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The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1897-05-05

Wool and its manufacturers are
to be taxed $44,Oo0,Oo0 annually
under the DINGHY Bill and people
who have enjoyed the blessing of
cheap clothing since wool was put
on the free list will soon have a
chance to study another object les
son.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1897-05-05

Its true we are making great
er efforts, offering nicer goods for
the money than ever before but
the satisfaction of an increasing
trade repays us.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1897-05-05
Trade repays ns.

We have confidence this
yea, we feel satisfied that our
line is the best obtainable,
hence we feel certain of sue
cess.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1897-05-05

In Bulgaria the proprietors of a
medicine, by which they claim to
cure a specified disease, are liable
to Imprisonment if the medicine
fails to produce the desired effect.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1897-05-05

As matter of policy, it would
be a great advantage to the Demo
cratic party to see the Dingley bill
pass at once. Long before the fall
elections the effect of this bill to
restore prosperity or failure to do
SO will have been demonstrated.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1897-05-05

The Greek-Turkish war seems to
be about ended. Turkey was too
much for her, backed as she was
by the Christian powers, be it
said to their shame.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1897-05-05

Who could help being enticed
to buy when we can show you
patterns in cloths that look like
pictures, suits that just fit you
like fashion plate.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1897-05-05

Editor Deem, of the jackson
Herald, has been appointed post
master at jackson @. H., this State.
We are glad to see an editor recog-
nized once in awhile.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1897-05-05

U.E FEEL TINT sUcH rs TIE CaSE IS oUR 7RsaDE lS
1aRGER THIS 1E4R THIN LIST

Our full line of colored shirts
representing the finest fitting and
laundried goods in this country,
in the newest patterns to be
found at marvelously low prices.
Rossmore and the famous
Knox hats in the spring styles
now in. We are sole agents for
above. An the latest styles de-
signed in the John B. Stetson's
unexcelled goods to be found.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1897-05-05
The chief of the forestry division

The chief of the forestry division
of the agricultural department re-
ports that the enormous amounts
of white pine and other coniferous
timber which have been annually
cut in this country cannot be had
beyond the next five or six years,
even with Canada to help exc out
our deficiencies. The average an
nual consumption of timber is TO-
oOO,OOO,O0o feet, and theere is left
standing in the northern States it
is estimated, 1o0,oOo,ooO,oOO feet of
coniferous growth. And yet Con
gress in the Dingley bill puts a
premium on the destruction of the
American Pittsburg Post.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1897-05-05

Window glass went up five per
cent. Saturday at Pittsburg, and
dealers were notified. AT the
same time window glass blowers
we're notified of a reduction of ten
per cent. in their wages, beginning
with May -1st, 1887. Still 'pro-
tection protects"
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1897-05-05

The effect of the retroactive
clause in the Dingley tariff bill
which provides that all goods i'm
ported on and after April i, 1897,
shall pay increased duties, is that
the bill is already in force. Have
the mills started up? Is more
labor employed? Have wages in
creased9 Is the price of farm
products higher? Is there more
money in circulation? Has pros
perity returned?
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1897-05-05

A saw-miH boiler blew up at
Standing Stone, Friday. killing
two people outright and badly in
juring several others. The build
ing too was completely wrecked.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1897-05-05

We cannot divine how this
country can prosper when in
every mill and factory there is a
fight being waged between the
employer and the employee over
an attempt to reduce wages.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1897-05-05

Prominent politicians, who are
engaged in mining and manu-
featuring. say that even with the
Dingley high tariff protection
passed, wages unjust of a necessity
come down" How then does the
tariff make good wages?
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1897-05-05

The dog poisoner is operating in
Gallipols. He has alreedy muir
dered several fine dogs with poison.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1897-05-05

Goldbug prosperity has struck
the Westinghouse air-brake peo-
pie of Pittsburg in the shape of a
cut in wages of from 20 to 40 per
cent.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1897-05-05

The Point Pleasant Register is
welcomed to our table as one of
our best exchanges.-McDowel
Record.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1897-05-05

The Constitutional COMMITTEES
sitting at Charleston, has taken a
recess until May 18th.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1897-05-05

All the engineers, conductors.
brakemen and telegraph operators
on the Reading Railroad have been
notified of a 10 per cent. reduction
in wages.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1897-05-05

Frank Henderson has dressed
his popular barber shop up in a
new coat of paint, making his
place still more popular.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1897-05-05

The coal miners of Pomeroy
have been notified of ten per
cent. reduction in the price of Dig
cling coal.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1897-05-05
Inch8-6no

Young D. T. Farnsworth, of
Buckhannon, tried to commit sui
eide Friday night at Pittsburg, by
taking morphine. He is about %
years of age, in bad health and
respondent.
Mr.. Harvey Gibson, janitor of
the Odd Fellows Hall, this city,
will take up the carpet and give
the hall thorough cleaning this
week.
At Parkersburg $4,000 has
been offered for small farm, now
good oil territory, for which $500
could not have been gotten month
ago.
True politeness is perfect ease
and freedom. 1t simply consists
in treating others just as you wish
to be treated yourself.
The cause of our not being es-
teemed is in ourselves.
A few feet under ground reigns
SO profound silence, and yet SO
much tumult is on the surface.
The Supreme Test "What is
his reputation for Yeracity ?" every
good; he hasn't seen a single flying
machine this spring. Chicago
Record.
Ed. Jordan and Ed. jackson
were sentenced to two years each
for burglary in the penitentiary
Saturday, by Judge McGinnis, of
the Criminal Court of Huntington.
Frank Henderson has dressed
his popular barber shop up in a
new coat of paint. making his
place still more popular.
The Point Pleasant Register is
welcomed to our table as one of
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1897-05-05
EIIsoN DRo 8 HARDWARE.
HICKS
Latest Prediction.

/ find in looking into the
heavens with my large tele-
scope a cloud that is away
below all its companions,
and by a careful study |
find written on this cloud.
the word Pyramid, and by
a still closer observation l
find the name
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1897-05-05
NOTICE.

NANcEzs And TUMoRs. No cure no
", nay.E write Merrill Instttutes MIddle-
loo1f1es ". Va, lnayo-eln
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1897-05-05

A few feet under ground reigns
SO profound silence, and yet sc
much tumult is on the surface.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1897-05-05

True politeness is perfect ease
and freedom. 1t simply consists
in treating others just as you wish
to be treated yourself.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1897-05-05

The cause of our not being es-
teemed is in ourselves.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1897-05-05

LegiSlative Investigations I'm KentuclEy
Penitentiary Promises Sensation.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1897-05-05

=
ing thought in the hours of our sor-
row that
Under the clay ed mound, under the heaped
sod,
We have only laid the casket, while the
Jewel is with God"
The signal beauty of the deceased's
life was perhaps best manifested in
her home circle Here it was that the
writer first met and loved her. How
well is recalled that meeting and the
long and intimate acquaintance that
followed What joyful hours have
been passed in the happy home where
deepest sorrow now doth dwell. In
that united circle our departed one
reiened a perfect queen of love, so
gentle, sweet, true and amiable. All
who came within the radius of her
winning smile were charmed by the
beauty of her Iovable personality. A
dutiful, faithful wife; a thoughtful,
loving mother; sweet, congenial
companion; a steadfast, earnest friend.
How hard it is to give her up! How
deeply we feel our loss and cry out in
lamentation that will not be COM
forted. Yet howtruly we realize that
''Though folded her hands, they are working
On the lives that she loved so when here;
And though palltd her HIPS, they are speaking
To the hearts that still hold her SO dear"
May our dear Heavenly Father.
from the fullness of His tender love
and compassion, comfort and sustain
the bereaved husband and daughters
in this their deepest grief and sorrow.
R. LIB.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1897-02-06

NEW YORK, Feb. At can be def
nitely stated thatJ. Addison Porter, Of
the Hartford Conn Evening Post, will
be private secretary to President Nc
Kinley. A private telegram from Mr..
Porter to friend in this city states
that he has accepted. The conference
was completed ut Canton yesterday
nfternoon.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1897-02-06
To Ficht pad Leglslation.

CHICAGO, Feb. 1.-The National Bus
mess league, an organization of busi-
ness men without regard to politics,
has been organized in Chicago, con-
stitution adopted and the following
officers elected: President, Ferdinand
W. Peck; vice president, Erslkine NJ.
Phelps; treasurer, Z. G. Keith; secreta-
~, r. L. Gilbert; attorney, John W. Ella.
The objects Of the association are stated
to be the advancement OF good legisla-
ton and the defeating Of bad legisla-
ton both in congress and in state leg
islatures. 1t is understood that state
organizations will soon be formed in
New York, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin,
Iowa, Indiana, Ohio and Michigan.
The organization has q charter MEM
bership Of about 100.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1897-02-06
RAILROAD LEGISLATION.
Many Western States Almost Certain to Cut
Passenger and Freight Traffic Rates.

Many Western States Almost Certain to Cut
Passenger and Freight Traffic Rates.
KANSAS CITY, NO., Feb. 2.-Hostile
railroad legislation in nearly all Of the
western granger states during the
present sessions Of the legislatures is
almost certain. Much work Is being
done among the Legislators, not only
to bring about the adoption of law
fixing the minimum passenger fare Mt
two cents q mile, but also to secure q
material reduction in the rates for the
transportation of grain. In the Missouri.
Iowa, Nebraska and Kansas legisla-
lures the pot is boiling and committees
are already engaged in giving hearings
to the various parties interested. Sew
eral bills to regulate passenger and
freight rates are ready to be intro
duced in the illinois Legislature.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1897-02-06
GAGE ON FINANCE.
Next Treasury Secretary States His
Position on the Question.
Says Il 10 Time for Monetary Reform
Grecnbacks Should Bc Permanently Re-
tired and . Banknoto Circulation
Inauguratcd-Some Defects.

CHICAGO, Feb. Lyman ]. Gage
was questioned concerning the most
vital issues with which he will deal as
secretary of the treasury. Mr.. Gage,
with candor, makes his position quite
clear on all of them, rs follows:
| Our whole money system is the resultant OF
makeshlft legislation and unscientifc COM
promises 1t Is time that reform began
In my opinion tho greonbacks should be per-
manently retired. The silver purchaSed under
the Sherman act should be graduallysSbl and
| tho treasury notes redeemed and cancelled
Some well guarded system Of bauknotc circula-
| tion broader and more elastic than the present
national bank net provides should b, inaugu-
rated.
| Such banlsnotes should DO rcdccmable at o
central place and be redecmable In gold only.
Silver certificates, which form nearly one
| Afth OF the circulating medium OF the United
States are dangerous. by their use volume
Of inferior money hns found an abnormal use
They are the most pcrplexing feature In tho
much involved problem OF our national
finances
There Is no reason why the government
should uct Us q warehouse man for either gold
or silver. Such function Is outside the proper
| limit OF action
But We are faced by condition. The enor-
nous amount Of $500 600 900 Of silver represented
by ssss 900 900 in silver certicate2 tddcd to the
sib0 0O0. COO purchased by the government under
the Sherman act. constitutes stardi ig menace
| 10 every business interest
To sum up the defects Of our present cur
rency system are:
First Confusing heterogenei.y. which needs
simplifcation.
Second-The grecnback controverts the prin-
ciplc Of paper money, viz: That every motto
injected into the commercial system should
represent IN existing commercial value
Third-The treasury note Is o standing evil
dcnce OF q foolish operation-th the creation OF y
debt for the purchase. on o falling market. OF o
commodity for which the purchaser has no use;
It lies open to the Just charge OF being both
| idiotic and immoral.
Fourth-The national bank note merely con-
forms to the principle Of paper money. but tho
unreasonable requirements for security para
lyze its efficiency ind operate to destroy Its
elasticity
Fifth-!The silver certificate encourages the
use OF silver to larger extent than Is con-
sistent with the safe preservation OF that metal
| n aritv with enid
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1897-02-06
KANSAS POSTMASTER REMOVED.

Mr. Lockwood. of Burlington, Loses Ills
Head ON the Charge Of Offensive Parti-
sanship.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 3.-Postmaster
Lockwood. of Burlington, Kan, was
removed yesterday. Offensive partisan.
ship Is given as the cause. L. ID. Wat
trous, gold democrat, was named to
succeed him. lie is n son of j. L. Wat
trous, editor Of the burlington indie
pendent. Eugene Hagan, chairman Of
the gold democratic committee, had
the change made. Mr.. Hagan Is still
unsuccessfully battling with Senator
Baker to overcome his opposition to the
confirmation of gold democratic post
masters in the state. The latter is
very determined in his position. how
ever, and declines to let Vanatta, Of
Clay Center, be confirmed, or to let
down the bars on the others.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1897-02-06
SAWYER MURDERS AVENGED.
Ed Perry Hanged mt Ava. NO., for Most
Revolving Crime.

SPRINGFIELD, No., Feb. 1.-Edward
Perry, who murdered three members
OF the Sawyer family in Douglass coun-
ty, May 90. was hanged at Ava Saturday
afternoon. Thousands of excited people
were in the town, but only 200 were
admitted to the stockade. A clamor
for the destruction of the stockade
went up, but the officers kept off the
crowd with winchestcrs. Perry parted
from his mother ut one o'clock. He
was then taken to band stand where
Rev. j. II. Bridges made statement in
his behalf, in which 1t was stated that
he was not afraid to die. He said that
the former statements he had made,
connecting his uncle, William iost,
with the crime, were true. Perry was
pronounced dead Is minutes after tho
drop fell, death resulting from strangu-
lation. The only telegraph wire into
Ava was cut early in the day to prevent
the possible sending of any message
which might save Perry's neck.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1897-02-06
FACTS AND FIGURES.

In Italy there ore more thcaters In
proportion to the population than In
any other country.
Insurance companies claim that
bicycling is more dangerous than tray-
cling either by rail or ship.
OF the gold coins now in circulation
In England only q very small proper
ton bear date earlier than 1879.
Russia has the most rapidly incrcas-
ing population Of any country on earth.
The growth Of the last 100 years has
been q fraction less than 100000 an
nunlly.
The largest orchard In Great Britain Is
ut Tottington, in the county Of Glouces-
ter. It is 900 acres In extent, and
some seasons II yields its owner, Lord
Sudley. profit Of $4,000. Apples and
plums IRE raised there chiefly.
OF the 274,o40 Hungarian gypsies
enumerated In the last census e43,43e
are described o. sedentary, 2o.4oe as
semisedentary andonly {. O3sosnomadic,
while 2.i6a are either soldiers or In jail.
al profess some form Of Christianity
sud 1900 are professional musicians.
/, The moon Fotstes on It's axis IN cx.
aotIy the narne pEFlod that u goYolgen
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1897-02-06
COLD WAVE GENERAL.

Most Frigid January on Record In Many
Sections OF the Country.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 1.-The weather
bureau has issued n special bulletin
covering the features Of the recent cold
wave. The cold in the southern states
has been remarkable in its intensity,
duration and wide distribution. cover
ing the whole United States east Of the
Rocky mountains. Throughout the
whole of the lake region and the Ohio
and Mississippi valleys the minimum
was lower for several days than ever
before recorded for the first decade of
January. The conditions in the ex-
treme south were also unusually severe.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1897-02-06
nu,,nr % american PROVERBS.

CINCINNATI, Feb. Three repre-
sentatives of a gigantic London syndi-
cate are in the city for the purpose Of
gobbling up all the biggest breweries
here, and success has SO far crowned
their efforts. They have purchased an
option on 10 and the deal has progressed
50 far that most Of the brewers have
begun taking stock and summing w
al the saloon chhttel mortgages
thsy hold Tor the purpose OF knaw.
Ing jnst low they stand. The deal
vii Be cloasd during tbe soBilng Week
Tha amount . b pala for BE LEI a,
gftgaips . lonp,p1h
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1897-02-06
Murderer Ed Perry Buried.

BEILEvILLE, Kan, Feb. 3.-The re-
mains OF Ed Perry, executed for the
murder of the Sawyer family ut Ava,
Mo-, arrived in this city yesterday in
charge Of his mother. Hundreds of
people viewed the corpse, mostly
through morbid curiosity. A funeral
service was held Mt the Christian
church, Perry having been u member
of that denomination here. The body
was buried here.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1897-02-06
MANY AppoIpt,d. bu. Few Confirmed.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 1.-The terms OF
Office of II presidential postmasters,
scattered about the country, expire
during February. There are no large
Offices in the list. There IRE over 200
nominations of postmasters on the
presidential class now pending in tho
senate. Most Of these are recess up
pointments. About 200 Of these nomi-
tions have been submitted 30 far dur
ing the session, and about 81 acted upon.
A large number of them will be left
Enacted upon by this congress, leaving
the appointments 10 the next ndminis-
tration
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1897-02-06
HOME HELPS.

A handful Of hops in the brine in
which hams and bacon are picked adds
TO the favor Of the meat and keeps the
brine sweet.
To remove iron-rust spots in the abb
Sence OF sunshine, soap them well,
place wet cloth on very hot iron;
when the steam rises, lay the spots on
the cloth and Immediately rub with q
crystal Of oxallo acid. or damp cloth
dipped In powdered crystals. when the
rpots have disappeared. wash at once In
several waters. Guard The aold well, -
u 4 4 deadly ppl,oR
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1897-02-06
800 Reward 900.

The readers Of this paper viii be pleased
10 learn that there Is ut least one dreaded
disease that science has been able 10 cure In
all Its stages, and that Is Catarrh Halls
Catarrh Cure Is tho only positive cure
known TO tho medical fraternity. Catarrh
being o constitutional disease, requires O
constitutional treatment. Balls Catnrrh
Cure Is taken internally, acting directly
upon the blood and mucous surfaces Of tho
Of tho disease, and giving the patient
strength by building up the constitution and
assisting nature In doing its work. The
proprietors have 30 much faith In its cura-
tive powers that they offer Ono Hundred
Dollars for any case that 1t fails TO cure
Send for list of testimonials.
Address i. j. CHENEY Il Co., Toledo, O.
Sold by Druggists, T5c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1897-02-06
A Distressing Accident.

KANSAS CITY, Kan, Feb. S.-one OF
the most distressing accidents that has
ever happened in this city occurred at
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred Beck
ner, 627 Virginia avenue, yesterday
afternoon, when their cight-year-old
daughter, Louise, was burned to death
by setting her clothing on fire while
playing with matches. The child's
sad death was the result of being left
in charge Of the household by her
mother. who had gone to drug store
to get some medicine.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1897-02-06
Long Terms for Bank wreckers.

DENVER, Col. Feb. lin the fedora
court Judge Hallett sentenced E. o
Miller, president Of the Miller Hernia
Treatment Co., to imprisonment n
hard labor for ten years; c. II. Dow
seven years, and Sidney Z. McClurken
five years. The three were recently
convicted of wrecliing the Commercial
national bunk. to which Miller was in
debtcd for 1926, 1000 when 1t closed IL
1898. Dow was president and Nc
Clurken, his bro ther-in-law, receiving
teller. They will be taken to the pen
itentiary at Leavenworth, Kan.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1897-02-06
EvERYpAY THINGS

Paper collars are now almost gone
out Of use, owing to the cheapness Of the
linen article and the convenience and
excellence of the work done BY the
Iaundry. They were made Of basis
Of linen with film Of paper celluloid
spread over Its surface.
pockeskuives sre now machine made,
,ks blades being stamped from strips
a. 1.rsl and Afterwards ground and
rellskod before bang Axed 10 the
.Sr6|S ne ans1smhlylpgn Of the dif.
rs1l r1Iil q tbe haifs y . paties
,'1' |,,eI'
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1897-02-06
James Inl,a Hanged.

OREGON, No., Feb. 1.-James Inks
was hanged ut $3.50 o'clock Saturday
morning for the murder OF John Pat
terson, May Is, 1895. Life was extinct
In 14I1 minutes. Inks died invoking
the blessing OF the Lord upon all pres
emit. This was in striking contrast to
the life he led before the crime was
committed. The murderer leaves .
wife and four children.