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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-03-21
BAD EXPLOSION
In the Office of Firm OF Bcllaire
Coal Operators
EARLY YESTERDAY MORNING.
The once Blown TO Pieces and one Man
Is Very Seriously Burncd-A Reg of
Powder Did the Damage. but ths ours-
ton Is How DID It neeomc IEnitrdi-A
Boy Also harmed, and the Accounts of
the Concern are Consumed by Fire.

A key OF powder exploded in the Conl
office of Pelky Bros, In South Bcllaire
about o'clock yesterday morning,
blowing the office to pieces. burning
the books and inJurlng Jacob Wagner
severely and also burning n boy named
Leonard Cummins. The Cummins boy
was left TO weigh coal and make out
checks and he had just reached the
office door with the check book when
the explosion occurred and he was
blown some distance away, breaking his
leg by the fall
The only one In the office was Jacob
Wagner. A keg OF powder was sitting
In the office TO be sent Into the mine.
How 1t was ignited Is not positively
known. but Wagnerls very badly burn
ed about the face. and 1t IL presumed
he accidentally threw match onto the
keg so as 10 ignite the powder. AT any
rate 1t exploded and Wagner Is SER
iously, II not dangerously, hurt.
The loss OF the books and papers In
the office il greater than any other
property loss. but Wagner's burns may
turn out more serious than now APP
pears. II Is remarkable that he es-
capped with his life.
An alarm OF fire was sounded. but
what was left of the office was not
worth saving.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-03-21
LOcAL paEvGrIEs
aatt.r. of Minor Momsnt IN aud About
the city.

Matinee at tho Grand to-day
The Grand this evenlng-Mrs Tom
Thumb and Company.
The work OF putting IN the stacks for
the new battery Of boilers at the Aetna
Standard mill was completed yesterday.
Not n case appeared for the police
court yesterday morning and not an
arrest had been made up till six o'clock
last evening.
A marriage license was yesterday
granted to George +. OZenbaugh. aged
twenty. and Edna l.. Dixon, aged M
teen, both OF Washington county Pa.
Last night the council committee on
police met In regular session. Nothing
was done but purely routine business.
Bits aggregatlng sl4 20 were recon-
lnended to council for payment.
1t is generally believed In railroad
circles that the Pennsylvania VIII soon
put on that additional train from
Wheeling to Pittsburgh, leaving on the
arrival OF the evening train on the ONO
River railroad. OIL men are partlcu-
lnrly anxious to see this train put on.
At the Scottish Reformation enter
tainment given a short time ago. the
total receipts from all sources were
$l,l8l so and the total expenditures were
$5l2 40; net profits SGl9 10. This was the
benefit performance given for the West
Virginia Home for Aged and Friendless
Women at the Opcra House.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-03-21
AYonnx Gin TSlired.

Miss Blanche Burns, aged fourteen
years, was killed by the cars on the
Cleveland & Pittsburgh railroad near
YorkvIlle yesterday. She had been at
tending school at Yorltville and was
on her way to her home below that
place and walking on the ties on the
west side OF the railroad track when
the west bound local No. ~ shot by.
This was on curve and Engineer
Caughanan and his brakeman saw the
girl but not until the engine was al
most upon her and she was struck By
the bumper beam on the side and
killed instantly Her head WIS terribly
crushed and the body badly bruised.
The train was stopped and the BODY was
taken to Yorkville and prepared for In
terment. The conductor OF the train
was W. Tobin.
The father OF the girl. II. o. Burns.
Is coal miner and works at the Penn
sylvanla and Ohio coal works at York
willie,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-03-21
nriln.ne, Firm, combine.

PHILADELPHIA. Pa, March 90
Henry W. Cramp. OF the William cramp
& Sons Ship and Engine Building Com
pSny, announced officially to-day that
all arrangements for the amaigamation
Of the, ordnance department OF the
works with other extensive orEanizR-
lions have been completed, ana that
hereafter the various gun'maklng con-
Germs interested will be known AZ the
American Ordnance Company. The
new company embraces the Cramps,
or as the plant is known officially. the
briggs, Schroeder Ordnance Company,
the Hotchklss Gun Company. Of Provi'
dence, r. l., and Hartford. Conn, and
the American Projectile Company, OF
Lynn. Mass. The capital Ia $500 600
and the main Office will be at washing
ton. There will also be n Paris office.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-03-21
.3l.ll2 %


The New York Stars will be the
strong attraction next week for the first
three nights ut the Grand. This show
Is in the field this season TO eclipse
them all. as no expense was spared In
getting together the best talent in the
vaudeville profession. both here and In
Europe. Among the many novelties and
features that will be introduced are two
European acts never seen In America,
AMI and Ino, two very pretty girls, in n
marvellous performance upon the
trapeze. They arc known abroad as the
Flying Meteors and were engaged at an
enormous salary as the special feature
of this company
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-03-21

OMAHA, Neb., March Gothic SUI
prcmc court OF Nebraska has dismissed
the case wherein Editor Rosewater. OF
the Omaha Bee, was fined $500 and SEN
fenced 70 thirty days in Jail by Judge
Scott, OF the Douglass county district
court, for alleged contempt OF Scotts
court. The offense grew out of the local
report OF the routine proceedings In
Judge SCOTS court printed In the Bee
In the ordinary course Of business,
which was excepted to by the judge,
MIR. Rosewatcr appealed on the ground
that he had n perfect right to print the
matter in dispute. since 1t was n true
public record. though rejecting on the
court
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-03-21
WRECK IN THE CITY.
Terminal and Ohio River Trains Collide
In Lower Part OF Town.

Yesterday forenoon, the passenger
train No. ., of the Ohio River railroad,
was being made UP at the shops at
Thlrty-sIxth street, South Side. just at
the intersection of the Ohio River and
Terminal railroad traoks. Through a
misunderstanding. In which the blame
Is not clearly established on either side
as yet, the Ohio River train came TO
grief. A Terminal freight train crash
ed into the Ohio River baggage car.
throwing 1t off the track and wrecltlnS
It pretty badly. Al the same time II
Terminal freight car was thrown on the
track and wrecked. II was o'clock In
the afternoon when the wreck had been
cleared AWAY. The Ohio river train No.
5 did not get away for Huntington until
. p. m. on account of the blocked tracks.
Nobody was injured.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-03-21

LAST season Ike L. Hall. druggist, Of
West Lebanon, Indiana, goid four gross
OF Chamberlain cole, Cholera ana
Dlarrhoca Remedy and says every bot
do OF Il gave perfect satisfaction. For
safe by c. X. G5g.zr, W. ". lrwlu, c,
Schncpr, c. Mcnkcmcller, John Elasl.
", III. Hague. II. &. Stewart, II. II.
Burt, j. Coleman, A. Il, Stheale. WIN.
Mpnkcmclcr. j. g. Eholc, Whccliag,
Bowie & Co., Bridgeport, u. +, Peabody
& Son. BcnwoOd
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-03-21
ABOUT PEOPLE.
Stranger. III the city aud Wheeling
Folks Abroad.

Mr.. N. F.. Davis. travelling salesman
for c. A. House. returned last evening
from three weeks trip through the
Interior OF West Virginia.
Ralph A. Andrews. OF Huntington.
one Of the best known railroad men OF
the Ohio Valley. now eastern passenger
agent Of the Cincinnati, Hamilton &
Dayton road. was calling on local pas
senger men yesterday.
Charles f. Johnson. OF Pittsburgh.
district passenger agent OF the North
ern Pacific railroad, was in the city
yesterday on business visit. He dis
trIbuted some very artistic calendars,
and Views OF the Yellowstone Park re-
glnn.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-03-21
Fine Plano for Sale.

Six months ago we rented n very
choice new Irakauer Upright Piano to
Prof. James Stephen Martin 70 use In
teaching vocal culture. Owing to his
work In Pittsburgh. he was Obliged to
give up his class here. We offer this
piano at a great bargain. AS 1t was
used only one day In the week. the plano
is in every sense Of the word as good
as a new instrument.
=. w. BAUMER & co.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-03-21

WILLIAMSPoRT. Pa, March 90
The central Pennsylvania Methodist
Episcopal conference this afternoon
voted 10 admit women ns lay delegates
TO tho general conference by i62 to g.,
Tho proposition to reduce the prcscnta.
tlon to the general conference was
passed by vote Of &c to-.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-03-21

To cleanse the system In a gentle and
truly beneficial manner. when the
sprIngtIme comes. use the true ana per-
feet remedy. Syrup OF Flgs. One BOTTLE
will answer for ali the family and costs
only 80 cents; the large size 81. Buy
the genuine Manufactured by the
California Fig Syrup Company only.
and for sale by all druggists.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-03-21
wnMAN,s MUSICAL CLUB.
A schumRnn Programme 90 be Given at
thI. Afternoons Recital.


This afternoon Schumann pro-
gramme will be the attraction at the
woman's Musical club recital in the a.
o. L. W. hall. The numbers selected
are the following:
Life and Works OF Robert Schumann.a
....................... Mrs. =: :. Hch
PIano-(n Des Attends. (hl Warum:
icl Grillen. Miss Emily Ray Pollock
Volce-The Two GrenndlerS... 1870.
,....,',,.,..........M Mrs. NJ f. Whitaker
VIoIin-Traumeric... Mrs. John p. Glass
Voice-Life and Love OF WomanIla)
IN He the Best OF AL tcl II can
not Be. (dJ Thy Ring Upon Ny
Finger. lei Dear Loving Sisters.
20 Dearest Friend. (gl Here. Sweet
....,.,,,,.......Mr Mrs. Flora Williams
PIano-Aufschwung Miss Flora Pollock
Chorus-The Gypsies. Choral Clnb
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-03-21

WHEELING and suburban towns
can talk by long distance telephone
with cities and towns In nineteen New
England. Middle. Western and Southern
states. Why 10 away from home? Go
10 the Office OF the Central District
Printing & Telephone Company and
transact your business by telephone
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-03-21

Yesterday morning early Perkins D.
Fishers Cold Day" company left for
Uhrichsville. where a performance was
given last night. The stage properties
and baggage were released under a
Forthcoming bond. This afternoon and
evening the show will be given at Beav-
or Falls, Pa, and tomorrow Mr.. Fisher
will return TO Wheeling, prepared to
night the suit against him when It
comes up In Squire peterman's court
Monday.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-03-21
Toronto snow Bound.

TORONTO. Ont. March 2O.-A ter
rife snow storm which commenced last
nfSht has greatly lnterfered with rail-
way trains. only one train has ar
rived in the city to-day. Street car GER
vice in this city II totally dcmoralized
Several trains are stalled at outlying
points. Telephone and Geographic SER
vice IL greatly lmpcded.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-03-21
No chance for the BIZ.

OTTAWA. Ont, March 2O.-After q
continuous session OF tlfty-nIne hours
the house OF commons to-day passed the
second reading OF the Manitoba RENE.
dial bill by n majority OF Is. The bill
now goes into the committee stage. As
the parliament expires on April a.
there is no chance OF the blll's becoming
a law
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-03-21
MARRIED..

JONES. BRIpGEMAN-At the residence
OF Mr.. X. +. Shafer, on Thursday even
Ing, March ~. 1896. by the Rev. Walter
d. MansHll "a brother OF the 6ridel;
MRS. ADA a. BRIDGEAiAN, both OF
Wheeling. w. Va.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-03-21
DIR. JEpsON's BILLS
For Special Service. Ms city Health ofiieer
Audited Yesterday.

Audited Yesterday
Yesterday afternoon the special COM
mIttee appointed to investigate and re-
port on the Justice OF the bills present.
cd by City Health Officer Jepson for
services rendered by him In connection
with the smallpox outside Of his regu-
lar official duties held Its second meet
ing DR.. Jepson's bill aggregated $1,000.
There was some discussion among the
members. and II was finally decided to
recommend the payment OF the follow
ing:
227 professional visits In the city.
ut y % ............,.,.........' Uol "
100 dHys at the hospital. Gag W
100 -
Total .','..,...'s..s''..'''''''' "
Il was recommended to council that
this amount be paid and that the clerk
notify DR.. Jepson that this was TO be In
full OF all demands on the city aside
from his salary.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-03-21

EVERY lady should attend the big
curtain sale at Rhodes. Curtains from
90 cents to $50 pair. Come in the
morning II possible.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-03-21

SCTATICA and lumbago readily yield
TO Salvation Oh, a Few applications
viii produce the desired result. Try 1t.
Is ccntH
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-03-21

Nobody need have Neuralgia. Get Or.
Miles Pain Pills from druggists. zone
cent dose"
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-03-21

Use DIR. Miles Nerve Piasters for Spinal
Weakness. All druggists sell EN- for 2Se.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-03-21
Tn. "coid Day" on The Road Again.

Miss Flora Pollock
Chorus-The Gypsies. Choral Clhb
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1896-07-03
GERMS.
They Exist Everywhere Ncw-a-
Days.
In the Air and in Our Food and Drink.
No One Is Free From Them
for a Moment.

One reads so much about germs,
these days, that he becomes almost
afraid to drink a glass of milk or wash
his face in a basin of water. Yet
those who are most competent to
judge tell us that there are many dis
eases now known to be caused by
germs; and probably other diseases
win be discovered to be due to germs
also.
If you sow wheat in dry dust and
keep the soil in that condition, the
kernels will not sprout and grow
And if you shosld SOW the grain in
very wet soil it viii not grow then,
but would mould or rot. Therefore
we must not only have proper seed,
but the soil must also be exactly right
for the growth of the seed, if we
expect results. Take consumption
germs, for instance, you may inhale
these germs and yet no harm follow;
because the soil in your lungs was in
such healthy condition these disease
germs cannot grow there. Then,
again, you may have exactly the right
kind of soil in your lungs for the
germs of consumption, and yet not
have the disease because you have not
inhaled the germs. 1t is certainly
true that thousands of persons inhale
the germs of consumption, and yet do
not have the disease. The fact that
this soil must be suitable to germ-life,
explains the reason why some children
have severe stomach and bowel
trouble, and yet others in the same
house be unaffected.
There are . number of complaints
which may not be due to germs; and
yet the principle we wish to establish
is the same. Some take cold more
easily than others; have frequent
attacks of indigestion; become easily
and show in every way
that the body is not strong. What is
the best weapon with which to fight
germs? A strong constitution. How
can you prevent many of the ailments
Of everyday life? BY keeping the
body well nourished and the nervous
system substantially reinforced.
SCOTS Emulsion of Cod-liver Oil |
with Hypophosphites viii do all this
It feeds. 1t nourishes. 1t builds up
It invigorates. 1t fortifes. 1t shields
lhe body from the enemy, and brings
7ictory even in the face of defeat.
1t is pleasant to know that such a
'emedy can be prepared in a form
agreeable to the palate and the
1t does not nauseate. 1t
loes not cause diarrhoea. 1t does not
produce those disagreeablee quotations
# gas. 1t does not necessitate bribing
II threatening the children. Best Of
IL, it does not have that fishy taste.
Scott's Emulsion contains more pure
Norwegian Cod-liver Oil than any other
mulsion in the world, that will stand
he test of time as being perfect in
eparable emulsion. Ask your doctor.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1896-07-03
HAWKINS ANp AS DOC.
The Formers Presence OF Mind Under
irving Clrcumstanees.

Trying circumstances.
Not long ago Mr.. Justice Hawkins
had fox tersier named Jack Once
at Warwick Jack and his master were
caught rafting by a farmer on the
banks of the Avon. His lor,lship. no
wise disconnected. rendered a sovereign
to cover the trespass, which the farm
er, affronted by such a cool proceeding,
refused with indignation, says London
Tit-Bits.
'You had better take it," said the
judge. Its n reasonable offer" Then
the farmer got so angry that Sir Henry
announced himself; "And what is
more, sir" said he, you shall go with
me to the Warwick Arms ami crack
bottle of champagne with that SOW
ereign Immediately" The story adds
that there was free rafting for Jack
on that bit of land as long as he lived.
There are other stories about Jack,
and it is said that when sitting on the
bench with his master he once ven
tured to express his opinion on the
matters before him in a singularly loud
tone. The tale goes that Sir Henry.
with the greatest promptitude, directed
the ushers to 'turs that dog out of the
gallery" The ushers of course did not
find dog in the gallery, and nobody
ventured to look under the bench.
On solemn occasions Jack was always
to the judges wrist by long
blue ribbon, and many junior has be-
guiled the tedium of case by watch
ing the ribbon gradually unroll as Jack |
pursued his Investigations, while Sir |
Henry every now and then "hauled in
the slack"
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1896-07-03
the CHINESE ANp OPIUM.
One Writer Thinks They Smoke to KIN
the Monor0ny Of Existence.

One Writer Thinks They Smoke to KIN
the Monorony OF Existence.
May it not be from sheer WEAKNESS
and want Of something to do that many
Chinese take 70 the opium pipe? In
most places in China organized gam
bling is forbidden. With the exception
of ali occasional game at shuttlecocks
or kite-hying only at fixed seasons
there are no outdoor sports. The Chi
nese rarely walk for pleasure. Interi-
ors are comfortless. There is no social
intercourse between respectable men
and women. There is rot sufficient
house room, privacy or light for read
ing after dark How is time to be
killed? think, says a writer in Black
woods Magazine, that tho monotony of
existence may he one OF the chief
causes of opium smoking.
On the whole, though at Canton
was in contact with opium smokers al
most daily, and made point of seeing
as much as possible of the native life.
the seamy side of opium smoking did
not obtrude itself much upon me. just
as in an English coast town one may
daily see the fiaring light of the gin
palace the besotted faces Of OCCASION
nj loafers, the bedraggled garments.
and infer therefrom great misery be
hind it all, so one might fairly infer
great misery from the spectacle of
opium dens, cadaverous /
faces and tatterdemalion garments IN .
Canton, If one should see them. but I /
did not see them obtrusively, though !
was daily poking my nose into all /
sorts of hooks and corners. Naturally. /
a medical missionary viii see a great 1
deal more of the seamy side. 1t is
his business.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1896-07-03
PAST AND PRESENT ATHLETICS.
Some OF the Stories OF GrecIan Heroes
Probably Little Exaggerated.

Some OF the Stories OF GrecIan Heroes
Probably Little Exaggerated.
We do not know with any scientific ac,
curacy what the Greek athletes astual.
ly did, what weights they hurled, at
what pace they ran, how high they
leapt, or what were the heights,
weights or ages of those who sought
the wreaths. There are some lies, we
believe, recorded, but they are too clear
~ lies. Nobody, for instance, says the
Spectator, ever jumped forward SIS feet
any more than he jumped 500 feet We
know of some feats of endurance which
the athletes per formed as soldiers, W.
know that they were 1.-THE and slight
and well-formed, and we know that
they thought each other physically
matchless among mankind, and that is
nearly all that we do know.
1t is extremely probable that If the
old victors in the games could be made
to live again for a day we should find
that the English and American athletes
beat them with a certain ease, for north
erners are stronger than southerners.
and equally 1.-THE and well-trained. Tho
Greeks may have had more endurance,
as some savages have still and japanese
coolies, but even that is doubtful, for
the Greeks thought swimming across
the Hellespont wonderful feat, and M
Capt. Webb, performed
one at least. 10 times as noteworthy with
out dangerous exhaustion. He swan
from Dover to Calais.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1896-07-03

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