The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-09-26
LATE NEWS BOILED DOWN..

the population Of Fort Worth, Texas. Is
26,6SS, us against 23,076 in 1890. 81.
The annua: convention of the Ma
tIonai Union of Young Mems Catholic
Societies began In Brooklyn Tuesday.
W. f. Park, OF cambridge. was nomi-
mated Tuesday at Knoxville, Tenn, for
Congress by the Democrats Of the Sec
ond district.
The reports of the destruction OF the
towns OF Marble Falls and San Seba,
Texas. sent out last Tuesday night,
prove to be Incorrect.
z The lumber yards Of the Corning
Lumber Company. at Atlantic High
lands. N. j.. were destroyed by fire
Tuesday. Loss, $4,000.
Prince Henry Of Russia Is now COM
mandcr-iR-chief Of the First German
squadron. succeeding Vice Admiral
Holman. who has been relived from the
post. T59s
The Iron Mountain shops, located at
Barring Cross. Kansas. were totally de-
stroyed by fire early Tuesday. Four
hundred men are thrown out of employ
mont.
sgAnother death from bubonic plague
WAS reported at Glasgow yesterday,
making the seventh since the outbreak,
Only forty persons are now under OBJ
serration. tsE 81 iy
Robert A. Widenman, chairman OF
National (third ticket) party. has given
tue official decination by Senator CAT
fiery, Of the presidential nominatice. OF
the National party.
4 special from Fort Worth. Texas,
says: Governor-elect Duke. who was re-
ported to have perished in tn: Calves.
ton flood. is reported to have returned
safely to the Indian Territory.
The Charlotte Steel and Iron Com
pany of New York yesterday assigned
to Charles c. Hoge. of Brooklyn. 'rhe
company was Incorporated February
last with n capital OF 100000.
Irving B. Dudley. United States min
lister to Peru. and II. A. Gudger, United
passengers on board the steamer Ad-
vance, which arrived at New York yes
terday from Colon.
William J. Bryan returned Tuesday
to Lincoln, after his trip to Chicago
to consult with the Democratic national
committee. He said he had no an
nouncement to make rs to the result Of
his trip further than already has been
made. arztr
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Governor Stone yesterday appointed
William L. Potter. of Pittsburgh, to the
supreme court vacancy caused by :he
death of Justice Henry Green. Marshall
Brown. of Pittsburgh. was appointed to
succeed the late Judge Slagle, of AL
leSheny.
The biennial convention of the Car
pcnters and Joiners OF America ycstcr-
day at Scranton, Pa, refused to adopt
the constitutional amendment providing
for the election Of officers by referen-
dunn. 1t was decided to hold the next
biennial convention at Atlanta, Ga.
Fire which has been burning for sev-
eral days about the Occidenta mine,
near Santa Rosa, Cal, has covered l50
square miles, and the damage Is esti-
mated at Sl,500,0O0. A stranger who
has been fighting the flames Is missing,
and several OF the volunteers have had
narrow escapes from suffocation.
Mrs. Elizabeth Van Lew, who during
the war between the states furnished
the Union forces with valuable inform
alton agaist the Confederate govern
ment, assisted prisoners in escaping
from Libby prison. and who. after the
war, was rewarded by General Grant
with the postmastcrship at Richmond,
Va, died ut Richmond Tuesday, at an
advanced age. s..l
The second annual meeting of the
Spanish War Veterans Association OF
the United States was called to order
at the Ebbltt House, Washington,
Tuesday, by the grand commander.
General j. Warren Keifcr. Of Ohio
General Keller In his address recon-
mcnded union Of nll organizations OF
n uI, In 81, n,,tn Ia, tHn t.l
States.
Adjutant General Corbin. OF Pennsyl-
vnnin, has received personal letter
from Secretary Root. saying that his
condition Is improving but giving no In
dicati0n OF q purpose TO return to WASH
ington In the immediate future. Sec
rotary Root Is ut his summer home at
Southampton, l.. T., and Is ,convalcsclns
from severe operation for the removal
OF n carbuncle from his breast.
Secretary OF Agriculture Wilson mr.
rived In Chicago yesterday, en- route to
Topeka. Kansas, where he will address
the Good Roads convention Thursday. ~
have Just concluded n weeks speaking
tour In Ohio" said tho secretary, .'and
found the agricultural districts IA
Vorable to Mckinley. Tho tarmes want
no change In national policies. The
only cause ofdoubt IL the citizen"
The steamer Roanoke brings news Of
the disastrous storm at Nome. 1t ragged
With unusual violence for nearly two
days up to the evening OF September
IL, and wns the sevcrcst that ever visit
ed northwestern Alaska. a number of
lives are believed to have been lost. 4
Ia known tha. Andrew A. Ryan. OF Los
Angeles. WINS drowned. Severn! cap
tains md scnmon on small tngs ore
missing, and It Is thought they arG.lost,