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FIRST sEssIoN--FRIDAY.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-12-28
COMING CONVENTION


COLUMBUS, o., Dec. 2L-The execu-
tive committee OF the United Mine
Workers of America and coal operators
from Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana and
Illinois met at p. m. to adjust wages
to stand until an Interstate convention
Of miners and operators can be held.
II is practically settled that the exist
Ing wage rate OF the competitive field
will be adopted to-day. West Virginia
was not represented,
II was decided to hold o Joint confer
encei in Chicago January II following
the national miners convention In this
city. While neither the operators nor
the miners win say positively that an
Interstate wage agreement Will be
made at that time, they are all hopeful
that the meeting will result In an ami-
cable adjustment OF the wage scale Tor
the ensuing year. In the meantime the
present conditions will remain. undis-
lurbed The miners Will decide at their
national convention upon the demands
to be made at the joint conference. An
advance of probably not less than ten
cents per ton in the price of mining VIII
be asked.
night:
COLUMBUS, o., Dec. 81, 1897.
To the Operators and Miners Of West
ern Pennsylvania, West Virginia,
Ohio, Indiana and Illinois:
GENTLBMEN:-At meeting Of op-
orators and miners representatives
held at Columbus, Ohio, on this 9th
day of December 1897, 1t was unani-
mously agreed that a Joint meeting OF
miners and operators of this competi-
tive coal field be held in the Y. NJ. G..
A. building at Chicago, llls,,a 10 o'clock
a. m, on Monday, January II, for the
purpose OF establishment mutual rela-
tlons and formulating an annual scale
of prices to be paid for mining In the
various fields In the states aforesaid for
the ensuing year; and such adjustment
OF differentals as may be agreed on,
and II possible the permanent establish
ment OF Interstate agreement on the
mining question:: and the consideration
OF such other matters as may properly
come bcfora such meeting.
on behalf OF operators:
o. L. Robins, Pennsylvania.
II. N. Taylor, Illinois.
r. $. Tenant Indiana.
j, s. Morton, Ohio Committee
on behalf of miners:
w. c. Pearce, Ohio.
Patrick Dolan, Pennsylvania.
]. VI. Hunter Illinois.
j. II. Kennedy Indiana, Committee.
NJ. d. Rltchford, on behalf OF Ma
tional Executive Board.
Attest
r. S. BROOKS. Secretary.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-12-28

P1TTsBURGH. Dec. s7.-During hre
Mt New Haven, a suburb of this city, in
the residence Of Mary Ann Browdy this
evening, Miss Nancy Browdy, aged for
ty-slx. was burned to death and the
mother aged eeventy-slx, was so badly
burned that she cannot survive the
night. Miss Browdy, who came here
about O month ago from Butte, Mont,
TO visit her mother. lost her life in trying
to save some personal property from the
building. She went to the upper floor
after the flames had made headway on
the structure and was probably suffo-
Gated. When the house had been gutted,
the body OF Miss Browdy was seen hang
ing over a jolce and in the presence OF
about 500 people, who had gathered at
the scene. aud was Utterly burned 10
a crisp. The mother threw herself into
the burning building twice in the endea-
Yor 20 save her daughter, but each time
was dragged back by friends, not, how
ever, until she was SO badly burned that
the physicians say she cannot recover.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-12-28
LOWER INTEREST RATE
WIN he InAuguntsd by New York
BAnks-The Changed Conditions.

NEW YORK, Dec. 27,--Wlth the an
nouncement OF the dividends to be paid
next month by the various savings
banks OF this city, there IS a general
tendency to pay lower rate OF Interest
than heretofore, A few years ago prae-
tlcally all the older banks were paying
interest at per cent per annum, but
gradually this has been changed so that
next year the rate of interest in many
instances will be Sls per cent. President
McMann. OF the Emlgrant Industrial
Savings Bank. said to-day: Conditions
are such now that the various banks
are not earning as much as few
years ago and consequently II Is i'm
practicable 20 pay a rate OF interest tina.
would perhaps tend to reduce the sur
plus, The tendency Is even toward a
lower rate, say per cent; not this year
or even next, perhaps, but eventually,
Most of the six per cent government
bonds have matuTed and but q few
years can elapse before they are all re-
deemed. While banks held these bonds
1t was possible TO pay four per cent, but
now in taking care OF our new business
1t is not possible for bank to earn
more than 3% per cent on Its capital.
Money on call Is at present very cheap
and there must be Of necessity o re-
trenchment OF some kind, Real estate
cannot be counted on too strongly, and
to-day we cannot set In some instances
more than AZ per cent on the very best
bond and mortgage"
President j. IL. Rhoades,of the Green
wIch Savings Bank, said there was a
general feeling, especially up the state
that under the present condition of in
vestment and returns four per cent was
too high and undoubtedly the bank
ers would welcome any general move
ment to reduce the rate. Indeed. Mr..
Rhoades had been asked TO lend his in
fluence In this direction. The fact that
railroads could refund their bonds at
3h per cent showed apparently that
savings banks were in many instances
giving q higher rate OF interest than
conditions warranted. Mr.. Rhoades
thought that ultimately all savings
bankB would reduce their rates to 5ls
per cent and possibly to per cent.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-12-28

HELENA, Mont. Dec. ELL p. Bow
on, a son OF cx.Unltsd States Senator
Bowen, OF Denver, committed suicide at
sapplngton, on the Butte-Logan branch
OF tho Northern Pacific yesterday. His
body was found near the track, whera
an express train had thrown II nnd
near It was an cmpty bottle labeled
"polson." Howon was on his way from
Sheridan to Miles Cliy whore hr ex.
ptolcd to take position on the Yel.
lowstono Journal 10 was aufferlng
from alcoholism aud remarked Sntur.
dnv nlGhi That he had not been sober
since June last Bowen was Tor years
mining editor o. the llelonn Journal,
ilussoll y, llnrrlron's paper In Helena
no wns ONCE editor and pronflct0r N
the Deer Lodge New Northwest
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-12-28

CHICAGO, Dec. H.-Joe Walcctt and
Tom Tracy met tonight for six rounds
in the Winter Circus buitding,at Harmon
Court and Wabash avenue. The decls-
lon Of the referee was draw, the decis-
ion being accepted as eminently fair
one by the crowd. Before the fight It
was announced that II watcott won the
fight he was open to fight for the middle
weight Championship of the world,
and" said Sol Van Praag. who made
the announcement, "he has posted $1,000
with Louis Housemen, Of Chicago, as
forfeit and he prefers Kid Mccoy"
THIS was greeted with jeers by the
crowd and loud cries Of "Lavigne, La
ylEne." O'Rourke then authorized the
announcement that Walcott was match
cd to fight Kid Lavigne at 1871 pounds,
The fight to come of February ~, in San
Francisco. Walcott was fret In tho ring
and was followed quickly by Tracy. Ia
tho lattcr's corner were Billy OConnell,
Joe ChoynEld aud Billy STINT Behind
wnico,t were Bob Armstrong, Billy
White and Tom O'Rourke. George Sller
acted ne referee. Walcott weighed very
clege 10 40. Tracy between lij and li6.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-12-28
CONFLICTING sFATEMEHTs
Made About Ghs Food sltasttan In the
Alaskan Gold Fields.

SEATTLE, Wash, Dec, 27-Among
the passengers OF the steamer Rosalle
which has arrived here from sknguay
ana Dyea. Alaska. were six men who
recently left Dawson City, bringing ad-
vices up to November ?. The men are
Frank BalIaine, John Lindsay, Tom
Storey, II. Gwynn. ". B, Bing and
p, J, Pollard.
Conflicting statements as to the food
situation In Dawson was made by these
men. Lindsay asserts with great posi-
tlveness that want already exists at
Dawson and that unless food Is taken
into the camp from the coast men Will
suffer from hunger.
Ballalne, Gwynn and Holland say
there is more alarm outside concerning
the Dawson people than is felt by che
residents OF that place, They agree
that there Is no food to be bought in
Dawson except where a man is found
who is coming out OF the country and
with more grub than he could use on
the way up the river. They, however,
expect aid, for the fact that some OF the
men VIII be put on short ratlons there
by diminishing the output of the mines
this winter, the shortage Of food will
not be felt the exodus of men from
Dawson to Fort Yukon and to points on
the coast and materially relieves the
situation at Dawson.
Between Pelly river and Dyea the
party passed hundreds on the camps
wher snow and Ice bound Klondlkers
have camped for the winter Many of
them were well equipped with provls-
sions and by paying 81 per pound It
was possible for them to procure iiour
and other hecessarles.
From Five Fingers the YUKON Is
frozen mass OF Ice boulders running as
high as Twelve feet. blocking the can
yon from wall TO wall and making trav-
el difficult. This, 1t is asserted, will
have to be cut through by government
or other relief expedition that expectA
to reach DnTson from the coast and
the belief expressed by Ballalne was
that this task would practically make
futile almost any effort put forth by
the government at Washington to re.
Ifeve the American miners in the Kion.
dixie.
Reports from slsaguay and Dyea,
brought down by the Rosalie are TO the
effect that swindlers operating under
the gulse OF Canadian officials are neec.
Ing the newcomers at Lake Linderman,
demanding payment for duty and CIV
ing a printed receipt. i
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-12-28

NEW YORK, Dec. 27,-omciai an
nouncement has been made OF the ap-
polntment of Horace f. Burt, third
president Of the Chicago & Northwest
orn Railway compang as president OF
the Union Pacific Railway Company.
The board OF directors ls to include the
following: wlnslow s. Pierce, chair
man; James stlllman, Marvin Hughltt,
Roswell Miller, IL. H. Hartman, Louis
Fitzgerald, Henry B. Hyde, John W.
Doane, Otto II. Kahn, r, Jefferson Col
lido, ir., George j.. Gould, Oliver Ames,
james c. Cannon and Jacob H. SeaiH.
oliver w. Mink Is 90 be vice president
In charge OF the New York office, All
The great roads seem TO be represented
directly or Indirectly IN the new dlrec.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-12-28

INDIANA. Pa. Dec, 1--Mystery still
surrounds the death OF Milton Neal and
his wife, whose jodlcs were found In
ihslr homo near Jacksonville, Indiana
county by their son, Saturday night
The theory Of murder Is atlll the moGt
predominant although many cling to tho
belief that the wife was FIRST killed by
her husband, who nftcrward turned the
weapon upon hlmsolf This idea ll scout
ed by the relatives, who were indignant
whom shown to publication In n morning
paper Murder, cold and premo1ltatod.
is the only statement which finds favor
81 thcir eyes
Across Mr. Ncnl'G forehead IL deep
dent, wonderfully like blow produced
by poker No ono can nocOunt Tor TINS,
and coma thlnly The murderer nrHt fcllc1
him before hrinB Tho fatal shot The
coroner dld not concluded th1 icailmony
In tho case io-day and adjourned The In
queBl until Thursday afternoon.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-12-28

NEW YORK, Dec. GA Montreal
dispatch to the Evening Post says: The
Canadian Pacific railway has completed
arrangements for the construction of six
light draught stern wheel steamers to
ply on Alaskan waters In conjunction
with two ocean steamers which they
have purchased in Scotland. These ves-
sells will be constructed In Toronto, the
contracts having been let to the Bertram
and Poison works. Work win begin at
once, as it Is intended to have them
ready for the opening OF navigation. The
boats are TO be of wood. plated with steel
and will have length OF 15O feet with
beam OF thirty feet. They viii be pitt
together In the Toronto yards and will
then be taken apart and the parts ship
ped to Vancouver where the boats viii
he rebuilt.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-12-28

MARION touhty-DTunken Quarrel te-
auItA la Death or Que OF the Partlcl-
pants,
Special Dispatch TO the InteIllgencsr.
FAIRMoNT. w. Va, Dec. 2T,-A
homeiclde was committed In the village
of Metz, this county, last Saturday night,
the parties being young men under the
influence of liquor James Schultz got
Off the west bound accommodation, due
there about p. m, and was very bois-
terous in one of the stores. but was taken
to an adjoining building. where his
bolsteroua conduct attracted the atten-
tlon of William Metz, who entered the
building ana before those near were
aware Of {, got into a fight,
They fell with Metz on top, who was
pulled Off and the parties were separated.
Schultz said: Eve have no troubles to
settle; let us shake hands" but Metz re-
piled that he would "knock his head on"
and made al him, when Schultz drew u
pistol and fired, striking Metz near the
left temple, the ball taking an upward
course. and killing him instantly, Schultz
was arrested and brought here and
placed in jail. County Coroner T. A.
Fleming, Sheriff Il, L, Cunningham and
Prosecuting Attorney G, w. Alexander
went out on the arSs train and held an
inquest. DR., p, b, Ogden made a post
mortem examination and extracted the
bullet. Metz was about twenty years
old
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-12-28

SCRANTON, Pa, Dec, 21.--shorily
after work was resumed In the Della,
ware, Lackawanna Company's Bellevue
shaft to-day, terrific explosion occur
red which shattered sections OF the
gangway. gca.tered missiles in every d.
rectlon and injuring six men, two SER
iously. The explosion was OF gas, ana
In the p. gangway OF the fouteen foot
vein. Eighteen men were in the imme-
dlate vicinity. John Alexander, lab-
orer. and John o'Brien, a MINER were
badly hurt and may die. They were
taken 10 the Moses Taylor hospital,
The former was horribly burned,
O'Brlen had both hips broken. A naked
lamp 10 thought 70 have caused the
explosion. Work Va the fourteen foot
vein has been abandoned until otter
repairs are completed. Mine Inspector
Edward Roderiok IS investigating the
matter
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-12-28

WASHINGTON, D. O., Dec T.-The
most profound distress prevails among
many thousands of people In Cuba.
Starvation not only impends, but is an
actual fact. The President has been In
formed OF the facts from sources whose
credlbIllty cannot be doubted. He has
gone to the length Of his constitutional
power in calling the state OF affairs to
the attention of the American people.
The state department has used all of
It's authority to mitigate the
conditions there and the letter
10 the public sent out by Sec
retary Sherman the day before Christ
mas and pointed out the way TO further
alleviate the miserable condition of the
reconcentrados. To-day the sum OF Ave
thousand dollars was received by AS
sIstant Secretary Day from certain
charitably disposed persons whose
names are not disclosed and this sum
will be RENTED by telegraph early to-
morrow morning to Consul General Lee
for disbursement among the more
pressing cases. 1t is hoped by the de-
pnrtment OF state. that the American
people win come 10 the relief and that
promptly by subscriptions Of money
clothing and supplies Of various kinds
The newspapers are expected to lend
a general aid in carrying forward this
movement. The machinery for distri-
butlon has been provided by the state
department and Consul General Lee
has undertaken. with the aid OF the
American consular officers in Cuba to
give personal attention to the ailepla5
tlon OF distress by the distribution OF
the gifts of the American people. One
line OF steamers plying between New
York and Havana, the Ward line. II is
said, has undertaken to forward any
contributions of goods 90 General Lee
at Havana and 1t Is believed that the
American railroads Will do their part
by carrying the goods to the seaooard.
The Spanish authorities have consent-
ed TO remit all duties on relief supplies
so forwarded. The state department dt-
reefs that they be sent direct to Consul
General Lee either money by draft or
check, or goods. Consul General Lee
tonight cabled the state department
lust. what is wanting at this juncture
and his list Is as follows:
Summer clnthing. secondhand or
otherwise, principally for the women
and children; medicines for fevers' In
Guiding large proportion OF quinlne'
hard bread. corn-meal, bacon, rice lard,
potatoes, beans. peas, salt fish. princi-
pally goldfish, any canned goods, espe-
cialiy condensed milk for the starving
children.
Money will be also useful to secure
necessaries, medicines and for many
other necessary purposes. ,-
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-12-28
sOcrlo,,a I,,r,clr for Her ohl,dr,n.

NEW YORK, Dec. 27.-Mrs. Lizzie
Gallagher was burned to death last
night at her apartments in Brooklyn in
her efforts TO save her children. The
baby had pulled the cloth from the ia
bic, upsettlns the kerosene lamp. Mrs.
Gallagher's clothes caught fire. but she
devoted her efforts to rescuing her little
children Covered with burning oil she
carried her three little ones TO safety
and then running to nelghbors bed
room rolled herself In the blankets. It
was too late, however, rs she was
burned from head to foot, and died soon
after reaching the hospital to which she
was taken.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-12-28

NEW YORK, Dec. 27.-Judge Mac
Mahon, in the court OF general sessions
to-day, on the recommendation Of AS
sistant District Attorney Bell, dis
missed the indictments for manslaugh-
ter found against George r. Mccoy and
Charles Il. Foley, employees OF the Man
haitian Elevated Railway Company.
who were accused OF killing Charles e.
Weber, horse dealer, in The Ninth
street station Of the Third AVENUE road.
on the night OF February T. II was al
legged that Weber, who was Intoxicated
at the time, forced quarrel with Me-
Coy and Foley In the night Weber fell
on the platform and received injuries
which resulted MORALLY.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-12-28
FUNERAL OF o. s. LONG.
The Services TO he Held In st. Matthew'S
Church, This Fttr.


Church, This city.
Special Dispatch to the 1ntelllgencer.
CHARLESTON, W. Va, Dec, H.
The remains of the late o. S. Long will
be taken to Wheeling for burial. There
win be a T'emplar service of the Kanaw-
ha comandery Knights Templar at the
residence, Wednesday afternoon at
o'clock. conducted by Rev. Dir, Roller,
prela!e.
The remains will reach Wheeling We'd
nesday night accompanied by an escort Of
eight members from Kanpwha com
mandery not yet named, and the final
services will be held at ST. Matthews
church, Thursday morning, conducted
by Rev. DR.. Roller. of this city, assisted
by the rector, DR.. Thomas.
Frederick Webber, Of Washington, sec
rotary general of the supreme council
Scottish Rite MasOns. Is here and will
accompany the remains to Wheeling. DR..
]. w. Morris. Of Wheeling, deputy for
West Virginia of the Scottish Rite Ma
sons, Is also here. Other visitors are eS-
pected tomorrow. -
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-12-28

WASHINGTON, Dec. 27.-The Amerl-
can steamer City OF Everett, which made
the trip from San Francisco to Calcutta
with q cargo OF food for the starving
HIndoos Is now on her way across the
Atlantic from Spain with cargo Of ore
for Charleston, s. c., where she will ar
rive about New Years, After dischurg-
ing her cargo at Calcutta she made n trip
10 Madras with coal. and returning 10
Calcutta, she took n load Of jute for VAL
encln and Bilboa, Spain, by the sucz
camel. Dlscharging the jute In Spain,
she rot cargo OF iron ore for the United
slates. THE Is the first voyage Of this
ldnd ever mnde by an American Bteamor.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-12-28

BERLIN, Dec 2L-'The Hamburger
Nachrlchten denies that Prince Bis
marcNa gout ~ better and says he can
not walk or sleep and 10 unable to read
or answer hls friends letters Tho for-
mcr chancellor is described as being very
irale at the statement that hs health IA
satisfactory and is quoted az saying; III
tho gentleman Who wrote that were In
my place, he would be able to get nn Idea
Of what n gallsfaotory condition is.'"
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-12-28

INDIANAPOLIS, Dec. 27,-The Krag-
Reynolds Company, wholesale groceEs ut
Nos 81 and 80 East Maryland street, to-
day fled a mortgage to Lafayette Per-
kins, as trustee for the various holders of
the promlssory notes to the amount of
S2gC. .229 IS. Late this afternoon the firm
assigned to Mr.. Il. L. Mckee. The mort
gage covers tho firms grocery, stock, fix
lures, accounts etc, the several scatter
ed pieces of real estate. There Is also q
mortgage covering chattels alone, TO Sc
cure certain notes, among them one for
s2I367 "a to the Indiana National Bank
and one OF S25,OOS 81 TO the Capital Ma
tiaHai Bank, made December 2i,lS97. to
Harriet n. Reynolds, OF Dayton, Ohio, for
$4,000; one to Nicholas McCarty Harri-
son for S25OOO, made November !, and
other similar notes. Charles NJ. Rey-
nolds is president and general manager
and William Wallace Krag secretary.
Mr.. Krag said It wns the intention to
reorganIze the company and continue in
buglnegS