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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1888-05-30

CENcExSATs, May 2o.-A reporter in-
terviewed Chas. A. Dana, of the New
York Sun, here to-day, and asked him il
he thought the Mills bill us drafted or
modified would pass in any form. Mr..
Dana replied: :,
"The Senate will neverpassit. 1don't
think anybodyever thought or expected
it would pass. 1t is political PROPOSE,
ton, not bill for revenue reform. Its
platform for the campaign. do not
think the bill will ever pass"
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GENERAL OF THE ARMY.
The Bill RevivinR the Grade Passes the
Senate with Slight Opposition.

The Bill ReVtVtnR the Grade Passes the
Senate with Slight Opposition.
WAsnlNGToN, D. c., May 20.-Mr.
MandcBon, from the Committee on Mil
itary Affairs, reported the bill to revive
the grade of General in the United States
Army. He said that its purpose was to
revive during the life time Of the present
Lieutenant General OF the Army the
grade of General OF the Army. Both
those grades were TO cease with the life
OF Lieutenant. General Sheridan.
Mr.. Berry said he had objected to its
consideration because he believed that
the bill should not pass. He did not be-
lieve this n proper time to legislate on
the subject. He thought that the judg-
ment and reason OF Congress, not its
sympathies, should be appealed to in
Legislation. 1t appeared to him that the
only object of the bill was to give $1,000
more pay to the Lieutenant General
than lie was receiving. He demanded
the yeas and nays on its passage.
Mr.. Manderson said he could not sit
silent after the suggestion OF the Sena-
tor OF Arkansas that the sole purpose Of
the bill was to give increased pay to the
Lieutenant General OF the Army. II
this was its purpose he would not have
pressed it; nor would the Senate pass
It. He did not need to refer to
the distinguished career OF Lieutenant
Gen. Sheridan lit was too well known to
the American people and to the world
to need reference to it now. The bill
was not urged ut this time on the ground
Of sympathy, but on the ground OF Gen.
Sheridan's high deserts, and OF proper
appreciation OF his service to the Amer
lean people. The bill was passed. Yeas
"a; nays Z, the negative votes being
given by Senators Berry, Coke, Harris,
Reagan, Salisbury, Vance and Wilson,
OF MARYLAND.
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roretoi,, N, Day Of Hin Death.

Special Diadteh 10 tie intelltGe''eer.
CHARLESTON, May 20.-General Alfred
Beckley, graduate at West Point, died
at his home in Raleigh county on Sun
day, that day being the eighty-sixth an
niversary Of his birth. Some time age
he said he would die then, and persisted
in the belief until death proved him to
have been right,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1888-05-30
Crnns Not Injured.

ST. PAUL, MIMI, May 29.-Though
the rains throughout the Northwest
lately have been severe, eliminating
Yesterday in n very general downpour,
adyices indicate that the crops have not
been in the least hurt throughout the
Red river valley. In Northern Dakota
and Minnesota rains were needed badly.
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STORM AT CADIz.
Presbyterian Church spire Blown Down
and Part OF the Roof Demolished.

Presbyterian Church Splre Blown Down
and Part of the Roof Demolished.
CADIz, o., May 29.-A terrible wind
storm swept over Cadiz early last even
ing. 1t was heralded by roaring sound
like heavy artillery, and black clouds
capped by rolling white ones leaped
high in the air and whirled with terri
BILE velocity. A few minutes after it
swept downward near the roofs and
spires of the higher buildings.
The Presbyterian Church was rocked
to its very foundation. The spire was
swept off its abutments and hurled in
the street below. The point OF the
spire entered the law office Of Mr.. Lewis
Shotwell, opposite, and crashed through
| il. At the time Mr.. Shotwell was stand
ut window not over foot distant. 1t
knocked heavy iron safe over in the
room but did no other damage. Part OF
the roof Of the church was blown oil.
The United Presbyterian Church has
part OF its front walls blown down.
GiIlespie's furniture store has part OF
the roof and end walls blown in. The
! tin roof of the Odd Fellows building
was wrapped up as scroll and torn
asunder, the rain deluging the hall and
the wall paper and news stand OF n.
+. Hanna, Occupying the first story. A
great number OF private dwellings were
seriously damaged, having the roofs
broken by falling brick. Chimneys,
trees and fences were scattered promis-
cuously.
No deaths from the storm are reported
in the city, but several narrow escapes
occurred, and several people were badly
bruised by flying bricks, timbers, etc.
The telegraph wires are down, messages
having 10 be wired from this point, eight
miles away. No report has come from
the country, but it is feared great dam:
age has been done east and northeast oi
the CITY,
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VOLUME XXXvI--NUMBER 242.

speech on the war, which raised
much confusion, and it was not
allayed when the resolution was voted
down. This action was finally recon-
sidered and committee appointed to
prepare suitable resolution. The after
noon was taken up with odds and ends,
and then the assembly adjourned sine
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WOMAN MURDERED
By Her NeIGhbor, because She wasnn I'm.
portnnt witness Against Him.

By Her NetknDOF, AuVhuSo ouo NuSAn lNls
portnnt witness Against Him.
PIrrsDuRon, Pa, May 29.-Mrs. Dem
mis- Mullens, living or Webster avenue,
was brutally murdered this morning in
the presence OF her little children, by
a next door neighbor, a German named
Scholer. The murder was the result Of
family quarrel, which had been car.
ried to court. The hearing was set for
this evening, and Mrs. MulIens was the
principal witness against Scholer. Short
" after Dennis Mullens left home for
his daily work, Scholer came into the
house and seizing Mrs. Mullins by the
hair, drew n razor and cut her throat
from ear to ear. The screams OF the
children attracted the attention OF the
neighbors, but before assistance arrived
Scholer had fled. Mrs. Mullens died in
a few moments. Scholer was captured
on the street a few hours later, and is
now in jail.
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WASHINGTON, May 29.-NIrs. Sheridan
this afternoon sent TO Senator Mander-
son the thanks OF General Sheridan for
the good news that the bill reyiving the
grade OF General had passed the Senate.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1888-05-30

Uttered with letters and papers which
had evidently been carefully examined.
Every drawer was found TO have been
ransacked and its contents either dis
turbed or dumped upon the floor"
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1888-05-30

Special DINpdIN 70 Wt INtHIDtNctF'
WASHINGTON, D. c., May 2O.-Patents
were issued to-day to the following West
virEinians: John II. Allen, OF Keyser,
washing machine; James A. Cohen, Of
Huntington, detachable car seat arm; j.
c. Jarvis, Of Huntington, rotary engine.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1888-05-30

PirTsDuRdu, Mny 29.-fhe Aiiegheny
County Republican conventions to-day
renominated Hon, John DalzeIl for Con-
gress in the Twenty-second district, and
Hon. Thomas NJ, Baype for the Twenty
third district. The National delegates
chosen were: Twenty-second district,
Chris. l.. Magee and William Flynn
Twenty.third district, Hon. Thomas NJ.
Bayne and Peter Walters, Jr. The dele
gates were not instructed.
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WAsurSsrox, D. c., May 29.-The
President has vetoed the bill appropriR-
ting $4,000 for public building ut
youngstown, Ohio.
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Remember that every day dies al
night, and you wake in the morning &c
q new state OF affairs,
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BLAINE
Speaks again and Reiterates His
Former Statements
As TO THE NOMINATION,
And Wonders why he could have
been MiscOnstrued.
SAYS lie WILL NOT ACCEPT
SAYS lie WILL NOT ACCEPT
The Nomination on account Of
his Previous Declarations.
THE DANGERS OF DEFEAT.
The Great Issue the Tariff and
not any one man.

New YonK, May SO.-Thc Tribune Of
TODAY publishes the following letter
from Mr., Blaine:
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1888-01-21
Pullman Conductor.

The attitude adopted by the Pull
man company toward its employees
ia so rigorous and unnecessarily
exacting, and so much is expected
for the low wages paid, that it is a
wonder q sufficient number OF men
answering the requirements are al
ways to be found who will engage
and be thankful for the opportunl-
ty. A conductor is paid 800 per
month, and from this he must turn
ish himself with summer uniform,
costing $27, and a winter uniform,
costing &33, while his meals are re
furnished him at the rate OF 20
cents each. But it is an event when
he receives the full amount due
him at the end Of the month, a large
portion Of it being lost through the
frequent suspensions to which ne
is liable for alleged infractions OF
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1888-01-21
A NEW CHICAGO AMUSEMENT.

The latest Society novelty is what
is known as the rainbow party.
Already it has assumed the proper
tions of an epidemic, although it
made its first appearance in this
city only a few weeks ago. All the
young ladies in attendance wear
neat little aprons of such design
and color as the taste of the wearer
may suggest. The bottoms are all
carefully left unhemmed. Every
young lady has a number, and du-
plicate numbers are kept in box,
which is generally kept in the neigh
borhood of the gentlemen's cloak
room in charge of two young ladies.
The gentlemen buy tickets which
entities them to draw from a box.
The purchaser having drawn a
number at once sets out to find the
young lady wearing the duplicate
number on her apron: The tickets
are generally 81 each, but at a
South side party given few nights
ago they brought SIS each. After
all the young men have found their
aprons, or rather the young ladies
wearing the proper aprons, the
master of ceremonies announces
the conditions. The young men
are to hem the aprons, and the one
doing the neatest, quickest and
most careful piece of work is to re-
ceive a prize. The young ladies
supply their escorts with needle and
thread. and at the call of time the
fun begins with the efforts of the
contestants to thread their needles
Young ladies are strictly forbidden
to thread the needles of their es-
corts, and a violation of the rule
compels the recipient of the favor
to forfeit all claims to the prize.
After the needles are threaded and
the young men are at work the
scene is none the less inspiring.
At last time is called and a COM
mittee judges on the work. The
prizes are sometimes quite valua-
BILE. At a West side party recently
the young man who was most handy
with the needle and thread carried
home an elegant French mantel
clock. The aprons are ratified off
after the prizes are awarded, and
when a jealous young man attempts,
as is often the case, to outbid a
rival for the possession of pretty
girls apron, the prices brought by
the innocent little aprons are amaz-
ingly large. AT one rainbow party
the sales amounted to $72.-Chi-
cago News.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1888-01-21
Laughing at the Teacher.

The adage, 'It's easier said than
DONE" is only variation on what
we are constantly observing in life
of the difference between theory
and practice. We may be fully
equipped with a theory, and ever
ready to glibly expound it, though
when the occasion arises for putting
it into practice we forget all about it.
The teacher of chemistry in large
public school was speaking to his
class of the properties of a particu-
lar acid. In one hand he held a
glass vessel filled with the acid in
question; in the other he held a
stick of chalk with which he had
Just been writing a chemical form
ula on the blackboard.
"By the way" he said, address
ing the class, II may remark here,
that should any of you by accident
spill any of this acid on your hands,
| should advise you not to give
way to the very natural Impulse 70
rub it off with your pocket hand
kerchief. Take piece of chalk
instantly, and rub it over the wet
surface, and the chalk will neutral
ize the effects of the acid"
Just then, by accidental move
ment, he spilled the acid on his
own hand. Quick as shot he
dropped the piece of chalk which
he held in his hand, pulled out his
handkerchief, and began rubbing
the injured hand vigorously.
Everybody who was present
laughed at this unexpected appli-
cation of theoretical knowledge |;
and after bewildered glance round
the room the teacher laughed, too.
The demonstration of the differ
ence between theoretical knowledge
and practical efficiency was COM
nlofo
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1888-01-21
An EAST INDIAN sYBARI1E.
Life Of the King Of Oudh Amid the
Surroundings Of Eden.

The death of the King of Oudh
deprives Calcutta of a picturesque
and almost legendary parsonage.
To the visitor the red and blue roof
of his palace, the gardens, stocked
with wild beasts and brilliant birds,
his innumerable guards and attend
ants and the thousand and one
pigeons that were always wheeling
above the grounds seemed to en-
body the fantastic life of native
India. The men guarding the doors
were all his own sepoys from Gavin
pore, and once you had an order to
penetrate the charmed circle you
passed through a beautiful success
sion of groves and parterres and
miniature grass plots and pleasant
terraces. His menagerie fell away
of late, but some years back it al
most rivaled the famous collection
in the London Zoo. In one large
place there were buffalos, goats and
deer and ostriches and other great
birds. A tank something ike'15O
yards square was covered with peli-
cans, storks and swans, and had am
pie, well-wooded rambling grounds
around it. The smaller birds were
sheltered in lofty aviaries. The
lions, tigers, wolves and other fero-
cious animals were, of course, Gagged,
but Gagged very comfortably.
In another garden a building that
looked like a magnified ant hill
was fixed in the center of large
square we'll, and was carefully sur
rounded with water. Here the
snakes were segregated, and 500 of
them lived in the narrow holes with
which the strange building was arti-
ficially honeycombed. 1t used to
be one of the great sights of the
day to see them fed with frogs.
But his pigeons formed the great
feature of the Kings collection.
''One who knew him" writes that
he led a kingly life to the end,
though he had not more than 700
subjects to govern. "He held court
and received legal honors, created
titled mobiles according to his ca
price and travelled over his grounds
in a campan, occupying at different
times different country seats, like
other kings" At one time he would
watch his animals and his fishes
being fed, at another his rams and
cocks and quails would be brought
up to fight before him. He had,
we are told, a prevailing passion for
order and cleanliness. He prayed
five times a day, though he ate
only one meal, but from morning
till night he chewed pan sopari and
smoked hookah.-Times of India.
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the company's rules. For smoking
on the run a fine of ten.days is i'm
posed; for neglecting to put up
supplementary curtains on a lady's
berth, two days. have known a
conductor to be laid off forty y-eight
hours because the porter of his car
had a hole in his shoe. To this,
however, there would not be so
much objection were it not for the
spotter. To furnish cause for his
being he must necessarily make
unjust reports, and there are few
of his class who will scruple to bear
false testimony when it is to their
interest to do so. Between the spot
ter and the finer the $65 often dwin-
dies to small sum, and is really
no indication at all of the money a
conductor actually receives for his
services.-St. Louis Democrat.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1888-01-21
A Swan Lassoed in Midair.

Frank Chopple is chief vaquero
on the Rancho Chico, California,
and his old horse, Buck, with al
most human intelligence, is known
to all the boys on the racho. Frank,
assisted by his horse, has lassoed
everything, from wild western
steer to cinnamon bear, and re-
Gently set the top feather in his cap
for the world to compete for.
General Bidwell has in his deer
park large pond, in which a
graceful white swan proudly floats.
Some days ago the bird escaped,
and all efforts to capture him
proved futile. Shooting him through
the wing was finally suggested,
when Copple happened along, and
on being told what was the matter
he volunteered to capture the bird
without injury to it.
He was told to go ahead, and OFT
he started after his swanship, which,
when he saw Frank, arose in the
air and sailed out to Sandy Gulch,
Frank following on his horse; but
no way could he find of catching
the bird, until the coiled RATA at
his side suggested an idea, novel
and startling.
Why not .lasso the bird? and just
that quick was the sixty-foot horse
hair lariat unwound. What fav-
ored the plan most was the bird
few only from thirty to forty feet
from the ground; but another diffl-
Guilty presented itself-Frank could
not throw his riatta from a sitting
position.
So, speaking to old Buck he
sprang to his feet in the saddle and
started at full gallop after the
bird. which arose and began flying.
Now he is under it, with the swan
forty feet in midair. Once. twice,
three times the rope circles around
his head and is thrown with'a quick,
+unerring aim upward and outward.
Il cuts through the air and settles
gracefully over the wings OF the
swan. The struggling bird was
drawn to the ground and taken to
the park, whore it is now confined.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1888-01-21
eoNenEssMEn's SALARIES.
How They Draw Them and How They
Spend Them.
New York Sun.


One of the clerks of the House
the other day, in talking about the
habits of members in drawing their
salaries, said that about one-half OF
them drew what was due them in
advance every mouth. About one
third of the entire number made
chekcs against the sergeant-at-arms
whenever they wanted money, as
they would against a bank, and
that official usually cashes them,
no matter whether any money is
due the Congressman or not, but he
usually sees that they do not over
draw their annual salary. Several
members let their salary accumu-
late until the end of the session,
and then draw it in a lump. John
H. Ketcham, William l.. Scott,
Adams of Chicago, and Wilkins of
Ohio invariably do this. Mr.. Ran
dali, who has nothing but his salary
to live on, usually draws down to
his margin. In the Senate the prac-
tice is similar. Mr.. Cpllom, who
is a poor man, draws his salary ct
the end of each month. Mr.. Ed
munds generally leaves his until
the end Of the quarter and takes
three months wages at one time.
Mr.. Sherman is one of the monthly
payment Senators, but Mr.. Payne
leaves his on deposit until he hap
pens to need money, and then he
sends page to the Clerks office to
have a check made out for all that
is due him. Mr.. Hale has similar
habit. William Maxwell Evarts
gives checks against his salary to
the real estate agent from whom he
rents his house, and it takes it all.
Don Cameron is very careless about
his salary, and never seems to know
how much is due him. He lets the
money accumulate for several
months, and then, when he wants
funds, makes a check regardless of
the amount due him. Nj. STAN
ford generally leaves his until the
end of the session, and then draws
it all before he leavs Washington.
When he arrives here for the winter
he always deposits $4,000 to the
credit of his wife at the bank of
Riggs & Co., and that carries the
family through the session.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1888-01-21
Watch the Smoke.

How often we hear the remark
"We shall have rain, the atmos.
phere is so heavy" The, reverse is
true. When one sees smoke hang
ing from a chimney, with tenden-
cy to sink to the ground, it indi-
Gates that the atmosphere is light
lin fact, too light to float the
smoke. When the smoke rises from
the chimney, it indicates heavy
atmosphere. "
A column of smoke is not bad
barometer, for a barometer is moth
ing more than a recorder of the
pressure of the atmosphere. When
the atmosphere is light and the
smoke settles, the pressure on the
mercuryis is light and the column
falls, indicating storm. When the
atmosphere is heavy and the smoke
rises, the pressure is greater and
the column rises, indicating fair
weather.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1888-01-21
HARPER'S SCHEME.

The Clermont Sun tells an inter
esting story about Harper when he
was in the sewing machine busi-
ness. 1t says:
W. H. Baum, the genial and sue
cessful agent for the White sewing
machine, is we'll acquainted with E.
L. Harper, the late vice-president of
the defunct Fidelity bank. In tho
Spring of 1872 he commenced sell
ing machines for Harper, who at
that time was acting as general
agent for the Domestic, with head
quarters at Cincinnati. Mr.. Baum
says that Harper is a native of
Pennsylvania and worked in a coal
mine before he became of age.
His early education was badly
neglected. Mr.. Baum showed us
numerous receipts signed by Har-
per. One contained the word
which" spelled as follows: "wich,"
another, eighty, spelled "eity."
While exceedingly ignorant SO
far as book learning goes, Harper
was shrewd and far-sighted in some
respects, as the following goes to
show:
He contracted with the Domestic
company to sell machines for them,
they agreeing to furnish all that he
could dispose of. Ascertaining that
the company's facilities for manu-
featuring machines were limited,
he went to work and employed all
the agents he could get. In short
time they had disposed of thous-
ands of machines, SO many, in fact,
that the company could not begin
to fill the orders which were daily
pouring in. In a short time Har-
per sued the company for damage
caused by their failure to fulfill
their part of the contract. The case
came up in court and Harper got
a judgment for $4,000. This is
more money than he could make
selling machines in ten years.
Harper, even in those days, was .
firm believer in getting up "cor-
ners," which finally caused his ruin.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1888-01-21
Not . Forty-Niner Though.

"Then you are'an old California
miner" I said to a man that was
talking very loud as we sat in tho
Office of a Deadwood hotel.
eyes, sir; yes, sir. One Of tho
Argonauts, sir. Always lived in
California till l came here to look
after my interest in the Home
stake mine, SIR"
"Were you one of the '49-ers?"
"No, sir; wasn't. l didn't reach
California till 1880"
"Ah!I should think that near
enough so you could stretch it .
little and say you got there in 49,"
II could if 1 wanted to make a
liar of myself, but don't, sir. I'm
a man of may word, sir, and even it
l was going to lie l wouldn't lie
about little thing like that"
l was somewhat crestfallen, and
after he had stepped out I sug-
gested to the proprietor of the ho-
tel that the Californian was the
first man from that State of his age
that ever met who did not claim
that be reached there in '49.
"When did he tell you that he
uent?" asked the proprietor.
''In 1850. He said he wouldn't
lie about it for worlds-it does mo
good to see a Californian at last who
can tell the truth ON that point"
''Yes; we'll, you haven't seen ono
yet. To nay certain knowledge the
first time that old fellow struck
California was in '67, when he came
down from Vancouver Island, where
he went three or four years before
to avoid the draft"