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Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-02-13
WILBUR SMITH DEAD
From Injuries Received in ha'i''N"
wreck at MinGo Junction

Special to the Register !, u-ub,,z
steubenville, February III III " on 80
smith, engineer on the dinkey emsin 80
of the Aetna-standard Com dIded and
Injured wednesday in the ., @isJ ~
his his " engine, which We s5 ,gige While ~
e " neJIli the track. died Of hls Injuries
this evening. ,--,-o,,an wbo
o.'IlJ inred Il lot expected 70 i've.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-02-13
FAVORABLE TO THE 4 ,lhe Nl STATE

AZ CiN+' -, ..,.,r Ig-Ihe stats
Denver fsp.Ga' ms rendered its
board OF arolJl az ''-s.rIon in dispute
decision ga lHe au5 operators of
between the u ri.tIor,d1 district. The
the Northern co soyor of The striking
miners in every pai
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-02-13
LOOKS LIKE Suicide.
Henry Miiler's Dead Body Found in the
Woods Near Buckhannon.
Special to the Register.

Special to The REGISTER.
Buckhannon, W. Va, February Il
About eight o'clock this morning the
dead body of Henry Miller, was found
in the woods, about half mile from
his home. which is three miles east OF
here. A bullet hole through the body,
near the heart, WAS the cause OF
death, and an empty revolver was
found nearby. Evidence indicates
suicide.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-02-13
The VEENDAN LOST At SEA.
The Steamer Sprung a Leak and Was
Abandoned and Burned.

All ON Board Rescued-The 1877
Passengers and 85 Members of
the Grew Were Transferred in
Boats to the Steamer ST. Louis
Between Midnight and Morning
and Brought to New ork-Story
OF the Wreck Told by the Cap
tains.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-02-13

Pittsburg, Pa, February 12.-The re-
suits of Wednesday nights terrible
fire and subsequent explosions on Pike
street continue to grow in all OF their
narrowing details. At 10 O'Clock to-
night eighteen bodies had been re-
moved from the ruins, nearly all OF
whom were found in the Inflated Null
berry Alley. This morning no less
than six bodies were found and at
1870 another was discovered, all OF
which were more or less mutilated by
the contact with flying timbers and
bricks.
Following is list of dead taken
out to-day:
William Edward Finch, fireman of
company No. IL George Edward New
man, Philadelphia Gas Company in
spector; William F. Doran, Prof. Jas.
Moxon, David Benton Weckerly, d. a.
Geary and John Costine.
In the Associated Press dispatches
yesterday SO persons were reported
missing. Of these, four have been ac-
counted for and three added to the
iISI OIL the utdu, lcdNlllS o1 sill W.
heard of To this array have been
added the following missing reported
since yesterday: James Gibson. aged
"a; John Hunter aged 30; Charles
Dauer; Robert McCabe, aged II.
This swells the list OF missing
TO THIRTY-FIVE.
The impression is strong that many
OF the missing have met their death
under the walls. I he time that has
elapsed since the fire IS ample for
their return to their homes II they
are alive.
The scene of the fire and morgue
are both haunted by hundreds OF rela-
tives of the missing, anxious, hoping
against hope, and chating under the
slow progress made in removing the
remains of the walls. In some places
Mulberry Alley is piled fifteen feet
deep with brick, barrels and wreckage
of every description, and to further
delay the workmen portions OF the
walls still standing are likely to fall,
making the greatest caution neces-
sary.
A conference of city officials was
held to-day in the Office OF Mayor II.
P. Ford, the result of which was that
the city has assumed the responsible
ity of taking full charge of the work
of searching in the ruins of the fire
for those dead bodies that are suppos-
ed to be yet buried beneath the huge
pile of debris and prosecute the
work without cessation until the ruins
have been thoroughly turned over and
explored.
After the conference the mayor is
the condition Of affairs existing at
the scene of the fire is a menace to the
health and safety of the public. He
instructs the officials of the fire de-
partment and the bureau of highway
to put the largest force of men posi-
BILE at work and to use
THE UTMOST SPEED
in removing the menacing walls and
recovering the dead buried under the
debris. More than 500 men are now
at work clearing away, and others will
for them.
Eight of the victims We're buried to-
day and the interment of the others
will take place tomorrow
The origin of the fire is still a mys-
terry, but Fire Marshal McFadden is OF
the opinion that it was caused by
spontaneous combustion.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-02-13

ORDERED TO SKAGTAY.

Seattle, Wash, February IA let
ter received from Sitka Alaska, states
that the gunhoat Wheeling. which is
stationed there, has been ordered to
Skaguay.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-02-13

New York February 12,-Samuel
Gompers, president of the American
Federation of Labor, has been in this
city for two days to get the unions of
this city to enter into a great move
ment for an eight hour work day. Ac-
cordlng to the present plans of labor
leaders demand for the eight hour
day will be made On May ! next that
will involve fully million men.
The American Federation of Labor
Will make this demand in one trade at
time, and according to the leaders
great strikes ale expected before the
battle likely TO follow is decided.
Previous attempts to force the large
employers to grant the eight hour
work day have been unsuccessful. The
success CT the recent strike of miners,
in which more than 100000 took part,
has encouraged the American Fedora
ton Of Labor to prepare for undertake
ing tremendous fight. The leaders
are now perfecting plans which they
believe will insure success.
Mr.. Gompers intends to confine his
work until May ! to interesting the
union affiliated with the American
superintepd the operations of power
full and we'll organized staff of organ
izers from his headquarters at Wash
ington and he will superintend many
Of the arrangements personally.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-02-13
THE ARGUMENTS UNDER WAY.
The Goshorn Case Likely to Go to the
Jury Some Time Tuesday.

Hon. w. r. Thompson Opened
With Plea for Conviction, Ask
ing a Verdict on the Ground
That GoshOrn Had Actually Stol-
en- the Road Orders and Intended
to Deprive the Owners Of Their
Possession Permanently-Ge Gen. @.
@. Watts Contended That the Or
ders Had No Value, and That if
Jh, y e. I'd, They w ere Not Stolen.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-02-13
CONSIDER II ENDED.

Madrid, February 12.-The Asso-
riated Press correspondent to-day OBJ
'ained interviews with Senior Gullon,
me foreign minister, and Senior Moret,
minister for the colonies. Senior Gull
'on said the De Lone letter incident
Vas regarded both at Madrid and
Washington as absolutely ended from
Inc moment when Assistant Secretary
q State Day conferred with Senior
lu Bose Senior Moret said: AL
'Rough there exists in the United
states party eager for war and
aDheh thrives to provoke conflict.
resident Mckinley will try to avoid
ohe and the Spanish government will
s'So do its utmost to avoid any fresh
friction which would make the rela-
Vohs between the two countries more
Strained
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-02-13
ONE MILLION VORk|NGNEN
Expected to Join in a Strike for an
Eight-Hour- Day On May l.

Samuel Gornpers in New York Con-
ferring Within Labor Union Lead
ers With Regard to the Big Fight
Which it is Proposed to Inaugu-
rate-The Great Contest OF the
Goal Miners Last Summer Leads
to the Belief That United Action
May Win-Gompers Will Super
intend the Preparations and Will
Have an Army Of Organizers at
Work.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-02-13
IH|RTY-FIVE STILL MISSING,
Although Eighteen Bodies Have Been
Recovered from the Ruins.

Pittsburs' S Great Calamity Contin-
ues to Grow in Enormity, and the
Worst Will Not be Known for
Days to Come--AJ Conference
of City Officials it Was Decided
That the City Shall Take Charge
of the Work of Clearing up the
Ruins and Recovering Any Bod
les That May Remain Buried as
Promptly as Possible.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-02-13

Special TO the Register.
Marietta, Ohio, February 1.-THE
preliminary hearing of Morgan Nc
Sweeney, the alleged slayer of w. E.
Mason, has been set for next Tuesday.
before Mayor Meisenhelder, who is
sued the warrant of McSweeney's ar
rest on the charge of murder.
The ablest counsel in the county has
been engaged on both sides, and the
case will undoubtedly be desperately
fought from beginning to end.
The entire city is greatly wrought
up over the approaching trial, and the
probable outcome is the chief topic of
public discussion.
Since McSweeney's arrest he has
grown very nervous, and his demeanor
has changed from one of bravado to
one of fear
Judge Jones has issued an order
that
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-02-13
EXCLUDES EVERYONE

from his sight except his attorneys.
The testimony of McSweeneys hand
some daughters Mary and Maggie,
who say they will go upon the stand
and swear that their father forced
them to submit to his desires when
they We're only twelve years old, is
expected to create big sensation.
Both of these girls are alleged to
have witnessed the killing of Mason
Mary McSweeney safes to local
newspaper men that her father threat
ened the life of every young man who
kept her company. and that he stabbed
Mason through jealousy. She will
stick to this story, she says. If il sends
insolvency to the death chair.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-02-13
ENGLISH VEINS Of DE- LONE
And the Very InexcusabIe Indiscretion
He Committed.

In London, the Case Has Been Com.
pared to That of Lord Sackvi,,a-
West, Though the Outrage Was
Much More Flagr;Ant, and the Dis
closure Of His GOVERNMENTS Hol
low Hypocrisy CQmplete--A Cor
respondent, Supposedly Con-
nected With THE Foreign Office
Comments on MtcKinley's Failure
to Treat the Incident With Con-
tempt.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-02-13

!, MonometalIists, Bimet-
alilsts, Populists, and all
o'ner lists read the Sum
DAY Register. Why? 1t
has all the news, and
spends double to treble
more than any COMPETE
tor.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-02-13
WAR VESSELS AT LISBON.

WAR VESSELS AT LISBON
o. 'AsDon, February 12-The United
al7s cruiser San Francisco and the
A!i4d States gunboat Bancroft have
~'Iled here and have joined the Unit
~ states gunboat Helena.
TENSION EXAMINERS APPOINTED
'',e.4l o the Register.
Washington, February 12-The fol-
owing boards of pension examining
,ru.IReons have been appointed in West
Eglnla, AT Bluefield Drs. j. f. Mar
W. + Fox and F. w. Smith; at
,nFsn Drs T. A. Daniels 3. H. Thorn
y ahd Randolph Hutchinson; at Sum-
~, ~, VIE. Drs. ]. F. Roberts, Mcqueen
'lo T. McCutcheon.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-02-13

70 Advertisers If the
ost be a little more, the
,sturns make it up; for
,hs RE- lister is the recog-
n.lad family and home
nlper in the city and
aeghborhood.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-02-13

Washington, February 12.-Repre-
sentative Lewis, OF Washington, has
prepared a joint resolution which he
will offer in the House on Monday, eX-
pressing it TO be the sense of the
House and Senate that the President
decline to recognize the resignation
Of Senior De Lone, the Spanish minis
TIM and instead inform him that. he
Is persona non grata.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-02-13

Continued on Eighth Page.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-01-29

and formidable attack is being made on
the management of the road and on Mr..
DepeW- in particular A gentleman in
terested in the road and who is well in
formed on the affairs of the company
is authority for the statement that pow
erful interests are behind the assault
on Mr.. DepeW and the present manage
ment and he did not hesitate to say
that the outcome will be a change in
the organization although this may not
come at once. 1t is more than prObab bic
that Mr.. Vanderbilt will continue to in
crease the active interest which he
takes in the company's affairs and that
sooner or later, Mr.. Depew will go.
The directors-the Vanderbilts and the
house of Morgan may hesitate in view
of his long service and his public stand
ing to humiliate Mr.. Depew by compel
ling his resignation unless it can be Civ
en- the appearance of being voluntarily
for the purpose of acce pting some
greater position. This is what it was
hoped to attain by his selection for the
post at the court of st. James. The
difficulty now lies in the fact that there
are very few positions or government
appointments for which it would be
worth anybody's while to resign the
presidency of the New York Central.
It is an embarrassing situation, but un-
less position is available so that Mr..
Depew can accept it and retire with
grace-there are indications that it will
not be long before he will have to re-
tire gracefully or otherwise.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-01-29
BLUE CUT GUARDED.
Probable Train Robbery Pre-
vented by an Accident.

Kansas City, Jan. 29-John F. Kerr
nedy, locomotive engineer who comes
from the notorious Cracker-neck dis
trict, not far from Blue Cut, and whom
the police have endeavored to connect
with some of the many recent train
rObberies in the outskirts of Kansas
City, was brought into the hospital at
police headquarters at a late hour last
night under circumstances that have
caused commOtiOn in police circles.
A man was picked up on West Seven
teenth street in an unconscious condi-
tion by persons who had seen him
thrown from a horse which he was rid
ing, the horse having slipped upon the
pavement.
The injured man, upon being taken to
police headquarters, proved to be John
Kennedy, disguised by a false chin
beard and equipped for an expedition
that could not have meant peace for his
fellow man.
In one of Kennedy's pockets was a
black domino mask. Distributed about
his clothing were the several pieces of
a disjOinted shot gun. In addition to
these were a As caHbEe revolver and a
liberal supply of cartridges and shot
gun Shells He also carried a Ian
tern.
When Kennedy recovered at the hos
pital he refused to talk further than to
say that he had started on a hunting
trip. The police have learned that a
second man, who was riding with Ken
nedy, rode away at rapid gait after
Kennedy's horse fell.
Kennedy has been twice tried for
train robbery. He was indicted for COM
plicity in the Chicago & Alton train
robbery at Blue Cut on Thanksgiving
eve, 1896, when between $40, 900 and $30,-
600 is supposed to have been secured,
and for another robbery at Blue Cut
on Christmas eve OF the same year. He
was tried once and the jury disagreed
On his second trial he was acquitted.
One Indictment still stands against him
in connection with these robberies.
The detectives have maintained that
Kennedy was the leader of the rob
bers.
Kennedy is detained by the police.
Kennedy boarded with Andy Ryan, a
foreman of brigade of the Kansas
City fire department, who is a brother
of the notorious Bill Ryan of the James
and Younger gang of train rObberies.
This was Andy Ryan's night off.
AS soon as Kennedy's mishap was
known all the railroad headquarters
were notified, and through fear that an
other robbery might be attempted at
Blue Cut guards went out on every
train that left here during the night.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-01-29
CANADA TAKES ONE-TENTH
Government Will Exact a Good Share
of the Yukon Gold.

Ottawa, Ont, Jan 29-After careful
consideration and with the advice OF
William OgiIvie, the great Canadian
authority on the Yukon country, the
department of the interior has decided
upon the legal conditions which are to
govern placer mining in the Yukon. The
regulations in substance are as follows:
Free miner shall mean a male or
female over the age of Is, but not un-
der the age, or joint stock company,
named in, and lawfully possessed of,
valid existing free miners certificate,
and no other.
"A free miners certificate shall not
be transferable. This certificate may
be granted for one year, to run from
the date thereof or from the expiration
of the applicants then existing certif
icate upon the payment thereof of the
sum of SO unless the certificate is to
be issued In favor of a joint stock com
pany, in which case the fee shall be
$50; for a company having a nominal
capital exceeding 100000 the fee shall
be $780, Only one person or joint stock
company shall be named in certlf-
icate. This certificate shall also grant
the holder the privilege of fishing and
shooting, subject to the provisions of
law; the privilege of cutting timber for
actual necessities, for building houses,
boats and for general mining opera
tiOnS; for the exclusive use of the
miner himself, but such permission
have been granted to other persons or
corporations. Certificates may be OBJ
ta1ned by applicants in person at the
department of the interior, Ottawa, or
from the agents of Dominion lands at
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Calgary, Edmon-
ton, Prince Albert, in the Northwest ter
ritories; Kamloops and New Westmin-
Ster, b. c., at Dawson in the Yukon
district; also from agents of the gov
ernment at Vancouver and Victoria, B.
c.
Every free miner SHALL during the
continuance of his certificate have the
right to enter, locate, prospect and
mine for gold and other minerals upon
any lands in the Yukon district, wheth-
er vested in the crown or otherwise, ex-
cept upon government reservations and
land lawfully occupied. A creek, gulch
river or hill claim shall not exceed $50
feet in length in the general direction
of the stream or ravine on which it
fronts, and shall not be more than ], 900
feet in width. Every alternate ten
claims shall be reserved for the gov
ernment of Canada.
Entry shall not be granted for a
claim which has not been staked by the
applicant in person in the manner spec
ified in these regulations. An entry fee
and an annual fee of SIS for each of the
following years A royalty of TO per
cent on the gold mined shall be levied
and collected on the gross output of
each claim. The sum of 81, 500 shall be
deducted from the gross annual output
of claim when estimating the amount
upon which royalty is to be calculated,
but this exemption shall not be allow
ed unless the royalty is paid at q bank
ing office or to the gold commissioner
or mining recorder"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-01-29

the introduction of new systems in the
schools.
The mayor opposed the establishment
of high schools. He favored enlarging
the schools and giving more attention
to the primary departments. Among
other things the mayor said: 1--WE find
that the business of the board of edu-
cation is run by clerks, not by the men
appointed to attend to it. You have
Inundated the teachers of this city un-
til they are not efficient under your
board.
The people of New York are the best
people in America and the best educa-
ted. You can find all the principals and
teachers you need in this city. In addi-
ton to principals from Kansas City,
Philadelphia, and Boston, you have SO
teachers in the high schools who came
from other cities and states.
You are paying Frank Damrosch $4,-
600 a year as a director of music in the
schools. He has II assistants and 131
teachers of music. Do you know if he
has ever entered a public school build
ing? You ask for 81 00G, 900 increase in
your apprOpriation-20 per cent-and it
is nearly made up Of high schools, sup
ervisOrS, and special studies, while you
have decreased the salaries of the plain
teachers who teach A B, c, writing,
and arithmetic" The mayor charged
that boys had been taught to sew in
the public schools under the present
board, and the charge was not denied.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-01-29
SAVED BY THE ALLER.
Crew of the DagO Snatched
From Impending Death.

New York Jan. 29.-The North German
Lloyd steamer AlIer, which arrived today
brought the captain and "a of the crew of
the British tramp steamer Dago of Sun
derland, who were taken off that vessel
at sea while she was in a sinking condi-
ton.
The Dago left Leith December 81 fer
Baltimore in ballast. On January s the
main steam pipe burst and the machinery
became disabled. The steamer fell off
in the trough of the sea and rolled about
in heavy seas. For twelve days the un-
fortunate craft lay in this condition The
bunker bulkheads were burst in by the
terrific pitching and tossing of the vessel;
the coal fell through into the engine room
and choked the pumps and shaft alley,
the vessel became leaky and the water
was soon level with the engine room floor.
On January q the Aller hove in sight
and soon bore down to the sinking vessel.
The Aller launched one of her large life
boats, in which three trips were made to
the sinking craft and the whole crew was
taken off, the Dago being abandoned to
her fate.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-01-29
ABANDONED THE CORPSES.
Four Absent Minded Passengers
Cause the Santa Fe Much Trouble.

That people will do unnatural things
under the strain of excitement was
fully demonstrated by an occurrence
incidental to the recent burning out of
the tunnel on the line of the Santa F'e
near Williams, Ariz
On the first through train from Cali
fOrnia to reach the tunnel after the fire
started, there happened. to be four bod
les in the baggage car in charge of four
different individuals.
The train was compelled to stop at
the west end of the tunnel and the pas
sengers were transferred to a train at
the other end with the understanding
that their baggage would be sent on as
soon as it was possible to convenient
ly transfer it.
The four passengers who had the
bodies in charge abandoned the corpses
trunks and satchels, and took the first
train east, leaving the bodies in the
baggage car at the west end of the tun-
mel.
They could easily have obtained hotel
accommodations at Williams and
in the excitement they apparently did
not think of this and Went on their way
east, leaving the bodies to be cared for
as best they might be-
1t was three days after the passen-
gers We're transferred that the Santa
F'e people were able to forward the
bodies to their destination. In the
meantime the persons in charge had
arrived at their homes, and at once dis
patched kilograms and letters to the
passenger department in this city, in
quiring after their abandoned charges
Of determining the exact location of the
bodies and telegraphing the relatives
All the bodies finally arrived at their
destinations safely.