The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-10-04
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GUS Subjects. Especially Prepared Tor
the Hasty Headers.
Sept. % was Indiana day at the world'a
fair
Fully 500. 900 is missing from the Kin.
caid chain of banks in Kansas.
Damaging frosts in the vicinity Of Oak
land and Minonk, Ills, and Mankato.
Minnesota.
The suits threatened against the German
National bank of Louisville are denounced
as blacllmaiL
John d. Rockefeller has bought 500 acres
near Tarrytown, on the Hudson. and will
build million-dollar residence there.
Utah, Arizona, Oklahoma and New Mex
leo will no doubt be recommended for
statehood by the committee on territories.
The Indiana supreme court has decided
that gas companies must furnish gas TO
patrons who have property in the streets
traversed by the gas mains.
The Big Four employees voted almost
unanimously not to strike.
Secretary Gresham says the silver repeal
bill will pass by Is majority.
The Chesapeake and Ohio has notified its
employees of a reduction of 10 per cent in
salaries, taking effect Oct. 1, and as a con-
sequence there is a protest all along the
line
The fight between the Dubs and Esher
factions of the Evangelical church is break
ing out again.
Now it is said that Judge Long himself
led the mob that lynched three innocent
blacks in Jefferson parish, La
Twelve persons indicted forparticipating
in and arranging for prize fights in Port
land, Or, have pleaded guilty, and
Wednesday each was sentenced to pay
fine of 81 600 or be imprisoned in the state
4 - - -
tence provided by the law
Parkersburg, w. Va, has % cases of
scarlet fever.
Snow fell for half an hour at Pittsfeld,
Mass, Friday.
Spiritualists will incorporate a society
and hold national conventions
1t is said upon good authority there will
be no tariff legislation until June.
The Baltimore and Ohio employees say il
there is a reduction in wages that it
must be temporary.
The members of the Baimacsiia cabinet
In Chilli have been found guilty OF treason.
The supreme court will fix the penalty.
The ghost dance is again in progress in a
camp between Pine Ridge agency and
Wounded Knee, S. D., The friendly In
dians are alarmed at the outlook
AT Wheeling Reymann's hill is to be
tunneled at a cost of $780, 900, and double
track electric road will be built to Edging-
ton, opening up 1000 acres of splendid
land.
1T is believed the ish-Amerfcans will
ignore the presence of Joseph Chamber
lain, who will soon reach America. The
Gladstonians throughout Great Britain
refer to him as Judas Chamberlain. be-
cause he deserted the Liberals.
The report that the ways and means
committee has decided to double the tax
F,NnH Naor. Ill
member OF the subcommittee having the
internal revenue features of the bill in
charge declares that it has not even been
considered
The attendance at the worlds fair Sun
day was unusually large-for Sunday-47,-
925 paid admissions.
The Chinese will not be excluded from
Canada.
Senator Chandler attacked the president
in a speech in the senate.
The total paid admissions at the worlds
fair up to and including Oct. was Il, 7O7,-
736.
Denver had an inch of snow Sunday.
More fell in the mountains. 1t soon disap-
peared.
The American Protective association
promises TO cut figure in the coming
elections in Denver.
An international railway union, embrac-
ing all the railway employees of the world,
is.now being agitated.
At Evansville, Ind, the brakemen and
switchmen on the Ohio Valley railroad
struck on account of reduction of 10 per
cent in wages.
1t is claimed the Columbian guards at
the worlds fair have stolen considerable
from the exhibits they are supposed to
watch. A large force of secret service men
will be employed to watch them 1t will
be June before all the exhibits are re-
moved.
The steamship Reno which sailed from
Genoa for Rio Janeiro and Santos, Brazil,
on Aug. Is, with ,433 emigrants, was re-
fused landing on account of cholera and
forced TO return. She has arrived at the
Canaries, up to Which time there had been
123 cases and 81 deaths.
This years cotton crop is estimated at
$500, 600 bales.
The Indianapolis Bank of Commerce has
reopened its doors.
There was 127, 1921 paid admissions to the
worlds fair Monday.
Mexico will probably reduce interior
postage form 10 to 5 cents.
Oklahoma and Indian Territory want to
be admitted as one state.
The new law requiring separate coaches
for negroes is now in effect in Kentucky.
Canadian railroad and steamship lines
will act in conjunction with the United
StGtes authorities in keeping out undesera-
BILE immigrants.