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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-06-05

WASHINGTON, June 4.-There is
reason TO believe that the President has
decided to appoint Gen. Joe Wheeler a
brIgadler general in the regular army
10 fiji the vacancy which Will be Gre
ated By the confirmation by the senate
OF the nomination Of Gen. Otis to be a
major general. This nomination was
sent in some days ago and 1t Is under
stood that the President is only await
ing the favorable action OF that body
before sending in Gen. wheeler's name
TO fIl the vacancy. It is assumed by
personal friends OF General Wheeler
that It IL his purpose to retire within a
short time after his appointment.
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GENERAL OTIS LANDS

After Being Detained Five Days In
Quarantine on Account Of Small
pox on Board the Transport Meade.
SAN FRANCISCO, June 4.-After Ave
days in quarantine at Angel Island.
Major General E. S. Otis. who arrived
last Wednesday from Manila, was al
lowed to land to-day. Because OF sew
eral cases OF smallpox on board the
transport Meade General Otis and all
on board had to submit to vaccination.
General Otis was brought over from
Angel Island on special steamer fur
nlshed by General shafter, who went
to meet the returning general. accom-
panied by Surgeon Major Arthur and
Captain Wilson. The party was driven
to the Occidental hotel, where General
Otis spent the afternoon receiving call
ers and preparing for his departure
east.
1t had been decided to receive Cen
eral Otis here with full military honors,
but for some reason this ceremony was
omitted.
When seen by reporter OF the Asso-
cIated Press General Otis, in response
to a request that he make statement
Of the situation in the Philippines, said
that, while 1t would give him great
pleasure to comply with the request,
he was constrained to decline, for the
reason that such action, in his judg-
ment would be inconsistent with his
duty as an officer Of the army. Asked
what would be the effect en- the war
IL the report Of Agulnaido's dsath were
true, General Otis said tina, the war
was practically ended, that Aguinalao's
followers were deserting him fast, and
those who now remain with him are
generally Of the lower class. Most of
his officers have left him, though some
still remain in touch with him. Some
OF those who have left him ara now
engaged in business in Manila, and 9TH
ers are hiding in the mountains. Many
Of his closest followers are very friendly
toward the United States, and as soon
as the natives in general gain conn
dsnce in the friendly offices Of the
Americans there would be little dlfl-
Guilty In bringing them to terms. Asked
as to the commercial value Of the
Islands, the general said that they were
vastly rich. especially in hemp. sugar
and tobacco. ana that as soon as the
situation became more quiet Business Of
all kinds viii be Increased tremendously
as it is doing now. General Otis would
not state whether or not he favored
the retention Of the islands by this
country, and in response to such a
query he merely said:
we have got them now. What are
we to do about it?"
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PORTO R1cAN oFF1oERs
Nominated by the Preaident-Namea
Sent to the Senate.

Nominated by the President-Names
Sent to the Senate.
WASHINGTON. June 4.-The Presi-
dent to-day sent the following nominal
tions to the senate:
John severe QuInones. Of Porto Rico
to be chief justice Of the supreme court
Of Porto Rico; Louis sulzbacher. of
Missouri: jose C. Herandez. cf Porto
Rico: jose NJ. Piqueras, of Porto Rico.
and Rafael Neetoy AbeIlle, @: Porto
Rico to be associate Justices Of the ST.
preme court Of Porto Rico; VIM. H.
Holt OF Kentucky. to be United States
district judge for the district CT Porto
Rico; Edward S. Wilson, Of Ohio, TO BE-
United States marshal for the district
nj Porto Rico; Hoah B, X. PsttIngill.
Of Porto Rico, to be United States dis
trtct attorney for Porto Rico; Joseph
r. Daily. Of New York; Leo S Rowe, OF
Pennsylvania, and Juan Hernandez
Lopez, Of San Juan. Porto Rico, to be
members OF the commission to compile
and revise the laws OF Porto Rico;
Jose c. Barbosa, OF San Juan; Rosando
Matienzo Clntron. of Ponce; Jose De
Diego, of Mayaguez; Manuel camunas.
OF Fajardo. and Andreas crosas, of San
Juan, to be members of the executive
council of Porto Rico; Martin Grove
Brumbaugh, OF Pennsylvania, to be
commissioner Of education OF Porto
PIN
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A TEXAS FEUD
Results in the Killing of Three Men,
More Murders are Probable.

more MuEubEb arc GAVah0IS'
SAN AuGUsTIN. Texas. June A.
Three prominent mon gave up their
lives In a shooting ARRAY at the court
house here to-day. They were: Felix
Roberts. correspondent Of the Calves
ton News; sid Roberts and shrrift Noel
Roberts.
a few weeks ago Sheriff George Wall
was shot to death by curI Borders, as
the result of an old feud. Wallis
nephew. Noel Roberts, was appointed
sheriff. Last Saturday the second iite
was taken in the quarrel. when Eugene
Wall. gon OF the murdered sheriff, killed
Benjamin Brooks. number OF the op-
posing faction.
To-day the contending factions met
In the cour, house here. Az were hsay-
lly armed and quickly lined up for Il
battle. The sheriff nnd two OF hls fam
ily fell before the deadly nre OF their
enemies. More trouble Is feared, MS
many Of the dead mems friends have
stnrted 70 the scene from Nacogdoches
Teirgrams have bsen sent TO Governor
sayers requesting him to call out the
militia.
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Boer Envoys Talk.

CLEVELAND, o., June f. The Boer
ENJOYS and their party received a
number of callers ut the Hollenden this
morning. At 1880 p. M. they gave re-
ceptlUu, several hundred people at
tending. Abraham Fischer. when luns-
toned rs TO the recent events In the
Transvaul, said: I'VE know the coun-
try and understand what each move
ment means. We have not had definite
information for several days from
South Atricn When that Is the case
We always expect that our forces are
doing something In fact, from the
fneagrc reports. 4, looks as Il We had
gotten In between them and their OBJ
jective point. Beers nro not used to be-
ing besieged. Therefore, they will not
attempt to hold Pretoria. The loss OF
tho city would mean nothing to us. a
Bocr capitol on an OK cart out In the
veldt anywhere under The shade OF
tree. with President Kruger and few
rcams OF paper is all we want"
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EXCITING HOLD UP
Of Railway Train In Texas-Baggaga
Master and Express Messenger
Foil the Robbers.

Foil the Robbers.
LoNGvIEw, Texas, June 4.-The
north-bound "Cannonball" train on the
International & Great Northern WIS
held up after midnight, near Prices
switch. sixty miles south of this city.
A pile of ties was placed on the track
and as the train came to stop three
masked men climbed into the engine.
They forced the engineer and fireman
to uncouple the mail, baggage and eG-
press cars and pull about two miles
from the remainder Of the train. The
robbers then commanded Express Mes
senger Rutherford to open the door Of
his car. Failing to get any response
the robbers made Fireman Love break
q hole in the end of the car.
While this was being done the fro
man begged the messenger and bag
gage master not to shoot. The messen-
ger who was well protected by barri-
cade, said he would kill the first man
to enter the mole. Love was forced in
and the messenger fred past his head.
barely missing the robbers, who then
undertook to kill Rutherford by shoot
ing at him through the side Of the car.
In the confusion Engineer Rich
crawied away to his engine, pulled the
throttle wide open and left the robbers
behind. A quick run was made to Jack.
sonville, where blood hounds were So
cured to chase the robbers.
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THE LAST GASPS


OF the First Session Of the Fifty"sixth
congress-"social Session. Of the
ssnate-confersncs Reports Only
Remain to be Considered.
WASHINGTON, juno 4.-Washlng-
ton is In the last gasps Of the long ses-
sion and It's expiration apparently is to
be quite pertuuctory. Unless SOME
thing extraordinary occurs no further
general legislation OF national import
apce Will be enacted before final ad-
journment. The senate was in session
more than ten hours to-day, nearly
four hours of which were spent in ex-
ecutlve session.
The only feature of the days session
was the speech on the Philippine Ques-
tlon by Mr.. Teller. OF Colorado, and the
effort by Mr. Pettigrew, OF South Da-
kota, to obtain consideration for the
anti-trust bill passed by the house last
Saturday.
Tonight n picturesque session was
held-a sort OF social sessIon-at which
many OF the senators appeared In full
dress and the galleries were thronged
by a gaIiy attired party OF spectators
Mr.. Pettigrew replied at length to the
speech of Mr.. spooner. OF Wisconsin.
on the philippines. but did not con-
clude his remarks. The remainder OF
the session was consumed in the con-
sIderatIon OF conference reports and in
passing minor measures on the calen-
dar.
st. Louis Exposition.
The house to-day agreed to the sem
ate amendment to the sundry civil bill
appropriatlng 35.OOO.OOO for the Louis
lana Purchase Exposition ut ST. Louis.
There was not word OF debate on con-
ourrence in the amendment. It was
after o'clock when the matter came up
and owing to the latoness Of the hour
and the overwhelming majority In It's
favor, the opponents Of the fair APP
preparation did not even make a show
Of opposition. They eoateated them
selves with demanding roll call,
which resulted In lg7 ayes to IS noes
in favor OF the appropriation,
The house also agreed to the senate
item for the Mississippi river, with an
amendment reducing the appropriation
to 32,25O. 600. and adding provision for
the preparation OF comprehensive re-
port on the levee system by the Miss
lsslppi rivar commission. With these
exceptions the items OF the sundry civil
bill stlrl in dispute after the adoption
Of the partial conference report were
sent back to conference. The disputed
items Of the District Of Columbia bill
were agreed 10 and the biti went to the
President. leaving only four approprla-
tion bills still in dispute between the
two houses,
Mr. Tawncy. OF Minnesota. Is making
an eaort To delay nnai adjournment
unless action is had on the Gruut olco-
margarine bill. but he met with no sue
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Fil,pino Cnsualties.

WASHINGTON, June 4.-secretasy
Root to-day made answer to the senate
resolution lnquiring as to the number
OF FnlpIncs killed and wounded and the
number OF prisoners taken since the In
surrectIor began. Having no detailed
information on the subject. the secre-
tary cabled the inquiry to Gen. MacAr-
thur, commanding at Manila, and re-
ceIved the following response, which
was submitted to Congress;
MANILA. June {, 1900.
"Adjutant General. Washington.
with reference to your telegram of
22d uftimo. FilipInos killed. 1880:
wounded, 2.lOI: captured and surren-
dered. 1924. number OF prisoners in our
possession. about zoo"
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TAYENNER
CLAIMS TO BE
CONFIDENT.
He Says BE Is Already Nominated.
Has Enough Delegates Instructed
and is Not Hunting Others.
HOLT MAKES CONTRARY CLAIM.
copcsdlng Tavenner Only 957 Votes.
Lucas Withdrawal Has Not
Changed the Situation.
gD..Ial dispatch to TIE InIelllgenceF.


pARKERSRURG, W. Va, June A.
Afh5agh the Democratic stair conven-
lion does not meet until noon on We'd
psslay the city is already Killing up
and the corridors OF the hotels arc
filed with anxious partisans Of the diff
tsrsnt candidates.
Judge Holt was the first leader to ar
rive. reaching here at noon yesterday.
He. together with John T. MeGraw,
George I. Neal and others Of his friends,
are quartered at tha Jackson. where
they are receiving many visitors.
Judge Tavenner has opened head
quarters In large room opposite the
Elennerhassett hotel, and many Of the
other candidates are already in quarters
a, the various rooms selected for them.
Tsvenner Confident of Nomination.
when questioned this afternoon
Judge Tavenuer said: II am already
nominated. Enough delegates are in
structed for or pledged to give me the
domination. 1 am not hunting others.
all my efforts being to keep what have
in line"
An hour later Judge Holt said: IT am
no, at all afraid OF the result, and be-
lleve that will be nominated without
diaculty"
The Holt figures are; Holt, 4s5; Tav-
snner 257; Flournoy. 161; Lewis. 30.
Tuvcnners friends are not giving out
figures. The withdrawal Of Lucas made
something of futter, but 1t Gid not
materially change the situation. as # is
no, thought that he will be able to de-
liver his votes to Flournoy or any other
candidate. though he seems to think he
can do SO.
Among the most prominent arrivals
tonight are ex Senator Henry G. Da-
Wis. Thomas 3. Davis and woud Daily.
A Bitter Contest.
1t is announced late tonight that
there is a bitter contest In the Demo-
cratic state executive committee re-
gardlng the temporary Craftsmanship
OF the convention. a large number of
the members desire that Maccorkle oc-
rupy the position. while EdmIFton pos
lively declines to call the ex-governor
to the chair. 1t is said, however, that
StacCorkte has been settlea upon as per-
nanent chairman. and has accepted. In
his speech It is probable that he will
roast" the Atkinson administration,
regardless OF the fact that Governor
Atkinson was the means Of keeping a
portion of the gang out of the peniten-
Ilary.
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BOER LEADERS
RECOVER FROM
THEIR PANIC
And Have Determined to Defend the
Capitol of the Transvaai-No
News from Roberts.
THE UNNECESSARY FLIGHT
OF Kruger ProvOkes a Deep Fesling
of Anger Against Him-A
Revival Of Courage

LONDON June s. 3:2O a moi ofi-
cial intelligence regarding what Is
transpIring outside Pretoria there is lit
lie or nothing to say. Lord Roberts
Is silent. Nevertheless, by placing to-
gether items from various correspond
ents. 1t would seem that Lord Roberts
immediate army is all employed north
of johannesburg, except one brigade.
which Is at Johannesburg, and that six
columns are converglng on Pretoria
An undated news agency dispatch
from Pretoria, via Lourenzo Marques
June 4, says:
"Pretoria is now invested by the Brit
ish. No resistance will be offered. The
city will be surrendered by the burgo-
master as soon as a formal demand is
made"
This message purports to come in
cipher. President Kruger commands
the telegraph eastward from Pretoria,
and telegraphlo news from Pretoria to
Iourenzo Marques has ceased, but the
messages Of newspaper correspondents
continue to pass to and fro on the rail-
way. The latest to arrive at Lourenzo
MARQUES bring events at the BOer cap
i,ul down to late hour Friday night.
At that time, according to these sources
of information the leaders had quite
recovered from the panic and had de-
termined to defend the town. One mes
sage. which is dated June l, says;
viii Defend Pretoria.
pretoria is full of strong Burghers,
but most Of the commanders are laa-
rered outside. A great war council ot
generals has just concluded its delIb-
erations. The decision as to the future
military course has not been made
known. Louis Rotha and Delarey sat
in the council"
Another dispatch, brought to Louren-
20 MARQUES by messenger and dated at
Pretoria Friday at midnight. says:
"The war council ASSUMES the powers
of the government. Its members de-
clare that the capitol may stlll be sue
cessfully defended. One commander
declared, with the help of God, the
hour will still come when Great Britain
VIII acknowledge the independence Of
the two republics. A tremendous
change will yet come over the situa-
tlon."
General Delarey said that Pretoria
would be defended to the utmost, add
ing: There Is every chance that we viii
yet beat the enemy out of the coun-
tr,,r
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OREGON ALL RIGHT.

Meager Returns Indicate Election of
Both Republican Candidates for
Congress with Increased GajOri-
ties.
PORTLAND. Ore, June 4.-Meager
returns from the interior and the few
votes counted In this city indicate the
election Of wOlyerton tRepubllran) for
supreme Judge. and Moody tRepubli-
can) for congressman in the Second dis
trlct.
Returns from Marion county. the
most populous county In the First Con-
gresslonal district, show that Tongue
CRspubllcanj for Congress is running
ahead of iis iicket and has made gains
over his vote of two years agu.
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A Cool Proceeding.

s9selal Dispatch to the inieiiieencSr
PARRERsBuRG, ". Va, June A.
Agent Freeman. OF the Armour Com
pany, together with an nsslsiant named
siarkcy, were accidentally locked in a
refrigerator car here this morning while
unloading meat. They remained IN cold
storage three hours before their predic-
nment was discovered. and then they
were released. Both were nearly frozen.
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THEN TsIN, June 4.-Huang Tsun, the
next station to Fehg Tai. was burned
this morning and a bridge was dam.
aged. Traffic between Tlen Tsln and
Pekin has been suspended. It is re-
ported that Pao Ting Flu was attacked
last night. Mr. Robinson, Of the North
China mission mot Mr.. Stevenson. OF
the Church OF England mission at Yen
Ching. as cabled last night is missing
and five native Christians have been
murdered at Zang Ching. Mr.. Norman.
Of the same mission, has been captured
nj Wu CHA Ying. two miles from Yang
Ching, and IS in great danger.
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Feeling Against Kruger.

president Kruger is somewhere to
the eastward. but is in constant wire
communication with the leaders here.
There is, however, a deep feeling OF
anger against him on account Of what
is now called his unnecessary flight,
and because he and the officials took all
the gold and left their subordluates un-
paid. The latest phase Of public opln-
ion is a marvellous revival OF courage"
From Lourenzo MARQUEE comes dis
patch, dated June {, saying:
at is known that some great British
movement is in progress outside Of Pre-
toria. The mysterious movements Of
President Kruger's secretary and ply
stefan. particularly their secret visit to
the Dutch warshlp FrieslRnd, which is
in the harbor here. has aroused suspi-
clons that important personages are ex-
pected."
The news from the minor thraters of
hostlllties is less cryptic. The Boer
operations to break Lord Roberts COM
municati0ns have been completely oat-
fed, and the Boer columns are in dam
ger Of being surrounded by the British
forces at Flcksburg, serSlnl, Heilbron
and Llndley General Rumble. instead
OF throwing himself against the Beers
lntrenched Mt Redulpberg, moved to-
ward Ficksburg and established COM
munlcations with General Roberts, The
Beers marched parallel with Rumble, in
tending to seize a strong position on
the Ficksburg road. but General Run
die got there first The fifteen hundred
Beers who were in this movement are
now reported to be going elsewhere"
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Wnstern MlIla stnrt Or.

CHICAGO, June IA special from
Joliet, Ills, says: The merchant mill OF
The Illinois Steel Company started up
to-day giving employment to Ave hun
dre1 men. Tho company officials say
The mill will run during the simmer
ii is rumored the rod mills aud con-
frrier viii also resume operations soon.
~ the American tin plate works the
not mills also started up to-day and
ihe entire plant Is once more In Oper-
alton, furnishing work for $50 men.
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prntnl Muraar Of PhYsicInn.

v1NELAND. N. j.. June 4.--Dr. Giles
Chambers, a prominent physician OF
this city. was brutaIly murdered to-day
in his office by an unknown assassin
or assasslns, who succeeded in making
their escape. His skull was crushed
as II he had been struck from behind by
a heavy biHdgeoR. and there was also a
deep cut on the back OF his head. The
body was found by the Doctors son
and lay on the floor In a pool OF blood
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Victory for German.

BALTIMORE, Nd, June t-Dcmo-
cratic conventions were held in the
three legislative districts OF Baltimore
city to-day and resulted in the sending
OF uninstructcd delegations to the state
convention which is TO be held here to-
morrow. This leaves no room for doubt
that the delegation sent from this state
10 the national Democratic convention
at Kansas City will so without instruc-
tl0na.
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Hardy Democrats.

Special Dispatch to the Ihteiligesees.
KEYsER, W. Va. June I.--rhe Dem
ocrats Of Hardy county in their primary
election nominated candidates as fol-
lows: For sheriff. George X. Judy;
commissioner Of county court. Jesse
Fisher: prosecuting attorney. G. W..
hacCaully: assessor. w. s. Marshall:
surveyor. ]. w. 81 Kuykendall. The
contest IN come cases was very close.
Fishers majority was the largest, be-
Ing t2S votes.
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Tin Workers on the wage demand for
the coming year, have been arranged
for. The conference on the iron scale ID
to be held at Chicago the latter part of
this week and that on the un-plate
scale IN New York, the week following.
on or about June Is. The demand Of
the iron workers is one Of 10 per cent
above the present base. The tin mill
scale. which Will be taken up at the lat-
ter conference. calls for an advance OF
10 per cent. The sheet min scale Is to
be also settled at the New York confer
ence and the workers in sheet mills de-
maud per cent advance.
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rhsir safatr pespaired of.

LONDON. June 5.-The Daily Matt
has the following dispatch dated Mon
day, from Shanghai:
Later reports from Tien Tsln show
that no British or American mlsslona-
rles were among the refugees who es-
capped from Pao Ting Flu district. The
safety OF the seven foreigners sun miss.
ing Is despajred Of. Twenty-three OF
the French and Belgian party arrived
wounded at Tien Tsin after terrible SUE
Fnrings"
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az, Promotion eoes over.

WASHINGTON, June 4.-The senate
committee on military affairs to-day
reported favorably the nomination Of
Gen. Otis to be a major general. When
reported to the senate in executive ses-
sion, there was a request for immediate
action. but objection was made and the
nomination went over.
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Movements Of steamshlps.

NEW YORK-Cymrlc. Liverpool.
Observation-Disclosures, Llv-
erpool
QUEENsTowN-Iyeruia, New York
for Liverpool.
BREMEN--Grosser Kurfurst, New
York, via Southampton.
GENOA-werra, New York via Ma
pies.
ANTWERP - westernland. New
v1TH
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PITTsBuRGH, Pa, June two
conferences between manufacturers
and tho wage committee OF the Anal
gamated Association of Iron, steel &
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Wnnther Forecnst for To.daY.

For Ohio and Western Pennsyivania,-
Fair Tuesday. with warmer IN northern
portion, Wednesday fair IN noEthern,
showers IN southern portion. fresh cast
to northeast winds
For Wet VHsiala-Fnir b northern.
showers IN southern portion Tuesday;
probably ahowcrs Wednesday; casteFiy
Winds
Local Temperature.
The temp raturc yesterday az oblerved
nv c Schnepf driEyl7t corner Market
and Fourteenth streets, was as Iollows'
ia. m..,....,....,. 6q.3 y. m.....,,..,,,.. "
3 n. Tu........,.... I'D y. ul.-..'.ss..s.., 70
il m.,..,...,..,...,,71IWo Weather Fair.