The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-09-25
TELEGRAPHIC TICKS.

Direct advices from Cnrthngenn. Col.
umbia, say the rebels are active In tina,
department. ~ II
The census bureau announces that
the population Of Savannah, Ca ia
a,224, as against 43,1ss In 1890.
Marlin Z. Olmsted. OF Harrisburg,
Pa, was re-nominated for Congress
] Monday by the Republicans of the
Fourteenth district - i'.9
Announcement Is made In New York
OF the suspension on the stock exchange
of Egbert Mills, who has been q mem
Der since May. 1890. 8
The Republic Iron and Steel Com
p.lny yesterday built fires In ALL It's
mills In Covlngton, Ky. Theywlltstprt
fuil capacity this morning.
-Four fisherman are known TO. have
been drowned In the equInoxial storm
that burst over the gulf Of Georsia
Sunday night. Great anxiety Is felt for
other fishermen who are still.out. Sew
eral small steamers and scows were
damaged or sunk at the Vancouver
wharyes. ).
DR.. Alfred Stille. who for nearly
twenty years was professor of theory
and practice OF medicine at the Uni
Verslty of Pennsylvania and well
known throughout this country and
Europe. died a. his home in Philadel-
phia, Monday. DR.. Stille was eighty
seven years old.
Dispatches from the Nueces river VAL
ley, in Texas, say the Mexican village,
La Aigle. on the Gallardo creek, a
branch OF the Nueces. was destroyed by
the recent flood. A Mexican family OF
four. and two American campers, sup
posed to have been deer hunters from
Eagle Pass, persisted. u.s.
The American delegates, LucIan San
lei and Paul Kretlow. were elected
members Of the committee OF the So
eialist congress which reassembicd
Monday morning in Paris and dealt
with the appointment of committees, A
conflict between French delegates was
settled by n compromise.
The surgeon generals office OF the
war department has no Information re-
garding the epidemic Of yellow fever In
Havana, although II Is known to exist
there to considerable extent. Prl-
vate advlces from Havana Indicate that
the outbreak Is serious. This fever cx-
lists in the best parts of the city and
among Americans who have gone thsre.
The business portion of Omer, Michi-
gan. was practically destroyed by fire
early Monday. The hotel, two drug
stores. n saloon. furniture. hardware
and Jewelry stores, n photograph gal
lery. the postoftice and eight residences
were burned. Losses about $4,000 with
light insurance. The town has no FIRE
protection.
George w: Noble. prominent farm
er living alone on Buffalo creke. near
fronton, Ohio. was found murdered yes
terday. near his home. Hogs had por-
TALLY devoured the remains. Noble
had evidently struggled hard against
the murderers. as the house was spat-
tered with blood. The house had been
rnDsacked. but the murderers overlook
ed q large sum.
:. AS result OF an order designed by
the management to stop the alleged
theft Of valuable ore at Victoria, Colo
RADIO, STATIONS Independence gold mine
has been closed. The miners declnre
they will not so back while the order
remains in force and the superintendent
says the order will not be revoked un-
der any circumstances.
2 Two great Masonic bodies began their
trlennial sessions at Cincinnati ,yester-
day that continue during the week-the
General Grand Chapter and the. Gcner-
al Grand Council. the highest degrees
Of the York Rite below that OF knight
Templar. These meetings are prellmi-
nary to the grand encampment of
knights Tempiar at Louisville next
year. The reports showed n member
ship of 1880. Over 200 delegates were
present.
Joseph Brennings. aged forty. was
burned TO death last night. at the Nor
riii fruit farm. near Benton Harbor
Mich. Brennings was u tramp. who
had been employed for the sum-
mer, and had been given sleeping
quarters In tho farm packing house,
Coming home drunk. he accidentally set
Are 10 the packing house. which was
burned TO the ground. The body was
taken out burned to crisp.