The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-09-01

that the miners were prevented from
coming for political reasons. y
TELEGRAMS BOILED DOWN.
The census bureau announces that
the, population OF Quincy. ILL., is 36,252,
against 81, ,4a4 in 1890. n .sS 81 (, 4
The announcement of the death OF
Lord Farnham, OF London, made yes.
terday, was erroneous.
The detachment OF Kansas City fire.
men on their way home from the Par
is Exposition visited Windsor Castle
yesterday. 4. 35 g
The United States collier Caesar,
which Is on her way to the American
fleet In Chinese waters, has arrived at,
Colombo, ceylon. u
The steamer Moana, Captain Carey,
which sailed from Sidney, MS. W.
port, August 20, for San Franc co, has
on, board e2,75O,0OO in gold.
Sir John Bennett Lawes. noted for
his work in regard 10 practical and
scientific farming, Is dead In London.
He was born December Is. 1914. 5
j. d. Whitehead. OF Chatham, Va,
was nominated FOR Congress by the
Republicans OF the Fifth district. in
convention AZ Martinsville; Va. Hc
was formerly u Democrat.
AS alresul. of negotiations, Elder,
Dempster & Company OF London. will
acquire fleet OF twenty-five steam
crs belonging to the British and Afri-
car Steam Navigation Company, at
cost of e e950.0Qo. IS
Amcetlng OF the strikers at Cardiff,
Wales. yesterday, confirmed the action
OF their committee In agreeing to !. re-
4 sumption OF work, the company having
agreed to the demands OF the strikers.
About $4,000 Golfers went TO work. y
General Superintendent E. G. Rus
4 sell, Of the Delaware, Lackawanna &
Western Railroad Company, has re-
signed, and Thomas {. Clark, supertn-
tendent OF the Scranton division OF the
road, has been appointed TO succeed
him.
It Is reported that the miners in the
entire Jeliro, Kentucky. district will
quit work to-day, demanding an adj
| vance in wages. The operators are
making no effort to secure other MI
,ners. Several thousand miners will be
affected.
The battleship Oregon arrived at
Nagasaki. Japan, yesterday She
eventually will return to the United
States for the complete repair of the
injuries sustained in her grounding,
but will first go TO China.
An unconfirmed report is In circula-
tlon that the Union Pacific express car
robbed by five men at Upton, sWyom-
ing, Wednesday night, contained $780,
coo in gold. destined to pay OF the SOL
diers In the Philippines, and that the
robbers secured the whole shipment.
As the result of panic on nj, cleo.
tric car at Silver Lake. a suburban re-
sort OF, Akron, ohIo. late last night.
one person was killed and three others
injured. The panic was caused by a
fuse burning out and flames bursting
through the ear floor. The passengers
became terrified, and made q frantic
rush to get of.
IN n tornado which passed over the
village of 5Avapolla, Manitoba, Angus
Mcdonald, a farmer, living two miles
from town. and his two children were
killed, and Mrs. Mcdonald seriously
injured. The McDonalds, attempted 10
take refuge in tho cellar, but before
they could 5rcaeh It the tornado liSted
them and the house high in the air.
Many buildings In Wapolla were badly
Damaged.
A dispatch from General MacAr-
thurannounces that Second Lieutenant
Henry, N. Way. Fourth infantry, was
Killed near Villa vieja, Luzon, August
rs. s Lieut.. Way was born near Rut-
land, ILL.,, In 1874. He was graduated
from the military academy in 1880. He
went, to Manila April z, 1899. and served
with hisregiment until March % Of
this year. since which time he had
been on duty with Cashiers scoutsa
Ignacio Garcia, aged twenty-threc
years, a steerage passengeron the Leon
XIII, which arrived yesterday Mt New
York, from. Havana, was removed 10
Swinburne Island for treatment and
observation. DR.. Doty, health officer
OF the port. says Garcia shows symp-
toms indicating yellow fever. Tho
atcamer and l2i passengers are held at
quarantine for disLnfection and to serve
out the balance OF the quarantine per-
lod of Ave days. Nine Immune passcn-
gers were permitted to land.
Tho ofllce OF the second assistant post
master general Is preparing the usual
annual advertisement, which Will be
issued about September 10 next, for the
carriage OF malls on star routes. This
advertisement will be OF unusual I'M
portance. as It Is designed TO check an
alleged proposed combination OF star
route bidders, and for the nrst time
willircqpire MS n guarantees OF satisfae-
tory performance OF service, that every
uccepted bidder, whatever may be his
residence mt ithe time OF bidding, must |
ugreeiito live on. or contiguous terri-
tory, to The butte. and personally sup
cri1tend the performance OF service.
This general letting will occur In the
New nkland, states rNewiSf ERIK. Penis
aylyhaIa u soW. Jersey, d Delaware, Mary
tland. ylEElnia end West NlrEinla. 8