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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-07-15

CHICAGO, July l4.-The following Is
published here this morning: The cen.
trail Offices OF the Northern Pacific Ex-
press Company, at 81 Dearborn street,
were entered by masked robbers ct il
o'clock Saturday night: alter covering
two CLERKS who were in charge with re-
volvers, the robbers occurred between
$1,000 and $4,000 and made good the.r
escape.
The officials Of the Express Company,
including the manager, Say they know
nothing OF. the robbery. They also, re-
iuse to give the names Of the clerks who
were in the Office ut the time, and re.
fuse to say whether or not arrests hsye
been ! made. Much mystery surrounda
the atga:,,
LAEER-fhe officials OF the company
this morning admit that the robbery
took place, but say that the robbers Sc.
cured less than 500. Itis admitted that
cholroform was used on tas clerks. z
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A FATAL. WRECK.
aoreral Passengers Injured, Some Fatally,
Senr Bloomington, Iud.

aeyernl Passengers Injured, Some Fatally,
Near Bloomington, Intl.
BLOOMINGTON, lSp July l4.-At S:l5,
as the local freight on the Louisville,
New Albany & Chicago was going down
smithfeld hill, it came in collision with
the accommodation from French Lick.
The accommodation was demolished
and several freight cars smashed. A
dozen passengers were injured, some
fatally. Conductor Will Brown, in
tho baggage care was crushed among
the trunks. He can hardly recover.
Grand Johns, Of Chicago, head and back
crushed, very dangerous; Billy Mitchell,
Of Indianapolis, conductor on the air
line, wrist broken; James NJ. Myers,
engineer on the accommodation, out IN
head and face; Mrs. Patton, OF Smith.
vile: Engineer Hendfickson, oi the
freight; JEFF Robertson, the brakeman F.;
Everett Foster and wife, OF Worthiugton ;
ada Pearson, OF Bedford; David War
ren, OF Bloomington; Charles Marvin,
conductor on freight; William Beegley,
OF Chicago; Charles Andrews, of Eioonl-
ington, Alice Walls, OF bloomington ;
Kate Taife, Of Indianapolis, all are more
or less injured.
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NEW CHAIRMAN ELECTED,
Mr.. Cowden Resigns from the
Chairmanshjp Of tho
STATE CENTRAL COMMITTEE.
Mr.. Pollnck js Chnscn-AIcctInE nt
Mountain IiNkc Pnrk...Stntc Con.
vcntion TO Meet IN Martins.
burg, August 20, 1890.

special D''pGich 10 Inc lnttAigaleer.
MOUNTAIN LAKE PARK, MD., July "A
The West Virginia Republican Centra
Committee met here to-day ut the ALE
gfeny House, Chairman Cowden presid.
Ing. Eleven Of the thirteen members ol
the committee were present, rs large m
attendance as there has been in the his.
tory OF the committee. Besides the
committee were present General Coil,
A. W. Campbell, John W. Mason, A. b.
White, G. II. Payne ani congressman
Atkinson and Smith. The State Con.
vention to name nominee Tor Judge OF
the Supreme Cour. OF Appeals was called
to meet in Martinsburg, August 20. T..
II. B. Lcmley was chosen to fill the va.
canry caused by the removal OF Major
II. q. Flesher from Jackson 10 Mcdowell
county, and Col. +. G Best to succeed
). L. Hawk, whose official duties keep
him in the fur west.
Chairman Cowden resigned on ac.
count OF the official position he holds.
HIS resignation was accepted Ia seso.
luton bearing testimony to his nine.
teen years OF faithful and efficient ser.
vice as Secretary and Chairman Of the
committee. Hon Augustus Pollack, OF
Ohio county, was elected to fill the
vacancy and made Chairman of the
Central and Executive Committees
Reports from most OF the counties in the
State were received, nil OF them showing
a deep. interest in the party's success.
There is great demand for documents,
particularly on the tariff question, and
this demand the committee will endea.
vor to satisfy. Some of the committee.
men left tonight for the east; others re.
main over until Tomorrow.
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A NEW INSPECTOR OF NUILS.
Cnpt. william Dillon, the vetern., Stan,
bohtnihn, Succeeds Captain G.,J,r,.,

Capt. William Dillon, the vetern, s,a,,,
b"ntnA"n, Succeeds Captain G,odw,n
Yesterday Hon. John Fehrenbocb
Supervising Inspector OF Stentnboats in1,
this district, and Joseph A. Faris Snr- mr.
veyor of the Port, met here to desi,na,. nv"
IN United States Inspector of Hulls VICE y;ce
Capt. B. F. Goodwin. The "Board M of
Designation" consists of these Two o,l;.
cials and Judge John J. Jackson. of ,hs
United States District court, but Jujve
Jackson was not present.
There has been some talk of f,l,;,r
the place, and there were several candis.
dates. all Of whom had good endorsn.
men,s. Captain, William Dillon Ed
Holiday, James McGee, James 'Ha;ns.
and Others had been active, and ali haJ
considerable influence back OF them A"0
After mature deliberation the Ro,,d
appointed Captain Dillon. The chn;"..
has to be approved by the authorit;es s0
That Captain Dillon's appointment m;1j
be approved, however, is forerone con. n.
cluslon. nAo 'oh-
Captain Dillon is veteran steamho.,
man. and is known all along both ,ho
Ohio and Mississippi rivers. Fl. Isis is .mi, ,rH
nentiy qualified for the duties OF Inanec. M
tor OF uulls, Inpec~
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JACKSON COUNTY REPUBLICANS,

"A Strong County Ticket tNou,inntcd-Capc.
hart Wording among Republicans.
7ptetal Ditpaich to The Inte.'iceneer.
RAyESswooD, W. Va, July l4.-At a
mass convention Of Jackson county Re.
pnblicans, to day, the following ticket
was noDitaed:
For House OF Delegates, Warren Mill.
er, ex.Judye Rober. F. Fleming: for
Clerk OF the County Court, I. II. b.
Le'nley; for Clerk OF Circuit Court,
Walter Il. O'Brien; County Commits
sioner, NJ. Luther Cole.
There were fully fifteen hundred peo-
pie present, and everything passed of
harmoniously. Ex.Judve Fleming pre.
.ided over the convention. The Repub.
licans Of old Jackson are wide awake,
and propose to keep that way.
James Capehart, Democratic aspirsnt
for Congress from this district, with his
body guard, Ed. Hogg, was present,
miagling with the people, working the
tarmers' Alliance racket for all that's
out. Senator Alex. K. Campbell, OF
Wheeling, was also present, working for
the interests OF his party. A resolution
was passed making all Republicans Of
the county attending the State, Com
gressional and Senatorial conventions
delegates.
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ifdrk Lane Market.

LONDON, July 1.-THE Mark Lane Er-
pres, in its weekly review Of the grain
trade saye: Continued. rain renders the
outlook less favorable. Ripening is
backward and quite four weeks distant.
Corn is badly laid and twisted in Kent
and Sussex. 1t stood well elsewhere.
English wheat was Is higher. The sales
OF English wheat for tho week amounted
to 81 500 quarters at aas I'd, against
q, ,422 quarters at e0s 81 ior the CORE.
spending week last year. The trade in
foreign wheat was brisk. California
wheat was Is higher. The imports for
the week were large and prevented a
greater rise in prices, The large stocks
OF -four prevented All advance in that
staple, Harley was Sd dearer. Maize
also advanced.
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MALI. kUBli II ARRESTED,
S'noh Hickman Open. u h1nil lag For
$40 90 In Plcnsauts County.
>pcc1Gl Dsvdtch to ls Iatf,iiOsnrer

S'moh iiickma" OPEN II Mn,l lag For
$40 90 In PIcnsauts County.
SPECIAL Dsvd,eh to The Lte.i,gencer.
PAhEERsnuRc, W. Va, July IA
young man named Simon Hickman was
brought before U. S. Commissioner L.
n. Tavenner to-day by Justice Amos
Smith, Constable Aaron Uuenset,er and
rheo. Clovis, postmaster at Hebron, all
OF Pleasants county.
1oung Hickman was the mail carrier
between Sistersville and Hebron. md
Tas arrested on Friday for cutting omen
the mail bag and taking ,herefron a
registered letter containing S. in gold
50 in paper money, fifty cents in silver
anu IN endorsed penalon check. lie
was arrested by Constable W. r.. Laid.
ley, taken before Squire Amos Smith
and given a hearing. He confessed to
taking the registered letter out Of the
hag and tearing it open and appropriat.
Ing the money, but he said there IVES a
hole in the bag which had been worn
through, and that he Just reached in and
took the letter out. He boughta suit OF
clothes from peddler with the S. gold
piece, but afterwards got it back.
- lie hada hearing before c Commissioner
lavenner and was sent to Jail, us he was
not able to give bond.
;, The stolen letter was registered ut
Twlggs I. o., Peasants county. Hick.
man IL very ignorant lad and can
neither read nor write.
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An INCIDENT OF tho Wreck,

LAKE CRY, MINI, July 14-No
bodies were found late this afternoon,
and at dark the search was abandoned
for the day. Dynamite will be used in
the morning. There were good many
who made use Of the life preseryers, but
probably none had as good and as much
uso OF them rs had Robert Adams, the
seventeen.year.old Gon Of Dr. Adams,
OF Lake City, and another boy whcae
homo IL in BED Wing. They secured
three life preservers, and were
in the water for six hours
before rescued. Young Albums could
swim, but his companion could
not. They had the good sense 10 float
quietly and not attempt to fight against
the waves to the shore. During the Elk
hours they were in water, from 9 to 5,
they we're bulietcd by the pillows and
blown hither and thither by the gale.
They first driited about mile down
past town and then change in the
wind carried them up the river front
seven miles from here, where they verp
rescued still alive aud well, but consider.
ably tho worse for their hard experience,
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SENATE PROCEEDINGS.
LRtin American LtbrarJ-A Senate
Amendment Goes Over

A Latin American L,brary-A Senate
Amendment Goes Over,
WASHINGTON, July 1.-THE Senate
proceeded to the consideration OF the
sundry civil appropriation bill. The
amendment to insert an item of s5OO,OOO
for establishing in Washington Latin
American memorial library, the site to
be selected by the Secretary of State
and the building to be erected under his
direction and supervision, having been
reached, Mr.. Vest opposed it as being
part OF the sentimental programme to
secure commerce with the South Ameri.
can States. Sentiment wonld not bring
trade; only interest would secure that;
besides there was now being erected q
magnificent library building at coet OF
$4,000, 900, and certain rooms in that
building might be dedicated to the pur-
pose indicated in the amendment. The
Senate was asked to appropriate $500, 900
for n spectacular performance.
Mr.. Hawley said that lie concurred
with everything which Mr.. Vest had
said: He suggested making branch OF
the library Of Congress Latin Ameri.
can corner. He offered an amendment
to that effect and appropriating So5, 900
for the purpose.
Mr.. Edmunds objected to this isola-
ton as destroying the value OF the
books. The amendment went over
without action,
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MURDER IN WhI,sTaE COUNTY,

Tho 6resn.Eyed M"nnt.r Caused n Cold.
Hooded Murder on Saturday.
Special Dispatch to The lu,eli0encer.
CES7REvlLLE, W. Va, July IA
teamster from Webster county reports q
cold-blooded murder near Webster @.
q. last Saturday. The motive OF the
deed ia not known, but is supposed to
have beon jealousy. The testimony of
tho only eye witness. Il girl OF seven
years, was that John Cohan killed Ben
Roder with Il very large revolver for
talking to Cohan's wife, the bullet pass
ing through the lower bowels, killing
him Instantly. Tho teams,er further
states that Cohan's wife had 10 fly for
her lie from Cohan and that hhe says
Cohan got Eoder to 90 and see her and
make peace between her and Cohan. It
was Just after this meeting that Cohan
shot him.
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Mr.. BLAINB'S WISDOM,
he Writes Senator Frye a Let
ter on Reciprocity.
A MOST TIMELY DOCUMENT.
'oar Field OF Commercial Dcvcion.
mcnt Lies South of Us"-Uttcran.
ces Consistent with the State.
mans Protection Record.

WASHINGTON, D. G., July l4.-A lette,
from Secretary Blaine has been received
to-day by Senator Frye, saying the Sec.
retary had heard from Havana that
American 1our under the new duties
imposed by Spain cannot reach the Gu.
ban market under q cost OF $il 46 per
barrel, and that Spain totally excludes
America from the markets OF Cuba and
Porsa Rica in many articles on account
OF her prohibitory taxes. The letter
goes on to say 1t would certainly be a
very extraordinary policy on the part Of
our Government just at this time to
open our markets without charge OF
duty 10 the enormous crops OF sugar
raised In the two Spanish islands. The
charge against the protective policy OF
this country which has injured it most
sthat its benefits 60 wholly 10 the man.
uiacturer aud capitalist aud not to the
tarmer. This is untrue, but it is the
most plausible and therefore the most
hurtful argument made by the Free
Trader. Here is all opportunity where
the farmer may be benefited. He does
not doubt that in many respects tho
tarili bill pending in the Senate is
just measure and that most OF its
provisions are in accordance with the
wise policy OF Protection, but II sugar Is !
not placed on the free list without exact.
ing important trade concessions in re.
turn, we shall closs the door fora profit.
able reciprocity against ourselves. He
refers to the Presidents message of June
IS on the subject as containing as much
practical wisdom as was ever stated in 10
short space.
"Our foreign market for breadstufs
grows narrower. Great Britain is ex.
ertiug every nerve to secure her bread
supplies from India, AMI the rapid ex.
pansion Of the wheat area in Russia
gives us powerful competitor in the
markets OF Europe. The late conference
Of American republics proved the exist.
ence OF a common desire for closer rela.
tions. Our Congress should take up the
work where the international conference
left it. Our field OF commercial uevel.
opment and progress lies south Of u.s."
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SlTEStLECi'ED
For tho Camping Ground OF the Army OF
West Virginia.

For tho Camping Ground OF the Army OF
West virginia.
Special Dissaich TO The In,tiligenc,r
PARKEnsnuRG, W. Va, July 14.-Mat-
ters arc progressing favorably and very
satisfactorily in relation 10 the great sol.
diers' reunion in this city in September.
Those gentlemen in charge arc working
and will work night and day for it's sue
cess. The right men are in the righ,
place. An able financial committee has
been appointed in the persons OF Mr.. M.
S. Thanhouser, Ex-Mayor John S. Cam.
den and Cashier ". Il. Wolfe, OF the
Secon'l National Bank.
John Mortimer has been placed in
charge OF the decorations and a,lvertis.
ing department, who will see that tri.
umphal arches ara erected all over the
city, and that $4,000 strangers will be
here to see them. No better selection
could have been made. "johnnie" is 8
hustler.
The site for the camping ground Of tho
Grand Army Of West Virginia and their
friends has been selected, and it is no
less place than Hutchinson's Grove on
the N ". Pike, East End. The nerotia.
tions have been concluded and the place
has been leased for use during the re.
union days. A huge tent that will hold
10000 people will he put up in the grove,
and everything Will be carried on on a
correspondingly large scale. The great
reunion is already On assured success,
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clasped In ita mothers arms while tho
other was found undera pile OF lie pre-.
anrvnro - '-N
THE WORK OF RESCUE.

Iho Living Searching for tho Dcnd-A
hrnvo Corporal Earns u CommlssIon b,
Rescain. to Women.
RED WING, July lA.-Under command
Of Adjntant General Mullen, the militia
were put into service and worked nobly
on the wreck. The barge had beer
wrecked back OF the point which Ia
known as Maiden Rock aud is anchored
there. The wreck OF the steamer oc.
Cured oil this point and tho very great.
ly dismantlcd wreck lifted over against
the barge. She lay over on the port
side and Tas broken almost into kind.
ling wood, although enough OF the frame
work remained to hold together and
work on. At half past ten the bodies Of
a woman aud child, to which ropes
had been attached, were drawn from The
water. The child Of John Winters, OF
Red Wing. and Fred. s. Reyers, black.
smith, were taken out few minutes
later.
Corporal i. L. Berry, Of St. Paul, saw
tho wreck ear. .y last night, and at once
uantChCA W tie bpOt u IenuSf Bucn
assistance as was possible. Finding a
man standing by boat on the shore he
asked to be taken out into the storm to
the oveftarning boat. But when re.
fused he threatened to kill him unless
hia orders were obeyed, and with the
help OF liia unwilling assistant saved the
lives OF fifteen or sixteen women, Al.
jutant General Mullen says the man has
earned commission. From early
morning a patrol OF rowboats was kept
up all owe. the neishbothood Of the
wreck looking for bodies.
Battery A, Of St. Paul. kept up a can.
nonading during the day trying to raise
the bodies, but without success. The
little steam tug Wanderer tried unsuc-
cessfully TO pull the wreck apart, and
then the Ethel Howard came up the
river and with the valuable assistance Of
the Luella pulled apart the frame OF what
had been the top Of the steamer. The
Luela then pulled the Sea Wing up out
OF the water, releasing three bodies, one
woman and two young men. Alice Pal.
mer, OF Trenton, was one OF these, but
the two men had not been identified up
to ! o'clock.
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Fremont Funeral Arrangements.

"
Nsw Yong, July l4.-Arrangements
for the funeral OF Maj..Gen. John @. Fre-
mont were made to-day. 1t will take
place at 10 o'clock on Wednesday morn.
Ing next from the Protestant Episcopal
CHURCH Of st. IGnatius, Fourth ltse5t,
between Fifth snd Sixth avenues. It is
to be as quiet and unostentatious as pos
elble, and there will be no military dis.
play, Mrs. Fremont und the Generals
daughter, Miss Elizabeth Fremont, are
in l!.os Angeles, CAL, and will oi course
% unable to get hero in time to attend
the funeral. The interment will be in
Trinity cemetery, this city.
Tho pail bearers will be Gen, W. r..
Sherman, Gen. 0. 0. Howard, Col. Floyd
Clarkson. Commander OF Department. OF
State Of New York Grand Army OF the
Repuplic, and four representatives OF tho
Pioneer Association Of California.
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4 Portion of tho Death List,

RED Wlse, MINI, July 14.-Bodies
Of those drowned in Lake Pepin last
night to the number OF tifty-two arrived
in this city about o'clock this morning.
The whole town was in mourning In.
mediately upon the arrival OF the steamer
the bodies were carried to the respective
homes ot the deceased persons. The
following Is !ist OF those that were
brought To Red Wing this morning;
John Heller and wife aud two chill.
dren; Peter Devleu, wife and five chill.
dren: Mrs. Blaker and two children J.;
Mrs. Henpfobliug and three children
Mrs. Schuelberg aud daughter, Minnie
Fisher, Marie Skoplund, Katie DAILY,
Mrs. +. sherf and daughter, Fred Christ,
Annie Steiger, Francis Steiycr, George
Nelson. Bahrns and wife. Charles Din.
slage, Fred Sewers and daughter, Tom
Larson, Addie Wing aud sister, Ii.
Redlus and two children, Fred Hattie.
meyer, Mamie Adnms, Henry Sten'ner,
Katie Burkhardt. A. @. Anderson, Eddie
Christopher, Herman Hipper, Will
{iipper, George Harris, Mrs. Nellie
W! Woehrn and son, Slillie Niles, riers,n
Fiby. Gordy johnson, Floy Smith,
Myrtle Miro. Ira Fulton.
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THE CYCLONE NEAR ST. PAUL.
Something Ahnut tho EStsnt OF tho Dam.
REe--Alnny Lives L1st.

something About tho l:Stsnt OF tho nnn}.
age--alnny Lives L,st.
sr. PAUL, MISS., July l4.-According
to the testimony Of those who witnessed
yesterdays storm, It first gathered in the
vicinity Of Snail Lake, several miles to
the northwest of Lake Gerya!G, asl
something like eight miles IRON St.
Paul. I.proceeded slowly in its gen.
eral movement and first began its work
Of destruction about three miles from
the sehurmeier unu Good cottages by
demo!ishing barn and several wind
milla. After this 1t seemed to bound
in the air, striking near the hamlet of
Little Canada, where tho first serious
damage was done. Again it skinned
and ugain resumed its work OF dcs,ruc.
ton, i.s fury eliminating near tho head
Of Lake Geryais, where i've deaths we're
caused. Once again the storm seemed
TO rebound into the air, to regain tho
earth half milo further on where the
ruins Of the Qaetxke place and the
bruised inmates were left to witness lis
relentless power. Here its force seemed
to be spent and it proceeded eastward,
1t assumed simply the nature Of a high
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PANIC IN 4 HOTEL,
Il flslsof'd Dsscr,f,i"h af the Storm ut
Knlllmnln,a I.nkn.

fis!tos'd Dsscrif,i"h Of the Storm ut
Koh!mnun's Lake.
sr. PAUL, MIMI, July l4.-Mr. and
Mrs. A. l.. Roland, Of this city, were out
at kohlmann's Lake during the storm
last evening, and had narrow escape
from injury. Mr.. Roland says:
"Aly wife and drove out to Kohl.
mann's Lake, arriving there about >
O'Clock. We took boat and went Fl i,h.
ing on the lake ut 3:l5. Half an hour
later we cav the storm coming up, but
thought it would pass away north OF ps.
l pulled toward kohlmann's 3 wharf, how
ever, and just as l landed the storm COM
menced. We ran into kohlmann'a
Hotel and had no sooner got inside than
the wharf, 100 feet long, was swept
away and the boat house turned coln-
pletely around. The water in the lake
was raised i'll spray 20 feet high, l should
guess.
THE hotel had over 100 people inside,
and they were badly frightened. Some
were crying and others were praying.
Mr.. kohlman wanted us all to 90 outside
and lie down, as he was afraid be house
would be blown away. The edge Of the
storm, however, passed within fifty feet
OF the hotel, aud struck the north side
OF the lake, where there were five or six
houses. These houses were all damaged,
and most Of them swept away. One
house in particular, which had large
red barn behind presumably schur.
meler's), was totally wrecked. and it's
timbers were scattered for half mile
along the track OF the storm.
"Sonle oil the shingles and gable end
were blown from Eohlmann's. For half
an hour the storm ragged and it appeared
to cover tract OF country about half
to three quarters OF mile wide. AS soon
as it passed large number Of men went
to work helping the wounded and TAX
in" out the dead on the other side ofthe
lake. Carriages Of all sorts were in use
and small steam tug which had been
blown ashore and was goated and sent
across the lake. saw fourteen people
who were all pretty badly hurt"