The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-06-27
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the Pennsylvania Varsity boat sPrain
ed his ankle last night in alghtinl
from a wagon at Poughkeepsie, n. Y
The crew is much depressed because o
the accident,
FIRE.--The buildings and trestles o
the Consumers Coal 6 Ice cOmpan!
at Bayonne, New York, occupying al
entire city block, were destroyed BY
FIRE early this morning with much o.
their contents. The loss is estimated
Mt 100000
DEAD.-Admiral Frederick A. Maxsa
who was naval aide-de-camp TO LORD
Raglan, commander-In-chief of TIT
English forces during the siege Of Sc
bastopol. and who was known as a pol
itician and writer. IS dead. He wal
born in 1893.
RoBBED.-H. X. DufieId board Of
trade broker in Chicago, was robbed by
plclkpockets of $4,000 yesterday, while
riding on Cottage Grove avenue cable
car. Tho money was in bonds. mining
stocks aud deeds, which Mr.. Dufheld
was taking 10 the bank,
ADVERsE.-Tbe Ohio supreme court
handed down a decision yesterday ad-
verse to the Toledo Centennial project
The court holds that the, half mIlllun
dollars, which the centennial board
sought. Is not available. 1t is thought
/ the decision will kill the centennial
movement.
CLASH.-A clash between Governor
Thomas. Of Colorado. and DR.. George E.
Tyler, secretary OF the state board Of
health, is Imminent as a result Of cor
respondence concerning the state quar-
untlne against Japanese and Chinese
which has been taken up by the Japa-
nese legation ut Washington.
PRosTRATIoNs.-Two deaths and
four prostratlons from heat were re-
ported in Pittsburgh up to noon yes
terday. The mercury at that hour reg
lstered lightweight degrees and rising
rapidly. There is great suffering among
the mlll-workers and a number Of
plants have had to close down.
YELLOW FEvER.-The yellow fever
situation at Quemados shows much i'm
provement. There have only been four
deaths, two OF which were Of. Ameri-
cans. including Major Frank II. Ed
munds, acting inspector general on the
stan of General Fitzhugh Lee who
died June IS. General Lee refuses to
leave his headquarters. though he has
given permission to his staff. IL they
desire to do SO.
D1sABLED.-The Norwegian bark
serlnga. timber laden, bound from Mo-
bile for Manchester was towcd into
New York port Tuesday morning. Leak
ing and unable to continue her voyage
Captain Nerdrum reports having exper-
fenced hurricane on June 10. in which
the vessel sprung leak. Captain Ner-
drum then decided to bear up for this
port for survey and repairs. Her
cargo of pitch pine timber is valued at
$4,000.
STORM.-The- steamer Cleveland ar
rived at Seattle from Cape Nome yes
terday. with fifteen passengers and a
nominal amount of gold. She reports
severe storm at Nome. on Jun. &, In
which the schooner Alaskan, from San
Francisco, was beached ana total
loss. Her passengers were saved by
the revenue cutter Bear. She also has
news Of thr wreck of the small sioop
Gypsy, in the same storm, and two OF
her crew were drowned.
DEMAND.-As to the report from
Constantinople that the American
charge. Mr.. Grlscom, has presented an
other demand for the settlement of the
American claims, 1t can be stated on
high authority that this government is
steadily pressing for n definite and Anal
settlement. and is losing no opportu-
nifty to remind the Turkish authorities
OF the unsatisfactory and Indefinite ma
ture OF the present situation,
REINFoRCEMENTs.-The cabinet
meeting yesterday lasted only an hour
and developed nothing of special inter-
est. It was stated that no troops. in adj
dltlon to the Ninth Infantry, had been
ordered to China and while this is liter
ally true, there seems to be no doubt
that the government is quietly taking
steps looking to the early reinforce
ment of our small company of marines
now on Chinese soil.
TRANSFERRED. -scventy-one mill
lon silver dollars have been transferred
from the old mint on Chestnut street
Philadelphia, to the new building at
Sixteenth and Spring Garden street
The dollars were coined as security for
the last issue OF silver certificates. Ev-
cry precautIoH was taken for the safety
OF the money. One thousand dollars
were placed in a single canvas bag and
the bag was labeled with the number
Of the counter. The bag was then
placed In n small pine box and the box
also numbered. Express wagons were
utilized in carrying the money from the
old mint to the new one hundred boxes
being placed in n wagon. Two armed
guards accompanied each wagon. The
silver vaults at the new mint have a
capacity OF 100000 silver dollars.
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