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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-02-27

SPAKER DENNIS made very eloquent
aDpeal to tie Republican side to relieve
4lhe next administration" Of the embar-
rasnent in which Governor Jackson's
supplemental assessment order had placed
IL This is certain to make Governor jack
son feel good, And when he knows that
"t6e next administration" was in the
lOuSe to look alter its interests, and sat
there complacenuy stroking its moustache
while the Speaker wasimploring Republi-
cans to help It out Of the pit:which the
Jackson Administration had Ggged for It.
When the Governor in esse, SO ito speak
sees where he has been placed by the
friends Of tue Governor IN ytuturo, asif
were, there will be q certain coldness
which will be cooler than the very low
thermometer at the State House has yet
indicated. It was q balk dash, and though
1t was unsuccessful in effecting one puf-
pose, it may easily be aliberal contribu,
ton to another object.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-02-27

!.
Tar debate on the resolutionto to extend
the session Of the Legislature took wide
anse in both houses. Some gentlemen
embraced the opportunity to talk politics,
and some TO deaounce the Oppressive
ROaopOlists" and ,bloited stockholders Of
The Wheeling corporations who had .'lob-
bed" against the Mason tax bill Men
Who pass for persons Of ordinary decency
we're denounced as though they,were cut
panes-Outlaws who ought to be ham.
strung without benefit Of clergy.
The accusation wasbased on the assump.
ton that all these men who are guilty Of
the hsiuous otEense making nails and
glass and other useful things are
Republicans. The fact is that Demo.
er!s very prominent in the industries
srdthe politics Of Wheeling went 70 the
d, ,s'aie House to urge their own party not
tagiye tie Mason tax bill a show. forits
I and not to stab the Democracy in;this
WA place by voting toextend the session.
E y y true that the only reliance was on
le Republican party as It was represent.
esin the Legislature, but the appeal was
7 made ~, by men Of both parties. s. Is
While the Democratic leaders in the
senate and in the House were denounc.
asthe Manufacturers Of. wheeline-the
Presiding officer Of each house In his
saair to dOit-it does mot seem to have oc.
sa'Fed to any ot.thea that It is the manu-.
iA''a'es Of Wheeling which make Wheel.
,ae and make it a rich pasture land iotthe
aAeaseF. The Democratic side had no
Ssusat No for the thirty thousand people in
nseeling who live by It's manufactures
~. Saa the other thousands elsewhere in the
sase who find in Wheeling market ior
@ ssi products. They seemed to have for.
s'Sea That outside Of Wheeling there are
s.saa ss.asaiastusing and mining Interests en-.
ased IN the DEVELOPMENT a tbe state.
apTat which We hear ID mtieS. ssst's' y
n,sS ssets are States In which the majority
bSsII,,,.o bI soes not advertise an imbl6 cable
= '' % mining andmanufactufeb.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-02-27
KIlied b n na.han.l.

PtT1sluRdH, Feb. e8,=while intoxiI
Gated tonight Joseph oaYapagh attacked
his wife with 4 hatchef; intiicting wounds
about the head whleh viii lproh hably result
In death. Cayanagh has been arrested.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-02-27

nv me forty-lOurth day Of the session
,bs Democratic leaders began to talk
s5Sut .5s giving the people relief from the
sD Sn,dsps Of taxation. Death-bed repent
sn.s isslways a touching spectacle.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-02-27

CnArTAaoooA, Tgsxi, Feb. 20. ehefles
Hickey and Frank Steele, two wealthy
fruit eToweFs, ol this county, were drowned
last evening IN Chiekamanga creek near
this city.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-02-27

yoe,tended session, no Mason tax bill.
That I. the plain English oft. Han extra
..;on ln-' comes that will be responsibility
:, s The Intelligent majority" to take
.,na Of.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-02-27

rxo RErupLlCASs voted to extend the
.,..,"D iSU and two Democrats against It.
~ Republican party beat the Wall street
.,ss ~ ID with its little constitutional club.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-02-27
'PnEpARINe FonsINAuaURATIoN.
The Platform Whore Cleveland Will TAX
tbs Oath-Elaborate Decorations.

Inc flnttorn hhuFo ,lleNclnuui VIII tIhke
the Oath-Elaborate Decorations.
wAsHiseTps, D. @. Feb. 98.-The in
augufal platform, in front ot the main
portico Of the Capitol, was commenced
yesterday morning, and viii be COM
pletel tomorrow. II is the largest one
yet nonst sttueted, being level with the mid
die landing q the portieo steps and e4,
tending out nearly thirty feet with semi
circular 'front.' and ithe outer edge pro-
tected by a three.ioot rail. In the center
jsapiatterm, four byssix, and one foot
high, on which the President will stand
while taking the oath ot tt;ce and deliver.
ing his inaugural. The front, which Is.
closely boarded, will be appropriately fes-
TONED and decorated. 4 : s,s5.;
THe decorators have begun their pre-
liminary work In the hall Of the Pension
Building. The roof will be hung with
bunting in the shape ofhalf moons. There
will be suspended from the roof thirty-six
pennohs Iseyentyttwo feet long, between
which will swing garlands Of natural
flowers. The columns supporting the roof
and galleries will be wreath ed with sDilax
and flowers, Between the arches Of the
upper gallery will be placed various de.
vices bearing the coat Of arms Of various,
States. Reneaththe gallery will besqspepd-
ed one hundred and torty.four elegant
siik banners. Within the arches on the
lover: floor willbe piseed large American
shields dtaped with flags and adorned
with silyer-poiated lpeREs, AT one end al
the ballroom will be placed an immense
plate glass mirror, sixteen and ;a.half by
len and a.half feet, in o frame Of cut
glass; and at the opposite end the Presi.
dent floral chair under Japanese pan,
opy. Pyramids 81. palms and tropical
plants viii he placed In each corner OF the
ballroom, One Of the features Of the
floral decorations will be devices symbol.
ical OF the various executive departments
otthe Government. The cprtainsand other
thangipRs Of the ballroom will be Of the
richest LAhfina. 4. n - 2 ~ \ -.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-02-27
! Kiilsd for Ihrowiia ! snow Ban.

INV YoRE, Feb %. ohm W. Rpbrighs
the captain Of a canal boat belonging TO
the Manhattan Boat Company, shot and
IIdtled Patrick Dugln yesterday at Pier l,
North river. Dngan, whoisl9 years old,
was leading q hofse which was hosting
coal, and was accused Of throwing o snow
ball at Ruhright. 21tappears that 4 mum.
tberof boys were snowballing, and one OF
them lit RubfiRht. He became much exs
cited, and, procuring a revolver, he fred
reckiessIy into the crowd. The bullet
struck Dpgan, killing him instantly,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-02-27
.DoNEHY DEATH,

a Republican nIember 81 the Illinois Legls.
:,sSya lature Drops Dead.
ssPRIxeRlELD, ILLs Feb q. Judge 10,
gan, otWhitesidc, dropped dead at the
head ofthe House staira, aa he. was on his
way. to the chamber. The elevator was
not running and he attempted 10 walkup
.theilong stairway. Mr.. Logan had keon
ailing ali the session with heart disease
and could not stand excitement Of any
kind, Wien hedropped on the House
floor, opposite the main entrance to the
Chamber he was picked upiby friends and
carried into The ante room aud doctors
called. Five minutes later he was dead.
Judge logan was q Republican and his
death breaks the tie in the Legislature and
gives the Democrats majority Of one.
This means a Democratic United States
Senator from Illinois itlthe factions can
unite on any one man before Adjournment
of the Legislature.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-02-27
A.NAyA1 .oFFIcEn MIssINlal!.. q.

7s = a NAVAL VI 2 4ShAt 4tAASSANos
Aftsr = search Of Ten Days tie Belief Is
Current THAT He Was Drowned.
WAsihSdfoS, Feb. q. Some ten days
ago Lieut.. 4. w. Remey, executive officer
OF the United States training ship Ports.
mouth, nowl lying at thenayy yardat Nor.
folk, Va, myste efiously disappeared, and
although every effort has Been made for
nearly q week 10 discover his W wheteab6uts,
no tidings whatever have been obtained,
It was said last week that he had been
seen IN Richmond. and than again In
New York, and the authorities of those
places were notified and promptly
put their detective forces 10 work,
without result. The hopes entertained
for the missing mans eaiety have at last
given way, and the belief existf that he
has been drowned. Yesterday gommos
dore a. Il. Mayo, commanding the sta.
don, issued ofders, and si1 boats, two
each from the training ships PortsmoHth,
Saratoga and Jamestown, were put To-
work all day dragging the river for the
body, Of the lieutenant from Lambertis
Point 70 the navy yard. Commander
II. q. Remey, equipment officer inlthis
city, and Captain Vim. g. Remey, Judge
Advocate General OF the navy, are broth,
efs OF IieutenAnt Remey, and have been
notified. BE was unmarried.
The Navy Department ..has received no
information Of the Whereabouts OF Lieu.
tenant Remey. He bears the reputation
OF an. excellent otlicer, and haA the reputa-
ton Of having seen more sea service than
als AL ~ -.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-02-27

THERx was q man Of our town and l,c
was Mondtcns wise. He jumped into
bramble bush and. scratched out both his
eyes. And when he saw his eyes were
out With al his might and main. He
bought 9 bottle Of Salvation on, and
rubbed themin again. =,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-02-27
ssl--%--~s<-T-t p
IRON ASD STEELE

: Il - a ID |H P D y . HN ~
The Latter Rapidly Taking the Place of the
w @ Former. lisf
PrrrsBuRGH, Feb. 20.-The outlook in
the iron business has not improved in the
past week. The close Of the second month
shows q ainachlessyolnme in business than
sheen recorded in many years. The
depressio Is confined chiefly 70 iron mills.
Where steel Is made thereis no immediate
reason for complaining. There is one mill
intwhich q train Of rolls las averaged q
days every 24Shours, for two weeks, on
steel. and the order toibe filled will con-
tinue on for nearly5two months longer.
at the Linden steel mill, every, depart,
ment Is in full operation and some
are on double turn. AT the Sligo
mills q few OF the pudd ding furnaces were
lighted up this: week after q shut down OF
more than a month. Some of, the finishing
departments are in operation, but fully
two.thifds are steel. at Brinton,s mill,
where only ironiis rolled |, the prospects arc
very .disconraging. OF thesGl pudding
furnaces, 80 are double, and a few. trains
Of tile finishing rolls on double turn.
Oliver Bros. q Phillips mill, in Allegheny,
was shut down in every department Last
Monday, throwing about 600 men out OF
Tie Pittsburgh Forge and
Iron Works arc on double turn, rolling out
eaclisday' 'aboutf lily tons ofmuck kiron.
Lindsay 4 McCateheon's g mill is stunning
out over 80 tons in six heats, "a great deal
Of II helngrolle for horseshoe iron. The
pudding department at the Wayne irol,
works was startedIup Wedneaday morn.
ing on six heats, but nearly all the finish
ing rolls are in operation on single turn,
excepting one train OF roll, doing double
turnion steel. Singer, Nimick & Co., the
steel mill has shut down the pudding
forge alter q iull,run Of nearly o year. AT
Wilson, Walker1 Co. the nuddlerss have
averaged half time, but the run on the
finiGking rolls has been much better, -ow-
ing to steel taking place of iron.
Thernmor that the Keystone mill and
Elba iron and boltworks were preparing
to resume this week is without foundaI
kss.t.4 ~ 4 q q o. Z. :.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-02-27
The House Last Night.

After Extension was out Of the road
last night the House got down to work,
passed the General Appropriation bill,
and Senate Bill q; changing the day ofthe
annual assessment Of taxes from January
Ito April l, aud read the Legislative APP
preparation bill twice and ordered tito It's
third reading. The House meets at a. N.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-02-27
NatIoaaI ThSatrs5 naEssi;I

Nm National Theatre BaFhsd.
d. Y tA.l''saroS, Feb. 20, The National
II A. Ie d. d this eity, wasentiely destroyed
afs last night
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-02-27
GhA gateLLiaetfsr:
~ No. S5 and ~ Fourteenth STREET.

1nvrr 10 members Of the intelligent
/, ,.iSS5tya-nevsr SD monkey with minority
,b,t { loaded.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-02-27
sie Hoax

PSRls, Feb. 2G91t is now allesedby
those who snowthat recently report
ed congress OF lynamiters in!this city was
ahoax. The whole affair was concocted
by the foreign police for the purpose Of
alarming England and inducing her 20 be-
come o party TO the proposed intefnati
extradition treaty against dynamiters.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-02-27
ANEOLD MANS TALE.
i AZ WARY lMpR1soNaIENT,

EIiied IN y Dark csilar by the Msehlna.
lions os an Unnatural stspdaash,sr.
T How He Escaped from the Loath.
mob some erison-Hs Plea for JastIes.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-02-27
lNEWS5lBY THE CA,BLE.

--LATEST FOREI9Nl 9NlINrKILl6ENCF.
Debate In the british House OF Commons
ON the Vote of censure Agslnst the
Government The Dynamite ccnysn.
tlon IN Paris Said 10 be a Hoax.
LoSpoN, Feb. 20 I'm the Housed Com-
mons this evening Henry Chaplain. Com
servatiye, resumed the debate on Stafford
Hortheote' IS motion 70 censure the Govern
mentior It's Egyptian policy. Hedselared
that half measuresiwould mot suffice. The
enterprise in which the nation was now
engaged must be concluded. Not many
months must be allowed to elapse before
tho accumulated errors and craven com
duct OF treachery towards General Gordon
should meet with its righteous and Just
rewards in the deep and bitter e9ecration
OF an Outraged and indignant nation.
Cheers. .l,I.5 ~
The Duke oil Richmond, Conservative,
predicted that unless the Government
changed its policy the indignant voice oil
oitiess Ia Ia which N tSey had adSed M etei,s III
& Hafcourt speaking in opposition TO
Northeote's resolution OF cehsufe, said as
General Gordon had died in the defence
OF Khartoum, the only fitting way 10 nc.
complish the evacuation OF the Soudan
was the British troops 10 recap IL, and
release that city and every otier captured
or baleauge place between Khaftonm
M flafeFIl fratt. tIa Afa1s1ta
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-02-27

The little child OF Mrs. Adams which
was severely burnt q few days ago, died
yesterday morning. Z.
There will be q fancy dress cafnfyallat
the Mammoth rink next Friday night, the
proceeds ol which will be given TO lie Be
neyolent tociety. . !
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-02-27

Point. About People and Happeniag.-A
Man Killed on the Railroad. &
osG. Kelly yisablet be out. "
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-02-27
srEupENYiLLE.

Fatal Accident to q .Tirs,man-FrtlEhl
Train pltehed.
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1885-01-29
XLvIII Congress
SENATE.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 2l.-A resolution
was agreed to calling on the secre-
tary of the treasury for any
further correspondence in his depart
ment relating to the collection or post.
ponement of the tax on distilled spirits.
The CHAIR laid before the senate Mr..
Plumb's resolution, offered yesterday,
requesting the president to advise the
senate as to his views on the present
status of lands known as the Oklahoma
lands.
Owing to Mr.. Plumb's absence,
Mr.. INGALLS, asked that 1T 60 over
till tomorrow. So ordered.
The senate then proceeded to consid-
Grafton of the bills upon the calendar.
The senate bill was passed author
izing the Illinois 81 Missouri Railroad
company to construct bridge across
the Mississippi river st point north Of
Grand avenue. st. Louis.
The senate then took up the bill to es-
tablish court of appeals, known as the
"David Davis bill.'
MIR. BOAR said: Elm order 10 remove
any objections that might exist 10 its
passage, ON account OF the resultuR sp-
pointIaants, that ondonbtcdly the np-
pcilltments worid tau 30 tho incoming
anu not TO the outgoing sdmillstration.N
Mr. MORGAN offered an apaendAnont,
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1885-01-29

WASHINGTON, Jan. -, = Special. -
Nressrs. Throcfmorton and Wellborn
succeeded in getting an amendment on
the Indian appropriation bill to pay
about fifteen claims of Texas persons
Tor depredutions by Kiowas and Co.
manchos. The claims aggregate over
$4,000.
MIR. Lanham has at last succeeded in
getting a bill passed for a commission to
settle the Greer county dispute. 1t now
goes to the president for his sigma
ture.
Tho river and harbor committee is
still laboring over tho Galveston deep
water project. 1t is thought the matter
will be disposed OF tomorrow. II has
been. handled like a hot iron.
. Mr.. Coke is highly complimented on
all sidos for his great argument yester-
day on the Reagan bill as against the
,Cullom interstate commerce bill.
Prhe full measure of the
great victory achieved by Reagan
is just beginning to DO appreciated, and
numerous congratulations and compli-
mentary notices are pouring in on tho
noble old Roman from all over the
country
Mr.. Wellborn has been called to pre-
side over the house again for two or
three days past, during the discussion Of
appropriation bills. He is very popular
as presiding officer.
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1885-01-29
The Cotton Cases.

The interest in the cotton swindling
cases was considerably heightened yes
terday morning when the startling news
spread over the city that the valuable
papers of evidence, consisting of the
original bogus bills of lading on which
Joe Lohnstein, who is on trial, procured
the money; letters from the defendant
to parties to whom he negotiated the
bills of lading, and stubbs of the
bills OF lading issued by Il. d. Easton,
one Of the conspirators who was agent
of the Texas 81 Pacific railway at Sher-
man, had been stolen from Col. Tom
Brown, the roads attorney, who is as
sisting County Attorney Clint in the
prosecution of the cases. Yesterday
morning Col. Brown, who is stopping at
the Grand Windsor hotel, arose about
o'clock, and placing the papers which
had grown to be a good-sized bundle
which he had placed under
pocket he went to early breakfast.
There were only three persons at break
fast, all gentlemen well known to him
as men of irreproachable character.
He hung his overcoat in the cloak room
adjoining the breakfast room and placed
his hat ON the same hook. When he
had finished breakfast he discovered
tudI Inc codt, u Tee DroWnt was hhiS9lnSj
and with it the valuable papers. His
hat alone hung on the hook.
1t was plain that some
interested party or hired thief had
made away with the coat and papers.
None of the three gentlemen at break
fast had taken it through mistake, and
the county and city officials were at once
notified of what had occurred. The news
that the original fraudulent papers in
these famous cases had been stolen was
street talk, and the court
tators, who listened more eagerly
than ever to the testimony of witnesses.
One or two witnesses for the prosecu
ton were examined, when it became
apparent that the lost papers were nee
essary in the successful prosecution of
the case, and court adjourned to- pm,
in order to give the attorneys for the
prosecution time to consult. When
court convened County Attorney Clint
for them to proceed further at that juno
tare, and court adjourned until 8
o'clock this morning to give them a
showing to regain the lost papers. The
indications are that the great cotton
swindling cases will end in grand
farce, not occasioned by the want of
energetic and able prosecution, but by
carlessness on the part of one of the at
torneys and the part played by the UNI
known thief.
,. The officers are doing their utmost ). to 2
show of success, as the coat and papers
are, no boubt, by this time in ashes.
County Attorney Clint says that the
loss of the papers will not materially af-
feet the case and that he will proceed
with the prosecution.
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1885-01-29


The bill to allow the defendant to
testify in criminal proceeding being
before the senate, on Wednesday, Sena-
tor Terrell, favoring the bill, said sub.
stantially:
If the law now in force, which closes
the mouth OF accused persons, was y new
measure and pending before this senate,
il would puzzle tue shrewdest senator
to give a sensible reason for its enact
ment. 1t is q law that has been handed
down to us from less enlightened age,
accompanied during the journey by q
twin relic of barbaric times, that pre-
vented all persons interested from testi-
flying even in civil cases. Thirteen years
ago, against the protest of vigorous
opponents, persons interested in civil
cases were allowed to testify; to-day
challenge the opposition to the pres
ent bills to produce a respectable law
yer in this state who will assert that
the measure passed thirteen years was
wrong. Accused persons should be al
lowed to testify. Nearly all the civ
ilized world long since permitted them
to do so. New York and Ohio, Missouri
and California, alike declare that with
them such a law is no longer an expert
ment. The federal courts have per-
mitted it for quarter Of century. l
do not know of a state that, having tried
such law, has repealed it. A resolu-
ton to repeal il was introduced IN the
Ohio senate eighteen pears ago, and on y
received one vote. tits rule of human
action; it is the very genius of common
sense, that the persons who know most
about any transaction, should be allowed
to explain it.
1t will not increase the chances
of guilty persons to- escape.
out of u mans own mouth he is
frequently condemned.
if the bill is passed the criminal laws
will not be enforced. Are they enforced
under the present system? We can
scarcely find state in which q man of
wealth stands better chance of es-
Gaping punishment for crime than in
our own. Texas may boast of her Wig
orous growth, her extent of empire, her
wealth of soil, her busy cities and her
happy farms, but she cannot boast of
rigid enforcement of her criminal laws.
1t would indeed be hard to make mat
tiers worse than they are. The pending
bill will, in my judgment, tend to rem
edy present evils.
The accused can testify, but he can be
cross-examined and then impeached.
The jury will be exclusive judges of the
value of his testimony. His attorney
can no longer shrek to the jury that the
defendant is prosecuted, and that his
mouth is closed" Upon that specious
plea, sympathy is often awakened and
guilty persons acquitted.
Believing that the civilization of our
times demands a change, that courts
and juries will be aided in their inquir
les by the new system; that by it honest
purposes and criminal designs alike, be
made palmer, that clearness will often
take the place of obscurity, / hope the
bill will become a law. 1t is but another
step in obedience to the great command
ment, which said: "Let there be light"