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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-03-12
TRUST

How THE Continental Tobacco Com
pany Drives Out Competition.
BOSTON, Mass, March 11.-Addi-
tional evidence was introduced before
the committee IN mercantile affairs
at the State House to-day against the
methods alleged to have been employed
by the so-called tobacco trusts in pre-
venting the sale of goods of smaller
manufacturers.
E. U. Harrington, of this city, stat
ed that he sold some tobacco to W. e.
Sanborn, of Holyoke, and after the
goods were delivered they were re-
turned with a note from Mr.. Sanborn
stating that the Continental Tobacco
Company had dropped him from the
list of customers and that he was
forced to give up the goods. c. E.
Austen, of Lowell, also had written
Mr.. Harrington that he could not
handle his goods because Of the So
called trust.
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MUSICAL.

The recital concert given last evening at
the Carroll Club Auditorium by Miss
Rachel BeIden Frease, soprano, Mrs. w.
A. Lafferty, contralto, S. T. Beddoe, ten
or, David T.. Moore, baritone, and Mr..
Charles N. Boyd, accompanies. attracted
a large and cultivated audience of lovers
of music, and was a distinct musical sue
cess. The various numbers were equisite-
ly rendered, and "In a Persian Garden"
met with distinct approval and was hear
tily applauded. Mrs. Frease and Mrs.
Lafferty were in particularly good voice,
while Messrs. Moore and Beddoe excep-
tionally interpreted their numbers. The
opening quartette, Becker's Gypsy Round,
showed a most pleasant ensemble, and
was greatly enjoyed.
The next concert of this series will be
given on the 25th inst, by the Kunits
string %quartette, for which an exceptional
programme is in preparation.
This evening the concert by the Wom-
ans Musical Club is scheduled to take
place at 40. U. w. Temple, Fourteenth
and Market streets. The programme,
heretofore printed, is a very attractive
one, and there should be>a large attend
ance.
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ON A RAMPAGE
Shenango Valley Swept by a Raging
FIood-Much Damage Done.

ShenangO Valley Swept by a Raging
F~Iood-Much Damage Done.
SHARON, Pa, March 1.-THE Shen-
ango Valley is being swept by a rag
ing flood, the worst in eight years, and
thousands of dollars worth of proper
ty has been destroyed between Green
vile and New Castle. The heavy rains
and melting Of snow during the past
two days, have put the Shenango river
on the rampage. An immense ice gorge
has formed at the Bessemer railroad
bridge, backing the water up for miles
and i%nundating part of Greenville. The
| Sharon steel works and Sharon steel
hoop plant was under water and con-
siderable damage has been sustained.
The river is still rising.
GREENVILLE, Pa, March IL The
big and little shenango rivers are rag
ing torrents tonight, and still rising.
The fats south of Main street and that
portion north of town bordering on the
ulfClC, dlC uuQOl WdCCls DULL llNCiG
are full Of ice and driftwood, although
efforts have been made to clear the
channel with dynamite.
Residents of Race and Canal streets
are moving out in boats and the Math-
ers Brothers mills, John Pearce &
Sons wooden mills, Hodges Manufac-
turing Company have been obliged to
close down.
The Bessemer Railway Company has
been bodily crippled, trains going over
the Erie d Pittsburg between Shenan-
go and L%inesville. The railway bridge
south Of town has been badly damaged
and the deep cuts north of Osgood have
five feet of water in them.
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Rumors That Three Big Iron Con-
Germs Will Unite in One Gigantic

RumOrs That Three Big Iron Con-
Germs Will Unite in One Gigantic
Company.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala, March IL
Rumors of the consolidation of the
three largest industrial corporations
in the South, with a combined capital
of nearly 500, 600, 900, are current in
this city. The three companies are
the Tennessee Coal, Iron & Railroad
Company. the Sloss Sheffield Steel &
Iron Company and the Republic Steel
& Iron Company, which, together, own
Is pig iron furnaces, one steel mill
and two rolling mills in Alabama and
Tennessee, and make the bulk of the
iron in these two States.
These companies own, besides the
industrial plants mentioned, many,
acres of valuable mineral lands. and
are operating many coal and ore mines.
the outputs Of which are consumed
in their own furnaces and mills.
The combined capital and bonded
debt OF the three companies is $685.
000. 600.
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AMERICAN CAPTURES.

MANILA, March 11.-3:10 p. M
Col. Walter Schuyler, of the Forty
sixth volunteer infantry, has received
the surrender of Gen. Mariana de Dios,
four officers and 81 armed and uni
formed men at Naio, province of Ca
vite.
Lieut.. Col. Edward B. Pratt, of the
same regiment, has captured SO rifles
at Alfonso, province of Cavite. A de-
tachment of the Thirty-ninth volunteer
infantry has captured ten rifles at Ba-
tayan, province of Batangas.
A detachment of the Forty-eighth
volunteer infantry has defeated a body
of insurgents near Santa Cruz, prov
ince of Lakuna.>
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DUB0N1C

Developing A1armingly i'm Cape
Town ReaclfnE the Better
Glasses.
CAPE TOWN, March 1.-THE bu-
bonic plague is developing seriously in
Cape Town. Fifteen new cases were
officially reported to-day. and 81 other
persons were isolated because of haY-
ing come into contact with victims OF
the disease.
To-day two colored persons who had
been attacked by the plague. died in
the streets of Cape Town. A European
died while being removed to the hospl-
tai.
The malady is reaching the more
prosperous classes and it has been
found necessary to remove to the
hospital the entire family of a gentle
man.
The Malay priests are taking the side
of the authorities and it is now hoped
that religious trouble will be averte3.
The removal of a thousand Kafsrs
from the city to the Kafir location viii
begin tomorrow.
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RESIDENTS AND

The Movements of People You Know,
and the Coming and Going OF
Transients.
S. G. Smith, Esq, is out of the city
on legal business.
Miss Clara Fette, of the South Side,
is confined to her home by illness.
Thomas Halpin returned yesterday
from Arkansas and other points in the
west.
Frank Watt. of the South Side. left
yesterday on a visit to his home in
Terre Haute.
Thomas Halpin arrived home yester-
day, after a s~ojourn of more than a
month at Hot Springs, Ark.
Edward Ritter and Jay Beufeld, of
Newark, o., are spending a few days
In the city, the guests of their. uncle,
Mr.. Frank Ritter.
Misses Mary and Sophia Kreiter left
for Pittsburg yesterday to attend the
funeral of their step-mother, Mrs.
James McKeever, which occurs to-day.
church.
Mr.. and Mrs. M. G. Sayre and Rev.
o. E. Thorne, of st. Marys, w. Va,
were visiting Mrs. E. A. Pollock. of
the Island Sunday. They returned
home yesterday.
Right Rev. Geo. w. Peterkin and MIR.
J. d. Du Bots, of this city, arrived in
New York yesterday from a two
months visit to Porto Rico in the in
terest of the Protestant Episcopal
Mr.. and Mrs. j. Kent Boyd and child
arrived in the city from Nashville,
Tenn, yesterday, and are the guests of
Mrs. Boyd's parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Augustus Pollock, on Chapline street.
Mr.. j. C. McEldowney, of New Mar
tinsville, was a visitor in the city yes
terday IN his way to Littleton, Burton
and other points on the b. & O. in
Wetzel county. Mr.. McEldowney is
engaged in the preparation of a history
Of Wetzel county.
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|FR|GHIFU EXPLOSION
Of BOILER N LAUNDRY.
Continued From First Page.

the scene until they had been informed
that there was nothing else for them
to do"
Both the police and fremen remained
firm and refused to continue the search
for bodies. While the iremen main
tanned that all the bodies had been re-
covered, the police asserted that this
fact had not been established, and Po-
lice Lieutenant O'Hara said that the
general understanding was that more
bodies were in the ruins.
While the firemen and police were
arguing and explaining their respective
sides in the matter, the city building
department stepped in. Building In
spector Kiolbassa sent a deputy to the
scene Of the catastrophe and a notice
was sen to Jackson Bros, agents fol
the property, to Immediately begin the
work of pulling down the walls and
clearing away the debris. Jackson
Bros. were given two hours to comply
with the order, their failure to do sc
to result in the building department
performing the task. The real estate
firm soon had a number of wreckers at
the ruins and the work of pulling down
the walls was Immediately begun,
This operation made it impossible to
continue the search for bodies, bu;
work may continue tomorrow.
While the police and fire department
were arguing, another clash occurred
at the county morgue. Captain John
Rehm, of the D~esplaines street police
station asked Deputy Coroner Buck
ley to hold Mr.. Doremus in bonds until
after the inquest had been held.
The deputy coroner, however, refused
to comply with the request. He re-
piled that it was "up to" the police to
hold Doremus If they so desired, but
that the coroner's Office would not in
t~erfere. The captain argued the mat
ter, but in vain. The controversy re-
suited in the police declaring they
would keep Doremus under surveillance
until the inquest.
In the evening Mayor Harrison sent
word to the fire. and police depart
ments that work should be resumed on
the debris, unless 1t was certain that
no more bodies were in the ruins. The
fire department declared positively
that everybody had been rescued, and
that no more work was necessary.
There the matter was allowed to rest.
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STATEMENT OF EXPORTS.

WASHINGTON, March 1.-THE
monthly statement Of the exports of
domestic products of the United States
shows that during February the total
exports amounted to $65, 7G0. 1898, as fol-
lows:
Breadstuffs, $22,0 96, 759, increase as
compared with February, 1900, $4,S00,-
900.
Cattle and hogs, $2,916, 976; increase.
$4,000, 900.
Provisions, $13,9S4,626; increase.
$500. 900.
Cotton, $22, $40, 7o9; decrease, $780,
000.
Mineral oils, s4,451,928; decrease,
81, ZOO, 900.
During the last eight months, the
total amounted to $59s, 740,375, an in
crease of $780, 900, 900.
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LAWS ARE CONSTITUTIONAL.

PHILADELPHIA, March II. - The
Supreme Court to-day sustained the
constitutionality of the oleomargarine
law Of May 5, 1899.
The Court also sustained the con-
s~titutionality Of the ticket scalping
law of the State. The case decided
was the appeal of Edward P. Keary, of
Pittsburg, from the judgment Of the
Superior Court. Keary conducted a
business of buying and selling railroad
tickets at Pittsburg, and claimed that
the act which prevented a person not
connected with the railroads from sell
ing their tickets was unconstitutional.
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HOPE SOMETHING MAY HAPPEN

HAVANA, March 1.-THE commit
tee on foreign relations OF the Cuban
constitutional convention Informally
discussed the Plat amendment to-day.
No decisive policy was outlined, and
the committee will probably not report
until after a conference with the 9TH
er delegates. There is no unanimity
in the convention as to what action
should be taken regarding the amend
ment. Even the extreme radicals seem
to hesitate to take a vigorous attitude.
Everybody is hopeful that something
may happen to bring about a solution.
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AMERICAN BEATEN.

NEW CASTLE-ON-TYNE, March II,
Sammy Kelly, the New York
featherweight, met will Curley, Of
England, in a twenty round bout in
this city this evening, for a. purse Of
9200, and a side wager of the same
amount
Both men were very fit. Curley, who
is taller and longer in reach than Kel-
ly, forced the work in a quiet first
round. After this both fought foully.
Kelly, hopelessly beaten, went down
thrice without a blow in the seventh
round. He was disqualified and the
fight awarded to Curley.
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STANDARD MILLING COMPANY.

NEW YORK, March 1.-THE Jour-
nal of Commerce tomorrow will say:
The organization of the Standard
Milling Company was practically COM
pleted yesterday Monday at a meet
ing of the organizers.
The Standard Milling Company will
acquire the plants originally compris-
ing the old United Flour Milling Com
pany, and, in addition, those Of the
Northwestern Consolidated Milling Co.
The daily capacity of al the mills, it
is statdd, will be $4,000 barrels.
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HAMILTON 70 BIZ ArP0INTED


A Member Of the renitentfary Board
Frona Ohio County.
It was reported yesterday upon ex-
cellent authority that Mr.. Clark Ham
ilton will be appointed by Governor
A, B. White as the Ohio county menu
Der of the State Prison Board. It
is said that the official announcement
will be made in a few days.
Mr.. Hamilton is a Democrat, and
will therefore be .one of the minority
members of the Board, which consists
of five members. Albert M. Schenk
and one or two other prominent Re
publicans are understood to have been
candidates for the place. The appoint
ment will hardly please Ohio county
Republicans, but will rather be looked
upon as one more treasure to be
stored against the ruling powers in the
dominant political party in West vir-
ginia.
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TROUBLE BREWING.

CUMBERLAND, Md, March H.
Trouble is brewing in the Cumberland
mining region and a strike is looked
for. The convention of the Georges
Creek-Meyersdale district is to held
at Meyersdale tomorrow. Certain de-
mands will be formulated and if the
operators do not accede to them a
strike is believed to be inevitable. II
is said that the Georges creek opera
tors will under no circumstances on
fer with their men.
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AN IMPORTANT SURRENDER.

WASHINGTON, March 1.-THE fol-
lowing cablegram has just been receiv-
ed from Gen. Macarthur at Manila:
"Gen. Marion de Dios, four officers
81 men, uniformed and armed, surreE-
dered at Naic. This is regarded as very
important and indicating collapse 0.
the insurrection. The territory hereto
fore obstinately defended. Conditions
throughout the entire archipelago very
encouraging-captures, ~surrenders OF
arms; 3,16S arms surrendered and cap
tured since January L.
(Signed.) MAC ARTHUR"
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A WARM ROAST
Of British Naval Constructors by q
Glasgow Professor.

Of British Naval Constructors by a
Glasgow Professor.
GLASGOW, March n.-John Harvard
Biles, professor of naval architecture
at the University of Glasgow, in the
course of a lecture this evening said:
Great Britain has always been sew
eral years behind America in yacht
construction. The problem is to re-
duce weight without reducing strength.
The plea that British yachts have to
cross the Atlantic has done duty as an
excuse too long. Development has
been steadily in the direction of
lighter hulls and more sail; but we are
yet behind the Americans. The veil Of
secrecy surrounding the conception
and construction of British challengers
is, perhaps, necessary to prevent the
abstraction of secrets, but they are
secrets which, if another knew them,
he would only regard as things to
avoid"
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THIEVES ROBBED THE BANK.

HOLLIDAYSBURG, Pa, March i'll
The Bellwood Deposit Bank at Bell
wood, this county, was entered by
thieves last night. The safe was
wrecked by dynamite. The shock of
the explosion broke all the plate-glass
windows in the block in which the bank
is located. The thieves escaped with
about five hundred dollars in cur
rency. The building was damaged to
the extent of about one thousand dol
lars.
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GEN. YOUNG EN- U

WASHINGTON, March II. The quar-
termaster general is informed that the
transport Logan left Nagasaki Satur-
day for San Francisco with Major
General Young and the T%hirty-third
and Thirty-fourth volunteer regi-
ments- General Young, on his arrival
at San Francisco, will relieve General
Shafter, of command of the Depart
ment of California, and the latter will
be retired as a major general.
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AN 0DIOUS
M. Andr Buffet Wants Deroulede to

Prove His Assertions.
BRUSSELS, March I'm. Andre
Buffet, in a letter, to his seconds in
the projected duel with M. Paul Der
oulede, mentions the receipt Of a fur
ther communication from M. Deroulede
more insulting that the first, which he
refrains from publishing at present,
out of generosity.
Although / am opposed to duelling
from a religious point of view," says
M. Buffet, Il am compelled, in these
circumstances, to fight, however abb
surd it may appear to be. I cannot
consent, however, to close the incident
with a duel. M. Deroulede must prove
his words. Otherwise he will lay him
self open to the charge Of being author
of an odious invention"
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WELLSBURG NOMINATIONS.

Special to the Register.
wELLSBURG. w. Va, March 1.-THE
following Democratic ticket was noml-
mated to-day:
Mayor, George Robinson: treasurer, j.
M. Walkee; council. First ward, First
Branch, ]. C. Bickerstaff: Second Branch,
c. G.. B-uckhannon: Third ward, First
Branch. Frank Kidder; Second Branch.
Anthony Sampson.
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Automobiles Using Oil are Barred.

PTTTSBURG. Pa, March 11.-Capt.
George H. Atkinson and Isaac B. Will
liams, the local steamboat inspectors,
this morning received instructions
from Washington to notify the own
ers of ferryboats that they will not be
permitted to carry automobiles whose
owners use petroleum for motive pow
er. Notices will be sent out at once.
It Is very likely that the order will
eventually include all steamers.
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Board of Equalization.

The Board of County Commissioners
was in session yesterday, as a Board
of Equalization and Appeals. A num-
Der of petitions for correction of err
roneous assessment were presented
and acted upon, but the Board decided
not to make its action public until the
work is completed. Another session
will be held to-day.
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COMMITTED SUICIDE.

Special to the REGISTER
EAST LIVERPOOL. Ohio. March H.
Phil. Dufford. late of Pittsburg. commit
ted suicide at Campbells saloon here this
at $3.50. H had been drinking
heavily. but no other cause is known. He
pressed a revolver to his right temple and
fired only once. He leaves no family. A
sister notified the authorities here that
she would come from Pittsburg to-mor-
row to take charge of the remains, which
are now at a local undertaking establish
ment- Since coming here Dufford has had
no regular employment.
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BoTHA WILL SURRENDER.
Said That He Would Not be Indu
enced by the Actions of Othel

Generals.
LOURENSO MARQUES, March H.
Gen. Botha is willing to surrender. He
asked IN armistice in order to COM
municate with Gen DeWet and MIR.
Steyn. Should they decline, it is be-
lieved, nevertheless, that Gen. Botha
will surrender.
The Beers have no artillery or am
munition and are lburying all their
guns.
The railway from Lourenzo Marques
to Pretoria is practically clear of Beers.
{ PRETORIA, March II, 9:38 p. NJ
The result of the negotiations between
Lord Kitchener and Gen. Louis Botha
is anxiously but hopefully awaited.
The presence of Sir Alfred Miner in
Pretoria to consult with Lord Kitch-
ener, is expected to hasten the change
from the military to the civil.
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TO CURTAIL PRODUCTION.

FALL RIVER. Mass, March 11.--At
a meeting of the selling committee CT
the Fall River Cotton Manufacturers
to-day it was voted to ask the manu-
facturers to curtail productions. The
conditions of the proposed curtailment
have not been made public.
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WORK OF BURGLARS.

Special to the Register.
CHARLESTON. w, Va. March IL
Saturday night the store of j. Friedman
was burglariZed and si91 secured. The
loss was not discovered until this morn
ing, though the entry was known Satur-
day night.
Governor White returned his evening
from Parkersburg.
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TO PLAY WITH CLEVELAND.

CLEVELAND, O., March 11.-Third
Baseman w. ]. Bradley, who last year
played with the Chicago National
league club, has signed a contract with
the Cleveland American league club for
the coming season.
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SUCCESSFULLY A T

WASHINGTON, March 11.-Word
has reached the Navy Department that
the training ship Dixie, which has been
aground for over a week past at Mary
land Point in the lower Potomac, was
successfully loated yesterday mora
ing.
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WILL PLAY IN CLEVELAND.

CHICAGO, March 11.-John McCar-
thy, an outfielder, who was expected
to stick to the Chicago National league
aggregation, has signed with the Cleve-
land club of the American league.
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THE
Yesterday Was n Distinct Improve
ment Over Saturday and Sunday.

Little can be said of the weather yes
terday, except that it did not rain. A few
flakes of snow fell, but they were scarce
ly numerous enough to be noticed by the
average person. At no time was the mer-
curry closer than four degrees of the freez-
ing point. the morning figures being A de-
grees. and those of Z y. M, SO, with a
rise of one degree at 10 p. m. At midnight
the sky was cloudy, with some indications
of a light snow.
Below will be found the local observa-
ions Ind the official forecast from Wash
ington:
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WILL EAT BEANS.

BOSTON, March 11.-Charles Mich
OILS, the pitcher, signed a Boston Ma
tional league contract to-day.
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An Accident Feared

ST. JOHNS, N. F., March 1.-THE Fur
ness-Allan liner UlaBda. Captain Cham
bers, which left Liverpool February y
for st. Johns. has not yet arrived and 4
is feared that some accident has befailer
her.
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To Establish ArsenaIs-

assert that German representatives are
negotiating with high officials for the es-
tablishment of arsepals at Nanklng. W.
Chang and Cheng-Fu, in the province OF
Shan Tuug.
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WASHINGTON, March FLOR West
Virginia-Increasing eloudiness Tuesday;
warmer; winds becoming ~southerly.
Wednesday,. rain.
For Western Pennsylvanfa-Generally
fair Tuesday; rising temperature: brisk
northwesterly winds. becoming variable.
Wednesday, rain.
For Ohio-Increasing cioudiness Tues
day: rising temperature; brisk westerly
winds, becoming easterly. Wednesday,
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WASHINGTON, March 11.-secretary
and Mrs. Gage left Washington to-day for
Chicago. TIL secretary expects to re-
turn in about a week.
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; Totals -. ......... 9S6 1913 1902 3067
Umpire, Walters; scorers, Ray and Vog-
Ter; tonight, Columbias VS.. Rough Rid
erS.