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The age-herald., 1900-01-21
REFLECriONs OF A BACHELOR.
From the New York Press.

From the New York Press.
 Love in a cottage is all right, only it's kind of hard on the cottage.
 A woman's sympat thies half the time are with the one she hopes will get licked
 Probably the only place where man has a pocket where he never uses 1t is in his nightshirt.
 When mans 20, pleasure is business when he's 90, business is business; when he's 40. business is pleasure.
 It Is a funny thing that woman can carry seven bundles and baby around all day and never get them mixed up and hold the baby by the string.
The age-herald., 1900-01-21

Governor Johnston proposes to name his opponents on the stump, and the times and places of their speaking. The conduct Of both sides of a campaign will make him round-shouldered.
The age-herald., 1900-01-21

Mark Hanna's need of campaign money at this time is mystery. because there are no negro delegates to be purchased this
The age-herald., 1900-01-21

MT. Roberts, of Utah; will soon be in position to lecture or write book, these being the last resorts of the vanquished in all callings.
The age-herald., 1900-01-21

American barbed wire is playing a part however. on one side as the other.
The age-herald., 1900-01-21

Senator Teller says there must be a ca nbe brought to vote in the senate.
The age-herald., 1900-01-21

Kaiser Wilhelm has a coop full of editors who have committed lese majeste, and he has decided to turn them loose.
The age-herald., 1900-01-21

Those $l ,00O bills in Montana were not "stage money" The l egislator who is making deal is not come-on.
The age-herald., 1900-01-21

John James Ingalls, is mentioned as a run ming mate. but he is ineligible because he does not live in New York.
The age-herald., 1900-01-21

w. A. Clark thinks there are others. It is all the defense he has.
The age-herald., 1900-01-21

The Boers. by shutting in Kimberley, has struck the diamond cutters of the mother land a blow below the belt.
The age-herald., 1900-01-21

Pettigrew and two others oppos Id the ratification of the Samoan treaty The lonely trio accepted crank leadership.
The age-herald., 1900-01-21

Pettigrew and two others opposkd the ratification of the Samoan treaty. The lonely trio accepted crank leadership
  American barbed wire is playing a part in the South African war. It fights as well, however, on one side as the other. Those $OOO bills in Montana were not "stage money" The egislator who is making a deal is not a come-on. John James Ingalls, is mentioned as a run ming mate. but he is ineligible because he does not live in New York. Kaiser Wilhelm has coop full of editors who have committed lese majeste, and he has decided to turn them loose.
 
 The Boers. by shutting in Kimberley, has struck the diamond cutters of the mother land a blow below the belt. It is not yet determined how the pam pano in the Gulf of Mexico will relish a Chicago bill of fare.
 General Wheeler never was good at sprinting. It was the other fellows who did that.
 The blue of the Chicago river does not rival that of the sky, unless it be chlca- go sky
 General Wheeler thinks there is more glory to be won in congress than n a rabbit hunt.
 General Wheeler will soon be in a position to express his opinion of General Otis. St. Louis is healthful, although Chicago sewage is passing by and passing in. The Kentucky colonels may be standing in with the undertakers.
 Chicago ills stay in the stream. They have become amphibious.
The age-herald., 1900-01-21

It is not yet determined how the pam pano in the Gulf of Mexico will relish a Chicago bill of fare.
The age-herald., 1900-01-21

St. Louis is healthful, although Chicago sewage is passing by and passing in.
The age-herald., 1900-01-21

General Wheeler will soon be in a position to express his opinion of General Otis.
The age-herald., 1900-01-21

General Wheeler thinks there is more glory to be won in congress than n a rabbit hunt.
The age-herald., 1900-01-21

General Wheeler never was good at sprinting. It was the other fellows who did that.
The age-herald., 1900-01-21

The Kentucky colonels may be standing in with the undertakers.
The age-herald., 1900-01-21

The blue of the Chicago river does not go sky
The age-herald., 1900-01-21

Chicago ills stay in the stream. They have become amphibious.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-07-24
TRUE COMMUNICATION
Between PeIxin and Europe is to be
Insisted Upon.

LONDON, July 23.-Though there
are some indications that hardened pes
simism is beginning to melt under the
warm shower of Chinese assurances, so
that it is now admitted that perhaps
not all the foreign ministers at Pekin
have been killed, still incredulity re-
mains the dominant note of European
comment. No one seems able to rec
Dncile the assurances of the imperial
edict with Minister Congers statement
in his alleged message to Secretary
Hay that he was in hourly expectation
of death by massacre, though both doc
uments purport to have been sent off
from Pekin the same date. 1t is con-
f1dently anticipated, however, that the
mystery will soon be solved, as all the
governments following the lead of the
United States Secretary of State, have
taken steps to test the sincerity of Chi
nese officialdom by insisting upon free
communication with the ministers.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-07-24
SHENG SENDS GOOD NEWS.
Says the Ministers are to be Sent to
Tien Tsin i'm Hopes of Stopping
Hostilities.

Says the Ministers are to be Sent to
Tien Tsin in Hopes of stopping
Hostilities.
LONDON, July PA a. m.-The Chi
nese minister, Sir Chih Chen Lo Feng
Luh, has communicated to the press the
following dispatch from Sheng, direc-
tor general of Chinese railways and
telegraphs and Taotai of Shanghai,
dated Shanghai, July 23:
Information from Pekin, dated July
Is, says that the Tsung Ii Yamen de-
puted Won Jul, an under secretary of
the department, to- see the foreign min
listers, and he found every one well
without any missing, the German min
lister excepted.
Gen. Yung Lu is going to memorial
ize the throne to send them all under
escort to Tien Tsin in the hope that the
military operations will then be stop
ped"
The Shanghai correspondent of the
Daily Mail, telegraphing July %, says:
"a letter from a Chinese official in
San Tung has been received by ma
tive functionary here, containing the
following passage:
GO At the beginning of the month the
foreign missionaries CD made several
attempts to send messages out of Pekin,
the city, the bearers were all caught
and executed. On the 4th inst. only
four hundred foreigners, much ex-
hausted, were left in Pekin, and one
night when the big guns were inces-
sanity fired it was known that all the
legations and the foreigners were fin
ished, although pretended kilograms
contradict these facts"
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-07-24
GEN. CHAFFEE,s sTAFF.

WASHINGTON, July 23.-Although
the orders have not been issued, it is
pretty generally understood in military
circles that Brig. Gen. Frederick D.
Grant, U. S. v, and Brig. Gen. Thomas
H. Barry, have been selected for as
signment to duty with the military
division in China. Their assignment,
together with that of Brig. Gen. James
H. Wilson, U. S. ", already announced,
will give Major General A. R. Chaffee,
commander in chief, three general OIL
GERS of recognized ability to assist him
in the management of military opera
tons in China. Gen. Grant is now
on duty with the troops in the Philip
pines, stationed near Manila. Gen.
Barry is passenger on the transport
Sumner, which left San Francisco on
the 18th inst for Nagasaki.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-07-24
SCOTT IN NEW YORK.

NEW YORK, July Ex-senator Nathan
y. Scott, Of West Virginia. came up from
Washington to-day and went at once 10
the rooms of the Republican National
Committee. Senator Scott will have
charge of the Republican speechnaakers.
He said:
I'VE hope to have great many prom
inent men speak in various parts OF the
country, on subjects suited to the political
feelings of each region We expect such
men as Senator Burrows. Senator Lodge.
Postmaster General Smith and Secretary
Root to deliver campaign speeches Elk
President Harrison may give few adj
dresses. A number of other speakers will
be hired"
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-07-24
YOUSEY'S CONNECTION.

court, came from several attorneys for
the defense. Both the court and
Brown showed irritation.
w. P. Reeder, of Knox county. saw
Charles Finley at the depot at Bar
louisville on the evening of January
%, when the crowd of mountaineers
was being made up to go to Frankfort.
Witness asked Finley if Goebel would
not be killed. Finley replied with a
gesture, that he would not be surprised.
Witness asked how soon he would be
killed and Finley replied that it would
possibly happen in less than five days.
Witness had prepared to go to Frank
fort with the crowd, but Finley COM
manded him to remain at home. Wit
ness said the conversation with Finley
took place in the presence of Wharton
Golden Wade H. Watts, coIored, one
of the janitors in the adjutant gen
erals building, said that on Saturday
before the shooting, the day of the
Van Metre-Berry contest, Green Col
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-07-24
RELIEF OF KUMASSI
Col. WiIlcocks and His Force
Have Returned to Fumsu-
Took Villages by Bayonet
Charges.

FUMSU, July 22.-The kumas-
ST relief force has just arrived
here from Kumassi, which it
left July II, bringing the old
garrisOn-about twenty fairly
fit men, seventy broken down
invalids and some women and
children in q pitifuI condition.
The success of Col. WILL
cocks was due to his choice of
a route not suspected by the
Ashantis who had concentrated
in thousands along the eastern
route, but in much smaller num-
beers along the western route
via Picci, which col. WiIlcocks
adopted.
Even as 1T was the Ashantis
deep in mud. Col. WilIcOcks
took couple of villages by
bayonet charge. Beyond Elk
wanda he found the tribesmen
in strong position behind
stocLades. 1t was n large war
camp, with the chief command
err of the Ashanti army, esti-
mated at four thousand men.
After IA heavy fire on both
sides for nearly an hour Col.
WiIIcocks ordered bayOnet
charge, and the troops rushed
the thick bush, cheering vigor-
OusIy. The Ashantis did not
wait for the bayOnets but fled
in confusion.
The casualties of Col. WILL
cocks were two officers wound
ed, two natives killed, and sew
enteen wounded.
On finding Kumassi in such
u terrible condition, Col. Will
cocks, after cutting bush and
burning the bodies, placed the
whole force upon half ratiOns,
an arrangement cheerfuly
borne.
No opposition was met on
the return journey.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-07-24
CONSUL GENERAL GOODNOW
Forwards a Telegram From
e Prince Tuan, Saying Ministers
We're Safe on the 18th.

WASHINGTON, July 23.-The
State Department Made Public
the following:
"The State Depa rtment has
received u dispatch from Mr..
Goodnow, the Consul-General
at Shanghai, dated to-day, say
ing that Prince Tuan wires
that an officer of the Tsung LII
Yamen saw all the Ministers on
the 1Sth;. that none was injur-
ed and that no attack was at
that time being made. He
does not say to whom the dis
patch of Prince Tuan was adj
dressed; and 1T is to u certain
extent at variance with the dis
patch of Mr.. Conger of that
date, describing the legation
as being under fire at that
time"
The officials of the state De-
partment after considering
COnsuI-General GOodnow's de-
spatch express belief that "A
mistake has been made In the
transmission of the message
and that the name Tuan should
have been Yuan, governor of
the Province of Shan Tung.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-07-24
CONTRADICTORY REPORTS.

One Says All Foreigners Were MUIR
dered June IL, the Other That All
Are Well.
NEW YORK, July % "A dispatch to
the Herald from Che Foo, July Il, says:
The captain of British steamer who
has just arrived from New Chwang,
reports that there arrived there on
Thursday man protesting to be for
eigner's servant, who escaped from Pc
kin on the 18th, on which date the
British legation was destroyed and the
storleigpers butchercat The story is
credited in New Chwang.
Another telegram came from the gov
ernor of Shan Tung, Yuan Shi Kai, last
night He says: I have received
definite information from Pekin that
all the ministers are well and there is
no illness among them. The proper
Chinese authorities are devising means
for their rescue and protection"
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-07-24
HILL GOT BUT FOUR VOTES
Continued From First Page.

Among those here are A. B. White,
of Parkersburg, candidate for Cover
nor; Arnold G. Scherr, of Keyser, can
didate for Auditor; Peter Silman, of
Charleston, candidate for Treasurer;
Romeo Freer, of Harrisville, candidate
for Attorney General; Thos. C. Miller,
of Morgantown, candidate for State
Superintendent of Free Schools; Judge
Henry Brannon and George Poffen-
barger. candidates for Judges of the
Supreme Court; l.. N. La Toilette, w.
M. O. Dawson, o. A. Petty, John A.
Jarrett and J. c. Upton, Charleston;
Elliott Northcott, Huntington; ]. H.
Hall, H. G. Richards, B. B. Dovener,
Morris Horkheimer, N. z. Whitaker
and Chas. Ahrens, Wheeling; A. G.
Dayton, Philippi; H. c. woodward,
Spencer; F. C. Reynolds, Keyser; NJ.
D. Hanes and Perry A Shanor, Sis
tersville; D. p Stout, West Union; H.
c. Showalter, Harrisville; G. G. McIn-
tosh, Fayetteville; c. L. Topping, Yves
ton; E. G.. Henshaw, Martinsburg; n.
G. Kann, Elkins; V. L. Highland, S. C.
Denham, F. Shuttlesworth and G. w.
Law, Clarksburg; w. E. Glasscock and
Jas. P. Fitch, Morgantown; E. NJ
Showalter, C. w. Swisher, Lamar G.
Powell, A. H. Low and w. P. Moore,
Fairmont; John D. Hewitt. Bramwell,
and r. r. WEIGH.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-07-24

den, Lieut.. Ricketts, and others we're
in the building, one Of them said there
was likely to be fight at any minute.
Green Golden, according to the wit
ness, said they should be prepared to
stand off the police. aud a sentinel was
placed outside to watch the gate Rel>
rsentative Lilly came into the office
and one of the men told him that
signal shot was to be fired in the
house. that the Republican members
should not rise from iaeir seats, that
the Democrats would rise up in the ex-
element and that the men in the lob
bies would shoot them down.
asked that this part CT the testimony
be expunged on the ground that the
identity of the party said 10 have made
the statement was not established.
Witness said he did not know the
name of the man talking but knew his
face we'll and knew that he was one
OF the mountain men who arrived jan
uary 25. The court ruled that the eR-
dence was competent
On the day of the assassination wit
ness said he was in the barber shop in
the basement of the executive building.
After the shooting witness said Henry
Youtsey ran into the basement, coming
from the steps leading up to the Secre-
tary of States Office. Youtsey was
running. and as he passed, exclaimed.
"Great God, what is that shooting
about?"
Youtsey did not stop, but ran out OF
the room. He held his coat as if he
had some kind of an object concealed
under it. The shots sounded to the
witness as if they were fired from the
Secretary of States office.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-07-24
RumOrs CONCERNING Lii.

LONDON, July 23.-Rumor circulates
brlskly around the personality of Lii
Hung Chang. He is credited with a
mission to offer to cede to the allied
powers two provinces as indemnity
for the Pekin outrages and also to
offer to restore order and to give facil-
tiles for trade with the outside world
on condition of the surrender of Kiao
Chou, Wei Hal Wei, and Manchuria by
the powers, and the withdrawal OF all
missionaries. Little attention, how
ever, need be paid to any of these ru-
mors.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-07-24
LOST ITS VALUE.

The Goodnow cablegram. reciting the message
from Prince Tuan as vouchng for the safety of the
foreign ministers on July IS. caused ripple of
element for time at the State Department. but
the officials soon concluded, from the context and
other circumstances surrounding the message, that
Yuan was meant instead of Tuan, so that the mes
sage lost the value it would have had if it had
come from the redoubtabIe Boxer leader
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-07-24
A TERRIFIC STORM.
Did Serious Damage About Morgan
tOwn-Weu Known Hotel Man

D1d serious Damage ABOUT Morgan
tOwn-WeH known Hotel Man
Dead.
Special to the Register.
MORGANTOWN, W. Va, July %
Morgantown and vicinity was visited
on Sunday night by a cloud burst
which did immense damage. The storm
was accompanied by grand electrical
display. Mike Stole, we'll known in
Bridgeport, Ohio, was knocked sense
less by bolt, which struck near him,
but he soon recovered. Robert Yances
residence was struck and the chimney
knocked down. The rain came in a
solid sheet for two hours and a half
Decker's creek went far out of bank.
William T. Harner and James Harner
lost their hay and truck gardens. A four
horse wagon, belonging to the form
er, was washed away by the creek,
which came into his house three feet
deep, the first time the water had ever
reached his residence. Two county
bridges and railroad bridge on the
Morgantown and Kingwood railroad
were washed away. Traffic on the road
is suspended to-day. Several RATS at
the mouth of the creek were taken out
as we'll as the dredge boat. Nimrod
Austin was compelled to leave his
house at midnight by the water, which
washed the house from it's founda-
tons.
j. K. Durr, of Pittsburg, formerly
resident OF Morgantown and prom
inent hotel man of both places. died
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-07-24
TWO URGENT MESSAGES.

LONDON, July PA a. m.-Two ur-
gent dispatches were addressed yester-
day by the Chinese minister to the
Pekin government and to the director
of telegraph administration, strongly
advocating the necessity of restoring
telegraphic communication with view
of enabling the powers to obtain proof
of the safety of the foreign ministers
Until such proofs are secured, no one
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-07-24
ANOTHER HEARING.

Ell DORADO, Kans., July 23.--Jessie
Morrison, charged with killing Mrs.
Olin Castle. her former sweetheart's
wife, by cutting her throaA with
razor, will have mother preliminary
hearing. Judge Randall, OF. the pro-
bate court, to-day ovepruled the mo-
ton of the States attorney to quash
the habeas corpus proceedings and or
dered them heard August 10.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-07-24
f. J. Rothnker Dead.

f. ]. Rothaker. one of the best known
and most highly esteemed Of Wheelings
German-American citizens died at $50
o'clock yesterday morning. in the 18th
year of his age. He was in the stock
yards business for many years. retiring
on account of his advanced age. His
funeral viii take place tomorrow after
noon from the residence of his niece Mrs
Christina yierheller. No. 2ll3 Eoff street
The remains will be buried at Mt. Calvary
cemetery
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-07-24

this morning at his farm near Nor
gantown. OF heart failure. The funer-
al will take place Tuesday in Pittsburg.
He was sixty-seven years old
Major Powell, of Pittsburg, is here
looking after the work on the locks
and dams.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-07-24
ORDERED TO SAN FRANCISCO.

WEST POINT, N. Y, July 23.-Com-
pany E, battalion of engineers, will
start from here for San Francisco to-
morrow morning. 1t is intended to get
the troop to San Francisco in time to
sail on August 1.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-07-24
NO RISING AT TCHoNG MING.

PARIS, July pa telegram from
the French consul at Tchong Ming
July Is, says there has been no upris-
ings at SEE Chuen. In the country
northeast some missions have been de-
stroyed.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-07-24
More Missions Destroyed.

LONDON, July 23.-The China in
land mission has received telegram
from Shanghai, dated to-day, which re-
ports that Siangh Sien, 81 Hua, Chico
Kiakeo, Shack Tien and King Isl
Kuan, all mission stations in the prov
ince of Ho Nan, have been destroyed
by rioters. The missionaries are SAFE
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-07-24
THE wEATHER.

WASHINGTON. d. c.. July 2s.-For
West yirginia-Partly cloudy Tuesday
and Wednesday,: southwesterly winds
For Western Pennsylvania--Partl
cloudy Tuesday; probably showers
Wednesday; light TO fresh souther1y
Winds 1919
For ohio-Generaliy fair Tuesday;
Wednesday probably showers and lower
temperature; light to fresh southerly
winds.
Mr.. c. Schnepf, the Opera House drug
gist, made the following observations OF
a. m. 50; u M, So: p. m. So; Z D. M, 81.
Weather fair
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-07-24

offering to furnish two regiments on
West Virginia troops to serve in China
The Governor says the troops are well
equipped and fairly well drilled and
could be modified and ready to march
within two weeks
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-07-24
TWO ENCOUNTERS REPORTED

ST. PETERSBURG, July 23.-Two
encounters are reported to have taken
place between British and Chinese
forces near Wei Hal Wei The latter,
it is reported, were repulsed after a
stubborn encounter. No dates are
given.
M. Krutizki, engineer of the Eastern
Chinese railway, telegraphing from AL
gotchi, in the trans-Baikal territory,
under date of Friday, July 20, reports
the occupation of Chailar by Chinese
troops. The Russians, according to
this dispatch, continued to concentrate
at Charbin.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-07-24

here is inclined to alter the opinion
that the Chinese are merely Juggling to
gain time.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-07-24
The PRESIDENT
WILL MEDIATE.
Continued From First Page.

ing upon the belief that all the foreign ministers IN
Pekin have persisted; but our government, neverthe
less regards its course as the correct one.
All of the European governments have taken the
stand above indicated. The last of the answers to
Secretary Hays note, reciting the Conger message
have come and all of them in terms polite and dip
omac express utter incredulity in the authenticity
of the Conger message Consul General Goodnow,
himself man of good judgment, also cabled warns
ing to Secretary Hay against the acceptance OF the
message without confirmation.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-07-24
CONSIDERS 1T GENUINE.

But the State Department has fully considered the
message In all of its aspects has carefully weigh
ed the numerous objections and suspicious put
forth here and in Europe and, without guarantee
ing the authenticity of the message, feels it to be
matter of prime duty to act upon the theory that
it is genuine.
NA Admiral Remey's notification to the Depart
nent that ne had gone IN person up the Pe-Ho
from Taku to Ten Tsin is attributed to the receipt
by him of Secretary Longs urgent message to
hasten the efforts to get to Pekn and important
news from him is expected soon.
The War Department, it appears, underesti-
mated the time it would require for the Grant to
arrive at NagasakL She sailed on the first instant
so that she is not yet quite due at that port with
Gen. Chaffee.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-07-24
Atkinson Offers Troons

Special to the Register
CHARLESTON, w. Va, July 3D.
Governor Atkinson to-day addressed a
letter to Secretary Of War Elihu Root