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The San Francisco call., 1896-04-27
THE SULTAN A SICK MAN.

Said to Be Suffering From an acute
Chronic Disease.
CONSTANTINOPLE, TURKEY, April &C.
Several rumors are af1oat concerning the
health of the Sultan. 1t is said there has
been sudden and acute development of
a chronic disease. The Times discredits
the reports, but says the Sultan is liable
to paroxysms of nervous irritability, which
brain fatigue aggravates.
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-27

cred at the different points where damage
had been done and rendered assistance in
every way possible. The track of the
storm resem bled piece of ground leveled
by roller. 1t is believed much damage
was done in the vicinity of Palmer. Wash
ington County, but the details cannot be
learned.
1t is impossible at this time to estimate
the damage to buildings and other prop
erty.
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-27
Death Ends a Ee,.s,

CARTEkVILLE, ILL, April 26.-F. F.
Robinson was shot twice and killed last
night by F. A. Slagie. The two had car
ried pistols and been ready to shoot for a
year. Robinson charged Slagle with
breaking up his home. The killing was
done in self-defense.
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-27
BOERs ARE LENrESr.
Traitors to Escape Nth the PAYMENT
Nominal Fines,

ITdttoTs 10 Escape Wth the Payment OF
Nominal Fines.
LONDON, Eng, April 26.-The TeIe-
graph will tomorrow publish dispatch
from Pretoria, saying it is reported the
arrangement under which certain of the
mem mbers of the Johannesburg Reform
Committee pleaded guilty of treason and
others of lese maieste toward the State,
provides for the intiiGtion of nominal
fine on sixty odd members of the commit
tee. The five leaders will be accorded
severer treatment, but their punishment
will not exceed a heavy fine and short
term of imprisonment.
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-27
AFTEE BIG GAME.
A Demented Womdn's Hunt for the Cor
eraor of Wyo,nfno.

ernor of Wyomtno.
CHEYENNE, WYo., April 25. - Mrs.
Henrietta George, an elderly German
woman living near Laramie, was found
yesterday in demented condition, having
started to walk barefooted and scantily
clad to Cheyenne. She had a revolver and
declared she was going to kill Governor
Richards, who, she said, had defrauded
her out of her lease on section of school
land. Mrs. George was taken in charge
by the county authorities and placed in
Jail for safe keeping. 1t was announced by
the Governor that the matter OF the lease
would probably be reopened.
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-27
MOB VloLENoE FEARED.
Strong Guard Deer Man Charged With
Double Murder.

LA PLATA, MD, April 26.-Joseph
Cooking. husband of Mrs. Fanny Cooking
and brother-in-law of Miss Daisy Miller,
who were murdered in their home at Hill
top Thursday night, was arrested this
afternoon after jury of inquest rendered
a verdict charging him with the double
murder. Cooking is locked up tonight in
room OF Smoot's Hotel in this place.
With him is strong guard of deputy
sheriffs. To-mor he will be removed
to Baltimore, as the authorities here fear
mob violence.
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-27
Labor Candidate Beats Prime Mintster

ADELAIDE, AUSTRALIA, April 26-In
the elections in South Australia for men,
bers OF the Colonial Legislature, Bachelor,
labor candidate, defeated the Hon. c. c.
Kingston, the Prime Minister. The vote
stood: Bachelor 1878, Kingston 1767.
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-27
Political TntoIerance in ua1,

ROME, ITALY, April 26.-The Repub-
lican party has decided to hold fete on
May 1, Labor day, and the Socialists have
summoned conferences on that day, but
the Government has forbidden the hold
ing of meetings or parades.
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-27
Judge Mcguire aud the stng,e rau.

WILMINGTON, DEL, April 26-Hon.
J. G. Mcguire OF San Francisco closed the
winter season of addresses on single tax at
the Grand Opera-hous here tonight.
The audience was large and the enthu-
siasm intense. Judge Mcguire will come
to Delaware again in June and will make
an extensive tour of the State
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-27
VIENNA'S BUKGOMAsTER.
Thrice Elected, bat Not Permitted to As
sumo the Office.


sumo the Office.
LONDON, Eng, April 26.-The Vienna
correspondent of the Times telegraphs
that Emperor Francis Joseph will have an
interview tomorrow with DR.. Leuger, the
anti-Semite leader who was recently for
the third time elected Burgomaster OF
Vienna, despite the Governments oppo-
sition to him and its refusal to confirm his
elections. The Emperor, it is said, will
undoubtedly agree to ratify the election of
a prominent follower of DR.. Leuger to the
Burgomastership and the administration
of the city Will pass into the hands of the
Clerical Reactionary party.
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-27
Er-Prime Mjnfster Dir. at s,d,.

SYDNEY, N. w, April 26.-sir Henry
Parker, formerly Prime Minister of this
colony, died here this morning of bron-
chitis and inflammation of the lungs. He
was born in Warwickshire, Eng, in 1915.
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-27
Ynnnnnfn nt Paris

PARIS, FRANCE. April 26.-Field Mar
shal Yamagata, who Is en- route to Mos
COW, where he will represent the Japanese
Government at the coronation ceremonies
OF the Car, arrived in this city to-day.
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-27
Spafn's Increasing Trombtes.

MADRID, SPAIN, April 26.-The Govern
ment is devising relief measures that are
necessitated by serious agricultural dis
tress arising from a drought, which has
affected all the crops, injured livestock
and enhanced the price of bread.
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-27
Death of a Noted Deia.oare Jurist.

WILMINGTON. DEL, April 26.-Hon.
John w. Houston, who was an Associate
Judge of the courts of this State from 1855
until 1898, when he was retired on pen
sion owing to disa bilities incident to old
age. died tonight at his home in George
town. He was born in 1914.
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-27
SALOON MEN CAMPING OUT.
Resorts Closed and Their Keepers Dod0-
ing a Special Grand jury.

FORT SCOTT, KANs., April 26.-At mid
night last night every saloon in this CITY
was closed and there was an exodus of
saloon-keepers and bar-tenders to Mis-
souri, on account of the special Grand Jury
called for tomorrow to inquire into the
violations of the prohibitory law. About
twenty of them went into camp in Vernon
County, Mo-, and Will remain there hunt
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-27
Baron de B,r,ch,s Funer,y

PARIS, FRANCE, April 26-The remains
of Maurice Baron de Hirsch, the noted
Jewish financier and philanthropist, will
be inferred at Montmartre Cemetery to-
morrow.
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-27
FRANCISCO MORNING.,

Digna, who are at Horasab, are suffering
greatly for want of food. Arab passengers
assert that it is the intention of Osman
Digna to retreat to Adarama.
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-27
1,ro Rrothers Burned to Death.

DELTA, ONO, April 26.-Two sons of A.
S. Msrchand, clerk of the town, were
burned to death early this morning. The
family residence caught fire and all the
occupants were rescued except the two
hovc
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-27
Mcn and Vife Peri,h in Flo,,e,

MIDDLETOWN, N. Y. April 26.-The
house of Bernard Cullen, near Chester,
was burned to the ground this morning
and Cullen and his wife perished in the
flames.
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-27
Mene1,h Send. Re-enforcement..

ROME, ITALY, April 26.-It is reported
here that King Menelik. foreseeing an
Italian attack, has sent re-enforcements
to the Ras of Tigre.
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-27
.Osmam Dinna 70 Retrent.

SUAKIM, ABYssINIA, April 26.-It is re-
ported that the Dervishes under Osman
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-10-03
SOME R 0 POINTS
Which Nr. f:ryan Cannot hnSvrr-We
Iirve Practical Eimc;n!iism and the
Erct l.. rnhI>putr'l.

Which Mr.. bryan Cnnnoi hnSwrr-Wo
iinvr Practical EImci,ilism and the
l'nct /. JndI.putc,l.
TO the Editor OF the lntcllIScnccr.
SIR:-WhlIc / have read many p0lItl-
cal speeches on both sides In the present
campaign and many editorials, | An and
have been surprised ut the !amentahle
lack OF forCiblc answers TO some OF Mr..
Bryan's assertions. He pleads cuntin-
ually for bi-mctllllsm and / have failed
TO find the fact thut we are the trucst
and most important bI-mctallic nation
on the fncn OF the globe al this present
time. impressed on the people with any
emphasis.
We are and have been ever since the
sO-cc.llcd Crime OF 1873" Using more
silver coin in our circulation Than any
other nation. Silver is and has been, as
every one knows. continually and large
ly used In trade. Probably there are not
twenty men In Wheeling Outside OF the
banks who see II gold coin from u
ycnr's "nd TO another. except on the bank
counters. Why, then, this continual
prnting about the decentralization" OF
silver" Has anybody suffered for the
van nf silver since, md long before,
1919, vino had n right 10 II?
Theli. aEAln, Mf. hryin SuyS "" must
have free coinage because we need more
money. hut We have more money now
per capita than any other nation except,
possibly. France. How would more
money do you or nc any good? liz there
any possible way In which We can get
mora Of It honestly except by earning It?
Arc the silver mine " ncrS going to give
1t TO us without an equivalent?
They say that lack n money IL the
cause Of III" present low prices, Cspc-
| cinlly Of farm produce; but they do not
tell us how money win rails" prices while
there Is such a surplus Of all kinds Of
production In manufactures and prOvig-
Ions. The real cause 0f low prices In
farm prOdnC" IL only too evident tn any
| one who has attended our markets this
hummer Every farmer had more truck
to Gnll than he could dispose Of nj r"-
m%unerntivr prlccE. md ir was Obliged
to sell nj lower prices than ever before
to get rid Of hiS stun. What had money
10 do with the prices under ouch cOndI-
tons? II / had had hundreds Of dollars
In my pocket | would not have had To
give unc cent more for any article than
the farmer asked. and he would not have
asked M" ono cent more.
| would he glad 30 SET these points en-
lHrEcl upon ana kept before the people.
Mr.. Editor. more effectively than ] can
do II.
Some days nBo a Dcmo-rOpocrat said
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-10-03
FIFTEEN POISONED.


Mrn'a soup
NORTH TONAWANDA, ~ Y, Oct, ..
-Elrtcn men were poisoned hero at noon
by eating soup which contained Rough
on Rats. The following are among the
Victims:
Peter Champion, boat captain. Alba.
ny; NJ. Hell, lahOrCr, Syracuse; John
| Smith, lubOrcr, Chicago; Frank lIcncrm.
| sailor. New York; Thomas Simmons,
sailor, New York; Charles Van Walden
berg, sailor, New York; Charles Mullen,
boat captain, OBwcgO; Dan Williams.
lHbOrcr. Chicago; Gilbert Snyder. snIlOr,
Boston; Arthur linrtClh lnbOrcr, rOnu-
wanda; william Smith, lnbOrcr. Tunn-
wanda: David Mitchell, canal man, Sy-
raruSc.
The poison wac accidentally put into
the soup which was served for dinner.
| and In about twenty minutes every mn
ri the table began TO feel the effects OF
the deadly stun. Three doctors were I'M
mediutcly summoned, and antIdotcs
were Administered, III a few minutes
BrOadbeCk'S saloon and the barn IN the
rear were converted Into u hospital.
Some were sitting on chairs with their
heads between their hands; some were
lying fc@e down over store boxes, while
sim others were wrlthlng on the iloOr
In agony. one old man. whose name IA
Gilbcr, Snyder, was lying upon an old
box struggling hard for life.
Doctors Ross and Tabor lnborcd earn
cstly with the poisoned mcn and In about
half mn hour many OF them We're out Of
danger. but stu very sick; In fact, they
were TOO sick to tell their own namcs
when questioned. Gilbert Snyder, Peter
Champion and Frank Renrrin are In Il
critical condition. The doctors have no
hopes, for their recovery.
The poisoning was purely accidental.
Thc mea have quarters above the saloon
on Niagara street, where they take their
meals VIXEN they are IN Tonawanda, One
OF their number always nets MS cook.
To-dly Thomas Simmons, n man OF pro-
badly 5j years, was preparing dinner,
and he was making some Kind OF soup.
opening n cupboard where the catlblcS
are kept, he took down n box that con-
tanned come sort OF stun. He dumped
about two quarts into q kettle, In which
the soup was being cooked by mistake
Simmons got hold OF the wrong box.
The meal which he used contained n
mixture OF rough on rals which was
used to poison the rodents which lnfcst
the place.
The mistake. OF course, was not dis
covered until att"r the men had nearly
finished their meal. The cook. along with
others, wus also Il very sick man. for
he parto0k freely Of the soup. As soon
as news OF the poisoning became known
upOl Tho streets, thousands of men and
boys rushed TO the scene None remained
long, however. &c" the sight ard stencil
was s!Ctening These who live through
the experience will be taken to the gen.
Cral hospital tomorrow morning,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-10-03
SOCIETY WAR
AZ tho Leland Stanford UntNersity-One
Fraternity TO N,putiiutr Its Obligations.

~ ehc Leland Stanford tlttNrrstty-tn
Fraternity TO %N,pu.!Htc Its Obligations.
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 2.-Therc Is
civil war In tho Phi.Gamma- DcIta fra
tcrnity, with the members OF ts. Cali
fornia alumni! chapter and Dclts. NJ
chapter ot Berkeley on one side and
lambda Sigma, OF Stanford on the 9TH
cr.
One chapter accuses the other Of dis
loyalty and dishOnOr. and the other
claims that Its uap~reCedeatai course Is
justilable. though they fall to give any
grounds for this conclusion. In n chr
cula- Issued by the alumni: chapter.
that organization declares tina: within
the last few days the Lambda Sigma
chapter at Stanford University. has
announced To Its friends and to us that
II will r~cpCdlste Its sworn obligations
10 It's fraternity and form itself into 4
local society. with the ill-cOnccalcd. but
lndubt;able intention or becoming Il
chapter - the well known eastern fra
terntty Of Alpha Delta Phi. 1t Is only
their declared intention to make public
this matter In the journals tina: has
inspired this communication. Their
haste IL due TO a desire 70 reach the
ear ~ the public before the fraternity
officials In New York a take nct!oa.'
The Stanford men give no reason for
their withdrawal. but they stouiiy
maintain that they are In the right.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-10-03
THE ELKIGS CADETS
Presented with II beautiful, Hammer by
'ihe Ladies OF Wheeling sPrrrics Nv
IcSsrs. Allison, EtIitr and Others,

Last night the Elkins Cadets turn
ed out more numerously than at my
amc since ;heir organization several
weeks ago. ard were presented by u
number OF the ladies OF Wheeling. with
a handsome silk banner. The parade
started at 7:20 o'clock, from the cor
ner OF Twelfth and Chapline streets.
The route was: Down Chap!lne 10
Fourteenth. 10 Market. 10 Tenth, 20
Main, to Seventh. couniermarch. to.
Twelfth. TO the corner Of Twelfth and
Chapline, where the speeches were
made from the steps OF the old court
house. There were nearly one hundred
OF the cadets IN line and Il goes with
out saying that they made a magnI-
tiCert showing.
Arrived at Tn, old court house, the
Cadets lined up on the sidewalk while
their numerous admirers. many OF
whom were ladies, to the rumbc: VI
five hundred crowded around In the
street. Mr.. Benjamin Allison made
the presentation speech on hehalt OF
the ladies. He discussed briefly the
Issues OF thu campaiS:. The honest peo-
pie ot this country 2yho " money, he
said, desire To pay their debts with ar
honest dollar. and will express their
desire In the bnll1t box on III. third OF
next month. Every wage Garner Of
this country Is employed on the basis
of an honest dolla:' and does not tie
sire TO ne paid with a iitty-th.ee-cPn;
dollar. II MIR. Bryan were 10 he eject
cd. there would b4 n revival of the
old States Rights Issue, and the presI-
dent OF this country would be subseT-
Went to ttr. governors OF the common
wealthS. unable 20 enforce the fedora!
laws should the governor % a stale de-
cline TO call upon him. The Republican
party has always maintained that the
United States IL n nation. and that Its
head should enforce the laws. The
speaker referred 10 Senator ElkIns.at-
ter whom the club was named. and the
reference aroused great enthusiasm.
The lGGieS also came in for 4 Few words
of eIOqusncc fran Mr.. Allison. Or be-
half or the ladies OF Wheeling he pre-
scented the bcautSfu! white and gold
banner 10 the president Of the club. Dr..
Et%ler. The bacEnr bears this Inscr.p-
linn
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-10-03
BISHOP THOBuRN,s Pos1rInx
On the Financial Que.tion-:als Some
MIsSiatrment,.

hisAintrfieiitN.
A number OF Popocratic papors
throughout the country hay- been pub-
fishing statements DurrOrtInE 20 come
from Bishop Thoburn. the well known
Methodist bishop of india. The various
expressions attributed to Ii. bishop
were said 10 he his Views on the financial
question In this country. Bishop Tho
burns attention was called In the quo
tatlons BY his brother-In-law. Mr..
james Wilson. OF BelInire, O., and he re-
piled in writing. the paragraphs of
which were Napubl!shed by the Pitts
hursh Christian Advocate, as follows.
being another illustration OF Earllin-
and dIs:0:tins truth on the part Of Pop
Ocr2tS:
Il have been extremely annoyed BY
the Wide publication OF an alleged r.
port or an interview with mo on the sill
yer question. Il copy Of which sceni5 10
have been published In the Pittsburgh
Post. The same extract has appeared
In many papers throughout The country,
and every week l receive Inquiries con-
corning 4.
II recognize In this extract n Few seri-
tcnceS Of my own; but what ! said ORR
Ginal!y seems 10 hay. been freely Inter
pOlatej, SO as to. In SOM places make
me talk n%onscDse. Silver has not been
damorctlzcd in India ut all. TIL. free
coinage Of silver has Deer stnppcd for
tn" present. but may he resumed any
day. We have no other monetary
standard In India except :h- silver
rupee. and hence we have practically II
purely silver currency.
Il have no confidence whatever In the
proposed free coinage Of silver in the
IL So 49,. A-l
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and a free silver Congress, this country
VIII certainly 10 down the tob0gEun
Glide and will place II labor III n con.
dillon nearly IA bad as that OF the other
iree silver countries, What we want.
my friends. Ia confidence, and you will
nhu that when confidence " once more.
restored times will be better, your mills
y factories will be opened.
4 teU you, gentlemen, that II yot elect
Major Mckinley you viii have better
llnlcS, You VIII sec the mills and fhn-
'toricH open inside OF three months.
lApplauSc.) Don't you remember four
years ago that every Mill wua working?
Dont you remember TINT peace unl
prosperity illod tho lnndg Whit
ohhnEcl these conditions? ca voice;
...ThTty FOR revenue only, Mr.. llOlmcA.")
1on arc right. my friend, tRny md
tnrnt Tor revenue only did II. Gap
nlausc.) Think OF Il, my friends. the
lnsoplc OF This country paid over $780,
v,VN,VW TO Europe FOR wool last year.
Don't You suppose that that amount
largely represents the loss to the wool
Growers nt this country? What we
want Is n restoration of tariff, and Will,
u restoration OF the tariR will come q
restoration OF confidence. The governs
mento the United States must be run
on a bIslncsa principle, and the party
70 90 that Is the Republican party.
Tho speaker proceeded to show that
tho country had been In better conll.
tloh sincc 1873 M TO the time when
iSroHer Cleveland was elected than It
hau been IN Its history. MIR. Holmes
NSna listened 10 through his address
Win marked attention and was IRE.
quently interrupted by enthusiastic
cheers and applause.
He closed his speech with Il personal
reference to tho county ticket, and said
Y was worthy OF support from top to
bottom, lie introduced tho next sheriff
OF Ohio county, Mr.. H.. c. Richards.
WHO was greeted with applause, which
iasted for several minutes.
Mt. Richards said he would not Mt
Tempt 10 make a speech, hut he thought
Y was due the clubs to thank them for
inc splendid turnout they had made.
He Joined with Mr.. Holmes In saying
ne considered /; a great honor person.
any and 10 the party. lie entered into
q brict discussion Of tho money md
,arin issues. and almost every sentence
WIS ~hppl1uded by the crowd. lie said
he was In favor OF giving every boy
and young mar an opportunity to ud-
vance himself In life and n chance TO
earn n living. Just rs he had. and for
mat reason he was a Republican, and
advocated Republican principles. He
SPOKE In The highest terms 81 Major
Mckinley. and said his election meant
u return OF prosperity such us this coun-
try had seen before Il was interrupted
by q Democratic administration. Mr..
Richards was checrcd from beginning
10 end. and II was conceded on all sides
that II was the best speech he ever
made. He closed with proposing three
cheers for Mckinley. which were given
with n will.
This ended the meeting and the clubs
reassembled and escorted the speak
ers back 10 the Mcclure house and dis
banded.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-10-03
Et.EINS CADETS.
WHEELING, ". VA.

ar. Etzirr accepted the banner in 4
speech full * gallant reference tD the
ladies' who k2d 50 kindly remembered
the organization. The women OF tlNs
country. ne SAID, ARE with the parts .:
ar honest dollar this year. and to their
influence as much as to any other
cause will Major MsE Alloys election
be due.
Mr.. Walter Rinchart was the next
speaker. lie made an excellent spcec!t.
In which he rIiIcuIcd the Bryan speech
OF Thursday night and said Ihat II had
not influenced a single vote. He heard
the speech: r. went, he saw. but he
was not conquered by tho c!oQuence Of
the boy orator. Mr.. Dinchnrt's remarks
were enthusiastically received.
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LEADNILLE, Colo. Oct. AS n re-
suit OF the miners meeting the major
!ty have decided 10 remain quIescent
until after election. II Mckinley is
elected, the present intention is 10
abandon I'll" strike. II Bryan Is elect
ed the hope is that the price Of silver
VIII advance and the managers Will at
once cnnccGc all demands nt the union.
T!:. unruly element is agEricvcd over
The decision aud eager to adopt radio
a! meAslres at once.
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