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New-York tribune., 1901-01-06

The same arrangement will be made In
the from Los Angeles northward. This will
be OF great benefit TO tourists, as II will permit
them TO the finest scenic parts OF the new
route by daylight. Stops may be made at Santa
Barbara, Paso Robes and Monterey without
taking any side trips. The new road was COM
peted this week. but II Will take about month
to get it into working condition. II includes the
longest tunnel and several OF the highest trestles
in the State, and ii has been constructed with
great care.
The reception given along the line Of the
Southern Pacific Railroad TO the new president.
Charles NJ. Hayes shows the wisdom of select
ing man for this important position with no
California entanglements. IL is evident from
the hearty welcome given to the chief that
he will be able to reduce In a marked degree the
animosity toward the railroad. which has been
kept alive by lack of tact on the part OF cer-
tain officials. The new president Will have for
NAL public receptions and dinners here and IN
Los Angeles. and after these functions he will
make careful inspection OF the entire system.
This week the debt Of s6O.U00 which has hung
over the University Of Pacific. a. San Jose, the
only Methodist Episcopal college on the Coast.
was lifted by a popular subscription The last
S2.100 was raised at q big meeting nj San Jose
held Sunday. The Christian Chinese OF San
of the credit of clearing the debt is due I:ishop
Hamilton. The university owns property worth
S150,000. and 1t has fund Of $4,000 which
will soon be swelled 20 SlOJ00D by gifts and
legaces that are in sigat. II founded I'm
1915. and its graduates inclule many prominent
men in various positions.
The death of Captain Henry S. Eastman. this
week. at his home in Berkeley. removed an
historical figure as he was g. seaman under
Commodore Perry. when the American COM
mander opened the Japanese treaty ports. Cap
tain Eastman was a New BE iford man. who
went to sea at nineteen: he first mate of a
big clipper ship, and while IN Ceyion enlisted en-
the Mississippi, Perry's flagship. His skill as an
oarsman caused the Commodore TO select East
ham as member OF his barge crew, so he WITT
messed all the stirring scenes of the opening OF
Japan to the Western world.
Edouard Strauss and his orchestra encountered
a thea rical frost at the California Theatre
this week. He doubled the usual price of seats
and opened on Sunday night. when IL is difficult
TO get good house for such performance
Although the audiences have been very appre-
New-York tribune., 1901-01-06
PLANS FOR THE CORNELL SUMNER SCHOOL
AN ELABORATE FIELD COURSE IN GEOLOGY FOR
TEACHERS.

Ithaca, ~ Y. Jan. tspeciaD.-The plans Of the
Cornell summer school for 1901 as announced by
Register Hoy include interesting departure In
the department Of paleontology and stratigraphic
peology This Is a six weeks field course ,n
geology especially adapted to the needs OF teach
ers who wish to see and study for themselves the
classic sections OF New-York State. camp for
the summer will be established In the Heidelberg
Mountains near Albany, where within radius OF
one mile more than ten geological formations may
be studied The camp viii be in charge of Pro-
fessor G. ID. Harris who will also furnish the boats
necessary for work along the Hudson River.
The student party Will make detailed study OF
the Heidelberg Mountains beginning AT the base
with the Hudson River shales. and taking each
formation in turn up to the Hamilton cap rocks.
The work will include the collection of fossils and
other specimens of interest measuring the thick.
ness Of the different formations studying. mapping
and photographIng their general characteristics.
This work will be under the direction OF Instructor
veatch Dr. Celand will superintend the work OF
classification in camp.
Three excursions OF more or less geological in.
terest are paned by Professor Harris. One will
cambrian and lower and upper silurian forma-
tons; another TO Plattsburg, by way of Champlain
Canal and Lake Champain; and the third from
Troy TO Syracuse. by the Erie Canal with side
trips TO Trenton and Oriskany Falls.
Little equipment will be needed by the students
who take this field course. the university fur
nishes tents cots and general camp outfit Every
: one Wall be expected to cooperate IN camp work.
week. Professor Harris's steam launch will be at
the disposal OF the party.
New-York tribune., 1901-01-06
TOPICS IN CALIFORNIA.
ANOTHER HEAVY GALE-SOUTHERN PA
CIFIC PRESIDENT WELCOMED.
fBY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUNE.l

fBY TELEGRAPH THE TRIBUNEl
San Francisco, Jan. 5-Californa was swept
by another severe storm Thursday night but the
damage reported is not large The wind reached a
velocity of eighty miles an hour at Ocean Beach.
near this city. where ii smashed in a dozen
windows in the Cliff House. 1t also carried
away the roof of the new tavern on top OF
Mount Tamapalis. The snow is heavier IN the
Siskiyou Mountains and the Sierras than 1t has
been for ten years; this. with the heavy rain
that is now falling will do immense good as the
orchards and ranches have become very dry
owing to the north wind.
When regular trains begin running over the
new coast line of the Southern Pacific between
San Francisco and Los Angeles, which will be
In about month, may make the journey
in day without spending night the
Trains will leave here at and
will reach Los Angeles at 10:45 p. m. the same
day. thus obviating the necessity OF sleeping
New-York tribune., 1901-01-06
OF GALVESTON.

ciative, they have not pleased the box office.
Joseph Grismer who was formerly very popular
here as an actor. returns this week as manager
here in the old days with Phoebe Davies. whom
he married.
John u Chretein began this week his ten
years term in San Quentin Prison for footing
the estate OF Joseph Sullivan. Chretein was a
duce a false heir and then divide the estate with
two fellow swindlers. His case was rendered
more noteworthy by his former prominence in
politics and in club life. as he was once a lead
ing member of the Bohemian Club.
The weeks real estate sales include the H.
r. Law property the north corner OF Mission
and Annie sts for 100000. 1t is covered by
new six story building, rented to the United
States Government The Deming property. on
the southeast side Of Mission-st. 45 feet north
east of Beale-st was sold for $4,000.
Hundreds of small prune growers OF the Santa
Clara Valley are doomed to lose their orchards
unless there should be radical change in the
prune situation. The prune demands the rich
est land and much water, and those who have
poor soil and cannot pay for fertilizers bound
to have small crop. Nearly all the prline
growers this year have entered the combine, but
the combine Ia loaded up with more than three
fourths OF last years crop, which it cannot SELL
and the prospects are that the new crop will be
one OF the largest on record The result Is the
combine cannot pay for prunes. and the only
way for small growers to secure an advance OF
money is to mortgage their orchards. The fall
ure to sell prunes Is due to the enormous crops
OF other fruit.
The wine producers OF California have been
saved from ruinous competition by the union OF
the large wine firms and several big capitalists
that the members OF the combine control
seven-eighths OF the wine trade Of California
The new men who came In are Isaiah w Hell
man. president OF the Nevada National Bank.
Antoine Borel and Daniel Meyer. They have
taken an interest In the California Wine Asao-
ciation, the Italian Swiss Company, Lach-
man 4 Jacobi and c. Shilling Co. ana
the total capitalization of the cosnnasNee
New-York tribune., 1901-01-06
SEVEN TRY FOR ONE SEAT.
MAINE REPUBLICANS EAGER TO GO TO
CoNGREss-THE PROBABILITIES.

Bangor Me-, Jan. (SpecaD.-The political sit
uation In the IVth Congress District Of Maine Is
becoming heated. and already six candidates have
declared themselves and a seventh Will do so soon
Mr. BoutelIe who served the district well for eieh-
teen years, has recently announced that he VIII
shortly resign hence the struggle Although at the
time OF the election in September Mr.. Boutele was
in hospital II was hoped that he would so far
recover as be able to continue his duties III
Washington and in consequence of this the people
OF his district not only reelected him, but gave him
the largest that he received. and larger
majority than any other the ticket. But
the hopes were vain and now Mr.. Boutee has
resigned.
For his position Aroostook County offers can
didate In Governor Llewellyn Powers who went
out Of office to-day. Governor Powers Will have
New-York tribune., 1901-01-06
AN ARMY OF CANARY BIRDS LANDED

The Brooklyn pier of the North German Lloyd
Line suggested the Hartx Mountains In one respect
yesterday Fifteen hundred young canaries con-
signed TO NewYork bird and animal dealer, were
landed there from the steamer Prinx Regent Luit-
pold. which arrived here early yesterday morning
from Bremen. Like the blackbirds in the pie as
soon as the hatch was opened they all began to
sing. The birds were brought from the Hartx
Mountains In Germany, and were nclosed In small
Individual wicker cages made by the children ol
the miners In thoUo mountains.
New-York tribune., 1901-01-06
WESTERNLAND's PASSENGERS ARRIVE.

me steamer kensinSton. which arrived here yes-
teraay. brought the e9t steerage passengers and
the cargo OF the disabled Red Star Line steamer
Nes'erhiand- The Westernland. in the middle OF
nevetnoers was towed into Southampton with her
t,,u.pvncr gone. The steamer kcnsington. from
and cargo. -. - - f'.N,"e
New-York tribune., 1901-01-06
DIED AT THE wALDoRF-4sroRra.

Lester Dwinel. prominent and wealthy resident
or Bangor, Me, died suddenly at th,. Waldorf
astoria on Friday Mr.. and Mrs Dwinel came TO
New-York ten days Death was due to pneu-
monia~ Mr. Dwinel was sixty-one years old. and a
ior8e owner Of Maine timber lands He
veteran OF the Civil War and ross. from, a private
10 the rank OF major. The body will be taken to
Bangor for burial
New-York tribune., 1901-01-06

has been increased to $S.OOO,OOO Besides
preventing the cutting OF prices and the con-
sequent loss to small vineyardists, the com bine
will insist upon high standard, and will use
every effort to suppress the manufacture OF
spurious wines at the East
New-York tribune., 1901-01-06
: : : KOCH & Co.
Mammoth Silk Sale.

The enormous of last anuays Silk Sale has been the
stimulating power endeavor to excel our former success
result an offering unprecedented magnitude and interest
Every skweavng centre represented by its worthest pro-
dctions both in novelties and staples and the lowest
record for reliable silks here few items from hundreds:
New-York tribune., 1901-01-06

CenpIets Political Aeoora Of l0OuI
Tslbano Almanac. 1904.
New-York tribune., 1901-01-06

a Review of the Nineteenth Century.
Tribune Almanac. lDO1.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-07-02

of the First Citizens Bank in which he
will open a restaurant on Thursday,
July 4th.
The new addition of the Hotel Maine
will be open by Thursday, July 4th.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Hubbs have return
ed home after short visit in the coun-
try.
Edith Knox returned to her home in
GAINESVILLE, o., Saturday, after visit
with friends at this place
S. H. Woodruff, of Moundsville, was
in town on business Saturday.
Wiley Dowler and John Wdldman,
both of Glen EastOn, were in town on
business Saturday.
C. w Moore has returned from a
business trig to Warrington.
F. NJ. Watson, of Proctor, is the guest
of his parents at this place
Miss Iva Johnson, who has been visit
ing friends in west Cameron, returned
TO Sistersyille Monday.
j. B. Fitzgerald, of Cincinnati but
formerly of this town, is visiting his
parents at this place.
j. W. Yoho went to Proctor Saturday
on business.
Mrs. J. j. Chaddock is reported better
at this writing.
Mrs. Lizzie Charnock is visiting
friends in Noundsville.
Ross McClushey was in McMechen
Saturday on business.
The lawn fete mas been postponed I'M
til Tuesday, July Ind, at the Presbyter-
ian parsonage
"A car jumped the track here Monday
and tore up about thirty feet OF track
in the East End yard.
Edward Fritziey made business trip
TO Rosbys Rocks Saturday night.
Miss Lettie Wade, OF Wheeling, is
visiting her parents in West Cameron
/ Minor Sherburg, w. ]. Booher, C. H
/ Callahan, r. r. Sinclair and VIM. Bo-
mar were seeking comfort at the park
at Wheeling Sunday.
f. NJ. Hockey, of Barracksville, is il
town on business.
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basket carried by Mr.. Hammond.

basket carried by Mr. Hammond.
Mr.. Schumacher said that Hammond
wanted to buy whiskey, but he would
not sell him any because he was afraid
he would get drunk and tell where he
got it. He would not sell whiskey on
not get drunk.
He also volunteered the statement
that Lutes turned very pale when he
joking1y remarked, "Charly, they are
going to take you up for getting away
with Hammond, for your house is the
last place he was seen" The defense
tried to stop him, but he kept ON until
he told his story.
Mrs. Amelia Snyder said she never
heard Lutes shooting any time prior to
the disappearance of Hammond. She
saw the man turn into Lutes' door, and
thinking Lutes was not at home, she
went to the gate but the old man was
not In sight and some one was closing
the front door of Lutes' house. She
had heard persons talking in the house
after the back shutters had been closed.
After Mrs. Snyder's evidence had been
given, the State rested and the wit
nesseS were excused.
In the afternoon Attorney D. B.
Evans opened the arguments fof the
State in a very mastery address two
hours in length. Capt. A. L. Hooto1
followed with forceful plea for the
defendant. The court was then adj
journed until nine o'clock this morn
ing, when the concluding arguments
will be made by Col. J. C. Hooton for
the defense and T. J. Parsons for the
State, when the case will be In the
hands of the jury.
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MIDDLEBOURNE.

MlDDLEBOURNE, W. Va. July l.
Ex-County Superintendent T. B. Hill
rising young business man OF Corn
wallis, Richie county. and Miss Cora
Alien, popular school teacher of this
county, were married Saturday at the
home OF the bride at Lima, this coun-
~.
A fine little daughter has arrived at
the home OF Mr. and Mrs. T. L. Rymer,
on Dodd street.
Frank Ferrell, an aged citizen of
Lone free died Friday. and was buried
Saturday in the old Terrell cemetery.
Miss Dora Carter is visiting her moth
er in Barbour county
Ex-Sheriff G. w Sine spent a part OF
Friday with his many friends in town.
Mr. Sine is to be one of Marshal Eli
otis deputies. with headquarters at New
Martinsville.
Miss Cow Carpenter. the Dodd street
dressmaker, is visiting relatives in SIS
tersville
Mrs. Ed Hudson and son Byron, OF
Elk Fork, are visiting frierds in town.
Mr.. Reece. of Garry Owen, spent a
few days in town last week.
NJ. II. Stealey was in Sistersville last
Friday.
Assessor w f. Long was a business
visitor here last week.
]. R. Eddy, OF Shiloh, was in town las
| Friday.
A. D. Lemasters. of Hillside, was II
| town Saturday.
Rev. Smith, CT Duke, spent Saturda!
! in town.
| Mack Stathers, OF Centreville, who jus
| graduated from the West Virginia Uni
versity at Morgantown, passed through
! this place Friday en- route to Cleveland
where he will enter the business world
Thomas Hill, of McKim, was in tow
Saturday.
Attorneys B. T. Bowers, Lloyd Nc
In.yre, of New Martinsville, and r. L
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several times and had cleaned it on
Wednesday, before Hammond disap-
peared. He said on Saturday that he
had cleaned it on "wednesday before he
was arrested.
He said he wanted to leave Mounds
vile because whiskey was getting the
better of him, but he could not recall
that he had been drunk very often since
living in Moundsville. He had thought
about going to Marietta, Ohio. Whis-
key was sold there, but he would not
be subjected to the same influences as
at Moundsville.
He was asked: "You committed a
forgery in Marietta, Ohio, did you
not?'
The witness declined to answer.
He did not know whether Hammond
had basket or not when he came to
his house on Sunday morning.
HE had never denied getting whiskey
on that day, and had never told his
counsel that he did not obtain any
liquor on that day. After he heard of
Hammonds disappearance, he had fire.
quently talked about the matter with
various people.
During the examination of.the witness
whenever he referred TO the bullet hole
| in Hammond's head, ne invariably in
dictated with his finger on his own
! head the position OF the wound. He
was asked why he did this and he said
that he did not know why he did SO.
Robert Lowe had told him before he
was arrested, where the wound was and
he had seen the hole when he saw the
body at the undertaker's.
The witness left the stand and the de-
Tense rested. Several witnesses were
offered by the State in rebuttal.
Dr. Steele had heard Mrs. Lutes say
that Charles had given her two sums
of money aggregating 81 and that he
had $40 or S12 more and that he had
told her that he had gotten the money
! from John Shaub.
Oscar Wilson said that Lutes told him
on Sunday that he had been up to see
his sick sister and had gotten his break
fast there.
Miss Mary Callahan, A. p Hammond,
Mrs. Alkaline Hammond and John
Schumacher said that the basket found
near the body at Rockport was not the
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ARGUMENTS BEING MADE
IN THE TRIAL OF G. w. LUTEs,
CHARGED WITH THE MURDER
JOHNSON HAMMOND.
WILL SOON GO TO THE JURY
And n Verdict Is Expected To-day
The Defendant Again On the stand
Yesterday -Refused to Answer
Best Observation-Disclosures in Re-
butta1.

The hearing OF evidence in the trial
of Chas. W. Lates in the Marshall
County Circuit Court was concluded a
few minutes before noon yesterday and
the afternoon was spent in argumer IS
by counsel.
The eross-examdnation Of the defen-
dant, C. w. Lutes, was continued by
D. B. Evans for the State
In answer to a question, he said that
on Monday, the goth of May, he got a
pint of whiskey from Lloyd Nuzum in
Higgins saloon. He pai9 him Is cents
for it. When asked why he did not
get 30 cent whiskey when ne was try
ing to save his money. he replied:
We'll, | always drink the best"
lie said that he had owed two notes
at the Marshall County Bank, one for
SIS and one for 81. He had owed them
for some time. The note FOR s. was
signed by himself and mother, the other
bore the names of the witness ard his
father. He was asked IL he had not
been guilty of forgery, b1: Col. Hoot
on objected and the Objection was
sustained.
Referring to some notes in the Farm
er's and Mechanics Bank, he said that
his wife had paid one of the noies be-
fore he was arrested. TIE amount of
the notes was not stated. Vie said that
one of the notes was signed by himself
and his father, Cyrus Lutes. He was
asked:
Did your father authorize you to
sign his name to that note?"
The witness refused to answer the
question, whose names were on the
other note.
The witness had borrowed the gun
to shoot cats. He had fired at a mark
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MOUNDSvILLE.
NewD Notes of Interest From the Me.
trOpolis of Marshall County.

NowD Notes of Interest From the Me-
tropolis of Marshall County.
w. F. Conner was at Fairmont on
business yesterday.
M. ]. Ransom. of Pittsburg, is visiting
his home in the East End.
The Clay district board of education
was in session here yesterday.
Miss Hattie johnson has been ap-
pointed teacher in the Cameron schools.
California Port and Sherry SO cents
a quart at Moundsville Liquor Store.
near depot
Messrs. Dallas and Bert Shrimp and
George Crinmell will leave to-day to
visit the Pan-American.
AS Thursday night, the regular night
for council meeting, is legal holiday,
council will not meeA uatil Friday
evening.
The four-year-old son of John Bur-
CESS, of Morton avenue, was badly
bruised and injured by being run over
by horse and buggy Sunday evening
Lindsey Long, the famous hypnotist,
has been heard from. He is In Muncie,
Ind, where he has position on an cleo
trio railway line.
George Ellison was before the mayor
yesterday morning, charged with in
sulting Mrs. John Abrahams. He en-
tered plea of guilty and was fined 81
and costs.
Marriage licenses were issued yester-
day to Robert E. Raper, Of Benwood.
and Ola Hester, of Wheeling; Harry E..
Shook and Matte B. Higgins, of Viola.
The county court was in session a
short time yesterday morning and con-
tracted for a small bridge on Long run,
in Franklin district.
All WHISTLES direct from bonded
warehouses and sold from $3.50 per
gallon and upwards, at Moundsville
Liquor Store.
Sparks from a stove started a small
blaze in the roof at he home of Mrs.
Salters, on Grant avenue, Saturday, but
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BENWoOD.
News Notes of Interest From the City
OF Mills.

Emory Gates has returned from Wis
it with relatives at Powhatan.
Guy McMann, of the Junction, VINO is
learning piano tuning in Baltimore, Is
home on a visit.
Martin Rhodes, of 'Pittsburg has re-
turned home after a brief visit with
Main street friends.
Edward Schane, OF Pittsburg, Is the
guest of his brother, Charles Schane,
of the Fourth ward.
The workmen have completed the
painting OF the spire Of the st. Johns
Catholic church
The directors of the Werninger Club
met last evening in regular session ana
transacted routine business.
The Misses Estella Wright and Title
Miller, of Homestead, Pa, are the
guests OF friends in Lower Benwood.
John Conroy, wife and sister-in-law,
OF relatives here. Mr.. Conroy is form
er Benwood boy.
This evening the spiritual depart
ment of the Epworth League will hold
a meeting in the church for the purpose
of arranging a course OF Bible study for
their meetings.
Word was received In this city yester-
day from DR.. J. y. Alley, who is the
guest OF relatives in Iowa. stating that
he is much improved after his recent
severe illness and is able to be out.
Martin Blake John Sicily, August
Anderson, Chas. Higgins and George
Pollas will leave Tomorrow for Buffalo
to attend the Pan-American EXPOSE
ton.
The skelp department of the Wheel
ing Steel and Iron Works, which went
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off last Saturday, will resume the COM
ing Monday, while the steel plant will
go off tomorrow and will not resume
until the fifteenth. During this time
many needed repairs Will be made.
Yesterday the citizens OF Benwood
sought for the unattainable-a cool
place-and late last evening no person
had been successful in finding such
place. Although 1t was hot in the town
proper. at the mills it was almost I'M
bearable and cases Of prostration were
very numerous. Three of the furnaces
in the tube department Of the Riverside
were forced to lay off. as were the men
employed on the new tube building of
tn Wheeling steel works.
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upon, but as they were out the reporter
was unable TO secure their opinions
This he hopes to do at another time.
why Not Have Report
There is no purer water in the world
than that Of the Ohio river in its nalu-
raj condition. II 1t has been so contain
mated by the sewage OF Pittsbufg and
other cities ana TO wns up the river we
should know it at ooce. An examine
ton and analysis should at once be
made by a thoroughly competent per-
son. and the public promptly informed
OF the result Of his Investigations.
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It was put out with a few buckets oil
water.
A four ear-old child of w s Clark
was very badly scalded on Sunday by
a kettle OF boiling water oYerturnlng on
it. DR.. Houston rendered the necessa-
~ medical attention.
A lively session of police court IS
booked for this morning. John Brown,
Jake Pence and George Ellison Will an
swer to disorderly charges. and Billy
Strong will be up for interference with
an officer in the lawful discharge OF his
duty.