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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-03-26
DEMOCRATIC POSITION

On the Shipping Bill-Members Of
That Party Favor the General
Scheme, but Not the Present
Measure.
WASHINGTON. D. c., March 25-
Representative Fitzgerald, Of Massn-
chusetts, the ranking Democratic mem
Der of the house merchant marine COM
mission, made the following statement
to-day regarding the position of the
Democratic minority on the shipping
subsidy bill:
II think that when the report sub
mitted by the Democratic minority on
the shipping subsidy bill is presented
It will be found that the members of
that minority are in favor of proper
legislation to build up the merchant
marine Of the country. The members
Of the Democratic minority realize as
well as their Republican brethren the
chaotic condition of the American mer-
chant marine at the present time, and
they are just us anxious to remedy the
condition of affairs. The present bill
formed by the Republican majority,
while It is vastly superior to the orIgi-
nal measure presented in the house and
senate, Is yet far from satisfactory.
The present shape of the measure and
the many good features that have been
added to the bill since its first intro
duction can be charged up to the in
Rlstence OF the Democratic members
that various portions should be amend
ed. Two practical amendments, how
ever, which hive been asked for by
the Democratic members. and to the
support Of which at least three OF the
Republicans vOlunteered-enough to
make a minority in the whole commit
tec-were defeated through the insist
ence OF the ship owners trust and the
dIctution Of Senator Hanna, who told
the Republican members that under no
consideration could either OF the
amendments be attached to the bill.
The first was provision to extend
the time during which Americans could
purchase foreign vessels for another
year This policy as outlined is ia
yored in the report Of Secretary Gngc.
In advocating this amendment before
the committee. stated that saw no
reason why the privilege Of buying for
cign ships. which invoked nt the same
time the building Of nm equal amount
Of Tonnage In American ship yards,
could be restricted to the few persons
and corporations. who, being on tho In
side and knowing TINT this bill prob
ably would become law, have pur-
chased foreign vessels and thereby Sc
cured a monopoly Of this right. II 1t Is
a wise provision to allow the purchase
Of foreign vesspls because OF the added
work that would accrue to American
ship yards II seems to me that It would
prove stiil more advantageous to allow
more foreign vessels to be purchased for
year at least on account Of the ;re-
mendouR increase that Il would call Tor
In building American ships ih American
ship yards
The second provision, allowing Amer
leans to purchase foreign shps wher-
ever they pleased, TO place them under
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TEN THOUSAND EMPLOYEES
OF Bcrwyand-whits Coal Company
Made Happy By Advance IN

OF Berwyand-whits Coal Company
Made Happy By Advance in
Wages.
PHILADELPHIA, Pa, March 25.-In
accordance with their notice posted
shortly after January /, 1900. promising
an advance to their employees 10 take
effect April /, 1900. the Berwynd- White
Coal Mining Company to-day notified
all It's miners of a general advance Of
20 per cent. The miners are now placed
upon a basis OF sixty cents per gross
ton and all day labor increased accord
ingly. This advance will make tho
wages the highest paid during the past
thirty yenrs and in some instances the
highest that have ever existed by near
ly per cent,
The Berwynd- White Company have
made their advances voluntarily, start
ing with the upper tendencies OF the
market in January, 1899. Since that
time and including this advance they
have advanced the general mining rate
3S1s per cent and the machine mining
rate 80 per cent. The company has over
10000 employees.
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YOUNG WIFE
CHARGED WITH
THE CRIME
Of Poisoning Her Husband by Ad'
ministering the Fatal Doses
witn His Medicines.
A GOSHEN, INDIANA, TRACED
Accused Woman Halls From Fair
mont, and Said to Have a Sister
Living in Wheeling.

Special Dispatch to the IntellIEencer.
GOSHEN, Ind, March 25.-Johu Dar-
nell, aged % years. son OF Mr.. and Mrs.
Calvin Darnell, a highly respected fam
lily of Goshen, died early Sunday merR-
ing, after lingering illness of what
attending physicians pronounced con-
sumption, supeAnduced by pernicious
disease. The parents of the deceased
assert that never has there been casa
of consumption in their family. They
lay the blame for all his disease at his
young wife's door. and openly charge
that his death was due to slow poison
ing, administered in the medicines pre-
scribed or left by the physician, and
attaching suspicion to the wife, for
merly Miss Mayme Fleming. of Fair
mont, w. Va, to whom he was married
less than six months ago.
Suspicion Aroused.
Deceased had been failing gradually
for several months, and his parents
had taken the couple inm their home
that they might assist in caring for
him. Their suspicious, and also the
sons, were aroused by a popularity in
the taste Of the familiar medicines used,
and also the unexpected results fol-
lowing the administration of the phy-,
sician's prescriptions. The young Mrs
Darnel! was charged with being re-
sponsible for her husbands condition,
and the embIttered husband and in
censed parents finally, few weeks
ago, ordered her to leave their home.
She has since been staying at homes
Of friends here, and at Warsaw, Ind.
About the time she left her husband
a $4,000 life insurance policy with the
Modern Samaritans, "a local fraternnl
insurance organization, was changed,
making his mother the beneficiary In
stead of his wife.
Most Suspicious Circumstance.
The most suspicious circumstance re-
Aeettus srHs young -WluIlylsr was-6Rd-,
ing several letters in her room from a
sister ut Wheeling, w. Va, saying in.
substance:
'Do your work and come here with.
your $4,000, and we will go into busl-
ness"
The family seems loath to institute
legal proceedings to substantiate the
grave charge openly made to friends
against the young wife, because she by
some means retained possession of in
criminatlng letters, but an official in
vestlgation Of the matter will no doubt
be made. The undertaken was not per-
mltted to ombaIm the body.
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CAPT. DOYENER
VERY JUSTLY
INDIGNANT
A. the Foul SANDER on His Charac-
ter which Appeared in a Nor
gantown Newspaper,
WHICH CONNECTS HIS NAME
with Congressman Freer's MisfOr-
tnne-He viii Ask Author of the
Lie for a Bill Of Particulars.
,.,,I,l DI,patoh to tho Intelllgencer.

e,ocIal Dispatch to the Intelligencer.
WASHINGTON, D. c., March 25.-
poorpsentative Dovener this evening
donoupced in unmeasured terms the
author of an article which appeared in
tbe MorgantOwn New Dominion of Sat
urday, and which reflected upon his
honor. The New Dominion states,
among other things:
"wednesday evening he Freer) was
IN have left Washington for Preston
county. His enemies knew of this and
Win a deyilish cunning Congressman
Dovener got with the unsuspecting vic
tim. BY the use OF divers seductlons
Freer was induced TO taste again the
wine that had proved to be his greatest
enemy. When the time came for him
10 leave Washington he was maudlln,
and missed the train"
In commenting upon this Mr.. Dove
uer said: "That is an infamous lie,
made up, without the semblance Of au-
tborlty. by IN assassin OF character. 1
propose to know who 1t is who has seen
fit to assume the responsibility Of max
ing such a statement"
Freer Denounce5 the Statement.
This emphatic accommodation of the
story was made in Judge FreeTs room,
where Mr.. Dovener and several others
had gathered. Judge Freer turned to
the Intelllgencer correspondent and
said: "The story is lie through and
through-nbsolutely without founda.
tlon."
Mr.. Doyener was justly indignant.
He remarked that his relations with
Judge Freer had always been the most
cordial, they were comrades in the
army, and had known each other for
years.
'I do not care who originated the
lie" he said. 81 shall ask him for bill
Of particulars. The publication was
slanderous in the extreme"
Mr.. Dayton stated tonight that he
regarded the story as pure fabrica-
tlon, statement put out by Democrats
to create dlscord in the Republican
ranks.
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Lime Manufacturers Combine.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala, March 25.-The
leading lime manufacturers of the
south have just completed the details
of the combination to be known as the
Consolidated Lime Company, a corpor-
alton organized under the laws of
New Jersey with capital stock of
5000, 900. 1t will control every lime
kiln south of Virginia and east Of Tex
as except five. The annual output of
the new company win be 100000 bar
rels, which can be further increased. r.
w. sperry. of sperry, Jones & Com
pany, OF Baltimore, who is looking af-
ter the financial end of the company.
states that the organization Will be
completed and in operation by May !.
He ls authority for the statement .has
the price of lime will not be raised.
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THOSE MINES
That wereAlleged to Have Been Laid
Around Kentucky's Capitol Vision
ary-Military Situation without
Incident.


FRANKFoRT, KY, March 25.-The
Republican adjutant general. Collier,
to-day denied that mines were being
laid around the arsenal and capitol
grounds, and an explanatory communI-
cation to the Democratic assistant gen.
eral Murray, Collier said that some In
discreet men at the arsenal had dug
trenches and made pretense of laying
mines to create a sensation. but the
work was entirely without the sane
ton or knowledge of General Collier.
and the men engaged have been sharp
ly reprimanded.
Notwithstanding that troops recog-
nizlng the dual governors were quar-
tered within two squares of each other,
the Republican troops at the state
house. under orders from Republican
Governor Taylor, and the Democratic
troops at the court house, guarding
prisoners Powers, Culton and Davis, un-
der orders from Democratic Governor
Beckham, to-day was quiet.
The Republican Adjutant General
Collier and Democratic Assistant Adju-
taRt General Murray were together
some time this morning. General Col
lIer called to dlsclaIm responsibility for
the mine which some OF the soldiers
made a pretense OF laying, but It is
understood their talk took a wider scope
and that they discussed and mutually
agreed upon plans to avoid possibility
of any sort of Clash between the
troops.
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Preiudieed Against Horaaaesh

LONDON, March 26.-Lady Sarah
Wilson in a dispatch from Mafeking,
dated Wednesday, March IA. says:
1--WE have received news of the relief
Of Ladysmith, but 1t serves to increase
our disappointment, as there is no
prospect Of our relief. The town re-
mains closely invested. The Beers are
reported to be very numerous and
strongly intrenched between US and
Colonel Plumer's force. Some Of the
natives are dying of starvation. owing
to their prejudice against horse flesh"
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nnlnron Arbltrntion Jpdrment.

BERNE. Switzerland, March 25,-The
Delagon nrbitrOton Judgment which
had been announced for tomorrow, hns
been prepared for few days. This is
not because the amount OF the indem-
nifty has not been fixed. but because Of
differences which arose at the moment
OF signing the award with respect to
the distribution OF the indemnity among
the different groups Of claimants. The
amount Of the indemnity has been set
tied, and the question OF division is one
Of secondary Importance, which win
speedily be settled. 1t is thought al
most certain that the court Of arbitra-
tlon viii finally leave the division to
the parties Themselves.
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Killed Bv Policeman.

BLoEMFoNTEIN, Saturday. March
24.-The Beers who yesterday killed
Lieutenant, the Hon. T.. Lyon of the
Grenadier Guards, and wounded Lieut..
Col Crabbq. Lieut., Col. Codrington and
Captain Trotter, of the Coldstream
Guards, who had ridden eight or nine
miles beyond their camp on the Mod
der river without escort, except one
trooper were members of the Johan-
nesburg mounted police, After dressing
the wounded they sent them to the
British camp in an ambulance.
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Death Of Cant. Flagc.

Special Dispatch to the 1ntolligcncer.
CHARLES TOWN, W. Va, March %.
Captain George H. FlaGg. one OF
Charles Towns most prominent citi-
zens. died this morning at 1880 o'clock,
aged slxty-eight years. on Sunday last
he was stricken with RpopleXy. He
was a gallant Confederate soldier, on
tering the army nt the outbreak OF the
war and served in the Bolts Grays,
Second Virginia Infantry, "stonewalrs'
hrlende.
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Dead Cats Instead Of Bouquets

BRADFORD, England. March 25.-
An open air meeting convened here to-
day by Boer sympathiEers proved an
utter fiasco from their point Of view
and was turned into q huge patriotic
derhonstration, The pro-Boer speakers
were unnbie to obtain u hearing. Dead
cats and other unsavory missiles were
thrown at them, and they were vlo-
lently hustled on quitting the platform.
Despite the presence Of 12O policemen
there was much disorder.
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Prosperity in the South.

CHARLESTON, S. C., March 25.-
The York cotton mills, of Yorkvllle, this
state. have announced that they would
on next pay day, take per cent from
the annual dividend and add it to the
wages of the operatives. The wages of
some employees recently were increased
80 per cent. These were not included in
the present increase.
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DUNLEYY WINS

In his Suit Before the Supreme
Court Against Marshall County
Court.
Special Dispatch to the Intelllgeneer.
CHARLESTON, w. Va, March 25-
The supreme court yesterday decided
the contested election cnse Of ]. w.
Dunlevy against the county court of
Marshall county. and S. r. Davis, In
favor of Dunlcvy, the Democratic
claimant, The question at issue was as
to whether the county court, as can
vassinG board. should count certain
votes for DunleWy, which would give
him a majority, The supreme court Or
ders the votes to be counted and the re-
suit declared.
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Allies NOW Foes,

LONDON, March 2C..-A BlocmfontCIn
correspondent of the Daily Telegraph in
dispatch dated Friday, March %.
says: The late allies are now bitter
foes, So strong is the popular feeling
here that. were It desirable, a large
body of Free staters would take the
field and fight Immediately against the
Transvaalers.
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Anl.nd a. Modiclne.

BELAIR. Nd, March 25.-Annie Nc
nvainc. splnster aged fifty-three' who
lives alone near the depot in this city,
was called to her door last night by n
man who asked for medicine for n
toothachc. When she opened the door
she was attacked. and after n struggle.
outraged by negFo, who lied, leaving
his hat. Leads Hurris thlrty-Avr years
of age, was eaon afterward arrested
and identified by Miss Mclivalne and
the hat is said 10 belong to him
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Rnbbl Wlse sorelY stneken.

CINCINNATI, o., March 95.-RabbI
Isaac N, Wise, one Of the most noted
Jewish rahhis ia the Unlted States, is
Tonight lying at his home suffering
from a stroke " paralysis, All his fam
ilv In the city are M his bedside, and I'll
hls children aud grandchildren abroad
have been notified by wire 10 come,
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churohill,s Essay on War.

LONDON, March 26. = Winston
Churchill in a dispatch to the Morning
Post says: at is imperative to con-
tlnue shipping troops to South Africa.
The stream should never cease until
the Beers surrender Internationally. At
the end of the war Great Britain will
possess the finest army in her history.
This, however, must not lure the nation
from the fertile field Of trade and COM
merce into the stony wastes of milltar-
ism."
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Consequence OF the storm is due to-mor-
row and other steamers are expected to
arrive during the day. Judging from
reports thus far received the total nnm-
Der os seals actually taken by the fieet
is about $4,000 ard the prospect is that,
as four weeks of the fishing season have
yet to be run. this total win be increas-
ed by some sixty thousand. AS the enc
tire clteh last year was only 2t7,OOO.
this years 1gures promise to be the
estvithln twenty years.
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SINGULAR DEATH
OF a Child Caused by a Servants
Very ul-Advised Remark.

CHICAGO, March ga special to the
Record from Brnnchville, Ind, says:
Little May COrbln's death is attrib-
uted to remark of her mothers SER
want and subsequent dream The ser
vnnt two weeks ngo was preparing n
turkey for roasting. "This ls the way
they stu@ babies to bake them in New
York" she said to May, who was seven
years of age, That night the little girl
awOkc with n scream. Mary Is cook
ing bHby brother" she cried. She be-
came hysterical, then insane and died
yesterday. every Effort "a bnnish the
hallnclnatlon having failed.
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the American flag and operate them
without any subsidy, was likewise de-
feated."
West VirRlnia Pergonnls.

Special Dispatch to the 1ntolllgencer
WASHINGTON, d. c. March 25.-
Representative Dayton. who has been
suffering for the past few days with a
sprained back. is now considerably i'm
proved, and expects to resume his con-
gressional duties tomorrow.
State Senator starke L. Baker, of
Beverly, and Mr.. Eugene Campbell, of
Huntington, are in the city.
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weather Forecast.

OhIo--Ruin Monday except fair and
warmer IN southwest portion, probably
snow near Lake Erie. Tuesday, fair: fresh
eastcrly winds
Western PennFylvnnia-Rain In SOUTH
ern. snow or rain In northern portion on
Monday Tuesday, fair fresh east TO
south winds
West Virrinla--Rain Monday. Tuesday,
fair: oasterly winds
Local Temperature.
The temperature Saturday. as registered
by G. SchnCpf druggist, corner OF Market
and Fourteenth streets. was as follows;
Z n, m........,..... 80. p, m.,.,,.,......' q
l. 2m..........,.... 52I Weather clear,
SUNDAY
Ia. m.............. 32 y, m.......,,..... 81
? n, m...,,.,.,.,,. 81 T., m,,....,,.,..'. %
i2 2m.,...,..,,u..... lGI Weather fair,
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KENTUCKY
CONSPIRACY"
INQUIRY
VIII Be Resumed To-day, When Col
den VIII Go on the Stand Tor
cross-Examination.
ONE OF ACCUSED ASSASSINS'
"TallOw Dick" cOOmbs, Says BE Can
Prove His InnOcence-Ililitary
Situation Very Quiet.

FRANKFORT. KY, March 25.-The
examining trial of the Republican sec
retnry of state, Caleb Powers, will be
resumed tomorrow morning. Sergeant
F. Wharton Golden, who, 1t IS alleged,
turned states evidence, will continue
on the witness stand for cross-exami-
nation, his direct testimony having
been concluded Saturday. When his
examination is completed, Mrs. Golden,
his wife, will be introduced as u wit
ness also for the prosecution, and 1t
is reported that she would corrobOrate
her husbands testimony on many i'm
portant points. The physicians who
made the autopsy on the body of the
late William T. Goebel will probably
also be introduced as witnesses.
II Witness Golden really goes on the
stand for cross-examination tomorrow
morning, the defense hopes to conclude
the examining trial on Tuesday.
Golden Has Recovered.
Golden is the last of the prosecutors
witnesses, so it has been understood.
Since his Illness in the court room he
has completely recovered, and yester-
day afternoon and this morning he has
been seen on the streets. 1t was stated
to-day thR; he went to Georgetown.
It Is thought tonight he will be able to
go on the stand again tomorrow.
It is the general impression that the
defense may make no effort to contro-
vert Golden's statement in the examin-
ing trial. An examining Judge needs
Z. to have only a reasonable suspicion OF
guilt to bind a prisoner over to the
grand jury. and as It is evident Judge
Moore has this It would be folly for
the defense to show its hand before the
real trial.
Coombs Says BE is Innocent.
The whole Of Goldens testimony
tended to throw suspicion on "Tallow
Dick" Coombs, a colored barber at
Beattyville. coombs says he can prove
his innocence and is willing to go into
custody II he Is wanted
Harland Whitaker Cwhlte). Dick
coombs (colored), and numerous other
persons have at various times been sus-
pected Of firing the fatal shot, but the
prosecution have not yet Identified the
murderer.
A surprise may be sprung tomorrow
by the prosecution in the introduction
of Mrs. Wharton Golden. as witness.
inasmuch as It has been the impression
from reports sent out from Barbour
Vile that Mrs. Golden was angry at her
husband on account of his confession.
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British Casualty List.

LONDON, March 25.-The total Brit
fish losses, exclusive of the invalids
sent home. are 1641s in killed. wounded
and missing.
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co1oMB1AN 4 REVOLUTION.

The Government Forces Are Being
Hard Pressed-PrisonerB Banished.
KINGSTON. Jamalcn, March 25.--
Mail adylces received from Colombia
to-day repcrt that the revolutionlsts
have been pressing the government
forces. and that a large number Of
political prisoners, taken last week from
Panama, have been banished to San
Andrea.
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ST JOHNS. n. b., March 25.-The
sealing steamer Leopard which took
shelter at westervlue yesterday, In
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PRINCESS RUNS AN AUTO.
Blue-BlOOded Member of German
Royalty Shocks Her Com
sentative Sisters

bright young woman is Princess
Friedrich Of Observation-Disclosures and
she enlivens the traditional heaviness
of German blood with strong American
admixture. She is the daughter of an
American mother. The cable reports
that the German aristocracy is shocked
beyond expression at the spectacle of the
princess taking part in the French mo-
tor races, says the New York Sun.
The princess, who is a handsome, ac-
tive, athletic young woman, handles an
automobile with G; eat skill and abso-
lutte fearlessness. She will run her ma
chine along road at speed of 40 miles
an hour with perfect assurance.
The princess is the daughter of Count
Won Hatzfeldt-Wildenb burg, whose wife
was Miss Helen Moulton, an American.
Count Hatzfeldt is the German ambas-
sador in London, and therefore one Of
the highest official personages in the
German empire. He belongs to the
highest aristocracy of Prussia.
The princess is not only daring au-
tomobile engineer. but she is great
cyclist. She thinks nothing of making
a century run, and she rides about all
over the continent in plain cyclists
dress, without the least ceremony. This
is also very shocking to the German
aristocracy, who think that woman
of rank should only sit in carriage.and
be driven by servants.