The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-09-15

cut the wire. called up washington anu
gave Information Of the sudden appear
ance OF n Confederate force In that re-
gion. g55ilSe
The body OF N. II. Jenkins, aged atty
one, who, until a year ago. lived In
Fayette county. W. Va, was brought
to Meyersdnlc. Pa, from Redlands.
Cal, where he died September l OF con-
sumption.
Henry Linger. OF Stone Coal, W. Va.
while riding through feld, rode un-.
der n wire clothes line, the wire strik--.
Ing him Under the chin. He was thrown
violently to the ground. and was an-'
conscious for several hours.
The house Of representatives Of Peru
has sanctioned motion to send n ca
blegram to the President Of the United
States. expressing the coincidence Of
the government and people OF Peru
over the catastrophe at Galveston.
A destructive fire Is raging on North
Mountain, near Cumberland, Nd, hav-,
Ing been started by bee hunters try
Ing to smoke out bees. A large space
| OF timber has been burned over. and
hundreds OF people are out fighting the
| flames,
The American Antitrust League!
with headquarters In Chicago has issued
a public address, officially endorsing
William ]. Bryan for President and
Adlal Z. Stevenson for Vice President,
and pledging them the active support
of the league.
Eleven persons are believed to have
gone down with the steamer Lyons.
which foundered in the great storm of
Tuesday night, on Lake Erie. Five
survivors, two women and three men,
drlfted ashore yesterday afternoon.
lashed to mast.
Mrs. Julia Barclay, aged eighty, OF
Bethany, Pa. had a couple of fancy,
| little chickens which she kept In bas-
ket near her window. Awakened by
their cries in the night, she discovered
that a five-foot snake of an unknown
species, had Just swallowed one.
The hospital ship Solace has arrived
at San Francisco from Yokohama via
Guam. The Solace has on board ilf-,
! teen officers and $50 men from the ma
val vessels in the Orient. Among the
officers is Col Robert Meade, who COM
manded the American forces at Tlen
Tsin. "
While the thirteen-year-old son Of
Harness Harper and the ten-year-old
son OF Joseph Harper were hunting
near Harmar, W. w., the older boy In
attempting 10 shoot q rabbit shot the
younger boy through the heart, killing
him instantly. The boys were cousins.
A special to the St. Louis Post-Dis-
patch from Memphis, Tenn, says a
masked mob OF between sixty and one
hundred men broke into Jail at Tunica,,
Miss. early Friday morning, and took
out three negro mrrderers. whom they
strung to tree within one hundred
yards of the jail.
General Roosepclt's letter of accept!
ance will be published on Monday next.
In u measure 1t will be the vital docu-
ment OF the present campaign, as 1t
will deal at length with the questions
| OF Imperialism and expansion in u man
ncr that will not leave the slightest
doubt as to those issues.
Senator Dolliver, OF Iowa, the choice
Of many delegates for second place on
the ticket with President Mckinley. If
Roosevelt had positively refused to take
the position. has had call from the
Republican national committee to make
n tour OF the northwest states, immedi-
ately following Bryan.
F!.e new cases of yellow fever were
reported yesterday In Havana, seven
ty-c!ght now being under supervision.
The mortality report for August. in
Guiding deaths from all causes, shows
lower total than for any previous
| August In ten years, the figures being
559, as against go In 1883 and 1873 in
1898.
i Excitement over the race troubles at
Delaware, Ohio. still continues. Threats
are freely made on both sides, and nu-
merous negroes have been ordered out
OF town. The mob lacks n leader.
! which has prevented serious trouble.
The Eegro Beck. whose actions caused
the trouble, was sent TO Marysvlile last
night, for safety.
Mrs. Alice Maud Ncwland shot her.
self through the heart last evening, ut
Galesburg, Pa, having previously been
arrested with her husband, charged
with violating United States postal laws
by sending through the mails circulars
advertising the criminal use OF drugs
manufactured by them.
II don't care whether Mayor Jones
takes the stump or not. When he
comes out for Bryan it means simply
! that Mckinley has lost just one vote,
and no more" said Senator Hanna,
when questioned concerning the latest
declaration of the mayor Of Toledo that
while he would probably not run for.
Congress he would make speeches for
Bryan and Stevenson. Eas
Carmelo Di Tenccnzo, an Italian, yes
terday at Loratu. Ohio, shot Josephine
Pryvenzo, eighteen years old. and then
fired two bullets into his own temple.
In orde: to make his own death certain
Di Vencenzo, after shooting himself,
plunged I dirk knife into his throat. He
died almost instantly. The girl cannot
recover. Miss Pryvenzo's refusal to
marry Dl Vcncenzo led to the tragedy.
Tho supreme court of the United
States Will meet for the October term
on Monday, October S, When the court
adjourned on May IS last. there were
undlsposed OF SoS cases, OF which nuns
Der 81 had been argued and submitted.
Since the adjournment OF the court TO
date there have been Ill cases filed.
making total OF +l4 cases on the dock-
ct. against S9l cases on the same day In