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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1888-07-20
WEST VIRGINIA MATTERS
In washingtun-A Lost Woman Not Found
A War ClhIm-Postnl Change.

In nWnShington-A Lost woman mol Eounu
A War ClnIm-Postal Change.
Special Dispaieh 10 The IateliOaeer.
WASHINGTON, D. G., July 19.-Ben
jamin S. Thompson has been confirmed
as postmaster at Hinton. The nomina'
ton had been pending several weeks.
After thoroughly securing the city,
the Washington police have notified w
F. Jones, of Wheeling, that Mrs. Hannah
Herbert is not here. Mr.. Jones had re-
quested that the search be made.
The claim OF the Martinsburg German
Evangelical Church, which has been
pending fifteen years or longer before
Congress has come back to the Senate
calendar with a favorable report submit
ted by Mr.. Faulkner. The amount in
volved is $500, US indemnity for a
church building burned by Union SOL
diers in 1868.
The time schedule between Bolton
and New Martinsville has been changed
80 that mails leave Belton on Mondays,
Wednesdays and Fridays at I a. m, re-
turning on alternate days.
William G. .Worley, OF Kingwood, is
registered at the National.
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CLlNGs TO MN FIRST LOVE.
a First Glass Romance Developed In n
HOosIer Divorce Suit.

a First Glass RomanCe Developed in n
HOosIer Divorce Suit.
INDIANAPOLIS, July 19.-There was a
romantic story in divorce suit filed in
the local courtsh here. Twenty-one years
ago Eliza White was married at La
fayette, Ind, to Frederick White, but
the union was opposed by the parents Of
both parties, and six months afterward
they separated, White going to the far
West, and his wife coming to this city.
Three years afterward Mrs. White mar
ried Mr.. Jefferson Bevis, an old friend,
who returned from the West with the
information that White had died.
They were not happy, but they lived
together until last Sunday, when Mrs.
Bevis met her first husband upon the
streets Of indianapolis, and at once rec.
ognized him. A reconciliation immedi-
ately followed, and il Mrs. Bevis is
granted divorce from the man who de-
ceived her, shewill again marry her first
love
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SENATOR sIrEnMAN,s spEEcn.

LADIES AND GLNTLEMIS:-The very
flattering manner in which our Cover.
nor has introduced me to you rather dis
turbs the serenity of my thoughts, for !
know that the high panegyric that he
gives to me is scarcely justified TO mortal
man. come with thoughts inspired by
the great history we are called upon TO
review-a hundred years OF this north
west territory. What thcmeitis. Why
is it that this favored country OF 260, 900
square miles and lG0,000,000 OF acres
OF land las been selected as the place
where the greatest immigration OF the
human race has occurred in the history
OF the whole world? Because there is
no spot on this world OF ours OF the size
OF this western territory where within u
hundred years 100000 OF free and
noble people are planted, where ut the
beginning OF the century there was
scarcely white man living. l am glad
it has been spoken by such eminent
men as Senator Hoar, Evarts,
Daniels, Tucker, General Ewing and
many other illustrious men; and remem-
Der, citizens OF Marietta, when / speak
OF this Centennial Exhibition, l don't
mean that on the 18th OF July only, but
on the 7th OF April and the 18th OF July,
bound together in a noble wedlock. The
time is not far distant when the sessions
of these two occasions will be printed
side by side together, and there never
will be found that there was any differ.
ence us to which was the day to
be 'celebrated-when both days
were worthy OF such celebration.
So speak Of your celebrations, as they
will mingle together and in the eloquent
words spoken here on each OF these oc-
casions no man will ever think OF them
as divided. Senator Daniels claims that
Virginia cedcd the title to the new
northwest. The Senator from New
York says New York ceded it. The
Yankees in Connecticut claim that they
ceded it; but, my countrymen, none OF
them had any title to the northwest
there was no title anywhere when this
settlement was commenced, except that
title which God Almighty had given to
the Indian tribes OF America. They
owned and possessed IL.
How could King James transfer the
title OF this great continent across the
Atlantic when he did not know there
was a continent2 There was one title
which has always been acknowledged by
civilized nations, and that is the law Of
conquest. [Applause.] That law which
lays hold OF possession and holds on
till somebody else can take it from him.
Therefore ii is that when the Northwest
was opened up, the only valid title was
opened up. The only valid title was
that Of George Roger Clark, who con-
quered this country from Great Britain.
1t was not Virginia that did it and
yet among the illustrious names that
have been furnished by that magnificent
State in the history Of this country there
is no name among them all will have u
higher renown in history than George
Roger Clark.
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BEAUTIFUL WIDOW STETSON

Seeks in Vain for Her L Jst Lover, and Ap
penls in the Court for Satisfaction.
NEW York, July 1S.-The society col
umns OF the New York Press in the lat
ter part of March announced the en-
gagement OF Mr.. D. Sidney Appleton
jr., and Mrs. stetson, wealthy and
beautiful young widow of Nassau, New
Providence. The engagement is now
broken of and breach of promise
suit is threatened. Mr.. Appleton is the
son OF d. Sidney Appleton, OF the we'll
known publishing house OF d. Apple.
ton 4 Co., and met Mrs. Stetson in Mas.
sau last March. Although he remained
there only two weeks, he is said to have
fallen deeply in love with the attractive
widow, and, before leaving, TO have
wooed and won her. Mrs. Stetson came
to this city soon after young Appleton's
return. He is said TO have been very
devoted to her for time, but suddenly
his attentions ceased. Whether he had
tired OF her or the opposition Of his par.
ents had prevailed is not known. Mrs,
Stetson's friends claim that the young
man was spirited away against his will,
and is in ali probability prevented from
communicating with the widow. AS he
depended on his father for his income
they claim that he was coerced into Civ.
ing up his proposed marriage by threats
OF dislnheritance. Mrs. Stetson endeav'
ored to learn something OF her lovers
whereabouts, but failed. Then she
sought legal aid, and suit for damages
in large amount will soon be com
menced.
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DETROIT, MIcH., July l9.-The Demo-
cratic State Convention met at ll:45
o'clock this morning. VIM. P. Wells, of
Detroit, was made temporary chairman,
and F. II. Thomas temporary secretary.
After the calling of the roll to name the
various committeeman and electors
chosen by the district caucus this morn
ing, Chairman Weston, OF the State
Central Committee, announced that he
had received n telegram iromthe Green
hackers, who meet in convention ut
Grand Rapids this afternoon, asking that
a conference committee be appointed TO
confer with a similar committee from
that body. The announcement was re-
ceiyed with general favor and commit
tee, composed Of member from each
Congressional district, was named. A
recess was then taken.
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CAUGHT BY 4. CUTTING.BAR.
Young Girl shOcEingly Dismembered by q
Accident on Moving Machine.

Young Girl shOeklngly Dismembered by an
Accident on n Moving Machine.
CORY, Penn, July l9.-Helen Bris.
bic, the ll.year-old daughter OF Mr.. W.
Brisbie, a farmer living four miles east oil
Cory, met with a terrible accident. She
was running a moving machine, to
which was hitched yoke Of cattle, and
for some reason was on the off side oi
the team. The cattle became frightened
and sprang, the knives Of the cutting
bar striking the child's left leg and cut
ting the foot off just above the shoe.top
The surgeons found 1t necessary to am
putate the limb short distance below
the knee. The poor child, although SUI
fering intensely, will recover.
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A LARGE ESTATE.
The VIII of Phil Armour's Father.In.Law,
Jonathan Ogden.

The VIII of Phil Armour's Father.In.Law,
Jonathan Ogden.
CINCINNATI, o., July l9.-YesterdGy
morning the will of Jonathan Ogden
was filed in the Probate Court. In addi-
ton to the fact that Mr.. Ogden was one
of the old citizens OF this city, he was
also we'll known rs the father.in.law Of
the pork packer millionaire, Phil Ar
mour, of Chicago. Mr.. Armour mar
ried the only daughter Of Mr., Ogden.
Years ago Mr.. Ogden was in the mer-
chant tailoring business in this city.
The firm name was Ogden & See, and
their establishment was on Fourth street.
He acquired fortune OF about 81 ,000,-
900, consisting chiefly Of real estate in
this city and Chicago.
By the terms OF the will the property
is given in trust TO the two sons OF the
deceased, P. G. and Frank Ogden, and
Phil Armour. They are to hold it in
trust for the three children and heirs
for seven years, at which time the real
estate is to be converted into cash and
divided equally between the three heirs,
the two sons and the daughter. In the
mean time they are to enjoy the profits
OF it.
The two sons are the executors. Mr..
Armour was also named MS such, but be.
ing nonresident could not qualify.
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stood in the open space near the brewery
stables was buried up to the seat in mud
and stones.
A large hole was broken by the force
OF the water in the big main sewer oi
brick on Nineteenth Street, at Chaplinel
and similar bad break was caused in
the sewer on Eof street, south OF Sew
enteenth.
The Seventeenth street bridge was be-
lieyed to be weakened again, but how
serious the damage might be could not
be told last night.
On Eof street, at the head Of the
street, the water came of the hill in
streams, and filled houses so deep that
when the flood receded sediment was
left on the tops Of stoves. Furniture
floated on the water. At Smiths brew
cry, on Market street, the flood came
pouring through the building with large
portions OF the hill held in solution in
It, and about foot OF debris was left on
the floor. 1t required the hardest efforts
OF the whole force of employees to pre-
vent serious damage. As 1t was the loss
was nothing.
These fragmentary cases show the
character OF the storm. No pen could
write an adequate description OF it.
The river, which in fifty minutes rose
three feet, had by midnight risen ten
feet. Such rise from local rain is
simply unprecedented in history. There
being no rise below, the current was
terrific. Shortly after midnightit began
to fall.
TIE NATURAL GAS MAINS.
Both the natural gas companies had
their mains badly damaged, and the city
was without gas fuel last night. The
damage will possibly take several days
to repair. Whole sections OF pipe were
washed away. The manufacturers all
had to shut down last night, and many
people will eat cold meals to-day. The
companies started out gangs OF men at
once after the storm subsidized with ma
terial for repairs, but the labor was at
tended with great difficulty, and it was
even impracticable in most cases to
reach the scenes OF the trouble until a
late hour last night.
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SWEET TO DESTRUCTION.
a Boat Loaded with Lumbermen Shoots
Over Series of Rapids and IL Lost.

~ buHI A4Ouubu WIN ouOObH
Over Series of Rapids and Ia Lost.
WINNIPEG, MAN, July l9.-Nine men
left the camp of the Eauclaire Lumber
Company Tuesday morning, to begin
their days work. They took boat IS
miles west Of Calgary on tue Bow river,
and began descending the series ol
rapids. They came to a portage and
carrying the boat half mile attempted
to cross the Kananskis Rapids, a short
distance above chute OF five or six feet
in height. When the boat got within
three feet OF the shore the hands ut.
tempted to stop her by throwing a line
around a stump on the bank. They
failed; the boat became unmanageable
and swung around in the current, &c.
quiring such momentum that before
anything could be done she shot oveI
the falls like an arrow.
In the lap over the first chute she
shipped only little water and the sec.
ond fall was passed without shipping
any more. The men were absolutely
helpless and unable TO reach the shore,
for the boat fairly spun in the water.
She kept in the centre OF the rapids
until near the third fall. Then one Of
the men jumped out OF her and attempt
ed to reach the shore. The boat shot
over the third fall and landed plumb
upon jagged rock that barely showed
itself above the water. Two OF the men
managed to grasp the smashed boat, and
the other six were swept under by the
rush OF waters, and were never seen
again. The wrecked boat, with the two
men clinging to it, was picked up four
miles further down the river. The man
who jumped from the before she went
ever the falls reached the shore in an
exhausted condition,
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HARRISON Will CARRY NEW YORK.
So Say Legislators at Albany Who Have
ThoromEhly Cnnynssed tho SItnntion.

So Say Legislators at Albany Who Have
Thoroughly Canvasscd the Situation.
ALBANY, n. Y, July l9.-Legislators
in attendance upon the extra legislative
session come here fresh from their con-
stituents and bring almost uniformly
good news about the Republican out
look. The Democrats maintain that
they will carry the State, but say moth
ing about receiving assistance from the
Republicans. On the other hand the
Republicans from all sections are en-
thusastic over the detection OF Demo-
crats. In farming districts and manu-
featuring centres men who have hereto
fore voted as Democrats have announced
their intention OF changing to Republic
cans this fall, giving as reason, when
the tariff is not discussed, that the Re-
publican party has ever been the friend
OF the wOrkingman. The veterans are
almost unit for Harrison. The cities
will make slight gains over 1864, but the
big strides are looked for in the farming
districts and big Republican counties.
The Republicans estimate rs high as
10000 majority. This is rather steep.
John !. Plat, OF Poughkecpsie, said:
"Thc Republicans have never been de-
feated in this State when united. They
are united now, and unless split comes
we will win" In the lumber and iron
districts large accessions Of Democrats
are expected. Senator Coggeshall pre-
diets that Oneida county, (Conkling's
old home), which went Democratic in
1884, will give 1000 Republican plurality
this fall
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After Ives and staynor.

New YoRx, July 2O-w. H. Pugh,
Prosecuting Attorney for Hamilton
county, Ohio, is in the city trying to
get his hands on Ives and staynor,
When he arrived at the Fifth Avenue
Hotel yesterday, he found a telegram
from Albany awaiting him that counsel
for Ives and Stayor had filed objections
to the granting OF u requisition, conse.
ouently he did not stay at the hotel
long. He took the $3.50 p. m. train fol
Albany, where he hoped to argue the
matter and overcome the objections. .
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MAsONS VINO SELL LIQUOR.
Charter of a Lodge IsovOked for ReiuSIuE tc
EKpel AIembera.

MOUNT VERNON, IND, July l0-De-
putty Grand Master S. W. Douglass, of
Evansville, Ind, arrived in this city yes
terday for the purpose of investigating
the affairs of our local Masonic Lodge,
No. 1853. Itappears that tho lodge was
instructed by the Grand Master of In
diana to suspend or expel certain mem
bers Of the order who are engaged in the
sale of intoxicating liquors. This tho
lodge refused to do. Last night Deputy
Grand Master Douglass, after investiga.
ton, took away the charter. The affair
has created quiet sensation In Masonic
circles, and also much i'll feeling.
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Coral, Mich, July l9.-Fires in the
woods the past FIVE days have done great
damage. A strong west wind yesterday
brought the FIRE into town, and the in
habitants were fighting the flames all
day. At Howard City, great damage is
reported along the railroads, fences and
timber being burned over. Forest fires
burned over large tract Of valuable pine
and hard wood.
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PECULIAR ACCIDENT.
Theatre Attaches Terribly Burned with
SuIphuric Acid, While PumIgatinE.

Theatre Attaches Terribly Burned with
suIphurIc Acid, While FumigatinE.
ST. LOUIS, July l9-A peculiar acci.
dent occurred at the Standard Theatre
last evening, resulting in the probably
fatal burning of Ed Hill and Michael
Dwyer, aged 10 and 81 respectively and
the severe injury of several other at
taches of the theatre. The men were
engaged in fumigating the theatre with
sulphuric acid, which Hill and Dwyer
were pouring from stone jugs. Both
Jugs exploded at once, scattering the
acid in every direction, saturating the
clothing OF the young men who were
pouring the acid and besplattering those
standing near. Hill and Dwyer, nearly
crazed with pain, ran through the streets
followed by a crowd until caught by a
policeman and taken 10 the City Dis
pensary, where their burns were dress
ed and they were sent home, In their
fright they had torn almost all their
clothing off and reached the Dispensary
nearly nude. Other wounded men were
able to 60 TO the Dispensary without as
sistanCe, but they are severely injured.
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DEsMorxEs, Iowa, July l9.-At osceola
yesterday an engine of the narrow gauge
.oad from this place and a Burlington
engine stood at right angles. The mar.
row gauge engineer scratched his hand,
which is said to signify that a scab il
about. The Burlington engineer drew q
revolver and fired at the other, but miss
ing him the ball broke a mirror in Q
house near by. The narrow gauge enHi
neer then placed his engine across the
Burlington track and secured his assail
ants arrest.
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RehellIous Non. .CLtirens.

CHICAGO, July ia dispatch from
Ardmore, Indian Territory, says: Fifty
eight armed men, non-citizens, rode into
the camp Of Collector McLisle yesterday
and presenting their Winchesters, de-
manded the immediate release Of cattle
held by him for Texas. As the nom
citizens outnumbered the militia under
McLisle's command almost two TO one,
the cattle were given up. Governor Guy
has telegraphed him. 1t is expected he
will take Immediate steps to have all
these rebellious non-citizens removed at
once.
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LET HER GO HUNGRY.
Charges that n Government Official Obliged
His Wife to Exist on Charity.

NlluTEth
His Wife to Exist on Charity.
New York, July l9.-Agnes E. Hall,
wife Of ex.Alderman Robert Hall, has
applied to the Board Of Charities and
Correction for assistance. she says she
has been abandoned by her husband and
is without food. She has known re-
Gently what it is to suffer the pangs Of
hunger, and is now living on the charity
of friend in Harlem. Her husband,
Robert Hall, is a well-known politician
and member OF the County Democra-
cy. He was recently appointed by Pres
ident Cleveland TO the position left va
cant by the death OF the father OF HUI
bert q. Thompson, that OF inspector OF
life.preservers in the Treasury Depart
ment. He was an Alderman for several
years, until defeated by Richard Croker,
with the assistance OF Barney Biglin.
Suit for divorce was brought by Mrs.
Hall last March, but was soon dropped,
and on March % formal separation was
agreed upon, the husband binding him
self to pay Sl2 a week for the support OF
his wife. Suit for the monay alleged to
be due, some SS4, has been begun, and
her lawyer declares that Hall has kept
out OF the way 80 that he has been un-
able to serve the summons.
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REcArSR HR WAs A PREACHER.

The Young Lady's Parents ObJectod-so
They Rode Three Nights and Days.
IRoNToN, O., July l9.-Rev. A. NJ. Lee
and Miss Lucinda Maynard, a runaway
couple from way up on Sandy, were
married here by Squire Thompson.
The young lady's parents objected to
Rev. Lee on account Of his being a
preacher, but the lovers were not to be
separated by so trivial an objection, and
eloped Sunday night on horse back, and
after riding three nights and two days
arrived here, where their loving hearts
were made one.
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MARIETTA CENTENNIAL.
Unprecedented Crowds Assem-.
Bile, Despite the Weather.
SENATOR SHERMAN's SPEECH
On Ohio Day-Ho Differs from all the
Other Speakers as to who Coded
the Great Northwest Terri
tory-synopsis Of the Talk.

MARIETTA, O., July l0.-This day has
crowned the centennial jubilee with un.
fading laurels. Although the weather
was forbidding, the streets have been
massed with fifteen thousand people, and
from the point where the fathers land
ed for the fair ground one mile above,
the sea of humanity surged. At the hall
more than five thousand lent willing
ears to Ohio's veteran Senator, John
Sherman, whose ofT-hand speech is a
marvel of condensed historical state
ments, which all will read for instruc-
tions.
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WASHINGTON, D. c., July l9.-The
conferees on the River and Harbor bill
have reached an agreement, but have
pledged themselves to secrecy in regard
TO details. There is reason to believe
that the purchase Of the Green and Bar.
rem improvement remains in the bill.
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DEsMoMEs, IA, July l9.-At Jeffer.
son yesterday, Grace Enfield, Myrtle
Chandler and Carrie Bartlett we're bath.
ing in Coon river. Their ages ranged
from eleven to thirteen years.
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RALEIGH, n. C., July l9.-will Hous.
ton, who shot and killed negro woman
in a disreputable house last May, was
hanged at Winston this afternoon. The
execution which was public was wit
messed by several thousand people.
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rhs Plr,t Throurh TrnIn.

Special Di,paieh % he IatoEiSaen.
WESTON, W. Va, July l9.-The first
through train since the food on the
Clarksburg, Weston & Glenville road
reached West Clarksburg this evening
shortly after five O'Clock.
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LIVES LOST
AND PROPERTY DESTROYED
By an Unprecedented Storm and
Flood.
4 Bridge Crowded with People
Swept Away
And Of the More than n Score on
II but Eight Saved.
Nine People Meet their Death on
"
CaldwcIl'S Run.
p,JS NEVER EXPERIENCED
In ti,e History Of the Fair Ohio
Valley Before.
Bridges aud Railroads Washed
Away Bodily.
Tbe Flood Gates of Heaven are
Opened Wide
And the City and Vicinity Liter
ally DeIuged.
LOSS OF LIFE UNKNOWN,
But the List Increased by the
Later Returns,
While the Damage to Goods and
Property
And the Growing Crops is Beyond
Estimate.