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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-06-01

There seems TO be little doubt now
that the free coinage men will have a
majority in the Chicago convention, and
we hear a good deal Of talk to the effect
that they will use their majority to re-
scind the time honOred two-thirds rule
that has ALWAYS prevailed in Democratic
national conventions. in order to force
free silver on the convention. We see
no reason TO apprehend anything of the
kind. The Democratic party has been
worse divided than it is at present yet
ii has ever chung tenaciously to its ira
ditions and principles and no majority
has ever attempted to abrogate the two
thirds rule in convention.
The WISDOM OF tails rule has been too
often demonstrated 70 be called in ques-
ton now. The requirement that two
thirds of the delegates must assent has
occasionally blocked The nomination Of
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-06-01

a popular and not undesirable candi-
date. but it is yet to be shown that in
the long run the result was other than
good. Certain it is that in more than
one instance the selection of candidate
unrepresentative of the better thought
of the party, and the committal thereby
Of the party to sectional and heretical
doctrine. has been avoided through the
application of this rule.
The United States is great country,
whose widely diversified interests nat
urally result in wide differences Of
opinion upon important questions.
Greater than any section is the coun-
try: greater than any fad or sectional
notion the party A doctrine or a can
didate approved by the deliberate action
of two-thirds OF the Democratic party
will not often cause embarrassment to
any honest Democrat or repel his sup
port.
The two-thirds rule. so-called, is not
rule in the sense of being binding
upon any convention not desiring its
operation. Each convention is the au-
thor OF its own rules and may overturn
rules established by former conventions.
In 1888 there was no opposition to the
/ denomination of President Cleveland,
and the two-thirds rule was Suspended
by unanimous consent and the nomina-
alton made by reclamation. That was
an exceptional case. not likely to be con-
sidered as any precedent for this years
action, in view OF the grave issues and
possible consequences OF ill-considered
action by the Chicago convention.
The Democratic national convention
will undoubtedly bear in mind that to-
some extent the fortunes of the party
are dependent for years to come upon
its wise and deliberate action. The
personality Of the candidate is of less
importance than that ne be the respect
ed. trusted. fair representative of tradi-
tional Democratic doctrine upon which,
the party may hope to make successful
front. now and hereafter.
OF such an outcome the two-thirda
rule is this year. as in other years, one
OF the best guarantees.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-06-01
HIGH CURRENTS THE CAUSE.
ew York Herald.

New York Herald.
The invisible currents in the upper aerial
ocean must play controlling part in the
origination of the terrific whirls which so
easily cut broad paths Of destruction
through our well built Western cities.
wrecking the staunchest structures. and
are even able TO tear away and throw down
tons upon tons Of solid masonry. as on the
eastern end of the great Eads bridge span
ming the Mississippi. The winds that owe
their origin to differences of barometric
pressure are of limited force, easily meas
ured by the thermometer. Severe as they
at times become. they take on nothing of
supernatural prowess. But the velocity of
tornado winds. defying all ordinary instru-
mental measurement. can be traced to no
agency certainly known to physics unless
il be the high equatorial current which has
often been observed. by means of the the
odolite at Professor Rotch's Blue Hill OBJ
servatory, near Boston, travelling l25 or $50
miles an hour. and in winter attaining a
maximum velocity of 2SS miles an hour.
II seems. therefore. perfectly evident that
until meteorologists have devised some
method of Systematically observing the
tremendous movements going on in the
high air and occasionally extending to the
surface of the earth in our ATTITUDES it
will be impossible to make any decided ad-
vance in giving timely forewarnings OF
tornadoes.
While patiently waiting for the time
when the mysteries of the upper atmos-
phere will be more fully revealed. those
~, ara Habla 70 suffer from unheralded
tornadoes will have to exercise great Wig
lance and wariness when premonitory
signs of these local storms occur.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-06-01
A QUESTION FOR ARCHITECTS.

A QUESTION FOR ARCHITECTS.
Chicago Record.
In forming conjectures as TO the havoc
making powers of such wind upon build
ings of modern construction it must be re-
membered that the tremendous strength
of the tornado resides not in the rate OF
speed with which the funnel progresses
but the velocity of the gyratory currents
Of its vortex, which are supposed to have
speed varying from 500 TO a good deal over
1000 miles an hour. The storm itself may
move at a rather leisurely rate. In this
respect 1t differs from the cyclone, which
is a northwestwardly wind travelling IN a
parabola generally from the region OF the
West Indies, and from the hurricane,
which is merely straight wind at a high
rate of speed. The initial hurricanes at
ST. Louis were evidently powerful enough
to wreck many buildings of ordinarily
strong construction, but the whirling tenn
pest from the southwest beat down struc-
lures which would be deemed capable OF
resisting almost any pressure which could
be exerted by the impalpable medium OF
air. The question is one which architects
should study with the greatest interest
and the most careful consideration.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-06-01

A weary Mckinley organ publishes a
labored argument TO show that whatever
Mckinley may be on the currency Ques-
tion ne is no worse than his Republican
associates generally. We do not believe
this, but. admitting it to be true, it is
fatal to the claim so often made thaa
the Republican party has all along been
sound here. Either our Republican
friends have been deceiving the public
in their statements when they asserted
that the Republican party was to be
trusted in this particular. or they find
IL necessary TO save the credit Of Nc
Kinley now by pulling his fellow-Repub-
licans down to his level.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-06-01
THE TARIFF GRABBERS.

New 1Ork Times.
manufacturers Of steel rails and all the
ether combined manufacturers in the iron
and steel industry who are compelling the
people of this country to pay outrageous
ring prices while they sell to foreigners
at a great reduction and prove by their
export trade that they need no tariff duties
whatever to protect them against the COM
petition of foreign goods here at home. are
shouting for Mckinley and eagerly look
ing forward to the time when the Republ-
can party shall increase the tariff duties
which they now use as instruments of ex-
tortion.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-06-01
AN IMPORTANT FACTOR.

Chicago News.
There does not seem 70 be much doubt
but that the denudlng of the country of its
forests is an important factor in the Gre
alton Of atmospheric conditions that are
favorable 10 these storms. With an area
OF country. like that of the United States,
stripped OF its forests. which act as a
check to the rapid evaporation of the
moisture in the soil and the Withdrawing
of the moisture that remains in the soil by
menas of tile drains, bitches and sewers,
there must be an effect on the atmospheric
envelope of the globe that tends to the
disturbances that show themselves upon
the surface in cyclones, tornadoes and
cloudbursts.
So far science has been able to do little
more than speculate upon unexplainable
result. The very little distance above the
lower stratum of air that we are able TO
investigate is a serious hindrance to the
discovery of the causes of these outbreaks
or to the study of any means to counteract
them or the laws that govern their move
ments.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-06-01
TO Pc REPAID WITH INTEREST.

TO BE REPAID WITH INTEREST.
Philadelphia Record.
1t is related as a creditable performance
of Mark Hanna, the Mckinley manager,
that he prevented the reelection Of VII
liam L. Wilson for Congress in West Nir-
ginia by the expenditure of enormous
sums Of money collected from the protected
manufacturers. Some of the Republican
statesmen who shall read this story will
not find it very pleasing when they reflect
that the same weapon has been employed
against themselves in the campaign for the
Presidential nomination. But whatever
money Mark Hanna may levy upon the
manufacturers for the nomination and
election of Mckinley he expects to return
with interest in the shape of higher duties
upon the necessaries of the people.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-06-01
MORE BUILDINGS TO DESTROY.

MORE BUILDINGS TO DESTROY.
Philadelphia Times.
While it is probable that the seeming
Increasing destruction by atmospheric dis
turbanceS is due to an increase of popula-
ton rather than an increase of storms. it
is very desirable that some way may be
found of giving warning OF the existence
OF conditions liable to the productions of
dangerous tornadoes. So far the Weather
Bureau has confined itself 10 giving notice
of the coming of ordinary storms. the rise
or fall Of temperature and other atmos-
pheric changes which can be traced and
measured. and yet it is safe to say that
these unheralded and unlooked-for cyclonic
disturbances work more havoc and ruin
than all the gales, billiards. and frosts Of
a whole season.
The spirit of scientific research which has
harnessed electricity to the service of man
and made 1t possible to produce a picture
of the skeleton of a living person should,
If directed 10 the discovery OF the atmos-
pheric conditions productive Of tornadoes,
lead to some practical results. Cyclones
could not be prevented, nor the exact local
ity of their development predicted. but it
should be possible to warn the people Of
any given section of the existence of cy-
clonic conditions, and thus enable them to
take all possible precautions for safety
in case a tornado should suddenly develop.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-06-01
A STRANGE RESULT.
Chicago Chronicle.

Aside from the loss of life and property
the most interesting study connected with
the ST. Louis tornado is the fact that 1t is
unexampled in the history of meteorolog-
ical phenomena. The impact of two con-
trary currents in the air has often pro-
duced whirlwinds Of less or greater de-
structive force. But there is no previous
record Of three powerful opposite air cur
rents meeting at a common center and
producing an equal amount Of cyclonic
force along a limited track.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-06-01
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS


OFFICE CUSTODIAN L. 5. CUST0V
House, &c, Wheeling. ". Va. June "a
1S96.-Sealed proposals will De received =
this Office until y m. on the 18th dan :
June. 1896, and opened Immediately H.
after, for miscellaneous repairs Ia m.
above named building. including rsr,i-,
10 flooring. the cleaning Of interior W7.s
etc. repainting. etc. In first story. In Az.
ccrdance with the specification. Each ia
must be accompanied by certified cra.s
for a sum not less than 10 per cent .
the amount of the proposal. The rie1i +.
reserved TO reject any or all bids on IA
waive any defect or informally Do any
bid, should II be deemed in the interest N
the government to do so. All bids received
after the time stated will be returned d,
the bidders. Proposals must he enclosed
in envelopes, sealed and marked Prom.
sails for Miscellaneous Repairs. T. S. chs.
tom House, &c. Wheeling. ". Va. ." ana
addressed to Custodian. PATRICK WEIR
Custodian. isi3-
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MIGHT BE FoREToLD.

Boston GIoDe.
There is more than a probability. how
ever. that the coming OF a tornado or a
cyclone may be so forecasted that timely
warning can be given 10 communities in
the line of it's progress. Meteorology
ought henceforth TO be the object of closest
study on the part of our scientists. 1t is
most important for humanity's sake in
the West-not to mention lesser considera-
tions-that constant and expert efforts
should be made TO gain knowledge Of
meteorology's elusive laws-for laws as
suredly it has.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-06-01
SIMPLY MORE TO DESTROY.

washington Evening star.
There is apparently nothing in the the
ory entertained by some that the works of
civilization. the concentration of individ-
uaIs into cities and the construction of
great buildings and the establishment OF
marvels of electrical and mechanical in
genuity are to be counted as positive fac
tors in the development of these destruct-
i've storms. Men OF science declare that
such disturbances Of the air are no more
frequer- COW than heretofore, but that
naturai-<. sc the waste spaces of the land
In the cyclone belt are filled up and become
inhabited the loss OF life and proper..
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-06-01

Hon. William G.. Brown. Of Preston,
Is strongly urged for the Democratic
nomination for Congress in the Second
district. Mr.. Brown possesses ability,
integrity and popularity. He is a thor
ough Democrat and if nominated,
would redsam the Second district from
the slump Of 81
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-06-01

SECOND PAGE
rurri,,lre ana Carrets-W Handley
& Foster.
FOURTH PAGE.
Wauted-Gir.S.
Wan.cj-ia6r Solicitors.
Warr.c-Qu1r~y Hands.
Notice % TaxDaysrs-A. A. Franzheim'
S. o. c.
Bicycles Reduced-wrn. Schwertfeger.
Wanted-Girl Cor Housework-
Sealed Proposals FOR Repairs 10 custom
House.
FIFTH PAGE.
Mems Crash Suits-1l. Gutm2a & CO.
The Big Show is Coming.
EIGHTH PAGE.
Important Sale-Stoue=S- Thomas
Dress Goods-Gco. z. S,ifel & CO.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-06-01
THE SILVER SENTIMENT.

There is no present reason to apprehend
that the free silver men will have any ma
jority at all. OF the 376 delegates already
elected. including Vermont's action yester-
day. $50 are for free silver, $50 for sound
money, and 16 are in doubt. New Yorks
tremendous phalanx of seventy-two is
certainly to be added to the sound-money
column.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-06-01
THE THREATS OF PROTECTIONIsTs
Springfield Register.

The threat is made that unless protection
is given manufactures the proprietors will
close up their shops. 1t seems that we
have heard that same threat before. 1t
was campaign material In 1892. and the
tariff on iron and steel was reduced and
cotton ties were placed on the free list.
The cotton tie manufacturers were going
to shut up their shops at once. But did
they? Instead they have entered foreign
markets and are shipping cotton ties all
over the world. AS for steel and iron. we
are shipping those products to Japan, Rus
STA and all parts of Europe.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-06-01
THE STAMP NOT EVERYTHING.

THE STAMP NOT EVERYTHING.
Louisville Courier-Journal.
1t is the stamp of the government which
gives value to silver and gold. say the free
slverites. II this is true why is it that the
coins short in weight through abrasion or
mutilation will not be received at the
value placed on them by the government
stamp? Even the government itself will
not receive such coins at their stamped
value. VIII our free silver "stompers" rise
and explain?
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-06-01
welcome. the Month of Roses!

The Register has carefully compiled
statistics. which were published in yes
terday's issue. showing tha, nearly 1000
people have been killed and injured by
cyclones during the month OF May.
This is as bad as war.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-06-01

Persons leaving the city during the sum
rsr can have the Register mailed TO them
By ordering Il at this Office. either IN per-
son or by letter. Terms. 90 cents per
month. excluding sunday. or 50 cents per
month. including Sunday. payable IN ad-
vance.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-06-01
DIED.

FOSTER-At the residence Of his mother,
No. 1876 Eighteenth street, Saturday May
30th. 1896. at II p. m, Harry c. Foster, in
the Path year Of his age
Funeral notice hereafter.
CHAMBERS-On Sunday. May oath. 1896,
at residence Of his father-in law, VIM. Nc
Adams. 9+9 Chapline street, at . O'Clock p
m. Frank +. Chambers. in his 21st year.
BITRKHART-At his late residence.
Manchester. East End Of Seventeenth
street. on Monday, May .. 1896, at 12:45 a.
m, John B. Burkhart, in his 36th year.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-06-01
THE PRAIRIES AND THE OCEAN.
- Il.

New York Times.
The latest and most destructive of the
cyclones has shown anew how futile are
all the precautions taken in the prairie
States by the rearing of artificial wind
breaks and the like. The wind sweeps
over the prairies with as little obstruction
as it sweeps over the surface Of the ocean.
A house which is not anchored by very
solid construction to the soil is as help
less to resist 1t as ship at sea. Indeed.
the advantage in point Of safety is with
the ship. which simply flies before the
gale and which. if well built and well
found and with plenty of sea room, is not
very gravely imperiled by force of wind
that blows down and blows away all but
the strongest houses
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-06-01
Some Political Thoughts.
A MANIFEST IMPRoPRIET

A MANIFEST IMPROPERLY.
Albany Argus.
Mckinley is name I'll adapted to hur-
rah-boys purposes. 1t doesn't rhyme well
with anything to speak of. But then the
candidate and his principles are nothing to
speak of; shouting for the silent one would
be in poor taste.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-06-01
pEMocRACY,s POSITION.

Cincinnati Enquirer.
The Republican campaign for President
is in a slump. Having settled on the nom
nation of Mckinley, there seems to be
nothing for the party to do but sit around
and speculate on how the Democrats will
perform. The Democratic party is now oc-
cupying the public eye.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-06-01
The Great Cyclone.
HUMANITY SILENT.

Baltimore Herald.
1t was visitation of the elements before
which humanity stands silent and awe
struck. wondering AT the tremendous pow
ers of nature, when they have been re-
leased from the bonds which usually hold
them in restraint.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-06-01
LARGE BUILDINGS SAFE.

New York News.
one scientific fact Of importance TO
other large cities appears to have been
established at ST. Louis expense. This is
that the modern high buildings, whose IN
terror weight rests on steel frames and not
on the outside masonry. are absolutely
safe. no matter what sort of wind may
blow against them.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-06-01
MAKES EVEN MARK HANNA SMILE
New York Sun

As Marcus Antonius Hanna sits in his
office in Cleveland and controls his candl-
date at Canton by telephone. and ponders
over the winning of the delegates thus far
won and estimates the future, 1t is not
likely that he gives way to hilarity or
wastes time in rejoicing. He is 10 man to
chuckle prematurely. and ne knows that
the fight Is only begun. We venture to say.
however. that there is one expression
which never fails to bring twinkle to his
eve and a thin smile-as much $50 busy a
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-06-01
CORK scREws-EwINe BROS.

grows. because there is dimunition In the
average number of cyclones and tornadoes.
It is curious TO note that one of the best
Informed men of the weather bureau made
a prophecy only last week that II was
question of but snort time when one Oh
these terrible cyclones would form in the
vicinity of a great center of population
and cause untold suffering and destruc-
ton. His words have come true all too
soon
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-06-01

What is the secret of the success Of
the World Mutual?
Low rates and guaranteed insur-
ance
One-half the face of policy paid in
case of total disability.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-06-01
MbeeIin9 Register
CHARLES II. TANEY. Geuernl A-aager.

The REGISTER. embracing rs several
editions. is entered a. the Postcfnce y
Wheeling. ". Va. as second-clSss matter
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-06-01
WHY BUSINESS SUFFERS.

Kansas City Times.
The cause of the stagnation in business
is undoubtedly uncertainty as to the finan-
cial policy of the next administration
Besides the struggle between silver and
gold there is an alarming prospect that the
tariff barons may succeed in their efforts
to re-enact the infamous and ruinous Nc
Kinley act. under which prosperity for any
body but the trusts is an impossibiity.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-06-01
HUMAN STRUCTURES FRA1L.

Philadelphia Press.
The terrible power of the tornado at its
strongest point is shown by the wrecking
of that portion of the great railroad bridge
which the storm struck with its full po-
tency, swapping the steel beams and grid
ers and displacing the solid and heavy
masonry of the piers. A force that can co
this would wreck almost any artificial
structure in its path.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-06-01
PITTSBURG SAENGERFEST Elk.
CURSIONS.

June 9th, 18th and Sth, are dates upon
which excursion tickets to Pittsburg
will be sold via Pennsylvania Lines for
the North American Saengerfest. Re-
turn limit, June 18th.
26,27,29,1,24,6.
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North American Saengerbund. Pittsburg,
Pa. June Sig, 1895

For the above meeting, agents of the
Ohio River R. r. will sell excursion
tickets June 6, Z and at one fare for
the round trip, limiting tickets to June
13, 1896.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-06-01

man can afford-to his lips. 1t is this:
THE great popular demonstration for Nc
Kinley."
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-06-01
HIS WIFE SAYS

The County Records made 5 y;
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Kinks new ground floor Photographic
studio No. 1905 Main street, is beauty.
Stop and hear the graphophone.
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NOTICE TO DELINQUENTS.

All persons paying their personal tax,,
on or before Wednesday next will not Ia
published in the delinquent list. required
by law.
A. 4. FRANZHEIM.
my3ls Sheriff Ohio County.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-06-01

Il IS said that at S. Louis Reed is 20
be put on the tain Of The Mckinley kite
ia the same whirlwind that viii uomi-
nate Mckinley by acdamation. without
being given a chance TO refuse. IL will
be increasing 20 see now this little
trick viii work on the Gar. As rule
the betty man from Maine is neither
easily triczed nor easily cOerced.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-06-01

Hon. W. Bourke Cochran Of New
York. so wen known and admired in
Wheeling and West Virginia generally
has sailed for Carlsbad. Germany VIZ
he viii take the baths for the injuries
he received a month ago. in collision
with a bicyciist In this accident one
Of his legs was badly hurt. and he has
since been compelled 90 use crutches.
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