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They expect to show that she checked
her baggage from Grafton under that
name.
DR.. Perry testified that Miss Green,
while on the night watch made her re-
ports in the private Office of the SUI
perintendent, which. both he and DR..
Snyder testified was not the general
custom in the institution. Both also
testified that her frequent visits to the
Office excited comment, but one witness
added: ITS great place for gossip"
Both agreed that Miss Green was abb
sent when DR.. Stathers made his trip
to st. Louis.
DR.. Perry said she told him she was
going to Terra Alta, and after her re-
turn he heard her say she had been
down east"
DR.. George Snyder was assistant ply
stefan for nearly two years prior to
April 4th, 1899 He testified that while
driving to the Senatorial Convention
at Buckhannon, last year, DR.. Stathers
told him he would give half years
salary for certain privileges with Mrs.
Sommerville. Stathers thought witness
was in her good graces and might ac-
complish the purpose, ''and he said l
had his consent to do So
do you remember when Harriet
Craoa ott fod dn ,rae ocI-od
DR.. Snyder replied in the affirmative,
testifying that he attended her, with
DR.. Billiard. 1t was before she left for
Parkers burg to enter school.
The Board adjourned early to enable
a member to catch train for his home
in Buckhannon. The investigation is
proceeding very tediously and the pres
ent rate of progress will not bring about
THE SPEEDY DIFFERENTIATION
of the guilt or innocence Of the Super
intendent, which members of the Board
have publicly announced as their pur-
pose and desire.
Monday the absentees, o. w. O.
Hardman, of Tyler, and B. d. Gibson,
of Jefferson, are expected to be pres
ent. but there will be another absentee
Joseph Kellar. of Parkersburg, left for
his home tonight. Before his depart
ure he said to me:
MY health will not permit my at
tendance upon the investigation and l
will not come back. When I reach
home tomorrow, l shall write to Gov
ernor Atkinson rendering my resigna-
ton as a member of the Board. l am
disguised with the dilly-dallying and
the whole proceedings"
HARRY V. ARKLE.
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AMATEUR URNaLISTS
Close Their Annual Convention at East
Liv trpool-ihe Purpose of the Organiza-

Close Their Annual Convention at East
Liv ;rpooI-Ihe Purpose of the Organiza-
ton
EAST LIVERPOOL, OHIO, August
1.-THE Eastern Amateur Journalists
Convention, with delegates in attend
ance from almost every State east of
the Mississippi, closed it's sessions by
electing the following officers: Presi-
dent, Wallace B. Grubb, Philadelphia;
First Vice-President, Charles P. Allen,
Philadelphia; Second Fice-President,
Laura E. McCully, Toronto; Secretary,
P. F. McCord, East Liverpool; Treasur-
er, Russell B. Abbott. Jackson, Mimi;
Official Editor. Claude T. Reno, Allen
town, Pa; Trustees, j. Raymond Sphinx,
Philadelphia; c. W. Chase, Pullman,
Conn; C. l. Geibel. Cheltenheim, Pa
The organization is composed of youths
of both sexes under q years of age,
who write for. publish and edit news
papers and magazines. 1t was decided
that hereafter editors, publishers and
authors shall be admitted to the asso-
citation on an equal footing.
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FOUR INCHES OF RAIN.

CINCINNATI, O., August lids
patches from various points in South
ern Ohio and Northern Kentucky show
that last nights storm was one of I'M
usual severity. Everywhere it was ac-
companied by an unusual electric dis
play Small streams were quickly
flooded and great damage done to corn
and tobacco crops Bridges were swept
away and numerous losses from
lightning are reported. At Dover, KY.
over four inches Of rain fell
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-08-12
CUBAN CENSUS
Secretary Root Orders That it Shall
be Completed by January l, Next.

WASHINGTON, August 1.-THE
Secretary of War has directed that the
census of Cuba shall be completed by
January 1, next, and Gen. Joseph P.
Sanger, of the Inspector Generals De-
partment, will be assigned to take gem
eral charge of the work, with headquar-
tiers at Havana. Gen. Sanger was in
command of one of the military depart
ments of Cuba for several months after
the Spanish evacuation and has been
recently engaged in special duty here
of affairs in our insular possessions.
The manner in which the census is
to be taken has been practically de-
termined as result of numerous con-
ferences held between the Cuban Off
Gals and the authorities of the War
Department and census Office.
The immediate taking of the census
will be under Cuban officer in each
district. Each will have a force of
CuDdu TIC uuiubCi VI
these is yet to be decided. The final
tabulation of the counts will be made
at the census at Washington.
So far as decided upon the question
to be asked will be as follows:
Name, age, sex, color; trade, occupa-
ton or profession; married or single,
or other family relation; sanitary con-
dition Of houses, disposal Of garbage
and of focal matter; ability to read or
write; ability to speak or understand
the English language, and what ele-
mentary knowledge makes it probable
that this understanding of English will
be acquired; nationality, whether Gu
ban or Spaniard; property, ownership
or rental; area of land cultivated. and
kinds of crops; schools and number of
scholars in attendance, and number
of days attended.
The conferences are still in progress
and may develop changes, yet the CEN
sus will be brought as far as possible
within the above scope.
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while it will doubtless end in VIC
tory for England, the price of that vic
tory will be the ruin of thousands who
ought to consider the price they must
pay before authorizing the government
to declare war"
Another johannesburg dispatch,
however, predicts further concessions,
and says:
1.-THE reply of the Transvaal to the
proposal for joint inquiry is being de-
layed until the government has pre-
pared scheme granting the Oualand-
ers immediate and substantial repre-
sentation, as the Transvaal will make
every effort to avert Intervention in the
internal affairs of the country"
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-. AssaeIaled pre.s.l

Copyright, Associated Press0
RENNES, France. August 1i.-Afl
the notable Dreyfusites here are salts
fed with the result Of the examination
Of the secret dossier. They have urg-
cd their newspaper friends In Paris TO
clamor for full publicity. knowing tina.
If 1t be granted the military and nation
alist parties would be utterly disgraeed.
They are convinced that the diplomatic
and war Office dossiers TEEN with for
geriss. OF course. their Impressions are
derived from the five counsel present
at the examination OF these precious
papers.
Publicity would mean the pillory for
Gen. De Boisdeffre and company. They
would be pelted with their own foul
eggs. while Captain Dreyfus would be
cleared in the face OF the whole world.
The military caste here Is furious at
the turn things are taking. The cor
respondent OF Russian paper told me
to-day that in a cafe frequented by OF
ficers he unfoIded the Dreyfusste
Aurore 10 read. All the military men
nearby scowled at him In marked
manner. and after coughing and other
wise showing their disapproval. went
in body to the other end Of the cafe
as If the Russian were a leper.
All the officers at the military club
came out on the club balcony when >
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A SEVERE HAIL STORM.

FERGUS FALLS, Mimi. August II.
"A hail storm passed through a strip
of country four miles south OF here last
night. Two-thirds OF the grain had
been cut, but that still standing was
ruined. The hail was accompanied by
a violent wind, which blew down many
barns and outbuildings. No loss OF life
is reported.
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WHIPPED MORMON ELDERS.

PINEVILI4E, Ky. August 11.-Four
Mormon elders. after preaching here
several days. have been forced to leave
by angry citizens Of this place In
Wise county. Va, Mormon elders were
warned TO leave but they did not 90.
and while preaching. several citizens
went to the place Of worship with a
bundle of switches and took the elders
out and gave them severe whipping.
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A B0ER THREAT.
tn the Event of War. British Interests will
Mad, =, S,ff

In the Event of War. British Interests will
Ese Made to suffer seriously.
LONDON, August 1.-THE Boer or
gan in London, the Standard and Dig
gers News, to-day publishes johann
nesburg dispatch threatening Great
Britain, in the event of war. saying
the Beers are determined TO wreck the
mines and irretrievably ruin the gen
eral body of shareholders by blowing
up millions worth of machinery. adj
ding that war will mean the absolute
ruin of Johannesburg. both as town
and as mining centre. and saying:
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A BLACKSN E
Twelve Feet Long, Compels a Western
port Man to Flee Tor His Life.

Special to the Register.
CUMBERLAND. Md. August Ill. c.
Trusch. of Westernport, while visiting q
romantic spot known As Dams Rock =
this county, to-day, had frightful ex-
perience with a black snake, which, he
says, was at least twe.ve feet long, He
tried TO kill the reptile. which leaped at
him, and Trusch was compelled to fee
for his life, pursued long distance by the
snake. He summoned assistance and re-
turned TO renew the attack but the reptile
could not be found.
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EIGHTEEN YEARS
In the Penitentiary will be The Portion
of a Girl who Poisoned Her Brother.

CARMI, H., August 11.-Ivy Crab
tree, the girl who killed her brother in
an attempt TO poison her family, was
arraigned in court to-day and entered
plea of guilty, throwing herself upon
the mercy of the court. Her father,
Walter 5. Warthen, and her aunt, Mrs.
Dixon, were present. Judge Pearce
sentenced her to the penitentiary for
eighteen years.
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GILL THE MAN.

Special to the Register.
STEUBENVILLE O.. August IL
Reports from all sections OF this coun-
ty, and from every precinct in the city.
remove all doubts as TO j. J. CHS abil-
ity to carry the county at the coming
primaries. He will 20 into the con-
vention at Martins Ferry with the
solid delegation from this county.
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A GIGANTIC ORDER.

PITTSBURG. Pa, August lit Is
announced to-day that the Pressed
Steel Car Company has just received
orders for $500 cars OF 100000 pounds
capacity each, from the Erie Railroad,
Western New York & Pennsylvania
Raiload and the Buffalo Rochester &c
Pittsburg Railroad. The contract
price of the orders aggregates $3.50
nnO
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are coming our way. The latest land
ed is the glass decorating shops Of
With Bros, of New York, who former
ly imported the ware they decorated,
but who now have glass made in the
United States from several hundred de-
signs of moulds on which they have
patents. They have leased the Hupmh-
rey Glass Works. About two hundred
girls and men will be given employ
ment
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CORONER'S INQUEST.

Into the Death of Mrs. Eroumsn. Adj
jaurned Till August 2-Husband's Bail
Fixed.
NEW YORK, August 1.-THE in
quest in the case of Mrs. Annie Kron-
man. who was murdered in her home
last Monday, was adjourned to-day UNI
til August %, to give the police time
to investigate the case. The bail Of
Nathan Kronman, the husband, who
is accused of the murder, was fixed at
$4,000, which his counsel said would
be forthcoming.
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A COAL TRUST.
Eastern Capitalists Secure Options on
New River Valley Mines.

Special to the Register.
CHARLESTON, w. Va, August IL
Eastern capitalists have secured OPP
tons on the purchase of forty-two of
the coal mines in the New River re-
gion, the purpose being to take them
into the coal trust.
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TROOPS REACH MANILA.
The Transport Para Has Arrived With
Over 900 Men

WASHINGTON. D. c.. August IL
Gen. Otis to-day eabled the war de-
partment:
The City of Para has arrived. Pri-
vate Cosley Reed, Company A. Twenty
fourth regiment, died at sea The Sher-
idan sails to-day
The City of Para sailed from San
Francisco July IS. with Companies
and D. Fourth cavalry; headquarters
A. F. H and x. Twenty-fourth infantry,
and B engineer battalion-36 officers
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STRIKING MINERS.
Six Thousand OF Them out In the Third
Pennsylvania District.

Six Thousand OF Them out In the Third
Pennsylvania District.
WILKESBARRE, Pa, August IL
The miners at the Stevens colliery,
near Pittston, have gone on strike be-
cause the company refused to grant
an increase of thirtythree per cent in
wages The men number $50. The
number of miners ON strike in the
third district is nearly 5000.
Those employed by the Susquehanna
Coal Company at Nanticoke and Glen
Lyon, who recently went on strike,
have removed all their tools.
The miners at the Delaware and Hud-
son colliery at Plymouth, have upon
demand, been given an increase from
S175 a day to $780,
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SHORTY JONES CAPPED.

Special to the Register
PARSONS. w. Va. August 1i-Shorty
Jones escaped from jail here last night by
digging through the brick wall. He was
awaiting trial on an Indictment for sell
ing liquor. Two other prisoners were in
the cell but could not escape
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4 BAD FIRE.

DALLAS. TEX. August 11-One Of
the most destructive fires OF the year
occurred this morning. The Guild
building was completely destroyed. and
the one-story building directly east
shared a like fate. Other buildings
were partially destroyed.
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4 NEW INDUSTRY.

Special IL the REGISTER
STEUBENyILLE, o.. August IL
This city seems to be having a great
run OF luck and nothing hut good things
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STAIH[RS INVESTIGATION.
Mrs. Sommerville Concludes her EVl-
dence Before the Board.

NOTHING OF IMPORTANCE, ASIDE
FROM THE STATEMENTS OF
HER AFFIDAVIT, BROUGHl
OUT-SHOWN THAT HER WE'D
DING WAS NOT STRICTLY RE-
GULAR, AND THAT SHE WhOlE
PASSIONATE LOVE LETTERS
TO A NEPHEW OF DIR. STATH-
ERs-TWo HOSPITAL PHYSI-
CLANS GIVE TESTIMONY AS TO
i DIR. STATKERS'S INDISCREET
IJTTERANCES AND ACTIONS.
TRUSTEE KELLER is DISGUST
ED AND WILL RESIGN.
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HENRY and ESTERHAZY
Declared to Be the Real Traitors Who
Sold the Secrets Of France.

THE LONDON TIMES CLAIMS TO
HAVE INDISPUTABLE EVIL
DENCE THAT THESE MEN WHO
SELECTED DREYFUS FOR THEIR
VICTIM AND WHOSE EFFORTS
PUT HIM ON DEVILS ISLAND
DISGRACED. SHOULD HAVE
BEEN IN HIS PLACE INSTEAD
OF PROSECUTING HIM FROM
THEIR HIGH POSITIoNS-THE
STORY CREDITED IN RENNES.
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WASHINGTON. d. G., August II.-Fore-
cast Tor Saturday and sunday:
For Nesg glnia-ShoweFs and thunder
storms Saturday Sunday generally fair
westerly winds.
For Western Pennsylvania Showers and
thunder storms Saturday. Sunday geneY~
ally fair. brisk southerly shifting 10 vest
eriy winds.
For Ohi0-Showers Saturday Sunday
fair ard cooler. fresh 10 brisk south 10
west winds.
Mr. c. Schnepf the Opera House drug
gis; made ftie following observations or
M. -. u m. 50. p. NJ. S. y. m. 80.
weather-Fzlr
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CAR BLOW N UP.
Dynamite Again Brought Into Use
in the Cleveland Street Railway
Strike.

Special to the Register.
CLEVELAND, O., August 11.--At II
o'clock tonight another street car on
the Euclid avenue line of the, Big Con-
solidated company, was blown up by
dynamite placed upon the track. There
were but few passengers in the car,
and no one was injured, although the
car was practically demolished. The
outrage occurred at the corner Of Eu-
cid and Case avenues. There is no
clue to the perpetrators.
CLEVELAND, O., August 11.-Will-
lam I. Caple, a non-union motcrman
on the Central avenue line of the Big
Consolidated company, to-day fired two
shots at William Little. teamster,
both bullets taking effect. In return
Little picked up Ratchet lying in
his wagon and hurled it at CaDle,
striking the motorman in the head
and making frightful wound. The
latter claims that Little called him a
"scab" as his car was passing the wag-
on. This the teamster denies. The mo-
torman is in Jail upon the charge of
shooting to kill. Little was removed
to hospital. Neither man is fatally
injured.
The Natchitoches enterprise. (Natchitoches, La.) 1888-1965, 1899-03-02
Literary Coincidence.

Plagiarism is literary crims tn
charge of which should not be made to;
freely. especially where very eminent
person is concerned Retentige memo
ries seem TO be responsible for muct
that in an outburst of indignant emo
ton we would lay to plagiarism This
however, can hardly explain the follow,
ing, which can merely be called a re
markable coincidence We have never
heard that the genial autocrat. Oliver
Wendell Holmes was ever accused OF
stealing from Whittier, nor do we ever
remember that any one has said that the
Quaker poet borrowed from the ply.
stefan. Nor do the circumstances of the
present case raise either Issue.
We picked up the other day at sec
ond hand bookstore copy of The At.
lantic Monthly Of January. 1870 In il
we found that the two eminent poets
above mentioned while writing on total.
ly different themes gave two lines that
are strikingly alike Mr. Whittier is
Never by lover my lips be kissed.
and DR.. Holmes wrote. Lips that lover
has never kissed 1t is rather an ex.
traordinary coincidence. as we have said
How curiously and scientifically and
mystically the doctor must have explain.
ed it all II his attention were ever call.
ed TO iti-New York Times.
The Natchitoches enterprise. (Natchitoches, La.) 1888-1965, 1899-03-02

One Saturday afternoon two friends of
the noble game Of chess sat playing
together in a cafe. Suddenly one of
them started up in a passion and ex.
claimed, "You have pooketed one Of my
pawns."
A glance at the board and men suf-
feed to show that a pawn was really
missing. The excitement over the lost
pawn became SO intense that lively al.
tercation ensued. in which everybody
Ia tho room took part.
Quiet was at last restored, and the
player who had lost his pawn resumed
his seat and began to drink his coffee.
which was covered with thick cream,
when he all at once got something into
his throat which nearly choked him.
He succeeded, however, in extricating
the intrusive article, which turned out
% De the missing pawn.
The chess player, intent on the game,
had thrown 1t into his cup in place of a
lump OF sugar. -Pearson's Weekly.
The Natchitoches enterprise. (Natchitoches, La.) 1888-1965, 1899-03-02

THE AIcotts had bought small
niece Of land and a farmhouse, once
good, but fallen into decay, on the
Great road to Boston, mile east OF
Concord, /" writes Edward W. Emerson
| in The Ladies' Home Journal. "They
made some repairs and small addition,
greatly improving its appearance, and
moved into it the following summer
The situation was extremely pictur-
esque. It was backed by a range Of hills
clothed in the rich green Of pines re-
lieved by tracety Of gray birch. A
superb elm served as q great parasol IN
summer, ard besides were apple trees,
pink and white in May and red and
yellow in September, which commended
the place to the fruit loving father. who
called it Orchard House IN front, be-
tween the house and the wooded hills
about Walden, stretched a broad mead
ow, said to have been an ancient bed OF
Concord river charming wood path
led up q little pass among the hills be-
hind the house, sweet with the not
breath Of pine Mr. Alcott hands, un,
aided but by taste and skill, greatly
beautified the place by little terracing
of the sunny slope here and there, the
planting of woodbine OH the porch, and
the building, out of sticks cut on tbs
place, Of rustic fence and gates and q
seat around the spurs of the elm BY the
lo1,-
The Natchitoches enterprise. (Natchitoches, La.) 1888-1965, 1899-03-02
Luxury and E1trnrnrnnce.

In general the destruction Of wealth
is social as we'll as an individual loss
The wealth that is used up in riotou.
living is diverted from better uses. Elk
travagance is not necessarily luxury.
The mere transfer Of wealth from one
band to another does not involve de-
struction. Consumption means using
up. hen nation spends $3.50, 900 for
a great picture, the wealth is not de-
stroyed; it is simply transferred. When
the jubilee plunger ran through 50, 500,
000.in ~ calendar months, the wealth
'ot the world was diminished only by
the amount of it he and those who
sponged on him put down their throats
and otherwise wantonly destroyed. In
so far as it was simply transferred to
others to whom he paid extravagant
prices, it was not destroyed.
To give high prices for articles which
are rare 10 not necessarily luxury, for
the price and the rare edition or the old
master both remain. 1t is true that ex-
travagance may mean the transfer Of
wealth to those who will not use it
we'll. but it does not usually mean this.
Il generally involves a transfer to the
hands Of those who will use IL more
wisely. journal of Ethics.
The Natchitoches enterprise. (Natchitoches, La.) 1888-1965, 1899-03-02
His Fighting Name.

An army officer here in town tells
story which throws a side light on tht
ways of recruiting officers In his com
mand during the Cuban campaign wa
private who came every day to ash
for letters. Joseph Murphy was hi.
name on the roll. but the tang Of hi!
tongue did not suggest even remotely
the Emerald Isle Day after day and nO
letter came Murphy face grew Ion
ger and his query more pathetic every
time he appeared.
No letter. said the officer ore
morning "No letter for you. There's
only one addressed toilet me see--td
Giovanni Paladini CasteIlazzia- or
something like that; none for you.
Murphy's face beamed with delight.
fnat-a one Tor me. n6 said. MY
name lika that go to the recruiting
office. am wanting to go fight Officer
say, What your manner say. 'Giovan.
nj Paladini Castellazzia, and be say.
oh, helladam. that no name for you
You not fight with name You fight
with gun. All that name trip you up
You be Joseph Murphy | be Joseph
Murphy now. and that is my letter -
Washington Post
The Natchitoches enterprise. (Natchitoches, La.) 1888-1965, 1899-03-02
Their Wedding Trim.

a summer visitor in q New England
mill town made friends with one or two
ct the French Canadians who were en-.
pioyed as operatives in the mills.
One of these was an elderly widowor
whose two youngest children the visitor
had taken to drive with him several
times
II make a marriage mex week,
ma mselle," said the father as she de.
posted the children at their home late
one afternoon. lyon see us all 90 past
your house on the wedding trip"
"IndeedP said the young woman.
"Shall you 60 in the coach?"
No, We go in hired buggy. My wife
che go, and i with her, to the bury
ground, same as our people most al
ways, said the man, with evident sur
prise at tho lady's ignorance "Three
buggy moro behind Us, and we all carry
two, three bouquet to put on my first
wife's grave. Yes'm, it is a pretty wed
ding trip to the bury ground, and re-
spectful.
Three or four days later the summer
visitor was filed with mixed emotions
aE be saw the four buggies, laden with
the wedding party clad in gay attire,
pass the house aud turn into the little
cemetery. Some Us later the bug
ssg,.. saSain t-ar4,-ss, .r.l2u .. Iia at q
cheerful trot, and she was favored with
an elaborate bow from the bridegroom,
whose face wore a happy and virtuous
smilo.-Youth's Com pauion.