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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-10-05
TRAIN LOAD OF GOLD LOOTED.
Different Estimates Place the Amount
of Treasure Secured

At FROM THREE HUNDRED TO
FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND
POUNDS-LITTLE CHANGE IN
THE SITUATION-BOTH SIDES
ON THE DEFENSIvE-GOvERN-
MENT EFFORTS STILL ARE d.
RECTED TOWARD A PEACEFUL
SOLUTION OF THE QUESTIONS
AT ISSUE-SIR WILLIAM YER
NON HARC0URT CHARGES
CHAMBERLAIN WITH MISREP-
RESENTING THE POSITION OF
THE TRANSVAAL
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-10-05
REFUSES TO CONFER.

CINCINNATI. Ohio. October 4-General
Manager Schaaf has refused to confer with
a committee of the railway operators of
the Big -Four system. saying he will only
confer with them individually.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-10-05
THE WIDOWS A.gB. SOCIETY
A Novel Organization Formed at MARI
borough, Ohio.

TT AIMS TO PROMOTE THE SOCIAL
WELFARE OF ITS MEMBERS.
GRASS WIDOWS ARE BARRED
FROM MEMBERSHIP AND BENE-
FITS-BATCHELORS AND WID-
OVERS FOLLOW THE LEAD
AND FORM AN ORGANIZATION
TO ACT IN CONCERT WITH THE
WIDOWS.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-10-05
TO FLAGS

DALLAS, Texas. October 4.-Gov. Mount,
Of Indiana. and staff. who are TO return
Confederate battle flags captured from
Texas soldiers during the civil war. have
arrived. The ceremony win occur Thurs
day.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-10-05
sTEAMsHIP

BoULoGNE-Arrsved: s~paarneam. New
York for Rotterdam.
QUEENsToWS-Arrlved Auran.a. New
York for Liverpool.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES: saaie. New
York far Bremen: s.. Paul. New York.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-10-05
DOMINION THANKSGIVING.

OTTAWA, Ont, October 4-Thurs-
day. October 10, win be observed as
Thanksgiving day in the Dominion of
Canada
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-10-05

N~irK}na-Raiu Thursday afternoon anf
night. rasn Friday. northeriy wlnda.
For NezteFn Pennsyivanha-Increasinw
~c!gtdsnesS Thursday. with rain II snufh-
err portion Friday. rain: n0rtherly wfnaa.
Fer Chtc-Fafr III northwest. rain IN
southeast portion Thursday and Friday
wsrss mostly ~nGr1heriy.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-10-05
ALL EXPRESS SATISFACTION.
Partisans of the American and British
Cup Racers

DECLARE THEIR FAITH IN THEIR
RESPECTIVE BOATS = ISELIN
ADMITS THE WORTH OF THE
SHAMROCK, BUT BELIEVES THE
COLUMBIA WILL WIN-LIPTON
PLEASED WITH EVERYTHING
CONNECTED WITH THE RACES.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-10-05

9 xn~Tf.e Register's rates
foradrertising may como ],
a little higher than the
= same space elsewhere, ,
{ but patrons have only to 8
compare results to know
{ that the difference pays ?
q them handsomely. B
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1899-09-11

only. Tonight they present Robertson S
great comedy, David Garrick," and on
Wednesday night THE Silence of Dean
Maitland"
Several recommendations of boards of
trustees for the hospitals at Hilo and
Waikiki have been received by Attor-
ney General Cooper. The matter will
be acted upon by the Board of Health
on Wednesday afternoon.
Judge Stanley will leave tomorrow
afternoon for Kauai to hear the case of
Koloa Sugar Company VS.. William
Brown, ct al. ejectment, in which Judge
Hardy is disqualified for the reason that
he heard the matter once before and
gave an opinion thereon.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1899-09-11

We are Island Agents for the CHI
CAGO HANDLE BAR CO, and have
now in stock and will constantly keep
on hand a very complete line in all
sizes and styles, including the "ORI-
GINAL SCHINNEER" bar.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1899-09-11

Before putting away clothes for any
length of time, sprinkle with Rough
on-Bugs, and moths will not modest
them. 1t does not hurt the clothes.
Sprinkle twice a month on your carpets
and upholstered goods to keep them
from being moth eaten. After using
it open the doors and windows for a
little while, and your apartments will
be disinfected and sweet.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-03-03
In Other Lands.

NOTWITHSTANDING we Of the United
States boast Of Our Fourth OF July and
other liberty-promOting institutions.
there are other lands where the bird
of freedom scars as high and screams
as loud, IN matters pertaining to the
we'll being of the people. For instance.
the New Orleans Picayune saws: "In
Australia you can ride 1000 miles
across the country for $3.50 frst-class,
While WoriinSmen can ride six miles
for 2 cents, twelve miles for 4 cents
thirty miles for 10 cents, and railroad
men receive from 25 to 20 per cent
more wages for eight hours of labor
than they are paid in this country for
ten hours. In Victoria, where these
rates prevail, the net income from th
roads is sufficient to Fay all the fed
eral taxes. In Hungary, where the
roads are ~state-CWned, YOU can ride
six miles for ] cent, and since tha
roads were bought by the goyernmen
the mems Hagcs have doubled. Be1-
GUM tells the same stOry-fare and
freight cut down one-half and wages
doubled. Yet the road pays yearly
revenue to the government of 81 o
600. In Germany you can ride four
miles for I cent over the government
owned lines. Yet wages are over 125
per cent higher than they were when
the corporations owned them and
during the last ten years the net profts
have increased Al per cent. Last wear
the roads paid the German govern
ment a net profit Of sos, coo. 900. Pen
pie who favor the government owner
ship Of railroads claim that if our yoy-
eminent owned the railroads we could
go to San Francisco from Boston for
$40. Here IS proof: The United States
pays the railroads not quite s275 to
transport a loaded postal car from
Boston to San Francisco. A passen-
ger car will carry fifty passenger
which at $40 each would be $500, or .
clear profit Of 1925 per car, and This
too, after paying five and one-half nor
cent On watered stock, which is fu1lv
100 per cent on the cost Of the road
These quoted figures are taken from y
reliable souyce.'-RA.l way Times.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-03-03
Benefits OF Government Ownersh,p.

A short time ago a Boston GENTLE
man sent a package of circulars to me
by mail. The postage was 81 cents,
AS everybody knows, our postal rate
on printed matter is a cent for zach
two ounces, while the rate for mer-
chandlse Is a cent an ounce; so if the
package had been merchandise. say,
medical Or surgical Instruments, the
postage would nave been 81 cents. The
gentleman wrote me 500 after send
ing the package, amin the letter he
said that if he had been in england
he could have sent the same package
by the English parcels post from any
part OF England to Australia or South
Africa for IA cents! We all like to
think of our nation being in the front
rank In everything. The thing to do
is to make it so.
We are accustomed to think of Rus
STA as only half c~ivilized-and, per.
haps, that may be true in some re-
spects, according to our views. But
let us taxi a look at the Land of the
Bear, and see if we can't learn some
thing. The government is opening up
that vast and but little known region
called Siberia. How? Not by giving
a vast empire Of land to a private syn
dictate II then guaranteeing it's bonds
for a sum nearly or quite sufficient to
build the railroad, a la our e
when the first Pacific railroad was
built. No. The Russian government
is constructing the railroad itself, and
to encourage the immigration of peas
ants into the new country, the passen-
ger and freight rates will be extreme
~ low. For example, 200 miles for
Sl.5O; 1000 miles, $40; 1000 miles,
$500; peasants household goods and
farming Implements, 1900 miles for
% cents per hundred pounds; 1000
miles, 43 cents; 1000 miles, SO cents.
AS a consequence the country will be
settled up rapidly, and our great wheat
sections in the west and northwest
VIII have TO beware of competition
with Siberia. The arteries of COM
nerce are the life of a country. ST.
IBERIA, with its government-owned rail
roads, low fares, constant rates. and
no discrimination, will have a great
advantage over our wheat sections
with high freight rates, subject to
change at any moment without notice,
according to the Whim, caprice, or pri-
vate interest Of those in control, and
with determinations in favor of fa-
vored shippers. Reflect and see if you
don't conclude that this is worth
thinking about.-Medical Record.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-03-03
CHAPTER x.
The Ventana.

Tom L~ambourne's face wore some
what Of a blanched hue, through
which the stripes of his tattoing seem
ed blacker than ever. A severe cut
on his forehead, from which the blood
was oozing, did not add to his per-
sonal appearance. He scarcely knew a
word of Spanish, but seemed instinc-
lively aware that we had fallen into
hands nearly as dangerous as his for
mer acquaintance, the M~ussolongos,
for he said:
master Rodney, I fear we have u
our last knot off the log-line, and u
sandglass won't run again, unless
heaven gives the order to turn. Yet,
if I could but get one of these mus
kets, to have a shot at the rascally
cargo-puddlers before it's all over with
us, l would be content. AS it is, I am
all over blood, from clew to earring,
and they have well-nigh choked me by
shaking a ouid down my throat"
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-03-03

therefore l must ear it.. My task will
require many, many years, even CEN
turtles vet, so adieu." With this He
leaves us. But does He not leave many
reflections concerning our m%illionaires
n their millions? What shall we say
TO those who obtain not only one mil
hon, but many millions in the few
years of the adult period Of a single
life?
1t is plain that no man can earn a
million dollars in a brief human life,
however hard he may work. But many
nave become mi%llionaires, and while
1t IS impossible to do so honestly, in
a strictly ethical sense, we will admit
that some have done so legally. This
shows that these men have been en-
abled to DO this only by the many ad-
Vantages of the institutions of this
country and aided by the protection of
the law. Then, do these men owe
nothing to the country and to the law?
lnoeeo, they W much. But as a rule
they Systematically dodge" taxes dur
ing Ire, n at death are permitted to
make any disposition of their vast
possessions that they may desire to
order in their will, without any con-
%trlbutlon to the government that made
possible the accumulation of their vast
fortunes. Is it not just and fair that
a percentage should go to the govern
ment? The people of other countries
think so, but we, as usual, are behind.
-Dr. c.. f. Taylor in The Medical
World for May, 1896.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-03-03
Cutting Teeth When CD Years Old.

Physicians Of Knoxville, Tenn, have
been consulted regarding a discovery
made by a tourist in the mountains of
Claiborne county, Tenn. The case os
that of Mrs. Julia Spence, GO years old,
who has foul new front teeth, all of
which have recently become fully de-
yeloped. Previously she had been with
out teeth for six years. 1t is consid-
cred remarkable that new ~incisors
should appear at this late period in
life. Mrs. Spence is in perfect health.
Baltimore Sun.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-03-03
BEFORE TIME OF BELLS.
The Sounds Which Called to Church II
Olden Times.

The sounds Which, Called to Church in
Olden Times.
Before the time of bells various in
struments were used to summon con-
g%regations to worship. In Egypt they
are said to have followed a Jewish
custom in using a trumpet. In some
Oriental churches a kind of rattle
gave the signal. In monasteries monks
took it in turns to go round the cells
calling the inmates to their devotions
by knocking with a hammer, which
was called the awakening instru-
ment.' Bells of one kind or another
are, however, of very great antiquity,
having been used in religious cere-
monies by many Of the ancient nations
as a means Of %honoring their gods and
example, the feast Of Osiris and Isis
was always announced by bells. Pliny
says that bells were in use long be-
fore his time, being called Tin tin
nabula." The use of small bells
(nolae) in England, says William of
Malmesbury, may be traced back as far
as the fifth century, and it is clear
from Bede that even those of the larg-
est kind (campanae), such as sounded
in the air and called a numerous con-
gregation to divine service, were en-
ployed in England as early as the year
$50, being that in which the Abbot
Hilda died.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-03-03
CHAPTER TX.
Dangerous COmnanY.


Behind us stood eight fellows. five
of whom had muskets, and three heavy
bludgeons. They We're apparently
Spanish seafaring men; but whether
co~ntrabandistas Of the lowest class,
a portion Of a %slaver's crew, or mere
ly drunken brawlers, we could not at
first determine. However, they sOon
made us aware that robbery was their
object, and that they were in no way
averse to a little homicide if we inter-
fered with their plans in the least.
Some had their coarse, but glossy
and intensely black hair confined by
nets or cauls; others had only Bar
celona handkerchiefs round their
heads. The spots Of blood upon these,
together with several patches and dis
colored eyes, showed us that these
modern Iberians had been fighting
among themselves. Their attire, which
consisted only of red or blue shirts
and dirty canvas trousers, was rather
d~ilapidated; but something of the pic
turesque was impaired to it by the
sashes of glazing red and yellow wor-
sted which girt their waists, and in
which they had long knives stuck con-
spicuously.
BY their bearing, their dark glaring
eyes, their muscular figures, their bare
arms, chest and feet, their bronzed,
sallow and ugly v~isages-and more
than all by their rags, which were red
olent of garlic and coarse tobacco,
it was evident that we had fallen into
unpleasant society. Several had silver
rings in their ears, and on the bare
chest of one l saw a crucifix marked
either with lax or gunpowder.
These fellows had come from the in
ner or back part of the cavern, where
they had evidently been observing us
for some time before they so suddenly
appeared.
"Acqu'ardiente," said one, APPROX
ingly, as he applied his fierce, hooked
nose to my empty nack, and then plac-
ed it in his pocket. A second snatched
away my courier-bag, and a third ap-
propriated my telescope, which he
stuck in his sash.
Taking up a stone which lay at
hand, l was about to hurl it at the
head of the latter when the muzzle
of a cooked musket pointed to my
breast, and the butt OF another ap-
piled roughly to my back, admonished
me that discretion was the better part
of valor.
Eel page de escoba-ha, hal (the
cabin boy), said one contemptuously,
as he examined my attire-a smart
blue jacket, with gilt anchor buttons,
which Hislop had given me. My porte
monnaie, which contained only a few
shillings, and my gold watch, a pres
ent given to me by my mother when l
went to Elton, were o 20 taken from
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-03-03
500 ssssss 7sss
RODNEY:
5 Or. The Adventures of
An Eton Boy.
BY JAMES GRANT
CHAPTER VIII.-(Ccntinued.)
BY JAMES GRANT,.

CHAPTER VIII.-(Ccntinued.1
Il remember well when, from q wild
forest, l saw before me a long blue
ridge. 1t was the Sierra Lconda-or
the Mountain of the Lioness, as the
nlggers t%hereabout call it, the highest
IN North or South Guinea. Glad was
l, Master Rodney, to see the flag of
Old England waving en- the fort and in
the Day. There was a sloon of war at
anchor there, the Active; and when
she fired the evening gun 0 would
have thought a whole fleet was salut-
ing, there are SO many echoing caves
and dents in the mountains and along
the shore.
Il soon made my way nome to Eng
land, but vas more laughed at than
p1tied for my queer figure-head, which
frightened some folks, my old mother
especially, for she banged the door
right in my face, and called for the
police when I went to her old bunk at
Deptford.
"However, I got used to all that sort
of thing; but as folks are so ill-bred
and uncharitable ashore, I have left
Deptford forever, and keep always
af1oat, to be out OF harms way. So
that's the yarn of how | became tat
tooed, Master Rodney"
"Finish the Observation-Disclosures, Tom"
said I, "and 10 We'll make a start
for the brig-noon is past, and the
atmosphere cooler than it was"
"Your very good health. Next time
we splice the main-brace ashore, l
hope it will be in Cuba" said Tom,
finishing the contents Of my flask and
then becoming so jovial that he broke
at once into an old sea-song, the last
two verses of which were somewhat to
this purpose:
II learned to splice. to reef and clew,
To drink my grog with the best of the
crew,
And tell a merry story;
And though I wasn't very big,
Aloft I'd climb, nor care a fig
TO stand by my gun, or dance a jig,
And all for Britain's glory!
when home l steered again l found
My poor old mother run aground,
And doleful was her story;
She had been cheated by a lawyer elf.
Who married her for her old dads pelf,
But spent it all, then hanged himself.
Hooray for E%ngland's glory!"
Just as Tom concluded this remark
able ditty with tones that made the
volcanic grotto to echo to "glory,' a
voice that made us start exclaimed,
close by Us:
"Bueno! Ha! Ha! Los Anglesos
burrachios!"
On hearing this impertinent reAcc-
ton On our sObTiety we both looked
up and saw-what the next chapter
-sa tell you.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-03-03


Hush, Tom" said I, for ! was lis
toning to a discussion which took
place among the S%paniards.
DO you understand their lingo"
"a little"
What are they saying?" he asked,
with growing interest.
Il will tell you immediately"
But as they oil spoke at once in the
sonorous Spanish of the Catalonian
coast, mingled with obscure slang and
nautical phrases, some time elapsed
before l could understand them. Mean
Willie, how terrible were the thoughts
that filled my mind.
IF these fellows murdered and cast
us into that awful chasm, the deed
would never be known; until the day
or doom our fate and our remains
could no more be traced than the
smoke that melts into the sky. Even
II we escaped unhurt, but were detain-
ed so long that the brig sailed without
us, what could be our condition, pen
nliess, ,forlorn and unknown, in that
foreign island? But this was a minor
evil.
lhen burned to avenge the lawless
treatment to which we were subjected,
and the blows and bruises their COW
ardly hands had dealt so freely.
"Companeros," l heard one say, zone
OF these fellows is tattooed and would
sell very we'll to the South American
planters with the rest that will soon
be under matches. He is worth keep
ing, if he cannot ransom himself: as
for the other"
Eel muchaco!" (the boy) said they,
glancing at me.
"Sl-el page de escabo-if he is al
lowed to return, a complaint may find
its way to the senior alcalde, whose
alguazils may come and borrow our
topsails and anchor for a time; where
as, If we have him where the others
went yesterday"
"Where?"
Unto the ventana, hombre!" was
the fierce RESPONSE: land then no more
will be heard of the affair.""
My blood grew cold at these words,
and | scarcely knew what followed,
till the first man who spoke came for
ware and addressed us.
"Inglesos," said he, eve have de-
cided that n of you, after swearing
not to reveal our hiding place, shall re-
turn within four hours, bearing a fit
ting ransom for both, else, so surely as
tho c1ncly cfril:oc ho u,hN ;r 1of+ l,.l;,l
goes into the ventana of the mountain,
where never did the longest sea line
find a bOttom-not that l suppose any
mar was ever ass enough to try. San
tos! do you hear?" he added, striking
his musket-butt sharply on the rocks,
when ~perceiving that Tom was igno-
rant of all he said, and that l was stu
pefied by it.
Isl, senor,' said I, and translated it
to Tom L~ambourne, who twirled his
tarry hat on his forefinger, stuck his
quid in his cheep, slapped his thigh
vigorously, and gave other nautical
manifestations of extreme surprise and
d~iscompOsure.
Ransom, Master Rodney?" he re-
iteratcd, Gin the name of old Davy,
who would ransom a poor Jack like
me-"
1.-THE whole crew would table their
months wages On the capstan head
aye, in a moment, Tom,' | replied,
with confidence.
I'm sure they would, and the cap
tain and Master Hislop. too, for the
matter O. that, rather than poor ship
mates should come to harm; but
"As for me-" said I, with growing
confidence, Il am, as you said, scnores,
only the page de escoba."
(To be continued.)
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-03-03
Overlooked.

Mrs. BeesWick-I can't see why
these people next door don't take a
hint. They're always sending over to
borrow something. II we did the same,
they might have an excuse, but we've
never got anything from them yet.
Mr.. Beeswick-My dear, you are mis-
taken. Didn't we get the measles from
them?
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-03-03
REIGN OF TIE TRUSTS.

The first move in an attemnt -
combine all the homeopathic pharma-
cles in the country has been taken 81
the Luyties Homeopathic Pharmacy
company of st. Louis, which has filed
articles increasing its capital stock
from $4,000 to 5000, 900.
The Electrical Company of America
it was announced in Wall street haa
secured control of the Jamaica Elec-
trio Light and Power company. This
is regarded as another step in the pro-
posed consolidation of electric comma.
MES of Greater New York.
Mckee & Bros. of Pittsburg, the
largest manufacturers Of flint glass in
the world, having failed to effect the
organization of a trust, have cut prices
10 to Is per cent, and say thew will
stand to lose $1O0, 900, forcing tbeir
competitors out of the business.
c.. l." Fleer, vice-president and inan-
cial mar Of the big Michigan-Penin-
sula.7 Car company of Detroit. is in
New York perfecting a combination
that will include the %principal car
works Of the United States. Passenger
car as well as freight car manufac-
turers will be taken into the COM
bine, which is designed to control tho
trade absolutely.
Word from Cincinnati that
Otis Hover, who will be let out Of the
American Cereal company next month
is negotiating with prominent capital
lists relative to the formation of a new
cereal company to compete with the
trust. The ~Schumachers are said tn
be interested in the new deal. In Min
neapolls an order has been placed to
build the plant.
The two large corporations organ
lied last week with IN aggregate can
ital Of $780, 900, 900 for the purpose oe
making enamel ware in competition
with each other are to be amalgam-
ated, all the differences between the
organizers of the two corporations
having, it is said. been settled. The
companies concerned are the National
Enameling and Stamping COMPANY.
capital 10000, 900. and the National
Tin Plate and EnameIing companv.
with a capital Of 100000, 900. With the
hrst-named company is included in the
arrangement the ST. IL.ouis Tin Plate
company, With & cariiA # $ 1000. 900.