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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1873-08-26
American Association for the Ad.
Vancement Of Science,

PORTLAND, Me-, August 25.-The gen.
eral session Of the Society Of Science was
held at ~ a. N. to-day. Among the
ladies present was Mrs. Thompson, who
gave 81 900 to the Association.
T. A. Barnard, F. W. Putnam, Asa
Gray, James Lowering and James New.
berry were appointed a committee 10 OBJ
tain an act OF incorporation for the Asso.
citation.
A number Of members accepted the In.
Vitation OF President Chamberlain and
visited BoWlyne College today.
Tomorrow the Association goes on a
clam bake to Old Orchard Beach.
In section B the frat paper read was by
Prof G.. Brown on the question, "Do
snakes swallow their young p The OBJ.
ject Of the paper was 10 show that certain
snakes give protection to their young by
allowing them 10 run down their open
throats, TO emerge again when danger Is
past. The paper ELECTED considerable dis.
cusGion.
The second paper was remarks on the
origin OF insects aud on the anternell
character Of butterflies and moths.
Professor Gill read Q paper recon-.
mending system ol arranging specimens
In museums 80 as to find the articles
easily. s..a EI.. -'
Professor Burt Greenwilder read an
essay on the cerebral flsSures Of man.
malta and the limits Of their homologies,
illustrated with diagrams.
Professor ]. s. NeWberry read paper
on some palestic flShes from the rocks oil
Ohio, with diagrams showing the differ.
ent deposits In tho sub sections devoted
10 Geology.
Professor J. s. Newberry read paper
on the deposits In the American sedimen.
tary strata.
Considerable discussion followed during
the afternoon and In the evening some
seventy papers were read. TO.mor.
row mornings session will begin at 8
o'clock, and the reading Of the papers on
file will be completed
This evening the chemists organized u
meeting In the Aldermans' room with the
choice Of Prof. Latimer as President, and
Prof G. Z. Monroe as Secretary.
A committee was appointed 10 request
the Standing Committee 10 call a meeting
in 1874. The evening was taken up in
discussing some new apparatus.
The Association goes TO Old Orchard
TO morrow, also on an excursion oyer ,tlla
Portland g. nEA.--I.-o naiiIuau u Up
per Bartlett. 1t Is thought that tic AS.
ISOLATION will adjourn on Thursday or
Friday.
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CHICAGO.
Value of Last Weeks Grain Ship.
menlss. Bank Burglary Folled.

Value Of Last Weeks Grain Ship.
menIs.. Bank Burglary FoIled.
CHICAGO, August 25.-The value o.
grain Of all kinds shipped from Chicago
during the week ending Saturday night
last Is, In round numbers, $l,3ls,000
The number Of bushels was 1914, 900.
About five o'clock this morning the
wstchman in the Marine Bank discovered
burglars attempting 10 force an entrance
into the vaults Of the bank. They had
cut their way from the floor Of the second
story into the outside vault, and we're
about TO begin operations on the inner
vault when discovered. They fed, leav.
ing their tools behind them, and succeed.
ed in making their escape.
CHICAGO, August 25.--The Board Of
County Commissioners to-day adopted a
plan for q new court house.
Hon. E. P. Smith, Commissioner Of In.
dian Affairs, was in the city today and
had consultation with Enoch Hoag, the
General Superintendent Of the Indians of
the central agency.
A Tribune special from Watseka, Illin.
ois, says that the bodies oil three men,
dead and iearfully muGilated were found
this morning on the track Of the Toledo,
Peoria & Warsaw Railroad near
BlandiusViIle. They are supposed 10 have
been run over by a freight train on Sat-
urday night, but nothing is known Of the
circumstances.
The attorney Of the Chicago Il Alton
Railroad Company to-day paid to the
heirs Of the four citizens Of Springfield
who were killed 10 the LemOnt collision
the sum Of 5000 each, being the maxi.
mum sum fixed by the laws Of this State
for damage In such cases.
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MINOR TELEGRAMS.

Frederick B. Lord, q well known
railroad man, and son Of the late Presi-
dent Lord, Of Dartmouth College, died at
Covlngton, KY, Sunday.
-Finkelmyer, one OF the injured by the
collision on the Chicago & Alton railroad
last Sunday week, died on Sunday, at the
AleXian Brothers Hospital, at Chicago.
"A. N. Thompson prints q card In the
Milwaukee GsHtinel this morning, declin.
Ing 10 be q candidate before the Repub.
lican Convention for Lieutenant Governor,
AT New Orleans, Monday, John But.
ton, mate OF the steamer Great Republic,
shot Frank Maydeld, q deck hand, NOR
tally, with q derringer. Button escaped.
Dispute about wages.
"A Kirkwood, DEL, dispatch says the
trestle work bridge now being erected
over the Chesapeake & Delaware Canal
break on the Delaware Railroad, fell on
Monday, killing one workman and injur-
Ing two others.
-Thos. Smith, who killed John Feas-
ter at Tsylorsville, Montgomery county,
Ohio was held 10 bail i1 Dayton, Mon
day, in the sum Of 5000 to answer the
charge Of murder In the second degree.
Valentine Hoechst, keeper oil 9 beer
saloon on the Delware & Hudson Canal,
four miles west Of Port Jarvis, N. Y, shot
and Instantly killed an Irish boatman
named Carrigau, Monday afternoon. Gar.
rigan was intoxicated and threw stones
through the windows ri tho saloon.
HOecbst was arrested.
AT San Francisco on Sunday, an
aeronaut named Buislay made balloon
ascension and fell into the bay and swan
to Long Bridge. He jumped from the
basket lorty feet into the water uninjured.
Theodore I. Gillingham, OF Nebras-
ka, has been appointed Indian agent Ior
the Omaha agency, Warren ). Lunty
United States Attorney for the Western
District Of Virginia, and Charles A. Single
gauger for the Sixth District oi Wiscon'
sin.
The meeting oi the stockholders oI
the Cincinnati, Rockport & Southwestern
Railway Company at Mt Vernon, Ind.
Monday, elected the following perIons di
recIon for the ensuing year: 8. 8
lL'Hommedieu, John Shilito, Jacob Sea-
songood, William Rl5or, K. GarArd, Henry
Lewis, 7. b. YeatmAn, Joseph Kinsey, Z
q. sSbin, L. Q. DeerWIller, John A
Mann, Milton N. Moore and Join L. Wa
! ters, substantially the board OF last year
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WASHINGTON, ID. O., August 95 The
report in the case Of the WSWRsset calam'
ity will probably be ready by Thursday
next II will be lengthy. There has
been considerable discussion here As 10
the discrepancy Of the statement re.
garding thenumbCr Of passengers the GER
iiIiCstG Of the steamer allowed her TO carry.
The superintendent ol the company which
owned tho WawassCt Today received q
letter from Mr.. George r. Shinn, q we'll
known merchant Oi Alexandria, Va, say.
ing that on very recent "trip on the Wa
Wssset he made an examination OF a GER
tillcate posted ConsplCuously on the boat,
in which It was stated that the number Of
passengers allowed to be carried was l5O.
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Fire at Ealon. Ohio.

EATON, August 25.-About 4 O'Clock
yesterday morning, a fire was discovered
in the stove store Of Lake 4 %. The
hnilhing with the entire stock was cou.
sumed, also a new frame dwelling on the
north. The flames then spread south TO a
large three story brick owned by the Odd
Fellows and occupied by the First Ma
tional Bank, post office, and the Eaton
Register office. The building was entirely
destroyed, and large printing press be.
longing 10 the Register office ruined. The
Doty House on the east was badly dam.
aged by fire and water. About 0 o'clock
tue Mayor telegraphed To Richmond
for help, and they sent US an engine and
company y9 o. men: !ds aaq LII Il R%36uId" lave
6een much worse. The loss will be
about $4,000 or 100000, but Is mostly
covered by insurance. The fire is sup.
posed to have been the work of an incen-
diary. All the money, bonds and books
oI the bank were saved, and they will be
open for business this morning in VanaDs'
dars store.
CINCINNATI, August 25 The insurance
on the property destroyed at Eaton, Ohio,
yesterday, Is as follows: Home, OF New
York, Sc 900, Fifemen's Of Dayton, Sc 900,
Cooper, Of Dayton, 5000, Miami Valley,
of Dayton, $1,000, Farmers Merchants
Il Manufacturers Of Hamilton, $1,000,
German, of Erie, Pa, $1,000. "
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THE BELFAST FIRE.
List Of the LOsses..Tenders Of Al

List Of the LoSSess.TendeTS OF Aid.
BELFAST, NE, August 25.-Among the
heaviest loserS by the fire are the follow
ing: D. Haraden, store house, loss S25t- :
900, insurance $4,000; r. Sibley's build.
ings, molasses and sugar, loss $50, 900, In
suTunce $4,000; ]. W. Frederick & Co.,
loss $4,000, insured; W. B. Swami d Co,
loss 100000, insurance $l4,0 Matthews
& o., sash and blind makers, loss $l6,-
900, insurance $1,000; Belfast Foundry
Company, loss $4,000, no insurance;
W. Pitcher s. Sons, loss &a0 900, insurance
Sl6 900; II. r. Cooper, lumber yard, loss
5000, insurance S. 300; O. 8. Carter &
Co., shipyard, ,loaS $l5, 900, insurance TO-.
900; Duryea s. Son, marine railway, loss
$4,000. uninsured. The losses thus far
ascertained reach about $400, 900, on
which there IL insurance 10 the amount
Of 1926, 900, divided among eastern and
foreign companies. Only one vessel on
the stocks was burned, u brig Olive hun.
dred tons, loss IS, 900, no insurance. Large
quantities Of coal, lumber, corn, sugar and
molasscS were destroyed. d
The origin ol the fire Is unknown. II
commenced in a building where there had
been no fire known TO exist for several
days. In answer 10 inquiries as TO
whether aid is needed, the Mayor has Tel.
egr9phed as follows Belfast VIII accept
Whatever. peCuniaTy aid, may be ,Ot'
fered,. She needs Il; for d second time
within eight years terrible conasgration
has smitten her. She asked no assistance
then; but now. she is compelled 10 do so
The amount OF Insurance Is only
Sl25, 900, and but a small part Of this will
20 to the poor and destitute sufferers.
[signed1 WX. G. MARSHALL,
BELFAST, August ga citizens re-
lief committee has been organized TO dis.
tribute such supplies aS may be furnished.
Generous offers Ol assistance from the
mayors Of Portland and Bangor reached
Mayor Marshall this noon. The streets
are nearly cleared Of goods and furniture,
and comparative quiet now prevails.
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ROCHESTER, August 25.-As the ex-
press train due here at ten o'clock this
evening was approaching Batavia It ran
into q carriage, killing both occupants
The engine struck the launches Of the
horse attached to the carriage, killing il,
and rendering the csrrisge a complete
wreck. The names Of the occupants Of
tho carriage are James Anderson and
Dennis Delany. One Of them was
thrown number of yards into Il field
and the other was dragged along I'LL the
train stopped. His body was ieariully
msngled. The engineer, John Dray,
stopped the train as soon as possible, and
got of the engine 10 see what injury had
been done. In passing in front Of tho To-
COmotivc he saw it was covered with
blood and brains, and was so overcome
by the shock that he walked but few
steps, when he fell. He was carried into
the smoking car, and died in a few min
.utes
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Europenn NoIes.

F..
NEW YORK, August 25.-The London
Telegraph Of the 18th has the following
items: Bishop ReInkens, the newly or
dSined old Catholic prelate In Germany,
has issued PASTORAL letter in which he
renounces the special privileges sometimes
claimed for the Episcopal Offices, and In
culcates the duty Of obedience TO secular
authorities. 9.f. ..'
The International Patent Congress has
concluded its sitting. As 10 the desira'
bllity Of encouraging invention by grant
Ing patents, the Congress was nearly
unanimous; but there was protracted de.
bate on the compulsory granting Of IL
censes by ;patentees, The principle was
opposed. by the American members, but
was carried alter ten days discussion by a
vote Of 42 to II.
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1.-THE CoLoRRD ELEMENT IN
-. OHIO. 4

BOISterouS Political Meeting Of Col.
ored Men IN Cincinnati-.A Divided
Allegiance. ,...g.s "
CINCINNATI, August 25-The colored
people held meeting tonight at Allen
Chapel, 10 express sentiments in reference
to the action Of their brethren at the Chill.
licothe meeting last Friday. Speeches
were made by Col. Harlan, W. Il. Par.
ham, Peter H. Clark and others. The
meeting was noisy and excited, andlt was
with much interruption that Col. Harlan
and Peter N. Clark, representatives Of the
two parties Of colored people, could make
themselves heard. Resolutions were offer.
ed repudiating the action Of tho colored
people at Chillicothe and declaring allegi-
ance TO the Republican party; also Col.
Harlan's resolutions which were voted
down at .ChHIicothe. The resolutions
were declared adopted, but by the sound
1t was almost impossible to tell what the
exact result was. i@l.H
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ARKANSAS.
Buried by Fall Of an EmbankmenU..
The Perry Co. Troubles.

Buried by Fall Of an EmbankmenI..
The Perry Co. Troubles.
LITTLE Rock, August 25.-Whilc a
party Of laborers were at work on the
bridge across Red river at Fulton iOr;the
@. F. r, r, Saturday evening, theembank-
ment gave way, burying some ofthe men
beneath It. Only few orthe particulars
have been received, but the most reliable
accounts state that two persons were kill.
ed and seven wounded. ... 81
Adjutaut General Bishop has just re-
turned from Perry county. He states that
Names Is near Perryville with about ihlr.
ty men. General Bishop made the peo.
pie speech, and told them that Ham
bright, the sheriff, should make oil the
arrests. While speaking, however, the
sheriff left the ground and was seen no
more. The people arc very well disposed
If the sheriff would only do his duty. The
General recommends the organization Of
militia in that county, and this evening
the Governor commissioned officers for
three companies. No further trouble Is
apprehended. au0a Haa
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TIE TURF.
The Springfield Mass, Races.

eAN1otI
SPRTNaFRLD, August 25-The fall
meeting OF the HAmpden Park Associa.
tisn was virtually bIOught to close to-
day. An extra race for green horses will
be tomorrow morning, but the two clos
ing races Of the meeting were finished this
morning. From 1900 10 1000 present.
The race for horses that had never
beaten 2:20 was won by St. James in the
first, third and fifth heats. The second
heat was won by Brother Jonathan and
the fourth by Lady Banker. Time, 2:261
2:27t; 2:25s, 227, 800. a.-lrga
The great open to all race was contest
ed by Goldsmith Maid, American Girl
Judge Fullerton and Lucy, The race was
won by Goldsmith Maid in three straight
heats, Fullerton won the second money
Time, eel; 2;22; 1:10t IN Il "a
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TOLEDO furnishes the most touching lie.
gal case Of the season. Mrs. 0Brien had
done up the linen bosoms Of one Mr.,
Grey, while her little blsck.eyed daughter
rufled his manly bosom. Grey, thinking
1t matter all in the family, declined to
pay his washing bill, and Mrs. OBrien
sought 10 take the starch out Of him by q
suit before the magistrate. The bill was
$40 O2, and the gallant Grey met 1t with a
counter claim Of the same amount for
damages to his affections, in consequence
OF Mrs. WashGrwoman making Miss
Washerwoman break her engagement TO
marry him. Thesympathizing court sus'
tanned the Oft set, and Mrs. OBJ, having
wrung her hands and dried her eyes, went
sadly bIck to her washtub.
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The Power Of Congress TO Regulate
Railroad Charges.

From the PhllA. Ledger
The decision of the Supreme Court o.
the United States, in the case Of the Read
ing Railroad ps. The State oi PennsylVa-
nia, declaring certain portions Of the tax
on gross receipts OF railroads unconstitu-
tional, when delivered last spring, was
given to the public in brief and unsGtis.
factory form. Tho fifteenth volume Oi
Wallace's Reports has the opinion Of the
Court In full, and this syllabus OF the
points decided, which we copy from the
Pittsburgh DispdIeh:
First. The transportation Of lrieghls, or
Of the subjects Of commerce, Is 0 constitu.
tionRl part Of commerce itself.
Second. A tax upon freight transported
from State 10 State Is o regulation Of com
merce among the States
Third. Whenever the subjects, IN re-
gard 10 which power to regulate com.
merce Is asserted, are in their nature
national, or admit Ol one uniform SyS-
tenn or plan Of regulation, they are exclu-
sively within the regulating control Of
Congress.
Fourth. Transportation Of passengers
OF merchandise through a State, or from
One State 10 another, Is OF this nature.
Fifth. Hence a statute OF State impNs.
ing tax upon freight, taken up within the
State aud carried out OF It, or taken up
without State and brought within 1t, Is
repugnant 10 that provision Of the Consti.
tuition Of the United States which ordalns
that Congress shall have power TO regn.
lste commerce with foreign nations and
among the several States, and with the In.
isu tribes"
The Chicago Tribune, commenting on
lLis decision, comedies that these points
reverse the decision Of the Railroad Com.
mi9iOneis OF Illinois, In applying the pro
rltI feature Of tho new rAilroad law Of
that State 10 Interstate commerce. The
decision covers all the phases OF this kind
Of commerce, viz: Transportation in tran.
rtu across the State, from point without
to point within, and from point within
tOs point without the State. There have
been several like decisions by the Su-
pteme Court Of the United States, but the
Tribune thinks none that touches the pres
ent question in Illinois 80 directly. The
DlpltA says some OF the Philadelphia
papers in their denunciAtion Of the rail
road articles adopted by the Constitution
al Convention, allege that It covers tho
pro rata principle embodied in the Iii.
nOts law, and adds: This Is not correct;
there is nothing like the pro rata principle
10 the railroad article as 1t now stands.
There Is provision that greater charge
'lalI not be made for transporting freight
= shorter than long distance covering
We shorter distance" This railroad
question Is likely, from present indica'
Tons, to be on9 Of the prominent points al
ls;ue at the election fer the adoption O
Ae Constitution.
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RAILROAD ACCIDENT INTExAs
A Construction Train Off the Track.-
Several Killed and Wounded.

SePeIul hltlcu uuu W OuHuSNs
MARSHALL, TEXAS, August 25.-Lsst
night about o'clock, a construction train
laden with ties for Ward, Dewey & Co.,
the penitenliary lessCeR, ran of the track
ono aud half miles west Of GladewGter
Station. throwing seven cars down an en-.
bankment, killing Conductor Kendall, Of
Council Bluffs, Iowa, and seriously ipjur-
ing several Others. a special train with
medical aid proceeded to the scene Of the
diaaAtnr is,aullsSlISISIy. EaVery thing WIN DC
done that Is possible TO afford relief TO the
wounded.
The following are the names Of the
wounded, as far as asCertained: j. j. Kelly,
guard, cut all over, VIM. Prince. guard,
accidental discharge Of gun In the
thigh, James Smith, thigh injured, one
brakeman, name unknown, legs broken,
Mcdonald, sergesnt, forehead slightly in.
injured, aud nine Convicts, names un.
known, The reported cause oil the accl.
dent is that an OK jumped in front oil tAe
train while 1t was backing up. The
wounded have been brought TO this city.
Up to this time no additional deaths have
been reported.
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shocking Murder.

ST. JOSEPH, Mo-, August GA shock
Ing murder was committed In Burr Oak
Bottom, K0s opposite EoFhea station, on
tie ST. J. & q. B. r, r yesterday. A man
named Miller was walking along the road
in company with two ladies when one
MerriCk jumped out oil the bushes by the
roadsideandcu Miller's throat from car
To- ear, killing him Instantly, Merrick
waspursued.ah arrested near Nodaway
Station, ten miles above this city. The
matter grew out OF an old feud between
the parties. .'.'
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A Costly Election.

An article copied from the ha"Guha
Chronicle into another column shows that
tho printing done at Charleston for the re-
cent election for school officers cost the
State S4l35l OF which 1926 was for
poll books! We merely mention, by way
Of comment on this extraordinary ex-
penditure, that the last time poll books
were furnished at the State expense un-
der Republican administration, in 1870
they cost just $l75.
Four THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED AND
TurRTY.FIyE DOLLARS worth Of printing
for a single election, and that an unim'
portant one. That's another specimen ot
Democratic economy" and "retrench'
ment" Who wouldn't be public printer
or superintendent Of schools
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THE voters Of western Maryland do
not seem disposed to take much stock in
the third party movement. The second
meeting In the coalmining region to as.
sist in forming q "Peopls's party" was to
take place at Lonsconing last Wednesday
evening, upon which occasion the masses
rallied to the extent Of two persons-a
I,onaconing Democrat and q Cumberland
reporter. The horny.handed coal.miners
don't appear to be much afraid Of CGSar-
lam
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Shot By HIa Gardener.

ST. Lou1s; August IA special from
Hannibal, Missouri. 10 the Democrat says
that General John F. Benjamin, Of ShCl-
bina, was shot'to:dAy BY James Harley,
his gardener, the ball entering his leit eide,
but L is not known whether the wound
Is dangerous or not The affair grew out
Of some business transaction. Harley Is
In the habit OF getting drunk, and when
In that condition he Is very quarrclsome.
General Benjamin formerly represented
this district In ConETesB.
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GES. BUTLER is discovering this time
mat he has made a mistake in endoavOr-
,ng 10 carry canvass on the principles oi
outlying and assimilation. There can be
10 doubt that when the Worcester Con
ven'ion meets he will be beaten for the
domination. We do not know Of any one
Tho more than General Butler Is worthy
u lew good solid defeats. They will
make a wiser and better man oi him.
bIt'ImOrs American.
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CINCINNATI.
More Pictures for The Expos.

More Pictures for the Exposition.
CINCINNATI, August 95.-Twenty cases
OF pictures arrived to-day from New York
and Boston for the Industrial Exposition,
which opens Wednesday of next week
Among tho receipts to-day are pictures
from John Hoey and Joupit, valued at
$4,000.
CINCINNATI, August 25.-The Commit
tee on Nominations for Officers OF the
Chamber Of Commerce for the next year.
to-day presented the name Oi bon, s. F.
Covington Os a caudidASe for reelection as
its President
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RnIlrond FreLrhls in Illinois.

NEW York, August ga Springfield,
Ills, dispatch says II Is underqtood that
the railroad and warehouse commission
ers have fixed the passenger tariff on tirst'
class roads in the State at three cents per
mile. Among the roads thus classified
are the Chicago q Alton, the Chicago,
Burlington & Quincy, Toledo, Wabash i
Western, Rock Island and Northwestern,
over which the present rate oI IAre ID
about four cents per mile ..-