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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1886-03-18
COMMISSIONER pLAcK
Asks Tor Farther Time to Back Up II
Charges.

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Charges.
WASHINGTON, D. O., March 1.-THE
Senate Committee on the Expenditures oi
Public Moneys continued lie investigation
OF the charges made by Commissioner
Black with regard TO the official acts OF hia
predecessors. Commissioner Black again
occupied the witness chair. Senator Har.
rison read from the records Of last meet.
ing question which he then addressed to
the Commissioner, asking him whether
he could produce the names and numbers
In any claims which had had been allow.
ed or rejected by his predecessors on &C.
count Of the politics Of the claimant. He
asked II the Commissioner was now pre-
pared to give the information.
CommiRsioner Black said ~ am not pre-.
pared this morning, Senator, TO give those
numbers"
Question-Cant you give any case-any
name-any numberP
Answer-I will be able 10 present 10 the
Committee number Of cases, but have
been very much engrossed not only with
current business Of the office, but the pre-.
paration OF tho data relating to the direct
line Of the investigation pursued at the last
meeting, and have not thoroughly pre-
pared myself TO present the cases oil
which you speak. l have 30 much ma.
terlal on hand, and 80 much was called
for, that l thought the whole Of this session
would probably be taken up In completing
that line OF investigation Instituted at the
first meeting relating 10 the operations Of
the office.
Aspitited but courteous Colloquy ensued
between Senator Harrison and Uommis.
Bloner Black.
The Senator called attention 10 the
fact that the inquiry which he had re.
peated to-day was the frat one asked al
the former meeting, and as It was based
upon the part ot the Commissioners re-.
port which had given rise 10 the inveBsi-
cation, II was the most important matter
10 be considered. He repeated bis ques-
tion In various forms, aBking II the Com.
missioner was able 10 give the committee
the name OF number Of any single claim
which had been allowed OF rejected on
account Of the politics Of the claimant
whether the Commissioner had any such
case Of cases In mind when he wrote his
report; whether he had examined the
illes In any case, and II 10, In how many,
10 ascertain whether the allegations In his
report we're Justified.
The Commissioner replied In substance
that lie would be able 10 give the Com.
mitlee abundance ot evidence In support
Of the allegations made In his report, but
he preferred 10 do II from the lles Of the
nfFlna
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NEws m YRlEF.

Henry Davis, an aged Colored man, fell
IN o Ct Upon steam heater In the Cleve'
land 1nhfmafy and was slowly cooked tC
death.
Alta railroad crossing, near Clinton, o.,
Bernard Yochsn, who was returning from
market, was fatally injured, and his wife
was instantly killed,
A convention Of Presbyterian ministers
oi southern Ohio, southern Indiana aud
Kentucky ID In progress In Cincinnati. a
number ol well.knoWti pastors are pres
eht.
The Plymouth Rock Conference, iuves.
lipating the case OF Rev. Edward Carleton
b, d., At Chafdon, D., discovered that be
wAH formerly known As Rev. j. Edward
Ball, and that he had wrecked several
churches.
The Ohio Senatorial investigation has
been resumed In Cincinnati. Thomas
MCDoupall, In behalf Of committee oI
citizens, presented petition 10 the com.
mittes ID behalf Of lthe non.pattlsan police
Bill, which ID 10 tho hands Of the Commit.
tss on Municipal Corporations, on which
committee four oi the investigators afe
memhefs.
DhP.F. MAley, Of Cincinnati, was A.
ranged ii the U, 8. District Court yestet'
dAy, charged with embszGllAg money be-
longing 10 d ward who received iDj jutlei
h the army that entitled him TO q pen.
sion, Tie ddcIef was admitted 10 S6 ,00C
bail, Tor which he was supposed 10 be
searching last night, though there was
report that he had LETT town,
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MORE FRAUDS
Unsarthsd In Cincinnati. Republican Tickets
TampprSd With,


Un0Rrthsd In Cincinnati. Republican Tickets
a TampSrsd With,
CENcNNATI, March l7,-At the meeting
Of the Senatorial Investigation COMMITTEES
there was a startling development, In
the Tenth ward, A box, the committee
found twenty.four Republican tickets of
which all the names Of the four Rspub-
lican Senatorial candidates had been
scratched without any other names being
inserted. This seems remarkable in such
stsuCh German Republican precinct as
Tenth A, The uniformity Of the scratch.
ing showed 1t TO have been done by the
same hand. This was worthy Of investi-
CATION, aud tonight correspondent in
lsrviewed all the five judges and clerkB,
Democratic and Republican, OF that pre-.
cinCt, Each and ali denied that any such
ballots had been cast. The Republican
Judges were John Haussr aud Ed. Ruther-
vein, and the clerk August Hohnstedt.
These all denied 1t positively.
Here ls the language OF the Democratic
Judge John II. Boellner; snow, I'll tell
you l was the Democratic Judge OF Pre-.
clnct A, Tenth ward. I'know that every.
thing was done right and honest. We
did the honest, fair thing in thia precinct
last October. There were no Buch tickets
voted. took the tickets, and looked at
them and counted them. from Hauser,
Such q thing could not be without me
seeing it, aud l never saw such tickets
Why, such scratching was never done in
our preClnct. Sometimes man will
scratch oil one he don't IKE, but when 1t
comes to scratching off four Senators, that
was never done,
"You wouldn't forget such Q thing II
you had seen 1t, would your
mo, l wouldn't; nor no one else
wouldn't. You say there were twenty.
four tickets scratched that wGy2"
"Yes, sir, there waa."
'There Is something wrong about that.
Those tickets were not scratched here,
and they wasn't voted scratched, ! know,
for | looted over and counted the tickets
myself. You 90 and ask Johnny Hauser,
and he'll tell you the same thing. We
done the fair and square thing In our
precinct, and those tickets we're not voted
or poNuted by u.s."
Theodofo ReyrlnR, the Democratic clerk
Of the October election, was found at his
residence and the finding of the twenty.
four scratched tickets was explained to
him, and he was asked II he reColleoted
the tickets. He asked for the statement
to lie repeated, and when he had heard II,
laughed and said g! never heard of those
tickets before"
"Wasthere any tickets thatwere counted
that night scrstChedP"
eyes, some Of them had name or two
scratched Oft"
"Do you recollect hearing mention
made, or seeing any OF the Republican
tickets with all the Senators scratched of,
and no names written insteadPn
II have no such recolleCtlon-don't
think did"
"And,you are sure that there were not
twenty.iour tickets, with the names Of the
Republican Senators pGrstChed oil, counted
at the election last October"
"0h, yes. l never heard OF such q thing.
That's too many tickets to be scratched in
that way"
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An1rr two weeks ago the Monroe
cou1Iy Iyalchman, a Democratic news.
plpeli suggested Democratic convention
at White sulphur Springs to nominate .
successor to Senator Camden. The In.
TElLIGEScR.l gave the idea cordial re-
Cep.ion becaiiso it Is fond OF fun and
Thought there would be some in such q
convention.
Now a Wheeling dispatch to the Chi'
tlso Tino sOlomnly sets forth that the
convention scheme is Of Republican
origin, ConCoCted by General Gof and
other wicked, designing men. II some In
teteSted friend will address Hon. Frank
Hereford, Union, Monroe county, W. Va,
that gentleman will we are confident,
acquit any aud all Republicans Of any
responsibility for the White Sulphur
scheme. This much, however, we are
willing to admit, that when the Conyen'
Ion comes off the lNTELLtoENoEA will be
on hand to give tho fullest and best report,
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BUYING our LANDLORDS.
What wit Cost tho BrltiSh Govsrnmsn. to
so tie the Land Question.

What 1t VIII Cost the British Government 10
SO tie tho Land Question.
LONDON, March 1.-THE most singular
part Of the prevailing excitement over the
amount supposed to be required to buy
out the Irish landlords Is that but little
attention Is paid to the reimbursement
which the government must receive, in
time, from the new tenants. The slight
drop in the quotations Of consols noticed
yesterday was caused by orders from timid
country investors to sell. There were no
sales for account Of the large holdings OF
London bsnkeB who understand the
situation better. The large figures, R20O,.
100000, suggested rs the amount which
Mr. Gladstone's billCAlls for, and "a admit
ted mot to be an excessive valuation OF the
lands 10 be appropriated.
The tenants receiving title TO these lands
from the Government will certainly not
be given more than sixteen years time or
Communication, and this would result In the
additional debt being paid Off In about
that time, though Mr.. Gladstone may not
arrange the details OF the financial PRO.
visions OF the measure In exactly that
form, but by some system OF sinking fund
he 10 sure TO provide for the security OF
tho new loan. Some statements are made
that tax equal to the full rental value Of
the land is to be imposed upon the holder
permanently In lieu OF rent and all taxa
ton. This would reserve the little power
In the Government, but would provide
more than sufficient revenue for meeting
the additional charges on consul account.
This scheme will be recognized as that Of
Henry George, pure and simple. Itwould
be q most interesting test Of the value Of
the American eCon0nist's theories.
Mr.. Gladstone is credited with being
very much taken with Georges ideas, but
1t Is not known whether he is sufficiently
30 TO lead him 10 put them In practice
upon 80 large scale. II is pointed out by
wrlterin the Nept that some such scheme
as that one just outlined Is the only ptac-
tiCable way TO bring about what the Gov.
ernment proposes. II the land Ia par
celled out to individual holders, Gays the
writer, each holder will have right dis
tinot from aud unattainable by his fellow.
citz3na who do not possess holdings, and
with the natural increase OF population
he will very soon be In precisely the same
relations 10 the non.holierS that The pres.
ent landlord now occupieBl toward the
tenant at will. He will have II In bis
power 10 charge exhorbitant rent for 90.
oupanCy, and 80 the landlord question
will creep out again as an evil to be dealt
with by craftsmanship. il
The planiof retaining title in:t The govern
ment and disposing Of leases at auction 10
those willingto pay a tax equal 10 the
rental value, would alone prevent the for.
nation Of distinct landlord class. Mr..
Gladstone will probably not authorize the
publication Of his exact plans before next
Tuesday.
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eEHosoNo,spANp.
General CroOt denies Having q Meeting
with the RoaOeade chief.

General CEuOk Denies Having a Meeting
with the Roastade chief.
wAsHtSeroN, D. O., March 1T.-lnior
nation has been rscel we'd Of the War De.
pSftment from General Crook which
shows that the reports recently received
from private sources describing q meeting
between General Crook and Gsronomo on
The border, at which Gefonomo abso.
lutsly refused 10 surrender and afterwards
fed 10 the mountains were entirely i'm.
aginaLiye. General Crook says he has not
leit his station al Fl. Bowie, Arizona, and
has not seen Geronomo sinCe the Aght In
Mexico which resulted In the death Of
Capt. Crawford, at which time the Indians
expressed q willingness 10 meet General
Crook, and gave hostages 90 an evidence
Of good faith.
Alter Captain, Orawiotd's death, Lieut..
Mans, who succeeded 10 the command,
proceeded to San Bsrnatdlno on the Dor.
der 10 await the arrival Of The Indians.
Since then iout Of the principal renegade
ohleie Arrived at the camp and Others were
expected TO follow soon alter.
General Crook reports In . telegram To.
ceived yesterday, that he would leave IN
day OF two lot Ban ReTuafdlno 10 meet
the lndlanV and arrange lof thelf Buften-
der.
Three more weeks and the fashionable
exodus 10 Europe will commence,
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JOINS Il. ODERLY, Of Illinois, who has
been made q Civil Service Commissioner,
lsono of tho most active politicians in his
State. lie has been Chairman of the
Democratic State Committee and shown
bis belief in practical politics. When
President Cleveland moved into the
White House 0berly moved on his works
sgd was given place. Now he is moved
uphigher. OF the three new Commission
eti tie Washington correspondent Of the
Cincinnati Enquirer says: "There Is NOT
smln on the Board, as it is now consti.
tutei, who could have acquired,the office
by competitive tests" Certainly there is
no. member OF the Commission who is
known to the country as a OWL Service
Nljrmer,
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Special Dspateh to lie IataIiCstctr
WASHINGTON, March 17.-st. Patriok's
day was quietly observed here by the
Irish Citisens. The usual parade was not
INDUCED in, but meetings Wro held by
the various Irish societies and large con.
tributions were made to the relief fund for
Ireland.
At tho largest Of these meetings, held In
Carroll Hall Tonight, sp immense audi.
snce was addressed BY Senator Kepne. Of
West Virginia, and other distinguished
speakers. There was q great display Of
shamrock and green ribbons by the mem
bers OF Congress, fully ono.third oi them
wearing thess Pymbolical decorations ID
honor Of the day.
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UmcAso, March 17.--when William ].
Gallagher, M.qCkin's old partner, called at
the place Of rosiattation In the Seventh
precinct Of the FirSs waid last evening to
register, Ais name was entered upon the
books, but in answering the questions az
to hiS qualifications as voter he was COM
PEELED TO admit that he had been convict
Cd Of a felony in the United States Court.
The Judges then wrote the word "dlgqual.
hsd" al the head Of bis name. William
Fitzgerald and several Others were With
Gallagher, and they raised quite q dis
lutblnCe because "Bll" was denied thes
privilege Of voting. The police were called
aud order was finally restored,
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takes anything on the ay, Renewed

takes anything on the fly. [RsneWeC
laughtsE
Mr.. Bsck-Nor on the ely either. Up
roarious laughter on the floor and in the
galleries,
Mr.. Edmunds said the Senator from
Kentucky regarded the resolution, as ha
had now discovered, as a device to entrap
the President and the Attorney General
into reporting the official facts on Rle
which showed Duskin to be an improper
officer in order that they might be com.
PEELED TO report other cases where they
had slaughtered q man on charges
on the Invitation Of the Postmaster
General or somebody else, that
were false and fabricated, The point was,
therefore, that the administration was
going to be shown before the people by
being entEapped into telling the truth
about q bad affair, That, certainly, Mr..
Edmunds said, was an amazing attitude
for the administration to occupy, and he
took II that the Senator from Kentucky
represented the administration,
ATTITUDE OF ThR ADMINISTRATION.
We were asked to assist in removing an
officer, and because we asked for official
information in order to be able to act in
'Eiiat matter we were not 10 get inlorma-
ton, for in another instance where an aC-
cised officer had been sccused falsely, and
by invited perjury, Of ottenses that he had
never committed the conduct Of the ad-
ministration would be brought into re-
pFOaCh, II will leave the position Just
there" concluded Mr.. Edmunds, who
then moved an executive session.
When the galleries had been cleared
and the doors closed, Mr.. Beck offered a
resolution, which he gave notice Of. He
said that he did not wish forest under the
imputation passed on his honor by the
Senator from Vermont, and wished to
show to the public that he had good
grounds for all he said.
Mr., Edmupds disavowed any intention
to pass any aspeFsion upon the honor OF
the Senator from Kentucky, whom he
Eeld In the highest esteem.
Mr.. Conger proposed an amendment to
the resolution Of the Senator from Ken.
lucky, providing that the resolution
should not take effect until the Attorney
General or President should have sent 10 |
the papers in the case.
Thtreupon tho resolution and the
amendment were referred 10 the Commit.
tee on the Judiciary. When the doors
were Esopsned the SenSte adjourned,
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cnAnaEs or nRIpERY. l,.
which Both the PAr.lys Airsotsd Demo uncs
as FaIss.

No Falso.
WASHINGTON, March 1.-THE resolution
offered yesterday by Mr. Browne, Of In,
diana, and adopted by the House, is based
upona number Of specific charges made by
Mayor John NJ. Glass, OF Jedersonville
Ind, under date OF March II, to the effect
that certain residents OF that town paid
81, $50 for the purpose Of securing an sp.
preparation Of $4,000 by the Fort y.eighth
Congress for the improvement OF the JET
fersonville levees. ltisalleged that 81 ,O0C
went to Luther T. 'Wardef, an assistant
Doorkeeper bf the House, and $3.50 TO o
q. stealy, a clerk to a committee Of the
Housv.
Concerning these charges Mr.. wsrdei
says; "Fhese. charges are inspired by {
peraonsl enemy OF Mr.. ssealy and mysel
In the city OF JeHersonville, Ind. They
are not Endorsed by any leading Repub
lican or Democrat In that city. Every
act OF Mr.. Stealy and myself In connection
with the appropriation for the leyee there
lJeHersonyillel was the aOt Of honest
uVAVlaglo Hoht G1V n4Ouo1 Nho lpV6lfeu
by US, nor was any money, either di
rettly Or indirectly, paid TO any menbei
Of Congress, Senator, employs or other
wise. We asked for the Investigation
when we heard about the charge, and We
will he able toshow the world that we had
no dishonurable connection In any form
or manner In the concern"
MI. stealy states that he had no money
transactions whatever, as charged, and the
only concern he takes In the tpattar ia the
dislgreeAbis notoriety Il gives him. He
regards the resolution az being inspired
BY q personal and political enemy. he
states that II any money was sent here In
cid Qt the bill, II must have been used by
the authority Of the city Of Jefersolvllle,
simply for legal services
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CuICAao, March 1.-THE knights Of
Labor having boycotted a number ol
firms in the city because ,they buy boxes
from Maxwell Bros, a reporter was sent
out to find out how the firms which
have been put on the list feel about the
matter. The result Of tho investigation
shows that the firms on the list have paid
no attention to the order from the Knights,
and all declare that their business 10 In nc
way affected by the boycott.
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MONTREAL, March l7.-From the des.
oription given Of the man who recently
waded into the Niagara river and was car.
rled over the Falls, It Is beloved be ID
Gustsve Merciet, the absOonding ledger.
keeper OF the Bank National hero. Mer.
cier had been employed by the bank for
fourteen or fifteen years at q salary Of $500
per annam. Hta defalcationH thus far dis.
covered are St,6O0 Ills method was to
forge the names Of customers 10 drafts and
checks and get a confederate To draw them
after ha had certified the checks, which II
was his duty as ledRer.keeper 10 do.
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AtLemptsd TraIn RreekInr,

ST. LOUIS, Mo-, March ia special
from Marshall, Texas, to the Post. .Dipatch
states that an attempt was made neal
there, last night, to wreck the north,
bound passenger train on the Texas &
Pacific railroad. Some men, as yet un,
known, removed a rail from the track on
the bridge q short distance north Of Mar.
shall, but the mischief was discovered
shortly before the time for the train to
pass, and great loss Of life and property
was thus averted.
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HORRIBLE BUTCHERY
on TEN ooLoasp oaMINALs .
Shot DSwn in u COurs Room by Mob while
Awaiting TriAl-A WOmans True
Ain-TsrribIs Tragedy Near Knox.
vile, Tsnn,-LTnohlng InoVItAbls.

NRw ORLEANS, March IA special to
the PicayIue from Grenada, Miss, says:
Nsws OF terrible tragedy enacted at Car.
rnIton, an interior town, six miles south.
west OF Grenada was received here this
evening. Fifty men rode into the
town and repaired to the court
house whsra thirteen negroes were
waiting for thslr trial to com.
menCe, The white men walked into
the court room and shot ten OF the negroes
and mortally wounded ths other three,
The shooting grew out Of the attempted
assassination OF James Liddell, a proml.
nent CltiS4n, who was shot and seriously
wounded by these negroes several weeks
aPO,
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PHILADELPHIA, Pa, March 17t-senator
Wallace is in town. He declines 10 talk
for publication about the political situa.
tion in Pennsylvania. He is, OF course,
much gratlRed al the general and Sponta.
neouB movement 10 make him the Dem.
oCratiO standard bearer aAd the favor with
which his name is received on all
hands, He Is doing nothing 10 pro.
mote his candidacy, and fully appre.
oiates the difficulties that stand In the
way oil Democratic success, but will not
turn q deaf ear TO the party call should he
be summoned to take the lead. II the
convention we're 10 be held tomorrow bis
positive refusal 10 stand is the only thing
that could prevent his nomination.
MI. Randall is In favor Of II, and this
slightly increases the doubt as to whether
u is for the benefit OF the ex-senator or
intended 10 get him out Of the posBibili.
ties for some other position,
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NAl1ERs AND FERpERs
OF PlttSburgh mOet-rhe latter VIII siam
Hyths Former,


PrTEspuRaH, March l7.-At a recent
meeting Of the nail feeders they asked for
conference with the nailers. Vice Presl.
dent Stevens called a meeting for this al.
ternoon and both nailers and feeders as.
sembled. The feeders have been un-
der the impression that the nRilera
could end the strike at any time.
The correct position Of the men
was explained and they unanimously
adopted resolutions endorsing the action
Of the nailers at the recent conference
with the manufacturers committee, and
plsdsing themselves to stand by the
nailers until settlement Of the question.
This places the men in a better position
than they have held since the strike began.
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she wa so i,vnesonie

WARREN, o., March 17.-Mrs. Philip
S1onSeller, the wife Of a prominent Citl'
l,n hNe, olopsd Last night with her cot.
Gin, JamSs MaynO, Of Santa Fe, N, NJ.
For years the couple had been living in
apparent happiness, aud the husband he'd
made n little fortune on tho farm, but his
Vile was somewhat lonesome. The cousin,
with whom she eloped, had been Visiting
hei, gOt her moro dlssAtlsned with life BY
P!cllting to her, his beautiful home IN New
Mexico, and she fed, leaving this note tof
hbla:
"DAnnSo-I have fed. lam too lone.
sone, always loved you, and do yeti
Vusl love Joe better Good'byeH
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PITTSBURGH, PA, March l7.-The 70.
mains Of Milton Fisher, Of Columbus,
Ohio, were incinstatsd In sampson't
natural gas Csematoty this morning. The
body was placed In the retob o. 7!3C
o'clock and IN essLhah al hour WA reduced
10 ashes. This was the iifst time natural
gas bad ever been used iof Cfetnatlng puf.
p0ses, aud its advantages were apparent
at once, The body Was accompanied here
BY the relatives Of The deceased and several
Columbus ioutnallAla,