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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-09-14
MANNINGToN.

MANNINGTON. w. Va, September
13.-An accident occurred in the b. &
o. yards Tuesday, when a car OF the
east-bound freight jumped the track In
front of the station. 1t broke The
coupling of another car, but was soon
replaced.
Frank Shields left Tuesday for Fair
mont, to go from there to Grafton and
thence to Pennington, where he will
visit his grandparents and recover his
health.
Eight members Of the Washington.
D. c., Oil e Coal Development Com
pany were in town Tuesday buying OPP
tons.
Miss Nettie Millen has accepted a
position as reporter for the Manning
ton Enterprise.
Arthur Jolliffe and Carl Beatty went
to Wheeling to attend the fair
George O'Brien has accepted the POI
sftion of B. C o. baggagemaster az
Warrington.
Victor Mason is suffering with an at
tack of typhoid fever.
Mrs. Julia Schiller returned Tuesday
from Bradford, where she was visiting,
having taken her son John there to
school.
Misses Bessie King and Anna Flynn
spent Wednesday in Fairmont.
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KEYSER.
Prominent Lady Dend-Excitemen'
Anont Oil--(onvention Called.

Prominent Lady Dend-Excitement
ADout Oil--Conventi0n Called.
Special to the Register
KEYSER, w. Va, September b.
Mrs. E. G. Rinehart, aged fifty years,
wife of one of Keyser's most promi-
nent business men, died suddenly at
$50 o'clock yesterday morning of APP
popleXy. She is survived by a husband,
one son and one daughter. Mrs. Rine-
hart was one OF the leading members
Of the Presbyterian church, and her
sudden death was a great shock to the
entire community.
Barbour county has genuine oil
excitement again, and test well will
be drilled at once on the farm of R. d..
Smith, near Philippi. Test wells have
been sunk twice before i'll that coun-
ty, but claims are made that they We're
plugged and it is believed that oil
in enormous quantities exists in that
part of the Tygart's valley basin.
Harne & Co, who are largely inter-
ested in the Wolf Summit and Sisters
VILE fields, are said to be largely inter-
ested and will drill the WELL
Philippi is undergoing an ice fam
inc. The entire supply put away there
last winter, has been exhausted and it
is impossible TO procure any from other
sources.
The Tygart's Valley Coal & Coke Co.,
or Arden, has purchased $4,000 worth
Of new machinery for their plant, in
GLIDING seven compressed air mining
machines
Ernest Bowman, Of Franklin. and
Miss Fife Harness. OF Mooreheld. were
married in the Presbyterian church at
Moorefeld yesterday
A convention was held in the dele
gate district, composed of the counties
of Randolph and Tucker, yesterday for
the purpose of naming two Demo-
cratic candidates for the Legislature.
Hon. J. A Cunningham, member OF the
| last Legislature, was nominated from
Randolph, and R. j.. Rains received the
nomination from Tucker.
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M0UNDSVILLE.



County City.
T. ]. Clarke has returned to his home
here after spending the summer in wetzel
county.
Ward Lanham has returned to his home
in Grafton after spending several days
with relatives here.
Moundsville people coming down on car
No. of the NJ, 3. & w. line Wednesday
evening had the experience of two acci-
dents The car jumped the track in Nc
Mechen and ran into the ditch. Another
car was procured and proceeded on TO
where the motor broke down. The pas
sengers then walked into town.
Miss Nellie McFadden gave delightful
hay ride to a party OF her friends We'd
nesday evening.
The funeral Of Miss Maud, daughter OF
Peter Crow. of Tomlinson avenue. occur
red yesterday morning. Burial at Sher-
rard.
A fight between two women in the Third
ward created some excitement in that vi
entity yesterday morning
James o. Neaie, Andrew Walsh and ia
cob Crimmel, three well known glass
workers of this city, have accepted posi-
tons at Fairmont.
A large percentage of our population
had important business in Wheeling yes
terday and of course while there they
took in the sights of the fair, One of the
booths which attracted much favorable
comment was the Elliott School of Short
hand There are at present nine students
in this school from Moundsville. and there
VIII be several more enrolled in u short
time.
The condition of G. V. Hughes. who has
been very i'll for several days, is I'M
changed, and his friends as yet have but
little hopes of his recovery.
A small building belonging to VIM. Kid
der, of Fifth street, caught fire yesterday
afternoon. but the blaze was extinguished
with but little damage.
The local base bali team is very conf
dent of winning an easy victory from the
J. F. Doyles at the Wheeling bali park
tomorrow. They play for purse of $50
and are not ., bit uneasy about the result.
Hon. John A. Howard will address tho
people of Moundsville in the court house
tomorrow evening. He w. discuss the
issues of the present campaign in an able
manner.
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vetia. SO; David w. Rizor, Bethany
SIS; Calvin Wolford, Upland, 10; Jacob
Bays, Patrick. $50; John w. Snyder
Garfield, s24; Isaac H. Hannah, Read
ing, SIS; Hiram Slower, Hogsett. s12;
Theodore Dawson. Morgansville, $12.
Original Widows, etc.--isIeinda
Blake, Pharoah, S.; Mary J. Warner,
Dallison, S.; Mary Barte, Belington,
So; Elizabeth j. Burnside. Henderson,
s12; Cynthia A. Weekly, New Mart
insville, So; Mary Simmons, Ruther-
ford. IS; Rosina E. Rogers, Uler. S12;
Nancy j. Finn, Parkersburg, $12.
War with Spain-Nancy J. Reid,
mother, Huntington, s12.
Supplemental-Joseph Black, New
England, 81.
Renewal and Increase Samuel Bru-
baker, Wheeling. S12; Frederick A.
Dague, Viola, $12.
Reissue and Increase-John Pulley.
Huntington, $40.
Renewal-Lewis Culp, Brosius, S..
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CHARTERS GRANTED.
sneclal to the Register.

Special to the Register.
CHARLESTON, W. Va, September
13.-The Secretary of State mas issued
a charter to the International Mechan-
ical Boiler Cleaner Company, of Char
lesion, with an authorized capital
stock of 100000. The company is
formed for the purpose of acquiring,
owning and sdisposing of certain pat
ents, known as the Roberts mechanical
boiler scale cleaner, patented by John
G. Roberts. The incorporetors are
Barney ]. Wilcox, John w. Dean, VIM.
l.. Jamison, Frank Joslin and Richard
A. Balloon, all of Denver, Colo.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-09-14

Last evening at twenty minutes af-
ter o'clock, one of the Wheeling and
Elm Grove street cars started up the
Fourteenth street grade, when in front
of Squire Peterman's office it started
to slid down the hill. Mrs. Herman, Of
Little Washington, one of the passen-
gers became scared and jumped off
backwards with the result that she
fell receiving several bad bruises and
a general shaking-up. There will be
no serious results. The car had to
make several attempts before it could
get up the grade. A crowd of several
hundred people gathered at the corner
on Market street.
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KILLED HIMSELF.
j to the Register.

Special to the Register.
BRILLIANT, o., September 10
Frank Lappert, of this place, shot him
self with suicidal intent yesterday
morning and died last night from the
wound, the ball having entered the
right side Of his head. He had been
belfast three weeks with consumption,
with which he had been suffering two
years. He secured the revolver by
stealth and for two days tried to get
members Of the family out OF the room
so he could shoot himself, as he dread
ed to die slowly and naturally. He fin
ally got his wife out for a drink Of
water and then he shot himself. He
was SO years old and leaves a wife and
child
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LEGAL NOTICES.
TRUSTEES SALE.

By virtue OF a deed OF trust made bN
John G. Miller and wife 70 the undert
signed trustee. dated the 18th day Il
March. 1896. and recorded IN the office n
the Clerk OF the County Court 81 Ohit
county. state Of West Virginia. IN deed u
trust book No IS. folio 10. ] Will on
SATURDAY. September sTH. 1860. E
beginning at ten o'clock a. IN. sell at tho
north front door Of the Court House oM
said Ohio county, the Flowing Gescfibe1
property, that Is TO say. The south one
hall az OF lot number one hundred and
nfty-one dbl). situate on the west side OK
Chapiine street, ia the Sixth ward Of tho
City Of Wheeling. being ~ Chapline ana.
Eoffg addition to said city Bein9 thsl
same property conveyed TO said Miller ny
oliver r. Blackburn and wife by deed
dated February nth. 1867. aud recorded
In the office OF the Clerk OF the cofiutw
Court OF Ohio county, West Virginia ~
deed book 81, page SiS. Alao the following
described parcel OF ground, that Is % says.
part OF tot numbered one hundred asiK
fiffy Q50) in Cha atne ana Eon's addition
10 the city u Wheeling, West Virginia.
fronting on ChapIine street. IN said cifyI
and bounded ar follows Commencing Z 4
. uoint On Chapilne street twenfs'.or,ss
feet north OF the B0uth-eass corner ~
aald lot number one hundred and 0ftvt
thence running north ana parallel with
Chapline street 10 the northeast comes
of said lot number one hundred ard nfty.s
thence vest along The north line Of saif
lot number one hundred and nifty 20 tho
81 IL
along the west line 0f said lot aoQth ~ -
slyty,t tveufy-one feet north OF the soufbJ
wet corner OF said lot. thence east arH
parallel with this south line " said iof ~
ne beginning. Being a part Of the sasnT
trouarfw conveyed 20 said Miller 81, -
dreeg II Woods and wife, by deed dafeT
Iuiy lst 1852. and recorded in the offics,
~ the Clerk Of the County Court 81 Cnia
county. West Virginia. IN deed book "a,
Tne above property VIII De offered a. =
whole and in such parcels as win besl
suit purelasefs
purchase money. and az much more ~
ihe purchaser may elect 10 pay, Ia cash
"a day 81 sale and the residue n 80
equal annual instailments from the dav
Of sale with interest on the deferred iss-
ssallrrents u said purchase money from
the day Of sale until paid the pufchasee
70 give bis negotiable notes for aasd de-
ferred iYastaiiEneuts and interest WITH
reeursty ~ be approved by the unser-
signed trustee. ard IN ease PERSONAL
security shall be given the title Of sald
real estate shall be retained until thS
purchase money and interest are paid in
GEO j. afATHIsoN.
Trustee.
Tne above sale Is adjourned 10 saturs
day, September Eth. 1866
GEO. }. HATtlIs0N.
se15ei Trustee.
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BLUE AND GREY REUNION.

Special to the Register.
RAvFNsWOOD, w Va, September
13.-The Blue and the Grey reunion
here to-day has drawn a large crowd.
The big reunion and picnic were gotten
up by the local G. A. R. post and vet
Grams of both sides were invited. Capt.
B. B. Dovener, of Wheeling, delivered
an address to the soldiers tonight.
Major Skinner, Of Middleport, O., was
also present and delivered an adj
dress.
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Henrietta Crossman.

When Henrietta Crossman comes again
to the Opera House next Monday night,
she will probably find that the hit made
last spring in zone of Our Girls has not
been forgotten, and a crowded house will
no doubt welcome this favorite who brings
new play that is said to have made a
sensation This new play is called Mis-
tress Nell, and both Miss Crossman and
Mistress Nell' are spoken of in the
highest terms, and her visit thus early
even may be considered one of the best
things that the local management has to
offer. Seats for Miss Cheeseman's engage
ment will be on sale Saturday morning.
and a. good piece of advice is:"Get yours
early"
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The new County Democratic Eexeeu-
tive Committee met last evening and
organized by electing Joseph Handlan
chairman; Thomas Darrah, treasurer,
and B. H. Schwartz, secretary. There
was a full attendance Of the members
and plans for the campaign were dis
cussed. The session was very inter
esting and enthusiastic.
The committee will meet again next
Monday evening for the purpose of Sc
Letting permanent headquarters.
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A Bold Theft.

An unnown thief entered the board
ing house of Mrs. Logan, at No. 2104
Chapline street, yesterday morning
about five o'clock and carried away a
gold watch and sum of money belong
ing to one of the boarders. The man
who was robbed arrived in the city
Wednesday to attend the fair. The po-
lice, who were notified, think that the
thief was we'll acquainted with the
premises. There is no clue in the case.
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The sInn From Mexico.

The Nan From Mexico.
The coming of Broadhurst Bros produc-
ton of H. A. Du Souchets farce, THE
Man from Mexico at the Opera House
tonight, should be a welcome enc, bring.
ing to us as it does such an array of COM
edy talent as the appended names testify
Geo. c. Boniface, Jr.; Gus Pixiey, f. w
Bernard, M. L. Heckert. Robert Deshon
I. Trew Gray, Arthur Villars, d. H. Ian
don, d. w. Siegrist, Helen Baird, Agnes
Burke, Adeline Mann and Mildred Keith
Boniface is Benjamin Fitzhew, the man
who finds it pleasanter to tell his wife
fairy stories about a trip to Mexico than
to confess the CHASTITY truth that he had
to serve a term in prison on account of a
farcical combination of naughtiness Mrs.
Fitzhew comes to the prison to distrib-
ute flowers among the poor dear convicts.
but the danger passes for the time. La
ter, when the picturesque FItzhew returns
in a Mexican costume and fully equipped
as he believes with plausible lies. the
climax comes Mrs. Fitzhew is a bit too
clever and the husbands friend Majors
is too enthusiastic in the ex-convict's be-
half. However, confession is quickly fol-
lowed by forgiveness and nobody is allow
ed really bad quarter of an hour in the
play.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-09-14

The result of the election in Maine
was extremely comforting and pleasing
to the officials of the National Demo-
cratic Committee. Figuring on the
basis OF the returns in Maine the press
bureau OF the committee has complied
an interesting table. Here it is:
Assuming that the ratio OF Republic
can decrease, IL per cent, and the ratio
of Democratic increase, 20 per cent,
over the vote in the presidential cleo
ton OF 1896, as shown by the returns
from the Maine election, will hold good
throughout the country in November,
the following States, which went for
Mckinley four years ago would go for
Bryan this year by. the pluralities in
dicated:
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PENSIONS GRANTED.

Special to the Register
WASHINGTON. D. c., September 1a,
Pensions have been allowed the follow
ing West Virginia applicants:
Original-lMorgan Francis, Copley-
vile, Sc; Larkin R. Halves, Wheel
ing, S.; William Byard, Littleton, S.;
Thomas NJ. Wildman. Piedmont, IS.
Increase-H ezckiah Low, Terra Alta.
s12; Jesse Harold. Tier, sl2; Burris
Snyder, Liverpool. s24; James A. Rice.
TriadelphiaA ST.: Bernhard Vogel, Hell
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TALKED FOR COLD WATER.

Special to the Register.
WESTON, w. Va, September 13-
About one hundred persons, of whom
about one-half were voters, assembled
in the court house here this afternoon
to hear Rev. Q. l.. Morrow, of Indian
apolis, Ind, on the cause of temper
anee Mr.. Morrow told some patriotic
stories. He scored Mckinley for his
canteen policy and Bryan for stump
ing Nebraska against a prohibition
amendment. The collection taken
after a very persuasive argument,
amounted to SIS. Mr. Morrow SEEM
ingly left perfectly satisfied.
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IN THE JUSTICE SHOPS.


John Harte swore out warrant for
Savo Adams yesterday in Squire Rog-
ers' court, charging him with destroy
ing mantel-piece. In default of $500
bond, he was committed to Jail to
await hearing at o'clock this after
noon
Peter Lamon, Greek, swore out two
warrants for John Daffin, also Greek.
charging him with assault and battery
and asking that he be put under bond
to keep the peace. Justice Rogers
fined him S. On the first charge and put
him under $50 bond on the second.
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MYSTERI0USLY MISSING.

Special to the Register.
PARKERSBURG, w. Va, September
13-1'he wife of Martin Hendrickson,
plumber, disappeared yesterday
rather nysteriously, leaving four small
children behind her, and has not been
seen since She dressed herself in her
best clothes yesterday afternoon and
said she was going to the cemetery.
Since then she has not returned.
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FELL UNDER THE WHEELS

Special to the Register.
HARRISBURG, W. Va. September
1S.-Leslie Shane, son OF James Shane,
CT this city, while coming from West
Union. where he attended a party, at
Smithten, in getting on the train fell
and the cars passed over him. He is
still alive.
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DYER-HILLIGAS.
snecial to the Register.

Special to the Register.
CADIZ, Ohio, September 10
Charles Dyer, of Olivette, Belmont
county, o.. and Mrs Hattie Bell, daugh-
ter of John c. Hilligas, were united
in marriage at the home of the brides
parents this evening at eight o'clock.
Mr.. Dyer is well known in Wheeling.
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WILSON AND LANDsTREET,

Special to the Register
THOMAS, W. Va, September 13.-
The Republicans of this, the Fifth del
egate district Of West Virginia, to-day
nominated w. G. Wilson, of Randolph
county. and F. s. Landstreet. OF Tuck
er county, for candidates for the House
of Delegates.
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beeial to the Register.

beeial to the Register.
& CHICAGO, September 13.-After a
two days rest from speech making the
Hon. William Jennings Bryan left Chi
cago this morning for weeks tour OF
the Middle Western States, during
which he will make speeches in Indi-
ana, Ohio, Missouri, Kansas and prob
ably the two Dakotas. Tonight Mr..
Bryan spoke to a large meeting at Fort
Wayne, Ind. Tomorrow he formally
opens the campaign in Chic at Column
bus Saturday night he addresses the
Commercial Travellers Association at
st. Louis September H. Is and 10 Mr..
Bryan will spend in southeastern Kan
sas and Northwestern Missouri. He is
billed to speak at Kansas City and st.
Joseph during this time. After this
trip is completed Mr.. Bryan will go to
his home in Lincoln, Neb., for a brief
visit, ana will probably go to South Da-
kota and its sister State for a short
time.
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BENW00p.
News Notes OF Interest From the
City or Mills.


City OF Mills
1t is expected that better and cheaper
telephones will be secured as result
of the ordinance passed by Council
granting right Of way for an indie
pendent line through the city. It is
learned that the maximum price is $50
year for business houses and S24 for
residences, and the line must be COM
pleted within two years. Three
phones will be granted to the city,
and any citizen is given the privilege
of using the phones. No extra charge
is made for messages to any part OF
the system of phones. each of which is
long distance, extending over wide
field. AS far as the city is concerned,
the ordinance is considered a good
one. 1t has been decided to locate the
poles and wires in the alleys in the
central wards All wires, it is agreed,
must be at least twenty-fiv feet above
the surface. Bond in the sum of s10.-
600 is furnished by the terms of the
ordinance.
Mrs. Samuel Hunter is i'll at her home
on Main street.
A large consignment OF pipe has ar
rived for the new gas line.
A new residence building will soon
be erected for John McShane.
The stockholders of the new local
Sank will meet next Monday evening.
John Chapline, of Glen Easton, was
here yesterday, the guest of August
Hepe.
Homer Wharton, of Washington, O.,
is the guest of Miss Mary Dixon, OF
Sixth street.
Miss Almeta Reilly, popular school
teacher of this district, is seriously Ill
at Floral Home.
James Kellar is expected home this
week from Weston, where he has been
visiting his sister.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Fox and Miss
Ella Belmont, of Clarksburg, are the
guests of friends here.
1t is announced that citizens can save
two per cent. by paying their taxes on
or before November 1st
Ed. Hepe returned yesterday to his
home at Proctor, after visiting his pa
rents here for a few days.
The Young Mems Republican Club
will meet every Tuesday and Friday
evening during the campaign, for drill.
At the Riverside, six furnaces are on
in the tube department, and the situa-
ton is unchanged in the plate depart
ment.
Homer Newton. formerly Of Ben
wood, now of New Martinsville, was in
the city yesterday the guest of rela-
tives.
Mrs. M. A. Whiteman is at Fairmont
visiting friends and also attending the
State convention Of the Woman's Re-
lief Corps.
DR.. Archibald Moore will preside at
the adjourned session OF the quarterly
conference this evening at the Method
list church.
A grand concert and ground-hog
lunch will be given at Peter Yost's sa-
loon on Saturday evening, September
18TH Everybody invited.
Quite a number of people from this
place attended the State fair yesterday
and were pleased with the many special
features provided for the occasion.
The Row-de-Dow club, composed Of
James Higgins, Elsie Hostetter, Walter
Yost and Frank Brannen, of the First
ward, will give a select hop on the eve
ming of the oath at Mozart Park.
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PATENTS GRANTED.

Special to the Register
WASHINGTON, D. c., September 13
Patents have been issued to the fol
lowing West Virginia inventors: Harr.
A. Deiters and E. L. Bill, Spencer
game apparatus, and Charles A. ans
w. A. Neal, Burgers. folding COOP.
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SHAKES THE G. o. P.
epeciai to the Register.

Special TO the Register.
PARKERSBURG, w. Va, September
13.-Earl Berlin, an oil driller who
came to Parlsersburg two years ago
from Pennsylvania, and has been a Re-
publican all his life, announces that
he has left that party and will vote for
the entire Democratic ticket. He
heard Gen. Grosvenor's speech here
Tuesday night. and says that made a
Democrat of him.
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Squire Fitxpatrick,s Court.

In Squire Fitzpatrick court, Mile
Holman sWore out warrant for VIM.
Austin, charging him with assault and
battery and drunkenness and disor-
derby conduct. He will be given
hearing at 2 o'clock this afternoon.
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Justice Larue issued warrants Well
nesday against Mrs. Mary King on the
charges of assault and battery and
breach of the peace, on complaint of
Mrs. May Burke.
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"DROMO" not the same as
"HRnAsEDE."

In buying Laxative Bromo-Quinine Tab
lets, the OLD standard remedy which cures
Il cold in one day, be sure that il is
labeled Bromo and not Bromide. AT all
druggists. 25c.
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A GOOD FAIR.

Special TO the Register.
CADIZ, Ohio, September 13.-The
Smyrna fair closed to-day with a very
large attendance. The exhibits OF
stock and farm produce was fine.
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stons fhe Cough

and works off the Cold.
Laxative Bromo- Quinine Tablets cure
cold in one day. No Cure. No Pay.
Price % cents.