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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-03-09
CUBAN EXPORT Duty on
TOBACCO Is ABOLISHED.
WILL CAUSE A Loss OF REVENUE
BETWEEN EIGHT HUNDRED
THOUSAND AND
ONE MILLION DOLLARS A YEAR.
THE ACTION TAKEN BY THE PRESI-
DENT UPON RECOMMENDA-
TION OF CUBANS.

WASHINGTON, March S.-The Pres
ident to-day issued an executive order
a~bolishing the Cuban export duty on
tobacco from April 1st next. This ac-
ton was taken on the earnest recon-
mendation of the Cuban economic COM
mission which recently visited Wash
ington, endorsed by Gen. Wood. A
previous order had been issued fixing
an export duty of so per cent on Cuban
tobacco from April LIST. To-day's ac-
ton removes the export duty entirely.
Gen. Woods approval of the abolition
of this export duty is practically an
expression of his belief that the Cuban
revenues from other sources are sufi-
cient for the needs of the insular gov
eminent. The original idea was that
the tobacco tax was necessary to fully
meet the financial requirements of the
government.
The abolition of duty affects cigars
and cigarettes as well as tobacco in
leaf, filler or cut, all of the various
classes of tobacco, raw and manufac-
tured, having heretofore been subject
to various rates of duty. That on
cigars has been $1.35 per thousand; on
cigarettes in boxes, 80 cent per thou
sand; cut tobacco 1915 per hundred
kilos; leaf or filler tobacco $685. per
hundred kilos, except that harvested in
exported through the customs houses
at Santiago, Gibara or Manzanillo,
which paid 1920 per hundred kilos. All
of these duties are abolished under the
order of to-day.
1t is estimated by the War Depart
ment officials that the abrogation of
the tobacco duties will cause a loss of
revenue of about $4,000 00 or 81 ,000, 900
per year. But it is said that this loss
will be more than Offset by the encour-
agement given the planters in Cuba to
increase their production. The extent
of the trade affected by the order is
very large, the tobacco exports
amounting to about $40, 00O, 900 a year.
The total value of manufactured to-
bacco exported within the seven
months ended July 21st last was So
100000, and of this the export to the
United States amounted to $4,S75,O coo.
In the same period the export of Cuban
cigars was largest to Great Britain, the
United States coming second. The
total value of the cigar exports for the
seven months was Sc, 030, 900.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-03-09
R BIG COAL A
Involving Millions of Dollars, and an
Annual Output Beyond the Million
Ton Mark.

Ton Mark.
ALTOONA, Pa. March s.-Two bia
coal mining combinations were an-
nounced here to-day. The Patton Coal
Company, the Clearfield and Indiana
Coal Company. James Kerr & Com
pany, E. p. Mccormick & Company, the
Chest Creek Land and Improvement
Company and the Pardee have dis
ness to the Beech Greek Coal and Coke
Company, with headquarters in the
Bowling Green building. New York.
These companies shipped about one
million tons of coal last year and could
have shipped as many more but for q
shortage of cars. James Kerr is presi-
dent OF the new company and A. II.
Patton treasurer. More than a million
dollars are involved in the deal. rhe
other deal. involving the outlay of half
a million dollars. was contaminated az
Ebensburg to-day. The Vincton col
liery Company disposes of It's interest
to the Lackawanna Coal and Coke
Company for Sl75. 600 and the Black
Lick Land and Improvement Company
sells its holdings to the same COM
pany for 1925 900. IL is generally be-
lieyed here that the L~ackawanna Coal
and Coke Company will become a
part OF the Morgan combination. The
Lackawanna pe)pis are declared 10 ia
closely Identified with those ir.ercstsd
in the big deal.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-03-09
HE GOT OFF AT BUFFALO.

Mr.. Bryan's Visit to View York
wholly i'm the Interest of His
Paper.
BUFFALO. NJ. Y, March 8.-william
Jennings Bryan arrived in Buffalo this
morning. He went directly TO the
home OF Mr.. Norman L. Mack. by
whom he was met at the station. He
said his visit to Buffalo was solely In
the interest of his paper. During the
afternoon Mr.. Bryan visited the Pan
American Exposition grounds. accom-
panied by Mr.. Mack and several expo
sition officials. He was much Impress
ed by the magnitude Of the exposition
and the advanced state Of the work on
the buildings. He left for New York
1t $3.50.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-03-09
BY LOVE-, lies
MACY SOUGHT SUICIDE.
INTO HER BREAST WITH A
HAMMER.
BARELY MISSED HER HEART.
HIS LOVED ONE GOT HIS MONEY,
THEN CRUELTY sPURNED HIS
AFFECTIONS.
Special to the Register.

| Special to the Register.
CLEVELAND, O., March S.-F1outed
by love, deprived of his money, de-
| spondent and h~eart-broken, lies Macy
came very near to killing himself with
a chisel and hammer. He went about
| killing himself as a carpenter would
cutting a hole into a timber. He was
taken to ST. Johns hospital, where he
lies with a hole three or four inches
deep chiseled into his chest and lung.
Mays fit of dependency became
violent about 8 o'clock First he tried
to commit suicide with a revolver
cartridge for which he had no re-
volver. He placed the bullet in his
mouth with the bullet end inward,
and, holding the shell as firmly as he
could in his teeth, tried to explode the
cartridge by pounding the percussion
end of it with a hammer and nail. He
did not succeed in his attempt, but did
not give up.
He got a carpenters chisel and with
the hammer pounded it into his chest.
The chisel was sharp and Macy sue
ceeded in pounding 1t into his body
four inches. The enc of the chlsel
pierced the lung deeply and the
wound may kill the respondent
He had tried to drive the chisel into
his heart. The chisel missed the heart
by a fraction of an inch, however, and,
passing between two ribs, went into
the lung.
By the time he reached the hospital
! Macy was in such pain that he did not
care whether he died or not. He told
| the doctors how he had tried to xiii
himself, indicating by motions what
he had done, because he could speak
but poor English. He is a Hungarian
and twenty-six years old. He is en-
ployed as a labor at a machine shop.
Friends called at the hospital to see
Macy and told the reason for his at
tempt to end his life. He had, they
said, loved a young woman to whom
he had given all his money, two or
three hundred dollars, they said, and
a gold watch. Then she had refused
to marry him, and dependency caused
by the loss of his sweetheart and his
fortune led him to try to kill himself.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-03-09
MARRIED IN PITTSBURG.

An Eloping Couple United for Keeps
in the office of the Mayor.
PITTSBURG, Pa. March Starry
NJ. Goodman, of New York, said to be
connected with one of the wealthy fam
lilies of the metropolis, and Miss Ma
tilda We'll, daughter of one of the most
prominent and well to do citizens of
Buffalo, N. Y, were united in marriage
by Mayor ". j. Diehl, of Pittsburg, in
the reception room of the Mayors Of
flee to-day. The couple were fleeing
from parental objection when they
reached Pittsburg. and after the cere-
mony met Mayor Conrad Diehl, of Buff
falo, who vouches for the prominence
in Buffalo of the brides family.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-03-09
SOFT BERTH FOR CARTER.

WASHINGTON. March &--Former
United States Senator Carter, of Mon
tana, has been appointed by the Presi-
dent a United States commissioner of
the st. Louis exposition. He has ac-
cepted the offer. The position pays
s., 000 a year.
In addition to ex-senator Carter.
whose appointment on the st. Louis
exposition was announced to-day. the
President has selected for members of
the committee, ex-Senators John M.
Thurston, of Nebraska: VIM. Lindsay,
OF Kentucky. and George w. Mcbride,
of Oregon.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-03-09

LONDON, March 9.-The Daily
Chronicle, referring to the armistice at
Pretoria, says:
I'VE learn that the untiring agent
in bringing about the negotiations was
Mrs. Botha, who was deeply affected
by the hopeless plight of the Beers and
did her utmost to induce her husband
to accept the British terms.
THE meeting Of February q was
limited, at Gen. Botha's request, to
know Gen. Kitchener's terms. Lord
Kitchener replied that a general am
nesty would be granted to all VINO
surrender as we'll as to all prisoners
except those Cape Dutch who, being
British subjects, had actively fomented
Boer resistance. Gen. DeWet and Mr..
Steyn were, however, expressly exclud-
ed from the amnesty.
Gen. Botha appeared satisfied with
the conditions, and the armistice being
arranged, he proceeded to consult his
officers, a vast majority of whom &C
cepted the terms.
"DeWet and Steyn both remained If
reconcilable. They declined any
terms, DeWet adding that on his part
the war had become one of revenge
and he intended to do all the mischief
he could"
LONDON, March 9.-Dispatches from
Amsterdam and Brussels say that MI.
Kruger's encourage continues to pro-
fess ignorance of the existence of
negotiations declaring that Gen. Botha
cannot act for the Orange Free State,
and that, in any case, no terms are
possible unless Lord Kitchener is pre-
pared to discuss independence.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-03-09
DEAD BODY FOUND.

NEW YORK, March S.-The dead
body OF David riorsythe, a conductor
line, was found on F~ifty-ninth street
near Fifth venue early to-day. Death
was caused by : pistol shot wound In
the left side OF the head. 1t il thought
the man was murdered The police
have arrested John Quinn, = motor
man. on tho belief that he has some
knowledge Of the tragedy.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-03-09
FIGHTING IN ARABIA.

BOMBAY, March S.-Mabaronk,
Shiek of Koweyta, is now master of
Central Arabia, according to kilograms
received by the Times of India.
Shiek Mabaronk followed up his vic
tory over Ibu Rashid's army by driv-
ing the defeated army clear across
Central Arabia, Selling the city of
Nejd and disposing or Ibu Rashid,
who appealed to the sultan to send
Turkish troops from Bussorah to his
assistance. Ibu Rashid threatens to
stop the overland pilgrimages to Mecca
if he is not helped by Turkey.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-03-09
E~XTRADITI0N TREATY.

WASHINGTON, March S.-The SEN
ate in executive session to-day con-
firmed the supplemental extradition
treaty with Great Britain, which has
been pending for some time. The
treaty adds to the list of crimes for
which a man can be extradited from
one country to the other the following:
Obtaining money under false pre-
fences, the destruction or obstruction
of railroads, the endangering of hu-
mar life and the procuring of abor-
tiOuS
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-03-09
STATUE OF LOGAN.

WASHINGTON. March Sit has
been arranged that the equestrian
statue of General Logan in this city,
shall be unveiled with appropriate mil
itary ceremonies Tuesday, April 8,
next. All the regular troops in Wash
ington, and probably the District Ma
tional Guard win participate in the ex-
ercises. The President will attend
with his cabinet and probably will
make . short address
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-03-09
CASHED THE BONDS.
Young Bank Clerk Who Ran Away
With 100000 Traced to Southern
CaIiforuia.

NEW YORK, March S.-Wm. Schrei-
Der, the young bank clerk who plum
dered the Elizabethport bank last Au-
gust of $1,000 has been traced to
Los Angeles, Cal, where he cashed
three United States 4 per cent bonds,
which were part of his plumber. The
bonds were of the issue of 1895, and
were for $1,000 each. They had been
placed in the bank for safe keeping by
the administrator of the estate of the
late Peter F. Wyckof, of Elizabeth.
The bank is now being sued for the
value of these bonds. Except that he
cashed the bonds in Los Angeles moth
ing further has been learned of the
missing clerk.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-03-09
CAPT. STONE DEAD.

CINCINNATI. O.. March S.-Captain
George E. Stone, head Of the local tel
ephone system. died to-day from pneu-
monia following an operation for appen-
dicitis. Captain Stone was = native Of
New Hampshire. He served with the
Seventh Rhode Island infantry through
the civil war and came into national
prominence as the owner Of Maud s., the
famous trotter. He left Z large estate.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-03-09
DEADLOCK STILL ON.

ALTOONA, Pa. March S.-The Sc
cret sessions on the part of the miners.
two joint conferences, and a meeting
of the joint scale committee tonight.
briefly sums up the days doings be-
tween the miners and operators. The
deadlock on the scale is still on.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-03-09
LIABILITIES
Are seriously Complicated, Bat TN
likely TO BE ms Large ms nj First
Expected.

NEW YORK, March s.-Because OF
the many and diversified interests In
which John NJ Searles was engaged,
the work OF examining into his fInan-
cial condition involves much time and
labor. 1t was expected that a schedule
showing assets and liabilities would
be given out to-day. but AssIgnee
Dwight stated that this was impos-
sible.
The general opinion now Is that Mr..
Searies's liabilities viii be under 81
COO, 900.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-03-09

LONDON, March 8.-A dispatch
from Pretoria, dated Tuesday, March
5th, evidently held up by the censor,
has just reached here. 1t says Gen.
Kitchener met Gen. Botha and other
Boer leaders at Middleburg on Febru-
airy 9th, when the question of the
possibility of the termination of hos
tilities was discussed.
Another dispatch from Pretoria, dat
ed Wednesday, March 9Th, says the
meeting between Gen. Kitchener and
Gen. Rotha has awakened deep inter
est and that there are favorable tx
pectations as to the probable outcome
According to the Sun the surrender
of Gen. Botha would have been an ac-
complished fact before now had Gen.
Kitchener been in a position to on
clude the terms of surrender. When
the surrender occurs, the Sun adds, it
will include the surrender or entire
suppression of Gen. De Wet and win
involve the termination of the war.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-03-09
GENERAL BOTHA'S WIFE
URGED THE SURRENDER.
SAID THAT SHE IS RESPONSIBLE
FOR THE MEETING THAT LED
TO ARMISTICE.
DE WET AND sTEYN BARRED
FROM THE PROMISE OF AMNESTY
MADE b GENERAL
KITCHENER.

LORENZO MARQUES, March s.
Gen. Kitchener has granted Gen. Botha
a seven days armistice, to enable him
to confer with the other generals.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-03-09
THREE NEGROES HANGED.

LITTLE ROCK. Ark. March a-Kirby
Graves. VIM. johnson and Henry Brooks.
negroes. were hanged at Richmond. LttIs
Rock county, to-day, for numbering Ed
ward Evans, white. and Frank Hopson,
coicred-
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-03-09
SEVEN DAYS ARMISTICE.

Granted by General kitchner to Gen.
Botha, to Consult With other Gen-
erals Regarding Surrender.
LONDON, March S.-A special dis
patch from Pretoria, dated to-day (Fri-
day. says Gen. Kitchener and Gen.
Botha had a lengthy conference on
Gun Hill this morning. Gen. Botha
was alone and Gen. Kitchener was ac-
companied by his secretary.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-03-09

LONDON, March S.-Oficial c. les
here regard the announcement OF the
armistice in South Africa with the
greatest satisfaction. They point out
that it must have been granted on the
solicitation of the Beers and take the
view that Gen. Kitchener would never
have consented to it unless he felt
practically sure it would result in an
important advance towards the term
nation Of all hostilities.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-03-09

Continued On Fourth Page.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1901-09-20
Trolley Used for sprinkIInu.

Cleveland has had a trial Of
street sweeper running on an cleo
trio railroad and getting its power
from an auxiliary motor. 1t was
pronounced success. Preceding the
sweeper in the trial was trolley wa
ter tank, by which the street was
sprinkled from the center of the
tracks to the curb. Then came the
sweeper, with revolving brush 16
feet long, which piled the dirt in a
furrow close to the curb. The work
was thoroughly done, according to
the reports in the Cleveland papers,
and was done quickly, the trolley
sweeper moving at the rate Of seven
miles an hour. This invention, while
good thing for the city in its econ
omy, may be bad thing for pros-
pective railroad companies. Among
the returns now demanded in some
places for franchises are the paving
and sprinkling of streets and the re-
moval of snow.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1901-09-20
POPULAR IN FINLAND.
A Novel Bath which Resembles tho
Turkish Kind Ends with
Roll in the Snow.

A primitive sort of Turkish bath is
INDUCED in by some of the Finlanders
of northern Norway. In winter in this
part OF the country the thermometer
averages 40 degrees below zero and
water bathing is not practicable.
These Finlanders, unlike the Lapps
further north, have an instinct for
bodily cleanliness, and manage to pre-
serve 1t after the following fashion.
Paul du Chaillu, who knows from per-
sonal experience, declares the method
fine. Each hamlet has bathhouse for
common use. 1t is perhaps Is feet
long by ~ wide. 1t boasts no windows,
and only when the door is opened can
air or light enter. In the middle of the
interior is an ovenlike structure of
powders piled one upon the other.
Rows of seats constructed of the
branches Of trees run along the sides
of the wall. There is no other furnish
ing.
Bathing day comes once week-Sat-
urday. Early in the morning of that
| day wood is brought and a fire started.
When the stones become hot the fire
is put out, the place cleaned, a large
vessel of water and some slender birch
twigs brought in, and the operations
declared complete.
AS no dressing-room is provided,
toilets are unmade and made in the
various homes. 1t is scarcely neces-
sary to add that no time is lost in the
progress from the home to the bath
house. No clothes and temperature
of 40 degrees below zero are incentives
to haste.
When all the boys and men are in
the bathhouse and the door closed wa
ter is thrown upon the hot stones until
the place is filled with steam. Per-
spiration pours from the sweltering
bodies, yet more active exercise is de-
manded, and switches come into play.
Each bather lays on his neighbor with
a will until Enough" is cried.
Again water is thrown upon the
stones, more steam raised and another
switching INDUCED in.
AS may be imagined, the bodies are
now as red as boiled Holsters and the
blood circulating actively.
A roll in the snow completes this
novel bath.-N. Y. Herald.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1901-09-20
A LITTLE NONSENSE.

Miss QuizEer-"What would yM do
u you owned yacht?" Twaddles--
go broke, l think."-Ohio State Jour
nal.
at was about girl, but he did not
mean any harm" "About a grill"
Eyes. the fellows arm."-Philadelph
Times.
A Rainy Day in an Umbrella Store
Customer II want an umbrella"
Dealer--"Do you want good one, or
one you can lend q ?"-Boston
Transcript.
"There is one advantage l enjoy" OBJ
served the manufacturer of limburger
cheese. Nobody comes around here
poking his nose in my business" BAL
timore World,
Say" snarled the conductor, "this
quarter has plug in it," "Well,"
snapped the fiery passenger, ibid you
expect to find an automobile in it?"-
Philadelphia Record.
Logical.-Mamma-"Willie, shut that
window screen. You're letting the flies
in" Willie-"Well, you've got to let
some of 'em in" Mamma-"Why?"
Willie" Cause if you don't let 'em
in, how are they goin' to get on the fly
paper?-Philadelphia Press.
81 don't understand said the irate
customer to the bootblack, "why you
charge me 20 cents for this shine, when
you only charge others" "Yes, sah,"
replied the brush manipulation, "but
yo' see, sab, had ter sorter lay out dis
we're job by the foot, sah!"-Denver
Times.
An Appreciative Patron.-"Did you
annoy my predecessor on the bench as
much as you have annoyed me?" in
quired the judge of the frequent Of
fender. mo, judge" said the tough
one, II always thought so much of
you that just as soon as I heard you
was elected made up my mind to give
you ell my legal business-and I've
done t"-Cleyeland Plain Dealer.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1901-09-20

piece of glass tubing ~ inches long.
with an inside diameter of one-eighth
of an inch. Some silver and nickel
filings are placed in the center of the
tube and two silver plugs are forced
into the tube on either side of the
filings.
From the silver plugs conducting
wires lead outside, as shown in the
drawing. The tube is then exhausted
by means of an air pump and sealed.
the little pointed projection on the
upper part Of the tube shows where
the air pump was connected and the
sealing is done. The wires leading out
side the tube are connected with q
regular Geographic apparatus. A
branch wire leads up mast to piece
of copper hanging in the air, the other
branch wire leading down into tho
ground or water and likewise connect
ed with copper plate.
When a spark is produced by an
electric machine or coil, electric
waves are sent through the air and
earth and the electric eye, though
many miles distant, receives the waves
in much the same manner that the hui
man eye receives light waves.
Unlike the human eye, however, tho
electric eye is as sensitive in the dark
as in the light, and again, the electric
waves, unlike light, will pass through
1e lN,,i1 IN nd nd Hn
not stop their passage, as they would
light.
1t is only ten years since the first co.
herer was made, and about six years
since Mr.. Marconi took up the subject
of wireless telegraphy. In this short
time it is indeed surprising, aye, al
most past human belief, that a vessel
far below the horizon can send out cleo
trio waves that are invisible to our
eyes, waves that pass through our
bodies unfelt, waves that are so in
tangible that their presence remained
undiscovered all these centuries yet
are made manifest by the electric eye,
in which the minute particles of met
ais are drawn together, or cohered-as
II is termed-in no uncertain manner,
whenever an electric wave comes in
| contact with them.
Such progress in the construction Of
these sensitive electric eyes in the last
six years may well lead us to believe
that one will be constructed within a
very few years that will gather within
its focus waves sent from across the
ocean, and then we shall have cable
| less messages.-N. Y. Herald.