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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-05-06
PEACE PROSPECTS
Very Observation-Disclosures Schur-
mans Representations TO, ,bc I'm
posed on Aguinnldo.

very lincournsifG-Prcs Schur-
mans Representation to ,bc I'm.
posed ON Aguinnldo.
WASHINGTON, May 5.-The state
department to-day received q dispatch
from President Schurnan. of the Phil
ipplne commission. giving the substance
OF the conferences with the representa-
tlves of ASuinaldo, aud asking for fur
ther instructions. While the text Of
the dispatch Is not TO be made public
Secretary Hay, stated that It showed a
very satisfactory condition of affairs in
the Philippines and pointed out to q set
tlement OF the difficulties there.
The reply Of the President to Prof.
schurmnns cabeGran. 1t is under
stood, stated that he was very anxious
to have the peace negotiations con-
cluded at the earliest possible moment,
and to this end he desired that no un-
necessary or humiliatfng conditions
shouldJbe imposed upon the insurgents.
1t Is believed in administration circles
that rs soon rs Aguinaldo Is convinced
OF the sincerity OF the American gov
ernmcnt he will agree to surrender. He
Will be required, however, to lay down
his arnls. This will be the principal
this point is reached the negotiations
will not make any progress toward d
conclusion.
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A SHORT FIGHT
Between McPartlani and Bennett.
New Yorker an Easy Winner,

Between McPartlan,l and Bennett.
New Yorker an Easy Winner.
NEW YORK. May 5-"Kid" Mozart
land. of this city. knocked out Jack
Bennett, OF Mcltccspor,, Pa. In the fifth
round of what was 10 have been n twcn-
ty-avc round bout before the Broadway
Athletic Club tonight. The men
weighed in at 13S pounds. In tho OPEN
Ing rounds there We're rapid exchanges,
of which Mcfarland had the better,
rs he landed hard left on the eye and
another on the nose, In the third round
the Kid rushed, but Bennett s!Ge-step.
ped clevcrly. and Mcfarland fell to the
floor of thosring. As soon na the KID
Strengthened up Bennett landed n hard
right on the chin. In the fourth round
Mcfarland played solely for the body,
and administered revcre punishment,
while Bennett cndcavored to land h!s
left on the head Mcfarland dolgcd
most OF the leads, countcring heavily
on tho body, ana during the round re-
cclved It'll" or no Injury.
Both men fought fast In the fifth
round, Mcfarland doing most of the
forcing Bennett seemed to think that
Mcfarland was going TO throw his
right over and guarded frequently to
snve his jaw Bennett tried his right
for the head. leaving hta body exposed
for brief period. and MoPartlnnd land
ed n half swinging left uppcrcut t1igt be-
low tho heart The Pennsylvania
dropped to the floor In helpless con-
dition. Bennett lay on tho floor of the
ring untll his aecohds jumped In and
carried him to his corner. and fully five
minutes elapsed before he was ab,e 10
leave the rinE. Referee White award
ed the bout TO Mcfarland.
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THE NEW PACE
Set for West Virginia is Being Kept
Up-Bis Coal Land Deal in Barbour
County in Which Representative

Set for West Virginia IS Being Kept
Up-Bis Coal Land Deal In Barbour
County in Which Representative
Dayton is Interested. 49,,
Special Dispatch TO tho IntelliEencer.
WASHINGTON, D. c.. May 5.-A
transaction was closed to-day in Phila-
delphia involving the purchase OF 5000
acres o. fine coal land In Bar5ou:
county. West Virginia. the net price Of
which is upwards OF $4,000. Represent
ative Dayton, who Is here tonight, has
an appointment in the Quaker City"
tomorrow, when the papers will pass
and the money be paid.
The land is located nea: Ph!lippi. on
the TygartE Valley river. and 1t Is, un-
dcrstood to contain large deposits OF the
best coal for ali purposes 10 be found
In West Virginia or elsewhere.
The purchase mears the opening up
of the vast veins OF coal and active op-
erations at an carly day, with an ex-
pendituis OF large sums CT money an
Mt2lly.. s-'---s--ss- - IL. = =.
The company making the purchase Is
composed OF \. G.. Dayton, c. r. Te-
Yer ana JAMS II. Hail. or fhilipp'. j.
G. McnOher OF LRtrODe. Pa. John Kerr.
Of Pittsburgh. Albert Thompson, Of Da-
Wis, West virginia.; W. ". Patterson.
of philadelphia. snd others. The Goa!
Is already partially developed.
II ls undCrEtnol that capitalists from
both the east anc west are Inspecting
coal tcrrl,C:y In the same secior. with
the prosps"t OF large additional expend-
iturea In which event four distinct
fields will be contributing to the con-
Sume:s' market
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TIN PLATE WORKERS

Adopt q Scalc, Which Is Being Care
fully Guarded From tho Public.
Officers Elected.
COLUMBUS, O.. May 5--The Nation
nj Protective Association OF Tin-plnte
Workers adjourned to-day, having
adopted scale which IS being carefully
guarded from the public. Tho associa-
t!on selected Ellwood, Ind, for perma-
nent headquarters and decided to hold
the next convention in Pittsburgh
Hugh J. Seaman was elected delegate to
the next unnual convention OF the
American Federation of Labor and was
Also commissioned Us organizer for tho
tin-plate craft.
Officers were elected as follows:
President, George Powell. New Cas-
Tie. Pa: sccretnry-trcasurer ]. T. Ber-
~. Ellwood. Ind: vice president, w. O..
Moore, Ellwpod, Ind. for first district:
vice president, John Roonbolt, Ellwood
City. Pa. second distr!ct;vicc president.
Hugh J. Seaman. Pittsburgh, third dis
triCt; vice president. A. l.. Harrls,
Wheeling, W. Va. fourth district.
Executive committee: Charles L. Law
yer. Atlanta. Ind; B. H. Fox. Gas City.
fnI.t A. Q. Wilson, Martins Ferry, Ohio.
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GEN. LAWTON'S GREAT WORK
South OF Manila Receiving Credit
That was not Heretofore
Accorded it.
THE ENCOURAGING PROSPECTS
For Pcacc...No lIumiliatins Con-
ditions Will be Imposed On
The Insurgents.

MANILA. May 5. ass p. m.-Major
Genral MacArthur's division advanced
10 San Fernando to-day, and found that
the place had been evacuated by the
rebels, who eft small detachment to
cover their retrca: by train. General
Macarthur occupied the burning town
without loss.
The rebels south of Manila attempted
TO rush through Brlgadicr General
0venshine's line last night. The at.
tempt failed but the rebels maintained
fusilade Of musketry on the Fourth
infantry regiment for several hours.
The demonstration was Intellectual be-
Sond soaring the inhabitants of Maiate.
The outposts Of the idaho and Cali
foruia regiments beyond San Pedro Ma
cati We're also attacked during the
night. Major General Lawtun is still
Quartcred at Balinag.
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Van Kors Weak Opposition.

THE HAGUE. May Tho seoond
chamber OF the states general adopted
to-day, By vote Off TO 4. Il credit for
the reception ct the delegates TO ths
peace conference. The socialist mem
bcrs opposed the credit, their leader. Van
kol. declar!NS that the conference orig
mated with the ear OF Russia IN whose
name thousands who ar0 lighting for
the welfare o. the people are prosscu-
ted, tortured or massacrei. Russia.
Vnn KOl added. continued her arna-
merit and violated She rights of Finland
The discussions and deliberations OF The
conference, would ar held In secret. Van
kol conclTdcd. GId he looked for no Gl-
roct or Indirect frui; In the interest OF
universal peace.
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HARD FIGHTING
Done by General Lnw,on's Expcdi.
tion = Indian Tactics Had to BE
AJpnfrI

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e''s'" d. t'A" '.' ''[' "''Ae "'''= !"
!ofce OUTSIDE OF BulihaE 81" women
children In the rebe, trenches, ana sent
CaD,ain Case In advance with n c.hitr
r,r ~ ,r,-, ,,o ,rs,,roo,,s 70 ro,,,o,,,
" wan ''''
Inc noh-comDatah's' NheH Withir oVo
yards Of the trenches two voileyj We're
fired at C,ntain Casc's party.
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m, "a 'to"'' 'o'"5 ""oS'
al Bdllnlg WaS most notable. served as
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SUPREME COURT.
Petitions for Rchcnrings Refused
Other Business Transacted.

Petitions for Rchcnrings Refused.
Other business Transacted.
Special Dispatch 10. tho Intelligoncrr.
CHARLESTON, W. Va. May 5.-Thc
supremo court to-day refused petitions
for re-hearsng In the following cases:
Miller w. Board OF Agriculture. from
Kanawha county: Johnson vs. Johnson,
from Knnawha county; Woodbridge vs.
Coughlin, from Fnysttc county; Morris
vs.. Clifton Forge Grocery Company,
from Monroe county; Stall w. Swami.
from Kanawhn coun;T'; Skaggs vs..
Mann. from Summers county; Parsons
VS.. Harold ct nl.. from Cabcll county;
Clevenger VS.. Rohrbaugh. from Barbour
county. Miller vs. White, from Mason
county; Stall ve. Emblem. from Ohio
county: Southern Building &: Loan AZ
ISOLATION vs. Page. from Cabcll county:
Farnsworth VS.. Non'singer, from Put
nam county: Ralston Va. Town .. Wes-
ton, from Lewis county: Robinson VS..
Lafollette from kanawha county;
Stall VS.. Inv, from Doddriigc county.
\ petition for n re-hearlng was flied
In the case Of Frank Lively VS.. SOUTH
ern Building < Loan Association. from
Summers.
Cecil and Hall VS.. f. NJ. Clark, ct al.
trustees. motion 10 enlarge .he bond,
submitted.
Cour, adjourned until Tomorrow
morning nj 10 o'clock.
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REBEL DEMONSTRATIONS
South Of Manila Causing No Apprc-
Observation-Disclosures Great Work Re-
Ccivlng Credit.

south Of Manila Causing No Apprc-
ccivlng Credit.
WASHINGTON, D. c.. May 5.-The
Continued rebel demonstrations south
9! Manila are causing no apprehension
" war department officials as the brig
2lrs O! Ovenshine and Hale are said to
ot ample for every emergency. Togeth-
eF they have about 1900 men besides
'a" NiE;h and Twelfth regular lnfan-
w. who have jus; arrived at Manila.
"!7hshine's brigade consists OF the
f'Ifih and Fourteenth lnfantries, First
Washington. TWO battaIons Of the First
.iaaO, one battalion OF the Rrst
.A.i;o:n!a aud Dyer and Hawthorne's
ba'I.r!c9. Eale'S brigade consists OF
,A' seventeenth Infantry and the Firs;
Wyan!nE.
N View OF these sharp 'lcmonstra-
''Hs 10 the sJuin, the work done by
.,.'"tNA on his expedition to LaGuna de
H'y !s receiving crsdi, not heretofore
"'pf!ed 10 Il. One Of the main results
's ne expedition was 10 destroy the
5#HII craft By which the rebels might
nave crossed the lake ana moved north
,t 40 renr OF MacArthur's forces, Now
W. are hcmmcd In on = narrow gtrip
ma between the lake and the ocean
'"'pie % cross the lake while the
,,,,@TEd 'S zoo long to circle the lake to
ID. Youth. Thus the work OF Llwton
HpIding the robols. some 5000 In
,,,,.alh"r. 10 the south. leaving MacAr-
,"ur Tree from danger OF an attack In
'"L.H from the rear.
me report that the F'iliplnos were
~ mn to break through the American
'"'b - evidence TO the war department.
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TREND OF TRADE.
Failures for April tho Smallest In
ANY Month Since tho Record Do.

Failures for April tho Smallest In
ANY Month Since tho Record DO.
gan Industries Aro lIummins. Is
NEW YORK, May 6.-S G. Dun s
Co. In their weekly review OF trade.
will say: !.
The failures In April were the small
est In any month since records by
months began, IS per cent smaller than
IN April Of lnst wear, not o third OF tho
amount IN 1897 md not half the amount
in April of nny previous year Both in
misunderstanding and In trading sheS- wero
the smallest ever known IN that month
nnd IN trndtns tho umallost ever known
IN any month. as IN manufacturing
thoy were II tho larger failures were
omitted. Tho ratio Of defaulted iiabp-
itts 60 solvent payments through
CLEARING houses was Ices than seventy
cents per $1,000 against ninety cents In
January. and 81 10 in March. 81 50 IN
AuHnat and IS " In September, 1896 ~
great share OF the risk in the business
world has been eliminated.
Tho srain movement has fallen OF,
only 2,a64.lS4 bushels having been re-
ceived ut the west during the week.
agninet 4,765,5l9 last year, and OF corn
only 2,677.tn have been exported,
against 4.546,h9 last year. while wheat
exports from both coasts have been
better, 3,5i5.757 bushels, flour included.
against 2.G5A,237 last year.
Iron Industries Dusy.
Nearly all iron works arc crowded for
months uhcnd. but good many nro
catchins up with their orders which
have recently diminished.
Tlre report that all the great compon-
les are to be melted into one Influences
tho stock market, but Is still scarcely!
credited, and the raising OF foreign
prices where American competition is
no longer felt Is suggestive. PIG Is no.
whore higher nor has any class OF fin
ished products established higher prices
though In many the demand exceeds
supply. London speculation made q
higher quotation for tin ut 25.Ss cents.
although Atlantic receipts In April. 5.1o5
tons. weTc the largest on record. and
Copper Is stronger at 1926 for lake, al-
though Europenu stocks ore rising.
Shipulents Of boots and shoes from
the east IN Ave weeks have been MS per
cent larger than last year, Ii per cent
larger than IL the next largest year.
1895. and por cent larger than in 1892.
Enctories are busy with orders for
months ut old prices and two and one
half cents advance Is paid on new orders
for several grades. But the only change
IN ieather Is Il small advance IN Uaion
sole, and hides are hnlf OF one per cent
stronger at Chicago.
Wool sales for the week have been
large. s.S5a,S5s pounds. Owing TO sales
OF over q million pounds Australian in
bond for export and heavy stocks on
hand and prices about 10 per cent lower
then last year. British prices averaging
about II per cent higher for Australian
fine, but about 10 per cent lower for
English and cross0red wools.
Failures for the week have been 15S
In the United States. against cSs last
year and 90 in Canada, against % last
yelr,
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NEW YORK. May 5,-Chie. o, Dctec-
t!vcs McClns%ey was asked to-day re-
N,rilaS tho confession ot the murder IN
this city o. Dolly Reynolds, made 5y
Richard T. Nicholson. In Nor,nwsotl
prison, England. Ne declared .herq
was Nc truth IN Il; Dr.. Samue, Kennedy
was recently sentenced to death FOR
killing Miss Rcyrull'. Captain Nc.
C!usker pointed out that the confession
states that the woman wg- rhu;, .yhlIn
the autopsy SHOWED that she was XIII.
81 by ! blow with h,udscoa, and that
she wag got shot AZ all,
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that this force Is becoming short OF
supplies. II Is evidently General Otis
intention 10 remain on the defensive So
long as he can Keep this force separate
from the main body OF kguInaldo. It Is
said General Otis believes That he can
starve this southern army into submls-s
sion, Malate Is suburb OF Manila near
the bay. The other point mentioned In
the dispatch. San Pedro Macati, Is be-
tween Manila and Laguna de Bay ana
IS one OF the outposts which protects
the watnr portu ai aHf.rr- -. : -.
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"spHEl.Es OF lSrLlENCl"
In China Exercised by Great britain
and Russia,


WASHINGTON, May 5.-OMcial as
surances have been given to our gov
ernment that the agreemen. rcached be-
tween Great Brltaia and Russia as to
spheres of influence in China concerns
only the two parties. and that In no
manner does 1t affect the interests OF
the United Statna.
The agreement does not amount to n
seizure of tho lands in China defined as
being within sithcr of the two spheres.
and even should any territory be ac-
qulred in them by either OF the parties
TO this agreement, the United States. II
has been stated. will not be the subject
of any Discrimination In commercial
or trade matters. Such rlghta IA are
possessed In trcat; ports will continue
to be enjoyed freely by the United
States. In view of the fact tha, the
receEt agreement presented Il new and
important feature through the .nclu-
sion OF the first time In the territory
subject to 1t of cities that have long
been treaty ports this assurance Is re-
Garded here as of the greatest value.
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HAVANA. May 5.-Thc stevedores
here have inauguratcd n strike FOR an
advance OF wages 10 IS day In Ameri-
eau money. instead OF 81 80. An attempt
70 supply the places Of the strikers with
Chinese resulted In severe aEh;. About
one hundred Chiaanen are employed IN
s;h:e OF the opposition OF the striker,
The Chinese consul has asked General
Ludlow, the military governor OF Iiava.
ma, FOR protection FOR the la6orcrs. The
consul nns also protested against the
removal OF thc Chinese quarter ou,sl,!.
the city. which has been ordered by
Surgeon Major John q. Davis, on the re-
quest % citizens OF Havana.
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Lumber Interests ElourishIng

Special Dispatch to tho lntcl!.cncer.
PARSONS, W. VA, May s.-The h,m-
Der business along the line. OF the
West Virginia Central railroad Is Hour
IshnE 10 m extent that two OF the lar
Eest companies have made nm Increase
In wages OF 10 per cent. and other COM
panles are 10 do the same. |, Is said.
The Blnctwater Lumber Company md
the Beaver Creek Lumber Company are
two which have made thu increase.
They employ about one thousand men.
The Blnckwater Lumber Company
beat It's previous record one day this
week. by cutting eGO.0Od fest. .co. goo WIS
the best Il ever done before.
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nrnmntlsnllon or lirn lInr.

CRAWFoRDSVlLLE, Ind, May g.
The work OF preparing for the Gramat-
i5at:on o, "Bcn IIur" Is well under
way. General Lew Wallace. the au-
thor, Is delighted With the outline prs
ssntsd 20 him by William Young. the
New YORK; drama;is.. who Is doIry iAe
work. Mr.. fouuG and John Brooks, the
latter Il member ~ the syndicate that
u to back the production, havc Ii. ~
New York after having spsr. two days
with General Wallace, During their
visit they arranged mani. details
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REIN.A MERCEDES
Is Now In Readiness TO be Towcd TO
NrlyDDrt News,

Is Now In Readiness TO be Towcd to
Newport News.
SANTIAGO DE CUBA, May 5.-The
former Spanish cruiser Reina Mercedes
which was sunk in the channc! OF San
t!ago harbor during the Dombardmen;
by admiral SIMPSONS fleet, on June 6.
and which was recently raised. pumped
out and brought 10 this city for repairs,
left her moor!nss to-day. and was tow
ed to the center OF the harbor. in rcadi-
moss TO start for Newport News us soon
aa the towbont arrives.
Some practical navigators predict q
repetition OF the disaster which befell
the lnfantn Maria Teresa while on her
way north II rough weather should he
encountcrcr. but the Reira Mercedes
looks as II she were acaworthy.
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WASHINGTON, D. c.. May 5.-The
navy department has been supplied by
the cable companies with the follow
Ing corrected statement OF Admiral
KautZ's cablegram Of YESTERDAY:
AUCKLAND. MAY 4. APIA. April 81.
Secretary Navy. Washington.
All quiet at Aria. Nataafa and his
chiefs In their letter OF April 25 agreed
to keep outside lines prescribed by Brit
ish senior officer prcscr; and myself.
and to observe peace until arr!ra, OF
commission. Think that there Will not
be moro lighting. kAUTX.
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Recent Charters.

CHARLESTON, W. Va. Mag "a
chnrte: was issued to-day By the sccre-
tary OF state 10 thc knnawha Naviga- :
ton Company. composed o. John A.
Carr. ]. l.. Dickinson and other iaca!
capitalists, who have purchased the
line Of steamboats, operated by the
late l.. A. Carr. The company has q
paid up capital OF $4,000. 4 char,e.
WAS also Issnad 10 the Sentinel Publish
ing Comp ny. Of Parkersburg. with n
paid up capital OF $4,000 The incorpor-
ntors are r. /. iloracr. r. Camden
Horncr, C. p. Harvey. George W. Sum
mers and VI. G, Ringer.
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Special Dispatch to the intcllgenccr
PARSONS, W. Va. May 5.--T,c sew
en-ysnr.old child oi Sherman psaSlry
was burned with the house nrd Nil .t4
contents, carly yesterday UoraIrS. al
Ethm. Other memhers OF the famliE
barely escaped, as ,As building was
falling In before the. nro was discovered.
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MAKES A PECULIAR REQUEST
OF the War Department Which
Confounds his Recent State.
mcnts to the Press.
AN ABETTOR OF INSURRECIION
Among United States Troops and
Seditious Sympathizcr
With tho Filipinos.

| WASHINGTON, May 6-The post
Office department to-day mado public
the letter OF Mr.. Edward Atkinson, OF
Boston. on which tho action Of the de-
pnrtment in seiz!ng his pamphlets was
based. Many letters asking informa-
tion about the subject hove reached
here. and to-day the following state
ment was given out by Postmaster
General Emory Smith:
I'm view Of tho statement OF Mr.. Ed
ward Atkinson that fesent his pamph-
let's only to Admiral Dewey. General
Otta, President Ecburman and three or
four others, tho lester OF Mr.. Atkinson
containing his application wf1l be of
interest II is as follows.
BOSTON. april q 1870.
Ito the Secretary OF War. Washington.
Sir:-t desire to send u large num-
ber Of the enclosed pamphlets on Tho
cost Of O Nnntional Crime, Tho He'll of
War md Its Penal,iea.' Criminal Ag-
gress!on: By Whom Co1nmitted2' to tho
} officers and prtvates in the Philippine
| fsiands. I therefore desire to l1now
whether OF not these documents c;rn be
sent directly through the war depart
ment or may bs forwarded in Que
course Of mall. a list Of regiments is
desired. and II thero are printed lists of
odlcery available they would servo mo
a very useful purpose.
tSigued) EDWARD ATKINSON
mo answer avs made TO this letter,
except to send IN official copy TO the
postmaster general, who Issued instruo-
tions to the postmaster at San Francis
co to hold the pamphlets.
Spirit Of the Pamphlets.
The spirit and design Of tho pamph-
let's will be indicated by q few extracts.
In one Of them Mr.. Atkinson says: i
will append ono question to each read
er: How much Increase Of taxation are
YOU willing to bear and how many OF
your ne'ghbors CONS are you ready to
sacrifice by fever. malaria and venereai
disease in order to extend the soyer-
eighty of the United States over the
West Indses and the philippine Islands
again, after describing what he calls
the hell OF war and its penalties MI
Atkinson says: Lest others should be
entrapped into enlistment In tho reJu-
lar army or volunteer service In tho
trppira IL wtll onlr be fair and honest
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Special Dispatch TO tho lntollIgcnccr.
PARSONS. w. Va, May J.-Lora
Howell! tried TO commi, suicide yestcr-
day, near Elkins. She laid down on the
railroad track when n train wns np-
preaching The engineer stopped the
train in time TO save her. She said rha
had no friends or money. ani wished TO
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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-05-06
Spain's new Minister.

MADRID. May 5.-Thc Duke d'Aroos,
the newly appointed minister 10 the
United States, started to-day upon tho
Journey 10 his new post at Washington,
by way or hr,s.