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Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-08-07
NAVAL REORGANIZATION.
In Case Peace Is Reached, There VIII be a
General Rearrangement of Vessels and
Commanders

Washington, August eff the navy
department contemplates any further
change In the composition of the East
ern squadron, which was destined for
a cruise to Spanish waters, the matter
has not taken form as yet. This state
ment applies to the commander Of the
ships Of this squadron as well as TO
the ships themselves, and the talk of
sending Admiral Sampson in charge
OF this Eastern squadron consequently
is rather speculative at this time. OF
course it is well understood that in
the event peace is restored there must
be a. complete reorganization and re-
distribution of the United States naval
forces, and this will involve undoubt-
edly the separation Of the four naval
commanders of high rank now on duty
in connection with the North Atlantic
fleet, namely: Admiral Sampson, Com
modore Watson, Commodore Schley
and Commodore Howell. The North At
lantic fleet comprises about a hundred
vessels, the most numerous and power
full force ever commanded by an Amer
lean admiral. Such gigantic force
would not be maintained at one sta
ton in time of peace. Many of the
auxiliary vessels and the monitors,
which are unfit for general cruising,
will be retired from commission and
laid up in the navy yard, or In the case
of the former, will be sold. A sufficient
force of the remaining vessels will be
retained On the North Atlantic station
to maintain it as the most important
naval command. The others are to be
distributed between the various other
stations, Pacific, Asiatic and South At
lantic. The European station, which
was vacated completely just prior to
the declaration of war, will be rehabil-
itated, and for the sake OF moral effect
likely to result, will receive some of
the most powerful and modern ships
in the American navy.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-08-07
WORLD OF LABOR.
'oronto Musicians struck.

Toronto Musicians struck.
About 1900 New York striking cloak
makers employed by about thirty con-
tractors settled with their employers
last week. Wages were increased.
The managers of the Star and several
other New York theatres granted yes
terday the demands of the organized
bill posters for a new wage schedule.
1t is thought that most CT the theatres
will follow suit, but in one or two cases
the bill posters may have to strike to
gain their end. They will wait a few
days before striking Some of the the
aires employ no bill posters. but have
contracts with firms of bill posters
that employ number of men These
firms say they pay their men at least
as much as what the bill posters en-
plOyed by the theatres demand. The
demands are an eight-hour work day,
minimum wage rate of $40 week, ex-
ira pay for overtime and a salary of
no less than $12 a week to those who
act as ushers.
Cuba Is Opening up. If Greeley
we're here he would probably say, go
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-08-07

coffee and tobacco, and until agricul-
tural work is resumed, and the money
that was sent back to Spain for safe
keeping during the war finds its way
back to Cuba under ap assured con-
f1dence in the future, money will not be
as easy as it was in the old days
There is much talk in town Of the
exorbitant prices charged by store
keepers for clothing, food and drink.
Prices are to-day three and four times
as high as they should be. Shopkeep-
ers are charging at the rate Of
TWO AMERICAN DOLLARS
for what formerly sold for one silver
Spanish dollar. 1t has been found nee
essary to ordain that bread shall not
be sold for more than twenty cents in
silver a pound, and the announce
ment that there will be established
soon an American bakery is received
with delight.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-08-07
GETTING CAMPS READY.
Making Prepa rations at Montauk for Gen
crai Skaters Army.

eIai Skaters Army.
New York, August 6.-The work of
getting the camp ready for Gen. Shat
ter's army is being rushed. Brig. Gen.
Sam NJ. b. Young is at Montauk with
Captain j. X. Patton Quartermaster of
the volunteers, and chief engineer
Smith, of the quartermaster generals
office, experimenting the work.
1t is expected that much of the camp
will be complete when the First cav
airy arrives from Santiago on Wednes-
day or Thursday next.
An army CT carpenters are now at
work on the storage buildings and the
work will be carried on day and night
as long as necessary.
The camp will have an extensive
electric light plant and there win be
also Geographic and telephone connec-
tons. A corps of postal clerks will
arrive in day or two, to open post
office for the accommodation of the ar
my. TrainlCads of tents. stores. medi-
cines and provisions are on their way
to MOntauk
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-08-07
THE I'm MU N ES"
Not so Anxious to Go to Santiago
Now Tha. There is Real Danger of
Yellow Fever.

Washington, August 6.-Assuming
that Spain has decided to accept our
terms for the negotiations of peace, it
is expected that the peace agreement
will be formally completed by the first
of next week, and that hostilities will
be suspended at once This will not
be followed at an early date by the dis
banding of the army, but, on the con-
trary, the period before the signing OF
the formal peace treaty and it's ratifi-
cation by the Senate, will be devoted
to perfecting compact and effective
organization CT the army and cleaning
repairing and placing in perfect condi-
ton all the vessels of the navy. The
sick and wounded of army who are re-
garded as incapacitated for further SER
vice probably will be given their dis
charges at an early day. The men
who are in good condition or are suffer-
ing only temporary disability will be
held together, and put in the best pos
sible shape for service. A part of the
forces sent to Porto Rico will be kept
there anu others sent to Havana and
other Cuban cities for garrison duty. 1t
is regarded as quite probable that
some of the best of Skaters army, at
ter thorough recuperatiOn in the United
States, may have to be sent to Cuba
again. The so-called ''immunes," who
will take the place of General Shat
etr's forces at Santiago, are not in
many cases, it is believed, really i'm
mune and it therefore is probable that
some of them will fall victims to the
climate.
The protest of Senator Bacon against
sending the Georgia 'immunes'' to San
tiago indicates lack of confidence in
the locality from which the so-called
"immunes" come in their ability to
withstand the heat. The department
will be prepared, however to relieve
such Of the men as succumb to the
climate. Moreover, after our terms of
peace have been accepted, the whole
island viii come under our control,
and it is believed that the men under
Gomez, and probably those under Gar
cha, at Santiago, may be made use of
to occupy localities on the islands from
which all the Spanish troops have been
withdrawn, thus lessening the need of
American troops.
WILL BEGIN BUSINESS TO-MOR-
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-08-07
BLEW OUT THE CASING.

An Enormous Gas Well, Near Weston.
Proves Too Strong for the Fastenings.
Weston, w. Va, August 6.-The gas
we'll on the Woodford farm, three
miles north of WestGn, which has been
cased in for the past three weeks, ex-
ploded this morning, blowing cut the
gate valve, with six feet CT the casing.
The noise and roar was heard five
miles. Half of the derrick was torn
away, and the well is now throwing
water clear over the remaining part of
the derrick. This is the same we'll on
which an option until Tnee6SdasY, pssfHstn is
hold i uSin1nGAxneAaA0
ard company for this well is $f2,-
600. This outburst caused quite a
stir in oil and gas circles here to-day
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-08-07
SEE THAR FINISH.

Senior sagaSts VIII Not Insist Upon . Des-
pcrate Resistance in Porto ittco
New York, August GA dispatch to
the Herald from Madrid says: The
government has given orders that the
minister of war shall not force resist
ance in Porto Rico to the utmost.
This is at the instigation of Premier
Sagasta, who deplores any unnecessary
loss of life, knowing that Porto Rico
will inevitably fall into the hands Of
the Americans.
Captain General Machias has been
instructed to obtain terms like those
obtained by Gen. Toral or better, so
as to save Spanish honor as much as
pOSSible
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-08-07
ON OTHER BUSINESS.

WASHINGTON, August 6.-Secretary
Thiebaut, of the French embassy, called
at the State Department at about 2:30
this afternoon. 1t was thought at first
he had called to make an appointment
for the delivery of Spain's answer. but 1t
developed that the call was in connec-
ton with the seizure of French ships.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-08-07
MURDER AND SUICIDE.

NEW BRUNSWICK, n. j.. August g.
A murder and suicide which occurred late
last night, was discovered this afternoon
in South River, village six miles from
here Charles Yohansen. a blind man, q
years of age, and his wife Christina. three
years his junior. were both found dead II
is the general opinion that the woman
killed her husband and then committed
suicide.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-08-07
BRINGING cAvALRYMEN NORTH.

SANTIAGO DE CUBA, August 6, noon.
The United States transport Gate City
sails this afternoon for Long Island,
loaded with cayalrymen, and the trans
ports Miami and Matteawan will leave
here Tomorrow Each vessel will sail
individually, as soon as loaded.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-08-07

report, to have been erroneous. still.
had it turned out that the Insurgents
were about to violate the rules OF civil
lization in this fashion General Merritt
would have promptly and firmly inter-
posed. even though the result had been
to cause rupture between himself and
the insurgents.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-08-07
TIE NEW FRI At SANTIAGO.
Slowly, But Surely Taking on the As
pect Of an American City.

HARD TO INDUCE THE PEOPLE TO
CLEAN UP AND OBSERVE WHAT
AMERICANS CONSIDER THE SIM
PLEST AND MOST NECESSARY
HYGIENIC RULES-A NEWSPAPER
PUBLISHER WHO THINKS HE
HAS STRUCK THE IDEAL SORT
OF NEWS FOR THE AMERICANS.
SPECTATORS FINDING THEIR
WAY TO TOWN-VERY POOR AC-
CCMMODATIONS-A CLUB FOR
ENGLISH SPEAKERS THAT is
TRULY A BLESSING.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-08-07
WILL BEGIN BUSINESS TO-MOR-
ROW.

New York, August 6.-The forth
American Trust Company Office re-
ceived a cablegram from S. NJ Jarvis,
it's vice president, now at Santiago, in
which it is stated that the company
has secured the banking rooms former
ly occupied by the Bank of Spain, at
Santiago, and that the Office has been
fully equipped. Business will begin
Monday morning.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-08-07
SMITH NOMINATED
For the State Senate by the Republicans %
the Third District.

Special to the Register.
WEST UNION, w. Va, August 6--Tlra
Republicans held their convention for
the Third Senatorial district here in the
court house to-day. 1t was one of the
best attended conventions ever held in
the district. The court house was JAM
med to the doors. and while there was
large delegation from Harrison, Ritchie,
Tyler and Doddridge, everything was not
harmonious. There was fight between
tho Smith and Harmon factions until af-
ter the first ballot. when Harmon with
drew and Smith was nominated by ac-
clamation. There was considerable dis
satisfaction engendered among those
present by the high handed action of the
delegates from some of the counties, and
there will probably be some contention
at the polls.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-08-07
TO JOIN FITZ LEE.

ST. LOUIS, August 6.-James NJ. Car
son, formerly president of the United
Mine Workers Association of Illinois,
to-day enlisted in the Sixth Missouri
volunteers at Jefferson barracks. This
regiment has been ordered to Jackson
Vile, Fla, to join Fitzhugh Lees corps.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-08-07
HON. JOHN T.M'GRAW
Unanimously Endorsed for Congress.
Delegates Instructed for Him.

Special to tAe Register
Grafton, w. Va. August 6.-At tina
Taylor county convention, held here to-
day, Hon. John T. McGraw was unan-
imously endorsed for Congress and the
delegates were instructed to cast their
votes for him at the Elkins conven-
ton.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-08-07
STEUBENVILLE INDUSTRIAL.

Steubenville O., August 6.-The ac-
quirement this week by the Aetna
Standard Of twelve acres Of land
south of their plant at Mlngo
Junction, for which $4,000 was
paid, means much for the in
dustrial future of that town. 1t also
bears cut the facts recited in the Regis
ter some time ago of The vastness OF
the Aenta-Standard' proposed costly
improvements. The plant will be when
all Improvements are completed among
the largest In the country, and be able
to compete with any, as they are going
about all improvements with caution,
and everything modern in appliances
and the latest in finishing machinery
and labor saving devices will be put in.
1ne output OF all departments will be
the very largest possible to be made.
The management realize that the day
CT putting the crude product of steel
mills on the market alone is past, and
beside their output will finish the
crude output for the market Just at
present they have guaged the number
and character of the finishing mills
they will erect in the Bessemer plant
being erected, but the proposed cree
ttOil VI IlIt Upoll ucdi Ill plduC uucdHS
that further finishing mills will have
to be erected. The output of the steel
pants means that further and enlarged
.arnsce capacity is necessity and in
stead of two furnaces of capacity of
$50 tens each three furnaces CT capac
ity of 400 tons or more each will be
necessa"..- to supply the molten pig
iron. The additional ground purchased
will likely be used to increase the fur
mace capacity and a finishing mill may
be erected on it. 1t is limited that
when the new and enlarged furnaces
are built it may be on the farm below
the town, all of which indicates the
extensive plans of the Aetna-Standard
At little dispute at the cabinet manu-
featuring works was quickly settled
this week. Day hands were put on
piece work, but as they were unable
to make anything this way, several
Gait and others protested. The former
:'ethod of working was restored.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-08-07

Hannibal, o., Aug. 6.--Mrs. @. NJ. WIKI
SON and daughter we're at Witten. o.
Tuesday and Wednesday.
Mrs. Tom Funk, OH New Martinsvihes
and Mrs. Charles Tishei' and daughter. Oh
Wheeling. spent Tuesday -sln town the
guests of Mrs. Louise fisher.
Prof and Mrs. ID. T. Wilhams>and son.
of Moundsville. arrived Tuesday artS> ara
the guests of Capt. and Mrs. J. G.. Muhie-
man.
w. b. O'Neill. of Marietta, o.. was IN
town Thursday and Friday.
Dr. J. NJ Boice. of Sistersvhle, was on
our streets Wednesday,
Miss Alice Rist is at New MartinsvIlls
clerking in l.. Oblingers store.
DR.. +. p. Taught. of Proctor. w. Va.
was in town Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Simmens and two chill
dren, of Pitsburg. are visiting her pa
rents, Mr.. and Mrs. Rohrbaugh. of I'll
place.
Miss Fannie Hofer returned home We
nesday from Sardis. O.. where she spen
week with Miss Maggie Hofsr and 9th
relatives.
Miss Ethel Murdoch, OF Martins Ferr
O., is the guest of Miss Jessie Neuo
schwander.
Miss Lorla Wells, of Martins Ferry. O.
arrived Tuesday evening and is the CUES
of her aunt, Mrs. Mortimer Williams, a l
tho residence of MIR. and Mrs. Williaml
Hyer.
Mr. and Mrs. A. b. Moore. OF Now Mar
.s.---f Sr Nwn TUESDAY, s..saA1li6u.
cd some friends TSsszl Vtlsl o.
or of her guest. Miss Murdoch. Various
amusements were inlulged In until a lato
hour, when refreshments were served.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-08-07

She-What makes you think you uri-
derstand women so well?
He-Pve been engaged to four dir
ferent girls. and never failed to get
back the ring-Life.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-08-07
ELKINS TO THE FRONT.

Special to the Register.
WASHINGTON, August 6.-Second
Lieutenant S. B. Elkins, Jr., signal corps,
has been ordered to report to Brigadier
General Grant at Newport News, for as
signment to duty.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-08-07

= you wish little mental recreation
read the column headed in the Pot
teries" in local paper It's little
personal at times, but interesting.
The bricklayers have made consid-
able progress, the past week, at the new
telephone building on Chapline street.
The foundation for the Potts hotel is
nearly up to the level of the ground,
and has required an immense number
of brick The new White Cloud hotel
Is we'll advanced towards completion,
and will be an ornament to Market
Square.
rhe Labor Day Committee will meet
again to-day at Trades Assembly hall.
A humber of details remain to be acted
upon.
The employees of the Pollock tobacco
factory enjoyed a vacation the past
week
me work of laying rails for the
S. Get car line on South Front street
VS. completed last evening.
Ere Riverside works, Wellsburg, is
king half time.
East Liverpool potteries report large
orders coming in, and say the outlook
is very encouraging.
The cd Bellaire window glass works
in Bellaire, O., now presents most
Insightly appearance. AS result OF
idleness and neglect the frame struct-
ufe has rapidly fallen into decay, and
the pace that was once the scene OF so
much activity is now veritable ruin.
Part of the structure has been torn
away, leaving the foundation bare, and
the parts of the building still standing
lcok as though ready to fall to the
ground at any moment.-Commoner
and Glassworker
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-08-07

or of her guest, Miss Murdoch Various
amusements were iplulged In until lato
hour, when refreshments were served
The Forrest City times., 1898-08-05
NEBRASKA FUSION tier,
An Agreement Reaches
fopu'i't' Secure All bu, Tr. ne
OF the Nomination.

LINCOLN, Neb.. Aug. 4.-Tbs g.,
state conventions, after rtinno, ,usloa
sion during the night. reacbas ses-
agreement on the head of the 49,, a.
Following are the nominees ticket
w. A. Poynter, populist, gover,o-
a. Gilbert silver republican i;sp.k
ant-governor; John F. Cornell a'ea'
iist' auditor; w. f. Porter no, pypu'
secretary of state; c. j. smvtbe Inst a'
crat' attorney-general; Jacob wols NO
populist. commissioner public IN.
and buildings; w. r. jackson anus
list, superintendent of public ins popa'
ton. All excepting Poynter and nd, r NC
nell are the present incumben.s 00r'
The Forrest City times., 1898-08-05
UNDER POLICE PROTECTION.
Five of the Six Sash and Door Factories,
Closed by the Strike, Started with
Non-uni Crews.

OSHKOSH. Wis, Aug. 4.-Five of the
six big sash and door plants which
have been closed down for the past five
weeks on account of the wood workers
strike, started up under police pro-
lection with small non-union
crews. The Foster Haffner plant did
not start on account of not securing a
crew. The strikers had pickets at all
the mills, but there was no demonstra-
ton and no trouble.
A drizzing rain helped to keep things
quiet. Less than a dozen OF the union
strikers returned to work. The strike
has now lasted nearly twelve weeks
The Forrest City times., 1898-08-05
MAJ.-GEN. wADE'S DIVISION
The Regiments Selected to Form Maj
Gen. Wade's Provisional Division
for Service In Porto Rico.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 4.-The following
regiments have been designated to con-
stitute Gen. Wade's provisional divi-
sion for service in Porto Rico:
FIRST Rhode Island, First North Car
olina, First New Hampshire, First New
Jersey. Second Texas, First Maine,
Fourth Missouri, First Alabama, First
Vermont, First West Virginia, First
Kentucky, Third Tennessee, Twenty
second New York, First Arkansas. Fiji
ty-second Iowa, Third Virginia, First
Delaware and First Maryland.
The Forrest City times., 1898-08-05
OFFICIAL MAP OF THE ISLAND OF PUERTO RICO

day. Twenty civic societies joined in
the parade
T. Estrada Palma says the Shafter-
Garcia incident won't prevent the Gu
bans remembering the gratitude they
owe the United States.
Lightning struck a large barn. the
property of Henry Guebert, farmer
living near Red Bud, Ill, and CON-
pletely destroyed it. Loss, $1,000; in
surance, $780,
Roy Sprechelmeyer, the nine-year-
old son of William Sprechelmeyer, of
st. Charles, Mo-. was killed by fall
ing embankment near the Lincoln
colored school.
James Hollis, late of the Indian ter
ritory, whom United States marshals
have been hunting for three years. for
horse stealing, turns up as a hero in
the battle of Santiago.
Gov. Tanner of Illinois has issued his
proclamation, offering a reward of 5000
for the apprehension and conviction of
the murderers of James H. Weiss, viii
lage marshal of East Alton.
Henry Wubben, an undertaken and
resident of Pelkin, ILL.,, for wears past,
swallowed a large dose of morphine
with suicidal intent. He is very low,
with slight chances of recovery.
Mrs John Shafer, whose son is in
New York cavalry troop, now sick in
military hospital at Fort Mcpherson,
Ga, committed suicide at Elgin, Ill !,
by hanging. She was temporarily in
sane.
The government has decided to dis
patch enough troops to Manila to give
Gen. Merritt an army of $4,000 men
with which to confront Aguinaldo in
case the latter should attempt to enter
the city.
Luther Blakely, colored. was killed
at Selma, Ala, by Deputy Sheriff Len
Davis. They had words, and Davis cut
Blakely's throat with a knife. The
negro ran across the street and fell
dead in a store.
The Forrest City times., 1898-08-05
OTHERWISE UNNOTICED

The Fifth Illinois has again been or
dered to the front.
Cuban refugees at Jamaica are re-
turning to Santiago.
Albert Dyer, of Butler. ILL.,, only a
few days short OF 90 years of age, died
Tuesday.
The Missouri state board of equaliza-
ton has increased the railroad assess
ments 50, O00. 900.
The royalty received by the Canadian
government from the Alaska miners is
estimated at So 100000.
Reports from Porto Rico give rise to
the belief that Miles may achieve an
almost bloodless victory.
Azariah Lewis, aged s. years, died at
Chandlerville, Ill. He was one of Cass
county's earliest settlers.
The town of Center Ridge, Ark, has
been entirely destroyed by fire. Only
two dwellings were saved.
Her royal highness the princess of
Wales has gone to Copenhagen, to
participate in family reunion.
The steamer Discovery arrived at
oCattiC tIOt AiuShd Win ~ passengers
and upwards of 81 200, 900 in gold.
Thomas b. Reed was renominated
for congress by the republicans of the
First congressional dis. ,of Maine.
The wages of gree lass workers
have been adjusted, at the factories
at Alton, ILL.,, will resume Septem-
Der l.
The Hawaiian commissioners will
leave Chicago for San Francisco, Thurs
day, and expect to reach Honolulu Au-
gust 16 or II.
Information received from the vari-
GUS cattle-raising centers in the west
shows that the herds are in exception
ally good condition.
The corner stone of $4,000 public
library building was laid by the ma
sonic societies at Kankakee, ILL.,, Tues
The Forrest City times., 1898-08-05
THE FLINT GLASS WORKERS.
The Joint Wage Committee Trying to Ar
range the Scale for the Next
Working Year.

PITTSBURGH, Pa. Aug 4.-The joint
wage committee of the National Asso-
citation of Flint Bottle Manufacturers
and Glass Workers is working here to
arrange the scale for the next year.
The workers made demand for an ad
vance of IL per cent, but the manufac-
turers opposed it, claiming that half
the pots in the country are controlled
by non-union concerns and are being
operated 40 per cent. lower than the
union factories.
The conference adjourned at noon
without reaching an agreement The
committee will meet again at the call
of the chairman.