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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-07-24
GIVE HONOR WHERE DUE.

To the Editor of the Register.
Sir: see in your paper of Sunday
a few lines headed "A Worthy Cause
in which it is stated that subscrip-
ticn has been started for testimonial
to the brave men who lead the search
ers in their efforts to reach Compbell
and Seamon in the old Riverside mine
last week. 1t is a good move. Bravery
should be rewarded wherever shown
for the preservation of human life. 1t
is unquestionable that these men
whose names were mentioned, perform
ed deeds of bravery which entitle them
to some recognition from the commun-
ity, but what testimonial are we going
to give to the braveSt one of this brave
-Seamon-who, at a time when
his co-workers faltered, took the light,
pushed on, warned and apprised of his
danger, realizing all as he went into
that black tomb? None dared to fol-
low. Nowhere on earth could death
have such a horror. The very almos-
phere was the breath of death. Think
ing not of his own safety, knowing that
what was to be done must be done
quickly, to save the life of his COM
rade-this was heroic. 1t was said he
should not have gone after being
warned. The truly brave knows no
danger. What
For whether on the scaffold high,
Or in the battles van.
The fittest place where man can die,
Is where he dies for man"
If we can't build monument to the
memory of this humble hero, we can
at least include him in the testimonial
to brave men. No doubt his family
would treasure medal very much.
HONOR WHERE HONOR is DUE.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-07-24
IT HIT EVERY DAY LIFE.

.rWhat | like about this book said the
woman in the street car to the female
friend beside her, lis its faithful portrayal
of the everyday incidents of life as we live
them
Yes. l like such books replied the
other.
Nothing overdrawn or exaggerated, you
know. The heroine washes her hair at ~
in the morning-eats a pound of carameis
at 12-refuses an offer of marriage at /
goes shopping at 2-elopes at 4-is forgiven
BY her parents at Z. and at she tells her
newly-made husband that she was mis-
taken in him and has applied for divorce.
Just what happens all the time you know,
and you don't have to shiver and hold
your breath and wonder who's going to be
murdered next
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-07-24
LYNCHED.
Three More Georei, Negroes Pay the
Penalty OF their Crimes.

ATLANTA, GA, July pa special
to the Constitution from cambridge
Ga, says
A negro, captured near Iron City, last
night, was brought to Saffold and iden-
titled as one of the assaulters of Mrs
j. E. Ogletree, last Thursday night
He was lynched at daylight this morn
ing, near Saffold. Two other dead ne
groes were found alongside the rail-
road trac ktwo miles west of Balm
bridge, this morning. The names OF
none of these negroes are known. Ii
is believed by some that the two dead
negroes. found by the railroad track
were the men arrested yesterday al
Troy, Ala, on suspicion of being impli-
Gated in the Ogletree outrage and who
were being brought to Saffold for iden-
LITIGATION.
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left IN A BOX,
But They Brought Him Back in

But They Brought Him Back In
Irons.
COLUMBUS, O., July 23.-Timothy
Hogan, the noted mail box robber
who escaped from the penitentiary
May last, was returned to the peni-
Tertiary last night from New York.
In speaking of his escape from the
penitentiary in a box, he said he was
about to give up more than once and
call for help, as one of the Stats had
become loosened from the box in which
he was confined, and that tobacco was
falling on him which almost smother
ed him.
He had knife with him to cut a
hole in the box in case he needed more
air but refrained from doing it for
fear of detection. AS soon as the
boxes were unloaded he kicked OIL one
of the Stats with his foot and escaped
from his hiding place.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-07-24
soda fountain and the lemonade coun-
ter. Still some wicked people predict
a boom in the sale of root beer as a
result of the revelation.
THE COST or GOOD ROADS.

:
Few would guess off hand that the
horny-handed farmer and the knights
of the silent steed-the bicyclists-had
anything special in common. Yet they
have-very much in common. The
happiness and profit of each depend on
good roads. A hard and smooth road
is an absolute necessity to the wheel
man and it is more important to the
farmer, for on the condition of the
roads depends his ability to get his pro-
ducts to market at great or little cost,
and this cuts very large figure in
his annual balance sheet
A few years ago the Department of
Agriculture made inquiries to which
were received replies from over 1900
counties giving the cost Of hauling
crops in various parts of the United
States. The average load hauled was
found to be 2,002 pounds; the average
length of haul, 12.1 miles; the average
cost of hauling ton of crops to market
was S302; while the average cost of
hauling ton for distance of one mile
was rs cents
For purposes of companion, the bu-
reau also made through U. S. consuls
careful inquiry on the subject of the
cost of hauling in England, France,
Germany, Belgium, Italy and Switzer-
land. The average cost of hauling one
tone one mile was found to be in Eng
land, 10 cents; in France, 10 cents; in
Germany, S1a cents; in Belgium, 91a
cents; in Italy, 71a cents, and in Swift
zerland, from to cents, the average
for all these European states being Sc
cents per ton per mile.
Other items may enter into the cal
culation, but there is no question that
the very much greater cost of hauling
the farmers crops to market in this
country is due to our wretched dirt
roads, as is amply proven by the abil-
ity of the European farmer to haul
three or four tons at load over the
splendid, we'll made, hard roads OF
those countries, while the American
farmer has to struggle with ton or
less to a load over the mudhOles,
ridges and ruts which are dignified by
the name of roads in most American
States.
Doubtless a much needed reform in
this important matter could be ac-
complished if the l.. A. w. and the
various farmers institutes and assO-
Citations through the country would
join forces in demanding it.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-07-24
BOGUS CHECKS.

Special to the Register.
FAYETTEVILLE, w. Va, July 20
Recently James Slower, who made Wi
mona his headquarters, skipped from the
county. and it now develops that checks
which he cashed bearing the signature
of u. H. Payne are forgeries. They
are quite numerous, but the J. H. Payne,
of Montgomery, whose name was uSed
signs his name differently and no doubt
the paper will fall back upon the bank.
Officers are in search of Slower.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-07-24
IT WAS LATER ON.

Lets see" said the tobacconist to a
customer, didn't you use to buy Of me
quite extensively"
quite extensively. was the reply.
You always took 15-cent cigars, be
lieve.'
Always They were for my prospective
father-in-law. you know
And you want some more of the same
brand, do your
NO, sir. The prospective became the
actual six months ago, and If you've got
any two-for-five I'll take him up about
four.''
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-07-24
BEN WOOD.
Mrs. Gockstetter Will Identify Frank
Wilson, the Suspect This Morning.
An Objectionable Nuisance Other
BenWOOd Notes.

Mrs Gockstetter, who was so brutal
ly handled in her fight with one of the
two men who endeavored to rob the
Gockstetter home early Saturday morn
ing, out Bogg's Run, will say the words
this morning which will either hold or
set free Frank Wilson, the suspect ar
rested by Constable May Saturday
morning, charged with being one of
the robbers. Mrs. Gockstetter would
have identified the man Saturday, but
she did not feel equal to the journey.
Wilson, it will be remembered, was ar
rested on Mrs. GockstetteTs suggestion.
The suspect has confidence that he
will be cleared, as his actions prior to
arrest seem to show a friend told him
that Constable May had a warrant for
him, and also told him Of the charge
set forth in it. Wilson was in the
lower end of town at the time, and i'm
mediately went to the city building
and gave himself into custody. He
claims he can furnish a very strong
alibi accounting for his actions and
whereabouts at the time the robbery
took place.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-07-24
WANTED SOMETHING BETTER

rs there any place in this town where
they telegraph without wires?'' he asked
of the policeman on the corner.
THAT discovery is too new and we
haven't got it vet" replied the officer.
Whats the matter with the old way2"
mo good I've kept five or six wires
red-hot for half a day trying to get my
bro.her-in-law TO send me money to get
home on, but I can't even raise him."
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-07-24
DIED.

BLAKE -Sunday, July 23d, 1899, Celia,
daughter of John and Marguerite Blake,
aged months and II days.
Funeral from residence of parents, Nc
Mechen street Benwood. Monday, July
oath, at o'clock a. m. Interment in Mt.
Calvary cemetery. Friends of the family
invited to attend
wALLACE-Saturda July 22d 1899, at
7:10 O'Clock a. m, at the residence of her
son-in-law, David Rahr No 66 Forty-fifth
street Jane, wife of VIM. Wallace, in the
63d year of her age.
Funeral services on Monday at 2 o'clock
p. m, from No. Sc F'orty-fifth street. In
terment private at Greenwood cemetery
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-07-24
FOR NEITHER SIDE.

And may / ask you, sir said the Pitts
burger what stand you take on the
question of capital VS.. labor?''
NO stand at ALL replied the other.
But you mustlbe for one or the other. =
But I'm not simply send my money
out to Kansas apd lend 1t at Is per cent.
on Ant mortgaets.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-07-24
Persistent Advertising
Brings Success
THE DOLLAR ARIsTOCRACY.

The complaints of .well-bred people
against offensive American parvenus,
who have obtained sudden wealth and
nothing else, are not new in this coun-
try. The dollar-mark in American socl-
ETY. has long been the sheer of Europe,
which sends her worn-out. noble and
impoverished rakes over to auction off
their smirched and mortgaged titles for
the fortunes of American heiresses, who
are always forthcoming.
1t is complained now that the dollar
aristocracy has invaded the leading in
situations of learning in the east. Caste
is rather new thing in American col
leges and it is needless to say it is
Numerically opposed to the spirit OF
American institutions and democracy,
which should characterize the relations
of American college students. Intelli-
gence, good behavior and manhood are
the only basis that should be recog-
nized for aristocracy in this country, in
COilC5C VI Oily w lcIc Sioc
President Charles Kendall Adams, of
the University of Wisconsin, in letter
to an Eastern paper, says extravaganza
and caste, which are inconsistent with
American traditions in collegiate edu-
cation, have been attributed to the in
PRODUCTION of the dormitory system of
the two English universities, and says
that in the State universities of the
Mississippi Valley the dormitory system
has practically been abolished
The average expenses of student at
the State universities Doctor Adams
places at somewhat less than $500 a
year. In Eastern universities they
ought to be no more than in the West
ern.
We can hardly see the point of DR..
Adams's objection to dormitories in
colleges To young man working his
way through college the dormitory
ought to be preferable to the boarding
house. AS to caste among college stu
dents, that is an evil by itself and the
best way to deal with it is to shun those
colleges where it exists. There are many
most excellent universities to-day in
this country, of which our own State
institution at Morgantown is an ex-
ample, where caste among students is
unknown, where rich and poor are on
the same footing and brains and ability
are the only things that count Our
State University to-day is equipped to
give as thorough a university training
as any institution in the country and
each student is on exactly the same
plane as every other.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-07-24
BENWOOD NOTES.

A large number Of passengers were
hauled over the Benwood and Mounds
vile road yesterday. Notwithstand-
ing every available car was out, the
resources of the company were taxed to
their utmost capaity.
The foundation for one side Of the
new Riverside gas plant is completed.
Everything is prepared for start this
morning on the other side.
Fred Frazier, bartender at Debold' S
saloon, after short illness, is on duty
again.
Edward Truax is lying i'll at his
home on Main street.
john Bursee has returned from the
Klondyke Fishing club.
Jacob Debold spent the day at the
Central Fishing club yesterday.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-07-24

Mr.. Bryan showed his political wis
dom in ignoring the quarrel between
the Harrison and Altgeld factions Of
the Chicago Democracy and he voiced a
a sentiment that every Democrat
should paste in his hat ''All Demo-
Gratis look alike to me- said he.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-07-24

A member of the w. c. 7. U. has made
the startling discovery that there is al
cohol in root beer and has placed a ban
on the seductive beverage If this cru
SADIE is successful hereafter the teeto-
taller will be narrowed down to the
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-07-24
INDEX 70 Nrw ADVERTISEMENTS.
SECOND PAGE

SECOND PAGE
For Rent-Four Rooms on Fifteenth
Street
Real Estate for Sale-Simpson & Tatum.
Building Lots for Sale Cheap =. De-
Real Estate Bargains Rolf & Zane.
FOURTH PAGE.
Stocks and Bonds for sale-Howard Haz-
lett & Son.
Mozart Park-Cineomatograph pictures.
Wanted-Competent Hustling Man.
Chickering Piano at Bargain. a.
House.
FIFTH PAGE.
Ladies Lace Oxfords one-Half Price
Alexander.
EIGHTH PAGE
Wash Goods-Geo E. Stifel & co.
New Crepons-Stone Il Thomas.
Jewelry-McNamee, the JeWeler.
Neckwear-Lou Swabacker.
Cool Clothes-Kraus Bros.
China, Glass and Queensware-John
Extraordinary Sale of $500 and $500
Suits-D Gundling & Co.
Reduction and Clearance Sale-Geo. h.
Taylor Co.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-07-24

The strangling bug is the latest 1t
is described as of a dark brown color,
about two and and half inches long.
has strong pair of wings and is arm
ed with a sharp pointed sucker, or
sword, and two crab-like claws" 1t
grabs its victims by the throat and
sucks his life's blood. If we could only
put this tough customer on the trail of
the pesky kissing bug, things might
even themselves up in the bug line.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-07-24

If you are not getting it, your table
lacks an every day luxury. Ask for
Wheeling Bakery Bread Insist on
getting it, you will stick to 1t. A tin
seal on every Loaf.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-07-24
LEFT VENICE.

ROME, July 23.-Don Carlos, the
Spanish pretender, has left Venice, os-
tensibly for Austria.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-07-24

For number of years it has been
the custom of number of tramps,
hailing from all over the country, to
summer in camp just below the pump
house, below the lower steel works.
They arrive early in the summer and
remain all during the heated season.
1t is true that they make fancy wooden
fans and other articles and sell them,
but all the money that comes in in this
way goes to the saloonkeeper instead
of the grocer, and a debauch is the re-
suit. When they become hungry they
select some home where only children
are left in charge and demand some
thing to eat. There is no telling what
would be the result if their demands
were not complied with. 1t is very
Objectionable nuisance to residents liv-
ing in the vicinity, and complaints will
be made to the police The 'hobos"
should be drilled out of town.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-07-24


The Board of Directors cannot con-
sistently deny DR.. Stathers's appeal. 1t
has entertained the most serious
charges against his conduct, official
and personal, and a speedy trial is his
right, which he is justified in demand
ing.
The claim that the Board has more
urgent business on hand which will
prevent it investigating these charges
until fall will not hold water. There
can be no more urgent business con-
corning the asylum than the inveStiga-
ton of these grave charges against it's
superintendent and head, and in JUS
tice to that institution and its stand
ing with the people, its many officials
of both sexes, who must remain under
a cloud until this scandal is cleared up,
to say nothing of its unfortunate in
mates there should be no delay in the
investigation of these serious allega-
TONS The Board owes prompt action
to Dr. Stathers and to the people of
the State who pay we'll to have this in
stitution properly conducted, and from
whom the truth regarding its manage
ment should not be kept one day longer
than is absolutely necessary.
If the Beard will not act promptly in
this matter the Governor should.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-07-24
FOR sALE-MlSCELLANEOUS.
%oR. SALE.

H. R@GALA4&-As
STOCKS.
Wheeling Steel AZ Iron Co.
LaBelle Iron Works.
West Virginia Glass Co.
Crystal Glass Co.
Fostoria Glass Co.
Wheeling Bridge Co.
Wheeling Pottery Co.
Wheeling Railway Co
First National Bank, Beliatre, Ohio.
Bellaire Gas & Electric Co.
Peabody Insurance Co.
Geo. r. Taylor Co
BONDS.
Wheeling Stamping Co
MoundsVile, Benwood &c Wheeling Rail-
way Co
Whitaker Iron Co.
Fostoria Glass Co.
Town of Salem, w. Va.
Jackson County per cent
Tin Steel and Hoop Stocks bought and
sold direct on New York ana Chicago
Stock Exchanges.
Howard fiaZlett & Son.,
STOCKS. BONDS AND INVESTMENTS.
National Exchange Bank Building.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-07-24

And the showers that we longed for
never came,
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-07-24
THE ASYLUM SCANDAL.
INVESTIGATE AT ONCE.

Parkersburg Sentinel.
The Wheeling Register interviewed
Col. Hugh Sterling, one of the directors
of the Weston asylum, as to the truth
of the charges preferred against DR..
Stathers, the superintendent. Col.
Sterling admitted that such charges
had been filed. The reason he gave for
non action on the part of the Board of
Directors was that it might require
two or three days to inquire into the
charges, and as the members could not
remain longer than Saturday, 1T was
deemed best not to open the subject"
Col. Sterling further said that when the
definite charges were handed in, other
matters claimed the attention of the
Board $50 urgent that the postpone
ment was necessity" To a layman
it seems that there could be nothing
connected with the administration of
the asylum SO urgent in its demand for
an investigation as charges that the
superintendent was engaged in an eff
fort. sometimes not unsuccessful, to
corrupt the morals of attendants. And
still worse, one of the allegations re-
fers to an attempt of the same char
acter made towards female patient
1t seems from the character of the IN
terview which COL Sterling afforded
the Register that the Board of Direct
ors was of the opinion that official mis-
conduct embracing charges of gross
immortality was rather a small matter
anyway, and as some of them wanted
to go home, the investigation would
have to be postponed to suit their per-
sonal convenience. If the Governor
were half alive to his duties as chief
executive of the State, he would use the
telegraph, requesting the members who
were so negligent of their duty to give
him an opportunity to name others for
members of the Board of Directors who
would, under circumstances as these,
promptly perform their duty.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-07-24
NO PEACE OF MIND.

weston democrat.
1t seems that Dr. Stathers, superin-
tendent of the hospital, is to have no
peace of mind, and he must now ap-
pear iii the courts to defend himself
against the charges made against him
on Tuesday by Attorney j. M. Foster,
on behalf of his client, Miss Wilson,
who instituted a civil action for $4,000
damages for alleged grievances, as
fully set forth in her declaration
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-07-24

Celia, the infant daughter of John
and Mary Blake, died yesterday at the
family residence on McMechen street.
The funeral will take place to-day The
interment will be made at Mount CAL
vary cemetery. Mr.. and Mrs. Blake
have the sympathy of their many
friends in their sad bereavement
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-07-24

The remains of the small child of
William Schriver, who lives on Main
street, were buried yesterday afternoon
from the family residence. A large
number of sorrowing friends and rela-
tives were present.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-07-24
MALE HELP WANTED.

WANTED-Collector must give security.
Also two good agents. Inquire zS9' Eof
street. jy20evdq
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-07-24
FEMALE HELP WANT 60.

WANTED-Girl to do general housework.
Apply 2134 Market street. Jyzie5
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-07-24
FOURTH PAGE.

FIFTH PAGE.
Ladies' Lace Oxfords One-Half Price
AleYa ndar
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INVESTIGATE AT ONCE.

The Register has received the fol-
lowing note from Superintendent
Stathers, of the asylum at Weston:
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-11-25
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CITY BnEvITiEs.


A prelude on the Jubilee Convention" will
be given at the Central Christian church sun
day at III a. m
There ara undelivered kilograms at the Of
fee Of the Western Union TELEGRAPH company
for John II. Rutherford and ]. ID. Polk.
DR.. j Burgheim of this city has been re-
elected as prsud secretary of the Grand bouse
of Texas. Knights and Ladies OF Honor
C. II, Dillith died Thursday night at his
home, in Drummer, and was buried Yesterday
in the family burying ground IN that supu' y
The bowling contest, for the rurnvebs YER, u
gold medal and the Harrison silver medal
will take place at the Turner hall bowilts
alley tomorrow evening.
The Y. NJ. C. A. is preparing to give pup
lie exhibition of its gymnasium WORK one
evening during the Fruit, Flower and Nego'
table Festival, probably Friday December To-
The city electric light board met in the
city council chamber last night to discuss
matters connected with INC ,prospS,s.te ar,
s,nilation Of the city electric Hight plant, par
ticularly the securing OF asdesirabie site
Mrs W !. Cotton. president of the Houston
Spiritualst society. requests all mombers an.
friends OF that society to meet at her piac'
OF business 100SA Prairie avenue, TINS eNeh
ing at s o'clock Mr.. John W. King WIZ IN
formallv report matters of interest observed
during his trip TO the State camp meeting ah'
convention and National convention
At the instance of City Health Officer ior
Massie, Justice Malsch yesterday held an IN
name named adeins curtis who died at her home ONT,
1915 Winter street, She had neen rergntr'
and no evidence taken at the inquest show
that death occurred other than from natufs
causes.
The Tennessee regiment of volunteers 81
route home from Manila are expected 10 Pa pa
tpa,,,h tb;s CITY over tho Southern Pacih
inte Sunday night or early Monday morning
! Tbcv are travelling ON three special train
and will make no stop here exce d,ron ,oh !,
/ SaebviIle where big reception Is IN stor
for them before they disband