The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-11-08

IAN eplIeptic, took strychnine 70 end her
troubles and succeeded.
James Z. Stone, self-confessed butcher OF
the Wratten family at Washington. Ind.
was sentenced to hang Feb. I6 next
The latest report on the prospective tariff
bill IS that there will b. mild reduction
all round. The bill will probably not
come up for consideration until after the
holidays
President Cleveland has issued tempo
rary commissions to number Of persons
1 whose nominations failed Of confirmation
by the senate. This will enable them to
! perform TIE duties Of their Offices until
/ they can be again sent to the senate when
that body reconvenes in December
At Washington Rev. Hershey of the
Sixth street Presby terian church created a
sensation by declaring Henry George and
Robert Ingersoll were tie two greatest
! criminals in America He also gave Gov
ernor Altgeld Of Illinois slap, saying he
encouraged lawlessness by pardoning the
anarchists
Grimes and Casualties.
Albert Altemeier, Q, of Avondale, Gin
cinnati, was run down and fatally injured
by an electric car
The electric light plant at Peoria, His,
was almost demolished by the bursting Of
Nh. Bailey of Barnum & Baileys show
claims his employees stole 100000 from
him during the show season
Treasurer Krug and his associates of
Seattle, Wash, have had 80 indictments
returned against them by the grand Jury
Krug's shortage was SIPS 900. but it WIS
all made good by friends
Near birmingham, Ala. j. X Payne, q
farmer, was shot and killed from an am
bush r1rpgfIrsfafIV
he had recently testified Against before the
United States district court
Six men were killed and 80 injured by
the explosion of boiler in the East Broad
way and Battery Railroad company,s
building, New York Some of the injured
are expected to die.
The insurance companies whose policies
w. III. Collard, Cincinnati travelling
man, had in his pockets when he fell or
was thrown from third story window Of
an Indianapolis hotel, will resist payment.
They claim suicide. The policies We're for
10000 and would have expired in a few
hours.
Nine men lost their lives by the capsizing
of a yawl in New York harbor
Two children were burned to death in a
burning house near Rock Island, Ills.
A brakeman, a fireman and four tramps
were killed in a freight collision near Sal
via, Cal
In football game at DeInven, Wis,
a man named Patterson was killed by
fall. His neck was broken.
Daniel J. Hart, an actor, was fatally i'm
jured in Chicago by falling in front of a
cable train, which partly passed over his
body.
While drunk Louis Rooster shot aud fa-
tally wounded Paul Pfennigwerth OF Gin
cinnati. The wounded man died in few
hours.
In Cincinnati Henry Thoie was probably
fatally stabbed in the back by an unknown
negro, who escaped. He started quarrel
and got the worst Of it.
Foreign.
Schneidermuhl, Prussia. has an unruly
artesian well which threatens to do great
damage
A dynamite explosion ON board a
steamer which caught fire in the harbor at
Santander, Spain, killed 1000 people and
tet fire to the town, causing great loss of
property.
The English public is disguised over the
inglorious war in Africa.
King Lobengula was not captured as has
been reported. Another battle is immi-
nent.
At Marseilles the striking streetcar en-
ployes grew riotous and made bonfires in
the streets OF the cars Themen want
shorter hours and more pay.
Fires.
A fire in Morse's dry goods store, Oma-
ha, ruined 500, coo worth of lace.
McLeans sawwill was destroyed and the
salt block damaged by nre supposed to.
have been incendiary. Loss $50, 600.
Fire destroyed the Galena smelter works
Sunday. Loss SfC0,0
Fire totally destroyed the porcelain plant
of the Peru Qnd.) Electric company. Loss,
$4,000; insurance, small; cause, unknown.
Personal.
Mrs. General Grant and family arrived
at Santa Barbara Tuesday night.
Mrs Cleveland attended Washington
theater Friday night-the first time since
Esther was born.
Mime. Adelina Patti arrived in New
York on her American tour.
Joseph Chamberlain, the leader of the
Liberal Unionist party of the British
parliament, is in New York.
Deaths.
Chang, the famous Chinese giant, died
at Bournemouth, Eng
NJ. Tirard, formerly French prime min
ister, is dead. He was born in 1897.
CONGRESS.
Thursday.