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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-03-29
SEvEN-UP.
The Seven Candidates at Charles
- ton. e.. ~
StoIlings, Imbodeu, Mathews, Dennis
Floyd, Snyder - Snyder Holds
High, Low, Jack and
the Game.
PkRKERSBURG NEWS BUDGET
Spscial Dispatch TO The Register.

SDec1ut DISlDutCH " TIC As0S'S'
CHARLESTON, w. VA, March 2S.-Ine
Congressional Convention met at IL O'CLOCK
and effected permanent organization, oy
electing E. ". Wilson chairman and J. b.
Pemberton, Howard Templeton, ]. M. Fer
guson and George Byrne secretaries.
The Committee on Basis of Representa-
ton recommended that each county be
allowed one vote for every hundred votes
cast thereon for ]. 2. Jackson in 1880, total
139.
The Committee on Rules recommended
the reaffirmation of the platform on which
Kenna ran last fall, onel plank
of which demands the abolition
of all internal revenue. A res
resolution was also adopted deploring the
defeat, by the last Congress, OF the River
and Harbor bill, and calling for cheap wa
w. F, Hays of Boone, nominated Joel E.
Stolhngs.
J.E. Cavendish, OF Fayette, nominated
G.. W. Imboden.
John w. Harris, of Greenbrier, nomina'
ted II. NJ. Mathews.
John A. Preston, OF Greenbrier, nomina-
ted r. F. Dennis.
f. F. knight, OF kanawha, nominated "
P. Snyder.
]. Ii. Ferguson, of Logan, nominated J.
3. Floyd. .,,
Mr.. Vanpelt, OF Fayette, nominated j. NJ
French.
On the first ballot, leaving out fractions,
Stollings received ii votes; lmboden, IL;
Mathews, %; Dennis, 10; Snyder, 81; Floyd
Is, and French, 81.
Three more ballots were taken without
any material change. After the fourth bal
lot, under the resolution adopted, lmbodeD
being the lowest was dropped.
On the fifth ballot Snyder received 4S;
Dennis, 25; Mathews, %, and Floyd 'l3.
Pending the call for the sixth ballot,
Floyd was withdrawn.
The sixth ballot stood: Snyder, 81; Den
mis-, 25; Mathews, %; French, 81.
Mathews was dropped.
Seventh ballot: Snyder, 50; Dennis, Az;
French 81.
French was dropped, and pending the
call for the eighth ballot, Mathews was
renominated by Elbert Fowler, of Summers.
Eigth ballot: Snyder, 71s Mathews, 40;
On motion of W. W. Adams, seconded by
Elbert Fowler, at 10 clock r. NJ the nom.
ination OF Capt. Snyder was made unani-
nous. Mr.. Snyder, being called upon
came forward and accepted the nomination
in neat and happy speech. At the close
of Snyder's speech. Henry 5. Walker, who
was present, being called upon, mounted
the stand and in a few eloquent words,
such as only Walker can speak, congratu;;
lated the convention on its work, promised
him his support and declared himself once
more a Democrat. Such handshaking and
cbeerinp has seldom been seen and heard.
1t was magnificent ending to glorious
day. No such convention has ever before
| been held in this section OF the country, so
enthusiastic and yet so harmonious, so
! boisterous, and yet so courteous. 1t was
field day for the Democracy, and sthe ola
Third will roll up more than her usual
majority at the coming election. Governor
| Jackson, Senator Kenna, Attorney General
Watts, Superintendent Butchet, and Treas;
urer O'Brien were present and addressed
the convention during the afternoon.
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THE OTHER SIDE.
General Buffers Account with the Ma
Iional Soldiers Home.

.uOnal sOldters' Home.
WASHINGTON, March 2S.-The following
statement OF an alleged discrepancy in the
accounts of the National Soldiers Home is
furnished by the Treasury department:
The circumstances Of the case seem to be
as follows: The Home is corporation and
settles its own accounts through its own
executive officers with its Treasurer, who
IS custodian of its. The Home is, however,
required to render a statement 10 the Gov
eminent OF all its receipts and expenditures
and this statement of account is ex-
smined and settled by the proper account
ing officers. In the settlement of this &C
count, made some time since, the Home
was credited with two different items
amounting TO SIS, ,0O0 as having been paid
over to and disburSed by the Eastern branch
OF the Home, but the Treasurer of the
Eastern Branch subsequently showed that
he had returned the SIS. 900, and in recent
settlement Of accounts between the United
States and the Home, the Second Auditor
and Second Comptroller ch argei tue Home
with the amount thus returned to il by the
Treasurer of the Eastern Branch. 1t is sup
posed that, in the settlement made between
the officers of the Home aud Gen.
ersl Butler at the expiration of his term
As Treasurer this $4,000 Was not charged
back as having beea returned BY the Treas.
nrer Of the Z stern Branch. Gsneral Bu.-
Ter tnrned over 10 his successor the balance
IN hSnd. as shown by that settle ant. bat
Il The above supposisiOa shall prove to 6s
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JESSE JAMES BAD INFLUNcE.
Gov. Critic rnden. OF Missouri. TestIfies
In Louisville Libel suit.

IN -
LOUISVILLE, Mar-h 2S.-Goy. Crittenden,
of Missouri, arrived in this city Monday
morning to testify in the libel suit Of G.
Hite against the Courier Journal Company.
This trial, which has been in progress for 4
week or more, has been at times of very
sensational nature, as il developed facts and
incidents in the career OF Jesse James
and his gang not before known. This
suit was occasioned by an article that
appeared in the Courier-Journal implying
that Mrs. Hite was a mistress of the dead
bandit, and was brought to recover $50 900
damages. The testimony at first was rather
favorable to the plaintiff, and many wit
nesSes were produced who swOle to Mrs.
mites good character. The story Of the
way Gov. Crittenden came to testify to-day
is rather interesting. He went into the
Office of the Republican, in St. Louis one
day last week, and taking up q paper
Chanced to see the opening statement Of
the plaintiff. After reading il he turned
to Br. Hyatt, of the Republican, and said:
This is an abOmInable claim, and know
something that will knock the bottom out
of Hite's case" Hyatt telegraphed the
fact 10 the Courier-Jo and the Cover
nor sent telegram offering TO come here
and testify. The offer was accepted and
II q NONtEnbE Cdule On. W men put on the
stand he T. Stifed that he was acqusinted
with the James gang through mis- efforts
to break it up; that Clarence Hite,
son OF tie plaintiff had been con.
yicted - aud sent TO the Jefferson
city laEthat the plaintiff had come to hi N
10 sskthe pardon Of his son, and that in
making said request, he made the following
statement: My boys were good boys until
Jesse James and his gang led them astray.
One of them, | think, was killed by James,
and the other is suffering imprisOnmentOn
account of the rObber's influence over him.
james caused the separation between my
wife and myself and has ruined my domeS-
tic hsI Illness" The Governor added that
BiIe ssid he referred to his domestic trou-
bles g. a additi nal reason for granting
tie peI.On. This closed the testimony in |
tie CsSe.
Gov. CritteBden said that there is NJ truth |
in tLc story that he inten Is 70 pIrlOn |
FranE James.
Tho iuTy this eYeoing swariel ths die l.
asLI, -, 900 damages.
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NATIONAL.
. NATIONAL.
The Contingent Of Seekers for
hows's Place.
An Sorts Of Men Mentioned, Even Down
to Ben DECENTRALIZATION Ahead
Butler and the Soldiers
Home Story.
FUNERAL SERVICES OVER HOWE.
Special Dispatch 70 he Register.

Special Dispatch 10 The Register,
WAsHISGroS, March 25.-Speculatlon re-
garding Howe's successor in the Cabinet has
taken a wide range, and includes men from
all quarters. The safest man to bet on,
however, is Frank Hatton. He is in favor
with the President and, Notwithstanding
the opposition OF the Times and Tribune,
the big Republican organs OF New YORK,
will most likely retain the place which he
temporarily attained on the death OF Gen.
eral Howe.
The statute Provides
that a vacancy caused by the death or
resignation of the head of any department
may be filed for a period of ten days by the
officer next in rank in that department or
by some other officer who the President
may especially designate. If, however, at
the expiration Of that time the President is
not ready to permanently fill the vacancy
he msy, under the law as it IS construed,
redesiSnate the same officer to act as head
OF the department for further period ot
ten days.
There are objections to the appointment
Of HattOn on the ground shat he IS not
high position; that he has no reputation
or prominence in the country. being COM
paratiyely unknown, and the present Caol-
net of the President is not OF great force as
il at present stands, and that the appoint
ment of Hatton will not strengthen 1t.
Chandler is by odds the brainest man in
the Cabinet, and in force and brains Teller
ranks next. There is Eothing much IN
Frelinghuysen, and Lincoln has disap-
= fr;apla a "a brilliant
man, but when that is said all is said.
Folger is an old granny with one foot in
the grave and the other trembling on the
edge. There seems 10 be strong sentl-
ment
Il is urged that he is a man OF great
political ability; that, if the President has
anv ambition as TO bis own succession, he
could not get more able mar in the Cab
met and that, in the approaching cam
paigns, Ohio is very important State. 1t
is a generally recognized fact that without
Ohio it will be difficult to carry the next
election and without its influence as an
October State, the republican party will be
in bad way. Ohio and Indiana and New
York are the most important States to the
Republicans next election. New York is
already provided for with Arthur
and Folger and Indiana has its
John c. New, Assistant Secretary OF the
Treasury, with prospect of promotion, if
Folger's health compels him 10 retire.
Chauncey l. Filley, Of st. Louis, has put in
his bid. WINDOWS name is mentioned,
but it Is not desirable for him at present,
as he has other things on hand which will
add big money to his exchequer. Butter
worth, of Ohio, may be appointed to assauge
his disappointment over the failure OF the
whisky bill. IL is reported that General
Grant has a candidate whose appointment
he will urge, if it takes all summer.
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Another West Pointer Suicides.

NORFOLK, Va, March 2S.-Col. James
L. Corley, agent for some insurance com
panies, cut his throat Of hotel in Hsmp.
ton this afternoon. He was graduate of
West Point, held commission in the army
before the war and was Gen Lees Q Isrter-
master General in the army of Nor .hern
Virginia. He was a prominent citizea Of
Norfolk and President Of the lncIl CiSi.
Service E>fJrm Ass citation.
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correct il will be necessary for him to turn
over si5 600 in addition to what was then
Understood to be the balance. Whether
the correct balance was transferred by him
m his successor or not can be aacertained
by examining the books and vouchers 10
tie Offices of the Secretary and Treasurer
of the Home. General Butler has express
ed his readiness TO pay over whatever pal
ance is found to be due.
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LIBEL SUIT.
Rev. Hicks vs.. the Baltimore Ameri-
can.

BALTIMORE, March 25.-A suit was brought
yesterday in the City Court by the Rev.
Wm. W. Hicks pastor of the Tabernacle
Church, Washington City, through his
counsel. c. P. Culver and Malcolm H.
Johnston, against Charles c. Fulton and
Felex Agnus, for s35, 900 damages for libel
published in the American. The declara.
ton, which is very voluminous, sets forth
that on June 90 1882, Guiteau executed a
paper purporting to convey to the Rev.
Mr.. Hicks Guiteau's body, provided that it
should not be used for any mercenary
purpose. For the sole purpose OF comply.
ing with this gift, the Rev. Mr.. Hicks, by
a writing on January 16. 1888, conveyed
all his title and interest in
Guitesu's skeleton TO Major General
C. II. Crane, Surgeon General
skeleton should never be exhibited for any
mercenarS purpose. Mr.. Hicks says he
did not ask or receive any valuable censid-
Grafton. The ground OF his suit is an ar
tIcle published in the American January
10, 1888, under the head, The Sale OF
Guiteau's Bones" and in which, referring
10 a visit Of Mr. Scoville to Washington, oc-
Guns the statement: Another object OF
mis- visit has been 10 receive from DR.. Hicks
a portion OF the money paid him by the
Army Medical Museum for the cadaver."
The plaintiffs declaration goes on to say
that the charge that he received money tor
the sale OF Guiteau's body, in fraud OF
Guiteau's will has injured his good name,
so that his usefulness as minister IS now
seriously impaired, and the attendance OF
worshipers at his church was for time
very percepG5ly diminished.
Suits for libel have been brought By the
Rev. Mr. Hicks against the Washington
Star and the New York Graphic, laying
damages at the same amount in each case.
Judge Duffy passed a special order permit
ting Mr.. Culver, VINO is a member OF Wash
ing,on bar, 10 appear as counsel in this
suit. As 10 usual when suit are brought
hy persons not resident here, costs will
have to be paid in advance by Mr.. Hicks,
or tie other side, can hsve a rule OF coar;
laid for security for costs on him.
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MILWAUKEE, March ga Glen Buelah
dispatch says: Mrs James A. Shufsit-
bo,hsm, Of this place, shot herself and in-
fabt child yesterday about six O'Clock r. n.
She used 22-calibfe revolver, and pat two
balls through the child's he4rt. Sue then
nut a bullet through her own temple. She
died iustsn tly. INIT fhe child iTed about
an hour. She had been sick far sope tine.
during which sc xss freqnsH'!! n ,aghf
to be out Of hsr right l.iGd.
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RAILROAD ACCIDENT.
Train Wreck ed-One Killed and sever.
al Injured.

Special Dispatch to The Register.
CHARLESTON, w. Va, March 2S.-The fast
train on the Chesapeake and Ohio railroad,
about o'clock last night, ran into a slide
at the east end of Lewis tunnel, the first
tunnel east of White Sulphur, and was
badly wrecked. c. +. Riddleberger, brake
man, was killed, and Alex. White, extra
fireman, w. A. Giddings, fireman, and K.
P. Sickles, engineer, were badly, though
not dangerously hurt. Riddleberger was
twenty.four years Old, and lived at Low
Moor, Va.
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David Davis aud wife.

ST. LorIs, March Ex-senator David
Davis and wife srrived here tonight and
have taken quarters at the Lacle1e Hotel.
where they remain till Monday next, when
they 90 70 the Senator'S home. Blooming
ton, Ill.
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TRICHINoSlS.
A Whole Family Suffering From the
Disease.

DlSSHse.
CLEVELAND, March 2S.-Sunday DR.. Cook,
of the Eighteenth ward, called the stten
ton of DR.. Ashman, health officer of the
city, to the condition Of family living in
Hamlet street, in the Fourteenth ward.
Mr.. wilkins Towle, his wife, and two chill
dren were Frustrated with sickness, all the
symptoms OF which were those OF trichOno-
sis. The idea of rheumatic difficulties was
at first suggested as the locality is not ina
particularly good condition sanitarily, but
an examination proved that the trouble
was not of that character. The mus.
cles of the sufferers in every portion of
their frames were torn and racked with
pain, but their joints were unaffected.
Close inquiry was then made as to the
quality of the food they had eaten during
the preceding days. 1t was stated by Mrs
TOwle that no unCOoked pork or meat OF
any kind had been used. The butter in
tie family pantry was next examined and
found TO be that highly recommended ar
tice known as ''sUene," of which the prin-
ciple ingredient is lard. 1t was thought
that
Key TO the Difiiculty
VAS found here, and samples of the suene
were taken for analyzatiOn. DR.. G.. b. PAT
ktr made the necessary chemical tests, and
yesterday reported that he could not dis
cover the presence OF lav;r or owe of any
character in the Suene. This does not
wholly destroy the theory, however, as the
Suene sampled was a recent purchase, and
not that of which the family had partaken.
No improvement has been noted in the
condition OF the patients, and although
not dangerously, they are seriously i'll. As
was stated, the disease with which they
are afflicted bears every resemblance to
trIchinosis in its primary stages, and such
the physicians in attendance concluded it
TO be.
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FRANK BYRNE.
The Noted Irlshman and His Vile Ar.
rive

New YoRE, March 2S.-Frank Byrne,
whom Carey, the informer in the course OF
his examination in Dublin. swore was a
member OF the Assassination Society, or
Invincibles, and whom the British Govern
ment vainly sought to extradte from
France. arrived to day from Havre by the
steamship Amerique, accompanied by his
wife. The latter Carey also implicated.
He testified that on one occasion she
brought to Dublin from London four
knives, and that she had riiie
slung around her neck under her
cloak. On another occasion Carey swore
Mrs. Byrne brought another consignment
of arms from London, including 1000 rounds
Of ammunition. When Mrs. Byrne was taken
from London TO Dublin, Carey failed to
identify her and be was released. report
er found Byrne and Mrs. Byrne at the resi-
dence of the formers sister where he and
his wife are temp orarily stopping. Byrue
is aman OF more than ordinary intelligence,
GOOD address and well educated. He is
about feet 10 inches tall, and OF robust
physique.
Byrne Talks
81 deny everything Carey swore to as
far as and and my wife are concerned,
said Byrne. Il have not seen Carey since
80. the many relatives with him were
purely social, and not in any sense pOliti-
cal. He said ] belonged to the Fenian
Brotherhood. That is as false as anything
else he swore too. Ineyer belonged to any
secret political organization.
have devoted myself exclusively
during my time in politics to the Plolic
and constitutional agitation OF political
organization to which / first attached my
self. When went to England was one
of the Irish Home Rule Confederation.
was secretary of the organization, and sub.
seauently secretary of the National Land
League, Great Britain NatIonl League and
Labor League OF Great Britain and Irish
Nationl League, each OF whichsorganizations
succeeded the other in the order named.
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Not Guilty.

NKw ORLEANS, March 2S The Jury in
the election fraud cases returned yer.lie.
df rot guilty. The o'h.r "isctio cases
were iutsfn :teIy p1stpoa-d.
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Dskesss UsssessssA

UsIoxrcws, Pa, March 3e%DAeo -
sill locked up In his room - - Aee1o
and refuses 70 make his sppeaFsncs. The
hotel win not - invsded By the Gtizsns =
long ., the psepftefpf gives him shelter,
bot bis presence on he stsssts iesuxiooslS
hooked for Nobody vili % 70 ~ rosn, 70
rick bis life sesinsf Dakes, - thS httersh
valued st nothing; bat the dstsFmlrston
to rid The town Of bis preaence WI take
shspe In smother iosm. The feeling - NOT
abatiuR.
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HAlnISscRG. Mssch S.-At meeting Of
the Dukes IByesiisstIng COMMITTEES this
morning. Spesker FsEnee suoTittsa let
ter from Dukes, declining % take the seat
10 skics be bad been elect ed. and request
iry ih. H~rs- Va declarr '!,s ss'rs yfesnt.
!tssss ~ dIfi.IeL.
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CHINGCHANYIKIANG, CHINA, Dec. LIST 'S3.
MRssRs. BowLBY 81 HALL,

CHINGCHANYIKIANG, CHINA, Dec. LIST 'S3
MEssRs. BowLBY s. HALL,
Wellington, Ohio.
GENTS 81 have been delayed in starting
to your place in consequence of spending
moro time than ever before in selecting
your goods.
Your shipment of Foochow, bungalow
Kwangtung and Fukien Teas was made
in good time and, no doubt, have arrived
They are the best that have been shipped
from Chinese ports this season.
The great Kwan-shi-yin of the Sheu.
chang assisted me in selecting your china.
ware from the best factories of the Realm,
and with them sends his stately obeisance,
and the statement that chinaware will not
be wholly neglected nor rejected, yet the
Clifton and Avelon wares will be most
sought after for this seasons holiday pur-
chases, Of which have made you iiber
al shipment. / am sick. Have eaten al
most nothing since l came here. United
States physicians would call il vacuum in
the stomach with vertebral curvature. The
latter, think, is somewhat a consequence
OF my age. l have had it before, some of
the natives here always have il. A good
square meal of II. u NJ. oysters, such as
you sell, always cures me.
/ met the Wandering Jew last summer,
down in The Soudan and he was enthusi-
astic in recommending Maltby's H. & NJ.
oysters. Buy largely, for you will have a
large trade in them.
/ will be there about the 7th inst and
remain until the 26th, when l will be
pleased TO meet everybody at your store.
Yours until arrival.
SANTA CLAUS, Sr.
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Talmage's Lecture.

The crowded state of our columns pre-.
vents our giving more than a brief notice
of DR.. Talmage's lecture which was well
patronized. He discoursed from the sub.
ject "Disagreeable People" one fruitful in
humorous suggestions and made very en-.
tertained from first to last.
The weaknesses and foibles even of
well-intentioned people were so univer-
sally and so well described that sooner or
later everyone could see his neighbor so
clearly as to be highly edited.
The Doctor: has the dramatic instinct
and many elements of power that ac-
counts for the wonderful hold he has on
his large audience in Brooklyn, and for
his popularity as lecturer. 1t must be
said, however, that his unconventional
style and many eccentricities he is indebt-
ed largely for his success; the average
man preferring to be amused while he is
being taught. But for the qualities above
mentioned it is hard to see how man of
so many faults of rhetoric and elocution
could long hold the respect and attention
of the public. His exhuberant fancy and
vivid imagination makes him fruitful in
surprises and does much to supplement a
lack Of the more solid qualities that be-
long to well balanced, scholarly thinker
and speaker, on whose wisdom and judg-
ment the world delights to rely,
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Captain Mayne Reid.

OF Captain Mayne Reid boyhood we
hear little, except that his father, a
Presbyterian minister, designed him for
the pulpit.
The clerical profession was not to his
taste, and at the age of twenty he left
his tutors and his tasks, to cross the
sea.
Landing in New Orleans, he began q
career of adventure in the wilds of
America He made two excursions up
the Red River. and ascending the
Missouri, explored the vast prairies
which the wave of civilization had not
then reached. He afterward travelled
extensively in the States, writing de-
scriptions of his journeys for the news
paper press.
He was thus employed when, in 1S45,
war between the United States and
Mexico broke out, and young Reid
threw himself ardently into the strug-
gle as a volunteer. He greatly distin-
guished himself by his bravery at the
storming of Ch lpultepec, where he re-
,ceived painful wound, from the effects
of which he frequently suffered.
The war over, Captain Reid resigned
his commission. But the spirit Of ad-
venture was roIsed in him a. ain when
the Hungarian struggle for freedom en-
listed the sympathies of liberty-loving
people everywhere; and in 1s49 he
organized in New York body of men
to join it. He had arrived in Paris, on
his way to Hungary, wien news
reached him of the failure of the insur
rection.
Reid then retired to England and set
tied down to literary work, and there
in his home he lived the life of a quiet
country gentleman, devoting himself to
Troao6ridoe. ga So. Nicholas.