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•rtt Pennsylvania: Partly cloodjr Satur
day and Sunday; slowly rising tem
perature Sundays-Jtresh West winds,
becoming variable. A
For Ohio: Partly cloudy Saturday.
Sunday, snow; slowly rising tempera
ture; fresh west wind%.
For West Virginia: Fair Saturday
and Sunday, except -snow or rain Sun
day in southwest portion.

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fide subscription lists and sales
tcii the tale.
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LAST EDITION. NO. 171.
WHEELING, W. 7A.,
PRICE 26.
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VOL. 41.

Claims Stranger Attacked Him &.nd
He Shot In Self Defense.
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Was Sitting Asleep At Ta
ble and When the Pro
prietor Tried To Rouse
Him He Started Fight.
Admits He Fired the Fatal
Shot But Says He Fear
ed For His Life—Papers
May Identify Dead Man.
An unknown stranger was shot and
instantly killed in Haigmaier’s Mer
chant’s Exchange saloon, corner Main
street and Alley 9, about 1:16 o’clock
this morning.
There were no witnesses to the shoot
ing, and the only person who can tell
the circumstances that led up to it is
Haigmaier himself. Haigmaier fired
the fatal shot, and claims that he fired
it in self-defense. He says the man at
tacked him, and threw him to the floor,
and that he was in danger of being
killed when he fired.
Haigmaier’s story of the shooting as
told to a Register reporter before he
was led away to the police headquar
ters, was secured from him with con
siderable difficulty. He was very much
distressed, and was walking up and
down the barroom moaning to himself.
The reporter induced him to sit down,
and he told the following story:
“The man came into my place and sat
down at a table. I tried to wake him
up, and I thought he was simply pre
tending to be drunk, and intended to
l ob ‘ine. I could not arouse him.
There was a young drug clerk in the
place, and we were talking about qui
nine whiskey, which is advertised on a
sign behind the bar.
“The drug clerk went out a few min- i
utes after one o’clock, and I wanted to I
close tip. I did ifot like the actions of
the stranger, and I put my revolver in
my pocket, and went over to him. He
tvas sitting at the table with his head
resting on his arms. I shook him
hard—until I was out of wind—and told
him to get up, that I wanted to close
the place.
Haigmaier Attacked.
"He suddenly jumped to his teet, and
threw off his coat to the floor. Then
he struck at me, and hit me on the
back of the head, and I fell to the floor
with him on top of me.”
Mr. Haigmier indicated the location
of the coat on the floor, and also show
ed a lump on the back of his head,
which he said had been produce
the fist of the stranger. Contini:
said:
“While he had me down he 1'
mouth open, he was trying to b!
and his teeth scratched me on th
“I reached around to my hip
pulled by revolver, and commeil
beat him over the head with it
him to i t me alone. His mop,
open and he was trying to bite
then I fired. The bullet mu*
gone into his neck.”
Haigmaier stopped in his na,
and dropped his head. The
asked if the stranger said ai;
after being shot. The ans
“no.”
Haigmaier paused momentar
glanced at the form of the nr
on the floor. Then he went to
phone and notified police headquarter?
Within a short time Officers Bow.
Kronjaeger and others arrived, and
Nightwatchman Ingram and Junkius.
They found the man lying on the floor
on his back, with his arms and leg3
outstretched, dead.
Victim Unknown.
The man was apparently between 45
and 50 years of age, about 5 feet 10 in
ches high, weight about 170 pounds,
dark hair and mustache, and index fin
ger of left hand missing from first
joint. He was roughly dressed in dark
pants and vest, coat of lighter material,
dark overcoat, dark shirt with white
strpies, blue undershirt. His apparel
was that of a workingman.
The only thing about his person
which might establish his identity was
a paper on which were written a lot
of figures, and the name “P. Hayes”
in two or three places, and “John
Monroe,” written in a different hand
in one place. He carried no -weapons
of any kind. In his pockets were $9.95
in money, a pipe and paper of tobacco,
an invitation to a bill in Mingo, a hand
kerchief, and other small articles.
Continued on Sixth Page.
NO MORE FEDERAL
PRISONERS SENT
TO IMNLLE
Government Decides Sani
tary Conditions at Pris
on Are Unfit.
CHARGES SUSTAINED
[Special Telegram to The Register.]
WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 9.—It is
understood here that the department
of justice has decided that the senten
cing of prisoners by the District of
Columbia criminal courts to the
Moundsville penitentiary shall be dis
continued on account of conditions
found to exist at that prison. While
the result of the inspection is not made
public, it is understood the depart
ment’s special agent recommended
this change of policy as much because
the institution is overcrowded, as be
cause it was found unhealthy. Some
charges of unhealthful conditions were
exaggerated, but in the main the
charges were sustained.
Furthermore, the management of the
institution was not sufficiently capable
to justify the sending of other than
West Virginia prisoners to Mounds
viile. All the members of the West
Virginia congressional delegation deny
the existence of unhealthful conditions
or the prevalence of disease, owing to
conditions in the penitentiary. They
assert that the present superintendent
is in no way culpable, but that his ad
ministration is rather to be commend
ed. Their recommendations appear to
have had no weight on the depart
ment.
he'slection to United Stat »s senate
of an apostle would work great harm to
the state. It would be very unwise.
It would certainly lead to contentions
and strife and bitternes here, if not in
Utah, and would unquestionably be a
misfortune.
‘‘I have confidence in the majority of
the Utah legislature and feel sure if they
understand the gravity of the situa
tion, as it appears to me and as I have
heard it expressed by members of the
senate, they will refrain from any act
ion which will not result in good for
the future of Utah and her people.
•I desire you to place me on record
as kindly but firmly advising against
the election of any a' ostle to the United
States senatorship.”
Apostle Swaat has 47 of the 63 members of
the legislature pledged to him. The Mormqn
church controls seven more. Smoot will re
fuse to accede to Roosevelt's request and,
backed by the church, expects to be over
whelmingly elected.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 9.—Senator Hanna has,
as chairman of the Republican national; com
mittee, notified the Republicans of Utah that
he does not endorse the election of Mr. Smoot
and urges that some other man not Identified
with Mormon lam bs selected.
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Funeral of Dead Executive
the Largest Ever Held
In City.
BELOVED BY ALL
Hon. N. J. O’Connell,
Mayor of Mingo Junction, 0., Deceased.
fSpecial Telegram to The Register.]
MINGO JUNCTION, O., Jan. 9.—
The funeral services of Mayor W. J.
O’Connell were held in the M. E. church
this morning. It is reckoned it was
the largest funeral ever held in the
town and its size and the general clos
ing down of all business houses attest
ed to the great popularity of the de
ceased.
He was serving his fourth term as
Mayor in a town, which is normally
Republican, he being a staunch Demo
crat. He was a daily reader of the
Wheeling Register. He was postmas
ter in the town under both of Grover
Cleveland’s administrations. Some of
je most prominent citizens of Steu
v’ille attended the funeral. The
[0 band and1 all official bodies and
nights of Pythias attended the
P.-al in bodies. Mayor O’Connell
a friend of the workingmen and
[lion labor and he used his office
jlomatica^y during strikes to
vent non-union men from taking
r kers’ places. Every man. woman
d child in the town feels his death
a personal loss. The local Demo
facy has lost its most skillful leader.
fjLDIERS’ HOME FOR HUNTINGTON.
apresentative Hughes Pushing Bill to
Establish Institution in Home City.
Special Telegram to The Register.)
'WASHINGTON, D. C.. Jan. 9.—
ngressman James A. Hughes pro
ses to urge the passage of a bill for
e establishment of a Soldiers' Home
the crest of the hill just back of
iintington, W. Va. It is estimated
that almost a million dollars will be
required in the contruetion of the
buildings. It is proposed to care for
about one thousand veterans, who will
hail mainly from West Virginia and
Kentucky, but many will come from
other sections of the United States as
the other Soldier Homes, especially
those at Dayton. Ohio, and Leavens
worth, Kansas, are full to overflowing.
It is believed that the institution would
add $200,000 to the revenue of the
Huntington merchants each year.
DROPPED MATCH IN VAT OF OIL.
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LONDON, Jan. 9.—One of the most disas- I
.trous fires in the history of this city occur- !
'red to-night in the immense plant of the Me-..;
Clary Manufacturing Company. A boy !
dropped a burning match into a vat of oi! and j
with a report like a cannon, the oi! went up
in a sheet of flame. Like a flash it spread ;
and the employes rushed from the building
in a panic.
About five hundred men, women and boys
were in the building. There was a rush for
the stairs, and in a terribre crush, scorched j
and smoke begrimed, they reached the street, 1
none seriously injured.
CHARLESTON P. O. FIGHT SETTLED.
[Special Telegram to The Register.]
WASHINGTON, D. C-, Jan. 9.—Represent:
tive Gaines to-day closed the Charleston pos
office controversy by recommending the r
appointment of O. A. Petty.
Elkins and West Virginia
Congressmen Push Him
For New Race.
PROSPECTS BRIGHT
Roosevelt Recognizes West
Virginia’s Claims To
Recognition.
OTHERS PUSH HIM
[Special Telegram to The Register.]
WASHINGTON. D. C.. Jan. 9.—The
latest move on the political chess
.board is the determination of Senator
Stephen B. Elkins and the five con
gressmen from West Virginia, togeth
er with the loyal aid of various other
members of the national Congress to
push Senator Nathan Bay Scott, of
West Virginia, as a cabinet officer, for
the head of the commerce department,
to be established. It is pointed out
that, strictly speaking, the south is
not represented in the cabinet, as at
present constituted. Secretary Hitch
cock is from Missouri, but the citizens
of that state prefer to be called west
ern. It is well known that President
Roosevelt is proud of the solid Repub
lican delegation from West Virginia
and would not like to ignore the State,
when the appointment is to be made,
and it is not believed that he will.
A prominent U. S. Senator in speak
ing of the proposed appointment last
night said: “West Virginia is entitled
to the appointment, for the recogni
tion of the great successes of the Re
publicans in that State in the last few
years. Senator Scott is eminently
qualified for the position. He has al
ready had to deal with many of the
questions .that vtM +~&juia under the
control oi that-depart ment. Besides
West Virginia will have more inter
est in that department when estab
lished than any other State. Its tim
ber, mine and factories entitles ’it to
the place and I will greatly aid the
junior Senator from West Virginia in
securing the portfolio.”
If Senator Scott should secure this
portfolio, it means that Hon. J. L.
Caldwell, of Huntington, will be the
next United States Senator from West
Virginia, and it would unite any dis
turbances that might now be manifest
in the party. The prospect of Senator
Scott getting into the cabinet and
Mr. Caldwell into the United States
Senate, has caused a great sensation
among the West Virginians in Wash
ington, and considerable comment by I
other members of both the national !
houses of Congress.
END GI5EBEFORE
Gen. Gobin Certifies As To '
Lawlessness During
Strike.
TILTS WITH DARROW
PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 9.—After oc- i
cupying eight days the non-union men
closed their case to-day before the coal
strike commission. The coal compan
ies will open their case to-morrow.
The principal witness before the commis
sion to-day was Lieut. Gov. J. P. S. Gobin,
senior brigadier general of the N. G. P. Gen.
Gobin was in command of the Third brigade j
during the time the troops were on duty In the i
hard coal fields. From his observations, he
said that an "excited state of lawlessness" I
existed in the regions: that disturbances were 1
numerous; that thep resence of the troops i
was absolutely necessary to preserve law and i
order, and that it was difficult to maintain the
law even after all the troops In the State had i
been placed in the disturbed territory.
In Shenandoah, he said, and Panther Creek '
valley, also, there was no civil authority at |
times. Committees of the union never gave .
him any help, nor did he ask for any.
The now famous "shoot to kill" order issued ■
by him was touched upon by Mr. Darow.
The general said it meant ever word it said i
and that the issuance of the order had a most
salutory effect on the community which his
soldiers covered.
Among the witnesses called were two who
testified to certain statements made by Wm. j
H Dettrey, who was yesterday at Hazleton :
elected president of District Xo. 7, miners' i
union, in pias.e or Thomas Duffy. One of I
them said that Dettrey remarked that any
body who had worked during the strike !
should nave his throat cut. The other de- i
dared that Dettrey made a speech in which t
he said that all men caught working should :
be given a “good thumping."
The evidence of the 150 witnesses called by
the lawyers for the non-union men since
they opened their case related almost wholly j
to their personal ^perlence* and to the con
ditions prevailing in the strike effected terri
tory u regards lawlessness.
Chairman Gray and Commissioner Wright
were both absent from the sessions to-day.
Judge Gray was slightly W.
Cleveland Now Burning West
Virginia Ga.s.
CLEVELAND, O., Jan. Thtscity is now supplied with natural gas
irom wells ia West Virginia, 200 miles distant. The city has been piped
to a great extent, and to-alght*« exhibition consisted of the lighting by
means of a Roman candle of a stand pipe fifty feet high, and four Inches
in diameter. The display took place in a large vacant lot in the eastern
end of the city and was witness** by 3-000 spectators besides a nlmber of
the officials of the East Ohio Qas Company; The blaze of gas was greet
ed with immense enthusiasm by the assemblage.
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WHEELING CEILING MEN
IN $1,000,000 COMBINE
Standard Metal Tile Corporation
Formed Includes Much Local
Capital.
FSpecial Telegram to The Register.]
NEW YORK, Jan. 9.—A trust, the
latest of the big combines, made its ap
pearance in Wall street to-day. It is
the Standard Metal Tile Corporation.
The new combine ha? been working
quietly but to-day information, leaked
out that will attract much attention in
metal circles throughout the country.
Lee McCullum, president of the New
York Metal Ceiling Company and J. C.
Heyman, of Pittsburg, are ostensibly
the men at the head of the new com
bine. The trust is incorporated In Del
aware with a nominal capital of a mil
lion. A meeting is to be held here next
week at which detailed plans will be an
nounced. Ten million dollars has been
underwritten in Wall street. The
plants to come into the combine already
appraised are situated in many sec
tionsof tke country. Wheeling and
Pittsburg a^e the Important points.
Wheeling has the largest in the coun
try.
Mr. Heyman said to-day: “No de
tails can yet be made public. A com
bination of all the metal industries of
the country is in view. There has been
particularly strong competition between
the producers of metal ceiling and this,
coupled with the high price of labor. Is
ruinous to many manufacturers. The
producers of metal tile and metal ceil
ing are combining merely to protect
their own interests. I cannot furnish
the namps, Wheeling, Pittsburg or
other of the factories in the combine.
That will be announced in due time but
as regards Wheeling we are safe in say
ing much Wheeling capital is inter
ested.”
Kaiser Displeased With
Management of Vene
zuelan Affair.
HE LACKED SKILL
BERLIN, Jan. 9.—Ambassador Von
Holleben was not recalled from Wash
ington, but learning that his govern
ment was was not wholly satisfied with
his work, and feeling ill and depressed,
he cabled for a long leave of absence,
which was immediately granted. He
will not return to Washington. Baron
Speck von Sternberg’s temporary as
signment as charge d’affaires of Ger
many at Washington will be followed
after an interval by his appointment as
ambassador. The baron, in the mean
time, will retain his position as consul
general of Germany at Calcutta.
All the foreign office officials will say
about Dr. von Holleben is:
“He has not been recalled and his
leave is granted upon his own initia
tive. The government would never re
call an ambassador in the midst of im
portant negotiations without grave rea
sons and these certainly do not exist in
this case. The supposition that the
government is annoyed because the am
bassador failed to obtain President
Roosevelt’s acceptance of the arbitra
torship of the Venezuelan dispute is
wholly incorrect.’’
It seems that the government
feels it was misled, or at least
not fully informed respecting Pres
ident Roosevelt’s attitude when he
was requested to arbitrate the Vene
zuelan disputes. The opinion is also
that Dr. Von Holleben’s dispatches re
garding the foreign polk y of the United
States have been neither adequate nor
precise.
The Vossische Zeitung attributes im
portance to the telegrams sent by Em
peror William to Mrs. Kipling when
Kipling was ill in New York. Dr. Von
Holleben counselled the sending of
the telegram and that the Emperor,
since the publication of Kipling's re
cent poem, “The Powers,” feels he was
ill advised.
It avers that he showed an unskilful
hand in the champagne war and in the
Witte incident, and also in permitting
himself to become the object of press
matter relating to the statute of
Frederick the Great. which Is i
remembered for its indifferent re
ception by part of the Amer- |
ican people. This, It is alleged. Dr. Von \
Holleben ought to have foreseen and :
he should have dissuadeed the Emperor
from offering the statute to the United
States.
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HERE MONSELLE’
SWINDLED 115
IN lESfKM
Operated at Vienna, W.Va.,
Under The Name Of
“Laurena Raynor.”
SYNDICATE OF FRAUD
[Special Telegram to The Register.]
MARIETTA, 0.. Jan. 9.—A fresh
turn was given the "Irene Monselle”
| case when it was learned this after
i noon that the versatile Mrs. Stack
house had operated at Vienna, W. Va.,
under the name of "Laurena Raynor.”
The postmaster at Vienna. Marshal
Dye says the details of the same
scheme were worked through
the Vienna postoffice. Mr. W.
W. Wells is postmaster of Vienna
and he states that a lock box was
rented of him several months ago by a
handsome brunette who gave the name
of “Laurena Raynor.” He asked her
where her home was and sue said that
it was back in the country. This state
ment the postmaster did not believe as
the woman always came on the electric
cars from Williamstown, W. Va. She
received a large amount of mail and 1
there are now in her box a number of
uncalled for letters. Several men
wrote him. asking of he knew
"Laurena Raynor.”
After an extended conference with j
Mrs. Stackhouse in the county jail. In
spector Oldfield learned that the "bu
reau” was a stock company and did
business on strict ly modern commercial
plans. It is asserted that develop
ments will show that women were sta
tioned as agents at various parts of
the United States. They collected the i
money, forwarded it to a centra! office ■
from which it was disbursed as profits
by the paymasters who traveled around
distributing the dividends. Inspector j
Oldfield has given the tip that he has
a big sensation to spring at the hearing
on next Thursday. Mrs. Stackhouse
fainted while in conversation with the
inspector. It is rumored that, she is
enciente and that the services of a phy- 1
sician will soon be needed in the coun
ty jail. She has been married to j
Frank Stackhouse since November 7th
last. Her attorney, W. E. Sykes,
states that Mrs. Stackhouse received no '
mail since her marriage to Frank j
Stackhouse. He says that she never
received the money which the writer* 1
of the letters claim they sent, and as- j
serts that some one else worked the
box. The question now is, who was ;
the confederate of Mrs. Stackhouse?
Carnegie’s Offer Accepted.
PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 9.—Andrew
Carnegie’s offer of $1,500,000 for the i
erection of thirty branch free library
.buildings in this city was to-day form
ally accepted by the board of trustees
of the Philadelphia free library. Mr. j
Carnigie suggests that $50,000 be ex- j
pended in the construction of each
branch library.
EX-CONGRESSMAN
BR0MWELL DEAD.
DENVER, Colo., Jan. 9.—En-Con- j
gresaman H. P. H. Bromwell, died in j
this city to-day.
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Claims Ex-Director of In
dustrial School at Sa
lem Ruined Her.
INVESTIGATION IS ON
Fled To Cincinnati With
Saloon-Keeper Where
She Was Arrested.
DAMAGE SUIT PENDS
[Special Telegram to The Register.]
CLARKSBURG. W. Va.. Jan. 9r.~ At
Salem, the Girls Industrial School, a
State institution, has a big scandal.
The affair is ol a very sensational
nature and impicates part ol the
management of the school. It
is the outcome of the es
cape of Anna Workman, an Inmate of
the institution. Anna is only 17 years
old but she hied herself off .to Cincin
nati to meet Chariw Dent, a saloon
keeper at Montgomery, this Style, and
they were both ai reved more last Sat
urday upon complaint of Anna-*.moth
er, Mrs. E. B. BrAgg. of Ml. tyope.
They were jailed to await triaJ at a
later date. *
M rs. Bragg in speaking of the affsty
declared; "It there Is any law in Omo
or West Virginia to hoia Ciiugh-h Deni,
I will persecute him to the bitter end.”
She said that l>ent connived with a
man at Montgomery to induce the girl*
to go to Cincinnati and meet him. The
girl says Dent induced a young man to
aid her in getting to Cincinnati.
It was a pathetic scene when the
mother and daughter met. Anna, who
is a mere child, pleaded with her moth
er for forgiveness. The mol her clu;
that Dent has. been altar her daugl
for a long time and trod to iudJ
her tl leave home when si c was onE
II years old.
She was admittad ato th" institution
three years ago bejt was jUtVn by a
prominent physic tan and . member of
the board of directors at that time to
hia home where she remained some
time. The physician's wife was known
to go to Wheeling and stay a week at
a time but nothing in particular was
thought of the incident.
Since the affair in Cincinnati, how
ever, considerable light, according to
her story, has been thrown upon her
stay at the physician's home.
Soon as the authorities learned of the
escapade in Cincinnati, Mrs. A. O.
Triplett, superintendent, went and
brought her back to the institution
Wendesday night. She whs question
ed closely and made revelations In
criminating a former member of the
board above referred to. She. claims
that he was her seducer and that It oc
curred while he was a member of the
hoard of directors. She told a very
sensational story.
Mrs. Elizabeth Erskine. of Wheeling,
a former superintendent of the school,
and some of the directors are now at
work at the school Investigating the
matter. The school authorities will
take action against the physician ami
the girl’s mother threatens to bring a
damage suit against him.
The affair has created a profound
sensation.
Ot ti
ffin a
%er
c.iiljty
PENNSY BLOCKING WABASH.
Merry War on Over Right of Way at
Washington, Pa.
[Special Telegram to The Register.)
WASHINGTON, Pa., Jan. S.-Ttw IVn»
sylvnnia Railroad Company baa stErtcd to
block the Wnbnab at thla point, and Indica
tions point to a merry war over right of way.
Director* Ia- Moyne and For»;t h* of the
Wavnmburg & Wa h ins; ton road, which |* the
property of the Pennsylvania, rtarted to-dav
getting rights of way for a seven mile breach
from the city to a point on the present load,
and were very successful. Thi# right of way
will effectually block the plans of th< Wabash
for an entrance Into Washington. The pro
poned branch will extend from the flaaei glass
bouae, thence west of Washington to a point
near Chamber* dam. Tee ofih )t* of thy
V.'ayneshurg and Washington «xj•. t to hvi*
all thc-ir rights of way by the latter ;,ar: of
January, and they will commence tb- actual
work of construction as book as pra tit hie
after that time.
The (oral Wabtwb repr* s*.r:VC* went to
Pittrburg to day for a . osfereoct with other
official* of the road, and the Pennsylvania
took advantage of their absence.
PENSION DAY IN HOUSE.
Russell Criticises U"due Haste in Passing
Bills.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 9.—This was
private pension day in the House and
144 bills were passed, none of special
Importance. Mr. Russell (Texas), the
successor of the lale Mr, DeGraffenreld,
criticised the House for undue haute in
the consideration of private pension
legislation and precipitated quite a de
bate. He called attention to 'he fact
that since the civil war. ten thousand
special bills had been pas^-d by Con
gress. over l.ooo of these in the flrst
session of the present Congress,
WOMAN SENT TO PRISON.
COLUMBUS. O.. Jan. 9.—Mrs. Anna
T. Miller, convicted of conspiracy and
misuse of the mails in an allege^ at
tempt to blackmail certain prominent
business men of Columbus, was sen
tenced to thirteen months in the peni
tentiary.