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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-02-11

WASHINGTON, February 1O.-At meet
ing OF the Ways and Means Committee,
Mr.. Mckinley reported the following Sub.
Btitute for Mr.. Townaend's (ohio) bill in
relation 10 the duties on manufactures oil
iron, &C., which was accepted BY vote oil
six to four, and A favorable report ordered
Belt enacted. &c That the paragraph oi
section 2504, revised statutes, which reads
as iollows: Manufactured articles, vessels
and wares, not otherwise provided lor, oi
brass, iron, lead, pewter and tin or other
metals, except gold, silver, platina, cop.
per, steel, or OF which either Of these met.
ale shall be the component material oil
chief value, thirty five per centum al Va.
loren, be and the same Is hereby amended
by adding thereto the following ptoyiso:
Provided, That In no case shall the duty
on any manufactured article be less than
the duty on the material Of chief value
from which II Ia manufactured.
The vote Upon its adoption was!
AYRs-Messts. Phelps, Kelly, Conger,
FRYE, Duhnell and MCkinley-0 ,
NAYs-Messrs. Tucker, Morrison, Mills
and CAtlisle-4.
Mr., Patton did not vote.
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Rev. jenkins, Of orrvllle, q town be-
tween Wooster and Massilon, has been in
vited by the Presbyterian Church tc
preach here on Sunday after next.
The nail works will quit work Thursday
evening, being out OF iron. The boilers
are out Of coal and cannot make any iron,
Those who have to use the road from
here to bridgeport may rejoice, as the
bridge over Whisky run is about finished,
and that difficult ford will be unneCes
sary.
William White, an aged farmer living
on the Robinson Keyser farm adjoining
town, died Wednesday night.
The country people livingup MCMahon's
creek are moving TO have better roads. A
meeting will be held Monday evening, at
the Tunnel school house, 10 discuss the
matter, especially tho Trough run road.
Many Of our pavements that were. lately
out OF sight under the ice, are now prepar.
Ing 10 20 under the mud. The bricks tilt
under loot.
Bellaire Lodge, No. 37S, l. .0.o.F., Is
requested to meet Friday evening at seven
o'clock. All the members are respectfully
urged TO attend, business OF importance
being on hand. Members OF other lodges
are invited also.
viii Porterfeld and Fred Clinton have
obtained patent on lantern.guard.
The Nail Works are adding come more
nail.maChines to the factory.
]. Dow Wright, electrician, oil Belmont,
,,,.a IL. kn,1t, TharaIaty
W. II. Lowry, fellow student Of
Messrs. Pollock and LucCoCk, who have
lately preached here, will preach at the
Presbyterian Church next Sunday. He is
highly spoken Of as a preacher by both
MI. LuCCoCk and Mr.. Pollock.
Abram Capito and James Jones are co n.
testing for solid silver watch, on exhi.
bition in GRATIS window, for the, benefit
OF the Second NJ. E. Church. Decision to
be made at o festival March 4th.
The creek is out over the bottom, and
Ice Is running out little.
Our drinking water is very muddy just
at present.
Men were at work around the ferry.
boat Thursday, getting her ready to 20
safely of on the water, which at this
writing has Just reached here.
Dr.. Grafton Is able to be out again on
the streets.
Annie Ward Tiffany's troupe, in the
Child stealer, will appear at Zich's Hall,
Wednesday night next.
Ex.PoliCeman Michael Curran, Wednes'
day evening entertained bis late assoCi
ates and the Mayor at his home. A neat
lantern with engraved globe was present.
ed to Mr.. Ourran.
Wilson Lucas was the successful con.
testant for the rocking chair, and Miss
Allie MCPHERSON got the gold ring al the
u. u. o. q. +. festival. R,C.F.
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TIlE IIANn Or nIiNSlA.
How shc Played II Among the AfRhHnS
AFaInat England.

LONDON, February 1O.-The most impor.
tant documents In the RuSso.Afghan cor.
respondenCe captured by the British in
Cabul. and which Lord Lytton, late Vice.
roy Of India asked should be laid before
Parliament as Russis's Interference in Al.
CHAN affairs are a draft OF secret treaty
In August, 1878, negotiated BY Stolieto[T,
BY which Russia bound herself 10 perpetual
| ifiendship with Afghan and undertook 10
assist the Ameer against his foreign enc.
mics, and by which the Ameet agreed Ia
communicate with tie Russian General
Kaufman, on all matters Of Importance
In October, 1873, stolietoiI wrote from IL
yadla to the Afghan foreign minister az
follows: The enemy oi your famous reli
gion wants TO make peace with you
through the Sultan Of Turkey. Yor
should look 10 your brothers on the othei
side Of the river and make peace openly
But In secret prepare Of war.
The correspondence also reveals plat
for melting rebellion among the Moham
medans In Gndis,
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A DAYS DISASTER.
LOSS OF LIFE AND DESTRUCTION OF
PROPERTY.
FFightfuI Fatality al q Pennsylvania
Railroad AcGiLent-TWO Fatal TX
PIOsIOna-W -WaFnIng to Boys who
Slide ON BalusIers-bhIps
Supposed 10 be Lost.
MISSING STEAMERS.

NnmbeF OF Ocean Vessels Overdue, and
several OF Them Undoubtedly Lost.
New YoRK, February lO.-None Of the
missing steamers have beel heard from
to-day, and some are undoubtedly lost.
The two which attract the greatest atten-
ton are the Batavia, OF the Cunard Line,
and the Bristol City. The Batavia had q
large passenger list, mostly New Workers.,
The Oompauy's agents are unwilling to
believe that she has gone down, 1t was
thought that the steamer Bothnis
would haYe some news, but that yessel re-.
ports that they did not see a sail from
leaving Queenstown until of Fire Island,
The names OF the ships company are In
the London office, while the Cunard
agents refuse to identify the yes.
sci sighted within q couple Of
hundred miles OF Queenstown. The
Messrs. Arkell, Pearl street, believe they
seq in the description OF the vessel the
steamship Bristol City, out A days, and
even allowing for the unusually heavy
weather OF the last two months, 80 days
over due and heavily laden with grain,
She was only supplied with coal for a
short trip, and with either broken ma.
Chinery or running out OF coal her passage
would necessarily be long one,
Mr.. Arkel refuses to believe
the vessel lost, but admits be
Is extremely anxious. Mr.. Arkell adds
II we should not hear from her in another
fortnight shall consider she has found.
cred. II the steamer IL still ahoat she will
be in no trouble. She has plenty Of spare
material and stores, and II the latter
should run short she Is laden forward
with cheese, hams, bacon, butter and
-four, so that 1t would only be necessary
for The crew 10 open the hatChways to
secure all they might need.
The crew consisted oil twenty.seyen off.
GERS. and men, mostly English, and the
vessel is fully insured, while most Of the
cargo Is covered at two.thirds OF the prob.
able selling value. The Bristol City has
no passengers, OF the steamer Josephine,
on Ship Island, said be, II
nothing should be saved Of the vessel or
cargo, the loss will be about 100000.
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REAGAN'S WRATH
LEADS HIN To SAY SOME UNPLAS,
ANT THINGS
About Sunset Cox, Whom He Calls "a
Polite SlnndCrer" aud story Teller
The EmberS Of Rn Old Fire
Raked over aud lie.
kindIcd by Him.

WAsuINaroN, February ~ In the
House to-day Mr, Reagan asked that the
River and Harbor Appropriation bill be
taken up in Committee OF the Whole,
This motion Mr., Cox antagonized, want.
ing to take up his reapportionment meas.
ure. He reflected somewhat on Mr..
Reagan's disposition to push his bill for.
ward at the expense OF all others.
Mr.. Reagan responded that tho III.
natured and ungenerous filings at the Com.
mitlee on Commerce for diachargiug ita
duty to the country were beneath con.
Tempt Tho gentleman from New York
Cox had meant to mako o fling at him
Reagan personally, He could generally
afford to let the gsntleman's darts fall
harmless from the shield which hU could
never penetrate because Of that sense OF
reCitude which shrank from no duty, The
gentleman from New York had last year
appeal ed 10 the committee for seven mil
lion. dollars for the improvement OF the
Harlem river. He [Reagan] appealed to
the Committee OF tho Whole to adopt the
bill without amendment, for II the bill was
subject 10 amendment 1t would In the end
appropriate sixteen or eighteen million.
Mr.. Cox said 1t had never been charged
against him even by implication, that hO
had pursued his private interest at the
expense ot general interest,
Mr.. Reagan-DOes the gentleman in.
tend TO assume by implication that have
done soP | demand an answer.
The answer not being satisfactory, he
again demanded Of Mr., Cox il he [Coxl
had intended to intimate that he Reagan
had acted dishonesty.
Mr.. COx's reply, which could not be
heard, was evidently unsatisfactory, for
MIR. Reagan's next remark was that Mr..
Cox was AZ polite slanderer as he had
ever seen, and man capable OF making
false statements within parliamentary
rules.
Mr.. Cox lin an irrilated manner]-W
the gentleman left the House year ago
he left it with parting shot at mo, be.
cause lstood by the Union. Applause
and hiSses, In the midst Of which Mr..
Reagan made some angry remarks about
the gentleman from New York W being q
"demagogue Of that type"
While Mr.. Cox was making reply Mr.. |
Reagan interrupted, and Mr.. Cox said; ~
will not make al issue with the gentleman
here or elsewhere, but l am sure II he
makes an iesue with mo out OF the House
| will use harpoon and so got the aJvant.
age oil him. LRghter.] have no re.
proaChes to make, but being irritated by
did make slight remark
which recall and for which | am sorry.
.ApplsusG,]
MIR. Reagan called Mr.. Cox 5 attention to |
The fact that he [Reaganl had had the
naRnanimity 10 keep the "parting shot"
Q which he alluded out Of the record.
The bill was then considered.
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NEW YoRK, February 10.-The Coro'
ner's jury to-day in the case Of Jane Car
hart, who was struck by a lighted lamp
thrawn by her brother, Neil McGrew, and
burned to death, returned a verdict hold
Ing MCGrew gu lty Of causing her death.
MCGrew has not yet been arrested. In
the case oil Ann Cunningham, the woman
alleged 10 have been burned TO death by
Peter Garfield, who poured kerosene oil
on her clothes and then set fire 10 them
with match, the CorUner's Jury returned
0 verdict that Bhe came TO her death al
the hands OF Garfield, and he was com
mitted to the Tombs on the charge Of mur
iar
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Fatal All ExnIoslop.

sr. PAUL, February lO.-At $3.50 this
morning an explosion occurred In the oil
refinery Of Archibald 4 schurmire, fol.
lowed by fire, that destroyed the whole
works. The building was constructed last
season and was three stotiesin height and
built oil stone. The building and lixtureH
probably coat from $4,000 10 $4,000,
The loss on tho stock will reach nearly
100000. The entire insurance iB $4,000.
The Superintendent OF the works, James
Mulby, wholptely came here from Chicago,
perished In the building. The engineer
had narrow escape after the explosion.
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tcAoo, February 10 -rbs Drovsn'J Journal

CHtCAGo February 10 The DroveB' Journal
ifoes-Reoelpts 1900 head shipments
s,OOO head. Market steady with fair dc.
nland and quality inferior; mixed packing
81 2Oa5 90; choice heavy 50 6OaO O0; extra
good 50 lOa0 25; light 20 3Oa5 90; closed
easier.
CaLlle-Receipts 600 head: shipments
2BUO head. Market steady and fairly active
common 70 falr shipping 81 coal 0Ol rood u
choice "a Sja5 Is exports % 4Oa6 IS; butch.
ers strong and active at tg Grni 90; iat bull,
In good deinaud at % OOa4 CO., stOCkers' 50 W
as 6O; feeders % s0aI 90.
Sheep-lieceipts 1000 head; shipments
l,lOO head. Market dull and tending down.
ward decline since last week fully 81 cents
common To medium "a UOa4 6O; good 10
choice "a 75a5 80.
TOLEDO, February i0.-Wheat opened dull
and closed steady; amber Michigan slO4; No.
2 red Wabash, March 81 05A; April 81 OK;
May 81 00N. Corn dull; No. 2, II iIGci dam.
aged 39c Oats dull No. 2, 3lHc. Glover
quiet; No. 2 mammoth 81 90. Dressed Hogs
50 90.
NEw ORLEANS, February 10 Cotton steady
middling Ike; low mlddIing lOTc; good
ordinary DfC; net receipts 1850 bnhs
gross receipts S,i3i bales; exports 10 Great
britain 1900 bales coastwise 1900 bales
sales 8 600 bales stock 276,UOO bales.
CiEciNSArr. February 10. - Hogs steady
common 81 35a5 % lisht y 3Oa5 10, packinI
S5 SSa6 10; butchers Is 70ab 90. Receipts 2,
100 head shipments !, 400 head.
NEw ORLEANS, February lO.-sug hrmer
inferior 10 good common 6ha6jEC, common
to good common 6a8lIc yellsw clarified IN
7Xc. Others unchanged,
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necessity, they are forced into remedial
measures, Hence We are quite willing to
see even crude allegations and crude thso'
ries Of correction discussed in the LegislR'
ture, although q great deal Of time is con-
sumed in getting at the facts and still more
in getting at something practical in the
way OF correCtives. A disclosure Of relia-
BILE facts is great advantage, and in fact
the great necessity in this business. Pub
liCity Of things as they actually exist is oil
incalCulable benefit, and here comes in
the advantages Of intelligent and reliable
commissioners. They investigate, compare
and report facts, and afford basis for in.
telligent discussion and legislation. The
great trouble with most OF the periodical
raids on the railroads in the legislatures Of
the country is that they proceed upon
very insufficient data in the way Of facts,
The railroad commissioners OF MassaChu.
sets, headed by Charles Francis Adams,
Jr., have been men OF such intelligence,
character and moderation, that they have
been ableoi themselves, by means Of PAINS
taking conferences with the railroads,
to reconcile and remedy the complaints Of
the public, and there Is probably no State
in the Union where the equities OF the
transportation business are better under.
stood and observed. II We could have
something OF the kind In West Virginia
1t would Rave vast amount Of misunder.
standing, a great consumption oi time
during legislative sessions, and a great
deal Of bad blood. The latest report is-
sued by the Railroad Commissioners OF
Georgia show how such an institution has
worked down there, They Sliude to the
subject as follows:
"SinCe the organization OF the Commits.
sion very material reductions In rates have
been effected as q result Of It's operations,
and much has been done In the way OF
graduating and equalizing rates to stand.
ards. One OF the most useful effects OF the
labors OF the Commission has been to en-.
large mutual knowledge OF the railroads
and tho public, and to bring each to q
clear recognition OF the rights and duties
OF the other. Increased knowledge oil rates
has been achieved, and the tendency re.
sulting from our work has been to reduce
speculation and encourage reliance for
success on sound business principles"
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swanLn NlalIrlles on lhe iron Trnde.

PHILADELPHIA, February lO,-The sta
tlstics OF the iron trade oil the United
States, taken under the supervision OF
James M. swauk, are complete, and a
summarized statement OF tho results will
be ready for the Census Department in
the course Of a few weeks, but 1t will be
several months before the report In detail
Is ready for the printer. Returns have
been received from every mill in the
United States, and the classes embraced In
the census being bar, plate, sheet and
hoop irons, all other forms Of rolled iron
and steel rails, Bessemer open hearth and
crucible steels, and the product OF the
torges and bloomeries. .-----.
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nORKIBLE COLLIERY RxPLOsION.
Fatal IndIscreIOn Of Coal Miner At
Salem, Ohio.

CLEVELAND, February l0,-A iightiu
explosion occurred to-day at P, o. Man
zer & Co.'s coal mine at Robbins, on the
Niles 4 New Lisbon railroad, with an ap'
palling loss Of lie,
A Leader special from the scene OF the
explosion, q few miles south OF Salem
says that man named Smith was going
into the mine, and that the superintend'
ent cautioned him about going into GER
tain room as 1t contained fire
damp, but as the way was dry,
while around the track was filled with wa.
ter, Smith disObeyed the orders and at,
tempted to pass through the forbidden
room with lighted lamp In his hand. I'm.
med!stely terrific explosion occurred, In
which q hole was blown through fifteen
feet OF earth composing the roof and carry.
ing death and destruction all around.
There were about twenty men at work
at the mine, six Of whom were killed out.
right, and number dangerously wound
ed. A mule and train Of eight cars were
shot out Of the mine entrance as II from q
cannon. Another mule, drawinga car in
which q man was seated, was blown on
top OF the car and killed the driver.
A dog was also blown out OF the mine.
One man, named Jackson, who was Just
entering was blown back and over a high
railroad embsnkmentinto the creek below,
and was badly hurt. The men who were
not disabled or killed escaped through q
shalt to the open air. The killed are
James Logan and son, ], Mehan, VIM.
Haley, Geo. II. Wood. Ed Smith, the man
who caused the explosion, was badly
mutilated and his body burned to crisp.
The wounded are james Crouch, Robert
Haley, Ed. Oreighan, John Aiken, Peter
Wilson and two brothers, nearly all badly
hurt and 1ome will die.
Mrs, Griffith had gone to the door oil
the mine to call her sou, when the ex.
plosion occurred. She saw the mule shoot
out OF the mine and found her son injured.
George II. Wood died in his wife's arms
The scenes were heartrendng in the ex.
treme. A corps Of physicians were sum.
moned and rendered assistance to the
wounded. .., ,|I
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ANOTHER RAILROAD nORROR.
SoVeral Lives Lost by n Collision EeaF
- Allentown,

| Ahtutuhus
ALLRLrowN, February 1O.-A disastrous
railroad accident occurred at RocA
Hill station, North Pennsylvania railroad
caused by the passenger train due at S;li
A. NJ. running into freight train abou
entering a siding to permit the passenger
train to pass. Both the engines were de-
mOlished, the baggage car telescoped and
number OF freight cars wrecked.
The following Is q list OF the killed and
wounded:
KiIled-Miclael IIallahan, hotel keeper
South Easton, and James Fraley, section
foreman, Qpakertown.
Fatally Injured Rev. Mr.. MCFitridge,
ot Germantown; John Gattley, passen'
ger; Richard Morton, OF South Bethlehem
fireman on passenger train; and George
Yoemans, West Bethlehem, baggage mas.
ter.
Badly Injured-Charles seitert, OF isouth
Bethlehem, engineer on freight train; Geo.
Green, Of South Bethlehem, engineer on
passenger train; Charles Everett, OF Beth.
ishan conductor Wood, Of Philadelphia,
Snd JNmes Moore OF Mauch Chunk, ex'
press Messenger. Many others were slightly
injurOd.
The flag station was partly demolished
and the telegraph operator seriously, II
not fatally, injured,
Tie disaster was due to the misconstruC.
ton VI Telegram by the engineer Of the
freight ::sin, who had been ordered to run
into siding below the station. There Ia
another siding above the station which he
thought was the one meant In the dis.
patch, but before be was able to reach Il
the collision occurred. There was dense
fog at the time.
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The two leading Republican editors oI
Ohio, IIalstesd, Of the Commercial, and
Smith, Of the Gazette, express diametric
ally opposite opinions as to the effect OIL
tho temperance agitation on the prospects
oIthe Republican party, Halsteut thinks
that the passage Of local option bill will
defeat 1t, and Smith thinks that the de-
feat Of the bill will defeat 1t. Legislators
must feel worried as to which way to turn
Tor relief. There ia no doubt of the iaCl
that tens Of thousands Of the best and most
earnest people OF the State, Of both par
ties, desire the passage OF such bill,
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Mr.. WILSON, OF Kanswha, will hardly
recognize his original railroad bill by the
time It gets through the House Of Dele.
gates, II II ever does get through, at the
rate 1t has been amended. The trouble
with Mr.. Wilson is that he brought with
him bill, purely theoretical in It's char.
actor, got up in his law office, we presume,
at, Charleston, modelled after the
iAnCiiul theory OF Philosopher LoCke'S
ideal plan for the government Of the North
Carolina plantations at an early day In
the history Of this country. Railroad bills
require practical as well as theoretical
knowledge Of the railroad business. They
can not begot up in q hurry on mere theory.
After having read aud heard vast amount
OF discussion on such matters including
the long contest here at the session Of
1870, we are prepared to say that the sub
jeCt Ia one that the average Legislator
should tackle with extreme care, lest The
last estate Of his legislation be worse than
the first. Judge Morrow aired Mr. Will
sons bill pretty thoroughly yesterday,
showing up several OF its defects, aud
among other things said that the people
oihis part Of the State Marion county,
had not found serious csuSe Of complaint
against the Baltimore 4 Ohio Railroad
Uompany's revised schedule Ut charges
as put in force after the session Of 1879.
We are among those who believe in
holdtGg railroad companies to as strict &C.
conntAbility as possible, and two years
ago we suggested the scheme Of a railroad
commission, alter the plan In existence in
tue State Of Massachusetts, the only difEi.
talty being that our railroad system was
not extensive enough 10 bear much OF a
eommiSslon as yet. Such supervision
pte.suppcses such system Of railroads az
will justify the employment Of men Of
high character and great experience, An
ordinary commission, made up Of ordinary
politicians, would be a farce whereas tbe
right kind Of commission Would be 4
real blessing to the State, anda great felie
to railroad companies intent only upor
fair play the people.
There lsa way TO redress real grievance
against railroads, for the simple reasoi
that when they are once Intelligent
ascertained and public opinion right
Aroused in regard to them, railroad com
psnies rarely have the hardlhood /
persist in denying redress. AS
matter Of policy as well as matter Q