Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1894-06-14


ond Regiment, and it will be under tAe
orders Of General Howe.
COAL TO MOVE TO-DAY.
Word came last night to the head
quarters OF the c.. L. & w. In Bridge
port that the bridge at Midvaie had
| been temporarily built, and that IL
| would be ready for traffic this morning.
| Work on the structure has been very
rapid, and over two hundred men have
been at work on it for the last couple OF
DAYS. There are now about two hun
dred loads Of coal in the yards, ana
some OF it will be removed this morning.
The latest word from Manager Wood
| ford last night was that all bad been
quiet along the system for the last
twenty-four hours for the first time for
| over a week.
NOTES ABOUT THE CAMP.
The soldiers will drill every day now
that the camp is to remain where 1t is
for some time.
Colonel Rodgers, OF the Governors
staff, who has been at his home 1T Ca
nal Dover, Ohio, returned to the camp
| Yesterday.
Orders were received at the headquar-
tiers yesterday that the camp at Wheel
ing Creek would not be broken up be-
fore next Monday, at least
General Howe remained in camp all
day Yesterday, and was busy with tele-
grams from the Governor and from the
other camps over the State.
Major E. B. King and Captain New
man, are now known In camp as the
snoring trio, by reason OF the racket
they make while in slumosr.
One Of the most pleasant officers In
the camp is Captain c. L. Stock, OF
the Fifteenth Regiment, OF Fostoria.
He has one OF the largest dry goods
stores in the town.
| Word reached the camp OF the Gen.
eral yesterday afternoon, that the stu
alton at Mineral Siding AID Mechanics
Vile was quiet. The miners are get
ting cbummy with the troops there, too
A larger number of the soldiers WIS.,
tied this city yesterday than on any
previous day of their campat the creek
They were all surprised at the busting
CITY we have over here, and they speak
in the highest of terms of the citizens
of Wheeling.
Some kind OF bomb exploded near
the quarters of Company d, last Tues
day night, and Major Ream was dis
patched to look into it, but found all
the men asleep. II is thought 1t was
Joke played on some Of the officials, but
il raised considerable excitement for
time.
1t is probable that some of the boys
will De relieved to-day, or soon. THIS
does not include those in camp, but the
militia men over the State who are
ready for duty at their armories. In
! Ohio now there are as many ready for
the field and waiting at the armories as
there are in the field.
number Of the soldiers have enter
ed into a compact that they Will not
shave or get their hair cut until they
90 home, no matter how long this Is.
! Some of their friends from their home
! have sent them the word that II they do
this they will be rendered reception
on their return, and they propose TO do
IL.
John McGhee is one OF the veteran
Deputy u. S. Marshals now in Bridge
port. He is from Cincinnati, and has
been connected with all the big daily
papers of that city. Mr.. McGhee knows
a good deal about Wheeling and this
locality, having been West Virglnian
soldier in the war of the rebellion. In
1854 he was In camp for some time on
| the Island He was in company +, OF
the First West Virginia Cavalry.
One of the most pleasant and accom-
modating young men In the army at
Wheeling Creek Camp, is Major John
C. Speaks, OF the First Battalion OF the
| Fourteenth Regiment, OF Colum bus.
| He is the chief CLERK in the headquart'
ers OF General Howe, and il Is hs That
the newspaper men are always on the
| lookout for. Thousands OF questions
are asked him every day, but he always
has courteous answer for all. de Is
one of the last men in the camp that
the boys will forget.
1t is an amusing sight to see the
! newspaper men at dinner at the Gener-
ais headquarters. There are a dozen
of them now in tho camp, and when
| they sit down to the meals, which they
are eating off the State, they go In, as Is
usual with them all the time, to get all
| they can. They are lot OF heavy eat
ers, and it takes a big supply to do
! them. The pencil showers are jolly
! lot OF fellows, and make things about
the camp generally interesting and
lively.