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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-02-24
Is HE DEAD?
Tho Mysterious Disappearance OF nm Eng.
liu,,,p,p nm IyIs WoJbinu Tyo

Tho Mysterious Disappearance of nm Eng.
lishmnn on Ills Wedding Eve.
d LONDON, Feb. 23.-Tho case OF W. R.
Lidderdalo, prominent banker Of
Ilminister, who disappeared in January
last on tho eve OF his marriage, be-
comes moro and moro mysterious tho
further it is investigated. On February
! there appeared in tho columns OF the
Times tho following death notice:
Zone the 30th OF January, on Miss B.
A. H. Winnings yacht Foresight, Will
liam Robertson Lidderdale, Of Ilminis-
ter, the result OF an accident on the 18th
Of January, alighting from carriage
when in motion.
No mention was mado where the
yacht was when tho alleged death oc-
Cured.
An attempt was made to learn the
whereabouts OF Hiss Vining but the
solicitors stated that they had no idea
where sho is at present.
1t may DO added that the family Of
Mr.. Lidderdale and his solicitors,
though they arc leaving no stone un-
turned to find out what became of him,
believe that he never left his tlancee Of
his own free will, but that he has been
either killed or kidnapped at tho insti-
CATION OF some woman who was dotcr-
mined that he should not throw her
aside to marry another.
; No such yacht as the Foresight Gun be
found.
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y Lenloua nu,bnnd,s pend,

NEw Albany, IND. Feb. 2S-John
Kaiser, a photographer, in q fit of jcal-
ousy, shot his vile through the head
this morning because she refused to live
with him. He escaped to the woods
east OF the city, and was pursued by a
score Of citizens. Two hours later he
was discovered in barn two miles from
tho city. BE was covered by the revolt
{vers Of his pursuers and agreed to sur
render. While he was crawling out
IRON beneath tho manger he drew a re-.
volver and fired shot into his hoo /.
dying instantly. Mrs. Kaiser's wound
is desperate one, bat she may recover.
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LOCAL pREvITIEs.
Matters of Minor Moment In md Abou.
the City.

1lnttcrs OF Minor 1iotnunt In md About
the Cts.
YESTERDAY was pay day on the Tor
mimi road.
TIE 30 About club will give dance
at Turner hall this evening. Mayors
orchestra will play.
OFFICER DEKu doomed up at tho city
building early this morning In charge
OF John Nelson, Il drunk. 5H3
CHARLES NElrzELL, aged 90, ind Daisy
Staran, aged 10, both Of this city, were
yesterday licensed to wed.
The awitch Is now being put In tho
new street car barn, which Is expected
to BIO ready for occupancy by April l.
TIE Wheeling 4 Lake Eric railroad
recently gave $500 to tho Y. N. G. A. Of
Norwalk, on account Of having 60 many
employees In that city.
THE ball for tho benefit Of Mrs. Ham
mar took place last night at Beethoven
hall, and was q pleasant affair. Mcis-
ter's orchestra furnished the music.
Patrick GlLLldAN was yesterday ap-
pointed curator OF tho estate Of Thomas
Shortel, deceased, and gavo bond in
$1,000, with Elton Gilligan, Lizzie shor-
tcl and Maggie Gilligan as suroties.
An East Wheeling aaloon-kecpcr was
arrested yesterday by Officer Daum for
disorderly conduct. He was. standing
on the cornor, cursing, and when warned
by the policeman became obstreperous.
REv. W. DiEckuoFr,e Of Findlay, O.,
and Miss Mary Kcttler, Of the Eighth
ward, werc married yesterday alter
noon, at tho Zion German Lutheran
church, by Roy. Mr.. ziegclmayr, the
pastor.
CLERK Hook yesterday admitted to
record deed by Messrs. Schmidt, Hap
ply and Bicborson and their wives, to
George B. Mcdonald, for $500, lot 68in
tho Bclvedere addition; also decd
made January q, 1878, by tho Mt. Zion
cemetery trustees to Roso Ann Ash
worth, for S25, lot 903 in that cemetery.
SUBSCRIPTIONS to the Russian relief
fund ut the City Bank OF Wheeling are
coming in finely. The first remittance
OF funds from Wheeling will BIO made
this week to Mr.. J. Pierpont Morgan,
treasurer, New York city. Private ad-
vices from Russia confirm tho reports Of
destitution published In the leading
journals.
ARRANGEMENTS are being made for q
lecture to DO given In the Second Pres
byterian church on next Thursday
night, by the well known missionary,
Rev. DR.. J. Z. Pierce. The lecture will
BIO on Turkey, Constantinople and the
Americans, and will be under tho aus
pices OF the Y. p. S. C. E. OF this city.
It promises to DO very interesting and
| well attended affair.
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The GIassworkers' Union.

The quarterly report of Secretary
Dillon, OF the American Flints, has lust
been issued, and Notwithstanding tho
fact that tho union Is carrying 1863 locked
out men the receipts OF the quarter
exceeded the expenses over $4,000. The
total membership is now. 1927, the
largest in its history, and OF this num-
Der over $500 are employed. Tho letter
accompanying the report says: "a
perusal OF the reports from the various
secretaries indicates but little improve
ment in the different branches from that
presented in the last report, except
that OF tho table ware branch, which in
dicates moro activity than what was APP
parent in the lastreport. On the other
hand, the prescription branch shows
strong signs OF depression. The same
may be said OF mould making, engrav-
ing, iron mold, shade and castor places
branches; also the stoppering branch.
The cutting branch is doing fairly we'll;
the lamp working branch is slow; the
paste mold branch is steadily engaged,
and the chimney branch is very active"
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AMpusnEpIANp KILLED.
Con. Enriquiz AssasSinntod by Order Of
Gen, IInrtlllns,

Gen. Bnrtlllns.
SAX FRAycisco, Fob. ga special
cablcgram from San Salvador to the
Associated Press, under dato OF Fob.
ruary %, states that General Enriquiz
was killed to-day by u body Of ,Guate.
malGn soldiers, together with u number
OF companions, near tho city OF Zacapa,
Guatemala, near tho Honduras coast.
The telegram stntes that General Enri.
quiz had been unanimously proclaimed
dictator OF the constitutional party OF
Guatemala, and had In consequence in
Cured the active hostility OF President
Barrillas, who alarmed tho public by
announcing that General Enriquiz was
at the head OF nm instruction directed
against tho present government.
President Barrillas ordered General
Enriquiz to present himself TO tho
authorities Of 2acapa. General Enri.
quiz proceeded at once toward that
city accompanied by his two brothers
and a party of friends. A company
numbering 100 soldiers lying In am
bush on ono Of tho roads Of tho city,
lrcd upon General Enriquiz and others
OF his party, killing MI OF them. The
cablegram attributes tho attack and
killing Of tho party to orders Issued
from the capitol, and imputos the deed
to the Guatemalan government.
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AP-enoher,s rooulInr pIn,.

ST. LOUIS, Feb. ga sensation was
caused in East St Louis by the arrest OF
Rev. J. M. Laird, OF Gillespie, Macoup-
in county, on q charge OF attempted
.blackmail preferred by Frank b. How
man, the largest land owner and proba-
bly, the wealthiest man in East St,
Louis. Mr.. Howman received two let
tors from Rev. Mr.. Laird charging him
with undue intimacy with Mrs. Laird
and offering to compromise the Of
tense on payment OF 81 900 in cash.
Rev. Mr.. Laird acknowledged writing
the letters and declares that tho init
macy has been going on for some time.
Ho attempts to justify his demand for
the money on the ground that no is a
poor man and deems that 81 900 would
palliate the crime to certain extent
and would teach Mr.. Howman a useful
lesson.
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ACTOR OUTFITS, TRIAL
Evidence ALI In-The Arguments Befe
tho Jury Il

Evidence All In-The Arguments Before
tho Jury.
SAN Francisco, Feb. 2S.-The taking
Of testimony In rebuttal in the Curtis
trial closed to-day. Only two witnesses
were examined, both being for the de-
tense. District Attorney Barnes then
opened the argument to the jury, and
said no would only attempt to state tho
evidence fairly, without any appeal to
the prejudiccs OF the jury, leaving them
responsible for tho verdict. In pursu-
ance of this declaration he reviewed the
testimony, laying stross on the fact that
Mrs. Hidden and Mrs. Johnson, both
residing across the street from where
Officer Grant was shot, heard shots,
saw flashes and saw one man fall and
only one other man run away.
The pistol OF tho same calibre as tho
one owned by Curtis was found near by
with three empty chambers. When
arrested Curtis exclaimed: ooh, my
God! if l could only recall the past
three or four hours" When arrested
Curtis had OH his wrist nipper placed
there by an officer. Tho district attor-
ney then rchearsed the story told by
Curtis to the effect that. he WIS assault
ed and an officer was killed by loot
pad, and in closing asked if it were pos
sible for intelligent men to believe the
story as told.
Attorney Knight made the opening
argument for the defense. He stated
that Curtis was known by rcpution to
the people Of the United States every.
where, and that his reputation has
always been good. He claimed that it
was impossible for mind, befuddled,
as was Curtis on tho night OF the
tragedy, to concoct defense that since
has withstood examination, unless there
was q truth in tho statements, and he
was satisfied that Curtis never had boon
prompted as to what defense he should
make. Knight said only one witness,
Sergeant Coles, testified that tho police
man. Grant, had 2 star on when his
body was found, and it was further
claimed that Grant was in citizens
clothing. knight claimed that the
prosecution had suppressed material
evidence, though for what purpose he
could not state.
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IS adopted, aa WIS that Of tho roal

was adopted, 40 was that Of tho real
estate committee.
Tho ordinance to provide appropri-
atlons for the months OF January, Fob.
ruary, March and April wRs adopted.
Tho report OF tho city clerk showed a
balance Of SOL ,02l 05, and that tho city
collector Ind collected OF the tlfty.cent
levy Ssl, 05O 4S, and OF tho ,cn-cont levy
Sl0,ll7 SO.
Tho deed to New Eighteenth street
and TO tho bed OF Cnldw0ll's run, by tho
Terminal company, was handed in and
referred to tho committee on streets,
alleys and grades, tho city solicitor and
city engineer.
Tho bills Of the following departments
were ordered paid:
ios ~
ny 70
Main street bridge ................ s717 80
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PIFTsnuRou, Feb. 2S.-The production
of the Mcdonald field is still on the
down grade and declined 500 barrels
yesterday. On Monday it was estimated
ut 81, 900 barrels, while to-day 1t was re-
ported at 28,500. A number OF wells
have come in flowing within tho past
few days, but thoy were all small. They
were of considerable Importance in
showing that the field has more extend
cd limits than has recently been claim
ed for it but for keeping up tho pro-
duction, they cut no figure.
The Glenshaw Oil and Gas company,
with Z. G. Rosenzi as manager, has been
organized to develop new field at
Glenshaw, on the Pittsburg & Western
road. Tho company has several large
tracts OF land, on which big gas well
bag been completed and two rigs are
being built,
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SECRETARY FOSTER
Sails for Europe to Gut Rest and Modlca
Trcatmout.

Sails for Europe to Gut Rest and Medical
Treatment.
WASHINGTON, D. G., Feb. 23.-secre-
tary Fosters trip to Europe has caused
much speculation, and tho reason has
finally leaked out. The secretary is
threatened with heart failure and has
has been notified by the two physicians
who have been treating him that his
only safety lies in his immediate with
drawal from the cabinet, or tho turning
over OF all his official duties to ono OF
tho assistant secretaries.
Ever since tho attack of grip which
Frustrated him in the early winter his
pulse has been SO high and his heart SO
irregular that tho physicians treating
him have expected o collapse to occur.
Tho doctors agree that tho troubleis
the result oil excessive tobacco smoking,
but the Secretary will not consent 10
give up the habit altogether and,
indeed, ho hes hardly moderated in
this respect.
Within tho past week Secretary Foster
has been convinced that he is bordering
on the condition which brought such a
tragic end in the case OF Secretary Win
dom. He resolved to go abroad for a
short period OF rest and also for the pur.
pose of consulting European specialists.
In the meantime it is feared that he has
already delayed too long, and may be
compelled tinallyto relinquish! the port.
folio which came into his hands upon
the death OF Secretary Window iron,
heart failure.
New YoRK, Feb. 23.-secretary OF the
Treasury Foster sailed for Europe, on
the steamer Spree to-day. Many friends
saw him off, and salute was fred from
Governors Island fort.
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Tho c.ty's Electric Plant.

Work is progressing rapidly on tho
city's electric plant, but it Is doubtful ii
tho lights can be turned on by the first
OF April. The dynamos and all the
other machinery and appliances are
here, and the man who will superintend
the setting up OF the dynamos has ar.
rived in the city, and the work Of get
ting the engines and other machinery
in place is approaching completion.
The first OF the two large fly wheols was
put together yesterday. The wheels are
in sections, each section being worry
heavy and difficult to handle.
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Edward Fillinjim, who has been in
iai! some time under the charge OF lu-
macy, was taken before Squire Arklo
yesterday, examined as to his sanity,
and found OF unsound mind. The pa
pers wcro turned over to the sheriff.
G. W. Grub, the saloon keeper, was
bound over TO the circuit court in 500
bond, under each OF three charges OF
selling LIQUOR to minors.
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Chosnpealsc s OHIO Imnrovcmont.

RICHMOND, Va, Feb. 2S.-At meet
ing OF tho stockholders OF the Chcsa-
peake & Ohio railroad company hold to-
day, the officers were authorized to issue
S70,000,000 worth of bonds for improve
ment, double trackaCe, acquiring and
constructing branch lines, etc.
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DAVENpoRT-on Monday, February % 1892, Mt
3oclocS n m, JOHN Il; DAVENPORT, aged %
years. month aud II days.
Funeral from tho residence OF his brothes.in-
law, W. G, Mooney, Woodslcld, Ohio, a. /
o'clock p. M, Wednesday, tho 9th instant.
Persons desiring to attend can leave Dcllalrc
on the B., z |. C. II. r. at 10 q. IN. (wheeling
timo) and return same day
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Judge huntington Confirmed.

WASHINGTON, D. c., Feb. 23.-The
senate confirmed Joseph Burlington to
BIO United States district judge for the
western district OF Pennsylvania.
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THE ROUTINE BUSINESS,

Licenses were granted to J. G. Jerome
" " Keep q saloon at William Schaoiors
n nC also to Charles Z. Hill, to keep
v s,,, AZ Y; Steinmeyer's, No. I'LL Market
b,SS e also to NJ. Agine, at ]. H. Rodcn,
T TE place, ut IS Main street.
1ne report Of the finance committee
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NOTES ON NAVIGATION.
Stngc of Water md Movements of Roat
Tho River Intsrcsts

stngc OF Wnter and movements Of Boats.
Tho River Interests.
The reports from above wore:
Morgautown-5 feet inches and fall
ing; clear and pleasant.
Brownsville feet and stationary;
clear and cool. =
The steamer Hudson passed up for
Pittsburgh yesterday, and the keystone
State lett for Cincinnati.
The Andes will pass down for Cincin-
natl at q. N. to-day. The Lizzie BAY
will leave for Charleston carly this
morning.
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ANOTHER UL7IMATUM.

On Natural Gns-Tho Electric Light
Commission mnkos Way for
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-02-24

THERE is nothing like DR.. Thomas
Electric Oil to quickly cure cold or re.
lieyc hoarsoness. Written by Mrs. NJ.
J. Fellows, Burr Oak, St. Joseph Co.,
Mich. phw
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Nr Wilson said he remembered
. nTen the electric light plant. was first
t snNeG 3bouti it was promised that its
esss@oI!shment would not create another
t .e OF officers. He thought the gas
M;usIees were entirely capable OF run
" mug the electric plant. The resolution
People's party paper. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1891-1898, 1892-12-23
Live Stock Points.

The Gold Spangled Hamburgs are ex-
ceeding handsome fowls. For persons
who want ornamental chickens nothing
is better. They are feathered in the
breast like an English cock pheasant.
Besides being so handsome, they are
good layers and their meat is first class.
They are of medium size.
Some farmers have succeeded we'll
with corn ensilage for breeding ewes.
They have also been able to raise lambs
on it with profit.
Now that the millionaire Vice Presi-
dent Morton is in the incubator business,
and makes no chicken bones of the fact,
perhaps those who sneered at ex-Presi-
dent Hayes because he found his pleas
ure in fancy fowl breeding may cease
their jibes. It is much better to raise
good chickens than to wrestle with bad
politicians
If you want late winter broi1ers, set
your incubators going in November, or
set your hens, if you prefer raising the
broilers in that way.
When it is time to take the pigs away
from the sow, stop giving sloppy food
and roots that her milk may dry up. 1t
is better to begin this as soon as the pigs
have learned to drink milk at the trough.
They should have a trough so arranged
that the sow cannot get to it, and sweet
milk should be given, milk warm at first.
People's party paper. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1891-1898, 1892-12-23
Crop Reports.

The wheat crop in Europe is reported
as better than in 1891 and worse than in
1890.
The cotton crop is light, with short
staple and generally fair quality.
The agricultural department makes
the average corn yield 1874 bushels per
acre, or an aggregate production of a
little more than 1000, 100000 bushels.
The national statistician indicates the
total wheat production to be about $780,
100000 bushels.
The average yield of tobacco is less
than last year.
The average yield of hay is reported
to be lit tons per acre.
This year Idaho and Montana lead in
wheat with crops of 1915 and % bushels
per acre, respectively, Colorado follow
ing with 1871 and Washington with 49,
bushels. The great wheat fields of the
northwest-the two Dakotas-drop to
1875 bushels. Kansas is reckoned at II
bushels, Illinois and Michigan at 14.7,
Pennsylvania at 14.4, New York at IA. 3,
Indiana at IA, Ohio at 1872, California at
1873, Missouri at Ill and Iowa at lis.
People's party paper. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1891-1898, 1892-12-23
a. Homo Broken Un.

There is nothing sadder in life than the
dissolution of homes and the disintegration
Of families. There are houses where we
have been made welcome, whose hospital
lty is green oasis in the desert of com
monplace life. We accept the good gifts
they offer US as we accept the sunshine and
the air, as If we expected them to endure
always. Suddenly death or misfortune
comes, and the home that opened it's doors
to us vanishes as utterly out of our reach
as If it had never existed.
The charming hostess becomes a care
worn, anxious woman, bereft Of the lux
urles and the comforts that she so gener-
ously shared with others, and is a nomad
in the land where she once had an abiding
place. Her sons leave her and establish
families of their own. Her daughters do
likewise or turn their energies to thoughts
of earning livelihood and caring for the
mother, who has never known before a
privation or an unqualified wish. There is
none of US who cannot recall these sad ex-
periences, and, after all, they are the real
sorrows of life.
For a home once broken up, it's hearth
fires extinguished, its JOY quenched, it's
common experiences of grief and pain end
ed, the ruin is unalterable. No earthly
power can restore it's completeness, rekin-
die the flame or reopen the sealed book
upon which destiny has laid it's forbidding
hand.-Chicago Inter Ocean.
People's party paper. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1891-1898, 1892-12-23
For MosnnitO Bites.

It amuses me to hear so many remedies
suggested for the bites of the mosquito
and SO many devices mentioned for keep
ing the insects out of the way, even when
every window and door in the house is
protected by screen. In frontier dis
tricts, where mosquito bars and screens
are alike unknown. various plans are
adopted to keep off the insect pests, and
those who live in houses could adopt any
one of them with far greater certainty of
success than the unfortunate man who has
to sleep in the open without cover of any
description.
No mosquito will come within smelling
distance of oil of cloves, and few drops on
the pillow or coverlet will keep the sleeper
rs safe from annoyance as dozen thick
nesses of netting. The precaution is spe-
cially desirable in the case Of children, es-
pecially as the mosquito is not by any
means the only insect that has decided
objection to the perfume.-St. Louis Globe
Democrat
People's party paper. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1891-1898, 1892-12-23
Winter Protection for Plants.

The opinion sometimes expressed that
hardy plants need no protection during
winter is not shared in by persons who
find increased crops where protection is
given. It is argued by some that the
strawberry, for instance, is naturally as
hardy as many other plants which re-
quire and receive no protection what
ever, and so with the other cultivated
plants, such as the grape, raspberry, etc.
This is true to q certain extent, and If
nothing further were looked for than
the mere existence of plant it would
not greatly matter whether it received
protection or not. But it is found in
practice, says MI. William Saunders,
superintendent of gardens and grounds
at Washington, that proper degree of
covering notably increases the crops of
fruit, and it is well to keep in mind
that the best varieties of our fruit bear-
ing plants have been far removed from
the natural conditions Of their ancestors
and have acquired artificial qualities, as
it were, by careful cultivation, and
which can only be maintained by con-
slant attention to their needs. IF neg
lected they will soon show the ordinary
result Of negligence, and it is only by
giving all the judicious attention and
care which the best experience suggests
that they can develop their greatest
profit and usefulness. But it is also
common observation that good prac-
tice may be rendered nugatory by in
judicious application.