Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-04-18
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rick Thompson, died at eight o'clock
last evening in the seventy-ifth year
Of her age. She had a host of warm
friends. by whom she was held in high
esteem, and who will sincerely mourn
her death. Arrangements for her fun
eral have not yet been made.
AN alarm Of fire from box 65 called
the lower district of the fire depart
ment to the house of Daniel Ritz, on
Eoff street. between Forry-ffth and
Forty-siYth street, last night at 9:33
o'clock. A fire had ignited in a cham
ney. The flames were e~xtinguished
without loss.
At half-past ten o'clock last night a
still alarm called the Eighth ward fire
company to the alley between Jacob and
Wood streets ait Thirty-eighth. The
coal shed on the property belonging to
the Rev. Hob had been set on fire. Oil
was s~prinkled all over the walls aHd
roof. The flames were extinguished
without loss.
DIR. w. C.. Spargo, city health Off
Ger, Is working upon the report for the
first quarter OF 1901, which will show
a death rate larger han usual. 1t will
be the highest since 1897. An unusu-
ally large proportion of the deaths are
those Of persons of advanced years.
There were IS deaths in January, sc in
February and II in March, making a
total for the quarter Of 224.
AT the sheriff's office a draft for
$7,9S1.27 was received yesterday from
the State Auditor covering Ohio coun-
tvs proportion of the railway taxes for
the year 1900. The city of Wheeling's
share of this amount is 1924. The
distribution is made in proportion to
the amount Of railway property lying
within the county, and the county and
city divisions are made upon the same
basis.
The funeral of the late Mrs. Eliza
beth Remey occurred yesterday after
moor from the residence of her daugh-
ter, Mrs. Minnie Kless, on the South
Side. Mrs. Remey was one Of the most
aged and respected citizens of that sec
ton of the city. The services were con-
Quoted by the Rev. Herman Haas, pas
tor of the ST. Paul's German Lutheran
Church. The interment was made at
Mt. Zion cemetery.
The time in which the local men,
bers of the National Guard who were
tried by the summary court recently are
required to pay their fines expires next
Saturday, goth inst. None of the fines
have yet been paid. Col. c. L. Smith, Of
the First regiment, has instructed Sher-
if w. w. Irwin to enforce the collec-
ton Of the fines. The members of the
Guard have been served with notices
and have promised to settle.
The A. Dimmacks have organized
for the season and will line up as fol-
lows: C. Warner, second catcher; j.
Nolan, catcher; c. Frabel, pitcher; G..
B. Ritz, shortstop; G. Hautzel, first
base; G. Hile, second base; w. Flynn,
thir1 base; T. Lynch, right field; A..
Williams, centre field; S. Coffey, left
field; G. Veese and s. Tice, substitutes.
Fol games address C. Warner, No. "a
Twenty-seventh street, city.
The regular monthly shoot between
teams representing Roney's Point and
Elm Grove will take place at Roney's
Point Saturday afternoon. The Roneyis
Point club will hold a business meeting
and elect officers for the ensuing year.
The club has received several new men,
bers and will be stronger this season
than before in every sense Of the word.
The B. & o. people are putting
down a nice new brick pavement at the
new-old station.
Mrs. Walter Bloomfield, Miss Carrie
Copp and Mrs. Harry J. Mendel are
scheduled to hold forth all day to-day
at Goetze's drug store, corner of Twelfth
and Market street, with a supply OF
delicious popcorn at popular prices.
These ladies represent the Chancel
Chapter of st. Luke's P. e. Church, for
: the benefit Of which this famous brand
of popcorn is put on sale. The public
will miss a rare opportunity If it fails
to invest heavily.
The Ideal Dramatic Club, OF the
South Side. went to Wellsburg yester-
day afternoon, where they rendered
TONY, the Convict" last evening be-
fore a packed house. There were
twerty-seven people in the company.
The sp~ecialties were of the finest. Joe
Ward, a former Wheeling boy, made a
great hit. He has a fine voice and had
J to respond to repeated encores. Paul
u6Oi oDu ooSh Gu6iO oloO Ald0c .
hit in their sketch.
There has been considerable in
| quiry lately concerning the present sta
tus Of the cases of Johnson and Devin-
ney, who were convicted of the Nc
Laughlin murder, and Mooney and Fri
day, who were convicted of the Hervey
murder. All these cases are now in the
State Supreme Court of Appeals upon
writs of error. The arguments will be
made, unless there is further postpone
nnent, at the June term Of the Supreme
Court, which will be held in Wheeling.
The elevation of Bishop John ].
Keane, of Richmond, to the high Office
of Archbishop, recalls a series of COIN
cidences in the lives of Abp. John ].
Keane and Abp. John ] .Kain, the lat
ter of whom vas formerly Bishop of
Wheeling. Their names are pronounc-
ed the same, but there is a slight diff
fernce in the spelling. They were theo-
logical students together, a short period
separated the dates of their ordination.
both were made Bishops and both have
now been created Archbishops. A full
account of the elaborate services In the
Cathedral at Dubuque, Iowa, are pub
lished on the telegraph page in this
! issue.
"A very interesting case was tried
in the Mayors court yesterday morning.