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7 - ?r~, y?T.T^ra ^ ,V fT,nfTT,TVn ___-===============rr==============:=========::=^ WHEELING, W. VA., FRIDAY, JANUA1H 2,1891. ESTABLISHED AUGUST 24, 1852. ?? 1MB OF? WE. A Severe Flood Probable as tht Result of Rains ON THE GREAT FALL OF SNOW, lteports From AH I ho Up tlio III vex J'oints Show a Ilnpid KUe?West Vir?inlaTriI>ii,nricH Ilooinintf. The Latest Dispatches. Pittsburgh, Pa., Jan. 1.?The fears of a flood entertained by the rapid melting 0i 8UOW8 in up-river districts will hardly he realized to the extant imagined. All reports agree aa to light raics, hut the water seems to h? runoiu# smoothly out, and unless heavier rains follow, nothing much higher than a good coal boat rise is expected. At 0:30 to-night the Pittsburgh river showed 0 foot u inches and rising at the rato of 8 iccLes per hour, which rather causes old river men to shako their heads and apprehend a carious Hood in view of the heavy snows still lying on the .'round in up country districts. The ground, however, has not been lrcz?n very bard and hh a result tho water ia not shelved down the valleys nearly so fast aa it ia absorbed by the earth. Many, of tho fcinaller upper tributaries are reported as booming, but the actual danger, if any, cannot < >tne for a couple of days, and then might be stepped suddenly by a light C3ld snap. THE latest. All the river reports say the water is riaio^ fast ua?l rain still continues, and the recent heavy snowa are disappearing l'uttt. Some alarm ia expressed in govwral quarters, but it is thought no serious llooda v. ill follow. [The river here ia I) feet 0 inches and iifiing-at the rate of 8 inches per hour. A r> to 10 foot stage is expectcd here lo-worrow. Up tlit? Itivfr 1'oliilH. Following are the reports of tho stages of water at a late hour: Warren, Pft.?River 3 feet six-tenths and rising; cloudy and moderate. Morgan town, Vv. Va.?River 12 f-,et and rising fast; rainy. Brownsville, Pa.?River 11 feet 4 inches and rising; cloudy. Weston, W. Va.?River 7 feet 0 inches and rising; rainy. Rowleaburg, W. Va.?River 4 feet 4 inches oncWising; rainy. Kreeport?River 5 feet and rising; rai?y. Oil City?River 2 feet 3 inches and rising; rainy. Clarion?River Jroz&n; rainy. Parker?River 2 feet 0 inches and rising; rainy. ilrookville?River below gaugo and rifiing; rainy. \tnhnninif? Rtvnr I# inches and rifling; rainy. Johnstown?River 1 foot 11 inches andiiflipg; rainy. SITUATION AY GKAPTOX. Tho River Kitting Kapldly?Ice (Jnlng O it. ltrUIU?*ni?u Working Haul. Special Pkuateh to thi JntcMoenccr. GRArrOiV, W. Va., Jan.* Considerable alarm was felt hero this afternoon by lumbermen had bridgemen, owing to tho steady rain since lust night, which, with tho melting snow, which in the mountains was two feet deep, threatened a high river. Since nine o'clock thio morning the river at this point las risen nine feet, and at H p. m. is still lising five inches r.n hour, but no daai ago id anticipated here, as it has turned colder and ceased raiuiug. At Philippi and Bclington, the river, at G p. m., bad risen about threo feet and was still rid* ing slowly with ice running out of the Buckhannon river, which, up to last reports, had done no damage and none was feared. The bridgemen are at work here to night on tho new bridge, rushiug tho placing of tho girders, and they expect to havo them safely in place by morning, in case the false work should be carried awav. ; Itiver liuotuii)? at lfnlrmont. ifycelal Dupatch to the InltUitfcnccr. 5aikmost, W. .Va., Jon. 1. ? Tho weather ia very warm here and the enow ia molting rapidly. It commenced mining about 3 p.' m., and to-night oil the email streams are bank full. The Monongahela river at this point is very high and still rising rapidly. Client J&lvnr U.-linvIng Itself. fytclal Dispatch to the Intelligencer, Rowlesbpbo, W. Va., Jan. 1.?Light raina have been continuous sinco I tot 'n. . -i..? xiiu icuipruuuiu its inuiup ou^xx* ) v. The melting of snow seems gradual. Noeerioaa fears oro entertained by river mon at this time. Hlg Ulvor I'.xpoctod ut .Uorgaoiowa. ftprdaf Ditpatch to the JntrUiaenur. Mosuiantowx, W. Va , Jan. 1?The river hero ia fourteen feet anil rising fact. It is raining and will probably give us a very big river before morning. Ki.AI,B OF \ FMIUD Kogentferort b* lh? Wrntllrr anxl Encournged lo- the Airports from Hcmhrnuiv. The warm weather and rain yesterday made the snow disappear right rapidly. The rain was not very heavy at any time during the day, but last nigbt for a while it (ell briskly os an April phower. The thaw and raiu naturally caused uueasinees among dwellers on tho lowest grounds, and when it kept up tbrougU The day, this uneasiness began to lie moro general. Tho news from the upper rivers was not calculated to reassure people, and 63 the day wore on the Anxiety increased. If tho weather remains warm and the rain continue?, a diosstrou* flood is inevitable. A s? voro cold spell to-day or to-night would cheek the rise, but without that there must be a stage of water which will invade all low lauds. A sign which is conceded to indicate lm? wntnr ia tho itou !n whinh tho nrr.ck is running out. 1 t'roso several feet yesterday, and latt night was booming out in great shape. The river hero at 7 o'clock last evening was 11 feet i; incht*. At midnight it was over 12 feet. A part of the day it rose at the rate of four inches an hour. 3'rntti* Abandoned Nlgtit* The train due on the U & 0 road after midnight i*pt ni lit from Chicago and the Writ did no arrive, an.! it waa explained that a b;lrfge on tho Contra! Ohlodivtaion west of BulUira was down, it waa also Qtatcd (hat thore was a washout on the main Une between here and (iraftou, and this delayed trains from the Kail badly. lIllK/trd In Uie Weit. Kansas City, Mo., Jan. 1.?A blizzard Rot in last night and continued with Kreat severity during to-day over Northern Missouri and Kansas City. Kansas is covered with a blanket of snow from four inches to a foot thick, which in many places drifted to snch au extent an to serloutW cripple railway traffic. All the incoming trains from the west were more or less delayed for four hours. A SBKIUUS RIOT. Hungarian! at llraddouk Attack Amerl. cant?Four Men 8rrlon?ly Hurt. Pittsdueoii, Pa., Jan. 1.?The strike 1 of the Hungarian furnaccmen at the Ed' gar Thomson Steel Works, at Braddock, Pa., resulted in a serious riot this afternoon, in which four men were seriously 1 hurt and a dozen others were battered and bruised. Tho Hungarians quit 1 work at midnight and the plant was partially idle, only about 100 men being at work repairing the furnaces. About one o'clock n crowd of 200 strikers arrived with clubs, picks, shovels, revolvers, bars of iron and every other conceivable weapon, made an attack on the furnace. The iiowlipg mob of Hungarians used their weapons freely, and men were knocked down, clubbed, bruised and unmercifully beaten. The Bght lasted nearly u half an hour, and when the Hungarians were put to flight it waa found that Michael Quinu, Andrew Kramer, John Xeqson and Patrick liriggH, all workmen, had been seriously wounded and at least a dozen otheis more or less injured. ClUKtiUD Wil li FRAUD. filauager of n lirokm'* Firm llaanHcrloua Charge A gain* t Hint. Kansas City, Mo., Jau. 1.?Tho Midlafitf Mercantile Company, produce commiaaion brokers, failed recently. Suit was brouzht by several cf tho creditors to recover alleged loose*. An anawer to tho suit prepared by the company'a. attorneys was filed to-day. It charged the manager of tho corapanv, C. H. Comstock, with naving entered into a eonepiraey with several large commission houses here to dtfraud the comEauy. Comstock, it is alleged, would uy produca on tho company's credit and then sell tho produce for about half its value, pocketing the proceeds and making no entries of tho irnnsactiou. In thio way Comstock is alleged to have defrauded the company out of $10,000. Suit will be brought against the firm involved in his transactions. When the failure of the company occurred Cornstock tried to commit suicide, and failing left town. Ilia whereabouts are unknown. St. Mary's Oil Field.' ifacial DltpaUh to the InlcUlucuctr. 6t. Mary's, W. Va , Jan. 1.?Tho Little Gulch Oil Company's No. 1, on the Biggs, at oi. wary a, uruieu m yeaieruuy and is now doing at the rate of seventyfive barrels per day. This cp?ns up ctmaiderable territory that was heretofore considered of no account. The Hchawecker well, on tho tannery lot, is now through the sand and is dry. This well is located about two hundred feet from tho Dose well that caused the first excitement here. Terribly Uurued. Spccial Dispatch to the Intdltamc. r. marti.vsbcno, W. Va., Jan. 1.?While Rt-zln Duvall, an employe of W. L. Jones, a jeweler in this city, wa3 soldering some ware, the alcohol ia the lauip which he was using became ignited aud burst out all over him, burning his face terribly. In his endeavor to extinguish the flames hifi hands were burned almost to a crisp. Frobnbljr a Futnl Acchloat. dpeeial Dupatch to the IntdUjemxr. Mahtinsbuho, W. Va., Jin. 1.?A. young man by the natno of Foulk, a brnkeman on thd B.iltimoro & Ohio railroad, fell f/om a train thia evening at North Mountain, crushing hia ikull, and the train ran over his arm, cutting it off. Fotilk lived In Richmond, Va. Sfr. jrc:icin? G?1|? nn OMco. Special DUpatcn to tit Jnt/AUacnctr. Elki.n'3, W. Va., Jan. |.-rTue town of Elkins votes for licenae ond $12/300 street improvement. It nlco elected lion. P. B. Elkiua a councilman. Hurled Par}pg a Storm. Omaha, Ned., Jan. 1.?A epeju/tf to the Brr from Pine Ridge Agency says: Gear tral Miles has assumed command of the forces here, relieving General Brooke, who started this morning into the field with U18 ficcona lniHUirv K'nug uj- nnj r ol Oelricha to a point some fifteen miles north of here. Yesterday pmid a blind-1 jnit und bitter storm 30 of the pojdicrs I Kiileu "L Wounded Knee were buried1 wiM? nylitiuy honors. Owing fo the Intensely critical condi* tion oI the surrounding, viih hordes of the enemy /lockins uboat the Sidney threatening an attach, tho usual salute of guns was omitted. Ordrred to the Front. Lincoln, Feb , Jan. 1.?Gov. Thayer to-day sont telegraphic instructions to tho commander of tho State militia at Long Pine to move at once lo Chadron, tho scene of tho threatened Indian out* break. Orders were alpo given to the commanders at Fremont, Central City and Teekaiuah to bo preparod to start at any time. Uuocral llroulto Itollevcri. p/?* Biook, Jan. 1.?It is rumored that General Brooke has been relieved of his command and ordered home. General Miles will tako command in persoh and conduct ail operations in tho future. Tho funeral cl um soldiers killed in Monday's battle occurred yes* terday. . Cmufil ? soucnilun. Lovisvju,#, Kv., Jan. 1.?A sensation among newspaper :e;uJor;j was caused today by a reduction in price ol the j Courier-Journal from 20 and SO cents per j week to 15 and 20 centa and $10 and per year to $-S and $10. Tlio CourierSou mar 9 strength makes thiu action indicative of a geaaral tendency const*- I quent upon the improvement in fncili-' ties for printing which this paper has ol-: way a been first to use. niiuu,, n.n|M j l?ARU,Jan. 1.?Mr. William O'Brien has issued tho Joyojring statement: "In const quonce of rumors con^9fj?ing my alleged views and iriiprofeions apropos of the conversation held with Mr. Par* noli ot Boloogne, I am obliged to again warn tho public against crediting such statements, ao 11:17 fro either pure con* jecturesor fabrications.'' Wreck on (ho I?wa Central. Masg? C/ty, Iowa, Jan. 1.?A wrcck occurred on tho Iowa Central, three miteB north of Qikaloooa, last night. A passenger train, running at th? rate of forty miles an hour, crashed into a standing freight train. Kagineer Wol* cott was fatally injured and ssveral pain sengere seriously hurt. Now Minister Arrives. San Francisco, Cal., Jan. 1.?Goto T?Umo, the newly appointed minister from Japan, arrived with his family on the steamship City c.f Pekin last uight and will at onco proceed to Washington. ,4>Tell Agrnh." M. A. Sean lan had a large house at the Grand yesterday afternoon and another good one last night, llo and a good company presented the ploasiugIrish drama, 1 "Neil Agrnh." The play and the company are above the average of attractions seen at the Grand, and ought to have a I good aadience again this evening. ' a strange" cbeato1 Prowling About One of Chicago's Suburban Towns, THE TRADITIONAL WILD MAN Tcrrltlcs Those Who have Seen Him. AH KflbrtB to Find It Out Unsuccessful?Th rl 111 tig lCxperiencc'of Two Youii# Men. Cuicaoo, III., Jan. 1.?May wood has a mystery, aud through it that usually peaceful littlo suburb bids fair to become quite notorious. * Something over a week ago a rumor was started in May wood that a bear or some animal very much rosembling one, had been seen on the Desplaines river bank, just below the village. Christmaa Day the Desplaines river was crowded with skaters. They covered the ice from Ilarlom to Turner Park, and were as hapDV aa they were numerous. In the crowd that kept close to the Northwestern railroad bridge, between River Forest end May wood, was a party of young people from North Clark struct. Charlea Gardner a clerk on the Board of Trade, wau one of the number, ami as he was anxious not to miss the next train he went aahoro below the railroad bridge, removed his bkates and commenced to pick his way aiong a small path which led toward the May wood Park. This was through a I very thick undergrowth, and led directly toa amall bridge on First avenue, spanI bing a ravine which runs the eutire [length of the park, runuing into the I river about two huudred feet from the ' small bridge. Aa Gardner approached the bridge he was startled by hearing what sounded to him like a moan or growl. Looking up he saw at the foot of one of the piers of the bridge something which he at first took to be a man. The figure was seated ou a projecting rock and was partially concealed behind tho thick weeds t'jat J surround the spot. It was peeriug through the tops of the weeds, aud the face, as the startled man man saw it, wad that of a monster. It had a low heavy brow, over which hung hair that was coarse and matted. Its eyebrows were heavy aud long, and the head seemed to be eet low down on tho chest, so high and missive were tho huge shoulders. The entire faeo was covered "with bushy hair, and as Gardner looked in fright aud wonder, a huge arm was lifted to (rrnMD the wall aa the creature rose. That waa all the young man wanted to see. Ho toro liia way up the steep bank, rushed to the depot nearly half a inile away, and boarded his train just as it was about to leave. A0A1N SEKS. In the meantime the mysterious creature had been s^eu and heard by other people. John Haberlein,Hans Mounsand fc?am Harburg, three Germnus living near Turner Park, had heard from some boys that some wolves or bears were prowling up and down the river. Friday th?v started out with guns and dogs and carefully scoured both banks of the liver from Turner Park almost to Harlem, bat they saw nothing alive, although iu the sand, on the river bank near Harlem, they rcn across some strange looking footprints, which led from the ice to the bank of the riyer. These tracks resembled fomewhat those of a bear, but the peculiar imprints of the toes at once proved that they were not made by auy bruin in existence. J^ate last Saturday night, Henry Phillips and 11. A. Lewis, two young men who board in ftiver Forrest, went over to May wood to call on some young ladies. "They wero walking home after their visit, and when on the West Lske street wagou bridge, stopnod to look at a passenger train that was crossing the railroad bridge Just below. Irhey saw the train pus?, and then looked up and down tho river. Tho moon was shining brightly, and the reflected glitter from ?)im inn made the nictnra a nruttv one. As the two young men watched the ice they caw a movement on the icy sur! face at the beud. Without being aware that the other was looking at the moving object each watched the figure until they both broke out at the same instant v;tfc n remark that somo fellow must like stealing W7 well to bo out alone at that time of the mghfc. They both laughed, and ai tbey aiu the fi*ufo dro;v a.vay from the bond and muae lis way do?vn the river toward the two watchers, it ui&io very slowly aud appeared to be carrying something. As it ajiprofiphed the bridge the young m?!n could see very diatjqctJy that it was not a efcater. It took long, regular, but very slow strides, and at each step a ciacUing sound could be heard hs if some loo-.e shoe nolo was coming in contact with the smooth lee at every step. The r? flection from the ice threw its rays on the features of the strange looking midnight marauder, and as it cauie nearer aud nearer to the young men they were almoet horror-stricken qt its appearance. Tho tare was that of u man, big, brawny ui.d muscular, but whether covered with hair or clothes was hard to discern. It wore no hat, $nd jt# whito bunds, 03 one hung by its side and the other grasped the burden on its shouidtfr, were in grest contrast to tho dark Uwe, black haifantf peculiar looking body. The head seemed scarcely higher than the choulde??, and uu the creature moved along, a peculiar busing sound came from it, us it it were breathing through its teeth. FUlOIITKNHn WATCHERS. Vbsp jt halted under the bridge, or a littlo to one side 01 it, sat) dirootly in full view of the watchers, it dropped its burden. It seemed to be fearful of someI an<l )nnlrp<! Arrtiiml in nvwrir direction. - Tbe young men croudied on tho lioor of the brides and peered cautiously over tho edgo ol the rail. Tho Thing hisflcd and mijnjbJed m it stood there, and Li wis bocaine so badly lightened that lis almost yelled outright, nnd was only stopped by the atiou^ band clasp of his friend. lu a few moments a movement was lie'kitl ?n the ice. They saw it passundor the railroad bridge ond matched it move on down toward Harlim until it vw lost to view arouud tbe bend of the river just below. Just as Lewis and Phillips had reached tho end of the bridge on Iheir homeward *?/. ?nd wore discussing the Btrange sight they Men, they were again startled by bearing'a loud ory. They concluded that they bad seen enough lor one night, and agreed that tho sound tbev had just heard bad bten made by eonto night-Mrd or animal. They wero quits nervous anyhow, and as I.swls was especially anxious 10 go to bis home, it iu witb difficulty that bis friend could persuade htm to salt a lew moments to 060 if anything would appear. They did not wait long. From nnder tho railroad bridgo shot tho same figure they had just lost sight of. It was moving rapidly, and was witbont tbe burden it liad carried when last seen. It rushed to the center of the space between the two bridges and sat or crouched on a small rock tbatauowedabovethosurfaco of the ice, where it remained for a few secondd, hissing through Its teeth and waving Its long arms around as if to ward off some pursuer or enemy. Only for a few seconds did tbe mysterious creature remain in this position. Then it arose and slowly moved toward the west bank of the river. The young men at oncn started lor their homes, and the next morning told their story. Young Gardner was found bv the reporter, and a visit to May wood disclosed the fact that many prominent Sersons had heard of the mysterious liure. HiOJI Hlfci UuHUiti t.\D. A Miaitng Chicago Manufacturer Returns. A Surprise for Wife and Children. Chicago, III, Jan. 1.?John W. Dunn, the missing brick manufacturer who disappeared from bis homo Septumber 8, is once more in the bosom of his family. He returned to his home Christ* I mas Eve, and made by far the best Christmas present wife and babies had ' ever received' It was as if lie had come i | back from tho grave, as inauy of his l friends believed him dead. t It was about 8:150 o'clock in the evening, when all the children in Christen- ( dom were hanging up their stockings for i Santa Claus to fill, when the front door a bell of the Dunn mansion, at No. 1X30 , West Monroo street, rang loudly. Mr. Dunn's little daughter. Mabel, a pretty 1 child of ten, answered the summons, x Opening the door, she saw a great big fl familiar figure before her. "It's pape! it's papa! papa's come ? back! she screamed. She turned back v iu an instant and dashed into the d library, where her mother sat brooding over her absent husband. The wife 0 leaped to her feet, rushed into the hall, 0 and tell half fainting from sherr jay iuto u tho pair of strong arms extended to ^ clasp her. a There was joy'in the Dunn mansion v that night and the children Adjusted C; their little stockings right'close to me Lii/ open tireplace that had no lire in it in order that old Santa Claus could comu down without getting warmed up, and " tho next morning tho stockings were ^ crammed lull of pretty things, and cur- ^ ious things, too; for the giver had brought somo of th??m from far?olI Aua , tralia, whither he llsd in the darkest, ' hours of his troubles and where he * sought and found not contentment from [j his sorrows. It was true Mr. Dunn had been to " Australia, and he related the sad story to his attorney, Henry Helm, yesterday in his cflice in the Calumet building. He left Chicago while partially inaane JJ over the busiutss troubles that were preaeing harder and hardtr day by day, und went he scarcely knew "or cared .. wither. He landed in Sun l'ruacisco and determined to go to Australia and there, , if possible, seek fortune, and if he found Jf it return once more to Chicago end face . his creditors. Fortune he found not, but ho soon discovered that tho antipodes wa3 no J place for him, and he also discovered that he made an error in not remaining y in Chicago and beside of his wife and children. A lew weeks in Australia sickened him, and without attempting ? to locate he look a steamer for San . Francisco and came back. Mr. Dunn had a larg? number of creditors to face, but he found them none too severe, and all were prepared to overlook his lint mistakes and bridge J* him over as far as lay in thiir power. " So kind have been his friends that yes* J terday Mr. Dunn closed a deal with a [J; party of friends whereby he is to receive >.'!() (100 in pnfth to h?>irin hii<>yt und rp? . aume his business ouco more and pay ofl bis debt*. ,' When Mr. Dunn left Chicago he bad " an indebtedness of over sso.ooo standing Jj against him, over $23,000 of which ho , owed bis aged father, who was exceedingly bitter against his eon and declared J? be would never look upon his face again or own him as his son. Mr. Dunn baa Rucceeded iu a measure in appeasing his . father's wrath and easing the former '' bitterness. Jlis old-time friend, Tat Sheedy, the "high-rolling spurt" with whom MrDunn lost a large sum in horse-racing jll Ventures, has forever been barred from K Mr. Dunn's further acquaintance. A . . hi iNAVxiJO SNaKH DAM'fi. m ft I? a Krllgloai Ceremony Among the soulhorn {ntllnn*. u Chicago, III., Jan. 1.?"Benjamin 61 Brink, Moqui, Ari.," was written on the ct register at the Palmer House yesterday n; by a robust lookiug man of sixty some- T what stoop-shouldered, ftfr. Brink is an b Indian trader, and as Moqui is pinety ai miles away from the Paciilc railroad, he cc says he did not hear about the trouble I among the Indians iu the Northwest c<e until lour days ago. fc "From what I have hoard of the fn 'ghost dance,' " said Mr. Brink, I can- hi not see why it should stir up suc'u a row. The -unake danpe,' I believe, is r ten times more exciting, and the Z iui, ti Navajo and Moqui Indians on the reservation near my uome work themselves v? into a per/tot fcenzy durinc its progress, 0I but never thinfc of molesting thp wbiteo. vy "It is part of their religion, though, vv and il any suempt were made to stop it I believe there would he bloodshed, tr The dance takejj place once in two years, tl TUe last 0110 waa celebrated in July. ti Preparations were w?:!e oeyrnl weeks c< before itcamo oU', and I wet} as anxious ti to bo a spectator na they were. A atrauger or wilder ceremony X never ct saw. I Lope I shall never nee it again. e: The dance took place j'isfc before sun* tr down, and X got up on a high ledge t where X could get a good view. Tne 0j apace allowed for the dancers was not h large and waa enclosed. Fifteen Quo- ei looking Iudiana began to walk rather b; alowly at tirat around a huge atone in c< tbe oanter D?thn incloeure. They wore ftlmobt nailed, cod tyery part ot their bodies, even to their te, was sheared with a red find green mint. Each man ei had a foj'a scalp (ftngliug /row his j waist and in each hand carried a rattle made of a gourd, Xioofs of deer were 1 tied around tbeir armies and wrists, and ^ at oach step and movement of the arm 8t noise enough was make to wasothe .1 dead. "Thosnakes to be used in tho dance had been caught several days before the fete, ? and just before the dance had been 8l placed in a cluster of trees beneath U| whero X stood. After tho men had g, yelled till they were hoarse and had ina4o tbe^seh-ea tired rith stamping cl on the ground, QCty n>ovi painted ^ skins camo rushing down a hill, filed ^ iuto thu enclosure, and then began such a tumult aa X never want to hear ayain. r( At a given sigual the 6ixtylivo now thoroughly frantic men made a rush for g the vrove where the snakes were hidden. Kiel] man cawo lushing L?c^ w|th if . wriggling and squirming snake, its unci: betweon his teel/i go it could not bite ? him, reentering the ling snd begun a olow walk around tbo center Mono. The .1 reptiles biased aid dashed, their tails ' Dm) bodies around the necks ol the apparently mad red men. f^yeral of them ? were bitten by the unaka, which woe ? the most venomous in tbo country. It ? is a wonder all of the petformers were n not bitten. Two of them died a day or T two aim the danra, tliq herbs allied not Ijeihg sulMent to draw out the c, poison. "After the ceremony each man u snatched his snake from his mouth, ran down into the valley liciow, ind tbero the reptiles were set lrce. The Indians were thoroughly exhausted after their ? violent exercise and could scarcely ciawl si back up tho bill. Fro in what J could r! learn such ceremonies as the 'snake dance' have been held for centuries. a s BUamthip Naw?. ^ Sax Fiukcuco, Jan. 1.?Pacific Mail * steamship Uity of Peking arrived this J afternoon from Hong Kong and Yoko- c hnma. 0 '"'MIS OF MB" Will Flow in Russia Before Freedom is Gained. AN IMPENDING REVOLUTION In the Land, of the C*ar<?Interesting Interview with Stepnfok, the Fatuous Nihilist, Just Landed in this Country. New York, Jan. 1.?Sergina St*pniakt he famous Russian revolutionist, exile uid writer, arrived in New York on the [Jmbria and ie occupying apartments at he Everett house. Mrs. Stepniak ac jompaniee him. He has como to this :ountry to deliver fifty or more lectures, ] ind, in view of the great interest which i Americans feel in Russian affairs, and 1 be pnriicuiar interest which they must j lecessarily take in a man who has been . co-worker with the most noted leaders f the popular movement against the i Jzar, it seems probable that he will adIres largo audiences. It was a mild-mannered Nihilist who < at in a room at the Ever?tt house ut 4 j 'clock and answered questions from lOWBpnpr.r UIUU. Auyuuuy, mmuK n ood look at him, would fay: "There's t mau oveiflowiug with good-nature: a .< raruvbearted, sympathetic fellow. He c annot be a Nihilist." n WHAT THE NIHILISTS WANT. \ "The Nihilidls an a party," said he, d believe that certain things should bi ^ Iven to tho people ol Russia. They t ant a National Parliament, universal t affrage, local autonomy, and nationali- fi ition of land. They do not believe in n Slate Church, but in absolute freedom n i religious matters. For the present t, ley are fighting for but one thing, and lj lat is for the substitution of a free gov fl rnment in the piace of autocracy. Tney a ik no more than this, willing to leave io rest to l>e settled afterward, nnd h illing to take their chances with other a artiea in the determination of what in- ti itutions are bestsuitod to a free people. S hey do notr.sk for a republic, although al ley are individually republicans. They t ould be willing that tho reigning Czar p lould be the President for life. But tl key do insist that utitocratic power shall p 3 done away with." u This and much more Stepniak said, p >euking with great rapidity aud earn- b Knees, exhibiting a wonderful comland of English and the ability to uee a1 ngliah words discriminatingly. Ilis tc ronuuciatlon, however, was far from F >od, and at times it was difficult to it itch the words which fell so rapidly b om his lips. p "What are you hero lor, to make S hub money ?" was the next question. b 4,Ob, no," answered Stepniak to thin 01 ither abrupt inquiry. "I come us the ?presentaiive of the paper which is b ublished in England?Free Ilustia?a w ?per wliich lias for its object tbe ti wakening in she civilized nations of f* ?e world of a sentiment of disapproval ii [ ttio course of the Russian Govern- tl lent toward the people of Russia. We d avo no popular eentiment lo which we ft lay appeal in our own land in the hone ai lat it may load to a modification of the al Rorous treatment of his subjects ad- h liuistered by the Czar. But we realize p lat foreign opinion of our country lias tl tremendous influence. In the aenti- al enta of other peoplo than our .own we ti ave found a lever which wo may uso to M reat advantage in our work. gi kennan's great work. c "for example^ wo realize that what ? its come from the work of George ai ennan haa made an epoch in Russian ietory. I do not mean that the aenti. lent which ho has aroused haa had its it reatest effect direct upon tho Czar. It as operated perhaps more strongly pon others, upon the great body of , 'fjcials surrounding the Ojar.and it has rtainly produced a great impression [! pon the en tiro body of Russian liberals. ; be paper of which I speak was founded },! r some of the leading men of England, V; id our committee of management ib imposed of noted men of both parties. J. wish to create in this country an inter- j*1 it in ourcause similar to that which is Ij It in England. That is what I am here ir, and if I do it I shall consider tbat I , avo made a verv succcsdul journey." r "Do you indorse tho practices of the " ussian terrorists?" was tho next in- Jj irrogatory which waa submitted. ^ To this question Stepniak responded jj; ith tho counter question; "If any one " [ you should have your slater flogged fr I?4 .1.1 l,n nnn. fualinmi -vha' Btan V IUU WUUIU uo JWI" ?4.wium? p ould you etop at to oyerturu the 6[ov- Jj rnment that authorised such a punish- [1 tent?" Then ho went on ro describs ie relations prevail jog in Russia he- jj veen the people and sovereign. The , mditions were so sovere, he naid, that {Jj ley could not be tolerated. J; "We tried tho propaganda first," he *' >ntinu?d, "but we got nothing from it JV ccept tho meal cruel and barbarous [,l eatment of all who took part in it. ?. hero is no other way than by the use JJ f force to get what we waut and must j11 ftve, and I believe that it will in the 11 nd be better for humanity if forco shall 9 ueed than it would be if we should r< mtinue to endure. ins OWN CTPEHIB.NTE. tl had my first trouble ylth tho Gov nment," fjaid Stepniak, "in 1873, when Jjj was making propaganda among the bi asants. 1 was ordered into exilo. But ii didn't leave the country. I changed a y name and residence somewhat and in ill kept on with my woik. I was prob- tl )ly the first of what are known m tho ia 1**8*1 kOwPi** fnai- phrase covers o; 3rsoD8 who, having been ordered to tl ave the country, stay in it uuder as- p imed names, liable, if apprehended, to tc ndergo severe punishment. I went to oi (vitzerlnnd in 1875, and there wrote rc r a leaflet publication which was cir- ic ilated in JtuBflin. J atcr I returned to up uoeia, stilf ^n UflvgaV. person, uua 'puU- aabed a paper called ?&nd and liberty.'1 vi "How did you manege to escape rr,? oil ;sb i "Ab, that was my goad luck," said tepniak. "<Ynd what is you status nntr; would ou uaroto go nek to wmalai"' ~ "I Bhutl go if I consider it my duly to |! ' What would tliey do with you i!tboy " lould Bud you iu Iho country: tend l' ou to Siberia?" w "Worse than that," anawertd Stepnlak, n it[i n smile. "It misht be that horrible a rison at Hcbueselbouif, which ia far 81 one than Siberia. There's many a P uaalan, 1 can toll you, who wouiii be 1 ery happy to be asnt to Siberia rather 0 aea to tcuuBaBl^Ouri^ hfttlly i ehouid S oneluci'that 1 bud done Tery little fur e >y country if I should only be sent to '> iboria." c IMPENDING SEVOLUTIOK, ?: "Stopniak ia not your name i what la our name? They call you by fi<ro or iz names in this country; what is the tl ightone?" fl The Russian laughed at this question 1 nd then ho answered: "My nurao is I tepniak. That is the name that I will I e known by. I was born 'Siepniak' t hen I wrote my book, 'Underground C tusaia' down in Italy. I choose to 1 onceal my real name. Let the Kusalan u lovernment know me aa 'Stepniak.' I I have never done aught that I am ashamed of or regret, but I do not wish to give my name and it is my right to withhold it." "Have you ever killed anybody?" mildly inquired one of the journalist*. Stepniak opened his eyes at this question, as well he might, but he answered it promptly in tho negative. "J didn't suppose that you had," said the inquirer. Somebody asked what Stopniak thought of tho murder of Seliverskoff . by Padlewski. "I don't justify that," said Stepnaik. "It was not necessary. In a country like Franco there may be an appeal to public opinion, and force is not necessary. I am sorry that Padlewski committed that murder. All the same, though. I am glad that ho was not arrested." Tho laBt question put to Stepniak was 1 whether or not he considered that the a reigning Czar's life was in danger. ( "Yes, I do," was the answer that came with great emphasis. "A great revolu- t Lion is impending in Russia. and unless ' some concessions are speedily made to -he people it will soon come upon tne country, and, depend upon it, rivers of jlood will flow." q A OLBKIlHli ACTOli. (, t Pnnnla* Uinlll.p nmmaa n Kunanllnli tiv it Appcnriuc in Comic Opera. Amesiioby, Mass, Jan. 1.?The Rev. J K. C. White, the bright an J popular pas- 0 or of the Universalist church, has tt :aused a profound sensation by donning he buskin and impersonating Miles itamluh, in tho comic opera "Prieciiio," |0 omposed by Mesars. Ilunry D. Coolidge tl ,nd Thomas Suretto. The opera was c( resented here last Friday, with a cast Irawn from local talent. fe When it became known that the Itev. Ir. White was figuring na the hero in le lie play there was a little shyness on Hi he part of the other actore, but after a 0 aw rehearsals the feeling wore oil. The V linieter entered into the sport with ?b Ci auch gusto as the younger people, aud !iey quickly saw that ho possessed rare of Jstrionic ability, and when the night at: ir the performance arrived there %;as in well tilled house. di The audienfce was divided between orror and admiration. The minister's th cting was superb and his voice was cap* w vatirg. lio made a capital "Miles ta tandiah," and carried the houso by of :orm by his really meritorious work, all [e was called before the curtain and ap- gr leuded to the echo. .Since that night jo goscipa of ail denominations have oL ounced upon the parson and have Ot auled him over the coals with spiteful en ersistency, Tho Univer^alists stand nc y their pastor through thick and thin, by Mr. White proached his last sermon 3 pastor of the church Sunday. Hein?nds spending tho winter in Tampa, la., where he has an orange grove, and is hinted that his next venture will [J*1 e on the stage, rather than in tho pul- j it. lie graduated from the Divinity . chool of Tuft's College in 1880, aud has een here emBince, with the exception P j i two yar3 spent in Augusta, Maine. f? Mr. White enjoys the distinction of eiogthe youngest survivorof the late ar. In 188S he was talked of for Na- n onal Chaplain of the G. A. 11, but At tiled of election. His war record begin V* i his ninth year,when he went out with }J le Sixty-fourth Ohio Volunteers, as n rummer, December 14, 1801. His ither was a lieutenant in the company, ad later on a captain. He became sick ^ ome for good, but while in the army erformed a drummer's duties faithfully. {[ le was bora in Ohio, but is a descend' )** i of Dc'ccou John White, ono of the P1' rat "seven selectmen" of Cambridge, ^ lass, lie is also descended, on: his **; randmother's side, from Major Henry r.e lark, who raised and equipped, at his i;} wn expense, a regiment of patriotic J"" oluntcerufor service in the Revolutionry war. ? 3 , , 1UJ TUG.FIGltr lb ON * oe etwren ilio ArcltblKlii'PN and t*io I'nrncll- ?1 Hec?Tht> Etiil Is not V? t. t* L Cohk, Jau. 1.?Tho feud existing be- Si veen tho Archbishops and tho Parnell- jj' es, which lino been slumbering since. M le election in North Kilkenny, burst 'rc irth fiercely to-day, and the most bitter tNi leling prevails on both sidea. Mayor lorjjan, an earnest supporter of Parnell, a,) as iuetalled at the town hall as Mayor 0,1 [ Cork to-day, and amid a scene ol in* ^o inse enthuaiasm on the part of the ltfl arnellites. This troublo manifested itself when }UI le arrangements were being made clur- f01 Wthe morning for tho customary in- do allation ceremony at tho Catholic athedral, which has always formed art of the day's proceedings. The Par- 4 jjllites werp then in forme J, first by ru- ? lor, and afterwards as a positive fact, *'c jat the installation ceremonies at the "c athedral m^et bo abandoned, as the ishop, tho Right ltev. T. A. O'Callahau, thi . D., refused to receive the Parnellite layor. This infoiwation was greeted en itli mang signs of extreme indication jr tho ParuelftUs, who ara now conneed that tljtf nuttlo with the priest- i nod is only in its early stages and ttiat ajc long and deeperate struggle for su- t0, remaoy between themselves and tho :a( riests may be looked forward to qP iroughout Irelaud if Mr. Parnell re- bit lains at tho head of his faction of the q, ish party. A Faint-lioort In tho <J ac at. EK I Ihe Editor ol the Intelligencer. till Bin:?The reckless sensation-monger, le Police Guset(e of Wheeling, called Jj" he priu'ui in its issue of to-day u ?r Bt ol saloon keenBrs v;ho sell on Sun- l0, ay, end my nameis in the list. I have Be| Benin the saloon business in Wheel- ce ig eleven years, and no truthful man C01 in oay ho ever got a drink or a cigar in ^ iy placo on Sunday: The statement wrj lat my back door was open on Sunday ?" i unqualifiedly lalao. One door opens jrc a Fourteenth street and the other into 5j} io Opera llouse entrance. One Is as V ublic as the other. It ia well knowu tl? i the public tbat my place is never open ' a Sunday, and that paper is guilty of rva talicious slander wuen it includes me Jt( i such a list. The cditoj* ^hpuid-in hij {,a lorbid to bp fcyhi-u'tionai at least i-oid accusing a Uw-ftbiuiag citUeu. of "V iolatinu the law. Lko Kikstbk. f Wheeling, January 1. bu Clevolnud'a MiQHtrcla Coming. on W. S. Clevelauii'ij QgoBnl'.datC^ Miu? U! reb, a:'r.ey a sea^n oi p-ue'nbiReqal sue- th '69 in flfew %otV. and other larger citiea gr f the Jftist. will bo seen attho Opera an iotiae next'Wednesday, Jauuar 7. The Hf leriia of this attraction are well known be > the amusement-join? public, and se ero they not, either Mr. Cleveland's th ante or the company'* roster would ba an guaranty of superiority. Among the w lellar celebrities who ar* ^ COIn. ai, any a*-- Emerson, Barney Fagan, wi luihey Dougherty, Luke Hchoqlcra't, iei lri(f!n and i'ielda and Hanson, an ign'Ar Benedetto, and the fatuous Crngurt, Tt ightin number, refined British aero- w ats. Such an array of talent is rarely n? ollected in one group, aud the financial pp access of the engagement is assured. Ui Fulton Nntutuutioaa. of Tne citizens of Fulton have nominated Lt lie following for the villago oflics to be th lied at tho election January 0: Mayor, to 2d Hatnm and Adolph Yacke; Recorder, gi l. 0. Wagner and Charles Hoffman; fo 'ive members of Council, Louis Meckel, hi Villiam Biyless, Christ Hoffman, y< Jharles Schenck, George Kiteon, M. in 'reismutb, George Z jeculer, jr., Her- V nan Gehringer, M. Stein, George tiusch, Awrence Heller and August Miller^ w STATE ITOOPllENT. Mr, A. W, Campbell's Trip Through the Two Virginias. . I ACTIVITY IN ALL SECTIONS | Y Great Move In tlioOhl .State-Boom Prices la New Towns?The ltivai ] West Virginia Systems-What t Mr. Klltins is Doing. I "Can't you give the Intklligbnceb j! ome account of your recent trips into fj he interior of the 'two Virginias,'" said v n Intklligknckk mnu to Mr. A. W. * Jampbell yesterday. J "Why, certainly. Anything to make ti he buys happy, if thev are abort of mat* ti er for to-morrow," said the ex-newspa- tl er man. "What is it you would like to ti now?" p "Well, you have recently been over the ic Shesaiwake & Ohio, and, later, over the p Vest Virginia Central. Wo would like fc j know what is going on as you guthered c< , while away." a "A great deal is going on, both in ? ?< tc nd in posse (if you will excuse my rench). There are marvelous develpments, present and prospective, in c ic 'two Virginias.'" w "To what do you particularly refer?" bi "1 refer to the tnauifrthat seems to ex- rt it for town building in Virginia, and vc >r exploiting the hidden resources of pi je two States in the 'way of iron ore, tr ;al and lumber," said Mr. Campbell. jo "To what special localities do you re ie. r?" or "Well, I refer generally to the whole fir ngtli of several important railroad \y aes? for instance, the Chesapeake & Bo hio and the Norfolk & Western, in ar lrginin, and,the rival Davit-Elkins and ]jj imden systems in this State." io "Of course you read the recent semiiicial article written at Parkersburg id published in tho Wheeling papers ju, regard to the Camden programme, jn dn't you ?" inquired the reporter. "Yea, and I suppoee, as you say? that , e article is at leaat semiofficial, if not holly bo. 1 heard intimations of the ne uie thing while away. The same sort wi au article, in whole or part, might j iobewritteu iu regard to the proamme of the Davii-Elkins railroad stem. They both aim at the samo we ijective points, viz. the Cheseapeake & th( iio ore fields at the Ronth of their prea- wa ,t termini aud Pittsburgh at the iea >rth, incidentally taking in Wheeling da ' way of tho Baltimore & Ohio." eel CHESAPEAKE A 01110 OEE FIELDS. U.J "Can you toll us something about the A e fields along the Chesapeake & Ohio ilroad, at which you eay they are aimB?" oai "Yes, something, but I do not protend be fully poetod ua to details. I atop- |Lf d oil at Covington, the county Beat of ? legheny, in Virginia, adjoining the eat Virginia 1iue, in order to look into , e oro question. Covington may be u , lied the principal center of the ore , Ida tributary to tho. Chesapeake & qu lio system in Virginia. It is almost . e south of Beverly, Randolph county, ,l: . Va., say 120 milts distaut. Tho fa- . ana ltich Patch minra have their head- tv carters at this place, probably the ? :hest development of irou ore along ~.Q e line of the Chesapeake & Ohio. U( ' Tho Lowmoor furnaces are near Cov- j, Ktou and I visited the openings worked . the company, as alco their washing A ( icbinery, whereby they free, their own hematite ores from earth v matter. leae ores average forty to forty-two ? r cent of iron and their coaimer- Qt il value on board the cars is 50 per ton. It takes two and a half us tu produce a ton of iro.n, and it re- 1 lires about 2 8LQ pounds of coke, cost* g$3?)0p<*r ton, to emelt them, asaleo m tun of limestone, valued at seventy nts. The cost of labor ia estimated at D8* 50 per ton, r.ud the whole cost of pro- of icing a ton of iron is iigured at to me 2 50. This includes tho two grades of doi undry aud mill irons. Tholreightto an< liladelphia and New York on these mc >ns (where nearly all the Chesapeake the Ohio product ia merchanted) is $3 50 lor $4 per ton, aud the price there is mc out ?17 for foundry. Tho principal sav tput of tho Lowmoor is foundry. Tne on. mpany has its own coke ovens; hauls fol coal from New river.'W. Va, about mi: yenty-livo miles, and cokes it at its lur mace. They pay ninety cents per ton the the coal at tho works and about one tbc liar freight. in t 'Eifit of the Lowinoor furnaces, in the vil .inity of the junction of the Richmond nir Allegheny branch of tho Chesapeake gin Ohio with the main line at Clifton a n irge, are the Lougdalo and other far yei ces that are supplied with ore by the str< :al mines and ail with coke or coal from an* a New river region in vVeBt Virginia." oui 'Yon spoke of town building as aprea* tip t maaia in Virginia; what do you fnt ;un by that?' said tho reporter. an; yows BUILUINCI IN VI KG IN I A. WJ 'Why simply this, that overy few miles 1)rc ingtbe Cnuoapcake & Ohio road a * ivii company lias been formed, the ad- f :t*nt lauds bought up or held on . lions, and a town 6ite, or rather a city ^ e, laid out. Now, for ipataoca, take ifton Forge, juat mentioned by me as j point 01 jauction between the ^ich ' >ad and Allegheny btangh and Jta 3 main lino the Obeseake >1 Ohio, Agriculturally the p id 13 worthless. It waa all bought up y?' optioced itifl than a year ago by a Cei wu company at ?13 per acre, and the par Hers were glad to take over fifty per r.t of this pries in slock in the laud in ropany. hast September tho ^omnauy Sot idu a public sc!e ani} LtiUders and buy- giv i came {rojfl faY and near, and a great the triy 'lots were sold at prices rangiog Wc im ?f>0 to ?100 per frout loot. The ths iia for this boom is tho location of the 8ta teaapf a&e a vmo suops ?i turn jnnc* km n?very extensive shops by thy wa/ Oa >nd great expectations in the bee j ol (nruaoPB, foundries, piling ratil?, It i \ Oiiltou jFSrge la an ol>l point. They Kg! d alitrnace'ilougsione to utcay) there mi (ore the war. Itislucatcd ou the two are l<* oI Jucltson river, tha principal c^i btitary of thn James. It Is the pof-si- ay i piiut cf junction on tho 5?;t c.; the am lUidcn or thn rUvia-Ukino systems la i a cr l^tii, Willi (he Chesapeake & thi iio.'A real enlate man drove me all over lia, e place and the outlying and laid off cot juniie, over all sorts ol grades and c,oi tid all sizes of mountain Bide bimiderB. Ty 9 showed me lota, 'JoxluO, whioh were hni Id at $100 per loot. I inked, in all tin riounness. it it was really pomible thai an efe lots had been sold at such priors, pr< d h? afsured me that they had been, so; ty, said 1,1 can bay lots in Wheeling, ten jug paved street*, where tbece is g'Ja, I iter, street f4lQ and till' city conven- of Dues, including established industries, if d a population of 35,000, for this price, mi ml may be, said he, but all the same fo d expect higher prices for (hem lots clu :xt si ring. Thoy weve bought oa of ecalallon at these prices, and they are hli mly held lor a rise. Mi "I could only express tobim mysense scl the utter absurdity of such prices, ab lot at it, I said. At Covington, roi irteen miles west, they have also a va wa company, and they expect to be a wl eat enntre. They have been a village loj raeventy tlve years. Like you, they ca ive hundreds of lots laid off, and like ne iu they expect to be the point of an inction with our two competing West tb irginia systems. tit Then, again, there is lowmoor, a half as ay point. They alto have hundreds of be lots laid off, and they too expect to he a manufacturing centre and agreatcity. Then there is Iron Gate, two miles east of yoa. They have an immense area staked ofl in town lots. They have built a fine hotel and have bought and planted the little old Moundsville rolling mill in their midst, and near by have greeted a one horse curry comb factory, Hid they also expoct to become a great :entre?a Pittsburgh or Wheeling. LOOKING Hon a SPBINQ risk. "I had a good liBtener and a good oaturcd fellow in this real estate man, md ho seemed interested, if cot surmised, when I told him the Btory of Hrmingliani, Ala., Wichita, Kan., Lob Ingeles, Cal., and one or two other 100m localities that I was more or less amiliar with. His businecs, however, ras to boom things in and around Clifton '"orge, and whatever his convictions he ersistedin saying that there would be rise this coming spring, and now was lie accepted time to invest. He had a fty-ton furnace on his hands for sale, lie "Princess" furnace, located seven?en miles from tho Forge, operated by a ennsylvanla man, to which tbeie was a it of ore land attached, the ground iloor rice of which (to astoek company to be >rmed) would be $125,000, which was msidered cheap and $175,000 below possible maximum tbat might be ob* lined if the plant was judiciously hanled in the market. "Hoot at Tentl (Info (wntmSlAB nnof rst lifton Forgo, I met with 4,Jako" Yost, i lie is familiarly called, an ex-mem* >r of CongretB from Staunton. lie ia inuing the boom at this place. His >wpany have built an excellent hotel? ice, S) per day?and hav>, as I said, anpplantcd the little Mom dsville rollg mill, about which there was so much gal fuss and so many sules oi one kind another, in days gone by. It was lally sold at an old iron price to J. 0. eeks, of Pittsburgh, nnu by hi in re- ' lvl to the boomers ol Iron Gate.. They e at present making muck bar for a J ehniond concern, and say they are dok bo at a profit." < "How about labor, expense of living, J in that mauufacturing country?" 1 quired the reporter at this stage 1 the interview. 1ioom, boom, uoom. "Labor at tho ore mines is nearly all ] gro labor. It is paid $1 25 por day, lich is a recent rise of 25 cents per 1 \f Tliorn ia a orast JamnniJ fn? loliir ' J .V,* I 1 last Bummer thousands of negroes ] re employed in grading town sites for t see future populous cities, and so great * ,b this demand that tho ore compan* I \ had to put up the prico to $1 25 per i y. They all agroe that it is an ex* t lent class of labor, and especially val- c bio, as they put it, because it has so i tie deposition to strike. Nearly all c 3 labor at Lowmoor, Longdale end f ier furnacca is also negro labor. Tho i roey earned is spent, for the most * rt, at tho company's stores, where c }ds are not sold us cheap by any u lauH as at Wheeling. ( 'Pretty much all that is consumed by / 3 people is brought into the country t m Eustern and Western markets, and t Dee living is expensive." t 'You weut over the entire line of the C eeapL-jike & Ohio did you not, and ( v pretty much the same state of 1 ngs at all points, did you not?" 'Yes, I went over the entire length of li ; main line, from Huntington to Old v int and Norfolk, although I did not t ip off at every point. I stopped off t ongb, hofrever, to 6oe and hear that- t was everywhere the same thingam?boom?boom all along tho lipe? ( Goshen, Basic City, Buchanan, Staun* r i aud everywhere else." I 'Well, what aro your impressions as'a li iole as to tho outcome and usefulness what is going on in Virginia?" ORE AT DEVELOPMENT; c 'As a whole, it will result in a greak. ,'clopment of the old State. Railroads il bo built, coal and oro mines opened, s iculture stimulated, hidden resources I all kinds quickened into develop* I 'ut, ideas broadened aud much good t qc. ( A good deal of money has been . il will be made by the shrewd "pro* iters," and s good deal will bo lost by >"ibeced lambs." Virginia will be a P ig way ahead as an industrial com- 0 m wealth of her past record. What I a v is only a modicum of what ia going J . A visit along tho line of the Nor- i] k& Western railroad would reveal aa ich more in the matter of coal and uber development. I want to tako d it linn in nlinrl.lv. Tt lma itnnulnm il n > moat wonderful coal and coke field J the United States outside of Oonnellft- . le. I refer to tho Pocihontas ti^ld, 11 lc-tenths of which is ia We6t Vir- 0 lia. The Norfolk & Western carried Ql nillion tons of coal to tide-water last 31 nr. At Norfolk tbeir coal tipplo a etches ono'fourth way across the nay, * 1 the steamers of all nations and of r own ooaatwise trade coal at that pie. I was much impressed with the ure outlook of Norfolk?moreeo than y other point. It is an old. place, like Reeling, and has about the same nuuir of people, and both places have >bably about the aanio future ot p iwth in store. I was thero during the j d days' sale of lota at lifunbert'a Point, t adjoining, and thu prioeo obtained I not seom to rue unduly high." 0 in ws8t yibgisja. P 'leaving the old Stato of Virgiuiaand u recent awakening to one cide for the ? taent, I would like to ask you about t! ir recent trip over the West Virginia t atral, and as to what you saw In that v t of our ow*t ^tate.*r e 'WpUj you have probably got enough P Ike way of an interview for one day. 1 ne other time, if you bo desire, I will a eyou an interrogatory sitting as to i developments along the line of the R ?st Virginia Central. Suffice it to say " it a great work baa been done for the 1 ite by. that line. Davis and 8 tho, mill their associates, like B ti'den and hia arsnciatep, have a ^a real benefactors to Went Virginia [8 aot necessary to disenna them in the 81 ht of philantbrop'ate in order t-o ad- & t that they are benefactors. They 1 i on the make, of course, and taking [' ineoa of fcuuccea m they go, but they 11 i ail tiie same increasing tho wealth y J the popnlation of the State. Kikins a broad guage man who has come Into 1 ) S ate to be part and parcel of if- Ho }' _ i ma _ i :_ iL.i i_ i.... Fr 9 UUlit H UO(T.y *** HU uujeot ICH* " 1 in the M'ifbi beauty, comfort and J i v?iniehc6 to the people of tho Upper ? (tarts volley, and more than that be J 3 built a railroad that has opened up n * coal and lumber o! Mineral, Tucker u d Randolph countie&^a road that he A >posea to nosh both north and y ;th through the State. This in* ? view wculd bo undalv long if 1 were to go into tho details u his programme, hot at anothc; time, you have any special ;hii*t for infor- "j ition on thin subject, I will bo glad to 1 oyer tiie maps with you and point 1 t what at prreent seem to bo the lines 11 coming development at the hands of v i so-called railroad system. Of course v r. Elkins does not givo his railroad 1 lemes away, but he ta'k* very freelv 1 out the resources alons{ proposed * ites and their various co npetfng ad- J1 ntages. I think that any ono } 10 studies the recently iswued geo- ( tical maps of the Powell savvey 1 n form a tolerablv clear idea of the [ ccsaary routes of bo',h the Oamden * d the I)avis-?lking lines. It is a good iuj that these two lines are in compeion towards the fame objective points, t the 8tate will all the sooner get the t metitsof both," 1 : Tffi NATIONAL CAPITAL. How New Year's Day was Observed in Washington City. THE PRESIDENTS RECEPTION V Magnificent ABulr?A Gotkcouh Spectacle?Flowers and Mimic Abound?A TVet I>nj?Mr. Blaine's Mansion Iturncd. Washington, L>. C., Jan. 1.?Theyetr 1891 opened wet, disagreeable and gloomy, and the etreets were so filled with slush from tho melting enow that pedestrianism was difficult and decidedly unpleasant. The President's reception waa, cl course, the social feature ol the day. The historic White House, which has been t&e scene of so many brilliant spectacles, ncv<jr;looked prettier than it did to-day. Tho government conservatories and hot houses were taxed to thoir utmos: capacity (or flowers aod plants and tho supply being inadequate to meit th? President's desire, recourse was had to private dealer*. In fact, it was found necessary to go to New York aud Philadelphia for some of tho flowers used in the devices. The reception begun at 11 o'clock, tho receiving party, taking their places in the Blue Parlor at that hour to tho familiar strains of "Hail to thoChiel," played by the full Marine band, which was stationed in the vestibulo just insidd the main entrance. Vice President Morton and Mrs.Morton ind all the members of tho Cabinet, with the ladies of their families, with tho jxetptien of Sirs. Blaine, had previously ioined the President and Mrs. Harrison ind followed them down stairs to the eception room. Here all tue gentlemen vitb tho exception of tho President reired to the rear of the Blue Parlor, vhere a largo number of invited guests lad already gathered. The members of the Diplomatic Corps vere first received. All were in full :ourt costume, which, in many case#, lotably tho Russian, German, Austrian, ?reuch and Chines* Ministers, was o{ he most gorgeous description. They cere presented by Secretary Blaine and Issistant Secretary Wharton, and nade a brilliaut spectacle with heir glittering jewels, gold braids and ilanktng swords. Baron Favia, of Italy, s dean of the corps of virtue of seniority if service, led tho procossion, and wan ollowed by Senor Romero, of Mexco. Nearly all the diplomats irero accompanied by ladies, Acompanying the corps were tho aembers of the International Monetary conference and the members of tho American International Railway Conerence. They were followed soon after >y the Chief Justice and Associate Jueices of the United StatcB Supreme Jourt, the Judges of tho United States /ourt of Claims and the Judiciary of the Jistrict of Columbia. irgely attended, moet of the people rho visited the White House calling ou he Vice President and the members of he Cabinet, all the latter, except Secreary Tracy, keeping open house. Secretary Blaine gave the Diplomatic 'orps a breakfast immediately after tho eception of tlio corps at the White louse and afterwards received the pubic. Mitt Blaine twisted him. SKCKKTAKY WiAlNh'S AIAiNSION >n Fire, llut Soon Uutfer Control?CoMlj Furniture Piled in the Street. Washington, D. 0., Jan. 1.?Fire lartcd in the bouse owned by Secretary llaine, but at present occupied by Mr. /.'iter, of Chicago, shortly before noon o-day. Tho fire department soon got bo flames under control. On the north side of the houso the ortico and lawn was crowded with piles f handsome furniture, rugs, pictures nd curtains. Tho Letter house wrs ne of tho most handsomely furnished u tho city. The damage was almost entirely to the louse, for as soon as tho Haines wore iscovered and tho alarm turned in tho aaids and servants started to work to einove the handsomo paintings and furliture and store them in tho neighborng houses that were opened up hospitbly at once. In the garret wore stored Bven imensa trunks packed with gowna net from Paris. They were uninjured pparently. aB tho trunks themselvca it-re closed and waterproof. MOMl* FPU TUB FAKIilgBS, a a Crop Which Mow Keceiv*? Kittle At. tentlou?Thoununilii of Dollar* bCan be baved to Thin Section. The other day an Inteluoknckr roorter had an interesting talk with Mr. f r.M- t?? i. i icii/ua, ui X' wwm i*uis., LI1B CQWap lanufacturers. Speaking of the shortge of fruits in general, and tomatoes ia articular, Mr. Flaoctw aaid his firm isually put up A Rood many canned Drnatoea, but this year had difficulty ia ettim* enough tomatods lor catsup, b> tiat they cut aown tho output of cauaod omatoes aa much as their contracts rouUl allow. Having oo hand a lar** xcess oi cans, they bought all tho mmpkins they could Und and filled hese cahs with them. Those sold well, 11 being disposed oi already. Mr. Flacoua wye the banc apples are rown rluUt hero. In tho South they 10 insipid, and in the North too tart, 'liia climate and soil are juat right. 'I ho ame ia true of tomatoes. There is no action in which as tine tomatoes grow babundantly with as little care. Tne firm ia having come trouble to cco.re tomatoss for next year. They Iways contract for tneiu in tho winter, he crop having been n combinative lilme last year, growers are afraid to fjo ito the dullness on a largo scale this ear. Tfe* annual product of thin one cstabshmout repres"nts about $>00,000. Of liis not over $50,000 is sold in the roaret usually tributary to Whoeling, po hat a quarter of u million dollars is roughtnere irom all over the country uarly for their goods. Were th? raw laterial all product hero, this would wan thai touch cash paid out lor labor a 1 to the farmers tor fruits, etc. Thin ear t>io firm i*?nt $10,000 to one man iu outhweatara Ohio for tomatoes alou*. jirgo sums were also paid out by aa iientlnSew Jersey. One farmer hero in a recant year got 00 bushels of tomatoes off a single acre, 'bean, at 20 cents a bushel?$0 80 a ton, lie ruling price here, aft against $6 60 iu 11 othor matketu?l?rouKht him &S0, rhich was more than tho land was rorth. The crop requires little care, he vinos yield constantly till frost, and ho business in in every way desirable. 1soouim a pity that farmers hero do nut ;eep nt borne all the money paid out by his and the other two larne concern*? ieor^o K. 5IcM*chen & Son and J. W. luater? in the same general line ol asnnfacture. Tho tomato crop is ccrainly well worthy of tbnir attention* C\t\iiim in rot a local bnt a ronm'tnlioo?t tllwnwo, jnd rrquiren constit'iIon ?1 remedy like Uood'u Saraaparilla ;o effocl a cure, 13