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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-05-23
JOHN POWERS ARRESTED.

He Is n Brother of Caleb, and Is
Charged With Completely in Goe-
bells Murder.
FRANKFORT, KY: May 22.-John
Powers, brother of Secretary of State
Caleb Powers, was arrested in the
mountains of Knox county, near Bar
bourville, late last night on the charge
of completely in the murder of Gov.
Goebel. Powers was taken to Bar
bourville, where heabeas corpus pro-
ceedings were begun to-day.
kilograms have been received from
Barbourville saying trouble over the
arrest is likely to occur. The matter
was laid before Gov. Beckham with a
recommendation that troops be sent to
preserve order.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-05-23

CHESTER, Pa, May 22-Mrs. An
ME Chisem Gilmore. wife OF Major j.
C. Gilmore. assistant adjutant general
Oh the National Guard Of Pennsylya-
MIA, committed suicide this morning
by cutting her throat with razor.
She died in her husbands arms. Major
1nmore had just finished shaving him
self when his wife picked up the razor
and gashed her threat, severing the
jugular vein. Major Gilmore was
about making preparations for having
his wife treated at a sanitarium, her
mental condition necessitating con-
slant watching on the part of the fam
lily.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-05-23
Special to the Register.


WASHINGTON, D. c., May e.
About $50 West Virginia Shriners are
in town and it goes without saying that
they are having good time. Red
fezzes bearing the legends OF Osiris
and Benikedem are in evidence every
where, the delegations from Wheeling
and Charleston being among the larg-
est here. Their headquarters, the Col
onial, pleasant hostelry only few
blocks from the White House, is espec-
tally decorated for the West Vlrginians,
bearing the names of their two tenn
pies in red immortalls over each en-
trance. A number from each temple
are also quartered at the Riggs, where
the representatives from Osiris Temple
to the imperial council, Messrs. w. w.
Irwin, Clark Hamilton, Jr., and J. B.
Mckee, are stopping. Benikedem
Temples representative is w. W.
Branch. The members of the imperial
council parade this morning. Tonight
occurred the parade of the Arabs, in
which both West Virginia temples
turned out full clad in evening dress
and red fezzes Tomorrow night the
Shriners will attend a reception given
by the President in the White House.
Each one of the West Virginia Shrin-
ers has received a specially engraved
invitation to this function. The day
has been spent generally in sight-see-
ing.
The Mobiles had undisputed posses
sion of Washington to-day Weather
favored the ancients and the brilliant
sunlight accumulated the decorations
that draped almost every building on
Pennsylvania avenue, from the capitol
to the White House. The city resem-
bles modern mecca in the height of
a pilgrimage season. Red fez caps
with the tiger claw emblem of the
Shrine are more in evidence than the
conventional headgear of the Ameri-
can citizen and many of the buildings
down town look as though they had
been captured by an invading army of
Saracenes. President Mckinley lent
himself to the demonstration and
viewed the early morning procession
from the White House portico, when
hundreds of the Arab patrols in
bizarre oriental trappings escorted I'm
perial Potentate Atwood to the Co.
lumbia Theater, where the imperial
council convened at 10 o'clock. While
the leaders of the desert clans were
busy in official council the ladies Of
the visiting tribes were captured by a
skirmishing party of the local shrine,
imprisoned in trolley cars and carried
off by force and arms over the desert
wastes of Washington asphalt for a
two hours ride that took in all the
sights of the capitol city The prison
ers were refreshed at Hotel Oasis en-
route, and at one o'clock were surren-
dered to their lords and masters, after
which the imperial council journeyed
to the Seventh street wharf and
boarded one of the river steamers
which carried them down the Potomac
to planked shad dinner.
This evening there was parade of
all the Mobiles in feZ and dress suits.
The avenue was Illuminated along the
line of march, and after the parade
had been reviewed by the imperial po-
tentate there was an elaborate display
of fireworks in the White Lot. The
visitors held a reception at headquar-
tiers tonight, and banquet to the
council closed the days festivities.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-05-23
PROTEST IGNORED.
Kanawha Republican Committee
Burns Primary Ballots and Closes
the Incident.

Special to the Register
CHARLESTON, w. Va, May o.
The Republican County Committee to-
day ignored the petitions of William
Seymour Edwards, candidate for Con-
gress, and ]. S. Mcdonald, candidate
for County Commissioner, for a re-
count of the ballots cast in the Re-
publican primary election, notwith-
standing the fact that it was shown
that great frauds had been committed.
The petitioners begged the committee
not to destroy the ballots if they would
not grant a recount, but the commit
tee turned a deaf ear to them. They
burned the ballots, adjourned and
went home, Notwithstanding the fact
that the vote was very close, Gaines
being only twelve ahead of Edwards.
and the indisputable evidence of fraud
all through the election. The decent
Republicans denounce the primary
election as farce, and the action of
the committee as the most outrageous
piece OF rascality ever perpetrated in
the State.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-05-23
BUBONIC PLAGUE.

The San Francisco Board of Health
Denounced-Said To Be working a
Political Scheme.
SAN FRANCISCO, May 22.-Taking
the declaration of the State board of
health that bubonic plague does not
exist in San Francisco or any other
part of California, as text, the Call
and Chronicle to-day editorially de-
nounce the San Francisco board of
health. They charge that last March
the city board of health, for political
reasons, attempted to create a plague
scare, and is now attempting to vindi-
cate its former course by the alleged
discovery of fresh plague cases.
The board reported to-day that there
was no news to give out about the
plague, no new cases have been found
and the board has taken no action as
to the incubation OF Chinese.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-05-23
FURTHER COMMUNICATION
MENT AND THE BOER DELE
GATES NOT EXPECTED.

such Interchange. as Has Occurred
Was Purely Unofficial-If the Del
egates Had Any Sort of Credentials
They Made No Mention of Them.
However, the Delegates Have
Made Deep Impression Upon
Those Officials Whom They Have
Met-Boers Were Disappointed.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-05-23
THE ST. LOUIS STRIKE.
No Riots Nor Disturbances Yester-
day-One Attempt at Assassination

No Riots Nor Disturbances Nester-
day-One Attempt at Assassination.
ST. LOUIS, Mo-, May 22-This was
the most quiet day of the strike, there
being no disturbance worth mention
ing. There were one or two small
fights between union and non-union
men, but nobody was hurt, and there
was nothing throughout the day that
approached the dignity of riot
Both sides to the strike claim to be
winning and say the other must yield
in short time.
There was one casualty to-day. B.
E. Kilgore, an employee of the Transit
company, was shot in the back by an
unknown man while walking on Arm
strong avenue. There was absolutely
no reason for the shooting. The COM
pany has offered $1,000 for the arrest
OF his assailaut
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-05-23
WEST VIRGINIA SHR|NERS.
THE TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY
REPRESENTATIVE OF
THIS STATE

Make Quite a Notable Feature of the
Big Gathering at Washfngton-The
City Transformed by Oriental Dec
Orations and the Red Head Dress
of the Shriners-Presfdent Mckin-
ley Reviews the Parade-The La
dies Go Trolley Riding, and All
Hands Attend a Planked Shad Dim
ner-Banquet and Ball Closed the
Days Festivities.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-05-23
TWO FRN1HTFUL GRIMES,
WHICH MAY RESULT IN THE
LYNCHING OF THE BLACK
BRUTES ACCUSED.

Calvin Kimblern, Who Murdered
Two Children at Pueblo, Colorado.
After Outraging Them, Arrested in
Denyer-Preparing for Swift Ven-
geance at PuebIo-A Thirteen
cYear-OId Girl Outraged and MUIR
d dered Near Austin, Ohio-Throat
Cut and Head Crushed.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-05-23
THE LEHIGH VALLEY
Passes Under the Control of 4
Pennsylvania Compuny

asses thoeT tht 1OntrO1 or the
Pennsylvania Company.
PHILADELPHIA. May %. - The
Evening Telegraph to-day says that
announcement has been made that the
Pennsylvania railroad has secured the
control OF the Lehigh Valley railroad
by the purchase of $500 shares
through outside parties. The price
paid is given as $3.50 a share.
The control was obtained, it is said
by the Pennsylvania through agents
OF w. X. Vanderbilt and ]. Pierpont
Morgan, and the New York Central il
SAID to be behind the movement.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-05-23
NEELEY ARRESTED AGAIN.
HELD UNDER FIFTY THOUSAND
DOLLARS BAIL FOR THE
WRONGFUL CONVERSION

OF S45, 3Oo.26 Belonging to the United
STANDARDIZATION for Reduction
of Bail Was Refused, and Nicely
Was Lodged in Ludlow Street Jail.
No New Developments Are Looked
for in Havana for Some Days-An
Argument Against the Proposed
Extradition Law.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-05-23
THE QUESTION OF REVISION.
SPRUNG RATHER UNEXPECTEDLY
IN THE PRESBYTERIAN GEN
ERAL ASSEMBLY.

of the Committee ON Bills
and overtures Presents That Conn
mittee's Conclusions-Believ II
Would BE Well to Appoint n Conn
mittee OF Fifteen to take Up the
Matter and Report to the Next Gem
eral AssembIS-No Definite Action
Taken.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-05-23

{ DENVER, Colo, May 22.-Calvin
Kimblern, the negro who shot his wife
and murdered two children in the
Fries orphan home, at Pueblo on Sun
day, was captured to-day in a saloon
in this city. He admitted his identity
and confessed his crime. A lynching
will probably follow his removed to
Pueblo.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-05-23

LONDON, May 22.-The war Office
has received the following dispatch
from General Butler:
Newcastle, May 22.-I have received
the following from Bethune:
May FL, while marching in the
direction of New Castle one Of my
squadrons of mounted infantry was
ambushed by the Beers six miles west
Of vryheid, and very few escaped.
Lieutenants Lausum and Capelle are
among the missing. Captain The Earl
de la War; Is slightly wounded in the
leg. The total casualties are about
sixty-six. / have returned to Nqutu
for supplies. VIII maych tomorrow
for New Castle via Dundee.
General Butler then proceeds:
Il detached General Bethune and
about five hundred men from Dundee
on May II, with instructions to march
by vaults drift and show his forces at
Nqutu, which was reported to have
been evacuated by the enemy, prepar-
atory to the return of the magistrates
and the civil establishment to the dis
triet. He was to rejoin me at New
Castle afterwards"
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-05-23
BRITISH FORCE ANBUSH[D
A SQUADRON OF GENERAL BE-
THUMBS MOUNTED INFANTRY
TAKEN IN

By the Beers, While Marching in the
Direction of New Cast1e-Sixty-Six
British Casualties Resulted From
the Fight-AnOther Boer Effort to
Ambush a British Force Proved
Failure, and Heavy Boer Losses
Was the Result.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-05-23

NEW YORK, May 22-Charles F.
W. Nicely, former chief financial agent
of the postoffice department at Ha-
vana, Cuba, was arrested to-day by
a United States marshal. The arrest
was made on warrant issued by
United States Circuit Judge Lacombe
in civil suit brought against Nicely
by the United States. He is charged
with the wrongful conversion of s45,-
300.26. His bail was fixed at $4,000.
The prisoner, was arraigned before
Judge Lacombe. Application for a re-
duction of bail was denied Nicely was
tAen taken to the Ludlow street Jail.
The order of arrest says that suffi-
cient cause of action exists in favor
of tha plaintiff, the United States.
against the defendant for the wrong
full conversion of s45,37525, and orders
the arrest of Charles F. W. Nicely. and
that he be held in bail in the sum of
$4,000. Attached to the order is the
affidavit of Burton, an inspector gem
eral of the United States army, with
rank as colonel. stationed in Cuba, and
other affidavits.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-05-23

WASHINGTON, May z-For Ohio.
Western Pennsylvania and West Virginia
Parity cloudy Wednesday: Thursday
probably showers: winds mostly light to
FRESH southerly.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-05-23

PUEBLO, Colo, May 22.-To-night,
when it was learned that Calvin Kim
blern, the negro who murdered two
little white girls at the Fries orphan
home, had been arrested in Denver
and would be brought here tonight,
crowds gathered at different points and
it is certain that he will be lynched if
brought here. The autopsy to-day is
said to have shown that the children
were criminally assaulted before being
murdered.
CHILLICOTHE, O., May 22.-Ethel
Long, aged Is, daughter of Stephen
Long, who lives on farm near Aus
tin, was found this afternoon at "a
spring near her home with her throat
cut from ear to ear and her head
mashed She had been outraged.
A colored man giving the name of
Richard Gardiner was arrested at Aus
tin. He claims Cincinnati as his home
Deputy Devine found blood stains on
his clothes. An attempted lynching
was prevented by Commissioner John
OFT, at Frankfort. Citizens of Frank
fort threatened to pursue the sheriff
with the prisoner here. Deputy De-
vine left for Marietta with Gardiner at
$3.50 tonight. Excitement at Austin,
Frankfort and vicinity is at fever heat.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-05-23

Mr.. C.. Schnepf. the Opera House drug
gist,. made the following observations OF
the temperature yesterday. a. M, 81:
a. m. 80; Y m, 79s p. m, So; .. a, n.
weather fair
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-05-23

LONDON, May 22.-The second edi-
ton of the Daily Mail this morning
contains dispatch from Janmadibis,
under date of May Is, which says:
'The British left Salagal on Sunday
at sunrise, making detour to the
westward in order to avoid Koodoes-
rand, where there was a strong force
OF Beers. The manoeuvre was success
full, but large force of Beers, in am
bush, was encountered. A column of
light horse dislodged the Beers, who
endeavored to enflade the convoy, but
were prevented by the artillery and the
enemy fed, our rear guard, composed
of the Kimberley Horse, enfilading
their retreat.
Captain Hands was wounded, sus-
tanning a compound fracture of the
thigh. The Beers left thirty dead The
column arrived here this morning and
met Col Plumer's force"
LONDON, May ga dispatch to the
Daily Mail from Majanamabili, dated
May II, says:
AiCuC AnOOl SUNNY, Will IllS L lOCOS-
torate regiment from Mafeking, joined
us. They went first to Col. Plumer,
making a wide western circuit, and got
through the Boer lines with many hair
breadth escapes, reaching Vryburg
after q daring ride of nearly 300 miles
through country scourged with a de-
structive fever similar to the influenza.
There was hardly a Boer house or a
native kraal without a case of the dis
ease and hundreds died. The column
is continually moving and is healthy,
active and clean. The troops entirely
escaped.
Many concealed arms have been
discovered and their owners arrested
promptly. They inform against their
neighbors. The natives render every
assistance. Mafeking knows the col
umn is coming"
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-05-23

HAVANA, May 22.-No new devel-
opments are looked for in connection
with the postal frauds for some days,
unless something unexpected should
A-appen.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-05-23

WASHINGTON, May 22.-John d.
Lindsay, attorney for Charles F. w.
Nicely appeared before the House
Judiciary committee to-day and sub
mitted an argument against the pro-
posed extradition b. He also pre-
sented voluminous brief.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-05-23

WASHINGTON, May 22.-The fol-
lowing cablegram has been received
from Gen. Macarthur:
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-09-01
EXPENSIVE FRENcH eALLANTRY.

An amusing story that went the
rounds of Paris last res a been re-
vived recently by the release from pris-
on of the offenders and their subse-
quent attempts at blackmai1. Names
have been suppressed, and, 1t is rumor-
ed. large sums expended to- prevent
the odipm of ridicule from falling upon
several prominent government officials.
The story runs as follows:
Two nuns. Sisters of st. Vincent de
Paurs order, presented themselves in a
we'll known Office. The elder, a heavy
featured, rather masculine woman, was
spokeswoman, her young and unusually
attractive companion standing by in
demure silence. Mr.. A., ~astounded
by her extravagant demand, hesitated
an instant, then, with a Frenchman's
natura1 diSinclination to refuse q wom-
an any favor, sought a means of escape
in the suggestion thai he should at
least expect some return for so large a
sum. ''Our prayers" replied the older
nun. shall be at you service"
mo-" replied the official. II should
| prefer something more tangfble-a kiss
from your pretty companion"
The older. woman paused in embar-
rassment, proclaimed their urgent need
of money for their charitable enter
prises, and finally acceded to the re-
Quest-sfor the good of the poor"
Mr.. A., startled by this unexpected
acquiescence could think of no further
objections. He signed a check for the
amount stipulated, then took toll with
decided zest in the unusual adventure.
A few days later he was surprised by a
notification to appear in court as wit
ness against two men whose names
were wholly unfamiliar to him. His
surprise increased when, on reaching
the courtroom. he found several of his
colleagues there, all m upon a
similar errand.
The culprits, a stout man of 40 and a
handsome lad of 16, were strangely ia
miliar to the witnesses.
They had been a~pprehended for mas
q~uerading in female garments, and
when searched several checks for
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-09-01

quin, with a mule hitched in front and
another behind, into which the traveler
crawls at the risk of his life, and, after
enduring unutterable mental tortures
for fear the animals viii fall or run
away with him en- route, energies at
the end more dead than alive.
But this mode of precari-
Gus as it Is, by some travellers is con-
sidered preferable to the ordinary Chi
nese cart, which is a harmless appear
ing vehicle on two wheels, but with
possibilities for m beyond the
conception of people who have never
visited China. 1.-The real mule cart of
China" writes one who has tried it Of
ten, "jolts one over real Chinese roads,
the huge, nail studded wheels, on axIes
the size of kegs, humping on unseen
stones in the deep ruts worn by all
preceding carts, the carter and his
walking partner. the mule, alike tena-
cious of custom, %plodding in others
ruts and footsteps, and never once
turning to new ground"
1t was in such a rude cart as this
that our first minister to China and the
first foreign envoy who ever entered
Picking after diplomatic relations were
established CMr. J.. E. Ward) was
obliged to travel all the way from the
coast to the Chinese capital. This was
40 years ago, but the of that
journey fingers with him yet as one of
the most vivid recollections that this
venerable gentleman retains of his
strange experience.
n he allied army of 1860 made it's
memorable march to Peking, conditions
were different from what they are now.
Transportation was none the less diff
cult, but there were available at that
time such means as at present would
be unattainable- That little war of
1GE0 RI
matte misunderstanding and did not
concern the people at all; consequently
when the allies needed assistance they
were helped by swarms of coolies, who
'toted' their supplies. The Pef-Ho riv-
er was open, also, as far as it was nav
igable, while it has since been obstruct-
ed.
The late uprising, on the contrary,
was. if anything, a manifestation of I'M
rest among the masses, of the very
people who might be looked to for as
sistance in conveying material to the
desired destination and for incidental
supplies. They have not only held
aloof, but they have been decidedly
hostile. and these facts operated
against the rapid advance of the allies
of 1900.
In this connection it may be well to
note what the late John Russell Young
wrote when he was in China with Cen
eral Grant: "China moves as the gla-
cier- You may defeat her today, you
may defeat her tomorrow, you may
lombard her Taku forts; you may even
land an army and, marching over the
low, aliuvia1, fertile lands of Chill,
spring Upon Picking. What them You
have no more gained the country han
by the capture of Boston you would
gain the United States. Tt is like mac
Grating the waves-you may cut and
slash and stab: the pillows will swirl
up and roll It is war upon an impaIpa-
BILE enemy, as if assailing the air of the
cIoudsi'
IL the coolies had been available in
the present campaign, the allies would
AVE tuck to their ancient ethod Of
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-09-01
THE TRANSPORTATION PROBLEM IN CHINA|

Hparently as determined in their opposi-
ton to them as ever. But the lower class
Chinese took to them from h first,
after they found they could travel
cheaply and save money in the rams
port of their provisions.
Still there are many obstacles to the
successful projection of railway ines
in China. Aside from the graves there
are numerous objections to be over
come. One reason for the very crooked
is that it could not go straight toward
park and was obliged to go round it.
stood in the way of the road running
easterly from Tong-ku to and beyond
Shan-hai-kwan into Manchuria. If
there had not been a gap already open
ed in the great wall lowing to h tears
and prayer of a pious widow whose
husband had been killed while at work
on the walD, no power on earth short
of force exerted through international
war could have preached the sacred
barrier erected so long g against the
invasions of the Tartars.
While more than 5000 miles of rail-
ways ave have. been projected and
surveyed in China, nearly all foreign
nationalities having secured conces-
sions, only about one-tenth of the total
mileage has been constructed UP to
date, and. no matter in what portion of
China the present campaign may be
carried on, only the above mentioned
methods of LAND transit will be availa-
BILE. WILLIAM j. RUDOLPH.