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The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1894-08-22
JAPANESERE
DARING ATTEMPT TO CAPTURE THE
FORTS AT WEI-HAt-wEl.

First sl-ots Were Exchanged at Daybreak
and the Chinese Gunners Returned =
Vigorous TIre-After Defeat Mt One End
Of the IIarbor the Japs Attack the Other
Entranee-The News Confirmed.
SHANGHAI. Aug. ia dispatch re-
ceived here from Chee-F Foo says that the
Japanese attacked Port Hamilton (Port
Arthur) Friday evening and were re-
pulsed.
A special dispatch from Chee-Foo
confirms the report that the Japanese
feet attacked the Chinese fleet at Wei
Hai-Wei Friday morning and that the
former were repulsed at one entrance
of the harbor and subsequently attacked
the other entrance.
The dispatch says that the japanese
made a daring attempt to capture the
forts and arsenal at wei-Hai-wei. The
Japanese attacked in force, four cruisers
and several smaller vessels heading the.
advance. The first shots were ex-
changed at daylight. but the Chinese
were on the alert and their gunners re-
turned a vigorous fire from the forts.
The Japanese apparently expected to
take the Chinese by surprise while the
latter's warships were away, the Chi
nese squadron, with the exception of
some small gunboats and torpedo yes.
sci, having sailed the day before for an
other port. But the gunboats and forts
kept up such well directed fire that
the japanese were unable to enter the
harbor. The Chinese torpedo boats We're
then ordered to advance, and when they
did so the Japanese feet retired.
The same feet of Japanese vessels at
tackled the other entrance of the harbor
later in the day.
Dispatches received here say that the
second attempt of the Japanese fleet
upon Wei-Hai- Wei has been defeated.
Another dispatch says that the Pei
Yang fleet is engaged with Japanese
feet and that stubborn battle is be-
ing fought. Twenty-one ships are taking
part in this fight.
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CHINESE SUPERSTITION.
Remarkable story Regarding tho Dowa,
Empress-Bad Luck and Rats.

Remarkable Story Regarding the Dowager
Empress-Bad Luck and Rats.
New YORK, Aug. IA recent num-
Der of the North China Herald, just re-
ceived in this city, tells this story of the
Empress Dowager of China.
The empress keeps constantly burning
in her palace 1S lighted lamps, which
represent the 1S provinces of China.
Not long ago one of the lamps was
burning very badly, and the empress
sent for the chief imperial astSonomer
te learn the reason. The chief Eastrono-
mer, having consulted the archives, told
the empress that it represented the prov
ince of Canton, which was about to be
afflicted with a serious epidemic, in
which the god of pestilence had deter
mined to take off eight-tenths of the
people.
The empress was very much con-
cerned at this, and asked the chief as
tronomer how such a doom might be
ayerted. The chief astronomer said that
God might perhaps be moved by prayer
and offerings, and everything was done
to placate him by the Empress Dow
ayers orders. Finally the chief said
that God had consented to compromise,
for four-tenths human beings and four
tenths rats. Thus the frightful mortal
ity of rats and human beings at Canton
this spring is explained.
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A Detectives Advice.

"Go smash store window, throw
a stone through street lamp, knock
a man down or commit any petty
crime to get locked up
That was the advice one of the
leading detectives of the city gave a
reporter when he asked the best
method of keeping outof the clutches
of the city detectives after having
committed crime.
'sThe station house is the last place
they would look for you, " he contin-
ued, land surely not In prison"
This fact was well illustrated F,y
the exhauJtiye search made by f.le
officers short time ago for wcIl
known criminal, who was afterward
accidentally discovered In Moya-
mensing prison, where he had been
sent by a magistrate on triy n
charge. Philadelphia North Amer
lean
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HEAD-ENp COLLISION.
rwO Trainmen Killed and Several othc,
People IadIy Injured.

Two Trainmen Killed and Several Other
People IIadIy Injured.
KANSAS CITY, Aug. ia disastrous
head-end collision occurred on the
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe. be-
tween Hurdle and Gibbs, No., at $3.50
yesterday morning between express
rain No. 8, westbound, aud express No.
1, eastbound, resulting in two trainmen
being killed and several passengers in
tured, and the engines and combination
Express and baggagecars completely de-
molished. According to orders the
trains We're to have met at Gibbs, and
1t is alleged No. violated the orders.
The killed are: Engineer Humphreys
of express No. A, Kansas City, and
George Caphnger, express messenger of
No. 3, buried in the wreck.
The injured are: Dan Milsbough of
Chicago baggageman of No. 4. badly
bruised and hurt internally, may die; E.
e. Derrick, Chicago, baggageman of No.
o, cut and bruised from head to foot,
will probably die; Engineer DAILY, on
No. o, of Fort Madison, shoulder badly
hurt; Fireman Mart Fogarty of Fort
Madison; on No. 5, badly bruised, will
recover; Fireman r. P. Skyles, on No.
4. of Kansas City, bruised; Brakeman
Holmes of No. 8. of Fort Madison, hand
smashed; Justin Mccarthy, % years old,
of Chicago, and Walter NJ. Durbin, %
years old, of Milwaukee, ankle cut.
The trains met on slight curve and
came together with q terrific force.
Both engineers applied the airbrakes
and reversed their engines.
AS soon as the passengers and those
OF the train crew not hurt recovered
from the shock they proceeded to rescue
the unfortunate victims. Engineer
Humphreys of No. was found at his
post with one of his limbs cut off at the
thigh and his head almost split in two.
He died in few minutes. Express
Messenger Caplinger was instantly
killed.
e. r. Derrick, the express messenger
and baggagemaster of No. 5, had a very
narrow escape, and his injuries may vet
prove fatal. The momentum forced him
through the side of the car and landed
him on the embanlment about 90 feet
away. His face was smashed to jelly
and his body terribly cut and bruised.
None of the passengers on No. were
injured. The passengers i'll the smoker
and chair cars of No. were badly
shaken up.
Justin Mccarthy of Chicago was sit
ting in one of the reclining chairs and
was hurled through a window and
landed on clay bank about six feet
from the track. His injuries were not
serious.
Walter N. Durbin of Milwaukee was
in the smoker next to the baggagecar
and was also thrown through window,
cutting his ankle. He was hurled 40
feet and landed within two feet of
where the locomotives lay on the track.
The officials of the Santa Fe here say
the conductor and engineer of train No.
4 were responsible for the accident, hay
ing disobeyed telegraphic orders to meet
train No. 3 at Gibbs station.
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uNFoUNDED.
Tho Report That Ii Hung ChanE,s Rank
Had Been Reduced.


LONDON, Aug. 1S.-The Times Friday
published dispatch from Tien-Tsin,
China, stating that the report circulated
to the effect that Viceroy Lii Hung
Changes rank and privileges had been
reduced by the Imperial command, was
entirely unfounded. The Times dis
patch also stated that there was no truth
in the report circulated from the same
source, that General Yeh had been
killed in the battle fought at Asan, and
that it was untrue that the Chinese
cruiser Kwangui had been sunk.
The Times. Saturday, commenting on
these bogus reports, as reviewed by its
Tien-Tsin dispatch, says: "An these
disasters wonld probably have occurred
in any well regulated war. But it is
not quite certain at which end Of the
telegraph wire the war, as it ought to
be. is carried on. Those who want to
know what is really going ON at the
other end of the world would do well
to exercise some care in selecting their
sources of information"
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warlaId and AInriared.

GALENA, Ills, Aug. George Rich
ardson, a prominent farmer of New
Diggings, Wis, was waylaid and muir
dered last night while riding home
from Galena by his brother, Mark.
There had been i'll feeling between the
brothers for years, and they were en-
gagged in litigation about their fathers
estate. Thursday night Mark Richard
sons grainyard was burned by an incen-
diary fire, and he attributed the deed to
his brother. He left his home last night
to meet his brother on the road, aid
shot him dead when he approached.
The murderer then went to Benton and
surrendered himself, and was taken to
Darlington jail.
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New Re.eryatlon 70 De opened.

WAsHINGToN. Aug. 1o.-The Kicka-
poo Indian reservation in Kansas will
be thrown open to settlement within six
weeks if the expectations of the interior
department. officials are realized. The
adjustment of allotments have been
completed, and Alloting Agent Moses
Neal has submitted his report to the
bureau of Indian affairs. 1t will be
forwarded to Secretary Smith in a few
days. The schedule of allotments shows
about 290 allotees.
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An authorities that have treated
On longevity place exercise, moderate
ly and regularly taken, as one of the
main factors of n long life. That
there are many exceptions does not
alter the fact that physical exercise
is as useful in keeping one healthy
as it is to prolong life Good walkers
are seldom sick, and the same may
be said of persons who daily take q
certain prescribed amount of exer-
else. Exercise IS both preventive
and a remedial measure. In my own
practice i have seen case of persist
ent Transportation that followed the
least bodily effort, and which an
noyed and debilitated the person ct
night-this being a condition left
after n severe illness disappear as 4
by magic after day or two of exer-
else on a bicycle.
Pliny relates that Greek physician
who took up his residence in Rome
was wont publicly to declare that he
was willing to be considered a charla-
tan if at any time he should ever
fall i'll, or if he failed to die of any
other disease but old age. CELSIUS, in
speaking of the same physician, OBJ
serves that his faith in the benefit to
be derived from exercise was so great
that he had in great measure aban-
doned the administration of internal
remedies, depending mostly on hy-
gienic measures and exercises. As an
evidence of the correctness of his
views, Pliny tells us that this physi-
clan lived to be a centenarian, and
len only died from an accident
Popular Review.
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quet5e. In the same way In the
orient if in showing the blade of a
sword to an acquaintance you hap
pen to turn the edge thereof toward
him, he viii consider his "honorp
impugned, and if by any chance he
IS Japanese he is capable of going
OFF and committing suicide by rip
ping himself open, leaving a docu-
ment stating that, having been in
suited by you, honor demanded that
he should commit harikari and cali
ing upon his nearest relatives to
ayenge him by killing you.-New
York Tribune.
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CONGRESS.
wednesday.

SENATE-Bills passed: House bill to re-
imburse Z. II. Nebaker, late treasurer of
the United States, for 81 ,0c0 paid by him
TO make good a shortage; to provide for
tions, and appropriating $4,000 for new
revenue cutter. Senate bill to incouraye
the holding of a worlds fair at Atlanta in
1895.
gate the charges against Judge Ricks of
Cleveland; resolution was agreed to in
structing the commissioner of labor to in
Vestigate the effects of machinery on labor,
wages, etc; rest of the-day was devoted TO
discussing bills from the COMMITTEES ON
public buildings and Prnnnds
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Saturday.

on the Hill resolution until q when n mo-
tion to adjourn over Sunday prevailed.
HousE-The house agreed 20 the senate
amendments to permit the Washington
Alexandria and Mount Vernon railroad to
enter Washington and the senate amend-
ments to the sundry civil bill to give ,OOO,-
600 9cres of surveyed arid lands to the states
of Kansas aud Nebraska aud the states to
be formed from the territories
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A AIotorlnan,s Carelessuess.

AKRON, o., Aug. ga fatal accident
occurred on the Akron and CuyahoRa
Falls Rapid Transit company's electric
line last night A car running 20 miles
an hour collided with buggy in which
were John Rhoades, his daughters, Min
ME and Mary. Rhoades was fatally in
jured and his daughters very seriously
hurt. Carelessness of the motorman
caused the accident.
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DIed A,rar From Hnme.

Fort WAYNE. Aug. 9.-Frederick @.
Eckart, prominent Fort Wayne pork
packer and capitalist, died yesterday at
Mount Clemens, Mich. He went there
with his daughter about fortnight ago
apparently in good health and his sud-
den death was surprise Mr.. Eekart
Is reputed to be worth $500, 900.
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oId Fen,i R.neueli

GUTHRIE. o. T., Aug. 9.-News of n
bloody fight in Pottawatomie between
farmers is received. Thomas Hopkins
and ]. g. Warren, between whom there
was an old feud, met at bridge across
the river. Each man was accompanied
by friends and neighbors. A conflict
with stones, reyolvers and Winchesters
ensued, In which Warren was killed and
several others injured. Names are not
obtainable.
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SENATE-went into executive session
after morning hour, apparently to relieve
the tension on the tariff bill
HousE-Heated discussion through a
resolution of Mr.. Boutelle regarding the
action of the administration in recognizing
the Hawaiian republic. The rest OF the
day was devoted to bills of the committee
on claims.
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You affect a mans 'thonor" in Eu-
rope If you I'll his glass by slanting
the bottle backward instead of for
ward. I have known one of the
numerous Counts CoudenhoYe Of
Austria to be compelled to fight a
most sanguinary duel for having
been guilty Of such breach Of eh-
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a London Fer % centurl.. -

There happen'd this weeke p "a n
John Evelyn, IN an entry IN his dir
dated Nov. %, 1899, $50 thick a riis
and fog that people lost their way 4
the streetes, it being so intense fhat
no light of candles or torches vieIdef
any Tor bu- very httle) direction
was IN it, and IN danger. Robbe
were committed between the
lights which were fixed between /
don and Kensington on both sii
and while coaches and travellers
passing. It began about 4 o5clocl
the afternoone, and was quite goI
s, without any wind to dispers
At the Thames they beat drun1-'
direct the watermen to maI-1
Shore
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LONDON, Ang. 13.-The bark Braekka,
from Hernosand for Rio Janeiro, was in
collision with the schooner Pilgrim.
from Port Madoc for Stettin, on Satur-
day morning last, on Anvil Point. The
schooner was sunk and four members of
her crew were drowned. The Braekka
received considerable damage.
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Friday.

SESATE-Mr. Hill offered q resolution
calling for information as to the status of
the tariff conference. Discussed till Q
O'Clock and laid over. when the executive
business was taken up.
acknowledgements reported of con-
ferrees on the sundry civil bill. Senate
bill granting to Northern Pacific railway
ton WAS nassal
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VILLAGE ON FIRE.
winnecone, wis. Threatened with rota,
Destruction.

OSHKOSH. Wis, Aug. "a report has
Just been received that the village of
Winnecone, 12 miles west of here, is in
danger of total destruction by fire. The
flames which started in the business
center are said to be working toward the
lumber dist-ct along the river. There
Is strong wind blowing.
Winnecone has population of about
1000 and contains q number of manu-
featuring plants, including the Tom
Wall Lumber company. Assistance
has been asked from this city and a fire
engine is being loaded on a st. Paul car
which VIII be hauled at once to the
scene OF confagration.
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First woman NasuraII.ed.

CLEVELAND, Aug. 9.-Mrs. s. Louise
Patterson, native of Switzerland, was
admitted to citizenship by Judge Hutch
ins Of the common pleas court Tuesday.
So far as known she is the first woman
to be naturalized IN this country, al
though several have taken out first
papers.
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News of the battle Condemned

LONDON, Aug. 1s.-The government
has received a a-dispatch confirming the
announcements of further fighting be.
tween the Chinese and Japanese. The
government advices say that the Japan
ese were making an attack upon the
important naval station at Wei-Hai-W
but no details were given.
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Bom Worm in Terna.

FORT WORTH, Tex, Aug. 1o.-The
boil worm continues its destructive
work in the cotton fields of central and
northern Texas. In Hill county the
crop is already reduced % per cent.
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Death Of a Prominent Mason.

LEAyKNwoRTH, Kan, Aug. 1s.-Fritz
Meyers. grand tyler of the grand lodge
of Masons of Kansas, died at his resi-
dence In Leayenworth yesterday after
noon He has been connected with all
the grand bodies of Masonry in Kansas
for many years.
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GRAsSHOPPERs.
They Are Devastating tho cornnelds o
Tennaasae

HUNBoLT. Tenn. Aug. 9.-Grasshop-
pers galore have appeared in this COM
munity. They have attacked the corn
crop, and in short time fields of
splendid promise are rendered bare.
The hoppers eat into the earth, and the
prospects are that the corn crop of this
county will be rnined
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Iron worlr. a..i-,

CHICAGO. Aug. 9.-The Scoville iron
works made a voluntary assignment
yesterday. Assets are put at $I5, 900;
liabilities, 1000. The necessity of
conserving the assets to meet obliga-
tions is given as the causeof the assign
ment.
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LARAMIE, Wy, Aug. e.-Lararnie
lodge of the American Railway union
has declared the Pullman boycott of the
Union Pacific of, and appointed COM
mittee to intercede with Judge Riner
ON behalf of the strikers.
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DECLARED OFF.
The Railroad Strike at cinclnnati at an
End.

CINCINNATI, Ang. s.-The strikers
met at Beethoven kan at 10 O'Clock
Wednesday morning and reconsidered
the vote Of Tuesday. whereby they re-
fused to declare the strike of.
When the motion to give up the fight
was again put, the vote stood-SI8 II.
favor of, and only SO against the propo-
sition.
This ends the strike that has been on
In local railway circles for overs q month.
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The senate went into executive session
at 1920 to vote on the Chinese treaty; no
debate, and the vote resulted In confrma.
ton AZ TO 20
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IGT =

The undersigned desires to inform
his patrons and the public gener-
ally, that he will continue in the
ice business next summer, supply
ing none but pure lake ice, and
would be pleased to have you leave
your orders with him for next sum-
mer's delivery. Ice furnished now,
on order. JOHN G. SToRTZ.
jan24 6m
The Washington times., 1894-07-22
Dinner and Ballroom Flowers.

Autumn leaves are always in requisition
for room and table decoration, whereas the
more tender colored leaves OF springtime are
left unheeded. A big br amen OF young limo
or young plantain. maple, or tulip tree is
wonderfully decorative in a roo m; and upon
dinner table nothing looks fresher and pref
tier than IN arrangement" in pale green
leaves. Fortunately for ball-giyers rhodo-
dendrons will soon be with us; upon land
ing and staircase these gorgeous flowers have
a wonderful way of filling up ugly spaces.
Trelliswork OF flowers and greenery is now
the most approved mode OF ornamenting a
ballroom. Vatican and Louis Seize decora-
tions are likewise much in vogue. Charming
TO behold are Watteau baskets. tied with pale
blue ribbons, suspended In a ballroom from
the ceiling or scattered upon q dinner table.
The Washington times., 1894-07-22
Some Odd Things In Life.

A si1-pound boy hauled in a flfty-pound
catfish at Winfield, Kan. a few days ago.
Newly married girls in Hungary offer
their kisses for sale on St. Josephs day
March 10.
Machinery is being put up at Newark, n.
j., for manufacturing ammonia from atmos-
pheric nitrogen.
Tine War Department is experimenting
with aluminium for cups, plates, horseshoes,
bayonet fixtures, and other articles.
Three widowers at MARVEL, Ark. have
married again. They have made love to and
been accepted by three sisters. Their first
wives were also sisters.
They are talking in Boston about a clergy
man who at a recent dinner drank quart OF
champagne under the impression that it was
apollinaris and good for his digestion.
In the dominions OF the British empire
alone some S,C01 individuals vanish every
year without leaving any indication as to
their whereabouts or ever appearing again.
In Holland the peasant girl who is without
bean at fair times hires young man for the
occasion. As good dancers commands Il high
price. two maidens sometimes club together
to employ the same swain.
The Washington times., 1894-07-22

seen a mother whip her child for soiling an
apron and laugh to see him torturing ny.
1t is small cruelties encouraged that makes
great criminals. For the affections guide
them gently to seek quality rather than ap-
pearance, truth rather than glitter. Train
them to be constant and firm. So far as 1t
lies in your power try to implant contempt
in the youthful mind for fckle and shifting
character. But all this must be done without
the slightest appearance OF teaching. Let
that teaching occupy the first ter years OF
life 1t will then have gained lasting
foundation.
Above all things, mako tho basis OF the
childs education solid. Sec that his studies
are of the kind that will be useful to him in
after life. Let the smattering go and have
him given at least a sound knowledge Of his
own language and of mathematics, history
and geography. He can get through the
world very well on these. Study is useless
unless well digested. Study with him for
n while and teach him how to study with the
best results. Give the girl the same studies
let them study together. Let them romp as
much as they will out OF school hours, play
baseball together or anything else they wish
to play and. remembering that childhood is
the age of enjoyment, let them enjoy it to
their full.
As the boy and the girl grow older prepare
them for the duties of the life of the great
world beyond. Let them have knowledge,
with which comes confidence. Educate them
to common sense and practicability, and you
need have slight fear about them. Make
them thorough in everything. Inculcate in
the boy sense Of honor and in the girl a
sense of duty. Teach each to understand
that each has a sphere in life to occupy-a
mission to flll-and no more-that to mistake
it or to 20 beyond it causes half the misery Of
life, and then let them choose for themselves
their profession or trade. Then help them to
it to the best of your ability. No ono can
blame you If they turn out badly. And chill
dren so trained seldom do.