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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-05-02
THE MAY FESTIVAL
To be Given at Mozart Park Thursday
Afternoon and Evening.


The Mozart Singing Societys May
festival next Thursday afternoon and
evening will undoubtedly be the most
notable musical event Of the season.
The prominence and ability of the
artists engaged for these concerts
should attarct the largest audiences
ever at Mozart Park. The very best
local talent has been secured, and
with such a famous soloist as Miss
Howard, there is no doubt as to the
success of the festival. Miss Howard
has forged rapidly to the front since
her first appearance before the public,
and move occupies a foremost position
among the concert soloists of the East
Mrs. Flora Williams will render in
her admirable manner few selections,
and will, as usual, add to her already
numerous host of admirers. Mr..
Charles Zulauf, whose wonderful voice
is a never failing source of pleasure,
promises to be at his very best, thus
promising a treat in this feature of
the programme alone.
One OF the foremost tenors of
Wheeling and the vicinity, Mr. W. n.
Clemans, has also consented to assist
and will add greatly to the strength
of the concerts. The choruses by the
Mozart and Beethoven Singing Socie-
ties promises to be a pleasing feature;
especially is this true of the mixed
chorus from the Mozart Society.
The sale of tickets has been very
f1attering, and splendid audience will
certainly be on hand to hear these
concerts.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-05-02
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AlnusementS.
!. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
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.t1s .I.N.h.Ast.1.1.t.h.6.AsA.
"GAYEST MANHATTAN" TONIGHT
ne plot of "Gayest Manhattan,
a'fh VIII be seen here at the Opera
1ouse tonight, will not give anyone IN
.He audience a severe headache to fol-
'o" "Gayest Manhattan can be de-
MfiNed as a whirl of fun from the rise
W me fall of the curtain 1t bears now
""on' AS much resemblance to its orig
MAJ production as a gale of laughter
lars 10 a smoker. New music has
'Veh written by W. H. Bachelor, the
t'alposer. and an almost entirely new
oooA by VIM H. Lytell, the librettist
VI Gayest Manhattan. he piece has
I'So oeen thoroughly rehearsed by Mr..
Lylell, whose great work in handling
ne sou people in the big spectacular
junction of Mature" at the Acad-
NY OF Music, in New York, .his sea-
W. mas, by the concensus of opinion,
r'"Neu AIM at the very head of the
,,"S' directors of the United States.
vi zen weeks "Gayest Manhattan
y ,1%eu hoSter & Balls Theatre in New
atl 10 honestly use a well known
to,,.a 7 was really the talk of the
,@H. The story is simplicity itself:
Jung man grows tired of the monot-
and 81 existence in Skowhegan, Maine.
.o, Uelermlnes TO break away from the
na; ana his sweetheart, in order to
d5r, t' New York a deep. wide. large
arr;n cardinal. He breaks away and
pi 5t'eS m New York. He makes a bet
disaa new found friend that he can
20 S ,t himself as sparrow cop. and
Inc trough Central Park without be-
hi |llee'ed. In Centrl Park he sees
Sonsa YES, girl from Maine leading
onsr oand. This is what Dick Swiv-
seem. "oujd call "staggerer." He. it
lie - was not the only one who found
cir, IL SkoWhegan, Maine. bore. His
il loaI not after a good time. too, and
0NS as if she was going TO have it
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-05-02

Yesterday at 10 p. m. the river regis
tered a stage of s feet 9 inches, fall
ing. These marks indicate a drop in
the river of / foot inches in about
"a hours
The water has now fallen to stage
that will not allow the further ship
ment of coal from Pittsburg to south
ern points However, good stage eX-
lists everywhere along the entire stream
for packet business.
The last consignment of coal for
southern markets on the present swell
was sent out of Pittsburg on Saturday.
The towboats despatched were the B.
d. Wood, with four barges and one
fat, and the F'allie, with three barges.
The lows of the two boats contained
one hundred thousand bushels of the
black product.
The steamer Leroy gave another out
ing yesterday, making the round trip
between the wharf and Sistersville. A
large party of pleasure seekers were
carried on the trip. A more delightful
day for an outing on the river could
not have been wished for.
The Hudson arrives from Pittsburg
and clears for Cincinnati tomorrow at
8 a. M She has excellent passenger
accommodations.
The Queen City gets in from Cincin-
natl tomorrow and leaves for Pitts
burg at a. m. She offers perfect COM
fort to travellers.
The Pittsburg inspectors Of steam
vessels report that several Inquiries
have been made during the past four
or five days for renewals of mate
licenses. The inspectors have an idea
that the new law laid down by the
new supervising inspector. S. R. Crum-
bach, which requires old mates to I'M
dergo another examination when re-
newing is not clearly understood by
the different steamboatmen q might
be said that upon inquiry among the
old mates who have served from ten to
twenty years on the river that the new
rule is not met with favor One mate
SAYS that when the government re-
quired them to pay for their licenses
an examination was not necessary. but
that when the law has passed which
gives them free, a strict examination
is necessary.
Bill Truax, one of the officials at the
Wheeling wharfboat. may be said to be
one of the most patriotic rivermen in
the Ohio Valley. Bill was a veteran
in the late war Though he is getting
up in years he has not lost a bit of the
agility he possessed in his younger
days, and being an American clear to
the backbone will should his services
be REQUIRED, be found in the front ranks
in defense of his country. The other
day visitor at the wharfboat spoke
lightly of America, whereupon the
clever riverman gave him cussing he
will never forget
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-05-02
ORDERS RELAXED
In Order That Warship Crews May Be
Quickly Enlisted.

Quickly Enlisted.
PHILADELPHIA, Pa, May IAN orr
der from the Navy Department has been
received at Cramps ship yard by the Of
ficers who have charge of the enlistment
Of volunteers in the naval service, direct
ing that the rigidity of the regulations be
relaxed in order that recruits for the ST.
Paul and other auxiliary cruisers may be
more easily brought into the service. So
many men have been rejected because OF
trivial defects but who are nevertheless
desirable additions to the service. that
the relaxation of the rule was found nee
essary. 1t is understood. however. that
the new rule applies only to volunteers
and that the naval regulations governing
the enlistment of regular seamen will be
strictly adhered to.
The St. Paul will sail from Cramp s
shipyard Wednesday next She has only
5000 tons of her coal supply in her bunk
ers now and will sail light" in order to
get safely over the shoal spots in the Del
aware river. At Deep Water Point the
ST. Paul will be joined by four coal barges
and she will then receive the balance OF
her coal supply.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-05-02
--T- 49, ---
DON'T MISS
The Trained Animals of the Big Fore
paugh-Sells Shows

The Trained Animals of the Big Fore
paugh-Sells Shows
The fanciers of handsome dogs will
find a splendid study in Col. Magnus
Schult's magnificent troupe of twelve
Great Danes, from the Imperial Ken
nels of Prince Bismarck These noble
and pure-bred Great Danes are the
finest specimens of that famous and
fayorite family of CANNES, and in the
households of Kaiser William and the
imperial families of Europe are es-
teemed as the noblest of all their spe-
cies. Col. Schult has brought this
troupe to the highest degree of train
ing. and their appearance in the arena
is he signal of general applause. They
are nearly as large as lions and as
handsome as a picture. and their per-
Torrance differs entirely from that Of
other dogs They march. drill. build
pyramids. walk the tight-rope. turn
somersaults. wrestle. and accomplish
MANY other astonishing feats. The
Forepaugh and Sells Brothers United
Shows, which will exhibit at Wheeling,
Nav 4th. on the old Fair Grounds, in
vites attention to the above feature,
which is only one of their Tany Won
derful animal acts. The Woodward
performing sea lions and seals, Mel
ville's great troupe of performing po-
MES. the dancing elephants, Don Santi-
ago Sun Lani's bull in unique and
strange performances. are among the
other trained animal features that are
absolutely without precedent or paral-
lei in circus exhibits.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-05-02
SAME OLD STORY.

AMSTERDAM, n. Y, May This
evening while the forty-sixth separate
company was making preparations ia
leave for Hampstead tomorrow, Geo. De
Graft was shot and killed by revolver
in the hands of companion, named Will
bur Jeralmon. Jeralmon pointed the re-
volver at DeGraff. thinking the weapon
was not loaded, when it was discharged
and the bullet entered the mouth of De
Graft and passed through his head. De
Graft was seventeen years old and the
son of DR.. Emanuel E. DeGraff, of New
York city.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-05-02
YESTERDAY MORNINGS FIRE.
Supposed to Have Been Of lncendiary
Origin.
Inmates Believe the House Was
Deliberately Set on Fire as There
Was No Fire or Light in
the House That Would Likely
Have Been the Cause.-The Start
ed in the Second Story.


The origin of the fire on Fortieth
street early yesterday morning is
shrouded in mystery and the fact that
no probable cause can be assigned
makes the affair somewhat suspicious.
Two families lived in the house,
which is a two-story frame building at
No As Fortieth street Frank Stegman
lived upstairs and Edward Iron on the
first floor. The house is owned by
VIM. Kraft The Iron family were
away from home at the time. The
Stegman family, consisting of Mr..
Stegman, wife and two children, were
asleep. About a quarter of three Fred
Hinkleman. who lives few doors be-
low. saw flames coming out of the
second story in the rear portion Of the
house, and sent in an alarm from box
ga. The South Side department re-
sponded and did quick work, for when
they started the sky was ablaze with
the reflection from the fire. The en-
tire rear portion of the house is de-
stroyed. The most damage is done on
the second floor which lends color to
the belief that the fire originated up
stairs.
The Stegman family used the rear
room as their kitchen and everything
in this room was entirely burned. The
sheds in the rear of the house also
caught fire and for some time there
was danger of the flames spreading TO
adjoining houses. The Stegman fam
lily believe that the fire was the work
of an incendiary, although they suspect
no one nor cannot assign any probable
motive Mrs. Stegman told a Register
reporter that there was no fire or light
in the house that could have caused
the fire and she could not imagine any
way how it could have started other
than being deliberately set on fire.
Mr. Stegman was awakened by par
ties outside giving the alarm and at
tempting to open the door from the
middle room into the kitchen. AS he
did so the flames burst into the bed
room, where the family slept.
Escape by the stairs being
cut off the family were COM
PEELED to get out of the house by means
of ladder from the second story.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-05-02

al the end of the first act, too, and the
beginning of the second, which is the
bali room of the Waldorf 4I)tel. on
Fifth avenue. Here her father comes
from Skowhegan, looking for her with
a slipper; but. stern mOralist as he is,
succumbs to the chorus of one of New
York's furbelowed butterflies, and his
daughter escapes the slipper, and all
hands leave the Waldorf for Roster &
Balls famous music hall, and there the
fun grows from a gale to a tornado.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-05-02
WHAT RLANCO Is DOING.

London, May 2.-The Havana cores
pendent Of the Daily Mail telegraphing
on April 18th, says Captain General
ate defense of Havana. In Matanzas
ten thousand soldiers are constantly
engaged in throwing up earthworks
and encompassing the entire city in :
segment of a great circle.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-05-02
A GUARD ON DUTY.

READING, Pa, May LA heavily
armed guard Of dozen men went on
duty at Carpenters steel works to-day
in consequence of reports from else
where of suspected Spanish spies in the
vicinity of other establishments which
are engaged in government work The
guards have orders to shoot any suspfc-
ious characters who fail to depart after
fair warning.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-05-02
PROBABLY FALSE.

Madrid, May l, $3.50 p. ma dis
patch from Havana says many Cubana
are offering their services to the Span
ish officials to ''repel the American at
tacks' and it is added that they will
be incorporated into a Cuban brigade,
which is now being formed
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-05-02
MARKS FROM ABOVE.

GREENSBORO-River s feet 8 inches
and falling. Fair and warmer.
Pittsburg-River ~ feet and falling at
the dam. Cloudy and warm.
OIL CITY-River 2 feet II inches and
falling. Cloudy and warm.
STEU River feet inches
and falling. Clear and warm.
WARREN-River 2 feet. Clear and
warm.
BROWNSVILLE River feet inches
and falling
MORGANTOWN-R s feet inches
and stationary. Clear and warm.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-05-02
MIR. GLADSTONE'S CONDITION.

LONDON, May 1.-The following bulle-
tin as to Mr.. Gladstones condition since
last Sunday: There is slow advance in
the local malady. and he has at times con-
siderable pain, but he has felt easier this
afternoon.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-05-02
Furniture sale This Week.

Furniture sale This Week
80 to 60 per cent bona fide reduction
on high grade Furniture. carried over
from last season.
G. MENDEL & co.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-05-02
Ft4fffN 7
Furniture Sale This Meek

Walk through out floors and see the
Furniture bargains we offer. 80 to 90
per cent. reduction.
G. MENDEL & co,
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-05-02

Furniture Sale This Week.
$4,000 Bedroom Suits for $500.
$500 Bedroom Suits for $500.
$500 Bedroom Suits for $1,000
G. MENDEL & co.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-05-02
THE PARKS OPEN.

Both the Wheeling and Mozart Parks
We're opened for the summer season yes
terday. Preliminary work in the nature
Of cleaning up, new tan bark walks, etc,
was done at both resorts. and they pre-
scented a very attractive appearance. The
crowds yesterday were not large, as the
band concerts have not been started yet
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-05-02

Furniture Sale This Week
$500 Sideboard for $4,000.
$1,000 China Case for $1,000.
$500 Dining Chairs, in leather for
$1,75. G.. MENDEL e co.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-05-02

SO TO SO PER CENT. REDUCTION
this week on. all kinds Of Furniture
Baby Carriages. Go-Carts. etc.
G. MENDEL d co.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-05-02
c. F. STEIN.
T. L. LEWIS.
GEO w CITE

The secretary reported no expendi-
lures and no receipts, and the meet
ing adjourned.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-05-02
BOATS LEAVING TO-DAY.

Steubenville, 7. NJ. Bayne. $50 p. m.
Darlington, Leroy, $3.50 p. m.
Sistersville Ruth. $50 p. m.
Parkersburg, Ben Hur, 9 p. m.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-05-02

A Boycott on the Lozier Manufac-
turing Company Declared OF by
the Union--Resolutions Appeal
ing for the Freedom of Capt. Hart,
Who is Serving a Sentence for
Alleged Violation Of the Neutral
ity Laws That Existed Between
America and Spain, Unanimous
ly Adopted, and Will be For
warded to Congressman Danford.
Other Business Transacted.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-05-02
RIVER NEWS.
Daily Chronicle OF the Movements of the
Boats and BOatmen.

Boats and BOatmen
Yesterdays DEPARTURES.
Ben Hur. Pittsburg.
Lorena GAINESVILLE.
Kanawha, Pittsburg.
Hudson. Pittsburg.
Leroy, Sistersville.
Virginia, Cincinnati.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-05-02
TO-MORROW'S DEPARTURES

Pittsburg, Queen City, ) a. IN.
Cincinnati, Hudson, $ a. m.
Parkersburg, Argand. II a. m
New Matamoras. Lexington. II a. m.
Steubenville, T. NJ. Bayne, 2:30 p. m.
Darlington, Leroy. $50 p. m.
SiSterSyille Ruth $50 D. m.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-05-02
MARKS FROM BELOW.

PARK ERSBURG-R u feet inches
and falling. Cloudy: mercury IS.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-05-02

Baloriggan Shirts, Drawers and
Combination Suits. We make it a
point to give extra good value at
25c and soc. Underwear for chill
dren &c up. Knit Underwear fcr
children 19c, instead of 25c.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-11-07
CHINESE JUSTICE.
It Is Sometimes Melted Out With a
Vigor That Shocks Europeans.

IN I'M nm VUI
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nv ~ '"' Slgr"' sun H'E-
l,i, nc NV clS"' ,'""'lt''' may
I,,,,,,,,I ,,,'a ~ nc d S'L"i Town IN inc
-, iaa. ~ IiLOe VI N"'I"' I"PuI'lIon
-''o"I .,, "ooV' !Iouuc's' meas anu "lh'r
'''','N uCgi. we we're making q hurlleI
,,,' 20 5"iii 'le NI',,"Iu pace Nneh
''o"e Suuoc''ly ii''Ssed MS camera rive
i','''I'ls pelote SURFING IL was strapped
va ny. ,'., n."liIlle' uut no" II was gone
'"'lL "H was Hluue 20 the mn Had
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-11-07
NATIVE COOKING.

Beyond The garden young pigs and
chickens were still roasting in an
underground oven (umW, where for
three or four hours they had lain, deli
catcly wrapped in l tor I'D leaves
AGAINST red-hut stones, layers Of vcgc-
tables between, and the whole covered
with earth and stones.
Native servants, experts in an art
now dying out, were engaged in re-
moving the various ediblcs from the
Dtt, SO daintily cooked that they hard
~ held in shape while being carried to
the house,
Later this most delicious luncheon
was served on the wide vcranda, or
lanai, each chair drapcd with wroaths
and garlands Of flowers, which We're
thrown over the shoulders of the guests
ut the conclusion Of the feast. Roses
were everywhere, for that undesirable
insect by which the honolulu roses are
destroyed had uOr last summer
reached Hawaii, the largest island,
70 be thoroughly native the COM
Tauy should have had no chairs, but
u concession was made I, American
backs. and sitting on the floor was
omitted from the poi ceremonies The
luncheon was $50 lavish, irrespective of
this vegetable. that | thought of it
more kindly, and learned to manipu-
late il in the true "two-liugered" meth
Cd, Still, / could not but regard poi
with lingering suspicion. It's color is
against it. Granite gray is not an at
uactiyc tint i'm an article Of diet,
Tales Of old court life filled the pleas
ant afternoon, rs the shadows grew
long across the grass, and at last the
kindly host ana his fanny gathered
at the gate, whom alohas drifted out
10 us far down the road, as the uncer-
tain stage bore Us once more TO the
outer barren.
Surrounded by friends and flowers, a
deep-blue tropical sea, vast volcanic
mountain slopes and the soft, sweet
atmosphere OF enchanted Hawaii. even
poi has become poetic in retrospect.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-11-07
PORT SAID.
A Brief Survey Of the "Wickedest
Place on Earth"
From the Favorlto Magazine.

From the Favorite Magazine.
In Fort Said itself there is little
whatever to see, except divers forms
Of vice and wiclcdness. 1t is prob
ably the most thoroughly immoral
ana vicious place on the face of the
earth. But passengers are more or less
bound to so ashore, for IL is hore
that the steamers take in coal. The
ship Is soon black with fine coal dust,
and, as every port-holc and door is
closed below, the place is decidedly
dirty and hot, and generally uncom-
Portable.
The only amusement on land is dom
key riding. There is an old Arab in
Port Said who looks as though ne was
stepped in oil and sut, but who proud
ly informs you: My name, sir"
amJohn Fer-r-r-guson of Glasgaw--
of Glasgow, mind yc." He owns six
donkcys Of which he is extremely
proud. He is n cute individual, and
very smart at detecting at glance
the particular nationality of any person
he secs approaching He sees Il
Frcnchman coming along: "Oui, oui,
monsieur, tres bon, tres bon, master
want a donkey ride? My donkey tres
bon donkey so veil yafts. Which dom
dcy master likce best? This one name
Napoleon, this one Victor Hugo and
this Coloneeal Enterprise He per-
sJadcs the Fcrnchman to try the pow
ers of Colonccal Enterprise, which, by
the way, are remarkably feeble and
then turns to meet a German, saying:
"All my donkeys name after Germany.
Very gut country, Germany. Not
same as dirty Frcnchman. Master
a ride. This donkey Bismarck, and
that one the Emperor William " If
the traveller is an Italian he has Gar
ihaldi and if by dress of speech he
recognizes the visitor to be an English
man he bows profoundly and requests
that for Il shilling an hour you will
be pleased to make Mr.. Gladstone.
queen Victoria or Mrs. Langtry trot
around the SQUARE.
The journey through the Supz canal
is mOnotonous in the extreme. for tho
ship moves very slowly, and on either
side is a wide eXpanSe of sandy desert
whose fearful glare is trying to the
eyes. The canal widens out at the Bit
ter lakes, across whose northern end
the lsraclitish children made their
miraculous passage. 1t then HarrOWs
again, and preserves its unuturcstiug
appearance right on to the end. The
steamers stop in the Gulf of Sucz fuI
Il few hours and take in malls, and
sometimes few passengers. but nc
one goes ashore here, as the town Of
Suez is several miles distant. The gcu-
cral character Of the climate and OF
the morality Of the countries lying east
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-11-07
The Difference.

Little Coke B.ackstCne--I think doe
tors patients get OFT caster than q law
yer's clients; don't they, pa?
Lawyer Blackstone-Think again, my
son, DID YOU ever hear Of a lawyer XIII
ing his client after he had cleaned him
out II uCk.