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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-11-13

And so we are to pay Spain 500, 900
for two additional islands in the Phil
ippine group, Cagayan and Sibutu,
overlooked in the wholesale transfer Of
the Spanish Pacific possessions two
years ago. Fortunately a few. more of
these islands cannot make the general
situation much worse.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-11-13

The Republicans last evening had a
very joyous and destructive couple of
hours. They. had perfect right to re-
joice, for they bought their triumph
and paid for it.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-11-13
GEN. BUTLER IN LONDON.

LONDON, November 12.-GeneraI
Butler, accompanied by his wife and
daughter, arrived here to-day and re-
ported TO the war Office. Large crowds
which had assembled at the Waterloo
station and in Pail Mall. caeered the
general.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-11-13

The visitation of the bubonic plague
is said to have cost Glasgow five mil
lions of dollars. These little matters
generally come high. We had mod
est experience with plain ordinary
smallpox, a few years ago.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-11-13

The Chinese are all right at killing
foreign devils" but when it comes to
seeing their own generals and alleged
statesmen decapitated they are not
slow to file objections in a strenuous
tone of voice
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-11-13

General Grosvenor, of Chic. is fairly
entitled to the distinction of being the
boss political prophet Every State he
predicted would be for Mckinley yot-
ed for him-and a few more besides.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-11-13
postofice addresses. as well as in
names.

Iowa adopted biennial elections last
Tuesday. 1t is pretty nearly time for
Chic to curtail the number of times her
people are called upon to go to the
polls.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-11-13
Condition of the Treasury.

WASHINGTON, November II. To-
days statement Of the treasury bal
ances in the general fun exclusive OF
the $3.50. 600. 900 gold reserve in the
division OF redemption shows:
Available cash balance S137, 346, s36;
gold s94.3l6.357.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-11-13

More women went to the polls week
ago in this country than ever before.
The feminine inclination to vote ap-
pears to be growing.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-11-13

The Debs vote will not be laughing
matter when it is footed up for the
whole country, and the Woolley vote
will also run far into three figures.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-11-13

1t looks very much as though another
Dreyfus case was brewing over in
France. The Hebrew in the case this
time is Captain Coblenz.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-11-13

Every newspaper of influence or
prominence in Greater New York, VITA
out regard to party. opposes Senator
Platt's proposed State constabulry
bill, but the Senator is disposed to go
ahead. He is after increased power,
and proposes 10 have it, no matter
what public sentiment may be.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-11-13

We publish this morning a revised
list Of the members-elect OF the Leg
islature. and 1t is now believed to be
correct. Some changes are made IN
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-11-13

The Beers are still being defeated
every few days, but the war still goes
on.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-11-13
THE LEGISLATURE.
A ROSTER OF THE MEMBERs-ELECT
OF HOUSE AND
SENATE.
1t Shows a Republican Majority of
81 ON Joint Ballot-The List Based
on Latest Returns, But Subject to
Correction on Later Figures.

Below the Register presents what is
believed to be an accurate roster
of the members-elect of the Legislature
and the hold-oyer Senator's, with their
politics and postof1ice addresses.
The suburban citizen., 1900-05-26
OIL FLOWING INTO TANK FROM THE BLossBURa "GUsHEB"

room in town for his guests. The
telegraph and telephone have become
metropolitan in their activity. Keen
men with large bank accounts roam
everywhere, swapping up speculative
chances. Their talk is all of barrels
and dollars, leases and wells, drills
and ripe lines.
The Standard Oil Company, alive to
5he gree p6ssiII.,aljt.,vsss ss g. g. ~ new field,
is laying a four-inch pipe line across
the mountain to connect with their
main pipe line twenty miles away.
On the lighter side of human ma.
ture at the Pine Greek rush are
ranged the clairvoyants and hazel
twig magicians who infest new oil
folds. One of these ''oil smellers"
will sell out his occult gifts as a pros.
pector for from $40 to $3.50, accord
ing to the means and credulity of his
client.
Some of the individual cases OF
sudden fortunes are full of interest.
Joseph Bernauer was a poor man
two years ago. His little farm on the
bank of Pine Creek yielded him liv.
ing and that was ALL He peddled
milk every morning and evening to
the housewives of Gaines.
His farm proved to be right on the
oil belt and his income from royalties
is now over $500 a month.
This discovery has made a group
Of country storekeepers aud small
farmers rich in trice. Men whose
total worldly possessions were WORTH
perhaps $500 have been offered $685.,
600 for their rights in this gusher.
The suburban citizen., 1900-05-26

With the slenderest shadow of q
hope-merely, in gambling parlance,
to "have run for their money"-the
partners decided in favor of the well
In selecting the bluff near the uppel
end of the property they disregarded
the advice Of experienced oil pros
pectors. To drill there was pro
uounced an act of folly.
To emphasize She hopelessness of
the case work was begun on Good
Friday, April 13. Any gambler would
have laid big odds against such an
unhappy combination.
For ten days the drill burrowed it's
way through varying strata. On Mon
day, April 90, it gnawed slowly for an
hour through 4 hard formation more
than an eighth of mile below the
surface.
"She's struck sandl' shouted the
driller.
1t was only that the drill had
dropped into softer ormation-and
the send was likely to be as barren as
Coney Island's-but force of habit
impelled this cautious man to con-
meet the we'll with the storage tank
provided to save the first rush of OIL
He was just in time. Before the
tools could be Withdrawn from the
holo a yellow torrent gushed forth
and filed the tank with roaring and
a splashing that sang of millions.
"She's struck oil!" was the shout
aud it echoed down the valley and be-
yond, till at every farmers door and
on into the cities were echoed the
magic words, "Struck oilp
Every telegraph wire in the land
flashed the story of the Blossburg Oil
Company's Great Gusher, and capital
lists began to speculate on the strange
developments that might follow the
discovery of a subterranean petroleum
lake east Of the Alleghanies
As for the Great Gusher, it spouted
forth 2200 barrels the first day and
$500 the second day
Before noon on the third day it had
The suburban citizen., 1900-05-26

week days and Sundays, with no sign
of weariness.
It is the greatest well known to the
northern oil fields since 1882, when
the Cherry Grove field, in Warren
County, Penn, made the world ring
with tales OF sudden fortune.
Cherry Grove knocked the bottom
out of oil prices and ruined thousands
OF men engaged in the oil business
elsewhere. Blossburg may do the
same thing if it proves to be over a
big lake of oil and not merely a small
pool, as was the case with Cherry
Grove, which exhausted itself in a
year.
This important question can be
settled only when test wells have been
sunk for miles around, and from the
way spectators are rushing into the
Pine Creek region doubts must soon
be dispelled.
The Blossburg property is being
honey-combed with drills A we'll near
the Great Gusher is yielding $40 bar.
rels day, and another is productive
in smaller degree.
Just what kind of sand the oil comes
from no one knows. As soon as the
tools pierced the shell the we'll flowed
and no sand was bailed out. Whether
there is ten feet of it or fifty, whether
it is brown, white or gray, no one
knows as yet. The company has been
kept too busy caring for the oil to
worry about the color or thickness OF
the sand in which it has been stored
up.
The little town of Gaines has &C.
quired some of the character of a
Western mining camp. The hotel has
been oyerfowing for three weeks and
the proprietor has secured every vacant
The suburban citizen., 1900-05-26

mountainside had been offered at auc-
tion before a drill! had been sunk it
would not have fetched ten cents an
acre. Now there is not an acre thai
would not sel fog $1,000, with mob
OF bidders fighting for precedence.
Pine Greek, tie most famous trout
stream ia Pennsylvania, is the centre
of this oil rush, which rivals the gold
rush Of Cape Nome. The big we'll
thore are many swaller ones arou nd
it, and more are beng sunk every day
lis three.quarters of mile south
east o. Gaines, Tioga County. 1t
pcnetrates the rock for G54 feet near
the edge of bluf that rises 1870 feet
from the bed OF Pine Greek.
There WAS q time when tho hills for
miles in every direction were coy
cred with The iiGest pines in Penusyl-
vauia. But the creek has footed out
billions of toet OF timber, and now the
region is desolato oue Of stumps and
brambles, repellaut alike 10 the agri-
culturist aud the artist.
The suburban citizen., 1900-05-26

SONS to ripe old age
should keep cool, not overload the
stomach, breathe pure air and lots of
it, eat a vegetable diet, not eat late
suppers, go to bed early, not fret, not
go where he'll get excited, and not
forget to take a nap after dinner
Though he is a doctor himself, he
threw all his medicine away years ago,
and he says he does not know what an
ache or pain is. He takes regular de,
light in his gifts to colleges, but will
not allow anyone to make a hero oil
him, as he hates excitement. He
says man must "keep cool" If he
wants to live a hundred years. "It's
the worst thing in the world" he
maintains, "to get angry or cross"
He gets up at 6, eats a light break.
fast, works till noon, eats a vegetable
and fruit dinner, without tea or eof
fee, takes it easy the rest of the day
and goes to bed at 8. He says he
does not want to die till he has given
away all his money.
The suburban citizen., 1900-05-26

~X bylFanla' ~ haS h@No
city of mountainside hith-
erto sacred to rattlesnakes.
Il has added millions to the real
estate values and made heiresses of
poor farmers daughters for many a
mile around.
Most important of all, it has proved
that the geologists were wrong when
they decided, years ago, that oil
would never be tapped east of the AL
Ieghany watershed, aud it suggests
Che possibility of the worlds oil mar
ket being flooded to such degree as
to bring prices down to next to moth
ing that is, if Mr.. Rockefeller were
not here to keep them up and put the
difference in his pocket.
Such, in brief, arc the facts concern
irg the Blossburg Oil Company's well,
the source of river which is jealously
eaught and imprisoned rs it gushes
from the earth, because every gallon
Of it is worth money.
1t is pouring out wealth at the rate
OF 1866, 600 year--a thousand dollars
a day-and it represents only the be-
ginning of what may be expected Of a
region where land is ten thousand
times more valuable to-day than it
was before the oil discoveries,
This Last is literal fact. II the
The suburban citizen., 1900-05-26

The company is not Incorporated
and business is carried on as CO.
partnership.
The drilling Of the Great Gusher
was forlorn hope. The company
had already drilled one we'll on its
lease of 155 acres and had found the
sand as dry as powder. Under the
lease forfeit would have to be
paid if two wells were not sunk. The
forfeit would amount to about the
same loss as the drilling Of a we'll
The suburban citizen., 1900-05-26

nat will not benefit They bansh pain )rolong
Mofu hlfANh the package aud substitute
ma. az thousand
for cents to the pans Chemical Co.. No 10 sprucu
The suburban citizen., 1900-05-26
The Lnl,nr wnn,1

Strilies haye L.. ....9rtered with building
operations in the Northwest.
In 1898 1850 men and 10, 100 women were
employed by the tobacco producers OF
France.
Organized labor in Kansas City has de-
clded to boycott all who patronlzed the
settled.
prolt-sharlng nrm at Evansville, Ind,
recently distributed amongst its employees
a sum of money equal to sixty per cent oG
their wages.
The dispute In the potteries trade I'm
England now involves 10000 men, many OF
whom belong to no union and are therefore
dependent upon Charity.
The suburban citizen., 1900-05-26

The story of the "Great GUsber, ="
rs it is known in the parlance Of oil
men, ia one of the romances of for
tame, deserving a place beside the
bonanza tales Of California and Ne
vada. Those for whom the we'll is
pouring forth its $1,000 day are coun-
Try merchants and professional men,
Formerly of modeiete means, none Of
whom knew anything about the oil
Business. They are former Senator
Walter Morrick, John Aylesworlh,
Del. Aylesworth, William Aylesworth,
DR.. D. o. Merrick, George Clark, J.
d. Connors, W. s. Scott, Mark Davis,
". II. McCarty, A. j.. Botchlord, II.
u. Whittiker, f. H. Stratton, W. O.
Babcock, +, L. Jones and w. A. Rob.
@0tA
The suburban citizen., 1900-05-26
How 10 LIve n Centnrr.

DIR. d. X. Pearsons, of Hinsdale,
Ill, a millionaire who is making it his
business to give away his money to
enterprising colleges in the West, re.
Gently made some very interesting
statements in explanation of his con.
dition of hearty and hopeful health al
The suburban citizen., 1900-05-26

Even the rich girl may have poor
complexion.
The suburban citizen., 1900-05-26

the age of eighty
years. He says he
expects to live unit,
he is a hundred, an5
his rules of life are
worth considering.
"Most men dig theil
graves with then
teeth" he said. "MJ
stomach is my FRIEND
and Pm happier thar
any other man or
earth" He says the
who wants to live
The suburban citizen., 1900-05-26

repaid the partners their entire ex-
penses on the lease-the Investment
had cost them only 5000.
At the close of the fifth day they
were $4,000 richer for the mere
trouble of catching the oil.
Then the Great Gusher sobered
down to the cheerfUl song of $1,000 a
day. and this it continues to sing.
The suburban citizen., 1900-05-26
nsden.PowelI a nrninr.nnnsr.,.

badeh-FOWeII MajOr- Generals
The Queen has approved OF the promo.
tion OF Colonel Baden-Powel to be a
Ma alor,. General for his brilliant defense OF
Mafeking.
The suburban citizen., 1900-05-26
4AAA&GeANAAGG4GGAA9@A9Ass
TheBIo88burg"GuSh
Greatest Oil Strike on Record
pBNNsYLvANGNs NEW KIONDrKB,
SSSSSSSSS S$$$S $S$SS$t

RIVER of oil has created a
second Klondike in Penn
sylvania. 1t has made a
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1900-10-29
BRAkEY'S MARROW ESCAPE.
Hoboes Nearly Drown an N.
Brakeman.

Missoula, Oct. 2S.-M. A. O'Connell,
the head brakeman running on pass
enger train number one! which left
Missoula Sunday night, vas assault
ed about 1925 o'clock this morning by
three hoboes. O'Connell had a mar
row escape from being killed and he
can lay the fact of his now bling alive
to a lantern that he carrhd in his
hand. When the train reahed Eva
ro, the brakeman proceedd to un-
couple the engine from the train and
while in the act of doing 10 discov-
cred three brake beam tourists riding
under the car. O'Connell requested
them to get off, which they willingly
aid. When the train started pull out
and while waiting for the last car
the three men ran toward lin from
their hiding place and proceeded to as
sault him. They would have drown
ed him, having gone so far as to hold
his head in slough near the track,
but with the aid of his lantern he
managed to keep them from accom-.
plishing their purpose.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1900-10-29
DO YOU BELIEVE IN THIS?
If Sc, Vote for the independent Dem
ocratic Legislative Candidates.

In view of the fact that the repub-
lican members OF the sixth legislative
assembly, with few exceptions were
guilty OF accepting bribes, as well as
OF base party treachery, and that two
republican conventions of this county
nave, by silence, endorsed such action,
we therefore declare that party un.
worthy OF the confidence OF the people
and its legislative nominees must
be viewed with distrust. II, unlike
their predecessors, they resist the
temptation OF bribery, they must vote
for th., representative of trusts and
corporations, 1nomas IL. Carter, whom
we regard as the Mark Hanna of Mon
tana.--From the Independent demo
cratic county platform.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1900-10-29
Nobody Hurt by the Wallace
Explosion.
WERE WARNED IN TIME
Houses in Burke Badly Shaken Six Hun
dred Pounds of Giant rowder
Exploded.

Missoula, Oct. 2S.-It was learned
today that the explosion at Wallace
of which word was received at Mis-
,ouIa last night, was not as serious
IS reported, as far as Wallace is con.
,erned. The powder house, which
was built several miles from Wal.
ace, was located between two hills.
\ blacksmith shop near by caught
re and the people within the immed.
vicinity Of the D owder house were
sNen the alarm and all got out of the
way. Many houses in Burke suf-
icled from the explosion. There were
600 pounds of powder belonging to
the Mammoth Mining Co., stored in
.ne pace.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1900-10-29
Twenty Inches Of Rain in
Twenty-Four Hours.
IT WAS A BIG DELUGE
Registration Returns Show Material De-
crease in the Population of the
Hawaiian Islands.

Honolulu, H. l., Oct. 2S.-The heav-
les rainstorm which has occurred here
in is years broke out Tuesday night.
For half an hour rain fell in torrents
and in short time the streets were
lmpassable. Precipitation in Nuna-
nue. valley, 20 miles from here, was
70 inches, and it varied little from
mat near the city.
Streams were swollen and came
sweeping down with increased speed.
speed.
Acres Of land on both sides of the
aver were submerged to a depth Of
~ leeL ana some OF the houses near
ne BANK we've almost washed away,
.ne Cnlnese occupants being driven
..way III wild haste. water covered
.Ae noors two 1eet deep in some
cases. A portion or the river stleet
"as washed away and Lne bridge
.e..ulnS TO Lne i alaua district was Qe-
ol.Uyeu. "A naLlve WOl kMan was
.4OWned.
Onl.lai returns from the registra-
snow JlaL OnAy AI,lLO pea oOuo le5ls-
.e4eu IN the entlle slOup or lslanus.
ms is 5000 elss than the registration
.ullng the last year unuer the mon
urchy.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1900-10-29
Ferguson'S Treachery hown
Up Strong.
A TELL-TALE CIRCLAR
Issued No Longer Ago Tha FRIDAY
Shows How Ferguson's Finds
Trusted Him.

Missoula, Oct. 2S.-Just to sow that
the laboring men of this community,
which is Ferguson's home,had no
knowledge or idea that it yas the
purpose of the late labor hder to
surrender to Clark, it may b we'll to
call attention to the fact hat no
longer ago than Friday the lsor COM
mittee of this county issue an ad-
dress to voters, and copies wee indus
trioously distributed throughput this
county. This address bagns: "To
union men in Missoula CONT: broth-
ers-It is by the expressed desires of
the different unions that the ticket
in the interests Of organized labor
has been placed in lhe field as the
Labor" ticket. Workngmen need no
pledges from candidate on this tic
ket. All of thm are known and
they have to make no explanations
and promises wien they seek your
votes. You knot our men and YOU
know that your iterests are safe in
their hands,
An urgent apea is made to stand
by the men whdwe can trust"
It is the men rho thus placed SO
much confidence in Ferguson that
the blow of his desertion strikes
the hardest. II is an awful thing
to be betrayed nd nobody feels it
more keenly thar the men who were
the steadfast trends of Ferguson.
Now that their ess have been opened
however, they have come to true
realization who teir real friend is.
They know who ,as never lied to
them, who never will betray them
and who has alwaysfought their bat.
ties and who alwas will-Thomas
Hogan.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1900-10-29
FIRE 1T CRYSTAL SPRINGS.

Butte, Oct. 28.-A stable at Crys-
tral Springs burned to the ground
this evening. The men about the
place were all eating supper when
flames were seen leaping into the
air from the stable. The men formed
bucket brigade, but their efforts
were in vain. There were eight horses
in the barn. and one of them perished.
Several sets Of harness and one hv-
cry buggy belonging to visitor were
Hetroyed. Cause of fire is unknown.
Loss will foot up about $500.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1900-10-29
BRYAN WENT TO CHURCH..
The Crowd Recognized Him and
Cheered LustlIy.

New York. Oct. 2S.-Mr. and Mrs.
w. j. Bryan attended the Madison
Square church today, and on their
way home they were recognized by
the people passing by. The word
was soon passed and huge crowd
gathered, impeding the progress of
the distinguished couple so that the
park policemen had to clear a way
for them. AS Mr.. and Mrs. Bryan
entered the hotel the crowd cheered
Justify.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1900-10-29
MORE SMALLPOX.
outte's Epidemic Assuming Dangerous
Proportions.


Proportions.
Butte, Oct. 2S.-Four new cases
ol smallpox were discovered in the
tlty today. The victims are Henry
ochenove, Harry Dornue, w. J. Nc
iratn and Ida Smith. The men
"ele brought from the detention hos
pltal and the woman from 81 East
Aercury street. Only a few days
ago she was in the police court as
complaining witness against a man
lamed King. The latter, she said,
threw a stone through a window of
ler house. She caused his arrest
and he was fined by Magistrate Sulli-
van. On Saturday the case was re-
ported to Health Officer Flander, but
there was doubt as to her disease,
whic hdld not develop until yesterday.
she has a severe attack and DR.. Sui
lvan believes that many people have
Deen exposed. The pest house is
now almost full, and if the disease is
not stamped out speedily more room
val be needed. There were no
Ieaths today, and all the patients are
loing well. DIR. Bryant, assistant
nealth officer, will begin today to
yaccinate the public free of charge.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1900-10-29

known. The thermometer rarely
oes below zero in the winter or above
30 in the summer, the average tenn
erature being aDout 20. 1t is an ideal
ountry for sportsmen and all kinds
Of game can be found there in season
The future outlook for the county is
.5lomising and the exhibit OF fruit now
Oh display in the ctore of the Hen
messy Mercantile company is simply
an indication of the many good things
that can be found there.
After the fruit has been on ex-
hibition for Il reasonable time in
Butte it will be packed up and taken
to Helena where the people of Lewis
and Clarke county may feast their
eyes on it.