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"A FEW respectful words to the Council
oi the city OF Wheeling" ia the modes.
title OF ysv long and somewhst remarks.
bic circular which has been mailed to
members of Council, oppoeing the proposed
grant Of right Of way to the Baltimore (
Ohio Company. The circular is anony-
nou', yet it au!hors say: "We take this
ns:hcd Of addressing you because We feel
that cur daily papers are more or less in.
e!i1sd to favor these who are their pa.rona
in business" The wr;,eroi the circular
vel! knows that communication, pro.
perly written, upon any s!ds Of any
question, will be given place il
'he is1rlLlGEScEg, at least, Il sent
70 the editor by a responsible person.
lhe real trouble ia that these parties did
not want to reach the public. Their cir.
cl!a' Is p'osss: against granting the right
OF way the Baltimore / Ohio asks for e1,
eeps nndes certain conditions which wonld
Impair il no: destroy its value. Council
*'l!' OF course, protect the city'a and The
e'ti..ng interests in this matter. lit doet
more than that it will se unjust to The
company. I. s;:ould not give much weigh
70 an anonymous circular. +ar- - s',3
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rae NATIoNAL COnnlrrEE.

Deciding Contested Seats-Pouell Clay.
ton ,Elecled Temporary Chairman.
CHICAGO, Ill, June 2.-The National
COMMITTEES resumed its sessions this alter
noon. Joseph E. Lee appeared as proxie
for William N. Hicks, Of Florida. The
subcommittee, through Horace Davis,
chairmsn,'to which was referred tbs case
Of the contes.ing delegation from the FRS.
Georgia district, reported. Tho report de.
clarcs that the committee considered only
the proceedings in the D:stric. Convention
as bearing on prima tacie case as to the
two parties, and did no. 90 into tho merits
Of The split prior to that convention OF an
irregular and turbulent character, With
very conflicting evidence sc to its merits,
but the committee deemed on the whole
that the prima iscie case wss with AleE.
andar.E. Wilson and Lsu,ers Blue, and
their slteE a.ea. d. n B III
Mr.. Dsyersux moved IS an amendment
that the matter be referred 10 the Com.
mittes on Credentials, and tbs. no name
be placed on the rolls. Lest. Mr.. Dew
ereus then moved ss s1bs,i.nto that the
panes 81 johnson and Green be placed on
the rolls. Detested. The repor: Of the
committee was then adopted. s'5l -
eenAto. Jones reported verbally on tbs
matter CT the First Alabama district, in "a
yor Of MesSrs. B.anghser and Fresh. The
report was adopted without debate. Sen
ator Plat reported in the matter OF the
lcontestiD the Twensy-aecqud Pennsylyanis
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lees pickering and snarling. It's imp,ob.
able, however, that the House will s,temp.
to do anything big. I. Is doubtful Il any
OF the most important public measures
can be gotten through during the session
But during the week there will undoubt.
edly be lever appropriation bills 10 discuss
than there are to-day. 80 -
Next week when the Chicago visitors re
turn another attempt will be made 10 cali
up the River and Harbor bill. There are
many who think that this measure Is prac.
tically dead already, and that when an.
other attempt Is made 10 secure its consid.
GRAFTON thst attempt will fail. Still the
bill has q great many friends, aud even
among those not directly interested there ia
. feeling that some oi the more important
ltems should be passed. This may save
The lie Of the bill yet. r'gO0l1
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TIE EDEseRrED cAPifxr;

Cougrc1x Going Through the Forfnnlify
OF n es,lug, But Doing No Business.
From Our Special CorssDondent. L j
WASHINGTON, D. G., June 2.-The
delegates have gone. Washington has as.
sumed its customary air Of dullnc..s which
always characterizs s the capital city when
Congress is not in session. True the !egis-
latiye branch Of the government ha7 not
adjourned The speakers savel falls, with
a rap on his desk promptly a. the hour Of
meeting. But there ia a, sor. Of apathetic
th1d to the box: wood as it strikes the
cherry that gives teserted.and.csn'tdo-
much. business. tone to the deliberations Of
the august body Of Legislators who are this
week going through the form Of business.
z 1t ia quite within the; probabilities that
great deal OF business viii be done this
week. Somehow whenever, during the prsa.
ent session, there has been no quorum oil
members present the House has "got righ,
down to work" and the result has been
close attention to the public interests with
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NEW YORK.
A HeiIh'y COmparison-Blninc Can
Carry the Empire Atnte.

A Weighiy Compar1son-Blninc Can
Carry the Empire State.
CHICAGO, June2 "A circular bearing the
title, "New Yerk ior Blaine. The Voice OF
the Empire State Calling James G. Blaine
to Lead to Victory" to be issued to.mor-
row, reads as follows: VI,
To the National Republican Convention:
The-Republican districts Of the State of
New YORK, under the rule OF a.direct pop
ular representation, have declared emphat-
ically and unnis.akrbly for Blaine, and
this is their message to the National Rs
publican Convention. Blaine can get
more votes in the State Of New York than
any other mnn, and can carry the State
triumphantly. An analysis oi the Repub-
lican representation in the National Con.
vention, on basis OF the Presidential vote
OF 1850, shows that from President Ar.
thurs own State decided msjority OF del
eeates TO the convention are opposed to
bis nomination; that the overwhelming
preponderance OF delegates from the dis.
tric!s giving Republican msjarities is for
Blains; that twelve Republican districts and
four Democratic districts are for Blaine,
that five other districts send Edmunds OF
nti.Ar.hur delegates, while but five Re
publican districts send delegates for Ar.
thur, the large msjority OF his support
coming from ten Democratic districts; tha,
| in the Blaine districts there is an aggregate
OF 63,T ,T7S Republican majority against IL,
456 Republican msjoritiea in the Ar
thur districts, with 6.l56 Democratic
msjorities in the Arthur districts. Thes,
facts and figures are conclusive. That il
New York, az in other States where elec
toral yose1 NAV be given to d Republican
candidate for President, thu direct Repub
lican expression is in favor Of James G
B!aine's nomination. In full confdenc
THAT James 6. Blaine, as the Republican
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Pnblic Debt s,ate,ucdt.

WASHINGTON, D. c., June 2.-To.day's
debt statement shows dscrea7e in the
public debt during May Of s4763.74l 20.
decrease Of debt since June 80, 1883, SOL.
S2SSl4 IS. Cash in The Trea.ury, $685.
36s. .637 49,; Gold certificates outstanding,
SSSSle,26 Silver certificates outstanding,
Sill .30U.09l. Certificates Of depcsit out
standing. lSll 900, 900. Reiunding certifi.
Gates outstanding, sol. 200. Legal tenders
outztandius, S3C6. .6Sl ,Ol6. fractional cur.
rency. not!uctucingthe annual lauaunt esii:
mated as lost or destroyed, Sc 9s1 ,379, 80.
Cash balance available, Sl4I, ,Sl7, 600 So.
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Tue Cincinnati EhqHirsr hss an idiot on
the spot, furnishing i. with specials about
the preliminary contest at Chicago. He
Tr:!ts uats. the nom de plume Of "Pick.
assy," be. his full name is Allen O..
Mre,s, fragrant Democratic politician Of
Ohio His assertion in yesterdays En-.
q.litr tia. West Virginia'a twelve votes
will be cast ior Arthur on the frs. ballot
will provoke az audible emile among the
"boJs" at Chicago when the news ia waited
10 them.
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TIE selection o! Powell Clay ton for
the position Of temporary chairman OF the
Republican Convention, willis it is recoS.
milton Of S,u.he'n Republicans, carries
with it an undercurrent OF Blaine strength.
Mr.. Clayton and the Arkansas dele
Cation were booked for Arthur in the es:i-
mates Of the strength Of the candidates, and
i. vas only the other day that he was won
oye'lo the cause Of the pluned knight,
and yesterday he is reported to have de.
c!s,ed tha! he would work for Blaine.
Sill tie vote in the committee does not in.
dcats the full strength OF Blaine, as some
Of the States who are pronounced for him
voted for Hosr and some for Galusha Grow,
a mos. ardent Blaine supporter.
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MARTINS FERRY.
Eridge Burned-RspnbIiean Primaries
= a.- Other Notes y

hFioge burn urned-RrpnbIiean Primnries
n. other Notes. IL
Miss L1ura and Charles sws,tz leaye To-day
10 visit relatives at salina, Esnsss.
George ChesselI left yester.ay via the B. &
Y. railroad, to take in the convention at Chi
cago. 55y' - - o''A y
Mrs: August Floto and daughter, of ste1.
senTiile, Ohio, sreat Sunday with friend
Mr. Samuel Robinson returned Las, nipht
Hs.S ION GAINESVILLE, Oaio, brir ging his Bride
Clarence Burris, OF Dr. ons's clerical force.
lett yesterday for Chicago to see the grea,
convention. , - sos5,IfiS ~ = o =
Miss Frances Lofthus, the German teacher
IN our public school, will spend her vacation
visiting friends in illinois. s
All trains on the @. & P. railroad wers DE-
talned yesterday, owing to tbs bridge at
emita Ferry, Pa, being burned down in the
morning. = II -
The returns from the Chicago Convention.
when the hallotirg commences, will be dis.
played at the po:.otdce in Eve minutes after
Ice vote Is announced. -,
The iron-wo,kels all wore pleasant ,mile
when the news came Saturday that the .c.le
would be signed. The factory 1T tie Laugh.
lin mill was on yesterday, owing to scarcity
Of iron. ~ ''-,'''' - = = - y "
Alexander Craig. an old cit;zan and for.
mer employe OF the Buckeye glass works.
was buried at Mount Wood on Sunday after.
noon, A large number OF his friends, incIu.
ding the glass works union and detachn eot
OF Iheburn Post, G. A. R., followed bis re-
mains to their last resting place. i
The Republican primaries on Saturday re-
suited as follows: Delegates to the County
Convention: Fi.st ward-Jesse Robinson
and sanuel Wts:wood; Second ward
J. ?. Crowl, D. F. Paxton aud James si1d,,.
Third wsrd-W. Il. Coss .ud George Robin.
sou; Township-J. s. Cochran. Confessional
Convention First wards. F. Dsau and
0, r. Wood; second wald-Geo,ga W. Ches-
sell and Joseph N. Waiter; I6ird wa:d-
N: Q. Mitchell and Lsvi shipnan. Town
saip-A. w. Steele. -,
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RIVER NEWS,
Notes About The Steamboats, Rnnk Brfe.s
and Telegraphic Reports IS

hotes About fhe 81 mboatS, Rnnk Brfc,s
and Tclegraphic Reports. j
The St. Lawrence will leave Cincinnati for
this point this evening. Shippers should
.end orders by telegraph. - - =
The Diurnal got away about 3 P. NJ. for Par.
kersbu!g being detained by the repairs that
were necessary to be made TO her hall. II5N
TIE river fell slowly at this point yes..r.
day., the masks las: evening indica,ipp
depth OF feet 6 inches. Business on The
levee was dull during the enurs day.
J. The Andes in passing her .nnual irspec.
ton a. cincinnati Friday morning collapsed
q due IN one Of her boilers. Capt, Muhis.
man had The t1e removed and .blind hesd.n
put IN the boiler. The accident detsined ths
stea Ier and she did no. gst ayay unt;i sstnr.
day morring. STE will psS baby reach here
this morning. 81 5.a'a|. - '.>.S
Attention issgain called to tne merits OF
tha: tine Cincinnati pack.t, the Andes. No,
only are her accommodations excellent, bat
nef omce's are a. accommodating AID ca,e.
tol as possible. Capt. Charles Anhiemsu IL
QUE OF >tee mest pornlAr commR1dels on the
river and M. N. +. S3ll, chief puIssr, islike d
by yseve.y one who knows him. ne Andss
Leaves on her return trip this afternoon. SUE
is q stern wheeler and one of tie utesdits,
runners On the river. 's. -,le "A
GREzssAoso. Pa, June 2.-Riyer l9 ne;
and telling; weather clear. "a. a
PAfkEI, Pa, June 2.-Rive. Q feet and
falling Ses!hcE clslr and warm. .-',s
Oh, CRY, Pa, June2 Rive. 0 ircte, and
falling; *eshrr clear and warn. d .7'-f
BRows,vILis Pa, June o-liyer 4 lee,
and on . staue ,1esther clea,; thermome,e,
plr1sBuRaE, Jun. 2-Monoreshels i've,
3 feet 2inches and 'aAirs; weather c.ea; ard
Lock No. 1 Pa Jun.. River! G fes.
inches sad falling; weatte. clear; the.nou
ets- 72o. .sg.t & I'1s !. -".'.''-- -.
RicE's LANDING. Pa, june 2.-R;7er
'ee!4 inches and tslliof; weather clear; the:
mometes see. s-7.'.. y X 80
LounvtLix. KY, June o.-hepth In Ii,
canal 9 feet inches; on the tals 1 feet
Inches and falling. :, y -
AcaGANTowE. ". Va, Juse oGR,ysr
loot and on q stand; weather Gear an,
wHmi thermometer So. " =
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man; E. L. Simpson, Secretary Of the dele
cation; A. L. Conper, member Of the
National Committee; Edwin Cowlts, Vice.
President; Clarence E. Brown, Assistant
Secretary; Mark A. Hanna, Committee on
Cfedentialf; Samuel Craichead, Committee
on Permanent Organization; Alphonso
Hart, Committee on Rules and Order OF
Business; William Mckinley, it,, Commit.
tee on Resolutions; S. N. Fields, Assistant
sergeant.a..Arns.
Fred Douglass arrived to-day. He was
probable the most largely listened to
man Of any among the crowds In the sher.
man House rotunda. More than one at.
tempt was made 10 worry him by reference
to his recent marriage. : He With difficulty
preserved his temper, and Ietorted good
naturedly. Douglass said the colored dele.
gates, being mostly office holders, felt
bound to vote for Arthur, but when the
break came the bulk OF their votes IN.
doubtedly would 70 to Logan.
1t ia stated tbs. South Carolina at
meeting to-day resolved to vote as q unit
ior Arthur as long as he Ia In the field.
Should he withdraw it Is believed the
delegation will divide bssween Logan and
Sherman. ttt-, IgL=rl sI,., n IT 4, |
The Union Republican Club OF Philadel. |
phia, liz stroug, pu! in its appearance this |
afternoon a. the fremont house. Among
them were Congres:men Bingham, VIM,
A.'Banm, Governor.elect Of Idaho, Gen. |
soowden, .director OF the Philadelphia |
mint, ten members Of the Legislature and |
q number Of prominent merchants. They |
accompany the Philadelphia delegates and |
date. 'lIl.0",s s,-'-5 = ~,
The Texas delegation met twice to-day
:or the purpose Of organizing, but adjourn
ed each time without action, 10 NEE. again |
tomorrow morning. 1t Ia said the chief
reason why the Texas delegation failed to |
organic, Is bitter personal dispute be-
tween a, Blaine negro delegate, Cuney, Of
Ga!yeston, and an Arthur man, General
Aailey, Collector Of Customs at that port,
as TO which OF the. two. shall represent
Iexas in the National Committee. :
The, ,Newfork delegation had pro.
tracted and very interesting meeting With
closed doors for the purpose Of organizing
Tonight: The meeting began at s o'clock
and wss no. concluded till after 10. At the
outset the Edmunds and Blaine men
voted together, and having majority,
elected their man. Under this conbinati, n
Geo. Wm.A Curtis was. chosen chairman
Thomas. .Cornsll, vice President Of the con.
ventloD; Speaker, Titus Sheard, Of the New
York assembly Assistant Secretary. As
result OF to.night's ballot sheard estimates
the DELEGATION will stand Blaine, q;
Arthur, 80 to 81; Edmunda, II to Is.
The Pennsylvania delegation elected
John Stewart, Chairman; Jonc1, Of al.
leSheny, member Of Nationsl Committee;
General Fieher, on Permanent Organiza.
t!op; I. D. Bayne, Committee On Resolu.
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THE INDIANA DELEGATION
Refases to Settls on = FAvorlte SOMA
----- Warm Time. ~


CHICAGO, June 2.-The c,owning Incl.
dent OF the day was the action taken by
the Indiana delegation in respect to the
candidacy ot Senator Benjamin Harrison.
Early in the forenoon Mr.. Harrison Was
requested to quit the headquarters for oh.
vious reasons, and be retired to bis room.
The delegation then battled assiduously
through three hours session as TO the
stand they would take in the convention.
a proposition to present the name OF Har-
rison WAS carried by fair msjorisy, but a
unanimous vote could no. bs obtained
owing to the intervention OF the friends OF
Mr. Gresham. 1twas argued by them that
Mr.. Gresham could not allow his name to
be urged, in view OF his Cabinet position,
but the friends Of Mr.. Harrison urged that
that iacs ought not 10 initiate sgainst the
candidacy Of Mr.. Harrison, and that under
the circumstances the friends Of Mr..
Gresham should give way.
1t was further contcnded that II Senator
Harrison could 60 into convention with
solid delegation it would prove strong
delegation in his favor, as being the only
one Of the doubtful States TO come in With
an unbroken front. The arguments were
all wasted, as the Gresham adherents re-
fused to come into line. They sgreed that
if the delegation was allowed 10 70 into
convention with their hands iull
and it was demonstrated that neither
Blaine nor Arthur could be nomi.
mated, and any considerable num-
Der Of votes were cast for either
Greahsm or Harrison then Indiana would
give her e0tire vote to the one showing the
greatest strength. This was the final de-
cisioa OF the delegation after the second
conference, which began at o'clock this
afternoon.
Mr.. Harrison, It is understood, will
therefore 70 with his people into the con-
vention, but Richard n. Thompson will ap.
pear at their head. The vote OF the State
will be given to Blaine and Arthur very
equally, with possibly two votes for General
Sherman. .a
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Will Stand by mundy,

CHICAGO, June AT the rooms Of the
Massachusetts delegation at the Leland
Hotel, this morning, there were about ore
hundred persons present, including repre-
sentatives from Ma-aachuaets, Vermont,
New York, New Hampshire, Michigan,
Minnesota and Missouri. Senator Hoar, o.!
Masssc schusetts, presided. Addresses we're
made by the chairman, Ex-Governor Smith
and Frederick Billing, Of Vermont, George
William Curtis, Theodore Roosevelt aud
Andrew D. White, Of New York, ex.Gov.
ernor Long, OF Mas3aehusets, and delegates
from alinntsota and Michigan. No rc1o.
lu.ions were passed or other formal action
taken, but the purport Of all the speeches
wss tha. Edmunds friends would stand by
him till nominated, or till the convention
should offer them the name OF man rep
resentiDg the principles which Edmunds'
name sfanGs fcr 7- g-.,tsE.i5- r. 'slt 2
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An Awkward4Tap,

CLEVELAND. O., juno Through the
unskilitultapping Of a bias! at the Cleve-
land Rolling Mil Company's nav furnace
on the ha:a, this morning, dtty tons Of
melted me!al rushed ont in one avalanche,
overspreaoing everything in the vicinity
and fatally, scalding Frank Faula, who tap
ped the blast, and Dennis Bryan, who was
doing thirty feet away. Both men were
shockirgly mut,lated: alf}jIiicgy Z
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President RIDDLE, Of the broken Penn
bank, comes gu. in statement which i'm.
pliea,es the directors. The secret Of the COL
laps. Was dsbblins in oil, and the Presi-
den. asserts that be himsel; undertook to
re.ccuthe bank, but he couldn't stand the
pressure, and the break came with the results
already known. The directors. by the way,
indignantly deny the assertions OF Mr..
Riddle, but tha. gentleman very calmly re-
tors that the books otthe bank will bear
him mt.
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AcurAGo paper IS printing wood cut
.;.,r,.. o! a,pi.au,s for the Republican
ssnrio.,iou 10. President. II the candi-
I.,.. ,ook anything like the cuts, which
,bsy don't, they are certainly a woe-besone
,onsinp .e:. The line should be drawn
a,n.yhtle.
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HOW THEY BEHAVE.
TAosEHAvlNe gtas,NTHslR BONNET
Vsdsr ths Fire Of 0bWrvsllon In Tire S.na,s
Aeslois Of the SsEators Named ~ rr,sideatial
Pfubab'liliss : Biaiss Lsavts HnhiastoA
for Observation-Disclosures tbility. I

From Our Special Correspondent! S---.sA4
WASHINGTON, D. G., Jugs1-The move
men.s Of the Presidential candidates who
are at present in this city are watched with
a great deal oil interest. The galleries ol
the Senate were crowded long before the
session opened this morning with people
who wanted to catch glimpse Of the men
who are. .dzuriug SO pronineutiyiiu The pub.
lie eye a. the present time as Presidential
possibilities. There was les than quo.
rum present when the Senate met at noon
to-day, there being but three Republican
Senator'S In their seats. Senator Edmunds
came in accompanied by the chap.
lain,, looking very grave. Mr.. Sherman en-.
tered the chamber during the prayer and
remained stsnding at the main door until
the amen" had been ea!d, when he
walked TO his seat. He IVES ths objsc. o!
considerable good natured chatting by sew.
eial Republican Senators, who IN the
meantime had come In. Allison and Lo.
gan shortly afterwards entered the cham.
ber together. Logan took his seat without
noticing anyone present and pretended to
read a newspaper. Sherman KEEP. up q
running conversation with Senators Nor.
rill, Mcmillan, Mitchell, Pike and
other Republicans In his 'immedi-
ate neighborhood.! Mr.. Cameron, OF
Wisconsin, approached the presiding
officers chair, and conye,sed with Senator
Edmnnds- durirg ,tthe reading, Of the
journal. Edmunds appeared nervous, toy.
Ing all the while with his fingers and watch
chain. Allison also cano up to the Preei.
dents chair and held brief whispered
conversation with Edmunds. Logan re.
ceived long telegram soon afte. be had
taken his eeat, which, when be bad read
carefully, be folded and put in his coat
pocket. It was apparent to the c!ose ob-
ser7er he was laboring hard to appear aeli-
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WHAT Of New York for Blaine? The
sd5uss is.ued at Chicago yesterday
scans TO Sc. a. rest all doubts as to his
ability to carry that State. Blaine gets his
.,,soth t:or the Republican districts
xbils Ar.hu,'s forces come from the
localities where Democratic msjorities pre-
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TINE flies. 1t seems bu! IS yesterday
IA, four yss,s ago Garfield was nomi'
,,,st In the four years that have elapsed
, Urea, tragedy in three acts Was performed.
The fin. was Garfield nominated" the
second, "Tte President has been shot,"
and finally, "Tha presiden. is dead"