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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-02-21
THERON CRASH.
A Receiver Appointed for Brown, BON.
mel d Co.-works TO be Kept Running.

A Receiver Appointed for Brown, hon.
mel d Co.-works TO be Kept Running.
CLEVELAND, o., February 20.-Fayette
Brown, OF Cleveland, was this morning
appointed by the United States Court re-
ceiyer Of Brown, Bonnell & Co., Of YounRs.
town. The works will continue to run, for
the present at least. The company rep
resents that it has large stock and good
contracts. The assets, it is claimed, are
largely in excess OF the liabilities. Hub
bert Aver has not come, and is not expect
ed. No formal meeting Of the Directors
has been called, but prominent stock.
holders will consult with the receiver.
I CLEVELAND, O., February 20.-Receiver
Brown was appointed on application Of the
jackson & Lake Superior Iron Mining
Company and the Neagaunee Concentra.'
ton Company for themselves, having
claims amounting To $50, 900, aud for the
other creditors. aHe gave bond in $l00 GOO
with Amasa Stone, Selah Chamberlain
and Charles A, Otis for sureties. Mr.. Brown
said TO an Associated Press correspondent
that he expected the Youngstown works
would be shut down to take an inventory,
after which they would be managed to
make the most OF the property.
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Now We shall see how the State will get
along with au increase Of FIVE cents in the
tax levy for one year. II this increase
were to run for two years the receipts
would still fall below the requirements.
The Democratic party Is aware Of this, but
ithas not the courage to face the people
with sufficient tax levy in one hand and
an exhibit Of liabilities in the other. Tho
former Legislature would consent TO no in.
crease in the levy, preierring TO violate the
Constitution and eyade the issue
with q new assessment. But
the war Of the reassessment
has not come up to the manifesto; the in.
crease in valuation is not enough; and now,
after breaking as plain and mandatory
provision as there is in the Constitution,
after adding to an unlawful debt, this Leg.
islature Of the same party admits the fail.
ure Of the party policy and increases the
tax rate. The confession is complete, but
the missing property has not be returned.
The State still owes the School Fund
and the bank, and this Legislature will
make no provision to clear off the score.
This may begood Democratic politics, but
1t Is not honest dealing with the people.
What Is to come OF It is easily ioretold.
The question dodped by two Legislatures
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He Makes Speech to Convicts-Giying
Them Advice, dc.

Them Advice. dc.
BosroS, February Ex-Governor Butler,
accompanied by Lieutenant Governor
Ames and several other Of the Executive
Council, visited the State prison at Concord,
to. day, and partook Of a collation., after
which theyin;erviewed Jesse Pomeroy, the
boy fiend, and other desperate characters.
Pomeroy handed the Governor lengthy
written statement Of his case which
he has been some time in pre-.
pairing. Other convicts handed
the Executive letters and statements. No
demonstration whatever wis made by the
conyicts, but they eyed General Butler Gu
riously as he passed among them or con-
versed with them in the various rooms.
At ! y. NJ. the convicts were marched from
their cells into the chapel, and after
prayer by the prison choir, the warden
usher inttoduced Governor Butler, who
was received with loud clapping Of hands.
Governor Butler said: prisoners, YOU
are here because 1t has been Us.
certained by the only means OF ascertain
ing facts yet made known to the
ingenuity OF man that you have broken
those offenses, you are sentenced by lawo
the Commonwealth certain term at hard
labor within the walls; that Is the sentence
that the law imposes upon you for your
oifenses. No other and no greater unless
You commit otfenses while here, and you
have, therefore, your treatment in your
own hands. While here you'come. under
new code Of laws requiring your strict
obedience 10 established rules and the orders
oil the officers set over you. These rules will
be Just, those orders will be just; l say that
because l have appointed by the advice
and consent ofthe council as your warden
my friend OF twenty-five years standing,
my old staff officer, whom l know to be a
lust, equal.minded, honest, truthful man,
in whom you and everybody else that has
TO deal with him can implicitly rely. His
orders must be obeyed. II you think any
one OF these Is wrong you shall complaint 10
me In perfect confidence and will exam
inc your complaint, but until the report
comes back the order must be obeyed at
all hazards. You most OF you know me or
OF me-" said the Governor, with grim
smile, "and you know what that means.
Now / want you to disabuse your minds
oil one tnlnRj w hot Whut yVu W unuar
stand It to be fact, so far as ! am
concerned, that 1 removed the late
warden on account Of anything that he did
to you, because / always hear both sides,
and when the letters were written to me l
looked at the case, not 10 hear your side
until l got ready to hear his, but before |
got ready to hear him he did those things
In disobedience to orders oil mine, that
caused me TO remove him from Office with.
out knowing what your charges against
him were Faint applausel lcommend
the warden to you, and | commend you
to The warden. Treat him as he threats you,
and the prison will be the model institu'
ton OF this kind in the United States. The
Governor was applau1ed on closing and
the prisoners were marched back to their
cells
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AB0UEIR0N AND STEEL
zoe MANY MILls lN rAE coUMTRY,
And Too Few ordsr, the Cause of stagaatIoa In
the Trad.-Mr. CarutsIe's Views on the SIT.
uatlOn-Ths QasstiOn Of fwasts-DIntr-
snes Between the West and East.

PHILADELPHIA, February 20.-The Prs
contains an interview with Andrew Car
negie, the largest iron and steel manuiac-
turer in this country. In regard to tho
outlook Of the steel rail business and the
present scarcity OF orders Mr.. Carnegiesaid:
"The present depression arises from q
check 10 the abnormal growth OF railroad
building in this country during the past
two or three years. America Is great
country, but she cannot permanently con.
tinue to build each year as many miles OF
new railroad as the entire world has dole.
This is practically what has been done dur.
ing the past two years. The great demand
for rails during this season led to the unwise
extension OF work, and also to the building
OF new ones, but the check has come none
too soon and is in every way healthful one.
Had It been postponed II would have fallen
upon US in much more aggravated form.
consider the capacity Of the existing mills
to be far beyond the legitimate wants Of
the country, therefore there must be re-
striction OF the output or some Of the mills
must remain idle. There are four mills
idle at present, the Union Iron and Steel
Company, Chicago, the old works OF the
North Chicago Rolling Mill Company, the
Vulcan Iron Works, OF st. Louis, and the
Joliet Qll) Iron and Steel Company's
works. Should these continue to remain
idle, the business will return to It's health.
fnl condition. tHf
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COUNTING THE LOSSES
FRoM pEvAsrArINe FLOODS
A F.ar,al Column Of Dollars to b. Charged to til,
Sway OfS.ptuno-Nsat Catch OfOattle rhIs'sS
In New N.xleO-Ths wise.Msss.y COu.
test "A Fight Promised.

ClxclSSATl, February 2o.-The systema'
tic effort made by the Commercial. Gasett tc
ascertain the losses by the floods in Gin
cinnati is too difficult to enable them to
reach anything like an accurate result.
The largest total loss is the Gas
Company, 100000, besides the loss oi
a weeks business and the loss
OF the coal interest 100000; OF the city,
from broken culverts, sewers, drains, street
sidewalks, O,OOO, from railroads indirectly,
s5OO0OO. The personal losses so far as
gathered amount to 100000, but nothing
like a complete estimate can now be made.
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GENERAL NEWS PARAGRAPHS.

There is no truth in the story published
at New York that Mr.. Vanderbilt is dan
gerously i'll. He was attending to business
yesterday.
A Keokuk, Iowa, special says II the ice
goes out at the present stage OF water in the
Mississippi, the damage cannot be below
half to three quarters OF million dollars.
The lumber interest will be the CHIEF
losers. Considerable damage has already
resulted to bridges.
After lighting cigar in the store Of Mrs.
Lizzie Swain, at Fort Worth, Kansas,
Clarence Weight thought Il a funny thing
to apply the burning match to some fire.
works In the store. The building and the
one adjoining were destroyed, and Mrs.
Swain was burned to death.
A bill 10 punish drunkenness, which has
passed the Alabama Legislature, imposes a
penalty on persons drunk and disorderly
In any public place Of small fine for the
first offsnse, $40 for the second and five
days imprisonment for the third, and
gives jurisdiction to such cases to justices
OF the peace.
An important decision has been ren.
dered by the Supreme Court Of Brooklyn,
which holds that where life insurance COM
panies, insuring according to the "tontine"
system fail to keep the premiums 30 paid
and their accumulations separate from the
risks OF their general business, insured par
ties can recover forfeited premiums with
interest.
Rev. 7. N. Allen, Of the African NJ. E.
church OF Darby, Pa, few nights since
united in marriage colored man giving
his name IA Thomas Groves and a fair
looking white girl calling herself Laura
Saunders. Groves Is employed on farm
at Horntown, Delaware county. II Is loca.
ted about four miles east Of Darby, and has
about half.dozen dusky husbands who
have white wives.
Edward s. Stokes, on behalf OF himself
and Others, has applied TO VIM. II. Van.
derbilt for lease Of the Madison Square
Garden property, N. Y, or for lease Of a
new building which they propose shall be
erected on the site, and which, 1t Is said,
will be, or will include theater. Whilst
declining to give particulars, Mr.. Stokes
says the scheme involves an expenditure
Of at least s., 100000.
Madame Marie Roze had rather trying
and certainly ludicrous experience while
singing in "Fidelio" at Rochdale, England,
short time ago. As she was singing her
great aria in the FIRST act, dog, belonging
10 the manager, trt tied complacently upon
the stage and took an easy position near
the singer, regarding her with evident In
terest. Although the attention of the au'
dience was greatly distracted, the priMa
donna did not lose her presence Of mind
but finished the aria brilliantly, securing
an enthusiastic recall. And the dog, hav'
ing followed her of the stage, also returned
to answer TO his share OF the popular
plaudils,
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THERE is no hope for the miners bill
this time. Every fair.minded man is will.
Ing that the men who gain their livelihood
by the Orduous, perilous labor Of the mine
shall have what protection the law can
give him. But the majority in the Legis.
la,uie can not be brought to this view.
It Is significant that members sup
posed to be in close fellowship with
mine owners have been the strongest
and busiest in their hostility to the meas
ure. Tie owners interest ought Of course
to be considered; but surely he Is interested
In the safety Of his men, and II he Is not
moved by business considerations or by
the higher sentiment Of human sympathy,
1t Is in order for the law to re.
mind him Of the duty which one
man owes to another. There is bound to
be State inspection oi mines and regula.
ton Of mining in West Virginia; failure
this time Is delay but not defeat. The de
velopment ofour mines means the increase
otour mining population, and not many
years will pass before the politicians will
be seen posturing before that element
promising most anything in exchange fol
VoteS
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Another man Gone Wrong.

KANSAS Cry, February 20.-It now
seems probable that Frank B. Hoff, we'll
known lawyer Of this citv who left home
Tor the east on January %, and has been
missing since the 10th, is q deiaulter. 1t
appears that Pinkerton, the Chicago detee-
tive, Is now at work upon the case and II
is stated that Hoff Is short about SIS, 900 in
collections made for capitalists Of West
Chester, Pa, who hold quantity Of Jack.
son county and Kansas City bonds. The
message sent by him dated Jersey City
proves to have been sent from New York
City. ltis believed there Is evidence that
ine message sent BY him January 80, dated
Jersey City, and notifying Mr.. Talbot, Of
West Chester, Pa, that be would arrive
mere there next day, was sent from New York
vlty. 1t is now thought that Hof has left
The country,
His wiie and three children here are
PAD TO be In sttaitened circumstances,
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srRIKISa A WAR SHIP.
Collision ofa Steamship and u Monitor.
sleeping Passengers Alarmed.

RICHMOND, Va, February 20-The new
steamship Guyandotte, Of the Old Dominion
Steamship Line, sailed at noon yesterday
for New York, having on board Commodore
Bowen, Of the fleet, who had been hastily
summoned to New York by telegraph. The
Guyaudotte was loaded heavily aft, so as
to keep her bow high out Of water, and 1t
was noticeable that she was stove in on the
port side, and that her heavy iron stem was
displaced, several inches byan indentation.
1t has since transpired that the steamship
ran into one Of the United States monitors
anchored near City Point, in the James
river, on her trip to this city. The Guyan-
dotte arrived here on Saturday about
noon, but no mention Of the collision
was made nor did it leak out till
Yesterday after she had sailed. 1t has
tranepired, however, that at about six
o'clock Saturday morning, as she was pass
ing City Point in charge o. one Of the
James river pilots, the lights ol one OF the
moni tors were discovered right under. her
bows. Just then Capt. james, OF the
Guyaudotte, came into the pilot house and
the order to reverse the engines was i'm
mediately given. It had scarcely been
executed however, before the esteamer struck
the monitor with such force as 10 shake the
entire ship and at once arouse the sleeping
passengers. The latter were easily quieted,
as there was no immediate danger. The
steamer was heavily loaded and her iron.
plated port bow was stove for "a
distance Of eight feet above the
water mark. Her iron stem was heavily
indented and knocked out Of place to the
starboard side, where her timbers were
sprung, and she was reported to be leaking
In her forward compartment. The dam.
age to the steamer. though serious, did not
prevent her continuing on her trip TO this
city, where upon her arrival. Captain Kelly
telegraphed to Commodore Bowen to come
on, and in response to which that officer
arrived here by rail in time to board the
steamer on her return trip to New York.
There Is no telegraph line available to City
Point, so that the extent Of the In
iuries; II any, TO the monitor can
not be obtained The name Of the war
vessel struck by the Guyandotte Is the
Ajax, one Of the heaviest and most power.
iui in the feet. This would leave the i'm
preston that she did not sustain any se-
rrious damage, though the Old Dominion
Line officials are said to be considerably
exercised and anxious on that score. A
passenger on the Guyandotte said that in
the collision she tore away one OF the an:
chors OF the Ajax. The question that will
naturally arise Is whether the Ajax was
anchored out Of place in the channel or
whether the Guyandotte was out OF her
course.
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Tur Senate has passed tariff bill which
ouvbt not 10 become law. 1t yields too
much 10 the foreign desire for an Ameri-
can market and comedies too little to the
American demand for home market.
Republicans in the Senate are not to be ac-
Quilted dOiresponsibility for this measure. In
their eagerness to show a disposition to
Weld something they have yielded too
much to those free trade Senators who
were not willing TO support the bill
alter they had impressed their doctrines
upon it. II this is the best that can be
done The clear duty Of Republicans Is to
stand by the House bill, and on that go to
the country. 1t is not the privilege Of the
Senate to originate q tariff bill, and this
will be reason enough for the House to turn
the cold shoulder to 1t. The Republican
party must stand by the policy which has
given US prosperous country, and stand
or fall as the people shall desire to adhere
10 OR abandon that policy. This is nc
time for double shufiling.
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IMMoKrALIrY NCoRNEp.
Weird Funeral Rights over the Remains
ofn Reckless Man.

ora keeHiesn man.
CHICAGO, February 20.-Rose Hill Gene
terry was the scene Of a most unusual per-
formance Yesterday afternoon, when the
mortal remains Of "Jack" Mccormick, the
veteran sport, who died last Thursday at
Mercy Hospital, was laid to rest, "Jack"
bad been "a good fellow" III his day, q
roaming sporting man, an authority on
base ball, horse racing, card playing and
billiards, and all other games played in
this country and across the ocean. His
most remarkable memory enabled him to
tell unerringly the distance between vari-
GUS cities OF this country and between
those in Europe, and made him ready
and reliable authority on quotations from
Shakespeare and the Bible.
His life was full OF worldly pleasure, but
devoid Of all that will tend TO lend his
name any lustre other than that which
attaches to o phenomenon. His local
friends Of the class to which he belonged
Assem- bled at an undertaking establishment
at noon and escorted the remains to Rose
Hill, Charles Dale, John Mccullough, A.
J. Levey, Thomas Kilkenny, Jerre Dunn
and James Fitzgerald carried the casket to
the "hole in the ground" in which twas
TO be deposited, and lowered It to its final
resting.place. A basket literally supplied
with bottles OF wine was then produced.
Each person present was supplied with II
"bumper," and the health Of the departed
was drank with will.
A few OF the emptied bottles were
dropped into the grave, few Of the dreg-
drops having been sprinkled upon the
coffin. Jerre Dunn, q leading sporting
character OF this city, then stepped forward
to the edge OF the grave and said, in voice
low and earnest:
Friends, the presence Of death, the
solemnity Of the grave, has ever been re-
cognized, even among uncivilized people,
by some rite or service, according 10 their
custom. In this instance our departed
friend expressly requested that no re.
lisious rites should be performed over his
remains As the new religion OF Reason
and Philosophy in which he wasa believer,
has no prescribed rites, / may be brief and
candid. We here place in the bosom
Of his great and mysterious mother
the remains OF a true child OF nature,
once our friend, man Of brilliant parts
and nobility OF character, Notwithstanding
his misdirection and waste OF splendid
talents. He laid aside the most worthless
bauble the most beautiful Of poets dreams,
the doctrine Of Immortality, because he
would not have his sinking spirit buoyed
up by fiction, for he believed in no lie
beyond the grave. As the perfume OF q
rose is waited away on passing zephyr,
never more to unite with the decayed
petals, so is the spirit or soul extingulshed
In the dead, and there lies all there is.
After lettering awhile about the cemetery
grounds the friends Of poor Jack McCor:
mick" boarded the returning train and
came back to the city leach to pursue his
iavorite phantom"
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CAIRO, Ills, February 2o.-Ending at "a
o'clock this evening the river has risen dur.
ing the twenty.four hours forty,three feet
and three. quarters inches. The gauge
now reads fifty.one feet eight and three
quarters inches. The levees still remain
solid and no apprehension Is felt as regards
their breaking and the bulkhead over the
lower places has thus far ettectually kept
the waters from coming over the leyee
Al Columbus, Ky, the leyee gave way yes
terday, flooding the lower portion Of the
town, as It was anticipated. Noliyes were
Lost, ~ .--a.- :.
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A Cnttie Thieyes Nest.

DRIVER, February ao.-The TTbane's
Santa Fe special says: Captain solarsar
broke up nest Of cattle thieves at Lamosa,
arresting three rustlers, killing Eugenio
Pedros, a noted desperate, who refused to
surrender. ....I.,...
after Kiuney's band. Other military com.
panies are ordered out TO scout the Socorro
and yalenciacounties. The rustlers, already
taking alarm, are fleeing from the territory
in large numbers. ..1sg.
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VOLUME XXXI.-.NUMBER 1856.

and Ulster county, New York, is from the
lst Of January 10 lie LIST Of February. The
trying time on peach buds in Delaware and
Maryland Is from the 10th Of March TO the
10th OF April, as the peach trees bloom
earlier there than in New Jersey and New
York. Sometimes, when tho trees are in
bloom, there will come cold night Or two,
with heavy frosts aud freeze the germ;
then the bud or small peach, II started to
grow, will fall of. A letter dated the 9th
OF February, from Messrs. A. W. Wells &
Co., St. Joseph, Mich, states that so far
the winter in that region has been layor'
able for fruit.
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cArrAlN HoWeATE.
HIS Escape Aided by Persons VIII
Feared Exposure by His Trial.

HIS EAeape Aided BY Persons VINO
Feared Exposure by HIS Trial.
WASHINGTON, D. c., February 2o.-That
Captain Howgate was aided to escape by
parties in this city afraid Of the exposures
which his trial would certainly make Ia
generally believed. The heavy purchase
OF expensive furniture and luxurious trap,
pings by Howgate at extortionate figures
pointed to number Of city merchants,
who were no doubt partners in his guilty
practices, as the ones most likely 10 desire
bis absence. That Howgate's stealingE
were known by General Myer and others
10 the Signal Office cannot be said, but
that they suspected him is well.known
fact, as the following from an authentic
source will show:
Gen. Myer was so wrapped up In the de-
yelopment OF system Of charts or draw.
inss Of storm waves that he neglected the
executive duties OF his Office, and Howgate
had full swing. At the end OF each month
Howsate would come into Gen. Myers
Office with abundle OF vouchers, and, pre-
tending TO be in 0 great hurry, would re
Quest their immediate indosement.
aBut,p Gen. Myer would say, " have
not examined them, Captain"
6They are AL right, General. This 10 thl
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Sr. LOUIS, February 20.-A most shock
ing tragedy occurred at Springfield, Mo.
yesterday. Mrs. Tilly schouder, the young
wife Of Frank schouder, a cigar maker
during her husbands absence from home
snot her three.months old baby through
the head with a forty.four caliber pistol
and then fired another ball from the SAINT
weapon into her own head. No cause Il
known for the act. The couple came from
Bellevile, ILL.,, about two years ago, ant
lived happily together aud were prosper
ora
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CInimnnt 10 an Estate In montreal.

MONTREAL, CAN, February 20.-John
Allen, of New York, has arrived here after
thirty years absence, and put in acclaim TO
an estate OF over one million dollars left to
Mrs. Charles Phillips, whose first husband,
Charles Allen, 1t Is alleged, was the plain
titf's uncle. This Is the estate which James
s. Hunter, the absconding notary, robbed
OF some hundreds Of thousands.