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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1880-09-18
THE VIRGINIA SPLIT.

Latter of the Conservative Committee to
that of the Readjuster Party as to the
Terms Of a Compromise-No Hope of
Adjusting the Differences Oft Fac
tions.
RICHMOND, September 1.-THE letter
of the Conservative Committee to that
of the Readjusters, accepting the latter
plan for primary election and submit
ting certain amendments to said plan,
has lust been made public. In 1t the
Committee says:
We propose TO amend the third sec.
ton of the plan OF Cancellation submitted
bv YOUR committee, so as TO require that
none but legal voters, who are National
Democrats, shall participate in the cleo
ton proposed. We by no means wish
TO exclude any persons, OF whatever po-
iitical profession, from voting for Han
cock and English. On the contrary we
welcome
All Who Wish in Good Faith 70 support
Them,
but party fealty, prudence and un-
VARYING custom, alike, require that the
Representatives of the party be ch0osen
by members OF the party. The Read
insters' Committee was in session TIL D
O'clock this afternoon, when they sent
their reply to the foregoing. The reply
sets forth that the Readiusters Commit
the cannot consistently submit to any
arbitration less patent than that OF the
people of Virginia. The amendments
proposed to the ReadJusters' plan
might be substantially granted, with
only one exception to that amendment
providing that none but
Legal Voters who are National Democrats
shall participate in the proposed prl-
mary election. In relation to TINS
amendment the committees say I'VE
cannot and will not yield to any demand
that would place us in a position OF
abandoning the faithful allies, and we
cannot concede that any mans Democ'
yscv is 10 be concluded by his vote in
1876, by his previous political opiHion
or associations, or by the fact that three
weeks before the election he should not
have paid his capitation tax, which, by
law he may pay at any time before the
election. Wa propose to recognize In
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A QUEER SUICIDE.
A Georgia Man Imagines He
Has Committed'a Great Crime
and StarYes Himself to Death.

ATLANTA, Ga, September IA sad
case OF suicide by starvation comes from
near McDonough, Henry county, six.
teen miles from Atlanta. Tuck Jackson,
a man thirty.fve years OF age, conceived
the idea that he had committed an un-
pardonable sin, and one morning at
breakfast announced to his wife and
his fathers family that he would never
eat another meal They took but little
notice OF his rash remark until he con-
tinued to refuse food OF any charac.
ter, although persistently persuaded
by the family and all others of
his old friends who visited him.
The fact of his feeling was
reported to all the neighbors, and they
came to see him in large numbers every
day. At times he would manifest
great dislike to all the persons who came
into his room, and at other times he
would show a great fondness for some
one who might be stranger, and would
absolutely require them to remain with
him one or two days at time. He re-
pulsed all efforts to force food down
him. Gradually he dwindled away and
became more demented in mind, until
finally his body was completely enact
ated, and on the seventeenth day he
died. He said all the time during the
fast that he had committed great and
objectionable sin, and that he was try
ing to atone for it.
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WHAT BARNUM SAYS.

Plaisted Has One Thousand Majority on
Low Estimate The Infamous Frauds
of 1915 to be Reiuaugurated, and Davis
to be Counted In, II Possible.
New York, September 1.-THE Ma
tional Democratic Committee has issued
the following statement relative to the
Maine election:
HEADQ'R's Dem. NAT. COMMITTEE,
NSw YORK, September IL, lSSO'J
The latest reliable and official returns
from 42S towns gives Plaisted 7O,Ol9,
Davis 70,69S; Republican majority 679.
In the same towns in 1876 the opposl-
ton vote was 81 ,499, Republican 72,765;
Republican majority 1926. The
Republican loss in 1880, from
the corresponding election IN
1876, is l4,567. There are IS towns and
plantations yet to be heard from. The
relative gain in thest towns, as COM
pared with 1876, would give US, at low
estimate,
Over 1000 Democratic Majority.
The Republican manipulators In
Maine are pretending to claim majority
for Davis, and are undoubtedly trying
TO doctor the returns tD bear out this
claim. 1t remains to be seen whether
they propose to begin in Maine to IN
augurate the frauds OF 1876. For two
days Blaine ami the Ref ublican leaders
concede Plaisted's election, as the Re
publican party did Tilden's in 1876,
The entire machinery for counting the
vote is IN the hands OF the Republican
returning board, Usually in past years
il has
Only Required About Two Days
10 ascertain the definite results IN
Maine. This year all the first returns
showed great Democratic gains, and 1t
was only when the Republican manlpu-
latorS have stopped the returns coming
in and delayed them until they could
be altered that the changes were made
in favor of Davis. As an instance, the
county OF Kennebec, which usually
completes its returns in one day, was
held back until after Thursday, and rs
openly asserted by q former Republican
loader that the returns are kept back for
manipulation.
Counted Out Congressmen.
Two OF the five congressman, Murch
and Ladd, are conceded. Philbrlck,the
Democratic candidate i'll Bialne's dls-
trict. the Third, while actually elected,
NAV be counted out by fraud by very
small majority, under 100.
In the First district, Anderson, Dem
ocratic candidate, is practically in the
same position, as the Republicans only
claim a majority for Reed OF ninety
three, thus showing that out OF hve
Congressman four Democrats were
elected.
This is the Best Criterion
by which to Judge the popular sentiment
of the State. Plaisted is clearly elected,
and can only be defeated byafraudulent
count. The only gains shown by the
Republican party or claimed by them'
are in Democratic counties, inaccessible
by telegraph and away from the line OF
the railroads. The best evidence OF fraud
proposed to be perpetrated is the fact
that while the Fusion ticket shows large
gains all over the State IN Repuolican
c;ties and counties, the Republican
gain is claimed in Democratic counties
Chairman.
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RETURNING BOARD FIGURES.

The Counting Out Process Goes Bravely
On-Davis Will Have Plurality.
PORTLAND, Me-, September l7.-Four
hundred and ninety towns give, Davis
73,3Ol, Plaisted 72,5SS, scattering 33S.
Davis plurality is 7lS. The small towns
to hear from threw last year: Davis 40,
fusion 435, scattering SO; total sos, a
fusion plurality OF 395, which deducted
leaves Davis 3lS OF plurality.
From Aroostook County.
PORTLAND, September IA dispatch
from Fort Fairfield reports that the vote
of Perham stands Davis, so; Plaisted,
24. Last year Davis had so and the Fu-
sionists 81. 1t is found that i'm compil-
ing last years book eighty of the scat
tering OF last year were stated, but not
specified. The missing eighty We may
have in the present returns. II so, this
gain oi % would overcome thediflerence
between Davis plurality and the scat
tering, and give him a majority OF D, but
this is subject to all the errors made III
this way Of receiving returns.
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SWUNG UP.
An Ohio Murderer Pays the Pen
atty of His Crime.

ClNClNSArI, September l7.-George
Mitchell. co.ured, Tor the murder OF a
woman with whom lac was living as hls
wife, was hanged to-day at Troy, y. tie
walked wi;h firm step to the scatIOld,
stopping al the window OF the Jail to 0id
farewell u the sEeriH's wife. On the
Sralfo.d hc male brief talk, saying he
torsaye everybody and was going to die
a Christian. The trap was sprung at
l2IS. but as he died by strangulation,
il was % minutes before he was pro-
nOuncei deal
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OVER THE RIVER.

Garfeld's Weakness IN Ohio-The DEM
ocrats Encouraged to Garry the War
Into Africa.
New York Herald lnd)
The Democrats having done so much
better than they expected in Maine will
be encouraged to carry the war into
Africa" and make vigorous canvass In
Mr. Garfield's own State, where the two
parties are very evenly balanced. In
1876 President Hayes majority in Ohio
was only 2,747. These figures are not
so formidable that the Democrats need
despair OF carrying the State il they have
anything like the luck which attended
their canvass in Maine. In 1876 Mr..
Garfield was weaker in Ohio than Mr..
HAYES, as was shown by the fact that he
ran a great deal behind the Presidential
vote in his Congressional district. The
district comprises five counties, which
voted as follows in 1876
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BLOWN TO ATOMS.
Disastrous Explosion at Bridge
port, COnn.-The Building De-
mOlished and Five Persons
Killed,

BRIDGEPORT, CoNN., Sept. IA ter
rible explosion occurred this afternoon
in a small wooden building, occupied by
the Union Metallic Cartridge Company,
as a Illuminating building, situated some
distance west Of their main factory. At
the time OF the explosion five persons
were at work in the building and all are
supposed to have been killed, as none
have been seen since. Four bodies
have been found. Following are the
names: j. Sullivan, aged l5; James
Tobin, II; Michael Dempsey,
Jr., 23; William Fuerching. 40;
Philander Clark, so. The building
was completely blown TO atoms. A
small lake, some distance from the
building, was literally strewn with frag'
ments of the building. Two OF the bodies
were found in the lake, one with its
head and arms gone. The cause OF the
accident is not known. The explosion
caused intense excitement among the
900 employees in the man building, and
the works were shut down and the
hands allowed TO 20 home.
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ANOTHER INVASION.
A Railroad to be Built Across
Indian Territory.

ST. LOUIS, September IA party,
including two directors Of the Atlantic
and Pacific Railroad, left Ninita, Indian
Territory. the present terminus OF the
-. Louis and san Francisco road, yes
terltv, % make a reconnaissance oi the
line a, surveyed through the Cherokee
nation amt other parts OF the Territory,
AMI thence to Albuquerque, New Next
e.. This movement indicates prepara,-
tons trr the construction OF a railroad
thr1l.u Indian Territory, from east to
west. and a revival of the charter given
bv the Government 10 the Atlantic and
Pacific COMPANY.
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SAM CARY AT HOME.
Ht ReClTeS HIS EXPERIENCE IN
MAINE.
How the Great Battle was Won-Disreputa-
bic Tactics Of the Republicans
The State will Give Hancock
10000 Ma ority.
OUT AND OUT DEMOCRATIC VICTORY.

General Sam Cary, who has been do.
ing such active and effective work for
the Fusionists in Maine, reached his
home in Cincinnati, Thursday morning.
lie was Immediately sought out by the
inevitable reporter, and asked for some
details OF his experience during his five
weeks canvass, and although surround
ed by throng OF his friends at the time,
he submitted gracefully to the reportori.
al pumping process and discoursed after
the following manner:
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PROD
Chicago.

CHICAGO, September L. - Flour
Steady and unchanged Wheat-Dull
and lower; No. red winter %3tc; No. 2
Chicago spring ?}r cash. J2ic seller
October; 3lc seller November; No. )
s3TS3!c. Corn-Fair demand, but at
lower rates at i0r cash; i0ic(a4lc seller
October; Il iGIl e. seller November; re.
jected So. Oats-tnscttlcd, but gcner-
ally lower at 29!T 29,c cash: 20 seller
September; 2Sim 29r seller October; 29c
seller November. Ryc-Flrmer at $50
SSlr. Birley-Elsier at 7jG 1Gc. Pork
Steady with fair demand at Sl7 50C4
II - cash; Sl7 - bid seller October;
Sl2 9O@l2 924 seller November. Lard
Steady with fair demand at s. "a
cash and seller October; = 77ICy7 80
seller November. Bulk cats-Easier;
shoulders x ij; short rib IS IS; short
clear SS7j. Whisky-Steady atS 80
Toledo.
TOLEDO. September lT.-Th-.
Steady; No. 3 white Wabash 9jc;
ber Michigan 9Sc; NO. . red WGbas..
spot Ole; seller October oslo; scler
November 99lc; seller December SlOOt !,
No. 3 red Wabash 9jlc; seller October
9jc; No. . red DAYTON and Michigan
D7c; No. . mixed 9jlc; rejected sGc.
Corn-Quiet; high mixed iilc; No. 2
i3sc; damaged &c. Oats Steady:
No. 33c,
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W DOL.
Philadelphia.

PHILADELPHIA, September l7-Woo!;-
Quiet and unchanged and in mod
crate demand; Ohio, Pennsylvania
and West Virginia XX and above
44@46c; extra 44C946c; medium
47Cd4Sc; coarse iOc; New lofK,
Michigan, Indiana and Western fine at
3S(942c; medium 46d41c; coarse 4Oci
washed combing and delaine i4lao2!c
UNIV washed do. S2@36c; tub washed At
@50c.
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FRIGHTFUL ACCIDENT.
Ten Men Fall Three Hundred
Feet in a Nevada Mine-Nine
Summoned to Be Killed.

VIRGINIA, NEv., September IAN
accident at the Consolidated I'm
perial mine, last night, re-
suited in the death OF nine
men, one being dangerously hurt. The
three o'clock shift were coming of and
the cage, with ten men upon it, had
started for the surface when the cable
broke, precipitating them down the
shaft some three hundred feet. Fourteen
hundred feet of rope piled
upon them. Three men have
been taken out, two of whom
are dead. The others are not expected
to live. 1t will be some hours before
the others can be got out.
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ALL SEREN K.

Blaine's Fraudulent Figuring Not Sum-
cent to Seat Davis-Plaisted Undoubt-
edly Elected
New YORK, September 1.-THE fol-
lowing was received this morning at the
headquarters of the National Democratic
Committee, from Portland:
The returns from 42S towns give
Plaisted 70,0l9; Davis, 70,69S. Repub-
lican majority 679. There are IS towns
and plantations to be heard from yet,
which, in 1876, gave 342 Democratic
majority, and will now give more than
l,C0O.
The Republican papers pretend to
claim majority for Davis, and are try
ing to confuse the returns to assist the
attempted fraud, but there is no doubt
of Plaisteds election.
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MARTINSBURG.
c. j. Faulkner, Jr., Nominated
for Circuit Judge-COunty Fair
Rejoicing Over Maine.

Special Dispatch to the Register.
MARTINsBURG, w. Va, Sept. II.
The Democrats of this district held a
convention here on Tuesday to nomi-
nate candidate for Judge OF this Cir
cult. Mr.. Z. j. Faulkner, Jr., of this
county, and Mr.. VIM. L. Wilson, OF JEFF
ferson, were candidates before the con-
vention. Mr.. Faulkner was nominated
on the Iirst ballot.
The nomination is a strong and good
one, and being very popular will no
doubt be elected by a good majority.
Our agricultural fair is being held this
week and the town is full Of people.
The Democrats are jubilant over
Maine. X.
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RAILRoAD BoNDs-Irregular.
STATE B0NDs-Dnll.

STATE BoNDs-Dull.
SToCHs-The market was dull the
greater portion Of the day. In early
dealings prices declined from to j per
cent. in the general list and per cent.
i'll Nashville and Chattanooga, but sub.
sequently there was a dec line OF from I 10
| per cent. In the late transactions
firm tone prevailed and the general list
advanced from ! TO II per cent, whils
the Nashville and Chattanooga rose 81
per cent. The Northwestern railroad
gains are $4,000 ior the second week of
September. Montauk Coal closed at "a
bid, in spite OF the various bear rumors
circulated, it is said, in order to depress
stock for the purpose Of buying. The
friends oil the company predict another
good advance ere long. The transfer
books of the Western Telegraph Com
pany close on Monday next for the
October election. Borrowers OF stock
have paid , and J Of per cent. for one
days use ul II and there is difference
Of 3Ggl per cent. between the contract
seller iour days and the regular.
The transactions on the Stock EX-
change aggregated 10000 shares, Of
which 6,O0O We're Lackawanna and Wes-
tern, 1890 Erie, 5000 Hannibal and
ST. Joseph, 2,iO0 Iron Mountain, 1000
Kansas and Texas, 1900 Lake Shore.
2,200 Lake Erie and Western, G,4OO
Northwestern, $500 Nashville and Chat.
tanooga, 5000 New Jersey Central,
$4,000 Ohio aud Mississippi, 1900 Pa.
cifc Mai, 10000 ST. Paul, 2,4O) 81.
Paul and Omaha. 1900 Union Pacific,
10000 Wabash Pacific, and 1900 Wes.
tern Union.
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A PHYSICIANS Testimony

hereby certify that have been a
practicing physician for twenty-seven
Years, and for many chronic cases in my
Iract;ce do recommend Warmers Sale
kidney and Liver Cure. 1t was upon
nv advice that G.. W. Stamm,. editor Oh
the Industrial Era, obtained this valuable
remedy. A. A: kAAsAf' W. -
1lbia, Io,cG, Nay "a
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VERY DELIBERATE.
An Arkansas Man Enters n
store, Buys a Revolver ana
then Kills the Proprietor.

ClSClSSNrr, September IA inns
STR special from Memphis says; Word
comes from POcahOntas, Ark, that VIM:
Means, a LAWYER, went into the store OF
Chas. Nichols, bought q pistol and then
gDiug up To- wherr Nichols was sitting on
a stove said. Prepare yourself, and
then shot him through the heart. He
went on the street saying he should
have shot Nichols q wear ago, and then
surrendered himself to the officers.
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DRY GOODS.
New York.

NEW YoRE, September l7-Dry Goods
-Jobbing trade lairly active. Cotton
goods in steady demand at first hands
and prices firm rs a rule. Prints in
moderate demand Girghams and dress
goods doing well. Clothing woo.ens
quiet. Jeans in better request and
some makes slightly higher. Foreign
goods jobblng fairly. Dry goods I'M
ports for the week S2,9l3,UO0.
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Garfield behind.

Had Hayes received only Garlield's
vote in Garfeld's district his majority in
the State weuld have been only 1913.
The Republican party has gained some-
what in Ohio since 1876. Governor
Fosters majority last year was only
1852, but he had plurality over Ew-
ing, the next highest candidate, OF IL ,4S9.
Ohio may very reasonably be put in the
l;St of 1oubtful States
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the projected primary every registered
voter who, by participation therein,
should show a purpose to support Han
cock and English. We saw and see no
reason why
Any Other Qualification should be De-
manded
OF voter. Why should the Demo
Gratis wish to place limits on their party ?
Why should they not seek and welcome
converts and recruits? Our desire is to
attract, not to repel others from Hancock
and English. We have deemed that to
be the Democratic work of the hour.
We have not supposed that the political
antecedents OF voter, nor his color,
could constitute valid refusal for re-
jecting his assistance to our case, and In
this view we have been supported by
the chairman of the National Democratic
Convention as to the policy OF seeking
to obtain for Hancock the elements OF
strength heretofore given to Republican
candidates.
Results Of the Conference.
The conference seems to have devel-
oped nothing more than the irreconcll'
ability of the views of our respective
parties, and nothing remains to US but
to appeal to the people at the ballot box
in support of our claims to give voice to
the political will of Virginia in Federal
as we'll as State affairs.
After this communication was de.
livered to the Conservative Committee,
the Readiusters' Committee adjourned
sine die.
All aope ofa Compromised an End.
RICHMOND, September 1.-THE Con.
servative Committee upon the receipt OF
the reply OF the Readjusters, appointed
a committee to prepare an address to
the people, and then adjourned, and so
ends all hopes OF compromise between
the Democratic factions.
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Struck by a Train.

CINCINNATI, September IA Tunes
S1r special from Newark, o., says:
Sephnia Winters and his wife, aged
people, were instantly killed tins morn
inc at a railroad crossing near Newark
their buggy being struck by the Baiti-
more and Ohio last line train east.
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C1nclnDAyI.

CIxcrSSATI, September l7.-Cotton-
Firm and higher at &c. Flour Steady
and unchanged. Wheat-Active but
lower; No. . amber 95996c; No. 2 red
winter 97@9Sc. Corn - Dull; No. :
mixed 4ilc. Oats-Dull; No. 2 mixed
32ic. Rye-Firm; No. 2 94G95c. Bar.
ley-Ouiet and unchanged. Pork-Dull
at sl6 OOl6l6 %. Lard - Dull and
dropping at IS 62lCr s 20. Bacon-ln
fair demand at 6iG9!d9ic. Whisky
AtSl II. Butter = Easier; choice west,
ern Reserve 23925c; choice Central
Ohio 20G 22c.
Pittsburgh.
PITTSBURGH, September H.-Petrole
um-Dull; crude firm At 81 lot at ParA
er's for shipment; refined lOic iol
Philadelphia delivery.
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SKIPPED OUT.
Two Hard Characters Pick the
Locks of Their Handouts and

CINcISyATI, September l7.-Nicholas
Kohl, indicted for murder in the second
degree for killing Joseph Roa, and Harry
Newhall, indicted for grand larceny,
after pleading to the indictments in the
court this morning and while on their
way back to Jail picked the lock OF the
handouts uniting them and escaped.
Kohl was recaptured, but NewhaIl IS
still at large.
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FOUND GUILTY.
Report OF L. >. Inspectors in
the NIrrdgansett Collision
(uSR

Auf &NAAid- Ah'Cht NNh-oa'h
Case.
Nav YORK, Sept. 1.-THE Graphic
saws. The United States Steamboat In
soectOrs have forwarded from London
their report Of the investigation into the
cause Of the collision in June last, be-
tween the Narragansett and Stonington
line ot sound steamers. The findings
OF the inspectors are To the ELECT that
the Providence and StoningtOn Steam
boa, COMPANY has been guilty of num-
Der of violations OF the laws and rules
governing steamboat navigation. For
these violations penalties are imposed
upon the company which aggregate
s. 900, and which become a lien on the
Narrlgausptt. The Inspectors find that
CAPTAIN Young, OF the Narragansett,
ami Captain Nye, OF the Stonlngton,
were at fault. They revoke 1oung's
license and refuse Nye's license, which
exoired some time back.
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A Publisher Fails.

New York, September H.-William
Rodde, Publisher Of German books has
male an assignment. Liabilities $780,
OOg, which viii be paid in full.
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MINISTERIAL CRISIS,
Tho French Cabinet Making it hot for
IA aErayninet

Tho French Cabinet Making 1t Hot Tor
DeFreycinet.
LONDON, September 1.-THE Stand,
ards Paris dispatch says: The council
OF Ministers on Thursday lasted over
two hours. 1t is said to have been a
stormy one.
LONDON, September IA Paris dis
patch says a Ministerial crisis is in
creasingly imminent. Premier De-
Freyclnet has President Crews support,
but all the other Ministers oppose
him.