The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-08-17
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LATE FLASHES.
The Democratic state. committee yot.
ed to hold the state convention Of the
party at}SaratoSa on September Ii.
Forest fires are raging on Flat Top
Mountain, northwest OF Longs Peal,
California. It is reported hatpmuch
valuable timber has been destroyed.
The entire works above ground Of
the Berwlnd eolilery, at Du Bots, Pa,
which belonged to the Berwlnd- White
Coal Mining Company, have been de-
stroyed by, fire.
The President and Mrs. Mckinley,
with Secretary Cortelyou and Dr..
Rixey, arrived at the white house at
3.45 Thursday. The trip from Canton
was without especial incident. 81
James W. Bankson. leading member
OF the Baldwin, Melville stock company,
died at Montreal last night OF typhoid
fever. He was born in 1873, at BaltI-
more. Md. His wife. Lolita Llnthicum
is the leading woman in the company.
a deadlock between the wine makers
and the wine growers3nt Fresno, CAL,
has ended in the breaking up Of the
growers combine. Grapes are now
ceiling for SlS and s14 a ton, Instead or
at SIS and $40, the prices fixed by the
association.
Inquiries are being made on the
northeast coast generally. by. a Liver
pool house, on behalf of the French
I government. for steamers to carry a
million tons OF coal from Norfolk and
deliver 1t In France within the next
sixteen months.
The British steamer Clan Macarthur
OF the Clan line, which sailed from
Calcutta July Il. via Port Said, August
2. for London, has been quarantined In
the Thames. owing 70 death from
bubonlc plague having occurred on
board the vessel. 4
Henry Youtsey, under Indictment In
connection with the Goebel shooting, Is
quite III In Jail at Georgetown, Ky. He
has a high fever. and physicians were
with him during the night. Youtsey's
trial was set to follow that OF ex-
Secretary OF State Powers.
For n week or more prior to the de-
parture Of the, Centennial from Nome.
thugs. thieves and tire-bugs had Kept
the city In state OF suppressed excite
rnent. and talk OF lyrchings was to
be heard on every street corner. The
crimes were apparently the work OF Or
ganlzed thugs.
General De Wet has crossed the Kru-
gersdorp- Potchefstroom railway. and
is making north, In order TO Join Com
mandant Delarey. who is holding
Ruptenberg. Kitchener ana the other
generals are pursuing him. and arc
pressing him hard. His force is re-
ported to be beyond Venteradorp.
A consolidation OF the largest manu-
facturers OF heavy fire apparatuses in
this country has Just been effected. un-
der the name OF the International Fire
Engine Company. All the concerns in
the United States manufacturing steam
apparatus are Included In the COM
binatlon. which is stated to have cap
ital OF s9.OOo,0Oo.
l. - w
TO the s2O.COO.Oo0 estate left by Asa
Packer. the Pennsylvania railroad
king and coal baron. has died in pov-
| erty In San Francisco. and yesterday
was buried In pauper's grave. He
was, 1t Is said. victim OF the NOR
phine habit. and until 4 few days ago
worked at intervals for ]. p. Bogardus,
to whom he assigned half OF his pros
pectiye estate.
Curldi Ruppecht, n German resident
OF Norwich. Ontario, was found dead
| on the grave OF, his recently deceased
wife yesterday. having shot himself
through the temple. The woman died
| from poisoning three weeks ago, and
murder was suspected. owing to the
fact that the couple had not been liv-
ing happily. The stomach was sent to
an analyst. and his report just 10 hand
showed traces OF poisoning.
"a cable dispatch has been received
at New York from Bogota announcing
the resignation OF President Sancle-
mento OF the republic OF Colombia, Vice
President Marroqrln will serve out the
four years that remain OF his term,
The action OF Senior Sanclcmento Will
bring about change in the political
system OF Colombia, and may even
end the revolution. which has been In
progress for ten month";.
An order has been received from
Hon. BIngeT Hermann. general land
commissioner. 10 withdraw from fur
ther entry and sale all the public lands
In about nine townships in New Mex
leo. west OF the Rio Grande river,
around Espanola, for the purpose OF
establishing the proposed parkioin
which are situated hundreds Of cllI
dwellings, and thousands OF communal
buildings. which were being rapidly de-
molisled by relic hunters. Elt5
q. a. n. Mamroev, at one time prl-
yate secretary to William II. Seward,
died suddenly at hia home. In New
York. yesterday Upon leaving Mr..
Stewards service, Mr.. Mamroev, assist
ed in the preparation OF Applcton's
Encyclopedia. writing many Important
articles for that publication on sub.
jccts connected with countries In the
cast, His most Important literary
work wnS n life of Christ, published
inlis95, under the title OF "rhc story,o
the Life of Jesus tho Nazarene."
which attracted much attention from
Bible scholars.