The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1892-05-24
CONDENSED NEWS.
Acoliection of interesting Items ON vari-
Gus Subjects, Especially Prepared for
the Hasty Reader.

= Sohection OF interesting Items on Varf-
Gus Subjects, Especially Prepared for
the Hasty Reader.
Over 100000 granite workers are on a
strike in New England.
new iron field has been discovered In
New Mexico. II is said 100000 tons of
almost pure iron ore of the Bessemer steel
quality are said to be in sight. The find
will be developed.
Reports of revolution In Honduras are
greatly exaggerated.
White Caps in SEWER county, Tenn. got
the worst of it7-one killed, two wounded.
IL is reported that CARA, the Mexican
reyolutionist, has been captured at Key
West, Fla.
Secretary Foster has given his endorse
ment of the plan to issue 10,0OO,0c0 fifty
cent pieces of special design as souvenirs
of the worlds fair.
The building business in the vicinity of
New York is completely FRUSTRATED by the
strike of the granite workers in New En-
gland. It,is estimated that fully $1,000
men are out
At Auburn, n. Y, Joseph L. Tioe, the
murderer of his wife, at Rochester, in July.
1891, was electrocuted He met death
brayely and without bravado. In sixty
three seconds he was pronounced dead
There was no disgusting scene as has been
witnessed at some of the electrocutions
heretofore
A dangerous counterfeit $50 bill is in cir
culation
Two fishermen claim to have seen a
near Lake Harbor, o.
Plans have been matured by a number
OF leading members of the Young Peoples
Society of Christian Endeavor of the
Unired States to establish hotel to cost
SiOOO,O00 in the city of Chicago, to be
named the Hotel Endeayor, and TO ac-
commodate especially those of the ,250, 900
members of the association who may visit
that city. 1t is also to be the national
headquarters of the Association of Chris
tian Endeayor and the Golden Rule So
ciety.
The new system adopted by the internal
revenue bureau for more accurately de
termining the proof gallon contents of
packages by weighing, instead of measur-
ing, has now been in operation nearly
three weeks. Officials of the bureau have
during that time received daily reports
from the larger distilIeries throughout the
country with view to ascertaining as
early as possible with what success the
new system would meet when in general
use These reports show that the weigh
ing system has already established its
practicability.
Arbitration viii probably end the New
has caused the lockout of "a, 600 men.
The Confederates OF Knoxville and east
Tennessee Thursday unveiled the Con-
federate memorial monument recently
erected in that city at a cost of s.. 900. Cen
eral L. Kirby Smith acted as chief marshal.
The welcome address was delivered by
Hon III H. Taylor, and the Grafton by
Senator Bate
The bicycle relay race from Chicago To
New York was successfully carried out de
spite the bad roads and weather. The des-
tination was reached at 1 o'clock Monday
morning. or 100 hours from the time Of
starting. The run was made at an average
rate of over ten miles an hour.
Crrmes anu Casumties.
AT Cincinnati Frank GRANGE shot and
seriously wounded Miss Hattie HaRedorn,
his sweetheart, who had grown cold, and
then blew out his own brains. Both were
clerks in Hornstedt & Windhorst's dry
goods house where the double tragedy oc-
CURED GRANGE was undoubtedly insane
from jealousy
At Midvalley, Pa, John Zeerichs found
Samuel Cinithia in his wife's room. He
shot both, his wife dying in a few min
utes-
Near Danbury, Conn, Dow Warden shot
and wounded N Woodward Old feud.
At Dennison, Tex. four women were as
sassinated presumably by the same person.
All were shot The victims were Mrs. Or.
Haynes, Miss Teen Hawley, Maud Kramer
and Rose Stewart. The latter two were
women Of the town
1eddo, Montgomery county, Ind. is
greatly excited over a murder. A few davs
ago John Walton was found terribly
mangled on the railroad track. Evidence
now shows that he was murdered and his
body placed on the track He was a mvs-
FERROUS man Of whom the people knew but
little He lived the life of hermit and had
plenty OF money. He drew a pension I'M
der the name of Thomas Burns and re-
celved letters under the name of William
Alexander Recently he had stranger
visit him, who is believed to be connected
with the murder