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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-02-01
LEGISLATIVE.
Publication Of Road Laws-Pensions for
Ex-Federal Prisoners Of Wa-The
Dog Tax - Railroads Taxing
Tobacco Manufacturers.
COUNTY ASSESSMENT OF PROPERTY.

The Senate convened at two o'clock yes.
teIday afternoon. The Rev. J. B. Ftz.
patrick, of the n. Z. Church, opened with
prayer.
Mr.. Samples, from the Committee On
Roads and Navigation. reported that in the
sense OF the committee, it was not adyisa.
bic TO legislate in accordance with the reso-
luton, regarding the publication of the
road laws.
a.. On motion of Mr. lAaHsune Ssnste biti
No. 45, altering the county court of Pres.
ton, was taken from the table and plaeed
on the calendar.
Senate joint resolution No. Ii,
Relating 10 Pensions
for ex Federal prisoners of var, coming up
for consideration, on motion of Mr.. Byrne,
was referred TO the Committee on Federal
Relations.
Senate bill No. S5 passed. providing for
the extension of the time within which the
Iron Valley and Morgantown Railroad Co.
might commence its work Of construction.
On motion of Mr.. McGrew, the Senate
voted the bill should take effect from its
passage.
Senate bill No. passed for the reliei of
f. 5. Burlington, Deputy Sheriff of Cabell
county.
On motion of Mr.. BurgeA the Senate de.
creed the bill should take effect from its
passage.
Senate bill No. passed. relating n order
Of publication of notice in cases before the
Supreme Court of Appeals.
The Dog Tax.
Senate bill No. 10 passed with reference
to the tax on dogs, was appropriating the
funds aCcruing from the tax, in the hands
Of the sheriff OF each county, TO the remun.
Grafton of the Inhabitants thereof for any
loss sustained by them from in Jury done
their sheep by the dogs OF the county.
Senate bill No. So referring to kelly's
statutes, came up Ms IA speCial order.
Unsuccessful amendments evoking con.
Siderable controversy were defeated in
tuin.
Mr.. ByrErs substitute placing the coli-
ilCTtiOn Of The statutes in the hdnds OF the
Governor, With some limitations, was voted
down.
Mr.. Floyd demanded the ayes and noes
or The question of ordering the bill to its
Il id reading, which was done by vote OF
Il too.
\ message from the House announced
thr passage Of Senate bill No. 10, directed
against prize fighting.
After the transaction OF some incidental
routine, the Senate adjourned to meet at
~ o o clock to-day, in Difference to the tem-
poraTy rule obtaining in both houses.
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Weea VisHfnia Rallarea
TelEoaGpn,c NOTES.

The Cincinnati womans Hxehsses vs.
opened ysstsrday.
The Denver and Rio Grsnds RsiIsosd 10
now owned BY the Chicago, Burlington sod
Quincy.
A helper 10 the Bucksys works, at Az.
ron, o.. was crushed by Tie fall Of . toa ~
pig iron.
The productIoe Of BesssnsY s.ssi In tbs
United States during ls57 amounted 70 L.
Gs6 $50 tons.
Gov. Butler 70 going 10 hsys tvo tbep-
rand copies Of his mssaags printed st bis
Own expense.
An alleged Indian doctor IN the asigh.
borbOod Of Nokomi, ILL.,, bss I'D re
eourtry charged with killing number a
his patients.
Prank Y. Bfonsos, The Obsfiin, o.. drug.
gisf, who brought soit fog tiQyeO dsmssss
against the citizess Who esused bis Arrest
forselling liquor. has bees ponsaitsd Is
Cleveland.
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WHAT GOSSIP DID.
A Pretty widow Terrifying Her sup.
posed SlandeFer.


WiNsTos, n. G., January 3l.-Mrs. Inslow
Lsrrie is pretty widow living in a modest
cottage in the suburbs Of this place. Re-
Gently some damaging rumors were put In
circulation about her. She obtained
the manuscript Of an anonymous
letter containing the injurious insin uatiop,
aud sitter reading it, became convinced that
it Sas in the handwriting Of Mr.. Aurelius
Grsvg. a Government official. This morn
iur sic went to his Office, and, sweeping
mriesticrily into his presence, demanded
the rame OF the author. Gragg protested
renorance. She interrogsted him - 10 his
tyle Df handwriting. AMI densndsd spec.
imer This b. declined 10 give, whereupon
she drew = revolver. cooked II. aud held 10
al his head, The terrified official At once
seized q pen and wrote line. Taking II
up TO compare with the letter. she found
he had written. Our Father who art In
heaven" While she wss examining the
writing Grseg has'ened away 10 get spo'
liceman. and the widow went 10 her lawyer
for advice
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A GAY BLACEsMATLER,
whose Schemes worked Well for 8
While.

While.
BRooKLYs, y. Y, January 31.-Two suits
for damages for libel, amounting in all to
| $1so,OO have been instituted by Howard
g. Ingersoll, of this city, for alleged libels
published in regard to an attack made upon
him in December, 1880 by young woman
who gave her name Miss Alice May Free
man. One suit is against the Sun Publish
ing Association and the other is against
Isaac W. England, who, in addition to being
the business manager of the Sun, was in 1880
the assignee of Frank Leslie, and was there
fore legally responsible for picture ot the
attack, published in the illustrated
Times, then one of Mr.. Leslie's papers.
The damages claimed in each snit are S9O,-
Geo. The plaintiff alleges in his affidavit that
be was engsged in business yielding him
profit of SIS, 900 year, until the publica-
ton OF the articles complained OF, but since
then and in consequence of those libels his
business has been broken up and many
customers whom he named, living in New
York, Boston and Chicago, have ceased to
purchase goods from him. He says that
The attack on him which was exaggerated
SIN the newspaper accounts into a horse
whipping only amounted to throwing some
pepper in his eyes by the so-called Miss
Freeman, who was accompanied and pro-
tected by three men. The restof the plain
ifs affidavit is recital of the alleged
career of Miss Freeman which as 1t is
here told is a most astonishing romance OF
.blackmail successfully practiced in New
York and various suburban places and in
Pittsburgh, Pa. The woman is said in the
affidavit to be pretty, well educated and
apparently ingenious and artless. Among
the long list OF her victims, as stated in In
gersolrs affidavit, a wine merchant in Lon
don, whom she swindled out OF $4,000 by
a forged check the President OF the New
York Stock Exchange, a lawyer in the Tri:
bune building, from whom she obtained
one thousand dollars; young collegian, to
whom she was married by the Rev. DR..
ParLhurst; Mr.. John Fitzsimmons, OF Pitts.
burgh, and Mr.. John Morton, OF Brooklyn.
The duplcity practiced by the woman was
first discovered and exposed, according to
the affidavit by the Pittsburgh Leader. The
principal counsel for the plaintiff will be
1 g, cnne;p Col pnhnrt n IprarSoll
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New Scale-On n Strike.

PITTSBURGH, January 31.-Next week the
lodges of the Amalgamsted Association
throughout the country will commences q
revision of rates of wages paid the past
year with q view to arranging the new
scale to 20 into effect June lst. 1t is not
thought that any radical increase will be
demanded.
The employees of the Pittsburgh chair
works at New Brighton, Pa, struck to-day
sgaint reduction of 10 per cent The
works are now idle.
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TESTING THE CONSPIRACY LAWS.

The Trial of a PuddIer's suit Against
the Amalgamated AssOciatiOn.
PITTSBURGH, January 31.-An interesting
suit was commenced in the Court Of Quar-
ter Sessions to-day. The case is worthy at
tention from the fact that it is looked up
on as going far to decide whether a work
man or any set Of workmen have the righ;
TO interfere with another workman because
he does not agree with them in certain
matters. The case in question is the suit
Of Edward Scott, who charged the follow
ing defendants with conspiracy: Charles
Price, Anthony Coyne, James Graham,
Thomas Mahan, Pat Gillespie, Joseph Keat-
ing Alexander Porter, Pat Weston, Ell
ward Lewis, William Davis, Thomas Bry-
son, Joseph Chambers, James Broderck,
Anthony Patton, John Kennedy, Thomas
Clarke, James Matthews, Geo. II. Hughes,
Pat Mclaughlin, Thos. Cosett Sebastian
Stehey and James Macon. A mol pros. was
entered in the cases of Hughes and COslett.
The prosecutor, Mr.. Scott, states that he is
a puddler, and belongs to Mechanics
Looge, No. 4S, Sons OF Vulcan of the South
Side. When the Amalgamated Ass )cia-
ton was formed some five years since
Mechanics Lodge was taken in and he
with II. lie renamed IN the association
about two years, when he became dis
satisfied and was suspended for non
payment OF dues. Last winter some of his
companions in the lodge determined to
prevent him from working with them un-
less he became member again, and, as he
says, commenced course of prosecution
which drove him from the place and caused
him TO lose mauv good situations. At last,
worn out by this harrsssing, he said he
would join the lodge again, but when he
went to pay his dues he was unable to do
so as they had doubled. Tne trouble cul-
minated on February I, 1882, when after
weeks Of persecution, rs he claims, Mr..
Scott was driven from Whsrtons mill in
the Twenty-fifth ward. He entered suit
for conspiracy before Alderman iKennedy
and the trial Of the case commenced to day.
MeSsrs Marshall, Knox aud Reed appear
for the prosecution aud Montooth and
ReardOn for the defense.
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TRAGEDY IN A BOX CAR.
Fatal Fight Between Brakemen While
the Train was laundering Along.

the Train was laundering Along.
WYTHEYILLE, VA, January 3l.-A few
days ago the wives of Sam Banks and Tom
Irvine, brakemen on the New River rail-
road, quarrelled. When their husbands
returned home they were informed by
their wives. Last night the men went on
duty on freight train, and when it was
we'll under way they went into box car to
get warm. Each spoke disparagingly Of
the wife of The other, and they fell to
blows,Rnd then clinched. At this point
the whistle for down brakes was blown,
but they did not hear it, and the train
went laundering down grade. At length
Irvine got his hand to his belt, drew re.
yolver and fired. The bail struck Banks
above the left nipple. As he fell, mortally
wounded, the shrek of the locomotive whis-
ties for down brakes was again heard, aud
the train rushed on with terrific speed
down the heavy grade. Banks cried out:
Look out for the brakes" Irvine ran up
the ladder, put on the brakes, and stopped
the train Just In time to save it from des-
truction. When the conductor entered the
box car he found Banks dying. He lived
only few minutes thereafter.
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OHIO LEGISLATURE,
Liquor Amendment Adopted-Other
Measures.

COLUMBUS, o., January 3l-In the Senate
yesterday bills were passed to give a
vendors lien in judgments rendered for
personal property, to make partial appro-
priations for deficiencies, and TO pay princi-
psl and interest on the State debt i$lOS,-
$50 26l. Communications were received
from certain labor unions urging the pas
sage of House bills 230 236 and 2i6.
The appointment of Robert d. DUNN,
Trustee of the Girls Industrial
Home, was confirmed. Mr.. Kinney's
resolution relative IT, amending the
Constitution on the point of the liquor
traffic was adopted by vote Of 20 to s. In
the House bills were passed making the
In6rmary Directory OF Cleveland appoint.
i've instead Of elective, aud providing that
County Auditors shall certify to Township
Boards of Education the value of taxable
property of the district. The bill making
appropriations for the support OF the com
mon schools was recommitted. Some dis
cu>SiOn was had upon the condition OF
Representative Miller of Mercer county.
whe is thought to be insane from drink.
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I've Prize Fights rhai May Prove
Fatal.

PrrrsRrRGH, Jauusry 8.-The condition
Of McFerron, one Of the principals IN the
prize fight that recently took place az
Rochester. Pa, is reported very serious aud
SLIGHT hopes are entertained of his recoV-
cry.
The Swede named Gilsons, who fought
several weeks ago near sharon, Pa. is also
said to be dying from the effects OF injuries
received in prize fight The referees ana
other participants are preparing 10 leave
IL .iLv in the eYent of their deatn.
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KUMBUG BROKERS.
Mall Forbidden 20 be Delivered 60 Ger.
tain stock Gambters.

CmCAGo, January 3i.-Postmaster Pal
mcr yesterday afternoon received tele-
gIaphic orders from the Washington au-
thorities, mentioned in the Associated Press
dispatches as having been issued, forbid.
ding the delivery Of mail matter addressed
to Fleming & Morgan, h. f. Kendall 4 Co..
Chas J. Henri & 60, Cudworth & Co, and
Bennett, KolsTan & CO. Of this city. Ii is
stated that the mode of carrying on bust.
ness practiced by these firms Is 10 So
liCited by circular an investment
of SO or upward for the purpose OF grain or
stock speculation. the peculiar feature OF
their plan being known as the Mutual In
yestment Club" Little or no return Is
made for money remtted to them. The
extent of their operations may he under.
stood from the fact that over $4,000 have
been received through the post office for
these firms in the past twenty days. The
express companies have delivered them IN
the same time nearly $4,000. Beyond Q
small commission business transacted
trough the open Board, none OF those firms
have any actual connection with the grain
trBde
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MUSCLE AND MONEY
The AmaIgamated Association NO
Bankrupt.
The Condition of Work About the Mill
of Pittsburgh - The Revision
ofthe Scale for Next
Year-Strike.
Observation-Disclosures

PITTSBURGH. January 3l.-Ths repor'
sent out BY special correspondents ias'
week to to the effect that the Amalsama
ted Association was so deeply in debt thai
it would have to disband, is officially de
MED in the Labor Tribune, which brand;
the story as false in every respect, ane
gotten up simply for effect.
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Tramp KILLED.

Special Dispatch 10 tie Register.
WELLsyILLE, o., January 3l.-The fast
line struck and instantly killed an unknowp
man at the Croft coal mine, a mile west of
here, tonight The unfortunate fellow was
evidently tramp and was walking on the
track at the time. Nothing was found upon
his person by which he could be identified.
He was noticed on the streets here to-day
soliciting food, and WAS thought to be
demented.
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nen,h ia CrntenarIan.

NEW YoRK, January 3l.-Mrs. Hangy
Brown, colored, servant for Mrs. w
wears past, died at her employers house
ON Tuesday, aged los years. She was o2rn
Of Guinea parents in the State Of Ne" yer,
sew. and her only child, daughter, tnen
IS years old, was drowned at the EreGS a.: oil
the steamer Arctic, Of the Collins hne'
Aunty Brown was spry up to her death;
and could thread a needle without tue S'u
- .,srtarles
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MINNEAPOLIS, January 5l.-The farm
house OF \. D. Stage, near Dasel, Minneso-
ia, burned last night with its contents and
four children perished in the flames. Stage,
his wife and baby. barely escaped
with their lives and were nearly frozen
to death in the storm before they could
reach the house of a neighbor.
The blizzard of Tuesday was succeeded
BY clear cold weather, the thermometer
dropping to IA below last night. Tonight
L. uns % hollow here
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w,,eo., Settles a Few Bets.

NEW YoRK, January Sl.-Walcott the
quail eater, improves daily. He ate his
twenty fourth brace yesterday as though he
really relished them, finishing in the quick
time of seven minutes. He afterwards
confessed TO have hurried on account OF
the cloud ot tobacco smoke and also 20 set.
tie bets ss to the time quails could be eaten
in
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Effect OF Cold on stock I'm Kansas.

KANSAS CRY, KAN, January 3l.-The
weather so far has been very cold, and
stock has with difficulty obtained water.
Many of the Colorado steers that were
brought into Indian Territory, below here,
in fine condition last fallar very thin now.
Tho climate did not seem to agree with
them. Texas horses OH the range for the
first winter are not doing we'll. One man
with eighty head says he fines about two
dead animals every week since he has cor
raled and fed them. There has been some
loss among sheep men, but most OF the
tiockmasters are provided with feed and
shelter, and the loss is small compared
with the last two years.
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Prohibition I'm Indiana

INDIANAPOLIS, January Si.-Attsr a 'VS. ~,
gsys' discussion on the legal status OF the
nrohjbition amendment pissed at the lss'
Session of the Legislature, the senate Se,
riJsS that il was not pending before th's
General Assembly, because of the omission q 2
of the full text OF the measure rom sne
printed journal of the last General Assem-,
bIy, thus ending the consideration OF the
matter in ita present shape.
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CLEVELAND. O., January 3i.-Ths NiilerI
National Association met here today In
special session. called By the sub Execuave
Committee. Nineteen Sts.esand shout one'
tenth Of the milling interests OF the coun
try are represented A premium OF $500
was offered for any invention by which
bran or shipstuns can be compressed ~ 70
effect a saving 'of i've cents per hundred
pounds. The session will be eontinusd 70.
morrow.
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hsrtSsa,.SS sIToS, January Sl.-"Beck's got q
Senator sHoP IN there" said Southern
Senate 5Sou 5Po.hung over his shoulder to the
behind S;SOr, which had Just been closed
The KentI., l Investigated; ID was a fact.
Tin 61SEs,Ne Senator had around his desk
chains Gn galvanized tin buckets. steel
steel torF, ,ipperS galvanized tin dippers,
ned Tin en- cpnS IN egps and plates and gaIvan-
G1f to nppc.ha S, ana plates, aud much other
articles hs5 koust To mention. All of these
5sssS; thew bSS bosea sent him by msuntactu-
Nr. BeCSy ma, nad prices lacked on to them
Day to Senate nsee quiet arguments dnTin9 the
t'n, ard ois n.SI who came to see his colIsce
i's,,stion, The articles before him as il
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0eeau DisastNrS.

LoSpoS, January Sl.-The vessel sunk off
Mumble's Head on the s9th inst, was not
the Black Watch, but steamer of similar
tonnage, carrying a crew of twenty-six.
LONDON, January 31.-The ARsonia, a
large Italian steamer, was wrecked on the
coast of Tripoli. Twenty of the crew per-
isbed. The rest OF the crew and passengers
were saved
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A MASSACHUSETTS MlSER
who Had n Small Fortune stored in
His House.

His House.
SALEM, January 3l.-A recluse named
Archelaus p Coffrain, was found dead in
his house yesterday. Money was found in
all his pockets, and bank books an bonds,
representing over s., 900, were discovered 10
the house. Coffrain has lived in solitude
for II years. In bis youth he led an adven-
turous life He circumravigated the world
and was shipwrecked twice. He became
misan thrope through disappointment in
love many years ago. He used TO be
morocco dresser, but has done no work for
20 wears. His house was destitute of all
comforts. There was hardly any furniture
and only little TODD. Coffrain was last
seen alive Saturday. His death was caused
by cancer.
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SWITZERLAND.

BERxE, January 3O-Switzerland has re-
jected the naturalization treaty proposed
by the United States, according to which
nationality is forfeited by residing for a
certain period abroad, on the ground that
this clause of the treaty is contrary to
Swiss law
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A Thief discovered, But Not Caught,

WASHINGTON, PA, January 3l-A few
days since some monsy and articles of
iewelry we're stolen from the sons Of John
baird, Esq. OF this place, by John Golden,
Jr., also q resident Of Washington. Iester.
dsy Mr.. Baird visited Pittsburgh, and while
their spied' the thief and took him into Gus.
tody. They had not proceeded far until
Golden took to his heels" and made his
escape. Officer Greer went to the Smoky
City with the expectation OF arresting the
YneO
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Burued 10 Death.

M.rAmoEAs, MEX, January si;-At the
FIRE works factory of senior MeyrA IN
Amercsmeca yesterday, 8 terrinS expo,
sion occurred, followed by the nylns oI
rockets and bombs. heyra ana roat
"a % 70 death. Others were badly injured.
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A ColOred Tragedy.

PiIIsDURGH, January Sl.-lsaac sprigss
and George Williams, two negroes, became
involved in quarrel in a low dive on
Water street, tonight, when the former
received two wounds in the left breast
from a knife in the hands Of the latter.
Spriggs will die. Williams is in isil.
Williams lives at Portsmouth, Ohio.
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ALA POLK, OF TENNESSEE.
Sudden Departure or State Treasurer
OTAlabamn.


MONTGOMERY, ALA, January 3l.-There
is great excitement here. The committee
to examine the books and accounts of State
Treasurer Vincent were to begin an exam
ination yesterday. Vincent left the city on
Monday night, and a letter from him TO his
chief clerk was delivered to the latter late
yesterday afternoon. He laid it before the
Governor. NieCent said he was behind,
but was going to New York to get the
money, which the letter indicated he had
loaned. An examination of the books,
cashiers and others late last night shows
that Vincent has speculated largely in cot
ton futures. The deficit. rs far as can be
learned, is between $225 900 and $500, 0,000.
The Governor has sent a message to the
Legislature.
A committee counted the money in the
treasury vault and found Sl52O0O. The
deficit is 800, 900, but is amply secured by
good bOnGsmen.
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The Princes Nanisesto.

A report is current that the Orleans
Princes have drawn up a manifesto in
which they protest against the charges
made against them, and declare their readi-
ness to sacrifice their personal interests
for France. 1t is reported that should the
festo and at the same moment quit the
country.
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GERMANY.

BERLIN, January 3l.-The plan for
strengthening the fortiication Of Kiel, de-
vised by General Moltke and approved by
the Emperor, is for the construction OF a
circle Of sixteen forts, making Port Dock
yard one OF the strongest in existence, and
the completion of a strategic railway, es-
tablishing uninterrupted communication
along the Baltic coast.
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Famine Immiuent In Ireland.

At meeting held here last night to de-
wise meals for the relief OF the distress in
Ireland, Justice Mccarthy said he antici-
pated pinch OF famine 70 be felt in Feb
ruary and March.
O'Donnell, a member OF Parliament,
made 8 violent attack upon the govern
ment, which. he said, had millions to spare
for bOycotting Egyptians, but none for re-
lief work.
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Miller Has BECOME Crazed.

He stalked up the aisle to day, declaring
be was bigger man than Pendleton; that
he would play Guy Fawkes on this Legis'
lature, which could not legislate fOr tenn
perance worth a id; that he could run
the whole crowd out with one bayonet, and
that he proposed to shoot the Speaker, who
was put up there for mark. He was en-
ragged because the Speaker would notcerti-
fy his PAPER to draw his salary.