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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-02-02
TO A THE L n

The leaders of the municipal and
county ring are in a terrible quandary
over the determined action of Messrs.
Chew, Marshall and st. Meyers, hold
ing the balance of power in Council,
who have taken a Jolemn oath not to
support any member of the ring, nor
to enter any caucus or agreement I'M
til every member of said ringais GUST
ed for good.
And the most annoying and insur-
mountable feature of the situation
for the boys" is that the usual meth
DDS of pursuasion and coercion will
not work in the case of these three
gentlemen, who have coolly and calm
ly announced that they want the scalp
of the ring and will be satisfied with
nothing less, that they are not after
any offices for themselves and seek
only the welfare of the city and the
proper and honest conduct of its gov
eminent.
Men who put up such a front are
plainly subject neither to bluff nor
cajolery. They mean business.
Clearly it is up to the ring to move
and the only move it has is to move
out
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-02-02
BACK FROM CHARLESTON.
Hon. w. H. G. Curtis, Committee
Clerk. Home by Grace of James IA.
Hall.

Hon. w. H. C. Gusts, of this county,
sometime member of the House of Dele
gates and now a committee clerk at the
State capital, arrived home last evening,
having, it is related upon excellent
authority, been granted a short leave of
absence by the grace OF Mr.. James X.
Hall, who appears to have some sort of
a pull down there by virtue of being a
member of the first magnitude lobby.
Mr.. Curtis stated last evening, in a
casual conversation, that Mr.. Hall had
confided to him before the departure of
the party of the first part for Wheeling
that the Laughlin bill was going to be
killed-it was-and added that the electric
light bill would share the same fate at the
proper time.
This information is interesting and i'm
portant, as it tends to throw some light
upon the question of who is working
against the best interests of the Wheeling
public and shaping legislative ends as he
pleases, no matter how they may be rough
hew by the people. Mr.. Curtis expects
to return to Charleston in a few days,
or as soon as he gets the word that his
services are needed.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-02-02
THE FUNERAL OF VICTORIA.

The capital of the mighty English
nation is in the depths of mourning,
for the best, most worthy and beloved
sovereign who ever occupied the Eng
lish throne.
Victoria's funeral which began yes
terday and will be continued to-day,
is the most gorgeous pageant of a
century, being, of course, a matter OF
the State and not of her own choice.
The English capital is filled with for
eign sovereigns and princes and the
fleets of many nations are assembled
to do the late queens memory honor.
To-day business throughout the
United Kingdom is suspended, while
the mighty funeral cortege wendS its
solemn way amid a throng, many of
whom paid fortunes for a window
ledge whence to witness it. Equally
elaborate services are held a. Wind
sor, while the final interment will
take place at FrogmOre on Monday.
Thus will be consigned to earth the
mortal remains of one who was more
than queen, who was enthroned in the
hearts of all Christendom, Whose in
fuence was always for good and who
is mourned alike by subject and alien
in all lands throughout the entire
world.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-02-02
NEWS NOTES OF YESTERDAY.
A Collection of Small Events of Each
Passing Day.

A special meeting has been called
for next Friday evening for re pur-
pose of i~nstituting a new circle of the
Ladies of the G. A. r.
The funeral of Mrs. George Zim-
mel took place yesterday afternoon at
two o'clock from her late residence on
the South Side, and was largely at
tended.
The Island firemen wish to thank
the ladies who furnished them the
delicious hot coffee yesterday morning
while they were working al the st.
Luke's fire.
Joseph Rice and John Smith, of
Pittsburg, and Charles Baldoll were
arrested last evening by the police
for disorderly conduct. 1t is alleged
that Rice and Smith disturbed a meet
ing at the Bethel Mission, on Sixteenth
street. The arrests were made by Off
GERS Humes and O'Leary.
The funeral of an infant daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. Nelson Hackathorn
took place yesterday afternoon at two
o'clock from the parents residence in
the Sixth ward, and quite a number Of
condoling relatives and friends were
present. The interment was at Mt.
Zion cemetery. The Rev. Gregory
Bleakly, Of the Wesley M. E. Church,
conducted the services.
The freezing weather has served
to keep Twenty-second street in excel
lent condition for coasting all during
the week. The track was again throng-
ed with young people for two or three
hours last night. There was also a
sled track on Twenty-third street dur
ing the week, and while it was rather
a short one, extending only from Chap
line street to alley B, it was the scene
of large crowds of coasters each even
ing.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-02-02
BELLAIRE.
News Notes of Interest From the Bel
mont County Metropolis.

News Notes of Interest From the Bel
mont County Metropolis.
c. A. Strahl, Of Warnock, was in the
city yesterday.
John Wyatt, B. & o. conductor, is
on the sick list.
J.. C. Tallman was at st. Clairsville
yesterday on business.
Miss Matilda Mills, Of the Fifth
ward, is seriously i'll.
George Wagner is confined to his
home sick with the grip.
Miss Cora Neal, of Pittsburg, is the
guest of frienls in the city.
James A. Wiley, of Glencoe, was in
the city yesterday on business.
VIM. Warnock, Of Warnock's Sta
ton, was in the city yesterday.
w. T. Bolen, of Bethesda, was in the
city yesterday calling on friends.
Bert Hopkins, who mas been quite
sick with the grip. is convalescihg,
John Johnson, of Glencoe, was a
business caller in the city yesterday.
Miss Kildow, of Bethesda. was e
guest of friends in the city yester-
day.
Mrs. John Travis is very Ill at the
home Of George Upperman. in the Fifth
ward.
w. v. CampbeA, Esq, of Bridgeport,
was in the city yesterday on legal bus
mess.
Miss Edna Aldridge, Of s Glars
vile, is the guest Of her grandmother,
Mrs. Moore.
Miss Eliza Moore, Of GAINESVILLE,
passed through the city yesterday on
her way to Pittsburg.
The report Of Health Officer Boone
shows that twenty-five deaths occurred
in the city last month.
The young son of Henry He'll. who
was seriously hurt by being tramped
by a horse, is slowly recovering.
Frank o. Alexander has bought the
old Hutchinson farm, west of this city.
The price paid for the 10z acres "a
s4,650.
Miss Mary Wise entertained a num-
Der Of friends at the home Of William
Rial, in the First ward, Thursday
evening.
Sheriff Foreman and several others
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timents were in favor Of the bill, as 1t
tended toward a better condition Of at

timents were in favor of the bill, as 1t
tended toward a better condition Of af-
fairs.
A. J.. Clarke, also one Of Wheeling,s
Committee of One Hundred, when seen
last night, stated hat he had not the
slightest idea of what caused the de-
feat of the measure. 1t was a great
surprise to him as he had expected
that it would not come up until later.
The Rev. C. B. Graham, of the North
street M. E. church, who carried with
him to Charleston early in the week a
copy of the petition. bearing thous-
ands of signatures in behalf of the
Laughlin bill, and who remained there
as one of the Wheeling ministers rep
r~esentatives, returned home last even
ing. To a Register representative, he
said:
THE Senate took action after I left
Charleston on the 1890 train. At that
hour everything seemed favorable for
the bill, and l was greatly surprised
to learn of the defeat after arriving
home. Senator Whitaker was absent
from the session, being in New York,
and / thought that through courtesy
to him action would be deferred until
he returned"
do you attribute the defeat to any
particular thing?" was asked.
Il do not. There were several things
that worked against it. The worst
thing l can think of is the lack of
courtesy to Mr.. Whitaker"
The Rev. c. E. Clark, of the Thomson
NJ. E. church, who also returned home
yesterday from the capitol city, said:
Senator Whitaker had to leave on bust
ness and advantage was taken of his alb
sence. In an unjustifed way the matter
was pressed, and it was most dishonor-
able. 1t is a disgrace to the Senate and
to the State. 1t was apparent hat the
bill was opposed or one side because it
was a Republican measure, and that
some were influenced against it by the
liquor element. 1 do not mean to say that
the Democrats defeated it, because their
force was not strong enough to do so,
but they opposed it as far as they could.
1t was lobbying that directly killed it."
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-02-02

: Nov it is proposed that four years
hence the Auditor and Secretary of
State shall go halves IN the fee bust
ness with the State-that is, turn half
their fees into the treasury. Four
years hence the bosses more than half
suspect an outraged and betrayed peo-
pie will turn them out of office. Hence
this poor compromise with the reform
they so loudly demanded when the
Democrats were in power.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-02-02
CONCERNING INDIVIDUALS.
Movements of Citizens and tn
Arrival and Departure of Stranp

The Movements of Citizens and the
Arrival and Departure of Strang-
ers.
A. L. Johnson is in Toledo on bust
ness.
Miss Sue Stifel is recovering from a
six weeks illness.
C. W. Miller and VIM. F. Weir, of
this city, are in Sistersville.
Miss Emma Reid, of GAINESVILLE, O.,
is the guest of relatives on the ISL
and.
Miss Edith Carr, of Fourteenth
street, is suffering from an attack of
grip.
Mrs. Henry Fisher, formerly of this
city, but now of ~Sistersville, is the
guest of Wheeling friends.
Mrs. Catherine Grubb, of the South
Side, who has been quite sick for the
last two months, is somewhat better.
Prof. Thos. r. Lawson, OF the Rens-
salear Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New
York, is visiting his parents on South
Huron street.
Joseph D. Dubois left yesterday over
the Pennsylvania line for New York,
from which point he will sail via the
Ward line to Porto Rico.
arrived home from a six months trip
to Europe and are at present visiting
Mrs Laura F. Hearne. at Ecno Point.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-02-02

If one man nominated by party con-
vention and elected at the polls could
hold up the saloon business of Ohio
county, as would have been the case
under the Laughlin bill, the saloon
would be a far more potent factor in
politics than it is now. Note the sit
uation under the Brooks law in Pitts
burg where the Judge is the tool of
the machine, whose most potent ad-
junct is the saloon. And this, evil
IDENTIFY, is the view the Senate took of
IL
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ciaI ermine into the mire is entirely
gratuitious on the part of the Democratic
opponents Of the Laughlin bill, and is not
a concrete Observation-Disclosures.
Whether it is a concrete argu-
ment" or not it is a concrete fact as
exemplifed in the operations of the
Brooks law in Pennsylvania where it
has made the judiciary a part of the
worst political machine in the coun-
try.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-02-02
Committee Departed.

The subcommittee on building of
The Board of Trade Building Com
pany departed yesterday for Toledo,
where they will inspect the Valentine
theatre, owned by George H. Ketchum.
They will also examine the Victoria in
Dayton, and the Great Southern in
Columbus. The members of the COM
mittee were accompanied by w. A.
Wilson and Geo. w. Lutz.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-02-02
passing this un-American measure of
fa~r-reaching and radical effect, which
would have deprived Ohio county OF
its right Of local self-government.


The Register claims we nave a reform
council and a reform police. Are we GER
tain we shall have them always? They
may be for a time, but the Laughlin bill
is for all Acknowledgements.
Here's a large and luminous legal
item. Since when did the organ dis
cover the Laughlin bill if made law,
would not be subject to repeal? Al
though we may not always have a re-
form council and a reform chief Meth
er, thank heaven, will we always have
a Legislature like the present. Re-
form instituted by Council is. likely to
be quite as lasting and certainly will
be upon a surer foundation than if
rammed down the community's throat
in autocratic fashion against its will.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-02-02
OIL NEWS.

Special to the Register.
PARKERSBURG, w. Va, February
Late reports from the Lowther Oil
Company's well on the James Metz
farm in Calhoun county, places its
production at the present time at so
barrels a day. 1t is about three miles
north of Grantsville and is in the
Berea grit. The sand was found at
2,146 feet. The oil hardly resembles
Berea oil. being of a light color. re-
sembling the Keener sand oil more.
The new well is exciting much atten-
ton and many oil men from here have
gone to Calhoun to get in on the new
strike.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-02-02

SpeCldl TO the Register.
PITTSBURG, Pa. February l.
In Monroe county, o., one mile west
Of WOodsfield, the Ann Oil Company
has completed its test we'll on the
Robert McCammon farm and has a
buster in the Keener sand. In the
shallow sand territory William Detler
& Company have completed their No.
2 on the Jane Hutcheson farm and
have a buster in the Cow run sand.
In the Jayne district, in Washington
county, the Cumberland Oil Company
has completed its No. 4 on the l..
SnOdgrass farm and has a small pump
er, not good for more than 5 barrels a
day.
In the Macksburg field Wharton
Bros. have completed their test well
on the James Wharton farm and have
a buster in the Buel Run sand.
There is scarcely any hope Of ex-
tending the Sand Fork pool In Lewis
county, West Virginia. All the late
wells have come in busters and others
are expected.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-02-02
CONTRACTS LET
For the Completion of the Fairmont
~ Suburban TrolIy Line.

Special to the Register.
FAIRMONT, w. Va, February l.
The stockholders of the Fairmont Sub
urban Electric Railway Company yes
terday afternoon let the contract for
the furnishing of 5000 feet of trolley
wire TO the Wagner-Palmross Manu-
featuring Company. of this city, and
the car barn contract was let to ...e
w. W. Wood Company of Wheeling.
The injunction case of Watson vs.
the Fairmont Suburban Electric Rail-
way, now pending in the Circuit Court
of this county. has delayed the cree
ton of the road considerably. and
nothing more can be done in the way
of completing the work through West
Fairmont until some sort of a compro-
mise is reached. The contract con-
tains enough wire, however. to reach
to Watson Station, the terminus of the
line.
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THE DEATH Of THE
LAUGHL|N BILL.
HOW THE NEWS OF THE DEMISE OF
THE PROPOSED MEASURE WAS
RECEIVED IN THIS CITY YES
TERDAY AFTERNOON.
THE RESULT A SURPRISE,
BUT THERE WAS MUCH SATISFAC-
TION BY MANY

lot Connected With the Liquor In
terest and Having No Direct SYM
patty With That EIement-Many
People Feel That the S%aloonists
Have Been Taught a Lesson Which
Should Be Needed, and That the
Judiciary Has Escaped Becoming
Mixed Up in the Very Worst Sort
of POIitics-Expressions of Opin-
ion From All Classes.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-02-02
Aged Indy Dead.

Mrs. Elizabeth l.. Conan died at eleven
o'clock yesterday morning, in the 74th
year of her age. She has many relatives
living in this section, as well as a host
of warm friends. The funeral will take
place Sunday afternoon at 1870 o'clock
from the family residence on Glenn's
Run. Interment at Greenwood. .
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-02-02

Haberstick for the present and the
Held cafe building viii be RACED to
give place to q modern three story bus
mess house, as stated in the Register.
The White Front restaurant has been
undergoing a thorough cleaning and
renovating, and will be reopened this
morning under the management of Mr..
Haberstick.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-02-02

Mr.. Laughlin says the "considera-
ton" for signing the petition against
his liquor bill was "a free drink"
Verify, he has a high opinion of the
large majority Of the voters of Ohio
county who signed said petition.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-02-02

Laughlin bill, thought the House
ought to accept the will and wish OF
the representatives from Ohio coun-
ty.' And the House unwisely did, but
the better balanced Senate took into
consideration an overwhelming ma
jority of the voters of Ohio county
who, over their signatures, opposed
if
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-02-02

The idol smashers are at work
again. No sooner is the late Steve"
Brodie, of Brooklyn ibridge-jumping
fame, cold in death, than the icono-
clasts rise up and cast doubt on the
authenticity of the ibridge-jumping
story.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-02-02
Death of Mrs. HasenRuer.

Mrs. Barbara Hasenauer. widow of the
late A. Hasenauer, died between moor and
one o'clock yesterday. She was one of
the oldest women in the city. having
passed her eighty-fourth birthday. She
had many friends and relatives, and was
held in highest esteem by all who knew
her. Arrangements for the funeral have
not yet been made.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-02-02
OIL uotntIous

NEW YORK. February standard Oil
stock 790a795.
OIL CITY. Pa. February 1-Crcdit bal.
ances S.17. Certificates. no bids or offers.
Runs, III. 439 barrels; average. $3.50 Ship.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-02-02

AS the result of one Kansas W. c. T.
U. raid a large, crowd OF youths and
children who followed the raiders, got
u~proariously drunk on the spilled
liquor.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-02-02

TIVE L.UGHLIN hill DEFEATED.
The Register desires TO compliment
the members Of the State senate
whose votes defeated the Laughlln
liouor license bill. Their action will
be generally upheld. A canvass of the
State would probably show the mem
beers of the bar almost solidly against
such legislation. This is evident from
the attitude of men of such high
standing in the legal fraternity as
General Alfred Caldwell, of this city,
who is not only in the front rank of
lawyers in this State, but is one OF
the most prominent members OF the
Committee OF One Hundred OF this
city, and was active in the late city
election in promoting the success of
the effort to reform the abuses
whose correction the advocates
of the Laughlin bill were un-
willing to leave to their own selec-
lions in the new Council and new city
administration. In ~denouncing the
Laughlin bill General Caldwell said:
81 believe it's effect will be to destroy
seriously affect the high standing
Acur circuit judiciary. When it
becomes necessary to nominate
Ct candidates for the bench,
\pn will not be: Is he com
It will be: How does he
e license question: They
the same experience in
le6urg. The Allegheny Bar Associ-
alton endorsed John Rotb, a man of
the highest integrity and a lawyer of
superlative ability, for the judgeship.
He was turned down at the beheSt
of Finn and Christ Magee and 9TH
ers, and another man put in-nOt be-
cause of his ability or his competency,
but because he belonged to the ring.
Depend upon it, with the Laughlin
bill a law in this county the judiciary
will fall from its high estate, and as
a lawyer, as a citizen and a property
owner, I am opposed to the contem-
plated change. 1t is not a bill asked
for by the people. nor by the legis'a-
tive body of the city.
I'VE went into a political fight"
continued General Caldwell. ito secure
a better city government, and elected
a Council superior to the last. There
is no present reason to believe that
that Council will fail of its full duty.
And yet we have pending a measure
which will take u of the hands of
Council, without advice or consent, the
license power, and place it we know
not where. 1t is a blow at local self
government, and a measure, which
will, in my opinion, inevitably result
In a worse condition of affairs than we
have now"
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FOR A TROLLY LINE.
snecial 70 the Register.

Special 70 the Register.
EAST LIVERPOOL. o.. February ].
Engineers have completed a survey
for an electric road from here TO
Youngstown. This work was done by
the II. @. Foltz Company and the en-
gineers report a line. where a road can
be built at small cost and on very easy
grades. Mr.. Foltz Is very confident
that the road will be built.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-02-02

This is the day of his majesty, the
ground hog, on whose performance
the weather for the next six weeks
hangs in the balance.
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REGISTER AGENCIES.

WHERE THE REGISTER CAN BE
PURCHASED OUT OF TOWN.
CHARLESTON, w. Va. richardson
Book Store, Capitol. Street, opposite
postoffice. Hotel Ruffner News StSnu:
Stand, National Hotel.
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80

LeOncavallo's opera based on the
story of "Zaza" has proved a disap-
pointment abroad. Unlike the protag-
onists of other dramatic works CON
verified into operas and spiritualized by
conversion, "Zaza" loses her original
attraction and appears unreal. 1t is
wrong to affirm, as some critics have
done, that the choice of the subject
was a mistake. Had Leoncavallo done
as much for "Zaza' as "a composer as
he had done for her as a poet the
subject would have proved interesting
enough, but unfortunately he failed to
bring into prominent relief the start
ling psychological moments of his &c
centric heroine, and allowed the same
to melt into a level of uniformity
which unayoidably proved fatal.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-02-02

We leave the Intelligencer and &
Republican State Senate to fight il
out between them.
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DEMOCRATS AND THE ELECTRIC
LIGHT BILL Honm9o

LIGHT BILL. AiY'l1lHyS
The Democratic members of the
House who opposed the Wheeling
electric light bill on the ground that
it was an unDemocratic measure or
was not endorsed by the Democrats Of
this county have been misled into a
false and untenable position.
The Democratic party in this city
endorsed municipal ownership of the
gas plant q generation ago when the
city took charge of that public util-
ity, and for the past ten years the
Democrats of Wheeling have been or
record in favor of municipal n
ship of electric lighting, a valuable
right the city was deprived of only by
sharp practice. And Democrats have
been consistently foremost in the ef-
fort to restore this valuable privilege
to the community, IN effort that has
been defeated only by similar sharp
practice in the legislature On the part
of private interests, which for their
own selfish purposes have crowded
the city out of the field. The result
has been a great loss to the city in
revenue. while the of cleo
tricity have been compelled to pay eX-
tortionate prices for the ley light.
There is nothing unDemocratic in
this consistent stand of Wheeling
Democrats for established popular
rights against the entertainments of
special private interests.
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Restaurant Changes Hand.

The White Front restaurant on Mar
ket street, has been purchased by Mr..
P. F. Haberstick, from A. B. Leasure.
c. F. Held will be associated with Mr..
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1t is now the late Laughlin bill.