Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1882-10-30
THE LAND LEAGUE.
American, still Hays Confidence ID
thSirish Leaders.
The Burning Of the Flint Mills At Fall River
Gasoline As 4 Fire Klndler-
The Coming Festival At
&c. Cincinnati. ~.
LATEST NEWS FROM ALL QUARTERS.

BrrrALo, October 29-The President Of
the Irish National Land League has 10.
ceived the following cable. =.
Pans, October 9.
To Mooney, Preadeni Hi,h National LAND
League Of America, Buffalo:
Replying to the charges against the Par
liamentary party OF having misappropris.
ted large portion Of the funds, make the
following statement: Tho total amount
paid during thres years for expenses Of
members OF Parliament 10 under 1900, in
cluding the expenses OF Parnell aud Dill.
Ions mission to America, O'Connors 9 scveu
months American tour, and Healy's four
months, and also the expenles Of members
on service Of the League in Ireland. The
libelous statement in the Dublin Irish
Times emanated from the notorious Rich
ard Piggot. The National Lesgue is max
{sisnedI PArRlcK EGAS.
Mooney sent the following reply:
BrTrAJo, n. u, October 20.
To Patnck Egan, ParIs:
The American League has undiminished
confidence In the integrity and wisdom of
the Irish leaders. Continue your work
and no British ISLANDERS shall destroy the
trust Of American symPathilers.
lSignedl Jas. MooSRY,
Pres't Irish National League Of America.
The subscribers to the skirmishing fund
in charge Of Trustee Carroll, received $s6O
without any consideration, aud Trustees
Toby and Gen. T. +. Burke $50 each Tor
writing paragraphs, and Trustee Devay
81, 900 Tor no work at all. The committee
will drop the Investigation OF the Trustees,
and will hand the fund over TO responsible
persons. Ii is charged that John Brcslin
has been paid s.. 800 as supervising archi.
tect Of the rooms, and the Trustees had
used the fund TO thwart the interest OF the
skirmishers.
The YIint MIL Ytre.
FAIL RIVER. Mass. October 2a-The
ruins Of the Flint mill are still burning.
OF ibe main mill only the lower sides and
part Of the south end remain. and por-
lions Of these will fall. 0f the packing
house in the rear the upper two stories are
gone. The lower story, with the engine
and boiler room, is comparatively
uninjured. All the machinery In
the main mill in the basement is
buried in . mass Of burning debris. Tho
loss is 100000, with $62O, 100 of insurance.
B, sides the insurance ON the mill there IN
$50, 600 on the profits. The mill will re-
ceive 500 for each day oi stoppsgc. The
directors meet to morrow. when the ques.
ton Of rebuilding will probably be acted
upon. The present outlook, considering
the heavy insurance, Is that the Insurance.
companies will undertake TO rebuild the
mill instead OF paying the policies. as IL
could be replaced at present for less than
$GO0, 900. The capital stock was $3.50 900,
held by 275 shareholders, 1872 OF whom
are non.residents. The defective water
supply was caused by the snallness Of the
service pipes in this comparatively ncw
part Of the city. being inadequate 20 feed
the twenty. -four inch main at the mill. In
one mill was tank containing twenty bar
rels OF oil, and in another Q carburator fill.
ed with . large quantity Of naP'ha but
strangely neither exploded, although Gov
cred by burning mass and exposed for
hours TO the most intense heat,
DOVER, N. H., October 2o.-The sash,
window and blind factory of Washington
T. Hayes l. Sons WAS burned to-day. Lass,
>vfN tflMursnce, $1,000 Fifty men arc
hD1n eotof employment