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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-07-27
DEATH OF HENRY srAaInl.
The Well Known ProprlCtor of the stamm
House Passes Away.

Mr.. Henry stamm, well known far and
near as the owner of the stamm House,
died ut fifteen minutes after II o'clock
last night, aged sixty-three years. Mr..
stamm had been sick for long time,
and for several weeks his death
has been expected, yet his
friends hoped against hope, and
this announcement will cause sim
ccre sorrow in the hearts Of an unusual
ly wide circle OF friends. He was ma
tive OF Hesse Darmstadt, but came to
America in 1851, located in Wheel
ing, and for almost all of
the forty years he has lived
here he has been proprietor OF hotel
bearing his name. He had amassed
considerable properly, and was agenial,
kindly man, justly popular with all
who knew him. 0flate years, owing to
his failing health, George Stamm, his
son, has managed the hotel. Another
son, Frank, is the senior member OF the
firm OF Stamm Il Mcclure, lessees of the
Mcclure house, and his brother, William
Stamm, runs the stamm house opposite
Wheeling Park, ON the National road.
A widow and one daughter, Miss Emma,
also survive him, with n sister, Miss
Caroline, long member Of his house
hold. The funeral arrangements have
not yet been completed.
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READY no AppEAR.
Governor Pattison Missed Getting tho
Letter But VIII DO There.

Letter But VIII DO There,
HARRIspuRs, Pa, July 20.-Governol
Pattison returned here from the en-.
campment ut Mount Gretna late or
Friday night and yesterday sent the
following letter to the councilmanic in.
vestigating committee in Philadelphia,
indicating his readiness to appear be-
fore that body when desired:
"AfY DEAR SiR:-I am informed that
on the July %, 1891, the committee Of
which you are chairman mailed me o
letter, in which was requested to ap-
pear at q meeting Of your committee Ia
be held in Philadelphia Friday, July "a,
at 3 o'clock p. m. Your letter has not
vet reached me, probably because Of
some misunderstanding as to the deliv.
cry Of mail at the encampment at Mount
Gretna, where l was in tie discharge Of
official duties from July % to July "a,
inclusive. I regret that anything de.
layed or inteierred with the delivery of
the letter to me.
Referring to the request, which un-
derstand the letter contained, desire
to state that it will give me great pleas
ure to be present at any meeting OF the
committee, which may be held upon
reasonable notice as to the time and
place of such meeting. I requested the
Attorney General to state this fact ut
the meeting Of the committee yester-
day, and ! am informed that it was
done. Twill feel Obliged If you will ad-
wise me Of the date Of the future meet
ipgs OF your committee.
Signedl ROBERT Z. PATrEsoN.
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p.y1ox, O., July 26.-This has been o
l,v Of gloom i'll this city, caused by
moprninc in many families over the
,zipl disaster to the Cincinnati, Hamil-
no & DAYTON railway excursion train Mt
yi,dlctown last night. Three persons
we're killed outright-William Mat
,bevs, aged IS; Miss Lydia Freier, aged
%. Frank simoner, aged II. Four are
N critical condition at st. Elizabeth
IIo.Dital-Joseph B. Cleval, mechanical
5r.gghtsman, left arm crushed off at
.lopjder; Frank Patterson, aged
d. let arm amputatod above
.bow; Joseph II. Sweyerly aged 25,
Il Pottsyillo' Pa, spinal injury, and
lanes Murphy, aged 30, terribly in
MTcl in small OF back. Miss Mary
TPresc OF Osborn, O., was badly injured,
and also the following named from Day
,oa: Warren Thompson, Fred Weidner,
Marx llerrich, Edith Tuttle, P. S. Tut
IL Kate Schlein, Eden N. Beason and
~b Frank Reiger, William Oman,
V,,y Gram, Annie Veneard, Samuel
lSscr, Charles Myers, Maggie Frees,
Annie Brennan, Pearl Shorthill and w.
c Thompson. There are as many
n5rc with bruises and other slight in
ipfirs.
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CINCINNATI, o., July 2G.-Louisyillc
won the game by punching their hits
in the ninth inning, scoring five runs.
Score:
GBsisFIIIs GIaS5PRIIsI .::::::::::5 ::::::55 -
Base hits-Cinclnnat 0, Louisville
Pitchers-Crane and Meekin. Umpire
coLGMSus, O., July 2G.-columbus
won a close and exciting game to-day.
It was pitchers battle, knell having
little the best of it. Score;
s. so.I Iogis........ Is. Is
Base hfts-Columbu 4, st. Louis 3.
Errors-Columbu 2, st. Louis 2. Pitch
ers-Knell and Stiyetts, Umpire
Kerins,
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Hon. n. 3. Scott has returned from
Asbury Park. He attended the annual
meeting of the American Association Of
Flint and Lime Glass Manufacturers
there last week in the Ocean hotel.
The following officers were elected:
President, D. Z. Ripley, of Pittsburgh; /;
Vice Presidents, James Gillender, Of
Philadelphia, and r. J. Beatty, of Titfin |;
Actuary, j. E.,,Ferrall, of Pittsburgh; I;
Treasurer, Thomas Evans, ofPittsburgh |;
Executive Committee, Messrs. Ripley,
Gillender, Beatty, Evans and james
Dalzell, Of Findlay. Mr. Ferrall takes
the place OF James G. Walters, who has
been actuary ever since the association
wag formed, but recently resigned to go
70 Enrone.
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AN INSANE NEGRO
Murders n Family with scytho and is
Killed by PurSuers.

M1rHcfS n In1nly Win u SCytho anu 1b
Killed by PurSuers.
LOUISVILLE, KY, July S6,-Five miles
from Paris, KY, lived Nathan N. Con-
way, sixty-one years old, his wife
about the same age, their sons Charley
and William ,33 and 2S respectively, viii
liam's wife and three children and two
nieces, Misses Florence and Lucy Leager.
As they were all sitting on the veranda
this morning a negro named Craig, who
had no fixed home. came up and
asked for drink Of water. 1t was
given him. He thereupon lifted a
rusty scythe blade and asked ii it was
not q good knife. Charley Conway
nodded assent, and the negro throwing
down the cup OF water struck him with
the knife, splitting his skull. He
then attacked the father and killed
him. Then themother had her head
split open and instantly died. He at
tackled William Conway, cutting him
in the head and on the body
as he ran. A neighbor attracted
by tho screams, came up and shot
Craig, who ran and fell beside a hay
stack, dying in few minutes. He was
q brother OF Charlie Craig, now under
sentence Of death in Cincinnati.
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CHICAGO, July 29.-A special train oi
five cars, constructed entirely OF steel,
is on exhibition at the Chicago &
Northern Pacific station in this city.
This train is looked upon by some as
the first sign OF a revolution in railway
cur building. 1t is claimed the cars
neither cost or weigh more than the
old style, while being practically inde.
structible by fire or in a wreck.
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WAS IT THE MACHINE

That Brought tho sovcn Rains9-Mcl.
bourne's Success.
CANTON, o., July 2G.-Rainmaker
Melbourne was exultant to-day over the
success OF his experiments. He set to-
day for his eighth experiment and it
was an unqualified success. Ho now
claims to his credit seven successes, as
against one failure, and that is set down
to broken machine, as he calls his
mysterious rain producer. The weather
this morning was clear and cold, but
about 2:30 O'clock this afternoon the
skies clouded and rain fell at intervals
until evening.
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NEw York, July 10.-Eliza E. Knight,
a widow living at 800 Putnam ayenue,
Brc klyn, is roputed to have fallen heir
to . large fortune in Dumfrcyshire,
Scotland, estimated to be between $780,
900 and 81 100000. Most Of the proper
ty, it is said, belonged to the late Lord
AMMAN, and came to the Brooklyn
woman by regular descent.
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HARRisBURa, Pa, July 20.-The situa'
ton at steelton is considered rather
serious tonight. The company to-day
started up No. 2 furnace, which had
been banked, and the men
at work are principally col
ored men. This has angered
the Hungarians and Polanders who
worked at the furnace and they threaten
to overpower the deputy sheritEs and
raid the furnace. There was report
that the Bessemer mill would be started
tomorrow, but the management is yet
undecided on this.
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Fatal Accident Mt Sronongnh.
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FAnMoSr, w. Va, July 2e.-There was
frightful accident at the Monongah
Coal Works yesterday morning, by
which George Gabb was perhaps fatally
injured. From the best information, it
seems that the coal was choking in the
chrushers, and in trying to push it
through, he slipped and fell between
to large cog wheels. His arm was
crushed, his shoulder mashed, his jaw
was broken and the top OF his head was
badly injured. The young man is only
twenty years old, and come from near
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sT. Paul; MINI, July 26.-APiOner
Prs3 special from Rapid City, S. D.,
says: This afternoon ]. W. sauftrey, a
mechanic, shot his wife three times,
each shot taking effect, and, thinking
he had killed her, he shot himself IN
the head and died instantly. Mrs. Saul
trey will probably recover, only ono Of
the wounds being serious. saultrey
and his wife had not been living to-
geLher for about q ycar on account Of
Saultrey's jealous disposition.
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PARIS, July 26.-French papers on
Friday last contained what purported
to be a telegram from Chicago, stating
that Germany would be more favorably
treated than France by the Chicago
Fair authorities. The statement was
obviously designed to embarrass the
fair commission. Reporters from all the
leading papers kept the commissioners
busy with interviews on the subject,
the resutt,being a wider publicity, arti-
cles appearing in papers that might not
have otherwise touched the subject.
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speetaI ptspa.eA 70 he IatoNlgnor.

EpecIut ONputCH ~ Nt A"'tNtyt"tS'.
GnRo, W. Va, July 2G.-The Harrisyille
and Cairo base ball club played a picked
nine from the best players in the
county yesterday, defeating them in a
score OF 35 to q, the score not speak
ing very well for tho fielding qualities
of either club.
The Cairo Oil Company'a we'll No. a,
which has not been finished, oweing to
the loss of the tools in the well, began
flowing yesterday at q lively rate,
which was continued for some time.
The Tanner Oil Company's well at
Burnt House is down l,500 feet and
rumors are that they have made u
strike.
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sAu1r STE MARIE, Mich, July 28.--
The Minnesota Iron Co. 3 steel steam
ship Moriska, collided with the schooner
Helena, in TOW of the steam barge
HAVANA, yesterday, at the Black Hole.
The Helena was up bound, laden with
1000 tons OF soft coal from Lake Linden.
The Moriska was down bound with
1900 tons OF iron ore. The Helena sunk
in twenty feet Of water. She is owned
by George 3. MacKay, OF Cleveland, and
valued at about $4,000. The Aloriska
was not seriously damaged and pro-
ceeded on her trip. A Finnish sailor
named Matti, on the Helena, was killed.
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While Mr.. N. B. Scott was in Helena,
Montana, week before last he saw
Samuel B. McColloch whose strange
disappearance from Wheeling IN
1888 is still fresh in the minds Of
everybody. Mr.. McColloch, now holds
clerical position in the offices of the
Northern Pacific Railway ut Helena, and
has served in the Helena city council
under the name Of Samuel Brown.
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BLAINE ALL RIGHT.
Ho Takes u DrIve-wnl Resume His Duties
In tito Fall.

IIU EURU5 W IEE'V- " nj l'u'u'rrv 1T 7tEtlV'
In tito Fall.
BAR HARDoR, ME, July 2O.-socretary
Blaine went to ride to-day with En-
mons Blaino in an open carriage, and
the Secretary held the reins. They
drove for an hour and half on the
country roads, returning to the Stan
wood at 70 o'clock. A member Of Mr..
Blaine's family said to-day that the re-
cont reports that Mr.. Blaine is seriously
i'll and likely to retire permanently from
public life, are entirely without foun-
dation. Mr.. Blaine will remain here Us
late as Bar Harbor is comfortable for u
residence. He then expects TO go to
Washington and enter upon the duties
of his office
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DAYTON, ONO, July ga rear end
collision on the Big Four road occurred
near Gallon, Ohio, this morning, wreck
ing number OF cars and scattering
goods all around.
The first section Of freight train was
pulling out of the side track when the
second section came rolling along at full
speed, and crashed into the rear end.
Ii is not known whether anyone was
hurt, nor how great the damage. The
road is blockaded.
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PARIS, July 28.-At mass meeting
held to-day under the auspices of the
committee for the defence Of national
food supplies resolutions were adopted
protesting against the now tariff and
approving a memorial to Senate to
avert "the misery and suffering threat
ened by duties levied solely for the
profit OF privileged interests"
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could do nothing but sob hysterically.
Then came dozens more, some unin.
jured but fast in the wreck, some with
blood stained faces, some with broken
bones. Others were lifeless and crushed
out Of recognition. Some were uncon-
scious and dying. Many Of the wound
ed screamed and Rroaned in their
agony, but most were quiet.
A boy aged II years named Patterson
was cut In three pieces. A woman
named Fryer was killed and little girl
diedsooa after being taken from the
debris. In half an hour 23 bodies lay
on the platform. The people OF Middle
town fiockcd to the scene by thousands
and did all they could. The engineer
and fireman of the freight have disap-
peared, as has also the conductor. All
is confusion here yet. No trains can
pass for some hours yet. At midnight
most OF the excursionists went on to
Dayton"
now TIE WRECK OCCURRED.
A dispatch from Cincinnati says:
General Passenger Agent W. 0. Nc
Cormick, of the Cincinnati, Hamilton
and Dayton road, as soon as he was no
tilted OF the accident came down from
his Walnut Hills residence to the de-
pot and dispatched a special with sur
geons to Middletown. Through Mr..
Mccormick it has been learned that
after leaving Woodsdale Island the
coupling Of some OF the cars became
damaged and the train was delayed in
order to patch this up. Again at Mid
dletown the train was stopped to fur
ther repair the damage.
There is curve at Middleton which
hides train standing at the depot from
the view OF the train coming from the
south. The officials say n tiagman was
sent back to stop the coming freight
which was moving at high rate OF
speed aud was heavily loaded. The en-
ginecr OF the freight saw the flagman.
Hc put on breaks, reversed his engine,
and apparently did all in his power to
stop his train, but the impetus was too
great and q moment later the awful
crash came.
Four died before they could be cared
for. The dead are five men, woman
and two children. Fifteen Of the worst
injured were tenderly moved to the ho-
tells and given the best Of care.
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PANIC IN A CHURCH.
Followed BY Prayer of Thanksgiving
for n Miraculous Escape.

fOllOWeu by u Brnyef OF IhnhhhBiNnE
fora Miraculous Escape.
GREENvILLE, Pa, July 26,-This morn
ing while Rev. j. G. sculler was deliver.
ing his sermon in the United PresbYter-
ian Church, sudden storm arose and
the high steepte was struck and badly
shattered by thunderbolt. There
were over 800 people in the
church at the time and a panic follow
ed that was only quelled by the pastor
and other cool heads demanding that
no rush be made for the door. Many
OF the women screamed and tainted
when the binding flash was followed
by the creaking OF the steeple, but out
side of several slight shocks, no one
was injured. The congregation then
Joined in prayer for their marvellous
escape, aud were dismissed with q
tremulous benediction.
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MAY BE MANsLAUGHTER.
What Is Expected in the Elliott Case.
Sensation Promised.

What Is Expected In tho Elliott Case-A
Sensation Promised.
Special Dispateh 10 the IntsutOeHcer.
Columns, O., July 20.-Quiet infOr-
nation from excellent authority to-
night on the Elliott case is that the de-
fense confidently expect q return OF
manslaughter against their client. 1t
is also rumored that in case the verdict
is for first degree the defense will
spring q bombshell to knock out the
Jury and demand q now trial. 1t is
claimed that one of hejurors went into
the box to hang the accuseds and so
expressed the determination. The lat
ter cannot be vouched for by your cor
resnondent.
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TOLEDO, O., July 2e.@At a. m. today
fire broke out in the foundry room Of
tie Central Chandelier Company's
building, destroying the greater portion
OF the two upper floors. The loss was
chiefly on machinery, and is roughly
estimnted ut Slb. 900; insured for S40.OO6.
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SWALLOWS 1--we TRoGs.
John Stowe, OF shelton, Conn, Says The
Are as Nutritious as CLAIMS.

SHELTON, Conn, July 96.-A man with
one OF the most curious propensities
lives in Shelton. He has acquired IN
appetite for live bullfrogs and swallows
them with the same ease he would
swallow the most dainty morsel that
ever was cooked.
The mans name is John Stowe, and
he is employed by Austin Harris.
Stowe has been q resident Of this place
only few years, but it was not until
recently that his appetite for live bull
frogs became known.
One day within the week he laid q
wager that he could swallow a frog
alive, and was at once taken up. On
Wednesday OF last week the test was
made on a bet OF 81, five parties being
present.
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Pans, July 26.-The execution Of
young Berlandandh his companion, Dore,
ior the Courbevoe murder, has been set
for 5 o'clock Monday morning. The
mother Of Berland, also under death
sentence, has been granted reprieve.
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vrCroRIA, B. O., July 20.-sealing is
certainly stopped in Behring Sea and
all the Victoria fleets are now on the
way home. The entrance to Behring
Sea is electually blocked and is now
patroled by iiYe American and two
British war vessels.
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KANSAS Cry, Mo-, July 28.-Mrs.
Samuels, the motherof Jesse james, the
outlaw, has received an offer from Chi
cago to exhibit their house, q one-and-
a.half story log structure, ut the Worlds
Fair.
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The power "went of" the electric
street railway wires about nine o'clock
last night and was off for about an hour.
The men on the cars, when asked what
was the matter, said; ooh, the ma
chinery's lust played out"
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Porter Coyie and Milton Parker were
arrested yesterday by Officer Wilkie
for being disorderly. John Ditty was
drunk and was arrested by Officer
Driller. James Conkle was disorderly
and Was brought in by OfIlcer Trushler.
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PARIS, July pa collision between
excursion trains occurred at st, Mande
to-day, in which fifty persons were in
jured and three carriages wrecked.
Both trains were returning from mu-
sical festival at Fontenoy.
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FoaT MoSRoE, VA, July oG.-Fire mt
NewportNews last night destroyed over
twenty bvildings, stores and dwellings.
Loss estimated Mt $4,000.
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LISBON, July 26.-Employes thrown
out Of employment because of dull
times caused by the Mckinley law set
fire to cork factory at Evora to-day.
Great damage was done.
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For west Virginia, Western Pennsylvania and
Ohio GENERALLY fair; stationary tempernturc,
except slightly warmer on the lakes; variable
Winds
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The first one that was brought to him
was too large to work down his throat
and he selected one from creek on the
Harris farm small enough to go down.
He placed the frog head first in his
mouth, showed the remainder in with
his fingers and in an instant the am
phibious animal was out OF sight and
probably jumping around his stomach.
The story OF the feat once spread,
and within few days there were Il
Notwithstanding the undoabted integ., ,
rity OF the witnesses, did not believe
that Stowe could swallow a live frog Of
their selection.
Stowe was willing to try the thing
agaiu, and winlSing, so to speak, to his
friend, took another bet and appointed
tho lnV.
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AN AWFUL DISASTER.
oootb Comes Among q Crowd of
Happy School Children.
Ig0TgER REAR END COLLISION.

, Hundred and Fifty Persons Buried
IN the wrccI,.--LIttle Childrcn's
Songs Turned ito Cries of Pniu and
uorror...sevcral Killed and Injured
IN the Mlddletown, Ohio, Accident.
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DOWN WENT ANOTHER.

On Monday the second frog was swal-
lowed and the witnesses present were
again astoundcd. Stowe is ready any
time to swallow frog on bet, and as
the frogs are numerous at present he
scoops in lots OF dollars from workmen
with whom no comes in contact. He
says he does not feel any bad effects, as
they are dead shortly after landing in
the stomach.
The food, he says, is excellent and
people cat much worse things every
day. They are just ms good rs live
oysters or clans, or even hive scallops.
To physicians, Stowe isa puzzle. They
cannot understand how the stomach
will retain the foreign matter, and are
sceptical.
They know that similar things have
been taken into the stomach, but usually
it is followed by violent pains and
cramps, which continue until it is re-
moved, but Stoves stomach apparently
retains these frogs and digests them,
too, which is still more astonishing.
Stowe is married, and is about forty
years old. His health is very good.
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Z, g i tuFnlshed % By c scHSERH dFngglit OPEN
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" We olRL wAs uNlNInnpn.

., 'on0 Of the first taken out was a bit
VI wa, a E'Fl not a particle injured. Her
fa,glS f1,' were in another car at the time,
M, SsS.'Ig 'eit her with friends. AS she
ti,Sr "a H.ied up the father cried thank
'N' sue ts safe while the mother