The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-01-29
TE1EaRApHIC TOPS.

The Prince Regent Of Bavaria has
conferred the order Of st. Michael, hrst
class, on DR.. Nansen, the explorer.
German bank officials say Great
Britain will raise big war loan, and
1t is understood Russia will make ans
other effort to raise loan.
Reported from Boer Head LaaGer,
near Ladysmith, 25th inst, that the
British dead left on the battlefield yes
terdpy GATH numbered 1900"
Anna NJ. Bowen. dean Of Woman'b
Hall. at Northwestern University, Chi
cago, died Of heart disease. Formerly
did editorial work on The Nation.
. Gas escaping from a detective stove
at HoneybrOOk, Pa, caused the deatA
Of Mr.. RandoIf and almost suitoeat6d
all the inmates Of the boarding house,
Chief Clerk Jesse B. Rex. Of the
Pennsylvania house Of representatives,
is stricken with paralysis at Hunting
don, Pa. and is in a critical condition.
The election Of nlnety-nine French
senators yesterday resulted In prac-
tical r0ut for the NRtlonalists. only
three out OF their thirty candidateE
being elected.
Great line OF fine ocean vessels 10
within five years TO be plying between
the Pacific ports and the Orient. which
is expected to be of great benefit TO the
north and northwest.
The British steamer MRlin Head pick
cd up a piece Of wood marked 'Mer-
RIM" supposed TO belong TO a boat Of
the missing "Merrimac" which has not
been heard Of since she left Canada.
Lord Roberts. after visiting the hos
pltal ship Maine, over which he was
conducted by Lady Randolph Churchill,
expressed his entire satisfaction with
the arrangements. The Maine will sail
for Durham.
The gendarnes have unearthed Car
list arsenal in house in Palensa, capl-
tol OF the province Of that name, and
seized 100000 cartridges and q large
quantity of arms. Six CarlIsts who are
implicated, fed across the frontier.
The expected anarchist demonstration
at the funeral OF Edward A. o'Connor,
at Chicago. yesterday, did not material
iEe. The red hag OF the United Metal
Workers was carried furled, and q poe
lIceman carried the stars and stripes.
All south and Central Texas was viss
tied by a very severe blizzard, Whidllllns
creases in severity as the night GVol4u.
and from present indications VIII Be the
worst blizzard Of the winter. The tOInS
perature has fallen thirty degrees
since noon.
Major Thomas a. Brander. past
grand commander Of the Virginil
grand camp OF Confederate VeteranN.
and who was known throughout the
| south for his prominence In all Confeds
crate reunions, died at Richmond. W.
yesterday, aged sixty years.
Pro-Boer meetings were held yOS1aE.
81 1.A NNAl0n . .
which much sympathy was shown for
the Beers, and demands were made that
the war be stopped. PtesideRt McRin.
ley was requested TO act Is mediator be-
tween the contending parties.
Imp. Candlemas. the famous raoo
horse, owned by ]. B, Haggin, Of Lex
ington, KY, died yesterday, from ver-
tICo, He was by Hermit. dam F'uuea,
by Maiysan. and was a full brother to
ST. Blaise. VINO won the English derby il
1883, and sold at that time for 100000.
A falling hemIock tree. uear Kane,
Pa, crushed Edward RGPd0 and HE son
TO death yesterday, The hemloek ha0
lodged against beech tree, and they
were endeavoring to diSlodg0 Il. when
the wind swayed the hemlock from ~
position, andsdt fell on the men, Killing
both Of them.
The ptlAe COuTt mas l1eu lmuUAASS
january %, for the hearing Of the
charges with respect to the American
-four. said to be intended for the Boera,
which was on board the British steamer
Mashona, November 3, when she war
captured by the British gunboat Parta
ridge last month.
The continuance Of the storms at 81.
Johns, N. F., makes It impossible to OBJ
tain definite knowledge Of the idoAtlty
Of tho vessel which went ashore on
Wednesday January Il, on the Foxtall
poInt, Much apprehension Is felt
among the shore folk at Bay Of IslandS.
as IL is feared that more than one vessel
had been lost.
The steamboat George Starr, dying
the TransvRal and Orange Free State
flags, with a committee Of prominent
Irishmcn on board, dropped down at
quarantine at II a. m. yesterday, 10
meet the French liner La Normandie,
on which Miss MRude Come is pas
Snngcr from Havrc Owing to the
prevailing heavy weather at sea, the
NormandIe Is hardly expected to arrive
before Monday morning.