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The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1894-01-10

The State journal is reminded
that the REGISTER is not the organ
of Mr.. Capehart, as it asserts, but
being a warm personal friend of
his, and knowing that he has stood
by his pledges to the people, advo-
Gates his denomination to Congress-,
and in SO doing the REGISTER only
voices the sentiments of the people
of this District. We have no word
to say in disparagement of Judge
Mcclure, whom we know to be a
sound Democrat and a heightened
gentleman. Mr.. Capehart did not
consent to become a candidate for
this term until demand was made
upon him by his constituents, and
SO universally from all parts of the
district, that he could not refuse
this call upon him to again be-
come a candidate. We feel certain
that he will again be re-nominated,
and as surely be reelected. And
in supporting Mr.. Capehart we are
not waging war against Judge Nc
CIure or any of the other candi-
dates. The attempt of the Journal
to get up bad blood, will fail.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1894-01-10
HANGS UPON A HAIR
whether Mrs. bennett Shall Hang III

Whether Mrs. Bennett Shall Hang Upon
n Scanold.
MASON CITY, Ia, Jan. 8 The result
of murder trial which began Tuesday
literally will be decided by hair. The
crime was one of the most brutal ever
recorded. Anna Weise, the victim, was
German girl of beautiful features. On
the evening of Aug. &c she was return.
ing home after call on aneighbor when
she was intercepted and beaten over the
head with club, her face gashed in 90
places and her throat cut from ear to ear.
That night the family of A. c. Bennett.
who lives about a mile distant from The
scene of the murder, was informed OF
the crime. 1t is alleged that Bennett
would not open the door, claiming thai
his wife was not in condition to be
seen.
Governor Boies offered reward of
81, 500 for the arrest of the murderer and
several fruitless arrests were made. A
Chicago detective finally arrested Mrs.
Emily Bennett, charging her with the
murder. In the death struggle Anna
Weise had grabbed from her assailant's
head handful of hair. The detective
secured sample of hair from the head
of Mrs. Bennett and a doctor, after an
examination, gave it as his opinion that
the sample that was found in the
hands of the murdered girl was from tine
same head.
Not thoroughly satisfied with this,
DR.. Walter Haines of the Rush medical
college, Chicago, made an examination
and concurred in the opinion. The
November term of court Mrs. Bennett
entered plea of not guilty and was adj
mitted to bail. The line of defense has
not yet been make known.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1894-01-10
Trustees Sale
OF A VALUABLE STOCK OF GOODS,
STORE FURNITURE AND OTHER
PERSONAL PROPERTY, IN THE
TOWN OF LETART, MASON ooUN-
TY, WEST VIRGINIA.

DY virtue of the terms, provisions
ID and requirements OF a certain deed
of trust executed by the Alliance Sup
ply Company, Corporation, TO the un-
dersigned Trustee, dated December 18th,
1899, and recorded in the Office of the
Clerk of the County Court of Mason
County, West Virginia, in Trust Deed
Book No 10, page sos, &c, for the bene-
fit of and 10 secure TO al the creditors of
the said, The Alliance Supply Company,
the payment pro rata of their several
and respective claims and demands
against said Company, and in pursu-
ance OF the authority conferred upon
me by the trust deed aforesaid, shall
On Saturday, February Sd, 1894,
at 10 O'Clock a. ~. sell at public anct-
ion, ON the premises, to-wit: at the
buildings of The Alliance Supply Com
pany, situated in the said Town of Le-
tart, upon certain lot known on a plat
of lots of the Ohio River Railroad Com
Pany as Lot No. IS, to the highest bid
der, The following property conveyed in
said trust deed:
All the goods, wares and merchandise,
store furniture and other personal prop
erty of the said, The Alliance Supply
Company, in faid buildings contained
or npof. the premises aforesaid.
Said goods. wares and merchandise
consist of Dry Goods, Notions, Boots
and Shoes. Hats and Caps, Hardware,
Once nsware, Tinware and Groceries,
and such other articles of merchandise
usually kept in General Store.
Said property will be sold as a whole
or in parts or parcels to suit purchasers,
whichever way viii produce the most
money.
Terms OF SALE:---CASH.
Title to the above property is good,
but selling as TrusteeswiII only make
E. ]. soMERvILLE.
jan3-4w. Trustee.
I, j. p. R. b. Smith, Clerk of the
County Court of Mason County. West
Virginia, do hereby certify that bond
and approved security has been given
by f. j. Somerville, the above named
Trustee, as required by law and the
trust deed above mentioned.
j. p. r. B. SMITH, Clerk.
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Capelart for Congress.

Mr.. Capehart has SO faithfully and
well represented the interests of
the people in Congress that there is
a demand for him for all the i'm
portant offices to be filled in the
future. He is already being strong
ly urged for nomination for Cover
nor. He would make strong can
didate and an excellent executive
officer. He would also represent
the people faithfully and diligently
in the Senate, but majority of
the people in this Congressional dis
trict are of the opinion that Mr..
Capehart is right now in the posi-
ton whore he can serve the people
to the most good. A great many
Democrats believe that he is the
strongest man that can be nomi-
mated for Congress- Wayne Neus.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1894-01-10

MoNTEyIDEo, Jan. 8 The Herald's
correspondent at Rio sends word that the
heat there is excessive, and the general
feeling among the residents is one of res
ignation, coupled with wish that some
thing decisive may happen soon, even it
be the worst that could possibly result
from an attack on the rebel ships by the
governments new cruisers and torpedo
boats.
There are daily rumors in the capital
of the arrival of Peixoto's fleet outside
the bay, but still it does not app ear,
while every night MeIio's ships, which
are 7 ported to be lowering aEout the
entrance of the bay. are rumored to have
landed a body of rebel soldiers from Rio
,Grande do Sui.
Fort Villegaignon now barely responds
to the fire from the loyal guns and APP
pears to be reserving her ammunition,
while the rebel ships crews are busy
coaling and building up barriers of cot
ton and hay ON Cobras island. Peixoto's,
meanwhile, are planting heavy guns and
also machine rapid fire guns upon the
hills facing the bay.
They are receiving war supplies from
Europe by way of the railroads from
Santos. Three navy heutenants de-
serted Admiral Saldanha da Gama;s
ships ON Dec. 25, owing to the mon.
archial tone of his manifesto. They de
clared they would not serve under q
monarchist leader.
Christmas in Rio passed quietly, but
there was the usual STACEY firing of
the loyal fourth upon Villegaignon The
gunners In the latter fort occasionally
amused themselves by firing upon Pei1-
oto's big searchlight on Gloria Hill,
which endangers the limbs and the lives
of the passengers in streetcars which
pass that point.
General Telles' funeral was big one.
BE died from wounds inflicted by a rebel
shell. President Peixoto and other high
officials made speeches over his grave,
all calling for Vengeance on the insrlr-
gents for his death. The governor wired
TO the Brazilian minister in Monteyideo
Dec. 81, asking if the Rio Grande or the
steamer Tiapia were in condition to Join
with the Tiradentes and the Bahia in an
expedition to lombard Desterre, the
capital of Mello's provisional govern
ment.
Firing in Rio harbor on that day was
desultory, but late in the evening, under
cover of the guns of the Tamadros, men
in launches attacked the Aranaco bat
terry. The land force there replying
struck the Tamadres' rigging and the
foremost with a shell, damaging it some
what and wounding several of her crew.
The same night an attempt was made to
capture Mocangue island, where the coal
depot is located.
Many think now that Peixoto's chances
are lessening. His apology and the firing
of salute of 90 guns in honor of the
German flag the other day have caused
some feeling here.
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MURDERED EoR MONEY
Henry saner and wife Who Lived Hea
Marietta. q.

ohhSE dnu WIG VINO LiNeC Near
Marietta, O.
MARIETTA, o., Jan 9 Henry Saner,
respectable German, and his wife were
murdered Monday night in their home
near Pinchtown, four miles northwest.
Their son is missing. The barn was
burned and the house had been set ON
fire, but the neighbors arrived in time to
extinguish the blaze.
Mr.. and Mrs. Saner lay full length on
the kitchen floor. Their clothing was
burned from their bodies, having been
saturated with oil. The neighhors put
the blaze out, and saved the bodies and
house from destruction.
The floor was covered with blood,
which ebbed from eight bulletholes in
the left side of Mrs. Saners head, and
from wound caused by heavy blow
in the back of Mr.. Saner's head. Near
Saner lay the barrel of The gun.
A visit to the fire at the barn revealed
nothing except burned carcasses of
horses, cows and other stock Many
suppose the boy was burned in the barn,
but there is nothing to warrant this save
his absence. The coroner soon arrived,
and Saner's pocketbook, which contained
1926, was found. 1t is believed the en-
tire family was murdered, and that rob
berry was the object.
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A SUICIDES HscooP p
The Account OF His own Death wired
- T-t.t. fs.,...

by Iats 7Gorrespontent.
LOUISVILLE, Jan. 8 Jack Newton,
a medical student, attending Bethel col
lege at Russellyille, was found dead. in
his room under peculiar circumstances.
He had committed suicide with NOR
phine. The strange feature of the
tragedy was contained ia paper found
on his person. 1t was special to one
of the Kentucky papers for which he
was correspondent, and contained de-
tailed account of his suicide, written of
course, in anticipation of his rash act.
He was considered somewhat eccentric
by his fellow students, but was not
mentally unbalanced
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1894-01-10
A Splendid PAPER.

The report accompanying the
Wilson tariff bill, is very forcible
and conclusive paper which every
body ought to read.
1t was doubtless, prepared by
Chairman Wilson, and is absolutely
unanswerable. Tom Rreed's reply
issimply that of a demagogue-made
up of partisan bombast and an ap-
peal to the prejudices of the people.
Mr.. Wilson does not rely on abb
stract theory in support of the
policy of his bill, but upon facts OF
history as showing the practical
effect ola high and low tariff upon
the prosperity of the whole country,
including our manufacturing in
terests.
He shows by conclusive data,
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1894-01-10
Wants n Divorce.

CHICAGO, Jan. 9 .-Merriso sakolski. a
Russian, tells peculiar tale of a
divorce bill fled here. He states that
at the age of 10, his mother enticed
him to the town of Siwalk, in his ma
tive land, blindfolded him, and before
he was aware he was married to a girl
upon whose face he had never looked.
His mother, he says, got about $50 for
bringing about the marriage, and he got a
bride whose charms were few. His
wife followed him to America, but
they have never lived together here, he
says, and he asks that the marriage be
annulled.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1894-01-10
NEWS IN A NUTSHELL.
Items of Interest Gathered From All Part.
of tJ,. Tvorl.I

Items of Interest Gathered From All Part.
of the World.
The debate on the Wilson bill is now
on in the house.
Jackson day was celebrated by Demo.
Gratis in several large cities by banquets.
Ex-President Harrison is silent in regard
to the subject of his candidacy for the
presidency in 1896.
Near Jeffersonville, Ind, William Pate
shot and killed Benson Veasey, a
farmer, who accused him of stealing
chickens. Pate escaped. 1t is said Yea,
sey found number of his fowls con.
cealed at Pate's home
AT Henderson, KY, Mrs George w.
Morgan, who lived in shantyboat with
her husband, was assaulted by negro
tramp while her husband was away. The
fiend was tracked to thicket by blood.
hounds, which he shot. a posse has start
ed for the scene at last accounts. Mrs.
Morgan NAV die.
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l,resident IIlrinbnthar, aaid.

President Hignbothan said: ii
should say that the loss by water would
be much greater than by fire. The to-
tai loss to exhibits viii not exceed $780,
music hall, there is no loss. We should
not regret their burning, as It Is the
cheapest way to remove them. .
The exhibits which suffered were the
German, French. Japanese, Swiss, Span
ish, Canadian and English. The loss of
some will be comparatively small. as al
most all of the goods had been shipped.
Owing to the fact that the exhibits were
in bond, they could not be removed from
the building
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1894-01-10

WASHINGTON. Jan. 8 Senior Men.
donca, the Brazilian minister, has no IN
formation which would bear out the
dispatch received IN Paris fromIRio ia
metro that President Peixoto has re
signed.
sit is possible" said the minister. in
credulously, '.as the president is free to
resign if he cares to, but do not con-
slider it probable. My president is not of
the resigning kind
The state and navy departments are
also without information respecting the
Paris report that Peixoto has resigned.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1894-01-10
Trustees Sale
OF Valuable Real Estate in
the Town of Point Pleasant,
West Virginia.

DY virtue of certain deed of trust
ID executed by @. NJ. Varian and An
ME j. Varian. his wife, to the under
signed Trustee, dated January 10Th.
1893. and recorded in the Office Of the
Clerk OF the County Court of Mason
County, West Virginia, in Trust Deed
Book, No. 10, page s., &c., to secure the
payment OF a certain debt therein fully
described in favor of the Mason County
Building and Loan Association, in man
ner 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 a. n, sell at pueIie auct-
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 trdsf.
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
yer half of Lot No. Four al, Second
Tier of the lots of said town. save and
except therefrom twenty-six f261 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, but selling as Trustee will
only convey title as such
j. s. SPENCER, Trustee.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1894-01-10

Congressman Capehart Las ex-
pressed himself to a Washington
correspondent as being in favor of
the Governments acquiring owner
ship of the locks and dams on the
Little Kanawha river and making
navigation FREQ. If Mr.. Capehart
will give this subject his attention
and best efforts he will be engaged
in good work for large number of
his constituents. = State Journal,
(Rep.l
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1894-01-10
Churches Nav CopsoIidate.

DENVER, Jan. 9 DIR. Kerr B. Tup-
per, pastor of the First Baptist church of
this city, at the weekly meeting of the
Baptist ministers of this city announced
his belief that in the near future there
would be an organized union of the Bap-
fist and Christian churches, under the
name of the latter; that he was now in
communication with prominent mem
bers of both denominations on the sub
ject, and that a part of his contemplated
trip to the east is to confer with them in
the matter
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1894-01-10
WORLDS FAIR ON FIRE.
Casino, Peristyle and Music
Hall Destroyed.
TRAMPs MAY HAVE STARTED IT.
The Great Manufactures and Lib
eral Arts Building Also Bad
ly Damaged.
TRAMPs MAY HAVE STARTED 1T
TOTAL Loss AARD no gsTIMATe.

Based on the Original Cost of the Struc-
lures, 1t viii Probably Reach $1,000
oOO-1Iost of the Actual Loss Was by
Water to the Foreign Exhibits in the
Manufactures NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Hig-
inbotham Says 1t VIII Not BE over
S1OO,OOO-Being in Bond. the Exhibits
Could Not BE Eemoved-one Fireman
Killed and Several Injured.
CHICAGO, Jan. o The fire king Mon
day night laid his hand on the white city,
the most beautiful work of man. with
the intent of reducing it to ashes. The
peristyle, casino and music hall We're
entirely destroyed, and the manufactures
and liberal arts building badly damaged
in the south end. High winds from the
lake scattered the sparks and it was with
great difficulty that any of the great
white buildings were saved.
The fire broke out in the casino, at the
south end of the peristyle. and it was
consumed almost before the fire depart
ment realized that it had big fire to
fight. Northward on the Grecian peris-
lyle the flames crawled. and no check
was made until half of it had been con-
summed. Sparks were being carried
everywhere 10y the wind. Five times
ing, and as many times it was subdued.
Calls were made on the city for addition
al engines. The distance is long, and
they were slow in arriving.
Wild Excitement.
The report of the fire spread quickly
through the city, and caused the widest
excitement and regret. Every transport
taticn line leading to Jackson park was
crowded with people, attracted by the
great glare of red light.
1t was thought at o'clock that the
flames were under control. This, how
ever, proved to be a mistake. The wind
blew more iiercely than ever, and flames
were carried along the remaining por-
ton of the peristyle north, devouring
that beautiful piece of architecture,
music hall. From there they spread to
the great manufactures and liberal arts
building, in which there was hundreds
of thousands of dollars worth of ezhib-
its, awaiting transportation or the
wnilns of custom officials. This build
ing and its contents were partially de
stroyed. and fortunately, the flames
We're here checked.
Did Tramps Start 1t?
a number of tramps have been Sleep
ing in the casino since the grounds have
been thrown open. They have been
driven out number of times, and it is
thought they may have caused the fire.
There was no fire about the building
and nothing to start a fire without hu-
man aid.
One Fireman Dead-SeveraI Injured.
Fireman William Mackie fell from a
ladder at the casino and died at the hos
pital. Four other firemen were also in
jured and removed to. the hospital, but
it is thought their wounds are not seri-
The loss will amount to 5000, 900,
based, however, ON the cost of the build
inns. -
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win BE Tried For Forgery,

New YORK, Jan. Judge Van
Brunt of the supreme court signed the
order committing Edward NJ. Field to
the custody of the sheriff of this county.
This virtually means that he will be
tried for forgery. The gist of the judges
order is to the effect that upon certifica-
ton of the superintendent of the asylum
that Field has regained his reason, he
will have to stand trial.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1894-01-10
HE MUST HANG.
Governor Alteeld Refuses to Save Palnter',

Governor Altgeld Refuses to Save Painter'l
CHICAGO, Jan. 9 George II. Painter
will be hanged next Friday for the muir
der of Alice Martin. On that day the
reprieval of three weeks granted by
Governor Altgeld will expire and the
governor refuses to grant new lease OF
life. He gave the attorneys for Painter
lengthy hearing Monday in Springfield
and at the conclusion of it he said that
he was as strongly convinced as ever
that no other person than George n
Painter was the murdererof Alice Martin
and that such a murderer richly de
served to die from the gallows.
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FlywheeI Rnrets-

CELNA, o., Jan. 9 Ten men, work.
ing In the handle factory of j. a. Barr
in this city, were placed In a periIous
position when the governor belt broke
and the engine ran away, breaking the
hywheel in several places and throwing
them IN all directions for a distance Of
200 feet, taking a side of the building
away with it. No one was seriously in
i1red
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1894-01-10
piamond Rebbery.

SALTWATER, Mimi, Jan. 8 A bold
diamond robbery occurred here Monday.
The driver of the Adams Express COM
pany rig was delivering packages, and
in his sleigh had package of diamonds
from Cincinnati addressed to c. He1,in-
gen. The driver stopped in Willman's
to deliver another package, and when he
returned found Heningen's package
broken and the diamonds gone. The
stones were valued at $3.50.
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Fort WAYNE, Jan. 8 Martin Haw-
ley, 20, has been arrested, charged with
having caused the death of his aged
mother. Monday night Hawley caught
the woman and a man named Holland
in a smokehouse. Hawley attacked
Holland, and in the fight which followed
the old lady was pushed or struck to the
ground. receiving injuries from which
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1894-01-10

PARKERsBURG, w. Va. Jan.5l9 =
Charles Wegman, well known citizen,
was put in Jail to answer an Indictment
for highway robbery. A valuable dog of
driven by George Buchanan. Wegman
got his gun. went to the high road, leyeled
it at Buchanan and demanded So.
Buchanan, fearing to lose his life. paid
the money, Wegman holding the gun
over him until his son was given the