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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-11-21
HARD ON RABBITS.

The Moundsville and Benwood street
car motormen have a hard time at
present avoiding running over rabbits
which get on the tracks after night.
One Of the employees states that the
other evening he saw one of them on
the track, and before he could stop the
car it ran over Mr. Rabbit and sew
cred it's head from the body. The
headlight, he says, seems to bewilder
them and they won't move until the
cars get up close. The rabbits, it
seem, get on the tracks only at night
and great many of them have been
seen lately in Glendale and the Mar
rows, this side Of that village. The
employees are thinking of carrying
shot guns so that when the game is
seen hereafter they can get off the
cars and shoot it.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-11-21
SPARKS FROM THE RAILS.

VIM Lest, the well known baggage
master Of the B. & O., accompanied by
his wife, leave this week to visit rela-
tives in Baltimore.
B. & 0. passenger train No. z was
two hours late in arriving from the
East Saturday morning. The trouble
was east Of Grafton, where a freight
train broke in-two, wrecking a num-
Der Of cars.
The 3. & D. pay car from the east
will reach this city about the last Of
the week.
Charles Broun, a p, & Q. employe at
Grafton, was here on bushes yester-
day.
J. s. Smith. assistant train-master Of
the Baltimore and Ohio, was in the
city yesterday.
". 5. Cordoll, a B. & 0. engineer,
who has been laid up at his home in
McMachen for several months, was
able to be on the streets yesterday.
The Baltimore and Ohio are now
running a daily oyster train between
baltimore and Chicago. The train
leaves the first named city late at
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-11-21

night, and the next evening Is at its
destination. BY this arrangement oy-
sters shipped in the evening arrive in
Wheeling early the next morning.
Next Thursday being a legal holiday,
all the freight Offices will observe the
fact by remaining closed all day. On
the railroads the local freight trains
will not be run.
The B. & 0. ballast train Is still do
ing work between McMechen and
Moundsyille The road bed is being
repaired in many places and when this
is finished the train will be sent farther
out the fourth division.
The Cleveland, Lorain and Wheeling
road have a very important change of
time to-day. The changes appear in
another place in this paper. and should
be studied carefully
James Ice, the well known Baltimore
and Ohio freight brakeman, was the
happiest employee on the road yester-
day. His wife presented him with two
new brakemen before he took his run
out.
The Moundsville street car line had
one summer car in use yesterday on
account of placing new set Of trucks
under car No. Z.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-11-21

The Y. 4 o. will have a steam shovel
az work near M0undsyille tomorrow
getting out gravel FOR use on the fourth
division.
The shops OF the 3. & o. at McMech-
en- are still working steady. The men
have plenty OF work ahead, and at
this rate 1t would not be surprising
If number of new men were added
before the first of the year.
The B & 0. company's new fast
passenger train between Pittsbnrg and
New York will be placed in service
to-day. 1t will leave Pittsburg to-
night and arrive in New York early
Monday morning.
The Benwood yards of the Baltimore
and Ohio Company have been filed up
the past week on account of the heavy
freight traffic. This is due a great
deal to so many car loads which were,
formerly sent over the p. & w. beina
sent east by way Of Benwood JunctlQf
1t is reported that the MoundsV
and Benwood electric car line
soon introduce electric headHght
use on their cars. The lights
vice now are very good, but as
as they are worn out the electric ON
will be substituted.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-11-21
GAN ORIGINAL IDEA"

Mr.. and Mrs. Francis Labadie will
give their popular duologue entertain
ment called An Original Idea" at
the Y. NJ. C. A, Tuesday evening. The
editor OF The Entertainer gave the
following letter to Mr.. and Mrs. La
babe:
ALLOW me to congratulate you on
the excellence of your duolOgue enter
tainment Your work is artistic in the
highest sense of the word, and decid-
eddy original The classic scene from
Richard was prettily played, and the
clever little comedy A Happy Pair
made your audience your friends for
ever and a day. You have my unqual-
fled endorsement
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-11-21
B. & 0. NEW SCHEDULE.

The B. & 0. new time card went
into effect early yesterday morning.
The trains effected are Nos. 5, Il and
46. The first arrives in the city at
1920 a. m. The second arrives at .
p. M, and No. 46 leaves for the east at
1880 a. m. under the new change. On
the Central Ohio division. No. 1903 will
hereafter leave at 1890 a. M, and No.
Is, which formerly departed at 1926 P.
NJ, will leave at 3:15 p. m. instead.
No other changes are mentioned in the
passenger service, but in the freight
line one new train will be added east
ward. 1t will be known as No. 3S, and
will leave Benwood Junction daily at
1920 a. m. Freight business is so
heavy at present that there are several
sections on all regular freights and
quite a number of extras are run also.
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wbeeIin9 2e91stter
COL. J. A. MILLER
Suggested Strong Candidate for the
NaYoralty.

Suggested Strong Candidate for the
MaYoralty.
To the Editor of the Register.
Sir:-As the time is rapidly APP
preaching when the citizens of Wheel
ing will be called upon to choose their
public officers the mind naturally
drifts in the direction OF the conditions
that surround us at present, and to ev-
en- a casual observer it must be plainly
apparent that never in the history of
the city did we need men as we do
now.
AS James Russell Lowell says:
God give us men-the times de-
manu-
Strong minds, great hearts, true
faith and willing hands,
Men, whom the lust of Office does not
kill,
Men whom the spoils of Office will
not buy,
Men who possess opinions and a will
Men who have hOnor-men who will
not lie"
In looking over the list of names Of
the many excellent citizens, who, if
CdiIpu upon 10 uedu the IlCkcI OF the
city Democracy, any of whom would
fill the position with honor and credit,
it is with no disparagment of their
abilities, that the writer takes the lib
erty to present to the Democrats of
this city the name of one of our most
substantial citizens, one who has filled
the Office before and filled il acceptably
to all classes, a man who stands sun
crowned above the fog in all public
duties; broad minded to a generous
degree; thoroughly cOnservant with
all the needs of a municipality such as
ours, courteous and gentlemanly in his
manners and bearings to all. The city
Democracy would prove its wisdom and
far sightedness by nominating Col J.
A. Miller for the Mayorality Of the
city.
The writer is not aware that Mr.
Miller would accept the nomination,
but being a close observer of his public
spirit, believes that il he were called
upon by his party he would not de-
cline He is not in any manner con-
nected with anything that could be
termed rings, cliques, or combinations.
With his vast experience in municipal
matters. he would bring strength to
the ticket. and insure that result so
badly needed at present-an overthrow
Of the present regime. T. NJ.
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Pacific Coast Limited.

Semi-weekly from Chicago and st.
Louis via a summer route for winter
travel Through the land Of sunshine,
roses, oranges and gold TO the Nation S
great perfume-laden semi-tropical flow
err garden by the sea Southern Cali
fornia. Write for lowest rates and
illustrated pamphlet giving complete
particulars to J. Charlton. G. P. A,
G. & A. R. R.. Chicago, Ill; or H. c.
Townsend, G. P. A., 81. L. l. NJ. &
s. Ry., St. Louis, Mo.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-11-21

Promotions, as a general rule, on
railroads come very slow to the aver
age employee, and for that reason it is
no wonder that men who get a good
position hold on to it with vise-like
grip. There are railroad men to-day
III the service Of the B. & o. who have
held the same position for twenty-five
years and will continue to serve the
public twenty-five more if they are
spared that long. 1t is no wonder that
there are few vacant places in the
train service in the passenger line. The
Register man had a conversation with
q leading conductor the other day, and
in the course OF his remarks men
toned q number Of men who have been
holding positions like the above.
Freight brakemen and firemen. he said,
are about the only ones employed at
the present time, and this would not
be only that so many leave the service
after q few months trial. Here lately.
On account OF Sd much freight on the
Fourth division q number OF new
crews have been added, and on this
account it was necessary 70 promote a
few freight brakemen. The latest
ones TO pass the examination are
Luther Steele and Edward Gatewood
Both men have seen a great deal Of
service with the B. & 0. and their
friends are glad to hear Of them be
ing made conductors. The b. & O..
have good set of officers on the
Fourth division, and the employees that
attend to business are generally re-
warded in the end.
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FGGEa. WAR RICK ( CO.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-11-21
STOVES.

If you wish TO see the brightest ligl,
That ever met your visual sight.
Just call along at Caldwell's Store
And see what he has on his floor.
For Cheapness. Heat and Brilliancy
There is nothing in this country
That can with his Gas Fires compare.
Unless it be the Dazzling Sun,
And that. itself. is most outdone.
Give US a call before purchasing else
where. 5. F CALDWELL 6 co.
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Stone Marten Scarf
Mink StOleS

With one or two heads and to 10
tails, $3.50 upwards.
Jackets of real Seal, Electric Seal,
Astrachan and Velour, all prices.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-11-21
TIE RAILROAD WORLD.
News from the Lines in the Vicinity
of Wheeling.

RAILROAD MEN STICK TO A GOOD
PLACE. WHEN THEY ONCE GET
IT-SCME RECENT PROMOTIONS
ON THE B. & O.-THE NEW B. & o.
SCHEDULE@A RABBIT STORY.
GENERAL NEWS NOTES.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-11-21

When attached to Suit Of Clothes OVercoa, de-
notes merit. mark that is to clothing what STERLING
is to silver. 1t means that the fabric the trimming the
STYLE fit and make right up to the very highest stand
aid OF the very best merchant tailor work The only diff
ference between Suit bearing this label and that bears
the label of tailor is the fifteen to Twenty-Five dollars in
cash that the tailor gets trusts to get day. above
the price asked for STEIN-BLOCH CLOTHING.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-11-21

Also a three fold Screen fun size.
81 inches wide. IS inches high.
hlled with Roman tapestry for
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-11-21
SIL.40 and Si2. IS

Three fold Screens. filling Of which
is Of Silkaline, from 81 50 up.
One hundred or more Cushions of
best down, covered with Silk. Satin
and Madras or fancy ticking, at
prices from 4Sc up.
Tabourettes, Jardinieres and
Flower stands that your home
should possess more than one of,
are now here in Oriental nd mod
ern designs, at CSC to s475.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-03-19
SPANISH FUNDS GO DOWN,
All Have Lost and Foreign lex
change Has Risen TO an I'm
precedentcd Degree.

Madrid, March 1.-THE anxiety as to
the relations between Spain and the
United States which has prevailed in
financial and commercial circles for
several days eliminated yesterday in
the heavy fall in the funds, all includ-
ing the exterior and interior debts.
The treasury bonds declined l to 2 per
rent, Cuban bonds , per cent, Bank of
Spain shares 2 per cent and tobacco
shares Is per cent. Foreign exchange
nas risen in an unprecedented degree,
the prices on Paris being at 80 per
cent premium and on London 80 per
rent.
All the newspapers call Oh the gov
frnment to stop the panic by Il prompt
and clear statement as to the real CON
1itions existing in Cuba, so definite
internal could he made. The
newspapers re-echo the profound sen
sation and ~displeasurc caused by the
United States in sending the Mont
Somery to Havana and by appropriate
ing $4,000, 900 for national defenses.
On the other hand, it is said in official
circles and announced by the papers
hat while nothing fresh has occurred
n Cuba or elsewhere between Spain
md the United States to justify alarm,
Castillo, the Spanish ambassador at
Paris, has brought n favorable inn
preston of the disposition of the Eu-
press and government towards
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-03-19
EUROPEAN POWERS
WARN The SPANISH
France, Great Britain, Germany
and Russia Caution Spain to
Accept the Inevitable,
ADVISED TO ABANDON CUBA
Should She Reject the Advice She
Must Find Within Her Own
Kingdom the Sinews
OF War.

Chicago, March 14.-WalGer Well
man in a Washington special to the
Iimes-Herald says:
An end to Cuba's woes seems near,
md that without war. President Me-
Hinley is preparing to intervene, per-
laps within two weeks, for the pur-
pose Of restoring order in Cuba and
saving the many thousands of human
lives now endangered.
The governments of Europe are ex-
.rcising a restraining hand upon Spain
20 prevent her committing "A breach of
he worlds peace and to induce her to
accept the inevitable without resort
to force.
The creditors Of Spain, who are in
large measure responsible for this
diplomatic pressure eXerted by their
governments, have directly warned
Spain that she must not make wal
with America, and that if she does
make war the money to carry on oper-
atoms must come from the people of
Spain and not from them.
Great movements affecting the his
tory OF nations are now on foot both
in Europe and America. Bankrupt,
desperate, lettering Spain, and un-
happy, war wrecked and disease rav-
aged Cuba are now the subjects Of the
worlds solicitude.
The world has come to the same con-
clusion as that which the people of
the United States have reached, that
It is time to put n stop to Spain's vain
Efforts to reassert her rule in Cuba and
to the horrors which have grown out
Of that futile endeayor.
The world has come TO the ~conclu-
sion, moreover, that in the desperation
Of her bankruptcy and decay Spain
must not be permitted TO destroy the
worlds peace.
At this very moment quiet, secretive
out none the less effective diplomatic
pressure is being brought to bear upon
the government at Madrid to induce
& to accept the inevitable without
making useless and destructive war.
This pressure is now being eXerted
through NJ. Patenotre and Great Brit
ain is not far behind. The representa-
tives of Russia and Germany are CO.
operating.
The effect is already obvious. Spain
Is cooling down. Her statesmen, who
may be said TO be as able as the public
men OF any country, perceive the force
Of the argument used by the represent
atives Of the powers. War with Amer
lea is worse than useless if Spain can
endure the loss Of Cuba without revo-
luton in the peninsula. Even a peace
full loss Of the colony will be more
easily endured than the bitterness, the
savagery, the despair, the violence hat
nrc sure to follow in the wake Of "A
disastrous war.
IIostilities with America, it is point
ed out TO the statesmen at Madrid,
could have but one ending, and that
quick and humiliating defeat for Spain,
loss of Cuba, n great war indemnity
20 pay the victor, ~dissenJions at home,
perhaps social and political revolution
ird an ~upheaval which would cost the
royal family its throne.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-03-19
GENERAL NOTES OF THE NAVY
Number or Marines Increased ut the
Request of Secretary
Long,

Washington, March 1.-THE naval
committee of the house mas placed in
the naval bill a provision for an in
,rease of i73 in the number of marines,
bringing the total up to 3,0T3. This
rs done at the request of the secretary
of the navy.
Secretary Long said today he had
received no report from the Maine
court of inquiry, nor had he ordered
the fleet in China to the Philippines,
as rumored.
The department was notified today
Of the sailing of the Niohican with II
cargo OF ammunition, which She will
tranship at Honolulu to the Baltimore
for the Asiatic squadron.
The naval officers abroad trying to
buy ships abroad have struck an obsta-
Gle in the fact that there is n difference
in the calibre of the guns and the
United States navy standards, and
they are merely designed for smoke
less powder, and are therefore insult
able for brown powder, with which
our navy is supplied. To overcome this
difficulty il will be necessary to buy in
Europe a large supply of ammunition
in special sizes for these ships.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-03-19
WILL BUILD SOME DESTR0YER$
Government Wants ~ Fleet OF Tel
Torpedo Boat DestrOyers
md VIII Build,

New York, March 12.-Speaking o.
the possibility of the United State'
obtaining naval vessels abroad, JohG
Platt Of Thorpe Platt's company o.
this city, the American representative!
Of John /. ThornyCroft & Co. of CHS
wick, England, n Of the largest o
structors of torpedo boats and torpedo
boat destroyers in Great Britain, said:
II have just returned from Washing
ton and / am assured that this govern
ment desires now mor than any other
class of vessels a feet of torpedo boat
destroyers and arrangements will UNI
doubtedly be made to build n fleet Of
ten vessels Of the T~hornycroft type in
this country. BY working day and
night the ship builders can have them
ready in seven moths. The Thorny-
croft vessel is considered the most sue
cessful type of torpedo boat destroy
ers ever constructed. England has al
ready about sixty Of them and others
building and "Thornycroft d Co are
constructing a number Of them for
Germany and Japan"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-03-19
ALGER LOSING NO TIME,
Furnishing Guns for oas Defenses
--Arsenals to Increase
Working Force.

Washington, March 14.-Secretary
Alger has authorized the chief of ord.
nance to make arrangements at once
for procuring a large number of rapid
firing guns for the coast defense. The
ordnance bureau will take all such
guns that can be procured within a
reasonable time and they will be sent
to the eacoast Notifications as rap
idly as secured. They constitute an
auxiliary defense, experimenting the
big guns. Contracts for carriages for
these guns was also authorized. An
army gun factory at the Bethlehem
Iron works, thc Driggn ordnancc com
pany, and American Ordnance com.
pany, are among those which respond.
ed to the inquiries of the department
concerning their capacity to turn out
this class of ordnance. 1t is admit
ted by the department that direction,
have been given various arsenals ane
armories Of the government to i'm
crease the working force TO its full ca
pacity, to hurry to completion exist
ing projects, and ordnance firms hav
ing government contracts are request
ed to work night and day and arrange
for increased orders.
Orders for small arms and ammuni
ton have already been placed with
the Union Metallic Cartridge company
at Bridgeport and the Coon and Win
chester Arms company. Negotiations
for filling the supply of small arms OF
the army accounts are in progress
They are being given the cue hat they
will be called on to make all they can
Headquarters Of one OF the new ar
tillery regiments will he at Fort Me.
Henry, Baltimore harbor, instead OF
at Fort Wadsworth, n. Y, as originally
intended. Fort Slocum will be the
headquarters of the other.
General Greedy. chief signalman of.
iiccr, has been given the authority tC
proceed without regard to ordinary re-
strictious to establish rapid telegraph
between the ]seacoaSt for.
tiications. This portion of the scrv
ice was found to be very defective
For instance. in New York harbor, il
takes three-quarters of an hour &c
communicate from II battery TO IN
The only mean OF communi
between Washington and its
chief defensive work, Fort Warren, on
the Potomac, is by messenger.
OF course, the navigation bureau is
busy translating messages received
over night. They are, presumably
to the purchase OF ships
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-03-19
NOT so BLACK
AS He WAS PAINTED
Jim Somers Stories Going the
Rounds of the Press Not All
Based on Fact.
MAJOR HANSON TALKS OF HIM
. Strong Effort Being Made TO In
duce south Dakota Counties
to Make Appropriations
for tho Exposition.

Yankton, March 12.-Several articles
have lately appeared IN the columns
of the newspapers OF this vicinity DUR
ing the past month containing remln-
iscences of Jim Somers, a prominent
character in the history of the early
Dakotas, the latest being an article
written by n correspondent at Cham
berlain, and this, as has been the case
in former articles, painted him a great
deal worse than he really was-as a
murderer, n thug and a villain OF the
deepest dye. Major j. X. Hanson OF
this city, one of the Oldest and best
known men in this section OF the west,
was well acquainted with him II ms
peculiarities, of which he had q plenty.
In speaking Of the recently published
articles, Major Hanson says:
"As a matter of fact, jim Somers
was one Of the most tender hearted
and generous men ! ever met. lie
would give u fellow his last dollar II
he thought it was needed, and NOBODY
ever suffered il Jim Somers knew IT.
lie was a man also with a high sense
of honor, and his word was as good as
his bond. But, inspired by whisky, he
was Il terror, just as many other good
men are. Reckless to Il startling de-
gree, he held life and property in u
sort of disdain, and, aroused by the
idea that he had been imposed upon,
he was n very dangerous individual.
He fairly ached for n fight under such
circumstances and his rage knew no
bounds. When | was Indian agent at
Crow Creek, jim was living in that
same section. He came to me n day
Ill l., ,-ng hard nm and needed
some money He revealed n plan for
raising funds which was novel, to say
the least. ] had n drove of government
cattle on the reservation and Jim pro-
posed to run six or seven OF them of
and sell them. lie said wouldn't V
to bother my head about them, thai |
could easily account for them and
none would be any the wiser. told
him that | would prefer he wouldn't
do that; that | would be placed in an
embarrassing position, and that my
conscience would hardly permit me to
cover up such n crime. Jim regretful-
" said that If I did not want him to do
it he wouldn't, but he was devilish
hard up. And he raised money in some
other way. Jim Somers was not sc
black as he was painted by a large ma
and his biographers ought to
look carefully into his history before
publishing IT,"
II. r. Murphy, secretary Of the South
Dakota board Of the Trans-Mississippi
exposition, and Judge ii. II. Blair,
president Of the regents of education,
have been in this city in the interest Of
the exposition and urging the neces-
sity of u Yankton county appropria-
ton. Clay county having appropri-
ltcd $500 at u recent meeting, they ara
anxious that Gankton county should
10 as well, and that the state as q
whole make n respectable exhibit
The commissioners here at their last
meeting took no action in the matter
but cndcavors will he made to have
hem do so at the April meeting.