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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-04-20
MARTINSBUGG'S BOON.
Negotiations with Two Big Manufacturing
EnteEprises.

Negotiations with Two Big Manufacturing
Enterprises.
Special Dtspateh 10 he LalsIlIOeHeer.
MARrrNsBuRG, W. Va, April19.-The
Martinsburg Mining, Manufacturing and
Improvement Company has accepted the
proposition OF some Pennsylvania and
Baltimore capitalists, who were here last
week with the intention Of locating a
tube works in this city. The plant will
be known as the Martinsburg Tube
works and will employ 100 hands. No
agreement has as yet been made be-
tween the parties, but the company has
strong hopes Of securing the enterprise.
W. Hickman, il, son and executor Of
the late Colonel Hickman, OF Philadel-
phiS, and R. Hickman, Of New York; {;
E. E Killhurn, of New Brunswick, N. j.,
and G. s. Millcher. Of Philadelphia, pat
entees Of a knitting machine, were in
town yesterday looking as to the advlsa.
bility Of moving the large Hickman
hosiery factory, now located at Philadel-
phia, to this place. AS it Is one OF the
largest in the country it will be vRlu-
able acquisition to the city. The fac.
tory now hore employs l25 hands. The
gentlemen were well pleased with Mar
tinsburg and doubtless will remove their
plant here,
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AN IMPORTANT sutRlPFS SALE.

The Property of the Pennsylvania Con.
strustion Company Disposed OF.
USIoNTowN, April 19.-All the per-
sonal property Of the Pennsylvania Con-
atructiOn Company, conslsting Of beams,
patterns, tools, bar iron, etc, was sold at
sherift's sale. W. Mccrum, attorney
for the Dollar Savings Bank, Of Pitts
burgh, was present and gave notice that
he had mortgage Of $4,000 on the
plant, and that all tools, etc., necessary
for the operation of the machinery was
covered by the mortgage.
The beams, channel and drills were
all bought by John ButE for $2,3l3. The
sale amounted to Se16S. The labor
claims are $500, and the balances will
not satisfy the judgments by about
$500. As Mr.. Butz purchased the
tools, etc., 1t Is thought that the conn
psny will wipe out tho small indebted.
ness remaining and resume operations.
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SENSATION IN THE NORTHWEST
Over a Legislative Report Concerning Biz
Wheat SteAlinEs.

over u Leklblhuvo Report OohceFulnE Die
Wheat steAiinEs.
MINNEAPOLIS, April ia legislative
committee has been investigating for
some weeks IN alleged big wheat steal in
Duluth, in which several Buffalo grain
dealers are said to be interested. The
two reports Of the committee have just
been fled with the Legislature, and
they have created tho biggest kind Of a
sensation. The methods by which the
wheat, 1t ia claimed, was stolen are in
brief these:
By means Of concealed pocket.bins a
portion OF each car OF wheat weighed in
has been abstracted. This accumulated
has been loaded secretly at night and
labelled "screenings" and shipped away.
Much Of it has gone by boat to Buffalo
and the remainder had been shipped
out by rail. The report declares that
in 1883, 1889 and 1890 there have been
65l cars loaded and shipped from Du.
luth without inspection. Allowing 600
bushels 10 the car this would make S90,-
900 bushels.
The report says that @. D. Patterson,
yardmaster Of the Northwestern Pacific
railroad at Duluth, makes affidavit that
on February l, 1880, he sentsix Duluth,
South Dakota & Atlanta cars into Ele.
vator D Of the Lake Superior and Union
Improvement Elevator Company, which
were loaded at night with wheat and
shipped TO s. s. Guthrie 4 Sons, Of But-
ialo; also that on February 22 Mr.. Patter-
son sent six cars into Elevator 3, be-
longing TO the same company, which
were loaded at night and billed out as
containing "sCreenings." This affidavit
is substantiated by J. 7. Thomas and
other men.
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REPUBLICAN, LEAGUE.
Delegates to the Great National
Convention Of Clubs
ARRIVING IN CINCINNATI
It will be a Big EyOnt.-Every state
will be represented Candidates
for tho Presidency of the
Leasueand their Chances.

CINCINNATI, O., April 19.-Prepara.
tions Of very extensive character have
b en- made for the National Republican
League convention to be held in this
city Tuesday and Wednesday. All In
diCations point to a successful meeting.
Andrew B. Humphreys, Secretary Of
the Lsagne, arrived at the Grand Hottl
yesterday. President John NJ. Thurston
will come tomorrow morning. The
tormer met the chairnen OF the various
committees Of management yesterday
afternoon and his report TO them was
very encouraging. The speakers en-.
gagged are Senators Allison and Spooner,
John n. Langston, L. E. Nc.
Comag, Major Mckinley and ex-
Governor Foraker. General Alger,
owing to q recent domestic
bereavement, can not come, while
Chauncey N. Depew Is going TO Salt
Lake City on business, and may stop in
Cincinnati on his return. Every State
from New York to California will be
represented, while all the New England
States will send delegates. Idaho,
new State, has organized q Lincoln club
within the last few days, and has
been telegraphed to elect delegates
to the convention. South Caro-.
lima will send eleven white and
Eve colored delegates. Other Southern
States will send delegates. Secretary
Humphreys heard the report Of the
Chairmen and was well pleased there.
with. There remained nothing for him
to do. In conversation with reporter,
Secretary Humphreys refused to make
guess as to the Republican nominee for
President next year, hut said that no one
would be indorsed by the League Com
vention.
The election OF officers for the League
is attracting much attention. General
John S. Clarkson isa active candidate,
and is being doomed apparently by the
Associated Press. His election would
mean big step in the direction OF Alger
for next years Presidential nomi.
ace. Other aspirants for the League
are Senator spooner, General
Nathan Goff, 7. E. Byrnes, Of India
napolis (who was under Secretary Win
DOM Major E. s. Stewart, Of Phila-
W. W. Tracy, Of Springfield,
Ills, Judge Joseph A. Blanchard and
Senator ]. S. Fawcett, Of New York.
Foraker iB said to be
making quiet play for the place, but
he will be opposed by powerfulinterests.
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TWENTY nREMgY IMPRISONED
In tho Debris of . BurnInE Building
Narrow Escape,

In tho Debris of BurnInE BuildInE-A
Narrow Escape.
BosroN, MASS, April 19.-A fse &C,
Cured early this morning in the Chip.
man building, corner OF Court and Han.
oyer streets. 1t is a Ave story brick
structure, and is principally occupied by
Bailey & Rankin, iObbers and retailers
Of carpets. The loss on the building is
estimated at about $50, 900, and to several
tenants about $4,000; all was covered
by insurance.
While the FIRE was at its height, the
roof fell without warning 10 the men who
were pouring streams upon It from IN.
derneAth. Beams and burning timbera
imprisoned nearly twenty ftamen, sew.
eral Of whom were enabled to escape
Immediately without injury. The linet
OF hose from the engines were at once
directed TO that part OF the building
where the accident had occurred, and
in few minutes the debris was cooled
sufficiently to permit Of the release oil
the men beneath Il.
Chief Engineer Webber was amour
those Eho were caught, and although
bruised and burned, he did not relin'
quish his command.
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BASE Bali Oh Sunday.

LOUISVILLE, Ky, April 10. - The
Browns punched their hits to-day and,
aided by q couple OF bad errors BY
Beard, won an interesting game from
the home team. Attendance 1900.
Score: Louisville, 5; st. Louis, 4. Bafe
hits, Louisville, Z; St. Louis, 8. Errors,
Louisville, 8; st. sL1uis, /. Batteries,
Ehret and Cook; Griffith and Boyle.
Umpire, Ferguson.
CoLUMBgs, ONO, April l9.-Columbus
lost to.day's game through the effective
pitching Of Crane aud Wheeolck's errorq,
Attendance, 1858. Score: Columbus,
1; Cincinnati, 5. Earned runs, Culum.
bus, 2; CincinnAti, 0. Errors, Colun.
bus, 4; Cincinnati, 4. BIGterie', Knell
and Dousei Crane aud Kelly. Umpire,
Kerins.
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HHE NTIES SENSATION.
Interesting Sequel to the Mys-
terious Disappearance
OF THE COUPLES CHILDREN.
How They were Stolen, Disguised
and Spirited to SIichigan--sen.
sationnI Arrests Bring ont the
Whole story-A Confession.
pt,pateh b p.e lalellioner.

Special Di9p1teh 70 ne ERtelltgeHeer.
SPRINGFIELD, o., April l9.-This city
is in great state Of excitement ovsrthe
arrest Of DR.. Niles, Mr.. and Mrs. Cut
Ter and Ellen Talbot, for child stealing.
Miss Talbot has confessed that she took
the children, at 5 o'clock in the morn
ing, from the custody OF the family
where the sheriff had placed them for
safe keeping pending a decision Of the
habsa, corpus case which was to settle
whether the children were to be given to
the Doctor or Mrs. Miles, who were
fighting for them in the courts. Miss
Talbot took the children to the Cutters
residence, q lonely country place twenty
miles from here, and they were left
there for over q week. Their lovely,
sunny curls were then cut of, their hair
died 4 deep black, and they were taken
to Pittsburgh and finally to Michigan.
Detective Norris left to-day for Howell,
Livingstone county, Mich , TO get them.
When the boys were taken on the cars
they we're dressed as girls. The Cutters
were Just ready to flee to Kentucky
when arrested. The penalty for child
stealing in Ohio is from one to twenty
years In the penitentiary. The parties
arrested confessed that DIR. Niles ar
ranged with them to steal the children.
The Cutters were to get $40 for the job.
Mrs. Miles is of Spanish noble birth, and
DR.. Niles eloped with her from Wheel.
Ing. Their married lie was stormy and
they recently separated. Niles arranged
the plot for stealing the children be-
cause Mrs. Niles was going to put them
In a convent.
Miss Brunner and Miss Bachelor, who
were arrested this afternoon for com.
plicity in stealing the Niles children,
confessed and stated that DR.. Niles
put the money in payment for stealing
the children on table in his Office and
signed for Mrs. Bachelor to take 1t. She
did so, and put it on the table in her
house. It was then taken by the parties
who did the stealing.
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AMID A MAZE OP WORDS.
The HeFeleasusSa of the Panama Canal
Project CopeeAled,

The HoEelessussa of the Panama Canal
Project Concealed.
PARIS, April 19.-A report on the
Panama canal has been sent to the liqui-
dator of the company by Lieutenant
Wise, who has been negotiating with
the Columbian Government to prolong
the concession.
The report Is a voluminous docu-
ment. II was apparently prepared with
the objsctof conCealing amid an endless
uiszs OF words and reiterated expires.
sions about sanguine prospects, the &C.
tual hopelessness ot any further enter
prise in that direction. After detailing
the negotiations, Lieutenant Wise con.
cludes:
HIf success with Columbia Is not to
remain barren, the hour has come for q
strong resolution 10 take immediate and
energetic action TO save the capital In
vested In the work and to preserve from
destruction the vast project. II under.
ground manmlvres, against which II
is time to arm, do not cause pending
financial combinations 10 fail, the unior.
tunate French public will soon recover,
through tho completion Of the canal, the
greater part Of the saving recklessly
EQuRndeFed,"
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REAR ADMIRAL TAYLOR DEAD.
Ead of the Career of n Brave OtticOr-H
Dies OF Pneumo onia.

Ead of the Career of a brave OfluOr-HO
Dies of Pneumonia.
WASHINGTON, D. c., April l9.-Rear
Admiral Alfred Taylor, U. s. N, retired,
died in this city this afternoon from
pneumonia and acute bronchitis, follow.
ing an attack of the grip. His children
were With him at the time Of his death,
having been summoned here several
days AGO. He was born In Fairfax
county! Virginia, in 1910. He reached
the grade OF Lieutenant in 1897, and in
the Mexican war during tho blockade OF
Vera Cruz, and other naval operations
alorg the Mexican coast, he served with
the ftigate Cumberland. He was on
duty in the steamer mississippi" with
Commodore Perry Is expedition to japan
IN ls5SslS55. Two OF the sons hold
commissions in the Army and the third
liyes In New York city.
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A TnREATENLD COUNTRY.
Startling State of Afrairs-Denver City Ii
Danger.

Startling State of Afrairs-Denver City In
Danger.
DENVER, COL, April 1O.-Farmers liv.
ing along Cherry creek, above Denver,
have held an indignation meeting in the
office OF the Board OF Public Works here
and exposed a startling state ot affairs.
The Denver Water Storage Company
has Just finished q reservoir 50 miles
above the city, to supply water to an i'm.
mense tract OF heretofore arid land Of
which they have secured control. The
dam is 65 feet high and drains 800 square
miles OF country.
The capacity OF the reservoir is many
million Of gallons and the trend Of the
Cherry creek basin is such that II the
dam gave way the whole Of the enor-
nous body OF water wouli be precipi.
tated upon a-large part OF the city Of
Denver, after tearing over the homes Of
hundreds of Ianchman, The farmers
claim that there is now forty feet Of
water behind this dam, and that the vast
pressure has already forced several
streams through 1t. They claim to have
dug down, aud found that the dam is
built upon quiCksand instead Of on bed.
rock, and that the materials used are 80
poor that It's erection was criminal.
The company denies the charges and
furnishes statements showing that 1t ex-
pended $3.50, 600 in doing the work we'll.
Thequestion will probably be brought
| to the Supreme Court Immediately, Rs
the rsnchmen are in state Of terror
and some fear is felt in Denver should
anything go wrong the ensuing catastro-
phe would rival that at JohnstoWn, 90
the reservoir is 1000 feet above the city,
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HUMANE DIVORCE law
Denounced by EnsliSh women-Ensct OF
the ClItheroo Declsion.


the Clltheroo Decision.
LONDON, April 19.-The decision in
the olitheroe abduction case is proving
anything but boon to women, but there
is prospect that. in the near future, 1t
will be oEimmsnse benefit to them. The
special act Of Parliament, passed in 1873,
gave the magistrates the power Of de.
creeing separation with alinony in cases
where husbands had been convicted OF
repeated or aggravated assault on wives.
The act has liberated huAdreds OF
women from cruel bondage, and indi.
rectly 1t has benefited many others by
restraining would.be wife beaters.
The matter was debated in the House
of Lords Thursday evening, but the
learned law lords would not admit that
there was much amiss. The Lord High
Chancellor sapiently remarked that the
agRrieved party enjoyed the proud priv.
ilege, common 10 subjects OF this empire,
male or female, OF applying at his or her
own cost to the High Court Of Justice
for mandamus to compel the magis-
trates to act, but tho knowledge OF this
abstract right would be sorry consola-
ton TO a penniless woman. The only
immediate hope that this grievance will
be remedied lies in the fact that 1t may
Inconvenience men in at least one re.
ported case.
Sauce for the goose has proved to be
sauce for the gander. The husband had
had a misunderstanding with his wife,
which ended in his being kicked out OF
the house. he was refused readmiBsion
and applied for adyice to the nearest
magistrate, who promptly threw the
Cllthetoe case at bis uniottanate head.
The probable result from the Olitheroe
case is the passing OF an act making
cruel or capriclous desertion reason for
divorce, as 1t now Ia in Scotland.
The gentlewomen OF England are tax
ing action in behalf OF their poorer sis.
ters. A meeting convened by the
Women's Franchise League was held
the other evening, at which existing in.
justice was denounced with masculine
vigor and feminine yolubility by mum.
ber Of fair orators. Prominent among
the women was Countess Setback, who
aroused immense enthusiasm by declar-
ing that the present law OF divorce In
England was opposed TO human nature,
and by demanding that the English law
should be assimllated TO that OF der.
many and some States Of America,
where, "when husband aud wife could
not sgree, they quietly separated with
out washing their dirty linen in public"
Mrs. Jackson has been telling long
story, which 10 Just published in the
papers, as to how IL happened that she
refused to live with her husband, charged
with abducting her. She declares that
at the wedding breakfast he began to re-
prove her before the guests for dropping
her H's, and aiterward he coolly askeI
her where she was going to stop thit
night. This was too much for her, anu
60 she decided TO go home and stay there.
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BIG PANIC IN WHEAT.
The Bulls for Once Capture tho Chicago
Grain Market by storm-0Iay Wheat
SI,oota lin IN Al IA

The Bulls for Once Capture the Chicago
Grain Market by storm-9Iay Wheat
shoots Up to 81 IL.
CHICAGO, April 19.-Yesterday was a
lively day on 'Change-a great day fol
the holders Of wheat. Itwas a day in
which the speculative giants fought a
long and stubbornly contested battle to
a decisive finish. The result was dis.
astrous to the bears, but highly pro6ta-
BILE to the bulls. Enormous transactions
which showed tremendous losses were
eyened up. One commission firm bought
in q line OF 800 600 bushels OF May wheat
which was sold short at l6c below the
price at which it was purchased to-day,
and some Of it was bought even at zoe
above the price at which 1t had been
sold.
The first few minutes trading was ex.
citing, but merely preliminary to the
great struggle OF the day, which con.
tinued, with gradually increasing fierce
ness, for an hour, May advancing about
5 cents in that time. Although millions
Of bushels were being offered at the
heavy advance in prices which had I'M
mediately succeeded the first few trades,
shorts did not come out fast enough TO
satisfy the urgency Of the buyers, who
frequently, in their excitement, bid more
for the stuff than 1t was being offered ut.
May started with the first sale at
81 O93, but 81 10, 81 lot, ST 10i and 81 II
were then bid before any come out.
Before the memorandum OF sale could be
jotted down the entire crowd was shout
ing in chorus bids Of 81 19, and in
minute more 81 13 was paid. Reactions
OF cent were instantaneous during the
frat half hour, but the tendency was
strongly upwards until 1880 a. M, after
which tired nature and the call price,
which by that time had been reached,
called halt to the advance and respite
TO the tortured shorts. The price in the
meantime had advanced to 81 IA, and,
although some sales were made even as
high as 81 10, there were many orders to
sell at 81 14l which could not be exc
cuted for lack OF buyers.
There was nothing in the news OF the
day to account for such phenomenal
strength.
The realizing sales by the large con-
servative holders here were taken as q
concession that the pace abroad had
been little too hot to last much longer
without breathing spell in the shape
OF reaction. The liquidation included
July as well as May, but the advance
vas about cents less. May remained
agiteted during the greater part OF the
session, but gradually weakened.
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A NEM CONYkNT.
Imposing Ceremonies at the Laying OF the
Corner Stone at New Orleans.

Imposing Ceremonies at the LaJlug OF the
Corner Stone at New Orleans.
New ORLEANS, April l9.-The corner
stone Of the new building Of the Dis
calceated Canellte Convent was laid to-
day With imposlng ceremonies. Itis to
be made a lovely place and a at shrine
for the Holy women who devote their
lives to penance, prayer, selt-sacrihce
and seClnsion.
Arch Bishop Janssen's conducted the
esremoniea, Bishop Breanen, Of Dallas,
assisting. Judge Paul E. Theard de-
liysred an oratIon in French, and ]. D,
Coleman, President Of the Catholic
Knights Of America, spoke ip
the English language. John L
Gibbons, q brother OF the Cardinal, waf
Grand Marshal Of the adair, but Cardi'
nal Gibbons declined an invitation 70 be
present, not desiring 70 set aprecedent
Intending to avoid publicity while here
and dsE6tipg his entire visit to needed
The convent is to be built BY q co
operative association, composed pt lead
Ing citiEens and ladies.
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Rhode Islands Exhibit.

Providence, R. l., April 10.-Com-
missioners Getr and Sims, Rhode Is
land representatives Of the oolum-
bian Fair Commission, will appear be.
fore the committee in opposition to the
bill now pending in the Senate propos.
ing a State exhibit and providing for an
appropriation.
The opposition will be on the ground
that their conferences have shown that
the industries Of the State may be do
pended upon to make a fitting exhibit,
and the State interests will be best
served by the expenditure Of much
smaller sum than that contemplated In
the proposed bill.
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rHB CATTLE QUARANTINE.
Western Cattle Men Want the Line Moyet
Farther South.

Western Cattle men want the Line nIoNcu
Farther South.
WASHINGTON, April 19-An earnest
effort is making on the part Of cattle
men from the far West to have the
Texas fever cattle quarantine
line established by the Agricul-
tural Department for the great canal
cattle raising States Of Wyoming, Mon
tana and Colorado moved further
south and made to conform to
the quarantine line fixed upon by
those States for their own protection be-
fore the National Government quaran-
tine line was established.
Senator Carey, OF Wyoming, has
presented the matter very fully to
the Agricultural Department aud
it is probable that the matter
will be fixed as desired. The
Department has communicated with
Secretary Rusk on the subject, and the
Secretary thinks that the Depart
ment may go far modify Its
instructions as TO permit cattle
to be shipped into the States OF Col.
orado, Wyoming and Montana from as
far south as heretofore, provided
those States give satisfactory as.
surance that none OF the
cattle shipped into them shall be sen,
out OF the States before the first OF De.
cember when cold weather removes oil
possible danger.
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THE KOCa CpRg.
FlftSen Patients Upon whom it has Proved
Success.

FiftSSn Patients Upon Whom 1t has Proved
Success.
DExvER, April 1s-Koch's lymph for
consumpiyes is success in Colorado.
This is an assured fact. Shortly after his
return from Berlin, DR.. A. Josef Msur
took fifteen patients under treatment.
They we're in the middle aud last stages.
All are pronounced permanently cured,
with no traces OF bacillus remaining.
In view Of the benefits TO be derived
from Colorado's. mountain climate, the
tint exclusive Koch hospital ever built
in America was opened here yesterday,
The building Is q massive one, along the
foothills OF the Rockies, and erected al
an expense Of over $4,000. Among the
patients pronounced cured was Small
the Chicago policeman Of Haymarkst mo-
toTiety. A large influx Of consumptivel
Is expected.
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Trnnnn I'M Rendinnaa.

USloNTowS, Pa, April 19.-AdjutAnt
General Mcolelland arrived here this
morning from Harrisburg. he found
the situation SO uuwarlike that he began
the day by going to church. He notified
Sheriff Mccormick that companies O
and Ewere assembled and ready to move
when the Sheriff ordered. The Adjutant
General laid great stress upon the fact
that the troops are not to be used at
evictions, or to do police work, but 70
maintain order. He said the Sheriff
was to be the sole Judge OF the necessity
Of troops. A telegram was also sent to
Colonel Smith, Of the Eighteenth regi.
ment, to keep his regiment well in hand,
ready TO move at any time.