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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-02-06
FROM HAW WAII.
Mrs. Dimon Has Gone Back to the
Island to Defend a Divorce Suit.
The Real Reason for the Ex-Queen's
Presence in This Country.

SAN FRANCISCO. February 5.-The
steamer City OF Pekin brought the follow
ing advices from Honolulu. under date of
January %:
Mrs Carrie II. Dimon, who recently re-
turned from San Francisco TO contest the
divorce proceedings commenced by her
husband. w w. Dmon. is now before the
courts on a charge of contempt. she
forced her way into her husbands house
and declined 10 leave when presented by an
order of court She has since taken quar-
ters in a hotel. The divorce suit will come
UP next month. Meantime. by order OF the
court. she will receive $25 a week alimony.
The case promises to he most sensational.
Mrs. Dimon states that she is willing her
husband be allowed a divorce, but she
wants her only child and a good share of
the fortune he recently inherited. Dmon
is not disposed 10 accept her terms and a
bitter fight will probably follow. The Di-
mons have always moved in the best So
ciety circles and a number of prominent
women will be called as witnesses on both
sides. Within the last week several people
have tried 10 get away on departing steam
ers i'm order to escape the witness stand,
but were prevented by court summons.
In speaking of the ex-Queen's departure.
Kaulukou gave his opinion that she de-
sired an allowance from the L. s. gov
ernment Kaulukou says: II don't be-
lieve that she would have gone there in the
dead of winter at great risk to her health
without strong motive. and that motive is:
The ex-Queen has been deprived Of the
income OF the crown lands to which she
was entitled. amounting to 500, coca year.
This has been taken by the government.
If the United States annex Hawaii she
probably feels that she has a strong claim
upon them for redress for loss Of income
She wishes. therefore. to prove her claim
whenever the question OF annexation
comes up. Her personal presence might
be important"
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-02-06
THE LEWIS COUNTY CONTEST.
Miss Sallie Tierney, Deputy Clerk. Gives
Evidence Showing That the Ballots were
Properly Handled

Evidence Showing That the Ballots were
Properly Handled.
Special to the Register.
Weston, w Va, February 5.-The
contest is in full blast on behalf of the
contestee. Yesterday Miss Sallie Tier
ney, deputy clerk for E. A. Bennett,
was on the witness stand most of the
day. Miss Tierney gave her evidence
in very clear and straightforward
manner, and made a good impression
upon the court and all present. Miss
Tierney testifies that the ballots had
not been tampered with after being de-
livered to tie clerks Office to her knoNl
edge that great care and precaution
had been taken with them so far as she
knew while in the clerks office. She
states that the name K. a. Bennett ap-
pearing on the seven ballots in con-
troversy were not in the handwriting
of E. A. Bennett She gave full and
complete description of L. A. Benefits
handwriting, although she did not
claim to be an expert on handwriting,
but she made a very clear and satlsfac-
tory comparison and explanation OF
names presented to her for that pur-
pose After being carefully and criti-
cally examined by w. w. Brannon, she
was turned over to Expert Watson, Of
Parkersburg, late United States PEN
sion agent detective. who has been here
for the last few days playing the role
of attorney, assisted by r. Ad. Hail. in
the absence of r. G.. Linn. Mr.. Wat
son, as usual, started of with meaning
less and aimless questions, ad infinitem,
but the court being men who had some
sympathy and respect for a lady, asked
that the long and tedious examination
be brought to a close, which request
was complied with, and another wit
ness was put on the stand. Mr.. j. e.
Galford, attorney-atlaw, is on the stand
at present. The contestee's evidence
in chief will soon be all in.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-02-06
WANTED FOOD.
A Starving Man Captures a Horse
on the Street, Kills 1t, and Feeds
Himself and Family---Had Tasted
No Meat in Months.

ST. Louis, February 5.-John Giesen,
a German, took a horse away from a
crowd of boys last evening and drove
it to his hut and killed it for food.
Giesen was out of work and with his
wife and four children were starving
to death. The horse belonged to coal
dealer who allowed it to roam at large
because it was lame. Some boys were
driving it around in the snow when
Giesen seized the horse. The boys,
who followed Giesen, saw him kill the
animal. cut off the hindquarter and
start to roast it, Giesen told the po-
liceman when arrested that he and his
family had eaten nothing for three days
and had eaten no meat for months.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-02-06
IN THE POsTOFFICE
Seems to he Good safe Place to Lick n
Man-Concerning State Jurisdiction.

CARSON. New. February THE State
Supreme Court has decided that the
State courts have no jurisdiction over
offenses committed on government prop
erty. few weeks ago United States
District Attorney Jones assaulted the edi-
tor of the Appeal while on the postofiice
steps. 1t was claimed that he used brass
knucklers. and ne was indicted by the
grand jury for assault TO do bodily harm
ties had no jurisdiction over the alleged
crime. as 1t had been committed on prop
erty ceded 10 the government by the
State. The lower court decided against
him. but the Supreme Court holds that
persons charged with crime committed on
government property can be tried only by
the Federal court.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-02-06
LIVERY BARN BURNED.

Special TO the Register.
Toronto, o.. February early this
morning fire destroyed the livery barn
of J. 2. Pierce and gutted the residence
adjoining. Loss, about $4,000. partly
covered by insurance. The horses and
most of the contents were gotten out
The stable dog Sport faithfully
stayed by his post in the office and was
burned The origin OF the fire is a
mystery. as there was no fire in the
portion of the stable where the fire was
discovered.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-02-06

ing TO the sr\ OF the militry bill,
which appears - be hanging in a bal
ance between life and death. and upon
the fate OF the pending bill depends
the future existence of the National
Guard of West Virginia. A member of
the legislature said 10 the Register to-
day that if the bill failed, every officer
down to lieutenant would hand in his
resignation and the West Virginia Ma
tional Guard would be a thing of the
past.
1t is safe to say that there will be no
legislation at this session in regard to
building and loan association or tele-
phone companies. The House bill pro-
viding for a tax on building and loan
and telephone companies has not been
reported from the committee TO which
it was referred, and the committee has
postponed its consideration till next
month. The bill making it unlawful
for building and loan associations to
receive from borrowing members in
dues. interest, fines and fees Of all kinds
agsregating more than six per cent on
loans has been reported back not to
pass and it is presumed that this will
be the end of that bill.
The incontestible life insurance pol
icy bill appears also to be doomed to de-
feat. The committee TO which it was
referred has reported adversely upon
it, and it will probably soon disappear
from the calendar.
Judge Okey Johnson. dean Of the law
department Of the State University, who
has been here this week looking after
a case in the Supreme Court, has re-
turned home.
Mrs. T. NJ. Garvin arrived here last
night from Parkersburg, and will re-
main in Charleston till the end Of the
session of the legislature. and probably
till after the Inauguration.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-02-06
VISITORS BANQUETTED.
Charleston Lumbermen Put Up a Dinner
for Fellow Business Men.

Special 10 the Register.
Charleston, w. Va, February .
The local lumbermen of Charleston
gave a reception and banquet tonight
to about two hundred visiting lumber
men from all over the United States.
who are here on their annual tour.
The local reception committee was com
posed of A. w. Watrous, Neil Robin
son. d. w. Patterson. l.. Jones and
E. C. Colcord.
E. B. knight made an address Of
welcome. Governor MacCorkle pre-
sided at the banquet and was toast
master. Toasts were responded 10 by
E. J McCarty and ]. A. Porter of De-
troit J. w. st. Clair, Of Fayetteville,
and o. S. Long, of Charleston. The
lumbermen made visit to-day 20 the
lumber regions in the Elk valley.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-02-06
4 TRAIN DERAILED,
Several Cars Demolished and Several Per-
sons Hurt.

Havana. February "a passenger
train from Matanzas was accidentally
derailed yesterday between Colon and
Garreieras. An iron-clad guard car a
baggage car and a third-class passen-
ger car were capsized, the commander
of the escort and four soldiers were
wounded. one soldier was mutlated,
and the engineer fireman and all the
crew Of the train and man selling
papers were killed. Among the pas
sengers many were wounded.
Col. Arjano telegraphs that the troops
under his command have killed the in
surgent Colonel Remigo Lopez and the
insurgent Lieutenant Juan Diaz, in a
skirmiSh
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-02-06
HAS LEFT THE SCHOOL.

Special 10 the Register
Morgantown. W. Va. February .
q = Scott a law student at the Uni
versity has. it is reported. left town.
The report further goes that a number
Of students who objected for various
reasons 10 Mr. Scott visited his apart
ments wednesday night, en- mask, and
gave him 10 understand that his pres
ence was Objectionable and that ms
further continuance in Morgantown
would result in harsh measures being
adopted by the students
II is not reported that the faculty
have taken any action
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-02-06
PrDI-CED TO HALE TINE.

SDoCIaT % TIF ft'ET7I"T-
Parkersburg. W Va. February o.
Every department of the Ohio River
railroad shops except the truckers
force we're put on half time to-day.
One-balf Of the forces will work one
week and the other the next. and in
this wav the time will be evened up.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-02-06
ANOTHER ROBBERY,
Near Flint Mills, Washington County Ohio.
The Same Men who Robbed DR.. Cox.

Special to the Register
Matamoras. Ohio. February 5.-There
was another robbery committed last
night near Flint's Mills. Washington
county. about six miles back of Mat
amoras.
About half-past eight three men
walked into the house of VIM. Potter,
farmer near seventy years of age,
and with drawn revolvers demanded
his money. which Mr.. Potter gave
them. twenty dollars all he had. They
then took a revolver and lot of silver
ware and left. Two of the robbers were
the same men who robbed Dt. Cox,
who lives near Potter, a short time
ago. of $1,000.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-02-06
The Weather

WASHINGTON February 5.-For Vest
virginia Western Pennsylvania and ONO
Rain: southeasterly to easterly winds.
Mn G. Schnepf. the Opera House drug
gist. made the following observations ot
the weather yesterday: a. m. a. a. NJ
20; y m. - . p. m. Is; : p. m. a. Weather
changeabls.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-02-06
DEMOCRAT GETS THE OFFICE.
Senator Faulkner Acted Promptly While
Senator EIkins Was Out OF Town.

SpeCldI 70 tNt ItbI@IVI'
Washington, February 5.-Senator
Faulkner has had the nomination of
John ]. Conway to be postmaster at
Harper's Ferry confirmed by the Sen
ate. Senator Elkins was out of the
city and Senator Faulkner had the nom
ination acted on promptly in the alb
sence of objection.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-02-06
SEEKS DELAY.
~ FayoriDg the New County Seem
Have the Advantage,

,-s Their Opponents Are Making
r~.-sss to Postpone Consider
-,. of the Measure-A Motion
-s7 70 Adjourn the House Over
-- Monday, but 1t was Amended,
-s Work will be Resumed To-
Prominent Wheeling People
0rarlestOn on Business-The
--.re5 Committees Giving Hear
- % People Wanting Appro-
.-s-51s -Tha Bill TO Allow Cor
-1ns to Hold Large Tracts of
-s-5-A Permanent State Ex-
t7.. Proposed.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-02-06
A FAMILY AfFRAY.
4 Couple OF Murders and Several Injuries
Result from a Kentucky Row.

Result from hehtuchy now
Louisville. KY, February 5.-A spe-
cial from Crab Orchard, KY, says: An
derson Parker. a farmer Of Rock Cas-
tie. in a drunken rage attacked his
wife and fractured her skull with a
club. He then shot his son through the
wrist and also inflicted scalp wound.
The son secured a pistol and killed his
father. the rest of the family escaping
during the fight Parker was man OF
considerable wealth.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-02-06
UAs BuRNED GUANABACOA.

KEY WEST. Fla. February 5.-Tele-
grams have been received here announc-
ing that Gen. Aranaguran has burned
Guanabacoa. in the suburbs Of Havana.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-02-06

introduced i'm the House Of
providing for a permanent
NJ the products Of the State is
.r IS being discussed with con-
interest. II provides for the,
-eUt by the Governor of a board
CONTROL. of which members of the
ari Of agriculture shall be a
whose duty it shall be 10 select a
erect buildings and prepare
s Ic is proposed 10 be essen
State fair. at which specimens
products OF the State will be on
t The bin carries an appropria-
$4,000.
4-c Incoming administration is rally
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-02-06

Theadore A. Havemeyer, Of the
American Sugar Refining Comp
any, was the First Witness-He
Gave Some Interesting Figures
Concerning the Sugar and Coffee
Business-From Fifteen to Twen-
ty Per Cent, Made Annually.
Denies That the Sugar Trust was
Formed to Crush Competition, or
That it Has Done So-Gigantic
Capitalization Involved.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-02-06

'-e .-coming administration is rally
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-11-07
Uncle Mites Break.

One of our neighbors, Uncle Nate, as
we call him, was greatly bothered by a
whipporwill that came nearly every
night and sat on rock in his back yard
and sang his love song, or whatever it
is, until Uncle Nate was nearly wild
One night he lay awake, and, as he
said, stood it just as long as he could,
when he got up, and, taking down the
old gun that was loaded with a fox
charge, he went to the back door, and,
drawing bead on the rock, which he
could dimly see in the faint starlight,
blazed away. Then, in the pleasing
consciousness Of a good deed well done,
he again sought his couch.
In the morning his first care was to
reload the old gun, as there was no tell
ing when it would be needed. After
this task was finished he started for the
back yard to gloat over the mangled re-
mains of his tormentor, but what were
his horror and disgust to find that in
stead of holding on the rock he had
completely riddled his wife's best wash
tub, which was turned bottom up about
four feet from the rock.
The disappointment was bad enough,
but when Aunt Hannah came out and
saw the ruin, Uncle Nate afterward de-
clared, it was worse than the whippoor-
will, and he made break for the barn,
his usual haven Of refuge in such cases.
Forest and Stream.
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-11-07
His Authority.

Daniel Webster's oratory was not al
ways of the ponderous order. Occasion
ally he would introduce a bit Of humor
very effectively, an instance of which
The Green Bag gives as follows:
Daniel Webster when in full practice
was employed to defend the will of
Roger Perkins Of Hoplzinton A physi-
clan made affidavit that the testator was
struck with death when he signed the
will Webster subjected his testimony
to most thorough examination, show
ing by quoting medical authorities that
doctors disagree as to the precise mo-
ment when dying man is struck with
death, some affirming that it is at the
commencement of the disease, others at
its climax and others still affirm that
we begin to die as soon as we are born
81 should like to know" said the op-
posing counsel, what doctor maintains
that theory"
"Dr. Watts" said Mr.. Webster, with
great dignity. 1.-THE moment we begin
to live we all begin to die. "
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-11-07
THE CARIBBEAN.
Captain Mahan on the Strategic IlnpOr-
lance of the Land Grit Sea.


lance of the Land Girt Sea.
Causes specifically very diverse, but
essentially the same in that they arose
from and still depend upon lack of To-
cal political capacity, have brought the
Mediterranean and the Caribbean, in
our own time, to similar conditions, re-
garded as quantities of interest in the
sphere Of international relations. What
ever the intrinsic value of the two bod
les of water, in themselves or in their
surroundings, whatever their present
contributions to the prosperity or to the
culture Of mankind, their conspicuous
characteristics now are their political
and military Importance, in the broad
est sense, as concerning not only the
countries that border them, but the
world at large. Both are land girt seas;
both are links in chain of communica-
ton between an east and a west In
both the chain is broken by an isthmus
Both are of contracted extent when
compared with great oceans, and in
consequence of these common features
both present in an intensified form the
advantages and the limitations, politi-
cal and military, which condition the
influence Of sea power.
This conclusion is notably true of the
Mediterranean, as is shown by it's his
tory. It is even more forcibly true of
the Caribbean, partly because the con-
tour Of its shores does not, as in the
Mediterranean peninsulas thrust the
power of the land so far and so sustain
edly into the sea; partly because from
historical antecedents already alluded
to, in the character of the first colo
nists and from the shortness of the
time the ground has been in civilized
occupation, there does not exist in the
Caribbean or in the gulf of Mexico
apart from the United States-any land
power at all comparable to those great
continental states Of Europe whose
strength lies in their armies far more
than in their navies.
So far as national inclinations, as dis
tinct from the cautious actions of states
man, can be discerned, in the Mediter-
ranean at present the sea powers, Great
Britain, France and Italy, are opposed
to the land powers, Germany, Austria
and Russia, and the latter dominate ac-
ton. It cannot be SO in any near future
in the Caribbean. The Caribbean is pre-
eminently the domain of sea power
Captain A. T. Mahan, U. S. N, in
Harper's Magazine.
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-11-07
The Decline of Man.

There seems to be some uncertainty as
to the size Of our great mother. The
French orientalist, Henrion, member of
the academy, however, fixed it with a
precision satisfactory at least to him
self. He gives the following table Of
the relative heights of several eminent
historical personages:
Adam was precisely 1913 feet inches
high.
Eve was precisely 118 feet 9.75 inches
high.
Noah was precisely 1O3 feet high.
Abraham was precisely ~ feet high.
Moses was precisely 10 feet high.
Hercules was precisely feet high.
Alexander was precisely feet high.
Julius Caesar was precisely 5 feet
high
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-11-07
Great Annla Orchard.

Noah Shelley of near Arendtsville,
Adams county, has the largest apple or
chard in southern Pennsylvania, hay
ing LOO trees, which range in age
from II to II years. From the orchard
this year Mr.. Shelley will have about
$500 barrels, which have been sold to
a Chicago party for $1.75 per barrel.
The westerners pick, pack and ship the
fruit. Mr.. Shelley is allowed to have
all the dropped apples for cider. This is
the highest price paid for the entire
yield of an orchard in southern Penn
sylvania this year. The yield is so big
that the limbs are bent within few
inches Of the ground. Carlisle Herald.
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-11-07
FORMER DUELS.
Some of the Famous Affairs of Honor OF
the Past.

GeSoral Benedict Arnold fought a
duel &oar Kilburn Wells in 1891 with
Lord Lauderdale, who, after Arnold
missed him, refused either to fire or to
apologize, saying that if the general
was not satisfied he could keep on firing
until he was. In 1904 tho turbulent
Lord Camelford, the symmetrical ar
rangement of whose whips and sticks
over his chlmneypiece is described by
Byron, From the thick bludgeon to
the taper SWITCH" lost his life in q
duel he owed to a vengeance de femme.
Captain Best had caught a sharper
named Symonds in the act of cheating
and kicked his face to a pulp. The
mans wife wrote Camelford an anony-
nous letter to tell him his friend Best
had slandered him. 4 duel was fought
with pistols (they were the two best
shots in England), and Camelford fell
with a mortal wound. "YOu have killed
me, Best, " said the dying man, "but
the fault is wholly mine. l relieve you
of all the blame" But men of mature
years and established reputation risked
life as recklessly as the widest young
guardsmen or London ral1es.
Charles James Fox fought duel with
cabinet minister, Mr.. Adam, in 1879.
-Four shots We're exchanged Adam
missed, Fox fred in the air and apollo
gized. Sir" said Adam, ''you have
behaved like man Of honor :" In India,
toward the end of the last century, a
duel was fought between Warren Hast
ings and Sir Philip Francis, the latter
being dangerously wounded Shortly
afterward, in Bombay, Lord Mccartney
and Mr.. Sadler qparreled at the council
board, and in the duel Mccartney re-
ceived dangerous wound The Earl of
Talbot and John Wilkes, fighting duel
at night in the garden of the Red Lion
inn, at Bagshot and discussing the
conditions of it beforehand in a private
room over a chop is Il tableau de mnurs.
George Canning was seriously wound
ed when he and Castlereagh met at Put
ney in 1907 to exchange four shots In
the duel between Henry Grattan and
Mr.. Cory a bullet shattered the latter S
arm. AS late as 1885 Mr. Roebuck
fought a duel with Mr.. Black of The
Morning Chronicle, when two shots
were exchanged without result. The
fighting parson was then as we'll known
as the fighting editor The Rev. Henry
Bate, editor of The Morning Post, was
both. A dead shot, and with what his
contemporaries call "a profigate
tongue" he was most successful as a
duelist He "pinked'' Fighting Fitz-
gerald" Mr.. Temple, young barris-
ter who was his assistant editor, and
several others, but met his match at
last in Captain Stoney Robinson, who
gave him a severe wound, but whom
he also wounded. -Cornhill Magazine
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-11-07
South Pole Exnedition.

The commercial and scientific expedi-
ton to the south pole under Herr Borch-
grevinck, will start from England next
July. Inquiries are now being made for
a suitable ship in Scotland and Norway.
The object will be 10 reach Cape Adairi
and proceed to the south pole on snow
shoes. The party will include several
scientific men. Herr Borchgrevinck will
go to Norway at Christmas and with
some Norwegian friends practice snow
shoe running.
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-11-07

The temperature Of the atmosphere
cools, on an average, about one degree
for every 800 feet that we ascend or
warns at the same rate as we descend.
The mean temperature at the north
pole is 0 and at the equator between 80
and 90 degrees. We can, therefore, get
into temperature one degree colder
for every 20 or so miles that we travel
north, and in temperature one degree
warmer for every 70 or so miles that
we travel south. philadelphia Times.