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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1886-12-31

WuEELlNG REPUBLICANS, in convention
assembled, paid a well deserved tribute
to the courageous Mayor. Mr.. Grubb has
made good record, and all the eao5s ol
the friends oil Porter Smith 10 blackel .he
Mayor for doing his duty failed Bigially
and ignominously.' Mr. Grubb declined
to run again, but Porter Smith Is again
before the people utkiug them to reEair
him in the place from which they would
have removed him II they could. A vote
for Capt. Smith lie q vote to endorse hiI
official record and the savage assault he
made on Mayor Grubb, whose oiTsnse vas
thath tried TO make the Chief of Poi:e
do his duty. The 1NrELLldEScER knows
Democrats who will not vote that.way
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Found In a stocking,

NEw YoRx, Dec. So.-For several weeks
past lady customers in MaCy's store have
had their poCketbookS stolen from their
shopping bags. On Monday little slrl
with banged hair and quite good.loohDg,
aged about II yeSrr, was caught In the act
Of stealing purse from lady's bag. She
was searched and Sis was found in her
stocking. The child was kept at the store
until afternoon. A women then came Ia,
claiming to ba her mother, and asserted
that she had given the child 5000 to pur.
chase thinga. She indignantly demanded
the Childs release. This was refused, and
nhe left. Later Bhe came back with her
husband and admitted she was not The
Child's mother. The child was releaied
and the money kept 10 pay the robbed
ladies. The girl was RSain arrested yssser.
day. Her name is Lillian Smith. She
confessed that tho woman, Mrs. Annie
Smith, had got her 10 leave home and steal
purses In MaCy's. Mrs. Smith ives or.
rested and is now In jail.
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THE LOGAN FUND.
The Subscriptions still Pouring ln-C -Chlcago's
Mite,

Mite,
WAsHINGToN, D, O., Dec, SO.-The sub
sCriptiOus to the Logan fund received to-
day are as follows; Morton, Bliss & Co.,
Sl,OOOi Henry @, Bowen, $780, Horace
White, New York Evening Poa 500; John
R, Mclean, Cincinnati, $500; Edward L.
Stewart, Philadelphia, $lOO; Edwin N,
Benson, Philadelphis, $2O0;E W. Clarke
4 Co., Philadelphia, 500; Charles Smith,
Philadelphia, 800, Sidney l., Wilasa,
Washington, S25, total $2,625.
The following telegram was received
from Boston;
George E. Lemon, Washington;
AT the suggestion Of Mr.. Lodge, we have
opened popular subscription for the
Logan fund, the receipts from which will
be duly forwarded to you,
BosToN "EvRNIEd RECORD"
CHICAGO, Dec. S0.-Ex, Congressman
Charles b. FarWell, who interested him
sell In an attempt to raise $4,000 10 enR,
BILE Mrs. Logan to pay oa'all the debts left
by her husband, devoted sometime to the
matter to-day with most encouraging sue
cess. So far as could be learned the sub,
scrlptious obtained since Wednesday are
o. B, Farwell, $1,000; H, N. Higpinbotham,
s., 900; Matthew Laplin, $1,000; N. X,
Fairbanks, $1,000; two other gentlemen,
81 900, Besides Mr.. Farwell, one or two
others have undertaken 10 procure sub
sCriptiops Tor the same purpose, and 1t Il
probable that more money than tho above
reported has already been subscribed.
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"A STEAMER BURNED
AND SEVERAL MEN ARE LOST
In the COnIlagratlOn-A Survivors Story of
the Affair-A shocking Accident on tho
New York Elevated IsallrOAd.
A Girls Horrible Death,

MoBILB, ALA, Dec. SO.-Nsws was re-
ceived here late last night Of tho burning
OF the steamer Bradish johnson, !ussd As a
boarding house at Jackson, on the Tom
bigbes river, eleven miles above Mobile
on Wednesday night,
There Is no telegraph to this point, The
johnson was lying with her nose in the
bank and gang plank out A, O, Yesll,
one Of the bosses, gave the following de-
scription Of the fire: " had Just gone to
bed when l heard cry OF fire, goI
into my pants somehow and seized my
other effects and rushed outinto the cabin,
There had been party Of men out there
playing Cards and they saw smoke Using,
When came into the cabin the Are seem,
ed to be in tho state rooms aft OF the
pantry on the port side, and the men who
had been playing cards were standing
there at the door looking in at the FIRE.
They seemed like they were dRzsd and
did not know what to do. They had
shouted FIRE, but there they stood staring
at It.
followed for Gods sake what are you
standing there for. Wake the men up
and lot US get out Of here, There was an
old man, an Alabamian, In the room near
to mine, ! don't know his name. He
was asleep when went to bed for l
heard him snoring, Whether I got him
awake or not don't know, ! hammered
and pounded away with all my might.
l hardly know what happened. l ran
forward through the cabin. My eyes and
mouth got so full Of smoke that l did not
know where l was going.
The vessel burned very fast and was q
solid mass Of flames in moment. The
boat burned for about one hour when she
sank, nothing but her iaCkstaG remaining
out Of water. As soon as l got ashore
there was q report that there we're men In
the water Oh the other side OF the atsRmer.
9kitls were manned and sent 10 their res.
cue. They picked up MIR. Dolly, one Of
the Carson men, William Neal, an Eng.
lishman, In one Of the skitIs. Two negroes
were right near him, but they sank out Of
sight. William Bowling, the cook, who
received slight burns on the face and
hands, found q white man lying on state
room door. Dan Hillhouss came up and
the two dragged the man supposed 10 be
McElroy out onto the boiler deck"
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READING, Pa, Dec. 8O.-A more hope.
iul condition ot affairs exisls Of The be.
ginning Of this winter than for yOarB pAsl
among the Iron ore miners along tho East
Penn Railroad, in BerkH and Lehigh Coun.
ties, where In previous cold DoGSonS 90
much deSttrtlol and suffering was report.
90. While In other winter seasons nearly
oil the mines we're Idle, throwing out 81
work 800 miners upon whom 1900 per
sons depended for support, fully one.hAll
o. the miners are working now, aud Ia
place Of the wages being 90 low a. 30 10 "a
cent? per day, the miners GEe getting %
cents, ana 81 10 p0r day. There 10 1
better demand ior ore, for which bOlLai
pficeS. are realized by The operators, and
more furnaces are In operation.
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PlrrsBuRou, Pa, Dec. 3O.-Aiter a Ions
term OF yeArB spent In manufacturing a
kinda Of iron nails, Chess, Cook 4 Co. afs
making preparations at present TO mant
iaclutO steel nails excluSively, starting uf
probably about the latter portion OF nexl
week. Tho entire nail department i
being remodeled with q view 70 the rbces
sAty change In material used. The nall
erS regard this new movement 90 RuguflnR
well Tor steady employment, as they ave
Of the opinion that the scarcity and high
price Of muck iron has had much 10 do
with the recent irregulArity Of employ
ment, Shoenberger L Goa nail depart
ment has for some time been turning oul
steel nails GxCllblvely, and the drift o.
both trade and market seems AG pEeSsnI
10 be towards Bteel nails.
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GEN. LOGAN'S REMAINS
ARE BORNE TO THE CAPITOL
Where They WIN Lie In State Until To-day
Rt NoOn-PFIVate Funeral Services.
The Arrangements for tile Fu.
neral Procession To-day.

WASuNGToS, D, c., Dec, SO,-A shest
Of fresh fallen snow covered the ground
this morning and the skies were overcast
and sombre, At the Logan mansion all
preparations for the removal Of the
dead statesman had been perfected dur
ing the night, The remains still lay in
the chamber where the General died,
but had been placed in the Casket, an
elaboratsly drapsd receptacle, whose her,
metlc inner casing Of copper was con
csalsd by It's quilted lining Of creamy
satin, and whose plate glass top, not yet in
position, was designed to reveal the entire
length Of the form within. A square
plate OF silver In the middle Of the cover
bears the inscription:
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HORRIBLE DEATH
OF u Young Girl on New York Elevated
NOnl,

huhus
NEw YORK, Dec. 3O.-A young Italian
girl was killed. to-day by falling In front Of
o Third Avenue elevated train. Her name
was Peppina Lstore, aged Is years. The
accident occurred at the Eghty.ninth
street station. The girl with sister worked
in a tailor shop in Houston street. Her
sister Is named Celestine, II years OF age.
Both were very lively and well known to
train men from their daily train trips to
work. The two girls were waiting for q
train and were chatting merrlly As atrain
came up Celestlne made q remark and Pep
pima turning suddenly to reply lost her
balance slipped over the edge Of the plat.
form and fell backward across the down
track. The engine was but fifteen feet
away. Engineer Merrill did not see her
but heard her wild scream and reversed
his engine with desperate jerk. Screams
OF terror aud anguish came from the sister
and all who saw It. Several ran to aid
the girl, but too late. No human power
could save her. The poor girl struggled
pitifully on the discovered boards, max
luk q auebpbIhte htteulpt u dtltVs 6uuThlB0u
her hands beseechingly toward the horror.
Rtricken, spectators. The hands were the
next moment beaten down by the loComo.
tive and her grosus were family heard as
the wheels mercilessly crushed out her
life. The engine stopped whenNhe front
wheels snd the forward driving wheels
had passed clean over her body. The
girls head almost crushed 10 q Jelly pro.
tIuded on one side and part OF her dress
on the other side OF the track wedged in
between the driving wheels. The body
could not bo recovered without raising
the engine. A telegram was sent 10 the
repair yards and wreCking train was
sent down with jack screws. After half
an hours work the engine was raised
enough to draw out the body. The track
In the meantime was blocked with trains
for over two miles TO the terminus.
Enormous crowds collected at the sta.
ton and Choked the platform, stopping
oil work. The police cleared the station.
When the body was takeneout It was
found that the neck was nearly severed,
one leg broken and the body ripped open.
The remains were removed 10 police
station. No blame is attached to the com.
pany, as tho tracks were coated with ice,
causing the wheels 10 slip.
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COAL MINEns Tnoun1Es.
Tho General Scale of Wages and PriOoa-An
Operators Views.

Operators Views.
PITTsBuRaH, Dec, 3O.-Another effort Ia
to be made to have the coal operators and
miners Of the United states adopt and
practice q general scale OF wages and
prices, In an interview to-day, w. P.
Rend, tie Chic ,go operator said: "We
intend TO have q convention In Columbus,
next February, to discuss the question,
" promises TO pea great success, We ex-
peCt the Pittsburgh operators to be fully
represented, and | have every confidence
that the miners will do their duty. The
principle on which We build our
hopes fr a better industrial
future has been practically tried during
the last twelve months. We adopted 1t
about a year ago at Columbus. We then
formulated scale oil relative pricOs and
wages fixed on q JUS. basis. Wherever
that principle has hid fair play, there
have been no strikes. 0tCourss the Pitts.
bufgh operators would have none Of it,
and they have reaped no advantage as q
result. | am sorry that it was not adopted
here, and failed to see why 1t was not /"
Speaking oil the report to the effect that
the coal operators Of the United States in.
tend to organize q combination, he said
"rhe report Is not only false, but absurd,
It cannot be done. The interests Of thu
Eastern aud Western operators are too d.
verse and the business TOO immense. It
can be done to the anthracite coal trade
bGCGuss 1t is not eItenBlve."
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TIE FUNERAL PROCESSION.


The Arrangements Made by Chief Marshal
l.. Ii. Sheridan.
WARRINGTON, D. O., Dec. 80. - The
following orders for tho formation and
conduct Of the funeral procession were
made to-day:
The Marshal announces the following
orders and arrangements for the formation
Of the funeral procession Of the late sena'
tor John A. Logan, on Friday, December
81, 1885:
First-The First Division will ,s52pmble
on tho plaza east OF the, UapitSsat II
o'clock noon and be formed In linta Ncing
West with ia right resting opposes the
Senate wing.
gecond-The Second Division will con.
sist entirely Of carrisgeS, parked In the
plaza east Of the Capitol.
Third-The Third Division will assem-
BILE on First street, northwest, the left
resting on Indiana avenue, at 1890 T. N,
and be formed In line facing east with its
right resting on B etleet. -.
Fourth-Immediately on the conclusion
Of the ceremonies the First aud Second
Divisions will move successively from the
plaza around the North front OF the Capi.
tol TO Pennsylvania Avenue. The Third
Division will move into column when itH
right 10 uncovered by the Second Division.
Tho military organizations OF the First
DlVlBlon VIII % iormeu INTO column py
companies, or plAtoons, alter turing into
pannavlvania Avanna' and tha nnInmT, I,
Lii ,,,ena aia ,.,.st,,o.II,, aN ". pasis,a.ia
WLl mOte WeStWAEuiy oh rennsylVAnlh
Avenue 10 Fifteenth street, Fifteenth street
70 Vermont Avenue, Vermont Avenue 10
Rhode Island Avenue, to Seventh street,
10 Rock Crack CBmAtafv,
Flfth-ThO organization Of divisions and
order OF procession will be- 90 follows.
LlsutSnAntd neral r. II. Sheridan, MA,shaL
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New YORK, Dec. SO.-owing to the snow
storm to-day trains from the west were all
behind time. The 81. Louis Express on
the New York, Lake Erie & Western rail-
road was Eve hours late, and the Chicago
Express, that carries the mails, did not ar.
rive until 10 o'clock. The storm interiered
also with the trains from the South, and
mails from Washington and all southern
points were two hours late. The through
mails by way Of Pittsburgh failed entirely
10 mSke connections, and the Pennsyl.
vanlan Central brought no mails from the
far West. The northern malls which are
due at 6:45 arrived at Q o'clock.
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Fnlnl rnIl from a scnfrold,

wrLKsuARRr, Pa f, Dec. 3O-At the new
armory building at Nanticoke to-day a
scaaold upon which five men wero at
work gave way and the men were precipi.
tated to the ground. All were terribly cut
and bruised. John 0swel, carpenter, had
both legs broken, aud was injured about
the head 10 such an extent that 1t is al
most impossible for him to survive during
the night,
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CHATTANOOGA, tenn, Dec. ao.-Tom
Childers, who Is wanted for burning three
depots on the Alabama & Great Southern
railway, was captured yesterday. Child
ers 6red the depot at Akron, Tenn, by
night, and It was burned to the ground,
with large quantity Of valuable freight
and several pouches Of mail, involving q
loss oFS7, 900, A week ago the depot and
two hundred bales Of cotton were burned
at Boligee, and only two months since
Childers burned the Akron depot for the
ffat time.
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RICHMOND, Va, Dec. sO.-CluveriuS, the
condemned murderer Of Fannie Lillian
Madison, has sent out circulars to the
members Of the General Assembly for the
purpose Of getting them to Sign petition
asking the Governor TO grant him o re.
prieve until they meet. When the Legis.
lature meets Oluyerlus hopes that they
will recommend the Governor 10 com.
mute his sentence TO life Imprisonment,
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VOLUME XXXv,-.NUMBER i'll.
ton one year ago last fall. John Francis,
and "Doc" Campbell, two Gonvlets, were
indicted for the same otTsnss. The theo.
~ Ia that the forgery Of the tally shee.
was peFpetlated at the Ohio psniieutiary,
AN ELoPEAIENr
In Illinois That Created ssnsatlon-IhO
Gill brought Back.

Gill brought Back.
CHICAGO, Dec, 30.-Miss Fannie Mat.
thsws, who elOped with the Rev, O. B.
Seals, Of East Lynn, ILL.,, has been placed
in her mothers care by the Pinksrton De.
tscEIye Agency, Seals was so years old,
had q vile and family, and was highly es.
teamed ss q pastor, His victim was but
20. sssls was always made welcome in
the Matthews household, and spared no
pains to praise Fannie. Her parents con.
sidered this In the light Of a compliment,
so highly did they regard the minister.
At last the pastor gained the permission ol
Mr., and Mrs, Matthews to allow Fannie to
act as his amanuensis, Fannie occupied
this position for some time, hut at last
went away from Est Lynn to visit some
friends, The pastor disappearing few
days later, aud suspicion was aroused for
the frat time, Tha matter was placed In
the Plnkerlons' hands and descriptions OF
the couple scattered broadcast over the
country, One OF these was received by
an officer In Alma, Ark, who recognized
the description as that OF the Rsy, Charlea
Brady, who had preached there several
times. Miss Matthews wa,liylng in Alma
as his dRushter.
A detective and Fannie's mothar lmme.
diately went to Alma, but the couple had
flown, Seals, alias Brady, ioupd out that
he was being shadowed aud left, and the
detective iouud that the couple had gone
To St. Louis and from there to Canada,
and sssls aud his victim we're arrested
day beiors yesterday when they stepped
from the train. The pastor was allowed
TO go and the girl brought back to Chicago,
where she was joined by her mother, who
took her back to East Lynn.
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The prosidsnt'a Health.

WASHINGTON, D. O., Dec. SO.-ThO Pres.
identS health 10 improving. He cat In
his private room this morning and bu1ied
himself with home matters Of Liquidation
and executive papers. In the ate rnoon q
Cabinet meeting WAS held during which
the President occupied % easy chair. Mr..
Lamont has ino doubt Of the Pfesident'E
ability 10 hold the usual New Years re-
Csption and says that II ID his desire to OF.
tend General Logan's funeral tomorrow Il
the weather is propltulous and his allmenL
does not increase In severity,
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New YoRK, Dec. SO.-Ths Cleveland,
Columbus, Cincinnati q Indianapolis
Railroad directors, OF their meeting to-day,
elected Stevenson Burke President. Mr..
Burke has been acting % manager Of the
road Bince the death OF President Deye.
reAux. The statement ol bu0lneBs for the
year shows q surplus over all charges Of
slO6,OOO aSalnSt deficit Of sS03,OOO last
wear,
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PHILADELPHIA, Dec. SO.-rhls afternoon
Messrs. Wright and Hayes, OF the Ex'
Ocutiye Board Of District Assembly No. ],
called on tho Secretary Of tho Brewers
Asa alton aud assured him that the
strike, as far ss the beer wagon drivers
were concerned was illegal aud without
the authority Of the Executive Board,
or the District Assembly. 1t was
further said that II the wagon drivers
refused 10 return 10 work within given
given time they would be suspended aa
an assembly oi the Knights Of Labor and
their charter as such revoked. The com.
mittee from the District Assembly also
assured the Secretary that they would
furnish him with all the experienced
wagon drivers that might be no e,ded at
twenty.four hours notice, Ca bshalf oil
the Association this offer was accepted BY
the Secretary.
No formal meetings Of the brswars have
held, but 1t has been agreed that the strik.
ers who do not return 10 work by
one o'clock tomorrow afternoon will moi
be take back uuder any circumstances
The wages Of tue drivers we're not affected
In the ltat recently posted by the brewers
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con.ldsrnte Glnhstons.

LONDON, Dec. SO.-Mr Gladstone, re.
plying 10 a letter ctiticiztug John BrghPs
action In the Irish question says: "There
is only ono reason why l rOmiin silent.
After my former relations with that dis.
tinguishpd man, and the kind and loyal
support hs 80 often gave me, do not
mean, II | can avoid, To write or speak
one word that could possibly give him
nainn
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Ailmpnr M tlls slnnnton rnsO.

BRoOkLYS, DsC. SO.-Judso Reynolds
fxsd the allmony this morning which
Pastor Benjamin. sLAuuLon Is to pay hiH
vile. When pastor Of the Fort Green
Presbyterian church he received q salary
ol $500 per year, and tbs Judge probably
thinking 4 gentleman Of his ability could
certainly command that amount has d.
ylded the sum aud given Mia Slaunton
hall for the support ol herself and child
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LONDON, Dec. SO.-At Dublin tho trial
was resumed Of Messrs. Dillon, o'Brien
Redmond, Harris, Crilly and sheeky, who
are charged Of conspiracy to solicit tenants
to refuse the paymsnts Of rents. Mr..
GerrGrd's speech for the crown showed
that the prosecution relied upon speeches
made by tho defendants, and upon articles
In the United Ireland for evidence Of the
conspiracy. The aCchsed's counsel dis
puted the relevancy ot such evidence.
The trial was adjourned.
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FRANCES ATTITUDE



langer'S Position.
PARIS, Dec. 3O.-Diplomats consider the
statements made by the government organs
yesterday that Gen. Boulanger had not.
as reported, reduced his supplemental
eotilnateB from $60OOo.OOO TO $lO,OOOOOO,
coupled with the Journals official list Of
his reappointments Of the generals in
command Of tho French forlresses Is an
other evidence that war Is not remote.
Much curiosity Is expressed as TO what
Germany will think Of Gen. Boulanger's
decree, making these appointments, and
bestowing upon General Thibaudin, COM
mander OF tho Paris garrison, the new
title Of Superior Commander Of the Ma
tional defence.
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A T,0vs,tv i,syiysi.

BERLtN, Dec. SO.-Ths 81, Petersburg
Academy Of Science has received q tOle-
Utam from Dr.. Bungs, at ohlnga, report.
Ing the successful termination Of the Ia.
bofs Of the Russian expedition which has
been exploring the region around The
mouth ol the Lena river In Eastern Slber.
ID and the New Siberia islAnds whero the
Jeanette expedition cams 10 grief.