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of the superstructure at 81 ,100,0 900. The
viaduct will be of steel, double track
throughout and elevated throughout,
with the exception Of a short cutting
between Peach street and Rockets
street. 1t will pass over the Southern
Railways Belle Isle bridge, under the
Richmond & Petersburg bridge, the
Southern Railways freight depot and
the Seaboard Air Line bridge, and also
over the dock along Dock street.
Work on the piers is well advanced,
and 1t is expected that the viaduct will
be finished by January /, 1901.
The station is to be built by the two
companies jointly, from plans furnished
by Wilson Bros. & Co., architects, OF
Philadelphia, but all of the specifica-
tons, superintendent, etc, for this
building will be handled by the Chesa-
peake & Ohio staff 1t should be re-
peated here that both the Chesapeake
& Ohio and the Seaboard Air Line
tracks will enter the station above the
grade of all Of the city streets. The
elevation of the base of the rails at the
front of the station will be about 2s
feet from the street level. The archi-
tects, accordingly, in arranging the
plan of the governing or track door.
have followed the general outline of
the plan of the well known Philadelphia
& Reading terminal station at Phila-
delphia, of which they were the archi-
tects.
The ground floor is elevated about
s feet above the street. This is done
to insure the stations being above he
water level, in case of floods. Passen-
gers can reach the lower floor from
the street by means of steps in froat
of the station, or can avoid the steps
by taking a footwalk built inside of
the street wall, starting at the first
cross street above the station. This
cross street is above the flood line
The third floor will be divided into
offices suitable for the uses of the re-
spective companies.
The tower on the corne: of the build.
ing will be carried up so as to form a
conspicuous landmark, ana will have
a clock with faces on four sides.
1t is intended to make an architect
ural feature of the interior OF the sec
ond story, and the column and plaster
finish and the waiscoting will be OF
marble and the floors of marble.
A very commodious lobby is placed
between the station proper and the
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HON. GEORGE n. MCCOY
FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL

SISTERSVILLE. Tyler County, W. Va,
May 25, 1900.
To the Editor of the Register
It has been many, many years since
Tyler county has had a name upon the
Democratic State ticket. We do not
think we are asking too much of the
Democracy of the State when we ask
the delegates to the coming State con-
| vention to consider the name of the
Hon. George NJ. Mccoy, of SistersviIle,
as candidate for the great Office of
Attorney General. Mr.. Mccoy is law
yer OF great eminence at our bar, has
won for himself an unblemiShed and
unspotted reputation as man of char
acter and integrity, and is possessed
OF great popularity at home and in the
surrounding counties. He was our
nominee for the Office of Prosecuting
Attorney in the campaign of 1886 and
polled IN the election nearly four hun
dred more votes than did our nom
inee for President, the brilliant and
eloquent William j. Bryan. In every
political contest of recent years he has
taken off his coat for the Democratic
party and he is ready to do so again
or off it. We make our appeal more
particularly to the delegates from
Ohio county in this matter, and say
that in past conventions Tyler county
has always lined up side by side with
Ohio county. John o. Pendleton, John
A. Howard. w. w. Arnett. T. S.
Riley, and numerous other Ohio coan-
ty Democrats are living examples of
generous support from Tyler county
In not very remote conventions. The
fayors that we have showered upon
you and your eminent men are GER
tainly deserving of a return now. We
do not think that when we send the
Macedonian cry to the men of Ohio
county that they will fail us. In old
Tyler We have a hard battle every
election. We are in the minority, but
we battle all the fiercer and we are
steadily gaining. While Democratic
Gibraltars have been giving away, we
are coming to the front, and all we
need Is little encouragement A Re-
publican majority of SAB in 1896 was
reduce to one of 260 in 1898, and we
hope with popular ticket and help
ing hand from the State Democracy
to sweep the county this year from
center to circumference.
Your delegates will remember George
NJ. Mccoy as the man who placed DR..
G.. B. West in nomination for the
Kansas City convention at the late
Clarksburg gathering and made such
a fascinating and eloquent address
that the Register called his remarks
1.-THE speech of the convention" Give
us Mccoy; show us that we are not
forgotten; nominate Bryan, and then
look out for the returns from old Ty-
Ter. TYLER COUNTY.
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of the new union station on Main
street The station for the trains of
the James River division is on Canal
street, nearly opposite the union station
of the Atlantic Coast Line and the
Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac,
at Seventh and Byrd streets. The pres
ent project involves the building of an
elevated connection between the VIA
duct at Nineteenth street and the new
union station on Main street, with IN
extension to connect with the main
line to the west north of Clay street.
The entire length of the viaduct from
the west abutment to the junction with
the present line at Nicholson street
will be 12,100 feet. The cost of the SUBJ
structure is estimated at $252,715, and
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junction with the Richmond, .Freder-
icksburg & Potomac beyond the city
limits The Seaboard Air Line and the
Chesapeake & Ohio jointly are prepar-
ing to build on Main street, about
where Shockoe creek crosses that
street, a commodious and imposing
union passenger station. The South
ern has new stone station that will be
an ornament to the city well ADVANCED
toward completion. And, finally, the
Chesapeake & Ohio is carrying out the
work, originally outlined some six
years ago, of connecting the main line
at Nicholson street, at the extreme east
end of the city,, with the James River
division at the west end, by viaduct,
the piers of which for long distance
will stand in the very bed of the James;
ah&qh connection with this remark
able piece of engineering is preparing
to establish a great freight yard just
beyond the eastern boundary of the
city. Upon the completion of all of
these undertakings the conveniences OF
Richmond as railway center will be
greatly changed for the better, both in
appearance and in practical facilities
for traffic.
Considering, first, the Chesapeake e
Ohio's viaduct, it is to be said that this
will take the place of the present un'
slightly timber viaduct connecting the
main line in the eastern part of the city
with the yards of the James River di-
vision on Canal street, east of Seventh
street This viaduct is not only an
eye-sore, but is exceedingly inconven-
lent to operate, having a grade of two
per cent. rising toward the west.
The daring part of the undertaking
Is the transfer of the line of the via
duct bodily from the mainland 10 the
bed of the James, from the Tredegar
Iron Works as far east as the South
ern's present station at the foot of Vlr-
ginta street, about 1000 feet The bold
ness of the project is due to the fact
that the James at this point Is exceed
ingly liable to ice gorges, the flow of
the river being checked by the numer-
GUS islands in the channel in front OF
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trainshed, with plenty Of exit and train

trainshed, with plenty Of exit and train
gates
The trainshed has nine tracks and
is to be open on the sides. It will
be about $50 feet long, and its arrange
ments and details are intended to in
CLUE everything necessary to make a
first-elass, substantial job.
1t is the mention of the railroads
to have everything in connection with
TINS station substantial and of per-
manent character, and the building
and trainshed, with all their appoint
ments, when finished, will be among
the finest examples of this kind of
work. The estimated cost of the sta
ton and approaches, exclusive of real
estate, is $500, 900, and it is hoped that
the building will be ready for use by
July, 1901. The contract for the sta
ton has not yet been awarded.
The Chesapeake & Ohio's new yard
will lie wholly to the east of the city
limits, beginning a short distance be-
yond the terminus of the viaduct at
Orleans street The yard will be level
for 1900 feet from Orleans street, and
will then rise with a grade of 1852
feet per mile. The plans provide for
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Charlesworth declared that Viers' COM
panion was not the would-be land buy
er. Eventually Viers sold the place and
went away. Since then the hotel has
been rented by Glib. Mckenzie. 1t
has not been used as a MOTEL for over
80 years. To-day while repairs were
being made on the place, the workmen
began to discuss the disappearance of
Charlesworth. Mckenzie said he had
noticed that in one corner of the eel
lar hairy mold sometimes appeared
on the surface of the sandy floor The
workmen began to dig, and at depth
of about two feet uncovered human
skeleton. The skull was crushed in
and the lower jaw split. The skeleton
is believed to be that of the long
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missing Charlesworth, and it is thought
he was murdered and his body buried
in the cellar by his assassin.
THE POLITICAL END
Will be Worked for All 1t is Worth
by the BOer Commissioners

ny the DUET SOEn N11SS1OneE8.
NEW YORK, May "a special to
the Herald from Washington says:
Notwithstanding the declaration of the
President that the United States will
not interfere in the South African war,
the Boer commissioners expect that
political expediency will cause him TO
make move which will be beneficial
to their cause.
1t is apparent to the commissioners
that political agitation alone will aid
their cause, and they intend to take
advantage of every opportunity 10 press
1t upon the attention Of the American
people.
1t will be the earnest effort of the
South African sympathizers in the
United States to make the failure Of
the President to act in the interest of
peace one of the prominent issues OF
the campaign.
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10 main yard tracks long enough to
hold at least rs cars each, both in the
east and the west bound yards, with
a sufficient number of short tracks to
handle local or short loads. All OF
the switching will be done from the
east end of the yard. The switching
Is to be done by means of polling en-
gines, working on two tracks between
the east-bound and west-bound sid
ings at the eastern end of the yard.
The polling will be helped materially
by gravity, but it is not considered
that the grade will be sufficient to dis
pense with the engines.
A roupdhouse of IL stalls is provided
for, with the necessary connecting
tracks, water tanks, coal bins, etc., to
stand on the south side of the yard,
between it and the river. The esti-
mated cost of the yard is 1895, 900, and
it will be in full operation by March,
1901.
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FINDING or A SKELETON
Brings to Mind the Hints of q Mys-
terfous Crime of Forty Years

Brings to Mind the Hints of q Mys-
terfous Crime of Forty Years
Ago.
Special to the Register.
CLEVELAND, Ohio. May 25.-The
finding of skeleton at Mortified
Wednesday, revives mystery that
lived in the minds of the people of that
place for over 40 years. About that
length of time ago traveller visited
the town with money, looking for land
to buy. He gave the name of Charles
worth. Suddenly Charlesworth disap-
peared, and his visit was forgotten I'M
til relatives, searching for him, traced
him as far as the old brick hotel in
Mortified Dorsey Viers kept the
hotel. All sorts of stories were told
and finally Viers went away. He re-
turned, after a time, with a man who
said he was Charlesworth. Many
Mortified people who had seen
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Negro Dropped Dead.

Special to the Register.
PARKERSBURG, w. Va, May 25.-
An unknown negro who was acting
peculiarly and talking incoherently to
himself was being taken to the lookup
about last midnight for attention,
when he fell to the pavement and ex-
pired almost instantly. He is thought
to belong at Lynchburg, Va, as he
had in a pocket the billhead of a
Lynhcburg business house.
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GREAT IMPROVEMENTS
Making at Richmond, Va, by the Chesapeake
and Ohio Railway Company--NeW Station
and Immense Yards.

Richmond. The Chesapeake & Ohio
engineers, however, are confident that
the height of the piers and their
strength are adequate to resist any
probable damage from water or ice.
On account Of their peculiar location
the piers will be with their longitudin-
al axes in parallel with the line of the
superstructure.
The Chesapeake & Ohio's present
main line passenger station is on Broad
street, three blocks north of the site
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From the Railway Age,

From the Railway Age.
No city, perhaps, has under way more
interesting or more important railway
construction work than that in pro-
gress at Richmond, Va. The Seaboard
Air Line has built a bridge across the
James river a short distance below
Mayo's Bridge, at the foot of Four
teenth street, and is building a steel
riaduct through the heart of the city,
along the course of Shockoe creek, with
tracks leading thence northward to a
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No Prosecutor Appeared.
Special to the Register.

Special 70 the Register.
PARKERSBURG, w. Va, May U.s.
Some months ago DR.. F. P. Hatfield
shot Beeson Mcdonald, who lay at the
point or death for several weeks. Do
nestle difficulties were said to have
been the cause. Mcdonald recovered,
but when Hatfield was placed on trial
to-day for shooting with intent to kill,
neither Mcdonald nor his wife, who
were the only witnesses to the shoot
ing, could be found. 1t is said they
have left the State. Hatfield was re-
leased under bond till June IL.
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New Quick Firing Colt Gun.

In view of England's recent exporta-
ton of the new quick firing Colt gun
to the Cape an interesting series of
experiments for testing the time in
which the destructive weapons can be
taken to pieces and reconstructed
ready for use has just been held in
London before a large company of in
terested experts, an engineer manag-
ing to accomplish the feat in the ex-
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SENATOR FORAKER
Defends Trusts Before the Ohio
supreme Court

Supreme Court.
COLUMBUS, o., May 25.-The suit
to Gust the Continental Tobacco Com
pany from doing business in Ohio on
the ground that it is a trust, was ar
gued in the Supreme Court on a de-
murrer filed by the company. The at
torneys went into the merits of the
case in their arguments and the court
will pass on the main question in
ruling on the demurrer. Senator ]. B..
Foraker and his law partner, w. L.
Granger, appeared as counsel for de-
tense. Senator Foraker in his argu-
ment defended trusts, which, he said,
were the logical result of competition
in business.
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POLITICAL.
OFFICIAL CALL FOR STATE
DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION.

AT a meeting of the State Democratic
Executive Committee, held at Charles
ton. West Virginia, on the 18th Of Janu-
airy, 1900. II was ordered that a State Con-
ysnt.on OF accredited representatives OF the
Democratic party OF West Virginia be
held at the City of Parkereburg In the
County OF Wood. on
Wednesday, June 9th, 1000, az 1900
O'Clock Meridian,
for the purpose If seleeting nominees Tor
the following Offices Governor Auditor,
Attorney General, state Superintendent OF
Free Schools Treasurer. two Judges OF tho
supreme Court OF Appeals, two Electors
at-Large for President and Vice President
Of the United States. Members Of the State
Democratic Executive COMMITTEES, ass me
transaction of suth other business "a Kay
properly come before II.
IL was also oroered that each County
shall have one Delegate in said Ccavention
for each one hundred Geo woes or fTac-
uon thereof Of fifty 05W vote1 or more ;1st
IN such county tor electors FOR frseident
and Vice President Of the Ust.sd States
at the election Of November t.b, 1926, that
is To
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Special to the Register.
PARKERSBURG, W. Va, May Is
I. NJ. Keyser, former cashier Of the
Baltimore and Ohio railroad here. was
arrested last night, charged with en-
bezzling about $500 from the company.
He denied his guilt and says when the
accounts are Strengthened out it will
be found that he is not guilty.
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traordinary time of 1 minute 80 sec
onds. The Beers do not possess speci-
mems of this gun, which only weighs
forty pounds and fires between 300
and 400 shots per minute. The range
of the gun is nearly two miles.
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y
mes" But the fakes kept falling, fall
ling, until the buffalo was almost buried,
and the hunter slipped along the snow
crust and made him an easy prey.
There's another hunter who hunts to
kill, who makes many man his victim
because of folly like that of the buffalo
IN Andersen's fable. It's little thing
to have that uneasy feeling in the stom-
ach after eating. Sour risings and belch-
ing ar also reckoned little things. Yet
these little things are among the minor
marks of disordered condition of the
stomach and organs of nutrition and
digestion. Of themselves they may not
kill, but if despised they may open a
pathway to some deadly disease.
Don't neglect the first symptoms of
indigestion or stomach trouble" The
timely use of DR.. Pierce's Golden Medi-
cal Discovery may avert more serious
danger. 1t will surely cure any disease
of the stomach and organs of digestion
and nutrition, excepting cancer.
Mr.. Ned Nelson, the celebrated Irish comedian
ana mimic, Of SIT Royden Street Camden N T..
writes We fulfilled an engagement of twelve
weeks and the constant travelling gave me bad
had tried everything possible to cure it, till
last week while playing at B. r. Keith's Bijou
Theater, Philadelphia, in the Nelson Trio
professional friend of mine advised me TO try
Or. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery tried
1t. and, thank God, with good results
Doctor Pierce's Pleasant Pellets are
specific for biliousness.
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The Chesapeake & Ohio's work at
Richmond, including the viaduct, the
new yard and the union station, is
being carried out under the supervision
of Mr.. F. w. Scarborough, engineer
OF bridges and signals.
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Hall and Foster Nominated.

Special TO the Register.
WESTON, w. Va. May 25.-At the
Republican primary election held yes
terday Lott Hall, for Sheriff, and J. NJ.
Foster, for Prosecuting Attorney, each
received over three hundred majority
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Condition of the Treasury.

WASHINGTON, May 25.-To-day's
statement of the treasury balances in
the general fund, exclusive of the $780,
900, 900 gold reserve in the division of
redemption. shows: available cash bal
anee. s143,s71, z4s; gold, s6s,s67, 1871.
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National
IDUBLIC SALE.

/ will offer for sale at the north front
door Of the court house of Ohio county,
w. Va, on Saturday, May 10Th commence
ing at 10 a. m, that desirable piece Of
property. No. 81 Seventeenth street. which
has az frontage OF 40 feet or more on
Seventeenth street. II viii be offered
in parcels or as q whole. Bar fixtures.
cash register and furniture will be offered
in parcels or as a whole with the proper
", which ever way 1t will bring the best
price. Title perfect.
Terms Of Sale-One-third cash, or more,
on day of sale; balance in two equal an
nual payments with interest, payable
semi-annually. secured by deed OF trust
on property sold as further security The
property must be insured for the benefit
OF the back payments.
]. G. HERVEY
mal6, .20,23,25 Auctioneer.
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ATHENS. o., May 25.-Richard
Gardner. the colored prisoner who so
narrowly escaped lynching last mid
aight, was sent to Columbus for safe
keeping.
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FOR SALE.
DR0PERTY FOR SALE.

s2,400 buys new house of seven rooms,
hall; good water, gas AMI sewerage, at
Echo Point.
$3.50 buys house of 4 rooms on Baker
rent.
500 cash buys house Of FIVE rooms, at
Riverview; balance like rent. Possession
at once.
ROLF & ZANE.
Telephone 566 80 Fourteenth st.
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BUILDING LOTS.

St75 will buy good lot on north end of
Island; there is a good class of houses on
both sides; good neighborhood.
But a few left on Fifteenth street at $50
per front foot.
Splendid home on North York street; 10
rooms lot 60x400. for less than It cost to
build house.
G.. 0. SMITH
National Exchange Bank Building
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FoR sALE-REAL ESTATE.

FOR SALE-At a bargain, one OF the fn-
est residence lots in Glendale. l3Tx2S7 feet
along street railway line. Enquire of J.
c. MCMAHON Real Estate Agent, Nc
Mechen, w. Va. ma26.27 1871
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Telephone 566.
DUBLIC SALE.

pUBLIC SALE.
I will sell at public sale at the north
front door of the Court House on Satur-
day. June I'd, 1900. commencing at 10
o. clock a. M, the following property, to-
in Keims addition to Echo Point, 'front.'
ing Is feet on Hub avenue, and $50 feet
deep TO an alley.
Terms made known on day of sale,
G. S. GREER,
ma24, &c. S.30.je1 Auetioneer
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FOR RENT.

FOR RENT-sJore room. l1sS Water street.
ap2Se&dh
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Hans An
dersen has a
story of a buff
falo TIL a t
scorned the
SNOW fakes.
=" Pouf, h e
snorted, " I
can blow you
away with a
breath, what
~- H.
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DENTAL q SURGICAL ISsrRumExrs.