Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1884-05-06
BRIEF TElEGRAMS.

The Pebbly Beach, Mass, summer hotel
burned. Loss $4,000. ..- ~
The schooner Tennessee burns in mid
ocean. All hands saved.
Oklahoma boomers again attempting to
reach the Indian Territory.
Hundreds of people homeless and desti-
tute at Brisbin, Pa Aid is asked.
West Virginia coal mines obtain contracts
for large deliveries in Philadelphia.
Nm. French, Claim Agent at Muskogee,
Indian Territory, arrested for forgery.
White men attempt to horsewhip negro
in Missouri, and one of them is killed.
The anti-monopoly party will hold its
National Convention at Chicago, May IA.
The dead body of Mrs Annie Bronson
found yesterday near Philadelphia. Murder,
Harley, the bigamist, broke jail at Peters
burg, Va, Saturday night. Still at large.
Announced that freight rates on sugar
between Boston and Chicago are greatly re-
duced
Chairman Syringe discovers curious
cipher book among the effects Of United
States Marshal Brown of Pennsylvania.
The Wilmington and Northern railroad
held its annual meeting Yesterday. Receipts
for the year $l472Sl; expenses S2Sl, ,932.
Fred Hopt found guilty of murder in the
first degree at Salt Lake City yesterday.
Crowd with difficulty restrained from lynch
ing prisoner.
Fire loss Of the United States and Can
ada for April $l0,3O0,000 Average April
loss Cor past nine years S,5OO,OOO. Loss
since January S37 100000.
Henry ]. Hart, an upholster of New York
assigns. Preferred claims S97 900.
Jack Dempsey and George Fuljams will
fight with hard gloves for $1,000 a side in
New York
The Universal Telephone Company Of
New York has beeu Incorporated.
Spring races at Nashville. Centennial
won club prize. Time 1881.
The sale Yesterday of season tickets for
the Chicago May Festival aggregated eight
thousand dollars.
4 strong protest against the Converse bill
was sent to Senator Hill from Denver yes
terday. They want carpet wool taken of
the free list.
The labor trouble at Buffalo broke out
afresh last night, on the arrival of a car
load of Italians No one hurt.
Unknown assaSSins fired through win
dow and killed John Good, near Ioungs-
town.
Masked robbers stopped the mail coach
near I kiah, California, and took mail and
treasure box.
Eliza Weatheraby noted Opera boufe ar
ti>;, is dangerously ILL.,
-Four prisoners at Wayton Missouri broke
iaiI after knocking the jailer down. All cap
turrd.
During heavy fog in Chicago yesterday
morning Grand Trunk engine telescOped
'ocal passenger train same road. Two
killed aud twenty wounded.
Tombstone, Arizona miners paraded
the streets with brass band yesterday. They
object to a reduction of twenty-five per cent.
in their wages.
Safe of James McPhilhps, Mobile, robbed
of $1,000 cash besides notes, drafts and
checks.
Democrats win in North Carolina Local
elections Yesterday.
New produce exchange opened in New
York last night.
Washington.
The Senate considered the shipping bill
yesterday.
A jury in the McKeagua murder case al
Chicago was secured yesterday.
A boiler explosion at Atwood City, ILL.,
killed one man aud injured two others.
The Senate Committee on Public Lands
heard representatives of the Arizona Mlnera
Belt railroad
Ra n and hail storm did great damage tc
telephone and telegraph wires in the North
west yesterday.
Last nights session of Congress was
taken up with the tariff debate. No inter
est manifested.
! General Swain, Judge S. " Johnston
and Rel ressn'atiNeS were IN 'ne court oi III
Iuiry yesterday.
The sum of $4,000 Sill be appropriated
to pay expenses incurred during the visit Of
the special Siam Embassy.
The foreman of the Grand Jury which
refused to indict Kellogg will appear before
the S Springer Committee Wednesday and eX,
plain why
1t is said al the Treasury department that
James A. Connolly, of Illinois, will decline
the Office Of Solicitor of the Treasury, to
which he was recently nominated.
Foreign.
The Lachine canal is clear of ice.
Egyptian refugees focking TO Assouan by
Thousands.
Michael Davitt will leave politics and go
to Australia.
English wheat crop reported to be above
the average.
Giovani Pratt, a distinguished Italian
poet, is dping
Friendly relations between France and
Morocco uptured.
Tso Tsun Tang has been ordered from
Shanghai to Pekin.
Salvatore Wisden, an Italian brigaud
kills eleven soldiers at Naples. .
The German National Liberal meeting
has been po-iponed until May Is.
EmpereSs OF. Austria suffers relapse.
Death is expected Prayers are being
offered.
Gen. Wolsley desires Gen. Graham TO be
placed in charge of the Autumn expedition
TO khartoum. -E.
Stone china ware factory of Blackburn L
Reeves burned at St. Johns, Quebec. IR-
sured for $4,000.
Prof Maspero, an archeohgisi Of much
erudition. makes valuable discovery in
the valley of the Nile. .r'#..r
The Ceylon company, of London, forced