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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-08-25
.7HB BELMONT FIRE.
Old Tanks and Derricks Burned
I, on Saturday Night.
lNCENDlARlSM SUSPECTED.
Producers and Operators Armed
anu Guarding their Property.
Suspicious Characters will be
Summarlly Dealt, With.
Special Di,La.ch 10 Tie Inttlllatnc,r.

BELMONT, W. Va, August c4,-At
hall.past . o'clock last night, while near.
ly everybody was attending incoming 4
Co.'s show, the performance was sud
denly brought to close by, a terrific ex.
plosion, followed immediately by q
brilliant illumination OF the heavens. A
panic almost ensued in the audience,
but fortunately no one was injured.
The cause Of the alarm was tho explo.
sion Of a FIVE hundred barrel tank con.
tanning gabout one hundred barrels OF oil,
belonging to Johnson & Brockunier, and
situated on the island. Toe tank was
crcmatcd In a few moments. The fames
communicated to the Two Brothers No.
10 drilling well, a short distance away,
and destroyed the derrick, causing
small loss to the contractors, Dutton Il
CO., who, fortunately, hud shut down
for Sunday, and, having their tools, In
the hole, saved them. The aggregate
loss Is about 81 500.
ANOTHER FIRE.
About ten o'clock another terrific ex.
plosion attracted the now excited popu-
lation to opposite the depot, where sew.
eral tanks belonging to the Brown Oil
Company were On fire. Taylor derrick
No. l, a short distance from the tanks,
caught fire, the Flames leaping up to the
top. 1t was a magnificent sight. The
loss here was about $1,000.
The fires that have recently occurred
here have caused much uneasinpss
among producers and operators, and the
general suspicion is that they are the |
work Of incendiaries. Producers, oper-
ators and leGse men were guarding their |
all night last night. They |
we're armed with weapons OF all dcscsip-
tons, and il anyone had been caught
acting suspiciousJy be would have been !
dealt with.
Taylor No. had Just been shot the
day before and is producing about 400 |
barrels and it is great wonder that the
derrick and tanks were not DESTROYED.
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dolphin and from there south into tho
region about Connellsyille. Following
tho fourth parallel. he passed through
Pennsylvania to Wheeling and from
there to Columbus, Ohio. He then had
an almost Straight line 10 Chicago.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-08-25
ENDORSING BLAINE.
Senators Frye and Hale Favor the Reclp.
roci,y Idea.


Senators Fryo and Hale Favor the Recip.
roci,y Idea.
PORTLAND, August 24.-senators Frye
and Hale have come out lat.footsd in
favor Of Mr.. Blaine's reciprocity scheme.
Yesterday Senator Frye said: ~ have
for years been favorable to reciprocity
with the countries south Of us. Free
coffee, sugar, hides aud one or two other
products would have obtained for us free
entry iuto the Central or Sonth Ameri-
can Republics Of an enormous list OF
products OF the farm aud factory. Col.
lee and hides have been made free with
out attempt to obtain reciprocal ,advan.
tages. Now oomes proposition to
place sugar on the free list. Gan we oh.
tain any edvantsge for the people ex.
eept that OF free sugar In the process OF
making it free? think We cannot. to a
great extent, from the South American
Republics, for their production Of sugar
is small, though capable OF increase, but
from Ouba and Porto Rico, | am Of the
opinion that Spain woald, for the ad-
mission OF her sugar to the United States,
admit free to those colonies Of hers all
products Of our farms, provisions, lum-
Der, cooperage, many manufactures OF
iron and wood, etc. believe. too, that
Bpalu would agree that DISCRIMINATION
should be made in favor OF our vessels
engaged In the carrying trqio bctwecn
our ports and those OF her colonies.
The attempt Is at least worth making"
y expect" replied Senator Hale 10
questions, ITO see Mr.. Blaine's plan OF
reciprocity with the Central end South
Amorican countries adopted in so.ne
form before the session ends. No sug.
gestion from my public man Tor many
years has evoked SO strong and so gem
eral expression OF approval as lhib Of
Secretary Blaine's. and there eau be
little doubt Of It's adoption by Congress.
It would benefit the United States by
stimulating ap exchange Of products
which do not compare With each other
in the different couutries,"
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-08-25
Huiralo Hlll. Europ.,u s,,s

WA uiHSaunVeo, !u August 24-BufIalo RIP.
W. Nv a. :" ", est show oprned here TO-DAY 10
ousr ono =. .ae lareest asselnblages Of peopis
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Many persons from out the 3. & O.
road took In the meeting.
Chairman b. F. Meighen and wife
spent the day on tho grounds.
The very best Of order was observed
throug bout the day on all parts OF the
grounds.
Mr.. W. P. Hubbard and United S.ates
Marshal White were circulating among
friends, and were interested spectators
at the services.
Regular services to-day. Tomorrow
is Temperance Day, Thursday Young
Peoples Day and Saturday Children's
Day. Tns meeting will continue over
next Sunday.
Rev. Mr.. swindell said he had been
told that the sinners on the Moundsyille
Camp Ground were different from other
sinners. Tney were harder to move, 1t
made one think that it was surely true
when they withstood his strong appeals.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-08-25
MISS KNOWLES SUIT.
Tronble Will Result Amnng tho Nobility.
Afrhtd OF EApusure, - 81.

LONDON, August 24.-Tho sequel I,
the breach Of promiac suit brought b,
Miss Knowles, the daughter Of si
Francis Knowles, against Fraser Dun
can, the proprietor OF tho Matrimonial
Nfps. is the disappearance Of tho latter
irom his usual London haunts and hlt
reported appearance Ia Paris. 8efore
leaving for the French capital he was
heard to swear that he wouldn't pay one
farthing Of the 100000 damages which
he had been fined for trihing with the
feelings Of the young lady. -
The Matrimonial Neus has been as.
signed to Mrs. Duncan, and 1t is very
probable that In consequence OF the
nnenyiable repute 1t has now achieved,
she will discontinue It's publication fol
the present. At all events II she does
not pursue this course, it Is more than
probable that Miss Knowles solicitors
will, through their counsel, submit to
the Judge a plea that the assignment
was Tor fraudulent purposes, aud will
make motion to sequestrate the whole
concern.
n r. r. ANorFER TO COMPROMISE. n-.
The Sherii's oillcers are now In DOE.
session Of the publication Office on be-
tall Of Miss Knowles, who has offered to
compromise the matter for the sum Of
&C., 500, but up TO now the offer has not
been accepted. Everything Of the slight.
est value has been clcared out OF the
Office, and even the waste paper and
lumber were sold yesterday.
The general belief ia, that should Mr..
Duncan appeal against the verdict the
damages will be very materially reduc-
ed, and in fact will not exceed In huu.
dreds what was first awarded iu thous. |
ands, for the trial WIS very one-sided
affair compared with what the rehearing
would DO.
Great CONSERVATION, almost amount.
ing to absolute panic, exists among the
clients otthe Matrimonial Neps. MANY
u them move in the best OF society
hat London affords, and If their names
we're to be mude public, q grave scandal
Sou!d be the inevitable result.
AFRAID OF EXPOSURE.
1t is known as n positive fact that
lmong the clients were ladies' who were
Il the habit Of writing from their West
Sud mansions, gentlemen from the
wei. clubs and counts and other noble
men attached to the foreign embassies.
All these are in mortal fear that in the
onfusion which prevails outsiders may
ct possession OF their letters. The con.
eqnence is that the Office has been kept
q state of siege during the last few
lays by the constant rush OF people who
re anxious to avert exposure OF. to
void being subjected to blackmail to
btain these precious documents.
The general impression is that no
natter what may happen to the indi.
'idual most nearly concerned in this
publication. the matrimonial
gency business is killed for the time
,eing.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-08-25
MAJOR GAINES NOMINATION,

Major Theophilus Gaines, the recent
Republican nominee for Congress in the
Third district, returned to the city yes
terday morning, md has been the recip.
lent OF many congratulations. He re.
ports most enthusiastic aud harmo.
nious conventions ut Hinton, and that
the campaign hus already opened with
vigor ali along the line.
Hon. N. NJ. Jenkin, Of Faye!te, is the
new chairman OF tho Congressional
Committee. and A. II. Malone, the edi.
tor OF the Star, who made so acceptable a
secretary during the last campaign, is
again in that position. These officers are
a sufficient guarantee in themselves that
the fight on the Republican side will be
lively one. Major AtcGinnis promises
the active support OF himself und his
historic mlle.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-08-25

Tske? after which Rev. Mr.. Hughes
preached from tho text, "Whnt must
DO TO By aavedp Believe on tho Lord
Jesus Christ IND thou shal. be sayetl and
thy house." ~ '''' w ""' w
Some OF tho points made were; Thia
text contains the foundation CT MI
christianity. This Is tho most thrillinply
Interesting question man has ever askea
himself. 1t has come down all through
Tho ages, and Il IL Il pertinent Tonight
rs 1t ever has been. We need not be
concerned as TO wha. our neishbor must
40 to be saved, but let each one ak
wi hat must DO to be saved?"
We dare not triile with the suLiect OF
the souls salvation. Paul. knowing the
disease OF the Jailer, prescribed tho only
remedy that will save sin.sick soul.
NO other remedy viii! do: The same ia
required today as then. Faith Is the
only remedy now, rs 1t was then. The
great inquiry OF the human heart is
what good thing shall I do2 What Great
thing may | do that may gain the favor
OF God? 1t Ia against human nature To
10 low and to believe on tho iowiy
Nazarene. But all must come In the
same faith and obedience. Tho sermon
throughout was very good one,
Kev. d. ). Hammond, Of New Martins.
vile, Dr. J. Summer Stone and Rsy.
Mr. Callahan are among the new ar.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-08-25
ouR NEXT SUPREME JUDGE,

=
The nomination oil Hon. F. NJ. Rsy-
nolds is we'll received among his numer.
GUS friends here. There are great
many persons in this city Of both polit'
ical parties who know him thoroughly,
and every one OF them is we'll satisfied
with his selection. He is considered a
man OF fine ability and a most excellent
lawyer. His broad, comprehensive
manner Of looking ut every question is
IN striking contrast with the peculiar
characteristics Of his opponent.
SOME LIES NAILED.
The attempt Of some Of the Democratic
papers to mako it appear that Mr.. Rey-
nolds' nomination was brought about by
any effort Of Hon. s. B. Elkins or against
the wishes Of Governor GoG is too alb.
surd to deserve attention. Llkewiso the
charge that the revenue officers com.
passed the defeat OF Judge Hagans and
Mr. Brown is false upon It's face. Take
for instance the report furnished one or
gan, l, shows in itself that y. T.
Gausers Pi,zer, Of Berkeley, and kittle,
OF Barbour, made speeches in behalf ol
Brown, and that Berkeley county, rep
resented in part by Deputy Collector
Riley, gave her solid vote tor brown. u
shows that G. NJ. Shinn, Of the Revenue
Bureau, in connection with Mr.. StagRers,
gave the solid vote OF Marion to Judge
Haganr, while Deputy Collector bakeri
OF Randolph, made speech layoflnp
Mr.. Reynolds, aud Deputy Collector
Pownall, Of Hampshire, gave that coun'
ty's vote 10 him. Having these facts IN
view, i. must be apparent that II, as
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-08-25

Every one q Tho police and show peo
pie were badly wounded BY stones ant
the condition Of several Is serious. -
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1890-03-26
An Appeal to Women.

We. the members of the Woman's
Christian Temperance Union, ap.
peal to you, wives and mothers of
Tennessee, to help US in the work
of overcoming the common enemy
of our homes and families, the le.
galized liquor traffic. 1t is hardly
necessary that we should point out
to you the terrible ravages of this
traffic in our community, the lives
it has cursed and blighted, the
homes it has darkened and ruined,
and the manifold evils of every
name and nature that it has
brought upon us as we'll ss upon, all
the land. These things are known
to you as well as to us-in some
cases from observation, and in 9th.
ers from bitter personal experience
You have seen, as we have, some OF
brightest and most promising young
men degraded, brutalized, and
ruined by the love of of strong
drink; you have heard and seen, a.
we have, the brawling, fighting, aud
all the disgraceful public exhibi
tiOns for which the saloons of this
country are responsible. Yor
know, as well as we do, that evil
and evil only, can result, and doe.
result, from the existence of thes,
places in our midst; that they ar,
the open and malignant enemies O
everything which we as Christian
women, wives, mothers, and sisters
hold most sacred and dear. Yo,
know, as we'll rs we do, that ever,
grOg.shOp is school of vice an,
crime, a threat at the peace an,
happiness of our homes, and dead
ly snare and pitfall in the pathwa,
of the weak and unwary0 Yo1
must realize, as well as we DO. tina
good, and good only, could result
III every one of these rum-shops
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1890-03-26

not sc why tobacco should hurt
him at that age, when his father
and mother, who were each eighty
years old, had smoked al! their
lives, and were hale and hearty.
replied that his mother aud father
had smoked his heart away. l re-
member one young man, only TWEEN
ty, with bad tobacco heart, wht
did not understand why he coul,
not smoke as his father and grand
father had done before him.
A great many nervous diseases,
eases of neuralgia, hysteria, etc, IA
well as heart disease, are directly
or directly attributable to the u>,
of tobacco. | am sure that tn
next generation will be convinced
Of the enormity of the evil which is
second only to. that of alcohol, and
perhaps in some respects worse.
The alcohol habit produces more
social distress, but this evils it en-.
tails upon posperity are no worse
than those imposed by the tobacco
habit, if they are 50 bad.
1t has been argued that tobacco
does not produce organic disease
This is not true. 1t causes a fail
ure of the eyesight which nothing
can cure, and brings on u tobacco
heart which nothing can cure.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1890-03-26
Effects OF Tobacco Upon The Chill
dren Of Those Who Use It.
BY J. Il. KELLOGG, Y. D.

There is no doubt but that a large
share of the hysterical girls, and
the boys who have tendency to
inebriety, owe their condition to the
tobacco habits of their fathers.
1 have seen numerous dreadful IL.
Illustrations of this. One gentleman
brought his boy to me when he
said seemed to have been born
with the nerves all on the outside
of his body" When child, he had
the st. Vitus' dance; as he grew
older, and recovered from this, it
was found impossible to keep him
in school, for he became exhausted
ut the least exertiOn, could not
sleep at nights, and his nervous
system seemed a complete wreck.
l looked into the case carefully, and
could find no reason in the boy for
his extreme nervous condition.
Finally 1 asked the father If he
used tobacco. He replied, eyes,
I've used it all my life; began when
a mere boy, and it hasn't hurt me a
particle" told him that his son
was suffering from the injurious eff
fects, and that the only time to
cure.him extended back of his birth
A physician only forty years Of
age came to me, and when exam
ined him told him he had a tObac'
co heart, and that he must stol
smoking or die. He said he die
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1890-03-26

fairness of the secret Houk cliques
is the cause of his refusal. There
is in every county in the district
from fifty to one hundred men who
stand ready to bulldoze every
movement that would displace OF
defeat Houk, so that good men feal
to oppose him as a candidate. The
editor of the TIMES knows some
thing of the assassination of char
acter from this direction.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1890-03-26

these drunkard manufactures
these strongholds of Satan, was
banished from our midst; if such a
happy deliverance could be accom-
pli-hed, we are confident that you
would rejoice with us in the blessed
consumatiOn. Yours earnestly,
The Central w. G. 7. U. of Nash
vile, Tenn.
The foregoing is heartily endors-
ed by the Maryville W. T U.
Sarah 7. Stanley, President.
Eliza s. Henry, Secretary.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1890-03-26
NEWS FROM THE CAPITOL OF
THE UNITED STATES.

Special Correspondence
WASHINGTON, d. c., Mar. IS, 1890
The President is a close observer
OF Congressional legislation and he
holds constant consultations with
the republicans of both House and
Senate. He does not attempt to be
dictatorial and yet he does not hest
tate to tell the Congressman when
ne thinks a thing is wrong, and he
generally offers, in the way of a
suggestion, something to take the
place of the Objectionable measure.
The result of this is to put Mr.. Har.
risOn in closer relations with his
party in Congress than any recent
President has been, and if kept up,
there is not the slightest reason to
suppose that it will not be, there
will be no use for Presidential We
toes during this administration.
1t is thought that a pension bill
will be gotten up embracing some
thing from each of the several bills
now in the hands Of the committees,
1t being generally agreed that it
will be advisable to pass all of the
bills that are being pressed. The
dependent pension bill will proba.
bly, be made the basis of the new
measure, or it may finally be decid-
ed to pass that as it is, and leave
the others for the present.
Senator Stanford's resolution pro.
viding for an investigation by the
Senate Finance committee as to
whether the Government may loan
money to the owners of farms at
two per cent per annum is being
much talked about and has been in.
dorsed by the Federation of Labor
of this District. If such thing Is
really practicable it would beyond
all question be the most popular
measure ever before Congress.
/, Senator Allis0n's credentials 70,
his new term beginning March 4
1891, have been presented to the
Senate.
| Senator Mitchell has introduced
a joint resolution proposing ar
amendment to the. Constitution
which provides that United State
Senators will be elected directly b,
. the people, and given notice that h
will shortly address the Senate upol
, the subject. The idea, while not
new one, would seem to be, in vie,
y OF the charges of bribery in connet
q ton with the election of Senator
. which have become SO common (
late years, a good one. Anythin
! that brings the government neare
to the people should be welcome
: The House Committee on Coli
!, age will decide next Monday whit
= report it will make on Secretal
o WINDOWS silver bill. It will pro
ably be favorably reported, wit
several amendments.
The concurrent resolution for Il
investigation of migration and Il
9 purchase of American industries |
= foreign capital has passed Dol
II Houses. Now perhaps somethir
K may be learned about this Engli'
y syndicate business.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1890-03-26

Representative Lodge of Massa-
chusetts, has his Federal election
bill nearly ready to introduce. 1t
proposes to put the control of the
elections for President and Con.
gresham under control of Federal
officials.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1890-03-26
License a Failure.

Not only is license vicious in
principle, but IL is also Intellectual
as remedy. Many High License
laws have gone into operation in
the United States since 1881, yet in
1889 there was produced 1888 gal
Ions of liquor per capita, as against
1O.47 gallons consumed in 1881.
More liquor is drank in this coun-
try now, in proportion to the popu-
lation than there has been at any
previous time in the history of the
republic. There was, however, a
time when distilled liquor was used
more than at the present. Chicago
has High License, New York has
low license, Chicago's- drink bill is
heavier in proportion to her size
than is New York. It has been
shown that forty-One leading High
License cities in different parts of
the Union (the license fee being
from $500 to $1,000 show slightly
more arrests for drunkenness and
disorderly conduct in proportion to
the population than do thirty eight
low license cities (the license fee
being from $25 to $2OO.) The ar.
rests for drunkenness and disorder
~ conduct also lear q somewhat
larger proportion to the total mum.
Der of arrests in the High License
than in the low license cities.
Prohibitionists favor the immedi.
ate repeal of all license and intern
al revenue laws az regards the man.
ufacture and sale of alcoholic liq-
uors. We boint to the testimony
of the TIMES in the issue of March
IL, the last paragraph in the second
column of the editorial page. The
argument there presented we be.
lieve to be sound. We also demand
the immediate enactment of abso'
Lutte prohibition.
The citizens Of our republic hold
and always have held the power tc
prohibit the sale ofliquor. 1t is moi
because it is impossible that the
state does not prohibit. 1t is sim
ply because it does not choose to
1t permits itself to be ruled by the
rum power.
Is it license that keeps rum out O
Blount County? No, it is prohibi
ton. We all know that there are
men ready to pay the license fee i
the provisions of the "four mile law
did not prohibit its sale here as /.
beverage. OF course selling OF
prescription is quite a differeu
thing. 1t has been tried in ou
Nwn-selling on prescription TO
beverage purposes, land 1t didn'
work. It had to stop and woult
again if anyone should attempt Il
The four mile law is . good thing
1t prohibits the sale Of liquor il
many communities in our state
without giving any permission 0
legal standing to the traffic.
, But why must it be a long tim
, before we can have anything bu
license laws in this state. Let tn
, 117,OOO men, who voted for tn
!, amendment put all compromise
, with the rum traffic behind then
and throw their entire, united, an
!, determined effort, by vote, voic
!, and otherwise for the banishmel
: of the saloon, and, with God an
> right on our side, we will soc
! carry the majority aud drive Il
! 6snd IRON our borders.
R. G.. LEVERING
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1890-03-26

Judge Rogers declines to be a
candidate for Congress and will not
allow his name used, SO that settles
the question, as to him. The un-
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1890-03-26

The House yesterday passed the
Oklahoma Territorial bill. 1t pass
ed the Senate some time ago.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1890-11-15
A Singular Coincidence.

The Kansas City Gazette is re-
sponsible for the following:
All the Presidential candidates
whose surnames ended with the
letter n, were elected. Here is the
list: Jefferson and Clinton; Jack
son and Calhoun came in together,
so did Jackson and Van Buren,.
and Van Buren, was lucky in run
ling with johnson, for both were
elected. So also was Lincoln and
Hamlin, Lincoln and johnson, and
Harrinson and Morton. The n at
the two naners may not mean
but the coincidence Is
curious"