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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-10-27
KRUGER'S VISIT TO EUROPE.
Most of the Things Published About
1t are Purely Imaginary.

PARIS, Oct 26.-Dr. .Leyds, the
Transvaal agent. who is in this city for
few days. was questioned by a repre-
sentative of the Associated Press to-
day with reference to the plans OF for
mer President Kruger. He said:
Most of the stories published on the
subject are imaginative. Mr.. Kruger
will land at Marseilles, and I shall go
to meet him. But ii is not true that
l have seen NJ. Delcasse (the French
minister of foreign affairs), or that I
am in any way arranging a reception.
which will be entirely in the hands of
the French themselves. Nothing has
yet been definitely decided upon as to
the details of Mr.. Kruger's stay in
Europe. But Mr.. Kruger is an old man
land not accustomed to cold climate,
so it is likely he will sojourn IN the
neighborhood OF Nice for the winter.
have no reason to believe there is
any ground for the statement that Mr..
Kruger intends 10 visit President Nc
Kinley."
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-10-27
HAYMOND'S FINE MEETING.

Cameron and the Surrounding COun-
try Turn Out "a Splendid Audience.
Special to the Register
CAMERON, w. Va, October 90
Judge w. E. Raymond, the Democratic
Congressional nominee, addressed a
magnificent open air meeting here this
evening. The crowd was very large,
being made up mostly OF people from
the surrounding country. The speak
er was listeEed to WITH the closest at
tention, his address occupying about
an hour and quarter. Mr.. Raymond
covered all the salient points of the
Democratic contention, and was fire.
quently interrupted by applause. Hon.
William M. Kincaid presided, and N
troduced Mr.. Raymond briefly. The
candidate created a splendid impress
sion, and made votes for himself and
the party. The attendance was prob
ably twice as large as he crowd which
listened to Hon. A. B. White and Hon.
Perry Shanor, of Tyler, at the Opera
House, in the afternoon, and was much
more enthusiastic. Judge Raymond
returned to Wheeling at the close Of
his address.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-10-27
YOUNG NEGRO DOES some
CLEVER DETECTIVE WORK.
THROUGH HIS EFFORTS, FOUR MUIR
DEROUS TRAMPS HAVE BEEN
JAILED.
ENTICED THEM INTO A CAR,
WHICH WAS SEALED AND TAKEN
TO HYNDMAN, WHERE THEY
WERE WANTED.
Special to the Register.
CITMRERI AMI Md

Special to the Register.
CUMBERLAND, Md, October 90
Frank aliams, the negro through
whose c. detective work four des-
perate ms tiers were traced to this
city, two of whom were captured, the
other two, western Red" and Hungry
Willie" making their escape, to-day
achieved new glory.
Learning the whereabouts of the es-
capped negroes, he disguised himself as
tramp and Joined them. After being
with them all last night, he suggested
that they board a freight train. This
was done and, by previous arr; r.
ment, the car was sealed and the cap
tives hauled to Hyndman, Pa, where
they were handed over to an officer
Western Red" had vowed that he
would never be taken alive, and was
very angry when he found that he had
been caught mapping. The county
commissioners voted Williams $1OO as
a reward.
Williams is young negro, and has
been employed on the improvement on
the Baltimore & ONO. He unraveled
the mysterious murder of Mckenzie,
the stable boss, after shrewd detectives
had failed.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-10-27
RACE HATRED BLAMED
FOR LABOR TROUBLES.
FRENCH CANADIANS INFLAMED BY
THE APPEARANCE OF BRITISH
RED COATS.
MORE REINFORCEMENTS SENT
TO QUELL the DISTURBANCES ARTS
ING FROM THE BIG SHOE FAC
TORY STRIKE.

MONTREAL, October 26.-There are
now on duty at Valley Field, guarding
the extensive works of the Dominion
Cotton Company, rs officers and 1858
non-commissioned officers and men of
the Royal Scots, Victoria Rifles and
garrison artillery, augmented by
bearer corps. The Victoria rifles have
their Maxim gun with them. The
sending of reinforcements was decided
on late last night, after the first de-
tachment of the Royal Scots had come
INTO collision with the strikers and as
the result had nine of their men sent
to the hospital.
The Scots were practically at the
mercy of the strikers, as Col. Ibbotson
was unable to find a magistrate who
was willing to read the riot act The
officers had to content themselves with
firing their revolvers into the air. In
the meantime the men were the targets
for fusilade of stones and other mis-
siles.
The town, it may be explained, is
largely French Canadian and has at all
times been a hot-bed of race hatred,
eliminating in trouble recently over
the employment of Englishmen in the
mills. where there are some 400 en-
ployes paid by English capital. AL
though the present trouble IS on ac-
count of a refusal on the part of the
mill management to recognize the
union in the matter Of a demand for
more pay for the men working on the
construction of a new mill, the difficult
ty has all the appearance of assuming
the old phase of the racial antagonism,
fuel being added to the flames by the
presence Of the British red coats from
Montreal. A detachment of the Duke
of York's Royal Canadian Hussars
cavalry Is under orders to proceed
to Valley Field to-day.
Only one striker was wounded last
night. He was shot in the arm and is
not seriously injured
-Four hundred more operatives joined
the strikers this morning. The town
is now under martial law.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-10-27
SETTLED WITH MRS. HART.
Elizabethport Bank Sets Her Free
for $4,000 Turned Over.

NEW YORK, October 26,-The Eliza
bethport Banking Company. from which
William Schneider stole little over $780,
900 in two years, has made a settlement
with Mrs. Annie Hart. upon whom much
of the money was spent. BY the terms of
the settlement Mrs. Hart has made a
general assignment TO the bank of all of
the property of which she was possessed.
except the household furniture, her wear
ing apparel and so much of her jewelry
as she can prove was not given to her by
Schneider.
The property turned over included three
horses and the carriages and parapher-
MALTA going with them. jewels valued at
about $4,000. and a few securities which
the bank officials believe to be ef some
value. All of the property is valued at
about $4,000.
In consideration of this assignment the
bank has executed TO Mrs. Hart general
release of any and all claims 1t has made
against her.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-10-27
OHIO WOMENS' CLUBS
Elect officers aud Adjourn After a
Fine Meeting.

Special to the Register.
MARIETTA, O., October 26-The State
convention of the Ohio Federation of
Women's Clubs closed here this afternoon
after one of the most interesting meetings
yet held. Most of the delegates and Wis
itfng club women will return home to-
morrow. Mrs, James r. Hopley, vice
president. presided. Papers were read by
Mrs. William Pabodie, Wyoming: Mrs.
George NJ. Parkinson, Miss Muriel Dyar.
Marietta; Miss Grace Lockyer. Dayton
Miss Rowena Hewitt Landon Columbus,
and others All che discussions were
breezy and bright Miss Landon belongs
to the well-known newspaper family and
spoke eloquently without notes on the
press. Mrs. Joseph Green. Cincinnati:
Mrs Matilda Campbell. Toledo Dr. Geo.
Merriam, BucyTus; Miss Florence Kelly.
New York. and Prof. Peria F. Bowman
were prominent in the discussions.
The election of officers this afternoon
resulted: President. Mrs. James r. Hop
ley, Columbus; vice president, Mrs. T. B.
Bosworth, Marietta; corresponding Sec
rotary. Mrs. Frank Kraft, Columbus; re-
cording secretary, Mrs. ]. NJ. Milford.
Cleveland treasurer, Mrs. A. F. Brown
hall, Troy; auditor, Mrs Ella NJ. Haas,
Dayton.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-10-27
JOHN SHERMAN'S WILL.
List of the Requests Made by the Dead
Statesman.

MANSFIELD, o.. October 26.-The will
Of the late John Sherman was taken to
probate court this afternoon By Con-
gresham Kerr and Attorney Parker, Of
Washington. D. c. II will be flied late
this afternoon. The document disposes or
an estate valued at s25oo.Ooo II IS dated
at Washington. December 2. 1880.
Mrs. Mary Sherman McCallum Is given
800. CO., half in real estate Of her choice
and the balance In bonds. After other be-
quests are paid, she. with five others
gets the residue. making her share, 1t is
estimated, 5000.
The other requests are:
5000 70 Mansfield for park purposes.
5000 to Oberiin College.
5000 TO Kenyon College.
Heirs Of Charles Sherman, $1,000 d.
vided equally.
Hoyt Sherman. brother Of the deceased.
$1,000
Heirs OF the late General w T. sher-
man, sie,e08
Heirs 81 James Sherman. $1,000
Sister Susan BARLEY. 1000
Children Of Mrs. Fanny Moulion, 1900
Iampson Sherman. $f6.g15
Elizabeth Reese, sl0.ea
Who the other five benefctaries Of the
residue are has not yet been learned.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-10-27
THE MAD |hFAIUAT|ON
OF A MERE STRIPPING
FOR A DIssOLUTE WOMAN, MORE
THAN DOUBLE HIS
YEARS,
LED Tc A FRIGHTFUL TRAGEDY.
SHOT HER TWICE, THEN DELIBER-
ATELY PUT A BULLET THROUGH
HIS BRAIN.
Special to the Register.

1pNOAdi " tiiS IAcSlSlcI.
CHILICoTHE, O., October 2s.-Harry
Gudgen. a young man of prominent fam
lily, committed a terrible double crime
this morning by shooting Matte Nichols,
woman with whom he had been living,
and then sending a bullet through his
own brain.
The tragedy was the result of his mad
tnfatuation for a woman old enough to
be his mother.
Gudgen was only eighteen, and served
through the Spanish-American war in the
Fourth Ohio When he came home he
met the woman and became so enamored
of her that, last January, despite his
mothers passionate entreaties, he left
home and went to live with her
Recently she had tired of him and had
told him to leave her Her growing cold
ness maddened him and quarrels were
frequent.
Yesterday he bought revolver, and
about o'clock this morning neighbors
were startled by three pistol shots from
the Nichols house. A short time later
the boy and the woman were found welter-
ing in their own blood on the kitchen
floor.
The boy had approached her from be-
hind, and placing the revolver to her head,
fired. AS she fell he fired again, the bull
let entering her mouth.
Then he placed the revolver to his own
forehead and fired, killing himself in
stantIy.
The woman lived until a late hour this
evening, but did not recover conscious
ness. She was nearly fifty years old, and
well known in police circles, and had a
son, John Davis, who is serving a term
in the penitentiary for burglary.
Young Gudgens mother is Frustrated
by the terrible occurrence.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-10-27
THREE COAL COMPANIES
ARE STILL HOLDING OUT
Have Not Posted Notices Granting
the Miners An Advance-Strike
Continues Against Them.

Have Not Posted Notices Granting
the Miners An Advance-Strike
Continues Against Them.
HAZLETON, Pa. October 26.-G. B.
Marlke & Co. and Coke Bros & Co. have
not yet posted any notices offering
their men an increase in wages, and
the Lehigh & Wilkesbarre Coke Com
pany has not yet offered to abolish the
sliding scale.
According to President Mitchell,
work at the collieries operated by
these companies who have not yet
posted notices will not be resumed
until they comply with the demands
of the Scranton mine workers conven-
ton. President Mitchell and members
of the national board left this after
noon for Mahanoy City to participate
in a labor demonstration to be held
there tonight. Another delegation OF
mine workers leaders went to Nanti-
coke this afternoon to take part in a
demonstration there.
President Mitchell will return to
Hazleton tomorrow morning, and otter
spending few hours will go to Scran-
ton.
POTTSvILLE. Pa. Octobar 26-Generai
Superintendent Luther. Of the Philadel-
phia and Reading Coal and Iron Com
pany, says his company IS making prep
arations to resume work at It's mines in
the Schuylkill region On Monday morn
ing
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-10-27
JUDFE MACKEY SEEMS
QUITE HARD TO PLEASE.
WHEN WIFE IS IN ASYLUM HE
WANTS HER OUT; WHEN OUT
HE WANTS HER IN.
DISCHARGED FROM CUSTODY
UPON MACKEY'S WITHDRAWAL OF
PETITION DESPITE DOCTORS
STATEMENT.
Special to the Register.

WASHINGTON. D. c., October 90
Mrs. Mackey, formerly Miss Porterfeld,
of Charles Town, W. Va, was dis
charged from custody this afternoon
by Judge Cole, after ex-Judge MacKey,
her husband, had withdrawn his petit
ton to have her placed in an asylum.
DR.. Vale, who examined Mrs. Mac
keys mental condition testified that he
believed that she was fit subject for
treatment in an asylum for the insane.
Judge Cole then announced that he
would commit her to the asylum.
Mackey protested, holding that it
could not be done without hearing
before jury. Judge Cole overruled
this. Then Mackey withdrew his pc
tition and Mrs Mackey was discharged.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-10-27
JOHN ADDISON PORTER.
Former Secretary TO President Nc
kinlcy. Critically Ill.

PUTNAM. Conn, October 26-John Ad-
olson Porter. former secretary to Presi-
dent Mckinley, lies dangerously i'll at his
country residence. four miles from here.
A report reached here from that place
to-day that his condition is such that his
life is despaired Of The members of Mr.
Porter's family have requested the attend
ing physicians TO make no statement in
regard to the case II is understood. how
ever. that the patient underwent on last
Wednesday q most delicate and dangerous
surgical operation for cancer.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-10-27
FRhlHTFUL EXPERIENCE
With An INSANE Man.
A GUARD IN 1HE MARYLAND ASY-
LUM NEARLY BEATEN TO
DEATH.
THE CUNNING OF A LUNATIC
DISPLAYED IN THE MAKING OF A
MURDERoySLY DIvISED
WEAPON.
THE CUNNING OF A LUNATIC
Special to the Register.

CUMBERLAND, Md. October 90
George w. Dean, a guard at the in
sane asylum, had a thrilling experience
to-day that may cost him his life. He
went into ward occupied by Walter
Brady, when the latter attacked him
with a sling-shot, felled him to the floor
and beat him over the head in a hor-
rible manner.
He would have killed Dean outright
had not help arrived.
Brady took the knuckle off gas fix
ture, tore quilt to pieces and then
made the deadly weapon. He is a
young man and has wealthy parents
in Tennessee
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-10-27
Woman,
A LEGAL VOTER.
President Mckinley Registers and il
Prepared to Cast a Ballot.

CANTON, o., October 26.-President
Mckinley is now fully qualified to
vote in precinct B." First ward, Can
ton. He registered this morning and
in answer tdo the usual questions, said
his name is William Mckinley, resi-
dence No. 723 North Market street,
age 81, married; residence in State. 81
years; in precinct, one year, The
President was accompanied by Judge
Day. He walked to and from the poll
ing place, a distance of half a dozen
blocks, and greeted many acquaint-
ances en- route.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-10-27
JUDGEMENT AFFIRMED.
Wallace Bishop VIII Vow BE Hanged.
Killed a Policeman.

FRANKFORT. KY, Oct 26. = The
court OF appeals to-day affirmed the
judgment OF the Kenton circuit court
in the case of Wallace Bishop. senten-
ced to be hanged for the murder OF
Covington policeman. Bishop was
suspected OF killing a tramp at Ludlow.
A policeman who attempted to arrest
Bishop was killed, Bishop jumped
from the Cincinnati bridge into the
Ohio river, but was captured.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-10-27
BQERS STILL FIGHT.
Captured Jacobsdnl, Killing Over


Captured JacobsdnI, Killing Over
Half the Garrison.
CAPE TOWN, Oct. 26.-The Beers
hold Jacobsdal, southwest of Kimber-
ley, after stubborn resistance upon
the part of the garrison. The latter
suffered severely, losing thirty-four out
of fifty-two men.
DURHAM, October 26.-The Beers are
raiding In the northern part of Natal.
They have burned the railway station at
Waschbank and blown I'D culvert.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-10-27
ROBBED THE BANK.

vINCENNES, Ind, October 26.-
Seeds Brothers bank at Bridgeport
was robbed Of over $1,000 in cash and
a considerable sum in notes to-day.
The explosion aroused the citizens but
the robbers succeeded In escaping.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-10-27
HON. JOHN H. HOLT
Greeted by Fine Demonstration at
Charleston - An Overflow Meet


Special to the Register
CHARLESTON, W. Va, October 26
The biggest demonstration of the pres
ent campaign was made here tonight
in honor Of Hon. John H. Holt, the
Democratic gubernatorial candidate.
Previous TO the meeting Mr. Holt re-
viewed the parade which required q
half hour to pass a given point A
conspicuous feature was the presence
of about a half hundred vehicles con-
tanning ladies. At the Opera House
about 1000 people were present. AZ
forwards Mr.. Holt addressed an over
flow meeting or several thousand on
the outside. Ex-Governor MacCorkie
and number Of others also spoke.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-10-27

WASHINGTON, October e6-For West
ern Pennsylvania. Ohio and West viz
GINA: Fair Saturday and Sunday; light
north TO northwest winds.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-12-05
M'KINLEY's NOTE OF CAUTION.

The closing paragraph of the Presi-
dents message contains hint OF re-
turning sanity that is most welcome in
the midst of this period OF Republican
del.ium. The President says:
I'm our great prosperity we must
guard against the danger ii invites OF
extravaganza in government eXpcndi-
lures and appropriations; and the
chosen representatives of the people
will. | doubt not. furnish an example
in their Legislation OF that wise econ
omy which in Il season of plenty huS-
bands for the future. In this era Of
great business activity ana opportu-
nifty caution Is not urtimely. 1t will
not abate, but strengthen, confid ance
II will not rctard. but promote, le2iti-
mate industrial and commercial eXpar-
sion Our growing power brings with
it temptations and pcriis requiring con
slant vigilance TO avoid. 1t must not
be used 10 Invite conflicts nor for on
preston. but for the more effective
maintenance of those principles Of
equality and Justice upon which our
institutions and happiness depend. Let
us keep always in mind that the fouu-
dation Of government is liberty; it's
supersjructure peace"
While this sounds strangely incon-
sisteDt as n postscript to recommen-
cations for ship subsidy bill. a
standing army OF 100000 men and a
policy of bully and medde in China,
may we not be permitted TO hope
nevertheless, that it is an intimation
that Mir. Mckinley will try TO re-
strain the bowling dervishes of his
party who are bent on a jehad at home
ana abroad? Our growing power
brings with it temptations and perils
requiring constant vigilance to avoid,
Surely this is a new note in Republicans
councils. Hitherto we have had no
lurle1 IN playing fast and loose with
army and navy. men ana money, prin-
ciples and precedents. What does Mr..
Mckinley mean by temptations? Is
is not certain that-fast to the leading
suings Of destiny-"the king can do no
wrong: What does he mean by per
U.s.? Docs he not know that we can
lick ,he bloomin' earth, and will. if it
don't watch out?
We had supposed that sentiments
Ike those uttered by Mr.. Mckinley
were reasonable. that to counsel eau
ton In throwing overheard the Consti-
tution and the Declaration of Indepen-
dence stamped one as small Amer-
can, quite out of harmony with the age
and the Ohio school of craftsmanship.
1t is Il great pleasure 10 be set right,
though nothing practical come of it. 1t
is reassnring to find that Mr.. Mckinley
does not put faith in the tommyrot he
has been preaching to us for matter
of two years and that he takes occa-
sion to remind his fellow partisans
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-12-05

Replying to a query of the Virginian-
Pilot. the Charlotte Observer liberates
n flood of light upon the question:
''Why do a maidstone stick to the pite."
1t says:
"The maidstone sticks to the bite,
while the equally eiiicacious paving
stone declines to stick, because OF the
fact that 1t has more suction to it,
But our contemporary falls into an
error. of which it would not have been
guilty If the question had been one of
poetry. when 1t says that the conduct
of the Northampton county maidstone
was strictly orthodox. 1t did not live
up to it's privileges in the case of Mr..
Morgan. A maidstone which knows it's
business sticks Il week, unless earlier
Knocked off with club, and it's some
times declining to stick has no refer
ence to the insanity of the dog which
caused the bite. but is due to the fact
that 1t does not feel we'll ITSELF
This explanation is satisfactory to
us If 1t Is to the maidstone. though
somewhat less lucid than a chunk of
Mr.. j. M. Wolfe's campaign poetry.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-12-05
LANGUAGE AND NATION.
Isl. I.nuis Rcnnhlic.O

If the contention in the paper read
before The Chicago convention OF irish
nationaliStS-"No Language. NO Coun-
try''-werc conceded. it would follow
that the American nation. the greatest
on earth was lacking in the prime eS-
sential Of independent nationality, an
independent individual language. the
truth of the contention is negatlVcd by
the facts. The United States prove
that n separate language is not essen
tial to separate nation.
It would be much easier 10 establish
by argument and facts the contention
that no essential relation exists be-
tween language and nationality. In al
most every big nation Several different
languages and number of dialects are
spoken. The state language. that in
which official documents are written
and court DEGREES are made. is not in
frequently arbitrarily selected. More
over. many districts exist Which have
n separate language. but not sepa-
rate national existence.
Language is a creature of geography
A people hemmed in by impossible
mountain ranges Will preserve its Ian
euage for ages uncontaminated or UNI
improved by foreign influences. The
assaults which have been made on
language in attempts TO establish uni
formity throughout the nations-lillc
that some ten years ago by means Of
Observation-Disclosures that nationality and
Again The use Of the ancient Latin III
scientific nomenclature. in scientific
writing and IN documents like college
diplomas argues to the same corclu-
sion.
Language has to deal With the artis-
tic and aesthetic side of races. and
great linguistic literary triumphs him
der rather than help those sterncr in
strumentalities like commerce and war
on which the existence of nations de-
ponds.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-12-05

ing mines in all quarters of the globe
and of placing his syndicate represent
tatives in control of the properties.
The cable story from London which
tells OF this gigantic scheme being now
put under way by the Anglo-African
northumberland is right in declaring
that It's successful elimination would
place all the great powers of the world
at the mercy of Belts colossal gold
trust. About the only government Sc
cure against such a combination Is
Russia. which itself owns and operates
the Russian gold mines as state prop
erty. The remaining powers would APP
parently be helpless against the Titan
ic combine.
This would mean that Belt and his
associates would control the money
supply of the world. 1t brings to the
front the concrete naturalization of
the monopoIistic combine as the mas
ter of governments. Just what would
follow the full development Of this con-
dition 1t is not easy to foretell. The
gold magnates would be more power
full than kings or presidents or other
accepted rulers. The gold trust would
be n supreme autocracy. Its govern
ment would be the government of men
by the dollar. Are the best fruits of
civilization to be found in such gov
eminent?