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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-02-14
THE OKLAHOMA BILL
Passed by tho Sennto-No Mnu's Land In.
corporatetl In the Territory.

Passed by tho Sennto-No Mans Land In.
corpornted In the Territory.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 13.-Tle Senate re,
sumed consideration OF the bill to pro,
vide a temporary government for the
Territory Of Oklahoma, the pending
question being Mr.. Plumb's amendments
to comprise No Mans Land within the
new Territory.
Mr.. Vest again spoke in favor of the
amendment. He had never said, as Mr.,
Ingalls, intimated that No Mans Land
was refuge for outlaws. but he asserted
now that SO far as tho laws OF property
were concerned No Mans Land was il,
an anomalous and unsatisfactory con.
dilion. And so, indeed, was the whole
Indian territory, which had been char
acterized by the Supreme Court as un
independent dependency" whateye,
that might mean. Without Injustice to
the Indians, without any proposition to
despoil them, with full intention to nay
them a fair price for the Cherokee outlet
he thought that the best thing that
could be done was to ndd No Mans Land
TO the territory OF Oklahoma.
Finally the discussion on the amend.
ment wus closed and vote was taken.
The vote resulted: Yeas, 81; nays, 16.
So. the amendment to incorporate No
Mau's Land with the territory OF Okla
homa was agreed to. II
After some amendments the bill passed
and the Senate adjourned.
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THE PARNELI. REPORT
Virtually Clears tho Irish I,endcr-TnbIet]
In Parliament Yesterday, ''h

Virtually Cfcnrs tho Irish I,endcr-TnbIed
In Parliament Yesterday.
LONDON, Feb. l3.-Thc report OF
Judges Hannen, Ney and Smith, the
special commission appointed to iuvesti.
gate the charges made by the Times
against the Parnellite members OF the
House OF Commons was laid upon the
table in the House to-day by the Right
Hon. Henry Matthews, Secretary Of
State Tor Home Affairs. The report OF
the commission occupies lG2 pages.
Each member against whom charges
is made, is treated separately. The
judges lind that the speeches made by
many Of the Parnellite members were
Intended to bring about the separation
Of Ireland from England and that the
speeches OF others, in view OF the state
Of the country, were calculated to ioment
crime us the speakers.must have known.
The greatest interest centers, in the
fiuai conclusions which are as follows:
We entirely acquit Mr.. ParneIl and
other respondents OF the charge OF
insincerity in their denunciatlon OF the
Phoenix Park murders; and we find
that the facsimile letter upon which,
this charge is chiefly based as against
Mr.. Parnel! is Il forgery.
We find that it has not been proved
that the respondents made payments 10,
the purpose Of incisiug persons to CON.
nit crime. We find that there is nc
foundation for the charge that be wat
concern, in the Ph@nix Park murdert
and that the 1nyincibles were not {
branch Of the Land League. II
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SONGESTERS IN A WRECK.
Tho Chicago Contingent of Tho lSscngerfe
In u Collision In Alabama,

Tho Chicago Contingent of Tho lS,rngerfest
In IL Collision In Alabama.
New ORLEANS, Feb. l3.-At s o'clock
this morning the Chicago contingent to
the Snngerfect arrived on the Queen
and Crescent line, having been delayed
by the accident at Coaling, Ala. The
societies which were on the train which
met with the accident we're the Fidelia
and Frohsinn societies, Junior Mahner
chor, Liederkranz, Onward Laidertafei,
and the Orpheus, Swiss and Teutonis
MGnnerchors Of Chicago, $50 in ali, with
musical director Herman Mohr. The
visitors expressed themselves as beinl
very thankful at having escaped injury
by the collision and beyond the excite
ment and fear consequent on the acci
dent only three excurtionists were in
jueed-Messrs. Miller, Lindemann unt
William Jung, OF Chicago, who we're al
the time in the dining car, which was
just behind the baggage car. The acci
dent occurred at about $3.50 o'clock and
physicians weresen for from Tuscaloosa
The injuries OF the three excursionists
are not Of serious nature, one having
received scalp wound, one having his
leg bruised and the other less severely
injured. The engineer OF the train was
cut in half, the lower portion OF bis bod.
having been found in the ruins OF tht
cab and the other in another portion Q
the wreck of the locomotive. The de-
layed singers received hearty welcome
They'were met at the depot by n de]ega
ton of New Orleanssigners with bant
OF music. A procession was formed ant
they were escorted to the hotel assigned
to them for quarters. /,
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FRANK SMITH IS: HELD,
Charged With the Murder Of
Bella Simpson at Mingo.
AN UGLY CASE AGAINST HIM
Madc Out at tho Preliminary Ex.
aminnti"n-The Damaging Ev.
idcnce Showing That the
Girl Was Poisoned.
Special Dispatch 10 the In,tltiae,loer,

Special Dispatch to The In,eliige,cer.
srkuBESvILLE, o., Feb. 13.-Franl
Smith, tho young Wellsburg butche
and lover Of Belle Simpson, whom he il
accused Of poisoning, was to-day givet
a preliminary examination before Jus.
tice Love, which resulted in his bein,
bound over, without bail, to the Apri
grand jury, upon the charge OF murde
In the first degree.
Mr.. Simpson, Bella's father, STATED
TO your correspondent that they had .
great deal more evidence than they had
brought out at this time. That the
crime was alearfully grave and shocking
one.
Mr.. Braddock also stated that they
would now have the girls body exhumed
aud n skillful examination made as to
evidences. Of poison, and rs 10 whatever
would throw light on the case.
twill be remembered that in the girls
bosom there were found several let.
ters written and addressed by her,
two to Frank Smith aud one to her
mother. These letters are what first
awakened suspicion against Smith, and
are exceedingly damaging TO his charac.
ter to say the least. The letters have
already been published in Wheeling and
tell Sad story Of the girls downfall
and Smiths connection with IL.
The evidence taken to-day showed
that Frank Smith had been paying at.
tention to the girl for about four Years.
Lately they had some trouble and lie did
not visit her often. 1t was stated by
Alexander Smith that his wife had told
him that Bella told her that Frank had
sent her some medicine in bottle for
neuralgia. In Bellas last letter TO Frank,
written February 2, the Sunday she was
taken sick, she says: Il forgot to take
that medicine you sent me last night,
but will take some Of it now and 70 to
bed"
Alex Smith testified before the Cor
oner that she took sick Sunday about
noon and died Thursday morning about
1 o'clock. About three-quarters of an
AouA alteA buo WtuL W Deu he uearu 4
noise in her room and went in to See what
was the matter. He found her throwing
up and held her head for u while. This
was repeated and witness finally sent
for Dr.. OConneIl. When he got back
he fund his wife had limited. Bella
had heard bis vile and tried to get TO
her. AS he turned there stood Bella at
her door, with eyes glaring and he
thought she was dead. He was trying
to set up his wife who fell back on the
pillow. He sprang and caught Bella in
his arms. The doctor entered and car
ried her to her bed. U
The evidence showed that the doctors
thought she had been poisoned and that
the symptoms indicated arsenic.
Evidence was also received as to
Frank being there on Tuesday and
giving Bella repeated drinks OF water,
always going out for the glass and water
to the kitchen, aud then returning the
glass and emptying it and leaving it
there. +,
The case has an ugly look against the
young man. Gs-n
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THE BIG BENEFIT TO-DAY,
The Long Looked for Eiks Entertainment



The Long Looked for Elks Eutertninn,cnt
ltore Mt Last.
The eagerly anticipated matinee ior
the benefit OF the Elks comes of Mt the
Opera House this afternoon. The doors
will be opened at 1890 and the per.
formance commence at 80. The pro.
gramme will open with the vocal music
by Wheeling amateurs, and in addition
to those whose names have already been
announced, a new singer, said to be n
phenomenon aud little known here,
will appear. The committee has re-.
served this as a surprise, and refuses to
give the. name. "Jim, the Penman," !"
will be given in its entirety by the oripi-
nal company, and the Opera House Or
chestra will render special musical pro.
gramme.
When the sale Of seats closed at G. A.,
Houses music store last evening l5O
seats in the gallery were left. These,
according to the committees arrange.
ment, will not be reserved, but will be
Kept open for the use OF those who nav
81 cents lor admission to the gallery.
The Pittsburgh decorator employed
by Messrs. House and Herman to adorn
the interior OF the house arrived yester-
day and was at work all day making the
theatre look ms a Wheeling house has
seldom been seen. Fine furniture.
costly tapestry and rare flowers are used
with profuslon, but excellent taste,
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CARNEGlE,S ZIG DEAL

He Turns tho +. d ". Road Over to tho
Il. d O.-Ths Fairn,ont d Clarksburs
lsond Connecting Link In u Great.
system-wcst VlrSinin Development, NJ,
BALTIMORE, Feb. l3.-Arrangements
have been. perfected for the extension
OF the system Of roads connecting with
the Monongahela River Railroad and
the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad at
Clarksburg, generally known rs the
Camden system. Tho road from Clarks-
burg to Weston and from Weston to
Buckhannon will he ready to operate by
June |. The road from Weston 10
Braxton Court House will be in opera
ton by October |, and the road from
Buckhannon to the Gauley river is ex-
pected to be completed this year, max
ing an aggregate OF about It's miles Of
roads connecting with the Baltimore &
Ohio road at Clarksburg and penetrating
all the central portion OF West Virginia.
These roads are all consolidated under
the name OF the West Virginia < Pitts.
burgh Railway Company, which fur
nishes direct line down the valley of
the Monongahela river over the connec.
tions Of the Baltimore 4 Ohio road to
Pittsburgh, making direct netnrouph
West Virginia to Pittsburgh. These
roads are being Observation-Disclosures
with the Baltimore 4 Ohio road, which
Will make them part Of the Baltimore
d Ohio's railroad system. Is
AS part OF the deal, Mr.. Andrew Car
ne9le has or is to turn the control of the
Pittsburgh 4 Western over to the Balti.
more q Ohio, in time to have the new
combination 10 shape to handle the
spring ore traffic.
MIR. Carnegie has owned 5000 shares
OF Pittsburg & Western stock for some
months. He has added 10000 shares
(S2,500, ,000) 10 that by purchases OF COM
mon and preferred stock in the market
at figures which make bis Oliver option
cost less than it otherwise would, His
common is said to have cost him 12l and
his preferred 1Si.
The lake ore and rail traffic will prob
ably open much earlier than usual this
year, and the Pittsburgh T. Western,
with its Painesville and Cleveland con-
nections, will be promptly put in shape
for it.
1t is said that Thomas NJ. King is 10
succeed Mr.. Henry W. Oliver as Presi-
don't of the Pittsburgh e. Western, By
this means Mr.. Carnegie gets a short
and cheap line from his mills To tho
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U. s. MARSHAL WHITE
Confirmed by the Senate With
out the Predicted Objection.
CONGRESSMAN CIV. ATKINSON
VIII bc Given tho Seat to Which lie
Was Elected Early Next Week. \
Democrats Have no Heart
In the Contest Cases,

Special Dispateh 10 he initlligeneer.
WASHINGTON, d. g., Feb. 13.-United
States Marshal White was confirmed by
the Senate yesterday. The alleged op.
position did not develop. As stated In
the 1SrHLLlaINcEn, the only real reason
for delay was Senator Eimuuds' illness.
1t is probable that the Atkinson-pen.
dleton case will be taken up on Satur.
day. This will allow the principal argu.
ments to he disposed Of on that day and
hasten the seating of Atkinson early
next week. There WILDE no such fight
as in Smiths case. The Democrats have
had all Of that they want Tor the pres
present; besides they have no heart in
this contest and beyond tho stereotyped
arguments will tmko no particular oh.
lection.
Arrivals to-day are: W. S. Meredith,
of Fairmont; Col. Jol,u r. McGraw, OF
Grafton; W. S. Edwards, OF Charleston,
and Col. J. W. st. Clair. The latter Is
once more supposed 10 be looking after
Alderson's interests. 4
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ADJUSTMENTS,
"Wild Oats" at tho Grand Last Night.
Other Attractions,

other Attractions.
The "Wild Oats" company had a soot
house Mt the Grand lust night. The per
iormance was an excellent ono through
out. Tho singing Of pretty Miss Bel.
mont was revelation and the "National
Four Quartette' did some comedy work
that will long be remembered by those
who were present or who have m oppor.
tunity to witness the clever comedy dur.
Ing the balance OF the engagement.
which will close Tomorrow night.
"JIN, TIE rxNMAN."
Judging from all accounts the presen.
tations Of Sir Charles Youpg's famous
play, "Jim, the Penman," at tho Opera
House, this md tomorrow evenings and
at matinee tomorrow, will be among
tue most interesting theatrical events
known here for sono time past. The
productions will he by tho leading com.
pany Mr.. A. NJ. Palmer now has ont on
the road. The cast will DO almost en-.
tirely new and 1t is said by Boston and
New York critics quite up In ability and
effectiveness to the original company
that produced the play. Joseph Whit.
ing, who plays the title role, is quite a
veteran III the part, but the rest OF the
company with few exceptions aro en-.
tirely new to the play. Miss Ellie vii.
ton who plays Nina and dresses the part
superbly, has received especial praise
everywhere.
A feature OF these performances will |
DO the superb stage settings, which |
Manager Reister has arranged shall be !
ne same as those used at the Elks' bene.
1T performance this afternoon,
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LAST NIGHTS ASSEMBLY
At The Wheeling Club Is Charming Affair,
Visitors Preseut.

At The Wheeling Club u Charming Affair.
'| Visitors Preseut. go
The full dress assembly given by The
Wheeling Club last night at its popular
and pleasant rooms in the Rogers build.
ing, on Main street hill, while not a.
largely attended as some OF the other
big affairs given by the organization
was none the less. enjoyable. The
absentees were mostly tile olde,
members OF the club while those present
were nearly ail dancers; the result was
the ball rooms surface was occupied
nearly all the time, while The card tables
had but few devotees. Among the Wis
itors on this occasion were Miss
Marion Boileau, OF Meadville, Pa,
the guest Of Mrs. ". B. McMechen
Miss Lille Smith, OF Cincinnati, the
guest Of her sister, Mrs. K. NJ. Browne
Miss Kate Harden, of Steubenyille
Miss Rose, Of Hammondsport, N. Y;
Miss Harriet Smith, OF Hackensack, N.
j., the guest of Miss Laura Cooper; Miss
Della Euston, Of St. Louis; MIR. e. W,
Staunton, Of Charleston; MIR. J. Z
Kreps. Of Pittsburgh; mt. Charles Cope.
ly, Of New York, the guest Of MIR. Mel.
son Vance.
The music was furnished by q section
OF the Opera House orchestra, and
Zeigenfelder furnished light but very
acceptable refreshments. The Executive
Committee is deserving Of credit for the
ablc manner in which all the arranpe
ments were perfected. Y
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GREAT ICE BLOCKADE.

Fears for the Safety OF Passengers on the
st. Ignnce Steamer.
MAcKISAw Cry, Mlcu., Feb. 13.-The
straits are blockaded with ice practically
the first time this season, and all traffic
between the upper and lower peninsulas
is obstructed. The st. Ignace, the ice
crushing transfer boat, is held in the ice
about four miles north OF here and will
probably not be released until the wind
veers from the west and blows the ice
back into the lake. There were sixty
passengers on the Ignace and many OF
them became anxious at the imprison-
lnent i'll the ice and yesterday afternoon
party OF five walked ashore from the
boat, making the journey in three
hours. Another party Of i've left short
ly after the first, but as they have not
been heard from, it is feared that the
ice moved and that they are On foe or
have perished in the cold.
LArER-The few passengers who were
thought to be in danger reached shore in
safety this morning. No damage has re.
suited from the crush thus far, and it is
believed that the St. Ignace will reach
here by evening.
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EQUAL TO THE EMERGENCY,
New York Now Has IL Committee to lie
Liking In the Legislature.

New York Now Has IL Committee to Her
Liking In the Legislature.
ALBANY, Feb. l3.-In the Assembly
this morning the report that the Confer.
ence Committee on the Worlds Fair
bill had failed 10 agree, was presented
and it was agreed 10 appoint new com.
mittee. Mr.. Hustled then said weighty
responsibility was thrown on the chair
which he would not try to shirk. Two
conference committees had already been
appointed and had failed to solve the
problem. Both committees were ap-
pointed in accordance with parliamen.
tary usage. at this supreme juncture,
the chair would not by the exercise OF
his prerogative, 20 upon the record as
enemy Of an enterprise Of which he is
in fact an earnest friend. II this great
undertaking is to be throttled in its con.
ception other hands must grasp its
throat. The people OF New York de-
mand the fair. They have gen.
erously and municiently subscribed
their money to insure its success. They
have the right 10 be heard by the repre-
senta.ives OF the people. They have the
right to be heard through their own rep
resentatives. In the hope that reason
will resume her sway, ,.that pre- ejudice and
partisanship may be laid aside or over
cone, that the gfeat desire OF the people
Of the metropolis may be gratiied, the
chair will commit the city's interests in
respect Of this great question to the
charge OF those whom she has sent to
this House as the guardians Of her vel.
fare and the expouents OF her vieTs.
The shair will still adhere to the pre-.
cedent Of the past, but viii iocaiize the
members OF the committee by limiting
it TO representatives Of the metropolis.
In accordance Herewith the chair named
Messra. King, Lewis, Hong, O'Hare and
Dinkelepiei, ait Of New York, as the
House conference committee.
An acrimonious debate followed in
which the lie direct was given and dur.
ing which several members OF the com.
mittee announced that they deciiued ia
serve. Hamilton Fish, member from
Putnam county, then proposed the com.
mittee: Gibbs, Hoar, Bluinenthal, Green
and johnson OF Oneida.
Fish then moved the previous ques.
ton. Tho previous question was ordered
by sixty-tive votes. The vote was then
taken on Deyo's motion to allow the
Speaker to name the committee Before
the vote was taken, however, Mr.. Hustled
made statement OF his reasons ior ap
pointing the committee he did and said
!hat now the people could see that the
House wished to take to itself the re-
sponsibility OF appointing its own names
aud deciding the question itself. If the
House appointed the committee he
should infer it was simply declaration
that the House did not want the fair
Deyo's motion was voted down sixty.
three to iifty-three. Fisl.'s motion pre-.
vailed and the new committee was ap
pointed by the House indicated as be.
fore. Then Hoag, Of New York, de.
clined to serve and Was excused.
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TO RELIEVE THE SUPREME COURT.


WAsnINdroN, D. O., Feb. 13.-sub
committees Of the Senate and House
Committees on the Judiciary, consisting
Of Senator Evarts, Hoar and Pugh, and
Representatives F. B. Taylor, Cultert,
son and Rogers, to-day gave hearing
to the committee OF tho American Bar
Association upon the bills intended to
give relief to the Supreme Court and to
facilitate the administration OF justice.
The bar committee consisted OF Henry
Hitchcock, Of st. Louis, President OF the
Association; William Allen Butler, OF
New York: Walter B. Hill, OF Macon,
Ga, Edward Otis uinkley, OF Baltimore,
Secretary Of the Bar Association; j..
Hubley Ashron, OF Washington, and
Francis Rawle, Of Philadelphia. Before
the gentlemen OF the committee were
heard J. Reginald Fendall, OF Washing.
ton, asked the committee to take no
action upon the bills until the Bar Asso.
clation OF Washington should be heard
upon the subject 50 far as II related to
cases originating In the District Of
Columbia. The members OF tho com.
,ni.tee all argued ia favor OF the estab.
lishment OF an intermediate appellate
court as the best means OF aflording re.
lief to both the Supreme Court aud tho
inferior courts OF the federal judiciary.
This was said 10 be in harmony with
the system OF jurisprudence In all Eng.
lish speaking countries and has been
adopted by several Of the States, notably
New York. 80
The division OF tho Supreme Court
into sections to hear cases OF the various
kinds would not, 1t was argued, answer
the demand. as itis, the court is taxed
to the utmost OF human capacity aud
endurance and the only practical relief
is in more judges.
MIR. Hill presented an analysis Of the
work OF the court for the past twenty
terms, which chowed that on the aver.
nge All cases were disposed Of, bnt only
300 were adjudicated, the rest going oil
the docket by dismissal, compromise,
etc. 1t is estimated that the number OF
cases that will be filed for the October
term OF court this year will be $50, and
there are now 1853 cases on the docket
awaiting consideration. The argument
or statements Of the committee covered
the methods Of procedure, basis aud
limitation appeals, the power Of Com
gress 10 regulate appeals and to establish
the court suggested aud the practicable.
ity OF the court to serve the pupose in
vipw
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THE c. & O.'S PLANS,
Il steamship Line to be EstnbffsIicd-Thc
Rond In Splendid Condition.

4 Steamship Line TO be EstnbfisI,c,I-Ih
Rond In Splendid Condition.
RICHMOND, Va, Feb. 13.-President
Ingalls,, OF the Chesapeake & Ohio rail-
road, says it is part Of the plan Of the
Company, in avaiine themselves Of tho
franchises recently granted them by the
General Assembly OF Virginia, to estab-
lisk lines Of steamers between Newport
News and New York and Liverpool.
They also propose to build several
branch roads through Virginia. Mr..
ingalls, says the net earnings oi.the sys-
TEN for this fiscal year will reach S., ,O0O,-
900 and could have been made TO reach
Sl0,000,00O If the facilities were at hand
70 handle the business rendered them,
The line, lie says, was never in rs good
condition before. Two years ago there
were seventy.threc trestle bridges on
the road, and to-day there is but one,
aud an iron structure is to be put up at
| this point.
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A GREAT RIVER SCHEME,
Backed by the Inman Line, to
be in Operation Soon.
KANSAS CITY TO PITTSBURGH,
Il lttvcr Freight Limo to Connect tho
Wcst-The B. 4 o. Combinc-Fair-
mont and Clnrksburs Road
the Connecting Link.

kAKsAs ClTr, Mo-, Feb. l3.-J. NJ.
Phillips, Of New York, representing the
Merchants River Line Navigation Com
pany, is in the city cnroute to Omaha,
where final arrangements are to 10 made
Tor establishing river freight line from
that place to Pittsburgh, Pa. The line is
10 be put into operation within tho year.
1t will consist Of sixty light drausht
river steamers and 800 barges. It is nm
derstood that tho fnman Line is backing
the enterprise. Other heavy stockhold-
ers are Fl. M. liodgson, Joseph Keeling,
aud the Pittsburgh Coal and Mining
Company, all coal dealers Of Pittsburgh,