The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-10-18
BRIEF NEWS.

Mr.. Kruger has postponed his depart
ure for Europe until October 20. He will
land at Marseillcs.
The trunk Of mans body, with
head and legs severed, has been FOUND
In bag at Floating Bridge Pond.
Mass. IA
A heavy frost occurred Tuesday night
from the Ohio valley and enstern Ten 1
nessee over the Atlantic states from
Maine to Northern North Carolina. Il,
At yesterdays session OF the council
OF state ut Stockholm, It was decided
to entrust the government OF the coun-
try to the crown prince. Gustavus. DUR
Ing the Illness OF King Oscar. 4, & f3
Registration books OF Seattle have
closed with approximately $500 names
on the books. The exact count will not
be completed until Tomorrow. Regis.
tratlon In 1896 was IL Al; in 1898, II 1,oS3.
The Empress Of Japan brings news
that the typhoon at the close OF Sep
tember was felt over the entire Japa-
nesc group. a vast amount OF prop
erty ashore and afioat was destroyed :
and there was heavy loss Of life. u
Vice Chancellor Emery, at Newark,
N. J., yesterday granted an order, res
straining the holders OF, the syndicate;
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America from voting that stock at the
meeting which was held In Jersey City
yesterday. -
The tenth annual convention OF tho
American Warehouse Mems Assocla-
tlon met Mt st. Louis. yesterday. The
| imposition Of a government tax Of
twenty-five cents on every warehouse
receipt was one Of the principal sub
jects discussed. EE
The battleship Alabama has gone In
to commission. The entire crew Of $50 \
officers and men were paradcd on the
forward deck when Capt. Willard H..
Brownson. who Will command the ship,
read his orders and had the flag and
his pennant raised y5i,
John Hughes, postmaster at Cambria,
Pa, shot and killed burglar who
broke into the Office yesterday norm
Ing. There were two burglars and
when Hughes fired they ran. Later one
Of them was found dead by the road
Side His identity is not known. "a
| Persistent reports. said to be based
on semi-oficlal information, are current
to the effect that Prince Hohenlohe's
resignation Of the imperial chancellor
ship Is pending Count Won Buelow. the
minister of foreign affairs. arrived at
Hamburg yesterday and was imme.
diately received by Emperor William.
A dispatch received from Lord Rob-
erts. under date OF Pretoria, Tuesday,
October i6. reports number OF minor
affairs, but says that the only Incident
OF Importance was the surrender OF
Theunis Botha. brother OF Command
ant General Botha, at Volksrust, Octo-
ber Is. 5-=a
| The Foreign Christian Missionary So
ciety, the third of the bodies making
up the national convention Of Chris
tlan churches opened Its meeting at
Kansas City yesterday. To-day the
three societies will hold q united gath
ering, after which final adjournment
will be taken.
The Norwegian bark Brilliant, from
Newcastle. N. B., September liz for
Grimsby yesterday landed at Plymouth,
England. eight seamen suffering from
bcri-beri and the body of one man who
had died from the disease, oil of whom
had been taken from the Norwegian
bark Homewood. .45 isEf
Street railway men at their-nati tional
convention yesterday at Kansas City,
listened to paper by C. S. Bancroft,
OF Boston, on "a Comparison of the
Various Systems Of Electrical DistrI-
button for Street Railways" New
York appears 10 be In the lead for the
1901 convention.
President Wheeler, OF the California
State University. has received word
that Prof. Carl C. Plehn has arrived In
the Philippines and has commenced the
work Of inquiry into the conditions of
internal taxation. Later he will have
charge OF the first census ever UNDER
taken in the Philippines.
NJ. NJ. Dolphin. of Kansas City, has
been elected president Of the Order Of
Powell, removed. Dolphin formerly waG
lrst vice president of the order. T.. NJ.
Pierson. s. ]. Kelly and F. G. Sinclair
were elected first, second and third
vice presidents respectively. T. W.
Baron and c. e. Layman were chosen
directors.
The announcement Of the betrothal Of
Queen Wilhelmina TO Duke Henry OF
Mecklenburg- -Schwerin. In the second
chamber of the Netherlands parlia-
ment yesterday. was greeted with
cheers. The house charged the presi-
dent to transmit to the queen Its cons
gratulations and thanks for communf-
eating the glad event which was OF the
highest Importance to the dynasty and
country.
| Inc enulUeThtloH "oEh VI tue t"clLtu
census Is complsted and the enumera-
tors arc practically all paid. There
were $4,000 cnumerators and 297 super
v!sors. The cost Of the enumeration
Will be about s4,2o0,o0o. The factory
work also Is about finished. All of the
special field agents in the manufacture.
ing and industrial lines will complete
their work and be paid off by Novem-
ber l. The cost Of this work Will be
about s250.0oo, t
Harry Howard Stewart. twenty-siI
years Of age. OF Cleveland, Ohio, was
arrested ut New York yesterday. on
charge of murder. Stewart left his wife
and family In Cleveland two weeks ago
and came to New York. supposedly
bringing with him his three months
old girl baby. Soon after n dispatch was
received ut New York. asking the police
to locate him, as he had stolen his baby.
He was found working for the Metro-
politan Life Insurance Company as O
stenographer. He refused information
about his child.
Theatrical Manager Shot.
| CHICAGO, Oct. I7.-Joe Pazen, pro
| prietor OF the Pnzen theatrical eS.