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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-02-23
MARKS FROM BELOW.

PARKERsBURG-Oh river IS feet s
inches and rising. Clear mercury 40
coal; John W. Allies. Joseph Walton, Tom
Dodsworth. Passed up: Virginia David
Wood. Due up: Kanawha The Little
Kanawha IS rising. The locals resume to-
morrow. The ice flow is over in both
rivers.
CAIRO-River 26 feet inches and fall
ing. Cloudy and warm.
LOUISNILLE-River rising; 10 feet in
canal; feet on falls; % feet below
locks. Cloudy.
EVANSVILLE-Rive II feet inches
and rising. Cloudy and cool.
MEMPHIS~Riv q feet inches and
falling Cloudy and cool
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-02-23
FATALLY HURT.
Special to the Register.

Special 70 Lle REGISTER.
Lewis, w. Va, February 22.-Elihu
West, porter on c. & o. train No /,
was struck by No. here this morning
and probably fatally injured Vests
train had sidetracked for No. to pass
and, he claims, that he walked from the
train during his sleep and wandered
along the track, West was sent to his
home in Huntington this evening. He
will hardly recover, as in addition to
other injuries he is seriously hurt in
terrallv.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-02-23
FAST DYES FOR COTTON.
Brilliant and Unfading Colors Made
by Diamond Dyes.
A Ten-Cent Investment Often
Saves Dollars.

Professional dyers always use differ
ent dyes for cotton than for wool, as
cotton is vegetable fibre, while wool
comes from an animal. In Diamond
Dyes there are some fifteen fast cotton
colors that are prepared especially for
cotton and mixed goods. These dyes
give colors that even washing in strong
soapsuds or exposure to the sunlight
will not fade.
See that you get Diamond Dyes, and
take nothing else.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-02-23
MARKS FROM ABOVE.

PITTSBTRG-River "a feet and rising
Cloudy and getting cold.
sTECBENVILLE-R River It feet inches
and rising Cloudy and cold.
GREENSBORO-River "A feet and fall
ing. Cloudy, slightly cooler.
BROW NSVILLE-Rive II feet 10 in
ches and rising.
OIL CITY-R.ver 5 feet inches and
falling. Fair.
MORGANTOWN-R IA feet and fall
ing. Cloudy and colder.
WARREN-River feet Light rain.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-02-23
hASll|f Ball.
A Star Event Given BY the Hsrean-
tile Club.

LARGE NUMBER OF GUESTS PRES
ENT AND ELABORATE PRPAR-
ATIONS-THE AFFAIR IN THE
NATURE OF a WASHINGTON
BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION AND
A FINALE TO THE SEASONS
FESTIVITIES.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-02-23
DID NOT FIGHT.

Glasgow, February 22.-Two thou
sand persons gathered this evening to
witness the championship fight between
Bobby .Dobbs, the Minneapolis colored
boxer, and Pat Mcdonald.
In the first round the police inter
fered and arrested both combatants. A
scene of great excitement ensued.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-02-23
EXPECTS AN AGREEMENT.
Special to the Register.

Washington, February Ex-senator
Faulkner said to day that he believed
an agreement On the army bill would
be reached which would render an extra
session of Congress unnecessary, but he
admitted that he did not have any def
mite information as to hdw or when the
agreement would be secured.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-02-23
A NEW TOwBOAT

To Be Built by the Pittsburg Transports
tion Company-The Most Powerful OF
Her Kiud-Coal Shipments.
The Pittsburg Transportation Com
pany has decided to build a new tow
boat and it will be the largest and
most powerful boat ever constructed
on western or southern rivers. It is
said that such boats as the JOS. B.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-02-23
LAWYERS WIN FITZ CASE.

New York, February 22.-Friend,
House & Grossman, attorneys, who re-
Gently obtained a Judgment of S1,700
against Bob Fitzsimmons for services
in several legal matters, have secured
an order from Justice Gildersleeve of
the Supreme Court, directing the stake
holder to pay them the amount of the
judgment from $1,000 which Fitzsim-
mons posted as a forfeit to fight any
man in the world. The stakeholder
was enjoined from disposing of the
fund soon after it was posted and was
examined to show that the money be-
1onged to Fitzsimmons.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-02-23
SUCCESSFUL FUNCTION.

Washington. d. c., February o.
The public reception by the President
and Mrs. Mckinley. deferred from Feb
ruary to this evening, was one of the
most successful functions the White
House has ever known.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-02-23
AT THE COUNTY VETERINARY.
An Aged River Engineer Stricken Serious
ly-An Octogena rian.

Iy-An OctOgenarian.
William Morrison, an old river en-
gineer, is lying critically ill at the
county infirmary near Elm Grove
Morrison is in his S9th year, and fifty
years of his life have been spent on
the river He has many distant rela
tives in this city. 1t is the opinion of
the attendants that Morrison cannot
recover. He is dying of old age.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-02-23

IL. q o. Nid-Winter Excursion to Washing
ton. ID. e., and Baltimore.
Tuesday, February 21st. Round trip
$40. Tickets good ten days.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-02-23
CUT DOWN BY THE ICE

Cincinnati, Ohio, February 22.-The
steamer Mark Winnet was cut down
by the ice at Marmets harbor early
this morning and will prove a total
loss
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-02-23
a SOLID SORE
Knee TO Enstep. Wild with Pain.
CURED BY cUTIcURA.

was afflicted with such terrible sore leg. il
was thought it would have to be anputated.
/ could hardly stand the pain, and had TO get
along with a crutch. I tried all kinds OF medi-
zines without success, getting worse until it be-
came solid sore from knee 10 instep. Almost
wild with pain, 1 gave up In despair. heard Of
CUFIcUEA remedies and tried them. The first ap-
pication Of CUTIcUsA fointment), after washing
with warm water and CUTIcURA soar, gave me
so much relief that ! was able to sleep over half
of the night, and in eight weeks was cured.
TIC. BRISCOE, loo ". Hunter St., Atlanta, Ga.
CuTfcUEG REsoLvESr pariAes the blood and circ1-
lating fuiis of HUaoR GEExs, and thug removes the
cause, while baths with CErcuEA soar and gentle
snointings with CUTrcURA (ointnen greatest Of eno
lent skin cures cleanse the akin and scalp Of and
scales, aiay itching burning. snd Inflammation, and
tins sooshe and heal the tortung. csaguring k1-
the skim scalp, ana blood. with loss Of ha when
ell else fails.
Sold throuzhcu. the world. PorTEa D. AND C. CoEF,
Ece Props. Boston. How 10 Cure Al Hur1ors, free.
EABY HuMORS r='s csa:s. q s ss,:s =
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-02-23
IN TWELVE ROUNDS

Hot Springs, Ark, February 22.-
Tommy Ryan defeated Mccarthy in
twelve rounds.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-02-23

letter from Bill Taylor who played third
base for Grand Rapids and Wheeling
Taylor says he wishes to sign with Toledo
if Louisville decides not to keep him. He
is a very fast third baseman and would
make valuable man on the team. A
contract was received from Ike Butler
which insures him on the team next sea-
son.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-02-23
Il WORLD or SPORT.

would ireply: "I know that fellow Is
thinking Corbett can lick me- These
kind of actions indicate much, but in
time Fitz outwore the feeling
while Red Bob was close mouthed,
/ learned a great many things about
him and the Carson match from Roe
Der. The latter kept quiet until we
went into partnership and took cut a
show of wrestlers and variety people.
We opened in Jersey City and as Fitz
was doing nothing Roeber asked him
to come and referee the wrestling
tournament. Fsitz wrote a nasty letter
in reply, and Roeber just burned up
whenever it was mentioned. He would
tell what he had done for Fsitz and de-
nounee him for refusing to return a
favor. Roeber always claimed that
but for him F'itz would have funked
out of the Carson fight.
"Fftz was mortally afraid of Cor
bett, so Roeber said, and would refuse
to work as the time approached.
What's the use?' he would, say, I've
no chance with this fellow. 1t will all
be over quickly Roeber, by pure
force, so he claimed, would get him to
work.
Another story that Roeber told was
of the plan Julian, Hickey and himself
had fixed up to help FitZ when he was
in the ring if things went bad for him.
1t was arranged, so Roeber claimed,
that if Corbett put Fitz down, that the
three were to rush into the ring and
make the fight to end in row, hoping
thus to save Fits reputation. Any
time Fitz went down Julian was to call
out: Are you all right, Bob? II Fitz
failed to answer the trio were to jump
into the ring. When Corbett put F'itz
down they all got ready and Julian
sang out, but Fitz replied that he was
ready. Roeber always claimed that they
had great trouble in getting Fitz out
of the corner in the early part of the
contest The first few rounds Fitz was
in a trance, he was so scared. When
he came to the corner at the end OF the
first round, he said: What round is
this? On being told with emphatic
words he braced UP and did well there
after"
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-02-23
BOWLING.
THE WHEELING LEAGUE.
Standing of Clubs.

Following is the standing of clubs in
the Wheeling League, and the results of
last nights games:
C+apdircr Of
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-02-23

he never worked with such Short-skates
before"
Although Manager Lytle has not yet
given out the names of the men who will
compose the New Castle base ball club,
some of the men are already known.
Bob Cargo. who played with Paterson, n.
j., club, of the Atlantic Coast League,
has been signed to play third. He is one
of the best men IN that position in the
business outside of the big League, and
was only free to sign this year where he
pleased as he could not be held on ac-
count of the cut in salaries there last
year. The infield Will be the strongest
the coming season of any in the history
will be at shortfield Frank Miller, for
merly with the Philadelphia, at second
and star is promised for the guardian
of the initial bag. Lyle will continue to
play in right field and Asnenback will be
the middle fielder again this season. He
did not enjoy good health last year, and
is now at Hot Springs, recuperatin from
where he has written that he is in first
class condition, and ready to Play the
game of his life. Just who is to replace
Rickert who will be with Pittsburg this
year, is not yet known, out he is said
to be fully as good as Rickert. He has
accepted the New Castle management S
terms and contract has been forwarded
for him to syn, but his name will not be
made public until he is safely landed. The
club will carry two eatchers throughout
the entire season, and four twirlers will
be on the pay roll during the season. al
though more will be carried for the first
month. The locals are prepared to battle
in earnest for the pennant, and are max
ing a very strong effort to get together
a winning team, which Will be big finan-
ciaI winner in this city.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-02-23

Thad Troy, of Fairmont, formerly of the
Wheeling team, wants an engagement as
an outffelder or first baseman with some
good minor league team. Troy is a strong
player
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-02-23

Bob Gflks win leave to-day for Cincin-
natl to spend few days at his old home
Bob is very much pleased at the idea of
vingWheeling again in the League, and
says it Will strengthen the organiza ton
materially as Wheeling is to play Sun
day ball.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-02-23

Manager c. j. strobel now says that the
Interstate magnates are the most
'gamy' set Of sportsmen in the business"
This conflicts slightly with previous state
ments of the Toledo manager He at
one time was credited with saying that
'he never worked with such short-skates
before"
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-04-04
CITIZENS OF REDDING
WILL BE ARRESTED
Accused of Having Violated the Pro-
visions of the City Fire
Ordinances.

REDDING, April 3.-According to City
Attorney Watson, a half-dozen of Red
ding's prominent citizens will be placed
under arrest tomorrow for having vio-
lated the express provisions of the city
fire ordinances with reference to the Ar
mory Hall. The Board of Trustees passed
an ordinance requiring the building as
sociation which owns the hall to place
stand pipes and hose in the building, and
the directors of the association ignored
the order. Last Tuesday night a local
talent show was given in the hall in spite
of the order of the Board of Trustees.
The city fathers were tricked by bluff
at complying with the order. The Trustees
became indignant and resolved that the
hall should remain closed hereafter until
the order were complied with
Another local talent show was billed
for tonight. To-day on injunction was
granted in the Superior Court restraining
the Trustees and the City Marshal from
interfering in any way with the show or
the hall. An application was made by
the City Attorney to have the injunction
dissolved, but the application was denied
by Judge Ellison of Tehama County who
presided in the Superior Court, Judge
Sweeney being disqualified. Cj w Her
Finger the manager of the hail, refused
to open the doors unless he was given a
written guarantee that he would not suf-
fer damages in case he were arrested and
fined. This guarantee was given. He ac-
cordingly opened the doors and tomorrow
morning arrests will be made.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-04-04
GAGE AROUSES THE
IRE OF MONTEREYANS

MONTERREY, April 3.-Great indigna-
ton is expressed here over the recent ac-
ton of Governor Gage in vetoing the
Cotton Hall bill. The bill was presented by
Monterey's Assemblyman F. P. Feliz, and
provided for the appropriation of $2500 of
the States money for restoring the build
ing and identifying the grounds of Cotton
Hall, CALIFORNIA; first Capitol The
amount was asked for to supplement
subscription already raised by the citi-
zens of Monterey city and county, which
alone, though liberal, was inadequate for
the necessary work. The bill first asked
for $4,000, and it was then the plan to con-
vert the old building into a museum OF
California history, but this project was
abandoned for the time and the amount
of State aid asked for was reduced to
$250O with the understanding that the
Governor would sign the bill.
This is the second time within the last
decade the restoration of California S
most historic landmark has been frowned
down by the commonwealth chief eX
ecutive Governor Markham having
vetoed a similar bill during his admins
tration. The Montereyans say they will
not despair, but will renew the fight next
session, hoping for better success.
In the meantime the historic old build
ing grows daily more dilapidated, and un-
less something is done it will ere long be
past the point of restoration.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-04-04
WARDEN HALE TO
WALK THE PLANK
Will Not Remain at San
Quentin.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

SAN QUENTIN PRISON, April B.
Warden Hale has relinquished all hope
of being reappointed, and admits so
with seeming frankness. He has fought
his fight and now realizes that he has
lost.
Governor Gage intends to install
Martin Aguirre of Los Angeles as war
den, whatever may be the cost But
Hale still clings to straws, as may be
gathered even from his admissions. He
says he is not a candidate for the war
denship, but in the same breath certi-
fies to the fact that he is in love with
his job, as he terms it, and will occu-
py his position as long as the prison
directors see fit to keep him there.
Just say in The Call for me-" said
Hale this evening, that 1 am not
candidate for warden on account of ill
health and have so notified the presi-
dent of the board of directors. My Of
flee does not expire until April 20, be-
cause four years ago l held over until
the goth of the month for various rea-
sons. L may hold until June 1 or even
July l, on account of the volume of bags
to be sold and other business to be
cleared up.
Whether stay longer than April 20
or not depends upon the pleasure of the
board. If 1 were a well man 1 should
stand for another appointment, because
L like the job, but my physician tells
me L must have a long rest. There re-
mains vast amount of business to be
cleared up. Since the publication in
The Call of the action taken by the
board to circumvent a suspected
scheme to cinch farmers by corner
on bags a million have been sold in lots
of 5000. We sold 10000 to-day. Again
1 desire to say that the length of time
1 remain warden depends entirely upon
the prison directors"
For reasons not stated the directors
have postponed their meeting from
next Saturday to the 18th inst AS
Manuel Chavez is to hang on that day
it is possible the meeting may take
place a week from next Wednesday or
Thursday So sure are the guards that
Aguirre is to be elected wardenl that
many are already preparing to leave
the prison.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-04-04
FORMATION OF A BIG
BAR IRON COMBINE
All the Manufacturers of Importance
West of Pittsburg Have En-
tered the Trust.

CHICAGO, April 3.-The Record to-
morrow will say: The combination of
manufacturers of merchant bar iron,
upon which Chicago promoters have been
at work for several weeks, is practically
contaminated, and within a few days the
properties will be taken over by a cor
poration to be organized under the laws
of New Jersey. The title of the Republic
Steel and Iron Company has been sug-
gested, although not fully decided upon.
The total capitalization will be $50 900 600
of which s25 100000 will be in per cent
cumulative preferred stock and $50 900 900
in common.
The properties include all the bar iron
manufacturers of Importance west of
Pittsburg, some of the largest being in
the Birmingham (Ala.) iron district. EX-
tensYe iron mines in that section and in
the Mesaba range of the Lake Superior
copper district will be transferred
The mills embraced have an annual out
put of over one million tons of merchant
bar iron. In addition to the rolling mill
property, there are six blast furnaces
with an annual capacity of about 400, 900
tons of pig iron.
A portion of the underwriting has been
taken in Chicago, but the New York in
terest will be the largest of outside CAPT
tai The banking houses of Dominick &
Dickerman and William G. Sheldon & Co.
of that city have organized the under
writing syndicate. The company will
have a cash working capital of Sc 800 900
and all plants taken over will be free Of
debt
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-04-04

WASHINGTON, April 3.-The Presi-
dent and Secretary Hay have been Civ
ing consideration to the selection of a
representative of the United States
Government on the Samoan commits
sion. He will not be a member of either
the Senate or House of Representatives,
according to present lights. 1t is ex-
pected that the effort will be to find
some person thoroughly familiar with
the issues likely to be presented in the
settlement of this Samoan dispute.
1t is regarded by the State Depart
ment as essential that the commission
be appointed at the earliest possible
moment.
Many cable dispatches have been
passing between Washington and Lon
don in regard to the Samoan settle
ment. The main point is on determin-
ing exactly the extent of authority
which the high commission is to pos
sess, Lord Salisbury desiring all uncer-
tain points first cleared up and an ex-
act definition of what the commission
is TO do before committing Great Brit
ain. The British Government is as
ready as the United States or Germany
to accept the general principle of COM
1llSSlOneTS, Out IL wants " kIlON III dQ-
vance as to the power of the commits
sion.
The indications are that the British
authorities will give their adherence to
the agreement within a day or two,
but it is stated that there is still a
chance although a very slight one,
that the agreement may not be con-
Guided.
The present negotiations are concen-
trated on three main points, VIZ: First,
is the commission to report, or is it to
have executive authority to administer
as well as to negotiate, and if so what
is the extent of its executive power;
second, will the action of the commits
sion be determined by a majority or
will unanimous action be required;
third, if a majority determination is
arranged what safeguards are to be
provided to insure unanimous eXecu-
ton. This last point-as between ma
jority or unanimous action--is vexing
one and is the one which has arisen
between the consular officials in .Sa-
moa, and it is evident that Lord Sails
bury hesitates to assent to any agree
ment which may renew this contro-
versy
An agreement upon King Oscar as
final arbitrator would obviate dead
lock, but this, while proposed unoffi-
cialIy during the recent discussions, has
not been assented to officially.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-04-04
CRAZED BY THEIR
CEASELESS VIGIL
Salinas Man and Wife
Insane.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

SALINAS, April 3-An extremely
sad as we'll as unusual case of mental
arrangement was disposed of in the
Superior Court Of this county to-day.
Edward Johnson and his wife, who
have been acting strangely for several
weeks past, We're brought before Judge
Dorm this morning on an insanity
charge. Drs. Edwards and Abbott pro-
nounced both insane and ordered them
committed 10 Agnews Asylum, whittier
they Will be taken tomorrow by the
Sheriff.
For several weeks the Johnsons have
been acting very strangely. The au-
thorities have on several occasions
gone to the house to learn how serious
their malady was, but, not believing
anything serious would take place, al
lowed them to remain at their home.
The demented people were respected
residents in the western part of the city
and are the parents of five small
children, the oldest s years and the
youngest : months of age. 1t is claimed
by many neighbors that it was through
untiring attention to the baby, who has
been sick for some time, that the mis-
fortune was brought upon them. Be
4llS Ol Il ItllBlOQS Lulli VI AlAlil0 hA4Cll
arrangement was on that line
For nearly two months past Johnson
and his wife have been gradually be-
coming imbued with the idea that they
We're to be punished for being ire
ligious So deep-roOted had this idea
become that they commenced to pray
and devote their entire time to relig
ious thoughts Within the past week
so irrational and erratic did their talk
and actions become that friends and
neghbors became alarmed for the
safety Of the children of the couple.
From personal friends it has been
learned that for some weeks past the
baby has been subject to commissions,
and on last Wednesday suffered a Sc
we're attack, which almost proved fatal.
That evening Johnson made a remark
able statement He said his baby had
died and after having been dead several
hours an angel appeared and restored
the infant to life. The child told him
and the angel acquiesced in the state
ment- that the baby was now immor-
tai and would never die Mrs. Johnson
corroborated her husbands words and
said the angel told her that on the 9th
day Of April she and her children would
be crucified and thereafter they would
all be immortal Since then she has
not left her bed.
The children will be taken care of by
the county for the present and the
Supervisors, now in session, are con-
sidering the advisability of engaging a
nurse for them or sending them to the
County Hospital.