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WII.BI5LIN0, W. VA? THURSDAY, APRII VOLUME XLIU-tfUMBER 210. ? ?ST A HUSHED AUGUST 21, 1852. Will bo Lnuclocl at Oorlnto and Do clnro n Blookado, THE LIMIT WILL EXPIRE TO-DAY [ And tlio Blookado of tlio Port Will BorIij Saturday, MATTER Of GREAT SIGHIflCJlflCE To Vcnrtuel* mill Grout Uritnln Mny l'rr.. Forward?llor Aamraiioo that Foreign Commoroo Will Not bo In. tcrferod With, liut It Is a Qnoatlnn If the United Stains Will Permit tho Invasion of tlio Monroo Doctrine. Diplomat* of South anil Central America Disturbed Ovor tho Proa poets* UViusoTo.t, D. C., April 54.?Exact official information liu boon rocoived as to Great Uritain'a bolllRorent stops in Nicaragua. British troops aro to bo landed at Corinto. Too custom offices are to bo occupied by the British lorcos ?nd British officers aro to oxereiso (he (suctions oi collectors ot custonls. At the lame time Nicaragua local comuiorco is to be ciippled by a blocknde. Tho limit of timo allowoJ Nicaragua lo yield expires to-morrow (Thursday) and tho blocL-ado, landing ot troops and leuure of custom houses is to bogiri immediately thoroalter. l'hero is good rcaion to boliova that Nicaragua is not likely to yield, but will allow British troops to occupy Corinto in order that conspicuous "attontion may be drawn to what is rogarded by Nicaragua as an invasion oi tho Monroo doctrine. Corinto is tlio best port of tho Cen tral American States on tho I'ncidc coast. It is most important to Nicara gua as it is tho terminus of the lino oi tho Central railroad. Corinto is the heaviest import point in Nicaragua. Tho imports thoro for ISM-ft! wore StS,00?.S0j, while all iin to other points did not exceed SwJ.OJO. It i? evident from this why the British choose Corinto lor thoir itrike.^ Almost one-half of tho imoorts it Corinto ure from Grout Britain, ao that tho British seizure ot tho custom houses will result in their receiving the customs dues from British merchant ships. 1 he tariff" rates of Nicaragua aro such }}\e j&.WJ.SOo of import) in 1S91 yielded vl,058,913 in customs duties. Moat of this was collected at Corinto. At this rate the receipts at Corinto would reach $15.0*) within thirtv days unless commerce was ditortod to* other porta. DirLOMATi DISTL'ttBlU). The diplomatic representatives of tho Central and .South American rooublics are very much disturbed au this last fea ture of the case, (the meeting of bond obligation*) for they foar that it opens a yuta of orjillois trouble and aggression in tho future. Their idea is that onco Great Britain has been permitted with out interference to collect this spocial indemnity,she will avail herself of tho excuse ollored by tho failure of Nicara gua to meet her interest pavmonts on foreiga debt, toassuino tho task of col lectins this forcibly in tho same man ner. notwithstanding the fact that tho failure may bo brought about by her own seizure of tho customs reooipts which woro to be applied to tho pa\* raent of this interest, ino outcomo of this Nicara^u.ia inci dent is also felt by tiio same diplo matists to be full of significance to Ven ezuela, and it is feared bv thorn that hiving once driven in the'wodgo. Great Britain can scarcely be expected to ro ? miD from pressing forward with very vigorous measure! in tho matter of tho enezuelan boundary disnuto and at once establishing horsolf as tho mistress oi the Orinoco. While it is not expected that tho -Mcaraguan government will otTor anv armed resistance to the landing of tho if" forces. still it is feared that dur ing tho time the town of Corinto is oc Jplod by the foreigners tlio nativos ?nay bo restrained with dilUcultv, an.I ?'<? clojo contact into which tho two ? ?(?ordant elements xviii certainly be "roug'it might any momont lead to an "'?tbroal: winding up in a gonoral war. ADVICE I*. is evident that our stuto depart ment hag not lost sight of this possi bly tor Secretary Greshnm has boon |J ^/unltrftion with the l'residont and 5"" .'icaraunan minister on tho subject it is bslioved that ho has been '?U best efforts tQ provent a re3ort tofitreines by intimating that tho in inanity had bnttor bo paid. '? e reports from Nicaragua confirm 'nt rccont statement*' of ti,0,0 itches that a blockado of Nicaragua ?v,r:s would bo Great Britain's moans of "tenting hor demnnda. Tho itndor ?finding is tliat tlio blookado will bo f, " "'J^tnrdajr, giving Nicaragua tlio ? 'f:o fail days intorvoning to yield to in?? ?J?inunds in ovory particular. Thero ? ^??d reason to boliovo that tlio do ninnd, WIi| nol bo n|tUro(l. reducod. or Inr ir1?1''1 in ,,l? particu lar; ?!;i 10 main pnrp?"n? of Great ' it. in lioins to ndminiator n lesson to rofI!irtif,la,nn '"'''rncLly to all Houtiiern ? opubllcs as to llritish methods of re u r t!3 j. 'w:?n m?"on'"?r will probably bo a nhiln, f :^'1 ?? horotoforo ex pla nod, care being taken to bring Nica ragua* commerce to n slnmlstill and Ivor r!?nV" ur,!!-'n commerce as froo as ; ?'i " hotvovor, that Nica ?ii thaf r0a', i' very smnll, .V1 r blockade a ordo, M?.p '"t0 ? '??>?? forcible raovo n order to maku it ellcctlvo. oun iXTEiimra won't hit pun. A" to tho landing ?( nrill9h i ,"rm'0i which i? now iiiulorjtood to ?'"'?part of tho Br.igram.ni)| |, j, lUlo[| '? o liciali liiat tliM ?U| m)l mon1(,n or ol tl,? IJnitoil II*. H, I I"" '?''?? ??0 "I ; tub Iminlinrdimiiit of ulexainlria >> r' u l to allow tlio llritisl, poliev to , 't foreigner, a', a threatened point. ? "that ca.o Oroat ISritain wished to lieII,. " <ln "" Hl'" <v,,( com ?? l'1" '"" "C"'? '""'ign intoreaU A'o*?uUrm. Notico ivus thoroforo given that foroign Intersil* would bo protoctod with ovary pmcnuiloti poisi slide, ami if thoy woro iiijurod as nn in cident to tho attack compensation would bo mado. fcubsonuontly tho few foreign 'interests which suffered woro voluntarily ronuinoralod by Groat Drit aiii. It i? Haid tho same policy will pre vail at Corinto. Groat caro will bo taken to protect foreign interosts and ahuuld tho lattor ?uflor indirectly tlioy will bo compensa ted for logs. Sir Julian l'auneofoto, tho British embassador, hxa not'boon ndviied by tho homo government as to tbo coutom fdated blockade and landing of troops it Nicaragua, but in llrltish circles this courso ha* boon accopted at certain for some time. Such insurances as Groat Britain has given to tho United, Stutos have boon to Ambassador Bayard la ro sponso to inquiries. Dr. Guzman, tho -Nicaraguan minis tor, is inaccessible to-day. ilo has boon vary actlvo since oarly morning. Tho briof time roinniuing before Grout Brit ain's tiuai blow, places a hoavy resoon aibility on him. Nicaragua's hopes now are almost entiroly contored on Wash* ington. It is bollevod, howovor, that Dr. Guzman has succcoded as vol in eliciting tho iulorvontion of tho Cnitod State*. ALhIA.VCA AFPAKI. Spain Will .Mnk?? Amend*? United State*' Coumo Will II., Vindicated. Wasiiim'.to.v, D. 0, April 2-i.?Secro tary Gresham lias rocoiv.d a dispatch from Mr. liunnis Taylor. United States minister at Madrid, assuring him that Spain would nccedo to tho demands ol tho United Statos in tho Alllanca attair, anil that Captain Vonadito would ba put on trial tor hia otTon.o in firing at an American vesiel ouuide tho zone. Tho tone of tho dispatch is such that tho state-department feels that its cour?o will be absolutely vindicated by the ro sult. LOCOMOrtVK FIRGUBN' Jtfolln; or Delegate* to Exemplify the >'ew llltual. CiscivsATi, 0., April 24.?A meeting of delogatos from tho Brothorhood of Locomotive Firemen, of Illinois, In diana, Ohio, Kentucky und Woat Vir- I ginia, i? in session bore to-day, at which Chief Sargent and Secretary Ar- | noldaro presont to exemplify tho new ritual for tho aecpnd degree. A district I organization was etlected as follows: Master, John J. Hanahan, Chicago; vice maater, T. F. Roberts, Newark; pait master, W. F. Milliken, Indiana polis; secretary, William Dodge, Cin cinnati; chaplain, D. L. Dubant, Ilin ton, W. Va.; outor guard , Charles Paul, liluefield, W. Va.; conductor, N. G. Uoa::, Columbus; warden, B. 0. Chalk, Covington, Ky. ^ l)i: LD MK A Hit IVES. The New SpanUh MiuUtar Snyi tho Cnban ? * Ilrbellion Inn Small Matter. New York, April 24.?The Spanish I steamer Panama, arrived at Quaran tine at 8:30 to-night after a rapid | though unovontful run of three days and fifteen hours from Havana. Among the passengers on board ii M. j Dupny do I.ome, the Spanish minister | to Washington. Tho minister, when seen this even ing, eaid: ?The excitement caused by the trou ble in Cuba is dying out. I am confi dent that they will soon bo settled. Cap tain General Martinez do Campos will arrive in Havana in a fow weoks aftor his return from tho affected districts j whero ho is visiting to suppress any | disordors that may arise. Tho alleged j insurrection is confined chiefly to no groes, tho whites not taking any activo I part. I am positive, having a know- : lod.ro of hi9 capabilities, that the cap tain goneral will bo prompt and oner golic. Ilo ha9 a perfect knowledge of . Cuban atlairs, making hiinthe best man I for tiio situation." A GOOD In the (ionlil Field?Co miserable Oil Ex. j cltemoiiL atSteubenvllle. Htecbksvillk, 0., April 24.?Much | oil excitement provails hero. McCom noil well No. 2, in tho Gould's field, was , ehot and in 24 hours produced 132 bar rols. It ii now claimed that this fiold will bo a good ono. Thoro are now twonty producer* in tho fiold out in tho western pnrt of tho county. 1 At Lima, Ohio, thoro was no change in tho price of oil aud thoro is more confidence in the beliof that tho prico will romain near to the dollar marie. At Portland, lud.. a monster well has just boon shot eleven miles from thoro on tho White loaso. Tho well apoutod oil, but was a hard ono to shut in. Mitmliiril Oil Company'* Statement. Nknv York, April 24.?Tho annual re port of tlio Standard Oil Company, filed at the county clerk's ofiico to-day, states that tho paid in capital stock of tho company is $7,000,000. its debts do not exceed ?3,000,000, and its assets amount to $10,000,000. Tho roport is signed by tho president and John D. Arch bald, W. 1T. Tilford, A. M. .UcGrogor and Paul Babcock, jr., diroctors. Oil Incitement Oror. Pittsburgh, April 24.?'Tho oil oxcito mont Mooiii4 to havo subsided, at loast for tho prosont. At tho aponing this morning oil was ofrorod at ?2 12 with no trading. At 11 o'clock it had dropped to $2 10. '1 ho Standard pricos for crodit balances remains unchanged at $2 10. The Nicaragua (.'mini Company, New Yoick, April 24.?Tho final roport of tho rocoivor of tho Nicaragua Canal Construction has boon filod in tho United States circuit court to-day and wanapprovod by Judge Lacombo. Tho total lndobtndn??s of tho company amounted to $574,050, with interest, making tho total $025,202. Tho company pays 40,02-100 conts on the dollar and turiiH over $254,020 to tho organization committee. Ohio (JonI Operator* lo Meet. Columbus, Ohio, April 24.?A moot ing of tho Ohio oporatoro has boon callod horo May 1. A joint conforoiico with the miners of the stato will bo held May 2. It is iinderHtood the operator< will ronow Lhoir proposition to tho miner* to sell coal ut cost if tho minors will make tho mining rate low oinfligh to enable Ohio to control tho lake coal trade. MORE MYSTERY By No Montis Cnrtnln tlmt Durrnut la Gnllty, CHIEF OF POLICE DISAPPOINTED ! At t lie Outcome of tlin Hearing no I'nr In tlio Man IVrtiiclnco Murder Cases. ' Durrnut (Cither a CouKummatn Ac tor or a Moat Cruelly Wronged Man. Tlio Kvldrnco o( Dr. filbiintt, tlio I*astor of tho Church lit Wlilulitliol Awful Tragedies Occurrntl ?Aii Alameda Policeman'*Toiliinony. SanIFuancisco, April 24.?It may l>o that tho Kmanuol Baptist clutacli mur i dor?tho killing of Miss lllauch La inont, on April 3, and of Miss Marian Williams, on April 12?may co down as unsolved mysiorios in tho criminal an* uali of San Francisco. Tho polico, it is true, have gatherod much cvidouco, all circumitantial, but tlio wltnonea (or tho ilato, undor tho Uro of cross-ox am in a lion, havo not hold so firmly to thoir statements?they wavered in tho mttlor of identification when pinned down. Tho roiult of tho locond day's prelim inary examination led Chief of Polico Cromloy to remark that it was rather disappointing and not what ho had rea son to anticipate. Certaiu it is that Durant, tho medical student, accused of tho murder of Mar ian Williams, has not yet lost his assur ance or norvo. His deiuoanor is ao pe culiar, so enigmatical, that tho conclu sion la forced upon tho obsorvor that he iseithor a most consummate master or a most cruelly wronged man. It is staled that he is anxious to make his defouso in the polico court, rolying up on tho weakness of the case against him so far and hia allonod ability to prove an alibi, but bla lawyers are too cautious to permit him to havo hia way. Tho polico havo abandoned thoir search for additional ovldenco nnd aay they bavo tho net .woven good and strong around Durant. Of courso tho public, or at least a larse portion of it, is skeptical. At least tho polico still have some twenty-fivo witnesses, and porhapa more wvidonco of which tho peoplo have not been apprised. It ia possible tho polico may bo right and will aucceod* in preaonting tlio caso strong enough to hold tho prisoner for trial. Durrant pasaod a quiet nicht and when he entered Judge Conlon's court room this morning ho appeared re freshed and at self-composed as cvor. lie convened with hia attorneys earn estly. Dr. Gibson testified that ho had seen Dorrant Good Friday night at the Christian Endeavor meeting nt Dr. Vogel's homo, lie thought Durrant came to the meeting about 0:30 o'clock after the conclusion of the .business meeting. Durrant remained until tlio Barty broke up. Witness had soen ?arrant alono in tho library of the church on March 17. Witnoss was at tno church on tho morning that the bodv of Mis Williams was found. He heard a noiso in the church, but did not investigate it. He saw Miss Williams for tho last timo to his cortaiu knowl ougo March 2 in tho Sunday school room, when she told him she was going away and bado him good-bye. A new witno!9, Donnia Welch, an Alameda policeman, aaid he saw Dur ant aud Miss Williams together in Ala meda on several occasions, about two weeks prior to tho discovery of tho i young lady's body in tho ohurch. Additional licht has boon thrown on the murder of Marian Williams. Searchers havo foundblood-ftains in tho church, showing that tho murdoror had made hia way in tho dark from tho li brary ciosot, whore lay tho mutilated body, to tlio wash room back of tho pulpit, in tho roar ond of tho church. The prints of bloody fingers wero seen at intervals. Tho e'xtont of tho blood stains in tho wash room go to show that tho murderor had no light while wash ing his hands, for a judicious porson, as his actions provo him to bo, would not spatter ao much blood around if ho could havo soon what lie was doing. And it ia ovldont that if ho had had a light ho would not havo left tho bloody otaina on tho basin. This tonda to prove that the murdoror was familiar with overy part of tho church. Durant ia making stronuous eflorts to provo an alibi in tho Lainont caao by attempting to provo that on the day Miss Lainont disappeared ho was not her escort from school at 3:30 o'clock in tho afternoon. Throo yomise ladies havo identified Durant as tho young man thoy saw on a car with Miss Lamor.t at that hour. Ho will call on his coIIcl'O classmate) to provo that ho wa<* at a lecture at that hour. It in said that Durant'a noto book contains no notes of tho leoturo and that ho obtninod in formation as to tho subject inatior of the lecturo from anothor student. This mattor ia a question of importanco to Durant and he bases hia hopes on tho memory of hia fellow students. Durant waa marked present ut this lecturo, but it had boon a habit of students to an awor present for each other, and tho roll call does not count. A aouaational statoinont this morn ing of Mrs. K. Young. a tranco medium, who says that sovcral days ago alio wont into a tranco aud, according to her story, plainlv saw Ournnt in the act of killing bis holploss victims, lie was undressed at tlio time, alio says, ami after stranding Miss Lainont carriod hor bodv to tho bolfrv. Mrs. Younc says alio bolioves that if tho polico will Boarch tho partition on tho wost aide of tlin church, thov will find tho shoos worn by Durant on tho nlclit that ho la supposod to havo murdorod Miss Williams. Slio claims that after dross ing himself Durant droppod ono of his shoos in a pool of blood, and that to avoid doioctiou he hid both of thorn in tho partition. It is not probable that tho polico will pay any attcution to tho tranco medium's dreaiu. A DICSPICIt ATK nour llnlwneti a HlmrifT'* find n Nunihnr of Itniiglin In MUaniirl. Wkst Pi,aims, Mo., April 24.?In a fight Inst night at Mountain Viow, a smalltown in tho northoast part of tlio county, hotiroon deputy Slier ill Sim mons and posse and J. K. Williams aud a number of followers, Jamas Shoppnrd, ono of tlio lattor, was instantly killod. Simmons was wounded in tho laco and Mult Smith waa allot in u number of placet. Aii unknown woman was shot lu Ilia nbdotnnii nnd probably fatally wounded. Williams, for whom tlio doputy nliorifl lind a warrant, was shot in tho oUouldor, hutoicapod. Williams whi indicted by tlio proaout grand jury (or lolliug liquor unlawfully. A SUMMATION AI* CA812. Two Voting Glrla Lurnil From Horn* llf l)*lrotl ve??An Irate Mother. Br. Louts, Ma, April 21.?A aonsation was cauRod to-day wlion Mrs. Goorgo Laird, of ludianapollt, at tho point of a rovolvor, chaaod Josoph I* Fondrick, who saya ho la a Philadolphia dotoctivo, into tho hands of a policeman, who took the twoaud tho wotnau'ndaughtor,Miai | Delia Maud lagriir, to tho Four courta, whero tlio details of a doublo clopouiont I I woro rovoalod. Tho young lady told J hor atory m followa: t , . "I aui ntnotoon aud my alitor Graco Mario lagrig ia lifteon. Wo could not ngroo with our atop-fathor, Goorgo Laird, and wo wantod to got away. About (our weeks ago wo mot two gon tloinon at tho Donniaon hotel in In- i I dianapolia. Ono of thorn ii Mr. Fond- | rick. Mothor Bent ui to Maininouth Milla to relatives laat weok, but tlio son-1 tloinon wirod m monoy from St. Louis, I and wo changed cara ul Peoria for St. Louis. # . I "Wo arrived horn Friday ovemng, and I the gontiomou ipot us at tho Union malion aud took ui to tho Pluntora hotel, whore wo have boon stopping ainco. 1 liavo no ptoaont intontion of marrying Fendrick, and just wanted to havo a good tirao." Sho anid tho namo of the man who waa with hor aiator was Lawrence Dinklo apicl, alias Larry Raymond, a detective, working for Foudrick'a agency in Phila delphia. The cirl's mother poraiated in saving that thoy woro bor niocos, that her namo wan Mrs. Anna Rico and hor I iiorne wai at Lebanon, Ind. Sho after wards admitted hor namo wan Laird, and that tho girls woro hor daughters, but maintained that LoDanon was hor home. Lator this afternoon tho police located tho othor eloping couplo at 60S Beau I inont street and took tbom to tho four courta. BKNTKNCKD Fall LIFK. A Girl Who Confcftnetl to .Murder in Order to Free Uer Mother. Dns Moines, Iowa, April 24.?Cora Smith waa sentenced to life imprison ment to-day aa as a result of hor con feauion thnt aho poisoned her fatbor. Michael Smith. She iaintod. Her motnor, Betsey Smith, waa some timo I ago convicted o( tho crime and ia sorv I inz the aamo nontonco. Cora Smith ia a cyprian. Ilor avowed motive in confessing was to freo tho mother, who, according to Cora, ia not rightfully imprisoned. UK DOESN'T WANT IT. Tho CftoHillan l'remler Oppoanit to An | nrxntlon to Till? Country. Ottawa, Ost., April 24.?Regarding a motion which waa passed by the Now I York stato legislature at Albany to day, favoring tho political union of tho United Statoa and Canada, Premier Bowellasaid this afternoon: "Every Canadian knows that thoro is uo annexation sentiment in thia country becauso we bolievo wo aro bottor off than Ameri cans. Wo liavo parsed through tho financial crisis better than they have. Wo have more reliable banking svatom than thoy havo. Wo have no negro probloms and wo havo no anar chists nor bomb-throwers. Wo havo a resyonsiblo government. Tim Grocer*' Convention. Jse'.v York, April 24?Tho aocond national convention of rotail crocors was held this evoning in tho Grand Central Place, where tho national food exposition i9 now taking placo, ami was largely attonded by dolegatoa from all tho leading citioa of tho country. Tho oponing aesston was of a puroly for mal charactor, aud littlo wai dono othor than iho appointment of committoos on credentials and resolutions. Woolen MM* Will ltenumo. Tuenton, N. J., April 24.?Samuol IC. Wilaon, tho millionairo woolen manu facturer, whose employes havo boon on a strike tor tho past Hovon weoks for tho restoration of tho second ten per cont reduction mailo in their waees last full, met a delegation of tho striking woavers to-day and consented to their demands.. Tlio mills will remmo operations noxt Monday. About 700 operatives work for Mr. \Vilson. Cnrpet Work* Clo<??n1. Philadelphia, Pa., April 24.?Tho carpotand plush inilla of Jamos Dob son, at Falls of Schuylkill, were closed indefinitely to-day, throwing 2,003 ora ployos out of work. In cousoquenco of a sorim of strikos, tho mills bocatno bo crippled that it wns decidod to shut down. A committeo of tho omployes will soek a conferenco with Mr. Dobson to-morrow. Slnul Work* to Start Up. Philadelphia, Pa., April 21.?Tho Xorth Branch Stool Comonny, whoso works aro at Danvillo, Montour,county, will soon start up tlioir liosiomor stool plant, which ha? boonhllo sinco its con striictlou in 1HS3. Tho stnrtitiK "l tho plant will roquiru 5(X) additional hand*. F.vletinc Tominnt* nr. rntlinnn. Ciiigaqo, April 21.?Writs of oviction woro (lying thick and fast upon tho poo plo of Pullman to-day, about 200 notices boing aervod. All of thoso sorvod with writs aro many niontliH in arrears for rout. No actual ovictions will bo made boforo May 4. lln* Not Stinpouilcd. Nkw Haven, Conn., April 24.?Tho Diino Savings Bank of Willlainantlc has not formally cloaod aa reported yoater day, but hai suspomled pa/monts under tho ninety-days' notice to depositors ai nllowoil umlor tho statu law. It has a consiitorablo amount of inouoy tied up in the National Bank. Itvmlini; Di'iiiuml* lti?fuae?l. Nkw Yoiik, April 24.?Llioro waa au othor mooting of tho coal railroad presi dents tonlay at which it was doclded to rofuso tho demands of tho Roadlng Rail road Company, and negotiations aro tliorcforo uuepoudod. ItlwPUHMGAN liCAOUll Tim National Convention Will lie the (irenteat In Hit lllatnrj-. ClkvfIiANd, Ohio, April 24.?Secro tary llumphray.ol tho National Lnaguo of Kopublican Clubs, in in the cily in conferouco with the comi rait too iu charge of arrangements for tlio coining convontlon of tho league in Clovoland in Juno. Ho says ho id assured that it I will bo tho groatost and most important convention of tho league yot hold, for present indications point to a largo at tendance of dologatui and visitors. It has boon docidcd to iutroduco an innovation at thin couvnutlon in tho Nlmpo ot ono opon soauon, at which froo discussion on all political questions will bo pormittod. This, It it bolievod, will furnish an opportu nity for a livoly tight ovilr tho ailvor question. Tho invitation! to address thu convontion havo nlroady boon accoptod by ox-Sonator Warner Millor, of Now York; lion. J. S. Clarkson, of lown; Mm. J. Ellon Foster, of Washington; Governor McKinloy; Hon. John M. Thurston, of Nebraska; ox-Governor Forakor, of Ohio; Senator J. C. Burrows, of Michigan. It in alio oxpoctod thatSonators Alli son. Wolcott nnd Teller and Chauncey M. Dopow will accopt the invitntious which havo boon oxtondcd to thorn. Tho committoo to-day decidod that ; Congressman Boutello, of Maino,should prosido at tho banquet to bo given tho , visitors. 31 IIS, IMItMSLL DYING. The Aged Mo'.lter of the Great Irlah Len<l* rr Cniinot Survive the Effect* uf tho llrutnl Aaaault nn Iler. Bohdentown, N. J., April 24.?It now j Rooms but a question of a fow hours I until Mrs. Delia Stewart Parnoll passes away. Sinco eho was attacked by the tirat convulsion yesterday sho has grown rapidly worao and ia growing weaker overy minute. Dr. Shipps, tho attending physician, gave up all hopo of saving tho ngod woman 8 life this morning, and as she was too weak to undergo an operation all that could bo dono was to wait for tho fast approaching end. Dr. Shippa believed if his papont was strong enough to stand an operation that tho | clot of blood at the base of tho brain, | which, in his opinion won tho causo of tho convulsions, could bo successfully | removed, and while it might not result j in her ultimnto recovery, life would bo ( prolonged for somo time. AN ELUVATOIl FALLS, SerlouMr InjarlneFour Workmen?Names jff the Victim*. Cleveland, April 24.?An elevator in a now building being constructed on Huron street fell three atories, a dis tanco of sixty feot, to-day. Four work men were on tho car, and all wero more or los3 injured, as follows: Alexauder Dombroski, back and hip crashed. Charlos L. Hubbard, log broken and back badly injured. Fred Bandy, ankle broken and in ternal injuries. Albort Lawranco, anklo sprained. The olovator had just been put in and started. The safety devices failed to work. A Conductor Injured. Spcelal nirpalch to the. IntrUigairtr. Sistersvillk, W. Va., April 24.?This afternoon Conductor Cook, of tho Ohio Rivor local train, was seriously injured at this^ placo. Tho train was boing "poled," whon tho polo broko and struck Cook in tho faco, laying tlio right sido open. He was takon to his homo ia Parkorsburg. A Cnnae for Inquiry. London, April 23.?A dispatch to the Daily Nows from Constantinople aayi that Hon. W. A. Terrell, tho American minister, is inquiring into tho caso of a man named Weber, bearing an Ainorican passport, who was arrostod on suspicion at the railway works near Koniuch at tho end of March. Wober was compelled to walk to Brouso, whoro ho died from ex haustion and from tho otfccts of tho rough treatment. 1'nrU Oiunlbu* Strike. Paris, April 24.?William Proust and Delville, presidont and secretary, ro spoctively, of tho syndicato chanibors and loadorsof tho omnibus striko, woro arrostod to-night. After their arrost tlio council of tho syndicate chamber hold a meeting to considor tho situation. Tho council advised tho strikers to Yo main calm, but to listen to no over tures looking to conciliation until Proust and Delvillo shall bo liborated. The Famine In .Munchurn. London, Aoril 24.?A dispatch to tho 'limes from Che foo, which will bo pub lished to-morrow, savs that tho fainino in southern Mnnchurn is due to tho bad harvests of tho past yoar, to tho occupation of that territory by tho armies uf China aud Japan, tlio stop page of transportation by land nnd water and the total paralysis of trado at Now Chang, tho principal port of Munchura. Wnut* America Iu It. London, April 24.?Sir Henry Ha worth, M. P., a well known authority on oastoru affairs, ha* written a lotter to the Times urging Groat Britain to take counsel with America to lormulato a common policy ii? tlio Chinese sons. Groat Britain aud America, ho says, hnvo no political rivalries thorn and thuirco-oporation mav rinon into results that would be henolicini to both iu other difficulties elsewhere. MiiiIJmI.ii Kxpetled Front Wamnur. London, April 25.?A dispatch to tho Chroniclo from Vienna says that the Kusnian government has expollod Mine. Modjeska, tlio well known ac tress from Warsaw, owing to a violout spooch she made against Russia at Chi c.i go. Tho . spooch was delivorod to the World's Congress of roprosontntivo wo mon. I* Jlnue.i l)entl? Havana, April 21.?Captain Gonoral Marline/, Do Campos in displaying ex traordinary activity in visiting differ ent pluooH on the inland. Two insur gents who have surrendered conlirin tho reports of the death of Joio Macoo, tlio robol loader. THE LUST SESSION Of tlio Epworth Loasuo Stato Con vention at Purlcoraburtf TO PROFIIflBLE HHP PLEflSfltlT To All Concornod?Instructive and tiiitortalnluj; Papors Head?A Ito*. olutlon That Preachera Aro Too Ac tlvo and Lajrmon Not Active ISnough In tlio Work ol (lio Loasuo?Ollluora Hlnctml lor the Knsuing Year?Tlxo . hcHdlnn CIoncn With a Jlanqnet and a Lecturo?lltinlneas of tho Mooting. Special Dlfpatch to the TntrUlgenccr. Paiikkubhuho, W. Va., April 24.?Tho oxorclsoi of tho stato convontlon ot tho Epworth Loague to-day woro Tory inter esting and instructive. At 6 o'clock this morning an impreeaivo aunriao prayer mooting was hold, conducted by Rev. C. II. Lakin, of Huntington. Tho nttondanco wai largo. At 0 o'clock do votiouai oxorctHon woro hold, and at 0:15 the following committees woro ap pointed: On constitution?D. L. Aah, of Mor gantown; C. B. Grosham, of Charles ton, nnd N. 15. Roberta, of Wheeling. On nominations?L. \V. Roberts, R. B. Ward, William Andoraon, S. Eli Jonos, B. L. Mercer, Dell Upton, D. 8. Hammond and A. B. ltohrbaugh. On credentials?C. E. Babb, S. J. Col ton, D. E. W. King. 8. J. Miller, D. 8. Guthrie, John Duuhill, J. A. Sigafooae. On reaolutiona?Dr. A. Cameron, J. D. Boring, Mattio Bowdon, J. A.Stealer, Ruby Hayslip, J. S. Meyers, D. W. Ruble and Mrs. A. B. Topp. An ablo paper on "Tho Literary Meet ing," written by T. A. Thayer, of Oak land, Md., was road by Socretary Arbuthnot. "The Department of Entortainmont" hnd been assigned to Dr. Bickiey, of Whooling, but he wai not proaent, and tho subject was discussed generally by a nutnbor of delogates. Jamoa A. bigafooso, of Moundmlle, road an oxcellent paper on "Best Re sults of Correspondence and Finance." Rev.Dr. Bolond, of the >L E. church South, and Rov. L. E. Peters, of the Baptist church, woro introduced to the convention, and a recess was taken un til 1:30 p. in. At tho afternoon session tho baiinosa of tho convention was tramacted. Tho various committees roported. Tho com mittee on roaolutions declared that tho preachers were taking too active part and the laymen too little. Tho com mittee on credentials roported tho preienco of 103 delegates. Numerous others are here who aro not delegate!. The following officors for tho ensuing yoar wero elected: Pfesieent, A. Mooro; first vice presi dent, H. C. McWhorter; second vice president, T. P. Jacobs; Bocretary, S. K. Arbuthnot; treasurer, Mrs. 0 aroline Elder; board of control, Charles Bonnet, David Dick, B. L. Mercor, F. N. Lynch, T. A. Thyer, W. S. Speece, Llovd F riond. A good paper. "A laymansf Views of tho Epworth League," by II. C. Mc Whortor, of Charleston, was read by a lady delegate from that citv. Rev. L. W. Roborti, of Wheeling, followed with an excellent paper on "District Organi zation, Utility and Methods." "The League and the Conference Seminary," was interestingly discussed by Presi dent B. W. Hutchinson, of tho Semi nary. At 6 o'clock ovor two hundred puesti sat down to a bountiful luncheon served by the ladies of Parkersburg M. E. church, and spread in the lecture room of tho church. It was a most enjoyable adair. At 7 o'clock Rov. X. W. Roberta, of Wheoling, conducted a praver and experienco service, and at 8 o'clock tho Rov. Dr. Frank M. Bristol, of Evanaton, doliverod a mastorly and oloqnont lec ture. This closed tho first annual state convention of Epworth League. It was in ovory rospoct an unqualified success. TRAIN "WltKCKERS. Two Attempts to DttcU the Bljf Four Flyer. Niles, Micil, April 24.?Two attempts woro mado last night to wreck tho Big Four train, known as tho "Court Houso Flyor," near Bonton Harbor. Tho fiirst attempt wa? mado five mifta south of Benton Harbor, whore tho train struck a dummy car, which had boon olaced on tho track. Tho car was demolished nnd the front end of the en gino damaged. Two milos further, whilo moving at a slow rato, tho train struck a piloof ties and was dolayed two hours. This last accident occurred at what ia known as the Sodus curve, the moat dangorous part of tho road, and had tho train been running at its regu lar apeod a fearful accidont would have boon tho rosult, with possibly a great loss of life. Thero is no cluo to tho per petrators. He DHcovitmI MrKlnley. Sprinofield, Mo., April 24.?Thomai C. Busby, a pionoer residing noar hero, diod to-day, aged eighty voara. Mr, Busby has tho honor of introducing Governor McKinloy to tho first politi cal mooting ho over addressed outsido of his own district. Tho speech, an ox porimentnl one, proved a stopping stone to succosh. llis fivo surviving sons aro all prominent newspaper men. l'lilIrul fIphln Muy 11 p? Lnjflwoil. llAimisnuitG, Pa., April 24.?Sonator Ponroso this afternoon ofiorod in tho acnato his long expuctod resolution call ing for an investigation oi Philadelphia municipal aflairs similar to that con ducted by the Lexow committooin Kow York. KumI.-x Olijoot*. St. PRTcnsnuaa, April 24.?The gov ornmcnt ha9 sont a note to Japan Inti mating that tiioto are various conditions to tho troaty of poaco botwoon Japan nnd China that RuHsia cannot allow to bo put into execution. Stunmililp Arrivals. Soutlinmpton?1'urls. front Now York; Saalo, (row Now York. Weuthnr fr'oreeuitl for Tiwlny. For Wo*t Virjjlnln, partly cloudy; coolor In western nortlon; southerly winds. For WcMorn IYiiti>ylvaiil;i. partly cloudy; coolor In nortlioru portion: variable wind*. For Ohio. ltioroakinK cloudlnos*; eooior; varl ablo wlnoK. Tltr.TKMl'lIIUTUItK YK3TKItn.1V, in fnrnl*lto>l by C. S mshit. Urujjjjht, caraor Markotand Fourteenth strooU 7 ii. m if.i 3 p. m 73 y a. in .V> 7 i> m 74 12 ii. iu - .. 77| Weather?Fair.