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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-03-16
THE ISLAND SCHOOL HOUSE,
The Board of EducAtioS'S Committee
RmInes the Various Plans,


The Committee on Buildings and
Grounds OF the Board OF Education mel
last evening for the purpose OF examin'
ing the plans submitted for the proposed
new school house on the Island, Chair
man Ellingham was unable to be pres
ent, being detained at home by a bad
case Of rheumatism, and Mr., Ebeling was
accordingly chosen to preside by Messrs
Bloch, Jefferson and Harrell, Mr., Davis
dropped in Just after the committee was
ready to proceed and Dr., Pipes putin ap
appearance about 0 o'clock, The COM
mittee had advertised for plans for l
building containing eight school
rooms, and not to cost In construction
over $4,000, and also for plans for !
building containing twelve school rooms,
the cost for erecting which should mol
be over $4,000, In response to this
plans were submitted as follows; BY
Mr.. =, w. Wells, plans for a splendid
building OF new and novel design, com
talnlng eleven school rooms, estimated
cost under $4,000; by MIR. ], w, Yosb
Of Columbus, plans for two eight-room
estimated cost Sl5, 900 each, and
also for one twelye.room building, es,
tlmated cost $4,000; strong objection
was made to Mr., Yost's plans for the
reason that they made no provisions for
grammer room; otherwise the COM
mittee was fairly we'll pleased with them,
MIR. b. q, Franzhelm presented elaborate |
plans for twelVe,room building,
The estimated cost Of constructing |
same being from $4,000 to |
$4,000; this high price was an
objection to Mr.. Franzheim's plans.
Mr.. Charles P. Hamilton presented |
plans for an elght.room and q twelve-
'oom building, estimated costs, $4,000
md $4,000. j, 3. Hall, young man
It'll In his teens, living on the South
Side, handed In some clever plans for q
,welve.room building, estimated cost
being $25,s50, All ol these plans con-
the use OF the RuIan.Smead
leating, yentilating and dry closet sys-
EN-, but did not include the cost OF that
ystem.
Mr.. Younge, who recently came here
rom Cincinnati, submitted plans for a
Groom building, including the heating
ystem, the estimated cost OF which was
'ut $24,720. He said he would be will.
ng to give o guarantee OF $500 that
he building should not cost over
2600O, including the heating sys.
EN-, Mr.. Wells said that while he
Vould make no rash promises he would
10 willing to risk his reputation as a
nan OF careful judgment In matters such
s these, that his building with the heat.
ng apparatus could be put up for $25,.
90. Each architect was allowed fifteen
minutes TO explain his drawings. =
The committee afterwards talked the
ituation over for a considerable length
( time, but finally adjourned without
oming To any definite agreement, OK.
ept that they would recommend the
reCtion Of none buta 12.room building.
he architects were allowed to have
heir plans for a short time in order TO
how them to each other. They had q
cry jolly time doing this. The prin.
ipal plans are fine works OF art, and
I'LL well repay an examination by any
Tho arc interested in such matters.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-03-16
'NOV BOULANGHR'S TURN.
II is His Time and He Must
Speak to the Country,
HIS FOLLOWERS ENTHUSED
Over tho situatIon-The Prosecution
of the League-Thc ParneII Case
and Attorney General wobstor's
Positiou-ForcIgu News,

PARIS, March l5,-The Republican
journals approve the action OF Parlla-
ment in authorizing the prosecution Of
Senator Naquet and Deputies Laguerre,
Laisant and Turquet for their connec-
ton with the Patriotic League,
The conservative papers reproach the
Republicans for breaking away from Re-
publican principles,
The Pres says that yesterday was a
marvellous day for Boulauger, 1t de-
clares that the electoral platform Of the
Boulangists Is now complete. The
ClairOn, the organ OF the Patriotic League,
says: ut is now General Boulangers
turn. He must speak to the country,
The police to-day searched the houses
Of many members Of the Patriotic League.
Persons against whom damaging evil
ienCe Is found will not be arrested, bat
will be summoned TO appear before a
for examination,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-03-16
A MILLION DOLLAR FIRE,
A smelteF at the Anaconda Mines In Mon.
tana Destroyed,

A SmelteF at the Anaconda Mines In Mon
tanR Destroyed,
BUTTE, Mont, March l5.-0ne Of the
smelters OF the Anaconda Smelling Com
pany at Anaconda burned yesterday
and eutailed q loss Of fully 100000,
with no insurance, The fire was first
discovered in the middle Of the roof Of
the ore houses at the lower works,
which are situated mile below the
town on the north side Of Warm Springs
Greek. The Anaconda Company had
what was considered a perfect hre sys-
tenn OF It's own and carries its own In.
surance, Hose Is distributed in all parts
OF the buildings and there is tremen-
dous water power OH hand all the time
for use in case OF fire, In spite OF this 1t
1t was not ten minutes until all etlorts OF
the hremen were entirely futile, The
main efforts were then directed TO saving
the adjoining buildings, In this they
were partially successful, The conCen-
traitor and stamp mill are in the same
building MS the ore house and they were
saved,
The great smelter building lies Just
north of the ore house where the fire
caught, and contained twenty OF the
furnaces. Within two hours
after the outbreak Of the ire this great
building was entirely destroyed and not
a stick In Its whole forest Of frame work
was left standing. The wreck was total.
The flames then spread to the new build.
ing, 400 feet square, which was being
erected for calcine furnaces, and this
was also consumed. At least half OF the
great plant was destroyed, and what is
left is rendered inactive altogether until
the rest can be rebuilt. The buildings
were all new, as was also the machinery,
which was heavy and expensive, There
exists but little doubt that the fire
was OF incendiary origin.
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cOSylCTS BECOMING INSANE.
Remarkable stnls Of Attnlrs at the slnE
sing, New York, P0njtentlRry.

Remarkable s4als Of Aaulrs at the Sing
Sing, New York, pGultsntlAry.
slSo slNo, N. Y, March l5.-Edward
l,rodorick, aged 10, and Joseph Trogan,
AUed "a, were taken to-day to the At
burn Insane asylum for convlCts. About
ii o'clock last night tho prison officials
were startled by shtleks coming from
The seventh gallery. On going 70 TIE
soil I Of MARTIN DOnnrlly, asGdd %, who
was serving three yenrs sentence, the
Eeoper found Donn6lly CrouOhlng in q
corner calling 10 some one TO save nm
from ihe devil. 4 light was placed IN
In coll and Donnelly calmed down
Principal keeper Oonnaughton Saye
that tho .nCn are going lsaiS .n.s.t 9E'hS ~
10 their having no YORK iii 11SS .do 1op,S, ~
says, ''tllat tho Legislature ~. Wu w ,yhS,, y"
thing very soon for The gonViCls, A .NV'
don't wO will 10 kept busy all Summer
sending Insane prisoners 10 the asylum"
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-03-16
Developing THH State.
Prospeotors in MonoUgaIis and
Marion Counties
WILL BUY UP THECOAL LANDS
For the Purpose of Developing Them,
A Big Purchase on Hands-Ten
Thousand Acres of Coal Ter
rItory to be Opened Up,

MoRaANTowN, W, YAn March l5,-A
number OF Philadelphia capitalists are
prospecting through the southern por'
tion Of this county with view Of buy
ing large area OF coal lands and engag-
ing in the manufacture Of coke upon an
extensive scale, DR., Jackson, Of Phila-
delphia, Is now going over the coal field
in the interests Of his associates, and has
sent a considerable number OF samples
Of coal to the east for analysis, The
company will probably buy 10000 acres
Of ground in the vicinity OF Louisville,
between Fairmont and Morgantown, and
will, in that event, erect a bridge across
the Monongahela for the convenience
OF shipping,
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IN THE JURY'S HANDS.
Trial of the Engineer Who Was RespOnSi.
BILE For the Mud Run Disaster.

Trial of the Engineer Who Was RospOnsi.
BILE For the Mud Run Disaster.
MAUcH CHUNK, Pa, March l5,-Judge
Dreher this morning charged the jury in
the case Of the Commonwealth against
Henry Cook, the Mud Run engineer,
charged with criminal negligence. The
Judge dwelt on tho several charges OF
the indictment on the duties, rules aud
regulations governing the employees OF
the railroad company. He said II the
defendant was in any way contributory
to the accident either through default or
neglect Of obeying orders or in assuming
that the responsibility devolved on an.
other, he was guilty rs charged in the
Indictment. At0:30 o'clock the jury re.
tired armed with bundle Of maps,
schedules, time tables and train orders,
all bearing on the case.
Attorney Mclean, counsel for James
Hannigan, the alleged negligent flag.
man. asked that the Indictment against
Hannigan be quashod for the reason that
the Indictment failed TO set forth the de-
fendant's abiding place.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-03-16
THE NEGRO PROBLEM.
VlrginiA's Secretary of State Wants th'
ColoFed Men DlSfFanchissd,

vlrginia's Secretary of State Wants the
Colored Men DlstrRnChlsed.
RICHMOND, Va, March l5,-secretary
ofthe Commonwealth, Henry W, Flour.
nOy, made speech last night before
the Powhattan, RIChmond's crack Demo.
cratic club. His theme was "The Negro
Problem" Mr., Tlournoy, in the course
OF his remarks, said he believed the esolu-
tion OF this great question would be the
final disiranchisement OF the colored
man. This be believes would be brought
about by Northern men settling In the
South and realizing the true condition
OF affairs and creating sentiment in its
favor in the North.
Touching the issue in the coming
campaign in this State, the speaker de-
Clared the race question should over.
shadow every other. "lf," said lie, ~
were the chairman OF the Democratic
State Committee, ! would kick out OF
the party any speaker who alluded to the
debt or tariff"
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ALL WE'RE lost.
The Fate OF the crew OF tho Wrecked brig,
Agnes 1iarton.

The Fate OF the Grow OF tho Wrecked brig,
AgueS 1iarton.
NORFOLK, Va, March l5.-oapt. Ben.
jamin H. Knight, Of Baltimore, Second
Mate James Richards, Of Philadelphia,
Peter Florida, John Smith, Ned Forbes
and Charles Hobbs, sailors Of the brig
Agnes Barton, which was wrecked near
Virginia beach yesterday afternoon, were
drowned last night and this morning.
DnrinV The night three OF the men were
washed overheard and lost When day
broke this morning the life saying crew
saw the three remaining men lashed in
The rigging. At s o'clock the vessel
burst, tfe maSts foil and tho men were
lost. No bodies have yet come ashore
Tic wind Is still blowing over fifty miles
an hour along the coast.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-03-16
A SENATOR TO RESIGN.
Mr. Clace, of IIl,odc Island, to Voluntarily
Retire From the Senate.

Mr. Chace, OF NiOdO Island, to Voluntarily
Retire From the Senate.
WASHINGTON, D. G., March l5,-The
published report that Senator Chace, OF
Rhode Island, hus declared an intention
to resign his seat in the Senate next
Monday was shown to him by IN Asso-
ciatel Press reporter this afternoon. He
declined to either affirm or deny It's
truth, saying that he had not resigned
but further would not speak. AS he
glanced over the lines his head slowly
shook from side to side In a negative
fashion and as he came to the words:
"Iht reason assigned for his action is
ihat the climate Of Washington is not
sniAOlc for the Rhode Island man" he
broke out with the single word "BoSh. :"
A Senator stated TO a reporter that at
thCcaucus yesterday the contemplated
resignation was announced and the
special committee OF seven, headed by
Senator platt, was continued with avlew
tOllling the vacancies that will be occa-
stoned by Senator ChaCe's retirement.
The reasons announced in the Caucus for
ihCresignatiOn are said to have been oi
business nature. lie had intended not
tobt a candidate for reelection, but foI
political reasons II Is said II was deemed
best IOr him to accept reelection and
beSvOn in. The Legislature is still in
session and successor In case OF MIR.
Chlcc's resignation can be elected with
outdelay. Among those spoken Of as
candidates for tho nomination arc Ly'
man Q. Coil, Benjamin n. Nappum,. ex'
Gov George Peabody WGtmore, aud II.
l.SpoOner, member OF Congress. Sen
ator Allrich Is now In Providence and O
meeting will be held, 1t Is said, blythe
Mode Island people there In Il shori
iiRe To select candidate,
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The I,lli.nllrrIl l.,nln.ln,.

F'rnnrNou, Pa, March i5.--Tho Cor.
one' this morning impanUllcd a jury,
and Will begin an investigation into tho
cause O. yesterdays explosion to.mor.
TOW. Tho bodies Of those killed were
e9oyGd from tho lnorgue last eyCnlng
ana taken to their late homes. The In
iuIgd arc all getting along very nicely
NNh Ihe exception Of Martin Conner,
ssnoSe injuries are more serjoub than II
aSl n,I considered, and II is feared may ter
hlhate fatally,
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A BIC BEER DEAL.

The Famous Frank Jones Drewing Com.
pany Sold In London to n Syndicate.
LONDON, March 15.-The stock OF the
Frank Jones Brewing Company, Of
Portsmouth, N. H., and Boston, Mass,
has been put on the market In London.
The capital is 100000 pounds, divided
into 100000 pounds OF 8 per cent deben-
lures, 100000 pounds of7l per cent pref
erenCe shares, and 100000 pounds Of
ordinary shares. Samuel Untermyer, Of
New York, who negotiated the sale, Is
appointed one OF the directors in Eng
land and America. The issue is made
by Sir Samuel Scott & Co., who issued
the stock OF the Bass and Worthington
breweries The English directors are
William Haygate, L. Ind aud r. p.
Pryor, large English brewers, Samuel
Untermyer and Frank Jones. The
American directors are Asa p. Potter.
Patrick Collins, and Nessrs. Jones, Cook,
Sinclair and Untermyer. The venders
guarantee a net annual profit OF 10 per
cent for three years.
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WASulSoroS, March 15.-Gcn. sCho.
field has issued n circular to the army
announcing vthOt the maximum ago fol
cavalry recruits upon original enlist
aent Is fixed at 80 years; also that the
standard Of minimum weight for cavalry
recruits established in June, 1881, Y
abolished and that hereafter enliSttnent1;
10 that service may DO made without
tgatd to Aluminium weight, provided
,,ht chest measurement and chest mobl'
lily are satisfactory.
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TUE LATEST FAKE.
The Reported Land Purchase by Hunting.
ton aud Others Declared Cannrd.

The Reported Land Purchase by Hunting.
ton and Others Declared Cannrd.
New YoRK, March 15.-A report from
vicksburg, Miss, was received yester.
day that syndicate composed Of @. P,
Huntington, Mrs. Hopkins, widow Of
the railroad magnate, and Leland Stan,
ford had bought 100000 acres Of lhnSl
In Lower California and were buying
more. II was added that they mlAn %
develop tho country and build 1900
miles OF railroad. Gold, IL was reported,
had been found on the property, and
therefore Mr.. Huntington expected to
dispose OF all oi his railroads east Of the
Mississippi and devote himself to the
west.
Charles II. Tweed, counsel for the
Southern Pacific Company, said the re-
port was without foundation; that the
people named did not propose 10 build
any more railroads in California or the
Peninsula unless feeders should DO re-
quired for the main line that now runs
from one end OF the State TO the other.
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A..lrnmenl ID Meaton.

Special Dlgdith 10 lN iAtdliOeNcT.
wHsroS, W. VA March lO.-T. j.
Blair, dealer Id saddles, brides, otc,
made all assignment to-day. His llNbIli'
ties are about $1,000, The following are
tho preferred Ctedlloni w, s. smyth,
]. o, C,FafnasA, =, q, Swlsher 4 SOht y,
A. Edwards, NJ. :. Holt and Louis VA. ".
tors, tanner, Of Phillip, W, Va The
heavy losserS and other creditors are w
u. Jdnkem, ol PlltsOurgh; 4, 4. Hutchi'
son 4 Coz Of Wheeling striker Bros,
OF Marietta, o. Card and Binston Manu-
featuring Co.. Of Louisville, XVI VIII.
liam FlaCeuB and WOimer \ Bros, Of
PlllAburgh, and Thoma4 Hanson 4 Sons
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WASHINGTON, D. O., March 15.-Chiet
Bell, of the secret service, received in.
formation tonight Of the arrest Of coun-
terieiters in New York City, who, for
several weeks past have been success.
fully, putting spurious silver dollars
in circulation. The officers Of
the secret service this evening raided
house in Eldridge street, where the
counterfeit money was being made, and
arrested Richard Fisher, his wife and
an Italian named Robert Juegler, whom
they found there. They found in the
house nine sets Of plaster paris moulds,
a complete outfit Of counterieiters tools
and considerable OF the spurious coin.
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1hs I.nnnr iiHiitntnln Ninllsr.

Vnr or MRSlco, March i5,-lowOr
vaIIlotnia lientItOly quiet now. Gov
u0ot Torres hW sufficient troops 10 pre-.
E Eiyo order In Gaze they are wanted.
gMnssetval I've papVn lnslit that Mexlco
mll lose Lower California and the Infer.
yaVe T. that the United States will absorb
" Inc Government, however, says
G. GGtg Is no probability Of losing Lower
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Very Ynnli,fnl NIurdsrcr.

NoRrOLx, Va. March 16.-William
Buffalo, colored, but six years OF age,
has been arrested charged with the mur.
der OF Riddick Harrison, ton years old,
also oolored. While the two boys were
playing together on February gS, a dis
puie took place between them, when
Buffalo pulled q pallng from a fence near
by and struck Harrison with II, A nail
IN tho end entered his skull. Nothing
serious was thought oi II until yester.
tlay when Harrison died.
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CONDENSED TELEGRAMS.

The Carnegies Rt Pittsburgh have
partially confirmed the rumor Of the big
steel combine In Chicago.
Tho condition Of Justice Matthews, OF
the United States Supreme Court, was
reported improved last night.
A salmon caught on the Pacific coast
had an iron spike seven inches long,
with a half.lnch head, in It's stomach. "
by an explosion Of Are damp In a
mine near Mines, France, yesterday,
fifteen persons were killed and six In.
jured.
More than twenty million acrcs Of
land In Washington Territory, or nearly
one.hall the whole area, remain unSuf.
veyel.
A onethousand.mllc submarine cable
Is 10 DO laid irotn Banjoewangi 10 IVES.
tern Australia 10 avoid interruption
from volcanic upheaval.
Ex.Queon Natalie, Of seryIa. will soon
make application for the annuiment Of
tho decree oldiYorce granted 10 her lus.
band, ex.Klns Milan.
BaCkans & KuentseliB wooleu miltand
a Touring mill adjoining, al New
Bremen, o., burned yesterday, losS
sOO,OOO, INSURANCE light '''
Az Port Townsend, W, T., John Mc,
Enron aud bis vile arc under poiiSe
surveillance, heingsuspiCloned Of poison,
Ing their six children,
nNLn .tnt,nN n,iiin.i.. H. a.
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TaR BRAxHON WHIlR CAPs.


Special DtSP1leA 10 h IHtet'1galefT,
WESTON, W, VA. March l5,-Alex
Dulin, a prominent lawyer of Braxton
Court House, is here taking depOsihons
in the Friend ,outlip case, 1t will be
remembered that Friend ran away with
Cutlip's wife about two months ago, an
account OF which appeared in the IN
TRlLIaESoER at the time, Friend has
sued for s., 900 damages,
Mr., Dulin very sternly denies the re-
port published in the Cincinnati En-
quirer OF the 18th instant relative to
mob tearing down houses, &C., In Brax'
ton county. Hesays the report does the
county an injustice and one that should
be corrected. The facts, he says, are
that the good and most prominent peo'
pie OF the county took upon themselves
the authority Of Kidding a community
known as Hickory Wyth" Of about
thirty lewd women, and in order to do
80 two small huts, which some OF them
lived In, were destroyed, but not until
.he consent Of the owners was given.
Mr., Dulin says the women are gone and
hat not an indictment will be found.
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WISNrpEo, MAN, March l5.-Word
has been received here that Lord Ions.
dale has arrived at a point in the Arctic
circle known rs the Ramparts, which Is
the last outpost OF the Hudson Bay Com.
pany. He and his party are well, and
his lordship Is in fine spirits. He will
remain there few weeks and then pass
on north. He does not expect to get
back TO civilization for nearly q year.
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TO FIGHT A TRUST.
Dakota Farmers Propose to Manufacture
Their Own binding Twine.

Dakota Farmers Propose to Manufacture
Their Own binding Twine.
CHICAGO, March 15.-A dispatch from
Fargo, Dakota, regarding the agitation
among the farmers over tho binding
twine trust, says: A meeting will bc held
next Wednesday for the purpose of de-
vising, II possible, some means ofrelief.
tits proposed to establish large twine
factory and manufacture fax fibre into
twine. Last year there were 390,SSs
acres planted In fax in the Territory and
ifit Is only demonstrated that a good
quality OF binding twine can be made
from this fibre there will be no trouble
In procuring all the raw material to sup
ply the home demand. In Chicago there
Is q difference OF opinion among local
dealers, though most OF them contend
that no trust or corner has been or
ganized. A member OF one Of the large
firms who recently returned from an in
speCtion OF the Eastern market says that
the present situation has grown out OF
the law Of supply and demand.
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A Moody Encounter.

MEMPHIS, TENN, March l5.-Will F.
Scott and a boy named George had a
row with a negro named Isaac Woods
and two colored women yesterday near
Grccnville, Miss. The negroes were
armed with knives and razors and Scott
had a shotgun. He shot Woods In the
leg, but the latter closed with him and
cut his throat from ear 10 ear. Scott ex.
pired In a few minutes. The boy was
also frightiully cut, but will recover
Woods and the women are In jail.