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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-06-22
BANKER GAGE AND THE LOAN.

WneCn6r the WISH WdS ldtuCl " tiO
thought or not it is certain that Secre-
tary Gage had no notion that the popu-
lar loan would be anything like the sue
cess it is. 1t was the idea Of this ma
tional banker that the popular feature
of the loan would be merely bluff
and that in the end it would practically
all be taken up by national bankers,
who desired it in order to extend their
circulation and control of the currency.
But Gage early discovered his mis-
take Last week a dispatch said that,
1T was feared at the Treasury" that
the orders in $500 lots for bonds would
become so numerous that the whole loan
would be taken UP by the people and
nothing would be left for the banks.
Very likely such thing was feared
by the Secretary. He told the Senate
committee that he did not think more
than S1CO, 100000 of the 100000, 900
could be placed as popular loan. And
he acted on this belief The department
was not at all prepared at the start to
handle the rush Of popular subscrip-
tons in many cities. Of course, Gage
didn't expect it.
Every preparation, however, was
early made to supply the banks In
deed, Comptroller Dawes posted off to
New York before the Senate had so
much as come to a test vote on the
question whether any bonds at all
should be issued to assure the banks
there that the bond provision would be
agreed to- He learned, as has been
stated repeatedly and not denied that
the banks of that city alone wanted at
least enough to secure $50, coo, 600 ad-
ditiCnal circulation.
Then he fastened back to Washing
ton to have the desired notes all print
ed and ready, and work on the bonds
was undertaken to correspond Before
the bill was signed a syndicate of New
York bankers sent on a subscription for
5000, 600, 600, which happened to be the
exact amount offered by Mr.. Gage out
of the s400, 600 authorized And
likely enough the bid would nave been
accepted and the transaction closed by
this time, so far as regards subscrip-
tons, had not Congress wisely directed
that individual subscriptions should be
received first.
Yes, ''it is feared" that the people will
falsify Mr.. Cages prediction and that
the banks which were so periodically
eager to supply us with s150,000, 900
more paper money while they showed
in the greenbacks for redemption will
be left 'out of the affair entirely
Let us HOPE they will 1t is not
the place OF the banks to initiate the
currency with their paper and force the
government to lock up 100000, 600 CT
greenbacks while they howl against a
legitimate increase of the currency by
the constitutional and safe means of
silver coinage
II is to be HOPED. NOT FEARED.
that the people will disappoint Mr. Nc
Kinley's Secretary of the Treasury and
take the entire loan offered.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-06-22
Now, William Shafter at EN-.
MOUNDSViLLE.

The citizen and fire department
committee. which are arranging for
the Fourth of July celebration, met
last night and selected Dr. A. e. Linch
as the chief marshal of the parade,
which is regarded as a popular appoint
ment.
Judge John A. Campbell, of New
Cumberland, was in Moundsville yes
terday, and in interviews with prom
inent Republicans. was assured that
he would have the support of the ma
jority of the Marshall county delega-
ton. Judge Campbell is much pleased
with his prospects and says he is con-
fident of being nominated.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-06-22

Evidently it is the policy of the adj
ministration TO seize all the Spanish isl.
ands in the various oceans before tack
ling the really important point Of the
war-Havana. No wonder the Presi-
dent is said to be considering a third
call for troops, while military men be-
lieve a fourth will follow. When war
was declared a comparatively small
army could have captured Havana and
ended the conflict. If the administration
proposes to turn it into a war OF con-
quest and take all Of SPANS posses
sions with Havana at the very tail end,
we will need an army Of possibly, a
million
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-06-22

The use of the term barbarians is not
the exaggeration of angry invective
against an enemy, bit the dispassonate
description of nation which by means
of four centuries of license, immortality
and disagreement has sunk to that
level. Barbarians is not a whit too
strong a term to use in describing the
Spanish in Cuba, for their acts are out
side the pale of civilization. What civ
ilized nation would be guilty of Spain s
crimes in that island? Some of the
Asiatic nations perhaps, or the Turks,
but no civilized nation. Therefore is
the term barbarians used advisedly in
the case of Spain.
To realize this we have only to re-
fer to the hideous story of Sister Mary
Wilberforce, of the Red Cross Society.
Miss WHEREFORE was engaged in the
in Havana-she was trying to save from
starvation as many helpless women and
children as her resources could accom-
modate Blanco caused her arrest on
the trumped-up charge of furnishing
supplies to Americans and threatened
her with Imprisonment if she did not
leave the stricken island. She brought
with her a list of 100 women and chill
dren who have nothing to look forward
70 but death from hunger When ar
rested Miss Wilberforce's private prop
erty was confscated and her brutal tor
mentors refused even to allow her tc
leave little money to carry on the
work Of rescue she had rtarted.
The day of reckoning is near al
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-06-22

hand, however and soon the barbar-
ians who subjected this good woman to
i'll treatment, who drove her from Ha-
vana in order that they might still
carry On the policy of Butcher Weyler,
are the barbarians American soldiers
will soon be face to face with in Cuba
Such people cannot fight like soldiers.
Their favorite warfare is outraging,
starving and numbering women, chill
dren and old men.
Many Cubans have been arrested re-
Gently on trumped-up charges of con-
spiracy," declares Miss Wilberforce,
''and there is no doubt if the city is in
danger of being taken the Cuban pris-
oners will be massacred" This pro-
claims the Spanish barbarian. Savages
could do no more Savages could COM
nit no more unspeakable crimes than
are now Of daily occurrence in the
Spanish strongholds in Cuba.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-06-22

In a lengthy and weighty speech in
the Senate against the Newlands reso-
luton to annex Hawaii Senator Morrill,
of Vermont, among other interesting
and important things, said:
The undesirable character of the
greater part Of their ill-gathered races OF
population" he said. gathered by con-
tract TO serve long years OF semi-slavery
by sugar employers, does not warrant and
never can entitle them to an equal rep
resentation in the Senate of the United
States with Virginia and Massachusetts,
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-06-22

In the name of strategy what is the
sense in maintaining a peaceful ''block-
ade" of Havana that doesn't blockade?
Spain ships all the supplies needed to
Havana by the way Of the Isle of Pines
and Batabano and has been doing so
ed. Meanwhile Moro gunners practice
range-fnding with our "blockading"
fleet as a handy target.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-06-22
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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-06-22

The honest plan would be for the
Senate to adjourn before taking up the
Hawaiian job in order that the people
may be given an opportunity to express
themselves on the subject in the fall
elections.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-06-22
Mendel Bros Pearl Laundry,
Dry Carpet Beating and Storage Rooms
1918 and IBIS Eofi Street; Branch Office
l2lS Market Street Tells $40 and 74S.
PROPOSALS.
CEALED PROPOSALS FOR

NEALED PROPOSALS. FOR
oPAINT1NG THE PUBLIC BUILDING
Bids will be received until Monday, June
~ 1898, at 10 o'clock a. m, for the paint
ing of the entire exterior OF the Public
Building.
Specifications can be seen al the office of
the City Clerk. Bids should be sealed, ad-
dressed 70 The Joint Committee nit on
of the bidder marked on face Of envelope.
The Committee reserves the right to re
ject any or all bids.
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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-06-22

We have seen what one of our new
can do with her awful guncotton shells,
and we will await her further per-
fcrmances with interest, while the
enemy will watch for these volcanic
discharges in fear and trembling. But
we have yet to witness what that
other new and strange war craft, the
ram Katahdin. can do in fight.
There was considerable doubt about
the practicability of the Vesuvius, but
that has been thoroughly overcome,
although it is still a question if, in a
sea fight with her deadly load of high
explosives, she would not prove as
dangerous to her own crew and
to neighboring war vessels as
to the enemy, since one well
directed shot would blow her to
pieces along with everything around
her for a considerable distance. There
is not so much uncertainty, however,
about the Katahdin, and the only
anxiety is to see her hurting herself as
a deadly missile against the enemy's
big ships. She is practically without
armament. although she is armored
and protected by the peculiarities of
her construction most effectively.
She has a turtle-back of six-inch
curved steel, presenting practically no
target She has no main battery and
her secondary battery is designed
only to drive off torpedo boats and
their destroyers. The Katahdin is de-
signed to ram the enemy with her long
steel beak, backed UP by her 1000 tons
and her II knots of speed. At present
the untried vessel is waiting for some
thing to do, up on the coast of New
England.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-06-22

With August bottled up at Manila
and Cervera at Santiago we will have
only to similarly seal up Blanco in
Havana to tie up Spain effectually and
leave her with nothing to carry on the
war but Camaras ghost ships.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-06-22
INDEX TO ADVERTISEMENTS.
THIRD PAGE.

THIRD PAGE.
Buffalo Bits Wild West Show.
FOURTH PAGE.
Orders Issued by the Board OF Educa-
ton Of Richland District.
Observation-Disclosures c. Schmidt.
Auction Sale OF Furniture. Etc.
After a Refreshing Bath-Mendel Bros
Sealed Proposals for Painting Public
Building. ..
Sealed Proposals for Painting Interior
cf City Building.
Hotel for Sale-Theo. W. FINK.
FIFTH PAGE.
Interesting News-Geo. NJ Shook & Co.
SIXTH PAGE.
New Lot of Parrots-McLain's New
Pharmacy.
Linen Collars-McFadden'
EIGHTH PAGE.
White Figured Swisses-Geo. E. Sufel
& Co.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-06-22

If our strategists had turned their
attention promptly 10 reducing and cap
turing Havana instead of Santiago, at
the other end of the island, the war
might have been over by this time.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-06-22

Don't fail to visit our new headquar-
tiers in the Roemer Building, corner
Twenty and Main streets. Inc
most complete Tea and Coffee store IN
the State. CHICAGO TEA co.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-06-22
After a Refreshing Bath,

On sultry day, the prospect of putting
on such exquisitely Numbered linen,
white and faultless in finish, is pleas
ure to the man that mas his shirts,
dry. Our aim is to please our patrons,
and we spare no pains to do it, as we
want the patronage of every man in
Wheeling and vicinity.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-06-22

Reduced Rates via Ohio River X. X.
Wheeling to Cincinnati, o.. So 80
Wheeling to Lexington, Ky....... 60
Wheeling to Louisville, Ky. -. 9 90
Wheeling to Louisville, KY, sec
ond class. :. :. 8 so
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-06-22

1t is reported that Camara's phantom
Cadiz squadron has again returned
home. This is its steenth false start
to different parts of lhe globe, accord
ing to reports that have had tendency
to give our strategists nightmare.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-06-22
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS

49,
ISSUED BY +
~ BOARD OF EDUCATION an RI,
LAND DISTRICT, OHIO corn
The following are the Orders issued
the Board of Education of RichIan5
trlct; commencing July 1st, 1851, ann
TEACHERS FUND.
Order No. ?, to Robert NJ. B6n7r 80
Order No, 3, to Geo. c. Hunt
Order No, 4, to Minnie McColIocb
Order No. >, to Cora Cox.
Order No. 6, to Cora c. Cresap,
Order No. I, to Minnie l. Shorts
Order No. 5, TO Archie McColIoc6
Order No 8, to Minnie McCollnrb
Order No. TO- to Lena Memminrpr
Order No. II, to Drusie Garden
Order No u, to Robert Nj Bonar
Order No. 13. to Geo, c. Hunt,
Order No. IA, to Cora l.. Cox.........
Order No. Is, to Cora c. Cresap
Order No. IL, 10 Minnie Sh0rts....,
Order No. u, to Annie Defbaush
Order No. Is, to Robert NJ Bonar
Order No. 10, to Minnie McConoch
Order No. 20, to Lena Mamminger
Order No Il. to Archie McCoUnch
Order No. p, TO Minnie shorts.
Order No. %, to Cora Cresap. ........
Order No Il, TO Cora CoX..........
Order No. -, to Drusie GarGen..
Order No. 70, to Geo. {. Hunt.
Order No. q, to Minnie McCoIoch..
Order No Is, to Annie Dehbaugh
Order No. %, to Lena Memminger
Order No. 20, to Robert NJ Bonar..
Order No. q, 10 j. II. Lazear +.
Order No. So to Cora L. C0X.....
Order No. SO, to Drusie Garden.
Order No "a, to Geo. G. Huut.....,
Order No. IS, to Cora G.. CreslD ...
~ A
Order No. 81. to Minnie Shorts.
Order No. So, to Geo. c. Hunt .....
Order No. 80, to Robert NJ. Bonar
Order No. 40, to Lena MemmiDgtr
Order No. II, to Minnie McCoUoca
Croer No. AZ, TO Cora COX...........
Order No. 80 to Minnie Shorts ........
order No. IA, to Cora Cresap.
Order No. Al, to Lena Memmingor.
Order No. IS. to Archie McCUlloch.
Order No. AZ, to Minnie McCullocn.
Order No. as, to Cora Cresap.
Order No. 40. to George Hunt........
OrCer No. 30 to Cora l.. CoX.........,
Order No. 81 to j. H. Lazear.
Order No. =, to Minnie Shorts ......'
Order NO. 50. to lend a4ammingtr.
Order No. A, to Robert NJ. Ronar..
order No. 80, to Minnie McCoUoch..
order NO. %, to Geo. {. Hunt........
Order No. 81 to Cora c. Cresap.....
Order No IS, to Minnie Shorts. .......
Order No. 80, to Cora J.. Coy.
Order No 60, to j. f. Lazear.......,
Order No. 81, to Drusie Garden ...... i
Order No. g., to Lena Memminser...
Order No. 63, to Minnie McColI0ca.
Order No. GA, TO Archie McColloch..
Order No. s., to Geo. a. ftunt..
Order No. 66, to Minnie Shorts ......
Order No. 81. to Robert VI Ronar.
Order No. IS, TO Cora Cresan........,
Order No 60. to Annie Dadbauch.... Il
order NO. ~, to Cora COX.....
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-06-22
wbeelin9 Resister
CHARLES II. TANEY. GENERAL MANAGER.

The REGISTER embracing its several
editions is entered at the Postonica -
Wheeling W. va. as second-class matter.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-06-22
NEALED PROPOSALS FOR
~ PAINTING INTERIOR OF CITY
I1VN

Pids will be received until Monday June
p. 1898, at 10 o'clock a. m, for the paint
ing Of the interior Of the city end of the
Public Building.
the City Clerk Bids should be sealed, ad-
dressed to the Committee on Real Els
tate with the name of the bidder mark
cd on the face of the envelope. The Com
mittee reserves the right to reject any or
all bids.
c. II. WATKINS, City Clerk
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-06-22
DIED.

KEECH-On Tuesday, June u. 1898, at
I 80 o'clock D. m, Elmer NJ. keech, aged
30 years. l month and days.
Funeral notice hereafter.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-06-22

How delicious these rare cool days of
June.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-06-22
SALE SMEN WANTED
AGENTS WANTED

m
WANTED-Two good old line agents to
sell goods by sample on wagon Salary
and commission. Reference REQUIRED
Apply between and 4, to 10i3 Main street
ju2let
WANTED-Th agents who can furnish
Best contract. Apply room 3Ol, Peabody
building. \. p. PEEL, Supt ju1Te&da
WANTED-% men in Wheeling and one
man in each unoccuped town in West
Virginia and adjoining States. to take Or
ders for mems made 10 order suits at 81. 20
to $3.50. mostly $40 to 5000. pants $50
ners without experience. We furnish full
line of samples and all necessary outfit.
For application and reference blank and
full particulars address AMERICAN
WOODEN MILLS CO., Tailors for the
Trade. chicago. III. ieServ
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-06-22

LOS :.

LOST-Bunch of keys at Postoffice. or on
Market street. Finder will be rewarded
by returning to this office. jun21er
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-06-22
EOR SAlE-MlSCELIANEQiIS

FOR SALE-First-class drug store. fresh
stock in thriving oil town: a bargain to
the right man. splendid location. Terms
and reason for selling will be made known
to intending purchaser. Address Lock
Box No. ., Amos, Marion county, w Va.
jul. "
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-06-22
WANTED.

WANTED-Energetic men of good adj
dress: can make big money. Call a. m
INTERNATIONAL REGISTER co, 634
National Road above Seventh street.
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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-06-22

ORDERS ISSUED BY nm,
~ BOARD OF EDUCATION IN III !! /
LAND DISTRICT, OHIO COi>>y>STtii.'
w. VA. ~ Y
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1898-10-07
Embraced by a Devil Fish.

A diver engaged i'll Moyne river in
Australia had a terrible experience
with a sea devil. Having fired off a
charge of dynamite and displaced q
large quantity of stones he went to the
bottom of the river and while engaged
i'll rolling over a large stone he saw
something moving about in front of
him. This object quickly came in con-
tact with him and coiled about his arm.
The diver walked slowly and painfully
along with the sea DEVILS feelers twined
about his body and legs. He made tracks
for the ladder and gained the boat, a
curious looking obJ, It indeed, with this
hugo ugly thing entangled about his
body. With the help Of the sailors he
was in time freed from his submarine
companion. The body of the octopus
was only about the size of a large soup
plate, with eyes like q sleeps, but it
possessed nine arms, each four feet in
length, at the butt as thick as a mans
wrist and tapering off at the end like q
penknife. All along the under part of
the feelers Of this strange sea creature
are suckers every quarter Of an inch.
giving 1t immense power.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1898-10-07

Eminent doctors, skillful nurses, the
best food and medicine all failed. Then
] consented to an operation. That, too.
failed and they said another n was nee
essary. After the second I was worse
than ever and the world was darker than
before.
at was then I heard of DR.. Williams,
Pink Pills for Pole People.
~ heard that they had cured cases like
mine and l tried them.
"They cured mel They Brought sun-
shine to my life and filled my cup with
hagPiness;
is gone; the is gone; the
trembling has ceased, and l have gained
twenty-six pounds.
"Health and strength is mine and I am
thankful to DR.. Williams Pink Pills for
Pale People for the blessing"
Dr.. Williams Pink Pills have proved a
boon to womaakind. Acting directly on
the blood ani nerves, they restore the
requisite vitality to all parts Of the body,
creating functional regularity and perfect
harmony Throughout the nervous system.
The pallor Of the cheeks is changed to
the delicate blush Of health; the eyes bright
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Oh. Williams Pink Pills are sold BY ali
druggists, who universally consider them
the most important remedial agent they
have to dispense.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1898-10-07

The women Of to-day are not as strong
IS their grandmothers.
They are bearing a burden in silence
that grows heavier day by day; that is
sapping their vitality, clouding their hap
piness, weighing them down with the woe
of III health.
Mrs. Alexander B. Clark, of Az N1iehi-
gan Avenue, Detroit, is a typical woman
Of to-day. A wife with such ambition as
only a loving wife can have. But the
joys of her life were marred by the ex-
istence Of disease.
Suffering as thousands Of her sisters have
suffered, she almost despaired of life and
yet she was cured.
To-day she is we'll!
She wants others to profit by her cx-
perience; to grow we'll; to enjoy health;
to BE as happy as she is.
"For five years I suffered with ovarian
trouble" Is Mrs. Clark's own version Of
the story. II was not free one single day
from headache and intense twitching pains
in my neck and shoulders.
"Fof months at a time I would Re con-
fined to my bed.
"At times Black spots would appear
before my eyes and I wou1d become Blind.
My nerves were in such a state that a step
On the floor unsettled me.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1898-10-07
Triennial ConcIave. knights Templal
Pittsburg, Oct. 1914.
Millions Given Away.

1t is certainly gratifying to the pub
lie to know of II nce in the land
who are not afraid to be generous to
the needy. and suffering. The proprie-
tors of DR.. Kings New Discovery for
Consumption, Coughs and Colds have
given away over ten million trial bot
Ties Of this great medicine and havethe
satisfaction of knowing it has absolute
ly cured thousands of hopeless cases.
Asthma, Bronchitis, Hoarseness and.
all diseases of the throat. chest and
lungs are positively cured by DIR. Kings
New Discovery for Consumption. Trial
bottles free at Emil Hargens' Drug
Store. Regular size SOC aud 81. Guar
anteed to cure or money refunded.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1898-10-07
Their Kismet.

Proverbs, like grammatical rules, are
liable to exceptions. For instance, the
familiar saying, "Lightning does not
strike twice in the same place. had
Its exception during the ~bombardment
Of Widin by the Russian batteries of
Kalafat on the opposite shore of the
Danube. The incident is described by
Dr.. Ryan in his book, "Under the Red
Crescent" the Turkish equivalent for
the Red Cross society.
The shells from the heavy siege CUBS
at Kalafat were dropping necessarily
within the fortress. One of them as it
exploded torea great hole in the ground
large enough to contain a horse. A
Turkish woman, who was covering
with her three children under the shad.
ow Of the wall, took refuge in the hole.
According to the law Of chances, it
was the least likely spot to be again hit
by a shell. But scarcely had she crept
in and drawn the three children after
her when another she'll, leaving the
lannon's mouth at Kalafat, nearly two
miles away, dropped into the same hole
and blew mother and children to atoms.
To the Turks the grim exception was a
vivid illustration of their doctrine Of
kismet, or fate. The woman's hour had
come; kismet led her into that hole; it
was the place assigned for her departure
from earth.
Another shell struck the angle of a
house, tore down the walls and reduced
one half of a room to ruins. In the 9th.
er half of the room were u Turkish wo-
man and two children. They were not
ven hurt. Their kismet, according to
Turkish ideas. saved them.