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The times., 1898-01-17
GOING TO THE KLONDIKE.
Another Old New York Pilot Boat
Purchased for the Purpose.

New York. Jan. 16.-Another of the
old New York pilot boats has found
new career and it lies in an expedi-
ton to the Klondike. Her name is the
Actaea, of ninetytwo tons, which was
sold shortly after the introduction of
a steam pilot service TO J. J. Phelps, of
Newark. She has just been purchased
by c. G. Mccarthy, recently first officer
of the steamer Starbuck, of San Fran
cisco, who is fitting her out for voy-
age to the Klondike around the Horn.
She will be commanded by her new
owner and will have a crew of six men.
Ten passengers are also to be taken
along, among whom are three women.
Capt Mccarthy expects TO sail about
January 20. He intends to run into
Bermuda, and it is possible will put
into several ports on the route before
the taut little craft reaches her desti-
nation.
The Actaea was originally built for
pleasure yacht, and was first owned
by w F. Weld. of Boston. in whose
possession she remained for some years
before she became a pilot boat of the
Sandy Hook fleet. She is fitting out
at the Columbia Stores, adjoining the
Atlantic avenue ferry, Brooklyn.
The times., 1898-01-17
A BROKER GOES INSANE.
Thought That He Was Going to q
Bank When Locked Up

New York. Jan. 16.-Robert =. Skel-
ton a broker, well known in upper
Broadway, has been taken to Bellevue
Hospital to be examined as to his san
ity He played havoc with the furnish
ings OF his home, at No. sc West Nine
ty-eighth street, and made a wild sor-
tie from a carriage in the hospital
grounds before he was finally safely
domiciled in the insane pavilion.
Mr.. Shelton is a prominent Mason
and has many friends. He has for many
years been the sole support of his
mother, to whom he is much devoted.
II is said that his inability TO provide
for her has caused him to brood over
financial matters to such an extent as
to unbalance his mind.
His father died just after the close oG
the war. when he was a boy of twelve
years. Even then he set resolut1ly to
work. He entered the employ of a
large dry goods house, and aftzr few
years rose to the position of buyer.
with a salary of $1,000 a year He es-
tablshed a well-furnished home
He entered Wall street and lost most
of the savings of years. He had had
no success in business for the last five
years. In addition to this he was suf-
fering from tuberculosis. He was en-
ployed on a small salary by firm at
No. 1868 Broadway. He also had many
outside schemes, of which he freely
talked. He was frequently seen about
the corridors of the Imperial Hotel
1t was noticed that his schemes be-
came more gigantic and the fortunes
of which he spoke grew larger day by
day
DR.. Pettingill was called yesterday
morning to the mans home, No. 56
West Ninety eighth street. In the alb
sence of his mother, Skelton had taken
down all the pictures, taken up the
carpets, and stacked chairs and sofas
in the middle of the rooms. He was
sitting in the midst of this desolation
with folded arms.
DIR. Pettingill told the man that he
was wanted down at the Imperial Ho
tel at once. Shelton put on his hat and
overcoat, and said that he would be
glad to go at once. Il should like to
go over to the East River Bank and
draw $50 ,000,'' he said. He went to the
insane pavilion instead.
The times., 1898-01-17
ALASKA'S Big GOLD BELTS
Two of Them Running Through the
Country.
Stamp Mills in Operation Already
and the Peniod Of Develop
nient Estimat ed.

Juneau, Alaska. Dec. %, 1897 - mere
is gold bearing quartz all over Alaska
is a saying that is used so frequently tha1
it ha IS been accepted asa truisn. Mineralo-
rists have laid down certain belts or zones
In which geld has been found in widely diS-
tant places, from which they argue thal
golt-bearing fissures run continuously IN a
well defined direction through British
Columbia to the arctic regions, and south
from Mount st. Elias TO the Andes.
There are in this district two well de
fined mineral belts, one from Silver BOW
basin-where company is operating pcth
placer andquartz nines-to Sheep Camp M
to Sum Dunn. The other is known as the
TreadweIl belt, which runs northwest ana
southeast for more miles than mas at
present been ascert aimed
There is another belt running paralel
to these, which has been traced for
hundred niles on which are located the
Berners Bay mines.
The two belts first mentioned are from
two and a half to three miles wide, seila-
green stone, but which is proba bly, metas
morpheus granite.
At Farragut Bay the ore carries gold
and from ) to 40 per cent copper; at
Windham Bay the ore is an iron sriphuret,
carrying a small percentage or gaiena
and 90 per cent of free milling gold On
the north side Of Yaku Inlet the ore SO
far discovered is u mixture of iron, copper
pyrites and galena.
George II. Bent, an expert on mines and
mining, who has just returnedf from flying
trip to New York says thatin ten or fifteen
years Alaska will be producing more gold
than Colorado and more copper than Mon
tana.
The quartz mines of Alaska will come in
for fair share of attention this spring.
There are thousands who are coming here
with the intention of going to the Klondike
who will linger here to investigate the
great quartz lodges OF southeastern Alaska.
There has been more prospecting done
this year than ever before. New York,
Chicago and London capitalists have al
ready their representatives here to buy
claims, and, therefore, outside OF the rush
In the spring, there is certain to be great
activity in the mining Industry here next
year.
Mr.. Bent's statement of the period of de-
velopment is based upon years of expert
ence. SO far, all the ores discovered
here may be classed d as low grade, with
the exception Of one or. two, notably the
Bald Eagle, at Sum Dunn. 1t takes a
year to open up q mine sufficiently to
decide whether it is worth while to put
in an expensive plant, and another year or
two to get it in runting. order.
There will, OF coGrse, be exceptions to
this. There was one last year, that of the
Jualin Gold Mining Company, of PerneTs
Bay. This started August 20, 1895, and
turned out 100000 that year, and this
year will turn out 81 10000. This has
been done on an ore Tunning about $40
per ton, and with an average of thirty
five men employed.
u A
The times., 1898-01-17
win illuminate the catacombs

Pittsburg, Jan. s. Within twelve months
the Catacombs of Rome win be Illuminated
by nineteenth century incandescent electric
lights. The Westinghouse Company has
received q cablegram from its Rome repre-
sentative announcing that he had secured
the contract for lighting the Catacombs of
St. Callistus, st. Agnes, st. Cyraca. st.
Demitilla, st. Priscilla and st. Bentianus.
Some months ago the subterranean burial
ground of st. Callistus was lighted, and
the effect Was so satisfactory that the per-
sons in charge decided to have electricity
put in all the catacombs of the city. Six
motors, capable of supplying current for
not less than 450 lamps, will be placed
in the six catacombs.
The times., 1898-01-17
SHOT HIMSELF sIGHTLEss.
An Old Man Attempts Suicide il
Druid Hill Park.

Baltimore Jan. TO- What viii probably
prove TO be the thirt y-second suicide in Druid
Hin PARK occurred there today when
William a. Pfaff. an aged cisarmak ker,
tried to end his life with pistol bullet.
The would-be suicide selected a spot near
the boat lake and was found in an un-
conscious condition by Joseph L. A rminger,
q visitor TO the park.
Pfarf was taken to the Maryland eneral
Hospital here. The physicians found that
the bah, after passing in at the right
temple, had severed the optic nerves of both
eyes, and then lodged in the socket of the
left. II Pfaff should live, which is doubt
full, he WIN be sightless for the res; OF his
life.
Mental depression is given as the cause
for the act, although there is some mystery
surrounding the case. The mans young
wife visited the hospital and had a talk
with him. She refused to tivulge the CON
tents of letter that had been found in
his pocket addressed to her.
The times., 1898-01-17
The columbia.s New Managers

MeSsrs. Dwyer and Lucket, the new
managers of the Columbia Theater, make
their first bow tonight to the Washing
ton theatergoing puolic. They start in
confidently believing they know what is
expected by the clientele OF this cozy play
house, and offer Ward and Vokes, in The
Governors as their first bid for popu-
larity and pence. Percy" and Harold
VIII find many old friends and new ac-
quaintanees to greet thcn tonight
The times., 1898-01-17
SPIRITS FoRETOID HIS DEATH.
A Chinaman Dies at the Hour That
He Expected.


New York. Jan. ia case of fatal
ism has Just come to the attention of
British Columbia medical men, who
find in science no explanation and but
few precedents for the extraordinary
occurrence.
Now Chong, wealthy merchant and
manufacturer of paper flowers, ten
months ago had "a vision in which he
claimed to have received supernatural
information that he would die at o
o'clock in the evening of the 18th day
of Shap Yee, January II, of the mans S
calendar Before the fateful day he
closed up his business, distributed be-
quests and on the day set for his death
was banqueted by twenty intimate
friends in his house here.
The feast was in progress when he
quietly left the board and retired to his
couch. and just as the clock struck g
he died without word or struggle.
An autopsy was ordered, which, how
ever, failed to disclose any cause of
death Now the authorities are in
quandary as the body cannot be buried
or sent home to China without a death
certificate and no local physician can
solve the riddle and issue one
The times., 1898-01-17
A PHARAoH,s MUMMY HEAD.
DR.. Robinson Owns 1t and Keeps 1t
i'm an Old HathoX.

New York. Jan. 16,-Rev- Dr. Charles
s. Robinson, pastor of the Church OF the
Puritans, in Harlem. is the possessor OF 4
mummy head. He firmly believes il to bt
that of Menephatah. the Pharaoh of the
Exodus" who. according TO tradition, re-
nounced the authority of the God of
Israel acknowledged by the earlier Phar
aohs, and inaugurated the worship of
animals.
DIR. Robinson keeps the head, which Is in
an excellent state of preservation. in an
old hat box. He is sure it is Meme
phatah's head, for the Arab from whom
it was bought said he got It out of the
tomb OF this Pharaoh.
The times., 1898-01-17
A Cure for Lame Back.

My daughter when recovering from IN
at.eck OF fever, was n great sufferer from
pain in the back and hips writes Louden
Grover, of Sardis, KY AFTER using quite
n number CT remedies without any benefit
She tried one bottle Of Chamberlain's Pain
Balm, and it has given entire relief Cham
bctlain's Pain Balm is also certain ,ure
fo- rheumatism. Sold by Henry Evans,
Wholesale and Retail Druggist, 939 r
n Conn. ave. and st. NV, and 1 f2S
Md. ave. ne.
The times., 1898-01-17
Willard Hall.

Prof. Carpenter, who has hcen inter-
esting large crowds at willard Hall, to-
night begins his second week of lectures
on nesinerism with illustrations. He takes
his subjects from the audience, and makes
them do many amusing things. His pro-
gram is much more entert aiming than when
be was here before He gives two hours OF
fun TO all his auditors.
The times., 1898-01-17
TWO SUICIDES IN OKLAHOMA
4 Bank Cashier and Hotel Clerk
Kill themselves.

Perry, Okla, Jan. 16.-W. j. Virgins,
cashier Of the First State Bank, of Nor
man, Okla, committed suicide Friday
night on the church altar OF the Epis-
copal Church. He left a note saying
that be would soon lose his position, and
could not stand q dismissal.
Z. D. Walton, clerk of the hotel at Ell
Reno, killed himself because his sweet
heart refused to marry him.
The times., 1898-01-17
Died OF Beri.Beri.

New York, Jan. 16.-Janes O'NeilI. one
Of the crew OF the bark Iactnlus, which
arrived in this port from Shanghai, on
Thursday, died OF beri beri today. Six
of the crew, who were i'll of the same
disease, were taken to tue Marine Hospital
The times., 1898-01-17
Honor. to a Pro.necttve Gorernor.

New Brnnsv'i K y J. Jan 1G--The board
Of trustees of Rutgers College last evening
conferred the degree of LII. d. upon state
Senator Foster NJ. Voorhees,, OF Union
county Mr.. Voorhees, W i'll become governor
of New Jersey when present Governor
'irig-s becomes Attorney General under
President Mckinley. Senator voorhe ees
was Sraduated fr ON RuJg ers in the
class OF 70
The times., 1898-01-17
CARSON & MacARTMEY,

Members of the New York stock Ex-
cDange, l4lS St. Glover Building.
Correspondents OF MeSsrs Moore Il ScDiey
No. so BrOa dway
Bankers and Dealers in Government ROnds
Deposits Exchange. Loans.
RalfOad stocks ana Bonds and all
securities listed on the exchanges or New
York, Pnila delphia. Boston anu baltimore
bought aud sold.
a speciality made of Investment securi-
ties District Bonds and all local Rail-
road, Gas, Insurance and Telephone Stock
dealt in.
American Bell Telephone stock bought
and sold. malS-tf-em
The times., 1898-01-17
Young Men, Middle Age
or Old Men,

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youth. overwork or mental worry,
and troubled with Nervous Debility,
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A round the Eyes, Pimples on the Face, Loss
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safe. and speedy cura-
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disease lurking ia your system. IMP0TEN-
CY or Loss OF Sexual Power, and do you
contemplate MARRIAGE? Do you feel
safe la taking this step? You can't afford
20 take any risk. Like father; like son.
We have q ncver-failing remedy tina. will
purify the Blood and positively bring back
Lost Power. Our honest opinion always
given.
The times., 1898-01-17
Money TO Loan
Af 5 Per Cent,
ON real estate in d. c.; no delay; terms
reaSona BILE.
HEISKELL & McLERAN.
jy9-tf-em zoos 50. NV.

on Staten Island from tie Paetolus on
her arrival at quarantine. and another. n
japanese, died yesterday.
The times., 1898-01-17
Many persons cannot take
plain cod-liver oil.
They cannot digest it.

They cannot digest IT.
1t upsets the stomach.
Knowing these things, we
have digested the oil in
SCOTS Emulsion of Cod
liver Oil with Hypophos-
phites; that is, we have
broken it up into little glob-
ules, or droplets.
We use machinery to do
the work of the digestive
organs, and you obtain the
good effects of the digested
oil at once. That is why you
can take SCOTS Emulsion.
soe. and Si.oo, all druggists
SCOTT & BOVINE, Chemists New York
The times., 1898-01-17
LOANS MADE ON FURNITURE.
HORSES ETC

Loans made on Furniture, Pianos. Horses
Wagons, etc, at low est rates ana quickest
possible time. Strictly confidential Please
call before securing loans eISew here
WASHINGTON MURrGAGE LOAN co,
Clio + ST. NV
The times., 1898-01-17

Your credit is good at Lansburgh's Fur
niture House, 18th and. F sts. oc3.tf
The times., 1898-01-17

During the year of 81 We treated and
cured nearly three thousand cases-oui
honest dealing has made US many friends
The times., 1898-01-17
OUR W / METHODS
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The times., 1898-01-17
GENTLEMEN.
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Have you been deceived and robbed by
seIf-styled specialists: ff so call, and see
us, as scores are doing daily-We can cure
you.

We are specialists in Nervous and Special
Diseases of Men only.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-01-27
FREIGHT WRECK.
Four Cars Loaded With Coal jump
the B. & 0. Track at Boggs' Run,
at Benwood, Last Night---Caused
by Rails Spreading.

Last night about ten o'clock four
loaded coal cars of a B. & 0. freight
train, which was coming towards the
city, jumped the track below Boggs
run, doing considerable damage and
blockading the track for some time.
One car went over the bank, which
is about fifteen feet high, badly
wrecking the car and dumping out the
entire contents.
The other three cars were thrown
across the track, but were gotten back
on the track by a wreck crew, which
came up from the Junction with a
rigging outfit. The accident was due
to the rails spreading at that point
and would have caused serious results
likely if it had been passenger train
going over it at fast speed, as there IS
a considerable embankment on each
side of the track The track was also
repaired last night and cleared Tor
travel.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-01-27
THE FIRST SERVICE
will be Held To Nighnt by the island
Christian Congregation.

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Christian Congregation.
Tomorrow night. the congregation
of the Second Christian church OF
Wheeling will meet for their first &c
ligious meeting. 1t will be a prayer
meeting, and will be held in the
house, No. 50 Zane street, which they
have Just purchased. This building il
across the street from DR.. Best's otlice
and is we'll adapted for holding re
ligious or other services.
On every Thursday night this meet
ing will be held On every friday
afternoon the Ladies Aid Society viii
meet there Next Sunday afternoon at
$50 the Sunday school will be formed.
All these meetings will be helo III the
same building, No. SO Zane street.
It is the intention of these people,
with the aid of the citizens of Wheel
ing. to build church on the Island.
Ten thousand one-dollar bonds have
been issued and are now for sale for
the accomplishment of this purpose.
The condition of the bond is that if
the church has not been commenced
and the $4,000 is not raised by De-
comber 81, 1900, then subscribers will
Get their money back. The congrega-
ton Of the church extends a hearty
invitation to all the people Of the ISL
and to attend the meeting and thus aid
the cause.
On next Tuesday night the Christian
Endeavor Society of the First Chris
tan church will give one Of their most
popular socials, an acquaintance So
cial. This society is composed Of over
eighty members and will make this
social a grand success.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-01-27

the bridge toward depot at the creek,
and he (Feely) said he wanted money
and was going to break in the sta
tion Prisoner warned him not 10,
but of no avail, as he broke the WIN
dow glass, unlocked the window and
went in; was there about twenty
minutes. Next day Feely burned the
letters, saying nobody would ever ind
them. Said he and Feely never had
exchanged words about the robbery
before it was committed. Speaking OF
the confession, he said Douds gained
the confession from him by saying
Feely had been arrested and had made
a confession, duplicating him (the prls-
oner), and if he would tell the truth
about the matter he would see that
he was released and Feely put in
Jail. He denied having stated he had
any Of the money from the robbery
On being cross-examined, he said
he was born July II, 1881, and finally
said he did not know when he was
born. Said Feely paid street car fare
and way in to Opera House, where
they were on the evening of November
I'd. Said he did not recollect what
day it was station at Fairpoint was
robbed; said he gained entrance
through the ticket window to the Of
flee by cutting wicket and pushing
back the latch; entered for the pur-
pose Of getting a drink of water, but
plead guilty to the charge because he
had no witnesses. He then denied all
he had said concerning the Fairpont
affair and then denied this statement
and said the statement concerning the
Fairpoint robbery was true. Said he
told his sister while in the Bridgeport
jail that he was guilty of the charge
and would plead guilty
This concluded the evidence for the
day. ard court adjourned until this
morning
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-01-27

the probable cost of the recopying, stat
ing that there were 10000 entries of deeds
in fee and 10000 entries of deeds of trust
and mortgages, a total of 10000 entries,
and made the following proposition:
l. To charge &c, per entry; or
2. The Board to fix lower price on any
test it might choose to adopt
This was referred to the Finance Com
mittee, with power to act. and the mat
ter was closed One hundred and forty
thousand entries at &c. each foots up
1920, and adding $500 for the cost of the
books, the total is $500. It is admitted,
however, that the cost will run much
higher, although it may be distributed
over two or three years.
Representatives of the Johnson-Watson
index system stated yesterday that while
their index is in general use in the coun-
ties of West Virginia, and that they were
willing to place it on its merits beside any
other system in use anywhere, they We're
refused a fair and equal chance, and thai
the case was settled before the Board
met They also stated that no invitation
was extended index manufacturers gen
orally to enter into competition either as
to prices or merits. II will be remem-
bered that the same general allegations
were made at the time the late file case
job was brought before the Board.
Before adiourning. the Board instructed
the Prosecuting Attorney to bring suit
against all persons who have copies of the
Code of 1891 belonging to the county.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-01-27
BRIEF LOCAL ITEMS.

L W. Finley, of Wheyville, Ohio,
Eaa in town yesterday on business.
g. H. Mccall, of Bannock, was in
'he city yesterday the guest of friends.
James F. Dewey, of GAINESVILLE, was
an arrival in the city yesterday on
business.
4 W. Franklin, of Newark, Ohio,
MN a guest yesterday of friends in
Ue Third ward
George w. Yost. of the Bellaire
rno'Ie Company. is home from the
East, after an extended business trip,
Minch Porterfeld, of the Third ward,
.egFes to-day for Parkersburg, after
1Hef visit with his wife and par
ntS.
he list of letters lying in the post
giAce unclaimed are as follows: Omer
NNihe Charles r. Miller, Frank Den
W. George L. Dixon, Frank Homer
ana Leon Eckstein.
SINCE the Buckeye made the good
'o'a Of four out of six games with
~g A0er Nits. Of Wheeling, the Silver
team has been anxious to show
,lef ability. They will try their
h against the Buckeyes tomorrow
oonreAing on the Schmulbach bowling
N.'eEs' Two games out of three will
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-01-27
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remarkable Remedy Which is Bringing
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comfort to Thousands OF Sufferers
Probably half the people who see
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one Oh the commonest diseases and
one OF the most obstinate. People
nave 1t for years, and just because it
Is not Immediately fatal they neglect it.
C2felessneSs causes no end of suffer
ing Carelessness about SO simple a
thlng as piles has often caused death.
Hemorrhages occur during surgical
treatment, often causing death.
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