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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-05-24
DROWNED UNDER MATCHES.

How One Humid red and Twnnty-Thrce Saii.
orsiof ths'War Ship solimoes Peri :!,cd.
MoNTEvIpEo, May 23.--Details OF the
disaster to the Brazilian war ship Soil.
NOES have been received here, and it is
now known that one hundred aud twen-
ty.three lives were lost. En-
Solimocs was one OF the vessels sent
by the Brazilian government with REIN
forccments to suppress the rising inuhe
State: OF Mntto Crosse. The ilotilla had
come ahead Of the Solimocs, and was up
river waiting herarrival in order 10 pro-
coed by way OF the Paraguay river TO
the scene OF the revolt. AT the same
time the fiotilla left Rio force was sent
by rail; it was to 90 to the end of tho
railroad route and then march into Mat
TO Crosse, where, after being Joined BY
the tlotillo, the combined forces We're to
attack the capital OF the stale.
The crew OF the Saiimoes, numbered
l27.. AS she was fitted out for active
service it is probable that she did not
carry any small boats. Owing to the
dangerous nature OF the low and sandy
Uruguayan sea coast she had II pilot
aboard just as the ship was Off Patonia
Island, near Point Ncgru Castilos, she
struck a rock violently. The sea was
very rough at the pilot All the crew
were under matches. except four sailors
and the pilot. Two OF the sailors acted
as lookouts; the other two were at;the
wheel. y. y,
Through the immense hole made in
her hull tho water rushed so fast and
furious that the vessel sank almost i'm.
lnediately. Oh all her crew only the
four sailors who were on deck saved
their lives. The pilot also escaped.
The unfortunate men did not even got
chance to gain the deck. They were
drowned like rats in hole. As the
winter poured in the victims seemed
instantly to realize their danger and
made frantic but unavailiny effort 10
dash open tho hatches.f 4 Their cries
we're heartrending. i ya7l
The Solimoes was double.turreted
monitor, built in England, and was
launched in 1915. Her displacement
was 800 TONS
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CIScISSArI, O., May 2S.-J. NJ. Boiler,
a colored man who was some time ago
elected from Sharp Il Co.'s pool room in
iCoying,on because he was n colored
man, brought suit for damages under
the civil rights law, demanding S5,o00
The trial was held to-day and the jury
found for the defendants ontho ground
that they are not bound to open their
doors to persons whom they wish to
exclude.
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AN INFAMOUS PERJURY.


'Al'ne'S pePow says the Grant Letter Is
Undoubtedly Bogus
NEW YORK. May 23.-Chauncey NJ.
Depew, in IN interview in regard to the
alleged letter from General Grant to
S,,ot,. ro..,.,:.
), '. oo''"i'hS' WHICH was 'iiaue pup
nc IN Columbus, Ohio, Saturday night,
said; at is an infamous forgery; there
il no doubt oi it in nv mind, and it is
put forth at this time ior the sole pur-
pose OF injuring President IIarrison's
chances ior denomination"
"What will be the effect Of the let
ter??" Mr. Dcncw was asked
"t w;l, 80. 49, : I.Ss.s,..,.,, r. ~
;.:..,, ",'' 'N' - y ooo'"eral'S' ~ WIZ
'"'uFe Inc men who inspired it. 1t is n
most audacious forgery and most in
genious ono do not rocoI, an, ,,,o,
was its connternort since tLo iorcorr "a; AZ
the lIorev lc,tar" "
30 YOU know onvth;no of vour own
knowledp, whicb rouId sh how ,ba lo,,na w.
10 be a forrcrvSn N '''o ''."2'' " ~ 'o''''
"Yes, lhad , Toll. t,.3o,. viii, : ,,
who arranaoJ M N Soui.i;n,.,. W." 3" .,;sh .,t..n
corresDonIenco i ai;o. eJnshds I'm doa,h e'l.,rf
that letter wos rot H'.v, m,s aea'i any
imagine who ;nsn;rnd @ % ~. iI fnr,a.,. S"' : :
would like 70 sno ot'ru !. rur ',," a"wn ,oiET'
uine-which Id do not w. for uomi ;n.,nnt Sfn Ln
lieve-i,is nm innnr.,mt @ nj t%;,n. M II imc nv, O =
iseQually inter"st;na H. ,"' as :, , ;raSd =" n.y. ~
a.s '''i's % ! t'"'".
~ 'oRHAM DESorScEs 1T.
non George @. Gorham, in = letter 10
the S.m, says: "I think every intclli.
zen. reudcr viii cor.olo .Lat ~. 49,,
,epdad lo,,os ~ so"tc0o '.'"' '"c p.e'
nEoLI, 's.;Gr s..i, bears on Its lace unm!s-
no, I0'H r,Ii evidence !. OF being bogus. | vii.
mt ,H'' ,S" ~ y a counterfeit, because it bears
l6in" '''e e,!na snehtest resemblance to any
nevas .s ever eve written by Gen. Grant. llo
abovt & Sf SS?oSe or wrote in any such strain
lin. III mamn MS services, lie never had tho
ConEI;nl"S'rr CE,lSrs 10 thrust himself into Mr.:
anyboI,:s personal AFFAIRS or those OF
knowI"3i,os s.se. .S II Is within my own
inrly lnSG nngr aaa Inai no was himself exceed
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WASHINGTON AIR
sristlcs With Various Analyses Of
tho Presidential Crisis.
WHAT IS Mr.. BLAINE GOING TO DO2
Ia tho Question That Is Agltating
tho Politicians.
1HE FINAL AND SUPREME EFFORT

OF the Opposition 10 President Hnrrl-
sons Nomination Gains Strength
From the Alleged Fact That Mr..
plainc's Family uavc Withdrawn
Their Objections TO His Making
Another Campaisn...an 1ntlmation
That the President May Withdraw
aud Leave the Field Clear for tho
Man Who Stands First In tho Hearts
of His Countrymcn-.-Thc Grant
Conkling Letter Forscry...Morrl-
son Candidate for the Democratic
Nomination.
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JttiHl Dt'patch 10 he Mie'ItJenetr
WASHINGTON, D. g., May e3.-Political
discussion here to-day has been un-
usually animated because no denial can
longer bc entered against tho ailirma-
ton that Mr.. Blaine will not refuse
rendered nomination and has so ex-
pressed himself. What adds strength
10 this final and supreme effort TO make
the magnetic man the standard bearer
is that his family, thus far stubbornly
opposed 10 his enduring n campaign
strain, have become not only acquics-
cent but even as eager as his most
Jealous irioNds. The anti-administra-
ton clique aro in high feather over
these fully authenticated facts, and Mr..
Harrison has also some jubilant friends
who affect 10 believe I'M entente cor
dale has been established and the
President will be gracefully accorded
an opportunity to enact the astonishing
act OF self abnegation which will consist
Of dCclination and emphatic rcitera-
ton oil the one term idea.
The air bristles with various analyses
OF the situation. The departure Of Mr..
Blaine ior New York was readily
utilized as 4 corroberatory fact, and
visions OF conferences in Gotham fitted
like summer bugs before the eyes OF the
gossipers. The easier explanation that
the trip was the natural parental one
inspired by desire to welcome the
Damrosch infant just born, was unsats-
factory. The staunch administration
men are much hustered over the de-
cided strength suddenly acquired by
the Blaine movement and perceive that
it was started at a most opportune
time, and obeys the injunction that
there is tide in tho affairs OF men
which taken at its flood leads on TO
fortune"
The Tribune to-day has q striking and
well.scasoncd editorial displaying rea-
sons for Mr.. Harrison's greater strength
than possessed when pitted against
Cleveland in 1883, but one sentence is
quite maddening to Blainc's adhcrents.
1t is the very emphatic prominency OF
the point that the President carried on
The affairs OF the state department, while
Mr.. Blaine was i'll and his absence was
not caamitous. The involved comment
is scarcely concealed.
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Tho Dill Ca.o alny bc Settled.

PlrrsBuEGH, May 993.AThe embczzle-
ment cases against Rev. W. H. Dill,
president OF tho defunct Clearlield Bank,
will, in nll probability be settled to.
morrow. a dispatch to the Pos! from
Washington, y. g., says the attorney
general has consented to a compromise
il Judge Achcson and the district attor.
ney are satisfied, and as both have ex.
pressed their willingness to have tho
matter settled, the case will DO with.
drawn tomorrow upon tho payment OF
all deposits in full. .
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PARIS, May 23.-This city has been
startled by n murder tha. in many waya
resembles the Deacon affair, cave that
in the present cnse tho shooting was
done by a woman. The wife OF a we'll
known man has for some time suspects
cd that her husband was CARRYING ON a
liason with tho wife OF mn official high
in the government. She kept n watch
on her husband and the suspicion Of
the latter's uniaithiulness became acer-
tainty. She made vain attempts TO catciI
the couple together until Saturday
night. That evening her husband told
her hc, was going out OH business and
would not be home until late. As soon
as her husband left the house she hasti-
ly threw OH her wraps and followed
him. He entered house in tho Quar-
there IEurope. His wifo remained out
side Tor some time anl then entered.
She discovered tho apartments her hus-
band had entered.
Ihe door OF the room was locked, but
the infuriated wife threw herself against
it and forced it open. Inside we're her
husband and the wife OF the govern
ment official. The evidence was COM
piete. Tho wronged wife had 4 revolver
IN the pocket Of the dress. Drawing the
weapon she advanced upon the woman,
who had crouched in abject fear IN O
corner OF the room, and. deliberately
aiming at her, fired. Tho bullet struck
home and the wounded woman begged
piteously to be spared. But she ap-
pcaled in vain. Again and again did
the revolver fash until five bullets had
taken effect. During the shootingth
husband. it is said, stepped forward 10
disarm his wife, but she turned on him
and Threatened to kill him if head
vanced another foot. ~,
After the cartridges in the revolver
were exhausted the wife calmly awaited
the coming OF the police, who had been
summoned, and then quietly signified
her desire to be taken away from the
place. The wounded woman died in
lew hours.
As yet every effort to ascertain the
names OF the principals has been frus-
trated- The newspapers, however, al
'lude to tho dead woman as Nine. L..
.ALATER REroRr:yF
The nameoi the murderessis Madame
Raymond and the name Of her victim
Laflimonnc Deaporte. The murdered
woman was niece OF Jean Casimir.
Perier. Madame Raymond, who is a
pretty brunette and only twcnty-four
years old, says that Madame Defaporte
was an intimate friend OF hers, who had
separated from her husband. She her.
self introduced Madame Delaporte to NJ.
Raymond and soon afterward discover
ed that. they we're meeting secretly,
NJ. Raymond and Madame ,Delaporte
had a meeting on Saturday and Madame
Raymond went to their cndezvous.
She knocked at the door and cried,
open, Paul" Madame Delaporte's
husband was down stairs. Madame Rey.
mond's husband, partly dressed, opened
the door and Madame Raymond at once
rushed in. She found Madame Della.
porte undrcssed and repeatedly fired at
her with n revolver, afterwards stab.
bing her several times in the breast.
She afterwards surrendered herself to
the police. Sho was dressed in the
height OF fashion and sobbcd bitterly.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-05-24
A PARIS TRAGEDY
Similar to tho Deacon Affair at
Cannes, Except That
THE AYENGING ANGEL is A WOMAN

Iiighin Social Circles, and Her Vic.
tim is tho Wifc Of French Govern.
ment oniclal...Sho Follows Her
Husband to tho Rendezvous aud
Fires Five Shots Into tho Body of
His Poramour and Then stabs Her
as She Bcgs ritcously for Mercy.
Then. womanlikc, Shn wccps Dit.
tcrly Over What sho Has Done.
4 Other ForcIsa News. f
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DRAWING TO A CLOSE.
Tho Last Week OF the Great
Methodist General Conference.
The PRESBYTERIAN ASSEMBLY

Getting Down to Work ut Portland,
orcgon...Dr. Briggs Arrivcs.-.At tho
Methodist Conference n Resolution
Fayorlng tho Abolition OF Capital
Punishment Is Laid on tho Table.
A Fratcrnal Colorcd Delegate
Makes Telling spccch.-.A Propo.
sition to Bond All oniccrs-..Intcr.
cstinS Matters Concerning Both
AsscmDlnscs.
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WAsHISGroS, D. G., May ao.-In tho
house to-day the river and harbor mn.
preparation bill with senate amendments
we're referred to the committee on rivers
and harbors. .55 Ti's
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THE PHESDYrERIaNs.
DR.. Briggs Arrives mt Portland-Iho Work
Of tho Genernl Assembly,, =

PORTLAND, ORE, May 2S.-Dr. Briggs
has arrived after pleasant trip over
the Union Pacific. He was accom-
panied BY Mrs. Briggs and is looking
improved in health by his journey.
After reading the minutes OF the MS.
aembly, the reports OF special commit.
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~, = -
Steamship News,

CorE%HAoES, May os.-Aarrived-
Italia, New York.
:, MoylLLE,M Maya Arrived
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Weather Forecu.. for To-day:

~ Nonthor Forecnst FOR To-day. tl Z.
For West Virginia, Western Pennsylvania and
lakes In New York, winds becoming south. ffsI
TEMPERATURE MONDAY. F.
as furnished by c. SCItSErF, druggist, corner
Market and Fourteenth streets ~. : : -, ~
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Thoro TO Soc III. New Grnndchiid-IIis
henlll, Good But iio Declines to Talk
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1892-08-06

II requires over 60, 600, 600 pounds
OF wool per annum 10 supply the peo-
pie OF the United States. Out OF this
vast amount Of wool required by the
people OF this country there is little
more than half produced here. or
something less than 500 600. 600
pounds. Capital invested Ia barns
and equipments s4os, 29l. 200; capital
invested in sheep 1924. O52 FOG; total
capital 1882. 342 900. Number OF
fiocks and hockmasters In the United
States, l,o20. 800; number OF men en-
ployed by aockmasters. 1o5. 600; total
number Of men In wool industry and
hock owners in each year. 1925. 900.
Total number OF pounds annually,
500. OO00. 600; value at an average OF
23c per pound, s75. 0oO 600; value OF
sheep sold annually for pelts and food.
s20 600. 900; total s95. 900. 900. Amount
paid 10 wages 10 100. 900 hands. $40
per month. s24 600. 900: allowance 10
hockmasters for value. $50. 000. 600;
cost OF tagging and shearing at I0c
per head, $4,000, 600; total cost OF la.
Dor $40, 600, 600; net profits, $40. 600
coo. Chicago DroyeFs' Journal.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1892-08-06
TRAGIC JOKING.
Once too often They Thought it Was One
of his Tricks.

VI us AftNsshf
A remarkable story OF practical
joking Is related Of a young French
man ia the souvenirs dun
Yibraire." The old fable Of the boy
who cried wolf" too often has had
few such tragic illustrations in fact
Oswald a witty and original Partisan
had mania for practical joking. lie
was very amusing 70 his friends but
when his talents were exerted to
ayenge some wrong there was more
bitterness than fun In his wit One
evening when IA man who had not
treated him politely gave reception.
he reyenged himself cruelty. The
man WAS slightly deformed. All the
hunchbacgs of Paris 500 in number,
presented themselves at his reception.
They had received notices from
Oswald that II they would go 10 this
address on this evening they would
learn Of legacy which had been left
thom- When a play. written by a
man who had reused his anger by
reading a newspaper az the wedding
OF one OF his friends was produced he
prevented its success by inducing $50
Of his friends TO attend IL ca rying
great books. These young men who
occupied prominent seats read their
books while the performance was
going on and whenever there was
any applause ench one OF
them as II moved by clockwork.
turned over a leaf The rustline
OF the leaves and the spectacle Of the
men absorbed ia reading made tie
performance complete failure. Os-
wald's friends were always on the
/ lookout for some ruse- lie once motif
fed them that on New Years day be
should get the best Of them all in some
Joke and New Years morning each re.
| ceiycd this notice: Remember
They were on their guard, A they
were leaving a house where they had
breakfasted Oswald suddenly slipped
on the steps and fell on his back on
the sidewalk. His friends rushed q
has assistance. but paused before thes
reached him This is his ruse some
one said Clearly the man who wa.
50 proud OF his talent FOR mlmicry wat
bent on deceiying them all into think
Ing him dying man. for he lay there
moaning pitiiuliy. his lace drawn ans
twisted as IL with terrible pain. Hi
friends stood around and made joke
and puns and hummed lines OF comi'
songs assuring him all the while tina
thoy wee not deceived by his acting
At last he gave a hoarse mournfu
cry. looked az them sadly and the
ceased TO moan or writhe In new
er-to. be.forgoiten moment Of horro
and sorrow his friends realized tina
Oswald was dead.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1892-08-06
rhe Langnage ID UmbrelIas.

After heightened study OF the
subject some clever genius mas ar
ranged the following Language OF
umorellas."
To place an umbrella in a rack at
club or at friends house, indicates
that il will shortly change owners II
a cotton one is substituted for silk
IL means exchange is no robbery.
An umbrella held over lady. with
a man getting all the raindrops from
the points signifies courtship; but
when man keeps the lions share Of
the article and gives tnelady the drop
pings IL indicates marriage. TO carry
an umbrella under the arm at an angle
implies that the individual following
will lose an eyes while TO hold il hign
enough 10 injure passers' eyes and
mems HAS Il signifies I'm woman. -
Lastly, the loan OF an umbrella is sy-
nonymous with an act of egregious
folly.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1892-08-06
papeTed WIN Love letter..

A unitarian young lazy in Denver
has papered her room with her cor
respondence. The dado is entirely
composed OF love letters, arranged ac-
cording 10 dates. Those that contain
proposals are along the top. so that
their purport may come well within
the eye line OF visitors. The dado is
not quite finished, as the young LADY
Is still quite young and the room large.
She expects 20 have sufficient love let
ters 70 complete it within the next
three months. The walls above the
dado are filled in with letters chronol-
ogicaliy placed. announcing legacies
the engagements OF her friends. invi-
tations 70 dances. country houses
sleighing parties. ana so on. The
frieze at the top OF the room is COM
posed OF envelopes. The gentlemen
who wrote the letters might not ad.
mire the dado OF the room, but the
considerate young lady mas cut of all
the signatures. Denver Field ano
| Farm.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1892-08-06

Physicians throughout the country ere
gradually beginning TO give more and more
attention TO the subject Of dermatology. At
few years ago it was a very popular belief tina
a birthmark could by no possible means be
eradicated from the skin. We have only TO
90 back very short time to recall dramas in
which the william was tracked from town TO
town and eventually handed over to outraged
justice through scar or birthmark which re-
yealed his identity. A drama built on such q
foundation would meet with well-merited
ridicule to-day. The william would not be such
G fool as 70 permit a facial Disagreement to
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1892-08-06
FnIni taanrn bod IlInesr.

A writer in the Quarterly Review
several years ago undertook 10 in
vestigate the popular notion thai there
are certain hours during the twenty
four more fatal to life than others.
He ascertained the hour of death in
Q. $50 instances OF all ages from q
mixed population. and from deaths
occurring during a period Of several
years. The least mortality is during
midday hours-namely from 10 Till
O'Clock; the greatest during early
morning hours, from 8 till 6 O'Clock.
Fishermen say that the times OF the
ebb and low OF the tides are AWAY:
critical hours with invalids.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1892-08-06
August.
Flower

"For two years ! suffered terribly
With stomach trouble, and was for
an that time under treatment by a
nhysician. He finally, after trying
everything, said my stomach was
Svorn out, and that | would have 10
cease eating solid food. On the rec
concentration Of friend | procured
bottle Of August Flower. Itseem-
"a % do me good at once. ] gained
strength and flesh rapidly. ] feel
now like a new man, and consider
that August Flower has cured me. :"
las. Z. Dederick, Saugerties, N.Y.8
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1892-08-06

Among the most attractive OF the
many kinds Of serpents are the DELI
cate and beautiful tree snakes (Dend-
rophis). which very rarely descend 70
the ground, as they find food enough
among the birds and those frogs ana
lizards which dwell in trees. The
graceful form OF their body. the ele-
gance and rapidity Of their movements
and the exquisite beauty of their color
have excited the lively admiration Of
those who have had the good fortune
10 watch them in their native haunts.
The larger kind attain to length of
over five feet. They are frequently
adorned with the brightest colors,
green being the prevailing tint. Tney
are active oy day. Quarterly Review.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1892-08-06

Coutdn't Disturb rEer E1quanimItr.
II takes a great deal to disturb the
even tenor OF certain well-ordered and
serene minds. says Wide Awake in
illustration OF which the following in.
cldont is given; An old lady living
In certain New England village was
going down fight Of bnck stairs
when she fell aud went rolling to the
very bottom Of the stairs whore she
burst open the door and came rolling
out into the kitchen. Her servant
girl Jane screamed in alright and
various members OF the family came
running into the kitchen breathless
with alarm. Before any OF them
could speak a word the old lady lifted
herself TO u sitting position on the
floor and holding one finger up wa n
iugly and shifting at the air said
calmly; Jane, them biscuits in the
oven are burning, and ! know it.n
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1892-08-06
a HEAlTnY INVALID.


hc Had Had ''Cousatnptlon' since TIC was
Three Years old.
lie was little. weazened-iaced
man with fearful lung trouble,
Everybody in the diugy Office OF the
cheap hotel where he was stopping
looked AZ each other eyerytime be
coughed md by some glance or ges-
turc expressed the word consump-
ton" Nobody seemed 10 know who
he was or whore he came from. His
fearful cough and distressing locks
excited everybody sympathy accord
ing 70 the Chicago Tines by and
by the ice iilled up with rough
class Of men several OF whom had
evidently been drinking. They
wanted 10 talk aud argue and ap
peared 10 be looking for trouble
The sick man seemed disposed 10
crafty their wish He ilauy contra
dicicd their statements and finally
called the bully OF the crowd a liar
Everybody irembled for him yet but
few believed that the big man would
luy hands on the invalid.
You walSin' corpse. said the big
fellow ~ you wasn't already in your
grave I'd put you in IL "
Il dare you TO lay your hands on
me. cried the little man, at the same
timo shaking his fist threateningly
near the others nose.
The big mans seli-restraint failed
him aud he reached for the little man.
, But he did not find him. lie never
! knew why. In fact he know nothing
/ until his friends lifted him up 'frot-
I tho pavement where he had bee,
/ precipitously tumbled. After he In.
/ finally regained his senses he ap
proached the sick man and remarked
Give mo your hand. want I,
apologize for pickin a quarrel wit
a man in tho last stages Of consump
i ton.
Consumption DO hanged said iii
little man. i've had this cougl
since was 3 years old. You mustn
believe all you hear. +"