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The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1897-10-13
Battle of Point Pleasant, octo.
her 9th. 1774

EDITOR REGIsTER:- your is
sue of the 9th inst, 1 see a poem
written in commemoration of the
grand old Chief, CornstaIk, that
led the savage forces against the
Virginians, under command of
General Andrew Lewis, in that
hotly contested battle. In reading
the said poem, one would naturally
infer that Genl. Lewis fell in that
fight. But, such was not the case.
1t was his gallant brother, Col.
Chas. Lewis, who was killed by the
first volley fred by the Indians,
whose bones are still Wondering
within the corporate limits of this
old town, without stake. or stone to
mark the halIoBed spot. Gen.
Andrew Lewis joined the Revolu-
tionary army in 1776, and was
placed in command of lower Vir-
ginia. He it was that drove the
treacherous Dunmore from Gwynn
Island in the Chesapeake Bay.
In 1881 Lewis was stricken with
fever and died on his road home,
about forty miles from his destina-
ton, and was buried on an emil
hence overlooking the Roanoke
river, short distance from Selem.
Virginia.
Mr.. Editor, 1 have not written
this in the spirit of criticism but
simply to correct too common err
ror that many make, as to who the
gallant hero was at this point.
S. G.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1897-10-13

Whatever you do, don't make a
will with a lead pencil. IF you are
millionaire, don't make a will at
all. IF you are lawyer hire some
good attorney to make it for you.
In short, people appear to have so
much trouble with Wills that it
seems as If it might be blessing
to die poor.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1897-10-13

The water was sufficiently low In
the Ohio to allow Chas. Grimm to
ford his threshing machine across
the river at Wolf Bar. below Letart,
the other day without putting out
the FIRE in the box of the engine.
The clouds of dust thatrise from
the public highways, and the clouds
of smoke that settle down from the
the hills are positively awful.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1897-10-13

Mrs. L. j. Williamson can sui
you in style and price.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1897-10-13

Mr.. VIM. Amsbury. living on the
Dud Bailey farm on Mill Creek, is
going to start Jersey dairy and
he has herd of eleven head on
hand, which he will increase
Gallipolis Tribune.
Mr.. Amsbury, was formerly a
resident of Mason county, and en-
gagged in farming on the Kanawha
for many years, and his friends on
this side of the river hope that the
new enterprise he is about to start
up. may prove profitable TO him.
The Ohio River Railroad is con-
stantly making improvements.
Not only is it giving us excellent
passenger and freight service, but
the road bed is being put into
prime and safecondition. The old
trestles have nearly all disappeared
and solid tracks of earth take their
place. We learn that before the
new year a night train from Pitts
burgh and Wheeling. south, will
be put on.-Wetzel Democrat.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1897-10-13
Information for Ffduciaries

We are requested to state through
the columns of the Register. when
and how often Fiduciaries, such
as executors, administrators and
guardians of minor children, are
required to make settlement of
their iduciary accounts. The
statute requires each person acting
in such fduciary capacity, to lay
his accounts with full report of
the same, before one of the Com
missioners of accounts, within II
months after his appointment, and
if he fail to do SO within Is months
after said appointment, he shall
forfeit all his rights to commiss-
ions or other compensation for his
services. See the law: Code of w.
Va, Sec. CTS of Chap. 81, page
690-1-2.
A good many of the Admins
traitors, Executors, Guardians, &C.,
have failed to make the settlements
as required by law.
1t is said that the following pass
age at arms occurred in contro-
versy between two members of the
Mason County Bar, recently:
First Lawyer-"I was reliably
Informed that the lady intended
abandoning her suit, but she did
not SO inform me"
Second Lawyer 1 presume you
have reference to what 1 told you"
First Lawyer-"Oh no, when I
said I was reliably informed I did
not refer to what you said at all. .
Second Lawyer-"Very well, I
now say that the lady told me that
she intended to discharge the gen.
tleman and hire a lawyer"
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1897-10-13
one Hundred and Twenty Three
Years Ago.

written for the Daily HEefsrHis BY A.
L NJ
On The banks Of the Great Izanawha aud
The battle of Point Pleasant was fought you
History says thatit was where those two
rivers meet
That Gen. Lewis forced the great Chief to re-
treat.
The blood of the white and red man did
Along the banks of the Kanawha and Ohio
Until the gallant Lewis dealt the final blow,
And gave up his life. one hundred and TWEEN
ty-three years ago.
cornstall whilst on mission ofpeace and
good viii,
Was shot in cold blood ere he did that miss
Ever memorable in the mind of friend and
foe,
WIN be the deeds of this chienain while
water does flow,
Down the broad streams OF the great Ohio.
Then the children of the forest around him
did gather,
None dare say they showed the white feather;
They followed their ChIeftaIni In all kinds OF
weather,
Fighting for kindred and their own native
neather.
Napolean the great in his paImiest day,
Hath shown NO more genius IL anyway
Than did this great Chieftain ofwhom we
talk,
That monarch of the forest called cornstalk.
Ever memorable in the mind of friend and
wnIbe the valor of this chier whilst water
does flow
Down the broad stream of the great Ohio,
On this memorable day, one hundred and
twenty-three years ago.
OFT in the twilight when taking a walk,
That monarch OF the forest called Cornstalk,
Looms up in our vision as large as life;
Again we see enacted that early strife.
Let no vandal ever deiace
The monument erected to mark the place,
Where rests the noblest ofthe Indian race.
Who ever met his foeman face TO face.
Point Pleasant w Va Oct 9Th, 1897
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1897-10-13

(see Lewis History of w. va.9
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1897-10-13

Go to Mrs. L. ). williamson
for Feather Boas and Colleretts.
The evening times., 1897-11-23
uld be taken to the supreme court at

should be taken to the supreme court at
Madrid.
We were then taken to Fortress Cabana, i,
where we were kept in close confinement
In its gloomy calaboOses for eighteen months.
The supreme court decided that we had not
been tried In accordance with the treaties
between the United States and Spain and
remanded the case to be retired in Cuba.
1t would lie tedious to follow all the in
tricacies anu windings of the case. 1t
will be sufficient to state that 1t finally
was reduced to q mere 1natter OF poll
tics. Spain wished TO retry us in viola
ton of existing treaties. resentence us
and then pardon us, and in that manner
force the United States to accept this pro-
cetiure as a precedent for future disputes,
and to acknowledge the Spanish interpre-
tatiOn of the treaties. This the United
States Government refused to do, and
Spain was compelled to liberate us un-
conditionally.
On November l6 we We're notified that
the Spanish government had pardoned US,
but as our Death sentence had been set
aside by the supreme court, and we had
not been retired or resentenced, We
were somewhat at loss to know Tor what
offense we had been pardoned.
Late in the evening of November Is all
OF the Competitor prisoners, excepting
DIR. Vedia and TeOdOrO MaZa, We're set
at liberty. We were met outside the
fortress by United States Consul General
Lee and the British consul general, Mr..
Gollan, who kindly saw us aboard the
Ward Line steamer Saratoga, the Span
ish authorities having prohibited us from
entering Havana
The evening times., 1897-11-23
TIRED OF CHICAGO
He VIII seek Rt 81 and Lower Taxes
in wisconsin.


Chicago. Nov. 23.-MillionaiTe Samuel
W. Allerton, packer, farmer, miner, solf
player. defeated candidate for mayor ana
man OF public affairs, has decided TO shake
the dust of Chicago from his feet. After
forty yeas OF activity, he has concluded
that there are other places better suited 10
him for residence, and of all these Lake
Geneva, Wis, is the best Robert H. AIlcr-
ton, son OF the packer, Will remain to look
after local interests.
II won't say | am disgusted with Chi
cago," said the millionaire, hut l am
glad TO get away. Look at my hands,
That is Chicag go smoke dirtOn them. L nave
given much money and much time in the
fight against smoke, but Caicaeois Just as
dirty as ever, perhaps worse
THE elections in this city for several
years hG We pot been such as to make man
particularly proud of Chicago politics. The
recent election in New York resembled
much the election in this city last spring
The Republicans in both cities have 5eea
made the victims of the mucwumps. do
not believe in these reform parties. If a
man is Democrat or Republican and has
ideas of reform let him fight for thoseideas
inside his party lines. | have had all the
politics want.
The mair reason why have decided 10
change my residence is because the Cook
county treasurer mas Informed me that l
must pay taxes on all personal proprity
owned by me into the CooF county treasury
1 will move out OF the State, and n that
way can pay nay taxes to the county au
thorities OF each county in which | hold
possessiOnS.'
The evening times., 1897-11-23
FLAGS AT WIFE'S FUNERAL
c. Pecoraro Had His House Gayly
Decorated With Bunting.
Preceded by a Brass Band, the Body
Is Carried Through Every
Room in the House.

New York. Nov. ga novel funeral was
conducted on Staten Island Yesterday
afternoon, when c. Pecoraro. a wealth.
Italian, residing on ormond place, Cliff
ton, buried his wife.
Pecoraro has . large barbering esti,b-
lshmcnt in New York city. His Wife died
Saturday. Early this morning decorators
began work on the house.
Two large flags, one American and the
other Italian, Were run up on flag staffs on
the roof. From the front OF the building
floatcd Italian and Amerit an flags and
long streamers OF black and white Grape
We're stretched about the outside valls of
the house. From the doorway many rib
bons uf Grape fluttered. A grape arbor be
side the house was also covered with black
and white material.
Two high postsoin front of Pccoraro's
residerce were similarly dFaped. In the
room where the body lay the walls and
ceiling were covered with black and white
drapeHes.
Pecoraro's home is peculiar 1t is con
structed Of brick and is two stories high. +.
with roof sicping upward Oh all four
sides almost To a point. The front OF thu
house has no windows on the first floor
and is psiuted almost a blood red The
side and rear walls are Of indigo blue
and the roof is colored with bright yellow
with brown trimmings. Short fIagstaffs
are ranged about the roof and are sur
mounted with large gilded balls. Stone
steps are at the entrance, and on either side
of these runs a thick wall of cement of d
bright pink color.
The woman's funeral took place at .
O'Clock. The service was in Italian. The
house YVES crowded with mourners, and on
the outside were hundreds Of people who
had gathered 10 witness the queer proceed
Jugs. WheL the services were concluded
pallbearers lifted the casket from the
pedestals on which it stood and arried IL
from the house through the front door
4 procession of mourners was formed with
PecorarO in the lead. To the strains of n
brass hand of twenty pieces the casEet was
borne around the house and into a rear
door. The casket was then carried through
each rooiE In the house and then out gain
through the front door to the hearse which
stood in waiting.
The crowd in the street became So thick
when the Casket was carried from the
house that tie services Of the police were
required to make passage for the proces-
sion. A start for the cemetery was made
with the brass band leadiug. followed by
Coach containing flowers and the hearse
drawn By four horses in net and pl;ilnes.
Behind came PecorarO, marching at the
head of an Italian society and followed
by about sixty carriages.
Instead of going direct to the Moravian
cemetery at New Dorp, where the in
terment took place, the funeral rrCces
sion passed twice around the block in
whicI: Pecoraro's house is situated. TIL.
funeral was followed over its entire
course by crowds Of curious people.
At the cemetery nothing unusual oc,
Cured.
The evening times., 1897-11-23
CUBANS DYING OF HUNGER.
Women Starving on the Stree.s ci
MatanZas.


Havana, Nov. %. In MatanZas City III.
condition Of the concentrates grows Worse
daily. SeventysiX pacificos have died of
hunger in the streets of MatanZas sin %
Saturday. The Spanish newspaper, El
CorreO. says that in front of No. l Celia
bert street. In that city, a reporter saw
several women dying OF hunger IN he
sidewalk during heavy rain.
The chief Of police was repeatedly n. tt
fled Of the condition of the women, but no
relief came Until one OF the women had
died. Then the black maria was sent for
the body, and the other unfortunates w.re
put into Il car and carried to the out SKI. Is
of the city, where they We're left to die
like dogs.
Gen. PaDdo has arrived at Matanlas,
visited the hospitals there and ordered he
distribution of 900 rations of food daily
to the ''recuncentrated" people.
La Lucha, in all editorial, says that. in
spite OF all the proofs OF friendship Spain
has given the United States, In a manner
without precedence in history, she has not
yet received in exchange from the govern
ment of the republic anything signif ying
the purpose of the government to put .
stop t. the departure OF fiiibustering ex-
petitions from the United States.
Continuing. La Lucha says the more SPAN
yields, the greater enthusiasm viii he
manifested by the American people in
favor of tie ''Separa ratists," explaining.
however, that this is not out of love fJr
the Cubans, but in the interests OF Amari-
can agita'ors.
La Lucha says that Consul General Lee,
while on Load the steamer Seguranca, on
his trip from New York to Havana, was
wounded on the forehead by fall in bis
cabin, due to the tossing OF the steaIier
during rough weather, in which the Se-
guranca was in some danger. Gen. Lee s
forehead still shcws small mark of the
wound, which. however. was OF 10 serious
Importance. and has not interrupted his
official work in Havana.
The evening times., 1897-11-23
SPANIARDS PUT TO FLIGHT.
General Garcia Destroys Victoria
de Las LunaS.

Key West, Fla, Nov. 23.-News from
Cuban sources and official Spanish reports
received yesterday describe an important
enga cement in the province Of Santiago
de Cuba between the towns uf Perale ejCs
and Barrancos. The battle was fought
between the Cuban forces OF Gen. Jesus
Rabi auu the Spanish column cscorting
the convoy from Manzanillo to Ba va mo.
This new engagement appears TO be the
most important fight in Santiago de Cuba
since the bonita r,lment and destruction OF
Victoria de Las Tmas, by 'ien. Gar ia.
Not only was the CONVOY aptuTed, but the
whole Spanish column was put to flight
The Spanish admit n loss of nineteen killed.
but tie Cuban reports show larger Spa lish
loses. Both sides agree that the convoy
did not reach its destination.
Near Matauzas City another train carr:
ing Spanish troops has been iIown mp with
dynamite by the insurgents. Se..ral
Spanish officers and soldiers were ;il'ed
or wounded
The evening times., 1897-11-23
PRAYER ENDED THE DANCE.
To the Music Of "Nearer. Ny God. !o
Thee" the Revelers Depart.

To the Music of "Nearer, MY God, 50
Thee" the Revelers Depart.
Huntington, W. Va, Nov. 23.-For two
weeks past the Rev James II. Rigg, Of
the Baptist Church, has been conducting
revival meeting at Ceredo, and has taken
frequent occasion to denounce daucing and
theaters.
On Saturday night after his services for
the evening We're over he was passing down
Bridge street when the sound of music and
dancing in a nearby hall fell upon his ear.
lie entered the hail, and, winding his Wa Y
through the merry couples on the floor to
the center OF the ballroom called out au-
thoritativelv'
Let us pray
Then he prayed fervently for fully ten
minutes. At first only a few knelt, but at
the end of five minutes every couple ON the
floor had fallen on their knees or had
bowed their heads, whilemany were silently
weeping.
When the preacher had finished more
than a dozen Of the dancers went forward
and gave him .hpir hand. There was no
more dancing that evening. The dancers
dispersed whiletheorct estra played 'Nea Ter,
My God, To Thee
The evening times., 1897-11-23
Bitou's New Bill.

Manager Grieves, OF the Hjou. continues
to ransack the amusement market FOR nov
elites aud taking attractions, and his
program this week is good one. The
features of yesterdays performances were
THE Black Flag" melodrama In three
acts, in which Harry j. Stone and Miss
Clara Russell played the leading parts In
their usual acceptable manner The sup
porting company is the best seen at these
prices. In the olio which precedes the
drama appear the Whalieys, In musical
sketch; Cuponti and Mile. Marie, In THE
Streets of the Orient;'' Dick Hume, in
monoiogue; Phil and Carrie Russell and
their trained dogs; May Hoey, in songs;
Bart Gilmore, in character songs, and the
Misses Rosie and Susie Graham, two WASH
ington girls, in fancy dancing.
The evening times., 1897-11-23
Kernan's-Irwin Bros.

The Irwin Brothers long since earned
their reputation for the quality and at
tractivencss of the performances given by
them Oh the vaudeville stage. AS an at
tractive feature Of their company which
opened at Kernan's last night the Bar
rison Sisters appeared and promptly scored
a hit with their dancing speciality in the
burlesQue, which is u lively closing of a
varied program. In this, the pretty De
Microbes led a bright ballet with toe dane
ing speciality. The olio includes Sidney
and Lee in a comedy sketch; LIE Mondue.
in slack wire performance; Kilroy and
Ransom, Belle Irving and Jessie Wood. in
negro songs; Harvey Sisters, in dances, the
De Varos, acrobats, and Dick Leggett, in
a little of everything in a funny way.
The evening times., 1897-11-23

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ten cents extra (3I cents in all), to defray
the additional expense of this more beau
tiful and durable binding.
Constipation can be quickly and perna-
nently cured by DR.. Pierce's Pellets.
The evening times., 1897-11-23
How TO Cure BiIiou. Collie.

IT suffered for weeks with cuiic and pains
in my stomach caused by biliouSness and
had Ia tak"a medicine all the while until
used Chamberlain's Collie, Cholera and
Dtarriioca Remedy, which cured me-
have since recommended it to a good many
people, MIS- +. Butler, Fairhaven, Conn
Persons who are subject to bilious collie can
ard o.' tn: attack by taking this remedy
as sooa as the first symptoms appear. Sold
by Henry Evans, wholesale ami retail
druggists. 93S st and Conn ave. and Z
st NV. and 142S Nd. ave. nes
The evening times., 1897-11-23

the course Of his remarks, which were
literally appll uded, he said:
.'Some people can he reached only ''y
incense and devotional cererhonals; others
by hidactic services, and still Others by
noise. I have sympathy for the people
who car. be reached only by noise, for it
takes u tassdI uIn to stir the gray matter
iii some Grains. | believe in uniforms. too
There is something about uniform that
lifts man up and inspires him with self
RESPECT. The Volunteers are doing good
work. ! believe it is not only God s work,
but the work OF our country
Commander Booth and Mrs. Booth de-
livered stirring addresses, after which Mrs,
Booth was ordained.
The evening times., 1897-11-23
,,,,.mr.A Contented Woman"

The mlrthful and musical Hoyt variety
Of farce. win its snappy lines, its up-to-
date fun and its tuneful songs was the
attraction at the Academy last night ana
the particular farce was "A Contenteu
Wouan,-' Miss Belle Archer appearing as
Grace Hnimle, and the rest OF the cast
was practically the same as last year
Miss Archer is very pretty anu eraceiui
as the Cuntented Woman ana acts tue
mart with much spirit Mr. Harry Byers
was particuIarly good as the too knowing
hrotll.r-in-law, and Mr. John Browne was
an effective ''rerorm candidate Inc
other characters, with the caricature make
ups ana rnaliciously appropriate naihes'
were all in fine feather, anu made Their
respective hits with their accustomed ease
and success
The evening times., 1897-11-23
REV. s.kS. BOTH ORDAINED.
an Now Perform MARI, &c AMI
Fu:eraI Ceren Oniit =.

New York, Nov. 23.-In celebration of
their success and growth during nearly
two years OF existence, the Volunteers of
A Americas he,d "a grand rally in Carnegie
Hall last night. Representatives. from many
othercities were present and helped d 10 make
the meeting noteworthy. More than 81 900
was raised in subscriptions TO conclude
the ceremonies, Mrs. Maud Ballington Booth
was regularly ordained as minister of the
Gospel, end can nenceforth perform mar
riage and funeral ceremonies AMI prefix
the title OF reverend to her name il she
so chooses.
-Ckarncsy AZ. Depew was chairman. In
The evening times., 1897-11-23
Grand-"McFaden's Row of Flats

..McFadden's Row of Flats appeared
before a large and very happy audience
at the Grand Opera House last uight, ana
the effect upon the mind of behoiders was
that of colored supplement OF New
Work Journ a made aIiy and walking about
on de top er de stage" There was the
Yellow Kid, two OF him, in fact dirninutiVe,
auriferous and cheerfeul; there We're fairies
in spangled clothes, and there was Dutch-
man in a wonderful costume, made ap-
parently out OF dusty meal bags, which
did not interfere with his tunibiing all
over himself in a dance which won hin
the deepest affection of the audience:
They did not want to lose him at all, and
ac,ulaIy hissed off the stage incautious
people who attempted to take his place,
so that he ha q to come out and go through
his specially two or three times.
The evening times., 1897-11-23
DR.. Walker
l4l1 Penn. Ave. Adj. Willard's Hotel

tariff had been bone Of contention be-
tween them and the mother country .or
years.
A cabinet crisis may also result. Seaor
Moret, minister uf the colonies, told one
o the protesting delegations that rather
than abandon any part of the government S
proposals lie would resign his office.
The evening times., 1897-11-23
NIar.iase Licenses.

follows:
Archie Brown and Fannie Reed: Herbert
Claud Merrill, Waseca, Mimi, and Emma
Agnes Vail, wasiEngson; Henry Avery and
Ella Washington: Levi Iosenherger and
Catharine r. Wilson: Georg. B. Little AMI
Minnie l.. Hartley Francis P. Donnel and
Aurena Payne: George Baker Hillman, of
wilkes',arre, Pa, ami Mary Eoover Powell.
OF Washington.
The evening times., 1897-11-23
CUERvo BROTHERS, SURRENDER.
Little Importance Attached to Their
Action by Cubaps.

New York, Nov. 23.-Official dispatches
from Havana announce the surrender Of
Col jose Maria Cucryo. his brother, a
lieutenant colonel, and / O3 well-a rmed in
surGents. While the Cuervo brothers may
have surrendered there is no such import
ance about 1t as the Spanish wish to
convey In the list Of officers
of the Cuban army in the province OF
Havana, signed by Gen. Alexandra Rodri-
guez, commander of the province, and in
possession Of the Cuban delegation in this
ciyt, Jose Maria Cuervo merely appears u $
lieutenant, and his brother Adolfu has
no rank at all. The coionels of the Cuban
army in Havana are Raoul Arrange, Ncstor
Arangueren aud T cdro ID FL gado, W ell knu wn
for their recent successful enga gem ents
against Gen. Gonzalez Parade.