Charged With Outraging Miss
Rose J. Johnson,
Office, cn June 17, Last—A
Secured and the Evidence
ti State Completed Early,
-ns© Will Make a Strong
*t to Break Down Mi~s John
testimony — Claims Sue
rs Under a Hallucination.
». \v. Va.. July 23—In
rry, indicted for rape on
J. Johnson, on June IT last,
-st \V. Brown. Prosecuting Attorney.
-;^ted t> Mr. W. R- Alexander, of
1 . prisoner is rt pre
Jmlg- 1‘oniel Lucas and
r th State, outlining the
,, he would produce and stating
v to the jury. The i rime is pun
. b> death if the jury find a ver
t guilty, but if they add to the
t that the punishment be by con
i. nt in the penitentiary, then the
it is from 7 to 2b years, the time
t ced by the judge. If the jury find th©
used guilty of the attempt and not
act. ’hen the punishment is from 1
Lucas made the opening state
r for the prisoner, and stated that,
ing to their view of the case, the
i : id not been committed and the
ty was laboring under a hal
produced by the effects of
. iSS JOHNSON
’ v* itm ss put on the stand
tud on her testimony th©
ngs. She testified sub
s when before the examining
an account of which ap
thi R gister.
1 hat she went to Hr. Per
r treatment and he forced
her nos- and she became
us; that In a short time she
d au<; found him in the act of
: iting He crime. She made no
ry b- an- of exhaustion. l»r.
r% s wife came to his office a mo
lt after the witness recovered con
it j and h< desist.• i. Witness
imr way home, she stopped at a
iher'- in the village and got a
h- re she again conversed aud
no complaint. Prom here she
| and complained to her
\ aud the arrest followed. Her
, was not shaken on cross-* \
io"n. The r* st of the testimony
State was only corroborative of
i to circumstances, locality, etc.
'.-■fen-*? opened with testimony
• location of the office, its pub
aml the position of Miss Johnson
.V. ar her < induct af er leaving,
xpi-rt testimony will begin to
on immense crowd in the
.0>11 day and the case is
I
I o- it - many peculiar features.
f 1HE COAL MINERS
*' l’it it Dittrlrt Nut Inrllitfil to
«.i\« i p thi i Unlit for Bettrr 1’tiv.
! Imi*. : .10. ttloVis.
he miners 11.. m they an- not receiving
r sharo of thf gene' ally rvtur g
1 \r» ah
tlsi and alxtj •
1 n* > 'Si.vry will
'OnMII. tt.l'Nl \ am trio.
■Ii'rtrl) Uuiitol tn-loiu the Wild West
uni took the Opportuniljr Of
l*i . .1 itv M »x (itmhli
ru-ni«hi on the
couple were oc
fnmi home (rut that she
rdors from thi authorities
'I t ivINt. U UpiONY.
"i M instrels In Ohio Will Kritts;
hi. McKinley. Koraker and Jones
* . '■■-The Repuhlii.m
w 1 ■ opened Set>te:n
mmiiK wilt "» uf Spring
'll; uith McKiuley.
' LSfI EI.ECTI -X RKSl'ETS.
> f' A ordinjt to pollimrs
turned, the s ,te of parties is
itive*. > Utieral-l'nionists. 56:
' ifes. 57: I’nrneil
lists thus far show a uet tain
•' is tats.
ALL ARE WELL AND SAFE.
Tin Princeton Students Heard From at
Fountain Geyser.
New York. July 23— Mr. B. Forsyth
1.. father of B. Forsyth Little, Jr.,
one of the party of Princeton students
ru> v in Wyoming, received the following
dispatch to-day from Capt. A. S. Auder
-ou. l\ S. a., in command of the troops
in Y How stone Park:
Fountain Geyser. Wyo., July 23, 1S9...
Princeton party all right; no trouble
and ver\ badv here are perfectly well.
A. S. ANDERSON.
WETZEL COUNTY TEACHERS.
Sp> :.U to the Register.
Ni w Martinsville, July 23.—The Wet
z-'l county teachers' institute had an
In .- sting day to-day. Prof. Dcahl,
th- n structor. is giving much satisfac
tion H is a very thorough and eom
i nt instructor. This morning he re
\1 yesterday’s work aud brought
out many new points.
C. W. Flesher spoke in the interests
of th- West Virginia School Journal,
urging the teachers to support their own
journal.
Following this County Superintendent
Par- ins gave an interesting and in
structive talk on the new school book
law. This subject "as generally dis
i ui i i r iuiu * v * ,, I
Ha: be. tied agent of the University,
delivered an address, presenting the
nia y superior advantages of our chief
ins'.itution of learning and showing
why all West Virginians should attend
it. • specially as tuition is free in all
departments of the University, even tha
ja- : • ssiuuai schools. He paid.a high
tribute to Hr. J. L. Goodknight. the
new and scholarly President of the Uni
versity.
Th topic of the Norsemen in America
was Lin n discussed in an able manner
by I*. U. Lowry. He was thoroughly
p'tsr d. Other teachers took part in the
discussion.
At the afternoon session the subject
of teaching geography, especially to be
ginuers. was taken up by Director
Deahl. who explained the two methods,
the analytic and the synthetic. The
p i ral opinion was that the latter
m* ’hod should be used with beginners.
What is the best method of teaching
morals? was the subject next discussed.
Example and precept were considered
th- . * st methods
T *-n the history of West Virginia
during its various eras was taken up
md uuub exceedingly interesting, many
.if the teachers taking part. They
showed themselves well acquainted with
local history.
Prof. A. L. Wade, the assistant in
structor of the institute, arrived this
afternoon and will add interest to the
work.
One of the qnestions which occasioned
much dism«sion to-day was whether
a teacher hits tha right to use the school
hou.- * for literary exercises if the trus
tees object.
Tie* enrollment to-day was 141, being
110 g-nth men and 31 ladles.
County Superintendent Parsons
niai s ;.n excellent presiding officer.
o-night a public lecture will be de
! \ , r* ! at the M. E. Church by Waitman
Bur be, of the University.
PERITONITIS,
Cans (1 by Rou^b Usage at tbo Hands
of a Man Who Outraged Her,
Caused Her Death—Trouble for a
Prominent Man.
Ib ••If* r*l. Pa.. July : I — A pretty young
eirl : .m l .\«>ra Walker, aged 13. died at
ib - H. oti’erd i w-t'ii il last night. Nora's
mother this afternoon demanded that an
inquest he held. A jury was impanelled
in I 'he r-ma.ns of th- girl viewed and the
statement of th - mother taken.
ith. testified that her daughter had re
\ -al-i the • auso of her trouble on her
death be! Nora sad that while employ
ed as a domestic in a private family in
this city, t!ie man of the house entered
her room whil* she was asb* p and out
r . j. her. which resulted in peritonitis
a:i i eaused h«*r death. The affair has
r. in ! i -• - sation. The party accused
is a well known citizen and a husband
in.I father. A postmortem will be held.
At TEK TWO TEAKS.
11• :»—r Furnace No. pi, of the Thomas Iron
( oinpuny. Itesumes.
Bethlehem. Pa.. July 23.—The Thom
as Ii *n Company to-day relighted its
No. In blast furnace at Hellcrtown. giv
ing employment to2,l0 hands. The fur
nace has been idle for nearly two years.
WANT THEM KEPT OUT.
New York. July 23.—William Hosea
Bullau. vice president of the American
Hum. tit Society, has written President
cievt larul and Secretary Carlisle urg
ing that the troop of bull-fighters who
ar* to be imported to give exhibition
al th" Atlanta Exposition, be stopped
fr ‘Hi entering tht country under the
contract labor law.
FREEPORT RACES.
Freeport. Ills.. July 23.—Fast time
wm xu.:tit in all the events at Taylor s
Park ’.-day. Axtelloldt won the 2:3b
trot in straight heats; time, 2:L>'-*.
2:2b. 2:21. Rachel won the 2:2a pace:
time, 2:11. 2:1»U._.. 2:lt>. Hall Cloud
won the second heat in 2:13*4. May
Hi"s won thi 2:43 trot in .-traight heats:
tinn . 2:ld’->i. 2:16’ j, 2:1 >*-.
I•:•; TRACTION COMBINATION,
pf :- ii ■ i. Pi.. .lui' 23.—The plan to
S". .t.idelphlu People's and Eh*.'
■•ictlon Con oatii’;. oontrollinK the
u . i truth "f ’adelohia. w - -
’••v wuh $r>>capital, the
limit allowed l<y law.
nil'V HOLDER PATENTED.
\\ *u ■ lr 1 -• July ..—A pa er.
WS1. . • ‘ i> • . S at Stew art, Ot
Uiv. -nil. \V. \ a., on a opy ladder.
STEAMS! II rg.
Be ltane. July 23.—Arriv. i: Maasdam,
New ' ot k.
.. j \ -Arriv 1: s>t am. r
Mich’-.* I..-talon and Sw ansea
,;i,i..w. July -Arrive l: Furnessia,
NBre:'. ak’ July 23.-Arrived: Stuttgart.
BHhi'.'July 33- Arrived: Steamer
. Montreal. . _
“Mov ■ ■ ' V'VV; .aval ^
dinia- Monti al. for Liverpool.
A GOOD APPETITE and refreshing
sleep at this season indicate a condi
tion of bodily health. These are given
bv Hood's Sarsaparilla. It makes pure
blood and good health follows.
HOODS FILLS cure all liver ills,
relieve constipation and assist diges
i tion. 2oc.
The People of Parkersburg Live in
Dread of Assassins.
Men Gk> Heavily Armed in the
Streets and Women Stay Indoors
After Dark—All Efforts to Locate
the Murderer of Mrs. Mullen
Prove Unavailing—A Hair Upon
Which Much May Hang—Police
and Detectives Active.
Special to the Register.
Parkersburg, W. Va., July 22.—The
murder Friday night of Mrs. Mary Mul
len, one of the most highly respected
and wealthy old ladies of this place,
still remains a mystery, although a
mulatto answering the description ol
the murderer, has been seen about dif
ferent residences in the city since the
horrible crime, and acts very suspici
ously. lie was seen emerging from tho
barn of Judge George Loomis early this
morning, and escap 1. There are peo
ple, however, who do not give au>
credit to the belief that the crime was
committed by a man.
Nothing developed at the coroner s
inquest that could be considered of an\
importance in bringing to justice the
fiend who did the bloody deed.
The bludgeon in possession of Cor
oner Keever is the implement used by
the murderer, and a single hair found
on the club is considered of much im
portance by the authorities. I ae hail
of the murdered woman was quite
gray, but the hair found on the rough 1>
made bludgeon is brown, and about
five inches long.
THE BELIEF IS PREVALENT
that the hair is from the head of the
murderer, who, in wielding the horri
ble implement of death, caught the
hair, which is broken off. in the splin
ters of the bludgeon, where it was
found. The hair is of a very fine tex
ture and is not believed to be from tlH
head of a man.
The belief is also general that the
murderer is the same person who as
saulted and almost killed Mrs. Hayden
and Miss Rosa Archer several weeks
ago. Miss Archer was assaulted at the
mouth of the alley where the suspici
ous-acting mulatto was seen emerging
from the barn this morning.
Ex-Chief of Police J. R. Mehen has
been employed to assist in ferreting
out the viIlian: an extra /oree of offi*
cers have been placed on duty and all
the streets of the city are patrolled reg
ularly.
The city Council will take action at
its meeting here to-night in regard to
offering a reward for the capture of tho
murderer, and the county authorities
already have the matter under consid
eration.
THE SONS OF MRS. MULLEN
are firm in their belief that the murder
was committed by a party who was
thoroughly acquainted with their moth
er’s habits and the premises, and at
the coroner s inquest, which has been
adjourned until Friday. Patrick Mul
len. who found his mother murdered
In her bed, testified that lie searched
all around the yard early Friday ( veil
ing for the hatchet to nail a board on
the alley fence, but could not find it
Did not see that club; looked on the
back porch; saw no shoes; would have
seen them if they were there.
After I found mother on the bed l
went out on the back porch; saw the
shoes in the middle of the step; if they
had been then* when I went out earlier
in the evening I would have had to push
them out of my way to get by.
Sallie Brown, the girl arrested on the
morning after the murder, on suspicion
of committing the crime, was recalled
and identified the shoes as hers, and
that she had left them there on Thurs
day evening, the evening she. left Mrs
Mullen’s employ, and did not call for
them. , , .
The whole affair Is shrouded in mys
tery. and a feeling of uneasiness is pro*
valent throughout the city.
WOMEN STAY CLOSE
to their homes, and men are heavily
armed and prepared for any attack
at tho hands of the assassin. Several
officers in Citizens clothes are working
on the case, and it is honed something
of importance will develop soon.
Prosecuting Attorney V. L McDom
has written to Governor Mae( orkle,
requesting him to offer a reward foi tna
capture of the murderer.
On the strength of a telegram re
eeivedfrom U. J. Malley .at Cornwallis,
to-dav stating that a man answeiing
the description of the murderer had
been seen there. Chief of Poli-e
Heaton sent Officer M.-Nerney out
there, where he arrested the man. lie
proved to be Georg • Wartenbaker. a
former resident of this place. \\ arten
baker was brought here this evening
and lodged in jail and will be given a
hearing to-morrow. He answers ex
actly the description of the mur
derer given by the country boy. before
whom he will be taken for idetifiea
tiou. ___
WILL BE LLOYD iU-J-u.
Special t> the Regiat- r.
Clarksburg. W. Va.. July 2.*?.—Tt is
reported here to-night that Mr. Lloyd
Ib-ed has been or will be appointed post
master here, vice Lee Vance, resigned.
While in Topeka iast March, L. T.
Barber, a prominent newspaper man
ni I a Cvgne, Kan., was taken w ith c.iol
era morbus very severely. The night
clerk at the hotel where he was stop
ning happened to have a bottle of
Chamberlain’s Colic, Cholera and Diarr
hoea Remedy and gave him three doses
Which relieved him and he thinks saved
his ife Every family should keep
this remedy in their home at all times,
“o one can tell how soon it may be
needed. It costs but a trifle and may
he means of saving much sulTermg
■ nd perhaps the life of some member
ho family. 25 and 50 cent bottles
ClS®. Will W. lrwl». J®ta
KKri" Wm. E. Williams. C. Menke
ueller Wm. H. Hague, H. C. Stewart,
\. E. Scheele. J. Coleman, C. Schncpf.
Wm Menkemeller. Wheeling, W. va.,
If Co.. Bridgeport; B. V. Peabodj
& Son, Benwood.
FEAR MORE BLOODSHED.
Idaho I’eople Consider the Indian Trou
ble a (leave One.
Pocatello, Ida., July 23.—At Bannock
Indian agency, 13 miles north of here,
those in authority are in possession of
all the facts obtainable, do not believe
the trouble in the Jackson Hole coun
try can reach a settlement without
more bloodshed. The rumors current
here last night regarding depredations
of a returning band of Bannocks and
their killing of three white settlers can
not be confirmed. Not more than 50
Indians have so far returned to the im
mediate vicinity of the agency, and
they will not talk .
Although it can he positively stated
that the rumored danger in this imme
diate vicinity is without foundation, it
is believed from the advice brought
daily by the Indian police from the
scene of the recent trouble in North
western Wyoming, that there will be
ether clashes there between the Indians
and setllers and tough characters in
the Jackson Hole < ountry. The In
dian police, as a rule, are Indians first
and police afterward, and evidently
made a report to th'dr brother braves,
for almost every able-bodied Bannock
has between the i»turn of the police
and this time decamped from the scene
of the trouble. From the most trusted
police it is learned that many of the
Indians who are apparently returning
to their homes have quietly said that
they are taking squaws and papooses
homo to the reservation and then would
return to “set ” the white men at Jack
son Hole country.
These clashes in that section arc
yearly occurrences and there seems a
determination on both sides to settle the
question as to whether the Indians have
a right to hunt in that county regard
less of State game laws. The Indians
will not give up their old ground with
out a struggle, and the settlors and
characters far worse than Indians are
determined to give the Indians such
severe treatment that they will not re
turn next year.
VIA DYNAMITE.
Three Men Instantly Killed by a
Premature Explosion on the Chi
cago Drainage Canal.
Chicago, July 23.—Three men were in
stantly killed and a fourth liadly injured
to-day by a premature explosion of dyna
mite on the drainage, canal. The dead are:
Wm. Kelley, Marquette. Mich.; Thomas
Soaker. Chicago: Joseph Smith, residence
unknown. Manhow liefiley received u
severe scalp wound.
Kelley. Soaker and Smith wore pre
paring a blast and were pressing the dyna
miu into the hole, when suddenly the
Mast, which was almost complete i, went
• ff. All three men Were hurled high in
he air and carm down fully ;m) year Is
Mam the scene of the explosion. All three
were mangled hcr-'bly.
A GENUINE SIGNATURE
VUcgcd to Haro lleen Found oil Some of
the Itoguit Bonds Floated by Z. T. Lewis.
Kenton, ().. July 23.—Attorney Jesse
M. Lewis, of Ur'-ana, who has beer,
here for several days investigating an
issue of bonds floated by Z. T. Lewis,
the bond forger, finished bis work to
day and left for home. According to
the attorney’s statement made to-day.
duplicate liardiu county bonds to the
amount of $32,000 are known to have
been Issut <1 by Forger Lewis. Ouo oi
the signatures to these bonds is said
to be genuine, but the others are for
geries. There is alleged to be a large
amount of duplicate bonds in this
county afloat, possibly as much as $100,
UOl). The news of the existence of
these bonds caused a flutter in finan
cial circles, and some people became
frightened and demanded their money
from the banks. The panic soon sub
sided, however, and everything is now
piiet. Tin re have been no> arrests yet.
SENTENCE COMMUTED.
Washington. July 23.—The President
has commuted the death sentence im
posed on Thomas J. Taylor, who was to
in hanged Friday for the murder of
his wife. It is asserted that Taylor was
driven to the deed by his wife’s un
faithfulness. __
.UHH i rrAtriiO.
Daily ('hroniclo of the >Iovrm®ntH of ladl
vI<1uj«1h.
Tom 0. Brady and son. of Clarksburg,
were among tiie visitors in Wheeling
yesterday who witnessed the Centennial
tire-works at Mozart Pork.
Jos. Nirhol. of Baltimore, Md., is the
guest of his sister, Mrs. Ziegenfeider.
Miss Katherine Clark, of Louisville,
Kv.. is spending the week with Miss
1 Hilda D laplaln. on Chapline street.
Dr. c. W. Burton, of Sixteenth street,
is dangerously ill with typhoid fever.
Hon. C. W. Lynch, Prosecuting Attor
ney of Harris- n county, w as among tlm
visitors at the McLure House yester
day. Mr. Lynch came down to confer
with the Governor on some legal busi
ness. , ,
Philip Clifford. Esq., nno of the lead
ing members of the Harrison county
Par is at the Windsor. Mr. Clifford
eanie to Wh* ling to confer with the
Governor with a view to presenting
papers petitioning for the pardon of
Mavis, who was convicted of forgery at
the last t rm of the Circuit Court of
Harrison county. Mr. Clifford says
the jury and a number of the members
of the bar have signed the petition foi
Davis’ pardon. It seems the case is
one in w hich it would be proper u> be
stow executive clemency.
Hon. A. R. Howard, of Point Pleas
mt. we- a visit >r in theWiity last night
on business.
G B Slemaker. of Sistersville. a
i prominent business man of that place,
was in the city yesterday.
Roy M"ore, of Proctor, is a visitor in
' Frank Chapman. Esq., city sergeant
of sister-vine, was in the city last
! night on his way to Pittsburg.
John A Dopier. Lsq.. of Proctor, a
prominent Wetzel county Democrat,
was in the city yesterday.
Officer Charles Alle*n is ill with a fever
of some sort.
FAILED TO GET A QUORUM.
Council was to have met in regular
session last evening, to pass the new
jcvv ordinance, among other things
but the First Branch lacked one 01 a
quorum, and nothing could bedone.
v special meeting will probablj be
tailed for Friday evening.
I
, I III Cl. -
An Open Secret That an Expedition
Has Been Fitted Out
Iii New York, and That it Will bo
Carried on a Fifteen-Knot Iron
Vessel—Few Good Words for
Spain in Cuba — Every Cuban
Ready to Knife Spain at the
Firot Opportunity.
New York, July 23.—It is an open se
cret in Cuban revolution circles that
preparations are being made to send an
expedition to Cuba at the earliest op
portunity. At the last meeting of the
revoluionary party in this city, Gen.
Rafael de Quesada publicly announced
that he would assume command of the
first expedition to start for the islands.
The vessel is, acording to reports, an
iron steamer with a power of fifteen
knots an hour.
A well-dressed man who declined to
give his name and said that he was
an American, speaking English only,
entered the ofiiee of Enrique Trujillo,
editor of El Porvenir to-day and an
nounced that he had one hundred men
drilled and armed, ready to start for
Cuba. He himself would command
the force and pay the expenses of trans
portation. Trujillo explained that any
such venture would be a violation of
the neutrality laws, being inclined to
believe that his caller was a Spanish
agent.
London, July 23.—The Times, in ad
dition to Its dispatch from Havana out
lining the situation of affairs there,
saying that y< How fever and dysentery
are causing great mortality among the
Spanish troops, announcing that the
rebels have cut the railway bridges,
thus isolating Puerto Principe and that
.Maceo is threatening an attack upon
Manzanillo, published a long letter
from Havana dated June 5, giving a
history of the Cuban rebellion. 1'he
writer says: “At every turn Gomez
lias out-generalled Campos. Gomez
has raised the revolt all over the whole,
island, thus forcing Campos to scatter
his soldiers over a wide area. If
Spain wishes to quell the rebellion she
must prepare for a prolonged occupa
tion of the island hv a large force.’’
The correspondent adds that after
months of close study of the movement,
he is able to state that “beyond the
narrow circle of officialdom and the
group of Spaniards directly beneilttlng
by the commercial relations imposed L>\
Spain, I have not heard a single good
word in favor of Spanish rule. Al
most every Cuban who has not openly
joined the revolt is ready to give Spain
a sly stick if he can do so without dan
ger to himself.”
Tile Times correspondent then relates
at length how the Cubans have suffered
from the decline in the price of sugar and
real estate and describes how the estates
ha\e gradually fallen into the hands of the
Spanish mortgagees.
He does not think the independence ol
Cuba is likely or that it would present :>
satisfactory solution of the question to
a large section of the Cubans, and adds:
“I regard annexation as only a ban
possibility because the Cnited States
shows no Inclination In this directon."
The Times dispatches from Havana,
cabled to the Assoeate l Press las' night,
quoted this correspondent as saying:
"I learn that a large section of the in
surgents are quite prepared to lav doWt
their itrrns If Spain immediately grants le
Cuba complete autonomy, combined with
allegiance to Ppaitt.” _
SMALL TALK.
Minor Matter** of Interest Itrletly an:I
Pithily Tolil.
_\ marriage I Sense was issued yes
terday to Oscar I). Tolbert, a native of
Sherrard. Marshall county, aged 28.
and Ollie M. Morgan, a native of Wheel
ing, aged 24.
—Two men named Kelley and Thomas
engaged in a fight on Main street, last
evening, and were arrested by Officers
Ingram and Walker.
—The Ancient Order of Adhesive Mo
gulliaus will parade this evening at
8:30. There will be about 123 mem
bers in line. •
—The big rain of yesterday morning
washed an enormous amount of mud in
to the river and small streams. I p
Wheeling creek thousands of fish were
killed by the mud. and in some places
the surface of the water was covered
with them.
—Thomas Ryan, charged by Harry
Tapps with a breach of the peace, was
dismissed before Justie Fitzpatrick,
yesterday.
—Farmers out Hoggs’ run are com
plaining of thieves.
—There were three cases in Police
Court, yesterday morning.
- Col. Bonj. Wilson will drive a num
ber of gentlemen and representatives
of the press over the line of the Ben
wood and Moundsville electric railroad,
this afternoon.
PAWNEE ItlKl/s AVI Ml AVEST,
AA ill Exhibit at thf Pair (,rmintl« Thin
Afternoon an<l Evening.
Pawnee Bill's Wild West will ex
hibit at the New Fair Grounds this af
ternoon and evening, and will doubt
less attract large crowds at boili per
formances. A street parade, which is
a novel feature of the show, will be
given this morning.
Pawnee Bill's Wild West coral's with
the seal of success in the old and new
worlds. It is an original and purely
American entertainment, presenting
many features which have never be* :,
seen here, and probably never will b*
seen outside this show. Among the
special attractions are the Indian
museum and village, the military
tournament, and Mexican hippodrome.
There is a genuine tribe of Riffian
Arab athlete*, cannibal black trackers
and native bush men; the famous boom
erang throwers of Australia, and the
bolus throwers of South America; a
family of Flat Head Indians; a herd of
genuine American buffaloes; besides
the Western rough-riders, sharp-shoot
ers. guides, trappers and hunters.
The doors will open at one o'clock this
afternoon and seven o’clock this even
ing. and there will be sheltered seats
for 6,GW persons:
AN IMPORTANT DECISION.
The Title of Henry C. King, of New York.
to Half a Million Acres of Laud, Held
to Im* <;ood.
Special to the Register.
Harrisburg, Va., July 23.—The eject
ment suit brought by Henry C. King. o2
New York, against Conley, Blankinsop,
and others, in the United States Circuit
Court for the Western district of \ ir
ginfa, has been on trial here before
Judge John Paul for the past two weeks.
The jury this morning brought in a
verdict for King. The decision holds
valid the title of Mr. King to the land
as claimed, coming down by chain of
title from the Commonwealth of \ ir
ginia in 1795, through Robert Morris.
The issue in the case has been hotly
contested, the land in controversy being
live hundred thousand acres, and part
of whicli is known as the “Swan
Lands.” lying in Virginia, West Vir
ginia and Kentucky.
OIL NEWS.
The Rinehart well, over on the Ohio
side, in the vicinity of the Frieden well,
was closed down yesterday on top of
the sand for some reason, and it is im
possible to tell to-day when it will be
drilled in.
The well drilled on the Lewis farm
by Alford Bros. & O'Hara has been
cleaned out and drilled deeper in the
sand. Last evening it was reported to
be forty feet in the sand and had not
perceptibly increased its production.
The well is now producing about 125
barrels a day and will be packed at
once, after which it is expected to be
good for as much as tire Frieden well,
rf not more.
The receipts of the Eureka pipe line
in the Sistcrsville field were 10,572 bar
rels. , ,
Ramey & Co.’s well on the Alexander
Mills lot, in the vicinity of the Frieden
well, is due to-day or to-morrow. The
drill was in the limestone on top of
the sand last night, and it was expiated
the well would reach the sand some
time to-day.
There is considerable development go
ing on in Putnam county now. and
within the next few days several im
portant wells are expected in. Several
Wheeling parties are interested in ter
ritory in that section, and are prepar
ing to put down wells on their leases
in a short time.
Harry McMullen’s well on the Baker
farm, east of the Frieden well, is due
in the sand in a day or two. The indi
cations arc for a good well.
• IN THE GORDON SAND.
Special to the Register.
Sutton, W. Va., July 23.-The latest
information concerning the oil well on
the Kanawha river below Burnsville.
Braxton county, is that the drill is in
the Gordon sand with a showing for
oil. Tr fact, they already have found
the black fluid in this sand, but not in
: much quantity, but they are going
deeper, and it will not be much of a
surprise if they get plenty of oil.
CONSIDERED GOOD TERRITORY.
Special to th< Register.
Parkersburg, W. Va., July 23. One
of the most valuable tracts of land in
West Virginia, located about eighteen
miles from this place, containing three
hundred acres, is owned hj lion. D. it.
Neal, of this city. The land is now be-*
iiig developed and is believed t<* hr- ia
the oil belt. On this valuable tract of
land is an eight foot vein of iron ore and
a six foot vein of very fine coal. The
land has belonged to Mr. Nca! for over
forty years, and oil men consider it a
valuable piece of territory, and look for
the opening up of an entirely new held
when developuu nts are completed.
OYER IN BELMONT COUNTY.
Yesterday the second 2.>o barrel tank
at the Starbuck well was filled, and tl;d
well has been shut in until another
tank can bo built. The material is on
the ground for a 1,200 barrel tank, and
it will he put op as quickly as possible.
The well is still holding to about 35
barrels a day. The Buckeye Pipe Line
Company have started to run a branch
of tin ir line down to the well from thd
Gould field, and as soon as possible the
Starbuck well will be connected up.
There will be considerable work go
ing on in the vicinity of this well with
in the no,xt thirty days, and already a
number of locations have been made.
The Standard has made a location on
the Isaac Lloyd farm and one on the
James Layton farm. A company of
Pittsburg people have located a well on
the M. Greenlee farm and are getting
out the timbers for the rig. Thomas
Bastable made a location yesterday on
the Dan Sutton farm, and the owners
of the Starbuck well have made a loca
tion on the Randall Ar Starkey farm.
\ company of Cadiz speculators have
located a well on the L. D. Hall farm,
and will commence taking the timber
out. for the rig in a couple of days.
The impression is still prevalent that
the Starbuck well is on the edge of a
pool of some dimensions, and as the
wells mentioned above are located on
all sides of it the next sixty days will
toll whether that territory is worth any
thing or not.
The Bridgeport Oil Company have
just closed a deal in which they be
come the owner* of two and one-half
acres of land owned by Ib*nj. White.
The land is situated about half a mile
w. «t of the C’oleraln well on the Har
risville pike. It is very probable that
the company will put down a well be
fore lpng.
IMPORTANT MEETING.
The stockholders of the West \ irginia
Gla.-- Company h‘!d a meeting at the
McLure House parlors yesterday after
noon. to discuss the present crisis in
rhe company’s affairs, and decide upon
he future conduct of the company. At
a meeting held last week a committee
W1S appointed to solicit stock subscrip
tions among citizens of Martins berry
and Wheeling, and to report at yester
day's meeting.
The committee was assisted in Its
v.-ork by a number of prominent citizens
of Martin’s Ferry, and -uccr>eded In
raising about $.'.,000, which was much
less than it was expected would be sub
scribed. Martin’s Ferry people, and es
pecially are anxious to have the factory
placed In operation again, as It has give
employment to a great many persons.
The company has received sev* ral offers
free sites and etuu bouses to remove I
to boom towns.,, * *• J
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The Holmes House, in Chiu^o, Slowl]
’• Giving Up Its Scored
This Gown, Like tho Othcrg, Had
Stains Upon it, Which: ro Sup.
posed to bo Blood—Mr =. Peitzel’a
Attorney Makes Mor * Charges,
Hohnes Admits Mrs. Ccanor's.
Death.
Chicago, July 23.—During h-> » ’ "
aminatlon of the house of H. 11. IT.,im.*s
to-day, a portion of a woman's u ;kt,
torn and stained, was found.
Tlie gown was of dark good-. w h whit*
trimmings, and on the white -h wera
found several dark spots r< sendding either
iron rust or blood. The natur *•’ th<»
stnins could not be determined :i l *ho
dress was sent to police ! * Igi.arters,
where an analysis will be n .i
The discovery was made w! workman
were digging near ono of the . ,
tiascment. Hidden und* r th nil -*., x
barrel was found, and In It. imr* ; . . : ;
a mass of broken crockery and old
ware, was the dress.
The house was surrounded .ill i
curious crowd of sightseers. Numcivu i
unil urgent requests for admission v <
m:ule, but the police carefully guard* l t..j
doors and secluded tiie curious.
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SAYS SHE IS DEAD
II. n. Uolmfi flukes a Serious AiluilMlort
Retarding .Hr#. Connor.
Philadelphia, Pa., July 23.—District
Attorney Graham had a long conferem >1
with the life insurance conspirator and
supposed murderer of the Peitz< I chil
dren. and others. Holmes admitted that
Mrs. 1. L. Connor, the Chicago w mam
who is supposed to be another of hla
victims, is dead. Nothing ts known of
what became of Mrs. Connor's 12-year
old daughter, who is also thought t<»
have been murdered by Holmes at tin*
time h< killed her mother.
Chicago, July 23.—A local paper to.
! day prints the following: "That Mrs.
I. L. Connor is dead is certain. That
Holmes either killed her or is directly
responsible for her death is equally
sure. Holmes yesterday admitted that
the woman was no more, hut, as usual,
he tried to shift thf blame on some ouj
! else. Almost equally certain is it that
Mrs. Connor’s daughter. Gertrude, is not
in the land of the living. Holmes says
he does not know what has become of
her, and that iu itself is practhnlly am
admission she has been, made away,
with.” • .
In addition to tho rope and hang
man's noose found ^tiie Holmes eot-^^
t .-I here. in* Qn*unum*(
age-ways were discovered.- A trapdoor
in in one of the upper rooms when
open -d disclosed steps leading to a se
cret door entering Holmes’s office. A
letter directed to Holmes, and marked
"Personal,” was found iu the rubbish
pile on the second floor. It was from
Mrs. Connor, expresing anxiety as to
the whereabouts of her daughter. Mrs.
Peitzel had an agent in the house look
ing for a vault that lias not yet lx on.
discovered.
Milwaukee, July 23.—It is believed
that H. H. Holmes, accompanied by
Nellie and Howard Peitzel, were iu Mil
waukee several days last Oetolxr. A
man answering the description
Holmes called at the Plauklnrton
House with two children, who w«r«
from 10 to 12 years of age. Both won*
well dressed and very bright. The
stranger told Manager King tha' lie
found the children in the Davidson The
atre after the performance, and iha»
the gil l had told him their father la
gone to Waukesha on bu dm ss. 1 •
children were kept at the hot' l s* v>
days. Then they disappeared.
They turned up at the tn ket off
the Chicago & Northwestern roa
same man railed with th* m, and
for Frederick Hall, the city tick
The latter was told by the u
tluit the i hildren had b'*n foe I 4
theatre, and that the hot■ l k
fused to keep them any long*
said that the girl had told him t ' ^
father, Wm. Dixon, of S- flit,
knew Mr. Hall. The latter could not
remember being acquaint' d with '
Dixon, but took obargi of ’In <•!
Mr. Hall did n t question tin
but the stranger told him Hint I'ixoia
was a real estate dealer, and had r
to Waukesha to clo.« a larg l>
geth. r with the children. Mall and - »
stranger started for the Windsor
When they got uear the h »' 1 ' ^
stranger excused himself, ra>n
lie would have to catch a train
cage. At the request of Mr. P
ga\" his natm and ad In s ■ -
Knapp, of N i. 22uf> ( alum*
Chi< go. . ,
.Mr. Hall took the children to .. u
tel and engaged rooms for th'p. *11 •
night a woman call' d at
waited on the sidewalk until 't
talk to the <hi hired. BWw
o’clock the children found their <>:■;
tunlty to steal from 'h<- h"'" 1
and the last trace that t1 p" ‘ *
find was that the j-hildn u h-« > ^
with the woman. Tin ;.n " n;- *
other woman, well dn
quirks ;«t the Plankin'on *'
where she could find t . dl •
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