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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1874-08-10
Tie Riot at someTyilIe, TeuDss.ss.


MEMrnIs, August s.-From Captain
Harvey Mathews, editor ol the E,eninl
Ledger ol this city, who returned from
eomerVllle this afternoon, the following
account Of the emob, or rather what threat
ened 10 become one, al Somerville, yester
day, is obtained:
The election Of the day before had beer
holly contested, and many negroes had Al.
tended the polls during the day heavily
armed, and some had openly threatened
TO burn the town. During the day a
prominent negro politician named Cash
Warren had cursed and abused a young
brother ol Mayor Aendon, and on yester.
day encountering Mayor Hendon on the
street began TO abuse him, and finally
snapped pistol twice in the Mayors face.
The Mayor then drew q pistol and shot
him dead. Almost simultaneously two or
three shots were fired at the negro by
friends Of the Mayor who had collected
there, among whom was Oscar Burton,
a young man noted for being an excel
lent shot and brave, and who was
charged with firing at Warren
when he met his death, by the negroes,
VINO had become very much incensed at
the death OF Warren, and threatened 10
Kill Burton, who about II O'Clock an.
peared on the streets, armed with a
double. .barrelled shot gun and nlstola
Judge ]. B Reeves, Albert Reeves. Sher.
ittelect, and another brother named Paul,
attempted to arrest Burton, and owing 10 a
report that body Of negroes were march.
ing into the town, Burton refused to be ar.
rested, and they opened fire on him,
Wound!ng him severely In four different
places. returned the fire with the shot
gun, mortally wounding Paul and Albert,
and then fell himself, but raising himself
on his elbow drew his revolver and shot
j. G. Reeves in the shoulder, intllcting
dangerous, but not necessarily fatal
wound. A party Of negroes who had con.
gregated then opened fire on Burton,
shooting him in number OF places, and
one, rushing up, put q pistol 10 his back
and fired. In all he received thirteen
wounds, and II any prove fatal, which the
doctors doubt, 1t will be the one last men.
toned. ''-O
The excitement that followed was in
tense. Reports spread that negro runners
had been sent TO tie country 10 stir up
various colored societies, and Memphis
was telegraphed to Tor aid. MANY ne
gFoes lett town, as was supposed, to pro-
cure reintorcements, among whom was
Williamson, who, In a'speech during The
canvass, had said II the Civil Rights bin
did not pass he would ride in blood up 10
his bridle.bits. He was captured at Mos.
COW last night, but escaped alterward.
On the arrival oi the military from
Memphis they found citizens in arms and
the town under strict patrol. Their arri.
val was hailed with great joy BY the
white citizens, and by the earnest request
o. citiz:ns, Capt. Duncan's Chickasaw
Guards agreed to remain until Monday,
while the remainder returned home this
evening.
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The Recent River Diua.tor.

RISING Sun, IND, August s-Nine
bodies arc here unburied, and OF those
that have been buried the following have
been identified: Christian Konner, Of
Madison, Ind; David @. Kinney, Of Pa
triot. Ind. Mrs. Mary Gibbons, Of Indian.
apolis, 1ud.; Myer Goldman, OF New
Orleans, and q colored fireman known as
Jack. All except Goldman have been
buried by friends, George Vogt, Of Louis.
vile; Sally Conner, OF Madison: Mrs.
Tuttle, Of Louisville, and two white bows,
one II and the other z years old. have
been caught above, the two latter on the
Kentucky shore. One body was landed
in Switzerland county this morning. The
officers OF the mail line will take charge
OF the unknown bodies and keep them as
long as possible, generally not more than
one day. There Is much excitement
along the shore, and numerous skifFs are
on the look out. The disaster grows in
magnitude. Over fifty bodies altogether
are believed TO have been recovered,
CINCINNATI, August 9.-Corflict and
confusion OF statements up 10 the present
have characterized the reports Of the
number OF persons lost by the steamer
Pat. Rogers calamity OF Aurora, To.
day Capt. Dan Morton, who is at the
scene of the wreck experimenting the re.
covery Of the bodies, says forty.five have
been recovered, Of whom fifteen have not
been clearly identified. Such as have
been accurately described have been
buried and their graves marked for The
benefit OF their friends seeking them
Two others, Jake Light, the steward,
and Zimmerman, the pantrymsn Of The
boat, have not yet been recovered. This
makes forty. seven known TO have been
lost. 1t is barely possible the lost NAV
run up to three or four more, but It Is not
probable. The work of wreckipg con-
tinues. The safe Of the steamer has been
found, but the passenger llst has evil
dently been burned. The difficulty here.
tofore in making tho exact list Lost has
been owing 10 the fact that bodies have
been picked up on both the Kentucky
and Indiana shores for fifteen miles along
the river. Many of them have not been
identified, and many therefore have been
counted twice, causing the loss 10 be re.
ported as high as sixty persons.
The towbOat Sam Roberts, which blew
up and burned last Friday on Guyap-
dotte Shoals, occasioned the loss OF three
lives. All the wounded will recover
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CONDENSED TELEGRAMs.

Our dispatches indicate o falling barom.
eler, high temperature, southeast 10 south.
west winds, partly cloudy weather, with
areas OF rain, for the Ohio Valley to day.
The Governor General Of Canada and
party will visit Chicago on tho l4th or
10Th inst, and aiterward Detroit.
The Madrid Le Pacd considers all dan
ger OF European complications in connec-
Iion with Spanish affairs Is now averted.
Two men were killed OF the PennSyl.
yania Coal Company's mines at Wilks-
barre, Pa, Saturday, by the fall Of top
coal.
The Oakland Beach regatta, at Prov.
idence, r. l was postponed until today
on account oi rain.
Tho annual convention OF the Grand
Grove OF the United American Order Of
Druids OF the United States, opened in
Buffalo, N. Y, Saturday morning, and
will continue during the next week.
Friday night barn owned by Jacob
Hobaken, Of Geneva, Ind, was struck by
lightning and burned, together with ia
contents, consisting Of 1,1O0 bushels OF
grain, fifteen tons Of hay, and one horse. q.
Loss $5,0O0i no insurance.
Partial returns from the primary
meetings In the Nineteenth Congressional
District 10 elect delegates 10 The Con.
gressional Convention, TO be held at
gainesville, Ohio, August 18th, show q
large majority In favor Of the renomina-
tlon OF General Garfield.
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The Sunday School Assembly..The
Attendance Rapidly IncfeasIpE,

FAlRPoINT, N. Y, August s.-The
Sunday School Assembly grows in mum.
bers and enthusiasm. On Thurgday
Bishop Jones lectured on sympathy" Il
.. Trumbull on the Superintendent" and
Mrs. Willing on Temperance" A con.
cert, under the direction OF Philip Phil
lips, and display Of beautiful s,ereopticon
views closed the days proceedings.
Many OF the leading Sunday School
workers were present. Yesterday morn.
ing Rev. DR., L. F. Townsend, author Of
"'Credo," delivered a lecture on "The Sun.
day School and the Scientists" A repeti.
ton of the lecture has been called for.
John Is. Cough spoke in the afternoon TO
about three thousand persons. DR.. G. II.
fowler. Of Chicago, leCtured in the even
ing on "Moses."
a severe storm passed over the ground
at noon, but did no damage. The people
are coming in from all sections.
I; Dewitt Talmags will preach on
Wednesday next.
FAIR POINT, August 9.-Saturday was
the children's day at the Sunday School
Assembly. An audience oil about 8 600
people met In the auditorium. The meet.
ing was presided over by Rev. ]. s. Os-
trander, Of New Jersey. Addresses were
delivered by Mrs. Willing, of Illinois
and Rev. A. F. Crafts, OF New HamD'
shire. Mr. Frank Beard gave the chill.
dren a csricature lecture, which was en-
thusiasIically received, by both old and
young. W. Il. Perrine gave q lecture
Of two hours on Syria aud Palestine, il.
lustrated by his panorama. To day all
has been quiet, no boats being allowed 10
land at the docks. The Assembly was
held at nine o'clock, under the superin.
tende1cy of Prot. =. G. Gillette, OF Iii.
nq7. One thousand persons attended
h.is service, and it was magnificent suc.
cess. Rev. F. II. Martin, Of Canada,
preached at II o'clock this A. NJ. A plat.
form meeting was held to-day, at which
Rev. Isaac Crook, oI Ohio, Rev. Dr.. Ives,
Of W. T.. Rev. DR.. Chapin, of Wis, and
Hon. H. P. Haven, Of Conn spoke. To.
night a sermon was preached by Rev.
W. =. Walling.
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Steamer. Henry Ames Sunk-.Four
Lives Lost.

VIcKsBuRG, August s-The large side.
wheel steamer Henry Ames, with full
cargo from 81. Louis for New Orleans,
struck snag Friday night near Water.
proof, in the Lower Mississippi River,
and sunk In twenty-five feet Of water.
The Henry y. Yaeger was alongside the
sunken steamer at last accounts. Three
lives are known 10 have been lost. The
Ames was owned in 81. Louis. She had
q full cargo (about fifteen hundred tons
through and three hundred tons Of wsy
trelghl), consisting principally Of grain,
bacon, lard, flour, potatoes and hay, and
fifteen thousand packages of sundries
The sinking was caused by striking a
hidden obstruction. A German woman
and two children, going to Bayou Sara,
and French woman, going 10 Cooks
Landing, were lost, and probably others.
No cabin passengers arc missing. The
books and papers were saved. The boat
Is insured Tor s25.00O in Cincinnati and
Wheeling offices.
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We are advised that Col IBEN. Wilson
will be nominated at Elenboro, next
Thursday, on the first ballot. This in
formation comes to us in such a shape
that we attach more than ordinary weight
to it. One who ought 10 know whereof
he aflrms, says that the game Is set up
by BENJAMIN in the counties below in q
way that leaves scarcely "cold buckle.
berry pie" for the other asplrants. This
is encouraging for the Opposition. They
have demonstrated that the Colonel is q
man who can bo beaten in this district.
The Ohio county delegates should go to
Ellenboro and make it unanimous for
him, as he will need good seAd-off.
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A Changer Feast at Fort Wavue.

Fort WAYNE, August s,-The Allen
County Grangers, consisting Of seventeen
Oranges, held picnic at this place 10, day.
a dinner was provided, after which a
plowlpg match was contested, including
Ohio, Indiana and Illinois plowers. The
decision is reserved until next Saturday,
J: J. Billingly, a popular Granger ol
Indianapolis, delivered very able ad-
dress.
There are upward OF seventeen hundred
members belonging TO the Allen County
Grange, which were all represented with
their families, making an attendance ol
about three thousand. This Is the firsI
Granger celebration Of this county since
Its organization.
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The supposed and socalled denoue.
ment in this affair Is to come oit this
afternoon, at three o'clock. II was TO
have taken place Saturday night, but at
the suggestion of the Chairman Of the
Investigating Committee Mr.. MoULToN's
examination was postponed. until this
afternoon. The reporters have been
unable to get anything out OF MoULToN
up to this time oi a definite nature. He
is spoken OF as wary" gentleman. And
yet according TO a correspondent Of
Brooklyn paper he has not always been
so wary. That correspondent, writing
over his own name, and giving also the
name Of two other Witnesses, one Of them
reporter Of the J0urnG! Of Commerce,
says that Mr.. MouLToN has declared Mr..
BERcuER guiltless OF the charge pre-
terred against him by Triton. The
whole card in the Brooklyn paper Is as
follows:
There need be no uneasiness in the
public mind as 10 what will bo the char.
aCter OF Mr.. Moulton's testimony before
the Committee ot Plymouth Church. II
Mr, MOulton Is man OF truth and veraci.
ty, whose word should weigh a straw
before said committee, then his testimony
MIST exCulpste Mr. Beecher from every
charge Ol criminality with Mrs. Tilton.
Shortly alter the publication of said scan.
dal by the Whoodhulls, Mr.. Moulton de-
clared 10 me there was not word oil
truth in the charges Of criminality against
Mr.. Beecher, and In language strong and
impressive secuted the idea OF any such
conduct on the part Of Mr.. Beecher to-
Mrs. Tilton. These same kind oil state.
ments he made to many others. Three
gentlemen commenced accidentally to
converse upon the subject oil the scandal
on the floor of the Produce Exchange on
Tuesday last, when one Of them remarked
that Moulton had declared 10 him that
MF. Beecher was innocent Of the charge
Of criminality with Mrs. Tiltop, where
upon the other two both stated he had
said the same thing 10 them. II necess-
sary will give the names oil the gentle
men referred TO-"
A reporter Of the Tribune called on the
writer Of the above and asked him who
the other witnesses referred to were. He
said that ono Of them was JOHN VIII
LIAMs, a ship.builder, and another was a
Mr.. WYNANs, Of the journal Of Commerce
II this testimony Is reliable 1t would seem
to Ioreshadow what we may expect this
afternoon, and will possibly result in lift.
ing portion Of the cloud that rests upon
Mr.. BEEoHER's reputation. The one
grand mystery, however, that Mr.. MouL.
TON must clear up satisfactorily is as to
how Mr., BEEcuER ever came 10 write the
words quoted in TILToN's statement. In
speaking OF these words, the New York
Herald makes the following observation :
"Mr. Beecher's letters stand In the way
Of any belief in Mr.. Beecher's Innocence.
We study them and anAlyze their shadeS
Of meaning, and apply all the tests Of
rhetoric, and construct hypotheses upon
which he may be acquitted; but they ali
laIl before the cold voice ol reason"
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WASHINGTON.
SUFFERING AMONG IOWA FARMERS CAUSED
ny oRAssHoPPRRs,

WAsaHeToN, August s-Adjutsnt
General Baker, OF lows, writes to Com
missioner Burdett, Of the General Land
Office, representing that there is great
suffering among homestead settlers in the
northwestern counties Of the State, owing
TO the visitauon Of the grasshoppers. and
setting forth the hardship OF recurring
settlers to go sometimes fifty and some.
times two hundred miles to make flnsl
proof ol occupancy Of their farms at local
land offices. He suggests that hereafter
local land officers be required 10 visit the
county seats on certain days 10 take de-
positions, in order TO save settlers an ex-
pense they can III afford. Commissioner
Burdett Is disposed to grant the relief
asked for, and Is inclined to rule In This
particular case that settlers be allowed,
u they prefer, to make their dispositions
before the Clerk Of the Court OF Records
at the county seat.
DELINQUENT PACIFIC RAILWAY,
The Secretary OF the Treasury is pre.
pairing a formal demand on the several
Pacific railroads embraced In the act oil
last June requiring the payment OF 1--WE
per cent. OF the net earnings of the compa.
MES 10 the government, Imposed by The
act Of July l, 1909. II the demand ia NOT
complied with within sixty days tho Sec.
retary will notify the Attorney General,
who will institute legal proceedings
against the roads for delinquent taxes.
THE DISTRICT COMMISSIONERS
Issued an order 10 day consolidating the
eleven oihces OF assessors oi taxes into six
and appointing George w. Riggs, Henry
a. Willard, and Anthony Hyde assessors
Of taxes, Assessors are directed to assess
for purposes ofspecial tax, directed by act
OF Congress OF June 80, 1874, all taxable
real estate subject to said tax and not.in-
cluded in the present assessment, All
real estate except that belonging to the
United States or District, or used for edu.
cstional and charitable purposes, must be
Included, either In the present assessment
or supplemental one now authorized.
WHITE AND CoLoRED SCHOOL BOARD,
CONSOLIDATED.
Heretofore the Boards of School Trus.
tees Tor white children and the Board OF
School Trustees for colored children have
been separate, but yesterday the Com.
mission governing the District OF Colum.
bia consolidated them into one Board,
consisting Of ten white and five colored
members. This consolidation is NOT de-.
signed 10 effect the present relation OF the
white and colored schools.
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Clarke County Democratic Convcn.
IIOus

srRENdFiELD, ONO, August s.-The
Democratic County Convention was held
at the City Hall this afternoon. -Four
delegates were chosen to the State Con.
yenlion and eighteen. to the Congressional G
Convention, which was recommended to
be held on or after the 81 of September.
II was decided to nominate no county
ticket, but await the action Of the County
Central Committee.
A resolution was introduced commit.
ting the Democracy Of the county to the
support OF the new Constitution, but tho
only result was to call out several OF the
leaders, who made speeches on the ques.
ton for and against the instrument. The
resolution was tabled.
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MANsF1ELD, o, August CAT about
daylight this morning John Mcguire dis.
covered burglar in his room attempting
to remove his pants from under his pill
low. Mcguire sprang up and grappled
with the burglar, and in the melee the
latter shot the former, the ball passing
through his lungs and producing, It is
thought, a fatal wound. The burglar
escaped shoeles0 and hatless, but L Is
thought be will soon be taken. He Is un.
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Gt1eg'ttelliqprre
=; The Nomination Of Hereford.

AAu0 No"luuGlOu VI hoteIOIus
Speaking Of the nomination Of this gen.
tleman for Congress at Charleston on tho
9th, the New Creek Tribune makes the
following observation:
"The Convention held st Charleston TO
nominate = Congressman, on Wednesday,
alter spirited contest, very properly
chose the Hon. Frank Hereford, whose
record on the salary steal stands unim.
peached."
1t strikes us that the above is queer sort
oI language for even Democratic parti.
san to use in connection with HEREFoRD's
nomination. There is something suspl.
CiouS In the fact that the SALARY steal" !"
as the Tribune characterizes it, instinc.
lively came to the writer's mind in con.
nectlon with Hs name, and that reference
to 1t was supposed TO be necessary in an.
nouncing his nomination. We should
like TO know with what show of truth
any one can say that HRREPoRD's sal.
sry record stands unimpesched. Did
he promptly refuse 10 take the salary ?
Solar from doing SO, he waited for months
before he made sign, pro or con, as to
what he intended 10 do. He seems. 10
have been toying with the subject in his
mind all that time; 10 have been forecast.
ing the future, as TO whether the popular
feeling on the subject would amount 10
much oil storm or not; 10 have been
taking the measure Of his prospects as q
third term candidate. Finally, at the
eleventh hour, Mr.. HEREFORD concluded
to pay the money over to the school fund
OF the Third District. He had made up
his mind at last, perhaps, to be candi.
date.
This act CT Mr.. HEREFoRD's always
looked TO US as the act Of a demsgogue.
We feel quite sure that had no question
been raised about the rightiulness Of that
back pay Mr.. HEREFORD would never
have paid it over to the district. Why
should he? Congressman are not expect.
ed to do such things by their constituents.
1t would be very unreasonable to expect
such muniicent donation out Of pub
lie servants pocket. Such Is not the
usual modus opcrandi OF Congressional
life by good deal. Was it not, there.
lore, because Of the hub.bub that had
been raised throughout the country that
Mr.. HEREFORD felt impelled to divert
several thousand dollars from his own
pockets into the treasury Of the school
fund? Why did he not make a contri.
button to the school fund in 1872, during
his second campaign, il this was not the
case? And il Mr.. HEREFORD IcIt as If
there was question about the rightIul.
ness Of drawing the money, why did he
draw 1t at alp The money either belonged
to him or to the Government II TO the
Iormer, why should he pay such an enor.
nous bonus as bribe for reelection? II
TO the latter, why did he draw 1t? Will
the New Creek Tribune please throw a
little light on the subjecLS
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A New Check to street. Car Conduc-
NaRa


PHILADELPHIA, August CA new reg.
isteriug apparatus has recently been put
In use on one Of the slreet.railroads OF
Philadelphia, which promises to super.
cede the registering-punch as a device
TO prevent the knocking down" Of fares
by conductors. The new machine is a
portable receptacle for tickets, which re,
sembles In size and shape a large pow.
der flask. II has q mouth large enough
10 receive tickets and money, and two reg.
istering spparstuses, one to keep account
Of the fares deposited, and the other to
register transfer tickets received from a
branch line. The conductor presents the
machine 10 the passenger, who puts his
iare In cash or aticket In himself, where's
upon the conductor presses the spring
which works the register and sounds on
alarm bell. The receptacle Is perforated
so that the contents can be seen, and is
opened bya key Of peculiar construction,
kept at the office Of the road. The whole
affair Is oi polished steel, and is carried
In the coat pocket Of the conductor, or at
tached TO o shoulder strap. The inyen-
tor is the President Of the road-ihe
Spruce and Pine street line-on which II
Is used.
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A, this eleventh hour, on the eve Of de-

AtthiS eleventh hour, on the eve Of de-
nousment, 1t Is not worth while TO specu-
late whether MIR. MoULToN's production
Of the letters entire, from which TILroN
quoted in his famous arraignment, will
put different face on those quotations or
not. The letters assuming their genuine.
neas) are undoubtedly to settle the busi-
ness for veal or woe. In the first place,
they are to reveal the important fact as 10
whether they contain the actual words
quoted by TILToN, and, in the next place,
whether the context Of those words af-
fordS a satisfactory explanation Of their
meaning aside from the meaning attached
to them in TnToN's document. These
are the two important revelations to
be made In MoULToN's examination this
afternoon. 1fhe has told the truth TO the
gentlemen named above we shall proba-
bly, have some satisfactory explanation as
to the mysterious reluctance he has mani.
tested to appear before the committee.
At the meeting at Plymouth Church on
Friday evening, references were made to
Mr.. Beecher by several persons during
the exercises, both in their prayers and re.
marks:
"a stranger from o distant city, rising
in the center oi the house, said that he
thanked God that no stain had been
brought upon the Christian cause because
Of ianything that had happened in Brook
lyn during the past few weeks. He was
glad to find that there was complete unity
In the church, and that all were praying
so earnestly in behalf OF their pastor.
Though men might try their best 10 put
him down, be would shine all the brighter
by and by. Applause A little rubbing
always made the gold brighter. He was
glad that no takers could ever put down
good old Plymouth Church. Loud ap.
plause. ]"