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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-06-14
OIL NEWS.
Special to the Register.

Special TO the Register.
PARKERSBURG, w. Va. June 13.-
A case of great interest to the oil bus
mess in West Virginia was submitted
in the Circuit Court of Peasants coun-
ty to-day. On January IS, 1896. Thos.
II. Harness and wife leased to NJ Fin
negan two tracts of land aggregating
1917 acres. The lease provided for
operations within two years Finnc-
gan conveyed the lease TO the Eastern
Oil Company, and this company en-
tered and put down two wells, one tn
the Cow Run sand and one to the
Berea. The Berea well produced gas
n paying quantities. The company
used this gas TO operate its wells OF
adjoining lands. The second we'll was
not producer, and no further devel-
opments whatever were made. In the
summer of 1899 Harness brought suit
to cancel the lease. claiming that the
production of gas from one well would
not authorize the Eastern Oil Company
to hold the whole tract without operat-
ing for oil further than it had done.
After the institution of the suit the
Eastern Oil Company again commence
cd developments, and have put down
two wells. both of which are good pro-
dueers.. and are commencing a third
we'll
The exact question, whether an oil
and gas lease can be held after the
limit of time mentioned, by paying the
gas royalty, has not been passed upon
in any of the appellate courts in the
States having oil production. The
case will be watched with great interest
by oil producers.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-06-14
MATINEE TODAY.


saudevfiIe This AffcrnOOn at Wheel
ing Park Casino.
The vaudeville company which holds
the boards at the Wheeling Par Ca
sino will give a matinee performance
this afternoon for the ladies and chill
dren. The performance begins at 2:3O
and special motors will run to the
Casino. The entertainment is a
splendid one, clean and bright.
NO one should miss it, There will
De no performance tonight on ac-
count of the Hughes recital, but to-
morrow evening, Saturday matinee and
night the regular bill will be given.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-06-14
Condition of the Treasury.

WASHINGTON, June 12.-To-day's
statement Of the treasury balances In
the general fund. exclusive of the $3.50
600. 900 gold reserve in the division OF
redemption, shows:
Available cash balance, SIG. 466, go;
gold, So, 1885, l9.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-06-14

Elsewhere in this issue will be found
suggestion that Col Wylie Beall, of
Brooke county, would make a splendid
Democratic candidate for Congress.
The idea will find wide approval.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-06-14

The Sisters of the Visitation of Mont
de Chantal are once more to be con-
graduated upon the close of a most
successful school year. Yesterdays
programme was worthy of all praise
both as to arrangement and execution.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-06-14

serving notice on Tom Piatt, through
q friend, that any attempt to prevent
the denomination of the Governor will
decidedly imperil party success in the
Empire State. This is important, if
true.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-06-14

Commencing about Saturday and con-
tinuing for a week or so, Philadelphia
will resemble live city.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-06-14

Boss Finn is bigger and more IN
scrupulous ruler than Pittsburg has
had in all her history. He is monarch
of all he surveys.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-06-14

Negotiations are pending for the old
rolling stock of the Wheeling and Elm
Grove Company by G. w. Berric, to
be used on a motor road from New
Martinsville to Littleton. w. Va,
which will go through the coal terri
tory recently sold by the Arnett & Co.
syndicate, and touch the principal oil
fields of Wetzell county.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-06-14

The Christian congregation Of Par
kersburg have decided to build
church with a roof garden on top of
it for open air meetings, festivals, en-
tertainments, etc. This will be de-
cided innovation in church architect
ure
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-06-14
Oil Market.

| OIL CITY, Pa. June 13.-Credit bal
| ances, $1.25: certificates, no bids Ship
| ments, 90.750 bbls; average, 94,2T bbls.
Runs. 1854 bbls; average. S9.7l9 bbls.
NEW YORK, June 13.-Standard oil
/ stock 545M546
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-06-14
HOW TO REMIT.

send all remittances by Registered
Letter. ExDrens Order, Check or
Postal Note. Patrons run risk
OF losing remfttances sent ina my
other way. All amounts for $500
or less can be tent by postal order
Cor three cents. Address
THE REGISTER,
Wheeling, w. Wa.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-06-14
ATLANTIC CITY, n. ,.

THE NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. and Pacific
ave, Atlantic City. ~. ]. One square from
Reading depot and the beach. Excellent
in every appointment. Fine table. Electric
lighting. Elevator. Rates IS to slf Book
let MRS r. J. OSBORNE maIsewx
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-06-14
BUSINESS AND INDUSTRIAL
The Hazlctt Quotations.

The following New York quotations were
received yesterday by Howard Hazlett 81
Son, National Exchange Bank Building:
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-06-14

After a couple of bad days J. Bulls
face is again wreathed in smiles.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-06-14

DEMOCRATIC STATE TICKET
GOVERNOR,
John III. Holt, of Cabel1.
AUDITOR,
james H. Miller, of Summers.
SUPT. FREE SCHOOLS,
Robert A. Armstrong, of MonOngulia.
ATTORNEY GENERAL,
George NJ. Mccoy, of Tyler.
TREASURER,
j. Garland Hurst, of Jefferson.
JUDGES SUPREME COURT APPEALS,
John w. English, of Mason.
William G.. Bennett, of Lewis.
ELECTORS AT LARGE,
John w. Davis, of Harrison.
Il. Nj. Gilkeson. of Wood.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-06-14

WANTED-Agents TO handle our line Of
installment goods. highest commissions
paid. payable every Saturday; reference
required. c. F. ADAMS * CO, No. $50
Market street. Juliet
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-06-14

H. w. Hughes at the Casino to.
night. Tickets nj Banners.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-06-14

TREASURER,
j. Garland Hurst, of Jefferson.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-06-14
ATTORNEY GENERAL

George NJ. mccoy, of Tyler.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1900-04-12
The Best ia the world.

We believe Chamberlain Cough Rem
edy is the best in the world. A few
weeks ago we suffered with severe
cold and troublesome cough, and hay
ing read their advertisements in our own
and other papers we purchased bottle
to see il it would effect us. II cured us
before the bottle was more than hall
used. 1t is the best medicine out for
colds and coughs. The Herald, Ander-
sonville, Ind. For sale by William F
Greenwich s Son, Leonardtown, and all
country stores
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1900-04-12

HARD TO REALIZE. Gen. Gros-
veneer was walking through the cor
ridors OF the capitol the other day
when a lady approached him.
81 beg your pardon, said she
pleasantly enough, "but isn't this
Congressman Grosvener Of Ohio !?
eyes madam" was the reply.
~ thought so, she continued.
"You see, | recognized you from
your pictures in the papers. - Then
she paused moment. while Gener-
al Grosvener also waited.
General Grosyener, said the
lady, with a touch OF timidlty in
her voice, "couldn't you give me a
ticket of admission to the galleries 2"
Quite CALAMITY the Ohio congress
man procured a card, filled it out
and signed his name. The lady
went on her way rejoicing. Gen.
eral Grosyener stood for a moment
thoughtly. "Well," he said, "that
is the llrst time | ever knew | real
ly looked as bad as my pictures. -
Washtngton Post.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1900-04-12
The Farmers Wife.


We may not be, as the writer's say,
educated in art some of us cannot
tell the difference between a chro-
mo and an oil painting but what
difference does that make? Look
ing from cur kitchen door we can
see a picture made by nature her.
self.
We do not know much about wo-
man 8 clubs n this benighted region,
but from all | hear Of them their
members wAste q gseat deal u sym
pathy on that ''poor forlorn crea-
ture." the farmers wife. Not long
ago clubwoman, speaking before a
farmers institute, told the farmers
wives that their lives we're bounded,
"on the north by washtub, on the
east by cook-stOve, on the south
by a sewing machine and on the
west by cradle" This may be so,
but even then there is room for the
semicardinal points Of wifehood,
motherhood, home and happiness
and in this age Of diffusion of the
beat literature the farmers wife,
when she finds time, has the same
opportunity as other and, as far as
my observation goes, the wife Of the
American farmer, be he Eastern or
be he Western, will compare favor
ably in general intelligence with the
wives OF aud other class Of men.
She ought to feel grateful for the
interest and sympathy so often ex.
pressed for her by clubwomen aud
lady journalists, who only know
her through the "ststistics Of insane
asylums" and the reports Of "close
observers" Of farm homes but she
cannot understand why she should
be singled out to be thus Insulting.
lg pitied. The farmer di not win
her with bow and spear, as in saw
age times he did not even run away
with her on the more modern NOV
er or harvester she became fern
er's wife Of her own free will, walk
ed with her eyes wide open into the
sphere that is to send her TO the in
sane asylum or make Of her an cir
resistible machine" The farm
ers' wives come from farm homes
aud know what to expect know
from experience that life of ease
aud luxury is not to be found in
the farmers home. In conclusion,
let me say that we, as farmers
wives, have not the slightest object
ion TO the establishment Of "home
industries and domestic manufac-
lures" by any class OF women who
have time for them. but when the
attempt is made to put them into
our already ogerbHrdened hands we
most emphatieslly object, The spin
ming wheel and the loom are for us
things Of the past.
New occasions teach new duties;
Time makes ancient good uneonth
ia as truth for the farmers wife as
for the rest of the world, What we
need is not moro work to do, but
more time in which to do the
work we have to do. We look for
ward to the time when, by the aid
Of labor-saving machinery in the
house, as we'll as on the farm, we
will be able so to systematize our
work that we may have time to keep
step intellectually in the worlds
grand march Of improvement with
others OF our sex. Letter Ia out
look.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1900-04-12
MEMOIRS OF A PRISONER.
Personal Experiences of a COnfed-
crate Officer 10 Captivity.
Philadelphia Record.

! Philadelphia Record.
For the information of those who
have not read the sketches pub.
ished in "The Record" Of which
this is the last. will state that
they deal with prison life during
the civil war, and particularly the
adventures and vicissitudes that be-
fell six handred Confederate off
GERS, prisoners Of war in Fort Del
aware, who were sent to Morris Is.
land, S. g., and placed under fire
Of the batteries engaging Forts
/ Gregg and Wagner, between which
they we're imprisoned IN retaliation
for a like number Of Federal off.
GERS confined in Charleston, and al-
legged to DO within range Of the guns
firing upon that city. After a So
journ Of six weeks on Morris Island
these same Confederate officers were
removed to Fort Pulaski. Ny last
article gave their experience in that
prison mp to the time that Sherman
reached the Atlantic coast, at Sa-
vanuah.
As | stated before, General Les
lie Molineux succeeded Colonel 7.
z. Brown in command Of Fort Pu-
laski, and his advent caused no lit.
tie anxiety among us, for We had
no idea what manner OF man he
might develop, but that he would
prove to be such a one as Colonel
Brown Was scarcely 10 be expected.
A very few days, however, were
sufficient to convince Us that Gen.
eral Molneux and his ragged
"bummers" from Sherman's army
we're kindly disposed. But one
thing | could not understand, and
that was Why they so st2diously
avoided coming where we we're, and
never saw the color Of the Gene
RAILS eyes. Their appearance was
as tough as our own, and from the
amount Of diminishing" saw 80.
ing on daily among them, don't
think much could have been added
to their stock Of bodily "discom.
forts" had they been more socia-
bic.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1900-04-12
AZ AnnNrr 10 EscArE.

BY this time our uu % Der hau
been sally reduced by death and
sickness, aud there we're almost as
many 10 the hospital outside Of the
fort as we're confined in tho case
mates, However, wish the iucreas.
ed ration, thanks to General Gill
more, came a marked improvement.
ia our physical condition, aud with
returning strength there grew a
longing for liberty.
From an outside source it was
learned that many boats lined the
shore, which we're unguarded. WHY
not seize these boats some dark
night and row mp to Savannah or
it's vicinity and take the chances Of
eludiug any OF Sherman's troops
that might be there ? But how
we're we to get out Of the classmates,
with their barred embrasures, or
past the huge iron doors that con-
fined us within the prescribed lin
its? A happy discovery was made.
Under each casemate was found a
cham Der, to which there was access
by trap doors. Why not dig through
the walls from chamber to cham Der
until we had passed beyond the
iron door into classmates where the
embrasures were not grated, then
lower ourselves into the moat, when
few strokes would take us to the
opposite bank ?
The plan had hardly been sug.
gested before the strongest among
our number were at work, up to
their knees in water, and in few
/ days the walls that barred orr way
to liberty had been pierced, and
there was nothing to prevent our
escape from the fort at least.
But "the best laid plans Of mice
and men aft gang aglee." Two Of
the officers in the hospital, who
we're convalescing, conceived the
idea of escaping by these same
boats, and did one night row off
and successfully elude pursuit.
This disagreeable intelligence
quickly came to us, and threw a
damper upon most Of those who
intended to make the attempt to
escape, for it was to be expected
that in the future the boats would
heavily guarded. But there were
a dozen or 80 Of reckless spirits who
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1900-04-12

"Do you think the Rev. Shell
don's daily paper has proven any
thing ?"
eyes; that advertising pays."
New-York tribune., 1900-04-26

70 osfer my best wishc. for Ear reaching bench
Sir John II. Kennaway expressed himself thus:
pray earnestly that Gods Holy Spirit may
guide all your deliberations. and that the eree,'
-nsv be greatly furthered and forwarded
This came from Lord Curzon. Governor-Ge Cen
eraI of India
i beg 10 thank you for inviting me TO become sn
honorary member OF the Ecumenicai conference
on Foreign Missions There Is no probablhty ina
I shall be able TO attend the Conference nut /
desire TO express my sympathy with all such enorts
as are made excite and extend an interest IN the
great cause OF Christian missions. anG am very
willing therefore to associate myself win tne
Conference by accepting the membership whlch Is
ofrded to me.
Tris is woman's day at the Conference, and
will he marked by a mass meeting of women in
Carnegie Hall at 2:30 p m Ali women mis-
sfonar,es are requested to occupy the platform
and 10 meet the Committee Women's Meet
ings at Carnegie Hall at . O'Clock. The evening
meeting at Carnegie Hall and the morning
meeting at the Central Presbyterian Church will
also be given UP 70 q consideration Of woman's
work. Many women will make addresses. An
other feature of to-days programme will be the
consideration at Carnegie Hall IN the morning
OF the question whether union and cooperation
Of the churches in their missionary work
practicable and desirable. The same discussion
will be continued in the afternoon at the Fifth
Avenue Presbyterian and the Central Presby
terian churches, while Mission Presses will be
the afternoon topic at Carnegie Hail.
New-York tribune., 1900-04-26
FAKIRS STARTIE MISSIONARIES
YOUNG MEN WITH MEGAPHONES INVITE
DELEGATES TO A PICTURE SHOW.

Three hatless young men with leather lungs"
nothing but their heads showing above the coping
top Of the Art Students League Building. In
Fifty-seventh-st. yesterday afternoon $40
o'clock threw surprise. II not CONSERVATION into
lot OF foreign missionaries the latter emerged
from the missionary meeting in the Central Pres
byterian Church. The building is almost
actly opposite the church. The young men had
equipped themselves with megaphones. and soon
the missionaries and delegates began pouring
of the church the advertising contingent of the
American Society of Fakirs, whose exhibition was
opened yesterday in the Art Building. began OPP
erations. They all talked at once. and it sounded
something like this
Now-yow-ow,-Iadies-a and gentlemen. come right
overcome right over and spend your pennies TO
the greatest show in the city!
Wow -wow-never mind the heather, ladies
and gentlemen-come right over! The only real
live Hottentots are now on exhibition
For mercys sake" said a mild hammered Eng
lishwoman, to her companion. where that
terrible noise from and what is IL all about?'
The "Hottentots' the roof opposite kept saw
ing wood and when they observed they had made
hit redouhled their lung power. The people
hatless human foghorns with astontshment written
every feature.
A delegate from Australia with unmstakable
English accent. asked a Newly orker what il all
meant.
1T certainly is most remarkable way of
tracing attention, sir. the EnglShman said.
Yes" said the Gothamite, but can't help il.
You Buffalo Bill. with his cowboys and rough
riders. is in town. and several of them escaped
from their cages and climbed that roof Pretty
ming along the top of the ridgepole up there.
and then thereH be the dew mean the deuce
10 pay.
And the man from Australia said that IL was
really quite remarkable"
New-York tribune., 1900-04-26

OF india, who In Z missionary address upon india
dwelt upon the progress Of Christianity in that
country since the missionaries went into that neid
II was largely due the efforts Of the missionaries
that sutteesm infanticide the 1ugsernnut sacri-
hces, the immoral dancing girls and many other
iniduties had been abolished.
DR.. II. Guinness. of London. speaking from his
own knowledge OF the condition OF things In the
Congo district OF Africa, said he was glad to be
able to say that the horrors of the india rubber
traffic on the Congo river had been done away with
At one time, Dr. Guinness said. this trafiic was
attended by some OF the darkest happenings In
Central Africa. The Arab slave trade had been
bad enough, but atrocities were ever
perpetrate ted than those committed by the offcials
of the Belgian Government In connection with the
rubber trade. Because, Dr. Guinness said, the
officials wanted get the rubber at the least posi-
bic cost they. under the pretext of taxation com
PEELED the natives to bring In enormous quantities
of rubber: Those who failed were shot and cruelty
treated but thanks to the publicity which our
American missionary gave TO these atrocities,
through the press the barbarties were stopped
and DR.. Guinness added that he believed that the
dark lot which rested on the Congo had become
matter of the past. 49,, 60
Bishop Ridley. of New-Caedonia, British Coum,
ta, spoke OF the satisfactory results OF decade or
missionary work among the Indians OF his diocese
New-York tribune., 1900-04-26
CHILD CRUSHED BY TRUCK.

SIX-YEAR OLD BOY RUN OVER AND INSTANTLY
KIIIED-MoTHER TOO SICK To BE TOLD
David Callahan six years old. living with his
parents ~ No. SO East Sixty-nrst-st was run
over and instantly killed by sand truck at Sixty
hrst-st and Third-ave. late yesterday afternoon
The boy had just left his home 10 play In the
street, when team of horses attached to a sand
truck owned by James l. KeatIng. of No 3i3 East
Thirty hth-st. and driven by John Brady of No
296 East Thirty tfthst., tHrned the corner strik-
ing the lad and knocking him under the truck,
wheels the boys body being badly crushed
Brady stopped his horses. and with Patrolman
Sullivan. of the East Sixty-seventh-st station
carried the boy into nearby drugstore but Iif,
was already extinct. Brady was locked up charged
with homicide.
The boys mother Is very sick. She was informed
that her son hhd fallen anu cut his head and
had been taFen to "a hospital When the father
returned home from work last evening he was told
by his wife that their had cut his head ana
had been taken TO the hospital lie FASTENED around
to the station house to learn about the lad and
when informed that the bOv had been kll,tl ne
was overcome and nearly swooned.
New-York tribune., 1900-04-26
JAPANESE IN FORMOSA.
GETTING RICH MAKING CAMPHOR. BUr
FIND 1T HARD TO sUBDUE NATIVES

The Rev. Thomas Barclay. of Foruosa an Eng
lish Presbyterian delegate to the Ecumenical Con-
ference. says that the japanese are having more
trouble in subduing the savages of Formosa than
the Americans bringing order out of chaos
in the Philippines.
After the Japanese-Chnese war" said Mr. Bar
clay to Tribune reporter last night the Chinese
withdrew their nsl ndarns and handed the island
of Formosa over to the laps. 1t is a good sized
piece of land about two hundred and fifty miles
long by sixty miles wide. and is full OF people
1t is really continuation of the chain of Islands
OF which the Philippines IA part. and during
the Spanish American War canoe full of Ffpinos
lan5ei on the island, after a voyage on the open
sea. The Japanese soldiers do venture far
into the interior. There is mountain range run
ming almost through the middle Of the Island on
the coast are the Japanese and Chinese. a little
further back are the abOrigines who half civil
lied ana 40 not make much trouble
Then come the saVages the mountain slopes
and there is no telling just when the Japanese will
he able 10 curb them. They never have been sub
jugated, and when they catch band of Japanese
soldiers isolated thsy Kill them all That's just the
way they treated the Chinese before the Japanese
occupation a small party OF Chinese woodnen
intent on cutting camphor trees would suddenly
find themselves Hssailed. md usually they would
be wiped out. As soon the savages make
raid of this kind they fee to the mountain resorts
and the soldiers do not dare follow them any dis
tance They are largely armed with guns. although
Malay. speaking Chinese largely, and have the
same physical characteristics = the Chinese
The japanese are carrying the camphor in
dustry. and no doubt are making good thing
out or IL, Japan is about the only producer
OF that valuable commodity. The Chinese were
cutting off all the camphor trees when the Japan-
ese took possession. and since then there has been
some regard paid to forest preservation | don't
know just how plentiful the camphor trees are
back from the towns and villages In the Interior
of the Island doubt there are plenty Of them
The camphor is obtained from the wood hy chop
ping the logs up into chips putting them into a
cylinder, retort and slowly firns IL Cold water
Is poured through the top OF the cylinder as II Ia