Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1892-01-31
NEWSLETS.
Interesting Pieces of relegraphic News In
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1 D., bdE aSSOCAoliOA tOotNANs
resolutions were unanimously adopted en-
| dorsing Hon. George Shiras for appoint
ment to the United States Supreme Court
TO I'LL the vacancy made by the death OF
Justice Bradley.
An explosion Of gas occurred in the coal
mine 70 Joseph Walton q Co, at west
| Elizabeth, Pa, yesterday, resulting IN the
| injury OF John Phillips, the pit ooss, ana
| two miners The other miners escaped.
None of the injured will die.
| A public hall at Ilfracombe, Devoushire
| England, on which a number of men were
| at work, collapsed yesterday. Two OF tue
men were killed and seven dangerously IN
| iureo.
Lawrence & Brown, coal operators, near
| Mahoney Plane, Pa, who have worked
large mine for some time, have mace an
assignment 10 Robert +. Potter, Sr., OF
| Minersville.
King Humbert of Italy yesterday re
eived the Chicago Worlds Fair Commits
| sioners. The King informed them that ne
took lively interest in the Chicago Exposl-
| tion.
Governor Mckinley, OF Ohio, was re-
ported much better yesterday. and was up
| in his room, but unable 70 be aoout.
| All the railway stations at the frontier
of France are blocked with merchandise,
which the importers want 10 come IN under
the present tariff. There is such sn I'M
mense quantity of this merchandise that III
| will be Impossible for very large quantity
of it to enter the country before teornary
l, wheS the new tariff law goes into enect.
Six thousand English engineers employed
| in works on the rivers Ware, Tyne and
Tees have struck in consequence OF uls-
pute regarding payment for over time.
An explosion of dynamite took place at
| the Netherland Phosphate Compapys mine
| in Templeton, Ont, yesterday, killing
| three men named Prudhomme, Sauve ana
| Martin. Several others were severely III
| iured.
Owing 10 the revelation of extensive
| frauds IN the Russian corn trade, l4S cases
| of aaulteration having been discovered In
| fortnight, the Zemstvo OF the province OF
| Penza has appointed special committee 10
inspect every consignment OF corn.
Rev. Mr.. Spurgeon passed restless day
and his general condition is growing
worse.
The schooner Everett Webster, of Bos-
ton, has on board Captain Clark and crew
of tug Edward Webster, which sunk
twenty.two miles east Of the highlands on
New Jersey.
Alexander butcher, proprietor OF large
paper and wooden box mandatory AT
| Nyack, n. ", assigned yesterday to Au-
gustus NJ. Voorhis.
The powder mills of Camille Droil at Ca
! hokia, Ill, were blown up by 5000 pounds
of dynamite yesterday morning. Much
| excitement was caused among the resi-
| dents OF Cahokia until the real cause OF the
earthquake was discovered. The pecuai-
airy loss is SMALL
! svlvania, who several weeks since went TO
! Old Point Comfort for the benefit OF his
health, will re-enter the Harrisburg Hos
pital, his condition having become worse.
! He has been Ill for about three months.
The distillery OF George Dengler, in AL
bany toy aship, Berks county, Pa, has
been seized for alleged violation OF the rev
enue laws. The distillery contained 452
gallons Of apple brandy.
Colonel Daniel Lamont, who has been
! i'll for the past TWO weeks and unable TO
| attend 10 business, is contemplating trip
| South on which he may start next week.
| His illness is not Of a serious nature but
4 has been protracted Yesterday he was
somewhat improved, though still confined
TO his residence.
Packer Colliery No. 3, at Shenandoah,
! Pa, operated by the Lehigh Valley Coal
Company, suspended operations Tor an In
| definite period, throwing 600 men and boys
out OF employment. The crowded condl-
ton of the coal market is given as the rea-
son of the suspension.
At Hollidaysburg, Pa, Michael 9. Muir
ply, a prominent dry goods mercnans anu
| lumber dealer, failed yesterday, and his
stores were seized by the Sheriff. Liabili-
| ties, $40, 600; assets, Sl5,OOO.
H.H. Winans, the wealthy farmer, poll.
| tician and church deacon, convicted OF
burglary and arson, at Franklin, Pa, was
sentenced yesterday TO five years impris-
| onment In the penitentiary. AS Winans Is
! IS wears Of age his sentence isvirtually for
life.
| GAt Middle Grove. Ills, two trains on the
| Iowa Central railroad crashed together
Yesterday morning. Engineer James Ed
! gar. of Marshalltown, Iowa, was Instantly
| killed. Half dozen other trainmen were
| injured, two of whom may not recover.
Election riots are reported from many
places in Hungary. In riot at Czlexso
| three persons were killed ana nIteen
severely wounded, while Banffy Hunyad
| was also the scene of serious conflict.
The Washington Manufacturing Com
panv. of Gloucester, y. j., has failed for
| the second time in five years. It's iabil-
| ties are said 10 exceed sf5O,OOO
A meeting was held at New York yerter-
| day 10 make arrangements for the mass
meeting TO protest against an early Demo
| cratic State Convention. The mass meet
| ing is set for February II.
julius Sanborn, wealthy New York
| wine merchant, was shot and fatally In
| iured by his cousin. Jacob Sanborn, yester-
| day morning The murderer committed
| suicide on the way TO the police station.
| He had long been pensioner on his veal
thy cousin, and shot him because he refused
| him money.
| A dispatch from Rio Janeiro says that
| another attempt has been made TO depose
the Governor OF Sac Paulo In Brazil, but
that the uprising was again failure.
The Belgian Senate yesterday ratified
the commercial treaties Of Belgium with
Germany and Austria.
John L. Ferguson, the dishonest clerk
OF the National Bank Of Kansas City, Mo,
who embezzled nearly 10000 OF the banks,
pleaded guilty in the Criminal Court yes
terday afternoon. The Judge sentenced
] him 10 four years confinement II the peni-
tentiary, the lowest sentence recognized Dy
law.
Hon. J. NJ. Stone yesterday announced
his candidacy for the gubernatorial chair
Of Missouri.
At Topeka, Kansas, Frank McLain, who
has been on trial several days, charged
with beating out the brains Of his step
| child. an infant, against a window sill, was
Yesterday convicted Of murder in the first
degree.
The Republican Committee OF the Sew
enth district, Mississippi, met in Jackson
Yesterday, and named jackson as the place
and February 22d as the time for selecting
delegates 70 the National Republican Con-
vention.
From Owenton, KY, yesterday DR..
Massie, James Costigan and John San
ders, charged with murder, were taken 70
Frankfort for safe-keeping. II was feared