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Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1885-01-04
MOGREFIELD'S MOB.
The Cid Town by The Blue Flowing
Potomac
IE A STATE OF EXCITEMENT.
Stirring Saturday Scenes that Are
UHwonted in that Peaceful
and Happy Village.
FIGHTING TO GET INTO OFFICE.
A Legal Question that Will Interest
Others.
FIGHTING TO GET INTO OFFICE
Tec5a to n. s,ndqy Regis,er.

MooEEFIELD, W. VA, January 3.-Such
excitement as that which has filed the
streets OF this staid old town all day has
never before been seen or dreamed of. The
sun has set behind the mountains, but the
fury still RACES and angry men flI the
streets, while frightened women and child.
ren cover in their darkened homes. Only
the heroic bravery OF cool, determined men
has prevented bloOdshed to-day, and it may
come yet, tonight Crowds OF angry, earn
est men still I'll the streets and often the
guards approach blows. The cause of the
disturbance grows out Of claims to the Office
OF county clerk made vacant to-day by the
expiration Of the term OF VIM. Loeb who
has Tor years been the county clerk, and
who vas defeated az
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Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1885-01-04
NIr. Glnh.tnne RrtiTr.

Lc>,ov, January 3.-Mr. Gladstone i
slightly better today lie will rcti.e to Ha-
warden castle after attending the Cabinet
Cruci this afternoon, and will remain
trsre until his health il restored
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COLLIERY EXPLOSION.

Terrible Explosion In a Nova Scotia COlliery
Thirteen Men Killed and Six Injured-A
Distressing Scene at the Mouth of the Pit.
HALIFAX, February 11.-Last night an
explosion occurred in the pit of Vale
Colliery at Westville, PictO1. One ru-
NOR states that one hundred men were in
the mine at the time. Another report
says only fifteen were down. The latter
report is likely to be nearer the truth.
Whether the men are alive or dead is
unknown. Fire broke out Immediately
after the explosion. Men have gone into
the pit to attempt to get the flames under
control.
NEW GLASGOW, N. S., February H.
The explosion occurred at the foot of the
slope in the Vale COlliery, six miles from
this town. The slope is 1000 feet from
the surface. Twenty men were at work.
One of the shots was followed by a ter
rifle explosion of gas, setting the mine on
fire. Thirteen men were killed outright.
Six were badly injured and one escaped.
Most of the men were married and had
large families. During the early morn
ing a terrible scene presented itself as
the dead and wounded men were brought
to the pits mouth, where there had as
sembled wives seeking their lost or
manned husbands. The names of the
killed are:
John Grant, sing e; A. McEachen, sim
gle, Neil McKinnon, John w. Frazer,
James Mclean, single; Phil. McBath,
Thomas r. Ryan, Hugh Cameron, single;
Pat. Foley, Dan. Kennedy, JnO. A. Camp
bell, james Haggart, Daniel Mclean.
The wounded are: james Robinson,
Hugh Lamont, Robert Love, Thomas
Guthrie, VIM. Mcdonald, - Campbell.
The fire in the mine has been extin-
guishcd.
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LATE NEWS ITEMS.

IN the Senate on the 18th the army ap-
| preparation bill was reported. The Texas
Pacific land forfeiture bill was discus sed
| by Mr.. Van Wyck, but it was crowded out
of its place in the special orders to take up
the bill to prevent the importation of for
eign contra act labor; an on this measure
there was a long and aAmated discussion.
Mr.. Ingalls, was opposed to the system on
/ the ground that we had our own
toiling millions to look after.
Other Senators spoke, and pending further
action the Senate adjourned -. The House
accomplished but little business. Much
valuable time was wasted in points of
order, and appealing from the Speaker
pro tenn. The Post-office appropriation
bill was again taken up in committee of
the whole and progress made. There was
a warm discussion on the paragraph re-
lating to compensation to ocean steams ship
companies for carrying the mails. An
evening session to consider pension bills
was held.
J. W. Murray was hanged at Portland,
Ore, on the 18th. His neck was broken
and death was instantaneous.
THE Secretary of the Interior disbarred
frop practice as attorney, John Mclean,
of ROOkston, Ill.
barber, endeavored to cut the throat of
Mrs. Wesley, a married woman with
whom he had fallen desperately in love,
and failing in his purpose cut his own
throat, severing the windpipe.
THE Oregon Legislature has not yet
elected United States Senator.
/ PEOPLE all through Canada are yearn-
ing to take part in the Soudan war.
Two men were mangIed by the explosion
of powder mill at Hubbard, O., on the
18th.
MORE earthquake shocks are reported in
the province of Grenada, Spain.
/ SANFORD JACKSON, colored, was hanged
at Selma, Ala, on the 18th for the murder
of Rufus Gill, another negro.
/ A RAILWAY mail clerk has sued the Mis-
sissippi Valley Railroad for $4,000 dam
/ ages for injuries received.
/ WHEN the British Parliament meets
again more stringent rules for visitors viii
/ be put in operation.
/ THN. Courthouse at New Athens, Tex.
was destroyed by fire on the 18th. 1t is
/ thought to be the work of an incendiary.
/ The Illinois Legislature took no ballot
on the 18th for United States Senator,
there Icing one absentee on each side.
COLONEL THos. EUFoRD, who murdered
Judge Elliott, of the Louisville Court OF
! Appeals, died in the Lunatic Asylum at
| Anchorage, Ky, on the 18th.
| THE Manchester Guardians commercial
! article saws that business throu z hout Great
Britain is small, and that producers arr
J unwilling to accept lower prices,
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ANOTHER REVERSE.

General EarIes Force Attacked BY the
RebeIs-The Latter Repulsed and Driven
at the Point of the BayOnet-They Rally
However, and Administer a Sharp Defeat
On the British-GeneraI Earle Among
the Killed.
LONDON, February 12.-The War Office
has received the following information
in dispatch from General Lord Wolse-
ley:
The fortified vessel in which General
Earle's detachment was proceeding up
the Nile from Brit, reached the pass
above Dulka Island Tuesday The enemy
appeared in great force at this point.
After causing some demoraliza-
tiOn among them by heavy
fire from the guns on board
General Earle and portion of his men
landed and attacked the Arabs, driving
them back at the point of the bayOnet,
carrying the pass without the expepdi-
ture of ammunition. This course was
adopted in order to save the supply OF
cartridges, which had become greatly
ened by their comparatively slight
loss in the conflict, rallied and made
fierce onslaught upon the English, firing
with remarkable precision. They re-
pulsed the troops with heavy loss, and
captured the floating fort. General
Earle was killed while gall ntly leading
charge. Three other officers were
killed and four wounded. Eight of the
men were killed and thiTty-five wounded.
The enemy's loss was considerable.
THE LONDON PRESS IN MOURNING.
LONDON, February II.-All the morn
ing papers have their columns bordered
with black, as a token of the grief which
is universally felt over GOrdon's fate.
Some papers confine the mourning en-
blems to the editorial page, but in most
of them the column rules are reversed on
all the pages. The Nelos says: "The age
of chivalry was revived again in Gordon's
history, and the whole world thrills with
passionate grief at this Christian war
rior's death" The Standard alone re-
fuses to believe Gordon dead, and clings
to the shadow of hope that he may be
prisoner or may have escaped to the
South.
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GRIMES AND CASUALTIES.

WIN. HICKEY went to Wabash, Ind, on
the 7th to "do up" Editor Linn, of the
Courier, and was fatally wounded by the
latter. Hickey was known as a desperate
character, and Linn will probably be justi-
fed.
On the 7th during a Chinese riot at
Eureka, Cal, a stray bullet killed David
Kendall, a member of the City Council A
committee was appointed by the citizens
{ tell the Chinese that they must all leave
the city.
THE list of killed in the railroad accident
at Creston, Ia, was greater than at first
reported, the number reaching seven.
MRS. RICHARD TRUMP, living near Terre
Haute, Ind, confessed that she killed her
husband several weeks ago. She reported
at the time that he had committed suicide
Four men were killed and a number
seriously hurt at Brazil, Ind, on the 10th,
by boiler explosion.
THE sacred silver vessels in st. Jarlath's S
Roman Catholic Church at Chicago were
stolen by burglars the night of the 9th.
On the 11th Buffalo, N. ", was visited
by terrific wind storm, while the ther-
mometer was many degrees below zero.
Railroads were bIoczaded and several cases
of death from freezing were reported.
OK the 1lth, by the burning of a hotel at
Charleston, w. Va, one sick man was
roasted to a cracklin. 1t was thought to
be the work of an incendiary, and excite
ment was at high pitch.
EIGHTEEN lives were lost by fire in the
insane ward in the Blockley Aims house
at Philadelphia, Pa, on the 18th
Two small boys at Grosvenor, Mich.
after reading dime novel, had an Indian
fight on the 18th, in which one of them
was instantly killed.
ON the night of the 18th, at a dance in
the Chickas Nation, everybody got
drunk, and there was a general fight, in
which several strangers were killed out
right and a number of people wounded.
AN attempt to wreck a passenger train
on the New Orleans division of the
Texas & Pacific Road was made on the
18th A freight came along out of time
and was thrown over.
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A BURNED BREWERY.
Fire and Explosion In Rochester Brewery
Several Persons Badly Injured One,
Perhaps, Fatally.

Fire and Explosion In Rochester Brewery
Several Persons Badly Injured, One,
Perhaps, Fatally.
ROCHESTER, N. z, February 12.-Fire
broke out in the hop-room of the Genesee
Brewing Company's building yesterday
afternoon. The department responded
promptly, but were unable to do much
work on account of the cold, the ther-
mometer being several degrees below
zero and the water-mains being frozen.
Soon after the fire was discovered a ter
rife explosion occurred in the hop-room,
which raised the roof and broke every
pane of glass in the building. 1t
is generally believed that a num-
Der of men were in the room at
the time, and that they have been
burned to death. This can not yet be
confirmed, as the flames are still raging,
and it takes some time to determine the
facts. The following persons were in
jured:
Frank Schrall and Martin Dietz, en-
ployes of the brewing company, burned
about the head, face, arms and chest.
Harry Kimball, member of the Protec-
tive Fire Company, burned about the
face.
Llewllyn H. Van Zandt, fireman, slightly
burned about the face and hands.
Jno. .WalcOtt, fireman, slightly burned
about the face.
Andrew Carle, member of the Active
Hose Company, who fell from a ladder
and was seriously injured. He may die.
At this hour (ll 80 p. M it is evident
that the entire building will be consumed.
Probable loss, $3.50, 900.
At two O'Clock it was known that no
one had been killed outright, but it is
thought that Carle, the fireman, who fell
from ladder, would die. The fire is
still burning.
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HIsCELLANEOUs.

on the 10th the Edgar Thompson steel
works at Braddocks, Pa, resumed, giving
employment to 1900 men.
FROM all quar-. ers where the recent snow
storms have prevailed reports indicate
that they have been the heaviest and most
severe in many years. Trains were in
many cases abandoned and even country
roads were blocked.
THE thermometer at Eau Claire, Wis,
on the 10th, registered thirty five degrees
below zero.
THE British War Office has ordered TO-
600 uniforms for the reserves.
FoUR passenger trains on the Illinois
Central were showed in between Peotone
and Monee on the 10th.
THE production Of pig iron in the United
States last year was 4,5S9,6i3 tons against
5,140,9I2 tons for the previous year.
AN enormous ice gorge was reported
moving down the Ohio River from MUIR
rayville, W. Va, on the 10th. It was forty
four miles in length, being solid most Of
the way.
TRAINS were again badly delayed on the
10th in the West and Northwest. In many
of the States the snow was drifted worse
than in many years. The weather turned
| exceedingly cold.
IT is reported at Pittsburgh, Pa, that the
An1algamated Association has issued a
circular to members asking an expressio on
Of views on a ten per cent reduction cal.
for the coming year.
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BAD SEASON FOR SHOWS.

The Government Appealed to For More
Money to Keep the Head of the New Or
leans Exposition Above Water.
WASHINGTON, d. c., February IA
committee representing the commission
ers of forty-six States and Territories at
the New Orleans Exposition, will to-day
present a memorial to Congress asking an
additional appropriation of $500, 900 to tide
over the financial difficulties of the Expo
sition. The memorial states that the
81 900, 900 already appropriated by Con-
gress has been judiciously expended, and
the work accomplished could not, in their
opinion, have been exceeded. 1t further
sets forth that the faith of the Govern
ment, while not technically promised to
make the Exposition 6 success, is
morally pledged to do so, and unless It
fulills it's plighted faith, will be subject
ed to censure at home and abroad. As a
matter of policy, too, the memorial urges
this additional appropriation; that with
out it call is lost" Government loan,
stock subscription, donations and all.
The continuation of Government aid
means repayment to the Government in
whole or in part for its advances. The
committee will have a conference with
the President in the morning and expect
a favorable message from him urging the
amount asked for.
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PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.

On the 9th William Dwight Chandler,
second son of Secretary Chandler, and
Lily NJ. Porter, daughter of l.. Q. Porter, a
prominent banker and mill owner of Wi
mona, Mimi, were married at the residence
Of the brides parents. The bridal couple
left for an Eastern tour.
THE diary of Lieutenant Kislingbury, of
the Greely expedition to the Arctic, is
made public.
COLONEL WILLIAMS, Of Ottawa, Ont,
has rendered his services and those of a
regiment selected from the Canadian mill
tia for active service in Egypt whenever
the Home authorities may require them.
The application has been forwarded by the
Governor General to England.
On the 9th the Marquis Of Waterford
addressed a large Conservative meeting in
Dublin in regard to the dynamite out
RACES. He said the perpetrators of such
crimes, by whatever names they called
themselves, were the worst enemies Ire
land could have.
BISMARCK, in a speech in the Reichstag
on the 10th, favored the customs tariff bill.
Much damage has been done to property
by rivers in the East overlooking their
banks.
GENERAL WoLsELEY asks that the ad-
vance from Suakim be made within a
month.
COLONEL WILSON and party, who were
stranded on an island in the Nile, were
rescued by Lord Beresford's ship. The
rebels were repulsed. Colonels Wilson and
Wortley had arrived at Korti, and said
they learned that General Gordon was
stabbed to death.
MICHAEL DAvITT, who Is at Rome, is there
to present an address to the Pope Justify
ing the action of Catholic Irish National
lists, but the Vatican is said to be unwill-
ing TO negotiate with Davitt.
Owing to the absence of members Of both
parties the Illinois Legislature took no bal
lot for United States Senator on the 10th,
but took recess until the Ilth, thus pre-
serving the legislative day.
NEARLY all members of the Texas Leg
islature, State officers and Congress men
have signed a petition asking Mr.. Cleve-
land to appoint Ex-Governor Hubbard a
member OF his Cabinet.
MORE damaging testimony was ELECTED
against the Chicago election fraud con-
spirators on the 10th. S. W. Falls, an en-
rraver, identified the bogus ballots as
printed from an engraving he was engaged
60 make by peculiar marks and John
Wynne declared the ballot No. 10, bearing
his name on the back, a forgery, he having
voted ticket with Leman's name upon It,
whereas the ticket shown bore the name Of
Brand.
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Disastrous Fire.

LANSING, MICH, February 11.-This
morning a fire broke out in the bakery
and confectionery of J. C. Hoffman. Be
fore it was got under control it had de-
stroyed five stores. The intense cold
day, twenty-six degrees below zero, had
the effect of preventing the efficiency oi
the fiTemen, but the latter worked stead.
ily. The fire spread to stores on the east
side of the street, but the steady work oi
the fire department got the flames under
control by 2:30 a. m. Total loss, SCI, 800
insurance SAT 200
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BRIDGEPORT, CONN., February l2.-
Eva Peck, aged seventeen, an adopted
daughter of Charles Buckingham, of
Huntingdon, and Martin Wagner, aged
nineteen, farm hand, were arrested at the
depot in this city yesterday morning
The couple eloped from Huntingdon last
night, walked to this city, a distance of
nine miles, and were about to take the
train for Turner's Falls, to be married.
Each had a large trunk, which had bee
sent on ahead. Before leaving, Wagner
stole $50 in cash from Mr.. Buckingham,
s25 of which has been recovered. Miss
Peck is bright, attractive girl, and Wag-
ger rather boyish-looking German,
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CHARLESTON, w. VA, February 12.-
The Kanawha House was discovered 10 be
on fire early yesterday, and almost before
an alarm could be given the building was
wrapped in flames. The wind was blow
ing a gale, and the Thermometer was five
degrees below zero. Richard McLaugh-
lin was confined in bed by sickness, and
in the confusion was forgotten. His
charred remains were found in the ruins,
as was also burned and blackened mass,
supposed to be the remains of Ann Berry,
a domestic, who is missing. Only three
persons escaped from the hotel with any
thing except their night clothing. The
hotel was on fire the night previously.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1885-02-19
New and Terrible Facts Concerning the
Loss of the Arcana.

ST. JOHN, N. B., February 12.-Facts
have just transpired in connection with
the loss of the American schooner Arcana,
which did not appear in the recent in
quest on the death of members of her
crew. 1t is said the ighthouse-keeper,
and his brother and the survivors heard
the cries of the mate for almost ten
hours, but the village was not informed
until the next morning. Immediate action
would probably have saved the crew.
One young man was found swinging on
the steps of the old lighthouse frozen to
death Another was lying on the
wharf where he had walked until he drop
ped. The mate was in the cellar of the
old house, where he had walked as long
as he could, and then must have crawled
about on his knees, for his trousers and
drawers were worn out at the knees. The
facts have just been laid before the Gov
ernmeut.
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FALL RIVER, MASS, February l2.-The
condition of affairs at the Notre Dame
French Catholic Church is becoming more
alarming. The women Of the parish have
notified the pastor that they win not en-.
ter the church until a. French priest has
been appointed. Father Clark, the new
priest, is hooted at whenever he goes out.
On Monday night crowd of roughs as
sembled outside his residence and threw
bottles, stones and other articles through
the windowst The pastor was Obliged =
leave the ho&e. II was rumored iasl
night tnat the Bishop had decided 70 cloet
the church until the congregation eN
pressed a willingness to submit
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Frirhtfnl Rnrler Ernlosion.

HARRIsBURGH, Pa, February pa
most frightful boiler explosion occurred
yesterday afternoon at what are known
as Cumbler's Quarries, about four and a
half miles from this city. Christian
Horn (white) and John L. Spencer (col-
Ored) were instantly killed, both bodies
being horribly mangled. Peter Brown,
another workman, had his right arm cut
from the body by piece of flying pipe.
He will die. No cause has been ascribed
for the accident, as there was but forty
five pounds of steam in the boiler with
a slow fire. The accident has caused
considerable excitement.
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A PlTlFUL STORY.
The Terrible Downfall of a Once Prominent
PhiIadelphia Lady Through Her InOrdI-
nate Love for Drink-Death Among Rags
and SqualOr.

and SqualOr.
PHILADELPHIA, Pa, February IA
woman who belonged to one of the best
families in Philadelphia, died in a
wretched frame house on Kaign's avenue,
Camden, N. J., at an early hour yester-
day morning, from the effects of an as
sault on her by two young negroes, VIII
liam Fisher and John Burley, on the 14th
of January ThelIas'woman once the hand
some and accomplished wife of ex-Judge
Woodward, and moved in the best So
ciety. She became addicted to drink,
and her downfall was rapid and
terrible. Her friends, for a long time,
tried to reclaim her, but at last they were
compelled to abandon her, though they
fixed upon her an income sufficient to
maintain her in comfort After she was
given up by her relatives, she became
utterly abandoned, and associated with
the vileSt characters, and was cOntinu-
ally under the influence of liquor. Some
years ago she moved to Camden to the
house where she died, and her furni-
ture and clothing attracted much atten-
tiOn in that squalid neighborhood, by
their expensive quality. But she
died in the midst of filth and
rags. Early in the evening
of January I4th the residents of the neigh
borhood heard screams in Mrs. Wood
wards residence, and upon breaking into
the house, found the unfortunate woman,
bound and gagged, lying in a pool OF
blood. Fisher and Bailey were arrested
for the assault, and the latter having
turned States evidence, the men were
sentenced by Judge Read to five and six
years respectively in the State Prison.
The death of Mrs. Woodward was
caused, beyond a doubt, by the
brutal kicks and blows she received at
the hands of the negroes, and from
which she had been suffering ever since
the attack. DR.. Wills, the physician who
has been attending her, says her death is
the result of the injuries, and refuses to
give a certificate of death until a post
mortem examination is made. Monday
evening she sent a message to NJ. SEQ
vile, Esq, to come to her house and
write her will. Thinking it one of heI
many whims, Scoville did not go. About
three O'Clock yesterday morning the
woman spoke her last words and at Z :45
O'Clock she died
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A ssntenos Of psath or a right.

DECATUR, IND, February l2.-The
second trial of Fred Richards, the alleged
murderer of Amos Backe stO last April, is
now in progress. Great interest is mani
tested, and public sentiment will scarcely
be satisfied with a verdict other than the
death penalty. Should it be otherwise,
trouble is likely to follow. Fred Richards
daughter, who attempted suicide a few
days since is in fair way to recovery. 1t
is not known what caused her to attempt
TO take her life unless she did not wish to
testify against her father.