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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-03-22
FLOODS IN NOVA SCOTIA.
A Thaw Sets In and Results DISASTROUS
" to Property.

HAEFAx, N. s., March 2l.-The thaw the
past few days was followed by q severe rain
storm. The rivers overaowed, bridges
were swept away and the lowlands flooded.
Much property was destroyed.
There Is the greatest freshet on the Corn
wallis river known for years. The Wind.
sor & Annapolis railway Is submerged and
badly washed. The track at Wiswells is
three and half feet under water, and at
Munroe Marsh, mile and a half long,
nearly as much. The railroad track in
some places Is floating. All trains between
Windsor and Annapolis are cancelled.
Oxford and Cumberland counties report
the greatest treshet ever known. Three
bridges across the Philip, one at the head
OF tide water on the Oxford, and another
on the road to the station, were all carried
away. The ice jam caused back water,
flooding houses from six inches 10 three
feet deep. Some families removed in
canoes and rats. A number OF small
bridges have gone and communication is
completely cut of in every direction. The
damage up the river must be very great, as
q large amount OF debris is floating down
the river.
ATruro telegram says: Ice in the Salmon
river and Upper brook broke last night
and a tremendous freshet followed. The
railway yard was flooded. The upper end
OF Truro Is submerged. II Is still raining
heavily and the river Is rising.
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FALLING OFF IN POSTAGE.
Preparing for the Reduced Rates-D,
sign for the New stamp.

sign for the New stamp.
WASHINGTON, March 2l.-Third Assist.
ant Postmaster General Hazen says that he
anticipates q material falling of OF the rev.
enue from the sale Of stamps and stamped
envelopes in the next six months. Orders
for "!return" stamped envelopes, he said,
have already begun to diminish. The
matter Of redeeming the unusual three.
cent stamps which may be outstanding on
October has not yet been maturely con.
sidered. 1t is quite probable that, as a
matter Of precautlon, the Department may
decline to receive single stamps, or any
number less than say FIVE, and 1t may be
required that these shall be presented at
tached to each other, as in the original
sheets. Several designs for the new two.
cent stamps have. been received, but the
one to be used has not yet been chosen.
Some OF the designs are very attractive.
Each contains an engraved head Of Wash
ington. To avoid confusion some other
color than green will probably be selected.
The officers OF the Department have re-
Gently been trying to devise an envelope
which will not be too costly, and will Be
strong enough to resist the abrasion and
tearing caused by coin. The ordinary en-
velope tears too easily, and 1t is frequent
occurrence to lind in the bottom Of pouch
containing registered packages quantity
Of loose coin, which has forced its way
through the envelopes. "0f course, we
could make suitable cloth.line envelope"
said General Hazen, "but It would be
pretty expensive. In England such en-
velopes are used, and the sender OF regis
tered letter is compelled to buy one. They
cost three or four cents each. II we should
adopt that practice l 1should expect pretty
general and loud complaint"
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UNHAPPY PAYErTE COUNTY.
Another Murder Added 10 Her List OF
Crtmes-G;reat Excitement

Crirnes-Great Excitement.
UEloNrowN, Pa, March 2l.-John
Kane, the leader Of the Molly Maguires, OF
Fayette county, was this evening pierced
with four balls from a pistol in the
hands Of Superintendent F. O. Keigh-
ley, Of the Keystone Coke Works,
four miles from here. Kane had lately
been discharged for organizing force Of
striking miners, and driving new men out
Of the pits. He was also ordered
to leave the house he occupied
which belonged to the comprny. This
SO enraged him that he threatened Keigh.
ley's life, and yesterday he came to Union.
town and got drunk. This afternoon he
entered the Court and threatened Congress.
man Boyle, who had prosecuted him for the
murder Of Maurice Healy, but was elected
from the court by an officer. He then re.
turned to the works aud entered store
where he renewed an old trouble with
Keighley. The superintendent told him
to get away, but Kane pressed him and
forced him in corner, at the same time
attempting to draw revolver, but Keigh.
ley quickly drew a pistol and fired four
shots into his body, one passing clear
through from the abdomen to the
back. Keighley then came to town
and delivered himself up. Great excite
ment prevails, and it is feared an outbreak
may occur. Kane was one OF the men
arrested after the murder Of Maurice Healy
at Dunbar, but was aiterward released.
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A Pinnis,,s nlsfor,up,.

INDIANAPOLIS, IND, March, 21.-Mim
ottalie J.. Klauczek, pianist, who for ten
years past has given concerts and reeitals
in steinyay Hall, New York, has become
insane andis in, the asylum here. Her
condition is such as to cause apprehensions
that she will not live many days. Her
mania manifests itself 80 Violently that she
Is kept In straight jacket and under close
surveillance. s6e has been here, where she
taught music many years ago, but
short time, and was complained,
that her friends did not give her
musical efforts that kindly appre!
citation which they deserved and that wor.
ried her greatly. Last Wednesday night
she gave u benefit concert, which was a
failure, and on the following day she waa sSli
exceedingly respondent and hysterical.
On Friday It became evident to her friends
that she was losing her mind, and she was
sent TO the city hospital, where she has re-
mained until her removal 10 the asylum
yesterday. Her only relative that Is known
is q sister indefinitely located in Wiscon.
ain
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WHEELING, WEST THURSDAY MARCH 22 1888.

cial affairs, but it is already announced
that the Democrats who are dissatisfied
with the recent legislation intend to make an
attempt at the next session, to revise it The
debate that must follow will be as long as
the session itself, and the result will prob.
ably be injurious to the country, as It GER
tainly will be to the Democratic majority
OF the House. 1t Is well known to all men
who have made the tariff q subject Of in
quiry that very marked changes have
taken place in different portions Of this
country, and that sections which clamored
ten years ago for tariff for revenue with
out incidental protection, are now even de-
manding protection for new and local in
terests. It has been impossible to frame
a bill to meet partial revolution, and ex-
perience alone can show how the new
measure, 30 far as 1t relates to customs
duties, may or may not benefit the country.
It certainly is entitled to trial longer than
five months. .Tf.
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Mas, LASGrRY objects to the Pittsburgh
Daputth', style OF criticism. "Instead Of
etiticising me as an actress" she says, "it
dSelt entirely on my personal appearance"
This Is not quite true. The Di.patch criti.
dSed Mrs. Langtry's personal appearance
and her acting, and the tone Of the article
w@ not unkind. But what can Mrs.
LAnguy expect? She comes to US as a
beauty par excellence, after that as an
actress, As a beauty she Is entitled to be
called professional rs an actress she Is
yeta novice. Criticism varies with It's
subject, and the primary subject Of all
comments on Mrs. Lapgtry on the stage Is
PeBOual appearance. Criticism as applied
TO Bernhardt, Modjeska, Patti, Nilsson is
a very different thing, for here 1t
iinyitGd to consider art alone. Bernhard
might be homely, Modjeska hideous, but
10 either case we behold an artist. Now
lAngtry is nothing Il not beautiful. II
vas her beauty, not her talent, which
made way for her on the stage. It was
her beauty that had been advertised over
lao continents and the isles Of the sea.
Siter actresses arc in the company which
SPpots her, but no manager has thought
G"rlrrinS" one Of them. The reason ol
sSe discrimination is obvious, and as Mrs
AAaStry started with some advantages she
oSsat 10 shoulder her disadvantages with
'Al0sophietssiguston
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Wheat and barley crep West,

SAN FRANCISCO, March 2l.-The rain fall
has been very light and iean are enter.
tanned that unless there are plentiful
showers before April !, the wheat and bar
ley crops will be almosta total failure, ex-
cept In several coast counties, which may
be aided by fogs. The fruit and grape
yield promises to exceed that Of any pre-.
ylous year. .5,.
ST. Paul, March 2l.-Adyices FROM var
ious points In the Yellowstone country In
dicate that the past winter has been iayor-
able for stockmen, and the loss from ex.
posure and the cold weather Is estimated
mot to exceed Eve per cent for the entire
Territory.
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RRIRF TELEoRkMs.

The Canadian railway trains are snow
bound.
7. II. Hodgson has been arrested on d
suit OF the Bank Of Montreal for Slls,0OO
Hanlan, the oarsman, has gone to Wash,
ington, D. G., TO train for race with
Kennedy.
The United States Telegraph Company
filed certificate OF incorporation yes
t,rday. Capital 100000.
The bill prohibiting the acceptance Of
railroad passes by State officers passed 9
third reading in the Pennsylvania Senate
yesterday. e
Ketcham, Rothschild & Co., furniture
makers; L. S. Gamble, merchant tailor
and Neeley Bros, boots and shoes, Of Chi
cago, were burned out yesterday.
Thh New York State Association o.
brewers and malsters passed resolution
yesterday not to spend money to purchase
legislation, or influence the action Of the
Legislature, and denounced the system Of
legislative oyertures by lobbyists as black
mail.
G. @. Williams 4 Co., OF Springfield, ILL.,,
have been declared by the Postotiice De
partment to be engaged in conducting 0
scheme for obtaining money through the
mails by fraudulent representations and
promises. The postmaster at Springfield
has been directed 10 discontinuethe do
livery to the firm Of registered letters Of
money orders.
Herbert Eaton, sitting in a livery stable
in Calais, Me-, yesterday, in an Ordinary
conversation, suddenly drew pistol anc
shot his brother Joseph and Samuel Kel
lev, Jr. Joseph was not dangerously In
jured. Kelley's recovery % doubtful
Eaton fed 10 his summer residence, sever
miles from Calais, and threatens to resis
arrest. No cause assigned. t.
A Mlddletown, n. Y, dispatch says
Casper Lehman shot himself last evening
at an hotel here, and then turned on tn
gas, The situation wasldiscovered betor
he was suffocated. He was to be marriet
to-day. The bride expectant tirst learne,
OF the affair from messenger sent 10
wedding flowers Liebmen made an On
successful attempt yesterday to negotiat
notes The pistol shot Is thought to b
fatal.
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PrrsDuRGn, Pa, March S2l.- Judge
Acheson, Of the United States District
Court, to-day, filed an opinion in the ecase
Of the United States vs.. WIN. Jenkinson,
that is Of great importance 10 the tobacco
trade. The defendant was indicted for
selling tobacco contrary 10 section s, 1903,
of the revised statues. His ofense con.
sisted in having sold five pounds of plug
tobacco from broken package to smaller
dealer. Judge Acheson says the Govern.
ment has no right to enquire whether
Jenkiuson sold tobacco tobe sold again.
and consequently discharged the defend:
ant. The opinion 10 contrary to all recent
rulings OF the United States Internal
Revenue Department.. . tu. ID
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THE aBLACK COUNTRY"
THE BEAUTIES OF. FREE TRADE
Once Nor. Set Forth by Mr.. Porter la His Letter,
on Industrial Iusiand-l Terrible Picture Of
Misery and Industrial Slavery In
the Nail Making Districts.

Mr.. Robert P. Porter, writing from Lye
Waste, Worcestershire, England, to the
New York Tribune in regard to the condi.
tion OF affairs in the "Black Country
says: This region Of country is located
part in the county Of Stafford and part in
that Of Worcester. Thepopulation Of Dud'
ley is about 1900. The other places are
not dignifed into municipalities, but strag.
gle along and are included in what are
called the urban sanitary districts OF West
Bromwich, 81 900 inhabitants; Briefly Hill,
1900; Bromsgroye, 5000; Stourbridge TO-.
900. There is no public spirit, no munici-
pal pride. The district is badly drained;
not lighted except by the flames of the fur.
naces and forges.
It Is said that about p, 900 persons are
engaged in. this dismal district making
nails and rivets. Though within seven
miles Of the great and prosperous city of
Birmingham, no one seems to know or
care about this army Of men, women,
young girls and children condemned to q
life OF wretched slavery. The district itself
has aptly been described as a grimy chaos
CONDITION OF TIE INHABITANTS.
The inhabitants are among the most in
dustrious, and yet the most wretched, in
England. They are engaged in making all
kinds OF nails, rivets and chains. The
work is done in little 'smithys" attached
to the novels in which the workers reside,
and for which the usual rent seems to be
about Is. 4d. to %. I'd. week, a triae over
fifty cents. These houses, as rule, con-
tain little or no furniture. They are filthy
and wretched beyond description. What
spare time the unhappy nailer's wife gets
from nursing the baby and preparing the
meagre meals, is spent at the smithy fire
away at the anvil until late at
night. But the extra work that the
woman does, combined with that OF
one child-say girl OF fourteen-will
barely keep the family from starvation.
For example: An expert mailer, working
steadily from Monday morning to Friday
night, can only make two and half
bundles Of iron rods into nails, for which
ne gels os. I4u. Per punule, Ut lor his Weeks
work, l6s. I'D, exactly s.. Now, his wife,
by working every moment OF her spare
time and late into the night-neglecting the
wretched little children-can make a
bundle Of commoner. nails, for which she
is paid IS. Id, and the little half.starved,
stunted girl OF u, with her brown arms and
steady, unerring aim, will hammer out half
a bundle, ls ED. Total earnings Of an in
dustrious and Woodworking family, three
at the forge. for the entire week:
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WEpropose to our neighbor, the Register,
Idiscussion OF certain propositions drawn
from its article oi the 18th inst. as repro
duccd in the INrELLIGEScER Of to-day.
The ISTELLIdENCER will maintain that
tl) Customs duties are not necessarily
axaT
icy The duty which represents the pro
lection TO American manufactures Is moi
generally paid by the consumer;
(S) The laborer for wages is not made tc
bear the chief burden Of the protection
accorded his employer;
~ The difference between the wages o.
,heAmericau laborer and the wages OF the
European laborer Is not 20 per cent;
I5) The American laborer's necessary
living expenses having been met, he has
not less left than the European laborer;
10y The American workingman Is moi
asking to be placed on level with the Eu
ropean laborer;
u That tsrifr.ior.revenue-only has
never been, and is not now, the best policy
br this country.
lithe suggestion meet with our neigh
boris iavsr, will 1t be good enough to say
which Of us shall open the discussion
We beg leave to suggest, further, that Il
Zach side will confine itself to compara
lively short articles 1t would be Of advan
taSe to the readers Of both papers to have
the articles Of the one reproduced in the
other. What does our esteemed cotem
pOtary say?
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CLEVELAND, March 2l.-A.J J. Kicks, Eq,
Clerk OF the Circuit Court, who was ap-
pointed special master in the case Of Rus.
sell against the Cleveland, Tuscarawas VAL
ley & Wheeling Railway Company, made
his report upon the matter this morning.
The hearing before Special Master Kicks
was begun yesterday in his office. Clement
Russell was represented by Judge Boynton
and Attorneys E. J.. Estep and E. A. An
gell. Judge J. W. Tayler was present in
the interest Of the road, besides Selah
Chamberlain, the President, Oscar Town
send, receiver, and E. R. Perkins. Con-
siderable interest is manifested in the case,
which will probably continue for several
days. The amount involved Is large, and
the questions that will be brought up are
full OF interest. Among the witnesses
already examined were General j. S. Case
ment, Of gainesville; B. +. Morse, City Civil
Engineer, and W. F. Turrif, General
Master Mechanic Of the O., T., Q. & l., the
appraisers.
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MR PoarER's letter from the "Black
Country" OF England to the New York
Tribune is interesting reading for this
locality. They make nails there and we
make nails here. But the wives and daugh-
tersOt our Wheeling nailers do not have to
work at the "hearth" and the Solver" to
help exc out miserable living. Look
upon that picture and on this! Imagine
a Wheeling mailer bringing up bis
family after the Black Country fashion
Imagine father, mother and daughter
working at the forge a whole week for
Al, which barely keeps lie in the body
alter it is earned! The Wheeling mailer
wouldn't think that large earning for
DAY, and his wife stays at home to keep her
comfortable house in order, and his slaughter
goes to s;hool. We ask the Register to say
whether 1t thinks the English nailers oi
whom Mr.. Porter writes are 20 per cent
better of than the American nailers who
form large and respected element Of this
community. A few hard facts are worth
Sll the theories OF all the theorists.
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Irrw The Republican papers, lRcking good
,n.s md moral principle, are trying 70 giye tne
IiHEs, murder and trial political turn. ior t the
,.SsS1 IhIi The chief culprit sa democrat Ihat
~ AZ argument from Luch q source, ray ne
s,o,s,lr aud eIeCIuaIly answered by referring Us
pn;Sa 10 The political faith Of the slayer OF Mr.
S;,yseiI. The one isS just, pertinent ano power
iuII The oIAer.- IIathingtOn (Pd.l Reese~ a"a kA-
laiAtr.
We have seen something OF the same
uprport in other Democratic newspapers.
Attention has been drawn to the mixing
Of politics with murder not 80 much
because the chief culprit Is Democrat,
elected to office by Democrats, as because
the twelve other culpri,s are Democrats,
putin tho jury box because they were
Democrats. The Guiteau point doesn't
count. To Say nothing Of the minor fact
that be was not honored with preterment
by The Republican party, the jury was not
packed by Republicans with Republicans
to clear him, and .Guiteau paid bis penalty
on the eallOws.
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COLUMBIA, s. O., March 2l.--Frank
Mitchell was brutally murdered in Orange
burg county by William Trezeyant. It
seems that jealousy had existed between
the parties for some time on account OF a
young woman whom both men were court
Ing. TrezeVaht had threatened bis rival,
and finding that Mitchell intended leaving
home Trezeyant went near the house OF the
woman at night, aud concealing himself
near the gate until Mitchell approached,
sprang upon him and dealt him 4
blow upon the head with a heavy
club. He then dragged his victim into the
forest near by, and. alter beating his
brains ont with o club, buried him In 4
shallow grave, which he covered with straw
that itmight not attract attention. Mitchell
being missing from the community, sus.
picion fell upon Tr,zsyant and he was ar.
rested. He confessed the crime and made
afull statement Of the affair, adding that
upon leaving his home on the night Of Tie
killing he took aospade with him with
which 70 dig Aitchell's grave, Treseyant
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LITTLE Rock, ARK, March 2l.-A Ga.stte
special from Ozark says: The johnson
brothers, two OF the Little Rock and Fort
Smith train robbers, now Jailed there,
confessed their crime. George johnson
said party was organized at Mulberry,
but the plan was not entirely completed
then, but 1t was the understanding the
train OF the Little Rock & Ft. Smith
R. R. was 10 be captured and
robbed and they adjourned to meet at
Mulberry, where a plan OF operations
was formed in the woods near the
town. Their intention was not to kill
any one except in self.defense, and
to avoid bloodshed unless absolutely
necessary. The shooting was done un.
der excitement and was entirely
unnecessary. Jim Herndon, who was cap
tured this morning, near Huntsville, Madi.
son county, fired the shot that killed
conductor Cain. Herndon went to
Mcdonald, one OF the gang to
stop the shooting but Mcdonald shot at
him, supposing he was passenger, when
Jim shot Mcdonald in the face. The
original plan was to capture Cain and rob
the nalganpprg
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AN gNxAGED PRISONER
Unburdens His Mind Upon Judge Who
Sentenced Him,

Z PITTSBURGH, March 2l.-It is not often
that criminal upon whom sentence has
been passed has the nerve to make any
reply to the court, however much he may
feel like doing so, but Judge Kirkpatrick
caught one Of that kind to-day. Van
Kennedy had been found guilty Of a
charge Of robbery, for entering the
residence Of Joseph Rowe, the night
OF November 2lst, last, and taking goods
valued at S525. Kennedy had been
before the court on former occasions
and Judge Kirkpatrick remembered him
well. The Court called upon the prisoner
to stand up, and after reminding him OF
his former appearances, said: "The sen.
tence OF the court Is that you undergo an
imprisonment in the Western Penitentiary
for a, period of ten years, the full term for
which the law will allow me 10 send you."
Kennedy stood for q moment as If dumb
founded by the thought OF so long aterm
before him, and then with overlooking
wrath broke out at his honor "You are
~ old crank; all you are fit for Is to
sit up there and think how heavy sem
tence you give fellow; you - crank
you, and you ought to be sent to lunatic
asylumm This outbreak was most
highly enjoyed by the spectators whose
several mouths spread wide in an
audible grin. The court was rather taken
aback. but managed to recover itself suffi.
ciently to reply, ~ am'now satisfied; !
gave you about the right.sized sentence"
As his honor had already given Kennedy
all the law allowed, the prisoner was per-
fectly safe in expressing his opinion OF the
court. he was Immediately seized and
taken back to the Jail. All the way down
he was muttering to himself imprecations
on Judge Kirkpatrick, and said to his
guard: "----t the ----
III live to serve this sentence out, and
when get out he'll not sit on the bench
another day. I'll kill the--%
Judge Kirkpatrick has heard such threats
as this last before, and will not lose many
nights sleep. over 1t. -