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TOOK Tiffany FOR 4 TRAMP
NEW YORK MILLIONAIRE FED AND
PATRONIZED By A SHAKER
SISTER IN MAINE
Then Gave Him a Hand-out-Wealthy
Head of the Jewelry
House ReciprOcated by Sending
Sister Aurelia q Handsome Silver
Service.

NEW YORK, April 27.-It might be
called a romance of two cities but that
one of them is a little Shaker village
up in New England.
Charles L. Tiffany, head of the great
jewelry house, was at Poland Spring
House enjoying the Maine mountains
and climate, and one afternoon went
for a long walk. He didn't find the
COW pastures and the blackberry rots
as smooth walking as it is in Central
Park, but it was beautiful. He went
on and on.
At last he stopped to take his bear
ings. He was lost. Nothing but
stretches of sweet fern, dotted here
and there by giant bull thistles, COW
cred the vast hillsides around him.
Mr.. Tiffany did what any sensible
man would have done. He steered by
the sun, and after an hour and a half
of struggling through blackberry blam-
bles and over beds of ferns and ground
hemlock he came out on a locky road.
At the top of the next hill was a tiny
village with snow-white houses against
the blue Of the sky.
Weary and worn he walked up to
the place. His clothes were torn. He
did not look like the great New York
jeweler. The blackberry prickers had
scratched his hands and face. But he
enjoyed the adventure. 1t was a new
experience. He hadn't the least idea
where he was
Once in the village he recognized
the peculiar dress of the women and
the long hair of the men. 1t was the
Shaker village two or three miles from
Poland Spring House.
Over the door of one of the houses
was Trustees Office. Visitors are Al
ways Welcome" Seeing a cool-looking
we'll with an ol~d-fashioned sweep, he
went up to the door with the intention
of asking for a drink.
Aunt Aurena, n of the sweet-faced
tender-hearted addresses of the village,
answered the bell. The sight of the
weary, tra~vel-stained stranger told it's
W story. No knight of the road was
ever turned away from that hospitable
door. And before the rich New York,
er realized that he was taken for one
in distress he was seated in the quiet
sitting room and the women in the
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-04-28
METHODIST BISHOPS
Are in Session at IndianapoIis-Dnnc-
ing and Going Laws Not
~PrOhuhIe.

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, April 27.-The first
days session of the bishops of the Meth
odist church was taken up in the discus
sion of the conditions in the different
conferences.
When approached on the subject of
changes in the discipline of the church
and the insertion of a law prohibiting both
dancing and theatre going, Bishop Warren
said:
Nothing along this line will be done at
our meeting. AS a matter of fact, we
could not decide upon this point. The
staff Of bishops Of the church simply rep
resents the executive body and we simply
execute the orders of the conferences.
an the matter of the rules of the church
1 do not know that any important changes
will be made at the general conferences in
Chicago unless it will be TO allow laymen
an equal representation at the confer
ences. By that l mean that the change
carries with it the admittance to the con-
ferences as many laymen as churchmen.
I'm my mind there Is little doubt hat
this will become a law In the church. 1t
requires a three-fourths vote, and l think
the sentiment of fully hat number has
been expressed in favor OF the movement
The conferences which will end to-mor-
row are strictly executive.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-04-28

Shaker kitchen below were hurriedl3
preparing a lunch in Aunt Aurelia'E
private dining room.
The sister herself came in with q
dust broom and a pitcher of iced lem
onade. Once or twice MI. Tiffany was
about to explain who he was and to
say that he was a guest at the Poland
Spring House, but she gave him no
chance.
ut is a dreadful thing to be out of
work, sir, but thee should thank God
thee has thy strength and health" said
Aunt Aurelia as he slipped his lemonade
in refreshing mouthfuls.
Il am not exactly out of work, my
good woman, but if there is anything
I can do to help the community
NAY, nay. Thou art tired, and the
men have finished the haying. Thou
shalt rest a little, and then go thy way
again."
Mr.. Tiffany began to enjoy the ex-
perience. A glance at the little mirror
in the room explained why she took
him for a wanderer. A little after, in
spite of his protests, he was sitting in
the dining down stairs, with the
Shaker sister bustling around the
room.
Mr.. Tiffany has enjoyed many good
meals in the course of his active life.
He knows, for instance, what a dinner
can be at the Holland House or the
Waldorf-Astoria. But in all his life he
has never enjoyed a lunch as much as
he did that one.
Perhaps the omanc of it added to
the flavor of the meal. The fact that
everything served came from the farm
of the Shakers was another thing. The
light bread, he was told, was made of
flour ground out in their own mill.
The honey was from the row of hives
down among the clover in the orchard;
the preserves from the dark cellars;
the berries from the sunny gardens,
where the little Shaker lassies in their
demure ~sunbonnets worked all day
pulling weeds and killing time.
AT last the guest could eat no more,
and rose with a sigh of regret. From
the back window of the room could be
seen the woodshed and a pile of wood.
Who splits all that wood?" asked
Mr.. Tiffany.
ooh, the boys do it. There was a
poor fellow along here a month ago
who split nearly a cord in one day.
We gave him a suit of clothes for it."
Mr.. Tiffany glanced at his soft hands
and hesitated. Il am not much on
splitting wood" he admitted, "but-"
NAY, nay, thou art too tired and
have been too far to-day. Come up to
the sitting room and rest, and then go
thy way"
Sister Aurelia led. Passing the
kitchen door she whispered to one of
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-04-28
CONCERNING INDIVIDUALS.
The Movements of Citizens and the
Arrival and Departure of Strang.

The Movements of Citizens and the
Arrival and Departure of Strang-
ers.
Albert Hofer is the new night clerk
at the Windsor.
L. P. Griffin, of Warrington, is stop
ping at the Stamm.
Tom Howell, of Cleveland, is a Wis
itor in the city this week.
]. L. Jepson, Of Brownsville, was in
the city on business yesterday.
o. w. Bammerlin, a piano man of
Massillon, o., is in the city on business.
George H. Moffett. of Parkersburg,
and j. F. McHenry, of Fairmont, are at
the Mcclure.
Jacob Koontz, of New Martinsville;
John p. Hamilton. of Fairview, are
guests at the Nichols.
Prof. f. H. Crago is able to be out
again after being confined to his home
for several days i'll of rheumatism.
DIR. T. H. Meighen, who has been seri-
ously i'll from the effects of a %carbuncle
on the back of his neck, is very much
improved.
Charles E. Johnson, district passen-
ger agent of the Wisconsin Central,
whose headquarters are in Pittsburg,
is in the city.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. NJ. Meighen, of
M%oundsville, are visiting Mrs. Neigh
ems sister, Mrs. James w. Alexander,
of Bridgeport, o.
C. Herbert Pickens, the popular
clerk at Stewards pharmacy, will leave
tomorrow morning on a pleasure trip
to various points in Ohio.
The Misses Mary Gardner, Jennie
Jepson and Emily Pollock are the
guests of Miss Alice Bates, at her home
three miles east of the city.
r. W. Hall, Fairmont; j. C. Briggs,
Mrs. ]. ii. Bowers, st. Mary's; Harry
S. Reich, New Martinsville, are regis
tered at the Grand Central.
Rev. r. r. Bigger, pastor Of the Third
Presbyterian church, will attend the
Christian Endeavor convention at
Bethany during the coming week.
Master Will ZarnltZ, OF South Chap-
line street, who was accidentally
thrown from his bicycle Thursday and
sustained painful injuries, was reported
to be much improved yesterday.
L. C. Anderson, assistant attorney
general and candidate for State super
intendent of schools before the Re-
publican nominating convention, was
a business visitor in the city yester-
day.
Holly Simmons, of st. Mary's; j. c.
Bartlett, of Spencer; II. A. Wright,
Miss Bess Wright, and j. G. Smith, OF
S~istersville; j. C. McGrew and Mrs. f.
Heermens, of Kingwood; w. S. Wiley,
of New Martinsville; C. l.. Taylor, OF
Beech Bottom, are the State arrivals at
the Windsor.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-04-28
NEWS NOTES OF YESTERDAY.
A Collection of tile Small ven of
Ench Passing Day.

-Work is about completed on the
foundation for a new residence build
ing for Fred. Knuth at Jacob and
Fortieth streets.
"A large consignment OF stone has
arrived for the improvements to be
made to the Medick property at Chap
line and Twenty-fourth streets.
The hook and ladder firemen were
called by a still alarm yesterday about
noon TO the dump" on the creek bank.
near the old Arbenz building. A
large pile of rubbish had taken fire in
some manner and the flames were
quickly extinguished.
A still alarm was sent to the
Eighth ward fremen yesterday after
noon at one O'Clock, calling them TO
Mrs. Wassmyer's residence on South
Eoff street, where a small blaze had
started from a defective fiue. The fire
was promptly put out.
The Whooper-Up Fishing Club, oil
the South Side, composed OF q number
of well known tin workers, gave q very
successful dance al Mozart hall last
evening. A large number OF people at
tended and the terpsichorean art wal
INDUCED in to some excellent music BIZ
an orchestra
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-04-28

BLUM, Texas, April pa tornado
passed through the eastern part of this
place at noon to-day, destroying sew
eral residences and a two-story school
building. Fortunately but two persons
were seriously hurt, n of whom,
Eunice Hanks, will die. She was
caught between two timbers and re-
ceived internal injuries. About fifteen
others were slightly hurt. Robert Nc
Cluskey's business house and the Bap-
fist Church are among the badly
wrecked buildings; l.. e. Robertson's
residence was demolished and Robert
son probably fatally injured; Mrs. Rob-
ertson was hurt about the head. The
storm started about three miles south
of town and was nearly two hundred
yards wide. The grain crop in the
path of the storm is badly damaged and
fruit trees are broken and stripped of
fruit.
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the sisters. When Mr.. Tiffany finally
set out on his journey over the hills,
Sister Aurelia quietly pushed a paper
box in to his hands. He took it won
deringly.
Il hope that thee'll find work soon,'
she said c%heerfully.
II hope so" said he, lifting hit hat.
Some of these poor ~stragglers are real
gentlemen, Ada" said Aurelia, as she
closed the door of the trustees building
and went bach to her duties.
Mr.. Tiffany went down the road brisk
ly, hugging the pasteboard box and won
dering what was in it. Up on a side hill
a Ike farmer was shouting to his oxen.
Over the fence in the grave yard where
| generations of Shaker sisters and brothers
sleep side by side, a lot of girls in drab
dresses and broad-rimmed hats were play
ing at keeping house. He hurried by them,
hugging his box. At last, out Of sight of
the houses, he sat down on a stone and
opened the box.
Three ham sandwiches, four doughnuts,
two pieces of apple pie and a glass OF
grape jelly.
lItdl Light WllllS tHC SltoN NAh'5 ACSf
of the Spring House was filled with bril-
liantly dressed people, Mr.. Tiffany and an
other rich New Yorker walked down TO
the shore of the lake and spread aunt
Aurelia's lunch on a fiat rock and ate
every crumb of it, while Mr.. Tiffany told
the story of his adventure.
A few days afterward a coach stopped
at the trustees office at Shaker Village.
1t was from Poland Spring. A liveried
footman got down and handed a package
to Aunt Aurelia when she came to the
door.
From Mr.. Tiffany" he said, and went
away.
The Shaker sisters gathered around in
the sitting room to see 1t opened. 1t was
a $500 set of silver spoons. knives, forks,
etc, each piece marked "Aurelia."
A card accompanied it: In return for
the kindness you showed me after my en-
counter with the blackberry brambles, last
week. Charles l.. Tiffany. New York"
This souvenir is highly priced by the
Shakers, and is only brought out upon
state occasions. Aunt Aurelia, who Is a
woman of great intelligence and has pub
l.shed a Shaker book called the "Alethela,'
tells the story and laughs to think that
she mistook a rich New Yorker for a
tramp.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-04-28

WACO, Tex, April 27.-An electric
storm, accompanied by rain in tor
rents, fell here to-day, flooding half
of the city and doing great damage to
property. The bodies Of two known
and one unknown dead have been
recovered, and three others persons
are known to have persisted.
The dead:
Mrs. Nancy Caudle.
Miss Emma Caudle, her daughter.
An unknown negro.
The business streets were converted
Into rivers. Such a flood was never
before seen here. The rain reSemDled
J. succession of c%loudbursts. Easements
were flooded on Franklin and Wash
lngton streets, and on Austin avenue.
Waco creek, on the south side of the
city, and Barron's branch, on the
north side, poured their surplus water
toward the center of the city and
formed a sea In the business district.
At present the exact number of per-
sons drowned cannot be ascertained.
Mrs. Nancy Caudle and her daughter,
Mrs. Norton, at the corner of Jackson
and Seventeenth streets, are among
the dead recovered from the food. The
house was in the Waco creek overflow
and the two ladies', in spite of efforts
to rescue, were swept away. Mr.. and
Mrs. Norton were saved. The house
was destroyed.
William Walker, a negro, was
drowned in the Barron branch over
flow, and his body was recovered.
At the corner of North Second and
Barron streets, an arched brick bridge,
which had withstood floods for thirty
years, gave way and three negroes dis
appeared with the bridge. Their
bodies have not been recovered.
The storm commenced at 4 o'clock
this afternoon and the water fell in
vast sheets, one cloudburst following
the other, the water courses rising
above the divides and uniting into a
foaming and raging sea. The people
in the portion of the city suffering
most fed from their houses. The fire.
men and police and hundreds of citi-
zens rushed to the rescue, but the water
was too swift for them and at least six
persons lost their lives by drowning in
less than five minutes. The main stream
and its tributaries are overlooking
a large district and running valuable
crops. The Brazos river is ten feet
above the danger mark and is still
rising. The property loss in Waco will
be fully $4,000.
AS the city is divided into sections
by the high water and communication
cut off between the various divisions,
p complete list of the dead at this hour
cannot be given.
An organized relief movement is I'M
der way.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-04-28

NEW YORK, April 27.-The Times
tomorrow will say that developments
in the affairs of the American Steel &
Wire Company likely to cause a sensa-
ton were made known yesterday (Fri-
day.. Summonses are now in the
hands of a law firm for Chairman John
w. Gates, of the company's board OF
directors, and John Lambert, the pres
ident, under a section of the penal code
of the State, which reads:
"a director, officer, agent or employee
of any corporation or joint stock as
ISOLATION who knowingly concurs in
making or publishing any written re-
port, exhibit, or statement of its af-
fairs or p~ecuniary conditions, collect
! ing any material which is false, is gull
ty of a misdemeanor."
Some time ago it was officially an
| nounced that the directors of the
American Steel and Wire Company,
in view of the prosperous condition
of the corporations affairs, intended
SOON to retire S5,0OO,0 900 of the pre-
| ferred stock, the total amount out
standing of which $4,000, 900, at
par. On the strength of this state
ment the complainant, Washington
Seligman, and Others, bought Steel
and Wire preferred stock. When Mr..
Gates shut down twelve of the COM
pany's mills and gave interviews on
Monday, April 16, in which he was
quoted as saying that the steel and
iron business was in bad shape and
that the demand for the proeucts Of
his company was hardly thirty per
cent. in volume of what it should be,
the common and preferred stock be-
gan to tumble.
They have never recovered their loss.
Mr.. Gates was quoted as prophesying
on the anne day that the price of steel
rails would fall to about S22 a ton in a
week, which it by no means did, and
the men who later procured summonses
against him specify this statement as
unjustifiable.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-04-28
FOR THE EXPOSITION.
Arguments Made in Favor of an APP
preparation by the Federal Gov
ernment.


WASHINGTON, April 27.-The
House committee room on insular af-
fairs was filled to overfowing to-day
with a distinguished body of represen-
tative men from the west and south
west, who appeared to make formal
presentation of the project for an in
ternational exposition at st. Louis in
1903, to commemorate the Louisiana
purchase and the resulting develop
ments of the Mississippi valley and the
vast tributary sections. Bills already
have been introduced in the Senate by
MIR. Cockrell and in the House by MIR.
Lane, giving a national aspect to the
enterprise and providing a $4,000, 900
appropriation in it's aid.
This has attracted the attention and
encouragement of the sections through
out the middle west, ana the delega-
ton now appears to urge the magni-
tude of the project, from a commercial
and national standpoint, and to give
1t a status which, it is hoped, will Sc
cure favorable consideration in the
present Congress. The delegation
was made up of Governors, ex-gever-
nors, mayors of leading cities, former
cabinet officers and men prominent in
public and bushes life.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-04-28
THEY MAY Be sent 70 jail
CHAIRMAN JOHN w. GATES AND
THE AMERICAN STEEL & WIRE
COMPANY DIRECTORS

To be Arrested Upon a Criminal
Charge-New York Law Provides q
Penalty for Disseminating False
Information Concerning the Con-
ditiOn of Joint Stock Associations
and COrporations-Persons Caught
in Gates's Stock JObbing cal
Pushing the Matter.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-04-28
OFFICIAL CALL FOR STATE
DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION

AT a meeting of the State Democratic
Executive Committee. held at Charles
ton, West Virginia. on the 2Sth of Janus
airy, 1850. it was ordered TINT a State Con-
vention of accredited representatives of tho
Democratic party of West Virginia be
held at the City of Parkersburg, IN the
County OF Wood. on
Wednesday,, June 9Th, 1900; ut 1900
O'Clock Meridian,
for the purpose of selecting nominees for
the following offices. Governor, Auditor,
Attorney-General, State superintendent OF
Free Schools. Treasurer. two Judges of the
Supreme Court of Appeals. two Electors
at-Large for President and Vice President
of the United States. Members of the State
Democratic Executive Committee, and the
transaction of such other business as may
properly come before Ii.
1t was also ordered hat each County
shall have one Delegate in said Convention
for each one hundred 600 votes or frac-
ton thereof of fifty (5l votes or more cast
in such county for electors for President
and Vice President of the United States
at the election of November 9th, 1896, that
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-04-28

lbAdAS SO s.s-. .ss.s- Jfffoe. ef~
II was also ordered that such delegates
be chosen at the time and in the manner
prescribed by the County Democratic Ex-
ecutive Committees Of the several oun
ties, respectively; hat no county elect
more delegates han It is entitled TO under
the above apportionment: and That tha
delegates present In said convention from
any county cast the whole vote Of the
county.
BY order of the State Democratic Exec
utive Committee.
ANDREW EDM1sTON,
Chairman
WIN. A. oHLEY.
anr18epl Secretary.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-04-28

The attempt Of ex-Judge Singletree to
introduce the game of golf 10 our people
last Thursday was not a success from his
standpoint. After one or TWO efforts most
Of the players threw away their sticks and
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-04-28
Ocean Steamship Tickets

To and from Europe, via all lines, can
be purchased from T. G. Burke, Passen-
ger and Ticket Agent of the B. & o. r.
r., who Is also agent for the best of all
tours4zRaymond and Whitcomb-to
the Parts Exposition.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-04-28

Yokes are the newest innovation in skirt circles. A pretty adaptation is
shown n the illustration, where the yoke and plated skirt for n unusually
attractive combination. In this instance the yoke extends from hip tt hip,
joining a NARROW front gore, lessening in depth a IT nears the back. The
material employed is fawn cashmerespoted in blck. With It'll is worn a pale
blue shirt waist and yellow straw picture hat with facings of blue tucked
chiffon. A short mess coat with broad turnover collar is the best express
sion of what's what from Paris. This particular picture shows in detail
the correct dress for spring tailor made which. according to best adyices. is
OF With serariies and o N with frivoliues.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-04-28

NOTICE 70 DEMOCRATS.
Meetings win be held in the various dis.
tricts of Ohio county. on
Saturday. Nov Sfh, 1900.


at $50 o'clock p. M, at the places here.n-
after named. for the purpose OF suggest
Ing the names OF candidates to be voted
for at the Defocratic primary election to
be held on May 18th, 1900. as follows.
Members of the Board of County Conn
m~issioners; Members of the Boards of
Education. Justice of the Peace. Con-
stables: Delegates to the> District Con-
vention to appoint delegates to the Nation
al Convention: Delegates to the state
Convention: Delegates to the Congress
ssonal Convention. and Delegates TO the
Ohio County Convention.
Washington Distr.ct-Ebbert Building.
cor. Market AMI Eighth streets:
Madison District-Hose House, ZANE
street:
Clay District-Law Offices OF Hon. Jno.
o. Pendleton, Chapline street:
Union @DiStr-ct-Police Court Room.
Center District-Hartman's Hall. Tween
ty-third and Market streets.
Webster Di~Strict-Pythian Castle. TWEEN
ty-seventh n Chapline streets:
Ritch.e Distrlct-Meyers' Hail, Eoff
street, between Thirty-seventh and Th.r-
ty-Eighth streets:
Liberty District-Center School House;
Richland District-Br.ck School House:
Triadelphia D~istrict-Town Hall, Elm
Grove.
For each of the conventions above
named each district Will be entitled 10 five
delegates.
BY order of the Ohio County Democratic
Executive Committee.
JAS. w. EWING. Chairman.
Secretary. e>
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-04-28
FLOOD AND STORM N TEXAS.
A SUCCESSION OF CLOUDBURSTS
COMPLETELY INUNDATED THE
CITY OF WACO.

Xix Persons Known to Have Lost
Their Lives and lore May Have
Been DrOwned-Small Streams
Changed to Raging Torrents and
the Heart Of the City Transform
ed Into a Sea-TOrnadO at Blum
Destroyed Many buildings and
Seriously Injured Two Persons.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-04-28
WORDS OF PRAISE.

What the State Press Thinks of the
Register.
Addison Independent State.
The Register is a good paper and gives
all the news of the State.