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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-06-07
RIOT In BELFAST.
Several Collisions Between Mobs and Police.
Troops Called Out.

troops CaHeu Out.
BELFAST. Ireland, June 6.--Great ex-
| element has been caused here by a Ma
tionalist demonstration in honor of the
revolution of 1898. Several collisions have
occurred between the demonstrators and
the opposing crowd. Stones were thrown,
a general melee followed and many n
rests were made.
During the celebrations of the anniver-
sary of June 6. 1886, when seven civilians
We're shot on Shank Hill Road by the con-
stabulary, the Nationalist procession
while returning this evening from Han
nanstown was broken up in a riot Sew
eral thousand Orangemen In the Shank
Hill Road attacked and overpowered the
police and chased them back into the
Brow Square barracks. Several mounted
constables We're seriously injured and one
had his leg broken.
The police reinforcements which arrived
were compelled to threaten the crowd
with their revolvers before they were able
to rescue their comrades from the fury of
the mob, which tore up the street for
missiles.
The troops were then called out, but
the mob cheered them and sang Rule
Britannia
me ulSlurDdHceS Inen ceased, though
the excitement continued. The feeling of
the Orangemen against the police is very
bitter. Many civilians were injured. A
score of arrests were made.
Midnight-The riots have been re-
newed, and at a late hour this evening
the troops were compelled to charge
mobs numbering several thousands.
The rioters stoned the police and
troops. One constable, who fell from
his horse, was sfvagely beaten with
stones by the rioters.
When Shank Hill was cleared the
crowds gathered in the side streets
Altogether this was the worst rioting
that has occurred here since 1886. 1t
was prolonged until midnight, and at
this hour the city is still in a danger
Gus state Of excitement.
Over fifty policemen have been in
jured and twentyfour have been taken
to the hospitals with fractured skulls
and severe scalp wounds.
Many civilians were injured in the
military charges, some dangerously.
The constable who was thrown from
his horse is not expected to recover.
The military are now in practical ocu-
patton of Shank Hill.
At 10 o'clock, when things looked
most serious, Major General Geary and
the Lord Mayor consulted with the
police authorities and as a result the
police were withdrawn from Shank
Hill and the troops substituted. 1t is
feared that there will be a renewal of
the riOting.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-06-07
SneciaI 10 tie REGISTER.

Special to the Register
Cairo. w. Va, June Cone of the
most disastrous wrecks ever seen here,
occurred short distance west of No.
is Burnt tunnel, on the Baltimore &
Ohio railroad at 80 tonight No.
east-bound express, when within q
short distance of the mouth of the
tunnel, encountered rocks upon the
tracks which had been placed there by
some boys.
The rocks were seen upon the tracks
by a Mrs. Wagner and her sister, but
too late to save the Inflated train,
which crashed into them. The engine
left the track and ran upon the ties
until the tunnel was reached when it
turned and struck the masonry at the
mouth of the tunnel, sidewise, crush
ing to death Engineer James Hanna
way. His fireman had leaped before
the engine struck. The bravery of
the engineer, who lost his life, was the
means of saving the lives of train
load Of passengers, for had he left
the engine when he sighted the rocks,
THE WHOLE TRAIN
would have piled up at the tunnels
mouth. Instead, he reversed his en-
CINE, put on the air and bravely met
his death. His body was removed
soon afterwards, and he lived for half
an hour None of the passengers was
seriously burt, and the express mes
sengers and mail clerks escaped I'M
Injured Two unknown tramps, who
were riding the blind baggage, were
forced into the earth up to their arms,
and are believed to be fatally hurt.
The train was running at sixty mile
an hour RATE when the obstruction was
sighted, and had slowed down to about
forty miles an hour when the crash
at the tunnel came.
wrecking crew and physicians
were sent out from Parkersburg.
Traffic is suspended.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-06-07
E7yIEIRYY I[DAyY

ply effectively. There is no doubt en-
tertained Of the Monadnock's sea-
worthiness, for before being recon
structed at the Mare Island navy ward
she made the entire voyage from the
Delaware clear around the horn to San
Francisco, voyage longer really than
that made by the Oregon
The members of the naval construc-
ton corps are still quietly rejoicing
over the splendid exploit of Hobson
and Powell. The latter, young cadet,
who sat through the long hours in a
steam launch under the Spanish fire
waiting to fetch away Hobson and his
crew, is also a member Of the con-
struction corpI according to Chief
Constructor Hichborn. The youngster
was assigned to the force of naval ar
chitecture at Annapolis, and according
to the rules, that placed him in the
construction corps as much so as Chief
Hichborn himself.
That Cadiz fleet which was reported
to be doing strange things in the West
Indies yesterday, is not giving the
naval officials any concern. They
have learned through the State De-
partment that the Spanish ships were
AT CADIZ LAST FRIDAY,
so they could not we'll have been in
the West Indies two days later.
Up to the close of Office hours it
could not be learned at the War or
Navy Department that any news had
reached there to show that troops
had landed in force near Santiago, and
the officials, high and low, made no
concealment of their incredulity.
Major De Grand Prey, military at
tache of the French embassy, left to-
night for Tampa, where he will pro-
coed with the troops embarking for
Cuba. Prince Lieven, of Russia, cap
tain of the Russian Royal Artillery.
and recently assigned for special SER
vice in connection with the war, called
on the war and navy officials to-day,
and later left for the South. These
aSe the last of the foreign observers
to leave for the scene of action.
1t was stated at several of the for
eign embassies and legations to-day
that there was no warrant for the
published reports that the foreign mill
tary and naval attaches were making
unfavorable reports to their home Of
fees on the American army and navy,
particularly the former. 1t is said
these foreign observers know from ex-
perience the difficulties attending the
equipment of raw levies, and that they
give. generous recognition to the man
ner in which 200, 900 men have been as
sembled, armed and equipped. The
foreign experts say that more or less
confusion is unavoidable in such a
gigantic undertaking and that military
science recognizes this confusion as
inseperable to the assembling of large
volunteer force.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-06-07
BACK AT CADlZ.

Gibraltar, I-3e ct is reported
here to-day thai the Spanish fleet COM
manded by Admiral Camara has re-
turned to Cadiz, after competing the
series of manoeuvres which formed
the programme of the cruise.
London, June ga special dispatch
received in this city to-day from Vienna
says:
According to private advices from
Cadiz, the preparation for active service
of the Spanish cruiser Carlos ". the
battleship Pelayo and the auxiliary
cruisers Patricia and Rapido, is pro
ceeding slowly, and these vessels are
not yet ready to proceed to sea-"
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-06-07

Washington, June 6.-J H. Guffey
has been made the representative of the
State of Pennsylvania on the National
Democratic Committee, to succeed Hon.
William F. Harrity. Messrs. Harrity
and Guffey were notified of the change
by Senator Jones, of Arkansas, who is
chairman of the committee The sub
stitution of Mr.. Guffey's name is the
result of poll of the national COM
mittee made through the mail by Sen
ator Jones. 1t grows out of the rep
resentatives Of the Democrats of
Pennsylvania, who first through their
State committee and latterly through
their State convention, requested that
Mr.. Harrity's name be dropped and MI
Guffey's added, on the general ground
that Mr.. Harrity had ceased to be in
accord with his party. Not desiring
to take the responsibility of making
all the correspondence bearing upon
the subject to the various members Of
the committee This was done on the
7th of April last. All but three of the
members cast their ballot, and these
three were notified ten days since that
the result would be announced to-day.
Senator Jones declined to give the
figures showing how the vote stood.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-06-07
--------
UNCLE SAM WILL PAY

Washington, June Elm an
swer to numerous inquiries on inc
subject, it is officially announced
that the government, and not the
States, will pay all volunteer
troops for the time between the
dates of enlistment and muster.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-06-07
PLACED UNDER ARREST.

MONTREAL June 6.-Lieut. Carranza
and Senior DuBosc were arrested at 4:S
to-day on a capias issued at the instance
of Detective Kellert, at the house of the
consul general of Spain.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-06-07
A FATAL RAILROAD WRECK.
Engineer James Hannaway Killed
Near Cairo, W. Va.

Some Boys Had Placed Stones on
the Track, and No. 4 EastbOund
Express Struck Them-The Train
Was Derailed and Ran Into the
the Retaining Wall at the Mouth
OF No. ID Tunnel-Two Unknown
Tramps Fatally Injured - They
Were Riding the Blind Baggage.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-06-07
FOR SANTIAGO DE CUBA.
The President Has Ordered 10000 Troops
TO Embark at Once-Will Arrive at San
tiago by Thursday.

Special to the Register
Washington, D. G., June 6.-The
President to-day ordered the imme-
diate embarkation of 10000 troops
from Tampa for Santiago, where
they are expected to arrive on
Thursday.
None of the transports had left,
Notwithstanding reports to the con-
trary, but the forward movement
will begin at once, if indeed troops
have not sailed.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-06-07
MORE SHOOTING HEARD.

Cape Haytien, Hayti, June g.
1850 a. MAT 8 o'clock this
morning strong cannonading was
heard from the direction Of Augua-
dores, a little east Of MORO castle,
which defends the eastern entrance
of the harbor of Santiago de Cuba.
A quarter of an hour later the
noise of the cannonading greatly
increased, the firing evidently pro-
ceeding from guns of the largest
calibre.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-06-07

whole, conducting the campaign
on humane principles.
In the course of a pitched battle
on May 80, a number of native
auxiliaries deserted the Spanish
colors for the insurgents. Judging
from the general tenor of the news
from Manila, there Is reason to be-
lieve that the city will fall into
Dewey's hands before the arrival
of the American troops.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-06-07

Madrid, June 6.-S a. ma dis
patch to the impartial from San
tiago de Cuba says that at ten
o'clock on Saturday evening twenty
American warships opened a not
attack on Santiago de Cuba, but
that they were so distant that the
shots did not reach the forts.
The dispatch adds that seeing ths
futility of the enemy's cannonade,
the Spaniards made no reply 70
their fire, awaiting the nearer APP
proach of the ships, but the at
lacking feet continued to remain
in it's distant position.
The dispatch further says thaI
the bombardment lasted torty-iNe
minutes and was not resumed
On Sunday, it continues sixteen
American warships were SUI
moored at the same place, III Sien1
of Santiago de Cuba.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-06-07
rWo NEGROES LYNcHED.

ST. LOUIS. Mo, June Ga spec'a, 70
the Post Dispatch from O'Ai No 80, -
saws that two negroes have been i .l .si
ond Two more are likely to receive the
same fate for the murder OF city Mar
shal walter Meloane yesterday
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-06-07
NATE AND HOUSE.
Former Passes the Urgent Deficiency
Bill, and the Latter Sends the War
Revenue Bill to Conference.


WASHINGTON, June 6.-Beyond the
passage of an urgent deficiency bill made
necessary by the war, the Senate accom-
plished little to-day. The deficiency meas
ure carries appropriations for the navy
and war establishments aggregating ST.
100000 These appropriations are in addi-
ton to the amounts to be carried later
by the general deficiency bill. During the
greater part of the session the measure
providing for the taking of the twelfth
and subsequent censuses was under con-
sideration, but no progress was made tow
ard it's completion.
After the revenue bill was sent to con-
ference the session of the House to-day
was devoted to routine business, chiefly
under suspension of the rules, a number
Of bills being passed. Adjournment was
taken pending the disposal of a measure
providing code of criminal law and pro-
cedure for Alaska.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-06-07
GUFFEY SUCCEEDS HARR|1Y.
The State of Pennsylvania Has a New
Representative

On the Democratic National Com
mittee-Harrity and Guffey Mott
fed Of the Change by National
Chairman Jones' The Substitu--
ton of Guftsy Was Made After a
Poll of the National Committee
Had Been Taken, and Was Made
at the Request of the Democracy
of Pennsylvania.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-06-07
FOR AGUINALDo DEAD OR ALIVE
Copyright, Associated Press.)

Manila, May 30, via Hong
Kong, June 6.-Many natives will
try to secure the large reward the
government has offered for the
capture of the insurgent chief,
Aguinaldo dead or alive. Already
several of the insurgent officers
have been assassinated.
1t is officially declared that four
armored cruisers with GOLFERS, tor
pedo boats and transports carrying
ten thousand troops, have left Spain
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-06-07

WASHINGTON. June 6.-Forr West VIZ
s,inia-Fair; light easterly winds. ot,,a
For Western PennsylFahid all Gi''O
Mr.. c. Schnepf. the Opera Hoa So eru -
pist' made the following observatiohsse % q
a m X: IL M, SIS; p. m. IS; p M ~.
Weather fair.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-06-07
|NSURCENT VICTORIES.

Admiral Dewey Reports Serious Spanish Re-
verses at Cavite--Cavite Arsenal Prepared
for U. S. Troops--Other Reports That In
dictate the Serious Position of the Spanish
in the NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Would Take
Manila But for Dewey's Interference.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-06-07

No'e st. Nicholas, Hayti, June
0AdYices received here to-day
''ui the flagship New York, off
Santiago de Cuba, and forwarded
o'clock Sunday afternoon. say
geTe is no truth in the report from
,0l Antonio, Jamaica, that the
PdAlsh torpedo boat destroyer
error has been sunk by the United
states battleship Oregon.
''ue Spanish torpedo boat de-
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-06-07

THE Spanish torpedo boat de-
''eIS Furor and Terror were
]''' az Glasgow for Spain, and
\. pleted their official trials in
''ember, 1896. They are big
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-06-07

Wonometalllsts, blmet-
.rrists. Populists, and all
atber lists read the Sun
g III Register. Why? It
has all the news, and
snends double to treble
y ,,ore than any compete
tNr.
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To Advertisers +: If this
cost be a little more, the
returns make it up; for
the Register is the recog-
nized family and HON
paper in the city and
neIghborhood
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-04-12
(From the Chicago Chroni

F'rOm the Chicago Chronicle.)
The secretary of the interior has sent
a report to congress asking an appro-
priatiOn of So, 000, 900 to supply the de-
f~iciency in the amount of money re-
quired for the payment of this years
pensions. He accompanies his repOrt
with some discOuraging information.
In 1890 the list of pensioners contain
ed 538, 000 names. 1t now contains 1000,
600 names; at least, a month ago it
contained within 4, 200 of that number.
The appropriation for pensions in 1890
amounted to $72, 900, 900. For the pres
ent year $14S, 900, 900 will be required to
pay the army end navy pensioners.
The increase in the number of pension
ers and in the amount of the pension
appropriation since 1890 is about 80
per cent in each case.
1t had been supposed that at the end
of % or 80 years after the close of the
war the pension list would begin to
decrease in the number of beneficaries
and in the amount required for their
payment. But sue is not the case.
Thousands of names are being added
each year to the rolls. Numerous pen
sions are increased under the liberal
laws raising the rate of pensions for
growing disabilities. Old soldiers mar
rying ate in life and dying off leave
NloWs entitled to pensions and chill
uIen or penSlOnaDle age 10 increase
the names on the list and to swell the
appropriations.
Over 800 names were added to the
lists last wear. and 20. 900 will have
been added this fiscal ear at it's close
June 80. The present pension commits
sioner in his first annual epOrt ex-
pressed the opinion that the pension
roll would begin at that time to SEN
Sibly decrease. He has changed his
mind on the subject. He now says that
lin view of the increasing applications
for original pensions and of increase of
pensions there will be an increase in the
sum required for the payment of the
army and navy pensions for some time
time to come"
What are we going to do about it?
No doubt numerous frauds are commit
ted in procuring pensions and in thelT
payment. The rolls should he purSed
and all fraudulent names should be
elimated. But this work is in constant
progress. A corps of pension detec-
tives swarm through the ountr run
ming down all the cases of fraud that
they can find. There are numerous
prosecutions and pension ~SWindlerS are
inmates of many of the prisons of the
country. But the total amount OF
fraudulent pensions cannOt cover tc
exceed a few millions of dollars a year
To cut them off creates a scarcely per
ceptible reduction in appropriation
amounting to $3.50, 00O, 900 a year.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-04-12
Trading on War
washington Post.)

1t seems to US tina. a certain class Of
American patriots are not recelVn S
the attention they deserve. OF the NIL
lions 1 sincere and gallant men WHo
invoke war because they believe hui
manity and honor demand il, We have
to say nothing that is not praise and
sympathy. They are honest, they are
patriotic, and they are entitled to u
unfeigned admiration. But there are
others, and of them a word or two at
this particular juncture would seem TO
be in order.
Two or three days ago We saw an
announcement to the effect that a syn-
dictate of patriots were busily engaged
in cornering all the coal they could get
hold of, along the Ohio and Mississippi
rivers and elsewhere. Breathing the
pureSt love OF country, clammoring for
a holy war against Spain in the inter
est Of mercy and Christianity, insist
ing that the dignity of the nation was
at stake and weeping hot, salt tears
over the misery of the reconcentrados
and the atrocities of Weyler, these
piOus and self-Sacrificing gentlemen
were hard at work cOrnering the coal
market so as to gOuge and fleece the
government in the hour of it's need.
There are syndicates and syndicates,
already formed or in process of for
IldCFOI, WlUn reference TO uno expected
war. They will scream for the flag,
for the country's honor and renown,
fling open wide the gates of Janus, and
usher in the dread regime of blood.
And then, while brave men are dying,
while the wall of the widow and the
orphan loads the air, while fair lands
are ravaged, they will exploit their sor-
did greed, realize upon their cold blood
ed conspiracy and rob, with equal CAL
l~Ousness, the feeble and the strong, the
Wretched and the Well-tO-do.
One of the most sinister and abhor-
rent qualities Of war is that it breeds
/ such hateful schemes and enriches
such infamous creatures. Death and
| suffering, h paralysis of
the destruction of the peaceful arts,
the suspense of 'civilization-these are
the logical, h inevitable concomitants
| of war, and for these we are prepare
by HISTORY or by experience. But the
| crawling things, the jackals and the
| VultureS, that prey upon the heroic
| carcass, the spectators in want and
woe n bitter need, the merciless and
obscene beneficiaries of calamity
these are the evil products of war, and
to think of them is to shudder with dis
! gust and %loathing.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-04-12
PRESS.

Let him continue to show the same
quality, and demand more time If more
time is Indispensable. He has the whole
sober sentiment of the country behind
him.-Baltimore News.
Will this anticipated and absolutely
certain expenditure be justifiable in the
eyes OF men and in the sight of God? Is
there not some better way out of the
trouble?@Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The plain fact is that the findings of
the court of inquiry take the destruction
of the Maine out of the category of pos
sible accidents and demonstrates it to
have been a crime.-Baltimore Sun.
It is the part of common sense to trust
the discretion of the president rather
than the lack of discretion of members
of congress who deliver their speeches
with both eyes on the crowds now
t~hronging the congressional galleries.
Des MoineS Leader.
Those members Of congress are the
best representatives and the best patri-
OTIS who do not lose their heads at this
juncture. and who cOurageously resist
the reckless demagoguery that is urging
the country into an unnecessary war
Philadelphia Record.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-04-12
NOnTHERN PEACE SENTIMENT.
PRESS.

I'm six weeks" Speaker Reed Is quoted
as saying, this country will be ashamed
to look back TO this war frenzy."-Hart-
ford CoUrant.
If every man spoke out his honest
opinion, We believe the sentiment against
war in intelligent quarters would be SIM
ply OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Republi-
can.
Congress ought TO hear from every con-
s~tituency in the land that war must be
the last resort. and only after all hon.
orable diplomatic efforts to avert IL have
failed."-Chicago Tfmes-Herald.
By what law % nations can congress
be justified in declaring war against
Spain solely because of her refusal to
surrender forever one of her richest ter
ritorial possessions philadelphia Ledger
If, by its devilish meddlins. congress
the pending negotiations for peace, upon
must rest the blood Of the guiltless
fc-d Post.
This country's motive is entirely hu-
name. The United States has nothing to
gain, but the credit of a noble action. II
it Is possible to avoid 1t, is it not better
that What is done be free from blood
and Observation-Disclosures American.
We do not believe that If war, under
circumstance that are believed to ex-
list now. is declared. the United States
will be justified in the eyes of the civil
lied world and Almighty God.-New
Haven Leader.