. Va, August GA
joint meeting of miners was held at
Handley this evening composed of dele
gates representing both Kanawha and
New River mines. The mines were not
all represented, there being only eigh-
teen men present at the meeting. They
passed resolutions demanding the short
weight and so cents for digging, They
decided to quit work at once and re-
main idle till their demands were met.
BY Monday next it will be known how
far the miners will respond to the call
to quit work.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-08-07

the feature this week being large pipe
contracts for Russian oil fields, SUI
matra and Germany. While consump-
ton does not yet equal the capacity
OF the works in operation, and prices
OF iron and steel products averages
slightly lower, the situation is alto
gether more hopeful.
Failures for the week have been 237
in the United States against 240 last
year, and 20 in Canada against 80 last
year
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-08-07
HABEAs CORPUS
Secures the Temporary Release Of Umpire
Tim Horst.

Tim Horst.
st. Louis, Mo-, August 6.-Tim Hurst.
the League umpire, who was arrested
yesterday for assaulting a Cincinnatian
with a beer glass. was released to-day
in bonds Of $500, a writ Of habeas cor
pus. returnable tomorrow, being is
sued by Judge Murphy. The bond was
signed by Alderman Cronin and Mich
olas Griffin. Hurst umplred the Pitts
-burg-St. Louis game yesterday. AT
noon to-day Hurst received a message
from n. Ashley Lloyd, treasurer or the
Cincinnati club, stating that Chief
Deitsch had expressed his willingness
TO have Hurst go to the ball grounds
under constabulary escort, and after
umpiring the game return TO the -Four
Courts to await the arrival Of fficers,
who will take him back to the Ohio
metropolis.
Chief Harrigan refused 20 recognize
the telegram and TO release Hurst.
whereupon the writ Of habeas corpus
was obtained.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-08-07
MUST BE A MISTAKE.
Spanish Learn of the Escape OF Cuban
Leader who is Not a Prisoner

spanish Learn Of the Escape of Cuban
Leader who is Not Prisoner.
Madrid. August 6.-The Premier,
Senor Canovas del Castillo, has re-
ceived a dispatch announcing that "the
Cuban chief. Callisto Garcia, and an
other Cuban" had escaped from the
fortress at the Spanish penal settle
ment of the Chaffarine islands. of the
coast Of Morocco. II is believed the
escaped prisoners have reached the
coast of Africa.
1t would appear that there is some
mistake in the Information sent to
the Spanish premier.
Major General CaliXto Garcia, the
famous insurgent leader of Cuba, who
would seem TO be referred to in the
above dispatch. is not known to have
been captured by the Spaniards, much
less sent to the Chsffarine islands.
A letter from Gen. Garcia was re-
ceived at the Cuban headquarters in
this city New York; last month,
dated from a Cuban stronghold, giving
a fuu statement of the situation Of af-
fairs in Cuba.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-08-07
CnNFERFNCE At PITTsBrRG.

PITTSBURG, Kansas, August 6.-At the
conference here to-day between the coal
operators and the executive board of the
miners union. IL was practically agreed
TO give the miners their choice of all
grades Of powder at the present rate of 81
a keg; to establish a semi-monthly pay
day: to pay 50 a day for day men and $3.50
per yard for entry work and to provide
checkweighman at every shaft
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-08-07
A DARING and
HEAVY ROBBERY.
Harry McNamee's Jewelry Store Raided
In Daylight.
Watches and Diamonds Valued at
$1,000 to $1,000 Missing.

The Thieves Were Two in Number,
and Must Have Entered the Store,
by Breaking Open the Rear Door,
About Twenty Minutes After SIX
O'Clock-The Stolen Goods Were
Taken from the South Show
Window, and from One Of the
Counter Gases - The Police on
Hand Promptly-The Details OF a
Big Theft.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-08-07
GRANTED ANOTHER TRIAL.

Special to the Register.
Ellenboro, w. Va, August s.-The
Supreme Court has Just granted Frank
Cross another trial. Cross killed hss
sister, Mrs. c. Taylor. at CORVALLIS.
two years ago, and has been tried and
convicted three times. His fourth
trial will come up in October.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-08-07
INDIANA MINES CLOSED.

Princeton, Ind, August 6.-Reports
at hand show the following mines idle
by strike: Hartwell, Ayres, Carbon,
Little, Wooley's, and many other
small mines. Bells marchers are at
Huntingburg to-day. From there they
will go down the Evansville branch of
the Air Line railway and will no
doubt succeed in closing all the mines
in and around Bonneville. Evansville
will be the next line.
The miners resort to no violence.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-08-07
THE FgaT kept Up
ABOUT PITTSBURG.
Strikers Continue to Make Gains in
That District.
More Of the New York & Cleveland
Coal COmpany's Men

Come Out Of the Mines and Join
Strikers Plum Creek is Praci-
cally Closed, Leaving De Armitt' s
Mines With But Very Small Pro-
duction-The Campaign Against
Westmoreland and Central Penn
sylvsnia TO Begin Next Week
Outsiders Trying to Get Strikers
Drunk-Offcials Held to Court.
Clarksburg Mines All Closed.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-08-07
WHEELING, W. Va. SATURDAY. AUGUST . 1897

mains practically unchanged. The i'm
ported diggers for the Oak Hill mine
have net as yet shown up. The usual
march to Plum creek will be made in
the early morning.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-08-07
rur RnATs AccEPTED

Washington, August 6.-The Navy
Department to-day directed the pre-
liminary acceptance OF the gunboats
Marietta and Wheeling.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-08-07
rwo NOPE SIGNED SCALES.

IWU MUhE oIJNED oNhLLo.
Pittsburg, Pa. August 6.-To-day
signed scales were received by the
Amalgamated Association from Cornes
& Son. MassiIJon. o.. and the Great
Western Tin Plate Company, Joliet,
Ills
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-08-07
The Weather

Iir. c. sehnepf. the Opera Houss
druggist. made the following obserya-
tions Of the weather yesterday: a
m, So; 9 a. m, 20: IL m, 81; 3 p. NJ.
SO; 7 p. M, 81. Weather. clear.
Washington, d. c.. August 6.-Fcr
West Virginia. Western Pennsylvania
and Ohio: Fair: slowly rising tenn
perature; ligft northeast o.east winds
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-08-07

Seattle, Wash, August 6.-News
has just reached here of the death
last April of Charles A. Blackstone.
George Botcher and ]. w. MalinQue,
miners who went to Alaska in 1886
and were frozen TO death in trying to
make their way back TO Seattle. They
were last seen alive March q. Friends
from this city who went TO Alaska TO
investigate found Blackstone's body,
but no trace of the other two could
be discovered.
The following statement was found
on Blackstones body:
Saturday, April 4, 1897.
"This is to certify that Botcher froze
TO death on Tuesday night. }. w. Ma
linuue died on Wednesday forenoon
being frozen TO death. c. A. Black
stone had his ears, nose and four nn-
gers on his right hand and two on MS
left frozen an inch back. The storm
drove us on before IT, 1t overlook us
within an hour of the summit ana
drove us before it. 1t drove every
thing we had over the clin except
blankets and moose hide, whlcn We
all crawled under. Supposed to have
been 40 below zero. On Friday l start
ed for Salt Water. / don't know now
| got there without outfit. on Satur-
day afternoon l gathered up every
thing. Have enough grub for ten
days, providing bad weather does not
set in. Sport was blown over the
cliff. | think / can hear him howl
once in while"
The bodies of Malinque and Botcner
were never found.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-08-07
A TRAGEDY OF alaska.
Three Miners Who Went TO Alaska in
1895, Heard From.

All Of Them Froze to Death Before
Reaching the Diggings-A Scrap
OF Paper Pinned to One Of the
Bodies Tells the Story OF Awful
Hardships-April 4, Last, Was
the Fatal Day-Something About
the Cost Of Getting Provisions
Into the Gold Fields.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-08-07
A POTTERY CONFERENCE
In session at Atlantic City-EIpected To
Close To-Day

I'm NetsIUu dt EhtEH"E'" ~
Close To-Day.
ATLANTIC CITY, y. J.. August s.-A
conference Of the committee representing
the Cooperative Potters' Association OF
America and the United States Poiters'
Association. are in convention here The
purpose Of the conference is 70 adjus; the
wage scale. Under the Wilson bill III
per cent reduction was made An en-
deavor Is being made TO restore H. A de-
cisfon will he reached to-morroH.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1897-05-27
FARM AND GARDEN.
VALUABLE EXPERIMENTS.
Dipping Is Now said to Prevent
Spread of Texas Fever.

Elaborate experiments on Texas fever
have been conducted during the past
year by the Missouri state authorities
cooperating with the Texas Experiment
station. II is clearly demonstrated that
the Texas tick is the natural means OF
communicating the disease from one
animal to another. Ticks hatched in
the laboratory when put on Missouri
short-horn cows in lots free from any
possible infection, produced fatal cases
OF Texas fever in every instance within
from 10 TO IS days after the young tlcks
were placed on the animal.
The Texas station dipped a carload
OF Texan cattle. all Of which We're GOV.
cred with the Texas fever tick, anc
shipped the dipped cattle 10 the Mis-
sour Experiment station. These cattle
were dipped in a West Virginia minera,
oil at 4 cost Of less than five cents per
head. The Missouri station confined
these dipped Texan cattle in a small lot
with a number of short-horn cows from
the 18th Of August until the LIST of No.
yember, and made careful daily obser'
,ations and temperature records, with
the result that no Texas fever was com.
munjcated. II subsequent experiments
confirm these results, the dipping proc
ess will be regarded as entirely practi
cable and feasible. 1t can be easily anC
cheaply done on a commercial scale
and would enable the farmers of the
Mississippi valley to purchase and bring
to their farms with perfect safety a
any season of the year cheap range
cattle to eat their surplus corn anC
grass.
An attempt was made to inoculate
cattle 50 that they would be proc
against this disease, with very promts
ing results. These results are III a meas
ure confirmed by experiments that DR.
Connaway has just concluded in Mis-
st~sippi, on a carload of dairy cattle
shipped there from Kansas. Twelve o.
these cattle had died of Texas feve!
before the animals were injected; nom
died afterward. The method is neithe,
expensive nor difficult, and if it proves
10 be successful the entire Texas feyel
district comprising a dozen states) vii
be opened as a market for the thorough,
bred stock Of the north and west, in.
asmuch as these animals may then be
shipped to these states with safety
Country Gentleman.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1897-05-27
WhitewOsh for tho Eorr.

Whltewash can be prepared as fol.
lows; Take six quarts of nice lime,
Stake it with boiling water, then cover
it till it cooks a little, wherein strain IT
and d a quarter of a pound of alum,
burnt or powdered, one pound of sugar.
three pints of rice -four boiled to 4 thin
paste with water, and a pound of clean
glue dissolved. When all these ingreii.
tents are thoroughly mixed, add five gal.
Ions of water, This whitewash is excel.
lent Tor ceilings, and if applied to the
outside OF buildings while it is hot il
"lli last for a long time; and as it NAV
be eolored, 1t is a very cheap and service.
able paint. A little copperas MS large
as a hickory nut will impart 10 it a
nice buff cnlor.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1897-05-27

lumber and other Material Required
VIII Cost SSS.


This building is IA by 90 feet, and IA
feet high to the caves. The lower part
is ia feet high. The bins are slanting
IS shown. Grain is put in above and
drawn out at S S. The steps of stair.
way S ", are seven inches high, so that
it is easy to carry grain up and empty
it into the bins in each side, TO get thu
grain out is always hardest, but in this
granaIy it is the easiest work, as all you
have 10 do is hold the bag under tbs
;poutfS turn the shut-off. and the graia
does the rest. 1t is only play TO sack a
load of grain. One man can do it rs
fast as two with a ~half-bushel.
There are three bins on each side in
my granary, each of 200 bushels capac-
ity. The space on upper floor between
bins, back of the stairway, is five By
eleven feet. and high enough for any
man to walk and work III. Lower floor
mostly used for storing seed and grain
in sacks. such as fiaxseed, clover, tim.
othy, etc. They are packed under til
rIttllb VI iIit blIlst pEG VI IN "us. AHN
middle space is used for cleaning grain,
and a good tanning mill is always in
readiness, and good platform scales
upon which everything is weighed.
The carpenter says this style Of bin
is easier on the building, as most of the
pressure is on the inside, drawing the
frame together instead of pressing i
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1897-05-27
For a Permanent pn.+u,.

When practicable a permanent ms.
ture is desirable. Fields that are adnn,.
ed to the production of titled crops that
are under q close rotation cannot he
pastured with profit. If a crop of clover
or timothy is removed in the rotat;on
there is nothing gained by grazing the
young grass MOI the growth after the
crop is removed. The soil needs MOI.
OF this organic matter than II gets At
the best, and this aftermath is worth
more as food to the soil than to stock.
The skinning of the titled fields by
stock and the tramping when the lanJ
is wet are responsible for many fail.
ures to get profitable crops. If less de.
sirahle land car be laid down to Der.
nanent grasses and stock be confined I,
TINS land, the plowed land Of the farm
better chance.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1897-05-27
SIMPLE HEALTH HINTS,
HyEten!c Facts with Which Every
body Should lie Familiar.


a simple hygienic Fact for many PEG,
pie yet to learn is, that the skin OF a
fruit is no part Of the fruit itself
dicticnlIy considered. The bloom of
the peach Is a luXuriant growth Of mi.
crODrs, and unwashed grapes, eaten
skins and all, will show 100000 mi
crobes for each fluid ounce Of stomach
fluid. These facts are proof positive
of the necessity for thoroughly washing
all raw fruit before it is eaten.
The napc OF the neck, the lower part
Of the back OF the head, the front Of the
abdomen and the Sims are the chief
regions If the body susceptible to cold.
\ Chill, However, may be carried to the
ncryous system from other parts.
The following rules for avoiding a
cold cannot be too often formulated.
Never let cold air blow on the back OF
the neck or head.
Keep the abdomen warmly clad.
Cover the Sims when riding.
Change wet shoes and stockings with
cut delay.
Never sit on a stone or on clamp grass.
It is not generally known that roasted
coffee acts as a valuable disinfectant.
The best mode is TO dry the raw bean,
pound it III a mortar and then roast the
powder on a moderately heated iron
plate until it is OF a dark brown tint.
Sprinkle it in sinks, or expose it on a
Plate IN any room to be purified
IlOnseMife.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1897-05-27
Agricultural Educnyion

Prof. Henry B. Armsby, dean of tn.
school of agriculture of the Pepnsyl.
wanna state college, says that the spri.
cultural products of Pennsylvania ex.
coed the total iron ore, coal and oil
products OF the state by SO, Ooo. 900. He
also makes a strong plea for agricul.
'ura! education. whether we like it OF
NOT he says, I'VE are face to face with
new problems and new conditions. In
this process of evolution, by which agri.
culture is adjusting itself to its lew
environment, us in every other process
otevolution, the fttest will survive. Tbs
community or the individual farmer
that a successfully readjust its apri.
culture to these new conditions will, con.
TO prosper, while the farmer or
the community which fails to do this
VIII De borne down by forces as pitiless
and as irresistible as g~ravitation."