The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-08-28
HOT FROM THE WIRE.

IThe population OF Denver. Col, as
Just announced by the census bureau. Is
| 1885 against O6.713, In 1890. This, is
an increase Of 21146, or 25.44 per cent. \
The gunboat Castine. commander
Bowman, commanding, has been or
dered to Annoy. China, to report son
conditions there. The Castlne is at
Shanghai \; n q 9 * Il
While walking in the track at To.
ronto.& Ohio, Lib Kelly, aged eighteen
was struck by! passenger train and
hurled aside His injuries are painful
but not fatal.
AS a result OF the continued peaceful
conditions existing in Akron. Ohio. all
OF the state troops which had been on
duty since Thursday last, were with
drawn early Monday.
Captain McAlllster, who commanded
In the civil war the famous AicAlllster
battery, died Monday. at his home in
Joliet, Illinois, from a paralytic stroke.
He was seventy years Of age.
Senator Hanna Will not leave for
Chicago on September /, as was first
announced. The senator says he will
not leave for a week at least and 1t
may be necessarytto remain longer
John Davis, the negro who shot John
Drennen. (white), In the race riot In
New York, on Saturday night. was held
Monday, in $1,000 bail, to. await the re-
suit OF Brennen's injuries, which are
thought to be serious. d
Three men were badly injured In a
fire that destroyed the planning mile OF
Jacob Dubois, at Jersey City Heights
N. j.. Monday morning. Part OF a we'll
caved In, burying several firemen under
heavy timbers and broken glass.
DR.. Joseph Bannelt and Mrs. Flora
NJ. Belts, OF Denver, Col, while driv-
Ing In the suburbs late last night, were
held up by masked men, who secured
over $1,000 In cash and diamonds. Mrs.
Belts was beaten into insenslbllity and
DR.. Bannelt was roughly handled. /.
A dispatch received from Taku under
date of Sunday, August 26, confirms
| previous reports that a convoy was be-
ing formed at Pekin to conduct, under
a strong escort, the allies wounded and
the women and children to Tlen Tsln.
H. H. StrIdiron, lumber merchant
OF Baltimore, was shot In the back OF the
head and through the eye at the Hotel
Vendome. New York City. Monday. by
H. J. Ford, who registered from Bos-
ton. Ford then committed suicide by
blowing out his brains. Z,
The Metropolitan Trust Company, OF
New York, began paying a dividend OF
| so per cent In cash Monday. on behalf
of the reimbursement committee to all
creditors Of Price, Mccormick & Com
pany, who have filed their claims. The
first dividend to be paid by the trust
company Will be in excess OF one MILL
ion dollars ,Al.y X
Acting Superintendent Goode OF the
Yellowstone National Park, In tele-
] gram received Monday by the secre-
tary Of the interior, says the forest
| fire that has been raging In the park
has been extinguished. The fire was
confined mostly to dead and down tim
] Der and the loss or area Of the confla-
| grafton Is not known.
A Spokane. Washington, special says:
Kennett Harrington Bellaire Is under
| arrest there. charged with insanity.
Bellaire's attorneys claim he Is n ne
phew Of Gladstone. q relative Of Lord
Sallsbury's, and is a former member
Of the London Stock Exchange. Heis
said to receive q large annual income
| from an estate in England.
The steamship Ohio has arrived at
Seattle from Nome with 1892 passengers
and treasure estimated ut 100000.
About one-third OF the gold came from
Nome. The Klohdike contributed the
balance. The steamer South Portland
arrived last night with $4,000 in gold
from Nome and 11S steerage passen-
gers.
Sheriff McCallister, of Marietta, O.,
was arrested Monday morning, charged
with an assault with intent to kill. He
was held in $1,000 bond. At the Repub-
lican primaries there, Saturday, Mccall
| lister got Into row with Charles
Pape. Il candidate for sheriff, and
| struck him with n gas pipe, seriously
| injuring him. Both men are Republican
| leaders. FHF -
H. Coulter Brinker. popular actor
| connected with the New Century thea;
tire stock company Of Newark, N. j.,
! fell from fifth story window OF the
Grand hotel there Monday afternoon
and was instantly killed.. It Is believed
he was sitting in the window to keep
| cool. and doing off he fell Off before he
! could recover himself 81
General Archibald ]. Sampson, Uni
ted States minister to Ecuador has ar
rived ut San Francisco, after three
years residence at Quito He says that
he has just concluded n reciprocity
commercial treaty with the Ecuador
can government OF decided advantage
to both countries. The export OF flour
and wine will be especially fostered un-
der the treaty.
There was fight at the Cumberland,
(Md.) mines Saturday night, and Mon
day morning Edward and Andrew Les.
low, brothers. md Michael Shavinster
were found along the railroad track cut
about the head and throat and two OF
them apparently dead. The sheriff was
notified and went to the scene. Upon
the arrival OF physician It was found
that the men were dead drunk and not
seriously hurt.
A dispatch to the Journal and Advcr.
tiscrY from Annoy. China, says: The
japanese have been landing marines
for three days, not only without pro-
vocation but against the protests OF the
consuls. Accidental destruction OF
the Japanese temple by fire was the al
legged excuse for this action. but the |
Annoy officials have proved their abil- |
ity to preserve perfect order.
Peter Maher and Joe Choynski have
both trained hard and are In good con-
dillon for their twenty-five round 70
at the Broadway athletic club tonight.
Maher and Choynskl are we'll matched
In size and skill and 1t will probably !
require many rounds OF hard fighting
to bring about the defeat OF either man.
Choynskt has fought Jeffr!es n twenty
round draw, and Maher has met such
good men as Bob Fitzsimmons aud Gus
Rubin.
In his last speech OF the state cam
paign made Mt Marion, South Carolina