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The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-03-26
Spain's Report Is "Confused."

Madrid, March 26.-There was anoth-
er hastily summoned cabinet meeting,
presumably to further consider the
grave situation in all parts. The Span
ish government has received the Span
ish report on the loss of the Maine,
which, however, is said to be CON
fused" and explanations are said to
have been requested. In any case, 1t
is added, 1t will not be published until
after the report of the United States
naval court OF inquiry has been made
public. The Correspondence says the
Spanish government will dispatch a
note to Washington, requesting that
the report on the loss Of the Maine be
not sent to congress until both reports
are presented and considered by both
governments.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-03-26
Lieutenan, Jen,,,ns. poay round.

Washington, March 26.-This tele-
gram from Captain Sigsbee, telling Of
the recovery of Lieutenant Jenkins
body from the wreck of the Maine, was
received ut the navy department:
Body OF Lieutenant jenkins recovered
and fully identified. Will send to Key
West
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-03-26
Largest Order for Cables.

Washington, March 26.-The largest
order ever placed by the government
for cables has been given to the Safety
Insulated Wire and Gable company OF
New York city for submarine and un-
derground cables connecting all the
the forts and islands of New York har-
hor
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-03-26
Ask. Russia to Evscuats.

Yokohama, March ga report that
Japan has requested Russia to evacu-
ate Port Arthur finds credence In the
Japanese press. which regards the re-
cali Of M. Aiexieff. the Russian GUS
toms agent at Seoul, as . sign that
Russia has changed her policy In re-
gard to Corea-
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-03-26
OUR FLYING SQUADRON.

Commodore Winfield Scott Schley Has
Been Placed In Command.
Washington. March 26.-Commodore
Winfield Scott Schley. at present con-
nected with the lighthouse board. has
been ordered to command the flying
squadron at Hampton Roads with the
Brooklyn as his flagship. Commodore
Schley received the news of his assign
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-03-26
THE BRooKLYN.

ment at the lighthouse board, where
he was engaged in closing some of the
work Of the bureau. He expects that
II will be day or two before he fin-
ishes his work here and takes COM
mand of the squadron. His command
at present comprises three vessels, the
Brooklyn, Columbia and Minneapolis,
all acean greyhounds. but in q short
time his squadron probably will be
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-03-26
for meeting-11 o'clock.
Cabinet Hears the Report.

Secretary Gage and Attorney General
Griggs were the last to arrive at the
White House. They went into the cab
met room and were Joined at once by
the president, Secretary Long and the
other members who had preceded them,
Lieutenant Mark remaining I'm the IL
brary so as to be near at hand to make
any explanations Assistant Secretary
Day retired when the session began.
There were no callers at the house dur
ing the morning. either from the senate
or house, and other visitors were told
that the president was engaged and
could not be seen. The first to leave
the meeting was Secretary Long, who
returned to his department about l
o'clock About lis o'clock the session
was concluded, and the members drove
away. In answer to inquiries II was
stated that after the report had been
carefully read over in the presence of
all the members Of the cabinet gener-
al discussion followed of it's principal
features.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-03-26
Responsibility Not Fixed.

The board Of inquiry into the loss of
the Maine finds that the explosion
which destroyed the battleship was
from the outside and does not fix the
responsibility for the disaster. 1t does
not express an opinion as to the char
aoter of the explosion, but the testi-
mony goes to show that II was a pow
erful submarine mine, the exact char
acter of which is not determined by
the testimony. though the belief was
expressed that II was what is known
as a floating submarine mine. There
were two explosions the board finds.
The first was from the outside and set
OF one Of the smaller magazines.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-05-18
AT MARTINIQUE.
The Torpedo Boat Terror Repaired
Spanish Fleet Has Departed.
Copyright, Associated Press.

Copyright, Associated Press.
st. Pierre, Martinique, May 1.-THE
Spanish torpedo boat destroyer Terror
and the hospital ship Alicante are still
at Fort de France. 1t is rumored that
the repairs to the Terror are finished
and that she will leave the harbor to-
morrow
The signal lights continue and last
night large number were flashed from
the hills.
A Spanish vessel entered fhe harbor
late last night, showing no lights, rap
idly secuted and left Immediately.
About half-past ten last evening an
earthquake shock was distinctly felt
here. This experience, combined with
the excitement caused by the move
ments of tn Spanish warships, keeps
up the public strain. There is no doubt
that the Spanish fleet, which has been
lying in these waters, has now left
Martinique, going in the direction of
Cuba or Porto Rico.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-05-18

fayoritism at Washington for the sons
of the wealthy is righteous.
We have recently referred to num-
| Der of these appointments to soft mil
itary positions, where there is little
chance Of fighting and plenty of title
and gold lace. They were all young
millionaire aristocrats, whose papas
had given of their wealth TO secure
McKinley's election and the triumph
of the gold standard and Of course the
administration of Mr.. Mckinley was
bound to reciprocate when called up
on, for Mckinley is grateful to those
who created him politically and never
hesitates to show his gratitude whether
the object be New York banker who
swelled Hanna's campaign fund or a
Louisiana political boss and negro dive
keeper who switched over to Mckinley
some negro delegates to the st. Louis
convention.
Meanwhile. the really capable and
deserving members and officers of the
National Guard are sidetracked and
ignored. A sample 81 the way these
things are done occurred in connection
with our own regiment of troops. A
petition from the officers of the West
Virginia regiment tn the War Depart
ment that one hundred additional COM
missioned and non-commissioned Off
GERS be allowed was denied. Then
request was sent to Senator Elkins
that each of the majors be allowed a
staff officer, the request being accom-
panied with the assurance that if he
could secure the issuance of such an
order his son should be appointed to
one of the places The asked-for order
came at once post-haste, and SO young
Elkins, who is little more than a
schoolboy, has been appointed staff
officer by one of the majors.
The War Department had peremptor-
ily refused the petition of the officers;
out anOtner request packed Dy the IN
fluence of Senator Elkins, who had his
sons elevation in view, was granted
at once, although 1t is reported that
the laws and regulations OF the army
do not authorize the additional officers
asked for.
1t is such things as this that CRATE
harshly on the sensibilities of the av-
erage American who has been
brought up in the belief that all men
in this country are equal in the eyes
of the law. AS interpreted at Wash
ington, however, this truth is made to
friends of the administration come
first.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-05-18
PREPARED TO SAIL.
The Charleston Ready 10 Go to the
Philippines Within Twenty-Four
Hours.

San Francisco, May 1.-THE Charles
ton is preparing to sail for Manila with
in the next "a hours. The newspaper
correspondents who have been detailed
to join them have gone to Mare Island
pursuant to instructions received from
Commander Glass. The Charleston will
probably come down from the island
this evening, anchor in the harbor, adj
Just her compasses and sail tomorrow
morning. 1t is now certain that she
will precede the City of Eaking, which
is to take the first detachment of troops
to the Philippines.
The first real work. indicative as to
the time the Peking will depart took
place to-day A squad of men from the
Presidio was detailed to sore her pro-
visions and arrangements are being
perfected for the quartering of the men
who will go with her to Join Admiral
Dewey.
The City of Sydney and the Austria
liza are being coaled.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-05-18
TT E CABIN ET
Was in Session an Honr and a Half.
No Information Given Out Too
Mich Publicity Deprecated.

WASHINGTON, May 1.-THE cabinet
session to-day lasted until about 1890
o'clock The members as they left the
White House were unusually reticent,
even as to minor matters and explained
that the administration was greatly ham
pered in its work by the indscreet publ
cation of news as to the naval and army
movements.
Secretary Long said that although the
matter of rigid censorship of the press
was not discussed at to-days cabinet
meeting, the action of certain newspa-
pers in publishing movements and cam
paign plans was causing great embar-
rassment. The published interview with
Gen. Merritt, at New York, in the course
of which he is reported as having eX-
pressed his unwillingness to take the COM
mand at the Philippine islands without
the government gave him more than 100
volunteer troops, and complaining that
such a command was inadequate to his
rank is likely to be the subject of an in
quiry by the government as to whether
he was correctly reported. Nothing was
said at the meeting as to the reported
purpose of the President to issue call
for additional volunteers, nor was the
subject of sending more troops to the
Philippines than the 1900 already decided
upon, mentioned by the President.
The government is now In constant
communication with Admiral Dewey and
his judgment as to the number or troops
necessary to accomplish the subjugation
of the islands will be followed. So far as
can be learned no important information
has been received as to the movements of
the Spanish fleet, nor can it be learned
whether a conflict between the fleets is
likely to take place within the next day
two.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-05-18
THE REVENUE BILL.
Considerable Progress Made in the SEN
ate observation-disclosures of the Dem
ocratic Policy.

Washington, May 17.-Considerable
progress was made by the Senate to-day
in considering the war revenue meas
ure. Mr.. Jones (Ark) presented in a
general statement the views of the
Democratic members Of the finance
committee. He maintained that the
taxes imposed by the pending bill
ought to be levied upon property and
not upon consumption; that the policy
Of the Republican party always had
been to impose taxes upon consump-
ton, while that of the Democratic
party was to impose it upon property
He believed that taxation ,AhA would
raise $3.50, 100000 would be amply suffi-
cient to be carried by this bill and that
if the eXigencies of the war should
demonstrate that more money was
needed, Congress could provide it later
He opposed the proposition 70 issue
bonds and certificates of Indebtedness
far in excess of the requirements of the
wGr and held that the expenses should
be paid by the government IS the war
progresses.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-05-18
DIED.

CURRAN-At Benwood W. Va, Tues
day, May 18th, 1885, at $40 O'Clock p m,
Ella, wife of John Curran, in the 39th
year of her age.
Funeral from the residence of her hus-
band on Water street, Thursday morning
at $50 o'clock. Requiem mass at St.
Johns church at 10 O'Clock. Friends OF
the family invited. Interment at Mt. Cal
vary cemetery.
GALLAHER-Mond May 18th, 1898,
at II 20 o'clock a. M, Peter Gallaher, III
his Goth year.
Funeral from his late residence, No. 134
Twenty ninth street. on Wednesday
morning at $50 o'clock. Mass at Church
of the Immaculate Conception at o'clock.
Friends of the family respectfully invited
to attend. Interment at Mt. Calvary GEM
etery.
REINEKE-Monday, May 18th, 1898, at
1925 o'clock a. M Mary Reineke, in the
10Th year of her age.
Funeral Wednesday, May 18TH at 2
o'clock p. m, from the residence of her
brother. Henry Reineke, No 36S5 Eoff
street. Interment in Redmen's cemetery.
Friends are invited to attend.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-05-18

Owing to the unpatriotic and selfish
greed of certain yellow journals in pub
fishing the movements of American
vessels which it is aimed to keep Sc
cret from the enemy, the authorities
have been compelled to place severe
rstrictions on the dissemination of
news The yellow editors are doing
legitimate journalism an i'll turn by
their so-called enterprise which has
for its object their own selfish gain,
though at possible great loss to the
nation, but the Associated Press will
continue to furnish all the reliable
news there is which it is advisable to
give to the public and in which the
public is really interested.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-05-18
A COINAGE LESSON.

He who runs may read the coinage
lesson contained in current hap
penings.
Prices are on the upgrade all along
the limo. 1t costs the workingman
more to live than it did, but his wages
have not gone up in proportion.
Why? During the late civil war
when prices went up wages went up
along with them. Why have wages
failed to follow prices in this war?
The reason is plain. The monetary
conditions during the civil war were
very different from the conditions that
prevail in these times of goldbugism
and money contraction, whereby the
poor are squeezed poorer, industry
stagnated, and only the idle rich fat
ten, for the government in the COS
saw to it that there was a sufficiency
of money in the channels of trade.
silver then, silver being more valuable
than gold at the coinage ratio of Is
to l was not coined, but the govern
ment supplied the deficiency in the
currency with the greenbacks, and
wages and everything doomed and in
dustrial prosperity was general. Now,
however, we have fastened upon US
the single gold standard of money,
which means a contracted currency
not nearly sufficient even for the needs
of ordinary commerce during times of
peace. to say nothing of war times.
Hence, the rise in prices which would
mean also rise in wages and gen.
eral prosperity if backed up by a
now means nothing but hardship for
| the people and for industrial enter
prise.
Is there sane man who has not
seen what the situation has long re-
| quired? Is there a sane man who
/ does not see what would supply the
gaping deficiency in our currency to-
day-fill that great hole, not with fiat
money, nor debased money, but with
| specie, money of final redemption as
| good as gold when stamped by the
J government? Is there a sane man
! who does not see what would change
| the grumbling of the housewife at the
| advance in prices to note of thank
fulness at an equal advance in the
wages of the family breadwinner?
Is there sane man who does
| not know that the free coinage of sill
yer would do all these things and sup
ply what is now lacking because of
the insufficiency of money?
| And if we had free coinage of silver,
| would the silver dollars thus coined
be "debased" coin and ''fifty-cent dol
lars" as the goldbug plutocrats who
are fattening off the present situation
would have us believe? Common sense
| teaches us better than that. We
might as well be asked to
believe that the s42,000.0O0 OF
silver seigniorage, the coinage OF
which the Senate has just authorized
! would when coined be ''fifty-cent dol
| lars" Common sense tells us better
| and that no matter what their bullion
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-05-18
THE NEW CABINET.

MADRID May Ito p. NIT Is an
nounced seni-officially this evening that
the reconstructed cabinet will probably
be as follows:
President of the Council Senior Praxede
Sagasta: Minister of Foreign Affairs
Senior Leon Castillo; Minister of War
Lieut., General Correa: Minister of Ma
rine Vice Admiral Butler; Minister %
the Colonies. Senior Gamazo. Minister OF
Finance Senior Lopez Pugcerver: Minis
ter Of the Interior. Senior f. r. Capdepon
Minister of Justice, Senior c. Orchard
Minister of Public Instruction, Senior Ro-
nero Giron.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-05-18

The Hon. Pat Duffy is pursuing the
peaceful and pleasant as well as profit
able avocation of grazing cattle on his
Webster farm for the Eastern markets.
We have no doubt the genial ex-Audi-
tor of State will find as much pleasure,
if not profit in his bucolic pursuits as
he did in the conduct of State office.
If the cattle add weight as rapidly as
their owner adds new and entertaining
stories to his already ample store, they
will be profitable, indeed, to the ex-
Auditor, who, by the way. was the best
Auditor the State ever had.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-05-18
FAvORITIsM IN THE ARMY.

The number of rich mems sons. pri-
vate citizens. who have been elevated
by this administration and its subor-
dinates in the War Department over
worthy National Guard officers in the
volunteer army, is the subject of wide
spread and bitter criticism in other
than army circles. The injustice nat
urally is keenly felt and the criticism
is justified. while the general indigna-
ton at this un-American exhibition of
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-05-18

Hon. H. c. Henderson, of Wood,
and Major j. G. Downtain, of Putnam,
are two hustling candidates for the
Democratic nomination for Congress
in the Fourth district They are both
excellent Democrats and strong men.
Either one could be elected That
the Fourth is certainly Democratic this
year is attested by the fact that there
are eight or ten avowed candidates for
The Democratic nomination.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-05-18
WANT REPRISAL.

Madrid, May 17-3 p. m.-The news
papers here assert that the letters for
Spain, even letters containing checks
and other valuables, have been stopped
at New York and destroyed. The pa
pers demand that the government
make reprisals upon American resi-
dents in Spain, especially in the case
OF the correspondence of American
newspapers.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-05-18

Here we find Germany supplying
the Spaniards with Krupp guns and
German artillerists; Austria, the ma
tive country of the Spanish Queen
Regent, sending a warship on a visit
to Cuba, and the Dutch island OF
Curacao supplying the Spanish fleet
with coal and other supplies. Germany
and Austria have yet to declare their
neutrality and they do not seem to be
in hurry to do SO. All Of which
Uncle Sam will make note of for
future reference.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-05-18

value may be now, as measured on
the gold standard, when they bear the
stamp of the United States as a dollar
they will be worth every bit of one
hundred cents, and all the goldbug
sophistry of Washington and Wall
street cannot make any sane man be-
lieve different.
Now is an excellent time for the
student of the coinage to study the
practical side of the question.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-05-18
AN EXAMPLE.


To the Public.
Having been appointed committee by
the county court of Nicholas county, at
special term of said court held in the
month of April, to have removed the old
Saturday, May 18th, 1898, as the time for
tearing down and removing same and
invite all who WILL to come on that day
and help to do the work, and thus save
to the county unnecessary expense. l
will also on said day offer for sale at pub
lie auction the furniture of the said offices
and the old court house, consisting Of
chairs, benches, Stoves etc.
ALLEN RAIDER, Committee.
This is from the Nicholas Chronicle,
and shows the economy and thrift of a
Democratic county administration.
Nicholas is sparsely settled and her
taxable property is light, but the Demo-
cratic officials of that county found it
necessary to keep pace with advancing
civilization and they built a new court
house which was badly needed. This
work was done in years of dire distress
to the farmers and taxpayers Of Nicho-
las, and they are only now recovering
in small measure from this distress,
the result of the gold standard, by the
advance in prices OF cattle and farm
products caused by the war
But the Democratic officials of Mich
olas do not propose to take advantage
of the taxpayers of the county, who are
already overburdened, because they are
getting a slight taste Of war prosperity,
and they propose to save the farmers
and grangers' slim purses by asking the
people to come in and remove the old
court house without cost to the county
to contribute from the plenty of their
muscle rather than from the poverty
of their pockets.
This is the way they conduct BUSH
ness in the interest of the people in a
good old Democratic county.
1t is the truly Democratic way.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-05-18
TOW SPANISH GUNBOATS
Reported to Be Lying at Guayaquil,
Ecuador - Allowed to Stay Too
Long

San Diego. Cal, May 17.-Captain
Leutz, commanding United States
steamship Alert, now in this harbor
reports that there are two Spanish gun
boats of about $50 tons at Guayaquil,
Ecuador, and that they have been there
much longer than neutrality laws all
low. This is the first news received of
any Spanish warships being on the
west coast of America. The news was
given to Captain Leutz by the captain
of Panama steamer which called at
Guayaquil.