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Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-03-27

From the private Wires of r B. Mabbitt
& Co, brokers, Exchange Bank Biog:
Chicago, March 26.-In the face Of
the depression experienced in this mar
ket yesterday Liverpool cables came
higher this morning, demonstrating
that this market is not alone in max
ing the worlds prices of wheat, conse-
quently wheat traders felt decidedly
changed. Closing cables at hand pre-
vious TO the opening Of this market
showed an advance in Liverpool of u
sd. Receipts at Chicago were 1875
,ars, as compared with only Z last
year. Minneapolis and Duluth, how
ever, received only $40 cars against 446
a year ago. Colder weather in the
Northwest, and predictions Of a still
further drop in temperature to-mor-
row was considered as a significant
bull argument, in view of the fact that
widespread damage has already been
reported as result of late frosrs. The
advance in stocks also impelled shorts
to cover freely. After the opening
squirt the ma ket quieted down and fell
back to the opening figures. Weather
conditions and war news will probably
be the governing influences dominant
for some time from now on. Corn was
fairly active and high on short cover
ing and in sympathy with wheat. A
rather weak feeling pervaded the deal
ings in oats. especially the nearby de-
liveries Liquidation was the only fea-
ture. Provisions were extremely weak
on heavy selling by a leading specula-
tor. Alleged fear of a yellow fever
outbreak at the South and lower prices
for hogs were the principal arguments
advanced by the bears.
Corrected daily by r. =. Mabbitt & Co.,
brokers, Exchange Bank Building;
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-03-27
LABOR NOTES.

Next Friday is the day fixed upon
by the conference of mine operators
and miners for the eight-hour day
schedule to go into effect. A demon
stration to mark the event will be
held by the miners across the river,
which will be participated in by the
miners also from this side Of the
river.
James Hill, of the South Side, will
attend the sanitary national conven-
ton to be held at Toronto the first
week of April. A number of grave
questions to the sanitary trade will be
considered at this meeting.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-03-27
SERVICES AT BENWOOD.

Rev. Mr.. Metzenthein, of Reynolds
vile, Pa, arrived last evening and will
preach to-day at the German Lutheran
Church at Benwood. His sermon in
the morning will be delivered in Ger
man, and his evening discourse in
English. Rev. Mr.. Metzenthein will
preach on trial to succeed Rev. c. L..
Boecele, who has resigned to accept
a call to Altoona, Pa.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-03-27
ACCIDENT ON THE B. & o.

There was an accident on the Balti-
more & Ohio road at Fairmont yester
day morning. Passenger train No. 5,
of which Captain Carney Is conductor,
leaves Grafton at 6 o'clock. At Fair
mont the engine struck a Monongah
road engine which was switching cars
on the Baltimore & Ohio tracks. Both
engines were damaged somewhat, but
no person was injured No. 8 was
three hours late in reaching Wheeling.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-03-27

st. Johns, n. F., March 26.-The
steamer Greenland, returning from the
seal fisheries, put into Bay de Verde
tonight and reported a terrible dis
aster.
On Wednesday night, when among
the Ice Hoes, while her crew were trav-
eilng about the foes III search Of seals,
storm arose, accompanied by a
phnalng snow, which drifted rapidly,
and a severe frost
ne members Of the crew who were
on the Ice could not regain the vessel,
ana We're exposed TO terrible weather
throughout the night and all the next
day
Forty-eight men persisted and be-
tween fifty and sixty We're so badly
1rost-bltten that the amputation of
Dne or more of their limbs will have
To be undergone by all OF them.
Yesterday the Greenland succeeded
IN recovering the bodies Of 70 OF the
victims, but the remaining % were
buried beneath the snow drifts.
4 All OF the frost-bitten men are now
aboard the steamer and are suffering
terribly, having been without proper
medical attendance.
From the circumstances of the dis
aster, it is feared that others have suf-
Tered in a similar manner The city
Is IN a state Of great excitement. The
disaster is the worst recorded in the
history OF the sealing industry. Most
pf the victims were. married men.
The Greenland is expected to arrive
here tomorrow, and the government
is making preparations for the ac-
commodation Of the frost-bitten suf-
serers.
St Johns, N. F., March 26.-Further
facts concerning the Greenland dis
Rster are difficult to obtain, because
heavy snow storm is now raging,
Interfering with the telegraph wires.
The steamer is lying off Bay de Verde,
and further messages cannot be de-
livered tonight, owing to the heavy
geaS
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-03-27
BOWLING.

The stogie makers from ]. F. Millers
had a picnic defeating Pollack's men on
Fette's alleys last night, winning three
games without half trying. Captain
Bernhard now challenges any six stogle
makers in the city for d match game on
the above named alleys. He has another
match on with Marsh's men for next Sat
urday, but says he's afraid they won't
make common amusement, and is going
to put his weak team against them.
Tho soAraS
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-03-27
FITCiNG up MONITORS.
The Old Vessels Being Put in Trim for
Fighting.

Ihe Ola vessels EeinS fUI III Trim Tor
Fighting.
PHILADELPHIA. Pa. March 26.-Act-
ing under orders fro mthe Navy Depart
ment at Washington, two OF the old
monitors now at League Island navy
yard, the Catsl2il and Nahant. We're
placed in the dry docks for repairs.
All the monitors now at the navy yard
will be repainted and put in condition
for fighting
Three SHIFTS will be placed at work on
the fighters so that work will continue
day and night. The men in charge of the
dock anticipate rapid rrogress. for three
years ago two of these old fighting ves-
sells were locked and the bottoms found
TO be in excellent condition.
The cruiser Columbia will not sail for
Hampton Roads until Monday at day
break. She will be followed by the Min
neapolis a few days later. 1t was stated
To-day that the Miantonomah would sail
within week, but her destination could
not be learned.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-03-27
COMPANY B INSPECTED.

Company B, of the National Guard,
at Moundsville, met last night for in
spection by Major R. H. D. Willis, of
this city. After the inspection a vote
was taken for the purpose of learning
how many members would be ready to
leave at once in the event of hostilities
between this country and Spain.
of the members declar-
ed their Willingness to leave at once.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-03-27
TIN PLATE PRICES.
A Break in the Combination Results
in the Slaughter Of RateS---Imports
Shut Out.

Pittsburg, Pa, March 26.-The dis
ruption of the tin plate combination
has resulted in a slaughter of prices.
Tin plate is now selling at 500 per.
100 pounds, and large orders have been
placed within the last few days. One
notable order being for 100000 pounds.
This brings the price so low as TO
practically exclude the Welsh product,
and imports are falling off TO an alarm
ing extent.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-03-27
Ride the Viking and you will not &c
lame. For sale at
H z. HILLMAN & CO.'S.
AN INQUIRY.

To the Editor Of the Register.
Sir:-Ingersoll, who is shortly to APP
pear in Wheeling, processes a great
admiration for Robert Burns, and has
recently written a lecture on the life
OF the great poet. I would like to in
quire if he particularly admires this
stanza from one Of .'Bobbys'' poems:
s'But ne'er with evils profane to range,
BE conplaisance extended;
"An Atheists wits a poor exchange
For Deity offended"
SYLVANDER
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-03-27
FIRE CHIEF REELECTED.

The five fire companies in Mounds
vile held meeting last night for the
purpose of electing chief of the de-
partmont. The candidates were A. J..
McElroy the present incumbent, and
c. Bauple. Chief McElroy was re-
elected by vote of 55 to %. After
the meeting a little jollifcation was
held at police headquarters.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-03-27
LANCER PAST.

Special to the Register.
zANEsEvTLLE, Ohio. March 26,-Mus-
,,i,enn, river is falling at the rate of s
inches an hour and all danger is past
A force of 800 men is engaged IN repair
ing the B, & o. ro1d between THIS city
and Newark.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-03-27
FLOOD CAUSED SUICIDE.

Social to the ReSister.
GAINESVILLE, Ohio, March 2s.-John
nerrinc. a well known citizen, suicided to-
night by shooting himself through tho
heart. He was crazed by grief at the
loss Of properly by the flood.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-03-27
+. B. Mabbitt Brokers. & Co.,
Rooms p and ID Excahanae BonIk susIdlnl

Private wires to Chicago and New York:
Ennds bought and sold for cash or carried
on Margins. We bid for Grain in Car Lots
for best Houses in Baltimore and Toledo.
mar6e&GQc
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-03-27
MEN For TIE NAVY.

pittsburg, Pa, March 26.-Within
the next two months the great lakes
and lake cities will send from six TO
eight thousand men to join the forces
of the United States navy, according
TO the statement Of Lieutenant r. G.
,Denig. of the United Stares navy, now
"a this city on recruiting mission.
Nssieutenant Dening is on his way to
Ith, st. Paul, Minneapolis and 9th
Sthwestern cities for the purpose
Mblishing recruiting stations.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-03-27
NOT IDENTIFIED.

The remains of the drowned boy
found at Benwood Friday, were buried
at the McMechen cemetery yesterday.
The body has not yet been identified.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-03-27

Jimmie Michaels rode thirty miles
in less than two minutes for the mile
on Union White Head"
DILLON, WHEAT & HANCHER co
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-03-27
Viking Wheels at
H. E. HILLMAN & CO.'S.

Look in our window and see a perfect
picture of Jimmie Michaels on his
Union White Head"
DILLON, WHEAT & IIANCHER Co
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-03-27
~ MEN FROZEN 70 DEATH
And Between Fifty and Sixty So Seri-
ously Bitter

Inat the Amputation Of Their Limbs
VIII Be- Necessary-A Terrible
Tale Of the Northern Seas. They
Were Members Of the Grew OF the
greenland, a Seal Fisher, and
We're Working on the Ice Floes
When a Storm Game Up.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-03-27
a oTrAy vICTORY.

~ WI
yhtle, Pa, March Ex-senator
&ads had a sweeping victory
n county to-day at the Re-
Naries, majorities running
"a, 100.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-03-27

benefit It plain honest offer and made introduce
the Merits Slocum Medicine
take and ask writing Dr. Soc kindly
mention the
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-03-27

Bicycles from $50 to $50 at
n. Z. HILLMAN e CO.'S.
The San Francisco call., 1898-06-26

were merely ornamental greenhorns and that they had to do the best with out any help. Regiments pitched their tents without any reference to their neighbors, and in most cases the col onels did not get any information as to where they could draw rations, except ing by making purchases out of their own scant pay.
 Regiments sent to Tampa have been handled like cattle on the railways The officers in command have had nothing to say regarding methods of transport ation, and no staff officers have been on hand to see that the railway com panies fulfilled their contracts or treat ed the men with half the decency ac- corded to horses and cows. In Ger many during the two last great wars I we'll recall the interminable trainloads of soldiers moving to the front amid every mark of good will along the line of travel. At every station were pails of water, if not beer, offered to the thirsty men and horses. Sandwiches and cigars were thrust upon them, not here and there, but at every halting place. The men were in the best of spirits, for they were well cared for and, though the journey frequently lasted many days, the men had chances to get a nap now and then on the benches
 He lISI OHIl6u OldlSS was twelve days coming to Tampa from San Francisco. No staff officer accompanied them, and no one knew what the con- tract was between the United States Government and the railway which did the transportation. They were sent at a time when the Government was shouting for an immediate invasion of Cuba, and when, therefore, great speed was desirable
 That regiment took twelve days to. come. They were handled as freight, and not even as perishable livestock They were shunted for indefinite per- ods whenever the company saw fir to make way for more paying if not mere important traffic. No provision WIS made for the men cooking their food at regular hours, and in those twelve days they were treated with a disregard of comfort that would have been impossi- ble In an emigrant ship.
 Nothing that George Kennan has told me of the treatment of political exilas in Russia exceeds in brutality the treat ment of our American soldiers going at the call of their country to set free he patriots of Cuba. This suffering was not made necessary by the war. There was no such brutal treatment of sol- diers by Germany in her great war. What I mention here is the result merely of ignorance in positions where ignorance means cruelty.
 If we selected for staff officers only army officers of good military record we should have none too good a staff. But to fill up these most important posts with men who are unfit means to furnish amateurs with a license to play with the lives of brave soldiers. We need staff men who can take charge of feeding and equipping men in the field. We need specialists in the matter of transporting troops. We need men who are familiar with the needs of war.
 To-day our men are sweltering under their tents, dressed in winter clothing. while the thermometer Is tropical. For a month they have been in neeed of suitable clothing. They ask if there is any one who is looking out for them!
The San Francisco call., 1898-06-26

this l pour an ounce or so of liquid air. At first it floats, the nitrogen being a little lighter than water; but as the nitrogen rapidly vaporizes, the oxygen, which is slightly heavier than water shows a tendency to sink. It gathers in great azure drops, shaped like in- verted balloons, and as big as marbles, which begin to bob downward, but quickly boil away. As the water chills, however they dive deeper and deeper, gleaming with irideScent tints, and finally some of them fairly reach the bottom before completely disappearing.
 Pouring some of the liquid into a smooth glass tumbler, I dip the bottom into vessel of water thin casing of ice immediately forms about it, but at once begins to crack ,.ith the in tense cold. By repeated immersions, however, adding coat after coat, I pre- sently get a sort of crackle-ware ice cup, thick enough to bear handling after the tumbler upon which it has been nodded has been withdrawn. This ice cup partially fill with liquid now largely oxygen; and when I dip into it the end of a steel wire to which a lighted match is fastened, the hard metal burns eXploSively, like a fuse, with a brilliant effusion of sparks, so that the chilly crystal around it glows like a lamp.
 Tt remains to show the explosive power of this mysterious liquid under various conditions. first take heavy copper tube about foot long, sealed at the lower end, and, having poured in a few drops of liquid air. hammer a close ly fitting wooden plug into the orifice. I have scarcely time to step back be- fore the expanding vapor blows out the plug with @ loud explosion driving it against the ceiling with great force; in the open air have seen 1t hurled to a
The San Francisco call., 1898-06-26

brains or courage, but there are many ways of ridding the service of those who have neither. And this is better done before battle than after it.
 The armies of Europe have all been remodeled since the Franco German war. The most important element in their present efficiency Is that no of than a certain number of years, and that no promotions take place except ing after proof of competency. Thus, if a man has been a captain for few years and is not promoted when his turn comes he Is expected to resign for unfitness.
 Now. men of practical business habits think that the best man t. command a brigade is the officer who has proved good commander of a regiment. So think all soldiers. But not so our acephalous War Department in Wash fngton. 1 see men who left the army when they were lieutenants now thrust back again over the heads of officers who have remained consecutively with their regiments. see men made briga- dier generals who on any kind of test examination would be unfit to take charge of a company. Can we expect soldiers to fight with enthusiasm under generals whom they do not respect? The French catastrophe at Sedan was largely due to political jobbery in the army. There is little of this in the Spanish army, but not so much as in our own. Besides, in Spain, the soldiers do not read the papers so freely as with us, and are not accusto- ed to our ways of doing things. In any other trade than soldering the men would strike by reason of the incompetent bosses placed in charge of their com fort and safety.
 And now for the staff. What Is a staff? There appears to be a mo- tion at Washington that staff officer is selected by the gen. erals wife. with special refer ence for his capacity for holding a parasol or writing out a French bill of fare. That is the notion of the staff as it prevailed in Eurone fifty years ago. To-day we are the only nation. with the possible exception of the Chinese, who treat our staff positions as means of gratifying personal and political friends. We are preparing disaster for ourselves.
 To-day the staff should be made up of not merely soldiers In the ordinary sense, but soldiers who have become specialist in certain branches of mili- tary knowledge. An army machine to- day is vastly more complicated than it ever was before, and the mere fighting it calls for knowledge not readily ac- quired excepting by years of prepara- tion. In the German army officers who desire to go upon the staff are first subject to examination for special fit ness as ordinary soldiers. They must be highly recommended as men fit to lead troops in the field. Then, when they have successfully passed these tests, they go to a special war college. where they take what we might call postgraduate courses, which are in the nature of an extension of the West Point course.
 When our troops reached the end of their weary railway Journeys at Tam pa. Lakeland and Chattanooga they found that nothing had been done for their comfort, that the staff officers
The San Francisco call., 1898-06-26

height of 300 feet. The confined liquid has behaved exactly as water would act in tube heated white hot.
 Here the action is purely mechani- cal, but, by taking advantage of the intense chemical activity of oxygen, ex- plosfonS of far ~reater violence may be obtained. To illustrate this, I saturate in the azure-tinted liquid a wad of oily cotton waste, and place 1t in a steel tube of great strength, open at both ends. When a spark is applied-which must be done from safe distance the tube is rent into fragments If the wad were first wet ith turpentine the explosive force would eXcecl that of guncotton. This compound is well suit might easily be made a destructive agent of terrible efficiency in war; no thickness of armor-plate could resist its ruthless ener~v. Moreover, there would be no risk in the handling, as 1t is not exploded by concussion It can be discharged only by the contact with a spark; the whole effect is produced by rapid-practically instantaneous combustion"
 Of liquid aid MT. Tripler says that the most obvious application would be for the purposes of refrigeration. The possibilities in medicine and surgery are numerous. By means of this process, air absolutely free from germs could be furnished In any amount, and if the stimulating effect of an excess of oxy- gen were desired it could be had with out trouble, quite free from the impur- ities which now often make this gas objectionable. The temperature of hos pital wards, even in the tropics, could readily be cooled to any degree pre- scribed by the physicians in charge, and by keeping the air about yellow fe- yer patients down to the frost point. the
The San Francisco call., 1898-06-26

TAMPA, Fla, saturday.-Do not
 laugh good warrior friends of
 the regular army. This is not
 written for you. I am address
 ing only major generals of recent creation, and amateur soldiers gen. orally, who are playing havoc with the health and welfare of our brave army. The state of that army at Tampa can be compared to a set of modern electric machinery dumped upon the beach of an African Sultan. The machinery is magnificent, but no one can put 1t to- gether. At Tampa is an army of inva- sion estimated by the tens of thou sands It contains individual men and officers unequaled in the armies of Eu- rope for physique. military training and courage, yet these elements are rendered impotent because the direc- tion of them is intrusted to men unfit for command.
 Suppose, now, we set to work to turn the incompetent men out of the army It will make a tremendous void, but 1t must be done before the army can move successfully. We must begin at the top. Who is in command? To-day no one knows.
 Let us determine that immediately. Let the President name some general as commander of the troops, and let it be understood that henceforth he and he alone shall be held accountable for the conduct of the campaign. What would we think of a ship with three or four captains aboard? Yet our little army has been distracted for the last month with half dozen commanders in chief.
 There should, then, be no more back stairs intrigue against the head Of the army. General Miles would consult General Schofield if he saw fit, but the papers would not henceforth be print ing paragraphs to the effect that the President was getting advice from schofield and ignoring that of the nom inal commander of the army.
 I do not say that Miles is the best general in the United States. If vote were taken among officers of the regular service the choice might fall upon Wes- ley Merritt, whom Secretary Alger has deported to the Philippines. But any general at the head is better than this present rule of chaos. Any order Is better than no order. Nothing is worse for soldiers than to feel that they are without a leader. Once we have a head to the army the first thing he will do. if he has the courage, will be to ap- point a board to inquire into the fitness for command of the many who have been recently pushed into high military places by political or money influence. This board will weed out perhaps 75 per cent of the total recently appointed, and that will make room for good men.
 After the battle of Jena, in 1906, near ly every fortress commander of Prussia was court -martialed for cowardice and incompetency. But that was mis- take. The one to have been court-mar- tialed was the King, who allowed in- competent old men to remain in office. No earthly power can give 8 man