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"ESTABLISHED AUGUST24,1852. WHEELING, WEST VA., SATURDAY MORNING, JANUARY 21,.1888. VOLUME XXXVI.?NUMBER 131.
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gfe MAliftxa:
?? ?'1 S' Ko-rt? ihHO-?l.
o! trade does not show
etconnging eUte ot thing, in th
m ,?a wn?l markets.
It is seldom that Wheeling honors th
m.icory ol a man M ?he did that of th
M OiBo? Glenn ynterdajr; and it la etl
m,r? seldom* moro'a the pity, that a ma
jiervea em:h honora.
... tl. D?..U<
i)K NoKVIN ijbkkn ireaio m.iunuu
jy'acaamc'.ton with the agitation of th
liofernictfnt te\?raph question in a mat
ner that will not ba endorsed by tboa
rfho hive confidence in Mr. Powderly'
honeat intmtione. No one wfco know
him will believe for a moment that he I
not sincere in the whole matter, howeve
tbey ??y ditto with him as to the coi
rectoees of Ms position.
Ajr interesting feature in connectloi
with Mrs. fetter's performance in th<
Euttm citi-f, is tl:at man7 of the ladie
attend them wear neither hats no
bono&ts while in the theatro. This is i
step toward a roform that the thoatre
join* public have clamored for eve;
since the present style of head*gear cahit
in /i?liion. It is needless to say that thi
wowdjj who hare inaugurated the move
-nnnnlar.
aent ??'*- ^ r~,
Now, let the people of Wheeling erect (
ajonomt-nt to the memory of the martyrec
policeman. A friend, who is not a real
dent of this city, proposes in an other col
nmn a plan for carrying oat the Intkli
oixcik's Bognestion, made a day or twc
*incc, Kxpreasions from all who feel ax
interest iu the matter are invited. The
csose, wo take it, will appeal strongly tc
the heart of every good citiz9n of Wheel1
tag.
Thk Parkersburg State Journal is informed
that in its remarks about the failere
to exocuto the admirable State liquoi
law, the IntKLLUiKNCKii did not sagges!
that Republicans should bolt any nonii
nee of the party. It did mnan to convej
the impression that a man whoprofessei
to desire the best possible state of afiain
in reference to the liqaor business, anc
yet connives, directly or indirectly, at the
violation of the existing liqaor law, is nol
an honeci man nor a good citizen.
The Republicans of New Martinsville
hare been called to moot this evening foi
tho parpoea of forming a Republicar
club. The lows continues to come in ol
the formation of l^publican clubs froa
all over the State, and the prospects art
mm l[10 fUHYUUHUU HI UO Uoiu uoio UBAI
month for the purpose of forming a StaU
Leagua wilUbe like the National Oonven
tioa held in Now York?larger than anyone
anticipates. A moat gratifying featurf
about the formation of these clnba ia thai
the Republicans living in strong Demo
cratic strongholds are moving fearlessly
in the matter of organ-'zition.
Since, by the overthrow of Mr. Randall,
the Democratic Committee of Pennsylvanii
Las committed itself to a eupport ol
freetrade they aro now pnzzling their braini
to formulate a plan for harmonizing thf
large protection element of the party. In
tiit) meantime, it is announced that Mr.
Kindall haa formod an alliance with Gov
Hill, of New York, and the chances (01
President Cleveland in both States arc
Wowing beautifully less. Mr. Cleveland
will again have occasion to pray for do
liveranco from his friends. Discreet management
of the Pennsylvania affair wonlc
have rendered this very formidable combines
unlikely. Kindall is not a vindicative
man; neither is he a man to stand
tlie rubbing-in process.
Tllll President does not seem to perceitH
the r[f(ct of his own arguments, or even th<
meaning of hi* own word*. 1H* statement
that the question of free trade is irrelevant ti
amoun ting and preposterous, Protection, al
brit indefensible, is the height of wisdom com
pared with proposals which 'combinc all tht
eriU of interference with all the risks of lib
erty.?Imdon Dailg News.
ANKWsl'Al'Klt'S VIEWS.
Xh? I'eur.njlvftnlu Democrncy Committee
to Tariff Ueduotlon.
Nkw York, Jan. 20.?The World to
diy eaya: "Tho personal aspects of th<
itrujgle for the Democratic State Commit
tee of Ponubylvcnin are of less public ira
partacc3 than is the action of the8tat<
Committee in equarely accepting the iseai
ofa'Uovieion and reduction of the wa
tarifl.'
"Heretofore the Damocrats of Pennsyl
auia have eoemcd to try to sain head
way liy being n iitt!6 Irsa Repnblicai
than the Republicans on the great qnea
tion befcro tho country. If the perpetu
ation of the war tariff be desirable, whn
ia rnoro natural than that the voter
shoald intrust itn caro to the party that i
respuuilble lor and committed to it? No^
that the ifeuo forced upon the country b;
tho enrplus and forced on Congress by th
Preeidf ii'.'jj insane io accepted by th
Deuncrcts of 1'eunnylvania, the cente
and bironKhold of the mi6callod 'protec
tioa' embodied in a 47 per cent tarifi
them li loss doubt that the party every
wher^ will oolidify upon it."
Gov. 11111** Prleoila Mucking Randall.
Net York, Jan. 20?Tho Times to-da
b*js that Gov. iiill and his friends liav
joined forces with liandall, not because c
any real community of conviction on th
An(n>^? Uonnn.n Itin
I ?'" jaw U? luu WO* iU) UUI uc??w? ?"V
| recojinizjil a common foe, whose ovei
throw w in nccflaaary to the euccets c
I either loader. Thoy do not care much io
protection ns a policy, and know very lit
tie about it oo on economic theory. ]
Mr. Cleveland were n protectionist and i
"tron$ nit'u his party aa he in now, Mi
Hill would be a free-trader.
Ant I. Polygamy 11111 tlejoctail.
Salt Lake City, Jan. 20.?In the Leji
Wativc Council yeelerday, Wooley, (Moi
woo), on buhalf of the Judiciary Con
witteo. reported advoraely on John A
i (man's bill in relation to divorce and ft
we luppreosion of polysemy in Utal
fho report of the committee was adopte
tttl th? bill wae rejected.
An Kattre Family Cremated,
Lima, 0., Jan. 20.?'The residence t
Frank timUh wra burned yesterday znon
iop, and before the inmfttee, who wei
sleeping, could be awakened, the entii
etructuro was onveloped in flames. M
uul Mro. S;aith and their five childre
were burned to death before assistant
Could retch them?
THE IRON SITUATION. 1
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= CAHNKGIE'S VIEWS ON THE HCAItE.
= Tba Humors of (Joduielllog Ridiculed by
0 Him?He li Willing to Arbitrate the
0 o ueatlon of Wage*- A Suspicious Man.
CommeuU of the Eastern Press.
" NxwYobk, Jan.*20.~Andrew Carnegie,
II In tn Interview published here to-day,
speaks freely about the depreAlon in the
iron market. Thin depression, which bu
existed since the beginning of the year,
> bu given rise to fears among a number of
e large manufacturers that a long continui
aaca oi present conditions may lead to
e disastrous results, while many of the peou
p!e interested have expressed a belief that
s any great depression of the market is
s almost cortain to paralyze the iron iodus1
try, at least temporarily.
pioi lab least serious ui me existing J
conditions is the uncertainty In regard to e
the settlement of tho wage question in '
t)ie largo furnaoes and mills. It having J
been atated that the present depression in t
the iron market was dae partially to the
fact that the great firm of Uarnegie Bros. 0
hie been bearing the market and under- i;
selling every one, a representative of the (]
Tim'* called on Andrew Uarnegie last t
evening for the pnrpoee of obtaining his ,,
statement in regard to the situation. b
Mr. Oarnegie acknowledged that there ti
was a great depression in the market at ?
the present time, and prices might go still b
lower. As to underselling the msrket, be
said that if any of bis partners in Pitts- tl
bnrgh were selling any of the products of g
their mills and furnaces for less than he e
coald get for them, he would feel alarmed a
for their sanity. The total productof their 0
furnaces, he said, was 50,000 tons of pig Bj
iron per month. Of this amount they d
were using 20,000 tons in their works for a
the manufacture of iron In miscellaneous o
shapes other than steel rails. The rail c
mill has been shut down because there 0
was no demand for rails at this season, r
Any surplus of pig iron made at the fur- ,
nacaa was being sold at the best price ob- n
talnable. t
TUB WAdS QUESTION. C
The market price for pig iron, he said, ^
had not fallen more than the quotations g
for stselrails; in fact, tho reduction in n
price was proportionately equal as regard- ?
ed both products. It was a legitimate de- b
cline of value uuder the economic law of w
supply and demand. As the price of a
these products has fallen off about 20 per C
i cent, Mr. Oarnegie said the manufacturers ' <
thought it was only fair to ask the men to a:
1 submit to a 20 per cent reduction in wages, 1)
t depending upon & future advance in mar- h
trAfc nrfpffn tnr A nrrmniHnnatfl ndvHnpR In li
wages; bat the manufacture had asked 1>
i the men to submit to only a 10 per cent ?,
, reduction. II this was not satisfactory to a:
1 the employes, Mr. Carnegie said hia firm ti
' would not only be willing, bat would be c<
! anxious to submit the matter to arbitrai
tion. He did not think that there would
be any labor troubles or etiikea in tho iron \
industries, unless the men refuse this
: offer, and said he would personally be
i very sorry for the men if they should be
. so ill advised as to reject the proposed re- "
duction and attempt to coerce the man I* I
fac'-urers into paying more money for b
> their labor than the condition of the mar- .
. ket warranted.
The Tima adds: "When it is consid- G
ered that Mr. Carnegie's firm produces ti
one-eighth of all the pig iron and steel si
rails manufactured in this country, and tl
that they employ 10,000 rneii, it may be n
, understood that the gravity of the situa- b
tion cannot well be exaggerated. The u
. proposal referred to has been submitted tl
1 to the men in Mr. Carnegie's euioloy, B
and they have signified their unwilling- fi
neea to accept it, but hare not indicated ti
their course should the redaction be en- a
forced." a
A susriciocs MA.Nl'FACTUBKB.
Another gentleman, prominently connected
with a company which purchases .
large amounts of pig iron, was willing to '
talk about the state of the market, bat f
waald not consent to the use of his name Junder
any circumstances. He said that .
i while there were some natural causes for !
the presont state of tho trade, he was con- .
' vinced that the conditions were not euch "
as to justify the heavy decline in prices. 1
[ It might be claimed, he said, that there a
was no demand for steel rails and that 6
prices fell accordingly. Under such lack "
of domBnd there would also natnrally bo *
' a falling off in the demand for pig iron,
s Under these circumstances he could fi
1 hardly understand why the steel , maun- "
facturers closed down their mills and kept J
their blast furnaces going. Hie company,
' he said, could not make and sell pig Iron
at a oro&t for the fiauro now uuoted by
t the Oarnogioo. Last year all the furnace's
and mille were kefct going constantly, aud tl
then could scarcely meet the demand, i
Both Bessemer ore and pig iron were im* ,
ported extensively from Europe to make v
up the deficiency in the domestic pig iron D
l market. There wonld be the same de* P
mand this year, if it were not for political B
. reasons. He was convinced that the large '
manufacturer were purposely glutting J
the market with pig iron to cauee a roduc- 11
' tion. If this were not bo, he coald not .
* realize why they should close their mills, J
3 which consume pig iron, and still keep J
_ their furnaccs going in the manufacture f
of that product. "
r The effect of ouch a depression would
be that the steel men, being all high pro*
' tectionisls, would come together and re*
* solve tnat the depression was caused by a B
1 lack of demand for steel and iron pro* j
* ducts, superinduced by a fear among pur*
" chaet?rs of large bulks that the protective 6
1 tariff might bo reduced or romovcd at the J
8 present session of Congress, thus onabllng (
8 importers to soil foreign steel at a lower J
* price than the domestic product could '
y now be bought for. Ho beiieved that J
6 President Cleveland's message had greatly *
6 alarmed the largo Western manufacturers, c
r and that the present condition of the 1
" market was the result of a coup on their I
'? part to demonstrate to the peoplo that I
" even the fear of a revision of the tariff
would bear down the prices of domestic
products, and consequently cause a reduction
in wages. There was no reason whv, l
y in hia mind, tho domand for steel rails i
o should not be as heavy now as last year. .
If
THE DKATII LIST.
B t
J The Loia of Life iu the Minnesota lillzaard j
' Larger than Iflret Stated. t
'' St. Paul, Jan. 20.?An evening paper i
* figures the loss o( life Is last week's bill- J
[I iirilat 235. Among the now oasei reporta
ed are the following: Miss Little, of Genf>
evil, Dakota, aad Ur. Powell who went to
rescuo her; a farmer named Kiebell, and 1
anothor by the name of Zilke, ten miles i
(. north. Mr. Emraulson, while en-route t
home from Ortonvilie, Minn., has been ]
misting slnoe the storm. It is reported j
' from Vermillion, Dakota, that over thirty ,
I. persona were frozen to death in Lake i
ir county, and that the local authorities are ,
i. suppressing the news. The rnmor lacks
d confirmation. An enknown man was
fouud frcien to death three feet from
John Ward's door near Fold., Minn.
George l)ow, living on a tree claim in No
jf ble county, Minn., went ont with his 1
,. brother-in-law and both were lost. 1
e A Millwright'. 8?d Fat.. J
? Prmnciaii, Pa., Jan. ao.?John Pal?
mar, assistant millwright at Oliver Bros.
,e & Phillips' Tenth street Iron mill, was '
dragged Into the rolls this morning and i
cranhed to death. Palmer waa oiling the
pinion barrings, when hie leet slipped
and before he coald recover himself he
was c?ught In the rolls and drawn through
leet foremost. His body wu horribly
mangled.
NOWLINllANUKD.
rho Terrible Crime Fur Which He Paid
the Death Penalty.
Borrow, Jon. 20,?James E. Nowlin, the
aoy murderer, waa hanged la the Oam-1
bridge jail at 9:23 this morning.
The death sentence was executed by
Sheriff Cashing and hia deputies without
in occurrence to mar the proceedings, and
Kfowlin's death, so far aa his consciousless
waa concerned, was instantaneous,
rhe drop fell at 9:23, and half an hour
ilterward the body was lowered and deivered
to the relatives of the deceased.
The details of the murder for which
rouug* Nowlin waa executed mArk it as
>ne 01 tne moHt norriDie in tne History 01
Sew Enuland crime. Early on the raining
of Wednesday, January G, 1887, >
armer ol Lincoln, who was riding toward
jBxington, saw what looked like a big
raowbail lying two rods beyond tho wall.
>y the roadside. Upon investigating,what
tas his horror to find that the object was
i man's head, completely severed from the
tody, the trank being missing.
Turning away the farmer found, fonr
ir live feet to the right, a bare arm 'lying
n the snow. J neaping into his buggy, he
[rove rapidly to Lexington, where ha noified
the balectmen. A search party was
niokly made up and the trunk of the
>ody was found hiddsn, in a gully beside
he road, nearly a mile from the spot
rhere the head was found. A rubber
lanket lay on some boshes sear by.
The medical examiner took 'eharge of
be body, and the State police at once bean
the search for the murderer. Tbey
oon ascertained that Georgo A. Godman,
Somerville milkman, about thirty years
1 age, and anmarried, bad been missing
ince Tuesday morning, and on Wedneeay
night the victim was fully Identified
s Godman. James Edward Nowlln, a lad
f seventeen years, who was employed by
lodman, upon being questioned by the
fficers, told eo many conflicting stories
egarding Codman's disappearance that tie
ras arrested on sMDlcion of having comaitted
the crime, and upon his statements
wo other young men were also taken into
ostody. . Being
suspicions that the murder had
sen committed in Oodman'e stable, on
argent avenue, 8otnerville, the officers
lade a thorough search ol the premises,
rhlch re'vealed horrible evidence of the
loody crime. The floor was besmeared
rich blood, a bloodstained axe was found
ad traces of blood wore discovered on
todman's milk pan. It wa9 also ascerlined
by the officers, that on Tuesday
fternoon, Nowlin had called at Oodman's
oarding house and upon stating that he
ad been sent by Codmau, obtained the
itter's deek and money. Nowlin was cononted
with the evidonce accumulated
gainst him and the boy began to weaken
nd finally mado a full confession, admitng
that he alone had committed the
rime, and thfit robbery was the motive.
A 1101CKIUL.U FATE.
a Old Man Darourtsdjby Hogs near Weillville,
Olilo.
Wkllsvillk, 0., Jan. 20.?Samnel Irkit,
Q old man who liretl with Ilia son-in-law,
. Brinker,' on a (arm near here, was eaten
y hogs last evening. Abrat dark the
Id man went to tbo barn to see that the
nek wag properly housed. On hia not relrning
Brlnker became alarmed and in[itntetl
a eearch. Lying in a corner of
tie barn yard was the body of tbe old
lan, with tbe llaah torn from hig face and
ody by hogs, which were still preying
pan him. Ho waB bo badly mnltilated
ist recognition was impossible. It is
opposed that Mr. Irkit, who was very
>eble, slipped and fell, and being nnable
i riaa wan film fn m'eppa hv thn anviua
nimala. The victim was eighty years of
ge.
The kUtfalnr Pltubargh Fire.
Pittsbubgii, Jan. 20.?A lire broke oat
i tho large five-story brick building, No.
39 Wood etreot, occapied by A. W. Mclloy
& Co.. wholeaale stationers, shortly
ieforo 7 o'clock this evening, aad in lees
baa aa hoar the building was gutted,
'he fire then sproad to the adjoinig
building, occupied by F. J.
'otten, wholesale hardware dealer,
nd Gregg & Elliott, wholesale shoe dealrs,
bat the tire department soon got the
pper hand and the flames were extinnished
before much more damage had
een done. The buildings were comletely
flooded with wator, however, and
tie stock badly damaged. The total loss
'as $100,000, on which there was about
36,000 insurance.
A Public spirited Prisoner.
New Yobk, Jan. 20.?Daniel Driscoll,
ae condemned murderer, has given out a
itter in which he bitterly attacks Warden
Palsh, of tho Tombs prison, as a man
lorally and mentally unfit to occupy his
osition. He charges the warden with
llnnfrn nnnniul nr nilonAB fn nrianntim
riio fee him, such aa sleeping in the
osnital beds and receiving female visitors
a the privacy of their cells, etc.
Driecoll says ho has seven ballots in
lis body, and that bo is willing that afar
his execution tho doctors may have
is body to trace their coarse in the
iterest of science.
A Sansatlonnl Murder Trial,
Chicago, Jan. 20.?A Springlluld, Mo.,
pociallays: In the Cora Lob trial yesteray,
sevon witnesses were oxamiued, the
videncp being mainly relative to the disovory
of the body of the murdered Sarah
traham in tho well cave ou the farm of
Irs. Mullov. The defendant is indicted
h murder in the first degree on charge of
lding her bigaraona husband, George ?.
'ragatu, for killing bis wife, in tho month
if gtptember, two yearn sgo. A large
mifrber of witnesses have been sab leaaiMt
and the sensational trial will
irobably last two weeks.
The l-'ltltlity Bank Trial*.
Cincinnati, 0., Jan. 2d.-=The Govern*
aunt olosed its case against Ben ?. Hoptins,
of the Fidelity Bank, this afternoon,
Sxport Hayes being the last witness. The
ary was then dismissed to enable them
o visit their homes, with instructions to
oturn on Monday afternoon. Meantime
he defense began an argument on a dennrrer
to the evidence in the items of the
)illof particulars, alleging concerted action
jetweou Harper and Hopkins.
Election ConaplrHtor* Convicted.
Lascastib, Pa., Jin. 20.?The Jury In
he Indiantown election cue returned a
rerdict thla afternoon of itnilty aa to all
he defendants?Isaac KaufTman, ?. T.
?anf>man, Adam S. Frjc. Samuel P.
Henry and 0. E. Tillman. They were inllcted
for a oonepiracr in making a false
etnrn and adding ballots to the poll, and
rero foond guilty on every const.
Infanticide.
Detroit, Mien., Jan. 20.?An Evening
Journal special from Bay City saya: Hatie
Olney, of Vanderbilt, Mich., threw
ler eix-weeks-old Illegitimate child from a
Michigan Central train near Lapeer last
light. ________
It is the slight cold frequently contractid
that finally nnderminoe the system.
Dae Dr. Bnll'eOough byrnp in the beginning
stages, and be cured.
DR. NORM GREEN
OPPOSE8 GOVERNMENT CONTBOl
Of Telegraph Llnei, Before the Senate Com
mlttee? He Says the Weetern Uulon la Not
a Monopoly, and the Director* Own
Leu than Xhree?elghte o f the Stock
Washjnutoh, D. 0; Jan. 20.?The Sen
ate Committee on Poetofflces and Pot
Raads met this morning and listened ti
Sr. Norvin Green, President ol the West
orn Union Telegraph Company, in oppo
altion to the bills lor the establishment o
postal telegraph system by the Govern
ment.
The Doctor began by questioning thi
constitutionality ol the proposed bills
Ho country, he said, was so lavored in it<
telegraph system as this. It was assertei
that the Western Union was a monopoly
It had no exclusive Iranchiaes; the llelc
was open to everybody; It was no more o
a monopoly thany great commercial busl
HUB*
He showed bow the sacceea of the
Western Union had permitted It to redacc
the coat of messages to the peblio f>*om an
average rate* of $1 05 in 1807, to 30$ centc
in 1887. He said that the rates would be
farther reduced the presentyear. Touching
the question of war of rates, he said
that the Baltimore & Ohio began it. That
company, he asserted, had been built to
be sold to the Western Union; this was
expected to be accomplished on the basic
of the damage it could do.
A GREAT RESPONSIBILITY,
Dr. Green said that the hiatory of Government
telegraph service showed tardy
service, bad delivery and "bulled" messages.
Would the Government be responsible
for errors anil delays ? he aaked;
no Government system eyer was. The
Western Union had to pay from one to
two hundred thousand dollars a year for
itB mistakes.
He believed that a deficit of a Government
systom, as suggested in the Oallom
bill, would be from five to ten million dollars
a year. If the Government did run a
telegraph system it must tako existing
lines. No private enterprise could run
against the national treasury, setting out
to do business for nothing. He wished to
say, concerning the Western Union, that
its value aa stated by the press would not
buy the wires at the factory, and the company's
other equipment amounted to three
or four times tne value of the wire. The
property of the Western Union could not
possibly be duplicated to-day for its capitalization.
Thnrft wm n nnntilar belief that the com
pany was owned by one man., The com*
pany's directorate of thirty men, representing
the millionaires of the country,
held less than three-sighths of tho stock.
Its stock was held by 3,000 people throughout
tho country. Over 30,000 people in
all were interested in this property. "I
am told," the Doctor continued, "that a
petition bearing 500,000 signatures is to be
Bent to this committee in iavor of the government
system. They will come by a
command originating from spite against
one mm with whom NIr. Powderly had a
quarrel on another subject, and not one
ont of one hundred of the men who will
sign have ever sent a telegraph mes6ago."
A COM PA BISON.
He showed that the English rate of 12
cents for 12 words, including date, address
and signature, would in a large
number of cases, if applied to messageo
sent in the United States amouxt to more
than the current 25-csnt rate, charged by
his company. The address and signature
in English messages were very much
shorter as a rule. The British system had
21).800 miles of line carrying 173,000 miles
of wire and cable, covering an entire area
in tho United Kingdom of 121,000 sqnare
miles and the most distant offices were
separated from each other by leco than
GOO miles. It had 6,514 public telegraph
offices. The salaries of operators and
other employes averaged about one half
those paid In this conntrv. This system
a. hnnimuM of 50243.830 mfuuiairea n?r
annum. Now, to handle a business
of about 3.000,000 mora messages
in a year, the telegraph lines
In the United States have 176,000 miles
of line, carrying 030,000 miles of wire and
cablea, maintaining 17,000 offices and cov*
wring an area twenty-live times ao great aa
that of the British ay atom. Aa to long
distance rates, there waa no part of the
world in which messages were handled ao
cheaply aa here. It waa inaiated, he said,
that the Weatern Union Telegraph Company
ia a monopoly. What, he naked, ia
a monopoly? The We8tern Union had no
exclusive franchises, or legislative grants.
The elementary patents of the telegraph
had expired, and the field was open to
anybody who might cbooae to enter it.
The Weatern Union waa no more of a
monopoly than any great commercial
bnaineas. It had come to be a maxim in
commerce that the aggregation of capital
in large enterprises, cheapens production,
and therefore tends to
TQK PUBLIC WELFARE.
It was this aggregation which bad enabled
the Weatern Union to reduce its
rates, as he would shov by tables which
he would submit, to leas than one-half
the average cost to tbe company of doing
the business nineteen yeara ago. Tho old
rates looked very absurd at this day, but
if one were to go to Europe and undertake
to send a message across the continent
he would find very much aimilar
rates prevailing thore at this time. In
1807 the coat of handling messages averaged
03 4 cents, and the rate to the public
waa 104 7. Tho public rates had been roduced
until in 1882, the rates to the public
were 38 2 cents, while tho coat to the
company was 35 8, and laat year the rates
to tbe public wnro 30.4 csnts, while the
coat to the company was 23 cents. Now,
it might be aaked, would that rate not he
increaaed during the present year? To
this he anawered unhcaitatingly, no; the
rate would be defutad to the public dur*
ing the present year. A great deal had
been said of increase of rates. The West
ern Union had increased iu rates In onljr
two or three instances. The rate of the
Mutual Union had been Increased, and
the Baltimore & Ohio ratas had baon
abolished when that company was taken
orer.
Tho matter of rates, he maintained, was
of far less consequence to the public than
the question of time. The Baltimore &
Ohio, with ita low rates, had done a huntseas
during lajt year of $1,320,000,
against oyer $15,000,000 done by tbe
Western Union, notwithstanding the
higher rates of the latter, the Baltimore A
Ohio covering nearly all the paying territory
of the country. The history of the
government telegraphs was noted only for
tardy and blundering service, nnd especially
were government systems indifferent
to prompt deliveries. They deliver at
their leisure. The French Commissioner
General of Telegraphs once said to his
(Dr. Green's) predeceeaor: "You mako
one grand mistake; yon links aae telegraph
is mads for aee people. We sinks
see people is made lor 130 telegraph."
Tha Trnata to b? InveatlgaUd*
Wasuisotuh, D. 0., Jan. 20.?Mr.
Mason's bill providing for an investigation
on trusts and combinations was taken
np by Honss Committee on Manufactures
to-day, and after a snort discussion, which
disclosed ths fact tjiat the committee la
unanimous in its support, a favorable report
wai ordered. It is expected that thU
report will be made early next week and
will recommend that the committee be
antboriasd to investigate >11 truita affectins
coal, guitar, mining Indnatriea and
' other kindred subjects.
FUNI UbTTI.K ASSOCIATION At
In fleMlou at WMhlagtoo, D. C.?Protesting 1
Against the Advance In Freights.
Special Dispatch to the Intelligencer.
Washikotom, D, 0., Jan. 20.?The Weeters
Flint Bottle Association met to-day in
* the parlors at Willard's. Mr. Alexander
Hamilton, of Fittabnrgh, is President and ,"
' F. J. Park, ol Wheeling, is Secretary.
The committee appointed at the last meet
ing to formulate a plan for the organiia- ,
I tion of a Flint Glass Beneficial Aaeocia- '"i
tion, made a report which was adopted, tsa
Before Bnfch an association is formed the jer]
imiorsement of tho manufacturer* will be 1
' secured. A committee was appointed to
wait npon the railroad freight agents and
i protest against the advance on ireignt car
I rates which will take eBoct February 1. we(
Among the members present were Albert
' Hamilton, John and K. Wsifhtman and
1 JohnLibby, of Pittabnriih; George Yoet, P?>
[ of Betlaire, Ohio; W. ?. Smith, ol Ht. J
Louis, and Oapt. Uorsucb, of Zinesvllle, Htr
' Ohio. He
, NATIONAL UOAHD Of 1'UADE.
' Ooogrmu Asked to ftievlae the Natarallxa. air
> tlou uud ISftuklog Law*. to t
1 Wasuimoton, Jan. 20.?The National '?*
' Board o[ Trade to-day adopted a reaolu- lo^
I Uon asking Congress to amend the natural- tot
; izition lawa. her
1 This resolution provides that no person *"1
| can be naturalized and given the rights ol ^
citizenship who docs not bear, and dis- and
play to the court applied to (or natnraliza- we,
tion papers, a duly authenticated certi- but
flcate Irom a Ouatoma office setting iorth ci?r
the date ol the arrival of such person, the on
. place of entry ilito this conntry; the port mel
whence he departed for this country; his atea
place of nativity, and the country he t,eij
shall have left. he c
The question of the revision of laws re- x
1BUUK lU uauaiii^ woo uiouudodu ouu bid- nan
Bolation adopted favoring a revision and (gd
codification of tbe national banking lawB; voic
also, a resolution advocating the refunding
of the preeent four per cent debt of
the United 8tates at a low rate of interest,
to bo redeemable in annaal instalments porl
from 1891 to 1902, with a view to the use tow
of the new loan an securitv for the circa- f .
latins notes of the national banks; also, a V:
resolntion urging the repeal of the raw ^
providing for the compulsory purthaae of . jr
silver bullion. ^
TUB SlUIIKB INQUIRY.
It May be Inferred to the Interstate wer
Coinmtuioiiera. the]
Washington, D. C? Jan. 20,?The sub- stra
jectof the Baading Railroad strike came tf38
up before tho House Committee on Commerce
through a request by the sub-com- e(j r
mittee, to which had boen reforred the and
Anderson resolution providing for an in- Ple
quiry to tho strike, tbat it be discharged
frcm the further consideration of tho Was
inattor. the
As a reason for making this reqiest the W6T
sub-committee stated that it regarded the
subject as one of such gravity as to demand
consideration at the hands of the full __
committee.
After a short discnsslon tho request
was granted, and an earnest debate en- TJ
sued upon tho merits of tho proposition, schc
It appears that tbe committee ia pretty 0j j
evenly divided, a number of the members T ,
favoring an immediate inquiry into the AaD
strike, while perhaps many more take the the
grouud tbat if the strike concerns any- this
VUlUg IUUIO fcuniI pilVDIO iUlCICOM ouu JO lafit
properly a subject for investigation by
tho Government, the inquiry should be ~0B
made by the Inter-State Commerce Com- 01nc
mission", which baa jurisdiction, ii public J*"
rights are concerned. ' "
The matter will be further considered J?v
next Tuesday, when an effort will be
made to dispone of the resolution. It is pr?J
understood that a delegation from the . ;
Knights of Labor will try to secure a hearing
upon that day to present their side of rrTj
the case. JJal
Trouble Droning. 3r]C
Phbsandoau, Fa., Jan. 10.?A large Ken
number of coal and iron policemon are
being sworn here, and it is regarded as jj
an indication that the company is going to xio
force the working of some of its colleries \
by massing protection for the men. c]es
Tho Cigar makers' Strike. c '
NbwYobk, Jan. 20.?'The cigar makers
aro awaiting orders for a universal strike
throughout the city, and believe that quel
President Straraer, of the International "on
Union, may send them from Buffalo at agai
any moment. , Di
devi
REVIEW OK T1EADE. teac
II* O. Uuii A Co.1. tteport?The Iron and J^at
Wool Market*.
Nkw Yobk, Jan. 20.-k. G. Dun & Co., th0
in their weekly review of trade, say: shot
Business throughout the country is rather beni
quiet, even for the season. Fairly active "J*1
jobbing trade is reported at several points that
where wholesale business is distinctly and
dull, and a prevailing feature seems to bs '?ac
indisposition to take quantities in view of jl?',;
the unnsuai uncertainties in many mar- jr '
kets caused by strikes, by speculation,
ami by legislative deliberations. fj!"
Collections are fairly satisfactory at |;
nearly oil points and money generally is *"
in fair supply, though rather close at Den- pSi
vor and Cleveland. Though actual deliv- ?
eries of anthracite are larger than for the r?p
same weeks last ysar, operaiora and re- '
tailero vie with each other in putting up ??'
priceu. Poverty of miners causes a ssrions
apprehension among traders, who re- c~r
member tbat their losses alter the strike ??.:
of 1875 wore three-fourths of their
account. But for activity In ship, bridge , V:
and car building, the iron trado would bo J ,
less hopefnl. The Thomas Company has n(
sold No. 2 fonndry for pipe at $17, and E
sales of $20,000 tons of rails are reported, Q
but prices do not change. In wool, the
littlo improvement recently seen has vanished
and tho market favors bnyera again. The
The Blocks at Boston were over 6,000,000
rounds larger than last January, but at T1
?' -*r i_ ...11, . rri .1 .1
i> aw xors i?iuur quiuiiei. iuo uemauu ?
lor woolen gooda la moderate, bat more '
frequent inquiry gives hopn, end the log
range ol prices is, on the whole, but little Oral
below those ol lost year. (Qn0
Nearly all the speculative markets havo w
been weak. Stocks weaken in spite ol "
large reported railway oarninga and an ad- urer
vance of 10 per cent In ea;t bound rail Seer
rates. The Reading strike and reported Ooi
liquidation ol a pool in the stock hare soli,
caused some decline, sod In other stocks The
the absence of any pnblio demand la felt. Whi
The average price ia $150 par ahare lower T1
than a week ago. by I
The bualnees failurea daring the last of V
seven days number for the United States bree
270, Canada 38, total 314, compared with atrei
288 last week and 301 lor the correspond- isg
ing week ol laat year. ben
mi Bea
A K.w Poitomo. Ordar. A 8i
Wasbihotok, D. 0., Jan. 20.? The W.
Postmaster General to.day issued a circular
to poatmaaters, embodying rules and 0[ \
regulations which will hereafter govern iatei
under the new law relating to permiaea- to c
ble writing and printing on aapond, third A
and fourth cliaa mall matters. The law tioc
west Into effect to-day. . $5
?? Mei
Toe oppreesed subjects of European Wa
governments turn to thla country lor free Fail
bomee, free lawa, and for the free uw ol Noi
i 8alvatlon Oil lor their palna. mic
HEALED BY FAITH.
IEAT RELIGIOUS EXCITEMENT
the Faith Oar* Conrentioa-KeporU o!
ronderfal Cares Wrought by Prayer?A
Scene la a Beading, Pa,, Ohoroh?The
Lame Walk and the tUok Ueal?d.
Skadino, Pa., Jan. 20?"I'm healed,
i healed, and thanks to God," cried onl
am 8hower at the Faith Onre Conation
here yesterday afternoon. He
1 suffered from spine disease. The
se congregation was excited and in
re. His two sisters, who had been sating
irom tho same complaint, and who
i fainted beforo the altar In great menexcitement,
returned to a conscious
dition and fell into each other's arms
iping and rejoicing. They declared
t they were healed by the wonderful
rer of the faith care.
ohn Fawi, c< Obamberabnrg, and Abel
awn, appealed in a loud voice to
aven to eend down its he'allnjt power.
Idenly a lady in one o( the front seats
ited. Mr. Trumbowor then made the
ring With hia invitation to all sufferers
lome forward and bo healed by their
h in the ijraco of God.
liae Cora Hitter, of Bethlehara, who
; her voice lor beveral years, advanced
he altar and then fell sobbing npon
knees. Koaann and Emma Shower,
ictod with rhenmatiain, were then led
he altar. The choir gang and the minre
formed a circle abont the sufferers
prayed loudly and incessantly, and
e joined not only by the penitents,
by scores of their relatives, who
ipod their hands exnltlngly and called
the Lord to hear their prayers. The
nbers exhorted the people to remain
dfast in their faith, as God had prom;
to heal them In bis holy word and
:oald not go back on his promise,
hen Miss Bitter arose, clapped her
ds and uttered a prayer alond, and
eg the altar she exclaimed: "My
:e has already been restored,
GLORY TO HOD."
bower had hobbled to the altar sap*d
by a cane, bnt ho bravely walked
ud his excited, singing, praying,
ids alone and unsupported, as did his
>rs behind him.
number of othor women were then
forward, accompanied by their friends.
iy were received with hymna o! welio
and once more the circle was formBy
thitj time the entire congregation
e on their feet, tbe people craning
r necks to see the finiahing of the
nge ceremony. ATjove the voicea of
singera conld be heard the sapplicab
of the ministers aud the eoba of the
itent. Then the friendB of the alllicttressed
forward with clapping of hands
hymna and prayers. Scores of peo*
wept as they heard the applicants for
) arise and aingout: "Glory to God 1
feel, oh, so much better 1" There
more, ainging and praying, and then
audience dispersed. The same scenes
e repeated last night.
THE "HOUND TAULK."
ting of School Superintendents Here
Latt Evening,
be superintendents of tbe public
iola in thie vicinity held another one
heir monthly meetings, a "Round
la" gathering aa they otylo them, at
office of Superintendent Anderson, of
city, in the Public Library building,
evening, Tbe ooeiiug waa one of tbe
t pleasant and interesting ever held,
:e thcao gatherings started, over one
: ago, they have been found to steadily
ease in interest. They afford an opunity
for pleasant social intercourse
an interchange of ideas that is fall of
It
here was a good attendance at last
it's meeting. In addition to Prof,
lerson there were present Mr. L. H.
iters, of St. Olairsvillo; Mr. J. W. May,
Benwood; Mr. James Dnncan, of
Igeport; Mr. 0. R. Shreve, of Martin's
ry; Mr. D. 1. Williams, of Mounds>;
Mr. B. T. Jonee, of Ballaire: Mr.
Iter Mitchell, of Wellsbnrg; Mr. H.
Merti, of Steubenville, and Mr. ?, B.
mas, of Olarington.
mong the questions discussed was the
nlfnees of pnplls and the proper
Be to be panned in dealing with dirty
Iran; some interesting experiences
? given and many a hearty langh inred
in. Parsing?is it useful? wad a
ition that brought forth expressions
i all and the unanimons verdict was
net it.
iscusslon of the temperance question
iloped a general sentiment in favor of
hing temperance to children as a
ae, and a .sentiment Just as general
In teaching it tbero should be
ling of a political natore taught?
political or prohibitory question
lid be left out entirely. What
nflf hnvo vnn ranainul (mm fha ilnilv
'ammar? was a queetion pat to each
present, and the answer of all waa
some low rnles bad boen remembered
applied. What la the heat method of
hiog lanjtnano? brought forth a vay
of smgestions and experiences; the
ority, however, favored close observaof
toe daily speech of the pupils, coring
it when necessary and explaining
reason for tho correction; the plan of
ing exercises, compositions, waa also
roved.
lould false syntax be placed before the
lis brought forth strong arguments
ind against, and the question was reed
for a future discussion as was also
question as to how far the study of
:rapby should be carried, and still not
30 much of a burden to the memory,
i question was very ably discussed,
meiderable interest was taken In Pro>r
Anderson's method of teaching the
hanfcal scleuces, as explained in this
>r a short time since. The Round
o will meet here again February 17.
MBltINO 8IIKKP BKEEDEHJ.
Naitoual AMuolatlou Meeting al Waah>
logton, Pa.
ie National Delaine Merino 8heep
idera' Association held Its annual meetTbursday
at the residence of W. K.
ghead, Washington county, Pa. The
wing officers weroelected: President,
R. Craighead; Secretary and Treaa,
John 0. McNary; Corresponding
etary, James McClelland; Executive
imittee, Messrs. Beall. Johnson, RuaJ.
K. JJalley and Jolins LeMoyne,
next annual meeting will be held in
jenng some time in January, 18811.
ig association was organlaed in 1882
oar or live of the enterprising farmers
Vaahington county, who raised this
id R eheep. It has Increased In
ngth until It now had members raidIn
four Slates. Among the new memi
taken in at this meeting were 0. B.
II4 Son, of Brooke connty; LeMoyne
seon, of Ohio connty; John Stewart,
J. Giffen and Samnel F. Trimble, of
nont connty, Ohio.
lie aeaoclation ordered the pnbllcation
"olnmo 3, of the Delaine-Merino Kegr,
to be ready by Anamt 1st, 1888, and
ontaln record of next ipring'a lambs,
t the last annnal meeting tbe aseoclai
agreed to offer four silver enpe worth
apiece aa prlaea to the beet Delalnerino
ram and ewe exhibited at the
it Virginia State Fair and Washington [
r respectively. Ju. McClelland, of
th Strabane, having taken first preim
at both lairs and preferring one
cap to four, 1 beautiful solid silver cop
coating $20. waa presented to him by
Preeldent Craighead In the name ol the
association. <
A CLKVKlt HOUHKKXTK.
t PatU Boca at tha opera Houaa la Haradia'a
"Zip,"
Last evening Pattl Rosa, who first won
favor hsre In "Booms for Bent1" and has
since increased her hold on the Wheeling
public, was greeted by a fair sized audl!
once at the Opera House. She appeared
' in Marsden's company "Zip," and incidentally
ployed nicely on the banjo,danced
ud sang several pleating selections. She
has a pleasing voice and a great many lit
tie reminder of Lotti, ol whose school ol
comedy she la promising popil.
This evening she will be aeen In "Bob,"
another production ol the same general
clue, bnt differing from "Zip" enoagh to
glre variety. This afternoon ehe will present
"Love and Dnty," which haa been
pronounced her greatest play. At the
matinee every lady downstairs will receive
a cabinet photograph of the alar aa
souvenir of the occaaion.
Did Not Q?t a Quorum,
The Oonncil Committee on Streets, Alleya
and Grades waa called to meet Thursday
night, but a quorum failed to appear.
Then a call waa leaned for it to meet last
evening. Meesrs. Gruee, Haller, Jones
and McKown were present at the hour
named. Alter wating a lew minutes lor
the fifth member to arrive and make a
quorum, these fonr decided that no one
elso would put in an appearance and die- '
persed. Shortly after Mr. Meliner and
Col. Caldwell appeared and were naturally
disgusted that the others had not waited for
them. It ia understood that the bnslneaa
the committee is called to consider is an
application from the Citlrsna' Railway
Company for permission to use the same
style of electric motor to be used by the
Wheeling Hallway Company, and the
right to wire the streets tor that purpose.
This is looked upon by some as confirms- r
tion of the rumor that the two roads are 1
to be consolidated. The committee baa
been called to meet again, thla time on
Uonday night.
? tl
Lecture bj Dr. Cooke.
Kev. Dr. W. H. Cooke, paator of the ,
Second Presbyterian Church of this city, "
delivered the third of the eeriee of winter Cl
lectures to the atudents in the Western *
Theological Seminary, in Allegheny, J
Thursday. The JJupatch in its report of 5
the lectnre has the following: His, sub- f;
ject waa "Individuality." Dr. Cooke is a 11
well-known and successful pulpit orator
of Wheeling. He epeakB extemporaneously,
and has a pleasant and impressive ,
manner, and held the close attention of "
the students throughout his address of an tl
hour's length. g
"The speaker discussed by way of Intro- ei
duction dsnominationalism. He was sot a
in favor oi consolidating all the churches si
into one, but of preserving individual ii
features of the denominations. He then
passed to the consideration of personal individuality.
Uen of the ministry shonld
be themselves, not imitators of others, p
Their strength will lie in a development of
their special talents and endowments. *'
The Bible is given sb an individual inher- *
ltance, and the people are required to o
study it for Individual profit. Etch man Ii
must be himself in the pulpit, preaching *
his Individual convictions."
Friendly Crltlc'n Auiirir to a Conundrnm,
To Ihc Editor of the InUUUjenccr. j
Km:?The simplest answer to 6. Rammar's
conundrum in yesterday's paper is
that the two words, "in" and "up," at the 0
end of the quoted sentences, are not pre- J
positions at all, but adverbs. Both words "
are given as simple primitive adverbs of 8
place in Fowler's English Grammar, page
366.
But, for the sake of argument, let ns
consider them prepositions. Oritio did F
not say that it was grammatically wrong e<
to end a sentence with a preposition, but c
it was not in accord with rnlos of rhetoric
and good taste. We cannot call into
question the good taste of ths great Sick- J
ens, in his grsatest work, David CopperHeld,
from which the first sentence of the T
conundrum Is quoted; but wo must remark
that Dickens made his words and
orammiir Btiit the nharActar. ?
If Dickens had been writing the same tl
thing for an editorial he wonld have had ti
the good taate to say: "There is not in *
the whole house an apartment large
enough in whloh to awing a cat."
Stem once wrote a sentence like this:
"The accusing spirit which Haw up to li
Heaven's chancery with the oath blushed si
aa he give it in, ana the recording angel, ii
as he wrote it down, dropped a tear upon tl
the word and blotted it oat." He saw
that something was wrong with it; he
fonnd that he had ended it with a proposition,
so he added tho adverb "forever," tl
and the oimple change made it famous
aa the most beautiful sentence in our j,
language. Cbitic.
The Emily Soldane Company.
Manager Genther's next attraction at the
Grand Opera House Is the famous Emily j?
Soltlene Burlesque Company with a large ,
corps of specialty artists, introducing M'lle
Sara, the great English dancer. The
Chicago Tribune speaks thus of her:
There is no more immodesty in Sara's d
dancing and kicking than there Is in an ic
ordinary male trapexa performance. Those
who have seen a male trapeae performance
will understand that such a thing
never job uiuugut mo uiubu ui bubuid 10 "*
the cheek of modesty. Sara drosses is
black?nothing else?that is, when on the
stage. She has none of the Immodest or ei
suxitestive postarlngs of Vivian or Dorst
or that sort of people la "The Arabian "
Nighta." Ihoee who go to Bee an lm- "
modest show say that Sara Is a fraud, tl
That la what the 8aa Francisco people Cl
said after the Boston press had roasted .
Sara for her antics. But tho San Fran- "
ciscans went crsiy for her jast the same. ?
The staid old Argonaut broke forth in a .)
poem of twenty-five versos all aboat Sara 1
end her kick. ?j
Op*n Knit Week. u
Reserved seats are now on sale at
Banmer's music store for the engagement, |j
at the Opera House, luting all next week,
of the Bennett & Moalton Oomlc Opera J;
Company. This is said to bs as fine an !|
organisation as ever presented opera at [{
popular prices. The Cumberland, lid., "
Tima aays: ?
George A. Baker's sprightly opera ll
company gave the beet performance of "
the week at the Academy of Manic last J
evening. The opera seemed salted to the
talents of the actors and they fit themselves
into the roles very steely. The
costumes were pleasing and the chorus
effect! unusually attractive. There was C
more applause last night than there has y
been at any time daring the weok. Miss >
Delia Fox sustained a rgle peculiarly ,,
adopted lor her and wu the pereomtica- i
tion ol graceful ease. She looked the
"little daisy" which art admiring lady io ?>
the audience called her. Her vocal 0
efforts were very happy ones and were
not applauded as loudly as they deserved,
lliaa Katie Marcellus also appeared to excellent
advantage. (I
Y. H. C. A. Now.. 8
The usual Sunday ichool teachers' meet- "
ing will be held at 8 o'clock this aftornoon, 0
conducted by Rev. Dr. Randolph. o
Young men'a meeting will be held at "
7:30 o'clock to-night, alao at 4 o'clock to- *
morrow afternoon. e
Next Tueeday evening Colonel W. W. ?
Arnett will give anractioal talk on "Grimi- '
nal Law." ?
' - B
The S&Ua of Giuhmar* Booqoat g
exceeded in amount the Importations of all a
toilet eoaps, aa ihowo by the U. 8.1860 a
Treasury report, i
FOREIGN AFFAIRS.
CABLOS "WILL. F1UUT FOB SPAIN
la Ui* lukl U NaMiiarf?'Thi Monarchy'a
Knemlee?O'Brlan Koleaaed from Filial
In Ireland- Italian Boldleaa HaMa.
erod?OUlor 'onlfi New a.
London. Jan. 20.?In an interview today
at Venice, Don Oarlos declared that
Spain mnat become one of the great
European powers; that her nary moat be
Immediately strengthened, and that an
Dbllgatory military service was essential,
rhe present monarchy, he said, was united
to carry on tbe work before it, and
laleee It was replaced he was etrongly of
;be opinion that a republic wonld soon
?me. Tbe Spanish Jatnre lay in Morocco
md South America.
Don Oarlos expressed his readiness to lnht
in the Spanish ranks the moment be
I as called.
It is slated that Spain is organlilng an
ivnaillHnn fnr Mnrnrrn (n mniiit nf 9R flflfl
nen.
, O'iSrltfn UtltMod,
Dublin, Jan. 20.?Mr. Wm. O'Brien, M.
and editor ol the United Irelaud, who
laa been confined in prlsofa since October
II, wu released from Tullamore jail tolay.
He proceeded toj the priest's house
n Tnllamore, followed by a large crowd,
rhich cheered bim repeatedly. There
ras no disorder.
Mr. William O'Brien arrived In Dublin
big evening. He was greeted at the rail- *
ray station by an Immense crowd which
Deluded many members o( Parliament,
nd a large number of priests. On allghtng
from the train he entered the Lord
layor's carriage and was driven to a host,
followed by a long procession.
Dlant After Balfour's Scalp.
Dublin, Jan. 20.?Justice Andrews, o(
he Exchequer Court, baa granted a deland
made in behalf of Mr. Wilfred Blunt
ii* thn nrnitnrlinn of certain rimmments
nncorning tbe Woodford aflilr which
'111 ba need In an action of Mr. Blunt
gainst Ohlef Secretary Balfonr. Mr.
Iryne, counsel for the Crows, opposed
in demand, aa tbe document! were prfveged.
A W?r Humor.
London, Jan. 20.?Telegrams from learn
retort that the government arsenal
rere has suddenly become the scene of
reat activity. Everything la being bsstoed
to place a squadron of ironclads and
II the available cruisers in readiness to
ill. The men at the dockyards are workig
extra time.
?
Tlie Crown Prlne?'a Condition.
Sam EKMo.Jan. 20.?Tbe German Crown
'{lnce was obliged to remain indoors
gain to-day on account of the cold
'eather. The statement that tbe Queen
1 England bad taken the "Villa Avalance
) nntrue. It la doubtful whether she
rill visit tbe Riewsrra.
Afauaore or Italian Blllam.n.
London, Jan^20.?A Roman corresponent
telegraphs that news baa just been
Kelved from Massowah of the massacre
f 200 Italian riflemen nearSaali. Tbey
rere mounted and ontside, and hava not
een heard from for threa days. There is
reat anxiety at Rome.
Hlane Committed for Trial.
Dublin, Jan. 20.?Mr. Blane, member of
arllament for South Armagh, was arresti
at Armagh at the same time Father Mcadden
was taken into custody. He was
smmitted for trial on a charge of making
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rouble Ended lletween France and Italy*
Rome, Jan. 20.?The Tribune announcea
lat the Florence Incident haa been Beted.
The Italian praetor will be reduced
) the fourth grade and the French consul
rill be reproved by his government.
Education Voder DiiUcaltlea.
Moscow, Jan. 20.?The police have
tarned ol a new movement among tho
Indents. The discovery hao led to the
ldefiaite postponement o( tho opening ot
he universities.
Another Editor Arrested.
Dublin, Jan. 20.?Mr. Hayden, editor of
lie Westmeath Examiner, has been again
netted on the charge of using seditious
inguage.
Serbia ISujiug little*.
Viikni. .Tun. 9fl? A dlinftt/ih fmm RaI.
rado says the 8orvlan Government has
antracted for 150,000 ScbnlholT repeating
fles.
Pogtngueae Cremated.
London, Jan. 20?A. houso in HoundsItcb,
London, waa burned laat night and
>nr Portugeeo loat their Uvea.
THE WOOL TARIFF.
Special Keport on the Advisability of Free
Carpet Wools.
Boston, Jan. 20.?The Boston Comtntral
Bullttin will give to-morrow a ipocial
jport on carpet wools and on the advisaility
of removing the existing duty on
lat grade of fleeces. The opinions aro
antained in letter6 from carpet manufacirera
in the country, the leading wool
rowers, including the President of the
ational Association and tho President of
le Local Association in that part of the
>untry whore carpet woola aro grown;
le leading blanket, hosiery and woolen
lanufacturea, Ac.
From tho repliaa given it may be said
lat free carpet wool would b > favored by
le carpet aod blanket manufacturers, the
overnmentatatisticiauB, a strong minor*
y of the wool growers, west and east of
le Mississippi, practically tho wholo of
le importer?, many of the lartre woolen
lanufaclurera and many of the leading
ealers in Boston. A duty on carpet wool
i favored by the Philadelphia wool trade
a masse, by dealers in the interior mareta
and by moat of the wool growers.
Ulff Verdict Aa?"?t the P. B. II.
Philadelphia, Jan. 20 ?In the case of
atherine E. Oriiley against the Pennsyl*
ania Railroad, which was tried before
udge Finletter, Mrs. Oriiley obtained a
erdict for $10,000. The plaintifl's bus
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[ oars at the intersection of Polnthouse
01(1 on the Pennsylvania Hiilroad, ne?r
reenwich Point, on ttio utb ol lut June.
Temperance Meeting Lut Night.
There km an interested and enthuslasc
andienco gathered it the Fourth
tieet Church lut night to hear a number
ilk temperance. The meeting was
pened by singing "All Hall the Power
fJ etna' Name," and Mr. H. Jopaon led
i prayer. Dr. Blaisdell was the first to
peak. He gave a very earnest and intersting
talk regarding the violation of law,
abbath breaking partlcalarly. Mr. Isaiah'
barren made an tx?llent address, and
aye some astounding statistics. He ap ealed
to the people to stand on tale
;round. When through he was loudly
pplanded. Hon. O. W. Atkinson made
omn forcible points, and the meeting
lound up with a revival aervice.