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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-04-03
STOCKHOLDERS, MEETING.
STOCKHOLDERS MEETING.

The annual meeting Of stockholders Of
the Consolidated Building, Loan and Trust
Company will he held at the office of the
Company, 1903 Market ST., Tuesday even
ing, April 10th. at s O'Clock. for the pur-
pose Of electing a Board of Directors and
the transaction of such other business as
come before them.
GEO. J. MATHTSON,
mch2S, apr3,10 Secretary.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-04-03

The above sale Is adjourned until Tues
day, March 20, 1900, at 2 o'clock D. M, and
at the same place. T.. NJ. DARRAH,
RaceiNtar
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-04-03

The above sale is adjourned until Tues
day. April 3, 1870, at 2 o'clock p. m, and
at the same place. T. NJ. DARRAH.
mh21. q, ap3 Receiver.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-04-03

The above sale is adjourned until Tues
day, February %, 1900, at same time and
place. 7. NJ. DARRAH,
Receiver.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-04-03
FEUD LEADS 70 MURDER
EwELL PERDUE SHOT FATALLY IN
AN ENCOUNTER WITH THE
CYRUS BOYS.

The Fight Was Opened without
Warning, and Was the Outcome
of a Feud That Has Been Creating
Trouble About C~entreviIIe for
More Than a Year-Lee Perdue
Also Severely Wounded.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-04-03

The above sale. IS adjourned until Tues
day. January 16, 1900, at the same time and
place. 7. NJ. DARRAH,
Raaaivar
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-04-03
GALE OF CATSUP AND MUSTARD

The sickness of J. W. Hunter having ne
cessitated the winding up of the affairs of
the ]. W. Hunter Company, of Wheeling,
West Virginia, The undersigned, by author
ity duly conferred on him. will offer for
sale at public auction at the factory build
ing of said company, in the city of Wheel
ing, w. Va, for cash, on
TUESDAY. THE 14th DAY OF NO.
VENEER, A. D.. 1899,
of said company. which is in irst-class
condition, embracing machinery for the
manufacture of tomato catsup. twelve
mills for wet mustard. one hydraulic press
and twelve Founders for the manufacture
of dry mustard, mustard oil or linseed oil,
steam engine, boiler, shafting. betting, etc.
materials manufactured, manufactured
or in process of manufacture, the lease
of said factory property, expiring March
3lst, 1903, the purchaser to pay the rental
under said lease from the time of his pur-
excepting debts due 1t or its receiver and
money of his trust in the receivers hands.
Such plant has a railroad switch and Is ad-
mirably situated. An inventory and full
information as TO the property to be sold
will be mailed or furnished by the UNDER
signed to any applicant, and an inspection
of the property cheerfully permitted.
T. M. DARRAH, Receiver.
Tuesday. November Is, 1893. at 2 o'clock
p. m i. M Receiver.
The above sale Is adjourned until Tues
day. December 10. 1899. at 2 o'clock d. m,
7. M. DARRAH, Receiver.
The above sale is adjourned until Tues
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-04-03
AN AGED A E A

william Edwards, for Many Years
n Baltimore & ohio EmpIoye, Dies
of Bronchitis.
Evening star., 1900-12-25
DE ELIVERY OF NOTE
PRELIMINARY DEMANDS OF POWERS
IN CHINESE HANDS.
Presented by Spanish Minister-Prince
Ching Says China Wants Peace
and Prosperity.

PEKIN, December 24.-The preliminary
joint note was delivered today to the Chi
nese. Ii Hung Chang found that he was
unable to attend the meeting of the minis
ters, and his credentials and those of Prince
Ching were presented by the latter to the
foreign ENJOYS.
Prince Ching, replying to the Spanish
minister, Senor b ]. de Colgan, who pre-
sented the note said he would Immediately
communicate its contents to the emperor,
and assured the ministers that a speedy
reply was the desire of the court, as 1t felt
that all China wants peace and prosperity.
Another Account.
PARIS, December pa dispatch to the
Havas Agency from Pekin says:
THE ministers assembled at the residence
Of Senor B.. ]. de Colgan (the Spanish min
lister and the doyen of the diplomatic corps),
and received Prince Ching, to whom the
Spanish minister handed the joint note Of
the powers. Lii Hung Chang, who is still
ill, asked to be excused Prince Ching saids
I have the honor to accept the note con-
cerning the re-establshment of good rela-
tions, and will transmit it Immediately to
the emperor. and communicate to you his
reply as soon as received.
Evening star., 1900-12-25
THE CABINETS CHRISTMAS
WHERE AND HOW TIE MEMBERS
SPENT THEsIAY.
Several Were nt Their Desks During
the Morning-The attorney Gem
eraI Played Golf.

The big granite building occupied by the
State, War and Navy departments was
silent and deserted today. save by Secre-
;aries Long and Root, Adjt. Gen Corbin
and a few messengers and watchmen. The
two cabinet officers spent the forenoon at
their desks attending to private corre-
spondence which had been neglected on ac-
count Of the pressure ofsofticial business
Secretary Hay spent rnaese of the day at
his elegant home at the corner of 10th and
Fl streets with his family all the members
Of which We're present Except the eldest
son. Mr. Adelbert Hay. Emitted States con-
sui at Pretoria. South Africa.
Secretary Long had his Christmas dinner
in his private apartments at the Portland
in company with Mrs. Long and her sis
ter, Miss Bertha Pierce.S All his children
them sent their parentsi beautiful Christ
mas remembrances.
Secretary Root had aD his family with
him at the Christmas dinner a his home
on Rhode Island aven3Ie, including his
daughter and two sons
Attorney General Grig&s went out for a
game of gof today and sdid not go to his
office. Except when ellibying himself on
the links, he was at his home with his
family. A
Secretary Gage went to- his office for sew
eral hours this morning sand then returned
to his home. He will hAse a few personal
friends dine with him. y4S
Postmaster General Smith will eat Christ
mas dinner at his resideriee in this city, as
Will Secretary of the Inferior Hitchcock.
Evening star., 1900-12-25
MISS CONDIT-SMITH'S APPEAL.
FavOrab1y Acted on by the Treasury
Department.

Assistant Secretary Spaulding has taken
favorable action on the appeal of Miss Con-
dit Smith from the action of the customs
authorities at New York on siezing her
trunks on her arrival from China. The
basis for the action is set forth In the fol-
lowing statement made by Mr.. Spaulding:
1.-The regulations provide for free entry
of personal effects of United States minis
ters and their families returning from
abroad.
ut appears that Miss Condit-Smith was
a. Pekin at the time of the sege-a guest
Of the minister Of the United States. Her
entire wardrobe, with the exception of the
clothes she wore, was either destroyed or
used to clothe others who had lost every
thing, or torn up for bandages and other
wise used for the wounded confined in the
legation; that the clothing contained in her
two trunks brought by her to New York
are duplicates both in number and value of
the clothing purchased abroad for the ne
cessities of her journey, and to replace that
which she lost or charitably donated during
the siege.
LAS she was guest of the minister and
member of his household during the
siege, the privilege of free entry of per-
sonal effects accorded to the immediate
members of the family of a United States
minister is accorded to her."
Evening star., 1900-12-25

clare himself to men. Through Christ the
word became flesh. That is what hap
pened on the first Christmas morning and
that is what is being commemOrated. what
had been spoken became incarnate In the
man and that man was able to say, He who
has seen me has seen my future.
Services Mt the New Church.
Services appropriate to the day, with the
celebration of holy communion, was held
this morning in the New Church (Sweden-
borgian), 10Th and Corcoran streets. The
pastor Rev. Frank Sewall, officiated and
delivered the sermon. A quartet choir COM
posed of Miss Matte Gibson, soprano; Mrs.
Ralph T. Barnard, alto: John NJ Reiman,
tenor, and Eugeen F. Stevens, bass, rem
dered appropriate music. MIR. Stevens is
also the director of the music. Miss
Maud G. Sewal was the Organist. Christ
mas green's We're used in effective decora-
tions about the chancel and on the walls
were bits of greenery, which gave the touch
of the season to the interior of this place of
worship.
Beautiful and Impressive.
The attendance at the II o'clock service
today at St. Aloysius' Church large
as to tax the seating capacity of the edi-
flee. The service an unusually beauti-
fu, and impressive one, the features being
a special program of music, with solemn
high mass The decorations consisted en-
tirely of Christmas green's
In connection with the solemn high mass
Monsignor Martinelli pontifcated. Rev. Fa-
ther Hahn was celebrant. with Rev. Father
O'COnnell as deacon and r. H. Tierney as
subdeacon. Rev. Father Fink and Rev.
Father PardoW We're present as deacons Of
honor. Mr.. Fred Dunn offcated as master
of ceremony, while Mr.. Fred DevereuX was
assistant master OF ceremonies.
Prior to the celebration of mass a strik-
ingly eloquent sermon on the gospel OF the
day Was delivered by Rev. Father Conway.
The music comprised Beethovens s mass i'll
c. Mcyerbeer's Schiller March and Haydn
The Heavens Are Telling" The entire
service was of i full orchestral and organ
accompaniment. The program of the mu-
sical portion OF the service was specially
arranged by Mr. S. j. kubel director of
the choir. Mr.. Eric Rath was the officiating
orSanist, with Mr.. S. Minister as leader of
the orchestra. The soloists We're Miss Ce-
celia V. Murphy. soprano; Mrs. Margaret
Nolan Martin. alto; T. f. Turpin, tenor;
James j. Nolan, bass.
The chorus comprised: Soprano. Misses
Mary Sweeney, Josephine Phillips, Cora r.
Noyes. Dana Heron. Kate Heron, Jennie
Lynch. Dena v Grasse, Teresa Buehler and
Birdie Bieber: altos. Mrs. A. c. Taylor,
Misses Clara Kubel, Mary ODea and Mrs.
II. Dooley, George Lansdale, George q.
HouIehan and Carl Xanten; bassos, Harry
Chase. Daniel Milrick, John l.. Dwyer,
Aloysius j. Neff, w. II. Bartholdt and NJ.
Donnelly.
Evening star., 1900-12-25
THE OMAHA KIDNAPPING
MR. CUDAHY SAYS THERE HAVE
BEEN IMPORTANT DEVELOPMENTS.
Several Clues Found Which May Lead
to AbductOrs' Cap
ture.

CHICAGO, December pa special to the
Tribune from Omaha, Neb., says
Another important development in the
Cudahy kidnapping case has been reported
to the police in the discovery in a barn near
Pacific Junction, Iowa, twenty-five miles
south and just across the river of a pony
answering the description of the one ridden
by one of the abductors. 1t was left there,
apparently by some agent of the fugitives.
The saddle was in a neighboring barn. and
a pair of trousers was in the shed in whicn
the pony had been abandoned.
f. a. Cudahy, in speaking of the case
last night, said:
There are some important developments,
but for obvious reasons 1 cannot state them
for publication. The detectives have found
some clues that seem to point in the right
direction. l think the discovery Of the
lantern which marked the place at which
l deposited the ransom is an important
clue. The lantern has been identified by
Pat McGray, who was with me when !
deposited the money. more important
clew, however, will be in hand when we
get the horse which one of the men used
on the night of the kidnapping. A horse
answering the description has been picked
up near Pacific Junction, and the animal
will be brought to Omaha If this proves
to be the horse used by the kidnapers !:
OuRnl 10 dlu US.
Three Men Implicated.
1.-The published story that there were
only two men implicated in the crime is
incorrect, because two women were in the
buggy that carried off my boy and a third
man followed on horseback. My son thinks
he could identify only one of the kidnapers
the one who remained with him in the
house. This man talked a great deal, and
Eddie thinks he could identify him by his
voice.
II received letter this morning and an
other last evening signed 'Eloise t. IN
which the writer tells me that the men who
did the kidnapping are not In Omaha, that
we are on the wrong track altogether.
These letters were written on the letter
paper of the Windsor Hotel of Omaha and
posted from Cincinnati. The writer makes
no attempt to open negotiations with me
for the disclosure of the guilty persons,
and think the letters were written to d.
vert us from the right track. We shall not
Day any attention to these letters."
Evening star., 1900-12-25
ORDERED BY TAFT COMMISSION.
Millions Being Expenaed for Public
improvement


According to recent .adyices from the
Philippines, the Taft cpI1imission expended
more than $5,o0o,ooO ~ Mexican money
during the months Of September and Octo-
Der in public improvements and in the Or
appropriation made bysthe commission for
the construction and frepair of highways
and bridges In the Philippines amounted to
$2,Vm 600 in Mexican money. Other appro-
prfati included $!23 fS4, Mexican for ex-
penses incurred for the benefit of the in
suiar government during the month of Oc-
tober; $50. MexicansSfor the purchase Of
a site for a market irEsAi Mia, and $1,000,
Mexican, as annual eorp pensation to a
statstician The Secrefarf Of War has re-
ceived copies of the orders authorizing these
and other expenditlfrsas The revenues of
the islands are large and are constantly
increasing. but the commission is using
every precauion to AVOID the possibility of
a deficiency. Although the expenditures
Tor public works are large, 1t is claimed
that they will result In much-needed i'm
provements Of a perrnaneiit character
Evening star., 1900-12-25
A Quiet Christmas at the Executive
Mansion.
REMEMBRANCES OF MANY FRIENDS
The President and His Wife Took
aDrive.
DIN n ER ARRANGEMENTS

Christmas at the White House was as
an official call by Representative Payne,
chairman of the ways and means commit
tee of the House, who had a brief inter
view with the President during the morn
ing about pending legislation. The reor-
ganzation of the army is considered an
urgent matter by the President. Mr. Payne,
who is the republican leader, says that the
House will act promptly after the Senate
has passed upon the bill now before it,
Secretary and Mrs. Root and Col. and
Mrs. Bingham called socially and exchang-
ed the seasons greetings with President
and Mrs. Mckinley, who remained in the
private apartments throughout the day,
except when they went out for hour $
drive. The Presidents custom for many
years has been to attend church on Christ
mas day, that being one manner of observ-
| ing the occasion. but Mrs. Mckinley did
not care to attend church this morning and
| the President decided to go driving with
| her. Mrs. Mckinley is suffering from a
cold but otherwise is in her accustomed
health
Wagon Loads of Presents.
If any great portion of the pleasure OF
| Christmas is derived from presents, Mr.
and Mrs. Mckinley ought to feel supremacy
happy. Express wagons have made many
| trips to the White House during the last
week Today they delivered many pack
ages, one wagon frequently having half a
| dozen more parcels. Messengers also
| delivered numerous parcels, evidence that
| the Washington friends of the President
and his wife had remembered them. The
articles received at the White House this
! Christmas have often been of great value
| Aside from his political admirers the Presi-
dent has thousands of warm personal
friends all over the country and a consider
able number of them keep the chief eXecu-
| tive in mind when they are making pur-
chases during the Christmas season. Their
tastes are almost as varied as the stock OF
| goods of several big stores.
A large number of presents have gone
| away from the White House, but naturally
| this Is small compared with the number
| received.
| The Dinner.
The President and his wife had lunch al
| the usual hour this afternoon, and dinner
| will be served about the regular time. 7
| o'clock. Enough turkeys were received to
| insure fine for the presidential table
Nobody ever knows which turkey of those
sent by friends is used. To reveal the
| secret of the favored turkey would be re-
garded as a sad breach of etiquette.
There are visitors at the White House
| to share the Christmas dinner with the
| President and his wife.
| Secretary Cortelyou spent portion of the
| day with his family. A number of other
| officials and clerks were on duty several
| hours of the day.
Evening star., 1900-12-25
CLAIM EZZEGUI INDEMNITY.
Two Women Assert That They Were
Married to the Deceased.

Two Women Assert That They Were
Married to the Deceased.
There is likely to be a dispute over the
5000 indemnity which the government of
Morocco has promised to pay in settlement
Of the case of Marcus Ezzegui, naturalized
American citizen, who killed by mob
at Fez Claims have been already filed at
the State Department for this money by
two women, each of whom represents that
she was the lawful wife Of the deceased.
One of these women is a resident of New
York. She alleges that she was married to
Ezzegui when he resided in this country,
and she has produced a marriage certificate
in corroboration of her statement. The
other claimant is native and a resident of
Morocco. She represents that she is the
widow of the murdered man. but SO far
she has failed to produce legal evidence Of
her marriage The indemnity has not yet
been paid, and the question to the right
full owner of the money will not be Ge-
termined by the State Department in ad-
vance Of such payment.
Evening star., 1900-12-25
4 NOVEL STRIKE.
Chicago Post Office Operatives object
to Long Hours.

CHICAGO, December pa strike among
the clerks of the registry department of the
Post Office Department yesterday menaced
for a time the prompt delivery of thousands
OF Christmas gifts. Extra hours of work
was the grievance of a score of operatives,
who during the holidays have been COM
PEELED to labor fourteen hours day. The
trouble WAS quickly adjusted by the post Of
flee authorities, who suspended the leader
of the strikers The rank and file of the
protesting clerks then returned to their Ia
borS.
Superintendent Marr of the registry de-
partment said:
The mails were flooded this year, and
there is no other way than to make the
clerks work. We are handling l6 per cent
more work this year than in 1899. l have
thirty-sx men assisting the regular force,
and | would add more but for the fact that
there are no experienced hands available
and l cannot break in green ones. Some oil
the employees complained. but later returned
to work and I anticipate no further trouble
The leader of the strikers refused to work
any longer and, Of course, he had to be
SuSpended.'
Evening star., 1900-12-25
CHRISTMAS IN NEW YORK,
Charitable Work Feature of tn
Holiday Observance.


Holiday Observance.
NEW YORK, December 25-Christmas
dawned bright and pleasant. and before the
day was we'll under way the hundreds OF
charitable society workers were up seeing
to providing wholesome dinners for the
thousands of deserving poor throughout the
city. The great Madison Square Garden has
been transformed into gigantic dining
room, and there tonight the Salvation Army
will feed 25,OO0 people.
The Salvation Army began this morning
to distribute baskets of dinner to all fami-
lies who sent tickets. The tickets had been
given out by members of all religious de-
nominations to persons worthy Of charity.
State Senator Timothy D. Sullivan will
feed 5000 people on the Bowery: Frank TIL.
ford 500 newsboys at Lyric Hall, and Thos.
Reynolds Democratic Association will feed
1,0OO The department Of charities ana
correction will feed their inmates, and Mre.
Howard Gould will feed 500 children.
Evening star., 1900-12-25
May Issue Geld weathersCIothine.

Inc Secretary of War has made a deci-
sion that in cases where the post command
er certifies that it is necessary, arctic over
shoes, fur gauntlets and caps and wooden
mlttens may be issued at cost prices to
enlisted men. 1t is also provided that can
vas mttens. blanket-lined canvas hats and
piahket-iined canvas overcoats may be sup
pled to troops serving in extremely cold
regions. and also under certain conditions
to troops at West Poiat. N. Y. The over
coats are to be issued only to men perform
ing guard duty or heidi service, when ex-
posure to weather would jeopar6ize life or
limbs by freezing. Thesd overcoats may be
fur or blanket-linet canvas
Evening star., 1900-12-25

CAPE TOWN, December 25.-Reguiar
railway service between Cape Town and DE
Aar has been restored. The report Of the
destruction of bridge south of De Aar
turns out to be Incorrect only a culyert
was damaged. Trains are running from
De Aar to Kimberley irreguiarly. There
are considerable delays elsewhere as the
result Of heavy rains.
Evening star., 1900-12-25
JAMES RAGAN'S FUNERAL.
Will Take Place Thursday, With Mass
at St. JOseph's Church.

The funeral of the late James Ragan,
whose death is so widely and deeply de-
plored, will take place Thursday morning
at o clock from his late residence, No. 642
f street northeast. Half an hour later sol
emn requiem mass will be celebrated at St
Joseph's Catholic Church. There promises
to be a very large attendance, including
representatives of the Master Plumbers
Association, the Veteran Firemens Asso-
citation and the Benevolent Protective Or
der of EIks in all of which Mr.. Ragan was
a nrnminent and popular member.
Evening star., 1900-12-25
Personal Mention

Charming Rudd of the Missouri bar was
admitted to the bar Of the United States
Supreme Court just before the court ad-
jcurned yesterday. upon motion by Charles
w. Needham.
Evening star., 1900-12-25
Preferr.s s.,caae to Trial.

NEW YORK December 25.-Obrecht
Reiber. prisoner charged with attempted
felonious assault. committxn suicide In his
cell in the West 10th street station house
last night BY hanging himself with his
Evening star., 1900-12-25
THE FORTUNE BRINGER.

Frequent and constant
advertising brought me all
l own.-A. T. Stewart.
Evening star., 1900-12-25

German Orphan Asylum.
Each Of the sixty children at the German
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1900-08-17
KILLING CHRISTIANS.
Two Hundred Are rlassacred With
out Interference

London. August 15.-The Sultan is
taking advantage of the fact that the
attention Of the great powers is occu-
pied by the troubles in China to allow
his Mohammedan lieges to indulge in
one of their periodical onslaughts on
Christians.
In the early part of last week two
hundred Armenians near Van were
massacred without any interference
by the authorities, and the British
Vice Consul at Van, delegated by his
government to investigate the COM
plicity of Ottoman officials in the af-
fair, was set upon and fred at by the
Kurds in the neighborhood of Elk, who
robbed him of his baggage, wounded
his interpreter, and subjected other
members of his party to maltreatment.
Sir Nicholas O'Connor, the British
Ambassador at ConstantinOple, has
lodged strong protest with the Sub.
lime Porte, which has received it with
even more than its customary indiffer.
ence,
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1900-08-17

WE see that our friend Pietro Cuneo,
vii shortly retire from the Upper San
dusky Republican, which he has pub
lis he'd for some thirty years. He will
turn the newspaper over to his two
sons. Mr.. Cuneo came to America
with his father, from Italy, when boy,
and followed his father and his hand
organ till he felt that such a life was
not compatible with his aspirations;
and then ran off. Learning the printing
trade, he worked his way up till he be-
came editor, and conducted very
successful business. Being active In
poll tics, he became Postmaster OF his
city, and became acquainted with
many of the great men of the country.
He published a good paper, and was
able in his best days to give his father,
whom he ran of from, comfortable
and happy home, and has lived to be
an honored and useful man in his adop-
ted country. We wish that the sunset
of his life may ce one golden glow.