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The Globe-republican., 1896-12-17

appearance in the arena, when he has
been induced to fight for his liberty,
he is shaven and shorn. and presented
. magnificent picture. His answer to
the Praetor as to what he thought Of
Rome was a magnificent display of elo-
guence and acting. From first to last.
in ferocious tenderness, desperation
from slave to conqueror, and to his be-
trayal and terrible death, Mr.. James
makes every point possible, and his
portrayal is grand throughout
The scenery il magnificent and
grand in every way, and in the amphi-
theatre scene where Spartacus meets
his brother and defeats the greatest
gladiator in Roms. the situations are
beautiful and exciting. The gladiato-
rial fights are realistic and brought
forth thunderous applause. Or
leans Evening Telegram, Oct 26; 1896.
1t is the country towns that are
catching the burglaries now. The
thieves argue that if they are arrested
in . small town they won't have to
work out their fines The big towns
make them work.
A woman has been appointed mana.
ger OF the Lawrence telephone ex-
change. That shuts ont all the chance
the poof men had to talk back.
The lola company Of the Z. N. g., b
becoming very proficient Il drill and
vii eoon Be able TO give grand bar
The Globe-republican., 1896-12-17

OF the more important crops grown in
the State in the year 1896. The total
yield of winter wheat is 27.l53. 365
bushels, or 1,641.124 bushels more
than in 1895. Its total value is put at
$13.0l6.ee9. The average per acre for
the entire State being 81 bushels
The corn crop is Gel. 4l9,414 bushels. or
19, &C.,. O1s bushels more than last wear.
the average being es.O3 bushels per
acre. Its value is sa5. 6s3. ol3, as against
s46, ls9, re for the previous years crop.
OF oats the yield is 1s,314,77s bushels.
against 1904 4s bushels the year pre
vious- The yield per acre was but
1906 bushels per acre, and the value of
the crop se,7O6,65:. Spriag wheat
shows yield of but COL, 5e3 bushels
The combined value of spring and win
ter wheac. corn and oats raised the
present year is Isl. SOC, $50, and that of
the same crops in 1895 was $50, ga, 07a
There is trouble in the Usage county
coal mines and Mr.. Pipp takes q shot
at the company. 1t seems tina. the
men are paid monthly instead of semi.
monthly and the company wants to
buy mp all the shafts.
Will White will speak on Kansas IT
the big Ohio banquet He will stand
up" too
Skating has been good in the north
ern part Of the state.
Confidence = restored 1t Winfield.
The wheels have begun to revolve. 4
new skating rink has been started
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-09-21
FULLST0P
Put to Navigation Between the Ohio
and Muskingum BY a Peculiar Acct
dent to the Marietta Lock'--Ihe
Structure Badly Damaged.

Special to the Register.
Marietta. O.. September 2O.-Nayiga-
lion between the Muskingum and ONO
rivers is entirely suspended by reason
of a serious accident to the government
lc.s at the mouth OF the former stream.
The floor of the lock, consisting OF ping
double LAYERS Of heavy transverse I'm
hers and three feet of solid cement, IS
untitled and torn asunder in many places
and the foundations are washed QUE III
der the upper gates and portion OF ne
west wall. The break was caused -
the water leaking under the floor as a
result of faulty construction, or the coz
slant action of several large SPRINGS
known to exist, the immense pressure
when the head was on bursting the floor
like an egg shell. Temporary repairs
were made. and the Lexington let onL OF
The Muskingum mis- morning. but tie
water came through under the west wall
with a terrible rush and the chamber
was filled barely in time to save the lock
from destruction. The structure is
known as the ice harbor lock, and is
one of the fines, in the country and was
built at an enormous expense. Il is
greatly damaged. and there is POSSIBLE
ity that it will have to be partially re-
built
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-09-21
THE POSTAL SERVICE.
Annual Report of Fourth Assistant Post
master Maxwell.

Annual Report Of Fourth Assistant i"s''
master Maxwell.
Washington. D. c., September 70
r. A. Maxwell, fourth assistant Post
master General. has made his annual
reporr to the Postmaster General for
The year ending June 80, 1896. The
prjncipal divisions of the department.
under his care are appointments and
inspectors. The report shows mat the
total number of pOsotiices IN opera
ton in the United States Is 1O,36O. VI
these G6.725 are fourth class offices
and 3 .6S5 Presidential, being an in
crease over the last fiscai year Of 296.
During the year 2,Oi6 postofilces were
established. and 1850 Discontinued
The total number of appointments lor
the wear was 1900 and the number
of cases acted upon 1882.
Mr.. Maxwell commends tne WORK Oh
the postoffice inspectors. The report
shows that The total number OF com
nIaints of all classes received during
the mast year aggregated 1O3,O9I, ana
the number of cases disposed OF
amounted to 1OO.2O5. Only "a com
plants were received Of carelessness
in the handling of registered matter
by postal employees. The employees n
the postal service handled during the
fiscal wear 1S.S51OOO pieces OF regis
tered mail with the loss OF only one
piece in every 1924 -,
Mr.. Naxwll points out that there mas
been a decrease in the number OF post
ofic-s and mail burglaries and ROD
berries owing to the killing ana arrest
OF many desperadoes engaged III Ihe
business During the year there were
. O74 arrests, of which number 15S were
postmasJers. 200
During the year there were 1858
oomnlaints treated affecting foreign
matter. OF these. $3.50 related TO regis
tered matter and 1854 to ordinary mat
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-09-21
sTILL ANOTHER.

Special to the Register.
Piedmont. W. Va. Septemb7 ia
Bryan and Sawall Free Silver CLUB was
orgau.z % here tonight, amid much en-
thusasu. with "a membership Of l5O 20
start with The permanent officers are
NJ. ID D. ST hen. President; Mr.. ).
David Thomas. Secretary. and Mr.. The
Olore e.. Lynch. Treasurer and assistant
Secretary.
Each member enrolled tO-njgb, is n
hustler for tle cause OF free silver and
by -he next meeting night me member
ship viii have increased 90 $50. \ num-
br of old Republicans are enrolled I'M
dar The free silver banner az this place,
and others are talking OF jO.nng The
Republicans in this neighb0rho0d are
sick and tired of Hucc.sm also the
weakness A. q. Dayton has dis
PLAYED as a COngr sugu. IC IS I'M
necessary 10 state tl-- he IS mot in it,
this year. W. G. Browns lapel buttons
are 40 be sen on nearly every coat ana
he win Doe given r0us.rg p
ceptiOu when be appears here at an
early date.
Tie gold literature the B. & o. rail-
road officials have sent on, has hid the
effect of keeping the men que, and
rauc.ent. bu; the Australian ballot al
lows them the privilege of voting their
se1tim nts-which is free silver first,
las- and all the time.
William jennings Bryan and his
party VIII meet with a rOusing reception
here n he few minutes sop the train
Will make.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-09-21
HOWARD AT HUNTINGTON.
ue Addressed a Magnificent Audience at
Opera House. saturday Evening
c,.,oc;ol IN tho Register.

t4e Addressed a Magnificent Audience at
Opera House. Saturday Evening.
Special to the Register.
Huntington, w. Va, September 20
The Democratic and silver campaign in
this city and county was formally opened
Yesterday evening by mass meeting at
the Opera House. addressed by Hon.
John A. Howard. Of Wheeling. Tie
meeting was a splendid one, and was
fully as large as the recent Republican
meeting. addressed by Hon. G.. W: Az
kinson, which means that the Iarse
house was crowded to its capacity
Many ladies were in attendance. and tae
audience as a whole was rhoroughy
representative Of the city and county;
Mrs. Harvey kindly sent NUMBER OF
handsome flowers, which graced the
speakers table EX-SheriH Hanule!
presided and introduced Mr.. Howard,
who made one Of the best addresses ever
heard in Huntington and an unansWer-
able and convincing demonstration OF
the soundness of the Democratic pollcy
md the great benefits which its success
will bring TO the great masses OF the
neonle. He spoke for an hour ana
shree-quarters, and was listened to with
tGe closest attention, frequent applause
marking the appreciation OF his telling
points.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-09-21
NATIONAL BREWERS.

CINCINNATI o.. September 2o.-The
ninth annual convention of the National
Union of the working brewers of the
United States began here to-day with an
informal visit TO the Geological Garden.
Secretary Kurzenknabe, Of St. Louis, ed
itor of the Brewers Journal, made few
remarks. There are in the organization
1913 local unions. with total membership
of over 5000 The country, except the
Rocky mountain region and the Pacific
coast. is well represented. The meetings
will continue throughout the present
week. Excursion trains for the benefit of
visitors to the convention were run to-day
from Louisville. Indianapolis, Fort Wayne,
Toledo and Dayton.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-09-21
ENOUGH DYNAMITE
Found in Chicago to Have Blown Up an
Acre OF Houses.

CHICAGO. September 2O.-JOseph Best
man. said by the police to be an Anarchist,
left at Is Sedgwick Court three years ago
this fall a trunk containing sufficient dy-
Mantle to have destroyed an acre of prop
erty in Chicago and to have taken the
lives of hundreds of citizens. The dis
covery was made by accident.
Bestman was not found but the police
received information in the afternoon that
he is living at Dallas. Tex. and wired the
chief of police there TO arrest him at once.
The discovery of this enormous quantity
of explosive matter and the story of Best
man himself. so far as now known to the
police. brings to light a tale Of anarchistic
plotting such as Chicago has not had re-
vealed since the dark days of 1885. when
the existence of the city was threatened
and Spies and his comrades swung on the
gallows for the bomb thrown at the Hay
market massacre. Much correspondence
with the condemned Anarchists was also
found
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-09-21
CONrNuTTED SUICIDE.

ROCHESTER,. y. y. September %
Ed. Crane. once a noted pitcher of the
New York ball team, committed suicide at
the Congress Hall Hotel here last night
by taking u dose Of choral. Crane had
been playing in hard luck Of late years
and was penniless and respondent. He
was % years Of age \ wife and one child
survive him. He held the record for base
ball throwing. During the past season
Crane pitched for the Springfield and
Providence Eastern League teams and
also umpired in the league for a short
time.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-09-21
THE ORACLE SPEAKS.
Gen. Crosvenor. of Ohio Devotes the >l'
bath to Compiling rahlc.

Gen. Crosvenor. of Ohio Devotes The 81
bath to Compiling a Fable.
ATHENS. o.. September 2'.H.
! Grosvenor tonight sgavc ont 30 i
estimates of the probable result
Presidential election at the rcque
tain members of the press in q. -
He said:
The six New England states. "'.
electoral votes. will 20 To Mchlr'.
head my table as follows: New
20 New York 80. New Jersey DO. Nrl
&. Delaware 3. Pennsylvania 81. West
einia G. ohio % Indiana -. hin
Nficbi,au "a Wisconsin IT, Iowa -. N-
sofa south Dakota :. Kentucky H.
con washington 4. California .. d.
27S.
Here Is a total Of 27S votes or "a D.
than sufficient to elect.
come to some States which are
doubt. to-wit: Kansas 10. Zebra
North Carolina Il, North Dakoia
oming 3. Total 30.
OF the remaining States. Lou
Tennessee II, Missouri Il. Tex
ginia Y. total G.. are one or 10.
within the line OF possibility.
most say reasonable probahi.
I concedc to Bryan and
Bryan and Sewall: Alabam
s. Colorado 4, Florida 4. g.
3. Mississippi 9, MQutana
South Carolina 9. Utah 3. u
These are practically sur
sition. although there may H
dispute.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-09-21
TIE TICKET IS REGULAR.
Continued from First Page.

cities of the second and third classss.
The Republican Legislature made no
further attempts to comply with the
constitutional directions, but on the
conrary, proceeded 10 amend charters
already existing by asking power from
officials in Democratic cities and
clothing with unusual power the OIL
Gals in Republican citiese,
The Republican members in the Legs
lature
BY FORCE OF ARMS
and against the protests of honorable
members of their own party passed a
bill by taking from the Democratic May
or of Albany. all power over the police OF
that CITY. Without power to control
the police. the Mayor IS powerless 10 en-
foce order and 10 secure peace TOT MS
city. Similar legislation was proposed
for other Democratic cities, but was
postponed until the coming year.
irhe Republican Legislature, IN or
der to accomplish its purposes, violated
parliamentary rules, ruthiessly rode
over the sacred rights of members, en-
Moved physical force TO inimidate OPP
posltion. closed the doors OF the assem-
bly to the public and conducted itseiI
with utter abandonment OF decency ana
principle. .,o
a Republican Legislature spent the
neoD,es' money as if it were water and
then announced that it would WIRING
from the liqVor traffic sufficient money
TO pay il back. 80.
ANY of these things would be con-
spicuous and fragrant in time OF less
national excitement. but one sin OF COM
nilsson calls for immediate popular
conformation. Under the guise OF pro
motine public welfare the RepuoiC,auc
eoisi3-rre revolutionized the method Oh
ealing with the liquor traffic ana eS .dt',
Iisbed . bureau with one man at It's he@u
TO CONTROL AND MANAGE
+bot traffic It took an increased ana
- -, ,,,anv instances an unreasonable sum
from the saloon keepers, ana insteau VI
annIving that sum to defraylng the eA-
psnses of local government Il uAS''-0"
ted il throughout the state
Closing he says; o04o1
An when this great governmental
machinery is in the hollow Oh Tue nalio
Of one man. when he and not the people
is the beneficiary of its operation pop
MAR government is menaced ana us ue-
feat as a public enemy becomes the uu.!
~ ali good men. This is the issue IN
the state this fall. No step toward mu-
niciDal reform can be undertaken until
his 0nestion can be settled. The peo-
ME have destroyed all vesJiges OF a po-
iIiiic9I boss in the Democratic party ana
I believe they will annihiltae bossism
in the Republican party.
Il. is not important that nor any
other particular individual should be
elected Governor. 1t is important that
the power Of one man should not be per
petuated by two years more OF RepubIl-
can executive control.
Yours.
JOHN BOYD THATCHER"
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-09-21
THE REGISTERS SILVER FUND.
A Popular Subscription the Proceeds Of Which WIN
Be Devoted to the Education Of the PeoDla =.
the Issue of Free Coinage and to Demonstr,.,
Its Benefits to the Masses.


The Register recognizing the fact that the Demo-9 Co..
mees are this year almost absolutely without funds wit, @
to conduct the pending campaign for Free Silver and po ~
will result in marked benefit to the great of the people
further recognizing that under the conditions existing The
absolutely necessary for the dissemination Of information tn
bution of literature and the placing of the Truth in @
the people, from the people themselves, has ret
naupate a Popular Silver Fund, to which contributions
vited in any sum- no how small. 1t is not expe.+
any one will give largely, but rather that many people SSH m
something and of facilitating such coatribu Is IL,
following blank is printed:
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-09-21
FRESH PLOT
BY the PHILIPPINE Revolutionists Discovered
\ Hed state Of Affairs.

Madrid. September 20.-Advices from
Manila. in the PHILIPPINE Islands, report
the discovery of a fresh plot TO surprise
the garrison there. 20 seize the headquar-
ters and 10 murder Captain General
BlanSo. A hundred persons have been
arrested for completely in ,he plot.
Ten encounters have occurred BE-
tween the Spaniards and the rebels, in
which the latter sustained heavy losses.
In the island of Lumion, the natives
have murdered all Of the Spanish
monks.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-09-21

although our gold bug friends claim it to
be so?
Long live this. the most important issue
of u quarter of a century.
RAILROADER.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-09-21

Special TO the Register.
LETART. ". Va. Sep''''
mig & Ewing. who are pH'.
Ravburn well for the victor
commenced operation
Is down 2.22S feet and will
cd but will be put down ce'.
The Cottageville well i-
splendid producer and thr
have started a new well Oh l'
creek.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-09-21
OIL NEWS.
srecial to the Register.

STcci1l TO the Register
CAIRO. w. Va. September
cent oil strikes here have er.
lated operations and almost ''.
land within "a radius Of five '
place has been leased.
The j. r. Young well WIZ
Tuesday. promises to make
The No. . Carroll well Will
producer.
A rig viii be erected on th
Vile lot by the Citizens OIL d..
who have made a location.
The rig on the G. IL. II
completed and drilling "-.
next week.
Six locations We're mad"
the Cairo Oil Co. at McFer.-'..
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-09-21
|. 0. 0. F.
The Sovereign Grand Lodge Will
Meet at Dallas, Texas, To-day,
Thousands Of the Members of the
Order Will Be Present.

DALLAS. Texas, September 2o.-The
Sovereign Grand Lodge I. o. o. f. con-
venes here tomorrow. The hotel corri-
doris are swarming already with delegates
from both sides of the Atlantic ocean.
Grand Sire J. w. Stebbins arrived today.
His report and that of Secretary T. A.
Ross will be submitted Tuesday or We'd
nesday. OF the five hundred delegates
elected to attend the meeting nearly one
half have arrived. Wednesday the grand
parade will embrace the Sovereign Lodge
and minor lodges from every city in
Texas and several in the Indian Territory
and Northern Louisiana. This will bring
TO Dallas on that day six or seven thou
sand odd Fellows. besides visiting sight
seers.
To-day has been spent in social inter-
course and exchanging views on questions
that will come before the Sovereign Lodge
for discussion and settlement. chief among
which is whether keepers or saloons shall
be- eligible as members.
The large and modern opera House has
been placed at this disposal of the Sow
ereign Lodge. In all other particulars of
comfort and official and personal conve-
nience nothing has been overlooked that
will expedite the business and make agree
able the stay of the delegates during the
next six days.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-09-21
cn.rio1 ii A ReeIstor

Special to the Register.
PARKERsBURG. W. Va
The Kelly. Kennedy 81 f..
have purchased the lease
Buckley. Of Wheeling. wh'.'
Waverly. consisting Of 90
The new owners have comm.
tIons and will at once drill '".
on the lease.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-09-21

Mr.. c. Schnepf. the Opera House drug
gist. made the following observations Of
the weather yesterday: a. m. 81; a. m.
so: 70 m. 60; p. m, IS. p. m, 90. Weather
clear.
WASHINGTON. D. c., September %
Forecast for Monday:
For West Virginia. Western Pennsyiva-
mia and Ohio-Fair; warmer; light to
fresh southerly winds.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-09-21

II luIAlltl says
ct would be a barrier between all the
world and us; a burden on our trade with
other countries which we could not hope
n overcome. consequently could not carry
and comnete with them in the great race
of progress"
wonder if the United States made all
the progress of their history under sin
gle standard. or was some OF THIS same
progress made under policy in which
silver was accorded an equal privilege
with gold? And what has been the ratio
of progress since the last blow was struck
at silver in the repeal of the purchasing
clause Of the Sherman act in 49, notwith-
standing It had been enacted as a make
shift. and to attract the attention Of the
public away from the free coinage issue,
which was not new even at that time,
The evening times., 1896-12-25
Our Coast Defenses.

No doubt Congress thought it was un-
usually liberal when it voted seventy OF
eighty million dollars for coast defenses,
the amount to beexpended in about eight or
ten years. 1t was an excellent beginning,
to be sure, but it is altogether prob.
able that very much larger sum may be
required before the work Is carried to such
n degree of perfection that our principal
harbors and seaboard cities can be said to
be practically invulnerable by the attacks
of hostile fleets. To completely-fortify our
thousands ofmiles of sea coasts practically
impossible, and to some extent its natural
conformation offers an effective obstacle
to the near approach of a formidable at
tacking squadron. But it must be borne in
mind that modern battleships carry guns
that can deliver an effective fire at a dis
tance of ten or twelve miles, and that we
must be prepared, therefore. to give as
good as they send.
In the manufacture of high power guns OF
large caliber the governments by no means
up to the necessities of the occasion.
For a number of years Congress was alb
surlly niEgarsily in its appropriations for
guns and Qualifications, SO much so, indeed,
shat from 1883 to 1895 practically 10th.
The evening times., 1896-12-25
Science and the Press.

About a year ago Prof. Rocntgcn, of
Wurzburgin Bavaria, wasanunknownquan
tity outside of his immediate encourage.
Today his name is known To all the world.
Then the cathode ray or Xray was sneercd
| at by the scientists now il is accepted as one
OF the great discoveries of the age, and
its application and manifold uses, espe-
cially in the domain of surgery, have gene
beyond the widest dreams of the modest
student in that Bavaran town, which is
beer brewcd there. Prof RoeIltgen him
self dill not think that he had achieved any
thing very wonderful when he sent a com-
munication, which was more in the nature
of a laboratory report than anything else,
To a local medical society about New
Form Of Radiation In less than three
months experiments We're made at all the
universities and Institutes of science, both
in Europe and in the United States, more
especially in Washington, where Prof.
Gray made astounding tests, until today
the X-ray has taken its place as a regular
aid to the surgeon, by means OF which opera
tions can be performed which before that
were regarded as impossible, or, at least,
extremely hazardous.
IL was the press that did it. Not the
scientific or chronological journal; no, the
daily newspaper, which may be termed the
very X-ray of investigation, got the news,
printed 1t, reported all that could be learned
about the discovery, and fairly dragged it
and the disCovtrer together into the light
of publicity and fame. Gradually the
specialists IN journalism, If that designa-
ton is permissible, awoke Co an apprc-
citation of the fact that they had allowed one
of the marvels of the nineteenth century
to escape their observation, and then they
fairly fell over themselves in their zeal to
make up for lost time. Meanwhile, the
daily newspaper has kept on the even tenor
of its way, and also a sharp lookout for
everything the Rocntgen rays are accom-
plishing, and of late it has been its duty
10 ssilse warning voice against putting
cre,lencc too soon in extravagant accounts
atout the blind being made to see by means
of the wonderful rays.
Tie history of the Roentgen discovery
furnishes striking proof that the modern
newspaper, especially the American news
paper, regards no fact or statement as lying
come TO be the great lever in every field Of
human endeavor. 1t lends its energy to the
merchant, the mechanic. the scientist, the
student, the high and the low, the rich and
the poor, helping and stimulating them all
1t is the great searchlight of the age that
sweeps the very horizon of human thought
and human action.