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The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1905-07-05
Asking Too Much.

Now john" said the anxious
wife, : 1 want you to promise me
that you will como straight home
after the lodge meeting adjourns
tonight"
THAT'S asking good deal. my
dear" replied John. but I'll pro-
mise3to come home as straight as l
can-eyen if I have to come in a
cab"
For a cankered throat and mouth.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1905-07-05

From the fact that Milwaukee
was the first oity to file an appIica.
tion with State Department to be
permitted to entertain the Russisn
and Japanese peace commissioners
it would seem that Milwaukee
wants to be made famous besides
something other than beer.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1905-07-05
BALTIMoRE& &oa1e r. B.
POPULAR sEAsHoRE EXCURSIONS.
ATLANTIC CITY,
Cape May, Ocean City, Sea Isle City n.
j., Ocean City. Nd, and RehobOth
Beach. Del.
Thursdays, june ~,
July 8 and 20,
August s. IL, 81,
AT FOLLOWING
VERY Low RARHR.

From Point Pleasant, only SIP Round
Trip, tickets good In coaches only.
Only $i4 Round Trip, tickets good in
Pullman cars when accompanied by
regular Pullman ticket.
All tickets good returning I6 days, In
cluding date oi ale.
Stopoyers allowed on return trip at
Philadelphia, Baltimore and Wash
ington.
Ask Baltimore & Ohio ticket agents
for pamphlet giving detailed infor-
nation.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1905-07-05
Baltimore u Ohio Il. R. Special
Low Rates to the Lewis q Clark
Exposition, Portland, OregOn.

A splendid opportunity to visit CAL
ifornia and the Pacific Coast, Yellow
stone National Park, Shoshoue Falls.
the Yosemite. Tickets now on sale
from all stations. For rates, routes
and full details, addrass b. & D. tfck-
ct agents, or G. w. Bassett, g. +. Al.
d. b. Martin, NJ. p. T., Baltimore. ND.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1905-07-05

The President has just appoint
ed "Dr. Bedloe" to a $5. 900 a year
position as financial agent repres-
ting this country abroad. Is this
High treason Bedloe" of Spanish
War fame. the man who granted
American register to a pirrte ship
conveying munitions of war to
AguinaldoP Surely. this cannot
be.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1905-07-05
WOOD. : coal.

See c. Il. varian for your
kindling wood and Oak
stove wood; very fine for
for summer use, only $1.OO
per load,
Kanawha coal $2.25 per
load. Send us your order.
may 81 Emo
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1905-07-05
THE SPENCER

is now open and would be glad
to see all its old customers or
Phoenix days. We are now
more able to take care ofour
former friends than ever before.
Come in and see us.
HOMER SMITH,
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1905-07-05

At three O'Clock Thursday after.
noon drillers for the Holly Oil and
Gas Development Go. at work on
Turkey creek, Putnam county,
struck a well which flowed eight
million cubic feet of gas. This il
one of the strongest wells evel
found in the state.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1905-07-05

For acankered throat and mouth,
Lea leaves are the best thing.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1905-07-05

Philip Bert Willett, eldest son
of Attorney Philip Willett, while
working near the elevator shaft on
the seventh aoor of the Empire
building, in course of construction
1t the corner of Fourth and Main
streets, Clarksburg, lost his hold
and fell to the basement meeting
instant death Thursday afternoon
at 8 O'Clock. He struck on his
head, breaking his neck.
Subscribe for the Weekly Reg
lister and keep posted. You get the
news while it is news.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1905-07-05

A large spoon of turpentine put
in the water when washing fabrics
of a delicate color, will prevent
fading and preserve the color.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1905-07-05

The housekeeper VINO Is obliged
to have her hands in water for any
length of time, may keep her hands
in a good condition if she will give
them dry salt bath daily. then
rinse and thorc ughly dry them.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1905-07-05
t.ID0olARY sErrLEmENr.

Te,te: IPRs. ssffsH, TII' cieTR. IIs'
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-05-19

Arrayed in stylish attire and with a
large American flag wrapped about her,
Mrs. L. Slaight, prominent temperance
reformer, made a novel but unsuccessful
attempt to stop the progress of Sunday
game of baseball in Hutchinson, Mimi.
The Minister'S Association and w. Z.
L. U. had pettioned the authorities to
forbid the playing of the game, but upon
this being refused Mrs. Slaight took the
matter into her own hands. She had pla-
cards printed and posted about the
grounds bearing the words, ITO attack
the flag of the United States while 1t is
being used in the enforcement of law is,
according to the statutes, high treason"
Despite this warning the crowd assem-
bled to see the game and the players
took their positions. When the umpire
called play BALI Mrs. Slaight males
tically marched on to the diamond and
took up a position between the pitcher
and the batsman. The pitcher attempted
to curve the ball around her, but fail
ing in this another battery was called
into reQuisition and both pitchers began
tossing the ball toward the plate at once,
necessitating considerable activity on the
part of the reformer. Finally the crowd
swarmed on to the field and good
naturally surrounding the hag-enshroud-
ed woman forced her off the field. Mrs
Slaight says she intends to call the at
tention of the federal authorities to the
assault upon the flag.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-05-19
WIND DEALS DEATH.
OKLAHOMA CYCLONE CAUSES
AWFUL HAVOC.
Entire Town of Snyder Reported to
Have Been Swept Away by Furious
Tornado Death List May Reach 100
or More.

Approximately 800 persons were kill
ed or injured by a tornado which
struck the town of Snyder at IL o'clock
Wednesday night. The first news Of
the disaster was received at Hobart
0. T., by telephone giving bald state
ment of the tornado having struck the
town. The wires, both Geographic and
telephone, were down and no further
news could be obtained directly from
Snyder.
1t is reported that bodies are scat
tered all over the streets and surround
ing country. The storm struck the town
from the southwest, travelling north
until about 100 yards from the Okla
homa City and Western railway track.
Then it took a northeasterly course
through the business portion Of the
town. North of the track not build.
ing was left standing.
Snyder was credited with $500 in
habitants, in Kiowa county, Oklahoma,
in the Kiowa and Comanche Indian
country, opened to white settlement in
1901. The town was laid out largely
by the ST. Louis and San Francisco
railway at the junction of two of it's
lines, and the company erected impor-
tant buildings there. snyder is the
divisional point for the Quanah divis-
ion Of the road. The town was named
after Bryan Snyder, passenger traffic
manager of the system.
News was received in Guthrie from
the Frisco station agent at Mountain
Park, Kiowa county, neighboring
town Of Snyder, to the effect that the
town is reported to be only partially
destroyed, but that the list of dead
will total something between one and
two hundred.
This agent, whose name could not be
learned, made a personal visit to Sny-
der, where he observed the details Of
the calamity. Rumors to the effect
that other towns in southwestern Okla
homa were destroyed were declared by
the telephone exchanges to be ircor-
rect
The news Of the terrible disaster
came in meager bulletins from Hobart
oAO Ah0udAhO 4S
wiped out. The Frisco Railroad sent
a relief train from Chickasha to Sny-
der, with all the doctors and nurses
that could be found, to render what
ever aid possible.
The storm broke over the town at II
o'clock at night, completely demolish.
ing it, as near as reports can be OBJ
tanned. One Of the killed was ]. NJ.
Egan, agent of the Frisco at Snyder.
He was formerly superintendent of tel
egraph for the Frisco system, and was
one of the best-known telegraphers In
the West. Snyder is town of 1000
people in Kiowa County, on the 'Fris-
co Railroad, and came into existence
about three years ago.
A tornado struck the town Of Quin-
Ian, in Woodward County, in the
northeastern part of Oklahoma. It de-
stroyed a number of dwellings and
killed two small sons Of Mrs. o. w.
Cox
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-05-19
PRESIDENT IN CHICAGO.
Receives a Hearty Welcome In Strike.
Bound City.

President Roosevelt arrived in Chicago
at noon Wednesday. A hearty welcome
was extended him as he stepped off the
presidential train at the Northwestern
station, fresh from his extended hunting
trip in the West. Gov. Deneen, Mayor
Dunno, delegations from the Merchants ,
the Hamilton and the Iroquois clubs, q
committee of Aldermen and other city
officials extended a greeting. Admission
to the railway station, where the presi-
Dental train pulled up, was by card only,
yet those authorized to be present al
most crowded the place.
President Roosevelt shook hands with
Gov. Deneen and those who met him at
the train steps. Immediately the visitor
was escorted to a carriage to be taken
to the Auditorium Annex, where suite
of rooms had been provided for the Presi-
dents party.
The President was a guest in the city
for twelve and half hours. In almost
all of that time he was entertained at
some function. Thousands of people were
prevented from crowding into the station
by a strong police guard. Long before
the train arrived $50 policemen were
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-05-19
The Storm Season.

May and June are the tornado
months. 1t is in this period that the
king Of storms is most frequent and
most severe, due to contrasts in tenn
perature, always greatest when spring
is changing to summer His few winter
visitations are confined to the Gulf
States, but as the weather grows
warmer he strikes more northWard.
He made his first appearance this sea-
son on April in North Carolina.
Twenty-Five tornadoes per annum is
our average, and this frequency is
quite uniform from year to year. There
are about three destructive tornadoes
of great violence each season and there
seems to be no annual increase in such
phenomena.
The Mississippi and Ohio valleys are
the regions Of greatest tornado fire.
uuency. The Rocy Mountain plateau
and slope are free from such convul-
sions. but thence eastward to the AT
lantic there are few States, if any,
not occasionally devastated. Nebras-
ka. South Dakota, Iowa, and Mime
sofa are the tornado States par excel
lence. There is believed to be some
connection between tornadoes and sun
spots, but our weather bureau has not
vet worked this out to it's satisfaction.
The tornado is the most violent wind
disturbance known to man. Its vortex
is only few rods in diameter where it
sweeps the earth, whereas that of the
cyclone is perhaps 1000 miles and that
of the hurricane somewhat lesS-abOut
900 to TO miles. TOrnadoes are almost
invariably referred to as cyclones In
the popular literature Of the day, al
though the later phenomena are our
general storms, always present some
where within our boundaries. The tor
nado cloud is long, slender funnel
tapering from the Sky toward the
ground In the innerm0st part the wind
is blowing at a speed of 200 or more
miles an hour. This force will exert
against the wall Of building a pres
sure of 200 pounds or more per square
foot The danger zone is confined pref
ty closely to the path of the funnel.
In the northern hemisphere, for some
undetermined reason, the violence of a
tornado is always greatest on the
southern side of this path; in the
southern hemisphere the reverse is the
case.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-05-19

frequency of it's tornadoes. Like all
storms of that character, it approached
from the southwest. Making it's ap-
pearance shortly before $ O'clock in
the evening, it tore a path through the
town, demolishing houses, injuring
hundreds and causing the loss of 100
lives. Every building in Snyder, ex-
cept six, is said to have been wrecked,
while the business portion of the town
is entirely destroyed.
Freaks Of the wind are reported by
the hundred. On the place of J. B.
Ralston, who was killed, there is a
bored well. When the cyclone struck
this place the well bucket was in the
well suspended by a rope fastened to
regulation pulley shaft. This pulley
shaft was blown to atoms Investiga-
ton showed that the force of the wind
against the rope had lifted the bucket
full of water from the bottom of the
2OO-foot we'll to the top. The 2OO-foot
rope was actually buried from one to
three inches in the earth made soft by
the rains in bee line direction north
east from the well.
One of the children of G.. P, Hilbert
met his death in a peculiar manner.
When the body of this child, lad of
about 10 years of age, was brought to
the temporary mOrgue and examined
it was found that a wheat straw had
been driven fully eight inches in the
abdomen upwards, the end of the straw
having passed through the diaphragm.
and it is the opinion of the physicians
who extracted it that it penetrated the
heart
Here are some of the other things
the frealish wind did:
Tore up trees and set them upon house
tops.
Severed a woman's head from her
body.
Tossed steel railroad rails in air like
straws.
Carried boy out of bed, through win
dow and block distant without HARM
Shot a pole through roof and into
sleeping mans breast like dart
Sucked furniture from rooms and dis
tributed it over yards and fields.
Snatched baby from mothers breast
and dashed it to death against a stone
wall, leaving the woman unframed.
Lifted passenger and freight cars be-
yond the right of way, digging up the
ties.
Moved buildings from their stone foun-
dations with great damage.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-05-19
MOSQUITO A STATE PROBLEM.
New Jersey Will Spend 81 100000 to
Fight the Insect.

New Jersey Will Spend 100000 to
Fight the Insect.
New Jersey is ready to tackle the mos
quito as State problem, a mosquito de-
stroying bill having been passed by the
lower house of the State Legislature. 1t
appropriates State aid to the amount Of
$1,000 a year for first and second class
cities and $500 a year in all other mu-
inequalities having marsh lands in which
mosquitoes breed.
First and second class cities are to
bear so per cent and the other munich
palities 60 per cent of the cost Of these
battles against mosquitoes within their
borders. The State will supply the bal
ance, up to the limit of 81 900 for each
first and second class cities and $500
each for the smaller municipalities. If
all the mosquito infected communities
apply for State aid this year, the total
expenditure may run anywhere from
$75, 900 to 100000, and this will repre-
sent only about one-fourth of the whole
amount to be expended. The balance
will be borne by the separate municipal-
ties.
Two practical methods are proposed
for fighting mosquitoes. The first consists
in destroying the eggs and larvae and
the other in preventive measurements
ing it impossible for the insects to breed
To carry out the latter plan it is pro-
posed to drain the marsh lands of the
State and to fill up all holes in the earth
where water might lodge temporarily
Boards of Health will be required to see
that the catch basins of sewers are flush
ed with water frequently and that cess
pools are made alright. Rain barrels
and other receptacles will be kept free
from stagnant water and cellars, if nee
essary, will be fumigated The campaign
agains: mosquitoes will be carried, it is
proposed, into every corner of New Jer-
gey.
Among the natural enemies Of adult
mosquitoes are spiders, frogs, toads, liz
ards, bats and birds. The larvae and
eggs are eaten by fish, especially bass
sunfsh, pike, club suckers, perch and
goldfish. A part of the plan of attack
will be to keep ponds, lakes and foun-
tain pools stocked with ect-destroying
fish.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-05-19
THREE CANAL PLANS.
A Trio of Projects for Building the
Isthmian Waterway.

lSthm1an waterway.
There are now under consideration
three distinct projects for the canal. One
is the sea-level plan. 1t is favored by
Engineers Parsons and Burr, and to a
limited extent by Chief Engineer Wal
lace.
The second is a revival of the plan OF
the French Comite Technique. Bunau-
Vanilla, the man who organized the revo-
luton at Panama, and who was the first
minister of the fedgling republic at
Washington, recently crossed the ocean
to urge this plan upon the President.
His idea was that it's adoption would
s'save the honor of France" by demon
strating that, though the French had
failed as canal builders, their engineers
were men of genius and far-seeing wis
dom.
The third is the Bates plan. 1t strikes
a happy mean between the other two.
The French plan called for a summit
level 625 feet above the ocean, though
Mr.. Bunau-Varilla advocates making the
level 1O5 feet at the start. His idea is
that canal at that level could be COM
pleted in FIVE years and afterward could
be sunk by dredging in the channel to
any depth desired, even to sea level.
Among engineers there are differences of
opinion as to the practicability of this
scheme.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-05-19
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Chicago-Cattle, common TO \
$500 to $3.50; hogs, prime i
$500 to S5.37; sheep, fair to cAolce'
to $50; wheat, No. ,, we TO |
corn. No. 2, 4Sc to soc; oats, san
2ac to Sic; rye, No. 1. T'c to 'S scl
timothy, $3.50 to $3.50; prairie "a
$l1.OO; butter, choice creamery !
&c; eggs, fresh, BE to l9c' pug
1S!c to 24c. . col
Indianapolis-Cattle, shippins' 81
SG25: hogs, choice heavy, saw "
sheep, common to prime, S-'9o u \
wheat. No. 2, 93c to SOC; corn !
white. SOC to sc; oats, No. y
3Oc to 32c. a,-o.
$500 to S5.35; sheep. S407 u I
wheat. No. ,, 96c to 9Hc; corn. aoa ..
48c to SOC; oats, No. ,, 2oc 10 wv
No. ., roc to re. ao -, d
Cincinnati-Cattle, S4.0o % 60 y
hogs. $500 to $3.50; sheep, 49, S5V
$500: wheat, NO. - 20 ~ y
No. 2 mixed, Sic to 53c; o'.'' Cd
mixed, 29c to 31c; rye No. - .
SJc. g q.
$500 to $3.50; sheep, S2''0 ~
wheat, No. ., CSC to Sl.0o; cory . "
yellow, soc to sic; oats pats No. =, eoc.
&c to 33c; rye, No. = &c /? North
Milwaukee-Wheat' no: 1-r 10
s1.O3 to s1.O9; corn, No. o. o. ~ rro n
oats No. ? white, Bic to SIC: Try rye, 70
77c to 7sc; barley, No. NV
pork. mess, S12.35. 90
s1.o1; corn, No. ? mixe 49, t2 rye. N
oats. No. 2 mixed, 3Oc 70 o.. S7O0.I
Sic Sic to SIC; clover seed, prime go %' ID
OF pu If choice shipDi2 5:. :, !
$500 to $3.50; hogs, fair to gn' s4.5(
to $3.50; sheep, fair to c Il;na 500
s4.s5; lambs, fair to c'0''''
S6.75. GO 90 to -
M New 81 oo to $50; sheep p. S 20
s s9ESi wheat, No. red s5' p pa
corn. No. ?, SIC to 55c' e oass mery,
white. 35c to SIC; butter 1er - . fsc.
to 23c; eggs, western i0'
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-05-19
EqaDlkP
Ma oElS
W FA5RS

Bishop Potter has written book on
temperance.
Gov. Hanly of Indiana maintains that
he never saw the inside of saloon.
John Philip Sousa complains bitterly
OF the British, who pirate his music CON
sciencelessly.
Postmaster General Cortelyou is one
OF the hnest amateur pianists in the
United States.
Judge Pepper of Joplin is the champion
whittier of Missouri. After a session the
court room looks like planning mill.
Justice Mcfarland of the Californ;,
Supreme Court characterizes that body
as ''the court of ultimate conjecture ;,
Rear Admiral Yates Stirling has been
placed on the retired list of the nayv.
having reached the age of GO. Captain
w. II. Brownson becomes a rear adj
miral.
Grover Cleveland's present age of sc
has only been equaled or surpassed by
ten men who held the office of President
Gov. w. D. Jelks of Alabama has re-
turned to the duties of his office after an
absence of nearly a year because of sick
ness.
Admiral Dewey insists that the reason
he has the govt so bad is because of the
reckless high living Of his Vermont an
cestors.
Alfred G. Girard of the medical de-
partment of the army, just retired with
the rank Of brigadier general, is a Swiss
by birth -
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-05-19
All Around the Globe.

Mgr. f. Marchetti, who has been au-
ditor of the apostolic delegation in Wash.
ington, D. c., for the past five years, has
been recalled to Rome.
Bergerman Brothers furnishing store
at Pueblo, Colo, was damaged $S5, 1000
by fire which started from the explo-
sion of gasoline engine.
The three Lick observatory parties to
watch the eclipse of the sun Aug. 80
are nearly ready to depart One is to go
to Labrador, second to Egypt s2d the
third to Barcelona, Spain.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-05-19
| New York.

private reports as to winter Whe,
heavy rains or continues c0Gl
err have interfered with retail
except in few sections, and re-
corn planting. Spring wheat g
however, has been finished, and
creased acreage, helped by abb
moisture, has had a good start.
iron trade displays increased
with price concessions offered
building trades offer an immens
let for lumber, hardware and
rails generally. Railway t0nna
April fell somewhat behind Marc
the gain in earnings over April,
is fully 81 per cent. against
in March of 1913 per cent.
Business failure for the Weei
ing May II number 1JS, ag2ln'
last week, POI in the like week OF
1872 In 1908, 100 in 1902 and
1901. In Canada failures for the
number 10, as against - last
and % in this week 4 year
Brat1streets' Commercial Report
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-05-19
Explosion Starts Disastrous Fire.

The Calkins Block was destroyed by
fire in Kenosha. Wis, entailing q loss
of $4,000, partly covered by insurance.
John Smith, IS years old, painters
apprentice, lost his life. The postoffice
was located in the building and one of
the employees was overcome by smoke
while trying to save supplies. The fire
started from an explosion which occurred
in the basement while young Smith was
refilling bucket with paint.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-05-19
Chicago. co aahSo.> ., ~s.

lhterfered Wiz
rounded volume of IoeaI
Notwithstanding these oJS-r,I
inherent strength of trade a.,
affected. Except a hull in n.
FOR furnace product. almost /
that of a year ago. new III
peafed III satisfactory yoIua 4
out other leading lines o.
production shows no c,l,.r I'll.
the distribution of u3auf, 4
terial and staple commolf,i 4
indicating sustained roDsrml
Other encouraging rau,Iis
seen III uninterrupted facta
building construction ana
dealings in State street trad
cultural reports OF late had
optimistic tone it is re9s,,,,,in
them amply confirmed bv a
thority and the promise of I3r
adds to confidence in the cor
look. Interior advicpS show f,
advancing rapidly ana count
meeting with good demand
plies. Mercantile collections
good exhibit and defaults .
small.
Manufacturing branches !
been directly impeded bv In
bles and the output exceeds
year ago. Steel mills have
work their capacity permits.
finished product remains in
quest.
Receipts of grain were
bushels, against 2.446.G9O L
year ago, and the shipments
ed 3,420,0S2 bushels. against
bushels. The general dem
breadstutfs was slightly Stro
poorer export sales weAkenet
uation. Provisions were in
quest and shipments have {
Live stock receipts, % 230 Il
pared with 239,34J head a
and are under expectation
pared with the closing a Y
prices are higher in corn
oats 11s cents, wheat / cent
cents, ribs 10 cents. lard ) Gel
25 cents, cattle Is cents an
cents.
Bank clearings, $17S.910,31
those of corresponding week
by 81 per cent.