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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-08-19
THE BIG MINSTRELS.

Brother Gardner, in one of his Ia
nous Lime Kiln lectures, remarked
that as white men BACKED up as ne
groes in minstrel shows were the fun
NEST people in the whole world, re
didn't see why black folks coul iEt
chalk up and have sport with the white
people. Brother Gardner had the
whole American public viii. him v nen
he said that Ministries we're the fun
nest folks on earth. They are, in
deed, and the people Of this country
will never see the time when there is
anything else but admiration and al
lection in their hearts for minstrelsy.
The great Ministries have been mel
who won the devotion of unnumbered
men and women by their personal
charm and their whole-souled, clean
and joyous fun. George Wilson has
been for long time the best loved
of MINISTRIES. He is easily the Ma
poIeon Of the minstrel stage, as Cleve-
land is the Dewey of the minstrel man
ayers. George and William are to-
gether now and touring with the
Cleveland Wilson Minstrels. A show
with two men like that in it should
deliver the goods In double measure.
They are doing that and more. for
they have with them no less min
strel than Billy Emerson. E. " Hall,
Caicedo, Keno & WEIGH, Marion &
Pearl and the Troubadour Four are
in the great company. % that II WI
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the report in tabular form:
Following is the enumeration


Col. Miller thought the matter
should go to a committee for inves-
tigation, otherwise the work of the
enumerators is apt to be done very
loosely. He lived in the Fourth ward
and he could not account for the re-
acknowledgements in population re-
ported by the enumerators. A motion
to receive the report and pay the
enumerators was adopted.
A communication from the Superin-
tendent with reference to supplies was
referred to the Committee on Text
Books
A communication from the Natural
Gas Company of West Virginia was
referred to the Committee on Build
ings and Grounds.
A communication from Mr.. W. l..
Calm was referred to the Committee
On Teachers and Schools.
The question of fuel for the school
buildings during the coming winter
was brought up and Col Miller took
occasion to sharply criticise the Natu-
raj Gas Company for its treatment
of the Board. 1t had agreed. in con-
sideration of the granting right OF
way. to furnish gas to schools free OF
charge; and upon its subsequent rep
resentation that it had no gas, the
Board had relieved the company from
fulfilling its contract. Now, when il
comes to supplying gas for revenue, tbs
company finds that it has an abun-
dance. He took it for granted that
! the sentiment of the Board would bs
| favorable to coal.
] The Board instructed the COMMITTEES
on Buildings and Grounds TO receive
bids. and authorized the committee Il
llet contract for coal.
A communication from citizens liv
ing near the Clay school building
complaining about the smoke from
that building, created considerable mer
riment in the Board Referred TO tn,
local Commissioners.
| A resolution by Mr.. Noble, to emplo.
a supervisor of drawing for the schools
was referred to the Committee OF
Teachers and Schools.
| A resolution By Mr.. Schaub. instruct
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DIED.

SCHNELLE-On Tuesday, August 1e.
1895, at II 80 o'clock p. m. Mrs. Elizabeth
Schnelle, widow of the late Frederick w.
Schnelle. aged 20 years.
Funeral services at her late residence.
No, 2e11 Locust street, Friday afternoon
at o'clock. Friends of the family re-
specially invited to attend. Interment at
Mt Zion cemetery.
please omit flowers)
NOLTE-Tuesday August 18th, 1898, at
4:30 O'Clock p. m. Frederick, relict OF
August Nolte, Sr., aged "A years, months
and days.
Funeral from her late residence, No.
4c4a Wood street Friday afternoon, at 5
o'clock Friends of the family invited TO
attend. 1nterment at Mt Zion cemetery.
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SEVERE STORM.
Marietta Visited by Downpour of Rain
That Amounted to a C1oudburst.
SDecial 70 the Register.

Special to the Register.
MARIETTA, o., August H.-The most
terrific electrical storm of the year passed
over this city this afternoon. The tor
rents of rain which fell were almost
equivalent to a water-spout, and many
houses in the low-lying portion of the
city were flooded TO a depth of two feet
on the first floors, the carpets and fur
niture being ruined. Much damage to
crops is reported from the northern end of
the county.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-08-19
THE UNIVERSITY TROUBLE.

A correspondent, who writes con-
corning the Registers discussion of
the trouble between the faculty and the
President of the State University, has
an erroneous notion of the Register S
attitude toward the faculty as whole
and the scope of its remarks. Posi-
bly, the point was not made as clear as
it m ght have been that not the entire
faculty was engaged in the underhand
effort to get" President Raymond, to
quote the language of one of the profess
sors as reported to the Register in .
private letter. This protesser was saiu
to have stated that we never ldlIeo
tn oct naan when we went after him, y
or words to that effect. AS to how
many of the professors this eve COW
cred the Register does not pretend to
know. That is knowledge which We
doubt is possessed by anyone outside
of the faculty, and mays not all
in the faculty. And~1n rebuking these
the Register hy no means included the
entire facnty.
In fact the trouble Is almost exact
lyIsimilar to that which discredited
the University during the incumbe.-cy
of DR.. Turner five years ago. Then
there was the same characterization in
the faculty and underhand work
against DR.. Turner now reported going
on against DR.. Raymond. In the for
mer case far from the whole faculty
being involved, but one or two of the
professors was actively antagonistic
to DR.. Turner, of which the Register
has positive knowledge of but one. One
man, however, is capable of vast
amount of mischief, especially in such
an institution. In the present case we
have no positive knowledge of the al
legged disturbing elements beyond the
information from reliable source that
the same old characterization was crop
ping out again. And the Register has
simply pointed out that now as then
it is chiefly due to the fact that the
President is a mere figurehead, without
power to punish INSTRUMENTATION by
dismissal.
If the prompt publicity the Register
has given this matter has nipped in
the bud another effort to disorganize
and demoralize this valuable institu-
ton similar to that Of five years ago,
the Register, together with the whole
State which is proud of this splendid
university, will heartily rejoice.
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Attention knights of Pythias.

In making your trip to Indianapolis
next Sunday, August u, you will
have to ride thirteen hours or more,
and TO doubt the committee will ar
range to have some lunches, but that
is by no means certain, 50 to fill your
own grips with some lunches that will
stand the trip come to Gus H. Med
ick's, on South Street, Corner Seven
tenth and Market. there you will find
tho fines. supply Of Potted Ham,
Tongue and in fact anything that
would suit for the occasion.
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be seen that the Cleveland-Wilson
Minstrels, who play here on Monday,
August 22nd, at the Opera House. are
making good in something like quin-
tuple measure. and perhaps good deal
more, for theirs is two shows playing
together, with dual street parade and
separate bands.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-08-19

A dead shot from Texas won prizes
so easily from the Coney Island shoot
ing galleries that they all shut up
shop. This is the first time a Texan, or
any other wild and woolly westerner,
was ever known to get the "best of it,
at Coney even for brief space.
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PATENTS GRANTED.

Washington, D. c., Aug. 1S.-Patents
have been issued to Peter Boyd, as
signor to Riverside Iron Works, Wheel
ing, apparatus for wiping pipe; Will
liam NJ Smith, New Cumberland, rail
joint.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-08-19

The efforts Of Pecksniff to shelter
Alger behind General Skaters ample
coattails is quite worthy of Pecksniff,
who knows the blame for incompe-
tence in the commissary rests not with
Shafter but with the administration in
Washington, who choked that depart
ment with unfit favorites.
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NOT FOR SCOTT.

Weston Independent.
The senatorial convention at West
Union instructed its nominee to vote
for Golf to succeed Senator Faux
ner. and Elkins to succeed himself.
Well done. There are others who
will vote likewise, and Golf and Ell
kins will ere long represent West
Virginia in the Senate.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-08-19
TO SPEAK AT SUTTON.

Hon. J. V. Blair and Hon. M. S.
Holt are scheduled to speak at SUIT
ton, next Monday, the first day OF
Court. The Democrats anticipate
rousing meeting. People Of all po-
litical complexion are invited.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-08-19

New York will give the Santiago
fleet a rousing reception, such as it's
magnificent achievement under tempo
rary command of Schley deserves. AL
though Sampson. is the head of the
fleet Schley is the popular hero.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-08-19
PROMISE AND PERFORMANCE.

The present administration prom
Used the American business man
prosperity and the American work
ingman more work at better wages.
What has it given them?
On one hand we have a dizziness
and stagnation in trade that is es-
pecially remarkable atAthe close Of
an expensive war, wheI all kinds Of
business should be especially hri6E
- $1,000 lghtfully mise
what would the conuftron . Fa1e
if there had been no war, with its
extraordinary demand for able-boNied
men and vast disbursements of
money for supplies.
Ordinarily these should bring almost
unprecedented prosperity in all lines
of business and high wages But
what are the facts? They may be
summarized in four words: Less
work; less wages. 1t is an extraor-
binary fact, at the close of this ex-
pensive war, which should be a time
OF great activity, hustle, large vol
ume Of buSiness and lots of work at
high wages, that, except in time of
actual panic, business has never been
so inactive, stagnant, margins of
profit so close for the business man
and work so scarce and wages so low
for the workingman. Labor troubles,
strikes and lockCuts are the order Of
the day all along the line. But the
remedy does not lie in that direction.
The employers of labor are not to
blame for these hard times and low
wages when the very reverse ought
to prevail. They can't help it and
the remedy lies beyond them. Strikes
will not bring good wages when the
manufacturer is making no profit.
The lockout is not the fault of the
Aemployer, but of trade conditions.
Any employer would gladly feep his
lakor employed if he could and the
fault does not lie with him when
business conditions are such as TO
compel him to close his works.
ing the blame for its condition. When
all the natural elements that ordinar-
lily produce good times are present
and in combination, while the good
times are absent, there is plainly
something. Prong in human manage
ment of 2 shirs, Asome rank injustice
somewhere that diverrs from the ma
.>JJrity of the people the prosperity
that by right belongs to them at j
should be theirs. For in these times
it is only the masses that suffer
or the honest and legitimate business
man and manufacturer. The trusts
ard the money-changcrs grow rich Is
usual. Witness the stocks of the
trusts in Wall street ON the upward
turn and passing all former rises
while the business of the country i.
stagnating in the depths of deadly
dullness.
For this condition the government
tai policy that favors few at the ex.
pense Of the many, that places the
power of expansion and contraction
of the currency in the hands of a very
few kings of finance, who thus have
the financial and industrial world by
the throat, alone is responsible.
There is but one remedy and that is
now close to the hand of the hum
blest day laborer For the ills thai
business, and all branches of trade
and labor now suffer, the financia
policy Of the administration is di
rectly responsible. Monopolies ar,
permitted to plumber labor and thu
consumer, which Is labor, and the cub
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-08-19

The war is over, but all it's hard
ships still exist for the soldiers at
Santiago, .2,OC0 Of whom are sick and
until but recently have leen but half
cared for and improperly fed, owing
to the gross inefficiency of the COM
missary.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-08-19
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.
DeedsLeft for Record at Clerk Robertson
Office Yesterday.

DeedsLeft Tor Kccoru at CIerK T<opertSoH
Office Yesterday.
Deed made August 1, 1898, by F. Z.
H. Scnwertfeger and wife to j. Melvin
Richardson, for the north half of lot
No 6, in J. A Armstrong; addition.
Consideration, $1,000.
Deed made August II, 1898, by F. B.
Ridgway and wife to Charles Neuman,
for part of lot No rs, on the west side
of Market street, between Eighth and
Ninth streets. Consideration, $4,000.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-08-19

knowledged It last year upon leav-
ing for England to assume the duties
Of Ambassador. Besides this, Col.
Hay has literary record showing
considerable brilliancy, which leads
one to regret that he did not cult.
vate his talent, instead OF hiding it
in public Office.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-08-19
AN ASSIGNMENT.

b. NEW YORK, August 1S.-The Central
Stamping Company, manufacturers of tin
ware. this city, assigned to-day to Alfred
Turner, of Paterson, y. j., without pref
erence The company was incorporated
in 1894 with a capital stock of 500 coo. The
company's attorneys estimate the liabil-
tiles at $4,000, and the nominal assets at
500 Geo
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-08-19

Hobson has great difficulty in secur-
ing proper airbags to raise the sunken
Spanish warships. He might try soma
of the administration imperialists.
There are some very powerful wind
bags among them.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-08-19

Havana, the Paris of the Antilles,
had to have a festival to celebrate
peace. All during the war Havana
society enjoyed the usual round of
gaiety. Life in the upper circles of
the Cuban capital seems to be one
high old time.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-08-19
HAD BURGLAR TOOLS.

Special to the Register
MARIETTA, o., August 1S.-George
Young. of Ogdin, W. Va, was arrested
here to-day by Marshal Dye, and was
found in possession of one of the finest
and most complete set of burglars
tools ever seen by the local authorities.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-08-19
OIL MARKET.

OIL CITY, Pa, August 1S.-Credit ball
ances Csc; certificates first sale cash at
9'42c. Sales during the day were 10 cash
at VIC, one~cash at 971sc, Is cash at 9.Iac;
total 29,Vo barrels shipments 125,Ey
rels runs SS212 barrels.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-08-19

1t is not generally known that
Col. John Hay, the new Secretary of
State, is the author of "The Bread
winners the anonymous novel
which created a sensation several
years ago, whose authorship rc-
manned = mystery until Col. Hay ac-
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-08-19

1.nds been decided to muster out in
all 100000 volunteers within the
month. Soon Johnny will come march
ing home to go to work once more.
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Fighting joe, Wheeler and Tied
dy' Roosevelt have the strongest af-
lection for one another. Grand SOL
diers both; can anyone ,,'----0 Iheh!
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ing the Committee ON Text Books to
report text book on bookkeeping at
the next meeting of the Board. was
adopted.
Adjourned.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-08-19

The proposed anti-swearing ordi-
nance met dsfsShGn of the
New York BoaTu o. Aldermen. Natu-
rally.
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TO THE HOLDERS OF THE
VIRGINIA Deferred Certificates:

The undersigned, at the request of the
holders of large amount of Virginia De-
ferred certificates, have agreed to act as
a committee to receive the deposit of the
said certificates and to take measures in
connection with the eminent citizens of
West Virginia and Virginia, to ascertain
the amount of the debt due from West
Virginia, and to submit plan for tho
compromise and settlement of the sarp1
to an advisory board, composed Of
THOS. F.. BAYARD, Hon r. j. PHELI
Hon. P1NkNIGY WHITE and GEORGE
G.. WILLIAMS, Esq, and thereafter to
the holders of the certificates.
Certificates, or Trust receipts THEREFOR
should be deposited with the committees
at Messrs BROWN BROTHERS COM
PANY, 50 Wall street New York CITY, sS
soon as possible in order that action my
be taken before the coming session ~ the
Legislature of West Virginia.
Negotiable receipts viii be Issued for
Certificates, or for Trust Receipts repre-
senting them.
Copies of the agreement under which
the same to be received Will be FUR
nished upon application at the DeporitorN
JOHN CROSBY BROWN
Chairman.
GEORGE COPPELL,
J. KENNEDY TOD,
CLARENCE CARY,
Committee.
ROBERT. l.. HARRISON,
Secretary.
CARY & wHITRIDGE,
Counsel. 80 Wall Street. aui7ea
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-08-19

Same old story at Manila. The
Spanish marksmen who returned
Dewey's deadly accurate fire couldn't
hit anything.
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Uncle San comes out of this war
the champion fighter Of the world.
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FOR SALE.

Ravenswood. Spencer & Chenille G per
cent gold bonds.
Moundsville. Benwood & Wheeling per
cent gold bonds
wheeling Pottery Co. 6 per cent bonds.
Whitaker Iron Co per cent bonds.
New Steel Bridge 5 per cent bonds.
Money to Loan on city real estate
SIMPSON e. TATUM,
Telephone No. GA. City Bank Building.
aug9ec
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This is an advance of one cent over
the prices prevailing during the past
few days and it looks very much "a
though the prediction frequently made
IN The Register that oil would 20 to
better than one dollars in very short
time would be made good.
One of the sensations during the
week SO far has been the drilling in
of Garner & Affords we'll on the Sny-
der farm at Elk Run. 1t was COM
p-eted into the Big Injun sand on
wednesday evening and from that
formation the well will be good for
better than fifty barrels a day. This
is quite a surprise and it looks as
though there was going to be a Big
Injun as well as a Berea Grit pool
over there.
Mccormick & Co.'S well on the Mar
tin 2O-acres, back of Friendley, drilled
in couple of days ago, will be good
for not less than 100 barrels a day and
will be the cause CT a great deal of
new work being started in a very
short time.
South of the Garner & Afford well,
in the Elk Run territory, Shay, Nc
Mullen and others will start three
wells at once on the Bohlen farm. On
the Snider farm Garner & Afford will
start several as soon as possible, and
there will be large amount of work
done there in a very short time
Special tq<the Register.
Marietta, O., Aug 18.-Mr. William
NJ Kingsley, oil operator, fled a suit
yesterday against the Hardwood Oil
Company ard others
He alleges that the defendants are
unlawfully Withholding from him the
lease on the Scion Cone fa-m, and
rrings suit to recover the lease and
$4,000 damages
There is one producing well located
on the tract.
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FOR SALE.

Warwick China Co. Stock.
West Va. Glass Co. Stock.
Central Glass Co. Stock.
Fostori, Glass Go. Stock.
Aetna Standard Preferred Stock.
Riverside Iron Works Stock.
BANK of Wheeling Stock.
Exchange Bank Stock.
Wheeling and Belmont Bridge Co.
Stock
wheeling Bridge CO. Bonds.
Whitaker Iron co. Bonds.
FOR RENT.
Fine residence. completely furnished
ifne street. between Twelfth and Four
teaath streets. Possession can be had at
once,
HOWARD HAZLETT,
Stocks. Bonds Investments.
Exchange Bank Building.
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ADJUSTMENTS.
OPERR r HOUSE.

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. OF SECRET so
cieties 10 cali at West Va. Printing Coz
No 12E and Ix5 Market sstreetl and ~
amine samples Of AddrssS CerG4
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OIL N EWS.
Adjourned.

New Wells and Looations-Notes Abou
the Producing Wells
Following are the quotations given
out o. the Seep Purchasing Agency
for the diffarc1,t 81
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1beelins Resistfr
CHARLES Il. TANEY, GENERAL MANAGER
DELIVERED BIZ CARRIERS.
Daily and Sunday, by Mail, Postage Pre-
paid.

PAID.
Daily, including Sunday, per year: ..$ S9
Daily, including Sunday, six months. 0o
Daily, including Sunday, one month. 20
Daily, six days in the week, per year. w
Daily six mon Ms .,,... co
Daily three months ..... so
Daily one month ..,..,... 80
Daily, three days In the week, per y'r C0
Daily, two days i'll the week, per year 81
Daily. one Gay in the week, per year. ! 70
Sunday orly per wear ..,..,..2 60
sunday, only for six months. ~
weekly. FER year. in advance. ........ l 70
stamps Of The denomination Of TWO cents
and less accepted for amounts less than
one s!ollar.
Correspondence containing Important
news solicited from every part of the sur
rounding country
Rejected communications will not be re-
turned unless accompanied by sufficient
postage.
Tributes OF Respect and Obituary No
tices five cents per line.
The REGISTER, embracing its several
editions, is entered at the Postoffice at
Wheeling. w. Va. as secondclass matter.
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ACCUR ACx
IN filing prescriptions is invaluable to
those who arc in a precarious state OF
health, as well as to the druggist who
values his reputation az careful and
exact pharmacist and chemist We use
nothing but the purest and freshest drugs.
and We compound physicians prescrfp-
tfons in the most careful and exact man
uer.
WILL w. IRWIN, Prescriptlonist.
NV. {. Sad
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wANTED-PURCHAs FOR Blank
House Leases, Oil Leases. For Rent
Cards. For Sale Cards. and Rooms for
Rent Cards. Call at Register Office.
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WANTED.

WANTED-To buy a natural gas plant.
Address CAPITAL, Register office.
au17et.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-10-07
HE'S LEARNING GOLF LANG
UAGE.

Her Majesty's crown was all awry,
A baleful light lit her Majesty's eye,
Her brow was black with anger and dye,
And she said to the "Son of Heaven
"You bad little wretch, did you hope to
steal me
The Dowager Empress Of mighty Chinee?
/ guess 'twere better for you to be
Along with the other eleven,
Who drank from my loving cup here you
see."
But the Emperor tearfully murmured
"Nit,"
o, auntie, ] don't like your doses a bit
Any more than you like my trousers ft,
So this is the plan IL you'll make il.
Bloomers some shorter than yours for me
buy,
with a pink coat and golf clubs, away /
will HE
Chinee l can speak and golf chin-chin I'll
try
You know I'll be harmless on that please
rely,
And the measly old throne, you may
take it," III. G, +,