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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-11-23
THE FALsE PROPHETS
Defeat OF Hicks Pashn-PaIticuiars ol
the Disaster.

LONDON, November GA dispatch tc
Reuters Telegram Company, dated Cairo
s:25 this morning, say: The army Of Hicks
Pasha has been destroyed by the forces O
El Mahdi, the False Prophet. Intelligence
OF the disaster was brought to Kba,toun
by Coptic officials. The fighting is said to
have been continued from the 81 10 the 5tE
inst, and. to have resulted in the complete
annihilation oi the Egyptian troops. II Il
stated that an European artist was the only
person who escaped.
The forces Of Ell Mshdi comprised, it is
estimated, three hundred thousand men,
and included Dervishes, Bedouins, mulat-
toes and regulars. The battle was fought
near Fl 0beid. FL Mahdi first sent for.
ward the Dervishes, declaring they would
vanquish the enemy by divine aid. Sub
sequently the regulars joined in the attack,
and later the engagement became general.
The army OF Hicks Pasha, which early 10
the battle was divided into two bodies, wa3
subsequently reunited and "formed q
square," which forces the False Prophet
broke after three days desperate fighting.
A council OF Ministers has been held and
It has been decided to concentrate at khar-
toum what Egyptian troops remain at Dus m
Goba and other places in Soudan. The
force under Hicks Pasha ia comprised oil
%, 600 men. He had with him ten British
officers
O'Donovan, OF the London Daily NewS,
and an artist connected with German IL
lustrated paper, also accompanied the
army. Evelyn Barring has advised the
Egyptian goyernE ent to abandon Soudan
and establish strong frontier line from
Khartoum, in the province Of SEMINAR, to
the province of Guakim, on the Red Sea.
II Is reported that the recent orders ior
the evacuation Of Egypt by the British has
been couniermanded.
HICKS PAsIIA's FORCE.
Notwithstanding the above reports as to
the numbers engaged in the battle, the
military correspondents Of tho English
papers have written that on the Sth oil
September Hicks Pasha marched out oi
Khartoum with 1000 regular infantry, 400
cavalry (of which 100 were CuirassieIs and
the remainder Bashi- Bazouks), one battery
OF Krupp guns, two batteries Of mountain
guns, and one battery of Nordenfeldts.
AT Berair and Duem, on the route 10 Fl
0beid, Hicks Pasha was 10 be reinforced
with 1000 regular infantry and 1000 ad.
ditional Bashi Bazouks, making his total
command only about 10000. After leay
ing the Nile en- route 10 FL Obeid, some
eight posts were to be established To
keep, up line of communication, which
would. require total detail Of nearly
5000 men, leaving 1000 available forces
OF all arms to meet twenty thougand men
reported under El Mabel. The prominent
sheiks under III Mahdi in September
claimed his iorceJ number 100000; that
they had Remingtons, guns and rockets
which they had taken from the Turks, bul
Ell Mahdi had forbidden their use. Only
spears and swords will be used by hii
fighting men.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-11-23
Ane.pernle CrImlrn,.

CHATTANOOGA, TENN, November o.
Andy Taylor, the las. living Of the three
Taylor brothers, who murdered two sheriifs
and captured a railroad train with 100 pas.
sengers aboard, compelling the engineer
to carry them 20 miles at dangerous
high rate Of speed, about a year ago, will
be hanged tomorrow at 2 o'clock, at Lou.
don, Tenn. To-day, while being taken
from Knoxville to Loudon, he slipped q
revolver out Of the pocket Of one Of the
guards, and, though heavily manacled
managed to get the muzzle Of the pisto
within few Inches Of the head Of Sheriff
Foule, Of Loudon county, but, owing Il
the fact that Taylor had thought thi
pistol was o seli.cocker; he was knpcket
down before he could raise the hammer 0
J the piatol, ~
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-11-23
WHEELING WEST vA FRIDAY %, 1888.

ity ought not to nominate General Keller.
There Is still another aspect Of the case
shonld the Republicans have majority in
the Forty.ninth Congress, the man who re.
ceived the Complimentary" nomination In
the Forty.ninth Congress would, in case Of
bis re election, be put forward as candi:
date Tor the Speakership, and his "claims"
pressed with all the greater force on that
account. This consideration isalso strong.
ly urged against General Keifer, and 1t is
entitled to weight. There are great many
Republicans who have never believed he
was the free choice Of majority Of the
Republican Representatives In the Forty.
seventh Congress, and certainly the mum.
ber Of Republicans Is very small who would
be willing to see him again chosen to that
high Office, or to aid him in securing q
single point toward that end.
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PENSIONS FoR CoNFEDExATEs.
The narefaced Snindle OF Fitzgerald aud
Others In That Connection.


Others In That Connection.
WASHINGTON, November 22.-0ne OF the
most remarkable Of all the scandalous cases
against dishonest pension agents was made
up today by the Pension Office, with a
view to criminal prosecution. -Four firms
and four individual attorneys have been
reported for filing the claims OF rebel SOL
diers for variety OF wounds and diseases
resulting from military service as Conied-
crates. In all cases the declarations made
on the blanks required for Union soldiers
plainly disclose that the applicant was a
rebel soldier. The firms on this list are W.
Fl. Wills & Co., lately disbafred; a. 3.
Webb, now before Secretary Teller for dis.
barment; J. w. Flenner, under suspension,
and N. w. Fitzgerald & Co., Stoddart &
Co., L y. Wood, Warren & Thompson,
and L. II. Gelston & Go. The bare.faced
character Of this work will better appear
from the salient points Of statements In the
regular form OF declaration.
The only possible object in filing such
cases Is to get the fee OF these ignorant
Oonfederates. N. W. Fitzgerald 4 Co. q
Gdbtot b6leGteu iVL thO picnput 4uNGptlBh-
ton, are ten in number. The declaration
OF N. f. Hood, OF the South Carolina
troops, filed by this firm, states that he
was honorably discharaed at Appomattox
on the OH oil April, 1865; received gun.
shot wound at the battle Of the Wilder
ness; was treated in the hospitals OF Lynch
burg and Columbia, s, @; has resided
since the war in Virginia, and ends with
the statement required from all Union SOL
diers, II have never been employed in the
military or naval service OF the United
States otherwise than as set forth above"
OF the other Fitz ,erald cases are those OF
Robert Hanna, Fifteenth South Carolina
@: s. A; Samuel A. Gotham, Fourteenth
South Carolina Infantry, DaYid 0sletree,
Fourteenth Alabama, James N. Knox,
who strained himself, as member OF q
Virginia engineer corps, in lifting timbers
to build breastworks, and got the rheuma.
tism in wsding rivers with Lees army.
E. II. Gelston filed the claim Of rebel
soldier Of the Twenty. eighth Virginia, who
hurt himself by falling into ritle-pit at
Richmond. The pension claimants OF
other firms are from the Sixth North Caro-.
lina, Fifty.sixth North Carolina, Thirty
fourth North Carolina. Forty.ninth North
Carolina and Thirty.fith Mississippi. B.
B. pfitChard filed claim for a widow Of
a Confederate soldier. Some Of these per.
sons have been subpern1 ], and are on their
way to appear before the grand jury.
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VERY nuCu MIXgD.
Two Wives OF One Man and Two Hus.
bnnds OF Ono Woman.

Two Wives Of One Man ana Two Aus-
bands OF enc Woman.
WASHINGTON, November 22.-Llst sum-
mer ]. B. Barnard and Mis- Blanche BUR,
EN- ployss Of the Bureau Of Engraving and
Printing, took their annual leaves Of ab-
sence, and left Washington. Barnard was
a married man and the father Of several
children, and had resided in this city for
many years. Before his 30 days leave had
expired It was learned that he had gone
away with Mic, Burr, and that the two
were living in St. JoJeph, Mo-, ostensibly
ss man and wife. They were thereupsn
discharged from the Government service,
and the matter parsed out OF the public
mind after the usual amount ol gossip
among the department people acquainted
with the parties. Recently o letter was re.
ceiyed hare from st. Joseph, which con.
waved the information that Barnard aud
Mis1 Burr as sserted that they had been mar
Rad In Philadelphia after leaving here, and
tnnt Barnard repudiated the matrimonial
claims OF the woman with whom he had
lived here for over 20 years, whom he had
|
was the mother Of his children. :.
Yesterday Mrs Burr, or Mrs. Barnard,
aa sbe claims to be, arrived in this city on
a visit 10 her mother. She showed Ger.
t;f;cate OF her marriage to Barnard, signed
hv The Rey. DR.. Clark, o Methodist miuister
Of Philadelphia, and witnessed by Mra and
NIifs Clarke, and also letter from barnard
Addressed: ITO whom 1t may concern
acknowledging her as his vile, and stating
that, although he had been legally married
10 the woman whom he formerly claimed
pa his vile, that marriage We, invalid, the
woman having q husband living at the time
time be tBarnard) had married her. he
savs in this letter that when he married
lie woman known here as Mrs Barnard
sho told him that she YVES q widow, bul
that after being married some time be
learned that her husband still lived. He
however, continued to live with her ant
acknoyledge her as his vile, although ht
had been brought face 10 face with her liy
ing husband. ,.,,. ,ho,,r
this statement to-day, Paid that she hat
bcen married near Seaiord, Delaware
when IS wears Of age to- o man named Tin
de who deserted her three months aite
the h marriage. She was informed SOM
time later, and believed, she eays, that h
had heen drowned, and acting on this be
, iiei I had married Barnard. Three month
after ~ tS,s marriage Barnard discovered tha
Tindle was still living, and also discovered
e sha saws. That Tindle was o married man
r tbs lime he married her. Tndle's vile
h sSe aavs was still living at the time
~ ii.an,,arv With this knowledge II
W. W. ~ aSSSsion Barnard continued to liv
with her as her husband ior 3 y Z yess,S: ss.. sa 50
Q saws she does not think the facts rtnect an
b discredit on her and she proposes to hsv
Barnard arrested u possible,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-11-23
BRIEF TELEaRAMs.

The Secretary Of the Treasury authorizes
the payment without rebate Of the per
cents embraced In the l22nd call maturing
December l. The amount outstanding Is
about Sl4. $4,000.
The Pope created Dawson, one Of the
editors Of the Nstrs and Courier, Of Charles.
ton, South Carolina, a knight Of The order
Of ST. George, for the stand he has taken in
his paper against dueling.
Mr.. Ropstoff, q British Superintendent oI
the Nicobar Islands, in the Indian Ocean,
while riding with his witson the island ol
Camarta, was shot dead by a sepoy officer,
whom he had punished. The sepoy then
killed himself,
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Opposition no KElFER.
The Several Arguments Advanced NJ 10
Why he should be Ignored.

why nc 6uuutu be bEnoFeus
WASHINGTON, November 22.-The publ.
cation Of an interview with Congressman
Phelps, OF New Jersey, in which the hope
is expressed that ex-Speaker Keller will
not be candidate for the Republican NOM
ination for the speakership, has excited a
good deal OF comment in Washington to-
day, although very few Republican Repre-.
sentativcs have arrived. Me1srs. Calkins,
Davis, OF Illinois, and Ryan are among
those here, and they are all put down as
favorable to General Keifer's candidacy,
on the ground that IL Ia worth while TO
have contest over matter that Is Of 80
little consequence. Very few people in
Washington who are acquainted with Gen.
eral Keller believe that he will refrain from
being candidate out OF desire to pro-
mote public harmony or for any other rea-
son.
Private letters received by the New York
Tribune correspondent from Republican
Representative3-eleCt during the last two
months indicate that Q majority OF them
would prefer to confer the nomination upon
some other man. Several Of the members
give, Auuuk uLASA ioaaohS, lVI tulb pLelet'
ence that they do not desire by their votes
TO indorse General Keifer's administration
as Spesker, which In some respects was ex-
tremely unsatisfactory TO them, ard, as
they believe, to Republicans generally.
Others say that they do not regard the
nomination as purely q complimentary
one, for 1t gives the man who receives Il the
nominal leadership oil the minority, q
minority which will be strong and effective
or the reverse, according as it Is well ol
poorly led.
nomination OF the minority Is consulted
and TO conaiderable extent bis advice 4
followed by the Speaker In his assignmen
OF members Of the minority TO places on th,
several committees, For both these req
anna IL IA urged that in this case the minor
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-11-23

TIE wool growers OF Washington county,
Pennsylvania, are very much iu e1rnt at in
their demand for a wool thrift sufficient to
protect. When they say that the les on
the years clip in Washington county alone
ha, been 10000, they make statement
TO arrest attention. Tho reduction Of the
wool tariff was q great mistake, which
ought to DO rectified. Under protective
tariff the industry has grown to great pro-
portions, and it is not good policy to inter
iere with its further progress.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-11-23

Mr. SAMUEL b, MCCoLLcCn, Clork OF the
Circuit Courts, hrs now been missing for
SIX days and We are entering upon the
seventh with no more knowledge OF his
fate than We had at the beginning. Time
but deepens the mystery and adds TO the
painful suspense. The CT 20 stands almost
by itself in the history OF mysterious disap-
pearanCt1.
Here was man living in the county Of
his birth, occupying an Official position
which kept him before the people, a genial
man who kept old acquaintance3 and
made new, in fact known personally to al.
mtsteverybody in the county and to very
many people in the State and in the neigh.
boring counties Of Pennsylvania and Ohio.
II this community had been asked to say
who Of all It's people could not disappear
and leave no trace Of him 1elf "Sam"
NcCOlloch might ca lily have been selected
as that man. Yet in twinkling he has
dropped out Of sight, as though the earth
had taken him ii, or the wind had taken him
up and borne him to another planet. And
this is the most mystitying phase Of this
sadly perpexing c:le.
There Is nothing TO suggest trail; not a
point on which to build theory-not
clue. Laying aside Mr.. McColloch's well.
established character-nobody in this COM
nunity would accuse him Of converting
public funds to his own use he wa1 not In
aposition to default. He Is not known Il
have been engaged in speculation and Il
not believed TO have been Of that turn. i
he had been, and loCs had fallen on him
his buOyaut disposition would have borne
up under it. lie was the last man to 6et
from misfortune. There isno room to be
heve that he was so much in anybody
way that he would have been removed a
the result Of q cold-blooded plan. Few mel
had go great popularity and 30 few enc
mics; indeed it Is not known that he hat
any personal enemies. lie was not a maj
Who i!equented low resorts, nor was h
ola Quarelsome disposition.
Between nine and ten o'clock at night h,
said he was about TO start for his home Il
the country; he was last seen walking Il
that direction; his way lay through neigh
bOrhood where evil.dispoaed pciSons Nigh
have taken hold Of him. Or, b Nigh
have been laboriug under mentA aberu
ton which attracted no attention-a theor
which time he's almost ifnot entirely dissi
pated. lths1 been suggested that Mr.. Nj
CollOCh was kidnapped in the hope Of rsu
som. This, OF couise, is a poEiible spocr
!ation, but kidnappers do their work o
business principles, aud a man OF laru
means would more probably have bee
chosen.
The case Is 81 inexpliCable as 1t Is ga,
1t has stirred this community 81 It nev,
was moved before. It's almost as thouG
The missing man were gone from eve
home, 60 general and keen is the sympatl
etc interest Everything hos been dol
that could be done, and neither the seMt
nor the hope Is yet abandoned.
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srEuBENvILLE HorrLs WORKS.
A Decision Rendered against the Plaint.
iE ia the Case.

Correspondence oJ Inc inteutgHetr.
srRuDRNvILLR, O., November 22.-Judge
Pearce has rendered his decision in the
case OF Henry snellbsugh aud othe,s vs..
the Steubenville Bottle Works. He dis.
mitsed the petition at the costs Of the
plaintiffs, saying that the evidence failed
to show that the company is insolvent or
in imminent danger OF bankruptcy, or that
the works were being run at loc9. AS to
the cancellation Of $4,000 worth OF stock
sold for $4,000, the judge held that II the
irsue OF that stock at three-iourths Of its
face value was illegal, the plaintiffs, having
acquiesced in that act were estosped from
having remedy against the holders Of the
stock. The plaintiffs will appeal to the
District Court.
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Ireland decidedly the nearest approach tt
nature Of any OF the booths.

The Romany people are picturesque
company. The dark-eyed Gypsy girls are
very bewitching-theres no mistake about
that, and It is very hard to resist them.
There is the least possibility that the
Bazaar will wind up tonight with a little
dance. The committee refuses 10 take any
action, but the young folks may branch of
on their own accord. The supper room is
to be closed at 0 and alter the tables arc
cleared away-well.
A well known society lady in the French
booth said last night that she would kiss
six gentlemen, provided they would each
pay her dollar-all for sweet charity,
understand. A gentleman undertook to
get six gentlemen willing to pay dollar
Tor such sweet privilege, but could only
get four. One OF these was married and
two were old bachelors. Where Is Wheel
ine's boasted gallantry?
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-11-23

E1.COLLEcroR THOMAS MURPHY, Of New
York, Gays that the great double re- ,ignation
act was the Inspiration Of Senator Plat,
who had promised not to vote against the
confirmation Of Collector Robertson, who
found himself in a fix, and who drew Sen.
a.Or Conkling into the scheme, presum,
ably without making a clean breast Of 1t.
Itla much more probable that Platt fol-
lowed Conkliug, who hs, never enjoyed
iolloYing anybody. ~
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"wnoEyEr the Republicans may nomi'
nate" says the Cincinnati Enquirer, "the
next President is to be q Democrat" In
tha, Gaze we may al well let the conven.
tioas slide and donate the cost Of a cam
paiyn to completing the Washington monu'
r,anI
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-11-23

PRESIDENT GowES, OF the Philadelphia and
Reading Railroad Company, decline, to be
candidate for reelection. He Gays that
lis services are no longer required. Gowen
hm had hard fight, but he comes out on
TOP and leaves the company able to pay
IiviIanda
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-11-23

Ir is a South Carolina, not Virginia,
editor whom His Holines5 has knighted for
,euOuucing the du,l. The Virginia editors
seek knighthoOd at the awful pistols mouth
orSt the point Of the trenchant pen.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-11-23

A PgsSsYLyANIA girl recoyers $500 for
breach Of promise. That may be the mar
Es, prics Of q broken and bleeding heart
in Pennsylvania, but in Wes. Virginia we
,o,'t deal in the lower grades.
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TuE writer Of the letter from Weimar,
describing with graceful simplicity an exc
rutiOn with the guillotine, is gentleman
we'll known to many readers Of the INTEL
,mgScsa. More may be expected from
,Loo,,ua nan
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Tur Bazaar has earned the right to live
,Do,ber night, and the Governors clem-
sncy in this matter will be endorsed by
everybody s who visits the Capitol on this
ri,ht Of its glory.
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Oy cOuse the Republicans will organize
,bs Senate. II they don't the Senate will
S.vs 10 Get along without being organized.

T,,r story Of the wholesale butchery that
,omes from Michigan Is SO terrible that it
!. almOs, beyond belief. This is one Of the
: s,'as in which hanging is mild punish
rnant ior murder.
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Tug Republicans in the House can not
mo,e worthily bestow their compliment
,b,u 10 vote for Judge Kelley for Speaker.
uehss served long and faithfully, and this
NAV be his last term.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-11-23

A violent anti. German demonstration
toek place upon the occasion Of opening
the Czech theatre at Prague last night, and
It was only suppressed by the united efforts
Of the police and military.
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DIED.

AEpER-on ThurhAy, November q, 1889, a. 10
A. 4 Rt tho reddGuce Of her sou, ChaIles Aeder,
No. i7l6 Woods street, Mn. JOHANNA nRpEH, III
her CBth year.
Funeral notice hereafter
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Glte Qnteliaetlrer.


Tnosr train wreckers will keep 1t up un-
Al .ome Of them get run over by the hang
The Ripley advertiser. [volume] (Ripley, Miss.) 1843-1897, 1883-06-23

Mr.. Jay Gould's yacht Atlanta
will be completed in about ~ days.
Her engines were tried on Saturday
last, and worked finely. The con-
tractors say the Atlanta will make
20 knets an hour. Among the con-
veniences with which GouId's
yacht will be fitted will be a large
and improved ice. machine. capable
of making 1000 pounds Of ice daily.
1t will also be provided with a pat
ent distiIling machine, which daily
will convert 500 gallons of salt into
fresh water. One hundred and fifty
Edison electric lights will illumi.
nate the vessel. Thirty lights will
be required in the engine room
alone. The crew, which will mum
Der SO men, will include an electrl,
clan. The finest Of woods are be-
ing used in fitting up the rooms.
Ehe sleeping rooms will be sup
Piled with buttoawool, sycamore,
California laurel, white maple,
Spanish cedar and Cherry; bath.
room, white IN lple; dining saloon,
oak, and social hall black walnut.
The bulwarks will be capped with
solid mahogany.-NeW Orleans
Times. Democrat.