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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-01-28
REPUBLICAN CAUCUS.
Tho Election Cases to b0 Decided yyItIlOu
Waiting for New>Rulcs.

Tho Election Cases to bo Decided Without
Waiting for Ne,y>Nules.
WASHINGTON, D. G., Jan. 27.-The
Republican caucus which was called to
meet at s o'clock, met promptly at that
hour. Mr.. Henderson, OF Illinois, chair.
man, called the caucus, which was fully
attended to order. The first hour was
devoted to discussion OF the new code
OF rules. Speaker Reed entered into h
detailed explanation Of the change pro.
posed to be made in the old code. ~
1t was evident, however, according to
Mr.. Reeds statement, that the new code
could not be made ready for the action OF
The House for several days to come,
even should it be desirable to
report it earlier. Moreover there
was an opinion entertained by many
members to the effect that more positive
progress should be achieved in the dis.
position OF the contested election cases
without rules than with their aid. Huv.
ing practically reached decision that
the election cases shall be considered be.
fore the code OF rules is adopted, the
question OF ways and means arose, and
there was long discussion which was
simply reflex Of individual views as to
the possibility OF securing and maintain.
ing quorum Of Republicans to
meet the Democratic opposition which il
was fully expected would take the shape
Of d refusal to vote. The list OF Repub.
lican members was carefully can.
vassed. According TO this count,
Il everything favors the majority,
il no member falls i'll, or is called away
from the city they will have a bare
quorum. But nevertheless the election
case OF Smith VS.. Jackson will be called up
Wednesday and fully debated from d
double motive: First, to lay the iounda.
ton for the speedy disposition Of the
other contests; and, second, to gain time
in which to Secure the attendance OF alb.
sent members. The following was
adopted:
Resolved, That it is the sense OF this
caucus that every Republican membe,
Of the House shall remain IN the city,
except i'll case OF sickness, and that all
members should remain in this hall
during the time the House is in session,
unless prevented by sickness.
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THE DEED OF A DBNONl
Horrible Assault Committed on a
Young Girl at Steubenyille.
VICTIMS SISTER ACCESSORY
To tho Crimc..The Principal, who was
y Arrested, Cohfcsscs -. Tho Girl
Lying mt tho Point OF Dcatl,.
49,. Other Arrests to Follow,
Special Dispatch to he lu.e,.iysncer.


SrEupeNvlLLE, Jan. 27.-Tho polio.
have unearthed shocking affair here to.
night, and Mt this hour have caught tho
chief perpetrator and are hot on tho
chase Of the other two. A girl named
Gordon, IS years Of ngc, was this even.
ing gotten undcr the influence OF wine.
which Is thought to have been drupyed
and then outraged. The party Under
arrest is ono Kelley, andthe Gordon rirl
declares he is the man. o.
He an1 ono Connolly came here from
fittsburg to.dny. 1le and the girls old.
or sister arc charged with being laccesso.
rles to tho crime. Mayor Braslore and
three officers have Just been out ON n
search for them and the officers arc now
going the rounds and expect to securo
them before morning. 1t was thou.hi
Mt first that tho little Gordon eirl wns
going TO die, but she Is better at this
hour. The greatest indignation and
horror is expressed by the ncirhbors.
Connolly is hard case aud is wanted
ior several affairs, one connected with
the older Gordon girl.
The correct names Of the parties arc
John Cunningham, who is under arrest
and Mr.. Gordon says he admits the deed
and John Connolly who with Maude
Gordon, a step.sister Of Ida, the injured
girl, ls now being pursued. The men
came from Unionport Saturday where
they had been at work.
Mr.. Gordon says Connolly accomplish.
ed Maud g ruin some time aso, breaking
up their home, the mother being Iead
since when Maud has been bent on
bringing Ida to her level. Ida claims
that eho was poisoned by Maud. Ida
went into terrible commissions, biting
pieces out Of cup given her 10 take u
lr'nS, and biting everything near her.
She is now apparently resting casier al.
though the result is yet uncertain.
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Town Senrly Destroyed by Fire.

Peru. IND, Jau. 27.-Bunkcr Hill, a
small town south Of here in this county,
was almost destroyed by fire yesterday
morning. In some unknown manner
fire started in saloon which was in the
center. Of the business portion OF the
town. Help arrived from Logansport in
time to prevent the destruction OF the
town: Thirteen stores were burned
completely, and Others badly damaged.
All the contents were either DESTROYED
by hre Or water. The loss will reach
over $4,000. .li. q NJ, 49, -
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ZONE OF THOUSANDS"

~ Democrat Who Says hs Is Done II Elem.
Ing IL Elected.
Special Dispatch 10 he Inieili0e,cer.
CHARLESTON, W. Va, Jan. 27.-Ths
Star Of this evening, prints tho follow
ing, good specimen OF the kind Of talk
heard here outside OF the thick and thin
politicians: "a well known gentleman
Of this city said to US Saturday, "l've
been in West Virginia ton years and I've
voted the straight Democratic ticket ut
every election. Thought Fleming had
y case until | heard the argument be.
fere the Legislative court, aud I've heard
nearly al OF it. II Fleming is seated on
such evidence, l never expect to vote
another Democratic ticket in West Vir.
gjnia.' And we believe it is one OF
thousands
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col, ST. CLAIR CONCLUDES
Ills Argument III lsehnlf OF Fleming Before
the Joint Assembly. i Lsa.t

Ills Argument In Behalf OF Fleming Before
the Joint Assembly. ,5ig;
Special Dispatch 10 he InttIli1enccr. !. 5t
CHARLESTON, w. Va, january 81
Tic Joint Session began Mt ten O'Clock
this morning, and Col. St. Clair took up
his argument, going further into the
Mercer and Mcdowell cases. He said:
General GoG undertook to make you
laugh by telling you that We undertook
TO show that voter in these counties
was young man, negro, unmarried,
migratory. Wasn't this Legitimate for
us to show? Wasn't it proper to show
these men we're without family, without
any interest in these counties except TO
set employment in the collieries in them.
These men came from Virginia or North
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Stnbbetl In fl,n Isn...

CHICAGO, Jan. 27.-George Rogers, ,
stranger who has been in the city sev.
eral days, was stabbed in the back for.
times by an unknown assailant ., w..
Madison street, just across the riynr ,es. ess
night, and will die, IIe ciai,ns to', y, last
,',t ,nel me man n front OF II lodging housr
wno W.. .;, a!lgcked M him without provocation
ra.rlcK a,a 4, Duncan, who was helping Rogers
officer, has been locked up, as he Inie tnIG
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SALE OF LANDS

For the Benctt OF School Eund-fsiii Before
tho Senate Committee.
Special Disp1tch 10 Af hteiligence7.
CHARLESTON, W. Va, Jan. 27.-The
Senate Judiciary Committee met this
afternoon to consider Senate Bill No. i,
amending and re-enacting Chapter 1O5
OF the Code, in relation to the sale OF
lands for the benefit Of the school fund.-"
a simple name for the measure would
be bill to stop timber stealing and
land piracy. Judge Ferguson argued for
the bill and Messrs. Brown and Jackson
against it. The committee meets again
tomorrow morning to hear further argu-
ment. al
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-01-28
THOMAS O'DEA,
ANDREW McCoRNAcK,
DENNIS DOYLE,
J. E. SPENCER,
RICHARD FISHER,

d.. .a
Ihe convention granted the executive
Doaio 1or the coming year certain dis
ceret'onary powers in their actions rcla-
i've to the incorporation Of now unions
ana the management and settlement OF
strikes by arbitration, providing tho
master builders meet the above overture
on an even footing. The union expects
the master builders to meet them in
good faith. There action shows that the
talk OF arbitration SO often heard il mt m
buncombe, but that the international
union as body il in favor Of an nn,icn-
bic settlement Of all disputes and I'll.
avoidance OF harsh measures. The union
now 1eels that il has extended the olive
branch and il the master builders iail tn
meet meet 1t on them will rest the responsibi,
llty OF any trouble which may arise
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With every days delay the prospect
for holding such celebration anywhere
grows proportionately less. No proposed
piece OF legislation in Congress was ever
In more hopelessly sAarled condition
than is the Worlds Fair bill. In the
House there was. In the first place, a dis.
agreement as to the proper committee to
take charge OF II. A special committee
having been appointed, the one and only
result Of the same to date Is an interest.
ing series Of disagreemcnts, relesated In
turn to a subcommittee, which has al
ready reported that it can't agree, and
will probably, in the end, report several
bills to DO reported, re ereportcd and sub.
reported, as occasion may arise, TO a be.
wildercd House. Meanwhile, the Senate
Committee, after hearing arguments, has
decided, with that acuieness 80 familiar
to followers Of Senate proceedings, to do
nothing for the present, in which course
i vii be unanimously sustained by the
full BODY" '''',
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-01-28
Tho Widow is Acu,,,t,,

DANvILLE, Va, January e7.-A1rs.
Cora Scales Morris, of Rcidsville, N. G.,
who for several days past has been o,'
trial for her life ut Wentworlb. ,ba
county seat Of Roclinshnin cnpn,v wv
charged with the murder OF her hns
band by poison, was acquitted in, ,Jo~
The jury remained out bnt a sho,t ;a,1.
before bringing in verdics OF moi, mil 1',,o
AIRS. Morris is handsome . yn,,H,.
woman, Of good family, and her csse scIns hat
excited great interest throuvnont0 mt ,n;,' I;s
section Of Virginia aud North Carolinn in,S
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-01-28
His Bond n lsor,..., -,

I, LANCASTER, 3PA' Jan. e7.-In CONT
,1',s n...ln morning the bond Of William G.
Duttenhofer, the abscondiny Tax Collec.
tor,ss, tor o. oola,m1bia, 20 !, was proved 10 be- n
.o1sery So1se and the alleged bondsmenn N wero W. y
released mi.a from liability. The sholt,ce %ere 70
1passenhoier, !. . whose whelcabouts sr ia ,,u W
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-01-28
No Necessity for Haste.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 27.-Mr. Hits res
olntion TO increase the membership oi
the Worlds Fair Committee from nine
to thirteen, and instruct it to report to
the House in three days, was discussed
ior few minutes this morning by the
House Committee on Rules, but wa:
allowed to 60 over without action upon
MIR. Cannon's statement that there was
nc no reason for haste in its disposition.
The committee then turned its attention
to the new code Of rules and progressed
so far towards its completion as 10 indi.
cate report to the House within a day
or two. rE- '.-..- So
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-01-28

: sAS Francisco, Jan. 27.-The railroad
. Officials at Sacramento auccesded in
having communication for \ sbo.. =, =
late last Eight with the Truckee viS oG;oa ...ne
the eastern slope Of the Sierra so .noun vn
;;alna, where It was learned tia. the p"n snow,
is sixteen feet deep on tho track ho, Snow ~OosV
west OF there. n Z. K" ''' "'@a' ave miles
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-01-28

WASHINGTON, Jan. 27.-The House
Special Committee on Worlds Fair was
in session for an hour this morning, en-.
gagged in carrying out the instructions to
formulate a bill providing for holding a
fair in 1892. The Chicago and New
York bills were used as the basis ior the
new bill, and such sections rs are &C.
ceptable to all OF the competing lines
were arranged In a preliminary manner
to form the rough draft of the sub-coin-
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-01-28

WAsnIsoToS, D. G., Jan. 27.-Robert
T. Porter, Superintendent Of the Census,
has appointed Miss Phoebe Cousins, OF
St. Louis, special agent OF the Eleventh
Census for the collection OF statistics OF
recorded Indebtedness for the city OF St.
Louis. "A -.L. / !, t-Il-..l
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-01-28

cnlLlicornE, No., Jan. 27. The
Browning House, a large three.story
hotel, was partially destroyed by iire
yesterday. The fire was the work OF m
incendiary. The building was valued at
$4,000, and was insured for half that
amount.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-01-28
West VirEininns In Washington.

oPseFHs DIsUItcN 10 UIt 1HltUlUtIlctf. n
& WASHINGTON, D. c., Jan. 27.-Hon. G.
W.Atkinson ofWheeling, arrived to-day.
He expects to remain till his case lis
decided.
Mr.. J.. G. Powell, OF the Fairmont
'yesl Pir9iniaa, is in the city.
Congressman Anderson was in his
seat in the House to-day for the first
time in three weeks. -7
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-01-28
You cAN'T AroLoGtzE,

Z. I have no apology to offer for the
Democratic party III West Virginia.
When that charge did come by reason
OF the record Of certain friends Of Gen.
Goh in that campaign, when we found
that Gen. Golf had more than 500 votes
ahead OF Harrison, when he had run
from 400 to 900 ahead Of his ticket we
concluded that the visits OF such men rs
Lee Crandall had amounted to some
thing. we bring the case to you with
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-01-28

Opposition" as tho combined oppo.
nents OF Chicago arc known. The con.
test has, In fact, narrowed down 10 Chi.
cago against the field, with the chances,
II there shall be Fair In 'O2, largely In
favor OF the former. -
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st. Clnir Made Them Tired,

Special Dispatch TO The Inteuigencer.
CHARLESTON, W. Va, Jan. 27.-Al-
though there was no joint session this
afternoon, neither Senate nor House
was in session this afternoon.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-01-28

Carolina. Just over tho border in Vir.
ginia is II large population easily drawn
on. These men occupy houses built by
the coal operators, and 10 long rs he oc.
caples the house hts name Is on the pay
roll. You will observe by tho testi.
mony that we did not require the book.
keepers OF the company to note tho
number OF days TINT each man worked.
II would have been too great II task.
The rolls, therefore, show the months,
not tho days, so It happens thatt the same
man may appear on two pay rolls, and
80 1t is in some CAses, not mnnY.
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the proof legally submitted. You will
find when you have examined these re.

the proof legally submitted. You will
find when you have examined these re.
ports that A. u. Fleming was elected
Governor November Q, 1883, by the
qualified veters Of West Virginia. When
tho time comes In your history when
It's places are controlled by any other
kind OF voters, your liberties will be at
m end. My friend God says give him
tho office and he and his party will do.
velop your State. They are developing
It some In Mercer aud Mcdowell where
you will find the worst paid. poorest
clad "niggers" in the State OF West Vir.
ginia. How many public improvements
were made when Coil and his friends
were In power? How swift were they
made when the Democratic party came
into power? Instead Of waiting for Goll
to inaugnfate new era we are going
ahead under Democratic government.
RATS!
l do not dwell on what his party did
In this State when they were In power.
| wanted to try this case as lawyers
Try cases, but we have been treated to
something else and thought 1t my duty
to make reference to these matters.
tell you finally that there is not paper
filed In the jurisprudenceo OF this country
that more clearly recitcs the law and
maintaius its ground on the evidence
thar the report Of the majority Of this
committee. At 1880 o'clock St. Clair
concluded antlthe joint session adjourn.
cd until to morrow at 10 a. m.
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.-t5,5 ~ sTRETCli1SG THE POINT.
These migratory journeyers,, gentle
men, have no right to come into this
State. remain awhile, so away and come
back to vote. a man not born here must
come with the intent to remain etern-
ally with you, or so long as he may live,
but do you tell me that negro who
comes from Virginia with no interest in
.yon except to get o living here, stays six
months with no prcconceiycd ideas OF
citizenship, goes away, comes back to
vote, is he u lawful voter? ! grant that
they have the right Of franchise, but let
them exercise It lawfully. General God
held there was no proof that anybody
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osn. W. ". sEIxnA-
Found Dead in His Bed. irom . Heart
Trouble.

Rslhr.n Sserss.,y ~ W., an,;n, pr,si.
Amt Grant. s,s, t.,m ~. topra a.aJ II
h.l ,h,s mo,r;,g
A. ,a,n q ,hs as.,h AZ Gan. R.,sr.s
-. Known 1, he War nsnartmrn,- Acsins
Ss..,.,.,v c,.r, a,lsr.5 ~ a. an m
building Al half mas, ia honor Of the rx.
Secretary. ana save aireetions that ihe
buildir. |. BE- draped in hlsch for The eu,.
N r.,x ,s,;,a
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MiNNLAroLis, Oct. ~ In the home of
John Linst.um, n carpenter. in South Min
neapolis, lies the ,macisted form OF hi,lc
invalid. His face is Ms pale AS death, and
he cannot raise his hand for weakness,
From the little body diop by drop is ooyine
out his life blood, and 10 human means can
check the How. About four weeks ago
little Charlie IiDstruni, y crippled lad of
thirteen, was limping along the walk To
ward his home. Two dogs we're fiah,lng in
the street. The stronger brute, = = vsge
bulldog, as the hoy approached, loosencd
his Told upon his canine foe and pounc,,d
upon the little cripple, seizing bis thigh
with firm grip.
When the lad was rescued from the dog
he was carried to hi, home with bsdp
iscefsted limb. The mother did no, call a
physician until three days after the acct
dent, by which tine the boys limb WAS
swollen terribly and still bleeding. Now
the attending pby sieians ssy the cbild c,n-
bot live much longer They speak Of the
poor little patient rs "bleeder.' 10 some
families there is an inherited tendency to
bleed profusely at the slightest scfa cb,
while q more serious wound is almost IL
variabiy fatal from loss Of blood, The Ifs
fluid does net necessarily gush from the
wound until death eusues. bur every lit ir
artery, vein and capillary keep, wespi z
the uniest drops of blooi until the sy-t' m
is draioed to its source, the heart and the
body is lifcless.
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ORGANIZED SwINDLING
Which Cost People OF London Over
a Million and a Halt OF Dollars.

CHIcAGo, 0c.. l3--Lecsl papers devote
considerable space to the operations Of
Field 4 Miller. alleged 10 have s~indled
people In London out of a million and a
half of dollars. One Journal Gays The
ides ". NJ. Miller and j. II. Field so sue.
cessfully worked out in England was trsi
suggested to Miller by the plan of ioanine
money on chauel mortgages. In
1872 Robert Smith and George NJ.
Sloan conducted chattel mortgage loan
office in Chicago. Miller was handy mau
around the premises, examining properly
and passing upon the availability of secur-
i'y. Later he started out to loan money
for 0ttway K Go. and secured vide ac-
quaintance which enabled him to start in
bu.ioess on his own hook. He borrowed
money from all sort of people. car drivers,
c1ndp cto7s. seamstresses and clerks. To
them he paid per cent a month for the
use of the fun Is whicn he loaned at an al
vance of per cent. The people told their
neighbors that Miller was pay log them Ike
lord and bis business waxed great. He
took bright chap named Fsrnhsm toto
his confidence and suggested of extending
his field to the country st large
They did this, taking John Fleming into
the firm The circular vas translated iuto
Spanish and sent broadcast over Mexico
and South America ard sll over the United
States. Dupes were found in all countries
and money for Investment came pouring in.
I hey did not invest it. but r, turned p,rt of
the principal, calling It diyideI Il, to keep
the gulled ones quiet They called it
"FunI W " In January, 1883, the Post
Office aulhorIties shut down on the trans
mission OF the mali of Fleming & Merriam
as she firm was called. Merriam ,xsted
in name only. Then came exposures. Dan
Lariug, who had joinFd the firm, wss ar
rested Nj Ter aud Fleming He'd. but the
latter was arrested and brought back.
Miller's wife was a diplomat and said
she was intert ed in one Of the prosecut-
ing parties so muck that Miller had given
certain promises of Immunity If she would
return, H. came back, ~a' tried snd
fined $1,000 which hs pr omp,iy paid. He
then turned states evidence against Flcm-
log and Loiing, who were convict a of
using the mails with intent 10 defrsui
They lay in jsii until Presideft Arthur
pardon ed them. Miller is said t have laid
swsy over Si00 0O0 as his share in The
profits of the "Furd W" swindle. GA
this money he has since been living. The
scheme he and Field worked in FL glsnd
is Identical with that which seven years
ego lost to the Americans many thousapds
of dollars.
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Bar HaIbor Land Suit CT mes Up al
Boston.

Bosrov, ost. Is In the Superior Court.
second session, Monday forenoon, a case
came before Judge Thompson and jury,
in which the plsiotifI. Daiius Wellington.
sought TO recover of William ID Swasy Of
Bucktport, Ne. 81 400, the price OF ! 800
acres of land at Mt. Desert, which Swssey
sold to Wellington in 1874 The ground of
action was that Swssey's deed had no ,cais
and plaintiff was subsequently Obliged to
pay out nearly $1,000 in securing 8
good title to the land, the greater part Of
the latter sum going to Swasey. Judge
Thompson thought tie action could not be
maintained and will report the ease TO the
Supreme Cour.. Incidental TO the case. IL
spps ared that the land, which is eight nj es
from Bar Hail n, cost the plaintiff $500
in 1875. Six Hundred acres have been ID
for S33, 600. and The remainder 10 valu d
at least s10o, 900. showing an increase IN
value TO the plaintiff of over $4,000 in
,ix,eeu years. The actual increase is how
ever. 81 greater. as one lot sold ~ the
rlsin'if for $500 was Immediately fe,o!d
for s2j coo.
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JUSTICE MILLER DEAD.
He Passes Away Monday Night Ap-
parsn,ly Without a Struggle.

WAsniNrroS, Oct. l3.--Jusiice Miller
died tonight ut 10 ~, without a struggle
and apparently without pain. A few min
utes before he died the phlegm in his throat
gradually accumulated aud his frame quiv.
cred. II wss evident that his end was fast
approaching, and the members Of the
household not in the sick room were has
lily summoned 10 his bedside.
Besides Mrs. Mili,r and her son Irvine
there were present DR.. Cook, j. W. wosl
worth an old friend Of Justice Miller, tbs
family servants, chief clerk Mckinney, OF
the Supreme Court. Soon after death the
face OF the Justice which had been somc-
what drawn duiiag the last Of bis illness
chsnscd TO u perfectly natural condition,
and he looked as If 10 a quiet sleep. No
arrangements for the funeral will be made
until tomorrow. His remains will be re-
moved to his home In Keokuk, Iowa. where
ihey will be inferred in the family bury iag
ground.