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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-04-03

Special to the Register.
CENTERVILLE, W. Va, April g.
More than one year ago Lee Perdue
and Henry Cyrus, wealthy farmers and
neighbors, quarrelled, which led to a
fight, in which Cyrus was badly used,
but finally recovered.
Both families had long strings of
relatives, and since that time fights
have been of frequent occurrence and
the feud has become bitter.
Last evening Lee Perdue and his
brother, Ewell Perdue, were riding
home from church when they met AL
bert and Arthur Cyrus, sons of Henry,
in the public highway. Both the Cyrus
boys were armed, and without utter
ing a word opened fire at the Perdues.
Lee Perdue was well armed, but
Ewell was not. In probably less. than
a minute fifteen shots had been fired.
Early in the ARRAY Ewell Perdue
fell from his horse, a bullet having
penetrated his abdomen. Lee Perdue
was shot in the left shoulder, while
another bullet penetrated his wrist.
The Cyrus boys ran as Don as their
weapons were exhausted, and have not
yet been captured. 1t is believed both
were injured, but probably not seri-
ously.
No hopes are entertained for the re-
coyery of Ewell Perdue. He was So
years Of age, and a prominent Mason
and Odd Fellow. Owing to the feud of
the past year Lee Perdue has become
tired Of the neighborhood, and had
not the tragedy of last night occurred
would have left this week for the West,
where he contemplated locating. This
was generally known in the locality,
and it is believed that this fastened
the tragedy.
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PRESENTED.
Rev DR.. N. d. Hills Gives Up Hi
Connection with hi PresbyteriaI
Church.


Rev: DR.. N. d. Hills Gives Up His
Connection with the Presbyterian
Church.
CHICAGO, April 2.-Dr. W. C. Gray,
editor of the Interior, today presented
to the annual meeting Of the Chicago
Presbytery the matter Of the resig-
nation from that body of the Rev.
N. D. Hills, of Plymouth Church,
Brooklyn, the outcome OF criticisms
of DIR. Hills recent denunciations OF
certain Presbyterian doctrines.
Nearly every Presbyterian minister
Of Chicago was present when the
venerable minister read The letter, and
the closest attention was paid to its
reading. The letter wal quite lengthy
and went fully into the recent ques-
tions of Presbyterian doctrine raised
by him in his sermon at Plymouth
Church.
Some opposition was made to the
reading of the letter, but attempts to
refer it to committees for possible
suppression were voted down after
presenting his withdrawal from the
Presbytery OF Chicago, and asking to
be Identified from the Presbyterian
Church. DR.. Hills went into the rea-
mi which led him to take such steps.
The letter continued:
Il had intended to ask to be. trans
ferred to the Congregational depomi-
nation, but on account of my admira-
ton and appreciation Of the work Of
DR.. Abbott and Henry Ward Beecher,
neither Of whom were affiliated with
any UNCONVENTIONAL organization /
hoxxo nocfnAnAA evnh aat;an
DR.. Hills said since his sermon last
Sunday had SO deeply disturbed his
brethren Of the church. which he
much regretted, he considered it in
cumbent upon himself to resign. He
regretted his former instructors con
sidered him ungrateful for ingratitude
was a sin, indeed. For years, how
ever, in common with other ministers,
he had been apologizing for the Pres
byter1an faith.
What shall be said OF a creed" DR..
Hills letter continued, that Is ae-
cepted by our clerical instructors one
day and rejected the next? Some
have said that I am drifting away
from the Christian faith and becom-
ing interested in philosophy and liter
ature. Nevertheless, the exact oppo-
site is the truth. For years I have
urged revision of u cruel creed and
the preparation of a new one And
now, 1 can do nothing else than with
draw. I feel that the church is ap-
preaching a crisis. Unless our church
es present a solid front our Christian
civilization will be overwhelmed by
the forces of Mammon and greed"
AT the conclusion of the reading of
DR.. Hills letter it was referred to a
committee, to make such to
DR.. Hills as may be deemed wise, and
to recommend the action to be taken
by the Presbytery.
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other Benwood Notes.

A new residence building Is being erected
near the county line for Henry Remhoff, Of
the First ward.
A meeting of the Epworth League will
be held at the M. E. church this evening.
Miss Emma Price has returned home
from a visit with friends at P~ittsburg. .
Mrs. John Deegan Is slightly i~ndisposed.
Col. Hooten, of M~ouDdsville, was in the
city yesterday circulating among his
friends.
Miss Mary Hildebrand has eturned
home from a several weeks visit at Gin
cinnati, Ohio.
At the lower Benwood works excavations
are being made for a new battery of boil
ers n new gas producers for the plate
department. The new boilers will occupy
a place alongside Of the battery Of boilers
recently put in for the steel department.
A new furnace will also be constructed in
the near future. The new gas producers
will be used to max gas for the heating
furnaces.
Charles Rebe. of Sherrard, is announced
as a candidate for the nomination for road
supervisor, on the Republican ticket.
The officials of the NJ. E. church nave
awarded to the Wheeling Co rugating
works the contract for a fine embossed
ceiling for the auditorium of the church
building.
Mrs. Joseph Hughes, Mrs, .Serig and
Fred Eberling have departed for Lamonia,
Iowa, where they will attend a convention
of the Latter Day Saints.
Mrs. l. G. Alley, of Video, Pennsylvania,
who has been visiting her son, DR.. ]. N.
Alley, left yesterday for Sherrard, where
she will be the guest of relatives before
returning to her home.
Elmer Brown, of Halleck. Monongalia
county, has arrived, in the city to visit
his sister. Mrs. G. w. Bente, and to take
up a course of study at the Central school.
The special services held at the NJ. q
church during the past week in observance
Of the week of penitence and prayer, were
very successful. A large congregation at
tended the services each evening.
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MACHINISTS RESUME WORK.

Settiement OF the Str1ke causes the
Resumption of Many Idle Fac
tories.
CHICAGO, April 2.-With the blow
ing Of the whistles in the machine
shops of Chicago for the beginning Of
work to-day thousands of machinists
resumed the work interrupted some
weeks ago by a strike. About half
the five thousand five hundred men
who went out resumed their labors this
morning and the manufacturers said
that, as the differences had either been
settled or put on a basis to be arbi-
trated, the remainder of the machin-
lists would undoubtedly return in
struggling lots during the next two or
three days. The agreement entered in
to recently by representatives of the
manufacturers and the men was rati-
fed yesterday at a mass meeting, the
vote being 3,02S in favor of r~atifying
the modified agreement and 396 against
it. The strike has cost the men half
a million dollars in salaries while the
4oSp W lAC LbdAu1dSIulCl lIOQS III
ability to complete contracts cannot
be readily calculated. The men have
been gratede a nine hour day with ten
hours pay.
Fifty thousand members of the
Building Trades Council learned that
their fellow workmen in another trade
had gone back to work with feelings of
envy. By reason of strikes and lock-
outs they have been out for over a
month, yet the settlement of the
troubles between them and the con-
tractors seem as far away as ever.
Later in the day matters pertaining
to the resumption OF work in the fac
tories became muddled. and some rad
icals among the men clamored for the
calling Of a general strike forthwith.
President O'Connell, of the national
organization, begged the men not to
jeopardize the life of the settlement.
Its all right" said President O'Con-
nell. The result, I think, will be that
all the men will be back at their places
within . week"
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-04-03

william Edwards, for Many Years
n Baltimore & Ohio EmpIoye, Dies
of Bronchitis.
Special to the Register.
MARTINSBURG, w. Va, April g.
VIM. Edwards, for many years a mas
ter mechanic of the Baltimore G. Ohio
railroad at this place, died here to-
night of bronchitis. He was 81 years
old and began his career as an appren-
tice in 1887 for Gillingham & Winon,
Of Baltimore.
In 1916 he was foreman OF the Mount
Glare shops of the Baltimore & Ohio
railroad at Baltimore. In 1916 he was
sent to Harper's Ferry in charge OF
the owrks there. In 1847 he was
transferred to Martinsburg and pro-
NOTED to the position of master me-
chanic, which position he retained I'M
til 1887, when he retired. A widow
and four children, Mrs. II. G. Berry,
Mrs. M. L. Stalnaker, w. G. Edwards,
Of this city, and Mrs. H. j. Homrich,
of Huntington, West Virginia. sur
vive him.
VIM. Huff, a young man of Baker
ton, Jefferson county, died at Kearn-
eysville yesterday. He was thrown
from afreight train last Sunday and
sustained the injuries that caused his
death.
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MASKED ROBBERS

Terrorize the Family of David Me-
Guire and Secure Small Booty-One
Member of tine Family Badly Hurt.
Special to the Register.
WELLSBURG, W. Va, April 2.-Five
masked men entered the home of David
MCGUIRE, on an Cross creek, near the
Pennsylvania line, last night, bound
the members of the family, consisting
of two men and two women. One man
offered resistance and was beaten into
insensibility with the butt of a re-
yolver. After binding the family, four
men stood guard while one proceeded
to ransack the house, cutting pillows
and bedding open and otherwise de-
stroying property in their mad search
for money. About 800 in money and
some notes and other valuables were
taken. Sheriff Geo. w. McCleary, as
soon as informed of the robbery, sent
a posse out to investigate and capture
the robbers If possible.
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As to Western Union Messengers.
To Editor of the Register.
Sir:-After reading your o OIL
the accidental shooting of n West
ern Union messenger boy by another,
together with the method in which
they occupied their time when their
services were not in demand, it oc-
Cured to me that the inducement 10
parents to let their boys enter the SER
vice of the w. U. was not very great.
In fact / should think it would be the
last place l would want a boy of mine
to be employed. Is it not possible
to change the conditions which exist
so that boys of good habits, or at
least not naturally bad and vicious,
could be employed as night messen-
gers and yet retain the standard OF
morality which possessed them upon
entering the service, and could the
manager in his WI absence have
an assistant who would give the boys
some attention, or what would be
still better could not such quarters
and conveniences be provided as
would supply proper diversion during
their unemployed time? Say a small
library with suitable books and per-
iodicals, tables, chairs, and plenty of
light, and a set of rules with a GER
tainty of their enforcement, governing
their behavior while on the premises.
Such a line of procedure on the part
of the management would no doubt
entail much labor and bother at the
outset, but what a boom 1t would
be to parents, and what a satisfaction
to the management in the end. The
difficulty of getting help, and much
better help would be greatly diminish
ed, for parents would then feel that
their boys morals were properly cared
for, and as a consequence would not
be so 10th to let them be employed
In the w. U. service or any other SER
vice for that matter, where similar
conditions prevail, and l have no
doubt there are many.
:. I do not write this for the purpose
of rejecting upon the management of
the w. U. My object is more in the
nature Of an appeal with the hope
that the common practice of shutting
the eye to boys conduct-so long as
they do their work-may become less
common, and that employers will ask
themselves if they have not some OBJ
legation, some duty to the community
as we'll as parents, other than what
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-04-03
Legal NOTICES.
TRUSTEES SALE OF REAL
ElTATE


BY virtue of a deed of trust made by
Henry Hess to me, as trustee, dated or
the 18th day of October, 1895. and recorded
in the office of the Clerk of the County
Court Of Ohio County. West Virginia, in
at the front door of the Court House OF
said Ohio county, on
Saturday, April 2sth, 1900,
commencing at 10 o'clock a. m, the fol
lowing described property, situate in the
city of Wheeling. in said Ohio county. hat
is to say: all OF lot number fifty (5O, as
designated upon the plat OF streets. alleys,
and lots laid out by Row & Bauer, on
What is known as the Peninsula, as an
addition to said City of Wheeling. which
plat is recorded in the clerks office of the
County Court in said Ohio county in Plat
Book No. !, folio lS. being the same prop
erty conveyed to- said Henry Hess by
William Row and wife by deed dated octo-
Der 18th, 1896.
TERMS OF sALE:-s1,oOo in cash, and
the residue in one year. with interest from
the day of sale; the purchaser giving his
negotiable note for the deferred payment,
secured by a deed of trust on the property.
L. F. JONES, Trustee.
mch29tu, tn. sati
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now prevails. Many . good boy Is
spoiled and made q worthless Citizen
by just such neglect. BY giving this
place in your valuable columns you
will oblige q number OF parents.
BUSINESS MAN..
Wheeling, w. Va. April 2. 19O0.~
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B[NNOOD CITY ELECTION
OCCURRING TO-DAY PROMISES TO
BRING OUT A LARGE VOTE.
WILL BE THE HOTTEST BATTLE
Der of Years From All Indications
Democrats Have Reasons to Feel
Confident of Achieving q Glorious
Victory-Other Benwood News.

The municipal election at Benwood to-
day will, no doubt, be one of the Iveliest
and most interesting political battles ever
occurring between the Democrats and Re
publicans in the Industrial own There
are now over a thousand votes in Benwood
and If the weather is favorable a very
large vote viii certainly be polled. The
polls will open at. 6 a. m. and close at 6
p. M, and there is every reason to believe
that the twelve hours fight will result
in a signal victory for Democracy.
There was much activity in the local
political field yesterday and the candidates
aspiring to the various Offices were out
among their friends in all parts
of the town. putting the finishing touches
to their respective fences. The voting pre-
.cincts are Staib's blacksmith shop in the
First ward; the city hall in the Second
ward; he Central school building IN the
Third ward, and Sharp's n MARBLES
stores in the Fourth ward. The second
precinct in the last ward is the new one
which was ordered since the last election
because of a greater lumber Of voters than
the law allows to one precinct. The citi-
zens are urged to go to the polls and cast
their votes as early as possible.
In each ward the Democratic candidates
for council have the encouraging prospects
of scoring a victory over their respective
opponents and there is some assurance thai
the majority of the next council will be
Democratic. Each Of the candidates in the
Democratic party for the offices of mayor.
recorder, marshall and street commission
er. constituting the head of the ticket,
has az excellent chance of achieving sue
cess over his opponent. Joseph F. Ward
is the Democratic candidate and Thomas
Shepard the Republican candidate in the
race for the mayoralty. For recorder Jas.
F. Higgins. Democrat. and John Thomp-
son, Republican, are the candidates. For
sergeant, George w. Furbee, Democrat.
and Charles ~Seabright, ST., are making a
fight, and o h Kehoe. Democrat, n Jos.
Johns, Republican, are battling for the
office of street commissioner. A number
of the Republicans last evening were in
clined to concede that the present mar
shall, George Furbee. will be reelected.
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plumbers Demand Advance.

CLEVELAND, O.. April Tourney
men plumbers to the number of about
three hundred went on strike in this
city to-day for higher wages. The
j~ourneymen are at present receiving So
per day. while junior plumbers get
1925. They demand $3.50 and $2.25
respectively, all men who have served
five years or more to be entitled to
the maximum pay.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-04-03
TIED TO a STAKE
To Die From Thirst and Hunger
Desperate Deed of Cinnamon.

SAN RAFAEL, Gala, April BE
cause he was suspected of being a spy
of a rival company, Choy Fook, a Chi
nese fisherman at Point San Pedro,
was taken by five members of the va
rious companies to a beacon stake on
a barren rock in Richardson's Bay,
and there left for two days without
food or water. when discovered he
was almost In a dying condition. His
would-be-murderers have not yet been
captured.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-04-03
Condition of the Treasury.

WASHINGTON, April 1.-The
monthly statement of the public debt
issued to-day shows that at the close
of business March 81, 1900 the debt,
less cash in the treasury amounted to
SLIP, 256. 1888, a decrease for the month
of $ $3.50. 701. This decrease is account
ed for by a corresponding increase in
the cash on hand. The net cash bal
ance on hand. including the reserve
fund is 1906. 792, 9s5.
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Miss Coghlan Insane.

NEW YORK, April Miss Emily
Coghlan, sister OF Rose Coghlan, the
actress, and herself well known on the
stage, was taken to Bellevue hospital
to-day apparently insane. She had
been i'll several days, and yesterday
she became so violent that her physi-
clan directed that she be sent to Belle
vue.
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M ASSASSINATION.
An Effort to Injure the Family of a
Cincinnati Republican Politician.

Au EHUEN To IHJUEC tIC NH"IIy VI a
Cincinnati Republican Politician.
CINCINNATI. Ohio, April Am
attempt to destroy the residence of
George B. Cox, the Republican lead
er, was made to-day by some unknown
person placing on the veranda a pack
age of dynamite addressed to Mrs.
George B. Cox. Mr.. Cox suspected
danger and turned the package over
to the police. 1t was found to con-
tain a large charge of dynamite. A
match and powder were so arranged
that in drawing out the lid the ma
chine would have exploded. Mr.. Cox
reported to the police that he was
warned last night that an attempt on
his life would be made.
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OIL NEWS.
Special to the Register.

Special to the Register.
CADIz, Ohio, April Am the southern
part Of North Township. Milliken & Co.
who lave eleven wells on the G. F. WEIGH
.fifty-acre tract, have sold their holdings
to Alvin Dague, of Parkersburg, w. Va,
and Charles Chamberlain, of Washington,
Pa, for $4,000. The wells are now produc-
ing IS barrels a day and the outlook is
good for that amount or more for quite a
time TO come.
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The Oil Market,

NEW YORK, April ~2-Standard Oil
stock, 5s7d5H.
OIL CITY, Pa, April 2-Credit balances
s16s: certificates, no bids. Shipments,
March s1st. 72,27 bbls; average, s4,sS3 bbls.
Runs. March s1st. IL, 40 bbls; averag e,
eo.oss bbls. Shipments, April LIST, IS. s1 bbls.
Runs. 34,ao6 bbls.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-04-03

After moving, your piano will no
doubt need overlooking to see If it is
in proper tune. We employ none but
experts in our tuning department
f. W. BANNER co.
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UNITED STATES COURT.
THE REGULAR APRIL TERM OPEN
ED YESTERDAY MORN
ING.
THE STREET RAILWAY CASES
VIII BE Taken Up To-Day-Charies
H~olderman Discharged yesterday
With a Lecture by Judge jackson.
Grand Jury Will Sit Wednesday
ON a Number of Cases.

The regular April term Of the
United States Court opened yesterday
morning, with Judge J.. ]. Jackson on
the bench. Clerks Dellecker and
Moore were present District Attorney
Joseph Fl. Gaines has not yet arrived,
but his two assistants, Sam Burdette,
of Charleston, and Emmett Showalter,
of Fairmont, we're present. Elliott
Northcott, another assistant, will re-
main in Huntington. until after the
municipal election on Thursday. United
States Marshal Thompson has ar
rived, and his duties are being looked
after by his chief deputy, Mr.. Ran
dolph. and Chief Clerk Berry Lee Prid-
die. AS usual, very little business was
transacted on the first day. Judge
jackson opened court in the morning,
and adjourned until two o'clock.
In the afternoon the remaining cases
growing out of the alleged Interior
ence with United States deputy mar
shals by street railway strike sympa-
thizers, were brought up. Charles
Holderman, of Benwood, was called,
and at the suggestion of the District
Attorney, his case was dismissed.
Judge Jackson took occasion, however,
TO administer a sharp reprimand.
Holderman was accused Of interfering
when Deputy Randolph had his broth
sr under arrest in upper Benwood.
A capias was issued for Oscar and
for Louis. Holderman, and they Will
probably be arrested. The case
against Squire Lacey, of Benwood, was
continued, on account of the inability
Of his counsel, Capt. B. B. Doyener,
to conduct the al for the defense.
Thomas Gately and George Fisher, who
were indicted for interfering with
Deputy Marshal Jason Hester, will be
brought up this morning, when argu-
ments will be heard upon demurrers
to the indictments.
The criminal grand Jury will sit
"Wednesday. 1t is understood that a
number of counterfeiting and ~postofice
cases will be Investigated, and 1t Is
likely that the amount Of business
transacted at the present terms, will be
larger than usual.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-04-03

TO CURE A COLD IN N DAY.
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets.
All druggists refund the money If it
fails to cure. E. w. Groves signature
Is on each box. 25c.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-04-03

After moving, your piano will no
doubt need overlooking to see ii it is
In proper tune. We employ none but
experts In our tuning department.
q. IN. BANNER ca