The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-08-23
TELEGRAPH TICKS.

The Mexican government shns issued
an invitation for a Pan-American3 con-
gress to be held at Mexico City In 1901.
United States consul Fee at, Bombay,
cabled the state department Wednes-
day that cholera Is raging there He
gives no particulars. ~
Thomas Green, formerly proprietor
Of Green's hotel, In Philadelphia, who
was well known throughout the coun-
try. died at his residence there last
night ~ t5ti,.7A
Capt. John Wilson. who was one OF
the st%o survivors Of the second Grin
nell Arctic expedition. died Tuesday In
Brooklyn, from the effects OF an opars
at!on from appendicitis.
A charter %as Issued yesterday Is
the Cambridge Coal and Coke Com
pany. OF Welch. ". Va. for the pur-
Eose OF conducting general coal and
coke business. capital subscribed $1,000
Calvin P. Titus, who located the wall
Mt Pekln and securcd for tile United
States the honor OF FIRST planting its
standard thereon, Is n? Iowa boy. He
is only nineteen ySaIs and six fasnths
old. Z. b
1t has been glven out Mt the Offers OF
the anti-imp.rial!st leagus in Boston
that Andrew Carnegie Viii shortly
return to the United States from Z. a.
land to assist in the campaign against
Mckinley. :
The fight between Richard Croker
| and David B. 11ill for the state leader.
ship grows apace. The tactional diff
crences in the party has caused Rich
ard Croker to decide 10 open up new
state headquarters. ms ] n
Through secret Intelligence agents the
British learn that Louis SchalkburSer
and 5000 Beers have assembled at
Machadorp with the whole OF the Roer
artillery. including the heavy pieces
! formerly at Pretoria.
Captain Cordua, charged with bc.ng
the ring-l2ader In the conspiracy to
kidrap Lord Roberts and rc-capture
Pretoria, he's been found guilty on all
points In the indictment. Sentence has
been deferred until Lord Roberts con-
firms Cordua's conviction.
Thomas Walker, colored, was fatally
shot by another negro snt the coke
ovens at Sewsll, Fayctte county. yes
terday. Walker Will die. Several. citi-
zens pursued Walkers assailant, but
had not captured him at last report.
According to returns made by the
twelfth census the population OF Phil
! adelphia is l,293.G9T. In 1890 the popu-
lation was l.O4G.9G4; increase, ote,793. or
1851 per cent. In 1850 the population
was SiI.lI0 and the increase to 1890
was 1885, 1874. or sS.5S per cent.
Several of Uncle Sans hattlcshIps
are to be given rest during the COM,
| lng winter. The Indiana and Massa-
chusetts will be laid up for repairs. and
the New York and Texas. which have
also earned u furlough. will be laid up
for a thorough overhaullng.
The battleship Alabama, which left
| Cramps ship yard, Philadelphia. on
Monday for the Brooklyn navy yard.
where she5will have her. bottom cleaned
and painted, preparatory to her Official
trial OF the Maine coast, passed out TO
sea at Delaware Breakwater yester-
| day. q
A. Siche yesterday be: $500 on. Nc
kinley at two and one-half to one.
There is said TO be,about $4,000 OF Nc
;Kinley money being offered on the
streets, In New York, at the above
odds. About 5000 Is said to have been
bet on Bryan At the same rates. IA
There is dissatisfaction among many
Of the old soldiers over the invitation
extended to ". J. Bryan to attend the
national encampment at Chiclgo next
week, OF the Grand Army Of the Re-
| public, and as a result there VIII be n
material falling of 'intthe attendnnce!Ss
Mr.. F. W. Peck, the United states
commissioner general. to the Paris ex-
position, said In an interview Wadnes-
| day. that he would not accept his dec
Grafton OF the grand cross OF the legion
OF honor until he. was officially advised
OF his duty respecting It. Mr.. Peck
admitted. however, that he had Worn II.
| Inst evenings wreck on the New
| York & Harlem railroad at kcnsico
caused the death OF three train men,
William Lauterbach, engineer: Henry
Cassidy. fireman, and William Abriel,
brakeman, Several persons reported as
missing have been found. a coroncr's
investigation will be made TO determine
the cause OF the wreck. Isl <.
At Clif Top, In Fnyette county. W.
Va, serious fight took place. Tues
day, between u. F. Manning and Al
bert Amick. Manning was the aggrcs-
sor ind made ut Amick With bis
pruning knife. Amick rctrcnted MS far
as he could when he picked up n rock
and smashed MarnIuI's skull. il Is
thought Manning viii die.
Field Marshal Count Won wallcrsee.
the German officer who liz going TO the
far cast in order to take command or
the allied forces In China. with the
three officers accompanying him. break
tasted with King Victor Emanuel
Wednesday morning vt Rome. after
which the field marshal went % the
pantheon and deposited a wreath on the
tomb Of King Humbcrt. IS
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