Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-03-30
TELEGRAPHIC NEWS
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The fight is for an eight-hour day, and at
n general mass meeting at Scottdale Satur-
dav attended by 4, 600 men resolutions were
PASSED to stay out till their terms were
conceded.
The Due D'Orleans and Nine. Melba
both emphatically deny the rumors pub
lished which allege that he visited Paris
and Vienna disguised as valet in her en-
ploy.
Mrs. Potter Palmer has announced the
Executive COMMITTEE of the Worlds Fair
Board Of Lady Managers. The members
composing this committee are:
Mrs. Carrie Candless, Pittsburg.
Mrs. VIM. Reed, Baltimore.
Mrs. Newton Linch, Martinsburg, west
Virginia.
Mrs. John A. Logan, Washington.
Mrs. Geo. NJ. Shepard, Chicago,
CHARLESTON, w. VA, March 2S.-Gover-
nor Fleming has returned from a ten days
business trip TO Fairmont He has been
engaged in private business, and says ne
has given no attention in that time to the
new amendments he will have TO make.
He will, however, give the matter ms I'M
mediate attention, and some appointments
may be expected next week. Col. Chas. l.
Hagan has returned from a trip through
the STATE, anu lcclS Oobhb'he " "'' ~
pointment as State Librarian.
Assistant Clerks of the Senate, Will A.
STROLLER and j. w. Wellman, have com
pleted their work Of engrossing and index
ing the journal, and will leave Charleston.
Mr.. Wellmau goes to his home in Wayne
county: Mr.. Stricken goes TO Columbus,
o.. where he will be the guest OF the CLERK
of the Ohio Senate. He wants TO know
how the work is done in other States, anu
compare their methods with those oil the
West Virginia Senate Mr.. Stricken has
made a faithful and Woodworking official
and some of the hold-over Senator's have
openly expressed themselves as being Tor
him for Clerk OF the next Senate. Clerk
rmstrongis still here and IS still suffering
from a sprained ankle.
Col. J.B. Pcyton. Clerk of the House,
and his assistant, w. F. K. Byrne, are
busy side noting and indexiug the acts Tor
publication. They have prepared over NIFTY
| of the les chapters including some OF the
longest chapters there will be.
CHARLESTON, w. VA, March 2S.-Johr
Henry Waters was brought to Charleston
a day or two ago by Raleigh county de
tective and lodged in Jail. He was arrested
on a warrant for John waters, VINO wa
wanted in New York for the murder Of
his wife in 1887. He applied to-day in the
Circuit Court for writ Of habeas corpus
which was issued and the man released
II anpears that Waters had never liveC
outside of Kanawha county and dld no.
answer the description of the man wanted
He will probably make it warm Tor the de
tective who arrested him.
| CHARLESTON, w. Va, March 2o-Ih'
Governor has pardoned Harvey Tomlinson
who was serving thirty days sentence II
the Marshal county jail for assault an'
battery. He has served fourteen Gays o
his sentence and is threatened with typhol'
fever To prevent his taking the disease
and on the recommendation Of the Jail phN
sician. the Judge who sentenced him az
the attorney who prosecuted him, the Gc
ernor pardoned him.
CHAR1Esrov, w. VA, March Is
Charlie Scott, a negro, was arrested uo-ua.
for an attempt to rape the ten year oil!
daughter Of James Gardner, near Blaci
Hawk. last Monday. He had assaulted TN
pirl whose cries were heard and the negr
was frightened away. He is IN lail await
ing trial.
PIEDMONT. w. VA, March 2S.-At tire
O'Clock this morning fire broke out In MIS-
Annie Enters room in the Simms House
caused by a defective register, and sn'
/ barely escaped WIN ucr lliS' oe.ns "'Nil
burned. She promptly aroused the guests
breaking in s.veral doors, ana by ne
heroism all the guests and employees es
caped. The hotel and contents, INCLUDING
much baggage and the clothing OF guest
and boarders, the residence and furnitur
of the proprietor, ]. P. A. Entler, the ic
house. a three-story double brick. belong
ing TO Mrs. Robert Powell, occupied b
Myer Bear and Frank II. Simmons, wer
burned before the fire could be gotten VI
der control. The roof of the stable fell /
on Columbus Helmick. breaking his le
and dislocating his shoulder, and mashin
his mouth. He will recover. Enters los
lie are 600. The house is insured In Vince
companies for 1000, the furniture in tn
Lancaster, of England, for 500. Mr.
Powell ssiloss is three thousand tw
hundred dollars; Bear and Simmon: