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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-09-17
PUBLIC VIEWED THE CASKET.

Vienna September 16.-The public
was permitted to view the casket con-
tanning the remains of the late Empress
of Austria to-day. 1t reposed on
catafalque in the chapel of Hofburg,
where masses for the repose of the soul
of the deceased were celebrated inces-
sanity at three affairs until noon.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-09-17
MASS FOR THE DEAD EMPRESS.

New York, September ia solemn
requiem mass for the repose of the soul
of the dead Empress Elizabeth of Aus
tria was celebrated in ST. Patrick's Ca
thedral to-day. Archbishop Corrigan
was seated on the throne in the sane
tuary and Father M. ]. Lavelle by his
side. There. were present the consuls
general of Austria (who acted as
usher); Switzerland. France, japan,
Turkey, Greece Russia and Guatemala.
all in full uniform and about two hum
dred persons, including many Ameri-
cans.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-09-17
WILL WITHDRAW AT ONCE.
Spanish Porto Rican Evacuation Commits
sioners Arrange for soldiers to Move To-
ward the Capital.


ward the Capital.
San Juan, Island of Porto Rico, Sep
TENDER 15.-(Delayed in traismission.)
AT their meeting to-day the Spanish
evacuation commissioners agreed to
begin formal withdrawal of their lines
within two days. They will evacuate
Lares, San Sebastian and Aguadiila, in
the northwest of the island, withdraw
ing towards the capital. Under the
armistice, they could rot withdraw
their outposts without permission. De-
tachments of the Eleventh infantry WI
occupy this territory and raise the
American flag. The abandonment OF
other outposts will follow. The Span
ish commissioners understand perfect
ly that the evacuation of the islands
must be in accordance with the terms
of the protocol, as soon as transports
can be procured. Transports from the
fever infected parts Of Cuba cannot,
they say, be used TO convey uninfected
troops from Porto Rico. The troops
from Cuba and Porto Rico are TO be
landed at different parts in Spain. The
Spanish authorities here cannot cont ol
the transports in this respect, They
must await the pleasure of Madrid. Our
commissioners realize the force of this
argument and they are willing to
make reasonable concessions.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-09-17
Commanding.

The Manila dispatches stating that
Aguinaldo has assembled all of the
Filipanos at Maloalos gives 10 appre-
hension to war department officials. as
they feel satisfied that the opportunity
for real crisis was past when Aguin-
aldo removed his forces from the sub
urbs Of Manila. So long as the Amer
lean forces in and about Manila are
left untr neied there is no disposition
to restrict Aguinaido in holding meet
ings of his followers outside of the i'm
mediate field Of American operations.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-09-17
BROFE THE RECORD.

Omaha, Neb., September ia spec
ial train of an engine and four cars on
the Chicago & Northern railway. es-
tablished a new record between Chi
cago and Omaha to-day. making the
run Of 493 miles in nine houre and
minutes. 1t left Chicago
at eight this morning ard pulled into
the Omaha Uuicu depot at 5:29 D. m.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-09-17
ANADDRESSBY PRIEST. MASO|
The Head Of the Cuban Republic
Speaks to the Army.

PRAISE AND GRATITUDE FOR THE
UNITED STATES-THE AID GIVEN
BEFORE WAR WAS DECLARED,
REMEMBERED AS WELL AS THE
EFFORTS PUT FORTH SINCE THE
DESTRUCTION OF SPANISH pow
Err IN THE ANTILLES WAS BE-
GUN-CUBANS URGED TO so BEAR
THEMSELVES AS TO MERIT THE
CONTINUED GOOD WILL OF THE
AMERICAN GOVERNMENT
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-09-17
NAMED FOR CONGRESS.

Youngstown, O., September 1.-THE
Democratic Congressional convention
Of the Eighteenth Ohio district, held at
Alliance to-day, nominated Major G. c.
Weybrecht, of the Eighth Ohio vol
unteer infantry PRESIDENTS Own on
the second ballot.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-09-17
POSITIVELY IDENTIFIED.
The Young Woman, Whose Dismsm-
bered Body Was Found

n THE YELLOW MILL POND. AT
BRIDGEPORT, CONNECTICUT. is.
GRACE MARIAN PERKINS. AND
SHE CAME FROM MIDDLEBORo.
MASS.-THE YOUNG woMAN'S RE-
MAINS IDENTIFIED BY HER FA-.
THEIR AND BY THE DENTIST
WHO TREATED HER TEETH-A
CLUE TO THE OWNER or THE
UNDERGARMENT IN WHICH A
PART OF THE BODY WAS WRAP
PED.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-09-17

Bridgeport, Conn, September To-
As result of to-day's developments
thereseems to be almost no doubt U
the woman whose dismembered
was found early in the week inI
Yellow Mill pond was Grace Man
Perkins, of Middleboro, Mass.
In fact, so positive have the autho
ties become that Medical EXAMINE
Downs this neon filled out death
certificate covering the case of then
woman and the name OF the victim
he wrote as Grace Marian Perkins.
The Identification by the young wo-
mans father yesterday was supple
mented to-day by that OF the Middle
boro dentist who had treated Miss Per-
kins's teeth. lie said there could he
little doubt the head was that Of Miss
Perkins. Undertaken GulIenin has no.
titled the members of the Perkins fam
lily at Middleboro that the remains are
at his morgue awaiting their pleasure.
Additional information has also come
from Middleboro to the effect that Miss
Perkins left that place three weeks
ago, presumably with one Charles
Bourne, young man of the town, and
that since that time all trace Of her
has been lost. The police here have
been making efforts to locate Bourne.
The police are eager to ascertain the
whereabouts of DR., Nancy" Guilford.
The New Haven county jailer has been
looking over the discarded effects OF
the erstwhile prisoners at his JAIL He
has come across three articles OF cloth
ing formerly owned by DR.. Gill, hus-
band of Nancy Guilford. and once an
inmate of the jail, on each OF which,
it is stated, appears the fatefui char
acters &c. 81" which are also upon
piece of AHans undergarment in one
of the bundAs which vas fo9nd in
the mill pond ~ -
Wilkesbarre, Pa, September 16.--.
Mrs. Richard p Thomas, OF WARRIOR
Run. this county. thinks the body II
the the woman found in the river II
Bridgeport, Conn. Is that of her daugh-
ter Grace. She says the description
tallies exactly with that OF her daugh-
ter.
Miss Thomas had been living In
Stamford. Conn, for five years past.
She was in the habit of writing once
a week to her mother until about a
month ago. since which time nothing
has been heard from her.
Middleboro, Mass, September To-
The members of the Perkins family
held conference to-day and decided
that the Identification of the girl was
complete. Frank Perkins. the girls
father, stated that he had ordered 4
Bridgeport undertaken to ship the re-
mains to Middleboro tonight. Ar
rangements have been made for the
funeral which will be held Sunday at
the Perkins home.
1t is understood that Charles Bourne
is only short distance from this town,
and will come forward II wanted by
the police to give evidence. He has
not, however, been seen here for sevral
days.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-09-17
A POISONER CONFESSES.
Palace Official Attempted the Life of the
COrean King.

Palace Official Attempted the Life of the
COrean King.
Seoul, Corea, September 16.-1t is re-
ported here that a high official of the
palace named Ko has made a confess
sion that he ordered the cook of the
royal household to poison food in
tended for the king and the crown
prince, both of whom became seriously
i'll on Sunday last.
The official further confessed that
the poisoning plot was instigated by a
former interpreter attached to the Rus
sian legation here, who was once a
court favorite, but is now in disgrace.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-09-17
coURT-MARTIAL
Ordered for Chaplain McIntyre-Win
Meet in Denver Sept. 20.

Washington. September 1.-THE See.
rotary Of the Navy to-day ordered .
court-martial for the trial Of Chaplain
Mcintyre, Of the Oregon. who Is accused
Of publicly de1ouneing his brother Off
cerg who engaged In 'he battle Of July
3. The court sill meet in Denver on
the 18th inst
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-09-17
THE STORM WAS TERRIFIC.
Last Sundays the Worst Visitation Of
the Present Century.

UNPARALLELED DESTRUCTION OF
LIFE AND PROPERTY AT ST VIM
CENT-THREE HUNDRED PEOPLE
KILLED OUT OF A POPULATION
OF l,OcO-TWENTY THOUSAND IN
JURED AND RENDERED HOME
LESS-THE LIVING THREATENED
WITH STARVATION-GREA LOSS
OF SHIPPING IN THE STORMS
PATH
Kingston, Jamaica, September 16.-
The hurricane Of Sunday was undoubt-
eddy the worst visitation of the kind
experienced by the West Indies during
the century, both in violence and eX-
tent The hurricane swept along the
island chain from Barbados west to ST.
Vincent and thence northwest 10 ST.
Kits, where it was last heard from.
Barbados suffered mostly from the
rain, which destroyed the crops and
roads as it did at St. Lucia and other
islands, while the centre of the storm
swept ST. Vincent and Guadalupe.
Details received from St. Vincent
show that am unparalleled destruction
of life and property has taken place
there. Out of a population of 41,000
three hundred were killed and 10000
were injured and rendered homeless.
Besides this, owing to the complete de-
struction of the provisions, they are
starving. The island Las been abso-
lutely Quilted by the wind AND floods
from the mountains in addition to
the waves along the coast
There has been great loss tc ship
ping along the track Of the cyclone.
Relief funds are being raised in re-
Spouse to an appeal from the governor
of st. Vincent, where all descriptions
Of food and clothing and other neces-
saries were lost in the general de-
struction. The demand for building
materials is unlimited.
No details of the work of the hurri-
cane have been received from Guade-
lOupe.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-09-17
LAwToN's HEALTH REPORT.

Washington. September i6.-The foss
lowing is Gen. Lawton's daily health re-
port.
Santiago. September siG-Total sfcAt
1.222: fever. s37: new cases, f45: re-
turned to duty. a1s; deaths. :
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-09-17
Mrs. BOTKIN'S CASE.
Proceedings Continued Yesterday Be-
fore Governor Budd.

San Francisco, September 16.-The
proceedings in the Bbtkin eXtradition
case were resumed to-day before Gov
ernor Budd. The question of the status
of the extradftion papers when it came
to a vital question of law was first re-
sumed, the attorneys on both sides be-
ing laden with additional evidence ana
extracts from court decisions to sup
port their respective cases.
The hearing will be continued.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-09-17

Mr. G. Schnepf the Opera House dr1
gist. made the following observations
the temperature yesterday. a. m. 81
Weather fair.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-09-17

WASHINGTON. September fg.-Fo
West Virginia. Western Pennsylvania ~.
Chio-Ligf1t showers are probable; III
to fresh variable winds.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-09-17
THE PHILIPPINE ASSEMBLY
Inaugurated at Malolos, With Great
Show Of Enthusiasm.

AN ELOQUENT ADDRESS BY AGUIN-
ALDO, WHO WAS GREETED WITH
CHEERS AND SHOUTS OF APPRO-
BATON FOR AMERICA-AGUIN-
ALDO ADMITS THAT HE IS NOT A
STUDENT OF POLITICAL ECONO-
MY AND METHODS AND DE-
CLARES HE CAN UNDERSTAND
PENDENCE-SAYS THE PHILIP
PINES NEED NO PROTECTORATE.
The times., 1898-07-10

Boys and Girls Solid. Substan-
tial. Dressy Tan Laced and Eutton
Shoes. 81 and s1.25 grade. Clio
Rebuilding sale price. ~
The times., 1898-07-10
Hawaii Joins the Red Cross.

New York July 9.-Stephen E. Barton,
of the Red Cros Society, yesterday made
public the following letter received from
the Secretary of State:n f
Secretary of the Red Cross Society:
when the transports of the United
States with troops spent two days in
Honolulu en- route to Manila. the neces-
sity of an organization of the Red Cross
was most apparent.
"A meeting was called and a society
formed, with Mrs. Sewall, the wife of the
American minister and Mrs. Dole, the
wife of the president of Hawaii, as pres
ident and vice president.
The secretary was instructed to write
by the first mail for permission to use
the sign of the Red Cross, and to become
an auxiliary of the national association
and to ask for its constitution and by
laws. May we ask also for an early re-
ply, as the actual time IN carrying mail
SO great a distance is long at best? Very
sincerely youhs,
EMILY FOSTER DAY, Seeretary.
Honolulu, III. l., June IA, $685.
Mr.. Barton at once sent welcome ito
the new society.
The times., 1898-07-10
ARMIES At SPiIA's CALL
The Nation Can Muster Into
Service 100000 Men.
CONSCRIPTION EVER AT WORK
Functions of the Gunrdia Civil.
Every Man In the Land Obliged to
Serve His Country-POOrly Paid
Soldiers-A New Waterloo to
Dawn in Cuba.

SPANS army since its origin, which
dates far back OF the era when the in
vention of gunpowder reyolutionized the
tactics of all armies in the world, has
been through various grades OF efiicien-
cy. Before that event the nation fought
its enemies with crossboys and spears,
and fought them we'll Cannon and mus
ket came as the instruments TO utilize
the new element of human destruction,
and Spain with great men at the head
of her affairs, and particularly those IN
charge of her military forces was quick
to remodel her armies. Solid victories in
many quarters of the old world We're the
results of the adoption oflnew tactics and
new regulations in the employment OF
her numerous battalions of infantry and
artillery. She oppressed the Dutch by
her greater facilities and numerical SUI
periority, until at last the sturdy men
of Flanders, profiting by long experience
in warning against their powerful foe,
improved on the Spanish plans of war
fare, and turned long tide of defeat
into a series of triumpils that marked
for some time halt in the ascendancy
of the Dons and Hidalgos, so that at
the period of the Napoleonic invasion of
Spain their armies were in q condition
of inertia and decay. wellington, the
Iron Duke is responsible for their reviv-
al from the despicable conditions, and
under his advice and suggestions, the
grandees once more came into the field
in state resembling their former ef-
fectiveness. and wizn the aid Of their
English allies, at last drove the legions
of Napoleon across the Pyrenees, and felt
a return of the grand Sovereignty of for
| mer days.
For the past thirty years the gen.
erals of Spain have been busy
| in building up great armies. There
has been an increase of force
| in every branch of the service
with reserve the strength of which is
not to be despised, until. if necessary, it
is now thought the Queen Regent could
| put half a million men into the field.
| No one has ever denied that the Span
| iards are fighters. Whatever may be
said as to their morale they are not
! quick to show the white feather" 1t
would be sore compensation for the
brave boys who have fallen in planting
| "Old Glory on the forts and hillsides OF
The times., 1898-07-10

armed with sword and carpine. and the
first eight regiments with the lance.
There are considerable FORCES at all
times in garrison at Madrid. Some 20
coo men are quartered in the city and its
surroundings: such cities as Barcelona,
Cadiz, Zaragoza, Malaga and Burgus
also having large garrisons.
The Spanish officer is poorly paid a
sub-lieutenant receiving $500 a year. A
United States neutenants pay equals
that of Spanish colonel. As far as the
unfortunate private is concerned, he may
be lucky when he sees a few bronze
coins. However, money concerns him lit
tie; he is happy and contented so long as
he has tobacco and paper enough TO
make his daily average of cigarettes.
Despite the depletion caused by the ne
cessity OF sending so many and losing so
many men in Cuba Spain is not at the
end of its tether so far as its ability to
mass great armies is concerned
The conscription list is constantly
heightened out when the government
thinks that process necessary. Young men
reach the age of military service every
year-indeed, every month or ofteneT-
and when they are wanted they must
shoulder musket and go into the ranks.
This is a dire sorrow among the masses
at home and there is no reason for Won
dering why. in the rural districts. there
is such a universal petition for peace at
any price.
The day is near at hand when Spain
must heed the wall of parents. wives
and sisters, and not only become more
lenient in her conscription measures, but
cease as well the heavy drafts upon her
reserve forces.
Correspondents in their letters from
the front have mentioned the fact that
the shoes offered by our forces to the
| Cubans in the American lines were
! cumbersome, and rejected in favor of
sandals, which are cooler to the foot and
| better adapted for long marches than
| shoes. This is the plan of the Spanish
! infantry as well, particularly when they
! are at home. The common soldier in
! Cuba is now lucky TO have sandals. The
| rifles used by the infantry, as all know.
/ are of the Mauser pattern. The deadly
| effectiveness is too well brought TO our
/ knowledge by recent events.
But, with all, the grand army of Spain
is topping with the throne. Its gener-
ais will fight to the death, and its dis
ciplined men, when properly led. will not
be slow TO run the risks with them. It's
| Waterloo will begin in Cuba.
The times., 1898-07-10

er we have yet seen the limit in size of
big guns. and whether there could not be
produced a big gun which would throw
ton projectile thirty miles, said the great
inventor u beg TO say that / have given
this subject a great deal of thought, and
il may be interesting 10 view some OF the
possibilities in this line which might be
employed for coast defense. The torpedo
gun proposed by me, with a cahber OF
;wenty-four inches. which has been much
discussed in the public press. and which
would be capable of throwing half ton
Of high explosive nine miles. is but toy
in comparison with what might be erect
"a and made perfectly practicable as
coast defense weapon and which would
NOT entail any greater expense il proper
Jlon 10 the weight OF gun and carriage
than present heavy ordnance.
"A torpedo gun having a caliber Of folr
fee1 that Is 10 say. twice the csliber OF
that which has been proposed Dy M,
would weigh about 400 tons. ana would
be about eighty feet loouS. This gun
would throw an aerial torpedo carrying
a bursting charge of five tons ~ dyna-
mite and would hurl IL distance OF
nine miles. The PROTECTIVE wolll weigh
altogether about twelve tons seNSn lbs
OF steel and five tons OF higu explosive
This same gun would throw ten tons CT
high explosives about FIVE miles, Anl inc
projectile would weigh altogether about
nineteen tons.
This gun would be canIole Of throw
ing a sub-caliber pr0jectile carrying I
ton Of high explosive. such ls suggested
by you. 10 a distance OF twenty miles.
Such an enormous gun could not
well be constructed and transported en-
tire 10 the place where IL would be erect
ed. but il would probably be necessary
to make the forgings at some iron works
or gun factory. and ship them all turned
and fitted. ready 10 shrink on, and the
gun would be built up from them on the
spot However. there is nothing a all
impossible or impracticable in the prob
lem.
''The propelling charge of smokeless
powder which would be necessary to at
tain the foregoing results with this tre-
nendous gun would be about three-quar-
/ ters of a ton.
This shows something of the possibil-
! tiles of high explosives in warfare. How
/ ever, I do not wish it understood that
advocate the building and erection of such
an enormous gun, because there could be
no need for the weapon. The twentyfoul
/ inch torpedo gun already proposed by me
would be capable of destroying at a sin
J gle shot any war vessel that now floats
/ on the sea-
do you think that the machine CUR
will ever take the place of the rifle, and
The times., 1898-07-10
MAXIM ON BIC Guns
The Inventor Thinks There Is
Room for Improvement.
MACHINE GUNS DISCUSSED
The shoulder Arms Not Obsolete and
VIII Not BE for n Long Time To
Come-Immense Projectiles May
Yet lie Hurled More Than Twenty
Miles.

had a delightful interview the other
day with Mr.. Hudson Maxim. the great
gunmaker and many -s.dsd genius. regard
ing the possibilities Of the future Ga big
guns, projectiles and torpedo boats. Mr..
Maxim's name is familiar the wide world
over for his important inventions in aerial
torpedoes, explosives and tho=sand and
one other subjects. His best-known in
ventions, however, are those relating to
naval and military matters. In conjunc
ton with his associate. DR.. Robert G.
Schupphaus, the Maxim-Schupphau
smokeless cannon powder was developed,
which has produced the highest ballistics
Of any powder which has yet been pro-
duced in the world. Mr. Maxim has also
many patents relating TO projectles, fuses
and gas checks for preventing erosion in
guns, besides having invented several
blasting agents, one of which is known as
MaXimite. Thirty-seven thousand pounds
OF this was made by him for the Brazilian
government TO be used in the pneumatic
gun on the Nictheroy. Another blasting
agent is a Illuminating compound, con-
sisting Of 20 per cent Of illuminate Of mer-
curry. and agglutinated by a compound
consisting of a mixture OF nitroglycerin
and gun cotton This is probably as pow
erful an explosion as has ever been pro-
duced. and is quite insensitive; so much
so that il may be thrown from a gun in
quantities Of a half pound at service We
locities with safety.
Consequently, no one in the world is bet
Ter fitted 10 speak auJhoritaUvely on this
subject than Mr.. Maxim.
In regard TO your question as TO wheth-