The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-04-18
F1AsHEs PROM THE wIREs.

The Shah Of Persia has started on his
way to Europe.
The condition Of Senator Hanna, Of
Ohio, who has been suffering from the
grip, is much Improved.
The demand for wool in the eastern
market this week was quiet, with quo
tatIons not materially changed.
Two thousand bltuminous miners in
VigO, Greene and Sullivan counties,
Indiana, went on a strike Monday
night
The house committee on commerce
yesterday directed n favorable report
on substitute for various bills increas'
ing the pay Of life savers.
Early Tuesday. robbers partly
wrecked the safe in the state bank OF
West Pullman. Illinois, but failed to
secure the $4,000 inside.
The Trans Mississippi Commercial
Congress met at Houston, Texas, yes
terday. in annual session, the attend
nnce being larger than at any previous
meeting.
BY the closing OF nine additions ci-
gar factories the number Of striking
and locked out cigar makers in New
York City has been Increased to five
thousand.
Commodore Cowie. United States
navy, sailed for the Philippines yester-
day on the steamer Doric, TO take
charge OF the machine shops at the
Cavite navy yard.
An anarchist plot has been discovered
Mt Ancona, n city and free port OF Cen
trail italy, on the Odrlatic, lS5 miles by
railroad northeast Of Rome. The police
seized number OF letters from Paris
and America and arrested the recipi-
ents Of these mlssives.
Philip d. Armour of Chicago, who
has been In Pasadena. California, since
December "a. will leave for home on
Thursday, with his wife and party OF
friends Mr.. Armour intends to sail for
Mannheim, Germany, on May 10. He
VIII spend some time at the baths
there.
Reports to-day from Louisiana, Miss
lssipp and Alabama tell OF heavy loss
from floods, caused by the Hnprecedent-
ed heavy rains of the past few days.
Crops have suffered seriously and near
ly every railroad in that section ls bad
ly handicapped by washouts and flood
ed tracks.
At meeting OF the Pittsburgh
Gllilllutl VI NVllllllgINEt u lFNblullNll was
adopted, respectfully and urgently pc
tltlonIng Hon. John d. Long, secretary
OF the navy, to give the name OF Pitts
burgh" to one OF the new armored
cruisers OF war to RECONSTRUCTED for the
United States navy.
First Assistant Postmaster General
Heath has not resigned TO devote him
self to the work Of the national Repub-
lican committee as has been stated. Mr..
Heath has no present intention OF re-
signing. What he may do after the
campaign opens ls matter about
which he will not talk at present.
After her morning drive Tuesday In
Dublin, Queen Victoria received In RH-
diencc the daughter OF Sergeant Major
Hnrtlgan. now Ht Coienso, Natal, who
presented her majesty with n bouquet
from the wives and widows OF the
non-cOmmsslOned officers and men OF
the Irish regiments in South Africa.
The president OF the New York police
board came out openly Tuesday In
stating the policy OF the board to re-
fuse to grant licenses for public boxing
matches. "Thc boards position is
this" said he. III II were wrong TO hold
n boxing match on September /, It Is
wrong to permit one TO be held on the
first Of May
Newton Black. prominent lawyer
and the independent Republican leader
OF Butler county, Pennsylvania, died
suddenly Of neuralgia OF the heart
while sitting In his office chair in But
Ter, conversing with brother attor-
ney, a. Il. c. Mcfarland. at 10 o'clock
last evening. Mr.. Black was well
known through the state.
General Montenegro, one OF the In
surgents' best fighters, has surrendered
TO Colonel Smith in the mountains
near Camallng, In the province OF Pan
eastman, where with General Mncabu-
los, he had been trying to rGOrganiEe
the Filipino army. Colonel Smith, with
five companies OF the Seventeenth reg
Iment, nearly surrounded the force Of
Montenegro, who discouraged by the
lmpOssibillty Of making his men stand
ngainst the Americans, surrendered.
Mhcabulos escaped.
Twelve hundred Tagalogs attacked
Cases battalion headquarters of the
Fortleth regiment, at Cagaynn, Island
Of Mndnnno. on the 9TH Inst. The
Americans had fifteen casualties, while
of the attacking force nifty were killed
and thirty wounded or taken prisoners.
The enemy. numbering ib0 rltemen, the
remainder being BOloman, nrcheB and
mounted Hppnrmcn, sw0dped down tn
bowling mass nt daylight. surprising
and killing three Of the Eentrlcs. They
Rwarmed the streets In small parties.
some bearing scaling ladders, by mems
of which they attempted TO enter tho
houses