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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-06-20
COM MITTEES
Appointed by Mayor A. 7. Sweeney
to Assist in the Entertainment Of
the Distinguished Party From
Cincinnati To-Day The Pro
gramme.

The party of Cincinnati officials who
will come to Wheeling to-day for the
purpose of inspecting the city gas
plant, will be handsomely entertained
while here. The committees will as
semble at the city building at nine
O'Clock, where carriages will be fur
nished. They will proceed to the B.
& o. depot and escort the visitors to
and through the gas works. Later
they will visit the gas Office, where
the books will be opened for their
inspection. At two o'clock they will be
taken TO Wheeling Park, where brief
addresses will be made by Mayor
Sweeney, Mayor Tafel, of Cincinnati,
and Others. Luncheon will be served
and bowling will be INDUCED in. The
Cincinnati party inspected the munich
pal gas plant at Hamilton, O., yester-
day.
Mayor Sweeney has named the fol-
assist in the entertaining the visitors,
namely:
Gas Board-E. Buckman, Dr. Ford,
Julius Pollock, Godfrey Sehul, Frank +.
Thompson.
Water Board-H F. Jones, John E.
Schellhase, C. NJ. Oliver.
County-H. p. McGregor. Richard
Robertson, II. c. Richards, c. II. Hen
ming.
City-A. F. Sweeney, F. w. Nesbitt,
Robert ID. Kline. ]. X. Hall. A l..
White, Thomas O'Brien. Jr., William
NJ. Clemans. Alex II. Forgey. Walter
Worls.
Citizens-J. r. Butts, Anton Rey-
mann, Paul o. Reymann, Chas. Horst
man.
Council-Second branch, J. P. Max
well, w. B. McMechen, Andrew Korn,
Philip Maurer; First branch, NJ. A..
Chew, John Warehouse, William NJ.
Baird, William Knoke.
Chamber of Commercials. Speidel,
Frank G. Caldwell, Augustus Pollock.
Board of Public Works-H. Schmul-
bach, F. J. Park, w. H. Hornish.
The Press-John Frew, c. H. fancy,
H. c. Ogden, Louis Calmar.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-06-20
COUNTER AFFIDAvITS
To Be Flied by the State in the Colts
Barratry Case.

Barratry Case.
1t will be remembered that Attorney
NJ F. Dryden supported his motion and
argument for a new trial in the w. j.
Colts barratry case, with affidavits that
Juror Morgan 0. Miller stated that
Colts affirmation, instead of taking an
oath, "queered him with the jury"
etc. Hon. John o. Pendleton, assistant
attorney for the State, has secured an
affidavit from Mr.. Miller, which will
be offel ed in the Criminal Court, and
which follows:
He says that he did not on the 10th
day of June, 1899, or at any other time,
say to the said Dryden: "The fact
that Colts refused to swear and simply
affirmed, queered me and the whole
jury and we found him guilty nor did
he say anything similar. Affiant fur
Their says that he may have inquired Of
Mr.. Dryden why Colts wouldn't take an
oath and that it seemed queer to him,
and he may have suggested that Colts
might be an infdel or an atheist. He
further says that Mr.. Dryden started
the conversation with reference to the
matter of his (Cotts) affirming. At
faint further says that he did not say
that Colts affirming "queered" the
jury. Affiant further says than on the
10 day of June, 1899, the said ]. E. Nc
Culley stopped him on the street AMI
began talking to him (afianD about
the Colts case Afiant says that he
did not say to the said McCulley in
that or in any other conversation that
Colts affirming was what knocked
me, and it knocked the whole Jury
no rdid he use any similar words. He
may have asked McCulley why Colts
did not swear and hay have suggested
that he might be an infidel or an
atheist. Affiant further says that the
fact of Colts affirming and not swear
ing had no effect on him or on his YER
dict, nor does he believe that it had
any influence on any of the jurors in
making UP their verdict. Under the
evidence he believed Colts guilty and
thinks that the rest of the jury did the
same.
Later in the day Juror Rudolph Scha-
fer, who also sat upon the case, made
an affidavit before John Pendleton, as
follows:
AT the park Mr. Dryden approached
affiant and got him into conversation
and wished to know why his client.
Colts, had been convicted and told the
affiant that it was all over now and he
could tell him anything now Affiant
said one of the farmers on the jury
didn't like the way Colts swore. The
oath or affirmation had nothing what
ever TO do with the verdict and we all
believed him guilty under the evidence.
As soon as the jury went out. without
any discussion. they took a ballot and
found Colts guilty by unanimous vote.
We then talked the matter over in the
room and the affirmation had no effect
upon the verdict. Mr.. DRYDEN said that
he had depended great deal on me in
said trial, a personal friend of his"
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-06-20

deserves more than usual credit for the
splendid programme OF music rendered
upon that occasion. The numbers were
especially arranged for the occasion,
and under the direction of Prof Hart
mann, the organist. were rendered with
an effect and precision which calls for
deserved praise. Prof. Hartmann's Sc
lections were especially good, the
voluntary consisting OF two move
ments, being particularly noticeable
for clear-cut work where the technical
difficulties were unusually prominent
Mrs. George B. Caldwell, soprano, and
the ladies and gentlemen of the choir
are to be congratulated, with Prof.
Hartmann, upon the success they
achieved.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-06-20
A BAD FALL.
w. j. Bodley Seriously Injured in
an Accident on the South Side
Yesterday Morning.

William j. Bodley, the well-known
contractor. of East Jacob street. was
the victim of serious accident. oc-
curing on the South Side yesterday
morning about $50 o'clock.
Mr.. Bodley was standing on a
scaffold at the top of one OF his build
ings at No 1886 Market street, and
was engaged in pointing chimney. In
stepping from the scaffold to the roof
for the purpose of getting a supply OF
mortar, he lost his foothold, and fell
to the ground below, distance OF
about tnirtyfve feet. As a result his
left hip and left wrist were broken and
ne sustained number of very painful
bruises. He was picked up in a dazed
condition and was removed to his home
in the ambulance
The injured man was attended by
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-06-20
NEW OFFICERS CHOSEN.

The Columbia Dramatic and Musical
club of the st. Alphonsus church. at
their regular monthly meeting last
evening, elected the following new of
ficers for the ensuing year: President.
Peter Jochum; vice president. William
Grobb: secretary. John Grobb: treas
urer, George Zierowck; musical direc-
tor, Prof. A. ]. Schiller: directors. Al
bert Beltz. Jacob Del, Joseph Feis and
John Bierkostle
The club will celebrate their first
anniversary in July. The installation
of the new officers will take place and
will be followed by a banquet.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-06-20
UNWARRANTED CRITICISM.
Newspapers Questionable Method of Let
ting Itself Down Rasy.

The friends of Coroner A. c. Beet
ham, of Bellaire, are indignant at the
statement appearing in an evening pa
per casting utterly unwarranted re-
Election upon his official decision in the
Purvis case at Bridgeport. The opin-
ion of DR.. Vosburg and DR.. Depler, of
Bridgeport, who assisted at the au-
topsy, comedies substantially with
those of DR.. Beetham, as shown by their
testimony recorded at the inquest, and
the clearness with which the cause of
death was defined leaves no room for
cayil or insinuation. Coroner Beetham,
when talked to last evening, said there
was not symptom of the causes
which led to the woman's death that
could be traced to the bruises found
upon her person. The testimony of
those who saw deceased before she
died proved conclusively that she was
suffering from paralysis caused by cere-
bral hemorrhage The idea that the
brain disorder could have resulted from
purely external injury in the region
of the abdomen is preposterous TO the
sound judgment of the most unSkilled.
An injury below the waist might cause
paralysis to the lower limbs if severe
enough, but could not possibly effect
the nerve system above that point.
The woman's left side was paralyzed
and this condition affected the right
side of her face in what is Familiarity
known as cross paralysis The evil
denee of this was so plain as to be OBJ
yious to members of the medical pro-
fession.
The fact appears TO be that the paper
referred to was hasty in announcing
the Purvis affair as red-handed murder
and now wants TO let itself down easy
by blaming the coroner for not render
ing decision in accordance with its
flaming headlines
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-06-20
BUSINESS AND INDUSTRIAL.

STEEL. TIN AND HOOP STOCKS.
The following quotations on Ameri-
can Tin, National Steel and Hoop
stocks are furnished by Howard HaE-
lett, National Exchange Bank build
ing:
Opening-Tin. preferred. SAY. COM
mon, SO: steel. preferred. Seh, COM
mon 49Ss; hoop preferred. 76is.
Closing-Tin, preferred, s6ia, COM
mon, 35S4; steel, preferred. no market,
common 1874; hoop, preferred, 70.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-06-20
Alexander,
Good shoes, 1OA0 Main.

DR.. Frank Hupp and DR.. Plants. and
receiving the necessary medical aid re-
covered considerably from the shock
Last evening he was resting easily and
there were some hopes for his recovery.
The escape Of Mr.. Bodley from instant
death was considered as being quite
miraculous.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-06-20
Special This Week.,

This week we will give % per cent dis
count on our entire stock OF Diamonds
and Watches. This means that you vii
have over 50 90 worth OF diamonds And
watches 10 select from and get 81 per
cent Of our regular prices. A 5000 dIa-
mond or watch VIII cost you 5000 at fn7s
sale a saving OF 1900 10 you We have
diamonds from $50 TO $50 90 each. Ia
dies and gents watches from $3.50 10
xfZ5 % each, and we give you % per cent
discount OF regular prices
New style Shirt Waist Sets at % per
cent of regular prices.
Rogers best Silver Knives and Forks
g 10 per dozen
Sterling Silver Ring Bracelets, the best
quality. at 20 cents each.
We are giving special bargains in over
siiverware this week
Shelf Bros,
Corner Main and Eleventh Strata
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-06-20

The steamer Jewel will continue her
Sunday outings to East Liverpool. leav-
ing the wharf each Sunday at a. M.
making stops at all points and return
ing at $50 p. m.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-06-20
MUSICAL.

The choir of the Second Presbyterian
church, at which religious edifice the
baccalaureate sermon for the High
School graduates was preached by the
Rev. Joseph Speers, Sunday evening,
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-06-20
DBNFORD DEAD.
Sixteenth Ohio District Congressman
Passed Away Yesterday.

AFTER A LINGERING ILLNESS,
DEATH ENSUES FROM A GEN
ERAL BREAKING DOWN OF THE
SYSTEM-HAD BEEN GRADUAL
LY SINKING SINCE SUNDAY
NIGHT-SKETCH OF HIS CA
REER.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-06-20

OIL CITY. Pa, June 19.-Credit bal.
anees, s1.l3; certificates, $114. Ship
ments. $4,000; average. 10000. Runs,
$4,000; everage. 79,50O.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-06-20
Only % to Cincinnati and Return, via the
II. q.

Go with the Arion. Mozart, Beethoven
and Maennerchor Singing Socities TO
Cincinnati Wednesday, June 2Sth.
Special train will leave B. & o. station
$3.50 a. m. Fare for the round trip only
$500. Tickets valid for return passage
until July 3rd, inclusive
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-06-20

Auction at Miller's dry goods store.
1887 Chapline street, every afternoon
and evening
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-06-20
Millinery.

ONE-HALF PRICE SALE.
Fine Trimmed Hats 75e up.
soc Sailors Csc.
75c Sailors 39c.
sl.00 Sailors 49c.
$3.50 Sailors SOC.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-06-20
Comic Opera.

Three Black Nantes" at Wheeling
Park Casino, June goth and 2lst
Chorus of so people handsomely cos
tuned.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-06-20

Auction at Miller's dry goods store.
1887 Chapline street. every afternoon
and evening.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-06-20
Dry Goods.

$500 yards Percale. 37sc. 4c. 4Isc:
worth 12iAc.
LACES, LACES- PRICE.
SILK RIBBONS-ONE-HA PRICE.
HOSIERY CHEAP.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-06-20
Summer Underwear.

Big sale OF Ladies' Vests.
Muslin Underwear.
Gents light weight Shirts and
Drawers, 19c UP.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-06-20
JeWelry.

Fine Shirt Waist Sets, Belt Buckles
and Clasps. Bracelets, Watch Chains,
Collar Buttons.
Ladies White Belts 15c, 19c, 25c.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-06-20
Dress Skirts

Big line Duck and light weight
Dress Skirts, s118 up.
Summer Neckwear.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-06-20
IN SOCIETY.

Invitations have been issued for the
wedding of Mr. Frank Altmeyer ard
Miss Rose Garrity. TO take place at st.
Joseph's cathedral on the 18th inst
Both narties reside on the South Side.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-06-20
Clothing.

Big sale on Mems Suits.
Big sale on Boys Suits.
Light Weight Clothing cheap.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-06-20
Gents Summer Shirts.

Big line at 19c. Csc, 39c, ACC.
Gents nice light weight Hats, 81
kind for 43e See them.
STRAW HATS ONE-HALF PRICE
SOx. SOX. SOX.
LADIES WRAPPERS ONE HALF
PRICE.
Summer COrsets CSC
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-06-20
THE RACKET.
Shirt Waists.

Fine line White and Colored Shirt
Waists one-half price. See them.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-12-22
THEY CAN'T SHAKE HANNA.
The Ohio Republican Boss Is Not
Disposed to Step Down
and Out.

Whoever started the report that Sen
ntor Mark Hanna would quit" so long
as he had any political interests or
friends to help, either did not know the
man, was misled by false information
or willfully sought, for some purpose,
to create a false impression among
the people.
Senator Hanna is a mild-mannered,
mild-looking, mild-speaking man. So
was Truthful James," but when, in
the language peculiar to his associa-
tions, it came to "show down." James
was a frightful terror and his enemies
took a Filipino gait to the refuge of tail
prairie grass or some friendly bit of
timber growth in the immediate vi
cinity.
The senator has many of the same
attributes, directed, of course. in the
approved channels of a higher civiliza
ton. Some of this may be charged to
environment. The senator grew up
with the fighting McCooks. He used to
hobnob with Edwin NJ. Stanton when
court was in session, despite disparity
in years. He heard Garfield preach,
lived across the creek from Vallandig-
ham, lived in the same valley with Nc
h1H1eN anu III lue very StOA VI
trouble in the old anti-slavery days.
This was a school for courage, per-
sistency and lasting qualities. He
fought his way to the front in the bust
ness world. No one ever got the best
of him without knowing that there had
been an awful fight. He never went out
in search of friends, but those TO whom
he processes that relationship can de-
pend on him through all kinds of wealth
er and all seasons of the year. He knows
nothing about letting go when he has
taken hold. He is not always tactful or
polite, but he is in deadly earnest and
has the tenacity of purpose that char
acterized the lamented Zach Chandler.
Right or wrong in the estimation OF
opposing critics, when Senator Hanna
charts out a course he is going to sail
it or go down trying. If any of his OPP
ponents have based their plans on the
belief that the prospect of rough wealth
er will drive him to harbor they will be
wise to make different Engagements
Detroit Free Press.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-12-22
M'KINLEY AND HIS PARTY.
;orrnpt Republican Bosses VIII.
Stand by Their Patron Only
So Long as 1T Pays.

The current talk of an early republic
n convention in Ohio next year, in
rder to set the pace and guard against
any opposition to the denomination of
he president which may crop out" is
uu of interest and significance. Why
hould anything of the sort be neces-
ary? The field may be surveyed in
avery direction, without disclosing an
iyowed candidate against Mr.. McKin-
ey. To all appearances, the next re-
publican convention will be nothing
nore than a ratificati ton meeting to put
through, without opposition or protest.
the second term plans Of President Nc
Einley and: Mr.. Hanna.
That doubtsand apprehensions should
pc entertained in Ohio is most singular
of ali. Ohio has just recorded, so the
administration mathematicians tell US.
a verdict of sweeping approval and
Endorsement of the Mckinley admins
tration. Every vote cast for Nash was.
of course, vote in favor of the second
term; every vote cast for Jones was
cast, according to the official admins
tration explanation, under the impress
sion that Jones was a trifie better Nc
Kin1ey man than Nash-and, if the
truth were known, probably McLean's
vote was intended as an Endorsement
and approval of the Mckinley admins
tration in disguise. Why, under such
conditions, need the pace be set? Who
could secretly conspire to set on foot
schemes against the denomination of a
president so signally and simultaneously
indorsed?
a guilty conscience, it is said, needs
no accuser. An administration con-
scious of its own utter weakness and
unfitness cannot shake off the fear that,
even yet, opposition from some source
will compel the nomination of a
stronger man. The corrupt but omnipo-
tent republican bosses, who have been
fed with the richest Of the patronage at
Mr.. McKinley's disposal, will stand by
him only as long asst seems to pay
them to do so-and we'll the administra-
ton knows it. So fully do the poll
ticians and oficeholders comprising the
republican inner circle realize the
weakness, the vacillation. the vulnera-
bility of the Mckinley administration,
that they cannot believe it possible that
the party rank and file Will acquiesce in
the second term project. President
McKinley's Ohio friends are preparing
to fight an opposition which they can
not see, but which, in the very nature
of things, they feel must eNist-they de-
duce it from their inner consciousness,
from the past history of country and
party, from the logic and proprieties of
TIE situation, as an astronomer deduces
a new planet, or n chemist the existence
Of a previously unknown element.
The pretended confidence of Mr.. Nc
Ein1ey's supporters is nothing but pre-
tence. They know how weak and vul-
nerable candidate he will be; and
their only hope, in case of his renomi-
nation, is that the democratic leaders
VIII overlook the weak spots, to strike
at those where McKinleyism cannot, at
present, be successfully attacked.-Al-
'bany Argus.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-12-22
PRESS COMMENTS

There may be an alliance be-
tween Great Britain and Mr.. McKin-
ley. There is none between Great
Britain and the United States.-N. Y.
World.
There can be no efficient rene
dy against trusts so long as there are
high protective tariffs in this country.
The fountain must be cleaned out be-
fore the water in the stream can be-
come pure.-Peoria Herald Transcript
The election fraud disclosures in
Philadelphia show that republican
stronghold to be the rottenest, most
corrupt place in the country, so far as
elections are concerned. New York
in Boss Tweed's time and the south
in reconstruction days were fairly de-
cent compared with the workings of
Quay's gangs OF repeaters, thugs and
perjurers. Sentinel.
Marcus a. Hanna is credited
with the idea of organizing the 2OO.-
600 or more men who volunteered for
the army and navy during the war
with Spain into a ''Spanish-American
War Veterans association" and with
making them serviceable to the
party" in the next presidential cam
paign. He would have a sort of pre-
torian guard. OF course, Hanna is
prolific in promises of pensions to the
veterans. "-Pittsburgh Post.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-12-22

How to Avoid Colds During
ssThis idea that many people nave
that winter is an unhealthful season
is all wrong. Winter is just as health
full as summer. if people viii take care
Of themselves. If you want 70 go
through the winter without coio' Cd
serve these few simple rules:
Don't overhead your house, ana
don't stop all ventilation. Sleep IN a
cool room, but keep warmly covered
Always take of your outdoor wraps
when you come in the house, and al
ways put them on when you go out
And, lastly, just as long as there IS
snowon the ground, don't go out with
out your rubbers. This last rule is the
most important of all, for two colds.
out of three come from wet feet. -
The Independent.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-12-22
METHODS OF TRUSTS.
Results In the Tin Plate Industry
Through the Influence of
Protection.

The testimony given before the in
dustrial commission at Washington re-
veals in clear light the purpose, the
methods and the results of industrial
trusts.
The tin trust is a typical product
of the tariff. y tin plate maker of
Washington, Pa, testified that his
company cleared 90 per cent. profit
last year, When the price of tin was
S2.60 per box-thc lowest ever known
for plate. Since then his company has
sold its plant to the trust, and the
price of tin plate has been advanced
to $4.65 per hundred. This, said the
witness, lis out of proportion to the
advance in wages and raw material"
Under present conditions 1884 would
be profitable price"
The American Tin Plate company
was capitalized at $5O,OOO,oO0. At the
time the trust was formed the plants
comprising the combination could
have been bought for $12,000,000. To
protect the monopoly members of the
trust have secured control of machin-
cry used in the manufacture and re-
fuse to sell it to independent mills.
The witness considered the tariff es-
sential to the protection of the tin
plate industry in this country, but he
would not say that so high a tariff
as the present was necessary to its ex-
istence. As a matter of fact the Amer
lean industry was developed and -four
ished under the Wilson tariff, which
was just half the Mckinley rate. To
complete the story, tin can manufac-
turer testified that the quality of
American plate has deteriorated since
the formation of the trust, owing to
the thinness of the coating of tin
the natural result of a monopoly OF
the market.-N. Y. World.