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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-11-18

CHICAGO, Nov. l7.--Beginning to-
night at o'clock this city was prac-
tically put under martial law. Chief Of
Police Brennan to-day informed the in
spoctors that he intended to adopt
rigid measures, and that after o'clock
each night until such time as the
order is rescinded he desired that half
the force be put in citizens clothes and
thrown upon the streets. These men
are to stop and question every indi-
vidual found on the streets after that
hour. Ii satisfactory answers are given
the citizens will be allowed to go in
peace. Ii their answers are not sutis-
factory to the police the men accoated
will be taken to the police station. The
measure il made necessary by the large
number OF highway robberies and sand
baggings which have occurred OF late.
QUEER STORY.
The police tell queer story in regard
to the $4,000 robbery of Treasurer
Drake, OF the Indiana, illinois & Iowa
railway. City Detective PIankett this
afternoon said:
"While was questioning Mr.. Drake
he suddenly grew angry and said that
he did not see why the city police took
so much interest in the robbery. He
then went on to tell US that he thought
it did not concern people at large, and
that the matter might as we'll he drop
ped, as the loss fell on the three rs road
and only affected his father and himself.
The case, understand, has been turned
over to the Pinkertons by General +.
NJ. Drake"
Detective Conway, after making a
thorough examination OF the floor OF
the railroad Office in front oil the ssfo
where the robbery occurred, says he
finds no marks of sculile. The floor is
OF polished hard wood and he sees 10
reason why it should not be scufed by
the slipping effect in n struggle. Other
city detectives say that man can IN
ject cocaine into part OF his body aud
deaden the sensihility oft TO such de.
gree US not to ieel the painful ELECTS Of
heavy blows of a club or other instru-
ment administered by himself or 9th
ers hired for the purpose ana That tney
have known this to be done in several
cases that have come under their obser-
vation. The police are now largely de-
voting their attention to tracing up sew
eral of the stories regarding young
brakes past.
WON'T BE MIsLED.
"The police department is not to be
misled in case OF this kind and we
shall not cease work on this alleged
robbery until it has been established
that actual robbers did this job or not"
said assistant Superintendent Ripley
this afternoon. mo outside influence
can call the police off tho case. It is
our duty to find out whether sand-bag-
gers are really holding up citizens in
their offices in the heart Of the city in
broad daylight"
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-11-18
Local Glassworks to Start.

The cheerful news reached here, yes
terday from Pittsburgh, that the officers
OF the glassworkers' association and the
manufacturers independent of the Uni
ted States Glass Company, had agreed
upon terms by which all the indepen-
dent factories could start. Rodefor
Bros, of Bellaire, will resume next week
and the Crystal at Bridgeport will set
pots to-day and will have glass probably
in ten days. The exact terms are not
known, but the independent factories
are to have all the advantages in force
in any other factory in the same line Of
business.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-11-18
A COMPLETES SUCCESS.
Electrical Propulsion of Canal lioOts-'rl
Test Meets Expectations.

Electrical Propulsion OF Canal lIoats-Tho
Test Meets Expectations
ROCHESTER, n. Y, Nov. l7.-Electrical
propulsion OF commercial boats on
canals is no longer u theory, but a dem
onstrated success. Mule and steam
power are alike doomed by. the new
power, which was successfully tested at
S o'clock D. m. alongaide the village Of
Brighton, four miles from Rochester,
on the water OF tho Erie canal. The
old steamship Ceres, now the Frank
Hawlev, named after the promoter oil
the scheme, was fitted with m electri-
cal motor by the Westinghouse com
pany instead OF . boiler and engine.
Taking poweriroin the trolley wire, she
started of without hitch or h!pdr0nce
when Mr. Hawley himself pulled the
lever on the controlicr and set the cur
rent pulsating through the machinery
to the propeller wheel behind.
The electric current was taken from
the Rochester street railway, about 900
volts power, and everything was ready
ior the test at $ o'clock.
The boat was finally placed under
tho wires, the lever pulled, and away
she sped faster than the law allows, six
miles an hour. There was no hitch, no
break. The blunt brow OF the boat was
pushed through the turbulent waters
as gracefully as ever swan sailed No
drawback occurred. II was grand
success. There was no jolt to the hoa',
the electric motor worSlng smoother
thnn ordinari,9 on aa cec.lic car.
The course WAS one milo io"s, a"d
was covered twice in Tho darSncss and
then the boat was tied up Tor the Official
test tomorrow.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-11-18
REVoLUrIoN IN STEEL

Proposed by the Standard oil Company.
1t will Manufacture on Gigantic Scale
by New Process.
PIrTsBuReu, Pa, Nov. 1.-THE Com.
mercial Gazette will say tomorrow that
developments of the last few days con-
firm the reports that the Standard Oil
Company is preparing to engage in the
manufacture OF steel on gigantic scale
and outdo Carnege's and all other con-
Germs OF the country.
Thomas S. Blair, ir., OF this city,
Charles Adams, OF st. Louis, Charles
DePauw, OF New Albany, Ind, and
other capitalists Of Denver, Cleveland
and Roanoke, are now in Cleveland
negotiating with John a. Rockefeller,
and others prominently connected with
the Standard Oil Company, TO use a
new process oil steel making by which
steel can be made directly from the
ore ut tho proportion OF one
part pig to three parts ore,
thus saving 70 per cent OF the fuel cost
OF steel production. 1t is proposed to
sell the rights or obtain the backing OF
the Standard in the scheme. a plant
would be built at one OF the lake ports.
The plan OF the Standard is TO build
steel works and blast furnaces at
Duluth; with the idea OF getting as near
the ore ranges as possible. What little
coal and coke Necessary would be
brought from Pittsburgh.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-11-18
A TgRRIBLg DEATH.
Convicts Perish in Flames Started Bl
Comrades to Aid Their Escape.


Convicts Perish in Flames Started By
Comrades to Aid Their Escape.
ST. LOUIS, Mo-, Nov. T.-Conyicts at
Slope No. ., Pratt mines, says Bir-
mingham, Ala, dispatch, saturated the
bath house with oil early this morn
ing, and set fire to it, with the
view of escaping in the confusion.
Three convicts were sleeping in the
bath house. One was rescued, but
Joseph Mills and Isaac Monday were
burned to death. The conspiracy to
escape was thwarted. The two convicts
who we're burned came to tho grating
during the FIRE and implored held, but
it was too late to reach them and they
iell back into tho flames and were
burned.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-11-18
BAD BLOOD
Existing for some Time Causes Tragedy
Mt Franklin, Tennessee.

Existing for somo Time Causes Tragedy
at Franklin, Tennessee.
NASHVILLE, Tenn, Now 17.-To.day
about l o'clock at the hotel in Frank
lin, Tenn, John R. Roberts, one OF the
leading dry goods merchants Of the
town. shot with a pistol and killed
Charles Watson. Bad blood had
existed between them for some months,
owing to the attentions which Watson
was paying to Roberts wife, and to-day
it eliminated in an attackupon Watson
by Roberts.
Roberts struck Watson over the head
with an axe handle. Watson drew his
pistol and shot at Roberts three times.
one shot taking effect in the thigh, in
filcting a serious but not dangerous
wound. Roberts then drew his pistol
and shot Watson in the back and he
died in q few minutes.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-11-18
POINT PLEAsANr SCANDAL.
Principal Kenncy, of tho Schools, Must
Resign or the Subordinate Teachers

Resign or tho Subordinate Teachers
VIII.
Specia! DtJpaies 10 he In'egig.ne:r.
PoIST PLEASANT, W. Va, Nov. IL
This town is enjoying the greatest sem
sation ever known here, and either the
principal OF the schools, W. ]. Kenney,
must resign or the other teachers will.
It is charged that he has grown very
tyrannicaI and has imposed on them
all. He also keeps at school his dsugh-
ter Mary, whose character is objected
to, and who has figured unenviably in
the Cincinnati papers. She is also
correspondent in a divorce suit now
pending in the Kanawha court. The
board OF education tried to keep her
out of the school, but she was young
enough to attend, and insists on so do:
ING, though many parents have refused
to send their daughters on that ac-
count.
Prof. Kenny was at one time popular
enough to receive the GreenbaCk nomi.
HaNAOh iOA akulG uu DSlAAtSAAGhb "
schools, but has been on the decline
ever since. He was principal at Mar
shall college, but was let out there for
abusive conduct, some OF the under
teachers resigning on that account
Kenny was first known in this state rs
a Catholic priest at Weston, but Tor
various oilenses was silenced and then
excommunicated. Fearing prosecution,
he cloped with grass widow taking
her little boy. He came here as school
teacher just before the war, bDt
deserted his family and became a
rebel spy. He located here again
aud eventually his talents brought
him into favor, and he was given
the school here. lie was stabbed by II
gentleman here who alleged that he had
nsulted his daughter in school. He
was caned in his school by DR.. Barbee,
the president OF the board OF education.
He was whipped on the public street
by Hon. J. S. Spencer, whose little son
he had abused. The curse seems to
have fallen upon the descendants oi
this family, the son OF the woman dying
inst as he was about to take up the
practice OF medicine. Tho second son
committed suicide some years ago over
negro woman, and the last being the
daughter who has brought about the
investigation by the board oil education
which developed these facts.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-11-18
A Highway Robberr.

EG. MacCarthy, man fifty or fifty
FIVE years of age, from Ohio, reported to
the police last night that he had been
held up on the railroad track at Thirty.
third street by two young fellows, and
robbed of silver watch. A young man
who was suspected was brought in, but
MacCarthy could not identify him and
he was let 20. The mans overcoat was
stolen earlier, but he got it back on pay
ing a dollar.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-11-18
Murder in the First Degree.

Special DispHich TO The Iatslii0encG.
HUNTINGTON, W. Va, Nov. 17.-owen
Peasants, who killed Millard Wellman
at Guyandotte on October 20. and who
has been on trial since Monday last,
was found guilty OF first degree murder
at 8 o'clock this afternoon by the jury,
that had been out for forty hours. The
verdict recommended imprisonment for
lie, and Judge Thompson will sentence
him in the morning.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-11-18
WAYS AND MEANS coAIMIrTEE.
Tho Democratic Members Fail to Meet.
More Protests Against Changes.

Tho Democratic Members Fail to Meet.
1Iore Protests Against Changes.
WASHINGTON, D. c., Nov. 1.-THE
general meeting OF the Democratic
membership OF the ways and means
committee which was expected to-day
did not materialize, although every
Democratic memberwas in the city and
ut the capitol. The failure to meet was
quite as much of surprise to most OF
the members of the committee them
selves as it was to the public. Con-
gressmau Cochran, OF New York, and
Bynum, OF Indiana, had hurried back
to the city in response TO messages de-
manding their presence, and the former
was somewhat astonished on hearing
that no formal call for meeting had
beenissued to-day. The members, when
interviewed on the subject, simply
stated that Chairman Wilson had not
yet called the full meeting, and until he
did thev were uncertain as TO the next
proceeding
1t is an open secret that most OF the
discussion is over the internal revenue,
where the questions OF an income tax
ON tobacco, beer and whisky were all to
be considered. When the committee
docs meet in full membership, which
will probably be tomorrow, the first
question to be considered will be that
OF an income tax and until this matter
is DISPOSED OF, the details OF the tari1
bill will be left for subsequent con.
sideration.
Hon. Don N. Dickinson, OF Detroit,
had brief conversation with Chairman
Wilson today, and Congressman Tim.
otny Campbell, OF New York, called
with some of his constituents to discuss
the administrative features oil the reye'
nue. laws
Congressman Geary, OF California,
had a long talk with Chairman Nc
MILAN and other menIoers OF the sub.
committee on internal revenue IN re-
gard 10 various changes desired by the
wine producers of the Pacific coast,
Among other things Mr.. Geary urged
legislation permitting the oottl!nS oil
spirits in bouds, providing for the ex'
tentlon OF bonding period, permitting
tho blending of brandy in bond, pro-
vidiug drawbacks on bottles and corks,
permitting the transfer OF brandy IN
bond and permitting the reduction OF
aged spirits TO the original proof
The proposed action OF the commits
tee in removing the sugar bounty IS
arous.ng much opposition from the
Louisiana planters, and Congressman
Boaucr to-day on behalf Of the
Louisiana people, entered vigorous
,rntpst unningt tho urnpNcifinu n
open letter was to-day li,ul with the
commi,ter 5y Mr. T., Il, King, pro.
testing against the removal oi the
bounty and the admission OF sugar Tree
OF tariff.
The b-committee having under
consideration the bill OF Mr.. Eryau to
aaihogiz, the re4em olion oi the two
per cent United States bonds, has or.
dered favorable report on the measure.
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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-11-18

RIcntovD, IND, Nov. ~. W. Full
ler, the alleged bank swindler, who was
arrested yesterday, was bound over to-
day in $1,000 bond. Answers to the tel
eerams show that he is wanted at Buff
alo, n. Y, Sandusky, o., in northern ln-
diana, Kansas and Pennsylvania.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-11-18

Nrw YoRK, Nov. ia race for u
purse OF 5000 was arranged betwecn
Alix aud Direclum tonight to he troited
under the auspices OF the Driving Club
OF New York at Fleetwood Park on next
Tuesday or "Wednesday.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-11-18
A STORMY SESSION
OF the Knights of Labor National
Convention Yesterday,
THE DEFENSE and EXPLANATION

OF General Master Workman Pow.
derIy Against tho Charge of Nal.
fcasance in omcc Causes Excite
meut, but the Lockcd.out Report.
crs Only Get MeaGrO Particulars.
Peculiar Stories Told by a Press
Committeeman-Deuied That Mr..
PowderIy has Resigned or will Re.
sIgn-Haycs' Report Denounced.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-11-18
UNDER MARTIAL LAW. "
The Streets of Chicago are Pa
trolled by Extra Police.
NUMEROUS HIGHWAY R0BBERIES

Have Awakened the Authorities to
tho Critical Condition of Affairs.
Resolved to Protect tho Namc of
the City-Queer Stories Coming Out
Regarding that $4,000 Robbery.
Treasurer Drake, of the "rhroc rs"'
Road, Acts susploiousIy When
Questioned About the Alleged Sand
bagsiug-Theory of the slOuthG
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-11-18

PlrrsDURen, Nov. l7.-As result of
the dissolution OF the National Plate
Glass Association yesterday, lively
war in prices has Bsen inaugurated. 1t
is said that us high as 20 per cent OF the
list is offered, and agents and iobbers
are making private terms.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-11-18

New YORK, Nov. 1.-THE appraiser
of Edwin Booths estate, DR.. Van
Schaick, has filed mis- report which
gives the gross value OF the estate left
by the late Edwin Booth at S602,7 ,705.
After deducting for debts. legacies,
funeral expenses, etc, the balance is
ctGO T35
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-11-18

secretary OF the treasury store keeper
and gauger in the West Virginia inter-
nal revenue district.
Postmasiers commissioned: Lee II.
Vance, Clarksburg; James A. Mudd,
Camden on Gauley; W. $. Woodford,
Cheat Bridgei George II. Perdue, Coal
dale,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-11-18

Special DtSpuieh to he Iu,elliGaIecr
CHARLESTON, W. VA, Nov ls.-samuel
Dossiard, brakeman at Handley, whiic
coupling cars yesterday, was struck by
a link. His eyes were knocked out and
his skull was fractured. He cannot re-
cover as the brain is injured also.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-11-18
Tho icrmnn OamDlmg 'rrioi-,

H.Soy2R, Nov. lE-Thc gambling
trial haq been cadod here with the ioI-
lowing eeutencss: lIirsch and Ham
man de,rribed as ageats. to two and
one-hal. years inpgi.onmen' ana iine9
OF 5000 marEa each. Tho woman 'nehi
and Schwcizer and Herr krain were
ncnnilied.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-11-18
A BLASTED FAKE.
II is oflcially Denied that the Ad-
ministration has in Reserve
MORE ON THE HAWAIIAN QUESTION

Than has Been Publishcd-This Gives
the Lilo to Statements by "closc
Friends of tho President" That
Startling Facts are in Paramount"
Blount's Report That Will Cause a
Ecvulsion of Public Sentiment.
Secretary Gresham Says There is
Nothing Moro to Comc-Niinister
willis said to Bc Conscientious.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-11-18
nIelln,n prn,lnnnL prnolnImcd.

PANS, Nov. IA telegram from Ma
drid says that the Spanish foreign Office
has received news that the insurgent
Admiral Meilo had proclaimed the sou
OF the Comto D'Eu, President Of Brazil.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-11-18

For wcst Virginia, Western Pennsylvania aud
Ohio light local showers tonight, followed by
iait weather: possibly local SHOWS a. lake sta
lions: colder northwest Winds and moderate
cold wave sunday morning; the temperature
will iall y about freezing,
TIE TEMPERATURE YESTERDAY,
as furnished by g StHSrrP, druggist, corner
Market aud Fourteenth streets.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-11-18
West virginia Appointments.

Sptfid' NA2H'A 10 me M"iicshsf
WAsnSoroS, D. o., Nov, Nv, W,
WerdeI was to-day appointed by tho
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-11-18
AMALGAMATED SCALE.

The Committee Empowered to Accept n
Reduction In View of the Deprosslon-A
Compromise Agreement Expected.
p,rrsurpau p. INV 17.-The
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1893-07-19
THE NEW DIRECTOR.

The Board of Trustees of the Florida
Agricultural College held another meet
ing last week and appointed Prof. Oscar
Clute, of the Agricultural College and
Experimental Station Of Michigan, as
president of the Florida Agricultural
and Mechanical College, and director OF
the Florida Experimental Station. Prof.
Clute comes with the highest recon-
mendations, and we trust that he will
be able to make the Florida Expert
mental Station something it has never
been before-a help and a benefit to the
agriculturists of Florida.
Florida agricultural methods are OF
course unknown to the new director, but
as he will have to investigate and expert
ment in order to gain information we do
not doubt that the people of the State
will benefit by the voyage of the new
director into the unknown sea Of Florida
agriculture.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1893-07-19
THE NEW STATE CHEMIST.

Mr.. w. A. Rawles, of Tallahassee, has
been appointed State Chemist by Gov
ernor Mitchell vice Prof. Norman Rob-
inSon.
The office of State Chemist, to the
soil tiller and the consumer of fertilizer,
is of the utmost Importance, and the
duties of the incumbent are varied and
of a character that requires knowledge
as chemist and judgment as to the line.
of work to pursue.
A State Chemist might perform the
duties prescribed by the statutes and
still fall very short Of doing all in his:
power for the agriculturists ofthe State,
Prof. Robinson in this connection did
great deal of work not required OF him
by law, but, which was nevertheless very
helpful to the people of the State. His
investigation of soil constituents and
the result of these Investigations as pub
lished in the Bulletin and the AGRICULT-
URIsT. did much to inform the people
lust what their soil needs, and in this way
many thousands of dollars were saved.
We welcome Mr.. Rawles to his new
field of labor, and he can depend upon
us doing all in our power to assist him in
disseminating information that will ben
eft the people of the State.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1893-07-19
AN ANT REMEDY,

Nearly everyone has been annoyed'
with the pesky little ants in the grove.
garden and flower beds. They can do
an enormous amount of damage in very
short time and it is the hardest matter
in the world to get rid of the pest.
Mr.. Henry Austin, of DeLand, how
ever, after losing many fine nursery trees
and experimenting for long time hit
on a remedy which he pronounces infal-
lible.
He takes thin piece of muslin or
other cloth of length sufficient to encTr-
Gle the tree to be treated and a half or
three quarters of an inch wide. The
edges of this he sews together, making q.
narrow bag or recepticle probably "a,
quarter of an inch in diameter. This
bag he fills with a substance called
napthaline and which can be bought at
any drug store. This napthaline is used
as preventative for moths and has a.
most villainous odor which the ant shows
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1893-07-19
THERE is TROUBLE EVERYWHERE.

Florida orange growers are not the
only ones who are bothered about their
trees. From one of the Ceylon exchanges
we find that the trees there after they
attain a certain age die. They COM
mence to die at the end of the branches,
and the dead wood increases and spreads
until the entire tree iSTencOmpassed and
perishes. One writer attributes this to
the roots reaching the hard pan or still
clay and pebble sub-soil. He suggests
as remedy, or rather as a preventive,
that manure be applied in liberal guam
titles around the trunk and roots OF the
tree, and that it be mulched with cocoa
nut hulks. This, he says, will have
tendency to cause the roots to seek the
The natives of that country have novel
way of preventing die back, or at least
preventing the roots from reaching the
sub-soil, which is admitted by them to
be fatal In planting the trees they ex-
cavate quite a large hole and pave the
bottom of it with stones. The writer in
question thinks this is the proper plan,
and quotes in support of his theory from
Sir Walter SCOTS ''Antiquary" as follows:
''The planters of these days possessed Of
the modern secret of preventing the roots
of the fruit trees from penetrating the
till, and compelling them to spread in
lateral direction, by placing paving
stones beneath the trees when first
planted, so as to interpose between their
fibers and the sub-soil.
What would Florida orange grower
think if he had to pave the bottom Of
his holes. AS stones are not very plen-
tiful he would probably have to use brick
at ten dollars per thousand, which would
dig quite an extensive hole in his future
possible profits.