The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-12-05
MIDNIGHT BRIEFS.

Five men were killed and twenty-five
| injured Tuesday in n collision between
! q construction train and n freight on
| the Southern Pacific. five miles out OF
Suisun, Cal.
| Commissioner Peck's report of the
expenditures OF the Paris commission
for the year ending November Is, 1900
was sent to the senate Tuesday. The
total amount expended was $685., 465.
Among the bills passed by the SEN
ate yesterday was one authorizing Hon.
George d. Meikcljohn to accept dec
Grafton Of Chevalier of the first class
from the government of Sweden and
| Norway. ~
Physicians attending Lieutenant
Commander Reynolds T. Hall. whose
| skull was fractured by falling beam
at the navy yard at New York, Mon
day. are more hopeful OF the patients
| recovery. u
General Kitchener reports from
South Africa that the mounted troops
OF General Knox were engaged all day
long Sunday with part Of General De
Wets forces. north OF Betheulie The
Beers. he added, were headed off and
retired in u northeasterly direction.
Tang ANeng Huaan. the author of the
9Htrages upon the Pao Ting Flu mis-
sionaries, arrived at Tien Tsin Tuesday
and was paraded through the Victoria
road in q cart, under strong German
guard. previous TO being handed over to
the provisional government for decapl-
tation.
Eugene Faulkner and J. W. Chap
man. accused OF causing the death of
Constable Peter Bane. in Dallas. Tex
as. by saturating his clothes with tur-
pentine and then setting them on fire,
were taken to Fort Worth yesterday,
under strong guard and lodged in
Jail. 1t is feared an effort will be made
to lynch them.
John NJ. Higgins. member of the In
diarapolis council, was yesterday SEN
fenced to states prison Tor an indeter-
inmate term. He was convicted on n
charge OF Offering 10 accept bride for
pushing q measure Through the council.
Higgins will be sent to prison pending
an appeal to the supreme court.
EX-Quartcrmaster General William
L. White. Of Michigan, who was yes
tnrday sentenced to ten years In the
penitentiary for fraud and embezzle-
ment In connection with the state mil
ltary frauds, was received at the state
prison last night He was number 1872
and assigned to the tailor shop.
The total exports of the different
grains from Russia between. January l
and November ], Of this year. according
10 custom house reports forwarded 10
the state department by Vice Consul
Smith, at Moscow, amounted to 27l,7l5
pools (I,3S2 tons) an increase over last
year by SIC tons. which amounted to
217.4l4 pools (3,iOG tons).
The Southern Industrial convention
opened at New Orleans Tuesday, with
large attendance. President H. II.
'Hargrove called the convention to Or
der. General John B. Gordon will
speak on behalf OF Georgia. Men In
every walk Of industrial life in the
south and many delegates from the
north are In attendance.
a dispatch from Field Marsh ,-o,.n.
Won Waldersee, dated Pekin, .,unday.
December 3, says considerable force
OF Chinese regulars has taken up n po-
sition ut Bang Chou. ninety-five kilo-
metres southwark OF Ticn Tsin. and
that two detachments OF troops from
lien Tsin commanded by Colonel Lohr-
schetdt and Major Falkenhayn, are
proceeding against these Chinese.
Samuel George Dessauer, OF Chicago.
who was liberated from London prison
Monday. after being confined on the
chnrgr OIL defrauding n London hotel.
and who was Immediately re-arrested
ard aIrnigncd in the Bow street police
court. charged on an extrndition war
rant. with having committed forgery.
within the Jurisdiction OF the United
States, was released from custody yes
terday' the Illinois authorities having
caoied that they did not want him.
BY direction Of Major General Wood.
commanding the division OF Cuba, the
cavalry troops stationed on that !s-
land are now engaged In series OF
practice marches of not less than two
weeks duration, Commanding officers
nave been instructed to give special at
tention to the needs OF actual service
IN campaigns. loading and unloading of
transportation. pitching and taking
down OF tents. including the shelter
tent cooking, siEnalIzing, field sketch
ing. packing and exercises In minor
tactics.