Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-04-09
Sir George Murray Smith Dead

can regiment recruited from natives
Sir George Murray smith Dead
| LONDON. April s-sir George Murray
Smith. the publisher. died to-day. He was
member of Smith. C'der & Co., and pub
lished some of h,->--st editions OF the
| works of Thackeray. He founded the
Cornhill Magazine in 1850.
Brief Official visit
| WASHINGTON. April Seen. p. b.
paid President Mckinley a brief official
| visit to-day.
For a station Ship
| WASHINGTON, April s-The naval ship
1 supply. at the New York navy yard, is to
| be station ship for the island of Guam,
to take the place OF the collier Brutus.
Squadron Arrived
| TOULON. France, April s-The Italian
squadron has arrived here. the bsttleship
! Lepanto. with the Duke OF Genoa on
board. heading the line.
Want Orders Expelled
! MADRID. April S.-I-arge and excited
anti-cerfehl meetings at Malaga, Corunna
| and elsewhere have passed resolutions de-
mandins that the government expel the
religious orders from Spain.
Failed to Make the Speed
| WASHINGTON. April S.-Secretary Long
was informed to-day that the torpedo boat
Perry. built by the Union Iron Works. of
San Francisco, failed TO meet contract
! speed.
The Strike Settled
| SCARON. Pa, April S-The strike of
union painters and carpenters was salts
| factorily arranged to-day. The contrac-
tors grant the demands of the strikers.
To Assnssinnte Loubet-
| PARIS, April s-French detectives were
| informed of a plot TO assassinate Presi-
Gent Loubet during his coming trip. Ex-
traordinary precautions have been taken.
Great Mine Owner Dead
| ST PAUL Mimi. April S-William f.
| Johnson millionaire mine owner OF Dem
yer, is dead in this city, after two weeks
| illness.
Wreck of the Limited
OGDEN. Utah, April s.-The Central
Pacific west-bound limited was wrecked
two miles east of Wells New. Two fire.
men were killed and some of the cars
badly mashed. The Pullmans caught fire
1t is not thought that there were any ia
talities among the passengers.
with Feelings of Relief
YOKOHAMA, April s-The news of Rus
sia's decision not TO press the Manchurian
agreement was received here with feel
| Ing of relief.
To Enlist Natives
| WASHINGTON, April s.-Instructions
have been cabled by Secretary Of the Navy
Long to Admiral Remey, of the Asiatic
station, to enlist 500 natives of the Phil
ippines for service on the former Spanish
gunboats, TO be maintained exclusively in
/ the Philippines.
Cinnamon Arrested
MALONE, N Y, April s-Twenty-nine
Cinnamon were arrested on the Canadian
line trying to make their way over.
Knox Goes to Warrington
PITTSBURG. Pa, April S.--P. C. Knox.
the new Attorney General. left at $50 to-
night over the Pennsylvania road for
OF his new position at once.
Plague I'm Egypt
LONDON, April 9-According TO a dis
patch from Cairo to the Daily Mail. the
bubonic plague has reappeared In Egypt,
one case having occurred in Alexandria
To Build a Trolley L-ne-
COLUMBUS. o.. April s-The Canton
Akron Railway Company was incorporat-
ed to-day with 100000 capital. to con-
struct a railway connecting Canton and
Akron.
Unanimously Rejected
BRAZIL, Ind, April S.-The block coal
miners to-day unanimously rejected the
proposition of the operators. which was
practically the same as the settlement In
the bitunlinous field.
Dfned With the Hnnnas-
WASHINGTON. April s-The Presi-
dent and Mrs. Mckinley dined Tonight
with Senator and Mrs. Hanna. The party
included also Mrs. Hobart. Carrot Hobart
her son, Lieut.. Mckinley. Mrs. J. q.
Brooks and other guests az the White
House.
Had Acted QueerIy-
NEW YORK. April s-The body of the
nude woman found yesterday in the Erie
basin was identified tonight as that of
Mrs Bridget Keyes. who has been acting
queerly for some time.