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s LYECffEhS' HLUOD MONEY.
One of the itinng WHO rurn. Inform

one Of tho it;naG VINO turns InrSrme,
81 ITO Capture She Reward.
,pAhIo, ILL, June 27.-July 9th, 1888, q
'hsgro named Nelson Howard was taken
from the Mound City, ILL.,, jail by body
oil masked men, and hanged 10 a tree. Hit
crime was the unprovoked murder Of q
white man named John Kane, bridge
builder employed by the Wabash road, the
deed being committed on an excursion,
The lynching was 80 quietly Accomplished
that the mes. rigid investigation failed Ia
locate the perpetrators. 80 n :
The Coroner's jury remained In seesiop
week, and the excitement among tle ne.
grGes was such that all Wabash trains were
run Slowly through the pllce and strongly
guarded. Yesterday q young man named
Ihrodore Kettle, g resident OF the Mound
City, made an affidavit wherein be i'm.
plicated himself and railroad man name d
Alex Alilhusn as being among thoae prom.
inent in the lynching party, and claimed
to have tho namee Of sixteen others. rom.
prising tho entire band. Kettle wss in the
city yesterday, claiming to have warrant
Tor tho nfrest OF Milburn, and although he
listened to the reading Of the writ he has
not yet been taken into cuaody, is1 :
a. reward OF 500 Is offered for the arrest
OF each man engaged in the affair, and
hettls,s demand Tor the whole amount,
about $1,000. in case the right parties are
apprelended upon HIS information, will
be contested. M;lburn's friends claim bis
ability to proVs his innocence aud that the
whole thing is scheme to extort money,
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"A Knilrond ut Auction,

CINCINNATI, June 27.-Hon. Jacob D.
Cox, special master in the cases OF the
Union Trus: Company Of New York vs.
the Divisions Of the Toledo, Cincinnati &
St. Louis Railroad, populsrly known as
the Cincinnati Northern marrow gauge),
rendered his preliminary report in the
matter to judge Sage yesterday. lie
summaries the liabilities OF the receiver in
Cured in operating the road at $3.50, IS;
to this mus. he added for repairs Oh rolling
stock SlS0,000. The indebtedness Tor oper-
ating expenses for the six months prior to
the leceivership exclusive OF the rentals he
finds to be S27G $50 SO. All OF the above
road which llesin Ohio, five divisions, will
be sold at noon on the court house steps
tomorrow. There will be at least two bid.
ders and good price may be obtained.
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A wheeling Couples FIEi,t-DelcEate,

A wheeling Couples EIEi,t-Delrgateu
to Congregational ConyenIfOp, etc.
Miss Molie Pugh Is lying very Ill at her
residence on Fifth r.reot.
Rev. Mr.. jones, Of Bellaire, preached In
the Presbyterian Church last night.
Numerous fishing parties are being organ
iz,d among the mills and glsss works for the
vacation.
There will be communion services in tho
Presbyterian Church tomorrow, conducted
by the pastor, Rev. J. J. McCarrell.
There will be a Republican maeting in the
Town Hall on Saturday evening to finiSh the
organization Of Blaine club and elect cfIi.
GERS. Lst oil the Republicans be on hand.
The delegates to the Republican Congress.
siona Convention at Caldwell, Oslo, july /,
will Leave here on Monday afternoon. Thr
following Is the lis. Of delegates from this
precinct: o. r. Wood and g. +. Doan, First
ward G. w. Chis,sll and Jos. NJ. Waters,
Second ward M. O. Mitchell and Levi Ship.
man, Third ward, end Wesley A. Steele from
the township.
Grsat excitement was croaIed on First and
Washington ttres,H lat evening by map
and his wife fighting. The parties we're from
Wheeling, aud 1t sppaars they has sold ouI
their effects there and were emigratipg tc
some other place, hud that they qus.relet
over money maitsss. The man wss called
| Socks" Miller. The police were talephonet
for and had 3 long chase, but Miller proved
too laet for them, and mste his escape owe
| the hills.
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PITTSBURGH, Pa, June GA serious
disturbance occurred in the Twelfth ward
this morning, between the discharged men
OF Booth & Finn, contrac:ora, and new
force engaged by the contractors in laying
o sewer pipe on Twenty-ioursh street. Yes
terday they procured hoisting engine
with which the work could be done with
one-!our.h Of tho workmen. This sdisp!eased
the employees, and this morning when the
contractors arrived they found that tx
men had carried the engine and boiler tc
the river and thrown them in. Men mum
boring t%enty.fvs were discharged and z
new force was engaged, but when the lat
ter attempted 10 work the old men inter
fered and general melee took place, ir
which stones, pick.handles and ahovels
were freely used. Four Of the new mer
were badly hurt, one OF them, JAMES Kin
ney, probsbly fatally. The assailanis wert
finally driven Of by the new men who
then proceeded 10 work. No arrests,
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Work on the appropriation Bilis-Th'
Lnnd Forfeiture Cases.

lInEu fOrIcItuFeNhSca.
From Our specia! Correspondent
WASHINGTON, D. G., June 27.-The
Senate Appropriation Committee finished
tho deficiency bill today and ought to paas
it in two hours tomorrow. The sundry
civil appropriation bill will bo reported
late Monday. No progress has been made
to-day in the conference and tho Senate
killed time all day because no appropria.
tion bills were ready.
II tho House the New Orleans Pacific
land grant was finally decided in favor Of
the company by l24 to III. A desperate
attempt was made by the commune 10 try
and stampede tho House by publishing a
gerhled letter Of E, John Ellis, purportiug
to have knowledge Of soma corruption in
the original passage Of the Texas Pacific
bill. It fell flat, however, when Ellis de.
norncsd tho man who had Published it as
n professional blsckmasler whom he had
onca attempted to befrinnd while igaoran:
OF bis true character. This bill practically
settlss the questioa Of conascs!ing land
,shc!s the ROAD hss been built through. The
yo.e,Sss nearly party one,the Republicans
voting solid sgsiast stealing while the
Democrats sg!5 aolid ior 1t. A number Of
Democrats we.o not ready to 60 for square
repudis.ion and voted with the Rspub.
licau. Cranks like Jones and EyeIharl
voted with the communists.
The Northern Pscitic is next on the lis'
to be rsided, but may not be reached thif
session. 1t is stronger case than the ont
acted on today, and yet there we're num-
Der Of Southern men who voted to proteC
the Southern Pacific road who csnnot bt
relied on to vote TO protect the Northern
Pacific from being sespo.lsd.
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OVER the aighature OF Harper & Brothers
in the journal Of civilization" this infor.
nation is given to the public:
We have received number OF commu-
nications asking whether HarpeTs Weekly,
in opposing the election OF Mr. Blaine, il
not guilty OF breach OF faith toward these
who have subscribed to it as q Republican,
journal.
This confirms the reports Of great dig
satisfaction with the course OF the paper.
and is another way to admit that protests
are coming in by the carload. Following
this the publiahers quote from their pros
pectuses OF recent years, as for example
this from their prospectus Of 1882:
Harpr's Weekly disclaims all par!isan al.
legiance, and maintains wholly indepen-
dent position toward men and parties. 1t
accords hearty support to the Republican
party, convinced that the leading princi.
pies and general policy OF that oreaniza'
ton tend to promote the peace and pros
peyty OF tho whole country, irrespective oi
sections; the purity OF elections; the main
tenancs OF the public credit; ald tho gen
cral elevation OF politics and Of the gov.
ornment aelvice. But, refnaing to be hound
to any political machine liarper's )Peek'l
reserves the right to dissent, warn, and
condemn, whenever occasion tor such sc.
ton may arise. 0..-
This was not frank statement OF tht
Earper's Weekly. A protective tariff ia
''leadiug principle and general policy" o
the Republican party, and it WAS 80 il
1852, yet Harper, Weekly was not then ant
is not now in favor OF protective tariff
But let it be supposed that Harper
Weekly atanda where it raid it stood in 1852
have the "leadinS principles and genera
policy" Of the Republican party chnnse'
since thsn?. Ian't the position Of Harper
Weekly reduced to this, that if it can't nsm
the nominee, or at lesst say who shall no
be nominated, it will avail ilaelf OF tn
divine right to bolt and act With anothe
Marty ..
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AN OLD A AnOL,TI0Nisr GONE.
Some Account Of the Life and Work
the Lnte Eev. * cnry. .Beldcn.

Some 4 ccOnnf Of the Life nnG WORK OF
the Lnte Eev. Kcury. .Beltlcn.
New YoEK, June 27.-The Rev. Henry
Beldcn, who vas buried yesterday, in early
life became interested in the anti.alavery
movement, snd associated himself with
Horace Greeley, Arthur and Lewis Tappan,
Ge1.tt Smith, ,,rWilliam Lloyd Garrison,
Oven Lovejoy and other leaders, spending
mich OF his time lecturing throughout the
country. He proved his devotion to the
csuge by undergoing persecution, snd IN
some instances he suffered personal yiol'
ence.
Owing to the firm stand which ho took
in the anti.slavery cause, and holding tho
views OF the new schsol in the Presby-
torian Chnrch, he wus tried by the Presby-
terry and expelled from that body. He
was af,crward invited to return to that
body, but he declined. As n proof o! his
orthodoxy he at once became idensi!ie ed
with the Congregational Society, OF which
he WAS prominent member during the
remaindero OF bis lie. In his ten years Q!
pastoral service in this city he often filled
the pulpit OF Plymouth Churcb, Brooklyn,
in Mr.. Baecher's absence. He waa ssss.
tant treasurer Of the American Missionary
Society. At the opening oil the civil va.
he moved TO Brooklyn, and soon aiterSard
he accepted a c,ll TO Plrkville, l.. l..
where he hsda stroke OF paralysis.
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TYLER, TEX, June 27.-An attemp! was
made last evening to wreck the west. bound
passenger train on the Texas L St. Louis
railway at point mile wes. OF Winona.
Several large ties were eecurely fastened to
the rails. Tho train approached at twilight,
just in time ior the engineer to shut The
irottls anu jump. The train was thrown
from tho track, but no scriohs damage was
done% AS the engineer jumped he saw a
negro rnn into the bushes. He gave chase
and captured him. The negro, was taken
on board and.brought 10 this city. Indig.
nation among the citizens runs high. The
negro is in jail and an extra guard is wait.
ing over him. There is talk OF lynching.
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TIE public school commencement yes.
terday speaks well Tor the efficiency and
thoroughnesa oi the training afforded the
children OF the city in the schools main
tanned at the public expense. To one
familiar ;.;th oil the institutions Of learn.
ing in thr '-ity, it must hsvo been apparent
yesterday that the public schools are the
best in all respects. 1t is rceson for con.
graduation that the school system OF this
community is in the bands Of corps
CT such efficient educators as Mr..
Birch and his corps Of principals and
teachers, but much Of the advantages in.
herent in the public schools is born Of the
independence and authority which is msdq
possible by the system itae.i. There was
much at tho Opera House yesterday to
make the thoughtful friend OF education
proud and glad.
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THE TtLiiEN HOon
being Again heviyed-G0RcTnt Demo
cratic PFesidcntinl News,

cFhtlC fFesiuentlHl news.
WASHINGTON, d. G., June 27.-The re
vival Of the Tilden boom Is now the ont
thing talked Of in connection with the
coming convention ut Chicsgo. A dis
patch from New York says that there was
IN informal conference at the Filth Avenue
Hotel last evening, at which prominen,
Democrats, including ex-senator Barnum,
Senators Mcpherson, oil New Jeraey, and
Gorham, Of Maryland, ex Senator Dayie, Of
West Virginia, Rtssell p. Flower aud
Others were present. The DRIFT OF senti.
ment was agsin9t the nomination OF Gov.
ernor Cleveland at Chicago, and in favor
oil the nomination OF Mr.. Tllden, but there
was no formal conclusion, and the discus.
sion was for the purpose Of comprehend.
lrg tho situation in advance Of the Chicago
Convention.
Chairman Manning, OF The State Com.
mittee, on the contrary, has telegraphed to
ar. Miller, a prominent Democrat in
Omsha, In reply TO IN inquiry, that tho
New York delegation is overwhelmingly
ior Cleveland. John Kelly says that this
ia part OF an attempt to mako 1t appear
that he is idolizgd in Eew York, and the
only opposition 10 him arises from hand.
iui oil "Tammany dicta.ors." He denies
this, and prints two columns from the
Democrsto Of tho Slate, showing that there
is strong snti Cleveland sentiment in the
State, aud quotes also m article from
Henry WGtterson agsirs. Cleveands nom.
ina1ion. The latter Gays at is time 10
hoist the danger signals" Randall is be.
ing booEed because Of his record oa the
tariE during the present session, and Rep.
resents.ive Barrs, Of Missouri, ,hinka that
TO pleese everybody the ticket shonld be
Randall and Morrison. Bayard's friends
still talk confidently. In tho midst OF tho
struggle among the other candidates some
quic, bu. effective work is being done for
Hendricks.
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PARIS, June 27.-Prince Victor has writ
ten letter to NJ. Jolibois in explanation
Of bis present position. He says he has
profound respect for his father, Prince
Jerome, but was Obliged to leave the pater-
nal rooi, since he had the right to think for
himself. His only line Of conduct Was the
one enjoyed by Napoleon 1. and Napoleon
III. Hewill maintain intac, his great in
heritsnce and cannot consent to lake part
in acts contrary to bis political opinions
and has resolved to withdraw frem all COM
promieing connections. Hsnczforth he
will reply to no more attacks but maintain
silence befiSting his position.
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STATE AND VICINITY,
Recent DoinEH OF west vlrginfans and
Their Eeighbors

Their Eeighb0rs.
Tho FaIrmont West Trginian Is booming
Thomas @. Miller for the R,publ!rsn noui.-
nation for Congress from this district.
The Wa1hinhton, Pa, Reporter says: II
our citizens will contribute the ANAL sum o.
81, 600 toward the purchase OF the old Lead
Works lot, II glsss house will he in operation
in Washington by the frst OF September.
That ancient Democratic war-horse, Gen.
eral BIshrod W. Price, Of Marshall county,
Is once more in the isld as candidate for
the State Senate. He Ia nesrly always n can
didAte for some cfli:e but rarely gets ono
worth anything.
Col. Hornet, Of Randolph county, was re
Gently drowned in the Cheat river.
Whether bis death was accidental or suicidal
no one knows. His coat, gun. fishing lines
and tobacco poQch were found on the riyor
bank. He was we'll known hunter and
trapper.
Tho Slate press Is making its usual Bemi-
annual announcement to the fleet that there
will be no paper next week. The "elorioua
Fourth" and merry Christmas" are always
observed by the country journalist, who is
enyied ct thsss times by his city brethren
who toll on, like the f1wing river-io-eTer.
Tho Moundsville Reporter is authority for
the following: A few days since picnic wa,
held about two miles east OF this place az d an.
other at Bsnwood. As usual there was large
amount OF drinking and cs,ousing, followed
by fgnts aud CONSERVATION. At the first
named row OF some magnitude occurred
in which concealed weapons were freely e1-
hibitsd and 10 which Gene johnson, OF this
place, was knocked sonselt,, aud bndly beat.
en- abo1t the facs aud head and others less &C.
yerely Injured. At that near Bsnwood
hstchet knife and club played prominent
parts, and strange TO relate no serious injury
was sus!sined by any OF the combatan.a.
Tho most exciting railroad complicators
are nov in The vicinity Of Pt. Marion, nine
miles bslow Moreantown. Itseems that the
Pennsylvania Company has been working q
small forco oil men there for two or mole
weeks past, with view ofholding possession
OF marrow s.ip Of land upon which both
roads must be built. A force OF 200 men
IVES suddenly transferred by the Baltimore
& Ohio company to occupy the land and
an additional force OF about siIty men from
Morssntown vRs B.nt there. Both parties
are holding the ground. but an injunction
has bscn secured BY ths Baltimore 4 Ohio
people 10 stop further operations on the part
Of their rivals. Only one question iB under
CO Dsideratlon and that Is tns prior right OF
possession, and compromise will probably
be made, as esch OWLS . portion Of the terri
tory in dispute.
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hlsEas' s,G rItIKE,
Long L0ckOai iu fraspect In tho Oh
mintuS HrK,ups.

q Long L0ckOaiiuf fraspect In tho Ohio
MintuZ ncgtons.
COLUMNS, June 27.-At meeting Of the
miners Of the First district OF this State
held at New Stfaiteville to-day, it was de.
cided by the delegates representing 5000
miners to suspend all work in the Hooking
Valley, and Immediately prepare AL ad,
dress to the members Of Ohio asking all to
quit their mines and suspend work il
wages are reduced to 60 cents ton. John
Mcbride, President OF the State Miners
Association, will start on tour OF the State
at once 10 u:gs the men to stop work July
10
The meeting vas harmonious and all the
delegates came under instructions to vote
for suspension. The men appea, ready
to face lor2 lockout and Say they will
quit mining and so to farming or other oc.
cnpations before accepting q reduction.
Efforts will be mado to have work sus.
pended in the minos of Western Penasyl.
vania and other Sta.es which undertake 10
fill contracts in Ohio.
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BRIEF TELEGRAMS,
Nlinister Lowell is suffering from cont

Minister Lowell is suffering from gout in
the feet.
Seven persons wero drowned at Csrson's
Inlet, New Jersey, yesterday, the storm up
setting the boat.
! At the 'Pan-Preshyterian Council yester.
day Rev. Dr.. Breed, Of Philadelphia, resd
report on the Continental church. p.
THE Yale team: defeated the Hsrvards
yesterday in base ball game, 4 to ., and
thereby wins the intercollegiate base ball
championship: - =
First-Lieutensnt Theodore Smith, O! the
10Th Infantry U. S. Army, dropped dead
Yesterday afternoon inst Siurteyant
house, New York City. NJ
The failures for the seven days reported
to II, G. Dun d Co. are: United States,
III; Canada, 2S. Total 1870, againat POS last
wees, a decrease Of six failures.
"Doc" Walker, the murderer Of Lucius
Grant, both colorsd, WAS hung yesterday
at Texarkana, Ark, in the presence OF
S 900 people. To the las. he asserted bis
innocence, declaring he acted in self.de.
Tense and his life was sworn away. -
lQ6 euU.Columllee Cl l06 National
Democratic Committee held another. ees.
sion yesterday at Chicago, but beyond de.
Gliding upon certsin minor changes in the
arrangement OF the hall by which sests can
be provided for the Territorial delegates in
tho main body Of the hall, no action ol
importance was taken.
A mixed wrestling match at Cincinnati
last night between Duncan Rosa and VIM
Muldoon, 'wss won by Ross, who took the
h,ss, fourth and filth lsllB. Muldoon wor
the second and wss given the third on 6
ioul. The first two were G,aeo. Roman
the next two side holds and the lsst catch
as cs!ch.can. g.
Z X. Hyndman, one OF tho most promi
nent railroad men in Pennsylvania, diet
yesterday, at Pittsburgh, OF consumption
The decreased held many positions Of trus!
having ueen superintendent OF the Pitts
burgh Division Of the Baltimore & Ohio
WAS msnrger Of the Wabash System, gen
eral mcnsger Of the Pittsburgh & Wts:ern
and President Of the Pittsburgh Junctio,
railroad. Owing 10 i'll health, however, h
has not been actively In business .or III
past year, t-fg
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old O. Il ticket was ou. Of tho ques,ion. Senator

old ticket was out Of tho question. Senator
McPheraon. Of New jersey; ex-senator,
Davis, Of West Virginia, and Senator Cor.
man, Of Maryland, declared themselves
openly for Bayard. Ex-senator WIN. Il,
Barnum, Of Connecticut, still believes TIL.
den the man, and was for him frat, Inst
and all the time, but did not favor the
"old ticket" In its entirety. Mcdonald
now being the prime favorite In
Indiana. General Pryor and Mr.. John
Kelly represented the city OF New
York, while bosses Mclaughlin
and Kingsley represented Brooklyn.
0ther gentlemen, among whom wRs Char.
4. Cleveland, Of New Jersey, who favored
Mcdonald and Mcpherson 40 the ticket,
were called in at different timea for con.
snltatlon. 1t is a fact on the authority Of
the person most interested in the result OF
the conference that several OF the conferees
were strongly In favor OF ex-senator Thur.
man. Of OHIO, and that the ticket OF Butler
md Thurman or Thurman and Butler was
discussed and met with serious considera.
linn an
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A SeWhpnDer Victory.

BosroS, June 97.-The Supreme Court
in the case Of Charles Cowlsy sgainst R.
NJ. Pulsiier Il al, proprie!ors Of the Boston
Herald, has given decision Of general In
tereBt to the publishers Of newspapers. The
petition for the renewal Of Cowley from
the bar WAS fled in the Clerks office OF the
Supreme Court, and ths same being pub.
llshed in the Herald. Cowley began suit
for libel in the Superior Court. The pre-.
siding judge concurrjng in the views OF
the counsel for the defendant, Gaid that as
the petition had been filed in the court it
was privileged communication and ruled
the plaintiff could no. msiutsin his action
and directed verdict for the defendant.
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IN Iowa Democrats and Gresnbackers
arc talking about iusing OIL an electoral
ticket. This doeo not horriiy the Demo
Gratis OF other States, 1t 10 lhe proposed
union Of Republicans and GreCnbackers in
West Virginia for like purpose that
draws from Democratic ink-wells ringing
protests agains. "the sacrifice OF principle"
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RIcnrIElp SPRINGS, \. Y, juno 27.-Ths
severe storm which visited this plsce
Wednesday csuset; az b damage in the
surrounding country. Daring the storm
Jack Watlle WAS drivinsa load Of lumber to
Springfield. When about three miles from
the village q bolt Of lightning snoesed
down one OF his horses and second killed
Waffle. The horse recovered, srcse and
the team took the wagon to the home oi
Wsnls's father. and when IL arrived ~ ice
door the hands OF the dead man still!
prasped the lines. Tho fluid appears to
have run around the body and then jump
cd to the groucd, which 1t tore up fo'
several leet. -
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WARRINGTON, D. @, June 21-In the
House to-day, Mr.. Valentine rising 10 a
Question Of privilege said: tcme days ago
a gentleman from New York, (Mr. Nc.
Atoo) had taken occasion to print as part
Of bis remarks a very long dispatch cent
from this city to New York. It contained
the names OF come oil our land monopolca,
saying the full list would ill every page
in the paper. In the list Of names print.
cd in the Record to-day appeared the name