Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1894-10-17

thousand bushels of chestnuts have been
shipped from Somerset, Pa The crop in
/ that county is estimated to be worth $50
| 900.
Hon. J. Capehart writes an open letter
to Samuel Adams, at Mason City, denounc-
| ing as totally false the report current in and
about Mason City that Mr.. Capehart had
declared himself as opposed to the election
| of Judge Harvey. candidate for Congress.
| He urges every Democrat in the district TO
/ support Judge Harvey
Hon. w. L. Wilson's meeting at lMonon-
gah mines, Marion county, yesterday, was
another demonstration of the tremendous
interest his campaign is arousing in the
! Second district His audience numbered
two thousand five hundred voters, and the
distinguished Congressman was accorded
a reception which amounted to an ovation.
Neither Mr.. Elkins nor the htcIligcncer
have as yet taken up ana answered the
very interesting series Of ten questions
prOpouuded by Hon. ]. NJ. Mason, regard
ing Mr.. EIkius' Mining Company, his as
sertiou that it was simply a question OF
finance to carry West Virginia" and chal-
longing him 10 a joint debate. Mr.. Mason's
series of questions are easily understood,
and are SQsceptiRIe. q very Prift ag5sU1Es
If Stephen 3. from this vicinity, take up
, these questions. or al least some OIL Cnem'
and aid in Calculating a few points regard
inc which the public would like some
light!
Some one ought to call off the distin-
guished microbe and bacillus experts on
the other side They're going to get the
human race into a lot Of trouble If let alone
much longer. Not content with discover
/ ing all sorts of microscopic germs, ana NJ
/ TING them out with hyphenated Latin
names and labelling them as the causes OF
/ the most deadly and complicated diseases
/ that flesh IS heir to-, they have now taken
/ to crossing these various species OF NIL
crobes and thus producing entirely new
! lines of germs capable OF lnoculatng Jhe
/ human race with maladies heretofore I'M
heard Of For instance, they can ANAL
gamate an Asiatic cholera germ with the
| smallpox microbe and get result war
ranted 10 kill a man at short notice anu
with new attendant horrors. Where are
the police!
In his annual report, just published'Gen-
eral Schofeld makes some rather startling
suggestions and comments touching the
insunicieucy of the American Army in
noint of numerical strength, and he COM
mares the United States to China IN point
of inability TO resist a foreign invasion.
Commenting upon this report dlstin-
guished taCtiCiau, whose name is not gwen,
but who is described as being more iamll-
liar with our military resources than any
man in the country, is credited Win sur
prising observation. Said he:
/ Having iu view the Incompetence oI
our scheme Of coast defence, and the ao-
solute iusignihCance of our navy when
compared with the magnificent navles OF
Eur0pe. / have no hesitation In saying tnat
IN is entire possible for al least two OF the
nations of Europe TO land 100000 troops on
our Atlantic coast. To these we can OPP
nose with about $4,000 soldiers, 10000 be-
ing of the regular army and 5O,OVO militia
for am convinced that this IS about our
effective military strength IN an emery
eucv. In the course Of time we could auu
q number Of raw volunteers, ou'
the latter we cannot arm and equip. II
requires, as you will see, mucn tlme 10 DO
, this and I am of the opinion that the Tor
, eign invaders would be as able TO occupy
I ii T.ouis before we could Z Ike the arms
for of course we would be prevented by
, 4 the neutrality acts from purchasinG
abroad. l believe that General Schohelc
rather uuderstated the case in comparius
! the United States with China, but the fac
is that we are not nearly SO well prepared
bv land or sea TO resist attack from ever
p, one european power as was China to resls
Japau. The disprOportion IN edecuv
forrs is even greater. and for the Unite,
r states 10 RELY on its latent power and OF
: its vast population and wealth IS as stroni
as was Chiua's reliance on the SAM
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