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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-08-03

RALEIGH, N. c., August 2.-After
one of the most bitterly contested
campaigns ever known in the Old North
State the Democrats and white
supremacy won the day by majority
of about 10000. To-day's election dis
franchises the negro and changed the
State Legislature from its combination
majority of Republicans and Populists
to straight Democratic, practically in
surfing the defeat of Marion Butler for
reelection as U. S. Senator.
The negroes as general thing re-
NAMED away from the polls. The cleo
ton unexpectedly passed off without
any trouble excepting at a little town
named Faison. A fire there, which
started in drug store, wherein was
kept the registration book, destroyed
the apothecary's shop, the work being
attributed by the Democrats to those
opposed to white rule.
Bloodhounds were called out, but
failed to find any trace of the alleged
incendiary.
The election was for state officers.
members of the legislature and county
Offices, and for an amendment to the
State constitution, looking to a prac-
tlcal elimination Of the negro from
politics as It's adoption DISTINGUISHES
the bulk of the negro vote.
By far the greatest interest center
ed in the fight over the amendment.
Many negroes voted for the amend
ment. The faculty of Livingstone Col
lege at Salisbury, one of the most
prominent negro educational institu-
lions in the South, voted for it. The
amendment was opposed by the fusion
OF Populists and Republicans, headed
by Senators Butler and Pritchard.
There was a full poll of the Demo-
cratic strength, which combined with
a small negro and some Populist and
Republican ballots, rolled up a large
majority.
Spencer B. Adams, fusion nominee
for governor, was defeated by Charles
B. Aycock, Democrat, and all other
Democratic candidates were elected
The legislature is Democratic in both
branches. Meeklenbery county, Of
which Charlotte is the county seat,
gave $500 majority for the county
ticket.
In this city the election passed off
quietly. "A heavy white vote was poll
ed, but the negroes took little interest
in the result and generally remained
away from the polls. In many instanc-
es they voted the Democratic ticket.
Every eastern county was carried by
the Democrats, the majorities in some
OF them being 5000. Most Of the CEN
trail counties also are Democratic.
Returns from the west are incom-
plete. Conservatively estimated re-
turns from the Sixth district show ap-
proximately 1900 majority for the
franchise amendment and the State
ticket. In New Hanover county, where
the Republicans have had a large ma
Jority heretofore, there was no opposi-
ton to the county and legislative
tickets.
At II o'clock tonight Democratic
Chairman Simmond said:
L think we have a majority of So
900 and at least four-f1fths of the Leg
lslature. The returns so far are most
satisfactory and contain no surprises"
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-08-03
ENGLAND PROTESTS

To belgian Government Against the
Way the SipidO Case Has Been
Treated.
LONDON, August I'm the House
OF Commons to- day. A. j. Balfour, the
first lord OF the treasury. and govern
ment leader, said, replying to ques-
ton, that the government had repre-
sented to Belgium that he thought there
had been a most unfortunate miscar-
rage OF justice in the case of Sipido.
who on April last made an attempt
on the life of the Prince of Wales in
Brussels. No reply had been received.
Sipido was sentenced to reformatory,
but he escaped and is now at large.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-08-03
Gen. Botha Weakening.

LONDON, August 3.-The Pretoria
correspondent Of the Daily Mail tele-
graphing Wednesday says:
"Commandant John Botha is weaken
ing. He has sent messenger to Lord
Roberts asking for confirmation OF the
reported surrender of Gen. Prinsioo.
and requesting permission to commune
cate with Gen. DeWet.''
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-08-03
A Change OF PHYSICIANS.
AT THE PINNICKINNICK COAL MINES
CAUSES A STRIKE OF THREE
HUNDRED MINERS.

The Men Pay for the Physicians Ser
vices, the Company Keeping Dol
lar a Month From Each Mans Pay,
but They Are Denied Voice in
His Selection-COmpany Has EN-
ployed the Man They Want, and
the Men Are Permitted to Give Up
Their Employment If They Do not
Like Him.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-08-03
ATTEMPT ON THE LIFE
OF THE shah OF PERSIA.
A WoULD-BE ASSASSIN MAKES A
DESPERATE EFroRr TO USE
A REVOLVER
FoILED BY THE POLICE ESCORT.
BROKE THROUGH THE LINE OF
GUARDS AND REACHED THE
SHAFTS CARRIAGE.

Was About to shoot, When the Grand
NiEfer, Who Accompanied the
Shah, Knocked His Pistol to the
Ground-The Assailant is About 26.
and Evidently an Italian-NO Clue
Found by the Police as to His
Identity.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-08-03
SECOND DEGREE MURDER.
to the Register.

Special to the Register
HUNTINGTON. w. Va, August a.
After very interesting trial of four
days, Writ Morrison was to-day con-
victed of murder In the second degree
for killing Jack Ruble. in Logan count
ty. Both were timbermen and prom
inently known.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-08-03
HOT WEATHER RECORDS

Broken mt Bismarck, North Dakota.
1852 in the Shade by a Govern
ment Thermometer.
BISMARCK, N. B., August 2.-Au req
ords for hot weother were broken TODAY
when the government thermometer reg
istered 1852 degrees. The prairies are as
dry as finder and fires are reported to
have been started In many places
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-08-03
SPECIAL CABINET MEETING
HELD IMMEDIATELY UPON THE
ARRIVAL OF THE PRESIDENT
IN WASHINGTON.

Nothing Discussed Except the Chi
nese Situation, Which Was
Thoroughly Gone Over in the Two
and Half Hours the President
and His Advisors Were Together.
No Particular Significance in the
Presidents Visit TO Washington.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-08-03
TWENTY THOUSAND MEN
ARE MOVING ON P[k|N.
THE ARMY OF THE ALLIES HAS
MADE A START FROM THEN
TSIN.
IT Is HOPED TO REACH PEKIN
WITHINTHE NEXT TEN DAYS.
THE ALLIED ARMY CARRIES ONE
HUNDRED AND SEVENTY PIECES
OF ARTILLERY,

And According to the Reports he-
ceived From Shanghai, in Making
Good Headway-Ten Thousand Ma
tive Christians Slaughtered at Che
F0o-EngIish Women Dragged
From Mission and Beheaded in
the Street.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-08-03
BY THIRTY THOUSAND VOTES |
THE DEMOCRATS HAVE CARRIED
NORTH CAROLINA FOR STATE
OFFICERS.

The Republican PopuIist Fusion
showed Under COmpletely-The
Legislature Safely Democratic, In
surfing the Defeat of Senator Mar
ion ButIer-"Whfte Supremacy"
Assured-Even the Negroes Voted
in Favor of the Amendment, as
Did Many Republicans and Popu-
lists-NO Disorder.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-08-03
RACE WAR IS 0NAT KEYSTONE
WHITE OFFICER HOUSES NEGRO
MINERS TO VIOLENCE.

The Officer Was Attacked by n Crowd
and Was Compelled to Open Fire.
Negroes Paraded the Streets All
Night and Refused to Go to Work
in the Morning-Whites Claim to
be Amply Able to Defend Them-
selves.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-08-03
THE SHAH WARNED.

Just before starting from the palace
the shah received a letter dated from
Italy. signed with an Italian. name, but
posted IA Paris. announcing TO him that
he would be assassinated to-day. The
police believe the man who attacked tbs
shah was not alone in his effort The
whole OF the police department Is at
work seeking for his accompllces.
Up to o'clock this evening the IN
vestigat!ons OF the police had not re-
suited In any developments tending 70
establish the identity Of the would-bs
assassin or assOciatirg any other with
his attempt When the officials tried
to interrogate the prisoner this after
noon he maintained absolute silence
An eyewitness OF the affair said
When the palace gate opened the
first carriage to appear contained the
Shah. He sat at the right hand side
Of the carriage. with his doctor at his
side. Opposite was the grand y!zier
and at his side Gen. Parent the per-
sonal aid OF the Shah. They were on
their way to the Pont Alexander III,
where they were to take the boat on
the Seine for Sevres. 10 visit the pot
terry works there. The landau turned
to the left towards the Avenue Bots de
p04IIogne
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-08-03
TO OPEN CAMPAIGN.

Hon. John III. Holt Will Speak Mt
Parkersburg, August 10.
Special to the Register
PARKERSBURG, w. Va, August ..
AT a meeting of Democrats held to-
night, arrangements were made for a
meeting to be held here August 10.
when John H. Holt. nominee for gov
ernor, will formally open his cam
paign.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-08-03
THE WEATHER.

WASHINGTON. August For West
yirginia-Generaliy fair Friday and Sat
urday; westerly winds.
For Western Pennsylyania-Show
followed BY fair Friday; Saturday. fair:
fresh westerly winds
For Ohio-sseneraIly fair Friday and
Saturday: light TO fresh northerly winds.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-08-03
FOUND AN UGLY KNIFE.

In his pocket was found an ugly
knife and a handkerchief marked
"12Sth., regiment Infantry" When
this was discovered the man said:
THAT viii not aid you in your enquir-
les concerning my identity"
Later in the day, to some officials Of
the household Of the shah who tried
to interrogate him the prisoner said:
Your master will do well 10 resign;
otherwise we will kill him"
An eye witness of the attempted rs
sasgination says the courage OF the
shah was remarkable. He acted with
perfect GOODNESS and WIS among tho
first TO seize his would-be-murderer.
holding him with both hands until the
man was thrown to the earth by tho
police
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-08-03
DRESSED as A CARPENTER.

1t had not gone far when a man
dressed as a carpenter rushed towards
the carriage and put his right foot on
the step, resting his left hand on the
door to assist him 10 mount. Then.
drawing bis right hand from his
pocket. he pushed Il towards the breast
Of the Shah. This hand carried a re-
volver. The Shan was surprised, but
did not really ray much attention to
the man until the perceived the
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-08-03

PARIS, August Am attempt on the
life of the Shah of Persia, Muzaffer-Ed-
Din, was made this morning. but luck
lily it resulted in no harm to his
majesty. A man broke through line
of policemen as the Shah was leaving
his apartments and tried to mount the
royal carriage step.
He held a revolver in his hand, but
as soon as his intention was OWNED
the police disarmed him before he was
able TO fire.
AT the police station the man ex-
pressed regret that he had been unable
TO carry out his intentions, He said:
This is an affair between me and
my conscience"
1t was just quarter past nine o'clock
when the carriage of the Shah emerged
from the court of the sovereign's pal
ace. Seated in the carriage with tho
Shah was his grand vizier, while OPP
posite him sat Gen. Parent The car
riage turned to the left, towards the
avenue Bots de Boulougne. 1t had pro-
ceeded but a few yards when a man
dressed as laborer sprang from be-
tween two automobiles where he had
been hidden. He broke through the
line of policemen, overturning bicy-
Gle officer, and jumped upon the royal
~,
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-08-03
HELD A REVOLVER.

In one hand the man had a cane
which he raised as though TO strike,
but this movement was only intended
to hide his real purpose, for in tho
other hand he held a revolver. The
attempted assassination there came TO
an end, for the Grand Vizier struck
the weapon from the mans hand. and
at the same lime officers caught his
arm from behind and overpowered
him. A crowd of 500 people who wit
messed the attempted assassination
made a rush towards the would-be
murderer and triea to attack him. but
there were many police in the neigh
borhood acting as guards of the shah,
and these prevented the mob from
doing violence to the miscreant.
The prisoner was taken to the police
station.
This afternoon the Shah carried out
his programme for a trip down the
Seine to Versailles.
The would-be assassin declines abb
solutely to give his name or national
ity. He speaks but little and that
with southern accent. The police be-
lieve him to be an italian. He is
about twenty-six years Of age. has
chestnut colored hair and large nous
tache and blue gray eyes. lie vas
dressed in a blouse and wide trousers,
the usual clothes Of carpenter
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-12-01
"OLD JED PROUTY"

That delightful picture Of rural life in
New England. Old Jed Prouty," will
go on the boards at the Grand tomorrow
evening for an engagement of three
nights. 1t is one of the best of rural
dramas. and perhaps no other play OF
New England life has yet managed to
capture SO effectually the hearts of city
and country folk alike.
1t is Know to almos every theatc-~
goer as a simple tale of honest people;
their everyday life is told in simple Ian,
guage. Quick to recognize the better
clements of human nature, whether on
the stage or in private life. the Ameri-
car public takes kindly to "Old jed
through all his escapades. 1t recognizes
that he is the embodiment of honest SIM
p!iCity: it likes the man, caring not
whether he is dressed in broadclOth Or
homespun, SO long as Ills nature has in
it something attractive or lovable. An
audience may laugh at the awkward
situations Mr.. Golden's hero encounters,
but 1t never laughs at the man; there is
something in the play which is said to
appeal strongly to the better nature of
ever the most hardened auditors.
.Old Jed Prouty' will be presented at
the Grand by Richard Golden's own COM
pany. The musical features for Which
the play is famous will be rendered by a
of male voices.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-12-01

cess In France with comparative failure
IN England. Evelyn Willard, who caus-
ed a postponement by refusing to speak
a sentence about an unborn babe in 1.-THE
Lackys Carnival" is. after all, to ap-
pear in the production of THE Swasn-
bucikler.' and so presumably has been
forgiven. By the way. the same wom-
an who ostentatiously arose in the audi.
ence and talke out when the words
We're uttered on the opening night, did
the same thing when a reference to an
expected birth was mentioned in "Mr.
and Mrs. Daventry," but sat quietly
through similar talk in THE Wedding
Euest.' Perhaps she nae got used
TO it. Marguerite Corneille, who return
ed to London on the same steamer with
Pl1zefighter Corbett. is performing at
tWo of the music halls. Gertrude Elliott,
the sister of Maxine Elliott Goodwin, is
for5es Robertson's leading actress in a
tour Of Shakespeare plays. In this coun-
Try she was known only as a comic SOU
brette. Edna May, who capriciously de-
layed her start for New York. is said to
nave received a very peremptory teIe-
gram on tbs subject. Miss May will pro-
fably learn hat there are various diff
ferences between her new and her old
management.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-12-01

scenic environment will be discovered:
but, as the great military band under.
the leadership of Carl Carlton, starts a
stirring melody, the whole company Will
come upon the stage to their places. The
orchestra will be in charge of Prof. Lath-
am. The end men Of the semi-clrcle are
George Primrose, Lew Dockstader, Larry
R6olky and AVh. O'Brien. The vocalists
are Charles Kent, George T. Travelling.
Charles ID. Wilson, George Robinson, $.
Merritte and II. Sylvester. The humor-
Gus remarks and up-to-date songs stir the
risibilities of all. Next to hold the stage
and likewise the appreciation of the pub
lie will be Bogert and O'Brien, most
thoroughly entertaining musical come
dians, introducing and playing numerous
musical instruments. One of the features
of this oliO will be the impersonation of
the darkey dandy by George Primrose.
whose fame as an agile dancer and
graceful performer is worldwide" -
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-12-01
1.-THE GREAT NORTHWEST"

The prairie fire in The Great North
west which will be seen at Sutton's
theater for one week, commencing to-
morrow with a matinee performance. is
said to be an apt illustration of the d.
gree of perfection to which stagecraft
has been brought. A large stretch of
wheat field and prairie is shown. Sud
denly a streaner of smoke, then a dull
lea glow is seen upon the distant horizon.
Steadily the fire advances. until prairie
and wheat field seem Il mass Of flames.
Into this inferno of smoke ana embers
Gashes the hero. DoWn he goes, but is uD
again. He presses ol w rescues from
the flames q woman who would have per-
ished but for his heroic act. Pacing her
before him on his horse. he ga lops back
with her into the Gearing, while flames
lick his horses TANKS and shoot up
around the animals Eoois. Strangely. all
OF this splendid Illusion, while one Of
flame and smoke. is accomplished with
out the use of any actual fire.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-12-01
PRIMROSE AND DOCkSTADER

The professional union of those two
clever performers, George Primrose and
Lew Dockstader, has resulted In the for
nation of a minstrel company that
amuses-wnich may sound p~aradoxical,
but is true. Those who wish to verify the
statement viii nave an opportunity to do
so by purchasing seats at the Grand
opera house for neXt Thursday evening.
The engagement of the company also In
cludes performances o. Friday and Sat
uurday evenings.
1t is said that the list of high-class
performers with the present company is
long and embraces many luminarles Of
the minstrel stage. According to the
description furnished by that versatile
genius, the press agent, when the cur
tain goes up on the first part. the stage
setting will be seen to be of a very pre-
tentious nature. and instead of the CON-
pany being seated. as is usual, only the
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-12-01
m HAIRLESS II. HOYT. the great
A0
W.

gA IiAlNi'EAo II. HO1I, the great
American playwright, has taken
SvXA final leave Of the scene of his
remarkable tr.umphs. leaving behind a
record of fame more enduring than
monuments or mausoleums.
In the light of his extraordinary
genius, now that he has Joined the great
majority. the shadow cast on the last
pages of his iife's history by the excuses
and dissipation IN which he endeavored
to brown the grief caused by the death
OF his beloved wife, has faded away. He
VIII be remembered not as the man, but
as the theatrical manager and play
wright; not as the drunkard. but as the
creator of "A Rag Baby ana "A Texas
Steer;' not as the being whose brilliant
mind was clouded before he crossed the
dark river of time. but as the master
spirit who not only created a new genre
of play with music, but kept that work
far superior in quality to any efforts OF
his contemporaries.
Hoyt's subjects. his characters and his
humor were taken from the most COM
monplace and hackneyci phases OF
American life. He smote the rock OF
mediocrity with the wand of inspiration
and humor gushed forth in a torrent;
he touched the bleached bones of a
he,ne which had persisted from being
worked overtime, and, phenfX-ike, it
rose to a enW and vigorous existence;
he staged the comic publications, as i,
were, and above all, he gave his plays
"a ~crispness of treatment and flash of
wit which have long preserved them IN
the public favor.
His genius asserted itself when he was
a young man. Entering newspaper work
in Boston. his success was nothing un-
usual until he was employed to re-write
a play hat had proved a failure on It's
first night. Then it was that he may he
said first to have quaffed from the cup OF
fame: his revision met with such favor
that he concluded to write a play of his
own. 1t was called "A Bunch of Keys
ad made an immediate hit.
In quick succession followed "a Parlor
Match "A Rag Baby" "a Tin SOL
der" "A Hole in the Ground "A Brass
Monkey" "A Milk White Flag" "A
Trip to Chinatown" "A Temperance
Town." "A Midnight Bell" "a Texas
Steer "A Black Sheep "A Contented
Woman "A Stranger in New York"
and various other products of his facile
pen. OF these it may be said that "a
Milk White Flag did not attain the
dramatic plane of it's predecessors,
though it has not proved a decisive FAIL
ure. After the death of his first wife,
which preyed heavily on his mind, the
edge of Hoyt's keen wit began to grow
duh. His last play. produced in Wash
ington,. was a fiat failure.
1t is entirely probable that no other
writer in the United States ever made
so much money as did Hoyt out of
his stage productions. His royalties
amounted to an enormous sum, but at
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death he left money and v~aluables aE-
gregat!nS only about $4,000.
In one sense Hoyt is dead, but he
lives in spirit and in genius. He is one
of those who brought enjoyment to
countless thousands while in life, one
whose works will bring sunshine into
the lives Of other thousands though their
author rests beneath the sod. OF sucn
a maj can it be said that he needs a
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-12-01

Some of the Partisan actors are no
tyros at SELF advertising. One named
Gentry, about to play the drunkard in
"L'Assomoir." went to a hospita! to
study de1irium tremens, and was SO hor-
rified that he had an attack OF nervous
prostration.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-12-01

Lehigh university students all but
mobbed a theatrical company at Eeth!e-
hem, Pa, because an innocent pay was
given when "Sapho" had been promised.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-12-01
FOOTLIGET FLASHES

Charles B.. Hanford spent Thanks
giving day in Paris-TeNas.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-12-01

An epitaph in the Granary buryinG-
ground, Boston, reefs:
'HNre lies interrai Priscilla Bird.
Who sang on earth till siXty-two;
Now on high above the SKY.
No doubt she sings like ~sixty--too."
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-12-01

1t is said that If Mr.. Forbes Robertson
succeeds in arranging for a London sea
son in the spring, he will probably pro-
duce 'Othe!lo," Paying the Moor him
self. with Miss Gertrude Elliott as Des-
demona.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-12-01

Julia Arthur. writing TO the author Of
'@Her Majesty" EXPRESSES keen delight
in Grace Georges sympathetic performs
ance, and adds, 81 do hope that in her
future career, which is certain to be
brilliant, she will retain the simplicity
and natural quality Of manner and
method tina are now SO charming. We
have quite too much artiiciality upon the
stage"