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Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-01-20

resolve Of the ruler of the great
empire proved futile, and with
pitiful realization of the inevitable
she shut herself off from her en-
tourage. For two nights she dined
alone and never stirred from the
apartments she occupied at Os-
borne.
Humbly, for this woman rules
her court with no uncertain hand.
her court officials implored her to
seek medical advice. These mes
sages she stAadfastly ignored, and,
though tonight her condition is
admitted to be most serious, there
are only in attendance Drs. Pow
ell and Reid. Doubtless the Prince
of Wales will tomorrow secure
additional medical talent.
Her Majesty lies helpless and al
most speechless in her bed In Os-
bore house surrounded by every
comfort.
Fruits, flowers. ice and all the &C.
accessories of modern medicine are
at hand.
Osborne house is buried amidst
gloomy park of frs. 1t is bright
ly lit ouside. The wind comes up
from the channel and surges
through the trees like a death
dirge. A mile away stands the
lodge. Beyond its portals none but
the household can pass. On them,
without the sovereign's knowledge.
are posted bulletins announcing
her condition.
Beyond the bulletins, nothing Of
fetal is obtainable; but not a soul
connected in any way with Osborne
House seems to believe that Her
Majesty can survive this attack.
In fact, locally, the announcement
OF her death is awaited with some
what approaching equanimity.
Never in the memory of her SUBJ
jects has the Queen been Ill be-
fore, and now at her advanced
age she has been stricken, 1t seems
to those who have lived around her
that it is impossible for her TO re-
cover. The village wiseacres who
have seen her since girlhood, wag
their heads tonight and say it is a
sad day for England.
The official bulletins may safely
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-01-20
THE BISHOP SUMMONED.
One of the Most Omnous Items of News Sent Out From
The Royal Household-Fears OF the Nation.

LONDON, January 20, 4 a. NJ
The official bulletins regarding the
Queen, posted at the Mansion
House and Marlborough House
Saturday were read with evident
anxiety and eagerly discussed by
the large crowds constantly sur
rounding them until late hour Of
the night. At the clubs the last
bulletin, saying there was a
slight improvement" was receiv-
ed with some incredulity, as more
than one private telegram was
shown expressing the most unfav-
orable view of the progress of Her
Majesty's illness.
Among the ominous items Of
news of the evening was the state
ment that the Right Rev. Randall
Thomas Davidson, D. D., bishop Of
Winchester, had been summoned
and had reache,. Osborne late last
night.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-01-20
SENTENCED TO HANG AT
M0UNDSVILLE. MARCH %.
Judge KeatIey Overrules Motion for
New Trial for George Carter.

Special TO the Register
CHARLESTON. W Va. January 10
Special Judge keatley overruled in the
criminal court to-day the motion TO set
aside the verdict and grant new trial
to George Carter. the negro who was
found guilty of murder last week for the
killing Of Nerg Whistler. on the street of
this city December u last Carter was
brought into court and sentenced to be
hanged at the State penitentiary at
tence is carried out Carter will be the
first man executed from this county in
ten years. The sheriff will leave for
Moundsville with his prisoner to-day.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-01-20

COWES, Isle of Wight. January
9.-Midnight-A local rumor, pur-
veyed by Osborne house employees,
declares that the Queen cannot live
until Monday, but this receives no
official confirmation, although it is
admitted that it is scarcely even
likely that the Queen, if she recov-
ers at all, will regain the use of
those vigorous faculties which have
distinguished her among the wo-
men of all times.
Gathered at her beside are the
Prince and Princess of Wales,
Princess Louise and other mem
bers of the royal family, while Mr..
Richie, the secretary of state for
home affairs, officially represents
the cabinet. Lord Salisbury is in
constant telephone communication
with Osborne house, and it was ru-
mored that he had arrived at Os-
borne, but this does not appear to
be true.
The arrival of Emperor William
and other members of the royal
family is anxiously awaited.
For three days the Queen has
been kept strictly to herself. The
last time she drove out in Cowes
the rain beat down heavily upon
her. Even the natives, who have
grown to look upon Her Majesty
as an ordinary body have noticed
that she looked more delicate and
SHruHken imam eVer-a mere Shad-
ow of her former self-yet with
feminine persistence the Queen
forbade those around her to say
that she was i'll.
The Queen Victorian tradition
and etiquette decree that she is
never i'll, and so, with logged de-
termination she fought off the raw
ages that worry over the Boer war,
the deaths in her own family and
her increasing years have brought
upon her. But against the ruthless
hand OF nature even the imperial
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-01-20
The AGED and Beloved Ruler Of Great Brit
ain Stricken With Paralysis
Last Night.
BULLETIN:
CowEs Isle of Wight, 2:1o a. m, January 2o.-The
Queens condition is unchanged

CowEs, Isle of Wight, Midnight, January 19-The
Queen of England lies at deaths door, She was strck-
en- with paralysis tonight, Reuters Telegram Com
PAW understands that the Prince of Wales has received
authority to act in Her Majestys stead and thus has
been created practical though not constitutional re-
genCy.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-01-20
THE0. PRIOR PARDONED.


Special TO the Register.
EAST LIVERPOOL. O.. January Is
Theodore Prior, convicted OF manslauglat-
er In killing Thomas KeIso. deekhand
Of the Ben Hur. at the wharf here two
years ago, and sent - the Mansfield re-
formatory, was pardoned to-day
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-01-20

WASHINGTON. January 19.-Secrs-
tary Hay said tonight that this gov
eminent has not authorized Minister
Loomis to present formal note 70 the
Venezuela government, and certainly
nothing In the nature Of an uitimatum.
The secretary said thai Minister
LOOMS instructions so far have been
telegraphic and have directed him 10
protest to the Venezuelan authorities
against any despoilation OF American
rights or property. Further than this
the state Department has not sent fog
ward any definite instructions as 10 the
next step to be taken in the event that
the minister's representations do NOT
obtain satisfactory cognizance and
compliance.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-01-20

Some Of the newspapers issued edi-
tions as late as II o'clock, and these
were eagerly bought. They contained,
however, nothing to satisfy the panied
interest with which they were persued.
The Duke of York was at York house
late in the evening, when it was an
nounced that he was not going to Os-
borne until to-day.
Besides giving columns filled with
the latest scraps OF information con-
corning her majesty's condition, the
movements of members Of the royal
family and persons connected with the
court, all this mornings newspapers
reflect the fears Of the nation of a
fatal termination of the illness which
has so UNEXPECTEDLY stricken down the
aged monarch. They dwell at length
upon the deep love and reverence which
the people cherish for the sovereign
who so long has guided the ship of
state.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-01-20
DOVENER HAS GRIP.
The Captain Confined to His Room
at WilIard's HoteI-No Dangerous
Symptoms

Special 10 the Register.
WASHINGTON. D. c., January IA
Capt. Dovener has Joined the ranks Of
the grip victims. He il confined to his
room at WIZARDS Hotel and viii be laid
toms have developed and an early recov-
cry is looked for. Capt. Dovener has
been excused from attendance at the
House and has not been II the capital
for several dayA
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-01-20
THE ARMY DEFENDED

Against Charges Of Drunkness and
immortality by General MacAr-
thur.
WASHINGTON, January 19.-In view
OF the debate in the Senate over the
in the Philippines AID in order to OBJ
tain definite information as to the real
condition OF affairs in the respects
mentioned, Adjutant General Corbin,
on the 10th instant, cabled Gen. Mac
Arthur, at Manila, us follows:
Telegraph the condition of the army
in Manila and elsewhere in the Philip
pine islands with reference to drunk
enness and use of intoxicating liquors.
Are houses of prostitution licensed,
protected or in any way encouraged by
the military authorities?
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-01-20

LONDON. January ia dispatch
from Curacao. Dutch West Indies, TO
Reuters Telegram Company, Say the
relations between the United States
and Venezuela have not improved. and
that the United States minister. Mr..
Francis b. LOOMS, has sent a strongly
worded note which Is even deseriAw
as practically an ultimatum, TO the
Venezuelan government.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-01-20

Mr.. C schnapf .ths Opera Hoase drug
gsst, made the n flowing observations Of
a m. Is: u m FL >. n. xk y n. L.
Weather fAkx.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-01-20
T-9E WEATuER-

WASHINGTON. January ls.-For West
Virginia. western pennsyfvania and Ohls
Fair and warmer Sunday. varfakls
winds. becoming generally southsriy:
fresh on the lakes Monday, rain o.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-01-20
Gen Macarthur replied as follows:
"MANTI,A January II 1901

"Adjutant General, Washington:
With reference to your telegram OF
18th, drunkenness in this army is no
more noticeable here than in garrisons
in the United States Considering
whole force, unit probably very much
less. In Manila drunken men very no.
ticeable. Effect ons drunkard in public
place creates impression among citi-
zens of extensive disorders throughout
whole force, which is not case. Army
in splendid discipline, high state effic-
iency, doing hardest kind of service
in most faithful, inspiring manner.
Houses prostitution not licensed, pro-
tected nor encouraged.
MAC ARTHUR"
Evening star., 1901-11-04
The SlOth"s Hair

1t is very curious fact that certain
plants grow and thrive on the hair of sioths.
Apart from its extremely coarse and brittle
nature. the most striking peculiarity Of the
outer hair Of the sloths Is its more or less
decidedly green tinge. Now, green ia a
very rare color among mammals ana
there ought. therefore. to be some special
reason for its development in the sloths.
AND. as matter Of fact. the means by
which this cOloration is produced is one Of
the most marvellous phenomena in the
whole animal kingdom-so marvellous In
deed, that 1t Is at first almost impossible
to believe that 1t is true. The object of
this peculiar type Of coloration Is, Of course.
to assimilate the animal to it's leafy sur-
reundfngs, and thus to render It as incon
spicuous as possible: and when hanging in
its usual position from the under side Of
a bough. 1t long. coarse and green -tinced
hair Is stated to render the sloth almost
tndistfnguishable from the punches of gray-
green hchens among which 1t dweils In
the outer sheath Of the hairs OF the Al there
are number of transverse cracks. and in
these cracks grows primitive type of
plant-namely. one-celleG alga. And for
the benefit of non-botanical readers il NAV
be well to mention here that algae (amonr
which seaweeds are includeO form a rroun
OF howeriess plants related on the one hand
to the funGit and on the other to the
iichens In the moist tropical forests
IN the cracks Of their hairs grow read
fly. and thus communicates to the entire
coat that general green tint which, as 81
ready said. is reported to render them al
most indistinguishable from the clusters Of
iichen among which they hang suspended.
Evening star., 1901-11-04

representatives at the Vatican, but the
apostoiic deiesations in the United States
and Venezuela have no corresponding ieea-
tions at the Holy See. On the other hand.
honduras Nicaragua. Prussia and Russia
maintain diplomatic representatives at the
satiean, without any papal representation
corresponding at home. In the littJa min.
clpahty OF Monaco the bishop acts as dele
gate OF the Holy See, while a minister re-
sides at the Vatican
me HOLY See formerly kept UP a num-
ciature at Turin, and the kings of sardinia
d minister plenipotentiary at the Vatican.
put these diplomatic relations ceased IN
is.s England, of course, has had no dip
separation from the Holy See: the Otto.
man empire kept up such relations durine
tne sixteenth and seventeenth centuries
but they have since ceased.
Evening star., 1901-11-04

person out of every thousand who will fail
at some time during the show to squeeze
the program Into a roll OF course, there
are many ways of accounting for it. Ii may
be matter of convenience. IL is easier TO
hold the program when II is rolled up IL
hts the hand more comfortably. If this is
the reason the chancs are that II is 4 case
OF unconscious selection, for If you should
ask the average man or woman why they
DO 1t they could not tell you. They may do
1t because they have nothing else to do be-
tween the acts. The mind loafs during the
intermlsslon, and at any rate the hands are
IDLE, and there is really nothing to do but
SIT ana roll ones program up. or to idly
pinch the corners OFF of the same OF course
some or the gentlemen occasionally slip out
ana smoke a cigarette between acts or
drift across the street, but even in cases of
TINS sort the program is rolled Just the
same. Probably the most reasonable ex-
pianation of the habit is that 1t is simply a
way Of getting rid Of a surplusage of ner-
vous energy.
Evening star., 1901-11-04

FROM the Cficsgo Chronicle
One OF the most Industrious of birds il the
wren. Its industry is probably duo TO IT'S
appetite, which is seemingly insatiablc. IL
seems to be always hungry and Is ever on
the alert for means to satisfy The cravings
Of its appetite.
This is the season Of the year when the
city man returns from his two weeks out
Ing In the woods primed up with more ac-
cumulated knowledge than the go,d old
man with the hoe" has been able TO ac-
quire In lifetime. One OF him who has
been spending his vacation time In Virginia
Is here with details as to the abnormal
craving for food displayed by young wrens
He found a nest and took up a position
where he could watch at his leisure. 1he
mother wren made 110 trips TO the nest
within four hours and a half, and this was
consumed:
Twenty green caterpillars. sixteen May
flies. twenty-nine unidentified insects
eleven worms. two bugs. ten grassboppers.
seven spiders and a chrysalis or two.
Evening star., 1901-11-04
American Locomotives.
the New York Sun

The first American locomotive was CON-
structed by Peter Cooper for the Baltimore
and Ohio railway in 1879. In 1882 Mr.. NV
Baldwin began the construction of locomo-
tives In Philadelphia and his factory deye,-
open into the Baldwin locomotive works.
now the most extensive establishment Of
the sort. Engines are supplied to eyery
state In the Union. to Cuba. South America.
Great Britain. Russia, France, South Ger
many and other stat IS. American en-
gfnes can be delivered In a shorter time
after the order than any others: the parts
are interchangeable. and their price ts the
lowest. although the wages Of the workmen
are the highest.
The early locomotives weighed about
fourteen tons; by 1850 the weight rose. at
times. to nifty tons; in 1870 the ayeraa ne
~efght was forty to forty-f1ve tons. Freipht
engines now weigh about 100 and passen-
ger engines about seventy to eighty tons
exclusive OF the tender). The sire Of
tenders has increased nearly four fold in
forty years. The speed has partly Increased
also The Atlantic City express runs the
hfty-hve miles from Camden to the sea In
about forty-five minutes every day during
the summer. The weight Of rails has In
creased from thirty to fifty kilos per meter.
and the cars have also greatly Increased
In weight. While the weight Of iocomo-
tiyss has doubled In the last twenty-five
years. the cost has increased only 20 or SO
per os1t.
Evening star., 1901-11-04

with a cargo of cord wood from the lower
river for Carter & Clark.
The Nettie May, having loaded a cargo
Of hard coal at Alexandria, sailed for a
lower river point.
The schooner Morning Star, laden with
lumber and shingles for the dealers here,
has arrived in port from Virginia lumber
port.
The schooner Oakland is in port with a
cargo of wood for the local dealers.
General News of the Port.
The barge Easton has been taken to
Aqua creek to load railway ties for VIM.
knight, and the barges Kate Brady and
Ann Thompson to Quantico to load poplar
wood and railway ties for Carter & Clark.
The cargoes of the three barges are des-
tined for PHILADELPHIA
The barge Kate NJ Latta, with a cargo
of about 500 tons of hard coal from Havre
de Grace, Md, has unloaded at the wharf
of Stephenson G. Bro.
A large fleet of oyster boats finished un-
loading their cargoes Saturday last and
yesterday and sailed for the oyster grounds
on the lower river. Among them were the
Waumita, Amanda F. Lewis, VIM. Turner,
H. c. Cunningham, S. L. Bowen, Emmet
Arthur and Volunteer.
The naval yacht Oneida was brought
around from the navy yard Saturday even
ing to a berth at the lighthouse service
wharf and was taken out for a cruise on
the river yesterday.
The steam launch Joe Blackburn took a
party on 4 trip down the river yesterday.
The ]. l.. Douglass, Mr. Anthony Smoots s
steam launch, made her first trip from
Alexandria since receiving her new boiler
and engine several weeks ago.
The schooner Agnes E. Manson, which
came into port Thursday with a cargo of
ice for the American Ice Company, had
remarkably quick passage She sailed
from Bath Me-, October %, and in five
days thereafter entered the capes, reach
ing here one week after sailing. She will
be followed shortly by two other icc-laden
vessels.
Mr. John D. Hart, mate of the steamer
Harry Randall, is spending several days
with relatives in Fredericksburg, Va.
Mr.. Thomas Garnett, a well-known Poto-
mac steamboat man, has gone to his home
in Westmoreland county, Va, for several
weeks.
Capt. P. A. Welker, commander of the
coast survey steamer Blake, will go on
leave of absence to Ohio. On his return he
will take his vessel to Porto Rico to en-
cro f,,c
Evening star., 1901-11-04
FILIPINOs AS ORATORS.
Speechmakfng Cultivated by Natives
of the Archipelago.
From the Shanghai Mercury.

From the Shanghai Mercury.
Speechmaking is one of the arts in which
Filipinos feel perfectly confident that they
will be able to uphold American prestige.
There is probably no territory of which Ii
may be more truly said that speeches are
always on tap. Every settlement has its
orators, who are equal to all occasions, and
as the people like to hear them as well as
they like to speak, they never get out OF
training. Native aptitude for melody and
rhythm is doubtless related to the fond
ness for the cadences of speech, but what
ever the explanation, an orator can make
eyes glisten and fill and stir. IN audience
until it feels like fighting to a finish for
MIN, quite as easily as the same thing can
be done in Kentucky. Whether as the
standard bearer in passionate appeal, as
the advocate learned in abstruse terms. as
the eXpounder of doctrine in philosophy or
politics, or as the entertainer who declares
that he kisses your hand and that all he
has is yours the native garlands with
fancy his public speech. What he says
rarely gets into print, and as there is no
means of dispeiling in type the illusions of
oratory speeding off the reel, it is small
wonder that fluency feeds on encourage
ment, and is cultivated for its own sake.
An American who would compete in this
field must be mellifiuous and cXuberant
and always up to pitch.
Judge TaftS Suave gifts have done him
good service as president of the civil
commission. His abounding good ma
ture would doubtless carry him along in
any case, for the natives like some one to
laugh with them, but the additional pos
session of ability to meet the orators on
their own ground has enabled him to
smooth out many rough passages. At San
Jose de Buenavista, in Antique province,
Panay, the decorations provided Icy the
people at the recent visit of the civil COM
mission included a Goddess of Liberty set
M hot q a;s,l,t l. L.
in procession. The four faces of the ped
estal bore the names Washington (speIled
without an hi, Lincoln. Mckinley and
Tam ESQ spelled. mo fault is to be found
with that lettering" Commissioner Moses
said, Except that the " was LETT off the
last name"
Evening star., 1901-11-04
AMERICAS WILD RICE,
Furnished Wholesome SuppOrt for
Traders and Hunters Years Ago.
From pearson's

Furnished Wholesome Support for
Traders and Hunters Years Ago.
From Pearson's Magazine.
In early days the extension of the fur
trade in a territory unsurpassed for rich
ness in pelts was actually made practical
BILE by the wild rice which furnished a
wholesome support for traders and hunters.
Pike, the explorer. in 1895, described the
fort Of the Northwest Company at Leech
Lake as stored with large quantities of the
grain, 500 bushels of which were put away
in loft over the trading room. Employees
of the company depended on it chiefly for
food, buying 1t from the savages at the
average price of about 1.50 bushel.
At the present time white people in the
nelghborhood of all the reservations I'm Wis
ccnsin and Minnesota are very fond of wild
rice. which is commonly offered for sale in
the towns. Charles c. Opel, a produce
dealer Of Duluth, states that he handles
from cne to two tons of it every season
Most Of the cruisers, explorers and home
Steaders take 1t out into the woods with
them," he says, "and they claim that it is
better than tame rice, because 1T does not
take so long to prepare" 1t is largely con-
slimed in lumber camps in the region where
1t grows.
The wild rice that comes to market in
this way Is all OF 1t gathered by the Indians
the work of harvesting and preparing the
grain performed almost entirely by the
women.
Wild rice Is more nutritious than any of
our common cereals. such as wheat rye
corn. barley. oats and ordinary rice 1t is
richer In starch and sugar than any of
these, and contains more OF the stun that
makes muscle and blood. The freshly gath
cred seeds may be cooked by simply pour
ipg water over them but the parched grain
requires half an hours cooking and the fire.
cured a full hour. 1t swells like the south
ern rice. single coffee cupfuI Of the dry
kernels furnishin an ample meal for two
Indians, or suf1cient breakfast food for
eight or ten persons. 1t Is especially whole
some for breakfast, served with sugar and
cream
s II 1t could be cultivated with any GER
Ia nty. wild rice would long ago have be-
come a staple for the white population.
Unfortunately. however. no method has
been found whereby regular and satisfac-
tory crops can be insured.