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The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-05-13
CUBAN REGISTRATION LIGHT.
Little Interest Taken In the Elec
lions Throughout the Island.

lions Throughout the Island.
HAVANA, May 12.-The registration for
the election Is going on slowly. Reports
from all over the island show considerable
apathy on the part of the voters. Where
parties are organized however. special
efforts are being made to get out the
vote. In the rural districts the interest
is so light that the vote will surely be
small.
The registration boards seem to be do
ing their work impartially. There have
been no complaints that false or illegal
registration is permitted. the only COM
plants being ON the score of over-strict-
ness, coming from soldiers who were rot
permitted to register because their dis
charges were not properly signed.
The transport Sedgwick is still aground
at Cienfuegos. Her cargo is being re-
moved to tighten her.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-05-13
Amusement. In the Quaker Cit,

pioHi inc ihildueipHii Rccofu.)
The visiting hosts who may find the work of
the convention too tame solace themselves
By going about and seeing what is worth the
seeing in historic Phladelphia-the clcanest.
most comfortable. and most hospitable convention
city in the United States.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-05-13
A BIG RAILROAD MORTGAGE.

Debenture of x22.OOO.OOO Filed
Against the Chicago and Alton.
MEXICO. Mo-. May 1.-THE Farmers
Loan and Trust Company of New York has
filed a mortgage in this county against
the Chicago and Alton Railroad Company
which contained s11 900 worth of revenue
stamps. The amount of the mortgage is
500 600 OOO
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-05-13

fFrom the Baltimore American)
The Vice Presidency appears at present to be
in something of the position OF a coquettish
woman who has many anxious sutors she doesn't
want, and the one man she longs for cannot get.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-05-13

From the pittsh,rp News \

(From the Pittsburg News)
Philadelphia is holding back $4,000 OF the con-
vention fund. For town that boasts mint ard
the cleyerest counterfeiters in tho country PhilA-
delpbia is singuarly stingy.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-05-13

II you wan: 10 taste good, pure, and whole
some beer order case of iIcurieh's Senate Beer
from the Arlington. Bottling Co., phone sSi
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-11-08
The People Vindicate Quay.

Without the aid of Sullivan county
the votes of the Keystone State has
rebuked party wreckers. Fusion
Candidates make sorry show. In
the next Legislature the Beaver
Statesman will have enough votes to
insure his return to the United
States Senate by Il handsome major
ity.
The Evening Telegraph, owened
by John Wanamaker's sOn-in-law
and consideaed the local afternoon
organ of the anti-Quay contingent,
says in big head lines Wednesday
afternoon: "Quay claims the legisla-
ture and the returns this morning
seem to bear out the contention of
the ex-senatOr's friends"
Anti-Quay papers of Philadelphia
Thursday morning admit that they
have lost the fight, they give Sena-
tor Quay 142 votes on joint ballot.
It takes 12S votes to elect and on
these figures his majority would be
II. This is Il net gain of 40 votes.
QUAY will he our next Senator.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-11-08
National Debt Decreases

WASHINGTON, Nov. The month
iy statement of the public debt shows
that al the close of business Oct. 81
1900. the debt. less cash In the treasury
amounted TO xi,iOt. .tO..32o, u decreass
~ compared with last month Of xi.754.
B5l.
GALVESTON. Nov. Alt IL learned
from AN unofficial source that the board
of army engineers which recently set
here will recommend the rehabilitation Of
all the Galveston fortitieatious and the
repairing aud raising of the ietties. The
jetties east about S1.0sl.0t0 aud the for
tifications abost t5an.U0 The total
damage by the stsrm was about d. $780,
NM, The work which the engineers win
recommend will east about ~. .hoo. 600.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-11-08
MrKINLEY'S Big MAJORITY

Estimates from every county in
Pennsylvania give Mckinley 2935s3
plurality over Bryan, ,4l2 less than
the plurality in 1896. In Philadel-
phia McKinley's plurality i25,ll0,
a gain of 1871 over 1896.
The Keystone State will give
nearly 275,0oo plurality to Mekin-
ley, New York will give 10000
plurality in favor of prosperity and
sound money. Bryan did not carry
IA single county in New York out
side of Greater New York. Nebras-
ka, Bryan's own State gave McHin-
Icy II plurality of 5000.
The atcs reports indicate Mckin-
ley's plurality In Indiana, To be ~,
0o0, Maryland ii,W,0, Maine 2s, 100,
Rhode Island iO,773, lllanois s0,757,
Utah 1000.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-11-08
ANCIENT LIBRARY FOUND.
Records Discovered supposed to He
Nine Thousand Years Old.

NEW YORK, Nov. 2.-PrOfessor Her
man n. Hilprecht, who has been digging
up the ruins of Nineveh for the Universi-
ty OF Pennsylvania, arrived on the Fried
rich der Crosse yesterday.
He said that as the result OF his dis
coveries and translatons of inscriptions
on vases, tablets and utensils Bible his
tory is shown to be quite recent. The
tablets are histories Of times before Ad-
am and Eve are supposed 10 have lived
in the Garden of Eden.
1--WE have found the first Babyloniau
temple library ever discovered said he.
1T was uncovered at Nippur. Some of
the documents go back as far before
Abraham as Abraham is before our time.
Not document discovered is less
than 200 years before the Christian
era. That is about the period at which
Nippur's civilization was nipped in the
blossom by the Elamites, and Babylon
succeeded Nippur as the capital of Baby
lona. Some of the documents are sup
posed to be at least 1900 years old.
"Neary $4,000 documents were rescued
this year.
''The documents are clay tablets from
two inches by one inch to foot and
half in length by one foot in width. They
cover every branch of literature known
to the early Semitic peoples. There are
lists OF words written in both the Sume-
rian and Babylonian languages, exercises
in grammar, dates, hymns, proverbs, as
Economical works, astrological texts, in
ventories OF the temple. lists Of gods and
cash books giving the income Of the tenn
pie from all sources. They will increase
our vocabulary of the two most ancient
tongues.
"Nippur was built Gn successive plat
forms, generations constructing plat
form upon the ruins of previous genera
tions.
'rhe Nippur library was lost about the
time Abraham went out of Ur. Many
Hebrew customs find here their first ex
planatiOn. One old historical character
who, critics had decided. was a myth is
found to have been real character.
"Most Of the Jewish exiles transported
by Nebuchadnezzar after the destruc-
tion Of Jerusalem were located at Nip.
pur and along the canals near there"
The records from the Nippur library
are on their way from BassOra to Phils
delphia.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-11-08
Number Is
our TROOPS ACTIVE.
Repeated Failure Of Filipinos
Causes q Reaction.
AMERICAN PRISONERS RECAP1URED.
Former Insurgents Send Expressions
Of Loyalty to Washington-Ex-
citement Over Presiden-
tlal Election.

MANILA, Nov. 5.-Last week was de-
voted to active scouting. The insurgents,
having failed to crush single garrison,
are now experiencing reaction.
Lieutenants Wilson and Dority of the
Forty-hfth volunteer infantry destroyed
large stores Of rice, four granaries and
barracks near Bato.
Captain Atkinson, with "a men of the
Thirty-seventh volunteer infantry, at
tackled 100 insurgents under Colonel
Valencia, recovering two American pris-
oners and capturing a considerable guam
tity Of ammunition and supplies.
A native orchestra lured the United
States troops from their quarters near
Dagupan while the insurgents attacked
the rear, killing two Americans and
wounding three.
Yesterday Senor Buencamino. repre-
senting the principal ex-insurgents in Ma
nila, requested Judge Taft to forward to
Washington a signed expression of their
loyalty.
There is considerable excitement over
the approaching presidential election,
with good deal of betting on the re-
suit
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-11-08

A full line of bed comfortables at
Holcomb L. Lauer's.
Good comfortables cheap at Hol-
comb d Lauer's.
Special bargains. in hats at J.W Bucks
Dold's canned meats are unsurpassed
for flavor and are all Government insoect-
ed, for sale at Buschhausen's.
You cannot find .fner Red Alaska
Salmon no matter what the price you pay
l5cts can at Buschhausen's.
Lake herring and white fish at J. w
Bucks.
Mr.. James McFarlane is agent for
the Celebrated Pitkin Paint and
Specialties. This is the oldest mix
ed paint mandatory in America
and their goods are guaranteed not
to chalk, crack or peel off when
properly applied and to last longer
than any mixture of Trust Lead and
Oil.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-11-08

PHILADELPHIA Nov. 3.-While n
party Of young me-. Clearfeld were
hunting on the mo,,I near that place
yesterday Paul MeCooit was accidentally
shot and killed by Jersv Hickman. The
body was brought here aud Hickman
was placed In custody. pending the coro-
ner's inquiry, which will be, held today.
Near Reading. Pa. while Polish
boys were cunning Stanislaus zxlecki.
aged 13 years, discharged a = & full ia
the face Of Rudolph Franekov iak, aged
IA years. killing him instantly. efhe 9th
er boys say that strezxleeki seemed sn-
noyed because his companion talked too
much while they were chasing game
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-11-08

LONDON. Nov. 5.-successful expert
ments with Marconi's system of wireless
telsUraphy were made ON Saturday night
from the mail boat Princess ciemeutins
while shs was steamins from Ostsnd Ia
Dover. The first demonstration was
made while the steamer was actually
passing the mast erected ON the land ~
la Panne, between Ostend aud Dun
kirk. Coastant messages were sent /"
and fro at the rate Of % words = minute
until Dover. which is I'll miles distant,
was reached.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-11-08
DEEMER FOR CONGRESS.

Lycoming county is Democratic,
Their county ticket escapes the
wreck. The returns up to late
hour show that Deemer will have
a plurality in his Congressional dis
trict of 1000. The returns were very
meagre, yet they We're distinct
enough to insure Deemer's election
beyond doubt.
Polk, the Democratic candidate
for Congress will receive o majority
of $500 in the district.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-11-08
Aguinaldo Really shot.

. SAN DIEGO, Cal. Nov. 5.--James c.
Hussey Of National City has received a
letter from James Thompson, u private
Of Company c, Twenty United
States infantry, written while he was in
the hospital at Manila and dated Sept. !,
in which the writer says that a young
Filipino occupying bed next to him at
the hospital stated that Aguinaldo was
really shot dead as reported some time
ago, but that it was to be kept quiet for
political reasons.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-11-08
Drank Poison by Mistake.

WILKESBARRE, Pa, Nov. 6.-Mrs.
Mary Harris Stuart, wife of Rev. ID. T..
Stuart. pastor Of the Baptist church at
Wyoming, this county, drank carbolic
acid and died in agony. She was con-
fined to bed with sickness and in the
dark grasped the bottle of carbolic acid
instead Of u bottle containing other med
icine. Coroner Mckee investigated and
found that death was accidental.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-11-08

HONGKONG. Nov. 2.-Dispatches re.
ceived here show that u fearful typh0n
has caused havoc through Anam, the
French protectorate south Of China. The
area of destruction is very large. and
1900 persons are reported to have per-
ished. Besides those killed i,dsO per-
sons were rendered homeless.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-11-08

We pay $24 per week. to man with
rig to introduce our Poultry Com
pound in country. Send stamp for
terms.
Royal Mfg. Co. Dept. 26.
Franklin, Pa.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-11-08
Cubans are Pleased

Havana, Nov. I. The entire
American colony and tuhans reeiv-
ed the returns of the presidential
election. Indications of Mckinley
reelection We're received with great
enthusiasm.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-11-08

PRAIRIE DU CHEN, Wis, Nov. 8.
discovery of pearls i'll the upper Mis-
sissippi river has caused u tremendous
rush to the clam beds. Households are
crowding the river, and more than 1000
persons are encamped along the river
bank. The finding Of few thousand dol
lars worth OF pearls by the diggers has
started raid ON the river. One Of the
pearls recently found. the Allen pearl,
weighed 100 grains and is said To be the
largest perfect pearl yet taken from the
river. Ii was purchased by William
Moore OF Comanche, Ia, who paid $1,000
for it,
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-06-22

of a report. The committee is COM
posed of Raymond sympathizers and
is very friendly TO him.
He is very anxious to get out of the
mess into which he has fallen and
will agree to withdraw his charges if
he is left alone. Mr.. Sturgiss is very
DESTROYS Of having the whole matter
amicably arranged and unless the board
will agree to unanimously leave DR..
Raymond alone it is said it will be in
favor of his removal. Those who
have been watching the course of
events do not believe that he will do
this, although they think that he may
have intimated such a course was his
intention. He is expected to die in the
last ditch along with Hamil and Nc
Mdhon, both of whom are rabid Ray
mond men.
The University Alumni this after
noon elected Judge NJ. H. Dent, first
graduate of university, and o mem
Der of Supreme bench, their president,
and Waitman Barbe, secretary. Steps
for an alumni reunion and banquet
next year were taken. Speeches by
Judge Dent and others showed a
imous sentiment opposed to President
Raymond and in favor of DR.. Purinton,
an alumuS and a West Virginian, rs
his successor. Purinton is now presi-
dent of Dennison university.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-06-22

the groom is a wide-awake young bus
mess man, the junior member of the
firm Of s. J.. Wilhide & Son, marble
cutters. The many costly and beau
tiful presents received attest the pop
ularity and esteem in which the parties
are held.
The marriage of Miss Cara Turner,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. H. NJ. Turner,
OF Washington street, to Mr.. John
Hughes, of Warrington, was solemn
lied Wednesday at 8 p. m. in the pres
ence of a select few of the intimate
friends and relatives, Rev. J. H. Elan
agan, D. D.. of the Presbyterian
Church, officiating. The bride is one
of Grafton's most accomplished young
ladies and very popular in society cir
cles, while the groom is a native of
G~lennVille, w. Va, a graduate OF the
West Virginia University, and is now
holding a lucrative position as civil
engineer with the Standard Oil Com
pany. They left on the 1890 train
to visit eastern cities, will go from
Niagara Falls by way of the great
lakes to Sault st Marie, Mich, where
Mr.. Hughes has for the present been
assigned for duty by his company.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-06-22
A NARROW ESCAPE.
JOHN NEININGER STRUCK by AN
EAST BOUND WHEELING AND
ELM GROVE CAR,
While Walking the Track at Twelfth
street Near McCO1Ioch-SeriousIy,
Although Not Fatally Injured.
VIII

John Neininger, a laborer residing
at 176 Seventeenth street, had a mar
row escape from death yesterday at
noon while returning from his work.
As it was he was seriously injured al
though not fatally.
He was engaged during the morning
at work on some property belonging
to the LANCE estate, east of McCul-
Tough street, above Twelfth. When
the noon hour arrived he suspended
work and started for home, walking
Grove electric suburban.
At the Twelfth street crossing his
attention was attracted by a rain pass
ing on the B. & o. road, so that he did
not notice the approach Of an east
bound car. The roar of the passing
train prevented his hearing the bell.
The motorman did everything in his
power TO check the speed OF the car,
which was approaching at a high rate
of speed. Before the car could be
checked it struck Neininger, knocking
him from the track.
His injuries amounted to a cash in
the left temple and a badly bruised
and cut leg. When he recovered suffic-
iently he was removed to his home in
a carriage, where medical assistance
was rendered. An inquiry last night
revealed the fact that he was resting
easily and his recovery is assured.
The accident occurred just one
square north OF the point where Mich
ael Miller was struck by a car and kill
ed a month or so ago.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-06-22
SCOTT
Selected by Chairman Hanna ms q
Member OF the Executive Com
miffPe.

PHILADELPHIA June H.-The ma
tional committee met in the rooms back
of the convention hall Immediately after
the adjournment OF the convention. As
soon as the committee was assembled,
enator Hanna was nominated and re-
elected chairman for the next four years.
In accepting the nomination, he made a
very short speech, in which he thanked
the old member of the committee for the
way in which they had stood by him in
the campaign of 1896, and said, in ac-
cepting the position for another four
years, and especially for the coming
campaign, he did so with the distinct
understanding that every member of the
national committee would stand by him
and work Loyalty for the success of the
ticket which had been nominated to-day.
Col. Dick, of Ohio, was elected tempo
rary secretary; Chairman Hanna was
authorized to select from the members
of the national committee an executive
campaign committee, and the committee
then adjourned subject to the call of the
chairman.
Senator Hanna left soon after for Mr..
Griscom's, at Haverford, saying that he
would not be in Philadelphia until to-
morrow afternoon. He will leave in a
few days for Cleveland. He said he
would take his time in making the Sc
~lections for the executive committee. The
headquarters OF the national committee
will be established at Chicago and New
York, as in the campaign of 1896. Mr..
Hanna said that his personal ~headquar-
tiers will be wherever he deems it most
expedient for the success OF the party.
Chairman Hanna tonight announced
the names Of the five members OF the new
executive committee Of the national COM
mittee, as follows:
Henry C. Payne, of Wisconsin.
Joseph H. Manley. of Mains.
n. B. Scott. OF West Virginia
Harry d. New, of Indiana
George L. Shoup, Of Idaho.
1t is expected that the committee to in
form President Mckinley of his nominal
ton will perform their duty at Canton,
Ohio. July i.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-06-22
TWO NOTABLE WEDDINGS
Celebrated at Grafton-WfIhide-CoIe
Hughes-Turner.
Special to the Register.

Special to the Register.
GRAFTON, w. Va, June 21.-The
most notable June wedding in which
Grafton's society circles were interest
ed took place in st. Pauls Lutheran
Church this evening at $50 o'clock.
The church was lavishly decorated
with ferns, cut flowers and evergreens,
and was thronged with the many
friends and relatives of the parties,
both in the city and from nearby
towns. The ceremony was performed
by the pastor, Rev. E. J. Hopkins, in
a most impressive and solemn man
ner. The contracting parties were
Miss Florence Virginia, daughter OF
Mr.. Taylor Z. Cole, the well known
furniture dealer, and VIM. H. Wilhide,
OF the firm OF S. j. Wilhide G Son, mar
BILE cutters. Miss Florence Thorn, of
Clarksburg, presided at the organ and
a choir of girls sang the Lohengrin
wedding chorus. The wedding party
marched up the aisle of the church,
the bride dressed in a beautiful white
de chine trimmed in lace, on the arm
OF the groom. Miss Mamie Cole, sis
ter of the bride, acted as maid Of honor,
and the bridesmaids were Miss Fannie
White, of Washington, D. c., and Miss
Carrie Dent, of this city. The usners
were Mr.. Stout Wilhide, OF Elkins, w.
Va, cousin of the groom; William
Perssly, of Philadelphia; William An
non, OF Newburg. and Clyde Cole,
brother of the bride. After the cere-
money the party repaired to the home
of the brides parents, on Washington
street, where a reception was held, and
over a hundred guests Toasted on an
elaborate wedding dinner. Those at
tenalng from out of town were Mir.
and Mrs. w. H. Lewis, C~larksburg;
Mrs. NJ. ]. Cole. Baltimore, Md; Mr..
Vim. Poverty, Of Philadelphia; Nj. and
Mrs. A. X. Thorn and daughter, Miss
Florence, Clarksburg. and Miss Fan
ME White, Washington, D. C. The
bridal couple left on train No. 4 for
me east, where they will spend two
weeks of their honeymoon. On their
return they vii reside in their elegant
home on the West Side.
| The bride is one of Grafton's most
popular and accomplished young
ladies; is a graduate of the Kemar
Seminary of Hagerstown, Nd, while
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-06-22
MOORE-SWIFT WEDDING.
Brilliant NuptiaI Event in Boston in
Which a West Virginian Was One
of the Principals.

BOSTON. Mass, June 21.-Old ST.
Peters Protestant Episcopal Church,
at Beverly, has been the scene of many
brilliant weddings. but all were sur
passed in point of splendor and mag
nifcence by the Moore-Swift nuptials.
at noon to-day, when Miss Mabelle
Florence Swift, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Edwin Carleton Swift, of Chicago,
became the bride of Mr.. Clarence
Moore, son of Col. Jasper Y. Moore,
of Clarksburg, W. Va, in the presence
of the intimate friends of the family
among the North Shore colonies and
relatives and friends from Washington,
D. c.; Syracuse, \. Y; Chicago, Cleve-
land, Cincinnati, Lowell, Mass; West
Virginia, and from many other States
and cities. 1t was the notable we'd
ding of the North Shore season, and
was the most brilliant Of June we'd
dings on the shore for years.
When the "Lohengrin Bridal Chorus"
sounded, the bridal procession proceed
ed down the broad aisle, which was
hedged with white carnations. First
came the ushers, Mr.. Thomas Nelson
Page. of Washington, D. c.: Mr.. Robert
Shaw, Jr.; Mr.. J.. Biddle, Of Washing
ton, D. c., and Mr.. R. Livingston Beck
man, of New York. Next in order was
Mrs. Robert Shaw, Jr., who was a
schoolmate of the bride, and was
chosen as her sole attendant. The
bride, on the arm OF her father. was
exquisitely gowned in white duchesse
satin, with court train. The entire
front OF the gown and bodice and skirt
was of point lace, and the tulle veil,
arranged in the hair with orange bios
SONS, was bordered with point lace
that, in the backward sweep, measured
a foot in depth. She carried white
flowers.
The full Episcopal service was used,
with the rector reading from a prayer
book bound in ivory and gold. with marks
of white ribbon, from which were sus-
pended white orchids. the gift of Mrs.
Swift TO the bride. The bride was given
away by her father, and the vows were
sealed by the exchange of rings. The
ceremony was performed by Rev. Mr..
Huiggin. and the best man was the
brother of the groom, Mr.. Frank Moore,
Of Washington. On Saturday Mr.. and
Mrs. Moore will sail for Europe--wash-
ington Post