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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1882-01-06
CAPITAL CHIPS.
Scraps from the Congress
EIonRI Notes and General Gossip.

Scraps from the DcpRrtments-CO Congress.
SionRI Notes And General Gossip.
WASHINGTON. January 5.-The Treasury
Department to-day purchased 100000
ounces OF fine silver 'for San Francisco,
Philadelphia and New Orleans mints. The
offerings to-day were unusually large and
prices very high.
Commissioner OF Indian Affairs Price re-
turned this morning from New York where
he went to attend the funeral OF his daugh-
ter. He says he never even intimated IN
intention to resign.
The total exports Of petroleum and pc
troteum products from the United States
during the eleven months ending Novem-
Der so, 1881, were S44, 44,4l5,673, and for the
same period in 1880 SSl, ,464,0O7.
Reports ut the postottfce department in
dicate that the smallpox is spreading
Throughout the country. A postmaster in
PENNSYLVANIA writes that the disease has
appeared in his town, and doctor treat
| ing a number OF cases persists IN calling ut
the Office for his mail matter. Many OF the
citizens have notified the postmaster that
they will refuse to receive their mail Il
these visits are allowed, and the official is
in a ouandary, and asks for advice. He
has been informed that be has no power ia
prevent any person from calling for theii
mail, and under these circumstances the
matter must be mutually arranged between
the citizens and the doctor.
The disbursements for witness fees and
mileage by the Marshal places the cost O.
the Government witnesses in the Guiteau
trial Mt S4,5O0, and the witnesses for thu
defense at 2,24a. The bills OF many OF The
witnesses have not yet been paid.
Immediately after the adjournment o.
the House, Speaker Keiier called meeting
OF the Committee on Rales. Representative
Gibson, OF Louisiana, and other gentlemen
interested in the improvement OF the
Mississippi river, appeared before the com
mittee in advocacy OF The adoption OF Mr.
Gibson's resolution, which proposes thatal
legislation relating to the Improvement o
t6e Mississippi river shall be referred to tn
Committee on Mississippi LcYees, and tha
the power Of the committee bo enlarge,
accordingly. :
cidedf to ask Congress for an appropriation
for an additional vault room at the Treas
Sry w at San Francisco, California. There va
40 much silver in the vault there that th
Assistant Treasurer has declined 10 receiy
any more from the Collector Of the POI
r on the ground that he had no proper plaC
Secretary Folgcr telegraphcd to the A
sistant Treasurer that he must receive Ii
= money and take such additional prcca,
tionS 10 guard 1t as may be necessary unit
authority could be Obtained from Congre
for the construction Of another vault,
The btllintroduced in the House to-da
q by Representative Hawk, Of Illinois,
proyide for recognizing the army and d
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As WILL be seen by notice on the Sec
ond page Of to-day's INTELLlGESCER, citi-
zens meeting has been called ut the Court
House ior Saturday evening, to take into
consideration the present system Of Water
Works management in this city, and with
a view OF clCting and comparing views
touching the best way to provide remedy.
The manufacturers Of Wheeling have sul-
iered severely this week by the condition
Of affairs ut the works, and inasmuch rs
this experience is nothing new to them,
but simply an incident in long line Of in
cidents OF the kind, they propose, among
Others, to see what can be devised as safe
guard for the future.
1t would be well for citizens to realize
the necessity for n new departure as re,
spccts the management Of the Water
Works. The city is losing thousands o.
dollars, directly and indirectly, every time
the factories Ct the city are compelled tc
shut down. Such stop means a serious
curtailment of oHr annual production, {
serious blow to the earning capacity Of oul
manufacturing establishments and to The
labor employed therein. It means ever
more timWthis, in the shape Of a serious
liability to wholesale conaagration-a con
aasration by which the prosperity Of thii
city may almost bo wiped out in few
hours.
There is certainly great necessity for {
better system OF management, and we hop'
tha the meeting Saturday night will Prov
to be the first step in the direction OF re
iorm.
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An ANINrERnuprEp FUNERAL.
Panic In n Church-FOrty Persons S
rIousIy and Three Fatally Injured.

Panic In n Church-FOrty Persons Sc.
rIOuSIy and Three Fatally Injured.
QulXcY, ILL.,, January 5.-During the
funeral OF Rev. Simon KuhlehenhoeIter, at
the Salem Evangelical Church, this after
noon, u frightful panic occurred. In the
rush for the street some forty persons were
injured, six ladies seriously. The church
was one OF the largest in the city, and was
filled with the friends OF the deceased. The
seats were filled and the standing room in
the aisles and about the doors was occu-
pied.
Soon after the services commenced the
panic occurred. It is said that seat in
the gallery broke down and the people in
the vicinity thought the gallery was giving
way, and then the rush commenced. Men,
women and children poured out OF the
doors leading from the main floor and gal
lery into the hall leading to the street.
All efforts to stop them were iruitless. The
people were frantic and would listen to
nothing.
In less than two minutes the doorway
was blocked up, and the scene that follow
ed was indescribable. Women who were
caught in the crowd were thrown down
and trampled upon. The shrieks and shout
ing Of the men who seemed to be fright
encd out OF their senses were fearful. For
fully ten minutes the doorway was blocked
up, and during greater portion Of this
time II half.dozen women lay on tho steps
under the feet OF the frightened crowd.
A few men who had lost their scare
went to work heroically TO rescue the
women and succeeded in getting them out
after they had been walked over by large
number Of men. As fast as taken out the
victims were taken to adjoining houses
and cared for. II was found that several
were probably seriously hurt. Mrs. Spill
ker, a married woman, aged about Is, re-
ceived internal injuries and it Is supposed
will die.
Maggie Meyer, a young woman, was
bruised in the face by boot heels and was
injured internally. Mary Key, Mary Ann
Ritter, Minnie Bnndy and Miss Dickhut,
young women, all received serious injuries
and their recovery Is doubtful. Mrs. Dale
man, and an old lady, Mrs. and Miss Lob.
man and Miss Wisman were badly injured
Rev. Hollenbach, who was caught in tht
crowd, had a rib broken. Many who were
knocked down and but slightly injured
were taken home as soon as they escaped
and their names were not asccrtained
There was no occasion for the scare, ant
no cause for the panic. After the excite
ment, which lasted for half an hour, thu
funeral ceremonies were resumed. Up
s o'clock this evening the victims were al
I alive, but there is but little hope for Mn
Spilker, Miss Meyer and Mrs. Burdy,
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FOREIGN NOTES,

A Vienna dispatch says rcinforcements
Of troops have been sent south to Dalmatia
and Herzegovina.
The Madrid Globe publishes an article
urging the Government not to yield to
England any OF the rights Spain possesses
]. r. Keene's Foxhall and LorIlard's
Iroquois, Gerald and Aranza are among
the entries for city and suburban handi.
cap, Foxhall and Iroquois are also en-
tered for the Epsom-Ascot gold cups.
A Dublin dispatch tells that process
server named Huddy and his nephew baye
disappeared from near BaIlinrobo,
County Mayo, and it is thought they have
been murdered and their bodies hidden
in the bog.
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THE FRUIT is GROWING
BUT is NOT YET READY TO PICK.
Independent Movement la AIalnIppl-C Coalition
DlssOuRtsnanssd for the Time, But the ATen.
elss are At Work, and tbs salvation WIZ
DO Accomplished In Good TINE.

.. .'Cclai Dispatch TO The IaielllgcnceF:
WASHINGTON, January 5.-Ex.senatol
Bruce, who has been constantly in receip
Of political information from his native
State Of Mississippi, stated to-day that there
would be no attempt on the part Of the in
dependents Of that State to form an extra
ordinary government with the hope oil
recognition by the President aud the Uni.
ted States Government.
Tie Greenback element OF the Liberal
party had, previous to the election, pledged
themselves to take this step il they were
counted out, and feel in duty bound to make
the effort. The Republicans, however, re-
fused to countenance any such movement,
and the Libenl.Democrats themselves
were indisposed 10 1t.
A number Of Independent leaders came
to this city some days ago and held a con-
sultation with ex-senator Bruce on the
subject OF their probable recognition by the
President, II the steps they proposed were
taken. The Register opposed the move
ment, and told them they ought not to ex-
pect the President to consider any such
hypothetical proposition as they proposed to
lay before him. Itwould be an embarrass-
ment TO him in that there would be no
evidence upon which to base such rccog.
nition, and he would have no direct reason
for such recognition, the Bourbon govern.
ment being primo faeie in the right. The
Independent leaders therefore relinquished
the plan and returned home without ap.
preaching the President upon the subject.
Another reason for the failure OF the
scheme was the fact that large number Of
young men in the State, who had heretofore
worked with the Bourbon party, are greatly
disguised with its methods, and with the
continued monopoly on the part Of the old
men, ex-Confederates and others, OF all the
Offices, shutting out all hope OF IN advance
ment for them, are ready to join any
new movement that may present itself.
1t is said that if the Virginia election had
been held four weeks previous to that in
Mississippi, the result Of the Readiusters
would have sent at least %, 900 young votes
over to Ben King and the Independent
movement.
Any attempt, therefore, to set up an ex-
traordinary government would result in
driving these young men back into the
Bourbon party, and it is considered better
to suffer year or two with the prospects Of
a substantial victory at the last.
Marshal NTorphiss, whose term Of office
has just expired, is in the city, and will be
reappointed tomorrow. He says that the
Independent movement in the State is
growing every day, and cannot now be
crushed out.
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WARDEN CR0CKER
On Guiteau's Prison Life-The Exagger
alton OF Some Correspondents.

WASHINGTON, January b.-"No persons
were permitted to see Guiteau to-day with
the exception OF the jail officials" said
Warden Crocker. "No one had seen him
yesterday, and until the termination Of the
trial his counsel and his brother and sister
are the only persons who will be permitted
to visit him in jail" This rule, the Warden
explained, was strictly in accordance with
the wishes Of the prisoners counsel, and
added: at quite agrees with mine. For
a time the prisoner was not allowed to see
any prisoner, to read any newspaper, or
learn anything in regard to tho condition
Of his victim, and this course, which was
rather Withholding OF indulgence discre-
tionary with the Warden. Then the ap-
pIication OF unusual rigOr was made the
subject Of vast amount OF criticism.
Upon the arrival OF Scoville the prisoner
was allowed to receive visitors and read
the papers, and us he is quite ready to
talk, and has at times not been in accord
with Scoville. He has doubtless said and
written great many things 10 which his
friends have takeu exception. It has been,
however, to people who would never have
been admitted but for the request OF
friend or the counsel $50 many cores.
pondents," added the Warden, "draw up
on their Imagination almost entirely, and
describe as realities what exist only rs n
tigment OF their own brains, that l am
quite disposed to be pleased with the
proposition not to allow Guiteau
to be interviewed any more.
Why, a day or two ago one correspondent
wrote up in vivid portraiture an account OF
what he termed Guiteau's New Years re-
ception; that two or three hundred people,
the majority ladies, called upon the priso.
ner, brought him flowers and deticacies,
chatted with him, in short that Guiteau
was permitted to hold a regular levee in
the corridors. AS a matter Of fact, how
ever, not above twenty or thirty persons
saw him New Years day, and then only
incidentally, as they would see any OF the
prisoners WHO arc permitted to be seen on
days when visitors arc admitted. Upon
Christmas and New Years the friends OF
the prisoners are allowed to visit them and
bring little presents or delicacies 1t is
not simply entrusted TO the discretion
OF the warden, but he is obliged to ad.
NIT visitors upon these occasions. 1t is my
opinion, also, that the large majority OF the
visitors at the court room daily are stran-
gers from abroad, who take in the Guiteau
trial as one OF the sights OF the Capital.
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Ex.ArplroN BENNETT, Of the Hunting.
ton .id,ali,sr, is disgruntled over the as
signmcnts to the Democratic members
from West Virginia on the Committees Of
Congress. Things are not now as they
used to be, when Hereford was Chairman
Of the Committee Of Commerce, and the
"s,ernal fitness Of things" was in like
manner observed bSa Democratic Speaker.
Speaking OF the late Democratic Speaker,
Sam Randall, the .ldrriiser is shocked that
Col. Ben, and Kenna, and Hoge should
have voted for him in the caucus. lie is
denounced as mNrplot in the party In
what respect is not stated. Weonly know
that the Ex.Auditor OF West Virginia is
down on the Ex.Speaker Of Congress. We
presume that Randall can stand it.
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Cipllning the militia, provides that every
able bodied male citizen, between the ages
Of IS and 40, shall be enrolled in the MILF
tia at such times and in such manner as
may be provided by each State and Terri
tory respectively, the militia 10 be divided
into two classes, National guard and q
Reserve guard. The bill requires every or.
ganiEation in the active militia to 60 into
camp several days each year, and DO sub.
ject TO orders from the President in time
Of need for services on the part Of the
United States, for period not exceeding
twelve months.
Postmaster General Howe to-day enter.
cd upon his duties, and appointed his son
Frank as chief Of the Division Of Mail Dep.
relations and detailed him for duty rs
chief clerk in the Office practically vacant
Frank Howe says the appointment is only
temporary and that ho has not yet deci.
ded upon retaining the office permanently.
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GEN. K,LpArRIoK,s DEATH.



ccIvcd at the State Department.
WAsnISGToN, January 5-Some meagre
statements respecting the death of General
Judson Fitzpatrick, United States Minister
at Santiago, Chill, have reached the De.
partment OF State. For five months prior
to his death, General Fitzpatrick had suf.
fered intensely from Brights disease to
such an extent as to incapacitate him al.
most completely from official duties. In
his responsible position, this prcyed great.
ly on his mind, and few days before the
end he rallied somewhat, the pain di.
minished and he seemed more cheerful
and active. On the very day OF his death
lie endeavOrcd to dictate to an amanuensis
some dispatches to the State Department.
but was forced, through sheer weakness, to
desist. He died peacefully at quarter
before ten o'clock on the night Of December
the ID. Every consideration was shown
him in his lust hours. His funeral was an
nounCed to take place on Monday, Decem.
Der 5. The officers and men OF the United
States war steamer Alaska, then lying at
Valparaiso, were to assist in the interment.
Many Of the friends Of General fitzpatrick
are discussing the project Of bringing his
remains back to his native country, and
the State Department has been consulted
by General W. T. Sherman and by Rev:
Hamilton, pastor ofthe Presbyterian Church
at Deckertown, New Jersey, where Gener-
nj Fitzpatrick worshiped, concerning
the procurement of governmental aid for
transferring the body hither. 1t is probable
that Congress will be applied to for this
purpose as fitting tribute to the memory
OF the brave officer and trusted represent
Ativc. Inasmuch as the statutes give the
State Department no authority to provide
for such purposes, it is not unlikely that
more over delay may arise il the Chitian
law should take the course Of that OF other
Spanish-American couptries, to require the
lapse Of two or more years from the date
OF interment before permitting the exhu.
nation and removal OF body.
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AMoyG the excellent remarks made at
the recent session OF the Farmers Institute
ut st. ClairsvilIe, O., we notice with inter.
es. the practical and sensible address ol
our old Wheeling townsman, Mr.. A. T.
NlcKelyey, President Of the Belmont
County Agricultural Society. Mr.. Nickel.
vey is II real iarmer-an enthusiast on be-
half OF agricultural pursuits-as we'll he
may be, seeing that he has made a signal
success Of it in all respects, and especially
in that great respect for which he torsook
city life, viz, the re.establishment Of his
health. He has acquired health, compe,
tcncc and a wide sphere Of influence in
Belmont county. He was formerly Man
ager Of the Western Union Telegraph office
in this city.
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Explosion OF 500 Kegs of fP0wder-'rhree
Boys Kfttcd and Property Destroyed.

Explosion OF 500 Kegs of fP0wder-rhree
Boys Kfttcd aud Property Destroyed.
osEALoosA, IA, January 5.-An cxplo.
sion occurred ut four o'clock this afternoon
whereby 500 kegs OF powder, the property
Of the American Powder Company, went
up with a terrific noise, caused by some
boys using the wooden magazine as a tar.
get for breach-loading rifle.
Three boys, John Phillips, son OF tho
Mayor, whose father drew the rifle as a
prize on New Years, and Gerald Joyce
and John Stedman, were the boys engaged
in the target exercise and were instantly
killed, feartully mAngled and burned.
They were carried from fifty to two hun.
dred yards away from the magazine and
mutilated almost beyond recognition.
The explosion caused great damage to
windows, nearly all the plate'glass fronts in
the business quarters OF the city being
wrecked, while many houses in the north.
ern part Of the city suffered severe damage
aggregatiHg not less than $4,000. Many
other persons were injured by falling glass
and debris.
KEoEuI, Iowa, January 5.-The shock
OF the explosion at 0skaloosa, today, was
felt ut Monroe, on the Keokuk { Des
&oines Division Of The Chicago, Rock Is
land & Pacific Railroad, u distance OF nearly
thirty miles from the scene oi the explo
sion.
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THE AssAss1N.s TRIAL.
The Defense Preparing Their Points
RufCS for the ArRumenfa

WASHINGTON, January $40 every ono
who gains admission to his cell, Guiteau
stolidly maintains that he will be acquitted.
He talks as wildly as ever about inspira-
ton, and that the Almighty will preserve
his life under any circumstances The
change to prison fare does not seem to
affect his temper now. He says his digest
i've organs are equal TO anything in the
shape OF feod, and that his appetite Is keen
enough for the meanest kind OF fare,
Scoyille and Colonel Reed were engaged
all day upon the preparation Of law points
which they will, on Saturday, present the
Court for It's ruling. Neither ot these gem
tlemen appear at all sanguine Of obtaining
q verdict favorable to their client; yet both
stoutly maintain, not only that Guiteau
was legally irresponsible for his act, but Is
at this moment an insane man, bis own
assertion to the contrary notwithstanding
Scoville was greatly disappointed at hit
failure TO get before the jury yesterday nd
ditional expert evidence, with which hs
had expected to rebut the testimony OF th,
Government experts.
i Judge Cox Issued the following direc
tions as to the management and the rule
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CONGRESSIONAL AFFAIRs.
Private Relief Measures-A Reciprocity
Treaty with Mexico.

Treaty with Mexico.
Special Dispatch to the IH,elllgeneer,
WASHINGTON, January 5.-Representative
Errett introduced bill to afford relief to
W. II. Brown and others, OF Pittsburgh.
The bill provides that the Government
shall pay to Mr.. Brown and others the sum
Of $780, 500 Gl advanced by them some time
ago to enable the Baltimore 4 Ohio Rail-
road Co. to widen the channel span Of its
bridge at Parkersburg, W. Va.
Representative Whitthorne, of Tenn,
will introduce on Monday resolution in
troduced by him into the Forty-fifth Con-
gress, requesting the President to negotiate,
at his earliest convenience, a reciprocity
treaty with Mexico. 1t is asserted that the
present tradc warrants such treaty, and
that the times demand it. Montero, the
former Minister, and who will succeed
Zamacona, comes for this especial purpose,
He is expected in couple Of weeks.
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CINCINNATI, January 5.-ME. B. II. John.
son, chief operator on day duty in the
Western Union Telegraph office in this city,
died this morning at his homo, Walnut
Hills, Of typhoid pneumonia, after one
weeks illness. He was on duty all day on
Wednesday, December 9sth, and was takef
down i'll that night. He was about fort,
years old, and leaves vile and three chill
dren. He was an elder in the Walnut Hills
Presbyterian Church, aud had q high stand
ing IS private citizen and as man q
strict business integrity.
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ANCIENT nYsrERIEs UNIocKED.
Discoveries OF an ArehGoIoEist in
Yueatau.

DAscoNtFAeS oI hn AfcnEoIOEtAt In
BosToX, January 5.-Dr. Augustus Plon.
geon, now examining tho ruins Of Yuca.
tan, writes as follows to Marshall P. viii
der, Of the New England Historical Geneo.
logical Society:
] have discovered among the ruins Of
Mayapan the gnomon, used by the astrono-
mefs Of that city; also a complete Masonic
temple, with symbols and hieroglyphics.
! baVe found the portraits OF founders Of
F'cities, and interpreted the meaning Of Ger.
tain ornaments that have been misuuder-
stood by other travellers. / have ascer.
tanned that the key to the ancient Maya
alphabet is the true one, and by It's
means Mrs, Do Plongeon and myself have
been able to read the names OF the found
ers and those Of the cities. have found
that this alphabet contains letters and
characters belonging to the Egyptian,
Eruscan and Chaldean alphabets, and also
that the Maya language Is akin 10 all the
ancient languages spoken by men in ages
long gonehy My studies have caused me
to believe that the founders Of the first
ChaldeAn monarchy were Maya, and prob
ably the people who coloai2ed Egypt and
brought civilization to that country. You
must remember that the Egyptian priests
always pointed to the West when asked
concerning the birthplace Of their ancestry.
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Tur weIIsburg Ntus has discovered a
scheme on the part OF the Republicans Ol
West Virginia to Mahonize the State. It Is
10 divide the Democrats on the temperance
question. This is published us news, but
where it originated is not stated. We pre-
sumc it must he entirely original with our
WelIsburg neighbor.
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yfoprpy poesryseeGs many forms Of ex-
,,,",.ion in order to do ample justice to the
modern Young man. Here, iorinstance, is
,erse devoted to him.
A rather good sized young man,
4 mi very bad young man,
snmriimps queer and noticeable,
Always church soCiable,
Meier gaiA cash young man.