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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1894-12-31
CONGRESS AGAIN.
It VIII Rsconvsne on Thursday and Will
Ter Down TO solid Work

Ger Down TO SOild W Ork
WAsHINGrON, d. c., Decem ber.-
Both Houses Of Congress will resume
their sessions on Thursday next, aud it
is expected that thers will be a more
determ ned effort 70 press forward the
work Of the session for the next two
mouths than has characterized the
proceedings during the month which
hSa already elapsed. The necessary work
OF the session is the passage of the ap-
propriaJion bills, Of which there are
fourteen. OF these none have passed
the senate, and only five have received
the sanction Of the House. On these
Eve. the Senate Committee on Appro-
priatiOns has passed fsvorably uDOn the
pensions aud military academy bills.
while the army. fortiications and ur-
gent deficiency bills are still under con-
a.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1894-12-31
4 TERRIBLE SITUATION
In Western Nebraska, and People Are
Dying Of ~tarVatiOn.
THE VICTIMS CALL FOR AID.

The People Out OF Both Food and
Fuel-Very Little Stock Left in
the Stricken District-Farmers
Appealing for Help-The Neb-
raska Legislature Will Make
An ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Of
the Distress.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1894-12-31
historic DELATIN
Albany'S Great Hotel Burned to the
Ground Last Night.
TIE LOSS HALF A MILLION.

Most Of the Guests Had Narrow
Escapes, and Several Persons
Were Seriously Injured By
Leaping from the Windows
The House Famous for Fifty
Years as Political Hoadquart-
ers.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1894-12-31
Rusipe.s-Llke Burrlar.

CLEVELAND, o., Decem Der Sc.-RuFE-
lars visited the house q Luther Battles,
al COliuwood, = suburb Of this city. last
night, and being discovered, shot Bat
ties in the neck with a revolver, fatally
wouuding him. Mrs. Bsttles was then
compelled 20 give up $40 and a gold
watch, when the burglars SET Ere 70 the
house, bus the flames were sItingulshed
before they did much damage.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1894-12-31

THE Mosr remarkable ceres OF serof
Uia On record have bern accomplished
as SarsapsriIla, This nsdIctDs
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1894-12-31

NYAcK. n. Y, December s0.-As
John Hunter, Of Cottage Valley. and
jacob. Trecer, a butcher OF Sonth
.p-oof-fvr .A.-n -. tirs-1r, = f1nr -fssa IVast
F-i,g - rsss
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1894-12-31
Dsath Of Hon. Joha ). Fit1gsraIdI

I.rSCOI.x, Ma. December 3O.-H'
Jonr Fitzgerald, ex- President OF J
Irish tiansl Lsees md ore Of the "a
s1en Esllrssq p
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1894-12-31
TaE wzAFnEr

ws .o,,1oS. d. G. I,1c.1s 81.
Qres efKIasas Er16t
Asginds. becouf
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1894-05-12
The Advance i'm %TypesetttnR Ma
chimes

In typesctting machinery the appli-
cation of mechanics to the art Of print
ing is reaching IL elimination. 1t is
stated thai during the last twenty years
upward of 10000 600 have been cX-
pended in bringing the art Of setting
type by machinery up to its present
state. Now, for all plain work. type
setting machines are available. In the
London Times office a curious arrange
ment has been adopted for the compo-
sition Of the stcnographic notes OF the
parliamentary reports in the house Of
commons. in which typcsetting INA
chimes play an important part. The
stcnographic notes are read directly TO
the operators Of the machines. instead
Of being transcribed. rs was formerly
the case. Men at telephones in the
house of read these notes to
men stationed at receivers in the Times
composing rooms. who in turn read
them to the type settlers. In this way
these notes can be set up in type al
most as rapidly as they could be tram
scribed by an expert typewriter; and it
is said that the number Of errors that
reel i'll are not SO numerous as to
make the work of correcting proof
much greater than by the old system,
while a considerable saving in time and
expense is Notwithstanding Mag
lZinc.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1894-05-12
People In Prlnt.

Emma Juch, the opera singer, Is to
marry Francis Wellman, u New York
attorney.
1t is not generally known that Sarah
Bernhardt, the great actress, was once
a dressmaker's apprentice.
Edwin Booths brother. DR.. Joseph A.
Booth. has demanded of the executors
an accounting for the actors estate.
Pugilist Bob Fitzsimmons was neatly
licked and then put off Il train by Il
Jersey brakeman.
Rudyard kipling undoubtedly feels
that he is in need of a little free adj
vcrtising. He is again abusing the
Americans.
Henry Crater of Idaho advertised
for Il wife. He thus became engaged
to Alice Yingst of Sand Beach, Pa.
Alice weighs 1888 pounds.
Astronomer Hill, of the National
Naval observatory, has sighted the
comet recently discovered by Prof.
Gale at Sydney, N. S. w.
The engagement of Assistant District
Attorney Wellman Of New York and
Miss Emma Juch, which was reported
Il month ago and denied by both was
confirmed to-day by the gentleman. He
said that the day Of the wedding had
not yet been fixed.
There are two men living at the pres
ent time who have boards over seven
feet in length. One is an Engl;shman,
Richard Latter of London, who has a
beard ten feet in length. and the other
is Lagland Larow Of Missouri, whose
beard is upward of seven feet long.
These are said to be the two longest
boards IN the world.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1894-05-12
Unfortunate Exents.

Fire at CadiZ, Ind, destroyed seven
teen buildings and caused u loss of $780,
600.
Nine villages on the island of Euboca
We're destroyed by the recent earth
quake shocks.
Saxon Denham, a yOang business
man, was drowned at Muscatine, Iowa,
by the upsetting Of a sailboat.
John Rule was killed in Osceola,
Mich, by being struck by a skip While
/ oiling rollers in a mine.
A ~six-year-old daughter of James
Stout was burned to death at Ripley,
Ill.
The ~five-year-old daughter Of James
McAlanis was burned to death ut Brazil,
IND.
Frank Clements, an old railroad man,
was killed at Charlottesville, Ind, by
the kick of a horse.
At Ripley, ILL.,, a six-year-old daughter
Of James Stout, while playing about a
bonfire, was burned to death.
Irving Person, a wealthy farmer near
Bourbon, Ind, was thrown from his
carriage in a runaway and probably
fatally injured.
While making some repairs at the
bottom of the elevator shaft Of the
Hotel Hays at Warsaw, Ind, John
Slate and Frank Stoner We're crushed
to death and William Shinn fatally in
iurcd by having the elevator cage come
down upon them.
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4 Much-Needed Alloy.

Many attempts have been made to Sc
cure an alloy Of aluminium and plati-
mum that would be Of commercial
value, and the measures taken to that
md have at length proved successful.
The alloy is Of Il hands"mc yellow col
,r and is das1liEed as suitable for pro-
ieotihg steel knives, r:izors and the
ike from rusting. In appearance it is
not unlike gold alloycd with ) per cent
If silver. and it contains only q very
small percentage of platinum. 1t is,
therefore, not an expensive metal. and
will doubtless lie extensively used rs IL
substitute for gold plating for cheap
METAL mugs and dessert services. /, is
applied electrolytically. The bath con
sists Of Il solution of sodium illuminate,
% which is added platinum cyanide
dissolved in potassium cyanide solution.
The article to be plated is Immersed in
his bath, and attached in the ordinary
way to the cathode, OF negative ter
Minal Of the battery. while Il block Of
carbon or sheet of platinum serves as
The anode or positive terminal.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1894-05-12
HOUSEHOLD REASURE
Growing Popularity Of the Oxfor
Sewing Machines.

Growing Popularity Of the Oxford
Sewing Machines.
There is nothing more truly a household
treasure than a good sewing machine. To
be without 1t is to be willfully deprived Of
the immense advantage of one of the great.
est of al inventions. A machine once
bought is a perpetual treasure. 1t demands
no wages, occasions no expense or trouble,
and is always ready without a moments
notice to render the work Of the laborious
housewife tenf0ld more efficient and expe-
ditious. Some machines combine the best
ideas and suggestions which have been so
abundantly introduced in this remarkable
mechanism.
A machine which exhibits in liberal COM
binatlon all the best features introduced is
the Oxford sewing machine made by the
Oxford Manufacturing company, Chicago,
with lock-stitch, shuttle running light and
quiet. These machines have the following
important features: C%heapness, perfect,
self-adjusting and graduated tension, are
under control of the operator and are
always positive III their working. They are
entirely self-threading in all points, includ-
ing the shuttle. The needle Is self-setting,
the attachments are quickly and easily
placed and fastened. The shuttle has an
easy oscillating motion, culsIng 1t to keep
Its proper Place against :he race. Their
Oxford, No. Ii and Coiuiabian machines,
with attachments, were awarded the medal
premium at the Worlds Columbian EXPOSE
ton, Chicago.
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II tho following letters had been written
BY your best known and most esteemed
nei1hbors they could b no moro worthy Of
your confidence than they now are, coming,
a. they do, from well known, Intelligent, and
Trustworthy citizens, who, in their several
and respect Of al who know them. The
subjsct Of The above portrait !. q well
known and much respected lady, Mrs. John
@. Foster, residing at No. 50 Chaplin Street,
Canandaigua, N. Y. She writes to DR.. r.
v. Pierce, Chief Consulting Physician to the
It Buffalo, n. T., Is follows: II was
YEAR,. I doctored with Q number Of
our home physicians and received no
benefit whatever. also took treatment
from physicians In Rochester, New York,
Philadelphia, Jsrsssy City, Binghamtson, and
I nave paid out hundreds Of dollars to the
doctors without benefit. Ny brother came
to visit Us from the West and he told me to
try DIR. Piercsis Golden Medical Discovery.
He had taken It and II had cured him. !
have taken ten bottles Of the Discovery
and am entirely cured, and Il there should ho!id
ei. az e sas w1sn,at VIZ aaS t aaa1,n e sSsy : e ~Go's
return stamped envelope"
Not les remarkable Il tho following from
Nh. J.. A. Buxton, . prominent merchant
Of Jackson, N. c., who says: II had
besn troubled with skin disease Ill my
Life. ~ I grew older The disease seemed
many advertised remedies With no benefit,
until I was led to try Dr.. Pierce's Golden
Medical Discovery. When I began taking
It my health was very poor /: in fact, several
persons have dnco told mo that they thought
fhad the consumption. weighed only about
lbs pound. The eruption on my kin W.
conhnedst to my face, but Afterwards spread
over tbs neck and bead, and the itching be-
came simply wxbearable. This Was my con-
dltion whea ! began taking tho Discovery
Whsa I would rub the perts affected Q lind
Of beanny scale would 1ll Oh.
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MAwxI~.

Thousands bear testimony, in equally strong
terms, to the efficacy Of this wonderful rom
edy in curing the most obstinate diseased u
rouses every organ into healthy action, puri-
fes, vitalizes and enriches the blood, and,
through It, cleanses and renews the whole
system. All blood, skin, and scalp diseases,
worst scrofula arc cured By Il. For letter,
bunclss, goitre, or thick. neck, and enlarged
glands and s~welings, II Is IN unequslsd
remedy. Virulent, Contagious, blood poison
l. robbed Of its terrors by ths Discovery"
and BY it, p~ersevering use The most tainte6
system rsnopated and built up ane,v.
A Book On Diseases Of the Skin, with COZ
ored plates, Illustrating the various erup.
lions, mailed by. the Worlds Dspensafy
Medical Association, Buffalo, n. r, On
receipt Of dx cents for postage. Or, .
Book ON scrofulo'u Dtsoe.es, g HipJont
Disease, "Fever Sores" white 9we1lne,s
"Oh Sorss," or Ulcers, mailed Tor 3mo
amount In stamps.
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friends that he ha, committed suicide.

friends that nc ha, committed suicide.
Moore and WatcrTorlh, indicted upon
the charge of highway robbery, were
guilty and sentenced to one ycar each
at Bloomington, III.
William Roberts. Il murderer IN Jail
at Grcenup, ILL.,, committed suicide by
cutting his tlrnat with a ago The
act was inspired by fears Of lyEching.
Robert Salmons Of Dallas, Tex, and
James Howard of Butte, Mont, We're
arrested in Kansas City, SO, for cOun-
tcrfeiting.
James w. Wood, Michigan state
treasurer Of the Ancient Order Of Unit
cd Workmcn, who it is alleged :nscOnd-
cd with $1,000 of the orders funds,
has been located in Mexico. One Of his
bOndsmcn has gone there to sec about
Strengthening accounts will, the grand
lodge.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1894-05-12
From the Nations Capital.

From The Nations Capital.
The new cruiser Marblrl.end com
pletes her final trial trip.
The gold reserve goes below the hun
dred-million mark.
Senator Walsh introduces Il bill for
the unconditional repeal Of the state
bank tax.
BY a vote Of 81 to 1 Democrat: scla-
tors agree to support the tariff bill. in
Guiding the compromise amendments.
Postmaster General Bissell decides
not to appoint as posimastcrs men who
are Interested in tie s.as1on business.
In IL discussion ci ti.e ia,'iff bill in the
senate Tnrpie Of Indiana makes a vio-
lent personal attack upon Aldrich of
Rhode Island.
Supt. Stump, Of tie immisra:na bu-
reau. states tho immigrants wl;o Lave
arrived in this country With orders FOR
tickets for Western poi,'s on the de-
funct Scandinavian and F'ic!and lMmi-
grafton company Of New York, c!nnot
in justice to themselves and the steam
ship companies be deported.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1894-05-12
Sins and

Henry G. Young, a business man, was
found murdered at Erie, Pa.
John Mundorf cut his throat in a
barber shop at New York city.
In a quarrel at Brooklyn, Ind, Albert
Page shot and killed Hiram Gregor.
Officers in Clinton, ILL.,, have arrested
four horse thieves within a week.
William Brasher has been arrested
ut Carmi, ILL.,, charged with counterfeit
ing silver dollars and smaller coins.
A man dies in Wisconsin who had
shown as a burglar, forger, preacher
and the possessor of ten living wives.
Burglars got 5000 worth of silvcrware
from II. +. JOehnk's residence at Lyons,
Iowa.
Mrs. Phil Shepler, So years old, cut
her throat with a razor at Connersville,
Ind, and will probably die
John Murphy, formerly n Of Ar
mour's butchers in Chicago, was jailed
at Passaic, N. j., for burglary.
Sioux City banks lost $4,000 through
the operations Of Draft-raiser Knowl-
ton.
John Gantz. a laundry agent and stu
dent of De Pauw university, Ind. is
missing, and is short in his accounts
about $500.
A sneak thief at Elmwood, Ind,
stole a box containing $1,000 that was
to be used in paying the employees of
the Kelly ak works.
Miss Ettle Tyc, school teacher, who
disappeared at Parsons, Kan, was
found in an orchard, where she had
tried to end her life with poison.
Burglars blew open the safe In Ull-
rich's savings bank at Mount Clemens.
Mich, but could not opM the inner
door, which saved $4,000.
James H. Parke. a wealthy young
man of Detroit, Mich, has disappeared
at Chatham, Ont. 1t is feared by his
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1894-05-12

For . while I NV no change o. benefit
from taking tho Discovery but ! persisted
IL its uss, keeping my bowels open ~ taking
much outdoor exercise as was possible, until
I began to gain In desh, and gradually The
disease released it, hold. took during the
year somewhere from fifteen 70 eighteen bot
ties Of the Discovery Il has now been
four years since l hrst used i, and though
my he.ith contanuss good. NJ evsraE:
weight being l55 to 1e0 pounds, instead Of
1875, as Il wa when I began the use Of the
Discovery Many parsons have reminded
M Of my improved appearance: Some
say I look younger than l did dx years.
& when I was married. am now forty
eight years old, and stronger, and enjoy
better health than I have ever done beforo
IN my lie" Yours truly.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1894-05-12
NIfscellnneo Items.

Illinois attorney general proceeds
against the tobacco trust.
Louisville, Ky, wants the next Ma
tional Encampment of the G. A. Il.
Fourteen cases of smallpox are re.
ported ut Winamac, Ill.
Employer of six Kentucky coal mines
have struck. Over 1000 men are out.
Paul ]. Sorg, u Democrat, was elected
to congress from the Third Ohio dis
trict.
G. w. Buckley of Montgomery. Ala,
was elected commander of the state
department of the G. A. II.
A. demonstration of the unemployed
at Cleveland becomes a riot and many
persons are injured.
Gen. Jacob n. Cox was chosen to sue.
coed eX-Presidcnt Harrison as com
mander of the Loyal Legion ut the SEES.
sion in Cincinnati.
DR.. Alexander Smith has resigned us
professor Of chemistry ut Wabash col.
lege, Charlottesville, Ind, to accept Il
position in Chicago university.
HI. o. S%outhworth, of the firm of
SouthwOrth II Grafton, grocers, Stock.
ton, CAL, has assigned. The indebted
ness is 234,OOO; assets, $255,OOO.
A boy was carried out Of a circus ell
tertainment at Clinton, Iowa, suffering
with smallpox. Hundreds were OK
posed and a general outbreak liz feared.
The Victor mine Mt Cripple Creek,
Col, is reported to have been sold to
New York and London capitalists for
$4,000. This is the largest sale thus
far in the history of the camp.
!ightship No. So, the first built on
the lakes for ocean service, was
launched at the Craig shipyard at To-
ledo, Ohio, on the Both. The new boat
is 125 feet long, % feet beam and
draws 20 feet of water. She has both
steam and sail propelling power. The
new boat will be stationed on Nan.
tucket Shoals.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1894-05-12
LEN BUT NOT BLIND.

An Old Man Who Was Wide Awake
i'm the interests of His Daughter.
BE seated sir"
AS the speaker, a man slightly over
two score, his hair tinged with gray,
addressed these words 10 the young
man who stood before him, his face
assumed a slightly satrical expression
and, brushing aside the papers that
Uttered his desk. he said:
Young man, it is possible that you
may think me entirely ignorant of the
GRAND which brought you to my office
to-day, but allow me to say ut the start
hat because 1 have been silent 1 have
by NJ means been blind to your actions.
Your attentions to my daughter, sir,
during the past few weeks have not
escaped me, and it has been the sub
ject of much concern on my part. How
you obtained an introduction to her I
know not. bat that it came wholly I'M
solicited on her part ] am most certain.
Suffice it to say that the mischief has
been done. Now. sir. that we UNDER
stand each other. what have you to
say for y%oursclf?'
While the elder man had been speak
ing, the face of his youthful visitor had
assumed an expression of intense ear
nestness, which now relaxed somewhat
AID a light smile played over his plac-
id features. Leaning slightly forward,
he observed: LAS l understand it sir,
you are slightly under 45. Habits regu-
lar, lungs sound, no heart trouble. no
inherited disease, nothing" he added
earnestly, looking anXiously into the
face of the other. that is likely to car
Nv you off suddenly, is therc?'
NO, sir!" Numbered his companion.
What do you mean? All, l sec," he
muttered, 4 sudden CLEAN OF intclli-
sence coming into his eyes. $50 You
are already specializing upon the posi-
bility of my death? You are already
counting my wealth in your minds eye,
and gloating over the fortune that one
day may be yours. Do you suppose,
you impudent puppy, that there is the
slightest possible chance of your marry
ing my dauglltcr?"
As he spoke the young man had risen.
and drawing himself up to his full
height and looking the emraged parent
full in the face, he replied: Nothing
is further from my thoughts. Your
daughter, sir, is Il most charming and
accomplished young woman, and as I
have sat on the sofa beside her or oc-
casionally heard the sweet tones of her
wonderful voice as it vibrated through
the innermost reccsses Of my soul, or
as 1 have looked into her limpid eyes
while her little hand lay in mine, 1 may
say, sir, that l have experienced feel
ings and emotions which it would be
unmanly in me to disavow. But much
s..@ / esteem her. the subject of love has
never been discussed between us. j
have taken this opportunity Of ginning
an introduction to you to discuss an
other and far more important matter"
"And what may that beg gasped the
other man.
ut is this" replied his youthful WIS.,
itor, rapidly drawing Il printed sched-
ule from his side pocket. Il want to
talk with you, sir. about getting your
life insured."-New York World.
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In the Far West.

A butcher in a Washington town
recently purchased a hog which weigh
ed, when dressed, 81 pounds.
One a go out IN Petcrson's butte,
near Albany, Or, and kill half a dozen
rattlesnakcs any time.
r. Chauvin picked Il naval orange
weighing eleven ounces from a two
year-old tree at his place, near Delano.
Twenty-Five thousand head of sheep
are said to have been sold within the
past two weeks in Morrow county, Or,
to Eastern buyers, ut about $3.50 per
head after shearing.
When Mrs. Taylor of Stockton. went
into her cellar when the water had
somewhat subsidized, for she was in
the flooded district, she found two
human skulls tied up in a bag.
Walla Walla has been shipping early
vegetables to Montana and intermedi-
ate points for the past three weeks
at an average Of Il ton and a half a
day, and the tonnage is daily increasing.
The largest gold nugget found near
Redding, Cal, in years vas licked up
in Il ravine miles northwest of
Redding by an old FOrty-niner recent
~. 1t is five inches long, two and a
half in width, shaped something like
an egg and is valued at $j15.
Freddy Ellsworth, aged thirteen years,
while out hunting near Philomath, Or,
was startled by Il full-grown wildcat
that III cross his path. Being armed
with a shotgun loaded with bird shot
he was at first 10th to shoot, for fear
the animal would be only slightly
wounded and might attack him. He
finally mustered up courage, however,
and blazed away, killing the cat ut the
first shot.
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Lntter-Day Etiquette.

Mrs. Dc Scicpce-Hcreaf,cr. when
visitors call, you are not to take their
cards. You must ask them their names.
My husband has discovered 800 differ
cnt kinds of bacteria OH visiting cards.
Servant-Ycs, ma'a:n.
Mrs. De Sciance-And when thay
mention their INC you are particu-
larly to notice if their voices are hoarsc.
Colds are catching. New York Weekly.
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Mrs. Jacobs. Eva, you know we ex-
pect the new bcarder tonight. Is tho
family Bible put away!
Eya-Dcttcr than that, ma. have
left one of my pictures in his bureau
drawer, accidentally, and marked 1t
October 18th, 1893, aged nineteen"