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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-08-30
DISHONEST GOLD DOLLARS.


Clarksburg Mail.
If the gold continues TO pour into
this country at the present rate and
the mint accepts for coinage all that
is offered. won't that make a deprecia-
ted. dishonest gold dollar? Is it fair
to the millionaires and bankers who
have industriously accumulated gold
while it was scarce. to now flood the
country with cheap gold, thereby dimin-
ishing the purchasing power Of what
they have been laboring so hard to ac-
ouire? Isn't it reputation for the gov
eminent to coin more gold? Our mill
ionaires had to struggle along in their
efforts TO get gold when there was only
about sSO0,OOOOOO worth to get, and
now that they have gotten all of it,
there is danger of more being coined.
Government Reputation, dishonest
dollars. and national dishonor stares
us in the face. unless we can stop this
yellow flood Of cheap gold from The
Klondike.
Sounds foolish don't it? But it is
the same argument used against silver
last fall by the great big fnanciers
of the country. The fiat money idea
seems to be the only rational solution
to this vexing financial bugaboo.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-08-30

ocent child has been confined
bng the vilest and most depraved OF
her sex. under sentence to twenty
wears Imprisonment in an African PEN
al colony. She was found by mere ac-
cident by two American newspaper
correspondents. who had occasion TO
visit the prison They Immediately
set about investigating the case, which
has now become famous.
Why was this child confined in this
hell on earth and sentenced to twenty
years in Ceuta? 1t was charged that
she had lured the Spanish commander
O. the province 10 her house into an
ambuscade of Cuban rebels. This is
the explanation which Weyler gives
and which Minister De Lone has re-
peated to Mrs. jefferson Davis, who
headed a petition to the Queen Regent
of Spain for the release of Miss Cis-
neros. signed by over $4,000 American
women. 1t has been proven wholly
false. The truth was that the girl had
refused the advances of the Spanish
commander. who one night believing
her alone broke into her apartment.
The girls screams brought her father
and a few men to her aid they over
powered and bound the COM
mander and then released him without
having harmed a hair on his head.
This handful Of Miss CisnerCs rescuers
in the midst of strong Spanish gar
rison was magnifed into an uprising
of the rebels, in order to shield The
c0wardly brute of a commander ard
theTeupon Miss Cisneros was thrown
into Jail, her only crime being her re-
fusal TO submit to the commanders
vile wishes and that the blood Of the
Cuban president ran in her veins. This
is a fair sample of Spanish honor, chi
valry and bravery.
Luckily, the petition Of the American
women direct to the Queen Regent
has resulted in the notification Of the
proceedings to send Miss Cisneros for
twenty years to the foul African penal
colony, but she has not yet been re-
leased from her horrible surroundings
and is a victim of consumption, the re-
suit of the inhuman cruelty pracCiced
upon her.
This is probably but one case in
many, and yet the administration AT
Washington, which has promised 50
much in aid of Cuba and done nothing,
is off on a vacation, and promises to
continue doing nothing to stop these
barbarities that are happening almost
within the shadow of the Goddess Of
Liberty on the national capitol.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-08-30
A DENTIST
Who Has Earned s35,OOO,OOO By His
Skill in Treating the Teeth Of
Royalty in Europe.

New York, August 29.-Dr. Thomas
w. Evans, the famous American den
fist, who has far the past forty years
has been the dental operator, in Paris,
of most of the crowned heads of
Europe, and many celebrities, returned
to this country to-day on the French
liner La Champagne, from Havre. He
came over with the body of his wife,
which is TO be inferred in Woodlands
Cemetery, Philadelphia. DR.. Evans is
now rs years old, and is said to be
worth $35,O00,000 About 100000 of
this property is in New York real es-
tate, the remainder in Paris and else
where. This fortune has been gather
ed since DR.. Evans first went to Paris
from Philadelphia in the forites. Dur
ing the empire of Napoleon III. his
fame as dentist was worldwide In
that capacity he served Napoleon, the
Empress Eugene and all the monarchs
of Europe. except Queen Victoria and
the present Sultan of Turkey. Victo-
ria's children, and the present Car of
Russia, when children, were his pa
tients. DR.. Evans has orders and deco
rations innumerable, and it was in
his carriage that the Empress Eugene
escaped from Paris after the battle OF
Sedan. The wife Of DR.. Evans died
on June nth last, at their residence
in Paris. The doctor was accompanied
on the voyage by DR. Edward Crano,
his junior partner. There were a num-
Der Of near relatives at the dock TO
meet DR.. Evans. DR.. Evans said he
did not know how long he would re-
main in this country, but he will re-
turn to his home in Paris. He left
for Philadelphia Immediately. He will,
probably stay at the old family home
stead at 4O11 Spruce street At
o'clock on Wednesday afternoon SER
vices over the remains of his wife
will be held in st. Mary's Protestant
Episcopal Church. Philadelphia.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-08-30
SMUGGLING BY MAIL

Dingley Law Makes Harder Work for the
Post Oaice Collectors OF Revenue-Mrs.
Hicks Mail Held Out
New York Herald.
The Dingley tariff law has caused a
decided increase in the use of the
mails for the purpose Of gettink dutia-
BILE goods into the country without the
payment Of the heavy taxes impohed
upon them. The customs authorizes
find it difficult to cope with this form
of attempted evasion.
Of course, not all the articles sent
through the mail from abroad are sent
with the intention of deceiving the
collectors. Many persons use the post
Office because it insures more prompt
delivery.
MRS. HICKS MAIL HELD OUT.
Attention was drawn to the matter
yesterday by the posting of the fol-
lowing order for the instruction Of
the clehks in the city department Of
Tue Geu6Idl fOSJOlNCG.
CAUTION.
Hold out for customs inspection all
foreign newspapers and packages adj
dressed to Mrs. Margaret Hicks, No.
100 Madison avenue, city.
The house in which Mrs. Hicks lives
is closed for the summer. 1t is
large brown stone building. A SER
vent told me that Mrs. Hicks is in
Richfield Springs and that all her mail
was sent to her there.
WILL BREAK THE RECORD.
The record Of duties collected by
the Postofice inspectors will be bro
ken this month owing to the more
general use Of the mails for sending
taxable goods. There has been much
smuggling of gloves and laces in news
papers sent from abroad. | saw a
newspaper yesterday the wrapper OF
which had been broken. A pair of
gloves were concealed in the folds.
Tho inspectors, knowing that the in
vasion of duties is generally held 10
be a venil sin, are inclined to suspect
all persons, no matter what their rep
utation and standing may be- l saw
a pair of corsets which had been taken
apart and the halves wrapped in sepa-
rate packages. One half was addressed
to a woman in West Seventy-second
street and the other half to a woman
in West Seventy-eighth street, both in
a respectable residence section. Both
addresses were in the same handwrlt-
ing.
The inspectors are not allowed to
omen and examine mail matter, but
they look through each mail from
abroad before it is distributed and
stamp the packages which may include
dutiable articles. The persons to
whom they are addressed are notohed
and they must come To the office and
omen the articles in the presence OF
the officials. Mail for interior points
cannot be held, and much that should
paw duty escapes in consequence. 1t
is not improbable that the Collector
will ask for legislation giving his in
spectors greater powers.
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DIED.

EIIIOTT-Sunday August %. lS9D az
5'25 o'clock p. M. George ElhoI'' III ''1
SIND year Of his age.
Funeral from the residence of Mr.. Hen
~ Harper. No. 1909 Chapune street, Tues
day afternoon at o'clock. Friends Of
the family invited TO attend. Interment
private at Greenwood cemetery.
CLARK-On Friday, August %. 1897. at
70 o'clock midnight at his late residence
I'm Pleasant Valley. Hugh Clark, 81, III
the 18th year Of his age.
Funeral Monday at 3 o'clock, August
Goth. Interment Stone Church cemetery.
HUMEs-At the City Hospital. on Fri
dav. August o. 1897 AZ 1890 a. m. capt.
James Humes Of Company A, Ftteenth
West Virginia.
CLARK-On Friday. August p, 1897. at
70 o'clock midnight at his late residence
i'm Pleasant Valley. Hugh Clark, ST, IN
the 18th year of his age.
Funeral notice hereafter.
COFN-Monday. August Ord. 1881 at
s.35 a. m. Elizabeth. reliot Of the late
Alexander Coen. in the 6Sth year Of her
age.
DOLAN-On wednesday. August p,
1897. at l2:10 o'clock p. m. Mono A. daugh-
ter Of Mrs. Mary A. and the late Thomas
Dolan. aged Is years. ] month and % days:
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-08-30
THAT CoNGER LETTER.

Mr.. Hanna's paid lieutenants in the
Ohio campaign are industriously work.
ing themselves into a frenzy over the
publication Of the letter from Col. A.
L. Conger, in which Col. Conger de-
tailed a conversation between himself
and Mr. Hanna in 1889, in which the
latter damned Foraker up hill and down
dale and swore in language more Wig
orous than pious that hs would rather
see a Democrat in the United States
Senate than Foraker and that he would
give no aid whatever TO the campaign
so long as Foraker was concerned in
it. The letter has caused all of For
aker's friends to desert Hanna and
given others not especially friendly to
Foraker but bitter enemies Of Hanna
on general grounds an opportunity to
flock together under the Foraker ban
ner. which is now the most popular
emblem in the Ohio Republican camp.
This leaves Hanna, whose arrogance,
ignorance and brutal overbearing have
alienated almost everybody he has
come in contact with, minus friends
except those men he has bought and
paid for.
The latter are now working them
selves into a fury over the Conger let
te.. Col. Conger is threatened with
everything from a business boycott to
expulsion from Governor Bushnells
staff. and they even threaten TO do
something direful to Bushnell should
he refuse to expel Conger. They say
that if he complies with their demands
il will show that the Foraker faction
is not supporting Conger in the stand
he has taken against Hanna. And per
contra. il is to be presumed that II
Governor Bushnell drlines to Gust
Col. Conger from his staff that the
Forakerites do support Col. Conger in
the war he has begun against Hanna
and Hannaism. and that will mean the
beginning Of the war of determination
between Foraker and Hanna, the out
come of which is not difficult to see.
The Hanna men do not hesitate to
announce the policy that their chief
will pursue. If Governor Bushnell in
sists on supporting Col. Conger the
first move the Hanna managers will
make will be to try to compel Bush
nell TO get off the ticket. II he re-
fuses to do this the Hanna machines
will be used openly to defeat the Re-
publican candidate for Governor Han
mas motto will be Rule or ruin He
will defeat Bushnell if it costs him his
Senatorial seat to DO so.
Hanna will demand Of President Nc
Kinlev that the power Of the federal
patronage be turned against the For
akerites. and every other agency that
Is his natural weapon with which tc
fight the Democrats will be used upon
the rebellious faction within his own
party. This bears out the truth OF
Col. Conger's charges against Hanna
In 1889 Hanna would defeat the Re
publican party to defeat Foraker, ant
now he is again willing TO defeat hi;
Dartv unless it allows him to put his
foot on its neck.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-08-30

The fall in the gold price Of silver
has again given rise 10 that old scare
regarding the counterfeiJiug Of silver
coin. which. it is alleged, can be made
so as to- defy the detection of the
Treasury experts. The officials at
Washington. however, do not seem to
be at an alarmed They say that it
is an easy matter to detect spurious
coin. because it is impossible to coin
them exactly as the mint coins them
without the use Of machinery which
it is extremely difficult TO hide. Mold
ed counterfeits are easily detected.
Should any large amount Of spurious
silver coin be put in circulation the
fact would soon become apparent
through the agency of the silver GER
tiicates.
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almost positive that he murdered his
wife and destroyed her body in vat
filed with solution of caustic potash
In the Guldensuppe case the head is
lacking to fully establish the identity
of the dismembered corpse found, while
in the Leutgert case no trace what
ever of the body of the alleged murder
ed woman has been found but ring,
porcelain tooth and a few hairs,
which might easily have been placed
in the vat by the police themselves.
The only thing that stands in the
way of the punishment of these ac-
cused murderers is the failure to prove
that the supposed murdered persons
are dead by the production of their
bodies or enough of them to afford
positive proof of Identification.
Verify, the shrewd murderer will find
the corpus deficit" a haven of refuge.
If it comes 70 the worst England can ask
that West Virginia judge TO enioin the
Afridis from defeating her soldier5-Chi-
cago News.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-08-30
IRON King CARNEGIE.
Purchase of Tilden Mine Makes Him Com
pete Master of Situation

Purchase of Tilden Mine Makes Him Com
pete Master of Situation.
Cleveland, O., August 29.-The pur-
chase of the Tilden iron ore mine OH
the Gogebic range in Wisconsin places
the Carnegie-Oliver iron and stee! in
terests in a new light.
When Andrew Carnegie secured cor
troll of valuable ore mines on the Pre-
salea ore range he gained possession Of
property that added materially to his
strength. His acquisition, together
with the building of a railroad con-
Meeting Pittsburg and Lake Erie had
a startling effect on the iron and steel
world.
It was expected that Carnegie would
neL----t---l ,-->-s.s---;-,----h tho ores
of the Masaba range require a mixture
that none of the mines produced.
Therefore he has purchased the Til
den mine. which has been the CHIEF
nropertv of the Penakee and Gogebic
Consolidated Company, in which Jonn
y. Rockefeller is said to be interested.
Carnegie is now the recognized head
Of the iron and steel industry and
possesses every facility for producing
these products cheaply. The purchase
Of additional mines means that he is
strengthening his position.
The Hanna interests recently DoughI
the Newport mines on the Goge6ic
range, paying $25O,0OO.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-08-30

An Associated Press dispatch from
New York states that the officers Of
the Merchants Association estimate
that the benefit by the visit Of buyers
from all parts of the country this fall
10 New York viii approximate S50,-
coO.OC0 and say that the benefits to be
derived i'm the future by the extension
Of trade are iucalculable. The second
series of excursions from the territory
Of The Joint Traffic Association is now
we'll under way. Merchants Day will
likely become a permanency in more
places than Wheeling.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-08-30
POSTAL AFFAIRS.
.cial n the REGISTER.

Special to the Register.
Washington, D. c., August %
These West Virginia postmasters were
appointed yesterday: 7. S. McElwaine,
Diana, Webster county; F. F. Smith,
Emma, Jackson county; o. L. Hayes,
Ironton, Taylor county; D. J. Nestor,
Kasson. Barbour county; \. D. Wright,
Lawford. Richie county; F. E. Blett-
ner. Mason county; H X. Robinson,
Shanghai, Berkely county; G. D. Tn
derwood, Sherley. Tyler county; $. 7.
Warner, Troy, Gilmer county; A, NJ.
Black, Lyner. Wood county; W. c.
Mohr, Victor, Fayette county; R. A.
God, Warford, Summers county.
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THESE WOMEN MAY WE'D MINERS.
They Are to Compete With Indians In
Packing stores.

It IIthIHN 'N"'tH'
CHICAGO. H., August 29.-Aston Do
limo has secured the names Of 100 Italian
women who are willing to go 10 Alaska
and act as packers in getting the goods ot
prospective miners over the mountains a'
bie wages. His intention is to enter INTO
competition with the Indians 10 c"oU'. -
Italian women because they are useu "
hardships and can carry heavy ioauS Oh
their. heads with ease.
BONN nronnsss To dress his fsmale car
riers in bloomer costume. He left Chi
cago this week for Dyea to examine the
grounds.
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rur .CnRPrS DFLICTI."

That technicality of the law known
as the corpus delicti"-the body OF
the crime-stands in the way Of the
administration OF justice in two IA
nous cases now before the public, that
of Mrs. Mack and Martin Thorn, who,
it is morally certain, murdered Gulden-
suppe in New York. and in the case of
Leutgert. the Chicago sausage maker,
against whom the proof is otherwi-
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SPECIAL NOTICE.

Persons leaving town for the Sum-
mer can have The Register delivered
by mail for fifty cents per month,
dsily edition: tweaty cents per
month, Sunday edition; siXiy'fiye
cents per month daily and Sunday
EDITION combined, payable in adj
yarce. Gail or notify publication
o!iice either BY mail or telephone No.
coz. Tie address will be changed
as frequently as desired. Subseri'
bers should mol fail to give the old
address when furnishing new ad'
dress to which paper IS 10 be sent.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-08-30

Things politically over in Ohio are
warming up at a great rate. Hanna
who has Just arrived upon the scene,
will burn his fingers if he isn't very
careful
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-08-30
REVV n RD.

The Board OF Commissioners OF
the county Of Ohio will give a re-
ward OF $500 for the arrest and con-
victiOn Of any or all Of the parties
who committed highway robbery on
the National Road on the evening OF
August "a, 1897.
II. P. MsGREG0R. President.
T. c. M0fFAT, Clerk.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-08-30

1t is said that John sherman will
work for Mark Hanna's senatorial
game. When he does look out for
sudden drop in the temperature.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-08-30

Nearly 5000 ballots have been taken
in a senseless legislative contest IN
Iowa. and before the fool legislators
are through it Will be time for another
election.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-08-30

The ups and downs and fip-haps OF
the wheat market are enough to make
the farmer who is holding his wheat
sea sick
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-08-30
MALE HELP WANTED.

wANTED-Two young men to run as
news agents on railroad trains. NUS
have $1,000 cash security Apply OF apul -
UNION NEWS CO., Office i. & -. aePo'
Wheeling. au%'1u"
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MIDSUMMER.

Hess, Lennon & Co.'S Pure Lard
makes the best shortening for pies.
For sale by all leading grocers.
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A DMINISTRAToR'S NOTICE.

Persons having claims against the es-
OF James NJ Lee. deceased. will present
them properly verified at my Office room,
No. . Hub Building and persons indebted
to said estate viii call and make settle
ment.
T. ). RILEY,
Administrator with the will annexed OF
lanes NJ Lee. urcNAsed Au2NeadQ
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NM CA~r on Miss CIsNERos

The case Of Sonora CisnerOs is one Of
the most pitiful that has come to light
under the dark, bloody and cruel reign
in Cuba Of Butcher Weyier. every step
of which has been marked by out
rages that have stirred The indignation
Of the civilized world and compared to
which Turkish barbaritiss are mild.
Sonora Evangeiins Cossio Y Cisne-
ros. a relation Of the Cuban president,
a ucre innocent child Of eighteen. re-
fined. gentle and beautiful, a year ago
was dragged from her home and
thrown into the foulest OF Spanish
prisons used for. confinement Of
abandoned women lack and white
In this places viii BID filthy beyond
description, this lg, gently raised
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Statesmen WANTED.

WANTED-Good, reliable and capable
statesmen 10 sell complete lire Of lubricat-
M oils greases. painters supplies and
speciaities. Salary or commission. THE
sTERLING REFINING co, Cleveland
Ohio. -oiho'i' "'N'""
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CCHOOL AT LEATHERWOOD.

Miss Frances L. Bell will open a school
for misses, boys and small children Mon
day September r. The school rooms ad-
join Mrs. Walters house on the cast. and
are large. well lighted and healthful, with
play grounds In the rear. Latin, French
and German taught. and pupils prepared
for COLLEGE Especial attention paid TO the
primary department.
For terms and other information apply
TO Miss Bell or at the school after Sep
TENDER o. au29eadr
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NEW ADVERTISEMENT.

FOR RENT-S-roomed house AZ Edginy.
ton Lane. Gas and water IN house. Pot
session at once. Terms easy. Apply 10 :.
c. HERVEY, or ". ii. HALLER.
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NAMED.

WANTED-Manager for branch office In
wheeling: salary $500 and commission
$3.50 cash capital required. also good rel
Y. """0
WANTED-Actlve men OF good appear
ance for outdoor work. Salary ana com
mission. References. Boys neeo nol az
ply. 1915 Main street. au-'esNa
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1brelin9 Register
CHARLES H. TAgGY, General Manager.
DELIvEREp IL CAERIERs.

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AGE PREPAID.
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Sunday only. per year .........'''''''''' w w
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Tributes of Respect and Obituary NO
tees five cents per line
Stamps of the denomination OF Two
cents and less accepted for amounts less
than one dollar.
Correspondence containing important
news solicited from every part OF the sur
rounding country.
Rejected communications will not be re-
burned unless accompanied by sufhcleh'
postage.
The REGISTER. embracing its several
editions. is entered at the Postoulce at
Wheeling. w. Va. as second-class matter
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GARD TO THE PUBLIC.

We desire 10 thank Chief of Police Ben-
nett. his assistants and the public IN gen.
eral. for the many courtesieS shown -
organized labor on their annual celebraN
ton. (Signed)
GENERAL COMMITTEE.
nnen, d Y T. n i. A.
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Hack and white.
bd filthy beyond
lg, gently raised