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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-08-31
FELL FROM A TRAIN.


Thomas J. Powers. n Prominent
Pennsylvanian, Eonnd Crushed
and Mangled.
PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 30.-Thomas
j. Powers, Commissioner of Banking
Tor pennsylvania, was killed by fall
Ing from a train in the outskirts OF
the city last night. His badly man
gled body was found under the Penn
sylvania railroad bridge spanning the
Delaware river at the northern end
OF this city this morning by three
men cunning in the marshes. Mr..
Powers had been spending the summer
at Atlantic City with his family. and
d is presumed that he fell from the
train from that resort, which reaches
this city via the bridge route at 10: 80
p. N.
Mr.. Powers was man Of heroic
build, measuring considerably over six
feet in height and Weighing about 275
pounds. His friends express the the
DRY that he had gone 10 the platform
TO escape the heat in the car and was
jolted off While the train was on a
crU7e. MIR. Powers was So years of
age.
He was conspicuous figure at Re
publican national conventions and was
one of the 500 delegates who held out
for third term for President Grant.
One OF his sons, Lieutenant Thomas
]. Powers, Jr.. is in the regular army
at Manila.
When an examination was made OF
Colonel Powers body and clothing 1t
was found that two rings set with
diamond ard ruby. he had worn when
last seen alive, were missing, and
number of railroad passes which he
was known to have carried could not
be found Only IS was in his pockets,
and as Colonel Powers usually had d
large amount of money with him II Is
strongly suspected that the body was
robbed
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-08-31
THE sACKING OF TIEN TsIN.

Mail reports from China, coming to
hand within the past few days, de-
scribe the looting of the city of Ten
Tsln, On the road to Picking. 1t is
city Of at least million people, the
gateway to the Chinese capital, on the
banks of the Pei-Ho, and contained
much wealth. Of course the Chinese
removed much of what Charles O'Mal
ley called portable plumber" in his
campaigns in Spain, but enormous
amounts of valuables were left behind,
as will be attested by the statement
that in Onue day the loot aggregated
seven million taels or that many dol
lars. When the allies approached the
rich Chinese fed, carrying with them
what they could. Then the poorer
Chinese raided the houses and shops
of the rich, and proceeded to help
themselves. When the foreign devils
put in an appearance they proceeded
TO steal from the thieves, the Japa-
nese and Americans being exceptions
to the rule, however, according to the
information furnished.
For instance, a Chinese coolie came
along driving a donkey, with a basket
Of vegetables hanging on each side of
the animal. These vegetables looked
mighty good to the soldiers, and after
consultation a party drove off the
Chinaman and captured his vegetables
But in the bottom of the baskets were
large quantities of wrought gold or
naments, jewels, etc, the result of the
plumber of gold+workers' shops. The
vegetables were a blind. In another
case a Ohinaman came along wheeling
a barrow. 1t appeared to be pretty
heavy, and yet there were only a few
old sacks in evidence The barrow
was upset and eleven thousand silver
taels rolled out on the ground. The
rest can be imagined
The plunderng went on through
three days, amid streets filed with
dead, while fires ragged and men. wo-
men and children died in the streets.
When we get the details from Picking
they will doubtless tell of the same
sort of thing. The pickings and steal
ings in a country like China, in time
of war, are immense, and the soldiers
are not slow to Improve the opportun-
ity. When the American boys come
home there will be many a souvenir
of the campaign In the Celestial EN-
pire.
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TOLEDO FULL OF
MEN OUToF WORK.

James Creelman in New York Journal.
DO you find many men out of work
now?"
Toledo is full of them; hundreds had TO
go away. 1 haven't known of so many
idle mechanics since 1885,
But it is said that everybody is at
work; at least. the Republican party says
so.'
ITS deliberate falsehood. You can go
about among the men and ask them.
There are thousands out of work in this
county alone. The trusts are forcing men
TO give up their trades and go to day la
Dor"
We moved to another gang Here, too.
We found trained mechanics working with
pick and shovel. One was a man from
rolling mill.
How much did you earn at your trade."
asked.
Three dollars and half day"
How much do you get for digging on
the roads?"
"A dollar and a half a day
Then you are losing two dollars day"
Il am"
DO you consider that prosperity"
The man laughed bitterly
THE prosperity business is played out"
he said.
How do you account for the fact that
you cannot get work at your trade and
have to become a common laborer?"
The trusts have got hold OF the mills
All of the independent pills pay union
wages, but the trust mills have cut down
expenses and closed down work"
"Why?"
Because they want to manufacture less
and keep the prices up"
us that why you are here to-day?"
Yes, sir"
DO you think the trust system is a good
thing?"
L m not a fool"
%Did you vote for it?"
I'm afraid l did.
''Will you vote for it again?"
Never"
DO you know many iron AMI steel
workers who are out of employmept?"
Il do. There are thousands of them in
this part of Ohio"
So it was wherever we want Always
the same bitter story, always the same
fierce determination TO vote against the
party of the trusts.
l have found that the trust issue is more
important than any other in Ohio. The
people have had to learn their lesson by
hard experience.
The cry OF prosperity in Ohio is the
most damnable fraud ever Matched by DO
litical demaoOpv
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-08-31
GREED's PROMENADE.

While greed is on a promenade
win worldly, mercenary men,
he, archly looking up at them
s Gays Let "a walk around the world
And see what we can find TO seize.
They've riches down IN Africa.
Inat we might tlst as well possess,
50 let US go and XIII the Beers
And take their wealth away from them.
Now there IS poor America,
no deems not Independence wise.
Unless il is for her own self
With starving families there at home.
She now must seize the Philippines.
Her reproduction TO help use.
While those at home are hungry left.
'If she increase her nations wealth
w nat matter II some men are killed
Is: Tq hGip increase her, countrys trade.
This little Golden Rule OF Christ
Do unto others as you would
nave tnem do unto YOU, is good.
But 1t IS troublesome. at times
While striving to he miIliOnaires
II scarce belongs with our own set
OF greedy. mercenaFy men
80 We II not take II when we go
Around the world IN quest OF gain.
'..rf we take se3dshness along.
and disregard Of others rights.
1hey re satan,s tools and h. will then
Hep Us 10 gain more earthly wealth
We VIII not think Of judgment davg
When We must render our account
VI All the good we've done in life
The souls we have helped 10 uplift.
And su1Dbine we have shed around
With Mammon We can surely live.
And soon forget Gods kingdom days:
50 let us all ignore our souls
And try to fill our pocketbook-
And see which one can gain the most,
I'D In the greatest splendor live
And Satans greatest fayorfte be
What matter though We cannot take
Our money when we leave this earth:
II may make cause for quarreis then
And help our families separate
Now. brother m-rcenary men,
As we Hawaii now I,0ssess,
Come. let NJ 60 TO China too
And take a little slice Of IL
For II has mines that soon Will make
Those who possess them vary rich
OF course. some Chinese must BE- killed
But what Of thst when Greed must win ?
Lave, honor. mer6F must stand back
When nations learn 70 live for greed
We can't have everything at once,
And God ann Mamm0n ne'er agreed
To rule country AZ one time
They cannot work IN harmony
go let rs now take war and strife.
For bullets surely subtugate
When We are on quest for greed
We must be careful. 10 be sure.
We do not overthrow ourselves
For often Greed outdoe< himself
And reaching out for other gains.
Ger hidden precipfce rusv fall
And ruined lie for his own greed.
As Rome did. many years ago
MARTHA SHEPPARD LIPPINcOTT
Moorestcvn- ~. J.
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!
public, and the foremost one in all the
world, is to be winked at and ignored
at home.
Il These be fine arguments to present
to the American people, people who
carved out liberty for themselves
against the wishes of the foremost
monarchy Of the world, and which has
invited freely to its shores and given
every opportunity for citizenship to
the people of the civilized world. The
United States, under republican ideas
and policies, has been a place of refuge
for the oppressed of all nations. 1t is
the Island of the Blessed to those who
are suffering from oppression, for here
everyone can sit under his own vine
and fig tree, take his ease after toll,
and express his ideas at the polls, and
thus have a voice in the administra-
ton of the government. Up to the ad-
vent of McKinleyism, this was the
ideal land, holding peace and content
ment for its own citizens, given to a
policy of not meddling with the affairs
of the world, maintaining a nominal
army, having comparatively light
taxes, and holding it to be not only
proper but right to have the most
ample consideration for the rights Of
others. And now, instead of that sturdy
and righteous republican policy, we
have the declaration Of the In&lligen-
Ger that THE question for the Npeopie
to decide is not what the Filipinos
want"
Indeed Eight or ten millions of peo
pie, with whom we have no proper bus
mess, have no rights to be considered,
must not dream of liberty, and must
not hug TO their deluded bosoms the
irridescent dream of popular self-gov-
eminent! And this from an admins
tration organ, which asserts that there
is no such idea in the Republican par
ty as imperialism! The organs OF the
party falsify that assertion in every
issue, and their orators proclaim the
truth OF the Democratic indictment
every time they open their mouths.
Imperialism is rampant in the Repub-
lican party, and if Mckinley should be
reelected, those who believe in the re-
public and it's traditions and its fun
damental law will have cause for tears
and repentance.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-08-31

Louisville Courier-Journal.
Every factory in Indiana IS filed with
socialists. and they are men who are will
ling to vote the socialist ticket though
hopeless OF victory. OF course, both par
ties have suffered from this movement,
but recent elections have shown that the
Republicans have suffered more than the
Democrats, especially in the gas belt,
where large majority of the factory
workers were Republicans until thaC be-
came socialists The State committee Of
the social Democrats is claiming a vote OF
Goo for its ticket az the coming election,
and there is good reason to believe that
the estimate is little over the truth.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-08-31

Every colored man In Wheeling knows
the situation. Why don't they shake
off this political tyranny and become
men?
The Intelligencer pirates about the
Acknowledgement of negroes in the
South. Who set the pace for this sort
of thing and inaugurated precedent?
1t was the Republicans in control of
the District of Columbia, who disfran
chised the colored citizens of Wash
ington because to allow them to vote
would result in putting colored men
in power. And in North Carolina lie
publicans openly worked for and advo
Gated the adoption of the Constitution
al amendment requiring an educational
test for voters.
There are probably two hundred
negro voters in Ohio county. Suppose
there were two thousand. Does any
intelligent or thinking negro imagine
for a moment that one of his race
would ever receive a nomination for
Council, for the Board of Commission
ers, fer Justice, for city Office, or for
the Legislature? Not in century.
And if he did, by any chance, receive
such a reward for party service, he
would be defeated by the votes of Re-
publicans, even thought that party
had a majority overwhelming in its
size. The negro is expected to vote
the party ticket, and-that is all. No
adequate reward will ever come to him
for fidelity to the party he Isl sup
posed to belong to from choiSe, but
which is reality owns him as slave
and which intends to keep him in po-
litical servitude.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-08-31

The President wants peace IN emma.
The Democrats would be sorry to see It
lntelliGencer. s5s
This is a plain, ordinary Republican
campaign lie, penned knowingly and
wiLh political lnJent. The Democracy
would luke to see peace in China, and
wlun the legatloners in safety there
is no reason why there should not be
peace. 1t would also like to see peace
in the Philippines, justice 70 Porto
Rico, and freedom for Cuba, along
with The prompt punishment OF such
people as Nicely and Rathbone, restor-
alton OF their steaIlngs, the cessation
Of the commission BUSINESS, and a few
ether things. The present Republican
administration, to use plain language,
is a costly fraud.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-08-31
Politics In Pennsylvania.

Philadelphia Inquirer.
What does Mr. Walton want to go to the
State Senate for?
He has job paying him 5000 a year
In four years that would amount TO 5000
Should he so 70 the Senate for term Of
four years he would receive but $1,000, a
monetary loss of 5000.
What, then, does he want to go to the
Senate for?
Why, 10 serve David Martin-to aid
Martin and Flynn in wrecking the Repub-
lican party.
That is what he wants the nomination
for.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-08-31
CHARGED WITH BURGLARY.

Special TO the Register.
HUNTINGTON. W. Va, August So
Samuel Crabtree. George Whit and Hi-
ram Justice were arrested in Lawrence
county. Kentucky, to-day and brought be-
fore L. S. Commissioner Bryan, of this
city charged with robhing the postoffice
at Sidney, Wayne county. After a pre-
liminary hearing, Justice was released and
the others were held to await the action
of the United State grand jury. The post
office was in a store and several hundred
dollars worth of goods were stolen also
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-08-31
THE REPUBLICAN FAITH.

In the midst of long and some
what rambling and wholly illogical
onslaught upon Mr.. Bryan. in the In
telligencer of yesterday, in the course
OF which the Democratic candidate
is called the usual heavy percentage of
epithets, the paper says:
The question for the people to decide Is
not what the Filipinos want, or Severn
lng them without their consent: it is the
welfare of 9,G)3e0O of people at home
rather than imperialism 1908 miles awav.
The first duty Of Americans is 10 take
care of themselves.
Here we have a bald admission of
everything that the Democracy has
charged against the Republican party
end its policy. and it is coupled. in
effect, with the inquiry of the con-
sclenceless political boss: What are
YOU going to do about it?" Note the
language. The question for the peo-
Pie to decide is, not what the Filipinos
want And, by inference, the people
are not to decide, either. what the
Porto Ricans want, or what the Cubans
may desire. And the Intelligencer pro-
ceeds: at is the welfare OF 10000 900
people at home, rather than imperial
ism ten thousand miles away" If that
sort of thing means anything, it means
that the American people are to inaug-
urate and persist In policies which
would crush out of existence nations
and tribes and peoples in all quarters
OF the earth, that we might profit by
their disasters; and it must further
mean that imperialism ten thousand
miles away" maintained by a nation
claiming and pretending to be a re-
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-08-31

The Wheeling Register wants to know
why Hanna does not take the stump. TAX
ing the Democratic party in out of the
wet is enough for Misunderstanding State
Journal
The trouble with the big boss is
he's too busy trying to raise money
to corrupt voters. He well knows it
will take a good many millions to
"perpetuate" the Mckinley regime.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-08-31
a Cry of Alarm.

New York Sun.
On July IL IL was to l on Mckinley.
Since then these odds have declined grad
ually. but day before yesterday they were
at the enormous disproportion of q. to
l. Such overwhelming confidence Of sue
cess on one side is not Justified. 1t is fool
lshness and it tends to increase the
chances of success for what is called the
'short end for the reason that it spreads
the already too pervading sense of surety
which to-day threatens to paralyze the
Republican vote The rational odds on
Mckinley are no more than TO or less,
say 10 to 8. Wake up, all!
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-08-31

Parkersburg Sentinel
The nomination OF Col. T. Moore Jack.
son. of Clsrksburg. for Congress by the
Democrats Of the First district. at Sisters
vile on Tuesday, means a good deal TO
the Democratic party. Col. Jackson is one
of the most prominent Democrats in the
State, man of commanding influence
in affairs, in every sense fitted 70 nh the
office of Congressman or any other and
like Col. Tom Davis. is the Second dts
trict, he viii be elected
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-08-31

Atlanta Constitution.
Our troops have been sent to China be-
cause of tho operations of the boxers"
and yet not twenty miles away from the
peaceful abode of the best beloved"
President bowling mob has committed
less reasonable exeesses and more mex
cusable crimes than those credited to tho
heather Chinese.
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poe. Loot strange.

New York World.
The presence of a French army officer
at the German armys autumn nanoeu-
vres is the strongest Of the many signs
that new issues are taking both France
and Germany away from the old issues OF
the Franco-Prussian war. This news wiil
increase Engiand's uneasiness.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-08-31
REPUBLICANIsM AND THE NEGRO

REPUBLICANIsM AND THE NEGRO.
This is about the time of year when
the Republican leaders and party or
gans become very much interested in
the negro voter. To be more correct,
it is one of the times. The colored man
is made much of by Republicans at two
periods in campaign year One is at
the primary election, when his vote
is needed by one or another OF the
white factions to boost a white candi
date through. The other occasion is
the period leading up to election day.
when the negro votes are needed to call
Republican to a high Office, paying
a good, fat salary and extending over
e term of years. The negro is expected
to help out in this little matter, for
he generally holds the balance of
power, and that his vote may be as
sured he Is freely supplied with drinks,
little small change when he hap
pens to need it, and is constantly re-
minded that he owes a perpetual debt
of gratitude to the glorious Republican
party, and one which he cannot pay in
a thousand years. AS long as there is
Republican party or Republican can
didates, the negro must vote the Re-
publican ticket. He must not do his
own thinking, or act for himself as
man. He can have no individual ideas
about this policy or that He must
take no intelligent interest in the con-
duct Of public affairs. He must simply
vote the Republican ticket like
wooden Indian, and be satisfied if one
of his race gets a position on the po-
lice force and another gets a chance
to sweep out the postoffice. The great
and glorious Republican party, in
Wheeling, for instance, never elected
q negro to be Justice OF the Peace. 20
be a Councilman, to DE a member Of
the Legislature, or to any official po-
sition under the city or county gov
eminent where the wages or the honor
were above the position Of dog pelter
in scrub village. The g. o. p. is very
solicitous about the negro. Why don't
1t put one on the Legislative ticket and
poll the party strength for him, in rec
ognition Of the servitude the race has
undergone for the Republican cause
for generation? 1t wouldn't dare to
do it, for white men want those places,
and IL, by any chance. a negro was
nominated, one-half of the Republican
party would refuse to vote for him.
The negro knows this to be true. And
he also knows that he Is expected by
the Republican bosses who rule the
party to remain political slave, con
tent to dc as he is told. and TO sub
nit without murmur to- such deSpica-
BILE tactics as were practiced in Clay
district, in this county, not long ago.
and to make no fuss about the fact
that the negro citizens of Wheeling
could not have their case stated in
their own way in the Wheeling Intel
ligencer, and were forced to appeal
TO the Democratic Register Tor justice.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-08-31

Baltimore sun.
Mr.. Cages reversal OF the deliberate
and conclusive statement he prepared a
few weeks ago is a confession OF weak
ness on the part Of the Republican lead.
ers- They are afraid TO conduct the cam
paign on the most important issue before
the country. and their only hope is im a
revival Of the scare about the currency. .
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-08-31
Hanna Pulling Every String.

view 1Ork journal.
The administration is working every
branch OF the government at high pres
sure in the interest of the Republican
party The postoffice department is par
ticularly overworked It's activity is es-
pecially marked in the direction of refus-
ing second-class privileges to publications
unfavorable to the reelection of McKin-
ley and facilitating the circulation of
those that are friendly.
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Another Tnrin Flight.

Cincinnati Enquirer
The men who are now IN control OF tho
effairs Of the Republican party have
shown such servility 10 the tariff barons
That they have laid the sure foundation
for another great tarin fight. II viii fol-
low the settlement Of tho moustrous poll
icy Of Imperialism.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-08-31

Except a town here and there, as in
the case of Omaha and Chicago the
census returns are eminently satisfac-
tory. The county is growing, but. as
might be expected, some cities can't
quite keep UP with the procession.
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NOVELTIES N BLACK xND wHIrE.
He Modfhed It.

Sir" she exclaimed. do you mean to
say that / sprang from a monkey?n
The advocacy of the theory OF evolution
looked at her pretty but indignant face
and saw that 1t was up to him TO back out
as gracefully as might be possible.
'Well,'' he said. possibly you never
sprang from monkey. but I'll bet you
would-if one came upon you suddenly in
the dark
And yet they say men Of science do not
know how TO dodge cleverly.
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Toyvne His Equal.

Chicago Chronicle.
A perusal of Mr. Towne's Duluth speech
warrants the belief that II Theodore
yearns FOR rough riding and strenuosfty
in debate he may be accommodated by
dropping card TO Mr. Townes address.
Argument with a club is not, perhaps.
the most elevated form Of disputation. but
1t is the only kind that appeals TO some
people
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In sympathy with Nature.

Sinmons-Why do YOU poets persist in
writing such dismal stuff about sunsets?
Tinmins-My dear boy, did it never
strike your alleged mind that a sunset is
one of those affairs that cast a gloom
over the entire community?
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whit tho Party Represents.

Boston Traveller.
The Republican party represents the
trusts. 1t represents all consultations OF
wealth, whether industrial trusts or COM
binations Of capitalists to control the
moneyed ceuters OF the country. In plain
English, the Republican party is the mon
cy party. The almighty dollar is above
every and all considerations.