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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-11-21
SILVER.
Bradstreet'S.


The London market for bar silver con-
tinues TO be dull and featureless. Prices
this week were steady and nothing devel-
oped worthy of detailed examination. The
Indian buying demand is fairly good Sill
Yer prices
London, November y, Esd: No A.
q 15-led; Nov. Is = l5-1sd: Nov. Is. 2Sd !;
Nov IL Esd: Nov. Is. = 15-16d.
New York, November u. Gle; Nov. "A,
6034c: Nov. IS, 6024c Nov. is, 607sc; Nov.
II, 607sc; Nov. is, 6034c.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-11-21
A GAIN FOR M'GRAW.
Hardy News

Hardy News.
A recount of the vote in this Con-
gressional district has been demanded
by Col. John T. McGraw The work OF
going over the whole vote is now under
way in the respective counties. Hardy
has finished her part and finds an in
crease over the Official vote of four
votes for McGraw. The work was done
here with the aid of attorneys for both
Sides
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-11-21
M'GRAW SUGGESTED.
Randolph Enterprise.

Randolph Enterprise.
Later returns indicate that the Leg
islature will be Democratic on joint
ballot, insuring the election of a DEM
ocratic instead of Republican United
States Senator to succeed Senator
Faulkner. We hope the next Senator
from this State will be Hon. John T..
McGraw. He would faithfully repre-
sent the people and be an honor to the
State
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-11-21
REBUKE SURE TO COME.

WetZel Democrat.
We feel satisfied that the defeat Of
the Republican party in 1900 is an as
sured fact. McKinley's administration
is bound to prove an all round failure.
He will be nominated and defeated.
1t will never be permitted again to any
man to succeed himself in the Presi-
dency
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-11-21
RAISED A GREAT CRY.

Parkersburg Sentinel
The + publ1canS have raised a great
cry OF fraud over the result of the re-
count in Taylor county, which resulted
in the election of a Democrat to the
House OF Delegates.
Ii there were fraud committed it
was done by the Republicans them
selves, and the recount brought IL to
light. The Ballots were in the hands Of
a Republican commissioner of election
and carried by Republican to the
Court House and placed in Republi-
can clerks Office. The keys to the
boxes were in the hands of the Repub-
lican election commissioners and given
to the clerk. In fact, they were always
in the Republican household, and if
there is any fraud it must be among
them. In making the recount Dent
lost votes at some precincts and gained
at others.
In another instance, Mr.. Fleming,
who was a candidate for another Of
flee and was declared elected by a big
majority on the first count, gained Is
votes at one precinct on the recount.
So it is evident that in the first count
ing either the commissioners who read
off the tickets, or the clerks who kept
the tally, made the blunders that were
afterwards righted.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-11-21
THE STATE PRESS.
What West Virginia Editors Are Thinking
and Saying on many Topics. Especially
Politics.
SOLIDLY DEMOCRATIC.

Wetzcl Democrat.
The New Martinsville colored vote
was solid for the Democratic ticket. II
was one in number.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-11-21
POSTOFFICE ESTABLISHED.

Special to the Register
Washington, D, c.. November 90
A new postoffice has been established
at Revel, Gilmer county, w. Va, with
Henry c. Keller as postmaster. The
postofice at Meltin. Richie county,
has been discontinued. Mail should be
sent to Rutherford.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-11-21
A THING MUCH NEEDED.
Wayne Ne

Wayne News
The Wheeling News, an independent
Republican paper, says that it will be
a God-send to have Democratic Leg
islature to investigate the scandals OF
the present Republican administration.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-11-21
Thanksgiving Day Excursions on the Il. &

Thursday, November oath, the B. &
O. VIII sell excursion tickets at re-
duced rates to and from all stations
on the Wheeling and Pittsburg, and
Central Ohio Divisions, good returning
until November 25th inclusive.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-11-21
rounT1f CLASS PosTMAsTERS.

Special to the Register
Washington, D. c., November 20
Fourth class postmasters appointed in
West Virginia:
w. E. Price, Arnettsville, Mononga-
liza county; vice. J. c. Glasscock, re-
signed
]. w. Robinson, Shanghai, Berkeley
county; vice, Kate G. Robinson, dead.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-11-21
Thanksoirinr Rates

The c.. L. & w. Ry. will make spec
iaI round trip rates for all trains No.
vember 23d and oath, good returning
lAntil November 25th inclusive. For
particulars apply at c., L. & w. pas
enger Office, McLurt House Block.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-11-21
SENATOR AND MRS. FAULKNER
To Entertain the Members of the Anglo.
American Treaty Com mission.

American Treaty Commission.
Special to the Register.
Washington, D. c., November 90
Senator and Mrs. Faulkner have issued
invitations for the entertainment of
the AngloAmerican commission at
their home in Martinsburg on Novem-
Der Goth. The party will be taken
from Washington by special train.
Luncheon will be served on board and
an old fashioned tea party will be Civ
en- at the Senator's home, after which
the guests will return to this city on
their special.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-11-21


SUPREME COURT HAS NOT YET
PROMULGATED RULES FOR PRO
CEDURE
Washington, November 20.-The
forthcoming annual report of the At
torney General embraces review OF
the operation of the national bank
ruptcy law of July l, 1898, which has
been prepared by Mr.. E. C. Branden-
burg, in charge of bankruptcy matters
in the department of justice. Mr..
Bradenburg, who was preparing book
on bankruptcy, briefly reviews similar
past legislation and details the opera
ton of the feature of the law permit
ting persons to become voluntary
bankrupts, which took effect August
/, 1898. From this report it appears
that the applicants for relief have been
found in every walk of life, prospect
i've of class or locality, and shows that
the large class of men who have been
unfortunate in their business enter
prises have availed themselves of the
relief offered Notwithstanding the
law has been in force over three
month. the courts in eight districts de-
clined to proceed with the reference
and adjucation of the petitions for the
reason that the Supreme COure had
not promulgated the rules, forms and
orders required by the act. In all
other cases, the courts have proceeded
and adjudicated petitioners bankrupt
or have referred the cases to the
referees for investigation. Since the
law took effect LOO petitions in vOlun-
tary bankruptcy have been filed. Sim
gularly the districts of Delaware,
Eastern Pennsylvania, Southern Geor-
gia, Nevada, New Mexico, West Vir-
ginia and Wyoming show that no per-
sons therein have applied to be ad-
Judged bankrupt The following shows
the number of cases filed in each State:
Alabama, 1871; Arizona, /; Arkansas,
20, COllIOl lid, cO, SOlOi oiUO, ~, 0Oii
necticut, 8; Delaware, none; District
of Columbia, /; Florida, 20; Georgia,
Northern district, 10; Idaho, 3; South
ern Illinois, SO; Indiana, "a; Indian
Territory, 7; Iowa, At; Kansas, 60;
Kentucky, IA; Louisiana, Z; Maine, 70;
Maryland, 80; Massachusetts, 4; Michi-
gan, II; Minnesota, IA; Mississippi, 7;
Missouri, GA; Montana, IL; Nebraska,
%; Nevada, none; New Hampshire, 2;
New Jersey, 49, New Mexico, none;
New York, 267; North Carolina, II;
North Dakota, 1; Ohio, rs; Oklahoma,
!; Oregon, g; Western Pennsylvania,
81; Rhode Island, IA; South Carolina,
b; South Dakota, 8; Tennessee, SO;
S1ga, -, Utah, 8; Vermont, II: Wiz
ginia. Eastern district, 1; -c. -
So. -; Wisconsin, &c.
AS the involuntary features of the
law which permits creditors to have
their debtor adiudicated bankrupt did
not take effect until November 1, 1898,
it has been impossible to obtain any
data with reference to the operation CT
thic division
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-11-21
DEFEATED, BUT NOT DIsGRACEI

WetZel Democrat.
Col ]. Blair made an honest, clear
and gentlemanly canvass and person
ally lost nothing by his defeat, al
though it is much to be regretted.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-11-21
NOTICE OF TRUSTEES SALE.

BY virtue of a deed of trust made by
James f. Dolan and Mary L. Dolan, his
wife, to me, dated the Soth day of April.
1890, and recorded in the office of the clerk
OF the county court of Marshall county,
West Virginia, in deed of trust book No 9,
folio 3Si, l will sell at public auction on
the premises on
WEDNESDAY, THE 23RD DAY OF
NOVEMBER.
commencing at 10 o'clock a. m, the
Following described property situate
and being in the city of Benwood county
Of Marshall and State of West Virginia:
Beginning at point in the westerly line
OF sixteen foot roadway, distant ono
hundred Q0Q feet southwardly of the
point of intersection of the said westerly
line with the south limo OF Roblnson's adj
dluon TO the city OF Benwood running
thence southwardly with the westerly iine
or said roadway one hundred and fifty
Q9Vl feet; thence westerly and parallel
with the south line of said addition one
hundred and eight and seven-twelfthS feet
10 the easterly line of the river road;
thence with the said easterly line of the
river road, northwardly one hundred and
fifty and three-twelfths feet to a stake;
thence eastwardly and parallel with the
SAD south line of said addition one hun
dred and one and four-twelfths feet tothe
place of beginning
terms OF Sale:-Onethird cash on day OF
SAFE one-third in four and one-third in six
months the purchaser giving his notes
LOT such deferred payments with security
10 De approved by the trustee.
HENRY NJ. RUSSELL.
- Trustee.
j. c. HERVEY. Auctioneer oclsesB
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-11-21
KNOWS WHEN HE IS BEATEN.
Charleston Gazette.

CharIeStOn Gazette.
Governor Atkinson is not pushing
his Senatorial boom to any large ex-
tent. He evidently believes there is
nothing in it-for Republicans.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-11-21
1893, 1t40 ii42 IL RKbT ST.
Store VIII BE Open in the Evenings Until
after the Holidays.

to race, color or previous condition or
afnllation. Hence the mourning of the
WhangdOOdIe
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-11-21
STEAMBOATS,
S.STEH,VLLE { haTiAlRlS TRADE.
STEAMER LEXINGTON.

Leaves Wheeling every Tuesday. Thurs
day and Saturday at II O'Clock a. m.
Leaves Matamoras every Monday
Wednesday and Friday at o'clock 4. m.
jy31e&dc
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-11-21

leaving wharfboat, loot ol Twelfth street.
as follows
Steamer VIRGINIA" T. S. Calhoun.
Master: Robert II. Kerr, Purser. Every
Sunday at 5 a. m.
Steamer KEYSTONE STATE" c. w.
Knox. Master; VIII D. Kimble. Purser
Every Tuesday at 5 a. m.
Steamer QUEEN CITY" Robert r.
Agnew. Master; Dan Lacey. Purser;
Every Thursday S a. m
For freight or passage telephone $40. +.
CROCkARD a. BOOTH.
nos Agents
FOR SALESOCIETT ADDRESS Cards
embossed and engraved. Embierns for any
society known Handsome and reasonable
Address O. call on West Va. Printing Co.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-11-21
FEDERAL BANKRUPTCY LAW.
Seventeen Hundred Petitions in Volur-
tary Bankruptcy

HAVE BEEN FILED, THOUGH THE
LAW HAS BEEN IN EFFECT ONLY
SINCE AUGUST mo FIGURES
YET AVAILABLE ON THE INVOL-
UNTARY FEATURES OF THE
LAW-COURTS IN EIGHT DIS
TRICTS HAVE REFUSED TO CON-
SIDER PETITIONS BECAUSE THE
SUPREME COURT HAS NOT YET
PROMULGATED RULES FOR PRO
CEDURE
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-11-21

AS the involuntary features of the
law which permits creditors to have
their debtor adjudicated bankrupt did
not take effect until November 1, 1898,
it has been impossible to obtain any
data with reference to the operation CT
this division.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1898-01-08
SMOKED INA BIRDS.
Cloads from q Pipe Develop q Rich
CalaE In Chat. RInnaa

Cloads from . Pipe Develop q Rich
Color I'm Their PlumaEe.
A little cd shoemaker, who has q
busy, old-style cobbling shop on the
east side, is q bird fancier and he has
peculiar ideas about canaries. One
night recently he was sitting on his
leather-covered bench, smoking an ex-
tremely odorous quality of tobacco in
a black pipe. A customer, who had Wis
tied the recent bird show. was waiting
for him to finish Strengthening up O
worn heel, and he made several re-
marks concerning the birds which
hung about the cobbler's shop. They
were fancy birds and he could not help
noticing 1t. Finally he asked the shoe
maker low he got such richly colored
birds.
ats part in the breeding and part in
the atmosphere" said the cobbler.
You raise birds In q shop where two
or three. men are constantly smoking.
and in time you will get the darkest
orange color II you use q little judg-
ment in mating and they don't u to
green's"
Il should think that tobacco smoke
would be unwholesome for the BIRDS"
said the visitor.
ION the contrary, 1t makes them
hardy and seems to be good for them
every way. Women who have ca
naries would do we'll to put them where
they can get a little tobacco smoke once
in awhile. although I dom think ciga-
rette smoke would do them much good.
What they need Is strong tobacco
smoke from an old pipe like this or the
smoke from a black cigar. I've raised
my best birds when I had two jours
working in this little shop with mt and
all of us smoking pretty nearly all the
time"
Then the old man sighed and said:
"That WIS before they half-soled and
heeled shoes while you wait; before
machines were used for cobbling. No
two or three jours and IN apprentice
for me now. I sit here alone. with my
birds. pegging away and keeping them
well smoked."-N. Y. Sun,
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1898-01-08
a MYSTERIOUS ISLAND.
Its Strange Actions Have Long Dee
a Puzzle.


Michigan has a mysterious island.
During the winter it lies at the bottom
of Lake Orion. When summer arrives
it rises TO the surface. becomes a resort
for picnic parties, fishermen or whoever
chooses TO visit il.
DR.. H. G. Leonard, of Detroit, believes
he has found a probable solution. This
is the result of his observations:
'In the center of the island" he says,
ga half dozen or more large stumps are
growing, &. clump of three being in the
center Of the mass. l think these
stumps are in a great measure response
BILE for the phenomena attending its
annual sinking and rising. That is, !
am of the. opinion that a collection of
these originally formed the nucleus
for the growth of this strange freak
among the islands of orr fresh water
lakes.
"These stumps have drifted out to the
center of this portion of the lake and
taken with them some of the strands
of the long, snake-like plants that grow
there to a length of nearly ten feet,
with the lily fronds, moses and various
Others of the aquatic plants.
AncSe hodtinE CROWNS nave IOFneu
there, with the island attached to the
stump roots, an island garden all to
themselves. They grow luxuriantly
and the underbrush cleared away from
the shores and other islands there
abouts gradually drifted into them,
and so increased the size of the mass;
then, as the wood of the brush and of
the stumps decayed, the mass became
waterlogged, and the whole gradually
sunk beneath the surface.
"As the fora ripen during the hot
months of summer, for the island is a
thick mass of vegetation, the stems en-
large. become buoyant and, as the sea-
son advances toward September. under
go the first stage of decay; that is, the
stems become filled with gases attend
ant upon fuller ripeness and commence
ing decay.
"This large mass of gas-inclosing
vegetation overcomes the natural
weight of the mass, the whole mass
gradually rises above the waters sur
face till fall. when, the plants having
been destroyed. the mass gradually
sinks."-Chicago Chronicle.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1898-01-08

shoes was his portion, and occasionally
thing and everything vas right and aP-
propriate.
The amount that a carrier would get
from a paper with q circulation OF
1000 in 4 prosperous town varied, but
a gentleman who at one time ran a
country paper says his carrier boy
would occasionally get as much rs $50,
putting everything on Il cash basis.
The may have been times when
money was plentiful. when the carrier
boy wculd reap . reward even Greater
han the amount here given.
But what did the message consist Of?
Almost everything. in fact. but in the
great majority Of cases Il was a poem
dwelling on local happenings of the
year and winding up with good hopes
for the future and CHEEKY wishes for
every subscriber TO the Bugle.
Most generally II was printed on a
single sheet OF paper, about y by 10
inches, and in some cases very much
larger, handsomely bordered with
scroll work, RE pride of the foreman
of the Office. Sometimes there was a
border of advertisements. and some
times it was gotten out in Il four-page
shape. Occasionally the carrier would
be very ambitious to outshine every
thing that had gone before, and he
would get out quite a pamphlet, with
several contributions by local poets,
prominent ministers and lawyers. Tn
fact, the poem was generally the prod
uct of some one who could rhyme apt
~ and touch off the happenings Of the
year in a good-natured and lnughable
way, even congratulating q young
mother on the advent of her first boy.
AS a type of the poetry, mere is q verse
that is recalled upon the spur of the
moment:
'4The carrier boy hopes next year will bring
US plenty that's coed to cat,
AND that our high school foot ball team VIII
quit from getting beat,
And that all the children will learn their
lessons and babies never cry.
And the town nave plenty Of fireworks on
next Fourth OF July"
Of course the carrier boy had to have
u few verses hat set out in n graphic
way all the woes and troubles that be-
set him on his route. Especially would
there be a verse that would run thus:
Through rain and hail and sleet and snow,
The Bugle's carrier boy most faithfully
has worked.
Oft-time when freezing, on and on he'd go.
Rather than have It said his hard work
he had shirked."
At the close there would be q verse of
a pleading nature, something to let you
know that he expected something more
than your blessing or good wishes. It
might III thus:
Reward him well. all those who have
been served,
And from your door turn him not empty
away.
Each week hen come to brighten up the
home
And leave tehind more than a passing
ray"
Perhaps the custom-is still observed
in some of the smaller towns, but in the
minor cities it is passing away.-Cincin-
natl Commercial Tribune.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1898-01-08
THE CARRIERS MESSAGE.


Many Old Men VIII Remembers I'hIa
Custom, Which Il Now Dying.
There are thousands who have been
born and reared within the walls of q
city who have never heard of a car
rieris message" The words signify
nothing to them; In fact. in many of the
smaller towns the carriers message is a
thing of the past. But there are thou
sands of business men In middle life who
well remember the days when every
country paper had a carriers message
TO go with the New York edition Of the
paper. II was supposed to be the per-
quisite of the carrier of the country
weekly. In many cases he vas the
devil" of the Office, and his small wages
were made to assume q respectable sizs
when he was through with the delivery
of his paper on New Years day.
He stopped at every home. and woe be-
tide the selfish subscriber who refused
to buy q copy of the message. The next
time the carrier came that way in q
beating storm he took no pains to put
the weekly in q dry place. 1t had to
take Its chances In the rain, and when
the subscriber got his paper 1t was in
a damp, bad condition.
OF course, the price to be paid the
carrier rested with the generosity Of the
subscriber. The rich people OF the town
gave one dollar, and sometimes even
more. The enterprising merchants
gave so cents, and the average gave q
quarter. while the poor gave u nickel
or o dime. Sometimes a good, motherly
old woman would think of the hard lot
of the poor little carrier boy, and to
protect him against icy days would knit
bin a pair of mittens and a good. long
GarR RufHaN Sometimes a pelE of
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1898-01-08
a COLD FRAUD.
The Icenaan Worked 1t slSiIIfuIIy for
"A Time, but Was Caught at Last.

The Iceman Worked 1t Sl1IIIfuIIy for
n Time, but Was Caught at Last.
A new bride and her recently emanci-
pated mother, each luckily born with a
sense OF humor, met the other day at
h studio of an even more Bohemian
sister, and merrily tried to see which
could tell the bigger story of her ex-
periences. The leaf and dumb hall boy
who has eyes in the back of his head.
the faithless butcher. and "the lady who
wants washing" had each furnished a
share of an irresistible quarter hour.
Il had always supposed" said the old
lady as she rose to go. that an honest
J%anitor was the noblest work of Cod. L
have come to the conclusion that there
is something in the very air of an apart
ment which Is demoralizing to every
one who either makes. bakes, brcws, or
in any way serves the dvellers therein.
Lots of things my 20 years Of house
keeping had prepared me for, but 1
found out a b~rand-new scheme the
other day.
Ever since we went to the Marie
Jeanette to live, I had wondered how it
was that we used as much ice in our
small ice chest rs we used to in our
large refrigerator. 1 saw the ice put
in each morning, and the next morn
ing the place that knew it knew it no
more. I studied that thing off and on
for a month before l found my gay de-
ceiver out. One day / happened to sit
Town when talking to the cook, and l
saw that the ice chest lid seemed tilted
up. | looked in. There was a nugget
of ice left, but nothing tall enough to
prevent the lid from closing tight. /
Investigated. In each hinge of that lid
there was q match. I took them out.
The lid went down snug. The more l
thought of 1t the more certain I was |
that it was not q mere coincidence that
there were two of them. When the ice
mar came that morning 1 watched out
and had the satisfaction of seeing him
look surprised when the lid went down
with a bang under his hand. The next
morning we told him that there was ice
enough, which was true, the hot kitch-
IN air being shut out. The next morn
ing I stayed away until he was gone,
telling Rosa to give him the kitchen to
himself. The lid was tilted up the same
old way, but 10 matches. I got my
glasses on and lighted the gas, and
there if you please in each hinge was a
little wad of chewing gum!"
what a cold fraud" said the Bo-
hemian sister, and thereat every woman
in the lot gathered up her raiment and
fled to look into the vitals of her own
household. And not a pot of them all
could call the kettle black. 1t is a
brand-new scheme, but It works.-N. Y.
Sun.