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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-05-04
The Crookedness and Wicked
ness of Thos. E. Todd.

TACOMA, May 3.-There Is much ex.
oitement here and throughout this section
Of the State over the announcement made
public that Thos. E. Todd, one OF the
most prominent business men in this
place, who disappeared on Monday under
circumstances leading to the belief that
he committed suicide. He was . forger TO
q large amount and an incendiary. running
4 lare number Of people and yictimizipg
the banks. On Monday he appeared
much excited and obtained loan OF some
money, went to his house; and, his
wife noticing his strange appearances, he
said: ~ will be back by and by and tell
you all aboutit.' Soon after he borrow
ed 4 team and started out to ride.
That evening the team was discovered
12 miles distant in Sanbornton, near Q
rapid stream. II was then thought he had
committed suicide. Some believe he has
fed to Canada. He had been financially
embarrassed for some months, and the
determination Of his creditors to put him
into bankruptcy led TO the investigation
Of some Of his paper, when the forgeriea
were discovered. The parties whose names
were signed to forged notes are also
signed to many genuine notes in his favor.
Ii is believed they will be ruined. His
entire liabilities foot up $4,000. The
amount Of forged paper already discoy-
cred is $1,000. Ten buildings In various
localities heavily insured and held by
Ladd have been burned within few years.
Before his departure he confessed TO
friend that several of the fires were his
own acts.
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Tag great explosion Of the mills at
Minneapolis indicates rise and fall in
Minnesota Patent" not sci down in the
nuE.l reports. 1t will probably start
u inquiry into the character Of the
ss,ziell. lsed in the manufacture Of
Tsn il known as Minnesota Patent
aOaL The process ia represented as a
p,G.nt, buI is said 10 be in reality only a
eertt, known and used exclusively by
he great mills which suffered by the
Ii.uirOu. explosion. People will be Gu
lioq. to know what powerful chemical
issnithey daily take into their Stomachs
i, tie use Of that celebrated brand Of
t,lk The chemicals which are capable
drliiiug an immense mill three hundred
lst in,o the air ought certainly to make
mT light bread without any aid from
he excellent baking powders in use in
al veil regulated families. The only
SastiOn Il as 10 whether there Is not
,'u.risk 10 the cooking stoves in which
he bread made Of The patent -four" is
hk.d, or whether il will not require the
rDenl adoption Of very stout cOrsets in
order 10 secure the normal condition Of
ss.t ribs under the rising tendency of
b. CHEMICALS which seem to be a feature
ID The Minnesota patent process. Per.
l,p, The immense column OF flame from
assIPlOdel mills may throw some light
ouAshygienic character Of the chemi-
"a, u'sd 10 The process. Let there be an
i,usts,tiOn. w
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CONGRESSIONAL.
HOUSE.


Mr.. Ward asked leave to present pro
teat Of the Workipgmen Of Delaware coun
", Pa, against any change in the tariff
Mr.. Wood objected. Those machine
modes Of the opposition ought TO be put
in the petition box under the rules. They
were being got up by wholesale contracts
Mr.. Wafd-The inference is unwar-
ranted, and would come from no Other
source.
The House then went into COMMITTEES
Of the Whole on the legislative appropri-
alton bill, Mr.. Eden In the chair.
A long discussion ensued on Mr.. Cut
ler's amendment to the appropriation bill
increasing the salary ot the Commissioner
Of Agriculture from $1,000 to S4,500.
Mr.. Durham said the agricultural in
terest OF the country was not 10 be pro.
NOTED by black wax beans and some
choice peas and garden seeds. II de.
manded revision Of tari1-a rigid econ.
omy and regulation Of currency.
Mr.. Townsend, Of New York, made a
brief reply TO Durham's remarks about
peas and beans. He said that in q great
many Congressional districts the people
eat peas and beans. They are an import
ant addition to the humble meal Of the
farmer, and there are very few districts
in the country where the people can SUBJ
sist simply on bourbon whisky and to-
bacco. The amendment was adopted.
Mr.. Young moved that the amount ap.
propriated for the rent Of the Freedmens'
Bank Building, In Washington, be re-
duced from S14, 900 to $4,000.
Mr.. Atkins, while agreeing to reduce
the rent 10 $4,000, was opposed TO any
further reduction. he was in favor Of
paying liberal rent for buildings owned
BY swindled freedmen.
Mr.. Young said he did not think II was
obligatory on the Government to reim.
burse the freedmen for what they had
lost, but il any gentleman would submit
o proposition 10 reimburse them he would
give Il his hearty support.
Mr.. Chalmers said that throughout his
district every freedman had deposited
his savings In the Freedman Bank under
the impression that the Government went
bond for It. The Government was bound
in honor and law To- make their leases
good. II should be done as an act Of good
laith.
Mr.. Young gave his friend from Mis-
sissippi (Chaimers) credit for his philan.
thropy. 1t was praiseworthyin him be-
cause the colored people had majority
Of 5000 in his district. He (Young)
undertook to say that there was not 4
solitary one who had dollar in the bank
or ever had.
Mr.. Chalmers stated that the colored
people in his district had deposited over
$4,000 in the Freedmens Bank in
Vicksburg and Natchez. He had never
heard it asserted before on this
floor that II was disgrace for
a man to be poor and honest. There
were q number Of colored people in his
district and he had made good Democrats
Of them.
The amendment was adopted.
The reading Of the bill was then con-
cluded and the committee rose and re.
ported the bill 10 the House, but no nc.
lion was taken thereonl
Mr.. Witthorne introduced bill to en-
courage shipping.
The House then took recess, the eve.
ming session to be for the consideration Of
the pension bill.
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.,,is Medical Society.

r,..,oDu.l meeting Of this Society ia
.,,o,.o+J to be held this year at Weston,
i,, i,,i, county, on the 29nd inst.
n, questions to be discussed are mat
~, Of vital importance to every citizen
4 A. IN. sl.te-amOug which are sanitary
:. ,,4N,pi,pic laws, involving not only the
i,,,.., n. Of The human family but also Of
rr,Il., II, .h.ep and hogs, in animal life, and
,li5I. root. and grain in vegetable life ;
i,oai,isr is,o their influence in the
,,o5p.,iou and propagation OF disease,
"A bov ,uch disaster may be removed or
,,,,d. 10 these matters we learn the
.Yi.t, /. acting under the suggestions
n propositions OI the American Public
H.Ih Association. These efforts on the
nrtol ths msmb.rs Of the State Society
a.. u.Is at their own expense for the
pablo god.
v. uudsrilaud that the doctors and
e.li..p. OIL Weston are making arrange
u,sl. for cordial and hospitable recep.
.isu oil The sOciety-One that will do JUS
tia to their we'll known reputation. We
rhh all plrtisr pleasant and profitable
-...;.n
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lheQntelIiaettrer:

=.,w.Il,burg HgaldOi yesterday takes
m decided ground i" favor Of 'As s,'.I's editor
,rs ! ii, p,pst for Congress in this district
Sba papers throughout the district
w.. w.. w., pleased to express themselves
s,a ,,,r.sIy IN the same direction We
-. mi, .,y 10 our brethren Of the pre''
-, :, .r. duly obliged for these CON-
'r.,.,,. bu. we beg to assure them that
:. ~. not among those who aspire TO
c,,,,,.,ion.l hOnOr., andshall not there
~. 5. found in the list Of competitors
a., ii. time comes to choose a Candi'
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The Ohio school Report-The
Cost Per Capita In wheeling.

Editors Intelligencer:
In your issne Of Wednesday morning
you refer to a copy Of the Ohio School
Report for 1875. The statistics give
100000 pupils enrolled in the public
sch ools Of that State, and the teachers are
paid from the public school fund the
sum Of S5,000060, which Is over 81 per
pupil per year. This Is for tuition alone.
and does not include the expenses OF
school houses, DC.
This statement IA at variance with that
OF Professor Burns, Of Ohio, who at the
Teachers Institute in this city, February
Is, 1870, stated in an address that the coat
Of school tax was about 50 per capita Of
those OF school age in Ohio. An effort
was made at the time TO contradict this
abatement by the real friends OF free
schools, fearing that II would demoralize
the veracity Of the children in the dis:
trict, who were aware that 81 perhead
for chalk for blackboard exercise was
nearer the truth. This effort was in part
annulled by selfstyled Professors, who
are more gratifed ut seeing their names
In print, prefaced by the word Professor,
than In the advancement OF their pupils.
If the figures do not lie, the cost Of tu-
ition per pupil in the Wheeling City
District is Sl7076 perhead. The real
and personal property in the city school
district in 1868 was 50, ,9I3, ,232. The as.
sessment made by the Board Of Educa.
ton was So cents on every 500 OF real
and personal property. The number Of
pupils in attendance in that year was
2,020, making the cost Of tuition per pu.
pil per year $2s 46. Six years being the
average, makes the cost of educating q
child 10 the Wheeling district $40 70,
and this was previous TO Superintendent
Williams advocating the teaching OF q
foreign language in our schools.
MARKET STREET.
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The Sweeney.Baher Case bearing
SalutAry Fruit Already.

chuleston w. Va Courier.
The Sweeney Baker suit which has
been pending for several years in the
State courts, reached 6nal decision
In the Supreme Court on Saturday last.
The Court was unanimous In sustaining
the decision In the Court below, where
the Jury gave the Major $1,000 damages.
This suit grew out OF some articles that
appeared 10 the Wheeling Register, In the
fail Of 1878, when Major Sweeney, was q
candidate for the Legislature, to gill ava.
cancy occasioned by the resignation OF
DR.. Hullihen. The articles were Of such
a character that Major Sweeney felt
called upon 10 resent them by bruising
one OF the editors with his fists, and put.
ting the balance OF the editorial trater.
nifty, under a rattling pistol FIRE for sew.
eraI moments. This was regarded by the
public Is squaring the score all around.
But not 90. Sweeney instituted suit for
libel. The editors Of the Regiaer plead
iusti ticatiou; but much 10 the surprise oi
The whole legal fraternity, as we'll as eve.
rybody else, the lawyers, for the defense,
submitted the case tot the Jury without Of
isring any evidence or argument; not,
withstandipg, the case was being Skill'
fully handled by the lawyers for the
The Jury brought in a verdict for $,
900 damages, an appeal was taken 70 the
Supreme Court with the result we have
given. We know but little about the
merits Of the case and nothing about the
legal points involved, but We will try
and be little careful, II We should ever
be 90 fortunate as to own any property
worth considering, In our remarks about
private character. i.- t.--.l-. ,.
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Tai BellAire Leader fails TO see any
pod 10 Ihe various combinations that
AlTe leen made among the nail menirom
tine TO time, 10 limit production, and
TSuHbe glad 10 see hereafter "every tub
,siSd on ii. own bottom" The Leader
aysfighb bu, there are arguments on
lA 0iAE side, one OF which Is that this
iaasllIe vicinity would have been out
is'Oi many dollars in all probability in
eve IAe mills hal kept right on running.
iA'I'PpAgss have been the means Of
Euns labor more remunerative wages
lala would have obtained otherwise.
iad While The manufacturers have not
a'ds much money by stopping, they
would have made less land possibly lost
''as) It'hsy had kept on running.
" '0u"e it is difficult. to speak Of the
Ultimate effect Of either stopping or run.
aias' There are those who contend that
as'tfuggls among manufacturers Is a
struggle Tor the Survival OF the fittest,"
Iad that this Darwinian law will uld-
nl'slv Assert itself. They say that the
'"' tiy i'Only postponed, not ayerted,
y all eIPedisnts limiting production;
aA'r 10 the end, as the Bellaire Leader
po' 1t every tub must stand on It's own
SoIIOu.
ey0Ad doubt the country is overpro-
Sassd' Nails are no exception. Too
a''' oil them are made for present con.
aapaoni aud yet We presume that sta.
'auS' will show that more nails have
Y'a made, and sold, and used, since the
PAls than during the same number ol
,'H' ~ Preceding the panic. As long as
%%,a0'''PrOduction "a, continues, one Of two
wy. 'se na'thappen, viz, temporary stop
~" o' 4 retirement from the field OIL
1' oil The mills. The process Of re.
s'2'l' Is expensive all round. Nc
~sfaIiOn Is 50 disastrous as that Of .
Haaly failing competitor. He diel
WY wv! and, like Samson, hurts a goot
People before the breath leave
~, ,r' ADD alter he diss, what thenI Hi
0S. m 'e, iatO stronger hands las th,
s-oV''y did, Ata very low price, and /
Nv. '1s more formidable composition
~, ,.,a '''F' The competition does no. di,
-. ls' being the case, ii i. no, easy /,
nov The nail mills, or any like con
s'r'' :, ~ Ne 10 avoid temporary expedleul
:" "aH production. They can all rur
assf''sd, and in doing 80 they ca,
..s. .sa Production down to prices that vii
49,. ,..* good deal Of manufacturing prop
s' sy 70 change haud'; but that clrcun,
,oss,i s' WI not wipe 1t out nor cure til
,".P ~afalou' "oOe generation pas.e.I
N, u 1nd An other generation comsth
''' The earth Abidsth forever.
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BY TELEGRAPH.
ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORT.
TO THE DAILY INrRLLIoRNoER
The Great Explosion at Minne-
apolis-A General Summary Of
the Situation. ~

MrssEAPoL1s, MIMI, May S.-The fol-
lowing Is general summary Of the situ.
alton at the scene OF the FIRE. The great
Washburn Touring mill, IN which the
explosion occurred, was wholly destroy
cd. Washburn Mill B Is intact except
injury to the roof from falling timbers.
Thompson and Hoyt, and Bull and New
ton & Co.'S Touring mills, Washburn
planning mill, the Mill company's eleva-
tor are all fat with the ground across the
race. Petit, Robinson & Co.'S Touring
mills, Devolls, Standard, Zenith and Gal
a1y mills are more or less in ruins. The
loss in addition TO the mill interest is
about $4,000 on elevator, $1,000 on
wheat and about one million feet Of dry
lumber. It is too early yet TO revise
the estimates on the total money loss and
insurance.
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Guernsey County and the Dis
trict over the River.
CAMBRIDGE, o., May 8,

Edltos InteIlIseneer. .... III
The Guernsey County Republican Con-
vention willimeet at the Town Hall, in
this place-according to the announce
ment Of the Chairman Of the Committee
-on Monday, June 8, 1873, for the pur.
pose OF putting in nomination candidates
for the following offices, viz:-Probate
Judge, Clerk, OF the. Court, Sheriff, Com
missioner, Infrmary Director aud Cor
ouer. Quite number Of good men have
aigni6ed their intention OF being candi.
dates. SOW te.' -.'
The question that IL receiving the
most attention from our people just now
Ia whether or not Guernsey county shall
send q Congressman 10 Washington to
represent the Sixteenth District. When
the question is put to the Republicans oil
this county they will emphatically say
.aye," and the trumpet" will not have
an uncertain sound. Col. ]. d. Taylor
Ia the principal candidate in.this county,
and perhaps in the District The Times
and Nev,, Of this place, support him, the
latter claiming that Guernsey and Noble
are solid for Taylor, and that ito Con-
sress he will go" However that may be,
the Colonel Is a good man, we'll liked ct
home and deserving OF success.
The meeting Of the United Presby.
terian General Assembly, to,open in this
place on The 22d inst, will be an affair oi
considerable importance. Delegates 70
the number Of 200 will be present from
all parts Of the Union, besides 200 or
more adherents Of the church, ministers
and laymen from this and adjoining
counties. The various churches Of the
town have taken hold Of the matter o.
entertaining their U. P. brethren and
good Recommendations will be secured fol
all. The Guernsey Ifmes will issue 4 daily
during the session Of the Assembly.
"A. NJ
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The Postal Congresg An ParIs.

PARIS, May s.--In the Postal Congress
now In iesaion, in this city, the United
States demand ak francs per kilogramme
for letters In transit acroSs the continent
instead Of two francs as at present. EGG.
land supports the American view, which
will probably be adopted, notWithStand-
ing the opposition Of some continental
powers. The postage TO India will prob.
ably be reduced from 26 10 Is francs per
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NEW ORLEANS, May S.-Cotfee-In fair
demand; Rio cargoes ordinary TO prime at
ltal41fc gold. Sugar-Dull; inferior TO
good common 5ka6Hc, common TO good
common 6Ha7c, yellow clarified SIC. No
lasses-Dull und nominal; common 20a22c;
fair 2Sa26c. Rice-scarce and firm; LouiSi.
ana ordinary to choice at b,ta61Sc.
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sudden Death Of the Agent OF the
q. q r. Railroad NJ Steuben-


stoubsnvIlls Herald Of yesterday evening.
Our citizens. were suddenly startled
last evening by the. announcement that
Mr.. Ambrose s. Doyle, well known cit
izen, had been stricken with an appoplectic
ct, and shortly afterwards were pained 10
learn that Il had resulted in death. Mr..
Doyle at the time was In the Office OF the
freight depot Of the Cleveland & Pits.
burgh Railroad Company, where he 10
freight agent OF the company.
In the forenoon he had received dis.
patch from gentleman In Bellaire, call.
Ing his attention to a Mr.. Wilson, Gen.
eral Solicitor OF the Grand Trunk Rail-
way, who would be up on the noon train,
and asking him TO introduce him 10 some
Of ourleading manufacturing 6rms. Mr..
Doyleeat 4 quite hearty dinner at noon,
and during the afterpart Of the day up
to 4 o'clock, was around the streets con-
siderably with Mr.. Wilson. BE returned
to the freight Office about 4 o'clock, where
he engaged In his business for short
time 10 as good health as ever. About
half.past A o'clock he and Mr.. Andrew
Robson began to close up The place.
Mr.. Doyle had just locked the safe, when
be suddenly exclaimed ANDY, I have
the worst pain in my head ever
had.n he then placed his hand
on the safe to steady himself and
repeated "This is most terrible PAIN"
Mr.. Robson ran forward and caught
him and set him in chair when he said:
II believe I will have stroke Of paraly.
sis." Mr.. Robson carried him 10 the
front door, gave him water and bathed
him and said he had better go for doc.
tor. Mr.. Doyle said: "Don't leave me
now,n which were the last words he ever
spoke on earth, being unconscious from
that untilthe hourof his death, at about
eight O'Clock. AS Mr.. Robson was alone
with him, and nobody near, it was some
little time before be could get assistance,
but when he did, he Immediately started
TOR: DR.. Stanton, but the deceased was
beyond medical aid. A lounge was pro.
cured and he was removed TO his resi-.
dence on South Third street, where be
died last evening. The cause Of his death
was the bursting Of blood vessels in the
brain. 4 ttaE tSEaRk ahk iHS3
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a rest sult In the matter Of Fees.

ST. LOUIS, May S.-suis were entered
in the Circuit Court to-day by City Coun.
sellor Bell against City Collector Rosen-
blott, City Marshal Mason and City Reg
lister Walsh and their boudsmen to re-
cover certain fees alleged TO have been
retained by them as officers Of the city,
in violation Of law. The new city char
ter provides that all city officials shall
receive certain salaries and no, fees; but
the officers claim under the State law they
are entitled 10 fees. The suits are brought
to test the question. Thirty.fve thousand
dollars are claimed from the Collector
and $4,000 each from the Marshal and
Register. ..
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% COLUMBUS, May 2.-In the Senate the
general appropriation bill was passed.
The Senate Increased the aggregate Of the
bill as passed by the House, about $780,.
900. ~ 57es =" l''+
In the House communication was re.
ceiyed from the Attorney General, giving
II "a his opinion thatif the State should
take immediate charge Of the public
works and specify at the same time that
1t does not admit the right Of lessees TO
abandon the public works that be will
not waive any right Of action the State
may now have against lessees by
reason OF a breach OF contract Of
lease, except that no rent could
be collected after the date Of taking pos
session, and that no repairs could be
required OF the lessees after the date OF
such possession! Bills were introduced
10 allow competition in gas companies;
10 restore the pay Of assessors TO 81 80
per day; to regulate Judicial sales by
providing that defendants may redeem
lands sold under Judgement within three
years upon the payment OF costs and six
per cent interest. L..'
In the House the bill providing for the
erection Of an intermediate prison was
defeated. W =
A Senate resolution was offered and
laid on the table providing for submitting
10 vote OF the people in 1879 Of oppo.
sition to amend section 10 Of the consti.
tuition, so as to provide that the fees Of
the county officers shall be paid only
out Of and not exceed the fees collected BY
them. --.--,.,y,.-s-..-.a
The House bill requiring the clerks Of
the Common Pleas Courts to provide
poll books and tally. sheets for the elec-
lion was passed.
To the House and Senate joint reso.
luton providing Tor an adjournment Of
the assembly May 18Th, and 10 re.assemble
December Sd was adopted. After being
90 amended as TO provide for re.assem-
bling January 7th.
Senate bill providing that a better Sc.
curity for contractors and material were
passed.
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GopERIcH, osr;, May S.-Tidings have
been received Of the schooner Kate L.
Bruce, which left Chicago last October
with cargo Of grain, confirming the sup.
position that she had ioundered in Lake
Huron. The Captain Of the schooner
Nemesis, at this port, to-day, states that
fishermen on Ducks Island, on the coast
OF the Lake, picked up on the shore, q
bureau belonging, to the Ill fated vessel,
In the drawers were books, ETC., giving
the names Of the crew and other mattefa
relating to the schooner. R
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FIRE RECORD.
EIOnr Mills Rnrned;

SPARTA, Wis, May 3.-McKeniie &
Taylor's large Touring mill, two miles
north Of this place, was totally destroyed
by FIRE this morning. Loss $4,000; in.
sured in tue British for $1,000; PheniI,
OF Brooklyn, $4,000; German American,
S2,5O0; Home, Of New York, $500; Ly.
coming, $4,000. The Ere is supposed 10
have been caused by friction in the ma.
chinerv
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The ReorgnniIed Blast Furnace
Near Grafton.
IRoarowN, w. YA, May ?.

The new parties who have undertaken
to reorganile The blast furnace at this
place are mining coal and cokiug a sup
ply from the Austin mills, eight miles
from here. They are putting up q stock
Of native ore and laying a new hearth
and boshes preparatory TO blowing IN
whenever the market price for iron will
justify. We hope that such q day Is not
lar distant. s.