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The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1891-11-14
An INCENDIARY BLAlEl
j WHOLE FAMILY SUFFOCATEb IN
INA TENEMENT HOUSE
FIRE.
THE FIREMEN NEGLECTED TOl INI
yEsTIGATE AND THE BODIES WIkRE
ACcIDENTAELYsD IsCOyEREIb
by Al CHILD.
Especial to THE woRLD.l

COLUMBUS, o., November Ia. lOn,
of the most disastrous fires in YEARS
from the fact that an entire family IVA
consumed, occurred here early thi
morning in a row of tenement holhsel
on North High Street. The exact lori
gin of the fire remains a mystery, ybni
on the first alarm flames were deer
shooting from the roof, licking ur
everything within grasp.
The fremen endeavored to enterIthe
rooms, but the dense smoke made This
useless. One Of the captains did get
partially inside the building, but was
pulled out again nearly suffocaded.
Two hours were consumed in gaining
control of the flames, and long ere that
every person was supposed to havttes-
capped. Such, however, was not the
case.
The entire family Of Charles Bethers
was destroyed while sleeping in q little
8x12 room in the second story. There
were Charles Bethers aged thirty yeens,
Elizabeth, his wife, aged twenty-eikht
Carrie, aged nine Myrtle, aged six
and James, aged three.
The clock on the mantel had stopped
at 1886 a. M, indicating the hour Of
the fire. In fighting the flames two
of the pipemen stood in window, Send
ing a stream into this room without
discovering the dying occupants, who
were unconscious and unable to llttei
cry.
The search among the ruins, follow
ing the victory over the fire, was NOT
as rigid as it should have been, and
nothing being found, the entire force
was ordered back to quarters. To-
wards the middle of the afternoon,
Mrs. Garrison, a friend of the family,
walked from the other end of the city
to inquire after their safety. No one
was able to give her the desired infor-
nation Meeting little Jimmy Kirwan,
who was playing among the ruins. she
learned that body was in the ashes.
The firemen were summoned and took
up the second search. What they dis
covered was horrifying. In that
cigar-box room were three beds la
cradle, stove and bureau. Near the
door lay the father, with the infant
clasped in his arms. 1t was evident
that he had awakened to the true reali
cation of the danger, and had started
out with the child when overcome By
the heat. The mother, kneeling near
the head Of the bed, was half buried
beneath the falling roof. The two
girls slept as they had retired, in THEN
little cot. All of the bodies, with the
flesh dropping from their bones, were
removed to the coroner's.
The fire is supposed to be of inceT-
diary origin, as two suspicious charac-
tiers were seen leaving the scene as the
damage was started. A full investi-
CATION will follow, and not a little crit
cism is passed upon the action Of the
fire department in not making thor
ough examination before leaving TN
room was only ten feetfrom the ground
and the entire family might have bee
rescued.
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Washington Photographer Bel
lost his suit for $4,000 damages
against CINCINNATI photographers f9l
infringement of Bells copyright y
pictures Of Mrs. ez-President Cleye
land.
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1t is stated III Washington that
nothing further can be given out con.
corning the Behring Sea treaty except
that it has not yet been signed by The
representatives Of the United States
and Great Britain.
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DIED NEAR wILLrAMsroRr.

Mrs. William Spearow died near will
Transport, Maryland, yeterday, and
the remains will be- brought here for
interment under the direction Of Mr.
W. II. When.
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A SURFACE CROssING.

II ~ now expected that the street car
track will have 10 pass over tho sur
face Of the tracks at the B. q o. cross
ing. The idea Of tunneling has been
abandoned for the time being.
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Lee Hehin and George Dye are held
at Calverton, Va, for numbering Mrs.
Hines and her three children on Tues
day.
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By the President Of the United stat

=
noon:
By the President Of The United States
A Proclamation.
It Is a very glad incident of the marvelou:
prosperity which has crowned the year now
drawing to close that its helpful and reassur
ing touch has been felt by all our people. 1t has
been as wide as our country, and SO special that
every home has felt its comforting influence. II
is too great to be the work Of mans power and
too particular tebe the device of his mind To
God, the benefcient and the all-wise, who makes
the labors Of men to be fruitful, redeems their
losses by his grace, and the measure of whose
giving is as much beyond the thoughts Of man
as it is beyond his desserts, the praise and graft
tude of the people Of this favored nation Is justly
due.
Now, therefore, |, Benjamin Harrison, Presi-
dent of the United States Of America, do hereby
appoint Thursday. the Goth day of November
present. to be day Of joyful thanksgiving to
God for the bounties Of His providence, for the
peace in which we are permitted to enjoy them,
and for the preservation Of those institutions of
civil and religious liberty which he gave our
fathers the wisdom to devise and establish, and
us the courage to preserve. Among the appros
pirate obseryances of the day are rest from toll,
worship in the public congregation the renewal
of family ties about our American firesides, and
thoughtful helpfulness towards those who suf-
fer lack Of the body of the spirit.
In testimony whereof, have hereunto set my
hand, and caused the seal Of the United States
to be Affixed
Done at the city Of Washington this 18th day
Of November, IN the year Of our Lord one thous-
and eight hundred and ninety-one. and Of the In
depence of the United States the one hundred
and sixteenth.
[sEALl BENJAMIN HARRIscN.
| BY the President:
| JAMES G. BLAINE,
| Secretary Of State.
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Commissioners to secure the National
Republican and Democratic Convention
left San Franciscofo for Washington yes
terday. So far 49,, 900 has been snb-
Scrihad
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Especial to THE WORLD.

The portrait is Of Franklin X. Lane,
a representative man Of Tacoma, the
ruling city Of Puget Sound. He is
working like beaver to procure from
the Democratic National Committee
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Sister Mary Regina, for many year.
the Superioress of the Convent ans
Academy of Mount De Sales, celebrated
her golden Jubilee at Baltimore.
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Noah Mayo, a commission merchant,
was thrown from Boston street cai
platform and killed.
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Twenty-seven breweries in Cincin.
natti, Covington and Newport twill pool
their issues.
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John Tins, Of Stroudsburg, Pa, has
been arrested for embezzling S3OOfrom
the Long Islan{ IN. ~ Railroad Com
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Mrs. Sarah Flax was burnedto death
at Baltimore and left an oil can on the
floor near stove to tell the story.
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Secretary ofAstate

Joseph Powderly. one Of the Immi-
grafton Commission sent to Europe re-
turned yesterday.
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THANKSGIVING DAY.
The Presidents Annual Proclamation
to the Public.
Especial to The woRLD.l

WASHINGTON, November 1.-THE
following was issued yesterday after
noon:
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A PARKERSBURG MAN
Arrested in Pittsburgh for Forging
q Bank Check.
WILLIAM J. DENTS ESCAPADE.
Connected Young Man who
was Flying High in the Iron City
Caught up in Company of Fellow
High ghFlycrs.-Related to Good Faml-
lies In this State.


Special DispdtciI 10 the InteliSeHcer.
PITTsBURGu, July 17.-William j.
Dent, young society man from Park
ersburg, W. Va, was arrested at the
Hotel Duquesne by Inspector McAleese
tonight, on charge OF obtaining money
under false prctenses. Dent had gone
to the Anchor bank and presented a
check for $500 on the First National
bank of Columbus, Ohio. The check
was endorsed by a prominent business
man of this city, and some time
aiterward one OF the clerks at
tention to the fact that the First
National bank of Columbus was not
now in existence. Inspector McAleesc
was told OF the matter and at once
dispatched Detective Coulson to Alleg-
heny, while he himself went around
among the Pittsburgh hotels to arrest
Mr.. Dent. He found that within the
past two weeks Dent had been guestat
various hotels for some times under the
name Of W. ]. Dent and sometimes as
w. ]. jackson, OF Parkersburg. McAleese
finally caught up to Mr.. Dent at the
Hotel Duquesne, where he was making
preparations to start for Chicago. Dent
was in company with several local
young men of high social stand
ing. He offered to give up the money
if ,he were not arrested. Inspect
or McAleese would not hear to
this and insisted on the handsomely
dressed young man accompanying him
to the Central station. On the way
Dent begged hard for his release, saying
he was connected with the best people
in West Virginia, his uncle being Judge
Jackson, of Parkersburg, and if he was
arrested and it was found out he would
be ruined. He snid he was detective
himself, and displayed a badge OF "Ihe
Eureka Detective Agency" OF Charles
ton, w. Va, which the Inspector took,
and locked him up. Several blank
checks on the Columbus bank were
found in his possession. He is 80 years
old and OF fine presence.
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LONDON, July l7.-The solicitors en-
ploycd by Captain o'shea in his suit
for divorce, in which Mr.. Parnell was
named as correspondent, write to-day
denying the statement made yesterday
that Mr.. Parnell has paid the costs Of
the suit, amounting to 5000 The law
yers say that Mr.. Parnell offered in May
to pay one.half in cash and the balance
in month. Captain 0'Shea accepted
the offer, but they add that nothing has
been heard since OF Mr.. Parnells offer
and nothing has been seen ofhi money.
The greatest difficulty is experienced in
serving the bankruptcy order on Par
nell, and he is now moving in court to
set aside the order on the ground that
he is not domiciled in England.
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George A. Dunnington, then editor of
the Grafton Sentinel, in August, 1883, he
related the facts in the case, and gave
him permission to use them. romthat
letter the following extracts are taken;
~ reply to your question as to how
was wounded, l will state that we Mt
tackled the enemy In their camp at 4 p.
m. Of June 8, 1861, and drove them
through the town. At the south end OF
the village l observed their wagon train
moving out on the Beverly road, pro-
tected by strong guard. Having no
cavalry with me, | ordered the First
Virginia regiment to churge ut double
quic kand capture the train, which they
did, capturing both the guard and the
train. In leading the charge was shot
in the right breast, the ball passing
through the body and lodging in my
back, under the lower part Of the right
shoulder-blade, where it remained four
months. 1t was then extracted by DR..
Frizzell, Of Wheeling, and found to be
IN ounce ball, which had evidently been
fired from an old flint-lock musket,with
which most OF the rebels were armed.
We captured quite number OF these
o'd muskets.
I" . . "a rebel quartermaster,
not in uniform, by the name OF SHINES,
had halted and was in vacant lot
Immediately opposite where | fell.
Some one exclaimed that had been
shot by this man; that he saw the smoke
OF his pistol. Instantly rush was made
for him by some of my men. He would
have been killed on the spot if had
not ordered the men to spare him.
Gen. Lander arrived at this moment,
drew his revolver and ordered the
prisoner spared. The extraction OF the
old musket ball clearly showed that I
was not wounded by a pistol shot by
SHINES. and that was right in order
ing the men to spare his life. Simmes
was held prisoner OF war until l re-
covered and returned to my command,
when 1 parolled him and sent HIM
through tho lines. His home was in
Richmond"
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GEN. KELLEY,s WOUND.
The Story That 1t wns Inflicted by Ono of
Ills own Men Refuted by HImself-Story
M the nnttIn.

Ills own Men Refuted by HImseIf-Story
of the Battle.
The organization OF the First Virginia
regiment in Wheeling, which was the
first Union regiment formed in any
Southern State, was completed on the
2Sd of May, 1861, and Kelley, then resid-
ing in Philadelphia, was called home to
take command of 1t. On the 9th the
regiment received marching orders, and
left Camp Carlisle on Wheeling Island,
taking baltimore & Ohio train for the
scene of operations then at Manning
ton, where the bridge had been burned:
The command was joined by Colonel
Irwin's Ohio troops and the Fifteenth
Ohio under Colonel Andrews. On the
3lst Grafton was taken possession Of,
Colonel Porterfeld, the Confederate
commander there, having evacuated
the town. Here they were joined by
the Seventh and Ninth Indiana and the
Sixteenth Ohio. On Sunday, Juno 2,
orders were given for the movement on
Philippi, and the march was taken up
by two divisions, one under Colonel
Kelley and the other under the Colonel
Lander, all the forces under command
of Brigadier General Morris. Kelley's
command, known as the first brigade,
moved east to Thornton and marched
over tho country road toward Philippi,
distance OF twenty-five miles. The
second brigade moved by way OF Web
ster to engage the enemy on the west.
The details OF the march and move
ments Of the two brigades need not be
given here. Every student of history
knows how the two brigades came in
sight OF Colonel Porter6eld's camp at
Philippi the following morning, and
opening fire routed the confederates,
1t was while the enemy was making his
escape that Kelley fell shot through
the breDst, 1t was supposed fatally. His
was the first blood shed by any Union
officer in defense Of the Union.
In recent years there arose con-
troversy out OF statement made by q
writer that General Kelley then colo
nell was shot by one OF his own men,
Several columns were wasted in the
course OF tho discussion before General
Kelley himself sot the whole matter at
rest by making a statement Of the cir
cumstances. In o private letter to
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THE CAPTURE OF KELLEY.

The Story of the Famous Episode as Told
BY Hlmsclf-Gcnrrnl Crook Captured
with lIlm-A Thrilling RIdO on u Horse
Without Saddle or Bride.
In the sketch OF General Kelley's mil
l'aT career published in Fridays In
iFiiiGEScEO, the details of his famous
sapture by the Confederatcs at Cumber-
aad were not given. On April 2, 1880,
Sgraphic account of the episode was
polished in the INrELLIGEXcER's Wash
Ils'on dispatches. Now that the old
asio has passed away the history OF his
.-egr vii! not be complete without O
publication OF this article, which is
NJ NJ only authentic account ever pub
Raed. It is us follows:
ahce the death Of General Crook a
s,sl' many newspaper accounts have
55Rlg59FeG 5ll5 which professed to give the
,'gI Ssais Of the capture OF Generals Crook
Si ssa iheG!ley by small party Of daring
,SVale;aeFates at Cumberland, Nd, about
~ close OF the war. All OF these ac-
%lh!s have been more or less imagina-
s1 st IN character and imperfect in de-
in ias II remains for General Kelley
ssanse!ir through the ISTELLIGEScER, to
soa. .,nIsa .f an authentic account OF this
'Ig ..n historical episode OF the rebellion.
Darlng the winter OF 1895 my head.
Y. S,4sSer .SSr were at Cumberland, Md. AZ
:, ESAeridan's brilliant campaign in the
JJey, General Crook, who had taken
cOu'sHhgulshed part in it, came up to
;,,a t,'Uefland with his division and went
SS, Nv winter quarters there. In all, about
t,rn troops were encamped around the
c,DV,n Vn the night Of the 2Ist Of February,
es,a ps"'n McNeals company OF Confed.
NV NV ,gnerrlllas left their rendezvous
mi NIL .is.ooreheld, Hardy county, W. Va,
SSS ,S iSller a forced march Of forty miles,
ma u, ,uaVihg crossed Knobbly mountain
MI heh the Potomac river at Bradv's
hSj' n some six miles above Cumber-
tbar, zane upon our mountain vidette
csS,n,ele mn, Wfec miles out Of the town and
jSs',.,'eu y bodily. One soldier Of this
woSis% NOE SSrman, they took of into the
iBs,.Ss, iS.S, and having threatened him with
10 ta' gira hanging in case he refused
tbs Ne e y demanded the countersign for
oBcbi,S iGSht The German, now thor.
,r5ias MY Terrified, gave 1t. The Confed.
daSSs,, however, proposed to take no
Gcrmeess Ges ol mistake, They put the
liar r'Sn on horse and took him along,
t5Sn,au T, informing him that in case the
'''s'En did not prove correct At the
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MHoLEsAIE sTEAn1NG.
Canadian omcIals Draw Pay for Worl
They Never Performed.


OTTAWA, ONT, July 1.-THE public
accounts committee of the House Of
Commons yesterday unoarthed more ir-
regular payments in connection with
the Department of the Interior. 1t was
shown that money was withdrawn un-
der fictitious names and that tho sys-
ten OF certifying to accounts OF extra
work was loose, to say the least OF 1t.
H. H. Turner, clerk in the depart
ment, acknowledged having drawn
money under his wife's maiden name
for extra work he had done himself.
Since 1884 he had received s., ,S0Oin that
way. Lyndewade Peccra, secretary OF
the department, admitted having drawn
money for extra work for seven or eight
years in his wife's name and in Ellen
Berry's name. Ellen Berry, he said,
was O fictitious name. In 1886, the
money for extra work thus drawn in
his wife's name amounted to S400. N.
Burgess, Deputy Minister OF the In
terror, submitted statements in which
he admitted that the civil service act
had been violated, but stating that he
thought that the permanent clerks
earned all they had received. In con-
sequence Of the disclosure made to the
committee Mr.. PeCcra was suspended.
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ROBBED THE MAILS.
APoStal Clerk Found With Flfty.slx stOIor
Letters ON his Person.

Pur1ADELpIuA, July l7.-A telegram
received yesterday by Warren P.
Edgarton, postoflico inspector in
charge at the Philadelphia post
office, from Inspectors Parham and
Griggs, states that they have arrested
Postal Clerk Early, employed on the
New York and Pittsburgh diyision of
the railway postoffice, for robbing
mails. Farley, when detected, was
found to have tifty-siX letters concealed
about his person, including six test let
ters. The cases against him are clear.
He will be given a hearing before the
United States Commissioner at Pitts
burgh, near which city he was arrested.
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CURSING AND DANCING
In his Cell While Awaiting the
Hour he was to Hang.
an EXECUTION At PEERYSYILLE
This stato--Harry Christian Hanged
for the Attroclous Murder of Detec-
tive Crowe---It was his Second MUIR
der and he was Bad Citizen Gem
eralIy.-Died Unrepentant.


nptcld4 OLpltCll 70 Ub 4lkcalgEltVeFs
BRAMwELI, W. Va, July 17.--Harry
Christian. colored, was hanged at Pee
rysville, Mcdowell county, todayforth
murder last january Of William Grove.
The murder was an atrocious one.
Grove was member OF the Grand
Army and OF the Grammar and Eureka
detective agencies, and was employed
to keep order on the extension Of the
Norfolk & Western Railroad through
Mcdowell county.
Armed with a Justices warrant for a
moonshiner, who was causing trouble
on the works, he was shot through the
brain by Christian as he was leaving
with his prisoner. Christian has also
killed man at Bigson's Gap, and was
one of the leaders in the Danville riot
several years ago. He passed his last
night on earth in singing, dancing and
cursing.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-07-18
ACABINEr CRISIS
In Francc-Tho Government Receives a
Rebuff in tho Chamber of Deputies.

In France-Tho Government Receives n
Rebuff in tho Chamber of Deputies.
PARIS, July 1.-THE rebuff which the
government received yesterday in the
Chamber of Deputies, when it was
decided by vote of 9S6 SO 2O3 to discuss
the Interpolation of NJ. Laurs, the
Boulangist deputy who asked the
government to explain tho manner in
which the Alsace-Lorraine passport
regulations were enforced, has occa-
stoned great deal Of excitement
throughout France. NJ. Ribot, the Min
lister Of Foreign Affairs. as already
cabled, declared that nothing had
occurred to warrant an explanation and
added, that as the matter stood he was
opposed TO replying TO NJ. Laur's ques-
ton. The chamber, however, took q
different view of the situation and by a
coalition of tho right, the Boulangists
and the Radicals, declared itself in
favor OF discussing the Interpolation.
All parties admit the gravity OF the
situation and the report that the govern
ment will demand vote OF confidence,
is discussed on all sides. Should this
be the case, the majority may rally to
the support of the government, but il
it is true that the cabinet has deter
mined to ask the chamber to adjourn
sine die, il is stated that it is more than
likely that ministerial crisis will
ensue.
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SAN Francisco, CAL, July 1.-THE
steamship Belgic arrived to-day from
China and Japan. The Shanghai Ner-
cury OF June Sth announces the murder
of Gn English customs house officer, A.
w. Green, and of Mr.. Armont, mem-
Der OF the Methodist mission, by Chi
nese rioters at Wuhsiep. A number OF
houses were burned during the riot.
Reports from other quarters show
that the destruction of property con-
finuas
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A TERRIBIE WRECK.
Nine Men KIllCd-ThO Particulars Canno
bo Learned.

LIMA, O., July IA telephone mes,
sage received here from Kenton, at $3.50
p. M, says there was bad wreck on
the Chicago & Erie railroad at Hepburn,
q station five miles east of Kenton
Swifts refrigerator meat train east
running special, ran into the work
train pulling into siding, killing nine
laborers and injuring many others,
Both locomotives were in ruins, with
ten or twelve cars. The telegraph
wires along the Erie are down east oi
Kenton and west of Marion, and the
telephone girla Kenton has gone home.
Further details cannot be learned from
here tonight.
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PARIS, July 17.-six thousand railway
way strikers met today and decided to
send deputation to the Chamber Of
Deputies, to be escorted by procession
of all the strikers.
The Western Railway Company is
importing men from the provinces.
The strikers have decided to 60 to the
entrances of tho workshops in the
morning and try to stop work.