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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-04-16
RELICS OF LINCOLN.
Eighteen Years Ago he Died-Mr. Peter.
sons Recollection Of the Scene.

WASHINGTON, April l4.-Eighteen years
ago tonight President Lincoln was assas-
sinated by John Wilkes Booth, while cit.
ting in box at Ford's Theater, on Tenth
street. Interesting and historical relics Of
that sad occasion are in the possession Of
Mr.. F. Peterson, Of this city, whose father
lived in the house where the martyr Presi.
dent was carried. They are not less than
the pillow cases upon which President
Lincoln died and the coupterpane OF the
bed. Mr.. Peterson was then lad OF six.
teen years OF age, but remembers distinctly
the most trivial details Of the affair. The
pillow cases are yellow with age, but one
OF them still shows plainly the blood stains
which were made when President Lin.
coins head first rested upon it. The other
is the one upon which the President died,
and is not so badly stained.
"What has become OF the other relics
which were in the room?" asked the
reporter Of Mr.. Peterson last night.
"The bedstead," he answered, upon
which the President died was bought by
Mr.. Milliken, the proprietor OF Millikens
Hotel, who sold II, l believe, to man in
Syracuse, where, to the best Of my kuowl.
edge it now is. There was also in the
room q spindle.back rocking.chair, upon
which Secretary Welles sat during the last
moments Of President Lincoln's life. I do
not know where that has gone to, nor do l
keep track Of the chairs and other furniture
Of the room. The sheets upon which the
President lay were wrapped around his
body when the latter was taken to be EN-.
balmed by the undertaken"
"Were you in the room, Mr.. Peterson,
when President Lincoln died?"
"Yes, sir: l was an eyewitness OF his
death. Twas sitting at the head OF the bed,
the physicians on one side OF me and Sec.
retary Welles on the other. | had been
making myself generally useful during the
evening, bringing bottles Of hot water,
which were placed upon the Presidents
breast to keep up the circulation OF blood.
l had been up all night, and when the fatal
morning dawned, was pretty
well tired out. l had awakened from q
doze, and asked DR.. Stone what time it was,
when we both looked ar the President, and
found that he was at that moment dying.
That was at 7:22 on the morning OF Satur.
day, the 18th of April"
The relics mentioned have never been
out Of the possession OF Mr.. Peterson's fam.
liz
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The Thermometer Goes mp and the Rain
Comes Down.

Saturday and Sunday were oppressively
warm days, the Thermometer reaching So in
the shade on both days. Saturday afternoon
soft bre,ze began TO blow. which suggested
rain and made the man with corps on bis feet
uncomfortable, but the sky remained clear
all night, and yesterday morning the sun
shone brightly, making the shady side Of the
street popular even at an early hour. The
air "ielt like rain," however, and the wise
pedestrian about noon armed himself with
his umbrella. Apparently the entire popu-
lation OF the city was out yesterday, and The
hill tons, which are commanding 10 show
signs OF spring In the Frightening hue OF the
grass, were crowded with people. Many
sought the cemeteries, and the Elm Grove
cars were crowded every trip with passengers
seeking breath Of country air.
The buds were beginning 10 burst, and
some bushes and young trees had tiny green
leaves, which had spread out as II BY magic
under the influence OF the warm breezes OF
the day before.
Bat about o'clock the unwary traveller
came to grief. Asudden rain came on, and
for few minutes large drops fell thick and
fast, dampeniug many Sunday suit, )" and
spelling several spring bonpets. II rained
lightly at intervals all afternoon, and about
half past eight last night heavy and steady
rain began and continued five or six hours,
pleasantly cooling the atmosphere, and Civ
Ing still more yigor to the awaking plants
In day or two. with 4 continuance OF such
weather, all nature will be green sgain.
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LOCAL AFFAIRS.
ARRIVAL OF ITALIAN woaKMEN
To be Isploy.d ., the Rir.r BaIlrO,d-A LEGAL
Dramatic Project OF Iatsr.st-Talk About the
Weather sad the RIrsr-rhs st. LaWr,nes
Tied sp at Pi.t,bursh q while.

Yesterday forenoon train bearing two
hundred Italian laborers, employed by the
contractors OF the Ohio River Railroad, az,
rived In the city from New York, via the
Pan Handle road. The cars remained at the
depot with the men aboard for some time,
but in the afternoon they were taken aboard
the steamboat Diurnal, lying At the wharf
where they spent the night. This morning
they will be taken 10 sistersyille, where they
will be put TO work at once grading and pre-.
pairing the road bed.
A train bearing large number OF negro
laborers from Virginia arrived at Monndsyille
Saturday, and the men will go to work In
that vicinity to-day. A considerable amount
OF work has already been done near Mounds
vile. A gentleman from that vicinity was
In the city Saturday, aud remarked that 1t
was no more work TO lay railroad along
most OF the line than 1t would be TO put a
track on level door. All the work necess.
AIRY Is TO run trench beside the road bed TO
drain It, and the earth is thrown upon the
bed TO furnish surface for the ties. Rapid
comparatively small force.
A reporter met one OF TIE newly arrived
Italians on the street yesterday. He was
dressed in q very picturesque and dirty cos.
tune, and carried blue cotton Andkefchiei
Of immense size wrapped around some OBJ.
jects, which, from the shape, might be garlic,
or lemons, or potatoes, or most anything else.
He was evidently lost and seemed to know
but one word Of English.
Hello, Italians" said the reporter.
'Steama boata7' was the perplexed reply.
when did you get In, Garib. .lda?" persist
ed the news gatherer.
"Garibaldi gonta elora-steamaboata," or
words to that effect, was the response.
The wanderer from sunny climes was
finally steered into fruit store kept by one
OF his own couutrymen, where the two were
left trying TO outcry each other In the alleged
musical tongue OF the lazf peninsula
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there will probably be music in the air and
rates will be cut 10 pieces.

rates will be cut to pieces
The Acorn, Joe Nixon and Josh Cook pass
ed up with empties on saturday, and the
Iron King and ], A. Mcconnell passed down.
The river has been falling slowly since
Friday night. Last evening the marks indi'
Gated q depth OF 13 feet inches in the chan
mel. A rise may be looked for within the
next few hours. Some coal Is also coming
from head waters.
Those who Join the Andes excursion to
Cincinnati during the Dramatic Festival
will have an opportunity to witness the
Hamlet and 0thello performances, The tnll
Opera House orchestra and band will accom-.
pauy the excursion.
The Etna machine shops, at Bellalre, are
constructing q steam steering machine for
one OF Captain Samuel Browns large tow
boats The inventor Is Ellsworth Lewis, OF
Portland, Ohio. II is impossible by the pres
ent system 70 change or even hold the wind
lass OF tow boats wnen backing with heavy
tow, and this apparatus, being run.by steam
and uuder control OF the pilot, can be In
stantiy changed Ia either direction, render
Ing the stoppage OF the engines unnecessary.
II Is something entirely new, and Captain
Brown, who Is haying this one made at his
own expense, tays II II Is n success he will
have one Of them placed on each OF his four
teen steam boats.
C1xcISSGrr, Apnl 15.-Riyer 80 feet and
falling weather cloudy and cooler.
on CrrY, Pa, April l5.-Riyer feet Z
inches and falling; weather clearIand warm.
MoEoAsrows, W. Va, April l5.-River 4
feet and falling; weather cloudy; thermom'
eter So.
LOUISVILLE, April l5.-Riyer II feet 10
inches in the canal. Heavy rains this morn
lag. Arrived and departed: Adrienne, Ciu.
cinuati, Evansville; Vint Shiukle, Cinciu.
natl, Memphis; viii Kyle, Cincinnati, New
orleans; Wyoming. Nss Orleans, Cinciu.
aHd tow left for New Orleans.
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SPRING zgpHYns.
A Terrible Tornado Visits Arkansas
Ihe Force Of the Mind.

ihe Force Of the Wind.
LITTLE Rock, ARK, April l4-An Ozark
special to the Gazette says: At near this
morning disastrous tornado struck White
Oak Station, on the Little Rock & Fort
Smith Railway, ten miles west OF this town.
The wind blew from the southwest, and its
force is beyond the power Of description.
The side Of the mountains, which before
the storm were covered with trees, now
show none standing, even oaks being
snapped in twain like pipe.stems. Alter
that came hail, and lasted till the ground
was covered with ice. Many stones were
nearly as large as hens eggs.
F. Il. Risor, postmaster, lost his store
and residence, and probably most OF the
mail; three hundred dollars in currency
was also scattered to the winds, eighty.
nine dollars being found. He was seri.
oIsly injured about the spine. L. r. H.
Walace's residence, stables and store, occu.
pied by ]. E. Cox, were leveled. as were
also the residences of J. 9. McMurray, and
all others at that place.
The storm averaged three miles in width.
1t came from south OF the river, at a point
near White Oak. The telegraph wire was
blown down for nearly four miles, and no
fences can be seen anywhere. Trees two
and three feet in diameter were uprooted,
broken and twisted like twigs. One, more
than two feet thick, lay around the rail-
road track, the iron rail beneath It broken
in pieces. Pile after pile OF green railroad
ties were found blown around as II they
had been matches, and car load OF lum.
Der had been emptied, the side stakes
broken short of. Reports OF destruction
of property and loss Of life come from every
Thomas Ross and wife, and
William Heron, one mile north, were IA.
tally injured, and their houses swept away.
w. Z, Mccain, David Hall, John Brasure
and Wallace, all lost their houses. Wal
lace's was one story and half log house,
the upper half being carried away.
Daniel Wade, William Ham and Zach
Harper also lost all their buildings. The
Union church and school house, a mile
northwest, are also in ruins. Daniel Wade
loses everything in his house. At Gays
mill, two miles west, one small residence
Is all that remains standing. F. ]. Lewis
house, and half dozen others are in ruins.
A storm OF such severity was never known
before here.
The tornado reached Conway, Faulkner
county, on the same railway, at 8 P. ",
from the northeast. No one was killed,
butseveral were badly injured. Noreports
from the interior. The Catholic and Bap.
tist churches were both destroyed. Sim.
mons Brothers gin mill is total wreck,
and Hillard < Co. planning mill was swept
away. The Bruce, Frauenthal and Martin
Breck blocks were unrooied. and the front
OF Browns drug store was blown in. M.
merous residences are in ruins. The loss
will prohahly exceed $50 900.
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FIRE RECORD.

NEW YoRE, April l5.-The Eve story
building. 279, 2sl and 253, rids,ret t's Com
mercial Agency, E, Remington & Sons, Rifle
Manufacturers, aud Halls Safe and Lock
Co., was gutted by fire TO day. Loss
about $4,000; partly insured. Brad.
streets recently had their stock insured for
100000, and this will probably cover their
loss ifthe books were not destroyed.
ST. LOUIS, Mo, April l5.-The furniture
factory Of SEockhauser & Co., cnrner oi
Carondelet avenue and Fonlard street
burned late last night. Loss on stock, ma.
chinery and material, about $4,000; in
sured for sll,000 The building wa
owned BY Jno. G: Deganhart. Loss, SlO'
900; fully insured.
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stormy weather in The \ Northwest,

CHICAGO, April l5.-Reports from various
points throughout the Northwest are to the
effect that heavy windstorms were exper-
fenced yesterday and last night In many
localities It was accompanied by q driving
rain. The disturbances covered portions
Of the States OF Wisconsin, Minnesota Hi.
nois, Iowa and Nebraska, In addition
70 Kansas and Missouri, already re.
ported. Considerable. damage was done to
houses, barns and fences, hut no loss Of life
isreported. In Chicago and through north.
ern Illinois there was stiff, gusty gale &C.
companied by heavy rain. Telegraph
wires westward are greatly obstructed.
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THE IRoN coNFEnENcE.
The Aniaigamated and Mauufaeturers'
Committees Meet-So Resuits

Committees Meet-So Results.
PrrrsBuRaH, April l5.-lt was considera.
bly, after two o'clock yesterday afternoon
when the conferees representing both sides
Of the iron question, met at the rooms OF
the Iron association on Fourth avenue, to
make their first attempt at settling the rate
OF wages which shall be paid in the mills
OF Pittsburgh during the year dating from
June next Soon after the press represent
atiyes who mounted the stairs leading to
the "inner courts" where the topic so close
ly connected with the interests Of the Iron
City was being discussed, they were met
by the attaches Of the Office who blandly
remarked that "Mr. Weeks could not be
seem"
Itwas near the stroke OF six when the
meeting adjourned and the participants
filed out OF the back room. The Writing
scribolers at once fell upon Mr.. J. D.
Weeks, who mildly looked through his
glasses and asked, "What meeting ?"
When that gentleman was finally brought
10 bay he stated that he could not accom-
modate the questioners with any point
ers" as to what had been done. Said he:
"We met according to programme, but
have failed TO come any agreement"
"What was done during the three hours'
session ?" was the question propounded.
At this question Mr.. Weeks looked at
the press hireling, whose impudence led
him to put this leading query, and he
simply answered, ~ can tell you nothing
more. We will have another meeting"
"When 2" asked the scribe.
"Don't ask me-" returned Mr.. Weeks,
and the questioner turned 10 Secretary
Martin, oil the Amalgamated Association,
who stood near by. However, Mr.. Martin
was not any more prolific Of information
than Mr.. Weeks had been, and all be
would say was merely corroborative OF
what the latter gentleman had given.
President Jarrett was the next man ap-
preached, but he had nothing to say"
and the intsnogator was equally success.
tul with the other gentlemen spoken to.
From another source II was learned that
when the meeting was called to order Mr.,
D. B. Oliver was chosen President and Mr..
Mattin Secretary. The conference which
ensueo ended without any definite conclu.
sion as neither side would agree to the
terms submitted by the other. Those
who profess TO be able TO make a good
guess, say that the manufacturers moved
revision OF the entire scale, but the labor
representatives did not feel ready TO grant
that point. The conjectures are the after.
noon was spent in rather informal talk
over the prospects Of the iron trade for the
coming year, and the failure to do anything
decisive was owing to the fact that neither
sideiwished 10 make markCd d move at this
early stage Of the game. According to the
opinions Of those best able to Judge yester.
days meeting was merely sklrmtsh
ushering in the battle TO be fought over the
lquestion Of the next years scale.
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Correspondents Of the lnteluHencer. .F
KEYsEB. W. Va, April l4-Anunknown
man was struck and instantly killed by
No. 8, between Keyser and Cumberland
Saturday. No papers found on him to
show his identity. A freight train picked
up the remains and took them to Cnmber.
land for burial.
The West Virginia Central Railroad
has q telephone line running from Pied.
mont to Elk Garden, with the following
offices between: Window, Aiineryille,
Shaw and Blaine. Messages can be for.
warded from Wheeling there for flty.fye
cents.
Business in the coal region on the IVES,
Virginia, Charleston and @. 4 P.railroadl
Is dull at the present time. Not much coal
Is being shipped.
A new chair factory will soon be com
menced at Keyser. The parties who hayl
1t In charge expect TO have Il in running
order inside Of three months.
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SENATOR COKE, Of Texas, exhorts his
Democratic friends to stand by the princi-
ples Of the Democratic party. They tell q
story Of an unsteady individual who leaned
,ssins, the shadow Of lamp post and was
picked up by the police for being drunk
and disorderly.
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orR enterprising tsllow.citizsn, Mr..
lanes NJ. Mason, is said to be or to have
been recently in Richmond working up
bis case against the State Of West Virginia
Just as though Supreme Court decision
bsd not knocked out Of his debt case the
little bottom there was in 1t. It is one Of
Nj. Mason's peculiarities that he doesn't
know when he Is hit.
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CHICAGO, ILL.,, April l5.-Rev. DR.. Henry
Bannister, Professor Of Exegetical Theology
in the Northwestern University, at Evans.
ton, and widely known among the
Methodists as theologian and educator,
died at Evanston to-day, oflung and heart
tnnnhln
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e,ent matter

"BRADsrREEr's" reports for the past week
l53 failures, 81 less than the preceding
week, and 4o mere thsn the corresponding
week Of last year. As compared with the
week before the largest decrease was in
the New England, Pacific and Middle
States in the order named, the emily in
crease in the Southern States. West Vir-
ginia records two failures, one in Wheeling
and one in Charleston.
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The Crown may convict an assassin, or
dozen assassins, and hang them all but
,ba, will not restore peace in Ireland. No
soyerumen. can hang whole people, and
that is very nearly the sire OF therevolt.
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Tag coal kings Of Pittsburgh are blossom
inr into the pirates of the Upper Ohio.
Tbey dart into Wheeling steamboat and
,bsn sue her for damages! What damages
would they have asked If they had sunk
,L. - lawrence,
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SENATOR suExMAN's refusal to entertain
Al invitation to tramp the gubernatorial
tan bark in Ohio is another evidence Of a
long and level head. There are enough
rood and strong Republicans in Ohio to
choose candidate from. Mr.. Sherman is
needed where he is for the present II
may be that the party will Gu. out other
work for him further on, but that is diff
s,ant matter.
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salvation Army Recruits Arrested.

SYRACUSE, N. Y, April l5.-osptain
Hall, one female and two male recruits OF
the Salvation Army were arrested to-day
for obstructing the streets and breach Of
the peace. They held an outdoor meeting
alter being warned. Thousands followed
tho Salyationists to the police station.
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SPECIAL DiSpaleh U the InIelllgencef.
GRAFTON, W. Va, April l5.-Thomas G.
Steele, Grand Secretary Of the Grand
Lodge, l. o. O. F., OF West Virginia, died
at his home in this place at hali.past eight
o'clock tonight, Of Brights disease. He
was seventy. eight years Of age. His funeral
will take place Tuesday afternoon.
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rHEhr. LAWRENCE SUED.
BY Cocl Coal Boat Owners-GeneraI
River News.

In the United States District Court at Pitts
burgh on Saturday, o'Neal & Company,
brought suit against the steamer st. Law
renee, to recover the value OF coslbost and
its lading of23 ,3l7 bushels Of coal, valued In
all at s., 2l5 II, which was sunk on March 81,
through collision with the steamer. The
plsintift'sset forth that the coslbost wa, be-
ing moved BY the towboAt Abe Hays, from
the Tenth street bridge 10 point near Bru-
nots Island; that the channel In the hArbor
was very much contracted, but regardless OF
this the St. Lawrence was moored bow onto
whart.boat and the stern quarteFing and OBJ
structing the channel; that the coaIboAt came
In collision with the stern OF the Sc Law.
renee and was sunk, becoming total loes,
The point Of the prosecution is whether the
m ,ster Of the 81. Lawrence negligentIy and
carelesaly obstructed the channel A writ
OF arrest was ordered 10 be issued and the
boat was tied mp, but Captain Charlie List
who had charge Of the boat, gavel bond and
brought the St. Lawrence down the river on
her regular trip.
Captain List explains that his boat was
landed at the WhAEf boat Just below the
smitt fisld street bridge, and IS usual mum.
ser Of coal a Its were lied to the piers on the
other side, forming sort OF . dam, which
detected the current strongly toward his
boat. The barge Whlen was SUNK was swept
against the ST. Lawrence by this current
damaging the steamers wheel badly. As soon
IS the Captain laid the facts In the case be-
fore his lawyer he was advised to bring suit
against o'Nsill. & Co. for damages, and this
course he says he will pursue, and ascertain
II packets have any rights on the upper
waters which coal boats are bound TO respect.
The painters are rushing their part Of the
work on the Minnie Bay.
The price paid by the Diamond joe Line
for The steamer sidney was $1,000.
The Katie stockdAle passed up, also the
@. W. Anderson. The Scotia passed down
Saturday morning.
The Andes Is due to-day from Cincinnati,
and will leave for that point TO morrow after.
noon at 5 Pm. This doe neSteru.wheel packet
& 30 we'll known she needs no special recon.
mendatlon.
II IL rumoreI that the Ohio No. 4 OF the
White Collar Line will be placed in the
Wheeling and PGrkersburg trade. II this
| should De done and the Fleetwood remainl
In The Parkersburg AndICineinnah trade
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Irisiu bad taste to fire hard names at
Mr.. Henry S. Walker. He is merely an
exaggerated type Of the political dude,
lind Of second cousin to the dodo Of pre-
historic times.
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But now fifteen tow boats find employ
ment on the Kanawha, besides several
whose business comes out Of the Kanawha
but begins on the Ohio at Point Pleasant.
The Gallipolis packets remain there Is
one less to Cincinnati, but four steam
ers find good business between Charleston
and the Upper Kanawha where formerly
there was no business TO be done. By
water alone Eve thousand tons Of Kanawha
coal 20 10 market daily when all the river
mines are in operation. can not tell you
how much coal is shipped by rail; that in.
formation can be had, Of course,
at the Company's headquarters. ! can
only say that there Is already
business enough for q double track road,
which the company hopes to accomplish
within two years, aud to this end II Is fast
putting In long sidings. Day and night
great coal trains are running, chiefly TO the
markets oil the East.
This is what has come to pass in eighteen
wears, The greater part Of the develop.
ment Is not ten years old, and one year
shows marvellous growth over the year
before. II half the hope OF 1883 be real.
ized therGwill be vast increase in the pro
duo.Ipu and population OF the Kanawha
valley. Z. u. d.
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TRADE reports for the week Just closed
ara Of a more encouraging tone. General
imnroyement is noted at the large trading
cn,ers, and crop prospects are reported
,,ood