The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-04-13
TOLD IN A FEW WORDS.

Philip Zell, the well known ulstlIleT
and banker, OF Peoria, Illinois, Is dead
The preachers Of Columbia. Pa. have
prevented the production OF ''Sapho' in
the opera house of that place.
Richard Mansfield. the actor, has
cancelled his engagement at the Euclid
Avenue Opera House, in Cleveland, as
result of Illness
The Pittsburgh Coal Company has re-
ceived Inquiries from German firms
asking for bids and quotations on Pitts
burgh gas coal.
The First Parish church. one Of the
best known historic buildings OF Con
cord. Massachusetts,, was destroyed by
fire Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. John D. Rockefeller
last night announced the engagement
OF their daughter, Alta, to b. Parmalee
Prentice, OF Chicago.
High water in the Colorado river has
washed away the Southern Pacific rail-
road bridge at Columbus, Texas. The
loss will exceed 100000.
Advices from Seoul, capital Of Corea,
announce that Russia has presented TO
the Corean government renewed de-
mands referring to Masampo.
Three masked robbers blew open the
safe in the postotiice at Mount Airy,
Md, with dynamite Wednesday night,
and secured $3.50 in stamps and $3.50 in
cash.
oyer three inches Of snow fell In
Chicago during the past eighteen
hours. breaking all previous records for
the weather bureau for April snow
falls.
Judge William r. Yarnock was nom
mated at MaryEYllle Ohio. on the a0iEt
ballot yesterday. by the Republican
congressional convention OF the Eighth
district
Philip Young. ueii-to-do farmer
near Enon. Pennsylvania, committed
suiciee last night. by cutting his throat.
He is survived by widow are several
children.
Carl Claussen. one Of the best known
German newspaper editors In the Uni
ted States, died early yesterday at
Cleveland. OF BriEbts disease, aged
flfty-siS years.
II was announced yesterday that An
drew Carnegie will pay his first visit 10
Pittsburgh since the reorganization Of
the Carnegie Steel Company, next
week. arriving there Sunday night
Card Z. Walstrom, hfty-five years Of
age, and his wife. Nellie, fifty-four
years Of age. were found asphyKiated
by gas in their rooms at'S25 East Thir-
ty-third street New York City last
night.
President Gompers, OF the American
Federation Of Labor. made an extended
argument before the house committee
on labor at Washington, d. c.. yester-
day. in support Of the proposed eight
hour law.
William Chatland, venerable
Knight Templar, OF Brownsville, Pa.
died at II o'clock last night. in his
ninctIeth year. He was a native of
Stratford -on- Avon, England, where he
was born in 1911.
President w. V. Powell. Of the Order
OF Railway Telegraphers, has ordered
strike of the telegraphers and other
station employees Of the Southern rail-
way. The Southern has about 1000 em-
ployes OF this class.
The sub-committee of the national
Democratic committee, has formally
decided to let Kansas City retain the
national convention in July, the local
committee having made satisfactory
promises Of hall.
At Q o'clock Thursday morning. an
accident occurred on one Of the mine
sldlngs OF the Bellefonte and snowshoe
railroad. three miles east OF Snowshoe,
Pa. by which three men were Instant
ly Killed and one injured
Judge Dunno. OF Chicago, yesterday
refused the writ OF habens corpus asked
in the case Of Former Banker e. S.
Dreyer who is under a states prison
sentence for the embezzlement OF $780,
900 OF West Park board funds, and re-
committed him to the custody OF the
sheriff.
Relative to n published statement,
ascrlbed 20 Bishop Hurst, to the eject
that the President has made substan-
tial change In the army canteen. II Is
learned at the war department that no
change has been made in that institu-
tion. and. according to Secretary Root,
no change is contemplated in existing
methods,
The supreme court nj Washington. p.
c., Thursday, denied leave TO iile the
petition Of Ramon Baez, a citizen OF
Puerto Rico. for writs OF habeRs corpus
and ccrtiorarl In the proceeding against
him for violation OF the Puerto Rico
elections Jaw by the provisional courts
OF thnt island. Rnez being now in con-
huemcnt under this proceeding.
Ebenezer Burgess Bail the nearest
surviving relative OF George washing
ton. died la Washington early Thurs
DAY morning. He was cighty-four years
of age and unmarried, Mr.. Ball bore
striking resemblance to General
Washington and il is said his photo
graphs have been mistaken for repro
ductlons OF portraits Of the first Prcst-
dent