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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-08-17
P.r,snea By the Gor,rnon

Special Dispatch to the Inteiligencer.
CHARLESTON, ". Va August a.
Governor Atkinson to-day issued par
dons to Robert Beshnm and Bruce Ldl-
ley, of Raleigh county, sentenced to the
penitentiaFy for four years on q charge
Of burning a public school house. Ba-
sham purchased tract OF land Of Lll-
ley upon which was a school house.
The state never got a deed. Basham
burned the old building down 20 erect a
new store building. At the trial Ba-
sham could not prove bis title for the
land md both were sent up at the April
term, 1893, for four years. The petit
ton was signed by the Judge, prose-
cutting attorney, the Jury and 200 re-
putAble citizens.
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LONDON, August lL-The Manila
correspondent Of the Daily Telegraph,
t.IevraphIng Saturday, says:
"NothIng could be more humane than
tho Americans capture OF the town.
General Merritt and Admiral Dewey's
o,,r was to spare every object but the
armed defences and the trenches. Ap-
norrntly the American losses were ex-
,rsmeIy small The Spanish entrench-
r,onts varied In point of distance from
two TO four miles from the center Of old
Manila.
"petendIng this lons line Of at least
ten miles were not over, and probably
under 5000 Spanish regular troops, vol
unteers and natives. About half that
number were in the hospital The at
lacking force numbered from 10000 to
soOOO natives and 1000 Americans, on
,sore and aboard the feet. In every
r..n.ct the advantage was on the side
q, tbe attack. The American field guns
threw heavier metal and had longer
range than the Spanish, the narksman-
sbIn Of the United States gunners was
much superior to that Of the spaaiards.
oud the men were stronger and in bet
ter condition
Looking over the bay II was curious
10 notice the foreign fleets arrange
themselves according to their sVmpa-
tbIes, The English and Japanese were
With the Americans and the Germans
and French on the opposite sides Of the
BAY north OF the Pasig river.
The olympia fired the first shot at
$40 and fairly continuous but bV no
means furious cannonade, was kept up
until 1laO By that time the Malate
fort was silenced and the American
troops then stormed the entrenchments.
The spauIards who were in the earth
works tell me that the quick firing guns
o, the little gunboat Rapido, which lay
close to the shore, were far more terri-
bic in their efeets than was the raking
FIRE Of the Spanish.
"ResIstanco to the American attack
was impossible. The First Colorado
regiment was the earliest to charge the
spanIards, who retired to the second
line, but, soon outnumbered, they were
forced into the old city. A part Of Ma
late suffered severely from the bonn
bardment. The vaupted intramures de-
fences were not tried.
THE Spanish commander, convinced
that further resistance was hopeless,
holsted a white flag at 1880 and the
order to cease firing was Immediately
Issued in the centre of the town. but in
the outskirts Of the town street fighting
continued for some time afterward be-
tween the rebels and spanlards.
The only fear felt in the city Is in
regard to the conduct Of the insurgents.
AsIwrite this, In the house of the Ger
man consul. a brisk fusIlads Is going
on between the combatantS and mus
kstrV nre Is rafting all around"
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Pnrinr 10 ntnts paeIL.

PHILADELPHIA. Pa, August a.
The following dispatch was sent 70
Governor Hastings to-day:
"should the state of Pennsylvania de-
eide to send train 10 the south g
gather the sick and wounded soldiers q
the state, and remove them north, the
Nedieo-C Chlrurgical hospital, OF Phtla-
delphla, Is ready and willing to take
care, without any expense TO the STATE
orito the soldiers Of one or more nun
dred OF our brave men. The Meaieo.
ChIrurgical hospital % not unmindful
and the great aid extended to this inBh-
t,Ition by the state OF PennSylvania, ana
in this patriotic way seeks to show its
gratitude.
(Signed.)
JOHN V. SHOEMAKER,
ON RehalG Of the Board OF Trustees,
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TWO COMMISSIONS

Appointed By the Prsaidonl 70 ssttlO Az
fairs Ia the West Endles-Ths Peace can,.
niilsIon Not yst l1ado mp.
WASHINGTON. Aug. ls.-The Presl-
dent to-day appointed the two commits
slonS to adjust the evacuation Of Cuba
and Porto Rico. They follow:
For Cuba-Mator General James ,.
Wade. Rear Admiral William 7. samp-
SON. Major General Matthew c. Butler.
For Porto Rico-AIujor General John
R. Brooke. Rear Admiral winaeld s.
schfeS Brigadier General William ".
Gordon,
WASHINGTON, Aug. 16.-The presi-
dent to-day rendered to Senator Allison.
Of Iowa, an appointment 40 a member
OF the peace commission. Senator AiA-
SON. however. could mot see hlS way
clear to accept the honor. The tender
was made in the course Of lengthy In
terview to-day at the white house. The
appointment Of Senator Allison, almost
az much as that OF Secretary Day, has
been regarded as q foreBone conclusion.
The administration has been anxious to
secure his services, az his long e1peri-
ence in public life. especially his 6xpeFi-
ence as chairman Of the appropriation
committee Of the senate and on tho
finance committee, would make him
particularly valuable IN the adjustment
Of the lnptty financial problems likely
to arise during the deliberations Of the
peace tribunal Senator Allison, In
acknowledging the honor offered, e1-
piained that the interests Of bis state
in tho senate and his desire to continue
his former vigorous participation in the
shaping Of legislation In that body and
other duties would preclude his taking
up the arfuouS duties at Paris that
would demand 50 much time and o.
rious work.
During a portion Of the interview
Representative BouFke Cochran, of
New York, was present. His services In
the Mckinley campaign, along with
other circumstances. gave rise to specu-
lation that he had been summoned here
by the President in connection with the
making UP Of the peace committee. MT.
CockTan asserted, however, that he was
here solely on private buFlness and
merely called to pay his respects,
am not q, candidate for any office, and
no offer, direct or Indirect, Of any sort
Of appolntment has been made me-" no
adtedI
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Grnnd Hi,nd CoIInp.es,

CESSNA PARK, H., August 1s.-The
game of ball between Danvllle and the
Chicago Unions played to-day ended in
a horrible accident. The grand stand,
seating fully 1000 people, collapsed,
killing Mrs. Maud Hobart, Of Gilman,
ILL.,, and injurlnE about thirty others.
Those badly wounded arc: Mrs Ran
ton, leg broken; Mics Argo, back In
jured, both Of Hoopeston, ILL.,; Mics
Crawford, of Milford, ILL.,, leg broken;
Mise Garland and Mise Curtley, OF
RoEsviIle, hurt internally, and Elmer
Jameson. of Potomac. back injured.
Several deaths are expected 70 follow.
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n.n,-tn,n1 of PoTto RIeo,

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1s.-ArTange-
ments arc being made at the war de-
partment for the establishment Of a
now military department on the island
of Porto Rico similar to those estab-
lIshed In the province of santiago dc
Cuba and In the Philippines. The now
department will be known as "the de-
partmant of Porto Rico" and viii be
comTnnndeJI by Major General John II.
Brooke, now with the army Of occupa-
ton In that territory.
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rrnnnr1n Ii nin,lor,d on.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 16.-An order
wiN be Issued to-day, when approved by
the cabinet. mastering out. of the SER
vice about 10000 Of the volunteer forces.
The troops to be mustered out win In
ciudc aii the volunteer cnvalry and vol
unteer artillery In the United States at
the present time. and a large number Of
Infantry regiments, The whole number
has not yet been determined. The mus
terirg-Out order may be delayed until
dispatches are received from General
Merritt respecting the conditions at Ma
Mia. Dispatches arr expected from the
general at Utmost amy hour.
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WASHINGTON. August 1s.-seere-
tary Alger and other members Of the
cabinet took occasion to-day to deny the
truth of the rcports current in caSia of
an agreement to dlsband the Cuban In
surgents and for the United States 60
pay them on in the Interest OF promot-
ing peaceful conditions on the Island.
The proposition. 1t is stated. would not
be entertained by this government, and
Il ls further suggested such an action
would require legislative sanction In an
act OF congrehR.
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the expediency but the necessity OF such
steps as will save the social interests OF
the island, avoid future insurrection9
and prevent complete annihllation OF
the wealth partially saved, from revo-
luton and war. There IS no agitation.
The report that an attempt was made
to shoot the British consul iS entirely
without foundation.
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MThs oIsnrllIs sharr,hootern.o .

Special Dispatch to the 1ntelllgeneer.
CHARLESTON, W. Va, August 1s.-
A new military tactic or rule or some
thing was sprung upon Governor Atllin-
son to-day by a petition signed by all
the members and officers OF Company L.
Second West Virginia regiment, asking
Governor Atkinson and wife 60 be god
father and god mother for the company.
The governor and his wife accepted the
trust. The governor named the COM
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Looltlnr for Another Democrat,

WASHINGTON. Aug. 1s.-It is under-
stood that the President has rendered to
Senator German, of Maryland, q place
ON the peace commission, and that be
has deciIned the offer. The President
n0Vr. II is stated, 10 booking about for
another Democratic senator to take the
place OF Senator GorInan the President
being deslrous Of securing a Democrat
from the upper house OF congress
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spetlRl DlFpatch to tho Intelllgoncer.
CIIARKsBURG. WI vn., Aug. 16,-
The board OF regents of the normal
schools met here tonight. There were
present Messrs. HarTner Carr. Johnson
ard Trotter. W. d. Outright, ,of Buck
harmon, was elected principal OF the
West Liberty normni SCHOOL, Mics Vir-
glnin BURROWS. OF Ronceverte. teacher
OF elocutlOn Mt Huntington, and Miss
Buszing, Of Cincinnati, teacher Of clo-
crllon al Fnlrmont.
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WASHINGTON. Aug. tG.-surgeon
General sternberg has received the fol-
lowing Dispatch from Key Wes! regard
Ing the yellow fever there:
Three cafeE Of yellow fever and three
fuypocled cAnCs officially reported az
marine barracks here Have nifty men
a: this hospital. mostly from the Fifth
cofpT. rcadg Tor duty. and one conya.es-
cout able to travel BORDEN
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NEW YORK, Aug. ie.-Ten rough
riders commanded by Colonel Roosevelt
and General wheeler, who were landed
at Montauls Point yesterday from the
transport Miami, are iu the detention
camp, where they Will be kept for At
least three days Nearly all are dysen-
terry cases. A few are in q critical cone
dltion In the yellow fever hospital IN
charge Of DR.. n. C. Moore there are
three suspects from St Louis.
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HAVANA is TRANQUIL

Conservative Natives amt spani,h Rest.
d'hts Want sSeiAi tntrrsUs i're,sFyrd.
HAVANA, August 10. { D. m.-The
city remains entirely tranquil. livery
body has resumed his or her duties aud
MI are thinking only ~ how 10 recover
s5meshlng OF what has been loss
Conservative natives. and particular
" Spanish rssldsp.S, realize not only
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NEW YORK. Aug. l6--J. NJ. cebalos,
the New York agent Of the compania
Traus-Atluntica, to-day received tele-
grnm from Santiago dc Cuba informing
him tha; four more steamship lOnds of
Spanish sOidicrs would sail from that
port for SpaiE this week and that all the
Spanish foidlcrs WIZ have left Santiago
before September /.
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WIFIEe TROUBLES

In the Pana, IllInoIS, DtStFiet-opsFators
are Determined.
pANA. his, August 16.-A large force
Of armed deputy sheritts and special po-
lice were ON guard at the mines to-day
and the union miners were congrega-
ted on the highways, II anything, In
greater numbers and apparently more
determined than ever that no non-un-
ION men should pass. Some OF the union
miners appeared on the scene with rl-
ges and shotguns, but their leaders ln-
duced them to return the firearms
home. -.
lcanvoEed In cafrlages.in charge OF ARM
ed deputies and police.
The operators OF the four mines nave
now exhausted every effort to induce
the union miners to leave the union
and return to work below the scale
price, but without success, The opera
tors propose now to bring N negroes,
who will bunk in houses TO be erected
an the mining company's property. The
unIon miners are desperate, having re-
maInef out for five months, submitting
10 almost starvation rations. A number
have homes partly paid for in building
associations, and II is feared serious
rloting will follow the importation OF
The residence OF George Snyder, who
has been working at Springside mine,
was attacked and partially demolished
by unknown parties last night and sny-
der and his family driven out. Snyder
created great excitement by wildly
running half naked through the streets,
armed With q revolver, seeking the per-
petrators. Other non-union miners
have arrived likewise. Extra police were
on hand, but did not succeed In detect
ing the guilty parties.
SPRINGFIELD. MIS-, August 16.-At
a conference OF the national executive
board Of the United Mine Workers and
the operators OF the Virden sub-district
to-day, 8. n. DalEsll, president OF the
Illinois Operators Assoctation, read
protest on behalf OF the. association
against any reduction In the Vlrden DIS
trlct. Dalzell held that the scale for the
entire state was fixed by the executive
committee representing all the opera
tors and a scale committee, represent
ing the United Mine Workers OF llli-
nols, and Il was in the nature Of con-
tract between the two organizations. He
held that these two committees were
the only bodies that had authority to
change the scale. The national execu-
tive board was without Jurisdiction.
The executive board met and oVerruled
the objection that II was without au-
thority. Other operators threaten to
make a corresponding reduction In
scale n Vlrden district mines resume at
the reduction. The decision OF the nu-
tionnI executive board Is victory for
the Vlrden operators who appealed to
them,
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Nin.i IInrn Tle,n Insans.

ROCKFORD, ILL.,, August t6.-GeOrgc
Emmett, son of n prominent contractor,
this afternoon shot and instantly killed
his sister Anna, aged thirty-hve, and
then blew OF his own head with shot
gun. He is thought to have been tenn
porarlly lnBanco.
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IT WAS HUMANE.
The Taking Of the Capftalo the Philippines
By Combined Forces
OF THE INSURGENTS AND AMERICANS

D.r.v, Fleet Bombarde the City Of Manila for Two Hours When
the American Troops stOrmed the Enrenchmonts Spanish
Driven Back Into the Old Ciy-The White Flag Then
HOsted but Street Fighting was Kept Up for Some Time
Afterwards American Loss sadt Have Been Small
Our Rapid Fire Guns Make Great Havoc
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1,n..,n .Inrl.,onvlIIs.

WASHINGTON Aug. 10. = General
Fitzhugh Lee had brief conference
With the Pregldcpt to-day, and later ar
ranged TO leave for his command az
Jacksonville tomorrow. BE youch-
safed no further explanation Of his CON.
ferences here other than the desire ot
the President to consult with HIM over
tho conditions in Cuba.
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T1NERlFFE. Canary Islands. Aug,
-Tarll 2is IN The hsfbor hsre. whicn
we're uzilrsuiraed shortly after the dec
;aratlon OF war, have been relit
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xnI.,I = s,ye.rInr OrtlInanes.

NEW YORK. August le-The board
Of aldermen to-day killed on ordinance
introduced providing punishment for
swearing In public places by laying i
on the table by an almost unanimous
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THE FALL OF MANILA
Confirmed BY Advices from Madrid--Au-
gust Ordered to Quit his Post.
ACCORDING TO DIsPATCRES FROM SPAIN

The City Capuated Because Of Lack Of Foo the Population
and Garrison Having Suffered the Greatest Prytons
era Merritt Took Host Stringent Precautions to Peventtbe
Philippine Insurgents from Approaching the Specua
ons at Washington to the Effect Of the Surrender
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WASHINGTON, Aus. l6.-Ambassa-
dor Hay has accepted the office of sec
rotary Of state.
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yea,her Forrcnat for To-day,

For West Virginia, Western Pennlyi iya-
MIA and Ohio, threatening weatnoE
wednesday: probably shower WEDNESDAY
night; light TO freSh variable WtndA
I.ocaI remPsTatnFV'
The Temperature yesterday as obesrlea
by Z. Schnepf. druggist, corner hArket
and Fourteenth BtrCets, was a. toueWs'
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In the petenllon Camp.

JOHN V. SHOEMAKER,
on Behalf OF the Board Of Trustee
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1898-05-27
THE SHIPS RUODER.
Its Two Parts and the Difference In the
Strain That Comes Upon Them.

Its Two Parts and the Difference In the
Strain That Comes Upon Them.
The rudder of wooden ship is COM
posed of the stalk and the backing,
which are so joined together as to form
in effect single piece. The complete
rudder is coppered to protect it from
worms, and then, besides being practi-
cally all in one piece, it has that ap-
Pearance also.
The stalk is the part to which are at
tached the pintles, or pivots, by which
the rudder is suspended and held in
place, these going through eyes set in
the ships sternpOst. The stalk runs up
through the stern of the ship, and to
its head is bolted capto which are at
tached the ropes by means of which the
rudder is controlled. The backing is the
blade part of the rudder.
By far tae greater strain comes on
the stalk, and the greatest strain of all
comes on the head of the stalk, the
rudder head, where it is held. The
stalk is made of the wood most likely
to stand the strain, carefully selected,
sound, we'll seasoned oak, while the
backing is made of spruce or hard pine.
The stalk is of a single, solid, massive
piece, stout as an oak tree and indeed
of the dimensions of a small oak,
something that a man can pin his faith
to, if he can have faith IN any wood,
while the backing or blade is, like
many modern wooden masts, built up.
1t would be difficult if not impossible
to find trees that would yield planks
big enough for the purpose in a single
piece, and the built up backing, made
of pieces of selected wood, can easily be
made of ample strength to withstand
any strain that will be brought upon 1t.
AS to the stalk, stout and solid as the
oak may be, the head may be twisted
by the force of tremendous blow from
a wave upon the rudder, or, under the
repeated strains of long use, the head
may split, and SO make the stalk use
less. Then the rudder is taken out and
fitted with new stalk. A suitable stick
is selected and worked down to the
proper size and form, and very probably
the old backing is attached to it. The
life of a rudder stalk would probably
be - to IA years. The backing might
last as long as the ship.-New York
Sun
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The Alpine Good Night.

Among the lofty mountains and ele-
waited valleys of Switzerland the Alpine
horn has another use besides that Of
sounding the farfamed RAM des
Naches, " or COW song, and this is Of a
very solemn and impressive nature.
When the sun has set in the valley
and the snowy SUBMITS of the noun
tains gleam with golden light, the herds
man who dnells upon the highest hal
liable spot takes his horn and pro
nOunCes clearly and loudly through it,
as through a speaking trumpet, Praise
the Lord God. " AS soon as the sound is
heard by the neighboring herdsmen
they issue from their huts, take their
Alpine horns and repeat the same words.
This frequently lasts a quarter of an
hour, and the call resounds from al the
mountains and rocky cliffs around
When silence again reigns, the herds
men kneel and pray with uncovered
heads. Meantime it has become quite
dark. "Good night" at last calls the
highest heTdsman through his horn.
The words resOund from all the noun
tains, the horns of the herdsmen and
the cliffs, and the mOuntaineers then re-
tire to their dwellings. Pittsburg Dis
match.
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The more familiar feat of the seem
ingly supernatural growth of flowers
was utterly eclipsed by another instance
vOuChed for by the same narrator. His
own servant brought him a score or so
of seeds, from which he selected and
marked one. The fakir planted it in a
pot of earth, muttered some words over
it and fell into "a sort of trance, which
lasted about 80 minutes. He then
awOke, uncovered the pot and discover
ed a Seeding two or three inches high.
JacolliOt examined it and found it had
sprung from the seed which he had
marked.
With touch of a peacock S feather
the fakir depressed balance of COM
mon weighing machine in daily use in
the household, though in the other was
a weight of IL stone, and with a dis
tant motion of his hand he made shay
ings of wood to sink or move in water.
Still more marvellous is the description
of the manner in which this veritable
eastern wizard was able to set at de-
fiance the law of gravity. On this occa-
sion, when leaving the room, he paused
on the,threshold, folded his arms, and,
by simple act of vOlition, raised him
self from the floor and remaUed poised
in air for some minutes. - London
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