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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-11-22

A large audience at the Opera House
last night. was very much disappointed
in the production of "A Hired Girl .
Other ATTRACTIONS Of Mr.. Blayneys which
have been seen here, have been very
pleasing, but in "A Hired Girl Mr. Blay-
ney is short on the most important
requisite to a satisfactory farce comedy
production-a good company. Unfortu-
nately. "A Hired Girl" does not possess
sufficient intrinsic merit to make a mere
reading of the lines interesting to an au-
dience.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-11-22

There has been heavy demand for
seats for Wednesday night in the Grand
Opera House, but a number of choice
selections yet remain. Wednesdays per-
Torrance is selected because of the nov
city of a real wedding behind the foot
lights, which will take place between the
second and third acts of KNOBS o. Ten
nessee." The principals will be Mr..
George W. Clifford, and a popular young
lady of the East End, and the nuptial
knot will be tied by a prominent Wheel
ing clergyman.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-11-22
WON THE CASE.

The Cincinnati Times-Star details
the proceedings by which the law firm
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-11-22

An excellent programme has been pre-
pared for the musical and dramatic en-
tertainment to be given by the choir of
ST. Johns German church.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-11-22

An entertainment will be given at the
Opera House Friday evening, which is
richly deserving of patronage for the
two-fold reason that it will be really
meritorious, and that the proceeds will
go to a very worthy institution. the
West Virginia Home for Aged and
Friendless Women. There will be an old
time minstrel first part, in which the
best known local vocalists and fun
makers will participate This part of the
programme will be followed by a number
of enjoyable concert selections
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-11-22

Charles 3. Hanford. who now stands
in the very front rank of opponents of
the legitimate drama in this country.
will present to our theatre-goer at
the Opera House on Thanksgiving
night the great Booth Barrett produc-
ton of Shakespeare's greatest histor-
ical tragedy julius Caesar Mr.. Han
ford will bring with him all of the
scenery, costumes, armors, ETC., used
in the original production in the city
of New York, together with the strong
est company of legitimate actors now
before the American public 1t in
cludes such well known players as John
Ellsler, Frank Hennig, Marie Drofnah,
Mary Timbermann, Alice Perkins,
Lawrence Lowell, George Morton.
Richard Butler, John Milton, Paul G.
Taylor and James Young. From a
scenic standpoint the production can
we'll be termed superb. In the after
noon Mr.. Hanford and his company
will appear in ''Virginius"
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-11-22

Miss Amy Ames assumes her orig
inal part of kitty Malone" so COM
ment is unnecessary on her excellent
performance. Miss Mollie Thompson,
the peer of American soubrettes, ap-
pears in the soubrette role of limp
sey." Miss Thompson has the distinc-
ton of being the only soubrette who
possesses a diamond tooth. Mr.. Frank
O'Brien, the famous acrobatic come
dian, otherwise known as the "dissf-
pated gentleman" appears in he char
acter of "Noise E. Howell, the actor,
and introduces his worldfamous spec
ialty. Miss Nina Bertolini, the statu-
esque beauty, portrays the role of
Daisy" the society queen, and Miss
Jessie Gardnes, the queen Of song, ap-
pears }S JONI eC o6nthh sdif sh John
LETTER and the following beyy of beau
ties, the Misses Nellie Gilchrist, Alice
Black and Josie Clark. All these will
appear in the production of Natural
Gas at the Opera House tonight.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-11-22
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perfect finish. Cuffs. collars and shirts
done up here cannot be competed with in
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WANTED-MEMEER or SECRET SO.
cieties to call at WesIgvA Printing ca
No LIS and i2z7 Market Street. mi -
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Store VIII Be Open in the Evenings Until
After the Holidays.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-06-16
TODAY'S APPOINTMENTS.
The President Sends a Long List to
the Senate.

Washington, June 16.-The president
today sent these nominations to the
senate:
Isaac L. Patterson. collector of GUS
toms, district of Willamette, Oregon.
War-Pay department Irregular army
Lieutenant Colonel Asa B. Carey
deputy paymaster general, to be assist
ant paymaster general, with rank of
colonel.
Major Charles I. Wilson, paymaster
to be deputy paymaster general, with
rank of lieutenant colonel, Jerome
Watrous of Wisconsin, to be paymaster
with rank of major
Medical acknowledgement Robert
J. Gibson, assistant surgeon.
To be surgeon, with rank of major
First Lieutenant Parker w. West,
Third cavalry, to be captain. Second
Lieutenant Harold P. Howard, Sixth
cavalry, to be first lieutenant.
Volunteer army-TO be brigade
surgeons, with rank of major-Geo. w.
Grille of Ohio, Ward Martin of Penn
sylvania, Calvin H. English of Indiana,
George B. Bum of Ohio, George H.
Penrose of Utah.
Commissary department-To be COM
missary of subsistence, with rank of
captain-George B. McCallum of Ten
neSSee, Joseph F. Evans of California.
tains to be majOrs-Henry r. Brinker-
hoff, Fifteenth infantry; J. M. Thomp-
son, Twenty-fourth infantry; John w.
Bubb, Fourth infantry; Charles l..
Davis, Tenth infantry; Frank D. Bald
win, Fifth infantry; Charles r. Paul,
Eighteenth infantry; Carroll H. Potter,
Eighteenth infantry; Hugh G. Brown,
Twelfth infantry: Alfred G.. Marley
Twenty fourth infantry; L. M. O'Brien,
Seventeenth infantry; VIM. Auman
Fourteenth infantry; Jesse M. Lee,
Ninth infantry; James Miller, Second
infantry; Thomas Wilhelm, Eighth in
fantry; Henry G. Ward. Sixteenth in
fantry; Leopold O. Parker, First in
fantry; David ]. Cragie, Seventeenth
infantry.
To be captafns-F'irst Lieutenant w.
A. Thurston. Sixteenth infantry; First
Lieutenant Edward H. Plummer, Tenth
infantry; First Lieutenant Henry kir-
by Tenth infantry.
Second lieutenants to be first lieuten-
ants-J L. Hines, Second infantry: G.
III Smith, Fourth infantry; Matthias
Crowley Fifth infantry; Jacques de
I4afette, First infantry.
Second regiment, United States volun-
teer engneers-To be surgeons with
rank of major-Frankin A Meacham,
Utah.
Third regiment United States volun-
teer engineers-To be captain--H GRACE
q Keifer of Ohio.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-06-16
THE RESOLUTIONS
As introduced in the Populist State
Convention.

The following is the report of the
committee on resolutions of the Popu-
list state convention. There is a fierce
debate over them, and it is quite likely
all will not be adopted. The conven-
ton has already stricken out the word
life" in the resolution about state in
surance, and has eliminated the reSOlu-
ton about stockyards, altogether.
We commend the state administration
the rights of the people and its efficient
and economical conduct of state affairs.
We commend the action of Populist mem
bers of the last Legislature in passing
laws that have saved hundreds of thous-
ands of dollars to the people of Kansas
We also commend the course of our SEN
ator and represen tatives in congress for
their opposition to the issuance of inter-
est bearing bonds and the encroachments-
of corporate power upon the rights of the
people, and their vigilant devotion to the
interests of their constituents.
First-We demand that the initiative
and referendum be embodied in our state
constitution and favor proportional rep
resentation.
We favor the public ownership of all
public utilities and demand the public
ownership and operation of all mOnopo-
lies.
The state laws regulating the stock yards
charges having been resisted, we demand
that the state of Kansas shall provide
adequate market facilities by purchasing
land and constructing necessary build
ings, yards and other convenienceS to fur
nish the people an open public market and
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-06-16
FREEDOM
Continued from First Page.)

gates to cut loose from the Populists
and go it alone. His talk was full of
sentiment and he seemed earnest in his
convictions. When he had finished the
convention Immediately rejected his
resolution and adopted the majority re-
port, thus carrying out the policy out
lined by Chairman OVermyer.
The convention adopted a platform
last night pledging renewed allegiance
to free silver, and w. J. Bryan; de-
nounced Mckinley and the Dingley bill;
demanded a vigorous prosecution of the
war; declare for resubmission; de-
nounce metropolitan police law; COM
mend United States Senator Harris and
the state administration.
The Leedy endorsement follows:
I'VE heartily indorse the present
state administration, elected by Demo-
cratic votes, in it's successful efforts
looking to substantial rerrenchment
and reform and in the many meritorious
laws the last legislature passed, and
which have been faithfully and consci-
entiously enforced by our state officials,
the effect of which has been the saving
of thousands of dollars to our citizens
and tax payers. We would especially
commend and endorse the stock yards
legislation and it's vigorous enforce
ment, which effects a direct saving to
the people of Kansas of $3.50, 900 annual
ly; also the school book law, which
saves the people of the state not less
than $500. 600 each year; also the fee and
salary bill, which effects an annual saw
ing to the people of not les than $780,
OUOs also the vigorous enforcement OF
our insurance laws, which has resulted
in a large increase to our revenues, the
wedding out of insolvent and wildcat
insurance companies and the prompt
adjustment and payment of honest and
just claims. These are only a few of
the many measures and acts of the
present state administration that can be
pointed to and approved. We especial
ly congratulate the state administration
upon the tacit Endorsement it received
from the Republican party in its state
convention at Hutchinson on June s,
1898, wherein it failed to see or find
single act of the administration to con-
denim or criticiSe''
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-06-16
TODAY'S MARKET REPORT.
Furnished by the Associated Press to
the State Journal

Chicago, June IT,
WHEAT-Numerous reports of crop
damage and higher cables developed a
strong sentiment in wheat today: Shorts
covered the wet weather in the south
west. Liverpool cables came 1ss@3A d
higher. The Price Current says prospects
are the wheat yield will be less than 100
900 900 bushels. The heavy rains in the
southwest have delayed the harvest and
caused rust and lodging. In many sec
lions the ground is too soft for the oper-
alton of machines and the over-ripe wheat
northwest were light. Chicago received
II cars against 16 cars last year, and Min
neapOliS and Duluth 119, compared with
219 for the same day last year. July
opened 1A02Ac higher at S10S2c, sold up
to S215c, down to S012c, then UP to Size.
September started 1Ac better at 7314012c,
declined to 72Ac, then rallied to 729sc.
CORN-Wet weather and the strength in
wheat sent prices up in corn at the start.
Longs were free sellers, however, and the
gain was all ost. July opened 3s09sc
higher It 343sQ349sc, declined to 3S7sc, then
rose to SAC.
OATs-Reports of damage to the grow
ing crop stimulated the price of oats.
July began zee higher at 251hc sold off to
PROVISIONS-Free selling by packers
weakened provisions somewhat. July
pork opened 712c lower at S9.T71a, declined
to 500, then rose to SO. 70. July lard start
ed 213c lower a $5.S212 and rested at that
price. July ribs began 21ac down at $5.521z
and sold up to $685..
BARLEY-Cash, No. 3, 32640c.
RYE-Cash, 4313c; July, 4312c; Septem-
F'LAX-Gash, northwestern and June,
81 10: September, S1.l8A
TIMOTHY-June, 81 50.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-06-16
LABORERS COMPLAIN.
Assert That the Call for Harvest
Hands is Bluff

Writing from Salfna to the State
Journal, J. D. Ferguson says:
There are hundreds of idle men in
Saline and surrounding counties. Wa
ges for harvest hands are now rs cents
and $1.00 per day, with ten men to every
job"
Topeka man who does not give his
name, in letter to the Journal written
at Hayes City, yesterday, says:
ELLIS county asked for 700 men to
help in the harvest fields. The county
can not give work to half that number
of men. The wheat will not be ready
to harvest for three weeks.
Il am one of the so men landed in
Hays City yesterday and 100 more are
on the road between here and Topeka.
There is no work here and the farmers
will not feed US as they agreed to.
1T looks like a scheme to get men
here in such numbers that the wages
can be cut down to a mere pittance."
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-06-16
LAPSE OF MEMORY.
The Convention Gould Not Sing the
Star SpangIed Banner.

At the Wednesday afternoon session of
the Populist convention Marshalrs band
was on the platform and filled in the time
consumed by the committees in making
their reports.
After the band had played all the old
tunes William Cady of Butler county
stood up and when he had attracted the
attention of Chairman Andrews he SAID:
Il notice that the Star Spangled Ban
ner' is a favorite with the delegates |
now move that the band play that air and
that the delegates stand up and sing It
with them The motion was adopted
and John Marshall hunted up the music
and started. The delegates stood up ana
words but without success. Even Mr.
Cady who made the motion, failed to re-
call a single line and the delegates tum-
bled into their seats when the band stop
ped conscious of the utter failure of the
patriotic musical scheme.
Another delegate from the Fourth dis
trict wanted the same thing tried with
the Battle Hymn of the Republic" but
the delegates refused to try it over again.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-06-16
NO STATE STOCK YARDS.
How the Effort to Make Them Pub
lie Institution Was Defeated.

The section of the Populist conven-
tion's resolutions providing for state
control the stockyards was last night
stricken out.
Later on Delegate Harrington wanted
the vote by which stockyardS resolution
was last reconsidered.
L Stratton wanted the resolutions
adopted as originally reported.
A motion to adjourn was lost.
/ Stratton resumed his remarks on
reconsidering the stOckyards vote.
J. Butler made the point of order that
Stratton had spoken before on the
question.
Chairman King ruled that the point
was not well taken. HE has never
surrendered the floor" said the chair
man. DO you think he ever will?'' in
Quired a delegate.
At 2S minutes after midnight a motion
to adjourn was carried, which ended
the struggle to make the Kansas City
stockyards a public institution.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-06-16
THREE NEW BATTLEsH1Ps.
Their Construction Will Be Commend
ed Right Away.

New York, June 16.-The construction
of three large battleships under the
provision of the last annual naval APP
preparation bill, says the Washington
correspondent of the Tribune, is to be
undertaken without further delay by
the navy department, in accordance
with plans and designs drawn and
agreed upon by a special board having
the subject under Amusement. These
additions to the navy are to be similar
in many respects to the Alabama type
of battleShipS, of which three are now
building; but departures have been
made in some respects from these YES
sells that are expected to develop a still
more perfect type of war vessel. In
one particular the vessels have been
subject to some juStifiable criticism
but so far as their armament and ord
nance goes they will proba bly, be with
out a peer for their displacement,
afloat.
The intention of the naval authorities
has been practically to duplicate a type
of battleship that is believed to be
without superior except in speed quail
tiles which are the recognized weak fea-
lures in the plans of the proposed YES
sells. Ships of their dimensions now
building abroad will be required to
maintain a rate of at least Is knots an
hour under normal load conditions,
whereas the requirements of the navy
for the ships about to be contracted for
call for vessels of but 16 knots. Fail
ure to provide an increased speed has
been due to a desire on the part of the
secretary to facilitate their construc-
ton and not undertake entirely original
designs, which would make necessary a
pOstpOnement of their completion per-
haps six months.
The usual controversy that follows
whenever any naval program of an in
crease is begun enSued in the cOnStruc-
ton board on the question of speed,
the engineer in chief arguing for q de-
cided increase, while other members
were not willing to sacrifice the import
ant features in order to secure it. Com
modore Melville presented an argument
showing that by the Introduction of the
quadruple expansion system and the
tubular boilers the new battleShipS will
have a speed of IS knots, but he was OPP
posed by the board on account of the
additional machinery space required.
AS the subject now stands the battle
ships will have practically the same di-
mansions as those of the Alabama, a
speed of Is knots and a battery COM
prising four 13-inch guns in the turret,
ten 6-inch rapid fire guns in the broad
side. on the main deck, and four on the
upper deck and secondary battery of
twenty-four rapid fire and machine
guns. They will be protected around
their sides by a belt of 161A inches of
armOr, having a mean depth of seven
feet six inches and to extend from the
stem to the after barbette. All turret
armor will be IA inches throughout. A
protective deck will extend the length
of the vessels varying in thickness
from three to five inches, and the US
ual cellulose belt is also to be fitted
along the entire length of the ships.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-06-16
CLAD IN LEAVES.
Spanish BuShWhackerS Dodge
From Place to Place
Frequently EIuding Detection
by the American Marines.
CUBANS ARE USEFUL.
They are Familiar With All the
Spanish Tricks.
Some Defects Discovered in the
Guns of the Navy.

Copyright, 1898, by Associated Press.)
on Board the Associated Press Dis
patch Boat Dauntless, Guantanamo
Bay, Tuesday, June 14.-Via Kingston.
Jamaica, June 16.-However unpleasant
the experience, or unjustified by pre-
cedent the landing of a small detach-
ment of marines. mostly raw men in the
eneIny's country has taught some les
sons to the officers and men here, and
possibly also to authorities at Washing
ton.
1t has shown the Spaniards to be dar-
ing bush fighters and it has proved that
every American camp must be COM
pactly built and as well protected to re-
sist night attacks as though in the
Apache country It has developed sew
eral small defects in the navy guns I'm
der service conditions and it has shown
that given FIRE rein with repeating
rifles 500 nervous troops can waste 10000
rounds of ammunition killing shadows
in a single night and not think even
then that they done much shooting.
Though the sixteen Spaniards found
by Lieut.. Novelties men wore regular
uniforms. most of those seen in the
daylight attacks wore scarcely anyt hing
except big plantain leaves bound
around their foreheads in lieu of hats.
the bush Others stripped to a pair
of dirt colOred trousers, tied branches
around their waists reaching shoulders
high and moving very cautiously, they
would even cross open ground without
being detected though some of them
We're caught at the game.
Another trick was to make a moving
screen of two or three palm leaves, al
most impossible to detect where stunt
ed palms everywhere rise out of the
chapparal. The Cuban auxiliaries
were most useful in pointing out these
tricks. There are sixty of these men
now in camp. mostly negroes. with Gu
ban officers. They are hawk-eyed
woOdsmen, breaking even with the
Spaniards in every device of bushcraft.
The American marines at first We're in
cIined to discount this. But this morn
ing they spoke enthusiastically of the
auXiliariss for their daring. At night.
in skirmish time, the marines say the
Cuban auxiliarieS go through the brush
like rabbits Their chief fault however
is their reckless handling of the new
magazine rifles.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-06-16
COMMITTEE REPORTS.
Wrangle Over the Election of Central
Committee Chairman.

Grant Harrington, chairman of the
committee on credentials of the Popu-
list state convention, submitted the re-
port of the committee.
The committee recommended the
seating of the anti-Leedy delegation
and there was no opposition to the re-
port in the convention. There was but
one contest and that was from Shaw
nee.
Senator A. F. Titus of Harper coun-
ty submitted the report of the ma
jority of the committee on order of
business which did not include the cleo
ton of a chairman of the state CEN
trail committee by the convention.
Harry Mclean of Miami county sub
mitted the minority report, favoring the
selection of the chairman by the con-
vention, and supported it in a heated
speech, protesting against machine
politics.
1T is action, not political machine
methods" said he, that wins. Go on
record if you will for the methods of
the Republican party
Senator Titus said in defense of his
report: THE place on the report is left
blank and when the time comes this
question can be considered"
a motion to substitute the minority
for the majority report was made by a
delegate from COffey county.
Chase Johnson opposed the substitute.
He said the Populist party will have
lone man power if the chairman is
elected by the convention.
By a viva VOce vote the majority re-
port was adopted and Taylor Riddles
adherents won a victory.
T. E. Genet reported for the COM
mittee on permanent organization as
follows:
Chairman, L. p. King; secretary, J.
w. Morphy; assistant secretaries, A d.
Gilpin and w. ]. Fuller; reading
clerk, Sol Long.
The report was adopted without OPP
position and Senator King thanked the
convention as he assumed authority
He left his seat on a harvester to at
tend the convention and did not expect
to serve in any other capacity than
that of a delegate.
The first thing that was to be dis
posed of was the selection of con-
ference committee to meet like commit
tees from the Democratic and Silver
Repu blican conventions to agree upon
a fusion ticket.
Senator Householder moved that the
committee be composed of one delegate
from each congressional district to be
selected by the delegates and the mo-
ton was adopted. A recess was then
taken to agree upon the members OF
the committee.