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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-03-23

Mr. Haherstroah, the decorator who
was awarded the contract to decorate
the Senate chamber. Will be in the city,
Thursday, to inspect the work done by
his employees, as the work is now 81
nearly completed.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-03-23

Inc hide Of the animal in the game
department, is still the object of much
discussion, and though the guesses are
various the prevailing opinion seems
10 ne That 1t Is the hide of wolf.
'Nimrod" Abel y. Russell saws it is
without doubt a wolf.
state Treasurer f. NJ. Simpson pro
houhced it deer upon sight.
Another gentleman well known f.,
ms accounts of his travels about
the world, says the hide came
from an Indian devil. as he
mas shot many of them in South
America
Inc commissioners who have as yet
not made public the identity of the
p"it' ma that they have a bonanza IN
IT, l"r they will now help along the
hhdhclal department of their work by
charging a price to guess what kind
oil an animal the skin once covered.
Edch guess to be recorded and the cor
rect Suesser to have the initial c. +.
added to his name, the mranins If
which is Game EXpcrt.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-02-06
FATHER AND SON,
Are Both Retired from the Naval
Service, After Reaching the High
est Rank.

Washington, February admiral
Selfridge. who has just relinquished
the command of the European station,
went upon the retired list of the navy
with the close of to-day, having
reached the age fixed by law. The
event is entirely peculiar in our naval
history, in that there will now be pre-
scented the spectacle of father and son
both on the retired list on account Of
age. after having reached the highest
grade in the navy. The father, Thos.
0. Selfridge, is now living in Washing
ton, d. c., havr- in 1866, after
thirty-six and a rs service, and
his name now heau- naval retiring
list. The son, likewise, named Thos.
o. Selfridge, had fortyhve years ser
vice TO his credit when he retired to-
day. He sailed for the United States
from France to-day. BY his retire
ment Commodore Francis M. Bruce,
commandant of the New York navy
yard, will become a rear admiral, and
Captain Winfield S. Schley, the chair
man of the lighthouse board. become
commodore. Captain Silas Casey, in
command of the League Island navy
yard, goes up to the grade Of commo
dore as the result of tC-day's retire
ment and that of Admiral Beardslee a
few days ago.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-02-06
MILEAGE BOOK SUIT.
A Mandamus Issued Against the
Michigan Central on Governor Pin
gree's Application.

Detroit, February 5.-Judge Dono-
van, of the Circuit Court, to-day or
dered issuance Of a mandamus against
the Michigan Central railroad IN the
suit brought by Governor Pingree to
compel the railroad company to sell
him a 1000 mileage book, good not
only for himself but for any member
Of his family, for $40.
In his opinion Judge Donovan re-
viewed the railroad company's conten-
ton, that under its special charter the
company was granted the privilege OF
fixing its own rates of fares, which
privilege. however. was claimed by the
State to be indefinite. as the road S
charter merely gave the company pow
to fix fares by bylaws, and if SO,
under police power, only reasonable
rates could be fixed, as under such
power all rules touching the welfare
and duty of citizen, their property,
comfort and happiness, can be regu-
lated by law, this being true OF hack
men. millers, toll roads, common car
riers, liquor dealers and all others do
ing public business.
at is ALSO" said the court, claimed
for the State that the Michigan Cen
trail secured control Of various branch
roads and reported to the state vast
holdings with these roads, amounting
in fact to a consolidation with some
six or eight lesser lines. That these
branch lines were built by the M1chl-
gan Central or are held by stock or
mortgages in various ways by the
company is not clearly designated in
their State reports.
Judge Donovan cited a resident New
Jersey case in which it was held that
similar acts mean consolidation, ana
pointed out the fact that the Federal
courts have held in case from Geor-
ga bearing on exclusive rights by
charter to charge five-cent fare that
the Legislature still has power to gov
ern the rate. He also quoted Chief
Justice Waite as having said that
when one devotes property to public
cause he must be controlled by the
public laws.
Judge Donovan quoted several decl-
sions of the United States Supreme
Court, under which the right to regu-
late fares and charges was reserved 10
the State. He concluded that the Mich
IN Central is still under police pow
er. reserved to the State and that the
company cannot fix rates by bylaws
repugnant to the laws of the State. 1t
is clearly stated by law that the COM
pany's whole system is under State
law and State control. 1t cannot eS-
cape State statutes by its bylaws
which conflict with constitutional re
ouirements The company cannot even
tender to the State what it purchased
in 1916 and which the State could buy
back in 1867. The holdings are so
vast that eventually either the COM
pany will control the State railway
system or that function must remain
in the State In case of doubt the
State is entitled to the doubt. The
mandamus will issue.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-02-06
ARBITRATION BILL
Differences OF Opinion Regarding the De-
tails of the Measure.


Washington, February 5.-The con-
slderation Of the labor arbitration bill
by the House committee on labor will
be resumed next Thursday. The bill
gives every case OF labor disagreement
or strike an official status and the sig
nificance of public opinion. The pro
ceedings SO far have developed a wide
difference of views between labor lead
ers, and Mr.. Hynes, representing fed
eral railroad employees organizations,
has taken issue with President Com
pers, of the American Federation OF
Labor, as to the respective obligations
of employer and employed, and every
railway brotherhood apparently favors
the pending measure, while some OF
the officers of the Federation of Labor
want the bill to go further and claim
that no arbitration system can be safe-
" established that does more than
give the arbitrators' opinion and then
drop the case. The railroad men, 1t
is stated. want the disputes to be the
subject matter of legal arbitration,
while the opponents of the bill, 1t IS
represented, want such regulation OF
disputes left to themselves. 1t IS
stated. however, that President Com
pers has taken no official action IN
making these representations
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-02-06
THEORETICALLY A FISH.
hut the Scientists Say That There is Moth
ing of the Fish About It,

"o 'no Sciehtists say That There is Moth
Ing of the Fish About 1t.
Baltimore, February 5-"Is an oyster
ilsh?" This question has been raised
by the fact that the special committee
OF the Maryland Legislature, appoint
ed TO confer with a similar body from
the Virginia Legislature regarding oys-
ter dredging and grabbing in the Poto-
mac, would raise the point that oysters
were not fish, and that, therefore, they
were not included in the compact of
1888, whereby equal rights of fishing"
were allowed to be enjoyed by the Vir-
glnlanS with the Marylanders.
One OF the staff of the biological de-
partment of John Hopkins University
said:
The question is a very simple one
don't know what the oyster is legal
ly or religiously, but zoologically he
certainly isn't a fish. In the first
place, a fish is a vertebrate animal
and an oyster is a mollusk. This diff
ference OF a backbone makes the two
widely separate in the animal kingdom.
In addition, a fish is very highly or
gained, while an oyster is lowiy or
ganized animal Fish in zoology is
definite word, and is applied to fishes
or pisces, but its popular use in law or
religion may have much more eX-
tended meaning"
Spea' ing of the same subject, Car
dinal Gibbons said: The church has
always regarded fish, oysters and crabs
as belonging to the same genus, and,
therefore, permissible as good on fast
days and in Lent. They all live in the
water and are all alike, cold FLOODED.
Indeed the church permits the use
for food of nearly all kinds of living
creatures that are taken out of the
water, including terrapin. In some
sections the law is stretched, notably
at New Orleans, where certain kind
of water fowl is permitted to be eaten
on fast days, because it has a fishy
taste"
The annual circular defining the
Lenten regulations in the archdiocese
OF Baltimore will be issued next week.
1t will be in all respects, with the ex-
ception of the date, like the circular of
last year, and will countenance the
eating of oysters on fast days. Car
dinal Gibbons said this will continue
to be the case even though it should
be decided by scientists that oysters
are not fish.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-02-06
IN MARIETTA.
Morgan insolvency Safely Landed in
Jail There Yesterday Afternoon.

Special to the Register.
MARIETTA. O., February 5.-Marshall
]. H. Dye arrived from Logan, West Vir-
ginia. to-day with Morgan McSweeney.
the alleged murderer of ex-Deputy United
States Marshal w. c. Mason, whom he
gave into the custody of Sheriff McCallls-
ter at the county jail at noon. Fully three
thousand people We're assembled to await
the arrival of the prisoner and get a
q@pse of him, although no violence was
offered.
McSweeny reso1utely refused to talk of
the murder His friends have engaged
Attorneys Fleetwood and Way, two we'll
known criminal lawyers. to defend him
While in Jail he will occupy the cell oc-
cupied by Murderer Bumgartner, who
WIS l.4rL ,I.lI. :efi> aH,. the only exc
cution which ever took place in this
county.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-02-06

Representative Corliss Will Offer Substi-
tuse for the Lodge Bill.

A-tPfcseuLatiFe (OrltSS w Ill Cuer a SubStl-
tuse for the Lodge Bill
Washington, February 5.-Repre-
sentative COrliss, Of Michigan, whose
immigration measure was incorporated
lib the legislation which passed the last
Congress and was vetoed, has prepar-
ed a substitute to the Lodge immigra-
ton bill, which he will offer as soon
as the immigration debate is opened.
Concerning the substitute, Mr.. Corliss
says, Il do not approve OF the mar
row educational test embraced in the
Lodge bill We can not afford in this
country to base our standard OF hui
manity upon the educational test eth
en- in the application of our laws TO
immigration, civil service Or citizen
ship. The test that should be applied
to every human being seeking a home
upon American soil should be-does
the human being possess a Character
and mind sufficiently honorable and
intelligent to become amalgamated
with the spirit Of American institu-
tons and American manhood.
The bill provides for the exclusion
of all male aliens over sixteen years Of
age who do not possess sufficient men
tai capacity and knowledge to intelli-
gently comprehend the purpose and
forms of government and physical
ability to support himself and family,
If any in the lawful pursuits of life.
The bill places in the hands of the Sec
rotary of the Treasury power to estab-
lish such regulations as may be neces-
sary 10 properly ascertain the phys
zeal ability and mental capacity of all
immigrants.
II still preserve in my measure the
restriction OF the birds of passage
covering all aliens over sixteen years
OF age who come to this country like
hawks for the express purpose of
stealing from our wage earners the
fruits Of American labor and taking
them back to their homes and families
in foreign land My Investigations
show that from forty to fifty thousand
able-bodied men annually come to this
country. and not to exceed ten per
cent thereof come from the provinces
Of Canada; | have, therefore, excepted
from the birds of passage the sub
jects of the provinces of CAEada con-
tiguous to the United States. My
measure also forbids the employment
on any public works of the United
States of any but citizens"
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-02-06
SAYS THEY ARE BAD HABITS
Bishop yincents Opposition to Chewihs
Gum and Cigarettes.

Gum. and Cigarettes.
Topeka Kas., February 5.-ln nus ad-
Grass before the Kansas State Temper
a..e Union. Bishop John II. Vincent, OF
the Methodist Episcopal church, APP
leIsd I'd those present to take up the
subject Of the chewing gum habit ana
not cease until it was crushed out OF eN-
'steace in Kansas Society women were
urged not to invite to their "thlmole
parties and pink teas" those OF their
sisters who are victims of the habit.
we must begin at the bottom" said
tHc Bishop. "and not wait until the hab-
ITS B. men are formed before we attempt
to leach them the error into which they
eev- fallen Our boys and girls should be
lrnalt up with a knowledge of cooking
a4l business, of physical conditions and
economy and a proper conception of evil
wv should first do away with the eXecra-
.n8 inexcusable chewing gum habit.
Which make miliionaires out of a few men
]: few years and does no one any good.
The soda fountain habit is another
e'l as is that of using cigarettes 1t is
WASTE Of money which in later years
pr kes Saves Of our boys and girls. 1t de-
pfNos them Of self-control, the most i'm
N9ra0i and potent factor in opposing evil
II. rs cultivate in cur children the hero
Fm which enables them to resist the as
Nit of temptation The agencies we
s'0.G employ constantly are the press,
pulpit, the parlor and the schools.
~ retain our abuse for the men who
'. ,o perform their duties. men in high
'iyf Who sanction the violation of law
protect those who are engaged in
irafc which will destroy our very
"es and send our children TO graves Of
d.>-rac.'
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-02-06
AMONG THE POSTMAoIER8'

Special to the Register.
Washington, d. c., February 1 -
Thomas L. Lodge has been appoin ,.s,
postmaster at Bannock Belmont coun-
ty, O., vice John c. Thompson LIS, aet
moved; and William II. Roscoe at EaSt
Richland, Belmont county, VICE vance
Vancuren, removed. .11;eh
A new postofTice has been eSlaOl lI.3t,,
cd at Leeta, Writ county, W. Va Win
George Kerns as postmaster
Congressman Dorr has recomneao
the establishment of new Po9So+r
to be called Durbin, III focalO,-
county, at the terminus OF eng n;
railroad from White sulphur PIX
J. P. Arbogast has been TecoA 49,
for postmaster. At DurDn
located a big lumbering PlaiIl.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-02-06
TIE JAIL Blu RN ED,
And Three Hapless Prisoners Perish
ed, Though Hundreds Stood by
Helpless to Aid.

Cripple Greek, Col, February s.
Three men have been burned to death
and another received fatal injuries in
a fire which burned the Victor jail
The dead are; Thomas Quinn, railroad
grader of Philadelphia; railroad grad
er, known as Shorty" James Con-
nors The injured man was named
Dublin
The four men were arrested during
the night for disturbance. Their
screams for help were heard by humid
reds of people, who were powerless to
aid them
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-02-06
STATE SUPREME COURT.

Special to the Register.
Charleston. w. Va, February 3
Four appealed cases from the First jul
dicial district were submitted in the
supreme Court to-day, viz: S. George
and others VS.. J. E. Curtis and others,
from Brooke county; W. H. Chapman
VS.. Beltz Sons Company Mary II. Della,
Maine VS.. ]. W, Grubb and the State
VS. Dana Geyer, all from Ohio county.
The court adjourned till Monday
morning, when the docket for the
Fourth circuit Judge Freer) will be
called
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-02-06
FOUND SCALY FRUIT.

Insects Alleged to Have Been Discovered
in Fruit Held at Hamburg.
Washington, February 5.-The fol-
lowing cablegram from our ambassa-
dor at Berlin, which was received late
in the afternoon, contains all the news
to-day concerning the fruit exclusion
decree:
Berlin, February 5, 1898.
Sherman, Secretary, Washington:
Hamburg consul reports examina-
ton commenced and all fresh fruit ad-
mitted except 81 cases, where claim is
made that the scale insect was found.
No trouble about dried fruit.
[Signed.1 WHITE.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-02-06
MRS. LANE NOT SO WELL.
Suffered a Severe Setback Takes Little
Nourishment

WASHINGTON e., February 5-Mrs.
Lane. the daughter Of ex-senator Black
burn. of Kentucky, who about three
weeks ago was accidentally shot, is much
worse to-day. Yesterday afternoon she
suffered setback. from which she bare
ly rallied. She takes practically no nour-
ishment ana it is feared will never re-
cover,
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-02-06
SUES ! R DAMAGES.

Special to the lister
Parkersburg va, FEBRUARY o.
The widow of ton Peyton, the well
known coloreS asAn who died here re-
Gently, brougb ut IN tne circuit
Court to-day s,sa2lst the city for slO, !,
o00 damages .NsaolApjuries her husband
is alleged TO ny received by 1ailing
on defective pavement and which is
thought to have caused his death.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-02-06
PENSIONS GRANTED.

Special 10 the Register.
Washington, D. c., February s.
Cant. Doyener has been informed that
in the pension case Of Ms. Rachel
Strickland. of Bolton, Marshall coun-
tv. which he had specially expedited,
a pension of IS a month has been
granted.
Metilday ]. Burk, of Hartford. w.
Va, has been granted an original wld-
ow's pension of SIS a month.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-02-06
PROMINENT MAN DEAD.
Ex-Mayor Pemberton, OF Charleston, Sue
cumbed to Stomach Trouble
Special to the Register.

CHARLESTON, w. Va, February g.
Ex-Mayor j. 3. Pemberton died to-day
of stomach trouble. after an Illness Of
several weeks He was a brother-in-law
Of Governor Atkinson, having married
the governors younger sister. Mr.. Penn
berton was a newspaper man and founded
the Charleston Gazette in 1877. and pub
hshed that paper several years. until he
sold it to Moses w. Donnally.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-02-06

WASHINGTON. Fen .''' =.
Virginia and WcS,i''! fa
Generally fair; e"'''''
winds. ,,.. f5fr.
For Ohio-General'y i''
winds.
Mr.. c. schnept, iI
The temperature yesieI'
a m, 3s; IL m.,siy y
Weather changeAplS'
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-02-06
A LOW TAX RATE
Was Sought by Suburbs OF Morgantown.
They Have it Now.

Special to the Register.
MoRGANToWN, ". va. February 8
The proposition to make a new town of
Sunnyside and Beechurst, two suburbs of
Morgantown. carried by a large majority.
The new town Will be called Seneca, and
has a population of six hundred 1t will
he the fourth Incorporated town in the
county. Sunnyside few days ago re-
fused to come into Morgantown on ac-
count of the high tax rate. The rate in
the new town will be thirty cents on the
hundred dollars
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-02-06
am the Denver Times.

lIti4l tlC p6liFSI llIeS-
Charleston, w. Va, February Sin
tae Goshorn trial. another witness, J.
A. Jarrett, chief deputy in the county
le-ks office, was examined to-day.
Ha testified that the road orders, alleg-
ed to have been stolen by Goshorn.
we're pat in a file case for the purpose
et ascertaining whether Goshorn would
.-se them, as r. A. Coleman, another
deputy Of the county clerk, had warned
him that GoshOrn would take them Tor
tAe purpose of getting ex-Sheriff Sill
man into trouble; that after taking
them GOshorn had surrendered the
p4pers to him, Jarrett. stating that he
had gotten the papers from Deputy
Coleman. He also testified that the
orders having been paid and cancelled
were OF no commercial value The
court adjourned till Monday morning.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-02-06
DROWNED AN EVEN DOZEN

KEEL. February By the capsizlhs OIL
a navy launch here to-day nine sailors
and three workmen were drowned
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-02-06
/ H8S A TRAP FOR GOSRORN.
.a-et Clerk Jarrett Says the Road Or
dsr8 Which Goshorn Had,

Were Placed in a File Case to See
If Goshorn Would Take Them
and That Coleman Had Told Jar
r5tt That Goshorn Wanted Them
and Would Take Them
Version is That Coleman Had
said Goshorn Sought to Get Elk
Sheriff Silman Into Trouble.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-02-06
Pooa DIR. NANsEN.
"e Doesn't Like the American Style OF
Doing Things.

-'N -1tFOOL. February 5.-1n an inter-
ON his return here from the United
es' Dr. Fridtiof hansen, the Arctic
'rer is quoted as saying that lectur-
IN America is as bad as exploring.
that when not lecturing he was
aNeilhg, and the American style Of trav-
''''g is not to his taste.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-02-06

During Their Sunday Vacation.
Several Important Witnesses
Placed Upon the Stand Yester-
day, Among them John Egler, an
Officer of the United Mine Work
ers- Says He Informed the Sheriff
Twice That the Men Were I'm
armed and Had Come on Peace
able Mission.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-02-06

! his is the season for
renting dwellings. For
Rent ads in the Regis.
ter always bring en-.
quiries.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-02-06

Advertising is not an
svrense. 1t is a business
Investment. Merchants
seeking customers ad-
y-rti5e in the Register.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-02-06

Has Been Raised, and 1t Seems
Difficult One to Answer-Japan.
csc Have Been Admitted to Citi-
zenship in America, But There
Are Gases Where Such Citizen
ship Has Been Refused-The JAMS
Are Not Mongolians, in the Strict
Sense Of the Term, But Are Thew
White2 = Supreme Court Has
Never Passed Upon the Question.
The San Francisco call., 1898-08-26

there would be contest over the office usual attention was given when nomina- tions for that position were declared to be in order
 John G. North of Riverside named for the office Truman Reeves of San Bernar- dino, directing attention of the delegates to Reeves army service. In the battle of Cold Harbor Reeves lost an arm, and this great sacrifice in the country's cause was mentioned In the several speeches which followed the nominating speech MT. Reeves nomination was seconded by J. w. Cook of Santa Clara, and Elwocd Bruner of Sacramento.
 A. P. Van Duser of Siskiyou fancied that 1t was time to introduce a little op- position from a region in Northern Cali fornia which cast forty thousand votes for Mckinley. He depicted the Republi- cans of Northern California as reconcen- trados. He exhibited a map illustrating the lines of the trocha within which the Republicans of that section were starv- ing for recognition. MT. Van Duser placed in nomination Robert Nixon of Yreka for State Treasurer.
 E. Sevier of Humboldt advocated the claims of Northern California for a place on the ticket and closed by seconding the suggestion to nominate MT. Nixon
 General E. s. Solomon of San Francisco declared that he had not intended to speak again in the convention, but in the interest of 10000 veterans who live on both sides of Van Duser's ditch he inn plored the convention to nominate Tru- man Reeves.