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Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-04-22
Boer Official Notices.

KIMBERLEY, Friday, April 20.--
Boer official notices have been found
placarded at Campbell and elsewhere,
saying that in the recent battles the
Beers captured $4,000 troops, eighteen
cannon and 300 wagons, and setting
forth that the burghers were full of
valor, that the outlook was bright, and
saying confirmation had been received
of the report that Russia had invaded
India with two and half million
men.
Another official Boer notice appoints
Gen. Lisbenburg to command Griquil-
and-West, and warns all burghers to
join under penalty of punishment, in
accordance with the military law of
the Free State.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-04-22
BROUGHT HOME IN IRONS.
Redmond Was Rough Rider and
Later a Regular, But He is CharG-
ed With Murder.

KANSAS CITY, Mo-, April 21-
James Redmond, alias Michael Seville,
who served with the Rough Riders in
Cuba and later enlisted in the regular
army and served with the Sixth artil-
lery in the Philippines, reached this
city to-day in irons, charged with COM
plicity in the murder of Emma Schu-
macher. Detectives have trailed Red
mond continuously since the murder.
which occurred here in 1897. He was
arrested in Manila month ago. Miss
Schumacher was killed in an attempt
to defend her grocery store against
two robbers who escaped. Kennedy,
the engineer train robber, and Red
mond were indicted for the murder.
Kennedy is now serving term in the
Missouri penitentiary, but Redmond
stoutly asserts his innocence.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-04-22
PAST WEEK HAS BEEN A
Bad ONE FOR generals.
A MERCILESS TORRENT OF CRITI.
CISM FROM AN UNANIMOUS
PRESS
FOLLOWED RoBERTS'S CENSURE.
GEN. BULLER COULD BEST ENDEAR
HIMSELF TO THE HEARTS OF
ENGLISHMEN

BY Requesting His Immediate Re-
call-Generally Believed However,
That He is Too Thick-Skinned to
be Driven From the Field by Criti-
cism-LOrd Kitchener Said to Have
Felt the Sting of Lord Roberts's
DispIeasure-Vfsit of King Oscar
to London-The Trouble Between
Turkey and Uncle Sam-Znza and
Cyrano Are Both Failures in Lon
don.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-04-22
Their Cuisines. Acumen.

LONDON. April PA dispatch from
Bloemfontein dated Friday, April 20,
commenting on the improvement of
Industrial prospects which the system
is likely to bring about says:
An instance OF the business acumen
of the colonials in the case of Ca
madam private who had a large inter-
est in soap business. During the
present halt he has been pushing his
wares with the same energy as he and
his comrades rushed the trenches at
Paardeberg'
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-04-22
DOG WAS TOO FAITHFUL.
And Got His Owner Into Trouble
Stolen Goods Found.
Special to the Register.

Special TO the Register.
PARKERSBURG, w. Va, April q.
On Thursday night thieves were
frightened away from the home of
Lewis Miller, who was awakened by
their noise They left in such hurry
that they forgot a sack partly filled,
and the dog which they had left to
guard it, savagely refused to let any
one approach him. After several at
tempts the dog was lassoed and to-day
he was identified as belonging to man
named Ritchey. A search warrant was
issued and lot of stolen goods, in
GLIDING some from Mr.. Millers, were
found at his home but he had escaped.
He is believed to have been respons-
ible for much petty thieving. He has
served two terms in the pnitentiary.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-04-22
FEN FROM a train aud May Die.

Special 10 the Register.
LITTLETON, w. Va. April 21.-This
morning a Cameron helper engineer
coming west discovered a man lying
over the bank east OF Martins tunnel
apparently dead. He was taken on
board the engine and brought to Lit
Teton. where he was discovered to be
Walter Cunningham. who lives near
the tunnel named. He was evidently
trying TO ride home on a freight and
fell OF. He was taken to the Hotel
Delbrook. where Or. Earnest is attend
ing him. Little prospects OF his re-
coyery are entertained. He Is thu
youngest son OF a widowed mother.
and has several brothers employed on
the B. & %. road
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-04-22

LONDON, April 21.-6:1S p. m.-The
war office has received the following
dispatch from Lord Roberts:
"BLOEMFONTEIN, April 21.-Run-
dies force came in contact with the
enemy yesterday. four miles southwest
of Dewits Dorp. They occupied strong
positions covering the town. The
Yeomanry and mounted infantry seiz-
ed another position which enabled
Rumble to drive the enemy off and
occupy the high ground the enemy had
been holding. Rumble advanced this
morning early, and is now again en-
gaging with the enemy. Our casualties
yesterday were two men severely
wounded and Lieut.. O'Connor and
seven men slightly wounded"
BLOEMFONTEIN, April 20.-Contin-
uing their march on Friday, Generals
Chermside and Rumble came into con-
tact with the Beers near Dewitsdorp at
noon. The fighting continued until
dark and was principally carried on by
the artillery, which temporarily 81
fenced two of the Boer guns.
The British command the hills for
miles around the Beers, who are re-
ported to hold strong positions, but
are probably retiring.
The casualties on the British side
were slight, and most of them occur
red among the yeomanry and mounted
infantry. The firing was at long range.
None of the British troops were killed.
Met Superior Force.
BOSHOF, April Plat midday yes
terday Gen. Methuen's field force at
Swartzkopjesfontein was ordered to
return to Boshof. It's convoy extend
ed over six miles. The escort took up
position On the hilA commanding
the road, just in the nick of time, as
a force of 1900 Beers with two guns
and pompom suddenly appeared in
the vicinity and opened very heavy
fire. The British, however, held them
in check until the column reached a
point of safety, when they retired. The
British had several causalties. The
Beers fought determinedN and must
have suffered considerably, as they
once advanced to within 300 yards of
the hill, whence concealed detach-
ment of the British opened a heavy
fuSilade on them
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-04-22
The Cut Ordered.

YOUNGSTOWN, O., April 21-Local
jobbers in wire and nails this morning
received orders from John w. Gates,
of the American Steel and Wire Com
pany, ordering a cut of 20 per cent in
all prices. kilograms received here
say that the cut was ordered at mid
night by the board of directors and
went into effect Immediately.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-04-22
A MINERS CONVENTION.
To BE Held mt CIarksburg to Adopt
a Scale of Wages.

Special to the Kegistor.
FAIRMONT, w. Va, April I'll
Union and non-union miners of this
district will appoint delegates to a
miners meeting to be held at Clarks-
burg on the 2Sth inst. the object of
which is to formulate and adopt
scale of wages to be submitted to the
operators in the near future.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-04-22
FIRST DEGREE INDICTMENT.
Returned Against William HOrner
by Special Grand Jury.

Special 10 the Register.
STEUBENVILLE, O., April 21.---
The special grand jury in the Horner
murder case came in at noon to-day
with first degree Indictment against
VIM. Horner, for the murder of Bar
bara Horner. There was some talk
that Horner might claim that his wife
committed suicide, but this was dis
PEELED by the testimony of one man
who appeared before the grand jury
and testified TO being at the window
of his home adjacent to Horner's, on
the night of the murder and heard
Mrs. Horner plead with her husband
not to kill her. The report of the shot
followed her appeal for life.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-04-22

SPECIAL % fhe Ff&
sTEUBENvILLE. o., April H.
The Noble County Republican conyen-
ton indorsed Hon. John NJ Cook, OF
steubenvglIe. for Circuit Judge to-day
which. with counties previously in
structed. gives him majority Of tbs
nelegatea
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-04-22
MINERAL REPUBLICANS
Select Delegates and Indorse Every.
thing-Scherr for Auditor.

Special to the Register.
KEYSER, W. Va, April 21.-Miner-
al county Republicans in mass con-
vention this afternoon named dele
gates to State, State delegate, and dis
trict delegate conventions. Strong
resolutions endorsing McKinley's ad-
ministration, sound money, Governor
Atkinson's administration and Arnold
c. Sherr, of this city, for State Audi
tor were adopted with unbound enthus-
iasm. The Scherr resolution declares
his name will add Aore strength to,
the ticket than that OF any other man
mentic1sd for that place.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-04-22
Mckinley Praise. Dewey.

CHICAGO, April 21.--The reception
committee of the Dewey celebration
has received formal notice from Presl-
dent Mckinley of his declination of the
invitation to come to Chicago during
the festivities in honor of the admiral
Of the navy. In the letter President
Mckinley expresses his regrets at his
lnabilit,1to come, and takes occasion to
lRighIy Iaise Admiral Dewey.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-04-22

PITTSBURG. Pa. April 21.-Import.
ant action is to be taken by the flint
bottle manufacturers of the country at
a meeting at the Hotel Duquesne next
Wednesday. At general meeting held
at Indianapolis last month several
committees We're appointed TO prepare
reports on various matters of interest
to the trade. One is TO prepare plans
for the formation of a national organ
ization, TO be called the National Flint
Bottle Manufacturers Association. An
other is to arrange a national price list.
A committee was named to prepare
wage scale and arrange for abandon
ing the usual summer stop, and the
committee that was appointed in Janu-
airy to secure Reconsideration OF
freight rates was continued as 1t had
been unable to make satisfactory ar
engagements with the traffic associa-
tions.
Joseph s. Hamilton, OF this city, is
the president of the Western Flint
Bottle Association, and win preside
at the general meeting The formation
of national association is assured,
and some OF the manufacturers who
have for over year been trying 10
form a combination of the flint bottle
interests seem confident that a con-
solicitation may result from the COM
pletion of the proposed association. A
member of the association, in speak
ing of the meeting, sAsaihSh.aaRsral
trade conditions will be cIs sa5seu lll1.'
one OF the most important matters
taken up will be the wage question.
He said that the market does not war;
rant the present wages paid To the
blowers and that something must be
done to protect the trade. Prices have
been low, and he said that 1t Is neces-
sary either TO advance prices or cut
wages
The question OF a summer stop will
also be one of the important matters
considered. There seems to be dis
position on the part of some of the
manufacturers to abolish the arbitrary
summer stoppage. 1t viii be neces-
sary to close the factories for per-
iod in the summer, but 1t Is not desir-
ed to have a fixed time for the shut
down. The manufacturers are also OPP
posed to the movement OF the Amerl-
can Flint Glass Workers Union in
building factory for the manufacture
of flint TASKS. They claim it will be
detrimental to the interests OF the
union manufacturers. The "Fiints"
say that the organization is going In
TO the business of making TASKS to
protect the interests Of the union man
ufacturers and In opposition to the
non-unlon factories whose principal
product is flint TASKS. The factory is
to be built for the purpose. the work.
ers say, OF driving the non-nnion
makers OF TASKS out of the business
or into the union. After this has been
accomplished the object for which the
plant is to be built viii be ended. The
union manufacturers, however, take
different view OF the enterprise.
The committees that have been az
work since the last meeting Of tho
manufacturers win meet on Tuesday.
the day before the general meeting. 70
complete the reports.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-04-22
Al Running Overtime.
Special 20 the Register

srHCldI % Tic y b31eEfs
PARKERSBURG, " Va. April IL
The Petersburg Chair Company and
]. u. Huseman & Co.'S planning mill are
working at night because Of their In
ability to keep up with their orders IN
day time, and the Parkersburg Mil
Company viii do the same thing next
week. With the opening OF spring
there is a great demand for building
material.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-04-22
MANY LIVES REPORTED
LOST IN FOREST FIRE.
LIEVED TO HAVE PERISHED
IN MANITOBA.
WENT BACK TO sAv We HORSES
AND WE'RE SOON SURROUNDED BY
THE ADVANCING CONFLAGRA-
TION

Delayed Passenger Train From the
Fire Belt Arrived Mt Winnipeg
Yesterday With the Lumbermen
Who Escaped-They Tell n Har-
rowing Tale of the Dangers En-
cOuntered Physicians Sent BY
Special Train to Care for Those
Still in the Fire Belt.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-04-22
Child Burned.

Special to the Register
PARSONS. w. Va, April FLAMES
Cade's thirteen-year-old child. was
burned at its home in Grant county.
1t was lying before the ire when its
clothes caught
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-04-22
GATES WILL RESIGN AND
FR|Ck WILL TAKE Hold.
AT THE MAY MEETING OF THE
DIRECTORS
OF AMERICAN STEEL AND WIRE
NEGIE COMPANY WILL BE
THE SUCCESSOR

OF John w. Gates, the Man Who Has
Caused Such CommotiOn in the
Iron and Steel World by His Start
ling PredictiOns-YOung job
bers Notified of n Cut of Twenty
Per Cent. in All Prices-Gntes
Feels That Action of Directors
Justifes His PredictiOns-Milis
May Not Resume Before Septem-
her.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-04-22
A FLINT BOTTLE TRUST
LIKELY TO Be FORMED.
MUCH is EXPECTED OF MEETING
TO BE HELD IN PITTsBURG
NEXT WEEK.
COMMITTEES WILL REPORT
UPON VARIOUS MATTERS OF INTER.
EST TO THE FLINT BOTTLE
MANUFACTURERS.

These Committees Were Recently
Appointed Mt Indianapolis, and
Among the Matters to be Constd-
cred, Was Plan for a National
Organization to be Known as the
National Flint Bottle Manufacture
ers' Association Another IL n
National Price List-Dfnlcultfen
With worISmen About Wages
Likely TO Come up.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-04-22
rumble AND METHUEN
HAVE NET THE ENEMY.
WEST OF DEWI DORP, AND
THE LATTER
AT sWARTzKOPJESFONTEIN.
GENERAL ROBERTS REPORTS THAT
RUMBLE MET THE ENEMY
AND ADVANCED,

Taking the Position Which He Had
Occupied-AnOther Advance Made
Armies We're Engaged When the
Despatch Was Sent-GeneraI Me-
theun Met a Determined Force
and Was Barely Able to Hold 1T in
Check While Making a Retreat to
Place of Safety.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-02-16

pound of freight or single passenger
on this account. The tribunals also
disappointed the legal lights by calmly
saying the city would force the roads
to do what was needed
Not an inch of track has been estab-
lished according to the new grade
without n persistent fight In which all
the skill, foresight and acumen of the
companies has been expended. The
expense, as has been shown, has been
enormous, even If no other cost had
been involved than the filling in and
retaining of the roadbed within the
limits prescribed. But every step in the
progression has been fought over bit
terly, entalling additional expense on
the roads. SO far as the city Is con-
cerned the battle has been substantial
ly without expense beyond that pro-
vided for in the ordinary administra
ton of public affairs.
dreds of tracks in the city had been
elevated. Probably somewhere near
1000 crossings were In existence. In
one year-last year-nearly 200 cross.
ings were eliminated. This is mere
straw to show how rapidly the tide set
in the other way when once the city
got down to business. With every
crossing on grade in the beginning of
the initial year of actual elevation, the
year closed with some fifty miles in
the air and large number of danger
Gus crossings, especially on the south
side, no longer menaced the people.
Seven years ago every train, freight
or passenger, which entered the city
poked along slowly from the limits to
the depots with very few exceptions.
Ordinances provided that only GER
tain speed should be maintained inside
the city limits, that the peril to pedes.
trians or other citizens In the city
might be reduced to n minimum. Some
few express trains rushed along at n
high rate of speed, but they were
guarded at block intervals for six OF
seven miles. Gates were dropped
when the trains were half n mile dis.
tant, and the gongs ratified without
ceaslng until after the rushing express
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-02-16

furnished by the city engineer as
basis for the work. The roads might
do it any way which seemed best to
them, provided they did it. But with
mastery inactivity they did nothing.
The city sent warning after warning
and even threatened to begin the work
itself. Then the last legal act of the
fight was commenced; injunctions were
applied for. These failed.
Meanwhile the general managers had
formed an association for mutual pro-
lection. This was held out to be an
association to protect business, pre-
vent rate-slashlng, and by concert of
action get all roads into line on a gen
eral policy. 1t was really designed to
fight the elevation scheme. But even
injhnction-made laws failed them, for
the courts held that the city had the
power to act. 1t looked along in the
years just before the Worlds Fair as
If direct conflict would take place be.
tween the city officers on one hand and
road employees on the other
Expert engineers declared that 1t
would cost as much or more to elevate
or depress the tracks as it had cost in
the original construction of the roads.
Road attorneys, using this as basis,
argued that the hardship on the roads
was so great that even cOnceding the
power of the city to force action no
court would force such an extremity
Of hardship. The lawyers also argued
that this expense, heavy as it would
be, would be but trifie when compar-
ed with the loss entailed by the inter-
ruption Of traffic. The contention of the
experts regarding the cost has been
proved to be under rather than over
the actual expenditure. 1t has cost the
roads about $4,000 a mile to do the
work. But the alleged loss due to in
terrupted traffic has been proved to be
but dream. The roads suffered incon-
venience, TO be sure, but no line lost a
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-02-16
AppIeville.


Leavenworth, Kan, stands at the
head of American cit es in the ship
ment of apples. Indeed more apples are
shipped from Leavenworth than from
any other point on either side of the
Atlantic ocean. In addition to the large
number of local packers engaged in the
business hundreds of packers flock to
Leavenworth annually from other parts
of the country for the purpose of ship
ping away fruit. There are two i'm
mense cod storage plants in Leaven-
worth, one of which is built to accom-
modate $4,000 bushels of apples.
Leavenworth county has the largest ap-
pie orchard in the world, that of +. w.
Wellrouse, which contains 1,40O acres
of healthy trees. There are any num-
ber Of orchards ranging in extent from
ten to thousand acres. The returns
from township assessors show that
Leavenworth county has 203, 900 apple
bearing trees. During any good apple
season at least 1250O0 barrels of ap-
Piles are packed and shipped away from
this point
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-02-16
a Princes Prank.

The Prince de Ligne, a resplendent
figure among the brilliant courtiers and
Adventures of the time of Louis XVI,
told many amusing anecdotes in his
Memoirs" one of which shows him,
sword in hand, at duel which called
for gaiety rather than courage.
The Comte de Segur and the Prince
de Ligne were coming out one very
rainy night, after supping with Madame
de Polignac in the Rue de Bourbon.
No coach was to be seen, and no person
there to fetch one.
'Let us pretend to fight" the prince
said to Comte de Segur, "and that will
bring the watch. They'll arrest us, and
Wen make them get carriage to take
us to the commissary."
On which they took their swords In
hand with fearful scuffie, and cries of
"Oh! All! Are you dead? Are you
wounded"
The watch passed and repassed quite
near them on the Port Royal, but ap-
parently frightened, they did not arrest
the duelists, and they, half-dead with
laughter and the fatigue of the battle,
had to go home on foot in the rain, after
ALI
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-02-16

the city, under general regulations Of
police rs well as under charter pro-
visions, to force changes of grade to
meet modern necessities, they asked
who would pay for it, When told that
they would be expected to do this. II
new fight was commenced, for they at
first absolutely refused to do any such
thing.
1t was discovered to the deep disgust
of the companies that they could be
forced to alter any grade named and
also be forced to foot the bill. Then
the element of suggested compromise
entered into the controversy early in
1890, The companies began to spar for
wind and suggest that each side pay
half.
But the city had won every round in
court and was not inclined to help one
little bit. The roads were successlvely
notified to begin the work. No exact
plan was adopted, but pronles were
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-02-16

upon the question as anything more
than a mere matter of detail. Ordin-
ances must be drawn and accepted by
the roads and work done under them
as regularly as streets are paved or
cleaned-in fact, more regularly than
can be said of the cleaning process.
Under the administration of the elder
Harrison determined effort was
made to get at the matter in busi-
ness-like manner. The roads at first
merely laughed at the idea as a vision
ary plan utterly impossible of accom-
plishment They held that neither
they nor the city could afford the eX-
pense even if they could stand the in
terruption to their ordinary business
while their tracks were being elevated.
The first objection raised was that
the roads would practically be forced
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-02-16

provement. Guards and watchmen
were maintained at'the crossings, time
tables were public property, and the
roads saw no reoson Why they should
be called upon to bear millions of dol
lars extra expense to remedy the diff
Guilty.
The grade status in Chicago N-day is
an excellent eXemplar of what Ghica-
goans can do when they will it. Hun
dreds of miles of tracks have been ele,
ings abolished, either subways or via
ducts containing the offending tracks,
and the roads have paid out nearly
S17,000,000 The city has not been at
any expense at all In accomplishing
this feat. Ninety per cent. of the tracks
no longer, menace the public on foot or
horseback or In carriages. Every
spadcful OF earth, every block of ma
sonry, every bolt in every piece of iron
provided for by ordinance has been put
In place.
Chicago won the fight as she gener-
ally wins whatever she seeks. But 1t
esting contest just the same, for the
big lines are no mean antagonists, and
had many fairly sound arguments TO
advance to show they should not bear
all the expense, interruption to traffic
and worry incidental to such colossal