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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-04-19

Alexander Booker, colored, was late this
afternoon found guilty of an assault with
intent to kill upon an aged colored man,
Lafayette LETTERS. in Criminal Court No. 2,
Justice Cole presiding. and was remanded
to await sentence. Booker attacked the old
man with a razor. claiming he did so in
self -defenso
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-04-19
DEATH OF HENRY DEMAs,

Southern Negro politician. Prominent
Daring Reconstruction Period.
NEW ORLEANS. April 19-Henry Demas.
one of the best known negro politicians in
the south, Is dead. Demas was a promi-
nent figure here throughout reconstruction
times. and was member of the state SEN
ate until eight years ago
President Mckinley appointed him three
years ago to a lucrative naval office but
charges involving his integrity were pressed
so vigorously that the Senate finally re-
iected the nomination
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-04-19
A Runaway.

A horse attached to buggy, driven by
Frank Maus, ran away on Pennsylvania
avenue about noon today. Near the corner
of It'll street the buggy upset a push cart,
and scattered the fruit on the pavement.
No other damage was done.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-04-19
Charge. Husband win cruelty.

Proceedings for divorce were Instituted
late this afternoon by Mrs. Frances c.
Head against her husband. Robert Head,
the architect. She charges him with cruel
ty. Mr.. Head recently sued for a divorce,
but had the bill dismissed. Mrs. Head il
represented by Ralston & Siddons.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-04-19

At Observation-Disclosures Waesland, from
Liverpool.
At Plymouth-Kaiser Friedrich, from
New York, for Hamburg.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-04-19

sweden increases War Establishment,
STOCKHOLM, April 19-The riksdag has
voted three million kroner for ammunition
and rifles. twelve million for new field artil-
lery. $4,000 for volunteer rifle DESIGNATIONS
and has agreed to increase the new naval
constructions for 1901 to 1,72J,OOO kroner.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-04-19
FELL FROM MOVING TRAIN.
II. II. c. Hill of Baltimore Killed Nes
Huntingdon, Pa,

Huntington, Pa.
HUNTINGDON. Pa, April 19.-R. H. c.
Hill of Baltimore. representing the r. G.
Dun Mercantile Agency. was killed TODAY
twelve miles east of here by falling from n
sleeping car of a Pennsylvania railroad
train. Mr.. Hill was on his way to Mead.
Vile, Pa. to testify in an important rail-
road case After falling from the train
his body was terribly mutilated by freieht
train.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-04-19
Ohio EIectOrs-at-Large,

Special Dispatch to The Evening Star.
CLEVELAND. Ohio, April 19.-CoL
Myron T. Herrick of this city and Geo. b.
Cox of Cincinnati. 1t is understood are to
be the Ohio presidential electors-at-large
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-04-19
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL
New York stock Market

Furnished by W B. Hibbs a ca ba,ta-.
ano brokers', 14l9 f ST, members New York
STOCK exchange, correspondents Messrs La
oenburg. Thalmann G. Co., New York
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-04-19
Transport sedswick Bring. Gold.

1FuhsVort Seux"1ck nrinBs GOId.
NEW YORK, April 19.-The United States
transport Sedgwfck. which arrived yester-
day from Cuba, had on board $3.50 600 In
French gold. consigned to the North Ameri-
can Trust Company.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-04-19

Death of Stevenson, the Artist.
LONDON, April 1s.-Robert Alan Now
bray Stevenson, the artist, ID dead
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-04-19
DISCUSSED THE NAVY

Approximation for OCEAN Survey the
Text.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1900-08-10

cred on the opposite side OF the way,
as, with tremulous lips, he solicited a
purchaser for his unsold stock. One
could hardly be expected 10 open "A
warm overcoat on such n cold night.
for the sake Of throwing cent 10 an
old beggar woman, or of buying news
paper from a ragged urchin. Even the
gayly decorated shop windows failed
TO arrest the idle passerby; for IL re-
quired perpetual motion to keep the
blood in circulation.
The giant policeman on the crossing,
representing the majesty of the law,
swaved the crowd of vehicles and pedes-
TRANS with the authoritative gestures
of his ponderous hands, and CALAMITY
escorted bands of timid women through
the ineXtricable maze.
And withal. the cable ears, with their
discordaut clangor, rumbled rapidly
10 and fro, like noisy shuttles, shoot
ing the wool of the many-hued fabric
which is the life OF great city.
Presently from one of the side streets
there came cab, which started leisure
" 10 cross Broadway. The big police
man, with his eyes fixed upon an APP
preaching car held up warning hand,
10 which the driver seemed 10 pay no
attention, for the reins remained slack
and the listless horse continued TO
move slowly across the avenue.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1900-08-10
WEsTBOUND

Except Sunday.
A. b. COVEY Agent.
OwOssO Mich.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1900-08-10

discords; the fearful newsboy, with
his slowly diminishing armtul of news
papers, continued TO SILVER in the cold
wind, as he offered his stock 10 the
hurrying pedestrians; the big police
man again piloted his fair charges
through the mass of moving vehicles,
and the changing cable cars started
once more on their rumbling course,
as if the swapping of a thread in the
fabric of n city's life were a thing of
constant occurrence and OF no mo-
ment.
\ few tiny dark red stains upon the
pavement were all that remained 20 tell
the story of the scene which had so
recently been enacted in the busy
thoroughfare. Presently even these
were obliterated by the random stroke
of a horses hoof.
The ripple had disappeared from the
surface. The stream of life was flow
ing steadily once more through the
arteries of the metropolis.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1900-08-10
SASASsASASiAS'AS,ASASAG
! The STURGIS WAGER s
= A DETECTIVE STORY. <
y BY EDGAR NOR ETTE q
Is Copyright, 1899 by Frederick 4. stokes Co y
CHAPTER |.
y.eA. eY.eyl ey}.s,ylpy1Nv9,pval
THE CABMAN's FARE.


II was bitterly cold. The keen De-
cember wind swept down the crowded
thoroughfare, nipping the noses and
ears of the gay pedestrians, comfort
ably muflled in their warm wraps.
Broadway was thronged with the
usual holiday shoppers and pleasure
seekers. Cabs with their jaded steeds
driven by weatherbeaten jehus, and
private carriages behind well-groomed
horses handled by liyeried coachmen,
deity made their way through the
crowds and deposited their fares at the
entrances of the brightly-lighted thea
tiers or fashionable restaurants. \
wizened bag, seated on the curbstone
at the corner, seemed TO shrink into
herself with the cold as she turned the
crank of her tiny barrel-organ and
ground out a dismal and scarcely au-
dible cacophony; while an anxious
eyed newsboy, not vet in his teens shiv-
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1900-08-10
TOLEDO, SAGINAW & MUsKEGoN R'Y.

Lv. Ashley for Detroit
at l2:lO I. III.
Close connections are
made at Owosso Junct'n
with all trains OF D.. 6
/ II * NJ. Ry.
BEN. FLETCHER, T. =. A.
Detroit. Mich.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1900-08-10
Leave Ashley.

Leave Ashley.
$3.50 a. III. for Muskegon
2:5O p. IN. for Muskegon
JKo. W. LORD,
Traffic Manager.
Detroit.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1900-08-10
PERE MARQUETTE

W. F. MoELLER, Gen'l Pass r Agent. ~
Grand RAPID Mich
II. j. WNCHELL, Agent, Alma
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-01-25
THE MOI.INEUx TRIAL.

The stoppage OF the great poison
trial in the court Of Recorder Cor In
New York City By the Illness of a jur-
or, it is to be hoped, is only temper
airy. The death or permanent disabil-
ity of a juror at this time would Of
course necessitate the retrial of the
case from the beginning. AS it is it
has been the longest trial in the en-
tire history of the New York Crimi-
nal Courts, the scene Of so many pro-
longed and sensational murder trials.
To go over all this ground in detail
again would well nigh exhaust the pa
thence of everyone from the patient
Recorder and the wrangling lawyers
to the outside public. and would not
assist the reaching of<s just verdict.
1t will be particularly unfortunate
if the trial must stop just as the State
was closing its case and bringing the
evidence against the accused to a final
climax. The breaking or, through de-
day, the straining of the thread of evil
dence in the minds Of the jury. a
thread delicate at best and most la
boriously owe out of a multiplicity
of incidents would seriously weaken
the cast of the prosecution which
must depend so much on the effect on
the jury of circumstances which can
only be brought out indirectly and by
piecemeal, owing to their technical ir-
revelancy and the. consequent ruling
out of the direct testimony by the
court.
1t was thought that the trial would
last until June at the earliest. If it
must be retired it will probably be
next year before a verdict is reach
ed. 1t is to be hoped therefore. for
more reasons than one, that the indis-
position of Juror Brown is but slight.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-01-25
MARTINS FERRY.
Local News From the City Of Work
shops and Mills.
CounciI,s Nw Move.


AS was stated yesterday the
committee appoined by Council to con-
fer with the City Solicitor. will not
meet that officer until next week.
While some papers are saying a good
deal about what the people will do in
regard to the matter, the fact is that
the large majority of the taxpayers
prefer to wait until the conference
with the City Solicitor is over, as the
great question lis the disposal of the
claims of those who have paid for
their paving, and with this comes the
point Of how much rebate would be
asked by these property owners. Some
streets have been paved for eight years
and some only in the last two years.
just how to make this apportionment
is a very intricate proposition. The
cost of paving the entire city would
amount to over 800. 900 and as the
tax rate at present is $3.50, some of
the more conservative citizens think
it would be best to leave this PROPOSE
ton go until the new levy, to- be made
after the land appraiser has finished
his work. No one doubts but that the
city needs the streets paved, as good
streets always add much to a city, but
it is always well to fully consider
such moves and especially when SO
much money and Indebtedness is in
volved.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-01-25
MIR. ELKINs AND THE VICE PREsI-

MIR. ELkINS AND THE VICE PRESI-
DENCY.
Certainly, the Hon. Stephen Benton
Elkins, of West Virginia, who must
step down and out of the Senate in
1901 is anxious to have as many
strings to his bow as possible and is
not inclined to shoe away the vice
presidential bee but rather to coax it
further into his bonnet.
For, 10. Stephen B. was never ac-
cused of not being an astute politician
He reads from afar that G. o. p. chanc-
es in the nation are far better than
in this State, that the next West Vir-
ginia Legislature, which will choose
his successor. will not be controlled
by a Republican majority, nor will
there be even DON for sharp practice
to overcome a close Democratic ma
jority, as at the last session. For, by
all that is dead certain sure, the peo-
pie, sick and tired of Republican ring
rule, will see to it that there is no
room Tor juggling the Democracy out
of their rights in the next body. This
is as certain as anything political can
be. There is NJ mistaking the temper
of the people. There is even an anti
ring majority in the Republican party
itself-though the ring will control
every Republican nominating conven-
ton.
Republican rule in West Virginia is
doomed. Senator Elkins knows it. No
one knows it better. Therefore, is
the Hon. Stephen B. tenderly cultivat-
ing the Vice Presidential bee, for, YER
lily, doth the Hon. Stephen hold it
better to be laid away On the Vice
Presidential shelf than to be forever
retired to the oblivion of private life.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-01-25

Everything that will conduce to a new
laugh has been woven into this hodge
podge of nonsense ana satire, and the
result is a hilarious and entertaining
performance. Incorporated in this
~farcical play is a long line of novel and
varigated specialties, prominent among
which are the newest songs. dances and
witticisms of the day. Have You Seen
Smith ?'- will be presented at the Grand
Opera House tonight.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-01-25


aanuel Peter Meyers Pays - -
treme PenaIty-Forrfven ~ Tho6&
He Hal R~ereaved.
SOMERSET, Pa, january 24-Sam-
uel Peter Meyers convicted Of the
murder OF Michael Karney and John
Lenhart, was. hanged In the county
Jail yard to-day. The condemned man
walked to the scaffold with a firm step
and died of strangulation.
The crime for which he was hanged
was the outcome of a dispute with bis
father over the possession of a house
and lot left to him. by his mother
The father claimed. a life interest in
the property and with the assistance
of Karney and a man named Boxer
attempted to install an Objectionable
woman as housekeeper.
Young Meyers shot Karney dead and
later when Lenhart. who was a con-
stable. tried to arrest him. he killed
him also.
At the request Of the condemned,
the widows of the murdered men Wis
tied him last night and granted him
forgiveness.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-01-25

The preponderance of evidence to
date in the Kentucky contest proceed
ings is decidedly against the Republic
a contention and in favor of the
Democrats. Hence, the lurid threats of
civil war" from Republican sources
in the Blue Grass State. Like their
brethren in West Virginia, the Ken
lucky Republican leaders will wreck
the peace and welfare of their State
before they will yield an inch of i'm
properly gained partisan advantage.
1t shows how little they care for the
good of the commonwealth as against
their W selfish interests as office
holders.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-01-25
New shovel Works.

'"
The shovel works will soon be com
pleted and at present all the work
men that can be used to good advan-
tage are employed. The plant will
DON be ready to go on in full. One
OF the managers stated last evening
that the handle department would
go to work February list, and the re-
mainder of the works by the fifteenth
of the month. The new company ex-
pect to employ about two hundred
men when on in full.
The firm of Hatch & Grier. shoe
dealers, on Hanover street.. dissolved
yesterday, Mr.. Grier becoming the sole
owner. The firm has been in business
about four years. Mr.. Grier is n
of the city's popular young men and
no doubt will make a success of the
business as he has had much exper-
fence. Mr.. j. F. Stringer, of Portland.
has accepted a position as a clerk I'M
der Mr.. Grier.
The Cabell case is set for a hearing
in the Common Pleas Court to-day. AS
the Court carried over a caSe yeSter-
day the case may not be tried until
Friday. The city will use every effort to
gain this suit. as the first trial was
won by the city but owing to an error
of the Court in charging the jury a
new trial was granted.
Edward Johnson. of South Broad
way, after an illness of only a week,
died early yesterday morning from
erysipelas. Mr.. Johnson was well
known in this city and had lived here
for a number of years. He was fifty
six years old and his death was quite
unexpected by his friends. The funer-
al will take place to-day from his late
residence at two o'clock, interment at
Riverview.
Ishmael Cox is in Wellsville, having
accepted a position with the c. & F.
railroad.
Miss Mabel Cougill, OF Cambridge, is
the guest of Rev. and Mrs. J.-T. Nor
ton.
Mrs. d. v. Logsdon, of Cameron, w.
Va, is the guest of Mrs. W. T. Givens,
of First street.
Samuel Goudy, better known as
"Paw-Paw" Sam, tried his hand at
stealing yesterday evening. While
waiting in the hardware store of H.
Long, on the pretense of wishing to
see Mr.. Long and while the proprietor
was busily engaged, Sam eyes rested
on an overcoat which he picked UP
and carried away. From the store he
went to his sons home on West Han
over street and upon entering proceed
ed to curse all the occupants. The son
made complaint to the police, who
arrested Sam. At that time they had
no knowledge of the theft, but as Of
1cer Bailey was taking the prisoner
to the Jail, Marshal Lindemuth, who
had just learned of the theft, secured
his confession and then went to the
J sons house and procured the stolen
coat.
Miss Ella and Della He'll, of South
Broadway, are quite sick with typhoid
fever.
The Woman's club was very pleas
antly entertained yesterday afternoon
at the home of Mrs. E. X. Hoge. on
| North Fourth street.
The stage hands at the Star theatre
have organized and asked for q char
ter from the headquarters OF the N.
a. =. 8 s. F. This makes this thea
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-01-25

The o. H. P. Belmont who enter
tanned Nj. Bryan in New York is not
Perry Belmont, with whom Mr.. BRYAN
exchanged caustic epistles some time
ago, as many people, including some
newspapers, seem to think, but his
brother. There is also August Bel
mont, another brother. Don't mix
these Belmonts and their several
brands of Democracy up.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-01-25
E

SHINN.-On Tuesday, January %, 1900,
at 11:40 o'clock p. m, Mrs. Ella B. Shinn,
daughter of Thomas E. Lewis.
Funeral services will be held at the res
idence of VIM. H. Travis, No. 2214 Chap
line street, Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock.
Friends of the family invited to attend.
Interment private at Greenwood cemetery.
WARNER.-On Tuesday, January ed,
1900, at 2:a o'clock p. m, Michael G..
Warner, in his 34th year.
Funeral services at his late residence,
No. A South Broadway, this Thursday
afternoon at 2:30 o'clock. Friends of the
family respectfully invited to attend. In
terment at Mt. Calvary cemetery.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-01-25

While the trust organs and politi-
clans never lose an opportunity to
pooh-pooh and ridicule Mr.. Bryan, it
is significant that his ovation through
out the east caused slumps in trust
stocks in Wall street all along the line.
Trust stockholders do not seem to take
the same contemptuous view of Mr..
Bryan that the organs and politicians
pretend to hold.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-01-25
A CALL ISSUED
For a Meeting of the Democratic
Executive Committed.

WESTON, January 10, 1900.
A meeting of the Democratic State Ex-
ecutive Committee is hereby called to as
semble in the city of Charleston, Kanawha
county, West Virginia, on Thursday, the
25th day of January, 1900, for the purpose
of designating the time and place of hold
ing the State convention. The presence,
I'M person, of each and every member of
the committee is most earnestly requested.
ANDREW JOHNSTON,
Chairman,
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-01-25
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS MESSAGE.

EX-CONSUL -MACRUM'S MESSAGE.
What message of Importance Mr..
Charles Macrum. of East Liverpool,
o., formerly United States Consul at
Pretoria. may have for the Pesident
at Washington. whittier he is now
journeying, is now a matter of great
public curiosity. Owing to the fact
that the South African republics are
largely cut off from communica-
ton with the outer, world by wire we
must await the delivery of this
message in person. Mr.. Macrum hav-
ing placed SO much stress on the i'm
portance of his mission declaring
that it necessitated his resigning his
post in order that he might deliver
it will have to be something of extra
ordinary import, indeed, or Mr.. Mac
rum must suffer great ignominy for a
large number of his countrymen
have been inclined to view his retire
ment as a desertion of duty in the
hour Of peril.
1t will not do to judge the young ex-
consul in advance. An Italian news
paper, which presumably interviewed
Mr.. Macrum in Rome. says his mes
sage is a definite proposal from Pres
ident Kruger to President Mckinley
that the United States a pro-
tectorate over the South African re-
public, leaving to President Mckinley
the task of regulating the political
status of the Uitlanders-the chief
bone of contention.
If Dom Paul makes such a proposal
it will be a mighty stroke of diplom-
acy. on his part. This great pioneer
republic could not ignore the appeal
and no matter how close may be the
secret bond between the administra-
ton at Washington and the London
government, Mr.. Mckinley would be
forced to act in the open. If it accom-
plished nothing else it would thor
OQ6uA oil III AluIOW lu6 S6dTCull&UC
of worldwide publicity on the ques-
lions at issue between England and
the Transvaal. which English states
manship has been at such pains to be-
fog. No American President could ia
vor the English contention that the
*Uitlanders, who outnumber the Beers,
should be given a voice in the affairs
of government in the Transvaal with
out relinquishing their British citi-
zenship or their loyalty to the British
crown. Yet it is that i~mpossibility,
which would mean the dissolution of
the republic, that the British demand.
There is no country on earth, certain
ly no republic, where a foreigner may
vote without naturalization or with
out relinquishing his loyalty to his
former government. Certainly NO for
signer can do it in the United States.
no matter what his material interests
may be. in this country.
1t is to be hoped that Mr.. Webster
Davis, Assistant Secretary of the In
terror, now acting as the Presidents
private emissary to the Transvaal,
will exercise al unprejudiced mind in
his mission. AS an American official
President Paul Kruger has extended to
him extraordinary c~ourtesies, showing
the good will of the South African re-
publics toward the United States, to
whom they have every right to look
for aid and encouragement in behalf
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-01-25
A Sick .Lur0r

NEW York, January 24.-The trial
of Roland B. Molineux was adjourned
to-day on account of the illness of
Mannheim Brown, a juror.
The sick juror is suffering from an
attack or rheumatism. which is be-
lieved will be of short duration.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-01-25
EIoped and Married.

Special to the Register.
HUNTINGTON, w. Va, January "a.
Howard Waltz. II. and Miss Minnie
Cowler, Is. both prominent young
people Of Milton. eloped here tonight,
and were married at the clerks once.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-01-25

What has been declared to be re-
markably clever Decentralization Of An
thony Hopes famous and fascinating
novel, "Phroso,"' will be presented by
Charles Frohman next Saturday night,
January 27th, with Miss Odette Tyler in
the title role, at the Opera House. Miss
Tyler scarce needs an introduction to
amusement lovers. Her recent sue
cessful appearance in Shakespearean
roles, and her great triumph as Caro-
line Milford, in Secret Service" last
season in New York and in London,
are well known. She possesses a de-
lightful combination of histrionic abil-
tiles, particularly well adapted to the
charming character drawn by Hope in
his thrilling romance. From a scenic
point of view, something entirely out Of
the ommon may be expected during
this engagement. All the scenery and
stage attributes, just as they were used
in New York during the long and high
ly successful run of ..Phroso'' there,
will be sent here for this engagement,
and the company is confidently stated
to be n of the strongest on the road
this season. The story of sPhroso'' is
replete with human interest and thrill
ling situations.