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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-03-12
An UKaUARDED BANK.
A Police Onicer Enters Il at Night and
Finds the Safe omen.


New York, March 10:-1t was reported
at police headquarters last night that while
Officer W. G. Mullen was patrolling Bar
clay street, near College place, at $40
o'clock he noticed that the lower sash OF
one OF the windows on the College place
side Of the Produce Bank, which is on that
corner, was raised about three inches. 1t
was an unusual thing, and he at once in
yestigated the matter. Something about
the appearance Of the open window in
duced the officer to scale the iron railing
and enter the bank. Once inside he
found the doors Of a large safe
open, and the inside cash door
was open wide, { exposing to
view quantity OF National bank notes.
Without investigating furthor, the officer
jumped out the window and raped an
alarm, which brought to his assistance
three officers from adjoining posts, and to-
gether they entered the place and began
anew the investigation. Nobody was in
the bank and there were no marks on the
safe. One Of the officers went to the Sta
ton house and soon returned with Captain
Berghold, who sent for the President OF
the bank, @. O. Baldwin, OF II East Twen.
ty.tifth street. He went to the police
headquarters, where he had a consultation
With the acting superintendent, and then
drove to the bank. When the state Of af.
fairs was explained to him he appeared
very much surprised and said: 81 know
nothing oil the bank; the Vice President
has active charge Of everything.
1t appears to me to be piece
OF carelessness OF some OF the clerks"
The police say that 1t is very strange
thing that the watchman was not as usual
In the building, and that he could not be
found last night. This, they say, together
with the other circumstances OF the case,
point to m attempted bank burglary, and,
further, they argue that no clerk would
close and leck every window but one, and
leave that one but very little open. The
bank was formerly watched by ex.Police
Captain McCleary, but short time ago he
was removed, and for five nights subse-
quent the place was watched bYa District
Telegraph Company watchman and alter
him the bank employed q special man,
who should have been on duty last night.
Mr.. Baldwin left three policemen TO watch
the bank and will investigate the matter.
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LONDON, oxr., March lO-iAte last fall
John Woods and his iamily left this city
for Winnipeg Mr. Woods, arriving late in
The season, failed to lay in supply Of fire.
wood for the small frame house he occu-
pied some distance from Winnipeg, and as
he was about to put forth for a fresh supply
a terrific blizzard sot In, which forbade his
attempting to leave the house. So soon as
the storm somewhat abated Woods set out
with q view Of obtaining supply or fuel.
During his absence the thermometer fell
10 AZ degrees below zero, and on his re.
turn, the day after, sight met his eyes
that almost paralyzed him. Cuddied To-
gether in bed lay his wife and three chill
dren. The two older girls, aged G and 8
respectively, were found frozen and stiff IN
the arms Of death. The babe, a little over
year old, was, on account OF being pressed
70 the mothers breast, alive, but Gsverely
toskhitten. The poor woman aeneli wss
discovered with both lega slid hall way up
the knees, and .he doctor subseouently
amputated both legs below The knee,
Wood himself was half irozen, but Il d
thought he will not lose any Of bis limba
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that great storm could be predicted more
than fortyeight hours in advance. My
storm will prove whether they are correct
or not. 'sHtF.
Reporter-When will II cease?
Professor-It would be well 10 warn
mariners now in port to remain there until
Tuesday morning.
Reporter Considerable destruction Is
already reported. ,.
Protessor-Yes, but am glad that moth.
ing disastrous has occurred in the Gulf OF
Mexico, especially at Galveston or Mobile.
A gentleman, some time ago, from the
latter place said that II the tide on the 10th
OF March ahould reach four feet above lis
normal height the whole city would be
flooded, and q great number OF leading
merchants would be ruined, as their bales
Of cotton were now in the store.houses.
The Professor, continuing, said: ~ wish
to make an explanation. The people OF
San Francisco expected o storm, which /
refused them, FIVE months ago. Sea cap.
tains and many others from that city aud
along the whole coast OF California wrote
to me many months ago asking il storm
and tidal wave would be there. | replied
in the most distinct terms that they were
in the safest port in the world, for the
storm would originate west OF them and
come directly away from them, and would
be prevented from reaching them from the
East by the Rocky Mountains"
Reporter see that storm signals were
hoisted to-day at different places.
Proleesor-I am amazed al. General Hazen
and Mr.. Carpmael, who refused TO hoist
danger signals until the great storm was
actually beating upon the American coast.
Reporter did you first predict
the storm? ra
Professor-On the 23d OF September.
said that it would originate in the North.
ern Pacifcon the 9th, and would strike
this continent from the southeast on the
afternoon Of the 10th, and you see my
words are literally fulfilled.
Reporter-We hear considerable Of signs
in the sky lately. 4, ft2lssss
Professor Those bands in the sky seen
by parties in Toronto and elsewhere were
caused by meteors Of unusual size falling
to the earth. This Is owing to the fact
that the earth's attractive power was
greatly increased during the last few days
by the moon being in continuation with
thesun, and at the same time in perigee.
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! Judge Long woriI,,s successor.

I CoLiMius, o., March l0.-Judgel ]. H.
Doylcwasto day appointed as Eongworth's
successor on the Supreme Court bench,
commissioned and sworn in by Acting
ohiet Justice johnson. Doyle FIRST resigned
his position tas Common Pleas Judge, and
Isaac P. Pugsley, Of Toledo, was appointed
as his successor in the Fourth Judicial dis.
trict. Doyle left for Toledo tonight, and
will return to. take hold next Monday.
Doyle wanted Whites place, as both the
new appointees will have to run for election
next fall, 'andathe >one having Whites
place for full five years term, and the other
for the three years Of l4ongworth's unex-
pired term. There is some mystery as to
the succession Of Chief Justice and the
other mansto be appointed when White is
able to resign. It is generally said the
Governor ought to have appointed the
other one to day, and had Doyle wait for
Whites place: 6sF, sFsEf
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IllE legislature increased the State tAx Ave
oenta, making Il twenty-five, Instead OF twenty
tcn9 Senator Dawson wanted the tax increased
70 lofty cents, The increaIe wAs found necessary
Y meet The eIpenses incurred IN building the STATE
npIAl AL Charleston aud In enlAFging the Lunatic
N3lum Al WeAIon.-AiHtOH 1otlAtdil HeraidA
Senator Dawson is 3 Republican and the
NVaataia Herald isn't. The Senator from
Preston and other Republicans favored Q
tax sufficient to meet the States eonstitu.
donal obligations and deiray current ex-
pensea 50 that the School Fund might be
reimbursed, borrowed money paid back,
and the debt wiped out Democrats in the
legislature knew that twenty-five cents on
NE 500 would not be enough, but they
were afraid to make the tax greater
Just as in the previous Legislature they
were afraid to increase 1t all and turned II
the makeShiit Of q reasseasment, which
tieit recent increase Of Ave cents coniesset
70 have been q failure. II the Democratic
panty Is right, the people Would rather have
their Constitution defed than pay taxes
enough TO Keep It out Of contempt. II tht
Democratic party b wrong in Us sssdmp
slon q Popular dishonesty the people
Stll rebnke the wantonness Of their Legis.
azure II the Consultation is nDt bipdinl
way not vote II out OF existence and hayl
s1o Constitution?
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THE LOCALlwEArHER.
Somethius OF u Storm. But mot WI
KIus's

gins's.
Saturday forenoon was murky and disa.
greeable, and an occasional sprinkle oi
rain with a dashiof wind made the, credu-
lous think that Wiggins's great storm was
knocking at the threshold. As the day
passed the rain changed to snow, and the
occasional spurts OF wind grew livelier.
Saturday night it grew cold, and the occa-
sional tlurries of snow continued, and at
one time the breezes were 80 brisk that
boats on the river had to tie up. Yester.
day cool blasts prevailed, the thermometer
skirting the freezing point, though the
fierce winds made 1t seem much colder,
and the snowfall continued at intervals un-
til late hour last night.
The storm was local, and has passed over.
According to the Signal bureau clear
weather will prevail here to-day, followed
by another term OF balmy spring air.
While Virgins seems to have approx.
mated the weather, his prediction was
really ialsifed. The storm did not originate
where he said it would,-did not travel in
the same direction, and in fact was much
different from the affair he predicted, both
in, intensity and character.
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= CNclEsArr, March, 10. The meeting o
theD Directors OF the .obiou River Railroad
concluded their labors yesterday, aitel
awarding the following contracts for tn,
completion Of the road from Wheeling tt
Point Pleasant The contraction the com
pletion OF the First Division OF distance
Of thirty miles, was let to George F, Milll
sCo.p oplIolmesburg, Pa.' The contract
for the completion of the Second and
Third Division was accorded TO Coleman
Page & Col, Of AEronyi0. THE work Is to
be begun at once, and to be completed, foI
the running OF trains by the first day o.
DacemLar. - -
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"Ex.SpRAxkR RANDALL" says the Phila.
deIphia Prt", "has returned to his law
office in this city, looking prosperous and
happy" Our esteemed contemporary knows
better but didn't think; Just around the
corner Mr.. Randall has an office in build.
ing and neighborhood where lawyers
"mOst do congregate," but he isn't in the
law business, though ninety.nine out Of a
hundred Of his own constituentsthink he is.
Mr. Randall, for a quarter OF century,
has been in the business Of politics,
and as business OF that kind
soes he has prospered. He has held
high place and still hopes for higher, but
the battle is not always to the strong nor
the highest roost to the most agile climber
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HALIFAX, March 1l.-At2 A. MI a slight
breeze was blowing from the southeast,
butitappears at times TO increase somewhat
in strength and then subsidies. The high
tide has gone completely down. Vesseli
ride easily in their docks,
WATERLOO, QUEBEC, March 1.-THE Sc,
verest storm known for years is in progress
Snow began falling yesterday afternoon
and continued unabsted through the
night. The wind was blowing gale
TIL daylight. It will take days
TO clear the snow blockade. Between II
and II o'clock this morning two distinct
shocks OF earthquake were felt. The wave
is passing from east 10 west, causing great
alarm. Country roads will be impossible
for days,
which prevailed last night subsidized at : A
". The tide to day is higher than usual at
this time Of the year. The sea
broke over. several Of the wharyes. Little
damage was done. The wind Is blowing
stronel y from the west with snow squalls
Though the weather Is stormy It would
attract no attention butfor Virgins predic'
ton. $500.
QuEBEc, March 11.-Heath Point, Anti
costa, reports a very heavy southeast gale
there during the past night.
OswRdo, n. Y, March 1l.-Quite sc.
we're windstorm with light snow prevailed
since II o'clock last night.
MONTREAL, March liza very heavy fall
Of snow, in fact the heaviest Of the whole
season, Commenced yesterday at midday
and only ceased at 8 O'clock this afternoon
with the exception Of a little blow from
to l2 O'Clock Today there was no wind
storm. here. .l --....t .. - -..r
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Ar the risk OF again wounding fine Dem
cefatic feelings the IsTELLlcEScER once
more expresses the hope that the Republi'
cans Of the Third District may take advan'
tase Of a good fighting chance to elect q
Republican successor to Mr.. Kenna There
should be no trouble to select good
candidate, aud there is in the district
enough anti.Bourbon sentiment tc
elect him. But there can be nc
victory while there Is dissension. II
matters not what the causes have been OF
Who was at fault-bury the Ratchet, smoke
the pipe Of peace, put on the war paint
and sail into the enemy. There is time
enough to do all that is TO be done, but the
time is worth too much to waste it. 1til
liscreditabIe to the intelligence Of the
Third District to take it for granted that II
will be content to go on forever fastened to
ghe Bourbon chariot. ...H
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| ,AsNEAKING OUTRAGE.
Rotten Eggs Thrown at an Aged Minister
and Keyiyallst MT Leesburg,O .

LEEspuRau, O., March lO.-Some four
weeks since Rev. VIM. Watts, Of Van Vert,
O., came here, and has been holding a
series Of revival meetings at the Friends
Meeting house, one.half mile south Of
town. Fhe meetings have been increasing
in interest steadily, and about one hundred
persons have been converted and many
added 10 the church. Last night, after the
meeting had been dismissed, and nearly
every one had left the church, Rev. Watts,
together with soms Of the leading members.
came out and were greeted by shower Of
eggs, some three or four oil them striking
Rev. Watts, for whom they were evidently
intended, The reverend gentleman is
about fiity.iour years old, and an earnest
worker in the cause Of his Master. Strong
suspicion rests gpog one or two parties,
and II shticiGnt evidence d found against
them coat OF tar and feathers will be
considered very light punishment by the
enraged populace, --i, s,,t
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THE PROPHET AT HONE.
what wigEIni Has TO Say About His
IT, Great Storm, b.

What Rigglnn Has 10 Say Abont HIS
n Great Storm. i. .fe
NRw YoRH, March l0.-A Sun special
from Ottawa says: An unusually severe
snow storm Is raging here this evening.
The wind Is blowing east northeslt The
snow is Dix inches deep. The correspon-
dent Of the Sun has just called upon Prof.
Virgins at his residence. The prophet
was busy answering and receiving dis.
patches. He was in exceedingly good
.humof, and hastily ssid;
81 have Just received dispatehesifrom
Cape Breton, MS. Quebec, Rochester and
other points, and all say that my predic.
ton is fulfilled to the letter. My advice
that ships Of all natiopS should be in safe
harbots by the 9Th has, I am happy to say,
been taken and acted upon. TWAS on the
Bth that the arm Of the great storm struck
the Atlantic Coast. The storm this after
noon came from the southeast exactly as
MI. both % 70 Ia period Of arrival and ita
direction, You, no doubt, noticed that the
slor@ S.,Tu q he Sth and sth exactly followed
me course marked out lor the great storm.
General Haxen, you will remember, In his
eyificism Of my letter tpthe President,
stStad that no storm ever took that course,
This q, 10 taF % he Is concerned 0 defeat
RepoTterETo,dsy's Storm Is also defeat
for the meteorolog ogi1ts, 70 Il pQt
jlProieSsot Yes, decidedly. They esefy;
wysfefe, In Washington, Toronto and London,
declared II impossible, and even absurd,
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HUNTINGTON, W. Va, March 10.-The
marriage Of Ex-Governor Sprague, at
staunton, Va, on Thursday evening last,
to Mrs. Dora Calvert, Of Guyandotte, W.
Va, causes quite sensation here. Mrs.
Calvert was, until last Monday morning,
the lawful wife Of Mr.. Frank Calvert, the
popular travelling salesman for the house
oi 4. R. Clark 4 Co., Of Cincinnati. Last
Monday the Circuit Court Of Cabell county
granted divorce to the parties. Mrs. Cal
vert's maiden name was Weed, her family
being formerly from the East, but residing
in Guyandotte since the war. Mrs. CAL
vert 10 about twenty-five years Of age, very
handsome, and fond OF society,
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TWO BURGLAKIEs.
Serving to Show That the Gang IL stiII
Around.

Saturday night burglars forced an en-
trance into the rear Of Greer & Laing'i
hardware store, on Main street, breaking
large pane Of glass from the window,
They also pried several drawers from the
counter, evidently searching for Change u
But they did not find any money, and
made no attempt upon the safe. The exact
loss cannot be determined, as numerous
small articles might be taken from the
stock without being missed. About four
dozen pocket knives were taken, aud this
Is the extent Of the loss now known.
The same night burglars endeavored to
rob the residence Of State Superintendent
Of Free Schools Butcher, on Chaplinestreeet,
and would probably have succeeded had
they not been frightened of. At least 1t is
supposed they were frightened, as Yesterday
morning side window was found open,
the shutters and catches having been pried
off with "jilnmy." Nothing was missing
from the house.
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MONTREAL, QuEpEc, March l0.-NewB
reached Montreal yesterday Of fatal ex.
ploG:o@ at tatortue, q hamlet on the St
Maurice river, ueat Three RiyeFs, Several
men were at work in the mill Of the Cana.
al Pulp Company on Wednesday evening
when 4 aeS Gnp+eel.rhak boiler ex'
through the works. =, Murphy and D.
Mason were blown through the side of the
boiler house and were instantly killed. A
workman named Maurice and 2 number a
nthers were seriously wounded The Cor.
Sasssgho s:srted from Three Rivers, was
showed pp, md lla not reach bis destina'
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y Alexander Gorschakotf was Of prince.
" Russian family Of Eancient origin, 4 He
was born IN 1896: He chose a diplomatic
career, which he began byacting as secretary
OF legation. He was next charge 'afiairef
and afterwards Extraordinary ambassador
at London, Florence, Vienna, Stuttgart,
Frankfort, and again, in lS54-5, al
Vienna. He was appointed Minister o
Foreign Affairs at St. Petersburg in 1856
which office be continued to hold up to a
short time ago.when he resigned on account
of increasing years and failing health. he
has played an important part in European
diplomacy for the past ten year,, and wai
keen and shrewd in all matters Of state
polity.B ~ Y = 'ESh EFe.A
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Dying Mans Sensational ConfeshOn.l


DALLAS, TRxAs, March II. = Reports
reached here to-day from Terrell, Texas
that a good deal Of a sensation had beer
created there. by the dying statement o.
Samuel Finley, local express agent at that
point, Of a murder committed last fall
which also Is said to have involved arson
The story is that Finley, Samuel Bowan,
Jesse NcElroy and some other young men,
under the influence Of liquor were in the
the finest business block in Ter.
rell, on the night following
the reunionof the Ross brigade last fall, land
were playing cards. There was also com
mercial traveller in the party, name no.
given, who during the game got into a
dispute with another young man, aud was
shot and killed by him. In falling, after
being shot, the drummer kicked over q
lamp which exploded and set fire 70 The
building, and the party escaped only with
great difficulty. The body OF the drum.
mer was cremated and thus all evidence
Of the murder destroyed. The story is
discredited by many, but the Star
building did burn on the night mentioned
and was thought at the time to have been
fired by somebody in the upper story,
Finley Is alleged to have made this state
menttoa physician on his deathbed, but
the physician will not affirm it, and the
Terrell local police deny the story. Never
theless theatiair has produced great sen
sation and detectives are on the spot tc
unrayel the mystery.
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MhaIasnIe lremntion.

DEADwooD, D. T., March l1.-Hood' &
SCOTS lodging shell, at Brownsville,
burned last night. Jas. Chalmers, Thos,
Inless, R. c. Wright, Lewis Hanson, Peter
Hanson, A. Tenneckif, Harvey Wood, W.
H. Andrews, Chas. Hammotree, Fred I.
Peters, Samuel Hays, burned to death.
Some others whose names were not learned
were seriously injured. sfS .fs ,
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lIoRunLx NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Of
lanes G. Blaine-Very Special Dispatch
to the ISrELLlUEXcER. Washington,
March lO.-James &. Blaine was shot in
The neck to-day with Goldfish ball, the re-
suit Of an alteration with waiter in
wormley's. The unfortunate man had
asked bread with his order; whereupon
The walter roared 1t through the hall,
"We don't give bread with one hsh'balll"
Betore Mr.. Blaine could exclaim, as he in.
Tended, make it two" the dastardly deed
had been committed. The assassin will be
committed to Congress to await trial. The
Indignation is Of the most elaborate charac.
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Ex-Cong. Thompson, or. Pa, Arrested.
.slPrTsBuRGtiI March 1l.AA dispatch from
Butler, Pa, says: Colonel E. H. Thompson
ex. Congressman Of that district, has been
arrested on the. charge o. raising q note
from four hundred to four thousand dol.
lars. The arrest occasioned great excite
ment, but the general opinion prevails
that the charge cannot be sustained. Colo
mel Thompson gave bail for his appearances
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DrurRE is," remarks the american, "a
.,,mnlipy type Of manufacturer, who is
s%,ays .bout to be ruined" True enough,
."I without realizing the awkwardness OF
-. sa'' Do.i,jOp, he is the efficient ally OF the
,sLhandetl free trader.