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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-03-19
THE COAL MINERS.
The Chicago Agreement Seems to
Find Little Favor Among Pennsyl-
vania Operators.

Pittsburg, Pa, March 1S.-The Pitts
burg coal operators held stormy
meeting to-day and as a result the Chi
cago agreement may be repudiated
The meeting was attended by all of
the big operators and was for the pur-
pose of ratifying the action of com
mittee sent to Columbus last week to
arrange the day and dead work scales
under the Chicago agreement.
When the committees report was
read 1t became apparent that an addi-
tional three cents a ton for drilling
in machine mines would be required of
the Pittsburg operators This new
condition was a hard jolt for those
present and all declared that the Chi
cago agreement does not require such
a payment.
One operator said this addition
would give Ohio operators an advant-
age over Pittsburg Of II cents instead
of cents, as under the old differen-
tial.
new conference between Ohio and
Pittsburg operators will be necessary,
and should it not solve the difficulty.
the question will likely be referred TO
arbitration.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-03-19
A THIRD DISTRICT ROW ON.
Dorr and Edwards Have Begun Their
Big Contest

For the Republican Congressional
NOmination-EdW Has Call
for a Meeting of the Committee
Issued, but DOrr is on Hand and
Believes He Can Break Up the
Meeting Edwards Seeks to De-
pose the. Chairman, Who is DORIS
Friend, and Who is Now Out Of
the State.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-03-19
INTERNAL TROUBLES
Alleged by Governor Leedy to Account for
the Increase in the Army.

KANSAS CITY, March 1S.-A special to
the Star from Topeka says: Governor
John w. Leedy, in an interview here to-
day, declared that in his opinion the ad-
ministration at Washington is taking adj
vantage of the present trouble to increase
the army, not for the purpose of fighting
Spain. but for the purpose of having
standing army to keep down strikes and
internal troubles at home
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-03-19
WAR OUTLOOK THREATENING
Members Of the Cabinet Positively De-
ny Reports

That the Movement of Ships from
Key West to More Northerly
Points is in Difference to the
Wishes Of Spain-The Formation
of a Naval Department With
Hampton Roads as a Base ia
Merely for Protection to Coast
Cities : General Miles Said to
Have Given the Opinion That
War is Inevitable - Mckinley
Said to Contemplate Allowing
Spain to Continue to Infict Au-
tonomy Upon the WRECKED Gu
bans.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-03-19
CALL / A NATIONAL TRAGEDY.
SPANS Brutal Policy Has Cost at
Least 100000 Lives in Cuba.

An Appalling Situation IN Senator
Gallinger Says That No Picture
Can Too Strongly Partray the
Wretchedness a n d Destitution
Which Exist in the Island-Re-
concentradoes Are Perishing by
Thousands While Penned Up in
Cities Without the Commonest
NecessarieS Of Life.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-03-19

Mercer, Pa, March 1S.-Twenty-six
delegates, representing nearly 5000
coal miners in Mercer. Butler and Law
renee counties. met here to-day TO con-
fer with the operators for the purpose
of harmoniZing the new conditions
called for by the Chicago agreement
The operators failed 10 appear and the
meeting which was presided over by
President Dolan, passed resolution
that all miners in the three counties
should quit work April | and refuse to
return until all the operators comply
with the requirements of the Chicago
agreement.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-03-19
DYNAMITE EXPLOSION.

KINGSTON, Jamaica. via Bermuda,
March ia dynamite explosion TOOK
place this morning in the government
store house ON Montego Bay Eight men
we're killed and many injured.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-03-19
SA|LSNO UNDERQDGLORY
The Stars and Stripes Float Over
the Cruiser Amazonas.

A Dlgnifted Ceremony-The New
Warship Was Transferred to the
United States With the Assur-
ance of the Sincere Friendship of
Brazil Officers Stood With I'm
covered Heads While the Brazil
ian Flag Was Replaced by That
Of the United States.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-03-19
KILLING OFF sPANIARDs.

MADRID. March 1s.-A terrible expIos-
ion took place in the Santa Isabel mine
at Belmez, province % cordoya. Sixty
corpses have already been recovered and
many men are yet unaccounted for.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-03-19

GOVERNMENTS SMALL MAJORITY
YOKOHAMA. March ls-The election
returns show small majority for the
government.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-03-19
PLAGUE VICTIMS.

BOMBAY, March is-Two hundred and
nfteen new cases and ZIG deaths from the
plague were reported to-day.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-03-19
MRS. THTRSTON'S BODY.

Washington. H. c.. March 1s.-The
train bearing the remains Of Mrs.
Thurston to Omaha left here at 8: 40
clock this afternoon.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-03-19
rhe weather.

WASHINGTON March fS-For West
Virginia and Western PERI sylyania Sat
urcay rain; warmer fresh southerly
winds.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-03-19
IaE NAVAL COURTS REPORT.
Not Likely That it Will Be Published
Before Next Week.

extraordinary Precautions Taken
to Prev snt it from Getting Into
the Hands of the Newspapers Till
After the President and the Cabi-
net Have Read and Considered
1.-THE Manner in Which it is Be-
ing Transported to Washington
rs Even Kept Secret-Three YES
sells Have Been Bought Under the
Emergency Appropriation = Big
Work in Navy Yards = Move
ments of Vessels.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-03-19

10 Advertisers If the
lost be a little more, the
returns make it up; for
the Register is the reoog-
med family and home
PAPER in the city and
ne ghborhood.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-03-19

Monometallists, Bimet.
aiilsts, Populists, and all !
other lists read the Sun
day Register, Why5 Il
has all the news, and
spends double to treble
more than any competi-
tor.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1898-12-23
MY TRIP TO THE COUNTRY

quized. II will recompense you for
I adore you"
] arrived after dark. The house was
very quiet and as I advanced l reflect
ed that my sudden appearance might
agitate IIvelina too terribly. must
announce myself cautiously. I stole
forward on tiptoe to reconnoiter.
Two forms were seated on the porch.
A faint CLEAN of moonlight revealed
them to me. A lady with her cheek
repOsing upon a gentleman's shoulder.
They were my head clerk, Tom, and
his cousin, Evelina. l stood as one pet
rified. They were talking Of me.
ole really thought I was smitten,
Tom," said Evelina. "He firted with
me terribly"
did he dare"-began Tom. Didn't
he know"
engaged to you,' said Evelina. "Why,
Tom, you couldn't be jealous of such
a felloW-a man with no idea beyond
his counter"
Then Tom kissed her.
I waited for no more. Fortunately, 1
caught the down train. At - o'clock
| was in the city. At the depot l met
Simpkins.
"~Simpkins," I said, "I've heard you
speak of a troublesome nephew you de-
sired to provide for"
"Confound him, yes" said Simpkins.
MY head clerks place is vacant" I
said. Tell him to come to me-"
I strobe away and wrote to Dobbins
that his services were no longer re-
quired.
I have been married a year to Miss
Briggs, n her father failed five
months ago. Simpkins has just been
arrested for embezzling sundry sums
of money; and yesterday I passed Tom
Dobbins and his wife on the street.
She is excessively pretty-lovelier
than overland I feel quite sure, de-
spite all hat I overheard, that her
heart is still mine in secret. Of course,
she could not admit it. not knowing I
returned the sentiment. But when I
remember how much we We're together
I feel sure it must be so and that two
hearts were broken. Quite a romantic
story, mine. Don't you think?-Phila-
delphia Item.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1898-12-23

pearance. Here and there in them are
spots of more than the average bright
ness, suggestive of q gathering and
condensation of the "star dust in
these places, and here and there are
destitute of star, spots nearly black,
darker portions, some of them almost
which have all the appearance Of open
ings in a cloud, and which convey the
impression that here our vision pene-
trates through the Milky Way to a
dark, starless region beyond.
One of the eSult Of the discovery Of
the essentially cloudlike character Of
the Milky Way is to contract immense
ly the limits of the universe, as it was
conceived to be by Herschel. There is
no longer any sufficient reason for sup
posing that the realm Of stars extends
any farther in the plane Of the Milky
Way than in any other direction. How
far it extends in any direction is a
matter Of which we are as yet pro-
foundly ignorant. But this, at least,
is certain, these exaggerated notions
Of possible observation-disclosures Of
thousands Of light years"-based on
the supposed ~profundity of the Milky
Way, have no longer any rational sup
port. Some of our foremost a%StrOnO-
mers are beginning to think that the
extent of the visible sideral heavens,
vast though it undoubtedly is, has still
been very greatly overestilnated.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1898-12-23

Poetry occurs in the nosta, euide
only once be it said to the credit of
mat priceless volume-and in that case
kaufman county, Texas, is RESPONSE
BILE.
"A postoftice is Null in Wyoming and
Void in Tennessee.
Widowville is in Ohio.
Georgia has a Pete, Alabama a Sam
90 and Missouri a Peggy.
Lizard is in Iowa, Pig in Kentucky,
nat IN Alabama, Shark in Arkansas,
IN Kentucky, Rattlesnake in
ONO Wasp in West Virginia, Worms in
Neoiaska' Owl in Indian Territory and
Ok in Ohio.
A town in Minnesota is Lost.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1898-12-23
A Relic Of Our NaVv,

An English admirer of Captain Jas.
Lawrence, whose dying words, Don't
give up the ship" are part of Amer
lean history, has sent to the New York
World a little section Of Captain Law
rence's famous frigate, the Constitu-
ton. He writes that the timbers of
the Inflated Chesapeake, SCARED with
cannon shot, now form a part of a
peaceful little flour mill in the little
town of Wickham, England.
The Englisman came across his mill,
learned Of the curious history of the
beams which supported it, secured a
part Of n and sent it on to this news
paper with the request hat it be given
to Miss Ruth Lawrence, the descend
ant of the famous commander. Miss
Lawrence lives in New York and the
souvenir, stained perhaps with the
death blood Of her illustrious ancestor,
has been placed in her hands.
1t was on June 1, 1913, that Captain
Lawrence sailed out Of Boston harbor
in answer to the challenge Of the frig-
ate Shannon. His crew was inexperi-
enced, and the first broadside of the
Shannon killed or wounded many Of
the principal officers Of the Chesapeake.
The third ~broadside disabled Captain
LaWrence's ship so she could not ma
newer, and the enemy took advantage
to rake her.
Captain Lawrence, though severely
wounded, kept on deck, and in the act
OF summoning the boarders a musket
brought him down. Ae he was carried
away ne uttered the words which have
become famous. The Chesapeake was
taken as a prize by Captain Brooke of
the shannon, was sent to England and
SOLO IN 1920 to John Prior, a mill owner.
VINO broke her up and with the beams
oullt the mill. which still stands, in
Wickham.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1898-12-23

in a panel of the van, evidently on the
dentally' shot. A bullet pumped ito
him fair in one of his eyes. 1t is not for
me to say who fired the fatal shot.
with Alien Larkin and O'Brien I
was arrested for the part I took in the
rescue. On the 23d of the following
November the three were hanged in
Old Bailey Jail, Manchester. The pen
atty I had to suffer was only eleven
months solitary confinement in the old
prison.
'They have reported that I was saved
from the same fate suffered by the
three martyrs through American inter-
vention. This is partly true. I had
at thai time relatives and friends of in
fuence in this country, as we'll as in
England and France. DR.. Phelan Of
st. Louis was one Of these. He and
some of my brothers in Paris and Lon
don brought the matter before the
American minister in London-Charles
Francis Adams. Proceedings were be-
gun, which. after a delay of several
1nOQCnS, resulted III my 1DeIdllOl
HANDY LAD IN HIS DAY.
In the days of the Manchester affair
Jack Phelan was regarded as a fiery
and intrepid leader, with all the daring
and impetuosity of the Irish nature. He
had a fine record as a brave seaman in
the American war. This was doubtless
Of great assistance in securing his re-
lease. AS a striking example of his dar-
ing and leadership it is said that he
was one CT the principals in a party of
$50 which assaulted and broke up a
meeting of 5000 people in Charleston
road, Manchester. 1t was an anti
Catholic meeting. held by a speaker
who was haranguing against the pope,
the priesthood, n..nnery, etc. Jack"
Phelan led the assault, so the papers
said at hat time, and many sustained
wounds and broken heads in the panic
of terror that ensued.
He was once a fellow worker of Will
liam O'Meagher Allen, in McConnelIs
mill, Anchor lane, Manchester. He was
also intimately acquainted with Lar
kin, who was a tailor at 81 Elizabeth
street, Manchester, and with O'Brien,
who had lived in his country, a citizen
of Buffalo,.
Mr.. Phelan came to Chicago May 2,
1872. He is a native of Ireland, but
came to New York when a young lad.
He is the baby of a family of seven
brothers, all of whom are still living.
Matthew, once an officer in the French
army, now holds a civil position in
Paris; Thomas is a retired merchant in
Dublin; Robert Emmett is a prominent
physician in st. Louis; Mark is a we'll
TODD gardener in the suburbs of Lon
don; Timothy is a resident Of Bristol,
England; James ives on the west side,
Chicago.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1898-12-23

The Boston Master Builders %associa-
ton recently opened a bureau where
workmen seeking employment may reg
lister their names and where employers
may find the required help. The idea
is one that should result in the mutual
advantage of employer and employee,
and tend to induce a feeling of greater
friendliness between these classes,
whose interests, after all, are so largely
identical.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1898-12-23
Star Distances.

From Astronomy, a joint work by
Miss Agnes M. Clerke, Prof. A. Fowler
and Mr.. J. E. Gore, recently issued as a
volume of the Concise knowledge Lii
brary," are selected a few items re-
ating to the reconstruction of the
Heavens" as indicating the present
state of astronomical opinion on this
subject:
First, as to the number Of visible
stars, the idea entertained by many
persons hat their lumber is practi-
cally infinite, or, at any rate, too great
to be estimated. IS due to a complete
ignorance Of telescope revelations. 1t
Is true that, to a certain extent, the
larger the telescope used in the exam
ination of the heavens the more the
number Of the stars seems to increase;
but we now know that there is a limit
to this increase Of telescope vision.
And the evidence clearly shows that
we are rapidly approaching the limit.
It is now the opinion of the astrono-
mers who have studied this particular
question that the number visible
through our largest telescopes does not
exceed 10O,0 00, 000-a large number, it
Is true, but by no means an infinite
number-and there are reasons for be-
lieving that this number will not be
materially increased by any increase in
telescope power.
Next, as to the distribution of the
stars in space, fully nine-tenths of
them lie along the Milky way-within
the limits Of a girdle of the heavens
some 60 degrees wide. This Milky Way
has long been one of the greatest enig-
mas Of the heavens. That it really
forms a ring Of stars in space, there is
strong evidence to show. Sir William
Herschels original theory that the
galactic CLEAN is due to our sun being
situated near the center Of an indefinite
stratum Of stars-the disc theory as
it is termed-was abandoned by it's H.
lustrious author in his later writings,
and is now considered to be wholly un-
tenable by nearly all astronomers who
have studied the subject. Sir John
Herschel remarks that the general
aspect Of the galaxy near the Southern
Cross indicates "that the Milky Way.
in this neighborhood, at any rate, is
really what it appears to be, a belt, or
zone of stars separated from us by a
starless interval"
Photography has in recent years
added very materially to our knowledge
Of the structure Of the Milky Way,
and sustains fully the view that it is
really an irregular ring, or girdle Of
stars-possibly of comparatively small
bodies-all at essentially the same dis
lance from US. and that it has not that
profund depth which the elder Her
schel imagined 1t to have. Photo
graphs of the Milky Way, particularly
those taken by Prof. Barnard in the
last six or eight years, show it unmis-
takably to be cloud-like in it's forma-
ton. In other words, the Milky Way
presents in it's photographs the same
appearance as it does to the naked Y
but brought out with great distinct
ness, particularly when tn. pictures
are looked at from a little distance and
in the proper light. These pictures
have a curious faxed or Graded ap-
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1898-12-23

William Paine of Peakesville. Mo-,
was married to Mrs. Mary Tringer at
the latter's home in Golden City, Mo-,
Thanksgiving day. The groom is ss
years old and the bride is IS. The de-
tails Of the match were arranged by
mail, the groom having never been in
Golden City before. In order 20 live
with the lady Of his choice the groom
recently resigned the position Of post
master at P~eakesville.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1898-12-23
Theatrical Superstition.

i'SoIi val oNpCt SiIioii.
Charles Warner, the well-knowr
English actor, thus enumerates the the
atrical superstitions that have CONS
under his notice in the New Yorl
Times:
1T is considered most unlucky eve1
to speak the tag Of a play during a
rehearsal. I remember we were re-
hearsing Byron's Daisy Farm at the
Olympic, and as we came to the tag,
he stopped short and said: Curtain.
I wouldn't have spoken the tag for
well, a good, round sum; the piece
wouldn't run as long as we've been
rehearsing.'. There is also a great hor-
ror of the music of Macbeth being
sung in a theater; it forebodes mis-
fortune and i'll luck. I have a strange
proof of this. Proctor, an actor at the
Adelphi, would one evening insist on
singing the chorus of the witches. I
sent to his room and requested him
not to do so, as 1 was very supersti-
tious about it. He continued, however,
to do so, and before the piece was
alter that my mother had died sudden
ly. Black cats are considered very
lucky. Horseshoes are considered very
lucky.
1T is considered unlucky to read a
play or commence rehearsal of a new
piece on a Friday. I myself will never
sign a contract or do anything connect
ed with the theater on a Friday; GER
tainly I would never produce on a Fri
day. 1t is lucky to take a baby a few
weeks old into a theater and rub it
against the scenes-this is a very old
superstition. There is a great dislike
to peacock's feathers on the stage. An
actress while I was in Australia was
presented with a beautiful fan, quite
lovely-tortoise shell and gold handle,
with the feathers of the peacock. II
was given in the theater and everybody
said, oh! for heavens sake don't keep
it in the theater; we shall have nothing
but i'll fortune The lady destroyed it.
There is a strong feeling with actors
and actresses respecting articles they
have had for any lengthy period.
have known an actor of position to
travel with a dressing case of common
deal wood for over twenty-five years
because it brought luck; the cost of
it was 5 shillings.
"A hare's foot used in a successful
piece Is frequently kept for years, or
any trifing article connected with the
piece. I have kept a handkerchief of
'C~oupeau's' for twenty gears. If an
actor alters his makeup or dress in a
successful play it is considered unlucky.
Some brother actor will accost him
with, 'Ah, old chap, you've altered your
makeup; something will go wrong to.
night The late Lady Martin had a
certain amour Of superstition. I was
playing Orlando to her Rosalind at the
Haymarket, a benefit performance, a
few years ago, and I happened to be
twisting a chair on one leg on the
stage. She said, MI. Warner, have you
never heard that that is a most un
lucky thing to do on the stage?'"
FL. r'|
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1898-12-23

You should put you mind on your
work." said the candid man.
Il do" confessed Willie Washington.
but I never can tell what moment
something irrelevant is going to come
along and brush it off,"
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1898-12-23

~snlpnuilding companies of the great
axes mat build steel vessels have al
ready under contract for next season
Twelve steel vessels.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1898-12-23

British authorities and were placed nm
der arrest and thrown into Jail. Thev
were confined in Bellevue prison, six
miles from Manchester. AS the whole
proceeding comes back in memoir now
they were brought up for trial and re-
manded some time after without a
hearing. At last Scotland Yard detec-
tives succeeded in trumping up a case
OF conspiracy against the two men.
Then they were tried and convicted
There We're of course wholesale arrests
at the time n many were under sur
villance.
1T is the part I took in the rescue of
Colonel Kelley and Captain Dacey nat
was brought to public notice through
the Central Music Hall meeting. do
not think it would be proper for me r.
mention the names of my comrades in
the rescue other than those we'll known
to history. 1t is enough to say tina the
prison a containing Kelley and Da-
cey, in cargo of British officers, was
intercepted under the high road arch
OF the London and Northwestern rail
road September IS, 1867, and the pris-
oners were delivered from the author
tiles.
1T was an exciting and dramatic mo-
ment In my life. Although more than
thirty years have passed, this part Of
me event comes back as clear as yes
terday. In the rescue under the arch
Sergeant Bretts. the principal officer in
charge OF the prisoners, was killed. Ha
was looking out through the peepholes
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1898-09-01

An Iowa man Killed his wife and
child ami thea c,5iIlnitted suicide.
Mrs. 1>dle Malgan of New York
killed herself and two children by
means Of illuminating gas.
Thomas Nj. Adams, Democratic NOM
inee for the legislature. has been ;l>>;!>-
sinated at Giles. Chattahootochic coun
ty, Ga.
\ weighted body found in the De
troit river at Detroit proved to be that
of Valmon Nichols. who disappeared
Aug. 10. Foul play is suspected.
Fred Primrose, the eN-minsirel. win"
was recently arrested for larceny at
Portland. Ore. pleaded guilty. and has
been sentenced to six months in tie
county Jail.
Joseph Z. Castellanos. alias Gcor-c
Euard Vanderbilt, arrested at ialnl1a
three months acJ, WAS released but his
reception was So delnonstrative that
he was soon place: in the police sta
ton for safety.
Mrs. w. F. Slime. VII; Of q Kansas
City undertaken. as robbed Of $1,000
worth of Diamonds and small sum Of
money at the Cna 'evoix (Mich.l swim
ming pool. MIS- Slime left her Gi:,-
monds and money in room of the hat
atorium while she was in the pool.