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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-12-08
THE JERSEY LILY.
MS, Lapgtry's Appearance In "she
StoOps 10 Cenauer."

Mrs. Langtry has come and gone. She did
not take Wheeling by storm. People who
remembered the ti,s! appearance in this city
Of Rhea could not help contrasting It
with Mrs. Lang,ry's Wheeling debut.
Rhea came unheralded and compare
lively unknown, and created such
lurore as has seldom been seen In the
city. Mrs. Laugsry arrived .ere with the
prestige OF an unique reputation, and though
greeted with a fall house, WET coldly received.
This difference Is creditable to Wheeling
theatre goer'. hheA has genius, magnetism,
the teti SacTe which made Rachel, and which
makes Bernhardt and Mod ssIa, mislresses Of
their art; Mrs. Langtry has a name.
That she is 0 p,tadug woman no one will
deny. That she IL an actress few will ASSERT.
The explanation OF the unfayorable impres-
.ion made upon her rather remarkable audi
ence last night, however, Is tbat the expecta.
tons oil the public had been rated 10 a
higher pitch than Mrs. Labglry's beauty or
her talent justifes. Afaintshow Of applause
greeted her FIRST appearance on the stage, and
then tho audience relapsed into obaaryant
silence, which was succeeded when the cur
tain fell by murmur OF unmistakable dis
Another time the curtain
rose Gnd fell, and there was another attempt
at applause, which brought the curtain up
again. Still sliyhter slsna Of appreciation or
sympathy were hoard when the play was over.
The house Wei 90 crowded downstairs that
the orchtst space was surrendered to spec
tltors and the music placed under the s'ige.
The effect was moro novel than pleasing Inc
gallery wes about twc-.hfrds ful. Tbs audi
snce was made up Of vide variety OF people,
but all seemsdas sadly disappointed. "aow
lngrsceiul!' Her eyel afo too umall |"
Nv hat large ieeli' "0h, she is not pretty at
Ill II the ladies exclaimed on all sidst; while |
he verdict OF the gentlemen was, "she cannot
sot." Mary Anderson WIS declared hand |
8omer and far more tllenled, and compari- |
',ns equally unfayora6le 10 the Lily w-re
made with Rhea and other actreSRS. Had
he audience expected lesS their dlsSppoirt- |
nent would hsys bscn lES keen.
I, OF the company 1t may be said that most Of
hem were Qu;ts equal 10 their rOlts, though !
lone OF them were extraordinarily good ac- |
.ora, sR.ssf4t,i
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PHILADELPHIA, Pa, December "a
feeble, iniirm inmate OF tho almshouse,
named John Judgc, 70 yeatJ Of age, was
STACKED and beaten on Wedne lday even
ing by James KRvanagh, au officer Of that
institution. At 0 o'clock on the night
named Kavanagh ordered alltheiumateato
retro to their cells. Az this wal m hour
earlier than tie rules specified, Judge
refused to comply with tho demand, and
it is alleged that Kavansgh struck linn
With his fist and tho heel Of shoe. The
old man had his iacs and eyes severely
confused, and his system has undergone o
great shock. Tao Gs1ailant was this morn
Ing held to bail for trial, The accused has
been employed as tho captain oi the ward
in the eiustilution for three years, and 1t "a
said that he hes been accuged previously
Of cruelty by those under bis charge.
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TIE IRON siTuATloN.
Eothipg New IA the Trade-sfase of
RusIness - !liI


PlrfsHuRdH, December 7.-The Chronicle
this evening says: In iron there is moth
ing startling. The iron men arc thoroughly
tired Of being interviewed, and are plant
ing gatling guns for the suppression Of re-
portera. They say the reporters do the iron
trade more harm than the dull times. That
q mass Of untrue, nonsenstcal and un-
founded stuff is published and scattered
through the country to their detriment.
The one paper. that properly represents
the facts is the Chronicle, and the statement
IL has often reiterated lately holds good
to-day. That ia that the iron manufacturers
themselves do not know what they. will
do. They depend entirely on future
considerations. They arc determined that
they will only manufacture for demand,
and how that demand will be, none know.
At present there are orders enough in to
keep most Of the mills going on short time.
The report thst Oliver Brothers would close
down could not be verified. The Oliver
mills manufacture wire for the barbed wire
trade. A great deal of this is used for
fencing in the West and South. Recently
the fence builders have letsenea expen-
ses by using only one or two barbed strips
along ience and filling the space Of the
others with plain, stout wire. The 0livers
have had quite boom in the supply
OF these unbaibsd goods, other wire manu-
iacturers not appearing as yet to have "got
on to" the new style OF haif.plain, half
barbed wire fence.s
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WASHINGTON NEWS.
WEST VIRGINIA POLITICS
Col. p.sslsr, Of Jaek.on County, on State Anaira
Personal HsntiOn Of Home PeOplt-nsnOrlAl
Cranks who Bother Consrsssnen.
The Star Route CAses-NoiOs.
From our Special Correspondent.

| From OEr Special Correspondence.
WASHINGTON, December 7.-Hon. j. ]
S. Hassler, OF Jackson county, who Is
prominent candidate for the nomination o
State Auditor before the next Democratic
State Convention in West Virginia, hes
been here for several days presumably ar
ranging the preliminaries for his candi'
dacy. Hassler was candidate for State
Senator in 1878, but was defeated by Judge
Brown and the Greenback element in that
year.
Being asked for his views on West Vir-
ginia politics, he said that he did moi know
what effect the election OF Mr.. Carlisle as
Speaker would have in West Virginia. He
declared that the Democrats Of that State
necessarily favored incidental protection.
He says that Mr.. Gibson voted for Carlisle
for Speaker because he stood fairly on the
tariff plank OF the Ohio Democracy. Mr..
Hassler rays that in his opinion the Oaio
idea will be the one adopted by the next
Democratic National Convention. He Is
'ofths opinion that Mr.. Carlisle's election
settles the question as to whether the
Democratic candidate for the Presidency
shall come from the East or West, and ex.
presses the. opinion that the candidate will
be taken from tho West.
MIR. Ha:sler said he did not know who
would be nominated for Governor by the
West Virginia Democracy. In reply 10 o
question as to whether ex-senator Il. g.
Davis was candidate he said that he did
not think that Mr.. Davis was seeking 0
nomination, but that there might be a con.
tlngency arise that would make 1t necfs-
sary for the Democrats to nominate him
What atthiscontngency might be Mr.. Hassler
did not say. m
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pYNAaITEnN az W0nK.
A Street Cnr BIown up md i.s Paszcn
gers IpINrGu.

gers IpInrGd.
TORONTO, 0ST,, December 7.-About S
o'clock last night street CIR WIS blown up
with dynamite in College street, near the
residence Of Colonel Gzowski, A. D. @. 10
the Qleen. The explosion tore OF the
wLees on one side OF the car, blew peg
songer through The rear door, alady through
one Of tho windows, threw the driver over
the dash board into the road, and the car
wa7 thrown three yards from the track.
One OF the horaes was injured by a piece
oi iron blown from q wheel. The pl.ce
where tho explosion occurred is ina lonely
part OF the city. Several detectives
arc working on the case, inc!ud'
log the deputy chief constable, but they
are very retiCent in regard to the affair. 1t
lathe Grss occurrence OF the kind in this
city and the night patrol are Instructed to
bs on the alert aud apprshead all sus-
piClOus characters, A great many discon-
tented Irish immigrants sent out by the
government live in tho streets near the
scene OF the explosion in state OF deStitu-
ton; come from tho Marquis Il Laps.
downe's estates. The detectives are now
searching in that neighhorhood. There
were six passengers in the car, ot whom
Ns. Armstrong was badly bruised and her
head was cut by ela'?; George Cross was
wounded in tho neck by splinteis from the
side oi The car and was also injured inter
nalIy; u man, name unknown, received a
Ecalp wound, and tho driver was 60 badly
hurt on the head that he had to be carried
home. No reason can be given for the act
IS there were no prominent people in the
C1r
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LONDON, December 7.-Me london
EPorlds Celebrity at Home" this week is
Mr.. Russell Lowell at Lowndes Square.
The following are its appreciatlons:
"Mr. Lowell was born in the came year
as Q1ten Victoria. There is nothing am.
bas.adorial in his surroundings. The arms
Of the United giates are nowhere conspicu.
ously emblasoned, as would be those Of
some petty German State. Mr.. Lowell is
not approached through an ante-chanber
filed with Secretaries and gilded attacht }.
You areintrodueed by man serqaDt, out
Of livery, ilte q little foom on the ground
door, Id the back Of the house.
"He reminds you Of nothing 80 much as
a beautiful Indian summer Of his native
land. Taking well.colored little meer-
schaum from rack, he proceeds to smoke,
and hands bis visitor q boy Of cigarettes.
a"As q youth he was grave and melan'
choly.lo6king, and might have eat as q
model Of Goethe's Faust,
Sew men could do greater honor than
Mr.. Lowell 10 the position Of Lord Rector
Of the University Of St. Andrews"
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LONDON, December lin the libel case
OF the Central Nsgs against the Press Asso.
citation tp day. the u graph clerk testified
to the receipt ct the telegram in regard 10
the Berditcher IRE for the Centra! News.
The sub.edltor OF the Central Mttc, deposed
10 padding" the telegram from nine to
ninety wordR, aud he considered that edit.
iug. He did not receive the item itom
any other source. The counsel for the de-
PENDANTS submitted that there was not the
slightest doubt the Central Ntas got copy
Of the telegram to the Reuters Company
about the fire before it was published. The
testimony showed that the Reuters dis.
patch had been used. The case was
finally settled by the manager Of the Press
Association apologizing, and both sides
paying the costs.
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From Our SPteIaI CoTTop0HdeHl,
WASHINGTON, December 7.-Er-Gover-
nor Pierpont, Of West Virginia, arrived
here from Baltimore to-day. He will re-
main until Wednesday to attend the meet
ing OF the Executive Committee Of the
Union League Of America.
Isham Roberts has been commissioned
postmaster at HIATT, W. Va.
A postoifice has been established at Tor
ley, Wayne county, W. Va, aud Chnrles
Torley appointed postmaster.
Ono Of Representative Gibson's children
is aick with the measles, and II Is expected
that two Eothers will coon be in bed from
the same cause, ss none Of his family have
ever gone through siege Of this nature,
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AN INSURANCE CASE.
OF INTEREST TO WHEELING AGENTS
Now on Trial at rAlrnoat-Po,tna.ter p..riss.
of MOrsantOur. Rsbbsa-1hO Iron Trade sit.
uatloa-yaspsnsloa OF RSaGmtr Steel
works-asn cut OF ImplOya.nt.

Correspondence et he Eltsatoeaez. NU
FAmMoSr, December 7.-In the Circuit
Court here to-day case ofinterest to Wheel
ing insurance people YVES called for trial. It
is the case OF Joseph E. Travis vs.. the Pea
body Insurance Company. Two years ago
Travis, who is a country merchant in the
mountains, went to Joseph 3. Sands, the
agent Of the company in Fairmont and
represented that he had stock OF goods
worth 5000 and had policy written for
Sl,500. In q very short time the store, q
small log concern, burned to the ground
under very suspicious circumstances and The
company refused the payment OF the loss,
hence the suit. A detective hunted up the
case and came to the conclusion that the
claim was fraud. sitf
MesHs Arnett and Haggerty are attorneys
for Travis. The insurance company is
Judge James Morrow, Jr.,
and Thos. q. B. siagse.e. Joseph R. PAUL,
Esq, Secretary Of the. company, is present
giving the cese his personal attention.
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The Farmers Congre,I selected Wa3h.
ington as the next place Of meeting.
Miles Cavanay, o laborer Of Brooklyn,
fractured hiswiie's skull with a glass yester.
day.
The Dominion Government hes agreed
to refer the whole Manitobs boundary dis
pute to the Privy Council.
Rev. E. Ferris Bishop, Pfe1ident Of the
Naugatuck Railroad, died at his relidence
yesterday morning, aged 6s years.
The Salt Lake City bar earnestly protests
against tho appointment Of Sumner
Howard as Chief Justice Of Uab.
Patrick Q1inn, OF New York, wal fatally
wounded VI sterday by Michael Reardon, Q
bricklayer. The latter was arrested.
Senator Anthony ha1 so far recovered
that he will be able to leave for Washing.
ton today II the weather Ia pleasant.
Tho wheat freight ring Of San Francisco,
reported likely 10 incur lotses Of two 10
three millions with the decline Of freights,
il composed OF several smaller pools. In
yidual lossts will probably be light.
The United States Brewers' Association
hold their next annual convention In Ro
chester on the third Wednesday in May,
llSsl, The twenty llth anniversary OF the
National Association will bo celebrated q
New York in 1885.
Charges that there hes been a misappro
priation Of portion Of SSC1C.0, provided
by the last Congrt:s to reimburse tht
Cherokee nation. for celtain lands hayI
been published recently, but are anlhorita
lively denied.
Schedules In theas1igument for tho bene
ct Of the creditors made by Levy Brcs. I
Co., clothiers, OF New York, 10 Solomon II
Kohn have been filed. Liabilities $c,470,
I 63O;uomiual assets, 81 $40 0i2; actual assets
Sl,7l2 .242; contingent liabilities Of the firm
S7Sa,S55.
A sleeping car attached to the Chicsg
Express leaving New York ut Q o'cloCl
Thursday night, was discovered to be OF
, FIRE near CSstleton at o'clock yesterda
morning. A man named Murphy, iror
. Buffalo, was slightly .bliatered on the heat
A man supposed to be F. Workman, 0
} West Hoboken, N. ] was taken from th
car unconscious. The carwas completed
lgptted.
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LAST ev.niog crowded house greeted
Landry a: the Opsra Houe, ou ackuowl'
@I5s! ms3iocre actress. MaiAlyher fame
has relied on her beauty, and many Pen
dsopisss have wolJhipped Il: tho shrine OF
,bis modern Fotberipgly vino, while with
on. Colonel GoCtigau, has EN- sppendagc
mare repfcheazib!s. s!aIs moIe worthy
Of patronage have neon given the cold
slonllsr in this ci!5, hut the zane ro-
nance tia. attracted Peiaean's seems 10
have sllurel The good hard dollars from
the pockets Of those who will in the ilture
want to be able to s,y, 81 have seen Lang
try," As Tor beautiful women, why go out
side o! Whoeling2 Ths loYalisst oil the sex
IlwelI hera.
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The Star Route Ca!es.

From Our Special Correspondent
WASHINGTON, D. G., December What
were oncethe great Star Route route osses
in tho courts here, and which attracted SO
much attention throughout the country,
seem to have died through eenile decay.
To-day your correspondent had a converse
ton with ex-senator Kellogg, now a Repre-
sentative from Louisiana, and in the
course OF his remarks he said that the
cases will be disposed Of a1a mere form.
Hesays John A. Walsh, who sued General
Brady, brought the trouble upon him,
also. Eellogg Is not 90 dengHciative IN hia
language as come OF the others indicted,
and although'he says there never was any
chance OF a conviction, he haJ only to ex.
preEl no surprise at the fact Of the indiCt-
mant
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rurther snnnensious.

PITTSBURGH, December 1.-THE rail de.
partment Of the Pittsburgh Bessemer Steel
Works, at Homestead, shut down tonight,
throwing eight hundred men out Of em-
ployment. Andrew Carnegie being inter.
viewed, stated tho Edgar Thompson works,
at Brdsdocks, which employs three thou.
sand men, will follow suit in week, unless
arrangements are effected with the en-
ployes to work at q small reduction this
winter, or until trade improves. The loss
Of running at thirty.fve dollars q ton for
steel rails" he said" was greater than the
LOGS OF interest on the money invested.
Mckee, Anderson & Co.. mill, at Beaver,
Pa, closed to-day until after the holidays.
The Manchester Iron and Steel Works will
suspend operations Monday on account Of
q scarcity OF stock. 0ne hundred and tifty
men who were thrown out OF work in
the pudding department OF Kloman's Su-
perior mill, which suspended four weeks
ago, resumes Monday, gr
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RoME, December 7.-Leylto and Nicolera
fought duel to-day, in consequence OF the
insult offered by the latter TO the former
yesterday. Both were seriously woupded.
Another account 1ays the men fought
with swofds, near the iron bridge acroes
the Tber. Both were wounded, Nicotera
in the right wrist. The seconds then en-
deavored to stop further fighting when
suddenly Lovets rushed forward and seiEsd
Nico,era's sabre, cutting his own left hand
and inAicting, with Nicotera's weapon, a
terrible blow upon Nicotera's head. Nico.
terra died almost instantly. Other duels
arising out ot the affair are expected among
the friends Of both parties.
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The Chinese Restrictlon Act-How II Is
Avoided.

WASHINGTON, D.. O., December IA
meeting Of the members Of Congress Of the
Pacific coast states IVES held to-day. There
were present Senators Dolph and Slater,
Representatives George, Rosecrans, Sum-
mer, Glassoock, Budd, Henly, Tulley and
Cassidy. Senator Miller presided. The
object OF this meeting was to secure
unanimity among the Pacific coast
Representatives and Senators in
respect to legislation in this
Congress Of the Interests Of the Pacific
coast, es ssecially in respect 10 the current
defect In the present Chinese restriction act.
II was known that several members were
!preParing bills covering the matter but Il
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The Fate OF the nanis,ec-A Rrave Cap
tain of tie Lake,,

tam Va thV AsfANFf
MINNEAPOLIS, MIMI, December IA
Tribune special sayl: Mr.. Carleton, Of Du-
lutb, received a letter yesterday hou q
friend who was passenger on the ILL
ia.ed Manistee, OF which tho following
is a gynopsis. "When the boat
was out" tho letter goes on 10
state, "they encountered a very
heavy gale from the southweat, and when
about twenty miles out the boat was put
about, but could not make 1t aud broke in
two. Life boats were taken out, but
before they were launched all but one
were swept away, and only nine persons
who were on the boat were allowed to get in
They had terrible time. Alter the
steamer went down itwaI nothing but q
wide expanse OF water before them. They
rolled around on the turbulent waters,
cold, wet and hungry for three days
and one by one dropped of, death
having come to their reliet. Some
Of them iroze to death, while some died
from sheer exhaustion and exposure to the
wind. They gay Captain Mckay never
left the boat, but wrapped himself up in q
heavy oyerCoat and remarked " will
never leave the boat until the last &C ul
Is of. am captain ol this boat. II she
is q coffin for any body, she will be my
coffin. "AIIer the men had LIFT the boat
they. say tho Manlstee made one
plunge under the waves and that YVES the
'N?T They report when they left the boat
there was crew and 10 or II passengers
on board, and out Of those who started out
in the boat only 8 were saved and reached
Houghton. They say the wreck occurred
off Eagle hsrbof, and that there was no
possible chance Of saving her under the
circumstances. They say that at last, when
everybody knew there was no hope Of saw
Ing the boat Captain Mckay gave bis or.
ders Just as cool!y and collected as II or
taNH
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was felt by those calling the meeting that
1t would be better 10 have all Of the
representatives Of tho section unite
upon q plan Of action. The meeting dis
cussed the evasion Of the law by Chinese
Immigrants, furnished certificates by the
Chinese authorities emitting them to enter
the country as belonging to clatses prlyi-
legged, and finally agreed upon bill to
remedy the defect in the present law, to be
proposed and introduced simultaneously
In both houses as the joint work Of the
Pacific Coast delegations. A committee
consisting OF Senator Dolph and Repre-
sentatiyes Henly and Cassiiay was ap.
pointed to draw up bill and submit 1t to
the delegate meeting next week.
The meeting discussed several other
matters Of local interest, among them the
necessities OF the coast river and harbor
improvements and public buildings, but
the discussion was Informal and subordi:
nate to the question Of Chinese restriction.
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puTLEE ron TmH PRESIDENCY.


Will carry tais StnIclh 1901
BosroN, December 7.-The Independent
Republicans OF the State gave grand
complimentary dinner at the Revere
House lest night to John L. Baker, the
blue eyed philosopher Of Beverly, at which
were present Governor Butler, Mayor
Palmer and other lights OF the Democratic
party OF the State. Governor Butler made
the principal speech of the evening and
reviewed at length the causes that led to
his defeat in the late election. lie took
occasion in The course OF his remarks
to give the clergy dig in the ribp, cay.
ng: "rle clergy jliHed Tho RANKS
against US this year. They prayed for a re-
suit when wUuIu forever take Mss'a-
chusett3 out Of the reach ot you and me.
That they did not dois any more succt s.
fully provtJ pretty conclusively that the
clergy Of Boston have very little influence
with the Almighty" That this remark
wtJ appreciated az ws9 evident from the
cheers and applause. The Governor allud-
ed to his PROBABLE candidacy for the Pn il
dency in mysterious way, but still in q
way that yaye his hearers to understlnd
that It is his intention to run, and he ex-
pr. !ed tho confidence that he would CARY
Ms aGcliugeti1 in spite Of his defeat this
fall, and said that the l50, COO who stood by
him this year would be found with him
next year and In the future.
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Two BlG FiELs.
Business Portion of d Southern Town
nurne eI-PnckinE II0nae Destroyed.

Business Portion of "a Southern Town
nurneI-PnckIEE IIOaae Destroyed.
RALEIGH, N. G., December IA Nstrs
and Ob&rpr special Gays WILLIAMSON,
Martin county, is in pshes. The entire
business portion wGl destroyed last night
The steamer Commerce, Of the Baltimore,
Roanoke & Norfolk Line, with two hun
dred bales OF cotton aud miscellaneous
freight, quantity Of cotton In ntore and
on tho whatyes was alGo bGrned. The fol-
loving businefs houses were consumed
y. W. Davenport & Co., O. B. Has sell,
George W. Williams, S. Il. Biggs, ]. 7.
Deads, William Slade, Pt2t & Gurganus,
B. B. Watts & Co., N. s. Godworn, J. A.
Robertson, ]. R. Robinson, A. 3. Roger.
son, Luke B. Robeitlun & Co., Peat 4
Graves, ]. d. Bigg5 & CO., posLolIice and
telegraph Office. The fire Is supposed 10
haVo been inCendiary.
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa, December 1.-THE
most DISASTROUS fire this city has ever
known broke out at two o'clock this morn
ing in the packing establishment OF 7. Q:
Sinclair & Co., one OF the most extensive OF
the kind 10 the West. Tao fire originated
in the engine room, and spread quickly to
the rendering room, where 25O cases cf
lard were in proct 20 Of rendering. Within
fifteen minutes after tho discovery OF the
Gre The eMtirs wing was mas OF flames.
The fire companies were on the ground
promptly, but 1t was o'clock before the
lire was checked, With one-lourth OF the
building in rtlins. The loss is approxima-
ted at $l00,CS9, which is,fully covered by
insurance. Three hundred employees are
thrown out OF work.