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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-10-19
CONCERNING RIVER INSTRUCTIONS,


The Secretary of War Prepares Circular
Giving Instructions About Proceedings.
WASHINGTON, d, G., Oct. ls,-SeCre-
tary Proctor has prepared a circular Of
instructions respecting the practice to
bv followed in cases where bridges over
riavigable streams are said to be obstruC-
tions 10 commerce. When such com.
plant or charge is made the Chief En-.
gineer shall refer 1t 10 the engineer
officer In charge Of the district Ia which
the alleged obstruction is located. He
shall make an examination TO determine
whether or not 1t can be removed, Iu
determining this the person or corpora
ton controlling the bridge shall begiven
an opportunity TO appear before the
officer.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-10-19
FOREIGN AFFAIRS.
London Policemen to Give the
TOughs a Tough Time,
TIRED OF THE IMPosITIOEs
'nale'ed Upon Them by the Rough.
est Element FroUch Military
Moyemeuts-Tho Condition
ofthe King Of Portugal.

LONDON, Oct, ls,-The London tough
is threatened with the loss Of one Of sIs
most ancient and dearly cherished priyl,
leges, 1t is leaving his mark upon his
traditional enemy, the policeman, and ss
the magistrates make light Of such as.
saults, 1t has become necessary to resort
10 some restraining measures. AS lhs
result OF q meeting Of the heads OF the
police department, 1t Is said that Chief
Commissioner Monroe, Inspector Moore
and others, recommend uOre vigorous
treatment OF desperate men who resist
arrest.
Over thirty policemen are now re.
ported as crippled temporarily in tho
line OF duty, audbruises and torn uni.
forms are matters that receive no notice.
The impunity which they have been
hitherto allowed TO act has given tho
lawless element practical possession Of
some localities and respectable persons
who arc now compelled to IuSke long
detours or incur the expense Of cabs to
avoid certain streets, rejoice to learn
that q little treatment, in-klnd is to DO
extended to the rough element who can
be taught by NO other means that tho
police are to be no longer objects upon
which to exercise their fists, boots and
teeth safely.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-10-19
rOREsrRY cONaRRSs ApJOuRNs

Tho Only Colorcd Member Heads Paper
Gen. beaver Elected President. 2
PniblBKLaniA, PA, Oct. lS.-To:day
was the closing seSSion'ot the American
Forestry Congress, Samuel Iowery,
the only colored man in the Congress,
read o paper on tho cultivation Of the
mulberry tree for feeding silk worms
Mr. B. g. Northrop resd an epsay oE
!'Arbor Day. Ia tho schools, Ia which
BIO showed that the Yernal holiday \
now being celebrated very GENERALLY. A
fesolItloh asking Congress 70 withhold
public lands from sale until the tlmbel
sold enough u cut, wasadOpted. Hon
James A. Beaver, Of POnnBylyanla, wal
elected President, and the meeting ad
ioutned cine dc,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-10-19
PENSION REPORT,
The Annual Report of the Commissioner
Showing for the Past Year,

| AAb 4NNNHtAA hNHbhN w. NNAN tNAAhAA4ehNsANAi
Showing for the Past Year,
WASHINGTON, Oct, ls,-The annual
report for the fiscal year 1850 Of the
Commissioner Of Pensions has been
submitted to the Secretary OF the In
terror and is now in the hands oil the
Public Printer.
The following summary ot the report
will show the more important details Of
the work OF the Bureau OF Pensions dur.
ing said fiscal year:
There were ut the close Of the year
4S0, ,720 pensioners. There were added
to the rolls during the year tho names OF
5l,09l new pensioners, and thenEmes OF
1854 whose pensions have been pre-,
viously dropped were restored to the
rolls, making an aggregate Of 81, ,675 pen,
sioners added during the year. l5,507
pensioners were dropped from the rolls
Tor various causes, leaving a net increase
TO the rolls Of 37,l0S names,
The average annual value of each pen.
sion at the close OF the year is shown to
have been $lSl 1s. The aggregate an.
uuhl Yhlub ~ pGuhlHp 10 O1IS1OIouS ou
The amount paid for pensions during
the year was $Ss,275,llS 2s. The total
amount dishursed by agents for all pur.
poses was $50, 1871 ,085 A. Amount paid
as fees to attorneys 81, ,lG3,5S3 As.
There was a disbursement OF $l4, ,6l5 72
for the payment OF arrears Of pensions
in cases where the original pension was
granted prior to January 25, 1875, and
the date Of commencement Of pension
was subsequent to discharge or death.
In the aggregate l,24S,l40 pension
claims have been filed since 1861, aud In
the same period 7S0,l9l have been al.
lowed.
The amount disbursed on account Of
pensions since 1861 has been 81 r059, ,2lS,-
4l3 II,
The issue Of certificates during the
year shows q grand total Of l45,20S. OF
this number 81 ,92l were original certi6-
Gates.
The report shows that al the close Of
the year there were pending aud unal.
lowed 4600 900 claims Of all classes.
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THE STATE OF TRADE.
Dun's Weekly Review of Bltslnoss.-The Iror
mud steel Trade Still Healthy,

Dun's Weekly Review of Buslness.-The Iron
mud steel Trade still Healthy,
NEw YoRK, Oct, 1S.-R. G. Dun& Co. q
weekly review Of trade says: As before,
the money market is the one point Of
anxiety, Rates arc higher, but perhaps
apprehension hos somewhat lessened, as
the senseless cry that the pressure was
only manipulated has given place to q
more rational 4 understanding Of the
reality and consequent limitations ofthe
demand.
The volume Of trade continues large,
bank clearings exceed last years; rail.
road earnings are encouraging, There
is little activity In coal at Pittsburgh
but gla,s works are busy at old prices.
Iron and steel works are all busy with
prices well held aud the coke output
ut Connellsyille Is reported In excess Of
demand by one days work each week.
The lion trade Is still healthy, south
ern furnaces seeming to have well sold
up, aud though an oder of Lehigh Val.
ley brand No. / at SIG so Is reported, the
quotation for pig Is Sl7 to SIS. Bar iron
Is not as firm as other lormg, and the
surpriSingly heavy demand for plates
and structural forms Is for steel rather
than iron, Rails are quoted at S3l 90,
with sales for the week OF $500 tons,
An offer for 5000 tons American iron to
be shipped to Scotland failed because
freights were too high.
The ship yards on the lakes arc to be
very busy next season, contracts for So
vessels, with tonnage Of o. 800 being
quoted.
The wool trade Is still dull, and while
there Is a fair movement Of dress goods
and enlarged discounts have caused
moro business in knit goods, the demand
for mems woolens is strictly moderate.
The cotton manufacture Is thriving and
the trade in goods Is satisfactory, print
cloths selling at 81 cents for G4s.
Speculation for higher prices In wheat
has not been active since the last Gov.
crnment report, aud heavy northwest
ern receipts, with scanty exports, com.
bine to depress prices, which have lallep
2t cents for the week, with sales Of 81.
100000 bushels, against 20,000,000 last
WGek1 OuTu uHb ubGllueu HuAbeli ahu
oats lie, while pork products, though
still maintained by the clique, arc u lit
tie lower. Coffee has yielded quarter,
and Is weak at Rio, traders suspect on
better knowledge OF the yield than has
been forwarded. The price Of raw sugar
has again declined an eighth, and Of re.
fined quarter, and u circular announces
the approaching opening Of the large
SprecEies refinery, but the falling sugar
trust stock has been arrested by an up.
ward reaction.
The stock market resisLs tight money
stuhbornly, but has yielded au average
Of 81 per share on active railroad stocks
with solne recovery, however, on Fri
day.
The business failures during the last
seven days number for the United States
1874, and for Canada Al. For the CORES.
poiding week last year the figures we're
202 failures in the United States and %
In Canada,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-10-19
THE GIANTS DONNHD
BY the BrookIyns in the First Of
The Series Of Games For
THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP,
A Very Close Game Amid Great En-
thusiasm-BothT Teams Badly Rat.
tied at Times Game Finished
in the Dark,-Attendauce,

NEw YoRK, Oct. ls,-The New Yorl
and Brooklyn teams played the frs
game Of the series for the worlds cham
pionship at the Polo Grounds, Theday
was delightful in every respect. When
the grooms came on the grounds, the
enthusiasm was most marked, Fully
10000 persons were present, There
was quite a discussion about the umpire
who should otIiciats for Brooklyn, Fer
guson was finally chosen, and when he
yelled out "My head isswelled already"
the crowd roared. With Ferguson at
the plate and Gaaney at FIRST base, the
teams went into the field. Both teams
were badly ratified at times, Keeic had
less speed than usual, and the bride.
groonis batted his curves hard, Poor
base running OF Ewing, Ward and Tier.
nan also did much to defeat the giants.
In the fourth inning Corkhill fell and
hurt himself and wls forced to retire,
Yisner taking his place. Richardson's
error in the eighth inning gave the game
TO Brooklyn. II was too dark to play
and many people left the grounds not
knowing which team had won the game.
Score:
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-10-19
DISSATISFACTION AT JOaNsTowN.
Action Taken by the citizens Toward Dis.
cOycrInt, tbs Cause of Delay.

Action Taken by the Citizens Toward Dis
covering the Cause of Delay.
JouNsrowN, Pa, OCT. ls.-Notwith
standing the statements Of members o
the State Commission that everything il
moving along satisfactory here, such Il
not the case Within the past few days
the general opinion prevailed that every
body would be paid on a per centage
and members Of, the Board OF Inquiry
seemed to understand it that way. Thit
being denied, the people were at los,
to understand anything about the situa
tion. So great has the dissatisfaction be-
como that the Finance Committee took
cognizance Of it to-day by requesting the
Board Of Inquiry to make public state
ment Of the condition OF thingg. The
letter concludes as iollows:
"The time has come when further de.
lays. must have ample justification
Many cases are now arising daily where
people are obliged to make sacrifices
which would be prevented II they could
receive the money which would be
awarded to them, or II they had any Ger.
tain knowledge that such an award
would be made. viii you kindly give
US official information as 10 why the
money Is not paid out 2"
The following was also addressed to
the Flood Commission:
"7oJ,. B. Rremtr, Esq, Seuetary Of Flood Com
iatSStOH;
"DRAR SlR;-By resolution of the
Committee on Finance, the Board Of Iu'
quiry has been requested TO answer the
following matters;
"Haye you flushed your labors for
the final dlslribution2 What impedi-
ments, II any, are in the way Of prompt
distribution 10 classea 4 and 81 Will
the money be paid out III accordance
with your awards, or is any further re.
visions OF the schedules contemplated 7
The interestin the matter Of distribu.
tion is SO great and the
delay In the matter OF a day or
even an hour is now so detrimental
that ills due to the public that a full and
official information should be published.
viii you kindly advise rs in regard 10
the following matters: What are the im.
pediments, Il any, to the immediate and
final distribution OF the relief money!
Has the Rureap Of Inquiry completed
Its laborsY Will the money be paid in
accordance with awards Of the Bureau
OF Inquiry2 Ifso, how, aud upon what
principle will these changes be made
Who will make them, and when will this
work be Accomplishment An early reply
will greatly oblige.
BY order Of Committee on Finance.
CyBpS ELpER, Secretary
The COMMITTEES Of leading Citizena who
had been appointed TO inquire the ex.
cuse Of the delay have been instructed
that II sufficient reasons arc not given
they shall ut once call Il public meeting
TO take action on the question.
The transfer and re.interment ol the
unidentified dead will begin next Mon
day. II Is suggested that those who
have lost iilenis whose bodies haye mo-
been identified, that they be presen
when the graves are opened, when AZ
opportunity will BIZ given, and all posi-
| BILE clues furnished for Identification.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-10-19
THE CRONlN CASE.
o'Donnell and Kavanaugh Relndlcted.
Developments Yesterday.

IVbuhhNh hhh AhhNhNAhBh
Developments Yesterday
CHICAGO, Oct. 1s,-Jerty o'Donnell
and Thomas KayanauGh Of those wht
were re.arrestsd last night on the new
indictments returned yesterday wer'
bailed this morning. /,
"What was your object in having
these seven men re.iudlctedPo state'l
Attorney Longenecker was asked thil
morning.
"Partly because we wanted their bal
fixed at higher figure. You sec eact
man is now under $4,000 bonds instead
Of 5000 as at first Again, in a case o
a conspiracyit is customary to have ar
indictment returned against all the pris
oners jointly"
"Then there is nothing in tho rumol
that this indictment held the prisoner
for completely in the murder OF DR.
Oronin rs accessories after the iact2n
"Not a word OF truth in it.n
day, but 50 far nothing important ol,' hSl ia
transpired.
Michael A. Manley, who has roon
on Oak street opposite tho residence o.
Alexander Sullivan was before tht
States Attorney this evening, Nothing
OF what Manley said could be learned
from him or the States Attorney, but d
report became current that Manley wa.
asked as to whether he had not seen the
suspects Ooney and Coughlip, o Clan
na.Gael man named Foy, and another
man enter Mr.. Sulliyan's house To-
gether during March, Accompanying
this rnmor was the report that Maniey'l
examination did not prove very fruit
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-10-19
THE EPISCOPAL CONVENTION.
Establishment of Missionary Episcopate
for ColOred People.

EsnDllShncnt OF u mIbslomlEg EplsCppnte
for ColOred People.
New YoRK, Oct. 1S.-services were
celebrated in the House OF Deputies this
morning by Bishop Quintard, Of Ton.
nessee, assisted by Bishops spaulding, Of
Colorado, and Scarborough, Of New Jer-
sey. AT 1920 DR.. Dix called the House
TO order. Not more than 100 Of the 400
odd members were present. The reports
Of the different standing committees
were then presented. The Committee on
Canous presented a report on the pro.
posed establishment OF missionary
episCopate for the colored people.
The six amendments which were
adopted yesterday by the House in com.
mittee OF the whole were then taken up
in order, and after considerable debate
were formally agreed to. The noon re.
cess was then taken.
Atthe afternoon session, the House Of
Deputies confirmed its action as com-
mittee OF the whole on Thursday by
passing the Joint Liturgical Committee
resolutions for thanksgiving for Child's
recovery from sickness, for safe return
iromvoyage or travel, and for peniten.
tial office Tor Ash Wednesday. Concur.
renee with the upper house was also or
dercd upon the following; That, alter
the tubriu following the general title OF
the Collects, Epistles and Gospels, there
Ia inserted: 1.-THE Collect appointed for
any Sunday or other feast may be used
at the evening service OF the day before;
also that the Gloria Patria be printed at
the end oi the Easter anthems."
Rev. Dr. Hart, Of the committee, then
presented the next resolution In order,
which was:
"That in place OF the rubric, after the
Gospel for the Sunday next before Ad-
vent, there be substituted; II this be
more than twenty-five Sundays after
Tiplty the services Of some Of those
Sundays, what we're omitted alter the
Epiphany, shall be taken IN to supply as
many as are wanting. And II there
be fewer than twenty-five Sundays the
overpus shall be omitted"
This was adopted.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-10-19
A TRAGEDY IN COnRr.
a Man stabs His wife in tho Presence o
InntIn,, nnil 1,,Irn A. RIli III..,...la

- tAtNA PNtAbh AAAh WIN tMH IIfOBtugt OF n
Justice and Tries 70 XIII Himself,
INDIANAPOLIS, IND, Oct. ls.-Henry
R. Smith, junk dealer, yesterday stab
bed his wife in court. He had threat.
ened to kill her, and fearing violence
she had procured awarrant for his ar.
rest. With several OF her friends she
was in court, when he was brought In to
answer the charge against him, He
asked for q continuance OF the case, and
when the Justice asked him in reply II
he could give bond he became furious.
Turning to his wife with the exclama.
tion, "See what you have brought Us
70" he sprang towards her and grabbed
her by the throat with one hand while
with the other he plunged a knife into
her neck within quarter Of an inch Of
the jugular vein. AS he was about to
strike a second time with the knife his
arm was caught by the Justice, and with
the aid ol several persons he was dis
armed, while the woman fell iainting In
the arms Of her friends. The injury may
result fatally. Smith afterwards tried 10
kill himself, but was prevented from do.
ing 90,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-10-19
TROUBLE INEVITABLE
On the Side Of Germany Over
the Coupe Etat ofMaIietoa.
THE SAMOAN COMPLICATIONS
May Make Another Conference Be-
tween tho Powers NecessaFy-A
MatterofAIuoh Concern tothe
United States @ Government,

Ngw YoRK, Oct. ls.-A Washington
special to the Herald says; Icalled upor
the Secretary Of State yesterday to ask
him some questions relating to the re
cent election Of Mataaia as King Of the
samoans and the reputed dissent OF Ger
many theretrom, with the probable con
sequences OF such dissent, Mr., Blaine
refused absolutely to say word on any
branch Of the subject. From another
source, however, l learned that trouble
on the side Of Gernanyis inevitable over
this unexpected coup d'elal OF MalIetoa,
and that our Government looks upon his
throwing down the gauge to Germany,
as he has too evidently done in the put
ting forward OF Mataaia in his own place,
with anything but satisfaction. The
point is made that 1t is o matter OF much
concern To the Government at Washing
ton that q new aud serious difficulty
should be created by almost the first use
the Samoans have made Of the autonomy
secured 10 them by the energy and per-
sislence OF the United States.
Whatever the outcome Of the late pro-
ceedings at Apia, Germany will have
the moral support OF the United States
In resisting the elevation Of Motaafa. 1t
Is too early to forecast the consequence
OF whit has been done to the yet un.
ratified treaty, nor what may follow II 1t
should be found necessary to reassemble
the conference for further negotiation.
II Ia well understood here that Germany
IL not In the least likely 10 retreat fur
ther, On the other hand, there is at
least q possibility that Prince Bismarck
may decide to treat the affair with real
or assumed Indifference, which would
be felt as q great relief at Washington,
am reminded that the importance OF
this matter To the United States lies
primarily in the circumstance that by
the convention OF Berlin the moral
influence OF this country has been sub
stituted for the mailed hand Of Germany
in the guidance Of the external relations
Of Samoa, whatever may have been the
bottom motives OF the German chan.
cellor in according q complaint, and OF
the reluctant assent to The demands oi
the United States. II is considered by
those qualified TO speak on such subject
that the conference at Berlin took such
q course and form as 10 entitle Germany
TO look to this Government for exemp.
tion from wanton aAront or provocation
by our proteges, Malietoa and Mataaia.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-10-19
A GREAT OIL STRIKE.
The jackson We'll at Manning
ton, Marion County,
IsAGUsHER AND NO MISTAKE
The Mystery Is Solved and Thou
sand Barrels a Day is What She
is Doing-New Territory open-
ed Boom in Real Estate.

Special Dlpateh 10 ne IHtelligF'etT,
MANNISaToS, W, VA o., ls-Ir
spite Of i've plugs driven tight in the
casing Of the Jackson well here, the Of
burst outthis morning and was confined
with greatdifIiculty. The mystery being
out, am able to state that the pressure
is extraordinary, reliable oil experts es-
timating that 1t viii do one thousand
barrels per day when once set free.
Two large tanks have been ordered,
also an oil pumping engine and a six
inch main, to pipe to town. an oil rack
and all necessary machinery, Every
thing will be in readiness to run into
tank cars in week. The oil is a clear
amber, such as will grade "premium
oil' In the market, A route for a pipe
line connecting with the Mt, Morris line
has been selected, This strike opens up
new territory, which, judging by the
frst well, will surpass the Ait, Morris
field. Great excitement prevails in real
estate circles.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-10-19
CllILlAN CUSTOMS DUTIES,
Abolition of Tarirs on certain Iron and
steel Products,

Abolition of TarihA on Certain Iron and
steel Products.
CHICAGO, Oct. lS.-The Department ol
State is officially informed that a law
has been enacted by Chill TO take effect
four months from August 30, 1884,
abolishing import duties on machines
and tools for tho u1e Of agriculture
mining trades and industries, pipes OF
tubes composed Of copper, bronze OF
iron, galvanized or ungalvalizsd, knee
joiuts, Ta and other such necessary ar
iicles, telegraphlc Instruments, insula:
tors, Iron OF steel posts and other special
nec6l sarles for telegraphs and tele'
phones, the material Of iron or steel foI
irailwaya and the cara for portable rail
ways aud ID plates.
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CAPTAIN KlDDs pgTS.r
small noy. Emulatlng the r.nmpIe. or

Small Boys Emulatlng tho Examples OF
FaNontc Dime Novel Heroes.
KANSAS otrY, Mo-, Oct. lS.-A large
number Of small incendiary fires have
occurred here recently. The police
have Just finished their investigation in
to the crimes and have discovered that
the incendiaries we're a band OF school
boys ranging in age from IL to l5 years.
They were regularly organized and
called themselves Captain Kidd's Pets. {"
The members are bound by blood curd.
ling oaths TO not reveal the secrets Of
order and all their plans were carried
out according TO written orders signed
In blood from the arms Of the Young
desperadoes. There are six in the band.
Two OF them have confessed that the
membera OF the band were responsible
for many small fires. The leaders OF the
band are under arrest.
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THRIOcONOTlyR ENalNEERs.
thief Arthur Reads Ills Report Federation
AInV hn DafantaI

Chief Arthur ReAds His Report -Fcderatio
May bO Defeated.
DENVER, Col, Oct. lS-At to.dsy,s
session Of the Locomotive Eppln4ers'
Convention report Of special llpance
committee was presented. This, Il IL
understood, will include q report on the
Burlington strike. The annual financial
report was presented and adopted Chief
Arthur made his special report
and recommendations, to which he
referred In his annual address,
None oil -thtse matters have
been made public, Tonight the Fed
Grafton Committee from tue Union Pa-
CiHC aud special COmmillee appointed
by the convention are considering this
question at special meeting. From
conversation with a number Of Tie
leading engineers, II is Inferred that
this proposition will be defeated when
brought before the convention.
The choice Of a place for DE elocation.
Of permanent headquarters for the next
ten years Is between Denver and Clpye-
land, o. A majority Of the enRneerg
seem 70 be opposed 10 any change aud
the probabilities are that Cleveland will
be decided upOn.