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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-03-22
sneclal ID AZ 1870.

Special to the Register.
HUNTINGTON, w. Va. March III
The oil excitement because OF the two
hundred barrel well struck at Milton,
this county. still continues. Experts
predict that the we'll when shot will
be a gusher. and as a result oil men
from Parkersburg, Charleston and else
where are rushing in. Leases are az
a premium. and hotels are crowded.
This is the first oil struck south OF tho
great Kanawha river and the terri
tory promises much.
Oil Quotations
OIL CITY, Pa. March zi-Credit ball
ances g-3. Certificates. no bid Ship
mentg. 1852 barrels. average. M.Hz bar
rels. Runs. ui.lE barrels. average. S.4To
NEW YORK, March a~.-standard oil
stock Tss1ef4
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-03-22

WASHINGTON. March 21.-The imports
into the Philippines from the United
States during the first eight months of
1900 show an increase Of Y per cent.
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LONDON, March 21.-In the House Lord
Salisbury's motion to appoint q joint com
mfttee to revise the Kings anti-Roman
oath was adopted.
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The body of May Comstock, who. it
is believed, committed suicide by
jumping into the lake at Sixty-third
street, was found this afternoon, bun
led in the sand on the beach near
F1fty-ninth street pier. A policeman
who was patroling the shore saw a
piece of cloth in the sand about three
feet from the waters edge. Closer
inspection showed an elbow incased in
the sleeve of a red shirt waist. A
little digging brought the body of the
dead girl to view. 1t has been ascer-
tanned that the cause of the girls sui
eide was the fact that she had run in
TO debt to the extent Of 81 and dreaded
to ask her father for the money.
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BRIEF NEWS NOTES.

More BubOnic
CAPE TOWN, March 21.-Four fresh
cases of the plague have been reported
here.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-03-22

OMAHA. Neb., March 2.-Gen. Fitz-
hugh Lee is confined to his room with a
severe attack of grip.
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A SEVEN DOLLAR DEBT
CAUSED GIRLS SUICIDE.
MISS MAY CoMSToCK TOOK HER
LIFE RATHER THAN ASK HER
FATHER FOR MONEY.
KIDNAPPING WAS sUspECTEn
UNTIL A PATRoLMAN DISCOVERED
HER BoDY ALMOST BURIED
IN THE SAND.

CHICAGO, March 21.-After a thor
ough search with drag nets in Lake
Michigan at the foot of Sixty-third
street, the police to-day became inclin-
ed to believe that May Comstock. II
year old daughter of a wealthy retired
merchant, residing at Benton Harbor.
Mich, who disappeared last evening,
was kidnapped instead of having CON-
mitted suicide, as was at first be-
lieved.
Miss Comstoek was studying music
IN this city. She left her boarding
house as usual and later her hat and
cloak were found on the beach at Six
ty-third street. MI. Comstock insists.
however, that his daughter had posi-
lively no reason for self-destructicn
and the police to-day felt inclined 10
believe in the fathers theory of kid
mapping.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-03-22

LONDON, March 81. Adj p. MN
the House of Commons to-day the for
eign secretary, Lord Lansdowne, an
nounced that Russia and Great Brit
ain had agreed to withdraw their
troops from the disputed territory at
Tien Tsin and reserve the question OF
title and proprietary rights for sub
sequent examination.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-03-22

ST. PETERSBURG, March 21.-A
semi-official statement has just been
received to the effect that a common
place incident at Tien Tsin has oeen
terribly exaggerated by the British
press until it has almost assumed the
gravity OF a casus belli. According to
the statement the trouble was due TO
the British troops trying to forci3ly
possess disputed territory. The state
ment recites that the matter is mani
testify a question for diplomatic treat
ment and the Russian government has
no doubt but that it will be amicably
se,Cled to the satisfaction of the gov
ernments at London and st. Pete.s-
burg.
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Both Are Dead

AUGUSTA. Ga. March A-Deputy Mar
shall Alexander s. Whitley was killed In
distiIling in Lincoln county. Scott also
was killed
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Considerations

NEW YORK March 21.-The Evening
Post says: Vice President and General
Manager F.. d. Underwood. Of the Balti-
more & Ohio. has met the directors or the
Erie railway. Underwood was asked TO
take the Erie presidency He returned TO
Baltimore and has the matter under con-
siderariOn.
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Plague at Southampton

SOUTHAMPTON. March "A steward
Ct the Simla. from Tab Bay. is suffer-
Ing from the plague and has been isolated.
Twenty persons in contact with him are
under observation
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Glacier Taking a Slide

cases of the plague have been reported
here.
Glacier Taking a Slide
BERNEC, Switzerland, March 21.-A
| vast glacier slid from the Rossboden Alp
and has destroyed Simplon street a dis
lance of a mile and a quarter, the for
ests have been swept down and the val
| ley is filed with block ice. Two persons
were killed.
Not known in P~ittsburg-
PITTSBURG. Pa, March 2.-Nothing
could be learned in Pittsburg regarding
the report that Andrew Carnegie is to
donate 10000 to Philadelphia for the
establishment of a library system such as
he has given TO New York.
Steamer Wrecked
TIL steamer Poughkeepsie ran IN the
rocks at Stony Point, a few miles south
of Haverstraw. before daybreak to-day.
No one was hurt but the vessel is badly
wrecked.
Only Two Saved
ANTWERP. March 21.-The steamer
Chemnitz and the British steamer Tay
collided last night in the Flushing road
stead. The Tay sank and only two of her
crew were saved.
Car Barn Burned
CINCINNATI. o. March GA car barn
OF the Cincinnati Traction Company burn
ed tonight. Thirty-iye cars were con-
sumed. Total loss $4,000.
For n Library
LANSING, Mich March 2l.-The House
has authorized Detroit to issue $4,000
bonds TO buy a site and erect a public
library.
One Cent a Mile
CLEVELAND. o. March 21-Railway
, men met to-day and the one cent a mile
rate for the Grand Army encampment
next September was promulgated
Aged Clergyman Dead
READING. Pa. March 2L-Rev. DR..
Frederick A. M~uhlenburg. one of the best
known Lutheran eiergymen in America,
died to-day aged 81. He was the first
president Of Muhlenburg College.
Opened with = Blizzard
LONDON, March 1.-THE first day of
| spring was characterized by a gale and a
heavy snow storm sweeping over the
channel. Wintry weather Is general
throughout Europe
Plague at Southampton
SOUTHAMPTON. March IA steward
Ct the Simla. from Table Bay, Is suffer-
Ing from the plague and has been isolated.
Twenty persons in contact with him are
under observation
Returned to Her
Ell PASO, Texas, March u--May Car
RE Stevens. kidnapped from here six years
ago when but five years old, was brought
her mother to-iay- TIL mother was un-
able to recognize her child The child
tells a connected story Of her wanderfnxs-
She vas trained FOR q trapeze performer
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-03-22

WASHINGTON. March 21.-The imports
into the Philippines from the United
States during the first eight months of
1900 show an increase Of Y per cent.
Treasury Condition.
WASHINGTON. March 21.-To-day's
statement of the treasury balances in the
general fund exclusive Of the $3.50. 900. 900
gold reserve In the division Of redemption.
shows: Available cash balance. S15l ,3S7,
Gen. Lee is Ill
OMAHA. Neb.. March N.-Gen Fltz-
hugh Lee is confined to his room with a
severe attack of grip.
To Revise the Oath
LONDON. March 21.-In the House Lord
Salisbury's motion to appoint q joint com
mittee to revise the Kings anti Roman
oath was adopted.
Had 10000 Life
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, March 2l.-Ex-
President Harrison left $1,000 in life in
surance. A report hat Mrs. Harrison win
take the widows third rather thar the
requests under the will is without founda-
ton.
Leprosy in Philippines
WASHINGTON. March 21.-Marine Hos
pital Surgeon Perry, in an official report
on leprosy in the Philippines. says the
total number OF cases in the islands IS
estimated at @.0a.
Must Pay Two Taxes
WASHINGTON. March 1.-THE COM
missioner Of internal revenue states that
IL is clear that every bucket shop broker
shall pay special tax as regular brokers
and in addition shall pay a special tax ar
bucket shop brokers.
Independent Bridge Company
YOUNGSTOWN. o.. March Thames
P. Kennedy. manages Of the Pittsburg dis
trict of the American Bridge Company.
has resigned and A. l.. Shuitz has been
appointed. Mr.. Kennedy. ii is thought.
Will organize an independent bridge com
pany.
Both Are Dead
AUGUSTA. Ca. March a-Deputy Mar
shall Alexander s. Whitley was killed In
attempting to arrest Lum Scott. for Illicit
distilling in Lincoln county. Scott also
was killed
Under Considerations
NEW YORK March z1.-The Evening
Manager F. D. Underwood. Of The Baiti.
more & Ohio. has met the directors on the
Erie railway. Underwood was asked 10
take the Erie presidency He returned TO
Baltimore and has the matter under con-
sheraton
Back of the Coal Combine
SPRINGFIELD. Ills. March Alt has
developed that the Hartman syndicate
controlling the Chicago & Alton and Ill.,
Rois Central railroads. Is back Of the corr
soiidatfon of the coal mining properties OF
Illinois into a 100 90 combine.
Refused Citsenship-
SAN FRANCISCO, March 21-County
Clerk Deane has refused the application
OF forty Japanese for citizenship on :
Emitted States Court decision which held
The daily sentinel., 1901-07-10
To the Public.

We have again accepted the arduous
task of creating creditsble Peach Day
celebration, fully appreciating the fact
that it is thankless job. We are de-
termined to make this such celebra-
tion as shall be worthy OF the favored
valley which renders it possible. In ao-
cepting this task we promise to do all in
our power to make it p success. This
we will do to the fullest extent OF the
means placed in our hands. 1t will take
money to do this, as we'll as energy; the
energy we have on hand; NOW we ask
for fhe money with the assurance that
every dollar shall be expended in the
most conservative manner possible 10
secure the greatest results. These are
the terms. Ii you consider the invest
ment gsod one please to have pleas
ant word for the solicitor, as he is not a
beggar, and give him as liberal sub
scription as you consistently can. We
do not believe that the amount will be
lost, but that it will be invested for a
short time at an exceedingly high rate OF
interest, to be followed by emoluments
OF no mean order for years after.
Yours very truly,
E. +. Eldridge, Chairman.
The daily sentinel., 1901-07-10

The Aspen Democrat says that
the Secretary Of the Interior has
ordered a searching investigation
into the land frauds in Idaho and
Montana. This relates more es-
pecially to the four thousand acres
OF land bought by Senator Clark
from group Of men in Montana.
The secretary says he cannot un>
derstand how the alleged frauds
could be perpetrated if the United
States officials did their duty. 1t is
safe to say that in every range and
mining section the same species OF
land getting exists, and the people
have long wondered why it is that
the government did not give them
better protection. This section has
long had a well defined system OF
obtaining land from the govern
ment without compliance with the
law This has and is entailing hard
ship upon the mining industry and
the dis oling OF the householder
for surface rights which the gov>
ernment should not permit.
The daily sentinel., 1901-07-10
SOUTH AFRICAN ATROCITIES.

Some rather sensational charges
have been made by the London
Daily Mail of barbarities practiced
bv the Beers. The Beers, armed
with rifles, are accused of going
about among the dead and dying
and shooting without mercy all
those who showed any spark OF
life. The Mail claims that these
things are kept from the public by
the British censor, who refuses to
allow accounts of the atrocities
committed by the South Africans
to be sent over the wire.
This, to say the least, sounds
rather strange, when it is recalled
that deeds no less inhuman COM
mitted by British soldiers agaIns'
the Beers have been allowed to go
through uncensored AT Eiand
slaagte British lancers, according TO
English accounts, rode over the
field stabbing wounded Beers with
their spears as though the victims
had been so many hogs. When
such atrocities as this were permit
ted to gain publicity, it is hard to
believe that if similar outrages were
committed by the men against
whom England is fighting, the Gems
sor would be so tender of the feels
ings of his enemies or the British
reading public as to decline to let
them go through.
But even supposing that the re-
ports that the Daily Mail gets are
authentic, they only show that the
Beers are as bad as the British, not
that they are any worse. Their in
humanity in no way exceeds that
displayed by the lancers at Eland>
slaagte, which must be credited
since it gained publicity through
purely British channels. The con-
duct of the conflicting armies in
South Africa has in many instances
been brutsl in the extreme. Each
appears to be as bloodthirsty as the
other. In fact, the whole history
of the conflict adds another to the
many proofs of the inhumanizing
effect of war.-Salt Lake Herald.
The daily sentinel., 1901-07-10
SPARE THE WILD FLOWERS.

Wild flowers are the gift OF God
to man, says the Cripple Creek
Times. They are sent to beaut'fy
the landscape and make enchant>
ing the scenery OF the mountains,
which, without them, would be
grim and bare Nature has dis
tributed them in the great parks, in
the dells and canons, and on the
slopes that form the approach to
great mountain heights.
The flowers attract the attention
of the visitor, and to the resident oil
the hills they form fitting cons
trast to the awe inspiring eminences
that stand guard over our city.
But there are some people who
care little for the flowers or the
sentiment that moves others, who
go out into the hill to pick them,
and who, in their careless haste, de-
stroy the plant and threaten the
future growth of the beauteous
things. We mean by that, that
there are class OF people who, not
satisfied with the flower. pull up
the plants by the roots. This ren>
ders the spread of that particular
species impossible. 1t requires
more work to tear the plant bodily
out OF the ground than it does to
simply pick the flower.
In picking the flower, no dam>
age is done; seeds form, which are
blown from it by the action of the
wind, and for that one plant several
more will grow in the following
season. BY destroying the plant
one destroys the means to spread
the species, and unless the destrucs
ton is stopped, within few years
the hills will be without floral de>
coration whatever, and the nouns
tains will lose their a,tractiveness,
all because there live in the world
few people who, if they have no
regard for the balance OF the human
race, which loves the flowers that
God sent to grace the mountains
as emblematic of the other world OF
which man has promise in the
Good Book.
The daily sentinel., 1901-07-10
Excursion Rates East.

Via the Santa Fe Route Commencing
June Doth and until September 18th,
round trip tickets will be sold from Col
orsdo points east at rate OF one fare plus
81 90, good for return passage up to &C.
tober 31st. For particulars address j.
P. Hall. Gen. Agent Santa Fe Route,
Denver,
The daily sentinel., 1901-07-10
About the w Gather.

The maximum temperature yesterday
was 90 degrees.
The minimum this morning was 65 de
grees.
The forecast for this section is:
Fair tonight and Thursday.
Precipitation since a. m. yesterday
.04 inch.
The daily sentinel., 1901-07-10

Fruit growers throughout the
Grand valley are busy these days
caring for the crop. which is the
finest in the history of the valley.
The daily sentinel., 1901-07-10

The water commissioner has sent
notices throughc ut the city eau
tioning people not to throw certain
rubbish into the sewer pipes.
The daily sentinel., 1901-07-10
JULY SHOE SALE.

Although our summer has but just
commenced. we will keep to onr usual
custom and otter all our regular sum
mer shoes at a discount of 10 per cent
during the month of July. This in =
cludes our handsome patent leather
shoes of all kinds, for men, women
and children.
The daily sentinel., 1901-07-10

Send word to your friends that
Grand Junction will celebrate Peach
Day in grander style than ever this
season.
The daily sentinel., 1901-07-10

The rank weeds and grease wooc
about the city should be destroyed
The daily sentinel., 1901-07-10

Trout fishing is better than usu
al this season on the western slope
The daily sentinel., 1901-07-10

Several smelter propositions are
being considered by Grand unc>
ton people
The daily sentinel., 1901-07-10

Bargains 10 second hand organs and
piAuos.-The Thompson Jewelry and
Music company.
The daily sentinel., 1901-07-10

A large number of our citizens
are camping in the mountains.
The daily sentinel., 1901-07-10

An oil company has been organ
lied in this city by local men.
The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1901-01-19
OUR COUNTY DEBT
MELTING AWAY
Reduced About $4,000 Dur
ing the Past Year.

County Clerk W. W. Hall yesterday
completed astatemeot of the financial
condition ~ Marion county, and there
by shows that present floating In.
debtedness Of the county has been re-.
duced in the past year from about $50,
OOO to f2S, ,O3O. .43a lnost creditable show
ing. Il is also estimated that the present
levy wiIl probably wipe tout.
This included all manner u obligations
aga'nst the county, aud fully thousand
dollars Of this is not drawing interest
II ie probably the first time in ten years
that the county's Indebtedness has been
anywhere near ~ low.
The tax levy for this year will prodoee
Eg,7j5, and estimating the expenses Of
the current year 10 be $50 900, which is
about the amount Of last years expens-
es, there will be left t29, ,755 to apply on
indebtedness, which will about pay off
all Indebtedness and accrued interest.
The levy OF .0ll2 county tax this year
was made with view 10 covering all ex.
penses and Indebtedness, estimating
about one-third Of the tax Tor purposes
OF paying the debt The Marion County
Judge Commissioners court, and in fact
all the officers are entitled to credit for
this veryiagorable showing and the peo.
pie OF thecounty who put mp the taxes
are 10 be congratulated
The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1901-01-19
GAS EXPLOSION
IN A RESTAURANT
Miss ChurchilI'S Face Scorch.
ed, But not Badly Hurt

An explosion oi gas used in n gasolin,
stove ut Strong's Restaurant just before
noon today, resulted In very painful in
iuries to Miss Clara Churchill, who is an
employee Of the place.
The stove is one used for heating Gus.
tards, pies ETC., and is connected with
the city gas main When the Young
lady lighted thegas ON top Of the heater
today = flash Of flame arose and burned
over the top Of the outfit, and when this
died down she stopped over and opened
the lower door Of the heater and an ex.
ploeion Of stored gas took place, burn.
Ing the operators face and hands, and
singeing her hair. IL il presumed that
n leak Ia responsible for tine accicent.
The burns do not seem to be Of ser
ious nature.
The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1901-01-19

financial agent Of the Department oil
Posts Of that Island, viii be taken 10
Cuba next week
John D. Lindsy, counsel Tor Neely'
she made the legal dght against the
extradition Of the prisoner, said last
night that no further steps will be talen
in Neely's behalf.
The mandate Of the E.. s. supreme
court was received from Attorney Gen.
eral by Z s. District Attorney Bur
nett The order will he entered today.
After the record has been submitted to
the State Department extradition pa
pers will be signed by the president.
The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1901-01-19

Our nation Is passing through a great
political crisis. Whether our national
policy is 10 be one OF territorial expan'
sion, or whether we are TO remain aloof
from international complications, is the
supreme question confronting our Con-
press. The attention Of the world is di-
rected toward us. The deliberations Of
eur Congress have come 10 DO Of inter
national Importance.
But this consideration affects only
our external welfare. Our domestic
problems are not one bit less import
ant. We have serious questions before
us that relate only TO home interests.
Chief among them is the health of our
people. Catarrh has already become a
national curse. It's ravages extend from
ocean 70 ocean. More than one-half Of
the people are affected by IL. II has be-
come such serious matter that IL has
passed the boundaries Of the medical
profession and become n national ques-
tion. Senators are talking about IL;
Congressman are discussing it. They
are not only considering the extent and
chronic nature Of the disease, but the
possibility Of finding a national remedy
10 meet this national calamity.
The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1901-01-19
DON'T WANT T0sBE
U. S. SENATOR

Friedman don't want TO be Z. S sena.
tor. Many times they have tried to have
him run, and once the state went with
ont one on account of it, but he makes q
few suggestions that some Of the game
and fishing laws he repealed, especially
where they allow man to kill fifteen
birds and he is not permitted to sell one,
he must either down it himself, or clan
destlnely dispose Of them, why shouldn't
person il he is allowed to kill fifteen
birds, be allowed to dispose of them in
his own way. So any citizen OF Salem
may purchase one and not be prohibited.
A man should not be allowed to kill
more than one or else give him the right
to dispose Of them. Trout fishing like
The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1901-01-19

Comptroller Coler OF New York, spok,
last night before the outlook club o
Mount Clair, Nj His subject was
''fho city Of New York
Ills address was defense Of what he
called the greatest city In the world.
" The great city" he said, "stands in
the glare Of conflicting and confusing
lights No matter what the cause, the
dark spots la the city are being held an
70 view and the bright spots are lost
sight Of The city OF New You'd is at |
present la the throes Of Que OF those I
peculiar commissions which break out in
all great cities. The prevailing opinion
that New YORK is a wicked cty
IL the result Of theenorts Of a iew men.
whose Instincts are 90 good that to them
everything beyond their own shadow il
rotlenness aud black. From what il be.
ng said about New York Il would \
'ppear lhe city has acorrupt govern d
neni and that vice and crime flourish | d
~ the streets and everywhere. Eyery II
w place which hourishes with or
,i'hout polloc protection, each sinkhole
crime aud moral degradation In helms
oln1ed out and her own citzens seem
We with each other 10 st, who ronII ,
'a'h' lhe iaiT city blackcst.
The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1901-01-19
NotSe 10 Contractors.

h1 undersigned are ready Ia receiye
hld, lor The erection oi the Congrega.
u9nal Church az Rutteyille. Oregon.
Fians and Specifications OF the proDos.
ed Church Building NAV he seen ar tLe
O''N lio,el butieviile, Oregon. from date
,g t9 jan ~ 1901, at Bank OF WoOdburn.
", W oodhntn, Oregon, from Jan. "A 10 Jan.
@Ist' 1901, az ''ilbert Bros Bank Salem.
oregon from Jan. 81 10 Feb. =. 1901.
Al BIDS will be opened Feb. 3. 1901
me committee reserve the right 10
reject any or all bids.
hRN1H L. BENrs, Pres. Building
4. HOMER CoNE, Sec. iCommitee