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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-04-23

Lieut.. Van Duzer. who was formerly
stationed at the Linsly Institute, has
written a letter to a friend in this city,
in which he expresses the opinion thal1
a war with Spain will be short lived,
giving reasons for his faith in the
speedy triumph Of the Americans
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-04-23
EPWORTH COMMITTEE.

AT her home. No. 1874 Fourteenth
street, Miss Alice Walters very pleas
antly entertained the members OF the
Fourth Street Chapter of the Epworth
League, Thursday evening. Several
interesting matters concerning the
league were discussed and acted upon,
and the remainder of the evening was
spent in informal social amusements.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-04-23
INTEREST IN THE WAR. ]
Thousands Read Register" Bulletins,
Yesterday and Last Night,

While Many Telephone Enquiries
Were Received From the City
and Surrounding Towns Some
Wild Rumors Afloat, Which Had
No Foundation in Fact, Yet Were
Given Sensational Publicity-Tel-
egrams in the Morning Papers
Always Reliable.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-04-23
A pink TEA"

Glass number II of the Sunday
school of the Thomson M. E. Church,
gave a pink tea" Thursday evening,
which was a success in every respect.
There was a large throng of patrons,
and the affair proved very enjoyable,
as we'll as successful from financial
standpoint. An excellent musical and
literary programme was rendered, and
refreshments were served.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-04-23
RIVER NEWS.
Daily Chronicle OF the Move m ,nts Of the
Boats and Boatmen.
YESTERDAYS DE

YESTERDAYS DEPARTURES.
Virginia, Pittsburg.
Urania, Charleston.
Ben Hur Parkersburg.
II. Nj. Bayne, Steubenville.
Leroy, Clarington
Ruth, Sistersville.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-04-23

The flags which were hung out upon
public buildings. residences and bust
ness houses. on Thursday. were allow
ed to remain yesterday, and more were
added. The war enthusiasm of the
Wheeling people has not yet been eN-
pressed in a public way, and it has
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-04-23
NOT GUILTY.

Special 10 the Register.
Clarksburg. W. Va. April 22.-The
jury in the case of Channey Henderson.
tried to-day for mail robbery, rendered
a verdict of net guilty.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-04-23

Park ERSBURG-Ohi river feet 10
inches and falling. Weather cloudy: mer-
curry Al. Passed down: Urania. Passed
down and up: Ben Hur. Passed up: Ar
gand and Barnsdall. The Little kanawha
is falling
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-04-23
Evening subject, "a loyal character"
Sunday school at p. m.
CONFIRMATION AT ST. PAULs.

CONFIRMATION AT ST. PAULS.
A class of fourteen will be confirmed
next Sabbath morning at st. Pauls
church, on the South Side, by the pas
tor, Rev. H. Haas. Special music will
be rendered by the choir under the
direction of the leader, Prof. Herman
Schockey. The names of the confirma-
ton class are as follows: Philip Bohn,
Walter Brinkman, Henry Teller, Wer-
ner Yeager, Fred. Neidemeyer, Henry
Norteman, Henry Tape, Lawrence
Tape, Max Viewig. Nettie Driehorst,
Teenie Plume. Hilda Helmbrecht, Ro-
setta Schaffer, Ulma Seabright. In
the evening an interesting entertain
ment and song service will be given.
Sunday evening Rev. R. r. Bigger,
pastor Of the Third Presbyterian
church. will continue his question ser
vice and will preach on the First
Question of the, New Testament
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-04-23

been suggested that it would be an
excellent idea to follow the example
set by Bellaire last night.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-04-23

ONLY SEVEN DAYS LONGER.
to get our large 81 60 bottle of U-No
Tonic for % cents.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-04-23

While the local interest is very great
in the military operations undertaken
or in prospect there is, Of course, none
of that active excitement which would
probably obtain if, for instance there
were several local military companies
booked to be called out. Aside from
the few recruits who have joined the
Moundsville company, and relatives
and friends of a few naval and army
officers, the people of this city, while
as patriotic as any, have not that close
personal interest which comes from
seeing body of men, citizens Of
community, marching away to war.
All this may be speedily changed how
ever, should additional troops be asked
for which the organized national guard
cannot supply, and if such be the case
there will be several organizations
formed in this city speedily. At pres
emit, however, there is little incentive
to this, because the Governor cannot
accept their services, and the general
government will not need them, APP
parently until it is demonstrated that
our first quota cannot be made up
from the organized troops OF the
State.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-04-23

Knox crowned Sailors are now fol
sale at 6. a. 8euter's % Twelfth st.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-04-23
BOATS LEAVING TO-DAY.

Charleston, H. X. Bedford, 6 a. m.
Parkersburg, Argand. II a. m.
New Matamoras. Lexington. II a. m.
Steubenville. 7. NJ. Bayne. 2:30 p. m.
Clarington, Leroy, $3.50 p. m
Sistersville, Ruth, $50 p. IN.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-04-23

Yesterday the local interest in the
war news was even more marked than
upon Thursday, and a good many
thousand people stopped at the office
OF this paper during the day and last
night to read the many bulletins there
displayed, or to ask questions as TO
some particular fact, while the tele-
phone kept up a merry tintinnabula-
ton from all portions of the city and
the surrounding towns. The Register
had nearly dozen bulletins up before
noon, among them being one chron-
icing the capture of the Spanish mer-
chairman by one of our cruisers. and
comparatively unimportant as was the
episode, from military point Of view,
it created much satisfaction as indi
eating the first advantage.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-04-23

A very successful social was given
at the Third Presbyterian church last
Saturday night which realized the
neat sum Of $171.
Rev H. Haass. pastor of st. Pauls
church, South Side, was presented with
a handsome mahogany rocking chair
Thursday evening by the members Of
the class which will be confirmed Sun
day morning.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-04-23

Capt F. r. Huseman, of the Wheel
ing Volunteers, has received very en-
couraging letter from Col. c. l.. Smith,
of Fairmont, with reference to the local
boys being given an opportunity to
Join the National Guards. The Wheel
ing company is receiving accessions to
its numbers, and the boys are all very
enthusiastic and will be deeply disap
pointed if they are not called upon.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-04-23
MEETING WITH SUCCESS.

Gratifying success is meeting the
efforts of the committee appointed to
canvass the congregation of the Third
Presbyterian church to secure funds TO
make the improvements that have been
contemplated for a long time. The
committee has made partial canvass
and has secured a subscription OF 81
200. At least five hundred dollars
more are expected from the Sabbath
school, Kings Daughters and other Or
CARNATIONS of the church. The church
improvement, which will consist OF a
handsome new stone and brick front
will cost between $4,000 and $4,000.
The plans and specifications, which
have been prepared by Franzheim,
Giesey & Faris, will be examined soon
and possibly some changes may be
maize in the plans. A drawing shows
the front of the church with towers
on each corner and beautiful collonades
and colored glass windows between.
Work on the improvements will COM
mence in six weeks or two months.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-04-23
TO-MoRROW's DEPARTURES

Cincinnati, W. J. Cummings. s a. m.
Pittsburg. Ben Hur, ] a. m.
GAINESVILLE, Lorena, 3 a. m.
Pittsburg, Kanawha, a. m.
Sistersville Leroy, a. IN.
Pittsburg Hudson. a. m.
Cincinnati. Virginia. a. m.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-04-23

Fl. B. Drabelle. who is organizing a
light artillery battery, reports that he
has about sixty applicants and expects
to issue his first call about Monday.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-04-23

One reason for the great amount of
local interest in the departure of the
North Atlantic squadron for Cuban
waters is the fact that several Of the
United States officers in command of
the fleet are well known here. Lieut..
Van Duzer and Lieut.. Muir have both
been military instructors at the Linsly
Institute Inspector Curtis, of West
Liberty. and Lieut. Capehart. of Bridge
port have many warm friends in this
city and vicinity. Lieut.. w. p. Schultz
is Wheeling boy.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-04-23
GEO. NJ. SHOOK q co.
SNOOK & CO.
BIG BUSINESS BRINGERS
FOR TODAY.
Suits, $3.50.

If you knew what we know, those all wool Covert
Cloth Suits, with bright satin lined Jackets would not
last till ten o'clock tonight ST. 90 the suits are aIlr-
ng; the price easy to part with Come to-day and
aluaint yourselves with our price and STYLE SURPRISES
in Suits Jackets, Skirts, Waists ETC.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-04-23

Through the efforts of Charles W.
Bippus, Isadore Somehow and Fred
Wassman, Jr., military company will
be organized in Bellaire probably with
in week The names of twenty youn,
men, who are anxious to defend the
nations honor, have been received. DR..
d. W. Boone is spoken of as sergeant
of the company.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-04-23
FRIEND & SON,
1868 nGin Street.

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eia,iss ~ call az West Va, Printing ~
Eo fs2s and r227 Market street. ais1
amino samples Of Address Cafas'
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-04-23

During the early afternoon several
wild rumors were set afioat, they APP
pearing to originate in Wall street One,
impossible upon it's face was that the
United States battleship Oregon had
been destroyed by a Spanish torpedo
BOAT Off the coast of Brazil The Ore
gon. as yet, is nowhere near the coast
OF Brazil, and as she has not been heard
from at Washington for something like
ten days, it was impossible that any
news of either victory or disaster
should have come from her yesterday.
Another improbable rumor, without
foundation, was that the Spanish ship
Alphonso XII. had been destroyed by
an American ship in the harbor of Ha
vana. AS matter of fact these ru
mors were dismissed as untrue as soon
as heard, yet both found their way into
print. A little experience with war re-
ports Will show that a large percentage
of them are unreliable or totally false,
particularly those put into circulation
early in the day either from pure sensa
tlonallsm or for stock gambling rea
sons, while sometimes bulletins based
upon what appears to be reliable facts
are modified or made wholly worthless
by subsequent investigation. 1t is up
on this basis that bulletins displayed
during the day should be taken simply
for what they are worth, but the tele-
grams of the Associated Press, often
filed late at night, after careful in
vestigation, are to be considered reli-
able, and through them the people will
have access to everything allowed to
be printed by the authorities regarding
operations. These dispatches have
been uniformly accurate heretofore, and
will continue to be So
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-10-27
HER CHARITIES.

But few people have ever realized to
what extent Empress Elizabeth carried
her private charities. She was not, like
SO many other wealthy women, salts
fed with sending money to the poor
far more refined and delicate was her
way of giving, for she preferred to do so
in person, and almost always incognito
that Is to say, she took as many pre-
cautions to conceal her good deeds as
did her namesake, Elizabeth of Hun
gary. remember many secret errand
upon which we went together, unac-
companied by even SO much as a SER
want, at dusk, in the most squalid quar-
tiers of Vienna or Budapest, writes a,
woman of title in Golfers Weekly
Dressed in the plainest fashion possible
we Wended our way through narrow all
leys and ascended damp, moldy stair
cases, where it hardly seemed safe to
tread, in quest of the dark dens of the
truly deserving poor who belong to a
class too proud to actually become beg
gars. Many sick bed was frightened
by the flowers and fruit, of which Eliz-
abeth always insisted upon carving
her fair share. Her sweet face brought
light and joy to the miserable wretches
rolling their fevered bodies on dfngv
beds; no task was too fatiguing for her
slender imperial hands; and, instead of
the cant which is used by so many
when bent on such errands. she would
find some encouraging, cheering words
of hope and sympathy untainted by ex-
aggerations and preacnings, which
went straight to the heart Of the suffer-
ers.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-10-27
ODDS AND ENDS OF SPORT.

Bob F'itzsimmons is said to be doing
very well on the stage this fall He opened
at Baltimore Monday night, an engage
ment with Edward Harrigan in 'Mulligan
Guard Ball"
Danny Maher, the cleverest rider in
America at the present time, will ride in
California during the winter
Doucette, Harvard's famous center, ID
playing right guard on the DenYer Ath-
letic Club team.
Ransome. the California full back, who
doomed up as a possible rival to Mcbride
at Yale last year. has espoused profess
sionalism.
Bald leads the prize winning circuit
cycle riders again this year. He has $4,000
to his credit Gardiner has $780, Major
Taylor $1,000, Cooper $4,000, Mcfarland $500
and Stevens $3.50
John Adee a wheelman heretofore I'M
known to the cycling world at large. ac-
complished a wonderful feat at Egg Har-
Dor, N j., Monday. He rode over five
miles of road there in exactly eleven min
utes, thereby establishing a new worlds
road record for the distance.
George Brooke, PENIS old full back, has
been lying In the University of Pennsyl-
vania hospital for the last two weeks with
the fever which he contracted in Porto
Rico He is now expected to be out on
Saturday to the foot ball game and see
Herschberger, his rival for full back hon
ors, perform.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-10-27

RAILROAD CARS
What Some of Them Cost and What
They Weigh.
(From the indianapolis Journal1


(From the indianapolis Journal1
An ordinary passenger car on a steam
railroad costs from $4,000 to $4,000. and
weighs $4,000 pounds, or nineteen tons.
A mail car which costs from $1,000 to
$500 and is shorter by about one-ouar-
ter than the ordinary passenger coach.
weighs $4,000 pounds, or sixteen tons.
A baggage car, without the baggage in
it, weighs $4,000 pounds, fourteen tons.
and costs about as much as a mail car.
sleeping car, with observatory at
tachments, literary annex and culinary
departments, costs anywhere from &c.,
600 to $4,000. The average weight of a
sleeping car is from twenty to twenty
two tons.
A full train in motion, as a little fg-
uring will show, is no light affair. The
ordinary weight of the railroad locomo-
tive, for passenger service, inclusive
of tender, but not of fuel in the tender,
is forty tons. One baggage car weighs
fourteen tons, and one mail car sixteen
tons, bringing up the weight of the To-
connective and the baggage and mail
cars to seventy tons. Six passenger
cars at an average Of nineteen tons,
weight of baggage, of fuel carried,
weight of a train made up of locomo-
tive and eight cars, would be 1874 tons,
or 1868, 900 pounds, exclusive of the pas
sengers and mail matter
Pulling 1874 tons along rails at the
rate of fifty miles an hour or more is
an achievement which has not been
easily brought about. and the more the
problem is studied the more clearly 1t
is understood how far the mechanical
work on railroads has been pushed.
There were by the last figures report
ed $4,000 locomotives in use on the Am
erican railroads, $4,000 passenger cars
and 5000 mail and baggage cars. These
figures seem large until compared with
the number of freight cars on Amer
lean railroads, and then they seem in
significant, for the number of freight
cars in use is 1880 900.
Freight cars among the railroad men
are divided into four classes-f1at cars,
such as are used for the transportation
of stone, machinery and lumber; box
cars such as are used for the trans
portation of grain, fruit and ordinary
merchandise; stock cars, such as are
used for the transportation of live
stock, and cars such as are used for
coal and oil-those used for oil being
supplied with tanks. The average
weight of a fiat or gondola car is seven
tons. The car costs from $500 to $400
Box cars weigh a ton more and cost
800 more each. Stock cars weigh eight
tons each on the average; coal cars
weigh three tons each. 1t costs about
5000 to build coal or oil cars. and they
are designed to carry five tons apiece.
The weight of fifty coal cars is $50 tons,
and of their contents, if all filled, $50
tons, which, with locomotive and ca
boose added makes APO tons as the
weight of a train. 1t may be added,
that the weight Of loaded
trains passenger, coal or freight,
ranges from 200 to $50 tons. The lighter
the train the greater the speed; that's
the railroad rule.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-10-27
CENTRAL POMONA.
Interesting Meeting Held With oxford
Grange.

oxford, Oct. 26.-The Worcester Cen
trail Pomona Grange held morning
and an afternoon session in Memorial
hall today. Nearly a hundred were
present. The number of delegates from
each grange We're: Sutton, IA; Mill
bury, 3; Auburn, 49, Grafton, l; Doug
las, 4; Shrewsbury 2; Worcester, s.;
Sturbridge (visitors) 2. There were
about so present from Oxford Holden
and Upton We're not represented. All
the officers were present except the
treasurer
The morning session began at 1890
L. H. Cudworth of Oxford, master, pre-
sided. The hall was decorated with
potted plants. Mrs. Sarah E. Brown of
East Douglas read an essay on
Home" which was followed by dis
cussion. There was also short mus
ical program. Dinner was served by
the Oxford grange.
The afternoon session began at about
p. m. The following program was
rendered by members of the Oxford
grange; Piano duet Mrs. G. A. Mann
and Miss George Bardwell solo, Mr..
Henry Congdon; reading, Miss Inez G.
Kelton; vocal duet Miss Bardwell and
Mrs. Mann. Lecturer State Grange
George S. Ladd of Sturbridge read an
essay on THE new farmer" A gen
eral discussion followed. Remarks were
made by D. M. Howe of Charlton Geo.
S. Ladd of Sturbridge, c. A. Stone, ].
w. Stockwell of Sutton and S. A. Bur-
CESS of Worcester. The meeting ad-
journed soon after o'clock The
next meeting is at Upton, Nov. 16.
The workmen on the electric road
stopped work at noon today on account
Of the rain. The work is progressing
rapidly. Besides the % men expected
tomorrow, 20 more are expected next
Monday.
Mrs. Marden Prentiss of Holyoke is
the geust of c. 8. Lyman and family.
Luman Law of Providence, R. l., is
the guest of Charles Vinton and wife.
Miss Hattie M. Brown is attending
the holiness convention at Webster
Gore.
H. a. Larned is in New York for the
rest of the week.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-10-27
A SMALL SCORE.
Tigers Got But One Touch
down With Penn. State.

Princeton, N. j., Oct. Pennsylva-
MIA State college held the Princeton til
gers down to five points in a game to-
day that exceeded in fierceness any
struggle the tigers have been through
this season. Princeton scored a touch
down in the first half with very lit
tie opposition from the state college
team. After that the boys from Belle
fonte not only kept the tigers away
from their goal. but most of the play
ing was in Princetons territory. The
state college employed the u. of P
guards back play almost entirely,
and gained during the whole game al
most 50 yards in all through the Prince
ton line by this.
The reason for the smallness of the
score and Princeton's poor showing in
the second half was due largely to the
fact that the field was almost as wet
as duck pond and that strong wind
blew directly against Wheelers punt
ing. Most of the gains on the part of
the tigers We're made by end runs by
Reiter and Ayres. The latter was cred
tied with the only touchdown. In the
first half Princeton had the ball, after
a long run by Ayres, on states two
yard line, but time was called before
it could be pushed over. The game
was unusually rough and there were
suggestions of smuggling on the part Of
beth teams.
The limo I'm WAS &C folloufa.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-10-27

A SURPRISE.
Sullivan Developes into Drop Kicker a
Yale.


New Haven, Conn, Oct 26-Corliss
Sullivan, Yale's quarterback, today as
tonished the university by developing
into drop kicker in a remarkable way,
threatening to rival the star klckers.
At the S5-yard line in this afternoons
practice during the rain, he dropped
two goals from the field out of three
tries. He had not before been tried,
and the encouragement lies very large
ly in the fact that he can do so we'll
when such skill was not expected.
Capt. Chamberlain said today that
De Saulles would be in luck ii he is
able to get into the Princeton game.
He certainly will not play against West
Point next Saturday, as his physician
has forbidden him to attempt it. Cham
berlain himself is slowly improving,
and SO are Allen, Benjamin, Towns
bend, Marvin and the other cripples.
Benjamin was able to play in today's
practice for g few minutes, and Mar
win played most of the game The
practice this afternoon was hard and
brisk, and though hampered by rain
and slippery field, the players showed
up well. Two halves of about 20 min
utes each were played, and the college
side scored two touchdownS on the
varsity. The latter scored two touch
downs as well as the two goals from
the field. The college side was today
given a set of tricks to make use of
without the varsity side knowing
them. This is the first time this sea-
son that Yale has resorted to tricks
in practice.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-10-27

Blodgett, A Rankin, H Fox, J. Du-
prey, j. H. Turner, w. w. Vinton, T.
Dowd, C. Hagburg, j. C. Donnelly, C. j.
Carpenter, 7. j. Ryan, II. Mutt, T..
Collins.
Glass of 1901-H Crowell. S. Hibbard
R. Emerson, ]. Donohue, e. Adams, c.
Durgan, P. Bouchard, j. Cahill, F.
Herman, w. st. John, M. Doran, F.
Drugan and c. Reardon.
c. H. Fitzpatrick, the champion half
mile runner. of the world will act as
starter and ]. D. Delaney will act as
referee.
The scorers for the class of $50 win
be F. Parker and H. Carroll; for 1900,
T. Dowd and r. Warren; for 1901, G.
Reardon and w. Taylor. The timers
will be c. Daily, H. Jourdan and L.
Perry.
The course will be from the boat
house at Institute Park, thence to Bar
ber's Crossing via Park avenue, and
return.
The scoring this year will be little
different from that of former years.
The first man finishing will score only
one point for his class, and the second
man two points, and every man win
get the same number of points as the
place he finishes in. The class Scor-
ing the lowest number of points wins
the run.