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The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1899-09-13
GRISATBsT RUSH
OfBusfness lGver Known on tile
q. IL. II.

OfBusfness ever Known on tile
u. IL. 10.
Parl1ersburg Sentinel
Not in the history of the o. r.
r.. has it enjoyed such rush of
business both in the freight and
passenger departments as it is do
ing now and has been for the past
two months Tie management of
the road have been at loss at
times to know where or how to Sc
cure freight cars sufficient tosup-
ply the demand and every freight
train on the road has been SO heavy
on the south end that helpers are
very frequently necessary.
The passenger business has in
creased to such a proportion along
the road that the north bound
train, Tuesday noon, was made up
of six coaches and baggage and
mail car. BY the time the train
reached this city, all these cars
were crowded to such an extent
that seventh car was doomed adj
visable.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1899-09-13
The Mask OF.

President Mckinley is not fight
ing for territory, to which he says
we have as good claim as we have
to Louisiana or Texas. His war is,
therefore, one of ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
by his own admission, and it will
continue until our sovereignty in
the Philippines is established be-
yond question. This, then, is the
use to which our flag is being put
mot to defend liberty or to make
men free, but to crush them into
submission and into an acknowl-
edgment of our sovereignty. The
Presidents words have all the frank
brutality of conqueror.-t'air-
mont Index.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1899-09-13
Politionl Forecaat.

Il
and yet the way is already pointed
to the makeup of the two great
national platforms. On tho Repub-
lican side it is already pretty evil
dent that imperialism, expansion,
and all they imply are to constitute
the main plank of the Republican
platform. A more complete break
ing away from old moorings by the
ship of state was never witnessed
than has been seen in the last year.
The present administration has
simply run wild, trampling down
the principles of the Declaration
of Independence, and of the doc
trines of the fathers and guardians
of the Republic Democratic, Fed
eral, Wing, Republican. Some of
the strongest living Republicans
are outspoken against the policy
which the Mckinley administration
has been pursuing. There is no
doubt that in the Presidential cam
paign of 1900 the Mckinley admin
istration will be forced to fight on
the defensive. We speak of the
Mckinley administration in this
sense because it is assumed that
the denomination of Mckinley is
already assured.
How about the Democratic sideY
The Democratic keynote is already
sounded. That the Democratic
platform will endorse bimetallism
is sure. Why should they not?
This has always been a Democratic
doctrine. 1t was handed down
from the fathers of the Republic
and of the Democratic party. Two
metals-gold and silver-with a
ratio of Is to 1.
Another plank which is sure to
enter into the composition of the
Democratic platform is anti-expan-
sion. There is ground swell ris-
ing against this policy which is
robbing the common people for the
benefit of the great monopoIies and
which is violating every Democratic
principle.
A strong stand against the dead
ly march of the trusts will also be
made by the Democrats in 1900
This is assured. The tremendous
combinations of capital which have
marked the Mckinley administra'
ton are thoroughly alarming the
people, and the Democratic plat
form will take a strong stand against
them. These are some of the
planks which are already assured
for the Democratic national plat
form of 1900. Judging from pres
ent appearances a general breaking
up of party lines is impending.
There are few Democrats" who
believe in these new expansion and
trust theories, and there are legions
of "Republicans" who do not be-
lieve in them, but who are sharing
in the general alarm against mill
tarism, imperialism and trust dom
ination. A stirring campaign is
coming next year, and what the re-
suit will be no one can foretell. It
is evidentlyIto be the old struggle
of the masses against the classes,
with the chances vastly in favor of
the former.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1899-09-13

A pusilanimous fellow is going
about the streets saying that the
Register lies about the county
debt. He is as ignorant as horse,
about county matters, and only
mouths what other follows say.
The Republican Ring that has
plundered Mason county of more
than hundred thousand dollars,
have their puppets to go around
and denouuce tho Register as ly-
ing about the county debt. If
they think the Register is lying,
they have the records to go to, the
outstanding orders to list, and the
interest to count. 1t is not likely
that the Register would deliberate
ly and cold bloodedly lie about a
matter of this kind. We have
been charging the debt to the Re-
publicans for months and yet the
organ of the party does not attempt
to refute it.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1899-09-13
letter, salt-Rheum and Eczema.

The intense itching and smarting
incident to these diseases, is instantly
allayed by applying Chamberlain's
Eye and Skin Ointment. Many very
bad cases have been permanently
cured ny it. 1t is equally efficient for
itching piles and favorite remedy
for sore nipples, chapped hands. chill.
blains, frost bites ana chronic sore
eyes. 25cts. per box. For said by
Ct. w. NJ. Hoofr, Druggist.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1899-09-13

just what II 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
horse in prime condition. Price 25cts.
per package. For sale by Ct. w. NJ.
Hooff, Druggist.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1899-09-13

Hon. Perry Belmont has desert
ed the gold democracy and has an
nounced his conversion to Bryan
ism. The old boys who deserted
the Democracy in 1896, are getting
back into line for 1900. New York
will give her electoral vote to Bryan
in 1900.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1899-09-13
Uhronic Diarrhoen Cured.

This is to certify that I have had
chronic diarrhoea ever since the
war. got SO weak could hardly
walk or do anything. One bottle
of Chamberlain's Collie, Cholera
and Diarrhoea Remedy cured me
sound and well.
j. j. GIBBS, Fincastle, Va.
had chronic diarrhoea for
twelve years Three bottles of
Chamberlain's Cholic, Cholera and
Diarrhoea Remedy cured me.
S. l. SHAoER, Fincastle, Va.
Both Mr.. Gibbs end Mr.. Shaver
are prominent farmers and reside
near Fincastle, Va. They procured
the remedy from Mr. w. e. Casper,
druggist of that place, who is
we'll acquainted with them and will
vouch for the truth of their state
ments For sale by Ct. w. Nj
Hooff,, Druggist.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1899-09-13

Some men can never learn to
keep their mouths shut. Breckin-
ridge and Buckner are making
spectacles of themselves in Ken
lucky by talking about Goebel.
Goebel may not be an ideal man,
but it ill becomes these two old
scamps to find fault with him.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1899-09-13

Editor Peoples, of the Pomeroy
Democrat, is the Democratic nomi-
nee in Meigs county for Represen-
tative. He ought to DO elected by
five hundred majority.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1899-09-13

1t is expected that two years will
be necessary to complete the cree
ton of the State University libra
ry, which is to be of stone and fire.
proof The contracts are not yet
let.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1899-09-13

The Republicans are claiming
that there is no debt of conse-
quence hanging over Mason coun-
ty. If they will furnish the Reg
lister statement of this, it will
only be too glad to publish it.
The fact is, the debt is big one,
and they can't cry it down. The
only way to get rid of tits to pay it.
The management of the State
University is being severely criti-
ciaed for it's extravaganza and loose
monner in which the public funds
are applied. The President is
charged with appropriating the
University funds to the payment
of the expenses of his private social
funotions.-W Weston Democrat.
Many persons believe that the
nomination of John r. Mclean for
Governor of Ohio means that the
next Governor of that State will be
Democrat.
1t takes some patriotism to cheer
fully pay taxes and endorse war
that costs million dollars day,
especially when the results to be
desired are SO meager,
When can the war tax be reduced
with the deficit going on at the rate
of one hundred and fifty millions
per year.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1899-09-13

Deals in coal lands were never SO
active in West Virginia, and they
are being effected weekly. Large
areas are being taken up and their
development will bring about an
increased army of workers. The
boom in coal lands is following the
remarkable railroad developments
of 1899.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1899-09-13

The political bee and the kissing
bug keep the mon and women in
constant hot water for neither come
often enough.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1899-09-13

Bryan is as good as nominated
now, for the Presidency. Silver,
16 to 1 will be the prominent
plank in the Democratic platform,
and others will follow close by.
Washington sentinel., 1899-10-07
TY, D. c., SATURDAY. OCTO DER >| 1899

the censors the Government may
appoint cannot prevent the truth
leaking out. Whether, as in the
case Of Alger, the President in
tends to keep Otis in Office until
the patience OF the American peo-
pie is exhausted, remains to be
seen. Inasmuch as the General,
according to the New York Sun,
has recently formulated a policy
in direct conflict with that OF the
Administration, his days may be
numbered. President Nc Kinley,
in his Pittsburg speech, declared
himself in favor OF mo further
barley, no pause, until the insur-
Iection is suppressed" General
Otis is quoted in the New York
Sun as suggesting a policy OF de-
lay. If he is correctly reported,
he may be relieved ofthe command
by an angry Administration before
the campaign in the Philippines
reopens.
Washington sentinel., 1899-10-07
SUR FOR EIGN Ews
Translated and Selected /r0nS leading
HHI0osaE eGpsIsIOr tie SENTINEL
ENGLAND.
The TRANsvAAL CRISIS.
krexz ZeftHng-Berlin.

England proclalms an alternative.
Her alleged inclination to meet the
1ransvaal halt way serves as a veil to
hide her real intention. She stands firm
in her determination not to stir from her
long cherished aims, and the haggling
si5ce the beginning OF the crisis up to
the present day is consistent with this.
The increasing recognition OF this fact
must not, however, ALLEVIATE the sympa-
thy felt everywhere for the Boer people.
Certainly everything Is not as it should
be in the Trausvaal. and many COM
plants may be justified. But all that
disappears in view Of the absolute
heedle ssness with which Great Britain
attempts to oppTess her weaker oppo-
nent. The bitterness in the Transvaal
itself has risen to a formidable degree.
Another short step forwards, and all
warnings to be circumspect will pass
unheard.
Washington sentinel., 1899-10-07
BOer Ignorance and BOer Right.

BOer Ignorance and BOer Right
A johannesburg correspondent
ofthe London Telegraph sets forth
the ignorance and superstitious
faith OF the Beers in those old, lit
eral interpretations of Scripture
which our own forefathers held.
He tells US that the n IN OF the
Transvaal still reject the Copper
nican theory and the teachings OF
Calico and Tycho Brahe, because
they believe the Scriptural state
ment that Joshua made the sun
stand still.
But what OF all thatP Ii shows
that the Beers have not the scien-
tifc habit Of mind or the advantage
OF scientific instruction. But
neither had the Pilgrims or the
sturdy colonists at jamestown. 1t
shows that in certain branches OF
education the Beers are backward
that they are ignorant, if you
please. But again we ask, what oI
that2 What has all that to do with
their right to govern themselves
in their own way without imperti-
nent foreign interference England
is tree to send them schoOlmasters,
armed with modern school books,
but what possible right has she to
send brigadier generals instead,
armed with machine guns and
magazine rifies9
This truth is Fundamental that
any people who know no n to main
tain order and enforce justice have
a natural and unalienable right to
manage their own affairs in their
own way, no matter how little they
may know OF the higher mathe-
matics or the higher criticism. And
the forcible denial OF that right is
always and everywhere criminal
aggression.
Washington sentinel., 1899-10-07

DR.. MEYER, OF Breslau, Ger
many, an entomologist and travel
Ter, has been spending a few days
here. The doctor has had long
talks with President Mckinley and
Secretary Root regarding the Phil
ippines from where he has recently
returned. He told the m the Amer
lean policy was not calculated to
soon end the war; that the FIlipi-
nos are inclined to be peaceful,
but all through the islands theY
have the idea that the disposition
in this country is to oppresS them,
and they will fight tor their liber-
ties as long as they can put men in
the field. The doctor also said she
FIlipinos are in every way super
Tor to the people OF Cuba, which
island he has also visited and made
a careful study OF the natives
thereof.
Washington sentinel., 1899-10-07
"HOCh der Kaiser

New York, Sept. IS One Of the per-
sonal friendships that Admiral Dewey
renewed aboard the Olympia this after
noon, says an Associated Press despatch,
was that with apt. oseph B. Coghlan,
who commanded the Raleigh at Manila
and is now in command Of the Port,
Orchard, Wash, naval station
Captain CoghIan was one Of Governor
Roosevelt's guests and when he climbed
to the head OF the gangway the Admiral
rushed over to him, and grasping him
by the hand, he exclaimed: why, Toe,
how well you are looking" And then
he went on, with twinklng eyes.
What's this | have heard about your
learning to sing"
Then seizing the captain, shoulders,
he shook him as if chidiug him, and
both laughed heartily at the AdmiraPs
reference to COghlan's "Hoch der
Kaiser" song.
Washington sentinel., 1899-10-07
A New Type OF Warrior.
Washiagi0H Times,

There is something new in the War
Department. Modern improvements
have extended to other things besides
embalmed beef-things which our fore
fathers never dreamed Of General
Shafter has sent IN petition to the
Government TO Ouy him an eleven
hundred dollar brougham.
If any officer in old Andrew Tackson's
time had made such a request, Old
Hickory would probably have suggested
that he be provided with a perambulator
and a nurse. Perhaps the latter-a
trained attendant with diploma from a
hospital-will be the next request made
by the general in command Of the
Department OF California. At any rate,
he wants brougham, and wants it now.
He makes this request under that regu.
latlon by which the Government
furnishes spring wagons and buckboards
to be used IN certain official bu. mess.
1t IS not clear in Just what class General
Shafter supDoses himself to be-whether
he is merchandise, freight, or something
else-bul at any rate, he has for some
time been allowed blackboard and team
Of horses for his ownuse, and his friends
now think that he ought to have a
brougham
General Shafter is m some ways the
most picturesque and remarkable 6g-
ure in the history OF American warfare.
1t is to be doubted whether any other
general ever went to war IN a hammock,
with ice on his head, or approached the
firing line IN a wagon drawn by a small
mule. The phenomenal features of
this generals career will not be made
less striking by his latest request. Sup.
posea war should srise in which the
Department of California had something
to do in China What a wealth Of pigeon
English would be expended by the
astOnIshed natives on the three hundred
pound general who hghs from a car.
riage! Imagine the picture which would
probably be drawn OF him by the
reflective Mr.. Dooley, and consider the
probable remarks Of London Punch
which IS not accustomed TO see Lord
Roberts IN hammock or Lord WolSe-
ley in a sedan chair during a campaign!
Washington sentinel., 1899-10-07
European Military Attaches,

It is admitted that the members
OF the General Staff OF France have
grievously suffered in their repu-
tations by the trial at Rennes; but
there are others who have been left
IN sad y besmirched condition,
and these are some Of the foreign
military attaches stationed at Paris,
They have shown themselves so
utterly blind to the obligations OF
honor imposed by the hospitality
accepted at the hands Of France as
to engage in the vilest of espion-
ages. and hereby have already
made it Imperat We on their gov
ernments to decide upon the abo-
litIon of their Offices.
This institution OF officially rec
ognized military attaches is really
a very recent one. 1t was started
by Napoleon III. in 1866. in order
to find out how it came to pass that
Prussia, then a second class power,
could in a few weeks ignomini.
ously overwhelm one oil the great
first class military powers like
Austria. He sent a certain Col.
Stoffel 20 Berlin in the role OF mill.
tary attache. He was an ideal
one. He made no attempt to in
dulge in espionage Of any kind,
but merely contented himself with
obtaining in a frank and honorable
manner such Information about the
Prussian army as the War Depart
ment at Berlin considered it con.
sistent with its duty to place at his
disposal. Officers themselves, the
Prussian authorities conhded in
his soldierly honor and he in
theirs. And yet it was most Valu-
able Information that Col. Stoffel
sent to his sovereign. Napoleon
appreciated his dispatches and
turned them over to the Minister
Of War to be acted upon-but he
pigeonholetl them. After the dis
astrous war OF 1870 they were dis
covered and published; then it was
seen that had due attention been
paid to them the disasters to
France would have been avoided.
Then the shameful change in
the role of the military attache was
instituted. AS an eminent French
diplomat put it: THE military
attache must not seek to corrupt
for the purpose OF obtaining inior-
nation. He must not provoke
espionage, but-he is permitted to
profit thereby" and large sums Of
money were placed at his disposal
without any questions being asked.
Thus the border line between
what is permissible and what is
forbidden was reached. And then
naturally,th line was oversteppec
l and the Office shamefully abused
Washington sentinel., 1899-10-07

the powerful States OF the old world
But her opinion counts, 1t requires but
slight displacement OF weight to upset
the Ilance Then important political
changes may be looked for.
This is lust what Transvaal conflict
will accomplish The Dutch element
in the whole world, in Europe as well
as IN Africa, has been touched to the
quick
In its weakness, and in It's desire to
continue to exist. it courts already the
approval and support OF the German
element.
Washington sentinel., 1899-10-07

MANY people in this country
make great mistake in imagining
that intelligent foreigners look at
things as they do, and are as prone
as tneY are TO maze heroes OUT Of
ordinary Americans. For months
past the newspapers OF the North,
and some of the gushing ones OF
the South also, have been filled
with accounts of the preparations
tor the reception OF Admiral
Dewey, as if second Lord Nelson,
fresh from Trafalgar, were to re-
ceive the proposed ovation. Pro-
lessor Goldwin Smith, OF Canada,
but always a sYmpathizer with
Northern Republicans, speaking
OF the man whom, in the case re-
ierred to, the Americans, appar-
emily, delight to honor, says all he
did was 10 "sink some unarmed
wooden tubs, by attacking them
with greatly superior force, and
with no danger to himself, or any
oI his men," And really, judged
by all the accounts Of the affair in
the harbor oil Manila, most iair
minded people are disposed to
think that what the Professor says
OF it is only the naked truth, and
that anv midshipman in the service
would have done just as the Ad-
miral did. But "heroism" always
did 60 by luck, aud it does so now
more than ever.
Washington sentinel., 1899-10-07

A DISPATCH rom Manila says Gen eral
Otis has ordered the destruction Of the
town Of Orani IN retaliation for the loss
Of the gunboat Urdaneta. But Orania
is a town occupied by women and chill
dren and Of old men who are non
combatants, who have never done the
people Of this country any harm, and
couldn't If they would while the
Urdaneta was an armed gunboat, manned
by men who were engaged in looting
aud shooting the FIlIpinos, who were
attempting to defend their own native
couutrv against the marauders who are
trying to dispossess them. .Aksxasdyia
G4EsIts.
Washington sentinel., 1899-10-07
Msyenyy-Lesds Sept. Il.

To those who are clamorous for war,
and who are thinking far more OF aveng.
ing Majuba Hill than oi the eniraDchise-
ment OF the Outlanders in johannesburg,
Sir William Harcourt's speech on the
issues at stake will no doubt be as
provocative as a despatch from the
Transvaal State Secretary, Like Sir
Henry Campbell Bannerman and Mr..
Morley, Sir William sees no justification
for war. The right hon. gentleman has
some claim to speak as one having
authority on the question Of suzerainty.
Like the Duke of Devonshire and Mr..
Chamberlain he was a member of the
Government that deliberately adopted
the policy Of the retTocession OF the
Transvaal. Those who denounce that
great act Of policy as the act OF Nr.
Gladstone forget that two leading mem.
bers OF Her Majesty's present Govern.
ment were as much parties to it as Mr.,
Gladstone. There are reckless
men in the Raad who are as eager TOR
war as the most blatant lingo IN this
country It's these men who have made
their influence felt. and unless that
malign influence can be overcome, the
friends Of peace in this country cannot
OF themselves avert conflict.
Washington sentinel., 1899-10-07

about the army's health. But ever
graver details have come to Wash
ington exposing the unchristian
methods in vogue IN the war that
Otis is waging by Presidential di-
rection. War is not a pas'ime
Neither is it a religious junction.
But neither the army nor the pub
lie was prepared for the reports OF
absolute decentralization OF the men
under OtIs's command. 1t is &C
knowledged by Otis that ever since
the war against the Tagals was in
augurated there has been an orgie
Of looting. Wanton destruction
OF property oil the oppressed natives
has obtained. Literally with torch
and sword, OTIS has marched
against the enemy. Brutality IN
action has been followed by mutt
lation Of the dead. Outrageous
blackmai the natives and Chm
ese in Manila has been permitted,
and friendly FilipInos have been
wantonlY shot when caught in the
island pastime Of COCK fighting.
AS though this long list Of ad-
mitted charges we're not sufficient
to arouse the people so long de-
luded, there is no denial Of the &C
cusation that Otis has court mar
tailed American officers for cow
ardice; that one man wearing the
star OF a general was dismissed
the service for being drunk on the
eve Of two important battles, and |
that disorganizatIon and loss of
in the army Of occupa-
ton have followed the campaign |
methods dictated by President Nc
KInley and the Presidential Syn
dicate. American officers in Ma
Alld WIZ dAC uOL LlClllOCAS VI NllC
Otis ring; who are not in the Phil
ippines for purposes other than to
honestly aid in supPre 5sing a re-
bellion against the American flag,
are sending up a cry for relief
They want the truth about the
whole miserable business told.
They want the nation to know to
what base purposes the National
flag and the men in blue are being
put, that the public opinion may
force a change before the nation is
in the eyes OF the world.
Under the Otis regime there
have been scandals, intrigues, dirty
work-a wholesale suppression OF
iacts; a substitution Of stupid lies,
Iathered by Otis, endorsed by the
President, and gwen to the public
as the truth from Manila.