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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1882-07-11
OUT THE ROAD.
Our Regular Budget From the B. &
0. Towns.
The Baker Murder Case-TwO Nephews and
aSon-in- Law of John Baker Indicted
Yesterday at the Hotels.
Spectal Dtspatch 70 the Register.

MANNINGToN, W. Va, July lO.-One week
ago yesterday, Joshua Baker and Elias
Baker, nephews of Johnson Baker, Sr.,
and John Book, his son-in-law, were ar
rested at their homes land not at church.
as enormously reported to the REGISTER
by Deputy Sheriff Carney and Constable
Sine equally enormously reported to the
REGIsrER) for the murder of Johnson
Baker, Sr., on the night Of April 26, 1881,
already fully stated. They were takes. ito
iail at Fairmont, where the parties subse-
quently arrested,as reported, were also con-
fined. On Wednesday last they were
brought to this place for a
Preliminary Hearing
before justices Shaw and Miller, but on
motion of counsel for defendants the case
was continued till Friday, and the accused
remanded to Jail. They were brought here
again on Friday, but for some cause the ex-
animation was not begun till Saturday
morning. As the Grand Jury was in ses-
sion in Fairmont from Wednesday,
that being the first day Of the
Circuit Court till Saturday, Prose
cutting Attorney: Arnett could not
be present, and the State was represented
by Jas. A. Haggerty, Esq. After examina-
ton of witnesses on Saturday, the case
was adjourned over till to-day, the prisoner
being detained here while the preliminary
examination was being held. Witnesses
for the State were brought before the grand
jury on the same case, and before it ad-
iourned Saturday it
Presented Indictments
against James Book and Largar Satterheld,
and the Attorney brought the grandson OF
the murdered man in. When this fact
was made known this morning
the preliminary examination before the
Justices was not resumed and the warrants
against the other parties were dismissed,
and they were set at liberty. Sheriff Car
ney brought capias, and took the parties
indicted to Jail. They disclaim
All knowledge OF the Murder,
and insist on speedy trial, which may be
granted them this term. 1t is perhaps
needless to say, in view of all the facts
herein set forth, that the case seems to he
considerably mystifed, and public senti-
ment is greatly divided as to the expediency,
not to say wisdom, of the course pursued.
However, we do not wish to comment, but
simply to present the facts and await the
results of the trial, OF which We will try
and keep your readers apprized as they be-
come known.
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THE CHILDREN OF MEN
Apparently Progressing Rapidly
Toward Total Depravity.
A Long List Of Murders, Robberies and
Suicides, Gathered From Last
Nights kilograms,
lSpccidi 10 the Regisfer.

WASHINGTON, Pa, July l0.-Early yester.
day morning intelligence was received at
Claysville that John Emery, laborer
residing about mile south Of this town,
had committed suicide.
A number Of citizens repaired to the
place and found the man, ifeless corpse,
suspended from rafter in the attic by q
rope about foot and a half long.
Squire James Mckee empaneled q jury
and after an examination Of several wit
nesses and couple Of doctors a verdict
was rendered that the man had hung him
self on Friday afternoon"
No cause is assigned for the deed, though
it is known he had quarreled with his wife
on that morning, and after having driven
her from home, he smashed all the furni.
ture to pieces. 1t is supposed that aftC
having locked the door he committed the
fatal deed.
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THE SCIoTo DISASTER.
Was IL "whisky That Did It."

To the Editor Of Ue Register.
WHEELING, W. Va, July 10.-A few days
ago it was stated in the RBs+sfEE, and after
wards contradicted, that the captain of the
Lomas said, ''It was whisky that did it,
that is, caused the late terrible Scioto dis
aster. 1t matters not, however, whether
the remark was made or not. 1t still re-
mains an open question whether whisky
did or did not do it, or, at least, had not
much to do with it. The air is full Of ru-
mors, and there is some very reliable evi-
dence that there was much drunkenness on
board. To what extent this charge effects
the officers of the two boats, am not pre-
pared to say, nor do I care to press the
point. 1t will sufficiently point a moral
and disorder aboard, especially OF the
Scioto.
1t has been dinned into our ears for
months past, that prohibition does not
prohibit'-which is, at least, an open queS-
tion-and that the only eflectual way Of
dealing with intemperance is license with
proper restrictions" Now, l think we
need scarcely go beyond the boundaries Of
our own city to find abundant evidence
that the latter method within the last two
years has proved an utter failure and abor-
ton. On the contrary, drunkenness in
our city has increased, or is increasing, to
an alarming extent.
But do not propose to go into discus
sion of the temperance question at present.
Sufficient un TO the day is the evil there
Of" mean TO saw, that we are now hav-
ing liquor boom" But the time is not
far distant when We shall have
a temperance BOOM" such. as the
State OF West Virginia has never before
witnessed. The long suffering patience OF
our city and State is well nigh exhausted.
The wrongs which have been inf, ted on
the public for years past by the liquor
interest cannot be much longer endured.
Ere long the people will rise in their
might, and we shall see a Herculean con-
flict between the hosts Of temperance and
intemperance. May God speed the right.
Let the friends of prohibition keep out OF
party politics, and select their candidates
on the eclectic principle, according to their
platform, and sooner or later their triumph
will be complete.
1t has vet to be seen whether that is a
legitimate Cuisines" which, in every di-
rection and in all the relations OF life, leads
only to ruin, devastation and distress.
This is the great question to he decided at
the coming assizes, and theliquor men will
do we'll to make note Of it.
ToCSIN,
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THE PRESIDENT.

He fs Reported as Declining TO Make
Nominations for Important Oniccs
at Present.
Special Dispatch 10 the Reglster.
WASHINGTON, July lo.-It looks as though
Mr.. Arthur had concluded to make no
more appointments for the present The
pressure which has been brought to bear
upon him from several quarters by candi-
dates for several important positions is
very strong, but it is alleged that he will
decline to make any appointments of per-
sons to prominent positions until he has
made close inspection of his probable
chances Of receiving denomination. An
effort was made yesterday by an Eastern
Republican Senator to secure the appoint
ment of postmaster in his district. i
cannot make that appointment nsw," said
the President, "nor any other until after
Congress adjourns"
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WASHINGTON.
News of the Day From the National
Capital. /.
The River and Harbor BiIl-Speculation as
to When an adjournment VIII
Be Had-The Outlook IN
Pennsylvania.
MISCELLANEOUS NEWS OF INTEREST.
Special Dispatch TO the Register.

Special Dispatch to the Register.
WASHINGTON, July 10.-Following are
some of the items reported in the river and
harbor bill, which will be of interest to
river men in your State:
For harbor of refnge near Cincinanti:
Continuing operations, $4,000.
Improving New River, Virginia and West
Virginia: Continuing improvement from
lead mines in Wythe county to mouth Of
Greenbrier River, and from mouth Of
Greenbrier up, and for continuation OF
work from the lead mines down. $l7, 900,
of which sum 5000 shall be expended De-
tween the lead mines in Wythe county
and the mouth of Wilson, in Grayson
county.
Improving Elk River, West Virginia:
Continuing improvement, 5000.
Improving Great Kanawha River, West
Virginia: Continuing improvement and
operation of works, $4,000
Improving Guyandotte River, West
Virginia: Continuing improvement, $1,000.
Improving Big Sandy river, Kentucky,
$25, 700, of which sum 5000 is for the i'm
provement of Louisa Fork and 5000 for
the improvement of Tug Fork.
Improving Ohio river: Continuing inn
provement, $3.50, 900, of which sum so much
as is necessary may be used for the i'm
provement of Davis Island Dam, and for
the improvement of Indiana Chute at high
water.
The Secretary of War is directed to settle
the claims OF Charles McCafferty and d.
and C. P. Dull, contractors for locks num-
bered four and five on the Great
Kanawha river, under contracts made
in 1874 and 1875, and subse-
quently for work done by reason
Exchanges in the contracts and for losses
caused by such changes, and by extra work
and other losses incurred from such and
other causes beyond their control, and re-
port what amount, if any, he finds TO be
due to said contractors.
The Secretary of War is also directed, at
his discretion, to cause examinations, or
surveys, or both, and estimates OF costs OF
improvements proper to be made, at Ohio
River at Rochester and Freedom, Pennsyl-
yania, for ice.breakers, and also for an ice
harbor at Middlepert, Meigs county, Ohio.
1t is provided that all moneys hereby sp-
propriated shall be Immediately available.
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SHOT AND SHELL
To b Posrst Into AlSxssttia Tbs
-,---l lloru1aG - :
fen One Rsadted Gus ,ya, Bead ~
British Fset-Gseat exftsAeat h =
loadsa and Psfia-Nsws
From the hih..
WARNING FROM AMERICAN ADMIRAL.

ALEXANDRIA, July l0-Ths American
Admiral, Nicholson, has warned the Atabs
working on the forts that II they 6rs st
him, he will return the fire.
SDasy Nsses efPFeparatiea."
Loxnos, July lo-The din Of preparation
for the warlike adventure iu Egypt con.
tinues incesantly in arssnals and dock.
yarda The journals publish column upou
column of military details OF the propossd
movements Of ships and troopS from Eng
land, India and the Mediterranean. Tho
sounds sound Ti 81 tSs ( guns son sd %" By
after day the news comes that the lombard
ment L. imminent, that guns are shottsd
and decks cleared for action. but the mo-
mentous intelligence that hostilitiss have
been commenced has been deferred % long
that there 10 Q hopcful feeling that tAe
Crisis nay Rass Wlthsas WsR
Meantime the correspondents Of London
journals send long and intsrestinG
dispatches, minutely describing the various
phases OF the situation on shore and On
the feet. Public opinion In England II %
absorbed In the excitement OF the prspara-
tions for the struggle that II passes slight
inely over the claims for consideration
made by the central figure OF the whole
matter-to Wit Arabi himself, who requests
an English correspondent TO state the term
Of "a military rebellion" applied to the
recent events In Egypt Is unjust - u IL
only through the army that the Egyptian
,>.onla u.osSassinS M nolitical machinery
can make its voice heard. Arabi afiirms
that the army 10 now acting for the nation
In obtaining rights and liberties hitherto
denied.
LONDON, July l0-A Calcutta dispatch
says: The Government OF India has re-
ceiyed final and definite orders 10 dispatch
its contingent TO Egypt under Sir Herbert
Macpherson, who commanded brigade In
the Afghan war. A large siege train 10 pre-
pairing at Agra and Bombay srssnals.
Mevements Of the Yrsneh rbsss.
PARIS, July l0.-It Is announced semi
officially that the French neet will 20 70
Port Said, In accordance with IN under
standing with Admiral Seymour.
KEyptisa Detesntnasisa.
A dispatch to the Figaro from Alexan.
dria announces that Toulba Pacha seems
determined to resist, even II the forts Arc
bombarded. He apparently counts on the
British admiral not attac' 'ng The town.
II is believed that Admiral Conrad will not
join In the bombardment, but should Aa-
miral Seymour land British troops he TOO
will send Q force ashore. He has, how
evet, barely FIVE hundred men available
for this keryice
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BUSINESS FAILURES.


Several Heavy Ones fester Day.
ST. LOUIS, Mo-, July l0.-An assignment
has been made by the Peckham Iron Com
pany, Charles Greeley, President. The
debts amount to slS2, 900. All hypothicates,
in addition to the premises, machinery,
etc., have been conveyed to secure tbs pay
ment of $4,000. The liabilities are not yet
known.
C. II. Albers & Co., commission firm,
failed to respond to calls for margins to-
day, owing TO customers failing to respond.
They decided to suspend. They were short
on wheat corn and oats. 1t is expected
they will meet their obligations in full.
CHICAGO, July 10.-The A. c. Fish Car
riage Company has made a voluntary as
signment, at Racine Wis. Liabilities $780,
600; assets nearly $4,000.
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REDUCING TAXATION.

Amendments TO the Revenue Bill In
the Senate, Yesterday Duty on
steel Rails 10 BE Reduced.
Special Dispatch 10 the Register.
WAsHINeroS, July lO.-In the Senate this
morning, Mr.. Msrrell, from the Committee
on Finance, reported several important
amendments 10 the House bill reducing
internal revenue taxation. The first OF
these amendments repeals, after October !,
1882, the additional emergency" duty, i'm
posed in 1876, OF 25 per cent on all molas-
ses and sugars, according to the Dutch
standard, imported into the United States
from foreign countries.
Another amendment fixes the duties on
steel railway bars at $40 per ton and makes
the duties on articles manufactured from
hoop, band or scroll iron the same as those
imposed on the material from which they
are made
A further reduction of the tax on tobac.
co is also to be urged.
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ON the BOSPn0NUo.


Religions YassSsss Comics - - psoot
CossTAsTIxorLE, July l0.-Tbs Baitsa
has telegrsphed TO Arab. TO the Khsdivs
and TO Dervisch Pscha, forbidding them 70
do anything tending to prscipitsts hostili-
ties. The change Of Ministry means that
the Sultan has changed his mind about ths
conference. Server Pscha win b the fsfk-
ish plenipotsndsry. The Turkish press u
unanimous in praisins Afabi, and dissu0
the Egyptian crisis from purely rslisioo:
and fsnaticsl standpoint The Dtcfiba
Hayadss, the organ OF enliGhtsssd nosleo
opinion. publishes n6Ammstofy articles -
nouncing the in6dels and exciting u
fanaticism Of the masses.
CoxrAxrIsoptE, July 10.-Ths Turkish
Admiralty has warned TIE cssvs Of ~
Turkish iron clsds To b in rssdines tos
immediate action.
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THE LAST SAD RITES.
Burying the Dead at WsIlsviIIs and
East Liverpool.
Victims Inferred By the Pickering Light Of
Torehes-The Search for the Missing
Still Going 0n-latest News
..- From the Wreck. --
WAS IT WHISKY THAT DID IT%
S,,ecial pispateA 10 the Reoister.

Specfdt DIsDdtca 70 tne he0tSteT.
WELLsvILLE, o., July 10.-The noble
wsrk of searching for bodies still continues
down the Ohio river. Three bodies were
brought here to-day on the noon train and
placed in the freight depot to await identi-
fication by friends. They were soon iden-
titled as Arthur Heagland, of Wellsville,
and Mrs Michael Emmerling and Lincoln
Beardsmore, of East Liverpool. The two
latter were Immediately taken
there. These bodies, as might
be supposed, were in terrible
condition, and were only identified by ar
tieles in their clothing Tommy Hoa3land
was buried at . O'Clock this afternoon, and
with him the
Twenty-eighth Victim
of this terrible disaster has been laid away
and twenty-eight newly made graves in
Spring Hill Cemetery hear silent witness
TO the untimely fate Of large number Of
our people. As was apprehended at first
the large number of the lost are from
Wellsville, our number exceeding that of
East Liverpool four or five.
AnONntT hhn ncPOEASo 'AASsA'Ss
WELLsvILLE, O., July 10-Since my first
dispatch another man, named Snider Bur-
roughs, an employs of Knowles pottery, is
reported missing from East Liverpool, and
is supposed to be among the lost. Parties
from the latter place informed your cores
ponded of this, to-day, and remained here
until the bodies on the noon train arrived,
but failed to find Burroughs among
the number. His name has not been
hitherto included in the list Of missing, and
as one man from East Liverpool informed
your reporter, he saw Burroughs when the
boat left here on the morning of the
Fourth, no doubt he is
Among the Lost.
After most diligent search and thorough
inquiry among the ProSser family and
those on the excursion, am unable to find
any account of man named Sloan, reported
missing from here. The reports
of the first few days represented
him as being with John Prosser, and that
both perished together. Mr.. ProsSer had
no knowledge of Sloan, and was not aware
his SON had. 1t is probsble thas IN the con-
fusion and excitement Immediately follow
ing the disaster, mistake was made in the
name. This leaves
WeIIsyIlle's List Complete
of twenty-eight drowned and recovered.
The Walkers and Hamiltown are included
in wellsyille, as both places are in the i'm
mediate vicinity and the bodies swereinterred
here. Now that all have been recovered,
and laid TO rest, the excitement is fast
subduing and only the pangs Of silent sor-
row that will always cling to those de-
priyed of dear ones remain as a reminder
of the terrible disaster of July 4th,
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FIRE RECORD.

CAIRo, July 10.-A fire at VaIla Ridge,
last night. destroyed the box and basket
factory belonging to Fernside & Co., and
W. Buffers dry goods and grocery store.
Loss probably 5000. Buffers store was
partly insured.
CooPxRsvIILE, MICH, July 10.-A fire e..
stroyed the house of +. F. Lille, last
night. Two children, aged four and six,
were burned alive.
BUFFALO, July 10-The Falconard Club
House, at Grand Island, was burned this
morning.
JSiLoSDoN, July 10-A large block OF cot
ton warehouses in Love Lane, Liverpool,
we're destroyed by fire this morning.
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POLITICAL NOTES.

NASHVILLE, July lo-Delegates are ar
irving to attend the State Convention Of
the State Credit Democrats, dissatisfied
with the platform of the late Democratic
State Convention, of June Goth. 1t
promises to be well attended from the mid
die Tennessee counties, and there is a strong
probability that the convention tomorrow
will put out another candidate for Cover
nor.
WASHINGTON, July 10-Col. II. C. Deahna
has declined the position in the customs
service in Arizona, rendered him by Secre-
tary Folger.
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come the Senate amendments to the bank
charter and river and harbor bills, some Of
the Senate amendments 10 which are likely
to cause some pretty vigorous discussioA
It is thought improbable that IN sdiourn4
ment win be reached before July 2&th, II,
indeed until August lst The Prssidsnt
expected TO leave the city This week Or
next for rest in the country, but will not
do 50 untfi Congress adjourna
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THE WEEK IN CONGRESS.
Programme Of Bnsiness-The Qaestfoa
OF AdjouRnment.

ProGramne Of Bnsiness-The Qaestfoa
OF AdjouFnment.
6pecd Dtsputch 70 fhe Reg'stev.
wAsHIsGTos, July 10.-The work OF this
week in Congress has been looked forward
TO with considerable anxiety, as on it will
depend the question of adjournment
The Senate viii probably pass the river and
harbor bill tomorrow or Wednesday.
Should it then decide to take up the in.
ternaI revenue biii and open the general
discussion as indicated by the Republican
caucus, there is no telling when the end
wiigbe reached. After this bill is dis
posed of there win yet remain the
naval and sundry civil bills TO be
acted on, which must consume at least
another week In the House 1t Is expected
nearly half the coming week will be ex-
pended upon the sundry civil bill. Then
tie les. regular apr ropriatson bill will be
cut Ct lie xsy IA t.s HcY:c. T.ien I'LL
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h j. now alleged that Gen. Skooeloh
Pmmitted suicide in order to escape
l expos-se of his connection with the
hgIistS
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A BLOODY AFFRAY.
Three Men Killed In Ark ansas.

CHICAGO, July l0.-Sevier county. Ark.
was the scene Of tragedy, recently, which
resulted in the death Of guest at the
hands of George and West McCraven, they
killing him for his money. In arresting
the murderers. constable Hetherby was &C
cidentally killed by one OF the arresting
party and George McCrayen was shot dead
hx a dennfv
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FEMALE PUGiLISTs.
Prize Fighting Extending 20 the Fair

LONDON, July 10-The recent revival Of
prize fighting has now extended TO the fair
sex. Two women OF Middlesborough quar-
relied a. to which was the better pugilist
and agreed to fight in a ring formed behind
the Corporation Gas Works. The women
stripped to the waist and took of their
rings and hairpins, shook hands and com
menced the first round. The conditions
we're that there should be no hair pulling
or scratching. After nine rounds the com.
bstants had BACKED each others eyes and
hid their faces bruised. The victor was es-
corted home by crowd Of admirers.
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FIVE MEN DROWNED,
A Boat Capsizes in Lake MI

A Boat Capsizes in Lake Michigan.
CHICAGO, July 10.-On Saturday small
boat capsized on Lake Michigan, off Mus
kagon. Two sailors from the steam barge
Hilton, and three other men were drowned.
The body of one man, named Anderson,
has come ashore.
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A VICIOUS HORSE
Horribly Disfgures Man at Cold
Water, Mich.

DETROIT, MICH, July 10.-An accident oc-
Cured at Cold Water, Saturday evening,
when the horseman familiarly known as
doc. Leighton" was attacked by an en-
ragged stallion. While he was in the act OF
adjusting the harness about his head, the
stallion knocked him down and kneeling
on him, bit off his underllip and al: the
flesh and skin beneath It, running down
under the point of the chin. He then bit
his right cheek and the back OF the neck,
also taking hold of his left hand, shatter-
ing the bones of several fingers.
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A TRIFuINe DISPUTE


ST.. LOUIS, July 10-A Post-Dispatch spe-
ciaI from Atlanta, Ga, says: At rocca
yesterday, Tom Mosby, . son Of Senator
Mosby, and Moronas quarreled about some
children. Each got pistol and opened
fire at the door OF Moronas1 house, and
Moronas was killed. Mosby escaped.
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The Colored Republican Association
New York, at its meeting Saturday
Eening, expressed dissatisfaction with
be party treatment, and declared if it
as not given what was promised, it
|ould vote with party which would
Eep It's pledges.
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The WRECK.


Mt Raised To-day. J.
MINeo JUNCTION, July 10.-The bodies Of
Stephen Kent Mrs. Michael Emerling,
Lincon Beardsmord. of East Liverpool, o.,
Arthur Hoagsland and Frank Smith, of
Wellsville, have been recovered, leaving
the missing: Albert Snow, of East Liver
pool, and two doubtful; Cornelius Palmer,
of Washington, Pa, and Sloan, a boy
IL years old, of Cleveland, Ohio.
The hull Of the scioto is partly out of
hole made by the Lomas. Tomorrow the
boat can be raised, and, while raising, the
water will be pumped out. The boat is
about one rod from shore, and should the
river fall, will leave it high and dry in a
day or two. The total number Of bodies
found is fifty six; total missing two, one OF
them doubtful.