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The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1899-06-07
Single standard.

Charleston Guzette: "NYhen the
advocates of the single gold stand
ard boast that there is plontitude
of money and no occasion to coin
silver in order to increase tho vol
ume of money in circulation, they
do not stop to explain why this con-
dition exists. 1t isnot due to what
they arc pleased to term prosperity,
because prosperous times do not
produce moro money. On the con
trary more money produces pros
porous times. Upon little rehec-
ton it will be remembered that
within tho last four or five years
the government has sold several
hundred million dollars worth of
bonds to get gold to build up the
gold reserve. While it did not
manufacture a single additional
dollar, it did put the money in cir
culation and the people still owe
the debt. What tho plain people
want is n system that will coin sill
yer already paid for, when more
money is needed, instead of one
increasing the public debt by sell
ing interest bearing bonds"
The conference of the members
of the National Democratic Com
mittee at st. Louis last week was
very gratifying to Democrats every
whore. There was spirit of con-
servativeness manifested all around
that has not pervaded the Demo
cratic atmosphere since the diyis.
ion of the party on the issues three
years ago. Itmeans that there is
to be complete harmony when the
party meets to construct the plat
form and name the ticket. Tho
proceedings were not married by a
single unpleasant incident but the
deliberations were reasonable, SEN
sible and business like throughout.
The effort on the part of leader
from Chicago to interject local diff
ferences into the conference was
wisely wnrded off and the trouble
between Mayor Harrison, of Chi
cage, and Ex-Governor Altgeld,
growing out of the municipal cleo.
ton was referred to a committee
with instructions to harmoniZe the
differences. There were no wild
woody harangues, no disposition to
kick anybody out of the party or to
force extreme views and measures
to tho front. The COZ ference is
bound to be productive of much
good and it is n pointer to those
Democrats who are disposed TO
hinge the campaign on any GER
tain issue.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1899-06-07
Shake Into Your SHOES

Aliens Foot Ease, n powder for the
feet. 1t cures painful, swollen, smart
ing, nervous feet, and instantly takes
the sting out of corns and bunions.
It's the greatest comfort discovery
of the age. Aliens Foot Ease max es
tight or new shoes feel easy. 1t is n
hot, tired, aching feet. Try it to-day.
Sold by all druggists and shoe stores.
BY mail for 25c. in stamps. Trial
package FREE. Address, Allen s.
Olmstead, lie Roy, n. Y.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1899-06-07
Interesting for Whcclmcn.

One of the promoters of the bicy.
Gle trust says that aftor things are
gotten into running order, good
deal of what no terms present
foolishness" will be shaken out of
purchasers of wheels. In tho course
of conversation few days ago
this gentleman said: "a customer
will not be permitted to say what
sort of saddle, tire or handle bar
shall be put on the wheel he is 60
ing to buy, nor what color tho
wheel shall be-" Further he eX.
planned that wheels would be made
in a certain way. painted certain
determined color, and equipped
with a certain line of accessories,
and the public would buy those
wheels or do withou', just as it
pleased. Flo also rcIu "gI that
individual ideas as to what was
wanted entailed great and useless
trouble upon manufacturers under
the present system of manufacture
and sale, but that all this would be
done away with.
Wheelmen may as we'll under
derstand tho situation, Under the
trust management they will take
what they can get, and take it quick,
at strictly trust prices.-WheeIing
Register.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1899-06-07

There is said to be 200 cases of
smallpox in the pest houses at
Cincinnati. 1t would be we'll for
our State Board of Health to in
vestigate. If this is true of Gin
cinnati, it will take heroic efforts to
keep it out of the towns along the
@. d O. and Ohio River Railroads.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1899-06-07
Waterloo.
spontience 3Otll

Correspondence Both.
Miss Addie Coffman, of South
Side, and Miss Ono King, of Ar.
buckle, were the guests of Miss
Ola Groenlee, Friday.
Mr.. Charles Buxton, has pur,
chased wheel.
Rev. Dell Upton will hold servi
ces at the Arbucklo Presbyterian
church, June 1lth, at IL n. IN.
CLEOPATRA
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1899-06-07

Gen. Merritt Indignantly denies
that he ever said that Alger was
the best Secretary of War the
country ever had. The country
will think more of him for that de-
NAL, but the grudge is still on the
matter of his coming home from
the Philippines to get married Just
as the land fighting was about to
begin.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1899-06-07

Was thu ball that hit G. b. Steadman,
OF Newark, Mich, in the Civil War. Ii
caused horrible Ulcers that no treat.
men helped for 20 years. Then Buck
Cuts, Bruises, Burns. Boils, Fclons,
Corns, Skin Eruptions. Best Pile cure
on earth. % cents box. Cure guar
antecd. Sold by q. w. NJ IIooT, Drug
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1899-06-07

Many worthy woman, who has
had misery all her life with n drum
ken or worthless husband, has to
be tormented with second crop
in her sons who are like their faith
or
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1899-06-07
NnlDrOSia.
orresnondoncc. both

Correspondence, Both.
Miss Ruth Hall, who has been
visiting friends at Leon for the
past few days, returned home Sun
day.
j. e. McGufin, who has been
4bsont for the past two weeks, is
here on visit to his parents.
The little son Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Wm. Pullin, we regret to say, is
dangerously i'll with measles at this
writing.
Quite number of our people
attended the festival at Leon
Thursday night, and all report a
good time
Rev. Bush preached at splendid
sermon at Rock Castle Sunday
evening.
Moore-Love wedding. Miss Lii
lie Love was united in marriage to
Mr.. Elmer Moore, Saturday eve-
ming, by Rev. Ellis, all of Brigh.
ton.
Ct. a. 'McGuffin made n pleasant
visit across the river, Sunday cve-
ming.
Mr.. j. w. Hall spont Sunday
with his parents here.
Tho Sunday School at Rock Cas-
tic is progressing nicely.
Quite n number of our folks at.
tended Decoration Day at Eddy
Chapel, Tuesday. X.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1899-06-07

The "wheelers" find it very diff
ficult and tiresome since the recent
rains to ride with any degree of
pleasure upon tho roads, and those
who go out with light suits on re-
mind one upon their return of a
leopard more spotted.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1899-06-07

Cupid ought to drop his bow and
load his gun and get after some of
the bachelors and old maids in this
place and make them get together
or die
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1899-06-07

Mrs. Geo. w. Swisher, of Bulu-
Vile, Ohio, has our thanks for a
bucket of nice cherries sent to this
office, Friday morning.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1899-06-07

May Both, mortal, Day was Il
sad one this year. Added to the
secret grief of the past are the
bleeding hearts of the present
The grass covered mounds have
now companions upon which no
grass has yet grown.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1899-06-07

The question of the United
States remaining Republic, with
II constitution and President with
powers limited by the constitution,
will be moro important one in
the campaign of 1900 than that of
free coinage.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1899-06-07
WAS SHE PoIsoNI9D4
a Sensational Death Occurs I'm
der Strange Circumstances.

a Sensational Death Occurs I'm
der Strange circumstances.
Special to Register.
HUNTINGToN, May 31.-Mrs.
Gillispic, IL middle aged married
women, living on Union Ridge,
died last Saturday under very pc
culiar circumstances and the coun-
ty authorities may be called in to
investigate tho matter. Tho eve
ming before, the woman drank n
cup of coffee and was Immediately
seized with violent pains in the
stomach and bowels.
A little girl who made her home
with tho Gillispies warned her guar
dian not to drink the contents of
the cup as she had seen an elderly
female pour into it some white sub
stance. Mrs. Gillispie, however,
said it must be cream and imme-
diately quaffed it down. Physicians
who were summoned from Milton
say the woman was undoubtedly
poisoned by arsenic. The case has
created considerable excitement in
the neighborhood where it occTrred.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1899-06-07

TO escape the burden of tho war
tax upon bunk SURPRISES, many
large institutions are cutting down
their accumulated profits by de-
olaring extra dividends, the latest
example being the Bank of Com.
MERGE of Louisville, which has just
wiped out 100000 of it's available
funds in that way, Nearly a mil
lion and half of surplus banking
capital in Louisville alone has thus
been disposed of, reducing by just
that amount lounable funds. 1t is
predicted that the plan will be
generally followed, with oonse.
quent Tightening of tho money
market
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1899-06-07
a IIcnYY Loss.

A residence on the farm of e. s.
Honaker, together with about 3d.
600 feet of lumber, was destroyed
by fire the other morning, Mr.
Honaker is member of the Put
nam County Court and resides
near Winfield.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1899-06-07

Mrs Sarah Wilson, of Hern, was
brought to this place yesterday
and placed in Jail, sho being VIC
lently insane. Some time ago she
was sent to tho Asylum but was re-
leased, but is now in worse con-
dition than before.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1899-06-07
eYentfor1

eVentfon
liter than cure. TUFTS Liver
Pills will not only cure, but if
taken in time will prevent
Sick Headache,
dyspepsia, biliousness, malaria,
constipation, jaundice, torpid
River and kindred diseases.
TUFTS Liver PILLS
ABSOLUTELY CURE.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1899-06-07

Work on three new buildings for
West Virginia University, will be-
gin this summer, viz: Library, a
Mechanic Arts building, and an
Armory.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1899-06-07

At Eddy Chapel, this county,
Decoration Day was observed by a
gathering of five hundred people.
A special program was prepared
for the occasion. Mr.. VIM. M.
Duffy, of this city, was the speaker,
and delivered an eloquent and pa
triotic address. Selby's Cornet
Band furnished the music.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1899-06-07

A tramp is not as bad as loafer,
for the reason that tramp divides
his nuisance among different COM
and it is not SO hard on a
few.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1899-06-07

The true measure of teachers
success is not in what he can get
out of smart pupils, but what he
can get out of dull pupils. With
n preacher it is what he can do
with hard sinners.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1899-06-07

\ Point Pleasant man said he
had embraced religion for thirteen
years yet he couldn't tell what it
is. Another replied that he had
embraced woman for thirteen
years and didn't know what she is
either. Embracing is not like pos
sessing.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1899-06-07

This is the month of brides and
roses.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1899-06-07
working Night and Dan.

The busiest and mighticst little thing
that ever was made is DIR. Kings New
Life Pills Every pill is sugar.conted
globulc of health, that changes weakness
into strength, listlessncss into energy,
Mag into mental power They're
wonderful in building up the health.
Only 20 cents per box. Sold by G.. w.
NJ. HooT.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-09-01

coro SD sr-oss~s Ee c#-
a1fo
PrERrA Plata Aawaw Gs pFp#
ident Fixuere gselaes BIS sxerafisa ass
thority 10 eaanrA ~ mlnlaea AL Az
O'Clock to-6ay. 0mttnl notArs of she
change IN admlnistrassoa has be~n rt-
ceived a. the capital ~ Gen. lmaerf.
who Is the provisional governor of THIS
city BIZ direction % the revolutionary
committee. With the fail Of Flgaero.
the revolution Is victoria
SANTIAGO DE CUBA. August IL
Gen. Juan Isidro Jim.nez. the revoin-
tionary aspirant to the presidency OF
Santo Domingo. viii leave Santiago de
Cuba tomorrow. on a specially char
tered steamer, the George Croise, Gen.
Wood. the military governor. having
received instructions from Governor
General Brooke to release him from
custody unless there are indications
that he is promoting filibustering ex-
petition.
To-day Gen. Jiminez received nu-
merous dispatches from Santo Do
mingo announcing the downfall of the
old government and urging his speedy
arrival. He says the revolution has
been practically bloodless, as the pr
pie are almost unanimous against the
old regime Gen. Jiminez has issued a
long proclamation announcing the re-
forms he will institute if he is chosen
president The existing laws of Santo
Domingo are, he asserts, adequate, If
properly enforced. All that is needed
is honest execution, and he has no
doubt of his own immediate success.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-09-01
PEDDLER MURDERED.
Syrian Shot and Beaten to Death In
Wetzei County-No Clue to the Perpe-

A Syrian Shot and Beaten to Death In
Wetzei County-No clue to the Perpe-
traitors.
Special TO the Register.
NEW MARTINSVTLT.E, August 81.
Word comes here of the brutal muir
der of Charley Shine. a Syrian ped
dler, who was selling goods on the head
of Pinefork, who was robbed and muir
dered in daylight. He was near what
is known as Dawson city, near the Ty-
Ter county line A woman who lives
near where the body was found said
that she heard screams and gun shot.
She raised the alarm and some men
went up the road and found Shines
body. His head was badly beaten up
and he also had been shot. He lived
for some hours, but did not regain
consciousness. The parties who COM
mitted the murder are unknown, but
every effort will be made to capture
them. Some suspicious characters were
seen in the neighborhood and they will
be located. E. L. Robinson was notl-
fed late last night of the murder, and
as prosecuting attorney, he will make
every effort to bring the guilty parties
to trial.
Prosecutor e. l. Robinson was tele-
phoned at 1920 this afternoon that a
man nv the name of Swiger and one
giving the name of Butcher, had been
arrested charged with the murder of
Charley Shine. 1t now appears that a
woman saw two men cut clubs and go
up the road just before she heard the
cries, and that she identified the men
arrested as the men who cut the clubs.
Squire o. P. McIntire, of Smithfield.
held an inquest on the body.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-09-01
FINE cARGoEs or FISH.

SAN FRANCISCO, August 31.-The
barkentine Gardiner City has arrived
from Bristol Bay, Boring Sea, with
5,O25 barrels of salmon. She and the
barkentine Willie r. Hume, which ar
rived on Tuesday, report that the run
of fish at Bristol Bay this season has
never been exceeded in the past The
Hume brought down 27,000 cases OF
canned and / 800 barrels of sailed sal
mon. Five thousand cases of the lot
were of the King salmon, which is far
larger than any shipment of those big
early fish that has been brought in this
year from any of the fisheries Her car
go weighs 1920 tons.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-09-01
BURGLARS AT GRAFTON
Rob Many Houses and Secure Considerable
Valuable Booty.

Rob Many Houses and Secure Considerable
Valuable Booty.
Special to the Register.
GRAFTON, W. Va, August 31.-An
organized gang of thieves robbed sew
eral houses in West Grafton last night,
securing a considerable amount of
money and other valuables. At the
residence of Mrs. Jane Raymond they
got two gold watches belonging to her
boys and $40 in money. Rev. /. A.
Barnes, of Morgantown, who was Wis
iting her, lost $50 in money. At A. L.
Bartlett's they got watch valued at
500 and about $50 in money. They
broke into the residences of several
others and got very little In most of
the residences they entered through the
windows The town is in a state OF
alarm and there is talk of doubling the
police force. At one or two residences
the robbers were seen making their es-
cape. The police were notified, but all
efforts to get trace of them proved
fruitless.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-09-01

CLEVELAND. Ohio. August S1.-The
Pittsburg rail coal combination has
been formed and meeting will be held
within two weeks to elect officers. The
new corporation is the Pittsburg Coal
Company, and its capital stock is $64,-
100000.
II owns the coal properties of l04 OF
the LOT indiduals and firm in the busi-
ness, has practically absolute control
of the docks and coal loading plants on
the great lakes, and has monopoly on
all the outlets to the coal market of
the east, west and northwest.
There is an understanding between
this combine and the combine OF the
river coal interests of the Pittsburg
district, so that neither will encroach
upon the territory of the other, thus
putting the Pittsburg district with its
output of 22.91S,S04 tons of coal last
year in the hands of two great con-
Germs.
vi lHaL toldl outpuI Adot sSak SAS
properties now owned by the Pittsburg
Coal Company produced over 17000,-
600 tons, and this year it is expected
that the production will exceed twenty
million tons.
Included in the assets Of the concerns
taken over are S1,236 acres of coal
lands, and 1926 acres of surface land
situated in the counties Of Allegheny,
Fayette, Washington and Westmore-
land in the state Of Pennsylvania, on
the lines of the Pennsylvania Railroad,
the B. & o. Railroad system, the lines
of the Pennsylvania system and those
of the Pittsburg & Lake Erie and Pitts
burg & Western Railroads. with direct
connections with many dock and load
ing plants.
With the present prospero tin9aes -.
the manufacturing .insey qatS u Is
improbable that the output Of the mines
in 1899 will be upwards OF twenty mill
lion tons.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-09-01

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sNe maAee hs&s s&apt& neH
Kegtaa wtset NHm see te ~ m~N
large aeWnsr 81 pafra men tata re1 a.
fal.ea Tor deteetve oars n etATf csF-
TINS end wath Them arH sHeratlrG Ans ft-
Acs detective department aua sssaHf ~
operatives fr1m several private dttectife
agencies. not 20 mention scores ot ANA
tears VINO are our Tor me liberal rewards
thar have been Offered. chief ~ Paiice
Corner said to-day that he felt sure Of
being able TO show definite results u the
work Of the police within q hours
An examination OF the spot where the
explosion occurred and the testimony Of
an expert on explosives, who heard the
report a short distance away, show that
nitro-glycerine was the agent used in
wrecking the car. The street railway strik-
ers denounce the outrage and say they
would offer reward for the arrest Of the
perpetrators If the state of their treasury
would warrant it.
Both Mayor Far,ey and President Everitt
of the Big Consolidated Street Railway.
are out of the city. but everything is be-
ing done by their subordinates TO hunt
down the dynamiters.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-09-01
VENEZUELA ARBITRATION.

PARIS, August 31.-At to-day's ses-
sion Of the Anglo-Venezuelan bound
airy arbitration commission, Sir Robert
Thresie Reid, @. c., continued his ar
gument in behalf of the case of Great
Britain. He contended that even were
it true that the Dutch abandoned ANA
kurufort in 1913, there was ample evid-
ence to show they held without dispute
the 0rinoco almost to its source. and
the whole of the Essequibo.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-09-01
DISCUSSED SAMOA.

WASHINGTON, August 3f.-Seere-
tary Hay to-day entertained at break
fast Baron Sternberg, the German re-
preventative on the Samoan commits
sion. The baron is about to sail for
Berlin to confer with the authorities
respecting Samoan matters.
Mr.. Won Mumm, the German min
lister, was with Secretary Hay to-day
for some time. Naturally the confer
ence related in some degree TO the
Samoan question.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-09-01
FRANK IVES DEAD.

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich, August d.
A telegram received by DIR. ]. D. Pet
ers. father-in-law Of Frank Ives, the
champion billiard player, announces
the Iatter's death, which occurred at
Progresso, Mexico. Consumption was
the cause Of death. Ives remains will
be brought to PIainwell. Mich. at
which place he was born in 1865.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-09-01
BROKE CAMP.

Third Battalion of the First Regiment on
the Way Home.
Special to the Register.
PIEDMONT, w. Va, August 31.-The
Third battalion, First regiment, West
Virginia National Guard, broke camp at
Romney yesterday and marched nearly
to Keyser To-day the Piedmont boys
will arrive home, and those from Nor
gantown and Martinsburg will take
trains for home. At Romney the Pied
mont boys carried off the prize at tar
get practice by large odds. They also
were lucky in catching many more bass
in the South Branch of the Potomac
than the boys of the other companies.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-09-01
LIVELY ROW.
A story From Michigan which Reads Like
Kentucky News Item.

A story From Michigan which Reads Like
kentucky News Item.
FLEMING, Mich, August 3f.-John
Metcher and VIM Graves fought to-day
over the action of Metcher in closing up
a piece of road which had been used as
highway. Graves was getting the
better OF his adversary when Metcher
drew a revolver and fired seven shots
at Graves, but only wounded him in
the knee. Graves wife started to her
husbands rescue, carrying rife, when
two men, said to be relatives OF Metch-
er. attempted to take the gun from her.
Graves ran to her, got the gun, shot
and killed one OF the unknown men and
MORALLY wounded Metcher. Graves Is
in custody.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-09-01
JOHN R.. M'LEAN
Is Now the Head of the Ways and
Means Committee -Altgeld Out.

ST. LOUIS, Mo, August S0.-John r. Nc
Lean, Democratic nominee for Governor Of
Ohio, is now head of the ways aid means
committee of the Democratic national
committee His appointment was an
nounced by w. ]. Stone to-day, it being
one of the features of the reorganization
plan decided upon at the Chicago meeting
July 20. Another feature is the elimination
of John P. Altgeld from the national coun-
ellis of his party.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-09-01
A SCULPTOR INSANE.

CHICAGO, August GA special to
the Tribune from Mount Vernon. H.,
says:
The demented stranger who was re-
Gently arrested here for insanity, has
been identified as John B. Leoni. an
Italian sculptor, and has been sent to
the insane asylum at Jacksonville.
.Leoni made much OF the heroic statuary
for the Worlds Fair.