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Swept Through the Gorges.

ITHACA. N. Y, Nov. 26.--Watrr con-
tlnued to sweep down through the
ithaca Gorges all day and at o'clock
tonight thesflood had subsidized but 1t
tie. The danger mark was passed about
noon, however The lower flats near
the falr grounds. are transformed into
a lake and horses stabbed there for thu
winter were barely rescued. The great
est danger was experienced along SIX
Mile creek, the banks of which are low.
Through the city the bridges stood the
strain WELL, but: several light buildings
along the flats were flnnted off. There
was much delay to railroad trains. No
trains on the .LehIgh. Valley from the
south could arrive, while all the Della
ware, Lacknwanna & Western trains
were compelled TO unload passengers
on the West hill and bring them INTO
town by carriages. A wash-out in The
retaining wall on State street, opposite
Cornell University, occurred, and a Pc
destrian fell ten feet Into the opening
in the dark, but escaped without SER
ioua injury.
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GEN. LEE

sa'!ea Upon the President-Proceed-
ing to His Headquarters in the
West.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 2s.-General
'"Inusa Lee, who recently was re-
. , from duty as commander OF the
.".S'0h OF Havana and Santa Clara,
-'a ordered TO take command of the de-
,"'ment OF Missouri, relieving General
''''am' was at the war department
~Nay receiving his final Instructions.
!" VIII proceed to the headquarters OF
Se department. of the Missouri at Omu-
-, S''hIn few days,tn assume his new
S S.]''' General Merriam will retain
~ position as commander of the de-
,%"'eni Of Colorado, with headquar-
wa; Denver.
aver In the day, General Lee called
, .He President and discussed Cuban
'ai'S with him.
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Heavy Northenster.

BOSTON, Nov. a6.--Thc heavy. north
east storm which began here late last
Saturday, increased In intensity during
last night. While snow fell In northern
New England the precipitation In this
vicinity was In the form OF rain and
little damage resulted except to tele-
graph and telephone companies. Tele-
graph communication with Vermont
was cut out early, In the morning. The
wires to Bangor, Maine, and other east
ern points were also down, Heavy snow
fell in Vermont, Northern New Hamp.
shire and parts OF Maine. In some
Dlnces 1t reached depth Of two feet.
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.BEAITY CAPTURED !!
Slayer Of David A. Nine Found at
Home In the Garret-Placed Under

4 I4oAAV ~ shG' 1ar1ct----1 AuSeu LUCK
n Arrest.
Special Dispatch to tho. Irtellisenccr.
TERRI ALTA, WA. Nov. 2c.--An-
other chapter of sadness was added to
the Salt Lick murder this. afternoon.
when n Wesley Beatty, who shot and
killed David A.. Nine. Tucaday morning
last. babe his family a fearful good bye.
forever. jfI
Constable lack FELTON,. who held the
warrant for Beatty, learned that the
hunted Sman had returned home. and
with a couple OF deputies went, to the
farm realdepce 10 arrest him., Reatty's
revolver was found down stairs, and
after q search of the premises. Beatty
himself was found secrnted in the gar
ret, He surrendered to the officials,
without U struggle or q marmur.
Before leaving homo no arranged all
his business affairs, and made provls.
Ion for the future ofhis family. When
the time came to say farewell to his
wife, his two married daughters. and
the son. Beatty broke down completely
and wept.
On arriving at Terra Alta, Beatty
was taken before Squire John w. Hill
and upon the warrant being read, Beat.
tyt waived examination. and was com.
mitted to the Kingwood jail TO await
the action OF the grand jury. The prls-
oner was In a deplorable state Of de-
lection, scarcely recognizing his old
friends aud having little to say to any
NM 10 s-sl LOO vi
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age is reported above here. Upper
Hinton. q suburb of this city, which
was swept away by the high water Of
twenty years ago, is In great danger, II
the rise continues. T.
Owing to q large landslide at Lewis
tunnel about thirty miles east OF here,
no trains have passed; that place since
Z o'clock last night. and it viii require
until noon tomorrow at best to clear
the track. s}yss.t !
In the meantime, all passengers are
being boarded at the leading hotels at
Anderson, at the expense ofithe Chesa-
peake. & Ohio Railway Company until
the landslide can be cleared away,
Owing to the location of the slide 1t is
impossible to transfer passengers
around 1t, as there Is no wagon road. 4
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AMERICAN GOODS

Gaining 4 Foothold in Foreign coun-
tries-Germans Show Their Jeal-
,ousy-Hnve Had n Monopoly.
WASHINGTON. Nov. 2G.-vice Con-
sui General Hannuer. at Frankfort,
Germany, writing to the state depart
ment, calls attention to q statement in
]. recent German publication, regarding
the growing American trade In the Le-
want. The article says:
Lately two firms In Constantinople
have. for the first time, received extern
sIve shipments OF American shoes. This
shows that tho persistent efforts Of the
Americans to gain footing In tho
Levantine markets have achieved sue
cess, Since the establishment OF d.
rect steamship line between the United
States and the Lerant, American trade
with Turkey has made marked pro.
Eress. European manufacturers would
do well to keep their eyes on the ac-
tons OF the Americans in these mar
kets.u aE NE.
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win Visit American Waters.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 26.-Lieutenant
Faramond, the French naval cttache,
has been advised that the training ship
Duguay-Trouin, with a large number
OF French cadets on board, viii visit
American waters next spring, stopping
at New Orleans for ten days, beginning
March 16; at Annapolis and Baltimore
ten days In April and then going to
New York for n like stay. The cadets
also will be taken to Santiago to in
spect the scene of the great naval bat
ties in which Admiral cervera's fleet
was annihiated.
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Freight Wreck Reported.

10
RICHMOND, Va, Nov. 2e.-The
Chesapeake & Ohio officials here posi-
lively deny the story of passenger
train wreck at Greenbrler river bridge
and all stories Of any loss Of life on the
line.
The Dispatch had a special after mid
night from Roncevcrte, which Is With
In q few miles of every point at which
the Chesapeake & Ohio crosses the
Greenbrler. The special reports a
freight wreck, with no loss of life at
Allegheny. and mentions delay OF pas
senger, trains in such way as TO dis
credit entirely the passenger wreck re.
port.
At a. M, tho Chesapeake & Ohio
was working direct to Hinton and re.
affirm their denial.
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DAVIS DYING.
Life Of the Noted Senator Slowly
Ebbing Awny-can Live But n Few

Lilo OK tue Noteu oenRtOf Sl0Wly
Ebbing Awny-can 1--we But n Few
Hours. -s
ST. PAUL, MINI. Nov. 2G.--It now
seemn to be simply a question OF hours
until United States Senator. Cushman
X. Davis passes away, the reports from
his bedside this afternoon being that his
strength was slowly eblng away. His
physicians do not anticipate dissolution
Immediately, but practically udmlt that
SO far as any human agency IN able to
know, death 10 certain, In his moments
OF consciousness. the senator Will
exclaim about hiB desire TO live and ex-
press his Wish for n few years more lie,
as he feels, he Is needed in the senate.
His attendants arn much affected with
tho earnestness with which In states
his belief In the necessity for him on the
floor OF the senate.
at 1890 this (Tuesday) morrlnn DR..
Stone issued this bulletin: +
Senator Davis Is somewhat weaker
tonight; is taking very little nourIsh-
ment. Respiration 10; pulse 12O'
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water. Rsnchsa, gts.linax......

ELMIRA. N. Y, Nov. 28.-The high
water has evidently reached its climax
here tonight At $3.50 the ChemunG
river registers IA feet s Inches above
low water leve! and is slowly rising. It
has nearly ceased raining. Many parts
OF the city are flooded and tho FIRE and
police departments we're busy all after
noon aiding In the work of rescue.
Nearly all the easements In the husl-
ness district are under water. TIN
property loss will5be considerable. Tel
ephone messages from points along the
hcadwaters of Chemung river report
the worst floods since 1899 AT Knox
vile. Pa, two iron railroad bridges
were swept away, Traffic on the Cow
ensaue branch of the Pennsylvania d.
vision of the New York Central Is sus-
pended.
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OUR STATE At BUFFALO.
West virgina's Exhibit NJ the Pans.
American Exposition viii DO Cred.
itable-one OF the Commissioners

Talks. &; ss5
Edwin Eugene Smith, editor of the
Parkersburg West virginian. a trade
paper, Is at the Mcclure on his way
home from Buffalo, whittier he went
with Hon. S. w. Walker, OF Martins
burg, and Col. ]. NJ. Porter, OF New
Cumberland. in the capacity of commls-
sloners from West Virginia to the Pan-r
American Exposition, which will open
In the progressive New York city next
spring.
& These representatives from tho great
mineral state OF West Virginia were
tendered q hearty welcome by TIM ofIi-
GERS OF the exposition and were given
practical assurances, that an exhihIe
from this state would be appreciated
when they presented the West Virgin
ians with a choice location on the expo
sitlon grounds, only two blocks from tho
main entrance and the Same distance
from the government buildings. Tho
position Of the West Virginia building
will be directly opposite the Cuban
location and In the neIghborhood Of the
New England settlement. II being tho
best location on the ground. al
The commissioner secured 100 fsot By
$50 feet which was considered large
enough area for the exhibit thai VIII
likely be made. Mr. Smith informs tho
Intelligencer that already many leading
coal, oil and lumber men have siyniaod
an intention of assisting in making
West Virginia's exhibit one Of the larg-
est at the exposition, and II the legisla-
ture lends a helping hand by passing 90
appropriation bill Of $4,000 or even a;
few thousand more. there will be no
question as to'the success OF this stato'n
exhibit. seventy-five thousand dollara
was appropriated for the World.o Fair
and the Pan-American exposition In
some features will outrank that great
fair at Chicago.
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Tirst Train, on Short Lime.

Special Dispatch to the Intrlllsenccl.
IN w. .M.ARTINSVILLE u NV. Va.
Nov, 2G-The new schedule on the
West Virslnla Short Line made It's ap-
pearance yesterday. and the first train
was started to PInegrove last evening
at $3.50. It did not get through, owing
TO a landslide about three miles east OF
this town. The name of the stations
are Five Mile, Minnie Portersfalls,
Reader. and PIney. John BrIdgeman. OF
this city, had the honor of buying the
first ticket sold on the new road
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HOT FLASHES.

After consultation Of physicians Mon
day, 1t was announced that the condition
OF Commissioner Wilson, OF the informal
revenue bureau showed u slight improve
mcnt, 3t
In making up tho Republican caucus
WELLINGTON, Of Maryland, has bsen omit
ted. at his own request. lie has chosen
a seat on the Republican side, however,
Emperor William has sent 10 the Rcich-
stag charts, maps nnd statistics showing
the growth OF the Russian, British,
their strength u. far eastern waters. In
View OF this, the members OF the reichstag
fenr that another bill to increase tho
strength OF tho German navy Is ccmlns.
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Mrs. sehmoll Found MOT GUILTY..

Is SYRACUSE, y. y. Nov. GA ver-
dict OF not guilty was reached by the
jury in the Harriet schmoll murder
Gaze ut 7:15 this evening Within a
half hour Mrs. schmoll was on a trolley
car on the way back 10 Baldwinsville, a
free woman June, 9, 1900, Mrs. schmoll
shot and killed Mrs. Lulu ostrander.. at
Baldwlusriiis.. u It was shown at the
trial thatAtrs. ostrandas, had beer fTti-
mate; With Mrs. sthttioll,s' husband and
had tainted her. as tho defense claimed.
beyond endurance. The defense was
temporary insanity. y J.
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COUNT. ..BI]l0lNl And
The: .G]O|ULDSNOWI
int. HOT WATER.
Reaping the Rewards Of the Formers
Extravaganza = injunction Grant
ed in Favor of His Creditors
RESTRAINING The TRUSTEES
From Receiving or Paying Out
Monsy-only Given s25o,ooo a
Year on Which to Live.

|. Z = ~.
NEW YORK, Nov. -26.-Just.ce Fltz-
gerald, In the supreme court, on the
application of attorneys for Anton j.
Dittmar issued an Injunction to-day,
restraining Count Bonl dc CRstellane.
Anna Gould, Countess de Castallane.
and George j. Gould, Howard Gould.
Edwin Gould and Helen N. Gould. as
trustees under the viii! Of the late Jay
Gould. from receiving or paying out any
portion of the property left by jay
Could The order also Restraints The
trustees from paying TO the Countess
de castellane or any one acting for her,
any rents, Issues. profits, income or
avalls under the will of Jay Gould, or
from applying any Of her share under
the will to the payment Of any debts in
Cured by her.
Must Live Economically.
tits claimed that s25o,OOo a year is all
that the Count and Countess require
for their support, and the plaintiff asks
that the remainder of the income
should be applied to the payment OF
the counts debts. 1t is said that over
s25O,0Oo of surplus income has already.
accumulated II the hands Of the trus-
tees. which ought to be, used for this
purpose The present suit is said to be
test case, and It Is reported, IS back
ed by. other creditors than Wethheim-
er. Es.5t.-5
judge. Dillon, counsel for the Gould
family, made the following statement
concerning the suit:
1.-THE Countess de Castellane is not
entitled to any part OF the capital or
principal sum OF the estate Of her faith
er, as the statementvof the plaintiff
seems f! imply, : ...., h!
Income a Trust Fund.
| The.wlll, OF. MI. Gould provides, in
substanretSthat thes lnsoyp to ba a
trust fund In the hands of the trustees,
TO be appointed for the support and
maintenance of his daughter and that
che cannot anticipate or dispose of any
| pnrt Of that income until it is actually
received by her, and that until so re-
celved 1t shall not be liable for. her
debts or those of her husband; and un-
doubtedly the trustees Will feel 1t to be
their duty to have this provision In the
will carried out In Its full extent or as
Ear as possible. She has no control. nor
has the court any control over the
principal sum, which goes to her chill
dren after her death.
TN the foregoing statement It Is
said the creditors claimed the proceed
inGs in Paris whereby George Could
WIS appointed guardian for his sister,
that the idea Of the Gould family was
TO get possession of the Income of the
Countess de Castellane and force her
creditors TO settle on their own terms
This Is obviously mistake. MS the
only effect of that proceeding Is to
prevent her from mourning fresh obli-
CATIONS without the consent OF he,
brother"
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costlY postofIlee for. Gotham,

Y WASHINGTON, Nov. 26,-Postmaster
Van Colt, of New York city. conferred
with Postmaster General Smith and
other officials to-day regarding the pro-
posed new postotllce building In New
York. Mr.. Van Colt expressed the
opinion that The bill now pending ap-
proprlating ia.5Oo,OOO for this purpose
would pass at the approaching session
Of Congress and that the building would
be erected as close MS possible to the
Grand Central station.
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QUIT THE GAME OF LIFE.

Despondent Husband and Father
Found Hanging to q Rafter.
LANCASTER, Pa, Now. 26,--Klsslng
his wife and children. Peter Snyder left
his homo ut Mount JOY this evening,
saying he would return in q short time.
About mn hour Inter his dead body was
found hanging from rafter In an out
building. In n pocket was found tho
following note:
Bury mo ut once. Have no funeral
and don't talsc my body into the house."
1t was addressed TO his wife, Snyder
had been Respondent for some time and
frequently spoke of suicide.
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Had a Serious Fall.
,eclal Dispatch to the IntellIsencer.

Special Dispatch to the Intelligencer.
NEW y MARTINsvILLE. w. Va.
Nov. 2s,-W. c, Miller. Of Martins Fer
~, o.. but now manager Of the new
opera house here, tSll this morning
while. putting the flnlshIng touches on
the opera room. and sustained what
was supposed to be n fatal injury. lie
fell on his head and lay unconscious for
some hours, but at this writing Is able
to recognize his wife. who was called 20
his bedside.
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UNNECESSARILY HUM1LrATED

Was Naturulized clpgalesc, So He
Thought, by the Customs Inspector.
NEW YORK, Nov. 26.--Yinccnt l..
Tissern, n nnturalized Clngnlese, living
In Chicago, filed n protest Mt the GUS
tom house to-day, against the way he
was treated when he funded yesterday
iron, the steamship Camran!a. he was
made to 10 into the inspectors room
md strip and WINS 10 closely examined
that no thinks he was unnecessarily
Inundated. His goods were thrown
out on the pier and he says he had to
rn-pack them alone.
Tho, cuatoms otIlcors explained 10 him
that they had received nm anonymous
letter, warning them that Mr. Tlssera
intended to smugglc In valuable gems
nnd brlc-a-brac and that this had
made the search SO rigorous
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ATHENS, Ohio Nov. 2s--As n result
OF the heavy rains the reservoir near
Channcey; burst to-day and flooded the
town mile away. The reservoir Gov
cred three acres and was twenty feet
deep. A hundred yards of railroad
track was washed out and nearly all
the residences In Chauncey vera flood
cd. A hill DETECTING the course OF the
water snved tho Chauncey mine. where
one hundred men were at work. from
being flooded, zsl
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Slow Dealing With Turkey.

& WASHINGTON. Nov. .6,-The issue
between the state department,and Tur-
key over the withholding of an exc
quatur to DR.. Thomas II. Norton. to be
consul at Harpoot, has passed into the
controversial stage and the indications
are that 1t will be weeks before the mat
ter can be settled.
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STATE NATIONAL GUARD

May Go to Charleston on tho ooraa
sion of Goyernor-Eleot Whites M
augurntion-Following tho Exam.
Pile Of Other States. 8
A reporter OF the Intelligencer had
an Interview with an officer Of the West
Virginia National Guard yesterday at
ternoon, and was told that there is y
movement on foot to have the entire
guard OF the state, composed of two
regiments, taken to Charleston, to par
ticlpate in the Inauguration of Cover
nor-elect White, on March 4. 1901. THIS
move would be but following the foot
steps Of progressive states like Penn
sylvania, Ohio and New York. On tho
occasion Of an inauguration Of O govey-
nor and President, Pennsylvania and
New York send their entire National
Guard to participate In the ceremonies.
Ohio and many other statea send one or
more regiments. 1t is very likely that
West Virginia Will do this in the future.
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General Denial Made.

WASHINGTON. D. c.. Nov. 2s.-The
Post has received q message from The
railroad telegraph operator. at Hinton.
W. Va.,-saylng there is no, foundation
for the story Of a wreck on. the chesa-
peake & Ohio near. that place. Accord
ing to specials received by the Post the
train reported x have been wrecked is
one of the west-bound specials Of the
Chesapeake G. Ohio due In Charleston
early this morning and in Cincinnati
Tonight. ~ X. 81 y ~; \. NJ
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CINCINNATI, O., Nov. 26.-There
bus been great apprehension tonight
over a report about Chesapeake &
Ohio passenger train going through the
0Ieenbrler river bridge. near Hinton,
v. Va. AL three wires on that line are
down and It is impossible to reach
Grtenbrier river or any points near It..
Messages have been sent to New York
Ind elsewhere and that place cannot be
reached from either the east or the
vest Many messages have been sent
" those who have friends on that road
ta.day. as 1t was not known what train,
\ any, went through the bridge. but no
Hsponse to any messages have been
received and they are accepted only
nhject to delay. Charles B. Ryan, as
distant general passenger agent of the
Chesapeake & Ohio railway. is here to-
hight, and he discredits the story en-
trsly
Bad Landslide. q
He said there was n very bad land
tlts near one OF the Greenbrler river
t'!iges. not far from White Sulphur
Springs. and It has compelled them to
tiaster passengers during the day.
0E!ng to. the high water in the river.
% attempt to. transfer passengers was
siie tonight and two trains that left
BIZ. to-day are being held over night
\ Anderson, west OF White Sulphur
E,sngs; and It Is quite likely that
trains are also helng. held on the other
SIDE 81 White Sulphur Springs. There
are three bridges on this line OVER
G'seihNer river, and the reports don't
Indicate at which bridge the accident
occurred. SO that It Is quite likely that
the reports were started because OF the
landslide near White Sulphur Springs
and the fact that trains were due both
east and west Of that point were not
heard from on account Of the wires be-
ms down. The trains have been arriv-
ing and departing In Cincinnati on time
with the single exception OF the eastern
express due this evening at o'clock.
NlIch did not arrive until S p. M, as It
aa not attempt the usual fast time. 1t
H'aid that the express due hero at
.e'0ck Tomorrow morning is still on
Il nj L. q
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VIII Try Mrs. Van Liew.

VAN VERT, o., Nov. 26.-The de-
murrnr To tho plea In abatement In The
case OF Mrs. Emma Van Law, charged
with the murder OF Miss Alice IIammcl,
by throwing vitrIol, was to-day sustain.
cd and the case Will 10 to trial to-mor-
row morning.
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weather FORECAST for To-Day.

For West ylrginia: Fair Tuesday, pro-
coded by snow Tuesday morning IN noun
tRin districts. Wednesday: Fair; westerly
Winds becoming variable.
For Western PENNSYLVANIA: Fair Tuos-
day and Wednesday; fresh northery
For Ohio: Fair Tuesday and Wednesday.
probably warmer "Wednesday IN northwest
portion; fresh north TO east winds,
Local Temperature.
This temperature yesterday. as observed
by Q. Schpcpt, druggist, corner Fourteenth
and Market streets, Is as fol'ows' y
a. m..,.,..,.,,,.. i0k3 ~ m..........,... y
. n. M, .......,,.., l0I ~. m,.,.",.,,,.., "
!. m...,.,,,..,,,.,., ulWeaihcr, rain.
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Z ~ M TeI WHEEING W. VA. TUESDAY NOVEMBER p 1900

with them the, false works OF the. two
new railroad bridges south ,Iof Bar
louisville. Loss estimated Mt $4,000 to
$4,000. The track OF the new G,iyap-,
,dotte Valley railroad Just completed TO;
Salt Rock, a distance OF eighteen miles,
has been. almost ruined, The river is
rising above and still more damage Is
expected. 4, ls