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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1873-05-26

Troy, May 24-The following named
firms, members Of the combination to
control the western lumber market, have
suspended, liabilities being $4,000, COO.
White s Co, Albany, S W. Barnard &
Co, New York, o. Richard & Son,
Sandy Hill, r. W. Adams 6 Co., New
York, Dodge & Co., New York, Page 6
Co., Oswego, q. 3. Nichols 6 Co., Al.
bany, Williamsburg Mill 3 Lumber Co.,
Chambers & Co., Cleveland, Watson &
Titchell, Chicago, Barton & Spencer, and
II. A. LOvet, Chicago. The publication
of the above dispatch caused good deal
among the lumber dealers
in this city. Three of the firms Dodge s.
Co, Orson Richards, and Il. W. Adams
& Co.. do business in this city. Watson
& Twi;chell, named in the despatch as
halnnging tn Chicago ara firm in New.
ark, New Jersey. Dodge s. Co, say the
persons named formed a cOmbina.
tiOn early last summer not to
control tho western lumber market
but for tho mutual interest in
Of their manufactured lumber
to the beat advantage. They had in their
possession q great amount OF lumber,
amounting 10 100000 feet, much OF
which they were obliged TO carry over last
winter. This action was made necessary
by a stringent money market, high
freights on the lakes and the unusual
baCkwardness Of the season, US so much
capital otherwise available was thus lock.
ed up and as the stronger firms were ham.
perCd by their connection with the others,
all became embarrassed. S W. Barnard,
White Il Co, HOgeS & Co., and Dodge tS
Co. invited six prominent bank officers,
from one third IL one.half OF
their creditors in amount, TO make an eX.
animation oi their business. This COM
nitteG made very careful scrutiny
Of the entire business on the Goth inst,
and reported that the resources OF the
firms are largely in excess OF the claims
against them, but that in consequence Ct
The peculiar character Of the lumber
trade, IN which nearly eighteen months
arc required TO turn the money invested,
Il is advisable for their creditors to grant |
q reasonable time TO turn their assets into |
cash. In consequence OF this state Of aE- |
fairs, the business of these firms is tenn
porarily interrupted.
Mr.. Richards Is said to be the largest |
Of spruce and hemlock in |
The country. The combination was
chiefly devoted to pine lumber. The ag-
yregate liabilities Of the firms is said 10
be about 100000.
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CHICAGO.

CHICAGO May 24-The fire last night
at Nos. 75 and 70, Michigan street, dam
aged Casper Walters machine shop 70 the
amount Of $3.50, insured for $500 in Brew:
ers, OF Milwaukee; also Williams & Hall
Bros, foundry, estimated loss $500, fully
insured in eastern companies. Joseph
Storcr, elevator manufacturer loses one
thousand dollars. Insured.
Mayor Wendell has issued proclama'
ton directing all city and public offices
TO be closed on Decoration Day, eDjoining
all patriotic citizens to close their places
oil business, and unite in doing honor to
the heroic dead.
CHICAGO, May 25.-R A. Loveland,
the lumber merchant oil this city who is
mentioned in yesterdays dispatch from
Troy, New York, as one Of the combina.
tion Of lumber dealers who have recent
" failed, In an interview last evening
with Tribune reporter, makes the same
statement as that Of Dodge& Co.,
telegraphed from New York last night
and adds that no firm but his In the west
Is affected by the troubles Of the firms 10
lhc combination referred to, which had
no intention whatever Ol attempting to
control the western trade, as that would
be impossible.
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Presbyterian General Assembly

BALTIMORE, May 24-The Prssbyter.
ian General Assembly to-day appointed
a committee to consider and TO report to
the next General Assembly on the subject
Oi issuing free papers. The report
Of the board OF church erection
fund showed the receipts during
the past year $l10,7T4, number Of
churches contributing, 1908, not contrib
utcd 2,S27, the amount expended in the
aid OF churches $S9, 9,095, churches receiv.
ing aid 100. During the last three years
the board has completed 6S5 churches
free of debt and secured church property
worth $3,000O00. The board recommend
that in the future not more that $l,O0O
be allowed In the aid OF any one church.
The report and recommendation was
adopted. The report Of the Committee
on Manses was taken up and discussed
until recess. After recess the special or
der, the report of the Committee on mis-
sions for Freedmen was submitted with
q recommendation that the Assembly
commend tho missions from Freedmen to
sympathy and hearty support The
whole church reports show that the re.
ceipts during. the year were $G3 ,125, Gx'
penditures $5O,2 200. The report gives an
interesting account Of the number OF
churches, Sunday schools, missionary as:
socia:ion5, communlcants, Sunday school
scholars, &c.
Rev. a. @. Mcclellan, Secretary Of the
regular committee on Missions OF Freed
men, addressed the Convention, and was
followed by Rev. E. ]. Adams, (colored)
who delivered q forcible speech. Other
speeches was made and the report was
dopted.
The committee on church polity re.
ported and the Assembly adjourned until
8 o'clock, P. NJ, when the report on Theo'
logical Seminaries will be considered.
At the session tonight, the report on
Theological Seminaries was adopted. A
debate arose on the proposition TO omit
all titles, such as D. D., LII. D., ETC., in
the official rolls, and the subject was re'
ferred to the committee to report to the
present Assembly.
Several resolutions, not Of general In
terest, were referred. The Assembly
then adjourned until 0 0o'clock, Monday
morning.
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BOSTON.

BosToN, May 24-James Weldridge, Of
North Harwich, has been held for trial
charged with committing On assault on
his Isther from which he died.
Wagner the alleged Isle OF Shoals mui-
derer was arraigned at Alfred, Maine, to-
day and pleaded not guilty, he also enter
cd the plea Of the want Of Jurisdiction.
J.O. Coe, to day filed denial Of the
charges that be has made fraudulent con-
veyGnces to bAfle his creditors, and the
case will go to the Jury next week.
The Board Of Trial Of the MasSachu-
sets Medical Society, which recently tried
certain members ol the Society for prac-
ticing homeopathy on the ground that
such practice violated their right tomem.
bership, rendered q decision to-day and
served a copy upon each member involv-
cd. The Board says: The parties hav-
ing been fully heard and the evidence and
arguments on each side fully considered
the charges and specifications are all fully
proved, and the accused are severally
guilty Of conduct unbecoming and un-
worthy an honorable physician by prac
ticing homeopathy. Therefore Is recon-
mcnded their expulsion from the Massa
chusetts Medical Society.
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MEMPHIS,

MEMPHIS, May 24.-For a weel, nsst
detectives have been at work TO disc6vcr
the whereabouts Of Adrian Bartlett. A car.
rtage maker, who had suddenly disan.
peared. During his residence here he had
borne an unblemished character, and was
engaged TO respectable young lady. No
cause could be assigned for his disappear.
ance. The detectives could find no clue
until last evening, when his body was
found under bluff near Fort Pickering,
with pistol by his side, and every eVi.
dence pointed 10 the fact that he had com.
mltted suicide. In his pocket was found
a card issued by Huron Lodge l. o. OF,
Of GOdcrich, Ontario, to Alexander Bayne,
from which it is inferred he had for some
reason changed his name. His body was
taken in charge by the Odd Fellows.
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The Case Of Geo. F. TraIn.

NEW YORK, May 24-Judge Fancher
to-day granted the order requiring tho
Sheriff to produce Train before him
Wednesday next to inquire into his in
sanity.
Among the papers submitted TO Judge
Fancher on which the order was granted,
was one from Train in which he Insists
that he Is perfectly sane, is person Of
liberal education, and one Of great men
tai capacity and force, tho owner OF
million dollars landed estate in Omaha, q
hundred thousand dollar one 10 Council
Bluffs and q five thousand dollar one In
Columbus, Nebraska; that he has valid
claim for 100000 against the U. P; r.
r. Co., and another Of 100000 against
the Kansas Pacific r. Il. Co., and that
the recent verdict Of not guilty on the
ground Of insanity debarS him from sign.
Ing the papers oi the Credit Foncier oi
America, Of which he Is President.
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81. LOUIS.


sT. LOUIS, May "a. Gen. VIM. T. sher-
man Is expected here to-day.
The funeral OF Father Dcsmct, the In
dian missionary, took place here this
morning and was attended by an i'm
mense concouroo Of people.
A number Of prisoners in the State
penitentiary mutinied yesterday. One
convict was shot and several loggcd be-
lorc order was restored.
A fatal accident occurred on the Expo.
sition race track at Kansas City, last
Thursday. A man named johnson was
trying horse, when the animal caught
his toe in the corks and fell, killing him
self and fatally iDjuring johnson.
A special from Coulterville, Illinois,
says that the safe Of Adams Express Office
there was broken open and robbed,
Thursday night.
A special from Little Rock says that
the Southern Presbyterian General As.
sembly has adjourned and that nearly all
the members have left for home. No
definite action was taken in relation to an
organic union bit the general sentiment
was clearly In favor OF uniting with the
Dutch Reform Church rather than With
any other body OF PresbyteEians,
Tho Congressional excursion party will
arrive at st. Louis on Monday evening.
A band OF desperados numbering thirty
or more took forcible possession Of Cad
dis, Indian Territory, a station on the
Missouri, Kansas g. Texas Railroad and
defied the authorities. Tho United States
Marshall vas overpowered and telegraph.
cd TO Fort Gibson for help. The troops
have been sent to quell the disturbance.
The Continental Hotel at Hannibal Mis-.
souri, has been beseiged for three days by
a riotous crowd Of laborers threatening
the lives OF certain contractors who had
failed 10 pay the men Tor work done on
the Dry usvee several weeks ago, On
Saturday afternoon there would have
been blood shed but for the interference
OF the Mayor and City Council. Last
night q conference was held and one
workman and one policemen were choseu
to guard the contractors until enc p4y
was forthcoming, and the CroWu o'
over hundred determined men dispersed.
A failure to negotiate In9 OOnu' was 'ue
prime cause Of the trouble
Tho Jry levec is highly spoken Of, and
IL Is said It will bring into cultivation
over one hundred thousand acres d good
land which hos hitherto been useless.
Extensive preparations are being made
here Tor the celebration oil the birthday
anniversary Of Sir Thomas Moore, the
Irish poet, next Wednesday. An address
will be delivered by DR.. R. Shannon, q
relative Of the poet.
General W. T. Sherman arrived here
this morning,
The veterans Of the 14th Illinois vol
unteers held q reunion IN Springfield Sat
urday afternoon, and were addressed bY
ex.G0v. Palmer, their old Colonel, who
also entertained them at his residence.
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Heavy Land SIide..Two Children
Burned to Deaths Decoration Day.

PITTSBURGH, May GA heavy and
serious land slide has occurred on the
Pittsburgh and Connelsville railroad, in
tho deep cut near Southampton, 2S miles
west OF Cumberland. The first fall Of
earth and rock took place Tuesday, and
has been falling at interval ever since, and
the track is now Coved to the depth Of so
feet, and for distance Of over one thou.
sand feet. A large force Of men had
been at work, day and night, building
around the cut temporary track, which
was completed to-day.
Last evening while two little girls, one
the daughter Of Mr.. W. Morgan and the
other OF Mr.. Wieiring, residing at Shady
Side, were at play, one applied 9 lighted
match to the mouth ol can filled with
carbon oil. An explosion followed and
in an instant the clothing Of the children
we're saturated with oil, which ignited
and they were enveloped In flames and
burned to crisp.
The Mayors Of Pittsburgh and Alleghe.
ny City have issued proclamstions re.
Questing that all business houses be closed
on decoration day.
A crusade is in progress against the
merchants who have been obstructing the
sidewalks with signs, &c. Over 400 suits
have already been ihstituted, and others
are being prepared.
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IlsnorntIon or SoIdIers, GraEes.

LOUISVILLE, May 24.-The graves Of
the Confederate soldiers at Cave Hill Gem.
etery were decorated with flowers to-day
by the ladies OF the Monumental Assocla.
ton. Two or three thousand people Wis
tied the grounds.
Extensive preparations are being made
to decorate the graves Of the Union sold
iers at the same cemetery on the S0th. A
meeting was held tonight TO complete
Arrangements.
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buildings are standing. His house was
the finest in that part Of the COuntr y and
everything about his place was the best,
all his orchards are valueless his farm ing
implements are gone and his stock dead,
sixty fat steers some Of them weighing
400 pounds each, were carried of by the
wind and carried twenty rods into a
s!ougd, mono of the occupants Of the house
sevG d number were killed but several
OF them Seriously injured, The houses Of
Theo. Walters, William Caldwell and
George Gilchrist were all demolished. At
Walters house, Mrs. Walters grandmother
was fatally injured by flying board. A
man named Baker was driving team OF
mules attached to wagon along the
road and observing tho cloud coming
Jumped from his wagon and took shelter
alongside a hedge fence, the wind struck
both him and team with full force and
carried man, mules and wagon into an
adjacent field. Baker says he went
through the air like lightning for
about quarter OF a mile. The cyclone
came within twenty feet Of James Z. Mar
bourg's house, but did itno injury. His
corn crib and out houses were demoltsh-
ed, the wind passing between the house
and barn, scarcely touching the latter.
There was very little hail In Washing.
ton, but specimens were exhibited here
which were brought from beyond Keola
and near Lancaster. One piece weighed
seven ounces and was nine inches In cir.
cumHerence. Several pieces still longer
than this are said to have been picked up.
Among the marvellous stories related is
one that flock OF sheep, $50 In number,
were grazing in field when the cyclone
approached. Instinctively the poor ami.
mails huddled closely together as If Tor
mutual protection. The storm swept
down upon them and bore them into the
air, where, as an eye witness says, they
looked like flock Of immense birds whirl-
ing around and around. They were thus
swept along for a distance Of half mile,
when they struck with all but forty Of
them mangled and tore into fragments,
and scattered along the path Of the storm.
Very little information has been received
Of the extent oi damage to property, and
the loss OF li(ein Keokuk county, but 1t Is
known that five persons, Mrs. Campbell,
Mrs. Edledinger and child, child OF
Peter March, and a child OF Michael
Tuck, were killed, and ten other adults
and children injured. The aggregate loss
of property Is VariouslY estimated at from
100000 to 5000, 900, but probably $50 900
will cover the losses.
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Killed In a Fight,

EVANSVILLE, May 25.-A special to
the Journal says Alvin J. Ursey, living
about three miles east of Princetown,
was killed in fight with J. Thos. Reed,
about $50 Saturday night Ursey. who
was drinking, quarreled with Reed be-
cause the latter refused 10 drink with
him, and attacked him with q brick.
Reed struck him with bis fist four or five
times, knocking him down. Ursey died
in q few minutes. Reed is In custody.
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Tho Financial Panic at Vienna.

New York, May 24.-A letter from
Vienna OF the 10th, says the panic was at
It's height on the 9th, when more than
one hundred failures were announced
Many old and respectable banking houses
have gone on the list oil bankrupts along
with crowd Of mushroom concerns
which sprang up under the influence Of
a mania for speculation that has prevail
ed during the past year. In the great
crisis Of 1860 the tota, loss occasioned by
the fall Of stocks quoted on the BourSe
amounted to 25,000,000 tiorins. Already
it has exceeded ten times that amount.
The chieI sufferers are the new spec
ulatiVe banks and numerous building
companies. Hundreds of bubble COM
psnies were organized and their stocks
were snatched up at prices sbsurdly in
consistent with the prospects Of the profit
they offered. Almost every day some
new banks were organized with mythical
capital, whose stock was Palmed of upon
tho credulous public by the influence Of
the names Of few barons and counts
upon the list of directors and by the puff.
ing of subsidized newspapers. The build.
ing companies outnumbered the banks
and wero about as unworthy Of trust.
They undertook everything, from erect
ing monster hotels 10 putting up soda.
water pavilllons, cotton and woolen fac
tories, iron works, brewries, mills, &C.;
&c, were built without any regard to the
demand that existed for their products
and the speculative fever induced the peo'
pic to buy stock not as an investment but
In the hope that next day somebody
would give a higher price for 1t,
Hundreds Of costly buildings have been
erected In Vienna by these building com.
panies in q style Of elegance before IN
known here. Great apprehension Is felt
that the catastrophe will ultimately in
yolve the general mercantile and manu-
featuring interests ol the Empire and pro,
duco serious disturbances In all kinds OF
business Il the panic goes no further than
the Stock Exchange. Although the vic
tins will be numbered by thousands and
the indirect effects Of the crisis be serious:
" felt for o long time, the lesson II will
teach will perhaps be worth the cost:
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INDIANAPOLIS.

INDIANAPOLIS, May 25.-H. B. Ham.
mond, President Of the Indianapolis &
Illinois Central Railway Company, TO-.
gether with a number OF the Directors of
the same, aud capitalists of New York
and other Eastern cities, arrived In this
city on Saturday evening. They re-
mained over Sunday, and will inspect the
various manufactures OF IndianEpolis, as
well us the coal mines Of Clay, Park and
Vermllion counties Monday and Tues.
day, prior 10 their excursion over the
western division oil the Indiana & Illinois
Central Railway which has Just been
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JIM. BoilcAn, Of Flushing MillS, Pa,
committed suicide Saturday. He was O
lumber merchant and among the recent
failures.
Jas. W. Wallack, Of New York
City,. died Saturday in sleeping car,
while en- FOttS from South Carolina home.
ward, accompanied by his vile. His
disease was consumption.
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P1TTsBURoH, May 25.-River declining
slowly, the marks at seven o'clock this
evening indicated four ieet six inches Of
water In the channel. Both rivers are
falling at the headwaters. Weather very
warm and cloudy this evening with rath'
er fair indications Of rain.
CINCINNATI, May 25.-River 81 ieet
and falling Weather warm
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WAl OIPARIHNNT,
uPPloR or FHE CHuR sIsIlAL OHHuHR.
y %AGIINaToE, y. G., Nay $500 2. n !

For the northwest and upper lakes,
and thence 90 Iowa, Missouri and the
lower Ohio valleys, northeasterly winds,
falling barometer, warm, cloudy weather
and occasional rain. For Tennessee, the
Gull and South Atlantic States, southeast
Crly winds, increasingly cloudy weather
and occasional rain. For the lower lakes
and Middle States, northCasterly and
southeasterly winds, partly and increas.
ingly cloudy weather and occasional
ram on Lake Ere and in Virginia. For
New England and Canada, southwesterly
winds, rising barometer, clear and partly
cloudy weather. All reports west Of the
Mississippi River and In the southwest
are missing. ...
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SPAIN.

BARCELONA, May 24-TEo dead bodies
have been found near Manesa, with pla-
card on each bearing the words: "Killed
while attempting 10 asSassinaIe Don AL.
phonso."
The levy on young men ordered by
General Velardez Is well received, and
many manufacturers will continue their
salaries s operatives while they are in
the service, The Junta is forming to pro.
mote the enforcement Of the levy,
MADRID, May 24.-The council Of Min.
lterS yesterday In poStponiDg the cleo
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PHILADELPHIA, Nav 24-At Vine &
Fiity.seventh streets, West Philadelphia,
to night, Lucinda FrisbeeCufE, shot dead
Thomas Price, aged 90, both colored, the
woman was arrested.
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DANGEROUS.
The hrst warm weather starts mIasma and pes
iilentlal vapOrs IRON cellars, sewers, Ct gspOOlR
&C. How Il tho timG ~ disIUfrcI them aud save
your L"z ~. @c {. The CHEAPEST and BEsF
UIs NPECsAST In tha ma kct, put up In picklgeB
for family use. One package, cos Ing Is cents,
VIII disiHfcCt any o. dinAfy uremiEes.
For tAlC By LJ0Ay LIST & co,
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steamer News.

LONDON, May 24-The steamShips Al
geria and Nevada, from New York, have
arrived out
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ITALY.

RoME, May "a, ,-Elaborat preparations
are making Tor the funeral Of Count Man.
zini.
The Pope contempIstes ansthametizing
members Of the Italian Cabinet.
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-PreSident Early, Of the Georgetown
jesuit College, died Saturday afternoon
Of paEAIYsls.