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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-05-31
STANDING OF CLUBS.
Special to the Register.

NEW YORK, May 30.-Pittsburg won
this mornings game through timely bat
ting in the sixth and seventh innings.
Score:
Gilpin observer., 1900-01-18
School Omcinl BrIbed.

Omaha, Jan. 16.--The climax of sensa-
tions In the Investigations into the
transactions of the Board of Education
was reached to-day when +. X. Buck
minister, n detective in the employ of
the Metropolitan Agency of Chicago,
took the stand and gave evidence
charging A. NJ. Cowie, member of
the board, Of accepting bribcs for the
awarding of contracts for blackboards.
Buckminster had posed as black
board contractor, and had gotten into
Cowie's confidence. He testified that
Cowie had agreed to get the contract
for Buckminster's firm. its bid being
$3.50 higher than that of any other bid
der, Cowie to receivee 1925 for his part
In the deal
The contract was awarded as per
agreement, and, according to Buck
minister's testimony. he sent Cowie II
draft for the amount. Later, when the
investigation began, Cowie got scared
and, In Buckmnstcr's presence at the
latter's room In local hotel, burned
the check.
Buckminster also testified to seeing
Hiniquy, another detective who posed
as contractor, pay money to the for
mer members. Sears and Trey. Buck
minister testified that COwie showed
him (Buckmlnster) n revolver, and said
he would kill himself II the bribery
matter all came out on the investiga-
ton.
Buckminstcr submitted letters and
other documentary evidence to prove
his assertions.
Gilpin observer., 1900-01-18
DEADLY KENTUCKY FIGHT.
Two Enemies Blaze Away In Hotel Kill
Ing BY.StnnderA

Two Enemies Blaze Away In Hotel KILL
Ing By-Standera.
Frankfort, Ky, Jan. 16.-A shock
ing tragedy in which the lives of three
prominent men were sacrificed and
that of u fourth hangs by slender
thread. while two others mirnculously
escaped with painful injuries. occurred
here ut / o'clock to day. The princi-
pals in the tragedy We're ex-Congress-
man David q. Colson of Middlesboro,
and Lieutenant Ethelbert Scott of Som
erset. Scott was shot six times by Col
son and almost instantly killed.
Luther w. Demarree, assistant post
master at Shelbyville, an innocent by
stander, was shot three times and
killed instantly.
Charles Julian, another by-stander,
was shot and died half an hour later.
Captain b. b. Golden of Barbours-
vile, the commonwealth attorney of
the Twenty-seventh judicial district,
was shot in the back and is not eX-
pected to survive the night.
Colonel Colson himself was shot
twice in the arm. Harry McEwing of
Louisville was shot in the foot and W.
o. Ridpath of Chicago sustained a
broken leg by the lifeless form of Scott
falling against him as it rolled down
the stairway.
The tragedy is one of the most sen
sational of the dark and bloody
ground"
The killing occurred in the lobby of
the Capitol hotel, the principal hos
telry of the state capital, the room be-
ing well filled at the time with polite
ians and others who are here attend
ing the contests for state offices before
the Legislature.
Colonel Colson is In jail tonight
charged with murder, but he claims
self-defense.
The witnesses of the affair were
taken so much by surprise when the
shooting began that most of them were
almost panic stricken and there are
many and conflicting stories as to how
the fight began.
Colonel Colson has long been prom
inent figure in Kentucky politics. He
served two terms in Congress, and de-
clined nomination at the hands of
the Republican party of the Eleventh
district in 1898 in order to accept the
colonelcy of the Fourth Kentucky regi-
ment in the Spanish war Scott was Il
lieutenant and Golden was captain of
cavalry troop in ColsOns regiment.
and the trouble which led to the trag-
edy to-day began then. A feud sprang
up between Colson and Scott while the
troops We're in camp at Admission, Ala
bama, and in this. it is said by Col
sons friends, Captain Golden was a
warm partisan of Scott. The trouble
between them at that time eliminated
in Il meeting between them in res
taurant. which resulted in Colson be-
ing shot by Scott. The regiment was
shortly afterwards mustered out of the
service as Il result of the feud between
the officers, and the serious charges
and countercharges which they had
made at Washington against each 9th
er as officers. Since then the parties
have not met until to-day, and it has
generally been believed that blood
would be spilled should they meet, as
both We're understood to be looking for
each other.
Gilpin observer., 1900-01-18
CATTLE MEN GATHER.
BIG ROUNDUP AT FORT WORTH
Annual Conv. ntion of the Live Stock As
socia ion-Organization Is IN Good ON
ditlOn.


Fort Worth, Texas, Jan. 1.-THE
third annual convention of the Nation
al Live Stock Association of America
began here yesterday with large at
tendance of delegates.
After an address of welcome the an
nual address of the president was de-
livered by President j. w. Springer.
Secretary G.. f. Martin submitted his
annual report. He congratulated the
association upon the growing prosper
ity and influence of the organization,
saying that the membership had mate
rally increased duSing the past year
and that its eastern limits, which at the
last annual meeting did not extend be-
yond Illinois. We're now Toronto, Can
ada. The membership consists now of
seventy-tive associations.
The question of freight rates had oc
cupied considerable time of the officers
of the association and efforts had been
made to secure just rates on live
stock, but no definite action has yet
been taken by the railroad companies.
DIR. NJ. Francis of College Station.
Texas, spoke about 'Inoculation
Against Texas Fever" saying in part:
The disease of cattle called Texas
fever is due to the invasion of the
blood of cattle by an exceedingly small
parasite: one of the lowest forms of
animal life. These creatures, when
they gain access to the blood of sus-
ceptible animals, enter the red blood
corpuscles and destroy them. This is
the essential pathological feature of
Texas fever. One remarkable feature
of the disease is thar it is conveyed
from one animal to another by the cat
tie tick. This Is the only method we
know of by which infection is possible
under natural conditions. The disease
can be produced artiticially, by the
transfer of infected blood with the ny
podermic syringe, into susceptible an
imals. The disease produced in this
way is genuine Texas fever, and the
pathological changes, symptoms and
results are similar to those cases which
been induced by natural methods. AL
most every one who has had some prac-
teal experience with the disease in
question has noticed that the severity
of the attack and the mortality vary
with the age of the animal infested"
The Wyoming delegation offered
resolution calling on Congress to ad-
init Arizona, New Mexico and Okla
hOma to statehood. Other resolutions
were introduced by T. w. Tomlinson
of Illinois, asking the convention to en-
dorse the Senate bill to empower the
Interstate Commerce Commission to
correct unjust determinations of rail
roads and to empower the commission
to fix maximum and MINIMUM rates.
Five-minute papers on fhe condition
of the live stock industry in the various
states and territories We're read by
some twenty delegates. Reports indi
cate the condition prosperous in all sec
tions of the country. =
In the evening the delegates were
rendered a smoker in the rooms of the
Commercial Club by the citizens of
Fort Worth.
Gilpin observer., 1900-01-18
invention to Use Ray. of tn. Sun.

City Of Mexico. Jan. 1G.-Profcssor
Elihu Thomson of Lynn, Massachu-
sets. the famous electrician and inven-
tor, has pending here ready to issue n
patent on what he calls the "sun furn.
ace" which he claims Is adpatabie to
smelling ores and generates heat far
intenscr than the electric furnace.
Metallurgists here say that II Is prob.
ably well adapted to glass-making and
manufacturing of carbide. The appll-
cation made by Professor Thomson Is
n wide one. and after thoroughly study
ing 1t Mt the patent Office II has been
granted as n complete novelty. The
Invention IL likely to interest mining
men and large smeltcrs.
Gilpin observer., 1900-01-18
Narrowly Escapes Being Buried Alive.

indianapolis, Ind. Jan. 17.-Mrs. El-
len Crosby has had II narrow escape
from being buried alive In Crawford,
county. She had been pronounced dead
and preparations for the burial were
being made. While this was In prog
ress, her daughter. nineteen years old.
worn out by exhaustion. lay down to
rest but her eyes had scarcely closed
before she sprang up and peremptorily
insisted that her mothers body be re-
turned to the bed. She remarked that
her mother had called to her in her
sleep, saying: MARY, don't let them
bury me alive.'
The undertaken complied with the
daughters request. saying |, was but
dream, but the daughter stolItly
claimed the contrary and would not Ike
denied. Nearly eight hours passed.
when Mrs. Crosby slowly opened her
eyes and looked at her daughter. who
had remained by her bedside. constant
iy watching for n return OF life.
Mrs. Crosby Is now considered In n
fair way of recovery.
Gilpin observer., 1900-01-18
REESE SET FREE.
Judge Thayer Says the Arrest Was H.
legal.

legal.
st. Louis, No., Jan. 16.-Judge Amos
Thayer of the United States Circuit
Court to-day, ut Topeka, granted an ap-
plicatiOn for a writ of habeas corpus
and ordered the release of John p.
Reese, member of the executive
board of the American Mine Workers
of America, who was arrested at Fort
Scott, Kansas, charged with violating
an injunction of the District Court of
Kansas.
Last October, when a strike was in
progress in the mines of the Western
Coal Company of Missouri, in Kansas.
suit was brought enjoining any one
from interfering with the men at work
therein. John p. Reese went to the
scene of the strike from his home in
Iowa, and was arrested for address,
Ing body of miners. He was convict
ed OF contempt of court and committed
to jail. He then made application for
the writ of habeas corpus, which was
granted to-day.
Judge Thayer rules that while a
court may punish for any act that
might be construed as an objection to
the execution of the laws, it has no
right to impose penalty where inde-
pendent or individual rights are in
volved. 1t was contended by counsel
for defense that as the injunction did
not include any save those who We're
citizens of Kansas he could not be held
amenable to it. 1t was chiefly on this
point Of non-jurisdiction that the case
was submitted.
Gilpin observer., 1900-01-18
TO CONTINUE MooDY's WORK,
Large Endowment Fund to BE Raised by
Prominent Men.


New York, Jan. 16.-For the purpose
of devising the best means of carry
ing on the work of the late Dwight l..
from the Bible house, Mt. Hermon In
stitute for Young Men and the Semin-
ary for Young Women ut Northfield,
Massachusetts, met here to-day.
Among those present We're Will X.
Moody, eldest son of the evangelist:
i. A. Fit. his sonin-law: Rev. r.
Torrey, superintendent of the Chicago
Institute; ii. NJ. Moore. superintendent
of the institute at Mt. Hermon. East
Northfield; j. J. Estey. Brattleboro.
Vermont; G. \. Hopkins, Boston;
Fleming ii. Revell, Chicago: Ira ID.
Sankey, Brooklyn; w. ID. McWillams,
Brooklyn; J. ID. Cutter. NOrthfield,
Massachusetts; George Keith, Camp
bell. Massachusetts,; G. ii. Bailey, Win
throp, Maine; Charles b. Otis. Yonk-
ers. New York.
The meeting was all in secret and
after it was concluded formal an
nouncement was made that the work
of Mr. Moody would be continued
under the form of the Moody me-
mortal endowment. The following ad-
visory committee was selected at the
meeting: William l.. Dodge. New
York; James Talcott. Morris X. Jes-
sup. Anson Phelps Stokes, Jr, J. ID.
McWilliams, ID. Willis James, John s.
Kennedy, Ira ID. Sankey. all of New
York; Il. q. Smith. Cyrus Mccormick
and Victor +. Lawson. all of Chicago:
John III. Converse and John Wanna
maker of Philadelphia; c. A. Hopkins.
Boston, and Francis White, Baltimore.
II was decided to issue an appeal to
the public to subscribe thes SO. .00O. 900
required to meet the expenses of the
institution. ID. McWillams was select
ed as treasurer, and the following
were appointed II committee 10 invest
the money as ii was subscribed: Will
lam Il. Dodge. james Talcott and Nor
ris X. Jessup.
Lord Overton of Glasgow, Scotland,
and James \. Denny of London. Eng
land. will be asked to become the com
mittee to take charge of the memorial
endowment In Great Britain.
The Northiield schools had each 100
students and the Chicago school about
300. About S125,OO0 is annually re-
quired To maintain the work begun by
Mr.. Moody on the principles pursued
for the pnst twenty years. This sum
had hitherto been raised by the late
Mr.. Moody by his personal efforts.
Gilpin observer., 1900-01-18

Most Of the corn exported from the
United States goes to Europe. and its
popularity seems to be gaining there.
To the United Kingdom, the exports
of corn in the ten months ending
with October were In 1899, 60, 333, 800
bushels, against 61,939,1 bushels In
1898; to Germany. 5,S04. .109 bushels
In the ten months OF 1899, against 34,.
sSS 1881 in the ten months of 1898; and
81 ,472,3S bushels in the ten months
of 1897; to France the exports in 1893
were slightly less than those Of 1898
or 1897. by reason Of the unusually
large grain crop in that country, while
to other European countries the ex-
ports OF the ten months of 1899 were
1906, ,443 bushels, against 39,211 1856 in
1898, and 36,S66,3SS in the correspond
ing months of 1897. This steady in
crease in the exports of corn to Eu-
ropean countries. and especially the
increase in 1899 over preceding years.
Is the more remarkable because OF the
fact that the general supply OF bread
stuffs In Europe in the present year Is
vastly in excess OF the preceding year
when the supply was unusually short,
and the fact that the demand for corn
continues in the face OF an increased
supply Of home grown breadstuffs In
dicates a rapid growth In Its popu.
larity.
Gilpin observer., 1900-01-18
A TEXAS FEUD.
Two Hundred Men Have Been Killed ms
the Result of Quarrel Over a steer. 4


Dallas. Texas, Jan. 17.-At Bastrop.
Texas, last evening Arthur Burford.
son of Sheriff Burford of Colorado
county. Texas, was instantly killed and
William Clements, n deputy, mortally
wounded. A bystander, whose name
was not learned. was slightly wounded.
Walter Reese, James Coleman and
Thomas Daniels are in jail at Bastrop
as principals in the shooting with n
number of other men, names not learn
ed us accessories.
All parties to the tragedy were at
Bastrop in connection with Il murder
case on change of venue from Colorado
county. j. G. Townsend Is accused of
having killed his uncle. eX-Sheriff
Reese, about three years ago at Column
bus. brother of eX-Sheriff Reese
was also murdered a short time after
ward. The case against Townsend for
the killing of eX-Sheriff Reese was be-
ing heard and more than 200 residents
of Columbus had come to attend court.
Shortly after court adjourned the
shooting took place. Arthur Burferd
and Deputy Sheriff Clements were
walking along Main street and were
fired ON from building and fell to the
sidewalk, unable to draw their wea-
pons. The tragedy Is another chapter
in the worst feud ever known in Texas
The Townsends and Reese's twenty
years ago both claimed ownership 9f
an unbranded steer. Since then mora.
than 100000 has been spent in law
suits and more than 200 men have lost
their lives because of the steer.
Gilpin observer., 1900-01-18

The Chippewa outbreak in Mime
sofa in the fall Of 1898 is attrib-
uted by the commissioner OF Indian
affairs, in his annual report, to the
misconduct of federal officials. Deputy
marshals had been in the habit OF
making wholesale arrests of Indians
either as witnesses or offenders, solely
for the fees which would accrue to
them. The estlhators appointed to
appraise the Chippewas' timber had
made heavy charges for their work.
which was worthless and had to be
done over second time and a third
time. Tho Indians also had suffered
from timber depredations, and from
the sale of their lands at prices much
below their real value. The distrust
and evaporation occasioled by these
wrongs led them to armed resistance
to the military force sent to srrest
their chief.
Gilpin observer., 1900-01-18

Scientific men predict that patho-
genie bacteria, or disease-breeding
germs, are destined to be exterminated
in civilized lands, along with man-eat-
ing beasts and venomous serpents. And
why not? Already the progress OF
medical science has gone far to elm
mate or cancel the poison of typhoid
and diphtheria; the bacillus of con-
sumption is being hunted to its lair;
and in cities where sanitation is duly
regarded the scourge of cholera and
yellow fever need no longer be feared
Gilpin observer., 1900-01-18
ALL KINDS OF RuMoRs.
Unconfrmed Report of Movements About
LRdysmith.


LRdysmith.
London, Jan. 16-Every possible and
impossible development is reported
from Durham. Pietermaritzburg and
Cape Town this afternoon, that Lady
smith is relieved, the Beers retreating,
Butler on the east, Warren on the
west, and vice versa. But all is mere
rumor.
The war officee remains mute. The
only relief to the general suspense is in
the opinions of newspaper experts.
Williams, In the Leader, states posi-
lively that Warren's division is five
miles northwest of Springfield, where
Buffers headquarters are, and that the
plan is to attack the Beers on the
northwest of Colenso, push through to
Ladysmith and thence southwest to
Bloemfontein.
The foreign military attaches have
left Butler to join Roberts at Cape
Town. This indicates return to the
original plan of campaign.
Wilkinson, in the Morning Post. is
skeptical of reports from Durham that
Warren is going via Weenen. Such n
dividing of Buffers forces would be
playing the Beers game, enabling
them to crush the British piecemeal.
Kitcheners well-knOwn stringent GER
sorship tends to the belief that suppo-
sitions only and misleading cables are
allowed through, those that are only
guess work, and that probably there
will be no news before Wednesday or
Thursday.
Gilpin observer., 1900-01-18
SWOLLEN RIVER NOW REcEp.No
Aendrick People and Northern Pacific
Suffer Much Damage From Flood.


Moscow. Idaho, Jan. 1G-The y;,cr
in the Big POtiatcn river is receding,
but large part of the town of Ken
drick Is still under water. The change
or the river current toward the town
Is said to be partly the result of re-
cent train wreck. Many tons of steel
rails were left in the river. This caught
the driftwOod and formed n dam.
which diverted the channel and turned
1t toward the main street of Kendrick.
The stores will lose thousands of dol
lars In ruined goods. as in many of the
buildings the water was waist deep.
The tracks of the Northern Pacific
Railway for miles between Vollmer
and Lewiston are washed out. Strange
as 1t may seem, one of the sOrest needs
of kendrick is drinking water as the
water works and wells are ruined. The
water is all muddy and not fit to use
An engine and passenger train lies
side-tracked near the depot and can
go neither forward nor backward. For
long distance the river now runs
where the railway grade was. II will
take, In the opinion of railroad men,
three months to repair the road.
Gilpin observer., 1900-01-18
United Mine Worker. Adjourn.

indianapolis, Ind, Jan. 1.-THE sec
ond days session of the United Mine
Workers came to an unexpected end
Mt 10 o'clock this morning when an al
journment was taken.
1t was reported to the convention that
the credentials committee could not re-
port until Wednesday morning.
delegate said that the convention
IL costing the miners $4,000 n dAx
ana II IL not right to delay and wnsiN
money. A discussion ensued nnd I'm thc
midst Of It n motion to adjourn until
D O'Clock tomorrow morning was cnr-
ricd.
Gilpin observer., 1900-01-18

There will be introduced in congress
soon a bill to grant an increase Of
pension to the widow of Captain Allyn
Capron, who commanded Capron's bat
terry at Santiago. Many private PEN
sion bills are without merit. Not so
the enc to be introduced for Mrs.
Capron. She is receiving now the $40
a month which the raw gives to the
widows Of captains in the regular
army. That is her sole income. and
out of 1t she has to support as best
she can three children, all under IL
years of age. Her Oldest SON. Captain
Allyn Cappop, Jr., was the first Amer
lean officer killed in ln> -.arge I'D San
Juan Hill by Roosevelt's Rough
Riders" in which command he served.
Gilpin observer., 1900-01-18

The navy has hitherto been com
monty regarded as the Junior branch
OF the nations militant service. subor-
dinate in rank to the army. But now
It becomes the senior branch. because
its head Is an admiral, whose rank is
technically two grades higher than
that Of a major general. who is now
the highest officer in the army. That
is one of the consequences Of a war In
which the navy had greater opportuni'
ties of distinction than the army.
Gilpin observer., 1900-01-18
a Battle In uroprcss,

London. Jan. ia special to the
Daily Mail from Pietcrmnritzburg.
dated january 16, says: There was
very heavy firing to the north of here
yesterday. and ! believe that the Beers
are contesting the passage of the Tu-
gela river by General Butler. How
itzcrs We're evidently busy. as the
firing IL described as the heaviest yet
heard In Natal. There is n rumor cur
rent that portion of the British re-
liei force Is near Ladysmith.
Gilpin observer., 1900-01-18
strong war Feeling In london

London, Jan. 1G.-A dIsgrnceful
scene occurred on the Stock Exchange
today. When Maurice Herzfelder, one
of the members of the firm of Kahn
Il Herzfeldcr, doing considerable New
York business, appeared on the ex-
change. he was mobbcd, knocked down
and kicked because. ns alleged, he had
refused to keep open the place of n
clerk employed by him who had vol
unteered for service In South Africa
Gilpin observer., 1900-01-18
Zig Donation. to Harvard.

Cambridge, Mass, Jan. 1G.-The
statement OF the treasurer of Harvnry
University. which VIII soon be issued,
shows that gifts which were made to
the university from August /, 1898,
to July 81. 1890, aggregated Si,5i4 800.
or this amount 81 1888, 400 was to form
new funds or Increase old ones, and
S1G1 1903 was available for immediate
Gilpin observer., 1900-01-18
The Toledo mine in Ere,lund distri

The Toledo mine In Frecland district,
Clear Creek county. m extension of
the old Frccland mine, i worked cn
tlrcly by lcnscrs who are taking out n
very satisfactory grade of ore. the aver
age being from $50 to $50 In gold. witt,
some lots that have run upwards of
500 per ton.
Gilpin observer., 1900-01-18

The public school is the light and
the hope of the nation, provided that
foreigners are not permitted to mon
key with the text books.
Gilpin observer., 1900-01-18

Some things are past all human un-
derstanding. A man drinks whisky to
warm himself and ice water to cool the
whisky.
Gilpin observer., 1900-01-18

When political party comes to de-
pend on the criminal e1ementf for
success at the polls lis days of u,Gful-
ness are past.
Gilpin observer., 1900-01-18

Waldorf Astor refused to mention
the death of the Duke of Westminster
Oh, well, the duke will doubtless serve
him the same way.
Gilpin observer., 1900-01-18

Wall street flurries may come and
go. but the country, fortunately, is not
upon a speculative basis.
Gilpin observer., 1900-01-18

Truth is the hub around which all
the strong spokes Of the universe re-
volve.
Gilpin observer., 1900-01-18

An honest man is still the noblest
work of God, all Wall Street report:
to the contrary.
Gilpin observer., 1900-01-18

A messenger boy would be novelty
in moving pictures.
Gilpin observer., 1900-01-18

It requires two for assent to make a
bridal couple.
Gilpin observer., 1900-01-18

Love is probably the only thing that
has more lives than a cat.
Gilpin observer., 1900-01-18

Never write popular novel, The
public will expect you to do it again.
Gilpin observer., 1900-01-18

Courtesy opens many doors and lack
Of courtesy leaves them open.