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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-03-31
MUST SERVE THEIR TINE.

Chicago. March 3O.-The Illinois ~
preme Count has affirmed the sentence
of one year in the penitentiary against
Frank and Charles MeadOwcroft The
NeadowcrOfts were bankers who failed
for S42O. 900 after unsuccessful Worlds
Fair speculations. Their offense was
receiving deposits knowing themselves
insOlyenf.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-03-31
OIL NEWS.

Special to the Register.
Sistersville. w. Va, March 30.-There
is but little change of importance IN
the Indian Creek field since Saturday
afternoon. The we'll being drilled by
the Carter Oil Company on the Stone
king farm still shows thirty barrel.
day. well. about all it is now expected TO
make. but it will be drilled on through
the big Intun" in hope OF increasing
the production. This well is located
little over 5000 feet northeast OF the
wells on the Kyle farm and assists much
in determining the extension OF that
pool.
The well recently purchased by Metz
gar & Company from Higgins q Com
pany. which is located on Sheets Run,
over on the Ohio side almost directly
north of Raven Rock, w. Va, was shot
few days ago and is now reported 10
be making in the neighborhood OF 20
barrels a day. This well when drilled
by Higgins & Company a couple OF
years ago. only made about or bar
rels a day. a gait which it maintained
until purchased and shot by Mezgar
G. Company a few days ago. Metzgar
& Company also drilled a small well on
the same farm about 1000 feet west OF
this well which came in very small but
when shot increased its production TO
10 barrels a day. A number of wells are
now being drilled in this territory, one
by the Philadelphia Oil and Gas Com
Iany 900 feet northeast ard by Stew
art & Company about 500 feet south
west of the original we'll drilled by Hug
gins & Company.
On the Davenport farm just north OF
Friendly. Ramey & Fisher started spud-
ding to-day at the location about 600
feet southwest of their No. 13 on the
same farm.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-03-31
ANSON B. Strong ARRESTED,
Charged With the Murder CT Mrs.
Alvin N. Stone Saturday.

The Evidence is Entirely Circum-
stantial, but the Chain Seems to
Draw Tightly Around the Pris-
oner-Strong Was Twice Sent to
the Penitentiary by Mrs. Stones
Husband, and the Murder is Sup
posed to Have Been Committed
For Revenge.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-03-31
COAL OPERATORS
VIII Meet in Pittsburg To-Day to Discuss
..True Tniformitr~

rue l NulioEmitN.
Pittsburg, Pa, March SO-The meet
ing of the railroad coal operators to de-
eide the question of true uniformity
rates" viii be held here tomorrow. and
from the present indications the de-
cisiOn will be favorable. But three
names are needed to make the 95 per
cent required, and the operators and
miners expect to secure these to-day.
If a uniform rate is established. the
miners of this district will receive 20
cents per ton. IL will also result in
better wages for the miners Of Ohio and
Illinois.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-03-31
STEAM LAUNDRY FOR GRAFTON
Special to the Register.

Special to the Register.
Grafton. W. Va. March 3O.-E. B.
Blue has gone 70 Cincinnati TO buy
machinery for a new steam laundry.
METEOROLOGICAL DATA.
Washington, D. c.. March 3O.-FoI
West Virginia and Western Pennsyl'
vania-Fair: light variable winds be-
coming southeasterly.
For Ohio-Fair, followed by inereas'
ing cloudiness at night; light variable
winds. becoming southeasterly.
Mr.. c. Schnepf. the Opera House
druggist. made the following observa-
tions Of the temperature yesterday. Z
M. so: 9 a. m. 81; y m. 65; 3 pm.
60; 7 .. 10. 65. Weather lair. n,
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-03-31
w. VA. POSTAL AFFAIRS.

Special TO the Register.
washington, March 3O.-A commits
sion has been issued to John n. Moora
as postmaster at Montrose, Randolph
county, w. Va.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-03-31
BERMUDA ARRIVES SAFE

At Puerto Cortez, Honduras-The bermuda
is the Alleged Filibuster.
Copyright, 1896, Associated Press)
Puerto Cortez, Honduras, March 30
via Galveston, Textile British steam
er Bermuda, from New York, which, it
is alleged, landed arms and ammunition
and a filibustering expedition off the
coast of Cuba, arrived here yesterday.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-03-31

Special to the Register.
Brink. w. Va, March 30.-The Rich
mond we'll is due, and is expected to
open some new territory.
The same company's Snodgrass No.
/ is rigging up in Wildcat territory.
The No. / Ney well is down 1,4OO feet.
The South Penn's wells No. is down
ZOO feet
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-03-31

Oil City. Pa. March 9d-Credit ban
ances S1.24: certificates opened, highest
lowest and closed at $1.27. Sales 2,0O0i
clearances $4,000; shipments lS4,S34
runs ,1S8.
New York. March 30.-Petroleum
steady. closed at S1.27 bid
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-03-31
LINED POIsONER-

KeepA Oregon Family in Constant Ter
ror-Desperate Efforts TO Commit Muir
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-08-02
CAMPAIGN
WEALTH.


The attempt being made by the gold
papers to prove that the silver adyo
Gates arc trying to arouse class feel
ing is an unworthy method of con
Quoting this campaign. There is no
man who believes more in the sacred
light of property than Mr.. Bryan. The
objection to him by some gold men is
that he also believes in the sacred
right of manhood. He thinks liberty
and equality quite as important to be
preserved as possessions, and that 10
protecting property the definition
Ought to include farms and homes, la
Dor and muscle, as well as stocks and
bonds.
This is no campaign against prop
erty. 1t is campaign to protect all
kinds Of property, and to enact such
legislation as will put stop to the
depreciation of all species of posses
sions except bonds and stocks listed
on Wall street. The man who owns
railroads, farms and stocks and the
man who has no property but his skill
and his strong right arm are entitled
to equal protection, The gold standard
appreciates gold and gold bonds; it
depreciates all other property. The
owner of lands and factories is quite
as much interested in double stand
ard as the man whose products are
below the cost of cultivation and the
man who can find no market for his
skill and his muscle. These men seek,
not to destroy property rights. They
seek the contrary. 1t is the present
financial policy that depresses trade,
closes factories, throws men out of
employment, reduces wages, and de-
preclates prices.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-08-02
TT WAS NOT ADOPTED.

The St Louis Republic publishes an
interview with Col. Edward Il. Dick
inson, official stenographer of the Ma
tional Democratic convention, in
which that gentleman says that the
following amendment TO the free silver
plank in the platform, offered by Sena-
tor Hill, was adopted:
I'd should be carefully provided
by law at the same time that any
change in the monetary standard
should not apply to existing con-
tracts.
Every delegate to the convention
will recall that every amendment of
fered, except by Senator Jones, was
defeated Mr.. Dickinson has made a
mistake that is all. Ma newspaper
in the country failed TO print tbs
rejection OF Senator Hills amend
ments, and the above amendment was
III olnptly voted down without a
roll call. his other amendments having
been rejected by more than two thirds
of the delegates.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-08-02
u. +. CITTLDS,
"Genernl MANAGER.
GOLD AT A PREMIUM.

One of the favorite arguments
against free coinage is that it would
put gold at 4 premium. The gold
standard has done that by putting
everything else down since demoneti-
zation, but not satisfied with deprc-
eating everything else, gold itself has
now been put at a premium. G. p.
lAtenberg d Co, bankers, Of Cincinnati.
Ohio, have issued a circular Offering
to pay a premium of $3.50 per thou
sand for gold coin, gold certificates or
United States Treasury notes. The
iniquity of the gold reserve, not re-
quired or recognized by law, is seen
| by the fact that the same premium is
Ioifered for Treasury notes as for gold.
The holders can use them to raid the
Treasury of gold at will. This method
Iof enriching the gold speculatiors win
come 10 an end on the day after Will
liam J. Bryan is inaugurated President
Iof the United States. The obligations
Iof the government viii be paid in the
coin" Of the contract.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-08-02
POLITICAL STRAWS.

a Republican exchange gloats over
Che fact that American ,ote1s onl a
steamship returning from Europe wqr
polk and the vote stood 113 for Nc
E7n7eY to 10 for Bryan. The surprise
lis, not that Mckinley had so largel a
zna fority of what Mr.. Carlisle call ed
e'the idle holders of idle wealth." but
that he didn't have every voter Of that
class. & poll of farmers, worIingmen,
business men WHO DO NOT GO TO
EUROPE would tell quite another sto-
~. And as the farmers and the me-
chanics vote counts as much as the
The millionaires or the European tour
ist, tbs straws all point to Bryan's cleo
lion.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-08-02
"R. NJ. HAMPTON,
ELECTRIC BIErERs.

Electric Bitters Is a medicine suited
for any season, but perhaps more gen.
orally needed. when the languid ex-
hausted feeling prevails, when the liv-
er is torpid and sluggish and the need
of tonic and Alternative is felt A
prompt use of this medicine has often
averted long and perhaps fatal bilious
fevers. No medicine will act more
surely in counteracting and freeing
the system from the malarial poison.
Headache, indigestion, constipation,
dizziness yield to Electric Bitters. SOC.
and $1.0O per bottle at John Y. Mac
Rae's drug store.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-08-02
4 PRETTY MARRIAGE.

Chapel Hin, y. G., Aug. IT, (Special)
The quiet little village Of Chapel
Hill Thursday witnessed one of the
prettiest marriages that ever occurred
here. Amid beautiful decorations and
I'm the presence of host of friends.
Mr. Thos. II. Foust, of Graham, was
welded to Miss Lizzie Harris, or
Chapel Hill. the ceremony being per-
formed I'm the Presbyterian church at
high noon by the Rev. j. ID. Currie.
KS Miss Annie Peay. of Durham, played
the wedding march, "bOhengrin,' the
groom entered the church escorted by
his best man, Mr.. VIM. Harding, of
Greenville The bride, beautifully
dressed in white satin, followed lean
ing ON the arm of her brother, Mr..
hos. Harris, of Durham. The flower
girls were Misses Lucy Harris and
Mary Groves, of Chapel Hin; maid
Of honor, Miss Mary Halt'.s, of
Chapel Hill; ushers, Messrs. Harvey
White, of Graham; Richard Davis, of
Durham; G.. G. Thompson, of Wake
Forest: II. A. Foushee. of Durham;
bridesmaids We're Misses Blanche Nor
gan and Lille Parish, of Durham;
Iettie Foust, of Graham; and Edna
Holt, Of Richmond. Other guests were
Misses Mable Holt, of RichmOnd; May
Harris, of Greenyille, and Maggie
| Foust. of Ramseur. After the
ceremony, the party were re.
ceived at the home Of the
/ brides mother, Mrs. Sallie Harris,
where pleasant afternoon
was spent. The happy couple were
1 the recipients of many beautiful and
| valuable presents, and both parties
/ being favorites at Chapel IIill, they
/ leave with the congratulations and
/ best wishes of many friends.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-08-02
THE LOGIC OF THE HON. THOMAS
BRACKET REED ANSWERED.

TO the Editor; In your issue of the
Both you publish what purports to be
a synopsis of a speech delivered by
Speaker Reid at Alfred, Maine, July
29oh. We quote from that synopsis his
reference to gold and silver and
money. He says:
Their remedy is the coinage of
silver, 16 to l. What does that
mean?
Heretofore, when gold and sill
yer have stood together, it has
been at the market value. When we
tried to make gold and silver cir
culate together we have always
married them according to their
market value. Po-day we find
them, not 16 to !, but 81 to /, and
they are going, they say, ITO life
silver to twice it's value, not by
the universal sense Of mankind,
which alone makes values,
but by a statute OF the United
States, single-handed against the
civilized world"
We reply: When we have had free
coinage of gold and silver at 16 to J.,
the two metals have stood together at
that ratio, and their market value
was the same as their coinage value, :"
with a slight variation incident to a
different ratio in Europe. The mar
riage of the two metals was complete
and their union was not disturbed for
centuries by either the market or the
coinage values of either. In 1879, Mr..
Reeds party clandestinely procured
their divorce, and since then Ut has
been engaged, with all the selfish and
vicious elements it could command, in
making a mean Assault upon the
virtue of silver. just about in the
same proportion as il has succeeded in
DESTROYING the market value" OF sill
YER as compared with the market
value" of gold, it has succeeded in
destroying the market value" Of ali
classes of property which does not
have a fixed income. 1t has not been
asle 30 break the union between the
''markeb value" of silver and the mar
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-08-02
THE DEsPoTIsM OF WEALTH.

Those Republicans who are denounc-
ing Democrats as socialists because the
platform declares in favor of the in
come tax would do well to read the
dissenting opinions of the Republican
Justice. Mr.. Harlan said:
There is no tax which in its
essence is more just and equitable
than the incline tax
Mr.. Brown wrote:
Even the spectre of socialism
is conjured up to dissuade Con-
gress from laying taxes upon the
people in proportion to their abili-
ty to pay them. Il \ | hope it may
not prove the first step toward the
submergence of the liberties of
the people in sordid despotism of
wealth"
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-08-02
DEMOCRATIC NOMINEES.

For President, WILLIAM ]. BRYAN
of Nebraska,
For Vice-President, ARTHUR SEW
ALL, of Maine.
For Governor, CYRUS B. WATSON,
of Forsyth.
For Lieutenant Governor, THOMAS
w. MASON, of Northampton.
For Secretary of State, CHARLES
81. COOKE, of Franklin.
For State Treasurer, B. f. AYCOCK,
of Wayne.
For State Auditor. L. NJ. FURMAN,
of Buncombe.
For Superintendent of Public In
struction, JOHN c. SCARBOROUGH,
cf Johnston.
For Attorney General, T. I.
OSBORNE, of Mecklenburg.
For associate Justice of the SUI
soreme Court, A. C. AVERY, of Burke;
'sand GEORGE II. BROWN, of Beaufort.
For Judge of the Superior court of
the Fifth District, JAMES s. MAN
MING, of Durham.
For Electors at Large-LOCKE
CRAIG, of BuncomDe, and W. G..
DOUGLASS, of Moore.
FOR CONGRESS.
Second District-F. A. WOODARD,
OF Wilson
Fourth District-EDWARD W. POU,
of Johnston.
Fifth District-W. ". KITCHIN. of
Person.
Sixth District-JAMES 4. LOCI
HART, of Arson.
Ninth District. S. ADAMS, of
Buncombe.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-08-02
FUSION OF GOLD MEN FOR M'kIN-
t.EN MUST RE MET ny FUSION
on SltNER MEN ron BRYAN.

I The Democratic voters OF North Car
olina can trust their executive commit
t.'e, 1t represents the best thought Of
|every element la the party, Is conn
ipose,l of men az the highest honor and
integrity, was elected by the delegates
/ to The recent State convention. and =
truly representative Of the desires aud
/ interests of the voters whose servant
lie IN, The division ct electors among
all those who favor free silver is not
only manifestly proper but is dictated
! by the highest political ethics,
With the gold forces unit ted, the New
Work sun and New York Tribune sup
porting MeKinley, Mark Hanna and J..
sterling Morton lighting Bryan, With
gold Democrats and gold Republicans
uniting to keep the control of the gov
lernment's financial policy in the hands
Of the bank syndicate, with Whitney
openly seeking fusion with the Repub-
lieans with these combined forces
against the cause of the people, it
would hc the height of folly for meme
hers of two parties egreeing in their
opinions, that have officially declared
the money question TO he the supreme
issue to run separate electoral tickets.
Many of the gold Democrats have ac-
lively or passively fused with the Re
puhljcans, In the Chicago convention
they sat dumb and refused to partici-
pate when outnumhered They were
guilty Of party pertidy and dishonor."
The men who are most clamorous
against the Democratic executive com
mittee's action openly declare their
purpose to vote for Mckinley. What
is this but fusing with the Republic
cans? DO they call that honorable?
DO they not propose to vote for Mr..
Mckinley because they agree with him
ON the question of a single standard?
In his speech at Kernersyille yester-
day. Hon. Cyrus h. Watson made an
argument showing that in the face of
the fusion of the gold forces of all
parties. the silver men would be guilty
of crime if they should make no eff
fort to secure the united action of the
silver men. The approval of the action
of the committee by the chosen leader
of the party will have more weight than
the criticism of gold Democrats. He is
known TO sincerely desire the election
of a silver President, while the attitude
of some of the gold men, with regard
10 the committees action, subjects
them to the suspicion that they are
not over Jealous to- secure that result
All honor to the gold standard editor
who comes over ''horse, foot and
dragons" to the support of the policy
outlined by his party. But those edi-
tors who say: Il submit acquiesce in
1 it all like / do in Adams fall with all
its dire consequences" reminds us of
the prohibitionist, of whom the genial
1 beer vender said to DR.. Skinner: ''He
] talks nit you, but he drinks NIT me-"
| Hasn't the time come to leave out
the old gold arguments that are duph-
Gated by the Mckinley journals in
Eeyery issue?
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-08-02

intrinsic value of - ~ -
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cure. Hoods Sarsaparilla possesses actual
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to directions, to purify your blood, or
cure any of the many blood diseases, you
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The power to cure is there. You are not
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blood pure, rich and nourishing, and thus
drive out the germs of disease, strengthen
the nerves and build up the whole system.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-08-02
CONVENTION DATES.

Democratic Congressional Conven-
ton 9th District-Rockingham August
18th.
Democratic Congressional conven-
F4son Eighth District~-Raleigh, June
s 18th, and Wilkesboro, July 29th.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-08-02

Thursday afternoon Mark Hanna
left New York mysteriously Nobody
could find him, but a reporter discov-
cred that he was closeted with j. Pier
pont Morgan, d. o. Mills and Whitelaw
Reid. This means unlimited money for
the campaign 1t also means more
big profits and bond deals for j. Pier
pont Morgan & Co., if the people sell
out to the bank syndicate that has a
mortgage on Mckinley.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-08-02

Writing TO the New York Sun, Moses
III Cone, author Of the Merchant"
gold letters, printed in the Charlotte
Observer, says: ''As a lifelong Demo-
ecrat your editorials on the question
eof dishonoT and reputation appeal to
sme. / shall vote for Mckinley"
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-08-02

Referring to the presence of Senator
Pritchard at Republican headquarters,
the Washington Star says he has not
abated from the confident air he las
assumed all the time" Assumed is
good.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-08-02

The Nebraska bankers are the best
electioneers for Bryan. Threats to
forec4ose mortgages will catch fewer
Mckinley votes than money. The peo-
pie have come to realize that it is bet
ter to lose their mortgaged property,
if that is necessary, than to become
permanent vassals of the money power.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-08-02

A statement has neen published that
the Pennsylvania Railroad Company
had decided to stop all construction
work on it's lines wherever possible in
OLA to reduce its expenses. This
action was taken ION account of the
general depression in business and
the situation was further explained
by one of the Vice-Presidents, who
said that " the experience of other
corporations leads to the belief that it
would be difficult to float bonds in
order TO continue the improvements
except at a sacrifice" This is the
prosperity" that a gold standard as
sures 10 a country.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-08-02

Funny, isn't it? That member OF
the Cabinet should be expected by the
public 10 resign because he supports
the nominee Of his own party2
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-08-02

"a man never realizes the superiority
sof woman so much as when he is sew
ing on a button without a thimble,
pushing the needle against the wall to
get it half way through, and pulling
it through the other half by hanging
on to il with his teeth.--London Tit
Bits
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-08-02

Ex-Judge Whitaker files a dissent
ing opinion to Judge Green's order
that men may take off their coats in
court in hot weather.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-08-02
NOTES AND COMMENTS.

The Populists of Missouri, by vote
of 267 to 1872 declared in favor Of cleo
toral fusion with the Democrats.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-08-02

Coolt-And 1 just claps my eye to the
keyhole and looks through.
Parlor Maid-Wasn't that rather be-
meath you?
N2eak-A good two foot.-Londoh
Judy.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-08-02
CALLING IN FARMERS LOANS.
First National Bank Of Alliance, Nebr.,
Sends a Circular to It's Customers.

Omaha, Neb., July 31.-The follow
ing letter has been sent by the First
National Bank of Alliance, Neb., TO all
the farmers of BOXbutte county, who
are indebted to it for loans:
Alliance, Neb., July %.
Dear Sir: Owing to the constant
agitation of the financial policy Of the
United States and the socialistic feeling
emanating from the Chicago c6nven-
ton, there has been a doubt thrown
over the minds Of the people, such that
points to the possibility. of a greater
panic than we have seen should the
aboring men of the country be thrown
out of employment (now only half
employed.) There will be great labor
troubles, such that viii call on our
military and cause much distrust as
to the future outcome. We prefer to
do nothing till there is more stability
rather than take the chances of losing
what we have, and would advise all our
friends to stay out of debt. We viii
call in all our paper this fall. We have
your note for 5 due --. Please be
prepared to meet it promptly, and do
not ask for further time.
Yours truly,
"R. NJ. HAMPTON,
cashier"
The letter has turned at least 100
Mckinley followers into ardent Bryan
men. The Republican leaders in this
county concede that they cannot hope
to do anything here for Mckinley as
public sentiment is aroused and men
of all parties declare openly that they
will vote for free silver, and not be
driven or influenced by the money
power of the county.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-08-02
ARE YOU TIRED

All the time? This condition is a
sure indication that your blood is not
rich and nourishing as it ought to be
and as it may be if you will take few
bottles of the great blood purifier,
Hoods Sarsaparilla. Thousands write
that Hoods Sarsaparilla has cured
them of that tired feeling by giving
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