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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-07-18
70 STOP 4 LEAKAGE.
A Measure Designed to Correct
a Notorious Evil.
ALL APPLICANTS FOR OFFICE
Required TO Sign Il Certificate that
They arc Iona l'Iac Hcsithnts
ofthc State from which they
hpply-Capitni News.

Special DItpaich TO the Ia,tlliseneer.
WAsnlSuToS. D. G., July 17.-0ne o
tho clauses OF tho legislative, exccuiiv,
and judicial bill, recently approved, ii
very evidently designed to stop up {
leakage in the Civil Service tub Of pa
tronage. This reads rs foifows:
Provided that hereafter every application 70,
exam ination before the civil Service Commis
! sion for appointment IN the departmental Acr
vice tu the district Of Columbia shall bu accom-
panied by the certificate Of Rn officer, with hlI
Official sal ATTACHED. Of the county and SinteUl
which the applicant claims to bc Il citizen thai
such applicant WAS ut the time Of making sicl
Application an actual bona ild' resident ui sai!
county, ~ d had been such resident Tor IL period
Of not less lhaa six months next preceding; TN.
THIS provtsion sthtf not nppiy - Ietsdhs Wild
may be III the service and seek promotion OF
appointments I'll other bsaiehes OF the govern.
ment. S.
1t has long been notorious tila,
many appo!ntses under civil servicr
rules have never seen the States from
which they profess to come, much iess
resided In them. This has been es.
pecially true OF applicants from States
near to Washington, whose quotas, by
reason OF this convenience, has become
overcrowded. Applicants FROM such
States simply transferred their residence
temporarily 10 Bome more distant State
whose quota was not so oveiburdened,
thus receiving appointments much easer
1t is aupposeu that the regulation quoted
above will put Il stop TO this. 1t viii
ceriainly serve to makn the deception Il
little less easy, aud entai! some expense.
There are, however, so many other
leaknges Of as great or even greater may
nitude in tho system, that the Btoppage
of one vice produces no very striking
effect. Applicant, for appointments un
der civil Service rules arc now required
to siga the following certificate:
|, ,A................ lin and for the comfy Of w
...... ,.... state col..-..........do heeby clt!y
at.....-..........., whose application iar civil
service examination Il pusitiU iu the United
States departmental ctv!ce ut nshiupton, d
e., IS hereto Attached, Is now AL actual bonn tide
resident Of the county aud siHte Vi
................., aud has been su:u tcstdcut for
........... months Tor years. next p;c2edln.
the dhte hereof.
Dated at.,."......"....., county of..."..,.......
.................,., lS9 ...
t5igaasure OF on!eer} },....~ ~......-....
lOnlc.Al tltle)... ."...........-...
{onlcIal seal}
NOrE The official seal mist be put on after
the ceFi Fi!fcaie has been MI tchei TO the npplIc.
ti0n, 60 that the Impression will ao,.ur uLon
both DOCUMENTS.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-07-18
4 Serious Fire.

DAxvihLr, III, July 1.-THE bust
ness portion OF the town Of Homer suf'
fered disastrous fire early this morning.
The general store OF G. Watts aud A.
Henderson and a. J. Tulors drug store
were completely destroyed. Total losa
will exceed Sg5, 600; insurance, $4,000.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-07-18
MtstStfuun fJ,,uth.

DENVER, July IA man auppose,,
:; 70 % Mlke Rouse, Of Minneapolis, was
ioand y, IN tue rear room OF a saloon A.
sixteen . cen a and Market streets TO-DAY in
IN uneonscious condition. He tl;ed ~ -
snos. u time after being found. The lea dea,t, u
IL suspected. '-''".1''" "Au 'ou' pay
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-07-18

AlrooSA, Pa, July IA heavy
thunder etorm visited this city about
O'Clock this evening. The rain can't
down in torrents and the streets ant
avenues presented the appearance O
small lasea. Cellars wero flied il
aapy pssts Of the town, A. house was
struck by lightning at Gallitzin ant
burned 10 the ground. iHp 4
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-07-18
STORMS NEAR PHILADELPHIA,
Great Damage to Property nnd Dentis BY
Lightning. ,-. I'm

-r Lightning. rl. =lI.
PHILADELPHIA, July IA severe
storm passed over this city about 8
o'clock this evening. The wind blew a
perfect hurricane and considerable dam.
age was done 10 property in the upp4r
section Of the city. The schooner
Nellie and Matte, OF Trenton, lying at
Allegheny avenue wharf, was blown
out into the stream and capsized 10 the
channel. The only man on board wa.
rescued. ,ss ~, t.t.
a spscia] from Lans1ale, Pa, say. :
About 7:3o this evening u terrific thuu.
der and hail storm passed over this bor.
ough, flooding the streets 10 an inpassi.
Bile condition. Lightning struck the
barn of John Clemmer aud the fl tmrs
entirely destroyed it. Coroner Brennan
was summoned to Morrisville, two men
being reported killed by sightning there.
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Killed Hin Wifs.

BALTIMORE, July l7.-At noon to-day
Martin Houk, residing in West I.om-
bard street, this city, shot bis wife three
times and she can't recover. The couple
hsye hesu married bu. Ave Weeks. His
cause was Jealousy Martin has escaped.
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Suffering from Drought.

Special Dispatch TO the Iatellfyenctr.
kElsER, W. VA, July 17.-Farmeers
say il there is not rain in the next four
or five days that all late crops will be q
total failure. Corn is drying up in the
field. Many fields on the uplands are
already ruined by the drought.
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asked to pledge themselves to employ
none but union men aud to pay $40 per
week for seven days work and 50 for
six days work. Ten hours TO constitute
a day. They refused aud the men went
Section Atsa strike.

FiSpLAY, Quo, July 1.-THE section
men on the Lake Erie and Western rail.
road have gone out OH q strike for an
advance In wages. They have been get.
ting 81 10 per day and ask for an In.
crease to Sl.25. -@.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-07-18

BERLIN, July l7.-Count Conrad stol
berg heir Of ale oi the richest land
owSe:a in Germany, was accidentally
ahot and killed while duck shooting.
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The palr0no -,sten,.

WASHINGTON, July 1.-THE House
Committee on Immigration to-day heard
a statement by Dr.. Verdi, OF this city,
himself native Of Italy, upon the sub.
ject OF the Padrono system. His state.
ment was mainly in retutation of those
made by preceding witnesses respect.
ing the existence OF system OF Italian
slave labor in this country. He said
that he had lived ior forty years in the
Uaited States aud had never yet found
an Italian laborer who worked under a
Padroue. The Italians were not fools
and were not to he gulled 30 easily into
susreudering themselves voluntarily in.
to slavery.
Representative Oates, who had been q
member Of the Ford COMMITTEES Of thc
last Congress, described succino,ly the
reaults Of the investigation Of that com.
mittee in Mulberry street, New York,
into the PAdrone system, aud said that
he had little dou bs that the Italian re-.
strictivo law, which had not been in
operation before, would be q benefit in
preventing immigration Of M undesirs
| BILE element. E - - 2.'t
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-07-18
Tlla Kxtl Wing Naanhfnr.

LAKE CRY, MINI, July l7.-One
body was found this morning, that Of
little girl named Rose Rhodes. This
makes the l0lst body recovered and it is
now believed that all are out OF the
water. at least no more missing are re-
ported. 80
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-07-18

PLArrspuHo, \. y, July 1.-THE
Twenty.lirst Congressional district Re-
publican convention to-day nominated
John NJ. Viewer, OF plattsburg, by Rc'
clamation rs the Republican candidate
for Congress. t..
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-07-18
Tho Oldest rurfMnn Dontl.

RICHMOND, Va, July II. = Major
Thomas W. boswell died here to-day
He was the Oldest turiman in this
United States and his horse farm al
Bull6eld is one OF the most noted in the
rouyftrv t'E ~ tT..
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-07-18
WHEELING LOSES
To Akron Through inability to lit Safely
mud Lu0ss Fielding,

Wheeling bowed down before Akron
Mr.. Conoyer WIS very effective, but not
nearly 80 much 30 as tho scose would In.
dictate. Wheeling only being credited
with three hits. The home team hit
him pretty freely, but the remarkable
fielding Of Akron cut off many a hit
Mr. Conovcrs support was what saved
the day for Akron. -. -
Wheeling, on theo.her hand. played a
very slovenIy fielding game. Fitzgerald
was wild at critical stages Of the game,
and owing tp this work aud O'Drien's
rank mutt Of an easy fly, Akron piled up
six runs on two innings. Belts carried
oil the honors Of the day. With two
men on bases, two out mud two strikes
called on him, he put the bail over tho
center field fence Tor home run. This
player has made quite 4 record since he
has been playing with Wheeling, and ail
tho enthusiasts ate in love with his
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s, LouI, walters Strike.

sr. LOUIS, July 1.-the number OF
the s!rikers increased TODAY hyy eighty
@en. une hundred and llity walters ara
now Que. The restaurant owners were
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t5igaa,ure OF ofl!eer} r}.....~............
lONlrill ,lIlul -

HGR}tf
NorE-The official seal mist be put on after
the certificate has been MI 4chel TO The npplIe.
tion, 20 lha, the Impression will ao,.ur uLun
both documents.
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rhis afternoon Mansfield will ho here,
anu tho game promises to be u hotly
contested one. Tho crowd yesterday
was quite an improvement over the at.
tendance OF tho week, but was not near
80 large as II should have been, Let
he people turn out to-day aud 10 NOR.
row and encourage the team. Follow.
Ing is tho detailed scoro Of Yesterdays
game:
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-07-18
rntriclMn DeniI.

Pu,LAnELrulA, July 1.-THE stallion
Patrician is dead. He died at Belmont
Park last night. &#ag0
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1890-10-17
LoWRY'S PREDICTION.

Electricity to Almost Entirely Supersede
Horses OIL Street Railways Within q
Year.
BUFFALO, N. Y, Oct. 16.-The lobbies
of the Iroquois hotel were crowded with
delegates to the ninth annual meeting
of the American Street Rail way associa-
ton. Every spare bit of space in the
hotel down stairs is crowded with ap-
paratus connected with street railway
traffic. The exhibit is the
Largest Exhibit Ever Seen
at a meeting of the association, about
thirty-five manufacturers being repre-
sented in the display. The largest ex-
hibit is made by the Edison General
Electric company, of New York, con-
sisting of all the latest devices and inn
provements in the Edison system of
electric street railway traffic. Other
large displays are made by the T. J.
Brill Car company, of Philadelphia; the
Electric Merchandise company, of Chi
cago; the Fulton Foundry company, of
Cleveland, and Chadbourn, Hazelton &
Co., of Philadelphia. The Edo Storage
Battery a was given a practical test
on the trolley during the afternoon. II
was after l o'clock when President
Thomas Lowry, of Minneapolis,
Called the Convention to Order
in the library building. Secretary and
Treasurer Richardson of Brooklyn called
the roll. There were about 800 mem.
bers present. President Lowry then
made his annual address. He referred
to the fact that a paper on the street Cal
horse was to be read, and said electric
ity was making such rapid strides that
he did not believe that at any subsequent
convention the street car horse would
be considered. In the census report he
said, IS cities are included, and out OF
$3.50 miles of track in these cities, 1854
miles are operated by horses, $50 by
electricity, 255 by cable, 221 by steam,
the balance about go miles being the
New York and Brooklyn elevated roads.
In smaller cities and towns outside the
enumeration there are about 100 miles
of electric street railways in operation.
He advocated liberal franchises fol
street railroad improvements, stating
that the growth of a city depended
largely on street railroad extensions.
Instead Of an afternoon business ses.
sion the delegates of the convention took
an excursion to Cold Spring, to witness
some experiments on the local company's
trolley line, and the entire afternoon
was taken up with the exhibition of the
various equipments on exhibition.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1890-10-17
FOUR ARE INSANE.
Terrible Story of Domestic Infelicity and
Its Tragic Results.

Terrible Story of Domestic Infelicity and
Its Tragic Results.
ST. LOUIS, Oct. 16.-On October Sth,
Mrs. Mary Brennan, a st. Louis woman,
jumped from a running train near
Clarksbury, w. Va, and fled to the
woods. She was the wife of John Bren-
nan of st. Louis, and in a fit Of demen-
tia ran away from her husband taking
their seven children with her. When
she jumped from the train she was on
the way to Bethlehem, Pa, where she
has a brother. The children were taken
in charge and forwarded to their desti-
nation. They told a story to the effect
that their fathers cruelty had
Driven the Mother Crazy.
Two of the little boys went insane at
Clarksburg. Yesterday the police found
John Brennan a raving maniac in his
home on Michigan avenue. He was very
violent and was only secured after a fierce
struggle. He was sent to an asylum.
Just after he had been placed in confine-
ment the chief of police received a tele-
gram stating that Mrs. Brennan had
been found, and was in good hands and
in her righG mind, but the husband could
not comprehend the good news when it
was told to him.
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An Act of war on the Empire.

OTTAWA, Ont, Oct. 16.-There ap-
pears to have been, as if by mutual un-
~derstanding, a general attack with
threats of retaliation against the United
States upon the part of the Conservative
press of Canady along the line. The
government press Of the Dominion is
slow to take any important step where
the policy Of the administration is con-
cerned, except under instructions from
Ottawa, and it is generally believed that
the mandate has gone forth to prepare
the people OF Canada for such a remod-
cling OF the Dominion tariff during the
approaching session of parliament as
will meet the Mckinley bill on it's own
ground. The Halifax Mail, the organ
of Hon. Charles Upper, minister of
marine, has taken a decided stand,
characterizing the Mckinley bill as an
act of war on the British empire.
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Pistols Used with Effect in Church.

OwINGsvnLE. KY, Oct. 16.-There
was a most disgraceful row at Peasticks
church, three miles east Of this place, at
the conclusion of the services Monday
night, which resulted in the shooting
and wounding of two innocent by
ISLANDERS. Elisur Goodpaster and John
Collins quarrelled and pistols were
drawn. Goodpaster fired ind the shot
hit a young man named Jesse Sexton.
The shot took effect in the neck and in
hicted a serious wound. The firing then
became general and a brother of Good
paster vas shot in the arm and shoulder.
Neither of the persons shot were con-
cerned in the difficulty.
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STRUCK THE DYNAMITE.
Terrible Explosion Of Giant
Powder i'm a Colorado
Railroad Tunnel.
Two Men Instantly Killed and
Six Others Fatally In
jured.
A Gas Explosion in a Coal Mine at
Nanticoke, Pa, Badly Burns
Four.

LEADvILLE, Colo, Oct. ia terrible
explosion was reported at the Ivanhoe-
Busk tunnel on the Midland road thirty
miles west of here at IL o'clock a. m.
One of the workmen entering the tunnel
with a box of giant powder removed
one of the sticks and accidentally
knocked it against the wall. 1t ex-
ploded, killing him instantly and fright
fully mangling his body. The force of
the explosion caused the entire box of
powder to explode with terrific force.
killing a mar who was working neal by
and badly injuring eight others, six of
whom will die. 1t is impossible at
present to get a list of the killed and
injured. A special train with physi-
clans left here for the scene of the acct
dent.
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Old Nursery Favorites.

There was Tom, the Son of the Piper,
Jack Sprat, and Merry King Cole,
And the Three Wise Men of Gotham,
Who went to sea in a bowl;
The woman who rode on a broomstick,
And swept the cobwebbed sky,
And the boy who sat in the corner,
Eating his Christmas pie.
These were some of the old favorites,
but they have been supplanted bN the
"Pansy" and "C~hatterbox" stories,
Little Lord Fauntleroy," and give
Little Peppers" The old fashioned
pills and physics have been superseded,
and wisely, too, by Pierce's Purgative
Pellets, a mild, harmless and effective
cathartic. They are pleasant to take
so gentle IN their action that the most
delicate child can take them, yet SO eff
fective that they will cure the most OBJ
stinate cases of constipation, stomach,
liver and bowel troubles. They should
be In every nursery. AS a gentle laxa-
tive, only one for a dose.
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HOY Dillon and o'Brien Escaped.

DUBLIN, Oct. 16.-United Ireland
gives an account of the escape of Messrs.
Dillon and O'Brien, from which it ap-
pears that they were rowed from Dali
key at midnight on FRIDAY and boarded
a yacht which was awaiting them in
the Otring. They met with no special
adventure on the trip except that when
off Guernsey the yacht was chased by a
coast TeVenue cutter, but owing to the
bad weather the pursuit was abandoned.
They landed at Cherbourg in fine health
and spirits, congratulating themselves
on their good luck.
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CRUSHED TO DEATH.

Five Miners ECried in the Ludington
Mine Near Iron Mountain, Mich.--Three
70 Dead.
z IRON MOUNTAIN, Mich, Oct. 16. Five
men were buried alive by a cave-in Of
rock in shaft No. 1 of the Ludington
mine, and three were taken out dead.
Work was nee begun to liberate the
imprisoned miners, and soon two of
them were rescued uninjured. j.
Fisher was discovered almost covered
with ore and pinned down by timbers.
He was alive when found, but died be-
fore he could be got out. William Bal
ley and w. r. Davis were dead when
the rescuing party reached them. The
shaft was about to be abandoned and
the timbers were being removed.
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Well Supplied with Hair.

NEW York, Oct. 16.-Mrs. E. Brown,
a passenger who arrived on Sunday
from France on the steamer La Gas
cogne, had among her baggage a trunk
containing dresses, switches of human
hair, and many other dutiable articles.
An Inspector searched Mrs. Brown and
found on her person several switches of
human hair, which fact seemed to indi-
cate that she had bought all her goods to
sell in her hair dressing establishment
in Philadelphia. The entire baggage,
which was appraised at $500 was seized.
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RELIGIOUS


Use Clubs and Revolvers as Theological
Arguments--One Man Seriously In
jured.
CHICAGO, Oct. 16.-Oficer Junge. of
the Stanton avenue station, was shot
and probably fatally wounded by Tim
Madden, a brother officer, at 3 a. m.
The two policemen got into an argu-
ment about religion, and Madden &C
cused Junge of belonging to the organ-
ization Known as the United Order of
Deputies. Junge struck at Madden with
his club and the latter drew his revolver
and shot Junge in the left side, about
two inches above the heart. The injured
man was conveyed to the Michael Reese
hospital.
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Set Fire TO a Horse.

New YORK, Oct. 16.-Charles F. Bate,
the young man who is charged with set
ting fire so his fathers's horse at New
port, r. l., last Monday, has been turned
ove to Officer Hammond, of the Anti
Cruelty society of Rhode Island. Bates
father, who is a wealthy importer in
this city, owns a cottage at Newport.
Young Bate took one of his fathers
horses out to drive and the animal balk-
ing, he poured alcohol wei the beast
and set it on fire.
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Iowa's Evangelical SYNOD.

SIOUX CITY, Iowa, Oct. 15.-The Evan
gelical synod of Iowa ha} closed a weeks
session here and will meet again at New.
ton, Iowa, on the first Tuesday in Octo.
Der, 1891. The following figures of the
statistical tables will be of general in
terest: Number of ministers, 10; num-
Der Of churches, 90; communicate mem
bers, 1912; valuation of church prop
erty, $113, 100; amount contributed for
local expenses, $45, SIC. 90; Sunday school
scholars, 1882; amount contributed for
missions, etc, So, 443. SO; grand total Of
all contributions, $4S, 992, rs.
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HorseWhipped by Girls,

ST. LOUIS, Oct. 15.-Annie Bias and
Sophia Bass, two shop girls, armed with
horsewhips, administered a severe fog
ging to Louis Animas. The man works
in the same store with the girls and it is
said circulated stories defamatory to
their character. Tuesday morning they
waylaid him. The attack was so sudden
and the punishment so effective that he
turned and ran, the two girls following
him for several blocks. slashing him re-
peatedly with their whips. He finally
escaped down an alley.
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Pasteur Can't Come.

DETROIT, Mich, Oct. 15.-Some weeks
ago it was announced that an effort was
being made to procure the services of
M. Louis Pasteur for a series Of lectures
before the students of the Michigan Col
lege of Medicine and Surgery. lie will
not be able to visit America, as appears
from a letter received by DR.. Wyman,
as heis unable to leave home on account
of the state of his health.
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NO ONE SHOT AT BRECKENRIDGE.

Alleged Attempt on the ex-Congressman's
Life Denied.
CHICAGO, Oct. ia Tribune special
from Little Rock, Ark, says: A. Sta.
baugh, the hotel keeper who entertained
Breckenridge at Centre Ridge, Conway
county, where it is alleged an attempt
was made on the life of Breckenridge,
publishes a letter in which he positively
denies the report. He says any reputa-
BILE Democrat of his n~eighborhood will
make affidavit that the story is wholly
untrue. The Democrats are greatly
worried over the exposure of the fake,
as it is conceded that Breckenridge will
lose caste among the more liberal ele-
nOaOt
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ReprieVed by Fifer.

SPRINGFIELD, Ills, Oct. Ex-Governor
Fifer granted a reprieve in the case of
Calvin Holden and Albert Durham,
postponing the day of their execution
from Friday next to Friday, March 6,
1891. The men were convicted of the
murder of Harvey Russell, at Month
cello, June 81 last. Since the conviction
of the men evidence has been discovered
which raises a doubt as to their guilt.