West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1878-03-16
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From tho Capital.

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Speaker Randall thinks Congress can ad.
iourn the LIST Of July. other old members
have no hope Of the session closing before
August. The House Committee on Public
Buildings have agreed to recommend an APP
preparation Of SPAS, 300 for the construc
ton of a building suitable for a National
Museum here. The plan of the building is
similar in character to the one erected for
the National Exposition, and will cover two
acres, everything to be on one floor.
.Ata recent meeting of the House Com
uiittee on Coinage, Weights and Measures
= the following resolution was unani.
mously agreed to: !" RfsOlred, That in view
of the increase of coinage, il is the sense Of
this committee that there should be an in.
crease in mintage facilities" 1t was also
agreed that subcommittee Of six, i'm April
next, shall proceed TO the several points
from which petitions have been received
for the establishment of branch minis,
namely: Charlottee, y. C.: New Orleans
st. Louis, Denver, Helena, Mont Chicago,
Quincy, H., and Cincinnati, and upon
their return submita report of their iovcsti-
cation 20 the full committee . Hon.
Albert Gallitin Porter has been nominated
oy the PRESIDENT Tor appointment as First
Controller OF the Treasury He is one of
the most prominent lawyers Of indianapolis,
and represented that district IN Thirty
sixth and Thirty-seventh Congresses in
which he served on the Judiciary Committee.
lie retired from politics after this service
and devoted himself to his legal practice
and TO the management of his own large
property. He is distinguished for diligence
and the orderly transaction of business
lie was at the head of the Republican Flee
toral ticket in Indiana at the last Presiden-
tial election.
Items I'm General.
Commodore ID. Curtis, farmer, fiftv
al al
killed, at his house near Mount Vernon.
Ind, recently, by his stepson, aged thirteen.
Curtis was trying To murder his wife, in a
drunken spree, and the boy got gun and
shot him.
There is general strike at Ontario
among laborers on the Welland Canal for an
increase of pay. At Allanburg the laborers
on two sections also struck for an increase
from ninety cents a day to sI25. 1t is
thought 10 be the commencement of n
general strike. Commissions General
Mccormick says of the proposition that a
delegation of American workmen visit the
Paris Exposition, that the spirit in which
TIE French manufacturers extend the invi-
tatlon, and the advantages to result to this
country, can not be too highly estimated.
Prompt measures are 70 be taken to carry
the silver bill into effect as rapidly as pos
slOle. The minis are to be pushed to the
utmost OF their capacity, and bullion suf-
hcient to keep them at work will
6e purchased as fast as wanted. .....
Two hangings for murder took place on
Friday, the LIST of March. John William
Daniels, Tor the murder of Jesse r. Miller,
IN February, 1877, stretched hemp at War
rensburg, Missoui; and Richard Green, for
taxing the life of Deputy Marshal Hughes,
eNpiated his crime at Kansas CITY. The
executions in both cases passed of without
accident.
Hon. Ben. Wade died at his home in
Jefferson, Ohio, on March ., at 4 80 o'clock
I'm the morning. Since Friday forenoon il
had been noticed that the ex-senator was
Iallng hourly, and by evening Of that day
IT was evident his last hours were at hand.
The beating of heart and pulse slackened
gIauuaLy, ana near midnight he was so far
gone as To be quite unconscious However
about this time he indicated that he wished
TO speak to Mrs. Wade. She placed her ear
close to the eX-Senator's mouth, who
after little, whispered, al can not
talk at all" and closed his ewes
for few minutes. These were his fast
words. The change then became more per
cephble, and DIR. futile and family gathered
about the bed to wait for the coming end.
Inc dying man took his wife by the hand.
~hne ms son, henry +. Wade, stood at the
mead OF the bed, and Mrs. James Wade. of
Cleveland, wife of the ex-Senator's nepbew
and few other friends stood about the
couch. From twelve o'clock on the failing
was gradual, and about five O'Clock a. m.
me oid statesman became apparently un-
conscious The breathing continued to
grow slower and slower, and at the hour
mentioned death occurred, without a strug.
gle and seemingly without pain.
At Portland, Maine, in the late March
election, Butler, Republican, is elected
Mayor, having 2,516 votes to 2,3Ol for Weeks
Democrat, and 40 for Turner, Greenback,
Inc Republicans have a majority in both
uouseS AZ Lewiston, Maine, there was no
choice Tor Mayor. The vote stood: Hahn.
republican, 1882; Lyford, Democrat,
l,l's SPinney, Greenback 1913. The Dem.
ocrats elect five of seven Aldermen.
relable physician of st. Louis, who has
returned from Monroe County, ILL.,, gives all
tDe particulars thus far known of a shock
ing tragedy which occurred near Joy Land
ing, on the Mississippi River, fifteen miles
southwest of Waterloo this was the death
OF Morlz Kaiser, his wife and their six
chIIureh, the burning OF the house in which
they lived, and the almost entire CON
sumption Of the bodies by the flames. The
coroner visited the scene, viewed the re.
mains, and decided that the deaths were ac.
ciuental. The theory of the calamity is
however, that Kaiser killed his wife. then
MS children, then fired the building. a frame
structure, and then killed himself -.
seven OF the crew of the German bark otto
george, burned az sea, report that beipg
unable to e1tinguish the flames. they we're
Voi'Beu 70 abandon the vessel on the 9th of
last month While getting into the b,at
boatswain Frederick Richard fell over.
board and was lost, and the painter parting
tue boat drifted away, leaving Csptaf1
pempke, mate, and four men on the burn
ing vessel. The steamship CHILEAN sighted
the Dark the next day, and, falling in
attempts TO rescue two men seen ON hoard
owing TO severe storm prevailing. bore
away, leaving them 20 their fate
Southern Items
The Americans special from ClarksvilIe
ienny says: The body Of a negro named
WINSTON Anderson, who attempted % com.
mt rape on a white girl aged fourteen
last Wednesday, was found hanging 10 a
sbail morn tree one mile from town on the
nashville road on Saturday morning The
negro was evidently chOked 10 DEATH "a NO
marks OF violence on the body were 10 he
iound. III was standing nearly fiat footed
When found. Thousands visited him befoye
the body was cut down.
The Auditor Of Public Account 81 va,
ginia has reported 70 the Joint Committee
on Finance Of the General Assembly that
the financial condition Of the Common.
wealth is truly deplorable. No MONEY h
peing received for taxes, all payments heinz
made IN coupons with thirty per cent di55
count The Auditor also stated that tbero
,s nut one hundred and three dollars in The
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