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The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1898-03-16
Robinson.
Correspondence. 18th.

Correspondence, 18th.
Well, Mr.. Editor, with pen in
hand we take pleasure in "sotting''
ourselves down to drop you few
lines before we go fishing this
morning, and will let you know in
our next what we caught.
The farmers are quite busy al
their spring work, but all willing
to lean on their pillow handles and
tell you how they would slough the
Spaniards if they only had the OPP
portunity.
Mrs. Sam Shaffer, of Addison,
o., who has been visiting her par
5ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Rifle, re-
turned Saturday.
w. g. Bird and o. V. Yeager,
made business trip to Letart re-
Gently.
The protracted meeting conduo-
ted by Revs. Harbor and Owens at
the Big Elm Baptist church, closed
Friday night.
The Clay Bank school closed
Friday. The past term has given
general satisfaction.
w. a. Hogg's saw-mill near
Gould Hill school house, on the
farm of P. S. Lewis is running at
full blast. with Jas. Clendenin In
command.
Mrs. Maggie Somerville and Mrs.
Ella Barnett were pleasant callers
at Oak Dale Saturday.
The Robinson Grange held their
third regular meeting at the Beech
Grove school house and installed
the following officers for one year:
Master, W. Fl. Hogg; Sec. f. g
Musgrave; Treas. G. w Cartmill:
Overseer, @ F. Jamison; Steward.
o. ". Yeager; Assistant, S. A.
Foglesong and Mrs. E. b. Jones;
Lecturer, e. B. Jones; Chaplain, l..
l.. Caldwell; Ceres. Mrs. w. ii.
Hogg; Pomona, Mrs. Jno. Cart
mill; Flora, Mrs. Jas. Capehart;
Gate-keeper, r. E. Musgrave.
Nearly all the members were pres
ent. Gould Hill school house was
made the permanent place of meet
ing. The membership will no
doubt be increased at least one
third at the next meeting. We are
glad to see SO many of our farmers
taking an interest in the matter.
The time has come when the farm
er must look after his own business
and not trust to some one not in
terested in farming, or it is likely
to be looked after to their sorrow.
JASPER.
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Correspondence March 12.
The roads are In better condi-
ton than they have been for a
long while.
@. B. Kanode is on the sick list.
John Ginder is very sick, and is
not expected to live.
Thos. Harbone, of Jerry's Run,
is moving osthis place.
Chas. Lockhart has bought a
picece of land of Lon Hogsett, and
win move ontoit in the Spring.
Sanford Long is preparing to
move to Ohio.
Miss Minnie Gregg. viii COM
plete the term of school at this
place.
Alb. Day, of Five Mile, spent a
few weeks with friends and rela-
tives at this place.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Day, of
Five Mile, were the guests of Will
son Day and family, last Sunday
George Brown celebrated his
18th Birthday last Friday. A
great big dinner-a whole host OF
/ friends. May his shadow never
grow less.
John w. Lockhart made a bust
ness visit to Wyoma, last week.
Wishing success to the Register
] am. LUCILLE,
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NATIvEs o. HAWAII.
Intelligent ones Favor Annexation VIII
the United States.

the United States.
San Francisco, March 14.-Benjamin
CIuff, Jr., president of the Brigham
Young academy at Provo, Utah. re-
turned from a visit to the Hawaiian
Islands, where he went at the solicita-
ton of United States Senator Frank j.
Cannon to determine the status of the
annexation of sentiment among the
Hawaiian Islands.
He speaks the language fuently and
has made thorough canvass among
the natives of the islands of Oahu,
Iaui and Hilo.
He said: "As result of my investi-
cation, would say that probably one
half of the intelligent natives of the
islands are pronounced advocates of
annexation. OF the remaining half, I
would say the great majority are. pri-
marily, in favor of the restoration of
the monarchy, and secondly. they
much prefer annexation to the United
States to continuation of the pres
ent government"
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FREE SILVER Sentiment
Not Dead, Not Even Sleeping, But
Merching On 10 a Glorious Vic

4AA0AStlAAls3 OAA " y S-AeA ~ W = ~
Tory
When the election of 1896 made.
William McKinley President of the.
United States, the gold clique an
nounced that free silver sentiment
had been killed.
Acting on this theory the advo-
Gates fgold recommendation scram-
bled eagerly for the honor of pro-
posing plan to put this country
on a gold basis, observes the Chica-
go Dispatch. The self-sppointed
monetary commission, the Indian
apolis convention representing the
chest business interests" the house
committee on banking and curren-
oy, Secretary of the Treasury Gage
and even President Mckinley
rushed out plans and specifications
designed to please the money pow
er.
But there has been a serious
hitch in the proceedings. Free
silver sentiment arose from the
tomb and danced triumphantly
rough in the United States Senate,
while the people applauded.
Now it looks as though the
House of R Representatives would be
captured by the silver forces in
next falls elections. and then, in
stead of bill sto more firmly es-
tablish the gold standard" Presi-
dent Mckinley may have present
ed to him bill for the remoneti-
cation of silver.
Cooperation on the part of dem
ocrats. populists, and free silver
republicans appears to be in a fair
way for accomplishment on just
and broad basis, and with such an
alliance the gold clique's hopes of
retaining control of the house will
assuredly be disappointed.
Under the circumstances the
chances for monetary reform along
the lines suggested by the preclpl-
tate enthusiasts under the direct
ion of Wall street are exceedingly
limited.
1t would be a good idea for the
advocates of gold, whenever they
get an idea that silver sentiment is
dead, to remember the motto which
is impressed upon the people now.
cit is better to know than to think. ;"
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81 can say one thing for Cham
berlain's Collie, Cholera and Diar-
rhoea Remedy: and that is that it
excels any proprietary medicine 1
have seen on the market. and I
have been in the practice of medi-
cine and the drug business for the
past forty years. writes j. NJ
jackson, NJ. D., Bronson, Fla.
Physicians like Chamberlain's
Collie, Cholera and Diarrhoea Rem
edy and because it always gives
quick relief. Get a bottle at Geo.
W. M. Hooff's drug store.
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There never has been an Amer
lean war in which some of the
family to which Fitzhugh Lee be-
longs was not a prominent leader
and successful fighter. They are
Americans first every time.
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Report on Patents.

Washington, March 1.-THE annual
report O fthe commissioners of patents
for the calendar year 1897 was laid be-
fore congress- 1t is dated Jan. 81 and
was prepared by Assistant Commits
sioner A. p Greeley, who was acting
commissioner for several months pre-
ceding the death of the late commits
siener Butterworth. In 1897 there were
received As, 661 applications for patents
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In the Field.

The gold Democrats of Penn
sylvania met last week and decided
to put a full ticket in the field at
the next election. The names of
only three men are given as being
present and participating. A let
Ter written by Grover Cleveland
was read, which, while it besought
the gold Democrats to hold out
faithful, warned them of the
strength of the silverites. The
ticket named by them is not likely
to receive many votes, but it will
take from the Republican ticket
what it does get.
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STILL THEY COME.

The Great Metropolitan Papers See
How Public Sentiment IS Turning
to the White Metal And They
are Getting Into the Band Wagon.
The New York Sum Supports the
Chicago Platform.
The Democratic party in 1896
owed the populists more than one
million of it's vote of Overt, 800, 600,
which was about a million more
than the vote it obtained in 1892.
These Populist voters still re-
main with the democracy, but they
cannot be retained in the election
of 1898 and 1900 if there be any
appearance of retreat from the
essential principles of the Chicago
platform, undertaken with view
of conciliating the "gold demo-
cratsp without offending the sim
cere and earnest Bryanites. That
trick, says the New York Sun, can
not be played on a national scale.
however wellit may have worked
in our municipal election under
Tammany.
The term gold democrat" is a
missioner. IF man is for gold he
is not democrat. for he is oppos-
ed to the present Distinguishing
principle and policy of the demo-
cratic party.
Che Chicago platform is the au-
lucrative standard of doctrine of
the party. and since the election of
1896, it has been reafirmed as es-
sential democracy by the platforms
of the democratic conventions in
almost every state, and it has been
rejected and -epudiated in none.
The great body of the democracy
of the south, the west and even in
New England and the other states
of the east are ardently devoted to
it. Judge Parker could not have
been nominated for the Court of
Appeals in this state, and he could
not have been elected, even with
the assistance of the Low distrac-
ton, if he had not voted for Bryan
in 1896; and the same is true of
Mayor Van Wyck.
If Mr.. Croker should venture to
repudiate the Chicago platform, he
would be driven from the party
and Indignantly spurned by the
great body of Democracy through
out this Stae and union. The
Democratic leaders at Washington,
knowing that their only chance
of maintaining the solidity of the
Democratic ranks is to declare and
manifest their steadfast adhesion
to the Chicago platform, have put
themselves conspicuously on record
accordingly. Except on that issue
few Democrats could possibly be
returned next November to Con-
gress. AS we have said, the Dem
ocratic party is comrei,l to take
this positive stand as matter OF
political expediency, but it is com,
mendable and for the country
Our national prosperity requires
that the issue should be met
squarely and decided finally by
the vote of the people. The tricks
by which the so-called gold Demo
Gratis would have evaded it were
distinctly immoral and dangerous.
The real and genuine Democracy
have at least the merit of candor.
courage, conviction and consistency
and inspired by such spirit they
can conduct campaign of ANNA
ton, without it their contest would
be lifeless and would go by default.
The campaign of 1896 was only q
skirmish compared to the general
engagement which is be fought
on the same great issue between
the Republican and Democrat par
ties in 1900.
ACABELL OFFICIAL
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Boomer Coal and Coke Co,
w. II. TIPPETT. Agent.
Trustees Sale of Valuable Prop
erty, in the Town of Point
PLEASANT w Va

DY virture of the authority vested in me
ID by a certain deed of trust, executed by G.
ViIIiers Stuart and Maude 81. Vii1iars Stuart,
his wife, to the undersigned trustee, given
ON the 9Th day OF March, 1896, and recorded
in the Office of the Clerk OF the County Court
of Mason County, West Virginia, In Trust
Deed Book No. Is, pages Ig7, los and l09r to
secure the payment of the debt therein mem
toned and described, and upon the terms,
conditions and provisions therein sPectned,
and default having been made in the p ~
ment of the said debt, according to the terms
and provisions thereof, aud being required
by the Point Pleasant Building and Loan
Association, the creditor secured In said decd
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Saturday., ApriI End, 1898,

lie auction, at the front door OF the Court
House, of said Mason county, to the highest
bidder. the following real estate, conveyed
by the said deed OF trust, situate in the town
OF Point Pleasant, Mason county w est v tr-
Rinia. bounded and described as follows.
BeInt. the lower half of lot No 4, hrst tier OF
town lots situate ON Front OF W slter street on
the ohio River bank and bounded ON the
South by lot now owned by W. II, Gunns on
fine East or back part by Main street. on the
North side by the other mOiety OF said lot
now the property OF j. w. Stone. and on the
West l1y Front or Water street, containing
cne-haif an acre,.and being the same lot OF
and conveyed TO G. Nflffers Stuart by Burt
b Rees and wife by their deed dated Febru-
ary 18th, 1856.
IiER1rg or SAIE.=CaEhs
This property was offered for sale under
this trust IN 1897. and bid on by the rnntor 81.
lVfIliers Stuart, but he failed to comply with
the terms OF sale, by the payment Of the pt1r-
chase money RANKIN WILEY
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Result of Republican Policy,

1t is certainly worth general no
tice that paper like the New
York Commercial, with its Repub-
lican leaning and its significant
environment, boldly attacks the Re
publican protective and CONNER
ciaI policies as pplied to the Amer
can merchant marine, and charges
that the Republicn party is direct
" responsible for tIsao decay of our
once great and profitable carrying
trade. In an editorial appearing
few days since, an editorial, too, in
which there are interesting figures
given, as viii be seen, the CONNER
cial says:
In 1861 the Republican party
succeeded to the control of the Fed
eral government. At that time
there were 2, 1896, 1874 tons of Amer
ships engaged in tho foreign
2rhg trade. The value of our
p,and exports that year was
>sR5. American ships then
ESer cent. of those inn
Zz.-esrEiaf -ex ports. Thus we see
that noble shipping under the
American flag controlled the car
rying of substantial majority of
our foreign commerce. This was
the condition that confronted the
Republican party with regard to
shipping upon the high seas when
It took control of the Federal gov
eminent. Today there are 1880
tons of American ships engaged in
the foreign trade-less than one
third of the tonnage of thirty-si
years ago. Has the traffic declined
prcportionately9 During the fiscal
wear ending. June 80. 1897, the for
eign commerce of the United States
was valued at 81, 815, 704, 862-that
it has increased three and half
fold. since 1861, only IL per cent.
of which was carried in American
vessels. This, then, is record of
the Republican party. 1t has with
in thirty-six years seen the ships
undar-oEx flag ia-tbe foreign trade
sfdeoline to one-third of what they
were when it took control OF the
government, notwithstanding the
Trade itself has increased three and
6alf times. If our shipping had
increased proportionately to our
commerce we should have today
nearly nine million tons of ships in
the foreign trade under the Ameri-
can flag"
During this tbirty-six years the
.Renublican party has kept Ameri-
IAN capital OUT of ships and the
ssTrSfne trade. simply by keeping
large protective margin on the
statute books I'M favor of the ship
builder. This policy has not only
driven the American flag into the
coastwise trade almost exclusively,
but is costing us about S2oo,0oo,-
iually in the way of freight
id to the foreign ship own
I'LL this is only one of in
dmerable sins of the Republican
party against the best interests of
the people. Charleston Gazette.
Some of the gold bug prodigal
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TERRIBLE HOLOCAUST

Eleven Persons Burned to Death In the
Bowery Mission.
New York March 14.-Eleven persons
were burned to death in the Bowery
mission Sunday morning.
1t is supposed the fire originated
from cigarette stump thrown among
paper in a layatory.
The building was damaged about
$1,000 and contents about $4,000; both
fully insured.
There were about 800 dodgers in the
building at the time AID many of them
had narrow escapes.
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lrned to bis work, Monday morn

turned to his work, Monday morn
ing.
Mr.. and Mrs. Odus McDermitt
are made happy over the arrival of
baby girl.
Messrs. George and Ed. Nc
Guffin have returned home.
There will be preaching at
Brighton church, next Sabbath at
3 p. m. HAPPY JACK.
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some of the gold bug prodigal
Democrats who went out to have a
d time arg getting a little tired
ing on the rocck feeding
st them come back and
into the old home.
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Mr.. j. w. Rhoades has improv-
ed his property on upper Wand
street, with a new tin roof.
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DIR. Cady's Condition Powders, are
just what a horse needs when IN bad
condition Tonic, blood purifier and
yermifnge. They are not food but
,arts De- necklace
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An artificial stone gutter has
been built in front of the curbing,
at Friedman & Co.'S store. The
work was done by civil engineer.
w. II. Howard.
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retter. saIt-nheuIn ana Eczema.

The intense itching and srnarting, incl
lent to these diseases, isinstantly allayed
by applying Chamberlain s Eye and
Skin Ointment. Many very bad cases
ave been permanently cured by 1t. It
Is equally efficient for itching piles and
a faYorite remedy for sore nipples,
chapped hands, chiIbIains, frost bites
and chronic sore eyes. 25 cts. per box
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Only One.


Not long ago the Wheeling News
sent out letters to number of
Democrats. Populists and Free
Silver Republicans in this State
requesting short expression from
each as to his views on Mr.. Bryan's
plan of unifying all the free silver
forces against the single gold
standard in the coming Congress
ional election. Out of all the re,
plies received there was but one.
that of s. n. Piersol, Chairman of
the middle-of-the-roa Populists
that did not approve of it. 1t will
be remembered that Piersol and
small element of the Populists went
off last election against the fusion
of the two Wayne News.
If it should SO chance, through
the logic of events, that Spain gets
the good sound drubbing she SO
richly deserves, from this govern
ment. would it not be signal act
of poetic justice" for the unpar-
alleled atrocities which she in
hicted upon the native inhabitants
of this continent in the sixteenth
century, especially, the Mexicans
Every student of history has read
of the horrible butcheries of Cor
tez and those who came after him.
And the same policy has been con
tinued, even down to the present
time, almost under our guns, in
Cuba.
International language would be
about as possible as international
bimetallism. Let us have Ameri-
can language and American bimet-
allism and then if other countries
want it they can take pattern, but
we do not want to be married to
foreign countries. that we must
bow to,
One of the good things which
the country is grateful to Grover
Cleveland for is his splendidly
American Venezuela message.
Another is his appointment of
Fitzhugh Lee as consul general at
Havana. Once more General Lee
is Enthusiastically proving that he is
the right man in the right place.
The war news is not so ''scary"
for the past few days, but the gov
eminent is going on preparing for
war all the same. to be ready if the
Dons should try to slip up on Uncle
! Sam.
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Lila - 81

virgins Celery Tea regulates the
liver and kidneys, cures constipation
and sick headache z5c at All druggists
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DIR. A. r. Barbee. Secretary of
the State Board of Health, received
a telegram from Cooper, a mining
town in Mercer county. that small
pox was spreading at that place
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MARKET REPORTS.
Grain and stock Quotations For March L
Nav York

Grain and Stock Quotations For Mnrch II.
New York.
Beef-Family, SO 00a11 90; extra mess.
So o6as 90; packed, SO O0Q1o so. Cut meats
Picked bellies, 5XG7c; picked shoulders,
49sc; picked hams, TNc. Lard-western
steam So 10 Pork-Old mess. SO 10
Butter-western dairy, 1292oc; cream
cry, 15@20c; do factory, 11@I15c. Cheese
State, large, s1gdsXc; small, 969Kc: part
skins. 4GS2c; full skins, 293c. Eggs
State and Pennsylvania, 11@12c; western
fresh, lie.
Rve-5oILc
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Pittsburg.

CattIe-Cholce, So ood5 10: good, 81 7o0
4 so: tidy butchers. 81 1904 65; fair, 81 20
a 50: common, SO COCA 10; heIfers. So 90
al 40; bulls, stays and COWS, 81 oo94 10;
Hogs = Workers, 81 25G4 30; mediums,
81 3od4 80; fair, So 50; grassers, 50 1908 10;
heavy, 81 15Q4 %; rough, So 00Q3 go; pigs,
So SOd3 80.
sheep-Choice, 81 s5@5 90; good, 81 65a
4 70; fair, 81 40d4 60: common,- 50 5O0
4 90; IaInbs, So 1905 50.
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Cincinnati.

wheat-No. red, 9T1sc corn-No. 2
mixed, 3155c. oats-SO. mixed, 29cs Rye
So 90.
Hogs So 25a4 90. cattle-$2 50a4 20.
Sheep-$2 1914 90.
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The war news is not so ''scary' .
for the past few days, but the gov
ernment is going on preparing for
war all the same. to be ready if the
Dons should try to slip up on Uncle
Sam.
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Toledo.

wheat-eelkc Corn s1I1c oats-2sc
Rye-51c cioverseede-ss oTss
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Chicago.

cattle-Beeves, SO s5a5 10; cows and
heifers, 81 eog3 so; Texas steers, 50 5OQ
4 20: western. So 90Q5 10; stockers and
feeders, SO 606i4 go.
Hogs-Ligh,, So s0d4 orr; mediums,
So s0d4 or; heavy, 81 O0d4 10; rough, SO 10
d3 90.
Sheep and lambs-ChoIce sheep, So so0
. 60; fair, 81 2Od4 40; common, So 250
10; exports, 50 90; choice lambs, 81 6O@
. 60
Rye49Ac.
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Hogs = Workers and light, 81 10; medI-
ums and heayies, SO 90: stays and roughs,
SO OOGI3 80
lambs, 81 25a5 so.
Cattle-Steers, So 1904 so; heIfers. SO 90
a 90: cows and bulls. s. OOQ3 so
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Butter-Fapcy creamery, 21c. Eegs-
Fresh, Ike.
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cnttle-Butchers', 81 5oa4 60; shipping,
81 65d4 50; best steers, 50 2OG5 10; good,
cows and heIfers. So 5Od4 90; stockers and
feeders, So 5Od4 50.
Hogs = Workers, 81 10; rcughs, com
mon to good, So 55d3 So; mediums and
heavIes, 81 10; pigs, IS so.
Sheep and Lambs-Sheep, extra, 81 Goa
10; good prime, 50 0065 10; common,
So COOS 90; choice lambs. 50 7Oa5 so