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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1888-01-19
MISSING BRIDEGROOM.
A UniOntOWn Man ASyStoriou,ly Disappear
ON the Eve of His wedding.

UMoNToWN, Pa, Jan. ia company
of citizens met at the pOstofice to-day al
| / o'clock and started from there to differ
emit places In UniontoWn and vicinity to
search for the body OF George Little, sup
posed to have been murdered on Monday
night. Besson'g mill dam will be dredged,
as some think his body was put into the
dam througha whole which was discover
cd to have been cut In the ice Monday
night. Shots were heard Monday night
by several persons in the vicinity OF Lit.
ties store, and 1t is the prevailing opinion
that he has been murdered. Miss OoaRh-
enour, the unfortunate young woman who
was to have been married 10 Little last
night, is grief-striCken owe; tho affair.
Four weeks ago Little received q threat
ening letter to the effect that unless he
ceased his attentions to Miss Coaghanour
he would be killed inside Of month, and
he was ordered to leave town or take the
consequences. He did not leave and the
time was up the night he disappear
ed. Little went to the residence
OF Rev. Mr.. CrltchloW, Baptist minister,
and engaged him to perform the
ceremony. A family living In log house
on the hrace," near Morgantown street,
say they heard q Rcuttls about l o'clock
yesterday morning, and It seemed "a II
three or four men were fighting. One Of
the men fell heavily on the ground and
then all noise ceased. Little is about %
years old and was engaged in the news
and cigar business. His brother was tele-
graphed to at Urbana, Ohio. The missing |
young man was o church member and Of |
correct habits. It is said that about three
Weeka S2o, while returning home after
calling on Miss Coaghenour he was shot
at by some unknown party, and he then
purchased a revolver to protect himself
As he did not owe any large Butns Of
money and was fully able to pay all In
1ebtednesg, and furthermore Is doing
good business there was no reason for him
10 leave town on that score. His relations
with his sweetheart's family were OF the
pleRsautest and he had made all arrange
nents to go to housekeeping after the
ceremony. The theory that he
has been murdered ia generally accepted.
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A NEW WAR CLOUD.
FRANCE AND ITALY sPARnINo.
The Italians Violate Consular Rights. ard
are Given warnipE-LOndOn sOcialistu
Sentenced = HsAith of the Crown
Prinoo-ForsiEn News and Gossip.

PARIS, Jan. 1s-The RepuJligue Fran.
eaiS has a telegram from Romo which
says that NJ. Flourens, the French For
sign Minister, has complained to sisnor
OFispi, the Italian Foreign Minister,
OF Italy's delay in settling the Florence
consulate incident and warned SiSnos
Crispi II the Italian Judge OF Florence
executes his threat to Ie-enter the French
Consula.s and seizs the papers sought
after, France will recall her ambassador
and take such meRsures as the honor and
interest Of the country demand.
The strained relations with Italy In con-
sequence Of the Florence Consulate affair,
depressed both commercial and financial
business to-day. The Bourse was heavy.
Several evening papers violently attack
Italy, and LaFrance Rlludes to Premier
Orispi as "Bismarck's Valet" The French
Consulate at Florence has received certain
Instructions as to the course to puuu9 in
case the Incident is prolonged.
The Paris newspapers urge tho govern
from Italy for the indignity offered to the
French Consulate, and in the event Of 4
failure Of Italy to comply, 10 break ol tho
relations between France and Italy and
expel all Italians from Franco.
It is semi-oficially announced that
Count DsMouy, the French Ambassador
at Rome, having informed II. FlourenB
that the Pfaetor Of Florence has intimaiei
his intention to remove on Friday tho
seals efixed by the French OoDnulate to
the documents relating to the Huasein
succession, NJ. Flourens has requested
Count DsMouy TO inform Signor Orispi
that II such an act Of violence ia commit
ted the French government will hold
Italy responsible.
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TREASURY SURPLUS.
A BILL TO ur1Llzs THE MONEY
ByPsrpstuA,inE the National Banking sys.
tenn Introduced in the ssnate-ThO Ohio
Valley Centennial Matter in the
House = Congress Yesterday

WAsHrNaroN, D. O., Jan. ls.-Aiter the
reading Of tho journal, tho Speaker pro
ten called the House to ordOr and said:
~ desire to 5sy in order to allsyuneEsineus
and apprehension about the condition Of
our horored Speaker that he is in process
Of rapid recovery, and that the occasion
which calls the present occupant TO the
chair. will, happily, 1 trust, rapidly pafu
away"
Mr.. Grosyenor, Of Ohio, presented the
memorial Of the Board Of Centennial Com
missioners at Marietta, Ohio, in regard to
the centennial celebration Of the settle.
ment Of the Northwestern Territories,
and It wAs ordered printed il the Record.
Mr.. Stone. OF Missouri, from the OOm.
mi.ee on Public Lands, reported q resOlu.
ton calling on tho Secretary OF the Inte-
rlor for Information as 10 what legislation
ia necessary for tha dispossl OF tho public
timber lands 60 as to secure at tho same
time the preservation OF tho natural forest
lands at the head waters Of navigabi0 riv-
ere, and put within reach OF settlers a legal
means Of providing themselves with tim
bsr for building and domestic purposes.
Adopted.
Mr.. Lyman, Of lows, from the Commit.
tse on Elections, submitted the vlewa Of
the minority on the Thoobe-C Carlisls con-
tested election case and they were ordered
printed. The House then went into Com
nisGee Of the Whole on the Agricultural
Experiment Station bill, Alter brief
confederation the committee roso and the
bill wGs passed.
When the Wilkina Banking bill was
reached ia opponents resumed their fill
clustering.
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WASHINGTON, D. O., jan. 1'.-A bill
was parsed reducing the charge for pass
ports from Eve dollarg to ono dollar.
After number Of petitions had been
presented and bills introduced, the bill for
reiunding the direct tax Of 1861 was taken
up, the question being on Mr.. ChAndier's
motion to Tecommit tho bill. The motion
was rejected. The question was then
taken on an amendment offered by Mr..
Elmunds, requiring all claims to be filed
within ak years, and 1t was agreed to.
Several amendments Of q verbal chRrsc-
ter were also agreed to. Mr.. Berry offered
an amendment providing that no part Of
the money collected from individuals
shall be retained by tho United Ssstes IS
ret OF against Eny State indebtedness.
Agreed 10.
Mr.. Farwell introduced bill to author
izs tho Secretary OF the Treasury to apply
the surplus money In the treasury to the
purchase OF United States bonds, and to
perpstuats the national banking system
BY providing further securities. The first
section provides that the Secretary Of the
Treasury be and he Is hereby authorized
and directed to issuo to the National
Banking Associations heretofore organised
or that may hereafter bs organized under
the general law, coupon or registered
bonds OF the United States In such form
and such denomination as he msy pre-
scribe, redeemable after fifty years from
the dats OF their Issue, bearing interest,
payable semi.annually, at the rate Of
three psr ceut per annum, to be used by
the National Banking Association 90 secu.
risy for their circulating noteu. Such
bonds shall be exempt from taxation by
or under State or municipal authority.
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THE GREAT STORM.
TnE DEATn IIsr sTIL1 eRowMa.
Additional Rsports from the States Through
Which the Blizzard sWspt-LoiS of Life
Is Greater Than at First Reported.
Zero weather Throughout Texas.

OMAHA, NEB., Jan. 1S.-ChRrles Gray
living near TekAmah, died yesterday from
exposure In Thursday's storm. MlSs
Louis Royce, a school teacher, eight miles
from Plsinvisw, had but three pupils on
the dRy Of the storm. She started at 2
o'clock with the children for house about
twenty rods distant, but lost her way. All
lay down in the snow and Miss Royce
wrapped up tho little ones as best she
could. Early in the night one child died,
later o second one, and Just as morning
broke, the third child succumbed to the
cold. Miss Royce then managed to reach
the house, lees than twenty rods away.
Both her fsst are badly frozen and they
will probably have to be ampuEaEed.
A school teacher and eight children,
names unknown, are reported from Neigh
10 have perished. Five msn named
SEckley, brothers, are reported from the
came place, to have been frozen 10 death.
Also an old msn named Glose, and 8 boy
named Miller. Mrs. Miller, the boys
mother, was also badly frozen, and will
loss both legs. She IVES returning from
the funeral OF another son when caught in
the storm.
A dispatch from Dubuque, Iowa, says:
The fatalities Of the blizzard on the prai-
rie districts OF Iowa are being gradually
made public. Byron Cleveland, Of Man
chester, Delaware county, has received in.
formation that hi1 two CONS, aged fifteen
and seventeen yeara, were frozen to death
during the storm, together with many
head Of cattle. The boys were driving
the cattle to water, about mile from the
house, when the blizzard struck them,
and their dead bodies have just been
found. The cattle were frozen stiff.
John Qlney was found in anow DRIFT,
near Marathon, frozen dead.
cowARDLY YOUNG MEN.
Miss May Henning and q boy named
Julius, IL years Of age, started in sleigh
to attend party, in company with two
young men. When the storm struck them
they lost their way and the young men de-
serted the lady and the boy and reached
a farm house in safety. The deserted
pair remained out in the storm oil night,
aud in the morning they we're found par
TALLY covered with snow. The young
lady will lose both legs, and the boys
hGnds and feet were badly frozen. He
was saved from death by the brave girl,
who wrapped him in the only blanket left
them.
A Fort Worth, Texas, dispatch says:
Two reposts Of freezing 10 death were re-
ceived last night in addition to those sent
out Monday. A tramp, whose name 10
unknown, was found stiff near Henrietta.
d negro named John Jackson and an
other colorsd man wers frozen to death
nesr Waco. No reports Of foee Of live
stock in the Panhandle have been re-
ceived aa yet, although the loss Is known
to be great. One Rsnchmsn in Tarrant
county lost ten head Of fine stock out OF a
small herd.
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corroN MILLS IN TnE SOUTH.
The Poor whites of Charlsston UnwIliIng to
Spin and Weave.

Eno Foor hnitoB OF CnnrlBhtOn UnWlutng TO
Spin and Weave.
CHARLESTON, S. O, Jan. 1S.-To.day the
Charleston cotton mills will be sold at
public auction. The failure OF the mills
promise to make o revolution in the manu-
iacLure Of cotton goods. A good many
years before the war q cotton mill was
started in Charleston. 1t cost good
many hundred thousand dollars, but 1t
taught that generation that Charleston
could not run cotton mills.
In 1880 cotton-mill boom struck
Charleston. A company was formed and
several thousand people put up $50, 900 to
start big mill. A gigantic building was
erected and before the machinery was all
paid for the $4,000 capital had been ex-
hsusted. The mill was bonded for $780,
900. The stock went down and hundreds
Of poor people who had invested their
savings In It either sold out st fifty cents
on the dollar or held on until now when
they can't get five cents on the dollar.
The directors say the failure is due 10
their inability TO get labor. The poor
whites Of Charleston do not Eeem to take
to mill work. It Is generally thought that
tho bondholders will buy the mill snd
that they will get 1t for mere song. It Is
not improbable that they will try the ex.
pertinent OF running 1t with negro labor.
Many cotton mills have been built in the
South within the past decade, but the
negro has never yet been called upon 10
spin add weave. The experiment will
have an important bearing on the future
OF the race In the South,
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coRBrN,s SCHEME
To Settle the Reading strike-He Wants to
Shift the Responsibility, -

To Settle the Reading stFike-He Wants TO
Shift the Responsibility -
NEW YoRK, Jan. 1S-Vsrious rumors
are aaoat concerning the probable move
on the part Of the Philadelphia & Reading
Company to effect, directly or indirectly,
come sor. Of a settlement Of the mining
troubles.
One report, which comes from promi-
nent member Of the Coal Exchange, Is to
the effect that President Corbin, nnwil-
ling, in view Of recent bitter declarations,
to be party to making concessions to the
men, has conceived the idea Of leasing the
collisries to powerful syndicate, which
could better arrange settlement.
Said the reporters informant: He
would have two objects in thus evading
the issus-one in shifting the responsible.
ities upon other shoulders, the other In
dealing the striking railway hands g
powerful blow by conciliRting their allies,
the miners. However, should this be true,
the combination would hardly have any
immediate effect on the market. Such
schemes are not consumsted in day."
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CATTLE ouARANrINE.
The Governor of Nebraska Prohibits the
Importation Of Certain Stock.

The Governor of Nebraska Prohibits the
Importation of Certain Stock.
LINCOLN, NKB, Jan. lS-In accordance
with the recommendation OF the State
Live Stock Sanitary Commission, the Gov.
ornor will issue a proclamation to take Of.
feet February /, annulling all quarantine
proclamstions now In force, and prohibit.
ing railway and transportation companies
and ferries Gs we'll as all persons or ind!-
viduals from Introducing into this State
cattle coming from the Statea OF New Jer.
Bey and Delaware, the counties Of Weat
Chester, Richmond, New York, K!ngl,
Queenu and Sudolk, in New York; the
county Of Philadelphia in Pennsylvania;
the counties Of Baltimore, Howard, Car
yoll and Prince George, in Maryland, md
the county Of Cook In illinola, and aiBo TO
prohibit tho introduction and shipment
into or through this STATE Of cattle shipped
ell or any part OF the way from the STATES
OF Texas, Arkansas, Louisiana, Alabama,
Mississippi, Florida, Georgia, Fennessss,
South Cyroina, North Carolina and Indi-
an Territory during the months Of March,
April, May, Juue, July, August, Ssptem-
ber End October, ON account Of the danger
from contagious pleuro.pneumonia or
! Texas fever.
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READS LIKE A ROMANCE.

Career of tho Lnto DIR. Gordon-HlS Claim
to tho Earldom of Aberdeen.
TKxAREANA, ARK. Jan. ls.-Dr, John
Gordon, who died Monday night in little
box cabin which charitable neighbora
here had provided for him, was born in
Scotland in 1918.
George Hamilton Gordon, The fourth
Earl Of Aberdeen, was bis cousin. In the
year OF his birth his Cousin was created q
British peer with the title OF Viscount
Gordon, for the successful negotiation Of
the treaty Of Topliiz, by which he induced
the Australian Emperor to join the ALT.
ance against bis son.in-law Napoleon,
DR.. John Gordon came to America in
l843, and succesniully engaged in business
for short time In New York, and then
moved to St. Louis. he was an intimate
personal friend of Senator Thomas II.
Benton and au influential factor in the
politics Of st. Louis. Here he was also
prosperous and he became wealthy in the
management OF q wholesale business. Re-
verses fiuslly overlook him, and he sur
rendered oil to the liquidation Of claims
sgainst him.
Gordon then came to Texarkana and
hoped to make living for himaelf by the
sRls OF medicine which he manufactured,
but was hsrrasood by prosecutions on &C.
count OF not having q liCsnse. The old
gentleman struggled along bravely, and
held the respect Of those who knew him to
tho last.
The Doctors claim to the earldom Of
Aberdeen he never discussed, but others
assert the obstacles to his accession was
his reiusal to take the Burgess OATH" o
requirement growing out Of the establish.
ment Of the Church OF Scotland. Lord
Byron's father, "Mad Jack Byron" mar.
ried Katharine Gordon, Of Aberdeen, and
the Doctor was therefore related to the
Poet Byron,
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Gov. &cGILL, Of Minnesota, finds tho
new high.l.ceuse law in that State an ef.
fcien! means OF reducing the evils Of in.
toIicatiOn to minimum, The Governor
sayu there has been total reduction Of
over 6OOin the number Of saloons in the
State, and that" while the effects OF the law
With regard to the diminution OF drunken
ness mus! naturally be Of q more or less
speculative determination, still thore are
nsny facts which plainly warrant an in
Isrenca that there is much less than be-
EurO the Law went into operation" He
then Quoteu tho opinion Of Bishop Ireland,
Who, he tIu.hiuIly Gays, is probably better
able to Judge Of the general effect OF the
law with respect to drunkenness than
anybody olas in the State.
Bishop Ireland says: "It there was
popular vote today as to high license in
Minnesota, the majority would be over.
whelmiugly in its favor. II Is a solution
OEtho temperance question. Ito benefits
are already appreciated by the people,
and it would be impossible to change the
high license law Of Minnesota to-day.
The financial feature Of the Minnesota
law ia one oti;Smsny admirable features"
West Virginia Dhould study the Mime
sofa experiment carefully before adopting
prohibition.
Contrast with this the experience with
prohibition in Rhode Island. Is West
Virginia prepared to Voluntarily undergo
the sad experience which Rhode Island'E
Governor describeaP
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MINNEAFoLIs, MINS., Jan. 1s.-A repre-
sentative convention OF Minnesota Rspub-
lican clubs is in session here to-day, with
$50 delegsten preaent, the purpose being
the formation oia State League as branch
Of the recently formed National League.
Ex-Governor BRrto, Of ssuk Centre, Wau
made permanent chairman, and Lieut..
TruSsel, Of Minneapolis, secretary. Stir.
ring speeches were made. The tone Of
the convention was decidedly Blaineish.
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BRMNeHAM, ALA, Jan. ls.-At very
late hour last night It was Rrcertained that
Frank NJ. Irlon, the clerk and register Of
the city court here, was short In his nc.
counts fully $4,000. A further examina-
ton Of his books to-dsy disclosed the fact
that the shortage mSnAmountt to oven more
than this, Irion left hero ostepsibly for
Atlanta, two weeks ago, since which time
he has not been seen nor heard Of Real
estate speculation is supposed to have led
him into this trouble, he was . very
prominent citizen and stood high In this
community.
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PHILADELPHIA Jsn. 1s,-The bulletin
Of the American Iron aud Steel Associa-
ton Gays that the total production OF pig
iron in the United States was 6,417,14S
gross tons, and was much the largest in
the history Of the country. The next
largest production was in 1886, when
8 .6SS S29 gross tons we're produced. Only
SOL ,454 groes tons remained unsold in the
hands Of the makers or their agents at
the close Of December last,
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A Prlp es,r married. in PItt,burrh.

PrTTssuRoH, Pa, Jan. 1S.-Franceu Won
steuben, the alleged granddaughter Of
the King of wurtemburg, and Max Reed,
the defendant in the criminal suit recently
brought by the Society for the Prevention
OF Cruelty, were married at the Rsgister's
Office to-day by Squire sofel, OF the South
Side, thus settling the criminal proceed.
ings. Mrs. Reed Is only fourteen yesrs Of
age, and cannot read or write. Her hus.
band Ia quite intelligent and well to do.
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THg PIksnbuIg STATE JOurna! says the
hlur. to enforce the present good liquor
as Is making prohibiLionistu ont of the
p,ople. We cant see why 1t tahould. II
Il, people who profess to degire the best
possible state Of aGsirs Ia regard to the
ilouor traffic will be consistent enough to
indicate that they honestly desire the en-
lor,nens Of the entirely adequate exist
in, lsv, i! will be enforced. Proiesssd
vrohib!!icnists knowingly support, al
every election, candidates who will moi
nnlo,.e the law.
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PIG IR0N DROPS
And FuFnaoemen Bank thOir Flres-Busi-
ness stopped.

And Furnacemen Bank IhOir Fires-Busi-
moss stopped.
PITTSBURGH, Pa, Jan. 1S.-Deslers in
pig iron here report drop in prices Of
four dollars per ton since tho first Of the
year. As a result number Of furnace
men have banked their furnaces and are
now awaiting Developments. They say
the decline is unwarranted, and that they
cannot manufacture and sell pig iron at
present pricss, except at a loss. The
Dunbar and Charlotte furnaces havo both
closed, being unable to pay present wages,
or in any way continue the manufacture
OF pig iron at profit. There has been 8
reduction Of twenty-five cents per ton in
the price Of coke since January l, but
there has been no reduction in ore, and
freight rates remain practically the same.
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VIENNA, Jan. 1s.-The FremdenJlatt
hopes the peaceful utterances expressed
by the Car in responding to the New
Years congratulations Of the city Of Mos.
COW, fully corresponds with the earnest
desire everywhere prevailing for the main
tenGnce Of peace. 1t Gays 1t cannot, how
ever, overlook the fact that notwithaiand-
ing the efforts made to this end the feeling
OF anxiety and doubt regarding the future
which Is nov weighing upon everybody
does not seem 10 disappear.
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NEw YoRk, Jan. ls.-The Tribune says
that the accident to Mrs. John A. Logan
by which she was thrown from carriage,
has left lasting results. Her friends here
are informed by letters that she has severe
pain almost constantly in the injured
shoulder. Mrs. Logan is said to have
grown old rapidly since tho Generals
death, and to have los! much OF her old
time YiYaoity and energy.
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CoSsTANTENoPLE, Jan. 1s.-During Mr..
W. <. Vandsrbilt's visit here the Sultan
strongly urged him to construct system of
Asiatic railways. vsndorbiltpleadsd that
his visit was merely for pleasure and that
he had had no chance TO study. the
suggested system. The Sultan has
now forwarded to Mr.. Vanderbilt,
who is now in Egypt, all the
papers bearing on the question and he ex.
presses the hope that II Mr.. Vanderbilt ia
not disposed to accept the task Mr.. Jay
Gould will undertake it.