Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-04-24

WASHINGTON, April @.-The House to-
day. entered upon consideration of the
postoffce appropriation bill.
WINNIPEG, Man, April 2.-Latest re-
ports from the bush fires near the Mime
sofa line show that there has been no loss
of life.
BERLIN, April 3-Emperor William
where he will hunt.
Campbell, Duke Of Argyll. died this morn-
ing.
PORT SAID. Egypt, April 2s;-The
rived here.
deaths from the plague and eight cases
day.
WASHINGTON, April 23.-In the House
upon request of Mr.. Hepburn, unanimous
consent was given to set aside May l and
2 for the Nicaragua n bill.
TEEN TsIN, April 23.-Tne boxers Sat
urday massacred many Chinese Catholics
near Pao Ting Flu; The German gunboat
Hits arrived Saturday. Other foreign yes
sells have left those waters.
BESsEMER, Mich, April 2S.-Fire has
ragged since last midnight in the T.lden
mine, several hundred feet down. All men
have been ordered out.
MELBOURNE. Victoria, April %
Plague-infected rats have been found at
the Brisbane, Auckland and Melbourne
Wharfs.
MIDDLEBORO, KY, April 2.-Offcials
who went to the home of Berry Howard
to arrest him for the assassination of VIM.
Goebel. failed to find him.
HARRISBURG, Pa, April 23.-The strug-
gle for the favors in the gift of the Re
publican State convention has begun in
earnest, although there Is scarcely a hand
full of delegates in Harrisburg tonight.
WASHINGTON, April 23.-Th Supreme
certiorari in the case of Oberl.n NJ. Car
ula1saties While IN charge Of engineer work
in Georgia.
NEW YORK, April 23-The most ever
day when VIM L. Elkins4 of Philadelphia,
sold the gelding Red Cloud to Thomas
Lawson, of Boston, for 10000.
WASHINGTON, April 2~.-Admiral
Dewey and Rear Admiral Hichborn TO,
approval of the Holland submarine boats.
WASHINGTON, April 23.-The conferees
on the Hawaiian bill has agreed that the
governor, judges, etc, shall be citizens Of
Hawaii.
WASHINGTON, April 23.-After devot-
ing next Monday and Tuesday to argu-
ments in the Kentucky case the Supreme
Court will take a recess until May 14th.
NEW YORK, April 23-The first bus
mess session of the Ecumenical confer
ence began simultaneously at $50 O'Clock
to-day In Carnegie hall and the Central
Presbyterian church.
BEAVER FALLS, Pa, April 23.-The
Democratic county convention was held
here to-day at the Sixth Aveneue theater
and was one of the largest and most en-
thusiastic conventions held for many
years.
CONSTANTINOPLE, April 23.-Word
has just been received from Beyrout.
Syria, to the effect that the Turkish tor
pedo boat Schamyl blew UP In that harbor
April q, resulting in the loss of twenty
one lives.
PHILADELPHIA, April G-The Penn
sylvania railroad has secured the West
ern New York and Pennsylvania al 50 per
share. and the income bonds at $50, the
market price. This will give the Pennsyl-
wanna and New York Central absolute con-
troll of the soft coal trade.
WASHINGTON, April 23.-President and
Mrs. Mckinley returned to Washington at
7:25 o'clock this morning from New York.
BY 9 o'clock the President was in his of
flee. The President remained in Wash
ington until 7:30 o'clock tonight, when he
and Mrs. Mckinley left for Canton. They
will return to Washington probably on
Friday of this week.