Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1880-05-27
THE NEWS.
A Capitalization OF the Import
ant Events OF Yesterday.

sworn in the Senate Yesterday, and he
took Gordon's vacant chair.
Italian Parliament opened yesterday.
The Kings speech was almost exclusive
ly devoted To internal affairs.
Hanlan won yesterdays race with
ease. lie led Riley by p minutes, and
covered the course in tritie over 80
minutes.
IL looks now as ii Brailaugh, the
atheist, would have To take the regular
oath or lose hls seat in the British House
OF Commons.
The buildings and machinery Of the
Byram Iron Mine, at Morristown, New
Jersey, were burned yesterday. The
loss is very heavy.
Fifty thousand children paraded in
BroOklyn, New York, yesterday in cele-
bration oi the fiity-first anniversary OF
the Sunday school Union.
All foreigners who signed protests
against the recent suppression OF Com
munIstic demonstrations IN France will
be expelled from the country.
The senate passed the pensions def
cheney appropriation bill Yesterday, and
wards oi the Government will get what
is due them at the next payment.
James Clarke, an extensive coal Oper-
ator, of Canonsburg, Pa, has made an
assignment. Recent heavy judgments
against him compelled this course.
The Table Cutlery Manufacturers As
.ociation. now In session at Beaver Falls,
Pa has decided To maintain the present
prices during the ensuing tall season.
Goodman, a lecherOus scoundrel, was
convicted in Chicago OF "A rape upon his
thirteen year old step-daughteT, and
sent to the penitentiary for ten years.
A convention has been arranged be-
tween the United States and Canada by
which the exchange OF postal money or
ders will be simphtied and the cost re-
duced.
Prince William of MOntenuOyO, son
of the Archduchess Louise, once the
wife OF Napoleon the First. has become
insane by brOOding over financial
troubles.
Tao thousand five hundred iron work
ers in Philadelphia are on strike
s,,iust reduction Oi 2O per cent. in
their wages. The principal rolling mills
are closed.
The Nlhilist trials have been con-
clulrl iu Russia. Two at them have
been sentenced to be- hung, and the
balance escaped with long terms Oi I'M
pTlsOnmcnt.
A Chicago lorgrr, with a list Of dhdses,
the last OF which was Hermann, was ar
rested In New York yesterday, where he
Is held for a TequisltiOn from the Cover
nor OF Illinois.
Mr.. HAYES. yesterday, in a message To
the senate, urged the necessity Ot I'M
IN ,liaIr action upon the agreement wnh
the tie Indians. Delay, he believes,
will cause q war.
There will b. no fight between DOno-
van and Rookie, the last attempt at
CIney Island proving a hzzle. The
referee, in disgust, has notified the men
10 draw the stakes.
The grocrrs and commission mer-
chants u Pittsburgh have hal the section
taxing commercial drummers 600 for
the right 10 sell in the smoky city,
stricken from the peddlers license ordi-
nance.
The ship Borneo, laden, from New
Orleans Tor Trieste, was disabled IN the
gale oi the 18th and completely wrecked
Ia the iog on Bear Island ledge, while
irving L. make Halifax. The cargo viii
prove total loss.
The Hannibal and - Joe railroad will
build new line between Chicago and
QImcy, His, shortening the distance
ABOUT 90 miles as compared with the
present route via Chicago, Burlington
and Quincy railroad.
Alta convention Of river pilots held in
Pittsburgh, on Tuesday, the color-blind
test was declared ridiculous, and rest lu'
tions were adopted condemning the
new rules OF the Supervisors, and cali
upon Congress To reduce the tax rate
on pilots.
On Saturday last sister OF Hon. j. T.
Baxter. of FiatwOod, Braxton county,
w. Va. was burned TO death in the
woods. where she vas alone IL ~
believed that her clothing was set on
fire while she was trying to extingulsh
a brush fire.
Yesterday afternoon a Texan named
Charles Hamilton shot and fatally
wounded Frank Ramsey, OF Franklin
toKnship, Pa, in Little Washington,
Pa. tie Was quarrrlIng with another
man a. whom be- fired, but the bullet
found a wrong billet.
The Grant men have decided to make
Governor Cresswell OF Maryland tenn
pOrary chairman Oi the chicago Con
YentiOn. Blaine's campaign viii be
aimed principally, at first, at the de-
struction OF the unit rule instructions
as applied to the district delegations.
Six wears ago Albert Hunter a proml-
nent farmer Of wyandott County, %,
disappeared Just after drawing 500
from bank. A pauper In the ran
dusky county inhrmary has made
confession showing that he aided IN
numbering and robb'Hg the missing
man.
The case of Rev. WOo1side was before
the Reformed Presbyterian synod, IN
Pittsburgh, Yesterday. An apology MAS
demanded from him for hls hilarious
proceedings in the Oak Alley Church,
but he refused 10 make 10, and the com,
plant against him was temporarily lald
upon the table.
The WAYS and Means Committee OF
the House have instructed the sub-colu-
mittee 10 prepare q joint resolution for
the relief OF hoop iron importers whose
contracts were based ON the former rate
OF duty, permitting them to MI those
contracts under the 81 per cent rate IN
stead Of the al valOrem rate nov assessed'
Yesterday ; session OF the American
Society of Civil Engineers, I'M - LOUIS,
the following committee Vas appolh'ed
20 nominate officers 10 be- elected at the
October meeting IN New York: frrd.
Graf. OF PhIladelphia; Wm. T. Merrill
of Cincinnati; {. ;. Cheseborol Oi
Cnicago, and Z. Tholer smith, OF 81
Louis.
The Morrison boom is beginning Ia
assume significant proportions. Repre-
sentatiyes in Congress from Nirglnla,
Tennessee, Kentucky, Texas, Alabama,
Missouri, Illinois and Mississippi met
in Washington on Tuesday night AMI
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