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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-02-09
OUT ON BAIL.
Chris Van Der Abe Spending the
Night With His Attorney---Will be
in Court This Morning.

Pittsburg, Pa, February S.-Chris
Won Der Abe, the st. Louis base ball
magnate, arrived at the Allegheny
county Jail at SIS tonight in the GUS
tody of Detective Nicholas Bendel, who
made the sensational kidnap last night
at st. Louis.
When the party reached the jail they
were met by United States authorities
who produced habeas corpus papers
issued by Judge Buffin gton and claim
ed the prisoner. Bendel refused to de-
liver his man until the United States
marshal had given him a receipt. AT
ter considerable wrangling this was
done, and Marshal Gamble took charge
of Mr.. Won Der Abe. J. Scoot Fergu-
son, his attorney, then signed a bail
bond for $500, which released the
magnate until tomorrow morning at
10 o'clock, when a hearing in the
habeas corpus proceedings will be had
Won Der Ahe's attorney says the ar
rest Of his client was clearly Illegal
and that he will go back to st. Louis
tomorrow under protection and not
in custody.
Mr.. Won Der Abe on arrival, was
nervous and plainly showed marks Of
travel. His clothing was disarranged,
buttons were torn from his coat and
vest, and throughout he presented a
marked contrast to the natty and well
attired Won Der Abe who has fire.
quently visited this city previously in
a professional WY. He is very indig-
nant at the manner in which he was
captured and the subsequent treat
ment, and says he will fight the case
through to the end. He expects to yet
get even with his captors.
Tonight Nh Won Der Abe is the
guest Of Attorney Ferguson at his East
End mansion
Won Der Abe was seized in St. Louis
last night by Detective Bendel hustled
into a cab, and driven across the river
into Illinois, where the ST. Louis mag
nate was handcuffed, placed aboard
the first train, and brought to Pitts
burg He was wanted here to settle
a Judgment recently secured against
him by Mark Baldwin, the base ball
PLAYER.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-02-09

Special to the Register.
Weston, w. Va, February S-Last
Tuesday, Dock Snyder, Writ Cheno-
worth and John Burton, three young
men of Gilmer county, met at Chenille
and agreed to order whisky and get
on spree.
Thursday the whisky ran out and
patent medicines were used as a sub
stitute, from the effects of which all
three have died, Dock Snyder being
the last to expire in great agony yes
terday morning
Prosecuting Attorney Bennett, after
a vigorous investigation, claims that
it was either hot drops or essence of
lemon that caused the boys death.
1t was a sad occurrence, and has
thrown that section into great dis
treSs.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-02-09

BURLINGTON, Iowa, February s-The
foresight of the officers in removing
storms. the confessed murdered of Mrs.
Rathbun ana her daughter, to Wapello,
Iowa prevented a lynching here tonight.
4 mob Of twenty thousand persons sur
rounded the iail late this evening and
demanded the surrender OF the prisoner
Not until an hour after committees from
the mob had been allowed to search the
Jail. and had reported that storms was
not there did the crowd dispense. IL Is
said the leaders will be prosecuted.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-02-09
QUARANTIN E
Ordered by the State Board of Health
Against Virginia, on Account Of
Smallpox.


Special to the Register.
Parkersburg, w. Va, February s.
Dr.. c. B. Blubaugh, president Of the
State Board Of Health, has quarantin-
ed this State against Virginia This
step has been necessitated by the
alarming prevalence OF smallpox along
the border line Of the two States. The
dread disease has assumed the proper
tions of an epidemic in Virginia, ana
the measure taken is one of self pro-
lection against possible contagion and
the spread Of the dread disease within
our borders. The quarantine will be
rigidly enforced.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-02-09
CANNOT BE BLQFFED
Judge Woodward Makes a Plain and
Positive Statement Of His Opinion
Of all Anonymous Letter Writer.

Wilkesbarre, Pa, February S.-Be-
fore the trial of Sheriff Martin and his
deputies was resumed to-day Judge
Woodward stated that he had received
an anonymous letter stating that if he
did not do certain things something
would happen and the Judge said:
The man who wrote this will prob
ably hear what | have to say, and I
want to tell him he is a scoundrel and
coward and that no such dishonor-
able means will in any way affect my
judgment CoWardice and personal
fear are not a characteristic of the race
from which l come
Before the hearing of evidence was
resumed, the Judge sustained the de-
Tense and ruled out that part Of the
testimony of John Costello relating to
his conversation with Deputy Hess, in
which the later threatened to shoot
him because he protested against the
shooting of the strikers. This evil
dence was given yesterday afternoon
and a lengthy argument followed on
the question Of its admissability.
Costello was recalled this morning
and said he had seen three dead and
eight wounded men lying along the
"oad from Farley's hotel to Lattimer.
He said he did what he could for the
wounded and found no weapons on
amy Of them.
Evan Jones, chief of police of West
HaleJon. testified that the strikers
reached West Hazleton on the after
noon of the shooting and there met
the sheriff and the deputies. They
carried a flag and talked loud, but
they had no arms and made no dis
turbance of any kind The sheriff told
them they could not march to Littimer
and that they must so home whereupon
he, Jones, induced them to go back
and showed them how they could
march by a side street.
JOHN LYNCH TESTIFIED
hat he was at West Hazleton when
.he strikers arrived and that they were
marmed and orderly.
The Sheriff told some of the specta-
tors they had better get out of the way
as there was liable to be trouble if the
strikers did not dispense. The witness
pointed out the following deputies, as
bains among those he had seen at
Yves, Hazlton:
Houpt, Ridgway. Young, Salem,
Harry and Frank zierdt. Plat, Cook,
Doason, Ferry, Barton, Sobers, Clark,
Jones, and the Sheriff
IAe witness said Deputy Manley had
struck him with a gun as he was NOV
'Ag off the street and that another man
Nao also been struck. He heard sew
'tal threats against the strikers. One
Deputy pointed his gun at a striker and
s2I4 Il could get a bead on that fell
"0 Another said, I'll get even with
nj d. when we get to Lattimer."
oHty Ferry told a man who was
pathizing with a striker whose
~7ad was bleeding that if he did not
INV, up he would blow his head off.
"jness denied on cross-examina-
"'A hat he had a blackjack and
ed to hit deputy with it, or that
. pad tried to break through the line
Of deputies.
herman Pottunger, Of Hazleton, said
'a' while he was at West Hazleton on
@s Jay Of the shooting, Deputy Henry
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-02-09
The Cuban resolutions were as fol-

The Cuban resolutions were as fol-
lows:
BY Mr.. Cannon:
Whereas, The people Of the Repub-
Zig Of Cuba are, and of right, ought to
be free and independent; and
Whereas, The continuance of the
barbarous warfare of Spain, in her at
tempt to subjugate the patriots of that
Republic is in violation of the law OF
humanity, is menace to the free
dom and progress of the peoples of the
western hemisphere, and is full iustifi
cation for demand by the govern
ment Of the United States that Spain
forces from Cuba and Cuban waters,
and shall leave that Republic and her
people to their enjoyment of life. lib
erty and the pursuit of happiness.
therefore, be it
Resolved, By the Senate, that the
President of the United States is urged
to notify the Kingdom of Spain that if
Spain shall fail to recognize the indie
pendence Of the. Republic of Cuba on
or before the 4th day of March, 1898,
the government of the United States
will, on that date, recognize the belli-
gerency of the Cuban patriots, and will
within ninety days thereafter, assert
the independence of the Republic of
Cuba
By Mr.. Masons
Resolved, That the President Of the
United States be and is hereby request
ed to notify Spain and the insurgents
of Cuba that the war (so-called) must
at once cease and be discontinued, and
that the United States of America here
by declare and will maintain peace on
the Island of Cuba"
By Mr.. Allen:
THAT a condition of public war ex-
lists between the government of Spain
and the government proclaimed and
for some time maintained by force of
arms by the people of Cuba, and that
the United States of America shall
maintain a strict neutrality between
the contending powers and accord to
each all the rights Of belligerents in
the ports and territory of the United
States"
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-02-09
FIRE IN NEW CUMBERLAND.

Special TO the Register.
Toronto, O., February 8.-The resi-
dence OF Frank Hales and hardware
store of H. B. Luntz, the oil we'll
shooter, of New Cumberland, w. Va,
were completely destroyed by fire to-
night, and for a time it looked as il
the entire square would be destroyed,
as there was no way Of fighting the
fire except with buckets. At this time
the fire is under control. Loss, $4,000.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-02-09
ANOTHER ACCOUNT.

Special to the Register.
Big Springs, w. Va, February s.
On Wednesday, February 2, Writ
Chenoweth and John Burton, of Con-
ings, Gilmer county, w. Va, drank
thirty-six bottles of vanilla extract and
two bottles of lightning hot drops.
They were both buried yesterday.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-02-09

WASHINGTON. February S.-For West
virginia ana Western PennsyIyania-
,55 -, sftsrnoon: light to fresh southeastern
ly winds. 49, tyo.,zo s~,,r
Il. ,,ade the following observations Of
~ .anonera t1ire Yesterday. a. m. 80;
a. m. 36; IL m, IS, p. m. So; ! p. m, u.
Cloudy.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-02-09
Will SOON CO TO THE JURY.

Chicago, February 8.-Attorney Har
mon concluded his speech in defense OF
Adolph T.. Luetgert, late this after
noon and tomorrow States Attorney
Deneen will close for the prosecution
The case should go to the jury By
mon
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-02-09
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NO CHANGE MADE.

Pittsburg. Pa, February S.-Ths
Sheet Iron Manufacturers Association
met here to-day, but made no change
in prices.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-02-09

81 TO the Register.
charleston, w Va, February S.-The
summation of witnesses in the Cos
h9rn trial to-day proved disastrous to
taa prosecutors.
County Clerk Staunton was on the
stand for several hours, and he admit
that he was in the scheme to in
dice Coshorn to steal the road orders
Ex-sheriff Silman was put on the
stand and he also admitted that he was
party TO the scheme.
III was also developed from his testi-
moay that he had taken the interest
die on the county order drawn in
favor Of the Fenton Metallic Manufac-
turing Company, of jamestown, n. Y.
for $500, and had appropriated it to
his own use, and charged the county
with it in his settlement.
The question was put to him
whether he had discounted counfy O.
ders. while he was Sheriff, aud he re
fused to answer, which was taken as
an admission that he had.
This testimony in regard ID the CON
duct Of the Sheriff was introduced 10
raise the question as to the credibility
1t the witness.
Siman was on the stand when the
court adjourned till tomorrow morn
ng.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-02-09
Drank PATENT MEDICINES
And Extract Of Lemon, After the
Whisky Had Run Out.

The Usual Result Followed, and
Now Three Young Men Are Dead.
A Very Sad Occurrence in Gil
mer COunty-Prosecut AttOr-
ney Bennett Making an Investi-
cation.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-02-09
The TRIAL Of N. EMILE 2OLA.
More Scenes of Wild Disorder About
the Court Room.

People Fought With Blows and
Kicks for Admission to the Pro-
eedings-Zola's Entrance Was
the Signal for a Wild Outburst,
in Which Those " no Commend
ed HIM Were How]ed Down.
Henri Eochefort Received With
Cries OF Approval-The Proceed
ings in Detail Nine. Dreyfus on
the Stand.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-02-09
DISASTROUS TOTHE COMBINE.
nj. Goshorn Trial Brings Out Some
Very Damaging Admissions.

County Clerk Stanton Admits
rna. He Was in the Scheme to
induce Goshorn to Take the
county Orders for the Taking Of
which He is Being Prosecuted.
Fx. sheriff Silman Shown to Have
Taken interest Due on County
orders, and to Have Charged 1t
10 th5 County in His Settlements.
The record-union., 1898-04-10
THE AMERICAN NAVY.

If, unhappily, the nation is involved
in war there will be two very satisfy
ing reflections concerning it. One IS
that the country from EXTREMIST east
and north to west and south will be
a unit for the national cause. The
second is that the navy Of the nation,
which must bear the brunt of the storm,
will be commanded by officers recog-
nized as of the very highest ability,
most of the seniors having seen service
in the old navy in the time of the re-
bellion. as we'll as many of those OF
lower rank.
Fighting machinery has been brought
to such a high state of efficiency and
terrible power of destruction recently
that it would be of little use if we
had not trained brains to put over it.
That element the United States has
in plenty, it is believed. Take the case
of Commodore Schley, for instance, in
charge Of the flying squadron. He en-
tered the navy at the age of IL, and
he has never been disconnected from
it for a single day since. He attained
the rank of Lieutenant-Co Commander as
far back as 1866, and became Com
mander in 1877. These promotions were
not won in course merely, but by rea-
son of his superior ability, demon
strated on many an occasion.
Here is one of the men who very
nearly fills the ideal of the navy off
Ger, namely, strategic ability, cool judg-
organizing capacity and broad knowl-
edege of international law and the laws
of his country. For in naval warfare
there come times when the whole bur-
The record-union., 1898-04-10

den of responsibility concerning the
honor and liability Of his country must
be imposed upon him; when he is cut off
from communication with the nation
and its Chief Executive; when, indeed,
his action and judgment must deter
mine unaided the crisis with which he
has TO deal.
And there are several men of the or
der of Schley in command in the Amer
lean Navy at this time. and they are
the present complication. notwithstand-
ing their accommodating years. Then,
there are several retired naval officers
of distinguished ability and broad ex-
perience who stand ready to respond to
recall to duty in the service of their
country. So that we are we'll outfitted
so far as the commands in our navy
are concerned.
We are short of line officers, and we
are wofully short in the engineering
arm, but these shortages are now being
filled up with such rapidity as is possi-
bic. But the new machines of modern
men-of-war render the skill of old-time
/ engineer officers of comparatively little
avail at first. They find themselves
unfamiliar with the new machinery
they have to deal with. In the naval
school at Annapolis there have been
/ fewer men trained as engineers than for
/ any other naval service. Some months
ago this fact was pointed out in the
] Record Union" in commenting upon
papers submitted to the Naval Depart
ment upon the subject by competent
critics of the subject
In his last report the Secretary of the
Navy dwelt upon the want of line Off
! GERS and engineers, and urged upon
! Congress the necessity for providing
more of these officers, and for encour-
aging naval students to take special
engineer courses of study, and also that
more of the cadets should be detailed
TO engineer duty in training ships and
on voyages taken prior to their being
commissioned
The wisdom of such suggestion is
now, in the face of necessity, greatly
emphasized. We apprehend, however
that SO far as it is possible to fit mer
rapidly for engineer duty it will be-
done now, and regardless of cost. L
we escape war at this time it is MOI
likely that we will fall into the old neg
lect, but will profit by the experience
of the present
The record-union., 1898-04-10
HE WAS A PROPHET.

When the treaty of Paris was con-
cluded in 1928, to which England,
France, Spain and the United States
were parties, the limits of Spanish pos
session at that time were defined SO far
as this continent was concerned, and
through the skill and rare diplomacy,
together with the firmness of Franklin,
Jay, Laurens and Adams, the claim of
Spain to shut us out of all the territory
south of Kentucky was denied At
that time the Spanish representative in
the negotiations, Count Amanda. wrote
to his King as follows concerning the
newborn republic:
This federal republic is born q pigIny.
A day will come when it will be a giant,
even a Colossus, formidable in these
countries. Liberty of conscience the
facility of establishing a new popula-
ton on immense lands, as we'll us the
advantages of the new Government,
will draw to it farmers and artisans
from all nations In few years we
shall watch with grief the tyrannical
existence of this new Colossus.
The record-union., 1898-04-10

practical means of maintaining its gold
reserve except by borrowing, although
demand notes in large volume are con-
stantly outstanding against it. II
these obligations are to remain out
standing, the Government should be
clothed with power TO compel the pay
ment of some portion of its revenue
in gold, as simple matter of safe busi-
ness policy.
THEY WE'RE TOUGHS.
Oakland Enquirer: Those persons in
Durango, Colo, who burned President
Mckinley in effigy because they were
not satisfied with his message upon the
Maine, would, if investigated, prove to
be cowboys or hoodlums, one or both.
DUBIOUS OUTLOOK.
Oakland Tribune: Aprieots and al
mcnds will be high this year and the
farmers who have been able to save any
Of those crops will be in luck. From
all over the State, reports are coming
OF almost total losses in that regard and
Alameda County is no exception to the
rule, for horticultural Commissioner
Barry states that scarcely a tree has
escaped. Fresno County estimates her
crop losses at about 100000 and as
nearly every other part of the State
is in proportion we will have to get
big windfall of some description to make
it a good year for California.
THE FRUIT CONVENTION.
Fresno Republican: The twenty
second session of the California Fruit
Growers, which is to be held in Los
Angeles on April 11th and 18th, and at
Riverside on April 14th and 10TH
promises to be an interesting one and
productive of much good to the indus
try 1t is desired that every branch
of the fruit growing industry be well
represented and it is to he hoped that
! there will be strong delegation pres
ent from Fresno County The most inn
portant subjects to come up for discus
sion before the convention will be the
transportation and marketing of pro-
ducts, While other matters pertaining
to fruit-grOWing will be handled by eX
perts in the different branches of the
| business. During the week the State
Association of County Horticultural
Commissioners will also hold sessions
The people of Los Angeles and River
side, it is stated, are preparing to give
the delegates to the convention a pleas
ant reception.
The record-union., 1898-04-10


OFFICE OF THE CENTRAL PACIFIC
Railroad Company, Hobart Building, No.
532 Market street, San Francisco, CAL
March u. 1898.
of the Central Pacific Railroad Company
for the election of directors for the en-
suing year and for the transaction of such
the meeting will be held at the office of
the company, in the city of San Fran
cisco. on TUESDAY, the 18th day of April,
closed at o'clock D. m.
The stock transfer books of the COM
pany will be closed al the close of business
on THURSDAY. March g. 1898, and re-
main closed until 10 O'Clock a. m on Wed
nesday, April 49, 1898
mr21-td W. NJ. THOMPSON, Secretary
OFFICE OF THE CALIFORNIA PACE
fc Railroad Company, Montgomery
street, San Francisco, Cal.
The annual meeting of the stockholders
of the California Pacific Railroad Com
pany, for the election of directors for
The ensuing year and for the transac-
ton of such other business as may be
brought before the meeting, will be held
at the office of the company, in the city
of San Francisco, on WEDNESDAY,
April 1s, 1898. at IL o clock noon Polls
open between the hours Of 10 a. m: and
mr23-td Secretary
IN THE SUPERIOR COURT. COUNTY
of Sacramento, State Of California
In the matter of the estate of SOPHIA
Sf1Ahf, Oec6dSe0
Notice is hereby given that FRIDAY, the
18th day of April, 1898, at 10 O'Clock a. m.
of said day, and the Courtroom of sald
court at the Courthouse, in the city of
Sacramento, County of Sacramento, and
State of California, has been appointed as
the time and place for proving the will of
said Sophia Sharp. deceased, and for hear
ing the application of Clara B. Lord for
the issuance to her of letters testamentary
thereon.
| Witness my hand and the seal of said
/ court. this I'd ddy of ADril 1898
| (Seal) w. b. HAMILTON, Clerk
| BY E. s. Wachhorst, Deputy Clerk.
| Hiram W. Johnson. Attorney for Peti-
| toner.
| Indorsed: Filed April 2, 1885,
w. B. HAMILTON, Clerk.
BY E. s. Wachhorst. Deputy. ap5-td
The record-union., 1898-04-10
Weather Forecast.

Northern California-Cloudy and unset
tied weather Sunday with showers early
Sunday morning and in extreme north
ern portion Sunday; colder in the interior
fresh westerly winds; fog on the coast in
the morning.
The record-union., 1898-04-10

1t is now known positively that the
loss of life at the Shawneetown flood
was not nearly so great as at first re-
ported, The fatalities will not prob
ably exceed thirty, as most of the in
jured are now thought to be out of
danger The destruction of property,
however, was very great, and the blow
to the community is such that it will
impoverish it for many years. The
Ohio River, swollen by spring rains and
thaws, is a menace to every town and
city upon its banks, and especially to
those which are in low lying districts as
is Shawneetown. There was no overflow
on this occasion, but the pressure of the
waters caused the embankments pro-
tecting the town to give away. The
people felt safe in assuming that the
levees would not be overtopped but
their faith in the strength of the en-
bankments was too great Shawnee
town. as far back as 1917, was known
as the gateway OF the Northwestern Ter
ritory. Birbeck, the English traveller,
writing of it at that time, said: "As the
lava of Mount Etna cannot dislodge
the human animal from the cities which
have been repeatedly ravaged by it's
eruptions, so the Ohio in it's annual over
f1owings is unable to wash away the in
habitants of Shawneetown." But
though the place has several times been
inundated, it would seem to have met
it's supreme disaster in this year. The
flood was so imoetuous and the tor
rent of waters so overmastering, that
the destruction extended as far as eight
miles inland Not before has there
been such a wide sweep of territory
embraced by the irresistible waters OF
the angry Ohio. But Shawneetown will
recover itself. and Birbeck's forecast
be proved true until the time comes
when it will be impossible to rebuild the
little city That time may come. Rivers
change their courses. and it is not inn
possible for the Ohio to do so at the
point referred to. However, it is pos
sible to construct such defenses as Will
prevent this. but it can be done only
at such enormous cost that it is doubt
full if it will be undertaken. AT least
it cannot if begun be completed in one
generation, for the simple reason that
the community cannot, short of gener-
alton, bear the burden of so great cost