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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1886-07-28
THE CONFERENCE
OF WEST VIRGINIA REPUBLICANS
At Parkersburs To-day - The Early Ar.
rIvals-ThO Question OF tho submls.
sion Of u ProhIbItOry Amendment
Likely to Provoke u Discussion.


Special DipGtel to TIE hislllQaper,
PARKRRsBURo, W. Va, July 27.-The
trains are bringing in enough Republicans
to make II appear that something is going
on. Hills Central hotel looks as though
q convention were hovering near, Those
who have arrived announce that more are
coming, and there is prospect Of large
attendance, Among the arrivals thus fur
are B. p. Meighan, Editor John W. Burch-
inall, S. R, Hanan and II. s. White, Of
Marshall; T. o. Edwards, John G. Kline,
S. G Smith, B. B. Doveuer and Joe EIson,
Of ohioi A, NJ, Grow, OF Wetzeli A. L,
Hustesd, OF Harrison; W. T, Want, Of
Ciilmcr; Editor NJ. S. Holt, OF Lewis, and
John A, Campbell, Of Hancock, and y. b,
Hart, OF the Wheeling INTELLIaRScRR,
Nothing has been mapped out Tor to-
morroW, The idea oil the COmmitteeis is to
let the Conference shape itself, and from
this to draw its plan Of the campaign, So
far IS the Committee may be called upon
TO act It is probable that the Committee
sill be asked to prepare an address to the
people, covering State and National Issues.
1t was hoped that General Got would
be present, but this Is not now expected,
Among those who are here the best feel
ing prevails. The one aim seems 10 be to
put ths party in tho way Of victory, There
"a not likely 10 be a riot in the Confer.
.nce, though there will probably bs some
very earnest speeches touching the sub
mission Of q prohibitory amendment,
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CHICAGO, ILL.,, July 27.-The finest Gre.
boat In the world be launched In the
North river tomorrow or Thursday. II 10
10 bs an adjunct Of the Fire Department.
and has been constructed al cost Of S4O,.
900. When brought into full execution
Il will equal twelve Of the largest Are
engines now In use In this city. There
are fourteen hose attachments, while 0
stand pipe worked by machinery will oc.
Cupy the center, and With II will be work.
ed q hose which will carry q iour.lnCh
stream for distance Of 800 feet. The boat
will hAyo q ppeed oi twenty mileB per
hour, will bs manned day Ahd night, will
have telePhoniC and telsgraphio connec:
tlonB, and 10 expected 10 save millions oi
dollAfa In the lumber district,
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BosroS, July 27.-An ingenious way Of
getting around the prohibition law In
Rhode Island was discovered yesterday.
Several cases Of eggs were tipped OF q
truck by an accident on fremont street.
On picking up the eggs from the street
they were found To be made Of porcelain.
and instead Of containing tho Legitimate
products Of the barn yard fowl, they were
all alled With whisky, each egg holding q
good square drink" As one Of the
spectators expressed It, the liquor was
put In through a hole In the big end and
the hole stopped by cement cloth, which
was Chalked 10 resemble the natural col.
ore. The driver Of the team Dald hU was
taking them from q liquor dealer at the
north end Of the Providence depot. The
cases were marked TO hotels In Newport
and NarraganBett Pier, X. l. There were
elk cases, Of forty.nine dozen each.
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ST.. LOUIS, July 27.-The two.Story brick
building No. 400 Morgan street, collapsed
last night. The first floor was occupied
by Franz Psllgrey, a manufacturer ol
musical Instruments, tho second by John
Gamble and family. The latter were in
bed at lO:3O O'Clock when they were
awakened by loud crash caused by the
falling Of the floor. Fortunately the rool
remained In position but as II was three
children OF Mr.. CANDLES was badly
bruised, Rs was also his wife. A part Of
the front wall fell outward across the street,
scattering the debris In every direction.
The building was very old and has been
notoriously unsafe for some time.
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noMN III A COAL AIINE.
A Fierce Fight Between Two Miners Uader
Ground.

PIFTsBHRdH, July GA Barray's Sta
ton, Pennsylvania, special saysi One OF
the most quietly arranged prize fights Wit
messed in this section for years took place
about one mile distant from this place.
The principals in the affair were miners
named Jimmy Sullivan, better known as
Buckley" and Miles MCGurke. Sullivan
is 30 years OF age, six feet in height and
weighs l70. pounds, MCGurke is 32
years old, weighs 100 pounds and
stands almost feet. A Jealousy has al.
ways existed between them and their
friends as to who was the better man.
Last evening it was decided to fight 1t out
there and then, AS the night was dark
miners lamps were secured and the party
went to an old mine breach in the noun
tain, inside OF which the fight took place.
The breach is about 25 feet deep, several
hundred feet wide, and to avoid deteC-
ton the crowd went down to the sandy
bottom OF tho holo, hung the lamps
around the rugged side and arranged the
ring,
Dick Smith was chosen referee, Time
was called and the two men shook hands.
Eleven rounds were fought, during which
both were badly beaten, In the first
round AICGurke struck Sullivan on tho
neck, turning him round like q top. Sui.
liVan eyed his man more cautiously in the
second round and closed McGuIke's right
eye with terrific rlght.hander, The
third round was characterized bydesperate
slugging, equally divided. In the fourth
and fifth some hard inaghting was done.
During these rounds SulliVan's nose was
broken by well directed and powerful
blow from McGurke, The sixth ana
seventh were light ones, the men sparring
for wind. In the eighth Sullivan forced
the fighting aud knocked McGurko clear
of his feet. In the ninth MCGurke was
grogey but game and got in two hard ones
on his opponent'S nose. In the tenth Nc
Gurke was again knocked senseless by his
adversary. The crown soon dispersed.
Efforts are being made 10 keep the affair
from the authorities. Sullivan came here
from ChiCsgo several years ago and claims
he is not only an acquaintance but rela'
tion Of the slugger from Boston, TO whom
he bears q resemblance,
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THE TIMBER SCARCE
roR sA1IsHuRY's GARNET.
Meeting of the Carleton Club-ThS Tory
Leaders Enthusiastically Chsered,
salisbury can Find no Ono to be
Chief Secretary for Ireland.

LoSDoNr July 27,-The calling together
oil the prominent members OF 6 successful
party in the midst Of cabinet making is
almost phenomenal, aud 1t is believed
that the Convening Of the Tory leaders at
the Carlton Club to-day is due 10 the fact
that Lord Salisbury has received hint
that the Ulster TOrlea will oppose any re-
form in the local government OF Ireland.
This being the case, it was necessary for
Lord Salisbury to quell the ipcipisnt
mutiny by explaining the limits Of his
policy and securing the endorsements Of
his party thereto.
Long before the time appointed for the
meeting the Carleton club building was
surrounded by large crowd. The peo.
Pile we're evidently strong sympathizers
with the dominant party and Chsersd
each leader as he appeared, Lord Iddes.
leigh, Lord John Manners and Lord
Charles Berestord we're welcomed with
applause that was especially enthusiastic.
The Marquis OF Salisbury, Lord Ran
iolph Churchill and Sir Michael Hicks.
Beach had conference this afternoon,
1t ia reported that Lord Salisbury Is hay.
lug great difficulty in the work oI filling
the post Of Chief Secretary for Ireland,
no suitable man desiring TO take the Office
under the new government.
Lord Salisbury having formally an.
pounced that he had accepted the office OF
Prime Minister, said that he had ON be.
nall oi the Conservatives offered the Pre-
miership to Lord Harrington aud that
tho Queen had approved the prof.
Ter, Lord Harrington, however, saw
lit TO decline tho task OF
forming tho government, but lie promised
tor himself and his colleagues that they
would loyalty support the govern.
ment formed by the Conserve
tives. Concerning the nature Of
this promise Of support the Premier said
that Lord Harrington had given assurances
hat the Liberal UniOnists would support
the Conservative government on every
question concerning the msintainauCe
and integrity Of the empire. So far
as the Irish policy Of tho government was
concerned, Lord Harrington had promised
hat tho Liperal Unionists would "glye
my measure pressed by the Government
ior the redress Of Irish grievances the
most careful consideration"
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IAwREScE, MASS, July 27.-At eleven
o'clock last night the police were informed
that William b. o'Oonner, living near
i20 Essex street, had confessed 10
numbering bis mistress, Mrs, Han.
nah Conway. He was found 10 bed
aud arrested. Following his directions
the officers proceeded to the woodBhed,
wherO they dug up the woman'S body,
The legs were cut OF above the knees,
O'Connor appeared not TO realize the
enormity Of his crime. He said that on
Sunday he stripped the woman, pushed
her into the shed and murdered her with
al az, O'Connor Ia " years old, was a
soldier, Ia O member ol the Grand Army
Of the Republic, and has drawn State aid,
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FALSELY GRADED GRAIN,


Startling Irregularities Developed In the
New York Produce Exchange.
NEW YoRx, July 27,-The Board OF
Managers OF the Produce Exchange have
had under consideration for some time
past number Of charges which are re-
gsrdCd Us most serious In so far as they
affect the standing of responsible mem.
bers Of tho Exchange. Tho charge
is that during April vast auan.
ttty OF corn was marked up from
steamer grade to "No. g" o grade
higher. This, 1t is asserted, was done by
order OF the Grain Committee, or a ma.
jority Of it. Tho quantity thus falsely
graded, II is eaLimated, is fully 100000
Dushels, but just how extensive the ma
nipnlatton has beon and who is RESPONSE
bic q special committee OF tho Board OF
Managers is trying TO find out.
The attention OF members was frat drawn
TO the iaCt that there was somtthing
wrong when letter after letter was re.
ceived from the European consignees COM
planning that the corn was not OF tho
proper grade. The fault, 1t Is alleged, lay
With the Grain Committee, which was
made up OF Messrs. Bingham, Mcintyre,
Held, Hickox and Gushing. The charge
now under investigation is made by Hill
house & Day, who were In the
pool 10 corner No. 2 May de-
livery corn, but found all their
calculations upset by tho large and un,x.
planned offerings Of that grain. They con-
unued to buy up on the inspection certi.
dcates, but failed to get q corner" they
bad calculated upon, and now, 1t Is said,
can show loss OF S57 900 due to the guam
tity Of steamer corn dumped upon them as
No. 2. II the charges can be proven II IS
regarded as certain that several members
will be expelled in disgrace from tho Ex-
change and some large suils for damage
will be started in the courts.
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40 Acr1oN rAkrN Yrr
In Cuttings Case by Mexican Authorities.
- M Trnnhln AniIrlnninil.

In Cuttings Case by Mexican Authorities.
No Trouble Anticipated.
Ell PAso, TRxAs, July 27.-Consul Brig.
BAN, Of Paso Del Norte. says that no
headway has been made in the examina-
ton Of the case against Editor Cutting
now in progress under the supervision of
the Chief Justice oil the State OF Chi
huahua. But by this he only means that
no conclusion has been reached. and that
Cutting Is still In jail. The Chief
JuatiCe Of chihuahua, Senior Fran.
cisco N. Rumas, s clever and
able jurist and man Of high legal attain.
menls. He speaks English iluently,
stands high in his State and throughout
the Republic, and is particular iavorite
withthe American residents Of @ chihuahua,
most OF whose law business is In his hands.
Those here who know him feel confident
that his decision will be correct and not
long delayed.
Governor Torres, OF Sonora, arrived
hUre to-day on his way from tho City OF
Mexico, He says the Cutting trouble will
all come out straight without involving
any animosity or bad feeling between tho
two Republics, and expressed himself Rs
being regretful Of any complications or
questions between the authorities. He
said Mexico must moderniEs her laws.
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WASHINGTON, D. O., July 27.-secretary
Bayard said to-day in speaking Of the
Cutting case, that he had no doubt what.
aver that the Mexican authorities would
DO what was right In the matter. The
unsettled condition oil Mexican affairs
Just at present might prevent prompt
action in tho case but he had no doubt
that the pending negotiations will have a
satisfactory termination. He did not
think the Inassing Of Mexican troops near
Paso Del Norte had any significance,
but was more than likely a movement
arainsk local insurgents.
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FAMINE AND DEATH
ON THE SHORES or LABRADOR,
The Terrible Suffering of the Hunger.
Stricken Inhabitants : Nearly Four
Thousand People Dead-Ths Arctic
hears Driven South for Food.

ST., JOHNS, N F. July 27,-The schooner
May Barrett has just put in here, bring
ing the latest reports from the Labrador
coast. She came around by way Of the
Gull from the Straits Of Belle Isle, as the
Ice outside made navigation risky fol
nearly two weeks, She was blockaded
in York harbor, some forty miles east,
by field ice.
Her captain brought with him fve fam.
lies, who had made their way to that
point from Sandwich bay, one hundred
miles overland. They came in sledges
drawn by ponies, the last Of their live
stock, and those they were forced to sub,
sIst on after arriving at the harbor. Their
sledges were burned for fuel,
York harbor is crowded with fugihves,
but these all came from the southern
coast and know nothing Of their northern
neighbors, On July 10Th storm lasting
two days buried Eastern Labrador under
three feet OF snow, and all CommuniCa.
tions are cut of, The population ia com.
posed OF Indians, and in all the region
north Of Sandwich Bay Ia estimated be-
tween ten and fifteen thousand. The
snow has Cemented the Ice together and
closed the trails. How these unioEtunates
can escape death 10 now o mystery. The
relief vessels will be sent direct to York
Bay TO relieve thoss first,
AdispatCh from White Bay states that
whalers report that the Hudson Bay strait
haa ait hpr haan fTnyan ounr ouaiU- A., ,,y
preCedented occurrence at this season-or
has become choked with floating ice and
Is solid. A large number oi arctic bears
driven south by starvation have crossed
over from Pennyland and are devastating
the country. They number nearly 1000
and have appeared near Cape shugtord.
What little Is left on the shores OF that
region has been seized upon by these vo.
raci0us animals. The Indians in that To-
Cality are eating their dead companions.
Those who die among the white settlers
are buried secretly TO keep the Equimaux
from eating them, The graves are all dis.
guised. The report that the cold Is s to
10 degrees below z9ro at Sandwich Bay is
denied. II has not gone lower than 10
above. The whole cause OF the trouble 10
the Arctic leo massed along the shore,
which reduces the temperature.
In the interior Of the Northeast territory
around Lake Nitcheguen the temperture
Is up to 40 and 81 degrees above zero. 1t
is only within 200 milss Of the coast that
the cold exists. There Is, however, only
two months more before winter sets in,
aud the Ice cannot disappear in that time,
Up to date the survivors that have arrived
here are $40 persons all told.
The number Of those who have died Is
estimated at $500, and the figures would
be larger II the entire truth was known.
An east wind since Saturday has been
blowing Off the banks, making the Labra-
dor coast iCe all the tlrmer on shore.
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CtEciSSATi, July 97-on July IS a
daughter was born 10 Mr.. and Mrs. Her.
bert Winter, Of Newport, Ky. II was
named frankie Cleveland Winter, and a
letter informing Mrs. Cleveland Of the
fact brought the following response:
EXECUTIVE MANSION, WAsniNoroN.
MY DEAR MRs. WNrER.-Mauy thanks
for the kind way In which you remember.
ed me In your little girl's name,
May she be blessed through lIfe
as ] have been, but viii YOU
do rue tho favor not 10 call her
frankie, but Francis OF Frank, | ain
never called frankie and | dislike the
name very much. With my congratula.
tlons and best wishes / am,
Most sincerely yours,
FRANCIS CLEVELAND.
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NEWS IN BRIEF.

Good rains have relieved sufferers from
dfouth throughout tho State Of Wisconsin.
Martin Burke, q Fort Wayne road en-.
Viueer, was killed In q collision al Valpa.
rAiBo, Ind.
Lawrence Flynn, q railroader, from Pitts.
butgh, was killed while switching cars at
Troy, Ohio. I.f.'..
Prof. Brook Lee, Of Hamilton, Ont,
identified as his brother tramp killed on
the railroad at Wabash, Ind.
st. Louis reported over 100000, bushels
oil new wheat, and Toledo over 100000
bushels. chicago bears were grunting Ia
glOe.
Mrs. Kate Chase, daughter Of Salmon p.
Chase, ls Ia Washington 70 arrange for the
removal oil the femAlns ol the Chief Jus.
lice 10 Cincinnati.
A scheme 10 burn Kyle 4 Tsid's hat
blore, at Fort Wayne, Ind was frustrated
by the police. Arrests have been made,
Including Reid, at Chicago, 10.
Extracts from the diary Of Lieutenant
Klslinpbury are published 10 show that
be was very uhjustly treAted,by Lieutenant
Greely on the Ateuo expedition,
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WASHINGTON, D. G., July 27.-The
House Committee on Commerce to-day
adjourned to next December, and post.
poncd until that tina action on the
New York Harbor bill. The Committee
on Ways and Means instructed Mr.
Hewitt to call up for passage in the
House, II opportunity is ollered, the
portion OF his administrative bill relating
to warehouses, the same being an exten.
sion OF the bonded period for imported
goods. Mr.. Mcmillan was instructed to
report back favorably the bill loaning
Government exhibits to the Minneapolis
and Louisville expositiOns; also, the reso.
luton introduced yesterday directing the
the Secretary Of the Treasury to transmit
to the House the information he has
already in his possession relating to Treas.
ury balances.
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A Very Crazy Crank.

SHARON, Pa, July 27.-The case Of the
Cincinnati woman who created gensa.
ton by procalming herself to be Jesus
Christ is duplicated at wheatlaud, small
village near Sharon, by prepossessing
young lady, who, apart from her strange
delusion, appears intellectually brilliant.
Arming herself with club she visited the
respective homes OF the residents, and by
threats and exhortations compelled them
to temporarily abandon their premises,
She gave as o reason the statement that
the place was Gods ground and their
presence was dissertation. She says the
village Ia under a curse, and finds many
believers, as from prosperous manuiac.
turing town II has retrogfRded into an al.
most wholly deserted villSgs. sho Ia
holding daily religious services in the
streets. People are hCCking In from sur.
rounding towns to hear her.
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NEW NlARrINsvILLE.
Deliberate Attempt Made to Murder Far,
msr In WetzeI County,

mtt IN WetAel Npuhtys
SPeeia! DlSOaleh 10 As Iaislligeaetr.
NRw MARTNsVlLLE, w, Va, July 9K-
Rumors were afloat early on Monday
morning that something unusual had oc.
Cured in the neishborhood Of Proctor,
Your reporter jumped on his horse and
rode out to the neighborhood. About one
and half miles up Proctor creek from
the Ohio River railroad live the families
Of James Newman and Samuel Smith
farmers, The families have been at en-,
nifty for some considerable time. These
troubles eliminated In what might hsyt
been Q foul murder on Monday last
About noon on Sunday the stack yard Of
Newman was found TO be on fire, con.
suming upwards OF 400 bushels Of wheat
From some cause or other John Newman,
son Of James, aged about % years, con
ceiVed the idea that young Smith was tht
cause Of the FIRE, So about daylight on
Monday morning, the 25.h, as young gSmIlh
was going to work at the farm Of one Bax.
ter young Newman came out and dellbsr.
ately shot at Smith three times, one bali
taking effect In the wrist, breaking the
young mans arm, DR.. Yeater was imme.
diately sent for, who alleyiated the young
mans suferings,
Up to the present no arrests have been
made.
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Special Dipaiehlo ths. .IRis!Itq,Heer.
CAMBRIDGE, o., July 27.-Jonathan e.
Redd, the Washington township farmer,
who was struck on the head with a gun
last Wednesday, by William P. Titirick,
10 quarrel about the wages paid by the
former to tho latter, died yesterday in hor
riblo agony. 1itirick's two companions,
Sherman Robinson and Anson Metres,
will be charged jointly With TitiriCk with
ReddD murder,
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A snaks STORY snoIlcd.

Corrt'p1HdtHee ftM IattIItQencer.
DOBBlN, w.vA.July 2G.-. Your corrcspon.
dent to-day saw the great snake from the
Davis Mine at Davis, Tucker county and is
ready To assert that It Ia neither a petri.
ASl snake or reptile Of any kind or age.
II is simply d fern fossil Of the carbonifer.
Gus age found III coal formations and most
commonly on top wherO this waS tax en-
from. ltis a siglllaria we'll known by the
seal like Impressions on II and the unjoint.
cd stem, These seal like Impressions arc
what we're taken for the scales oi the snake
OF reptile. II is slightly aattened, is Is
lee. long and about inches 10 diameter
at tho largest part. l am sorry 10 spoil o
Ggool snake story, but my country calls,
Unjust obey.
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OANAjOnARiE, n. Y, July 2L-The last
ray Of hope entertained by The hop grow.
efs throughout New York State vanished
this morning. During tho night a heavy
rain occurred. The growers thought that
this would have q good effect, but instead
the yards which yesterday appeared green
and healthy are now black and utterly
ruined. Many growers destroyed their
yards q week ago and their example will
now be followed generally. Where one
week ago II was thought quarter Of the
average yield would be harvested now Il
10 believed not 0 pound will be picked,
The growers are much diBheaftened and
their ptedlCament 10 only equAlled by that
Of the hop piCkeH.
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AMn,lllnrton rrnrcllr.

WASHINGTON, D. G., July 9z-JameS
Holmes, an old colorcd man, 70 years OF
age, and Thomas Carter, also colored, aged
about 90, quanelcd last night over an um.
brella Of Holmes house, in Goat alley.
Carter had the old man down and was
beating him, when the latter, defending
himself with q butCher.kniie, stabbed Car
ter In the breast, and severed All artery.
Carter, after running several squares with
blood squirting from his wound, dropped
10 the Dtdewalk from exhaustion, and bled
10 death In half an hour.
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rhr nI.LrIcl ATTORNEY ,llIp.

SptfIdI DIllIcR 70 nc IhTtIIlVtNctT
WASHINGTON, D. G., July 27.-The Sitr'
alton in the United States AttorneyshiI
fight remains unchanged. The Senator
each staad by their respective candidates
It's thought that ex-senator Davis, wht
backs Daley, will bring influences to beal
that will secure hiS appointment in cast
Of q deadlock, but on the other hand 1t 1t
Claimsd tha. the Senators will arrive 81
some agreement which will insure tht
appointment OF either Lsonard or Watts
The Senate held an all day executive ses.
ston, but McGraw's case has not been
reached. lam informed he will undoubt.
elly DO confirmed Tomorrow.