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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-09-04
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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-09-04

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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-09-04
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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-09-04

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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-09-04

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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-09-04

GARDENER aus FLORIST wants posi-
t0 % gaat.-rar's p.drt. :" years
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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-09-04

- hhe leaving time fr IN Dcsbross"H M"
'"rtL@'ndt streets is five minutes later thnn
th'~ given below Tor Invent, third street
station, except where otherwise noted
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-05-04
FURTHER PROGRESS
Said to Have Been Made Toward the
Combination Of thu Big Steel In
terests-- -Carnegie's Said to Have
Been Offered $150,OOO,0O0.

New York, May 3.-The Times to-
morrow will say:
Further progress toward consolida-
ton of the big steel interests of the
country was made yesterday at meet
ing held at the Holland House, in
which Judge W. H Moore, of Chicago,
H. C. Frick, representing the Carnegie
interests, and other prominent steel
men of the country took part After
the meeting there was rumor that an
offer of $3.50, 100000 had been made for
the Carnegie interests and that Mr..
Prick had taken it under consideration
for consultation with Mr.. Carnegie.
At the offices of one of the largest con-
Germs in the country, whose officers have
been for several days negotiating with the
promoters of the big combine, 1t was stat
ed that there were good grounds for this
report The statement was repeated by
one of the biggest officials in the company
who said that the offer had been made.
but with what probability of acceptance
he could not say.
Neither Mr.. Frick nor Judge Moore
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-05-04

would say much more on the subject,
Judge Moore simply saying there was
nothing more in the various rumors afioat
than the desires of the different steel COM
panes to harmonic their interests for
the financial benefit of ALL
1t was also said yesterday "wednesday
that offers had been made to the Federal
Steel Company and the American Steel &
Wire Company to join the combination,
but that so far nothing definite had been
decided upon. John w. Gates, president
of the latter company, tonight left the
Waldorf-Astoria, where he had been stay
ing since his sudden return from Europe
last Saturday, and was said to have gone
to his home in Chicago. Before leaving
Mr.. Gates said he had not become mem
Der of the consolidation, but there was
mo telling what might happen"
The deal, it was variously rerorted.
would probably be concluded on a basis Of
from $525, 900 to $500 600, 600; moreover.
that it would be financed by the National
City Bank, ]. p. Morgan & Co., and j. W.
Seligman & Co.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-05-04
MARTINS FERRY.

Chas. Dietrich and George Scales, the
two youngsters charged with arson,
were given hearing yesterday before
Probate Judge Smith, at st. Glars
VILE The judge did not pass a sent
ence upon the boys and will not until
inquiries are made in regard to their
character Leo Meakin, the youngest
of the trio, who was allowed to return
to his home here upon the promise or
his parents that he should return whea
the case was called, cannot be located
by the authorities here. 1t is thought
that his parents have removed from the
town in order to save the child from
punishment.
Richard Davis, who recently escaped
from the asylum at Columbus, return
ed to the home of his parents in Stand
ards addition. 1t is understood that
his father refused to be responsible for
his actions, and last evening Sheriff
Foreman came down from St. Glars
vile with one of the guards from the
asylum, where Davis will be returned
The committee of the fire department
appointed to make arrangements for
the coming entertainment to be given
held meeting last evening In the city
hall.
Ben Chopper was at Steubenville yes
terday calling on friends.
Miss Nellie Jepson, of ST. Clairsville,
is the guest of relatives here.
Prosecuting Attorney Weems was
down from st. Clairsville yesterday on
business.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Conway, of
Tiffin, O., are the guests of friends and
relatives here.
Mrs. George Milligan and daughter,
Miss Bert, of Mt. Pleasant, are the
guests of Mr.. and Mrs Samuel Mil
ligan, of Jefferson street.
The work of grading and re1aying
the brick pavement at the corner of
Fourth and Hanover street, to the level
Of the street car track, was completed
yesterday. The job is a first-class one
and has done away with what was
thought would be very bad piece of
street.
The Aetnaville Juniors and the Eb
erly Loafers will cross bats Saturday
afternoon.
The business and professional men
OF the town got together yesterday
afternoon on field in the north part
OF town and played their second game
OF ball OF the season. The Long Ends
were again successful in a five inning
contest, defeating the Short Ends bv
a score Of to 2.
Joseph Green, of West Jefferson
street, left yesterday for Scottdale, Pa,
where he has secured a position in a
rolling MILL
Louis Prick is confined to his home
on South Fourth street, very i'll.
w. t. Howell is building an addi-
ton to his residence on South Broad
way
Coleman G Oliver have finished re-
painting the Chopper cafe on Second
street.
DIR. j. J. Burton, of this place. has
shipped his household effects to Log
| ansport, Ind, for which place DR.. and
Mrs. Burton will leave in a few weeks
to make their future home
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-05-04

explains why Wadsworth's familiar de-
scription of Coieridge as a noticeable man
with large gray eyes does not quite agree
with Carlyle's impression that his eyes
were of light hazel, nor this again with
the writer who found them light gray.
prominent and of liquid bril.iancy, as
though the orb itself reiterated to the in
nermost recesses of the BRAIN
Chattertons brilliant gray eyes were
his most remarkable feature. Under
strong excitement one appeared brighter
and, as in the case of Byron, larger than
the other. Catcott says lit was like the
eye of a hawk, and that one could see his
soul through it," Barrett never saw
such eyes. fire rolling at the bottom of
them and he confesses that he often
purposely differed his opinion from Chat
terton to see how wonderfully his eye
would strike fire, kindle and blaze up
Audubon, as became a naturalist. had
hawk like eyes that flashed like search
light and were ever on the alert for each
movement of animated nature" The
Duke of eWllington also had, it is said,
blue hawk eyes, cleaning with military
genius.
The most striking feature of Burns was
his dark eye. 1t was, we are tod by one
writer, full of mind and literally glowed
when he spoke with emotion or interest"
Sir Walter Scott who knew the poet when
he lived in Edinburgh, says: Il never saw
such another eye in a human head. and
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-05-04

to do the shooting because of a sys-
tematic bounding of him by Masterton.
Plumb declared further that Masterton
had not only ruined him financially. but
had attempted to ALLEVIATE the affections
OF his wife and children and to cause
his social downfall
Plumb's statements, one of which
was addressed to the Associated Press.
deal with period of his career embrac-
ing the past thirty-five years, are ram
bling in many places
Masterson and Plumb met by agree
ment in the Burlington hotel at l.: 30 p.
NJ, in the apartments occupied by
Mgr. Cole. They had been there but a
short time when five shots were fired
in rapid succession. Plumb then
came out of the apartments and walk
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-05-04

mas never been determined. He has
oeeh known to pull at his oar for six
teen hours without intermission in the
rough waters of the open sea and after
tnat to pass half the night in dancing
and athletic exercises. He is the cham
plon OF all the wrestlers in the king
dom, and with the gloves he has never
yet met his match. He seems able to
stand an unlimited amount of punish
ment and has managed to pick up
from sailors of visiting warships no
lnconsiderable acquaintance with the
art of boxing.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-05-04

which he says is known to his friends
IN New York and Washington as THE
Washington conspiracy"
After reciting the story of the mar
rage of his son, ]. Ives Plumb, in 1885.
with woman named Anna Burton, of
whom he speaks in no complimentary
terms and laying the blame for this
undesirable marriage at Masterton's
door, he refers to what he calls the
Last great conspiracy of Alexander
Masterton."
He next refers to the kidnapping of
his daughter, Leonita, in 1888, after
they had returned to New York. She.
was forced into carriage by the agents
of Masterton, he AYERS, and taken to
the Victoria Hotel. Later she was
taken to Troy. She subsequently re-
gained her freedom. The object of this
abduction, Plumb claims, was to force
the girl to give up her father.
Plumb declares that wrongs that Mas
terton~had done him no law could reach.
His words are: 1.-THE man who brought all
this trouble in my declining years no law
can REACH
In addition to these conspiracies Plumb
goes into lengthy details regarding the al
legged efforts of Masterton and others to
bring about marriage between one oc his
daughters and worthless fortune seek
ing Englishman, who had made the boast
that he could win the little American
miss"
Alexander Masterton was leading res
laeht OF Mt. Vernon, where he occupied a
handsome home with his wife and two
daughters, Mrs. C. B. Tibbals and Mrs
W. \. Ferris He was formerly connected
with the old Manufacturers & Merchants
Bank of New York. and later was inter-
ested in the Farmers Loan & Trust Conn
pahy. lie had the management of many
estates and was interested heavily in West
chester real estate. He had held num-
Der of public offices. He was prominent
member of the Masonic fraternity and
was a popular man in MI. Vernon.
j. Neale Plumb at one time was verv
wealthy, occupying a fine residence on
Fifth avenue and having a half-million-
dollar villa at Islip, L. l. 1t is said bv
Plumb that he lost most of his fortune
although he had sufficient left to retire
from business twenty years ago He also
Is said by those who knew him best to be
a popular, easy going man.
number of lawyers interested in the
legal proceedings of the Plumb Masterton
case were greatly surprised to learn of the
murder. Lawyer David Mcclure, who rep
repsented Masterton in proceedings in
which the two men were involved. was
greatly surprised 10 hear of the shooting.
which, however, he did not wish to dis
cuss. He said, however, that he had al
ways found Plumb pleasant, agreeable
and easy to get along with.
J. Henry Thompson. another lawyer in
terested in the Plumb family litigation.
said:
Had the shooting occurred during the
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-05-04

Not long ago the British cruiser Roy
alist visited the port of Apia on some
peaceful 'errand. The captain was a
very powerful athlete and at lifting
dead weight easily surpassed the
strongest men in his crew. Yet when
Ire essayed a private competition with
Vaenga the islander lifted with ease
from the ground to a straight arm over
the head every weight which the naval
officer could move and then wound up
by lifting a series of weights which the
Caucasian athlete was unable to stir.
LLEWELLA PRICE CHURCHILL.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-05-04

follows:
"The reason for taking this serious
step was that for upward Of thirty-five
years this man has followed me like a
sleuth hound from that time to this,
and yet l was never able to discover
the cause or motive of his vindictive
animosity toward me, as when he
commenced to attack me / had never
seen the man nor ever heard of him.
Again in 1885, on my return from
California after three years absence,
he at once renewed the intrigues
against me in my family and in pub
lic secretly doing me all injury in his
power, socially and financially.
after all these years down to 1876
this man was constantly plotting and
conspiring against me, endeavoring to
undermine my wife's confidence in me
by mean and covert insinuations and
endeavoring in every way to ALLEVIATE
the affections of my wife and children,
and he had a powerful influence, being
the trustee of my wife's large estate. ;"
In 1877 Mrs. Plumb died in Paris
and Plumb returned here and went to
live at Islip, L. l. He recites num-
Der of circumstances showing alleged
conspiracy to ALLEVIATE the affections of
his children, French maid acting as
a SPY for Masterson. Plumb refers to
another Conspiracy" begun in 1885,
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-05-04

New York, May 3.-AleXander Mas
terton, a director of the Farmers Loan
& Trust Company, and Y years old,
was shot and killed this afternoon by
James Neale Plumb, in the Burlington
Hotel, on West Thirteenth street.
Master was shot five times. and died
within an hour or two.
The murder was premeditated, as evil
denced by a voluminous statement
written in advance by Plumb and given
out after his arrest.
Plumb, in his statement issued "To
the Public" and entitled, why I. j.
Neale Plumb, shot Alexander Master
ton," declared that he had been actuated
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-05-04
FAMOUS PEOPLES EYES.
Temple Bar.

Temple Bar
According to Tro,awny no man had
brighter eyes than Byron. They were
gray and fringed with long black lashes.
Lady Blessington. writing of him a few
months before his departure to Greece,
adds that one eye was visibly larger than
the other
Charles Lamb is described as having
glittering eyes, strangely dissimilar in
color, one being hazel, the other having
specks of gray in the iris, as you see red
spots in the blood stone.
Eyes, as you know. are apt to vary con-
siderably in shades of color in the same n
dividual from time to time-a fact that
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-05-04

TIL OA1hOkA1N AIHLET ID,
Ihere is no race quite so finely de-
Veloped as the Samoan Islanders of the
south Pacific. The men, for it is not
true OF the women in the same marked
degree, arrive at the perfection of pbv-
Slcal development while young and for
a few years of early manhood are fair
ly statuesque.
One of the best specimens is the how
oar in the boat of the American Con-
sui General at Apia, the young man
Vaenga, of the village of Vaiala. Just
what the limit of his strength may be
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-05-04

Alexander MaSierson Shot Down by
James NsalSe Plumb.

THE MEN HAD MET BY APPOINT
MENT AT THE BURLINGTON
HOTEL IN NEW YORK-AFTER
A BRIEF TIME TOGETHER,
PLUMB FIRED FIVE BULLETS
INTO MASTERSON'S BODY,
CAUSING HIS DEATH IN A
SHORT TIME-A VERY PECUL-
lar CASE-PLUMB HAD CON-
TEMPLATED THE DEED, AND
HAD PREPARED A LONG STATE
MENT OF HIS GRIEVANCES
AGAINST HIS ENEMY.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-05-04
PICTURESQUE SANDMAN WOMEN.

The women of SARDINIA are elegant Of fig
ure and have a graceful carriage. Their
eyes are large and black, their hair dark.
with a brunette complexion. They dress
very much in the same style as women in
every part Of civilized Europe. except that
there is not the same extreme haste to
adopt the latest fashion.
The wives and daughters of farmers
and tradesmen amply compensate for
the simplicity of dress among the upper
classes by the brilliant colorings of their
costumes, AMI at their religious fetes and
other festivals, when they appear m gaa
dress, they present a truly wonderful
spectacle. The aforesaid costumes are a
sort of family heirloom, handed down
from mother to daughter. and treasured
as highly as hereditary Jewels or anees-
trail portraits. The fashion never changes,
and instead of feeling ashamed of being
seen in the same dress at two different
entertainments they glory in this antiq-
uity and in the number of occasions on
which It has been worn.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-05-04

BIDDEFORD. Me-. May s-Four hun-
dred machinists employed at the Sacco
and Petfee shops here have struck for
an advance of 20 per cent. in wages.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-05-04
ADVANCE IN WAGES.

BETHLEHEM. Pa, May 3.-The Chap
man Slate Company, whose big quarries
are near here, announce 15 to 20 per cent
advance in wages.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-05-04

DAY OF HER ULTIMATUM
THE var began the very day we were
married said Honeymoon at the club.
Il reckon every married couple cam
truthfully say the same thing" snapped
the crusty old bachelor.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-05-04

BRECkENRIDGE. Colo, May S.-Rail-
roads are blockaded here "a result of the
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-05-04

have seen the Most distinguished men of
my time.'
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-05-04

Obstinate sores and ulcers which
refuse to heal under ordinary treat
ment soon become chronic and deep
seated, and are a sure SIGN that the
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-05-04

eased the blood becomes impoverished,
and nerves and muscles grow weak for
lack of nutrition More fatal diseases
probably begin with "weak stomach
than with any other cause. The first
symptom of disordered stomach calls for
prompt use of DR.. Pierce's Golden Med
ical Discovery. 1t is a vegetable medi-
cine, absolutely non-alcoholic and nom
narcotic, and is unequaled for the strength
it gives to blood, nerves and muscles.
During the summer and fall Of ISc6 writes
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-05-04

COLORADO SNOW BLOCKADE.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-10-19

like the chap who escaped from the rebels
after spilling the guns near White Plains.
But that was before We took New York.
Why the ID can't | remember names?'
Here again was mighty dangerous ground,
for Scammell was right, though knew moth
ing of it then nor until the war was over.
The spillng of the guns was an old story,
but it had been long agone, and | was only
aware of the bald fact. However, felt that
he had struck a scent, which if followed up
land | fancied him the man for it) might,
nay, would, be likely to drive me to bay.
1t was well, then, that at that moment
a recall gun sounded from the off-lying
schooner. 1t seemed to wake the lieutenant
to the fact that time had gone and that the
sun was well toward it's setting. Without
more ado guard was left on the vessel until
a report could be made to the captain of the
Sprite, and with the others | went along,
that | might again tell my tale and get my
hnife-thrust into proper dressing.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-10-19
Two Gifis.

Generosity takes two forms: one pats
its object on the shoulder, the other on
the heart. 1t is the province of royalty
alone to act the host as did the sultan
Of Turkey recently, when he poured
into the hands of the kaserin of Ger
many handful of diamonds, the small
est of which was worth over So, 600; but
a kindlier and more imitable example
was once set by the grandfather of the
kaiser. just 20 years ago Kaiser Will
liam |. visited Baden-Baden and strolled
incognito through the shops of the
city, Two peasants from the neigh bor-
ing Black forest, evidently a young man
and his sweetheart wistfully eyed some
little object, timidly asked its price
and on hearing it, almost tearfuIly
turned away. The grand and kind old
kaiser had noted it all. The peasant
pair had just reached the exit from the
enclosure, when one of the people of the
shop came up to them and placed a
packet in their hands, with the words
whispered low: "By the will of the
kaiser. ."-Youth's Companion.