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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-04-12

MILWAUKEE, April 1.-THE prosecution
in the SCheller case opened with G. D.
Nash, President of the Newhall House
Company, who described the house and
It's exits. He was followed by John F.
AntisdeI, the proprietor, who corroborated
his statements, and told Of meeting Schel-
Ter on Michigan street the moment he
(Antisdel) ran from the burning building.
He said SCheller's actions for some time
previous 70 the fire had been bad, the &C.
cused having drank great deal and gam
bled. Il came out that Scheller VaI Of
Tended with Antisdel for sending
his (Scheller's) wife from the hotel.
Johnny Antisdel, son OF the proprietor, said
when he and bis father met Scheller, the
latter exclaimed: my God, Johnny, do
you know how the fire caughl2" Firemen
and shop keepers occupying the basement
were examined as to what was there Of an
inAAmmable nature. 1t developed that
once before there was an ibCendiary fite
in the basement, near Scheller's coal bin,
and Schellers father.in.law, Baur, who re-
Gently died under circumstances p lInting
to suicide, had refused Antisdel aud others
almittuhCp
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GENERAL NEWS NOTES
McCullen's grist mill, at Sandwich, Ill
hnrnal veatarlnY Inss Slh 600


McCullen's grist mill, at Sandwich, Ill.,
burned yesterday. Loss, $4,000.
The Baltimore 4 Ohio railroad has de,
clared semi'annual dividend OF five per
cent.
The employees OF the Mellerts foundry, ol
Reading Pa, struck yesterday for an
equalization Of wages.
Tho s.riko al The Lvnchburp toharco fac.
tories has M bren settled by arb;,ration and
the factories will resume to-day.
Tho Greenwood Railing MN Comnanv
Charles G r Sboener Prssident h"s s,;s.
nsndsd and ihsir works at Tamaona ma Pa Pa
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RLAcKsuRN,s pAnpoxs.
Tho Governor OF Kentucky Denies Col
lusion with Brokers.

AAV VI DthttN Abi-
lusion with Brokers,
LOUISVILLE, April ll.-Seveal news.
papers have recently published state.
ment that an alleged pardon broker had
agreed for the sum OF Sl00 each to procure
from Governor Blackburn pardons for the
thirteen women indicted in Lexington for
keeping disorderly houses. Governor
Blackburn to day stated that he knew OF
the indictments and tho effects that would
probably follow sensational trials in the
Courts. To guard against this he consulted
with citizens OF Lexington OF high stand
ing, character, morals and integrity as to
the propriety Of issuing pardons, and
not one Of these but fully in.
dorsed his views. Being thus in-
dorsed by good men he determined to
issue pardons, and did 80. He says no one
ever approached him on the subject. Had
any one come as pardon broker they
would have been summarily ordered out OF
the Executive Office, us nothing would in.
cense him more than an attempt TO intlu.
ence Executive clemency for the mere
sake Of gaining reward on the part OF the
applicant. The name OF the alleged pardon
broker has not developed. The Impression
gains ground that the affair OF the publica.
ton grows out OF a desire on the part Of
political enemies to iDjure Judge J. IL.
Milligan, OF Lexington, who wrote letters
to the indicted woman as their employed
attorney,
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AMONG the many new features Of the
census is the first account Of the coke busi-
mss in the United States. There are in
mis- country 40 coke establishments rep
,.,ep,ing capital Of s5.545,O5s, and EN-.
Doyipg 3,l42 persons. They transformed
!9OllO tons Of coal, costing 1867 in.
t,s,i5e, ,475 tons Of coke, valued at s., ,S5s,-
~, The coke industry is confined almost
entirely to Pennsylvania, but is now
Spreading into Ohio and this State. No
o,her State has more than four coke iacto.
,is Ilthere has been an earlier account
1.-The entire coke business, it has never
reached real publicity, and the figures
viven above are not only new, but are like
" 10 lead also to new and profitable en-
,s,nviSps
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GERMAN rLooD CONTRIBUTIONS.
A lCharge that Those Prom This Country
Have NOT Been Distributed.

hhNe mol bttu
NEw YoRx, April ll.-During the floods
ia November and December last along the
ShinC, thousands OF people were made
hOmelCss. Amovement was started ID this
suntry to raise money for their relief, and
,bou. two hundred thousand dollars was
sent to the President Of the Reichstag. He
placed the funds in the hands OF q Central
Relief Committee at Darmstadt. Herr
vollmsr, one Of the Social Democratic
members OF tho Reichstag, recently made
inquiry regarding the disposition OF this
Iund, and found, he said, that up to the
~ Of March not one OF the sufferers from
the lood had received a penny from the
iund. vollmar then addressed an open
letter 10 the President OF the Reichstag.
The only answer which he received, 1t Is
Nid, was the conhscation al the letter by
the police The New York VoIks Zetttng
prints the matter In full this morning.
Following is translation Of portions of Il:
"To get at the facts In the case went in
person 10 the localities In question, !. g.,
the towns Of Laubenheim, Boienheim and
SaCkenheim. The result OF my investiga'
lions and the facts cleaned from the reports
oI the respective magistrates are as follows:
The sufferers have received nothing but
some provisions, old clothes, coal and so
on, but none OF the American moneys.
And add that the before mentioned attt-
tes were such as had been collected in the
immediate neighborhood Of the localities
atecte,l." VoIlmar says that In conse'
QnencA Of the slowness Of the bureaucratic
machinery the shtIerera may perhaps get
s0Ae Of the money by Christmas next, and
adds that "thoSc Of our brethren In foreign
countries, principally in North America,
I'D not contemplate that their gits ot love
would remain in the hands Of German
officials for 80 long time.n
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SENATOR SHERMAN in answer to queries
w 10 whether he will accept the nomina-
ton for Governor Of Ohio, in effect says,
Gentlemen, your candidate I cannot be-"
Among many reasons why it would be
dangerous to the Republican party for
Sherman to accede to the wishes Of his
political friends the most important is that
/. would cripple the power Of the party in
The United States Senate; and further, II
the next Legislature Of Ohio should be
Democratic two Democrats would be elect
ed from that State, which would give the
Senate into the hands Of the Democrats.
Taking one consideration with another,
Senator Sherman is wise in declining to
risk the uncertainties OF politics.
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Charged Win IiidnnppInr.

FALL RIVER, MASS, April ll.-David
Braret and Alex Gregoere, are held for the
grand jury at Tiverton, Rhode Island, on
a charge OF kidnapping Henri Rocicat,
aged IS. The parties are French Canadians.
Rocicat's parents are Protestan,s and the
boy associated with Catholics, and some
days ago he was baptized in the Catholic
faith without the knowledge oi the parents.
The boy then left home, tits alleged, under
the influence Of the defendants,
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NEw YoRK, April 1l.-.Mrs. Rose How
ard, nineteen years old, vile OF William
Howard, killed her first. horn child last
night The child was three weeks old.
The mother to-day is an inmate Of the
hospital, and raving mad. Mrs. Howard
has been i'll since the birth Of the child
and was frequently delirious from fever,
and was in that state last night, and when
left temporarily alone she jumped from her
bed, demolished the furniture and killed
the child, presumably from dashing it
against the stove.
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WASHINGTON, April 1.-THE largest Or
der.for printing blank forms ever given the
Public Printer is that Of the Commissioner
Of Internal Revenue for blanks and labels
required TO carry into effect the provisions
Of the law relative 10 the rebate on tobacco
and cigars. This order was for fifty million
labels aud seven hundred and fifty thous.
and blanks for the use OF manufacturers
and dealers. There is a great demand for
these blanks, one ST. Louis manufacturer
alone having sent for 10000 labels. The
demand Is being met as rapidly as circum.
stances will permit.
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wrsrERN Nail AssocIArlox.
Old Card Reanirmed-The shut Dow
Postponed for Two Weeks.

Postponed for Two Weeks.
PITTSBURGH, April 1.-THE Western
Nail Association began its annual meeting
this morning in this city, and at $50 had
barely got down to actual business. The
forenoon was passed in hearing the sacre.
tary and Treasurer's reports, and in the
reelection Of the old officers. These are:
President, B. F. Jones, OF Pittsburgh |;
First Vice President, j. N. Vance, Of
Wheeling; Second Vice President, Gen. G.
Fi,zhugh, Of Pittsburgh; Secretary and
Treasurer, j. D. Weeks, After some nail
talk the members, like certain Sciptural
characters, repaired 10 an upper chamber
where they found u well spread table groan.
ing audibly under the annual dinner.
Reports from all sections in the West
indicate very little improvement in trade,
Stocks are still light and not well assorted.
In view Of this Il was unanimously decid.
ed TO post pone the contemplated shut down
Of two weeks until May 7!h, or fortnight
later than had been agreed upon. The
present card rate Of S 10 was re.atlirmed.
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Bismarck's health is greatly improved.

Bismarck's health is greatly improved.
The London police claim to have enough
testimony to convict the dynamite plotters
without Norman.
The Emperor Of Germany, in receiving
the credentials Of Lord P,isha, the new
Turkish Ambassador, met him with great
cordially.
The Russian authorities are taking the
most complete precautions to prevent any
interference with the trials Of the twenty
six Nihilists.
Sandman, progrcssist member Of the
Reichsiag representing Hamburg, has
committed suicide. His mind was affected
by reverses In business.
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INDIANAPOLIS, IND, April 1l.-At Nun.
Gle, Ind, to-day, Charles Rhodes, aged 1s,
and Beach Tinsley, aged So, started to the
country carrying can Of Hercules powder.
Hall mile from the city the powder ex-
ploded, instantly killing Rhodes, tearing
him to atoms. His head was blown entirely
from his body, and found fifty yards from
the place Of the ex plosion. His legs, arms
and other fragments OF the body were scat
tered in all directions. One arm can't be
found. Tinsley had one arm badly crushed
aud his face and head horribly cut, and is
to be seriously injured internally.
There Is little hope Of his recovery.
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LONDON, april ll.-A parcel containing
seven pounds of gun powder was found
yesterday near the Office Of the Secretary
OF State for the Home Department. Inves.
tigation ut Woolwich OF the contents OF two
cases found Monday last in a barge on the
Thames, shows that they were not explo.
sives as were believed, but only fireworks.
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WINTER WHEAT.
It's Condition as Reported by the Depart.
meut OF Agriculture.

meut OF Agriculture.
WASHINGTON, April 1.-THE Department
Of Agriculture reports the condition
Of the winter grain crops on the lst Of April
over its entire breadth. In Michigan and
other northern territory, wheat is still cover
ed with snow. In the Ohio Valley winter
protection had been partial fora term locally
varying from three to ten weeks, after which
loss from freezing was quite general. The
average depreciation is greater in the
upper part OF the Ohio Valley and
in Kansas than elsewhere. East Of
the Allcghenies the condition is good
in the northern belt, declining slightly In
the lower ATTITUDES. 1t is not up to the
average in any part OF the South. The
average for the crop Is so. Last April 1t
was l04: in 1881, S.. The most observing
reporters have examined the roots, and in
many cases found them healthy, while the
plants are brown. There is good reason for
believing that the real condition OF wheat
is, therefore, lees uupromising than II
seems. The averages OF the condition in
States OF large production are: New York,
1Ol; Pennsylvania, 95; Ohio, 70; Kentucky,
50; Indiana, rs; Michigan, 9S. illinois, so,
Missouri, s.; Kansas, 10; California, 83.
The acreage Of winter wheat varies
little from last years breadth. The returns
indicate an increase OF one per cent llli.
nois returns two per cent increase, Ohio,
Michigan, Indiana and Missouri one per
cent increase, and slight decrease appears
in the Gulf States,
The returns OF the quantity Of seed used
peracre indicate tendency to thin seeding.
Ten years ago six pecks per acre were used,
now less than five and a hall are used in
the winter wheat region. The increasing
use Of the drill admits of this economy,
The acreage OF winter rye Is ninety.nine
per cent Of last years breadth. Average
condition ninety.iour.
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PrrsuuRon, April 1.-THE DispatcNs
Hollidaysburg special says: The puddles
at McLanahan & Smiths rolling mills
struck this morning because puddler
named Lghtner employed for his helper
Lewis Clark, who worked in a mill at Nc
Keesport during the strike last fall. This
afternoon q party OF twenty strikers at.
tackled Clark on the street, one man striking
him several times. Lightner is also threat
ened, and both men think their lives are
In danrar
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CHICAGO, April 1.-THE Bricklayers'
Union Is sending out committees to meet
and explain the situation to all laborers
coming here in response to offers published
by the Builders Association. All strangers
are given work, members Of the Bricklay.
ems Association, II necessary, giving stran-
gers their situations. 1t Is claimed that
some twenty men have been provided for
in this way. II incomers desire TO return
home transportation is provided them.
The general situation is unchanged.
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WASHINGTON, D. O., April 1l.-with the
exception Of a station in New Mexico,
which was in charge Of Prof. Davidson, Of
the Coast Survey, the observations made
at station. fixed by the Transit OF Venus
Commission, namely: Washington, Cedar
Keys, Patagonia, Santiago de Chill, New
leland and Cape City, are now in the
hands Of the commission at the Washing.
ton Observatory, and calculations for
results have commenced. These will
probably require four years time.
The preliminary results are far more
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WASHINGTON, D. O., Aprilll,-The com.
mittee appointed to examine the condition
Of the Treasury Of the United States, expect
to finish the count oiall the cash on hand
in about eight days. The count Of the sub.
sidiary silver coin closed to-day. There
remains to bc counted $4,000 standard
silver dollars, 1900, 900 legal tender notes.
The committee are engaged In verifying
tnesccounts OF the office, including the
accounts Of all disbursipg officers. No dis.
crepanCles thus far have been discovered
In either money or accounts.
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HERMosILLA, MEX, April ll.-Ninety.
three persons have been killed in this State
since the Apache outbreak, Of which
twenty.seven persons were Americana. 1t
Is believed that many OF the killed have
not been reported. At the Palmer,Ranche
ten persons were killed last Tuesday, and
the bodies horribly mangled.
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l,anI miner., Ncaie

PlrrsBuRau, April 1l.-At the morning
meeting Of the operators and miners to fix
a scale Of wages, nothing was done except
to appoint committee TO settle the differ.
ences. In the afternoon a committee Of
four, appointed to fix q scale Of wages,
were instructed to examine the books rela.
tive TO the selling prices OF coal for the two
months prior and subsequent to the last
summers strike, and from that basis ar.
range scale. An adjournment was then
taken until Friday afternoon in order to
give the committee time to fully investigate
and prepare report.
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THE KANAWHA VALLEY
IMPRESSIONS OF THE PEOPLE


From the EdItorof tho In,ellIGencer.
, CHARLESTON, W. Va, April Al find 80
much 10 interest me In this Valley that j
have already stayed beyond my time, and
am not yet quite ready 10 leave. There is
more that l desire 10 see and to write
about; and ! assume that much that il
new to me will be new to many readers OF
the ISTRLLIGESCRR.
1ilwere asked to point to the newest
old region in America l would point to
Kanawha-by which you are to under
stand-not alone the county Of that name
nor the beautiful river so called, but a
great stretch Of territory beginning at Hin.
ton, In Summers county, just over the
Raleigh line, following New river through
Fayette where it takes in the Ganley and,
swelling to where the Great atKanawtasweel 8
through the towering hills and down the
beautiful valley, cutting in halves the
western countits OF Putnam and Mason to
be swallowed up in the greater, Ohio
from Hinton to Point Pleasant with the
valleys OF the tributary streams, ltake 10
be Kanawha. The local geographer may
think the boundaries indefinite, but the
term Kanawhais used here with some in.
detiniteness, can not be far out OF the
way when l take it to mean the life and
activities and measureless possibilities OF
the great district have indicated.
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A Sat Death.

Special Dispatch to the InlelligenCer.
CHARLESTON, W. Va, April 1.-THE
body Of Captain James McMullen, long a
pilot on the Kanawha river was brought
up from Point Pleasant last evening and
was buried to-day at 3 o'clock from his
late residence. It has not been ascertained
whether the drowning was accidental or
otherwise. He had been drinking heavily
for some time, which lends color TO the
idea that his death was the result OF pro.
tracted and excessive drinking. 1t is sad
affair
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Boorn BAY, Me-, April 1.-THE exten.
sive buildings Of the Knickerbocker Ice
Co., and all runs, engines and engine
houses, hay and store houses werc totally
destroy ed by fire, ndsixty thousand tons
OF ice ruined, The wharves were also de-
stroyed. Boats loading at the wharves
had to be hauled into the river. Loss es.
timated at $3.50, 600; insurance SS3,000.
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satisfactory than those obtained in
1874. The contacts were observed at every
point, and at Washington, where tue
weather Vas more uniavorable than at any
Of the other stations, contacts were accu.
rately determined, and some fifty plates
obtained. showing excellent results. The
professors and assistant computers will
give the mass Of Fmatter turned over to
them the closest attention until the final
results are secured. This year about eight
hundred have already been received from
ohaayyara
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LONDON, April la sample Of the
nitro glycerine seized last week at the
time Of the arrest OF Norman Gallaher,
Dalton and Wilson, was exploded to-day
at Woolwich in order to test It's quality.
The explosion was terrific. The. ground
for distance OF several yards from the
spot where the explosion occurred was torn
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Tur Car Of Russia is getting out his gaudy
,,npjprs and busting them of for his cor
o.',iop act. We don't know positively,
Int rather suspect there is equal activity
.nony 'r some Of his warm friends who are
n,kipv extensive preparations for a bonn
1,.,ic demonstration at the Kremlin.
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TaE decision of the Western Nail Asso-
cation, which met at Pittsburgh yesterday,
ia pOstpOning the contemplated shut. down
lar fortnight longer, will be welcome
news to many in this city. The nail trade
does not seem to have improved much,
but as stocks were light and assortments
poor tie manufacturers concluded to keep
he machines going.
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VOLUME XXXI.-.NUMBER 19s.

insane female inmate had told the witness
introduced, but after a warm discussion II
was suppressed. Mark HeathCotty, a police
man, who took a ioundling to the Aims.
house, found nurse filling It's mouth with
soap. DR.. Dean, u graduate Of Harvard
Medical School, testified that when he was
a student fifty bodies were used during the
winter term.
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Chp Gttelhqeurer,
49,, >o.. - aud n Fourteenth streoi
ror comnunity wiIl regret 10 bear Of tbe

Tor community will regret to hear oi the
,,,,b Of Mr.. A. NJ. Adams, which occurred
~ s, oirh,. The number Of old and well
...xn ~ citizens who have been called across
-. ia' hood by death OF late has nearly ex-
ps s.n.,ed that class who were identified with
,hs Ja earliest years Of Wheeling; who
s.,. WV witnessed her wonderful strides
ys J have helped materially in this
,1r,ucement. ,1r The responsibilities that
lave, S,rs weighed on the stopped shoulders Of
.,s - are rapidly being transmitted to
..o,bpr generation. In the activity and
1.,rnctiops I., Of business this thought is at
I,,.t worthy Of moments reflection, as to
VIA, s influences will be brought to bear on
,Ss business methods and public policies
NJ the future.
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nenih ofMIss LlilIe pnr,t.

CrScrSN4r,.April 1.-THE Commercial
Gaie,tt', CirClevile special says Miss Lii
lie @. Darst, Rugrossing Clerk OF the Ohio
State Senate, and editor Of the CircleyiIle
Hrdid, a well known newspaper, died
suddenly this evening OF Chicago, whittier
she had gone to receive treatment Of q
cousin who is q physician.