The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-08-25
FOREIGN NEWS.
Heavy Shipments Of Bullion to the
United States.
Particulars Of the Death Of Or.
.!Mcseley.
Gloomy Outlook for English Cotton
Operatives.


LONDON, Augustus .-Presideh Matthews
OF the Alpine Club, writes from Zermatt
Switzerland, saying that the remains o
DE. William Q. Moseley, Jr., Of Boston
who met his death recently in the Alps
have been buried In the Church.yard D
the English Church at Zermatt, beside thC
victims OF former accidents on the Matter
horn, and that his, effects have been for
warded TO the American Consul at Geneva
A full account oi the catastrophe shows
that DR.. Moseley had been complaining Of
the restraint Of the rope throughout The
excursion, and had with difficulty been
prevented from releasing. himself sooner,
At point on the descent, distant about
twenty minutes walk from the hut, the
rope was taken off. DR.. Moseley shortly
atterward, refusing the guides proifered
help, endeavored TO vault over projecting
rock, when he stumbled and fell into the
snow beneath, down which he slipped on
his back, almost succeeding In stopping
himself with his elbows. But the surface
o. the snow was unfortunately frozen.
His body was found two thousand feet be.
low from where the accident happened.
A reduction Of 5 per cent in the wages
Of calico weayers, at Oldham, came quietly
into force Friday. The Oldham flstiail
manufacturers have agreed 10 reduce
the wages OF weayers about 81 per cent
Other reductions are pending in the Clos.
sop and Fodmerden districts. 5''I
The Times announces that Lieutenant
Carey, in addition to the official notifica.
tton Of the reversal OF sentence Of court
martial In his case, has received a letter
from the Duke OF Cambridge, Commander.
in.Chief OF the British army, reyiewinS
the circumstances OF the death OF the
Prince Imperial, and concludingwith the
opinion that after the surprise ot. the rc.
connoitering party by the Zulus, resist.
ance was impossible, and retreat imnera.
tive, '''
Accompanying the resignation Of Child.
ers from tho Board OF Directors Of the
Great Western Railway Of Canada, that
company publishes an answer to the prop.
osihon Of President Tyler, OF the Grand
Trunk Railway, for the fusion OF the entire
receipts OF both roads. Representatives Of
the Grand Trunk Railway declare that
they adhere to theif preference for diyi:.
sion OF traffic at competitive points only,
rather than the plan Of q joint purse ar.
rangement.i- y il gl.7 's'5iF5ffs y
It is raining again to-day with great
severity. Floods In 0xfordshire are the
highest ever known In summer. The OK
ford race course is inundated, and large
numbers Of persons are going over It IN
boats.
The London Missionary Society has re.
ceived telegram from Alden announcing
that DR.. Mullins, formerly Foreign Secrc-
tary Of that Society, died OF peritonitis on
the 10th OF July, DR.. Mullins had gone at
his own earnest request to assist ID estah.
fishing a mission oil Lake Tanganyika,
The FurlcGs Iron and Steel COMPANY has
suspended. The liabilities are heavy 4 I
The United Service Gd.ette believes that
Lord Chelmsford will be confirmed in the
rank OF Lieutenant General, which was
temporarily conferred upon him while
serving IN South Africa.
The Manchester, Guardian in reviewing
the general position Of the cotton manu-.
featuring industry, says: 1.-THE winter will
be one OF the most severe experienced for
some time past, and the position of the
operatives will be considerably aggravated
II they have to suffer another reduction.
Some Of the manufacturers state that the
only alternative Of closing their factories
will be another reduction OF ton per cent.
in wages"