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Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-01-22

to the number Of 500 have been print
ed. Mayors orchestra will make the
noise. and good time is insured to all.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-01-22
SHARKEY rs WEALTHY

1t is said that in the brief time that
Tom Sharkey has geen engaged in pu-
gilism he has accumulated $4,000.
Prior to his first work as a public
hghter Sharkey was economizing on
wages of about S13 month. The hab-
its OF thrift that he acquired then are
stlll with him, and if the Irishman
can go on winning as he has been doing
In the last three years he will probably
become the wealthiest pugilist in the
world. The fact that Sharkey is a saw
Ing fellow does not please the repre-
sentatives of the fancy" who believe
that all fighters should live up (or.
rather, DOWN to the habits of John l..
sullivan. Sharkey cares very little for
strong drink and he does not like to be
IDLE. He appears to enjoy training. for
ne is desperately anxious to make
money and does not hesitate to go to
any personal inconvenience to get if.
lpm has engagements with several
theatrical companies, each of which
pays at least $1,000 a week.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-01-22
gardner MATCHED.
He is to Fight Peddler Palmer, in
London, in Nay.
THE WHEELING BOY WILL BE AC-
CCMPANIED TO THE WORLDS
METROPOLIS BY A NUMBER OF
LOCAL SPORTING MEN - THE
GENERAL NEWS OF THE SPORT
ING WORLD.

Yesterday Oscar Gardner received a
telegram from his manager, Paddy Sui
livan, of New York, stating that he
had matched the Wheeling boy to fight
Peddler Palmer, on or about the 26th
of May.
The fight will take place before the
London Athletic Club
Oscar will leave New York for Eng
land about the first of May, and about
the first of April he will start to get
into condition for the contest.
= He will be accompanied to London
by his wife and family, and also by
Charles Smith, of Brooklyn, Paddy Sui
livan. of New York. Eddie Gardner, of
this city, Teddy McGovern, of Brook
lyn, bantam weight, and Winnie Win
der, of this city.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-01-22

Bezenah easily defeated Morse Wise
OF Dayton, Friday night, in fourteen
rounds. The men weighed in at 112
pounds.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-01-22

Be sure and attend the great % per
cent reduction sale at The Bon Ton, it
Will nav Won.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-01-22
.ional reputation as a base ball enthu-

tional reputation as a base ball enthu-
Siast, is also an eager applicant, and
both think they will have the winning
hand when the showdown comes. For
the good of the game here it would
be a good move, if the two interests
could be brought together. Last week
Glasscock made an effort to do some
thing along this line, but after days
negotiations Mr.. Howell said his ar
rangements in another direction had
progressed SO far that he could not
join forces with Glasscock and Nichol.
This is disappointing, but it would not
be surprising if the Interstate mag
mates would insist upon amalgamation
of interests before the franchise is
granted to anyone. With an ante-sea-
son fight on hand such bitterness might
result that the success of the game
would be endangered.
Already there is unusual interest
evinced in the movement looking to
Wheelings temperance in profession
al base ball, and with a good team, well
managed the prospects for success
see very bright just now, and would
doubtless brighten to a greater degree
after the franchise is secured.
Glasscock and Nichol are both popu-
lar here at their home and team with
which they are connected would I'M
doubtedly play q fast game from start
to finish. Wheeling fans remember
Glasscock's great record as first base
man and captain of the Wheeling team
of the Iron and Oil League of 1895,
which wrested the pennant from War
rem after one of the most desperate
struggles on record. On the other
hand Mr. Howell seems entitled to
consideration, for he it was who came
to the front last summer when there
seemed to be a chance for Wheeling
to succeed Springfield in the Inter
state, and all but got the franchise.
He was so sure he had the franchise
that he placed advertisements in the
daily papers, stating that there would
be games here the next day. But al
most at the twelfth hour Springfield
people rescued their club from difficult
ties temporarily and Mr.. Howell had
his hard work and considerable ex-
pense for nothing.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-01-22

The match made for March 9Th. be
tween Bobby Dobbs and Dick Burg.
has been declared off.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-01-22

IN he Shinnecock Hills Col
The ,hament took place a tlad
ley club on October Is, 16 aud
were 81 entries The STANDARD
showed gratifying Improved s
the previous year. The runn
Miss Maud X. wetmore.
The international team mat
da versus United States, play
ronto October |, was won by TIL
team, q holes to 7. The intercolle
championships were held in May -
October, as only fail tournament wiz
be held hereafter. Yale won thet fra
and Harvard the second. The indlyidl
ual championship in May fell 10 Jane
f. Curtis OF Harvard, In October L
Waiter b. Smith OF Yale.
The foot ball championship was NOR,
conclusiyely decided last season thai
for several years past. Harvard loonI
&c up so much stronger than any riy;I
that she eould>aI sfully claim the PEI
nant. Her OF Yale by the scoIA
of II to 0 al Pennsylvania by 10
0 demonstN superiority. Prin
ton won from ~ a small score
6 to 0. mainly the great M
of one man, so fharNs conceded
must bow to the crimgA The work
the whole season cqhcik lvely point
to the fact that a thorl >sy -
and drilled team Of really
is away ahead OF an elev cny
though rich in star PLAYERS, is nSN
handled.
No branch of sport suffered more d
account Of the war thanl track and Gel
athletics. Many OF the most prominen
Continued on Fffkh Page.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-01-22

All the heavyweights appear to be
anxious for go with Fitz, if we can
believe what we hear and see in the
papers.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-01-18
ROMEO AND JULIET.
Two Performances Scheduled by the
Elks for February.

The Topeka Elks are rehearsing for
two performances OF the burlesque OPP
era Romeo and Juliet to be given the
first week in February as the annual
Elks' benefit.
The opera was given in April, 1885,
and was received with such enthusiasm
that it was decided to repeat it for this
years benefit with the addition of new
specialties. The following will be the
principals:
Romeo. Adrian Sherman
A romantic youth, whose tender soul
is hlled with longing for the fair Juliet
and her shekels, but whose pathway to
the goal of his hearts desire is inter
spersed with several thorns.
A bold, bad mana chum of
Observation-Disclosures for his inherent
tendencies to wrap the drapery Of his
stomach about free lunches.
An ardent kinsman, who loves his
cousin Jule-'not wisely, but too well''-
and is chivalrously ready to ''streak the
pale air with blood for her
Capulet- Julius Wedding
Mayor of VERONA cruel pa-ri-ent
who makes things d. h. (very warm) for
Romeo.
Apothecary. Torrington
pill-roller, who sells drains of
poison and has no 4tScruples'' about it
a party with very hard cheek, who in
s1sts on appearing before his time-in
love with the Nurse, who tries s'to
shake before taking"
frlar Laurence Harry Stafford
Qn holy orders, which he don't at
tend to)-fat, full of fantastic fancies,
but with an eye open to business.
Juliet. Frank Weightman
A dashing young lady of the period.
rich and susceptible whose bland and
childlike smiles captivate Romeo-a
belle" whom all the boys would like
to ring
Nurse. ---...........-.. IL. z. Morgan
A respectable maiden lady whose name
has been forgotten in the lapse of CEN
turtles
Paul Torrington has entire charge of
the performance The costumes will be
from a costumer in Chicago.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-01-18
PENAL sERVITUDE.
Seven Years of 1t Melted Out to
Harry, the Valet"

London, Jan. 1s.-Johnson. alias
Harry the Valet" who is considered to
be one of the cleverest jewelry thieves
in Europe, and who was arrested in
London on November % with a man
named Lippman, having in their pos
session a considera BILE quantity of the
jewelry stolen from the dowager OUCH
ess of Sutherland early in October last
on board train running Between Paris
and Calais, was sentenced today to
seven years penal servitude.
Harry the Valet" pleaded guilty to
stealing the Duchess of Sutherland'S
jewelry and the judge postponed SEN
tence to enable him to inform the po-
lice as to what became of the bulk
of the jewels, of which only 500 pounds
worth out of $4,000 pounds worth of
jeweIry contained in the stolen satchel
was recovered. The prisoner, however,
informed the judge that he would not
betray his companions If he got life
sentence. He also boosted that he had
made twenty bigger "hauls'' than in the
case of the Sutherland jewels and
claimed to have reduced robbery to a
science, making it his business to know
everybody of wealth and consequence
in Europe
The police showed that Harry the
Valet" lost several thousand pounds
in one week at a Soho gambling club;
that he had the most Iordly tastes and
lived in great style at a West End hotel.
He was betrayed in the Sutherland af-
fair by a former actress to whom he
was apparently devoted.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-01-18
MAY BE MAGEE
Who Will Finally be Elected to Sue
coed Quay.

Harrisburg, Pa, Jan. 1S.-The end of
the first days fight in the battle for
United States senator left the result
very much in doubt. 1t is Senator Quay
against the field and the indications are
that there will be a deadlock, lasting
some days at least. The Republicans
are divided between Mr.. Quay and eight
"favorite sons" and the Democrats are
united on George A. jerks. Quay's to-
tai strength in both houses was 112
votes, 16 less than the number necessary
to elect on joint ballot, assuming that
the full membership of 254 is present,
a condition that does not seem possible,
as there are several on the sick list now.
The result of the vote was no sur
prise to those familiar with the situa-
ton. The first ballot shows that there
is practically no break in the line of
either of the Republican factions.
The essence of the situation is that
so long as the anti-Quay Republicans
are united and the Democrats vote for
jerks, Senator Quay can not be re-
elected. His friends are confident, how
ever, that he will steadily gain votes.
while the leaders of the other side are
just as confident that he has reached
the high water mark.
The anti-Quay Republican senators
and members have agreed to meet daily
until the fight is settled. They are di-
vided on Congressman Dalzell and Stone
and other independent Republicans.
Their leaders say it is too early to con-
centrate on one candidate against Sem
ator Quay. There does not seem to be
any prospect of a combination between
the anti-Quay Republicans and the
Democrats.
Although not a single vote was cast
in either house for Senator Chris L.
Magee of Pittsburg. he is regarded as a
most important factor in the contest
Many of Senator Magee's friends in
both factions are predicting that their
favorite will be chosen to succeed Sen
ator Quay in the event of it being dem
onstrated that the latter can not win.
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LITTLE HOPE LEFT.
That the Paul Jones Will Ever
Be Found.

Mobile. Fla, Jan. 1s.@Captain L. A.
Boyle of the fishing smack John w
Hindel which arrived here this morning
reports that while cruising at Candeleur
island on January 6, he was told by
Captain Hansen, the lighthouse keeper,
that a party of ladies and gentlemen in
a large yacht had stopped on the island
on January and visited the lighthouse.
He did not say what course they took
after leaving the island.
The report of a launch stranded on
Dauphin island that was received late
last night will be thoroughly inveSti-
gated today. Instructions have been
sent by Mr.. Harry Hartwell, a prom
inent yachtsman here, to Fort Morgan
to one of his boats, to visit the Dauphin
island Immediately and to look for the
launch. No information has been re-
ceived up to this time by him.
Mayor Taggart of Indianapolis and
Mr.. Lawrence Jones, of Louisville, the
owner of the yacht, will secure a tug
boat, two naphtha launches and sew
eral men who will visit the entire coasts
and all the small islands. They will
leave here this afternoon.
number of pilots here think she is
somewhere around Chandelier, aground
in one of the numerous inlets around
that place. The Harrub brothers. re-
siding at Daphne. Ala, once spent 20
days in one of those Sloughs, having
gone aground in a storm.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-01-18

tance of 10 miles from the California
coast the depth is a mile and a half, and
from that point on the bottom shelves
gradually until the floor of the sea, a
little less than three miles below the
surface, is reached 200 miles out This
is a vast level plain, hills being of rare
occurrence. Five hundred and seventy
miles west of San Francisco there is 4
huge drowned mountain two and one
half miles high, over the topmOst peak
of which half a mile of water flows.
This will be avoided by running the ca
bic to the south of it, Six hundred miles
from the California coast the floor OF
the ocean sinks to a depth of three and
one-half miles, This depth is main
tanned almost up to the Hawaiian is
lands. though 200 miles east of Homo
lulu is another drowned mountain one
and one-half miles in height.
The Hawaiian islands are merely a
group of gigantic volcanic mountains
rising abruptly out of the ocean floor.
and so lofty that the tops of them are
exposed above the surface. Other
mountains, submerged, may be found
along the track from Honolulu to Luz
ION, but that remains to be ascertain-
ed.
After leaving Hawaii the cable will
quickly sink again to the normal floor
of the sea, over which it will pass, ex-
cept when the neighbOrhOod of the Car
dimes or the Ladrones is approached,
when the water becomes more shallow
These two groups are merely groups Oe
high elevations in marine regions, where,
through geological causes not worth
discussing here areas of the bottom
have been up1ifted.
From such occasional soundings as
have been made it would appear that
the ocean bottom from Honolulu 60
Wake island, from there to Guam, and
from the LadroneS to Luzon is pretty
much the same as it is everywhere else,
having a normal depth Of two and
half to three miles. Twenty-Five years
ago when the question was sagitated,
the Tuscarora surveyed three routes.
One of these followed a great circle OF
the earth from the straits of Fuca to
Yokohama; the second was from San
Diego, Cal, to Honolulu. thence to the
BONN islands, south of Japan, and to
Yokohama; the third was via Honolulu
to Fiji, New Zealand, the Ladrones to
Luzon, is pretty much the same as it is
everywhere else, having a normal depth
of two and a half to three miles. There
is no reason to suppose that. any very
deep holes exist, such as are found n
the Caribbean sea and to the eastward ce
Japan. The bottom all along the route
is doubtless of the familiar ooze which
covers nearly all of the ocean floor.
grayish usually, sometimes greenish.
and varied occasionally with patches CT
red or chocolate colored clays. The
ooze referred to is a mixture of finely
divided mud and the shells of tiny an
imals mostly foraminifera, which live
during their lifetime near the surface
of the sea- This ooZe serves to protect
the cable, which is soon imbedded in IT.
Unfortunately, it is not found in the
shadows where the chemical action OF
decaying animal and vegetable matter
has a bad effect upon the wire rope
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-01-18
a Written Guarantee.
Miss Alice Marie Shepard.


Presentation of diplomas, Edward
Wilder, president board of education.
Selection-High School Mandolin or
chestra.
Benediction-The Rev. ]. D. Counter
mine.
The following are the names OF those
who will graduate:
Frank George Barley, Miss Lydia
Rebecca Barnes, Miss Genevieve But
terfield, Miss Blanche Mabel Carnahan,
Miss Vera Katherine Clauser, Miss Lu-
cy Council. Jesse Derickson Cook, Miss
Sadie Middaugh Downing, Miss Edna
Guy, Miss Mable Louise He'll, Miss lie
Veta Carr Hit, John B. Horton, Ralph
James Kennedy, Miss Emile Packer
King Miss Mary Alice Morton, Paul
Bowden Palmer, Sylvester Robinson,
Miss Miriam Steele, Miss Dora Della
Stoker Miss Bernice Ethel Vreeland.
Miss May Edna Warren. Miss Alfarata
Aldine Whitmore, Miss Elizabeth White
WOODBURY..
The following are the class officers:
President-Frank George Barley.
Vice president-Ralph James kenne-
dy.
Secretary and treasurer-Miss Edna
Guy.
Historian-Miss Mabel Louise He'll.
Prophetess-MisS GenevieVe Butter
field
Poet-Miss Emile Packer King.
Essayist-Miss Lydia Rebecca Barnes.
Declaimer-Miss Sadie Middaugh
Downing.
The class motto is ''Self Conquest is
the Greatest of Victories
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-01-18
KNOWS A GOOD THING.
Newspaper Published at Manila Con
tains Matter From the State
journal

The State Journal received today from
Corporal John Haisch of the Twentieth
Kansas regiment which is now at Ma
Mia copy of the Freedom which is
published at that place. The paper is
printed in bold type and is an SPACE
semi weekly. 1t is dated December II.
There are some good things in the
paper. On the first page in a prominent
position is a clipping from the State
Journal which is credited to this paper.
1t is an article printed in the State
Journals railroad column nearly a year
ago about an eastern temperance lee
turer who was travelling through Kan
saS and was given a drink of water
spiked with whisky.
There is nothing in the paper about
the Kansas soldiers. 1t is filed with
advertisements and prominent among
them is a full page display ad of the
beer that made Milwaukee famous. The
bulk of the advertising is of saloons and
liquor selling esta blishments.
The only reference to the military
situation is found in the following:
THE latest reports from IIoilo are
certainly alarming. 1t is said by pas
sengers from that place that the insur-
gents are closing in on all sides, the
residents in the suburbs having retreat
ed to the city proper.
Smart skirmishes are taking place
daily between the Spanish soldiers and
insurgents. and the Spanish residents
are in a state of terror.
The steamers from the provinces are
carrying numerous passengers from ex-
posed points in the adjoining islands to
Manila
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-01-18
Gable to Cross the Pacific.
IFrom the Washington Post


The photographic office of the navy is
waiting for the word to begin survey
of the route over which the cOntem-
plated cable from San Francisco to
Manila is to pass. That portion OF the
path to be traVersed which lies between
the coast of California and the Ha-
waiian islands was carefully mapped
out some years ago, but the remainder
of the track-from Honolulu to Luzon-
extends over region of sea-hoor that is
as yet uneXplored- The character OF
the bottom, which has to be considered
in the laying of submarine wires, is un-
known, and there are not even any fig
ures as to the depths, save for a few
scattered soundings at intervals of nun
dreds of miles.
The cable will go by way of Hawaii.
of course, and thence to one of the is
lands of the Caroline group. A tele-
graph station, if nothing better, Will be
obtained by Uncle Sam in the latter
archipelago. The distance from Homo
lulu to Ualan in the CarolineS is 2,445
nautical miles. From Ualan-suppoS-
ing that particular isle, the most east
erly of the Carolines, to be chosen for
the stopping place-the wire rope will
comes the property of the United States
by the new treaty with Spain 1t VIII
cover its last stretch, 1872 miles, as a
crow would fly from Guam to the gulf
of Dingala. which is on the east coast of
Luzon To reach Manila it will have
to go around the island of Luzon and
it will be a great saving of cable and
of trouble also to make the landing on
the east side, connecting with a tele-
graph crossing LuZon to Manila-only
thirty-eight miles.
These distances are all official, as
recorded at the navy department. If
that from Honolulu to San Francisco,
. 0S9 miles, be added. it will be seen
that the total length of the cable viii
he Ills miles This, indeed, is practi-
cally an exact estimate Be 1T OBJ
served, incidentally, that the miles re-
ferred to are always nautical miles,
which are a little over one-seventh
longer than ordinary land miles. It is
estimated that the making and laying
of the wire rope will come to about
s.. 900 a mile, so that the entire expense
involved will be only S7,116, 900. This in
cluoes everything except the prelimin-
airy survey. which, being performed by
a naval vessel, will not appear as an
item in the account.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-01-18
LET'S EAGAN OUT.
Order of Arrest Will Relieve Him of
His Office.

Washington. Jan. 1S.-Secretary Alger
has confirmed the announcement made by
members of the cabinet that a court mar
tial for the trial of Commissary General
Charles p Eagan would be ordered. He
made the statement he was leaving the
White House with Adjutant General Cor
bin after a conference of half an hour
with the president. AS to the charges to
be preferred against the commissary gem
eral, the secretary declined to say any
thing, nor would he talk respecting the
personnel of the court, adding that this
would be announced tonight about 9
o'clock.
General Eagan has not been relieved of
his duties in anticipation of his prospect
i've trial. but it is understood that the
order for his arrest preparatory to trial
will of itself carry with it his relief from
official duties. 1t was said at the war de-
partment that the order for arrest may
be served on General Eagan by officer
of the army sometime today. This, then,
will enable him to make formal applica-
ton for the privilege of going beyond the
limits in which he ordinarily would be
confined and permit him to come to the
department or to go to any other place
to which he may find it necessary.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-01-18
SUES FOR $4,000.
Nortonvil1e Woman Brings Suit for
Alleged Breach of Promise.

Nortonvi1le, Jan. 1S.-The Nortonvi1le
breach of promise case was filed in the
district court of Jefferson county yes
terday. Louie E. Conkey sues George
Goddard for $4,000,
She alleges that on or about April IS,
1893, at the request of Mr.. Goddard, she
entered into a. promise of marriage, said
marriage to have taken place last fall;
that she made all necessary prepara-
tions and arrangements, and was ready
and willing to perform her part of the
contract, but that on December IA, 1898,
the defendant, disregarding his promise.
was married to one Eva King, also of
Nortonville. She further alleges that
after their engagement he paid her
special and particular attention at pub
lie gatherings and upon the streets of
Nortonviile, which was well known in
the community, causing school children,
Cthe plaintiff is a school teacher), friends
and acquaintanees to believe they were
aff1anced.
George Goddard is an elderly man and
is said to be worth from $4,000 to $780,
900. The plaintiff, Louie E. Conkey, is
about 80 years old. Her attorneys are
Jackson & Jackson of Atchison, and
Gerhard & Schaefer of Jefferson coun-