The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-06-30
NATIONAL NOTES.
aEvs AZ EaE 0OGsERE's OAFlEAL.
AN Interesting Murder FCaae-hOyemenIl
OF the PreSIdsBI-FlnaneIAI .PAels.
DOingu IN the Departments,
General Gossip, &e,

WARRINGTON, June 99.-Ths latest svi
dsDcs in the Christmas " Whitney tragedy
Is that the fatal shooting 10 better case o
selideiense than at first appeared, and tht
indications are that MH. Myra Olarh
Gaines will devote the remainder OF hel
energy and such part OF her vast estate al
may be necessary to save her son.in'laW
from the legal consequences OF having
killed her own son. Her aympathies are
manifestly with Christmas, who aesms To
have been much more Q son In fact and q
much worthier member Of society than
the dead man. It is Q curious sight that
is now witnessed at the old ORtaCaZy
house, where this remarkable woman sits
in her grief, surrounded by her six grand
children, three children OF the murdered
son, three children Of the murderer son.
inflow, sending y message to the latter at
the police cell that she will see that what
the law can do shall be done for him.
The trial promises TO be the most notable
one had here since that OF Daniel +.
sickles Tor killing Barton Key.
TUE ADMINISTRATION ON THR RBADIusrERs.
With reference to the support which 1t
Is said the Administration will give TO the
Virginia RsadjuSters, q prominent gentle.
man says that events are not 30 favorable
for the support OF the Malone cause by
the Administration 40 at one time seemed
probable. The troubles In the Republi.
can party In New York have made II more
difficult TO plan or to encourage q division
in the Bourbon party In Virginia, and the
split In the Republican party in North
Carolina, where radical division In the
Democratic ranks was expected, does not
add to the prestige Of the Malone cause
r GENERAL GOVERNMENT GOSSIP.
Secretary Window says there is
no foundation for the statement
respecting proposed removal OF Lam.
phere, appointment clerk In the
Treasury Department. Secretary Kirk.
wood declines to state what action Ia con.
lsmplstsd In the case Of Commissioner
French, and nothing authentic can be
learned as to whether his removal was
considered In the cabinet meeting or not.
The Treasury Department has issued
regulations governing the importation oil
foreign merchandise for the International
Cotton Exposition at Atlanta, Ga, at the
close Of the year, tF
The Department OF Justice closed at
noon In respect TO the memory Of ex.At.
torney General Stansbury, who wrs buried
to-day.
II Is understood that the Bank OF Mon.
treal, doing business 10 Chicago, has con.
Cluded to pay, under protest, nearly $50,.
900, the asssBsable amount OF It's capital,
under the decision OF Commissioner Raum,
and bring suit for its recovery.
The President oil the Nashville 4 Chat.
tanooga Railroad notified Treasurer Gil.
fllan to-day that 1901 900 due from that
road on account oil the Indian trust fund,
will be Epaid in New York on the first ot
July.
Total amount Of five per cent coupon
bonds received Tor continuance at three
and half per cent to date, including the
amount presented at the London agency,
Is $94 500, 900, leaving but $24, 500, 900 to be
heard from before Julyl.
President GatAed's Private Secretary,
]. Stanley Brown, has returned from Eng.
land. The President has decided not to
leave for Williams College until Saturday
next. He will visit st. Albans, Vermont,
as the guest Of Governor Farnham.
There are now Ave vacancies in the re
tired list Of the army. Two, 1t Ia stated,
will be filled In short time BY the retire.
ment Of Dol. Plnkney, Of the Filth Infant.
ry and Col. T. T. Dent, First Artillery.
The commission OF Geo. B. Loring, o.
Commissioner Of Agriculture, was signed
to-day by the President. .-T
President Garfield has signed the com.
mission Of VIM. H. Robertson as Collector
OF Customs for the Port Of New York.
President Garfield will attend the un.
yelling Of the Mcpherson statue OF Clyde,
Ohio, July 22d, and the next day he will
be with his old regiment, the Forty.
second Ohio, at their annual reunion at
Gallon. The change OF the date OF the
reunion was made at o conference Of the
prominent members OF the Regimentsl
Association with the President and United
States Marshal Henry.