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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-08-10
FOUR FIREM En-
Lost Their Lives in a Blaze at Omaha
Last Nisht---A Live Wire Respon-
sible for the Deaths.

OMAHA, NEB., August 9.-Four fire.
on an upper floor of the Mercer Chemi-
cal Company's building at Eleventh
and Harvey streets The fire in itself
was Insignificant, the fatalities result
ing from contact with live wire. The
dead firemen are:
JOSEPH ADAMS. Lieutenant.
OTTO GEIKE, tillerman.
GEORGE BENSON, pipeman.
CHARLES HOPPER, Relief Driver.
Fireman George Farmer and Albert
Livingston of the Chemical Company,
also suffered severely from shock.
When the fire had been brought I'M
der control, the firemen set to work to
lower the big extension truck upon
which they had been working. Sud-
denly there was a suffering and sue
cession of flashes such as occur when a.
connection is made with live wire
carrying high voltage of electric cur
lSuC. lic lliSn w NJ Ntle WOIhlIS DIT
the crank lowering the lader writhed
in agony moment and then fell to the
pavement limp and apparently lifeless.
In lowering the ladder, it had come in
contact with a live electric light wire
carrying a current of 1000 volts. TIE
injured men were at once carried into
an adjoining building and do~.ors who
were present used every means known
to revive them. Hopper revived in a
few minutes and saying he was all right
started to walk away. He had only
gone about fifty feet when he dropped
dead. Geieke showed signs of reviving,
but when only partially rallied, sank
back and expired. The other two new
er at any time showed any signs of
animation and were doubtless dead
when picked up. Walter Gearhardt,
an employee of the firm, was knocked
down a flight of stairs while working
in the building during the fire. and was
not noticed for some time. When
found he was unconscious from inhal-
ing the smoke and was revived with
difficulty.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-08-10
ENGINEERS HEROIC DEED.

Special to the Register.
CUMBERLAND, Nd, August 9.-An
engineer, in heroically saving one
mans life, possibly fatally injured
another. Ernest Fergerson, with 9TH
ers, was hosting a rail and was lower
ing it to allow an approaching train
to pass. Fergerson's foot was caught,
holding him fast. The engineer, real
izing the situation, stopped his engine
so suddenly that Geo. Sweet was
thrown through the caboose window
and badly injured Both men were
taken to the hospital.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-08-10
LABOR DAY PROCLAMATION
Governor Atkinson Recommends the OBJ.
servance of September as a Holiday.


servance of September 4 as a Holiday.
Special to the Register
CHARLESTON, w. Va, August g.
Governor Atkinson to-day issued a
proclamation designating Monday,
September 4th, as a holiday for the
laboring people of the State, in COM
pliance with the statute enacted by the
Legislature at it's last session. The
Governor recommends that all places
where labor is employed within the
State of West Virginia shall be closed,
and that every available opportunity
may be given to those who earn their
living by the sweat of the brow to
celebrate and honor the day which
the Legislature saw fit to dedicate to
them. He says:
att is especially fitting and proper
that all men, employers and employees.
should lay aside for this day their
usual vacations, and by meeting in
public assemblys and in all practical
fitting ways seek TO emphasize the dig
nifty and worth of labor, and consider
ways and means for a marked elevation
and Improvement of the condition of
the honest, faithful, industrious toll
ers and wealth producers of our
State"
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-08-10
Special to the Register.

Special to the Register.
MARIETTA, Ohio, August 9.-The
little town of Chester Hill, west OF
Marietta, was thrown into fever or
excitement at ten o'clock last night by
the killing of Valentine Clark by Miles
Harper.
Both men were oil operators, Har-
per from Indiana, and Clark from
Pennsylvania.
Both were married men, with child
rem.
Harper came home at the hour stat
cd, caught Clark in the house with
Mrs. Harper and killed him with a
shotgun.
When the neighbors rushed into the
house they found Clark's body bolt up
right in the chair in which he had been
sitting, the head thrown back and the
arms hanging down. Two great holes
in his breast over the heart showed
where the charges had entered.
News of the tragedy was sent to
Clark's wife, and when she arrived
there was a startling and dramatic
scene. 1t was expected that she would
break down, but she did not, walking
straight up to the corpse of her hus-
band and with face no less pale
than his she lifted her finger as if in
warning, and said:
"Val, did | not warn you to stay
away from this house? Did | not tell
you not to come up here tonight
Mrs. Harper denies any indescretion,
and says she was resisting Clark's ad-
vances when he was shot.
Harper made no attempt to escape
and gave himself up to the officers.
He made the following statement:
Il told Mr. Clark ON the fourth of
July that | wanted him to stay away
from here or he would get hurt. On
the 18th told him that if ever caught
him in the house or around the house
or in the yard or talking to her on the
street or off the street, [ would shoot
him dead On the first of August, l
went to Detroit for eight days, and
came home at nine o'clock last even
ing | heard him in a room with her
quarreling about putting out the light
| stepped to the pantry window, took
off my shoes, climbed in the window
picked up the gun, put in two loaded
shells and stepped to the door of the
room just as he took hold of her. /
raised the gun, and asked him twice
what he was doing there, and twice
told him to get out. Then ! told him
to hold up his hands. He did not do
1t, but made a pass as if to get a gun,
and then l shot him twice"
Harper was held last night by the
authorities but nobody would file a
charge against him, and he was dis
charged from custody.
A revolver was found in the dead
mans shoe when his clothing was re-
moved.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-08-10

the house and the front door was clos
ed. Absolutely nobody but police and
soldiers were thus within 100 yards of
Dreyfus when he crossed the Avenue De
la Care.
The police authorities explain the
rigor of these measures on the ground
that yesterday few cries against the
prisoner were raised while he was eros
sing the avenue. Not discordant note
was heard anywhere to-day.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-08-10
TO THE SUPREME COURT.

Special to the Register.
WESTON, w. VA, August 9.-The
suits of Ed. Ralston against the town
of Weston for $4,000 damages and I'M
lawful enter and detainer were stopped
by injunction. Special Judge Higgen-
botham desolved this injunction, where
upon the town carried the case to the
Supreme Court where an appeal was
granted Saturday.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-08-10
STEAMSHIP ARRIVALS

NEW YORK-Arrived. American fro,o
London. Bremen. from Bremen.
GlsAsGoN-Arrived, Ethiopia. New
York.
philadelphia for Liverpool: New ErgTsr1d
Boston for Liverpool; Catalonia. Boston
for Liverpool
HONG kOSCs-Arrived. Carlisle cite
San Diego via Yokohama
ROTTERDAM-Arrived sin, statenaarn
New York via Boulogne
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-08-10
RIVALS FOR 4 BELLIES HAND.
Heart Contest of a Pair of Country
Swans Leads to Murder.

LEVI RAMEY AND SHERMAN
SMITH WE'RE SUITORS OF THE
SAME GIRLrSHE HAD RECEIV-
ED THEM BOTH FOR A YEAR,
BpT LAST SUNDAY GAVE SMITH
HIS I-SMARTING UN-
DER HIS DEFEAT, HE SOUGHT
HIS RIVAL AND TUESDAY
NIGHT MURDERED HIM-THE
= YOUNG WOMAN is WILD WITH
GRIEF AND THREATENS TO
TAKE HER OWN LIFE.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-08-10
TWO LOADS OF SHOT
THROUGH HIS HEART.
A Terrible Tragedy Enacted Near
Marietta Tuesday Night.

HUSBAND DISCOVERS ANOTHER
MAN IN THE HOUSE WITH HIS
WIFE AND QUICKLY De
SPATCHES HIM-HAD WARNED
THE INTRUDER TO STAY
AWAY-DEAD MANS WIFE
TELLS OF THE WARNING SHE
HAD GIvEN-CORPSE SAT BOLT
UPRIGHT IN THE CHAIR OCCU-
PIED WHEN THE OUTRAGED
HUSBAND DISCOVERED HIM.
THE AVENGER GOES FREE.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-08-10
LUMBER COMPANY CHARTERED
Special to the Register.

Special to the Register
CHARLESTON. W. Va, August o.
The Secretary of State has issued a
charter to the Virginia Timber & Lum-
Der Company, of Wheeling, with an
authorized capital of 100000. The in
corporators are w. A. Wilson, E. NJ.
Holiday, D. G. List. Jr., and H. X.
List, of Wheeling. and Thos. Cats. Of
Moundsville.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-08-10
.QuBBLED FOR TWO HOURS
Over a Technical Point and Adjourned
Till This Morning

OF DIRECTORS OF THE
WESTON HOSPITAL INSIST
THAT THE CHARGES AGAINST
DIR. STATHERS SHALL BE
SIGNED BY INDIVIDUALS, so
THE DOCTOR MAY HAVE SOME
ONE TO COME BACK AT IN CASE
THE CHARGES ARE NOT PROV
EN- - THE PERSONS MAKING
THE CHARGES WILL SATISFY
THE BOARD ON THAT POINT
TO-DAY.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-08-10
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TO RAISE A COMPANY.

Special tc the Register.
WESTON, w. VA, August 9.-Cap-
tain G. Karl Kunst has been authorized
to raise one hundred men for the Ma
tional Guard of this State and adver-
Use for men between the ages Of IS
and As.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-08-10
A FAMILY TRAGEDY.
An ohio Woman Murdered Her Husband
and Their Child Then Committed Suicide
The Three Bodies Found by Neighbor,

me Ihfee Bodies Found by "A Neichboi,
CANTON, o., August 9.-The bodies OF
Edward Eckinger, his wife and their thre-
year-old child are lying in the morgue
near Waco, two miles from here
All the evidence points TO a double muir
der and suicide by Mrs. Eckinger The
Eckingers spent the evening with friends
and on their way home were heard quar-
reling. This was the last seen OF them
alive. Seeing no signs of life about the
place this morning, Mrs. Jacob Thurein
investigated and found the dead bodies of
Eckinger, his wife and child. The man
and little girl had been shot through the
heart with double-barreled shotgun, and
the murderess after gashing her wrists
had managed to shoot herself also
Eckinger was coal miner and his wife
was quite well connected.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-08-10
CANNOT FIND A HALL.

LONDON, August 9.-William A. Brady
is experiencing considerable difficulty in
finding a hail suitable for the proposed
Jeffries- Mitchell boxing exhibition. the
sporting club being closed. Mitchell. who
has been training at Brighton, has had
several interviews with Brady and Jeffries
He SAYS he is anxious to meet the Ameri-
can in his best form if Brady can secure
a place,
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-08-10
TO FIGHT THE bOYCOTTERS.
Cleveland Business Men Raise a $40. 900
Fund

TO BE USED IN SURPRISING DIS
ORDER AND TO BACK UP MER-
CHANTS AND OTHERS WHO De-
Fly THE BOYC0TT-B0YC0TT
PUT INTO EFFECT AGAINST
CHURCHES AND SUNDAY
OI4S-ANOTHER BIG CON-
SOIIDATED CAR BLOWN UP
with NITRO GLYCERINE.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-08-10
SECOND BATTALION
Starts From Fairmont for Ten Days
March TO Terra Alta.

Special to the Register.
FAIRMONT, w. VA, August 9.-The
different companies Of the second bat
tallion, West Virginia National Guards,
including Company G, of this place, met
here to-day, formed in line and left for
Terra Alta. They will march through
the country via. Kingwood, and will be
absent ten days.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-08-10
IRON AND STEEL SITUATION.
Pig Iron Production for the Month Of
July Beats All Previous Records,

BUT THE TOP NOTCH HAS NOT
BEEN REACHED, FOR SEVERAL
FURNACES WE'RE LET OUT
DURING JULY AND SEVERAL
NEW FURNACES, BUILDING,
WILL SOON BE PLACING THEIR
PRODUCT-JULYW WEEKLY PRO-
DUCTION MORE THAN $1,000
TONS HEAVIER THAN 1895
MANUFACTURERS OF FINISH
ED MATERIALS STUDYING THE
SITUATION WITH THE VIEW OF
ADVANCING PRICES AGAIN.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-08-10

WASHINGTON. D. G.. August s.-Fore-
cast for Thursday and Fri6ay:
Western Pennsylvania Showers and
thunder storms Thursday afternoon and
probably Friday: sone what b. CHER temper
south winds
Ohio and West yirginia-ghowsrs and
thunder storms Thursdas generally fair
Friday. continued high temperature. fresh
to brisk sautnsr.y Winds
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-08-03

Mr.. BRYAN'S journey from Madis on
to Milwaukee on Monday was IA contin-
ued triumph He began talking from
the rear platform of the car at the first
station out from Madison, Sun Prairie.
He had gotten as far as the words mon
ely sharks which occupy the border
land between slang and authorized Ian
guage, when he got into an alteration
with a bystander who stated they We're
all prosperous at that station.
Then the following colloquy ensued.
i not in d trust or working for trust
That is prosperous.
Bystander I'm that man, sir
Bryan Well, they are so scarce that
they have to be preserved in alcohol.
A delightful rejoinder, which, one who
having had experience as a country boy
has heard SO often at the good old barn
floor dances; and it never failed to create
a laugh as humor was scarce and had to
ment was more mechanical than hearty
1t brought Bryan both laughter and APP
plause This retort has passed the stage
of decomposition and may be unearthed
without offense, and it appears, with
credit, if the exhumer is candidate for
the presidency.
At Marshall half hundred people
came racing toward the train in steeple
chase fashion, jumping bitches and leap
ing fences. One young woman at this
place gave Mr.. Bryan a bouquet. He got
another bouquetat Waterloofrom a young
lady who scrambled oE to the platform
when the train was pulling ont One of
these he tore up at Watertown junction
and distributed among the crowd which
greeted him there as mementoes. George
Francis Train used to distribute his carte
-de-r-site, but his admirers were not SO
numerous The distinguished visitor
crossed the lake on one of the F. d p Nj.
boats to Manistee where he spoke Tues
day night.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-08-03

DOUGLAS ,JERRLD was once i'll con
profane and introduced, almost every re.
mark with an oath. 1t became offensive
as well as tiresome and finally Jerroid
that everybody and everything is damn
ed and then 60 on with the conversation
without giving more heed to the matter
Bryan's speeches are doleful with re
cital of the evils existing and those sur,
to come unless he becomes president I,
spare reiteration we should all assume
that this country has gone to the devi
and give Bryan an opportunity to hev
out new line of thought.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-08-03

SOME person who is more ready to
make statements than careful III being
exact many months ago announced that
England is the great country for trusts
and that England being IA free trade
country, the argument that protective
tariff is favorable to the development OF
trusts is wholly without foundation.
Important if true applies forcibly to
this announcement. 1t is somewhat
amusing to notice how readily this bald
statement has been repeated by those
who deal in second hand thought, as an
incentroyertible fact.
The real fact is that there is no other
country in the world of commercial inn
portance as free from the trust evil us
England is. and this immunity is due to
free trade both directly and indirectly.
Unrestricted foreign competition is "a
bar, as is self-evident, TO the creation of
domestic monopoly, and then sentiment
in England through dissemination of free
trade principles is opposed to fixing prices
by artificial means, These facts should
receive attention if direct information
was not obtainable, before classifying
England rs the mother of trusts
The agitation of the trust question has
led to thorough inquiry of conditions by
economic writers, and Englands com
parative freedom from tru is is one of
the facts brought to light The trust
seems to be most firmly intrenched iii
Germany whose commercial policy is
tending strongly toward protection
The organization of the trust i'll Eu-
rope antedates its formation i'll the Unit
ed States but limited in its operations
and local in its character In no other
country has it attained the development
it has in the United States. This same
thing is true of the policy of protection
The concurrence of the two can lead Il
but one conclusion
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-08-03

AN immense crowd turned out to hear
Bryan at the Monona Lake Assembly.
It was his old speech under new name,
woe unutterable, Subserviency to British
bankers &c, &c. &c. Mr. Rogers in in
PRODUCING him tried parody on Lincoln :
famous utterance which was opposite to
the times when Lincoln said it. II
has as much relevancy to the present
conditions as Lincolns emancipation
proclamation
A place on the platform was reserved
by Chairman Peck for democrat admir-
ers of Bryan of whom there We're great
number. Not as many people We're in
attendance from Milwaukee as was ex
pected from the efforts made to secure q
large attendance The assembly did
well financially in securing Bryan MS III
attraction, the attendance being the
largest in the history of the assembly
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-08-03

THE address to democrats issued by
John Toohey. T. E. Ryan and w. H.
Rogers is really necessary, as the depart
ure from democratic principles the last
three years makes necessary some au-
thority on party policy. The address
makes casual reference only to the pro
tective tariff, the first born of class legis-
lation. Even this is too much in an adj
dress inspired by the spirit responsible
for protective tariff The address de
mands that the price of silver be fixed
by legislation. Exactly what the pro
tectionist asks for the favored class OF
manufacturers
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-08-03

ONE of the changes brought about by
the retirement of Alger is a restoration
of the relations which existed between
the commanding general of the army,
Miles, and the war department Miles
was practically ignored during the Alger
regime. His advice was not sought and
his suggestions We're UNDECIDED. His re-
monstrances were passed upon by pack
ed committee of investigation and he wa:
commanding general only in name These
things will be changed under Root who
is man of character and who has beer
in the habit Of putting some thought IL
his work.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-08-03

THE committee appointed by the Mil
wadkee democracy to issue an address
to the democrats of the state for the pur-
pose of informing them what the issues
are to be- has completed its work and
puts Is to 1 in the foreground. The
committee consists of John Toohey. I. E.
RYAN and w. II. Rogers
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-08-03

IT is reported that the South American
republics and those of Central America
are agitating the question of forming an
alliance to resist the tendency of the
United States toward imperialism. The
ex-president of Venezuela, who is in
New York, states that he has not heard
of such an alliance, but thinks it would
be proper to take steps to guard against
the appetite of this country for expan-
sion
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-08-03

YELLOW FEVER has appeared at Hamp-
ton Va. 1t made its first appearance at
the Soldiers home, but has spread to
village the population of which is large
ly negro. Every effort is made to stamp
out the disease and Quarantine measures
are rigidly enforced. There is great
alarm in adjoining towns and people are
fleeing from the infection.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-08-03

SEEING that Dewey will not talk, the
newspaper correspondents have adopted
the plan of attributing certain things to
him One of the latest purports TO be q
statement from him that our next war
will be with Germany Repeated at
tempts to get Dewey to affirm or deny
that he made the statement have failed
How the old man does husband his
words
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-08-03

KATE CHASE SPRAGUE died at Edge.
wood near Washington on Monday morn
ing. Her career was a most remarkable
one. She was the daughter of distin-
guished jurist and statesman and the
wife of war governor who was distin-
guished as soldier She was beauty
and did not escape the breath of scandal.
Her husbands fortune was swept away
and she secured divorce. She became
greatly reduced in circumstances until
friends came to her relief
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-08-03

THE Milwaukee Bryan Club has strick-
en- the word Democratic" from its title
and now is in name what it is in purpose,
solely a Bryan club and open to all ad-
mirers of the Nebraska politician, no
matter what their politics
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-08-03

The demand for labor in Northern
Wisconsin and Minnesota is something
extraordinary. One firm of contractors
on railway work has advanced wages to
s.. % per day so as to hold the men This
will force shipping contractors in the
mines to advance the wages they are
paying. Mines in some cases are paying
common labor 80 per day, There is
a scarcity of men throughout that sec
ton
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-08-03

THE condition in Cleveland is such
that there is talk of declaring martial
law. People are fearful of riding in
street cars after dark on account of the
liability of being blown up. This is not
a pleasant situation of affairs Martial
law S I fearful alternative and very
dangerous precedent.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-08-03

THE net receipts of the game of base
ball between the state officials and those
of Milwaukee were So, 600. This sum
will be sent to New Richmond. Good
enough But it would have been better
had it been sent directly by the contri-
butors, without requiring as condition
precedent that Is people cripple them
selves for sweet charity's sake
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-08-03

THE wholesale liquor dealers are or,
ganizing to make war on the Whiskey
Trust. They will receive strong support
as most men who indulge will not have
a corner on their toddy.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-08-03

have tried the boycott a last resort
1t seems strange that men possessed of
sense should employ something which
cannot fail TO injure their cause in pub
lie estimation.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-08-03

ONE of the results of the Hague con-
ference is that war from balloons is to
be tabooed. This is progression, as war
from balloons has not yet come into be-
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-08-03

THE sol Tiers of the Nebraska regiment
lately returned from the Philippines are
loud in their expressions of disapproval
of General Otis The administration will
act wisely in disseminating the suppress
sion of facts
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-08-03

ALGER is now putting in d defense
against the criticisms made upon his
management of the war department..
Very few will take the pains to read it,
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-08-03

If Gov. Pingree is as good an enter
tainer us he is vociferous in his welcome,
his table must be good place under
which TO spread ones legs
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-08-03

Now that Luetgert is dead there are
numerous confessions of his coming to
light. Some of those to whom he con-
fessed should enter the lecture field
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-08-03

IT is said that the United States gov
eminent has some thoughts of interfe-
ring in the affairs of San Domingo, only
to restore order