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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-06-10
THE TOBACCO COMBINE.

In discussing the consolidation of the
American and Continental Tobacco
Companies, details of which have ap-
peared in the daily press from day to
day recently, Bradstreets is of the opin-
ion that the present step is but prelim-
mary to the amalgamation Of all the
important tobacco interests of the
country, and says the following corpor-
atoms could very readily be included in
the deal:
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-06-10

The Spanish cruiser, Reina Mer-
cedes. the only ship saved from the
wreck Of the Spanish feet on Santiago.
is to be refitted by our government and
put into service as training ship. at
a cost of 100000 The original Span
ish name will be retained, and the yes
sci will thus be the only ship in the
navy with a foreign title.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-06-10

TRUSTEES SALE.
BY virtue ~ deed of trust made by
Frank NJ. MilEgan and Jennie Mlliigari.
his wife. 10 the undersigned AZ trfisfes.
recorded Ia the Office 81 the clerk of this
county court Of Ohio county. West Vir-
ginia, In deed Of trust book No. So. page
loS. Will sell at public auction 70 the
highest and best bidder. al The north front
door of the court house OF said Ohio coun-
ty- In the city OF Wheeling. West Vir-
GINA, on
Saturday. the 22nd Day Of June,
A. ID. 1901.
commencing at 10 O'Clock a. m. the follow.
ing described property. situated in the
city of Wheeling. In the county Of
Ohio and State Of West Virginia to-xit.
Two lots situated on the north side Of
CAarles street and mum bered six 10 and
seven 90 in the Bue1a Vista addition to
the city OF Wheeling. In square numbered
thirty 600, together with all the buildings
all the privileges and appureenancez there
unto belonging. or in any wise appertain-
ing the said two lots 10 be sold being
the same lots granted and conveyed TO the
said Frank Al Ailligan by John Murdcck
and wife, By deed dated the nth day af
March A. ID. 1853. and now Of record in
SID clerks office ia deed book 81. at page
TERMS OF gALE-One-third and az
much more as the purchaser may elect TO
pay, In cash on the day Of sale the ball
ance 81 me purchase money IN two equal
and two years from the day Of sale. With
interest from that Gay: for eack os which
d sse gsymen MA e ne DgTchass mcnsx
Rromtseory note. bearing interest from tho
ony Of eale ~ aforesaid. to be secured BY
re title 6 the property gold being -
III dssd & esss u Z ss s pr 8 sfe
~ 4 a re Paxslaeas-
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-06-10

The revised ans corrected census re-
turns, as contained in late bulletin
make the increase in the population for
the last ten years 13,233.631, or p per
cent. The total is 76,303,3S7 The
largest per cent. of increase is in the
West and the smallest in the South
eastern States.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-06-10

BkUMAIE OF WILL. &c s IS
Once of the Clerk of the County Court a
Ohio County. State Of West Virginia
n the matter Of the probate Of the last
Will and testament Of Frederick Hanke,
deceased. The object of the petition filed
herein. flied May Is, 1901 Is 10 have ad-
United to probate paper writing plif-
porting to be the will of Frederick Hanke.
deceased. bearing date the 18th day az
June, 1892. And it appearing from an at
ndavit made before me By James p Rog-
ers, ESQ, that the first cousins of Mrs.
rTedericka Theresa Hanke. and Frederick
IoIauts, Lizzie Goehmann. Hannah Kas-
ten and Lena Schneider. are non residents
OF the State of West Virginia, it is ordered
tnat they do appear at my office in the
city OF wheeling, In the county and State
aIoresaid within one month after the
cate OF the first publication hereof. and do
Wnat is necessary TO protect their inter-
ests IN said matters. The hearing OF said
pssition IS set for the END day of June.
1901, at 10 O'Clock a. m.
Fubllshed the first time May 90 1901
RICHARD ROBERTSON. Clerk.
). r. ROGERS, Atty. my20oawt
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-06-10
Roads Must Wait.

Hardy County News.
Not much can be done for our roads till
the corn crop is looked after. The local
downpour of rain has put them in fear
full condition and it will take UP in thous-
ands of dollars to make them tolerable.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-06-10
The Crops in Nicholas.

Nicholas Chronicle.
We have had a few days of brightness
and warmth this week, and our farmers
and gardeners are much encouraged there
by. Corn is looking fairly well and the
outlook for large yield of grass and hay
is very flattering.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-06-10
REGISTER AGENCIES.

WHERE THE REGISTER CAN BE
PURCHASED OUT OF TOWN.
News Stand.
WASHINGTON, D. C.-Queen News
Stand, National Hotel.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-06-10

The census statistics show that 205,-
701 West Virginians live in Incorporate
ed cities, towns or villages, or 21.5 per
cent of the total population of the
State. Ten years ago the percentage
was 17.3 of the total population.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-06-10

The playful tornado was operating In
Oklahoma, Saturday, and as a result
several lives were lost, while the peo-
pie in the area visited took to their cy-
clone caves for safety
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-06-10

The Tag Day" idea was certainly
productive Of results, but good many
people went short of small change.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-06-10
Decoration Day in Romney

Romney Times.
1t is estimated that there were fully 1000
people here from elsewhere. If this is so
there were at least 1000 horses in town.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-06-10

Pittsburg politicians have certainly
laid out very extensive and compre-
hensive system of elevated roads for
that city.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-06-10
Farmers HustIfng.

Hardy County News.
Farmers, now that the rains seem over,
are hurrying their plows to get the ground
in order before it gets hard. A big lot of
corn is not yet planted in this valley.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-06-10
FROM WEST VIRGINIA.
Big Improvement.

Grant County Press.
Sam Hawk has very much improved his
premises by hanging a gate leading to the
county road
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-06-10

Mr.. Bryan says 81 can afford to be in
the minority, but I cannot afford to be
wrong" That's well put.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-06-10

The steamship trust, recently organ
lied, is to absorb a few other lines,
and the capitalization is to be increased
to $150,000, 900. But these little things
are becoming so common they scarcely
excite remark any more.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-06-10

The projected $7OOO,O0O sewer pipe
octopus will serve to make trusts which
are already in bad odor seem bit
more so.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-06-10

The University of Glasgow will confer
the degree of LII. D. upon Andrew Car
negie This is the reward of liberality.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-06-10

Depew speaks of them as "Odell and
Roosevelt" Isn't this putting the cart
before the bronco?
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-06-10

Six East Liverpool potteries have
agreed to combine, and will be capital
lied at one million dollars.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-06-10

This is the time of year when the
morning newspaper man" goes to
work in daylight and goes to bed in
daylight
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-06-10

Parkersburg lost big man in the
death Of Henry Vanney. He weighed
480 pounds.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-06-10

The enthusiastic convert to the
pleasures of golfng signs to think how
much fun he has missed when told that
the game is $50 years old in Scotland.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-06-10
EDITORIAL NOTES.

The stock market the coming week
promises some interesting conditions.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-06-10

Another Frenchman has been wound
ed in duel. This casting aside of pre-
cedent won't do.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-06-10

oldIHpS OF the denOmlnduOH OF t"V 49, 49,
and less accepted for amounts less tnan
one dollar
Correspondence containing important
news solicited from every part OF the sur
rounding country
Tributes of Respect and Obituary mo-
tees, five cents per line.
Rejected communications will NOT be re-
turned unless accompanied by SUFFICIENT
postage
THE REGISTER, embracing its several
editions, is entered at the Postoffice at
Wheeling, W. Va. as second-class matter.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-06-10

Now that the Marietta and Cincin-
natl railroad bond has been charged off
the books of the city, it wouldn't be
surprising if it came to light.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-06-10


natl railroad bond has been charged off
the books of the city, it wouldn't be
surprising if it came to light.
Candidates for West Point are main
ly failing to be admitted on account of
weak eyes. No one need try to enter
the military academy unless he can see
his way clear to do so.
The British war Office has just
smothered a bad military scandal in
South Africa by imprisoning five Of
ficers and number of privates and re-
turning them as dead in the official re-
ports. That's one method of settling
such things.
A Paris telegram says that Professor
Metsenikoff of the Pasteur Institute,
recently declared in lecture that the
large intestine of man was not only
useless, but positively harmful as be-
ing the location of about forty-five
species of dangerous microbes, and that
the small intestine might be amputat-
ed to considerable advantage. This
may be so, but how does the learned
gentleman propose to amend the hui
man constitution, so to speak?
A new idea has just been put into
successful operation in London. 1t is
for the transportation Of goods and
merchandise between the worlds me-
tropolis and Tunbridge Wells by cleo
trio motors, freight being shipped one
day and delivered the next, at a cost
of one-fourth of present railway trans
portation charges. There may be mil
lions in this for all large cities on both
sides of the Atlantic, in the course of
a few years
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-06-10

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF OHIO
COUNTY. WEST VIRGINIA.
Lewis s.. Jordan, Executor of the last
will and testament CT James Reed, de-
ceased
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-06-10
state OF West vIrginIs.
TRUSTEES SALE.

mv2o q. 3. 2. q. ie1 .a.s.s.1o BE-.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-06-10
Anna Reed and others.
IN ca Nf,EpV

The undersigned special commissioner.
duly appointed for the purpose by a decree
entered in the above entitled suit by said
court, on the 4th day of May, A. D., 1901
hereby gives notice that. pursuant 70 said
decree. he will sell at public auction 10
the highest bidder on
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-07-21

the old fellow has scraped I'D money
enough to wire me congratulate ons III
answer this one without DELAY and let
the others wait, for there is a heart
back Of this one, and It means every
word 1t says. God bless the old ftl.
low"
A regular officer in speaking Of tie
comnissary department, recently said:
Red tape is good thing, John Wes-
ton thinks, but he uses an ak on 1t whcn
red tape intetferes with filing the sol.
diers stomachs or covering their backs
lie Is the soldiers friend, and they
know It. Today the commissary DEPART
ment is blessed by the army instead OF
being cursed, as 1t has been. Officers
OF other nations have frequently express
ed surprise at the speedy and thoroughly
satisfactory way In which United States
troops are fed. no matter where they may
be-in the Philippines, China, Alaska, or
on the Western plains. Well, the credit
due to John Weston, the man who be-
lieves in red tape in It's proper place but
who never hesitates TO cut It when It gets
into a snarl."
Commissary General Weston has start
ed for the Philippines, and will add 10
the sum OF human JOY while he IS there.
That Is the generals favorite employ
ment on earth. He began It when ne
first entered the service. When this chol-
eric and sunny old soldier was a captain
in the army he went into a tallor's shop
In New York and ordered a suit OF
clothes. The clothes were sent to him,
but Weston had hardly received the bill
before he was sent to a Western post,
and, naturally, did not pay It until he
was settled.
The tailor promptly followed up the bill
with letter, severe in terms. in which
he announced that. unless Weston paii
the bill at once. no (the tailor would
report him to the secretary OF war. who
was then Gen. Belknap. The fiery Wes-
ton promptly replied;
Dear Sir: have received your dirty
little letter Tine first time / arm I'm New
York will make 1t a point 10 90 up 10
your dirty little street, enter your dirty
little shop and kick your dirty little per-
son all around your dirty little place
Yours truly, John f. Weston"
Tho tailor irclosed the letter TO secre-
tary Belknap with a note, asking what
the secretary thought OF an officer who
would use such language He shortly re-
ceived the following reply:
Dear Slri have your letter asking
my opinion Of Capt. Weston in view OF
the language used by him. From my
knowledge Of Capt. Weston, my opinion
OF MIN Is that he win do exactly what
he says. Yours truly,
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-07-21
Private Libraries
in 81. Paul

shakespeare" says the hippant Mr..
teGallienne, sis like an established
church-a noble superstition"
OF course the young cynic's remark
has not seriously affected the immortal
Williams reputation, but 1t is worthy
of quotation because 1t reflects the lack
of reverence that is one of the unpleas-
ant features of modern civilization. There
was time when book was rather
precious thing, to be guarded jealousy
and loaned-if indeed, the owner was
disposed to loan it at all-only to the dis
eliminating. But the books have multi
piled and familiarity with their covers, If
not with their contents. has brought
about the inevitable contempt. OF the real
lover of books, people VINO like to see
their friends smartly dressed and we'll
housed, there seems, nowadays, not to be
so many. Fer a city of it's size, st.
Paul contains surprisingly few private
libraries. However, if quality makes up
for quantity there is hope of literary re-
demption, for the few Libraries possessed
by jewellers in the Sanity City are suf-
hciently valuable to excite comment
one Of the most sa isfying of these
collections is owned by Mr. Marcus ID.
Mum, COZ Goodrich avenue Mr.. Mum
has about 5000 volumes In his library
which includes all the standard works of
fiction and poetry, and also about 500
volumes of Napoeonic literature These
latter volumes contain almost everything
that has ever been written about Napo-
leon or his time Mr.. Mum, Who Is a
great admirer of the Corsican general.
has endeayored to make this collection as
complete as possible and Is constantly
adding to It. These books occupy one
niche In the library, ana like all the
other books there, the bindings are sur
recently handsome to be ornamental in
themselves 1t would be difficult to
mag ne a more beautiful home for
books than this Goodrich avenue library
The shelves line the big square room
and the smartly-clad volumes look down
on beautiful rugs, rare bric-a~brac and
massive, handsome furniture that find an
appropriate setting in the dark wood OF
the library. Fascinating little cabinets
are tucked away here and there in the
walls. number OF these cabinets con-
tain rare books. In fact. large as tn
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-07-21

library Is 1t and the cabinets are not
quite sufficient for all the books. for soma
OF them have found their way out into
the hall and into the rooms on the se,-
ond floir.
Book collecting Is fad in itself, but
the great fascination of it is that II leads
the collector ON to numerous other little
Iads that are sure to furnish him I'M
qualified pleasure. providing he has tho
money and time to devote to them. Mr..
NUNS SPECIAL fad has, very evidently,
been bindings and Illustrations. Some Of
the volumes are most gorgeously dressed.
Ihere is a set of Moliere, for instance.
issued by the famous publishers. George
Barrie Son. The edition was limited
TO about 500 copies, there being eleven
volumes in all, and is known as the
scarlet edition." The book is printed
on Japan and India paper and the mar
gins would even satisfy the soul of that
book lover who liked to see - a rivu!et
OF text meander down a meadow of mar
gin" Generous margins and fine paper
are not the only attractions, however.
about this set of Moliere. The edition
contains about seventy-flve full-page etch-
Ings and about 200 head AMI tail pieces
from designs by Louis and Maurice Lee
loir. Jacques Leman and Edmond He
douin.
Near the Moliere are the works of
Dickens. Their more sober bindings con-
trast sharply with the scarlet trappIngs
OF the French dramas, but the Dickens
has attractions of Its own. The plates
on steel copper and wood comprise tie
whole OF the original illustrations drawn
by Cruikshanl, Seymour, "Phiz'' Cater
mole, Tenniel, Doyle. Maclise, Walker.
stone, Leech and Stanield. The pic
lures are printed upon real China paper,
the WOOD cuts and vignettes being mount
ed with the letter press and the stes1
and copper plates on plate paper.
Mr.. Mum possesses an extra-iIIust,a+-
ed Bryon, the pictures of which could not
ran to delight the morose poet himself
Every illustration is triumph of modern
art. THESE Illustrations have been in.
serted in this edition which is Murrav's
There are pictures of every place de-
scribed in the poems and pictures OF every
woman whose fascinating portrait the
clever pen of the poet traced. The lib
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-07-21

rary also conadns a fine set Of Shake
speare extra-illustrated, Majors fine
edition of Walton's Complete Angler"
eXtra-illustrated, and the scarce Benares'
edition Of Richard Burton's arabian
Nights" The latter volumes occupy one
of the cabinets. Another even more
valuable set of books finds a hiding place
In another of the cabinets. It is Nc
Kenney and Halls Indian Tribes" OF
which there are only few copies extant.
A history of the Indian tribes of North
America is given. with biographical sket-
ches and anecdotes of the principal
chiefs. Most interesting Of all, perhaps,
are the eighty or more portraits of IA
nous Indian chiefs reproduced from the
originals In the Indian gallery of the
Smithsonian institution at Washington.
the originals OF which are burnt. The
work is beautifully colored by hand.
Victor Hugo's Les Miserables'' is espec-
tally attractive because of the numerous
colored plates which it contains. The col
ors correspond exactly with the descrip-
tons given in the book and are wonder
fully accurate. Cosby Mr.. Pepys finds
a place In the library and his attire and
surroundings must please even his snob-
Dish soul. the edition is a limited one,
only 16O sets having been made for this
country.
Mr.. Mum possesses a complete set
of Miles edition of the Lives of Aneri.
can Statesmen" Montague's edition of
Bacon's works with steel portraits, Views.
facsimiles. etc; the scarce lar,sN type
edition Of Thomas Carlyle; an edition
de luxe Of Ceramics Don Quixote."
illustrated with a portrait and beautiful
etchings by Ad Lalauze, the edition limit
ed to 200 volumes. In the English his
tory collection there is Clarendon's His
tory Of the Rebellion and Civil Wars In
England, Together With an Historical
View Of the Affairs in Ireland?' Madame
D'Arblay's Diary and Letters" which
tells Of the court of Queer Charlotte,
John Evelyn's DIARY, which deals with
the Charles T. period; Froissart's Chron.
icles ofEngland, France and SPAIN" a fine
edition Of F'roude's works; the Greyille
Memoirs; Hallams history; Idechten-
STEMS Holland House." the works OF
Edmund Lodge and Macaulay and Alice
strickand's Lives of the Queens of
England"
In the Napoleon collection there are the
Memoirs dictated by the emperor
at st. Helena, with facsimiles of the
MSS. with his corrections; the Journal
of the Private Life and Conversations
OF the Emperor Napoleon at st. Hell
ena," by the Count de Las Cases.
sloanes Life of Napoleon;" O'Meara's
Napoleon In Exile" the Due de RroR.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-07-21

lies Memoirs of Talleyrand;" the Me
moirs Of Marshall Ney," published by
his family. and Louis Goldsmith's Sc
cret History of Napoleon" the book that
was suppressed in Paris.
Some rather quaint and out Of the way
books are Shaw's Dresses and Decora-
tions," which gives an account of the
dresses and decorations of the middle
ages from the seven to the seventeenth
centuries; Memoirs of Count Grammont
by Count A. Hamilton, particularly In
teresting because of the seventy-slx por-
traits of the court beauties and other
celebrities of the court Of Charles H.;
Martha Walker Greer's works, which
contain the lives of different royal per-
sonages of Europe; Matteo Bandeilo's
novels and Gilbert A'Beckett's Comic
History of England" M G. T.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-07-21
NO USEFOR RED TAPE
COMNIESSARY GENERAL WESTON
HAS WAY OF GETTING
RID OF TT
USES AK WHEN NECESSARY

One Of the best stories that Col John
F. Weston, commissary general OF the
United States army, tells, or rather used
to tell, Is how he killed his first buff
falo.
Gen Weston has stopped telling the
story, says the New Yo.k Tines, because
those who have killed buffaloes don't
believe 1t, and those who have not co
not appreciate how risky the killing was,
and what fool 1 was to kill it as
did"
Back in the early seventies Gen. Wes-
ton was a lieutenant In the famous Sew
enth cavalry. He had much hard Indian
service in No Mans Land 1t was after
he had been mustered out Of the volun-
teer army and had received an appoint
ment as a second lieutenant In the regu-
lar army that he killed his first buffalo.
He was away from his command when.
riding across the plains, he came across
a herd of buffaloes. After some stalking
and a short chase he wounded big
bull
Instead of riding up and shooting the
beast, as was the custom, he thought he
would save cartridge and finish the
animal with his hunting knife. So he
dismounted and approached the bull on
foot, an act which when told Of IN camp
brought forth a few such choice cpl
thets as ''tenderfoot," "fcol," etc. When
he got to the bull 1t turned It's head to-
ward him. He tried to get to the rear,
but the bull spun around with him.
Around and around he ran until finally
he got to the rear. Then he made a wild
leap and landed on the bulls back.
Although badly wounded, that buffalo
ran on and on until Weston gradually
sawed through his tough hide, and sue
ceeded In cutting his throat. The lieu
tenant rode back to camp and told his
story. and even after the buffalo was
brought into camp and he showed the
cut, there were many who insisted that
he nrade the cut after the bull was
dead.
Can wAAton sArvAA tnau.Ar,4Ah as.4 na..n