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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-06-08

Inc nomination of Judge Bennett
was made unanimous, amid enthusi-
astic cheering, and Judge Bennett was
escorted to the platform and made a
neat speech of thanks in accepting the
nomination. He promised, if elected,
to enter upon the duties of the office
with deep sense of it's obligations
and to discharge his duties to the best
OF his ability.
Upon motion of General St. Clair the
rules were suspended and the report
OF the committee on order of business
was amended to provide for the cleo
ton of two Presidential electors at
large.
Clyde B. Johnson, of Peasants; c..
H. Scott, of Randolph; John w. Davis,
of Clarksburg, and E. NJ Gilkeson and
David Leonard, of Parkersburg, were
placed in nomination.
When the ballot was taken for cleo
tors each county voted for two at a
time and the first twenty counties
or so all voted solid for John w. Davis
and E. NJ. Gilkeson Finally some
county gave d. H. Leonard it's vote
for one of them, and about that time
the rules were suspended and the
nomination of Davis and Gilkeson was
made by reclamation, the rules being
suspended by unanimous consent. Da-
Wis and Gilkeson both made speeches
of acceptance.
A resolution authorizing the State
committee to take steps to secure the
nomination of one district elector at
each congressional convention was
adopted.
a resolution introduced by General
st. Clair endorsing Columbus, o., for
the Democratic national headquarters,
was adopted.
Col Nat. Fitzgerald took the floor
and read another poem in which he
mentioned each nominee of the con-
vention by name and cracked some
joke about each. 1t made a hit as did
the Colonel when he addressed the con-
yention as fellow Democrats.
Resolutions were adopted thanking
the people of Parkersburg for their
courtesies, hospitality, and thanking
the officers of the convention for their
services. Then the band played
Dixie The motion to adjourn was
carried and the convention Of 1900 was
thing Of the past.
Special trains were run South on the
Ohio River Railroad and regular trains
left in other directions soon after the
adjournment, so that tonight the vast
multitude which has been here all this
week has about disappeared.
Now that it is all over the strength of
the ticket Is a matter OF general COM
ment. H. v. ARKLE.
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Changes were made rapidly and Mr..
Cornwell withdrew Gilkeson's name,
and moved to nominate Mccoy by ac-
clamation. 1t was adopted.
During the voting Hon. Z. M. Gilke-
son, of Wood, gave the solid strength
OF his county against his brother, ex-
planning it had been pledged to Tyler
in return for its loyal and answering
support of Tavenner.
Mr.. Mccoy was called upon and made
an admirable speech. Boy and man."
he said, Il have stood by the Demo-
cratic party, and now you have elevat-
ed the private from the ranks. | sin
cerely trust it may be as successful to
the party as it is honorable to the in
dividual." Mr.. Mccoy promised to be
heard upon the stump during the cam
palgn, and aroused considerable en-
thusiaSm.
Nominations for State Treasurer
were declared in order.
Mr.. l.. K. Duty, of Richie county,
addressed the convention on behalf Of
Homer B. Mckinley, of Richie.
Hon. Daniel B. Lucas, of Jefferson
named Hon. ]. Garland Hurst, of Harp
er's Ferry, extolling him personally.
He said he wanted to talk some sense
in the family circle He told the del
egates that he had figured that the
convention turned down 10000 OF the
4o,Vo0 Democratic votes in the State.
he hoped the convention, in it's wis
dom, would not turn down the banner
Democratic county of Jefferson.
Hon. ]. M. Hamilton, of Calhoun,
seconded Mckinley, and promised an
increased Democratic vote of 800 in
Richie county if he were nominated.
Mr.. Simms Powell, of Wood, and
COL ]. w. St Clair seconded the nom
ination of Hurst.
Mr.. Hurst was nominated on the first
ballot, which resulted as follows:
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was against him. His motion to make
the nomination of hurst unanimous,
went through with whirl
The next order of business was the
nomination of Judge Of the Supreme
Court of Appeals to succeed Judge Eng
lish.
Hon Rankin Wiley took the platform
and named Judge J. w. English. He
said he required no eulogy at IS
hands, as he has served in that capac-
ity for twelve years. Willard F. Sny-
der, of Harrison, seconded the nomi-
nation of Judge English in a strong
speech. There was no other nomina-
ton, and on motion of Col Chiffon.
Judge English's nomination was made
by reclamation.
The next order of business was the
nomination of Judge of the Supreme
Court to succeed Judge Henry Bran
men.
Mr. Harlin, of Braxton, made an ell
oquent speech in presenting to the
convention the name of Hon. w. e.
Raymond.
Hon. Joseph Logan, of Monroe coun-
ty, named Judge A. n. Campbell, of
that county.
J. c. McWhorter, of Upshur county,
placed in nomination Hon. w. G. Ben
nett, of Lewis county. He said that
the character of Judge Bennett, both
in private life and upon the bench,
might we'll serve as peroation to all
that had been said in behalf of candi-
dates whose names had been placed
before the convention.
Mr. Of 7 &c
onded Bennett, assuring the conven-
ton that he is winner"
DR.. NJ S. Holt, of Weston, appeared
upon the platform, and w. B. McGary,
of the same city, objected to his being
heard, on the ground that he was not
a delegate.
Il don't know what the pleasure of
the convention may be- said Chair
man Mckinney, ''but it is my opinion
that no Democrat should be denied a
voice in a Democratic convention
The Weston delegation was quieted,
and DR.. Holt started to make his
speech. He declared that he was not
candidate for anything, and he talk
ed of his change of mind upon mat
tiers political, having been a Republic
can until a few years ago. He sec
onded the nomination of Raymond
Jos. e. Chiffon, OF Charleston, sec
onded the nomination of Judge Nelse"
Campbell, paying a handsome tribute
to his character and ability.
There were changes in at least a
dozen counties before the vote was
announced. The name of Judge Hay
mond was withdrawn, and most of his
strength went to Judge Bennett AT
ter all the changes had been record
ed, the ballot stood as follows:
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Changes to Armstrong came rap
idly from all parts of the wigwam be-
fore the vote was announced.
Mr.. Bowman stated that he was au-
thorized by Mr.. Swisher to move to
nominate Armstrong by reclamation.
Prof. Faux seconded the motion and
II was adopted amid cheers.
Prof. Armstrong was called to the
stage and promised the convention to
devote all the time after the opening
OF the campaign to working Tor the
cess of the ticket. He heartily
thanked the delegates for the honor
conferred upon him.
Mr.. Swisher addressed the conyen-
ton, thanking the delegates who sup
ported him, and promising to fight in
the trenches for Armstrong until the
last gun of the campaign was fired.
He was enthusiastically cheered.
There were calls for Faux, mingled
with cries OF He's all right" '..The
fight is over" said Prof Faux, "and
here's one of the corpses. Not one
trace Of bitterness rests in my heart
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for this defeat. The South Branch
valley will stand by the ticket with all
the vigor and determination which is
characteristic of the Democracy OF that
section"
The convention again refused to adj
journ.
The next order of business was
nominations for attorney general.
Colonel w. w. Arnett took the stage.
He said he had been downed twice and
that was his excuse for making third
nomination. He desired to. name a
gentleman well qualified for the Of
fce-youthful, energetic, Democratic,
honesty possessing all the qualifica-
lions necessary. He did not desire to
urge geographical position, but he
asked consideration for a section which
casts large Democratic vote. He then
named George M. Mccoy, OF Sisters
VILE
w. B. Cornweil, of Romney, referred
to the locality of the candidates already
chosen and appealed in the interest
of fair play for recognition for the
South Branch valley. He named the
Hon. Henry B. Gilkeson, of Hamp-
shire.
w. H. Stokes, of Mcdowell, who
was himself candidate for the place,
seconded the nomination OF Mr.. Nc
Coy.
Hon. Wood Daily seconded the NOM
nation of Gilkeson, and asked for rec
IGNITION of the eight counties east Of
the Allegheny mountains.
Clyde B. Johnson, of st. Mary's, Sec
onded Mccoy.
Senator C. w. Osenton made an ap-
peal for the South Branch valley In
seconding Gilkeson.
E. l.. Robinson, of Wetzel, defended
the right of the First Congressional
district to place upon the State tick
ct, seconding Mccoy.
John D. Sweeney, of Summers, also
seconded Mccoy.
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Before the roll call had been COM
pleted, a delegate from Harrison NOV
ed to suspend the rules and nominate
Miller by reclamation. The chair did
not entertain the motion.
Harrison changed to Miller, and
Wood to Handlan. The roll call for
changes gave Miller an increased vote.
1T became evident long before it was
completed that Miller was nominated,
but the chair refused to recognize mo-
tions to nominate by reclamation.
The Ohio county delegation worked
hard, and shouted constantly for Hand
land. The corrected vote gave Miller
57S, Handlan $50, Corbin 5, Powell
4, as follows as to the leaders:
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FOR sALE-REAL ESTATE.
For SALE.

FOR SALE.
No: 7e North Front street. S-room house,
lot 60x400 feet.
No, 81 South York street. 5-room house.
Fourteen-room double frame on South
Huron street.
Lot go feet front on South Front street
THEo. W. FINK q CO.,
1lS3 Market Street.
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Fifteen hundred acres OF coal land.
Coal is OF the best pittsburg thick" IS
FOOT vein; near 3. g. o. and along tho
proposed l.. X. r. r., and has two and "A
half miles river frontage. Coal lies above
water level and can DO procured by drift
mining; mining privileges and all rights
of way secured. title guaranteed.
This property Is for sale az a bargain
to a ready buyer. For further description
or information. call on or write.
j. N. SHACKELFORD,
juleb Glendale, w Va
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FOR SALE.

WV R&AAAA4s
i'll South Front street.
70 Seventeenth street.
1890 McColloeh street.
22Z2 Main street.
13S Sixteenth street.
l91 South Penn street.
Market street business property.
FOR RENT.
1873 South Front street.
Store room 1929 Main street.
MONEY TO LOAN.
GEO. J. MATHIS0N.
1905 Market street.
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BUILDING LOTS.

si15 will buy good lot on north end of
Island; there is a good class of houses on
both sides; good neighborhood
But few left on Fifteenth street at $50
per front foot.
Splendid home on North York street: 10
rooms; lot 6oxioo. for less than Il cost to
build house.
G. 0. SMITH
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FOR RENT.

FOR RENT-store room. uSS Water street.
ap2Se&dh
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G. O. SMITH.
National Exchange Ia
pR0PERTY FOR SALE.

No. l3s South Broadway street-Housa
of six rooms; lot 35x125; in frst-ciass re-
pair, possession at once; at bargain.
No. 90 North Erie strect-House OF five
rooms; lot 25xll2, price $500 on a quick
sale.
No. 6 Kentucky street-House of four
rooms; price $500 on a quick sale. pos
session at once.
MONEY TO LOAN ON PROPERTY.
ROLF & ZANE,
Telephone 566. so Fourteenth 81.
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SECOND Day Of
THE STATE CONVENTION.

Continued From First Page.
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Mr.. Mckinley took the platform and
facetiously remarked th1f his name
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j. $, RHODES a co.
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For SALE.

Telephone 56s.
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which Is his way of chewing. When II
is all chewed he thrusts IL into his
mouth and swallows Il.
Some people call this old fellow the
horseshoe crab, because his shell house
that he carries on his back is shaped
just like horse shoe.
In June Mamma King Crab digs n b ole
in the warm sand and lays lot of eggs
in It. She doesn't sit on them or even
stay 10 watch them. but scrambles of
to en- Joy herself as soon as her task is
finished.
The sun keeps them warm and the
waves keep them wet. which is all they
need. When the little Kings come out
they are only quarter of an inch long
and have no tails. As soon as they have
grown u little they throw off their cd
clothes and n new suit grows on their
backs with n bit of n sharp tail.
Every time they have new suits their
tails grow bigger. At last every King
baby has grown into fine young fel
low with a tail as long as his papa s.
Orange Judd Farmer.
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THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE.
Gus states. Elect the President
and vice President.

The electors. as the name implies
elect the president and vice president
and IL Is interesting to note how their
number has grown since the adoption
of the constitution.
When the first election was held
the electoral college numbered 9i votes,
but New York, with eight votes, had not
completed her electoral system; North
Carolina, with seven votes. and Rhode
Island, with three. had not adopted the
constitution, and there were four va.
eaneies, two in Maryland and two In
Virginia. This left 60 votes. which were
all cast for George Washington. The
electoral college for iT92, which again
unanimously elected Washington. had
i32 votes.
In the table given below the strength
OF the electoral college Is given from
iTss to the one which will meet at the
respective state capitals on the sec
ond Monday OF January. 1901.
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ARE QUEER FELLOWS.
King Grabs Have Funny ways and
Habits, and SO Have Their wives
and Children.

Rattle. ciatter, clatter, sounds a GU
rious noise close by the rocks on the
beach. King Crab is scra ambling round
in search Of something good TO eat.
lie has many teeth on his legs, some
times as many as 80 Of them. and his
mouth, instead of being in his head,
as yours and mine are. Is in the midst
OF his legs. / suppose this is SO as to
make II easy for him 10 eat.
lie is very fond of soft seaworms,
and as these wise fellows know IL they
hide away under the sand. King Crab
doesn't mind that at all. but goes 10
work and digs down after them. My!
how the sand and mud fly when he digs
with al his ten legs! IL doesn't take
him long, can tell you.
When he has grabbed his worm be
holds II with his two hind feet and
tears IL In bits with his sharp teeth,
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KEPT THE FISHERMEN BUSY.

when observed the eel had coiled him.
self round the selachian's anatomy in
an evident effort to squeeze the life out
OF him, while the hammer-headed one,
by frenZied rushes back and forth
among the coral, was endeayoring to
relieve himself from the incubus who
was so pressing in his unweleome at
tentions.
At last the shark. mortally hurt. gave
up the fight. and the eel slowly nm
wound himself from the body OF his
fast.explring antagonist.
At this juncture the two fishermen,
tempted by the prospect of unlimited
fresh meat, decided TO make an effort
to capture the big conger.
Moving the canoe as near their In
tended quarry as was possible without
frightening it, one of the men delivered
well-direeted spear thrust. which
landed half a pound Of iron and several
inches Of seasoned wood shaft right in
the ytals of the mass of squirming
gray flesh.
The effect was magical and almost
tragical. To the great CONSERVATION
of the fishermen. the eel. on feeling the
prick OF the spear point, made light
ning.like rush TO the surface, jumped
full ten feet into the air and fell back
into the canoe. the occupants OF which
were by this time thoroughly terrified.
Once in the boat, which had by this
time drifted into deep water. The infu-
riated monster kept the fishermen busy
avoiding his vicious attacks; time and
again did his bristing jaws close with
fearsome snap in unpleasant proximity
to their arms and legs, With eyes flash
ing angrily and name erect, emitting
the while a hoarse kind of bark, the
denizen of the depths looked the inear-
nation OF all that is evil and unlovely.
just as things were looking at their
woryt for the two natives help arrived
in the shape of a canoe containing an
other fisherman, who, scenting the bat
tie from afar. had taken the precaution
Of arming himself with meat AK.
Arrived on the scene. he made short
work of the fighting eonger, and, put
ting half the body in each canoe. thu
party made for the shore.
The two pieces of the earcas, on BE-
ing placed together, measured 27 feet.
and the circumference was in places as
great as that OF a grown mans thigh.
Inside the belly of the fish were dis.
covered a small tin Of opium, some
she,lhsh and the partly digested re.
mains of a large cat.
This is the largest specimen OF the
eel genus known to have been met with
in the history Of the islands.
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feat for us. Indeed, could see we
had been too confident | dreaded
the moment when Uncle Eb should
drive down with BLACK Hawk In n
plain leather harness. drawing a
palmer buggy. had planned to
spend the prize money taking Hope
To the harvest ball at Richards. and
| had worked hard to put the Hawk
in good fcttle, began TO feel the
bitterness of failure.
"Illack Hawk Where is Black
Hawke" said one OF the judges,
loudly.
owned by David Brewer. o. Fara-
way" said another, looking at his
card
Where indeed was Uncle Eh9 l
got up ON the fence and looked all
about me anNiously. Then | heard
a great cheering up the track Some.
body was coming down. at rapid
pace. riding splendid.mosing ami
NAL. knee rising 10 the nose at each
powerful stride, Ills head and fiying
manc obscured the rider. but could
see the end OF u rope swinging In his
hand. There was something familiar
In the easy stride of the horse. The
cheers came ON ahead of him like
foam before u breaker, Upon my
eyes, II was BLACK Hawk, with moth
ing but a plain rope halter on his
head. and Uncle Eh riding him.
"U'lang therel" he shouted, swing
~ Iafa -
Hank. "G'lanE thcrc," aud he went
by, like fash. the tail Of BLACK
Hawk straight out behind him, its
end feathering In the wind. 1t was
splendid thing to see that white
haired man, sitting erect ON the fly.
Ing animal, with only a rope halter
tn his hand, Every man about me
Was yelling. swung my hat. shout.
ing myself hoarse, When Uncle Eb
came back. the Hawk was walking
/ quietly In crowd OF men aaa boys
eager TO feel his Silkrn sides. 1
crowded through and held the horses
nose while Uncle Eh got down.
Thought woalint put no luther
ON him. said Uncle Eh. Gods gin
i'm good 'nur harness"
The Judges came and locked him
over,
"Gaess he'll win the prize. all right. =
said one Of them.
And he did. When NC came home
that evening every horse On the road
Thought himself a trottcr and went
speeding TO try his pace with every.
thing that came up beside him. And
many man of PARKWAY. that we
passed. sent up shou, of praise for
the Black Hawk.
nut ] was thinking Of Hope and
the dance at siekaras. / had pl.ntv
Of money now. and my next letter
/ urged her 20 come home at once.
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he squinted over the barrel two or
three times.
"Dunno but what III try ye once ,F'
he said, presently. lest t see"
Once started, they grew red in their
faces and shot themselves weary in
a reckless contest of skill and eudur-
ance.ZA great. hulking fellow. half
DRINK and bit quarreisome. came
up, presently, and endeavored to help
Ab hold his rife. The latter brushed
him away and said nothing for mo-
ment. But every time he tried to
take aim the fellow iostled him.
Ab looked up slowly and calmly. his
eyebrows tilted for his aim, and said:
60 of, / tell you" Then he set him
self and took aim again.
Le'me hold 1t" said the man,
reaching for the barrel. "shoot bet
ter II l do the aimin'." A laugh
greeted this remark Alb looked up
again. There was quick start in
his great. slouching figure.
Take yer hand of o. that. he
said, a little louder than before.
The man, aching for more applause,
grew more impertinent.Z Alb quietly
handed the rifle TO its owner. Then
something happened suddenly. II
was so quickly over ] am not quite
aure OF the order of business, but any
how he seized the intruder by the
shoulders. flinRing him down 10
heavily IL knocked the dust out OF
the grass.
Ab turned quietly to the range.
"Tiedn't ortcr q come an try e
dew my aimin'," he said. mildly. by
way Of protest. 81 won't hey H."
Then he inquired about the score
and calmly took aim again.
The stallion show came on that
afternoon.
"'rhey can't never beat the hoss,"
Uncle Eb had said to me.
'Fraid they will" / answered,
They're better hitehed, for one
thing"
"Iiut they hain't got the ginger in
EN-" said he. Ter the git up'n git II
We can show what's In him. the
Haw<'ll beat 'em easy"
II we won ] was to get the prize,
but had small hope Of winning.
When ! saw one after another pranee
out. In sparkling silver harness,
adorned with rosettes Of ribbon
light-stepping beautiful creatures. all
OF them Il could see nothing but de-
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Parner, and Homrseekers.

Keep your eve on THE Best Country on
Earth" In Northwestern North Dakota.
The richest grain producing, black loan
soil in the world. Good water in Abund-
ance, market facilities the best. We have
a few farms ut present to offer at Big Bar
gains.
No. 10i.-6O0 acre farm, 8 miles from good
market, miles from county seat; $50 acres
under highest cultivation, balance can all
be broke; 80 acres OF fenced pasture. House
l8x24, addition .12x24, two stories, stone
foundation. Barn 46x56, addition 16x56,
Is" posts, stone basement. Blacksmith
shop, granaries and other outhouses, 3
good wells Of water One mile from school
house In thickly settled neighborhood.
No 102 --200-acre farm, 30 rods from
county scat and market. Population of
county seat 700. lis acres under cultiva-
tion. 80 acres good meadow, balance can
all be cultivated Good black loan and
clay subsoil Good well OF water.
No. 103.--160-acre farm, all wild, joins
the city limits, county seat. All good
tillable land black loan and clay subsoil,
q first-class quarter section.
Tsrms-Some cash down, balance time
TO suit
Take advantage Of this opportunity be-
fore 10 slips away. Address,
NORTH DAKOTA LAND Il LOAN Co,
Rugby, Pierce County, n. ID.
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TERRIBLE OCEAN DUEL.
In Fight Betwcen Monster Eel nnd
q shark the Former Came
Out Victorious.

A report comes from Waikiki, near
Honolulu. to the following effect Early
Saturday morning two fishermen in q
native canoe were pursuing their call
ing In the shoal water of the coral reef
near Diamond Head. They had fished
long and caught nothing. and were on
the point of returning home when q
strange thing happened
The water near where they were
moored suddenly became agitated-so
much so. in fact, as 10 cause the fish
ermen's craft to roll unpleasantly.
Peering into the water to ascertain
the cause of the disturbance, the two
natives saw q singular sight. A huge
eel OF the conger variety and a ham
merhead shark, which had apparently
by some strange misehance drifted In
to the domains of the sinuous monster,
were engaged in mortal combat.
Which was the attacker and which
the attacked Il Il impossible to say, but