Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1901-05-09

II. L. SNYDER, Editor and Publisher,
SHEpHERDsTowN, w. VA.
THURSDAY, MAY 9, 1901.
Iris sunshiny weather for the trusts
and they are all making hay.
SPEAKING of the watch trust, this
is one that really ought to be wound
up.
ADMIRAL DEWEY has inherited a
bakery in Omaha. He can now take
the cake whenever he wants to.
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HAVING proven himself Napoleon
of finance on shore, Pierpont Morgan
is now trying to make himself a seizer
of the seas.
THE boom for Hanna for 1904 has
been started. Can Hanna be elected
President OF the United States? Well,
It'll only a question Of money.
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WEST VIRGINIA treasury Is report
ed to be overaowing-more than
million dollars in the treasury. This
is a very comfortable state of affairs.
THE Window Glass Trust has given
notice of further increase Of 7 per
cent in prices. The only thing that
the people have to do now is to foot
the bill.
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IT is said that many fortunes have
been made on the New York Stock
Exchange during the past month.
This sounds very well, but it is wise
to remember that that which comes
easy also goes easy.
OUR flag is being lowered in China
and the United States troops are
marching out-which is greatly to
our credit. We'd be great deal bet
ter off if we would do the same thing
in the Philippines.
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IT is said that even the cooks and
walters and errand boys in New York
are making fortunes by specializing in
stocks. Just wait This time next
year they'll be cooking and waiting
and running errands just the same
as usual
IT is stated that our army in the
Philippines is to be reduced to 10000
men. This is good news, and the peo-
pie are thankful. Yet it has been less
than half dozen years since the entire
army in the service ofthe United States
was but $4,000.
The Republicans carried the city
election in Baltimore on Tuesday by
majority of 2,2O2. 1t is stated that
they won because of dissensions among
the Democrats, but it is probably true
that there are some pretty slick Re-
publicans in Maryland.
IT is announced from Washington
that Secretary Root has determined
that there shall be rigid economy ex-
ercised in army expenditures. This
may result in some curtailment of the
comforts of the common soldiers, but
we hasten to assure the contractors
that they need have no fear.
Ina speech at Ell Paso Monday,
President Mckinley told the people
not to be bothered by the fear of I'M
perialism. He says there is no such
thing as imperialism in the United
States.
There are, however, certain things
that smell just as bad by any other
name.
The Standard Oil Company de-
clared dividend of 100000 on
Monday, payable July Is, the share
of John D. Rockefeller being $780,
900. On the 22d of March $2O,OOO,-
900 in dividends was distributed by
the same company.
Is this making money? 1t is Who
foots the bill? The people who use the
oil.
RUSSELL SAGE, the experienced old
stock dealer who has seen thousands
grow rich and hundreds of thousands
become beggars through dealing In
stocks in New York, sounds a vigor-
Gus note of warning to those who are
specializing 80 freely just now. He
predicts serious trouble, and another
New York stock dealer prophesies that
such crash is coming as will make
Black Friday seem like holiday.
HAVING gotten pretty much all the
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