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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-07-09
WHEELING : PARK /: CASINO.

One Week, Commencing MONDAY, JULY
9TH Every night and Wednesday and
Saturday matinees. Evening perform1
ances commence at Sis p. M. matinee\
at 2:45 p. m.
THE METROPOLITAN VAUDEVILLE co.
Consisting of Mr.. Louis Granat Miss
Gladys Van, Johnson, Davenport and
I.orello, Miss Gertrude Rutledge and
Post and Clinton.
Evening Prices, l5c: Matinee prices, loo.
Special performance Sunday afternoon
FREE OF CHARGE.
The Elm Grove r. r. will run a special
train direct to the Casino every evening
returning at 1910 p M, from the. Casino
station. jy9ewdq
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R, embracing its several
Tered at the Postoffice at
a.. as second-class matter.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-07-09

NOTICE.
A called meeting of the woman's HI
pIlai Association VIII be held at the CT
hospital on Saturday morning, July sthv
At ~. ~ Q clock, for the purpose o. forming
a Clara Barton Auxiliary"
BY order of Executive Committee.
Mrs. WIN. f. BUTLER, Chairman.
MRS. HOWARD HAZLETT. Secretary.
Jy6wed, IN, fr&sat
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WANTED-Girl for general homework
Must be we'll recommended. Apply 50 s.
Front street. iy2e&dh
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LING HOME.

LING HOME.
thought better
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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-07-09
FEMALE HELP WANT ED.

WANTED-A first-class trimmer in our
Millinery department. LOU SWABACK-
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No. Delegate 5.
P0NDENs.

/, ON and after
dependents In
nsylvania. and
erywhere from
lire news, must
kfnp to each and
keep an account
IA their monthly
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the Democratic Congress
Re Committee for the First
will be held at Weston on
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-07-09
July 2lst, 1898,

n, a Democratic Congress
\ to nominate a candidate
e First District. and TO
ttiYe' Committee.
RED Imitation was fixed at
y v 100 votes and frac-
/ Bryan In 1896. On
nty is requested to
o convention as fol-
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AGENTS WANTED

GENERAL AGENT for Telephone Tablet
Desk, Specialties and Sprinkler. 5000 a
year. VICTORY MFG. CO., Cleveland, o.
jun11, Is, %, juy9,16
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Over Sixty Thousand Men Have Enlisted for
 the War.
Thirty-Seven Regiments Ordered From Their Respective States
 to ChiCkamauga.

Capes, going, 1t Is supposed. to join Commodore Schley'S squadron. The New Orleans is still at Old Point Com fort, and 1t is not known when she VIII sail.
 FORT MONROE, Va, May 14.--On Board the Flagship Brooklyn at Sea, via Pilot-boat, May 13.-Commodore Winfield Scott Schley and the lighters of his flying squadron steamed out or Hampton Roads this afternoon at 4:zo o'clock under sealed orders. The entire squadron was to have gone, and at o'clock all the ships had reported ready for getting away but at 1:15 p. m. dispatch from the Navy Department ordered Commodore Schley to leave the cruisers New Orleans and Mtnnneapo- lis in Hampton Roads for further or ders.
 Both are fast ships. much better tfmemakers than the big battle ships, and could leave hours later and still catch the squadron. Captain Folger of the New Orleans was left in charge of the two cruisers.
 At precisely APO the flagship signaled that she was ready to proceed, and at 4:25 the Brooklyn, the Massachusetts, the Texas and the Scorpion were nov ing majestically down Hampton Roads for the sea, the water with scarce ripple on it and the bright sun touch- ing Old Glory as if in tender benedic- tiOn.
 The temper of the men on the squad ron was well illustrated by the ring ing cheers that echoed from the fore castle down to the quarterback and made Commodore Schley remark with smile: Those are the boats for fighting"
 He refused to say where he thought the fleet was bound for, but the fact that the collier Sterling accompanied them carrying 2500 tons of extra coal and that each ship had on board extra coal and water would seem to indicate that there is lively work cut out for them.
 It is a hard fighting aggregation. this flying squadron, under a cool and dar- ing fighter The Massachusetts and Texas are not equaled in fighting power by anything in the Spanish navy, and the Brooklyn is the best fighting ship of her kind in the world. In totals the ships carry four 13-inch guns, two 12- inch guns, sixteen S-inch guns, ten G. inch guns; sixteen 5-inch guns, and an enormous battery of rapid-fre guns of smaller caliber.
 As soon as the squadron was at sea active preparations were made to meet an enemy. The ships were stripped for action, all lights covered, ammunition supplied to the guns and men sent to fighting quarters for the night. The ships are all ammunitioned to their full CHI y HIS cdpdCIly, dhu VIII uo ueSPC que fighting. The men at the guns have been proved to be accurate marksmen
 At Cape Henry where the squadron arrived at dark, the pilots were dis charged, taking their own boat. The men worked the ships in safety through the various mines in Hampton Roads. w. w. Scott piloted the Brook lyn, J. K. Peak the Massachusetts and George Bew the Texas.
 Commodore Schley stood upon the bridge as long as the light lasted, and when he retired said: 1T have not been so happy in weeks. Inaction was kill ing me-" Nearly every officer and man on the flagship seemed to think the same way.
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 naval operations might be successful.
 While these movements m Atlantic waters are occupying the most attention, the Phil ippines are not forgotten. It was decided to-day to ln- crease the number of troops to be sent toreinforce Dewey at Manila from I2,ooo to I5,ooo. They will be sent from Nebraska, Colorado and Wyoming. General Miles said tonight that the City of Picking, conveyed by the Charleston, would leave San Francisco on Monday and that 1900 troops from the Fourteenth Infantry, Third Artillery and Fifth Cavalry would be sent on this first expedition under command of General Otis. He was not able to say how soon the other transports could be ready to leave.
 The island of Curacoa was originally Spanish and is peo- pied mainly by descendants of Spaniards, though it is now one of the Dutch pos sessions. The Spanish ad- miral's course was also influ- ended by the fact that the French cable starting from Caracas, Venezuela, touches at the island of Curacoa, thence proceeds northwest ward through the Caribbean to Hayti, with spurs running east and west to Porto Rico and Cuba respectively. He is thus enabled to get in touch from Curacoa with the Spanish authorities in Cuba and Porto Rico, and through them directly with the Span ish admiralty at Madrid. No immediate battle with Ad-. miral Simpsons fleet is ex- pected, and the Spaniards, as seems likely, have succeeded in passing south of the Amer ican fleet and are now well to the westward of it. As the enemy is in reach of the ca ble the Navy Department re- gards it as of the most vital concern that the exact where abouts of the American ships should not be made known during the next few days. Thus far they have felt han dicapped by the fact that the Spanish admiral knew the whereabouts of our ships, while we were in doubt as to the locality of his ships.
 The officials here regard it as essential during the next few days to reverse this con- dition so that the Spanish  admiral will be moving in the dark, while our officers will be posted as to his movements through the Car ibbean. I he department doubtless is informed as to the whereabouts of Admiral Sampson's squadron. but it does not see fit to give any informatiOn m the SIlhiect
The San Francisco call., 1898-05-15
TWO NEWSPAPER MEN
 IMPRISONED AS SPIES
Them by Exchanging Two Cap tive Spaniarus.

KEY WEST, Fla. May 1.-The U. S. s. Uncas, Captain Brainard, left here soon after midnight last night for CIba- to rescue two Americans captured by the Spaniards on Friday. Correspond ent Knight of the London Times is aboard the Uncas, and the plan is to send him ashore under flag of truce to negotiate for the surrender of the prisoners in exchange for two Spanish captives taken on one of the prizes.
 The Americans were carried over by a dispatch-bo on Friday and were sent ashore in small boat, effecting a landing near Mariel. As the small boat approached the land there was no sign of life ashore and it was thought that the men were safe.
 Dispatches received to-day told of the capture of the men by Spanish sol diers almost immediately after their landing and of their imprisonment in Fort Cabanas as spies. Negotiations with Washington were promptly be- gun and orders to dispatch the Uneas on the mission of rescue came last night from Secretary Long to Commo- dore Remey
The San Francisco call., 1898-05-15
FLYING SQUADRON
 EAGER FOR ACTION
All the Men Under Commodore Schley Ready to Face the
 SpaniardS

NEWPORT NEWS, Va, May 14.- Owing to the dense fog that hung over Hampton Roads this morning and oth- CT reasons that were not made public by Captain Sigsbee, the cruiser St. Paul did not weigh anchor before daylight to join the flying squadron, which left Hampton Roads yesterday afternoon under sealed orders. The St. Paul took on the greater part of her ammunition here, which came by express. Included in the supply were twelve carloads of smokeless powder, but only one car load was transferred to the ship up to last night Some time after daybreak this morning the St. Paul steamed down to Old Point Comfort, where the cruiser New Orleans was lying, but re- turned to her anchorage and remained until 3:15 in the afternoon when she again moved to Old Point Comfort.
 There the St. Paul finished taking on the supply of smokeless powder. It was 5 o'clock when the big warship pulled up her anchor at Old Point and started on bee line for the Virginia
The San Francisco call., 1898-05-15
SPANlARDS CONTINUE TO
 FOLLY THEMSELVES
Dispatch From Madrid Tells of Sue cesses Achieved by Their
 TroOnS

PARIS. May 1.-The Temps this evening published the following dis patch from Madrid:
 "The successes achieved by the Span ish troops against the American land ing parties in Cuba and the insignifi- cant result of the bombardment of San Juan de Porto Rico have strengthened the feeling here in favor of prolonging the war in the Antilles and Philippines. It is believed that Admiral Cervera 5 squadron will, as soon as it has picked up it's dispatch-boats and torpedo boats off Martinique. pursue a cruise into Gu ban waters and perhaps even further '
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 commanders will be promptly advised of the approach o1 the Spaniards, and it may be set down as sure that unless the department is satisfied that Sampson or Schley can head off and crush the Span ish fleet the Cuban blockade vessels will be given permls- sion to take care of them selves and get out of harm s way. The determined attack made by the Marblehead and other vessels on the ocean cable running seaward from .Cienfuegos shows that the Government finds 1t neces- sary to cut off all communl- cation between Captain-Gen- eral BIanco at Havana and Spain by cable.
 That the effort was not wholly successful was owing to the ap- pearance of a superior force of cavalry, aided by machine guns, which appeared to have taken the American sailors in the boats en- gagged in oable-c utting by surprise. They were prepared to risk few rifle shots, but not the murderous fire of Maxims. However, Captain McCalla, who is noted for de- termination and courage, if for any quality, it can be taken for granted will not abandon the task until he has succeeded. Considering the great strategic value of such a move, the loss sustained by the American vessels was insignificant and the venture was certainly warranted by the results. Once Blanco is prevented from com municating with Spain as we'll as Porto Rico, it is expected discour- agement will set in and this cam paign consequently will have an earlier conclusion.
 The War Department shows no signs of relaxation in its war pre- parations, but appears to be mak- ing ready for hostilities on the the ory that they are to last a long time. Thus bids were opened to- day for supplying the Government a very large number of piercign shells of the largest caliber, such as are used almost entirely by coast defense guns in attacking or repel- ling heavy iron-clad ships. An other transport was chartered to- day at New York, indicating that the move of the army upon Cuba is not to be long delayed, else the Government would not go to the needless expense of chartering the boat immediately.
 Two of the big tugs bought by the navy from private parties were christened to-day-the Hortense becoming the Tacoma and the William H. Brown becoming the Piscataqua. The naval register promises to include some odd names, for only recently the pretty yacht Felicia was rebaptized by the uncouth name of Uncanoomuck.
The San Francisco call., 1898-05-15
PREPARING TO SAIL
 FOR THE PHILIPPINES

GIBRALTAR, May 14-It Is now ru- mored that the Pelayo, Carlos V, three torpedo boats and three trans Atlantic steamers, with provisions and troops, are preparing to sail in a few days for the Philippines. Cadiz Bay is expected to be thoroughly mined. The Alfonso XIII remains at Cadiz as a guardship.
The San Francisco call., 1898-05-15

the big battleship and gun boat Marietta and NiCtheroy are safe in the harbor ot Bahia, Brazil, where slight repairs are being made on the Oregon.
 Naval officers here are laughing over the bait the Spaniards tried to swallow and which brought them to their present situation. The bait was the Oregon. She should have been in the vii cinity of Martinique now, ac- cording to the schedule pub IicIy announced by the de- partment when she sailed from San Francisco. She kept to the schedule down the west coast of South America and around the Horn, then began to halt and make slow progress, with the result that to-day she is well away from the place the Spaniards expected to find her. It appears to be pretty well settled to- night that Sampson is speeding back to Havana and that he will reach there in good time, but 1t is not so certain that this is also the destination of SchIey's flying squadron. It is more likely that he will sail through the WindWard passage to protect the small men of = war along Cuba's south coast, for Sampson is abundantly able to take care of Havana, and it would be criminal negligence to expose our small vessels now block ading Cienfuegos to the fire of the Spanish fleet.
 At Havana Schley would be out of reach of Cienfuegos, while, were he stationed in the Windward Passage, he would not only be able to in tercept the enemy on the way to Havana, but could sail quickly to Cuba's southwest ern coast when apprised of their approach by the swift scouting cruiser Minneapolis. Therefore, as stated in these dispatches last night, there is good reason to believe that Schley has sailed for the WindWard Passage instead of Havana.
 It is quite generally be- lieved in naval circles to-
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night that the Spanish fleet will seek to secure a base of supplies on the Cuban coast, now that the Notifications of San Juan have been reduced, and Spain's land defenses have thus been materially weakened. There are two points toward which the Spanish proWs may even now be turned and the ships sent forward at top speed in the hope of reaching some base before the Americans have headed them off. These ports are Cienfuegos and Ha- vana, on the south and north shores of the island of Cuba, respectively.
 In considering the chances of such an enterprise dis tance comes prominently into the calculation. The route to Havana by the Wind ward Passage, between the eastern end of Cuba and Hayti, woald add to the steaming distance of the Spaniards. Meanwhile the flying squadron would in all likelihood have headed them off from that port. It seems altogether improbable that the Spanish vessels can reach Havana without a fight, even with due consideration for the probable superior speed of the enemy. If Cienfue- oOs were the objective point there might be more difficulty in intercepting the enemy. Sampson might do so by sail ing southWard or around the north side of San Domingo and Hayti and thence through the Windward Passage. Schley might, perhaps, do it by skirting around the west end of Cuba without stop ping on his way. This would add about o5o miles to his course, making a run approx imately I7oo miles from Hampton Roads.
 There seems to be little danger of the Spanish vessels reaching Havana in advance of an American force suffl- ciently powerful to prevent junction between the ships and the land defenses. It is probable, on the other hand, that a Spanish effort to reach Cienfuegos first and to make
The San Francisco call., 1898-05-15
All Discounts Suspended.

Copyrighted. 1898. by James Gordon Bennett
 BUENOS AYRES, May E.-The Her. aids correspondent at Rio Janeiro sends word that the commercial situation IS growing worse daily. Managers of all banks in that city have resolved to sus- pend all discounts
The San Francisco call., 1898-05-15
PER D CENT.

Of OUT gross receipts Mon- doy, t0ben from tue tiniest of sales, taben from the largest of sales, fUe per cent of that amount goes of and 1OilI represent O1Cr subscription to
The San Francisco call., 1898-05-15
IN EXPECTATION OF A CLASH
 BETWEEN ENGLISH AND FRENCH.

POINTE A-PITRE tGuadaloupe, via Hayti May IA conflict between France England considered imminent here The local authorities have ordered all the French troops now stationed Terre to proceed at to Martinique with all their arms and ammunition $: 8 8. & ss.asaaaaaaaaaaac {. 8
The San Francisco call., 1898-05-15
San Diego's Gift to Dewey.

SAN DIEGO, May 14.-San Diego pro- poses to contribute a carload of lemons to Admiral Dewey for the use of the men of his command. It will be shipped on Tuesday night to San Francisco and be transferred to the vessels for Ma fni1n
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-01-29

The speech of Senator Frye at the manu-
facturers' dill ner in New York Thursday
night is altogether worthy of the very high
strong was it., indeed. and so directly to
the point, that it did not suffer in the try
ing comparisons of the evening. The Pres
ident naturally was the star. and delivered
a message of unusual moment, but the
topic assigned to the junior senator from
Maine was also Of great interest, and he
rose to the occasion, as he always does.
with views Of wide grasp and genuine
craftsmanship. The speech delivered was
that of an American who loves his coun-
try, and no not only sees the path of
progress plainly but insists that 1t must
be courageousiy followed.
Mr.. Frye belongs to that sturdy group of
public men who have given to the policy
of the government during the past quarter
of century tie characteristics which have
counted for so much in the eyes of the
world. That the United States is so much
respected TO-DAY; that her credit is SO high
and her best purpose so clear; that that
purpose calls for far more than the mere
marking of time in old paths and ruts and
points 10 enterprises of worldwide impor-
lance; may be placed to the credit of those
progressive statesmen among whom Mr..
Frye is a Eotable figure Ever since his
appearance in national life he has steadily
grown in usefulness and in the public esti-
nation, until he is now recognized as one
of the foremost men of his party.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-01-29
Three Cuban Heroes,

A cause is judged by its leading repre-
se1tatives. and particularly by those who
die for it. They stand for IL before the
world, and in history. The cause Of the
Cuban insurgents does not suffer by this
test. StiSnatised by its enemies as a mere
eruption of negroes and bandits, with eyes
and aims only for plumber, ii has to its
credit nov some notable achievements in
both strategy and endurance, and on the
list of those who have given their lives for
II are the names of men whose deeds en-
title their memories to lasting renown
The first OF these notable sacrifices for
Cuba Vas Jose Marti a man of the high
est character and ACCOMPLISHMENTS q stu
dent. a writer and a man of affairs His
appearance i'm the field was a mistake but
II testified TO his ardent love of country
His place was al the council table. where
he could have rendered much valuable
service. But the cause was young at the
time. and he probably felt that in taking
the field he would do good work by helping
TO rouse enthusiasm and increase enlist
ments- He was brave man, and died in
battle
Another name on this list is that of Gen
erai Maceo. which il respected now wher-
ever dash and valor are appreciated in a
soldier. He had great aptitude for the
part he assumed in the revolt. and struck
some stunning blows for Cuban liberty He
was betrayed to his death 1t was a sort
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-01-29

At mis- present rate of progress the new
mayor of New York is likely to become the
most heartily hated man in the great city.
Although he has been in office less than
month, he has already succeeded in antag-
onizing most of the heads of departments
under the new charter. and has surrounded
himself with such an atmosphere OF su-
periCr judgment and information that
those who are forced to do business with
him are Inundated. Just now he is en-
gagged with other officials in scrutinizing
the annual estimates submitted by the de-
partment chiefs, and his cross-questioning
is amusing and angsring the taxpayers and
the progressive elements OF the city beyond
measure. Perhaps it is Mayor Van Wyck's
thorough appreciation of his position that
causes him to exercise his authority in the
manner OF martinez. 1t may be that he
sees that his real power Is limited by the
amount of latitude that it pieases Mr.
Croker to permit him. and that he Is bent
upon enjoying to the full whatever little
privileges accrue to him as mayor
The other day the charity commissioner,
Tammany man. was forced to bow to the