Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-08-13
BRIEF BUT MEATY.

MAHONY CITY. Pa.-Clarence Anstock.
| a boy, dropped dead of heart failure atter
a five mile bicycle race to-day
M'KEESPORT. Pa.-The striking pud-
| dlers decided tonight to go TO work again
| at the National Rolling Mill Co.'S rates.
| CONNELLSVILLE, PA fall of slate
I in one of the Frick mines to-day killed
one man and fatally injured three others.
| CONSTANTINOPLE-This being the
| feast of the prophet, the peace commlss-
/ sioner's meeting was postponed I'LL s@'-
urday next.
"a GaSAG9dnFeer ~ wffeeaached no agreement
on wages and adjourned till August q,
| at Cleveland.
WASHINGTON. d. C.-Santiago Bar
| roeta. of New York. has asked protection
for Ramon Hidalgo. an American, i'm
! priSoned at Havana.
| ROANOKE. Va.-The Democratic State
convention to-day indorsed Senator Dam
| iel for reelection and nominated A. j..
| Montague for attorney general.
| CHICAGO Ill.-In an article in the cur
rent number of Rand. McNally q Co. 3
Review. Comptroller Eckels has an article
| favoring the consolidation Of banks.
PLATTSBURG. n Y.-President Nc
Kinley and party went across the lake
to-day. and will be the guests Of Senator
Proctor. of Vermont, for few days
MADRID-Senora Canovas has refused
to allow the premier's remains TO lie in
state. The widow will be pensioned at
10000 pasetas, annually, and given the
title OF Duchess.
EVANSVILLE. Ind.-The coal strike
hereabouts seems 10 be a failure The
marching miners to-day got cut the min
ers at Johnson City. Marion miners re-
fused TO quit work.
JACKFISH. Ont.-Senator Hanna's
yacht. Comanche. was stuck on rock
for sixteen hours in Nipigon straits
On
No damage was done.
PITTSBURG. PA ton Of corn meal,
from an Akron. Ohio. manufacturer, and
ten cars of salmon. from Oregon. were
contributed 10 the striking miners com
missary department yesterday.
REDDING. Cal-Ten thousand dollars
worth Of gold nuggets were taken out OF
Graves Brothers pocket. on Coffee creek.
Yesterday. The same pocket produced
s4S, 600 worth Of gold last Saturday.
2 CLEVELAND. Ohio - Three water
spouts. originating in Lake Erie. beyond
the horizon. struck this city this even
ing. one Of them did considerable damage
near the lake front. but injured no one.
BUFFALO, y. Y.-Owing to the scar
city OF coal. the city fire department has
been ordered by the City Council to con-
fiscate any coal IL may find for fire en-
gines. the city 10 settle damages after
wards.
NEW YORK-The report that Charles
o. Scull. recently passenger agent Of the
3. & O.. was TO become general passenger
agent OF the New York Central, Is de-
MED positively by the highest officials Of
the Central
CLEARFIELD. Pa.-The Falls Greek
tannery has closed on account OF
fatal disease supposed TO have been
contracted through handling skins from
China. which has caused the deaths Of
five persons in as many days. An inves-
tigation is making.
DENVER. CoI.-Coal is being shipped
east from New Mexico and Colorado, In
sealed refrigerator cars. labeled as
fruit. The cars thus shipped take pre-
cedence over everything but fast passen-
ger traffic The freight rate is high. but
the coal brings big prices owing 10 the
famine in Illinois.
Los ANGELES. Cal.-John c. Svenlng-
sen. a veteran. after ten years absence
from the country. went 10 the Soldiers
Home here 10 look for a comrade. and
found that Peter Michaeison had been a
resident Of the Home Two years under
Sveningsen's name. Michaelson was not
a soldier, and was arrested.
-Despatches from Vienna
show a serious difficulty between Austria |
Hungary and Bulgaria on account Of |
structures placed upon the former govern |
ment by the prime minister OF the latter. |
The trouble grew out OF the failure CT |
Austria 70 punish a murderer. Diplomatic |
relations have been suspended