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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-03-11
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CLASPS

and Belt Buckles in old gold,
bright gold, rose gold, sterling
silver, Paris gray. etc. Plain,
jeWeIed and enameled 25c up.
,ELTS WITHOUT BUCKLES
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or LIVE
new things to tell you about in the big
WILL NOT EXPLODE F.!

/" SheIIine +" Pompadour, hall
Pompadour, Empire, Side, and
Tuck Combs and hair pins.
SheIIine is a decided improve
ment on ceIIuloid, being much
harder. 1t contains but trace
OF ceIIuIoid. The line we sell
is hand finished and cannot be
distinguished from real tortoise
she'll. Here is over a score OF
newest shapes-it will not ex.
pl0de
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Notion Department.. Market st. end
10 E. l5c lAcES AT Sc

yard. These cotton Torchon
laces are new class. many of
them resembling Medici Linen
Laces, which retail close to Soc
yard. About 1000 yards in
this lot. which is broken as
sortment secured from manu-.
facturer. Edges are from 1-2 to
4 inches wide. 'nsertings av-
erage about | ia inches in
width. Will sell fast at Sc yd.
RIBBONS.
More ribbons will be sold than
ever this spring-ribbons will
sway the world of fashion as
never before. Tiny baby ribbons
for ruffIes - wider ones, too.
Fancy wide ribbons for crush
collars and belts. SPECIAL
100 pieces wide, extra fine plain
Taffeia Ribbon at 25c yard,
which cannot be bought to-day
to sell for less than 35c.
TpV TIC i you want quantity.
VIM Wa fine vary hart
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Ladies' SS;'iSD&-
Bows &MiSSeS' Shoes.

All kinds of Callcoes cheap. Muslin
cheap Dress Trimmings, Dress Lin
inRs. Dress Makers Supplies.
1nc Pearl Buttons ..............s... &c dozen
New Belts .....'-...'''....'..sf 'A.'c' locf soc.
PINS .............-..s'..''-'- - paPeE
Needles ......,.'''' '''''.''.''.'-''''AS papF,I
II sheets OF Writing Paper............. 10.
10 Envelopes ......'.'..'..t'...s'...' &c.
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mi lin If You want scarce colors or widths.
If you want the very best values.
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Miss Helen Perkins very charmingly
entertained a number of her friends at
her home on the South Side last We'd
nesday evening.
The evening times., 1899-10-09
HEROISM OF A POLICEMAN.
He Rescues Three Helpless People
From a Burning Tenement

NEW YORK, Oct 9.-Policeman Charles
Lieber, OF the West One Hundred and
Twenty fifth Street station, had chance at
11:45 a. m. yesterday to prove himself OF
the stuff from which heroes are made, and
he took that chance. He saved three lives
those Of a woman and her two children
at a hot fire in the tenement, on Eighth
Avenue. The flames burst out on all floors
in Il twinkling. Outside a crowd gathered,
wild with excitement, but helpless. Not
a soul appeared in the windows. They're
all out.' was the cry, but Policeman Lie
ber die not believe it.
He clambered up the freescape, getting
a ladder 10 reach the first balcony. Up the
iron rungs ne started, unmindful Of the
smoke that poured down over him. Sud
denly the flames pUffed out Of window
right over his head. He's killed." shout
ed the crowd below. But a fayoring wind
blew the flames aside and there was the
brave bluecoat trying TO get higher rather
than coming down to safety. The flames
had burned off his hat and singed away
every bit of his hair, but up he clambered
He looked like bald man. He reached the
third story, where there was a window,
II
stop Policeman Lieber Into the flame
framed easement he plunged and was lost
to sight. The crowd in the street below
grianed. That's the last Of brave mani"
shouted somebody, but it was not So a
minute later he reappeared. In one arm
was fainting woman, Mrs. Robert Dunn;
in the other her six-year-old child
Down the ladder starter Lieber, unmind-
full OF the flames, and trying to protect his
charges from their fury. He had no hands
free to cling to the ladder. He simply
climbed down, clinging on with his feet
alone. He reached the ground in safety.
only TO hurry back and rescue Mrs Dunn's
other child. Only then did he think of his
burns Meanwhile the fremen had rescued
w. P. Robertson and Mrs. Solomon. The
fire was extinguished after $1,000 damage.
But the crowd which saw Lieber's brave
act was wild in praises He had done more
than his duty. He had gone up where these
was not even evidence that anyone was
still In the blazing building When he
found two persons almost dead, after going
through flames that would have driven
many men back, he got them down in safe
ty. though he could not even use his hands.
The evening times., 1899-10-09
THE BALTIMORE MYSTERY.
4 Woman Now Suspected of killing
William Collins.


BALTIMORE, Oct. 9.-For ten days six
Baltimore detectives have been hunting the
murderer OF William Collins, whose body
was found in the apartments in the rear
of his ieweiry store. They have found
clews which led them to Philadelphia, Will
mington, Del; Washington, and Alexan-
dria, Va, but the search has been futile A
dozen or more persons, nearly all young
women who are suspected OF knowing more
about Collins habits and the probable mo-
tive for the crime than they will admit,
are still under surveillance.
The women were all friends of Collins,
and the letters from several of them, found
in his clothing, failed to disclose the slight
est ill-feeling. While they will not admit
that they believe the murder was commit
ted for revenge or jealousy, in which a
woman was implicated, the detectives are
working on this theory, at the same time
making it appear that robbery was the
murderer's motive.
If a tramp or an ordinary thief had
killed Collins, he would not have taken
the trouble to carefully wrap up in a
Wilmington newspaper of the same date
the coupling pin with which he crushed
the skull of his victim; neither would he
have folded the murdered mans hands
cNCA Lis DiSdSk, pldScu plllOW uHQSr IQ6
bleeding head and adjusted the limbs and
clothing, as though preparing the body for
burial. The mystery has furnished the
sp-.itualist mediums with an opportunity
to make interesting seances- Tonight and
several nights last week the mediums
worked on the case At a seance held in
that section Of the city in which several
of the women acquainted with Collins re-
side, the medium described the murderer
rnT1 Il
the rougher class.
In the circle that surrounded the me-
dunn was city detective, and he closely
scrutiniZed the curious women who attend
ed the seance.
1t is said that among Collins female
acquaintance were several married wom-
en-. Another was woman whose husband
had separated from her. and now lives in
another city. One of the men working on
the case said today that, while they were
still cropping in the dark, he expected i'm
pOrtant developments in a few days.
The evening times., 1899-10-09
TAMMANY MEN TO CONFER,
Prospects of Renewed Issues Be-
tween Hill and Croker

NEW YORK, Oct. 9.-Much interest CEN
tres in the meeting of the Democratic State
Committee, which has been summoned to
gather in the Hoffman House on Wednes-
day. Nothing is explained in the call in re-
gard TO the purpose of the meeting, and
the great majority of the committee are at
loss to know what is expected of them.
Democrats at the Hoffman House last
night were anticipating a renewal of the
struggle between the city and the country
for the control of the organization and the
conduct of the campaign. Richard Crok-
er's speech to the Tammany executive COM
mittee on Saturday night, in which he al
luded to the prospects of carrying the as
sembly, was not lost upon thSm, and they
expect that he Will again assume the State
leadership, or at least attempt to do so.
Mr.. Croker has had several conferences
with former Senator Murphy, who is in the
city, like those which preceded the SYRIA
cuse convention last year, when the city
OVERRIDE the country and nominated Au-
gustus Van Wyck for governor. David B.
Hill also paid quiet visit to the city last
week to find out how matters stood What
position Hugh Mclaughlin and the Kings
county Democrats will take has not yet
been disclosed, but a lively meeting of the
committee is expected.
Mr.. Croker was asked last night with
what organizatio the Tammany commit
tee on nominations would confer at its
meeting in Tammany Hall this afternoon
Il don't know" said he. Il heard that
the bar association had sent a note and
that it might have some representatives
there. The committee was appointed to
confer with all who care TO come"
Mr. Croker refused foll- af +l,o -,,oo.
ing of the State committee.
Judge Barrett, of the supreme court has
friends in the bar association who desire
TO support him, and il is expected that they
VIII urge his denomination upon Tammany
That he viii be one of the Tammany candi
dates has been practically decided.
There VIII also be a committee from the
German American Reform Union at the
conference, who will endeayor to Obtain
some place on the Tammany slate. The
fact that John d. Sexton's name was not
mentioned as candidate for sheriff when
the call for nominations was made in tba
Tammany executive committee on Saturday
night, and that Charles E. Murphy with
drew his name, indicates that this position
may go TO the German American Union.
The evening times., 1899-10-09
DUNGEONS IN MANILA.
Horrible Discoveries Made by a
Young Kansas Soldier.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. Oct. 9.-Ralph 5.
Gehrett, young Nortonville soldier with
Company C, Twentieth Kansas, has writ
ten an interesting letter home TO friend,
telling of a visit to Spanish dungeon.
While on duty in Manila, after active SER
vice at the front, he took it on himself to
make a few explorations, and visited sub
terranean prisons constructed over four
hundred years ago. Private Gehrett in his
letter, under date Of July %, says;
Il must tell you something about the
walls that surround and fortify the city.
They were built by Gomez Dasmasinas in
1890, and are today, although covered with
moss and creeping vines, in a good state
of preservation, and with their parapets,
moats ponderous gates and dfawbridges,
constitute a most curious relic o. the Mid
die Ages. A few days ago my bunky and l
took notion TO go through the dungeons,
secret passages, and rooms with which the
DID wall is honeycombed. We took con-
pie of lanterns, rbribed the guard at the en-
trance. and in all visited about thirty
rooms. When We got fairly inside We put
out the lanternS for a minute, ana the
darkness was horrible. Think OF being
confined for life in the dark, damp, FOUL
smelling holes!
In seyerali rooms we found skulls and
different parts of a human skeleton, with
Shiny lizards and big, gaunt gray rats
sinking and crouching in the corners. On,
what terrible stories those dark, reeklng
walls could tell if they could only speak
What tales of the horrible silence. OF
thirst, starvation. madness, and ceath!
And as l stood in the uncertain flicker OF
the lantern light and watched lizard as
it crawled sluggishly into the empty eye
socket of a grinnning skull, 1 could not
suppress shiveri OF fear. and thank God
that the time of such things is past, at
least on this island.
From that chamber we climbed hight
of spiral stairs and into a chamber that at
one time had been used as magazine for
the storage Of ammunition. 1t had pile
of old smooth-bore cannon balls IN Il
that, from their rusty appearance, must
have lain there for the last one hundred
years We visited many other rooms, each
one having something in it to sicken the
heart and disgust me. 1t was with sign
of relief that we emerged from that living
tomb into the brightness of Gods sun
shine and fresh air. l wish you could see
all l have described. 1t is sight once
seen never forgotten"
The evening times., 1899-10-09
A PREACHERS WEIRD DREAM.
The Rev. DIR. Lathem's Visionary
Trim to the LOMcr Regions.

u H
Trip to the Lower Regions.
PHILADELPHIA. Oct 9.-"An Interview
With the Dead" was the subject of re-
markable discourse delivered by Rev. A.
L. Lathem, at the North Tenth Street Pres
byterian Church, Tenth Street, below Gil
rard Avenue last night. He pictured to
the congregation what he said had been re-
vealed to him in dream.
Mr.. Lathem's experience as reporter in
the lower regions was given in very
graphic manner. Among those whom he
met with were Caiaphas, the high priest,
who was instrumental in bringing about
the Saviour's crucifxion, and who con-
fessed to Mr.. Lathem that his share in the
prosecution had been greater than is
thought, and that his punishment had not
yet ended.
Rousseau, the French philosopher, ex-
pressed to the visitor his remorse because
he had treated morality too lightly when
on earth, and that his repentance came too
late ST. Paul occupied the most exalted
position in the temporary abodes of the
good and the wicked, while John Bunyan
was also in great favor. After describing
his further experiences, the minister con-
cluded:
Il then seemed to pass through various
stages until | again reached earth, where
life seems to have little to offer as COM
pared with the regions above, but also.
where earth seems to have great attrac-
tions as compared with the regions below"
The evening times., 1899-10-09
LEHIGH FRESHMEN HAZED
sophomores Compel Them to Submit
to Many Indicnities

SOUTH BETHLEHEM. Pa. Oct. "a
dozen Lehigh freshmen were corraIed bv
about fifty sophonores Saturday nigh;
after the Lehigh- Rutgers football game
here and locked up in a r5o- 81 West
Fourth Street until midnighL D. = tine
the freshmen were very hurzry f9od
was withheld from them. The so-se .ra-es
tcok their victims to Z saloon. vha-s they
We're allowed draught OF vinazar rith 2
slight dash OF cayenne pepper.
Then began the march 10 the college
campus few hundred yards away. where
the freshmen We're compelled to drink but
termiik from nursing bottles. eat raw eggs
with hmburser cheese, walk around
clothed IN their underwear only. They
We're also submitted TO a number of other
indignities. While the freshmen were DO
ing this the sophomores took flashlight pic
lures. one Of which brings 10 bold relief
the nursing bottles. The hazins was kent
up until O'Clock in the morning.
The evening times., 1899-10-09
THE REPUBLICAN ISSUES.
Congressman Henderson Outlines tn
Administration's Policy.

WATERLOO. Iowa Oct. 9.-Congress-
man Henderson, who Is slated to be Speak
er of the next House, has outlined the pol
cy of the Administration. The gold stand
ard is the one vital issue before the people,
Mr.. Henderson believes. He also favors
fair treatment in the matter of pensions
for veterans of the Civil War.
Trusts" Mr.. Henderson says, must
not be injected into the affairs of the ma
tion at this time; Confiress has no power
TO regulate or kill them-States have; and
only demagogues will seek to make politi-
cal capital out of the inability of Congress
to act"
He favors a constitutional amendment
that will give Congress authority to pro-
ceed against trusts, and either cure them
or kill them. In the matter Of the Phil
ippines, Mr.. Henderson denies that the
United States has any right to surrender
them until civilization has elevated the
Filipinos TO a clear conception of self-gov-
ernment and endowed them with sufficient
intelligence to maintain an independent
government when one shall be established
for them or by them.
The evening times., 1899-10-09
NOVEL ELECTION WORK.
Curious Proceedings Against Whfsk,
Dealing in South Carolina.


CHESTER, S. c.. Oct. 9.-A most re-
markable election is reported from Judges
Store, in the hamlet of Landsford, this
county. There has recently been much il
legal liquor selling about Landsford and
the presence of some undesirable women
was supposed to be encouraged by the per-
sons conducting the liquor traffic. Last
week Constable ]. L. Rape seized buggy,
a mule, and fifteen gallons of liquor, which
he carried of in the night.
Under the State dispensary law property
used in conveying liquor unlawfully is con-
fiscated. The man in charge OF the outfit
escaped. A night or twoslater an attempt
was made TO kill a mule belonging TO a
prominent citizen who was supposed to
have instigated the constable TO the seiZ-
ure. This brought matters TO a point.
Every white man in the neighborhood was
summoned TO meet at Judges Store and
they gathered there 10 the number of fifty
All their names were enrolled, and the Sec
retary then announced that there was to be
an election and put the question as follows:
IF you consciously believe there are any
person or persons whose presence is con-
taminating to the moral and social atmos-
phere of this community, then write his or
their names on piece OF paper, fold, and
deposit in the ballot box On the contrary,
if you conscientiously believe there are no
such person or persons in the community,
then so write it,
A box was opened, ballots were distrib-
uted, and managers were appointed. The
voting proceeded silently. and there were
no quarrels or threats. The men known to
be the owner Of the whisky-laden mule the
constable had captured was present and
voted like the others. When the box was
opened it was found that the verdict was
not in his favor and he with others were
invited 10 depart ''as soon as practicable"
The only limit put upon their destination
by the sense Of the meeting is that it shall
ha elsewhere
The evening times., 1899-10-09
SENATOR HANNA EXPLAINS.
He Tells About His Failure to See the
President.

CLEVELAND, Ohio, Oct. s.-Senator
Hanna is indignant over reports sent out
from Washington to the effect that he had
tried to break in upon conference being
held by the President and Admiral Dewey.
There is absolutely no truth to the re-
port, said the Senator. Il called at the
White House wednesday morning. accom-
panisd BY. friend from Indiana, who want
ed TO meet the President. i asked the door,
keeper whether.I could see the President,
and he told me he was engaged with Ad-
miral Dwey.
Il then said we would return in the aft
ernooE, not making any request or effort
to break in on the conference. 1t is ridicu-
lous to think that | attempted to break in
on the Presidents private affairs in that
way. Ii is not true that l ever attempted
a thing of that kind. Whenever / have
been at the White House and found the
President engaged l have always gone
away, leaving word with the doorkeeper
that / would return later in the day"
The evening times., 1899-10-09
a HARVEST FOR FAKIRs.
The New York Dewey Celebration
Enriched NnnS

NEW YORK, Oct. 9.-over 1850 600
articles were sold By street fakirs during
the Dewey celebration in this city. Tbs
enormous sale is vouched for by George W.
Stivers, the king of fakiTs. who has his
headquarters in Ann Street He had 500
hustlers on the streets every day during the
celebration, and Stivers asserts that not a
single dime escaped.
His men sold 10000 copies of one print
of Dewey, 75.Go6 of another kind. besides
1S,e0o embossed portraits of the Admiral.
The banner sale was a large-sized bust of
Dewey, of which $4,000 copies were sold.
The other sales included 1850 plaques.
1890 medallions, 5000 medals. 10 600
Maltese crosses. $4,000 Dawey-Schley med
ais, $4,000 miscellaneous medals. 60 900
star medals, $50 red. white and blue pa
per hats, 100000 copies OF the Bounding
Billow," 100000 photographs of the Dewey
arch, and over $50, 900 flags.
The evening times., 1899-10-09
Hard to Get a Candidate.

FREDERICKSBURG, Va, Oct 9.-The
Republican convention, called to nominate
candidate for the legislature from Stat
ford and Kings counties was held Satur-
day night at Cox's store, in the former
county NJ. X. Lowry, of Stafford. was
unanimously nominated, but he positively
declined to accept. w. J. Rogers and P.
F. Wolfe. of King George, were placed in
nomination before the convention, but
both declined. w. E. Grigsby, of King
George. was finally nominated, but the con-
Vention refused TO make the nomination
unanimous and he would not accept So
the convention finally adjourned without
making a regular nomination. Henry T.
Garnett. OF King George Martin man
for the Senatorship is the Democratic
candidate
The evening times., 1899-10-09
VIEWS OF JUTARA KoMuRA
Japan Satisfied With American Con.
fral In he I1hiIi.ninos

Japan Satisfied With American Con-
troll in the Philippines.
CHICAGO. Oct. 9.-Jutara Komura,
Japanese Minister to the United States,
was among the distinguished guests who
arrived here Saturday He talked freely
regarding matters of pressing interest in
the far East.
AS to Russia. 1 think Russia is salts
fed power in the far East: there is no
friction between Russia and Japan" he
said
When asked how he regarded the sug-
gested alliance of Japan, England and the
United States, he said:
Il should say on general principles that
friendly concert between the three pow
ers would be of manifest benefit not only
as regards their own interests, but also
the general interests of the far East
Japan certainly views with satisfaction
American control of the Philippines. ia
pan is friendly disposed toward this coun-
try, and hopes for closer and even more
friendly relations with it. We are turn
ing more and more toward you in a busi-
ness way too"
The evening times., 1899-10-09
A TREMENDOUS CORN CROP.
Secretary Wilson Says the Yield vii
BE Remarkable,

CHICAGO, Oct. 9.-"This years corn
crop will be one of the largest in our his
tory" said Secretary Wilson. who is in
Chicago with the Presidential party, today.
The total yield, it is estimated, will be
between twenty-three and twenty-five hun
dred millions of bushels.
There will be plenty for manufacturing
and feeding, and We will have all the corn
to sell that anybody wants to buy To
what extent the crop will be shipped
abroad will depend largely upon the price
it will bring. The high prices offered for
meats will incline the farmers. to. use the
crop for feeding purposes"
The evening times., 1899-10-09
HnuIed AlOft by His Legs.

HAGERSTOWN, Md. Oct. 9.-Captain
MeHenry, while working at the new Wish
ard storage house, in course of erection,
was accidentally hoisted in the air to the
third story, head downward. BY his legs
catching in tub full of bricks, which was
being drawn from the ground up to the
top of the building by horse 'hitched to a
pulley. The tub turned while he hung in
his perilous position in the air and spilled
the bricks over him. but his legs. still kept
fastened to the tub. A workman with
presence of mind stopped and backed the
horse, and Captain McHenry was saved
though he was greatly bruised.
The evening times., 1899-10-09
A Man and woman Missing

WATERBURY. Conn, Oct. 9.-There are
two deserted homes in Farm Street, one
containing a sorrowing husband and thre,
children, the other a determined wife and
daughter. The missing woman is Mrs.
William G. O'Dell; the man William ].
Hamm: Mr.. ODell and Mrs. Ramm be-
lieve that tdthey have elopsd Hamm took
his wife to the Danbury fair on Thursday.
left hee oostensibiy for minute and she
has not seen him since. letter says he
will not return, and tells where the house
purse and the keys to a chest of tools
are. Nothing has been heard from Mrs.
.O'Della5s sHamm and O'Dell were pattern
makers and warm friends.
The evening times., 1899-10-09
Old Coins Found in a River.

CAMDEN, N. j., Oct "a large number
of relic hunters gathered ON the meadows
along Newton Creek, in South Camden,
yesterday. where mud dredger has thrown
out old coins and other valuables sucked
up from the bottom of the river. A police
man was on duty TO prevent the crowd
from venturing on the mucky ground
around the dredger. This officer has
picked up number of old coins, some
dating back as Tar as 1735.