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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-05-13
SUDDEN DEATH
OF GOV. FLOWER
Last Night ut the Eastport Coun.
try Club, Long Islnnd, After
n Brief Illness.
FINANcIER And POLITICIAN.
Tremendous Winnings in Wall
Strect.-.Was one of the Foun-
dcrs OF Federal Steel Trust

NEW YORK. May 12,-Former Gov
ernor Roswell P. Flower died tonight
at lO:3O o'clock at the Eastport Coun-
try Club. ut Eastport, l.. I. Mr.. Flow
er was taken I'll early In the day with q
severe attack OF ncute Indigestion. In
the afternoon symptoms Of heart failure
supervened and he grew steadily worse
until the time OF his death. The attacl;
OF heart failure was accompanied by u
fainting spell and Mr.. Flowers family
In New York City were quickly notified.
Mrs. Flower and the former governor
nephew, Frederick S. Flower, accom-
panied by DR.. Thomas II. Allen, Mr..
Flowers physician. left Mt once on a
special train for Eastport. When they
arrived there Mr.. Flower had somewhat
recovered, but tonight the attack OF
heart failure was marIed and Mr..
Flower became unconscious an hour or
more before his death.
Frederick S. Flower took charge of
the details attending his death. but no
arrangements for the funeral have yet
been made. The body will probably be
transferred to Manhattan tomorrow
morning.
Roswell Pettbone Flower. was born
in Thersn, Jefferson county. n. Y, Au-
gust I. 1885.
Mr.. Flower was chosen chairman Of
the Democratic state committee In 1877
and In 1851 he defeated William Wal.
dorf Astor for Congress after hot
campaign In the Eleventh district. His
majority was 3,100, while Levi P. Nor
ton. Republican, had carried 1t at the
last previous election by more than 1000
votes. He refused Il denomination. He
was elected governor Of the state in
1891.
Mr.. Flower took up Brooklyn Rapid
Transit less than two years ngo, buy
Ing from 10000 to 10000 shares at 25
when the capital stock was only S25.-
100000. He absorbed many subordinate
lines. among them the Nassau Electric
Company, and increased the capital
stock to s45,0O0,0OO and by his extraor-
dInarily successful lmanlpulation,put the
price up to 1877. His holdings in Brook
lyn Rapid Transit alone. which cost him
two years ago little more than 100000
are worth at to-day's price more than
81 OO0. 600.
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REV. DR.. BRIGGS
VIII be Ordained Priest In the
Episcopal Church on Sunday, De-
spite ull Protests.

VIII be Ordained n Priest In the
Episcopal Church on Sunday, De-
spite nll Protests.
NEW YORK, May 13.--B!shop Potter
gave ont the following formal notice to-
day:
"Thc Rev. DR.. Briggs md the Rev.
Charles Snedeker will be ordained on
the day officially appointed by the bish-
op OF New York, May u. at the Pro-
Cathedral. Staunton street, New York,
at 1916 a. m The Rev. George W.
Douglass Will preach the ordination
sermon. The Rev. DR.. Cornelius 3.
Smith will present DR.. Briggs and the
Rev. DR.. George Francis Nelson Will
present Mr. Snedeker.
Bishop Potter chose the pro-Cathedral
as the place for tne ordination because
DR.. Briggs had a8ised TO be assigned to
work there, and WIN work there In the
future"
The Churchmnn of thls week says:
"The sensational stories TINT have ap-
peared in the daily press with regard to
the ordination OF Or. Briggs, suggests
the necessity OF right judgment In the
premises.
The Rev. Pr Briggs was ordained to
the deaconnte last year, having met oil
canon!cnl requirements. and after hny-
ing been recommended by standing
committee composed OF the Rcvs. Drs.
Morgan Dix. Thomas X. Harris. Octa-
vluS Applegate and j. S. Shlpman, and
Mcssrs, stephen =. Nash, G. MacCnul-
loch Miller. S. Nicholgon Kane and Her
man c. Vnn Post. he had met all the
requirements for advancement TO the
priesthood and has been recommended
again by this same committee. with on
~ one change In It's composition, Mr.,
George Scabrisklc having been elected
10 llll the vacancy caused by the death
OF Mr.. Nnsh.
MANY persons have been disturbed
by passngcs quoted In the daily papers
from Or. Briggs late book. Ii IL only
fair to state that most OF these passages
appear to be wreSted from their true
setting"
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BEILSTIIN CASE
Now In Jury's liands-Vcrdict Of III.
sanity IS Expected.

PITTSBURGH. Pa, May l2.-The
BcIlstcin murder case went to the jury
late this afternoon, and court then i'd
journed untH $3.50 O'Clock tomorrow
morning. The commonwealth rested its
case at 10 o'clock this morning and
George Elphnstone began the argu-
ment for the defense. The same strict
ness that has been observed since the
trial began IN regard to the admission
of persons to the court room. prevailed
to-day, and while large crowd as
scmbled about the doors, but few were
admitted.
The defendant. Miss Bertha Beilstein,
was composed but wore q more serious
expression than at any time since she
was placed on trial.
A verdict for the defendant on the
grounds of insanity is generally regard
ed as probable.
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Wants Rest und Quiet.

CHICAGO, May la.-Judging from the
wording OF n cablcgram received to-day
from Admiral Dewey by the Illinois
Manufacturers Association. the health
OF the admiral despite medical assur-
ance to the contrary. Is none of the best
To this fact Is due his probable return
by way of the Sucz canal instead OF the
Pacific coast route. The message Is as
follows:
Illinois Manufacturers Association, Chi
cago:
Many thanks. impossible to accept
invitation now. Condition OF health
ncccssitatcs rest and quiet.
(Slgned) DEWEY.
The cablegram was In reply to one
sent by the association nskIng the ad-
mIrnl TO become It's guest upon his re-
turn to this country a;,d strongly urglug
upon him the advlsabiily OF coming by
way OF San Francisco and across the
continent.
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FOUR MEN KILLED
by the Slide ofn Culm Bank Mt Cen.
trnlin, Pa. Mines.

trntta, IA. Mines.
SNAMOKIN. Pa, May 12.-Four men
were instantly killed to-day. by slide
OF portion OF large cu!m bank at
Centralia. Five others are missing and
ure probably dead. Several We're badly
Injured The four bodies recovered
were so badly .disaSured that It was
diiicul; to identify them. The accident
occurred while large number OF Hun
garlaus were screening coal In the Gen.
tralia breaker. The big bank OF coal
refuse lowered high above when It was
seen to culver and collapse. completely
burying the wprkmen. 4 rescu!ng force
Immediately started TO work and after
two hours labor had succeeded IN re-
covering the four bodies Two Hungur-
iars were found wedged in between
piles of timbers. They were badly dis
figured.
The Killed are: James Gagham, aged
thirty-ilve. married; John Koko. aged
twenty-n!ne. single; Joseph Stanche,
aged ;hlrty-two. married: Johu Cony-
ock, aged forty. married.
The five missing men were subse.
Quently found uninjured.
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Not Taken Seriously.

WASHINGTON, y. c.. May 12.-The
manifesto declaring the independence
of Syria issued yesterday In New York.
by the Young Syria" junta, Is not tn-
ken serlouslv In official quarters here.
except ns M evidence Of the nnrcst
which has prevailed among Turkish
subjects living abroad. Including the
Syrians. Armcnians and the Turks
themselves, who conduct n revolution
nry organization known as Young
Turks,''
The reports from United states officers
In Syria and of United States Minister
Strau.> at Conttan,!ropls. have shown
no recent uprising or discomfort In
Syria
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TERRIFIC EXPLOSION
or Chemical Works in England
Spreads Grca, Disaster.

LONDON, May ia fearful cyplo-
sion occurred to-day at Kuvtz's chcmi-
cal works. St, Helcns. Lancaster county,
killing four persons and seriously In
jurlns twenty others. Fire broke out
In the chlorate house and large guam
tity or chlorate exploded. causing much
destruction. Subsequently the boiler
eSpiedea and the whole works were
ra2ed. The town was strcwn with do
bris, and most OF the buildings In tho
place We're damaged. Total loss was
about GloO.CoO.
Eighty tons OF chloratc exploded.
Nltrlol which strcamcd into the sryyrrY
spread devastation. The gas works
were paHly damaged ana the sasomctcr
which contained 100000 cubic ,crt Of
gas, had hole burned In Its top. The
escaping Gas took fire and the ilame,
We're seen for miles.
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British Claims nt IIoIlo.

LONDON, May l2.-1n the house OF
commons to-day the Right lion. VIII
lam st, John Broderlck. parliamentary
secretary Of the foreign office. replying
to question ly Captain John ST. Clair,
radical member for FortarshIrC, relative
TO destruction OF British property by
the bOmnarament OF llo!lo said that the
government had no information with
regard 10 the intention OF the United
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ANGL0.AMERIcAN TREATY.
The Negotiations Between This Coun-
try and Canada, it is Said, will be
Amicably Terminated.


try and Canada, it is Said, will be
Amicably Terminated.
LONDON, May 1g.-Wi.h reference To
the progress OF negotiations by and the
status of the Washington joint comnis-
sion. the correspondent here Of the AS
ISOLATED Press mas obtained from the
highest quarters the following authors
tative statement: Negotiations have
never been broken or nor endangered
at any time since the adjournment OF
the commission. II matters proceed as
smoothly rs they are at present doing
here. Sir Julian Pauncefote's return to
Washington Will be signalized by the
conclusion OF treaty embracing every
question In dispute In manner honor
able and pleasing to the two countries.
WASHINGTON. May 12. Due notice
has been taken by the officials here of
the semi-oiicial declaration from Lon
don respecting the chances for the
conclusion of treaty thct Will settle
all OF the questions at Issue between
the United States and Canada.
All that can be said Is that the I'D
mlMstration Will be extremely gratihed
II Sir Julian Pauncefote returns to the
United States with new Instructions
that Will meet the difficulties which
baflied the first commission, for as
matters stand, It Is realized that moth
Ing can be expected TO result from q
further meeting OF the commission.
The statement that the negotiations
are 10 be deferred until the return OF Sir
Julian Paunccfote to Washington IS
regarded as significant. 1t confirms
fully the original statement that the
commission cannot meet August .
next, for the ambassadors return TO
this country was set for next autumn.
The dispatch also appears to convey an
intimation that the British governmcn:
has abou: reached the conclusion that
the only method by which these vexa-
tious Issues can ba adjusted is by d.
rect negotiation between the represent.
atives OF the government OF Great Brit
ain and OF the United States. The par
ties TO the negotiations up TO this point
have before expressed perfect conf
dence in their ability to reach salts
factory agreement between themselves
In q very short period of time. II allow
ed to do as they believed to be right.
SO they would be glad to be relieved of
the intervening forces.
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QUO WAUuaNTO pRoCEEplNGS
Instituted Against American Tin
Plate Compauy, Mt Cincinnati

CINCINNATI, o., May la.-County
Prosecuting Attorney Schwartz to-day
alleged trust known as the American
Tin Plate Company. The Cincinnati
Milling & Tin Plate Company is made
defendant. Il Is alleged that this com
pany has given an oiGion oc purchase 10
the American Tin-Pla,e Company,
through Y. $. Wheeler, ;hclr agent, for
$4,000. 1t Is alleged that ,hs inventory
OF the Cincinnati company shows only
$4,000, The prosecutor ailsses that the
comhinatio amounts 10 n restriction OF
trndc and Is In violation OF law.
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Hooking Valley ELECTION.

NEW YORK, May 12.-At II meeting
Of the new Hooking Valley Railway
Company held in this city recently, the
following directors were elected: Y. II.
costr, Temple Bowdo,n. Thomas F.
Ryan. c. b. Alexander. Il. NJ. Galway.
OF New York: n. Monscrrat. p. ".
Huntington. of Columbus. Ohio, and
Myron 4. Herrick. of Cleveland. N.
MonSerrat was elected president.
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SOME on THE INJURED
''Ach to l1iiladclphin-Scnator Pen.
roSc's NnrrOw EsCnpc.


PHILADELPHIA, Pam, May 13.-
-"e Potisy!lic express. which was run
'''! ~ Exeter. arrived here after mid
"S"'' With n few OF the injured. They
were:
george ". Eucker. common council
'''"" of the Twentieth ward. this city,
'"!"''d about the legs.
FHFhcIs 7. stcinbcck. Camden, n. j.,
~ ABOUT the head and bruised about
the body.
'' a. Beaver. Philadelphia. arm bruls-
Cd and head cut.
d. harncy, Philadelphia. leg. arm and
nip badly bruised.
ne passengers could give no connect
W H'oFy Of the wreck and the number
- '"ad ana injured wns not known to
any r' them.
United States Senator Bolcs Rcnrose
"''' General l.. Hurd Grubb were pas
.""'F7 IN the Pullman car of the
"''G"ea train. The rear end OF the cur
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Filipino Cougress Divided.

LONDON. May IA special dispatch
received here to-day from Manila. snys
that the Filipino congress now sitting
at San Isidro, Is composed OF flt,y-six
members, Of whom twenty-five favor
peace and an equal number are irrecon-
c!lbles. The others. holding the bal
ance OF power. are ready to ndmit that
an absolute independence Is hopeless Of
attainment, but demand better terms at
the hands of the United States.
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Dead in Twenty Minutes.

TOWANDA. Pa, May l2.-Harriet
Jackson, aged twenty-threc years. COM
mltted suicide this evening, by swal-
lowing seven grains OF s,rychn!ne. The
young woman had been arrested for
forging her mothers name to a checl;
and 1t was while seated at q table op-
posise the constable who made the ar
rest that She placed the poison In her
mouth, etatlug II was for headache. IN
twenty minutes she was Nonl
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PITTSBURGH. Pa. May le.-Thc
American Steel Hoop Company has Jus,
purchased over 100000 tons OF steel, for
use durinS tho second half OF the year.
Thirty thousand tons OF this amount is,
to be used In the Pittsburgh mills. 1t Is
said that the price paid was SIS at the
mill. ~
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NEW YORK. May IA special to
the World from Ho; Springs. Va, says
Force the fighting. Penetrate far In
to the interior and capture or destroy
every warr!ag Filipino"
That Is the plth OF long cipher ca
blegram President Mckinley sent to
General Otis IN Manila. 1t was prompt
ed by several dispatches frcm General
Otis. transmitted BY Secretary Alger,
which greatly encouraged the Presl-
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A QUEER TRAGEDY.


MANNINGTON, W. Va, May IA
man and woman registering as NJ. l..
Mcmillan ard d. d. Holland. of Mobile,
Ala. arrived here to-day. Accompnn-
led by driver they drove to Joetown,
the woman getting out there, the two
having quarreleI all the way.
Mcmillan then drove TO Line. Wctzel
county. where. before the driver could
prevent, he shot himself dead, Before
expiring Mcmillan murmured: Mobile!
Oh what an awful trip"
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referring TO the ninth article OF the
treaty would exclude all except natives
on the penlnsula, and the journal quoted
expresses the belief that the American
government Will not compel acceptance
Of that principle:
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HAVANA, Mny l2,-Spaulnrds OF Gu
ban birth arc anxlously awaiting a de-
clslon OF the question OF their eligibility
TO register as foreigners. El Concrete,
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States to compensate traders. The
question of these claims. the speaker
eald, are under consideration by the
British government and w!ll not be lost
sIybf ~ p .sI|.fa.H "a
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For Saturday: Showers Saturday; winds
hceonMs westerly: SuHGay, faIr.
For Western PENNSYLVANIA: Showers and
cooler Saturday, Winds shifting 10 brisk
westerly. Sunday, in!r
For OHIO: Showers Saturday. with cool.
cr IN northern portions brisk sou,hSrlS
shutting to westerly, winds Sunday.
Local Temperature.
Tho Temperatures yesterday, as observed
hS {; Sehrepi, iTufgist, corner Market
and Fourteenth streets, was as ioiloWsN.'' nv
u. m...,,,.,,.,.., ~ y, m,....,,. 81
: H. m."........,. ~ { y. m.,,,,,,,. IA
l. m.,"".."".... NlWcathcr, Ching able.
The times., 1899-03-25
For the advice OF an unqualified
woman is just as dangerous as the
advice of an unqualified man.

Women who are sick can obtain medi-
cal advice free by letter, by consulting DR..
R. " Pierce, chief consulting physician
of the Invalids' Hotel and Surgical In
stitute, Buffalo, N. Y. As an expert i'll
the treatment and cure of female dis
eases DIR. Pierce takes the highest rank.
In over thirty years experience he has
treated half-a-million women and of that
great number ninety-eight per cent. have
been perfectly and permanently cured.
Each letter is held as private and its con-.
tents guarded as sacred confidence.
The times., 1899-03-25
DIR. Pierce's Favorite
Prescription makes Weak
Women Strong and Sick
Women Well.
HOW WARM SNOW Is.
The Weather Bureau Engaged Will
Weighty Problem.

The Weather bureau Engaged With
Weighty Problem.
An investigation is being made by the
Weather Bureau officials for the purpose
OF determining what protection coverings
OF snow in the streets of the city offer TO
gas pipes and water mains. 1t has been
frequently asserted that the STOW pro-
tects the ground from intense cold. This
is the common belief among farmers and
many agriculturists who maintain that
winter CT prolonged snow is good for the
wheat crops and that a thick layer of snow
will protect the tender blades from wind
and cold.
The professors at the Weather Bureau
are determined to- establish or disprove
this from original investigation, and they
have begun by endeavoring to find what
effect the SHOW of the recent blizzard had
on the water mains of the city.
With this object in view Hon. Willis
L. Moore, Chief of the Weather Bureau,
has addressed communication to the Dis
trict Commissioners, asking for official in
formation relative TO the freezing of water
mains and other street connections. When
this data has been secured it will be COM
pared with the data relative to snowfalls
at the Weather Bureau.
There is a probability that water pipes
do not freeze when the ground is covered
with a heavy coating of snow and the
Weather Bureau is particularly anxious
to find out all that 1t can along this line
of investigation. The District officials
have expressed Willingness TO cooperate
with the Weather Bureau in the matter
The times., 1899-03-25
DESIGN ACCEPTED FOR
THE 100000 SCHOOL
AManual Training Institution
of Great Beauty.
Henry Ives Cobb the Successful
Competing Architect.
The Renaissance style Employed in
The Renaissance style Employed in
the Decorative Features-Pinns
for Preliminary Work.

a conference between the District Com
missioncrs, w. B. Powell, Superintendent
of Public Schools; DIR. Francis r. Lane,
Principal of High Schools, and j. A.
Chamberlain, Director of Manual, Train
ing, held late yesterday afternoon, resulted
in the selection of Henry Ives Cobb for
architect of the new Manual Training
School to be erected at the southeast cor
ner of Rhode Island Avenue and Seventh
Street northwest. The building is to be
completed at a cost of 100000, already ap-
propriated by Congress, and work viii be
begun as soon as possible.
Two architects submitted plans. They
were John L. Smithmeyer, architect of the
Congressional Library, and Mr.. Cobbs.
The plans submitted by the latter met the
approval of the Commission RS, and were
finally adopted at the conference yester-
day.
Two drawings were submitted by Mr..
Cobb. The design accepted is for sub
stantal, roomy building that will! be an
architectural adornment to the northwest
section of the city. 1t Will be four stories
high. built of brick and stone, with terra
Gotta trimmings. The renaissant style OF
architecture is employed in the decorative
features and general design of the bui.d
ing.
Only part of the lot purchased by the
Commissioners at the corner of Seventh
Street and Rhode Island Avenue will be
used. The ground plan will not be rec.
tangular, owing TO the shape of the site.
The northern building line, running paral-
lei TO Rhode Island Avenue, will be fol-
owed. The interior floor space of the
structure will describe trap3Zoid having
but two of its four sides parallel.
I- Ir1A Is stx
cipal driving avenues of the city, being
the most direct cross-town thoroughfare
TO First Street, which leads to the Sci
diers' Home and Catholic University
Grounds. For this reason it was desired
that the building should be sort OF mon
umental structure, and while this feature
will be Kept in mind the adlptabi ity and
fitness of the structure for manual ain
ing purposes will not BE- forgotten.
The second drawing submitted by Mr..
Cobb pictured building about double the
size Of the one selected yesterday, and oc-
! cupying the entire lot. Both drawings are
alike with the single exception that the
latter gives the Commissioners an idea OF
what the proposed building would look like
If enlarged in the future, so as to meet a
demand for increased accommodations.
The main entrance to the building will be
at the corner, where there will be a large
arched entrance built of stone.
The ground for the training school was
purchased from Wheatley Brothers last
winter for the sum of S44, ,000 and was for
many years the site of the Wheatley
Brothers lumber yard. After the pur-
chase of the ground by the District the
yard was removed, the buildings demol-
ished, and the lot is now vacant and ready
for building operations as soon as the
specifications and working drawings have
been agreed upon and the contracts award
ed.
The times., 1899-03-25
Our China,
Our HOusefurnishings,
Our Glassware,

that air CT