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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-04-27
BURNING SINCE NOON.
The Entire Business Part of the
City a Mass of Ruins-Fire Breaks
Into the Residence Section.

The Entire Business Part Of the
City Mass of Ruins-Fire Breaks
Into the Residence Section.
OTTAWA, Ont, April %, $3.50 p. M
The city of Hull has been burning since
noon to-day. and all that remains at
the time Of writing is a small corner
in the east end of the city and before
long 1t, too, will be in ashes. There are
few houses standing in the suburbs Of
the burned city. Hull has popula-
tion of about 1900 people and more
than half OF them are homeless to-
night. The entire business part OF the
city, including the court house, post
office, public buildings and newspaper
offices, is one mass OF ruins,
People Work at the Mills.
The population is almost entirely
composed of people who work in the
mills or who derive their business from
these works. The fire crossed the otta-
wa river In the afternoon, took hold
among the lumber piles on the brink of
the river and extended to the lumber
yards and mills. The result is that the
whole of that part OF Ottawa known as
the Chuudicre fats, surrounding the
Canadian Pacific railroad station,
where the lumber mills arc all located,
is fire swept, The only building stand
Ing in the whole area is that OF tho
Ottawa carbine factory, which is newly
erected and fire proof. From the flats
the Gre extended across The Richmond
road onto Rochostervillc and az far as
the experimental farm Westerly the
frc took in Huntonburg and Mechau-
lcsvlllc, 80 that on the ottawa side OF
the river there is a larger area covered
by IRE than on the HUI side. 1t Is cs-
timnted that at the present time the
number Of people homeless In the two
cities and suburban towns is not less
than l2,OoO and 1t may reach $1,000.
The government has given >the drill
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-04-27

Yesterday General Kelly -Kenny's artil-
lery at Dc VETS Dorp lndulged in n
mild bombardment Of General DeWet's
position, the firing lasting through the
morning.
The scarcity OF water Is supposed to
be very pressing at BloemfonteIn. a
desperate attempt was made by large
British force In two columns yesterday
to recapture the water works, Their
right flank was beaten back, however,
a party of fifty were cut of and twelve
men were killed. The johannesburg
command has captured q British scout.
Some American scouts have been sho..
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-04-27
NEoKs ENoIRoIED WITH ROPE.
German Family, Consisting Of Faith
er, Mother and Son, Found Dead.

German Eam1ly, SonAlsLlhB Oh G@Iu-
er, Mother and Son, Found Dead.
. CAMBRIDGE. Nd. April 2S.-A Ger
man family, consisting Of Carl Kornig,
his wife and son, were discovered dead
in their little farm house, seven miles
from here to-day, each corpse having a
moose about the neck. strangulation
was probably the cause Of death in each
case. From the decOmposed condition
of the bodies, 1t is thought the tragedy
must have been enacted several days
ago.
Many persons who saw the bodies
this afternoon are of the opinion that a
foul murder has been committed, but
the authorities think It suicide. They
point to the statement Of neighbors to
the effect that each member of the
family was known to have been de-
spondent recently and give It ns their
opinion that Young Rernig assisted his
father and mother to hang themselves
and then strangled himself.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-04-27
Movements of Steamships.

BRENIEN--Lahn, New York.
ERDAM-NOasdam, New York.
CHERB0URG-Col New York
via Plymouth. for Hamburg.
PLYMOuTH--Colu New York,
for Hamburg, via Cherbourg.
NEW YORK-Barcelonn, Hamburg;
Germanic. Liverpool.
QUEENSTOWN - Rhynland, Phila-
delphla for Liverpool.
NEW YORlS-Saale, from Bremeni
LaureRtIaH. from Glasgow.
LIVERPOOL - Pomeraninn. from
Portland; snchem, from Boston.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-04-27

Just bulglng into the middle Of an ar
gument Is excessively bad manners even
II It does SO often occur In the United
States senate" Qaughter.)
Then Argues His Position.
Mr. Pettus then entered upon an ar
gument In support OF his position that
Mr.. Scott was not entitled to his scat.
He analysed the work in the leEisla.
ture, declaring Of 1t:
'The debauchery OF such Internal prol
ceedings cannot be too strongly char
acterlzed. It Is a horrible state OF af-
fairs. And yet we are told that the
United States senate cannot examine
into a fraud like that"
Later he pointed out that one point
of the proceedings Mr. Scott needed
Just one more vote. There are some
very smart people in west Virginia. +"
he said. land they went Immediately TO
the bargain counter"
Further along Mr.. Pettus sharply
criticized the action OF the governor OF
West Virginia in entering into the case
in the interest OF Mr.. Scott. "It makes
me Sick" said he, that the governor of
a state should get down into the mud
and dirt of a vile case like this. And
from his actions l should think they
needed civil service in Charleston"
Mr.. Elkins Asks Question.
"How about Alabama" inquired Mr..
Elklns. (west Virginia). facetlously
I'm not discussing Alabama now.
replied Mr. Pettus. "The senator's pie
ture is in this thing too. Don't get i'm
patient. I'll get to you after a while, {"
(Laughter.)
Mr.. Pettus maintained that the case
had not been fairly investigated by the
privileges and elections committee.
In conclusion Mr.. Pettus moved that
the report and resolution in the case OF
Mr.. Scott be referred to the committee
on privileges and elections with instruc-
tions to investigate the case thoroughly.
Mr.. Turley, CTenn.), said as mem
Der Of the committee on privileges and
elections. he had Investigated the case
thoroughly and he planted himself
squnrely on the majority report OF the
committee. He maintained that Mr..
Pettus' contention that the senate had
authority to inquire into the member
ship Of the legislature was not sound
and would be subverslve Of many Of the
cherished principles Of the Democratic
party.
Mr.. ohandler's Solid Argument.
Mr.. Chandler. chairman of the COM
mlttee on privileges and elections, pre-
sented an explanation Of the agreement
entered into by the Republican and
Democratic leaders in the legislature
and In the state OF West Virginia and
declared 1t was perfectly valid. perfect
ly honest and perfectly fair. He held,
with Mr. Turley. that the senate had
no right to investigate the action Of
the legislature on election contests.
Mr.. Mccomas declared that no
charges of definite character had been
presented to the committee against Mr..
Scott and said the case against him
was without bottom or sides.
Mr. Morgan, (AiR.), made an extended
argument in support OF the motion OF
his colleague to re-commit.
Mr.. Allen. CNeb) held that the United
States could not review any Of the ac-
tons of the West Virginia legislature :
even the election Of United States sem
atOr and Mr.. Teller took the same posi-
ton.
The case then went over until to-mor-
row.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-04-27
House Cots Down to Work.

WASHINGTON, April 26.-After four
days Of discussion the house to-day
passed the postofice appropriation bill.
The attempt to strike out the $4,000 for
special mail facilities from New York
to New Orleans and from Kansas City
to Newton, Kansas, met the fate It has
ever since the appropriation was placed
in the bill in 1898. No one demanded n
separate vote upon the amendment
striking out the pneumatic tube pro-
vision and the house by a large major
ity stood by the amendment to give ex.
ira compensation to letter carriers for
work in excess of forty-eIght hours u
week although the carriers were said by
Mr.. Cummings, IN. ", to be opposed
to It. The bill to increase the salary OF
the director of the census to $500 and
the salaries OF the supervisors Of census
two per cent OF the amount received by
their enumerators was passed. The
final conference report on the Hawaiian
government bill was presented, but not
acted upon owing to the absence of
quorum.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-04-27
Ktlly-Kenny Bombards lightly.

BRANDFoRD, Orange Free State,
Monday, April 2a-A British column In
the direction of Buiif9n'aIa and Hoop
stad hlg been b7lt2a blcI through
Boshof Tn, Ftsgrals sustained two
casualties and the British had twelve
men killed and n number wounded.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-04-27
Soldiers Leave Croton Landing.

CRoToN LANDING. N. Y, April y
The soldiers will leave hr home -
morrow morning. their PLACES being
taken by a force Of twenty-five deputies,
armed with Winchester rifles.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-04-27

The temperature yesterday as ohscrved
hy e. ScNncpf druggist. corner OF Market
and Fourteenth stroots, was as follows.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-04-27
Wenther Forecnst for To-day.

For Western Pennsylvania and Ohio
Fair Friday. with warmer In northern
portions; probably showers; fresh east
erly winds.
For West Virginia-Falr Friday
showers Saturday; east to northeast
winds.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-04-27

Just bulging into the middle Of an ar
gument Is excessively bad manners even
II 1t does SO often occur In the United
States senate" Qaughter.)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-10-30
EGGING SHARkEY ON.

Manager O'ROurke Anxious to Have
the Sailor Meet WaIcOtt.
Tom O'Rourke, manager of Joe Walcott,
has decided to give Tom Sharkey until next
Monday to come to terms and arrange
match with his black demon.
If by that time the sailor pugilist shows
no inclination to face the negro, O'Rourke
Will withdraw his forfeit of $1,000. which
he has posted for two weeks to bind
match with the Irishman.
Following is ORourke's final statement:
NEW YORK, October 20. 1900.
Dear Sir: Sharkey claims I wanted him
to fake fights, and names Jeffries such
nonsense! Everybody knows that there
would be no occasion to do that. as Jencles
would compel him to do as Rubin did with
out taking it, If 1t was possible TO get
Sharkey in the ring again with Jeffries.
Sharkey was under my management for
two years. In that time he had hve nights
and won only one out of that number, ana
received $4,000 for his share more money
than he ever saw. as he claims he came
here with only $1,000, saying that his for
mer manager. Danny Lynch, had taken 1t
al! away from him. | don't think so. as ne
is money mad, and has the first dollar he
made in the navy.
He has not answered my challenge for
Walcott. Why should third-rater refuse
to meet a champion, Wacott is the only
champion in his class. Peter Jackson, one
of the greatest fighters, always said Wal
colt could beat Sharkey, and l have re-
fused another contract with Sharkey. as
Mr. f. Comiskey knows. The only reason
Sharkey wanted to tie up with me again
was so that 1 would not challenge him with
Walcott but | refused L never had a con-
tract with either Dixon or Walcott, and
they are both more intelligent than Shar-
key. They can read and write and figure
out their own percentage.
I will leave Walcotts $500 forfeit up
until next Monday. Yours sincerely.
TOM O'ROURkE
Joe Walcott has also sent forth a screed
accusing Sharkey of cowardice, and declar-
ing he Is ashamed of having been at one
time a sailor.
AS Walcott's manager has intimated that
Sharkey's education is not what it might
be, friends of both suggest a spelling bee,
winner take ALL in lieu of real fight.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-10-30
DUFFEY IN WASHINGTON.
Boston RumOr Placed the Splinter In
Denver n ProfessionaI

boston Rumor Placed the Splinter In
Denver as n ProfessionaI.
Last week rumors have been flying thick
around Boston that Arthur F. Duffey, the
famous Georgetown University sprinter,
was in Denver under the name of Ash
more. where he was to run 100-yard race
against E. L. Powers of that city. The ru-
mors arose from repeated statements in the
Denver papers to the effect that the run
ner calling himself Ashmore was really
Duffey.
As a matter of fact Duffey is in this city
attending Georgetown University, and has
been here continuously since October l.. Mr.
Duffey has sent the Boston Post the fol-
lowing letter:
"WASHINGTON. d. c., October &c, 1900
Your Washington: representative has
kindly informed me of the rumors around
Boston concerning my alleged presence in
Denver, so l thought would write and re-
pudiate all such charges. 1 have been in
Washington since October l. and can bring
affidavits or statements to that effect.
cannot understand whence such foolishness
sprang. Evidently somebody is commencing
to do a little knocking, if / may use such
a term.
Trusting you will kindly refute all such
charges, if it comes to that stage. 1 re-
main sincerely. ARTHUR DUFFEY,
Georgetown University"
AS many of the sports in Denver prefer
to do things crookedly, if possible. rather
than honorably. it is probable that fake"
Duffey has been placed agai" Powers,
with the idea of influencing TIL. -tting. If
the national 100-yard champion We're to
compete against Powers under an assumed
name the Ashmore money would be all the
easier to get, az those bettors who sup
posed they were in on the ground floor
would bet freely, only to find too late that
their man was not the one they had been
led to suppose.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-10-30

RUNNING RACES.
Favorftes Make a Poor Showing Mt
| Empire City Track.

FavOrites Make a Poor Showing Mt
Empire City Track.
The favorites had another bad day at
empire city yesterday. Only two got home
first. With a better ride, Helen O'C. might
have been added to the list of winners, but
Mitchell was unequal to the task Of assisting
her when Mistress challenged, and she was
beaten a short head. The 1felds, that were
so large the program. were reduced to
reasonable sizes. The afternoon was per-
feet for racing and the track was fast.
There was one stake for 81. 900 on the card,
the Morrtsania selling First Whip and An
noy were the best backed horses in the con-
test First Whip was especially well
played. To bad start, Oneck Queen took
the lead. First Whip was last going around
the first turn, and Annoy was next to last
Both the favorites improved their places at
the swing around the far turn, and Annoy
got to the front. First Whip was second
and Hesper third. Turning into the stretch
Miles went wide with Annoy, and for a mo-
ment First Whip looked like a winner He
faltered when Hesper challenged, and was
beaten for the place by Carbuncle, Hesper
winning a clever race. The hackers of An
noy and First Whip found much fault with
the manner in which their favortes were
ridden.
General Mart Gary, with only 104 pounds
on, managed to get home first in the second
race. Walsh tried to get such a long lead
with Bette Gray as would enable him to
win. Inc nlly held the lead UP to the
final sixteenth pole, where General Mart
Gary caught her and won a good race by
head
McAdde and The Rhymer had a hammer
and tongs finish in the third race, from
which many We're Withdrawn. McAddie
was a I to favorite, and managed to
squeeze home a head in front of The Rhv-
mer. Servilla was third. Many thought
that McAddie interfered with The Rhymer
but Henry made no complaint, and the
horses were placed as they finished.
Himtine was a topheavy favorite for the
fifth race. His average price was to 5,
but he could not run fast a cart
horse in the race. F. d. Weir substituted
Burns for Flynn on Ralston, and Won the
race from start to finish. HuitZtopochtli
was scored and Trillo third.
w. G. DAILY administered his usual dose of
misery in the last race-an affair for maiden
three-year-olds and upward Lancewood
won, with all sorts of odds quoted against
him.. Angle was second, and Leon Fergu-
son beat Fairy Tale few inches for third
place. Angle was plunged on as the win
ner of the race, opening at 10 to l. He was
played down to 3A to l. He led nearly the
whole distance. Lord Ogleby was an even
money favorite for the race, and ran next
to last.
Ralston was bid up to S1,5O5, and bought
in by his owner at that price.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-10-30
Rase Bail Notes.

The New York and Brooklyn base ball
teams sailed Saturday for Havana on the
Ward line steamship Havana. They will
play a series of games in the Cuban cap
ital.
Col. Rogers has written long letter to
President Soden, claiming that the 'buz-
zer'' story was a fake. Soden smiled when
he read the letter, but would make no COM
ment.
The Boston directorate would make no
mistake if it secured Dave Fultz as utility
infielder A first-class infielder Is badly
needed. Fultz is a seasoned man, good
batsman and base runner and uses his head
in base ball.
The Philadelphia club finished the season
with some eight men in the 300 class. And
the buZzer did it.
The base ball diamond lost scintillant
star several years before the presidential
bee commenced to buzz in the chaoeau of
William Jennings Bryan. The democratic
candidate was pitcher of considerable
fame in the middle west twenty years ago.
\ New Yorker says: Fans should not
forget that Ned Hanlons crowd raised the
flag of distress several times this year.
They ducked battles with both Pirates and
Reds at a critical stage of the fight
In a contest for a $35 suit of clothes, Of
fered to the most popular member of the
Milwaukee club. Diggins won. with 1.SG7
votes, to 1.499 for Erving Waldron, 1,441
for John Anderson of Worcester and 1851
for Dave Fultz.
The unframed terror of the American
League, Elberfeld, will not be with Detroit
next season. but is wanted by three clubs
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-10-30
CUP SYNDICATE COMPLETE.
Early Beginning of New Boat Assured
and Other Details Satisfactory

While the personnel Of the syndicate
formed TO build the new cup boat is still
withheld from the public for good and suf-
hcient reasons, members of the New York
Yacht Club familiar with what has been
Gone in this direction express much salts
faction with the progress that has been
made The syndicate is complete, and it is
probable that 1t will contain a smaller
number of names than has been previously
suggested. but those composing it are prom
inent members of the club and in every
way representative yachtst1ien. "
No difficulty was found in obtaining the
amount of money necessary to build, equip
and maintain the yacht, and very few obsta-
cles of any character, in fact, have been en-
countered up to this time. Vice Commodore
August Belmont and MIR. Cornelius Wander
blt, as before told in the Herald will be
among the syndicate members, and the
others Will be equally recognized promi-
nent in the yachting world and just as en-
thuslastic IN the matter of successful de-
Tense of the cup.
The formation of the. syndicate is only
part of what has been done. The early be-
ginning of the boat has been given atten-
tion, ana then there is good reason for
saying that the HerreShoffs will soon start
the new vessel and continue its construction
with all the force and energy these great
yacht builders can bring to bear upon 1t.
Unless something unforeseen occurs the
new boat will be in the water the latter
part of April, and soon after be ready for
trial. This will give those in charge more
than three months to put her in the per-
feet condition she should be for the internal
tional races
1t will require hard work to do this but
the new boat will be in charge of an ex-
perienced and energetic yachtsman, one
familiar with cup racing. and he will sur
round himself with others of similar expe-
rience and energy. men who have never
known defeat and the combination is sure
to excite the admiration of the yachting
world.
The same may be said of the new boats
sailing master and of the crew that will be
engaged There will be no mistakes made
in these important particulars, and so, until
the officers of the club make their report,
and the general outline of the managers
program Is known, the yachting world may
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-10-30
Harvard's Golf Champion.

G. M Wheelock, OF, Of Harvard, defeated
A. M. Brown, 'O3 in the final round Of the
Harvard golf tournament at the Oakley
Club, Cambridge, Mass, yesterday. The
final score was two up. This gives Wheel
eek the Harvard championship. The greens
were heavy and as result, the men made
poor scores 1t took three to six shots on
almost every hole after the greens we're
reached.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-10-30
Checker Championship.

The Jordan Barker championship checker
match at Boston resulted in two draws
yesterday, both openings being THE Cross
The afternoon match was the most exciting
yet played, Jordan building one of the most
involved traps known to the game. Bar
ker kept clear of it.
The score now stands: Jordan, 2; Barker,
1 drawn, 3D.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-10-30
Veteran Injured.

George E. Mullin, an inmate of Soldiers
Home. was struck by an electric car near
the south end Of the Aqueduct bridge Sum
day night and knocked OF the track Al
though not injured to any extent, he re-
manned in Rosslyn over night. Yesterday
morning he was removed to Soldiers Home
in the ambulance.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-10-30
OIympia's Defeat GOnzaga.

The Olympia Athletic Club foot ball elev-
en- defeated the Gonzaga College eleven yes
terday afternoon, at Lincoln Park. by the
score of 6 to o. Two weeks ago the COL
legians captured a game over this team,
and yesterdays victory for the Olympias
makes the record a tie. The Gonzaga boys
were doing unusually well yesterday until
Half Back Clancy, a brilliant player was
injured and had to retire from the game
His substitute Huck. is a clever player,
but not in the same class with Clancy and
as a result the college boys lost heart and
went to pieces. Both sides played unusual
'ly good foot ball. many of the tackles and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-10-30
FINE STRING OF BASS.
Catcher Farrell and Ben Russell En-
10y Excellent Sport.

joy Excellent Sport.
c. A Farrell catcher OF the champion
Brooklyns and more popularity known
among his army Of admirers as Duke, Is
no less redoubtable as an angler than he Is
as a ball player. In company with Mr. Ben
Russ ell, the Duke" has just returned from
Selden's Island, in the Potomac, where he
made a stay of three days, his trip result
ing in a string of forty-eight fine small
mouth bass, ranging in weight from one
and a quarter to three and quarter
pounds The gentlemen used live bait, and
caught tWenty-four the first day.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-10-30

Observation-Disclosures. PRESIDING and WEIGH.
Next Saturday afternoon the Y. M. c. A,
will have opponents the strong eleven
from the Washington High School of Alex
andria the contest to take place at Van
Ness Park. The ball will be kicked off
promptly at 4:15.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-10-30

Spencer Reed of Bassetts alley today
pleaded guilty in the Police Court of the
larceny of S255 from Paul Kane. and Judge
Kimball sent him to Jail for thirty days in
default of payment OF a fine of $40.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-10-30

cdent to the successful defense of the
Americas cup is in a most satisfactory