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The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-11-29
The GospeITruth.

An exchange says hard times will
never end SO long as the people
: keep their money in their pockets
and squirm and groan over @hard
times" Take the money from your
rusty old pocket-book and put it in
circulation by prompt payment OF
your debts, so the second man can
pay his bills, and "hard times" will
vanish. The foolish idea that a
President or political party con-
trolls the currency of the country,
has become a campaign chestnut,
and is now used by none but low
down political "wire pullers" who
will say anything toward the ac-
complishment of certain end. The
leading statesmen of the day never
use such a fiimsy argument in favor
of financial stringency. In many
cases the people create what they
term "hard times"
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-11-29
Mlstaken Vac WORKER.

The great strike on the Lehigh
Valley railroad is serious blunder,
coming as it does at time when it
is very difficult for men to find en-
ployment.
It's bad thing during these
hard times to throw 1000 men out
ola job. The strike will cause the
men engaged in it to lose about
$4,000 a week. This money is a
dead loss to the toiIers who need it
now more than ever, and it can
never be recovered. OF course the
Lehigh company will lose large
sum, but its loss will be reduced by
the amount it would have paid out
in wages every week. 1t can afford
70 lose a thousand dollars where the
strikers lose one dollar.
We see nothing in the whole
business that will benefit the strik.
ers. 1t seems that their grievance
is not a matter of wages. They
claim that the company will not
recognize the walking delegate and
refuses to treat with its employees as
an organized body. For this rea
son 1000 men give up their job and
join the army of unemployed work
men.
Thousands ofmen are out of work
in the cities and towns of the north.
Business is so dull that employers
are reducing their force and their
expenses to the lowest notch, and
the supply of labor exceeds the de-
mand. a man is lucky if he has
any kind of work at any wages this
winter, and he is very foolish to
throw it away on account of an i'm
aginary or trivial grievance. Until
times improve the average citizen
who depends upon his daily wages
should not be to particular about
small matters. This may be an un-
pleasant way of putting it, but it
will do a man less harm to swallow
an unpleasant truth than to be left
without the means of purchasing
bread and meat.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-11-29
INCOME TAX R.SAXONY.
incomes of Less Than 800
Marks Are Not Taxed.
THE REPORT OF CONSUL ONAGHAN.


The Tax Is Graduated aud Runs From liz
OF i Per Cent in small Incomes to Per
Cent, but No Higher, in Large Ineonaes
yyonid Income Tax BE Aeeeptabls 20
tie American People9
WAsHNaToN. Nov. 2s. II. G. Monag-
han, consul at Chemnitz, makes re-
port ON the income tax IN Saxony. 1t
comes of less than 300 marks (S71 40) are
not taxed In Prussia the exempt are
under 800 marks (s2i4 20). Saxony
wants to exempt all below 500 marks
$3.50. 40). which would abolish the low
est five grades at present. The taxes
ON the smallest three grades are
very snall-from 10 to AZ cents.
Their removal would relieve 43
per cent of all persons taxed
and reduce the total income tax
only per cent. All those paying the
grades of tax above the lowest three
grades are voters-that is all who pay
on incomes of $112.S0 or over. To take
the tax of incomes up TO S166. go or off
tho lowest five grades would relieve GO
per cent of all those taxed and cost the
state only 1=2 per cent of the total in
come tax.
The tax comes heaviest on the middle
SIS, and incomes of 81. 400 tax of So.
Teachers, small tradesInen and me-
ehanics, the backbone of the ma
ton. Consul bionag CHAN ga US, pay a tax
of 50, , and SO. The Conservatives in
Gernlisfy propose to abolish the tax on
the miodle classes and leave the very
high AID very low rates. It is proposed
to coyvf losses. by reductions ON these
rates by increase in the higher rates on
above s., 2S4. so. Last year taxes on in
comes above this amount yielded SO per
cent of the total income tax, the rates
being per cent on the income. Any
increase to or 1-2 on these
grades would cover deficits on low
er grades, and this proposal is
said to be acceptable to the Conserv-
atives. The imposition of an imperial
income tax on top of these royal or
ducal income taxes, as has been pro-
posed, could hardly be collected, Mr..
Monaghan thinks, and would drive cap
ital from the country. In Saxony
small incomes pay from Is of per
cent. while the rich pay no more than 3
per cent.
The consul says at has worked very
successfully and has, in the main,
yielded safe and certain results, with
little loss and less complaint"
The total revenue from incomes in
Saxony Is SA $3.50, I'll. the number taxed
being 1 1888, GS6. Under the head of in
come, everything that comes yearly on
the credit side of a mans account is
taxed. Each deduct interest on debts,
insurance and repairs.
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NEwsH lN A NuTsAELL.
Item. OF interest Gathered From AN Par

AIenhs OF interest Gsihhereu From All Parts
of the World.
Maysyille, KY, has the grip.
Grafton, w. Va, will pipe natural gas.
Ex-Congressman n. B. Eldridge died
Monday at Adrian, Mich.
Severe earthquake shock in Montreal
and other parts of CANADA.
The Pewabic iron mine at Iron Noun
tain, Mich, is on fire. Over 300 men are
thrown out of work.
At PEBBLES, o., the remains of a child,
disinterred after seven years for reburial,
were found to be petrified
Jimmie Baker and Sadie Crocraft were
married Monday at GIassey, Ky. Jimmie
is 81, while Sadie, the gfddy young thing,
is but a.
The London Times is informed on excel
lent authority that the betrothal of the
czarewitch of Russia to Princess Helene of
Orleans is imminent
Portage township, Hancock county, o.,
is suffering from the ravages of hog chol-
era A large number of farmers in that
township have lost heavily.
Seven tramps are reported killed in the
wreck of a coal train which fell through a
bridge ON the Baltimore and Ohio railroad
near Hyndman, Pa, Monday.
At Carthagena, o., William S. Madden,
year-old son of Anton L. Link. Madden
claims the shooting was accidental.
A dispatch to the London Times from
Vienna says it is reported that the new
government intends to give. seat in the
cabinet to a special minister for Bohemia.
AT Belfast, o., near Winchester, cry
ing baby awakened the family of John s.
Etty just in time for them to escape from
the burning house. Undoubtedly inceh-
diary.
At Geneva, o.. Charles Gallup, young
married man, suicided b. shooting himself
while intoxicated. He had previously de-
clared that the next time he d=ank he
would die, and he kept his word.
Two Warren (O.) banks, the First Ma
tional and Western Reserve National, re-
fuse to accept the proposition made by the
attorneys for David r. Paige to settle on a
so per cent basis. The Second National
has consented to 1t.
Sixty men in the grinding department OF
the Diamond plateglass works of Kokomo,
Ind, struck against a 20 per cent reduc-
ton in wages, and the company threatens
to close the fitctory for the winter, throw
ing 500 men out of work.
In an interview at Buffalo Corbett said
that he had no expectation of knocking
Mitchell out at Jacksonville, Fla, next
January. He says that after eight or 10
rounds Mitchell will foul him in order To
throw up the fight without suffering the
humiliation of a knockout.
The Wool growers of Montana are almost
in a panic over the threatened placing OF
wool on the free list. Extraordinary losses
from the severe weather last winter, and
the ruinous prices that have prevailed for
wool and mutton sheep since the election
of a congress hostile to the Mckinley
tariff, have driven them almost into bank
ruptcy.
Near Oakland, his, Elijah I. Pence IS
preparing to fence in large farm for the
purpose of breeding and rearing polecats.
land He claims that the polecats breed Sc
his project will be one of the most profit
able in the country. The citizens of this
county aver that the cat farm will be q
constant menace to public safety.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-11-29
oklahoma Is Knockinr.

KINGFIsHER, o. IT,, Nov. %. Dele
gates from the 21 counties of Oklahoma
regularly elected in convention, and to
a total of nearly 800. assembled here
Tuesday for the purpose of taking steps
toward securing statehood for the terri
tory. 1t was thoroughly representa-
tive body, and different from all pre-
vious assemblies in thatits membership
comes from the people instead of being
self-appointed. Each of the five civil
lied tribes are represented by from 20
to 90 delegates. At the opening of the
convention it was unanimously decided
that no partisan discussion should be
indulged in. A committee will be ap-
pointed to draft statehood bill and to
spend the winter in Washington with a
view to its passage.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-11-29
Fire Mt on Citv.

PITTsBURa, Nov. PA big fire broke
out in Shields restaurant in Oil City at
4:30 o'clock Tuesday morning. The
wind was blowing gale, and before
the flames could be controlled the en-
tire block from Railroad to Elm streets.
and from Center to Sycamore streets,
consisting of 10 or is frame buildings.
were destroyed. The loss is estimated
at 100000.
The horrible and deplorable feature
of the fire is the loss of human life, and
shortly after the flames had been got
under control by the fremen it was re-
ported that Mrs. Shields and three of
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-11-29

WASHINGTON, Nov. 2s.-The funeral
of Attorney A. B. Williams, who was
one of the attorneys for the defense in
the famous star route cases. took place
Monday. During the progress of the
trial Colonel R. g. Ingersoll and the
deceased became warm friends. and q
promise was made between them thai
in case of the death of either the snr
yivor would pay some tribute to the
memory of the dead. Some DAYS ago
Mr.. Williams became Frustrated by an
attack of pneumonia. Shortly before
he died he dictated the following tele.
gram to Colonel Ingerson, then at New
York: 81 am dying today, and want
you TO know that l died as lived an
infideI.',
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-11-29
TROOPS EoR RoRY.
Preparing to Open the Arena, but Gov.
n,...,. nrna4I......- 60 II. - -.

Preparing to Open the Arena, but Cow
ernor Matthews Says No.
LAPoRTE, Ind. Nov. ga telegram
received from Roby states that ar
rangements are rapidly progressing for
the reopening of the arena. The
opinion of the attorney general has
caused an entire change of front ON the
part of the Roby management, and
the contests of science and skill will
be given without fear of military inter
ference. The determination of Govern-
or Matthews to be obdurate has re-
suited in renewed activity in military
circles. Company L of this city is being
drilled for field sarYica. 49,
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-11-29

An exchange truly inquiries: Ad-
hitting that the hard times, the
hosts of idle men, the stoppage of
mills were due to the tariff scare,
suppose the scare doesn't last, what
then2 If this time next year, with
tariff reform an accomplished fact,
"the times" should be booming,
would Mckinley or Cleveland be
entitled to the credit-the Demo
Gratis or the Republicans? On the
logic of this campaign the glory for
every Improvement in business will
belong to the Democrats. a mill
started in Chicago the other day
with some 5000 employees in the
face of the fact that tariff reduction
is coming nearer with every sun
rise. 1t is one instance of many.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-11-29

Judge Jackson, ofthe o. S. Court,
now in session at Charleston, after
a thorough investigation of the
newspaper charges against the mar
shaIs, has exonerated them from
the charges and severely repre-
manded the newspapers for the
course they pursued toward the
marshaIs. Many papers are toe
anxious for sensational stuff without
stopping to inquire whether the
charges are true or not. The rep.
rimand of Judge Jackson may dc
some good and keep such sensa-
tional papers within the bounds Of
decency.
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baltimore and ohio to omal,a..

OMAHA, Nov. e8.-The Baltimore and
Ohio is to be extended to Omaha. The
Ohio and Mississippi railroad. owned
and controlled by the Baltimore and
Ohio, now ends at Beardstown, Ills. 1t
is proposed TO extend it to Quincy,
Ills. where connection will be made
with the Quincy, Omaha and Kansas
City, which ends at Trenton, Mo. This
is to be extended 10 miles to Pattonsz
burg, Mo-, where it will strike the
Omaha and st. Louis. stub of the
Wabash. j. F. Barnard, president. and
the Ohio and Mississippi is said to be
organizing a company TO put this
scheme into action. It would be $50
miles shorter than any present route.
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practical christians.

B1RM1NeAAM, Ala. Nov. es.-At Liv-
ingston, Sunday, sparks from passing
locomotive set fire to cotton on the Ala
bama Great Southern railroad plat
form. There were 100 bales on the
platform and 900 in the warehouse.
The Waterman ran to church near by
and gave the alarm. The preacher quit
his sermon. and he an 1 the congrega-
ton hurried to the fire, and forming
themselves into fire brigade, saved
the warehouse. The 100 bales on the
platform were burned. After the fire
religious services were resumed.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-11-29

Senator Camden doesn't seem
enamored of the Presidents Ha.
waiian policy, and in this he repre-.
sents his people. The Senator is
reported to have said recently, 81
think the general sentiment ON the
Hawaiian question is that the Pro.
visional Government should be let
alone. Hands off seems to be the
cry. 1 believe in a thoroughly
American policy toward Hawaii.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-11-29

Mr.. Carlislo's. speech before the
New York Chamber of Commerce
shows that his financial views have
undergone a most remarkable
change since 1890, when he voted
for the unlimited coinage of silver,
and still more remarkable change
since 1873, when he declared that
the demonetization of silver by this
government would be worse and
more far-reaching in it's results than
war, famine and pestileuce.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-11-29

The Parkersburg Sentinel put its
rightly, thus: "Dun's commercial
report issued on Saturday last said
there was marked improvement in
all direction since the election. AS
only one business day could inter-
vene between the final count of the
vote and the issuance of the Dun
circular, it is pretty easy to see that
the Dun Commercial Agency is lit
tie short of a Republican political
annex. And what is worse is the
fact that there was no truth in the
report"
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Attempted wZeckinr.

New ORLEANS, Nov. 2S.-A crosstie
placed across the track of the Missis-
sippi Valley railroad, two miles below
Lutcher. caused the wreck of gravel
train. Fireman Joe Fogarty of Vicks-
burg was killed instantly and Engineer
Matthew Casey was fatally injured.
A negro brakeman and two other pas
sengers of the train crew were injured.
The sheriff is hunting for the miscreant
who placed tine tie ON the track.
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Monsieur LIE General De Caprivi,
Grand Chancellier d,AlIemagne,


From the postmarks it was judged
that both internal machines and both
letters came from the town of Orleans,
in France, and the police of that place
are in active communication with the
authorities of this city, and are doing
their utmost to discover the identity of
the person or persons who forwarded
the dangerous packages to Berlin.
Chancellor Won Caprivi's internal
machine, when opened by gunmaker,
proved to be similar to the one which
was exploded at Spandau last summer.
The letter which accompanied the IN
formal machine which was sent to Chan
cellor Won Caprivi, read as follows:
1 have the honor to forward you samples
of an astonishing kind of radish seed,
which is usually sown in December and
gathered in February. This kind is not
affected by frost. Receive, Sir, the assur,
ance of my perfect consideration.
G. DEcHANTEU.
n
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-11-29

There is no reason why there
should be any halting on the part
of Democrats in Congress in the
matter of tariff reform. They were
elected with the distinct under
standing that relief was needed in
this direction and they would be
false to the trust imposed in them
were they to falter in the good
work. The late election in the
states of the Union, was not an ex
preston of the people on the tariff
question, and there is no reason
why it should have any influence
in staying the hands of the re-
formers.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-11-29

The sound common sense of the
American people will not support
the proposition, unblushingly made
in some quarters, that it is obliga-
tory upon the present administra-
ton to condone or ignore wrongs
done by the Harrison crowd. Il
can never be wrong to right a
wrong, particularly when it was
done to those unable to help them
selves.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-11-29

NEW York, Nov. ee.-The trial of
DR.. Henry c. F. Meyer, who is under
indictment for poisoning GustaFe
Brandt for the purpose of obtaining in
surance money. has been set for next
Monday, Dec. 4. before Judge Barrett
IN the court of Oyer and TeFminer.
District Attorney NicoIl will conduct
the prosecution himself, There will be
IS witnesses examined,
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-11-29
tusAN 3. ANTHONY AS PEAcEMAKeR



the Procession
TOPEKA, Nov. pa call has been
issued for state meeting Of the Farm
ers' Alliance and Industrial union at
Topeka, Dec. 8. one delegate from each
county and one for every 2 900 mem
bers or major fraction thereof. A
secret circular was sent to all county
alliances to be represented BY their
ablest members who can discuss the
the political question of the day In
1890 the alliance was at its zenith,
when the organization was composed
of 100, 600 members. That year it went
into politics aud retired John j. In
gals. Later the Peoples party took
its place and carried on the fight
against the Republicans. Since the
last election and the Popu1ist over
throw. the leaders have concluded to
call the Farmers Alliance to their aid
and through organization prosecute the
fight for free silver this winter and
next year.
As outlined by the leaders, thu alli-
ance will be reorganized IN every coun-
ty. 1t being the intention TO put new
alliance into every neighborhood in the
state. About % organizers will be put
In the field by direction of the state
meeting, and the Peoples party cam
paign for next year viii be commenced
at once.
The Equal Suffrage campaign opens
in Kansas this week by Mrs DeFoe Of
Illinois. Then the national organiza-
ton Will take charge of the cann8ig n.
Miss anthony says the women are GO
ing to run this campaign just like the
men run their politics. and that they
will have 5000 to spend in the cause
in Kansas. An earnest effort be
made to patch up the row between Mrs.
Lease and Mrs. Johns in the mean time
This task has been assigned to Miss An
thony by the national organization.
Mrs. Lease declares she viii never work
with Mrs. Johns, while Mrs Johns ig-
nores the Populist leader and goes
ahead as president of the State associa-
ton without ever referring to her
attacks.
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The marriage of Senator Faux
ner and Miss Virginia Fairfax
Whiting will take place at the resi-
dence of the brides parents at
Hampton, Virginia, on January Sd,
and will be one of the most notable
events of the social season. There
will be large attendance of we'll
known people from Washington
and West Virginia. The Senator
and his bride will take a ten days
wedding journey to Florida.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-11-29

VALPARAISO, Ind, Nov. 2s.-Judge
William @. Talcott, so years of age,
and editor of the Porter County Vidette
for nearly 80 years, will retire, hay
ing disposed of his interest IN that
paper to e. L. Welty. The Vidette
was the first paper published in this
county, and the only Republican paper
ever published in this city.
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Heavy Rain in Texas.

BRENNAN. Tex, Nov. 2s.-The hard.
est rain ever known here fell Sunday.
The government gauge shows 6.45
inches. Water ran into the lower parts
of the town eight inches deep. All the
bridges in town are washed away. Sew
eral houses are gone, but no lives were
lost, though there were a number of
narrow escapes. Lightning and hail
accompanied the rain. The Exchange
hotel and several residences were struck.
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Dniton Ganrster shot.

TULSA, L T., Nov. 2S.-R. G. Yockey.
one of the notorious Dalton gang of
outlaws, was shot in this city by Sam
Childers, half-breed Creek Indian.
and will probably die from the effects
OF the wound. The trouble arose over
horse which Yockey traded to Child
ers and which proved to have been
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-11-29
HoUsg-To-HousE vAccINArioN.
and Lynchburg. Va. win
Take n, rlt,,,.....

CHATTANOOGA, Nov. 2S.-A house-to-
house vaccination has been begun here
with 13 physicians in the field, and
several free stations are in operation.
Every citizen must submit to the oper-
alton. The penalty for resisting is line
and imprisonment in the workhouse.
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PORTLAND, Ind, Nov. 2S.-The big
glass factory.at Hartford City lighted
It's fires Monday night, and will haye
600 men at work The factory is one
of the largest in the country, and has a
monthly payroll of S45, 600 The mer-
chants of the town are jpbilapt over
lis QnfpiuR
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The MARKETS.
Review of the Grain and Cattle Markets
for November as.


Wheat $4,000. Corn-ss@4oc. Cattle
Selected butchers, 81 O0@4 so; fair to me
dunn, s. 25@4 90; common, s. COOS IS.
Hogs-Selected and prime butchers, IS 20
as 45; fair to good packing, s. 20d5 20;
common to rough, q 1905 Is. Sheep
81 25dS IS. Lanlbs-S3 2563 60
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Tne Anft 11uroer.

PETERSBURG, Ind, Nov. 2e.-Ths
trial of Harry Ault for killing Rent
AIiley, his mothers assailant. came up
in court Tuesday. The case promises
to be the most sensational ever tried in
the county.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-11-29

Wheet-No, 3 cash and November, 6oI4c:
December exc; May, 6ss<c. Corn-No. 3
cash, 361{c; May, $3.50. Oats-Cash, SOC
asked. Rye-491fc bid. Cloverseed-
Prime cash November and December,
$ 65; january, S. 20; March, IS so,
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Scarce Captured.

CHATTANOOGA, Nov. 2s.-Frank P.
Scarce, the Lexington (Ky9 land
forger, who escaped Jail there week
ago, was caught here while locked up
In a sleepingcar close going to Mexico.