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Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1897-08-08
AMERICAN BANKERS
The South and West May Unite
Against an Eastern President.

Detroit, August Every other
phase of the annual meeting Of the
American Bankers Association, which
begins its sessions here next Tuesday,
will be dwarfed into the commonplace
by the contest over the presidency.
1t had been generally understood that.
pursuant to the plan usually followed,
First Vice President Joseph c. Hen
dirk, President of the National Union
Bank, New York, would be chosen, but
certain Western and Southern interests
not satisfied with having had a South
erner for President this year (Robert
j Lowry, President of the Lowry Bank
ing Company Of Atlanta, Ca are de-
sirOus of keeping the presidency from
New York for another year, and have,
il is said, worked up a boom for Frank
W. Tracy, President Of the First Ma
tiOnal Bank Of Springfield, III. To
succeed in this plan il will be necessary
TO change the method provided by the
constitution for selecting officers. and
certain members have accordingly Civ
en- notice Of proposed amendment TO
the constitution, which if adopted,
would do away with the requirement
that the President shall appoint a nom
mating committee from list of names
selected for the purpose by the dele
cations from the several States and
territories and leave the appointment
of the nominating committee absolute
ly in the hands Of the several delega-
tiOns.
The association is now larger than
ever before in its history the secretary's
report showing a paid membership of
1856. The executive council of the as
sOciatiOn comprises such well known
financial gentlemen as Alvan Trow-
bridge. chairman. Of New York: Rob
ert J. Lowry. Atlanta, Ga; Joseph c.
Hendrix. New York; James r. Branch,
New York: Jesse b. Wilson. Washing
ton. d. c.; G. P. Griffith. Cincinnati:
Henry W. Yates. Omaha. Neb.: Frank
W. Tracy. Springeld o.; William c.
Cornwell. Buffalo. n. Y; John J
OdeU. Chicago; James H. Wilcox,
Pittsburg. Pa. Caldwell Hardy, Nor
fox. Va; d. Y. Leigh. Trenton. n. J.;
u. Hollister. Grand Rapids. Mich: NJ.
NJ. White. CjnCiunati George II. Rus
sell Detroit; Walker Hill. st. Louis;
George NJ. Reynolds. Des Moines, Ia;
c. A. Pugsley. Peekskill, Y. Y. John
c. Neely. Chicago; r. H. RushtOn,
philadelphia: W. II. Thomson, St.
Louis. Mo: A. c. Anderson. st. Paul,
Mimi: T. ]. Latham. Memphis, Tenn;
W. J. Cocker. Adrian, Mich.
So intense Is the feeling on the sub
iect OF the officers for 1898 that those
who have long congratulated them
selves on the harmony Of the big body
are anxious lest a breach be caused that
will lead to a permanent split. How
ever. the overwhelming dominance OF
Eastern interests in the association, it
is expected. Will effectually awe into
submission any recalcitrant spirit.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1897-08-08
FORMER UNION SOLDIERS
Form a New National organizatiaa at
Caldwell, Ohio-Sons and Daughters In
clud.d

Form a New National Organizatiaa at
Caldwell, Ohio-Sons and Daughters In
cludsd.
Special 10 the Register.
Caldwell, Ohio, August THE ex-
Union soldiers of Noble county met IN
mass convention here to-day and form
ed county association of soldiers and
their sons and daughters, in perpetuai
succession. Its constitution declares IL
to be non-partisan, but pledges us
members on their honor to stand by
each other in all things that are law
full in preference 10 all others. Ihe
meeting was held in the. Opera House.
which was crowded to its utmost capac-
ity. Over two hundred soldiers were
present, besides many citize2s. Inc
chairman and secretary elected for the
ensuing year are Dr. C. P. Cimons ana
Capt. w. L. Mosley. An executive
committee of FIVE veterans was chosen
and directed to call the next annuai
convention at Caldwell some day IN
May next. The organization was also
made national in form and so declares
the constitution, and the officers OF the
county society are also those oil the
national society. Hon. j. 7. Plggott'
of Parkersburg. addressed the veterans
in an extended and eloquent address,
and was followed by Rev. Hudson MIL
ton McGinnis and Private Dalzell.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1897-08-08
MAKING BIG MONEY.
Owner of Dawson City Says Trading is the
Proper Thing.

Proper Thing.
ST. LOUIS. No.. August Joseph La
due. of Plattsburg Mo, owns the township
of Dawson City. Alaska, and is resting
comfortably at home. not bit excited oven
the Klendyke discoveries.
He went north with party of friends
in 1852, and says he made about $1,000 in
the first nine years of his stay there, and
that his mining claims and sawmiIl at
Dawson will make him worth about S75.-
OOO He gets $3.50 for saving 1,O0O feet Of
lumber.
He says there were really no big discov-
cries of gold in Alaska until August 2l,
1895. at Bonanza Greek. When he left
Alaska there were many creeks not yet
prospected, and only about 5000 claims
located in the Bonanza gold mining dis
,rict
A claim is SEQ feet in length along the
general course of the valley and across
the creek from base to base of the noun
tains. 1t may be 800 feet wide or 1t may
be loco.
The claim must have four stakes with
the owners name at each stake. The cross
line must be blazed out on these so it can
be seen. Gold must be found within sixty
days after stalking the claim and date and
location deposited for record. No Jump
ing is allowed.
Alexander Mcdonald is the heaviest
owner OF claims. he comes from Nova
Scotia and his wealth is estimated at S4.-
OoO COO.
Ladue thinks his trading store and saw
mills make as much money as his claims.
and with wages at $l5 a day he sais he
has no trouble getting men. but keeping
them after they get enough money to
prospect is another matter.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1897-08-08
GEN. VAN BUKEY,
OF ParkersbUrg. Gets a s2,700 Posi-
tiOn from McXinley--A Long Way
Round to Reach II.

Special to the Register.
Washington, August 7.-General Van
n. Bukey, OF Parkersburg, whose nom
ination TO a consulship was sent 10 the
Senate in June and then withdrawn.
has been appointed to the $500 job OF
distributing agent of the Bureau OF
Engraving and Printing. this place
Is under the civil service, but the diff
Guilty was surmounted by having Cen
eral Bukey, as an old soldier, rein
stated in the place he held under the
Harrison administration. that OF Cash
ier OF the Collector Of Internal Reye-
nue. in West Virginia. and then trans
ferring him to the place in the Bureau
of Engraving and Printing, which was
made vacant yesterday by the enforced
resignation OF Dir. Morgan, father-in-
law Of the chief Of the bureau, Claude
Johnson, of Kentucky.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1897-08-08
DEATH WAS NEAR.
New Yorker Makes Find When His Pro-
visions Are Gone

New 1OTher makeb Einu WhSh AAAo ~
visions Are Gone.
Seneca Falls, n. Y, August AFTER
three years absence, during which he
suffered great privation, J. d. Clements
has arrived at his home in this town
with over $4,000 secured in the Alas
kan gold fields.
He almost starved to death while
prospecting, as his food was gone, with
the exception of a small quantity OF
beans and tea. But he did not lose
heart, working anXiously and desper-
ately for a claim that would keep him
from starvation.
Finally he hit it. Part way up the
El Dorado from its confluence with
Bonanza creek, he washed a pan of
glittering gold, enough to tell him
there was plenty beneath the gravel
bed of the stream.
He located claim No. so above Dis
covery and Immediately got to work.
In four days he secured 81, 200 in mug
gets. From that time on he worked
day and night on his claim.
His pile began to accumulate and he
bought a half interest in two other
claims on the creek. When he cleaned
up his last pile of pay dirt last spring
he had over $4,000 left, most Of which
he has brought home. He will remain
here until next spring, when he will
return to the Klondyke, accompanied
by two or three friends.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1897-08-08
THE FATMAN GREW FATTER.
Unable to Help HIS Wife When the sPecia-
list Attacked Her.

Paterson, n. j., August Otto
Meyer weighs 429 pounds. One month
ago and for a long time prior there
to. his weight was Ala pounds. Mr..
Meyer is one Of the best-knoYn men
in town. Even trolley companies,
that 60 not seem to care for anything,
have grown to respect him. de is
a good natured man and did not seem
to mind carrying around 400 POUNDS
Of flesh, but when his avoirdupois ex-
ceeded that he came to the conclu-
sion that it was time to have 1t stop
ped. He tried all the obesity cures
in the market, but he grew no lighter.
He worried, yet his wOrriment made
him no thinner.
Some one recommended DR.. Carl
Stucken, who proclaimed himself an
obesity specialist. Otto saw the doctor,
who agreed TO reduce his weight at
a dollar a pound. No money was TO
be paid until 100 pounds was sub
tracted, and then 800 were to be paid
over TO the doctor. Every morning
the doctor came and massaged his
not impatient patient. When he had
worked on one side as far as he could
reach he went to the other side Of
the PROSTATE man and came as near
covering all the territory as he could.
Then Otto WIS laid in a bathtub as
big as a small swimming tank. He lay
and soaked and dreamed that his
Falstaffian girth was being gradually
reduced.
This has been going on for over
three weeks, but Otto was steadily
gained in weight. Yesterday morning
he submitted to the usual massage
treatment. While he was soaking in
the tank Mrs. Meyer called the doctor
aside and told him that her husband
had not lost any flesh, but, on the
contrary, had gained fifteen pounds.
The doctor refused to believe it, and
she and the doctor had an argument.
According TO her story, he said she
was a liar. She called him a fakir and
made some reflections on his skill
which greatly angered him.
Stucken grabbed her, she says, and
struck her in the face and slapped
her. Mr.. Meyer, in the bathtub, heard
the whole trouble, but in his condi-
tiOn was unable to help his wife. Mrs
Meyer, however, when she found she
could not take care of herself, called
in the strong arm of the law. She
ran to the Office of Justice Hub
schmidt and made a charge of assault
and battery against DR.. Stucken. The
doctor was arrested. and in default of
$500 bail was committed to Jail.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1897-08-08
CRIrDE OH LAYS THE DUST.

May's Landing, \. j., August l.
The recent discovery of Chief En-
gineer ]. H. Nichols, Of the West Jer-
sey & Seashore Railroad, that crude
oil applied to the ground along rail-
road tracks would effectually lay the
dust. has proven, after thorough tests,
70 work far better than was expect
ed Both lines of the road leading
from Camden TO Atlantic City are
being thoroughly saturated for dis
lance of six feet on both sides of
the track. One sprinkling a year, at
q cost of $50 per mile, it is claimed,
will lay the dust effectually, but two
applications may have to be made. The
entire Pennsylvania system, 1t is said,
is to be sprinkled at once.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1897-08-08
SAYS IT'S A GOOD THING.

Washington. August IA charac-
teristic thorough and scientific German
summary of the benefits and evils Of
bicycle riding is submitted to the
State Department by United States
Consul Kennan, at Bremen, in an ar
ticle prepared by DR.. Mendelssohn.
He cites the temperament and diseases
that are affected favorably or inju-
riously and his general conclusion is
that in moderation bicycle riding Is
Of inestimable value to the average
person.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1897-08-08
TWO ACCIDENTS
To Mason County Farmers, Both of
Which Are Likely to Prove Fatal.

Special to the Register.
POINT PLEASANT, W. Va. August =.
While unloading dray. containing hay,
at a barn near town, Lacrl Blackenship
met with a singular accident which is like
ly to be attended by fatal consequences.
He fell from the dray onto the pitchfork
he was using. the prongs Of which pene-
trated his abdomen and striking upward
pierced one of his lungs. rendering his re-
covery extremely doubtful
Mad. Fisher of Flatrock. also met with
a painful accident, being crushed between
gate post and traction engine attached
to a threshing machine. and received SER
ious injuries.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1897-08-08
PURE LUCK.
A Michigan Lawyer Will Get $4,000
as the Result of Following Out a
Suddenly Formed Resolve.

Muskegon, Mich, August 7.-Attor-
ney Jerome E. Turner, Of this city,
has been notified by May & Under
wood, Chicago attorneys, that he is
heir to $4,000 bequeathed him by Mr..
Seymour, of No. 1886 Kentwood ave-
nue., Chicago. During the Worlds Fair
Mr.. Turner says that he encountered
Mr.. Seymour, deceased, on Clark street,
Chicago, just as the old gentleman was
being arrested by police officers. Tur-
ner, for the novelty of trying case in
Chicago, appeared as Mr.. Seymour's
attorney and succeeded in having him
acquitted A year later Mr.. Seymour
visited Mr. Turner here, since when
Turner had heard nothing Of him.
Seymour was a peddler and an eccen-
trio man with no natural heirs.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1897-08-08
CALLS IT A FARCE
A London Papers View OF the silver
Envoys' Mission.

A London Papers View OF the silver
Envoys' Mission.
London, August THE Westmln-
ster Gazette, commenting upon the let
ter sent by Sir Michael Hicks Beach
the Chancellor of the ExcheQuer, to the
United States monetary commission,
now in London, postponing until 0cto-
ber the reply Of the British govern
ment TO the invitation OF the United
State and France TO take part In a
conference upon the subject OF bimet-
allism, says:
Everybody knows that the mission
of the silver envoys is a farce OF the
boldest kind. We hoped the English
government would not have lent them
selves to its prolongatlon. or course,
the answer Of both the Indian and Eng
lish governments in October is fGe-
gone conclusion"
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1897-08-08
SHEET FOR A ROPE.
Handsome BsSSie Mansfield Disap-
pears From Home and Friends In
o Ohio.

Defiance, O., August Miss Bessie
Mansfield, aged II, the handsome
daughter of George Mansfield, OF this
city, has mysteriously disappeared
from her home and her friends are un-
decided as TO whether she has left or
her own accord or has been foully
dealt with.
Some time Monday night she left
her room on the second floor of
George w. Watkins residence by
means of a sheet, which was used as
a rope to lower herself from the win
dow, and since that time no trace OF
her can be found. The police are en-
deavoring 10 find several young men
who have been paying her attention.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1897-08-08
RAILROAD COLLISION.

Pennsylvania Express and a Yard Engine
Come Together With Disastrous Results.
Indianapolis, Ind, August 7.-Chica-
go express No. 10 on the Pennsylvania
line, due here at $3.50 this morning, and
Monon switch engine came together
in head end collision at the Market
street crossing at o'clock this morn
ing. William Martin, the Monon en-
gineer, was instantly killed and both
engines were completely wrecked. The
Pennsylvania train was marked late
and the switch engine had taken the
track to do switching. None of the
passengers was injured. The property
loss will be heavy.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1897-08-08
MORE APPOINTMENTS.

WASHINGTON, D. c.. August THE
President has made the following appoint
ments:
William L. Distin. OF Quincy. H.. to be
Surveyor General OF Alaska, vice Gilbert
B. Pray, declined.
Lewis Morris Iddings. Of New Pork. TO
be second secretary OF the embassy OF the
United States at Rome. Italy.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1897-08-08
NEW PACIFIC STEAMERS.

Seattle, Wash, August Manager
r n Hamilton, of the North Ameri-
can transportation and Trading COM
many announces that his company mas
lot q contract to Cramps, the Phlla-
delphia shipbuilders, for the construc-
tion of two 1000 ton steel steamers s[
They will be the finest steamers on Ine
pacific Coast and will be used exclu-
sively on the Seattle-St. Michaels run
The steamers will have accommoda-
tions for 200 first-class and 500 sec
ond-class passengers.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1897-08-08
.FORTY-S|X PEOPLE KILLED.
A Frightful Explosion at a Csrtridg.
Factory.
Many Are Fatally Hurt-A Hospi-
tai Filled With Injured Persons,
of Whom Sixty Are Not Expect
ed to Live = Prince Ferdinand
Visited the Sufferers and Extend
ed Aid to Their Families.

Sofia, Bulgaria, August IA disas-
trous explosion occurred yesterday at
the cartridge factory of Rustchuk, on
the Danube ,lS9 miles northxAst of Var.
ma. Forty-six persons were killed out
right and many others were Injured.
The lives of 60 Of the latter are de-
SPARED of.
The list of injured is a long one, the
hospital being filled with people suf-
fering from injuries of every character.
Prince Ferdinand, of Bulgaria, on re-
ceipt of the news of the disaster, visited
the sufferers, who had been taken to the
hospital, and caused money TO be dis
tributed to the families of the victims.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1897-08-08

Anderson, Ind, August 7.-Last
nights mail brought in the latest edl-
tions of the Alaska Mining Record and
the Alaska Miner, published at Jun
eau. They are full of interesting in
formation regarding the gold fields.
From the locals the following is
taken:
The first mail to come down from
the interior under the 'Corwin-Hayes'
contract, which calls for TWO mails
from Circle City year for a consider
alton of LOO, arrived yesterday. The
mail was brought down by Hugh Day,
and cost him $1,250 of his Sl,IOO. II
took him forty-five days.
He had rough experience. Ice
on the river was very rough and Tor
12O miles the trail had to be chopped
out for the passage of the dogs and
their twenty pounds Of mail matter.
Food for man and beast became short.
"At Circle City -four sold at $50 a
sack and he had to pay $2l5 for dog
feed, consisting of ham so decayed that
il could not be cooked in the house.
At Pelly he offered $3.50 for dog, but
could not get one at any price.
Mr.. Day says the department
should authorize the opening of sacks
at Franklin and American Creek.
Both are on American SOIL At pres
ent letters addressed to parties at these
points are carried through TO points
hundreds of miles north.
Dogs are sold in the Klondyke
country by weight. The latest quota
tion was $3.50 a pound. An average
dog is good for 5000 for meat or SER
vice.
The necessity for laying in a full
years supplies cannot be too forcibly
impressed upon newcomers. They
then stand a good chance Of starving
hoforo tbo,v oyof ont Of tha country -
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1897-08-08
BEATS HER RECORD.

The EtrurIa Makes "A Remarkable Trip
Across the AtIantic-Time. 3: 21: 10.
New York, August THE Etruria
arrived this morning from Queenstown,
beating her best previous record. This
is a wonderful performance when II is
considered that the Etruria has been in
service for nearly thirteen years. The
Etruria left Daunts Rock. at the en-
trance Of Queenstown harbor, at 1851
a. m. August 1st, and arrived at Sandy
Hook lightship at 1882 a. m. this morn
ing. making the run in five days, 81
hours and 10 minutes, actual time. Her
daily runs were: II (from Daunts Rock
TO noon), 4S2, 1856 4S1. 495. 49S and 27S
to Sandy Hook lightshp. Total dis
tance. 2.7S6 knots. Her average per
hour was about 20 knots.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1897-08-08
ASKS A PARDON.
Alfred Parker, Who Was Convicted Of
Cannibalism in 1873, Seeks Free
dom.

Denver. Colo, August ALFRED
Packer, convicted Of killing five COM
panions who were lost in the noun
tains with him in 1873 and eating their
flesh, and who was sentenced TO the
penitentiary for forty years, has ap-
piled for pardon. He claims that
four of his companions were killed by
the fifth, who had become crazy, and
that he shot the madman. dead as the
latter was rushing to him with a
hatchet.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1897-08-08
PROSPERITY
Strikes Marietta --- Chair Factory
Hands Get Work, But at Cut
Wages.

Special to the Register.
MARIETTA. o., August The Mari
eta Chair factory. which has been idle
during the summer. will resume operations
on Monday August 18th.
All employees receiving over $l.lO per day
have been notified that their wages will
be cut ten per cent. Between two and
three hundred hands are affected by the
reduction.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1897-08-08
Will, PREACH TO M'KINLEY.

Chicago, August Frank N. Bris-
tol. D. D., pastor Of the First NJ. E..
Church, of Evanston. H.. has accepted
a call from President Mckinley s
church.. the Metropolitan NJ. E.. at
Washington. DR.. Bristol is one OF the
best known ministers in the West. He
will remain at Evanston for some time
and will probably take charge of the
Metropolitan early next summer.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1897-08-08

Washington. August Major Otis
Pollock, Twenty fourth Infantry, was
placed on the retired list to-day, hav-
ing reached the age limit. He enter
ed the service as lieutenant in the
Sixty-third Ohio Infantry in 1861. and
the regular army in 1866.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1897-08-08
REA1C OF olDEN DAYS.
Noted Mapsion. the Oldest building in the
country. Is old at AShany.

Noted Mapsion, the UIdesbJBuIdIng III the
country, Is old at AShany.
Albany, August THE manor
house Of the old Van Rensselaer,. has
been sold to Peter Kurzenacker.ssn les
dealer. for $4,300. He may usGft as
an icehouse or may live. fnut. The old
house is sNsituated GS the heights OF the
Hudson, ,oppGsite Albany.
William Van Rensselaer,. tM patron
built it, and it was a noted pMce. IN
colonial times. II passed from theN an
Rensselaer, line recently for $4,000 inrS
the Van Schaick estate, of which j
V. S. Van Schaick, Of New York, is
an heir This is supposed to be the
oldest building in the United States
and to have been erected in 1912.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1897-08-08
HORSE THEFT CHARGED.

MARIETTA. o.. August 7.-Isaac Law
renee, Of Centreville. Morgan county
charged with horse stealing. was captured
here to-day and taken TO McConnellsville.
He borrowed valuable horse from Ear
nest Grsen. a farmer. and sold it for fifteen
dollars to a liveryman at Beverly.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1897-08-08
FIND It hard WORK TO LIVE.
Existence in the KlOndyke Country
Not One Of Pleasure.

Costs a Fortune to Travel and Food
Is Of the Plainest Kind Mail Car
rier Has to Chop Ice for Over a
Hundred Miles-Story of Pros
pector Who Almost Perished
From Starvation-Owner ofDaw-
son City Now Making Big Money
in His Trading Business-Another
Boat Leaves Seattle Carrying
Many Seekers After Treasure.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1897-08-08
NEWS IS DISCOURAGING.

Letters From Alaska Says Claims Are
Cheap and pod Scarce.
SAN FRANCISCO : August 7.-Trs lat
est news from Dawson City. the center of
the KIondyke diggings, comes in a private
letter and is not cheering TO those who are
making to the frozen north.
1t states that the reports of fabulous
sums paid or 20 be paid for claims are
greatly e1nwerated, The writer says one
claim wa gold for Slto 600. However, this
was an eeption. for the prices generally
range frdm s2.oo0 10 $4,000. Any figure
above the latter is very rare.
This ntws has the opposite effect to that