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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-08-28
WIPED OUT BY FIRE.
A DISrsputnbls Community Dispersed by
Firing the shRntlsG

HARRISBURG, Pa. mug. 2I--slab-
town, the more dlsrcputnble portion OF
Unity, Is no more, and the 200 or more
colorcd inhabitants Of that lawlcss
spot are now homeless and are trudg-
lng along the highways toward this
city, carrying their few effects on their
backs.
According to schedule Constable
Kerstcn, accompanied by a posse OF as
Ristants, went 10 the place this after
noon and accomplished the destruction
Of the settlement without nny Bcrloul
Interference from It's occupants
Many explosions occurred during tho
firing of the shantlcB md this gave rise
to the report that the negroes were
flrlng ON the officers The truth IN that
the negroes had nt various times sto.
len dynamite from the contractors and
hidden It, together with numerous
boxes Of cartridges, In their novels nnd
were afraid to carry them out IN the
presence NJ the deputies
Unity proper win share the fate Of It's
annex In n day or two.
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Special Dispatch TO tho Intelllgencef.
sTEUBENvILLE, Ohio, Aug. GA
very unfortunate and regrettable accl-
dent occurred this morning about nine
o'clock. AS the special train bearing
the seventeeth United States Infantry
and the regular $40 passenger train on
the wheeling & Lake Erie railway, car
rylng the Toledo Battalion Of the naval
brigade and other passengers, approach
ed the place just this side OF MlnGo
Junction. where the tracks run almost
parallel. two shots were fired from some
unknown quarter, woundlng two MEM
bers OF the Seventeenth Infantry.
The men, though painfully, were not
dangerously wounded and Will be all
right again IN short time.
The man who did the shooting Is un-
der arrest Mt Oak Harbor, Ohio. and
has confessed TO doing Il. He will be
brought here for trial.
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MADEIRA, Cal, Aug, 27-About four
years ago there came to this country
from Rock Ferry, England, Mr. and
Mrs. Edward a. Tubbs. With them
came a little girl. daughter of one of
their English neiphbors, named Emma
Davis. The Tubbs' purchased one OF
the finest vineyards In the country.
Since the Tubbs' took possession OF this
property little Emma Davis has been
practically enslnvcd She has scarcely
been allowed to go of the premises and
has been compelled to work In the vine
yard beside men hired OF the public
highways and has received no educa-
tlon. The British consul has Interested
himself In the matter at the request OF
the marquis Of Salisbury, and the shcr-
lff OF the county being appealed to.wont
to the Tubbs place FOR the girl, but
found that Hhe had been spirited away.
She Ia supposed to he In Fresno and
the sheriff will try to fnd her to-day
and send her back TO England.
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pfTTsRuRdH, Aug ~ Secretary
Joseph brown, OF the Wrought Iron
Pine Manufacturers Association. an.
nonnccs an advance IN prlccs Of about
ilyo per cent. AZ meeting Of the or
ganlzatinn tho action VI the executive
committee was ndnracd This fixes the
price ON merchant pipe NJ base, and
alx.tCna m Carlond lots aud 1yc.ions
aud i've per cont m for less than car.
load lots. The outlook for a good bus.
lnusB this fall IN encouraging
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THAT'S ALL RIsAr. SENATOR,
You Nssdn't Worry over It-EItrA Daty
on Products Through Canada.


BOSTON. Aug. 27-In letter to the
Herald, published this morning, sena-
tor William p. Chandler explains the
construction OF the clause of the new
tariff law imposing ten per cent. ex-
ira duty on all foreign products coming
through Canada into the United states,
Senator Chandler holds that the legis-
latlon was passed by writing II as new
matter into a conference report, where
1t was adopted by both houses OF Con-
gress without being noticed by more
than those persons engaged in the
scheme, The senator points out that
the conference committee went beyond
their powers when they inserted this
important statement into a clause OF
the new law about only five words on
which the senate and house had dis
agreed.
The wording so much affects New
England trade, Senator Chandler says,
that each one OF her senators and rep-
resentatives may be fairly called upon
to state what, II anything, he knew
about It and why he did not expose and
try to defeat It.
Continuing, Senator Chandler says;
For myself, / regret that did not
notice what the conferees had done,
Senator Cannon in open senate asked
whether they intended TO do anything
but settle differences between the two
houses, whether they intended TO put
any new matter into the bill, and Sem
ator Allison had replied emphatically
that of course they did not. Yet the
provision was inserted, and as no at
tention was called TO It in the report,
It was passed without being noticed.
Having had experience with con-
ference reports, which should have
warned me to read every word OF this
report, have no excuse to offer for not
doing so. / hope TO be forgiven by my
constituents, for I shall never forgive
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PORT TOWNSEND. wash, Aug IL.
The steamer Portland, due from ST.
Mlchncls, has on board murderer who
was chased by detectives halr way
around the world lie Ia In Irons and
under constant watch uf two plnkcr.
ton detectives The prlsuner, William
Smith was puraucd over dhc continent
To Dycn ana Odrosg the Chllkoot pnsa
over the lakes md down tho rivers to
the gold fields Of klondlke whore he
was taken Into ruslodv Smith was a
atoro.kccpor In small town near Co
dnr Rapids, lowli up ~ several months
ngh
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-08-28
BRAwLING SOLDIERS
Mixed Up In n Saloon Quarrei-cltlzen OF
SienbemviIIe MORALLY WnnMied.

Mixed Up In Saloon QuArrci-Cltlzen OF
stsubenviIie Mortality wounicd.
Special Dispatch 20 the IR,slligeneer.
sTEUBENvILLE, o.. Aug. 27,-To-
night at 1880 bar room fight took
place at McCanp's saloon on the Bow
cry" in which several of the Eighth
Ohio National Guard and young men
OF this city engaged. Henry Geyer, of
company B. OF Akron, shot and NOR
tally wounded John ovington. of this
city. He was arrested after a long
chase, in which officers and citizens
took part. AL. Straup, OF Mansfield.
who was assisting him to escape, was
arrested.
Friends OF ovington mistook n cor
poral, who was said to be Wooster
minister's son. for Geyer, and beat him
up badly before he was rescued. Geyer
fired a second shot, which passed
through the left wrist OF orrvllle Ely,
OF this city.
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Special Dispatch to tho 1ntcllIgcnccr.

Special Dispatch TO the Intelllgcncer
HUNTINGTON, w Va, Aug. a.
Harry Vaughn. is years old, son Of
Henry b. Vaughn, OF Milton. who has
been visiting the family OF Fred Sum
mers in this city for the past week,
was run over and instantly killed by
No. 2 Chesapeake & Ohio fast express
about G o'clock this evening. He was
In the railroad yards ondenvorlnE TO
catch freight train for home, and
the passenger train came IN behind
unobserv6d by him. The train was
quarters Of an hour late and was
running fast and the engineer was un-
able to stop In time to avoid the acci-
dent. His father was formerly a well
known contractor of this city.
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SURPRISED THEM,
President Mckinley Arrives in
Cleveland at an Early Hour.
AN ELABORATE RECEPTION

Had Been Plannsd by Citizens, bat when
They Marched to the Dock where tho
Yacht was Anchored They Found that
the ChIsf Executive or the Nation
Had Left for Senator HnnnA'S Home,
Where lie BrsAkfastsd-He will Have a
BH,y Time Next Week In Ohio, the Pro-
gramms InsIudlnG Attendance on a
Wedding.
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on or TronhIr,omr nn.t.

PHILADELPHIA, Pa. Aug 27.-Thc
Pennsylvania Railroad Company lntcnda
10 sprinkle crude oil on various parts Of
lts system 40 as to prevent the rising Of
dust, which has been source Of COM
plant to all managers OF railroads for a
number Of years. Early IN the season
the company began experimenting with
tho sprlnklIng NJ oil ON the ron1bcd and
on each aide of the track on the West
Jersey railroad. From the start tho plan
has proven success and has been found
that on the roadbeds which are composed
" gravel II will Keep down the dust as
well as turn or water,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-08-28
TREND OF TRADE.
Business Gains with a steadiness
That is Gratifying, !
THE STARTING OF MANY WORKS
Increase OF Hands Employed and
Advance in Wages
AND IN PRICES OF PRODUCTS.

with the Heavy Movement or
Crops are Facts Before which sPseulA-
tive Innusness Have to BOw-A slight
slump In Wheat, bat the Exports Of that
Cereal and Corn are EnoFmous-Ds-
mand Has OvsriAksn the Capacity OF
Iron Works, Until Prices are Growing
strODEsr-orhsr FACTORS that show Rs.
nswsd Activity All Around.
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Nnw YollK, Aug, 21-ogdcu Goeicl,
who died to.day. was ono OF two cons of
the late Iloberl dDolet and grandson
of the late Peter Goolct, and wns. with
his wife, very prominent IN tho gucl1ly
In New York. London aud Paris The
goolrt estate Ia ono " the moot valuable
In New York due 10 the Increased value
" the old time Go1lrt farm Tho latter
originally ran from that section of tho
city whore tho Windsor hotel stands, 10
the East liver The pon1rq'lOna Of lhg
Goolrta include many other valuable
plrcCn NJ rctl estate Tor instance the land
on which ShorfyH establishments flnnds
aud tho land on which The Imperial Hotel
10 built
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wrsr VIRGINIA OPERATORS
Rapidly supplaniing Those In PitisbnrEh
In Contracts for Lake shipments.


PITTSBURGH, Aug. 21-one Of tho
effects Of the coal miners strike In this
district appears to be that West Vir-
glnla operators are rapidly supplnntlng
those In this district In the way Of con-
tracts for lake shipments,
II was announced to-day that the
Wcst Vlrglnin operators had advanced
the price 10 operators here twenty-five
C0ntp and that the Pittsburgh men
could not nil their contracts at this
rate. The agent Of one prominent
Cleveland frm operating In this dis
trlct was notified that West Virginia
coal could be bought at Cleveland
cheaper plus freight, than i was Of
fcrCd to-day TO the agent here. Tho
representatives of the West virginia
nrms who are here say their companies
have more orders than they can MI,
and II Ia stated that the Watson com-
pnny, operating the Montana mine In
the Falfmont district, has concluded u
cpntfncl for 100000 tons N o0nl Tor the
ltka trade. which formerly was nup'
piled from here.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-08-28
THE GRAND ARMY.
Last Days Session of the Big
Encam pment.
ELECTION OF MINOR OFFICERS.

slight Friction Over ths Selection Of Jun-
Tor Vice Ommauasr-wOrk OF ths nus-
insss -RsOOmmsndAtionS OF ths
Pension COmmittss-soms Changes sag
Gsstsd In the LAw-Ths Purchase Of ssv-
srai Ra.t.saslds Assu, ,FEsdsFlskSsurg
virEinlA-TsIt Books In the PShlls
Schools
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ucts, which are now bringing only fair
prices. Still, the laborlng man VIII be
benefited by this rise In prices. The
farmer will discharge his indebtedness
and make Improvements which wilIre-
quire labor He win purchase more OF
the products OF labor putting a vast
amount OF money In circulation, and
this viii create demand for labor IN
all lines, and men who have been With
out employment or only partially em-
.ployed will work full time at fair
xva Uaa -
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mock ISLAND, ILL.,, Aug, e7,-By the
fail OF n scafrold this afternoon, C. j.
Schrcner, n contractor, w. II. Willis
and John Lowe, brlcklayers, and Joe
Cruduh, colorod hod carrier. were
prcclpliatcd from the thlrd story OF q
new building 10 the stone sidewalk.
wills died within ten minutes. schrel-
ncr received q bad cut about the tenn
pie and internal injuries. Lowe and
Cmduh were fearfully bruised. II 10
believed all will die.
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WASHINGTON, Aug 2i.-sccrctRry
Sherman viii make one speech In the
Ohio campaign this fail. Tho time or
place has not yet been decided upon
not lonvo here until after tho return
NJ the President aud lrltst Assistant
Secretary Day, Mi Mckinley IN OK
uoctod ~ return about September ~.
Judge Day viii return the last OF next
week,
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NEW YoRK-Arrlvodi Barbarossa,
BrpmCn.
QUEENSTOWN -. Arrived. Cam
phnln, from New York,
NiGw IoRK-hrnvcd; Columbia,
Hamburg.
NEW YoRK-Aulycdi ST. Louis.
Southampton
HAMHuRd-Arrivcd; TuCrst Bis
unrCl,. Now York,
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went out on strike this morning, Mrs,
Mary Jones, OF Chicago, and Wash"
Cox, a local labor leader, held meet
ing there yesterday evening and pre-
vailed on the men not to go TO work
this morning. The Manor Gas Coal
Company's mines are owned by the
Westmoreland Coal Company, The la
bor leaders have been at work all this
week trying to induce the men em-
ployed by the Westmoreland and Penn
Gas Coal companies to quit work, but
have not made much headway, as the
mines are all running full time.
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Special Dlaphtch to tho lntolllgoncor
GRAFToN,W WA Aug gL--lact Ne.
Donough OF Rowlesburr, accidentally
stepped In front OF an engine at Rode.
mere and received Injuries from which
hc died soon after
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RISE IN WHEAT.
IL Means -Four to Five Millions or Doll
lars 10 Farmers.

lars 10 Farmers.
WASHINGTON, Aug 2I-Asslstant
Secretary Brigham, OF the agricultural
department, to-day expressed the opln-
ion that the American farmers this year
would receive In the aggregate from
yltO 10000 to Si00,OOOOOO In excess OF
that received last year for their wheat.
"This," he said. means much to the
farmers. They have learned In the
season OF hard times through which
they have passed to cCOnomlzo where
they could and to bn careful In buying,
They win use this money they receive
for their crops TO pay on their debts,
cancel mortgages and In making Inn
pruvemcnta on the farm and farm
buildings. This seems like vast sum,
but statistics sustain the claim"
Col. brigham also predicted that tho
lncrcnso In the price Of farm products
would benefit the laborlng element.
"Thc price of labor" he said did not
decline with the price Of farm prUductH,
and for uOmc time the farmer was
forced to pay nR much for the services
NJ those who ala this work M over,
whilst hin receipts were cut In two In.
nsmuch na wages ala not decline, see
no reason why they should rise to cor
respond with the advance ot farm prod.
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speciai Dispatch 10 tho intctiiEcnrrr.
WEIGH, w. Va, Aug. 27.-seymorc
Gray. the condemned murderer, who
broke jall here Wednesday night, waa
captured by Detective May at North
Fork. this morning He is to be hung
here September 9.
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IRWIN, Pa, Aug. 21-Tho miners
employed by the Manor Gas Coal com
Dany and Coulter & Hun, at CIhfllgo'
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A spANIsH THREAT.
New Premier Hints of Trouble with the
United States.


MADRID. Aug. 9z-General Azcarra-
ga, the Spanish premier, at the cabinet
council over which ne presided last
night, declared the government would
follow in the footsteps OF the late pre-
mIer Senior Canovas del Castillo.
General Azcarraga announced that the
government had full confidence in Cap
tain General Weyler's political and mil
itary conduct of affairs in Cuba. Per-
sonally the premier was aware that the
Insurrection in Cuba was approaching
an end, and II the United States made
any demonstration, which he hoped
would not be the case. he said Spain
would do her duty.
The premier closed his speech by ap-
peallng for the good will OF all conserv-
atives.
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WASHINGTON, D. c.. Aug. FIRE
cent reports from Spain said that the
Queen Regent would not receive Minis
ter Woodford until she returned TO Ma
drid, but the state department has been
aware for some time that General
Woodford would be received at San Sc
bnstlan, unless the queen contemplated
returning to Madrid very soon after his
arrival in Spain It has been unusual
TO receive foreign ministers where
courts have not been established, and
no court has been maintained at San
Sebastian. Minister Cushing and Low
ell were received at resorts outside OF
Madrid, but royal courts had been es-
tablIshed at these resorts.
While there has been no apparent
hurry by General Woodford to reach
his destination. yet the fact Is appar-
ent that he would not so to San Sebas-
tian to be received out OF the ordinary
custom, unless It was felt that he ought
soon 20 begin to carry out his instruc-
tlons as to the policy Of the United
States regarding Cuba AS soon as Cen
erul Woodford is received he will be in
n position to open negotiations with the
Spanish minister OF foreign affairs who
could not recognize him as minister un-
til he had been received by the sover-
eign
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-02-25
ALL EFFORTS TO ADJUST PERCENT
AGES ABANDONED FOR THE
TIME BEING.
SEVERAL PLANS SUGGESTED.
NONE SATISFACTORY TO BOTH THE
STRONG AND THE WEAK :
ZINES.
PASSENGER TRAFFIC. LOOKS WELL.
General PASSENGER Agent of the
Northern Pacific Talks About
the Prospects.

re- CHICAGO. Feb. 24.-The Chicago
st. Paul roads have, for the time being,
given up their idea of reaching an
agreement on the percentages that are
to be allowed to the weaker lines on
the physical pool. Several plans have
been reported by the special COM
mittee but none of them have proved
acceptable, and after a long session
today it was decided that it was I'M
possible at the present time to reach an
agreement; the committee was given
more time, and an adjournment was
taken until next Monday
The officials of the Illinois Central
deny the story that they are figuring
on the plan of running line of steam
ers between New Orleans and Venezu-
ella. They say that they have had
the matter brought to their attention
on several occasions and that while
they are of the opinion that such a line
of steamers would be an excellent
thing, the Illinois Central has no in
tention at present of embarking in the
enterprise.
The trouble over rates to Washington
for the Inauguration seems to be grow
ing. Nearly every road running east
from Chicago is, Of the opinion that
all the other roads are manipulating
the rates in an indirect manner by CIV
ing privileges that are not called for
in the agreement. All the necessary
elements for fiISt-class row between
the roads are ing sight right now.
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The jury in the personal injury suit
brought by Mrs. NJ. ]. Costello against the
city returned sealed verdict last night,
The divorce suit of Marguerite A. Flanagan
against Charles p Flanagan was tried and
submitted before Judge Brill yesterday De-
sertion is the ground alleged by the plaintiff
The defendant did not appear.
Katherine MuihalI, who was taken from the
home Of her sister at 276 Carroll street last
Tuesday night, in state Of violent insanity
and lodged in the county Jail, was examined
in the probate court yesterday and committed
to the Rochester asylum.
The personal injury suit Of Ellen F. Burke
against Carlton D. Andrews is on trial be-
fore Judge Otis and a jury. The plaintiff al
leges that on Aug. she~hired a horse and
phaeton Of, the defendant, and that while driv-
ing Mississippi street the horse ran away
and upset the phaeton, and that the plaintiff
was thrown to the ground and severely in
jured. Mrs. Burke asks for IS, 600 damages
Judge Willis appointed Samuel Morrison
yesterday as referee to take testimony in the
action to dissolve the law partnership Of
Messrs. Butts & Jacques.
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DISMISSED THE COMPLAINT.
The Corporation Attorney Ends an
Unusual Proceeding.


Corporation Attorney Darragh ap-
peared in the municipal court yester-
day to see that the charge of assault
and battery against Leon Michaels, q
warrant for whose arrest he had re
called and who was subsequently ar
rested by Constable Quint, was dis
missed. The merits of the assault
and battery charge were not gone into.
but Mr. Darragh indicated himself
by having the defendant discharged
without a hearing. Mr.. Darragh Sc =
verely cross-eXamined Constable Quint
as to where he had secured the war
rant upon which Michaels had been
arrested, but that official could re-
member no one connected with placing
the document in his possession except
Attorney John E. Hearn.
Addressing the court, Mr. Darragh
declared that the arrest had been H.
legal, for the reason that a constable
under the city charter had no authority
to serve warrant in criminal cases
in the police court. Furthermore, the
corporation attorney stated that he
was familiar with the circumstances
involving the issuance of a warrant
for Michaels' arrest, and had the ap-
pl1cation been made to him. the docu-
ment would not have been issued.
When he found it had gone out OF
eth0 OiilSo NY lIlSldhe, lie HdQ requested
the police not to serve it, Later the
warrant had been secured from the
municipal court clerks Office and
served by a constable, who was not
connected with the court.
Judge Twohy dismissed the case upon
Mr.. Darragh's recommendation, as is
customary in all cases where the pros
ecuting attorney moves for a discharge,
but practically ignored the allega-
tions as to Constable CUNTS authority
to servo the warrant,
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Excursion Rates to WASHINGTON.

For the benefit of those desiring to witness
the inauguration Of the next president Of the
United States, the Baltimore & Ohio railroad
will sell excursion tickets at one fare for the
round trip from all points it's lines in Ohio,
Indiana and Illinois. Tickets will be sold
March 1, and 3, valid for return until March
8. Similar tickets via B. & o. r. R., will
be sold by all the railroads thro lghout the
West. In addition to being the shortest
and most direct line to Washington the B. &
o. passes through region of greater scenic
magnificence and historic interest than any in
all America. Passengers also have the option
of travelling via Akron and Pittsburg or via
Bellaire and Grafton either going or return
ing. The through trains Of the B. G o.
are vestbuled throughout equipped with
Pullman sieepers, and the dining car service is
unsurpassed. Information in detail will be
cheerfully furnished upon application by L. S.
Allen, assistant general passenger agent B.
o. r. R.. Grand Central station. Chicago.