The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1901-04-10

American dollars.
If the British lion joins issue
with the Russian bear, he is likely
to find out the difference between
fighting someone his own size and
"pioking" on tiny little fellows like
the Boer republics.
There will not be single color
ed man in the Fifty-seventh Con-
gress. Something remarkable
sinoe our Republican brethren are
suoh warm friends of the colored
man. (P)
The Iowa Republicans are taking
to heart the subject of tariff reform
ON the lines proposed by the Bah
cook bill, in the last congress, de-
nying protection to trusts, and es-
pecially to the great steel trust.
~ Huntington Election.
At the oity election held at
Huntington, Thursday,s,April 4th.
theiRepublioans were victorious in
every ward, and elected their whole
ticket. The Republican candidate
for Mayor had 600 majority.
The average Republican paper
has tough job in upholding the
law of Massachusetts, which dis
franchises the ilIiterate voters and
oritioising the law of Maryland
which does the Same thing. The
objection to the Maryland law is
that it disfranchises too many me-
groes. M
The formal deoIination of China
to sign the agreement with Russia
in reference to the state of Man
ohuria will necessarily provoke
hostilities in which Japan and Chi
ma encouraged by England will be
on one side,I:and Russia on the
other. 49,
July first great many of the
stamps which are now required to
be placed on documents of various
kinds will cease to be required.
The saving to people in money
will be considerable but the amount
of bother that they will be relieved
of will be much greater.
The decline in the price Of crude
oil rather indicates purpose on
the part of the Standard to shortly
pay another of their phenomenal
dividends. In some cases it's the
consumer that foots the bill, but in
the oil business it's the producer
who gets the solar plexus. -Senti-
nelas euta fer- 81
s7Charles Hastings, who is said to
be one of the most daring and sue
cessful.countfeiters whoever oper-
ated in West Virginia, is now in
the Mcdowell county Jail, after q
race with the secret service people
which has occupied nine months
and covered thousands of miles and
nearly every state in the Union
The supreme court has taken a
recess until April 10th, They
handed down several opinions dur
ing the-reoent session which were
of interest here auds there are sew
era1 more, that they have under
consideration, The election of
clerk will probably take place on
their next converting, However it
may be- postponed indefinitely.
No one knows anything about this
but the court and they are not
making confidants of many people.
A new edition of the State Goo
logical map. is in preparation. The
map will be corrected, and some
new and valuable features will be
added. Among other improve
ments the names aud locations of
all the coal mines operating in the
State, will be indicated on the map.
1t is hoped the map oan be pub
lished about July 1st The Geo
logical Commission is collecting
data for report on the coal inter
'ests of the State which will be full
and complete. Owing to lack of
funds it cannot be published until
came tina naxt wear.