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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-08-15
OUTRAGEOUS DISSERTATION.
Queen yictorin's jubilee Statue Del
uGed With Damaging Acid.

vALETTA, Island OF MI,ta. August
IA. The d.sccntent here, arising from
The languages end other grieya 11es, is
growing mole acute. Sunday tic
Union Jack was torn to pieces in the
streets by a large body Of demons Ia
tors. This was followed by the disfigur-
ing of Queen vietoria's Jubilee statue
last night. The marble was deluged
with damaging acid. The perpetrators
of the outrage have not been diseov-
cred.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-08-15
THRILLING ADVENTURE.

I had been very Ill of a lingering few
er, and was just lapsing into the con-
valescent state. when one day I met
with quite a serious adventure, which
I will relate.
My husband had been Summoned
away on urgent professional business,
and l vas left alone in our Southern
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-08-15
Her Decision.

The fair young girl who was to be-
come a bride on the morrow sat in her
boudoir meditating seriously.
Shall | marry Henry" she mused,
"or shall ! shoot him? All the girls
who shoot their lovers get such lovely
write-ups in the papers,
\ But she decided that her trousseau
wight be described in a bungiing man
!, ner by the reporters at the trial, SO she
concluded to be Observation-Disclosures
American.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-08-15
One Short.

"Well," asked he professor, did you
attend our commencement and meet our
~graduates?"
NO answered the editor. 81 didn't
attend, but I've met them all, guess.
How many young men did you gradu-
ate this year,
1.-TWO hundred and twelve" answered
the professor.
Then one of them must be Ill" said
the editor. up to date, only 2ll nave
been around to strike me for a job
indianapolis Sun.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-08-15
The Little LOgician.

Bessie (who has invited a friend to
the house and for whose entertainment
she would like access to the jam)-
Mama, haven't you, enough confidence
in me to let me have the key to the Jam
closet?
Mama-I don't know, Bessie
Bessfe-But, mama, only yesterday
you said you said entire confidence In
cook because she was with you a year,
and I've been with you six yearS!-Ex,
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-08-15
TO REDUCE THE TIME
Between United states mud Europe
A New Fast steamship Line.

A New Fast Steamship Line.
LONDON, August 1.-THE House OF
Lords took an unusual step this morn
ing in suspending the seasonal order
with the object of passing on its secoEd
reading the bill granting special powers
10 build a pier and other works at
B~erehaven in Bantry Bay, Ireland, III
connection with the proposed fast
steamship line from B%erehaven to tna
United States. by which it is hoped the
voyage will be accomplished in four
and one half days. The bill had 81
ready passed the House of Commons.
Lord James, OF Hereford, remarked
that such great public interests were
concerned that the government desired
to pass the bill at the present session.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-08-15
THE CORNER STONE OF
THE NEW court THEATRE
WAS LAID SESTEHDAS AEIEh-
NOON WITHOUT CERE-
B0Ny.
LOCATED IN NoTHEAsT CORNER
The Contents and List of Witnesses.
A sketch of the Old Court House
with Photograph Taken in 1855.
Tlae stones In the Former Build
ing Used Yesterday.

Yesterday afternoon at half-past a
o'clock in the presence Of about tWen-
ty-fye persons. and without ceremony,
the corner stone of the new Court
Theatre at Twelfth and Chapline street,
being built by the Board of Trade
Building Company, was laid.
The stones, which are the ones re-
moved from the old court house, are in
the northeast corner of the foundation
about two feet below the level OF the
pavement. In this was placed a lead
box, the dimensions of which were TAX
7Ax7@ inches, and continuing numerous
articles. The box was Theoretically
sealed.
The contents of the box were:
Daily Register and Intelligencer of
June 4, 1901. containing a description OF
the finding of the corner stone in the
old Court House and its contents.
Photograph of the Court House taken
in 1875, when the building was in use
Photograph OF the old Court House
taken on March 10, 1901, showing it
partly d%ismantled.
A list of the stockholders of the
Board of Trade Building Company.
A guide and map of the city of
Wheeling.
Manual of Wheeling Board of Trade.
Rex Carnival ball ticket.
A letter from B. T. Findley, of Char
lesion, to Geo. X. Wheat, giving a brief
sketch of the old Court House from the
time 1t was finished in the fall of 1910
and when occupied in 1871. up to March
10, 1890, when the letter was written.
A photo engraving. showing a birds
eye view of Wheeling.
Picture of the city hall.
Picture of ~postoffice.
Picture of Soldiers Monument at City
Building.
Picture of Casino at Wheeling Park.
A brief sketch of the organization of
the company. of the approving of plans
drawn by Architect Franzheim and let
ting of contracts for the building.
Package of Bloch Bros Mail Pouch
tobacco.
Card of the present members of
Council and eomittees.
1901 directories of Masonic bodies.
Business card of Dollar Bank.
eusiness card or.Geo. E. stifel & Co.
Business card of G. Mendel & Co.
Souvenir silver spoon by Joseph Spell
del Grocery Co..
Bill head OF Dollar Savings Bank.
In~telligencer Of July 10, containing
cut of king of the Carnival and court
officials.
Card of ]. K. Hall.
1901 quarter and ~half-dollar by H. C.
Franzheim.
A one cent piece stamped into the
form of an Elk souvenir by ]. F. Ad-
ans.
A penny of 1881 taken from Ire old
Court House corner stone by Joseph
Speidel.
A Masonic souvenir from the Louis
vile convention of 1901, manufactured
by the Wheeling Pottery Co.
Wheeling Bridge toll book by H. c.
Schaffer.
Nickel of 1899 by the Hon. n. B.
Scott.
1890 half dollar by H. c. Nolan.
A paper was hen signed by the fol-
lowing witnesses:
j. X. Hall. Joseph Speidel, Ambrose
s. List, J. F. Adams, j. w. Jackson. H.
c. Nolan, A. p. B~eardsley, II. f. Schaf-
fer, Theo. Grancourth, Van Moore, Hon.
N. B. Scott, Jacob w. Grub, H. C.
Franzheim, Geo. II. Phillips. T. C. Moi
tat, Alex. Updegraff, J. B. Mckee, E. B.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-08-15
SECURED A DIVORCE.
FIagIer, the 7~2-Year-Old Million
aire, Freed From Wife Who is
insane.

MIAMI. Fla, August 14.-Henry NJ.
Flagler, the multi-millionaire oil mag
new Florida statute. which provides
that insanity of four years standing is
sufficient ground for a decree. The case
was heard in chambers by Judge Minor
S. Jones. of the circuit court.
Former Governor Fleming, Mrs.
Flagler's guardian ad Item. represented
the defendant, but there practically
was no defense.
Mr.. Flagler is 72 years old.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-08-15
M'MECHEN.

Mrs. r. l.. Hibbs has returned from
a visit to Warrington.
w. b McMecAen is home from a bus
mess trip to Pittsburg.
The new residence of Mrs. Grant KEEL
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-08-15
LEGAL NOTlCES.
TRUSTEES SALE OF HOUSE, NO.
IL PIKE ST, WHEELING, w. VA.

TRUSTEES SALE OF HOUSE, NO.
IL PIKE ST., WHEELING, w. VA.
BY virtue of a deed of trust made by
Frederick Kupkowski and Maria, his wife.
to me as trustee, dated the 2lst day OF
April, 1895, and recorded In the office IL
the clerk of tine county court of Ohio
county West Virginia, in deed of trust
book No. So, page, III, I win sell at public
auction at the north front door of the
court house of Ohio county. West Vir-
ginia, on
Saturday, the 31st day of August.
1901,
commencing at 10 o'clock a. m, the follow
ing described real estate, situate on the
ward of the city of Wheeling, Ohio county,
Beginning at a stake. the southwest cor
ner Of Richard MONEYS lot; thence s.
79A9 w. 80 feet, to a stake, corner to
Gottheb Schacht; thence N. 10A9 w. 100
feet to Ebeling's line; thence N. Ek' E.
80 feet to a stake corner to Mooney; thence
S. l0&e E. 120 feet to the beginning.
TERMS OF SALE-One-third of the
purchase money, or SO much more as the
purchaser may elect to pay cash in han
on the day of sale, and the residue in two
equal installments payable respectfully in
six and twelve months from the day of
sale. with interest, the purchaser giving
his negotiable notes for the deferred pay
ments, and the legal title being retained
until all the purchase money shall have
been paid.
JAMES p. ROGERS.
jy26esz Trustee.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-08-15
An Excellent Combination.

The pleasant method and beneficial
effects Of the well known remedy,
SYRUP OF FIGS, manufactured by the
CALIFORNIA FIa SYRUP Co., illustrate
the value of obtaining the liquid faxa-
tive principles of plants known to be
incidentally laxative and presenting
themin the form most refreshing 20 the
taste and acceptable to the system. 1t
is the one perfect strengthening lsxa-
tive, cleansing the system efectually,
dispelling colds, headaches and fevers
gently yet promptly and enabling
to overcome h2bitual constipation per-
manently. Its perfect freedom from
every Objectionable quality and sub-
stance, and It's acting OF the kidneys,
liver and bowels, ~ithout weakening
or irritating them, make It the ideal
laxative.
In the process OF manufacturing figs
are used. as they are pleasant to the
taste, but the medicinal qualities of the
remedy are obtained from SIENNA and
other aromatic plants, by a method
known to the CALIFORNIA Fro SYRUP
Co. only. In order to get its beneficial
effects and to avoid limitations, please
remember the full name Of the Company
printed on the front of every package.
CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP co.
SAN FRANCISCO. CAL.
s&oUIsvILLE. KY. NEW Yor.K. n. Z.
~sale by Gil Druggists -Prioe SOC. Der bostb
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-08-15

PEAL ESTATE BARGAINS.
Eleven-room hous~ on seventeenth st.
near Eoff street; 5-roon house in rear.
No. l bar fixtures for sale at a sacrifice,
Money to loan, $500 to 5000 on real es-
tate security on short notice.
O.. l.. ZANE,
Tel. 936. - No. AZ Fourteenth street,
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1901-12-24
New Business Houses.

+. w. Pickett on Saturday purchas ed
through the real estate agency of III. b.
Scudder x Company the John Curry lot
at the corner of Second and A streets.
The price paid is $l400. Mr.. Curry pur-
chased the lot one year ago for $3.50 and
intended to build on it, but changed his
plans in the meantime. Mr.. Pickett
will erect a two story brick on the corner
to be used as business house
ID. r. Farquhar has purchased lot
opposite the opera house on Second
street and is now building two story
frame building. The first floor will be
used for store purposes and the second
story will be fitted up for dwelling
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1901-12-24
SUNNYSIDE LAND SALES.
December viii Be A Record Breaker Some I'm
provementS.

"The sales of land under the Sunny
side ditch will be greater during the
i month of December than in any previous
month since the canal was built SAID
Walter \. Granger OF Zillah to HER
AID reporter last Friday.
Usually the quietest time OF the year
in land sales is in December" he con-
tinued "but this month so far has broke
the record. The sales to date are far be-
yond expectation and we were hardly
prepared to meet the demand. The
purchasers are nearly all new people
from the east, but many OF them are
people OF the valley. Those who have
sold improved farms have made new
purchases to begin the work OF building
up home again. | cannot say just
how much of this land has passed out
of the hands of the company, but il
runs into the thousands OF acres.
The tracts are from five to l60
acres in extent and is the best under the
ditch. With all these sales there is vet
a quantity OF land unsold under the
ditch, but at the present rate of disposal
il will not last much longer unless We
extend the canal.
about the extension Of the canal l
cannot say at present what will be done.
The company may decide at any time to
make this extension and if we do there
will be enough land thrown on the mar
kes TO accommodate all concerned. Ii
We were TO decide next week to do this
work the extension could be made in
time for spring planting
Mr.. Granger said that he has two
forces Of men at work on the necessary
repairs to the canal. They will put it in
better shape than ever before. 1t is
being cleaned throughout its whole course
and the entertainments strengthened in
I the places where there was danger in
them breaking through. All the i'm
provements are expected to be complete
ed by February and everything in readi-
ness FOR the spring planting.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1901-12-24
"GENTLENEN'S EVENING.
Twentieth Century Club Has Delightful
Time al Home Of MI and Mrs Barge


The Twentieth Century club held
delightful special session on Tuesday
evening, December II, at the home OF
Mr.. and Mrs. B. F. Barge on Sixth
street. The event was "Gentlemen's
Evening, in honor of the husbands OF
the respective mcmbersof the club. The
house was tastefully decorated with club
colors, crimson and white, with ivy and
red and white carnations as accompany
ing decorations. The gentlemen were
presented with red carnations tied with
white ribbon and the ladies received
white carnations tied with red ribbon.
Mrs. Alex. McCready was hostess and
Mr.. and Mrs. F. c. Hall, Mr.. and Mrs
Miles Cameron, Mr.. and Mrs. George
Rankin, were guests of honor.
The first social feature Of the evening
was a guessing contest, whereby the
husbands were to guess noses of the
masked ladies'. In this Mr.. Fred l.
Miller won the prize. Following this
came progressive anugrams, in which
Mrs. Rigg, president of the club took
first prize, and Mr.. krutz second. \
supper was served by Mrs. Barge, which
was enjoyed with epicurian delight
The members of the club present were:
Mr.. and Mrs. Barge, Mr.. and Mrs. w
A. Bell, Mr.. and Mrs. W. T. Clark, Mr..
and Mr.. u. Y. Coleman, Mr.. and Mrs.
Ira NJ. krutz, Mr.. and Mrs A. f. Lar
son, Mr.. and Mrs. Fred L. Miller, Mr.
and Mrs. }. J. Macdonald, Mr.. and Mrs.
J. NJ. Perry, Mr.. and Mrs. H. B. Rigg,
Mr.and Mrs. W Il. Stewart, Mr.. and Mrs.
w. d. Walker, Mr.. and Mrs. A. j Will
lis, Mr.. and Mrs. F. y. Clemmer The
members OF the club present who could
not bring their husbands on account If
the latter absence from the city we're:
Mrs. Mary Il. Banker Mrs. John Gle
mems, Mrs Harry Moran, Mrs. g. NJ
Mckinney accompanied by her daugh-
ter Miss Kate Mckinney and Miss Mel
lie Dills. The committee OF arrange
ments consisted Of Mrs. Earl Watt, Mrs.
Moran and Mrs. McCready. The next
event will be on January Z.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1901-12-24
Attempt Al Burglary.

An attempt was made last Friday
night to burglarize the store of ID. A.
Hanna on Second street. Two anger
holes were made through the back
door in an effort to reach the inside fast
enings, but this is as far as the robbers
got in the work. 1t is supposed he was
scared away for brace and bit was
found lying in the back yard as though
dropped in a hurry.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1901-12-24

MES and made an address on "Thc Or
also contributed to the entertainment
with pleasing recitations. H. +. Rigg,
George Vance DIR. Hare and others
made short speeches. The affair was u
highly enjoyable one, the Elks being
past masters in the art OF entertaining
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1901-12-24
Elks' Reception.

An informal reception and lunch was
rendered Frederick Warde and his com
pany by the local lodge OF Elks in their
lodge rooms last Friday night. which
proved To be a most delightful affair.
Mr.. Warde acted a. master 81 ceremo-
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1901-12-24
= only Won can buy Inter

20 only YOU can buy Inter
=. Fi,.- .. ,ck at 10 cents per
share This stock will surely 60 to rs
cents in the next sixty days. See Erwin
& 1ahnstone Mt III b. scudder 4 Conn
pany Office. 81
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1901-12-24
To Investors,

The Interstate Fisheries Company
is a Washington incorporation with
headquarters at Seattle. The Capital
stock is $650,000 divided into 650, 900
shares of one dollar each, per value, of
which 550, 900 shares will be sold for
working capital. The officers of the
company are business men of Seattle.
The stock is worcestershire and, at pres
ent can be bought for l0cents per share.
For further information and prospectus
call on or address Erwin & tombstone at
II. B. Scudder & Company's office,
North Yakima. 81
Cash paid for mems cast-off clothing
at / II South I'd street. 3S-tf
Wanted-Potatoes, hay, oats and bar
ley. Coffin Bros. 44-tf
Eighteen pounds Of granulated sugar
for 81 90 ut the Blue Grass Grocery. 80
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-05-03

Referring to the fact that though in
jured, Valentines marble statue of JEFF
ferson was saved from the burning of
the Hotel Jefferson. in Richmond, Va,
while Canova's marble statue of Wash
ington was demolished when the North
Carolina capitol was burned, in Raj
eigh, the Richmond Dispatch gives this
interesting bit of history: 1T is recog-
nized that the destruction of Canova's
Washington involved the greatest loss in
plastic art this country has ever sus-
tanned. 1t left the Houdon Washington,
in the capitol in this city, the only au-
thentic marble of Washington. so tc
speak, in existence. The Houdon was
modelled from life. and, if we mistake
not, the 'portraiture,' or head. of the
Canova was modelled from the Ceracchi
bust, which in turn had been taken from
life. Chief Justice Marshall is quoted
as saying that from one point of view
in our capitol rotunda the Houdon was a
speaking likeness Of Washington, and
Lafayette is said to have pronounced the
Canova triumph in portraiture and to
have stood in reverential admiration be-
fore it when he visited Raleigh"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-05-03

A correspondent Of the Boston Herald
gives an amusing account Of the way in
which some smart Massachusetts boys
have been making both heads and tails
win. At the town meeting in Marsh
field, some weeks ago, the town voted to
pay a bounty Of % cents each on hawks
and woodchucks. Immediately the
Marshtield boys began to reap harvest
of spending money picked up in hunting
the CHUCK From all the woodchucks
that were caught the tails were cut end
these were carried to Town Clerk George
H. Weatherbee Of Marshfield Hills, who
attended to the paying of the bounties.
Across the line in the town Of Scituate
there was also a bounty Of 25 cents each
on the animals. and there the heads only
were submitted to the town clerk, when
there were bounties to be paid. So the
Marshfeld and Scituate youth formed Il
trust and carried the tails of the
"chucks" to Marshfield and the heads to
Scituate. thereby receiving double
bounty on each animal. Clerk Weather.
bee has just put stop to this scheme by
requiring that both the tails and the ears
of the animal must be presented, or there
will be no bounties paid.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-05-03
GUNPOWDER.
What Happened to the Old Alche m list
Who First Found it Out.


Who First Found it Out.
It occurred to an alchemist one day
that it would be fine thing to take sui
phur, saltpeter and dried toads, pound
them all to powder and Sublime" them
luted and set on the furnace to heat,
says writer in Ainslee's Magazine, He
pOked up the fire and waited around,
thinking what he would do with all his
money If this would turn out to be the
powder of reduction that would burn
base metals into gold, when, bang! went
the alembic and the windows. blew out,
and the doors ripped off its hinges and
fell down, blam! The. alchemist scuffied
shook redhot, coal or two out OF his
shoe and the ashes off himself, and won
dered what had struck him. He tried it
again and again, and each time with the
same result; and then it dawned on him
that he had discovered fair article OF
blasting powder. Since then about all
that has been done to his recipe has been
to put in a little better grade of charcoal,
say that Of willow twigs, instead of
Little did the old alchemist dream
what potency was in that powder Of
reduction" For such it was. Although
it never vet has turned lead into gold
by its mere touch, vet when a small.
round piece of lead is put with the pow
der into a round tube. of curious work
manship and fire laid thereto It is pos
sible to convert another mans gold into
the possession Of him that has the iron
gold only, but all manner Of goods and
chattels. houses and lands. messuages,
easements and Embellishments, even mems
souls and bodies. t. .5zg y 4! ~
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-05-03
Joke on Carrie Nation.

w. Z. Higgins perpetrated a practical
joke on Carrie Nation while the smasher
was here. A well-knOwn local dentist,
who dresses well and is rather adipose.
Yania and Washington streets when Mrs.
Marion got through haranguing the
crowd there IS IS zs-77rs
Look mt that man. said Mr.. Higgins,
pointing 70 his friend. the doctor. He
Is vel OF, and he makes mis- money out
Of the tears OF orphans, the walls Of
WidoWssand the gr0ans OF strong men
the smasher, darling piercing glance a.
his direction. :,
No, z said Mr.. Higgins, ne & i. den;
fist. sIndfanapolia Press.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-05-03
PASSING OF THE CANVAS3ACK,
Negro Slaves in Maryland at One
Time Rejected it for Pork.

Time Rejected it for Pork.
In many states this month marks the
close of the game season. The times
for hunting most birds and animals have
been expiring since the first of the year:
but the last Of April generally winds up
the legal privileges of shooting and kill
ing and closes the opportunities until the
autumn. Last week duck shooting
stopped along the Chesapeake, and any.
one who kills redhead or canvas
back until next November will be arrest
ed and heavily fined. The law is strictly
enforced.
For years the most famous wild-fowl
grounds in the United States were at the
head of Chesapeake bay and along its
estuaries. At one time ducks were so
plentiful that they could be seen by the
tens Of thousands, and there is on rec
ord in the state of Maryland contract
by the terms OF which the slaves who
We're employed were not to be fed on
canvasback duck more than three times
week. They preferred pork This
year One-half of q canvasback duck, in
any good restaurant, COSTS from g to s..
The decrease in their number, through
the steady and jealous hunting OF years.
has been $50 great that the returns for
the whole season, with many times more
hunters than in the old days, make a
total scarcely so large as a weeks show
ing did formerly. < sSs
4 Another thing that has lessened the.
sdcckE has been the hunting Of eggs in
the far northern regions, where the
ducks breed. The canvasback is steadi-
II decreasing, so that before many gen
erati0ns have passed away the greatest
table luxury IN the feafhery tribe may
BE known only as q memory. As It IS
now, it, cost pnts it shove the reach Of
ninefy-nine one hundredth OF the peO-
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-05-03

Portions of old Fort Amsterdam, erect
ed about 1880, have been laid bare by
excavations for the new custom house in
Bowling Green, New York. The labor
,ers found masonry fifteen feet below the
lowest foundations of the surrounding
buildings. 1t was a strong wall of rock
and bricks, with joints of mortar made
by mixing sand and burned clamshells.
The bricks were shaped like those of
which many buildings in New Amster-
dam were constructed. In the center of
the custom-house site rounded piece
which was part Of the buttresses OF the
old fort was dug up.