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The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1900-09-06
CAMPAIGN OF BRIBERY.
Hannnites Planning to Buy the Com
ing Election.


The contest Of 1896 was on the part
of the Republicans chiefly campaign
of intimidation. Large sums of money
were spent, but the principal weapon
was fear. The workingman was made
to feel that he must vote the way his
employer wanted him to, or he would
lose his place. The Republicans had
rooms on Broadway and at other points
for so called business mems meetings,
and woe it was for the clerk or porter
who failed to take sufficient time from
his lunch to listen to Roosevelt or some
other political ranter prove that the
country would go to destruction II Bry-
an should be elected. 1t was pitiful to
observe poor men reluctantly entering
these places and glancing about to see
II the sleek, well fed employer was on
hand to note their arrival and whether
they were prompt with the applause
which the Republican employer was
too much overbalanced with chicken
and champagne to take a hand in.
Whole factories were compelled to re-
veal their preferences, with the fact
clearly made evident that discharges
would follow vote for Bryan. Indeed
close their establishments shortly be-
fore election, telling their employees to
come back for work the following week
IN case Mckinley should be elected,
but that otherwise the concern would
remain closed. 1t was in a word,
'Your living or your votep'
The people this year are so aroused,
so resentful on the subject of industrial
slavery and trust dictation and extor-
| ton that 1t seems unlikely that the Re-
| publicans will try the same dangerous
game of coercion to the extent of four
years ago. They are Fastening to raise
fund of millions Of dollars, and it was
! published a few days since that the
amount at Mr.. Hanna's command al
ready reached $2,500,000. If it touched
this point within day or two after the
Republican convention it will in al
probability amount to many millions ir
the course Of the summer While the
legitimate expenses of a campaign are
great, there can be but one main objec'
in raising the vast sum which the Re
publicans intend to have at their dis
posal, and that object is corruption
The voters were scared last time; thi'
time they are to be bought-if possible
1t remains to be seen whether the free
men of America can be bribed into sur
rendering their liberties to the trusts
The News believes that they will spur
the bride and repudiate the party o
tyranny and corruption and elect tn
Democratic national ticket, with its as
, surance of protection for all, poor a
well as rich, in the enjoyment Of thei
constitutional rights.-New York News
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1900-09-06

During the first two years of Nc
Kinley's administration $4,000 conf
mercia1 travellers were discharged
and $4,000 had their wages reduced
BY this action the trusts were able
to save millions and consequently
the cost of their products was low
cred. But instead of reducing the
price of their goods to the cOnsumer
they raised 1T from 40 to 100 per
cent.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1900-09-06

The great success of Chamberlain S
Collie, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy
in the treatment of bowel complaints
has made it standard over the great
er part of the civilized world. For
sale by r. w. SMITH.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-10-09
THIRTY-FOUR YEARS IN
STATE PENITENTIARY
Was the Aggregate of Sentences Inn
posed in Wood County Criminal

Was the Aggregate of Sentences I'm
posed in Wood County Criminal
Court
Special to the Register.
PARKERSBURG. w. Va, October s.
This was sentence day in the Wood
County Criminal Court. and ten men
were given sentences to the peniten-
tiary a~ggregating thirty-four years.
They were as follows: John Nixon,
horse stealing, two years; Thos. Jones,
James Riley, James Russell, Albert
Lyons and Harry Ward, the five tramps
who assaulted the old man, James Shell
ton, in a nameless manner were given
three years each; Frank Wilson, for
stealing S34 from a guest at the Mon
roe Hotel, got two years; Spencer
Jones, James Jones and George Fergu-
son, for robbing George Eccles of six
dollars, got five years each, the lightest
sentence possible for highway robbery.
Several cases will come before the
special grand jury to be impaneled this
week, which will probably make sev-
eral others to be sentenced at this term
OF court.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-10-09
KILLED MILE. ALBERTA
SAYS SHE WAS TICKLE
WILLIAM MOTT, OF NORFOLK, VA,
MURDERED THE WOMAN WHO
HELPED HIM.
BLK PEOPLE BY PALMIsTRY.
ALBERTA'S REAL NAME WAS ANNA
FURL0NG, AND HER HOME
IN CHICAGO.

LANCASTER, Pa, October S.-Wm.
Nett, of Norfolk, Va, this evening
snot and killed Mile. Alberta, a palm
list with whom he was travelling about
the country, and dangerously wound
ed Mrs. Elizabeth Steinbauer, with
wtom the couple boarded on Third
street, Columbia. Mile. Alberta, whose
real name was Anna Furlong, was 81
years of age. Mott is 20. Her home is
in Chicago. Mott says she has a hus-
band, a hotel man, and a son. named
Brennan, living at Bayonne, n. j.
Mott met her a year ago at Dover,
Del. They have been travelling from
place to place, and for the past couple
Of months have had palmistry offices
in this city and Columbia Lately
Mott had become very jealous of the
woman and this evening after drinking
all day, went to their room and had an
alteration with her. Mrs. S%teinbauer
attempted to pacify them, whereupon
Mott began to fire from a 80 calibre re-
volver. Mrs. Steinbauer fell to the
floor with a bullet in her stomach and
another in her head and Mile. Alberta
was shot three times in the head and
breast. She died instantly. Mrs. Stein
bauer was taken to a hospital. Mott
surrendered and talked coolly of the
murder, ~regretting that he had shot
Mrs. Steinbauer, whom he said he liked
and saying that he had become tired Of
Mile. Alberta's fickleness and could
stand ii no longer.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-10-09

Hon. Adlai E. Stevenson. Democratic
candidate for Vice President, will ar
rive in Wheeling over the Pennsylvania
road at 1907 o'clock this morning, and
will address a meeting at the wharf
from the platform of his car.
The statement in an evening paper
that Mr.. Stevenson was i'll, and for that
reason would be compelled to cancel all
his appointments, was erroneous. w.
E. r. Byrne came up from Democratic
headquarters at Parkersburg last night,
and stated that he saw a telegram from
Mr.. Stevenson, dated at Coshocton, in
which he stated that he was not i'll, and
proposed to fill all his appointments
In West Virginia and elsewhere. He
spoke at Coshocton. o., last night. adj
dressing a big crowd. The following tel
egram was received from that city by
Mr.. Joseph Handlan:
CosHoCToN, o., October s.
Jos. Handlan, Wheeling;
Vice President Stevenson caves here al
2:So tomorrow morning for Wheeling.
c. l.. CASSINGHAM.
Mr.. Stevenson's train, as above
stated. will arrive in Wheeling at 1907
O'Clock, and viii depart over the Ohio
River railroad at nine o'clock. The
Young Mems Democratic Club, at it's
meeting last night, appointed the fol-
lowing reception committee: r. S.
Kincheloe. A. P. Garden. Mayor A. T..
Sweeney, Charles II. Miller, Nelson
Hubbard, A. II. Weidebusch, Harry
Garden, c. F. Caldwell, A. A. Sawtelle,
John B. Wilson. Charles Carenbauer,
Robt. Simpson, John Auth, Joe Call
issee, A. A. Franzheim, Frank Foster,
George Waite, Thomas Wolvington, AL
bert Mayors, John Weisgerber, l.. H.
Albright, John Shaughnessy, J.. f.
Adams, Jos. Mullarkey. Harry Gartley.
Mr.. Stevenson will be a guest of the
Y. NJ. d. c. while in the city. He Will
either speak at the depot platform, or
his car will be moved down to the
wharf. in order to accommodate the
large crowd which is certain to attend
in spite of the early hour. After adj
dressing the meeting here, the special
train will depart for Ohio River rail-
road points. The following schedule
will show the time of arrival, and the
length of stop at the various stations
along the road:
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-10-09
GETS H ROYALTIES.

PITTSBURG, Pa, October S.-The
Supreme Court afirms Common Pleas
No. 8 of Philadelphia, in its judgment
for the plaintiff in the case of Ada P.
Blakely, individually and for the estate
of her father, David Blakely, against
John Philip Sousa. Miss Blakely sued
to recover for royalties due her father
by agreement with Sousa on some OF
his musical compositions. Sousa and
Blakely had entered into an agreement
by which Blakely was to receive royal
ties for managing the sale of Sousa's
compositions. There was some dispute
prior to Blakely's death, and Miss
Blakely sued to recover royalties up to
the time of her fathers death. The
referee decided that by the agreement,
Blakely's estate was entitled to this
and the court affirmed him.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-10-09
ADDRESSES AND MUSIC
Formed n Pleasing Part of the
Afternoons Programme.

-
The open air ceremonies began at
twenty minutes to five, with an over
lture by the Opera House band under the
| direction of Prof. E. w. Spiel. DIR. Zlm-
norman then made a few opening re-
marks of an appropriate nature, and
introduced DR.. C. F. Ulrich as the hon
| orary president
DR.. Ulrich spoke for about fifteen
minutes, showing that one of the most
important tribes of the Teutonic race
are the Saxons; that from these sprang
the English race, which is the greatest
race in the world. The German Oh Teu-
tonic race was therefore the ancestor
of America, and why should they not
love that country and revere and love
its principles from which such a great
country as this has been derived.
The German. he continued, who does
not love his fatherland will go down
unloved and u%nhonored. This country
deserves great credit all over the world
for what it has accomplished, but / do
not believe that 1t would be what it is
to-day had 1t not been for the assist
ance of the Germans. After emphasizing
the point that the Germans
are true American citizens, DR..
Ulrich introduced Mayor A. T.
sweeney, who made a very pleasing
address of welcome. AS he stepped to
the front of the platform, the hundreds
OF assembled citizens greeted him with
vociferous applause, and his response
was as follows:
Address of Welcome.
We come to-day to commemorate
the landing on our shores of a people
who have been and still are a prime
factor in the advancement and devel-
opment of the material interests Of our
great nation. The German population
are recognized as possessing those traits
which are ~imperatively essential to sue
cess, economy, integrity and thrift.
These qualities, combined with energy.
E0nffnnn1 - R4~xh No.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-10-09
IDLE GOSSIP ABOUT
A NOAAN'S CHARACTER
LEAD TO A HORRIBLE CRIME Al
VOLCANO, WEST VIRGINIA
YESTERDAY.
FRANK CHESHIRE SHOT DEAD
BY JACOB CONKLE, WHO ALLEGED
THAT CHESHIRE HAD BEEN
TALKING RECKLESSLY.
Special to the Register.

opecldi 10 tne Register.
PARKERSBURG, w. Va, October s.
Idle gossip about the character of a
With her wa the cause to-day Of a
murder two miles from Volcano, In
this county. Frank Cheshire was shot
end almost instantly killed by Jacob
COGkle, who came at once to Parkers-
burg and gave himself up to the OIL
Gers.
The murder occurred at the store of
King Cantwell, near Volcano, at $3.50
this morning. Cheshire was accused
by Conkle of making remarks about
his relations with a woman. which he
resented and the two men arranged to
meet at Cantwells to talk the matter
over and straighten matters out. When
Cheshire arrived at the appointed
place Conkle was seated on a store box
waiting for him ane whiting. Their
conversation was short. Conkle told
Cheshire that he had made remarks
about him which he did not like.
Cheshire said: You are a liar" and
stopped over to pick UP a club which
was lying on the ground. Conkle drew
his revolver and fired, the bullet pass
ing entirely through Cheshire's body.
While the autopsy has not yet been
held 1t is thought that the ball pene-
trated the lungs, as the blood gushed
from the mouth and nose of the dy-
ing man. He lived but five minute
after the shot was fired and died with
out recovering consciousness.
10th were well nown and respected
in the community in which they lived
and neither had ever been in trouble
before. A warrant was sworn out for
Conkle after the death of Cheshire,
but before it was served he started in
To Parkersburg to give himself up.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-10-09

Prominent Labor Leader TO Address
"a Meeting at Martins Ferry To-
Night.

Prominent Labor Leader to Address
IA Meeting mt Martins Ferry Toe
Night.
The Democratic campaign In Belmont
county will be opened this evening with
a big meeting at Martins Ferry. at
which the speaker will be the eloquent
labor leader, John X. Sovereign, ex-
grand master workman OF the Knights
Of Labor. It viii be an open-air meet
ing, If the weather is favorable, and the
stand will be erected at the corner OF
Fourth and Hanover streets.
Thomas J. Irwin will act as chairman
of the meeting, and will introduce the
speaker. At a meeting last night the fol-
lowing were appointed as a reception
committee:
w. B. Francis, w. ". Lupton, w. H.
Hildebrand. George Cooke, Capt. VIII
lam Orr, Frank Heinrich. Chris Hell,
Jesse Selby, John Campbell. George He'll,
w. II. Heifenbine, Rem Barr, John HUI
kill, William Burns, i. Spence and T. ].
Irwin.
The list of vice presidents for the
meeting is as follows, in addition to the
members of the reception committee:
John Selby. John Frazier, Charles
LaDew, David Park, Albert McGlenn.
s. w. Boyd, Mr.. Hammond, Carl Boyd,
George Rosenbaugh, George Clifford,
z. A. Withers, Matt McDermott, John
Paxton, Ed. Virtue, Jesse Bayliss, Cid
con Harper, Henry Rothermond, Carl
Ebert, Frank Ebert, John Leonard,
John Pennington. d. b. Mitchell. Chris
Hess, Charles Rothermund. Louis Sea-
bright, Thomas Duff, George Kirn, DR..
j. NJ. Blackford, DR.. NJ. ID. yossburg,
Daniel Dobbins, Anon Paxton, Thomas
Dobbins, w. VI. Lupton, Albert Graham,
Joseph Jacobs, j. l.. Startling, Jonathan
Wilson.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-10-09
WANT ELKINS ELECTED
RATHER THAN M'KINLEY

Phi1adeIphians Instruct Their West
Virginia Representatives to Work
For the New Mexican.
Special tn the Register.
PARKERSBURG, W. Va, Oct. s.
A despatch from Beverly to-day states
that a telegram passed over the wires
at hat point from men in Philadelphia
interested in West Virginia industries
to their manager in Pocahontas county,
instructing him to do everything be
could toward the election of the Re-
publican members Of the Legislature in
the Poeahontas region, and, II neces-
sary, + abandon the State ticket and
even Mckinley. so as to secure members
of the Legislature favorable to the re-
election Of Senator Elkins."
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-10-09
LEON DUNBAR SHOT

From Ambush, While Walking the
Road Near Riverside-In a Serf-
GUS Condition.
Special to the Register. =
CHARLESTON, w. Va, Oct. 8.-Leon
Dunbar, a machine runner of the Riv-
erside Coal Company, at Riverside, 25
miles above here, while returning from
a meeting of the Odd Fellows lodge at
Cedar Grove Saturday night, in COM
pany with a young lad named Young,
was fired upon by some one. The shot
took effect in Dunbar's right lung, and
he is in a critical condition. Moses and
Allen Sneed are suspected Of doing the
shooting, but the officers have been un-
able to locate them.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-10-09
DIVISION.
Industrial Parade.
Over 1000 Men in Line.

Il was shortly past four o'clock
when the marchers, after their long
tour through the city reached the corn
er of Chapline and Fifteenth streets,
where other special features were aus
~piciously carried out in the presence of
hundreds of people. The large plat
form for the occasion, t%astefully adorn-
ed with pine and German and Ameri-
can flags of various sizes, was soon
comfortably filled by the members of
the chorus, and the Opera House band,
honorary vice presidents, speakers and
other citizens.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-10-09
THE HOTEL MEN TO MEET.

Special to the Register.
PARKERSBURG, W. Va, October S.
The third annual meeting Of the Ho-
tel Mems Association of West Virginia
will in this city tomorrow
and continue for two days. The ban
quet tomorrow night will be the prin-
cipal feature OF the meeting. The
Wheeling men are billed for toasts on
the following subjects: E. B. Carney,
Checks, Good and Bad, Especially the
Latter" Bernie Mcclure, THE Use and
Abuse of Bird Dogs" George Stamm,
song, Der Watch am Rhine"
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-10-09
ANOTHER VICTORY
FOR AMERICA.

NEW YORK, October 8.-A cable
at the offices of the American Book
at the offices of the Americtn Book
Company, in this city, stating that it
had carried off the highest honors ever
bestowed upon any educational pub
fishing house in the world. The in
ternational jury OF the Paris EXPOSE
ton awarded it the following prizes,
for superior text books: In elementary
education, a grand prize; in secondary
education. grand prize; in industrial
and commercial education, a gold med
al and in other departments, two sill
yer medals.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-10-09
o%UTPOINTED

LOUISVILLE, KY, October S.-Dave
Sullivan out pointed Oscar Gardner for
fourteen rounds of what was to have
been a twenty round bout here to-
night. Gardner refused to go on for
the fifteenth round, claiming a foul
which the referee refused to allow. The
reterte then gave the decision to Sui
llyaE. The men fought at 124 pounds.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-10-09

The German-American organizations
of Wheeling and vicinity united yester-
day in a most fitting celebration in
honor of the settling of the first colony
from their fatherland on American soil
IN 1865. In spite Of threatening weather
the elaborate and interesting festivi-
ties as originally arranged for the oc-
casion were successfully carried out in
detail and the general committee is
certainly to be commended for its ef-
forts.
One of the most attractive features of
the celebration was the big street pa
rade. which started at 2:30 o'clock in
the afternoon from the corner of Mar
kes and Sixteenth streets, an hour late
owing to the late arrival of some of
the visiting societies. The column was
composed of seven divisions and moved
owe the route as previously outlined,
going as far north as Seventh street
aid as far sv4th as Tlerty-Etnth
street. There were lavish and tasteful
decorations all along the route, espec-
tally in the business districts, and the
procession was viewed by thousands OF
spectators who crowded the sidewalks
a. every available point. There were
over two thousand men and children in
line or foot, in wagons and on horse
back and the column was exactly thir-
ty-five minutes passing a given point.
1t wa one of the most creditable
street demonstrations taking place in
the city in a number of years, and
manifested in a marked degree the love
of the Germans for their native land.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-10-09
THE WEATHER..

WASHINGTON. October S-For Ohio.
West Virginia and Western Pennsylvania
Fair Tuesday and Wednesday; fresh
norther1y winds.
Christian Schnepf, the Opera House
druggist. made the following observations
yesterday: q m. 81 ? a m. "a: u M,
81 8 y. m, CO. .. m, e.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-10-09
EXERCISES IN HONOR Of
THEIR FATHERLAhD.
GERMAN DAY CELEBRATION IN
WHEELING WAS A MARKED
SUCCESS.
HUNDREDS OF TORS
FROM SURROUNDING TOWNS TOOK
PART IN THE INTERESTING
FESTIVITIES.
MONSTER STREET PARADE
WAS FOLLOWED BY APPROPRIATE
SONGS AND ADDRESSES IN H
AFTERNOON.
HALLS WERE THROWN OPEN

Last Evening and the Visiting Ger
mans Were Guests of Local Organ
izatfons Over Two Thousand
Marchers, and Many Horses Were
in Line-Pfcturesque Floats and
Plenty of Band Music Formed Very
Prominent Features of Displays by
Visiting and Resident Societies.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-10-09
PEARL NEWMAN SURRENDERS

Special to the Register.
HUNTINGTON, w. Va, Oct. s.
Pearl Newman, who murdered William
]. McCauly, the Philadelphia actor. in
this city yesterday morning, surrender
ed to- the officials here this afternoon.
He refuses to talk of the crime. Me-
Cauly's remains have not yet been sent
to Philadelphia.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-10-09
OFFICERS ELECTED
Last BY Ohio County's Lead
ing Democratic Club.

The Young Mems Democratic club
held a largely attended and enthusiast
tic meeting last evening and took in
50 additional members. After transact
ing several important business mat
tiers the following named officers were
elecred:
j.. f. Adams, Senior Captain.
G. n Wheeler, Junior Captain.
Thomas Wolvington, First Lieuten-
ant.
Frank Waite, Second Lieutenant.
George K. Kurner, Third Lieutenant.
William F.. Hanke, Fourth Lieuten-
AMI.
John Auth, color bearer.
The club Is one OF the leading poiiti-
cal organizations in the county and
will tErn ont in the campaign process
gions with a record breaking member
ship.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-10-09
ritzharris Rearrested.

LIVERPOOL, October S.-James Fitz-
harris. the Phoenix Park murderer. known
as Skin the Goat," was rearrested here
last evening for failing TO report himself
under the terms of his prison release IL
cense. It Is probable that he will only be
temporarily detained.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-10-09
Condemns the Canteen.

SYRACUSE, N. Y, October SIN the
Central New York Methodist conference
to-day the committee on temperance pre-
sented a report, which condemned the
army canteen.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-10-09

The night meeting will be held in
Parkersburg. and at It's close Mr.. Stew
enson will take a sleeper. and depart
oyer the B. & o. for Piedmont. Hon.
w. E. Ryan, of New York, viii Join
Mr.. Stevenson at New Martinsville, and
will address the meeting there and also
speak at Parkersburg at night.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-10-09
DeIaware's Population.

WASHINGTON, October s.-The census
bureau announces the population of Del
in 1890, an increase of 1929, or 9.6 per
cent. The population of the District of
Columbia is 27S, rs, against $50, 1872 ten
years ago, an increase of 1926, or 20.9
per cent.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-10-09
A BIG

SHAMOKIN. Pa, Oct. s.-This place
is being handsomely decorated in an
%ticipation OF President Mitchell's visit
here tomorrow. From present indica-
|tions, ten thousand strikers will parade.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-10-09
COMMITTED SUICIDE.

i OunB WUmAH DtsUUHuFHF ONFF LUte
Affair, Killed Herself.
Special to the Register.
CHARLESTON, W. Va, Oct. S.-Miss
Josephine Williams, aged IS. committed
suicide Sunday evening at Raymond
City by shooting herself through the
forehead with a 38-calibre revolver. The
act was committed about five o'clock.
and she died two hours later. 1t is
thought she had grown respondent over
a love affair.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-10-09
German Day, October sth, 1900.

Raise high thy banners, proud Germania!
Float them to the topmost winds!
From rude Northumberland was our
ommon ancestry
Such was thine;
But breaking thy barbaric letters that
once bound thee,
Thou hast risen, giant-like, and now hold
aloft .
The torch of Progress and of Light.
Thy kings are many and thy
great;
Whilst thy philosophy tinctures that
OF all the world.
Onward thou hast move with the swift
cycles
Of the changing years;
Growing greater, grander, brighter,
stronger than before.
Germania. thou knowest but one word
Progressi
BARON JONES.