The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1888-04-02
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Headers.
The Senate on Saturday adopted the
House joint resolution accepting the In
vitation to take partin the Paris Exposi-
tion,
The importatlons OF general merchan-
disc At the port OF New York for the
week ending March 81, We're valued at
S,l5S0H.
The Hope Insurance Company, OF New
Orleans, ut n meeting, resolved to go into
liquidation.
Near EfIipgham, H., last night, Mrs:
Henry Lane, wife OF farmer, was killed
by her husband, who shortly aiterward
committed suicide.
The habeas corpus proceedings in the
case OF Miss Kate Rooney, at Reading,
were dismissed, Pat having refused to
continue his claim for her possession,
A floating cake OF Ice, on which there
was the body OF woman, was towed
ashore at Newburyport, NIass., Friday.
Investigation proved that the body had
been in the water about three weeks.
Miss Minnie Sims, the daughter OF
Thomas Sims, a wealthy citizen OF Nor
gan county, Georgia, was on Wednes-
day married to j. L. l.. Lamar, full
blooded Cherokee Indian, at Vinta,
1T.
The boiler in Payne, johnson & Co. s
Touring mill Mt Madison, Ind, exploded,
killing Engineers L. NJ, Snodgrass and
Tom Stewart and seriously injuripg @.
Hill and r. Parsons. The mill was badly
wrecked.
Judge Stephen G, Sharp, of Lexing,
ton, KY, Chairman OF the State nemo'
cratic Executive Committee, was ap'
pointed Treasurer by Governor Buckner,
to succeed deiaulting Treasurer Tate.
The nomination was confirmed by the
Senate.
BENJAMIN E. Hopkins, late assistant
cashier OF the Fidelity National Bank,
Cincinnati, was Saturday sentenced to
the pcnitentiary for seven years. He
appeared broken down from illness, but
did not manifest deep emotion upon re'
Ceiving his sentence,
The House Committee on Agriculture
Saturday appointed subcommittee,
composed Of Chairman Hatch and
Messrs. Davis and Laird, to examine
the sensational statements before the
committee by William G. Bartle, OF st.
Louis, and determine what action shall
| be taken upon them by the committee.
The total number Of persons killed by
the explosion at Rich Hill is twenty-one.
OF the injured nine arc so badly hurt
that they cannot recover. II has been
nroven beyond all doubt that the eXplo-
sion was caused by natural gas, Mine
Inspector Wolf examined the mine on
thefGth OF March and reported it por'
fectly safe.
The report that has gained some circu-
lation the last few days to the effect that
ex- President Hayes will present the
name of Senator Sherman to the Ma
tional Republican Convention in Chi.
cago lacks the elements OF truth. Mr.,
Hayes is outside the pale OF Ohio poll.
tics and under no circumstances will he
enter it again.
The New York Times Washington
special says that the majority report OF
the Ways and Means Committee on the
tariff bill leaked out because OF the fact
that Speaker Carlisle's clerk is cor
respondent OF the Louisville Courier
Journal, which was the first paper 10
print the document. The special adds
that various other items OF news become
public in the same way.
A young man in Battle Creek, Mich,
named Stevens, struck horse q slight
blow on the mouth with the back Of his
hand six months ago, making triAing
abrasion on the skin by coming in con.
tact with the horses teeth. He arm and
hand soon began to swell. It has the
appearance OF a genuine case OF glanders
reproduced in a man by innoculation
| from a glandered horse.
An attempt was made to wreck the
Old Point Comfort express at Woodside,
Del, Friday. The lock Of the switch
was broken, the switch thrown and the
signal light e1tinglished. A freight
train running ahead Of tho passenger
train dashed into the siding and was
wrecked. The express came along shost-
" aiterwnrd, but was stopped il time.
Sydney Roach, n tramp, was arrested
and confessed that he broke the switch