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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-11-02
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New-York tribune., 1901-01-17
HORSE MEAT SOLD FOR FOOD.

A YoNKERs VETERINARY SAYS THAT IT is
BROUGHT TO THIS CITY AND DISPOSED OF.
The discovery has been made in the city Of
Yonkers that a slaughter house is being conducted
in which horses being killed a wholesale
scale for eating purposes. The fact has been
vealed that many butcher stores in this city are
being supplied with the of cast off horses
in large quantities, the being sold to fam
ilies all over the metropolis. DR.. Frank P Dorian.
veterinary 10 the Yonkers Board Of Health, made
the discovery while conducting examination of
a slaughter house the farm of Mrs. James
Daley in the Seventh Ward Of Yonkers. The
veterinary surgeon found scores OF horses on the
premises He had heard that they being
slaughtered every Saturday, and he visited the
place 10 learn what the condition OF affairs
Dr. Dorian made report to the Board Of Health
yesterday in which he says that he found at the
slaughter house the carcasses Of eight horses and
many other horses waiting TO be slaughtered In
the yard trunks and extremities of horses were
lying, and a a distance of about 15G feet the
slaughter house there were several pits for the
reception Of the bodies Of animals. The doctor
says this condition OF affairs constitutes a nui-
sance which should be abolished.
New-York tribune., 1901-01-17
WHAT IS GOING ON TO-DAY.

Annual convention. American Society of Civil
Engineers No. go West Fiftyseventh-st., 10 a. m
Park Board, II a.
Rapid Transit Commission, afternoon.
New East River Bridge Commission, p. m.
Lecture on Child Nature and Child Nurture by
Patterson Du Bois. Brick Presbyterian Church.
West Thirty-seVenth-st., 4:45 p. m
Dinner of the Holland Society Of New-York. Wal
dorf-Astoria. evening
Dinner for Colonel William H. Boyle. U. s A.
Hotel ST. Denis, evening.
Tufts College Alumni Association annual dinner
Hotel Savoy evening
Dinner Of the New-York Society of ACCOUNTANTS
and Bookkeepers, Hotel Marlborough, evening.
Dinner and meeting, Paint, Oil and Narnish Cluo'
No. 100 William-st-, 6 p. m.
Election of the Republican Club. evening
Academy OF Medicine meeting, No. II West For
ty-third-st-. evening.
Republican County Committee regular meeting.
Murray Hill Lyceum, evening.
Woman's Municipal League addresses on Re
vision OF the Charter" Cooper Union. p
New-York tribune., 1901-01-17
DECLINE IN FEDERAL STEEL.
THE COMPANY IS ABOUT TO
ISSUE NEW BONDS.

Both classes OF stock of the Federal Steel Com
pany suffered serious declines yesterday con-
sequence of various rumors the most persistent
and most widely credited of which that the
company was soon to issue bonds to amount
reported all the way from $l0OOoO00 to S70OOOo.
EX-Judge Gary. president of the company; H. II.
Porter. chairman of the Board; A. r. Flower and
other directors declined discuss the report. One
member of the Board admitted however that 1t
quite possible that bonds might be issued to
meet the expenses attending the erection Of an
other large plant. The matter. this director de-
clared. had not yet before the Board Off
cially. but it had several times been discussed.
The new construction, 1t is said. is TO he
structural steel plant. which will be erected at
South Chicago and operated in competition with
the Carnegie company.
There also a rumor, which found few be-
lievers to the effect that effort would be made
to enjoin the directors from paying the lump"
dividend of per declared on the common
stock Tuesday
The often heard rumor coupling the Tennessee
Coal and Iron Company with the Federal Steel
Company again in circulation yesterday. II
was hinted that community of interests might
be found advantageous to both companies, and
that certain products now put out by the Tennes-
see Coal Company could be used with great profit
by the Federal Steel Company This report was
crcumstantialy denied yesterday by a Federal
Steel interest. who presented facts and figures to
demonstrate its falsity.
Federal Steel common opened wide" Yesterday
5000 shares being sold at 80 5Oi5. The next sale
800 shares. was at 81 the high figure of the day.
The total sales in OF 122 900 shares the
stock. which had sold low a. closing at 1855.
net loss for the day of 2S per cent The pre-
ferred lost 312 per cent
eating S7S0o.O0O. The bonds, if issued would
be an obligation Of the Federal company itself.
The company has outstanding S46 4S4 800 common
stock and $50, ,260. 800 preferred
New-York tribune., 1901-01-17
SATURDAY. JANUARY 10.
SHIPPING NEWS.
PORT OF NEw-YoRK-wEDNEsDAY. JAN. 49, 1901
ARRIVED

PORT OF NEW-YORK-WEDNESDAY. JAN. l6 1901
ARRIVED
steamer Majestic C8r) Smith Liverpool January and
Star Line South of Fire Island 6:45 m.
Steamer Delaware ISr), Davis, Plymouth in
ballast TO Philip Ruprecht Arrived the Bar at 2:45
Y and Copenhagen &c. with mdse to Funch. Edge &
Arrived the Rar al p m.
Steamer Southwark (Br). Damn, Antwerp January and
southampton g. with mdse. 80 cabin 33S steerare
passengers the International Navigation
the Bar .
Steamer Columbia Ger. Vogelgesang Genoa January
and Naples T. with mdse. AZ cabin and 729 steerage
sengers TO the Hamburg American Line Arrived at the
Bar al 10 30 18TH. - "
Steamer Advance Phillips. Colon January s. with rdse
and cabin passengers to Panama SIS Line Arrived
AT the Bar AT 9:0T 18Th
Steamer Moro Castle. Downs. Havana January - with
mdse and II passengers James ard q Co Arrival
at the Bar IL p 18TH ''-
Steamer Europa CNor). Olsen Manzanilo Decsrbar a,
Santiago January 6. and Guantanamo o. with sugar
order. Vessel 10 Munson Arrived at the Bar AT
Steamer Rorama C8r) Muggah Demerara Jsnuarv <
Barbados Z. Martinique. Dominica and Antigua 3 {;
Kits g. 81 Croix and st Thomas TO- with mdse ana
passengers to Outerbridge Co. Arrived at the Bar
Steamer Arnold Lnyken tGer) Nebinser Demerar. Ian
uary g. with sugar 10 a 2 outerbrdge Arrived at
the Bar at ''- at
Steamer FL Moate. Higgins. New-orleans January ~
Lightshp at 1905 m 18th '4
Steamer Algonquin. Platt, Jacksonville "a
Charleston H. with mdse and passengers to William P
and Wilmington. y c. u, with william P Clyde
& Co. Arrived 18th Red Hook. '
steamer Hamilton. BoaZ Newport md Norfolk
With nndse and passengers to Old Dominion ss Co
New-York tribune., 1901-01-17
MISS LOUISE sCHAEFER BURIED.

DEATH OF THE WOMAN WHO NARROWLY Es-
CAPPED BEING SENT TO THE GRAVE ALIVE.
Miss Louise Schaefer. the teacher in Public
School No. 25 in East Fifth-st. who had a mar
row escape from being buried alive by falling into
a trance two weeks ago yesterday, buried
Tuesday afternoon She died last Sunday from
gastritis. DR.. L. S. Ward, of No. 1,S0S Lexington
ave whose timely arrival at the Schaefer home on
January prevented the premature burial of Miss
Schaefer said last night that his patients system
was so weakened by her long illness and terrible
experience that her death had been uomentarily
expected.
Miss Schaefer lived with her father and her sis
ter at No. 14 East One-hundred-an d-and-twelfth-st
She was forty-two years old, and had been school
teacher twenty-three years
New-York tribune., 1901-01-17
THE CITY AND ITS EMPLOYEES.
CONTROLLER CoLER TELLS BANKERS THAT
THE MUNICIPAL HIRED WORKERS MAY
SOME DAY HAVE TO BE FACED
RATHER THAN BOSSES

Group No. VII. New-York State Bankers Asso-
citation. held its annual dinner and reception last
evening at the Montauk Club. Brooklyn. There
were about A hundred persons present. Ex-Sen-
ator Stephen NJ. Griswold presided. and after re-
marks upon the financial standing Of the country
introduced Controller Bird s. Coer, who said:
I suppose that it may be interesting to those
concerned in finance know something about
the greatest city God made. do
the greatest consists of ninety separate munici
pal corpora tons. The debt Of New-Hork city 8
greater debt of all the States of the Union
com bined so that you what a tremendous
financial problem that Of the city is. The manda-
tory provision which equaliZed salaries costs tne
driving cows off the roads Richmond for 500 or
$500 year put the pollce Iorce OF the CITY
at 81 400 a year But consolidation will in the END
be best. II a saint Mayor he could not reduce
the budget Of the city 100000. owing to the mand-
atory provisions of the charter. do not speak IN
a political way. The time is coming when the tax
payers viii have face not the bosses, but the e-
ployes Of the city. The system of checks prevents
little money from going aStray through the budget-
Corruption thrives special privileges. POLITICIANS
While we talk of the bad things. let develop the
good. The papers to-day are filled with the vicious
side of NeW-York. | wish We could get a column or
day for the better side.
Mr. Griswold reported that the Council of Admin
istration had fixed date of the State Convention
at Buffalo for June 90 p and % and that resolu-
war revenue the capital and surplus or
banks
Frederick D. Kilburn, State Superintendent OF
Banks; Bradford Rhodes, and others made speeches.
New-York tribune., 1901-01-17
HONE NEWS.

PROMINENT ARRIVALS AT THE HOTELS
BUCKINGHAM-The Rev J. H Strong, of New
Britain Conn. CAMBRIDGE-Baron Herman.
Military Attache of the German Embassy. Wash
ington, and S. Allen Steinson, NJ. P, of Montreal
FIFTH AVENUE-Carroll D. Wright, United
States Labor Commissioner of Washington; W B.
Sorsby United States Consul at Greytown Mica
raeua and Clarence L. Thurston, secretary 10 the
United states Legation at Venezuela. CRAM
CAPTAIN c H McKinstry L. S. A. HOFFMAN
J. B. Lyon. Of Albany HOLLAND-Lars Ander-
son of Washington: Captain p. c. Shote-Lowhart,
of London. and Robert c. Pruyn. Of Albany
MURRAY HILI-Samuel NJ Nicholson, of Provi-
dence. VICTORIA-Captain H. K. Davis, of Lon
don
New-York tribune., 1901-01-17
HUGGING COST HIN HIS LIFE.

Florence Mechar, Austrian Of No $40 Sixth
St. died at Bellevue Hospital yesterday morning
from blood poisoning. He received a stab wound
in the left arm from Mrs. Rosa Lang, thirty-five
years old. of No. 372 East Tenth-st. on New Years
Eve, while attending party at No. 1862 East Tenth
81 Melichar was drunk and quarrelsome at the
time. He insisted on huggng woman pres-
When ne approached Mrs. Lang she repulsed
him several times. and in the struggle that fol-
lowed she took up a table knife and stabbed him
IN the left arm He paid attention to the
wound. and ten days later blood poisoning set in
He 10 Bellevue Hospital for treatment and
the woman was arrested. In the Essex Market
Friday last she was held without bail 10
await the result Of his injuries Yesterday morning
Magistrate Brann held her 10 await the action OF
the Coroner charge OF homicide.
New-York tribune., 1901-01-17
THE NEGOTIATIONS FAILED.

CONTROL OF THE CHICAGO MILWAUKEE AND ST.
PAUL RAILWAY REMAINS UNCHANGED.
1t was declared yesterday high authority that
the negotiations for joint control of the Chicago
Milwaukee and St Paul Railway Company by the
Northern Pacific and the Great Northern have
come TO naught. The arrangement which ii was
proposed TO effect did contemplate a lease. it
is understood but the entrance of several Great
Northern and Northern Pacific interests into the
ST. Paul Board; 1t is said however, 10 be not i'm
probable that President Hill, Of the Great North
ern, may be elected director of the St. Paul to
NIL the vacancy caused by the death of Philip D.
Armour
New-York tribune., 1901-01-17
NEW-YORK JEWELLERS DINE.

Members OF the New-York Jewellers Association
and Board Of Trade gave their second annual din
at the Waldorf last night About $50 were
present, and Major A. X. Sloan. president of the
association, presided. The guests OF honor were
Stewart I. Woodford, Controller Bird s. CoIer,
Collector George r. Bidwell H w. Wheeler. Aaron
Carter and J. Warner Hutchins. These toasts were
responded Possibilities OF the Twentieth Gen.
tury," Governor Foster 81. Voorhees,. OF New-Jer-
sew: The Diffusion OF the Beautiful of the Modern
Life Instrument Of Happiness and Social
Progress" the Rev Dr: Newell Dwight Hill. Of
fury'' ex-Mayor Charles T. Warwick OF Philadel-
phia and THE Present" Job E. HEDGES.
New-York tribune., 1901-01-17
NEW-YORK CITY.

Frank Moss will deliver address on Things
in General" under the auspices of the young men
Of St Paul's Methodist Church. West End-ave. and
Eighty-sixth-st this evening The address will
be the first Of series. II. H. Vreeland has con-
sented TO speak some time next month.
New-York tribune., 1901-01-17
amnsemeuIs.

METROPOLITAy OPERA HOUSE.
GRAND OPERA SEASON 13Oo-1oO1.
Under the direction OF MIR. Maurice Grau.
Fri. Evg, Jan. Is 7:45-DIE WAIKIRE I'm
German Mines Ternina, Schumann- and Nord!ca;
MN. Van Dyck Rlass. Bertram. Conductor Damrosch
Sat. Aft, Jan. 20. 2-LE CID On Frenchl. Mines
bucenne bal1 BTeyal and Meiba; MN Jean and Ed de
sat Ey.g. Jan. 10. at s. Popular Prices-DER
FLIEGENDE HOLIANDER CThe Flying Dutchman)
In GermanD. Mines. Gadsh Ozka: DtDnel
Bass, Bars and Bertram. Conductor. panrosch
sun. Ev <. Jan. 20. Popular Concert In
addition 10 miscellaneous concert Rossins STARAT
MATER VIII be performed Soloists: me Norfica
schen and sehumann-Henk; NM. Imbart de In Tour
Canpahar and Plancon. together with Entire Orchestra
ana Chorus. Conductor. Mr. Manclneli.
T., Mon Evs Jan; q. at s:15-LA BoHEME On ItaI-
ian) MINES Melba and Scheff Saleza, Gilbert
JoHrnet and Campanari. Conductor. Manclneu.
Wed. Ev'g Jan 23 s-DON GIOVANNI lin tai
lam Mines Nordica Schen Gadski: MN I'd dc
cinel. " '''' Ni"l'
Fri. Ev'g, Jan 25 at s-TRISTAN UND ISOLDE
I'm Gernan Mines. Ternina and Schumann- -Heink; NM
Jean and ia de Reszke. Muhmann and Blspham Con
WEBER PIANO USED.
New-York tribune., 1901-01-17
ELEVATED-sURFACE DEAL DENIED.
OFFICIALS OF BOTH COMPANIES SAY NO LEASE
OF MANHATTAN BY METROPOLITAN IS
CONTEMPLATED.

Thomas F. Ryan made the following statement
yesterday afternoon. when asked for a confrma-
tion Of the ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS stories which
have been floating about the Street for the last
week
There is no truth in the story that the Metropoi-
tan Street Railway Company is going to lease the
Manhattan Elevated Railroad No negotiations
looking to that end have taken place. The story
circulated for speculative purposes, and is
false in every particular.
President Vreeland Of the Metropolitan Street
Railway Company who has Just returned home
from Aiken S. C. last night made similar
denial OF the rImors that a lease Of the Manhat-
tan was in contemplation.
New-York tribune., 1901-01-17

day for you to invest a
~sgtainty of getting more
~ Tribune's STORY of
New-York tribune., 1901-01-17

There Is an opportunity z
quarter OF a dollar with q
than your moneys worth.
the Niueteenth Century in
New-York tribune., 1901-01-17
MARINE INTELLIGENCE.
MINIATURE ALMANAC

Sunrise Sunset am 442 Moons age %
HIGH WATER.
A.M-Sandy Hook 4:4O Gov Island 5:12 He'll Gate 7,o
P.M.-Sandy Hook 505 Gov. 537 He'll Gate 20
New-York tribune., 1901-01-17
THE MOVEMENTS OF STEAMERS.
FOREIGN PORTS.

Southampton Jan l6. mdnght-Sailed. steamer Lain
(Gerl Pohle Urom Bremen). NewYork.
Brow Head Jan 1G-Passed. Bristol City (Br
New-York for Bristol
Beachy Head Jan 16-Passed steamer st Cuthbert O3r
Lewis. Antwerp for New-Hork
Middesboro Jan l6-Saled. steamer Hotham Newton
(Br). Andersen, New-York.
Copenhagen, Jan l2-Sailed steamer l. Hombad
DAM, Petersen. New-York.
Antwerp. Jan l5-Saed. steamer British King (Br).
Riddle NeW-York
Rotterdam. Jan l6-Arrived, steamer Statendam
Dutch, der Zee. New-York-
Bremen. l6-Arrived previously, steamer Oldenburg
Ger. Prayer New-York
Pauillac Jan l6-Arrived. steamer Hughenden tBr).
Sawyer, New-York for Havre
Gibraltar Jan l6-Passed CBr) Brown
less, Palermo for New-York.
St Vincent V. Jan l3saled. steamer Dunblane CBr).
Farquhar (from NataD New-York.
l5-ArriVed. steamer Victoria (Br) Bridges
New-York via Marseilles.
Fiune. Jan i1-Sailed steamer Lacroma (Austl
cich Nev-York
Auckland. Jan 16-Arrived prevous,y, Abbey
Holme (Br). Brown. New-York for Wellington, &c
Para. Jan 14-Arrived. steamer Jaffa (3r) Taylor
New-York.
San Juan Jan l6-Saiied. steamer Caracas Woodrick
Grom Venezuela ports) New-York
New-York tribune., 1901-01-17
CASINO NJ NYARMnm
B'way 39th St. ~ HR&SX RSSsHM A
Ev. s:15 Mat. y A0AX&S ~ HEk4H
"

Steamer BIuehelds. Curry. Baltimore with mdse H
c Foster
Steamer City Philadelphia Hastings. Philadelphia
Bridgeport and New-Haven.
steamer Benefactor French. Philadelphia, with
to William Clyde l. Co. Passed in Quarantine at 1:3O
D 18th.
hight cloudy. hazv.
SAILED
Steamers Dominic CBr) Para Trinidad (Br). Bermuda:
Cermanic (3r Liverpool Noordand (Belg) Antwerp
Southampton Oneida Providence jefferson Norfolk and
Newport News; Seneca. Havana. &c: Neustria Pr)
Naples. sc.
United States transport Rawlins. Cuba.
Lower Bay-United States revenue cutters
Onondaga and Gresham.
New-York tribune., 1901-01-17
Announcements.

Prince Albert No. 2.
Full Dress Shirts.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-01-27

How to Prevent Hardness" The
teachers entered into a rather spir-
tied discussion over this subject, but
all agreed that the school should be
made so attractive that the pupils
would not want to be tardv.
The next topic taken up was, How
Long Should a Dull Boy be Left in
One Grade" and this was followed by
a discussion on Text Books THE
Study of Geography was also discussed
in an interesting manner. The after
neon session concluded with the re-
port of the committee on resolutions.
The summary of the resolutions are
that the chairman of education be
asked to use his influence in securing
the passage of law to allow the
teachers compensation for the attend-
ance OF the institute; that the Ameri-
can flag be placed over the public
school buildings and that a law be
passed providing for free text books.
The resolutions were adopted.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-01-27
STURDY BLACKSMITHS
Learn Facts About Coffee.

Two blacksmiths Of Northampton,
Mass, Messrs. Thayer and McGrath,
both discovered that coffee was the
cause of heartburn and sour stomach
continually troubling them in spite of
active exercise
They left off the coffee and began
taking Postum Food Coffee. The trou-
BILE disappeared at once, and both men
are now enthusiastic over Postum.
II powerful men like blacksmiths are
affected by the drugs contained in or
binary coffee, it would seem folly for
brain workers TO try to withstand the
effects of it.
Hiram Day, man seventy-fiye
years old, also of Northampton. had
used coffee for great many years, and
developed serious bilious troubles. A
few months ago he left off coffee and
began using Postum Food Coffee He
has recovered his health and consid-
ers Postum in every way superior to
ordinary coffee.
Edison P Clark. also Of Northamp-
ton, Mass, pencil manufacturer, was
troubled with dyspepsia and kidney
disorders. He was induced to leave of
COuSc anu use fOSlum L OOd Gomez IN
its place. He says he has never been
as well in twenty-five years as he is
at present, and gives the entire credit
to Postum.
Nearly every coffee user is i'll in some
part of the body. Coffee does not Gil
rectly affect the same organs in every
man or woman, but the effect is first on
the stomach, and from that to the
nervous system. When the nerves are
out of order it may shcw in the diff
ferent organs like the kidneys, liver.
heart, lungs, bowels or some other part
OF the body, or the trouble may show
itself In a general nervous and unbal-
arced condition. When coffee is dis
pensed with. and nature begins to set
mp curefit is very greatly helped in
this worA by the use of Postum Food
Coffee + it contains certain elements
that the fe force uses to build ND the
cells an The gray matter in the nerve
centers ANY person can prove this
saTne tly trial.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-01-27

Yesterday the Ohio county teachers
held an interesting and we'll attended
institute at West Liberty The teach
ers assembled at 10 o'clock in the pub
lie school house at West Liberty, and
opened their morning session with the
singing of Coronation. District
superintendent A. w. Curtis called the
assembly to order and after a few
preliminary remarks, appointed i
committee on resolutions composed Of
Prof. G. S. Biggs, J. H. Leazure AMI
Miss Hattie Gardner
The assembly adopted the new meth
cd of conducting the institute. Instead
Of reading prepared papers. the entire
assembly were given permission to eX-
press their views on the subject.
The first topic discussed was Home
Study" j. B. Giffen led off in the dis
cussicn, and was followed by John C.
Shaw. The discussion was very inter
esting and a number of new points
were brought out.
Mr. A. NJ. McCullcch introduced the
subject, "How to reach Pupils to
Study" He was followed in the dis
cussion by Prof. 5. 5. JACOBS, of the
city high school. At the conclusion of
Prof. Jacobs remarks a recess was
taken for lunch.
The afternoon session was opened
with the chorus, The West Virginia
Hills The tirst topic discussed was
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-01-27
THE HERMIT Of N MEcB[N|
WOOD ON THE RIVER SHORE
BELOW THE TOWN.
PREFERS IT TO THE TOWN
And Spends his Time There, Only Co
ing to Town for His SuPplies-A
Well Informed Man Who Has Seen
the Sights of the United States.

In the narrows about a mile below
lMcMechen and within sight of the
Ohio river steamers, the Ohio River
and Baltimore & Ohio railroads and
Moundsville, Benwood and Wheeling
electric roads, stays one of the most
unique characters in the Ohio Valley.
1t is not likely that many of the peo-
pie who daily pass the spot and see
the rough structure, built of pieces of
driftwood picked up along the beach,
know that its occupant is one of the
interesting people of this State.
The structure cannot be called a
house, for it is only wind break COW
cred to keep out the rain. The south
and west sides are closed, while the
other sides are open, one of them be-
ing used as fireplace.
The proprietor and sole occupant is
Pitman Vanaman, who is one Of the
best known people Of the town of Nc
Mechen. Mr. Vanaman, or Pit as
he is usually called, is probably seven
ty-five years of age, and has lived in
MCMechen about ten years. Since liv-
ing in McMechen he has attended to
horses and done various other odd jobs
about town, thus earning enough to
supply his simple needs. He is a re-
markedly well informed man and it is
difficult indeed, to mention a subject
which he cannot discuss intelligently.
He is of Yankee descent and in his
time has Travelled all over the United
St&teG, from the frozen lakes of the
north to the orange groves Of the
south, and from Maine to California.
To use his own expression, 1--we
washed my feet in the Pacific and
bathed in the Atlantic" He has been
a sailor, miner, farmer, teamster, la
borer, and it is said that he at one
time with the assistance of another
man. built a small ship. At the be-
ginning of the Civil War he took the
oath Of allegiance to the United
States, but was not enlisted either in
the army or navy. However, as a
sailor he experienced some of the vi
cissltudes of war, as he was blochaded
in some of the southern ports.
After the war Mr.. Vanaman drifted
about and was in Wheeling a number
Of years. Hhe drove a team for the
Whitaker Iron Company. He was
once married and has one son now
grown to manhood. He gives no rea-
son for his strange choice of house
other than that he loves solitude and
prefers the river shore to the town to
which he only returns to secure food.