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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-05-31
THE LINES FORMING
FOB THE AFFaw At CHICAGO.
4 Number Of Delegates Already On the Grouad.
llsadqaartsn Of Promihsat Candidates
Optntd-iIom Tho Flsld L,oks-Ths Busi. z ,
n.,a Men Of Ckicaso Pabiiah an Addrsl,.

CHICAGO, May 30.-To-dsy hss beor the
first to be tempered with any exciteman,
in view Of the near approach to the, NJ,
tional Republican Convention. Head.
quarters were thrown open at the leading
hotels for Arthur, = Blaine and Logan
forcoB, and preparations were making on
every hand in advance Of the arrival OF a
number Of solid State delegations which It
is expectodr will ybegin early to.mor.
row. 1t was estimated this evening
that about 40 delegates lad arrived, or
about one.six,h Of the full complement.
BY tomorrow night or Sunday morning at
the --latest, twothirds Of the delegates are
expected to be on tho ground, 90 the
activity which iB to occur anterior 10 tho
assembling OF tho convention proper will
be a! it's heighth Sunday.
WILL START TIE DooN, NJ
The California delegation will he the
first to arrive in a body, and its arrival
early tomorrow has bpon 80 widely her.
aided that it is confidently expected to i'm.
part fire to the canvas from the outset, ow.
Ing 10 the pronounced character Of their
preferences for the Maine statesman.
The California delegation isaccompanied
by that from Nevada, and the two are a
unit in all their movements Portions OF
the SIowa delegation arrived during the
day and the remainder will be here 10.
morrow Two delegates from Washington
Territory arrived to-day, and also all tlle
Oregon delegates with two exceptions.
Toe advance guard Of tho Sherman men,
in the persons Of Judge Foraker, delegate
at-large from Ohio, and Luke A. Staiey,
alternative from the First District, reported
this afternoon. Galusha A. Grow, who has
been mentioned Tor the chairmauship of
the convention, arrived from Pennsylvania.
The New York contingent was suppl.
mented during the day by the arrival OF
Andrew D. White, B. Pla!t Carpenter aud
others.
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WFsI NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Va 81

city In advocacy Of the candidacy OF Presl.
Arthur wera opened at the Palmer House
to-day and at meeting this afternoon q
committee was appointed with power TO
add to their numbera 10 receive the New
York buainess mems delegation which will
arrlve tomorrow, aud tender ita members
the use OF these rooms, 5s sitgsliss 5.jgl
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would not be surprising il, during the cur.
rent quadrennium, some ministers who
may think equity and the law Of love Of
moro importance than the law Of their
church are brought to trial Tor violation Of
the latter. ,-t} lE..l- il
Ii. influence OF THE BISHOPS. Il
In previous letters 1 have alluded to the
great influence exercised in the conference
by the bishops. Since, my last the body
has drawn its "Thus far shalt thou 20 and
no farther" around thess worthy dignita.
ries, and has, moreover, taken specific &C.
ton which clearly defines the Methodist
epiecopacy to be merely an office and not
a superior order in the ministry. !. Not CEN
tent with passing resolution on the latter
point it voted 10 preface the disciplinary
form OF service used in the consecration OF
these officials with rubrical note which
nfiirns the fact in unmis.sksble words.
The drawing, Of the line alluded to was
done ia the form Of an appeal from de.
cicision Of the Chair, II which held
that bishop, having been appoint.
ed on. committee, had the right, as
chairman Of the said committee to close the
debate upon its reports. The Conference
maintained, in opposition to this view,
that the biehope, not being members Of the
body, had no right to speak on pending
legislation. Nevertheless, ;the General
Conference and the church at large has a
respect for its Episcopal Board, which ap.
proaches very nearly to veneration; nor
are the members Of this board at ali IN.
worthy Of these deep feelings Of regard,
For its senior episcopate,, Bishop Simpson,
the sentiment OF the body has shown iitsell
in the most tender expressions, and ite
qualification at bis occasional presence and
especially at the fact that he was able to
deliver brief parting address, can readily
be imagined. !}fi q rs, -. i&IsfiI E:T.;H
BISHOP SIMPSONS PARTING WORDS. IIss
The venerable gentleman looked very
feeble, but he spoke with distinctneas and
not without q touch of the old-time
eloquence.s. His words were rs follows: &.
'Iregret that I could not mingle more
with you, but I have been here few
times and have had pleasure in being at
your deliberations. My first conference
was forty years ago in New York. OF fthese
there then only two are now with you here
DIR. Trimble and DR.. Curry. My convic.
ton Ia that no more able and cultured
body Of delegates has ever aeeembled in
our conferences. There are more. young
men hera now than before; but, as the
shadows gather round me and others, am
glad to zee them, and hope that they will
grow up wiser and better than their fathers.
l believe tnat good has resulted from this
gathering, and that the church will go on
better than ever before. Your courtesies
to me arc embalmed III my heart. May
you 50 on to do better for the church, with
a spirit Of conservation, SO that multiplied
thousands may be gathered in. H. T, 4
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Ghs qntelliTgence:n'I.,

=,;.o, ,o. - ANA - Fourteenth street.
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NEWS IN BRIEF. y

William Petera, aged %, OF Newcastle,
Pa, died last night from wounds received
in,a a quarrel three weeks ago.
Reports from Eastern and Western Penn.
syiysnie Indicate severe damage to early
yegetaelsp. sua iFFai'S by heavy irosts the
past two nighta. Ft7I as i$lt,$s
Ferdinand Ward yesterday said tho 70:
sponsibily Of General, Grant and John b.
Fish, in the firm Of Grant & Ward was the
pahlp ~ his own. ~: s.si
Tie large brilk building on Illinois
street, Chicago, owled by j. w. Reedy,
and occupied by him assn elevator factory
burned yesterday afternoon. Loss s4o,:
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Special Correspondence Of he Iaielliyence,.

uht CAuICu ulQ DlRlne attenu r. ~ s.
"He attended the Presbyterian Church
while here. His mothor: was devous and
one OF the best women that ever lived. No
one was more highly esteemed by her
neighbors, nor could any mother bs more
conscientious or exemplary in her life. He
always had deep respect for his mothers
religion, but never in all our talks did he
chow any affection for it."' fi5@ s, -'g e.
tt"Did you ever read, the statement made
hya priest named Lambert, OF New York
city that j amea and his brother John
were in the habit Of appearing in robes in
the service oi the Catholic church P",
TSt.Ees, sir, and lit is most assuredly false.
In theSfut place, he had no brother John
and ! am Positive that he never engaged
In anything ofthe kind. : His relatives and
friends we're all, s1iside Of his immediate
family, Ptesbyterians>and that is the only
faith that he ever showea,any tendency to,
L."Aiter graduation he tsssbt school in
Kentucky awhile, and soon t1ioed up as
an editor in Maine, ;whers his political bro.
peneities gained. predominanoe and bis
public career, /; which has been 30 long
brilliant aud admirable, began" =
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-04-15
A Precise Religion.

There were several cranks about the
court house yesterday advocating new
kind of religion One old fellow has
what is styled a "Chart of the Ages" in
which the worlds history, past, present
and future, is mapped out and shadowed
forth, the prophetic part of it being based
upon alleged deductions from the chron-
ology of the bible. AS nearly as can be
estimated the system advocated is that
of the Second Adventists," rejuven.
ted and supplemented by certain eXtraordi
nary views concerning death and the world
to come, put forth by a class who believe
in what they call conditional immortal
ity." The propounder is staid, mysterious
looking parsonage invested with the
profound solemnitY of philosopher. He
has figured out everything connected with
religion, knows why God don't kill the
devil, and how many "resurrected' Chris
tiasn the earth will accommodate, and is
altogether better calculated to make his
creed the subject of ridicule, than any
other man in town.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-04-15
Bad Blood

Is inclined to come to the surface in the
Spring because of the effort made by
good old mother nature to throw it of
If nature does not have help at this time,
the poison may go back to the system and
produce all manner of ills; but by The aid
of Swifts Specific the bad blood is all
driven out through the pores Of the skin,
and permanently relieves the trouble.
This remedy is a purely vegetable and
harmless preparation, but so powerful an
antidote to blood poison, that it finds aud
roots it all out Do not be deceived by
Mercury and Potash mixtures, which
drive in the poison, only to come out
again in worse form.
have cured permanently Blood Taint
in the third generation by the use o.
Swift's Specific, after had most signally
failed with Mercury and Potash.
F. A. ToOMER, NJ, D., Perry, Ga
Treatise on Blood and Skin Desease
mailed free.
The SWIFT SPECIFIC Co, Drawer 3
Atlanta, Ga.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-04-15
The Times on Rxnamics.

LONDON, April 15.-1n discussing the re-
cent arrest of suspected dynamiters, The
Times says: "The expectation is strong that
these arrests win lead to important disclos,
ures which will throw light upon the recent
explosions. We believe that one or two in.
formers win be produced who will reveal
the headquarters of the conspiracy, whether
in France or America. We are as
s1red that the French authorities are on
our side, and that the French police will
prevent outrages. We have however no
such assurance from America. We do not
believe that the American police would con-
nive at sending internal machines across the
Atlantic, but an open crusade is preached in
America against England, and funds are col
lected therefor, and things which have been
threatened have been done. These facts are
well known to the American police. They
can act now, if they choose, but in the pres
ent temper of the American people we should
not hope for much from them
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-04-15
KILLED BY FlRE-DAMP.
Another Pit Disaster--. Two Men
Killed and Others Injured.

ELIZABETH, Pa, April 15.-An explosion
of flre-damp occurred in the coal mine ot
John A. Wood & Sons, near here, killing
two men instantly and injuring several
others. The dead bodies of James Painter
and James Stevenson have just been
brought out Of the mine, horribly burned
and blackened The men went to work at D
o'clock, and had just reached the point
where they work when the explosion oc-
Cured, the fire-damp igniting from the
lamps. At first it was thought many others
were in that part of the mine and had per-
shed, but it is now certain that they were
the only ones killed.
William Kent was 500 yards from the
scene of the explosion and was severely in
jured by being violently thrown to the
ground. A workman named Simmons, who
was half mile away, was struck on the
head by a flying pick and sustained serious
injuries. A number of others were bruised
and cut by flying debris. Will
ing workers have been at the
scene all the morning, but their
labols have been interfered with by the foul
gases, and they only succeeded at noon in
reaching the bodies. Both victims were
young men with families. Some boys that
were playing in the mine are supposed to
have left a trap-door open, which allowed
the collection of the fatal gas. The explo
sion, fortunately, occurred when but few
men had gone to work, else the loss of life
must have been appalling
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-04-15

MONMOUTH, Ills, April ia further
amount of SIS, ,000 in good paper was found
by the directors of the First National bank,
and this will reduce the assessment on the
stockholders to Is per cent. Before Hubbard
left he gave the directors the combination to
the safe lock- but they were unable to
open it, and G Chicago expert has
been sent for. There ought to be IS, O0C
in the safe, but small hopes are en-
tertained that Hubbard left it. In order to
relieve County Treasurer Patton, the Chi
cago, Burlington & Quincy railroad will at
once pay its taxes amounting to $4,000.
Treasurer Patton had $4,000 in the bank,
and this money had to be handed over to
the state treasurer as part of the S35 900 due
next Tuesday. The railroad usually paid
several weeks later. Nothing has yet been
heard from the fugitive
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-04-15
THE NEW BRIDGE.

From the following dispatch it will be
seen the new bridge project lis assuming
shape and will, we hope, have a success
We want everything to come to Rock
Island that will ail prosperity:
WASHINGTON. April 14.-Representa-
tives Murphy and Neece, and Mr.. Russell,
of Davenport argued before the sub-Com
merce Committee to day in favor of the
bil chartering company to build an ad
dtional bridge across the Mississlppi
River, between Rock Island and Daven
port Mr.. Russell was provided with
maps and charts and clearly explained the
necessity of the enterprise. The sub
committee will report in favor of the bill,
and Representatives Murphy and Neece
are confident that the bill will be reported
in a similar manner TO the House
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-04-15
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Anather Crouch Victim.

JACKSON Mich, April 15.-Alexander B.
Lee, an embloye at the Purifier works here,
took morphine at 10 o'clock p m, and died
at ] a. IN. He moved to the city from the
Crouch noighborhood last December,
and is said to have been crazed over
the series Of tragedies, and to have
at times pretended that he was
the murderer Thus another victim is added
to the terrible list He took the morphine in
the yard of his residence, on Third street in
the suburb known as Summitville, while his
wife and mother and neighbor were chas-
ing him around, trying to get it away from
him. He was 43 years old, and leaves q
wife, mother, and four children in poverty.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-04-15
Fitzgerald, the Suspect.

DUBLIN, April ia telegram from Tub,
berurTy County Sligo, says; p. !. Fitz-
gerald, the alleged Fenian arrested on Thurs
day last at London, is to be used by the gov
ernment as witness i'll the case of conspiracy
to murder in which jeremiah Lowry
hotel proprietor; James Connolly
tailor; Luke Armstrong, ex-suspect; Will
lam Murphy, ex-suspect; P. Ginnon, John
Moran, V. Panohoe, T. Higgins, Patrick asd
Michael Durkan and several others are
charged with attampt to shoot Sab Inspector
Doherty and the clerk of the union some
veg Is aCn
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-04-15

CHICAGO, April 15.-Ex-Commissione
Green B. Raum arrived at the Grand Pacific
from the capital. He is delegate from his
home to the state convention at Peoria.
There are only four men who are really III
the race for the Republican presidential nonl-
ination," Mr.. Raum said in the course of
desultory chat with a reporter. "They are
Blaine Arthur, Edmunds and Logan. Ohio
may posi- bly, come here with votes to be
stow on John Sherman, but he has
repeatedly avowed that he was not candi-
date. Indiana is pespoken for Harrison
or Gresham. Allison can control the Iowa
vote, have no doubt, notwithstanding the
state has always been for Blaine, and Wis
consn will come prepared to support Fair
child But none of these gentlemen do | re-
gard as in the race. At some time or other
the vote of these two states will go to one Of
the four / have named"
For whom are you personality
u am for Gen. Logan, but have no reason
to believe that his nomination is assured by
any means. From my standpoint he would
make a safe president, but he will have to
take his chances along with the other candi-
dates 1t is like horse-race-a matter of
| accident and circumstance, and no test of the
relative merits of the candidates"
"You have been talked of for delgate-at-
large. Are you making any effort in that
| directionN
Il am not doing anything whatever with
that object in view. If the convention sees
| fit to return me | will not decline, and l viii
vote for Gen. Logan" Mr.. Eaum said alsl
that he did not aspire to a nomination fol
congress in the Twentieth district. He be
lieved there would be no opposition to Mr.
Thomas return. He describes the feeling
in Washington ON Mr.. Morrison's tariff bill
as being very strong that congress will no
| mass it
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-04-15
Ohio Legislature Adjourned.

COLUMBUS, Ohio, April l5.-The legisla-
ture has adjourned until next January. A
resolution was adopted appointing a commit
tee to investigate the election frauds at Cm-
Cinnati.
Governor Hoadly has appointed a commits
sion of four to rebuild the court house, two
Democrats and two Republicans, The ap
pointees are, John Stettinins, Judge Worth
ington, Wesley NJ Cameron and Henry G.
Ulner. A committee was also appointed tc
investigate the Republican election frauds il
Cincinnati for many years back. Sensa
tional developments ara expected.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-04-15

SALEM, n. j., April 15-Gaynor's glass
works and two other buildings occupied by
William Morris oil-cloth WORKS, were burned.
Other buildings were damaged The loss on
the oil-cloth works is SIS, 900; insurance,
$4,000; and the loss on the glass works
$4,000. Several firemen were injured
About 100 men are thrown out of employ.
ment
ST. LOUIS, April IA special dispatch
from Vincennes, Ind, says: AT Carlisle.
about twenty miles north of here, fire de-
stroyed the Eugene Ice company's houses.
four in number Loss, $40, 600
A special to The Post-Dispatch from Mar
shall, Mo-, says: "A fire destroyed ten frame
business buildings Loss, S20,0O0; insurance,
$9,500
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-04-15

late riot He has selected the cases of thir
teen, intending to let that examination cover
the entire number. So far nothing has been
ELECTED beyond testimony for the identified
ton of the dead bodies. 1t is said the coro-
ner will not make a searching inve;-
tigation, leaving that to be done by the
special grand jury, which began its duties
after being charged by Judge Avery. 1t
will make an inquiry into the late riot, the
burning of the court house, and charges of
corruption in connection with the jury that
tried William Berner. The testimony be-
fore the grand jury is given privately and
all the witnesses are sworn to secrecy.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-04-15

For Dyspepsia, Indigestion, Depression
of Spirits and General Debility. in thcil
various forms; also as a preventive a
gainst Fever and Ague, and other Inter
mittent Fevers, the Zero Phosphorated
Elixir of Calisaya, made by Caswell, Ha
zard & Co., New York, and sold by al
Druggists, is the best tonic; and for pa
ticnts recovering from Fever or Other
sickness, it has no equal
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-04-15
The Cuban Ensurrection.

KEY WEST, Fla, April 15.-Mail advices
from Havana state that Gen. Aguero the
fflibuster, had penetrated the rich jurisdic-
ton of Colon, receiving everywhere ON the
road men and horses having burnt the
various plantations where help was denied.
The insurrection will increase if the troops
are unable to capture the parties. Some of
the papers accuse the military authorities of
utter ignorance and indifference
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-04-15
Forest Fires at seorgia.

ATLANTA, Ga, April 15.-Details from
Dooley, Taylor, Webster, Sumter, jefferson,
GlaSscock and other sandy counties Of
Georgia, of recent forest fires, present har-
rowing picture Of destruction. The path
of the fire took in the town of Gibson,
and it was only by heroic work that 200 men
fought the fire back. The loss is perhaps
$4,000. Since the fire has passed over the
fact has been discovered that the huge sand
drifts blown about by the winds have Gov
cred the ground, which had been prepared
for planting, rendering a renewal of worE
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-04-15
A little act of kindness, like present

A little act of kindness, like presenting
a bottle Of Athlophoros to a friend, lifted
him out of great agony and restored him
to his place in the grand army Of bread
winners. In writing for more of the
Great Rheumatic Remedy" Mr. Wm. J.
Mosher, "a Elizabeth St, E., Detroit,
Mich, says: obtained bottle of Ath-
lophoros through friend. Tried it for
my Rheumatism and received great bene-
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-04-15

FALL RIVER, Mass April 15.-The eleventh
week of the cotton operatives strike opens
with decided gain for the manufacturers
They are running more machinery than al
any time during the strike. The manufac
turerS and workers predict that the strike is
approaching an end, The greater part Of
the fund has been exhausted, and but littlf
Is coming in from outside.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-04-15
Comment ON Lawrence barrett.

LONDON, April 15.-The appearance Of
Lawrence Barrett at the Lyceum theatre on
Saturday night in "Yorick's Love" is made
the occasion for extended comment and
criticism by all the morning papers. As
usual there is d great variety Of opinion
Much is found to commend and much to
condemn. The Times recognizes that he is
a highly trained actor, and says: "He
will always please even if he can never
deeply stir an audience" The Standard
finds in him mo trace OF tragic power" and
declares that @he fails when passion is re-
quired" The Telegraph thinks that many
will be pleased to see "an actor SO full of
magnetism and SO glib of tongue in Shak-
spearean drama" The News, however, as
serts that his calculated efforts and studied
effects are too obvious" while The Post de-
clares that he appeals more to intellect than
to emotional nature -
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-04-15

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