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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-02-21


There Is an immense amount OF spare
money in this country at this time. The
best estimate Is that we have in the shape
Of paper, gold and silver, almost 81 ,3OO,'
0OO0OO. A large amount Of gold has dis
appeared from sight and gone, as the
theory Is, into the boxes and stockings of
The people, especially the people Of the
West. Acting on this idea Of an immense
volume Of money, and Of presumed
readiness Of tho people to part with 1t In
exchange for good securities, Congress has
ventured TO pass three per cent funding
bill, and three per cent certificates are 10
be offered to the public in small denomi'
nations for thirty days prior 10 asking for
sealed proposals from bankers and Syndl'
Gates. II is supposed that q popular
furOre will set In for them, like unto the
demand for four per cent Certiacates
This is the theory.ot some people, but IL
is not the judgment Of experienced finati'
Cien like the Secretary Of the Treasury
and the Comptroller oi the Currency, nor
Of the leading bankers in the East. They
have expressed very grave doubts Of the
success Of a three per cent loan. This
doubt on their part is considerably
strengthened by the action Of certain
National banks In New York on Saturday
last whereby they have taken steps 10
Surrender their circulation and 90 out Of
the National system.
1t Ia asserted by Secretary Sherman
that no government has yet succeeded in
negotiating three per cent loan at par,
ana 1t Is notorious that English Consols,
bearing three per cent interest, have sci.
dom touched par. II this is the case in
England, where capital is content with
small earnings what are We 10 expect Ia
this country where money can always
find something better than a three per
cent investment
The titth section Of the.iundinV bill a
II has passed, compels the National b.nka
to substitute these three per cent bopds
for their five and six per cents. This IA
calleda compulsory process, and such II IA,
but like many other attempts at compul.
sorry legislation II may fail. II Ia con.
slrnad IS an act Of hostility TO the banks.
dictated by the chronic enmiLy oil Ger.
tain class oil politicians against these ins.
ti.utions. II 1t accomplishes no other
result than to drive The National banks
out oil the system, these hostile persons
will probably rejoice, but IL is a question
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Good Scheme 10 Hire some Impecuni0un
Individual TO shoulder the RespOnsI.
bIIIty.
New YoRk, February 20.-Col. Hadley
writes to the newspapers that he never
saw or heard Of the "Morey Letter" urtil
after its publication, and suggests that the
proper authorities offer a reward Of from
5000 to $25 900 for the author, and i'm.
munity from punishment To the person
who did write The letter II he will make
himself known, II being understood that
neither himself nor any member or agent
Of The Democratic Committee shall receive
the reward or immunity. The Colonel
further proposes that II the authorities
guarantee immunity he will undertake
10 placs any reward agreed on within the
sum named In the National Bank TO the
credit Of the Committee, who shall have
the authority to pay II over.
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sHAwSEErowS, ltL., February lO.-The
jury brought In verdict Of guilty In the
case Of the People vs.. Everty, for the
murder Of Bowman the Gath day Of Decsm.
Der last EvertY isa young man about
twenty .one, smooth face, but has q hard
look. The sentence was twenty-five years
in the penitentlary, and ho did not seem
to care any more for II than II II had been
btit one,
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great operator, "Our $6000OO0O0 will
seek reinvestment. A considerable part
OF this money will come into the street.
There are thousands OF people who have
Just money enough to live upon at 8 per
cent interest; as long as the Government
paid that rate, they were Contented. They
cannot live upon three per cent; accord
inRly they will divide their money, One
portion OF 1t will go into three per cents
fnr the sake ol the security; the remainder
OF 1t will be put into securities where 8 or
s per cent will be paid, These people will
try to average ON per cent"
ut all depends" said another, upon
whether people will take three per cent
bonds at par. II they will there will be
smooth sailing; II they wont, am going
10 turn bear. | don't feel much distur bed
over the bank talk. The banks have had
pretty nice thing for fifteen years, VI
course they don't want to take less than
they have been getting"
An imaginative operator declares that
he sees signs OF q combination between
Vanderbilt, Gould and Huntington 10 con-
troll not only the Pacific railroad business,
but nearly oil the trunk line business oil
the country,
The stockholders Of the Western Union
Telegraph Company held meeting to-day
10 vote on the proposed increase OF capt.
tai stock; 325, ,0H shares were voted in
favor OF the increase, and 100 shares
against it.
1t was reported late yesterday afternoon
that Mr.. Jay Could had bought out the
interest which the MCOalmonts,o ,of London,
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NEBRASKA, IND, February 10.-Patrick
Mitchell, a farmer, who lived about three
miles south Of this place, suicided yester-
day by drowning himself in his cistern.
lie was u man Of excellent habits, who
lived happily with his family, and was es.
tetmed by all who knew him. He had
been resident In this vicinity nearly thirty
years. No cause can be assigned for the
deed. The deceased leaves q wife and
grown daughter In good circumstances,
who mourn his loss, and they have the
sympathy Of the entire community.
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CmoAGo, February l9.-The Daily 7tle.
graph, of this city, announces the discon-
tinuance Of It's Sunday edition, and be-
lieves 1t will meet with the approval Of its
patrons. 1t says: "No man can do the
very best work OF which lie Ia capable for
more than elk days. Men who work with
their heads and men who work with their
hands, deserve one days rest in seven. A
little observation will convince any one
that big Sunday paper makes lean
Monday paper.
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steamer faiTpIay and WharEB0RI
HuFnel-One Life Lost,

New ORLEANS, February 20,-A Demo
Graf special from Monroe, La, says the
steamer Fairplay, with 800 bales oi cotton,
the wharf.boat Katie, with 500 bales ol
cotton and a large lot Of merchandise,
were destroyed by a fire this morning.
The fire Ia supposed to be incendiary.
Loss estimated at $4,000; insurance S4O,.
OOO. The officers Of the Fairplay barely
escaped with, their liyes. Most OF them
had to leave the boat In their night clothes.
Captain Rabun, and Thomas Aber, clerk,
had their faces and hands badly burned.
Eddie Hancock, printer, perished in the
flames,
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SEYMOUR, IND, February l9.-Yesterday
evening little child OF Andrew A. Con.
ner. ex.township trustee, while playing
with a large bulldog that had always
been docile and we'll disposed, was bitten
In the face In a horrible manner. One
aide Of It's nose was torn completely
away and the chin and mouth were
badly laCerated. Dr. Galbraith was
called and hastily dressed the wound.
The dog was shot. Many fear that he
was affected with hydrOphobia.
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INDIANAPOLIS, 1Np, February l9.-Mrs.
David Cooper on returning to her home,
on Christian avenue, this city, about lup.
per time, was greeted with the sight Of
her servant girls dead body. She had
shot herself, using q small pistol. Her
name was Bessie Adams, formerly Of Dan.
vile, This State. She WAS twenty years
old, and has been dsspondent for several
laVH paAt,
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TAKEN ON THE spOT.
A SpOOk's. Invasion Of n Photograph
tAllerY.


WArNEsvILLE, o., February 19,-Our
town lie In q ieryent excitement over q
haunted photograph gallery. For more
than week the artist, Mr.. W. F. Slater,
has been unable 10 take q picture, owing
TO the appearance OF the figure Of an old
gentleman behind the sitters. Until TO.
day he failed TO hold the shadow on the
negative, but he Is now able 10 print the
ghost, who looks like fine old man OF
fifty, dressed in olden style. The artists
bottles and negatives have been shaken,
bis lamp blown out, &C., and he Is scared
so that nothing would induce him 10 spend
the night there. Old residents revive the
story Of q peddler being murdered fifty
years ago, In the building in which the
gallery lei in fact, they say bis body was
thrown into well which ls Immediately
under the gallery. But those who have
seen the ghosts picture say that he was
never O peddler when In the flesh.
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twenty-five EntrIeS For the Cham Ion.
AhIb walk.

New YoRk, February i9.-Entries for
ths coming walk at Madison sq1Are Gar.
den, for a belt presented by OLeary and
championship Of America, closed tonight.
The number Of entries Is twenty-five, com.
pfising the following names; Jos. Allen,
Daniel burns, W. Bendlgs, ", BafdsLfidge,
Bsnjamln C1rran, John Ennis. Thomas
Golden, John Hughes, T, II. Hart, Geo.
Henakef, T. Krohh, Richard Lacouse, j.
q. Mdlgfew, Owen MCCARTHY, Peter j..
PanCholt, Pierce Ryan, David Seaman,
N. lyman, Harry Howard, and three 1n:
kanWn.
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VIZ concur.i in one Of the views express
eJ by "Ctizeu" in his article in another
column. There should be no exemptions
from taxation granted to the Baltimore
and Ohio Company, or any other COM
papy "a an induCement to build road
through tho city, An exemption from
taxation, to run in perpetuity, Is wrong in
principle. We do not know what We are
signing away when we make such an
agreement. We had much better pay
down whatever we are willing to pay
than to grant an exemption from taxation
Of this sort,
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AT THE CAPITAL.
GOSSIP GRAVE AND GAY AT THE
SEAT OF GOVERNMENT.
Arrangements for GRrGeld's InRuEuEA-
IIon Fernando woods Funeral
Prospects aud Possibilities OF
Legislative Action by the
Present Congress.
AN EXTRA SESSION.
senator Edmuuds EXeFtIpE Himself 10
Secure One.

Secure One.
WAsHINTToN, February l9.- Senator
Edmunds has determined, 1t is understood
on the best authority. that the country
needs an extra session Of Congress, and
that it is his duty as leader in the pres
ent Congress to bring this good thing To
pass, lie never falters when duty COM
mands, and he does not ialter now, He
has already conferred not only with his
Republican colleagues OF the Senate, but
with leading Republicans OF the House,
aud has urged them In strong terms 10
such action or non.aCtion as would render
an extra session OF the Forty.seventh
Congress inevitable. lie thinks 1t IL un.
derstood that there should be an extra
session, II for no other reason 80 that
committees may be appointed to go
South and investigate the alleged dis.
iranchisement oil Colored kspubli-
cans He thinks, too, that the new House
should organize at once. He hopes, 1t ia
understood, that some bill necessary to be
passed may be delayed until the 4th OF
March without action. But even II this
should not occur he will urge the calling
Of an extra session. There Is q possibility
that an extra session may be necessary,
but only a possibility. Two weeks yet
remain. The appropriation bills are well
in hand, and the Refunding bill 10 In such
shape that 1t will soon be- In the hands
OF the President, These are the only
necessary ones, although the River and
Harbor bill IL watched with more soliCi.
tude by many members. It's failure would
not occasion an extra session. Still, II the
appropriation bills are not all laws be.
fore tits reported to the Senate, Edmunds,
by flibustering against 1t, can prevent the
passage Of an essential bill, and the extra
session must be called.
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CAPE COAST CASTLE, February lO.-rhe
beginning Of hostilties is momenLatily ex.
psCted. The Ashantees are thiee days
march from here. Four hundred and hity.
one troops and the crew Of gunboat have
arrived, and some gatlings have been
landed,
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PAREERsBuRo, W. VA, February TO-
Allonzo Tuttls, charged with stealing and
carrying of locomotive, an account oI
which we gave yesterday, was acquitted
Yesterday al noon. The deianse set Up
The plea Of insanity, and the jury acqult
ted him on that plea.
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LONDON, o., February l9.-syme sheAu,
Of Monroe Township, was arrested to-day
by Officer Kennedy, and handed over to
u. =. Marshal Timothy Haley, on achargo
OF selling liquor without license. lie was
taken 10 Columbus this afternoon, where
be will have a hearing before Commits.
sinner Guerin,
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A FRIEND calls our, attention to an i'm
portant error in our calculation Of Satur.
day last in regard 10 the profits OF national
banking on the basis Of three per cent
bonds. He points outlthst in. addition to
the i've per cent redemption fund required
to bs kept on hand at Washington, there
is an additional requirement Of fifteen per
cent reserve to be kept lin the vaults oil
each national bank as security for its notes.
This is correct. The law requires this
fifteen per cent reserve In the smaller
cities and towns, and twenty-five per cent
in the large cities. Our calculation ofdeduC.
tions was based on the calculation submit.
ted by the Comptroller Of the Currency in
the recent interview between himself and
The Senate Finance Committee, as given on
page IS Of the published report, He makes
nodeduCtions In the formula submitted by
him to the Committee other than those we
gave, and on page % Of the report he Is
quoted as saying that by the act Of June
2Oth, 1874 the reserves required to be
KEEP! on hands iu the vaults OF the banks
are no longer required. The Revised
Statutes oil the United States, however,
section 5l0l, shows that the reserves are
still required. This being the case we re-
wise our table as submitted on Saturday,
as follows:
$4,000 hank capital ln per cent
o. s. bonds Yields zee. ..................." 5000
Ninety per cent circulation Issued 10
sid bIhk lI".,. ..................."."m 500, 900
Leu IS per cent ressrVe"... ............... 1880
SfGbO0
Less per cent for redemption fund :. s. 1900
$4,000
Sli per cent Interest on $4,000 yields A,aao
$3.50
pAiici pOr cent lax on circulation. 9O0
t6,42O
The 100000 capital loaned al 6Pef o,o
cent would yISld..",...,'""'..".''"''' o'OVV
Dlssronrs in ayor nj eIreulallon..,,,,, 500
In othsr:words, a, bank would not make
hehalt Of one per cent on circulation oil
con nNn
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DUBLIN, February 2O.-Parnell addressed
$1,000 people at Glare, Kings county, to.
day and was received by large crowds
with great enthusiasm at the railroad
stations on the route. He advised the
people, especially the tenants, to remain
firm, and congratulated himself on having,
by obstruction IL Parliament, prevented
the suspension Of habeas corpus seven
weeks.
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SATURDAY SINS.
A CRIMINAL RECORD OF START
LING CHARACTER.
Murder, BuIcIde aud BAseF Grimes Of
DePrRVed HumAnIIy-OHeHSe ExPi-
ated or PAIIlRted- Pun
Ishment Melted Out 0IheF
Affairs Everywhere.
MOB LAW TENNESSEE.
bickenIng Scenes ~ Springfield YesIer
dny Morning,

dny Morning.
sPRINaPIELD, TENN, February l9.-Just
before the lyuChing Of the Ave LaPrade
murderers last night, Jim Elder asked for
time to pray, when one OF the mob asked
him, ibid you give LaPrade time to
prayH" Elder responded, "No, did
NOT" when he was swung over the railing
Of the veranda Of the Court House.
The scene Of FIVE dead men hanging from
the railing Of the Court House this morn.
Ing was ol q most siCkening character, the
eyes OF the murderers seeming ready to
pop out, while the tongues OF several OF
them hung from their mouths. They were
not cut down until eight o'clock this mora
Ing, and an inquest held over the bodies.
OF course verdict OF "ieath from the
hands Of parties unknown" was returned,
as the mob would not permit match 10
be lighted last night, and extinguished all
lights In the Court House alter they had
secured the prisoners.
II ls reported that the mob also lynch.
ed Duffy, who turned States evidence,
last night. On his and Murphy's release
on y nolle pros. the evening previous, they
went back TO the neighborhood In which
the murder OF LaPrade was committed.
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New YORK, February l9.-Itis claimed
by officers OF the Oregon railway and
Navigation company, that the friends OF
that company have secured control OF the
Northern Pacific railroad. A fund of
IS 900 600 was raised short time ago for
the purpose Of securing control OF the
property. The largest subscriben were
Henry Willard, President oi the Oregon
Railway and Navigation company; VIM.
Endlcott, Jr, OF Boston, and George NJ.
Pullman. The reason for seeking to
control the Northern Pacific is said to be
the probability Of that Company's build.
Ing q, line along the Columbia river
practically parallel with the line OF
the Oregon Company, It is now the in-
tention OF the company to make the con-
neclton between the two roads at Aius.
worth and thus to avoid the building OF a
rival line, No changes In the present
management OF the Northern Pacific have
been made yet and 1t is said to be probable
that none will be made until the annual
meeting In September. II ia understood
that President Billings, OF the Northern
Pacific, has taken no part In the move.
ment, but that he has not disposed OF his
interest, Il is claimed by officers OF the
Oregon Railway and Navigation Company
that the change Of ownership will hasten
rather than delay the completion Of the
road.
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DETROIT, MIcH,, February l0-A very
large and enthusiastic meeting Of citizens
was held this evening to take action look
Ing to the suppression OF variety theaters
and low concert halls, excepting a few
places IN the city, This action was called
out by the refusal Of Mayor Thompson to
renew licenses to these places, and incl
dentally To the action OF the Police Jus
tice refusing to issue warrants upon Com.
plants made for violation OF the liquor
law, as to keeping open saloons after 10 =.
M,selling tomiuors, keeping open Sundays,
r.
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sloux Cry, February i9.-Fred. Ian.
yon's house at River Sioux, was burned
yesterday while Mrs. Lsnyon was getting
breakfast. When the fire was discovered
Il was loo late TO save their only child, a
baby OF ten months, asleep up stairs.
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VOLUME XXIX.-NUMBER l56,
REDUCID TO ASHES.
An IndianapOlIS DOcISF pat Through The
PFOceRN,

WASHINGTON, Penn, February ls.-
The remains Of DR.. Konradin Hamburg,
OF Indianapolis, Ind, were cremated here
to-day. The ashes will be sent to Charles
sochner, the executor, who, with friend,
accompanied the remains to this place.
Deceased was born in Bavaria, Germany,
and after moving to this country practiCed
medicine fifty.fve years, He was never
married.
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HARRlsoSDuRa, VA, February 2O.-A
freight train on the Valley railroad was
wrecked by slide short distance from
Fort Defiance. The depot agent at liar.
risonburg, John W. Aler, was probably
fatally injured, although the tain was
completely wrecked no other persons
were seriously hurt.
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Vasais, ar Matte

NEw PHILADELPHIA, o., February 49,
The jury In the case Of Samuel Brown, the
leglesS cripple, on trial for attempting to
rape the eighL.yeafold daughter Of y.
Quillen, brought In a verdict this morning
Of assault with intent 10 commit rape"
Brown will likely receive his sentence
Monday,
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Ghs QnteIti9furer.
onc. No.. % aud q IoaElssn.n slsse.

c,xrnAL HAScocE is going to attend
.,s inauguration OF General Garfield
.a1 y, ,n =. s,Sc.rul and creditable on the part
It,Ss ~, 4 General, and shows that he wasnot
,,orbled with a sors'head'
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Tpr CincinnaG Enquir" OF yesterday
,.tas avery buoyant view of the business
.,sIook, It says; "There is lively look
.'I s,onnd, and business generally looks
=. CHEEKY as the coming summer sun
,hine.n
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DEER TRAIL, CoL., February 19.-W. A.
Middlemock, a well known and wealthy
stockman, was found twelve miles north
OF Rivetbend yesterday, frozen to death
also two Of four horse team which lie
was driving, were frozen and the others
are in bad condition, having been there
since Monday.
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OF the amount paid in 1879, 90 70 per
rent were for city purposes, and the other
"a 70 per cent were for school purposes.
of the 1880 taxes, so SO per cent were
for city purposes, and the other 80 So per
cant were for schools.