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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-10-16
SAILED FOR AMERICA.

LONDON. October 15.-Sir Henry r.
wing and Miss Helen Terry, with their
full company, sailed for the United
States this morning on the Atlantic
transport steamer Marquette, which is
due to arrive in New York on October
18th or 26th. To representative OF
the Associated Press, Sir Henry sale
he believed that he never visited the
United States under more suspicious
circumstances on account OF the pres
ent good feeling existing between the
two nations. He will open in New York
in ..Robespierre.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-10-16
DELAYED KILOGRAMS.
showing the Situation at Various Points
saturday.

Showing the Situation at Various Points
saturday.
CAPE TOWN, October 14.-Oe-
layed in Transmission 1.-THE German
consul general has issued a proclama-
ton of neutrality, commanding all Ger
mans to hold aloof from hostilities.
DURHAM, October 14.-(Delayed in
Transmission.)'-C Communication by
means of scouts is maintained between
Ladysmith and Acton Homes, while it
is reported the Beers from Tintwa pass
contemplate attacking.
The Free State lager below Van
Reenan's Pass is said to be four miles
long and to have at least twelve guns.
1t is expected that it will await the
British attack.
CAPE TOWN, October tide
layed in Transmission. )-Five hundred
Boer troops occupy Border siding,
northward of Fourteen Streams, with
cannon, where they are awaiting or
ders to destroy the line or attack Four
teen Streams.
The railway telegraph officials have
abandoned Maribogo. The nearest
British point of communication to Ma
feking, therefore. is understood to be
Setlagoli, sixty miles away
While it is the general belief that the
Beers are attacking Mafeking, there IS
still no confirmation of the reports. II
the Beers had met with any success it
would surely have been announced, as
the only telegraphic communication is
in the hands of the burghers. The alb
sence of news, therefore. is regarded as
good sign
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-10-16
HORRORS FOR HORSES.
A Descr p ion of the Way Animals Are
Being Shipped to Manila.

SAN FRANCISCO, October 15.-The
steamer Gaelic brings the following
adviees from Honolulu under date Of
October Sth. The hospital ship Relief
and the transports Tacoma, Sherman
and Grant have all departed for Manila.
The transport Centennial arrived from
San Francisco on the 5th. She brought
three hundred horses, sixty of them
hanging on sings and ready to die
from simple exhaustion. Two of them
died after reaching port.
The horses had been at sea eight
days, each one fastened to a stall just
wide enough and long enough for its
body. For eight days the suffering
animals had no sleep, nor rest what
ever. The horses started as fresh
spirited animals, brought from Nevada
and Oregon. They arrived thin and
jaded, a large proportion of them only
kept alive by stimulants. About
twenty gallons of alcohol was given
the horses during the Centennial's
trip. The animals were unloaded here
and will be turned out to pasture until
the return of the transport from San
Francisco.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-10-16
STEYN AND KRUGER
Are in Constant Communication by Tele-
DhOne

Are in Constant Communication by Tele-
phone.
CAPE TOWN, October 15.-Presl-
dent Steyn, of the Orange Free State,
and President Kruger of the Transvaal
maintain direct telephone connection.
Aliwalnorth dispatches say that FIRE.
rebridge, which heretofore has been
great aid to Boer spies, is now closed
and guarded by Cape police. 1t is ru-
mored that the Beestekraal commando
strengthened by 800 Beers from Smith
field, is menacing Aliwalnorth. A KAT
fir brought to Vryburg by the return
ing hospital train, says he has passed
the scene of the recent armored train
disaster and saw several bodies of
white men laying there. There is no
reliable news from either Ladysmith or
Glencoe, except that a patrol from the
latter place exchanged shots with a
small body of Beers on the road to
Helpmakoar.
All reports agree that the Beers may
occupy New Castle. Boer tents have
been discovered eight miles southeast
of Kimberley. Great clouds of dust seen
ten miles to the eastward of Kimberley
this morning seem to indicate the move
ment of large body of troops with
wagons. Two imperial officers at mid
day also discovered column of four
hundred Beers going in the direction
of Modder river bridge from Johannes
burg.
Small parties of Beers, evidently on
a communicating expedition, have pass
ed the Kaffir river. There are long
Commands on either Side of the rail-
way. The burghers say they will have
two thousand men. They probably in
tend to join the other force in camp last
night seven miles from the Cape Col
ony border.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-10-16
SPECIALIZING
AS to When here May Be Enough
Wind to Allow the Yachts to
Go Over the Course.

NEW YORK, October 15.-The Col
umbia and Shamrock did not leave
| their mornings inside Sandy Hook to-
day. 1t was an off day for the crews
of both boats and barring watch of
half a dozen men on each craft, not a
soul was on board.
The Columbia's crew is not suffering
bit from the many attempts to have
| a race, but the men would like a see
a good sailing breeze before the snow
flies, they say, as they are not anxious
to handle the sails when it Is cold
enough to stiffen the canvas and rig
ging. Most of the Shamrock's men
were ashore at Sandy Hook all the
forenoon. They visited as many points
of interest about the place as the gov
eminent officials would allow Cap
tains Hogarth, Wringe and Parker
have predicted that there will be no
wind until Tuesday or Wednesday, or
until the moon changes, and as they
made this statement several days ago
to Sir Thomas Upton, and the forecast
has so far proven true, the opinion Of
these experts is well worth consider
alton
Captain Matthews, of the Erin, a
| skipper with as long if not longer ex-
! perience on the water, holds the con-
trary opinion, and says that there is
| just as likely to be steady wind to-
morrow as a week from that time, and
| that the change of moon has been
proven by statistics to have nothing
whatever to do with the weather con-
ditions.
Sir Thomas Lipton's patience is
about exhausted, but he hopes to see
the races finished this week. He said
the reason he did not sail on the Sham
| rock during the races, was that his
men did not want him aboard as it was
| apt to make them nervous and more
greatly pleased to learn that his boat
had great many friends and hackers.
There is a feeling among the Column
bia people that the public has been
| misled to a degree in regard to the
handling of the Columbia on race days
They feel that certain comments have
been unjust, in that they lead one to be-
lieve that Captain Barr is entirely alone
SO far as professional talent is con-
cerned. A yachtsman of national rep
| utation deeply interested in the Co
lumbia's success, authorized the Asso-
ciated Press to say that not only is
Captain Barr not alone in the sailing
i Of the American boat, but that he has
at all times at his side for immediate
counsel and advice the most skillful
yacht sailor in the world in the person
of Nat Herreshoff.
Fair weather is again predicted for
tomorrow. For a period of ten days
or more an almost unbroken calm has
prevailed around and about New York
To the north along the New England
coast and over the famous Marblehead
course, which eastern yachtsmen are
so fond of talking about, good yachting
weather has prevailed. Yachts have al
times reached as high as ten to fifteen
knots. From the south and west sim
| liar reports come
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-10-16

s1ackened speed when it was observed
that the rails ahead had been up-torn.
The brakes were applied, but the en-
CINE passed onto one of the rails partly
raised and was derailed. The occu-
pants Immediately righted the engine.
At the same time it was observed that
a party of Beers were galloping into
line east of the railway, but we'll on
the Cape Colony side of the border.
Some of the persons on the train de-
clared that they saw a cannon pointed
at the train. The intention of the
Beers was apparently hostile. The
train ran back to Vryburg at full
speed, the engine flying white flag
with a red cross. Picks and shovels
were seen lying about and the Beers
had apparently been disturbed while
removing the rails.
1t is learned that previous to the
starting of the train Maribogo tele-
phoned Vryburg asking that the train
operator at Vryburg recognized the
voice as that of European store clerk.
In view of the subsequent report that
the Beers were removing the rails, it
is believed that the Beers compelled
the clerk to speak through the phone.
The nearest Boer command to Vry-
burg is Laagered, north of Schweizer-
renek, twenty miles distant and two
miles inside the Transvaal. The com
mando sent a message to the Vryburg
railway station that if the delivery Oh
three wagonloads of meat and two
wogan loads of sugar received a week
ago, were refused, the Beers would
send six hundred men to take them.
This morning all the goods at the sta
ton were made up on two special
trucks.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-10-16

the Schreiner ministry to Cape Colony
has been dismissed and that Mr.. Ross
Innis had been asked to form cabi-
net. The rumors. however, are with
out foundation.
Sir Alfred Miner has wired to Mr..
Chamberlain the text of the .inflamma-
tory circular which Field Cornet Viii
joen circulated in Johannesburg some
weeks ago with view of incenslng
the Afrikanders on both sides Of the
Orange republic against England.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-10-16
THE CENSORSHIP
Prevents the Receipt of News at Durham,
Except in Fragments.

Prevents tho Receipt of News at Durham,
Except in Fragments
DURHAM, October 15.-Owing to the
rigorous censorship maintained news
from the front is greatly delayed, and
reaches here in disjointed dispatches.
1t is learned from an authentic source
that large number of troops, includ-
ing cavalry, artillery and infantry,
left Ladysmith early Friday morning
with wagons, going in the direction Of
Acton Homes, where the Beers are re-
ported to be encamped. The Dublin
fusiliers arrived from Glencoe by train
at II o'clock and proceeded in the
same direction. There has been no en-
gagement, the Beers retreating. The
British troops remain at a point ten
miles from Ladysmith with the excep-
ton of the Dublin fusiliers who re-
turned to Glencoe, Gen. Sir William Sy-
mons having wired that an attack was
expected there Saturday morning The
Beers possess Brakwal station, % miles
west of Ladysmith, and detachments
have also been seen by carbineers at
Besters, two stations nearer. The car
bineers retired and the Beers retreated
in the direction of Brakwal.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-10-16
KIMBERLEY Is
BES|ECED BY Beers.
The Diamond Town Cut Off by Rail
and Wire.
Object Believed to be Capture Of
Cecil Rhodes.

TT is PROBABLE THERE HAS BEEN
HARD FIGHTING AT MAIZE
KING, BUT DEFINITE NEWS is
LACKING NARROW ESCAPE OF
AN ENGLISH HOSPITAL TRAIN
FROM CAPTURE YESTERDAY
THE TRANSVAAL FLAG HOIST
ED AT CHARLESTOWN, AND
PROBABLY ALSO AT NEW CAS-
TLE-KRUGER AND STEYN IN
CONSTANT COMMUNICATION
ANXIETY IN LONDON OVER THE
SITUATION - CEN so RS H T
MAKES NEWS-GETTING Diff
CULT.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-10-16
The TIN Plate TRUST.
An Excellent Sample Of a Republican
Tariff Trust.

ITS MONOPOLY IS COMPLETE AND
1T ARBITRARILY RAISES
PRICES TO THE TARIFF LIMIT.
TO MAINTAIN IT'S ARTIFT-
CIALLY HIGH PRICES IT HAS
CLOSED MORE THAN THIRTY
MILI4S-TO MAINTAIN IT'S MON
OPOLY. IT HAS MADE IT TdPOS-
SIBLE FOR OUTSIDERS TO OBJ
TAIN EITHER MILLS OR RAW
MATERIALS = IT'S OFFICERS
FORMED THE NATIONAL
STEEL COMPANY, WHICH CON-
Trolls THE SUPPLY OF TIN
PLATE BARS - ITS POWER
OVER PRODUCT AND PRICES
is ALMOST ABSOLUTE WHILE
PROTECTED BY A HIGH
TARIFF.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-10-16
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THE VANDERBILT WILL

NEW YORK, October Ex-senator
Chauncey NJ Depew was asked to-day
when the will of the late Cornelius
Vanderbilt was likely to be probated,
and he replied that the matter had not
been decided by those directly inter-
ested.
No conference has been had in re-
gard to the matter" the Senator ex-
planned.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-10-16
WITHOUT FoJJNDATIoN.

CAPE TOWN, October Is, p. NJ
The rumor that heavy engagement
had occurred at Spytsfontein is with
out foundation. The railway authori-
ties have received a despatch announc-
ing that the railway line was torn up
for two miles beyond the Modder river.
but no mention was made of fighting
having occurred.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-10-16
A GREAT RECEPTION.

CAPE TOWN, October 5.zConyng-
ham Greene, from Pretoria, and Consul
Evans, from johannesburg, have ar
rived here. Mr.. Greene was accorded
significant reception. A crowd of
5000 persons who had gathered, sang
Rule Britannia, and God Save the
Queen,
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-10-16
THE ENGLISH STRENGTH IN
NATAL.

DURHAM, October 15.-Following is
the strength and disposition of the
troops in Natal:
At Ladysmith, seven batteries. 80
guns, 1000 infantry; at Estcourt 200
volunteers and at Colenzo 427 volun-
teers. The force at Pietermaritzburg,
make a total of $4,000 men in Natal.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-10-16
OUT OF DANGER.

WASHINGTON October r.
Friends of Senator n. B. Scott. of West
Virginia, have received word from Nor
gantown. ". Va. where he has been
seriously i'll. that the Senator has re-
covered so rapidly that he is now con-
sidered out of danger.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-10-16
BRITISH HOSPITAL TRAIN

Has n Narrow Escape from Capture by
the Beers.
VRYBURG, Cape Colony. October
ia hospital train that started for
Maribogo has just returned after an
adventurous journey. 1t had reached
curve on culvert seven hundred
yards south af MariDogo and had just
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-10-16
| 70 FIGHT BELL MONOPOLY.
The Federal Telephone Company, With
a Capital Of S1O,OOO,OOO,
INCORPORATED UNDER THE NEW
JERSEY LAW-IT REPRESENTS
INDEPENDENT AND Compel
ING COMPANIES, WITH $4,000
900 OF ACTUAL ASSETS.

corporation of the Federal Telephone
Company in Trenton, n j., with a cap
ital of $10,000,0O0, one of the first
moves in far reaching plan is made.
1t is for combination of the the
Western telephone companies opposed
to the Bell Telephone Company, the
total aggregate of whose plants and
stock is about $4,000, O0o
This company is formed with one
representative from each of the indie
pendent companies, for the purpose of
holding, controlling and voting upon
the stock of the independent companies,
thus uniting them in one association.
Each company, which is domestic to
the State where it is organized pos
sesses now its own franchise and
lines, and this company is not organ
lied to take over these lines, franchises
and exchanges, but for the control Of
them through the ownership of the
stock.
PROVISION TO RETAIN CONTROL.
The certificate of Incorporation Of
the Federal Telephone Company con-
tains a somewhat unusual and hitherto
almost unknown provision, to the
effect that f1fty-one per cent of the
stock of the Federal Telephone Com
pany may be pooled in the hands of
a trustee for the purpose of securing
the voting powers in one hand.
The alleged object Of this provision
is to put control of the company, and
through it a control of the subsidiary
companies, out of the possible reach
of the Bell Telephone Company. The
methods by which the Bell Telephone
Company has crus he'd opposition in the
past by buying up stock of. rival COM
panies or by placing men in its inter-
ests in the board of directors of such
companies is we'll known, and this pro-
vision is made so that by no possible
means can the Bell company get con-
trolling interest in any of the sub
sidiary companies or be able to obtain
control of the new corporation through
wiping out the subsidiary companies
one by one.
IN THE COMBINATION.
The actual assets of the companies
in this deal are $72,OOO,OOO, and among
the companies in the combination are
the Independent Telephone Company,
of Chicago, better known as the Auto
matte Company; the telephone COM
panies of Cleveland, Cincinnati, St.
Louis and Indiana, and the various
telephone companies which to-day have
practically a long distance line from
Cincinnati and st. Louis to Pittsburg.
In a conference of the Independent
Telephone Company, at Chicago, last
week, the combination was effected.
The incorporators, f. W. Garvin, j. S.
Garvin and Charles F. Smith, all Of
East Orange, N. j., are all in the office
of James B. Dill, who Is the counsel
of the new company.
Mr.. Dill stated yesterday that as far
as he knew there was no connection
between the Federal Telephone Com
pany and the Peoples Telephone Cor
poration, of New York, which is the
Independent Telephone Company, Of
New York city.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-10-16

Mr.. C. Schnepf the Opera House drug
gisf. made the following observations Of
the temperature yesterday: a. M 81 8
a m. 81: II m. rs; p. m. Sc; o. m. u.
Weather fair.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-10-16
The weather.

WASHINGTON. October I5.-Forecagt
for Monday and Tuesday.
For West Vfrginia-Fair Monday and
Tuesday. cooler Tuesday. southerly winds
For Western Pennsylvania and Ohio
Fair Monday and Tuesday, cooler Tues
dayay: brisk southerIy winds.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-10-16

The Register published the fact that
steps were being taken in Chicago to
form this company about a week ago.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-07-21
OTIC TO .AO-owNERs.

TIC Patrick W. Murray and the estate Of
Nicholas Ayers, your heirs. executors,
administrators II assigns:
You are hereby notified that the Under.
signed. your co-cw.ers, in accordance
with the provisions Of section 1924 Of the
Revised Statutes Of the United States.
expended in labor and improvements on
Of which is recorded in Book &C." at page
1873, of the records OF lode claims of said
the Lottie quartz lode ndning claim. stu
ate In the Summit Valley mining district.
silver Bow county. Montana, the notice
county, the sum Ct one hundred ($1OO)
dollars in the yea: 1896. 81 $500, % $10V.
'99 500, in representing the said lode
claim for the saj6 years, said payment
covering the portion Of h representa-
ton of said claim. which belongs to your
interest and that of the undersigned.
And If within ninety days after the conf
pletion Of the service of this notice by
publication. o fail or refuse to pay the
undersigned your proportion of the said
representation work. your share (P. w.
Murray $100, and the estate Of Nicholas
Ayers $25, for representing work in the
year 1899, according to your interest in
the said mining claim, hat your inter-
est in the said lode claim will become
the property OF the undersigned in ac-
cordance with the provisions of said sec.
ton 1924 of the Revised Statutes of the
United States.
MICHAEL WARD.
Butte. Mont. June l. 1888.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-07-21
TOO LATE 70 HEDGE.

With Alger's resignation the democratic
newspapers have discovered their mis-
take in playing the game of politics. The
secretary of war was a convenient target.
and they hoped he would remain at his
post of duty until he was SO thoroughly
peppered by the pop-guns Of the demo-
cratic party that his remains would be
scattered all over the fair escutcheon of
the national administration. Then they
would proceed to show up the rusty spots
in the campaign of 1900. But when Alger
suddenly toppled off the pedestal Of per-
fdy they had erected for him, into obliv-
ion, there was weeping and wailing
among the crack shots of the democracy.
Had they made their attacks upon the
president instead of Alger, they would not
now feei tina: their efforts to make poll
teal capital had proved so fruitless. But
They pointed their finger at the secretary
OF war and yelled in ~unison-"Thou art
the man!" And now alas, Alger has quit
the works. OF course, the democratic
newspapers will make an effort to trans
fer their charges of murder and arson
and other crimes from Alger to the presi-
dent, on the same theory that the Chin
csc authorities execute some other men,
Der of the family when the real criminal
escapes. But the Chinese system of jur-
~isprudence will network in American poll
ties.
The democrats must confess their mis-
take in wasting ammunition too far in adj
vance of the battle of 1900, for which they
innocently thought they were preparing
| themselves. Though the charges against
Alger were trumped up for political pur-
poses, they were strictly Algerian and
cannot now be transferred to other
shoulders. To attempt to do so is to add
idiocy to mendacity. The democrats can
simply charge the mis-hole to a bad fuse,
and heap reproach upon Alger for having
gotten out of their way.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-07-21
A MACEDONIAN cay.

1t appears that Mr.. Bryan recently in
Dictated his willingness to stop off in Salt
Lake about the 25th of August and make
a speech, provided the reception proffered
him could be made a non-partisan affair,
with democrats, %populists and silver re-
publicans participating. But the silver
republicans of Utah, who were treated
about the same as they were in Montana,
refused to resume their non-partisan
relations with the democracy. The spider
and the fly business could not be sue
publieans taking the part of the fly.
Utah silver republicans had measured
the bimetallic fidelity of the democracy
and found that it's free coinage senti-
ments began and left off with it's appe-
tite for office.
Mr.. Bryan's effort to coax the silver re-
non-partisan movement to boom his IAN
didacy for the presidency, coming as it
does after the experiences of 1895, makes
about as much impression as the tinkling
cymbal did on the children of God. Last
year the democracy issued it's fiat against
the cooperation of the silver parties; it
made war on the policy of fusion; it
served notice on the American people
that democrats n democrats alone
would ave in the pure white fountain of
bimetallism. Now, as the rugged rocks
Of opposition loom up in the flashing fury
of the waves in the ancient sea Of de-
mocracy, and the late impertinent So
called silver wing of that party finds
itself about to take a header to the locker
of Davy Jones. a Macedonian cry arises
"Come over and help us!'
Mr.. Bryan. who lacked the courage to
vote for the retention of a free coinage
man at the head Of the press bureau of
the national democratic committee yes
terday, had the courage to ask the silver
republicans Of Utah to take part in a
"non-partisan'a reception Of a demo-
cratic candidate for the presidency. He
received for an answer that there We're
no silver republicans at his disposal.