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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-01-14
british COLUMBIA RAILROAD,

Montreal, Jan. 1.-THE charter OF
the British Columbia Southern rail-
road which contlos several million
acres of land including depots in Crows
Nest Pass, has passed into the hands
of an eastern syndicate at the head
of which are George A. Cox. and ROB-
ert Taffrav of Toronto.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-01-14
IN RECEIVERS HANDS.

Cincinnati, Jan. 14.-The Ohio Pho
nOgraph company capitalized at ST.
100000, has gone into hands of re-
ceivers on the petition of holders Of
a majority of the stock. The assign
ment is for liquidation and dissolution
as the liabilities are trifling.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-01-14
MILITIA NOT NEEDED.

Houston. Tex, Jan. H.-Special-
The Emmett rifles returned last night
from woodvilIe, where they have been
guarding the negro prisoner being
tried for murder. The alleged expec-
ted mob violence didn't come off.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1897-12-08
Special Commissioner Sale.

Under and by virtue of an order made
" by the Circuit Court OF Mason County,
West Virginia, ON the 18th day of September,
1897, in a certain action at law therein pend
ing, in which The Merchants National Bank
OF West Virginia at Point Pleasant, is plain
tlh, and Z. L. Hale, is defendant. The nm
dersigued Special Commissioner Will on the
Sth dag Of January, 1898,
to the highest Bidder. at the trout door OF
the Court House, of said Mason County, the
undivided interest of said It. l.. Hale, In and
and to that certain lot of land situate in the
town of Point Pleasant, West Virginia, sup
posed to contain one half acre, and bounded
on the West by Wand Street, on the South
by Seventh Street, on the East by land
formerly owned by II. j. Fisher, and on the
North by lot owned by Julia Polsley, and
being the lower half of lot No. 10, In the
third tier OF town lots OF said town.
TERMS OF SALE-One-th of the pur-
chase money cash on day of sale, the residue
In two equal tnstallmeutS In six and twelve
months from the day OF sale, the purchaser
to execute note with approved security for
the deferred payments, and the title TO be re-
tanned as further security.
RANKIN WILEY,
Special Commissioner.
Bond with approved security has been
given by the above Special Commissioner
required by the order OF sale
decS-4w r. L. MITCHELL, Clerk.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1897-12-08
snme ronins omittafi.

am forced by the length of this mes
sage to omit many important references to
Affairs of the government with which con-
gress will have to deal at the present ses-
sion They are fully discussed in the de-
partmentaI reports. to all of which In
vite your earnest attention.
The estimates of the expenses of the
government by the several departments
will nm sure, have Your careful scrutiny.
While the congress may not find 1t an
easy task to reduce the expenses of the
government, 1t should not encourage their
Increase WILLIAM MCKINLEY.
Executive AIPnsior
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1897-12-08
WondorfuI.

The undersigned wishes TO say to
the public that be has an article for
cleansing clothes, and it has proven
so wonderful in it's effects that have
secured the agency for the County of
Mason, w. Va, and Gallia and Meigs
Counties, Ohio. Once tried you viii
never be without it. Warranted alb
soIutely harmless to either color or
fabric. Again it is so awful cheap
that no one need be without it. In
case of mailing to any point will
have to charge enough extra to pay
postage. An that is necessary is to
try box and you will be convinced.
j. w. YOUNG,
General agent for above named
counties for the Perfection Laundry
Tablet Co., of Cincinnati, Ohio.
The arrangement of the win
dows in Friedman & Co.'S, store,
.,4t,.,.,t ,,1,,.,I, oFFanfiOp
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1897-12-08
i $1,000

We give you a Strictly tai
Tor made garment, in chin
chilIa, kersies, friezes, &c,
made with satin sleeve
lining, plush pockets, and
strictly proper in every
way. We have these ele-
CANT overcoats in green,
lrab, brown, blue, sc.
We have a finer range
that rival the highest price
made to order garments.
You will find the prices on
hese goods at less than
one-half of tailors' charges
These are made as good
as skill can make them.
Space forbids a description
but we will be delighted to
how them.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1897-12-08
THE HUNTINGTON
CANCER INSTITUTE.

DANCERS CURED without the use
u of a knife, by the famous r. e.
Anderson treatment. No cure, no
pay. For full particulars and testi-
monials address,
H.. C. GORDEN, Manager.
Box f, Huntington,
dec1-1m West Virginia.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1897-12-08
invitation.

You are cordially invited to
inspect our beautiful Holiday
Attractions of every description.
Remember our entire stock
of Watches, Jewelry, Diamonds,
Silverware, Sterling Silver Nov
elites, Opera and Field Glasses,
and thousand other articles too
numerous to mention.
These are strictly new goods,
right up-to-date and the very
latest style.
Call and see for yourself. with
out feeling the slightest obliga-
ton to purchase unless you find
it to your best interest.
Remember our Ring Depart
ment is the largest and finest
ever shown in this city.
Do not forget that here is the
only place you can correct your
eye-sight with a pair of good
glasses. We test the eyes free
with the finest instrument In the
country
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1897-12-08
meeting of stockholders of the
Leon Milling Company.

Leon Mining OOIlpanJs
NOTICE is hereby given that a gem
IN eral meeting of the Stockholders
of The Leon Milling Company, cor
poration, will be held at Leon. Mason
County. West Virginia, on Wednes-
day, December 22d, 1897, at eleven
o'clock a. m of that day, in the store
room of a. p Smith, for the purpose
of electing a Board of Directors of
said corporation, making Bylaws for
said corporation and transacting any
other business which may lawfully be
done by the stockholders of said cor
poration in general meeting.
Given under our hands this Noyem-
Der %, 1897, and signed by us as the
corporators of the company aforesaid.
W. a. FERGUSON
H c. WILLIAMSON,
w. C. GREENLEE,
w. p. SMITH,
b. INMAN.
JAMES B. MENAGER, Attorney.
dec1-tf
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1897-12-08
Leeislation For A1asIka.

The territory of Alaska requires the
prompt and early attention OF congress.
The conditions now existing demand mate
rial changes in the laws relating to the
territory. The great influx of population
during the pnst summer and fall and the
prospect of n still larger immigration in
the spring, Will not permit us to longer
neglect the extension OF civil authority
within the territory or postpone the es-
tablishment of more thorough govern
ment.
A general system of public surveys has
not yet been extended to Alaska md all
entries thus far mad In that district are
upon special surveys. The act of congress
extending to Alaska the mining laws OF
the United States contained. the reservation
that 1t should not be construed to put In
force the general land laws Of the country
BY act approved March g. 916Ruthortty
was given for entry of lands for town site
purposes and also for the purchase of not
exceeding 16O acres then or thereafter oc-
cupied for purposes of trade and manufac-
ture.
The purpose of congress rs thus far ex-
pressed has been that only such rights
should apply to that territory as should be
specifically named
1t viii be seen how much remains to be
done for that vast and remote and yet
promising portion of our country.
Special authority WAS given to the presl-
dent by the act of congress approved July
p, 1897, to divide that territory into two
land districts and to designate the bound
aries thereof and to appoint registrars and
surveyors of said land Offices, and the pres
ident was also authorized to appoint a sur
veyor general for the entire district Pur-
suant to this authority surveyor general
and receiver have been appointed, with Of
fees Mt Sitka.
If In the ensuing year the conditions jus
tify it, the additional land district auth
orized by law Will be established, with an
office at some point In the Yuko nvaIley.
No appropriation. however, was made for
this purpose.
concur with the secretary of war In his
suggestion to the necessity for mill
tary force In the territory of Alaska for
the protection of persons and property
earnestly urge upon congress the es-
tablishment of system of government
with such hexibility as will enable It to
adjust Itself to the future areas OF great
est population
Aid For Starving Miners.
The startling though possibly exaggerat-
ed reports from the Yukon river country
of the probable shortage of food for the
large number of people who are wintering
there without the means OF leaving the
country confirmed-in suck measures as
t. Justify bringing the matter to tie atten-
tion of congress-
However. should these reports OF the suf-
fering> of our fellow citizens be further
verified every effort at any cost should be
made to carry them relief
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1897-12-08
Tetter. saIt-Rheunn and Eczema.

letter, saIt-Rhcunn and Eczema.
The intense itching and smarting, incl
lent to these diseases, is instantly allayed
~ applying Chamberlain S Eye and
kin Ointment. Many very bad cases
ave been permanently cured by it. 1t
; equally efficient for itching piles and
fayorite remedy for sore nipples,
Mapped hands, chi1blains, frost bites
md chronic sore eyes. % cts. per box.
Dr. Cady,s Condition Powders, are
inst what horse needs when in bad
condition. Tonic, blood purifier and
vermifuge. They are not food but
Medicine and the best IN use to put a
lorse in prime condition. Price %
'ents per PACKAGE
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1897-12-08
Possible Ownership.


In so important matter as the govern
ment becoming the possible owner of rail
road property which 1T perforce must con-
duct and operate. / feel constrained to lay
before congress these facts for its consid'
Grafton and action before the consumation
of the sale.
1t is clear to my mind that the govern
ment should not permit the property TO
be sold at price which viii yield less than
one-half of the principal of It's debt and less
than one-fifth OF Its entire debt, principal,
and interest
But whether the government, rather than
accept less than its claim, should become a
bidder and thereby the owner of the proper
ty, submit to the congress for action.
The Important branch of our government
known as the civil service, the practical
Improvement of which has long been sub
feet of earnest discussion, has of late years
received Increased legislative and executive
approval. During the past few mouths the
service has been placed upon n still hrmer
basis of business methods and personal
merit.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1897-12-08

A line of REFERS in chin
chillas, astrichan or mel
tons, from $3.50 to $3.50. in
all colors.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1897-12-08
Reimbursement OF soldiers,

While the right of our veteran soldiers
to reinstatement in deserving cases has
been asserted, dismissals for merely polit-
ical reasons have been carefully guarded
against, the examinations for admlttance
to the service enlarged and at the same
.iyne rendered less technical and more prslc-
rIcaI; ana distinct advance has been made
by giving hearing before dismissal upon all
cases where incompetency is charged OF de
mnnd made for the removal OF officials In
any of the departments.
This order has been made to give to the
accused his right to be heard, but without
In any way impaIring the power of remov-
al which should always be exercised In
cases of Inefficieney and incompetency ana
which is one of the vital safeguards OF the
civil service reform system, preventing stag
nation and deadwood and keeping every
employee keenIy alive to the fact that the
security of his tenure depends not on IA
for but on his own tested and carefully
watched record of service
Much of course stiH remains to be accom-
plIshed before the system can be made
reasonably perfect for our needs There are
nlaces now In the classified service which
ought to be exempted and others not Class
lied may properly be included
sail not hesitate TO exempt cases Which
/ think have been improperly included IN
the classified service OF include those which
in my Judgment VIII best promote the pub
lie service.
pie ana 1t will be my endeavor to uphold
and extend it
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1897-12-08
instructions to Minister Merry.


As to the representation of this govern
ment to Nicaragua. Salvador and Costa
Rica, 1 hnve concluded that Mr.. William Il.
Merry, confirmed as minister of the United
States to the states of Nicaragua, Salvador
and Costa Rica shall proceed to San Jose,
Costa Rica, and there temporarily estab-
Iish the headquarters of the United States
to those three states.
took this action for what I regarded
as the paramount interests of this country
1t was developed upon an investigation by
the secretary of state that the government
OF Nicaragua, while not unwilling to re-
ceive Mr.. Merry in his diplomatic quality,
was unable to do SO because of the COM
pact concluded June 20, 1895. whereby that
republic and those of Salvador and Hondu-
ras forming what Is known the Greater
Republic of Central America, had surren-
dered to the representative diet there of
their right to receive and send diplomatic
agents.
The diet was not willing to accept him
because he was not accredited to that body
1 could not accredit him to that body be
cause the appropriation law OF congress diu
not permit 1t. Mr.. Baker, the present min
lister at Mnnagua. has been directed to pre-
sent his letters of recall.
Mr.. w. Godfrey Hunter has likewise
been accredited to the governments of
Guatemala and Honduras, tue same as his
predecessor. Guatemala Is not a member of
the Greater Republic of Central America,
but Honduras Is Should this latter gov
eminent decline to receive him, he has
been instructed to report this fact to this
government ana aWalI us luEIueE nSlEuS-
lions.
A subject of large Importance to our
country and increasing application on the
part of the people. is the completion of
the great highway of trade between the
Atlantic and Pacific. known as the Nicara-
guam canal. Its utility and value to Amer
lean commerce is universally admitted.
In the future shall take occasion to
transmit to congress the report of this
commission. making at the same time such
further suggestions may then seem ad-
visabIe.
Respecting BimetalIIsm.
Under the provisions of the act of con-
gress approved March 3, 1897, for the pro-
motion of an international agreement
speeding bimetallIsm, 1 appointed on the
18th day of April, 1897. Hon. Edward o.
wolcott, of Colorado; Hon. Adlaie E. Ste
venson. of illinois, and Hon James ].
Paine, of Mississippi, special inyoys to
represent the United States They have
been dIIigent In their efforts to secure the
concurrence and cooperation of European
countries in the international settlement of
the question. but up to this time have not
been able to secure agreement contem-
plated by their mission
! The gratifying action OF our great sister
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1897-12-08

In further effort to prevent the Invasion
of the United States by yellow fever the
Importance of the discovery of the exact
cause of the disease, which up to the pres
emit time his been undetermined, is obvi-
Gus, and to this end, systematic bacter-
Illogical investigation should be made.
therefore recommend that congress author
lie the appointment of commission by the
president, to consist of four expert bacter-
IoIogists, one to be selected from the med
Ical officers of the marine hospital service,
one to be appointed from civil life, one to
be detailed from the medical officers of the
army and one from the medical officers of
the navy
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1897-12-08

OF the LrtDafI -nntIOns-
/ concur with the secretary of the inte-
rior that there can be no cure for the evils
engendered by the perverslon of these great
trusts excepting by their resumption by
the government which created them.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1897-12-08

then it VIII be necessary that some legis-
Iation shall be had by congress, which,
shall be equitable to the white people who
have settled upon these lands by invitation
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1897-12-08
YelIow Fever Scpurge.

The recent prevalence of yellow fever
In number OF cities and towns through
turbance of commerce and demonstrated
the necessity of such amendment to our
quarantine laws as Will make the regula-
lions of the national quarantine authori-
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1897-12-08

Continuing. President Mckinley says:
Turning to the practical aspects of a rec
ognltiOn of belligerency and reviewing its
Inconvenience and positive dangers, still
further pertinent considerations appear.
In the code of nations there is no such
thing a naked recognition of belligerency
unaccompanied by the assumption of In
ternatIonal neutrality.
Such recognition without more win not
confer upon either party to domestic con-
Aict status not heretofore actually pos
sessed or affect the relation of either party
to other states. The act of recognition u.s.
ually takes the form of a solemn proclama-
tiOn of neutrality which recltes the de
tive.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1897-10-01
Lumber Prospects On the Mend.

Col. G. w. Griggs, president of the
St. Paul & Tacoma Lumber company,
arrived home yesterday from Cali
fornia where he has been on business
trip connected with their large lumber
interests there.
"Times are improving decidedly IN
California" said Col. Griggs to rep
resentative of the Ledger. "and busl-
ness men of all classes are feeling
much better. In our own business we
are simply having all we can do. The
situation enerally is certainly much
improved. l was very busy while
away and had little time to look
around but even in the most cursory
way the marked improvement in the
general conditions is visible on all
sides. No, I was not looking after
new contracts; as | said before our
mill is simply running to its full ca
pacity now on our cargo trade and to
supply our yards in Washington and
California. Tacoma Ledger.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1897-10-01
''De World do MOve."

At no time since the close of the
civil war have the prospects of the re-
publican party in the South been as
bright as at present. after the large
defections from the democratic party
to pOpulism and the increased develop
ment of manufactures in the principal
states south of Mason and Dixon's
line. To the student of American
politics it must seem somewhat sur
prising that Kentucky and Maryland,
two democratic strongholds, should
have republican governors, and that in
Tennessee at the last presider tial elec-
tion the republicans should have pol
led 45 per cent of the total vote in the
state, while they had 36 per cent of it
in Georgia, 50 per cent in West Vir-
glnia, 46 per cent in Virginia, and Al
per cent in North Carolina, besides
polling 167 900 votes for Mckinley
and Hobart in Texas, state in which
the republican vote in 1880 was only
$1,000; in 1888, $4,000 and in 1892
81 ,O0O.-Sldney Independent.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1897-10-01

LAKE Chelan, in the Cascade range
of this State, is said to be the third
deepest body of water in the world, ex-
cepting the oceans. 1t is certainly the
deepest body of water on this contln-
ent. This fact is established by w. u.
Steel, of the U. S. geological survey,
who while making an examination OF
the Washington Forest Reserve, drop
ned steel line 1850 feet long without
finding bottom, and has ordered more
wire to make final measurement.
He gives the following soundings OF
bodies of water noted for depth
Baikal, in Siberia, 1000 feet; Caspian
Sea, 5000 feet, Lake Chelan, 2,56o
plus what may yet be determined
Standard.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1897-10-01
''Vacillating, Incompetent and I'm.
truthful"

Following is the letter of Regent
Windus, of the Pullman agricultural
college, who recently resigned, disgust
ed with Rogers and his dishonest
scheming gang. Mr.. Windus and the
honest class of popullsts are sick, and
are handling the Accident without
gloves:
"Gov. John R. Rogers, Olympia
Sir: Just six months ago you APP
pointed me regent of the agricultural
college and school of science. Up to
the present time my course upon the
board on every important question has
been either urged or approved by you.
as letter in my possession will show.
"On the very day on which we ac-
complished the chief reform for which
you have been agitating, viz: reduc-
ton of salaries, you caused to be pub
llshed in the press a slanderous, false
and malicious attack upon me, i'm
putting to me selfish and sinister mo-
tives for the very action you had
urged and approved Under the cover
OF what you had been told, but which
you knew, or should have known, to
be false, you gave vent, through me,
to your spleen against friend of
mine, under whose we'll merited lash
you were smarting, but for whose
utterances am in no way responsible.
"You insinuate that | have been in
a conspiracy of some sort The only
conspiracy that I have been in has
been with DR.. Powell to hide from the
people of the state of Washington the
dilatoriness and incompetencyo of their
governor. For nearly five months you
have had before you the facts which
have recently been made public, but
you cared nothing for extravaganza,
deficits or frauds, as long as knowledge
of them could be kept from the public.
Then. when at last aroused by the
press, to which you are so fond of ap-
pealing you propose to the other mem
bers of the board, whom you had been
so long shielding, that they filch from
the United States enough to make up
the deficit in the state fund created
by them.
81 give you credit for never having
mentioned this dlsgraceful and i'm
beetle scheme to either DR.. Powell or
me. Under these circumstances you
can no longer desire my services on
the board of regents, and | must GER
tainly decline to be longer connected
with an administration so vacillating,
incompetent and untruthful. | there
fore tender you my resignation as
regent of the agricultural college and
school of science, and have no doubt
of your prompt acceptance.
"I have been i'll for several days or
YOU would have heard from me before.
Very respectfully, w. V WNDUs. :"
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1897-10-01

THE interiors of one thousand of the
most attractive homes in the United
States have been photographed by The
Ladies Home Journal. One hundred
of the best of these pictures will be re-
produced in that magazine. The first
article of the SERIES Inside of a Hun
dred Homes appear in the Oc-
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will be pictured just as they are in
daily use. Each picture contains doz-
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interested in taking a peep into the
most attractive homes in the land, to
see how they are furnished and ar
ranged. She wants to get practical
hints and new ideas for furnishing her
own. The houses photographed by
the Journal are those occupied by
persons of moderate income. Their
interior arrangement shows what per-
feet taste can accomplish with little
money and the touch of wOman's
deft fingers. Homes in every State in
the Union-from Maine to California
were photographed for the Journals
unique and useful series.