The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-04-27
WARM WIRE wH1sPERs.

The National Manufacturers Associ-
alton has voted to hold its next coRven-
ton at Detroit, Mich.
Three men were seriously injured in
the trades labor war upon non-union
workmen, Tuesday, in Chicago.
The Columbus plant Of the National
Steel Company has been closed under
orders from the general offices, the rea-
son assigned being to make extensive
repairs.
The Fifth Avenue hotel and the Mad
ison Square theatre building, in New
York, adjoining each other, were sold in
one parcel at public auction yesterday,
Cor A,225,OOO.
Burglars secured 5000 from the
vaults OF the bank Of Coulterville, ILL.,. a
private Institution, during the early
hours Of yesterday morning, and made
their escape.
Maurice Grau and many members of
his company, sailed yesterday, on the
French liner La Touraine, from New
York. They are en- route to London.
where the company Will soon open in
grand opera.
George E. Frothfngham, one Of the
leading opthalmologists Of the United
States, and formerly a member Of the
medical faculty at the University of
Michigan, died last night. of Brights
disease, in Detroit.
Frank f. Bundy, ex-cIty chamberlain
and the defeated candidate for mayor
on the Democratic ticket, Of Elmira, NJ
Y, in the spring charter election. has
been indicted for grand larceny in the
first degree and embeZzlement and fall
slfying the city books.
James NJ. Barrie, the novelist, has
accepted the invitation OF n committee
to contest the vacancy in the repre-
sentation in the house OF commons OF
Edinburgh and st. Andrews univer-
stiles provided the liberals Of the con-
stituency generally approve OF his
candidacy.
The Lima, (ohio), presbytery, at a
special meeting, decided unanimously,
to ask the general assembly to adopt q
short, comprehensive creed stating the
belief and the teachings Of the Presby-
terInn church. The presbytery em-
braces thirty-three churches and is the
first in this synod to take such action.
The army officers at Havana, COM
plain bitterly of having to take go"-
ernment quarters instead OF the COM
mutation which has heretofore been
allowed. This is particularly the case
with married officers, the majority OF
whom prefer keeping their families in
the United States during the summer
months.
The employees OF the New York Cen
trail railroad shops, about 1900 men in
all, went on a strike yesterday morning,
This number includes 1900 men In the
shops and 400 in the yards. An in
crease in wages and the reinstatement
OF certain men alleged to have been
unjustly discharged, is demanded by
the men.
Edwin H. Conger American minister
In China, Is keeping the state depart
ment fully advised by mall OF develop
ments in the situation. His latest re-
ports are not OF n very encouraging ma
ture and Indicate that the anti-forelgn
movement Is decidedly spreading, be-
ing particularly strong In the provinces
OF Shan Tung and Chill.
Mrs Jessie Adams has been acqult-
ed of the charge OF numbering her hus-
band, who was agent in Cincinnati OF
the Union Pacific Railroad Company.
The tragedy occurred in the presence
OF two children of the couple. Evil
deuce was introduced showing that
Mrs. Adams had suffered greatly from
cruel treatment and killed her husband
In self-defense.
One hundred and fifty job pressmeu,
feeders and assistants, who are mem
bers OF n newly organized local union
branch, in Detroit, went on a strike
Thursday, in an endeavor to unionIZe
ali the printing establishments In De-
troIt and secure q uniform scale OF
wages for Job press work. The em-
ploylng printers decline to make the
wages uniform.
Two special trains left Chicago last
night, on the Snnte Fe railroad, hauling
thirty-eight Armour refrigerator cars.
which carried 100000 pounds OF timed
and Grated bacon, consigned to the
American soldiers In the Philippines.
The meat was prepared under federal
government inspection and by n fOrnu-
Ia furnished by Dr. Salmon. chief OF the
bureau OF animal industry Mt Washing
ton.
At n conference OF representatives Of
miners and operators OF the thin vein
mines along the Cincinnati and Mus
hngum valley. Columbus, Shawnee and
Hooking and the Ohio and Little Ka-
nnwha railroads, Mt GAINESVILLE, Ohio,
yesterday. n scale based on eighty cents
per ton for pick mining, was adopted
for the ensuing yegr, The mines, which
have been idle for month, pending n
settlement, will be opened at once.
Four indictments stnt remain fn
New York, against Francis #. WeclSs,
who, In 1898, was sentenced to six
years and six months In Sing Sing. for
dcfrnndIng esintGs for which he was
executor, out of sum nEErcguting
81 100000, Weeks was sentenced on one
OF Ave indictments and Assistant Dis
trict Attorney Townsend has filed
recommendation for the dlsmFFsai Of
the four remaining indictments. Weeks
term will expire next month. The ro-
quest OF the district attorneys Office