Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-12-28

NEW 1Ohh, December L.-IRS eN-
change at the New York clearing house
to-day aggregated 1864, 0lS. 2S0. which is a
record breaker. The previous high rec
ord was on November 20 last. when the
exchanges We're about Sl4.oOO,0W less.
For Hawaii
SAN JUAN DE PORTO RICO, Decem-
Der 2I.-The New York and Porto Rico
steamship company's steamer Arkadia
sailed from Ponce yesterday for New Or
leans, having OH board four hundred
Porto Ricans, IS per cent. of whom were
women and children, destined for Hawaii.
Took the White Veil
+. BoRDENTOWN. N. j.. December H.
Right Rev. Bishop McFaul and Vicar
General Fox. of Trenton, together with
clergymen from different parts of the
State, officiated at st. Joseph's convent
of Mercy here to-day, when twelve young
women professed and received the white
veil.
Pronounced
CONCORD, N. H., December N.-Mrs.
Carrie Sinclair Huntoon, the former So
ciety belle, who was arrested last night
on a charge of conspiracy to kill her dt-
vorced husband, Walter c. Huntoon, was
to-day pronounced insane. She will be
taken to an asylum for the insane.
Secretary Hays Callers
WASHINGTON, D. c., December 81
Secretary Hay has recovered from his in
disposition and was again at his desk in
the State Department this morning. This
being diplomatic day, he had many CALL
ers, the Chinese minister being the first,
Neither Nthe secretary nor the minister
had any late advices from Peking.
Killed at a Dance
MIDDLESBORO, KY. December 81
Frank Davis, Buck Caldwell, Estep
Morgan and Richard Davis quarreled last
night at a dance at Walnue Hill. A
pitched battle enSued in which Frank
Davis was killed, Morgan and Dick Da-
Wis were mortally wounded and Chadwell
slightly
A Burning HeteI-
NEW YORK, December 27.-The guests
in Fisher and Gunther's hotel on West
street, were routed out by the fire alarm
gongs inc the hotel early this morning.
age had been lone. The halls were fill
ed with smoke, and the guests took the
fire escapes. Several helpless persons
were carried out by fremen. The damage
is about $1,000.
A Large Attendance
PHILADELPHIA, Pa, December 81
Learned men and women from every ed
ucational center of the United States
gathered at the University of Pennsyl-
vania to-day to attend the opening ses-
sion OF the congress of archaeological
and pathological societies of America.
soSNtA ulSllUCl SOCleIteS were represented,
and close upon three hundred delegates
were at the University when the first
sessions were called to order.
Identified
NEW YORK, December H.-Chief of
Police Hopper, OF Newark, to-day re-
ceived a postal card from Scranton. Pa,
saving that the man who committed sui
eide in Newark December IL was Edward
Boswell, of Scranton, a sewing machine
agent, who had lived in Carbonate, Pa,
and Mt. Vernon, N. Y. The card also
said Boswell's father was a Presbyterian
The suicide had registered in Newark as
j. Wayne, Pittsburg, Pa"
Pulitzer Home
NEW YORK, December 27.-Joseph Pu-
liter, proprietor of the New York World.
n A. c.. Harmswortl, proprietor of the
London Daily Mail, were passengers on
board the steamer Teutonia, which ar
The ships Gathering-
NEW YORK, December N.-The United
States torpedo boat Ericsson sailed for
of the torpedo fleet which, accompanied
by the battleship Alabama, will shortly
sail to join the North Atlantic squadron
on its annual winter cruise in the trop-
les. The flagship KearSarge and the Mas
sachusetts sailed from Hampton Roads
Saturday for Pensacola, and the rendez-
vous Will be made somewhere in the gulf.
Returned to Work
PITTSTON, Pa, December 27.-The $500
employees of the Lehigh Valley Coal Com
pany, at the Heidelberg, D~orrance, Pros
pect and Franklin collieries, went pack
to work to-day after being on strike since
last Friday. The men struck because
they We're not receiving their pay every
two weeks. They nave been assured that
the company will hereafter pay wages
semi-monthly.
Steamship Disabled
BERMUDA. December N.-The British
steamer Arthur Head, Captain Souter,
called here December 14th for coal and
left the same day, returned here yester-
day. having broken her crank shaft. The
boatswain, Thomosen. was killed at sea
and buried here.
CoIored Masons-
JACKSONVILLE, Fla, December a.
The first international council Of Master
colored Masonic dignitarits present from
all parts of the world. The sessions will
continue until next Monday.
Chemists I'm Session
CHICAGO. December 27.-Leading chem
lists from all sections Of the country as
sembled in convention to-day in the
auditorium of the Lewis Institute. to at
eNAN liz N"tAAtS SILV1d CAAL a rEttAt
of the American Chemical Society. The
meeting was opened by an address by DIR.
". r. Smith, president of the Chicago
section. to which Mr.. VIM. MeMurtie, of
New York, president OF the general 60
ciety, responded.
New French Consul
SAN FRANCISCO. December N.-Baron
III u. St. Laurent. the French consul at
Vancouver, 3. c.. has arrived here to
become acting consul in the place Of the
late Paul Antoine. He will have charge
of the consulate pending the appointment
OF a lar consul.
Says He Was Drunk
SACRAMENTO, Cal, December I'll
Green. who entered the police station
here. surrendered and confessed to the
murder Of Bill Feeney. which ne said he
committed in Michigan in 1875, late last
denied that he is guilty and claimed
he was under the influence OF opium VIXEN
he confessed h police are investigat-
ing the matter.
Fatally Burned.
Special 70 the Register.
CADIZ, o., December 27.-Lizzie
Snyder was fatally burned last night
by the explosion of a lamp, which she
had carried to the cellar for apples.
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