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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-12-03

The third session Of the Lid Congress will
open at noon today, but unless all present in
dIcations are misleading 1t will. despite its
three sessions pass into history with very
abort account on the credit side. On the other
side of the ledger, though, the entries will be
numerous and forbidding No one can reason
ably expect much Of Importance to be accom-
plished In the next ninety days. All the con-
dtions are untOward. The Democratic party
has been thoroughly dscredited and Is badly
disorganized. The Appropriation bills must be
passed, OF course, and perhaps some effort Will
be made to keep down the amount. Beyond
this the less done the better. Congress has
considerable capacity for mischief The coun-
try hopes 1t will be restrained as far as posi-
blc
What The Tribune has published about Shell
don s. Pardee ought TO make his appointment
as an assistant superintendent Of schools In
this city an impossibIlity. The facts regarding
this man are not challenged. and they are In
good part sustained by affidavits Plainly,
he Is unit for the position for which he is
being urged. There are a number OF men al
ready in our public schools who have right to
look forward to a promotion to the post Of
assistant superintendent. 1t would be fitting
reward for long and faithful service. II man
Is chosen from outside, 1t ought to be because
he is pre-eminently qualified and Of such stand
Ing and ability rs to insure better administra-
ton OF the school system. Pardee Is every
thing a candidate for this Office ought not to be.
II It IL true that he IL backed by John c. Shee-
han. that alone ought TO settle the case against
him.
1t IL fact worthy Of the attention Of legisla-
ton and students Of political economy In gen
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-12-03

These are great days FOR avarcious witnesses
Of frall morals. with scoundrels In a state OF
terror and District-Attorneys office In state
OF collapse.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-12-03

Recorder Smyth has sat on the bench OF the
General Sessions for the last tipe. He has com
monty been considered n terror TO evil-doers. II
would be perfectly safe to predict that his sue
ccssor will improve upon Mr. Smyths record II
this respect There Is no man In New-fork SC
much dreaded by the dishonest ana crmina
classes to-day as John w. Con
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-12-03

1t IL fact worthy of the attention Of legisla-
ton and students of political economy In gen.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-12-03

symphony Orchestra Emil Paur. conductor r~~xt
take place at the Metropolitan Opera h,i 5. The
solo performer and the programme will be Sms so
up Of Beethoven's Seventh symphony an az ~vioin,
by Bruch. and Paganini conSe i,,,,s ,o Brauts
Biset's suite "LAriesienne." and Li's's
preludes."
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-12-03

Paolo Calico, pianoforte; Jan Koert vl9in them an
selves together for the purpose OF giving conSs.
OF chamber music under the title OF ths s
York Trio Club. Their first concert VIII NC m
next Friday evening In the MUSHROOM 20. o. rss
New-York College of Music. No lss ana su, ~ tri
Fifty-eighth-st, The club Will play bd hy Pepper
Messrs. Calico and Koert. Beethovens nj Mre TIRE
Sonata. and Mr. Albert @. Thies VIII sins w.
songs by Schumann.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-12-03

NJ Ysaye's performance OF Mendelssonn -, n. IN
concerto In + minor, and NJ. Plancon's sin Hsr.
under the direction OF Mr. Seidl, OF Wctans ta -
well from the finale OF die Walkure, wese N
clmacteric features OF the popular concert o. a a
Metropolitan Opera House last night. though .
the numbers OF the interesting programme, Al,
were thoroughly enjoyable. A fine sudiencs, us
In attendance and the quality OF the a pp, h
like that of mercy. not strained, ou' ~
equally upon the just and the unjust.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1894-11-28
An Unuuenehable wen.

Huron, S. D., Nov. 2I.-An art sian
well at Frankfort, in Sphinx county, was
dug several years ago and has leen a
source of much expense and great an
noyance. 1t has belched forth great
volumes of water almost continuously
intermingled with small gravel and
mud. The gradual undermining has
caused a large depression in the ground
about the well. A few days ago an
other large piece OF land fell III and
there are indications THAT moro VIII
soon follow. Several large land lakes
have been formed by the water from
this well and there is no Indication that
the volume is growing less. 1t has at
tracted wide attention and artesian
well experts are unable to account for
the peculiar fits this well so ire
uuently takes
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1894-11-28

Now, brethren, let us all get to-
gether. We may have differed as
to the merits of the House bill and
the Senate bill. Some of us may be
for a tariff for revenue, still others
for tariff that squints toward free
trade; but there is one point we can
all agree upon, and that is, that the
Republicans shall not carry West
Virginia in 1896. Let us therefore
bury all past differences in deep
grave, stamp them down and sod
them over, and get ready to give
the Republicans the worse wallop-
ing in 1896 that they ever have had
in this State. We can do it by
standing together.-Farmont Inder.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1894-11-28
stan .at.Homes Did 1t.

1t is not worth while to try to
minimize the defeat that came to
the Democratic party on the 9th of
November, but when the figures
ara closely studied the emphatic re-
buke given to the Democrats con
tains no encouragement for the Re-
publfcans. We are firmly of the
opinion that the defeat of the Demo
Gratis at the polls was not because
of the action they took in passing
tariff legislation, but rather be-
eause that party was so slow in act
ing and at the last turned out a
mongrel bill instead of a genuine
reform measure. The republicans
made very slight increase in their
majorities because Disguised Demo-
Gratis stayed at home and thus show
ed their resentment at the failure
of their party to keep its pledges,
some of them even going so far as
to vote the Republican ticket.
These dissatisfied Democrats have
now expressed themselves, and
they viii be found supporting their
party as warmly as ever in 1896.
Frederick C. Waite, of the nation
al statistical association, estimates
that nearly 100000 voters stayed
at home this year, almost all of
them Democrats. Yirginia's Demo
cratic vote was about 10000 short,
North Carolina's 10000, and so
with many other states. In our
own State the Republicans held
their own and got their natural in
crease of about z or 8 per cent.
The Democratic vote fell about
1900 short of what it should have
been.
During the next two years the
Republicans will be the targets,
aud when 1896 rolls around the in
dependent members of that party
will probably be as much disguised
as Democrats were this year, the
Democrats will be united once
more, and we will certainly have as
fair chance to win as we ever had
before.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1894-11-28
NEWS lN a NuTsHeLL.
Items of Interest Gathered From All Pa,

Items of Interest Gathered From All Parts
of the World.
The bridge at Sutton's Ford, four miles
north of Marion, Ind, was destroyed by
fire. Loss, $1,000.
A decree abolishing public executions
In Spain has been issued.
The government of Brazil has ordered
four cruisers to be built at the yards of the
Germania company at KEEL.
Kate Field has been decorated by the
{ French government for her literary serv-
ices.
George Hoeriger. an old time resident,
died Monday at Columbus, o., aged 50
years.
A millionaire in Turin paid Professor
Kassmaul of Strassburg 5000 for con-
DIR. S. F. Smith, author of the words of
America" spent his goth birthday at
Howard seminary, where he was rendered
reception.
1t is thought that ex- Governor Bedle of
New Jersey will now recover, having sue
ceAsfully survived IA recent operation for
calculus.
Prince Bismarck is partly of SIav origin.
His ancestor emigrated to Russia in the
18th century and eventually became gov
erpor of Liyonia
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1894-11-28

Don't let any Democratic news
paper take up the calamity howl
Business is improving, prosperity
is returning and it will not be long
before our country is smiling and
happy. The Democrats contended
that it would be SO and it is turn
ing out just as they predicted. The
Republican victory will have
lining to do with it. That party
will claim the credit for returning
prosperity, but the facts are against
1t. Before the new tariff bill was
two months old the new era dawned
and before the Republicans have
power to change a single schedule
in the law its good effects will be
known and so highly appreciated
that no party will dare change it.
The country will prosper, but the
Republicans will deserve no credit
for it. 1t will be entirely due TO
the new tariff law.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1894-11-28
Notice to Bridge Contractors.

THE Commissioners of Mason county,
j West Virginia, will on December 4,
1894, at II o'clock n, at the site of the
bridge proposed to be erected over Big
Sixteen Mile Creek, near the mouth of
said creek, and at the old bridge site. re-
ceive sealed proposals for the erection
of an iron bridge to consist of 2spans,
one OF go feet, u foot roadway and one
of 30 foot u foot roadway. Said spans
to be supported by iron legs about Is
feet in heightb, or upon first-class
bridge masonary. At the anne time
and place sealed proposals will be re-
ceived for the construction of the pedes-
tails and abutments. Stone to be laid
according to the specifications govern
ing first-class bridge masonary. Bid
ders to furnish plans and specifications,
Commissioners reserving the right to
reject any or all bids.
CHARLES ZUSPIN, President,
]. P. HAMBRIcK,
]. A DUNN,
Commissioners.
nov. 281w
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1894-11-28
HARRIS CONFESSION.
He Exonerates the Negro, Merritt, an,
Tells n Horrible Story.

he Exonerates the Negro, Merritt, and
Tells Horrible Story.
TOLEDO; Nov. ga stenographic re-
port of the confession made by Charles
Hart, in which re convicts himself of
the murder of the Good children at
Paulding, has been made public, and in
its horrifying details emphasizes the
awful brutality of the dual crime.
In some respects the confession differs
from the first statement made by Hart.
Then he implicated Merritt, the colored
preacher, whom he charged with dis
patching the little girl. Now he ASSERTS
that only he (Hart) had to do with the
crime, save that Clarence Brindle
burned, at Harris REQUEST, the clothes
worn by the murderer at the time of
the killing, and which We're soiled with
the blood of the two children. Hart
says in his confession:
II was home on the woodpile when
Ashby and Elsie tthe two children
came down the road and went over the
bridge over the big ditch and We're play
ing i'll the woods. / don't know what
made me do it, but followed them,
and when they got back far enough l
caught them and tied them, and they
hollered, and / tied a Irvine string
around their threats and choked them
SO that they could not holler, then tied
the boys hands behind him to limb
1 did not intend to kill him then4;lnd
then took the girl and here he tells of
assaulting the little girl), when / got
through she was choked and fell Down
81 don't know whether he was dead
or not. I knew if they got away they
would tell, so hit the boy with q club,
and then hit the girl with a club; then
carried them to the log heap and ran
to the house and got the razor and cut
theis,-tt :.zSsats, so they would be sure not
to come to life. Then I cut them open,
SO they would burn quick, and set the
heap afire."
The above is very nearly, if not the
absolutely correct story. Merritt can
prove an abb. and no one has ever
thought that Brindle did any of the
killing. Hart is i'll Bryon now, and,
without doubt. has crossed the boundary
line of Paulding county for the last
time.
A venire for special grand jury will
be issued, returnable in three days. The
jury will meet on Saturday of this
week, and Hart will be indicted. Inn
mediately after he viii be arraigned at
Defiance or elsewhere than Paulding,
and will, of course, plead guilty, and at
the drop in the annex will end the ex-
istence of one of the most heartless and
brutal mortals that ever drew breath.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1894-11-28
INCIDENTS.
Grave Situation Said to Exist
There.
CANAL PROJECT AIT THE BoTTOh.


British warsiip Ordered to Biaonelds.
state Department Officials at Washington
Have Not Talked but the Cruiser Co
Iumbia Has Been Ordered to Proceed to
the Same Place.
PANAMA, Nov. 81. Advices from
Managua indicate grave situation in
the Mosquito reservation. The British
minister, Costing, has notified Nicara-
qua that Great Britain refuses to recog-
mics the Nicaragua government at
Bluefields. After an exchang q views
Minister Gosling autographed 8 Port
Limon for a British sgarship ito come at
once to Blueields. 1t is reported that
the Nicaragua canal project is at the bot
tom of the matter and serious trouble IS
feared.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1894-11-28
STAT pEPARTMENT
omciais Have Taken Action which Com
firms the Rumors.

Officials Have Taken Action which Con
firms the Rumors.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 27.It is difficult
to confirm here officially tile report
which comes from Panama OF fresh
trouble at Bluefelds. DIR. Guzman, the
Nicaraguan minister, was diploulatical.
" silent when the subject was men;
toned and the state department officials
assume an air of reserve That they
are informed upon the subject, however,
can not be doubted and the strongest
confirmation of the accuracy of the re-
port is found in the fact that the United
States steamship Columbia, which has
been lying at Kingston, .Jainaica has
gone directly to Bluetields and svin
doubtless reach that place as soon al
least as the British warship from PORT
Iimon, Costa RIGA.
LII the facts are as represented then
the situation is undoubtedly one of great
gravity. The mention of the Hicarae qua
canal as being the real cause of the
British action goes to confirm the sus
picions that have long been cherished
here that Great Britain really cares
nothing for the Mosquitoes themselves,
but is disposed to insist upon Its pro
tectorate over the reservation IN order
to base claim of Jurisdiction over that
part of the old reservation which they
have contended extended as far south
as the eastern mouth OF the Nicaragua
canal
Should this claim be maintained il
would of course operate to prevent the
United States from controlling the pro
jected Nicaragua canal if it should not
cause the abandonment of the project
1t is undoubtedly matter of great am.
noyance to our state department. thai
this troublesome Bluetields subject
should be opened by Great Britain
summary action when it was supposed
that the difficulties there had been ad.
justed in a manner satisfactory to all
concerned. However, the prompt dis
patch of the Columbia to the Scene Of
threatened trouble is an evidence that
the stare department IS not to be taken
unawares by snch proceedings. and sne
will doubtless preserve the status quo
there while negotiations are in progress
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1894-11-28

There was great rejoicing in the
Office of Mr.. Commissioner Miller
over the result of the late election.
There were but few Democrats
there to mourn. Griff Smith has
been in such bad company since he
has been confidential secretary that
he was almost afraid to "give an
imitation" ola Democrat in distress.
-Edirm0Ht Inder.
The bitterness andintense hatred
of the editor of the Inder, toward
Hon. Joseph S. Miller. Commission
er of Internal Revenue, crops out
on every occasion an opportunity
offers. While in one article the
Inder counsels harmony among
Democrats, and urges the forgetting
ofalI past differences between them,
in another article it opens old sores
and abuses Democratic officials.
We don't know its grievance against
the Commissioner, but whatever it
is, the editor of the Inder has GER
tainly said enough about Mr.. Miller
to satisfy his ambition as well as his
anger. There will never be har-
mony among Democrats while the
Inder keeps up this kind of warfare
against Democratic officials. The
article quoted above from the Inder,
is ilI-tempered and indecent. No
doubt Mr.. Nils viii treat it with
the contempt it deserves, as he has
all the other articles the Lnder has
penned against him.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1894-11-28

The new issue postage stamps
are very nice size and color but
have not sufficient mucilage on
them to make them stick. Post
Office clerks have quite time re-
sticking stamps which come off in
the letter box. Parties mailing
letters should use care in attaching
stamps.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1894-11-28
Clild Bnrned to neatIi.

HoPKNsv1LLE, Ky, Nov. 27.A q
year old child of Mack owen set fire to
its dress while standing In front Of a
CRATE. 1t died in great agony.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1894-11-28

In the interests of decent journ.
alisn we have to suggest to our Re-
publican exchanges that they should
quit making poiiitioal capital ont oi
the condition of trade. Many OF
them are edited by block heads who
know no better, but any intelligent
reader of the daily press knows full
well that business has been reviv-
ing for several months, and that
the result of the election had moth
ing to do with it. They were all
too cowardly to note the business
improvements before the election,
and it is a base streak of scoundrel-
ism to claim it all one week after
the election, four months before any
newly elected Congressman assumes
his official duties.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1894-11-28
There is something RADICAL,

There is something radically
wrong with our financial policy
hats plain. The patriotic men of
both parties should get together
and devise a system that will be
adapted to the necessities of our
government and that will place our
finances upon a solid basis. The
extremists are SO widely divergent
on this subject that their views are
of no value. Let our reasonable
fnanciers be heard from.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1894-11-28
'Trustee's Sale of LAND.

THE undersigned trustee, will sell at the
= front door of the Court House of Mason
County, West Virginia, the following tracts of
land conveyed to him by +. e. Baker. by trust
deed dated June list, 1886, and recorded in the
Clerks Office of the County Court of said
Mason County, in Trust Deed Book, No. o.
pnges 800 and SiO. One tract containing 232
acres and the other tract containing 81 acres
and 100 poles, to secure to John McCulloch
the payment of note for twelve hundrt d
dollars 81, 2OO.0Ol therein described. Sale on
Saturday, December 22d, 1894,
at II O'Clock, A. NJ. Terms of sale, cash.
sad lands arc situated in Cologne District,
Fork of Thirteen Mile creek, being the same
two tracts or parcels of land conveyed to
John McCulloch by d. Polsley and Eliza
his wife, by deed dated July 30th, 1877,
and recorded in Deed Book No. 81, pages 2S6,
&C., in the Mason County Court Clerks office
and by Francis QuiclSle and Missouri, his
wife, by deed dated September 18th, 1880, and
recorded in Deed Book No. 80, pages 4ss, &C.,
In the Mason County Court Clerks office,
and being the same two tracts or parcels of
land conveyed to the said Elisha z. Baker
by John McCulloch and Della A., his wife,
by deed dated June LIST, 1886, to which deeds
reference is made for more particular de-
scription of the two tracts or parcels of land
aforesaid Title good. Valuable farm.
JAMES b. MENAGER, TRUSTEE.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1894-11-28

Let every Democrat refuse to
turn the grindstone to sharpen a
knife to be used upon another Dem
ocrat, and the first step-a long one,
too-wiII have been taken towards
unity and victory in 1896.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1894-11-28

Wheat = No. cash and November.
54Lc; December, 5496c; May, 5S1Sc. Corn
No. 2 mixed, 4415c; No. 3 mixed, 431<c;
No. 3 yellow, 441Sc. Oats-No. mixed.
3Sc; No. 2 white, 321{c. Rye-Cash, 49ISc
CIoverseed-Primec cash s. 571f; February,
S. 20: March, IS 7211.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1894-11-28
IsasKet woe Rurned...

CosHocToN, O., Noy. 27.-T3e
mond Basket company. which g y
ployment to from 500 to 800 pl
burned at 2:30 Tuesday morning
5000; insured IN tie Knox MIR.
1000. Incendiarislp. Four Z :
tempts to fire the bull dings wer,
during the nfoht Nnz,l>1...,..
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1894-11-28

wheat-53@5S1<c Corn-40@4s1Sc car
tle--Select butchers, 81 1904 IS; fair to
good, s. 25Q4 90; commong So 00@3 90.
Hogs-Selected and prime butchers, 81 a.
a 60; packing, 81 1904 As; common to
rough, 81 0004 %. Sheep = 81 OO@8 So
-Lambs-$2 O0@3 so.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1894-11-28
HOG ChoIera Raein.c,

SPRINGFIELD, Ills, Nov. e7.-Efog
cholera is causing Consideration among
all farmers of central illinois, Thou-
sands of dollars worth of stock has been
lost by this disease
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1894-11-28

There will be three women in the
next Colorado Legislature. Torule
viii be nothing new to the ladies,
for they have always had their own
way anyhow.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1894-11-28
THE MARKETS.
Review of the Grain and Cattle Market,
For November "a.
PfttsburR.

Cattle-Prime to good, 50 9O@4 30; good
butchers, 50 1908 30; rough fat, 81 SOFA
stays and cows, 81 3O@3 90; good feeders
50 60@3 so; fresh cows and springers. $2O6
40. Hogs-Philadelphias 81 6O@4 40; best
mixed, 81 50@4 55; best Workers, sd SOFA
So; common Workers, 81 1904 40; pigs,
Extra, 50 1908 90; good, 50 OO@2 so; fair,
81 5O@1 20: common, 50c@$1 90; yeariinos
81 50@3 co; lambs, 81 c0@3 30, veal calves,
"a O0Tr5 % -
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1894-11-28
Wheat HoId-un.

GREENsBURG, Ind, Nov. 27-John
Horning, night miller at Joseph Habig's
city mills, was held up at midnight and
wagon load of wheat was stolen
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1894-11-28

Don't waste any more time try
ing to find out what did it. The
better plan would be to direct your
energies towards getting the party
together.