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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-02-19
RECORDs CAREFULLY KFPT

Ths records Of the Department are most care
fully kept and most thoroughly systenatized.
They show with the utmost particularly where
and how and why the fires Of the city occur.
There is a map Of Ncw-York divided into dis
triCfs and showing a dot for every fire in the
year According 10 this map the greatest num-
Der OF fires occurs every year in the district en-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-02-19

concerned. The parts which pertain 20 the medical
department will De- included In the report OF Colonel
Nelson H. Henry. which Is now being prepared
\ new cap device for officers. from design by
Tiffany has been approved and will be substituted
for the I'm
The present regula tions are bound In two vol
umes and this fact has caused some confusion and
loss Of time. The revised regulations Will 10 con-
tained In one volume
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-02-19

York as a Police Commissioner. have all OBJ
viously armed him with such knowledge or
humanity that the politicians and seIt-seekers
realize that ne is dangerous man to try 10
rrfslaad
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-12-09
A BIG SCARE
Caused in Washington by the Threat
That Roberts May Lay Bare Some
Congressmen's Lives.

WASHINGTON, December S.-When
Brigham Roberts made his speech in
the House he charged that If he had
violated the law so had the President
in having appointed to Office men who
had enjoyed polygamous relations and
he mentioned the names of two post
masters appointed by the President
against whom charges had been made
of being polygamists. An investiga-
ton mas been ordered by the President
SO that the facts may be clearly ascer-
tanned. 1t is asserted that the inves-
tigation will sustain the allegations
made by Mr.. Roberts, and in conse-
quence these postmasters will be re-
moved. The United States Marshal for
Utah is Senator Hanna's chief lieuten-
ant in that State, and it was largely
on his recommendation that the two
men were appointed. The Marshal is
to be severely censured for having rec
commended the appointment Of polyga-
mists and will be told that another
break of the same kind will cause him
to loose his federal job.
Some Of the Republican members of
Congress who on Tuesday voted in
favor Of Mr.. Roberts not being allowed
to take his seat, are seriously disturbed
by rumor which has been in general
circulation today. According to this
rumor, Mr.. Roberts has had detectives
investigating the private records of
members and when his case comes up
in the House for final disposition and
he is given an opportunity to make his
last plea, he will tell the House and
the country some things which are not
generally mentioned in public. Doubt
less the rumor is without truth, but
at any rate it was in circulation at the
Capitol to-day and it caused cold chills
to run down the backs of some mem
bers of Congress.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-12-09
TWO HANGINGS.
A Murderer at Washington and a
Rape Fiend at Hagerstown Ex-
ecuted Yesterday.

WASHINGTON, December S.-George w.
Horton was hanged in the district Jail to-
day for the murder of Jane Nicholson The
drop fell at 1912.
Horizons crime was the killing of Mrs.
Jane Nichols, and was one of the most
cold-blooded murders ever committed in
the District. Horton was an ex-member
of the police force and Mrs Nicholson
was a divorced woman. On the evening
of June a. 1898, he met the woman in Ar
mory Park, and in the conversation which
ensued she announced her determination to
break off the relations which existed be-
tween them. AS she rose from the bench
to leave him he drew a pocket knife and
slached her across the throat. In a frenzy
of rage he stabbed her again and again, al
most severing her head from her body
Nearly 100 persons witnessed the murder,
but were too paralyzed with horror to in
terfere. Horton made no attempt to es-
cape and yielded quietly to arrest His
defense was insanity, and after his convic-
ton repeated attempts were made to Sc
cure executive clemency. Tn President,
however, declined to interfere with the
sentence. Horton was married man.
HAGERSTOWN, Nd, December SAM
uel Johnson, colored, aged p, was hanged
in the jail yard here to-day for rape The
drop fell at :23 p. m, and johnson was
pronounced dead II minutes later. His
neck was not broken and he died of stran-
gulation.
The crime for which Johnson suffered
the death penalty was a criminal assault
in July last upon Annie Kerfoot, the IA
year-old daughter of farmer living near
Williamsport, Washington county a few
miles from Hagerstown. The negro was
arrested soon after committing the crime
and when put on trial secured a change of
venue to Garrett county. He was tried at
Oakland in August, promptly convicted and
sentedced to be hanged under the law
which makes his offense capital crime
in this State. No efforts were made to Sc
cure either a communication or reprieve as
Governor Lowndes has heretofore refused
to interfere in similar cases.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-12-09
AN HEROIC FRENCH NURSE.

In presence of all the French troops
guarding the capital of Tonquin the
GovernorGeneral bestowed the cross
of the Legion of Honor on Mother Mary
Teresa, Superior Of the Sisters of Char
ity in that empire. The troops were.
drawn UP in the little plaza Of tn city
in a square surrounding platform, on
which were the Governor General and
his staff.
The General in solemn and impress
sive tone, addressed her as follows:
Mother Mary Teresa, when you were
twenty years of age you received a
wound from a cannon5all while assist
ing one of the wounded on the field at
Balaklava.
''In 1859 the shell from mitrailleuse
laid you PROSTATE in the front ranks
On the battle field of Magenta. Since
then you have been in Syria, in China,
and in Mexico. and if you were not
wounded it was not because you have
not exposed yourself.
In 1870 you were taken up in
Reischoffen covered with many saber
wounds. Such deeds of heroism you
have crowned a few weeks ago with
one Of the most heroic actions which
history records. A grenade fell upon
the ambulance which was under your
charge-you took up the grenade in
your arms; you smiled upon the wound
ed who looked at you with feelings of
disnay; you carried it a distance of
eighty metres. On laying it down yon
noticed that it was going to burst; you
were seen covered with blood: but
when persons came to your assistance
you rose up smiling, as is your won't.
You were scarcely recovered from your
wound when you returned to the has,
pital. whence / have now summoned
YOU
Then the General made her kneel
down. and, drawing his sword touched
her lightly with it three times on the
shoulder and pinned the Cross of the
Legion of Honor on her habit, Saying
Il put upon you the cross of the
brave. in the name of the French pen-
pie and army. No one has gained il
by more deeds of heroism. nor By a
life so completely spent in selfabnega-
ton for the benefit of your brothers
ana the service Of your country. Sol
d:s1s, present srmsi"
The troops saluted. the drums and
bugles rang out, the air was filed with
loud acclamations. and all was jsbila
ton and excitement as Mother Teresa
arose. her face suffused with blusLcs.
and asked:
General. are you done?"
Yes" said he.
Then ! will so back to the hosp.tal.e
Catrcsic Youth
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-12-09

FOR RENT CARDS. Bark House Leases
and Blank Deeds ard Deeds of Trust Tor
sale IT REGISTER COUNTING ROOM.
LIS Market srreeL.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-12-09
his HIPNOllg lRFlDElIE.
Mrs. Laue Says Dinsmore Held Her
Under Bis Control,


OTHERS SAY HE POSSESSED THE
SAME INFLUENCE OVER HIS
WIFE, WHOM HE MURDERED.
KILLED LAUE SO HE MIGHT
SECURE HIS WIFE, WHOM HE
HAD BEGGED TO ELOPE WITH
HIM-A MURDER MYSTERY
CLEARED UP.
OMAHA, Neb., December S.-The
wife of Fred. Laue has made con-
fession which clears up the Odessa,
Neb., murder mystery. She made
confession to a brother and uncle OF
her husband, and. later to the county
attorney. 1t is to the effect that Dins-
more first poisoned his wife in the
rooms of the couple upstairs. He
then came down and informed her OF
what he had done and that he was
going to finish the job, He went into
an adjoining room where Laue was
sleeping, and shot him instantly.
Mrs. Diismore was poisoned, Prussic
acid being used, it is supposed. After
shooting Laue, Dinsmore brought the
body of his dead wife down into the
kitchen and left it where it was found
by the neighbors when they were called
in. The motive for the crime was in
fatuation for Mrs. Laue. She states
Dinsmore had repeatedly urged her to
elope with him, but she had refused.
Dinsmore had intended to commit the
crime on Thanksgiving night, but
Mrs. Laue says she persuaded him not
to do it. After the murders had been
committed, Dinsmore told Mrs. Laue
what story to tell, and she had stuck
to it until the time of her confession.
She affirms that Dinsmore was gifted
with hypnotic power and that, under
his power, she did as he directed. The
brothers of Mrs. Dinsmore also say
that he exercised the same influence
over his wife.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-12-09
ONLY ONE LIFE LOST.

READING, Pa, December Sit is
now known that but one life was lost
in yesterdays fire at Nolde & Horsts
factory, Miss Louisa Clay, aged 48.
The list of injured as sent out by
the Associated Press yesterday, is
complete. A number of injured are in
a serious condition and their recovery
is doubtful. The plant will be rebuilt
as soon as the insurance is adjusted.
The coroner has not yet decided on
the time of the inquest.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-12-09
LEGAL NOTICES.
NOTICE OF SALE OF PROP


NOTICE OF SALE OF PROP
IN ERTY.
In the District Court of the United States
for the District OF West Virginia.
In the matter OF The Montgomery Fibre
Saving Cotton Gin Company, Bankrupt
IN BANKRUPTCY
To the creditors of The Montgomery Fibre
Saving Cotton Gin Company, Of Wheel
ing, West Virginia, Id the county Of
Ohio. and district aforesaid. bankrupt:
Notice Is hereby given that Louis
Walters, the trustee of the estate OF The
Montgomery Fibre-Saving Cotton Gin
Company, a bankrupt, has made a report
as such, and has been ordered to sell the
property which Is hereinafter briefly de-
scribed, and that he will so. sell the. same
at public auction. to the highest bidder. at
his office, No. 1905 Chapline street, in the
city of Wheeling, West Virginia on the
srH DAY OF DECEMBER A. D.. 1889.
at u O'Clock NJ.
The Following is a brief description OF the
nroperty which viii be offered for sale.
Two certain Letters Patent ore being
numbered 4s9. $50 dated June 18th. 1853 and
Issued to Frederick L. Montgomery. the
other being numbered 597 800. dated Janu-
ary 18th. 1888 and issued to Frederick II.
Montgomery. and by him assigned 70 The
Montgomery Fibre-Saving Cotton Gin
The terms Of sale viii be as follows
Dated. Wheeling. West Virginia, Novem-
FRANK c. cox.
no2s deco Referee in Bankruptcy.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-12-09

gsren ii MI; liabilities. ri ,025. Az
other was on behalf Of 2. 4 Taylor,
one Of the most prominent building
contractors of Parkersburg, with La
bilities at $1,000 and assets estimated
at 5000. The alleged cause is the high
price Of building materials. Contracts
were taken early last spring based on
the then selling price of materials, but
the rapid and radical advance since that
time have caused heavy losses.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-12-09
RUE 10 CHOKE OFF DEBATE
On the Republican Currency Bill
Adopted BY the House.

THE DEBATE WILL BEGIN GENER-
ALLY ON MONDAY NEXT, AND
WILL CONTINUE UNTIL FRIDAY.
ON SATURDAY 1T WILL BE DE-
BATTER UNDER THE FIVE MIN
UTE RULE AND A VOTE WILL BE
TAKEN MONDAY AFTER THE
READING OF THE JOURNAL.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-12-09
BELIEVED TO BE LOST.
The steamer Niagara the Nnly Vessel Miss
ing Much Wreckage Found.

PORT COLBORNE. Ont, December s..
1t is believed here tonight that the Ca
madam steamer Niagara has foundered on
Lake Erie and that all hands were lost.
The crew probably comprised 16 persons
all told. OF these, Captain Henry McGlo-
~, master of the lost steamer is the only
one known here. The Niagara had a car
go of lumber and shingles, bound from
Georgian Bay to Buffalo.
On Tuesday, the Niagara was sighted off
Long Point in the heavy gale and snow
storms. The steamers Orion and NJ. T.
Greene arrived this afternoon from Buffa-
10 and report passing through a great
quantity OF wreckage. 1t consisted of
lumber, sllingIes and pieces of wooden
steanefiS fhdSNiAg is the only boa
known to be missing.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-12-09
WILL SOON BEGIN.
"YOung Mrs. MOnefte, or
DiOna of the Tower"
A Thrilling Story by Jeanette H.
WalWOrth.

The exact date of the first instan1ent will be an
nounced in few days.
The story is one of the best ever offered news
paper readers. That it is published sinnulta-
neously in the REGISTER and the Chicago Record
guarantees its interest and high quality.
Watch for the announcement to be made soon.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-12-09
BANKRUPTCY PETITIONS.

Special to the Register.
PARKERSBURG, w. Va, December
S.-Petitions in bankruptcy were filed
to-day on behalf OF Col. ]. T. Thomp-
son, of ST. Mary's, one of the largest
oil producers in that field. Assets are
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-12-09
GENERAL NOTICES.
NOTICE OF MEETING OF COR.
u


The undersigned. the incorporators
named In the agreement recited in the GER
t!ficate OF incorporation Of the Caoanas
Improvement Company. have appointed
Wednesday, December 18th. 1889. commenc-
ing at O'Clock 2. m, as the time and the
Mcclure House, in the city Of Wheeling.
Ohio county. State OF West Virginia. as
the place. for holding general meeting
of the stockholders OF said company, 10
elect board of directors, make bylaws
and transact any other business which
may be lawfully done by the said stock
holders IL general meeting
Notice IS hereby given that general
meeting of said stockholders fer said pur-
pose will be held at the time and place
W. A. WILSON,
j. A. MILLER,
W H. ANDERSON.
PETER BACHMASS,
/. G. DILLON.
d. H. TAYLOR,
s. c. PATTERSON.
MYRON HUBBARD.
no6. de29 Corporatorz.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-12-09
WANTS THE CONVENTION.

PHILADELPHIA, Pa, December $50
licttors were sent out to-day by the Citi-
zens' Republican Convention Association
to get pledgers to the campaign fund of
100000 which is being raised to secure to
Philadelphia >the national convention of
1900.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-12-09

MR.. WALKER KEPT ON READING.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-12-09

If you wish a merry Christmas, pre-
sent your family with a Photograph
bought from F. w. BANNER co.
Price $500 upwards.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-12-09

bAIEh UNDEit lHE TIVE MiA>-
UTE RULE AND A VOTE WILL BE
TAKEN MONDAY AFTER THE
READING OF THE JOURNAL.
WASHINGTON, December S.-Mr.
Roberts, the Mormon Representative
elect from Utah, was not in the hall
when the House convened to-day
Mr.. Dalzell (Penna.) presented the
amendments to the rules agreed upon
by that committee for the creation
of a committee in insular affairs to
consist of seventeen members, to have
Jurisdiction cover all matters Except
Ing those affecting the revenues and
lppropriations) pertaining to the is
lands which came to the United States
through the treaty of 1899 with Spain,
md to Cuba" and to increase OF the
membership of the committees on for
sign affairs, merchant marine and
fisheries, public lands, military affairs,
naval affairs and District of Columbia
from fifteen to seventeen members, and
The committee on territories from
thirteen to fifteen.
Mr.. Dalzell then offered the resolu-
ton for the consideration of the cur
rency bill. 1t provided for general de-
bate beginning next Monday and con-
tinuing until next Friday, debate UNI
der the five minute rule on Saturday,
and vote upon the bill Immediately
after the reading of the journal on
Monday, the 18th.
Mr.. Richardson, on behalf of the mi
nority, said he dissented most emphat-
lcally from the proposition. For the
t1rst time in the history of the country
It was proposed by statutory provision
TO fasten the gold standard upon the
country.
If such suggestion had been made
Two or three years ago, he said, half the
other side would have been UP in arms
against it. He considered the rule I'M
usual and unjust to the minority. But
one day was to be given the minority
to study the bill while members of the
majority had six months in which to
prepare themselves. Mr.. Richardson
tainted the majority for their sudden
change of base.
Mr.. Bailey, of Texas, declared that
the proposed course of the majority
was without precedent or defense. He
made an elaborate argument to prove
that it was proposition to hastily de-
termine question to which the best
and most careful consideration should
be given.
Mr.. Dalzell closed the debate by re-
calling some of the rules under which
the Democrats had forced through i'm
portant bills in the Fifty-second and
Fifty-third Congresses.
The special order was adopted, 1913 to
IA, strict party vote.
Mr.. Robertson, of Louisiana, then an
nounced the death of the late Repre-
sentative S. G. Baird, of Louisiana, and
after the adoption of the customary res
olutions, at 1870 p. M, as a further
mark of respect, the House adjourned
until Monday.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-12-09

Price of Records Reduced.
Large Records for Graphaphone and
Photograph Grands, reduced from $500
to $1.50 at F. w. BANNER CO.'S.
The Yale expositor., 1899-02-17
New Use for Catfish.

In Portland, Ore, according to the
Oregonian, the familiar catfish figures
as a hardy pioneer and valued ad-
junct to the street department, all be-
cause the terra Gotta sewers and
drains, especially those in the lower
part of the city, frequently get choked
If the sewer is not broken, it can be
cleaned by passing a rope through it,
to be pulled backward and forward I'M
til the obstruction is loosened and re-
moved. The deputy superintendent of
streets has had great deal of such
work to look after, and the worry con-
nected with getting the rope through
has gone far toward thinning his hair
He has at last discovered quick, sure
and easy method. He goes to the
river, catches catfish, ties a string to
its tail, drops it down a manhole into
the sewer, and it at once starts for the
river, and forces it's way through any
obstruction not as solid as brick, drag
ging the string after it, Then the dep
uty goes as far down the sewer as he
deems necessary, and picks up the
string, which he uses to draw a wire
through the sewer, and with this
rope is pulled through, and the sewer
is soon cleared.
The Yale expositor., 1899-02-17
HOW 1T SPREADS.
People all over Michigan Talking About 1t

People all over Michigan Talking About 1t
How il spreads.
Can't keep good thing" down.
Ever notice how good things" are
initiated?
Better the article, more imitators.
Fortunately the public has safe
guard.
Praise can't be initiated.
And true praise takes root and spreads
Claim is one thing, proof is another.
Claim is what the manufacturer says.
Proof is what the people say.
Everywhere in Michigan people say
Doan's KidneyP ills cure sick kidneys
Cure all kidney ills.
w. 5. Kilmer, passenger engineer on
the M. c. railway, residing at 214
Orange St., Jackson, Mich, says: I'm
1895 l had considerable trouble with my
kidneys from the result of severe cold
which settled there and though tried
every means at hand and treated with
doctors the pains through the small of
my back became more persistent and
severe. To add to my troubles the kid
ney secretions were unnatural and lr-
regular. At last l was obliged to lay
off work. When at home getting no
better under the treatment l was then
taking, some one advised me to use
Doan's Kidney Pills and 1 procured a
box more out of curiosity than from
any expectation that they might help
me. Now, l want this thoroughly un-
derstood, when 1 finished the box /
went back to work without pain or
an ache, but to make matters doubly
certain / took a second box. Since
that time, and that is three years ago,
have neither had an ache nor pain.
Is it any wonder that at this dale, 1898,
recommend Doan's Kidney Pills?"
Doan's Kidney Pills for sale by all
dealers. Price so cents. Mailed by
Foster Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y, sole
agents for the u. S. Remember the
name Doan's and take no substitute.
The Yale expositor., 1899-02-17
DEAD OR ALIVE.

My narrator is an old. white-haired
gentleman. Truth speaks from his
gentle, withered lips. Strange as his
story sounds, his whole existence
vouches for it. He has lived the life
of lonely man, recluse almost, who
never experienced the tender ministra-
tons of a loving wife, nor had ring
in his ears the innocent prattle of lit
tie children, and all because of an in
cident that cast a shadow over his
early youth.
My friend was at Heidelberg In the
days when the old German university
was as popular with Americans as
with England and the entire European
continent. From the outset OF his
student life abroad to his sophomore
days ne was intimately acquainted
with a colleague from a little German
town in the Harz mountains, who was
studying law, and whose only desire
was to gain for himself a position
which would make it possible for him
to support his aged mother. In order
to reduce expenses she had come with
him to Heidelberg, and the two were
keeping house together in little cot
tage not far from the university
grounds.
During the first year of their sojourn
at Heidelberg Karl Werner. the young
fellow from the Harz. fell in love with
a beautiful German girl, the daughter
of glovemaker. She was "Gretch-
en-" beauty, with long blonde tresses
and eyes of heavenly blue. The attach
ment between the two young lovers
was most pathetic especially as Karl
was poor, and suffering from the same
dread disease that carried away his
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. He could not
take part in their sports, their drink
ing bouts and their frolics, but once
a month he insisted on dancing the
supper dance with his German sweet
heart at the sophomore's reunion.
Months went by, and Karl grew
neither better nor worse until, when
the winter set in with unusual severi-
ty, he was missed from the lecture
room one morning My white-haired
The Yale expositor., 1899-02-17

midst of the sentence, the last words
of which froze to his lips.
ut was Karl" he declared" CHASTITY
white, and with blood all over his
white dress shirt"
The girl had seen nothing. Nobody
else had seen Karl about the place, and
just as some of the college boys be-
gan to think that Godfrey had i'm
bibed a little more freely than he
should a messenger came into the
room and handed Godfrey a note.
1t was from Karl's mother. please
come Immediately" it said; my son
is dead"
Godfrey hurried away. In the little
cottage under the barren trees he
found hysterlcal woman. beside her
self with grief. She led him 10 her
sons chamber, and there a CHASTITY
sight met Geoffreys eyes. On the
floor before the bed lay Karl in his
evening suit, his white shirt front be-
spattered with blood. Amid sobs, the
mother told him that her son mad felt
so much better that evening that he
decided to go to the reunion and SUI
prise both his sweetheart and his
friends. The exertion of dressing him
self brought on hemorrhage; he
dropped to the floor, and moment
later was dead.
1t was at the very moment that
Godfrey had voiced his admiration for
his friends beautiful sweetheart. ard
there was never any doubt in his
mind that Karl had kept his word, to
let nothing come between him and the
woman he loved-"dead or alive. =
st. Louis Republic.