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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-11-06

Special Correspondents W tHe IWclttgs"ST'
CHARLESTON, w. Va, Nov AIN the
supreme court OF appeals this morning
the following decisions were announced: {:
Grim VS.. Town, OF Phitippi, from Bar
bour county; opinion by Dent, j.; de-
cree OF circuit court reversed, demurrer
overruled and injunction reinstated and
cause remanded.
Barnes Safe and Lock Company vs..
Bloch Bros, from Ohio county; opinion
by Dent, j.; judgment OF circuit court
reversed and judgment rendered for
plaintiff.
Hays, commissioner, etc, vs. Cam
den's heirs, from Gilmer county opin.
ion by Holt, j.. decree OF circuit court
reversed and case remanded.
Arnold vs.. County Court, from Lewis
county; opinion by Holt, j.; judgment
OF circuit court reversed and case re-
manded.
Polling and wife vs. Parsons, from
Tucker county opinion by Branuon, j.;
decree OF circuit court affirmed.
State VS.. Mines, from Ohio county:
opinion by Brannon, J.i juDgment Of
Circuit court quashing execution is al
firmed
state VS.. Brootsver, from Ohio coun-
ty; opinion by Brannon, j.; judgment
Of circuit cssrt qunshing execution is
affirmed,
u. S. Baking company VS.. Bachman &
Sons, from Ohio county; opinion by
English, p; judgment OF circuit court
is affirmed.
Jones vs.. Singer Manufacturing COM
pany, from Ohio county; opinion by
English, P.i judgment OF circuit court
is affirmed.
Adjourned until mex! Saturday morn
ing at 10 o'clock.
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aster which has overtal;en it will take
many years 10 repair.
The whole country is indignant at
the criminal conduct OF the captain and
crew OF the Cabo Machichaco, as well as
the criminality of those who shipped
the contraband 4S0 cases OF dynamite,
the general opinion being that the gov
ernment must take immediate steps to
punish the people who shipped the
dynamite, as The death OF the captain
and crew Of the dynamite steamer is
but poor compensation to the thousands
Of victims of the destruction caused by
their criminality in the city OF Santan.
der
The explosion OF the dynamite lifted
the sea up into she air like a water
spout, mingiing enormous quantities of
mud and stones with the wreckage and
hurlinS them for great distance on
every side.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-11-06
4 THRILL Oh HORROR
Throughout Spain, Caused by the
Explosion at santander.
n1nY HUNDREDS OF LIVES LOST
And q Large Portion of the City
Wrecked and Burned.
NEARLY 500 CASES OF DYNAMITE
wa.oh We're Being Struggled on
tho Cabo Maohlchaco
Y3PL0DES AMONG The THOUSANDS
OF People Who Were Watching
the Burning Steamer,
500 CASES OF DYNAMITE
Wa,ch We're Being Struggled on
tho Cabo Machlchaco
y3PLoDES AMONG The THOUSANDS
O! People Who Were Watching
the Burning Steamer.
Scene OF MDESCRIBgBLE HORROR.

Hundreds OF MnnGled Bodies strew
the Streets and Lay in Heaps-Hnn.
drcds More Are Drowned In tho
uarbor, and Entire Squares of the
City Are Burncd-The Concussion
sinks u Hundred Vessels in the
lInrbor and Wrecks a Eailroad
Train, and Many OF tho Passengers
Are Burned to Dcath-Thc Burning
People Stunned With Dismay, aud
Scores OF Them Go Stark Mad-A
Calamity Which Has Scarce Par
ailcl in History.
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BALTIMORE, Nov. 5.-Maryland will
ballot Tuesday for a comptroller OF the
state treasury and state legislature
The city OF Baltimore will elect n
mayor, city council, two judges, n
sheriff. court clerk and surveyor.
Marion DeKalb Smith, OF Kent, the
present state comptroller, is the Demo-
cratic candidate; james I. Perkins, OF
Prince George. the Republican, and
Riley L. Wright, the Prohibition.
Smith will undoubtedly be reelected,
as the state is largely DEMOCRATIC.
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PHILADELPHIA, Pa, Nov. S. = The
campaign in this state has closed. The
contest has been the duIlest in the re-
cent history of the state, aud tonight
Chairman Gilkinson OF the Republican
state committee. claims the election OF
the Republican state ticket by major
ity niz5,00O to 100000 majority.
Chairman j. NJ. Wright, OF the Demo.
cratic state committee, while refusing
to speak for publication, anticipates
the defeat OF the Democratic ticket by
the usual majority, about $4,000. The
state Offices to be filled this year are
state treasurer, justice OF the supreme
court. There are four tickets in the
FnlI
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-11-06

Lovers of artistic stage work, OF
whom there are as many or more in
Wheeling than any other city in this
country, will gladly welcome the win
some Comedy Niobe, on Thursday and
Friday, with Friday matinee, at the
Opera House. "Niobe" differs widely
from all other comedy farces. While it
iairIy bristles with fun, not one line OF
dialogue, not single action, borders on
vulgarism. The plot deals with the
complications OF Peter amos Dunn and
Niobe, who 5000 3. G. relgned as the
goddess OF tears" The cast is very
fine.
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The Rooney Compdhywill commence
return engagement ut the Grand to-
night with the came artists seen here
before. The specialties have been en-
tireIy changed and it viii make new
entertainment. Tuesday evening mo
election returns will be read from the
stage. Wednesday afternoon q matinee
will be given to enable ladies' and child
ren. unable 10 attend at night, TO see
the best comedy seen hero this season.
Reserved seats are on sale NJ tic box
otIicB
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TRENTON, N. j., Nov. 5.-No state Off
GERS are involved in tho election next
Tuesday, the fight being entirely con:
fined to tho legislature in the state and
to the sheriffs and other local officers in
the various counties. Senators are 10
be chosen in the counties of Camden,
Glouster, Monmouth, Somerset, Union,
Essex and Warren. 1t will be noticed
that the above list includes the counties
in which are all the large race tracks Of
the state.
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TREASURY FINANCES
Under Consideration by the Ways
and Means Committee.
VARIOUS SCHEMES ARE DEVISED

To Meet the Deticiency-when Con-
gress Convencs Condition and Not
Theory Will Confront lt-It May
BE That Bonds Will Be Issued or
the Internal Revenue Tax Tempo
rariIy ncreased-What Members
OF the Committee sny-rhe seiuOr-
age Will Be Coined.
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ASSASSIN PRnNpERGAsT
Has Finally Secured COunsci-Examfncr
by Insanity Experts.

HAS SNCuEeu SOuuhGl-AANiuliuCu
by Insanity Experts.
CHICAGO, Nov. 5.-Assassain Prender-
CAST has finally secured legal advisors
and they will be in court when tho case
is called tomorrow. II is expected
that they will ask for n continuance on
the ground OF insufficient time to pre-.
pare for the trial. The case will then
likely 90 over for week. Prendergast
was to-day examined by three insanity
experts who measured him, looked at
his teeth, sounded his lungs, etc. They
declined to give any opinion as to his
insanity, as they expect to testify dur
ing the trial.
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nnllnrn Hnle Mllls rrIumphaut.

Special Dispatch to Aie ln!c!gsncer.
CnlcAoo, Nov. THE Ballard Vale
mills have received the highest award
for the manufacture OF fine white han-
nels. W. l.. Strong & Company, agents,
Boston, New York and Philadelphia.
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NEW YORKS VOTE.
Tomorrow May Furnish Many
Startling Surprises.
The GREAT FIGHT ON MAYNARD

In Which All the Interest is ceutered.
The Press and People Against the
SIachlnc-The Situation In Doubt.
Some Republicans sanguine That
They Will Sweep the state-Gov-
ernor Mckinley Closes the Ohio
Campaign-A Great Meeting.
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beams, which soon after fell, death
dealing hail. upon the nelghboring
houses, scattering death and destruc-
tlon wherever it crushed downward.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-11-06

MI, ~ l',D,'oItN"p ,,I. pIH 9T''"L' IIN. =,
INC scene ioio"lnS the blowing up u
the steamer is almost beyond descrip'
ton, and the effect of the explosion Of
tbosa Asn c,sos 81 dyromite will hardly
bo % 6olioUeJ IT' TSa II, " gnSar n%n oi the e~nIo.
siyo G ohot ,on, III at W. pim 80 tho oir wheTe
Il Soin,I,J @ 'y ;th bnrniu on aiS ' fro%,ana,s ai
tho stesmsb;n tuo and woodSn nnov "a
VOL I as viii - maraIod T"s TO- bodiSs ii 6nn.
Jrnd. t ~ mmrs.,s,,oto ,Soonio who
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-02-13
Didn't Fancy an Old Husband.

NEW YORK, Feb. 13.-Some of the very
strange marriage customs which prevail in
Armenia were brought to attention in the
city court, Brooklyn last week when Mary
Papazian, aged %, began a suit for annul-
ment of her marriage to Joseph Papazian.
aged 20. When she was married she was
brought blindfolded into the church, as is
the custom in Armenia. After the mar
rage ceremony was over she was taken to
the home of the groom, and then for the
first time saw his face. Her bitter protests
against her marriage to an old man were
unavsiling. Now she brings suit for an
annulment on the ground that force was
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-02-13
Robbed the Railway of $40, 600.

CHICAGO, Feb. ia. E. Walters, freight
conductor on the Union Pacific railroad,
was arrested Saturday by Detectives Col.
Inns and Norton aud taken to Omaha by
w. L. Canada, chief detective of the Union
Pacific railroad. The arrest is considered
an important one, and the first of twenty
which are to follow as the result of the
operations of gang which in the last two
years mas robbed the railroad company of
$4,000 worth of merchandise. Walters
was freight conductor on the Union Pa
cihc line, running between Butte and
Lima Mont
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-02-13
CELEBRATED AT NEW YORK.

Secretary Foster Speaks at Delmonico's
in Finances.
NEW YORK, Feb 13.-The s4th anniver-
sary of the birth of Abraham Lincoln was
celebrated Saturday night by the Repub-
lican club of this city, by banquet at Del
monico's More than 800 members of the
club and their guests filled the big dining
hall and overlooked the side rooms John
S. Smith, the president of the club, pre-
sided. On the chairman's either hand sat
Robert u. IngeIsoll and Secretary of the
Treasury Char az Foster Next to Mr..
Ingersoll sat Senator Z. o. Wolcott, of Col
orado, and General Horace Porter. Next
to Mr.. Foster were Chauncey NJ. Depew
and Thomas c. Platt.
Little Trouble About Gold.
Colonel Ingersoll spoke to the first toast
abraham Lincoln" Secretary of the
Treasury Foster was the next speaker Re.
harding the national finances he said: ave
have little trouble just now on the gold
question. People seem to be alarmed
lest we shall go on to silver payments, or
that some indefnable calamity is to hap
pen. 1t has beer the policy of the party to
secure to the people currency system of
paper. silver, and gold, each dollar of which
has been the policy of the Republican
party. 1t has su cceeded in achieving these
conditions, and ] have not a doubt. were it
to continue in power, that these happy con-
ditions would continue to prevail
Will Main ain Gold Payments.
Il am not here TO say what the action OF
the secretary of the treasury is to be in the
next three weeks but l am here to say that
all the power we possess will be used to pre-
serve gold payments" [Cries of Good"
and cheering. Mr.. Depew spoke to the next
toast. 1.-The Republican Party" He said
that the Republican party is now in re-
miniscent and eXpectant mood, thinking
over the glories OF the past and dreaming
of the hopee of the future Senator VOL
colt was the last speaker. His toast was
Our Defeated Leader" His speech was
an eloquent eulogy of Mr. Blaine
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-02-13

A BUSY CAREER sKsTcHEO.
Starting Physician He Comes Near
Being a Politician.

starting as f'hys1Cian He Comes Near
Being a Politician.
DR.. Green was born in New Albany, Ind,
on April Il, 1918. His parents removed to
Kentucky while he was a child He chose
medicine as his profession, and was grad
uated with honor from the medical depart
ment of the University of Louisville in
1S4O. After practicing privately he be-
came physician of the Western Military
academy at Drennon Springs, KY, where
James G. Blaine was then one of the iunior
instructors. DR.. Green was natural ora
tor, and had also a talent for politics.
for which he finally abandoned his profess
sion.
How He Got Into Telegraphy.
He was elected for several terms to the
Kentucky legislature and in 1853 was an
pointed commissioner of the United States
in charge of the atiOnal buildings in Louis-
Vile While holding this appointment he
became pecuniarily interested in several
local telegraph lines. From that period
his life was Unidentified with the history of
the American telegraph. When the lines
in which he was interested were merged in
the ST. Louis and New Orleans company
he was chosen secretary of that organiza-
ton, and soon after he was elected its
president
just Missed a Senatorship.
He was vice president of the American
telegraph when, after absorbing smaller
lines, it, with the United States Telegraph
company, was absorbed by the Western
Union in 1865. He was chosen vice presi-
dent of the consolidated companies and
acted as such until 1869, when he accepted
the presidency of the Louisville, Cincin-
natl and Lexington Railway company.
During the three years he held that office
he again became figure in Kentucky poll
tics, and at one time he was urged by a
large delegation of they Kentuck legisla-
ture to enter the field as candidate for
the United States senate He would have
been named by the caucus but for cler-
ical error in the count
Made Money for Other People.
Returning to his duties as vice president
of the Western Union Telegraph company
in 1873, he served in that capacity until
1878, when he was elected to succeed Will
lam Orion as president. In the fifteen years
of his presidency the interests of that man.
moth organization were his own. His per-
sonal estate does not exceed S750,0O0 in
spite of his opportunities He made more
money for others than for himself.
A Difficulty of His Youth.
The first indictment reported in Carroll
county, this state, was against DR.. Norvin
Green, the charge being grave robbery. He
and other medical students dug up a
corpse for dissection purposes. The charge
was dismissed. When young he was an
athlete, and could jump ten feet forward
and then without pause jump ten feet
backward. His first mercantile venture
was at the age of Is, when he took a boat
load of sundries down the river to trade to
lumbermen.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-02-13
Arrested Tor Criminal Assault.

DANvILLE, Ills, Feb. 13-Howard Cox.
of Ridge farm, was arrested Saturday and
put in the county Jail for alleged criminal
assault on Myrtle Lauster, aged Ia wears.
Cox is quaker. He was the hired man of
the Widow Lauster, who is quite wealthy
and is also a quaker. Cox won the good
graces OF the family b. his devout methods
and manners. He led the Sunday school
and was one of the pillars of the church.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-02-13
whitelaw Reid in search of Rest

CHICAGO, Feb 13.-Whitelaw Reid, the New
York editor, accompanied by his wife and
his two children, arrived in the city Sat
urday in his private car and Saturday
night, after a hurried visit to the World's
fair grounds, started for California, where
he will be the guest of d. o. Mills at the
latter's summer home near San Francisco.
Mr.. Reid said he was endeavoring to es-
cape the blustery zephyrs of New York
and secure rest by going to California. He
declined to talk politics
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-02-13
GAVE NOTICE IN ADVANCE.
Railway Unions Notified That no Increas,
of Wages ''GOes.,,

Railway Unions Notified That no Increase
of Wages ''Goes." =
CHICAGO, Feb. 19.-The General Man
ayers association has given official notice
in advance of any demands from their en-
ployes that they will not be disposed to
consider any demands for an increase in
wages. There was full meeting of the
association Saturday morning in the Rock
cry building, at which a resolution was
unanimously adopted declaring that Chi
cago railways paid as high wages as are
paid anywhere for similar work, and that
dit is the sense of every railroad terminal
ing in Chicago that the conditions existing
will not justify any advances" The asso-
citation embraces the general managers of
twenty -one railroads running into Chicago.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-02-13
HAD TO SKIM FOR IT.
The Close Place a Lehigh Valley Train
Got Out of Safely.

Got Out of Safely.
HAZLEToN, Pa, Feb. 13-Just as engine
$40 with it's train of the Lehigh Valley
road passed around the curve at Sandy Run
junction Saturday morning Engineer Jim
O'Donnell noticed man frantically sig
Mailing him to stop. They were then al
most upon the man, and the engineer re-
versed his engine. 1t the same moment he
noticed the cause foI the mans action, for
Immediately before them the ground was
sinking. To stop before reaching the point
was impossible. Their only hope was in
skimming the dangerous point. Throwing
the lever forward O'Donnell opened wide
the throttle.
A Minute Sc Hour.
The engineer not fled his crew of the
danger and not a man moved. Each mo-
ment they expected the crash to come. 1t
took less than a minute to clear the spot, but
1t was like an hour to the imperiled men.
An investigation of the place showed that
the cave-in was caused by a squeeze in the
old Sandy Run collery. The pillars have
been entirely removed from it, and the
holes, which would permit an engine and
train to go into them, are of almost i'm
measurable depth.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-02-13
DEADLY SLIDE IN A TUNNEL.
1t brushes the Lives Out of Six Men and
Wounds X Others.

Wounds X Others.
VILLA GROVE, Colo, Feb 13-Yesterday
morning slide occurred in the wall rock
in one of the tunnels ut the Orient mines of
the Colorado Fuel and Iron company. Six
men were killed and six injured. The
names of the killed are: z. J. Breen, Ed
Carter, Hugh Connolly, Ed johnson,
James II. Morgan, and Mike Novak
Those Who Got Out Alive,
The wounded are: John Dolphin; Mat
kochnear; Ben Mannix; Joe Murphy, skull
fractured and right arm broken; James
Smith; Tom Walsh, leg broken. The
wounded were attended to by DIR. Griffith,
the company's physician, and will be re-
moved to thecompany g hospital at Pueblo
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-02-13
Probable Strike on theL. and n.

LOUISVILLE, Feb. 13.-Representatives
of the Louisville and Nashville engineers
were in conference Saturday considering
the question of striking. The vote cast
pro and con by the divisions of the brother.
dood has been counted and the result for
warded to Chief Arther, but the conclu-
sions will not be known before today. 1t
is reported unofficially, and generally be-
ieved, that the engineers will strike and
that the firemen will follow them
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-02-13
Rockafeilow Male a Bad Bre,,,.

WILKEsBARRE, Pa, Feb. 13.-The fail
ure of Rockafellow's private bank here, as
later developments now show, is the worst
that has ever occurred in the United States
Rockafellow, with abs olutely no property
behind him, mana ged to get his
men to put neari, 100000 in his
banks. He kept his q counts on slips of
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-02-13
The peat l. fa Pnlicv

It's not the tontne plan, or endowment rlan, or
ten years renew able plan. lrsnot adding your
few dollars to the hundreds of millions that the
insurance companies boast OF. It's better in
vestment than any OF these. II is investing few
dollars in the standard remedy, the Golden
Medical Discovery" q cure for cons umption. in
its early stages ard all throat and lung troubles
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-02-13
VIII Test the Kansas ranr,e.

TOPEKA, Feb. l3.-The house Populists
have passed an appropriation bill, which
will go to the senate and soon be passed
there, when the question of the legality of
the house will be transferred to the courts.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-02-13
Moloney to Consult AItgeld.

SPRINGFIELD, Ills, Feb. I3-Although
Attorney General Mo!oney refuses to talk
for publication about the order of Acting
Governor Gill directing him to bring prose
cutions against eX-state officials. it can be
positively stated that he Will pay no atten-
ton to the order for the present at least.
He has filed the order away until Governor
Altgeld returns, as he thinks action
should await the governors consent.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-02-13
Exercises on Monday.

Today the public schools began the exer-
clses, there being special ones in many of
the schools appropriate to the occasion.
No holiday was given, however, as the day
Is not legal holiday. The county offices
were closed as well as all the courts of rec
ord. At the Auditorium this evening will
be held public cel ebration under the au-
spices of Lincoln Council of the National
Union, this being the sixth annual celebra-
ton by that council The Grafton will he
by Luther Latin Mills and music will fill
out the programme. The Marquette club
will hold reception beginning at p M
and Luther Latin Mills will respond to
the toast abraham Lincoln" at the BAN
quet which will follow the reception.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-02-13
HIS MEMORY AT CHICAGO
Kept Green by the Churches, Schools,
and Other Bodies.

CHICAGO, Feb. 13.-The anniversary of
Abraham Lincoln birth was noted in this
city by special exercises yesterday, and will
be further honored tonight. In many of
the churches yesterday the services were
suited to the occasion, and the sermons had
Lincoln's life and services for text. The
Lincoln club met at Central Music hall at
p. m, and with crowded audience rem
dered a programme of music, prayer, and
oratory, the orator of the day being Rev.
DIR. Calors Martyr. On the platform the
city's best society and highest culture was
reDreSented