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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-04-18
Ship Yurd Trust,

CHICAGO. April 17.-Announcement
was made here to-day that the final
meeting for the formation OF the trust
comprising mos. Of the lake ship yards,
will be held in New York next Thurs
day. All arrangements for the lRcor-
poration of the combine have been
completed ard the New York meeting
will be mainly formal In putting into
shape the agreements which have been
reached. Every snip yard on the lakes
with the exception OF r. W. Wheelers,
at Bay City. Mich. and the Craig yard
at Toledo, will be taken Into the COM
blnation. II will be known as the
American Ship Building Company. The
headquarters will be at Cleveland or
Chicago.
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COLUMBUS. O., April l7.-Attorncy
General Monnett gave out reply to-
day 10 the interview in Cleveland, with
Virgil P. Kline regarding the informa-
tion filed in the supreme court relative
to the alleged attempts at bribery by
the Standard Oil Company. Referring
to Mr.. Kline. the attorney general says:
He was here las:.. week as / under
stand In Columbus. and in lengthy in
terr!ew with former attorney general
Watson, was refused the proposition
that General Watson should sign n de-
NAL for publication, but on the contrary
was informed OF the truth of the
charges. Il Is only another means this
man Kline haB adopted to try the case
IN the newspapers. He knew when he
gave out this Interview that Watson
had made this denial"
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Intermiuable Beef Inquiry.

.as WASHINGTON. D. c., April 17.-Af-
ter devotlng the forenoon to a practic-
al examination of the beef supplied to
the army in cans, the Wade court of In
quiry recalled Prof. Atwater ut
o'clock and he held the witness stand
during the greater part OF the after
noon. He expressed the opinion that
pound for pound the canned roast beet
was of greater nuiritive value than
fresh beef. but suggested tha; IL un-
mixed with vegetables It would not
prove SO acceptable a ration. Colonel
Weston, of the commissary department.
was also recalled during the afternoon
and examined with reference to the
supplies furnished the troops in the
field at Santiago.
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SPANISH ELECTIONS.
Serious Riots at Bilbon and Other
Points-Nany Wounded.

SSi'ohs As"NS az L1ltpoh &lHI StneE
Points-Many Wounded.
MADRID, April 17.-During election
riots at Bilbao twenty-six persons were
wounded. Popular feeling runs high
in Valencia and surrounding districts.
There was q serious affair in the town
OF Portos, province of Tarragona, where
the official candidates being beaten, tho
municipal officials fred guns at the
crowd, injuring number of persons.
The Socialists are now preparing to
make q demonstration at Bilbao as a
protest against the defeat Of their can
didates, which. they allege, was due to
the "scundaious conduct Of police PROV
ocateus in instituting disorders"
The newspapers have announced that
Don Iaenfe, son OF Don Carlos, tho
Spanish pretender, Is on his way to tho
Pyrences.
The latest indications as to the result
oof the elections nre that the Minister
ialists will have large majority.
Senor Moret, who was minister Of tho
colonies In the Sagasta cabinet, has
been elected at Saragossa.
Judging from the returns thus far re-
ceived the government may be expected
10 get go out OF 40 seats. o43 minis
teriallsts have been elected, including
$50 Silrclists. SO Polavicjists and 20
Pidallsts.
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Rnmnolln tlla Kcnl Ponc.

LONDON, April 1S-The Rome cor
respondent of the Daily Telegraph
sends the substance of an Interview he
has had with prelate who assisted
yesterday In te celebration OF the
twenty-first anniversary OF the corona
ton OF the pope at ST. Peters cathedral
The prelate in question said that Car
dinal Rampolla. the papal secretary OF
state Is the real pope and that his ob.
Ject Is to elect himself or one of his
nominees to succeed Leo.
ITO attain this" declared the eccles-
Iastic, "it L necessary that the pope
should create new cardinals. as the sa-
cred college Is now so grouped as to
leave Rampolla 40 chance.
''The object of Sundays ceremony
was to benefit the popc's health, as ex-
element OF this character relieves the
tediun Of his ordinary existence"
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tempted bribery in connection with the
United States senatorshlp and the con-
slderation Of the McCarrell Jury bill In
the house. One was presented by
Chairman Fow and signed by himself
ana four colleagues. The minority re-
port. presented by Mr.. McClain, Is
signed by. four members. Tho reports
were read separately by the persons
presenting them. and by agreement by
Messrs. Fow and McClain action on the
reports was postponed until o'clock
Tomorrow afternoon. The majority re-
port says: in the opinion of those who
have signed this report the evidence
before the committee as contained in
the report to this body dlscloses that
undue means were taken by many per-
sons who will hereinafter be named to
corruptly solicit members Of this house
both for the purpose Of influencing their
official action In reference to the Nc
Carrell bill and also In reference to
their official action as to the election Of
q United States senator. That said cor
rupt solicitation consisted of offers Of
money, possession, advantage and poll
tical preferment, And further shows
that for the purpose Of carrying out the
scheme that an unlawful conspiracy
was entered into between some OF the
parties. and in furtherance OF said con-
splracy that rooms were maintained at
the Lochlel Hotel and kept UP for the
purpose OF having members of the
house brought there that they might be
approached in reference to the subject
matters referred to In the resolution
creating this committee.
The conclusions Of the committee are
that there Is in their opinion sufficient
evidence against Charles B. Spatz, John
r. Byrne, Parker Titus. Frank B. Jones,
Monroe H. Culp. Thomas NJ. Moyles,
Robert Evans, John ]. Coylc and NJ. ].
Costello for this house to direct that
criminal proceedlngsba brought against
them In the courts Of quarter sessions
Of Dauphin county, and 1t Is recon-
mended that these proceedings be i'm
mediately commenced and vigorously
prosecuted by the authority Of this
house.
The minority report recommends that
the testimony Of and against Messrs.
Coyle. Costello, Spatz. Evans, Culp,
BYrne. Titus and Jones be referred to
the proper tribunal for determination.
The minority report concludes as fol-
lows: There has been other testimony
offered to your committee not charging
corrupt solicitation in either legal or
fair Interpretation of the term which
after being carefully considered by us,
has not been made part of this report.
for the reason that no public good, In
our opinion would be served by its be-
ing so made, and those whom 1t con-
Germs. while having committed no
wrong and violated no law might be
unnecessarily and unjustlS- smirched.''
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Y CINCINNATI. o., April 1I-Judge
Dempsey in the superlo" court to-day,
decided ogairst r. C. Campbell in the
suit involving sl,7OO alleged to have
been paid to Campbell us attorney for
Representative J. C. Otis to induce him
to vote for Senator Hanna ut the cleo
ton In the legislature \ year ago last
January. When the bribery story was
made public Colonel Campbell said that
ha had M,TOO which Henry Harrison
Eoyce had paid him as part price OF
vote for Hanna. Campbell stated that
BoTce could have his money on demand.
George II. Barker. 10 whom Boyce is
indebted, brought suit and garnisheed
the money in Campbclhs hands. Camp
bell sought to evade payment into court
but to-day Judge Dempsey decided that
he must pay the money into court. after
which Barker's right to it may be de-
termine1
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KEENER's RUsE
To Throw the officers of the Law OF

To Throw the officers of the Law on
his Track.
Special Dispatch to tho 1ntcllGcncer.
MORGANTOWN, W. Va, April H.
Early this morning the chief OF police
was notified that murder had been
committed along the Monongahela river
a short distance to the north OF town.
In company with other officials, he vis-
tied the spot and found some clothing
covered with blood. bloody razor and
evidence OF scufile, with blood spots
leading to the river. A pocketbook was
lying near. In It was a card OF Major
]. L. Keener, the cattle man who stole
nearly forty thousand dollars and skip
ped out from here few months ago.
The officers made a thorough exami-
nation of the premises and reported as
their opinion this evening that the
whole thing Is 4 ruse to throw the off,
GERS Off Keener's track. He was report
ed as having been seen about here last
week. The discovery caused great ex-
citetnent, and the spot was visited by
great numbers OF people.
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Three Children Burn cd to Death.

WILKESBARRE, Pa, April 17.-Latc
yesterday afternoon Mrs. Jacob Les
hook, residing in Pittsburgh township,
put her three children. Mary, aged six,
Katarina. aged four and Apollo. aged
three. to bed and then went out TO make
n call on nelghbor who resided about
u mile distant. When she started to re-
turn she saw smoke issuing from the
roof OF her house. She gave the alarm
and ran with all her might to the scene.
Arriving there the dwelling was envel-
oped In flames. The frantic mother
wanted to rush into the burning house
but was restrained by two men. After
the house had burned down the charred
remains Of the three children were
found in the cellar. The suppos!tion is
that the house was set on fire by q
spark from a passing locomotive.
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WASHINGTON, April lex Minis
ter Bartlett Tripp. the American mem-
ber Of the Samoan commission, arrived
here this evening. from his home in
YanKton. S. d. He will have n confer
ence with the President and Secretary
Hay tomorrow. when his Instructions
will be given him. The entire commits
sion, Baron Sternberg, Mr.. Eliot and
Mr.. Tripp, will be entertained Mt unch-
con tomorrow by Secretary Hay, when
some preliminary discussion over the
negotiations may occur. Mr.. Trip said
tonight that he would receive his in
structions tomorrow, and would leave
direct for San Francisco either to-mor-
row night or Wednesday morning.
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to insure the projections OF the resort
which he started. and that II anybody
was robbed. he (Price) was to get
half. "And have done business with
him for quite awhile" said Butner.
Buttner testified that It was In 1S90-'91
that he paid the money to Price. At
that time, Buttner said, he was SIM
ply running an ordinary saloon. Butt
ner said his Broadway Garden had been
frequently examined by police officers.
and declared to be all right. Every
thing had gone we'll until Captain Price
came to the precinct. Then Buttner
said It was u case OF "hands up" Butt
ner swore that the first thing Price
did was to threaten to close the Broad
way Garden UP unless he received $3.50,
and half Of any robbery that was ac-
complished In 1t. He objected, and
told Price he was running straight
forward game, and letting out no
rooms. but according to the witness
Price replied: II don't care o d. II
y0u let out hundred rooms night, I
want $50 q month"
Price was not man to argue point
in gentlemanly way. ButtnerI said,
and 80 he (Buttner) asked with whom
he should do business. He was told
to see Bob Nelson, q saloon-keeper.
Witness objected 10 Nelson. nnd Price
began to make arrests in the Garden.
Buttner went to see Nelson, but though
he called dozen times, he was always
unable to find him.
Had to See "Policy King"
Then Buttner said he was advised to
see al Adams, the ''policy king" and
owner Of the Karach brewery. Refer
ring to him. Buttner said: by taking
beer from Adams you are oil right; you
Will be well protected"
\ Buttner said he did not see Adams
personally. but got q message from
him. saying he could expect no protec-
tion In that precinct. Buttner testified
to q later interview with Captain Price,
in which he alleged that the police off,
Ger said: II tell you. Simon, I've moth
Ing against you personally. I never did
have anything, but you cannot play In
this precinct and he advised Buttner
to sell out. Buttner said the CONVEX
sation then turned on robbery OF s4O0
which had taken place the previous day
at the Broadway Garden. Buttner
said to Price: Don't blame me for it..
captain, AS soon as we heard OF 1t
we sent for one of your officers, and
we told him who the woman was. He
got the money from the woman. Now,
II your people encourage these women
TO rob men. II they want to stand in
for one-half, you can't blame us, We
can't put watch over every man and
woman, and watch them"
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Want to Come Home,

WASHINGTON, D. c., April H.
Senator Pettigrew. of South Dakota, has
written letter TO the President, re-
Questing the return OF the South Dako-
Ia volunteers. now in the Philippines.
He says that under the law they are en-
titled to come home, and that they
should not be retained against their
will. The senator says he has received
requests from 1l9 members OF the South
Dakota regiment, asking to be dis
charged and sent home.
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How Morgan Would Solve 1t.

NEW YORK. April ia special
from Washington says: Senator John
7. Morgan. of Alabama, a leading meni-
Der OF tho foreign relations committee,
when asked for an expression on the
Samoan problem said: There Is but
one permanent solution of the Samoan
question. That Is 4 partition OF the is
land by the three powers which have by
common desire Just formed 4 cemmIs-
sion to reconcile the differences be-
tween themselves and the native Sa-
n1npq
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Spufnts New Minister.

WASHINGTON, D. c., April 17.-The
French ambassador. NJ. Cambon, called
on Secretary Hay to-day and officially
advised him In behalf of Spain that the
Duke d'hrcOs had been chosen as Span
isl minister at Washington. The am
bassador also made known TINT the
Spanish government through the minis
ter OF foreign affairs. had Informed him
TINT Mr. Bcllamp Storcr would be per-
soma grata US United States minister ut
Madrid. The time OF Duke d'Arcos' or
rival here has not vet been set.
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Thousand Mile Tickets,

WASHINGTON. April lin the
United States supreme court an opIn-
Ion was handed down to-day by Justice
Peckham, pronounc!ng valid n portion
OF the state law OF Michigan regulating
the sale of thousand mile tickets. Tho
part Of the law affected Is that proy!d.
Ing that these tickets shall be good for
two years and shall be sold ut reduced
rates.
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he would not vote for Quay tomorrow
and that the other members from Allie
gteny county favorable to the election
Of United States senator at tho pres
,ent legislature. have cast their last
vote for the Beaver statesman. Mr..
Nagee predicts that Mr.. Quay VIII lose
twenty Supporters ut to-morrow's ballot
and declares the prospects are bright
for the election Of senator. He de-
clines to give the names Of the twenty
Legislators who. lie predicts, will leave
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Illlci, Dis,illers Arrested.

Special Dispatch to tho Intelllgencer.
CHARLESTON. W. Va. April H.
Detective Cunningham brought here to-
night from Clay county. four moon
sinners, whom he arrested on the
charge OF Illicit distiiifng. They are:
Floyd Martin, Mike Jones, Scott Thom-
as and Clayburne King, They We're
lodged in Jail.
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Followed her Soldier Lovcr

KANSAS CITY, No., April IA ca
blegrhm received Today from Manila,
announces the death OF Mrs. Buchnn-
an, the young bride OF Captain Frcder-
lex u. Buchnnan. Company D,Twentlctl
knnsns regiment. She was graduate
OF Kansas University. She married
Buchanan In San Francisco just before
his regiment edtfcd for tho Philippines
and smiled on q TRANSPORT In dlsguise.
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Dcnlcd ut White House.

WASHINGTON. D. c., April 1.-THE
story printed this morning that the res
lEnatlon OF John Addison Porter. secre-
tary TO the President, was now In the
hands of Mr.. Mckinley. to take effect
at the latter's convenience, is officially
denied nt the white house.
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Accepts the Presidency.

Special Dispatch to the Intell!gencer.
MORGANTOWN, W. Va, April IL
DR.. Frederick W. Sanders. professor OF
history In the West Virgins University.
has been offered and will accept the
presidency of the New Mexico College
Of Agriculture and Mechanical Arts. He
Will assume charge on the fifteenth OF
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4NiA va StiStTo'
SDprtn1 0Isnn tnh IN tho IptollIpancer

Special Dispatch to tho 1ntell!gencer.
CHARLESTON,W. Va, April 1.-THE
Surety Guarantee and Trust Company.
of Wheeling, has been chartered. Its
authorized capital is s5,0Oo,OOO. of whlcl,
$500 has been subscribed and $780,
900 paid in. The incorporutors are
Charles Whit.ock. Albert E. Whitlock.
Robert 2. Cade, NJ. Raplee and W. w.
Bristol, oil Of Chicago.
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MANNlNGToN, W. Va. April i'll.
c. Matthews. OF this place. killed his
.@o-ycar-olh daughter with razor last
night and then committed suicide. His
mind has been unbalanced for some
time,
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HARRISBURG, Pa, April 1.-THE
seventy-seventh Joint ballot for United
States senator was taken to-day with
the following result:
Quay, &c; jerks, 3s: Wells. s: anti
Quay Republicans voted for Calvin
Wells. No quorum.
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For West Virginia: Warmer, with
Tuesday. Wednesday, fair and cooler.
For Western Pennsylvania: Warmer,
with probably showers and thunder
storms Tuesday: high southerly winds,
Wednesday. cooler and fair, except show.
ers near the lakes. 5',E
For Ohio: Showers and probably thunder
storms Tuesday. with colder weather In
western portion; high southerly winds,
Wednesday. fair and cooler. s1I5,
Local Temperature.
Tho temperature yesterday, as ohserycd
by c. Schnepf, druggist. corner Market
and Fourteenth streets, waB as follows:
a. m.............. !Sl3p. m............ II
II. m........... w y. m,.n.....,,,.Q
Il m......"....... 7sWeather-Clcar.
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Hs.i. j. j. Sunpter uead.

Hon. j. j. Sumpter. citizen of Gar
land county since 1874, died at Hot
Springs, June 22l. He was born in
Warrenton, Warren county, Missouri,
July7, 1912. On the breaking out of
the Civil war he enlisted in the Confed-
crate army as private in Company II,
OF the Third Arkansas Cavalry, and ut
the surrender he was commanding a
company. He was in over 200 battles
and skirmishes. At the close of the
war he continued his law studies and
was admitted to the bar in 1875. He
was member of the legislature of
1871, 1878 and 1874 sheriff of Garland
county from 1874 to 1876; member of the
National Democratic convention from
1875 to 1884, and member of the state
senate from 1889 to 1891. He was a
prominent member of the Masonic
fraternity and other leading orders.
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MUST ENLIST VOLUNTEERS.
The Regular Army Being Up to Its
Authorized Strength, Enlist
ments Must be Volunteers.

Washington, June 29.-It has been
definitely decided to begin the enlist
ments for the volunteer service under
the act of the last congress. The re-
ports to the adjutanJ general. based
on the reports of the recruiting off
GERS and on close estimates as to the
number of soldiers in the Philippines,
and in each command in Cuba and
Porto Rico, show that the regular
army is up to its full authorized
strength. The additional soldiers need
ed must be obtained under that sec
ton of congress authorizing the en-
listment of volunteers. The only ex-
ception will be in the case of the few
enlistments that will be made from
time to time to fill gaps in the regular
army caused by casualties and by rea
son of expiration of enlistments. The
officers scattered among the principal
cities of the country who have been
enlisting regulars only, will be in
structed Immediately to prepare to
enlist volunteers. The present indica-
tions are that in all about 10000 men
will be wanted.
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Men Now Being Enlisted.
DOESN'T COMPLY WITH LAW.
Articles of Incorporation of the
1sthmus Ship Canal Co. Turned
Down in New Jersey.

Trenton, N. j., June 29.-Atty. Gen.
Gray has filed an opinion with the
secretary of state advising the refusal
of the articles of incorporation of the
American Isthmus Ship Canal Co. The
capital is 100000, with the provision
that the capital stock might be lit
creased to $25o,OO0,0oo by vote of the
holders of not less than three-fourths
of the capital stock. This proviso is in
conflict with the New Jersey statute,
which gives to the holders of two
thirds of the capital stock the power
to increase the authorized capital. The
secretary of state will, later, return
the papers to the company. The COM
pany was intended to be incorporated
here to build a ship canal across the
Isthmus of Panama. Those named as
incorporators were Henry Leeds, w.
c. Merriam and Juan A. Smith, of
Jersey City.
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WHAT Is THE NEXT THING?
Opening Meeting of the National So
cial and Political Conference
at Buffalo, N. Y.

Buffalo, n. Y, June 29.--The Nation.
al Social and Political conference was
called to order by Edwin d. Meade, of
Boston. n. o. Nelson, of ST. Louis,
presided. At a meeting of the busi-
ness committee, Tuesday night, it was
decided to change the rules of execu-
tive sessions and open the conference
to Representatives of the press. The
conference, as explained in the official
programme, sis meeting of progress
sive men and women of various poll
teal and social beliefs to consider the
present condition of American politics
and to determine what is the next
thing TO do"
The addresses were brief, the open
ing address being limited to 20 min
utes and the speeches and discussion
tc five minutes each. The days ses-
sion was devoted to Economic Re.
forms"
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A Brush With the Enemy.
WOMEN MEET IN COUNCIL.
The International Council of WOnk
en- In LOndOn-Papers Read and
Topics Discussed.

London, June 29.-At the session of
the international Council of Women,
Mrs. Stanton Blateh read a paper on
Primary Education" advocating the
use of manual works at every step of
education, but deprecating the intro
duction of domestic occupation and
trying to adapt trades to educational
processes.
Mrs. Miller advocated her we'll
known views on physical development
through the reorganization of the food
question, but the chairwoman, Mrs.
Stevenson, intervened and declared
that questions in the shape of kitchen
preparation of food, were hardly with
in the scope of the discussion. To this
Mrs. Miller replied that rational and
physical education was the only ques-
tior she wished to discuss, and sug.
gested that, perhaps, it had been
placed on the wrong programme.
The audience finally invited Mrs.
Miller to continue, which she did,
E.eeting with much applause.