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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-12-14
POSIPONhENT REPORTED.
Operation Of Pottery Trust Said to
Have Been Deferred.

REPORTED LOCALLY THAT THE
POTTERY: COMBINATION WILL
NOT BE IN EFFECT UNTIL THE
FIRST OF APRIL-WHAT TRENTON
JOURNAL SAYS OF PROGRESS OF
THE TRUST-SEWER PIPE TRUST
DENIED = TIN PLATE TRUST
CHARTERED IN NEW JERSEY.
NO DOUBT OF w. T. GRAHAM'S
ELECTION AS VICE PRESIDENT.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-12-14

1t is reported that the Consolidated
Tin Plate COMPANY is now a certainty
and that TIE nv trust has obtained
its charter from New Jersey. A
meeting of the combine has been call
ed, and the conference will be held in
Pittsburg within the next ten days,
when the committee appointed at the
meeting held in Pittsburg December ..
to take stock and make inventories,
will report.
The combination is said to control
IS plants with a capacity Of 300 mills.
Stock in the trust was given in most
oeses in exchange for the plants, but
In other cases cash was paid for the
property.
At the meeting to be held in Pitts
burg officers and a Board of Directors
will be elected. There is little doubt
as to D. G. Reid being President and
w. T. Graham Vice-President. Chica-
go. it seems, will be the headquarters
of the combine, and large branches will
be maintained in Pittsburg and New
York. A large majority of the plants
are now idle, and will not resume OPP
erations before January I. 1t is denied
that contracts for delivery after Janu-
airy would be annulled.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-12-14

Albums for mounting amateur photos
In great variety of styles and prices at
STATIONS OLD CITY BOOK STORE.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-12-14

Methodist Hymnals, with or without
music, at prices ranging from 35c to
1918. Names in gold on cover when
desired.
STANTON'S OLD CITY BOOK STORE.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-12-14

For holiday rates to all points con-
suit agents c., L. & w. Ry.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-12-14
GENERAL NOTICES

STOCKHOLDERS MEETING.
The ANIMAL meeting OF the stockholders
OF The NaNonal Bank of West Virginia.
at WheelinA will be held at the banking
house on Tuesday. January 10th. 1923. be-
tween the hours of one % and three 60
o'clock p. m, tor the election of Directors.
JOHN WAGNER. Cashier
Wheeling. West Va, December {. 1895.
deTei
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-12-14

OPERA HOUSE Tonight, Down ia
Dixie, Saturday matinee and night,
Roland Reed and company.
GRAND OPERA HOUSE-To-day, mat
inee and evening, .McDoodles Flats;
last half of week, "A Cheerful Idiot"
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-12-14

Diamonds, Watches, Rich Jevelry
and Silverware at McNamee's, 1907
Market street.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-12-14
WASHINGTON PARDONED.

Governor Atkinson Sets Another Con-
Wet Free After Serving One-third of
His Sentence
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-12-14

wANTED-MEMRERa OF SECRET So
cieties to call at>Yvest Va Printing Co.
No. LIS and TIT Market Street. and Ell.
anime samples Of Address cardA
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-12-14
OBTAINED A CHARTER.

Tin Plate Trust Chartered by New Jer-
sey and a Meeting Called for PITTS
burg-Thirty- eight Flants CONTROL
ed.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-12-14

Races and Tribes Of Men
Health and HysIsns
ssmous Aea and Places
Mystic Letters and Members
Politics and Statecraft
Plain laxs Tor Plain Pscpso
War and It, Appliances
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-12-14
TRUSTEES SALE OF VALU.

]. C. HERvEY. Auctioneer no2lei
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-10-02

militia, and talk, talk, talk, all OF which
ended in more talk.
All this time "One-eyed Ike" al
though a convert to Christianity and
one of the leading pillars in the Rev
Myron Hilgard's congregation, with
prospects of becoming a deacon, had
been most jealous in pursuit of "Ponca
Jim" and his ina ginary successor,
Montana Jake" Prayers were offered
up in the little lmprovised pulpit in the
school house for the capture of the
marauder, and "One-eyed likes"
"amens" were of the loudest and~most
approved Methodist type.
Late in July Nicholas Hammil, One
eyed Ike's" employer, who owns a ranch
fourteen miles north of Bonesteel, had
a bunch of steers, numbering sixty
three. which he intended to ship to
Chicago the first week in August Mr..
Hammil got up one morning to find
that all but four of this splendid bunch
of cattle had vanished without his con-
nivance Mr.. Hammil is a man of few
words. Action is his strong specially.
Calling together six cowboys a few
minutes after sunrise, he armed them
tooth and heel and told them to go
forth and bring back the cattle If pos
sible, but under no circumstances to
return without Montana Jake" dead
or alive. "One-eyed- Ike" much to his
delight, was put in command of the
outfit.
The pursuers started to the west
ward, following the trail of the cattle,
provisioned for several days of hard
riding. About noon they found the
cattle, exhausted from hard drive and
lying down in the water of swamp
They pushed on, and half an hour later
caught sight of the "rustler'' riding at
full speed to the northwest. The cow
boys got in range of him and fired sew
eral shots with view to forcing him
to surrender, but he only rode the
harder.
For three hours the chase continued
the horses of both pursuers and pur-
sued laboring painfully from the eff
fects of the hard riding. The cow
bows were satisfied to keep their man
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-10-02

son Of rapine and murder. Plans with
out number were laid to catch him. he
was several times chased at furious
pace-so the natives said-to the Dor
der of the reservation, but they had
to turn back in rage and disappoint-
ment because they dared not rush In
among the tepees of the red men.
Thus matters ran on, "Ponca jim
in the meantime increasing his string
of crimes to more than a score OF great
robberies, until the ranchmen conclud-
ed to send a committee to the Ponca
reservation with the view of getting
the Indians, by bribery or otherwise, to
give up the terror of Gregory County.
The chief of the tribe and his big and
little chiefs expressed surprise and in
dignation at the insinuation that they
We're harboring a thief and murderer,
and by implication getting a portion Of
the plumber. They felt sure, they said,
that the mysterious plunderer did not
live on the reservation and that, at
least, there was nobody on the reserva-
ton VINO went by the name of "Ponca
Jim
The delegation did not believe the
story Of the Indians, although there
was no positive evidence that the guilty
person was one of them, but ~
went thoughtfully back to their homes
around Bonesteel and Fairfax, and re-
solved to catch the prince of rascals if
IT took all of several summers. Rev.
Mr.. Hilgard threw his caster into the
ring by praying that the arch fiend of
Gregory County mi~ht be delivered
into the hands of the righteous citizens
of that community and gained fresh
popularity by promising to help pull
the rope which should send him into
eternity They like muscular Christian
ity out here.
Time wore on into weeks, into
months, into years. The robberies and
murders continued, but the rascal was
as elusive as a Tennessee flea After
a while the ranchmen rechristened him
Montana Jake" but this only excited
him to mirth and didn't help the tillers
of South Dakota much to catch him
Where was talk of calling out the
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-10-02
EVANGELIST
AND
HIG1WAYMAN
Singular Career Of Rev, Myron
Hi1gard, Who Acted the Part
of Dr.. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.

to take up collection and occasionally
through the week he held meetings
which he styled revivals. He was re-
garded by his neighbors as such good
man that they called him into their
conferences, both spiritual and tenn
poral One thing, however, they had
great difficulty in understanding-he
was nearly always absent from home
at night. 1t was finally explained TO
them that Rev. Mr.. Hilgard had two or
three other charges, one OF them on
the east side of the Missouri River, and
on that account he was not able to
spend many of his evenings at home
1t is no easy matter to kill time In a
sparsely settled region of South Dako-
ia, especially during the winter months,
so the Rev. Myron's Sunday services
and weekly revivals became very popu-
lar He was a persuasive talker,' with
a certain amount of rough eloquencc
that appealed to the farmers and cat
tlemen, who, with their families-those
who had families seldom missed a
service. In tire a gradual change be-
came noticeable in the daily lives of
the natives which finally developed into
a great wave Of religious fervor.
The little school house was scarcely
large enough to hold the crowds gath
cred there to hear the teachings of the
Rev. Myron and to ponder upon the
straight and narrow way that leadeth
to eternal life. The revival services
developed into good old camp meeting
times. AS an eXhorter the new parson
was a tremendous success. The mourn
ers' bench was continually crowded with
repentant sinners. For, as the preacher
often remarked, no man knoweth the
day or the hour when his soul may be
required of him. And yet it was often.
noticed that he felt nervously in the
region of the hip pocket beneath his
long black coat.
Then came numerous mysterious dep
relations. In January, 1895, ranch
man living in the neighborhood of Fair
fax lost tWenty-eigbt head of fat cattle
which he was about to drive to a sta
ton for shipment to Chicago They
disappeared in the night, and no trace
whatever could be found of them then
farmer, west of Bonesteel, lost seven
horses, four of them Percherons, which
he had brought in to do his spring
work with.
Search was made for them all over
the eastern part of the county, but they
were as completely lost as if they had
been swallowed up by the earth. About
February 1 another ranchman was
robbed of eighteen cows, calves and
; beeves. These depredations We're fol-
lowed by others. -Four or five farmers,
living in isolated partBSof the county,
were held up at the point of the rifle,
robbed of their money and their houses
were ransacked of their Valuables.
During the next two months several
travellers were held up and robbed.
The community was thoroughly
aroused, the Rev. Mr.. Hilgard be-
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-10-02

had deceived an entire county. He
was a most plausible scoundrel. lie
was striking figure, tall, smooth
sheyen and with a mass of long black
hair brushed back from a high, we'll
developed forehead. His features were
clean cut and denoted no little intel
lectuality.
But at that time Bonesteel gave
great deal more attention to getting
three square meals by day and keeping
an eye on the Ponca Indians just over
the border in Nebraska by night than
to the souls prospects in the region be-
yond the Styx. So Rev. Mr.. Hilgard's
exhortations to the South Dakotans TO
forsake their evil ways were not at first
productive of much fruit.
The hour had struck for him to begin
to dig for living, so early in December
he got possession OF one-story farm
house three miles north Of BonesteeJ,
together with quarter section of land.
1t was a hard winter and Hilgard had
to borrow supplies from his neighbors
for a time, promising that he would re-
imburse them from his crop the follow
ing year. In school house hard ~ he
held Sunday services. never forgetting
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-10-02
nIP WITH YOUR HANDS," SHOUTED THE. HIGHWAYAAN


The dugout was in the open and
there was no way of approaching it
without being. exposed to fire. That
the rustler was no SLOUGH with a gun,
was shown when he plugged a bullet
through "One-eyed Ike.s" left ear, as
that jealous Christian was trying to-,
worm his way through the grass to-
ward the cabin. After that and a
number of similar experiences, in
which three other cowboys received
slight wounds, they came to the con-:
clusion that, having the best hand,
they could afford to wait for call.
All night long the vigil was kept up
On several occasions the imprisoned
one attempted to sneak. away under
cover of the darkness, but was driven
back by a heavy fire. Dawn came,
and as the sun popped. up over the
eastern range the watchers saw. a
white handkerchief waving from a
stick in the doorway ofthe dugout
Fearful of a trick, they rode up in a
bunch, with weapons handy: There,
standing in the low doorway, wounded.
in seven places, was the figure; of a.
pale-faced.. smooth shayen man, with
his long black hair thrown back over
his shoulders. 'One-eyed Ike LED. the
charge. AS he came within. seeing
distance of the cattle thief he -reeled
and nearly fell from. his saddle.
my God!" he gasped; its the par
son.
Sure enough, there in the doorway
stood the Rev. NIyron Hi1gaTd.e Come.
on, boys" he shouted; the games up.
Only. see that I get safely into Jail
He was thinking of the reception
that awaited him at Bonesteel.
Back to town rode the cowboys with
their prisoner. He was badly used UP,
but he chuckled as he noticed that
only two of his captors were free from
the effects of his own fire. One had a.
shattered arm and the: others; were,
bleeding from flesh wounds, "One-.
eyed Ike" rode in the lead. Not a. word
would he exchange with his prisoner.
He was too busy thipking--and trying
to stanch the flow OF blood from his
left ear.
Last Saturday night he broke Jail
He must have, had. confedera ties; and
everybody is looking askance. at. his
neighbor. The members OF the Rev.
Myron's flock are all suspfciousiof each
other. and it has driven Cme-eyed
Ike to drink. Somebody. supplied the
prisoner with a file and "a pistol. With
the first he cut the bars of his cell
door.
When the taller came in with his sup
per he knocked him down with the pis-
toll butt and pounded him until he was
insensfble. Then he opened the outer
door with the jailer's key and made
his escape. . All attempts at pursuit
have proven unaXaHing. When "a
strange preacher turns UP anywhere in
South Dakota they won't cotton to him
SO closely now. But it's too bad about
Conceived Ike" for It has made a
thorough pessimist of him. In fact,
there is quite a crop of misanthropes
in Gregory County.
Ttoiiaps as rule make better nnusi-
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prevent the extension of the lines Of
the "churchless'' area.
Along Powell and Stockton. from
Geary north, the churches seem to have
made a more decided stand, six or more
holding their ground on a line that
promises at least for long time to come
to be more or less permanent.
Within this churchless section are to
be found nearly all the regular hotels,
high grade as we'll as low, and the
great majority of lodging and rooming
houses, especially those of the cheaper
grades, besides the vast number of
separate abodes occupied by one or
more families. On a reasonable esti-
mate the population, permanent and
transient, will reach 10000, more than
one-fourth of the whole population in
cluded within the limits Of the city.
In this churchless section, too, are
to be found far more than one-half Of
all the saloons of the city and nearly
all the low dives and dancehalls and
other places of degrading vice, besides
Chinatown and its immediate sur
roundingS.
Though the churches have gone this
vast field has not been entirely left I'M
titled by Gospel messengers. Some pro-
vision is being made for the spiritual
needs of these people, and in ways, too,
probably more fruitful of visible re-
suits than those followed by the regu-
lar church methods. In Chinatown sew
eral of these latter have their Chinese
and Japanese missions, which are
manfully battling against heather
prejudice and vice.
On the very edge of the Barbary
Coast the Salvation Army has three
active posts, besides woman's shelter
Three other posts and another shelter
are stationed elsewhere in the shaded
section of the city. Two Pencil mis-
7 l.
either end of the Barbary Coast, while
another is on Third and Stevenson
streets. All these, as we'll as the vol
unteers" and other bands. are to be
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-10-02

in sight, but he was squirting his horse
on over the rolling prairie in sheer des-
peration.
Suddenly the exhausted horse ridden
by the cattle thief plunged heavily for
ward and fell. The rider picked him
self up and as luck would have it,
found himself within a few yards of
an abandoned dugout. Here he sought
shelter. and being heavily armed with
a Winchester and a brace of pistols,
which fact he quickly announced as
soon as his pursuers closed in on him,
succeeded in keeping them at bay.
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"churchless section; that is a
section Of the city, generally
the most densely populated, too, which
has been deserted by the regularly or
ganized church congregations as site
for place of worship.
In this city this churchless section
not more than three decades ago con-
tanned nearly all if not all of the regu-
lar places of worship for the various
congregational bodies. One after an
other they have abandoned their older
church homes and, following the better
classes of permanent residents, have
sought new locations in the less crowd
ed outer districts. A few general causes
have operated in all these changes of
location.
Sometimes the majority of the MEM
bers of the congregation have moved
their homes far from the old church,
and not caring to come down town to
worship the church has been obliged to
follow them to distant quarters in or
der to retain them on it's membership
rolls. Then again the downtown
building is usually fashioned, dark
and uncomfortable generally, while the
ground on which it stands has large
value for business purposes. By SELL
ing enough money can be realized to
purchase a much larger lot in a suitable
and more convenient quarter and to
erect thereon a large and more modern
church edifice that will be an attrac-
ton to good paying pew renters.
The churchless section of San Fran
cisco would be nearly If not quite
doubled in area and population were II
not for three or four churches that for
one reason or another still stand their
ground, far out from the general
gathering of the church buildings. and
thus, like grim forts against evil, they
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-10-02

The following is an amusing story of
young Prince Alexander of Batten-
berg. now at Elton:
Like many other little boys he ran
short of pocket money and wrote an
ingenious letter to his august grand
mother, Queen Victoria, asking for
some slight pecuniary assistance. He
received in return a just rebuke, tell
wait until his allowance next became
due. Shortly afterWard the undefeated
little Prince resumed the correspond
ence in something like the following
form: My dear grandmamma-I am
sure you will be glad to know that ]
need not trouble you for any money
just now, for 1 sold your last letter to
another boy here for 80 shillings.'"
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-10-02

believed him to exist. The common
notion was that he was big 200 pound
half breed, who spent his nights rob-
bing farmers and ranchmen, killing
those who resisted him and fleeing
dawn to the friendly Ponca Indian
reservation.
There he was safe until the shades Of
another night should afford him the op-
portunity to go forth for another sea-
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-10-02

THE CHURCHLESS DISTRICT
: OF SAN FRANCISCO.
the
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Be Q g 9 ooo csc 9 9 Q Q g 9 Q G ooo Q go

seen nightly on the street corners tell
ing the Gospel story to the passing
throngs and cordially inviting them to
their home halls to hear more
Down near the water front is the
Finnish Seamen's Mission, and not far
away over on Sacramento and Drumm
streets is the Mariners Church, one of
the oldest mission stations in the city
and one which covers a broad field.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-10-02
DIAGRAM SHOWING THE CHURCHLESS DISTRICT OF
SAN FRANCISCO
DIAGRAM

The churchless section of Francisco O
above diagram contains 10000 regular population and
floating population 10000 least fourth of the
In located of the
cheaper lodging -houses of the city
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-10-02

For thirty years the beard and mus
tache of James Brown of Bennington, w.
Va, have been untrimmed With his
arms extended, he stretches full six feet
from tip to tip of mis- fingers, yet the ends
of his mustache, when held horizontally,
extend beyond his fingers. He braids his
wonderful beard and mustache and tucks
them under his vest.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-10-02

I wooed my peerless Edith
Some twenty years ago,
But Danvers had me bested
million plunks or so.
Yet winning Edith's daughter,
This happy day, l know
I've got the best of Danvers
A million plunks or so.
New York Herald.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-10-02

ing one Of the most enthusiastic
in the search for the scoundrel.
a person the ranchmen spoke of
as "Ponca JIM" who got his name
from the river of that name running
southeastward through the county.
Nobody could say definitely that he had
seen this awful person, but everybody
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-10-02

Italians, as q rule, make better must
clans than people of any. other nation
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-10-02

~ OBERT LOUIS sTEvENsON's
IL conception of the strange case
- of Dr. JekyH and Mr.. Hyde has
its counterpart III a remarkable
- - case in South Da kota. that fur
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-10-02

IKE most other large cities in
the United States and many, too,
In Europe, San Francisco has its
''churchless section; that is a