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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-01-30
SHOT HIM DEAD.

wesley springer Killed Without
1Cause by His Brother-in-Law.
Near Marietta, o.
Special to n Register.
MARIETTA O., January 29.-At
Glass, this county; twenty miles east
of Marietta, Gorbin Little last night
shot his . brother-in-law, Wesley
Springer, to death in cold blood.
The report of a revolver attracted
neighbors to Springeras barn, where
he was found with his brains -oozing
from a hole inshis forehead, and Little
coolly standing over him. with the pis-
toll in his hand. Little made no at
tempt to escape. and offered no ex-
PLANTATION. He simply found Springer
at work in the barn and killed him
without "a word. Both men were
young and highly respected, and had
families. To all appearances they had
been the best of friends. 1t is
claimed that Little had been queer"
for. several months.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-01-30
A Home-Lik. Place.


Yes, we get into county jails occasion
ally" said h tramp. but the trouble is
they dom keep us long enough. A jail
is a home-like place. with plenty to eat
no work and good treatment. We are gen.
orally sentenced to three months, but after
four weeks the sheriff picks out three OF
four of us and says:
Now. boys. them iron bars on tina,
winder Is loose and it's goin' to be a dark
night Hev some ambition about YOU
An old tramp knows What that means,
and he is ten miles away before daylight
A tenderfcot iggers to stay on. and mex
morning the sheriff in and finds
hin there and says:
What. hain't you got no ambttfonl
III give you somer and be bocts
him out into the yard ana sets him ID
promenaddns around with : leg fastened
70 hi lee.~
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-01-30

The assumption by the friends of
Hon. N. B. Scott that all that is neces-
sary to secure an election OF an Uni
ted States Senator lis the adoption of
a simple resolution unseating lawfully
chosen representatives of one party,
and the seatingz of men opposed to
them politically in their stead. is SO
utterly vicious in conception and
practice as to meet with the u%nquali-
fed condemnation of every good citf-
zen. To establish such a precedent
in the Scott case would be to open the
doors to unlimited political outrage IN
every State in the Union; and would
completely nullify the will of the peo-
pie as intended to be expressed when
voting for members of the Legislature.
1t cannot be that the Senate of the
United States will open this door, even
at the solicitation or behest of so in
1uential a member as Stephen B. Elk
ms.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-01-30
NOT ALL GLITTER OF GOLD.

NUT ALL GLlIIE OF WILL.
The report made by Capt. w. R.
Abercrombie, Second infantry, COM
mander of the Copper River (Alaska)
expedition, just made public by the
War Department, throws another and
strong light upon the perils and hard
ships in the gold mining region, and
should give pause to the many thou
sands who are preparing for an early
spring rush to this far-off land of gold
and cold. ~
In the course of his report Capt.
Abercrombie says he found hundreds
of people literally dying of starvation
and scurvy, crowded into miserable
huts like sardines in a box" Again,
"the stencil was intolerable and 70
per cent of the inmates of these huts
were mentally deranged," and that the
general condition was pitiable, in the
of these seekers after wealth will be
dead, and the remainder incapacitated
for the labor they imagined would
result in speedy riches, but other hun
dreds and thousands will take their
places, to meet with a like fate next
winter. Gold acquired at the price of
suffering, insanity and death is hardly
worth the price paid.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-01-30
THE LATEST BRITISH REVERSE.

No student of the military situation
in South Africa was surprised at the
news. SO fully presented in the Regis
ter yesterday morning, that General
Warren. acting with the advice and
consent of General Butler, had met
with, a signal reverse at Spion Kop.
Nobody expected any other result from
the so-called turning movement" for
it not only had no merit in itself, as
Mar as can be learned from a study of
the maps and the conditions generally,
but It was undertaken with an mad
equate force, with imperfect knowledge
both of the country and the force and
disposition of the Beers, and, finally,
seems to have been more in the ma
ture of giving Butler and Warren a
final chance to retrieve lost reputa-
tions by a forlorn hope than with any
rational military idea from which sue
cess could be reasonably hoped. The
net result was that five brigades of
good men were pushed into a trap
where they were confronted by a SUI
perior force in an impregnable posi-
ton. and after the commanders had
vainly butted their heads against a
stone wall they were compelled to beat
an ignominious retreat, with a probable
loss of two thousand of the best troops
England possesses.
If the loss was confined to these
men it would be bad enough; but the
disaster is not to be measured in that
manner The far greater effect is that
upon the morale of the men. in the
added gloom in England. in the in
creased desperation of the Beers, in
the tendency to greatly add to the dis
affection among the Cape Colony
Dutch, and last and o than all, III
the increased chance of Intervention
by some one or more OF the great pow
ers.
In ninety days England has gained
nothing, but has lost ten thousand of
the flower of her army. and has ex-
pended two hundred million dollars.
The Beers are doubtless stronger than
when the wal broke out, and a long
series of victories have not turned
their heads. Calmly and methodically
they keep on checkmating and de-
feating their enemies in the field.
while their grasp upon Kimberley and
Ladysmith grows tighter with each
passing day, and both cities appear to
be doomed.
In England the Times voices the SEN
itiment that yet more troops must be
sent out. This must indeed be done
If the war is to be prosecuted, but these
additional troops must be largely OF
entirely militia, and can they hope
for success where the old regular cam-
paigners have failed so d~isastrously
and repeatedly? This is q matter to
Be seriously considered in future OPP
craf2ens. When the Dubline the
ystsh; : AtshlsAf11e, the
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-01-30

Cold Stream Guards and other famous
veteran regiments cannot command
victory. how can 1t be won BY yeo-
many and militia? Success may yet
COME to the English by sheer force
OF SAUNDERS, but as Dom Paul said at
the start, they are paying the price he
predicted would "startle humanity"
It as already startled England.
The London Daily Mail voices the
sober second thought Of the British
nation when it says:
The richest and what was hitherto con-
sidered the most powerful nation In the
world stands to-day in the humiliating
position of seeing its armies beaten back
with heavy losses at the hands OF two
"Our ambassadors abroad suffer ignomin-
ously, knowing that DIR. Leyds has during
the past week been received at semi-official
entertainments not only in Paris but IN
One would have thought that DR.. Leyds'
reception by foreign governments was al,
have thought the time had come when
some attempt should be made to mobilize
the fleet and the remaining land forces IN
order that the world may LAY know IN tnd hssv wh me
K
intention of .subsidfng into a second or
third rate power by allowing foreign inter-
vention of any kind
Grave dangers confront the empire
of the Queen. It remains to be seen
whether her government and people
will have the energy and self reliance
to call the male population to arms, to
mobilize the fleets and bid defiance to
a world against England in sentiment,
if not in arms, or, whether like Rome
under Honorius and Valentinian, the
results of a thousand years OF
thought, of work, of warfare and OF
commercial activity, are to go down
before the relentless march of Athe
same fate which overwhelmed Persia,
Egypt, Greece, Rome and the almost
continental empire of Napoleon.
In one brief sentence: Has Eng
land the dry rot?
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-01-30
The request of several citizens of

The request Of several citizens of
Liberty district for details of the re-
valuation of real estate in that part
of the county will be responded to by
the Register at the earliest possible
date. These requests are coming in
rapidly from all parts of the county,
and will be answered in due season.
This morning some interesting figures
are presented from Triadelphia dis
trict.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-01-30
Freer is Confident.

Speciai' to the Register.
PARKERSBURG, January 29.-Hon.
Romeo H. Freer is here to-day and in
an interview he stated that he was
certain to be nominated by the Repub-
lican State Convention for Governor
and would be elected. He said he was
in the fight to- win and would stay UNI
til the nomination was made, either OF
himself or of his opponent, but was
sanguine that he will come out with
votes to spare.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-01-30

Two Wheeling Corporations.

Special to the Register.
CHARLESTON, w. Va, January 20.
"A charter was issued to-day to the
Novelty Machine and Electric Com
pany, of Wheeling, with an authorized
capital of $50. 900. Also to the Bos-
t~on-Beardsley Company, of Wheeling,
organized for the purpose of dealing
in wall paper. Authorized capital,
.$25, 900. The incorporators are C. c..
Boston, P. w. Beardsley, c. A. Win
gerter, George C. Christleib and A. P.
B~eardsley, all of Wheeling.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-01-30

A correspondent of the In~telligencer
comments upon the last ~revaluation of
the real estate Of the city of Wheeling,
by Democratic commissioners, the OBJ
jeet being to palliate the present re-
valuation in the county. The Republi-
cans have been in control of Council
for six or sever years. Have they
corrected the alleged injustices.
They have o On the contrary, they
have increased the assessment every
year.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-01-30
July 4, 1900.

The Date Suggested to Withdraw
Americas Troops From Cuba.
WASHINGTON, January 29.-Mr.
Clayton, OF Alabama, to-day intro
duced the following resolution:
Resolved, That on July 4, 1900, the
military and naval forces of the United
States be withdrawn from the island
of Cuba, and that the government
thereof be left to the Cuban people.
Resolved further, That the Presi-
dent of the United States be and he is
hereby directed to make proclamation
of this, resolution and all proper orders
for the execution thereof"
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-01-30
SENATOR SCOTT

Seems Likely TO Continue in His
Seat-Committee Will Not Take
Evidence.
WASHINGTON, January 29.-The
protest against Senator Scott, Of West
Virginia, occupying his seat in the
Senate probably will be decided soon
by the Senate committee on Privileges
and Elections in favor of Senator
Scott. The committee decided to-day
not to take any more testimony in-the
case because of its opposition to going
behind the action of the State Legisla-
ture in the matter of seating its mem
bers.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-01-30
Er.K1Ns ToTHE RESCUE.

kilograms from Washington City
not all of them to Republican papers
convey the distinct impression that the
case of Hon. N. B. Scott before the
Senate is considered to be a desperate,
IL not a hopeless, one, and that as a
last means Of salvation the powerful,
If not paramount, influence of Senator
Stephen B. Elkins has been invoked
to the end that the Republicans major
ity may be whipped into line, and Mr..
Scott confirmed in his claim to a seat,
without regard to law, evidence, right
or decency. One telegram, which has
every indication of making a plain
and fair presentations of the case as it
stands at present, says:-
"If Senator Scott. of West Virginia, is not
ousted from the Senat it will be because
of Senator Elkins' powerful influence. The
Senate Committee on Privileges and Elec-
tons, which has the Scott election case
under consideration, is said to be almost of
one mind as to the invalidity of SCOTS
"As a matter of fact, as the testimony be-
fore the committee shows, Senator Scott
did not receive a majority of the votes of
the joint assembly. The record indicates
upon its face, n no one disputes 1t, that
the Legislature consists of 81 members, and
that Senator Scott received but 4s votes,
less than a majority. Two of the votes
given, to Scott were cast by State Senators
who had, by their acceptance of commas
sions in the volunteer army, vacated their
seats in the Legislature.
This is a strong point made by the con-
testants. The Judiciary Committee of the
House of Representatives held that Gen.
Wheeler, by accepting a commission in the
army, had vacated his seat. No matter
what turn the report of the Elections Com
mittee may take, the influence of Senator
Eikins. which is more potent than that OF
to prevent the Senate from turning out
Scott"
AS remarked above, this appears to
state the case fairly and concisely.
And so .Elkins is to save the day!
This means that Scott has no standing
either in law or in fact, but that might
and pure, unadulterated p~artisanship
are to be evoked against right. The
people of West Virginia will watch
the subsequent proceedings with
greater interest than ever before, and
will, in their political future, be gov
erned by the actions and. methods of
the men who are endeavoring by every
unfair artifce and unfair means to
bring about something which a ma
jority of the representative of our peo-
pie. in Legislature assembled, did not
do, sanction or approve.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-01-30
STATE SUPREME COURT.

Special tn the Register.
CHARLESTON, W. Va, January 20.
in the. Supreme Court the following
cases were disposed of to-day:
George Henning ct al. VS.. Mary
Farnsworth ct al, from gpshur coun-
ty; dismissed on motion of appellants.
Stauffer VS.. Kennedy ct AL, from
Berkeley county; submitted on briefs.
Court adjourned until tomorrow.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-01-30
DIED

HILDRETH-On Sunday evening. Janu-
airy 18th, at half-past five. Miriam Shriver,
daughter TO Z. NJ. and Mamie Russell Hill
dreth, in her thirteenth year.
Funeral services from family residence
on National Road this Tuesday, after
noon at 8 O'Clock. Friends of the family
invited to attend. Interment private. Spe-
cial motor will leave corner of Twelfth
and Chapline streets, at 2:25 o'clock p. m.
LANDER-At Benwood. w. Va. on Mon
day, January %, 1900. Mrs. Mary A. Lander,
in the 5Sth year of her age.
Funeral services at her late residence
Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock. inter-
ment private at McMechen cemetery.
(Pittsburg papers please copy.)
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-01-30

Special to the Register.
GRAFTON, ". va, January 49,
The oil well at Pennington. drilled by
the Pennington Coal and Coke Com
pany. came in Saturday a buster. The
drillers Claimed to have gone to the
depth of three thousand feet, but this
is doubted by those who have watched
the progress of the work from the
start. The contractor and drillers
who put down the well a few days
prior to closings secured all the leases
available in that vicinity. The flow
of gas for several weeks has been in
sufficient quantities to furnish fuel for
the engine. Another company will
put down a well six miles west of
Pennington in the early spring to fur
Their develop this section. which, it is
claimed by oil experts, to be in the
same belt as the Wolf Summit field
in Harrison county.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-01-30
Coal Crusher Burned.

Special to the Register.
CHARLESTON, w. Va, January 20.
The coal and coke crushing plant
of the ST. Clair Coal & Coke Company,
at st. Clair, Fayette county was wholly
destroyed by fire this morning. The
loss is estimated at, 10000. There
was. an insurance on the property of
$4,000. The origin of the fire is I'M
known.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-01-30
Hurf in a Fire

ITHACA, N. Y, January. 29.-Sev-
en- or eight Cornell law students, mem
bers of Delta Chi fraternity, were hurt
ing of their fraternity lodge. Fifteen
jumped thirty feet to the ground. Lit
tie of the lodge property was saved.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-01-30

Parliament meets to-day. Some ex-
tremely interesting, not to say en-
barrassin&, questions will be fired at
the government, and the indications
are that t~ey will not all come from the
opposition
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-01-30

There is a. distinct impression in the
community that n of the members
of the Board of Commissioners is sit
ting up o'nights, writing letters to our
esteemed contemporary, the Intelli-
gencer, in defense of the revaluation
of real estate.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-01-30

In . some cases the ~revalua-
ton of real estate in Triadelphta
district shows an increase of from 500
to 1000 per cent. Either one OF these
increases is beyond all reason, and
augurs a purely speculative value, or
rather assumption of value.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-01-30
LEGAL NOTICES.
DUBLIC SALE OF REAL ESTATE

L will sell on SATURDAY. FEBRUARY
Sd, 1860, commencing at 10 O'Clock a. M, at
highest and best bidder, the real estate
owned by Victorene Lashley in her life
time, known as No. 1872 South Huron street.
and as lot No. ~ of Zane's orchard addi-
ton to the city of Wheeling, w. Va. Said
property has a frontage of about twenty
five feet (26 ft.) on the west side OF South
and twenty feet dW ft.). and contains
a two-story four-tl -roomed frame house,
with. pantry. porticoes, foundation extend
ing under the whole House, brick walks,
gas fixtures. and other modern improve
ments. NJ. A. LASHLEY,
c. S. GREER Administrator
AuctiOneer.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-01-30
Feared.

SHANGHAI, January 29.-The de-
position of the Emperor Kwang Su
creates great dissatisfaction among the
Chinese officials in the Yang-Tse val
ley, and native mercantile circles are
disturbed, fearing trouble.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-01-30
No Attempt at Business.

FRANKFORT, KY, January 20
The House, which was to meet at IL
o'clock, did not meet until 1870 be-
of the non-appearance of mem
bers. So many were absent and so
many paired that no attempt was made
to transact business and the House adj
iOurned.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-01-30
GALE OF CATsUP AND MUSTARD

The sickness of j. w. Hunter having ne
cessitated the winding up of the affairs of
the ]. w. Hunter Company. of Wheeling.
West Virginia, the undersigned, by author
ity duly conferred on HIM. will offer for
sale at public auction at the factory build
ing of said company, in the city of Wheel
inf FfiuEMs;DX A3;, IF f ea 18th On DAY OF NO
VENEER, A. D.. 1899,
commencing at 2 o'clock p. m, the plant
of said company. which Is in first-class
manufacture of tomato catsup. twelve
mills for wet mustard. one hydraulic press
and twelve FOUNDERS for the manufacture
of dry mustard, mustard oil or linseed oil,
steam engine, boiler, shafting, betting, etc,
materials manufactured, manufactured
or in process of manufacture, the lease
of said factory property, expiring March
31st, 1903, the purchaser to pay the rental
under said lease from the time of his pur-
chase, and all other assets of said company
excepting debts due it or its receiver and
Such plant has a railroad switch and is ad-
mirably situated. An inventory and full
information as to the property to be sold
will be mailed or furnished by the under
signed TO any applicant, and an inspection
of the property cheerfuIly permitted.
T. NJ. DARRAH, Receiver.
The above sale has been postponed until
Tuesday. November Is, 1899. at 2 O'Clock
D. m. T. NJ. DARRAH, Receiver.
The above sale IS adjourned until Tues
day, December ~. 1879, at 2 o'clock p. m.
T. VI. DARRAH, Receiver. q.
The above sale is adjourned until Tues
day. January Is. 1900, al The same time and
place. IN DARHAH
The above sale Is adjourned until Tues
day. February %, $780, at same time and
ia14aawi Receiver.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-01-30

Will thss evenings special session of
Council be %enlivened by the presence
of anoth<f ministerial delegation, and
will the FAMILIAR faces OF some of the
members be missed, as a result?
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-01-30
Depew Thenter Burned.

NEW YORK, January 29.-The De-
pew Opera House in Peekskill, owned
by United States Senator Chauncey NJ.
Depew, was destroyed by fire to-day.
The loss is estimated at about $751;
600.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-01-30
ADMINISTRATORS NOTICE.

III presons having claims against the es-
tate of Victorene Lashley, deceased, will
present them at once to the undersigned
for settlement.
NJ. A. LASHLEY,
ja23eqqdq Administrator
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-01-30
HELP WANTED.
AGENTS WANTED.
WANTED.

CITIZENS HELP Register in favor of
Beers. lOc. American homes free Of int,
tax. rent, 81. so per cent. to work In cause.
S. S. SUNDERLAND, ~Pequannock, N. J.
ja2Sdqer-
WANTED-Desirable location for an up
to-date jewelry store. McNAMEE, the
Jeweler. 1albe&dh
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-01-30

The above sale Is adjourned until Tues
day. February %, 1895. at same time and
place, T. NJ. DARRAH.
ia24oawi Receiver.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-01-30
TRUsTEE'S SALE OF REAL ES-

n0O1Ad 0<AAA ~ ASA<<A4 46
TsATE
BY virtue of a deed of trust made by
John C. Stolze to the undersigned as
trustee. bearing date on the twenfy-third
day Of June. 1888, and recorded in the Of
fee of the Clerk of the County Court Of
Ohio county. West Virginia, In Deed of
Trust Book No. n, on page la, the under
signed trustee will proceed to sell at pub
Court House of said county. in the city of
Wheeling, West Virginia. on
Saturday. the Sd Day Of March. 1900,
commencing at ten o'clock a. m. the fol-
loving described real estate, that Is to
saw. All Of the lot number nineteen not
No. I9) In what is sometimes called ]. ".
Zane's addition to the city of Wheeling.
in Ohio county. in the State of West yIr-
GINA. fronting sixty feet GO ft-) on the
east side of South Elm street. between
FINK street and the north line of lands
belongings to E. ]. Stones estate and run
ming back TO the alley in the rear Of said
lot. together with an the heredffaments.
buildings and appartenances belonging
thereto and used Herewith.
TERMS OF SALE-One-fhsrd Of the pIr-
chase money. or so much more az the pur-
chaser may elect TO pay. cash In hand
on day Of sale. and the residue In two
equal instruments. payable respectively IN
ore year and TWO years from the day Of
the purchaser to give his notes with good
security for the deferred avment and the
legal title 70 be retained az further Secur-
iey until payment In full
JAMES F. ROGERS Irustss.
I n I&mX
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-01-30

BLACK Diamonds" Monongah Coal
Try them. Telephone 204.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-01-30
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

FOR SALE FOR CASH-Chas. Sohumach-
er homestead, 81 acres farm land. house,
barns, etc. Location very desirable, on
National Pike road, s miles west of Wheel
ing and two miles east of ST. Clairsville.
Make offer in writing TO either of the fol-
lowing: Mrs. w. +. Schumacher. ST.
C~zalrsville. Ohio: Mr.. J.. Schumacher, Gil
Main street. Wheeling, w. Va: Mr.. g. Is.
Pulfer. 81 Delaware Ave. Detroit, Mich.
ja29e&dh
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-01-30

TIL above sale is adjourned until Tues
day. January is, 1900, al the same time and
Mace TN. DARRAH.
RarcHuar