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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1882-01-20
WINDY WORK.
The Result OF the Recent Debate In the
House of Representatives.

The Result OF the Recent Debate In the
House Of Representatives.
Special Dispatch to the Intelllgcnccr
WASHINGTON, January lO.-After three
days Of ill-natured debate, amounting al.
most TO squabbling, the House today re-
committed it to the Committee on Rules,
its report recommending IN increase Of
committees, and it is generally conceded in
legislative circles tonight that the House,
without respect to party, has sacrificed its
dignity, wasted the public time and ac-
complished nothing. On one side there
has been an attempt by ill-tempered men,
bers to sit down upon the Speaker. On the
other there has been an attempt on the
part Of the Committee on Rules, alleged
friends Of the Speaker, to confess for him
that he has not done justice 10 members
by recommending IN increase Of commit
tees as n poul:ice for wounded feelings.
During the debate of the past few days
there has been the strongest evidence on
the part OF certain members that they feel
exceedingly sore over their failure to Sc
cure prominent committee chairmanships;
and on the part OF certain other members
that they arewell pleased with their loca-
tons The one wns nsdemonstrated by the quasi
denunciation Of the Speaker and one man
power; the other by the most iulsome
praise and the most abject tlattery OF the
presiding officer. Both these phases Of the
debate lowered the whole question to a
quarrel over the Speakers action that
finally aroused the shame Of the more
sensible members Of the House and placed
the Speaker in a most unpleasant and even
humiliating position. The recommends
ton Of the Committee on Rules was at this
time especiallyill-adyised, and in refusing to
receive any amendments to it, and in re-
committing it to the committee, the
House let both parties 10 the quarrel
down as easily as possible. Mr.. Robson
especially, has been badly crushed, and
his prestige as leader of the majority was
badly damaged. He is known to have i'd
vised the step taken, aud il the Speaker
acquiesced in it it was upon his advice,
which, it is safe to say, will not be hurried.
ly taken again. While prominent mem
bers eoncede that an increase in the Com
mittees would be Of service to the business
Of the House, they aver that to make it al
this time would be u confession o.
weakness by the Speaker, and after de
bate like that Of the past three days, would
be beneath the dignity OF the House.
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THE PRESIDENTS POSITION

Special Dispatch to the 1ntellIgencCr.

Special Dispatch 10 the lntellIgenecr.
WASHINGTON, January l9.-The commit
tee appointed by the New York Tariff
Convention to present their address and
resolutions to Congress, after appearing be-
fore the Ways and Means Committee OF
the House, aad the Finance Committe Of
the Senate, called upon President Arthur
by appointment this afternoon, and con-
ferred with him regarding the tariff matter.
The Pennsylvania representatives present
were Joseph Wharton, Jr., of Philadelphia,
Jos. D. Weeks, jas. Parke, Jr., and P. II.
Lautman. OF Pittsburgh. Mr.. Wharton
made the principal speech.
The gentlemen say that the President
evinced great familiarity with the tariff
question and entire sympathy withs the
cause OF protection. His remarks and in
terrogatories gave them to understand that
he was opposed to tho tariff commission
bills, and maintains that Congress should
consider the Inconsistencies Of the present
tariff and rectify them in bill 10 be pre-.
pared by the Ways and Means Committee,
which he holds to be perfectly competent
to deal with the subject without the advice
Of commission.
Messrs. Parke, Lauiman and Weeks sub
sequently expressed themselves as in entire
accord with the Presidents views. The
special correspondent of the Pres, how
ever, learned during recent tour through
Pennsylvania, in which several Of the mos
prominent manufacturing cities of til,
State were visited, that outside Of Pitts
burgh the sentiment in favor Q
commission was virtually unanimous
Mr.. Lautman proposes that all the iroI
associations Of the State shall be auxtliar
70 the industrial league, with headquartel
at Philadelphia, and that they shall AZ
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ROMANTIC CASE.
A Shooting, Offer OF Marriage, Unex.
peetetl Recovery. a,e

pectcd Recovery, dc.
NEw YoRE, January l0.-John II. Wolfe,
who shot Miss Melinda Jacobus, at her
home, near Peru, N. j., on October 10 last,
WAS arrested in Jersey City by Detective
Edgar Taylor, of Patterson, to-day, and
taken to Passaic county, on charge Of u.s.
sault and battery on Miss Jacobus. Com
plant was preferred by her father, who at
one time was member OF the Board. OF
Freeholders. Wolfe made the acquaint.
ance OF Miss Jacobus at friends house in
Jersey City. He was invited to visit the
farm ut Peru, an invitation which he
accepted. His visits to the farm house
became frequent. On October 10 he was
alone in room with the young woman.
He saw gun standing in corner and
picked it up. Wolfe presented the weapon
ut Miss Jacobus, who was arranging her
hair before the looking.glass, and said,
I'll shoot you" Mt the same time the gun
was discharged, and the charge was buried
ia the young woman's side. Miss Jacobus
fingered for long time, and it was thought
she would not recover. In the course oi
her illness, Wolfe called at the farmhouse
and asked the young woman to marry him
upon her recovery. She positively refused
to consent to this. It is alleged that the
man asked her hand in marriage to avoid
arrest for the shooting. He claimed that
he never had gun in his hand before, and
that he did notknow it was loaded" The
shooting, he said, was accidental.
The father OF Miss JacObus, since his
daughters recovery, has learned more
about the case, and regards the shooting as
having been intentional. He therefore
caused Woolfe's arrest in Jersey City,
where he was required to furnish bail in
$1,000. This he could not do, and he was
taken to the county jail at Paterson. On
arriving there Sheriff Cox served him with
a capias, at the instance Of Jacobus in q
civil suit for s., 900 damages.
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The spuytea ppIrll pI.a.ler.

NEw YoRE, January lo.-The coroner's
jury visited the scene OF spuyten Duyvil
disaster this morning, and the brakeman,
George Melins, who is charged with Caus-
ing the accident by his neglect, was started
from the point on the railroad track where
the last car Of the Chicago express stood
and proceeded to the spot where, according
10 his statement, he tagged the Tarrytown
train. The time he took to 60 that distance
was about two minutes. The Jury then
boarded the train and were taken over the
course OF the Tarrytown train before it ran
into the express. The jury then, returned
to the city. The taking Of the Testimony
! will probably begin this afternoon,
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NEWS BY THE CABLE.
LArEsrEoREIaNNEwso o. FlNrEREsr.
Important Decision OF Case Under the lri.A
taat Act -tn'urrSstlOn Ia Herzegovina
Spreading RapIdly-Aasault on Rus.
slAa AnbauAlOrIa vlsnnA-Isypt,

BELFAST, January lO.-Commissloners
o'Hagan, Little and Vernon, sitting as a
Court OF Appeals, Yesterday delivered judg-
ment in the first appeal from tho decisions
Of the assistant commissioners under the
Land act, who reduced the ter.
ants improved fixed rent lease from
SO pounds 10 shillings to 80 pounds.
The question decided was whether
rent should be varied. The Court affirmed
the decision Of the Assistant Commission
ems. Commissioner Vernon dissented.
Great Importance is attached to the iudg.
ment as it settles the construction Of a pro.
vision in the land act known as ''Healys
clause" The case will be carried 10 tho
Court OF Appeals
BERLIN, January lO.-In Reichstag, yea.
terday, after brief debate, the motion OF
Herr Windthorst, abrogating the law for
bidding the exercise of ecclesiastical f,lnc-
tons without Government authorization.
was read the third time. The majority
was as large US that for the second reading
last week. CleriCals are elated.
LONDON, January l0.-Vienna dispatches
report that the insurrection is gradually
spreading in Southern Herzegovina. Tho
movement is attributed to foreign ugitators.
A dispatch from Alexandria says that
material support OF England andtFfance is
necessary TO support the Khedive's author
lty; The Minister OF War has visited the
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ANGRY REApJUSrERs.
A Possible split over tho Defeat of
MRSSey for Auditor.

RICHMOND. Va, January l9.-The defeat
Of John E. Massey inthc caucus for the
nomination for Auditor Of Public Accounts
last night has caused great deal OF dissat-
isiaction among the Rcadius.cr members Of
the Assembly. Mr.. Massey is one OF the
oldest and ahlest leaders in his party, and
Is regarded as the father Of REIMBURSEMENT.
Eight Readjusters left the caucus be-
cause their party refused to recognize
the paramount claims OF Mr.. Massey.
The Democrats say that Mr.. Massey will
form coalition with the Democrats, and
endeavor to get elected BY the dissatis.
fed Readjusters and the Democrats. Mr..
Massey has served us Auditor for the past
two years. He was defeated for the guber.
material nomination and for the United
States Senatorship. Malone Is opposed to
Massey, and it was through his influence
that all Of the latter's ambitious aspirations
misCarried.
The Auditors office is ono Of the most
important in the State. It's very neces
Bary for the dominant party 10 retain pos
session OF it in order successfully to carry
out the readjustment schemes.
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SWIFT JUSTICE.
The Manner ofDeaIlng with Criminal.
on the Pacific Coast.

San Francisco, January 19,-A Seattle,
W. T., dispatch says "James Sullivan and
Wm. Howard were arrested here to-day on
q charge OF the murder Of George r. Rev
nolds, young man whom they waylaid
and shot last night. The prisoners we're
taken before magistrate for preliminary
examination to-day. The evidence OF their
guilt was most conclusive. The feeling was
intense, and at the close OF the examina-
tion the committee OF safety forced its way
into the court room, and overpowering the
officers, took the prisoners, Sullivan and
Howard, a short distance and hanged them.
The bodies were left suspended, and the
crowd numbering 400 then proceeded to
the county Jail, and overcoming the guards
and breaking down the doors OF cell
took out Benjamin Payne, who was con.
lined for the murder Of police officer Sears.
He was takento the place where the bodies
OF Sullivan and Howard were suspended
and hung. The bodies were left hanging
for sometime and then given over to the
coroner. The committee Of safety will con.
tinue organizing, and have issued o notice
that persons guilty OF highway robbery in
the city will, Il arrested, receive the pen.
atty Of death in O summary manner,
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Special TO the Intelligcncer.
NEw CUMBERLAND, January 1O.-The
committee appointed some time ago by the
State Temperance Committee are to-day
busy calling upon the people receiving sig
natures to petition to be placed before the
Legislature, asking them to passan amend.
ment to the Constitution, prohibiting the
manufacture and sale Of intoxicating ii,
quors. The committee is meeting with
good success, and all that is necessary Is 10
have opportunity OF registering their names
on the side oftempcrancc. Hancock county,
is the banner county OF the State on this
question, and we would like to sec the.
committee send such an array ofsignatures
rs will do credit TO us.
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CnIcAGo, January lO.-C. G. Robinson,
confidential clerk for the Chicago Packing
and Provision Company, salary $3.50 per
month, has been living in an Unusual style
lately; fact which aronsed suspicion and
led to an examination al his accounts,
The result was his arrest last night at the
stock yards. He made sturdy denial at
first, but confronted with the facts, con-
iessed to the cmbezzlement. His employ
ers say they have no idea as to tho amount
taken, but that it probably amounts TO
several thousand dollars.
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ST. LOUIS, January 10.-Governor Crit
tenden has postponed the execution of
Martin Pacquette, who was 10 be hanged
at New Madrid, Mo-, tomorrow, until Feb
ruary II, 10 enable the Supreme Court to
pass upon his case.
The hanging Of Geo. Bohannan, which
was set for tomorrow, at Rolla, Mo-, will
not take place, the Supreme Court Having
granted new trial.
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NEW YORK NEWS,
The Trouble Detween Beccher and tiis
brooklyn Board Of EducntIon.

~
New YoRK, January l9.-Ata meeting
Of the Board ofEducation in Brooklyn this
afternoon the committee appointed to.
demand from the Rev. Henry Ward
Beecher the proof Of the statement
which he made in his New Years
sermon in regard to the public schools OF
Brooklyn, made their report which con.
graduated the Board upon the happy ter
mination Of the quarrel by Beecher's re-
traction. One member declared tho report
was adding insult to injury. Beechefs
statement had been spread broadcast and
no denial Of the statement made.
There was no word Of regret and
there was no knowing but that Beecher
still believed in the truth Of his statement.
The report was not accepted, nor was the
committee discharged, and the whole sub
ject was laid on the table for further con-
sideration.
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Michigan Notes,

DETROIT, january 10-'The failure Of the
Peoples Bank ut Tecumseh promises to be
large affair. The liabilities are now esti.
mated to be $4,000; assets, $4,000. Tho
list OF depositors are very large, and were
obtained by its payment Of interest on de-
posits.
There are no tidings of the missing man
Higgins. The impression is growing that
tho case is not one Of suicide.
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CeRN is commencing to come from the
West to this region. The freight from
Chicago to Wheeling is twelve cents per
hundred, or about six and tl,ree.quarters
cents per bushel. 1t has been delivered
here in the last day or two at seventy.two
cents. Some parties who arc beariSh on
wheat 10 not look for lowerprices for corn.
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BALTIMORE, January lO.-Itis stated that
the sugar refining firm Of Eccles, Thomas
& Co., has become embarrassed and sub
mitted proposition to their creditors to
pay fifty cents on the dollar. Liabilities
SCI, 900.
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point committee Of experts to prepare q
bill to submit to the Ways and Means
Committee as a basis for tariff revision.
John Roach, Of Chester, has requsted
the delegation to appear before the Com
mittees Of Commerce and Postofices and
Post Roads In relation to the development
Of American commerce. They will be given
hearing before these committees to-nor-
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Mnrdcr nj RInIeY. VI. Ya.

HpeclN DlSpaich 10 The IniolllgeneeF.
RlrLEY, W, Va, January 1o.-Robert
Mcclure, son OF a prominent merchant and
hotel keeper, was stabbed in this place this
afternoon by ]. A. Greer, ex-Deputy
Sherifi, and died in few moments. Greer
was arrested.
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Gastric DIpIo,nacy.

Special Dispatch 10 the lntelligVnCer.
WASHINGTON, January lO.-Mr. Blaine
gave dinner tonight to President Arthur
and Mr.. Mufat Halstead, ofthe Cincinnati
Commercial
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ElinI

CHICAGO, January l0-The city is about
TO issue $685. 900 in twenty year bonds, the
rate Of interest to be four or five per cent.
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Rnllroad ConstruetIon Ln sIInne.ota

Railroad construction In Minnesota.
ST. PAU, January l9-The State Rail
road Commissioners report for 1881 may be
summarized as asfollows: Increase in miles OF
railroad operated about 8 per cent; increase
in gross earning about 30 per cent, and the
net earnings about q per cent. The in
crease in the tons Of freight carried about
SO per cent. The sale Of lands Is the only
item Of business which showed decrease.
The total number Of miles in operation at
the beginning Of this year Is 3,27s. The
Estate revenue derived from tho State rail,
way taxes for the year 1881, will approach
| si,o0O,oOo,
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,,
WASHINGTON, February IS, 1880.


Ny DEAR Cox-In our twenty-five years
Of acquaintance and friendship you have
never done n greater service the truth,
or given me so valuable q help, as in your
letter OF the l4th inst, which have Just
received. have been so stnng by the de-
cision Of the SChofeld Board that it isvefy
hard to trust my own mind to speak Of 1t
as It appeared to me. / have made u
strong effort to separate myself from the
case, and TO look at 1t intellectually, as
though it related only to the pieces on a
chess-board, and not toliving men, or men
who had ever lived; and all my best efforts
have brought me out precisely to the con-
Clusons OF your letter.
Still, l had not yet made, in the light OF
the new testimony,a a careful stragetic study
OF the field and map as you have done.
But how curious 1t is thatwhat you say
now, with the new maps before YOU, Is the
exact picture Of the field, and Porter's con.
duct upon II, which glowed in strong colors
in my mind, and the mind Of the court
martial, seventeen years ago.
And, now, my dear friend, ! need your
help still further, and need it more than
ever before in our acquaintance. Over
whelmed, as am, with the current daily
work Of the House, ii is almost impossible
for me 10 get the time to go infinitely
through all the mass Of this new evidence
rs ought to do.
With kindest regards, I am, as ever
K,onrr q ADrtpVO
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Special Dispatch to the lntUlllgCncOr.
WASHINGTON, January l9.-The Com
mittee on Ways and Means to-day listened
to memorial submitted by committee
appointed by the Tariff Convention, which
met in New York in November. The res
olutions were presented by Mr.. Wellington
Smith, President OF the Convention. Ad-
dresses were made by Messr. Hawley and
scanlan, of Chicago. The chief address
was made by Mr.. Joseph Wharton, OF Phil
adeiphia, who spoke for nearly an hour.
He recommended Tariff Commission
which should report by January l,,lSs3,
and also recommended the encouragement
OF American commerce bysubsidies.
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TnEFIrzJ0IIN PORTER CASE.
Hon. J. d. Co3,s Letter to General Gar.
field, and GnrIield'S Reply.

CINCINNATI, January 19.-General Jacob
D, Cox has furnished the following answer
to his Fitz John Porter letter for publica-
tion.
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West virginia LeElslature Heard From

Special Dispatch 10 the lntelllgcnCOr.
WASHINGTON, january l9.-Mr. Wilson
introduce in tho House today joint resO-
luton from the West Virginia Legislature,
asking Congress to take some action rela-
tive to removing the tax from domestic
tobacco,
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1882-05-31
BONDED SPIRITS.
Mr.. 6ayard's Ameadment to the Heuse
Bonded Spirits Bill.

Mr.. Hayard's Ameadment to the Hoose
Bonded Spirits Bill.
WASHINGTON, May 26---Tke following sthe
substitute for the House bonded spirits bill
amended by the Senate Finance Committee.
Tie following is in lieu of the first section
AL warehoudbg bonds hereafter taken shall
ba conditioned fOr the payment OF tax on spirits
any has accrued ander the provisions of this act,
and before removal from distillery werehouse as
-Spet.ial bonded warehouse aud within five years
from date of their first entry into the warehouse.
The time within Nrhicn distilled spirils
heretofore entered for deposit In
handed warehouses are requiTed TO he Withdrawn
therefrom, pGrsnant 10 the conditions ef any
warehousIng bond taken within three years from
the date of the first entry of such spirits into the
warehouse; tEt such extension shall not be mace
in any case unless there shall be indOrSed upon
request therefor and acknowledgment OF their
liza oillty under the terms OF said bond
for period 1Or which the extension
is granted. together with iuterest on tax which
may accrue under the provisions OF this act, as
If the same were inserted in the body of said bond
by the principal and suleties in bauk. TO be duly
executed aud acknowledged by each Of thtm be-
fore Collector or Deputy Collector OF internal
revenue. ssme officer authorized by law 10
l. ke AN acknowledgment of deeds provided the
Snreties On said bond are at the
time Of such request satisfactory,
IL the sVretes shall refuse to make the request
agd ackuowledgmeut aforesaid. that an add
uonel or new wareh0using bond. win sureties
satisfactory TO the Collector, shall be given.
Sections 20 and IL OF the Con mittee's original
substitute we're wholly omitted from the new bill,
being supeneuOus, by the preceding amendment
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GEoRG ETowN, O., May 24-The body oil
Edward Young, who committed suicide al
Mem phis, Tenn, was brought bscl. 10 this
place, and on yesterday inferred ia the Odd
Fellows Cemetery. Edward Young, it will
be remembered, is the man who, on one
night in March of 1881, shot aud killed
George Ashmore and Clinton Campbell and
seriously wounded James Ashmore, in a
grocery store at this place, an &C
count of which appeared in the Commercial
at that time. Young was arrested
and two indictments for murder in the first
degree, and one for shooting with intent to
kill were found against him. The first trial
on the Indictment for murder in the first de-
gree, for the killing of Clinton Campbell,
ended In acquittal. The second trial for the
killing OF George Ashmore, resulted again
in verdict of mot guilty." and Young was
released on bail. lie then left Georgetown
and has been away the greater part of the
time. being IN Cincinnati, where he was at
tending Nelson's Business College. On last
Saturday morning w. w. Young, father of
Edward, received a telegram from Major G.
III. Blackburn, of Cincinnati, who was
one of the attorneys for the defense,
stating that a man registered as Edward
Young, of Geongetown, had been found
dead at the Worsham Hotel, in Men,
phis, Tenn. INSTRUMENTATION established
the fact that the body found was that of Ed
ward Young, OF Georgetown, beyond doubt,
and the Chief of Police of Memphis was in
structed to forward the body to this place.
Yesterday, as stated above, the remains we're
brought to tins place, and Immediately IN
TERED in the Odd Feu s8 Cemetery. One
~ of 81 ~ glIh intent 70
kili James Ashnore -. y rei isined against
Young, and vas To nave Seen tried at this
term ~ Court. Young was bright, intelli-
gent youth of about nineteen years OF age,
and was the son of w. w. Young, an attor-