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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-04-12
.F|ELDGUN TESTS ARE 70
Be MADE At SANDY HOOK.
ARMY THAT IS ADMITTEDLY
WEAK, COMPARATIVELY.
THE FAMOUS FRENCH GUN
SAID TO BE THE FINEST IN THE
WORLD, TO BE AMONG
THOSE TESTED.

WASHINGTON, april 11.-Prepara-
tions are making for quite an extensive
and important test of field guns at
Sandy Hook some time in May. AT
present the army is not we'll equipped
with field guns. compared with other
nations, and the War Department
wishes to obtain the very best guns
possible for the equipment of this i'm
portant branch of the service. The
tests at Sandy Hook will be under the
direction of the board of ordnance and
Notifications, composed of Lieut.. Gen.
Miles, commanding the army; General
Wilson, chief of engineers; General
Burlington, chief of ordnance; Colonel
Rogers, artillery corps; Colonel Ran
dolph, chief of artillery; ex-Representa-
tive Henderson, the civilian member of
OF the board; and two artillery officers
yet to be assigned to the 'Doard. The
board not only will test such guns as
may be presented by manufacturers
and inventors, but it is expected that
the new gun modelled on the plan Of tho
French field gun and constructed I'M
der the direction of the bo9rd of ord
nance and Notifications will he tested.
The plans for this gun were obtained
by an army officer who was Sent abroad
last summer and who claimed to have
secured details of this gun, which ar
ti.lery experts have asserted is the best
in the world. The mechanism of this
gun has been concealed and its secret
carefully guarded by the French gov
eminent. The report that the United
States army had obtained the plans
OF the French gun caused considerable
comment at the time it was made
public, and since then the procedure of
the department with reference to the
gun has been watched with interest
by ordnance experts. The French gov
ernp ent has not guardd more carefully
the mechanism of its gun than tne
board of ordnance has the making @
the new filed gun, which is expected to
be tested in May.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-04-12
THE CABLE RAISED.

NEW YORK. April 11.-Accompanied
by the screeching Of whistles and the
cheering of thousands of spectators on
both sides of the river, the new cable
of the new East river bridge was raised
from the bed of the river to-day and
drawn taut by powerful engine until
it was 100 feet above the surface of
the water. The actual raising of the
cable lasted just seven minutes. While
1t was going on all traffic in the river
at that point was stopped by order of
the harbor master.
After being drawn back $40 feet over
the top of the tower on the Williams
burg side, the cable was put in clamps
and firmly fastened to the massive an
chorage of masonry.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-04-12
LITTLE KbNANAA R. R.
IN RECEIVERS HANDS.
THREAT OF THE CONTRACTORS
WHO BUILT 1T TO FORE
CLOSE, CAUSES ACTION
TO BE TAKEN.
BIG DEAL THAT FELL THROUGH.
CAPITALISTS WHO WE'RE TO BUY
THE ROAD AND EXTEND 1T
FAILED TO MATERIALIZE.

Special 10 the Register
PARKERSBURG, w. Va, April II.
Governor A. B. White, C. H. Shattuck
and Dennis O'Brien were this afternoon
appointed receivers for the Little Ka-
nawha Railroad by Judge John j..
Jackson, in the United States Court.
They were appointed upon the appli-
cation of the local stockholders and
took charge of the road at once, CIV
ing bond in the sum of $4,000. They
appointed Henry C. Jackson, who has
been the president of the road, as gen
eral manager, and the road is now in
his hands.
The immediate cause for the applica-
ton for the receivership was the writ
ten notice given by Gooch, Rinehart &
Denis, who were the contractors on the
construction of the road, and who held
a second mortgage for s67 500, that I'M
less that amount were paid by the fiji
tenth of this month they would fore
close. Back of this is a story of the
failure of capitalists who some time
ago agreed to the purchase of the road
to keep their agreement. According to
the statement of the attorney for the
road they were to pay $25 coo cash,
when the purchase OF stock was made
last November and were to pay off all
other Indebtedness of the road, which
they have failed to do. They have, ac-
cording to this statement, paid only
$4,000 in all. and the rod is tied up
now SO that other purchasers cannot
be secured, while those who have pur
chased will not pay up or let go. 1t is
to effect some settlement by which the
roa> may be made to pay its indebted
ness that the receivers are asked for.
The road was built several years ago
from Parkersburg to Palestine, some
twenty-five miles up the Little Kanaw
ha liver, and when extended into the
coal fields, as the purchasers agreed
to do, is expected to become a very
valuable property
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-04-12
RUSSIAN PLOT STORIES
GREATLY EXAGGERATED.
NO FOUNDATION FOR REPORT
THAT GEAR LIVES IN AN AR
NOR PLATE HOUSE,
THOUGH THERE IS ALARM
LEST THE ANARCHISTS AND NIHIL-
lists GET A BEAD ON HIS
ROYAL HIGHNESS.

LONDON, April LA dispatch from
st. Petersburg, dated April IL, says
that the stories OF plots against the
life of the Gear, which found their way
into the American press. through Eng
lsh, German, Austrian and French
channels, were common talk on the
streets of st. Petersburg months be-
fore they were published, but their in
herent improbabllity and falsity as to
details caused them to be generally dis
believed. Reports to the effect that the
Gear was living behind steel walls. and
continually running from one desk to
another in his study for fear of bombs.
aroused nothing but ridicule.
Alarm has been felt in all circles for
the life Of the Czar, as the avowed an
archists and revolutionists have been
displaying unusual activity since the
beginning of the student troubles. 1t
would not be gong too far to say that
the students central committee or some
members thereof. are probably compro-
missed by their relations with the revo-
lutionary organizations, but 1t Is not
generally believed that the mass OF
students are infected with revolution
airy principles.
The students do no appear ever to
have regarded the Car as responsible
for their grievances" continues the
dispatch. He recently received del
egation of them at Tsarkoe-Selo. where
he now resides. Many of them frank
ly confess that they never heard an I'M
kind word spoken of him and this can
not be attributed to fear, for the stu
dents are accustomed to talk quite free
ly among themselves. Thus the idea
that the students as a body are plot
ing against his life falls to the ground.
Emperor Nicholas certainly does not
seem TO entertain this fear for he comes
to the city frequently to transact state
affairs or to attend public concerts"
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-04-12
TO BE BURIED IN PITTSBURG.
Bernard FOrst, Who Committed Sui
eide in New York was Successful

PITTSBURG, April II. - Bernard
Forst, the stock broker, who commit
tie. suicide at the Hoffman House, New
York, yesterday, 10y taking carbolic
acid, will be buried in this city, where
several years of his life We're spent,
and where members of his family at
present reside. The remains will ar
rive in Piutssurg tomorrow morning
over the Pennsylvania. and the funeral
will start from the Union depot and
proceed direct to West View cemetery,
where the services will be held.
Three brothers and one sister of the
dead broker live in Pittsburg.
Mr.. Frost, until few years ago, was
one of the most prominent members of
the Pittsburg stock exchange, and was
well known in the Pennsylvania oil re-
gions. He operated in all the oil fields
with success. He was also we'll known
on the oil exchanges when those insti-
tutions fiourished. His wife was Miss
Guggenheim, of Oil City, Pa.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-04-12
VT. VA. POSTAL AFFAIRS.
Special to the Register.

Special to the Register
WASHINGTON, w Ca. April 1.-THE
postoffice department has ordered the es-
Enlistment of rural free delivery on May
carrier covering an area of % square
miles, ana serving population of $50.
One carrier Will be added to the service
at Philippi, Barbour county, covering an
ulation of 600. Postoffices at Elk City and
Overfield TO be supplied By rural carrier.
Mall should be sent to Philippi. A car
rier win be added to the service at Wells
ulatfon Of 500.
The following fourth-clsss postmasters
have been appointed IN West Virginia.
W b. Dr,imfield. Greenshoal Lincoln
county. vice j. n HcCemas. resigned. A
L. Warren. Hereford. jackson county. Vice
Frederick Rardon. resigned; j. G. Wilson.
Huffman. Barbour county. Vice s. T. VIII
son, resigned; L. y. EiQuesney, Junior,
Barbour county. vice r. G. Haskins. re-
moved: W 5. Thomas. Lansing. Fayette
county, vice H E Acciurg. removed. F..
o. Knowlton. Little. Tyler county. vice
Shawnee. Peasants county. vice Amos
Smith resigned: Mark Ballard. Sweetland,
Lincoln county, vice Curtis Ballard. dead !.
dy. Kanawhs county. vice John Milbee.
removed: Pell Dawson, Hicombotom. Ka-
nawha county, vice A l. Robinson. re-
moved; E: W. Coy, Spring Dale. Fayette
W. Robinson, Wick. Tyler county, Vice c.
F. p Smith. resigned
A new postoffice has been established at
Carbondale. Fayette county. George B.
Giilespi Focahonfas county. viii Be dis
continued April Is. Mail should be sent to
Durbin. Special mall service has been dis
continued 70 Brady. Pocahontas county:
Wayne county. and xerford. Roane coun-
u.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-04-12
COMMITTEE OF FIFTEEN
HAS MADE ITS REPORT.
FOUND A DISTRESSING AND MEN,
AGING STATE OF AFFAIRS IN
TENEMENT DISTRICT.
DANGERS OF THE SOCIAL EVIL.
MANY CHILDREN EXPOSED TO CON-
TACT WITH WOMEN OF had
CHARACTER.

NEW YORK, April 1.-THE COM
mittee OF fifteen organized some
months ago to investigate vice as it
exists in this city, made its prelimi-
nary report to the public to-day. This
report will be followed by others from
time to time as the committee deems
necessary. The report says the COM
mittee agents, by investigation, dis
closed the fact that gambling and pool
rooms were being operated openly in
violation of the law; that the gambling
spirit had been developed to such an
extent as to become a distinct menace
to the community and that these re-
sorts were undoubtedly protected in
their operation by officers whose duty
it was to close them. Raids were made
by the agents and the results obtain
ed show conclusively that a committee
of citizens can force the police to
close such resorts, thus proving that
vice is protected and also that the raids
have resulted in making the gambling
business Improbable.
The committee says that the actual
conditions of the tenement house pop
ulation is alarming in respect to the
social evil, and that in hundred and
twenty-five tenement houses that were
examined by its agents and in which
disorderly women were living, they
twenty-four children under the age OF
Is years and the committee is collect
ing evidence which will be utilized TO
eliminate this evil. 1t is also invest
igating the organized traffic in young
girls by the so-called cadet system.
The committee recommends with
earnestness the necessity of providing
suitable places of meeting where the
people in each neighborhood can come
togther and discuss the evils that
menace their civic life and where they
may from time to time meet their leg
islative representatives with a viw to
obtaining from them an account of
their stewards and where remedies
may be proposed and discussed. There
the recommendation that in each as
sembly district one suitable assembly
hall shall be built to be kept available
for such citizens meetings and it
throws out suggestion that these
might be built in connection with the
new public libraries which are likely
to be erected in every part of Greater
New York.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-04-12
PATENTS GRANTED.
Special to the Register.

Special to the Register.
WASHINGTON. April 1.-Two patents
were granted this week to residents OF
West Virginia. One was issued to Benia-
min F. Hennessey. Of Morgantown, for n
tongue support for vehicles. which con-
sists in pivotally connecting the rear end
of the tongue TO the wagon frame and in
providing a yoke upon the forward end Of
the wagon frame through which the
tongue extends and in which is has verti-
cal play. a bolt or pin extending down
through the tongue and provided with
spiral springs above and below the tongue
which resiIientIy support the tongue The
other was granted to Noah l.. ballard OF
Wheeling. for a rail joint. the essential
fes ture Of which consists in providing the
splice bars with projections along their up
per edges which engage into nofehes
formed in the under sides of the head or
tread portions Of the adjoining rails, and
a transverse bolt for drawing the parts
together. There was also granted trade
mark certificate to The Bloch Bros Tohae-
co Company. Of Wheeling. for tobacco the
essential feature OF which is picture Of
msil pouch with the word pouch
thereon.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-04-12
SENDS HIM TO JAIL.

Councilman Stewart NJ. Brice De-
cIared to BE In Contempt of
Court.
NEW YORK, April 11.-Justice Scott,
in the Supreme court to-day handed
down decision adjudging Councilman
Stewart NJ. Brice, son of the late eX-
Senator Brice, guilty of contempt of
court and sentencing him to ten days
in the county Jail and to pay fine of
SAB. The decision is the outcome of
the contempt proceedings brought
against Brice and several city officials
in the trouble over the new hall of rec
ord, in which they refused to vote for
passage of bonds in connection with
construction of the hall.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-04-12
TELEPHONE CONSOLIDATION.
Six Big Companies, with Fifty
Thousand Instruments, Acquired.

Six Big Companies, With FIFTY
Thousand Instruments, Acquired.
BALTIMORE. Md, April l1.--Final
steps We're taken to-day in the big tel
ephone consolidation scheme engineer
ed by the syndicate headed by George
X. WeIbb. OF this city At the meeting
of the directors of the United Tele-
graph & Telephone Company to-day the
following properties were acquired:
Maryland Telephone & Telegraph
Co, capital stock, 81 600. 900.
Pittsburg and Allegheny Telephone
Co: capital stock 81 500 900.
West Penn Long Distance Telephone
Co; capital stock. $1,000. 0Oo
Home Telephone d Electric Co; cap
ftal stock. 100000
Allegheny County Telephone Co;
capital stock, 100000.
Hartford County Telephone Co; capi-
tai stock. $4,000.
In all. about $4,000 telephones. either
in actual operation or under contract
awaiting installation, will go into the
combination. The West Penn Company
owns the line from Beaversto Pittsburg.
where connection Is made with the
United States Long Distance Telephone
Company that will give service into
Cleveland and other Ohio and indiana
points. over 1877 900 telephones viii be
connected up by this line with the
Pittsburg and Allegheny plant.
The United Telephone and Telegraph
Company was chartered under the laws
of New Jersey. 1t has capitalization
of 5000 900 OF common stock and ST.
500. 900 Of per cent. cumulative pre-
ferred stock. The financial plans pro-
vide for the issuance al once OF $500
o00of the common stock and 81 600 600
of the preferred
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-04-12
THREATEN TO STRIKE.

YOUNGSTOWN, O., April 11.-Unless
the engineers, firemen and water tend
ers employed at the plants of the Re-
public Iron and Steel Company here
are granted increases in wages running
from 10 to 35 cents day, they threaten
TO strike next Monday. A strike would
throw about 5000 men out of employ
ment
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-04-12
A MONSTER GLASS WORKS.
The New Rochester Compnuyss Plant
VIII Have Capacity of More
Than One Hundred Pets.


PfTTSBURG, Pa, April If.--;ffenry
c. Fry, who has been organizing the
independent Glass Company TO manu-
faeture tableware and which was incor-
porated at Harrisburg yesterdy, made
known the purpose OF the new COM
pany.
THE eomsany ia to be known as the
Rochester Glass Company. and has an
authorized capital Of $4,000 The pro-
5ectors will meet within two or three
days and organize.
Mr.. Fry viii be president Of the COM
pany and the most Of the capital be-
hind ii viii be furnished by Pennsyl-
vania people.
"The capital Will all be paid up
said Mr.. Fry yesterday. and the CON-
pany will be one OF the strongest or
CARNATIONS in the glass trade OF the
country"
Mr. FRY will not state the capacity
OF his new plant, but says It viii be
larger than the old tumbler works
which had capacity Of 100 pot2
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-04-12
BLIZZARD IN COLORADO.

DENVER, Col. April ia snow
storm which began on Tuesday and
continued internationally on Wednes-
day, developed into a blizzard during
the night Throughout eastern Colo
RADIO and Wyoming the ground is COW
cred with snow, to depth OF from one
TO two feet No serious damage has yet
been reported. Railroad trains are ar
irving several hours late. however.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-04-12
C. w. DILLON'S CLAIMS
Upon the New West Virginia Judge
ship Presented to the President
by u Delegation of Admirers.

SpeclaI 70 The Register.
WASHINGTON, April 11.-senator Scott
to-day presented to the President dele
cation from the Third Congressional dis
trict of West Virginia This delegation
came to Washington in the interest of c.
W. Dillon, of Fayetteville, for judge of
the new Southern district of West Virgin
ia. 1t was headed by Representative
Gaines, and the delegation made a strong
representation in Mr.. Dillons case. Mr..
Dillon was presented The members of the
delegation besides Mr.. Gaines and Sena-
tor Scott. were Capt E. F. Smith, Mere
dith Sims, DR.. H l.. Kirkpatrick, DR.. j.
f. Robinson, S. w. Wiley, Frank Lively,
The President made no promises, making
the remark that number of good men
were candidates.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-04-12
GENERAL ELECTRIC FINANCES,

NEW YORK, April 1.-THE report
of the General Electric Company for
the fiscal year ended January 81. shows
profits of s6,2 1872, after deducting ex-
penses and allowing for depreciation
and losses. Dividend and interest pay
ment reduces the balance to s4,275. SOP,
which has been added to the previous
surplus, making it s6,62S.533 Orders
received aggregated 27,96s,541 and the
balance sheet shows assets. exclusive of
factory plants OF s1,250, 900 in excess
of the capital stock outstanding.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-04-12
Special to the Register.
DJT>DS Do

Special 10 The REGISTER.
PITTSBURG. Pa. April lin the
Graysville development, on the Ohio side,
in Monroe county, the Carter Oil Com
pany has drilled in its No. on the Frank
Harmon farm through the Big lnjun sand
and has buster.
At Cameron, Cochran & Funk have com
pleted their test well on the Funk farm
and have a 20-barrel producer from the
Big Injun sand
In the shallow sand territory, in Morgan
county, G.. A. F'of1nan has completed his
No. on the G. o. Mercer farm and has
a 20-barreI pumper Ellis Bros. & Co.'S
No. on the Elihu Powers farm is good
for five barrels a day.
In the Macksburg field Stephens & Hess
have completed test well on the George
Hess farm and have a buster in the 500
foot sand
In the Island Creek development, In JEFF
ferson county. the Kee- Wan-Nee OIL Co.
has completed its No on the ]. NJ Nor
row farm and has small producer, less
than FIVE barrels a day.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-04-12
WANTS TO GO TO CONGRESS.
Special to the Register.

Special to the Register.
PARKERSBURG, W. Va, April HIT
is stated here that on a recent visit here
Attorney General Romeo H. Freer stated
TO his political friends that he would re-
sign his office Attorney General 10
make the race again for Congress. 1t is
said that he prefers Congress TO his pres
ent office. and as the changes in the dis
trict puts Congressman Hughes in the
Fifth district and leaves no one with any
better chance than another in the Fourth
district, that he will contest for the NOM
nation Harry c. woodward is also in
the field for the nomina ton
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-04-12
MRS. COLUMBIA BLAND.
A GRANDDAUGHTER of Ohio's First
Governor Dead at Ciarksburg.

Special to the Register.
CLARKSvURG. w Va, April u.-A1rs.
Columbia Bland is dead at her home on
Main street, after long Illness. The de-
ceased was a highly cultured and refined
lady and was the daughter of Judge John
G.. Jackson Her grandfather was Return
Jonathan Meigs. the first governor Of Ohio.
Her first husband was James Duncan. and
by their marriage one son was born, j.
J. Duncan. of this city. Afterward she
married DIR. w. j. Bland. at one time
superintendent of the asylum at Weston.
whose death occurred a few years since.
To them were born Judge w T. Bland
and Meigs Bland, of Atchison. Kansas.
The deceased was surrounded by loving
friends at her death, who deeply feel their
i0SS
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-04-12
INTO THE TIN CAN TRUST.

TOLEDO, Ohio, April 11.-Deeds
were filed to-day by the E. P Brecken-
ridge company and the Toledo Tin
ware company to D. Wiley McCaughey.
of New York, representing the Ameri-
can Tin Can Company, for the plants
Of the two companies. $4,000 was
paid for the Breckenridge plant, and
$4,000 for the Toledo Tinware COM
pany's plant.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-04-12
HEAVY IMMIGRATION.

NEW YORK, April Flour trans
steamers that reached this port
to-day brought an aggregate of AIS
immigrants. The Tartar Prince, from
Naples, carried 1,040; the Majestic,
from Liverpool, 1877; the Frankfurt,
from Bremen, 1,746; and the Western
land, from Antwerp, sos.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-04-12
BUNGLESOME FORGERY
Charged Against Three Charleston
Men-HeId to COurt-TwO Already
Under Indictment.
Special to the Register

Special to the Register
CHARLESTON, w. Va, April u-Joe
Cracraft, Ed. Solesby and Geo. Saunders
were bound over to court to-day. charged
with forgery They are alleged to have
induced D. Mahood, merchant of An
sted, Fayette county, to go into Cracraft's
saloon last night, where. after getting him
intoxicated. they forced him to sign a
check for SIS. When he did this they tore
out one of his blank checks and forged
his name to another for $50. Cracraft pre-
scented them at a local bank to-day, but
Mahood had stopped payment on all
checks. The forgery was easily detected.
Solesby and Saunders are under in6ict-
ment charged with the theft of $50 from
a country man here some weeks ago.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-04-12
Special to the REGISTER.

CADIZ. Ohio, April 11-Four new oil
wells Of about twenty barrels each came
in at Bowerston, in Monroe township. to-
day. and will make the output of the
field 500 barrels a day.
Two raw wells at Rumley Crossing are
In and they are pronounced good ones. ger
ns' siIty barrels.
Oil men and the assessors in the various
townships are likely to have trouble over
the assessment for taxation of oil prop
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-04-12
DEATHS IN BERKELEY.
Special to the Register.

Special to the Register.
MARTINSBURG. W. Va. April 11-Mr
James Wise. respected citizen of this
city, died at his home here last night, at
the age of about Is years. He was a ma
tive of Shepherdstown, Jefferson county
and lived there until about Is years ago.
when he moved to this city. HIS wife sur
wives him.
Miss Lula Hite died here to-day Of pneu-
monia- The family came here q short
time ago from Winchestsz, Va