The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-09-28
LATE GENERAL NEWS.

| population OF Houston, Texas, Is Al, 633,
as against 27.557 In 1890.
John B. Peaslee and Henry Keller
were nominated yesterday for Congress
by the Democrats OF the First and Sec
ond Ohio districts, respectively.
Thomas Graham. Democratic nation
al committeeman for Illinois. Is report
ed to be dangerously Ill at West Eden,
Ind, where he went two weeks ago for
q rest.
Judge Cantrlll, of Frankfort, KY, has
decided the Moody-Trimble contest for
| the Democratic nomination for Con-
gress In the seventh Kentucky district,
in favor Of Trimble. Il
Rear Admiral James A. Smith, United
States navy. tretired} former chief OF
the bureau Of supplies and accounts of
the navy department, has arrived at
Berlin and will spend the winter there.
The United States training ship
Hawk, which Is on Its way to the Upper
lakes. ran ashore last evening as It
came out Of the ,Lachine canal. nine
miles above Montreal There Will be
great trouble getting her or.
A motion for q new trial was made
Thursday, in the case OF James How
ard, found guilty Wednesday Of being
a principal In the shooting OF Cover
nor Goebel, Of Kentucky. Argument
was postponed until Saturday. iy
The meeting Of American archbishops
! at the Catholic University at Washing
ton has been set for Wednesday, Octo-s
Der 10. 1t Is believed that at least
twelve of the fourteen archbishops gov
erning provinces In this country will
attend the conYocation.
The new Bessemer plant Of the Re-
public Iron and Steel Company, OF
Youngstown, o., was lighted early
Thursday morning. The mill has n ca
pacity Of six hundred tons Of steel BILL
let's per day and Will give employment
to six hundred hands. &
An avalanche OF water empt!ed from
West Fork into Trinity river, at Fort
Worth. Texas. early yesterday, flooding
the bottoms to the width OF mile
Most of the inhabitants OF the bottoms
were warned in time TO escape, but one
body was seen floating in the Trinity
river. 1
The Pacific commercial museum. of
San Francisco, CAL, modelled after the
similar institution at Philadelphia, has
completed its organization by electing
Irving NJ. Scott president; Eugene
Goodwin. secretary, and Isaac Upham
treasurer. It Is amply provided with
funds.
The Canadian Pacific railway COM
pnny Is about to make the experiment
OF hauling Nova Scotia coal from st.
John, n. b.. to Montreal and the west,
over It's line between Montreal and the
New Brunswick port. The present
high price OF coal affords tempting
prospect.
The Greek warship Nnurchos Miaulls
arrived at New York from Philadelphia
yesterday. She is on the way to Bos-
ton, where she will remain ten days, re-
turning thence to the Mediterranean.
The Nauarchos Mlaulls Is the first
Greek warship to visit the United
States.
a petition asking that Henry A. Sey-
mour and Frederick ". johnson, who
with David Wabster, special partner,
composed the firm Of Seymour. Johnson
& Company. stock brokers. be adjudged
Involuntary pankrupts, was filed yes
terday in the United States district
court of New York.
The annual convention OF the Inter-
national association OF municipal cleo
trIcinns closed Thursday, at Pittsburgh,
after electing Morris W. Mead, of that
CITY,. president: F. P. Foster, Of New
York. secretary and Adam Bosch, of
Newark. N. j.. treasurer. The associa-
ton will meet at Niagara Falls next
year.
Ex-Secretary. Of War Alger was at
Republican national headquarters in
Chicago, yesterday, in conference with
Vice Chairman Payne. He said he
might make n few speeches in Illinois
for Mckinley and Roosevelt. Senator
J. c. Burrows. OF Michigan. will speak
tonight In Chicago. Next Monday he
will begin making Republican campaign
speeches In his own state.
DR.. Harry a. Jackson said to be a
wealthy resident OF Saginaw, Mich,
took morphine, at Chicago. yesterday
with. 1t Is supposed. suicidal intent.
He was taken to the county hospital,
where his condition Is said to be critic
al. Jackson recovered consciousness ut
the hotel and said he intended to Kill
himself, owing to domestic troubles.
Hon. Charles A. Collier president OF
the cotton states exposition OF 1896. and
one of the most prominent men In the
south, was found Thursday. lying at
the foot OF the stairs In the yard bncIs
OF his residence on Richardson street,
Atlanta, Ga, with bullet hole In his
left side In the region OF the heart. He
uttered but one word, burglars" and
became unconscious. His condition is
regarded us critical.
Hearing In the matter OF Benjamin
D. Greene. John r., +. II. and w. T,
Gaynor, Indicted In Georgia for COM
pliclty IN the Oberlln NJ. Carter conspir-
acy to detraud the United States gov
n,p i,,t h.,N Co, I,
frerement works. was resumed yester-
day before United States Commissioner
Shields. In New York City. The hear
Ing Is on the application for the rcmov-
al Of the defendants to the jurisdiction
OF the Georgia federal courts.
The health of Secretary of State Hay
has Improved rapidly Of late, and 1t Is
expected that ht will return to Wash
iuSton early next week and resume Inc
Gut!es OF his office. relieving ,Dr. Hill,
the acting secretary. who has been SUI
fering from n mnlnrlnl attack. Assist
ant Secretary Adee said to-day That
Secretary Hay hns been In constant
communication with the department
during the past month and personally
shnpch the Chinese negotiations in that
period.
Charles +. Peck, sixty years old,
real estate dealer. whose home Ia in
West EiEhty-fourth street, New York,
was found ,lead early Thursday, on
the sidewalk In West Seventeenth
street. Ills face. which was badly
crushed. was turned downward. and The
arms were .outstrctchcd. There was
deep cut across the bridge Of the nose
md the facc and clothing were covered
With blood. He had apparently been
dead Tor some time. When Mr., Peck
left his office Wednesday Il WINS with
me intention OF going by IN evening
train to the Catsk!lls, where his wife 10
lie had n lnrgn sum of rnnnny nnh n