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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-04-04
A REMARKABLE WAR VESSEL
bids opon,d for a New Monitor which VII
be the Most perfect one Aloat.

bids Opened for n New Monitor Whlch VIII
be the Most perfect one Ailoat. {
WASHINGTON, D. c., April 3.--Bids
were opened at the Navy Department
to-day for tho construction OF an armored
coast defense vessel Of tho Monitor
type, and Of about 1000 tons burden.
The bidders for the construction OF the
hull and machinery according to the dc.
partments decisions were: William
Uramp & Sons, Philadelphia, Sl,0l4, ,00Oi
n. II. Palmer, Jr., & Co.. (the W. Quin.
tard Iron Works. OF New York, 81 ,E0O,'
900; tho Union;Iron Works, Of San Fran.
cisco, 81 ,O90,060. The award has not
been made. =,
The new vessel will be departure IN
design from any vessel In the Navy, anu
Captain HirChborn, who Is acting as
Chief OF the Bureau Of Construction, is
confident that she will be this most
formidable vessel for her displacement
OF any In the world, and able TO cope
with anything aaoat. She approx.
mates tho Monitor type and is Of 1900
tons displacement Id, cruising trim.
When she goes Into action BY taking on
motor ballast she sinks until her deck Is
but sixteen inches above tho water
level, thus diminishing the BiEn
Of the target exposed 10 an
opponent, Tho sides covering the
machinery arc 10 ha covered with six
teen inches Of Rrmor, besides the. pro-
lection afforded by the coal bpnkora,
The bafbeLteS containing tho guns arc 70
bo Of sixteen inch steel and the deck
will bU Of steel two inches thick, She
will DO 90l feet long, ~ feet beam, ia
ieet draft, and q speed Of sixteen knots
But the moot remarkable feature Will DC
tho tremendous power o. hei
armament. III tho forward bar,
bette, mounted Oh turnlRblo and
manipulated by hydraulic power
she will carry 4 Rig.inGh rifle, woighlnL
10 tons and ~ feet long, one q tht
largest guns ajlOAt In tho rear Dafbettt
there will DO d l2.inch rifle, weighing 4Rl
tons. A l6.inCh dynamite gun " fee
long will project from tllo bow, and i
other places the vessel Will carry SIX 81
pounderS, three O.pOunders, TWO y
pounders and four 8.poundergi OIL 70
voIyinu Cannons aud rapid fire guns
machine guns, and electric searCh light.
on = hollow steel military mast VII
complete tue Ship, which willbe IN tnre
and a hall years,
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LONDON, April 8.-when tho parnell
Commission met this morning Sir
Charles Russell resumed his argument
In behalf Of the Parnellites. He con,
tended that the objects OF the Irish M,
tlonal League were justlGable before
God and man. The issue beiore III
committee depended upon proof that
Mt. Parnell and his colleagues, under
the cloak Of a land movement, Ind
planned murders and outraRes. II nv
such. evidence was produced The oo,n.
mission must regard tho accused A man man
who are earnestly endeaVofinR 10 I'M Sn
intolerable burden from the shouidsrs
o. their countrymen. The oxamInaiinn
Of MI Pafnell has been set for Tuesday
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1ALnaOHE, MD,, April 8,-The Demo.
cratic State Central Committee met
to-day at Barnum's hotel. Chairman
Stevenson Archer said that the Demo.
cratic marty would be victorious this
fall, because Maryland 10 beyond
doubt Democratic, "Thls party will
present an unbrOken 'front.' be said.
1.-THE issue, as | sec Il, has already Nsen
made by tho Republicans, and Is tioth;
ing more OF less than the Hoar bill In
Tie United states Senate, which seeks
10 control all elections for Congressman
and Legislators ln all the States, and ID
eSneuiAlly almed AZ the Southern States,
1.-THE question Of race domination ID
clearly presented by the Hoar fesolu'
llons, and II this iSsue is forced upon
the people Of Maryland the old time
Democratic maIofiIieS will 10 rolled
NM
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TIE El,ECTlON BXClTRMEST.
Warm Time. in onleaso-A Ftaoa. at tho

Warm Times in Chlcago-A FrhCas Mt the
In Sale Club.
CmcAdo, April 3,-The election yes
terday passed oil, on the whole, very
quietly at the polls, only ono serious
afrray being reported. In the First
ward, John Carr and Edward Brown,
both colored, working for different Al
dermanic candidates, became involved
in heated dispute, as q result Of which
Carr was fatally stabbed by Brown. At
the La Sale Club last evening George
II. Williams, defeated Republican can.
didate for Westown Assessor, had a dis.
pute with ex.Alderman Simons and
knocked the latter down, cutting his face
severely with q ring. Williams claims
he was unnerved by the long strain OF
political excitement and that Simons
not only taunted him with defeat, but
called him names. Simons' friends
claim that the assault was unCalled for;
that Simons had merely joked Williams
about the landslide, The affair created
great excitement and many exaggerated
stories regarding the nature Of simons'
injuries were circulated. Williams Is
President Of the La salle Club. lie is
the man against whose candidacy
Frank Collier made so vigorous q fight
at the primaries and since. Collier was
assaulted and severely beaten twice on
account OF the trouble and has since
brought suit against several persons, in.
cluding a police captain and two officers
for damages.
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plrrsBvReif, Pa, April 3.--soon after
tho passage oi the amendments 10 Tho
Inter State Commerce law, one way
party rates. AT a reduction below tho
single trip rate we're withdrawn BY Tho
General passenger agOn. o. tie PehnSyl.
yAnla liheB west Of Rlllsburph, undSf a
decision oi General Counsel BfooFS ihat
they were unlawful. II now iFansbItes
that this decision and action have bean
sustained by tile Inter State Oommefce
Commission, WHO, on March 97, iast
1lled q memorandum to the effect thSl
the practice Of granting such rates IA
vicious Ia conception aud demoraiiSlhp
IN ih effects, necessarily working a dIs.
elimination against the single pas6en1er,
who, from surrounding CitoutnRtabceg,
cannot take advantage Of the paTty rate,
'IliiB decision must NECESSARILY cause ihe
Pennsylvania and Baltimore 4 Ohio
Railroad Companies 10 VlthdfSv ibelI
One way party faleb, which kefb ahhout,.
ced about the same time that similai
rates were Withdrawn by The PENNEY,
yAhia lines west bi PlLtbufgh.
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ALMOST A LYSCHISG.
a Murder at Dance In NsnIa, OhIo-Ths
CulpFit Mobbed,


NESIA, o., April ga riot and at
tempted lynching occurred here yester.
day, Alta dance early in the morning
Sherman johnson, goaded by Jealousy,
stabbed and killed Frank Lawrence,
colored, The murder created great ex,
citement among the colored people, and
In the afternoon, when the police found
Jackson secreted In the house OF an old
colored woman, o mob was at once or
ganized to lynch the culprit, The mob
was led by Thomas and William Law
renee, unCles Of the murdered man. The
officers opposed the mob. Finally
clash occurred in the heart Of the city
and but a short distance from the Jail.
The officers refused the demand for the
prisoner and the excited crowd at once
attacked them, Clubs were freely used,
but the mob, rushing on the officers In
a body, after a short tussle, had the
prisoner in their possession, The olIl-
GERS then all drew their revolvers aud
with reintorcements charged upon the
mob, again securing their prisoner and
landing him in the jail, There Is still
great excitement aud the jail Is beiugse-
cuTely guarded,
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sHREWD BlSMARCK.

He Wants to Know the Particulars lie.
Enrdlng the American Vessels Sent TO
Samoa.
NEw York, April 3.4sA Washington
special TO the World saysi The German
Minister yesterday received telegram
in cipher from Prince Bismarck, instruct
ing him to cable at the earliest moment
the names OF the vessels ordered by the
SeCteiaryof The Navy to proceed 10 Sa-
moa and take the place Of those wrecked
by the hurricane there OF March 10; also
the number Of mon and officers carried
by each shipI. It's tonnage and horse.
power; the number, size and kind OF
guns; whether the vessels are equipped
With torpedoes, and whether the send.
Ing OF reinforcement to Samoa will weak.
en- the America Navy in any other part
pttho world 10 any considerable extent.
The Minister was also Instructed 70 ilnd
out and report TO the German foreign
office without loss OF lime, the condition
Of the new vessels In process Of con.
Btruction.
The genuinenysS Of tho dispatch may
be denied by the German authorities,
but the World correspondent Is able 10
youch for lts absolute accuracy. II will
DO remembered that several German
nayal aud military experts havo visited
this country since the appearance Of the
Samoan war cloud for the purpose OF 70.
porting 10 the German War Office upon
The condition OF our naval and military
nfmaments. From the instructions ro
Celyed by the German Minister yesLer
day, however, II would appear that
Prince Bismarck wishes 10 provide him
self with later and more accurate intor
nation,
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EX-SENATOR HENRY q. DAVIS
Going on n Southern TrIp-AIrs. Harrison tC
Aoeomnnny tho Party

Going on Southern Trip-AITs. Harrison TO
Accompany tho Party,
BALTIMORE, MD., April 3.-Ex-Senator
Henry G. Davis and family, Of West
Virginia, will start on a southern trip
this morning in a special car rendered
by the Pennsylvania railroad. AtWash.
ingtOn they expect to be Joined by Mrs.
Harrison, wife Of the President, and her
daughter, Mrs. Mckee. Mr., Nagler,
proprietor Of the Ponce dc Leon Hotel
at st. Augustine, expects 10 Join the
party at Charleston. They will 90 by
the Atlanta Coast line, first to Charles.
ton, thence TO Jacksonville, and then to
st. Augustine, TO be absent ten days,
They will return by the Atlanta & Pied.
mont line,
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RoME, April IA rumor is current
here that King John, of Abyssinia, is
dead. 1t is said that his death was due
10 wounds received in a battle with the
forces led by the Dervlsh Mettema.
Prince KasSa, of Tgre, one OF the
Provinces Of Abyssinia, was crowned
King In 1872, after defeating Gabozie, Of
Amharie, who proclaimed himself King
after the suicide OF the famous Theo.
dore. There were several revolts, but in
1873 he had defeated all insurreCtioniSts
and continued 10 rule with a fair reputa.
tion for justice aud ability. He pre-.
vented an entire annihilatlon OF the En-.
glish forces operating in the soudan, by
keeping his people at homo and thus IN.
auencing other tribes from joining the
Mahli.
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THREE DETECTIVES GHOH
While Trying to Arrest a Noto-
rious Moonshiner
IN MCDOWELL COUNTY, W. VA,
Tho Desperate Killed In the Fight,
What Captain AlGBurnctt Says
About It-Breakiug up the
Liquor Pooket-PeddlIng,


CHARLESTON, W, Va, April S,-De-
tectiyes Eugene Robinson, Joseph Wal
lace and W. G. Baldwin left Bramwell
Saturday to arrest VIII Moran, a noon
sinner, A report has reached here that
he was killed this morning in a fight
with the officers, all three Of whom were
wounded,
The above dispatch was shown to
Capt, Alf. Burnett, OF the Eureka DeteC-
tive Agency, Baldwin's partner, by an
lNTELLlGENoRR reporter, last night. ~
have no doubt It is trqe," replied Capt,
Burnett. baldwin has been over ia
that region about nine weeks looking for
pedlerS OF moonshine whisky. There Is
no longer much moonshining in this
State, but plenty OF In North Carolina,
Tennessee and Kentucky, which come
close together there. The business OF
peddling whisky Is mainly carried on by
negroes, who so over the line for the
whisky, bring 1t back in coffee sacks or
anything that will conceal 1t. Some OF
them have as many us ten pockets In
their coats, aud each pocket carries a
bottle, They ysell the liquor In Mcdowell,
Wyoming and Mercer counties, which
have no license. The people, particular
ly the business men, got tired OF this
moonshine liquor traffic and retained us
to work it up. We have succeeded be-
yond their expectation and ours. had
a letter the other day from Baldwin in
which ho said he had arrested nearly
forty men for selling whisky. Baldwin
has had other business over there, look
ing up for the Democratic gubernatorial
contest whatever he can find about H.
legal Republican voting. don't know
what success he is meeting with In that,
for that Is not my side in politics"
Captain, how do you think this shoot
Ing occurred ?
"Well, Baldwin and the men who
were with him have come up with one
OF the moonshlne whisky men, who are
mostly negroes. The whisky man has
pulled his gun and Baldwin was too
quick for him. Baldwin is all nerves
and full OF grit, and one OF the quickest
men ] ever saw. Joe Wallace used 10
be Marshal Of Maiden, Kanawha county,
and later Of POcahontas. The Wallaces
are blooded stock. Joe is n splendid
fellow, very gentlemanly and very de-
termined. lie wouldn't be long in
pulling his weapon II necessary. don't
know johnson. He aud Wallace are
not our men. They are only helping
Baldwin"
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VICE PRESIDENT sNIrn RETlREs
From the baltimore Ohio Itail,Oad Com.
phny-An ofilCial Circular.


pany-An ofilcial Circular.
BALTIMORE, April 3. 1t looks as
though Colonel orland Smith, Vice
President Of the Baltimore 4 Ohio, in,
tended soon to retire from the service,
as latc last evening President Mayer
issued the following circular and directed
that a copy be sent TO each one Of the
Baltimore & Ohio lines;
The Second Vice President, Mr.. Thos.
NJ. King, will have charge Of all ques,
tionS pertaining 10 the physical and on.
Grating branches OF the company's scr.
vice aud such other duties as may from
time to time DO assigned him by the
President. Reports heretofore sent 10
the Vice President, Col. Ofland Smith.
on such subjects will on and after April
/, 1880, DO referred 10 tho Second Vice
President,
Mr.. King to-day established bis
headquarters In the offices heretofore
occupied by Vice President Smith, and
the secretaries and clerks Of he latteI
arc occupying the same positions Win
Mr. King Colonel Smith, accomnanlej
by Mrs. Smith, loft Baltimore ioF Cln,
Oinnali to-day,
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lSAPECR OFlTROUBLg.
The Treasurer of IndIaaR Falls to Negotiate
Bonds on Account of DeHeCt. 3

bonds on Account of u Defect.
New YoRK, April 3.-SLate Treasurer
Lemcke, Of Indiana, who came to New
York few days ago, with Sl,4OO,OOO
worth OF new bonds OF that State in his
satchel, which had been awarded TO
the German Savings Bank Of this city
upon bid that included considerable
premium, is in a peck OF trouble The
Bank liesltates about tlking the bonds
on account Of an olleged technical defect
in the law passed by the last Legislature
authorizing the issue. Treasurer IIemcke
has got the opinion ofAttorney General
MiChenor that the bonds are all right
aud that the bank would be perfectly
safe in taking them IN spite Of any tech.
niCal effect, so long as there was no
fraud involved. The Bank officers
however, still hesitate. There have
been several conferences. between Treas.
urer LemCke and the bank officers, and
also between the Treasurer and Wins.
low, Lanior & Co., who are the financial
agents OF the State, and through whom
the bonds were floated. AT the Office OF
these bankers it was said yesterday that
the bonds were perfectly good, and that
there was no doubt that they would be
successfully negotiated, whether the
bank took them or not. Tho trouble
did not arise from any vital defect in the
issue, but from carelessness in the draw.
ing OF the bill authorizing 1t.
II the attempt to dispose OF the bonds
should fail it would probably be neCes-
sary to call Gn extra session OF the Iu.
diana Legislature, as the money Is ab!
solutely necessary to meet current ex-
penses Of the State and interest on other
bonds. The Legislature will not meet
in regular session again until 1891,
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THE PATRIOTIC LEAGUE.
A Sensation During the Trial of Tho Lon
ers-Ths procuPeris e,,..a,.

A Sensation During the Trial OF the Lend.
ors-Tho ProCurer's speech.
PARIS, April S.-At the trial of the
leaders Of the League Of Patriots TODAY,
tho assistant procurcr accused the League
Of connecting itself with the army Of the
new party, denounced tho issue by the
League Of It's manifesto condemninp tho
bombardment Of tho AtchinOG expc.
diuon ut sagollo by tho French Al.
miral. and declared that the issue was
an act Of stupidity.
NJ. Laguerre, one Of tho accused lend.
ers Of tho League, vehemently protestetl
against the language OF the assistant pro.
curer, but NJ. Naguet, another Of lhe ac.
ouSed, interposed with the remark
Let the assistant proCurer driyel on !,
The assistant procurer demanded that
NJ. Naguet be committed for contsmn, mt
These proceedings created a Sensation
in tho court room. NJ. Naguet inaIIv
Withdrew his Objectionable exbraSsion
A rumor Is current here that tbe Gov.
ernment is about TO issue n deeres NJ
banishment against General BouIanoer
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CnicGao, April S,--NewS was received
In this city this morning otthe arrival at
Key West Of the steamer NantiCoko and
Eef departure for RuALai. All on board
we're we'll. Tie Nahtlcoke Is the Vessel
supposed 10 have been ID collision With
the HAytien gunboat ConserYa. Until
tho receipt Of this news, neither Of these
vessels Had been heard Of since that
time, and thBamount aud character Of
the WreOkaRe found floating In
The vicinity led 10 the suppos.
itlon that both vessels had
gone down, The intelligence ol
The arrival Of the NanliCokg was received
BY q, 3, Tfoeger, Of the pery.Tfoggei
Company, oitllis city, In q dispatch from
Boston, Mr.. 4, w, Perry, Of this lfm
10 the phettefet oithe NAhhcoke, and ID
on board Che yetseL IT, Tfoegef sayl
thete are buSlness reasons which pre-
vent him from giving The name ol lhI
41lqn nan from whom he received The
hlelli ikehtb The dispatch gAve no par
hculA1 except ID stated above,
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PRovIpNcE, R, l., April S,-The State
election will probably not be decided by
to'day's voting and Just how 1t stands
may not be known until tomorrow
morniug, Four tickets in the field have
settled the matter OF no election by the
people aud early in the day an election
was seen TO be improbable.
The new fourth party in the field was
born for the single purpose Of opposing
the resubmisslOn TO the people OF the
prohibitory amendment. The party was
made up largely OF Republicans, men
who have before refused to affiliate with
the Prohibition party,
They nominated an independent State
ticket, but in Providence and most OF
tho towns Joined with the Third party
on the legislature ticket, The result was
that while there were four general tickets
In the field there were only the usual
number Of legislative tickets. The Leg
islature Is Republican in each branch,
which will be reduced il this city is
Democratic, which il is likely 10 be. The
Legislature will vote to resubmit the
prohibitory amendment.
Thirty towns out Of SO, including all
cities but Providence, give Davis Dem
l0,004; Ladd (Rep.l OLA; Richardson
(Proh.) 003; Chace I4aw Enforcement)
l0,022. Davis lacks 1885 Of q majority.
Mr.. Ladd, the Republican candidate,
was born In New Bedford, Mass, in 0c.
tober, 1s4S, and Is graduate OF tho high
school OF that city. He was in the dry
goods business ior a time, but soon
Joined the staff Of n newspaper pub
lishGd ut New Bedford. He subsequently
won distlnCtion US war correspondent.
In 1864 ho returned TO the dry goods
business, in Boston. Ho has lived
in Providence, Rhode Island, since
1871, where he is the head Of large re-
tail business. Mr.. Ladd was one Of the
organizers OF tho Providence Congress.
sional Club, and founder and President
Of the local Commercial Club. He Is a
public spirited aud philanthropiC man.
The present is the llrst occasion op which
be has been prominently identified with
politics. In Rhode Island II requires a
Of all the votes cast to elect in
stead OF a plurality, us in other States.
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AUCKLAND, April a-The recent hur.
ricane il the South Pacific ocean covered
over 200 geographical miles, embracing
in It's track the HGrSsp and Society
groups OF islands. Tho American ship
Red Cross, from New South Wales for
San Francisco, was driven ashore at
BaratoDgo, and wrecked. The crew was
saved. WreCkage from the British ship
Suakim, from New South Wales for San
Francisco, was seen at Aitutaki. 1t is
supPosed. that the crew petished.
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ONO rosrMAsrRRs.

: The commission of the postmaster at
GAINESVILLE, Ohio, will not expire till
January, 1sOOi Bellaire March, 1900;
Bridgeport, February, 1901; East Liver
pool, January lS0l Marietta, March,
1890; Martins Ferry, April 10, 1906 st.
Clairsyille, February, 1901; and Wells
vile, February, 1901.
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4xLE.GREASE AND FEATHERS,
The Fate of q Music Teacher who ElOpsd
With Grocer's Wife.

ST. PAUL, MIMI, April S,-A Winni.
peg special says; Professor Ernest, a
music teacher, recently eloped with the
wife of a Winnipeg grocer, The wife
subsequently returned to her husband,
but the professor did not show up again
until yesterday, Last night there were
two separate squads OF men looking for
Professor Ernest. One numbered about
thirty.fve men and the other twenty.
The smaller crowd found him before
the tar and feathers were ready. He
begged and pleaded so for mercy that
they had 10 substitute axle-grease, syrup,
paregoric, etc. The party gave him a
grand dose Of feathers and the foregoing
Ingredients. They then showed him
his way out Of the city, he having prom
ised never to turn up again in Winnipeg.
The boys who took part in last nights
affair are bound to rid the city OF the
Professor. 1t is not known who the
white Caps" are, as they were dis
guised,
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A Jersey Cyclone.

BRrpoEroN, N. j., April 3.--A cyclone
moving southeast struck the southern
portion Of this city at about O o'clock
this evening, doing considerable damage.
A new house Just finished at Riverside
was leveled 10 the ground. Tho roof oi
the East Lake Woolon mills was blown
of. A packing house at Fairt0n was
completely destroyed and several large
Wild mills on farms In this vicinity
were blown down,
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WOMEN IN POLlTICy.
They Garry EvSrythlRE in Two KanSai
TOMna-An ExeItlnE CnmpalHn.

They Garry Everything In Two Kansas
Towns-An Exciting Campaign.
osKALoosA, KAs,, Aphl9.-The oska.
loosa idea Is still cxtant. After a vicor.
Gus fight the female candidates for the
city Offices won the day by sweeping
majorlties. At Cottonwood Fails, Kas.,
the ladies were also triumphant, Miss
Minnie Morgan being elected Mayor,
with all tho members OF tho Council oi
At Leuyenworth tho contest for tho
Mayoralty lay between D. X. Anthony,
Republican, and l.. NJ. Hacker, Demo.
crat. Susan d. Anthony, sister Of the
Republican candidate, worked heroiCally
for him, but Hacker was elected by
about $500 majority. Nearly 1000 wo'
men voted during the day, most Of them
casting their ballots for Hacker.
A man was stabbed at one Of the pre-.
cinels and the women at another ward
became involved In wordy war,