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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-11-03

MoundsviIle ana had 40 interview with
Prosecuting Attorney Parsons about
the case. He went to ask that the
body of Mrs. Hupp be dug up and ex-
amined for the purpose of discovering
if possible, some traces of poison,
which is thought to have caused Ter
death.
A South-Side physician told Rev.
Mr. Haas that Notwithstanding the
TACT that the body had been buried for
three years that if arsenic or some
similar poison had been used that II
was still possible to find some Of tba
poison by examining the remains
Paul Riedel, a prominent Benwoo5
cItlzen, VINO was a city official of Rem
WOOD az the time of Mrs TIuT'e death
VIII go down to Noun isv.lle .u-cav 70
see the prosecuting attorney On the
same mission.
Mr.. Rledel, in speaking of the case.
said yesterday that he knew both
huff and his wife WELL He also knew
Mrs. Huff's first husband, Adolph
Hoeh, who worked at the Riverside.
Hoeh was dead about a year when
his widow married Huff. She was
blind in one eye and not at all good
looking, although considered a good,
respectable woman. Fluff was a Ger
man, about forty years of age, short,
smooth faced, had black curly hair, and
was considered handsome 1t was I'M
derstood that he married Mrs. Hoeh
for money, for her husband had left
her $1,000 which he had managed 10
save. Huff is supposed to have gotten
all of this. He kept saloon in upper
Benwood, near Remhoff's crossing.
lie was married only two months
until his wife died and he disappeared.
Mr.. Reidel thinks that Hupp himself
caused the story to be sent to Wheel
ing that he had been executed in Ger
many for the purpose of throwing
the people here off the track. He
thought also the fact that one of the
aliases under which the Chicago big
amist sailed included the name of
Adolph Hoch was proof that it was
Huff who had been arrested and the
fact that Huff denied ever having
been in Wheeling looked suspicious
also. Whether the Marshall county
authorities will make any investiga
ton or not it is not thought likely
that any tangible evidence can be ST.
cured after the lapse of three years
to connect Huff with the Benwood
case.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-11-03
EUGENE FIELDS DAUGHTER.

Hundreds of the admirers of Eugene
Field, Americas poet laureate OF home
and childhood, will be glad to know
that his daughter is soon to read in
this city. She will doubtless be greet
ed by a brilliant audience when she
appears here for the first time on the
lecture platform in readings from her
fathers poems. Miss Field has had
unbounded success the past two years
as reader of her fathers writings.
She is graceful, magnetic and modest,
the possessor of a sympathetic voice
which she uses very effectively.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-11-03

Few. Herman Haas, of the South
Side, after securing the Identification
of Jacob Huff, arrested in Chicago for
bigamy, is now making an effort to in
duce the Marshall county authorities
to make an investigation of the death
of Huff's wife, who died under peculiar
circumstances, and to find if any
tangible evidence can be obtained 10
convict Huff with her death.
AS previously published, when his
wife died three years ago, after being
married only two months, Huff was
Immediately suspected of having Civ
en- the woman poison to get rid Of her.
Rev. Mr.. Haas married the couple
and knew Mrs. Huff very well, as she
was a member of his congregation.
On this account he took an unusual
interest in the matter at the time and
endeavored to get the Marshall county
authorities to investigate. They re-
fused to do so, however, alleging that
it was the place of the Marshall coun-
ty authorities to make any investiga-
ton as the remains of Mrs. Huff had
been buried in Ohio county. Conse-
quently, nothing was ever done to-
| ward solving the mystery surround
ing the affair.
Mrs. Huff died on Saturday, after
only few days illness. She was bur
led in the Red Mems cemetery on Sun
day. 1t was alleged at the time that
her death was due to cholera morbus,
but this was always questioned. a
few days afterward Huff disappeared,
putting his clothes on the Back" river
bank to cause people to think he had
committed suicide. 1t was learned that
he had bought new clothes before
leaving, had drawn 5000 of his wife,
money from the bank, and after his
old clothes were found on the bank ii
was learned that he had bought rail-
road ticket in Bellaires The facts
F, only increased the suspicion that he
| had been criminally implicated in his
wife's death, and Rev. Mr.. Haass and
others tried to get the Marshall county
authorities to eXhume the body of Mrs
Huff for the purpose of holding post
mortem They refused and the matter
was dropped. Since the Identification
| of Huff in Chicago, where he is held
| on the charge of wholesale bigamy
Mr.. Haass is stronger of the opinion
that Huff got rid of his wife by fou
| means to get her money.
| Yesterday Mr.. Haas went to
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-11-03

tract an audience of lovers of what is
best in music, but when supplemented
by the other works, there should be no
question upon the point of attendance.
1t is seldom, indeed. that a really
great pianiste visits Wheeling. Those
who heard Nine. Carreno last season
may judge OF what is in store tonight
when it can be said that Nine. Zeisler
is far greater than she. and the equal,
if not the superior of Paderewski; she
ranks with Clara Schumann and Franz
List, and Won Bulow. and Ruben
stein and Thalberg. The opportunity
to hear her should not be lost.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-11-03

There can be no doubt or hesita-
ton in saying Nine Zeisler is the
greatest pianiste in the world. To
ledo Journal.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-11-03

"The most captious critic will &C
knowledge Nine Zeisler's place close
to the great artists of all times. =
San Francisco Report.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-11-03

Effort to Get the Death Of Mrs. buff
Investigated.

REV. HERMAN HAASS, OF THE
SOUTH SIDE, ASKS THE MAR
SHALL COUNTY AUTHORITIES
TO DIG UP MRS. HUFFS BODY
AND SEEK TRACES OF POISON
TO CONNECT HUFF WITH HER
DEATH-HUFF HELD IN CHICAGO
ON BIGAMY CHARGES-FACTS OF
HIS CAREER WHILE IN THIS
CITY AND BENWOOD.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-11-03

Dress Skirts. ................. Ssc up
Silk Skirts. Observation-Disclosures. $500 up
Fine Fall Shirt Waists, extra, $3.50
and $500.
Ladies' and Misses Jackets Sl.15.
Fine $500 JACKIE 5. Eve y one all WOOL,
silk trimmed, up-to-date.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-10-15
SHOULD SEND
THE SWEEPINGS
TO THE PARK
The Board Can Eas-
lily Have 1t Done.
WOULD RECLAIM THE WASTES
A PLAN TO HAVE THE STUFF
CREMATED.
Why the Park Commissioners Have
Not Been Able to Secure the
Refuse From the Streets
in the Past.
WOULD RECLAIM THE WASTES
a PLAN TO HAVE THE STUFF
CREMATED.

Give the street sweepings to Golden Gate
Park The refuse from the streets that
costs the city s11 800 a month to gather up
and cart away would If put to proper
use, convert every barren sand waste
within the limits Of that magnificent re-
sort into a luxuriant grass plat or beau
tifully wooded knoll in an incredibly
short space, for once those sand dunes
are covered with nOurishing soil vegeta-
ton grows like magic.
The Supervisors two years ago in
serted a clause in the street sweeping con-
tract providing that the sweepings should
be delivered to the park at the request
Of the Commissioners, upon their agree
ing TO pay the extra cost of transporta-
ton Superintendent McLaren had an
interview with the contractor who told
him it would cost 90 cents yard extra
to deliver the sweepings in the park. Of
course the terms were not accepted for
the simple reason that the Commissioners
can buy loam thoroughly decomposed
and ready for spreading, for, 70 cents
yard. And this loan is hauled distance
of over five miles. The contractor was
simply looking for handsome proht Tor
dispoSing of the refuse he had already
been well paid by the city to take care
Of
The present contract for sweeping the
streets will expire December ], and In let
should give due consideration to the wei
fare of the park. Moreover, a new feat
ure has arisen which demands attention.
The garbage ordinance which the Super
visors now have under consideration pro-
v'des that the street sweepings shall be
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-10-15

all as Mongolian f1im-fammers, and that
he should talk to RottanZi. He is the
one who gets US into trouble with the I'M
paid bills. You know l hear he is a re-
former? That's a funny thing. Rottanzi
and Hefter Jimmy Phelan ought to go
into partnership Phelan hefts the city $
gold bags and says they're all right. Rot
tamil doesn't often take the trouble to
investigate. city supply bills. About once
a year he hefts EN- and then throws the
bunch under the table. or at the clerk, as
the humor seiZeS him"
All of this Grafton was not lost on the
committee, which proceeded to investi-
gate the handful Of bills which the cap
tain held and found most of them long
past due. Rottanzi not being present. the
bunch was laid away for future action.
The Merchants Association was repre-
scented by a committee, which petitioned
for a postponement of action on the pro-
posed garbage contract for thirty days,
so as to give further time for the colIec-
ton of data from other cities Captain
Delany was opposed to granting the time,
stating that there had been enough de-
lays already. Devany and Haskins who
We're the only other members present of
the Committee on Health and Police, sided
against the captain. and it was finally de-
cided to let the matter Of a garbage con-
tract go over until November 20.
The Bohemian Athletic Club was grant
ed permit to hold an athletic exhibition
in October, the boxers to be Charles
Johnson and e Mulligan, John Mcmahon
and William Otis.
The Excelsior Club withdrew its petit
ton for a boxing contest on November 4.
1t is understood that the club could not
get the boxing talent which 1t had ex-
pected to secure.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-10-15
ALL NATIONS
TO HONOR THE
EXPOSITION
"American Day" Said
Ito Be a Mystery.
SPACE REPORTED SHORT
APPLICATIONS TO EXHIBIT ARE
VERY NUMEROUS.
Women, FraternaI Societies and Chill
dren Will Present Special Fea-
lures on Their Respec-
tive Days.
SPACE REPORTED sHoR-
APPLICATIONS TO EXHIBIT ARE
VERY NUMEROUS.
Oakland ONCE San Francisco Cali,


The directors of the Oakland EXPOSE
ton have undertaken to introduce many
features into the show, which will open
November u, which are entirely new, and
which viii undoubtedly add to its pop
ularity. There are days set apart for
nearly all nationalities, and, to the gen
eral surprise of the public November IS
has been named american day.. Much
inquiry has been made regarding the
special features of an American day based
presumably on the presumption that every
day at an industrial exposition should be
pre-eminently American and secondarily
anything else.
Director Theo. Gier said this afternoon
that it was d question he could not an
,swer. 81 don't understand it, he said,
except that it is possibly the day on
which everybody can celebrate that has
been admitted to American citizenship by
naturalization. They ought all to be
American days, and our manager can
probably enlighten US as to his idea for
this distinction.
Secretary Charles Roeth is also amused
at the American day" The opening day
will be devoted to preliminary exercises.
Woman suffragists are to share day
with the French, and California, the pro-
ducers and the militia viii also celebrate
the day. Red Cross societies and the
Scotch will have another day. Hospitals
and the Irish have been accorded Novem-
Der II. Cyclists, flower lovers and Ameri-
cans will enjoy November Is, and the fol-
lowing day will be given over to children
of the public schools and commercial
travellers. The Germans have the sole
right of way on November Il, but the
following day viii be divided between the
Italians, historians, pioneers and women
Art and the Grand Army of the Republic
will celebrate together, while carnival,
nurses and native sons and daughters will
be the guests November "A. England and
the Foresters will share the honors at
night, and on the 26th weddings will be
celebrated in connection with private
Merchants. suburbanites and firemen will
club together, as will also the manufac-
turers, Oakland and the Elks. The Swedes
will have the last day of November, and
Labor day in connection with Mexicans,
Cubans and the police force will own the
show December l. Fraternal societies will
make a showing the following day, and
on December there will be grand fare
well.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-10-15
SPARKS FLEW
FROM CAPTAIN
DELANY'S EYES
Denounced Rottanzi
in Hot Terms.
THE EFFORT OF HIS LIFE
SPEECH BEFORE COMMITTEE OF
SUPERVISORS.
Now Will Rottanzi Be Good or Will
He Challenges Captain De-
lany to Mortal Com
SPEECH BEFORE COMMITTEE OF
SUPERVISORS.

Supervisor Deiany appeared at the city
buildings yesterday morning in an angry
frame of mind. he was apparently even
more disturbed than when Supervisor
Devany and School Director Ragan film
TANNED him with that Stanyan street
lease. His countenance wore heightened
color like unto that produced by the
bruising together of scarlet geraniums
and the rays of the setting sun. Both
prongs of his large black mustache stood
rigidly erect, and whole showers of don't
touch-me sparks flew from his orbs of OBJ
servation.
In his right hand the Supervisor -four
ished a large pacnet of bills as he strobe
before his confreres of the Health and
Police Committee in the Supervisors
committee room.
II would just like to get my hands on
that chap RottanZi!' exclaimed Delany
What l would do to him would be a
plenty! Just look at these unpaid bills!
The city owes money to it's clamoring
creditors, and who is to blame? Rottan-
ri! He won't come to q committee meet
ing and sign bills so that they can be
paid. We chase him up and down the
signature. The merchants are Disguised
and threaten to boycott us! They say
that they won't sell goods to a deadbeat
corporation that holds up their claims for
a year, l tell you, gentlemen. l had to
blush for very shame the other day when
me: Captain. don't mind dealing with
Chinese and Filipinos, but I do intend to
draw the line hereafter on San Francisco
Supervisors. They never pay their hon.
est debts when they can help it..
81 told him 1t wasn't right to class us
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-10-15
LAKE DREDGING DISCUSSED
SCHEME TO LICENSE EVERY
MERCHANT.
Said to Be the Means by Which the
Large Deficit Is to Be
Raised by the
Council.
Oakland once San Francisco Call,

90S Broadway, Oct. is.
Mayor Thomas has filed his veto of the
tax levy ordinance passed by the Council
a week ago. He shows plainly that there
most important branches of the city gov
eminent will be stultifed and the city )
progress retarded.
After going into detail condemning the
apportionment of the money raised by
the ordinance, the Mayor shows that by
reimbursement a levy of 81 20 can be
made satisfactory. His language in this
connection is as follows:
feel assured that such a REIMBURSEMENT of the
levy in the several department funds and
should be made by your honorable body that
no department in the city government should
suffer, especially the High School. Free
Library and Street and Fire departments
The taxpayers in the annexed district are
demanding. and they have a right to demand,
and should have granted to them reasonable
amount Of fire and police protection and such
other betterments as it may be possible to give
them.
The improvement of Lake Merritt should be
prosecuted far as practicable during the
more than one-haIf OF the appropriation made
for that purpose can be earned prior To June
that be true it would be unwise to tie UP the
other half in the park and boulevard fund, from
which it could not be transferred to aid in pay
ment of any claims against the city accrued
against any other fund.
/ firmly believe that the sewer fund can get
along with less than one-half Of the amount
appropriated by the ordinance. dislike very
much to veto ordinance. This is my ninth
veto out of one hundred and forty-nine ordl-
nances passed by this Council. Ny vetoes have
been sustained with one exception.
The tax levy ordinance is perhaps the most
important one upon which are compelled to
act and it is my belief that with a levy of
81 20 all departments of the city, If economically
/ conducted. can be carried without deficit,
and the Improvement of Lake Merritt, the city s
water park can be carried as far as 1t Is
possible TO do so this fiscal year.
We must bear in mind that the fourth month
of our fiscal year is passing, and that all
the shortages mentioned viii have to be made
up during the remaining eight months. For
the reasons above given 1 feel compelled to
veto this ordinance.
The merchants are somewhat disturbed
by a report that majority of the City
Council intends to stick to its intention
of building lakeside sewers and dredging
the whole of the lake in one year. 1t is
runored that the same Councilmen who
have combined to put through this levy
have also agreed to put through license
ordinance which will make UP the deficit
by requiring every merchant and profess
sional man in this city to take out IL
cense This ordinance is already before
the Council, and has been brought up on
several occasions. 1t is somewhat in con-
fict with another ordinance which pro-
vides for the cutting in halves of the
license fee now required of saloon
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-10-15
ALAMEDA COUNTY NEWS.

in military tactics and appearance will be
important factors in deciding the drill.
Following this drill, a detail from each
company will drill for the regimental gold
medal which is now held by Sergeant
Stowe of Company D.
The medal VII be drilled for by each
detail falling in as one squad and
dressed accordingly; then as an ACTUAL
mistake is made the unfortunate falls
out" and so on until there is only the
winner left on the floor.
The affair will be free to all, AMI gen.
eral invitation is extended to the public.
The board of officers of the Second
California Regiment, U. B. B., held a
meeting Saturday evening, October l, at
the Eighth Avenue NJ. Z. Church, to con-
slider and discuss the affairs of the regf-
ment. Colonel William M. de Wolf was
in the chair and was pleased at the good
reports of the officers and committees.
The regiment is in good condition. and
several new companies are reported to be
forming.
The hospital corps in Christ Church,
Alameda, has taken up the work again
and reports progress Captain Victors.
a medical student, has consented to in
Struct the corps.
Company E in the same church has
about sixty members and they can boast
Of much knowledge in military drill.
The Bible classes of the companies are
reported to be doing even better than the
drill In Company A more men attend the
class than the drill. which is a rare &C.
currence in any company.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-10-15

incinerated in the garbage crematory, for
which the city is to be taxed 20 cents a
yard in addition to the regular price for
sweeping the streets. That 20 cents extra
would pay the street sweeping contractor
handsomely for carting the refuse from
even the most remote downtown district
to the park
The street sweepings that are now going
to waste, and which the Supervisors pro-
pose to pay 20 cents yard to have
cremated, if delivered to the Park Com
miSsionerS would enable them to devote
$25,O year on an average, that they
now pay for the purchase of loam to
other needed improvements. Moreover, 1T
would enable them to reclaim every por-
ton of. the park, where at present they
are enabled to use only small portion
of the loan purchased in extending the
cultivated area.
1t may surprise some people to learn
that it requires so much loan to replen-
ish that portion of the park already I'M
der AcultivatiOn, but it should not when
it is considered that the soil covering the
original sandhills is on an average not
more than two feet deep. The nourish-
ment is soon exhausted, and it is neces-
Sary to keep 1t constantly renewed to
prevent the plants and trees from dying.
How many visitors to the city's famous
resort are aware that in the nursery over
near the water works Is one of the finest
and most complete collections of conf
ferae to be seen anywhere in the world ?
But such is the case Members of the
core-bearing species have been collected
they grow and thrive and are being
transplanted to other sections of the park
as rapidly as they can be cared for.
Handsome specimens of the famed
Italian stone pine flourish alongside our
own stately redwoods, while among the
dozens of varieties are frs from the Him
alayas, spruce from the Pyrenees, Aus
trian pine, European silver fir, Eastern
white spruce, Indian cedar pines from
Chile, Mexican spruces, Japanese red
Canadian balsam FIR, Norway spruce,
spruce from the Santa Lucia Mountains
In San Luis Obispo County-a very rare
specimen. there being only one small
cluster of trees of which there is any
knowledge; kauri pine from Australia, an
other very rare species, oeSldes many
other varieties.
These trees cannot be set out hap
hazard on the bleak hills. First. there
has to be shelter provided in the shape of
harder specimens Of the family, and be-
sides plenty of good rich soil for them to
grow in 1t is a singular fact that a ma
jority Of the species of coniferae could
not exist If exposed to the full force of
our summer winds; but set in among the
harder frs and pines they will grow to
stately proportions If properly nurtured.
But ii requires large quantities OF manure
and loan for this purpose, and that is
one of the many reasons the Park Com
missoners are so anxious to secure the
street sweepings.
Let them have them and improve
every portion of the park.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-10-15
HE THREW THE CLUB.
The Preliminary Examination of
Policeman Frank L. Kenville
Com m enced

The preliminary examination of Police
man Frank l.. Kenville on the charge OF
assault to murder was commenced before
Judge Mogan yesterday Prosecuting At
torney Spinetti was assisted by ex-Judge
Cooney, and Senator MCGOWAN repre-
scented the defendant
Kenville is accused of throwing his club
at Willie Lynch in front of Woodward S
Pavilion on the night of September g.
The boy was hit on the back of the head.
and for some time it was feared that he
would die.
After Corporal Russell had exhibited
and explained a diagram of the scene,
made by him, John j. Sparrow testified to
seeing kenviile throw the club which hit
the boy. He saw the boy drop and Ken
VILE stoop down and pick up the club
Sparrow's full statement has already
been published. He was corroborated by
John F. Gallagher, stenographer, who
was with him at the time. D. T. Taylor,
steamfitter, also testified, but his evil
dence was unimportant.
The further hearing was by consent
continued till Monday afternoon.