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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-06-21
|OD THE CATHEDRAL STEPS.
A Still Born Babe Found Enclosed in
3 Shoe Box
YESTERDAY MORNING BY THE
SEXTON - THE IDENTITY OF
THE MOTHER UNKNOWN-PA-
THETIC NOTE, EVIDENTLY
WRITTEN BY THE MOTHER,
FOUND ON THE BOX.

Yesterday morning about $50 O'Clock
Sexton Letzkus, of st. Joseph's Cathe-
dral, discovered shoebox lying on the
church steps on which was an unsign-
ed note addressed to one of the Holy
Sisters, stating there was a baby in
the box. An examination revealed a
still born girl child wrapped in some
rags.
The note was written in an excellent
hand, seemingly a lady's handwriting,
but from the contents and the total
disregard for punctuation, it would
seem that the writer tried to leave no
clue to his or her identity. An exact
reproduction follows:
ITO one of our Holy sisters this is a
little dead baby in the box bless it and
bury it in a corner of the Convent
yard.
"Oblige a poor girl who met with a
misfortune.
"the baby came bore its time never
saw life
The police were notified and Lieut..
Ingram responded. After receiving the
permission from Coroner Schultz, the
remains were removed to the under
taking establishment of White, Hand
ley & Foster, on the South Side, to be
prepared for burial
Drs. Arbrecht and McGrail, who
viewed the remains, returned a verdict
to the coroner of premature birth.
A large crowd, composed chiefly of
school children, was attracted to the
scene after the child was found, but
none seemed to know who had left the
parcel there. One of the Cathedral
High school cadets claimed to have
seen a woman put the package on the
steps, but when asked about the mat
ter he denied all knowledge of the af-
fair.
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CLERK ROBERTSON'S OFFICE.

One deed of trust was left for record
yesterday
Marriage license was issued to Charles
Albert Keim and Clara Clark Zane, both
of Wheeling.
Deed recorded, dated June IS, from Henry
O. Hoff and wife, of Meigs county o., to
Sarah A. Hoff, of Pomeroy, conveying a
lot in Finks addition to Wheeling Island
Consideration $1,000.
Deed dated June IS, 1899, from Charles
ALL Jr., to Amelia Margaret ALL, ct al,
conveying lot on Seventeenth street Con-
sideration, $500
Deed dated June 10. 1899 from G. R. C.
Allen and John A. Howard, special COM
missioners, to Charles ALL, conveying
property in the East End. Consideration,
s., 155
Deed dated May 9, 1892 from Amelia S.
Woods, to j. c. McCurdy conveying a par
Gel of land in Elm Grove. Consideration,
$500
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PROPOSALS.
PROPOSALS FOR PAVING.

Sealed proposals will be received by the
Board of Public Works Of the city OF
Wheeling until ~ O clock noon, Saturday.
July !, 1889, for paving certain streets and
alleys with vitrified paving brick. Specifi-
the Clerk Of the Board The successful
bidder or bidders will be required TO fur
nish bond in the sum OF three thousand
$4,000 dollars, with surety. to be approved
by the Board, for the faithful performance
of the contract. The names of the sure
ties must accompany each bid. Proposals
must be made on printed forms, which Will
be furnished by the Clerk The proposals
shall be marked Proposals for Paving 4
The Board reserves the right to reject any
or all bids WIN II HORNISH
jul9e, to "A Clerk
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NEWS NOTES OF YESTERDAY.
A Collection OF tn e Small Events of Fac h
Passing Day.

Passing Day.
The employees of seven of the La
Belle tin mills, numbering about sixty
men, were forced to lay off duty yester-
day afternoon owing to the hot
weather.
In police court yesterday morning
William Walter, colored, was fined
$l45 and costs on several charges of
conducting a house of i'll fame and
selling liquor without a license.
Mayor A. G. Sweeney yesterday
called a meeting CT council for tonight
at 1880 o'clock for the transaction Of
general business. Several matters OF
Importance will come up for consider
atior.
Andrew Fisher, the South Side
grocer, was arraigned before Squire G..
S. Greer yesterday afternoon at 2
O'Clock on the charge of destruction Of
property, as preferred by Mrs. Maggie
Burke. He was fined 81 and costs.
The firm of Dryden & Schuck have
been retained by the plaintiff in the
case Of Mahon VS.. McFadden and Cum
bingham. This is a case of damages
for the false arrest and Imprisonment
of the plaintiff, and will be tried to-
Gay at Moundsville.
The Salvation Army gave an ice
cream social at the Hearne Tabernacle
last evening. There were many in at
tendance, including number of the
members Of the Washington, Pa, corps.
The affair was a success, both socially
and financially.
The Central Garden Club gave
their first hop of the season at their
quarters on the South Side last even
ing. 1t was an enjoyable affair in every
particular and was attended by many
of the friends of the organization Prof.
Charles killmeyer furnished the music.
The Jewel Pleasure Club, a newly
organized club of the South Side, COM
posed of Harry Kline, Worthy Pell,
James Higgans and Herman Steinman,
will give a dance at Mozart Park on
Thursday evening, June 90 Music for
the occasion will be rendered by Prof.
Nolte.
E. X. Little, of Grafton, freight
conductor on the fourth division of the
b. & o. road, suffered the misfortune
to fall from the top of a box car at
a point south OF Benwood Junction last
evening. His injuries were of a pain
full nature. He was attended by DR..
Alley.
The literary department OF the Ep-
wort h paplIa Of WoSlay M u nh,rab
will give an entertainment on Monday
evening next. The features of the af-
fair will include addresses by Cor
poral Honecker and Private Calda-
baugh, of the immunes, both of whom
will recount their experiences while in
Cuba.
Two Moundsville parties, Burt
Berry and John Tomlinson, were up
before Mayor Thomas Sheppard al
Benwood last evening on the charge
of fighting. Each was fined So and
costs. The fight occurred during the
afternoon and resulted in one Of the
men receiving a painful cut on the
head. His injuries were attended by
DIR. Alley.
The ladies' second and third divi-
sions OF st. Mathews P. E. church will
furnish lunch to those who attend the
opera at the park this evening. from
o'clock till late in the evening. The
proceeds are for the benefit Of the
church, and the ladies hope that all
their city friends will go out and enjoy
the cool breezes as we'll as a good
lunch
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STEALING PAPERS.

Subscribers to the Register residing
on Chapline street. just south of the
creek, complain bitterly about unscru-
pulous people stealing papers. The
Register offers a reward for the arrest
and conviction of these petty offenders.
The annoyance that these thefts occa-
sion are almost beyond endurance. A
grown person who will engage ia such
meanness ought to bA 'ducked."
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THE PARADE
On the Opening Day of the Oriental
Street Fair Will be Very Imposing.
Secret Societies Will Participate.
Cyclers' Night at the Fair.

The local Elks are bestowing con-
siderable attention upon their prepara-
lions for the opening parade on next
Monday, which is to be the first spec
tacular feature of the Oriental Carnival
all next week. They have received as
surances that the Knights of Honor
alone will turn out fully 800 men. The
Elks, including lodges from Manning
Liverpool, will have probably five hun
dred men in line. Various other secret
societies and marching organizations
of the city are expected to turn out at
least 1000 more. The fire department
will form another section. The Orien-
tai features will also be in line in the
order mentioned in yesterdays Regis
ter Altogether it will be an imposing
demonstration, and it will march
through streets gaily embellished
with purple and white, the colors of
the B. P. o. Elks, mingled with the ma
ClOndl SluOlClHoy AdSS Ouhtiheo.
Elsewhere the merchants have prepar-
ed elaborate floats, and local business
men will probably do the same. The
milkmen's association has decided to
turn out with sixty wagons, gaily
decorated.
Word has been received from Gov
ernor Atkinson that he will arrive in
the city Sunday night. Arrangements
have been made for an electric button,
which the States chief executive officer
will touch to set the big show in mo-
ton.
Chairman Hill, of the hotels commit
tee, already has list of more than 800
rooms to which visitors will be assign
ed during the week. He can use many
more. The committee authorizes the
announcement that it has arranged
for the accommodation of whatever
cyowds may come to tire city.
1t is learned that several merchants
have transferred their booths to others.
They are advised that this should not
be done without consulting the booths
committee, as it may lead to embar-
RAISING complications.
Chairman Tracy, of the special fea-
lures committee, has received the en-
tries of "a of the plumpest and pref
tiest infants in town for the baby show,
which is expected to attract half the
mothers within radius of fifty miles
of Wheeling. The couple has been
secured for the public marriage cere-
mony, and Clerk Robertson granted
the necessary license yesterday. The
names will not be published in advance
of the ceremony
Visitors and residents should watch
for Madame LIE Roy's balloon ascen-
sion Monday night. The discharge of
fireworks up among the clouds is "a
spectacular feature which will be a de-
cided novelty.
A delegation of wheelmen waited
upon the Elks and asked for a special
evening for cyclers. Thursday night
was set aside for the wheelmen. and
there will be a special parade early in
the evening in which all wheelmen
and wheelwomen in the city and vicin-
ity are asked to participate. All wheels
should be decorated. Details of the
formation. route OF march, ETC., of this
cyclers parade, as well as Mondays
civic, military and Oriental pageant,
will be announced later.
The question CT transportation 70 and
from the grounds on the Island ~
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FRIDAY NIGHTS MEETING.

Editor CO the Register
sir:-"All members of the Chamber Of
Commerce are requested to meet at the
Chamber of Commerce rooms at o'clock.
HOWARD HAZLETT, Sec'y.''
The above is the advertisement. publish
ed in the Register of Friday, the 18th IT,
slant. An anxious public would like 90
know who converted an intended meeting
of the Chamber into d Republican town
meeting, and who is us ng the Chamber
of Commerce almost constantly for pur-
poses other than the uses for which it
was created? INQUIRER.
June goth 1899
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been simplified through the efforts of
the drivers and expressmen's union.
whose advertisement is published in
another column. They will secure
horses and vehicles from all the sur
rounding country, and will provide a
satisfactory service at all times.
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MARKS From BELOW.

PARKERSBURG-Oh river feet and
Stationary Thunder storms and high
winds The Little Kanawha is falling
CINCINNATI-River IS feet inches and
falling Clear.
POINT PLEASANT-Rive I feet 5 in
ehes and rising. Clear.
CAIRO-River "a feet inches and fall
ing Fair and warm
E,VANSVILLE-Rive 10 feet inches
and rising. Clear and warm.
MEMPHfS-River is feet inches, fall
of 0S Clear and hot
LOUfSVILLE-River falling: feet
inches on falls: IA feet inches below
locks Clear and warm.
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MARKS FRoM ABOVE.

PITTSBURG-Riv feet 1 inch and
falling. Threatening.
OIL CITY-River / foot and falling.
Clear and warmer.
BROWNSVILLE-RiYe 5 feet and fall
ing.
GREENSBORO-Ri feet and fall
ing Fair and warm.
STEUBENVTLLE-R feet inches
and falling Raining and warm.
WARREN-Rive s Of a foot. Clear and
warm.
MORGANTOWN- feet inches
and stationary Cloudy and warm.
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RIVER NEWS
Daily Chronicle OF the Movements of the
Boats and Boatmen.

Boats and Boatmen.
The marks on the wharf at midnight
showed feet inches and falling.
The wickets at Davis Island dam
are all in position.
The United States steamer Golden
Rod is in port at Cincinnati after max
ing her regular spring rounds on the
The Virginia is tomorrow Cincin-
natl packet. She leaves at II a. m.
The high wind on the river last
night rendered navigation dangerous.
There were no accidents reported.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-06-21
LADIES CAN WEAR SHOES

One size smaller after using Aliens Foot
Ease, a powder to be shaken into the
shoes. II makes tight or new shoes feel
bunions, It's the greatest comfort dis
eovery OF the age. Cures swollen feet.
h!isters and callous spots Aliens Foot.
sweating, hot, aching feet At air drug,
Ills ana shoes stores. 25c Trial packaTe
hEE py mail. address ALLEN s. OLH-
80. LEROY. q. CO
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TO-MORROW's PACKETS.

Pittsburg. Lorena, 4 a. m.
Cincinnati. Virginia, a. m.
Matamoras, Lexington, Ii a. m.
Parkersburg, II. x. Bedford, II a. m.
Darlington, Leroy, $3.50 p. m.
SistersYille, Ruth. 800 2. m.
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TO-DAY,S ROATS.

Charleston. Kanawha, $50 a. m.
Newport, Jewel, IL a. m.
Steubenville, T. NJ Bayne 2:30 p. m.
Darlington, Leroy, $3.50 p. m.
Sistersville, Ruth, $3.50 p. m.
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FOR SALE.

Business property. $50 Market street. A
bargain on a quick cea4.
No III South Front street, a complete
modern dwelling. Very low figure on 4
quick sale.
No fts Fourteenth street. large. roomy
and light: can be had at a very low neure
on easy terms
No l4s Fifteenth street roorned cot
tags. a very cosy little home. lot Z1xi10.
No. II sixteenth street, modern. very de-
slrnbie lot IsziDg
MONEY TO LOAN.
GEO. j. MATHISON,
Real Estate Agent. 1908 Market Street.
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GENERAL NOTICES.
~~-,~r>~s~~>~-e----~---~~
ODD FELLOWS, HALL ASSOCIATION.

o. DID FELLOWS HALL ASSOCIATION.
The annual meeting OF the stockholders
OF the Odd Fellows Hall Association will
be held Wednesday evening. June 2lst.
1879, at go O'Clock. for the purpose OF
electing nine trustees and for the trans
action Of such other business proper 10 be
done at such meeting. BY order OF the
President. s. NJ DARRAH Sec
jul0,21
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NOTICE
OF the Drawing for Redemption Of Bonds
Of 1885 of the CITY OF Wheeling.

Notice is hereby given by the commits
sioners Of the loan OF 1ss5 OF the city OF
Wheeling. that on June s. 1889 pursuant
TO the require ents OF the ordinance OF
sad city, passed May II, 1855. entitled IAN
ordinance 10 provide for the ssne ard gale
known as bonds of 1855, and for the re-
demption and payment thereof and pro-
yiGimg FOR payment INTO the city treasury
Of certain amounts from the revenues II
the gas and water works" the following
described bonds issued under the said Or.
sad commissioners for redemption and
payment on the tirst day 0I Ju.y. Ia5g. IT,
s"4t.
NO. Eleven, E..-.....s.+.............{ 80 20
No Forty-Hine. for................ so IN
No. Sixty-iive, for. ............... 80 %
No. Seventy-n.ne, for...--.-.......- so %
No One Hundred and Twenty-sev-
No one Hundred and Forty-five for 100 %
No Two Hundred and Eight for. 80 30
No Two Hundred and Forty for 90 10
No, Two Hundred and Seventy
No Two Hundred and Ninety
three. for -........................ I.cDo %
No. Two Hundred and Ninety
No Three Hundred and Eighteen. it De- y
No Three Hundred and Twenty 900 %
Said bonds w.I be redeemed and
paid at the Bank Of the Ohio Valley, IN
the city o. Wheeling. West Virginia, on
and after said first day OF July lsss and
said bonds. 50 determined will cease
TO bear interest from the last mentioned
day and date.
ALFRED CALDWELL.
l.. r. SANDS
p. W PETERSON.
Commissioners Of the Loan OF 1885
ejulsto %
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YESTERDAYS DEPARTURES.

Pittsburg, Virginia.
Cincinnati. Keystone State.
Matamoras, Lexington.
Parkersburg, II. X. Bedford.
Steubenville. T. NJ. Bayne.
Darlington, Leroy.
SistersVille. Ruin.
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S. S. COPE.
Secretary,

Frank B. Archer, who is the unani-
nous choice of his party for Senator
from the Twentieth Twenty-second
Ohio district, was born at Bellaire. O..
Al years ago. He was the son of Ru-
dolph Archer, who will be remembered
by the elder citizens as celebrated
vocalist in his day. At the tender age
Of eleven Frank began to work in
glass house, and in due time became a
full-f1edged chimney maker. 1t was
during this period of trial and struggle
that he developed that self-reliance
and tact that has made him a conspic-
1ous figure in the politics of Belmont
county and the Sixteenth Congress
sional district. From 1883 to '92 he
vas county treasurer, and he has served
his party two years as chairman of the
county executive committee. Five
years ago he was State central com
mltteeman from this district, and in
1897 was candidate for the nomina-
lion which he carried off so easily yes
lerday At that time his prospects
were frustrated by a factional differ
ence in his own county. Mr.. Archer is
member of the we'll known firm of
DAVIS & Archer, general contractors
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EoR REM.
FOR sALE-REAL ESTATE.

FOR SALE Fine brick dwelling on Four
teenth street. | offer my residence No.
lis Fourteenth street. for sale Possession
and terms ~ suit purchaser Enquire OF
Il. b. McLain, Dental and Surgical De-
pot. City Bank Building mon. wed.frl
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FOR SALE.

Fine country residence. near city. of IA
rooms large cellars. finished attic, etc.
with 10 acres of ground. Of which are in
orchard Uufalling supply Of good spring
water. Price, %B9. II sold NJ once
Desirable building lots al Pleasant VAL
ley. WHITE & BATES
Tel S. Exchange Bank building
malice
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TERRIBLE FLOODS.

CALCUTTA, Sept. 25.-Earthquakes,
floods and terrible landslides occurred
at and near Darjeeling, in the lower
Himalayas, last night. Great damage
was done and no fewer than sixty ma
tives pefished.
There was rainfall of twenty-eight
inches in thirty-eight hours. Three
bad landslides took place between OAR
feeling and Sonada, involving the
transshipment of a railway train OF
passengers.
According to the latest reports nine
European children and twenty natives
were lost between those two points.
The whole Calcutta road is blocked.
About a thousand acres OF tea have
been destroyed from Jalapahar TO
Burchill. At the latter place some three
thousand feet of water supply pipe
have been ruined. The electric plant
has suffered seriously and the town is
in darkness. There is great fear of
further rain.
4 dispatch from Jalpaiguri, on the
river Teesta, forty miles southeast of
Darjeeling, says that boat crossing
the Teesta with three Europeans and
six natives was swamped by the high
waves. The body of one of it's occu-
pants has been found fourteen miles
down the river. 1t is reported that the
Europeans, Anderson, Kuster and
Whitman, jumped overheard. Their
fate is unknown. Search parties have
been sent out to look for them.
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the communication then proceeds as
follows:
The imperial Government sees no
ground for Misrepresentation on the
part of the South African republic as
to its answer regarding non-interfer-
ence and suZerainty, Us the imperial
Government had already stated that it
would not press for the appointment
of a joint commission OF inquiry in
view of the fact that such an inquiry
would, in the opinion OF the Govern
ment of the South African republic.
prejudice the right of full independ-
enCe repeatedly recognized by the i'm
perial Government.
As to the use OF the English Ian
guage in the Volksraad. the imperial
Government regards this as reason
able, and is astonished that the Gov
eminent of the South African republic
should deem ii unnecessary. and make
a point of denying that the Govern
ment of the South African republic
ever proposed the same to the British
agent.
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LONDON, Sept. 23.-,All prep
arations have now been made
at Aldershot for the quick dis
patch to South Africa of COM
plete army corps of 10000 men.
The cavalry depots at home
have been requisitioned for
1900 horses, which are being
collected at Chatham for ship
ment. The requirements for
transport and cavalry are H.
$50 horses, and the remainder
are set aside for casualties.
British agents are securing
the continent buying horses to
take the place of those reQuisi-
. toned from the cavalry depots.
The London Omnibus Company
and the principal carrying COM
panies have been asked by the
War Office to sell their surplus
horses, and they have to some
extent complied.
Recruiting is being energeti-
cally carried on in all the great
manufacturing and agricultur-
al centers, and the war fever is
stimulated to supply recruits,
chiefly in London, where the in
crease this week is 80 per cent.
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PRETORIA, Sept. 25.-The Imperial
raad. President Kruger announced
that the reply of the Government of
the South African republic would be
presented to the Volksraad tomorrow.
DURHAM, Natal, Sept. 25.-Seven
hundred and fifty men of the Leicester
shire Regiment, $50 of the Royal Dub
lin Fusileers, 200 mounted infantry
and the Eighteenth Hussars have ar
rived at Dundee from Lady Smith
JOHANNESBURG, Sept. 25.-Von
Veltheim, the former trooper in the
Cape police, who shot and killed Wolfe
Joel, nephew, partner and executor of
the late Barney Barnato, in Johannes
burg in March last year, after failing
in an attempt to blackmail, has been
arrested while crossing the frontier. 1t
is said that he was returning with the
object of giving the Government in
formation.
THE LAST WARNING.
LONDON, Sept. 25.-The officials of
the Foreign Office this evening gave
out the text of the letter of the Secre-
tary of State for the Colonies, Mr.
Chamberlain, TO he British High
Commissioner in South Africa, Sir AL
fred Miner, dated September %. The
British reply expresses regret that
her Majesty's offer number five, of Sep
TENDER 9, had been refused, and says:
The object her Maiesty's Govern
ment had in view in the recent nego-
tiations has been stated in a manner
which cannot admit of misapprehen-
sion, viz, to obtain such substantial
and immediate representation for the
Uitlanders as will enable them to Sc
cure for themselves that fair and just
treatment which was formally prom
| Used them in 1881, which her Majesty
| intended to secure for them when she
granted privilege of self-government to
| the Transvaal. No conditions less
| comprehensive than those contained in
the telegram of September s can be re-
| lied on to effect this object. The refu-
sal of the South African Government
| to entertain the offer thus made, COM
| ing as it does after four months OF
protracted negotiations, themselves
the climax of five years of extended
| agitation, makes it useless to further
| pursue the discussion on the line:
hitherto followed, and the imperial
Government is now compelled to con
| slider the situation afresh and formu.
late its own proposals for a final set
Element of the issues which have beer
created in South Africa by the policy
constantly followed for many years b!
the Government of South Africa. They
| will communicate the result of theil
deliberations in a later dispatch.
In later communication, dated
September %, the imperial Govern
ment is said TO have substituted, ant