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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-03-31

SHIFTING THE PAWNS.
/ telegram from Berlin says:


THE efforts of influential Russian news
papers to show that Germans interests lie
with Russia and France against England
are attracting some attention here"
Naturally. And it is attracting at
tention elsewhere, as we'll. Mighty
moves are being made on the chess
board of the nations, and from the
Occident to the Orient there is unusual
preparation for war upon a more
gigantic scale than the world has
known since the invasion of Russia
by the Great Napoleon. From Russia
to Turkey and from Japan to France,
the empires, kingdoms and republics
are getting ready for what appears to
be an inevitable and bloody conflict,
and your Uncle Sam will DE in great
luck if he does not get mixed up in it.
1t is a reproach to civilization that
this closing year of the century should
see the nations so armed for war;.
but the advancement of what we are
pleased to call civilization does not
appear to change, but rather accen-
tuate, the war-like spirit of the hui
man race, and the invention of new
and intricate methods of killing off
our fellow beings more than keeps
pace with progress in other regards.
Its a strange world, my masters"
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-03-31

1HH
Governor, who II right o. the ground.
IN close touch with the people. and
knowing the whole situation thor
oughly, has recommended that 1000 of
these men can be sent home.
But this recommendation has been
promptly disapproyed by the Secre-
tary of War. of course with the know
ledge and consent of the President,
and the troops will remain. So long
as this army of occupation is on Cuban
soil, just SO long will Cuban indepen-
dence be deferred and the end will be
to exhaust the patience of the Cuban
people and make trouble. Is that the
game?
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-03-31
OUR ARMY IN CUBA.

Profound peace reigns throughout
the length and breadth of the island Of
Cuba. There is nc intimation of popu-
lar unrest, no armed natives, no riot
ing and no signs of any disturbance of
any sort. The people are hard at work
recouping themselves from the losses
of years of war, and hopefully and
peaceably looking forward to the time
when the United States will keep its
pledge and promise, and allow the es-
t~ablishment of a local free government.
We have still $500 regular troops on
the island, and General Wood. military
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-03-31
COUNCIL IS GOING SLOW.

Council last night again refused to
pass any telephone ordinance, and ap-
pears to be more than ever inclined to
favor a measure which will carry with
it a remuneration to the city. One
sentative of another says no such con-
sideration will be offered, and the
third says nothing. Council should in
sist upon a return for privileges grant
ed. The days of something for moth
ing are past.
In the meantime the ordinances have
been referred back by the First Branch,
and there the matter will rest until the
next regular meeting.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-03-31

new OUmNOCTAaM0 NOlCos
Mrs. Laura Fowler, of Lake Bluff,
Ill, is visiting friends in this county
Special prayer meeting vas held on
Monday. Tuesday and Wednesday OF
this week at the NJ. E. Church.
Mrs. Stanley and daughter. Louise,
left for their home in Frankfort, KY,
on the steamer Virginia last Satur-
day night. Rev. Stanley remained
over Sunday. leaving on Tuesday to
join the family on their arrival home.
Rev. Stanley has closed his pastorate
here after a years stay and leaves
many warm friends, who wish him
success.
Rev. McColloch, pastor of the Pres
byterian Church, has succeeded in rais-
ing enough money to pay the church
debt. Rev. McColloch came here last
July and has worked very hard to lift
the debt. This debt has been hanging
on the church ever since it was built,
eleven years ago.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-03-31
THE PUERTO R1cAN MISTAKE.

Free trade between Puerto Rico and
the United States at large is no longer
to be looked for at the hands of the
present Congress or administration, in
the light Of the latest advices from
Washington. 1t is pretty well settled
that the Senate will pass the fifteen
per cent. tariff bill, that the House
will concur. and that the President
will promptly sign the measure, and
this in the face of popular protests al
most without a parallel in any similar
matter. 1t illustrates at once the
nerve, the bad Judgment and dogged
determination of Mckinley and those
who do his bidding to rush a. prede-
termined iniquity through, despite the
Constitution common sense, the law,
the wishes ofSthe people, or anything
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-03-31
Shifty Compromises.

New York World.
The Senate has agreed to vote on Tues
day next on the patched up Porto Rican
tariff bill. 1t imposes Is per cent of the
Dingley tariff on dutiable goods coming
into the United States from Porto Rice
or going into that island from this country
for a period of two years. In other words,
it is Is per cent. short of our plain duty
and we are to suspend the Constitution
for only two years.
The money extorted from the Porto Ri
cans is to be s'placed at the disposal OF
the President, to be used for the benefit OF
Porto Rico" This is a nice sample of the
new imperialism. What monarch in Eu-
rope has the revenue from any colony
or possession placed at his sole disposal?
The amended bill is a shifty and con-
scienceless compromise, but any settle
ment of the question is better than the
chaos and suffering in the unfortunate
island due to our inaction.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-03-31

Almost co~incident with the telegram
from Manila that the American troops
have given up /, hope of capturing
Aguinaldo, and confess they don't
know where he is, comes the addi-
tional and interesting story that the
Filipino General attended a masked
ball in the capital of the Island, New
Years night.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-03-31
HaptOnstalI.
Hampshire Review.

The Elkins-Wh.te ring IN this State pro-
poses to crush the political life out of
every Republican in the State who will
not bend to their bidding. DR.. Hapton-
stall, a brave, honest man, was literally
kicked out of the Craftsmanship of Fayette
county last week by them and the judge
of the criminal court placed in his stead.
Think of the judge Of the court being
chairman of a campaign committee. Sure
ly the Bar Associations suggestion to take
the Judiciary out of politics came none
too soon.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-03-31

The pigeon-holing of official papers
has nor than one objection. In the
New York City c~omptroller's office.
among a lot of d~ust-covered and mice
nibbled public documents, has been
found a bank book showing a balance
of s14,45S to the credit of the police
reward fund, and dating from 1873.
Wonder how it comes this money was
never missed?
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-03-31
A Quick Finish.

rdlrInOnt lHQeX.
was riding on the high tide of favor in his
party. He could easily nav received a
denomination for Congress, and when he
entered the race for the nomination for
Governor it looked as if he had more than
a fighting chance of winning. Now he is
practically out of the race. A few weeks
makes a great difference with the pros
poets of some statesmen.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-03-31
BRICK R BURNED.

Disastrous Fire at New Cumberland
Thursday Night-News Notes and
NEW CUMBERLAND, w. Va,
March 30.-Last night at IL o'clock
the Etna brick works caught fire and
burned to the ground; also the black
smith and machine shop and supply
store in connection with these works
were destroyed. The freight engine
was dispatched to the scene and gave
the fire alarm on her way up from the
depot. While taking some cars out
of the switch some were thrown from
the track and one burned. The wreck
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-03-31

Little by little the identity of the
assassin of Governor Goebel is becom-
ing apparent. He'll come fully put of
the woods. ere long, and then the
Courts will do the rest.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-03-31

plans will be carried out as though
the General were still in the flesh and
at the head of the army. General
Erasmus will probably have an i'm
portant command, and so may Gen
erals Schalk and Burger, while young
General Botha will be very much in
evidence.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-03-31

Fifteen hundred recruits for our
army in the Philippines are ready to
sail from New York. And yet we are
still assured from Washington that
the war is over.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-03-31

By Monday the United States will
have quite a formidable squadron at
Yokohama, which is within easy reach
of the Chinese coast. The vessels are
the Oregon, the Brooklyn, the Balti-
more and the Newark. The Wheeling
is at Hong Kong, and other ships are
within easy reach.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-03-31

Chicago officials are straining the
multiplication table badly in the eff
fort to get "all there is in it." tom"
McNally, a South Town employee, is
credited with working fourteen days
in one week, at $40 per day.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-03-31

train came Up It / o'clock ana cleared
the track. This works was owned ~
the Mack Manufacturing Company and
viii be a big loss. Several carloads Of
lumber had been stored in the shed
recently and was also burned. It has
not been learned what the entire loss
will be.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-03-31

A railroad run of 2,265 miles in
flfty-seven hours and four minutes, is
a new feather for American railroads
as well as for that Carnegie Steel
Company bird OF bright and profuse
plumage, Mr.. A. r. Peacock.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-03-31

1t looks as though the next war
storm center would be off the coast of
Korea. The Japanese home squadron
is at sea-, and the Russian feet has ar
rived at Port Arthur.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-03-31

The New York grand jury somehow
missed the Fifth Avenue railroad
wreckers, but they caught a police
captain. There is some consolation,
however, in the thought that a small
fish is better than none.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-03-31

With Congressman Freer off the track
for Governor, many of the Judges fol-
lowers are turning their gaze Graftonward.
They recognize the fact that Taylor coun-
ty has a statesman who would fill the
gubernatorial chair with grace and credit
TO his party.-Grafton Sentinel.
Is this to be understood as a studied
attempt to bait the ring managers
again?
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-03-31
would have taken = different view, be.
yond a doubt

A London rumor is that Lord
Kitchener will be made commander
in-chief of India. That rupture with
Lord Bob" must have been rather
serious.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-03-31
The Disappointed Republicans.

Philadelphia Times.
They have the money and they thought
they had the judges; but, disappointed in
this latter hope, they now intend to main
tain Taylor's authority by force.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-03-31

The reported Boer announcement
that 5000 Russians have arrived at
Kroonstadt to aid them is probably
exaggerated by at least two cyphers.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-03-31
Proof of Nerves.

Globe.
His first wife and her first husband look
down upon an Atchison man and wife
from the bedroom walls, and yet they say
that no one is born without nerves.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-03-31
Census Director Merriam has created

Census Director Merriam has created
a holy howl among the Republican
waiting list" in Washington by de-
claring that although he needs 1900
to 1900 more clerks, he has all the men
1t is pretty safe to say this deter
mination is subject to change.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-03-31
DELEGATE CONVENTIONS.

AT a meeting Of the Democratic State
Executive Committee of West Virginia,
held at Charleston, on the 25th day of jan
uary, 1890, 1t was ordered that the twelve
ginid is entitled in the next Democratic
National Convention Oo be held at Kansas
City, Mo-, on the 4th day of july, 1900, to
nominate candidates for President and Vice
President of the United States, be selected
as follows:
The Democrats in each county in the
State shall appoint at such time and place,
and in such manner as the Democratic EN-
cE.ive Committee of each county may de-
termine, Delegates to the Congressional
District Conventions to be held in each of
the founr Congressional Districts of the
State on the
10th Day of May, 1900,
at the following places:
In the First Congressional District, at
Clarksburg, in the County OF Harrison; in
Charles Town, in the County of Jefferson;
IN the Third Congressional District, at
Charleston, in the County of kanawha. in
the Fourth Congressional District, at Point
Pleasant, in the COUNTY of Mason.
Each of said Congressional District Con-
yentons shall appoint one Delegate-at-
Large, and one alternate therefor, and two
District Delegates. and two alternates
therefor, to represent the Democracy. OF
West Virginia in said National Convention:
The basis of representation in each OF
said Congressional District Conventions
will be one vote for each one hundred
votes and fraction thereof over nifty cast
for w. J. Bryan for President, at the No
vember election OF 1896, and each county
Is requested to appoint such number of
Delegates to each Congressional District
Convention as is equal to the number oil
votes IL may be entitled to by the above
basis of representation.
ADREW EDMISTON. Chairman.
A. l. secretary.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-03-31
Fun Ahead.

Parkersburg State Journal.
1t looks Ike there might be acres Of fun
in the Republican contest for the nominal
ton for Congress out in the Second dis
trict.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-03-31

OF interest to the ladies: A ribbon
combination is the next thing in order,
as announced from New York. =
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-03-31
A Neutral Natinn.

Pittsburg Chronicle-Telegraph.
The United States appears to be neutra
in the Kentucky war.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-03-31
AGENTS WANTED.

WANTED-Agents for the Ordinary
Branch, Prudential Insurance Company of
America. Illustrations for intending lnsur-
ers upon application. G. 1. GARRISON,
General Agent, Room a1 Peabody Build
ing. Wheeling, w. Va. mhle&dqb
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-03-31

Herbert Gladstone. the son of the
Grand Old Man." says England "nust
rule the Boer republics His father
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-03-31

The latest cry for help is not from
Macedonia, but from Korea.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-03-31

Fourth Page.
Notice-Huscroft Bros.
Stocks and Bonds for Sale-Howard Haz-
lett & Son.
Short Creek Farm for sale-Robt. White,
ReSopening of busch I4oase-A. busch,
Proprietor.
List of Letters.
Machine Shop and Foundry-Centre
Foundry.
Wanted-Man to Deliver and Collect.
notice.. Breslauer.
Wanted-Marble Cutter.
Opera House-Three Little Lambs.
Fresh Smoked Finnan Haddies- II. F.
Behrens Co.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-03-31
IsT OF LETTERS

Remaining in the postoffice at Wheeling,
Ohio county. w. Va, Saturday, March 81.
To obtain any of the following the appli-
cant must ask for advertised letters, g.v-
ing date of list:
aides List.
Bellows. Mrs. H., Mayes, Miss OAR
Bowers, Mrs. Louise. eous,
Clark. Mrs. John T., GeConn, Mrs. Jane.
Clemens. Mrs. Harry. Moore. Miss Bell,
Carroll, Mrs. e.. sRomans, Miss Estel-
Forbes, Mrs. Emma, N1a,
Jones. Miss Agnes (2) White, Mrs. Rose.
Lucus, Mrs. Sadie.
Gentlemen's List.
Almond. VIM, Koreg, Reary,
Carpenter, Bert, Kimball, Brice,
Cain, George, Lewis, John.
Curtis, Henry p, Morris, Garrett,
Garter, J. T., McClelland, Darwin
Edwards. VIM. go,
Finley, VIM. Mobedden, f. j..
Fordice, Reed, Marshall, II. w,
Heber. Chas, Powell, earl,
Henthorne. Wilbert. Ritz VIM,
Hall, G.. J., Rosenstock, c.,
Jones, Isaac, Seeley, Chas. F..
keener. &. u, WILDER. /. w.
miscellaneous.
Box l. Bowers, ]. r. & Co.
GEORGE WISE, Postmaster.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-03-31
FEMALE HELP WANTED.
Personal.

HAVE FOUND a positive cure for
drunkenness. Can be given secretly. VIII
gladly tell you what it is. Don't send
money. MRS. MAY HAWKINS. Lock
Box X. L. 13l, Grand Rapids, Mich
de9satc
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-03-31

Saturday Specials-Stone & Thomas.
Lace Curtains at Special Sale-Geo. r
r. Taylor Co.
Extra Goods-Harburger Bros.
Souvenir Books-Nicolfs Art Store.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-03-31
FOR Observation-Disclosures

FOR SALE OR RENT-On account OF Ill
health, will sell the Manhattan R~estaurant,
one of the beet In the city. Address ST.
MON & POMEROY, Sistersville, w. Va
mh30e&da
FOR ~SALE-One pool table, one billiard
table. and everything in connection with a
billiard parlor. Apply Grand Opera. House
Billiard Parlor. mhzoeu.
FOR SALE" For Rent" Rooms for
Rent" cards and house leases for safe at
REGISTER Counting Room.
FOR SALE-Eartford Typewriter, good as
new. Address WEST VIRGINIA PElNm-
ING CO., Wheeling. w. Va oe5n
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-03-31
CENTRE FOUNDRY.
NJ Office.


NOTICE.
Before my removal to New York City,
I herewith give notice TO present all or any
claims against me at I'LL Main street un-
til Tuesday, the Sd day of April, or at GO
East Twelfth street, New York, any time
thereafter. Thanking you for your kind
patronage, yours respectfully,
mh3lerdq 4. BRESLAUER.
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Fifth Page.
Sixth PaSE.

Every Comfort-Alexander.
Food Fair and Grand Musical Festival
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-03-31

Paine's Celery Compound.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-03-31
MALE HELP WANTED.


WANTED-Boy from Is to IS years old c..
AUL & SON. l1B Market street. mh30edh
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INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

Third Page.
Tor Rent-Good Brick Stable.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-03-31
And closing the argument, the Chi:
cago Times-Herald says:

Let Porto Rico have the Dingley tariff
protection against the outside world just
the same as other parts of the United
States. but absolute free and unrestricted
trade with her sister States and territories
and we will hear no more of Porto Rican
distress and relief funds"
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-03-31

WANTED-At once, good marble cutter
and letterer on granite and marble. w.
VA MONUMENT CO., New MartInsville,
w. Va. mhS1eqdq
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-10-25
GREAT STRIKE ENDS.
Operators in Anthracite District
Yield to the Mine Workers.
Grant an Increase of Fen Per Cent, Sus-
pend the Sliding Scale and Agree To
Take Up Any Grievances of
the Miners.

Philadelphia, Oct. 18.-The great
strike of the anthracite mine workers
of Pennsylvania which began Sep+em-
Der II practically ended yesterday
when the Philadelphia & Reading
Coal & Iron company and the Lehigh
Valley Coal company agreed to abol-
ish the sliding scale in their respec-
tive regions and to grant an advance
in wages of ten per cent. net, the adj
vance to remain in operation until
April, 1901, or thereafter. This action
meets the demands of the Scranton
miners convention. The decision was
arrived at after a conference between
representatives of the individual coal
operators and the large coal carrying
companies. Yesterdays action was
the elimination of the recent meeting
of the individual operators at Scran-
ton following the mine workers con-
vention in the same city. Nearly all
of the cOllieries in the coal region had
previous to the mine workers. conven-
ton posted notices grant ng an ad-
vance of ten per cent. The mine
workers in considering this demanded
that the sliding scale in the Lehigh
and Schuylkill districts be abolished.
the increase to be guaranteed to April
1, 1901, and all other differences be
submitted to arbitration. The indi-
vidual operators agreed to everything
and the appointment of a committee
to induce the Reading and the Lehigh
companies to abolish the sliding scale
and make the wage increase perma-
neht followed. 1t is conceded that the
result of yesterdays conference is a
complete victory for the men. All
the demands of their convention are
acceded to and as one of the individual
operators put it after the conference,
the operators go a little further in
agreeing to maintain the wage ad-
vance after April L.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-10-25
THREE LEADERS IN HARMONY
william j. isryan, David & Hill and w.
BOurke Cochran to Speak from Same
Platform in New York.

New York, Oct. 2O.-William j. Bry-
an, David L. Hill and w. Bourke Cock
ran will speak from the same plat
form in Madison Square garden on the
night of October 81. Bryan returns
to the city on that date from his tour
of the state. The presence of the
three foremost orators in the demo-
cratic ranks on the same platform will
be one of the remarkable features
of a series of mass-meetings which
promises to eclipse in every way the
reception given Bryan on Tuesday
night by Tammany hall. It will be
the first time that the leaders of the
different divisions of the democracy
have come together. Hill, as leader
of the old-time democracy, and Cock
ran. representing the gold democrats,
have not spoken in Manhattan dur
ing the campaign.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-10-25
NEARING NEW YORK.
Gov. ROOsevelt Winding Up His Campaign
in West Observation-Disclosures Demonstra-
tion at CharIestOwn Friday.

Charleston, W. Va, Oct. 2O.-Exten-
sive preparations had been made for
the reception of Gov. Roosevelt. The
city was filed with strangers and a
great number of trough riders" pa
raded the streets, awaiting the arrival
of the Roosevelt train, which reached
here at three o'clock from Hunting
ton. Huntington was reached at
1915 p. m. He was driven to the
speakers stand there, around which
a vast assemblage of people were
awaiting his arrival. The demonstra
ton was the largest that has been seen
in that city. During the afternoon
Gov. Roosevelt made stops between
Huntington and Charleston, and at
this place another demonstration
awaited him. The governor was intro
duced by J. L. Caldwell, who during
the last campaign was a free silver
republican.