The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-11-14

pnnlons, near St. Joseph, Mo-, in April,
| 1881. q NJ "a
Fire Tuesday, destroyed the Wichita
Falls mill and elevator Mt Fort Worth.
Texas. Over 100000 bushels Of wheat
were burned with the buildings. Loss
about $4,000. fully insured.
DR.. W. r. Harper. president Of the
University OF Chicago, Tuesday denied
that he Ind written n letter to Baron
| de Courbertin, OF Paris, In, IN effort to
bring the 0lympian game OF 1904 to
| Chicago. Sf''
In fight Tuesday, over the busl-.
\ ness affairs connected with the opera
ton of store at Bonita. La, P. s.
Bachelor killed his partners, J. A.
! Williams and F. F. Welbourn. AL
three were prominent citlzen-.
Valery Hazard, William c. Gorgas
and J.. r. Kenn, surgeons. have been
detailed to represent the medical de-
partment OF the army at K the Pan,
American Medical Congress- to meet In
the city OF Havana, Cuba, December
26-29 1900, -. ,,@-s-i--l,,i..5 z. f FRI
Recorder Con, in the criminal court
OF New York, yesterday granted the
motion OF Deputy State Attorney Gem
eral Hedges TO dismiss tho Indictment
against Chief Of Police William 8. Dew
cry, charging him with aivolatIon of
the election law. I'D f.i
Inquiries made by a representative
OF the Associated Press at the ServIan
legation. at Paris, show there Is no
truth in the report, published by the
Echo De Paris Tuesday. that Queen
Draga. OF scryia, is dead. The legation
officials have not even heard that the
queen Is III.
Lieutenant Colonel Russell B. Hnrri.,
son. inspector general, United States
Volunteers, has been honorably dig.
charged from the service Of the United
| States. to take effect December next,
his services being no longer required.
Colonel Harrison Is a son Of ex-Presi-
dent Harrison, and has served In the
| volunteer establishment since the out,
break Of the Spanish army.
Secretary Long Tuesday announced
that he had appointed Cyrus c. Wells,
OF Illinois, his private secretary tenn
| porarily. at salary of s2250. to I'LL the
vacancy occasoned by the recent death
| OF l.. II. Flnney, 1r. Mr.. Wells was
originally appointed as q 3l,40o clerk In
the ONCE OF the secretary OF the navy.
and has for the past six months been
acting as private secretary to Mr..
Long. sIFs
James Corcornn. who died in New,
York City Monday, WINS the subject Of
innumerable newspaper stories and the
hero OF many New York melodrama,
He was known as Jimmy Corcoran,
and gained most OF his fame as the.
founder and ruler for half q century Of
"Corcornn's Roost," and next to that
his fame with his class rested upon the
fact that he hated policeman, one OF
whom he MANNED for life, 'just for ex-
erclse." a5y
Captain Foster. who has been In the
Indian Territory. testing the emer-
| gency ration for the United States
army, telegraphs Acting Commissary
General Weston that he has 1ust re-.
turned from making the test Of the ra-
ton prepared by the board Of army Of
flcers and has found 1t highly satisfac-
tory. There are two rations manufac.
tured by supply concerns. yet to be
tested. and 1t probably will be some
time before the result is known.
The board OF directors Of the South
ern Pacific railroad, at n special meet
ing held Tuesday, approved the pur-
chase through Speyer & Company. OF
the majority Of the capital stock Of the
Pacific Mail Steamship Company. and,
accepted the proposition Of Messrs.
Spcyer & Company TO purchase $4,000
900 OF two five-year 4h per cent gold
bonds OF the Southern Pacific company.
secured by the control Of t5e Pacific
Mail Steamship Company and ~ stocks
and bonds Of other companies.
Details have been received at Lexing-
ton, Ky, Of the murder OF an aged
woman and the fatal wounding OF her
son by robbers near Sergent. lonely
little hamlet In the mountains OF South
eastern Kentucky. Three masked men
entered the house Of Mrs. Nina Hall
and demanded money. This was refus-
| ed and the robbers shot the woman
dead. They then turned their guns on
| the woman's sons, who had come to her
rescue, and after fatally wound!ng one,
fled. ~ 49,
Quality rather than quantity is the
distinctive remark of the dry wine WHIT
age of 1900, in California. The produc.
ton will be about the same as that OF
last season, but the high standard OF
1893 will be attained. The best author
tiles agree in placing the amount Of
wine fermented as from l3,500,oo0 to
Il, ooo,o 900 gallons Of dry, and 100000
gallons OF the sweet varieties. This
grape growers, both In the dry and in
the sweet wine districts, had proflt-
able year.
General Macarthur telegraphs tn,
war department that the transports
Grant and Port Albert have arrived at
Manila. The Grant sailed from San
Francisco, October 16, with six officers
and ol5 men. recruits, hospital corps
and signal corps men. The Port Albert
sailed from Seattle. September Is. with
animals and forage. The animal
transport Kintuck has sailed from Nag
asalel for San Francisco, and the trans
port wilhelmina has arrived at Nnsas-
nkl on her way to the Philippines with
forage for the army.
Nrn. Hancock. wife Of Captain Han
| cock, United States army, now sta
toned at Manila, mystoriously disap-
peared yesterday afternoon In New
York City. Mrs. Hancock wore valu-
able jewelry when she disappeared and
also carried considerable sum OF
money Her home was at Fortress
Monroe. where her sister, Mrs. William
Marryc. wife Of Col. william Marrys.
commandment of the fort, also lived.
Mrs. Hancock was last seen In a Sixth
avenue department store.
Capt. John D. Hart, OF Cuban flilbus-
tcr!nE fame. died Tuesday, OF apopleSy,
at Philadelphia. During the year 1896
two OF Captain Harris vessels, the
Bermuda and the LnuraGn, made FREE
quent trips to Cubn with arms and
ammunition for the Cubnns. Captain
| Hart was convicted In December, 1896,
OF participating In i1libustering eS-
petition and was sentenced to two
years imprisonment. In February,
1898. the sentence was put into execu-
tIon md In June Of the same year Cap
tain Hart was pardoned by President