The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-04-01
TIE NEWS BRlgtLY TOLD.

Pitcher Keefe has signed with the
New York club at q. 900 q year.
Fire at Muncie, Ind, destroyed the
Adams Chilled Plow Works. The loss
amounts to $4,000, with no insurance
Mrs. Phoebe Campbell, who was 102
years old October l2 last, died at Dexter,
Me, yesterday. She was q native oi
Readfeld, Mo.
The jewelry store Of Adolph Walter,
OF Jersey City, was entered by burglarE
Monday night, and diamonds and other
iewelry valued at SIC. 900 taken.
Mrs. Caroline Schmidt, who has been
on trial at Media, Pa, for the murIeI
last December Of her sister, Emma PIT
zenmeyer, was acquitted. The Jury was
out thirty.fve minutes.
Steve Brody has been arrested at AL.
bany, and held in $1,000 bail, charged
with etabbing Walter Wilson, friend
Of bis, during drunken quarrel. The
men were on their way to Troy to at.
tend the nlxon-McCarty fight,
Boston's Carpenters Union held a se.
cret meeting at which the expressed
feeling against the Builders Association
was very strong, and the sentiment was
in favor OF taking radical action. A
strike for eight hours is predicted.
Judge Buckler, in the United States
Circuit Court, at Philadelphia, has ap'
pointed Thomas Il. Montgomery, Presi'
dent OF the American Fire Insurance
Company, to be receiver Of the affairs ol
the Universal Order Of Cooperation.
DR.. orth, Of Harrisburg, who visited
Joseph Nicely in the jail at Somerset,
has submitted a report TO the Governor,
in which he states that he believes the
prisoner Is mildly insane. Governor
Pattison has not yet acted on the report
Frank Koch, aged twenty.six, is undel
arrest at Chicago, charged with the mur
der OF his uncle, Henry Hornerman
near Argentine, Kas., January 22 last
Koch declares his innocence, and sayl
that be has been in the city aimee Ianu
ary 0.
John o'Neil, alaborer Of Loeansport
Ind, was arrested by Government De
tectivs Carter for . coming, counterfeit
silver. Molds, pot, money and meta
were found 10 the cellar Of his home
He has been convicted Of counterfeiLiDe
three times before. o-5
A motion to admit young. shippen,
charged with the murder OF Say, Of
Tionesla, Pa, to hailihSs been denied By
Judge TUyes. Evidence tending to Show
extenuRtinR circumstances was submit
ted, but the court held that there was
not sufficient 10 allow shippen TO go on
bail.
The Chicago grand jury has returned
au indictment against Banker s. Q A.
Kean. It charges him with embtEzle'
ment in having accepted deposits o.
money within thirty days OF the failure
OF his bank, the same being in Law pri,
ma facid evidence ot an intent TO de.
fraud.
George TtSler and A. Roper were
found dead Ia their room at the Alamo
Cement Works, San Antonio, Texas
They occupied an air.tight room used
for storing lime. It adioinsd a kiln IL
which lime was being burned, and It II
supposed the men were sufo0ated BY
gas escaping from the kiln.
The property in New York State o.
James 4. Waddell, Of Key West, Fla.
has been attached by order Of the s1
preme Court in an action to recover
$l45, $50 brought by the Western
National Bank. Waddell does business
In Key West under the name Of "Thl
John White Bank" The claim is basst
on notes.
The worlds half mile walking record
has been broken at Mobile, Ala, By
Henry G. Klink, j., the present cham
pion one mile walker Of the world
Klink did the half mile in two minute
and fllty.hve seconds on q sandy track
ave laps 10 the hall mile. The recor,
for q half mile was formerly three min
! utes, twelve and three.fourth seconds,