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The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1894-01-24

we're out of employment. and in
1877 we have the great strikes,
lock -outs and incendiarism which
eliminated in the great destruction
of railroad property in Pittsburg.
The above is sample of a
straightout Republican Protection
ist Panic; and the logical conclusion
is, that similar conditions are pro-
dueing similar results in 1893
Dunn & Co. says there are but.six
times in thirty-seven years when
commercial failures reached 2OO,-
100000; three of these were during
the panics of 1873 1873, one in 1884,
and one in 1893.
1890 and 1891 came within ten
millions of that sum, and yet Nc
Kinley calls them "years of unex-
ampled prosperity"
Col. Ingersoll says: No man can
imagine. all the languages of the
world cannot express what the peo-
pie of the United States suffered
from 1873 to 1879. /"
"Men who considered themselves
miAionaires, found they were beg
gars; men living in palaces found
they were mendicants with bonds,
stocks and mortgages, all turned to
ashes in their hands.
"The chimneys grew cold, the
furnace fires went out, poor families
were turned adrift, and the high
ways of the United States were
crowded with tramps.
Such was the Protection Panic of
1873. WM @. WELLS.
Parkersburg, January, 1894.
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THE POPULISFS' IDEA.
They Say a Graduated Income
Tax Is What We Need.
THEY NOW HAVE An AMENDMENT

Which VIII BE offered When the Bill
Comes Up in the House-If Their Plan
Is Not Accepted They VIII Help The
Democrats Pass Their Income Tax Meas
ure-LiveIy Contest Looked For.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 23.-Representa-
tive Pence Rep., Colo.) on behalf of the
Populists element in congress will offer
an amendment to the income tax ILL
when it is under consideration in the
house. The amendment he proposes
does not change the phraseology of the
bill as reported, but instead of u general
per cent tax on incomes, it provides
for graduated tax as follows: From
$500 to $4,000, l per cent; $4,000 to
10000, 2 per cent; $50, 900 to $50, 0GO, 8
per cent; $4,000 to 100000, 4 per cent;
over 100000, per cent.
Mr.. Pence says: 1.-The third party
platform called for graduated income
tax. From a political standpoint, there
fore, we would have been justified in
Offering our graduated plan first. But
we prefer to carry some for the income
tax, even if we don't get our own plan
of graduated scale. For that reason we
viii wait for the Democratic income tax
amendment, and will then offer them
our substitute. If they accept, well and
good, if not, we will help them to carry
their plan"
a Lively Contest
Over the income tax proposition is likely
to take place this week, as a result of the
formal presentation of the complete in
ternal revenue bill. While this measure
was held in committee its friends ON the
floor of the house were powerless to push
it as an amendment TO the tariff bill ut
now that it is about to emerge from the
committee steps Will at once be taken to
have it considered as an amendment TO
the Wilson bill. a caucus to bring about
this result may or may not be held, but
the income tax men have prepared them
selves for either emergency. As yet no
call for caucus has been circulated.
Should a caucus be called the income
tax men are confident of commanding q
majority for making tax bill a rider on
the Wilson bill.
If, however, the caucus is not called
the income tax amendment will be
offered by Representative Hall of Mis-
souri, who has been active in framing the
measure. Mr.. Hall has been instru-
mental in preventing any arrangement
of special hours in such way as woul
shut out the income tax amendment dur
ing the present week. He has hoped to
get two days for arguing the measure
but it is doubtful if so much time will b.
given when so many other amendments
are pressing. The report has besn circu-
lated that Speaker Crisp would rule out
the income tax proposition as not u
gerlnane amendment to the Wilson Eill
The report is unfounded, however
Mr.. Crisp is not in the chair during thu
tariff debate, AS Mr.. Richardson of Tennes-
see is serving as chairman of the com
mittee of the whole. Yet Speaker Crisp
quickly disposed of the report when
called to his attention by pointing out
that the special rule of the tariff debate
made the income tax amendment per-
fectly germane.
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shot hr an omcer.

BARBoURsvILEE. KY, Jan. 23.-will-
lam Reeder, young man of this place.
was shot and killed Monday night about
AZ o'clock by Deputy City Marshal
James Bowman Reeder had resisted
arrest and was attempting to get away
when Bowman fired on him with 40
caliber Colts revolver Bowman was
accompanied by Police Judge S. A. D..
Jones, who was assisting to arrest
Reeder for disorderly conduct down in
town few hours previous. Reeder is
said to have defied arrest of all previous
city officials for several years past, and
had said no man could take him Bow
man and Judge Jones are both under
arrest. The coroner's jury verdict is
that Reeder came to his death from a
pistol shot in the hands of James Bow
man. The city is very much agitated
over the matter. Reeder was formerly
blacksmith by trade. His father resides
about mile in the country.
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Mayor Cyrus p. Walbridge of St. Louis
has received SO many threatening letters
recently that he has asked the police for
bodyguard.
Iowa miners of the Des Moines district
have decided not to accept cut of % per
cent III wages; IA 10 per cent reduction is all
they will stand.
1t is impossible for vessels to discharge
their cargoes at Rio Janeiro, owing to the
yellow fever epidemic. The deaths from
this disease average IL daily.
Mrs. William Neal committed suicide at
Chrisman, Ills, taking paris green. She
leaves husband and six children. Con-
tinued sickness is attributed as the cause.
AT Higginsport, o., John Wise, a horse
man employed at Robert Taylor's livery
stable, was kicked in the stomach by a
vicious horse and died few hours after
ward.
w. a. Cole, a prominent colored poll
tician and ex-postmaster at Bates, Ark,
was found guilty of the murder of his som
in-law. The evidence was entirely circum.
stantial.
The decision in the South Carolina
palmetto" trademark case has been de
layed by the adjournment of the district
court of appeals until the first Monday in
February
Joe alias Red" Murray, white, aged 10,
and one of the toughest young men in st.
Louis, maliciously and without provocation
shot and dangerously wounded .'Cy'' Steel,
negro hostler.
Over 100 buildings in Oak Cliff, Dallas
and East Dallas, Tex, were destroyed by a
cyclone. One boy was killed and several
people injured. The damage is estimated
az about 100000
John Hill is under arrest at Conway.
Ark, charged with having killed George
Butts, near that place, Sunday. Butts was
sitting in his home when fired upon The
trouble arose over real estate transaction
AT Louisville John Shibley, carriage
trimmer, committed suicide by jumping
into the canal. A rope was thrown to him,
but he showed it away. He drowned him.
self because he was unable to secure em-
ployment
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ln- senaue committee ON public lands
has authorized Senator Pettigrew to pre-
pare bill for presentation at the next
meeting of the committee, looking to the
payment of damages to settlers who were
driven out OF Sequoia and Yosemite ma
tional parks by the order of the secretary
of the interior when those parks were es-
tablished.
General McCook, commander of the de
partment of Colorado, who it was reported
left Denver Saturday night to investigate
the Mexican border troubles, has really
gone east on a pleasure trip. He will join
his wife at Milwaukee and they win
journey east together. The general will
visit Washington and return to Denver In
abb ut three weeks
t Is said that Evans and MorelE, the Cal
ornia bandits, are safely out of the state.
instead of taking to the hills with the
buggy they stole after escaping from Jail
they took freightcarfor New Orleans in
care of friend, and the broad Atlantic
now separates them from their pursuers
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PLAYED a BOLD GAME.
Mr.. Ingalls,, Name Used by swlndler to
Build a Eranch RniIrnnd

QUINCY, His, Jan. 23.-A. NJ. Van
Aul1en of Chicago played a bold game
here for $40, 0G0, but secured only several
hundred. Van Auken, came to Quincy
several weeks ago, claiming to be the
agent of a syndicate backed by the
Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and g.
Louis road, and to the incorporators OF
local road proposed to be built from
here to Beardstown- representa- that
the Big -Four was anxious to extend It's
line from Peoria to Quincy.
A week ago Van Auken returned to
Quincy with a contract signed by NJ. e.
Ingalls,, president of the Big -Four, by
which that road agreed to pay back to
the Quincy capitalists the $50, 900 which
they We're asked to advance to Van Au-
ken for the expenses of the preliminary
work Attached TO this contract was
bond, also signed by Mr.. Ingalls,, for the
faithful performance of the work. The
capitalists began to be suspicious by this
time, but advanced Van Auken several
hundred dollars. They determined to
investigate, and the contract and bond
were discovered to be forgeries. In the
meantime Van Auken disappeared
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Iowa's Prohibition Amendment.

DIES MONIES, Jan. 23.-The supreme
court of Iowa refused to reopen the ques-
ton of the adoption of the prohibition
amendment to the state constitution. II
is claimed by the Prohibitionists that the
amendment was constitutionally adopt
ed, every requirement of the constitution
for its own amendment having been
scrupulOusly complied with, but the su.
preme court 10 years ago nullifed the
amendment, and the court now holds
that decision binding upon the secretary
of state and other officials.
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ARBITRATION DESIRED.
Both sides in Brazil Seem to
Have Had Enough.
PEACE MAY BE RESTORED NOW.


Claimed That Admiral Da CANA Has Re-
quested Admiral Benham to Act ms
Mediator BrazIiians Express Great sat
isfaction at the Prospects OF Ending the
wearisoms Civil War.
PERNAlfBTco, Jan. @. Copyrighted,
1894, by the Associated Press. IA dis
patch from the Associated Press CORE
spondent at Rio Janeiro says.
There have been rumors that the
United States was 70 be asked 10 arloi-
trate the matters IN dispute between the
government of President Peixoto and the
commanders of the insnrgent forces.
But these reports were denied. 1t is un-
derstood that feelers have been sent out
by the government of President Peixoto
and that the reply to these feelers was
that the United States officials were not
in a position to arbirate amy dispute so
long as only one of the parties directly
interested intimated that it was open to
Cancellation under the advice of third
party.
Now, however, the Associated Press
correspondent is informed on good au-
thority that Admiral Da Cana, the rehcl
admiral IN charge of the insuIgeIt ffss t,
mas MADE q request 10 Admiral tBtftlsl1li,
the American admiral, asking tha latter
to be kind enough to act as IN diat5r bs-
tween the Insurgents and the govern
lnent Of President Peizoto. with view
of bringing about some understanding
The Associated Press correspondent has
been unable to see Admiral Benham and
obtain a confirmation or denial of the
report; but it may lie safely said that
there seems little or no doubt of its
truth.
When the news that Admiral Da
Cana was communicating with Adj
miral Benham reached the shore, the
greatest satisfaction was expressed by
everybody at the prospect of an ending
to the wearisome civil war, which has
been clogging the wheels of business for
four months past. Nobody seems to
doubt that the American admiral viii
soon be able to patch up a peace be
tween the insurgents and the govern
ment, for both sides admit that they are
heartily tired of the distressing lombard
ments and attacks and counter attacks
which nave been going on for so long,
with little or no advantage to either side.
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Plottlng to Rob q Train.

CoRNrH, Miss, Jan. 23.-The detec-
tive force of the Memphis and Charles
ton railroad has been making important
discoveries. Eight or ten men living
near Pocahontas. Tenn, have been plot
ting to rob a Memphis and Charleston
passenger train. They procured dyna-
mite and tools to blow open the safe and
settled on day to make the attempt, but
in the meantime officers in citizens
clothes quietly made arrest after arrest
until now all the gang have been bagged
except two or three.
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governor NoFtI,en Aroused.

ATLANTA, Jan. %. Governor Northen
Tuesday received information that the
Corbett- Mitchell fight would likely take
place in Georgia. In the afternoon he,
accompanied by the attorney general,
left for Ware county, bordering on
Florida. He has summoned the she1iffs
of five other border counties to meet him.
He declares no fight shall take place on
Georgia soil. He and Governor N itchelI
of Florida are IN close communication.
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LOUISVILLE, Jan. 23.-For nearly three
months the Louisville school board has
been dead,ocked, and the election of q
president for the purpose of organization
rendered impossible. Now the matter
has taken legal turn and suit has been
filed to GUST Trustee Drescher, who was
one of the candidates for president, on
the ground that he has made himself in
eligible by negotiating for and effecting
a sale of property to the board, Mr.
Drescher is a real estate agent, and no
trustee can legally make contracts with
the board and hold his seat.
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Trustees Sale
OF Valuable Real Estate in
the Town of Point Pleasant,
West Virginia.


DY virtue of certain deed Of trust
ID executed by G.. NJ Varian and An
ME j. Narian. his wife, to the under
signed Trustee, dated January 10Th,
1898, and recorded in tile Office OF the
Clerk Of the County Court of Mason
County, West Virginia, in Trust Deed
Book, No Is, page s., aec., to secure the
payment OF certain debt therein fully
described in favor of the Mason County
Building and Loan Association, in man.
Hner and form, and according to the
terms and provisions specified in said
trust deed, and said debt having be-
come due and payable, and default
having been made in the payment
thereof according TO said terms and
provisions, and being required by the
said Mason County Building and Loan
Association, the creditor secured by the
deed of trust aforesaid, shall on
Thursday, February 1st, 1894,
at 10 o'clock 4. NJ, sell at public auet-
ion, at the front door of the Court
House, Of sail Mason County, 10 the
highest bidder, the following property.
conveyed by said deed of trust:
A certain lot or parcel OF land situate
in the Town of Point Pleasant West
Virginia, and being all OF that certain
lot or parcel of land known as the up
per nall oil Lot No Four a. Second.
Tier OF the lots OF said town, save and
except therefrom twenty-six l28) feet
off OF the North end of said lot 'front.'
ing on Main Street and running back
through TO Wand Street
Good dwelling house on said lot.
TERMS OF sALE-CASH.
Title good, bnt selling as Trustee win.
only convey title as such.
j. S.SPENCER, Trustee.
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CONGRESS.
senate.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 23.-In the senate
MIR. Turpie tDem., Ind. from the conn
mittee ON foreign relations reported IA
vorably the following resolution:
RESOLVED, That from the facts and pa
pers laid before the senate it is unwise and
inexpedient under the existing conditions
to consider at this time any project of an
nexation of the Hawaiian Islands to the
United States; that the provisional govern
ment therein having been duly recognized,
the highest international interest requires
that it shall pursue its own line of poly.
foreign Intervention in the political afflirs
of these islands would be regarded ay an
act unfriendly to the government sf the
United States.
Senator Turpie wanted immediate con-
under the rules
a bill for an American commission at
the Antwerp Belgiu1n) international ex-
position, was presented by Senator Man
derson (Rep.. Neb.).
House.
AT the opening of the session of the
house, IN motion of Mr.. Wise, the presi-
dents veto of the New York and New
Jersey bill was referred to the commit
tee on interstate and foreign commerce.
A few minutes later when the house
Went INTO committee OF the whole to re-
sumo the consideration of the tariff bill,
Mr.. Oates (Ala.) called attention to the
peculiar complication that had arisen,
owing to the failure of the committee
Monday to complete the consideration of
the sugar schedule. 1t came over as UNI
finished business, while by. special ar
rangement made last Saturday the day
was set aside for the consideration of the
coal and iron ore schedules.
Some discussion followed as to the par
ianentary status, and it was finally de-
cided. by unanimous consent, to go
ahead with the vote of the sugar sched-
ule, and after that was disposed of to
take up coal and iron.
The pending question was the Robert
son amendment, imposing duty on raw
sugar and increasing the duty ON refined
sugar as amended by Mr. Warner, plac-
ing both raw and refined SUI T ON the
free list. The Warner amendmellU passed,
l6l to IS.
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Cattle-Prfme, a 6O@5 90; good, q 10@
4 40; good butchers, So COCA 10; rough
3 20. bulls and stays, 263c: fresh cows
and springers, so 0O@40 90. Hogs-PhiIa-
deIphias, $ 55@5 IS: Workers, IS COOS so;
good heavy sows, IS 00@5 10; stays and
rough sows, Ease Sheep-Extra, s. Goa
3 so: good. 50 20@3 40; fair, - 1912 30
common, SI91 so; lambs, - 50@4 60.
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ArI<ans,.sFeud.

LITTLE Rock, Jan. pa special to
The Gazette from Center Point says
news has just been received from Polk
county of terrible battle between Will
lam and Crockett Mize on one side and
two brothers named Daniels on the other
side. The fight occurred at the home of
the Daniels over debt which the AIize
Toys claimed Daniels-owed them The
Mize boys were instantly killed, and one
of the Daniel boys so badly wounded
that he has since died. The men We're
ell moonshiners.
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Stockholders Meeting.

MASON CoUSr1 BULD'G & LOAN Ass'S,
Point Pleasant, w. Va, Jan. 8. 1894.
THE Annual Meeting of the stock
i holders of this Association, for the
election OF Directors, and for such 9TH
er business as may arise, will be held
at the Insurance Office of Tippett q
Hutchinson, on Thursday, February LIST,
1884, between the hours of and IL p.
M G. g. BOWER, Sec'y.
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The Brooklyn Tabernacie.

BROOKLYN, Jan. 23.-The trustees OF
the Brooklyn tabernacle are trying to
devise way of clearing the church Oh
its debts. The 1O-cent admission plan
has been abandoned, and it has been de.
cided to issue an appeal to the public fol-
aid. Six of the trustees have subscribed
sums aggregating $500. The trustees
feel confident that DIR. Talmage can be
the debts are cleared
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COLUMBUS, o., Jan. 23.-Eforts are
being made by w. z. Mcdonald, the ex-
state shop inspector, against whom 12s
indictments for embezzlement are stand.
ing. to escape punishment by pleading
technicalities against those findings.
Demurrers were filed, and they came ur
before Judge Duncan. who heard the
arguments of ex-Prosecuting Attorney
Cyrus Huling, who represents Mcdonald
Decision is reserved until later.
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DIES MoNEs,.Jan. es.- General Master
Workman Sovereign says there is no
truth in the Published report of united
efforts being made by Powderly's friends
to Dust him from Office and reinstate
Powderly. He says there We're no un.
lawful irregularities in his election.
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swIndIer Cots Eirnt Ycars.

CHATTANOOGA, Jan. 23.-J. n. Lewis,
alias Crawford, alias Fishback, alias
Fishbeck, well known to the Cincinnati
police as noted confidence man, and
who, with T. B. Morgan, alias Fender
CAST, bunkoed three men in the Central
depot here two months since, was SEN
fenced to eight years in the penitentiary.
Morgan secured continuance until next
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AlIen-cnn Nnt &C.

WASHINGTON, Jan. Ex-senator Allen
Pop, Neb.) says his duties as a senator
will not permit his acting as chief coun.
sci for the knights of Labor in thei1
effort to enjoin the issuance of bonds.
but that he has advised the selection OF
Judge Cole of Iowa as principal attorney
and will assist him. He advises against
an effort to enjoin the issuance of bonds
and suggests that an injunction be asked
for AGAINST their payment when issued.
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Wants to sen.

r WILL sell at private sale my farm of
i "a acres of land, wei improved; one
good dwelling, barn, store-house and
contents, consisting Of dry goods, boots,
shoes, groceries and everything usually
kent in a country store; also a good
I 4cksmith shop. horses and wagon.
a. FRUNZ, Baden, W. Va.
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R7ANHOOD RESTORED! !:
ICE! ICE!
G. r. HESS.

desires to inform his friends and pat
rons that ne has arranged to engage in
the ice business next Summer, and that
he would be pleased to have their ord
ers for the delivery of ice to their homes
and places of business, for next season.
;an10. em
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struels Against n R.3f.at,o,,.

DIES MONIES, Jan. 2s.-The miners In
10 of the largest mines in this district,
about 800, are idle. They
are out on strike. The difference be-
tween the operators and miners is but 3
cents per ton. The strike is not general,
as three operators have agreed to pay the
price demanded, and the miners are at
work in those mines.
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Heayiiy Laden STEAMER Asbore.

ATLANTIC CITY, j an. 23.--A big Tor
eign steamer, the Andes, bound from
Costa Rica to New York with cargo of
coffee and fruits said to be valued at
81 200, 600, ms gone ashore off Little
Beach lifesaving station. She has a crew
of "a men and two passengers who were
landed by the government men. There
is little hope of saving the steamer and
the cargo.
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dec6tf
NOTICE

THE following fiduciary accounts be-
of Accounts for settlement, viz. Settle
ment of Lon T. PIlchard, Executor OF
Lewis T. Pilchard, deceased. Given I'M
der my hand this 18th day of January,
1891 JOHN E. BEELER,
Commissioner of Accounts,
for Mason. County, w Va
ian1I-2u
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a Fat BOZ.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala, Jan. 23.-At Lar
kinsville, jackson county, is a human
prodigy whose name is Thomas Larkin.
He is IA years old and weighs 321 pounds.
He also wears No. IA shoe. Though
his parents are large he outstrips all the
family In avordupois.
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THE MARKETS.
Review Of the Grain and Cattle Market.
For january 2s.


wheat-5e@6oc. Corn-s5@4oc. Cat
tle-Selected butchers, s. eO@4 Is; fair TO
good, 50 so@3 IS: common, 81 50@2 70:
Hogs-Selected and prime butchers, IS GO
as 20; packing, S. 45d5 60; common to
rough a S565 40 Sheep-S1 50@3 75
I.arnlos-s2 1904 90.