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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-03-21
FOR SALE-REAL ESTATE.

FOR SALE-Fine brick dwelling on Four
teenth street. j offer my residence, No.
Ito Fourteenth street. for sale Possession
and terms TO suit purchaser. Enquire of
4. b. McLAIN. Dental and Surgical De-
pct, City Bank Building mhiIe&dh
FOR SALE, FARMS-Join our colony now
in rich truck garden fields, near Atlantic
City, elevated and covered with wood;
10 acre plot. $22:payable $40 down and 81
weekly; schools store, churches and post
office, railroad station near, deed free:
title guaranteed. fine well water and good
boating and fishing; settlers moving in.
For particulars call on or write ID. l.. RiS-
LEY, eos Grant street P.ttsburg. Pa. Our
representative CA. w SAnu) at the busch
House, 1928 west side Market square.
Wheeling. and will be glad to give YOU all
information. mhllera
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-03-21
THE SEARCH FOR BODIES
10 the Ruins Of the Burned Windsor
Hatel Confines.

THE WORK GOING ON UNINTER-
RUPTEDLY NIGHT AND DAY.
NOT A GREAT DEAL HAS BEEN
ACCOMPLISHED yE'r, HOWEV-
Err. BECAUSE OF THE HEAT
AND THE TANGLED MASSES OF
WRECKAGE ENCOUNTERED.
TWO UNRECOGNIZABLE BODIES
FOUND YESTERDAY = HELEN
GOULD'S COMMENDARLE WORK
TO BE RECOGNIZED.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-03-21

He Did Not Heed the Signal A Terrible,
Thrilling Story.

k-tick-tick-tick-
and SO the telegraph instrument clicked
out its important message unheeded.
An extra excursion train, bearing hun
dreds of happy people, flew by the faith
less station agents post, nor did he realize
that this train, running out OF the regular
time, was near him, until it Numbered
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-03-21
DEPUTY APPOINTED.


Special to the Register.
PARKERSBURG, W. Va, March 20
Henry f. Reeder, of Shinnston. was to-
day appointed deputy collector of internal
revenue by A. b White to succeed John
W. Conner, deceased, as deputy of the
Second division.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-03-21
CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY

Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tab
lets. All druggists refund the money
if it fails to cure. 25c. The genuine
has l.. B. O. on each tablet.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-03-21

Greater New York. Another badge
viii be presented to Frank j. Gould,
who aided his sister at the fire.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1899-03-23
WIT AND WISDOM.

Why isn't hand organ grinding out
airs wind mill Chicago Daily News,
An ENpert.-"Do. you carve?' Il
should say did," ''And what are your
specialities?' Sausage and omelets.'' -
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
II knew one man at least who is a
confirmed woman-hatcr.' Because he
couldn't get one to marry him?'' mo;
because he did. Boston Traveller.
Prisoner" said the court, ''have you
anything to say for yourself?''
whats the use?" replied the culprit;
"you guys wouldn't believe me. ."-Phil-
adelphia North American.
"Why should you worry? You've got
a rich uncle who is on his last legs, and
you're his nearest relative 20, yes,
know. but a grass widow has just
moved into the fat across the hail.
n. o. Picayune. E-s a, 80
Mystery. dear, how do you
suppose those dozens and dozens Of
empty bottles ever got into the eel
lar? why. / don't know, my dear.
l never bought an empty bottle in my
life. Harlem Life.
Il presume you carry a memento Of
some sort in that locket of yours?''
Precisely; it is a lock of my hus-
bands hair" But your husband is
still alive Yes; but his hair is all
gone. Globe.
'''How many of these sheep got out of
here?" asked the angry farmer. Il
don't know" replied the new hired
man, rubbing his eyes. after Id
watched five or six of 'em jump over
the fence 1 seemed to lose the count.
That always puts me to sleep."-Chi-
cago Tribune.
In the first chapter the hero asked
the heroine to be his wife. IF you
don't marry me-" he argued, ominous-
ly, "it'll make taIk!' "Precisely," an
swered the heroine, with animation.
"And dialogue is what people like to
read these days." Presumably she had
her preferences. but the tendencies OF
ar: had first to be thought Of.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1899-03-23
when tine world VIII End:

Sir Robert Ball says the world will
come to an end when the waters of the
sea break through thin spot. which
must exist somewhere, and come in con-
tact with the raging fires within the
globe. This seems rational enough when
one recalls the explosion they. had over
in the Indian ocean some years ago
which sent tidal wave around the
globe and absolutely engulfed an is
land or two.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1899-03-23
Longest Head Of Hair.

The woman who is said to possess the
longest head Of hair in the world is
Mercedes Lopez, Mexican. Her height
is five feet, and when she stands erect
her hair trails on the ground four feet
eight inches. The hair is so thick tina:
she can completely hide herself in it.
She has it cut very frequently, as Il
grows so quickly, enabling her to sell
large tresses to hair dealers every
month.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1899-03-23
HUGE OCEAN LINER.
The New Oceanic IL Twenty-FOur
Feet Longer Than the Great
Eastern Was.

The biggest ship the world has ever
seen will be launched at Belfast. Ire
land, next Saturday. She will be chris
tened the Oceanic, and is destined to
be the queen of the White Star feet.
Her total length is To4 feet, and what
this means may be gathered, from a
comparison with the largest ship now
af1oat, the Kaiser Wilhelm der Crosse,
whose length is GAS feet. Her greatest
predecessor was the world-famed Great
Eastern, whose length she exceeds by
"a feet.
When the Great Eastern was
launched, nearly half century ago.
and proved such signal failure. as a
practical and paying ocean carrier,
shipbuilders the world around pre-
dicted that no vessel approaching her
size would ever again be attempted.
They seemed to be right. too, as for a
decade or more there was general re-
turn to shorter models even than had
prevailed up to that time. but at length
courage revived, and the liners, as a
general rule, began to he built each
little larger than the laSt.
1t was not until during the last ten
or IL years that there was any general
belief that the famous British levia-
than of the seas would ever be sur
passed. Then. however. bigger ships
began to come, and now. at last, with
the launching Of the Oceanic from the
yards of Harland & Wolff, at Belfast,
ireland. on January IA, the Great East
ern's unique place in history as the
longest ship will be lost.
Over all the Oceanic measures 704
feet. while the English monster was
$50 feet long However, the Great
Eastern still remains the largest ship,
bulk being considered, for tie days
when she was built ten or eleven knots
an hour was about the utmost speed of
steamships under steam alone, and as
they all relied more or less on sail
power to increase it they were built
broader and deeper.
| Officials Of the White Star line in this
city are very reticent in making pre-
dictions as to the probable speed wof
their new giant. They say, however,
that they hope she will get in regularly
every Wednesday morning, no matter
what the weather may be on the voy-
age across. To have her reach the bar
in time to come up the bay Tuesday
night they say would involve an added
consumption of coal and wear and tear
that would not be commensurate with
the advantage gained.
Her builders also are reticent about
her speed. declaring that their only OBJ
| iect has been to build a ship to reach
New York every Wednesday, no matter
what the weather.
After the Oceanic and Kaiser vii.
helm der Crosse, the Campania, Lu
cania, Majestic and ST. Louis are the
largest of the ocean liners. built in re
| cent years. When the Canpania was
launched. November 90, 1892, she wa.
regarded as probably the largest limit
| with her length of 625 feet.
The Lucania, launched a year later
was only five feet shorter. Then came
ahe ST. Louis. a monster as to tonnage
| but 20 feet shorter than the Lucania
Her advent was thought by some to in
dicate that reaction against extrem:
| length had sci. in. But then came tn
/ Kaiser Wilhelm der Crosse, and now th,
j Oceauic.-:N. Y.sHerald.ss 80
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1899-03-23
A. HUNGARIAN DUEL.
n the English Lam
Ruagc.

Eanfsky-Do you apologeese?
Won kowsky-Neffer,. no times! sls
Then for yourself lookoutsky."
"a. "Am retty?'
$50 am l.
sven l say tree times we bote FIRE"
Ven you say tree times one time.."
No. Ven say tree nit one and two den
We, bote shoot"
dot is vot understanded. Ven will you
pegin:',
Il viii pegin ven got me good retty. i
Aim! Eth? Who dit you dink you vas
fghtin' dees duel nit! p
! 81 am NIT you fghtn', to be sure. .
Den Wy ton t you point your rewolver.in
my direction alretty.'
'..Oxcoose me, am in der habit Of fghtin'
my duels to mine own sassdgefaction.
7" II our Apology vas gwite a sutEciency.
Retty? Won, two, treei Fret
They both fire. Banfsky knocks the shin
giles from neighboring barn and Won Kow-
sky makes the bark fly from tree in the
next, lot. The seconds, who are hiding in
nearby quarry, crawl out cautiously and
then hastily scramble back. Six times do
the warlike principals exchange shots with
out personal damage, and then their weap-
ons are empty.
Banfsky-Ve haf done all dot vas in our
power to sassidgfy Wounded honor?
Won kowsky-Dot is so!
"Den ] move We adchurn to der nearest
gasthaus.'
The adjourn.-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Just Lovely.
/. Mrs. Brown was in the new drug store
to-day. It's just lovely.
Mrs. Jones--Yes? sss.e,s5t
Eyes, they have six different shades Of
pills" !"-Detroit Journal.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1899-03-23
A Talented Mixer.

II can't understand Prof. Whackem's
great popularity as lecturer.
THAT'S easy; the women enjoy his
hits at the men and the men enjoy his
hits At the Women. chicago Record.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1899-03-23
T. Pacific
Coast

Tho Great Burlington.
with l60 vavlablo
routes, excels all
others.
Personally Con.
Quoted Excursions B
to California and Puget
Sound weekly from Sc.
Louis, Chicago and
Kansas City, via scenic
] Colorado.
The Strong Limo
via Billings Northwest
to Montana, Puget
Sound. saving so TO
S 90 miles journey
from Missouri Valley.
Write [. ". WAkELEY,
q. p. A., St Louis, Mo-,
for illustrated pag1ssl
phlete.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1899-03-23
"BeHgr Be Wise
Than Rich. =

Wise people are also rich
svhen they knosv a perfect
remedy for all annoying dis
eases Of the blood, kidneys.
fUer and bozvels. II 1
Hoods Sarsapanlla. zvhich
IS perfect in It's action. It
so regulates the entire sys-
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cottre-" For 42 years had goitre, or
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spring medicine. It makes the weak strong"
ALBERT A. JAGNow, DouglastOwn, n. 7.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1899-03-23

Most people who 60 of on trip, talk
about it too much when they return.-Atchi.
son Globe.
The times., 1899-07-12
PLUCK OF A SIGNAL MAN.
Badly Wounded by RoDDers, II,
BrnveIy Attends to Duty.


Wilmington, Del, July II. = William
Ahearn, operator in the signal tower of
the Delaware Railroad, at Ginns station.
below Townsend, was terribly assaulted
by two negroes early yesterday morning,
but despite his wounds he managed to set
the danger signal and thus prevented a
possible accident.
Ahearn was in the tower when the ne
groes entered and demanded money.
Ahearn refused, and the negroes attacked
him and rendered him almost uncon-
scious by striking him with a stone. They
secured $25 and some valuables from his
pockets. and then fed. Ahearn knew that
Il freight train would soon approach, and,
though bleeding from wounds and in great
agony, managed TO set the red danger sig
nal of the tower. AS soon as this was
done he became unconscious. a short
time afterward an extra freight train ap-
preached, and the engine driver blew for
signals, Receiving no reply ito several
| hurried to the tower, where they found the
wounded operator. They revived him. and
Middletown was informed of the assault
Soon a posse was securing the country
for the .assailants, and a farmer at the
point of a pistol stopped two negroes. who
gave the names of William Austin and
Samuel Carpenter, and were found to have
the missing money. The magistrate COM
mitted them to New Castle Jail without
bail
The times., 1899-07-12
SUFFERING FROM x-RAY BURNS
A Young WOnnn's Rad Experience
From SurgfcaI Treatment.

Rochester, N Y, July 11-Miss Helen
Shannon. twenty years of age. is at st.
Mary's Hospital suffering from severe
burns on her knee caused by an x-ray ap-
paratus. The first operation was perform
cd six months ago at the City Hospital to
locate a needle in the young woman's knee.
an old coil machine having been used for
the purpose. 1t is alleged that the first
attempt with the machine was made by a
young man who was asked to act and who
was not even a physician. This attempt
failed to locate the needle and some time
later a successful attempt was made by
Dr. L. \. Weigel. an expert with the ma
chine and Miss Shannon was removed to
her home
No change was noted in the condition of
ing been burned. until about ten days after
her Homecoming, when the surface became
sensitive to the touch and very much in
famed. The skin presented red, angry
appearance and began to slough on 1t
was not long before liberation
set in and an ugly, obstinate sore
was the result Grating was reso-ted to,
and it is now said at the hospital that the
young woman will recover. 1t is alleged
that there are two other patients in the
City Hospital suffering from similar in
juries received in the same manner. One
patient, a young man, has a deep burn
extending from elbow to shoulder, and the
other an elderly man. has an ugly sore on
his foot
The times., 1899-07-12
ELoPEs WITH HER TEACHER.
4 Village PedaEoEue Runs Away
with II Pretty Pupil.


with IL Pretty Pupil.
New York, July 11.-Clover Hill, a little
hamlet near Pennington. y. j., was brim
full of gossip yesterday morning when
the news of the eIopement of its village
school teacher, W. w. Wean. and Miss
Edith Sebring reached the village.
Miss Sebring is about sixteen years old.
and the daughter of Thomas Sebring.
a wealthy farmer She is of medium
height and very pretty. Wean is about
thirty-iive years old, and took charge of
the Glover Hill School two years ago. He
is also the proprietor of a store in the
town. Miss Sebring was one of his pupils
in the school, in which he has been en-
gagged to teach another term.
1t was noticed that Wean took more than
usual interest in his pretty pupil. but moth
ing serious was thought of the matter un-
til the romance ripened into a love affair
pure and simple.
The girls parents did all they could to
thwart the instructors intentions toward
their daughter, but their pleadings were OF
no avail.
A few days ago Miss sebring went to
Clinton to visit her aunt Mrs. Lemuel
Bells. On Sunday evening she attended
services with her aunt's family at the
Presbyterian Church. During the services
Wean entered the church. AS soon as he
reached the pew where Miss Sebring was
| sitting she arose, and the two left together
| followed cut of the church by the girls
| cousin. y carriage was in waiting and
| the couple were driven off. They were
driven in the direction OF Pennington.
| The young girls parents were notified
and the various railroad stations in near
! by towns watched, but all efforts to locat;
| the couple have so far proved fruitless
! 1t is thought they boarded a train at Som
| erville and were married Sunday.
The times., 1899-07-12
READY TO SELL THEIR SKIN.
Forty-t,yO SIen Offer Cuticic for "a
Grating Operation.

Chicago. July 1--Forty- two men an
swered an advertisement yesterday asking
for skin for grating eleven inches of cuti-
Gle over the back of Richard Gray, seven
teen years old. The wound in Grays back.
which is now nearly well, was caused by
swiftly moving belt in the suspender fac
tory where he worked. The flesh was torn
from the back and the bones were exposed.
II new skin could not have been grated
on Gray would have died.
The issue of the newspaper containing
the advertisement was hardly on the street
before men and boys began flocking toward
DR.. E. E. Prescott's private hospital. Some
were hard up and wanted the money; some
were moved by curiosity; some were in
huenced by desire to help the sufferer
After an examination DR.. Prescott Sc
Iected four whom he thought would do
The rest were told they were not needed
Il cannot even sell my flesh for food, :"
muttered one old man, the oldest Of the
throng. when he was told the doctor would
not need him. The operation was entirely
successful and the wounded boy will live.
The times., 1899-07-12
A SERMON ON POLITICS.
The Views of ii Louisville Pastor on
the Recent Convention

Louisville Ky. July 1.-THE sermon of
the Rev. DIR. Alvah F. Gordon, pastor of
the Parkland Baptist Church, Sunday night
dwelt entirely with Kentuckys political
condition. He took as his subject the re-
cent Democratic State Convention. which
nominated Senator William Goebel for
governor, and he denounced Goebel, his
methods, and the work of the convention
Said he: In all the knowledge that have
CLEANED from reading and observation. l
have been able to find nothing more dis
graceful than the political convention that
has recently been held in Music Hall, in
this city Think of a body of men as
sembled to direct the politics of a great
State becoming so uncivilized and sacri-
legious as to sing at the same time Praise
God From Whom all Blessings Flow and
'There'll be Hot Time in the Old Town
Tonight Moreover, l shall not support
the man whom these people declared their
nominee. l am a democrat in its highest
sense and a republican in its nobler prin-
ciples." Mr.. Gordon's congregation ap-
plauded his utterances in the church.
The times., 1899-07-12
RAN ABLAzE IN THE STREET.
A Young Girl Risks Her Life to Save
Her Sister,

Her Sister.
New York. July ia beautiful girl.
with hair and gown ablaze, ran wildly
along Suydam Street. Brooklyn. shortly
before last midnight. Her cries were
heartrending to hear. AS she ran up and
down the short block men and women tried
to stop her.
Save my sister," she cried. Save my
sister; she is burning TO DEATH" The
girl pointed to the third floor of No. 1874
Suydam Street, where the windows were
all aglow. A moment later a man rushed
out of the house with a blanket in his
hands. He threw it over the burning girl
and she fell in a faint on the sidewalk
A policeman rang for an ambulance.
Then he helped the man with the blanket
to extinguish the flames. That done, the
officer ran to the third floor Of No. 1S4,
where he found Charlotte Sondericker ly-
ing half conscious on the floor. She was
groaning in her agony, having been badly
burned about the face and body.
Charlotte and her twelve-year- sister
Frieda lived there with their grandmother.
The aged woman suffered with rheuma-
tism. and somebody suggested that she
take hot turpentine baths.
Charlotte put basin OF turpentine on
the stove last night It boiled over and
the young woman'S gown caught fire.
Her cries for help were heard by her
little sister. who was asleep in an adjoin-
ing room. Frieda. tried to put out the
flames for her sister, and her own cloth
ing caught fire. Then Frieda ran into the
street. crying for help.
Donald Schuler. who lives on the floor
below, heard the cries of the women and
rushed upstairs. After extinguishing the
flames on Charlotte he ran to the street
and threw the blanket over Frieda.
DR.. Collins, of st. Mary's Hospital, who
was on the ambulance, dressed the wounds
of both women. Mrs Schuler also was
badly burned about the head and hands.
The sisters will recover, though Frieda's
ininries are seriouS
The times., 1899-07-12
A WESTERN AMBASSADOR.
Robert f. Burke to Confer With
Eastern Democrats.

Chicago. July 11.-Robert E. Burke, Sec
retary of the Cook County Democratic
Committee and leader of the Carter Har-
rison forces, started for New York yester-
day for a ten days visit and to consult
with the Tammany managers regarding the
conference TO be held in Chicago by the
Democratic National Committee. July 20.
Secretary Burke will meet .he New York
leaders and discuss what should be done
at the Chicago meeting. There is much
sympathy between the Chicago and New
York Democratic managers, which has on
more than one occasion induced Altgeld to
criticise Mayor Harrison for undue intima-
cy with Tammany leaders. Many believe
the two cities will be found working to-
gether when the time comes for practical
results.
Burke is recognized as the spokesman
for the Harrison forces. and the Eastern
Democrats will doubtless receive him as
an accredited ambassador, able to set forth
the mayors aims.
The question of platform for next year
promises to be the chief topic OF discus
sion at the Chicago meeting nine days
hence. The Illinois State managers are
for Bryan, but il is not unlikely that they
would favor a combination with other
States to emphasize the trusts and give
less attention to the is to / doctrine.