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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-11-16
BLAMED ON A SNAKE.
Defeat of Col. Thomas ID. Davis Fully
ExpIained-Cayton Failure as n
Snake Hunter Caused Democracy's
Downfall.


Downfall.
Special to the Register.
KEYSER, w. Va, November 15-
Col Thomas B. Davis, defeated Demo-
cratic candidate for Congress in the
Second West Virginia district, de-
manded recount of the vote in GER
tain districts in Mineral county. The
vote was yesterday recounted, resulting
In a gain of six votes for Col. Davis.
Mr.. Daytons majority in this county,
according to the original count, was 80
votes Col. Davis's friends had counted
on carrying the county by several hum
dred votes.
An amusing little story has leaked out
on William H. Cayton, of Tucker coun4
ty, who was Col. Davis's chief cam
paign manager at the headquarters IN
this city. Mr.. Clayton is very supersti-
tious, one of his beliefs being that it is
good luck to kill the first and last
snakes OF the summer. Four years
ago, when he was candidate for re-
election as county clerk of Tucker
county, when the Republicans were
making a terrific effort to defeat him.
his campaigning tour took him to the
headwaters of a little mountain stream
called Glover Run" Here he saw the
tail Of the first snake he had seen dur
ing the summer disappearing in a great
hollow poplar log. He dismounted and
went to work, determined to capture
and kill the serpent, which he succeeded
in doing after four hours of hard work.
1t was one of the largest rattlers ever
killed in the Allegheny mountains, hav-
ing sixteen rattles on its tail. The ell
sction that fail resulted in the election
Of Cayton by majority of sixteen
votes. Week before last Clayton was
campaigning for Col. Davis in the same
section and ran across another serpent
which was Drawing the frosts longer
than he thought it ought to be: he gave
chase, but his snakeship disappeared in
the crevices of a great rock Clayton
was so crestfallen that he did not re-
turn to Keyser until after the election
the escape Of the snake having ccused
him to give up the fight
A successfully terminated runaway
marriage took place yesterday. when
William Tasker and Ida Tasker, cous-
ms, were united. Paternal objections
on account of relationship were filed.
but to no purpose, as the course of true
love was not so easily checked.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-11-16
BENWOOD.
Nevs Eotcs of Interest From the
City of Mills.

News Eotcs of Interest From the
City of Mills.
1t appears that the reported robbery
at a Main street saloon and which
was later explained as a practical joke
on the proprietor, was a real burglary
after all. The saloon-keepers neigh
bors report that the slot machine was
taken away, but has not yet been re-
turnd. The police stated yesterday
that the proprietor informed them that
he was unable to determine how the
thieves effected an entrance into the
building, as all the doors were secure
ly locked, when the theft was discov-
cred. A Wheeling man, who owned me
machine, has ben inquiring into the
case, more especially for the reason
that he is anxious to ascertain the facts
of what he considers a mystery, so it
is said. The police have clue, upon
which they are working theoretically
and believe that the right parties live
near the place where the robbery oc-
cured
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-11-16
The Oldest and Best.

S. S. S. is q combination of roots
and herbs of great curative powers,
and when taken into the circulation
searches out and removes all manner
of poisons from the blood, without
the least shock or harm to the system.
On>the contrary, the general health
begins to improve from the first dose,
for S. S. S. is not only blood purifier,
but an excellent tonic, and strength
ems and buildS up the constitution
while purging the blood of impure
ties. S. S. S. cures all diseases of a
blood poison origin, Cancer, Scrofula,
r h cum a ii SIN, Chronic Sores and
Ulcers, Eczema, Psoriasis, Salt
Rheum, Herpes and similar troubles,
and is an infallible cure and the only
antidote for that most horrible disease,
Contagious Blood Poison.
A record of nearly fifty years of
successful cures is a record to be proud
of. S. S. S. is more popular today
than ever. 1t numbers its friends by
the thousands. Our medical cores.
pondence is larger than ever in the
history of the medicine. Many,write
to thank us for the great good S. S. S.
has done them, while others are seek
ing advice about their cases. All
letters receive prompt and careful
attention. Our physicians have made
lifelong studyof Blood and Skin Dis
eases, and better understand such cases
than the ordinary practitioner who
makes a speciality of no one disease.
80 "a ~ We are doing great
AVk%AI good to suffering
- ~ - humanity through
8kXA our consulting de
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you to write US if you have any blood
or skin trouble. We make no charge
whatever for this service
THE SNIFF SPECIFIC CO.. ATLANTA. GA
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-11-16

The funeral of Mrs Mary Gallagher,
who died at the Glendale hospital,
after an illness of typhoid fever, took
place yesterday morning at nine O'Clock
from the residence of her sister, Mrs.
Reed Fordyce, on McMechen street.
Requiem mass was held at the st.
Johns church and the interment was
at Mt. Calvary cemetery. The SER
vices were attended by large con-
course of the sorrowing relatives and
friends of the deceased. TIL pail bear
ers were Messrs. Michael Dolan, Jacob
Debold, Joseph Mahood, Patrick Hav-
ey James Moran and Joseph kaufman.
There were many appropriate floral
tributes.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-11-16
PROPERTY FOR SALE.

81 400 buys house of fiye rooms on
Eighteenth street. near Wood; lot runs
from street to alley.
81 500 buys house Of rooms; brick, both
gases and water; suitable for two fam
lilies; on Main street, near twenty
third street, big bargain.
81 900 buys house of rooms; lot 10xl96.
on Twenty-ninth street, with stable;
very cheap.
$50 buys house of rooms, on the Elm
Grove electric line; 500 cash, balance
% 900 buys frame ouse of rooms: very
desirable location on Eof street, be-
tween Twenty-seventh and twenty
eighth streets,
se56 buys lot 25x100 feet on McColloch
street, between Thirtieth and Thirty
first. only 500 cash required down.
$500 buys lot on South York street, near
Ohio street.
L. A. ROLF,
Successor to Rolf & Zane.
No 80 Fourteenth Street. Onice Phone
566; residence Prone 6S f. G.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-11-16

introducer of the Grimes Golden Apple.
The deceased leaves "a wife and one
son, Archie, who is at present leader
of Diamond Brothers minstrel orches-
ira. No arrangements have as yet been
made for the funeral.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-11-16
LEGAL NOTICES.
rTHRUsTEE's SALE OF Personal
Il PROPERTY.

Il PROPERTY.
BY virtue of deed OF trust made by
John j. Kenney and Mary A. kenney. his
wife. to me as trustee. dated on the 18th
day of July, 1893, and recorded in the office
of the clerk of the county court of Ohio
county, West Virginia. in deed OF trust
book SIS, page 4o2. l will sell at public aue.
ton at the Eenney Ale Brewery, No. 700
Market street. Wheeling, w. Va, on
Friday, November 10th. 1900,
commencing at 10 o'clock a. m. the fol-
lowing personal property, to-wit: One Of
flee stove, one heating stove, one office
safe, two office desks, one letter press,
one steam pump, one ale cooler, one clean
er, one racking tub. one copper worm, one
malt mill and elevator, four tanks. mash
tub with false bottom, one lot of betting.
one lot of rubber hose, about go casks.
barrels, half barrels and kegs, two grind
stones, one set of platform scales, one lot
of tools. with other personal property used
in and about said brewery. Also two good
work horses, one two-horse wagon, one
one-horse wagon, one double set of har-
ness and one set of single harness.
Terms-Cash. /. +. JONES,
ocl9oaWu,fri Trustee.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-11-16
THOMAS BENTON GRIMES DEAD
Special 10 the Register.

Gpecial 70 the Register
WELLSBURG, Nv. Va, November Is.
Thomas Benton Grimes, aged near so
years, died suddenly at his home in the
Third ward this afternoon at 2.sO
o'clock from heart failure. Mr.. Grimes
comes from one Of the Oldest families
in Brooke county. being a son of
Thomas Crimes, who became famous in
the United States as the originator and
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-11-16
Other Notes.

j. S. Schell is at Clarksburg, the
guest of friends.
The infant child of Mr.. and Mrs.
Will Drum is seriously ill.s
The directors of the local electric
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-11-16
or SALE

12-roomed dwelling, COCO Chapline street;
rare location for an IL. ID.
Investment property, los, los and 107
Thirty-third street; pays l25s per cent
clear, no trouble to handle
Property, ~ Main St. LOO: bargain.
Building lots Fifteenth street, between
Wood and McColloch, $50 per front foot:
your last chance
Splendid lot on South Broadway, S0xlSo
feet fine location s., Csc
Surety Bonds Furnished
Real Estate, Fire Insurance.
G. o. SMITH, Nat. Eek. Bank Bldg.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-11-16
Geo. j. Mathison
REAL ESTATE BARGAINS.

Lot S3x10o feet on Twelfth street, at SIS
cash. dirt cheap.
Three-story business building on Market
street, below Twelfth street. good invest
ment.
Four-room frame on Lind street; lot Cox
100 feet at 81 6o0
Eighteen-room house on Thsrty-sixth
street; special bargain at $500; easy
terms.
Two thirty-foot lots on National Road,
near First street, at $500 EACH
Six-room house, No, 24iS Jacob street, at
s., 900.
street, al s.. $50.
Three-room frame, No ISL Eleventh
street, at $500
0RLOFF L. ZANE,
Tel aS6 No. AZ Fourteenth Street.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-11-16
"BRON0' not the same ms
ssRROMTrNE

Ia buying Laxative Bromo-Quinine Tab
'etS, the old standard remedy which cures
cold in one day. be sure Chat 1t is
labeled BroTnc and not Bromide At all
druggists. &c.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-11-16
Stops The Cough
and works off the Cold.

Laxative Bromo-Quinine Tablets cure
cold in one day. No Cure, No Pay.
Price % cents.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-11-16
FOR SALE.

Six and one-half acres land on National
Road. two miles west Of Bridgeport o.
Four-roomed frame house, near Ninth,
on leased ground;:es4oO.
No. IS Seventeenth street, 6-roomed
brick house on easy terms.
FOR RENT.
No1si South Front street; six rooms;
modern.
MONEY TO LOAN.
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PAINTERS.
PAINTERS.
d. c. BURNER,
Painter, Grainer, GIazier, Sign
palnter and Paper Hanger.
1725 and 1877 Market Street.

ITO and I1~1 Market Street.
Dealers In Ready Mixed Paints,
White Lead, Oils, Turpentine, Var
nishes, window Glass, Polished Plate
Glass, Mirrors, Brushes, etc. Esti-
mates for new buildings promptly
furnished. Telephone 733.
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FOR SALE.
FOR SALE

Main street store room and dwellings,
at 1913 and 1915 Main street The lot is q
deep one and fronts thirty-seven (3D feet
on Main street In price and terms in
ducements VIII be offered to a prompt
buyer.
JAMES I. HAWLEY.
. Real Estate and Loans, 1855 Main Street.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-11-16

Industrial Stocks Boughtsand Sold Direct
on New York Stock Exchange.
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nine ADVANTAGES.
HOW TO VOTE

Gut out the aitached Cou-
pm aud mai! or br.na IL 10
INC business office Of the
REGISTER.
Eaca Coupon fDfuf bear
iise Hdfne OF the persOa for
whom you wish To vote.
The records of fnc COM
pesgtoFs will be shown In
the paper cvery issue, and
woes will be received un1if
midnight OF rEBRuDQY 10.
1901.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-11-16

DESIRABLE RESIDENCE. WITH ALL
MODERN CONyENIENCES. ONE OF
THE MOST BEAUTIFUL LOCATIONS
IN THE CITY. POSSESSION GIVEN
AT ONCE. NO. rs SOUTH FRONT
STREET. ISLAND
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-12-01
A LIFE SAVED.
A Druggists Timely and Straightfor-
ward Advice Sa yes the Life of a
Prominent Citizen.

ward Advice Sa YES the Life of a
Prominent Citizen.
Chicago, H., Nov. 26.-(Speclal.)-
Among the Catholic Foresters In this
city, none Is better known or more
universally esteemed than Mr.. s. L.
Rush, conductor pfesidenU OF Holy
Name Court, No. 20.
His many friends, inside the Order
aud outside Of its ranks, were there
fore much startled to learn that his
HE was In danger, he having Bright's
disease, that most terrible and fatal
disease.
Mr.. Rush, however, made a grand
struggle for his life, taking prescrip-
tons and pills aud powders, until his
stomach refused food. At last. his
local druggist, guided by the numerous
Inquiries being made at his store for
Dodd's Kidney Pills. advised Mr.. Rush
TO buy and try some. This he did, and
to his delight he was restored to health
and strength.
Mr.. Rush says that after commencing
the use OF Dodd's Kidney Pills he felt
much better, but 1t took two months TO
effect a cure
Il took nothing else but Dodd's Kid
ney Fills during that time, SO / know
that wv life and health to them"
What this wonderful remedy has
done for Mr.. Rush 1t will certainly do
for anyone. 1t Is the only remedy that
has never failed to cure Bright's dis
ease. e
MIR. Rush is inst now receiving the
congratulations OF his friends, but al
ways finds time 10 say n good word for
The medicine that saved his life.
Sold for 80 cents a box, all dealers.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-12-01
CAPTURE AND RESCUE
OF SHIELDS PARTY
Taken by the insurgents After a
Brilliant Fight Against
Big Odds.
WAS succoRED BY GEN. HARE
Was Also Liberator of Gilmore's Party
Americans Say They Were Reason
ably Well Treated by the
Filipinos.

Washington, Nov. 26.-Mail advices
from Manila give in considerable de-
tail the story of the rescue Of Captain
Shields and fifty men of the Twenty
ninth infantry after their capture by
the in. lrgents In Martinique.
The fight that Captain Shields and
his party put up against al over
whelming force is declared to have
been n Of the most brilliant incidents
in the history of bush fighting In the
archipelago. The fifty men In question
were pushing a party OF insurgents Of
superior force into the mountains when
they We're ambushed in a box canyon
by a force OF $50 rifemen and 1900 bolo
men. They made a continuous fight for
eight hours, killing n large number OF
the insurgents, and were overpowered
only after they had fired their last shot
and practically were smothered In a
hand to hand fight with their 1000 ad-
versaries. ~Sergeants Williams and Nc
Carthy, who were in charge of some OF
the wounded, come in for particular
praise. They were cut off from the
rest Of the party during the retreat and
~intrenched themselves on the hillside,
where they stood off their assailants
for about three hours, surrendering
after every cartridge had been ex-
hausted. Scarcely a man in the expe-
dition escaped being grazed or slightly
wounded during the fight. The total
list Of killed amounted to only Ave
Captain Shields was wounded early
I'm the fight, but continued to direct the
operations OF the rear guard during
four miles of retreat. He was finally
Knocked out by a bullet through the
jaw, neck and shoulder, which was
thought at the time to be a fatal
wound.
The rescue Of the party was effected
by General Hare, who some months be-
fore, when a colonel, led the party
which effected the rescue OF Lieutenant
Gilmore and the men from the York
town after their long months of captiv-
ity in northern LuZon.
Captain Shields and his men say that
they have nc complaint to make of
their treatment during captivity. Max
imo Abad was the insurgent In COM
mand, and in response to Captain
Shields request allowed some Of his
men to secure medicines and dressings
for the wounded soldiers. The release
Of the party seems to have been due in
some part to the object lesson which
General Hare gave to Lieutenant Gill
more's captors during the long and per-
sistent chase through the almost i'm
passable mountains Of the northern dis
tricts.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-12-01
HE MOST POPULAR DISEASES.
An Insurance Company's Statistics on the
Causes OF Death.

an lnsuThnce NoEnphnyA StatlStics Oh the
Causes of Death.
New York Medical Times: A leading
life insurance company has recently
published its monthly records, covering
a Period of fifty years. Notwithstand-
ing the utmost care is observed in Sc
curing only good risks, free from or
ganic diseases, the cause of death in
the insured and uninsured is probably
much alike. Out OF a., 1863 deaths, n
trifie over one-eighth $3.50 we're from
tuberculosis. Almost the same num-
Der 6,542) came from apopleXy, soften
ing of the brain and paralysis, which
are kindred maladies, IL not practically
identical. To disorder of the heart are
credited 1929 deaths (%one-ninth) to the
digestive apparatus, 1854 (onc-tenth) ;
pneumonia, 4,062 (one-eleventh): vio-
lent causes, 1887; Bright's disease,
1897; typhoid fever, LIP; nervous dis
ease, not specified, 1906; ill-defned and
obscure cases, 1,T69; and other recog-
niZed maladies, $3.50.
When deaths from the causes Just
enumerated are divided into the three
periods, the age Of As and under, from
As to GO n above 60, some striking
facts are brought out. Among the in
sured 80 per cent OF the deaths from
violence accidental or Intentional as
Sdull), OU per cent OF JnOSe ron tQDer
culosis and 68 per cent Of the total ty-
phoid cases, occur in the first period.
On the other hand, AZ per cent OF the
mortality from Bright's disease, So pei
cent from apopleXy and paralysis and
Sc per cent from heart disease occur
after the age of 60. Mischief from the
digestive apparatus is fairly we'll dis
tributed, 80 per cent Of the deaths oc-
curing in the first period, 3S per cen
in the second and 32 per cent in the
bird,
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-12-01
Wanted a japanese Brother.

New York Tribune: A. l.. Lester OF
San Francisco, when seen at the Hotel
Victoria recently, said: II read a story
in the Tribune this morning about q
small boy which reminded me OF an
anecdote concerning a small female
relative of my own. The little girl In
question one day c~onfldentially in
formed her mother hat she shortly ex-
pected the advent of a small baby
brother in the house. What makes
you think SOP she inquired as soon as
she recovered her breath. Well, you
know, I've been telling the storks I'm
the park every day for two weeks that
/ wanted a baby brother. Sadie Smith
did that, and now she has little Billy
Smith to play with, and / think the
storks will bring me a brother, too
But ~interposed her mother, those
are Japanese storks. Aren't you afraid
that they may bring you a little Jap
anese baby brother?'
THAT would be splendid, wouldn't
it?' cried the tot, clapping her hands.
but hardly accepting the suggestion In
the manner ii had been intended that
she should. Hc could wash the win
dows then. couldn't hep"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-12-01
Rothscb,lds /. Mining.

New York Press: 1t is said that the
Rothschilds have bought another mine
in Colorado. This IL only pursuing the
policy established by Nathan, In 1881.
when, by a clever stroke, he obtained
control OF the Alameda quicksilver
mines Of Spain. 1t was the mere mat
ter OF accommodating the king of
Spain with a loan. the conditions be-
Ing that these famed beds OF mercury
be made over 60 the Rothschiids for a
term OF years. They had been known
to the Greeks for 200 years before
Christ, and furnished 3 1900, 900 annual
iy TO Rome during the imperial era.
AS soon as Nathan had struck his bar
gain he put up the price of mercury
100 per cent, and the commercial world
turned to the mines of Idria. only to
discover that they, too. had quietly
passed into the hands Of the astute
Nathan, and hat the price there had
also been doubled. This gave the
Rothschilds a complete monopoly. They
fixed the price In their counting house
In St. Swithin's lane and cleared mil
ltpny
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-12-01
CHAPTER VI


Yet all along thai fateful ridge, now
obscured and confused with thin cross
ing smoke drifts from file firing. like
partly rubbed out slate pencil marks.
or else, when cleared Of those drifts.
penetrating only an indistinguishab BILE
may OF zig-zagg lines Of stragglin
wagons and horses, unintelligible to
any eye but his, the singular magnet
Ism Of the chief was felt everywhere.
Whether It was shown In the quick
closing in Of resistance to some sharp
er onset Of the enemy or the more dog
ged stand Of inaction under fire, his
power was always dominant. A word
or two Of comprehensive direction,
sent through an i~d-decamp, or the
sudden relief of his dark, watchful.
composed face, uplifted above a line
of bayonet. never failed in their magic.
Like all born leaders, he seemed, in
these emergencies to hold a charmed
life, injecting his followers with a like
disbelief in death. Men dropped TO
right and left OF him with serene as
surance in their CHASTITY faces or a cry
of life and confidence in their gasp.
Stragglers fell in n closed up under
his passing glance; a hopeless inextri-
cable wrangle around an overturned
caisson. at a turn of the road, re-
solved itself into an orderly, quiet, de-
liberate clearing away Of the impede
ment, before the significant waiting of
that dark. silent horseman.
Yet under this imperturbable mask
he was keenly conscious Of everything:
in that apparent concentration there
was a sharpening OF all his senses and
his impressibility: he saw the first
trace of doubt or alarm in the face Of
a subaltern to whom he was giving an
order: h first touch of slu~ggishness
in a reforming line; the more signifi-
cant clumsiness of a living evolution
that he knew was clogged by the dead
bodies of comrads: the ominous silence
of a breastwork; the awful inertia of
some rigidly kneeling files beyond,
which stilr kept their form but never
would move again; the melting away
Of skirmish points: the sudden gaps
here and there; the sickening incurv-
ing of what a moment before had been
q straight line-ali these he saw in all
their fatal significance. But even at
this moment, coming upon a hasty
barlicade of oversee commissary wag-
he stopped to glance at q familiar
figure he had seen but an hour ago.
seemed to be commanding a
troup OF collected stragglers and camp
followers. Mounted on a wheel. with