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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-12-24
NEWS IN BRIEF,

The next annual reunion OF "Crocker's
Iowa Brigade will be held at Iowa City,
Ia, September % and "a, 1888.
The "Oldt Liberty Bell" OF Philadel-
phia, will be taken to the New Orleans
Exposition in charge Of committee of
Councils. 81, .3' II
The farm house Of Jacob Kiltz, near
Kalamazoo, Mich, burned yesterday. The
family had q narrow escape. Mr.. Kilz,
Sr., was seriously injured.
District Attorney w. I. Macarthur, Of
Oshkosh, Wis, was shot last evening by a
client named Paul Sternal, who claims to
have been swindlcd by Macarthur.
Robbers inserted pound Of powder in
the sale Of =. Z. Gilbert, Of Dayton; O..
A fearful explosion ensucd, blowing the
doors twenty feet, The robbers got sixty
cents, y Z. z =
General Hazen, Of the Signal Service De.
partment, says he is anxious to testify In
behalf Of Sergeant Holtnorth, for rilline
Lieutenant Greely's desk in search Of lot.
tors from Captain Howsate.
Tho third Panhandle, railway accident
for the week occurred ut Brimley Station,
o., west OF Dayton, yesterday. The train
broke in two. The engineer slowed up
and the rear portion came up with crash,
mashing four cars, z
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GRAVEYARD INSURANCE,
Tho Same Old Sohcnie Carried Out In Metro.
t polls, III, Hlls


polls, Ill.
METROPOLIS, Ills, Dec. 23.-Aboul
three weeks ago Mr.. J. +. Maxwell, ad.
juster for tho Bloomington Mutual Life
Insurance Company, arrived in this
place and began an investigation Of
the management Of that COM
panY's business here. According to Max.
well'sstatement, supported by largo mum.
Der OF ailidayits, syndicate here has en-.
gagged Systematically in ninsuring ngextremcly
old persons and those known To DO affect.
cd with diseases which were sure To result
in speedy death.
On such risks as these they have pro.
cured within the past ycar about $500,
and had in process OF collection on deaths
already occurred $4,000. In many in.
stances people have been insured without
their knowledge, the application, physi.
clans certificate Of health, etc., all be-
ing pure forgeries. In ono case-that OF
a very old lady-a policy issued for 81 900
had lapsed because OF the non.payment OF
the assessment, when, finding that she was
about to die, prominent physician OF the
town made q written certificate Of per.
feet health, upon which she was rein.
sured by the company after she was dead.
The ring, it lis alleged have also been
working other companies, among them
the Northwestern, OF Bloomington, the
Northwestern, Of Milwaukee, the Douslas,
Of Chicago, and, perhaps, tho Perpetual
League, OF Ashley.
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SPEECHES IN 'COSGRESs
Where the Listening Senate Does Not Ap.
plaud Them.

Where the Listening Senate Does Not Ap.
plaud Them.
WASHINGTON, D.. c., Dec, Ex-senator
Vest spoke as follows concerning his con.
current resolution that speeches delivered
in the House only be printed in the Record,
He said the record Of what was said and
done in Congress should be what it pur-
ported to be instead Of being caricaturc
rs it was to-day. The effect OF untruthful
representations now made could not ba,
haye n most Injurious effect, especially
on the young men Of the country. When
they learned that instead Of u speech be.
ing delivered 10 a full house and in the
presence OF. crowded galleries, and with
loud applause and immense bouquets TO
reward the orator, That orator did not dc.
liver his speech at all, but at the time OF
its supposed delivery he was taking leis-
urely o luncheon in tho Congressional
restaurant, or placidly smoking in the
cloak room.
This was becoming so well understood
that it was touching the sense, OF public
humor, and the opinion Of the county
was getting to be that Congress was moth
ing but variety show, where there was
nothing real except the pay. He cited as
abuses Of the printing privilege the case Of
member Of Congress who deliv.
cred ten lines OF remarks and
then printed, as part OF his
speech, n complete copy Of the consti.
tuition OF the United States, and another
who printed us part Of his remarks a
poem OF ninety pages entitled, etc
the Immortals," and dedicated to- Con.
grcss; but ,an even more scandalous
abuse was shown last session, when
n member, after delivering few
sentences iol q speeQh supplemented
them, with all the chapters on the tariil
continued { in Blaines book, and had
them thus printed Mt public expense.
Copies OF that speech, Mr.. Vest said, were
sold by tho Campaign Committee 1T ten
cents thousand and distributed under
their frank through the mails.
Another Instance cited by Mr.. Vest
was where the identically same speech ap.
peared printed as having been delivered
by two members. Some member with lit.
erary hobby had soldacopy of his speech to
two diilerentmen. Mr., Hawloy remarked
thatany copies Of speeches sent out by the
campaign committees were paid for. Mr..
Vest asked whether it was not true they
were ranked through tho mails, Mrr.
Hawley replied that he beloved it was
the custom OF both political parties in dis.
tributing copies, OF Congressional speeches
to frank them, ~, n
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srRlNGFlELD, LII, Dec. 23.-J. A.
Klupp, Of Chicago, who appeared before
the State Board Of Canvassers to contest
the election Of Charles ]. N1ulheran to the
Lower House from the Thirteenth Sena.
torial District, today filed n notice OF con.
test, giving his reasons for the claim. Both
kiupp and Mulhcran are Democrats, and
the contest cannot, therefore, affect the
strength Of the two political parties, OF
break tho tic now existing.
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FIRE IN THE pENlrESTlARY.

When nightwatchman Hendershott, at
the prison, was making his o'clock round
last night, he discovered bright light in
the paint shop. OF the Webster Wagon
Company's works, which is on the second
floor, or shop No. 3. Hurrying into the
shop be found the flames issuing from Il
barrel well filled with old rags, saturated
with turpentineand paint, saw dust, small
sticks and other debris. a few buckets
Of water, OF which several barrels are
kept in the shop ut all times, extinguished
the fire, which had already communicated
70 low partition OF boards separating
Foreman Adams apartment from the
balance OF the shop, around a couple of
buckets or cans continuing paint. If the
fire had had ten minutes longer start moth
Ing. could have saved the large building
and its immense stock Of completed work
and material from destruction This shop,
it will be recollected, was DESTROYED bv
fire in the spring of 'S3, the fire, the
origin OF which has mover been discovered, ,
starting in the same location as that OF
last night. Mr.. Hendershott either burned
OF lost his hat in his efforts to put out the
hln7n
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MACON, GA, Dec. ga cyclone passed
v'V' ,als section Of the State yesterday,
uenoIshng everything in its path. About
10 clock large iunnel-shapcd cloud was
seen nearing the city. AS it grew nearer
"as , darker, the people became paralyzcd
"''Aiear. The scene was one never to be
forgotten. Men rushed home from busi-
HeSi, and women and children screamed
-, help. The city grew dark, and sud-
ISh'! .I .areport like distant thunder rent
sHc a'r' It passed around toward the
southeast s,., and disappeared. Measre re-
po''s Received hero indicate storm at
;.m ;.'s 'arm OF David Brdscn, five miles from
.nI .,oIi mere. Five houses were destroyed,
~" a'9 I.fes are reported lostiu' Jones county
KIN other parts Of the State
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TIE people Of Ohio county hive good
mason to ask what they shall do to be
saved from the masked burglars. A
OGH.y as orderly rs any in the country
las Suddenly been pounced on by desper-
siOes who DO their work boldly and
bruiay. The latest crime is so hideous
that it will probably arouse the commu-
pity toa sense OF its danger. We do not
know what the authorities are doing or
what they intend 10 do, if anything. 1t
concerns the people OF Ohio county to hunt
down the bandits and bring them to JUS
tr..
In view oi what has happened the
county commissioners will probably see
the :!tness OF offering promptly n liberal
reward for the detection OF the guilty
sorRdrels. The Sheriff and the Prosccu-
ting Attorney will doubtless set in motion
at once the machinery OF their Offices. II
the public officers are powerless the peo-
pie will have to be at the expense OF Sc
curing other aid. Criminals must be
male TO understand that Ohio county is
moi 10 remain ireebooter's paradise.
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Postal Changes,

WAsnlSoToS, D. G., Dec. oS.-W. @.
Thompson, lato superintendent Of the
railway mail service, was confirmed Sec.
ond Assistant Postmaster General. lie
will be succeeded us superintendent Of the
railway mail service by John Jamison, the
present assistant superintendent HThe
position Of chief clerk, which has been
vacant some time, will be filled by the ap-
pointment Of Alex. Grant, OF Michigan,
now clerk in the bureau.
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Down With tho aIuru,ons.

{ CHICAGO, Ills, Dec. ga meeting was
held here tonight to give expression to
the sentiment OF the city on the subject OF
Mormonism. Ex-senator j. Il. Doolittle
presided. In opening tho meeting he
reviewed the history OF Mormonism,
touching upon the Missouri troubles,
Danites and Mountain Meadow massacre.
Rev. Mr. McNiece, OF Utah, said the Nor
mons claim the balance of power in Idaho
and Arizona, and that in Utah the Gentiles
are practically disiranchised. Resolutions
were passed calling on Congress To pass
the anti.Normon bill introduced by Sem
ator Cullom.
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vprEpy farmers are complaining Of
,,.,, on Eastbound freights, declaring
M, Atty cent wheat and twenty cent
c,a cannot pay as high rate OF freight
=, Oue dollar wheat and sixty cent corn"
hi, seems an obvious truth, yet the COM
,,,Dt and the demand for relief are based
an principle laid down by the carrying
eoapauies and bitterly complained Of by
shippers generally. The railroad COM
p.nirs have icmandedsucil rates "as the
irlllc would bear"
In prosperous times shippers declared
nj, to be unfair and unbusiness.likc,
hol!in.that the companies had nothing
10 do with the selling price. On u low
sai sluggish market the western farm
m seem to have come TO the rail-
'Oul view. Perhaps they only mean 10
l:k the cOmpanie, to take dose OF their
,vn medicine. In these daysthe railroad
eOple are not feeling very well them
elves.
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MORE FACTORIES SHUT DOWN,
National Tube Works Closing Up, Throws
1000 Men Out.

National Tube Works Closing Up, Throws
1000 aicn Out.
PirmsrRGn, Pa, Dec. %. This alter
noon the employees Of the National Tube
Works Company, ut McKeesport, Pa,
were notiiiedthat the various departments
would close down tomorrow evening for
an Indefinite period. The assistant
general manager, E. G. Converse,
IN an interview stated that
the scarcity Of work was the only reason
lor a suspension. lie was unable to say
Theh The works would resume rs the out
!ook Was very unfayorable. lie hoped,
however, that few days ora few weeks
MiNe ,iarthest, would warrant resumption.
lH'de nj present is very dull, and for
some days the force had been utilized
turning ont material for the company's
O, own use III order to keep the works in
lhe suspension will throw out OF en-
EioiYineht over two thousand men and
VIII withdraw from AlcKeesport's trade about
one hGndred thousand dollars every
month, which is paid to and spent by the
~ iaGIg,o1rth, Porter & Co.'s Spike Works
! IDa WI shut down tomorrow for IN ILL.,
aeanIle period. Lack OF orders is given
~ reason for the suspension,
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- NA'''vlLLE, Tenn, Dec. 23.-The County
psnocFatlc Convention to-day adopted
unanimously Il resolution that the Dcmoc.
'l'y ol tennessee, looking from tho home
y. JACKSON and Polk, behold in the visit
S,s,u " sa'nuel j. Randall, rs in the election OF
ths theSild, rns, a happy return to ourplace in
WTor'a9 NJ. nIa9a, rs designed By the fathers,
I'1e'h In, as there is no North and no South
tinr,;ea Gr' ";e a united people, and that our dis.
", msu'sted fellow citizen comes amongst
hr,,I ,, Mo1 as a stranger or foreigner, but as n
m;,,"e 1,''er and fellow countryman. a Com
co t Mo 4, o. deception was appointed to vel
''A'e Alt. Randall to Tennessee.
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sT.PAuL, MINI, Dec. 2s.-Tho weather
here moderated to-day. The thermom.
eter now registers 6 degrees below zero.
Reports from points in the North.
west indicate that another very cold
wave has struck tho Rocky Mountain
slope, the mercury falling 81 degrees at
IT. Custer and ID at Medicine Hall. Ii
has been showing here all day, though
not heavily. Lines Of roads north.
west report more or less trouble and
trains are delayed two to FIVE hours
Lines South and East are open aud trains
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TIIIlOUGu TIE STATE,
Accidents and Incidents In NIost Virginia
and Vicinity.

and vipinity.
The State press Ia agitatine the ouestion
what is TO be done with the rapidly in.
creasing number OF insane persons in tho
State. About fifty lunatics are now con.
fined in the jails throughout tho State.
owing tho fact that the hospital at Wes,
ton is over crowded.
Monday evening Cameron Council OF
the National Union was instituted AT
Cameron BY P. L. Teeple, with over thirty
Of the leading men OF the town and yici.
nifty as members. Tho following were
elected rs officers: Wm. NJ. Kincaid.
President; A. ]. Rooher. Vice President; !;
D.. S, Thompson, Speaker; r. B. Watson
ex-rrestdent; T. g. Pipes, Secretary: D'
A. Woodburn, Financial Secretary III r.
Helms. Treasurer, Harrison Hicks, Ctap.
lain; u, |, Manning, Usher; A. =. How.
ard, aergeant-at-Arms; ]. ]. Chadlock.
Door keeper;s. Reinhsimer, A. ]. Booher
and ]. ". Morgan, Trustees; DR.. ]. G.
Mccullough, Medical Examiner.
At IArkcrsburg Saturday afternoon
James Ruckman and his nephew were ar.
rested for shopliiting In the dry goods
o1o!c W niE lsaat !abeIs HHeh ne was
examined at the otlico Of the Justice, a
number OF small articles, such as dolls,
stockings, handkerchieis, &C., were found
upon him, which he had obtained from
various stores. He was bound over TO tho
grand juryin the sum OF 81, 600, his com.
panion being released. After they had
started Tor home it was found that they
had loft two filled sacks in the store where
their arrest occurred. When the sacks
were opened It was discovered that nearly
every dry goods store, and good many
others, had been the sufferers by their
systematic robbery. Books, cloaks, dry
goods and notions OF every description
made tho contents Of the sacks. Ruck.
man Is ono OF the wealthiest and most sub.
sAntiaf citizens OF Peasants county.
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r,xxrpM [lAMLlS is said to be about
., rI,e his political biography. Such a
W.. sill cover the most important part
4 ,be country's history. 1t will deal
in ,be war period, the existing contro-
r,,.r wbicl. preceded it, and the whole Of
~, ,.,l.equent history, all Of which Mr..
,I,nliu saw and part Of Which he was.
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MYSTERIOUS DrsAppEAnAScE
VI hoy From aiounlsville-Othcr News
Items From There.

| itetus FROM Ihere.
In the preparations for Christmas din
nen tho inmates OF tho State prison vii
not be neglected.
A couple OF boiler makers from
Sweency's shops are here making some 70
pairs to one OF tho boilers in the prison.
lliram Burket, OF the Third ward. ro.
GeiSed S0GO back pension a few dnys nco
Tic can now enjoy Christmas in good style,
The large hall on tho ground floor oI
the Masonic building will DO converted
INTO skating rink Immediately ailor
Christmas.
J. Walker Galiaher is home from the
dambier, Ohio, school, accompanied BY
q sShoolmate from Indiana, to spend the
holiday vacation. T''
Mrs. Vinton Weaver and children, OF
Allegheny city, came down Saturday last
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Martin.
a coal barge and small living boat
lying at the lower wharf, were crowded
out Of the water and left stranded on the
wharf by the shore ice yesterday. NJ
The unusually large display Of holiday
goods shown by merchants and shon.
Keepers here this year would seem to indi.
cate that they have not discovered tho fact
that "hnrd times" arc upon us.
Ohio River railroad engine No. 0 has
arrived from the Dunkirk, N. Y, locomo.
tive works, and is doing duty drawing n
passenger train over tho road. Engines
numbers 2~and 8, tho first locomotives
brought on. the road, and used with the
construction trains, No. 9 working from
the southern terminus and No. 3 from this
end Of tho limo, are In tho shops at Park
ersburg for repairs.
Mr.. IIendershott has almost abandoned
hopes Of ever hearing from his I5.year old |
boy Charley, who left home so myster. |
!ously about the first OF October last, The
boy left home that morning rs the family |
supposed TO go 10 school, as usual, and The
only possible theory that can be given ior |
MS continued absence and silence is that
nc has either met with fatal accident or |
been abducted tor some purpose or other
1ut what such purpose could possibly be |
nc family are entirely ut loss 10 coniec-
.ure, s
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r. II, hear from Wheeling Repub.
r.,,, on the Mayoralty. The lSrELM.
s,,ry '' will be clad to convey suggestions
:, ,.,,.b It's columns. The postal card
'lI vi ..,e the purpose, Nobody can write
.S,. newspaper columns OH a postal
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OTTAWA, Dec. 23.-John LowGcr, father
Of George Lowder, who was hanged last
June Tor the murder Of Peter Locser, died
at Pictou on Saturday, and before his
death confessed to having committed the
murder himself. lie said that his son had
nothing to do with it except to drive him
to the house. George proiestel his limo.
cence throughout his trial, and it is now
believed he died 10 save his father.
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I Ii'isDuRou, Dec. oS.-The latest re-
rU's 'FOmuptheriver would seem to indi-
,%e ,, mat the miners strike is n failure. In
n.".s. ,ar second pool many miners are still
n",iS'ns nooiS and in the Third and Fourth
minS,N' nina us reported that 4 majority OF
ro;nn V'S nave signitied their intention Of
hJs n ~. oack. A number OF operators were
arrom. M n.e cl,y this afternoon trying to'mnkc
crai, !, selnents with leading shippers for
nira;a 70 load They say they arc not
N"A'a OF the miners striking.
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Dled before His Wedding INV.

CISciSSATl O., Dec. 23.-Rldolph
schicker, aged oS, bookkeeper for ]. W.
McFadden & Co., wholesale notion deal
ers, was discharged two weeks ago on sus.
picion OF a defalcation. To-day he was
called to tho store and charged with de-
falcation ofoyer one thousand dollars. A
constable present arrested him. He cot
permission TO go TO the water closet, re-.
turned in two minutes, and fell dead. He
had taken cyanide OF potassium having
anticipated arrest. He was to have been
married tomorrow.
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MIR, 1,HOMPSON'S DiSANPEARANGE
Some Surnises ms to the Cause OF His I'm.
explained Absence.

1t Is said that Mr.. Thompson manifested
signs Of awcakcncd intellect more than
three months ago. On ono occasion he
prayed for over m hour in the pulpit and
then proceeded TO preach until after ten
o'clock ut IN evening service. The con.
gregatioh became weary and began to
leave tho church.. '"rhAt Is right" said
Mr.. Thompson, "you may go home, but
must preach this sermon.' lIe continued
to preach, $50 1t is said, until friends as
cended the pulpit and persuaded him to
abruptly terminate his discourse.
He was then sent to Europe for rest, but
no soon returned, apparently improved in
health, 4.BiI
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Fatally Stabbed.

PIrrsnuRdH. Dec. 1s.-A Franklin, Pa,
Commercial Gazette special says: In n
fight Mt Valley Depot, in Cranberry town
ship, tonight, Jacob Boyles was fatally
stabbed by q man named Magle,
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,,,. NrDrlIY and his son arc meet.
-, ,;,G rreat success in Pittsburgh Tho
.a,J ~ W January approaches, the season for
.s,,tp. -l" olr." Every man can be his
=, Llre ribbon Ordcr.
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-, ,bc mystery Of This last day when
"" L,nsc is turned into Il smuSglcr's
et'' W y Christmas packages. Tomorrow
''aI -. ,be sun Of gla,lncss will burst on
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ALI the leading gift books advertised In
magazines and newspapers can be bought
from Stanton 4 Davenport at less than
prices advertised, l,.nIl; f77E"-""I