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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-04-20
THREE PARDONS GRANTED.
Sreoial to the Register.

Special to the Register.
CHARLESTON, W. Va, April 19.-The
Governor to-day pardoned three men
from the pe%nitentiary. They are James
Workman, sent up for 15 years from Wy
oming county on a charge OF rape, and
Wyatt and Morgan Jsstus. sent up from
Mcdowell county for Z years on a charge
of conspiracy. The pardons are condi-
tional on their good behavior. All of the
prisoners had served but a small part of
their sentence. Workman was sentenced
in 1898. and the Justus boys were sent up
last year. The pardons were recommend
ed by those interested in the prosecution,
and were strongly urged.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-04-20
TWO FEUDISTS SURRENDER,

MAYKING. KY, April 19.-Joseph john
ston and John Potter, two of the Rey-
nolds feudists. deserted from the barri-
cade OF their fellows in the mountains to-
day and surrendered to deputy U. s. Mar
shall Fulton. They were taken to Whites
burg jail. A posse of one hundred men is
being organized to effect the capture Of
the remainder Of the faction.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-04-20
BY A TORNADO.
The Hamlet of Biscayne, Fla, Dam
aged-Trees ~UprOOted.

The Hamlet of Biscayne, Fla, Dam
~aged-Trees U~prOoted.
MIAMI, Fla. April 19.-The hamlet
of Biscayne, seven miles north of here,
was struck by a tornado this morning.
Several houses were demolished. John
Peters was fatally injured and VIM.
Cook severely hurt. Peters is a pros
porous vegetable farmer. His house
was completely demolished. Mr.. Pc
ters' head is badly crushed and his
body was pierced by several pieces of
wood. Mr.. Cook was thrown fifty
feet ana painfully injured. The tor
nado is thought to be local. Every
forest tree in it's path in this vicinity
was torn UP by the roots.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-04-20
REDEEMED AN OLD PROMISE.

PITTSBURG Pa. April 19.-Charles NJ.
Schwab, on his farewell visit to Brad
dock. in edition to providing for the
welfare of several old friends among the
workmen at the Edgar Thompson steel
mill, redeemed a promise made years ago
to Mrs. Richard Stevens. who was a warm
friend of Mr.. Schwab's mother. Mr..
Schwab said that when he was worth
100000 he would give Mrs. Stevens s.. 900.
He announced that he will send a gold
bearing bond from New York.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-04-20
~COUNTERVAILING DUTIES


Upon Russian Sugar. Justified Ac-
cordinE to New York Appraisers.
NEW YORK. April 19.-The board
of classification of the United States
general appraisers to-day announced a
decision in the Russian sugar case.
The board, by a majority vote, holds
that the United States government was
justified in imposing a countervailing
duty on Russian sugar. The opinion
was written by Judge Somerville and
General Appraiser Fisher concurs with
him. Col. Tichenor writes a dissenting
opinion.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-04-20
AN OLD WOUND.

Received Daring the Civil War,
Cansed the Death of Colon@i Beio.
ASHEvILLE. ". G., April 1ae-fsol A.
II. Beio. OF the firm Of A. II. Beio & Com
pany, proprletors Of the Dallas. Texas,
News. ard the Galveston. Texas. News.
died here this morning after a three
months Illness. Burial VII take place At
Salem, y. c.. Col. Beio'a home III child
hood.
Col. Belo was a distinguished officer IN
the Confederate arms He was badly
wounded during the war, end had never
fully recovered He was formerly vics
president OF the Associated Press.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-04-20
M.
Of the d. & O. Southwestern, to
Come Back to the Baltimore &

Of the Ii. a o. southwestern, to
Come Back to the Baltimore &
Ohio.
PITTSBURG, Pa, April 19.-It is
learned to-day that with the outgoing
of the ]. j. Hill interests and the incom-
ing of the Pennsylvania holdings in the
Baltimore & Ohio railroad, VIM. NJ.
Greene, vice president and general man
ager of the Baltimore & Chic South
western is to come back into the eXecu-
tive affairs of the parent company as
second vice president and Thomas Fitz-
gerald is to become general manager.
These changes are made possible by the
retirement of f. D. Underwood as sec
ond vice president and general manager
of the Baltimore & Ohio to take the
presidency of the Erie road.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-04-20
NO FOREIGN A

LONDON, April 19.-Answering a
question II the House of Commons to-
day, the financial secretary of the war
ONCE, Lord Stanley, confirmed the re-
port that all the contracts now made
excluded the supplying OF foreign meats
in the . Of all troops IN the United
Kingdom.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-04-20
IN BEST OF HEALTH.

j. PierpOnt Morgan. and Son and
Grandchildren Leave LondO For
Paris.
LONDON, April 19.-J. Pierpont Nor
gan started for Paris this morning in
the best of health. and accompanied
by his son and grandchildren. The
representatives of Mr.. Morgan declare
that the story of his III health cabled
from here to the United States is alb
solutely unfounded.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-04-20
CONNECTION
John A. Kasson Gives Up His Place
in the State Department-Still
Will to Give His Knowledge if

Needed.
WASHINGTON, April 19.-Mr. John A.
Kasson has severed his official
connection with the State Department,
where he has been since the beginning of
Mr.. McKinley's administration engaged
as special plenipotentiary to d the
negotia lions which resulted in the draft
ing of a number of reciprocity treaties
and arrangements under the terms Of the
Dingley act. Although thus ~severing his
official connection, Mr.. Kasson holds him
self ready to respond to any call of the
department for the special information of
which he is possessed. Meanwhile the bu-
reau in the State Department which he
organized will continue in existence so
that the highly trained expert force may
be of service at short notice whenever the
Secretary of State decides to resume reci-
reciprocity negotiations.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-04-20
DANIEL H. SMITH BURIED.

Children shed No Tears and Are
Glad They VIII BE Taken 90 h
ChiIdren's Home.
Special to the Register.
CADIZ, o.. April 19.-The remains
of Daniel II. Smith, who was killed by
his wife in Short Creek township. were
quietly laid away in the cemetery at
Georgetown. But few persons attend
ed the ~obsequies. The children, who
had learned to fear their father moro
than anything on earth, shed no tears.
and seemed glad to- know they were to
have a home at the county childrenis
home. Their mother. who has been
held to answer to the charge OF murder
In the first degree before the next grand
jury, has employed Perry & Beetham.
leading Cadiz attorneys, TO manage her
case.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-04-20
A TRUST METHOD
Of Heading OF Amy Attempt of EN-
plOyes to Right Wrongs.

VI On ANY Attempt OF EN-
plOyes to Right Wrongs.
OSWEGO. N. Y, April 19.-The Full
ton mills of the American Wooden Com
pany have been closed on Geographic
instructions from headquarters in And
over, Mass, received yesterday. Be-
tween 1900 and 1,500 men and women
lose employment and business of the
village Of Fulton and Oswego Falls will
be greatly affected. The company gave
as a reason for it's action that the en-
ployes were trying to stir up trouble
and were interfering with the business.
This was vigorously denied by the
workmen, who say there was nc dispo-
sition in that direction, and that the
only trouble was with weavers, who OBJ
jected to i%nstructing apprentices be-
cause the lost time from their work and
received no pay for the time lost.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-04-20
MRS. DAYS CONDITION.

CANTON, O., April 19.-Physicians
in attendance upon Mrs. VIM. R. Day.
wife of Judge Day, former Secretary
Of State, reported her condition to-day
as somewhat improved. They state
that while the improvement is not yet
sufficient to justify hopes Of ultimate
recovery. it affords much encourage
ment.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-04-20
ANOTHER JOB FOR STAPLET0N

President Appoints Him United
states Consul to Nuevo Laredo,
Mexico.
WASHINGTON. April 19.-The Pres
ident to-day made the following ap-
pointment:
StateESamuel G. Stapleton, of West
Virginia, to be consul of the United
Stats at Nuevo Laredo, Mexico.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-04-20
SIX NDR MINERS

Strike of the Dismissal of
a Forcman-Dehed Company's Or
der.
POTTSvILLE, Pa, April 19.-Six
hundred mine employees struck to-day
at the Raven Run, Philadelphia & Read
ing Coal & iron Company's colliery. on
account of the discharge of two loader
bosses, who were dismissed, 1t is al
legged, because they are members OF the
United Mine Workers of America. The
company some time ago issued an order
f~orDidding this character Of employees
from being members OF the union.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-04-20
KILLED BY AN ENGINE.
Special to the Register.

Special to the Register.
HUNTINGTON, w. Va, April Bat
Williamson, Minso county, yesterday
evening, a well dressed gentleman was
run down and killed by a switching en-
CINE. He was not identified until to-day.
The man proved to be Moody Holiday, of
Parkersburg, Virginia.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-04-20
Special to the Register.

SPECTRAL 10 TIE INtSlSi6I-
CLARkSBCRG. w. Va. April 19.-R. T.
Lowndes has mad two locations for test
wells on his tract of land on Patterson's
Run. south of Salem. This land adjoins
territory on which there are now two
good producing wells.
Oil has been discovered in the Enoch
CASTOR well, on Duck Creek, drilled by
the Southern Oil Co. one year ago., and
unceremoniously closed down and Iugged.
1t is now believed that that territory Will
be developed. II is thought tina some
reason exists why this section was not
developed when the CASTOR well was
drilled. The West well at Milford. two
miles from the CASTOR test. is a 29-barreI
pumper. and the rigging is now being
erected for q well on the George Wolf
farm. also in close proximity to the Gas
ton well. The territory in that section is
held under lease by the South Penn OH
Co, the Fisher Oil Co.. the Southern Oil
Co., the United States Oil Co. and t. NJ.
Jackson, all of whom have considerable
holdings.
Drilling was begun this week on the
Stealey test well in the suburbs of this
city, being drilled by the South Penn Oil
Co.
Local oil men made a good strike in
Richie county Wednesday. on Goose
Creek. The well is on the Douglass farm
and viii make better thar one hundred
barrels. Those interested are James Y.
Supler. CIV. Lynch, 3. F. Robinson and
John Koblegard. of this city.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-04-20
INTO THE FOREIGN FIELD.

Going Abroad for Business-Big
Orders Booked.
NEW YORK, April 10. The
World says:
That the United States Steel Corpor-
alton is about to enter the foreign field
is shown by a contract just made with
the Carnegie steel company for 10000
tons of steel plates by the Harland
and Wolff Ship Building Company of
Belfast, Ireland. This is the largest
contract ever placed in this country for
steel plates. 1t is worth $3.50, coo.
A majority of the Clyde shipbuilding
concerns have recently made contracts
with American mills for their steel
plate requirements for many months
ahead. for fear that the United States
Steel Corporation will advance prices.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-04-20
OH Quotntfons.

NEW YORK. April 1s.-standard oil
| stock, S1s6e10.
OIL CITY. Pa. April 1s.-Credit balances
$40: certificates, no bid, Shipments, 81
| 100 bbls; average. 90.164 bbls. Runs. 90.2So
/ bbls; average, 8S.f6s bbls.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-04-20

The South Penn Oil Company's No. i on
the John Widmer farm is l.soo. and viii
reach the Gordon land. with good luck.
within a short time. This is a well of
great Importance and will be watched with
great anxiety by the many leaseholders-
Wetzel Democrat
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-04-20
INSPECTOR PAUL ILL.

Special to the Register.
CHARLESTON, w. Va, April 19.-Chief
Mine Inspector Paul is very i'll of typhoid
fever, at the hospital in this city.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-04-20
BRIEF NEWS NOTES.
Antf-sesIpIna Bill

A~ntf-sesIpfng Bill
ALBANY. \. Y. april i9.-The anti
scalpers' bill has passed both branches Of
the state Legislature.
Negotiations Renewed
LONDON. April 1s.-The Sun to-day con-
nrmed the report that the peace negotia-
tsons between Lord Kitchener and the
Boer generals lave been renewed.
Treasury Statement
WASHINGTON. April 10. - To~day's
statement Of the treasury balances In the
general fund, exclusive OF the $i59.c0o.00
gold reserve In the division OF redemp-
ton. showx. Available cash hstarcs rA
67z,szs: gold, $966e1.@
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-08-23
DRIVEN TO SUICIDE BY GOSSIP
Explanation of Rev. &. u. HHrHtnE-
tons Rash Act.

OXFORD. n. j.. Aug. 22-Worry over
criticism Of his cIopomtut two weeks ago
With his organist Miss Ida TiCe. % is be-
Ioved here. was responsible -or me- sui
eide ON Wednesday Of Rev George r.
Harrington. pastor Of the Methodist
Episcopal Church OF oxford. Mr.. Har-
uiuGtou's marriage TO Miss Tice caused
wide interest lie called NJ the Tce
homestead with O. buggy and invited the
young daughter 90 take a drive.
At E,Ividgrc. y. J.. they called ut the
nome Of Rev. Nathaniel Brooks and were
married Tho parents knew nothing OF
the attachments I,tw -ou them. a.d. ia-
decd. the young man had not seemed to
pay any more attention 20 the young We
man than ne had 10 others
when they returned To oxford &c.. sit
uasiua was explained To Mrs. HaruiuE-
toms parents. who made the best Of the
situation and offered them a home They
concluded 20 occupy the parsonage CON
n,ctcd with the church, however. and so
q day or two later were nicely located.
ON Saturday night the young folk Tor
miles around visited the parsonage and
lrft a kitChtufUl of catablcs. enough
probably 10 last the young pair for
months to come Some Of the older and
more Stdrd members of the church took
exception 10 the minister's method Cf get
ting married. and only Tuesday ne told "a
close friend that he feared the effect Of
the step he had taken
He Is reported to have said ne expected
10 De expelled from Drew Seminary when
he went back there this winter ami. ass DE
had not any other profession in view. De
He might lose the oxford Church ON ac-
count Of IT,
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-08-23
CHEATS OF THE CAPITOL
White Paint Tukes the Place Of
Marble.

Frederick Harr,s0n's admiration for the
Capitol as an architectural work and the
central object OF the Washington land
scape is shared hy so many that one can
always send a thrill Of panied surprise
through a part OF every group Of visitors
by "a reminder that only its two wings are
built Of marble and that for the white
ness Of it, main body we must thank
cOpjOus and oft-rcucwcd applications Of
white paint But quite as much aston
iShment i5 likely 10 be felt by most per
sons az the discovery that the great dome.
which has been the delight of an D,tiUi i
cTs. Is not precisely in the axis OF the cen
trial pDrticO. but about six feet out Of
place. Yet such Is the case. IL has ben
necessary 90 resort tb some IricAyry 10
deceive the eye in taking the whole eject
OF the o8itice but that has been accom-
.lIshed So cieveriy that II may be Tor
given
Another fact little known 20 the public
i5 that the exquisite proportions or the
dome are the result of accident, not de-
sign The present lines do NOT follow the
architectural drawings. because when tho
base OF the dome proper was measured
preparatory a. Ioyyeriu- 81 into the collar.
which was already In place Tor II. II was
found t1 De too large. The collar could
not bee changed 20 IT. so the original base
~ cut of az the point where me diiniu-
IsuIuE GIImruteT would slip INTO the col
lar. The result was most grauI}lnB- 1T,
AS many experts assert. the present dome
IS perfect. IL follows that the dome as
first designed would have been imperfect.
and % it had been used one OF the most
satisfactory public ydlnc,s IN the world
would have lacked large part OF its
present Charm.-Boston Transcript
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-08-23
MR.. wHITEHEAD's AIRsHIP.
The Inventor Planning "A Trip to New
York city

BRIDGEPORT. Conn. Aug. 23--Gusts.v
Whitehead. the flying machine inventor
Of this city. WIN one night a week ago
Is said 60 have Town a distance OF halt
a mile iu hIz macIine at a height OF nifty
feet says that his next fight Will
consist OF tup C.. New York city and
return For this pJ rDese he Is having
new machine built IN his premises The
only difference IN the two. ne says. Is
that the new one VIII DE built stronger
and large enough TO carry half dozen
persons
Whitehead wall take his present machine
To Atlantic City. \. j.. where ne intends
TO exhibit II publicly. There is a PhiIa-
deIphia gentleman interested IN White
head who has asked MIN to bring the
machine with him 20 that place He viii
Mt divulge his name
The machine with which he has been
experimenting j. roughly made and crude
in appearance. but its inventor says that
its machinery is perfect II looks just
like a ship with wings instead Of sails
The body resembles that OF a schooner $
Hull. while III, wings are bat-like- White
head SAYS that the plans upon which NJ
SantOS-Dumout. the Brazilian aerOnaut. Is
working on iu France are not feasible
and that his own experience has shown IT,
He says further that he is satisfied his
machine is a success and that he has now
passed from the experimental stage He
says NJ SGntus-Dumout and other iuveu-
tors viii learn. sooner or later, that their
Inventions are too heavy. As 10 his pro-
posed flight 70 New York City, Whitehead
says.
since the feat Of my half-mIIe flight
was published I have been besieged by
Trr.r LET
from nquisiIve people all over the
country. They asked me many questions
concerning my machine and its flight
For instance. one man wanted 20 know
why, II / Travelled half mile successfully,
7 did not continue. In reply 1 said that
10 was dark night and 1 did not care
&C. get outside Of my bounds. as 1 was
not familiar with the locality / saw a
good opportunity 20 descend in a lot
which I did, without the slightest acct
dent Besides. I know that II my air
ship went an right for half a mile that
it can go miles just as well.
when 1 get this other one built.
think / can have some fun with certain
people. I am as firmly convinced thar
can go to New York and return in it as
I am that ] can ride a bicycle In my
last flight the machine was devoid Of its
steering apparatus, Wulcn / was NOT
aware of until / had assembled in it Ny
airsEip can De stcered by a rudder or hav-
ing one Of the progeIlers revoIye faster
than the other. on the principle Of a twin
screw steamer ! also have safety appH-
auces in all parts of the machcinery.
Il cannot say when l Will make the trip
10 New York ! must have my men finish
some exterior work on my present ma
chine this week and II may be severn
days before the new one viii BE- ready
| Then il Will have 10 be tested. Will take
one Of my machinists along with me. but
/ who the others VIII be, n any. 1. Of course.
cannot say az this time"
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-08-23
NEGRO sUPERSTITIoNs.
Luck Plays IN Important Part in
Their Everyday Life.

Many OF the negro SuperstiJiOus in Ken
lucky are quite interesting. An old phil
oSOpher told me with great gravity IF
YOU want peppers to grow. you must git
mad My old oman an me had a spat-
an i weat right out an planted nv pep
pers, an they came right up" Still an
other saying Is that peppers 20 prosper.
must be- planted by a red headed OF BY a
high-tempcred IeTsOu- The negro also
says that one never sees a jaybird on Fri
day. for the bird visits his satanic mai
csJy 10 pack kiudIng'' on that day. The
three signs in which the negroes place.
Implicit trust are tn WeIl-knOwu ones OF
the ground hog appearing above ground
on the 1d OF February. that q hoe must
not hr carried through a house OF a death
VIII follow. and that potatoes must be-
planted I'm the dark of the moon. as well
as all vegetables that TipeD I'm the ground
and that corn must be planted in the Ught
of the moon.
Feed gunDowder to dogs and it viii
make them fierce
\ negro will not burn the wood Of d
tsSe that has been struck by lightning Toy
fear that his house viii burn or be struck
by lightning
II a bird flies into "a house il brings bad
luck II a CraWiiSh or "a turtle catches
your toes 10 viii hold ON till il thuudars
When child / was told by a black
nurse that Fl hat aliEhts on ones head
t. viii stay there tin it thund rs Th.-
was So terrifying that even now Z have
an unnecessary fear 81 being clutched by
a bat
To make soap. stir it with sasza flls
stick in The dark Of the mopu--FpIk L1rr.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-08-23
HOW MUCH YOU TALK.
The Ordinary individual Averages
$500 Words Per Day.

me ordinary individual Averages
$500 Words Per Day
4 man with mathematical kinlz in his
brain has been trying TO figure out how
many words the average person utters
every tWeuty-four hours He has been
working steadily at this proposition for
some years now, and, while he admits
that ne is as far from a correct answer
as he was when he began, he is able to
make some rather Interesting computa-
tons The reason that his self-assumcd
task seems impossible Of solution Is be-
cause Of the difference in people If all
were equally fond OF talking lie asserts.
he would have been able 60 give the public
"a satisfying answer years ago. But they
are not As everybody knows. there is the
quiet melancholy gentleman who confines
his answers To- mouoSNuabicS and who
does not utter probably 500 words day.
while on the other hand there IS the con-
T'gsaIoual Eatius gun who fires words AT
every one and on every subject
Sixty words "a minute is about as much
as the ordinary person UttcTS I'm ordinary
conversation BY taking the man whose
work prevents him from talking except
during meal times and after he has I'm
iShcd his lIuuTs. and the travelling sales
man who depends upon talk for LIVING
ihe investigator believes that fairly aC-
curate average 90 the number of words
spoken 10y the average person can be Sc
cured lie allows the tdCltuTu person ten
minutes OF continuous talk a day. That
would aggregate 6HG words He gives the
travelling salesman five hours of CONVEX
satiou. which would amount To l2UH
words. This gives an average of 63ul
words day. which Is good deal Of talk
when you stop 20 think how many aver
age persons there are.-ChicagO News.