The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-01-25
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Fire at Dawson destroyed property
valued at 100000.
Samuel Peter Myers was hanged IN
the Somerset. Pa, county jail yesterday
for the murder OF Michael Kearney and
John Lenhart.
The dwelling OF II. Clay Gettings, Of
Shenandoah Junction, was destroyed by
fire yesterday evening. Origin, uE-
known. Loss, $500,
The British Columbia government has
decided to so amend the coal miners
act to prohibit the employment OF any.
one under ground who cannot read and
write English.
The Mollncux trial was adjourned yes
terday, on account OF the sickness OF a
juror, Mannheim Brown. Mr.. Brown
Is suffering from rheumatism. which 1t
is believed Will be Of short duration.
f. j. Phelps, ex-minlster to England,
Is Ill with pneumonia. ut his residence,
in New Haven, Conn. HIS physician an
nounced that while Mr.. Phelps Is very
sick, his condition Is not yet serious.
Representative George Weymouth. OF
the Fourth Massachusetts district, has
accepted the position OF general mana.
ger. OF the Atlas Tack Company. and
Will not seek denomination for Con-
gress.
The annual attack on the canals is up
again In the Ohio legislature. This will
be offset by bill in Congress to enlarge
the Miami 4 Erie canal to accommo-
date Ocean-goIng vessels. There are
other chestnuts.
Judge Wallace In the United States
court. at Albany. concurred with the
lower court in refusing TO grant writ
OF habeas corpus In the case OF Captain
Charles NJ. Carter. convicted of con-
spiracy against the government.
The midnight announcement OF the
/ British war office that no more news
viii be given out during the night is
becoming something OF chestnut As
the announcement is made after mid"
night, the notice seems somewhat super
fuous.
A bill Is before the Ohio legislature
to pension Dayton policemen at Ai per
month. As the police force Of that city
| numbers about 100 men. It will be an
Item OF considerable expense The fire
inddles." numbering about the same,
VIII take their turn next,
Chaplain Shields dismissed from the
army, Is a native of PennBylvanla, and
mas been in the military service since
August lS, 1891 His alleged transgrea-
slOns occurred while en- route TO San
Francisco, In compliance with orders to
Join the army In the Philippines.
William ]. Bryan left New York
for Stamford, Conn. He insisted on
going Into one OF the ordinary day
coaches. declining seat In the parlor
car, saying that his ride would be q
short one, and that there was no need
Of straiHIng at comfort for a short dis
tance.
The trial OF the libel suit brought by
NJ. Judet. OF the Petit Journal, against
NJ. ZoIa, has ben postponed for week.
IN order 10 allow the assumptionistS
trial to be disposed Of. The suit brought
by MaItre Laborl against the Libre Pa
role, in Paris, has been postponed TO
February 20
Nearly one hundred thousand sigma
tures have been appended to the address
promoted by NJ. Le Juens ana other
members OF the Universal Peace SOci-
ETY., asking President Mckinley 10 medl-
atc in tho GreRt Britain n-Transvaai war,
which will be forwarded in tho course
Of fortnight.
German press tactlcinnB are almost
unanimously of the opinion that the sit-
uHtlon Of the British forces around La
| dyAmlth Is desperate. The Berllner
| Tageblatt prints n Brussels special
| claiming that Sir Charles Warren has
been signally defeated. a military
writer for the Kreuz Zeltung says the
movement to relieve Badysnith has
failed. rendering the British line OF re-
treat endangered.
The remains OF fOrty-ihrec soldiers.
who died OF yellow fever In Cuba. were
Inferred ht Arlington cemetery yester-
day. The exercises were conducted nc
cOrdlng to the ritual OF the Catholic and
Episcopal churches, President Mckln-
10y Secretary Root and Attorney Gen
crui GrigR8 were present The burial
wiIs with military honors The rellg
Giis services were conducted by Rev.
Mackay Smith and Rev. Father Dolan.