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The times., 1900-12-28
Circulation statement.
Mr. Hnnna,s Policy.

Mr. Hanna. having placed Mr.. Mckinley
in the Presidential chair a second time,
and thus removed any reasonable proba-
bility of being able TO do it again, appar-
emily regards it as no longer worth while
to efface himself, but frankly assumes the
attitude of one VINO feels himself to be
the king above all bosses and the boss of
kings.
A shining instance Of this belief is
furnished in circular letter which Han
ma is alleged to have sent to Republican
Senators. notifying them that unless they
take up and pass his Subsidy bill at this
session of Congress he will call an extra
ordinary session Immediately after the
fourth of March and keep both houses at
work until next December il that should
be necessary to accomplish his purpose.
It is perhaps unprecedented or was be-
fore the rise of Hanna to super-imperial
power. for one man TO rule the Senate
without regard TO the views or wishes of
its members. Still, We do not fancy that
Hanna's attempt to do so is apt to be as
much resented in connection with his re-
ported Subsidy bill notice and order as his
of the measure in question. Since the first
week of the present month senatorial and
representative eyes have glistened and
mouths have watered at every mention of
Senator Frye's pet measure" The idea
that a round dozen of men who are ex-
pecting to divide a hundred millions of
Treasury velvet among them should for
a moment think of securing the plunder
without exhibiting a spirit and degree of
liberality hitherto unheard OF has been
secuted most scornfully. But now it be-
gins to dawn upon the mind of states
manship that Hanna is determined to jam
the job through cheaply. and there is
wrath and revolt
We have no idea as TO what the out
come may be. In the present state of leg
islation it is difficult to conceive that the
necessary business of the session can be
disposed OF in the remaining time OF :he
session. 1t Is understood that, II Hanna
is disappointed in getting the Subsidy bill
passed, he will block every other project,
the Nicaragua Canal bill, Of course. in
cluded. 1t may also happen that in the
event of Hanna getting mad. other Sena-
tors may take a hand in the game, and
further obstruct action. The Army BILL is
becoming source of uneaslness to the
Administration; the great appropriation
bills are yet to be considered. Altogeth
er there would seem to be more than an
even chance that Congress will have to
meet again early in the spring. II Messrs.
Hanna and Mckinley can stand 1t, we
probably, and the Washington hotel keep
ers certainly can
The times., 1900-12-28
CRAMPS WILL LOSE A SHIP.
One of the New vessel. May he Bull
at Seattle

In accordance with suggestion OF the
Secretary Of the Navy. the Naval Board
on Construction has determined that
under the law psoviding for the constr rue
tion OF three sheathed battieships one of
the vessels must be built on the Pacific
Coast. AS result OF the determination
the Cramps, OF Philadslphi1, will not re-
ceive the contract for one OF the sheathed
vessels. and negotiations will be opened
with Moran Brothers. of Seattle. Wash.
the lowest Pacific Coast bidders. to bring
about certain changes in their proposal.
which will permit the department to
award them the contract
Moran Brothers will be asked TO agree
to do certain equipment work. which they
eliminated from their proposal. and they
viii be told that 1t will be necessary for
them to scale their bid TO figure within
the limit of cost fixed by Congress Sim
liar negotiations will be entered into
with the Bath Iron Works. of Bath. Me-.
and the Newport News Shipbuilding and
Dry Dock Company. OF Virginia. These
concerns will receive contracts for build
ing the two sheathed battleships to 20 to
Atlantic Coast shipyards IL they agree to
do the equipment work omitted from heir
piuS anu 10 scale tneir prices. should
the shipbuilders or any of them refuse to
agree to comply with the Construction
Boards suggestions. 1t may be necessary
to readveruse for bids. The State De-
partment desires to avoid this course.
and would probably resort to the alterna-
tive OF revising the specifications for the
battieships in such a way as to effect a
compromise with the shipbuiiders
The department has definitely decided
TO award the contract for the two un-
sheathed battleships to the Fore River
Engine Company, of Quincy, Mass, but
the award will not be made until the COM
pany carries out its intention to be re-
incorporated. Should the negotiations
concerning the three sheathed battle
ships be successful the construction of
the eleven armorclads for which bids
were opened recently will be distributed
as follows:
One sheathed armored cruiser and one
unsheathed armored cruiser each by the
Cramps. the Newport News Company. and
the Union Iron Works, of San Francisco.
six vessels in all; two unsheathed bat
tleships to the Fore River Engine Com
pany; one sheathed battleship each to tn,
Newport News Company, the Bath Iron
Works. and Moran Brothers, three vessels
in all. Under this arrangement the New
port News Company will be the only con-
Germ awarded the contract for building
three vessels.
The times., 1900-12-28

condition of cheerful expectancy, upon
hearing from Lord Kitchener that General
De Wet is being closely pursued. Military
experts, according to the dispatches. be-
lieve that there will be news of a decisive
engagement within two or three days and
ths. 1t will be of a gratifying nature. As
no British forces have been reported cap
tured by the Beers for the last twenty
four hours. it is possible that the tide is
turning In favor of the former
The times., 1900-12-28
OPPOSE THE ERECTION OF POLES
Rncine, Wis. Citizens Making a
Fight on IL Telephone Company.

RACINE, Wis. Dec. 27.-One hundred
and fifty Wisconsin Street property own
ers are at war with the Citizens TeIe-
phone Company. a corporation recently
organized by local capitalists, who are
now putting in their system, over the
placing of poles in front of their properly.
All day citizens filled up holes as fast as
workmen dug them. and five citizens Sc
cured injInctions restraining the company
from putting in poles.
Five or six others placed dynamite cart
ridges under ground and at places the
following signs are up: Beware. Dyna-
mite cartridges are buried here about two
feet under ground. Dig at your peril"
Two men are watching from their win
dows and it is said they are armed with
guns. Employees of the company have quit
and give the vicinity of the dynamite
signs a wide berth.
The times., 1900-12-28
THE VIRGINIA GovERNoRSHIP.
Representative Swanson Said to BE
Leading in the Contest


The weight of opinion in the Virginia
colony in Washington is that the next
Governor of the Old Dominion will be
Claude A. Swanson, Representative in
Congress from the Fifth district of yir-
ginia. There are three avowed and con-
spicuous candidates for the DISTINGUISHED
office. They are Mr.. Swanson j. Taylor
Ellyson. Chairman OF the State Central
Democratic Committee and the Attorney
General of Virginia. Mr. Montague Each
has entered upon his canvass, and the
lines between their partisans are already
quite sharply defined. No time has been
determined upon for the nominating con-
vention. In Virginia this is held at a date
fixed by the Democratic Central Commit
tee, and that committee meets at the call
OF the chairman, who, as already stated.
is Mr. Ellyson.
Mr.. Swansons strength Is scattered, it
is said, throughout Northern Virginia, but
is overwhelming in the Fourth and Fifth
districts. comprising the counties of
Amelia. Brunswick, Dinwiddie, Greens.
vile, Lunenburg, Mecklenburg, Motto
way. Powhatan, Prince Edward. Prince
George, Sussex, Carroll. Floyd, Franklin.
Grayson, Henry, Patrick, PittsylS aaia,
and the cities of Petersburg, Danville,
and North Danville. 1t is said that he
leads his opponents in the Ninth and
Tenth districts, comprising the counties
of Bland. Buchanan, Craig. Dickinson.
Giles. Lee. Pulaski, Russell. Scott, Smyth
Tazewell, Washington, Wise, Wythe. AL
leghany, Amherst. Appomattox. Angus
ia, Bath, Botetourt, Buckingham, Cum
berland. Fluvanna. Highland, Nels2n. AMI
Rockbridge, and the cities of Bristol.
Staunton, and Buena Vista
Mr.. Eliyson's strength. 1t is said. is
greatest in the Third district. IF which
Richmond and Manchester are the centre.
and Mr.. Montague's strength is admitted
to be most marked in the First, or FREEZER
icksburg district. In the remaining dis
tricts of the State neither candidate has
any particular advantage, unless it re in
the Eighth, where Mr.. Ellyson's prestige
appears to be greatest. This district
comprises the counties of Alexandria,
Culpeper, Fairfax. Fauquier. King Ge rye,
Loudoun, Louisa, Orange. Prince William,
Stafford, and the city of Alexandria.
The Virginia delegation in Congress
espouses the cause OF Mr.. Swanson. with
the exceptions of Representative Lamb
who is an Ellyson man, and Representa-
tive Jones. who stands for Mr.. Mon
tague. Mr.. Rlxey is placed by some in
the doubtful column This leaves for Mr..
Swanson Senator's Daniel and Martin.
and Representatives Lassiter, Otey, Ha,-
Rhea. and Quarles.
The times., 1900-12-28

The testimony OF the late Cadet Booz' s
contemporaries at West Point is about
concluded as far as his case is concerned.
1t is conclusive of the fact that, al least
until recently, the practice OF brutal and
degrading forms of haZing was univ ersal
in the Academy. The present student
body declares that hazing has been en-
tirely abandoned. Colonel Mills, suJerin-
tendent of the school asserts that it
never can be eradicated until human ma
ture is radically changed. We do not
know who is right in the matter; but 1t is
a safe wager that the majority OF citizens
who have read the testimony viii agree
with us in the conviction that a good.
stout whipping post. seldom untenanted
has been a crying need at the Point for
10, these many years.
The times., 1900-12-28
A CUBAN SUGAR TRUST.
owners of Reineries Take steps
Toward Consolidation.

NEW ORLEANS. Dec 27-The Cuban
susan refners have caught the trust"
fever. Messrs. ]. F. Tolon & Co., mauag-
ing the Cardenas Refinery, Don Pascuai
Goicoechea. owner of Sentral Provincial: !:
Pons. Orta & Co., of the Havana Refinery,
and Llama & Co.. of Matanzas, have form
ed syndicate. the effect of which Is the
consolidation OF their several interest:
under joint management, to be here
after known as the United Cuban Rein
cries. with Messrs. Quesada and Alonzo, of
Matanzas, as general managers and ex-
elusive contracting sales agents. The
Havana and Cardenas newspapers de-
nounce these combinations and syndicates
as Injurious TO planters and producers.
The times., 1900-12-28
WASHINGTON MEN HoNoRED.
The Geological Society of America
Elects Officers.

ALBANY. N. Y, Dec. 27.-The Geologi-
cal Society of America convened here in
annual meeting today for a three days
session. The following officers were
named for the ensuing year: President,
Charles ID. Waleott. Washington, ID. c.;
First Vice President, n. H. Wlnchell
Minnea polls. Mimi: Second Vice Presi-
dent, S f. Emmons, Washington. d. c.;
Secretary Prof H l.. Fairchild, Roches-
ter University; Treasurer, DR.. j. C.
White. Morgantown, w. Va; Editor, J. c.
Brown. Washington; Librarian, H. b.
Cushing, Cleveland Ohio; Councillors,
Samuel Calvin, Iowa City; A. P. Coleman,
Toronto.
Many important papers of interest to
geologists were read during the session.
The times., 1900-12-28

good artisans are being spoiled today by
the rush and hurry which make it out of
the question for them to do their work
well. II he does all these things. he will
not only benefit the public directly, by Civ
ing people the worth of their money. but
he will be of almost infinite service indi-
rectly, by training citizens to do their
part in the moral and intellectual work of
the community
The times., 1900-12-28
THOUGHT TO BE DIAMONDS.
Brilliant Gems Discovered on the AM
Hills of New Mexico.

ALMo GoRDo. n. NJ. Dec. 27.-About
fifty gems closely resembling and alleged
to be diamonds, found eighty miles north
of this place by a man formerly in Kim
berley, South Africa. have successfully
stood every crude test known and IL is
believed they are real diamonds. The first
stones were found on the ant hills. where
they had been brought up from the ledge
to the surface. The stones will be sent
away at once for final analysis.
The times., 1900-12-28
THE GUATEMALAN RAILROAD.
New Jersey Capitalists Said to Have
Secured Control.

LOUISVILLE, KY. Dec. 27.-United
States Minister w. Godfrey Hunter, in a
letter to his son. states that the Guate-
malan railroad has been given into the
control of the Central American Improve
ment Company. controlled by Messrs Bar
thel and Snyder and other capitalists of
New Jersey.
This line recently came into prominence
en- account OF the arrest of r. H May. an
American who was finally awarded $780,
600 damages against the Guatemalan Gov
ernment May! said he had a contract to
run the railroad for several years and was
deDOsed
The times., 1900-12-28
No Further Use for the Nesroe.

From the New orleins Times .)emocrat)
During his second term Mr. Mckinley will be
free from all obligations TO appoint negroes. His
nomination was assured months in advance and
the negro delegates could not secure any pledges
from him or Hanna He Is perfectly free to APP
point 10 Office anyone whom he sees fit; and the
interests Of his party. the peace OF the country,
and the success OF his Administration all urge
him to appoint white men instead OF negroes to
Federal positions.
The times., 1900-12-28
MOROCCO READY TO PAY.
Mrs. Ernqui to Collect $1,000 for th
Death OF Her Husband.

NEW YORK, Dec. PA. VI. Sartorelli.
attorney for Mrs. Mary " E.agui, whose
husband. Marcus Ezagui, was killed in
Fez. Morocco, on June 2S. said today that
he had received word from the State De-
partment at Washington that the $1,000
which the Sultan promised to pay would
probably be paid over to Mrs. Ezagui in II
few days. The widow is janitress. and
lives at 1872 West Thirty-third Street.
The times., 1900-12-28
Might BE Worse.

JF'rom the Philadelphia Prcss.)
Mistress-Bridgct, I'm beginning to lose pa
thence with you. There wouldn't be a blessed
thing done about the house il I didn't keep tell
ing YOU to do it, You couldn't possibly be worse
Bridget-O don't know ma am; l moight
rayfuse teh do what ye towld me.
The times., 1900-12-28
Postomce Pnrsimeny.
II VIZ
,rron III. K.rsas c;tv starN

(From the Kansas City starr
II will surprise the public TO learn that many
clerks in the Kansas City postoffice work for
wages that would create strike in any private
corporation and cause the public 10 cry '.shame!'
The times., 1900-12-28

''But my song / troll out. for Christmas stout,
The hearty. the true, and the bold;
4 bumper / drain, AID with might and main
Give three cheers for this Christmas old
Well usher him in with merry din
That shall gladden. his joyous heart,
And wen keep him up. while there's bite or sup
And in fellowship good wen part. -
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1900-01-31
West Columbia.

Correspondence Jan. Goth.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dick johnson very
handsomely entertained a number
of young folks last evening. Dano-
ing was the chief amusement. AT
the proper hour most appetizing
refreshments were served and high
ly enjoyed. Those present report
very pleasant time.
Mr.. O. l.. Drake has moved his
family to Longacre, on Kanewha,
where he has employment.
We are glad to announce that
Mrs. Van johnson is much better
at this writing.
Mr.. Robt. Morley reports the
roads out on Ice Creek, in very
bad condition.
Mr.. Ong, of Oklahoma Territory
was here last night calling on old
friends.
Mrs. j. o. whittisvery sick with
cancer.
Mr. Will Tompson. of North
Dakota, is here visiting friends.
Mrs. j. 81. johnson of your oity,
returned home today after few
days visit at this place.
Mr.. L. d. Brannan and wife, of
Ravenswood spent Saturday and
Sunday with his wife's parents,
and left this morning for your city
which they will make their future
home.
Fire broke out at the residence
of j. B!Byrne, late Sunday even
ing, but was soon extinguished
and very little damage was done.
Born to Mr.. and Mrs. Ed. Casio,
a son.
The school is progressing very
nicely, under the management OF
Prof. w. e. Somerville.
Dr. Girard, of Old Town, was in
town last week, on professional
business.
Mrs. Williams, of Jackson, Ohio,
spent few days with her friends
at this place last week.
THE JOLLY LoT
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1900-01-31
Some School Law.

Following is an opinion of State
Superintendent of Free Schools, j..
r Trotter, concerning the law rel
alive to school trustees, in the mat
ter of letting contracts:
at is directly contrary to the law
of trustees to be pecuniary inter
ested directly or indirectly in con-
tracts for building or furnishing
where they have voice OF control. /
should say therefore that trustees
who would give the contract for
furnishing wood whether at a reas-
enable or unreasonable price to one
of their number or who would let
a contract for grading at reason
able or unreasonable price to one
or two their members have clearly
violated the law, could be indicted
and prosecuted. The proper meth
cd of procedure is to haze them
indicted by the grand jury"
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1900-01-31
TempestuOns Jupiter.

Studies of the planet Jupiter
during the opposition of 1899 have
afforded some new figures concern
ing it's rate, or rather rates, of rota-
ton. These figures do not affect
the round numbers in which the
equatorial velocity of Jupiter's ro-
tation is usually stated, viz, about
$4,000 miles per hour But they
furnish additional proof that the
motions visible on the great plan
cts surface are not uniform year to
year. Since the spring of 1897 the
equatorial region appears to have
experienced an Hcceleration of We
locity.
Relatively to the surfacelso 80
degrees north or south, Jupiter's
equator rushes ahead with hurri-
cane speed, between 200 and 300
miles an hour-in itself sufficient
indication that what telescopes
show of Jupiter is not solid crust,
but layers and masses of restless
vapors.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1900-01-31

All facts make it plain that many
conditions are favoring the gallant
and notwithstanding Beers. They
are race of hunters and frontiers
men. They know how to use a
rifle with rare skill. They are
hardy, accustomed to life in the
open air and providing their food
in camps. Moreover, they have
long understood that every man of
them was liable at any time to be
called into the fieId>to fight foe
they thoroughly hate.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1900-01-31
Allen Resolution Passes.


AS the News predicted, the Sen
ate of the United States did not
dare to ignore Mr.. Aliens resolu-
ton calling upon Secretary Gage
for more explicit information con-
corning that officials relations with
the Standard Oil bank, That there
was disposition on the part OF
some of the Senators to dodge is
we'll known, but as one of them
putt, they could not afford "to put
the Republican party in the atti-
tude of denying an inquiry into
the record of the humblest official,
much less the Secretary of the
Treasury" The fact is now of
record that Notwithstanding his
$4,000 words of explanation, Score
tary Gage has failed to satisfy a
coordinate branch of the Govern
ment. The peoples representa-
tives are not content with knowing
that Hepburn wrote letter pre-
senting his banks political claims;
They want to know what Mr.. Gage
said in reply.
If another attempt is made to
hide the truth with multiplicity
of words Congress should, and per-
haps will, appoint special com
mittee to make thorough investi-
CATION, clothing it with power to
call witnesses and send for docu-
ments.
1t is a coincidence that on the
very day that Mr.. Aliens resolu-
ton passed, Secretary Gage sent a
a letter to the Senate recommend
ing that there be included in the
Urgency Deficiency bill an item
of $1O9,847.12 with which to pay
the National City bank rent on the
old Custom House at the rate of
per cent. per annum on the sup
posed purchase price. Title has
not yet passed to the National City
Bank and that institution is pay
ing no tax or water rates. This
item of more than 100000 will be
donation pure and simple.-N.
Y. Daily News.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1900-01-31
DISTRICT CONVENTION
And Not Congressional to Meet
Here May 10th.

We, in unison with hundreds of
others, were in error yesterday in
announcing that the Congressional
Convention for the Fourth District
would be held in this oity on May
10th. The fact of the matter is,
the District Convention, for the
appointment of delegates to the
National Convention, will be held
here ON the above date.
The CITY in which the Congress
sional Convention will be held, nor
the date therefore, hasyet been set
tied. We can only hope that the
powers that be will recognize in
our city the proper and logical
place for hold such Convention.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1900-01-31
Buller's Retreat.

London, Jan. 29.-General Butler In
a dispatch to the war department says
his whole force has retreated south of
the Tugela river. He says Spion Kop
was abandoned because of the made
quacy of the water supply and the
fierce Smelling of the Beers. The Beers
say that the British lost 1900 killed at
Spion Kop on Wednesday. About $50
English were made prisoners. During
the night of Tuesday the British heav-
lily entrenched themselves on the
southern side of Spion Kop, from
which they were driven the following
day by series of magnificent charges
by the Beers
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1900-01-31

When the advocates of imperial
ism find it impossible to reconcile
a colonial policy with the prinoi-
pies of our Government or with the
canons of morality, when they are
unable to defend it upon the
ground of religious duty or pecun-
larry profit they fall back in help
less despair upon the assertion that
it is destiny.-W. j. Bryan.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1900-01-31
A Carlis, Arsenal

Madrid, Jan. 29.-The gendarmes
unearthed Carlist arsenal in house
in Palencia. capital of the province of
that name. and seized 100000 cart
ridges and a large quantity of arms
Six Carlists who were implicated, fed
across the frontier.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1900-01-31
The Lost Recovered.

In the Clarksburg circuit court
Friday, DR.. Archie Bee was given
a verdict for $500 against Q. D..
Martin for'alienating the affections
of his wife. The suit was brought
in Richie county, but on change
of venue was moved to Harrison
county.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1900-01-31
The Tailor and Filter

1 want to let people who suffer
from rheumatism and sciatica know
that Chamberlain's Pain Balm re-
lieved me after q number of other
and doctor had failed.
1t is the best liniment / have euer
known of. j. A. DoDGEN, Alpha
retta, Ga. Thousands have been
cured of rheumatism by this rem
edy One application relieves the
pain. For sale by g. w, NJ. Hooff,
Druggist.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1900-01-31
Steyn Meets Kruger.

of the Orange Free State and A..
Fischer of the executive council of that
republic, arrived here Friday. They
were met at the railroad station by
President Kruger and other officials.
and were cheered while driving to the
residence of the president of the
TransYaal
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1900-01-31
Petition Refused.

Washington, Jan. 29-In the United
States supreme court the petitions for
certiorari filed by the Toledo, st.
Louis and Kansas City Railroad com
pany versus the Continental Trust
company, and of Dana A. Rose, also
against the Continental Trust COM
pany Cknown g,s the Glover Leaf
cases., were refused by the court in a
decision announced by the chief JUS
tice. The cases involved the bonds of
the railroad company and were decid-
ed in the court below fayorably to the
trust company.