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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1894-01-15
WHEELING. W. VA. MONDAY MORNING. JANUARY Is 1894.

raw materials placed on the free list In
the Wilson bill will be successful.
careful canvas of the House made
by the friends OF the bill seems TO indi-
cate that this particular opposition lacks
both cohesion aud the numerical
strength 10 carry the amendments
through. Little Democratic opposition
to the orl has manifested itself during
the general debate aud the Democratic
members OF the committee express
confidence that the bill will 90
through practically in an
uuamended forn-with the possible ex-
ceDtion OF the sugar schedule. On this
proposition the committee, it seems,
stands divided, those favoring an tudi-
vidual income tax supporting the free
sugar proposition and the opponents OF
the income tax, led by Chairman VIII
son, favor the restoration OF the sugar
duty la order 10 do away with the
necessity for an income tax.
The great difficulty 10 the way OF the
modification OF the bill In this particu-
lar, however, even II 1t should develop
great strength, on the Democratic side,
is that the Republicans will not vote to
restore duty on sugar, which was
placed on the free list by the Mckinley
law.
The most important committee work
OF the coming week will be that before
the Ways and Means Committee, where
the iuternal revenue bill is still under con
sideratiOn. Up TO last Friday il was prsc-
ideally settled that the measure would
contain al income tax, an increased tax
op whisky aud taxes on playing cards
and cigarettes. But by the unexpected
change OF attitude OF Representative
Bynum in moving reconsideration
OF the internal revenue ieAt-
ure, there is much doubt ss TO
what the committee will ultimately do
with the bill. The members have
agreed, however, that the WORK on the
Dill shall be completed so as to go be-
fore the House on next Thursday. IL
has also determined TO report the bill
as separate measure, although caucus
action may yet be taken in order to
have the bill introduced as an amend
ment TO the pending tariff bill
The bond question has been referred
TO the Ways and Means Committee, but
no action whatever has been taken on
the subject as yet.
The Appropriation Committee is max
Ing fair progress on the large bills.
The Committee on Foreign Affairs
have reported all the Hawaiian resolu-
tions referred TO them. The mass OF
cores pondence submitted by President
Cleveland has been referred TO this com
mittee and will determine At the meet
ing next Thursday what course is TO be
adopted in reference to II.
The Coinage Com mittee having agreed
last Friday TO report the Bland seiEuior-
age bill, will now give their attention TO
the Bland free coinage bill. G. w.
Stone, OF Pennsylvsni&, is drafting the
report OF the minority against the
seIgniorage bill, but neither the ma jori-
ty or minority reports will be presented
until after the tariff debate is closed.
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secrctary Mertna Nc,.i.

WAsHINGToN, ID. c.. January Ia
Secretary Morton has been not a little
vexed by the reports that be had used
the official frank OF the department in
seuding out copies Of the much talked
of addresses which he delivered In Chi
csgo.
When he found one OF these I'm par
ticular criticised very severely by the
Grangers and their riends he concluded
10 not even have them printed at the
Government printing Office. a course in
which, according To precedent, he
would have been justified.
Mr. Morton's secretary says that n
any publications OF this kind were sent
out under the Secretary's frank II was
through some subordinates-unwAr
ranted. Mr.. Morton had given
explicit instructions that stamps
should be used. Quantities OF the
Secretary's reports were being
sent out az the time OF the mailing OF
the publications referred to and the
documents may have become mixed
with each other.
The Secretary desired that any who
have received these documents under
government frank will return them at
once.
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Two Notorious Virginia Criminals
0yertaken in Webster County.
CALVERT AND HENNON FLEMING
For Whom Rewards Were OF
fered to the Amount OF SO, 500,
Die in a Desperate Struggle
With Officers, TWO of Whom
are Also Severely Wounded
Several Spectators Receive
Bullet Wounds.


WESTON, w. Va, ianuary N.-ln-
formation was received here this after
noon OF the apprehension OF Calvert
and Hennon Fleming two notorious out
laws for whom the State OF Virginia
offers a reward OF Sc 900 aud the coun-
ty OF Wise $500. They are charged
with having committed five different
murders and several highway robberies
are also alleged against them. The
Fleming brothers have been fugitives
from justice for a long time. They sue
cessfully evaded the officials Of the law
and made their way overland TO Birch
river, this State in the mountains Of
West Virginia. They believed them
selves to be safe Saturday evening they
stopped at the store OF John Boggs
about nire miles from Cowen, a station
on the West Virginia a Pittsburg Rail
road. The outlaws had been traced to
this neighborhood by tour officers from
Virginia, who were seek inR their arrest
While the Flemisgs, who were going
under different aliases, were engaged In
making some purchases at the store
the officers came In ann readily identi-
fed them. They demanded an imme-
date surrender, but the desperadoes
resisted arrest, aud opened IRE upon
their pursuers. Shots we're returned by
the officers, and fierce conflict for life
eusued. Calvert Fleming was killed
outright and his brother Harmon was
mortaliy wounded with three shots in
( his left breast. He IL still alive, but
cannot recover. Two OF the Of
| ficers, John IL. Brsnnon and Doc"
| Swanneli, were seriously wounded. The
/ Injuries OF the former are considered
| fatal, but those OF tho latter are only
slight. A clerk in the store was also
shot In the struggle, but he is not
thought TO be dangeronsly hurt. Be
| fore Calvert Fleming died he requested
| that his remains be conveyed TO his
| home at Norton, Virgiusa, and handed
out 4 sum OF noneY ..ssAcient 20 defray
the expenses. In Ompliance with his
wishes his body was taken TO Cowen
aBd prepared FOR burial, from whence
his remains Will be shipped TO Virginia.
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Speaal 7si.oram 10 la> Resi...,.

WAsHINGTON, January 14.-Whtle u
few aTCent advocates OF the income tax
are disappointed st the detsrmination
OF the Ways and Means Committee TO
report IL as a separate measure distinct
from the tariff bill, there is wide
spread belief among tariff reform lead
ers that the Ways and Means Commit
tee has adopted the wisest course
There Is no doubt that number Of
protection Democrats who at heart are
opposed TO many schedules OF the VIII
son dill, but DO not care TO make this
opposition public would have availed
themselves OF the income tax as an ex-
cuse TO justify them ia voting against
the bill or in various ways retarding
its passage II the income tax had
been finally Incorporated In
il. These protection Democrats
are well aware that member
o. the party who at this day becomes a
renegade 70 the principle OF tariff re-
form may ss well bid good bv to hopes
Of a political future. Consequently,
no matter how much they may object
10 the tariff schedules OF the Wilson bill
they are exceedingly chary about OBJ
jeCttng in public. except in such rare
cases as those OF Haines, OF New York,
and sherry, OF Connecticut, who are
already that they have no political
future.
Now that the income tax is TO be re-
ported in separate measure, the men
who are secretly opposed 10 the Wilson
b,Il aside from the income tax will have
no excuse for opposition, and will either
be obliged 10 take their medicine and
stand by their party pledges, or else
openly array themselves with the bolt
ers. Thus the Wilson bill will be ma-
terially strengthened by leaving the In
come tax out OF 1t.
And IT is by no means certain that
the income tax proposition runs greater
rlsk OF defeat Oy being removed from
She tariff bill and pEt into a separate
measure. new poll Of the House on
the income tax has been made in the
last couple OF days, and its advocates
claim this poll showed IL was gaining
strength among Democrats and will be
adopted In the House. The truth is
that II the income tax Is knocked out,
some otaer way of raising thirty or
AScty millions Of revenue will have TO
be found. This can be done only by
imposing a tax on sugar, and Democrats
will hesitate a long time before they
Will vote for such a tax.
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INDIVIDUAL AVERAGES.
Stan ding of the Members oTths wheeling
Bowling League.

The Secretary Treasurer OF tho
Wheeling Bowling League. has pre-
pared the following interesting state
ment, showing individual and team
averages OF all the clubs
Wheeling Bowling Club - II. B.
Grimm, 2O5; r. Happy. 21S; G. Hirsch,
2l9; NJ. l.. Hess, 2lS; l.. +. Sufel. PIG,
w. c. Stilol. 22i; /. Singleton, POS.
Team averaged POS; average por player,
ZIG.
South Side-J. Speidel oi4; George
Hannah, 2l5; A. H. MArschner, $50: C..
Horstman, 200; G. Viewig. 2l5; j. r..
Wright, 2lO. Team average, l,276;
average per player, 2l3.
Press Club-H V. Arkle, l0l; w. c.
Beans, 1853; Frederick Colmar, 2O3; w.
T.. Robinson, 1874; q. w. Summers, 1874;
w. Bramer, ISIS; s. G.. Smith, 40; X. B.
Naylor, III; "Blind," l76. Team aver
age, 1,O2l; average per player, no.
Calumet Cuba. A. Marbis, 23O; T.
Lang. 23O; Il. Truschel, 1870; c. Gamer.
on, 1875; Nj. Lang, 2l5; l.. Helner, 1875:
w. Handlan, 1875. Team average. ,2l3;
average per player, 202.
Columbia-Charles Seibert, PA; A.
Bishop, 22l; j. Weisgerber, ell; James
l.. Day. 2O7; O. Il. Wesgerber, 2O3; w.
Boadwing, 1S6; II. Amick, 2Is; IL. Weis.
gerber, 1856. Team average, 1,26l; aver
aye per player, 30.
Tho Bowlers-,Sap B. Harrison, 2iit
w. a. Bloomfeld, 20G;SSam Hazlett, 1856
a. Is. List, 1Sss-~frShk Berry, 3I0
Walker Frlssell, l00; Guy II. Scott, 223.
Team average, l,2l5; average per player,
2O3.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., 213; Borland,
1877; Cassell 173; FariS, 1G6; Rbees. POS
Weitzel, l76; Brewster, 2l9. Team av-
erage, 1,l34; average per player. 1S9.
Wheeling Athletic Wheel -Stroe-
bel, 1923; Mccoy, 1913; Stevenson, 2O7
Williamson, 1872; Wells, 2Ol Rlheldaffer,
1913; Geiger, 90; Blind, 1879 Team av-
eTage, 1,l25; average per player, 1S7.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1894-01-15

WAsHINGToN, D. c., January IA
The Democratic members OF the WAYS
and Means Committee held a meeting
this afternoon, having under considera-
tion certain amendments 70 be proposed
this week TO the tariff bill now before
the House.
No material amendments affecting
the schedules were decided upon. II is
the intention OF the committee to offer
an amend ment providing that the
woolen schedules shall 'go into effect
either four or six months after June /.
when the wool is 10 go on the free list.
Final determination, however, vas not
reached this afternoon.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1894-01-15
THREE MEN LYNCHED.
Hung over tho Edge OF Bridge by "A
Mob of Twenty


RUSSELL, kAs., January A mob
OF about twenty men entered the jail
last night, took out j. G.. Burton. WIN.
Gay and his son, John Gay, and hung
the trio to small railroad bridge a
short distance east OF the depot In this
city.
Ahnnt midnight the residents ol-the
north part OF town heard party of ff-
teen or twenty horsemen come In from
the north, who left their horses at the
stock yards, where plans were arranged
and the mob proceeded TO the Jail. No
omcers were aroused, or even were
aware OF what was going on until early
morning, so quiet were the actions Of
the mob. Orders were given by signs
and Ooeyed without word being
spoken.
The jail is a small wooden building I'm
which were two steel cells in which the
prisoners were confined. Guards were
placed about the jail and the masked
mob began 70 break of the locks OF the
jail with sledge hammers. Burton was
the first one taken out and proceeded
with TO the spot elected for the lynch
ing and left under the guard,
the balance OF the party returning and
Joining the guard at the jail The two
IaJh WtIt lutu ldhFu anu WdFCueQ 10
the bridge, where Burton had been left
Ropes were placed around their necks
and each given a chance % speak. Bur
ton said he could tell lots about his CON
nectioLs with stealing cattle, selling
whisky and other things, but when
asked TO tell about the Dining murder
he replied:
:'NO, SIR
Young Gay made q prayer and said
Burton had killed Dining with an axe.
Old man Gay stated: 1--WE we're led
into this
The leader then clapped his hands
three times, and quick as a fash all
three were pushed OF tho bridge.
The mob then left as quietly as it
came, going north. The presumption
is that IL was persons from the north
part OF the county, the home OF the
criminals and the scene OF the murder
Of Dining.
The crime for which the men were
lynched was the killing o. Fred. Din
ming, in July last, on the Burton place,
about twenty miles northeast OF this
city. Inquiries regarding draft paya-
bic 20 Dining and bis mysterious dis
appearance, led 90 an investigation and
the arrest OF Burton. who implicated
the other two men. Each made CON
fession which led % the 6udinR OF Din
ning's body buried in field near the
scene Of the murder.
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VIII Not lie Allowed 10 Fau TOO Low-Ao-
tIon 20 be Iaken sonn.

ron 20 be taken soon.
WAsWNeTOv. January li.-Some de-
cisivs action 90 rep.enlsh tho gold re.
serve in the treasury will be taken with
in the next few weeks. n Congress does
not take kindly 20 the suggestions Of
fered BY Secretary Cariislein his annual
report, and provide some mode of relief.
tho only course left the officials Of
the Treasury Department will he
for the Secretary to exercise the au-
thority granted him by the law OF 1875
and issue bonds for the purpose Of
maintaining the gold reserve. The
position which confronts the Admins
tration is one which they have decided
% handle with promptuess. All the
available money now in the Treasury
Department consists of the sO-cail ed
"ROid reserve" which has now been
inva led 500. 600. 900, and by the first OF
the month the treasury departments be-
lieve that the total amount will have
been reduced 60 SOS, 900, OOO Such a
situation, 10 is thought, would again
start q gold movement toward Europe,
which would still further reduce the
amount OF gold held by the United
States.
Mr.. Carlisle prefers that Congress
should deal with this matter, but if the
national legislature falls within three
or four weeks 20 show any indications
that 10 intends 20 aid the Secretary Of
the Treasury, 10 Is Known that he will
be forced TO avail himself Of the author
ity granted him by the act OF 1875 and
issue bonds necessary to replenish the
gold reserve.
A prominent DsmocrsAe Senator said
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Coppialt is9A bv n. 4l,o it.t prn,

Copyright 1891. bV fie Asso ci lfsf Prsn.
LoNpoN, January 1.-THE Times to-
morrow will publish tho following let.
ter, dated December -, iso3. from IL,
special correspondent at Rio de Janelro,
the letter being marked Copyrighted
In the United States"
The present position OF affairs in
Brazil Is somewhat dillieult to accurate
ly define. The Insurgents under COM
mand OF Admiral Da Cana are In the
Bay OF Rio DE Janeiro. aud the Brazil
Ian Government has concentrated all
the efforts to crush tho revolution at
this point
"hithorto tho insurgents have main
tatnod thoir position here and even vet
they continue To hold tho legal authorl-
Ties In check, although many OF tho
ships in the iusurgcnt squadron, with
nearly 500 officers aud mon, have been
despatched TO the south 10 assist iu the
organization OF land force and to zen
orally aid in the establishments of a pro-
visional government at Santa Catha-
rina.
Prom all tho information which
have been able To obtain good service
has been rendered by the officers and
men OF the insurgent forces dispatched
| from here, aud within two or three
weeks time 10 is probable that consider
able insurgent force will be ready TO
embark from Santa Catharina for Rio
| do JanerO.
The question now is whether Ad-
miral dG CANA can hold out in his
present position until the arrival from
tho South OF these reinforcements. III
| he can do so tho situation will be an ex-
tremely perilous one for Peixoto.
"All that the insurgents need is n
good sized body OF men to land In the
city OF Rio de Janeiro and To retain "A
| footing here. This once accomplished
the insurgents would be supported in
| many quarters.
THE men under Admiral da CANA
| arc suffering mAny hardsnlps and I'm
| some cases arc little downhearted at
! the magnitude OF tho task with which
! they are confronted, chiefly be-
cause tho reinforcements from the
South are so long delayed. Admiral "a
! Cana has not observed any wish on
their part to end the war except by n
pleto victory over Peixoto, nor does
he contemplate the possibility OF his
men seeking for n termination OF hos
tilities on any other ground.
The government IL using every On L.
/
la Rio harbor untenaDle. The very
| point around the bay is being made use
OF for military purposes. Guns are now
mounted on all tho commanding posi-
tiOns In and about the city.
| "Ths soldiers lining the shore front
keep up heavy rifle fire upon Fort
! NillegalgnoD, the latter replying with
machine guns. All the buildings on the
island OF Vlllegaignon are in ruins.
THE mortality among the garrison
OF Fort Villegaignon has been very
heavy. tho average being ten killed and
wounded, weekly. since the garrison
| Joined In the fight.
"If Admiral do Mello. who went
south with tho special object OF return
! ing with reinfOrCemeDts, docs not send
the expected aid directly tho insurgents
will lose the enormous advantage which
they now have Of being able TO hold
the government in check at Rio and
will also be- deprived OF the moral effect
| In the various provinces"
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to-day that Secretary Carlisle would not
allow the gold reserve 20 fail below
$50, OO0,O0 and should the reserve be
reduced To nearly that point before
Congress acted Mr.. Carlisle would i'm
nediately declare an issue.
Senator Voorhees, does not denv the
report that be is preparing bill 10
meet the emergency, but Sthis state
ment would seem TO indicate that he
does not expect 10 be called upon to
formulate q measure.
With reference 10 tho opinion that A
bill for bond issue cannot originate in
the Senate, IL can be stated that the
lawyers Of the Senate are generally OF
the opinion that u can originate there
as well as in the House.
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QUEEN LII MAY DIE.
Heart Disease May CErry Her on-wnus
Charged with breaking Faith with
President Dole.

SAN FRANCISCO, January l4.-The
Er1mipcr'S Honolulu correspondent
says Liliuokalanrs death from hoart
disease is liable TO occur At any mo-
menL Smothering spells have como
upon her with alarming frequency OF
late Visitors are prohibited aud every
precaution Is taken to prevent excite
ment Threats against her life have
greatly conduced 10 her trouble
From the statement OF the Erumu.
CrS Honolulu correspondent thcrc is
prospect that United States officials
either at Honolulu or ia America may
have 10 answer To the charge OF break
Ing faith with President Dole. IL is said
that Minister willis grew impa-
tient at Dole's delay in formu-
lating his reply to W!nis' demand
OF abdicStion aud urged great haste
whereupon Dole called upon Willis and
frankly admitted he did not propose TO
submit his reply until the arrival OF n
vessel on which IL would be dispatc he'd
simultaneously with the departure OF the
Corwin, wheroupon willis agreed tho
Corwin should carry the dispatches OF
the provisional government Dole then
hurried forward his reply and sent IL To
Willis, who despatched the Corwin
early the next morning. 1t transpiros
no dispatches were delivered by the
Corwiu To Hawaiian representatives In
America.
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rnrions Anti-CathoIic speeches

CtSCIyNATt, o.. January lt-At q
meeting OF che Association OF the cred
itors of the late Archbishop Purcell
this afterr BON, a iettcr was read from
Mgr Satol in reply % letter
90 him from the creditors appealing
for help. The latter declined taking
any action for relief and referred 10 a
Ike refusal by the propaganda at Rome.
Furious speeches followed denouncing
Catholicism and its ecclesiastics gen
orally The creditors have received six
per cent OF their claims aud expect one
per cent more soon.
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In honor of the and..

SAN FRAScrsco. January 1.-THE
Pacific Mall steamship city Of PekinR,
brought details from Ningpo OF one Of
the most terrible fires on record, which
occurred 10 the big temple in that city
December 3, and caused the death Of
nearly 800 women and children. The
annual theatrical performance i'm honor
Of the Gods were being given 10 the
temple. A boy threw lighted cigarette
into a heap OF straw, which blazed
40 and the burning staircase
prevented the people getting out.
There was a general rush 70
escape some we're trampied % death,
others jumped out Of the windows and
we're either killed or ~ badly injured
they were unable 20 escape the flames
and so Derlshed. while others Dassively
awaited their fate, which was not long
in oyertakinR them and they we're
roasted alive or su1Ocated by the
nr.UL.
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IDENTITY ofthn Dead mnn.

PoMEHoY, o.. January 1.-THE dead
man found In a bed OF burning cinders
at Clifton, w. Va, yesterday, is thought
10 be- Henry Waltonbrinck, OF Coal
Valley, Allegheny county Pa. He was
sufocated by gas, having fallen into
the fire while going to the ferry. This
bed Of FIRE is on the site OF the old
Clifton nail works and Is an
acre in extent. IL Is sixteen feet thick,
with thin crust through which the
flames burst out aud light up the town
at night. The gases from IL make life
a misery to the inhabitants. II has been
burning since last April, having been
started by great cOnnagration, and
AZ times has seriously impeded travel on
the Ohio River railroad by undermining
the track A second stranger 1arrowly
escaped death there last night. lie was
pulled out OF this miniature internal
region Ia an unconscious condition All
efforts 20 oGtinguish the FIRE have been
unayailing.
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SOUTH SIDE CENTRAL.
Desire for TeIepboue omco south Of
tho Greek.

tho Creek.
Manager Wolfe, OF the telephone sys-
ten, has talked some OF locating n
central Office some place on the South
Side, In addition 20 the present 'cen-
trail" Several South Side citizens are
Interested, and they think such q
change would be an excellent thing.
They reason IL. that as the cost OF a
phone would be materially lessened, a
Rreat many more business houses would
have them. They also state that the
service would be- much more efficient.
On the South Side during the
hard times quite number Of
telephones have been taken out TO cur
tail expense. But II is believed we're
the price reduced and the service rem
dered more efficient, there would at
least be fifty more telephones between
the creek and Forty-third street. A
business man was seen as 20 his ideas
In the matter and be thought South
Side central Office would be most ex-
celient thing. Forty-thlrd street is
talked OF as a suitable location. Then
McMecheB and Benwood both could be
reached. There are now only two
telephones IN Benwood and none at
McMechen. Benwood authorities some
~ Onths ago took the telephone from the
city building. one OF the telephones
is pay station, and the other is at n
doctors private residence As far as
accom- m Odatlon goes, BenwoOd IS
Isolated from Wheeling by telephone.
Were central Office az FOrty-thlrd
street II Is thought McMechen would
have at least ten phones and Benwood
twenty-five The South Side business
men interviewed were all eager for tho
promotion Of the enterprise.