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The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1901-12-03

rarls assemDiage.
On this occasion (the morning of
July 10, 1901 NJ. Santos-Dumont sped
straight through the air above west
ern Paris to the Eiffel tower turned
round 1t and returned TO his starting
point, a distance of III kil6meters
lnearly seven miles). in 80 minutes.
and this in spite of d new petroleum
motor that was discovered to be
working imperfectly shortly after
starting. The day before. while go
ing over the same course, he found
that his right-hand rudder guide had
become loose This happened near
the Eiffel tower. Without sacrificing
a cubic inch of gas, he descended to
the ground by means of his shifting
weights; that is TO say. he pointed
the nose OF his cigar-shaped balloon
obliquely downward and navigated to
the surface of the earth by means of
his propeller. There he procured a
ladder and repaired his rudder guide.
Then he mounted into the air and re-
sumed his course without sacrificing
a pound of ballast: that is 10 say. he
pointed the balloons nose obiiquely
upward by means of the shifting
weights, and SO navigated on high
again by the force of his propeller.
To those who know anything about
dirigible balloons these evolutions.
simple as they appear. constitute NJ.
Santos-Dumont's greatest triumph.
They have never been accomplished
by any other aeronaut.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1901-12-03
FOREIGN GOSSIP.

The Swiss Alpine club now has 46 sec
tions. with 6,2so members.
Motor ears Of a designedly heavy
build are to replace a railway projected
in the Congo Free State.
Western Australia is making heroic
efforts to develop farming industries,
especially the growing of grain.
In the bakeries Of La Rochefoucauld,
in France. 1t is said that women enter
the ovens when they are 30l degrees.
December 20. 1902. will complete 200
years since Peter the Great sanctioned
the appearance of the first Russian
newspaper.
The recent opening Of two German
restaurants on the boulevards of Paris
Is accepted as a new sign of the grow
ing friendliness between the two ma
tions.
Among the persons who lost their
lives the past summer in the Austrian
Alps was a girl of 13, who was let
down a precipice to gather edelweiss
by her father, when. the rope broke.
st. Petersburg is preparing TO cele-
brate its two hundredth birthday in
1908. The fact is recalled that when
Peter the Great built a fort in 1903 on
the shore Of the Neva, he had no inten-
tion of founding a city.
At Buda-Pesth a man Of IS attempted
suicide by jumping of a suspension
bridge because he found himself no
lon oar ahla - n,nfnfof,, hf. father and
mother. aged, respectively. rs and 10.
Police investigation found the mans
story was true in every particular.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1901-12-03
BIG CLAIM AGAINST ENGLAND.


An Italian family named Peruzzi
has a claim against the British gov
ernment for l2,oOo,o 600. with interest
since 1340.
The claimants are the descendants
of the famous Peruzzis who were the
great bankers of Florence IN the mid
die ages. Florence was then the great
banking center Of Europe, says . Lon
don exchange.
The warlike King Edward III. Of
England professed a great affection
for the head Of the Peruzzi family.
At the same time he borrowed large
sums Of money from the banker. The
king had already strained his conn
try's resources in Sighting the scotch.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1901-12-03

ana when he made war on France he
needed the help of the Florentine
bankers very much, and obtained it.
He was successful in his war, as the
historic names of Crecy and Poictiers
attest. but that did not fill his cof-
fers. In the year 1910 Edwards debt
TO Peruzzi and his brother Florentine
bankers amounted to 1,355.0O0 golden
fiorins, or about S12,000000 of our
money-a colossal sum in those days.
Banker Peruzzi at last summoned
up courage enough to ask the terrible
king for his money, but his majesty
begged him not to mention the sub
ject again. When the banker pressed
him further the king issued a procla-
nation announcing that owing to a
lack Of ready money and for the good
of the kingdom he should postpone
the payment of all his debts indefi-
nitely.
This proclamation was regarded as
a very statesmanlike document in
England. and Edward has ever re-
tanned his reputation as one of the
wisest of the early English kings.
His action almost ruined the bank
ers of Florence. To make things
worse the king of Sicily. copying the
example Of his august English broth
er, repudiated his deft of 100000 gold
crowns TO the Florentines. In the
following year the city was devasta-
ted by the plague, as described in
Boccaccio's "Decameron."
Teh Peruzzi family are still in ex-'
istence and hold a respectable posi-
tion in Italy. Ever since 1910 they
have kept on dunning the sovereigns
Of England for their money.
Every ten years they forward a
statement Of their claim 10 the Brit
ish government, but the latter shows
no indication Of paying 1t. The sum
of t12.0o0.0oO borrowed BY King Ed
~nrG III. would. with a moderate rate
q interest compounded annually
since 1910. run into GO figures. There
is not enough money in the world to
pay il. but 1t Is hardly necessary TO
say that the Peruui famiix would
compromise for a much smaller sum
than that.
The proofs Of King Edwards in
debtedners are preserved in the
Tower Of London. There seems to be.
without any cause for doubt. no good
theoretical reason why the bill should
not be paid even II he was a kinR.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1901-12-03

The tiniest thing in the way Of in
dependent European states is San
Marino. It's rival TO the claim OF
diminutiveness is Monaco, but this
is a republic snugly tucked away
among the eastern spurs of the
Apennines. It is only 30 miles square
and has a population fewer than
1000. But il is a dignifed and pros
porous little community, and no less
proud Of its independence. IL has
just been celebrating its sixteenth
century and has jubilated right roy
ally over its anniversary. San Ma
rino is embraced within the area
Of Italy, but though It acknowledges
the king Of Italy as its friend and
protector it strictly mainta'-s its in
- London Black and
White
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1901-12-03

Why water is not always used in
extinguishing fire in a ships hold is
clear. While il can be used to great
advantage in the ease Of fires in the
open air. II il should be employed to
put out abig fire ia the hold of ves-
sci the sudden burst of steam so
formed would be the parent Of dis
astrous results. NJ. Diobs. a French
maritime engineer. has recently sug-
gested a new method Of discovering
and extinguishing fire on shipboard.
especially that arising from spon-
taneous combustion in the cargo. To
give warning of fire or of rise of tenn
perature that may lead to IL he would
distribute through the cargo vertical
metallic tubes. Into these tubes from
time TO time thermometers could be
lowered to ascertain the temperature.
His next step would be to place in the
midst of the cargo a large eask con-
tanning lime and communicating by
small tube with the bridge. In case
of fire in the hold sulphuric acid is
poured into the tube and violent pro-
duction of carbonic acid gas takes
place, which smothers all combustion.
Fire and Water.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1901-12-03

''Nr. GaIlent. you are something OF a
student Of human nature began Miss
Bewchus. coyly.
~Ah. but now" he interrupted. fash
ing his bold black eyes upon her. 7 am
a < divinity student" - Philadeiphie
Press
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-04-05

you were willing to commit a felony?'
i did not exactly know 1t was a fell
ony."
1T was Fart of a scheme to steal
$500, GOO from old Rice, was it not?"
Il knew forgery was a crime" wit
ness replied, "tbut l did not know the
writing OF the letter would involve for
gerry"
But you were willing to sell your
old employer and %benefactor to this
stranger for 5000, 000?"
81 was to Mr.. Patrick, yes"
The valet then corrected Mr.. Moore
to the extent of telling him that the
stipulated price was $3.50.
Jones was cross-examined at length
on the so-calleu Patrick will.
"Can you swear that Rice did not
sign the will?
Il cannot swear to that. but / saw
the will shortly before MI. Rice's death.
1t was signed then but not witnessed"
Can you swear that Short and Meyer
did not witness the will of June both
in Rice's presenter"
81 IAN swear that they did not wit
ness it on June 30th," Jones replied.
Never mind that" said Mr.. Moore.
Can you positively swear the will
was not witnessed by Meyer and Short
in Mr.. Rice's ~presence?"
I cannot" replied the witness.
Ad1ouIned until Tuesday next.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-04-05
STILL OUT OF PRISON.

Michael J.. Sampson, a Former Chi
casO Municipal Clerk, Using Ev-
cry Means to Retain His Liberty.
CHICAGO, April 4.-Michael J..
Sampson, formerly chief clerk Of the
bureau of special assessments. who
was arrested in London, brought back
and convicted some time ago Of for
gerry, was, by vigorous use " Us loAs
distance telephone, to-day saved, for
the time being at least, from entering
upon his term OF Imprisonment in the
Joliet ~penitentiary. The Supreme Court
issude a mandate a month ago refus-
ing a new trial for Sampson, and or
dered the sheriff to take him to the
p~enitentiary at once. Shortly after
noon to-day Judge Gibbons granted a
writ of haheas corpus for Sampson.
setting his hearing for tomorrow. The
writ was rushed over to the county jail,
but the deputy sheriff and his prisoner
had already departed, and a wild race
in a cab through the downtown streets
to the Union depot was without result,
as the train had just left. Sheriff Mayer
stadt was then hunted for, finally
found, and the writ served on him.
The long-distance telephone to Joliet
was called into use, the warden Of the
prison summoned to the wire, and re-
quested to stop the deputy and his
prisoner at the door on their arrival
this afternoon.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-04-05

and when l got around to whar he wal
ninety-seven circus men and fourteen
policemen was poundin at him. Lawd,
but how they did give It to him.
And, Lawd, but how ne At back. Yes.
sab. it was a game fight, and | mixed
in it to git knocked down and hauled
through a mudhole, William sailed In
with fists and feet and teeth, but two
acres was too many rur him. They
gradually overpowered him and left
him scattered around, and when | fin
ally got him home he was all twisted
up as you see him now. He alnt no
good to anybody any mo-, and the doc
tor a he'll be under ground befo'
summer comes. He knows 1t as we'll
as we do, and it jest makes my heart
ache when he sort OF rallies now and
hen and throws UP his hat and yells
out:
"Hurrah for Gineral Jackson and
the Continental Congress, and I've got
to clean out this circus or BUST"
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-04-05
why the younx.ter Had to Go.

Nurse had come to bear her little
charge away from the Christmas party
and the 1uffy-haired damsel was plead
ing for a respite.
Not another second" said nurse
firmly. Come. get your cloak on;
there's a lamb"
But the lamb" still demurred, and
her obvious reluctance to go enlisted
the sympathy OF the hostess, who rash
" Joined issue against the nurse.
DO let her stay half an hour longer,
nurse" she begged. you were a child
yourself once, remember. IL Ida's
mother is angry with you, throw the
blame on me-"
Nurse shook her head with stubborn
resolution.
Sorry, mum, but my young man IL
giving a party tonight. and IL I'm not
there lust on the minute he'll slam the
door in my face. IT'S force of habit
with him, mum. You gee, he's time
keeper in a factory"
Then, despite whimperfng protests,
the lamb" was ruthlessly torn away.
-Tit-Bits.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-04-05
AT HIGH TENSION.

to Charleston Saturday after a brief
stay in this city.
Miss Bessie Christie, of Grafton, has
returned home after a visit to North
Main street friends.
Ed. Bryant, of Marietta, who has 'Deen
the guest of friends in this city, left
yesterday for Columbus.
Arthur West and "Dode" Robinson
left last evening for Cincinnati, where
they will accept positions.
Max Bergner, of the South Side, re-
turned yesterday from a visit with
relatives in East Liverpool.
Francis, son of NJ. Kirchner. and stu
dent in st. Fidelis College at Summit,
Pa, is spending his Easter holidays
with his parents.
Mr.. Morgan OFT Hart arrived in the
city yesterday from New York, which
point he reached last week, coming
from Bogota, United States Of Colom-
bia, South America, where he has been
engaged in business for the past three
| years. Mr.. Hart is home for good and
will look after his interests here in this
city. He is at present visiting his
grandfather, Mr.. Morgan OFT, at Echo
Point.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-04-05
RESIDENTS AND

The Movements Of People You KNOW
and the Coming ~ Going ~
TransTents.
Charles Dodson left yesterday Tor
Cameron.
e. J.. Henning is in Sistersville on
business.
Patrick Gaughan, Of Clarksburg, is
In the city.
Col. Phil Kelsey. OF Pittsburg, was
in the city yesterday. :
Howard Broadwater. Of this city, is
in Marietta OF business.
DR.. G. W. Kelly, of Jacob street, Is
confined to his home i'll.
John X. Harris returned to his home
in Farkersburg yesterday.
Mrs. James Arthur, of the East End,
is confined to her home Ill.
C. H. Duncan has returned from a
business trip to Sistersville.
C. r. Crippen, Of Parkersburg, was
in the city yesterday on business.
Mrs. W. C. Gordon, Of South Huron
street, is confined to her home i'll.
w. II. McCraeken has returned home
from a visit to Wellsburg friends.
j.. Richards left over the Pan-Han-
re last evening for Bakeraeld, Cal.
Herman Zwicker is visiting his uncle,
Mr.. Milton Beaver, at Charleroi, Pa.
Louis Diepke, of the East End, is
suffering from a badly sprined ankle.
Miss Kate Myers, of the Island, is
the guest of friends in Rochester, N. Y.
Mrs. M. A. Miller, of Sixteenth street,
is able to be out after q brief illness.
Nellie Armstrong, of Woodsfeld, is
the guest of North Market stree.
friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. Elzie Wetzel, of Toledo,
are the guess Of North Market street
friends.
Miss Kate Kelly, of Coal street, left
yesterday for East Liverpool to visit
relatives.
Lewis Noble and daughter, of Cam
eron. were the guests of friends in the
city yesterday.
County Commissioner Dunlevy, of
Cameron, Marshall county, is in Wheel
ing on business.
Herbert Thomas, a student at the
Ohio State University, is the guest of
Island relatives.
Ex-Gov. G. ". Atkinson will return
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-04-05
IN BRIEFEST FORM.
Minor Events of Yesterday Pre-.
scented in Condensed Paragraphs.

The Minor Events of Yesterday Pres
rented in Condensed Paragraphs.
The Sunny Brook club will dance
at Mozart hall Monda yevening.
Several DRINKS were given the
usual fines in police court yesterday.
-Hodgen and McElroy left last
night with q head of horses for Nor
folk, Va, market.
Mr.. Hugo l.. Loos lost a valuable
pet dog just after supper last evening
via strychnine route.
Work on the foundation for the
new building of Louis Schaub, in the
East End, has commenced.
Tonight the Patriarchs Militant,
I. o. o. F., will hold a very important
meeting at the hall of the order.
The Board of Trustees of the First
U. P. church have increased the salary
of the pastor to $500 per annum.
The Knights of st. George will
give an entertainment in the base
ment of st. Alphonsus church, April
21st.
THE Board of Directors of the
Children's Home held a meeting yes
terday afternoon. and transacted rou-
tine business.
The Winder and Parkers challenge
the Pink Carriers for a game Of ball
Sunday afternoon on the Forty-second
street grounds.
-
Next Tuesday the Wheeling En-
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-04-05

But I told him that chloroform had
been used"
WAS it not the understanding at
the time that Mr.. Rice had died from
mercurial poisoning"
Il do not know what Mr.. Osborne
thought. / told him that Mr.. Rice
had been murdered, that chloroform
had been used and l told him that Mr..
Rice had taken mercurial tablets. I
left it to the district attorneys to de-
eide what caused death"
Lawyer Moore next cross-examined
Jones on his testimony given during
this hearing regarding the first visits
of Patrick.
When did Patrick make the PROPOSE
tion to you to write the bogus letter
which Patrick wanted to place in evil
dence?"
ION the second or third visit?"
and you Immediately fell in with
the proposal?"
Il did, yes"
Patrick did not on his first visit
even use his right name. He called
himself Smith, did he not?"
Yes"
ION the proposi..on Of this stranger
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-04-05
THO WOMEN N Oklahoma
FIGHT REGULATION DUEL.
BUT SHE STILL TALKS FIGHT,
A LONG STANDING FEUD, WHICH
ORIGINATED IN JEALOUSY.
LED TO THE BATTLE.

CHICAGO, April "A special to the
Record-Herald from Newkirk, Okla,
says: Mrs. Ella Zeiglin and Mrs.
Daughson, living neal this city, fought
q duel with revolvers at twenty PAGES
yesterday and Mrs. Zeiglin is now in a
hospital, dangerously but not neces-
sarily fatally wounded. Two Of her
opponents shots lodged in her breast,
but she is able to talk volubly and is
anxious to recover, that she may again
fight Mrs. Daughson.
The duel grew out of a long standing
feud between the women, jealously be-
ing the original cause. Mrs. Daugh-
son lives on a farm just south of the
city and Mrs. Zeiglin has frequently
e~ndeavored to arouse the temper of
her neighbor- by various means, the
most effectual that she MRS. Zeiglin)
could take Mrs. Daughson's husband
away from his wife any time she wish
ed.
Mrs. Daughson finally appealed to the
courts and yesterday forenoon Mrs.
Zeiglin was fined $500 for trespassing
upon the Daughson property and in
citing trouble. As soon as she paid
the fine, Mrs. Zeiglin drove out to tine
Daughson home, smarting under the
loss of money and the criticism of the
trial judge. Riding up to tine door of
the Daughson home she dared her
rival to come out and fight a duel.
Mrs. Daughson promptly accepted the
challenge and came out armed with a
revolver. The women then faced each
other at fifty feet and began shooting,
the signal being given by a daughter
of Mrs. Zeiglin, who had accompanied
her from town. Each fired three shots
without effect. Then Mrs. Daughson
got the range and fired two shots in
quick succession, both striking Mrs.
Zeiglin in the breast. She fell n
Mrs. Daughson assisted in carrying her
into the house. where q physician dress
ed her wc1nds, after which she was
conveyed to a hospital.
Now the husbands of the women are
seeking each other, vowing to kill
on sight. The partisans of each woman
are also furnishing up their weapons
and seeking an excuse to shoot some
body. During the trial yesterday the
two women attempted several times to
fly at each other and to fight 1t out
then and there, and the beiligerent
spirit permeated the entire court room.
Mrs. Zeiglin says her revolver refus-
ed to work after the first three shots,
and that she will make a better record
when she next faces Mrs. Daughson.
The latter has not yet been arrested,
and grimly remarks that she has ia
ken the %precaution to reload her re-
volver and oil it's joints and that she
can be found at home by any n look
ing for an argument.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-04-05

while riding a bicycle on Zane street,
collided with a buggy at the corner
of South Broadway. The wheel was
broken, and Schenerlein was badly cut
about the head and body.
The Wyandotte Club is making
extensive improvements to it's quarters
around the hill" A stone foundation
has been placed under the club house,
which was formerly a boat house, and
the grounds will be beautiied in the
spring.
The heavy rains of the early past
of the week have flooded the partly
completed cellar of the proposed new
Locke building on Main street, and
work has been discontinued. Yester-
day an attempt was made to pump the
water out.
Mr.. Max L. Hess, the well known
florist, has arranged a magnificent dis
play of Easter flowers, which will be
made to-day and tomorrow in the
room in the Hub building formerly &C.
cupied by c. A. House. He extends
an invitation to the public to attend
the display.
About half past five yesterday eve
ming a teamster was slightly injured
in the J. H. Rosenberg & Sons stone
yard at Twenty-ninth and Eoff streets.
They were loading a wagon when a
large stone slipped from the crane
grip and struck him. His name could
not be learned.
Last evening at half-past seven
o'clock, at the family residence, No. .
Delaware street, occurred the death OF
Curtis Howell, infant son OF Mr.. and
Mrs. James B. McClement, aged but
two months and eighteen days. The
funeral will take place Saturday af-
ternoon at 2 o'clock.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-04-05

campmant /. o. o. +. VIII confer the
royal purple degree on q large class q
Gokden Rule members.
VERY Handsome oil paintings by
Miss lone higgins are on exhibition
in the display window OF Geo. E. Stifel
& Co.'S dry goods store.
There was a great amount of kick
ing when the water Board employees
turned the water OF in q number OF
business houses yesterday.
Services will be held by the con-
~gregation of the Second Christian
church next Sunday, In the Baptis.
chapel at the corner of North Broad
way.
The petit jury in the Criminal
Court was yesterday discharged for the
term by Judge Hugus. There was no
session OF the Criminal Court yester-
day.
IA very handsome portrait Of tho
Rev. Father o. III. Moye, rector OF st.
Joseph's Cathedral, is on exhibition in
the window Of C. A. Houses music
store.
The Lions challenge the Central
Islands for a game of ball on Saturday
at the old fair grounds, for a rocket a
side. If accepted answer through the
Register.
The Rev. DIR. Austin, pastor Of the
Vance Memorial church, will preach
at the Third Presbyterian church this
evening. The service is preparatory to
communion.
The work of %renovating the inter-
ior of the Church of the Immaculate
Conception has been completed. 1t will
present a handsome appearance on
Easted morning.
The Water Board clerical force is
working every day until midnight, in
the effort to get the accounts straight
ened up and to start a new system or
bookkeeping in the Office.
Wheeling Council No. /. il. o. U.
A. M. will entertain their friends Mon
day evening at Odd Fellows hall, with
music, speeches, comedy and dancing
to music by Prof. Killmyer.
The personal property Of the
Pipes estate was sold yesterday at the
Pipes home on South Jacob street by
Auctioneer C. S. Greer. The articles
brought exceptionally good figures.
DIR. Schwin has purchased the old
Halliday property at Twentieth and
Chapline streets from Or. w. P. Tay-
lor. DR.. Taylor will remove to Port
Recovery, Mercer county, O., on or
about April Goth.
Ed. Schenerlein, Jr., of the Island,