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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-07-10
CHARGED WITH MURDER.

Wife and Daughter of Dead Man Al
legged to Have Caused His Death.
Placed Under Arrest.
READING, Pa, July 9.-The wife and
15-year-old daughter of John Edwards
We're arrested tonight and lodged In
jail, charged with the murder of Ed
wards. The latter was found dead in a
cistern at his home In Stouchburg, near
here, on Thursday last. His head had
been crushed by a hammer or some
other blunt instrument.
Edwards was 46 years OF age, and
lived with his wife and five children.
He was last seen sleeping on the porch
of his home on Wednesday night.
When arrested Mrs. Edwards, with her
children, was about leaving for Newton,
Lancaster county, where she has rela-
tives.
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THE STRIKE SITUATION
SHOWS BRIGHTER ASPECT.
GENERAL OFFICERS OF UNITED
STATES STEEL CORPORATION
MAY CONFER WITH
OFFICIALS OF AMALGAMATI0N
or THE toRPoRATIoN's SUP
POSED POLICY.

PITrSBURG. Pa. July "a more
hopeful atmosphere peryaded the head
quarters of both the Steel Combine
and the Amalgamated Association to-
day.
As the result Of the preliminary con-
ference between President Shaffer. Of
the Amalgamated Association. and
Warner Arms. representing the com
bine's interests. last evening. the Wells
willie trouble. which yesterday threat
ened TO undo all that had been done to-
ward ereeting a peaceable settlement
OF the strike. WAS not referred TO to-
day to an amiahle adjustment of all
differences at the general conference ar
ranged for Thursday in this city.
President shsffer said he considered
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IMPORTS OF JEWELS.
Precious stones to the Amount of
Nearly Twenty-Five Millions En-
tered at New York.

WARRINGTON, July "A report
received at the Treasury depar' ment
from George W. Mindil, the government
expert at the New York custom house
on precious stones. shows that durlrg
the fiscal year ended June 30th last the
aggregate value of precious stones and
pearls passed through his Office was
s21, 919 ,053. This amount largely OK
ceeds the total of any other year in he
history of the country and exceeds by
over $500, 900 the entire importations of
the four years ended in March, 1896.
Mr.. Mindil states that the placing OF
precious stones in their rough or native
state upon the free list has established
a new mechanical industry in America,
and now nearly one holt OF the precious
stones sold in this country are cut and
polished here.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-07-10
BOTTLE BLOWERS
Discuss Terms Upon Which They
VIII Admit Prescription Blowers.

Discuss Terms Upon Which They
VIII Admit Prescription Blowers.
MILWAUKEE,, July 9.-To-day's ses-
ton of the glass bottle blowers conven-
ton was held behind closed doors and
was devoted mostly to a discussion OF
the terms on which they would admit
to membership two thousand prescrip-
ton bottle blowers Of the flint glass as
ISOLATION. The matter was not decided
to-day and will come up again on Fri
day. The only other business to-day
was to receive officers reports, which
show an increase of 700 in the member
ship during the past year. The wage
scale will be taken up tomorrow. and
when decided will be submitted to the
manufacturers conference at Atlantic
City, probably in August.
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TWO BIG CORPORATIONS.

Special to the Register.
CHARLESTON, w. Va, July 9.-The
Secretary of State yesterday issued char
tiers to two big domestic coal compa-
MES, one with two million dollars cap
ital stock and the other with a million.
The former is the Central State Coal &
Development Company, with headquar-
tiers in Parkersburg. 1t will operate in
Braxton county. The ~incorporators are
II. j. Scott, II. n. Sharp. G. p. Sigler,
OF Pennsboro, w. Va; C. N. Matheny
and w. B. Pedigo, of Parkersburg, w,
Vt; X. +. Eagan, of Crawford, w. Va.
The million dollar company is the
Wilbur Coal g. Coke Company, OF
harrisburg, which will mine coal, make
coke and gas from coal in Union dis
trict, Harrison county, West Virginia.
The incorporators are N. II. Arnold, M.
p. Whiting, J. C. Williams. of Ridge
way, Pa; j. Henry Meade, Dagus
Mines, Pa: C. w. Lynch, Clarksburg,
w. Va; Peter /. Lynch, Craigmoor,
w. Va.
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CHARLESTON UTILITIES
Pass Into the Hands OF Wheeling
,spttsitsts-rhcy Have n Good
Thing.


Special to tho Register.
CHARLESTON, w. Va. July "a
deal VAS eonsummated in this city to-
day whereby the property of the
Charleston Water Works Company and
Charleston Gas a Electric Company
pass into the hands OF Wheeling capt.
talists.
The aggregate price paid was $780,
Geo. The Wheeling capitalists are rep
resented by Charles w, Swisher. OF
Fairmont. and John A.. Howard. John
Garden. u. Robertson. Charles Oliver,
and others. Of Wheeling. The new
owners will practically rebuild all OF
the plants. II Is rumored that the
company. which will be chartered In a
few days. also has an option on tho
street car system.
The water works sold at 81 so and the
Charleston Gas a Electric Company at
40 cents on the dollar of stock. The
contamination OF this deal was pre-
dicted In the Sunday Register two weeks
ago. by those who are familiar with
the properties. Il is thought the Wheel
Ing parties have made a good thing.
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CORONER SAYS SUICIDE.

SYRACUSE, N. Y, July 9.-Coroner
Matthews to-day officially reported
Frederick ID. Whites death a case OF
suicide due to ne~urasthenia.
The coroner's investigation o. the
manner IN which Mr.. White took his
life shows that after he entered ne
bath room he removed the shoe from
his right foot and, standing the rife on
the floor, placed his mouth over the
barrel. With his great toe he pressed
the trigger and sent a 44-calibre bullet
crashing upward through his brain. The
ball came out through the top of his
head. Portions Of the brain tissues were
spattered on the wall nearby.
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CONTEMPT OF COURT
tuckiaa. Bcforc Judge
jackson.

Special to the Register.
PARKERSnuRG. w. Va, July o.
A dozen persons. many of them very
tough characters. from the mountains
of Kentucky. were brought here to-day
and taken before Judge John J. Jack
son. OF the United States Court. for a
hearing on a rule of contempt. They
were charged with tearing down the in
functions against the striking miners
at Thackeray and with shooting at tho
deputy marshals. One of the men has
served two terms in the p%enitentiary for
eounterfeiting and all the others were
desperate characters. Their eases were
continued at the request OF the district
attorney, who wanted to get the evil
dence in hand.
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OIL OPERATIONS.
Special to the Register.

Special TO the Register.
P~ITTSBURG. Pa, July 9.-On the
Ohio side in the shallow sand terri
tory in Morgan county, Ellis Bros. &c
Co. have completed their No. Z on the
Palmer farm and have a 10 barrel
pumper. j. A. Henne & Co. have COM
pleted No. 4. Yarnell, Firth & West
have completed No. 4 G. M. Woolman
farm. Both wells are dry. Near Lewis
Vile, Monroe county, w. G. Decker Il
Co. have drilled their test well on the
Henry Dillon farm through the lime
and have a buster. The location Is 500
feet southwest Of the same company's
producer on the Wire farm, northwest
of w. X. Gayel & Co.'s good producer on
the Spirey farm. In the Sand Hill dis
trict in Washington county, the Alta
Company has completed its No. 4 on the
C. s. Thorniby farm and has a show
for a 10 barrel producer from the Cow
Run sand. In the Payne district. the
Shoal Oil Company has completed a test
we'll on the David Baker farm and has
a very small pumper. In the Marietta
district, the Monroe Farm Oil Company
has completed its No. So on the Thos.
w. Moore farm and has a duster. In
the Lowell district, A. ]. Vaughn has
drilled in his test well on the Frank
Wentz farm and has a duster in the
first Cow Run sand.
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WOMAN ANDG|RL STABBED
BY INSANE MAN At DENVER.
MRS. PuILrs KILLED nv KNIFE
THRUST TO Hen HEART ny
CHRIS JENSEN.
LITTLE MISS KINPoRT DYING
FROM THE EFFECTS OF WOUNDS
INFLICTED ny THE SAME
MANS KNIFE.

DENVER, Colo, July 9.-Jessie Kin
port. the ~14-year-old daughter of Mrs.
Carrie Kinport, who resides at ii9
West Ninth avenue, was assaulted In
her room during the absence Of her
mother last night. Mrs. Kinport had
been away during the evening n
upon returning home found the doors
open and the girl missing. She aroused
the %neighbors and at midnight they
found the gul In a lot nearby, uncon-
scious and with numerous cuts on the
body.
The authorities we're notified. but not
before Chris. Jensen had been brought
to the station by Policeman Lambert,
who had arrested him on the outskirts
of the city. AS Lambert appeared Jen-
sen whipped out a knife and shouted to
the officer that he would not be taken
to Jail. Lambert disarmed Jensen and
brought him to the station. On the
way he repeatedly spoke of having beel
compelled to defend himself from a
woman, saying that he had cut her up
pretty badly. The knife he had was
covered with blood. Shortly after Jen-
sen was put in Jail the police officers
were notified of the assault upon the
Kinport girl and connected Jensen with
the affair. Jensen admitted to Chief
Armstrong that he had stabbed and cut
a woman. but said that he met her in
the street and she had bumped against
him as he wat passing.
Jensen finally confessed that he was
the assailant of Jessie Kinport. and also
said he had stabbed another m dur-
ing the night neal the end OF the Uni
versity Park car line.
Search was begun and the dead body
of Mrs. Armenia A. Bulls was found
at the place described by Jensen, She
had been stabbed In the breast and the
blade of the knife had penetrated her
heart, causing instant death. The body
lay in the roadway and there was no
evidence Of a struggle. Jensen said the
woman was after him." and for that
reason he stabbed her. Mrs. Bulls was
about 60 years of age. She conducted a
dairy near the place where she was
killed.
Chief of Police Armstrong say Jen-
sen is undoubtedly insane.
Jessie KinpOrt Is in n critical cOndi-
ton.
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THE PENNSYLVANIA
believed to lie Back of n Deal to
secure the Ohio River Railroad.

Special to the Register.
PARKERSBURG, w. Va, July o.
There has been a well defined rumor on
the streets here to-day that the Ohio
River Railroad C|ompany's stock has
changed hands, and that the road will
soon pass into the control OF the Penn
s~ylvania Railroad Company. General
firm or deny the report. stating that It
Is his business to operate railroads and
not to buy or sell them; that he has
no road to sell. and IL the owners OF the
road want to sell the road they will do
so without consulting him. 1t is stated.
however. as a fact. that all the stock
held in Parkersburg has changed hands
and it is believed that the control has
been or will be secured by the Penn
sylyania road.
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money and deserted in 1900. lie wished
now to make ~reparation.
TO THE ~PENITENTIARY.
Miss Jessie Morrison Bids Farewell
10 Relatives and Friends-Nay Get
Out on Rail.


ELDORADO, Kans.. July e-essie
Morrison was taken to the p~enltentiaFy
at Lansing to-day to begin her FIVE
year sentence for the murder OF Mrs.
Clara Wiley castle, There were several
hundred people at the railway station
to take a farewell look al the prisoner.
Half of the crowd consisted OF women.
Miss Morrison vas accompanied by her
father. Judge Morrison. and her brother
Hayward. The brother accompanied
her to Lansing. Early in the day at the
home of the Morrisons. a pathetic scene
was enacted, when the aged father. step
mother. brothers and sisters cried bit
terly as Miss harrison kissed them
goodbye. II is the belief OF her rela-
tives that Miss Morrison will ne re-
leased on bond by the Kansas Supreme
Court and will be given a new trial.
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the questions to be considered at the
conference to be most grave, n Tor
that reason he thought it best to call
the general executive board, composed
of the officers of the Association, In
stead of consulting with the conferees
who usually meet to consider such
questions. This board has only Deeh
called together once before, and that
was during the trouble at the Woods
plant at McKeesport last April. 1t is
composed Of President Theodore j.
Shaffer. Vice President F. J.. Williams
Of Birmingham, Ala; Vice President
Glenn Jarvis, of Anderson, Ind; vice
President Charles S. Davis. OF Newport
Ky: Vice President Walter Larkin, OF
Wheeling, w. Va; Vice President John
F. Ward, of Youngstown, O.; Vice Pres
ident John w. Quinn, of Granite City,
H.; Vice President D. R. Rees, OF
Pittsburg, and Vice President John
Chappell, of Youngstown, o.; Secretar-
les John Williams, M. F. Tighe n V.
l. Davis, and National Trustees John
Pierce and John H. Morgan.
Our board" said President Shaffcr,
will meet the committee representing
the combine in conference at the Hotel
Lincoln, in this city, at 10 O'CLOCK ON
Thursday morning. / am now pretty
well satisfied that the trouble will be
settled at this meeting. There seems to
be a spirit of fairness prevailing among
these to whom I have. talked officially
on the subject, and l think we will fix
matters up. The meeting will be for
the signing of the scale for the mills
as a whole"
In response to the query as 70 who
would make up the combine commit
tee. Mr.. Shaffer said .lat he DID not
know.
do YOU think President Schwaa will
be one OF them" was asked.
Il don't know" was his reply.
Among those on the outside, VINO pro-
fessed to know, however, it was said
that the conference WOULD in this case
be governed for the United States Steel
Corporation by general officers AMI rot
by any of the operating officials OF The
underlying companies.
Should this be the case, It will mark
a decided departure in the method Ut
dealing with labor questions with the
Amalgamated Association. The former
determination Of the officers Of the
United States Corporation TO remain
out Of such negotiations and allow them
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WILL BE QUICKLY SETTLED.

NEW YORK, July 9.-The CONNER
eial Advertiser says:
1t was announced on Wall street by
a member OF one OF the firms interested
that the meeting to consider the steel
strike, which is to be held at Pittsburg
on Thursday, will have only details to
consider. Soon after the conference Is
called to order. the strike will be de-
clared to have been settled. No hitch Is
expected"
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to be settled by the officials Of the
various subsidiary companies will 1ave
been entirely changed, AMI in place the
general officers will undertake TO settle
the labor matters for the entire inter
ests of the greater corporation.
Joseph Bishop. the first president OF
the Amalgamated Association, who is
secretary OF the Ohio State Board of Ar
| hitration, arrived in Pittsburg to-day
| and went at once to the Amalgamated
| Association headquarters. When seen
by a representative of the Associated
Press. and asked II the board would
| ioin in the efforts to settle the strike. he
said:
"While a large number of the sheet
| mills are in the State OF Ohio, TINS
| strike is a national affair. and does not
ewetly come under our jurisdiction. |
am her to inquire into the situation, and
II our board can be of any assistance
in adjusting the difficulty, we will give
| our service. do not care to express an
| opinion on the strike.
When seen later President ShaGer
said the conference on Thursday mus
be final, as the association will not
waste any more time. He declared thai
there would be no compromise. and
nothing short of a complete surrender
will be accepted.
President Shaffer was averse to say
ing ANYTHING about the Wellsville trou-
bic. but finally stated that he must
leave his action in arranging for the
| conference open to conjecture. Yester-
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~ONFEREN

YOUNGSTOWN, O.,July 9.-President
Shaffer, representing the A~malgamated
Association, and James H.. Mutt, secre-
tary of the labor bureau OF the Repub-
lie Iron and Steel Company, made ar
raugements to-day for the bi-monthly
wage conference to be held in this city
Tomorrow. The wages OF about 25,-
900 puddlers and finishers will be fixed
for the months Of July and August at
the meeting.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-07-10
GASOLINE THE CAUSE.

CHICAGO, July 9.-Two frame build
ings burned to-day. Twelve persons,
by the smoke, were rescued
by the police. While e~ndeavoring to ex-
tinguish his sisters clothing, Peter Rud-
owizc was probably fatally burned. A
gasoline stove started the fire.
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Scale Signatures.

PIYTSBURG, July s.-Signatures TO
the ~Amalgamated scals continue to
reach the headquarters from indeDend.
ent steel manufacturers. To-day signed
scales were received from the Ki.tau-
ming Iron Company, Kittanning, Pa. and
the Niagara Iron Company. Lockp ,'t.
n Y.
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ARRESTED FOR THEFT.

KANSAS CITY, Mo-. July 9.-Alfred
Thomas Carnage. 20 years old, former
y a sergeant in the British army, sta
Noned at Hamilton, Scotland, is under
lrrest here charged with stealing $500
from the crown. Carnage said he had
been disappointed in love, took the
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A NOVEL DAMAGE SUIT.

WASHINGTON, July 9.-James R.
keenan,, a hotel proprietor, ives sued for
$40. 900 damages by Annie White, the
widow of a milk wagon driver, who Is
alleged to have died from hydrophobia
inflicted ny dogs belonging to Kee-
nan
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-07-10
SECY HAY AT WASHINGTON.

WASHINGTON, July 9.-Secretary
Hay returned to Washington this morn
ing from his New Hampshire home.
He was driven directly to the State De-
partment, and was closeted for some
time with Acting Secretary Hill and As
sistant Secretary Adee.
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OUT FOR A DRIVE.

CANTON, o., July s.-After attend
ing to the ofncial work during the
morning the President took Mrs. Nc
Kinley for a drive about the city and
over the country roads beyond. Both
seemed in excellent health and spirits.
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NOT ONE AT WORK.

READING, Pa, July s.-Not a single
Philadelphia & Reading striking en-
ploye in this city returned to work
to-day. The men have apparently re-
jected the latest proposition of Acting
President Welsh.
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ELECTED A DEMOCAT.
Special to the Register.

Special to the Register.
STEUBENvILLE, o.. July 9.-In City
Council tonight, which stands seven
Republicans to FIVE Democrats, william
Trainer, Democrat, was elected city
clerk by a vote of 6 to 5, over H. A.
Simmons, Republican. who was the
choice OF the Republican caucus. One
blank vote vast az also -
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CONDITION NOT DANGEROUS.

WASHINGTON, July "a letter re-
ceived at the Navy Department states
that Captain Charles d. Sigsbee, chief
intelligence officer of the navy, who
is suffering with erysipelas of the face
at Hampstead, l. L., is not regarded as
being in a dangerous condition.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-07-10
ATE TOAD STOOLS.

CHICAGO, July 9.-Mistaking toad
stools for mushrooms, three men, en-
ployed as carpenters by the Austin driv-
ing association, were to-day probably
fatally poisoned. The victims are Pat
rick Donohue, Peter See, John Ryan.
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NO BANK.

NEW YORK, July "a representa-
tive of j. P. Morgan & Co. to-day de-
MED the report from Paris to the effect
that the Morgan-Rockefeller interests
contemplated the establishment Of an
international bank in Paris.
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Burglars at Work.
Special to the Register.

Special to the Register.
PARKERSBURG, w. Va, July D.
Burglars entered the store and saloon OF
Ex-Councilman Pat Burke last night
and took a lot OF eatables, several dozen
boxes OF tobacco and bottles OF liquid
goods, and all the money they could
find. Several other places were entered
last night.
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MERELY COURTESY.

PHILADELPHIA, July 9.-President
A. ]. Cassatt, Of the Pennsylvania rail-
road, to-day denied that his visit to
the office of ]. Pierpont Morgan had any
significance regarding either deals pend
ing or future business relations.
at was meerly a complimentary
visit
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day he declared that no conference
could be held unless the twelve men dis
charged at Wellsville were placed at
work again. He had not gone back on
his word, b.; did not wish to be quoted
as saying that the men had been rein
stated.
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LADDER O R BURNED.

CHICAGO, July 9.-The Northwest
ern Ladder Company's plant at 1867 La
Sale street, and three frame buildings
adjoining were destroyed by fire here
to-day. Loss, $50, 900.
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OIL Quotations,

NEW YORK. July 9.-standard oil. 77s9
OIL CITY. Pa, July 9.-Credit balances
S1.06: certificates, no bids or offers. Runs,
1oa,6c9 bbls; average, S,ST bis Ship
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Constantly study
the strong and
weak spots In all
mediums of fnfor.
nation to CUSTOM
ers- Cheap rates
do not mean re-
munerative n Il =
verfisfng: often
q ute the con-
trary.
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Continued On FesssA rss~Aj
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1901-07-05

The war upon rlutocracy will never
be hopeless while the democracy ex-
lists. If for awhile a majority of the
people are led away to worship at the
shrine of plutocracy. and are willing
10 pick up the crumbs that fall from
the table of Dives, they will soon find
their mistake.
The rule of the rich cannot be a gov
eminent in the interest of the people.
and any party that is 1.-THE real friend
and instrument of plutocracy" and
that appeals to the people TO support
ii is "A fraud, delusion and a snare that
only the Sun editor could belong to.
But 1t is well to have this expos
IRE from such high republican au-
thority Of what the real purpose and
plans of that party are. Before this
If a democrat accused his opponents
of being in league with the pluto
Gratis he was denounced as n dema-
gogue. Now he can cite this high re-
publican authority to prove his asser-
tion.
Despite the Establishments and cor
ruption of the plutocrats there are
yet 6,OOO, 900 democrats that have not
wavered or bowed the knee to the
golden calf they have set up in the
Wall street wilderness.