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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-09-19
MURDERER ARRESTED.

Wilkesbarre, Pa. September H.
George Bartlett, who shot and killed
James Moffatt and mortaily wounded
Warren Richmond, mot Richardson).
at Pittston. last night, was arrested at
his home to-day. He fed after tho
shooting and went to Mocsic. where he
slept in a corn field all night. This
morning he returned TO his home and
his wife told him he had better give
himself up He waited the arrival OF
Chief of Police LOTUS, OF pittston. and
surrendered himself The prisoner was
brought to WilkesDarre this afternoon
and lodged In the county jail. He says
he has no recollection whatever OF the
shooting, and broke down completely
when told that Moffatt was dead and
Richmond was not expected 70 recover.
The murderer has five children de.
peudjng on him. The murdered man
is srvived by a wife and three chill
dren. Richmond is a single man.
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WINNIE DAVIS DEAD.
She Expired at Noon Yesterday at Nara
gansett Pier.

She expired at Noon Yesterday at Nara
gansett Pier.
Narragansett Pier, r. l., September
1S-Mlss Winnie Davis, daughter OF
MIS-. jefferson LAWS, died at noon to-
day at the Rockingham Hotel, to which
place she came as a guest in the early
part of the Piers social season. she
mad been i'll for several weeks, and
fortnight ago ner ailment was dag
messed as malarial gastritis. At times
her condition became very serious, so
that consultations of physicians were
deemed necessary, but frequent rallies
gave renewed hope that she would
ultimately recover During the past
week especially was her condition con-
sidered favorable, and it was thought
that her removal from the hotel would
be possible in few days, as the hotel
had closed fer the season, leaving the
patient and attendants practically
alone in the house. Last night, how
ever, a relapse in Miss Dayis's condi-
ton was noticed and throughout the
night she lost strength perceptibly.
This morning the physicians said that
the end was not far off, and at noon
death came to end the suffering which
at times had been intense. Mrs. Davis
had watched unremittingly at her
daughters he'd side, and she is now
bowed with sorrow.
The physicians of Mrs. Davis report
she is holding up with great calmness
in her affection, and no fears are at
present entertained OF her health
yielding to the strain.
Miss Winnie Davis, 'the daughter
of the Confederacy," was born In the
Confederate executive mansion at
Richmond, Va, in 1863. She was ed
ucated principally at home owing to
the trouble surrounding her father and
the publicity which attended all move
ments of the Davis family. Miss Dav-
is attained her maturity at Beauvoir,
Miss. Here she assisted her mother
in various ways and took her place in
the many social functions of the place.
She was her fathers constant com
panion. She assisted him in all his
work and much of the information
which was required by Mr. Davis In
his writings was secured for him by
his daughter. Her strong character
was marked from youth. She was en-
gagged 10 Mr.. Wilkerscl, Of Syracuse,
n. Y, but shortly after her fathers
death, the engagement was broken or
While no public explanation OF the
rupture was given, 1t is well known
that it was for the purpose Of main
tanning her fathers name
She received the name Daughter Of
the Confederacy" in 1886, when her
father made his famous trip through
the South. Mr.. Davis being unable to
appear, Miss Winnie was brought be
fore the thousands. at the different
points along the route and introduced
as the daughter of the confederacy.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-09-19
TIE EMPEROR
Expresses HIS Sincere Thanks for sympa-
thy In His bereavement.


Vienna, September 18.-A rescript
of the Emperor TO Count Won Thun
Hohenstein, president OF the Austrian
Council of Ministers, was published
to-day. expressing In eloquent and
pathetic language the Emperor's
thanks for the expressions OF national
sympathy with him in bis great be-
reavement. In the course of the re-
script His Majesty says:
~ The numbering hand, the instru-
ment OF frenzied fanaticism aiming at
the destruction OF existing social or
der which was raised against the mob
lest OF women In blind and purposeless
hate. struck heart which knew rot
hate and beat only for good. Amid
the unmeasured griefs by which | and
my house are stricken, and in the
presence of the unheard OF deed which
has sent a shudder through the whole
civilized world. the voice OF my be-
loved people first brings balm TO my
heart in affecting unison with the re-
sound Of universal lamentation fer
our immeasuroble loss Ike a faithful
echo OF all that moves my oNa soul.
From my deeply sorrowing heart |
thank all for this new piedgd of de-
voted sympathy.
Our common grief weaves new
and intimate bond between theAthrone
and the fatherland"
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DETECTIVE ARNOLD
Obtains Control OF the Body Supposed to
BE That of Grace Perkins.

lNiGdleboro, Mass, September H.
After much telegraphing and telephon-
mig a member of the Bridgeport police
tonight gained possession OF the
womans dismemberedi body found in
Yellow Mill Pond, and brought here
by Frank w. Perkins, who had mis-
takenly identified it as that OF his
daughter. Grace.
The town was scarcely awake this
morning when Detective George Ar
mold, of the Bridgeport police, arrived.
The first thing he cid was to call on
Undertaken Williams. who brought the
remains Of the unknown woman from
Taunton last night and requested that
they be delivered TO him. ifr. Williams
informed the detective that he intend
ed to hold them until he received defi-
mite orders from the coroner at Bridge
port to give them UP, supplemented by
a sworn statement from Mr.. Perkins
that the fragments of the body in the
box were not those of his daughter.
At noon a telegram was received from
the coroner. addressed to Undertaken
Williams, and containing an order to
give up the body to Arnold.
Mr.. Perkins was induced to sign the
statement demanded by the undertaken.
With the two documents Arnold again
presented himself at the undertakers
end obtained the body, which was in
an advanced state CT decomposition.
Mss Perkins appears very much I'M
concerned regarding the whole affair.
and locks en- it all as more Of joke
than anything else. She kept indoors all
day and although the house was well
surrounIed by curious people, few
caught even a glimpse Of her.
The Bournes are even closer-mouthed
than the Perkins family, although de-
nying emphatically that the two are
married.
The family have intimated that at
the proper time a statement will be
made as to Charles Bourne and Miss
Perkins.
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SCOTTISH RITE MASONS.
Many Arrivals at Cincinnati for the Bien-
NAL session.

MAI session.
Cincinnati, O.. September 1S.-There
were many arrivals to-day for the BIZ
ennial session CT the Supreme Council
of the thirty-second degree Scottish
Rite Masons of the Northern jurisdic-
ton Of the United States. Although
the Supreme Council does not con-
vene till Tuesday, the visitors were
we'll entertained by local Masons to-
day and the entertainment committee
has an elaborate programme for to-
morrow as well as for other days of
the week On Wednesday and Thurs
day the thirty-third, or honorary de-
gree will be conferred.
The sixty-eighth annual Assembly
of the Grand Council Of Ohio conyenes
here September 9th and on the two
succeeding days the eighty-second an
nual convocation Of the Grand Chap
ter ct Ohio when Gen. Grand High
Priest Reuben C. Lennon will be ten
deTed a reception.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-09-19
A PROBABLE MURDER.

Special TO the Register.
Steubenville, O., September IS
Richard Everetts. glassworker, who
has served time in the penitentiary for
robbing and assaulting aged Frank
Lynch, while drunk to-day walked into
Jennie Goods saloon, on the Bowery,
and demanded a drink which was re-
fused by Charles Walker, the bar
tender. who was scrubbing out. Ever
etts pulled a revolver and shot Walker
in the back Physicians failed to find
the ball. and he is dying. Officers are
searching for Everetts, who escaped
across the river. Before the shooting
Everetts assaulted two colored men,
taking a watch and the revolver used
of of Dan Epps.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-09-19
FEDERAL COURT.
Special 70 the Register

Special 70 the Register.
Parkersburg. w. Va, September ~
Judge Jackson will hold term II
Court at Wheeling, commencing Mon.
day.
In the case Of c. r. DurDin, receives.
VS.. Felix Nemeygye etal., on motion
TO have the sale Of the famous Irondale
furnace property confirmed. the mat
ter was laid over until Monday the ac-
ton being taken on account OF an upset
bid which was made by Cincinnati
firm and which was nearly double that
made by the purchasers VINO want the
sale confirmed
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-09-19
ALIVE AND WE'LL

Wilkesbarre, Pa, September 49,
Mrs. John R. Thomas. of Warrior Run,
this county, received dispatch from
the chief of police at Stamford, Conn,
this afternoon, stating that her daugh-
ter Grace was alive and well in that
city. This was great relief to Mrs.
Thomas, who had been led TO believe
from the description furnished that the
woman found murdered in pond at
Bridgeport was her daughter.
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ACCIDENTALLY KILLED
Special TO the REGISTER.

sE'tNIfI 70 NllV Itt-IsttI-
Cumberland, Md. September 1G.-
The remains CT Kennedy H. Butler, one
ofthe most prominent business men in
this city, were brought here last night
from Frederick, Md, where he was
killed by an accident. He owned large
farm near Frederick, and during the
summer large barn on the farm was
destroyed by lightning. He was hav-
ing another structure erected in its
stead. and while experimenting its con-
struction, he fell from the building.
distance of thirty feet and was almost
instantly killed. He was 10 years OF
age and was leader in all enterprises
that tended to aid this, his native city.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-09-19
SPANISH PEACE COMMISSIONERS.

Madrid, September 1S-The Official
Gazette publishes the announcement Of
the appointment of Senator Montero
Rios, president OF the Senate; Senior
Abarzuza, Senior Garniga, Gen. Cerero
and Senior Vihaurutia as the Spanish
peace commissioner
Seniors DuBosc and Aranguren, for
merry secretaries to the Spanish lega-
tion at Washington. hare been trans
ferred from 81 Petersburg 70 Vienna.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-09-19
VESUVIUS ACTIVE.
The People of Naples Gloomy and Appre-
hcnsiye

Naples, September 1S.-A state of
gloomy apprehension prevails among
the reputation regarding the eruption
OF Nesuvius, which is hourly becCm-
ing more active and more menacing.
Streams OF lava are spreading in every
direction. The most threatening OF
these flows through the Vedrino Val
ley, which is almost flied
The observatory, which originally
stood at a height of 610 metres, is now
only27 meters above the sea level, ow-
ing to the sinking of the ground
Seven new craters have formed
around the central one, and this has
not tended to diminish the fears for
merly felt, which were based upon the
eruption Of stones and scoriae similar
TO that which occurred in 1872.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-09-19
REMOVED TO HOSPITALS.

Philadelphia, Pa. September IS
One hundred and tweIty-eight sick
soldiers arrived here to-day on a gov
eminent hospital train from 'Montauk
Point and were Immediately distribut-
ed among seven hospitals in this city
The men left Camp Wikoff on the
transport Shinnecock at O'Clock Sat
urday night and arrived at Jersey City
early this morning. The soldiers were
then transferred TO the train and sent
to this city. Sixteen of the men were
carried to the ambulances in waiting
while the remaining one hundred and
twelve were able 70 walk to the con-
veyances that took them to the hos
pitfalls.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-09-19
ON FIRE AND ABANDONED.

Alden. September 1S.-The British
steamer Mount Tabor, Captain Jane
son. from Iloilo for Liverpool, has
been abandoned on fire off the island
of Zocotra The British steamer Tele-
ma, from Calcutta for Hamburg, land
ed the crew here. She sustained dam
age in attempting to tow the burning
vessel.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-09-19
TIE SULTAN SUBMITS!
The Turkish Commander In Crete Ac
to British Demands.

Gambia, Island of Crete. Septem
1S.-The Sultan has ordered DJey'
Pasha. the military commander u
Crete, to accede to the demand OF the
British admiral Gerard Henry Noel, for
disarmament. thus complying with the
whole utimntum Of the admiral. A
British military detachment to-day &C.
cupied the entrance to the fort, and II
is rumored that the Ottoman troops
will be withdrawn and British force
will occupy the town.
Among the prisoners already handed
over to Admiral Noel are two who are
credited with being ring leaders In the
attack on the British camp.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-09-19
GOT A GOOD THING.

Special to the Register.
Huntington, w. Va, September 49,
Thieves last night forced the rear door
of the bar at the Florentine Hotel. in
this city, and tapped the cash register
for fifty dollars. Some fine wine and
whisky was also stolen.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-09-19
ARRA|GN[O BEFORE VOTERS.
Hon. John T. McGraw on A. G. Day
TONS Record.

HE PUBLISHES TO THE PEOPLE OF
THE SECOND DISTRICT pAYTONS
APPEAL TO HIS OFFICIAL
FRIENDS FOR Personal SUP
PORT, AND HANDLES THE POLlT-
ICAL HISTORY OF THE REPUBLl-
q A N CANDIDATE WITHOUT
GLOyES-THE SECOND DISTRICT
REPUBLICANS ALL TORN Up AS
A RESULT.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-09-19
Yesterdays DEATHS.

New York, September 1S.-Tbe
deaths at Camp Wikoff to-day were as
fellows: T. CARL, Corporal, Company
G. Twenty-third infantry; benjamin
Badgley, Fourth infantry; George Gar
rett, Twenty-fourth infantry; L. Lar
ter, teamster, Third cavalry A SOL
der named Clark, unidentified as to
regiment. was brought to the hospital
last night in an unconscious condition.
Things We're quie taheatmctp
Things were quiet at the camp to-
day. A conference was held at Gen.
Wheeler's headquarters at which the
Colonels of the cavalry division were
present. Views were exchanged on
the question of the removal of the
troops to a camp in the South prior to
their transportation to Cuba and all
these present were of the opinion that
it would be better for their commands
to remain at Montauk until the govern
ment is ready to ship them to Cuba
The men are now reported to be in as
good condition in a general way as
when they left their posts last spring
to mobilize for the campaign.
Gen. Wheeler vii make a report to
Gen. Corbin endorsing this view Of the
case.
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BoTu MEN KILLED.

Chamonlx, September ls---An Eng
lishman named Binns and guide wh1
accompanied him while making the de-
scent OF the AiguiIle de Charmose. felo
AMI both were killed
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KILLED BY A CAR.

Wilkesbarre, Pa. September 49,
Patrick Ruane, aged IS. OF Pittston,
while walking on the tracks of the
Scranton electric railway last night.
was run over and killed By car.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-09-19

wAsHrNGTCpS. September 18.-FoY
west virginia Western PENNSYLVANIA and
Ohio. Generally fair; fresn southwest -
west winds, G4minishins-
M. c. schnepf the Opera House druan
gisti male the following ob$erxatlone On
The YEA her Yesterday. o. M, -. u M
81: ~ M, IS: p m, ~ T. - &
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PUI ON-IHE y. q y. SOGIHW ESI-
ERN.
Cincinnati, O., September 1S.-The
officials of the Baltimore & Ohio rail-
way, who were in conference here yes
terday and last night, continued their
conference to-day. Receiver John X.
Cowen left tonight for Baltimore Re-
ceiver Oscar G. Murray, General Man
ager William M. Greene, and others
leave tomorrow morning on tour of
inspection from here to Columbus,
Newark, and Sandusky, thence over the
Chicago division.
While the conference here is be-
lieved to have been on estimates for
betterments of the Southwestern sys-
TEN, it is stated that Receiver Murray
Trans-Ohio division from Pittsburg
and Wheeling to Chicago to
THE REORGANIZATION COMMIT
TEE
for the new purchasers, which include
leading capitalists in the northwest.
1t is stated that the purpose is not only
to have a great trans-continental line
through Chicago and the northwest,
but also to have fast line from the
Atlantic seaboards to St. Louis, and
that the whole Southwestern system
will soon be equipped with 90-pound
rails after the grades are changed and
other Improvements made. So far
most CT the Improvements under the
receivers have been east of the Ohio
river, and now the road is to be per-
fected west of the Ohio and
WITH DOUBLE TRACKS
some CT the distance.
The Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern
system from Parkersburg through Gin
cinnati and Louisville to st. Louis is
not in the hands of the receivers, but
it is understood that it is included in
the reorganization.
system includes the lines of the old
Cincinnati, Baltimore & Washington
Railway Company, and Of the Ohio Il
Mississippi Railway Company When
the last named was purchased six
years ago the B. & o. railway guar
anteed the bonds of the B. & o. SW
railway and the Southwestern system
is practically operated as division Of
the trunk line, the connecting line
from Parkersburg to Grafton being run
for the Southwestern connections, and
at the conference here it was pro-
posed to
PUT THIS WHOLE SYSTEM
in the best possible physical condition
for fast time to ST. Louis, and then
improve the equipment.
In connection with the proposed
changes of the new purchasers, it is
stated that Received Cowen has gone
to confer with the holdings of the
Johns Hopkins University, and that
when President Z. r. Bacon returns to
New York tomorrow night he will see
interested parties in New York, and
after comforting with the reorganiza-
ton committee go to Europe to confer
with English interests. 1t is the cur
rent report here that Cowen will be
president of the new company, and
Murray vice president, with Mr. Bacon
in the new board, as well as the CAPT
talists from the East and Northwest.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-09-19

Manila, September 1S.--In an inter-
view here with flim by the correspond
ent of the Associated Press. Arch
bishop Doza). of the Philippine Islands.
said:
4 earnestly hope the islands will
not remain Spanish, because the rebels
are now so strong that such course
would inevitably cause appalling blood
shed. The reconquest of the natives is
impossible until after years of the
most cruel warfare
He also expressed the hope that the
islands would not become absolutely
independent, because 1t was certain
that dissensions would occur which
would result in incessant strife and
lapse into barbarism and the natural
Incidence OF the tropical race. The
only hope, the Archbishop declared.
was that strong western power would
intervene now. Delay was dangerous.
because the people are intoxicated
vainglorious and restless.
He said it was undeniable that the
religious orders must go. because the
whole people had determined TO aDoi-
ish them, now that they were able to
render their retention impossible. He
LAYS THE CHIEF BLAME
upon the Dominicans, Augustus and
Franciscan receletans, the richest or
ders, and next upon the Benedictines
and Capuchiens, which are OF less i'm
portance. The Jesuits. Archbishop Do
zal says, are comparatively blameiess.
He added that the rival orders quarrel
among themselves. intrigue, act un-
worthily and SANDER their opponents,
thus increasing their general disfa-
yor.
The Proyinciales, who are approxi-
mately equivalent to arohdeacons. arc
mainly responsible. They are utterly
beyond the control Of the Archbishop.
who denies possessing much power.
The total number Of Spanish priests
in the Philippines before the war was
about one thousand. but lately every
departing steamer has taken nifty or
a hundred of them away, and now
barely five hundred remain.
A native priest privately stated to
the correspondent that the reason tina
A'i HOBS TIE iIi SIG1
of the friaTly ofsisfs DE-
grown too powerful for
he wishes to strengthen
eral responsible Spaniard
correspondent that they
to remain here If Spain
in the control Of the isla
the Spanish soldiers
again, and Spanish ofh
disguised with the rotte
government, and pref
American subjects.
The annexationists hav
of II In the national assem-
discussion of the subject ha
finished.
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some HOPE FOR WHEELING.
The Baltimore & Ohio to Be Improved
Generally,

AS one RESULT OF THE TRANSFER
OF THE PROPERTY AND ITS ABB
SORPTION INTO A TRANSCONTI-
MENTAL LINE-GRADES TO BE
CHANGED AND NEW RAILS LAID.
FAST THROUGH FREIGHTS TO BE
PUT ON-THE B. & o. SOUTHWEST
ERN
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CAPT. CAPON DEAD.

Washington, September 49, Cap
tain Allyn Cspon, First artillery, died
at his home near Fort Myer, Va, to-
day.
washington, Sept. 1s Captain ca
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Archbishop DOZAL,
Of Manila, Tells Some Things Aboit
The Situation There

HE HOPES THE ISLANDS MILL
NEITHER REMAIN SPANISH. NOR
BECOME INDEPENDENT = HID
LAYS THE BLAME FOR THE SIT
UATIoN UPON THE RELIGIOUS
oRDERs-THE ARCHBISHOP NOW
POSSESSES LITTI.EPoW
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FEVER AND RHEUMATISM THE PRE-
VAILING NTS-REGIMENTS
ABOUT TO LEAVE TO BE MUSTER
ED OUT-MEDICAL OFFICERS DE-
TAILED-GENERAL NEWS OF THE
CAMP