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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-01-02

Special to the Register.
TrIA1oT .E-STQN W ttva Tanua

Specialize the Register
CHARLESTON, viva. January 80
The State Treasurers report for De-
cember, 1899, shows receipts for the
month State fund, SIT 1864; general
school fund. s23.331.6s: school fund.
81, ST.. so; total, 81, 39612.
Disbursements-Sta fund. s69. geo.
go; general scnooI fund, $76.5ss.22;
school fund, $zf96: total, s146,4e.9S.
Balance in treasury State fund. 547,-
325: general school fund, $3.50, 1913;
school fund, s456, 1900; total, $751;
1855.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-01-02
OTIS DEATH LIST.
Soldiers who Have Died Since the
Last Report.


WASHINGTON January Gen.
Otis latest casualty report is as fol-
lows:
Manila. January 2.-Deaths since
last report:
wounded by natives, December 16,
George A. Wagner, of the Fourteenth
infantry. Drowned accidentally at Ba-
cor, November 10, Patrick Hart, of the
Fourteenth infantry: Riepasig, Manila,
December q, VIM. OFT, corporal IN the
Twenty-frst infantry. acute dysen-
terry: 23d, John H. Buckner, musician.
E. Thirteenth infantry; 18th, George
nv. Magann, X, Twenty-second infan-
try: Sth. Troy Hamilton, l, -- cav
airy. Chronic dysentery, 23d, Andrews
McKlelland, H. Thirty-frst infantry;
21st. Joseph H. Soites, X, Twenty-sec-
ond Infantry: 26th, james Shanahan,
A. Twenty-eighth infantry, John A.
Renan. NJ. Thirteenth infantry. Chron-
ic diarrhoea. oath, VIM. Crabb, E,
Fourteenth infantry; %. John c. Cain,
I, Twenty-first infantry; 23d, Michael
Kane. civilian. late |, Twenty-second
infantry. Typhoid, 2sth, Andrew L
Gilken, Nj. Eleventh cayelry; 10th, Jas.
Coffey. d. sixth infantry; Both. George
Pleets. hospital steward. Variola, 26th,
-
Hume Dulin. L, Twenty -fourth infan-
try: VIM. w. Adams, NJ. Thirty
fourth infantry. Pneumonia. Oct 18th.
John / Williams, x, Twenty second IN
fantry Malaria. December 10Th. Robt.
culhane. Il. sixth infantry. Cschexia.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-01-02

LONDON, January 3.-4:45 a. m.--
The morning papers are unanimous in
praising the gallantry of the Canadian
and Colonial troops. The Times says:
'sThe mother country will share with
the Canadians and Australians in the
pride and qualification they must feel
at the fine qualities displayed by their
troops in this dashing little engage
ment'
The Standard says:
The continuance of minor successes
gratifes the British people. 1t is not for
gotten that the larger aspects of the
case are unchanged. AS the Daily
News remarks. "it is day of small
mercies."
The Importance of both Gen. French's
end Col. Pitchers victories lies in the
effect they are likely to have upon the
Colony Dutch. The latest dispatch
from Douglas confirms the earlier re-
port that the Boer laagerS consisted
chiefly of British subjects, who, on the
arrival OF the small Free State COM
e-mando, accepted probably an invitation
to throw in their lot with the Beers,
thus terrorizing the loyalists who are
now jubilant. A Cape Town dispatch
reports that "the rebels in Darkly dis
trict are demoralized by the British oc-
cupation of Dordrecht."
Should it turn out that the Dutch re-
bellion is thus being diminished, it will
be matter of great relief for the Brit
ish campaign.
The Standard remarks:
Until the Tugela has beea crossed
and Ladysmith relieved, it would be
idle to deny that the present position in
Cape Colony is one of very great dan
! ger; and. if unhappily Gen. Butler is
again defeated, it will be necessary to
dispatch 100000 additional men to keep
the Dutch in order"
Winston Churchill's estimate that
100000 men will be required to defeat
the forces of the two republics has been
ridiculed in many quarters; but, as a
matter of fact, this number is already
almost reached, without the extra 10O,'
600 which the Standard foresees might
be required.
Yesterday the admiralty chartered
eight more large transports. When all
the troops destined for South Africa
join those already there Lord Roberts
will be in command of about 100000,
men, Thirty thousand are now afoat
or ready to embark. Military observ-
ers in view of what these figures mean,
cannot see how the British, can fail to
crush the Beers by mere force Of num-
bers.
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taA4xC <AA<AS
Details later"
Brief independent
Rensbery filed the eve Diary
1st, supplement Gen. FTenchs dl5patcn
butt slightly According to them the
British were still Smelling the Boer
position at 5 O'Clock Monoay evening
and expected to enter Colesberg To-
day.
The British loss was three killed ana
seven wounded No officers were Kill
ed or wounded The Beers are sup
posed to have suffered heavily from the
accuracy of the British artillery hre.
Gen. French's statement that the BoerS
were using 15-pounder and Wooi-
witch ammunition evidently refers 10
one of the British guns captured at
Stormberg.
The Boer strength in the engagement
with Gen. French was estimated at
from 5000 to 1000 men.
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OIL NEWS.
Snecial I'd "a Reglster.

Special 10 the Register.
PARKERSBURG. W. Va, January 2.
1t is reported here among operators
that prominent Pittsburg operator
has agreed to drill test well on the
territory recently leased south Of this
city on the opposite side OF the Little
Kanawha river, by Parkersburg parties.
The venture will be the first well drilled
within one mile OF the city since the oil
excitement in this country
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-01-02

MANILA, January 2.-6:45 p. M
Archbishop Chapelle, the Papal dele
gate, arrived here to-day on the United
States transport Sherman, which sailed
from San Francisco December Sth. He
will lodge in the house formerly occu-
pied by Charles DENLY, of the Philip
pine advisory commission. This action
ON the part of Monsignor Chapelle set
ties the contest between the various
friar brotherhoods in Manila, who, sep
arately, have been using their influence
to obtain the privilege of entertaining
the Archbishop and the Rev. Father
Mckinnon, late of the California vol
unteers, and now a regular army chap
lain, who was also a passenger on the
Sherman. 1t is said that the friars are
striving to secure Monsignor Chap
pelle's ear for the purpose of securing
better protection for individual inter
ests. The arrival of the papal delegate
directs attention to the question OF
church and the brotherhoods in the
Philippines, including the matter OF
deciding the brotherhoods claims to
real estate and other property OF the
church receiving state support, and OF
the re-establishment of Spanish curates
in native parishes. But the appoint
ment of Monsignor Chappelle as Arch
icIo To- oI thn EIflnl-
nos and Spaniards feel that steps Will
be taken in these momentous matters
which may bring infinite good or evil
to the islands. Consequently, Mon
signor Chappelle's actions will be close
ly watched and fully discussed. All
classes Of the brotherhoods are anxious
to send representatives to the parishes
in the providences recently occupied by
the Americans. This matter will soon
be brought to Monsignor Chappelle's
attention, and his aid in this connec-
ton will be solicited. Inasmuch as the
question of the expulsion of the brother
hoods from the islands and the freedom
Of the people from the alleged injustice
of members Of the orders has always
been declared to be the principal cause
of the revolt of the Filipinos against
SPANS sovereignty, longtime residents
of the islands declare that if the friars
are returned to their former parishes
the natives seeing them return under
American administration will surely at
tack and kill them and otherwise cause
disorder.
Revolutionists having started the rll-
NOR that Monsignor Chappelle intends
eventually to recommend the appoint
ment of Father McKinnon as Arch
bishop of the Philippines, the latter's
defense of the brotherhoods in the
American newspapers has been trans
lated and circulated among the native
for the purpose, it is declared, of show
ing that Father McE<innon will support
the brotherhoods if he is selected.
Such statements as these create I'M
easiness among the natives, which Is
increased by recent news from SPAN
to the effect that Monsignor Chappelie
will support the brotherhoods.
The Tagalos, it is declared, have be-
come more embittered against the
church since Archbishop Nozaleda ex-
communicated an insurgent priest, and
If is said the number of Protestant
marriages among the natives contlnu-
ally increases.
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summoned to berlin.

HAMBURG, January 2-The papers
here announce that the German foreign
Office has summoned the managing di
rector of the German East Africa line,
Herr Woermann, to Berlin, in connec-
ton with the seizure of the Bundles
rath by the British cruiser Magicienne,
December 10Th. off Delagoa Bay, on
the ground that she had contraband of
war on board
BERLIN. January 2.---Strict silence is
maintained in official circles regarding
the, incident, but the correspondent OF
the Associated Press learns that the
affair has created an extremely pain
full impression in polia circles. En-
1ergett Z iplomatic ST AGe immedi-
atel EN- In Londq \inadmis-
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-01-02
GOV. BUsHNELL's MESSAGE
Read to the Ohio Legislature Yes
terday.

COLUMBUS. Ohio, January Gov
ernor Bushnell's last message to the
Legislature was submitted to that body
to-day. The document was very long
Among other things he said:
Ohio has suffered much from the
loss of capital which has found home
in States offering special inducements.
Our present laws relating to the taxa
ton of certain corporations are good,
and there does not seem to be further
need of measures which may be. con-
sidered as in any way prohibitory on
the further life of the organizations OF
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-01-02
ADDITIONAL DETAILS
OF General French's Victory Over
the Beers Near COlesburg.


LONDON, January 2-The success
of Gen. French's column is at length
confirmed officially, the war office this
afternoon issuing dispatch from Cape
Town, Monday, January 1, as follows:
French reports at 2 p. m. to-day
from Coleskop, by heilograph, as fol-
lows:
:" Leaving at Rensburg, holding the
enemy in front, half of the First Suf-
folks and a section of the Royal Horse
artillery, started thence at FIVE in the
afternoon, December 81, taking with
me five squadrons of cavalry, half of
the Second Berks and eighty mounted
Infantry, infantry carried in wagons.
and ten guns. | halted for four hours
at Maidors farm, and at $3.50 this
morning occupied the kepje overlook
Ing and westward of Colesburg. The
enemy's outposts were taken complete
ly by surprise. AT daylight we shelled
the laager and enfiladed the right of
the enemy's position. The artillery
fire in reply was very hot from a Is
FOUNDER using royal laboratory ammu-
milton and other guns. We silenced
the guns on the enemy's right flank,
demonstrating with cavalry and guns
70 the north of Colesberg, towards the
Junction, where a strong laager of the
enemy was holding hill. and a posi-
ION south east of Colesberg, as far
she junction. Our position cuts the
\of retreat via road and bridge.
thousands of Beers with two guns
Eprted to be retiring toEards
Point. All Reminl kops
Needed towards Acht 8
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Sick Soldiers Coming.

WASHINGTON, January 2.-Surge-
on General Sternberg received cable
message to-day saying that the hospi-
tai ship Missouri left Manila on the
31st ult. for San Francisco with 2S6
sick soldiers on board.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-01-02
A DUTCH REPORT
Of Two British Defeats Near Coles
burg, Sunday.

burg, sunday.
PRETORIA, January Last night
Sunday the British in great force at
tackled Commandant Schoeman's COM
mando in the Colesburg district and
lried to storm the position.
They repeated the attack this morn
ing, but were forced to retreat. the
Beers holding the position
The loss of the British is not known,
but it is reported to have been heavy.
The Beers consider it a great COM
pliment to the Transyaal that Lord
Roberts should have been selected to
the supreme command of the British
forces.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-01-02

Special to the Register.
TORONTO, o., January e.-Dr. Ggy
Arnold, aged 81, a medical student at
Columbus, who would have graduated
this year, was found paralyzed In his
room there and cannot recover.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-01-02
Three Men KIIIea.

SUNBURY, Pa, January THE
Pennsylvania express struck covered
ice wagon on a crossing at Montandon,
this afternoon. instantly killing John
Wendell. Samuel Whitmeyer and Mont
Wolf. all of that place.
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i|ll1 FlI[|SD 51Dylyy[y
MINUTH DETAIL BELONGING
TO IA BATTLE.
COL. PI1CHER & GEN. FRENCH
DIVIDE HONORs OVER INCONsE-
QUENTIAL COMBATs.

4 Report Coyaes FROM Pretoria of
British Defeats Sunday and Nom
day hut There Are No Details.
Another herman Ship Seized
EnR3fsh Praise for the Canadians
4 and AustraIians--A German War
ship Ordered to DelagOa Bay
Roberts Will Have 100000 Men.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-01-02

END Or FOUR YEARS FIGHE.
GREAT ENTHUSIASM OVER BLACK
BURN AND GOEBEL.

Intense Interest Manifested in the
Proceedings of the Body-The Al
legged Bribery Case-CoI. WhalIen.
Denies the Charge and viii Sur
srender-The Message of Governor
Bushnell to the Ohio Legislature.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-01-02

WHICH ABP. CHAPELLE IS Elk
PECTED TO SETTLE.

The Church Dignitary Has Plenty of
Hard Work Cat Out for Him, and
His Action VIII Have n Bearing
ON the War-Priests Expelled
from GUIANA Red Hot Report
from Col. Petit.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-01-02
Gel. Pettit's RECOMMENDATION.

MANILA, January 2.-6:45 p. NJ
Col. Petit, commanding the Thirty
first infantry, and Lieut.. Col Hayes,
who commanded the three companies
of that regiment on board the trans
port Manuense, which arrived here No
vember 18th, and reported terrible ex-
periences at sea, the steamer being
classed as unseaworthy, undermined
and short of provisions, have filed Of
fetal reports eorroborating in every
detail the exclusive story of the Asso-
ciated Press, at the time, describing
the hardships of the soldiers. The col
onels report, which is particularly
vigorous, recommends a claim. against
the ships owner for the uniforms of
the whole battalion, which were ruined
during the passage.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-01-02
huary 2.-!zs

naVai~ WHO HdS dTTlved hefU
Guam brings a proclamation issued bS
Capt. Leary. naval governor of that is
land, decreeing the absolute prohibi-
ton and total abolition of slavery or
peonage, the order taking effect Febru-
airy I'd.
The prologue of the proclamation de-
cIares that the Spanish system of peon-
age, amounting to slavery, is a men,
ace to popular liberty and a violation
of the privileges guaranteed by the
American constitution.
Capt. Leary also deported all the
Spanish piests for reasons which were
sufficient to him.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-01-02
OIL Market.

on. CITY. a, January 2-credit bal
ances 81 - teS no bifiKX eale&xl
81 90 and
barrels.
rez8. runs
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1900-10-18
ITHAPPENED A DRUG STORE

zone day last winter lady came to
my drug store and asked for a brand of
cough medicine that did not have In
stock" says Mr.. G. R. Grandin, the
popular druggist of Ontario, N. Y. "She
was disappointed and wanted to know
what cough preparation I could rec
ommend. said to her that l could
freely recommend Chamberlain g
Cough Remedy and that she could
take bottle of the remedy and after
giving it a fair trial if she did not find
it worth the money to bring back the
bottle and / would refund the price
paid. In the course OF day or two
the lady came back in company with
friend in need of cough medicine
and advised her to buy a bottle OF
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. con-
slider that very good recommendation
for the remedy" The remedy owes
its great popularity and extensive sale
in large measure to the personal rec
concentrations of people who have
been cured by its use. It is for sale
by E. T. Whitehead & Co. Druggists.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1900-10-18
Give the Best Of Yourself.

Selected.
A lady gave US rule, not long since,
by which she had succeeded in inter
estiag her lively, fun loving boys, SO
they preferred to remain at home even
ings instead OF seeking amusement else
where.
She said. 81 remember that children
are children, and must have ainuse-
ments.: | feaf that the abhorrence with
which some good parents regard any
play for children Is the reason why
children 60 sway for pleasure. Hus'
band and l used to read history, and
at the end OF each chapter ask some
questions, requiring the answer to De
looked up ii not given correctly. We
follow similar plan with the child
rem sometimes we play one game, and
sometimes another, always planning
with books, stories, plays, or treats OF
some kind, TO make the evenings at
home more attractive than they can be
made abroad. l should dislike 10
think that any che could make my
children happier than l can, so always
try to be at leisure in the evening, and
to arrange something entertaining.
when there Is good concert, lee
ture, or entertainment, we all go to-
gether and enjoy it; and whatever is
worth the price OF admission to us old
er people, Is equally valuable to the
children, and We let them see that we
spare no expense where 1t is to their
advantage to be out of an evening.
"But the greater number Of our
evenings are spent quietly at home.
Sometimes it requires guile an effort
to sit quietly talking and playing with
them when my work-basket IS filed
with unfinished work, and books and
papers lie unread on the table; but as
the years go by, and l see my boys and
girls growing into home-loving, mod
est young men and maidens, am glad
that made 1t my rule to give the
best of myself to my family"
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1900-10-18
Essentials in Public Schools.

Washington Post.
Mr.. Thomas Brennan, one ofthe trus'
tees of the Chicago public schools, who
has for more than thirty years been a
careful observer of educational meth
DDS and their results, brings a serious
charge against the schools of that city.
He declares that the avarage country boy
coming in from the backwoods,is more
valuable to the business man than the
boy graduate from the Chicago schools.
The reason assigned for the alleged sup
erior value OF the boy from the coun-
try will be Interesting to the parents OF
children at school and to those who
are charged with the responsibility OF
arranging and carrying out the course
of study. The reason Is that the
amount OF time spent in the public
schools upon studies that are not es-
sential is fully as great as that given to
reading, writing and arithmetic. They
have tried to make every thing of the
school boy, and they have prevented
him from becoming anything"
That is, perhaps, too STRONG a state
ment of the case, but there is undou bt-
edly a good deal of truth in it. Al
though the tendency to overload the
pupils and to reduce the time devoted
to the rudimentary and indispensable
branches have been apparent In both
urban and rural sections, it has been
far more pronounced In the former
than In the latter. Other things be-
ing equal, the city boy ought to be
more useful and successful In business
in city than his cousin from the
country. The city schools are kept in
operation for longer period each year
than those in the country. Cities at
ford many facilities for intellectual and
moral improvement that are impossi-
BILE in the agricultural regions. And
if 1t Is suggested that the city boy is
more exposed to temptation than the
boy on the farm, the suggestion is but
another reason why the former ought
to be worth more than the latter In al
most any department. OF business. The
school graduate fresh from the country
has before him temptations to evil
which have faced the city boy ever
since he emerged form cradIehood. OF
the two-the city graduate and tho
graduate from the backwoods-the lat
ter is far more likely to fall Victim to
the lures of vice In town.
The overcrowding craze, the attempt
to cram the minds of school children
with an infinite variety of knowledge
and the consequent neglect to teach
them to read we'll, to write good En-
lish in good hand and to give them
a thorough arithmetlcal training, ap-
pears to have subsidized. That Is GER
tainly the case in this city.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1900-10-18
There Are No More Self-Eads Men

"From the highest home to the low
est in America this idea OF castle has
entered, destroying our old high, ideals
and making US pretentious and vul-
gar" writes can American Mother, "of
Chow we Lead Simple Life" in the
October Ladies' Home Journal. "The
idle rich man covets high social place
with hunger that is both ridiculous
and tragic. If he has money enough
he buys titled husband for his daugh-
ter. He tries to establish precedence
for himself over his neighbors by claims
of high descent. Nor is this apprecia-
ton of rank confined to the ieisured
class In this country. It Is universal.
No candidate for office finds 1t neces-
sary now to pose as self-made man or
to put his respectable ancestors out of
sight. The self-made man is no longer
the popular hero. On the contrary,
noble ancestors are In such demand
that If we do not haYe them we invent
them as we do air-brakes or motors, OF
anything else necessary to our well-be.
ing and comfort. The rich American
finds it easy to have q coat-of-arms and
a pedigree us to have a dress-coat. He
seldom goes to Burke or the Heralds
College for these things. He plants
and grows his own family tree as be
d0oa his roon1o Of tho front door,
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1900-10-18

Have you sense of tullness in the
region of your stomach after eating
If so you will be benefited by using
Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tab.
lets. They also cure belching and
sour stomach. They regulate the
bowels too. Price, Is cents. Sold by
E. T. Whitehead & Co. Druggists.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1900-10-18

First Cook Lady-"Why did you
leave your last place?" Second Cook
Lady-"The missus went and got hat
like mine."
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1900-10-18

YOUNG MEN WANTED, with fair
1 Education and good character to
LEARN TELEGRAPHY, Railroad
accounting and Typewriting. This is
endorsed by all leading railway COM
panies as the only perfect and reliable
institution of it's kind. All our gradu-
ates are assisted to positions. Ladies
also admitted. Write for free cata-
logue. (Fall term opens August 10TH
Globe Telegraph College, Lexington
XIV. Claim