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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-04-12


WASHINGTON. April 1.-THE long
and bitter struggle over the Puerto
Rican tariff bill ended to-day when
the House. by vote of 161 to 1853, con-
Cured in all the Senate amendments.
The bill now requires only the sigma
ture of the Speaker OF the House and
ing to the President for his approval.
These signatures will be attached to-
morrow and before nightfall the bill
probably will be law.
AS the bill originally passed the
House it was simple bill imposing 15
per cent. of the Dingley rates on goods
going into Puerto Rico from the United
States and from Puerto Rico coming
into the United States. As amended
by the Senate and to-day agreed to by
the House, all restrictions on goods
coming into the United States from
Puerto Rico are eliminated. and certain
food stuffs and other articles which
heretofore have gone into Puerto Rico
free by executive order are excluded
from the operation OF the 10 per cent.
duty imposed on goods entering the
island from the United States A COM
plete scheme for civil government of
the island is also attached to the
measure.
Upon the final vote nine Republicans
voted against the BILL Messrs. Heat
wole, of Minnesota: Crumpacker, of In
diana; Lane, of Iowa; ,LittleheId. Of
Maine; Mccall, of Massachusetts,; II. c.
Smith, of Michigan; Warner, of Illl-
nois; Fletcher, of Maine; and Lorimer,
of Illinois. Two Democrats, Messrs.
Dayey and Meyer, of Louisiana. who
were paired with Democrats in favor
of the bill. and one Democrat, Mr.. Sib-
ley, of Pennsylvania, voted for il out
right. Mr.. De Vries, the other Demo-
crat who voted for the original bill, to-
day voted against concurrence Mr.
Stallings (Dem., Ala.) was the only
member on either side absent and un-
paired. The vote came at o'clock,
after a very interesting and at times
exciting debate of Ave hours,i which
covered not only the bill but the spe-
cial order under which the House acted
One of the most dramatic features
of the day was the reading by Mr.. Rich
ardson, the minority leader, of the
original opinion of Charles E. Magoon,
the legal adviser of the War Depart
ment, in favor of the view that the
Constitution extended over Puerto
Rico ex proprie vigore. Mr. Dolliver,
of Iowa, in reply. termed Mr.. Magoon
clerk who tried to override the great
lawyer at the head OF the War Depart
ment. Messrs. H. G. Smith, OF Michl-
gan; Warner, of Illinois, Crumpacker.
of Indiana; Mccall, of Massachusetts,:
and Lorimer. of Illinois, all Republl-
cans, made speeches against the reso-
luton to concur.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-04-12

Special to the Register.
CLARKSBURG, w. Va, April Ii
At the dead hour of midnight the most
startling and loudest explosion ever
heard in these parts frightened tie
people from their peaceful slumbers.
They rushed from their homes iE their
night clothes to learn the cause of the
disturbance. Commotion grew con-
stantly stronger for an hour as no
tangible solution seemed possible, and
fears were entertained that subter-
ranean conclusion had taken place.
No one knew at what moment this
earth would be rent in twain by an
earthquake.
The banks were surrounded, but no
burglars were found.
Finally the Spanish gun at the B. &
o. depot park, presented to the city,
was remembered, and there was found
the cause.
Mischievous persons, unknown, had
ullSU IL lull VI pOWuC1 ouu SltJ oAo
discharged 1t.
The gun, weighing $500 pounds, was
dismounted and buried its butt into
the ground depth of two feet.
The cast iron trunion was blown to
pieces.
Madam Dowds house of i'll repute
was literally wrecked and the inmates,
badly shaken, plunged out of the doors
and windows in their night clothes
and ran wild.
Houses half a mile distant were per-
ceptibly shaken and windows ratified.
Fortunately there were no casual
ties. There is no clue.
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Little Fresh intelligence.

LONDON, April u, $40 a. m--There lie
little fresh intelligence from the seat Of
war IL South Africa 1t looks as though
Lord Roberts may be preparing to take
a strong force TO clear the Beers from
behind. A Cape Town dispatch says he
will not move for another week, owing 10
the necessity Of gathering stores and sup
plies.
SIR William Gatacre's sudden removal
is the theme Of much speculation. Hhe
curt manner In which II IS announced
causes much comment. The general tn
preston Is that II Is connected with the
Reddersburg affair. although there are
many who consider that there must be
something much more serious as other gen
erals in South Africa have been retained
in command after blunders more forrnid-
able than Gatacre's. The war Office has
received no news Of the death Of Col
Baden-PcweiI. and utterly 6iscred.ts the
ruunoe.
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COMMODORE MAYO DEAD
And His Secret Dies With Him-Mys-
terry of the Estrangement From
Youthful Bride May Never Be
Cleared Tn.

And HIS secret DIGS with hlm-Mys-
terry of the Estrangement From
i Youthful Bride May Never Be
Cleared Up.
WASHINGTON, D. c., April IL
Death last night sealed the silent lips
Of Commodore William K. Mayo, U. S.
N, retired. Tomorrow the great Sc
cret of his life-a secret which has puz-
zled Washington society for nearly
eight years-the secret of the estrange-
ment between the old sea dog of 10
and his bride of 20, will be buried with
him. 1t is doubtful if it will ever be
resurrected, for the womans lips are
also sealed.
He had been a widower for forty
years when, in 1892, he visited st.
Johnsburg, in the White Mountains.
and met Mrs Orville H. Stevens and
her 20-year-old daughter Jennie. He
fell in love with Jennie at first sight
ard wooed her with the ferver of a
man of her own age.
Surrounded by fifty schoolmates from
St. Margarets Seminary the young girl
placed her slender hand in the wrink-
led palm of the man old enough to be
her grandfather, and they were pro-
nounced man and wife. 1t would have
been we'll if a grinning skull and cross
bones had illuminated the marriage
certificate.
The tragedy came swiftly, In the
Fifth Avenue Hotel, New York, the
second night after the ceremony, Mrs.
Mayo shot the bolts of the bridal suite
and kept her husband out.
A week later 1000 guests gathered at
the big house in Washington to re-
ception. The bride could hardly be
prevailed on to come down and greet
them. When she did come and they
saw her, men and women shuddered at
the spectacle.
Three nights later she was found
wandering barefooted in her night robe
on the lawn of her husbands house;
her mind was shattered; her reason
was gone. She was taken back to her
fathers home and sent to sanitarium
where for several years she remained
in seclusion.
She sought a divorce on the ground
of cruelty. Commodore Mayo fore
stalled her with a western divorce on
the ground of her insanity. Last June
he married another young woman, who
had been his housekeeper, and she re-
NAMED his wife to the end, which came
last night.
Neither Commodore Mayo nor his
unhappy second wife would ever tell
the thing which drove them apart and
made wreck, almost in a night, of
young and beautiful and merry lass,
creature formed for happiness and
health.
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FIGHTING SAILORS
welcomed HOme-An Enthusiastic
Greeting Accorded the Cruiser
Powerfufs Men on Reaching


'"TcetiHS AccOTUeu the cruiser
POwerfuFs Men on Reaching
Portsmouth.
LONDON, April 1.-THE British
first class cruiser Powerful, whose
brigade did such splendid service in
the defense of Ladysmith, arrived at
Portsmouth this afternoon and was
received with immense enthusiasm by
thousands of people. The whole town
appeared to be in the neighborhood of
the waterside, which was lavishly
decorated with bunting, while the for
tifications and other points of vantage
were thronged with cheering crowds
waving flags. The warships in the
harbor were ablaze with bunting and
their crews manned ship and cheered
and cheered again as the Powerful en-
tered. The babel of sounds caused by
the bands, the cheering and the Shrek
ing of the sirens was deafening.
The first lord of the admiralty. Mr..
George j. Goschen, Admiral Sir Michael
Culme-Seymour, the commander-in-
chief at Portsmouth; Lord Durham and
others welcomed Capt. Lambton, his
officers and crew.
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WEST VIRGINIA COAL
VIII Help Out the Serious Shortage
Now Felt at Pittsburg.

VIII Help Out the Serious Shortage
Now Felt at Pittsburg.
PITTSBURG, Pa, April Ito avert
any shortage of coal which may be at
present threatened, or at any time dur
ing the scale year, the Pittsburg Coal
Company has closed contract for $780,.
600 tons of West Virginia coal, which
is to be delivered any time during the
present year on demand. The Pitts
burg Coal Company has ordered that
ten cars per day on this contract be
sent into the Pittsburg market at once,
to continue until further notice.
The Pittsburg Coal Company has the
privilege of doubling the contract if
necessary, so that all the local orders
can be filled without trouble in case
the mines now idle should remain so
indefinitely. Forty per cent. of the
river mines and sc of the 149 railroad
mines in the district are running to-
day.
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A B0ER PROTEST.
Notice to Portugal That Her Action
Is q Violation of Neutrality.

LONDON, April lit is learned
that the Boer governments have for
mally notified Portugal that they con-
slider the shipping of British troops
and munitions of war to Rhodesia by
way of Beira, Portuguese East Africa,
to be tantamount to hostile action.
This, however, will not stop General
Sir Frederick Carrington's force from
the Beers will make reprisals upon
Portugal remains to be seen. though
the best informed opinion here in
clines to the belief that the Beers are
not likely to back up their protest
with action that would bring them
into hostilities with still another
power
PARIS, April 1.-THE question OF
the transport of British troops across
Portuguese territory to Rhodesia with
the permission of Portugal, was
brought up in the Chamber of Deputies
to-day by two interpretations. The
minister of foreign affairs, NJ. Del
casse, in refusing to discuss the mat
ter, said that France had declared her
neutrality at the opening of the war,
but that she was not expected to guar.
antee the neutrality of other powers
France, he added, cannot be expected
to undertake alone such a guarantee
while the other powers hold back.
There was no reason to suppose that
French capital invested in Mozambique
would be endangered but if such a con-
dition arose the government would not
fail to furnish protection.
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ALL OF THEM BUT JOHNSTON
Obeyed Party Dictntion and Voted

Obeyed Party Dictntion and Voted
for the Porto Rico Tariff Bill.
Special 10 the Register.
WASHINGTON, D. c., April IL
Judge Johnston returned from his
trip to Bluefeld to-day in time to cast
his vote against the Porto Rican tariff
and civil government bill, in opposi-
ton to the tariff features of which
he made a speech some weeks ago.
The other members of the West Vir-
ginia delegation in the lower house,
Dovener, Dayton and Freer, went on
record in favor of the bill in obedi-
ence to party dictation. The bill it
self contains many provisions that
they will have a whole lot of trouble
in explaining to their constituents.
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LIKE LITTLE SOLDIERS.
The Pupils of the Parkersburg High
School Were Marched safely Out
of a Burning Building.


Special to the Register.
PARKERSBURG, w. Va, April IL.
The fortunate discovery in time of
a small blaze in the third story of the
Parkersburg High School this morn
ing probably saved many lives among
six hundred pupils of the school. A
passerby saw smoke escaping from the
upper windows and notified Superin-
tendent Fleming, who told the teach
ers one by one. and room at time
the children were formed in line and
marched out like little soldiers, keep
ing time to march played on the
piano by one of the older pupils.
The fire started in the chemical
laboratory and whether it was caused
by chemicals or by gas stove which
was left lighted is not known. The
fire was stubborn and burned for two
hours, but did little damage Water
however, caused a loss of $4,000 on
the building. 1t is insured.
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Military Examinations.

Special to the Register.
FAIRMONT, W. Va. April 1.-THE
Board of Officers of the National Guard,
consisting Of Col. C. L. Smith. president;
Major H R Smith. of Clarksburg, and
Lieutenant z. 7. Kalbaugh, of Piedmont,
is in session here to-day. They will prob
ably conclude their work tomorrow. Those
taking the examination for promotion are
Capt A. J. Moore, of Martinsburg, to ma
jor; Second Lieutenants J. y. Parks and
]. H. Waddell-Parks TO First Lieutenant
and Wadden 10 Captain
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To Succeed Gatacre.

LONDON, April 12.-The Bloemfon-
tein correspondent of the Times, tele-
graphing Wednesday, says:
ut is announced in general orders
that Gen. Sir Herbert Chermside has
been appointed to the command of the
Third division, vice Gen. Sir VIM. Cat
acre, ordered home to England"
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-04-12
BOARD OF EQUALIZATION
AdjOurns TIL May 1-Expects to Hear
From Delinquent Counties by

Special TO the Register.
CHARLESTON, w. v, April IL
The State board of equalization met
this morning and adjourned to May /,
when it is expected that the four eoun-
ties which have not completed their
reassessments will have their reports
in. The board has set Wednesday,
May ., for hearing contests from the
counties of Kanawha, Putnam, Clay,
Boone. Raleigh and Fayette. AS soon
as these counties shall nave been heard
the board will go to Wheeling to hear
the Panhandle counties. TLey can
not fix the exact day for the beginning
of their sittings In Wheeling till they
are nearly finished hera
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FAILED TO AGREE.

IRON MoIders ana IRON Founders
Close n Two Days Conference
without Agreement.
CINCINNATI, O., April 11-Repre-
sentatiyes of the National Iron Found
ers Association and the International
Iron Molders Union, after two days
conference here, have disagreed on the
wage scale. The demand of the men
was for an advance of twenty-five
cents day on the minimum wages of
$2.i5, and for other concessions. The
outcome will depend now on the action
of the local unions throughout the
country and may result in a combina-
ton to enforce the demand.
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A CASE AGREED UPON.
1t Will BE Hurried Through the
Courts to Final Determination.


FRANKFORT, KY, April 1.-THE
attorneys in the contest cases for the
minor State offices have prepared an
agreement which will be signed to-
day. Under its terms an agreed upon
case is to be made up and advanced
through the State courts. The inten-
ton is to hurry this case through In
time for it to be taken up by the Uni
ted States Supreme Court with the
case involving the title to the Offices
of Governor and Lieutenant Governor.
The hearing of the Combs habeas
Judge Cantrill until tomorrow.
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COMMISSIONS ISSUED
To Officers of the New RowIesburg
Militia Company-Fills Second
Regiment.

Special to the Register.
CHARLESTON, w. Va, April IL
A commission was issued to-day to
Carlton G. Pierce to be Captain OF a
new company of the West Virginia
National Guard recently organized at
Rowlesburg, Preston county A COM
mission was also issued to c. W. Da-
Wis to be First Lieutenant Of the same
company. The new company will be
a member of the First regiment, and
will make the two regiments of the
National Guard complete.
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BOON, WENT The GUN
AND IN A MOMENT THE PEOPLE OF
CLARKSBURG WE'RE WILD
WITH FRIGHT.

Some Thought 1t an Earthquake,
and Others Thought Other Things.
The Banks Were Surrounded, but
in yain-F N ally Some One
thought of the Spanish Gun, and
There a Solution Was Found-A
House Shattered and the TruniOn
of the Gun DemOIished-NO Clue
to the Practical JOkers.
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Fighting Continues.

PRETORIA, Tuesday, April TO-
The latest news from the front is that
fighting is continuing at Elandslaagte
(NataD and De Vets Dorp (Orange
Free State) but no particulars have
been received.
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Po,tomces discontinued.

Special to the Register.
WASHINGTON, April 1.-THE following
West Virginia postoffices have been dis
continued, to take effect April IA: Drexel.
Roane county, mail for which should be
sent to Spring Garden; and Frost, Poca-
hontas county, mail to Sunset. Mail mes
senger service has been established at
New Richmond. Summers county, from
c. & o railway
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-04-12
A SPEEDY ADJUSTMENT
OF Differences Between the ID. & o.
and the Keyser ShOpmen Looked


For.
Special to the Register.
KEYSER, W. Va. April 1.-THE
committee from the Baltimore and
Ohio shops at Keyser, who waited up
on the officials at Baltimore, asking
that the wages Of the employees be
adjusted, returned yesterday, well
pleased with their visit and the pros
poets of a speedy adjustment. The
wages paid now are as follows: Lead
men, $500; mechanics, $50; me-
chanics' helpers, 81 10; laborers, S1.10.
The prices asked for by the committee
are as follows: Lead men, Sc so; me-
chanics, $500; helpers, $3.50; labor
ers, s1.35. The matter of piece work
was deferred for a short time.
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Condition of the Treasurx

WASHINGTON. April 11.-To-day's
statement of the treasury balances in
the general fund exclusive of the $780,
100000 gold reserve in the division of
redemption. shows: Available cash
balance, s14s,272,731; gold, 500, 504, 42s.
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OFFICERS ELECTED
By the Grand Lodge. knights o
Honor, at Huntington.

by the Grunu LOOSe. hn1SnIS OIL
Honor, at Huntington.
Special to the Register.
HUNTINGTON, w. Va, April IL
The Grand Lodge Knights of Honor
of West Virginia, adjourned its seven
teenth biennial session here to-day
The officers elected are: R. Robert
Alexander, of Parkersburg, Grand
Dictator; F. D. Staley, Martinsburg,
Vice Dictator; o. H. Bruce, Pied
mont, Reporter; l.. B. Purdy, Mounds
vile, Treasurer; J. B. Maair, Man
nington, Chaplain; Supreme Repre-
sentatives, Robert Alexander, Wheel
ing, and A. J. Stone, Fairmont.
The Grand Lodge Will meet in 1901
at Parkersburg.
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nouncement may, after all, be merely
q rehash of the Boer versions Of San
mas Post and Reddersberg, although
it should certainly be borne in mind
that the Nails telegram speaks dis
tinctly OF third British defeat.
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Special TO the Register.

Special to the Register.
PARKERSBURG, w. Va, April Ii
A terrible catastrophe occurred at
Daisy postoffice. about eight miles
south of here, last night, when the
home of Peyton Ruble was destroyed
by fire, and his wife and nephew
burned to death Mr.. Ruble was prob
ably fatally burned, and his aged moth
er was severely burned.
The house was a two-story frame,
and besides living in it Mr.. Ruble kept
small store and in the store the Daisy
postoff1ce was kept. The family re-
tired early, the elder Mrs. Ruble down
stairs and the rest on the second floor.
About II o'clock the old lady was
awakened by the smell of smoke and
found the house in flames. She rushed
up stairs and awakened Mr.. Rubie,
who in his excitement
Rushed Out With His Mother,
who was almost suffocated, without
arousing the rest of the family.
Remembering them he ran up stairs,
but it was too late. The flames had
cut him off. Three times he tried to
climb the stairs and rescue his wife
and little nephew, but each time he
was driven back by the flames. His
son, who had been spending the night
at neighbours, came home and also
tried to save the family. At last they
gave it up and from the outside called
to Mrs. Ruble to jump from the WIN
dow. She broke the sash out and was
just in the act of springing out the
window when she was overcome and
fell backward into the seething
flames.
Nothing was seen of Gordon Davis,
the six-year-old nephew of Mr.. Ruble,
and it is
Supposed He Was suffocated.
The charred remains of Mrs. Ruble
and the little boy were taken from
the ashes this morning.
Mr.. Ruble is so severely burned that
it is thought he can not recover. His
face is burned so badly that his eyes
hang out on his face and he was SO
overcome by the shock and the pain
that his reason has been dethroned
and six men are required to hold him
in bed.
The son, Reeder Ruble, young man
who lives in Parkersburg, had been to
see his parents and went to spend the
night at a neighbours, two miles away.
But
He Felt PremOnitiOn
that something was wrong and leaving
the neighbours house started home. He
was a quarter of mile from home
when he saw the flames and fastened
TO the relief of his mother, but it was
too late The older Mrs. Ruble is SUI
fering from slight burns and from
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RESERVE Agent Approyed.

Special to the Register.
WASHINGTON, April 1.-THE new First
National Bank of Columbus, O., has been
approved by the Comptroller of the Cur
rency as reserve agent of the Davis ia
t.onal Bank, Of Piedmont. w. Va
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george 5 CREEK STRIKE ON.
FIVE THOUSAND MEN GAVE UP
THEIR EMPLOYMENT LAST
NIGHT

In an Effort to Enforce Recognition
of the United Mine Workers
Union and for an Advance of Five
Cents a TOn-OperatOrs Say They
Will Simply Close Their Mines.
The Men Are Peaceable and Or
derby, but Determined.
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FatalIy Hurt Nv a Car

Special to the Register
FAIRMONT, W. Va. April u.-Samuel
Leo was run over by a car at coal mine
near here to-day. One arm and leg were
severed from his body. He died in fifteen
minutes after having reached the hospital.
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Quarantine Raised.

Special to the Register
FAIRMONT, w. Va, April 1.-THE
health board of this county has raised its
quarantine against the counties infected
with smallpox
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THE PORTO R|CM MEASURE
THE HOUSE YESTERDAY CONCUR.
RED IN THE AMENDMENTS
OF THE SENATE

And All That Remains to Make the
Bill a Law Is the Signature of
the President-Nine Republicans
Showed Sufficient Independence 10
Vote Against the Bill, in Spite OF
the Caucus Demands.
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CAMPS SHELLED BY B0ERS |
STRONGLY FORTIFIED POSI-
TION IN NORTHERN NATAL.

A Long Tom Again in Use-Fire Was
Opened ON the British Position
From Different Points and Con-
tinued Three Hours-COnfiicting
Reports of BOer Victory at
MeerkatsfOntein.
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TWO WERE BURNED 70 DEATH.
AND ANOTHER SUFFERED SUCH
INJURIES THAT HE CANNOT
RECOVER.

l Terrible Fire Mt Daisy Postomce,
Eight Miles Below Parkersburg.
The Wife and Nephew of PeytOn
RubIe the Victims-Mr. Ruble So
Badly Burned That He Has Be-
come Insane From the Pain--Fire
Caused by Defective EIue.