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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-06-10
FIVE MEN KILLED
And Seven Wounded in Saturday
Nights Wreck Mt VestaI, Ny.
Several of Those Thought to he Fa-
tally Hurt Turn Out to be Only
Slightly Injured-The Detail. Of "a
Very Serious Accident

BINGEIAMTON, N. Y, June o.
Five men were killed and seven injured
in last nights wreck at Vestal
The dead:
John P. Kelly, head brakeman of
wild cat train.
S. R. Polhamus, conductor of train
No 81.
Elmer Polhamus, trainman of train
No. 81.
John Counter fireman first engine of
the wild cat freight.
Fred Wilherby, fireman second en-
CINE of wild cat freight
Seven others, all but two Of them
trainmen, were injured.
Several of those who were thought to
be fatally hurt last night recovered
from the conclusion and to-day figure
in the list of slightly hurt. All through
the early morning hours, the rescuers
toiled about and among the burning
freight cars at the scene of the explo-
sion, but it was not until late this af
-ternoon that portions of the last dis
membered body to be accounted for
were discovered a quarter of a mile
from where the explosion occurred.
while the tracks of the Delaware.
Lackawanna & Western were complete
ly blocked until far past midday.
Both trains were completely wrecked
and the engines of the wild cat freight,
which ran into the rear of train No. 81
which was taking water at the time
and which carried the fatal car of
dynamite. were reduced to scrap iron.
pieces of which have been picked up at
a distance of half a mile away.
Aside from the damage to railroad
property, much minor damage is re-
ported. Nearly every house in the vii
lagos of Vestal and Union which is
across the susquehanna. from the
wreck, lost more or less of its window
glas, while farmers houses and barns
near the scene were badly shattered.
None of the inmates. however. were in
jured
ELMIRA. N. Y, June e.-The bodies
OF the Elmira railroad men killed in
the wreck on the Laekawanna road at
Vestal, n. Y. We're brought here to-
night John Lonergan. the engineer
of the second engine of the wild cat
train. says he noticed the train ahead
and thought it was moving. The air
had to be applied to the brakes from
the head engine. but when this was
done. Lonergan, seeing that it was too
late to avoid collision, jumped from
his engine and landed in a pool of wa
ter in ditch at the foot OF the en-
bankment- A second later he saw a
fash which was followed by a terrific
report, and for time he lay partly
stunned. AS soon as he recovered suf-
ficiently he assisted in the work of
rescue until overcome by weakness. he
collapsed and was taken to the Bing-
hamton hospital. One of his shoes
was torn from his foot and a nail from
the shoe was driven into the foot. He
was deaf for time, and examination
disclosed that one OF his ear drums had
been broken.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-06-10
VENEZUELA Is
NOW PAYING UP
FOR THE LAST REVOLUTION WHILE
PREPARING FOR THE
NEXT ONE
PEOPLE BENT ON PLEASURE
ALTHOUGH CARACAS STANDS ON
DANGEROUS GROUND.

me City is Situated in an Old Vol
cano Crater. and Every Once In n
while the Houses Are shaken
Down-in No Country ON Earth i.
Living More Expensive-The seen.
on the Plaza, at the Capital. at
Night.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-06-10

WICHITA. Kansas. June s.-A CORE
spondent who arrived here tonight from
the scene OF devastation in Hay county,
Oklahoma. says that the storm OF Friday
night ruined the wheat crop Of four hun
dred farms west and northwest of Black
well. These farms are all In one body OF
territory The farmers. who had pur-
chased Irvine and harvest machinery. are
asking the local dealers to take them
back. and the dealers have referred the
matter 10 the factories.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-06-10
Hospitality of the Right SORT.

Polite, friendly, open handed.
newcomer finds a pleasant welcome
from Caracas folk. The Venezuelan
may have no money in bank. but has
money to entertain his friends. At the
last ball at MiraAores there YVES cham
payne to put out fires with, and cham
payne is So a bottle in Caracas II was
at least a $4,000 ball.
At the entertainments given by the
old families you will find society az
cultivated and refined as anywhere in
the world. The ladies are almost with
out exception good looking. One might
say they were without exception beau
tiful Men and women dance we'll. far
more gracefully than in the United
States.
ed Long trains OF little gray donkeys,
bearing On their backs burdens done up
in rgwhide. jingle through the streets.
some bound for the market. others Ia
den with merchandise. bound for the
far-off Andes. Troops from the bar
racks and raw recruits are drilling IN
the open space OF North Cathedral
street. Whatever may happen. the pres
ident will be ready for IT, Some say he
has dream OF empire. and intends to
conquer Colombia. Some say he Is
merely seeking TO keep peace viva the
bayonet in his own country. You will
hear new rumor Of . revolution each
day. only next day to have your infor-
mant whisper TO you be & sorry be vas
mis<aken: not yet, nof yet-
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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-06-10
MRS. M'K|N[EY'S STATE
IS NOT REASSUR|NG,
A SINKING SPELL MAY OCCUR AT
ANY MOMENT FROM WHICH
SKILL CANNOT RALLY.
IMPROVEMENT YESTERDAY
BUT THAT WAS DUE TO POWER
FUL MEDICINES.

Her Powers of Remittance Have
Been Very Noticeably Weakened,
and Although There Are Still
Hopes for Recovery, She Is Still a
Very Sick Woman, and Apparently
in Grave Danger-Public Sympa-
thy Manifested by Many Callers.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-06-10


CARACAS, Venezuela. June e-yene-
zuela is the land of unrest and Caracas
is its capital. In the room adjoining
mine on the left, at the Grand Hotel. is
German agent who has the contract
FOR supplying the government with IA
600 Mauser rifles, 100000 cartridges
ana numerous mountain batteries. In
the room adjoining mine on the right
Is an Italian Count, or something O,
the sort who is seeking reimbursement
Tor various goods, chattels and cattle
taken by Castro's conquering revolu-
tlonary army. Thus Ell Presidents is
paying for past revolution on one
hand and preparing for future reyo-
luton on the other
All day long the cavalry bootheels
OF brightly uniformed adjutant generals
and chiefs OF artillery stamp across the
stone paved court to the room of the
constructor OF arms. All day long |
can hear the Mausers click and the
oreechlocks of the donkey batteries go
our-r-r and sna-a-p as the mechanism
IS tested and explained. All day long
the Italian Count sits in his room see
ing attorneys and making out his bill
for Castro to pay. II he figures IL as
successfully as the hotel clerk down.
stairs it is evident the customs duties
at La Guayra must be increased or Ell
Presidente will have to mortgage some
of his Mausers or donkey batteries.
Dangers Soon Forgotten.
caracas stands in an old volcanic
crater, so that the inhabitants constant
ly live over the crack o'doom. Now and
then an earthquake shakes most OF the
town to pieces, mains half the inhab-
itants and scares the other half to
death. But in a week baccarat was GO
ing, the cognac glasses were clinking,
the crowds were parading the Plaza
Bolivar. where all Caracas goes when
the hands play and life has resumed
its gladstone sway.
The streets are parched now, and the
plants in the courts of the one-story
houses droop and wither The foliage
on the trees is as brown as the trees
of the North after an autumn frost.
There has been no rain in Caracas nor
in all Northern Venzuela for nine
months. The mountains that surround
the city like the rim OF gigantic cup
are bare of foliage Their sides are az
red as blood. Red earth, red rocks
everywhere: when the clouds float over
in the afternoon they reflect the color
and all day long have the golden hue
of tropical sunset. Hence it is called
now Caracas the Golden
The people take their pleasures light
~ No opera troupe ever visits South
America without coming to Caracas.
President Castro's purse is open. They
are feted and wined at his palace. Mir
af1ores. All Venezuela goes to the opera
The scene is beautiful in the extreme
The costumes OF the women are daz-
zling, their diamonds are bewlldering
In Caracas everybody has diamonds
and everybody wears them This may
be because they are cheap. The duty Is
only $3.50 pound.
Hospitality of the Right Sort.
Polite, friendly. open handed.
newcomer finds a pleasant welcome
from raracas folly fha venezt,atan
The suburban citizen., 1901-05-11
neaths of Presidents.

A remarkable parallel, hitherto un'
remarked, exists between the deaths
of Benjamne Harrison and George
Washington
The first and the twenty-third Prosi.
dents Of the Republic died at exactly
the same age-sixty-seven-and OF the
same disease-pneumoni In both
cases the fatal illness was a short one
and in all essential particulars to
parallel is close.
If there is any astrological or other
significance in the age and manner Of
death, there is doubtless an indissol
ube link between the departed spirits
Of the Father Of his Country and OF
the soldier statesman from Indiana.
-Four Presidents hav' died Of debil.
ity, three of paralysis, only one OF
consumption, three from bilious dis
eases, two from dysentery, two were
assasslnated, while asthmatic ca
tarrh, inf nmation Of stom ch, rheu
matte gout, cancer and Bright's dis
ease have account for one each.
The suburban citizen., 1901-05-11
Got a Look. Of His Hair.

About dozen recruits for the army
in the Philippines were standing in
the depot talking to friends when Al
Hawthorne, who calls trains, came by
and announced that their train was
ready to leave.
II must 60" said a tall soldier to q
young woman TO whom he was talk
ing. He removed his hat as he stitfiy
bowed to her. AS he leaned forward
she caught a lock Of his hair and
reaching down in the pocket of her
dress pulled out a small pair of shears
and cut off the lock of hair Those
standing by laughed and the young
soldier, with tears in his eyes, turned
and walked out on the depot platform
to his train. The young woman care.
fully placed the lock of hair in a small
valise she carried and then she left
the depot, going uptown,-Kansas
City Star.
The suburban citizen., 1901-05-11

of the Hudson. but several animals
killed year or so ago in the noun
tains just northwest Of Stony Point
have been described in such q manner
as to make it appear probable that
they were lynxes. The wildcat Of
course, occurs in the Adirondacks and
Catskllls. and is occasionally killed Ia
the highlands of Orange County.
From 1871 down to within a few
years the State paid bounty Of $50
for wolves, and we have therefore an
almost complete record Of the speci-
mems killed in that time. In the years
1871 to 1897, inclusive, ninety-eight
were killed, the greatest number in
any one year being twenty-one, in
1882. All save one OF these animals
were killed in the Adirondack coun-
ties. The exceptional individual was
from Broome County. 1t is noteworthy
that no fewer than thirty-nine of the
ninety-elght were killed by one man,
George Muir,
For panthers-pumas, more proper
ly speaking--we have the same exact
data, as a twenty-dollar bounty was
paid for this species. In the same sew
enteen years bounties were paid on
107 pumas, the last recorded having
been killed in 1890, in Saratoga Coun-
ty. The maximum number killed in
any one year was twenty-one, in 1883.
All those killed We're in the Adiron-
dack counties, st. Lawrence heading
the Est, with forty-four, while the
second county, Lewis, is credited with
twenty-three. The same George Muir
who had such remarkable luck in the
matter of killing wolves had still more
extraordinary fortune as a hunter Of
panthers, having killed sixty-seven out
Of the entire 107. His total receipts
from the State, as bounties on wolves
and panthers killed, amounted to
$251O most Of which was obtained in
few years in the early sos.
1t seems probable that the puma,
though undoubtedly now very rare,
can still be found in the wilder por.
tions of the Adirondacks. The wolf is
known to occur, though hardly com.
mon inhabitant.
Our only marsupial, the opossum, is
n widely distributed though hardly
well-known mammal. 1t seems to
have extended its range to the north
in comparatively recent times, and is
now found pretty well throughout the
State, though still most common in
Orange and Rockland counties and on
Long Island.
The suburban citizen., 1901-05-11
wolves Abundant in Northern Canada.

Wolves are rapidly increasing in
many Of the forest lands Of Northern
Canada. At st. Agathe, only sixty
five miles from Montreal, Mr.. Bramble,
a deer-hunter, declares that he has
been kept awake at night in camp by
the bowling Of the beasts. Their ap
pearance in such large numbers of late
is undoubtedly due to the large in
crease in the herds of deer throughout
the country. Wolves have also made
their appearance in the valley Of the
ST. Maurice, causing great destruction
among the red deer. They are also eX
ceedingly numerous in the woods north
of Ottawa and on the Ontario side OF
the ottawa River. Hunters say that
each wolf kills on an average thirty
deer in the course of a year; conse'
quently there is a demand for the pay.
ment by the Government Of a bounty
upon the heads Of the brutes. - New
York Evening Post.
The suburban citizen., 1901-05-11
Klondlke Has an Equabie Climate.

An illusion in the minds of the all
informed is that the climate of the
Klondike is such as to make life I'M
endurable. The fact is that the win
ter from November to March is no
harder than in the northern part Of
New York, Minnesota or Wisconsin,
and better than the blizzard stricken
states further West on account OF the
small snowfall. While it is true that
the thermometer will so as low as
forty degrees below zero for four or
Ave days during the winter, the wealth
er is uniformly comfortable enough 10
allow outdoor mining operations dur:
ing the entire winter season. The
spring, summer and fall are distinct.
with an ideal climate, New York
Herald.
The suburban citizen., 1901-05-11

II requires no experience to dye with Pur-
NAM FADELEss DYES Simply boiling vonr
goods in the dye is all that Is necessary, Sold
by all druggists.
The suburban citizen., 1901-05-11

Believe only half you hear" says
the proverb; but when a woman tells
you her age the chances are you will
hear only haf what you believe
The suburban citizen., 1901-05-11

Ask Your Dealer for Aliens Foot-Ease,
A powder to shake into your shoes: rests the
feet. Cures Corns, Bunions, Swollen. Sore
Hot, Callom, Aching, Sweating Feet and In.
growing Nails Aliens Foot-Ease mukes now
or tight shoes easy. At all druggists and
shoe stores 25 cts. Sample mailed FREE.
Address Allen S. Olmsted, Leroy, N. Y.
The suburban citizen., 1901-05-11

IN twenty years, at email lighthouse
in the Orlneys, l4,0O0 hours of storm have
been recorded
The suburban citizen., 1901-05-11
A Manila Teni E,ren.

II you hsvo Dyspepsia, write Dr. shoop
Racine, Wis, Box l48, for six bottles OF Dr.
Shoops Restorative. Exp. paid. Send no
money Pay $3.50 IL cured.
The suburban citizen., 1901-05-11

The tender bananas grow and do fairly
well in sheltered portions of Southern Cal
ifornia.
The suburban citizen., 1901-05-11

Hollanders find it cheaper to import
hay from Ia Plata than to raise it on their
own meadows.
The suburban citizen., 1901-05-11

FITS permanently cured. No fits or nervous
ness after first days use OF DR.. Kline's Great
Nervo Restorer S2 trial bottle and treatise free
DR.. II. II. KLINE, Ltd, 991 Arch ST., Phila. Pa.
The suburban citizen., 1901-05-11

Recent estimates place the number of
electric mining locomotives in operation
IN Pennsylvania at $50.
The suburban citizen., 1901-05-11

NJ. L. Thompson & Co., Druggists, Couders-
port, Pa, say Halls Catarrh Cure is the best
and only sure cure for catarrh they ever sold
Druggists sell it, 75c.
The suburban citizen., 1901-05-11

Indigestion is a bad companion. Got rid Of
ii by chewing bar of Adams Popsin rutti
Mutti after each meal.
The suburban citizen., 1901-05-11

Walnuts came originally from Persia,
almonds from Central Asia.
The suburban citizen., 1901-05-11

Check That ugly Cough
With Hoxsie's Group Cure Mailed on receipt
Of 80 cents A. P. Hoxsie, Buffalo, N. Y.
The suburban citizen., 1901-05-11

Iamsure Piso's Cure for Consumption saved
my life three years ago.-MRs, Thomas Rob-
DINs, Maple st.. Norwich, NY, Feb. II, 1900.
The suburban citizen., 1901-05-11

Skeletons 1900 years old have been found
near the village Of Flomborn in Germany
The bodies were of enormous size.
The suburban citizen., 1901-05-11

Before the discovery of sugar, drinks
were sweetened with honey
The suburban citizen., 1901-05-11

All the machinery for grinding and pol
ishing glass of a new Toledo plate glass
plant is run by electric motors
The suburban citizen., 1901-05-11

Lake Nicaragua is the largest fresh
water lake between Lake Michigan and
Lake Tticaca in Peru.
The suburban citizen., 1901-05-11

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children
teethiug, soften the gums, reduces indamma-
ton, allays pain, cures wind collie. 25c bottle
The suburban citizen., 1901-05-11

Virginia had the largest population of
any Of the States at the frsb census in
1890
The suburban citizen., 1901-05-11

Money talks, but little scare causes it
to shut up tight.
The suburban citizen., 1901-05-11

DOctOrSs Lawyers, Merchants,
And people in all conditions of life, who have
used Crab Orchard Water, continue to use it
and recommend it, No testimonial has the
came effect as personal experience.
The suburban citizen., 1901-05-11

tstas. EEH 81 SnllEQ OF every description Sat
FalfF st5ttrFt 3pALEo isfaction Guarantoed,
{ggMQlFi88l3 Write for prices JESSE MARpEN
l----- N.lallL-AA w. B. Glarles ST ,BALIIMORE Md
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-01-23
Correct All the Rlunders.

While Mr.. Grout, in charge of the Dis
trict appropriation bill, was reviewing its
features yesterday before the House and
explaining its special provisions he found
occasion to say:
ION page Is there is a provision that one
half of the appropriation, which went
through hastily In the closing hours of the
last session of Congress, to provide for GER
tain repairs on the roads in Rock Creek
Park. occasioned by a sudden and violent
storm. the whole of which at that time was
paid out of the funds of the United States,
shall be reimbursed to the United States
by the District. This provision will put the
cost of that appropriation equally on the
government and the District. The whole
sum $4,000. and the sum herein pro-
vided for is $4,000 to be paid from the rev.
enues of the District"
If by any inadvertance the general gov
eminent has been bound by statute to pay
the whole of any local expense, by all means
let the mistake be rectified at the next op-
portunity by the appropriation of one-half
the cost out of the District revenues. This
is in strict accordance with the spirit and
the letter of the organic act. and the Dis
trict wishes nothing SO much as the pres
ervation of both.
Having now taken the initiative toward
correcting the mistakes of the past in this
matter. Congress, which is logical and
justly consistent, will surely not fail to
effect similar readjustment on the basis
of the organic act in any case where the
whole of a municipal expense has been lille
gally thrown upon the District alone. In
the street expansion matter, for instance,
such action involving the reimbursement OF
the District to the extent of a million dol
lars is clearly demanded by the organic
act and by every consideration of equity,
and would rebound to the eternal credit of
the United States
Let the record be cleared on both sides.
Do not stop with making the District pay
for the mistakes of the legislators when the
error hurts the federal treasury, but let the
treasury pay for their mistakes when the
lapse harms the District. 1t is a mighty
poor rule that works but one way.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-01-23

for the restoration of the requirement as
TO the lexington yards of the B. and o.
road and the House maintaining it's posi-
ton upon the cost of the Pennsylvania sta
ton. A joint success on these points would
form a sensible compromise. There are ex-
cellent reasons for both propositions. The
lexington yard provision adopted by the
Senate was in accord with the requirements
of the locality and did not seriously affect
the engineering features of the railroad
company's plan. The desire of the House
to require the Pennsylvania company TO
erect a station building commensurate with
the site freely given by the government
and in part acknowledgment of the mag
use and perpetual privileges. is based upon
strict equity and praiseworthy motive Oh
capital Improvement This million-anda-
half station ought also to be Visible from
the avenue and be built in part or the
avenue block in front of its present station,
which should be condemned and acquired
by the railroad To yield to the railroads
on both points will be to permit them to
frame the measures precisely to suit them
selves. Should this be done the capital
will have been treated in this case as mere
ly a free field for railroad operations, as
community to be worked for both legiti-
mate and ilegitimate profit and incapable
of self-defense There is not much to save
now in the public interest, but the confer
ence committees have it in their power to
save that little by following the course
which The Star ventures once more to sug-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-01-23

There seems to he a misrepresentation on
the part of the District committee OF the
House as to the state of public opinion in
the capital upon certain public measures
and as to the proper manner of its express
sion In the matter of the gas bill, now
pending 1t was stated in the House the
other day that TO opposition to that meas
are had developed, and that the only per-
sons appearing before the committee IA
yored the bill. The committee had disre-
garded the pointed and sufficient objections
IF the District Commissioners to certain
features of the bill which voiced the senti-
ment of the community. and which for
tnaIiy presented the warnings uttered by
Ehe Star. The fact was not stated in the
House that no notice given of any in
tended public hearings on the bill. The
erroneous impression was permitted to pre-
vail that the people of Washington Were
complacent. whereas they had expected
that the objections of the Commissioners
Following the criticisms of The Star would
be respected by the committee.
Upon q recent occasion this same DISPOSE
tion to misunderstood the condition of the
local mind de 'eloped. Mr.. Babcock as
serted that when successive street extern
Sion laws, in effect partially repeating the
organic act of 1878 were passed, it was
upon the basis Of representative public
opinion, as attested by twenty-five prom
tnent local citizens. Up to this time the
chairman of the District committee has
failed to furnish the names Of this inter-
estng group of men who are regarded by
him and perhaps his committee colleagues
as endowed with such a representative
capacity. Against the judgment and wishes
of these twenty-five representative citizens
were at the time arrayed the protests and
arguments of the District Commissioners,
the Board of Trade, various citizens asso-
Citations. The Star and many unorganized
citizens. The popular verdict was against
the proposed iniquity of the extension of
the suburban streets wholly at the Dis
tricrs expense. What MIR. Babcock ac-
cepted the sentiment of the community
was the wish of very small and sefshly
interested minority.