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The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1892-09-20
EngIand.s con.umptIon or Pain o,,

Engiand's Consumption OF Palm oil.
England imports annually about
so, 600 tons of palm oil, but II s com
sidered that this is a very small
amount compared with what might
be the case were the enormous sun
plies fully or even moderately re-
allied. New York Times.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1892-09-20

Details About State Analrs which VIII
Interest Every West virginian Regard
less Of Polities-PIn PInkertonism-Naero
coIonization-The Increase Of omees and
Democratic Financial Administration
inspectors OF 0Iines-Ths Matter Of
Salaries and How They Arc FIxed-As-
sessment Rates and State Taxes-How
Republicans Gave Away the Peoples
aroney-How the School Funds Were
Handled.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1892-09-20

The authorities of Ems, the German
watering place, have decreed that NO
pianoforte shall be played unless the
windows in the apartment in which the
Instrument is located are closed.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1892-09-20

When people become peeyish.
nervous and restless from overwork.
the class of medicine they generally
seek relief from consists of such
drugs as qtiinine. phospho-=-s. iron
and the vegetable bitter tonics.
These they expect to pull them to-
gether, and there is no doubt they
are valuable medicines, but the error
made by the sufferer is this-they do
not first remove the cause.
tOh, l can't stop working to rest y
a man said to me once. II can 90 on
as am; / can suffer"
This might be all very wen If he
could go on as he was, that is, get no
worse. One might suffer even the
Inconvenience of i'll health in order
to support ones family. but the thin
end of the wedge of indisposit:on
having once effected an entrance,
there is no staying its advance ex-
cept by using radical means.-Ca
sells Family Doctor.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1892-09-20

Sea serpents are all easily recog-
nized by their oar shaped, laterally
fattened tail. Twenty-seyen distinct
species are known as Indian. and
there are about fifty species in ALL
Quarterly Reviaw
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1892-09-20

The .emezlld is mentioned by st.
John IN his Apocalypse An emerald
of inestimable value ornamented the
bezel of the ring of Polycrates, king
of Samos- That monarch, having
been all his life favored by fortune.
determined to put his luck to a Sc
we're test. He threw the ring into the
sea. The next day he went fishing.
The record of that day's sport still
remains unbroken. His majesty
caught fne fish and In the insideof
the fish he found his ring. That hap
pened IN the year 2So Of the founda-
ton of Rome, and the ring, consid-
cred as talisman. was placed among
the royal treasures of the Temple Of
Concord Paris FIGARO.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1892-09-20

In 1870 we had $50 miles of railroad IN
this state. The milage was made mn al
most entirely of the Baltimore and Ohio
railroad, completed in 1876. under a
Democratic administration of the old
mother state. During the entire period
of Republican rule in West VIRGINIA.
from the organization of the state to
1871, less than twenty-five miles of rail-
roads Were constructed and put into
operation. What record for this party
of boasted progress that now in the face
of such record charges MS with retarlinQ
the growth of the state On the other
hand, what has been done in railroad
building under Democratic administra-
tion since 1870? On the 31th of last De-
cember, the aggregate railroad mileage
IN this state was ! 1856 miles, assessed at
$lS- ,546.64, with many more miles of
new road under construction than at auy
other time in the history of our state
Not only this. but the new roads arc
chiefly cross-lines, penetrating the in
terror OF the state and reaching and
throwing open to capital those sections
richest IN al the elements of material
wealth; and they have been and are being
constructed by West Virginians. thew
are largely the product of West Vir-
g1n1a enterprise. muscle, brains and
capital In the face Of these facts. my
fellow citizens, which party is the partv
OF progress. and which shall be charged
with retarding the growth of your state
Does the fact that in nine years of Re
publican supremacy less than twenty
flye miles of railroad were built in West
Virginia, show that any great amount of
progress attaches to that partys Is the
quadrupling of our railroad mileage un-
der Democratic administration to be
cited as evidence that the Democratic
party is retarding the growth of the
states
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-08-17

Fifty-four years ago Mr.. Gladstone
conceived tho idea that 1t would be bet
ter for his eyesight were he to substitute
candles for the somewhat primitive
lamp by which he had been in the habit
of studying by night. The light shed
by two candles was not sufficient for his
purpose, but with the infexibility and
perseverance which are his most marked
characteristics he continued to perform
his nightly task, with the result that his
right eye became so much weakened
that his medical adviser enjoined upon
him tho necessity of abstaining totally
from work, and living as far as possible
In dark room for six months. Long
before that period had expired Mr..
Gladstone made trip to southern Eu-
rope in company with his old college
friend, Sir Stephen Glynne.
Once again grave accident to Mr..
Gladstone's eye threatened for a few
days to produce tho most serious conse-
quences. 1t is we'll known that he did
not begin to WELD the ak as an amateur
feller of trees until he was forty years
old, and not long afterward chip flew
upward as ho was cutting down big
oak and struck him In tho right eye,
which is tho more sensitive of the two.
A few days Of rest and of abstentiou
from work suffieed to restore him en-
tirely, but 1t is a remarkable fact that
the "arcus senilis," or circular ring out
side the pupil, was developed in Mr.
Gladstone's eyes at much earlier period
than is common with human beirgs
whose life is destined to be more than
usually prolonged. Telegraph.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-08-17
A Gift for Chairman Carter.

WASHINGTON, Aug. II. - Chairman
Carter, of the National Republican COM
mittee visited the general land office
yesterday afternoon, and the clerks and
other employees took advantage of the
opportunity to give him hattering
farewell. A committee from the law
division of the Office headed by Mr.. f.
II. Fimple, on behalf of the general
land Office, presented Mr.. Carter with a
handsome gold watch and chain. There
was no ground for uneasiness about Mr..
Platt's attitude, Mr. Carter informed
his friends here, us he was going to do
the right thing" Though he was not
to do any committee work he would
probably go on the stump and work
earnestly for the ticket. The national
committee was also informed that Mr..
Blaine would make two or three
speeches for Harrison.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-08-17

DOVER, Del, Aug. 17.-The Demo-
cratic state convention met yesterday
afternoon. The usual committees were
appointed, and t. Irving Handy was
named for temporary chairman. Chair
man Handy delivered a speech review
ing Republican maladministration in
great affairs. A new sta te central com.
lnitiee was chosen and Consr, ssman
Causey was renominated to succeed
himself. After the adjournment of the
convention the new state central conf
mittee met in the Kent county court
room and decided to meet here next
Tuesday for organization. Mr.. Hanly,
the permanent chairman of yesterdays
convention, will most probably he
elected chairman of the committee, and
Henry c. Carpenter, of Dover, secre-
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-08-17

An ingenious reporter has been inter
viewing a number Of celebrated authors
to discover what arc their habits and at
titudes while writing. NJ. Alphonse
Daudet, he tells us, smiles maliciously:
M. Emile Zola repeats in a loud voice
the phrase which is at the tip of his pen;
NJ. Edmund do Goncourt moves his lips
as if he were eating; M. jules Lemeitre
strokes his mustache with his left hand;
NJ. Renan looks in the palm of his hand,
as if to find inspiration there; NJ. Ludo-
vic Haloyy looks up to the ceiling to col
lect his thoughts; NJ. Meilhao puts his
head into his hands to mediate; NJ. Jean
Richepin tape on his desk when he is in
want Of q phrases M. Francois Coppee
lights cigarette while searching for
rhymei M. Henri Bornier scratches his
head; III. Emilio Borgerat whistles; NJ.
jean Ramoau, when he is writing verses,
seems to DO thinking Of something else,
and fnae!' -. fiectses 0Anet appears
to 10 i-..4l- = q nothing. u
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-08-17
Death Through an Open Switch.

CosHoeToN, O., Aug. 17.-The Toledo,
Walbonding Valley and Ohio railway,
branch of the Pennsylvania system
now in the course of construction, ex-
perienced its first horrible mishap, when
construction ran into an open switch
and plunged into q number Of cars on a
siding. Six laborers on the train were
killed. They are: Frank Cali, an
Italian, aged A years, head crushed;
William Rafferty,, aged so, head crushed;
John Barry, head crushed; Joseph By
croft, of Burlington, Vt, aged %, throat
cut and body crushed; John Hailiger,
head crushed and disemboweled, aged
80; John Flynn, aged 20, back broken.
Fifteen We're seriously injured. One of
the injured, Patrick O'Brien, of Akron,
will die.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-08-17
Pennsylvania Labor Federation

CHESTER, Pa, Aug. 1.-THE State
Federation of Labor voted to sustain
Pittsburg Union, No. T. of job printers
in their fight for nine hours. and de-
clared themselves in favor of the pass
age of law or laws restricting foreign
immigration, that the laboring classes
may enjoy the same protection that is
now enjoyed by the tariff protected
monopolists and manufacturers. An
election of officers resulted in the selec-
ton of b. L. Greenwald, of Lancaster,
presidents; Charles M. Seitzinger, Of
Reading; J. j. Gallagher, Philadelphia,
and George L. Kirk, OF Chester, vice
presidents; j. j. johnson, of Allegheny
City, secretary and treasurer. Altoona
was selected as the next place of meet
ing. Last night a mass meeting of
workingmen was held in Market Square,
at which an addresse was delivered by
George Chance, of Philadelphia,
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-08-17
THE STRIVE SPREADING
Now York Central switohmen Join the
Lehigh Valley Men.

BUFFALO, MY, Aug. 17.-The switch
men employed in the yards of the But-
falo, Rochester and Pittsburg road went
out again at 0 o'clock last night, but re-
turned to work at midnight after receiv-
ing notice from the officials that their
demands would be granted.
AT the meeting of the switehmen's To-
cal union it was decided to call out the
New York Central switchmen at mid
night, and promptly at that hour about
100 Central men quit wGSk. They will
not interfere with the Inning of pas.
senger trains, but promise to make it
warm for those who attempt to fill their
places in the freight yards.
1t was also decided to instruct the
men employed by connecting lines to
refuse to handle Erie, Lehigh Valley
and New York Central freight. The
entire Fourth brigade, National Guard
OF. New York, arrived here this morn
ing. Vice President Webb, of the New
York Central, retired in his private
car after learning the decision arrived at
by the strikers union. He refused to
be interviewed.
Prominent railroad men here say the
strike will develop into a very serious
affair il connecting lines receive freight
from striking roads.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-08-17
MIR. GLADSTONE RETURNS
From the Palace After Announcing His
Cabinet.

OdDluet.
LONDON, Aug. 17.-Mr. Gladstone left
Osborne House on his way back to Lon
don yesterday morning. AS he drove to
East Cowes, where the royal yacht AL
berta was awaiting to convey him
across the Solent, the road was lined
with people who had gathered to bid
him farewell. He was greeted with
cheers along the entire route.
the following is an official list of Mr..
Gladstones cabinet: Secretary of state
Of foreign affairs, Earl Rosebery; lord
chancellor, Baron Herschell; chancellor
of the exchequer, Sir William Vernon
Harcourt; home secretary, Herbert
Henry Asquith; secretary of state for
India, Earl of Kimberley; secretary of
state for the colonies, Marquis of Ripon;
secretary of state for war, Right Hon.
II. Campbell Bannerman; first lord of
the admiralty, Earl Spencer: chief sec
retary of state for Ireland, Right Hon.
John Morley; secretary of state for
Scotland, Right Hon. Sir George Otto
Trevelyan; president of the board of
trade, Right Hon. A. J. Mundella; pres
ident of the local government board,
Right Hon. H. H. Fowler; postmaster
general, Arnold Morley; president of the
council, Earl of Kimberley; vice presi-
dent of the council of education, Arthur
Herbert Dyke Acland. Lord Houghton
Is viceroy for Ireland and Mr.. Gladstone
prime minister and first lord of the
treasury,
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-08-17

WATERFOWL, N. Y, Aug. 17.-Nearly
three hundred passengers on the Rich
ilieu and Ontario steamer Columbian,
which had recently been completed at a
cost of S225, 900 to run the rapids of the
st. Lawrence, had an experience which
was far more exciting and perilous than
they had anticipated. AS the vessel
was running the Cedar rapids the tiller
rope broke and left the steamer and its
load at the mercy of the fierce current.
Tho officers with difficulty quelled the
panic that ensued among the passen-
gers. Small boats came to the rescue,
and every passenger " - safely conveyed
to the shore and taken by train to Mon
treal. There is considerable doubt as to
whether the steamer can be pulled off
without wrccking her.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-08-17

The Maria band was playing. The
people were thick; the flies also. Di.
rector Sousa was standing on his little
platform waving the magic baton, and
naturally, from his elevated position, he
was the cynosure of all eyes.
Among the.crowd who had gathered
to hear tho concert were two old col
ored ladies, apparently from the way
back districts and evidently unaccus-
toned to such sights. Ono of them cast
her eyes upon John Philip and inquired
of her companion:
"Honey, whad you 'spose dat man
doin up dero wayin dat sticlr ...
"Go long, child,' responded the other
contemptuously, "he's shooin off de flies,
OBJ cose; doan you see he's baldhaided
an amt got no at?"-Washington Post
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-08-17

NEW York, Aug. Thames A. Kim
ball, a dentist, 30 years Of age, of 4S
West Twenty-sixth street, committed
with razor. DR.. Kimball left letter
asking his wife to forgive him, saying
he had to choose between death and q
lunatic asylum. DR.. Blakerslee, who
occupied part of DIR. Kimball's office,
said that Kimball had been a sufferer
for long time from nervous prostra-
ton and for many years his health had
been bad. He had no family troubles
and his business has always been pros
porous. He was the editor of the
monthly journal dentist Himself" and
contributor to many medical maga-
zines,
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-08-17

PurLApELpuIA. Aug. l8- Flour Winter
super, S2.2jfc25) do. extras. S2.751b3.10 No. 2
winter family, s3251J.65; Pennsylvania roller,
straight, S4lb43O; western winter, clear, s37Si
40; do. do. straight, s4ln4.3O; winter patent,
$4.4Gt+75; Minnesota, clear, S335d375; do.
straight, $3.S51b435; do. patent, S4.511475; do.
fayorite brands, higher. Rye flour dull at
S3.75 per barrel for choice Pennsylvania.
Wheat Easier, with 79t1o. bid and 7p9kc,
asked for August; soc. bid aud s04c asked for
September; SLICE bid and 8sc. asked for oc-
tober; Ss34c. bid and S3c. asked for Eovem-
ber.
Corn-Stoady, with 5sI6c bid and 59n. asked
for August; 57c. bid and 57I9o. asked for Sep
tember; &C. bid and 5TIsc asked for October;
BIC. bid and 51lGe. asked for November.
Oats-Weak, with Ale. bid and &c. asked for
August: 9altc. bid and 4Oc. asked for Septem-
ber; 40c. bid and 40IHc. asked for October; 400.
bid and 401So. asked for November.
Beef-Dull; extra mess. S6n7.
Pork-Quiet, firmi new mess, S13T5d.ll.25;
old mess, SlS013.50; extra prime, SI2759la
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-08-17
THE IRON HALLS BANK.
It Makes an Assignment for Protection
Against the Order.

PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 1.-THE Mutual
Banking, Surety, Trust and Safe De-
posit company, No. 1917 Arch street,
the depository of the Order of the Iron
Hall, was compelled to make an assign
ment yesterday to Attorney A. e. Stock
we'll
This is the institution that was closed
several months ago by Superintendent
of Banking Krumbharr. He discovered
that its capital was impaired. This was
made up and business was resumed.
One hundred and seventy thousand dol
lars of the money of the Iron Hall was
used for this purpose, 30 it was alleged.
A week or so ago the administration of
Supreme Justice Somerby, Of the Iron
Hall, who is president OF the Mutual
Banking company, was very seriously
impeached, and an Investigation was
entered into Mt indianapolis.
Following upon the report that the in
vestigation had renewed the confidence
of the order in Mr.. Somerby came the
report that secret order of the court
had been made empowering Roscoe Z.
Hawkins, counsel for the ccmplainants
in the receivership proceedings at In
dianapolis, and Messrs. Smith and New
berger, representing the defendants, to
come on to this city and examine into
the affairs of the banking company.
They arrived Monday evening and at
once entered upon their work, being es-
corted here by Supreme Justice Somerby
and Supreme Cashier Mark C. Davis.
With the beginning of the investiga-
tion of the Order of the Iron Hall the
Mutual Banking company again ~
comes involved, as it was shown that
nearly 5000, 900 had been loaned it by
the Iron Hail to tide it over the previous
financial difficulty.
"The real cause of the assignment"
said Mr.. Stoclswell, twas the attempt
of the Iron Hall people to conduct mat
ters only in their interests, which we
objected to very strongly. We were
between them and Bank Superintendent
Krumbhaar on the one hand and our
creditors on the other, and to protect
the latter we decided on our presen
course. 1t was simplya matter of pro-
lection. The Iron Hall wanted to carry
the bank away bodily to Indianapolis
and have the courts there settle the
trouble, and to prevent such action we
made the assignment"
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-08-17

New YonK, Aug. ia Texas steer
escaped from the Forty-fifth street alb
attoir yesterday and made wild dash
across town followed by bowling and
ever increasing mob. After a run of
four miles through tho most lively sec
tion Of the city and fusilade Of half
hundred shots fired by the police along
the line of the chase, the animal was
killed. Edward McGovern was tossed
In the air and probably fatally gored.
Besides the steer which gored Nc
Govern, four others ran amuck from the
same herd. The quartette ran down
Broadway past the Hoffman House,
causing much commotion.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-08-17

READING, Pa, Aug. 17.-Lulu Reedy,
aged 12 years, had narrow escape
from death at the Penn hardware works,
where she is employed. She is engaged
in the casting department at one of the
scratching machines, and while in the
act of bending over to adjust some por-
ton of the machinery her hair caught
in pulley and began to wind about it.
One of the workmen saw what had
happened and instantly reversed the
machinery, thus saving her life. Some
of her hair was torn out by the roots,
and large Jumps were raised on her
throat. Her head was also badly
bruised. One of her arms was also cut
and arLised.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-08-17
A MOTHER KILLED.
The Act of an Insane American
Tourist in Germany.
NO CAUSE FOR THE TRAGEDY.

Tho Mother Suddenly Pounced Upon
by Her Stricken Child and stran-
Elcd to Death-He Acknowledges
His Crime, but Cannot Appreciate
It's Enormity.
BERLIN, Aug. 17.-Mrs. Alice Crocker,
of Chicago, was strangled by her son,
e3 years old, in her apartments in the
Koenigs Villa. in Carlsbad. Young
Crocker is in an asylum. Mrs. Crocker
and her son came to Carlsbad some time
ago at the end Of tour through western
Europe. They apparently were on the
best of terms when they arrived, aud
young Crocker was with his mother al
most constantly when she was in public.
He always accompanied her when she
took the waters. On Friday, the land
lord of the Koenigs Villa says young
Crocker behaved very peculiarly. He
went out short way from the villa sew
eral times in negligee costume, once
without hat, coat or nec6tie. When
asked whether he was i'll he said merely
that he wanted more air and that some
body in the house was trying to suffo-
cate him.
On Monday young Crocker COM
planned OF pain in his head, but other
wise seemed unusually well. He talked
with several acquaintances on the front
veranda as to his mothers plans for the
rest of their time in Europe. Then he
jumped up and said: "That reminds me
lmust see mother at once or it will be
too late"
He hastencd off to Mrs. Crocker's
apartments and remained there an hour.
Shortly after he left his acquaintances
he was heard talking angrily, but moth
ing was thought OF this, as he had been
Irritable for several days. Then ali
sounds ceased. A few minutes later
something fell heavily i'll Mrs. Crocker's
bedroom. A chambe imaid heard groans,
but supposed that Mrs. Croclier had
been taken i'll. Persons going to see
Mrs. Crocker later found her dead on
the floor, with the marks of her sons
fingers on her throat. Her clothes were
not torn nor her hair more than lightly
rnffled. ......
Evidently she was taken by surprise
By her sons act, and had little time to
struggle before becoming unconscious.
Young CroclSer made no effort to escape
he acknowledged his crime, but seemed
TO have no conception of what he had
done. He talked incoherently and at
times became violent. He was exam
ined by physicians and pronounced in
sane.
There is no doubt, they say, that his
approaching madness has shown minor
symptoms for some time, ard at the
time of the murder so suddenly devel-
pped as to nnseat his reason About
twenty Americans left the baths in con-
sequence of the tragedy.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-08-17

An ingenious lock has been invented BY
which doors, etc, may be locked and un-
locked from distance electrically. 1t is
specially applicable for doors in private
and business houses and offices where alb
solute privacy is needed or desired. The
door is operated by simply turning a
switch. Thus the occupant of room may
instantaneously admit person and as In
staneously lock the door on his egress
without leaving his chair, as the switch
can be placed close to his hand. Practical
ElectricitY