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Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-03-31
OIL OPERATIONS.

Special to the Register
PITTSBURG, Pa. March 30-In the
Graysville development in Monroe
county. Ohio. the Chic Oil Company
drilled its test we'll on the G. w.
Hartshore farm through the Keener
and Big Injun sands and has buster
in both formations In the shallow
sand territory near Chester Hall, Nor
gan county, Ellis Bros & Company
have completed their No. on the
Elihu Pulmer farm and instead of a
buster will have a small pumper since
giving it shot. In the same terri
tory Russell & Meter have completed
their No. on the e. A. Murdoch farm
and have a show for Is barrel pump
er. Cummings & Company have COM
pleted test on the Isaac Randall
farm and have buster. In the Corn
ing field the Gormley Oil Company has
drilled in it's test well on the g. w.
Mcdonald farm and has a producer
good for Is barrels day. Longfellow
Bros. have completed their Nos. and
2 on the Hall farm. The first is good
for 10 barrels a day and the latter is
a buster. Additional particulars have
been received of the Southwestern Oil
Company's gusher northeast of Guffey
& Company's gusher near Beaumont,
Tex. The well was drilling at depth
of 1000 feet last Monday. At 5
o'clock Tuesday morning the oil broke
through and began to flow at a ter
rife rate. The rotary tools and 1000
feet of inch pipe were standing in
the hole and prevented free flow
such as was witnessed at the Guffey
well when it was drilled in and be-
gan to squirt. A gate was put on
speedily and it was then shut in. The
well, it is said, showed considerable
more gas than the Guffey & Co. gush
er.
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MARK TWAIN'S APOLOGY.
An Answer to the American Boar,
of Foreign Missions.


of Foreign Missions.
NEW YORK, March 30.-Mark
Twain's apology" to the American
board of foreign missions for the criti-
cism of the missionary demands for
indemnity appears in the April North
American Review. He said then that
the missionaries demanded thirteen
times the amount of their losses. Later
cablegrams showed that they demand
ed only one-third. Twain says in his
apology:
Il admire the alertness of the board
in watching out for chances to trade
board morals for Chinese morals, and
get the best of the swap; for 1 cannot
endure those people, they are yellow,
and l never considered yellow becom-
ing. l have always been like the board
perfectly well meaning, but destitute
of the moral sense. Now, one of the
main reasons why it is so hard to
make the board understand that there
is no moral difference between a big
fitch and a little fitch, but only legal
one, is that vacancy in its makeup.
Morally there are no degrees in steal
ing. The commandment merely says
'Thou shalt not steal" and stops there.
1t doesn't recognize any difference be-
tween stealing a third and stealing
thirteen fold
He speaks of the board waiting fifty
six days before sending a cable mes
sage to Dr. Ament to ascertain the
facts, and says: The one third OBJ
tanned by theft and extortjon' is faint
ed money, and cannot~ purified by
defraying church expenses and sup
porting widows and orphans with it.
The morals of the act are Chinese, but
are approved by the board. and by
some of the clergy and some of the
newspapers, as being a valuable i'm
provement upon Christian ones-which
leaves me with closed mouth. though
with pain in my heart.
He says the letter of protest sent to
him by the missionary board is a good
enough letter-barring its nine defects.
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MAJOR ANDRES DIARY,
Found After Over n Hundred Years.
Tells the story of CAMPAIGN

Found After Over a Hundred Years
Tells the Story of a Campaign.
LONDON, March 30.-The diary of
Major Andre, after lying hidden FOR
100 years, has been discovered in Eng
land. This interesting find was made
by Lord Gray, the other day, while he
was going over a lot OF old family
papers that probably had not been dis
turbed since the conclusion of the
American war of independence.
Lord Grey's great-grandfather was a
commander of British troops in Amer
lea at that time, and Andre served on
his staff, and this accounts for the
diary being in the possession of the
present peer. The diary is apparently
the original. but in order to make sure
that it is not copy. Lord Grey is
sending over to the United States to
secure samples Of Andres handwrit-
ing. none of which can be obtained
here
The diary is story of the campaign.
day by day, during the years 1777-177e.
It is simply but interestingly told from
the soldiers standpoint. and is accom-
panied by maps, apparently drawn by
Andre himself. and with a skill that
would make him the equal of any mil
itary photographer Of to-day
The diary ceases too early to throw
new light upon the motives which
prompted the tragic ending Of his
career. but It gives interesting g1ampse1
Of the personality Of one Of the hio-
tot1oa1 4gureg q - revolution.
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MOTHER AND WIFE

OF AguinaidO Permitted to Visit
Him-LorenzO Priet Gets Ten
Years.
MANILA, March 30-The wife and
mother of Aguinaldo, who have been
living at Binacayan, near old Cavite
have been granted permission to visit
him.
The Spaniard Lorenzo Prieto, who
was charged with assisting the insur-
gents by furnishing information to the
insurgent general Cables, in exchange
for trading privileges, was tried by a
military commission, found guilty and
sentenced to death. Gen. Macarthur
committed the sentence to imprison-
ment for ten years.
Prieto was the agent of the firm of
Mendezona & Co., and to a certain ex-
tent was associated with D. A. Car
man, the American contractor also
charged with aiding the Filipino in
surgents
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else, proposed to Funston that we get
up a flibustering expedition and go to
Cuba to fight. for Cuba Libre. Fun
ston was naturally of an adventurous
disposition, and, to add to the impulse
which nature gave him, he had just
about that time been considerably
smitten with young lady who failed
to reciprocate, and he felt in mood
for just such adventure as he felt sure
he would find in the patriot army in
Cuba. So he took for earnest what
was with me a jest, and began to make
arrangements to get to Cuba with
command.
"The junta told us we could not be
enlisted in this country, but that we
could get together our men and take
them to Cuba and upon arrival there
we would be taken into the army. So
Funston worked away to get COM
pany Of some kind organized, and fin
ally got together a few adventurous
spirits who were ready for anything
that promised excitement and danger.
He had gotten some knowledge of ar
tillery tactics somewhere, but knew
nothing of small arm matters. / had
attended the West Virginia University
and the Virginia Military Institute and
had gained pretty thorough ground
ing that branch of the service. So he
got an old field piece and some small
arms, and he and his band of filibus-
tiers would meet for drill, when he
would put them through the artillery
tactics and | took them through what
l remembered of infantry drill and the
49, %<&nJ
place in an old cellar under an unused
building in an out of the way place in
New York, and were, of course, kept
extremely quiet, as there was pretty
sharp lookout kept up good part Of
the time for just such expeditions as
Funston was organizing.
Finally he got his men in what he
thought was pretty good condition, and
took the first opportunity to get away
to Cuba. This had to be done with a
good deal of care, but 1t was finally
accomplished, and soon the little band
had reached Gomez's army and was
fighting away like a lot of veterans for
the freedom of people that none Of
them had ever seen and that not one
of them cared a snap about.
II did not hear anything from them
till I saw from an occasional newspa-
per article that a certain Major Fun
ston with his artillery command was
doing good service for the Cuban cause,
and | knew that my friend was enjoy
ing his hearts desire.
Il would not have picked him out
for soldier of such parts as he has
proved himself to be on a mere casual
acquaintance, but after being with him
night after night, witnessing his I'M
tagging zeal and ever increasing en-
thusiasm-his ability to surmount diff
ficulties and overcome obstacles-and
witnessing several exhibitions of his
courage, | was not at all surprised that
he should prove himself both capable
and courageous. I hope this last per-
Torrance will win him a permanent
place in the army, for I know that is
what he most wishes, and he is en-
titled to have what he wants"
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IOLSTO| SENDS C1AR
A VIGOROUS PROTEST
AGAINST THE BARBARIC AND RE-
LIGIOUS PERSECUTION CAR
RIED ON IN RUSSIA.
MANY SHAMELESS LAWS EXIST
AND THE CAR is ADMONIsHED
TO HAVE THEM REPEALED DE-
SPITE MARROW ADVISORS.

NEW YORK, March 3O.-A dis
patch to the Journal from London
says: With petition of Doukobhor
women begging to be allowed to join
their husbands in Canada, Tolstoi has
written the following letter to the
Gar:
Tens of hundreds of Rnssia's best
children suffer trials as heavy and
even heavier under the present reli-
gious persecution, that uncomfortable
madness which spreads wider and
wider over Russia, but which enlight-
ened men and the government have
come to. regard as futile and stupid
justice.
Il have long felt it to be my sacred
duty to endeavor before / die to open
your eyes to the senseless and hor-
rible cruelties perpetuated in your
name. This touching appeal of the
DOukobhor women forces me to delay
no longer. Thousands and thousands
of men deeply religious and thus rep
resenting the nations truest and chief
est strength, have been brought to
ruin, imprisoned in exile or driven
forth from Russia.
Take this matter into your hands.
Heed not the counsels of the men who
instigated the prosecutions; heed not
Pobledonestzeff, an evil, obstinate, har-
dened man, born out of his time; nor
Aipgain, a short-sighted, superficial,
unenlightened man, but revise or re-
peal all the existing stupidity repug-
nant, shameless laws enjoining reli-
gious prosecutions, which have long
ceased to exist in every civilized coun-
try except Russia
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-03-31
STATE SUPREME COURT.

Special to the Register
CHARLESTON, w. Va, March 3d.
The Supreme Court to-day handed
dawn the following decisions:
Charleston Natural Gas Company
vs.. 10 and Butler. trustees KanawSa
county, reversed and remanded. ~
State vs. Gillian. Greenbrier county,
affirmed in part, reversed and re-
manded.
Bell vs. Insurance Company, from
Greenbrier county, affirmed.
Hines VS.. Board OF Education, from
Monroe county, affirmed.
Chambers VS.. Cramer, from Mingo
county reversed, and dismissed.
st. Lawrence Boom Company VS..
Price, trustee, from Greenbrier coun-
ty, reversed and remanded.
McVey, adrr., vs.. st. Clair Co.. from
Fayette county, reversed and remand
ed.
First National Bank of Huntington
VS.. Simms and Enslow, from Cabell
county, reversed and remanded.
Fluharty VS.. Mills, from Wetzel
county. Affirmed In part, and reversed
in part.
johnson VS.. Sanger. from Fayette
county. Affirmed.
Morgan VS.. Snodgrass. from Wetzei
county; reversed and remanded.
Empire Coal & Coke Company vs..
The Hull Coal & Coke Company. from
Mercer county. Writ OF error and super
sedas allowed. Bond $500.
Ammons VS.. Ammons ct al, from
Monongalia county. Appeal and SUI
persedas allowed.
Hazeltine vs. keenan,. from Randolph
county Appeal and supersedas allowed.
Bond $500.
Douglas vs.. The Ohio River Railroad
Company. from Wood county Writ OF
error and supersedas allowed. Bond
$1,000.
Koelz vs. Brinkman, from Taylor
county. Certiorari awarded
g. n. Smith, Of Harrison county,
granted license 70 practice Law.
Resolutions of respect Of the Ka-
uAwha county bar on he death Of
Hon. James n. Brown ordered 70 ~
spread On the records y &he eouyG
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E)NSION'S PROMOTION
ANNOUNCED LAST NIGHT.
THE PRESIDENT HAS APPOINTED
HIM A BRIGADIER-GENE
IN THE REGULAR ARMY
THE NEWS CABLED TO MANILA
THE LITTLE KANsAN PROMPTLY
REWARDED FOR CAPTURING
THE INSURGENT CHIEF.

WASHINGTON, March 3o.-The fol
lowing important army appointments
were announced at the White House
tonight:
To be Major General U. S. Army
Brig. General Lloyd Wheaton, vice
Miles, promoted Lieut.. General.
To be Brigadier Generals in the reg
ular army, Col. Jacob III. Smith, Sew
enteenth u. IS. infantry, Brigadier Gen
eral Volunteers, vice Diggett, retired
Brig. General Frederick Funston, U. S
volunteers, vice Wheaton promoted.
The announcement Of the appoint
ments was made after conference
between the President, Secretary Roo,
and Adjutant Gneral Corbin, and at the
same time the long expected list OF
appointments of majors and captains
dn the paymasters, quartermasters and
commissary departments and of chap
lains was made known. The list III
cluded two majors and twenty-five
captains in the paymasters depart
ment; twenty-one captains in the COM
missary department; thirty-seven Cap
tains In the quartermasters depart
ment and seventeen chaplains. All OF
these appointees are in the regular
army under the recent act of Congress
charging and recognizing the army.
Without exception the staff appo1ntees
are from volunteer officers.
The chief interest, however, centered
in the three high appointments of
major general and two brigadier gen.
erals and more particularly in the
selection of General Funston, after his
gallant exploit in capturing Aguinaldo
Following the announcement Gen.
Conbin sent the following to Gen. Mac
Arthur:
WASHINGTON, March 30.
To Macarthur, Manila:
The following appointments made:
Wheaton, major general; Smith and
runstonN brigadier generals Secretary
of War Wins me in congratulation to
all
(Signed) CORBIN.
The War Department to-day made
public portion of the cablegram sent
yesterday to Gen. Macarthur, convey
ing the appreciation of the President
and Secretary of War to Gen. Fun
ston's capture of Aguinaldo. 1t is as
follows:
WASHINGTON, March 20.
Macarthur Manila.
''The President directs me to express
his high appreciation of the gallant
conduct of Gen. Funston and of the Of
ficers and men of the army and navy
engaged with him in the Palanan ex-
petition The Secretary of War per-
sonally joins in this expression.
(Signed.) 'CORBHN."
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FUNSToN's BEGINNING.

Mr. r.. p. Camden of Parkersburg,
Tells of His Enlistment in the
Cuban Service.
Special to the Register.
CHARLESTON, w. Va. March 3d.
MIR. r. P. Camden, of Parkersburg, was
in this city when the news of Funston
latest exploit was brought by the AS
ISOLATED Press, and was greatly inter-
ested in the success of the undertake
Ing. Il feel like | was in a measure
responsible for starting Funston on his
military career said Mr. Camden,
"and have, of course, been very much
interested in it. Several years ago
was occupying an Office in New York
In the same building with the Cuban
junta, and became acquainted with
Funston, who was employed in another
ONCE In the same building. The men,
bers Of the junta talked to both Of US
about their matters. and we both be-
came considerably interested On It.
finally : more - Joke than and thine
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WILL BE WELL SPENT,

Proposed to Invest S1.10O.OOO In
school Houses in Cuba.
HAVANA. March 30.-The Secretary
of Education, Senior Varona, has rec
commended expanding 100000 out of
the school appropriation for the con-
struction of school houses, of which
amount 100000 is to be expended DUR
ing the present year. Quartermaster
General Luddington left here to-day
on board the transport Rawlins for
Key West
The Villa lumber yard has been de-
stroyed by fire, involving loss of s49,-
600.
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Special to the Register.

Special to the Register.
CADIZ, o., March 30.-In the Snyder
oil field, four miles north of Cadiz
Davis, Johnson & Co. have completed
their No. on the Snyder heirs farm
and have twenty barrel well. In the
same field, Amsler & Rowley are
drilling their No. 2 on the Cole farm
where their No. is making about
fifty barrels. The Hogg, Hedges No
l Norman, in the same field, has set
tied down to % barrel well.
Hiram A. Snyder, who located and
drilled the first well in Scio, and who
was hooted at on all sides for his
persistent efforts to convince people
that Scio was underlaid with OIL has
been very successful In his location
of pools. He makes no secret of the
method He claims that wherever burn
ed sandstone of peculiar red appear
ance is found, it is strong indica-
ton of oil.
HE claims the rock was burned by
the escaping gas thousands of years
ago.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-03-31
BANKING FIRM FAILS.

OSWEGO, N. Y, March 30.-The
banking firm of w. ]. Brewster & Co.,
of Hannibal. this county, failed yester-
day, with liabilities of 1880 The
entire village is affected by the fall
ure, and many small depositors in o.
wego, Wayne and Cayuga counties suf-
fer severely. Among the depositors. it
is said, was the State Grange, Patrons
Of HusbandfY,
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-03-31
HARRISBURG REPUBLICANS
Hold a Convention and Nominate a
Full Municipal Ticket.

special TO the Register.
HARRISBURG, W. Va, March 3d.
In their convention held tonight the
Republicans named the following city
ticket: For Mayor, Isaac M. Kelly;
Chief of Police, Edward L. Stealey;
City Clerk, p H. Shields; Collector,
John r. Steel; Superintendent of
Streets, ], H. Paugh; Assessor, VIM. H.
Cole, Jr.; School Commissioner, w. R.
Alexander; Council First ward, Frank
j. WEIGH; Second ward, Frank G. Hay
maker; Third ward, ]. ". Williams;
Fourth ward, William H. Lewis; Firth
ward, A. S. Long. The election will be
held Tuesday. Three tickets have been
placed in the field, the Citizens, headed
by the Republicans, and Democratic
ticket, headed by William Thompson.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-03-31
GENERAL GERONIMO

surrenders with Officers. Men and
Arms-Gone After More Arms.
WASHINGTON, March 30.-The
War Department to-day received the
following cablegram from Gen. Mac
Arthur, at Manila, dated March 80:
General Geronimo, commanding east
ern Bulacan. Morong provinces, sur
rendered yesterday with II officers, 20
men, 80 guns; took oath and returned
to mountains in order to secure more
guns. Contreras, commanding north
east Panay and SULTAN, surrendered
Panay with 80 guns"
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RECEIVERS APPOINTED.

Special to the Register.
PARKERSBURG, W. Va, March 80.
In the United States Court to-day
Judge Jackson appointed Robert L..
Lamberton and Harry Ihrig as special
receivers in the case of Lamberton
against Holdren, involving the title
to very valuable oil property in Pleas
ants county. They were directed to
take charge of the property and oper-
ate the wells already drilled, but not
to drill any other wells. Their bond
was fixed at $4,000
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EXCITEMENT IN JAPAN.

The Foreign Office Open Day and
Observation-Disclosures of War Free
~ Discussed.
LONDON, March 30.-The Yoko-
hama correspondent of the Daily
Mail wires:
There is great tension in official
circles.
The foreign Office is open day and
night.
Frequent conferences are held be-
tween the senior generals. The en-
peror has been present there at. and
has made anxious inquiries as to the
condition of the services.
Three staff officers have been dis
patched to Corea to make investiga-
lions.
The possibilities Of war are freely
discussed"
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-03-31
THE W. & L. E.-WABAsH DEAL
No Definite Information of 1T HIS
Reached President Blicksensdel

No Definite Information of 1T Has
Reached President Blfcksensder-
fer.
CLEVELAND, O.. March 30.-Pres-
ident Blicksensderfer, of the Wheeling
Lake Erie Railway Company, again
not been sold. Il am positive on that
point" he added.
Asked if his company had or would
enter into an arrangement with the
Wabash with q view to forming q line
from Pittsburg to st. Louis and Kansas
City. Mr. Blicksensderfer said:
while It Il. Of course, possible that
our directors have entered into such I
deal, no of1cial information has reach
"a Nc bearing o. the sub3oct
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B. F. KELLER, OF BRAMWELL
Law Partner of Edgar r. Rucker,
Said to stand Chance for the
Federal Judgeshfp.

CHARLESTON, w. Va, March 30.
The Gazette to-day prints a Wash
ington special saying that B. F. KEEL
Ter, Of Bramwell, will be appointed
judge OF the new federal district as
soon as he goes on to Washington TO
confer with the President, Atkinson
TO. be advised to write a letter with
drawing from the contest. Leaders
here say they know nothing about II
except that Dawson said he thought
Keller had good chance to win.
Keller is a partner OF ex-Attorney
General Rucker.
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NINE MEN DROWNED.

HULL, March S0.-The local steamer
Paris foundered to-day on the North
cumberland coast A boat with ten
OF her crew capsized, and nine men
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FIERCE GALES FLYING.
Severe storms in EurOpe-Deel
SHOWS in Scotland.

SHOWS in Scotland.
LONDON, March 30.-Fierce gales
have been sweeping over the channel
coasts and the Dover trans-chancel SER
vices have been maintained with great
difficulty. A life boat landed the crew
of the bark Antarctic, which was in
distress off Penzance
Heavy snow storms have also pre-
vailed. especially in Scotland, where
there are drifts to twelve feet deep.
Snow plows have to be requisitioned
to open the roads and railroads.
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THE EXES GET AN INNING.

The President Selects Mostly For
mer Senator's and Representatives
for Exposition Commissioners.
WASHINGTON, March 30.-The st.
Louis exposition commission will be
announced either tonight or Monday
and will contain the following names:
Ex-Senators Carter, of Montana;
Mcbride, of Oregon; Lindsay. of Ken
lucky, and Thurston, of Nebraska; ex-
Representatives Glynn, Of New York:
Allen. of Mississippi; e. D. Scott, of
Arkansas; John f. Miller, of Indiana.
and T. A. Belts. of Connecticut.
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IMPORTANT MATTERS
To BE Considered by the United
Mine Workers Executive Board
ADriI Sth.

INDIANAPOLIS Ind, March 30.-A
meeting of the national executive COM
mittee Of the United Mine Workers will
be held here April to consider a
number of important questions. The
arrangement whereby a strike has
been averted in the anthracite region
will he one of the matters discussed.
The board will also consider the strike
situation In the bituminous fields in
Arkansas, Kansas and Indian Terri.
tory.
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Special to the Register.
PARKER SRJTRG w

Special TO the Register.
PARKERSBURG, w. Va, March 30.
"A big oil strike was made this af-
ternoon in Writ county. Friend &
Co., of Pittsburg, have been drilling
a well on the land of c. E. Vandeven-
der. which was reported dry in the Big
Injun sand several days ago, They
drilled it on through to the Gordon
sand, which was reached this after
noon. AS soon as the pay was reach
ed the We was filled to the top with
oil, and it is estimated that the well
will be 250-barrel producer. II Is the
largest well in Writ county and the
first one in the county in the Gordon
sand.