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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-12-17
SPLIT IL TWAIN.
The Mississippi Democrats ARE Holding
Two State Conventions

Tile Mississippi Democrats are Holding
Two State Conventions.
BAToa ROUGE, Dec. 1G.-Thc Demo-
cratic state nominating convention
which met here to-day is composed OF
GSG delegates proper, but as double
delegations were elected in many cases,
there will probably be 500 or 900
present.
The campaign throughout tho state
has been very acrimonious between the
anti-lottery faction OF the party on ono
side and those VINO favor tho adoption
OF the revenue amendments to tho con-
stitution-l;nown as the lottery amend.
mcnts-on tho other.
The two factions could not agree, and
az . consequence two conventions were
organized and adjourned until tomor-
row, tsss:
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Il DESPERATE DEMON
OF tho Knnawhn Valley Attempts Most
Eiendish Outrage.

OF tho Knnaw1in Valley Attempts Most
Fiondish Outrage.
Special Di&patch to the Inielligsacer
CHARLESTON, W. VA, Dec. 16.--Last.
night Joseph Nichols was lodged in Jail
here on 4 charge of attempted rape.
From statements it seems that Nichols,
who is y young man about nineteen
years oil age, yesterday afternoon went
to the house OF Mrs. Mary Cabcll, an
aged colorCd woman, living near the
poor farm, and going upstairs to her
room, made IN indecent proposal to
hcr, which she indignantly rcpulscd.
lie then drew 4 revolver, threatcnin. to
force her to comply with his wishes,
when she. at once called for help so
loudly that the entire neighborkood
was aroused. Mrs. Cabc!l is about sew
cnty years OF age and has bcenill for
some time, being now unable to come
to the city to appear against her assail-
ant,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-12-17
WEST VIRGINIA BUILDINGS.
No Elevator VIII iio Placed In the Wheel.
Ing Custom House.

No Elevator VIII Bo Placed In the Wheel
Ing Custom House.
Special Dtpaich to he fnte,tigencer.
WASHINGTON, D. c., Dec. l6.-In the
annual report OF the supervising archi-
tect OF the treasury department, submit
ted to-day, reference is made to the
condition and needs OF public buildings
in West Virginia us follows:
Martinsburg Court house, appropria-
ton $1,000. Sketch plans and de-
tailed estimates for the building have
been commanccd, and us soon as they
shall have completed the working
drawings, specifications will be pre-
pared and all action necessary to secure
tho commencement OF the work OF
erecting the building will be completed
as soon rs possible.
As to the Wheeling custom house,
upon further consideration il has been
found impracticabls TO place the elcva-
tor i'll this building, the only available
space being too limited 10 permit the
construction OF snch an elevator as
would make it OF any practicable value,
and it would be necessary TO construct
an addition 10 the building before the
elevator can be placed.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-12-17
FEDERATION OF LABOR
Resolves to Help tho Pittsburgh Job
Printers In Their strike

Resolves to Help tho Pittsburgh Job
Printers In Their Strike.
BIRMINGHAM, ALA, Dec. lG.-At tho
morning session OF the Federation OF
Labor tho president announced special
committees on high dues, unfair immi-
grafton, Knights OF Labo proposition,
eight hour question and woman's fed.
Grafton.
Reports OF committees being in order
Senator J. +. McNeal, of the committee
OH resolutions, read the majority re-
port on motion to appropriate $4,000 to
help tho Pittsburgh Typograph
Union fight the injunction or conspiracy
cases in the courts.
After 4 long discussion, i'll which Nico
President A[cGuiro led the opposition
to the majority report, that report was
overwhelmingly adopted.
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pIrTsnt,KGIr Pa, Dec. 1G.--The Penn
sylvanla Company has secured control
OF the Pittsburgh, Charters & Youghio-
gheny Railroad, a line only fifteen miles
long, but which taps $4,000 acres Of the
richest coal lands in this section. The
road runs from Beechmont to CHARTERS,
and will be connected with tho Penn.
sylvania lines by the Ohio connecting
bridge. The capital stock 10 $59S,O0O.
It's understood that the purchase OF
tho road shuts out the Vandcrbilts'
system fyom that territory, s65
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1T is THE UNEXPECTED.
That Happons in OH as Well as
Other Matters,
THE ALMOST FORSAKEN FIELD

at Smiths Ferry, OF Sad Memory In
This Section, Shows up Well
Making u Thousand Barrels Day.
No Precautions Having Dccn Taken
for Such an Unexpected Flow Dis.
astr0ns Results F0llow-..The Well
Catches Firo and Consumes Every.
thing Within Rcach.-.Thc produc.
ton In tho Mcdonald Territory.
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PROMINENT MAN ARRESTED
at rankin, Pn., oil n Charge OF Burglary
He Is Hold for Court

PlrTsnrRGu, Dec. 16.-A Commercial
Gazette, Franklin, Pa, special says: W.
H. Winans, a wealthy farmer, prominent
in church, social and political circles,
was arrested tonight on n charge OF
burglary. Numerous heavy robberies
were committed in Venango and sur.
rounding counties, and man named
Brooks was arrested. Itis alleged that
he made 4 confession duplicating
Winans. The accused was held for
court. The arrest has caused scnsa-
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HIS FIRST MISTAKE.
The New Democratic Speaker
Cvorridcs oil tho Precedonts.
| VERY DECIDED INNOVATION

In the appointment oftlic Committee
on Rulcs..-Ey.Spcaiscr Reed Points
Out What iIcThinlls wnS u Grievous
Error on the part OF Speaker Crisp.
Why the Chairmcn of,he two Great
Committees oetlic House Should DC
Mcmbcrs-..air. Feed will Present
the Old Rules for Adoplon...Thc
"sterrins" Committee n Necessity
for Expcditlns Public Business.
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plc far beyond that OF any other man
and combination OF men. Had hc lived,
he could have been returned 10 Congress
as long as ho might have desired to re-
main in public service. lie died poor
In this worlds goods, but rich in the
friendship and lovc OF his countrymcn.
Tho house then, rs mark OF respect
TO tho memory Of thedcceased, adjourn.
ed till Saturday.
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WHAT DOES WILSON sAyo

Tho West Virginia Congressman Elected
President of Richmond, Va, College.
RIcnNoSD, Va, Dec. 16.-Congrcss-
man William L. Wilson, OF West vir-
ginia, has been elected president of
Richmond college by the trustees OF that
institution
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Sptc7al D2po'ch 70 iFt Th'olliJtRcer,
WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. Ex-senator
Faulkner to-day introduced the follow
ing bills in the senate:
For relief OF tho legal representatives
OF Lewis W. Washington, OF jefferson
county, w. Va.
To refund to the state OF West Vir-
ginia the money paid 10 officers of the
Thirteenth West Virginia militia for
services rendered during the rebellion.
For the relief OF Asa Kelly and james
NJ. Stout.
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CYRUS W. FIELD SINKING
Into That Sleep From Which 1Io VIII

Into Tint Sleep From Which Iyo Will
Never Walton on Earth.
New foRE, Dec. lG.-l0 p. m.-Cyrus
W. Field is sinking, and not even his
brother, who called to-day, was per-
7nittcdto 10 see him. DR.. Fuller, his physi-
clan, says ho has now lost all hope OF
his ultimate recovery, but he does no.
thinl; death will claim him for some
dnvs - ~
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lair Friday. E y +. .'''' -
For Western Pennsylvania. filr; collier In
northern aiitl wHrmcE IN southern portions.
nUr,hweStwLldg. s}5 b, .ll, u y 5siE, ~ -
For Ohio, continued cnli north winds anll mir
weather Thursday; slightly. warmer Friday. :.
a1:a?EEAzrEg rlsrEIbAY. Il
AZ furnished by; {. SclISEPP. drussIs, opc.,
House cosIlcG:, - = 'SSt'S.s Sts's'
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tol few minutes after tho nomination
had been received and was tho first TO
appralse him OF General Gof's appoint.
ment, and asked him what no thought
about it. With come hesitation he re.
piled:
, 1891-05-13

Hindoos caused when he carelessly stopped
the train 40 miles out of Cherbourg.
The Hindoos were part of the royal suite, as
usual, Her Majesty never moving ten consecu-
tive miles without them, and the amount Of
trouble hitherto caused by these chocolate
coloured ornaments from the tributary Orient
is aching to become matter Of history. On
this occasion one curious Hindoo found a bell
in his compartment and promptly pulled it.
All royal journeys are source of great nerv-
business to railway and court officials, and the
alarm caused the brakes to be instantly APP
4 Pllfd IL the 4Sd st ra4o3 s.5 being followed o we BY a general genera
Investigation quickly revealed the cause Of
the sensation, and everybody was much pleased
that the Hindoos had found out what the bell
was for.-Nep York Recorder.
, 1891-05-13
QUEEN VICTORIA AT GRAssE.

Queen Victoria's hotel bill amounts to the
modest sum of 500 per day, and all of her
bedroom, sitting-room, d~ressing-room and
kitchen furniture has been forwarded from
Windsor. The Journey from here to Provence
passed of Quietly enough, but few can imagine
fhe Consideration which one of her tame
, 1891-05-13
From the European Nail, April 49,

A very good story comes to US from across
the Atlantic. DR.. Peabody, of Harvard, is an
octogenarian, and therefore he may certainly
be excused for being a little absent-minded on
occasion but some little time ago he really
surpassed himself. One day he alighted from
a oarin Boston, and, going suddenly round a
sharp street corner, found himself face to face
with an elderly person who was holding his hat
in his hand, and hopping his heated forehead
with a edpocket handkerchief. Dr. Peabody re-
garded the mendicant-as lie believed him to be
for amoment, and then, with a kindly smile,
threw some coins into the hat and marched on
blissfully conscious of having done charitable
action. The mendicant was DR.. Wendell
Holmes.
, 1891-05-13

duty OF the Journals" says thlsnewSpaper, ito
chronicle this fact, as it it will be incumbent on
history to judge it,"
The European Powers are beginning
more closely to observe the continued
maSSing of troops Iii the Russian districts
bordering upon the frontiers of Galicia
and the Austrian province OF Bnkoyina.
During the past three weeks six fresh
regiments of infantry and three of cavalry
have been CHARTERED at the bend IF the
river Pruth, near Bukovina, and at several
places further south, facing Moldavia,
barracks arc being built fer additional
regiments ofcayalry and infantry, and will
be capable of holding upwards of 5000
men. These troops are expected TO arrive
from the districts of Kieff and EliZabetgrad.
Some idea can be gained as to the
manner in which Russia is masSing
troops on the Austro-H Hungarian frontier
by observing that, during IL period
OF a little over two years, she has increased
this army by 81 battalions of infantry, As
squadrons Of cavalry, and Is batteries of ar
tillery, besides the doubling of the Frontier
Guards. Without including the above, two
fresh divisions of infantry wero moved from the
Caucasus last autumn to Western Russia, and
were incorporated in two fresh Army Corps,
which were formed in Russian Poland. Three
fresh regiments of infantry have just been
drafted to Odessa, one to Sebastapol, and
four of cavalry to Kishineff. The notion that
Russia needs at least four years to complete her
preparations is entirely falIacious, as we'll
informed persons are convinced that Russia
will be completely ready by the end ofthis year
or the beginning of next. The next war, as
Lord Salisbury has predicted, will probably
come Like a sudden summer shower, AID, If
Austria looks quietly on while Russian cavalry,
rife brigades, and Frontier Guards (the last
now a regular military force are being doubled
without in some way attempting to meet these
measures, she may awake some morning to find
a most unpleasant quarter of an hour before
her.
, 1891-05-13

her.
Though the Bulgarian Government has been
active in making arrests, and has laid hands
upon many whose completely in plots against
the public peace is beyond doubt, it has not
succeeded in discovering the actual assassins Of
NJ. Beltcheff. This is all the more remarkable
because Sofia is a small town, the police were
set in motion Immediately after the murder
was committed, and popular sentiment is very
strongly aroused on the side of the Govern
ment. Being strangers, they must be recog-
nisable with comparative ease. The mystery,
of course, vanishes if we accept the theory
which has been put forth with some confidence,
and not without some plauslbility, that the
-assassins have found shelter and concealment
in places enjoying diplomatic immunity from
police supervision. At all events, the Servian
agency is being closely watched, and whab NJ.
Stambouloff thinks of the part played by the
Servian Government is shown by some exceed
ingly frank observations published in his
organ, the SUOboda. 1t cannot surprise any
one that he feels very bitter against Servla,
and it is to be remembered that official Servia
has not succeeded in maintaining the highly
correct attitude of official Russia. Still, SO
little is gained by the use Of indignant Ian
guage that those diplomatists are probably in
the right who regret that NJ. Stamboulof. has
allowed his organ to say what most people
had probably thought for themselves.
The Spanish budget shows a deficit Of
g. 600, 900 p~esetas, which is only half the
amount of that Of 18S9-90. 1t is expected
that this will have entirely disappeared two
years hence. The Spanish floating debt now
amounts to 3O3, 00O. 900 pesetas. The expen-
diture on account Of the construction of new
wal vessels is estimated at Ill 100000 pesetas.
At a Cabinet Council held at Madrid on April
6,,"the Budget Bill, e~mbodying the financial
opo sails submitted by the Minister Of
Finance, received the formal sanction of his
colleagues
The excitement over the New Orleans moi
dent and the demands of Italy in respect there
to has almost subsidized, and the affair is
generally regarded as practically ended as an
international issue. Mr.. Blaine, in his reply
to the despatch of the Marquis de Rudini,
undertakes that the Department of Justice will
institute an elaborate enquiry into the nation
atty, character, and record Of the men who
were lynched. tits expected that the facts
which will thereby be- brought to light will
materially modify the international aspect Of
! the trouble In the meantime the question, of
, 1891-05-13

Tor a momen and then, with a kindly smile,
threw some coins into the hat and marched on
b~lissfully conscious Of having donoa charitable
action. The mendicant was DR.. Wendell
Holmes.
Lady Zetland and Miss Balfour concluded
their tour through the distressed districts and
islands on the western coasts of Ireland on
April IL. The reception accorded them at
every place they visited was Of most cordial
character. In Connemara they visited the
villages of Cashel and Carna, received address
ses, and inspected the relief works. The peo-
pie Of Cashel in their address stated that up
to the present they had known little of Gov
%6rnments but now they found for the first
time that it was because they were some of
the poorest people in West Galway that the
Government was ready to help them. The
people headed by the parish priests, met the
party a mile outside the village Of Carna, and
greeted them with cheers. The road at inter
walls was spanned by lines of flags and arches
bearing messages of welcome. In their ad-
dresses the people specially thanked the Gov
eminent for having given them steam commu-
nlcatlon with Galway, by which they were
enabled to send their goods to market. There
was also an address from the Convent Schools.
thanking Lady Zetland and Miss Balfour for
oOAA1hS LuSln IdISS OIuCIS LOT OIcSSl1dklnS,
and the Government for establishing an in
dustrial class. The demonstration on the
islands off the coast Of Connemara was most
remarkable, the people rushing forward and
kissing lady Zetlands hand, while they offered
up prayers in Irish. They afterwards enter
tanned the party by dancing in the open air.
When the time for departure came the people
lined the shore at all the points where they
could see the boat, and some of them waded out
into the sea up to their waists to shout God
speed.
Prince Napoleon's will was opened on April
8, in the presence of the Princess Clothilde,
Princess Letitia, Princes Victor and Louis,
and the executors of the deceased. The late
Prince began his testamentary dispositions by
making arrangements for his funeral. He
thrice formally lays down that his eldest son,
Prince Victor, is not to be present at his burial.
If the consent of the French Government can
be obtained, he expresses a wish that his re-
mains be laid at rest in the crypt of the
Church Of the Invalides, close to those of the
First Napoleon. In the event of the, French
Government not consenting, he desires to be
inferred in Corsica, on one of the Isles Sa2guin-
aires, known to English navigators as the
Bloody Islands, in the Gulf of Ajaccio. He
specifies that his body is to be laid in a cave
dug out of the rock, 80 that he may rest amid
the turmoil of the sea, whose storms he COM
pares to that of his own life.
The A~ltgemeiime 'zeitpnig, of Munich, which.
is the South German organ Of Prince Bismarck,
makes the announcement, for which it evident
ly has good authority, that this is, the first
time since 1863, when he came into office, that
the ex-Chancellor has received no birthday.
congratulation from his Sovereign. ut is the
, 1891-05-13

duty of the journalist" says thisnewspaper, "to
chronicle this fact, as it it will be incumbent on
history to judge it."
, 1891-05-13

The Altgemeine 'zeitpnig, of Munich, which.
is the South German organ Of Prince Bismarck,
time since 1868, when he came into Office, that
the e~x-Chancellor has received no birthday.
congratulation from his Sovereign. ct is the
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-01-29
Reform in Smoking.

Some New Haven smokers have started
a tobacco moderation society, members
being limited to three cigars a day.
They have to deposit daily sum equal
ing what they have been accustomed to
spend ON tobacco, minus the value OF
the three cigars. And in case member
smokes more than three cigars ON any
day he forfeits all the money he has de
posted. Those who adhere to the agree
ment for one year will share equally in
the fund created by the forfeitures.
This is very good as far as it goes, but it
would seem as though there ought to be
some prize for the members who smoke
less than three cigars day.-New York
Trihuna
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-01-29
Eugenie's Cousin Casafuerta Dead.

Our Paris correspondent writes that a
cousin of the Empress Eugene, the Mar
quis de Casafuerta, has just died at the
Chateau d'Orfasnir, in Touraine. His
father, who was said to be only second
in wealth to the Duke of Ossuna, lived
for many years in what might be termed
a domain, the wall of which skirted one
side of the Rue des Ecuries d'Artois. and
a part of what in his time was the Rue
de POratoire. During the empire Queen
Isabella, to be agreeable to the Empress
Eugene, arranged that the late marquis
was to be permanently attached to the
Spanish embassy in Paris, and he was
one of the most influential persons be-
longing to the inner circle of the en-
press.
He was charged, though quite young
man, with the confidential negotiations
between the emperor and Marshal Mar
vaez for the sending of Spanish militia
ry force to Rome to replace that which
France kept at the Eternal City to pro-
tect the pope. But carefully as the Sc
cret of Queen Isabella's consent was
kept it leaked out, and Prince Bismarck
and Signor Rattazzi put their heads
together, and by getting her dethroned
defeated the scheme.-London News.
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Yankee Dispatch.

One day made some reference to the
clumsy and long-drawn-out way in
which the Russian guns were taken up
to the front. True, the roads We're fright
full, the mud being beyond all descrip-
ton, but l ventured to suggest that the
progress of that artillery was, in many
instances, lamentably slow.
WAL said the American, in broad
Yankee twang, 81 think you're right.
They've been at it for months and there's
very little promise of increasing speed.
How long, now, do you think it would
take Britishers to accomplish the same
end?"
Actually, 1 had not the slightest idea,
but I was not going to collapse before
my Yankee interrogator, SO 1 suggested,
as an improvement on the existing state
of affairs, that it would take US, say
about fortnight or three weeks. ''By
the way" 1 continued, chow long dc
you think it would take the Americans
to achieve a similar result?"
Americans? Oh, that's very differ
ent kettle o. fish, Americans" and with
this he took out his watch, ard glanced
at it several times in meditative silence
''The Americans? Wal, should say, as
near as l can calculate, somewhere be
tween twenty-five minutes and half an
hour" and with this he turned on his
heel with self-satisfed air, leaving me
to digest the omparison.-Irving Mon
tague in Camp and Studio.
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The Bank of Frances Big Loan.


The recent loan of 5000, 900 francs
in gold by the Bank of France to the
Bank of England is still the object of
acrimonious criticism. Here is how the
rs, ,000, 900 was transferred from the
lender to the borrower. The loan was
made in ingots of fine gold at the mar
ket rate on the day of transfer. The
Bank of England was obliged to send to
Paris an agent supplied with an English
treasury bond signed by the first lord OF
the treasury as aguarantee of reimburse
ment.
The ingots were delivered in three in
stallments of 25,O0O,O 900 each, on three
different days, in the court yard of the
Bank of France, to the English repre-
sentative, and from that moment the
precious metal was entirely at the lat
ter's risk. When the day of payment
arrives three months hence, if no re-
newal is asked-the loan must be repaid
at the Bank of France, either in ingots
or in pounds sterling, valued at their
weight in fine gcld.-Paris Cor. Epoch.
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Increase in relegraphio Figures.

The increase in the ocean cable and
land telegraph facilities during the dec
ade is again indicative of the growth of
the city of New York, for the entire sys-
tenn is tributary to and greatly depend
ent upon the metropolis. In 1880 there
were 1S5, ,645 miles of cables in existence.
In 1890 there were 2S3,917. The West
ern Union and Postal companies now
control 77S, ,997 miles of wires, against a
total of 233, ,534 in 1880. There were
10,077 offices in operation during 1890
but their number has now been increased
to % 1882 The total number of mes
sages sent over the wires in 1889 was
80, ,512, ,904, but the totals now estimated
for 1890 at SO, ,764, 1927. The receipts for 1886
were $16, 1927, ,948. Last year they were
$34, 1888, ,282. The profits in 1880 were
1888. .379, but during the year 1890 they
are estimated at $40, ,123 ,299. The ex-
penses for 1880 were s,498, ,293, while
for last year the estimate is $18, ,74O, 900
New York World.