The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-11-12
MIDNIGHT BRIEFS.

a challenge will be sent by the Royal
Canadian Yacht Club to the Chicago
Yacht Club for the Canada cup.
Notice was given out at Dallas, Tex
as. at II o'clock Sunday night, saying
all electrical workers In Dallas will
strike this morning.
The minor differences which exist be-
tween the LehIgh Valley Coal Company
and some of their employees are.not ex-
,pected to have n serious ending
Oriental advlces received by steamer
states that four to six million Chinese
north Of Pekin are in danger Of stnrv-
Ing. their crops having been q total
failure. ISl.
There is every probability that the
long standing differences between the
board of trade of Chicago and the
Western Union and Postal Telegraph
companies will be settled to-day.
DR.. W. ". Ansell. a prominent physi-
ciah OF Cleveland, died Sunday aftsr-
noon In Toledo. The cause Of death was
disease OF the heart. DR.. Ansell had
never been Ill in his life and there was
no warning Of his end. -: .Ia-.E
The secret sessions OF the Spanish
American Congress will begin day at
Madrid. They will be devoted to u
study OF various propositions for devcl-
opment OF commercial relations between
Spain and Latin-America.
The expenditure of the government on
account OF the Indian service from
March 4, 1859. up to and including July
20. 1900. has been 1865. .SSs, PIT. according
to the annual report OF Commissioner OF
Indian Affairs William A. Jones.
Thu ohnr, 4 81
Norfolk (Vn.) Railway, and Light Com
peny. in Huntersvllle, were totally de-
stroyed by fire early Sunday morning.
Fifty-two cars apd the electrical ma
chlnery were destroyed. The loss is
estimated at $l5o,000, covered by insur-
ance.
The Tribuna OF Rome publishes the
following from Its Pelsin correspondent:
Iii Hung Chang and Prince Ching have
informed me that the demands OF the
powers for the punishment Of Prince
Tuan, and the withdrawal from power
or the empress are too humillatng to
be accepted by the Chinese"
Colonel Whlteside received Sunday
orders from the war department fixing
November Is as the date for closing the
department OF Santiago de Cuba. This
date Will be fortnight earlier than he
had expected, ard there ia considerable
uncns!ness among the officers. who are
not certain how the change will effect
them personally. I'D
Mrs James Smith, just returned from
COOK Inlet. Alaska, says that fully half
OF the thousand Indians in that section,
comprising flYc tribes. are slowly dying
OF starvation. The influx OF white pros
pectors has resulted In tho killing OF
much game with tho result that the In
dams are deprived Of flesh for food and
furs for clothing. F
a profound impression was produced
upon the natives at Pao Ting Fu by the
execution there OF the three officials,
lien Tang, provincial treasurer; Gen.
We ShunE Kong and Colonel Kiu, who
were condemned by the International
courtmartial as among those RESPONSE
pie FOR tho massocrcstherc. They were
beheaded and .thoir heads were EXPOSED
on poles for q day before burial.
The results OF the elections in the Uni
ted States have been quietly received
at Manila. So far as the Filipinos are
concerned. no noticeable change in the
situation has ensued. nor Is any likely to
occur In the immediate future. They
arc for tho greater part non-committaI,
H'N''' "a tiic oubtolIlC Will SLOWLY WOfK
its way through the country to \ the
armed insurgents, where the assurance
OF the leaders that Mr.. Bryan would
certainly be elected must first be over
come, EIEi iHalN.
The meeting OF the national eSccu.
tive board OF the United Mine Workers
OF America, which Is to be held ut In
dianapolls to-day. will be the last 10 be
held by the board before the national
convention. Matters OF grave import-
nncc will be considered nnd the polcy
TO be adopted at the convention will be
outlined. The great question In lmport-
ance to be taken up 10 the admission OF
West Virginia and Iowa to the competI.
tive field. Both states have been clam
oring for ndmittnnce for n year and
somc friction was apparent Mt the last
convention because Iowa was not nd.
mittcd. The members OF the executive
council will hear reports from tho or
Sanlgors In the states named nnd ir the
conditions arc regarded M favorable, It
ls highly probable that both will be tn-
ken into the fold. None OF tho officials
nrc prepared to aay whether or not an
advance In wasrD will be asked. Il