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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-03-25
GREAT BLIZZARD RAGING.
Colorado Buried Under a Very Heavy
Fall of Snow.
Many Cattle Are Dead. and Railroad
Traffic Has Suffered Severely.
Some Trains Have Been Abandon
ed-The Storm Still Continues.

DENVER, Col, March PA storm
has prevailed all over the State of Col
orado to-day, in some places reaching
the proportions of a blizzard. Snow
has fallen to a depth of from three to
ten inches, and the storm continues to-
night, with severity on the mountains,
blocking railroads and traffic generally.
Already cattlemen have suffered losses,
and fears are entertained that the
loss will be greatly increased before
the storm is ended. All trains from
the east are delayed in western Kan
sas. Regular trains on the Colorado &
Southern between here and Leadville
have been abandoned. as the cuts are
filled with snow. OnFthe western slope
the fall of snow has been heaviest. In
some places it is ten inches on the level
and much deeper on the mountains.
Reports from Lamar, Col, that the
storm is driving cattle along with it,
and undoubtedly many will die from
exposure. Reports from the vicinity
conditions there.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-03-25
THE CAN CONSOLIDATION
Will Go Into Practical Operation To-
day, the AmaIgamatiOn Being
Completed Saturday.
All the Vendors Have Entered Into
An Agreement Not to Go Into the
Manufacture of Cans Within Fiji
tee Hundred Miles of Chicago for
Fifteen Years.

NEW YORK, March 24.-The Journal
of Commerce tomorrow will say:
The new Can consolidation will go
into practical operation to-day Mon
day., the work of taking over and
paying for the constituent properties
having been completed on Saturday.
The various plants will from now on
be operated by the American Can Com
pany. Pending the transfer of the
properties, quotations on cans were
withdrawn. 1t is now intimated that
the new price list will show a substan-
tial advance, and it is also reported that
the American Tin Plate Company is
about to make an advance in tin plate
prices.
AS already stated, it Is probable that
Edwin Norton will be president of the
new company, and that w. H. and
J. H. Moore will be members of the
board Of directors. 1t is further said
that the American Tin Plate Company
will have representatives on the new
board.
An interesting feature of the consol-
idation, it is understood, is that all
the vendors have signed an agreement
not to engage in the manufacture of tin
cans within fifteen hundred miles Of
Chicago for a period of fifteen years.
1t is known that subscribers to the
underwriting syndicate, so-called, re-
ceived n hundred shares each of pre-
ferred and common stock for every
$4,000 cash paid in. 1t is said that the
new tin can consolidation will control
practically the entire can industry of
the United States so far as manufac-
turing for the open market is con-
cerned.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-03-25
STATE SUPREME COURT.

Special to the Register.
CHARLESTON, w. Va. March 23.-
The Supreme Court of Appeals to-day
handed down the following opinions:
Cochrane. guardian, VS.. Grant coun-
ty, reversed and remanded.
Floyd, ct al, VS.. National l.. & l.
Company, ct. al, Kanawha county, re-
versed and remanded.
Clark vs.. West Virginia c. & P. rail-
road Company, Tucker county, dismiss
ed as improvidently awarded.
Blair VS.. Henderson, Logan county,
affirmed.
McCreery, admir-, VS.. Ohio River
Railroad Company, Cabell county, re-
versed and remanded.
Harris VS.. Cobb and others, Tyler
county, affirmed. Opinion by Judge
McWhorter, Judge Dent c%oncurred and
filed an opinion, Judge Brannon dis
senting, and filed a note.
Swearington, ct al, VS.. Steers, ct al,
Wood county, reversed and remandef
McEadowney, ct. al, VS.. Lowther, ct.
al, Wetzel county, affirmed.
Wagner VS.. Jaeger, Mcdowell coun-
ty. reversed and remanded.
Kenneweg Co. VS.. Moore, ct al,
Tucker county, affirmed.
Kyle VS.. Ohio River Railroad Com
pany, from Cabell county, affirmed.
Rowan, admir-, VS.. Chenoweth. Ran
dolph county. decree reversed and re-
manded.
Newberger VS.. Wells, Wood county,
appeal allowed, bond 5000.
First National Bank VS.. Prayer,
Wood county. appeal and supercedeas
allowed, bond $500.
Gall vs. Gall, from Barbour county,
appeal allowed, bond 5000.
Atgisson VS.. Plumb, Wood county,
appeal allowed, bond $500.
Loomis vs.. City of Parkersburg,
Wood county. writ of error and super
cedeas allowed, bond 1000.
Parkersburg Mill Company vs.. Ohio
River Railroad Company, Wood coun-
ty, writ of error and suprecedeas al
lowed, bond 5000.
Gretzinger VS.. WiEkin, admir-, Han
cock county. appeal refused.
Ex-parte James Ellison, writ OF
habeas corpus granted.
Harness VS.. Eastern Oil Company.
Peasants county, petition for rehear-
ing docketed.
Davis, ct al. VS.. Freer, ct al, Ritchie
county, motion to increase bond dock
eted.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-03-25
Launching Date Fixed.

GLASGOW, March 24.-Sir Thomas
Upton was at Dumbarton yesterday
making arrangements to launch the
Shamrock H., and the ceremony has
been definitely fixed for April Both.
The Marchioness of Dufferin will chris
ten the yacht.
The attempt last week to dredge the
channel deep enough to float the chal-
lenger failed, owing to the shifty ma
ture of the bottom. For a time it
looked as if this might give rise to
serious difficulties, because the long
fin and heavy ballast demand twenty
feet of water which it is impossible to
get. In this dilemma Mr.. Watson de-
vised an ingenious plan. This involves
a huge water-tight box of sufficient
huoyancy to carry the whole weight OF
the yacht. The box is being built
around her underbody in such a fashion
that the whole of the hollow between
the body of the yacht and the fin will
be filled up. 1t is calculated that this
will float six feet above the normal
water line of the yacht ant that when
deep water is reached it can be knock
ed away.
One result of the use of the contrlv-
ance will be that the underbody Will
be hidden as the yacht goes down the
ways and it will be impossible to get
a complete photograph of her.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-03-25
BIG BRIDGE STEEL CONTRACT.
MIIIiISin Brothers, of Brooklyn, VIII
Ship to Cuba 10000 Tons OF struc-
furuI Work.

NEW YORK, March A.-Milliken Bros.
general contractors of Brooklyn, have
Just received the largest single contract
ever made for steel bridge structure for
export. The order calls for 1900 tons Of
steel bridge work, which will be manu-
featured and shipped from the works at
Clinton and Bryant streets. South Brook
Ign. Sixteen thousand tons is very near
~ double the next largest contract on
record, that being only $500 tons.
The shops Of the firm have just ON
pleted one Of the most wonderful bridges
in the worid-a cantilever structure to
be hung across a. Costa Rica gorge over
which is to pass the line OF the FerTo
Carril al PaeiHco. This bridge is about
800 feet long and will hang over 300 feet
above the bottom Of the gorge. The can
tilever span is about as feet In length.
only a little more than . feet shorter
than the cantilever bridge aver Niagara.
gorge. The Costa Rican bridge VIII DO
over twice as high as the Niagara bridge.
This remarkable bridge structure Is
now In Brooklyn ready for shipment. All
OF its parts are complete and can be put
US as soon as delivered in Costa Rica.
The whole structure, or that is the steel
work. weighs l,9o tons.
Milliken Bros, for business reasons. will
not say where the order for 5000 tons Of
bridge steel IL to be shipped. II was ru-
mored that the order was 20 go to a Gu
ban railroad that is 20 be constructed.
but it was impossible to learn whether or
not this is true. One Of the MilIIken
brothers. who has just returned from a
FIVE months trip 70 South Africa. said
that the steel was to be used in building
bridges on a railroad about 40 miles
long. He would not say where this rail-
road Is to be-
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-03-25
GRAND RAPIDS WILL Be N
AND ALL is UNCERTAINTY AS TO
THE MAKEUP OF THE IN
TERSTATE LEAGUE.
MEETING NEXT TUESDAY
Action VIII be Taken-WheeIing
VIII Make n strong Fight to Re-
main In the Circuit-ValuabIe Dog
Sold-Bowling and h Sport.

Interstate base ball affairs are in a
decidedly chaotic state. 1t is very UNI
certain what towns are to be included
in the circuit. Grand Rapids is now
anxious to break in, and Columbus is
uncertain. With Indianapolis and
Louisville both after franchises. 1t
looks like a certainty that some changes
will be made. Grand Rapids is the
factor that will beat Wheeling. Places
could be made for indianapolis and
Louisville by dropping, Marion and
Anderson, but if Columbus sticks,
Wheeling may be dropped. 1t is pos
sible, however, that the magnates
might overlook the increased mileage
to Wheeling and drop Mansfield for
this city, on the theory that the In
creased patronage here would more
than compensate for the expense in
railroad fares.
Watkins, of Indianapolis, who will be
a very important factor in the deal, is
favorable to Wheeling, as stated ex-
clusively in the Sunday Register.
Armour, of Dayton, would naturally
favor this city on account of friendship
for his former partner, Harry Young
man. who has been elected as manager
for Wheeling.
President Myers yesterday notified
the local club that there will be a
meeting in Fort Wayne at two O'Clock
Tuesday afternoon. Wheeling will be
represented. Manager Youngman and
W. w. Irwin will probably attend.
The following Associated Press tele-
gram was received last night:
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich, March "a
A stock company was practically Or
xanized here to-day, to accept a fran
chise in the newly organized Interstate
base ball league and place a team in
Grand Rapids. Deacon" George E.
Ellis, a well known old Western
league magnate, with c. Chinnick and
c. A. Mitts, will be the chief wners.
An effort will be made to have the
meeting of the league held in this city
next Tuesday, instead Of at Fort
Wayne. The base bail park at Reeds
Lake is to be used and the grounds i'm
proved. There is talk Of changing the
name of the league and call it the
v1yor+orn Association
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-03-25

BRUSSELS, March 24.-The races at
Groendael to-day were suspended Oh
account of a riot among the sepecta-
tors. In the first race three horses were
left at the post. The judges permitted
the result to stand. Enraged at this
decision, the spectators invaded the
track. broke the rails, set fire to the
paddocks, and only desisted from the
work of demolition when the judges
promised to return all bets on horses
left at the post. -
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-03-25
FRED EARL" SOLD.
One of the Ffuest Living English
Settlers Disposed of by ID. IL. OAR
rah, of BeIluire.

One of the Finest Living English
Settlers Disposed of by ID. H.. OAR
rah, of BeIluire.
d. H. Darrah, of Bellaire, has sold
setter dogs in America, to j. NJ. Wat
son, of Sewickly, Pa. for $500. and will
ship the famous dog in a few days. This
is the highest price ever paid for a
dog in this vicinity, and Mr.. Darrah is
to be congratulated OF the sale.
The fanciers in Bellaire have many
valuable dogs, and this Ohio city is fast
becoming a market for finer bred ones.
The following is a partial history of
this famous dog and some of the very
tiattering notices that he has received.
Mr.. Darrah is rather reluctant to part
with him. but made the price and
agreement, which is final:
Fred Earl is a ~fashionably bred and
typical English setter, black, white and
tan, full of quality, with a beautiful
head and expression, a kind DISPOSE
ton, very intelligent. and carries a
high head while in motion, or on point.
He is symmetrically formed, and his
weight is As pounds.
The following is taken from the re-
port of the American Field of Novem-
Der 10, 1900: so far as the selections
made by the judges there is room for a
difference of opinion. After the first
round it looked like Fred Earl. Senator
P. and Gold King. Fred Earl had done
decidedly the best work on birds in
the first round. In his second trial
Fred Earl improved in pace, going bet
ter at the finish than his brace mate.
the good Senator P. His good work
on birds was kept up in the second
round. and was continued in the third.
He showed himself to be the best dog
in the stake"
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-03-25

NEW YORK, March pa river of
flaming oil swept down upon the lit
tie village OF Glen Gardner, N. j.,
while its inhabitants were asleep this
morning and reduced eleven buildings,
stores and residences to ashes. The
conflagration was extraordinary in
character and in it's origin.
The village is in a valley along the
line of the Jersey Central railroad. An
immense freight train was coming
east at $50 a.. m. 1t was composed Of
a string of coal cars and eighteen oil
tank cars.
High above the village the tracks Of
the road run along the side Of a noun
tain. They descend as they approach
the WALLACE, but ever at the station are
considerably above the main street,
which runs up to the depot at a steep
incline.
"A few miles west of the village while
coming down the incline around the
mountain the train parted. The engi-
neer on the forward part pulled open
the throttle of the engine and tried to
race away from the section which was
increasing its speed every second.
He managed to clear the racing cars
until he got opposite the depot at Glen
Gardner, when the second section
smashed into the first.
The first section, composed of the
coal cars, was going at a high rate of
speed and none of it's cars were jolted
off the track. The forward car, one Of
the oil tanks of the runaway section,
was hurled sidewise across the tracks
and the oil tank cars behind it were
piled up on top of ii in every way.
The first crash caused the oil in one
of the tank cars to explode and ignite
and the terrific heat caused the other
cars to explode, n after the other.
The incline running from the depot
down to the main street acted as a
sluice for the burning oil and it poured
into the chief t~horoughfare Of the viii
lage, setting fire to everything it
touched. Houses. fences, trees, shrub
berry and barns were reduced to ashes
in an incredibly short time.
Villages, awakened by the explosion.
rushed from the oncoming food Of
blazing oil, carrying children in their
arms. Some risked their lives to free
horses and cows and dogs in ,outbuild-
ings. but other unfortunate animals
could not be reached IN time and were
burned.
Within five minutes after the first
explosion the flowing river of oil had
reached the Masonic Temple in the heart
of the village, and ten minutes later
that structure was enveloped In flame.
Then building after building, all OF
them frame, took fire, as the oil reach
ed them, and within half an hour an
area of five hundred feet square was a
mass Of fame.
From the wrecked cars the oil also
flowed down the incline Of the raiload
track, making a long line of fire that
destroyed the ties and bent and twisted
the tracks. The loss is estimated at
from SEC! 900 to SIS 900.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-03-25
Committee OF FIFTEEN
Sends . Letter Of Warm Endorse
ment to GOvernor OdeIl.

Sends . Letter of Warm Endorse
ment to Governor Ode1l.
NEW YORK, March 24.-The letter
of the Committee of Fifteen TO Gov
ernor Odell, is in part as follows:
The greatest of existing evils is the
intrusion and extenson of prostitution
in the tenement houses, the houses in
which the great mass of the wage ear
ners are compelled to live. There will
probably, for a long time to come, con-
tinue to be differences OF opinion as to
the degree in which it is possible to
check social vice in our great cities,
but there can be no two opinions as to
the necessity of protecting children of
tender years from close contact with
~deprayity. An intimate acquaintance
with adult vice should, at least, not
be forced upon young children by per-
hitting such vice to penetrate into the
very houses in which they live. The
cry OF parents when they ask merely
for the opportunity of bringing %
their children in an atmosphere 90
from the pollution of the mos y
grading forms Of moral evil, shouk. be
surely needed"
The letter says that the law at pres
ent on the statue books has not met
the situation, and what is needed is a
law that will place the responsibility
for the existence Of vice in the tene-
ments on the shoulders Of the land
lords. This, the committee says, the
legislation proposed by the tenement
house commission will do.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-03-25
Murderer Caught.

The local authorities were informed
last night by Chief of Police O'Mera.
OF Pittsburg, that a murder had been
committed there by a negro and he was
thought to be coming west on the
D. 4 o. All freights arriving in the
city over the P~ittsburg division were
closely watched by the police, with
out result. Shortly after midnight
headquarters were notified from Pitts
burg that the mar had been caught
at Washington, Pa
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-03-25

NEW YORK, March 24.-President
Charles Ebbetts, of the Brooklyn base
ball club, to-day made the official
statement that the players who have
deserted the club will be proceeded
against in case they fail to report as
ordered. The players who are said to
have jumped to the American League
are McGinnity, Howell, Cross and
Jones.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-03-25
IarCe Gifts of Money!.

NEW YORK, March 24-Booker T.
Washington tonight announced that as
a result of the meeting held Monday
evening in this city by the Armstrong As
ISOLATION for the Tuskegee institute, $40
$50 has been given or promised towards
the $4,000 for current expenses necessary
to be secured before the gift of $1,000
promised by women of Brooklyn is avail
able, 1880 having been received.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-03-25

VIENNA. March A.-Austria is exper-
fencing another heavy snow fall, the
third of the season. In some places it
has been showing for thirty-six hours,
with serious interruption 10 railway COM
munication. Several rivers in Bohemia
have overlooked n flooded the villages
n further floods are feared when tie
heavy snows on the mountains melt.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-03-25
Agreement Win En.Iand.

LONDON. March 2-According to the
st. Petersburg correspondent of the
Times. wiring Saturday. Count Lamsdorf,
the Russian minister of foreign affairs,
has agreed with Great Britain to submit
the Tien Tsin railway siding dispute to
the arbitration and settlement of Count
Won WalderSee.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-03-25
v Signed.

ST. JOSEPH, Mo-, March 24.-Out-
fielder J. C. Honeyman, formerly of
Elmira, n. Y, was to-day signed by
Manager McKibben, of the st, Joseph
team.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-03-25
BOWLING.
OF TEAMS.
The new race

Schedule for coming week.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. VS.. K. K. K.
Tuesday-Columbias VS.. Osceolas.
Misunderstanding Brooks VS.. All
Alikes.
Thursday-A. A. RIOTERS VS.. Big Show.
Friday-Rough Riders VS.. Wheeling.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-03-25

TEN TSIN, March 24-The Rev. Stone
House, of the London Missionary Society,
has been murdered by brigands. fourteen
miles east of Tlen Tsin.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-03-25
R OF THE SEASON.
Amateur Base Ball Game Played at
Fulton Yesterday Morning.

Fulton Yesterday Morning.
The first game of base ball of the
season was played yesterday morning
at the Fulton grounds. The teams were
the S~croggins, Jr., and a picked nine.
1t was very holly contested, the Scrog-
gins winning by a score of 3 to l. The
battery for %Scroggins was Dunlap and
Tighe. The Scroggins' would like to
hear from any team in the city under
16 years.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-03-25
h Steamships.

NEW YORK-Arriced: Etruria. Liver
pool and Queenstown. Britannia, Mar
settles, Genoa and Naples.
LIvERPoOL-Arrived: Umbria, New
York
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-03-25
RIVER Of FLAMING OIL
SWEPT DOWN ON THE LITTLE VII
LACE OF GLEN GARDNER, N. j.,
YESTERDAY MORNING.

The Disaster Caused by Exploding
Tanks Of Cars Being Hauled
Through the Town - Houses
Fences, Trees and Shrubbery Were
Alike Reduced to Ashes i'm q Very
Short Time-A Scene of Horror In
the Darkness of the Early Morn
ing.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-03-25

The Grand Circuit Races.
SYRACUSE, N. Y, March 24-Theo-
dore H. Coleman announces the list Of
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1901-04-30

1901. Rate: One fare, plus two dol lars for the round trip. Dates of sale: July 20, 21 and 22 Return limit: Leave Milwaukee not earlier than July 23 not later than July 27.
 Launching of the battleship Ohio, San Francisco, Cal, May IS, 1901. Rate: One regular first-class unlimited (thirty day) fare for the round trip. Dates of sale: May ? and 8. Return limit: Thirty days from date of sale. Going trip to be for continuous pas sage. On the return stop overs will be allowed west of the Missouri river or St. Paul and at points on this line.
 General Assembly Cumberland Presbyterian Church in the United States. Little Rock, Ark, May 1528, 1901. Rate: One fare for the round trip. Dates of sale: May IA, 15 and 16, 1901 Retuurn limit: June 1, 1901.
 Annual meeting German Baptists Ounkards), Lincoln, Nebraska, May 24-31, 1901. Rates: One fare for the round trip. Dates of sale: May 22-25, inclusive Return limit: June 4.
 B. H. WILSON, Agt.