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Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-10-07
Starts Monday.

Contractor H. T. Day will commence
work on his First street paving con-
tract tomorrow. He will start to work
on the north end, so as to allow the
street car company to lay their new
rails and make their Improvements on
the part of the street they occupy south
of Hanover street. The street a COM
pany will have to hustle to get their
work done, as owing to the recent
State law they will not be allowed to
take up the paving until 1t has been
down five years and the property own
ers say this law will be fully enforced.
The brick for the paving will likely
arrive Monday.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-10-07
Special to the Register.

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PARKERSBURG, w. Va, October
6.-The South Side Oil Co.'S well near
town is pumping more oil now than az
n time since Ii was drilled ii. A lo-
cation Tor one well will be made next
week and probably for two
Hugh. Kg q Co. who are engaged
in wild eating in Meigs county, Ohio.
will begin ~spudding Monday on their
venture on shade river. The company
is composed entirely of Parkersburgvts
who have a big block OF territory un~
der lease.
Murphy & Eagan, of this city, have
located a well on the Adams farm on
Goose creek. near the Dual State Oil
Co s field on the Rhinehardt farm IN
Richie county.
At Murphy g. Barrett's well on the
Chicester farm on Big Run yesterday a
driller and a tool dresser had narrow
escapes from death. While both were
in the derrick the crown pulley jumped
out of its socket and eanse crashlA
down through the derEck I'd
through the floor and brea$sAg
underneath. Neither man was ov@
foot from where the pulley fell.
The sun., 1900-12-24
EXPRESS WAGONS
DELIVER XMAS
GIFTS ON SUNDAY
Deliveries Made in Order to Ac-
cOmmodate Companies
Customers.
BUSINESS HAS INCREASED
Adams Company Has Opened Third
Office in Order That all
May be Handled as
Quickly as
Possible.
BUSINESS HAs INCREASED

Both the Adams and United States
States Express Companies have had the
busiest Christmas traffic since offices
were established in this city.
The Adams Express Company had
three offices open during the last week.
One at the F., w. &, B.. station, the
others at No. 517 Market street and the
third in the plumbing shop of William I'll
Heine, No. 715 Shipley street. From the
latter all packages We're delivered to the
various parts of the city, and at the
regular offices only articles for dispatch
ing We're received
All of yesterday, in order that the
patrons might not be disappointed the
wagons of the company delivered articles
received. As an official said on Satur
day the company is acting i'll the capacity
OF Santa Claus. Almost every package
handled mt this time of the year con
tains gifts.
The general good times that are pre-
vailing are responsible for the increase
| in the amount of express business handl
ed.
Both companies are doing all possibl,
to make as quick deliveries as possibl,
under the unusual circumstances. Th,
increased amount of business requires th
employment of a number of green men
with whom the regular rapidity of de
liveries and dispatching is somewhat re
tarded. The deliveries, however, are be
ing made with remarkable eXpediency.
| ing made with remarkable expedience.
The sun., 1900-12-24
LOCAL NEWS NOTES.

The Institute Library will be closed
OIL Christmas Day.
Workmen have placed the storm doors
on the Ford building, Tenth and Market
streets.
People having notes falling due to-
morrow, Christmas Day, should take
care of them today.
A musical program of Christmas carols
and recitations was rendered at Dover,
NJ. T. Church last evening.
Building Inspector Cassidy has con
demned old frame building ut Vandevel
Avenue and Maple street.
Il. Z. Frye will serve a turkey lunch
to the patrons of his saloon, No. 621
Shiplcy street, tonight. He has secured
Il number of fine turkeys.
The Rev. r. X. Stephenson, of Sea,
ford, has been invited to become pastor
of Elkton, NId.,) NJ. e. Church next
conference year.
The Sunday School of Brandywine NJ
b. Church will give a cantata entitled
''The Fairy Bridal in the chapel OF
Wednesday evening.
The Woman's Christian Temperate,
|
mending the members of the Phoeni,
Fire Company for the organization of ;
temperance society.
Mrs. Adeline King, wife of Pennel
King, No. 615 Orange street, died a
her residence here on Thursday from
complication of disease incident to oil
age, she being i'll her 74th year.
Clerk of the Peach Jefferson b. Foar
of AIiddletown, had the forefinger o
his right hand crushed in the car doc
while on his way homeward down th
Delaware railroad Saturday evening.
Application will be made to the Par
Commission by the Wilmington Cit
Railway Company for permission t
proposed line will go up Mt. Salem Ian
to Nineteenth street.
Twenty-Five members of the loca
lodge, Brotherhood of Railway Trair
men, attended the annual meeting an
dinner of the Philadelphia society, Penn
sylvania railroad, in Odd Fellows Ten
pie, Philadelphia, yesterday.
The report of the secretary of til
Board of Health for the week endin
Saturday at noon is as follows: Deatl
reported, 80; births, 80; marriages,
For corresponding period last yea
/ Deaths, 22; births, 81; marriages, 8.
!. The shafts and engine forgings 4,
/, one of the new ferryboats which a
!. under construction at the yards of Il
J. Harlan & Hollingsworth Company f
e the New York ferry of the Central Ra
/ road of New Jersey, will be made by t
Bethlehem Steel Company.
The sun., 1900-12-24
COLLISION BLOCKS TRAVEL.
Chicago Limited Crashed Into an
Engine and Empty Cars.
Many Wilmington People in PhiIa-
delphia Were Greatly Incon-
venienced by the Wreck.

The apparent failure on the part of an
engineer to observe the signals caused Il
'.side swiping" collision Saturday after
noon, at the narrow neck of the Penn
Sylyania Railroad elevated in the yicin-
ity of Twenty street. between the
Chicago limited and train of empty
cars backing into the station. The result
was serious blocking Of travel, the
wrecking of several cars and broken
wrist for the engineer of the empty
train.
The Pennsylvania Limited, east-bound
and due at the Broad street station at
All p. M, was coming i'll on the elevated,
while on the adjoining track to the south
ward was the empty train backing into
the station with Il. Zieder, Il Schuylkill
engineer, at the throttle. In the vicinity
of Twenty-second street the two tracks
run together, and Zieder, failing to OBJ
serve the signals to stop until the limited
| had passed, backed the rear end of his
| train into the side of the limited, striking
the dining car, which, owing to its great
weight, kept its place on the tracks,
although badly scraped. The light pas
senger cars of the local train We're, how
ever, thrown from the track, one of
them being turned over on its side, while
the engine was also derailed. Engineer
Zieder, it is said, jumped, and i'll doing
so fractured his wrist.
The passengers on the limited, while
somewhat shoken up, escaped injury.
The accident completely blocked the
elevated, and occurring at Il time when
the regular suburban riders and Christ.
mas shoppers We're beginning to start
for home, the Broad street station soon
became crowded with the delayed pas
sengers. 1t was hours before trains
could get either in or out of the station
This was the second accident of eX
actly the same character that has oc
cured at that spot during this month
On the afternoon of December 1 IL trail
from the Philadelphia, Wilmington &
Baltimore road ''side swiped' draf
of empty cars backing into the station.
Many persons from this city suffered
great inconvenience through the wreck
being compelled to remain in Philadel
phia for hours beyond the time they ha,
intended to. Trains for Baltimore AM
Washington We're delayed nearly fou
hours. Considerable excitement prevail
ed in this city when the regular train
did not arrive on time.
The sun., 1900-12-24
Inint chinese Note signed,

Peling, Dec. 23.-The last obstacle
having been removed, the joint note has
been signed by all the foreign ministers,
including the envoy from the Neither
lands, who arrived only recently. The
note will be delivered to Ii Hung Chang
and Prince Ching, the Chinese plenipo-
tentiarics, as soon as the former shall
have sufficiently recovered from his in
disposition. The Chinese close to Ii
Hung Chang still prefer to believe,
despite the signing of the note, which
they did not believe would take place.
that the principal negotiations must be
carried on in Europe or America. They
resent the British modification of the
note, for, as they say, some power or
powers might not be satisfied until the
indemnity had been paid in full, which
would mean the occupation of Peking
for an indefinite time, as it cannot be eX-
pected that China can raise what would
be required, possibly 1,000000,0OO taels,
all at once. AS Il matter of fact it will
take several years.
The sun., 1900-12-24
PUBLIC GIVING
70 TROLLEY MEN
OCCURS TODAY
WilmingtOn's Conductors and
MOtOrmen Will Doubt
less Fare Well.
PRAISED FROM THE PULPIT
Many Pastors Told Their Congrega-
tions Yesterday Not to Forget
the Faithful Street Rail-
way Employees When
They Rode Today.

Today will probably be the happiest
day of the year for the conductors and
motormen employed on the street rail
way companies throughout the States Of
Delaware, Pennsylvania and New Jer-
sey. 1t is the day before Christmas and
the day which the thousands of patrons
of the different street car lines i'll the
three States are to show their apprecia-
ton of the services of the conductors and
motormen employed on these lines by
giving them small Christmas present
as has been advocated by the Philadel-
phia Inquirer for the past week.
| If each passenger who rides on the
local trolley cars today will give to the
conductor one cent or as much more as
he or she are SO inclined to give over the
regular fare, it will enable these men
and their families to enjoy pleasant
Christmas and will show the patrons
appreciation of their services. All of the
money received by the conductors in this
way will be divided equally with their
motormen.
The plan has met with much favor
with the public i'll general and it may
| be expected that thousands of homes
i'll the three States will be made happy
by that means today. The patrons of the
local lines have been especially interest
ed in the plan and there is no doubt but
what the conductors and motormen OF
Wilmington will mt least realize enough
to assure them and their families plenty
of turkey and merry Christmas.
The plan has also received much favor
from the clergymen of Wilmington ant
many Of them have urged that it bt
lcarl.ied out today.
Rev. G. A. Grise, pastor of Unior
NJ. e. Church; Rev. r. Burgette Short
pastor of Epworth NJ. e. Church ant
Rev. James Grove, pastor of Asbur,
NJ. y. Church all spoke favorably of til,
plan from their pulpits last night an,
urged their congregations to cooperate
Rev. Grise said that the men We're de
serving of anything that the public coul,
do for them in that way. He also spok
of the local conductors and motormen n
being superior to those in some uthe
cities.
Rev. Short and Rev. Grove also spoll
favorably of the plan and urged that con
ductors and motormen be remembere
by the patrons of the different lines to
day. 1t is said that number of til
secret societies to which many conductor
and motormen belong, will give trolle
rides this evening for the sole purpos
of helping along the plan. Many of tn
patrons who felt that they would nc
ride on the trolley cars today have a
ready responded generously.
The sun., 1900-12-24
SUNDAY SCHOOL ANNIVERSARY
Interesting Exercises Were Held in
CentrakChurch Last Night.

Appropriate exercises were held at
Central Presbyterian Church last night
in celebration of the 45th anniversary of
the Sabbath School. An unusually large
audience was present and an excellent
program had been especially arranged
for the occasion.
The program was as follows: Anthem,
Sing, Sing Oh Heaven" choir; "Wel-
come Christmas Day." Sunday School;
responsive reading of the Scriptures
''The Merry, Merry Bells" school; "Oh,
Holy Night" school; Christmas exercises
by the primary department, "The Mes
sage of the Bells;'' anthem, "Behold |
Bring You Good Tidings," choir; ad-
dress, Rev. DIR. Logan; "The Star, the
Bells, the Song" school; presentation of
Bibles; "The Guiding STAR" school;
benediction.
The annual report of the Sunday
School was read by Superintendent Viii.
| liam X. Crosby. The total number OF
members of the Sunday School is SIG
which is gain of "a during the year
The average attendance during the veal
was 27S. In his report Mr., Crosby re
ferred to the great loss which the schoo
had sustained in the death of the latt
George w. Bush.
Prof. George w. Twitmyer was t,
have made an address but was detaine,
on account of illness. The followin,
named scholars are entitled to rewar,
of merit for excellence III ATTENDANCE
during the year:
Meta Barr, Evelyn Barr, Bella PuT
Wis, Maud johnson. Clara Grubb, Berth
jackson, Helen Thornton, Katie Clark
Fannie Pierce, Ida Deats, Mary Speak
man, Frank r. Mahaffy, Leslie Thorn
ton, Leon Hayes. Alexander Mailman
Harry Andrews, Joseph Harman, Will
Mailman. r&&.8s
The sun., 1900-12-24
Banner Day for Xmas Business

= The majority of business houses on
Market street report the Christmas trade
to be very large this year. The stores
were crowded with shoppers during last
week and all did an excellent Christmas
business. Today however will be the
banner day and if the weather is clear
the Christmas shoppers are expected to
be out in force. The travel on all trans
portation companies has been noticeably
heavy for week or more. The railroads
have made special arrangements for ex-
ira heavy travel today and there will
probably be a great many people from
out of town in the city today. The
traffic on the Delaware road will be es
pecially large as a great many people
living down the State will be going home
to spend the holidays.
The sun., 1900-12-24
POOR CHlLDREN'S CHRISTMAS.
Tree at City Hall Awaits Magic
Touch of Santa Claus.
Everything is in Readiness for the
Treat Arranged for 800
Children.

Practically everything is in readiness
for the Christmas treat which will be
given the poor children of the city Christ
mas morning by the police matrons at
the city hall.
A large Christmas tree has been placed
in the northeast corner of the city
court room and is lit up with numerous
electric globes. The tree now awaits the
magic touch of Santa Claus which it will
receive tonight along with the thousands
of trees in the homes of Wilmington
citizens.
rhree-hundred invitations have been
issued by the police matrons and that
number of poor children will be theil
guests to morrow morning at $50 o'clock
Each girl will receive sufficient fan
mel for petticoat, two pairs of stock
| ings and doll baby. The boys will eacl
be given cap, pair of stockings, nit
tens and horn. Each child will re
ceive a bag of candy, an orange and al
apple. SeveralC Christmas hymns will b,
rendered, and leading citizens will deliv
er addresses.
The sun., 1900-12-24
FUNERAL OF J. w. CARPENTER
Deceased Was One of the Oldes
Members of the Washing
ton Fire Company.

The funeral of John w. Carpenter,
will take place this afternoon from his
late residence, No. 800 East Seventh
street Services will be held at Old
Swedes Church at 2.30 o'clock. He was
73 years of age and death was due to
paralysis.
He died on Saturday morning At the
time of his death he was sexton of Old
Swedes Church. He was veteran of
the Civil War, having been member
of the Eighth Delaware Regiment. He
was one of the oldest members of the
Washington Fire Company, having join
ed when he was 1S years of age, which
was five years after the campany was
organized.
He is survived by Mrs. Carpenter and
one son, George X. Carpenter.
The sun., 1900-12-24
Eighty Thousand Dollar Fire.

Bridgeport, Conn.,, Dec. 23.-The e. s.
Hotchkiss Hardware company's building
was destroyed by fire Saturday, entail.
ing loss of $4,000. The extensive plant
of the Bridgeport Malleable Iron compa-
nv, across the street from the scene of
the blaze, was saved by the combined eff
forts of the 6remen and bucket brigade
of workmen without great damage. Be
sides the Hotchkiss company the Ives
Manufacturing company and the Connec-
ticut Clasp company occupied the burned
building, and all suffered total loss OF
stock. About 400 hands were employed
In the building.
The sun., 1900-12-24
PRo-CATHEDRAL REoPENING.
The illumination of the Church Will
Take Place at a.. m. Tomorrow.

The reopening of st. Peters Pro-
Cathedral will take place today. A com
plete transformation has taken place in
the edifce. The painters have dressed
up the pews, the decorators have put on
the final polish on the columns, the
beautiful calvary groups of statues and
stations of tie cross and several other
Munich statues, richly tinted, have been
placed i'll their proper localities; the til
ing of the sanctuary has been washed
clean and altogether the whole body of
the church has assumed a most attrac-
tive appearance. The illumination Of
the church will take place at the first
solemn mass of Christmas at a. m,
when the sanctuary will be additionally
adorned by many new, large palms and
handsome flowers and draperies.
Bishop Curtis will pontificate at The
late mass ON Christmas Day at 1920
O'Clock, and will preach at pontihcal ves-
peIs of the same festival at 4.S0 p. IN.
All preparations are completed for the
ladies' bazaar which will open in Pyle's
Cycle Academy this evening at 7.so
o'clock.
The sun., 1900-12-24
SHIPPING MANY oRGANss
John Brown Has just Returned from
Successful Southern TriD.

John Brown, the organ builder las
an unusually large amount of work III
hand and is receiving new orders 5or
organs every week. Mr.. Brown just
returned home yesterday from success
full trip south and completed the erection
of a large organ in church at Gastonia,
South Carolina.
He has received contract to build
an organ for Emmanuel Church at Gains
vile, Florida and also one for Trinity
Nj. E. Church at Charlotte. North Car.
olina. On Saturday last Mr.. Brown
shipped large organ TO church ut
Salt Lake City, Utah.
On December 81 Frederick Archer, the
celebrated organist who is organst at
Carnegie Hall, Pittsburg, Pa, will open
large organ for Mr.. Brown in Centre
NJ. e. Church at Cumberland, Md On
January he will ship an organ to the
First Baptist Church at Union Springs,
Alabama.
The sun., 1900-12-24
WILMINGTON, DELAWARE, MONDAY, DECEMBER a. 1900.
oHRIsTMAs IN THE CHURCHES.
Special Sermons Delivered and Elab-
crate Musical Programs Rendered.

Christmas services were held in many
of the churches yesterday and elaborate
musical programs We're rendered by the
choirs. Rev. VIM. w. Campbell deliver
ed very able sermon in the First Pres
byterian Church last evening on "The
Spiritual Significance of the Life and
Death of Jesus Christ with Inquiry:
What Has Become of Our Christianity"
The sermon was listened to with much
interest and profit by a large congrega-
tion.
Rev. DR.. T. A. McCurdy delivered an
excellent sermon in Central Church yes
terday morning on "The Angels Song"
Rev. w. w. Schall delivered Christ
mas sermon in the First Presbyterian
Church yesterday morning.
Rev. Il. +. Harris delivered a Christ
mas sermon in Scott M. e. Church yes
terday morning. Rev. G. Edgar Folk
of Boston University spoke in the even
ing.
Rev. J. w. Easley delivered two spec
ial sermons in Brandywine M. e. Church
yesterday.
The sun., 1900-12-24
Ernnce nInx Interfere.

New York, Dee 23.-At the offices of
the French cosulate here it was asserted
that the representatives of France,
through their government, would take
steps to get damages from the United
States for the death of Louis III. Hilliard,
who died in the insane pavilion of Belle
vue hospital as result, it is alleged, of
brutal treatment by the keepers. Mr..
Jouve, the French consul, said that they
probably would do nothing until the
courts of this city had disposed of the
matter "But them" he said 1--WE un-
doubtedly shall take charge
The sun., 1900-12-24
Governor roosevelt 10 BE Mason.

New York. Dec. 23.-It is learned that
Governor Roosevelt has been elected a
member Of Matinecock Lodge No. S06,
L. and A. NJ, of Oyster Bay, L. l. The
matter was kept quiet until an invitation
was issued to members of the local lodge
and many prominent Masons throughout
the country to attend STATED COM
muncaton" to be held Wednesday even
ing, Jan. ,, 1901, when the entered ap-
prentice degree will be conferred upon
| Theodore Roosevelt. After the ceremo
nies there will be dinner, and it is eX-
pected that prominent Masons from al
over the country will be present.
The sun., 1900-12-24
Seized With a Fit.

Tilden Taylor, aged 27 years, living at
No. SO5 Shipley street, fell in a fit at
Eighth and Market streets about 6
O'Clock last evening. He was removed to
the Delaware Hospital in the Phoenix
Ambulance. His face and head We're
cut in falling.
Harry Davis of Sixth and Ptpar
streets fell in a fit at Seventh and King
streets about $40 o'clock last evening.
He was taken home in the Phoenix
Ambulance.
The sun., 1900-12-24
Improving the Postal Service.

Arrangements have been perfected
through which any mail matter deposited
ut Bradley Parmacy, corner of Fourth
and Rodney streets, between the hours
of O'clock and 8 o'clock p. m, will be
posted the same evening. Heretofore
there has been no mail collection west Of
Madison street after o'clock in tht
evening. This arrangement will give thu
residents of the city west of Broomt
street and south of Eighth streets, a pop
ulation of more than 5000, postal facili
ties up to o'clock at night.
The sun., 1900-12-24
Held on Burglary Charge.

William Mcdaniel was placed under
$1,000 bail by Judge Cochran Saturday
night to answer the charge of burglary
at the next session of the Court of Gen
eral Sessions. Mcdaniel was arrested
by Officer Wintrup at o'clock Satur-
day morning as he left the yard of Will
liam Mann's residence at Eighth and
Orange streets. He had nine bottles OF
whiskey and a lot of cigars in his pos
session.
The sun., 1900-12-24
Harmony Council,s Anniversary

Harmony Council, No. 1, U. L. of A.,
will celebrate its twenty-first anniversary
OH the twentieth of January in U. v. l..
Hall, Third and Market streets, to which
it has recently moved. The council will
commence its twenty-second year with
good prospects for future prosperity.
The sun., 1900-12-24
Gar Strikes a Team.

There was collision between a
-Riverview car and team occupied by
two men at Twentieth and Market
streets about 4 o'clock yesterday after
noon. The men drove the team across
the street directly in front of the car
and before the motorman could stop the
car it struck the team. The occupants
were uninjured but one of the axels on
the carriage was broken.
The sun., 1900-12-24
will Witness a Vaudeville Show,

Wilmington newsboys who sell the
Philadelphia Evening Telegraph will be
taken to Philadelphia tomorrow to wit
ness vaudeville show at the Academy
of Music, which will be given under the
auspices of the Evening Telegraph.
Wilmer butcher will have charge of the
newsboys from this city
The sun., 1900-12-24
txerr wants a senorote Trial.

New York, Dec. 23.-At Paterson, N.
j., before Supreme Court Justice Dixon,
John Harding, attorney for George Kerr,
applied for separate trial for his client,
who is one of the men accused of the
murder of Jennie Bosschieter. Justice
Dixon reserved his decision. AS no appli-
cation was made for separate trial for
the three other defendants, McAllister,
Campbell and Death, it is inferred that
they have elccted to be tried together.
The sun., 1900-12-24
Will Take anAppeaI.

Lilburne Chandler, attorney for Ger
trude Hart, who lost her contest of the
will of her father, Anthony Thielman
before Register of Wills Crossan, will
take an appeal from the registers dc
cision to the February term of Superior
Court.
The sun., 1900-12-24
win Appoint Tonight.

The Board of Education will meet to-
night when it is expected an engineer and
janitor will be appointed for the New
High School. Hugh Toman and Wesley
Burnite are mentioned for engineer. II
is said the committee ON heat, fuel and
ventilation are divided on the matter and
two reports will be presented by them.