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Mt present arranged the veterans will
occupy the first three seats In the boat.
| Langford being stroke. CAPTAIN Tread
way No. z, and Longacre No. 6. OF
! the new men Bailey Is something of q
veteran. He was to have been stroke
last year when he was tuken III md had
to retire; Rodgers played tackle In the
football team last year: Brown Is a
famous shot and hammer thrower and
i'owed ut st. Paul's school before en-
tering college: Whitney. son of eX-Scc-
rotary Whitney, rowed In last years
Freshman crew as did also Marsh.
This. 1t is thought. will make very
strong crew and of course a number Of
substitutes will have to be taken along
OF course the crew that finally gets
into the boat i'm England may be quite
different from this. The Cook stroke,
1t has been suggested by some, may not
prove as fine over the shorter Henley
course--one mile five hundred and fifty
yards--hut the Yale men are not In the
least doubtful. They Will have two
courses of this lcngth-one on Lake
Whitney and one on Lake Saltonstall--
and over these may do their trials.
THE BIG UNIVERSITY RACE.
The great college boating event In
June on this side. will be the University
race between Harvard, Cornell, Colum-
bin and Pennsylvania. 1t has not been
decided yet where this Will be, but the
places to select from are reduced to two
the lake ut Saratoga and the Hudson
river at Poughkccpsie. 1T Is quite like
~ that Saratoga will be selected as here
there would be n chance OF an unin-
tcrruptcd course. something impossible
on the Hudson on account OF the hun
dreds of excursion boats which would
20 mp the river from New York. o.,
the same day and preceding the Uni
vcrsity race there will be Il four cor
nered contest between the freshmen OF
the colleges mentioned. MIR. George l.
Rives has consented to be the referee
Of these races.
At Cornell, Courtney. the coach, has
twenty-siX candidates at work, all oil
them ambitious to have n place In thu
boat. Hitherto Courtney has b,au /:
dictator at Cornell in all boating mat
ters and has done quite MS he chose
| New rules have been laid down by tn,
Council of the Athletic Club, nnd nc
cordlnG to these, Courtney's decision:
may be overrulcd Mt any time.
would seem that this was Il wise ant
| judicious reservation. for MIR. Courtnc,
never achieved much distinction as
prudent man either in his professional
career as an oarSman or since he tool
TO coaching for living. The Col,mbi;
candidates are hard at work and are en-
1oying at present the hospitality o
the gymnasium OF the new Manhattan
COLLEGE BASEBALL.
u The baseball clubs are arrangin!
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The baseball clubs are arrang

their schedules and the first game an
nounced Is March 2Sth between Prince
ton ana Rutgers Last year Princeton
was thought TO have the strongest nine
IN the field. but by Lad luck she lost 10
Yale which also beat Harvard. Yale
therefore carried off the honors of games
won. This year Princeton will have the
same pitchers as last yenr-Allman.
wilson and Easton. This will be n
great advantage and as the s,,npor
Is quite strong the New Jersey tigers
may be classcd n this date as urosnert-
lively very formidable. In the Yale nno
the famous Carter, no longer an under
graduate. VIII be replaced by Trudcuu
ana lifeenway, the latter II brother of
ne Greehway who caught last year
Al Harvard the prospects are that
highlands of last year will continue in
me poN ana that he will he assisted by
CoaZens and Paine. If the Uarvord
neid is strong these pitchers will make
the game very lively for the other col
reyes: Lewis will be the chief pitrbar
III Nilllams or Pcnnsvlvanin can
MAKE no announcement as ;hc faculty
t.h ms '"he,i hand III athletic AFFAIRS
there and has declared thai nnna 60
ooia uue students shall belong to nina
crew. or team that represents pcnnsvI'
wanna rms is admirable and Will he
heard OF with pleasure by all who tara
real interest In the athletic contnsts
between the colleges.
Is 100 carly to speak OF track ain
ietlcs. but the young men are busy nj
all the colleges preparing for the games
which Will come off about cnmmenco1
ment time. And it is gratifyine IN no
able to say that the PROSPECTS are nuite
good that college sports this year will
be cleaner than for ten wears and mon,
passed. PHILIP POINDEXTER
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M!LLER. RHQLD2 ( 60. ),

An Easter invoice Of Ladies' Kid
Gloves in Pearl. White ana Butter
price. GSc-Iic quality.
-, l|vH yards All linen hleachcd Roller
ioWcilhgIslccial quality-fui width
"aic the yard
, 81, lHits an linen knottcd fringe satin
iiJainask Towels. white ANA colorod
the price. loo each
Special item in Table linen: fine 81 lin
iioanash, To inches wide. heavy weight,
mrSe range OF patterns, zoe qualify
the price. tic the yard
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L. a. PORTER.
Trustee.
w NJ. NJ. TIA Mn All.
Auctionrer.
nlarG-tdS
TO, WM. W. OLD. EXECUTOR OF
Lenora NJ. Van Wyck, diseased,

TO s %s NJ NJ } 2nD w nHne si.relsa OF
- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. llain.in.
%%S !ia NJ ay "[ Taan Shf H'5ma s''" asS
'T Tit ID mdt' ,;n, her h"IlanI Eva
husband; Elizabeth birmingham ana
Heis Wa., +, Hinr l her husband:
an infant under u years OF agc: Rnv'
$, ). SEWARD, trustee; REV J.. {.
i Hsfr 'r u INV W NJ, yi3 May and
Rich and i.ucius NJ Rich her hus-
hand; Willere,,e May, Eclic May,
Charles Grover May. the last two
ana Mary lane Mills. .perent,niIts
IN CHANCERY
N the thS ci Ho n} S e. nw and choneery of
Take, notice that pursuant To a decree
G !o,I,,, IN ~" 22dh"vG em;iilc,l cause on
Ga S"" a A sDih ana S on Inn siH
thereafter from day 10 day until com
f M%i,,i. al my ose room Is l"w@nhers
proceed to take ana to said Court re-
peat the folowinE accounts:
~ An. An account e on Of ,he transactions OF
said l.e"or" NJ. Van Wyck deceased.
sh"winl; The estate IN Ms hands after
t n,,i iS'nGn' o. ~ 'h% dch' Of his tHs-
will OF his tcsiatrix the cost ana cxpen-
ses, Q. administration, and III" costs
ai! cNptiStS OF ti!iS Si!it,inC,udiuE rca-
#onnic counsel fees 10 his counsel
AN account OF any and all debts
against the said estate of the said I.c-
more NJ, Van Wyck. remaining unpaid
ar for which her estate IN Ia" hands OF
her executors is or may br liable
3 An account OF the claims of the
OF the said i.cnurc NJ Van Wyck. and
Of the said Vim, ". Old executor of the
said Icnorc NJ Van Wyck. against tho
said u! u. Van Wyck showing the bal
nncc due by the suid H. y. Van Wyck,
II any TO the said executor.
t. Any other accounts which tho
commissioner who executes this decree
may deem pertinent or which any party
TO this cauSe may require.
JOHN H. JENKINS
Commissioner in Chanccry:
mhi2-t h.iwE
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COLLEGE ATHLETICS
Preparations on Foot for the Grsat Events
Of the Coming Season.
NO MORE PROFESSIONALISM ALLOWED.
Wales PROFESSIONALS to Row !" the
EIenlcy Rc:ntta-Thc Four Cor
ncred Contest ON the Water He.
tween Harvard, Cornell, Columbia
and Pennsyiynntn.
copyright, 1886, by S. S. Mcclure, Lin
~. itedO

copyright, 1876, by >. .. McSiuiei Liz
ited0
2 At this season OF the year the atm
sIetes at the various Eastern colleSes arg
getting ready for the contests that VIII
come off in June. There appears to be
less wranEiinE than usual though doubt
less as the spring advances the smart
Alexis and the embryo lawyers in the
various colleges will manage TO get up
come pretty little dispute so that they
may have an opportunity to show now
unsportSmanlike Il sportsman can be
when he tries with all his might. The
professors at the various colleges have
of late been discussing what an amateur
athlete is. The definition which has
been agreed upon is quite satisfactory
and If the undergrades are COM
PEELED to live up to ii strictly we shnll
this sea son escape many of the scandals
which have been SO common In former
years.
These professors say that an anna
teur Ia one who takes in any sport for
the love OF the sport. When he Is in
iluenced by any other consideration
than love, then he ceases to be an ANA
teur and has no right to participate in
college sports. This dcbarrinE of pro-
fessionals would include any man. who
had accepted any kind of compensation,
even for coaching. Some of the col
leges have recognized that supremacy
on the water, the track. the baseball
diamond or the football field was the
best possible advertisement for the col
lege that won and the authorities have
ignored practices dlshonorable III them.
selves in the hope that these practices
would contribute to this end. If the
writers on amateur athletics will tell the
plain truth about such practices, they
cannot continue much longer. The
difficulty Is that most of these writers
are themselves college men and are 80
partisan, this one for Yale. that for Har
ward, and another for Princeton, tina
each takes the ground that his college
can do no wrong. This is absurd TO b.
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Vim. NJ. Hannah, Auctioneer

B1 VIRTUE OF ~ DEED OF TRUST
Dmade To- me as trustee by \. w Com
way, bearing date OH the eleventh dav OF
LILY ,,iny!;; IN the year eighteen hundred and
nlhety-itNc, and recorded In Deed Book
ll5, page So, ana ut tie request of the
e ,,niilt therein secured: shall sell at
public auction at the Norfolk Real Es-
S sate ENchanEc, No, ll5 Main street,
Norlolk: virginia. on SATURDAY, the
twenty-irSt day of March, In the year
eighteen Ell ,Na , hundred and ninetysix, at IL
ALL THOSE: CERTAIN Sun LOTS or
LAND, with the buildings and improve
nlehlS thereon, situated in the CITY OF
Norfolk. Virginia. bounded and described
MS i0llows: beginning at Il point on tile
South side OF Pine street extended dis
innt seveniy-iivc feet east from the east
SIDE OF Chapel street. running thence
soutnwardly nincty-four (gD feet and rX-
m iemdims back between parallel lines one
hundred and thirty u30J feet: being lots
-: q -. %. &C. on the plat OF Noting ham
and Webster.
Terms Cash.
f. a. PORTER,
Trustee
VIM. NJ. HANNAH
h'iru-iuS .Auctionrcr
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publications Received.

THE SHEPPARD ASYLUM The
Virginian acknowledges the recnjnt of
the fourth annual report of the Shen-
pard Asylum. hospital for mental dis
eases, baltimore. Md. The statistical
tables are very interesting and the rr-
port is very handsomely illustrated AIR
Joseph Crane is the secretary of tbc
Board OF Directors. room 81, Chamber
Of Commerce, Baltimore. Md.
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AUCTION sALEs-Tr,Is nav.

A LARGE TRADE SALE OF RETAIL.
W. stock shipped frorf, New York City.
ING, MARCH 18th, at 10 O'clock. at our
auction aan rooms No. IS Bank ST., a large
r Cstail stock consigned from New York
mems. Boys and Youths. % dozen line
oaSuaIlssSO uszop OF pun sluB.I oIouIssBO
ses.s. NOTIONS, such rs Silk Handker-
G Gs' Hosiery, Underwear, &c. Also
iiiats, Cloaks: also Show Cases. This
IS traue sale, and goods Will be sold in
VALENTINE & STEVENS,
naFl-1t General Auctioneers.
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SPECIAL
SILK SALE, J!

Again the mow store proves its mas
Terry OF The markets. anu brings 10 You
some OF the choicest productions OF This
sea SON at a price unusually asked Inr
the ordinary or Uut-0f-datc stiIna.
the actual retail values OF these beau
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80 yards Satin Stripe Tamrta. black
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black, emerald and bi2c!i solllcn
brown anu light blue. Decidedly swell
They are every thread silk and easily
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go yards line stripe Surah Silk, rcd
and whit. red and black, navy ami
white, cadet blue and white. Beautr,i
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2i5 yards novelty weave satins' c"I,i
and cadet blue, red and cadet blue
maize and light blue, emerald and red
will make handsome waists. Actual
value Gic.
Your choice OF the entire lot. Tafrc-
price of
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CONTESTS ON THE WATER.

CONTESTS ON THE WATER.
Il The water contests between the East
4 ern colleges promises to be very lively.
4 In June. Harvard and Yale are on bad
terms and no race between these col
leges will come off this year. This in
4terruption of a long series of races,
races which excited more public inter
est than any other in America, is be-
cause the birch is sadly needed both at
New Haven and at Cambridge. When
lads act as the leaders Of Yale and Har-
vard have acted in the dispute which
has ended In estrangement. they simply
need to be switched as other unrea SON.
able and unruly children are switched.
Talking to them doesn't do any good !;
indeed, talking does harm or rather it
Is the harm. They have all talked too
much and they now deserve the cor
srectively and curative kind of punish
sIient which made the parrot in the
story change her opinion as to the value
of her own loqTacity.
Is Yale not being able to have contest
.on the Yankee Thames has decided to
go to England and take part in the Hen
ley regatta. Her crew is now getting
into preliminary shape and Bob Cook
has been requested to Try All ne knows
10 arrange his business so that as coach
he can put the finishing touches on the
crew before the young gentlemen sail
and then also go with them to England,
The idea among Yale men ia that If only
Bob Cook can do this much, then Yale
will be invincible. Yale had a fine crew
last year, but three Of the best men
Captain Armstrong, and Messrs. Hol-
comb and Dater were graduated in June
md are no longer available. Five of the
Others are still eligible; but two OF these,
Messrs Beard and Cross. will proba bly,
decline to train. as they feel that they
have done enough OF that kind Of thing
md shouid devote this their last year
exclusively to their books.
VI This leaves only three of the last
years crew, Messrs. Treadway, ong-
more and Iangford. for the venture on
the English Thames, and makes 1t ne
icessary to select five new men. These
i've new men promise to be Bailey, Rod
Eefs. Marsh, Brown and Whitney. AS
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BY IL. l.. Page & Co., Real Estate Auc
tioneers, No. lG Bank street
VALUAnLE BERKELEY HRopERrY

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Also ALL THOSE -FOUR DEs1RA-
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4. speights line. about Sc feet east Of
cross street. having n front of one hum
a depth of one, hundred and one feet
These lots will he sold separately. each
lot having n front OF TWENTY-FIVE feet. and
q a depth Of ioi feet four inches. Terms
years. with interest OH deferred pay
mentS.
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re2ettis Auctoneers
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BAKERY. GROCERIES IND MARKET,
A. A. STEWART. AGENT.

Fresh Home made Bread, cents per
loaf-H ounces.
The best of everything in the Family
Grocery line.
iioiler Champion Flour 4 Specially.
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FRIDAY, THE 18TH.

at 1880 o'clock. for parties leaving the
cry nice Walnut Sideboard. I8cdstcads,
mattresses. BED Spreads Wool Blank
cts, WarurobcS, Bureaus, Bed Springs
and many other articles a good chance
TO get bargains. Goods now ON exhibit
tlon li2 Church street.
X. u. CRl1ECY & CO.,
hhli-St !iuctioneers
Ledger COPY 81
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MILLER, RH0ADS & co.
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The strong point of our
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a succession OF Bargain Sur
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We're always on The alert
Tor merchandise that will help
us keep up the volume OF trade,
ready to. buy at any time the
wholesaler is willing to meet
our prices, and ALWAYS Selling
the very best for less than YOU
pay elsewhere. That's why
trade never lags at
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AUCTION SALES.--FUTURE DAY.
II. D. Creepy 4 Co.. Auctioneers.

A uCTlON SALE-WE WILL SELL
at our new auction room,
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Title on Block.

6nTv. They all do wrong OF one kind
and another every year In boating,
which is freer from professionalism than
any other college sport. one college,
Pennsylvania, has been accused, and
with good reason at least for suspicion
of employing men TO row for the honor
OF the Quaker University. A victory In
such conditions would be more dis
sOQuQrahle than defeat.
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For Over Fifty Years
MRS. WINSLOW'S
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has been used for chiidrr. .fE.iG ttethins
il soOtheS III" child. aotlc:ii lslt gums, al-
lays all pain, Iurcc wind cu,':, regula tee
the stomach and bowels. and is the boat
remedy for diair!ioea. Twenty-nvc centa
bottle. Sold by all druggists throughout
the world.
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hlOTICE!-HANING QUALIFIED AZ
~ administrator of the estate of Rem
nett Land. Sir. deceased. all persons
having claims against the estate will
present them to me, properly authenti-
Gated, and all persons indebted 10 said
estate will come forward and settle
same. BENNETT LAND,
mhS-6t 1876 Main street.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-10-22
GOV. FLEMING's POSITION.
lie VIII Not Vote for Mckinley, But Has
Not Declared = gainst Bryan.

lie VIII Not Vote for Mckinley, But Has
Not Declared = gainst Bryan.
Special to the Register.
Fairmont, W. Va, October 2L-As
the position Of Ex-Governor \. B.
Fleming en- the silver issue has created
considerable interest among the Dem
lOcrals of the State, which has been in
. tensified by recent publications in
Pit,shurg and Wheeling papers. that he
was so far opposed to the policy Of The
party as to have agreed TO preside at
the gold convention in Wheeling on
next Saturday, your correspondent
hunted him up to-day 10 obtain his
exact views on the question.
He was found in his usual cheerful
Mood and responded pleasantly and
promptly TO interrOgatOries as follows:
Governor. it is generally understood
throughout the State that you are no.
in line with the Democratic party on the
ISSUE of the free and unlimited coin
age of silver VIII you please give ne
your exact views on the question:
The Governor werea:
That impression is correct nave
taken no pains to conceal my individual
views on this subject I don't believe
that the perityof the two metals can be
maintained with free aud unlimited
coinage of silver at the ratio Of Is toll
| am. however, in favor OF the largest
pCssible use of silver compatible with
q sound currency. l nave not en-
gagged in public discussion Of the ques-
ton from regard for the Democratic
party and my friends upon the ticket
whom I desire TO see elected.
Some Of the newspapers say that
YOU haze declared against Bryan; is
that correct?'
NO. / have never said I would not
vote for Bryan. l have said l could not
vote for Mckinley In view Of my Efe-
long affliation with the Democratic
party and the relations I have sus-
Iained toward if, and the honors it
bas.confarred upon me. / would regard
it as an ungratefui act for me to oc-
cupv any position which might con-
tribute to The injury Of the ticket in
West Virginia"
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-10-22
FixlNa Up Tue TICKETS.
The supreme Cour, Busy Issu9ins Writes
Of NQudamus.

Special to the Register.
Charleston. w. Va. October 21.-At
.o-dav's session Of the supreme Court
ah tld judges were present eXcep,
Judge Dent.
On the petition Of Walter Penc-eton.
. writ of mandamus was awarded
beains, thN ballot commissioners OF
Jackson county, comandiag them TO
place the name of the petitioner on the
Popul.st ucke, as a candidate for Con-
gress.
On the petition Of the same person
q w~it of mandamus nisl was awarded
arainq .ho ballot commissioners O.
Roane county for the same purpose.
On the petition Of w. W. Marcum, q
writ of mandamus rlsi was awarded
agains. the ballot commits .Oners OF
Lincoln county. commanding them 10
place the name Of lhe petitioner on the
Democratic tckeJ as q candidate Lor
Judge Of the circuit court.
On the petition Of II. c. Russell, and
999 Others. a wri, O. maldamus n.si
was awarded against the ballot COM
missi0ne.s OF Kanaw1a county. com
mand.Ag them 10 Place the names OF
the candidates on the Republican Stale
ticke- upon the independent RepubA-
can ticket Of Kanawha county. All
these wits were made re,urlacie Oc-
tobar 23d.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-10-22
REPUBLICANS FEEL TIE FROST.

Big Silver Meetings at MorGantown.
Brown, Daily, MoGrsw and Maroon
Speak.
Special to the Register.
Morgantown, w. Va, October 81
Col. John Marion. of Pittsburg, and
Hon. c. Wood Daley made able and
eloquent speeches ,his afternoon 10 a
large crowd OF u mOcraJs and Republi-
can farmers.
|, The Democratic meeting tonight in
the Opera House was one CT the most
enthusiastic gatherings ever he'd in
Niorgantown Hon. W. C. Brown was
the first speaker and made a mastery
argument on the issues involved in the
camraign during the 80 minutes he Oc-
,cupied the Stage. His address was re-
plete with III sOundes- arguments ever
heard here. He was followed by Hon.
John T. McGraw, who electrified his
hearers. and in plain, every day Ian
lguage explained and made clear TO them
every question involved in this cam
Daign Mr. Brown, who is well known
here. undoubtedly won many votes from
the people who have known him all their
rivss, and who are wiling 10 ilrusJ the
affairs Of ne state and nation in his
hands. The itinerary of Hon VIM. G..
Brown and John T. McGraW is as fol-
lows: Grafton. Oct. o.; Berkeley
Springs, %; ROmney, p; M0refeld. %,
and other places indicated in Browns
official schedule From this tim on,
the Brown canvass Will be pressed in ev-
cry corner Of The Congressional district
with The utmost yigor.
Democrats are rejoicing tonight Over
' Tie success Of The days meeting.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-10-22
SILVER sENrlauNr GROWING.

II Baltimore and Osaryland-Good Reports
Brought Back By Fred r. Martin, OF
fairmont
Special 10 the Register.
Fa'rmont, W Va, October 21.-Hon.
Fred T. Martin returned this morning
from Baltimore. where he addressed
the Business Mems Club. During his
speech he assured these gentlemen that
this State was solid for Bryan, and
upon this announcement the seven or
eight hundred men present, stood on
their chairs and cheered for several
minutes. lie says the free silver SEN
t,ment in Baltimore has reached a high
degree among business men, and that
shey are rapidly getting in the free
silver boat. Most all the gentlemen
with whom he talked considered
Bryan's election as a foregone conc-u-
sion.