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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-05-20

strength of the Spanish squadron now
in southern waters lies in the fact that
it has this type of armored cruisers,
with speed and protective armor, suit
able for offensive work
Under the new conditions which
have arisen it seems plain that Con-
gress should provide at least six of
these armored cruisers. We are not
only carrying on an offensive warfare,
but we are reaching out to the Philip
pines. The entire theory of defensive
navy, on which our present navy was
formed, has been changed by this con-
flict with Spain, and, being changed,
the new conditions should be promptly
met by Congress
When Gen. Tracys attention was
called to the report that he might go
to the Philippines as civil governor
general, he laughingly dismissed the
suggestion and said there never had
been a thought of this move except in
the vivid imagination Of some newspa-
per writer. The ex-Secretary strongly
approves the energy of all departments
of the government in coping with the
present war emergency and deprecates
the loose gossip and criticism which
seeks to force aggressive movement
without regard to that mature consid-
Grafton which the momentous charac-
ter of the movements required
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-05-20
FRANCE ALARMED.
1t Is Realized Her Opposition to the
United States Is a Bad Mistake.

United States Is Bad Mistake
NEW YORK, May ia dispatch from
Paris to the Herald says: Mr.. Chamber
lan's sensational speech is undeniably re-
sponsble for a feeling of nervousness
here. The French press begins to see it
has adopted a mistaken policy in declar-
ing so pronouncedly for Spain as opposed
to the United States. The Debates, in a
leader published on Monday, tries to
smooth away matters. 1t admits that the
English have profited by Frances action
in the matter 1t says:
America is entering upon an enlarged
international career, and it is very i'm
portant to the French that Americans do
not begin with preconceived IDEAS against
us, and that they do not renounce their
good understanding with us, so useful in
the past and still more desirable for the
future. We have shown how ably Eng
land, dissatisfied with the attitude of the
Continental powers, is creating relations
with the United States which she is try
ing to bring to her policy. We, therefore,
ought to avoid all mistakes that our adj
versaries, always vigilant, might turn to
our disadvantage The moment is past
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-05-20
FASTENED it by their display of hostility
toward the United States.
WAR FEVER ABATING.
Spaniards Begin to Realize the Hopeless
ness of Their Cause.

NEW YORK, May ia dispatch to the
Herald from Valencia says: Inc war
fever is decidedly abating in Spain, and
the long-winded debates in the Cortes,
revealing the helplessness of the country,
has contributed thereto almost as much
as the defeat at Cavite A distinctive fca-
ture of the present crisis is that there is
not a single public man who inspires the
smallest confidence, and the proposed tin
kering in the ministry is simply viewed
by the masses with despairing indiffer-
ence This circumstance, and the open.
daily growing disgust among thinking
men that Spain is drifting toward defeat
may at any moment determine the for
nation of a peace party.
But it is still premature to speak of
PEACE. The subject can only be whispered
here. The memory of Cavite calling for
vengeance is too fresh for peace yet.
Peace, if Spain is to initiate proposals for
it. can only be had after more fighting.
The Atlantic feet must either be knocked
to pieces or gain a partial victory as a
set-off against Cavite before the idea of
peace with honor can really take root in
this land of Don Quixote.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-05-20

Washington, May 19-Ex-Secretary
of the Navy Tracy, CT New York, I'M
der whose administration Of the Navy
Department many Of the battleships
and cruisers of our new navy were
projected and built, was at the Navy
Department to-day meeting his old as
sociates and talking with the officials
on the status Of the present war. Gen.
Tracy was asked if our ships in their
present active service met the expec-
tations he had of them when the new
navy was being developed.
ITO judge from Manila, they are
meeting with every expectation" said
Gen. Tracy And yet | believe it to be
the plain duty of Congress to author
ize Immediately the construction OF
six large armored cruisers of the most
modern type, even larger than the
cruisers New York and Brooklyn.
These should be ordered in addition to
the ships authorized by the regular ma
val appropriation bill. Now that we
are called upon to carry on offensive
warfare, the need of armored cruisers
is imperative and the lack OF them IS
at present a serious handicap. Our
new navy was developed on the idea OF
being a defensive, not an offensive one.
1t was thought that if we ever had a
war it would be with one OF the great
naval powers, capable OF throwing
their vast naval armament against our
shores. To meet this onslaught we
proceeded on the theory OF having
navy to protect our long stretch OF
coast, and incidentally to scout the
ocean and cause all the damage posi-
BILE on the commerce which most OF
the naval powers possess.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-05-20
GRAFTON ELKs.
A Gala Time for the Lodge ana and Ii
Friends Grand Banquet.

Gala Time for the Lodge ana and Its
Friends-A Grand Banquet.
Special to the Register.
Grafton, w. Va, May 19.-Wednes-
day night was gala time among the
Elks of Grafton and the surrounding
country, it being the occasion of a
grand banquet given by Grafton Lodge
No. 30S to their members and visiting
brethren. The committee having the
arrangements in charge spared neither
pains nor expense to make this one of
the finest and most successful affairs
of the kind ever held in this section
and a credit to their order, and how
well they succeeded is attested by those
in attendance. A large class of candi-
dates were initiated into the mysteries
of the order at the Elks' lodge room
in the l. o. o. F. temple, at the con-
clusion of which they all repaired to
the spacious dining hall Of the Central
Hotel, where Mine Host, Custer had
prepared banquet such as has never
been excelled in Grafton. To say that
the tables literally "groaned with good
things were putting it mildly, in
deed All the delicacies of the season
were there in abundance, served as
only Mr. Custer knows how to serve
them.
The banquet begun with a toast by
Exalted Ruler T. E. Joyce, "To Our Alb
ssnt Brothers. A visiting brother
from Allegheny City, Pa, then spoke
on THE Good and Welfare of the Or
der" and was followed by Hon. W.
G. Brown, of Kingwood, on "Elkdom."
J. Y. Blair of West Union, then gave
his Experiences as New Member"
and Mr.. L. E. Horner, of Clarksburg,
responded to "The New Members from
Clarksburg." B. F. Bailey, of this city,
spoke Of THE Friendship Extended to
New Members" A short address was
made by Capt. A. A. Carney of Wheel
ing, father Of Grafton lodge, and also
by Messrs. Frank Welsh, of Clarks-
burg; Anthony Gaughen and John
Tierney, of West Union, and Bland
Bailey, of Weston A vote of thanks
was rendered to Brother Custer for the
excellent banquet he had afforded the
brethren
Grafton Lodge No. 30S, Benevolent
Protective Order of Elks, is one of the
most fourishing orders in our city and
one of the largest in this section, and
in this very successful affair have
again demonstrated that they know
and thoroughly understand the mean
ing Of hospitality, and this, as is all
their entertainments, was looked for
ward to with no small degree of salts
faction, for the simple fact that Graf
ton lodge intends giving a banquet is
Of itself a sure guarantee of a splendid
time for all SO fortunate as to be
present.
The banquet was brought to a close
in the early hours Of the morning.
while the day was yet new" with
many regrets from all that such en-.
joyable times have an end.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-05-20
HAVE DOVENER'S INFLUENCE.

Special to the Register
WASHINGTON, May 19-Capt Dove
ner has been doing what he could to in
duce the President to appoint former
postmaster Cowden as paymaster in the
army, and feels confident that Mr. Cow
den will get the place he seeks The
Captain was at the White House yester-
day and saw the President about the mat
ter. He also put in a good word in favor
OF Guy Scott, son of Internal Revenue
Commissioner Scott as a second lieuten-
ant in the army
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-05-20
THE RIGHT RIVER.
Uncertainty Arising Out of Mixture O.
River Names in West Virginia.
Special to the Register.

Special to the Register.
WASHINGTON, d. G., May 19.-The
sundry civil bill, which recently passed
Congress, contained a provision directing
the Chief of Engineers to make a preim-
mary survey of the West Fork river in
West Virginia. with a view to its i'm
provement. When the Chief Engineers
got the bill and began preparations 70
carry it's provisions into effect, he disco-~
cred that there were two rivers in West
Virginia which are known as the West
Fork, one running into the Monongahela
and the other into the Little Coal river.
1t was pretty clear that the bill intended
that the survey should be made of the
former, bat to avoid any. possibility of
mistake the Chief of Engineers. Gen. Will
son, communicated with Capt Dovener
on the subject and the latter informed
him that the West Fork which runs into
the Monongahea was undoubtedly the
stream which Congress intended should
be surveyed
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-05-20

long loops and ends on the handle
Now if you are skillful at handling
paper, you can fashion small green
leaves out of green tissue paper. Line
the leaves with yellow and if you de-
sire, make one side of green and the
other side of yellow. Fasten them
along the border Of the fan and you
have a very pretty riazza ornament.
One that will wave the breeze to and fro
and charming effect.
HEIEN GREY-PAGE.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-05-20
SOLDIERS SUFFERING.
New Workers Enroute to Chickamauga
Are in Poor Health.

Special to the Register
Parkersburg, w. Va, May 10
Twelve companies of the Second regi-
ment, New York National Guards, ar
rived here to-day on their way to
Chickamauga and remained here some
time. A greater portion OF the soldiers
are in poor health from the effects of
the recent cold, wet weather they ex-
perienced in camp in New York, and
are suffering greatly from the intense
heat
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-05-20
THE ORDER MODIFIED.

New York, May 19.-The Central Ca
BILE office Of the Western Union Tele-
graph Company has sent out notice
that the Porto Rico government has
modified its order of May II, and now
permits messages in plain language to
and from the United States, subject to
the senders' -.isk.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-05-20
LEGAL NOTICES.
SALE.

TRUSTEES SALE.
BY virtue of a deed of trust made by
Wilhelmna Hahne, to me as trustee
dated on the 18th day of May, 1897. and re-
corded in the Office of the clerk of the
county court of Ohio county, West Vir-
ginia, in deed of trust book 49, page 424, [
will sell at public auction on the prem
lSeS on
SATURDAY, JUNE is, 1898,
commencing at 10 O'Clock a. m, the fol-
lowing property, to-wit: All that certain
parcel Of real estate situate. in the Eighth
ward of the city of Wheeling being the
north half of lot No. 5, in square Is, of
Sprigg & Ritchie's addition to South
Wheeling. being part OF the property con-
veyed to Henry Hahne by John Oesterling
and wife, by deed dated April 18th, 1854.
Terms:-One-third and as much more
of the purchase money as the purchaser
shall elect to pay in cash. and the resi-
due in two equal annual payments, with
interest, payable annually, the purchaser
to give his notes secured by deed of
trust on the property for the deferred
payments.
my1Sei -" 74fssre Trustee.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-05-20
Special to the Register.

Special to the Register
MARTINSBURG, W. Va, May 19-At
to-day's session Of the State Medical So
ciety, DIR. c. Shoffman, of Keyser, read a
report on New Remedies. Interesting
papers on different topics We're also read
and discussed by DR.. s. l.. Jepson, DR.. L..
D. Wilson and DR.. c. S. Ford, all of
Wheeling.
A number of applications for member
ship were received and referred to the
committee of censors
Senator and Mrs. Faulkner gave a re-
ception tonight in honor of the society.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-05-20
When Nature

Needs assistance it may be best to
render it promptly, but one should
remember to use even the most per-
feet remedies only when needed The
best and most simple and gentle rem
edy is the Syrup OF Figs, manufactured
by the California Fig Syrup Co.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-05-20
TWO TORPEDO BOATS
Returns to Las Palmas After a Long
Voyage-Men Conscripted.

London, May 19.-Mail from Las Pal
mas, Canary Islands, under date OF
May says:
Two Spanish torpedo boats arrived
this evening covered with salt as after
a long voyage Only old men and boys
are available for handling cargoes. All
other men have been conscrpted.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-05-20

The Cleveland, Lorain & Wheeling
will make low rates to Omaha. Neb..
May 23rd for the United Presbyterian
General Assembly, with liberal return
limit. See O. R. Wood, Travelling Pas
senger Agent, Mcclure House Block, for
particulars.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-05-20
REV. MR.. SCHOFIELD DEAD.

st. Louis, May 1s.-Rev. James v.
Schofield. g brother of General John
Schofield, is dead in this city as the re-
suit Of lingering illness. aged 70.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-05-20

Get ten cent Japanese fan with mar
row Stats and deprive it of its paper
cover, either by tearing off the paper or
soaking it. Now take baby yellow rib
bon and interlace the Stats by BORN g
holes in them and running the ribbon
through the holes. Tie the ribbon il
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-05-20
DIR. CHARLES WINGERTER

TO Be appointed Pension Examining
Surgeon.
Special to the Register
WASHINGTON, May Blowing to the
departure of DR.. Baguley, member of
the board of pension examining surgeons
at Wheeling, with the West Virginia
troops that have gone to Chickamauga
the pension bureau has requested Capt
Dovener to appoint temporarily another
examining surgeon to take Dr. Baguley' S
place. DR.. Chas Wingerter Will be ap-
pointed.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-05-20
some NEEDS Of TIE navy.
Zen Tracy Says We Should Have More
Armofed Cruisers.

The Conditions Changed-The New
Navy Was Developed on the Idea
OF Being for Defensive Purposes,
While the Present War Shows
We Should Have More Vessels
Of the Offensive Type.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-05-20
THE MEDICAL SOCIETY.

An Interesting Days Session-A Recep
ton by the Faulkners.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-05-20
A PAPER FAN.

Here is Something to Carry on the
Piazza This Summer
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-05-20

nny6ei
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-05-20
Watching FOR CERVERA.
Samson in Position to Follow the
Spanish Fleet in Any Direction.

nfnst Fight Before Long--The Lon
Ger The Enemy Dodges the Short
cr Becomes His Fuel Supply.
The Ports of Cuba Are Guarded
AGAINST the Appearance Of the
sDanjsh Fleet, and Should 1t Go
n Porto Rico 1t Will Be Followed
TN and and Attacked.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-11-07

Rev. A. II. Henry's sermon last even
ing at the First Methodist Episcopal
church was in continuation of the
series. of Studies In the Life of Jesus"
4 very large congregation was present.
DR.. Henry spoke substantially as fol-
| lows:
The beginnings of the gospel of Je-
sus is of rare interest not only to the
| Christian believer, but also to the
student of history and civilization, for
/ it is the beginning OF a great world
movement that is responsible for much
| that is noblest and brightest and best
in the human society to which we be-
long.
You may, if you will take a narrow
view of Christianity, and say, TT is for
children and women and the cred
ulous," butt say to you, 1T is for the
student, the man of affairs, the states
man, the sociologist, the man who has
hope in his heart for the future and
| lofty ideas that stir him to his best
] achievement
| or a dead issue. 1t is life and pro-
gression.
! The speaker carried his hearers back
\ to the hills of .Galilee and the by-ways
and country lanes of Judea, where Je-
sus began his loving ministry, and
graphically portrayed the influences
that were set in motion by precept and
example through three years of min
istry and that ended on the cross.
Were the methods here employed
adequate, from the human point of
view, to accomplish the purpose in
view? The whole teaching of Jesus
may be included in the proclamation
of two great truths. THE sovereignty
of God and mans duty to his fellow
man
These truths were antagonistic to
all that had hitherto prevailed in the
minds of men, but they are truths that
| through the centuries have forged their
way to the front until they have come
/ to include all that is valuable and
stable in modern life.
The speaker traced the progress of
these ideas through the Roman world,
in face of bitterest opposition, persecu-
tion ridicule and hatred; he described
the marvellous spread of this movement
ever Europe, under Charlemagne until
it became entrenched in city, school
and camp.
Its greatest victory was when it con-
quered the sturdy mind of the domi-
nant Anglo-Saxon race and began to
build a civilization, unlike the old feu-
dial system, but with liberty as the
corner stone.
InlS movement survived the dark
ages, when almost all Of good was
lost, and finally emerged with greater
vitality and power than ever before
in the great reformation. 1t is Chris
tianity that llndled the torch of liberty
and that has Illuminated the western
world. Christianity is the mother of
the arts and sciences and of the mod
ern spirit of progress. In the past it
has solved many problems and will yet,
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-11-07
A FOUNTAIN OF GOLD.
New Company Succeeds the Old
Golden Scepter.

Golden Scepter.
]. r. Macdonald, the manager of the
Majestic Gold Mining company at Quig-
ley, which succeeds to the business OF
the Inflated Golden SceDter company,
was in the city last evening, says the
Butte Inter Mountain.
Mr.. Macdonald believes that work at
Quigley on the new properties will be
resumed next spring. Ten year 8 per
cent bonds to the amount of 100000
have been issued, to cover the indebt-
edness of the company, and everything
now is in such shape that work VIII
begin early next year.
Mr. Macdonald, il will be remember
ed, succeeded in reorganizing the old
Golden Scooter company after it had
made one of the most ignominious fail
ures in the history OF mining operations
in Montana. over 100000 alone has
been expended in development work Of
the mines. A mammoth mill has been
constructed, but never completed, and
the plant was equipped with every
modern appliance that money could
buy. An electric railway, the road
bed for which was cut through solid
rock on the mountain side, was con-
structed to convey the ore from the
mine to the mill. The mill was provided
with monstrous turbine wheels, which,
with the water brought in from Rock
creek. was to generate power for an
electric plant of at least 1000 horse
power. A town had been built. two
newspapers we're being published, a
school and a church had been erected,
and the town boosted of population
of at least 1000, when suddenly the
crash came.
The stockholders. many of whom
were prominent in political affairs at
Washington, suddenly realized that it
required money to conduct mining
operations in the west. After eXpend-
ing considerable over 100000, they
drew in their purse strings. and a col
lapse, unprecedented in the history Of
mining ventures in Montana, followed.
The people of the new town waited and
hoped for few weeks that the money
necessary to carry out the undertaking
would he forthcoming, but as no en-
couragement was received, they pulled
out one by one, until finally the town
was deserted, and all that remains Of
the boom town today is the mammoth
mill, several scores of unoccupied frame
buildings, a deserted school room and
a pewless church.
The people who staked their faith on
the new town have not lost confidence,
however Had the affairs of the Golden
Scepter been intelligently managed, the
result would have been different, they
claim. There is mountain of low-grade
free gold ore, owned by the company,
which they say warranted all the i'm
provements made, and once work is
started, it is predicted that Quigley will
become one of the greatest gold mining
camps in Montana
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-11-07
Ore In the Orient.

Judge o. W. Powers of this city has re-
ceived news from West Tintic mining dis
trict corroborating the reported strike in
interested.
West Tintic, in the early boom days of
mining in Utah, was able to boast of a
number of producers of high-grade ore,
promises to find a place again on the list
as shipper at an early day, as the judge
states that the present strike in the
workings. on the 100-foot level, promises
great things for the future, the ore being
a high-grade shipping product while the
deposit shows every sign of continuity
and permanence.
Tomorrow the force employees, at the
mine will be driven over to Tfntic camps.
in order to vote, and upon the return of
the men work will be pushed with greater
Vi-or than ever in the exploration and
operation of this promising property.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-11-07
DEMOCRATIC MEETINGS.

Appointments of Speakers In the
State and County.
Some changes have been made in the
itinerary of the Democratic campaign
speakers fer both state and county.
The corrected list is now as follows:
MONDAY, NOV. :.
Draper.-Moses Thatcher, D. O. Ride
out. jr.
Provo.-O. W. Powers
Mercur.-B. II. Roberts.
Salt Lake City (theatre).-J. L. Raw
Inns, +. S. Harris.
Lehi.-W. II. King.
Piute-R. F. Barr.
Weber County-F. S. Richards and
C. W. Penrcse.
Utah County-S. r. Thurman.
Utah County--W. II. Casady.
Centerville-AIrs. e. B. Furgeson.
Levan-H. L. Pickett
Kaysville-C. B. Stewart. 10
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-11-07

We believe, solve many more that have
bafTied the wisest philosophers and
statesmen. With the golden rule as
the motto of the commercial world, in
dustrial strife and warfare would
cease. Some day we may be cured of
our short-sightedness and will realize
that our Christianity is broader than
the church and we will not look merely
at church statistics to measure the trf-
umphs of the cross. The present tenn
per of public opinion, the widespread
humanitarian and benevolent spirit,
ing spirit of tolerance and broad
minded charity, the diffusion of edu-
cation and the demand for a high
standard of morals, both public and
private, are evidences to my mind that
that the spirit of Christ is conquering
this world