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Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-03-04
VIOLENTLY INSANE.
DIR. Frank HaverfieId, Formerly of
Wheeling, Loses His Mind Mt
Cadiz. Ohio.

Special to the Register
CADIZ. O., March 3.-Dr. Frank
Haverfield, son OF the late Nathan
Haverfield, popular young dentist of
this place, who recently assisted in the
dental Office Of DR.. H. H. Harrison, of
Wheeling, is in Jail here hopelessly in
sane. He became violent and reckless
ly fiourished revolver in the faces of
several prominent business men, He
friends deplore the awful affection.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-03-04
special 10 the Reg.ster.

Special TO the Register
PARKERSBURG, w. Va, March 81
The Wood county Republican conven-
ton held to-day was the largest ever
held by that party in this county,
While Freer and his friends made a
creditable contest for the delegation TO
the State convention, they were un-
successful, and instructions for Whits
were adopted by considerable major
ity.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-03-04
AhsoIuteIx neniea

LONDON, March IA special dispatch
from Brussels announces that DR.. Leyds
authorizes an absolute denial of the report
that he had receised news that Mafeking
had been relieved
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-03-04
THREE HARD KNOCKS
FOR ROMEO 4. FREER.
COLLECTOR A. ID. WHITE AND HIS
LITTLE MACHINE CRUSHED
THE JUDGE TO PULP IN.
THREE COUNTIES YESTERDAY.
THE SoLDIE STATESMAN GOT ONLH
ILL-CoNCEALED CONTEMPT
AT HUNTINGTON.

The Delegation Instructed for White.
Only Two CoIored Men in the
Delegation-W. II. johnson Kissed
when He Made Threat of What
His Negro Cohorts Would Do
White Captures the Wood County
and Roane County Delegations.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-03-04

Special to the Register.
HUNTINGTON, w. Va. March s.
The Republican county convention met
here this afternoon to select delegates
to the various conventions.
AS soon as the convention was called
to order long and bitter fight began
between the Freer and White forces.
After heated speeches and wrangling
for two or three hours. the White
forces got complete control of the con-
vention and secured a solid delegation.
Col. E NJ. Campbell, ]. l.. Caldwell
and Chris Pain. the colored orator.
formerly of Fayette county, led tho
fight for Freer.
District Attorney Elliott Northcott,
ex-Postmaster Ham Adams and the
city officeholders were uncompromising
in their support of White.
The Freer side made a good show
ing, but went down before the army
of ofiiceholders. The old soldiers re-
fused to attend the convention because
they said 1t was already slated for
White by fair or foul means. They
have refused to take any part in polit-
ical matters whatever since the treat
ment accorded them at the district
conventions on last Saturday. They are
now getting up an independent Re
,Nt.hIsonfa ffalraf n aifu alnNfInr IN
be held April 5, and have taken a SOL
emn obligation not to support the Re-
publican ticket.
When the delegations were selected
at today's convention, the names OF
only two colored people appeared on
the lists. w. r. johnson, the leading
colored Republican politiGg1sxs4 this
city, who was delegate, arose ard de-
nounced the proceedings yof the con-
ventlon. He stated there were 500
negro votes in Huntington and that
they were entitled to at least five deli
egates, and that If fair representation
was not given them they would resent
it and go to the polls and fight the
ticket.
Johnson was Missed and the conven-
ton refused TO make any change In
the list of delegates.
All the leading colored people OF this
city are warm adherents of Freer.
Whites lieutenants could find but two
colored people to put on the delega-
ton.
The Congressional delegation was in
structed for Postmaster. j. A Hughes,
of this city.
To-days convention gave great
many hard knocks to the old ship, and
stirred up much bad blood.
Hon. c. w. swisher, or Marion coun-
ty, candidate for auditor, was conspic-
uous at the convention. His friends
claim large majority of Cabell's Dell
egation for him.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-03-04
The SNOW RECORD.

ROCHESTER ". z. March 3.-Forty-
three and one-haif inches Of snow in six
ty-thres hours ID the record established
herA
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-03-04
THE WEATHER.

WASHINGTON. March 3-For Ohio
Partly cloudy Sunday. Monday. snow %
rain fresh soEthsrly winds, becoming
frssk h nigh norfkseriy Monday
For Western PeDnsy anta--Fa!r Sunday:
Monday STOW or rain. winds becoming
brisk 10 high EoEtheFiy Monday.
For West Virgil ia-Fatr Sunday: Monday
urogbably rain N northwest half. southerly
winds. becoming n.nthersy.
Mr.. G. Gchnepf, the Opera House drug
xtsr made the following observations OF
the Temperature yesterday: = m. ~;
a. M 81, II m, ~. p4uz-s 81 y. u, ~
WAaxher clear.
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steamshIp Novement..

LIvERPooL-Arrive1: campansa. New
York.
LoNDoN-Arrtved: Marquette, New
York
BRIsBANE-Arriyed: Miowera, Victor
=. p. G.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-03-04
LAFAYETTE DOLLAR
FORMALLY PRESENTED
TO PRESIDENT LOUBET OF FRANCE,
BY PRESIDENT M'KINLEY'S
COMMISSIONERS,
THE HON. ROBERT J. THOMPSON.
WAS ACCOMPANIED BY UNITED
STATES AMBASSADOR PORTER.

Made in a Few Brief.
But Appropriate Remarks-An Ex-
PLANTATION of the Existence of the
Coin, and What the La Fayette
Monument Is Intended to SYM
bolize - President Loubet's Re-
Spouse Cordial.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-03-04
snecial 10 AZ Reg!ster.


SPENCER, w. Va, March AT
the Republican delegate convention
held here to-day instructions for Hon.
A. b. White passed with but slight OPP
position.
Instructions for Senator II. G. Wood
yard for Congress and for Hon. r. II.
Flynn for delegate to the national cons
vention passed without opposition.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-07-05
DROPPING TO EARTH.
The Feat of Jumping From a Balloon
With a Parachute.

'1s it a dangerous business ?" said the
aerOnaut in answer to question. ''No
The crowds at the fair grounds, at the
Fourth Of July celebrations, the land
sales and the picnics all think that ou1
work going up into the air couple OF
thousand feet and then dropping back
to the earth is a dreadfully danger Gus
trick, but the men who do it think moth
ing of it. OF course a man must have
nerve and must have confidence in his
parachute, and then if he keeps his wits
about him and keeps sober the rest is
easy. We get $3.50 for an ascension,
$500 a day when we give a weeks per-
formances, and when we have a month s
stand the price is much lower, but the
pay is always good, and, besides this and
the excitement, we have the satisfaction
of being great heroes in the towns where
we show"
In a corner Of the room stood a canvas
covered roll about as large in diameter
as a flour barrel and little higher.
'"There's a balloon" said the aeronaut,
"all ready to be sent away for use, and
in the trunk are the ropes, life belts and
all the fixings requisite for initiating ex-
cept what we get on the spot. When
we reach the fair grounds or any place
where we expect to give an exhibition,
we build a trench about IS feet loug,
two feet wide and three feet deep, and in
this fire Is made Of dry hard wood. The
favorite material is old barrel slaves.
When the fire has been built, the ex-
cavation is covered over with sheet iron
and two inches of earth. Then layer
of planks soaked with water is put Oh
and on this a final coating Of earth. This
is all done to keep the metal from get
ting too hot and sagging with the weight
of the people who stand on it to hold the
balloon while the hot air is going through
a portable cylinder and into the balloon.
'fWhen the balloon is full, it is about 85
feet high and 145 feet In circumference.
1t is made of ordinary sheeting and will
carry a man to the height of one mile If
the wind is favorable 1t will remain up
until the air cools off, usually about two
hours. While the hot air is going into the
balloon there is a man on the inside who
has a wet cloth tied over his mouth and
nostrils to protect him against the smoke.
1t is his business to keep an eye on the
operation and quench any stray spark
that may get into the balloon. When the
word is given, Everybody let go! he
must get where the ropes can't catch him
when the balloon shoots into the air. Ii
he is caught and does not retain his nerve
and drops, he may land in the basket
with the two aeronauts, or he may cause
the death of all three. The show usually
consists Of going up about 1000 feet and
then making the jump with the para
chute"
The paracbutes hang at either side Of
the balloon and are not great umbrellas,
as many people believe them to be, but
resemble more closely the upper part of a
balloon, with a lot Of ropes terminating
in a trapeze bar. It is all cloth and rope
and has no ribs. When expanded, it is
about 10 feet in diameter.
In speaking Of the jump the aeronaut
said: when the earth has disappeared
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-07-05

and when the sound of the music has
died out, one man pulls the parachute on
his side Of the basket, gets on the bar
and swings himself off into space, and
there he hangs for a few seconds In or
above the clouds. Then he pulls a rope
which causes a knife to cut a string by
which the parachute is held, and then he
drops. He falls about 300 feet before the
rush Of air opens the parachute, and
when that happens the resistance is so
great that he rebounds about 40 feet!
That's the time to hold on and keep your
teeth set and your wits about you. After
the rebound the parachute goes down.
slowly in a zigzag way and lands the
aeronaut with about the same velocity as
though he had jumped down a distance
of six feet When the first man has
jumped, the lightened balloon shoots up
a considerable distance, and when it has
settled the second man makes his jump.
He has the better end Of it, for his par
achute has more time to fill, but ne usu-
ally lands farther away from the show
grounds than the first man.
Coming back to earth is a strange
sensation. 1t lasts about five to eight
minutes and is always, no matter how
often one has made the trip, at least in
teresting. If one has the good luck to
come down near to the place where he
went up, one of the first sounds that he
hears is the footing of the band, and
the tune is usually the same, so that g6-
ing and coming the last and first sounds
are up in a balloon, boys.
People think it a risky business and
look upon the balloon man as foolhardyy
but the woods are full of men who want
to go into it. The man who says he
would not mind going up, jumping and
being killed is the man we can't use,
We want cool, active, fearless men, with
good judgment and the proper apprecia-
ton of life.
Il had a strange experience once with
a new man." said the aeronaut. 'Wel
made the ascent all right, and when it
came time to jump the new man wanted
to back out, saying he was afraid to
jump. There were two things to dorfi
one to remain up until the balloon cooled
off and then come down with it ard BY
that means spoil the show or to make
the fellow jump, and it didn't take me
long to make up my mind what to do.
He had a life line about him which would
hold him on the parachute even If he
slipped off the bar, so / told him to move
over on the outside to balance the ball
loon. He got out on the bar, never sus-
pecting what would happen, and when
| made sure that the life line was all
right I cut the line by which the par84
chute was held, and away he went back
to the ground. | watched him as he went
down. | shot up, and when | reached
the earth myself l found that he had
landed all right. He has made the leap
many times since then and has learned
that there is not so much danger coh-
nected with the business as he fancied
there VI New York Tribune.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-07-05

It is apparent therefore to all that in this
supreme exigency OF the republic de-
mand goes forth not for faint hearted
declaration OF platform platitudes, but
for q man. Yes, 9 man who stands like
a mighty rock in the desert; q man who
knowing the right viii dare to do the
right; man who, rather than follow
multitude tn do evil; Will stand like
Pomp6y' pillar, c0nspicuois by himself
and single in integrity. SUCH man as
the one part this convention will tender
to the nation as their candidate for Presi-
dent. A man who is unsurpassed as a
citizen, unequalled as an orator, courage
Gus as a soldier, conspicuous in every ele-
nent that constitutes the typical ana the
true American, William j. Bryan of Ne
braska.
Tie first token of approval given to his
address was that which greeted his first
mention of 16 to 1. The applause, how
ever, was rather feeble and scattering.
Much more rorcible was the shout that
followed the declaration that the COM
ing campaign was to be a trial of the
republic against the empire.
: The hall had become very quiet by this
time and the address of Chairman Rich
ardson was given a much better hearing
than any that had preceded it. His ar
raignment of the failure of the ReDubli-
can party to establish bi-metallism and
the creation instead of a single gold
standard was received with manifesto
tions Of hearty approval.
The conclusion of Chairman Richard
SON 8 speech which he had arranged un-
der 10 separate heads was the signal for
terrific aDDlause. and cheers.
His mention Of W. J. Bryan brough
the convention to its feet in frenzy of
enthusiasm.
By common impulse the poles bearing
the names of the states were torn up and
thrust in the air. Texas and New York
became engaged in a rivalry as to which
should hold the names of their state the
highest in the air and the emblem of the
Empire state went up nearer the ceiling
by foot than Texas had been able to
reach.
While the strife was going on between
the two states the frenzy had taken hold
of the other delegations and from all
parts of the hall men came plunging
through the throng carrying their state
emblems. Cheering like maniacs they
strove to raise the name of their state to
the level of that of New York. The effort
was useless, however, and held firm by
the Tammany men New York kept its
place. The Georgia men wrought up by
their failure to equal New York made a
rush for the speakers stand. They
hoisted their man upon the platform and
lifted him upon a chair The effort was
successful and New York was collapsed.
After the excitement had continued for
some 10 minutes Chairman Richardson
attempted to bring order out of the chaos
that ruled upon the floor.
The demons tration continued for
twenty-nine and half minutes Order
was then sufficiently restored to recognize
Delegate J. G. johnson of Kansas who
made motion that the convention al
journ until 30 a. m. tomorrow. At
10 80 the chairman declared the conven-
ton adjourned.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-07-05
RECORDS BROKEN

Bridgeport, CT, July 4.-One of the
most sensational and exciting bicycle
races ever held In this section took place
at Pleasure Bsaoh park this afternoon,
when John A. Nelson Of Chicago. Harry
Caldwell OF Manchester, N. H., and
Everett E. Ryan Of Waltham, Mass, par
tfcipated in % mile motor paced con
test. All world S records were broken
from the 9th to the 95th mile by Nelson,
who finished in 89.45. The previous
record WAS Il 40 4-5.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-07-05

something to rub my old man with got
a liniment, Of course. 1t must have been
her twin sister who wrote for some
thing to knock a cold out of an old man.
Another peculiar demand is for enough
aniseed to take the twist out of dose of
senna'
''These odd orders I might read until
daylight. Send me a baby's top to
nurse bottle meant, no doubt, a nursing
bottle top, and something for sore ba-
by's eye is not easy to mistake. ! have
also appeals for remedies for 'swelled
woman's foot and a man with a dry
spit on him.
'The phonetic sounding is, however,
the most odd feature of the whole bust
ness. Cardamom seed l have had de-
scribed as 'colored man seed and Nc
Gordon seeds Orders for uDguentum
have been couched in requests for honey
Quintom,' Annie Quintom' and Anne
Grintum.' Orders for bug mint and
'barneget' I have filed with bergamot,
and to man who asked for campfire I
gave camphor. Arrowroot is frequently
written air root, and on one occasion
had a written request for 'raving bald
Sam when Arabian balsam was intend
ed.
"Some Of the other mistakes that I
have noticed in the last ten years at this
stand have been Cupid for cubeb, glory
farm for chloroform, COX sled acid for
Oxalic acid, lord worm for laudanum,
paint killer for pain killer, strip Of
swilP for strip of squills, gross of sup
plements' for corrosive sublimate and
Mary attic acid for muriatic acid.
But / do not mind all these. 1t is the
woman who wants 8 cents worth of CO.
logne to smell a trunk and the chap who
asks for "a mixture of two-thirds alco-
hol and two-thirds castor oil that puzzle
the average druggist. They are what we
call blind writer's, but we manage to
guess what they want. 1t keeps us
thinking at times, though. New York
Mail and Express.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-07-05
A HARVARD INSTRUCTOR
Arrested For Shooting HIS BrOther-in-
Law In Boston.

Cambridge, Mass, july 4.-Charles r.
Eastman of Cambridge, instructor in
Harvard university, was arrested tonight
charged with shooting his brother-in-
law, who died from his injuries in a short
time. Eastman claims the shooting was
accidental.
The shooting occurred on the grounds
of the Alvan Clark estate in Cambria ge-
port where the men had erected a target
and been practicing with revolvers. Just
how the shooting occurred is very uncer-
tain, the only facts positively known be-
ing that Grogan received bullet in his
heart, causing his death about eight min
utes later and that Eastman received
slight flesh wound in the thigh from a
bullet supposed to have been fired from
Grogan's revolver.
The police incline to the theory that
Grogan fired the first shot, wounding
Eastman slightly and that the latter fired
the fatal shot IN return. Eastman has for
sometime been an Instructor in Harvard
and is highly respected, Grogan was in
terested in the livery stable business.
No enmity Is known to have existed be-
tween the men.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-07-05
A Spectacle of Carnage Scarcely
Ever Witnessed In War.

Tacoma, Wash, July NEARLY hun
dred people, passengers on car bound
for this city, were plunged down a gulch
at Goth and G streets this morning. Those
who were standing on the platform
dropped off only to be wounded by the
heavy body of the coach while others
inside were killed and MANNED before
they knew what had happened The car
Jumped the track and was smashed to
kindling wood in the bottom of the
chasm over hundred feet below. The
dead will number nearly three score for
there are many Of the injured who will
never recover and there are at least sixty
OF the passengers of the car now in the
various hospitals and under the care OF
their own physicians 1t was one OF
the most appalling accidents that has
ever occurred in this city and it came at
a time when it was least expected, 1t
was a spectacle of carnage = such as is
scarcely ever observed in war for car
wheels and trucks and heavy timbers
make more horrible wounds than bullet
and shell and the agonizing cries Of the
wounded and the dying as they laid on
the sides of the gulch and on the bottom,
or were held down under heavy tinbers
that had once formed a part of the
wrecked car could be heard for blocks
away.
Ropes were quickly procured and the
victims of the wreck were drawn care
fully to the top of the gulch AMI their
wounds attended to as fast as it was pos
oiI,lo fo,. t1,o n,l,.reioiarnr II rrlrl-
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-07-05
Three Unknown Men Run Amuck
With ReuOIvers.
One Of Victims Will Die
of Injuries.
Police Are Securing Country
For Men.

Dover, N. H., July As the result Of
q shooting affray on Main street about II
O'Clock tonight, John McNally aged 50,
is dead, Thomas Dobbins, aged 80, and
Joseph Gagone are lying at the point of
death, while Arthur Russell of Somers-
worth was shot in the right leg, although
his injuries will not prove fatal. The
shooting was done by three unknown
men who made their escape Immediately.
The entire police force are securing the
country and the police of surrounding
towns and cities have been notified.
1t is stated that James Allen met the
three men who did the shooting shortly
before the affair occurred and that they
were insulting some women. Mr.. Allen,
it is stated, spoke to them and said that
the women were respectable, decent
women, and told them to leave them
alone. The men then fell upon Allen and
gave him severe beating. They then
commenced to shoot into an alleyway
and wounded Joseph Gagone and Arthur
Russell, the former probably fatally.
Rushing down the street a little farther
they shot John McNally and Thomas
Dobbins who were sitting on a door step.
McNally died about five minutes after he
was shot and 1t is believed that Dobbins
cannot recover.
The city marshal was notified and inn
mediately set to work sending the entire
police force to soour the cou ntry for some
trace Of the alleged murderers. The men,
it is said, have been about the city for
several days but only meagre descriptions
of them are to be obtained.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-07-05
THE HOBOKEN FIRE.
bodies Recovered Now Number One
Hundred and TSventy-six.

New York, July 4-Up to II O'Clock
tonight 1876 bodies had been recovered
from the waters of the North river, vic
TINS OF the disaster at the North German
Lloyd steamships docks. There are yet
over 155 people missing. Complaints
against tug boat captains are still being
made. First Officer Schaeefer Of the
Saale says he is positive that had the
Kaiser Wilhelm der Crosse not been in
port, neither the Saale, the Bremen nor
the Main would have been DESTROYED.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-07-05
IDAHO FOR LEWIS.

Kansas City, July 1.-The Idaho dele
CATION held its caucus at a. m. and de-
cided to place the name OF J. Hamilton
Lewis before the convention as a candi-
date for vice president. Mr.. Lewis viii
be placed in nomination by Mr.. Dunphy
of Washington. When the roll OF states is
called Idaho will yield its place to Wash
ington and after the speech of Mr..
Dunphy, j. W. Reid of Idaho will second
the nomination of Mr.. Lewis.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-07-05
DR. CLARK FOR PRESIDENT.

Davenport, la, July 4.-W. R. Ben
kert of Rock Island, chairman of the
Christian Union, announces that Francis
E. Clark, president Of the United So
ciety Of the Christian Endeavor, has
been named as the Unions candidate for
President Of the United States, and Rev.
Chas. NJ. Sheldon of Topeka, for Vice
Prasident
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-07-05
LIMERICK.

Limerick, July Mrs. Alice Skill
ings and daughter Of Portland, are at heI
fathers in Limerick for a short visit
with Helen and Ernest Foss, also OF Port
land, who will remain for the summer
Mrs. Margie S. Blake and son, @. b
Blake, of Providence, r. I are with
Miss Jennie SWasey, Mrs. Blake's sister,
for the summer.
Freeland H Cakes of SacO, has been
making a short visit with his wife at her
fathers, in our village. She will remain
some time longer.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-07-05
MICHAEL DEFEATED-

Philadelphia, July 4.-Floyd A. Mac
Farland of San Jose, Cal, defeated
Jimmy Michael today in a 20 mile motor
paced mile on the board track at Wood
side park