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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-06-15
SHRINERS PARADE.
Tweuty-Fifth Annual Session of the I'm
perial Council Opened.

Twenty Annual Session of the I'm
perial Council Opened.
BUFFALO, N. Y, June 1.-THE 18th
annual session of the imperial council
of the Ancient Order of Mobiles of the
Mystic Shrine oponed here to-day. The
feature of the morning was the depart
ure of the imperial council, headed by
Imperial Potentate Ethelbert F. Allen,
of Kansas City, from their hotel to
German-American hall, where this
mornings session council was held.
The council was escorted by the Arab
Patrols of the following temples:
Moslem, of Detroit; Lu Lu, of Phila-
delphia; Rajah, of Reading, Pa; Syria,
of Pittsburg; Syrian, of Cincinnati;
Moolah, of ST. Louis; Oriental, Of
Troy; Medinah, of Chicago; Saladin,
of Grand Rapids; Ismaila, of Buffalo,
and Almah, of Washington.
Hundreds of Shriners in carriages
brought up the rear of the procession,
which was one of the handsomest
spectacles ever witnessed here. Buff
falo has decorated lsvishly in honor
of the Shriners.
The imperial council was called to
order by Potentate knight, of this
city, who introduced Mayor Conrad
Diehl. The Mayor closed very hearty
address by presenting to the Shriners
massive key-the traditional key to
the mythical gates of the city. After
further addresses and responses the
council went into secret session.
Imperial Potentate Allen read his
annual report reviewing the work of
the temples throughout the United
States and Canada. An application for
the establishment of a temple in
Hawaii ELECTED applause.
The membership on May 1, 1899,
was 5O069, net gain of 2,644 over the
previous year. Renewed efforts have
been made to establish the Shrine in
England and Mexico, and the matter is
left to the council to dispose of.
Imperial Treasurer Browns report
shows net balance of S15,6S7
Officers will be elected tomorrow.
1t is practically conceded that Wash
ington will get the next imperial coun-
Gil session, and it is likewise almost a
foregone conclusion that Imperial
Deputy Potentate John H. Atwood, of
Leavenworth, Kans., will be elected to
succeed Mr.. Allen as imperial poten-
tate.
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Special to the Register.
NEW YORK, June 14.-There was
an uproar in the apartment house at
so, West Twenty-fifth street, when a
womans screams reused the sleeping
tenants of the building shortly after
two o'clock this morning.
Scufiling and the sound of blows
brought many from their rooms to the
Railways in time to see a man dart
down stairs and out into the street.
AS the fellow disappeared, Miss
Mabel Moore, twenty-four years old,
who is from West Virginia and is in
New York studying music, struggled
to an open doorway and stated that
while making her way up stairs she
had been attacked in the darkness and
brutally beaten.
Blood was trickling from wound in
the face, and the young woman's gen
eral appearance denoted that she had
been engaged in a desperate struggle.
Miss Moore, who resides on the sec
ond floor of the house, asserted when
near her doorway she was struck down
by young man named Journey,
whom she recognized as the son of the
tenant occupying the floor above that
in which she lives.
She was beaten about the face and
body, thrown down, abused and finally
robbed of the purse she had carried
in her hand. The man accu1ed was
arrested but denies his guilt.
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PEACE CONFERENCE
Not Expected to Adjourn Before the Mid.
die of July-PIans Mapped Out.
THE HACJTE Iupa 11-It lie now

Not Expected to Adjourn Before the Mid
die of Juiy-Plans Mapped Out.
THE HAGUE, June 14.-It is now
expected that the peace conference will
not adjourn before the middle Of July,
as it is thought the labors of delegates
will not be finished before that time,
and there is the additional question OF
the acceptance by the powers Of the de-
cisions adopted by the conference. The
delegates who desire to see some tan
gible result accomplished by the con-
ference recognize that if the members
are contented with simply transmitting
the decisions to their respective gov
ernments the work of the delegates
will simply be pigeon-holed in the
various chancelleries of Europe, and
will not be executed. Therefore the
delegates have resolved to adjourn
their sittings as soon as their work
is completed and to submit the result
to their respective governments with
the request that the delegates be en-
powred to sign a definite document.
1t is expected the governments will re-
quire about ten days for elaboration
on their final decision, which will
bring the final adjournment in the mid
die of July.
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WILL DO 1T RIGHT.
Western Pennsylvania to Extend
Royal Welcoms to the Tenth When
it Comes Home.

PITTSBURG, Pa, June 14.-When
the Tenth Pennsylvania regiment re-
turns from the Philippines it will re-
ceive a royal welcome at the hands of
Western Pennsylvania. A meeting was
held here to-day participated in by the
mayors and burgesses of all the cities,
towns and boroughs in Western Penn
sylvania having one Or more repre-
sentatives in the Tenth. 1t was decided
that from the moment the Tenth
reaches the United States it becomes
the guest of Western Pennsylvania. A
committee was appointed to wait upon
President Mckinley for the porpose of
having the regiment mustered out in
Pittsiburg, instead of San Francisco.
and if the men should lose travel
money by such an. arrangement, pro-
vision was made whereby the loss will
be made good to each man by the re-
ception committee.
Special Pullman trains will be sent
to the port of Decentralization on the
arrival of the regiment and from that
moment the men will be treated 50
handsomely that their hardships in the
Philippines will be forgotten. Every
possible arrangement for the comfort
and pleasure of the men is being made
and season of joyful festivity IS
promised when Johnny comes march
ing home"
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nounced by President Taylor TODAY
They included the new chapel given by
MRS. Mary Nav Thompson, class of
~, OF Pittsburg, and Mrs. Mary Sey-
mour-Morris Pratt, so, OF Brooklyn:
an unknown donor, $4,000 for a bio
logical laboratory on condition that
another $4,000 be raised; D. NJ. Fer
ry, $4,000 for an Edith Ferry Memoir
iai scholarship; Miss Helen NJ. Gould,
second scholarship of $4,000 in mem
DRY of her mother; III. B. Coleman. of
Kalamazoo, Mich, $1,000 in memory
OF his wife. Other gifts amounted in
value to about $4,000.
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l6nTlntlon u Nominate . Sure Win.
ner for ihs Supreme Court.

MANY CANDIDATES MAKE THE
WORK INTERESTING AND THE
CONTEST SPIRITED DEAD
LOCK AT MIDNIGHT WHICH
SEEMED AS FAR FROM BREAK
ING AS IT DID AT THE OPENING
OF THE BALLOTING -. THE
PLATFORM ADOPTED MAKES
NO REFERENCE TO NATIONAL
ISSUES, BUT SPEAKS DISTINCT
LIZ REGARDING STATE AT
FAIRS.
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BRIDES WHO PREFER WET
WEATHER.

Church Gazette.
A Breton bride rather likes to have
wet wedding: it is held to signify
that all her tears are now shed. and
that she will, therefore, have happy
married life. know OF no similar be-
lief in the British Isles. The Era of
Simbirsk call the day before the we'd
ding the weeping day. and the bride
and her girl friends weep all they can,
with the idea, it would seem, of get
ting the mourning OF life over, so that
only joy may remain. The Badagas of
the Neilgherries attain the same end
by sousing the bride with water; some
Greek tribes have similar belief in
the virtue OF a drenching bringing
good fortune.
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An Excellent Combination.

The pleasant method and beneficial
effects of the well known remedy.
SYRUP OF F1Gs, manufactured by the
CALIFORNIA FIe SYRUP Co.. illustrate
the value of obtaining the liquid laxa-
tive principles of plants known to be
incidentally laxative and presenting
them in the form most refreshing 20 the
taste and acceptable to the system. It
is the one perfect strengthening laxa-
tive. cleansing the system effectual:y.
dispeling colds, headaches and fevers
gently yet promptly and enabling one
to overcome habitual constipation per-
manently. Its perfect freedom from
every Objectionable quality and sub
stance, and its acting on the kidneys,
liver and bowels, without weakening
or irritating them, make it the ideal
laxative.
In the process of manufacturing figs
are used, as they are pleasant to the
taste, but the medicinal qualities of the
remedy are obtained from SIENNA and
other aromatic plants. by method
known to the CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP
Co. only. In order to get its beneficial
effects and to avoid limitations, please
remember the full name OF the Company
printed on the front of every package.
CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP co.
SAN FRANCISCO. CAL.
LOUISVILLE. Xxx. NEW YORK. N. Y.
For sale by all Druggists.--price soc. per bottle
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THE A. 0. ]. v.
The Annual Outing Yesterday a Great
Success.
THE VARIOUS LODGES UNITED IN
A STREET DEMONSTRATION.
AND THEN PROCEEDED TO
WHEELING PARK. WHERE
QUITE A SUCCESSFUL TIME
WAS HAD.

The annual demonstration and out
ing by the local hodges of the Ancient
Order United Workmen, yesterday, was
distinct success. both in the city and
at the Park.
The lodges met soon after noon. and
united in a parade, which numbered
nearly one thousand men. and which
went over the following route: From
Chapline and Fourteenth streets down
Fourteenth to Market. TO Ninth, to
Main, to Twenty-fourth, to Chapline,
TO Twenty-second, to Market, to Four
teenth, where the column was dis
banded. The composition Of the COL
umn was as follows:
Platoon Of Police under the command of
Guigan, Bero, Shields. Conrad,
Wells, Larkins. Walker, Dudley.
Kohl, Allen and Lawson:
Chief Marshal DIR. II. B. Baguley.
Opera House Band.
German Lodge, Marshal Bernard Bach,
Reliance Lodge, Marshal Richard Rob-
ertS0n.
Wheeling Lodge, Marshal William
SchWertfeger.
welcome Lodge, Marshal VIM. Shields.
l1aEeile Lodge, Mashal Jas. Hendricks
Upchurch Lodge, Marshal w. L. Baker.
Excelsior Lodge. Marshal J. C. Devine.
Out of Town Lodges.
After the parade members of the
order went to the Park by the shortest
and quickest route, and the latter por-
ton of the afternoon and evening was
there scent very enjoyably, a varied
programme of amusements having been
provided for the occasion. The bowl
ing contests resulted as follows:
| Excelsior Lodge
Dunlsp 49, Scailey 1871, Cochran SIS. Gle
sey LEA, Schefer 1885, Blind %: total 743.
LABELS LODGE
Yenkt 1876, Roth So. Belswinger 10. Strip
pei les. Scheehle 126, bind lo2; total 662
Reliance LODGE
Naas 10l. BearIey 149 Schiller 104. Reed
l27, thinner a. BIND So; total 65i
Wheeling Lodge
C'Nein 129. Stanley 1853. Wa.te IA. Hen
ming lS9, Woods 119, Stanton 10; total S63
Wheeling lodge has won the bowling
contest everyyea Wheeling lodge also
won the pedro contest.
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SERIOUS FIRE.
Cumberland, Md, Threatened With
Destruction -.-Firemen Believed To
Have Been Killed.

Special to the Register.
CUMBERLAND, Nd, June IA fire
started late tonight in the heart of the
city. A large three-story building occu
pied by Hab.g and Stegmeir, collapsed,
and it is thought fifteen or twenty firemen
have been crushed to death. The flames
are now spreading and it is feared the
city will be Quilted.
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WILL JOIN THE STRIKE.

AKRON, Ohio, June 14.-An officer of
the local union of street railway employees
stated to-day that the Akron, Bedford &
Cleveland electric line employees and those
of the Akron line would be called out be-
fore the end of the week. and probably
tomorrow. The reason assigned is be-
cause the company, which IS the Big Con-
soidated of Cleveland, refuses to recog-
niZe their union
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Mr.. BLAND's CONDITION WORSE.

LEBANON. No, June 14-Ex-Repre-
sentative BANDS condition tonight is
such as to excite comment of a grave ma
ture. He has been sleeping since o clock
last night and as his respiration is slow
and labored, his friends are much
alarmed, His pulse IS weaker and it is
feared that his prolonged sleep is the be-
ginning of the end.
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SHEET CONFERENCE


flIISBURG, Pa, June 1.-THE wage
scan committee of the Association of Iron
ana Steel Sheet Manufacturers and the
Anna gamated Association of Iron, Steel
and Tin Workers met this afternoon. The
conference was held under the utmost Sc
crecy, but members stated after the ad-
Journment that nothing of decisive ma
lure transpired. The committees Will
meet again tomorrow morning. The
workers are asking for a general advance,
averaging about twelve per cent Because
OF the general good condition of the iron
and steel business, both sides expect a
settlement this year before the old scale
expires on July 1st
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THE INsULAR COMMISSION
Drafting Code OF Laws for the Island of
Porto Rico.

Porto Rico.
WASHINGTON, June 1.-THE in
sular commission, composed of Judge
Curtis, Gen. Kennedy and Major Wat
kins, has been occupying the time since
the submission of their report upon the
affairs of Porto Rico, in drafting a
code of laws for the island. These laws
will cover the general and local admin
istration of the island and are being
prepared with the expectation that they
will be made applicable to the islands
by the War Department until Congress
can enact others. If not they can be
used for the guidance of Congress in
enacting laws. The criminal and civil
laws of the United States are incorpor-
ated in this code where practicable. An
entire judicial system is included with
local and appellate courts from whose
decisions appeals can be made to the
Supreme Court of the United States as
a last resort. A system of assessment
dllu ldAdllOu lOilOWlu5 ClUSely the
Michigan law is included. Railroad
and telephone property will be APP
praised and taxed according to the
value of the property. Railroads will
be icorporated according to the laws of
Ohio or Iowa, it has not been deter
mined which. The main difficulty now
in the way of the completion of this
work of the commission is that its life
expires by limitation July /. The
commission is being paid out of the
balance of the $50,0OO,0O0 emergency
fund appropriated by Congress for the
war with Spain and the unused bal
ance of the appropriation must he COW
cred back into the treasury on July /.
1t is probable that way will be. found
to continue the commission after that
date under a new name until its work
is completed. 1t is suggested that it
might be paid out of the revenues of
Porto Rico, as its labors have been
wholly confined to that island.
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PIANO BARGAINS.

Arion Piano, octaves, carved legs. 500
Blumenberg Piano, 1-3 octaves.. 125
Chickering Piano, 7i-3 octaves.. :. 135
Hazelton Piano, 1-3 octaves. -. $50
Steinway & Sons Piano, Z octaves.. 1870
Will sell on easy payments.
F. w. BANNER co.
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HARRISBURG, Pa. June Flour
hundred and thirty-five representatives
of the Democracy of Pennsylvania met
here to-day for the purpose of nomi-
mating candidates for supreme court
judge and State treasurer Shortly af-
ter midnight the convention adjourned
until tomorrow morning without hav-
ing accomplished the first and most i'm
portant piece of work cut out for them,
namely, the selection of candidate
for supreme judge. Nearly six hours
were consumed in the preliminary work
of the convention and between six
O'Clock and midnight without an hours
1ntermission for supper, the delegates
cast eleven fruitless ballots for score
or more OF candidates for that high Of
fee, the deadlock at midnight being APP
parentIy as firm as it was at 6 o'clock.
When adjournment was had there was
eleven candidates in the field. with.
votes ranging from Is to Y. the high
est being. long way off from the 21S
necessary to elect. The determined
battle arises from the fact that the
nominee is sure to be elected to serve
twenty years. At this writing the fight
appears to have narrowed down to
Judge Kennedy, of Allegheny, and
Judge Yerkes. of Bucks Each is on
the bench in his county. 1t is believed
that one of these gentlemen will be
nominated in short order tomorrow,
although the western friends of Judge
Krebs, OF Clearfield. refuse to concede
the defeat of their candidate. Exon
gresham Wolverton, who was consid-
cred strong candidate, lost steadily
In the last few ballots. as did Judges
Bechtal. Allen and Albright.
With the supreme court judgeship
out OF the way, the remainder of the
conventions work will probably be dis
posed Of by reclamation.
The platform adopted reads thus:
ssThe Democracy OF Pennsylvania, in
convention assembled, again renewing
our pledges of fidelity and devotion to
the sacred rights of the people; true
to the faith and principles of our
party as declared in the platforms of
our several national conventions, and
proud of our matchless leader, William
Jennings Bryan, realize that the is
ugoin the coming campaign
In Pennsylvania are honest govern
ment, clean politics and the redemption
of our State from Republican misrule
and corruption
After an extended reference to State
affairs. on the question of trusts it reads:
I'VE are opposed to all combinations of
capital calculated to produce monopoly,
or restrain trade, as being inconsistent
with the spir.t of free Institutions; and if
their establishment cannot be constitu-
tionally prevented, we hold that they
should be SO regulated and limited by
proper legislation that individual effort
and opportunity shall not be impaired"
the war in these words:
I'VE glory and rejoice in the patriotic
devotion to the cause of our country IN
the late war with Spain, of the brave and
noble men who periled their lives and
shed their blood in order that a conflict
waged for humanitys sake might be
brought to speedy and triumphant
close"
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LII G6&t36s Someriott plseov41o Her
1ohr- xeNr-Old' oaushtSf a QeeeF


1eer-y ola paashssr q Qeeer
Politics.
Special 70 the Register.
CUMBERLAND. Nd, June l4.-Mrs.
Charles Somerlott, wife Of a drummer
here, late this afternoon heard her
four-year-old daughter screaming in
the hallway. She rushed down stairs
to find a man, who gave his name as
Charles Baker, engraver in the U. $.
mint, Washington, as she alleges, in
the act OF assaulting the child. Hrs.
Somerlott secured revolver and
would have shot the man, but the
child's screams attracted passer by,
who rushed to the scene. Baker then
fell over in swoon, and claims he
knocked the child down as he fell in a
spasm. The matter created great ex-
element.
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AN OUTRAGE.
A Negro Whom the Court Had Failed
to Find Evidence Against, Lynched
By Band of Fiends.

NEW ORLEANS, June E--Edward
Gray, a negro, who was arrested in 81.
John Parish about a year ago with
Charles Morelle, another negro. and
charged with a series OF burglaries, was
lynched to-day after having been released
by the authorities, because there was no
evidence against him. Since his confine-
ment Gray has become very sick. and
when released he started TO the home Of
friends in the parish of St Peter. He
made his was as far as Reserve, where
his strength gave out. Charles Thibo-
deaux gave the negro q blanket and all
lowed him to sleep in an Clubhouse. Dur
ing the night a mob crossed the river and
taking Gray from where he was resting
hanged him to tree The lynch.ng is
bitterly denounced. and Judge Rost has
instructed the grand jury of the parish
to make every effort 10 bring the guilty
parties TO justice. Moreile. the other ne
gro arrested, was lynched last November.
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Special to the Register.
NEW YORK. June 14-CommanGer
John D. Ford. Fleet Surgeon of the
Asiatic Squadron, has returned after
a year and a half abroad. He was on
the Baltimore at the battle OF Manila
and left there May 9.
In an interview ne says:
when / left we held not quite so
much ground as was ours during the
first part of August last year. and our
lines were restricted to the suburbs of
Manila.
'"The troops did push out into the
country, but could not hold the ground
they made by raids and were obliged
to fall back. 1t is ipossible TO conquer
the people or gain the Islands without
more troops. If We send a great many
more soldiers out there and bend all
our energies to doing it, we can beat
them and take the islands. It would
mean great loss of life and considerable
time, but it could be done.
CAS- it is now it is all we can do TO
hold our own. The insurgents are con-
stantly encroaching, and though, as
have said, raids are made, the natives
driven back, and the lines thrown out,
we can't hold the ground because We
have not enough men.
1.-The Filipinos are not ignorant saw
ages, fighting with bows and arrows,
but an intelligent, liberty-loving peo-
pie, full of courage and determine
ton"
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CHICAGO, June 14.-In the arrest OF
Bartholmae Kost, a young cabinet
maker, of Vienna, Austria, the Chicago
police believe they have cleared up the
mystery surrounding the death OF
Marie Veodicka, of Vienna, a crime
which created a sensation in Austria,
and for the perpetrator of which the
police of two continents have been
searching for some time.
Kost was found here, living with his
bride of few months. The latter was
Marie Schrim, a cook in Vienna. She
is young and attractive, and, because
of his love for her, Kost is said to have
robbed and murdered Miss Veodicka.
According to the Austrian police,
Miss Veodicka met Kost in New York
in 1898. In May, 1897, she returned to
Vienna, followed shortly by Kost. 1t
Wdo dAAOuliNCu thCy WClC W OC LIZA
ried and on March IA, 1898, Kost start
ed for New York with Miss Veodicka.
saying they would be married there.
This was objected to by the girls
parents, who had given her six hun
dred forms, and Kost agreed to marry
Miss Veodicka in Berlin. Two days
later a postal card signed Marie and
Bartholmae was received from Berlin.
This card, which was the last word
ever received from Miss Veodicka, the
police believe Kost wrote in order to
disarm suspicion. Nearly two months
later, while SEEMING in the river Elber,
a fisherman brought to the surface the
body of we'll dressed woman, which
Veodicka. Marks Of foul play were
apparent. The police at once suspect
ed Kost of the murder. 1t was learned
that he had disposed of some of Miss
Veodicka's wearing apparel in Vienna.
Later it also was learned that Kost
had married Marie Schrim, on April
10, and with her had gone to America.
They were finally traced to Chicago.
Kost spends most of his time in crying
and is in a state of almost complete
mental collapse. Extradition papers
have been applied for, and he will be
taken back to Vienna for trial.
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MOVEMENTS OF STEAMSHIPS.

LIVERPOOL = Arrived. Panonia,
Boston.
PLYMOUTH-Arrived, Graf Valdez
see, from New York for Hamburg.
NSTOWN-Arrived. Aurania,
New York. for Liverpool.
BREMEN-Arrived, Kaiser Wilhelm
der Crosse, from New York via Cher
bourg and Southampton.
n L0NDON-Arrived. Menominee, from
New York.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES, St. Paul,
from New York
Observation-Disclosures waesland,
from Philadelphia, for Liverpool