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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-07-11
IMPRESSIVE
SOLEMNITY
ATTENDS
The Closing Scenes of Eighteenth
International Convention Of
Christian Endeavorers.
MESSAGE FROM THE HAGUE
In Response to cablegram Sent
to Ambassador whlte..At-
tendance on Meetings.

DETROIT, Mich, July l0.-The eigh-
teenth international convention Of
Christian EndeavOr closed tonight
amid scenes OF impressive solemnity at
tending the utterances Of 1.-The last
word" by the president and secretary in
each Of the great tents respectively, fol-
lowing responses from each state and
country represented, and last exhorta-
tlons from M. =. Bishop Vincent, Of
Kansas and Evangelist Chapman, Of
New York.
The following cablegram from Hon.
Andrew D. White. president of the
American peace commissioners at The
Hague, brought out storms OF applause.
1t was in answer to this message:
ITO the American Peace Commission,
The Hague:
"Twenty-fve thousand American and
Canadian Christian Endeavorers, now
assembled in international convention.
Detroit, represent two and one-half
millions enthusiastic for peace and ar
bltration. Great peace meeting held.
All wish you God speed"
(sIgned)
FRANCIS L. CLARK, Pres.
JOHN WILLIS BAER, Sec.
Mr.. Whites cnblegram is;
"clark. President Christian Endeavor.
Detroit.
American commissioner to the peace
conference send sincere thanks for
message, and consratuiates you and all
friends of peace for the great success
achieved providing for permanent tri-
bunal of arbitration"
tslgned) WHITE, Pres.
"HoLLs, Sec"
At all previous meetings the audi
ences assembled quietly, but this even
ing, for some time before the calling to
order Of the two great gatherings, Tents
Endeavor and wIlllston were babels Of
sounds and scenes. The state, provin-
clal and foreign delegations were group
ed in designated punches, divided about
equally between the two tents. Each
had its own particular rally cry and
each delegation took pleasure in making
1t known to the extent of its lung pow
er. The delegations which were not
shouting were singing. Music conduc-
tor Foster finally made himself heard
without aid of negaphone and all the
voices were turned into inspiring vol
umes of "Holy, Holy Lord God AL
mighty" with much improved effect.
The following statements as to at
tendance, etc, was given out by secre-
tary Baer:
without doubt the attendance at this
convention has very much exceeded
that of any other Christian Endeayor
convention ever held in the matter of
those present at the various meetings,
This estimate takes into account the
great convention at Boston in 1895. That
is to say that out OF the 2s,OOO Endeav-
orers registered, which Is the estimate
Of the reception committee and includes
Detroit members. there have been more
who attended meetings than at any pre-
vious times. The estimate Of attend
auce Mt meetings gives total OF 29s,6O0.
There were $4,000 EndoavorerS in at
tendance, including Detroit delegates.
Thirty thousand hve hundred slmul-
taneOusly attended strictly Christian
Endeavor meetings.
These figures do not include the sixty
six non-evangellst meetings which had
q total attendance Of 1900, and 100 pro-
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Donth % Col. Q. j. Lang.

Special Dispatch to the Int0IllEencer.
cLARKsBURG, W. Va, July TO-
Colonel c. j. Lang, a prominent citl-
izen, of this city, died at his home on
Pike street, this morning, Of typhoid
fever. He had been sick but u few
days. Colonel Lang was for q number
OF years Baltimore g. Ohio agent ot
this place, but since he severed his con:
nection with that company he had
been engaged in the mercantile busi-
ness. The funeral will take place We'd
nesday under the auspices OF the Odd
Fellows.
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CINCINNATI, o., July 1O.-some time
ngo Franklin Buell., of New York, up
piled to the United States court here
for an order to restrain the Farmers
Loan & Trust Company. OF New York,
from proceeding with the sale OF the
Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern Rail-
way on foreclosure. II was refused.
To-day n copy Of an order OF the SUI
preme court OF Erie county, N. Y, ar
rived here, which granted the petition
York trust company from proceeding
with the sale. The order was not
served, but was filed in the United
States court, which holds that the Erie
county, N. Y, court has no Jurisdiction
MhnlnNnr
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ASSAULTED AND ROBBED
A Telegraph Operator Sets signalsso
as to Stop Trains.

as to Stop Trains.
WILMINGTON. Del. July 1O.-wlll-
lam Ahern. telegraph operator Of the
Delaware railroad at Glnn's Crossing.
Mlddletown, was discovered at his desk
at the tower at $3.50 o'clock this morn
ing. bleeding and unconscious from
wounds on the head. He had been u.s.
saulted by two negroes, who robbed
him Of $25.
Before becoming unconscious Ahern
set the signals In both directions to stop
trains, and the signals, coupled with the
fact that no response was received to
whIstling, caused the crew OF south
bound train to stop and make an inves-
tlgatlon. The precRution taken by the
brave and desperately wounded opera
tor prevented the possibility Of train
collisions.
A posse was promptly organized and
the assailants were traced to Summit
Bridge. about seven miles distant,
where they were arrested and taken 70
jail They are James Young and Chea..
ter Rasin. from IIniontpwn, Md.
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West Virginia a1Idget Dead.

Special Dispatch to the IatSllIgencSr.
sTEuBENVILLE, o., July 1O.-Jerry
Morrow. the little man Of Turkeyfoot,
West Virginia, died yesterday, aged
twenty-nlne years. He was famous be-
cause he was only forty inches high,
and weighed about thirty eight pounds.
He possessed scholarly traits and was a
skilled musician. His nature prevent
ed his exhibiting as a freak.
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ALTOONA. Pa, July tO.-Ftve men
were injured, two fatally by an explo-
sion of gas in the LRughmnn mines at
Ehrenfeld to-day. Their names: Henry
Hoycr. James Hoyer. David Wallace,
Joseph CalllhHn, Charles McClaren,
Tho two first named will die. The eX-
plosIon was due to n detective lamp car
rIed by Henry Hoyers
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READING, Pa. July 1O.-wnllnm NJ.
Fulton, contractor. aged forty-six
years. was out for a pleasure drive this
afternoon, accompanied by his wife,
when he met Harvey Whitman. aged
thIrty-nve, whom Fulton accused of ln-
sulting his wife recently. Fulton
jumped from his carriage and began
to give Whitman beating, Whitman
fled and Fulton pursued him for two
blocks when he (FultoR) suddenly
dropped dead from heart disease.
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Prominent citizen Dead.

Special Dispatch 10 tho lntelligencer'
MoRGANTowN. W. Va, July To-
Daniel B. Anderson. one of the best
known and wealthiest citizens OF the
county, died yesterday evening, Of con-
sumption. aged seventy-two years, af.
ter a long Illness. He was q native OF
Allegheny county, Maryland, but moved
to this county In 1859 and has since
lived here.
He was married in 1860 to Miss Mar
tina Coll and of the union there survive
six children, Mrs. Eliza Jacobs and
Mrs. George Little, OF Warrington;
james e. Anderson, OF Fairmont; Mrs.
George Pariltt, William G, Anderson
and Robert Anderson, Of this county.
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LEXINGTON. KY, July 1O.-The Re.
publican convention TO nominate can
dldates for state officers is now holding
the attention Of the politicians, both
Republican and Democratic, all over
the state. All the gubernutorinl can
dldates arrived early and are ut work.
General Taylor claims he will receive
the nomination by acclamntIon. Tay-
lor claims to have over eleven hundred
instructed votes and win be able to or
ganfze the convention. On the other
hand Stone and Pratt say he will fall
fully Ii0 votes below his estimate and
his nomination is not assured by any
mpnns
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Special Dlspntch to tho InteIlIgencer.
MoRGANTowN, W. Va, July TO-
w. s. Montgomery & Company, con-
tractors and lumber dealers, made an
assignment this afternoon for the bene-
fit Of creditors. The liabilities amount
to $4,000. and the assets are worth
about $1,000, consisting OF the planning
mills OF the company and some ac-
r.ntintn.. rennINn lnlr.-- - -
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New Pottery Combine,

PITTSBURGH, July 1O.-Another ef-
fort Is to be made to consolidate the
pottery interests of the country. A
meeting will be held shortly to organize
the American Stoneware Company,
with headquarters lt Akron, Ohio. The
new company will embrace about thlr-
ty plants, located princIpaily IN Penn
BYlYnnIa and Ohio.
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Youthful Train Wreokers Caught.

sHAMoKIN. Pa, July 1o-A special
policeman of the Philadelphia & Read
ing railway. to-day arrested Arthur
and Henry HennInger. Richard weF-
kel. Geoge Grier, Raymond Brightbill
and Phrom Troutman for tamperinB
with the wires Of a signal switch at
the Herndon branch OF the Philadel-
phia & Reading company, two mileS
west Of this place last evening. The
ages OF the prisoners range from four
teen to seventeen years, Several OF the
boys confessed that they wanted to
wreck the southbound passenger train,
which was due at that point shortly af-
ter they committed the act. A brake
man had discovered them at their das-
tardly work and wreck was thus
aVertedi The prisoners will be given d
hearing In day or two.
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Special Dispatch to the 1ntelligencer.
MoRGANToWN, W. Va, July TO-
Attorneys for Paul Clifford, the Saliva
tion Army captain, who was sentenced
in the court in February for grand lar
ceny to four years in the penItentiary.
received word this evening that the
board of pardons had refused their ap-
plication for his pardon.
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ExpcrImcnt IN Bccr shipment.

WASHINGTON, d. c,,.July 1O-The
Glacier has arrived at Singapore. She
carries n large cargo of fresh rcfriger-
Philippines. Tho navy department is
greatly Interested In the success OF this
experimental shipment, us we now
make heavy purchases OF Australian
beef for the supply OF the feet In tho
east,
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Fine Upright Piano For Sale.

We have fine Kranich and Bach
Upright Plano, good as new, beautiful
Italian Walnut case. three pedals, all
modern improvements, VIII sell for
one-half Its original price. Satisfactory
reasons win be given why the owner
must sell, Piano can be seen at our
store. Call or address
F. w. BAuMER co. J
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THOMAS II. BARRETT,
PETER c. PETRlE,
United States Local Inspectors
ALASKAN BOUNDARY
Senator Fairbanks in Search of n
Satisfactory Solution.

Satisfactory solution.
WASHINGTON, D. c., July 1O.-Un-
less Senator Fairbanks. while in AIMS
kR, succeeded in finding satisfactory
solution OF the VcXed boundary Ques-
ton. and brings with him the material
for the arrangement OF n modus vlven-
dl, the high joint commission viii not
meet In August
1t is conjectured here that the senator,
though himself member of the COM
mission, has, during hIs Alnskun trip.
been unable to HCqunint himself with
the unsatisfactory state OF the ncgOtl-
Ntiona between Mr.. Chonte and Lord
Salisbury, respecting the arrangement
Of modus. At uny rate It is statcd
here that there has been no change In
tho status OF the case and no commu-
nication from Mr. Choate thut would
tend to encourage the hope that tho
high joint conference can re-COnvenC In
Quebec, August 2, 20 which date the
adjournment was had at the last meet
ing.
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BETHLEHEM. Pa, July 1o.-The
Bethlehem Steel Company has ndvanc-
ed the wages of the employees of the
blast furnace 10 per cent and puddlers
twenty-five cents per ton, establishing
the puddlers wages at 50 IS. The ad
vance affects nearly seven hundred
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PITTSBURGH, Pa. July 1O.-sIgna-
lures to the wage scale from the De-
trolt Steel Spring Company, Of De-
trolt, and the Ewald Iron Company, OF
Louisville. KY, were received at the
headquarters of the Amalgamnted As
socIntlon in this city to-day.
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LONDON. July lO.-Grand Duke Mi
chael will remain in England until It is
decided when and where the funeral Is
The death of the Czarewitch,
though quite unexpected, so much
30 indeed, that his mother was
not with him. has caused no surprise,
because II has long been known that It
was impossible for him to survive the
consumption from which he suffered, It
having assumed n serious phase which
compelled him to live the life Of con-
flrined Invalid,
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Britain. brought the chronological re-
view up to the year 1851. Tho United
States ambassador, General Horace
Porter, viii give dinner and reeep-
tlOn tonight In honor OF the members
Of he commission and council.
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KILLING OF ELLIS.
Governor TO Take stops to Prevent
Outbreak ofold Feud.

VUVUEGIIN OF VEII H'VIINs
Special Dispatch to the Intolligeneer
CHARLESTON. W. va, July TO-
Governor Atkinson and his private Sec
retary. General E. L. Boggs, left this
evening for Gray Station, on the Nor
folk & western railway, the scene OF
the killing of H. e. Ellis, by Elias Hat
field.
The governors mission, II Is stated, is
to make personal investigation Into
the facts OF the murder, us pressure mas
been brought to bear upon him ever
since the occurrence, to take steps 70
prevent another outbreak Of the Hat
field. Mccoy feud.
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Wcnthcr Forecast ror To.,lnr.

Forecast for West virginia: Fair Tues
day; increasing cloudlness Wednesday:
variable winds.
For Western Pennsylvania and Ohio.
Threatening Tuesday. with showers on the
lake; showers Wednesday: variable Winds
Local TCmuCrRturN
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PARIS, July 1O.-At to-dny's session
OF the Venezuelan commission, Sir
Richard Webster, in behalf of Great
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ST. PETERSBURG. July 1O.-Grnnd
Duke George. the czarewitch, died to-
day, of consumption.
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HUMAN NATURE STUDIES.
Settled Very Promptly.

In the good old days in Kentucky
there was. says the Waverly Magazine,
a court composed of three magistrates
TO try certain cases appealed from u
single justice of the peace. The three
magistrates were backwoodsmen. y
case was being tried one day that was
very important and several hours of
listening to the reading of depositions
and the arguments of counsel, pro and
con, and pro and con again, had so
nearly entangled the court in laby-
rinth of perpleXing questions of law
and fact that they doubted their abll-
ity to blaze their way out. SO they
whispered to the leading lawyer at the
bar who was sitting by as a spectator,
and asked him what he thought ought
to be done with the case.
II think it ought to be thrown out of
court" was the prompt and emphatic
reply.
That settled it,
'Mr Clark" said the chief magis-
trate, pass up them papers"
The papers, which made quite large
bundle, were handed the chief magis-
trate.
Now, Mr.. Sheriff" said he. deliber-
ately, open that window"
The sheriff opened the window and
the case was thrown out of court.
The feud that followed lasted for fif-
teen years.
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ALEXANDER CRAIG.
A Contemporary Estimate.

From the Scranton Times.
The tragic death of Alexander Craig.
of this city, his wife and two children,
in the wreck on the Lackawanna near
Paterson, last night, causes the most in
tense grief to the friends who knew the
estimable family.
Mr.. Craig came to this city a little less
than two years ago, and became mana
ger of the Scranton Tribune. He had be-
fore that time acted in a similar capacity
on the Daily News, of New Haven,
Conn. lie was practical manager,
knowing the business end of the pub
fishing business perfectly and always
bending his utmost energies to the sue
cess of the enterprise in which he was
engaged. Never in its history was The
Tribune so well managed as under his
administration. 1t was never in better
condition than when he left IL yesterday
and joyously started on a journey to
spend Thanksgiving with friends-the
journey TO death.
One of the strong points of Alexander
CTaigs character was his perfect re-
liability. The writer has had business
relations with him almost daily for near
ly two years. Never in that time did Mr..
Craig fail to keep a promise. Never did
he try to obtain undue advantage by
sharp practice. 1t was always a pleasure
to deal with him.
Thoroughly immersed in his business
he has paid, little attention to social mat
ters since he came to this city, and he
made no attempt to make acquaintance
beyond those with whom his duties
brought him in contact.
BY his tragic death the Scranton Trib-
une and this community has suffered a
great loss.
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PERSONALITIES.

Mrs. Jefferson Davis may make her
permanent home in New Orleans.
DR.. John Rodham. of Waxahachie,
Tex, owns a rare old painting, a por-
trait from life of Robert Burns High
land Mary" and the "twa" dogs.
Charlotte Embden, who died at Ham,
burg on October A. aged 80 years sur
vived her brother, the poet heine, by 80
years, though she was born only two
years after him,
The Emperor William. 1t seems takes
the keenest interest in the caricatures of
himself which appear in the English
comic journals. He laughs at them until
the tears run down his cheeks.
"The first person to whom l announced
my engagement was ex-Secretary Hilary
A. Herbert, my confidential friend. as
well as my legal counsel" said Admiral
Dewey to a delegation from Nashville.
One of the London papers gravely as
serts that Sir Thomas Upton is so pop
ular in this country that If he should be-
come a naturalzed citizen he would be
almost as formidable a candidate for
the presidency as Admiral Dewey"
Pieter Pielerse, a Boer, of Wynberg,
Cape Colony, married the widow of the
eighth Earl of Stamford in 1892. She was
Miss Solomon, whose mother was an
African native She married the eighth
Earl of Stamford before his accession
to the title) as his third wife
Ex-senator Henry P. Dawes. of Massa-
chusetts, celebrated his eighty-third
birthday recently by entertaining the
Monday Evening club, "A literary society,
at his home In Pittsfield. Mr.. Dawes
read q paper on 1.-THE Duties and Func-
tions Of the United States Senate"
An English weekly says that the divorce
| OF the Prince and Princess Herbert Bis
marck may be expected Immediately.
| as is well known, they have of late years
been very unhappy; in fact. since the
! death of the late Prince Bismarck Prince
Herbert has returned to his bachelor
| mode OF life
The English friends of DR.. Donaldson
| Smith, the we'll known American eX-
| plorer, who left Berbera, on the Somali
| coast, about two months ago, with the
| object of leading an expedition acoss
| Somalland to Lake Rudolph, and thence
to the Nile, are anxious for his safety
| He had set his heart upon getting sue.
cessfully through to the Nile.
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Here is typical Depew story frorN
the Saturday Evening Post:
Last time 1 was travelling in the
south / had to put up over night at
a second-rate hotel in Western Geor-
gia. l said to the clerk when | en-
tered: Where shall l autograph
Autograph said the clerk.
Yes; sign my name. you know
ION, right here As | was signing
my name in the register, in came three
roughly clothed, unshorn fellows inn
mediately recognizable as genuine
Georgia crackers. One of them ad-
Vanced to the desk.
"'Will you autograph asked the
clerk, his face aglow with the pleasure
that comes from the consciousness Of
intellectual superiority.
Certainly said the Georgia crack
er, his face no less radiant than that
of the clerk; mines rye
There was no escape for the clerk.
end he treated with as good grace as
he could command under the cIrcum-
stances. Next morning | said to him.:
That was too bad, the way you got
caught last night
"'Well, / suppose l shouldn't COM
plain he replied but the next time
/ speak a foreign language i'm my own
country I'll know what I'm talking
about"
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He Had to Paw.

A man with a grip entered down
town pharmacy the other day, says the
American Druggist, and asked permis-
sion to look at the city directory. He
was so long about his search that one
Of the clerks got to watching him, and
not without results. The man was ap-
parently looking through the business
indices at the back Of the book, and
whenever he came to a page he fancied
he cut it out with n deft movement,
barely detachable. The clerk called the
proprietor, and between them they saw
him cut no less than five pages from
the book.
Then the proprietor beckoned to a
policeman just outside the window and
went up to his customer.
Got through with the book" he
asked.
Yes. quite" was the reply. Much
obliged. Is there any charger"
"Yes; the usual charge" said the
drug store man. Eight dollars,
please"
The man looked at the proprietor,
took in the policeman, and without a
word produced his wad and settled.
This is not the first time people have
mutilated my directory" said the drug
gist in relating the incident, but it's
the first vandal I caught at it, Instead
of copying the few names he wants. he
preferred to cut out whole leaves Well,
he paid for his fun"
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The Presidents Tact.

President Mckinley Is noted, says the
Washington correspondent of the
Times Herald for his fine manners. for
his easy address, his soft way Of
averting the wrath of the many people
who ask at his hands and receive not.
Concerning this a good story is told.
Not long ago several bishops of the
African Methodist church called at the
White House. with Bishop Arnott at
their head. They wanted to know il
1t was not possible for the President
to do something for the colored race
why" said the President, IT have
done more for the colored people than
any other President has ever done. See
what large number of men of your
race have appointed to good Offices "
And then the President, who has a
fine memory for such things, ran over
the list of negro appolntees to public
place under this administration.
But Mr.. President" said Bishop
Arnott. these colored men are mere
politicians. What we want to know Is
what you can do for us Methodists."
"Oh, as to that" replied Mr.. McKin-
ley, suavely, 'I don't see how I can do
anything more than has already been
done for the Methodists. You must re-
member. bishop. that we Methodsts
have the presidency and should not
ask for anything more"
And the good bishop marched out.
satisfied and happy because 1--WE"
Methodists have the biggest Office in
the land.