The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1888-12-17
COSDEySED TBLEGpANS.


at Cincinnati Saturday aud all Of them
injured, Tim Sullivan, foreman, fatally.
The Chinese Government has repu1i-
ated the AIitkiewiez scheme. in which
Wharton Barker aud other American
capitalists were interested.
The Secretary OF the Treasury Satur-
day afternoon accepted the following
bonds: Registered As, 800 at los;
$29, $50 at 1851; 100000 at los Sl5-lOO
Anthony Hessels, jeweler and dealer
in precious stones nj 330 Fifth avenue,
New York city, assigned Saturday to
Franklin Bion, no preferences being
stated.
General John c. Underwood, Grand
Sire Of the Odd Fellows Of the United
States, has decided TO move the head
quarters OF that organization from Cow
ington, KY, to Columbus, o.
The sale Of number Of st. Louis
street railways to Chicago capitalists was
consummated Saturday. Formal trans.
fer will be made on Tuesday. The pur-
chase price is S3,GOO,0O0.
The Cmsarian operation was success
fully performed at Bellevue Hospital, by
Prof. w. 7. LuSk, in the case OF Ellen
Murphy, woman 20 years old. 1t is
thought both mother and child will live.
Governor Beaver has granted respite
until March l3 to James II, Jacobs, who
was to have been hanged at Lancaster,
January 8, to allow commission in
lnnaCy to inquire into Jacobs mental
condition.
The Commissioners OF the Great Lake
Fork District report the completion OF
the main ditch. The last section cost
$4,000. The entire length is II miles
with some 100 miles OF laterals, costing
in all over 100000. 1t has redeemed
thousands Of acres OF the best land in
Illinois.
The Michigan State Grange has adopt
cd resolution requesting the Michigan
Congressional delegation to urge upon
President Harrison the appointment OF
]. j. Woodman, OF Paw Paw, Mich, as
Commissioner Of Agriculture. He is an
cx-Master OF the State Grange.
]. r. Mckee, General Harrison's SON.
in-law, has engaged suite Of rooms for
seven persons at the Ebbitt House,
Washington, for week preceding the
Inauguration. 1t is understood that
General Harrison will make this hotel
his headquarters until he takes posses.
sion OF the White House.
The South Carolina House Committee
on Elections have recommended con-
stitutional amendment to provide an
educational qualification for voters. 1t
is said such an amendment would dis
franchise over l3,000 whites aud $4,000
negroes. Most OF the leading daily
newspapers in the State are supporting
the amendment.
The town of Jasper, Ark, is greatly
excited over the sudden death OF the
Rev Frank Alfred, Methodist minis
ter, and bis two children, aged 10 aud 10
years. The symptoms in all the cases
ARE those OF poison. The theory is that
the family We're poisoned by diseased
milk, but many think it is case Of
wholesale murder.
In the case OF William ]. Calhoun, in
dicted at Wilmington, Del, for outrage
on Catharine UtZ, the jury yesterday
afternoon rendered verdict Of guilty.
The penalty is death, Calhoun is o
youth Of %, his victim m unpIepossess.
ing woman OF 55. Tho crime was com
mitted November 49, and was signalized
by peculiar hagrancy.
Henry Meredith, who shot and wound
cd Phil DAILY, the gambler, has been rec
OgniZed as Lewis Carlton, who violated
his parole and is wanted to complete
five years OF seven years sentence for
forgery in State prison ut Columbus, o.
Inspector Byrnes has been notified BY
Warden T.. b. Coffin, OF that institution,
who recognized the picture OF Meredith
sent him.
Governor Gray, OF Indiana, has been
notified by the prosecutor at Oorydon
that William s. Gregory, James Lynch,
Lewis Jobe, Daniel Vest, Samuel Scott,
! John Il. Rawlings, Floyd Morgan, Chal.
Morgan, William Wiseman, Reuben
Robertson and Charles Miller have been
indicted for white Cap" outrages. The
men are all well-to.do citizens OF Harri-
son county.
The South Carolina State Senate has
passed by overwhelming majorities two
bills TO prevent railroads consolidating
in that State without permission Of the
Legislature, and to enlarge the authority
OF the Railroad Commission by giving L
absolute power to prescribe and regulate
freight and passenger tariffs, prevent
unjust discrimination, etc. Both bills
are likely to pass the House and become
laws. iiv
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