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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-08-02
A PENSION FUND
TO be Established by the Pennsylvania Rail-
road for old Employees.

TO be Established by the Pennsylvania Rail-
road for old Employees.
I. PITTSBURG, Pa, August 1.-The
Pennsylvania Railroad Company has
practically decided to establish in the
near future pension fund for its old
employees.
All employees who have been with the
company for thirty years and become
incapacitated for work will be retired
on pension, and all employees when
they reach the age of 20 years will be
retired and given the benefit Of the
approximation fund.
When this move is carried OUT it
will affect $1,000 men-that is the num-
Der employed by the Pennsylvania rail-
road on its lines east.
This pension fund in no way will be
connected with the present employees
relief fund, which has membership of
$1,000, more than half the employees of
the road belonging to the relief.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-08-02
THEIR DUTY TO RESIGN.

BRUSSELS, August 1.-The cabinet
ministers this morning decided that,
in view of the rejection yesterday by
the parliamentary committee of fifteen,
OF all the government electoral bills
which had been referred to it, it was
their duty to resign. After the meet
ing the premier, M. Van den Pereboom,
placed the cabinets resignation in the
hands of the King, who is now con-
ferring with NJ. De Smet de Mayer, the
former premier.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-08-02
INCREASE DEMANDED.
Lake Shore Engineers Ask an Advance il


Lake Shore Engineers Ask an Advance in
Wases-The Matter Under Consideration.
CLEVELAND, O., August Loco
motive engineers in the employ of the
Lake Shore railway have applied for
an increase in wages. The company is
asked to adopt new scale, giving en-
gineers of passengers and light switch
locomotives an increase of per cent,
and engineers Of consolidated and
heavy freight engines an increase of 8
per cent. The engineers have also de-
manded the adoption of what is known
as the pooling system. The demands
are being considered by the company,
and the engineers are hopeful of hav
ing their requests granted.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-08-02

PEI. n Reconcentrado. because the publ
cation Is . disgrace to the city and to the
Cuban people and IS opposed alike to pub
lie and private interests and to morality.
Ragson Tatters Deys on'y one ting
wat works dat like.
Rollingstone Nomoss-W'at dat?
Ragson Tatters Philadelphia
Record
sShe has carroty hail"
sPooh-pooh. it's golden"
well, it's 1S-karaty. Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
81 thought you expected some ad-
vantage from the arrival of the rainy
season."
Il did expect some advantage" ans
wered Aguinaldo, but there is no gain
without some sorrow"
Whats the mattef?"
Il just happened to think that most
of my towns will probably be too wet
to burn Washington Star.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-08-02
PILGRIM JOE.
He Meets Up With Others, Who Also
Have Missions.

He Meets Up With Others, Who Also
Have Missions.
/ was p-oceedin' slowly along the
road between the strivin' towns of Stop
Here and Mt. Despair, and was feelin'
in my heart that it was good to be
Twin, when comes across an old kuss
camped beside the highway. He had a
shackelty hass and a shackelty wagin,
and his personal looks was not beauti-
full.
whatsoever findeth the jewel Of
Truth the same shall have lamp to
guide his feet" says l as l comes to a
halt beside him.
Sand he who is content ruleth over
a kingdom of his own says he as he
looks me over.
'Mebbe you've got a kingdom"
said after we had looked at each other
a long time.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-08-02

SENATOR is ALL RIGHT.

WASHINGTON, August 1.-The state
department has succeeded in locating
Senator Beveridge, Of Indiana, over
whose whereabouts some anxiety was
felt by his friends. A cablegram to
Consul Harris at Nagasaki ELECTED the
following reply, received this morning:
ssBeveridge is all right"
The senator was a passenger on the
steamship Empress of India, and was
detained in quarantine at Nagasaki.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-08-02

A Boston Alderman who Wants AduIation
Kept Within Sounds.

Kept Within Sounds.
BOSTON, August 1.-The board Of
aldermen to-day passed an order re-
questing the board Of estimate and ap-
portionment to appropriate sum suf-
ficient for extending the hospitality of
the city of Boston to Admiral Dewey.
Alderman Michael Brick, Democrat.
forcibly opposed the measure. He said,
in explaining his position: Il don't
think that we should throw ourselves
into state of adulation of hero be-
cause he has won a battle. 1t hardly
strikes me that the admiral is to be
put in the same category with Grant.
Sherman and other great military he
roes. | do not, however. wish to dis
credit him in the least. but l do pro-
test against making him second Bou-
LANCER in America"
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-08-02
WAGES ADVANCED.
Flat Top and Elk Horn Operators Find that
the Only way to Get Men.

Special to the Register.
BLUEFIELD, w. Va, August lip
wards of three thousand miners employed
in the mines of the Flat Top and E,lkhorn
coal fields were this morning granted an
increase in the mining rate of fifteen cents
This was necessitated owing to the rapid
decrease of miners, as more than two
thousand men have left this section for
the coal fields of Kansas and Indian Ter
ritory within the past ten days. 1t is re-
ported that the miners in the Thacker coal
fields will be given a like increase.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-08-02
AN EXODUS
OF Ministers of the Gospel From Toronto
Two to Go to Cambridge.

Special to the Register
TORONTO, Ohio, August 1.-Rev. Mr..
Sheppard of the Methodist church of this
place, has handed in his resignation to
that congregation. This makes the fourth
minister to leave Toronto this month, and
there are rumors of a fifth going: 1t is
said that Rev. Mr. Sheppard has a call
from Cambridge, Ohio. Rev. Mr.. Weir,
formerly of the Presbyterian church here,
took charge at Cambridge to-day, regular
ly. 1t will seem strange for two of Toron-
to's best ministers to go to Cambridge.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-08-02
MOVEMENTS OF STEAMSHIPS.

NE WYOR. Arrived: Steamer Weste-
ernland, Antwerp.
MISUNDERSTANDING Steamer Penn
sylvania. New York.
PLYMOUTH--Arriyed kteamer Penn
sylvania, New York for Hamburg.
CORRESPONDENTS Steamer &C.
phalonia, Boston for Liverpool.
NEW YORK-Arrived: Steamer BraziHa,
from Hamburg; Friedrich der Crosse,
from Bremen
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-08-02
DEMOCRATS

OF Noble County, Ohio. Meet and Place
Ticket in the field.
Special to the Register.
II CALDWELL, Ohio, August 1.-The DEM
ocrats of Noble county in convention at
Caldwell to-day placed in nomination the
following ticket:
Representative, Chris Mckee; probate
judge, G. v. Cain; prosecuting attorney. j.
r. keenan,; treasurer, John Finley; sheriff,
John Smith; recorder, E. P. Stallings;
commissioner, N. C. Horton; surveyor, Le-
roy McFerren; coroner, F. E. Wharton.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-08-02

TOSSIN' THE SHACKELTY MAN.
you ought to do is to fall into the river
and float around fur several days"
ITO loosen up the dirt?"
"The same. Then you might arrange
fur herd of steers or a prairie fire to
chase you fur about ten miles and put
some ambishun inter yer SOUL"
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-08-02
FOUND THE BURNED BODY.

AMHERST, Mass, August 1.-The
body of Eugene Takahpuer, the Indian
who killed Miss Edith Morrell and who
set fire to the Morrell barn, was found
to-day in the ruins of the barn. The
Indian killed Miss Morrell because she
rejected his attentions.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-08-02

Il hev," says he. I'm feelin' con-
tent, and tharfore I'm rulin'. I'm tax
in more burned solid comfort than any
other man within a thousand miles of
here"
las to howo"
AS to my old woman. stood it for
20 long years, but the other week l
run away from her 1t amt much of a
hozs. and it ainis much of wagin,
but they've served to put hundred
miles between us, and I'm feelin' a Joy
which has long bin stranger to my
busum"
Behold The goodness Of woman.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-08-02

DtI Va NA.C LIZ
rctto infrmary
in Marion coun-
ty, Ky. This
aged sister is
already over 80
years of age,
and is still en-
joying excellent
h e a ! I'll. She
took the veil at
the age of 20,
and so for rs
years has been
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-08-02
THE OLDEST NUN.

The Oldest nun in America is Sister
Generose Mattingly, who is now q mem
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-08-02
WEEKLY.
weekly PegistOr ead Country Gentle

weekly Pegister nd Country Gentle
,.,ar .......st .s..-+sss.....ss..s..ss
wn eek Register and Harper's
waekly .....s..-.... go. .t.s.....s.
My Register and Harper's MHga-
.,ina .......ss.s..ssssss t.sss ts.s..ss.s
x,1aaily Register and Harpers
t5a1aar ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
,,IoatsIv Register and Scrlbners .......
Nary Register and The Century. .
M,N,eetiy Register and St Nicholas.
NMeeeeehiy Register aud Ohio Farmer 8
,veeiSiy Register and Weston (W.
Va5 Democrat. .....;;.. ;,,,...........,.....
weekly Register and Bagster Art
,venIiv Register and Bagster Art
pible (style BIZ. .......,...:..,,..
xyes,tly Register and Cosmopolitan.
Weskiy Register and McCalls
Ladies' Magazine ....,,...-,..........
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-08-02
DAILY AND SUNDAY REGISTER

Da,iy REGISTER ana Harper's Weekly.s S.l
Dajly Register, INCLUDING sunday.
ana Harper's Weekly................. II 90
Dativ Hegister and harper's Maya
vine ..............ss+. os~y
DAILY DAILY aaTpers Maya zine. ......,.... l0.sO
psiiS Register and Hafper's Bazaar. $50
Daily Regist.er, doe,g Sunday. ,, a..
ana ti a"t and Scribner's -. 40
Daiiy Register. including Sunday.
Dsilv Register and Cosmopolitan. 600
1nt- Regtster. including sunday,
and Cosmopolitan ,;.:.;;;;.....:...,;.... SEQ
Daily Register and the Century Mag
:, fra ..,.......ssr...sss .s.s..ss.ss.44 h.tO
Daily IKE Century Magazns ......... il 30
Daiiv Register and ST. NichoAs..... -. 40
DDannS Rggister, including sunday
an+ g .l sisso ana Mccails I.adi:s 1879
DsNli gyra Line ..........;..... -. 5.D
,siiy Register, including Sunday.
and McCan's Ladies Magazlne.... L75
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-08-02
Real Estate Bargains.

: rooms, bath, halls. corner Maryland and
Penn streets. fine residence. Big bargain:
Hotel. furnishing and long lease; good
location. 80
3-roomed house, east end Twelfth street,
cheap. :, a,-
Lot 30 feet front on Penn street. at N,225
Lots 25xf20 on S. Huron street, on pay
ments S25 co and $50 a month.
Money to Loan-$200 TO 5000
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-08-02
ROLF & ZANE,
No. 80 Fourteenth street.
$40 REWARD $40.

reward of ten dollars Will De paid Iot
,ha arrest ana conviction OF any person OF
nersons caught stealing the Register.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-08-02

The several editions OF the Register
viii be sent in connection with the
publications named below, postage pre-
paid, at the following rates. The
figures are on basis OF year for
each publication. SUBSCRIPTION pay
able in advance:
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-08-02

an active member Of her sisterhood. She
still possesses the greatest elearness of
mind and is one of the most energetic OF
the older sisters in the Lorettlne order.
SUPPRESSED A NEWSPAPER.
HAVANA, August 1.-Gen Ludlow. mill
itary governor of Havana province. has
suppressed the scurrilous Cuban newspa
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-12-05

nant influence of the Father of his Coun-
try may be even more potent for good than
in the century which is drawing to a close
l have been glad to learn that in many
parts of the country the people will hitting
~ observe this historic anniversary.
Presented to this Congress are great OPP
portunities. With them come great respon-
sibilities. The power confided to us in
creases the weight of our obligations to the
people, and We must be profoundly sensible
of them as We contemplate the new and
grave problems which confront us. Aiming
on.y at the public good. can not err. A
right Interpretation of the peoples will and
OF duty can not fail to insure wise measures
for the welfare of the islands which have
come under the authority of the United
States. and inure to the common interest
and lasting honor OF our country. Never
has this Nation had more abundant cause
than during the past year for thankfulness
TO God for manifold blessings and merces,
for which We make reverent acknowledge
ment-
WILLIAM MCKINLEY.
Executive Mansion
December ;, 1899.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-12-05

partment, under the efficient direction of
the electrical engineer great improvements
have been made in this particular branch.
Many of the overhead wires, which were
so dfsf1guring to the city, have been placed
underground thus doing away with I'M
slightly poles and wires; an entirely new
system of switchboard and the receiving
and transmitting of messages has been in
augurated, and the central office is now
maintained in the rooms of the new fire
alarm headquarters. where there has been
Installed a metallic circuit switchboard, with
capacity of 200 drops, at which two oper-
ators are constantly engaged. serving eight
hours for each trick of duty. All the tele-
phones of the District government other
than those connected with the telephone
oompanys central Office are now connected
with this District central office, affordins
most complete and effective service.
Much care and attention is given to the
maintenance of such lines as are still ovet
head; an additional appropriation is asked
with which to continue the good work of
burying the wires. also for further equip
ping the service by complete telephone con-
nections, which will increase the efficiency
In every department.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-12-05
HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
Conditions as shown by Report of the
District Official.

The various branches of the health de-
partment have each received energetic and
efficient service, and. although the report
creased mortality, 1t is true that the con-
dftions generally relating to sanitary meas
ures in the District have been greatly i'm
proved. Many houses have been CONNECTED
with running water which formerly had no
modern water closet accommodations Yards
nave been drained and sanitary measures
generally enforced. Strange as it NAV
seem, when considering such matters as
are of vital Importance concerning sickness
ana health, this is one of the most diff
cult of all the departments of the District
government in which to enforce the law,
as there is apparently more objection to
slight payments of money for such SAM
tary conditions than for almost anything
else.
I'm the absence of census during the
period covered by this report, 1t has been
based upon the number of inhabitants
upon the population as estimated by the
health officer. which is as follows: Whites
1913, 4S2; colored. 5000: total, PSI, 462. The
total number of deaths which occurred dur
ing the past year was 6,028, an increase Of
preceding year. The annual death rate
rose, therefore, from 1882 per LOCO to ID! p6
Among the whites there occurred ago
deaths, an increase of $780, and the death
rate rose from 1888 to 1899. Among fhe
colored people there were 1854 deaths an
increase of 212 causing an increase In the
death rate Of from 27.b1 to 1881
Report on Infection.
INFECTIOUS diseases have been unusually
prevalent. and have contributed largely to
the Increased mortality. Some OF these
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-12-05
THE CAPITAL CENTENNIAL.

In accordance with the act of Congress
providing for an appropriate national cele-
bration In the year 1900 of the establish
ment % the seat Of Government in the Dis
trict Of Columbia, I have appointed a COM
The States and Territories of the United
States who have been invited to assem-
hle IN the city of Washington on the 21st
of December, 1890 which, with the COM
mittees OF the Congress and the District
of Columbia. are charged with the proper
conduct Of this celebration.
Congress al its last session appropriate ed
tive thousand dollars TO enable the Chief
IF Engineers OF the Army to continue the
examination OF the subject and to make or
secure designs. calculations, and estimates
for memorial bridge from the most con-
yenlent point of the Naval Observatory
grounds OF adjacent thereto. across the
Potomac River to the most convenient
point Of the Arlington estate property
In accordance with the provisions of this
act the Chief of Engineers has selected
four eminent bridge engineers to submit
competitive designs for bridge combining
the elements Of strength and dura bility
and such architectural establishment and
UruamentatiOn as will fifty apply 10 the
dedication. "A memorial TO American pa
triOtism.' The designs are now being pre-
pared, and soon as completed will be
submitted To Congress by the Secretary of
War The proposed bridge would be con-
venieHce 10 all the people from every part
Of the country who visit the national Ceme-
terry, an ornament 10 the Capital of the
Nation. and forever stand monument
10 American patriotism. l do not doubt
that Congress viii give to the enterprise
sim further proof of its favor and ap-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-12-05
ENGINEER DEPARTMENT.
Review of the Operations for the Past
Fiscal Year.

''The engineer department of the District
OF Columbia was during the fiscal year I'M
der the charge Of Capt. Lansing H Beach,
Corps of Engineers, U. 8. A. Capt. William
e. Craighill, Corps of Engineers, u s. A.,
reported for duty as assistant to the En-
gineer Commissioner on March 1, and con-
tinued on duty during the remainder OF
the fiscal year.
Sheet asphalt and asphalt block were
the only materials used for street pave
ments during the year. Vttrified block was
used mainly in the alleys, a few, however.
being paved with asphalt block
"Ftfty-four thousand eight hundred Ard
eighteen and seventy-four one-hundredths
square yards Of new sheet asphalt pave
ment were laid. which makes the total area
Of asphalt and coal tar in the District
1885,, S31 square yards, with street mile
age Of 117.67.
'Twenty-one thousand eight hundred and
twenty-five and five one-hundredths square
yards Of asphalt block were laid, making
the total yardage 869. 7eS. The numhsr OF
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-12-05

Street Railways.
The year has marked new era in the
street railway history of the District. All
the street railway lines in the District Of
Columbia except the Capital Traction and
Mount Vernon lines-viz., the Ana .ostia
and Potomac River Railroad Company, the
Belt Company, the Brightwood Railway
Company, the Capital Railway Company,
the Columbia Railway Company, the Eek
ington ana Settlers Home Hallway G, III
pany, the Georgetown and Tennallytown
Railway Company, the Maryland and
Washington Railway Company, the Metro
pOlitan Railway Company. the Washington,
Woodside and Forest Glen Railway Com
pany, the Washington and Rockville Rail-
way Company, Washington and Glen Echo
Railroad Company, and the Washington
and Great Falls Electric Railway Com
pany-have been consolidated under one
management, termed the Washington Trac-
ton and Electric Company. Free trans
fers are given at all connecting points of
these various lines except at such places
where the issue of transfers would make
possible a perpetual ride for one fare. AL
though under one management, it is I'M
derstood that the organization of each COM
pany Is preserved, the same set of officers
serving for all:
During the year the old lexington and
Soldiers Home Railway, now the City and
Suburban, has been equipped with a mod
ern underground electric system in the city
and overhead trolley outside of the city
limits; the Columbia Railway, which was
operated by cable, has been changed to I'M
foreground electric within the city and ex-
tended in the county to Deanwood by the
double overhead-trolley system, connecting
there with a road running to Chesapea Ike
bay. Permits have also been taken out for
the reconstruction of the Anacostia, Belt
Great Falls, Brightwood and Tennallytown
lines, and work Hereunder is being pushed
as fast as practicable, although II is under
stood that considerable delay has been
caused by the difficulty in securing steel
rails and other construction material.
Thorough Work.
1.-THE work of reconstruction. as far as
carried out, has been done in a most thor
ough manner. On the streets S-inch groov-
ed rails have been used 1t having been
found by experience that rails of this
depth give much greater stiffness and con-
seauent less disturbance of the paving, re-
curing less repairs to the roadbed, a mat
ter which becomes Of great economic i'm
nortance where the streets are provided
with an expensive pavement. On streets
provided with sheet asphalt pavement the
companies have laid either vitiriied or
scoria block Immediately adjacent to the
rails, a double row being laid longftudi-
nally outside Of the rails and a single row
longitudinally inside of each rail. This
construction has given much better re-