Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-04-02
BRIEF NEWS NOTES.


DIR. Schltchter Denu-
BERLIN, April DIR. Sehlichter. the
African traveller and geographer, is aeau.
Sir John skinner Dead
LONDON. April 1.-Sir John skinner;
organist. composer and writer on musical
topics. is dead. He was born IN 1870.
The President Thanked
WASHINGTON, April Representative
Long, of Kansas. saw the President TO-
day and thanked him IN the name OF me
Kansas delegation for the honor conferred
upon Gen. Funston.
On Leave of Absence
CoNSTANTINOPLE. April 1-Mr. Lloyd
C.. Griscom, the secretary of the United
States ministry, left Constantinople to-day
for the United States on severalf months
leave of absence.
More Surrenders-
MANILA. April 1.-The recent surren-
ders include Gen. Gonzalez, eleven officers
and forty-four men, with 10 rifles. at NAL
abon. and Col. Heryara, three OFFICERS and
IS men with rifles at Laguna, and Colonels
Pablo, Tecson and Sibul at Balucan.
Further Consolidation
= NEW YORK. April IA ~semi-annual
announcement was made to-day that the
Lehigh had been turned over to the Read
ing and will hereafter form a part of the
Reading system, which includes the Jer-
Sey Central.
Twenty Soldiers
JIDDAH, Arabia. April 1.-The Turkish
transport Asian has been wrecked near
Yembo. Twenty soldiers were drowned.
VIII Not Suspend
COLUMBUS, Ohio. April Miners and
operators of the Hooking Valley to-day
agree to continue the present system UNI
til April 24th, thus preventing a suspen-
sion.
Thirty Thousand Idle
LONDON, April Reports received at
a mass meeting OF the Lanarkshire col
liery engine handlers at Hamilton showed
tha 80, 900 miners were idle in Scotland
ing to the strike for an eight-hour day.
The Piaguc at Cape Town
CAPE TOWN. Ajril 1.-The bubonic
plague is increasingly virulent in Cape
Town. Five deaths occurred to-day and
six new cases were reported.
Celebrating the Day
PITTSBURG. Pa, April I-All the
mines are closed and the day Is being cell
ebrated as the fourth anniversary of the
establishment OF the elght-hour working
day.
An Advance Announced
LANCASTER. Pa. April The sus-
duehanna Iron & Steel Co. posted notices
to-day that an advance of y cents alton
will be made to the puddlers on April Is.
Flour Mil Consolidation-
PHILADELPHIA. April 1.-The c%onsoli-
dation of practically all the flour mills in
this section was completed to-day.
w. Harry Clark Dead
WASHINGTON. April Mr.. w Harry
Clark died here to-day. He was manager
Of the Baltimore & Ohio Telegraph Com
pany here for some years. and later en-
gagged in newspaper work.
Roosevelt to Take Part
BUFFALO. n. Y. April L-yice Pres
ident Roosevelt has accepted an invita-
tion to take part In the dedication Of the
Want More Wages
CINCINNATI. o.. April 1.-The painters
have struck for $50 for eight hours.
want :. 1-2 Cents an Hour
FORT WAYNE, Ind, April 1.-An
painters and paper hangers struck to-day
for 27h cents per hour and a nine-hour
day.
Improved
NEW YORK, April Ia. W. Dingwall.
the theatrical manager. who is a patient
in Roosevelt hospital. was reported to-
night to be slightly improved.
Wei Known Mason Dead
SEYMOUR. Conn. April Thomas
Swift, aged 81. well known in Masonic cir
cles. died tonight of pneumonia. after a
two weeks Illness.
Renben Miller Selected
PITTSBURG. Pa. April 1.-Reuben Mil
Ter. of this city. was to-day selected for
chairman of the executive committee OF
the CrucibIe Steel Company to succeed
Wm. G.. Park. resigned
Carpenterx on strike
PORT HURON, Mich. April The $50
members of the carpenters union struck
to-day for 3 cents an hour and a nine
hour day.
Navigation Opened
DETROIT, Mich. April I-Nayigation
was opened between Detroit and Cleve-
land to-day.
Men VIII Strike
MARION, Ind, April To-day closed
the scale year of the carpenters unions
and the contractors of the gas belt. " =
new scale is not signed the men win
strike.
Strike ut East ~LiverpoOl-
EAST LIVERPOOL, o., Apru1 Ian
painters. decorators and hod1 carriers
struck to-day and = strike ok krpenfers