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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-09-05

We fear that the Register misappre'
henuS the position Of this newspaper in
the postoilice matter The INrELLIuENcED
has not said or intimated that the Register
ought not to get the postoilice. The newE
aspect Of the case has been printed, fairly
a, we think and hope, accompanied by
kindly comment on tho Registers candi-
dacy.
The reference toclIice-hoIding by news'
papers was not designed to prejudice our
nbighbor's case. 1t was made as q pre-
caution, lest tho public might conclude
that the INrELLraESCEn had changed its
oit4leclarsd opinion on this subject. The
opinion applies to The INrRLLloRScEH
rather than to any other newspaper
Twenty years ago the postoilice might
have been very acceptable to the lNTELLI'
oESCRR. Now it would not be acceptable,
because from any point Of view it would
not pay. So with any other office that
might be suggested, But this does not
shut out OF oIlice-taking any newspaper
which has other inclinations.
We hope not to be misunderstood in
this matter, for the contest is not vel
ended apdthe eINTElLIGENcRR will natural
" have more to say about it both in
news way and in the way Of comment.
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A SHAKING THRONE.
KING ALroNso's pnEDrcAMENT.
1.-The Doesn't Hang onto the Caroline Islands
he VIII bo Dothroned, and it he Does hO
is Afraid Germany will Whip Spain.
Now Irish AgrarIan Crimes.

MADRID, Sept. At is reported that
King Alfonso is greatly perturbed by the
Caroline Islands affair, and is in guam
Diary as to what to do. The palace Off
cials are urging him to take firm stand
and prevent with all the power at his
command the occupation OF the islands by
Germany. The King, 1t is said, fully
realizes the gravity Of the situation, and
in the present state OF the public mind
fears he will either have TO define his
policy soon with regard 10 the seizure OF
the islands or lose his throne.
It is semi-olCially reported to-day that
he has sent an autograph letter to Emper-
or Francis Joseph, Of Austria, urging him
to persuade Prince Bismark to abandon
Germany's claim to the Carolines, assert
ing that should he back down from the
stand taken by Spain he would certainly
be dethroned, while TO push forward
means a possible war, with all its horrors,
and eventually the downfall ofthe Span
ish nation.
The Spanish ifon-clad Aragon has land
ed troops at tho Pelen Islandg, adjacent to
the Caroline group, and the Spanish Ad-
miral in command OF the Pacific squadron
has been peremptOrily ordered by the
home Government to occupy Yah,
Babellhuap, rouape, and other islands of
the Caroline group. The German Admi-
raj in those waters has been instructed
not to interfere and to inform the German
on the island not 10 resist
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DunueUE, Iowa, Sept. 4.-Argumentf
were heard in the District Court, yester
day, on the application Of defendants fol
the removal to the Federal Court of the
petition for the temporary injunctioni
against tho saloonkeepers. Captain
Adams, attorney for the Prohibitionists
opposed the application for removal or
tho ground tina! it set out merely conclu
siops Of law, not facts which would ous'
the court from its injunction.
Colonel Lyon, one OF the attorneys ioi
tho defendants, followed with an argu'
ment in which he ;held that the petition
d d set ont sufficient grounds for removal
He questioned the morality OF the people
OF the State OF Iowa in inviting foreigners
10 the!r State TO build breweries and then
enac(ine laws to render the property
TorthleSs. br.r b. '"'lr" ''f
Tho Judge decided in favor Of allowing
the removal Of the injunction cases to the
Federal Court. This decision has been
anxiously awaited by both sides, and IL
considered another victory by the per
sonal liberty party.
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TIE DROWNING MYSTERY
At Chicago sOlVed-The BODY not That OF
BchoUlmnRtor Mckinney.


CHICAGO, Sept. 4.-Further inyestiga
tions in the case Of the man found dead a
Colehour, on Wednesday, establishes the
fact that the deceased was not Mckinney,
the school teacher, but doubtless, H. Sui.
win, OF Springfield, Mass. sulvin was a
native Of Moncton, Vt. Before he was oI
age, he was started out in life by his
adopted father, VIM. HosiOrd, OF that
town, with $500. He studied for the
priesthood year in St. Charles College,
Baltimore. He was employed for year
aiterward in clothing store In Spring
field, when he went 10 Connecticut and
joined a colony oil Shakers. He Travelled
for several months for manufacturer OF
silverware and for tho Meridian Brittania
Company. Holyoke became his residing
place at this juncture, where he retailed
periodicals and niCk-knacks until turned
out.
Sailing out once mora in the world, he
drifted to Boston, where he got some
friendly Unitarians interested in him, and
the Rev. DR.. Chaplin found for him q
place to labor in the cause OF this church
fh'the West. Friends here have since
heard that he married Shaker woman
somewhere in tho West, and the last news
OF him in this place was received in letter
from woman who gave her address as
Mrs. d. Sulvin, 1856 Vine street, CtnCin-
natl, saying that she had applied for a
divorce. Sutvin's real name was Patrick
Henry Sullivan, but he changed the spell
ing and dropped the Patrick while here,
giving as q reason distaste for the family
appellation.
About s o'clock last night word was re-
Ceived from Hammond, Ind, that Mckin-
ney was there. A warrant for MCkin
neys arrest was sworn out last night by
Mrs. Koesmoeller, the mother OF one OF
little girls who is alleged to have been as
saulted, and Captain Hunt telegraphed to
the police at Hammond to make the ar
rest. At the same time he started for
Hammond himself, but at 10 o'clock this
he had not found his man. Me-
Kinney is known to be hiding in the
vicinity Of HeSsville, about three miles
from Hammond, and it is expected he will
be captured during the day.
DR.. Blathardt made post mOrtem eX-
OF the body at the South Chica-
20 morgue this morning and found that
the man came to his death by drowning.
The windpipe was full Of sand, and the
lungs were congested. The mark on the
back Of the head, which was taken for a
bullet wound, was due to al eruption
caused by disease.
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rroren out stockholders.

CHICAGO, Sept. 4-The statement is
published here that bill will be filed in
the Circuit Courtto.day by thirteen former
stockholders Of the First National Bank
Of Chicago, who claim to have been "frozen
out" when the bank was reorganized in
the spring OF 1882. The original charter
was limited to expire June Of that year
and in view OF that event the bank went
into voluntary liquidation April 90, selling
out the property and business to the new
corporation, which was in most respects
identical with the old one. 1t is alleged
that the complainants were refused their
legal right to participate in the valuable
business OF the new bank and were merely
awarded a certain sum OF money for each
share Of stock held by them without any
allowance being made for the good will Of
the business.
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TRANSMITTING SMALLPOX.
The Horrible Action OF q French Canadian
Woman Towards Ru English Lady.

The Horrible Action OF French Canadian
Woman Towards au English Lady.
MONTREAL, Sept. 4.-While tho authori.
ties arc awaking to the Importance Of fener.
geuc measures against the smallpox, the
French portion of the community con.
tinue to show carelessness about the dis.
ease. A shocking case is reported, which
will probably lead to criminal proceedings
A few days ago, as q daughter Of Grand
Trunk official was walking along NotrC
Dame street, she met three French Cana
dian women, the face Of one Of them was
thickly covered with smallpox pustules
She stepped aside to let her pass, when
the woman who bore the signs OF the dis
ease roughly exclaimed;
"What, frightened; I'll let you see!'
and running up to the young lady shC
caught her up in her arms and rubbed the
pustules OF her face against the girls face
and went away laughing.
The young woman tainted, and is al
present confined to the house from the ef
lects OF the shock.
The English are becoming indignant al
events like this, and there is widespread
dissatisfaction. The Witness voices public
sentiment when it says: "The people o
Canada and OF the United States, whose
lives are endangered, have right 10 in
sist that the law OF compulsory vaCcina
ton shall be rigidly enforced, whether
people like it or no"
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VrSosxSEs, IND, Sept. 4.-Three town
ship trustees Of Davies county, east OF this
city, have disappeared. 1t is said that
they issued fraudulent warrants on their
townships and raised large amount Of
money, varlously estimated at from 1000
to sslO,OOO, and then left. The Board
Of County Commissioners will hold q
speciai session to-day, and the affair will
ba fully Investigated.
The names OF the defrauders arc Chas.
II. Brown, Trustee OF Washington town.
ship. Davies county; John 0imsley, Of
Steele township, and John Clark, Of Barr
townshlp. They are supposed to be in
Canada, It is generally thought that the
township funds ara safe, and that the
hoIiers al fraudulent orders will be the
losers. Great excitement prevails.
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LONDON, Sept. AIN the examination
today, at Solihall, OF Henry Daft, Fenian,
arrested in Ilondon on the Goth OF july, on
a charge OF having murdered Stephen
Gately in tavern yard at solihall, in
1880, several witnesses testified to seeing
Duff in company with Gately just pre-
vious to the latter's body being found in
the yard. Two witnesses stated that the
prisoner and the victim were drinking in
the tavern together and went, out in the
yard seemingly on good terms. Gateiy,
II is alleged, incurred the enmity of the
Fenians by disclosing some OF their secrets,
and the prosecution endeavored TO show
that price had been put on. his head,
and that Duff was detailed to kill him.
The prisoners solicitor complained to
the court Of the alleged unfairness Of the
examination, stating that he had not been
allowed to zee his client, and that tie OBJ.
ject Of the Grown appeared TO him asa
determined effort to hang Duir il posi-
Bile, merely because he was an Irishman.
In conclusion, he said the prosecution Of
Duff was farce, and 1t was no wonder
Irishmen do tieir utmost To Illustrate the
designs OF England.
Duff was held for trial.
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Hoa. ALFONSO TAFT, ex-Minister to Rus
sill, speaking Of the tariff policy of that
country, says: "They protect all theiI
manufactures by heavy duties. The
manufacturing industry Of the country il
growing up under the policy and becom
ing very large. There is very little Ameri
can capital in Russia now. The policy oI
Raasia is discoufaging also to the English
who formerly had large colony oI
wealthy traders at st. Petersburgh."
This from a "nation Of barbarians"
In our own country there is disposition
To tear down what has been built up by 6
tariff high enough to protect. Why neet
any American gag on policy which pro
tects Americans and leaves the people o.
other countries to scramble for them
selves?
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1RIsn AGRAnIANIsM.
A New Form of Crime which Is PsTpIcxinG
the Government


LONDON, Sept. 4.-The Government is
much perplexed overa new form OF agra
rian crime which is becoming alarmingly
prevalent in Ireland. At the last assizes
in County Kerry, Judge Falles decided
that perons whose cattle had been stolen
were not entitled to compensation under
the Malicious Injuries act, although these
whose cattle had been houghed or ham
strung were entitled to such compenta-
ton. Under this decision the mutilatiOn
OF cattle has become unpopular amongthe
moonlighters since, by these acts, they in
iliCt no injury upon the owners Of the cat
tie and only cause injury and death. TO the
unOHeHdiNg animals.
Instead Of mutilating the cattle Of oh
noxious landlords, bailitis, ETC., the moon
lighters now steal the cattle outright aud
run them of to remote parts Of tho
country, or keep them snugly concealed
until tho hue and cry is over. The cattle
thieves are we'll organized audthe animals
are kept moving, being passed along from
one gang to another until they have been
driven across two or three counties and to
distance OF hundreds Of miles from tho
raid Robberies Of this kind are now OF
nightly occurrence in some parts Of ireland,
and of all the cases which have occurred
the police have not yet succeeded in
tracing and reclaiming single animal.
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KANSAS CRY, Sept, i "A morning paper
publishes an interview with DR.. @. W.
Scott, a specialist Of this city, who reports
that early last winter a gentleman intro
ducing himself as Mr.. Walkup, an Alder
man of Emporia, KS, called upon him for
advice, saying that he had suffered for
some time from chronic disease and had
been treating himself for II, using arsenic
both in solution aud pills. The visitor
appeared somewhat under the influence
Of liquor, and after receiving some advice
from the doctor took his leave and the lat
ter has not seen him since. He says, how.
ever, that he was visited yesterday by
Mrs. walkup's attorney and recognized
Mr.. Walkup's photograph among dozen
others. Mr.. Walkup during his call was
accompanied by man whom the doctor
did not know. This testimony will prob.
ably be used by the defense in the trial o.
MIRA. Walkup, who stands charged with
! the murder Of her husband,
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THE CIVIL SERVICE.
THE LAW TO BE TESTED IN COURT
The Bill Filed Claims thnt tho Law Ia I'm
constitutional. and That the Civil Service
Commission Usurps the Power and
Du.i les of President Cleveland.

New York, Sept. "A suit has been
commenced in the United States Circuit
Court to test the constitutionality Of the
Civil Service law. On u petition to-day
United States Ex. Rel. James Hinckley, a
quo warranto order was granted by Judge
Wallace returnable on the 2jth inst, re-
quiring Dorman q. Eaton and other Civil
Service Commissioners to show cause be-
fore thecourt why the deiendantsexerCised
unconstitutional powers. The petition
sets forth in complaint the aCtsand duties
OF the Commissioners under the Civil Ser
vice act and urges that the defendants
under color Of tho act are limiting the
powers Of, and divesting the President OF
the duties and responsibilitiesvestedinhi him
by the constitution, limiting his power
and choice OF nominations to persons pre-
sented TO him by the defendants, and pro-
hibiting said President from appointing
any other citizens or person to office, and
50 compel the President to submit qualiti-
cations and fitness OF nominations as re-
Quired by the constitution.
1t is urged in the petition that the
President cannot exercise his constitu-
tional power to appoint at his discretion.
Defendants under the color OF the Civil
Service act supervise the conduct OF the
officers Of the Government mentioned in
sections 18th to 18th Of the act.
They usurp and exercise powers
and duties which cannot legally
be delegated to nor invested in
them by the citizens OF the United |
States. Complainant then asked for a
writ compelling the commissioners to
answer by what right they exercise or
claim to exercise the right or power or
duties, acts or things set forth, and that
the rule be made that his information be
filed and that the defendants aforesaid |
show cause why the aforesaid informa-
ton should not be filed.
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MANNlNG'S CIRCULAR.
THE REPLIES FALLING OFF.
The Tenor of the Papers Already Received
by the Secretary -Commi"ionsr nlRsk
Thinks ho Has Discovered Something.
GrIst Of Fourth.elAss PostmastOrs.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 4.-The reception oil
replies from manufacturers and business
men to the letter OF Secretary Manning in
relation to the tariff have materially fallen
off. While there has not been 30 general a
response TO the Secreiary's request as was
anticipated, those received have placed
the Department in possession ot much
valuable information, which can not fail
to be OF great service to the President and
Secretary OF the Treasury in the prepara.
ton OF their annual communications to
Congress.
Thus far about two hundred replies
have been received, most Of which came
from importers and business men other
than manufacturers. The information
thus obtained is being classified and col
lated by competent officers OF the customs
service for the special use OF the Secretary
in the preparation Of his forthcoming re-
port to Congress.
Nothing OF any consequence has been
received from workers in and manufacture
ers OF iron, but it is understood that those
interested in these industries will cause to
be prepared, through the Iron and Steel
Association and kindred organizations, n
comprehensive paper, which will notonly
represent tho views OF the principal
workers in this varied industry, but which
will contain statistical and other int0rma-
ton that will be serviceable to the legisla-
tive as well as to the exeCuiiyodepartment
OF the Government.
1t would, perhaps, bo adviaable for
those who contemplate the preparation
OF replies to the Treasury's request, to
keep iu mind the fat that their statements
may bo obtained from the department
upon call from the Senate or House,
and they may bo printed by order OF the
branch which obtained possession Of
them. This admonition is given to the
end that manufacturers and Others may
make no revelation connected with the
conduct OF their business that might
prove hurtful to them il published and
distributed broadcast in q Congressional
document, or statements OF fact that can
not be fully sUbstantiated. In such M
event, and particularly should Congress
enter upon tariff revision next winter,
these communications from the manu-
iacturers OF the country would play an
important part in the debates,
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TIE little misunderstanding between
Judge jackson and Attorney General
Caldwell brought from the counsel for the
State an assertion OF his right and from
the court a sharp reference to its dignity.
Perhaps the counsel ought to have taken
more kindly to the cracking Of the courts
little joke, and perhaps ho would have
done 50 Il the joke had been on the other
side.
1t is very clear, however, that tho At
torney General was well within his right
when he objected to that kind Of by-plsy
from the bench. It is equally clear that
he did not deserve the rebuke which came
from the bench. judges who are so quick
to take refuge behind the dignity Of the
court ought to forego the luxury Of crack
ing jokes with the bar, for the bar itself
has streak Of human nature in it.
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OSHKOSH, Wis, Sept. AT i o'clock
this afternoon fire broke out in the cash
and door factory OF 7, X. Mcmillan & Co..
and before the flames were brought under
control the Eiercest fire seen here since the
great connagralion OF 1885 was expert
enced. The combustible material coa-
tanned in the factory and adjoining
warehouses together with the strong
wind prevailing soon rendered the
fire an arming one and dispatches
we're sent to outside cities for aid. Bul
after three hours desperate work the Gre
nen succeeded in getting the Gre into
bounds, and now there is nothing but
smoIderingruins. Loss is confined wholly
TO Mcmillan & Co., and will not be- less
than 100000. Insurance 1000.
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RocKFoRD, ILL.,, Sept. 4.-Farmers in
tho northern part OF the county report a
strange fatality among the hogs. The
disease seems Of the nature Of lung
trouble, and It is killing off the porkers at
a rapid rate. One farmer at Shirland lost
twelve fine hogs; another twenty large
pigs and all OF his little ones, and third
has been burying four or tivea day for the
past week or more.
The disease seems 10 be confined TO the
northern part OF this county and along the
Wisconsin line. Reports from RJckton
are still worse. Nearly every farmer is
experiencing trouble, and two haYe lost
nearly hundred apiece. Some contend
that 1t is genuine cholera, not lunl
diapaHa
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FoRr SMITH, AIR., Sept. News
reached here to-day OF killing which
occurred last week in Verdigris Bottom
in the Cherokee Nation. Dick Sucher-
land and Jake Burns had quarrel Friday
over some corn. Sutherland said he
would settle it the next day. He
met Burns the next morning driv.
Ing along tho road and told him he
had come to setlla the difficulty Of the
dRy before. Blrns sot of the wagon aud
Sunderland fired at him with a shot gun,
putting IS buckshot into him, and as
Burns cliinbc ihLo tho wagon he fired q
SECOND time killing him instantly. 10th
we're white men. No arrests have Us yet
hepn made.
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VOLUME XXXIV.--NUMBER II.
A GREAT srnIKB.


ERwcAsTLE.oN.TYSE, Sept. "A cores
pondent on arriving here found a great
strike at Sir William Armstrong; man.
moth ordnance and engineering works,
second only to the one Of the Lancanshire
mills, where 10000 workmen have quit.
The dispute here hinges upon the mainte-
nance by the factory Of Mcssrs. Mcdonnell
and Brown, manager and superintendent.
The workman declare that those gentle
men must go, otherwise they themselves
will not come back and will do their ut
most to stop others from taking their
places. The firm refuses to dismiss their
managers They argue that it is impossi-
BILE TO maintain the factory II the wOrkmeD,
who have no share in its responsibilities,
are allowed To control the management.
Mcdonnell, they ask, may be sent away
at the bidding OF the men, whose whole
stake in the establishment can be cut
short at a weeks notice. Why might not
another and another be sent away on
similar demand. l have just left a mass
meeting OF the workmen who struck. num-
bering between 5000 and 6,00O. 1t was
held on the picturesque town moor, and
was orderly. All tho strikers were neat
and well disposed looking. The younger
men, as perhaps might naturally have
been expected, showed more enthusiasm
than the older hands. The latter looked
grave, and seemed to fully appreciate the
course upon which they entered.
It was impossible to discover any ex-
preston OF regret, however, from any
quarter 80 far as the workmen were con-
Cerned. The following manifesto was
adopted, addressed to the immense bodies
Of Tyneside workmen in all industries
who fought for the nine-hour movement,
and have again entered the field: The
struggle between slavery and despotism is
eternal, and ever and anon it emerges into |
the light OF day to do battle; in it is once |
more our high and honorable privilege,
while in it let us aCquit ourselves like |
true English hearts. We are resolved that |
nothing shall prevent us attaining that
purpose regardless OF consequences. With |
your cooperation we will not fail. "This
said leading citizen to me,
"means tho withdrawal OF El20O0 from
the spending capacity OF the city per
week. The shop-keepers in Scotsw0Od |
road and the neighboring thoroughfares
have already begun to cry out, and, what
makes matters worse, the Strikers Trades
Union assistance hereabouts cannot be
given, because the strike did not originate
in the questions Of wages or time, only in
diYidual dislikeH