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(The Winding IBBl Jntcll^rnrrr. ftTAMJSHBD AUGUST 24, 1852. . __ WHEF.LINQ. W. YA.. TUESDAY, JAMUAKY20,1891. YOUUMI! XXXIX NimSTTT5 Tl MM COM. Williams Rivor Route Abandoned in Favor of Gauley. THE CHANGE OF LOCATION An Important One?President ingallf, of the C. Ai O., u Member of tlio Syndicate?The Great ilouto Through the Slate. i SptcIal DUuatch to thr InUUlqenccr. Cuaklkhton, W. Va., Jan. lO.-Ex.Senator Cain Jen left for Baltimore, after having cpent two days here mixing anion# hid o.vn political friends and closing np soma important matters connected with his varied railroad interests. It is now definitely known that President of tbe Chesapeake it Ohio is a member of the syndicate which par chased tho I'oluj creeic iruu ore ibuub near Covington, Virginia, anil hit con- : nection with the property has doubtless been the chusu ol a change in the further extension oi the Camden road southward, a chango which will largely , inure to tlio benefit ol Charleston and the Kanawha valley. It is well known . tl.oi the Chesapeake <& Ohio acquired by purchase the old Kanawha A Ohio road, 1 anil ili.it the latter had, in the days ol I its vitality, secui od the righto! way Irom I theinoutliol lUuley river to near the I mouth of Williams river, in Webster ( county, anil had acquired much ol the ? foluablecusl lands ol lowor Gauloy. 1 Senator Camden's original purpose I wan 10 build his road from the mouth oi . William# river through I'ocahontas 1 county to Covington, but this route has ' hob* been abandoned, it is said, through i the intervention oi President Icgalis, < aiid the Camden company aud the llalti- I more A Ohio will now go Irom near the f mouth ol Cranberry river, where the 1 road lirst reaches the Gauley, following the Gauley river to the Chtsapoake <!t , Ohio, when tlioy have secured a traffic contract witn the Chesapeake A Ohio to Covington. It is said that the iron lands I owned by the Camden syndicate, at Cov f iDRton, constitute b very valuable property, and the cloee proximity of the cut- , ing coalsthe mouth ol Cranberry will , tend to open up and develop large coal interests in Nicholas and in tnat section oi the State. The people In this section of the State ore, ol course, much elated 2 over the tnrn the matter has taken, 1 " *' ' U*? Willie OUit'IB liuui wo luuiiv. UHH . eeern (o relish it so much. A corps of j engineers will start from Parkersburg at once for the mouth of Gauley to make 1 their final survey end location. t MIL CAMMs'milEMSTlC j Over the Uo?7?'"K Wurld'n Fair?tiaoiiuet at 1 Clmrlfuton. ^ Special Diipalch to tlu JnleUigeneer. Ciiahlkstox, W. Va., Jan. 10.?The j various committceB on the banquet to bo Riven hero February 12th to the World's Fair Commissioners and others ( are not allowing any grass to grow under 1 their feet. The indications are at present 1 that contributions will be even more lib* * eral than was expected. Senator Camden, who has been hero for the past f^w days on business connected with his 7 nil/road and other business interests, particularly the purchase of 00,000acres of laud in Allegheny, Va., mention oi . which has already been made in the In- 1 tl-luuknceu, is quite enthusiastic in his 1 approval of the plan adopted at last c Wednesday night's meeting. He sits the banquet is the right thing in the . light place and at tho right time, and J that it will undoubtedly bo productireol I great good not only in securing a proper f frnm thft I,HeieluttirO. )lllt 1 it3 calling the attention of men 01 frfl > ( ence and wealth to our State and & * j resources. There is no doubt but ms c flympntbieoaro thoroughly enlisted and < iu? H iiJ do every thing possible to furfc! er j itn objects. He had intended to start to j Florida at about the time set for tho j banquet, but will endeavor to arrange 1 mattern to that I10 can Jind his preset ce ] and influence to the occasion. The seed < sown ib already beginning to tajce root. 1 Tlie question as to the proper amount j to appropriate for our exhibit at Chi- j co^o U* a frequent subject of discussion , among the Ktaleeinen now, atfd while there is ocine /liilerenco of opinion as to the proper amount all agree that the appropriation should be a liberal one. The Finance Committee has prepared a circular getting forte the important of the ' etent and asking for such contributions as the occasion demands. Over 250 cir? ' culars were mailed last night. STA'ih 11 Ah AO iiiaiir To Milltnr/ Clnim??Judtfc MoW|iort??'? 1 Itrport i*nd Iterummvndatloa. iHxcial Dispatch to tii? Intctlluauxr, Charleston, W. Va., Jan. 19.?Judge J. M. McWhorter, appolnUd afc the last session of the Legislature to present military claims on behalf of the Stale before the Court of Claims at Washington, has written to Governor Fleming reporting that he has secured the services of Col. P. E. Dye as attorney at Wash, ington and that a petition haa been filed in tho court setting up the character of tho claims and all preliminary steps taken, bur. the Attorney General claims that tho Slate has not paid the claims for which reimbursement is asked and therefore has no legal claim against the Government therefor. Colonei Uye suggests that to meet the Attorney General's plea, an act should be passed making mi appropriation for tbq payment of the claims and thus put.the State in po fitiuu lu ittK lor me court a juuKru?r.*v (or reimbursement upon her assumption o( their payment, i! such an act is passed do money will bit asked until liter tlio judgement of the court shall have beeu entered. Judge McWharter recommends tlie passage of no act similar to House bill 41) of last session. The Governor will submit his oommnnica lions to the Legislature at tu early day, jimiviu furs mil. starting Offou K Solid llniU-irhat It JtelnK l)ou?. V'tat Dhpalch to Ikr IuUUi.varCiiABLKaTos, W. Va,',' J on. 10.?Kanawha City, the proposed uear town, located a short distance above this city ou tho south oide of the Kanawha river, Mils fair to become In a short time one of most important manufacturing centres in tho State. The company, which by tho way, embraces notne of the most enterprising young business uion, has organized a building and Investment company in Baltimore anil has nearly completed the organization of two others, one la Philadelphia and ono in Washington, which propose to spend $200,000 in building housesat Kanawha Oily during the present year. The Board of Directors met hers Saturday night and took action upon important matters connected with the future of the new town. One of tho most important features of the meeting was the presence of architects from Baltimore, Philadelphia and Washington, each of whom presentetf plans (or a magnificent hotel to be erected at a coot of $60,000. Work will be begun as soon as the contracts can be let, A petition bos been sent to the department asking that t postoflice be et ttblishod there, at which C. A. M. Meadows, formerly ol Racioe and uow editor ol the Coal River Ittcord, will probably be postmaster, and a newspaper to be known as the Kanawha City Jmltulrial Intelligencer, will make its debut before February 15. Tbe first manufactory to locate there will be one lor the manufacture of the finest gride of pressed and ornamental brick with a capacity of 100,000 per day. Work on this will lie begun as soon as the weather will permit and negotiations are now pending with a larxe steel roofing plant to locate there, and a company now operating ten of the largest chemical plants in the world is also corresponding with the Company and making investigations with a view to locating an immense plant. TheO.AO Railway Company contemplates building a handsome depot and laying tbe' necessary tracks in the coming summer. If the Company closes tho contracts now pending it is (ufu to predict a population of o.OGO souls within the preeent year. The engineers have completed their work of laying the Company's property off into suitable lots and have turned over the plats and maps. Although it has been said that Kanawha City was only a city on paper, this cannot be said of it six months from to-day. The Company haa called in its subscription books and no more stock is offered Statu Historical Society. Special Ditpalcli to the lnUUlaeneer. Chabibstox, W. Va? Jan. 19.?The lecoud annual meolinc of thj Ptr.'.u Historical Society to-nigbt was quite well ittended by representative men of tho Jtate. Professor Virgil A. Lewis, Secre.ary, rend quite ati lnteroating report, letting fortn the aims and ohj-ctsof the tociety. Kimarks wi re made by Colont!l f. L. Brown, Hons. H. K Ilanen, 0. \V. ihaw, M. S. Brytp, JS. W. Wilson, iloc/i F. Gibbons, Colonel B. W. 3yrne, J. F.Cork, Gen.B. F. Oxley, all of vboni heartily endorsed the society and ts objects. Secretary Lewis' report mggested that tho Suto appropriate a eaaonable sum for a library for the lociety, the State to hold eamo as its iroperty. A ISoy Disappear*. Hxcial DU patch to the lale ltgcncer. Charleston, W. Va., Jan. 19? Fred JcArrow, aged IS, who was applicant or pago in the House, is mysteriotfcly nissing. He was last Been at thoOapitoi 'rlday afternoon. His mother ia a ffidow and is almost distracted. UlLhUlilS ir. fomlnnted bj tlio Democratic Uaucas for Ualted States Senator. Auhnv, N. Y., Jan. 19.?Gov. D. B Jill was this evening unanimously lominated for the United Statea Senate >y the Democratic caucus ol members of lin Tjtnialaftirn annnaofl Kutinfftr Till'. irts(Rep) Mr. Urartu was unanimonsy nominated by the Republican caucus to v. Hill will be the next Senator and 9 the recipient o( hundreds of congratuations. Hovejr Nom touted. Indianapolis, Ind., Jan. 19.?Gov iraor Hovey was nominated for the United Senate by the caucus of K<-pubican members of the Indiana Lvgislalure to-night. FRANK ll'UiiATliS U1BG8ACK rii? Frcaldoat ??f Mm ICaatai Fdrmera' Alliance to be lleuueeil. Topbica, Kas , Jan. 19.?The resignoion of 1'rar.k' McGrath, President of the Kansas State Alliance, will be r?ques:od lither on Tuesday or Wednesdiy by he Kiecutlve Council of that body. President McGrath was requested to >ring before the committee an affidavit rom Congressman Turner, Senator jerry and Congressman Ferklns, exmerating him from any collusion with Republican leaders. These the Presllent either has not nttempted to secure >r has been unable to do so. A detectve was then employed to inveatiguto lis record lor the last three months and t was his report to the committee vhlch has resulted in the Alliance President's temporary disgrace. He is :harged with having frequent consults* Jons with Republican leaders, and having msdo expenditures from Alliance funds which were iu the line of his luties as President. CUEKUSirS^k rUousamls Preparing to luvwlo tho Strip on the JiOth IimutotSt. Iouib,Mo., Jan. 10.?Advices from northern bordor of the Cherokee strip are to the effect that the movement to invade tbp strip ia assuming i. .Mnnnllnm .Itinnnrv 90 hu liBOn vooil ?? Bet as tho day for the general Invasion, bat at the present the boomors are going into the Etrip every buy in large numbers lorthe purpose of picking oat Ihelrciaimo. At on.o paint alone 3,000 boomers have assembled ?uij are anxiously availing tho much longed for signal to enter the land of Oanian, Harry Hill, of Oklahoma fame, is on bis way to (he strip with 300 boomers, and other Isadora will fallow in a few days. ??j>j Boycotted by Whulv Tttwon. Milvtaukek, Wis, Jan. 19?1'bo stations on the Council Bluff* division of the 0., II. & St. P. railway, in Iowa, have beencloaed iiocpnse the towns people bovcnlted the new employed in !b? place of tho strikers. Imperii;londent Collins says that tho new men Wore unablo to oei meals or lodgings in either place arid that the cltltens did tbeir beat to make life a burden to then). He says this tuothod of retaliation will be employed in evory instance where boycotting tactics are resorted In, as the company can baiter afford to close some of the station! affected by the atrike than keep them open. Will WrMlle for ttia Utianiptonahli*. Moh'iBiAi., Qui, January 19.?John McMahon, champion collar and elbow wrestler of tbo world, fcas been challunt/ud 1>7 James Cowley, of Teia^, *he giant clis/apion at the western States to wr'eetle beat two not of three fills for from (MO to $1,008 A dile. Ed. James rules to govern. McMahon his made a deposit binding the match and will alio* Cowley $100 fir expsnsis, the contest to .""me oil in Montreal within one month from :'>o date of signing the articles, I.?itt?rjr tfcbwjio Unearthed. Et. Louts, Mo , January 10.?e. H. Horner, the New York banker, w!;o has been vlctimirng and swindling the poorer classes of people In the East through bis lottery scheme jast come to light, lias beeo running the same kind of an establishment in this city at No. 220 North Broadway. According to the stories of soma of his victims bis monthly incofae bss not been less than 18.060. The Post Office authorities are at work on his case, and the whole crew will likely t?e arrested on the charge of violating the lotto^ Jaw. > * Avenged nil Wife** II op or. Sr. Lopts, Mo., Jan. 19.?At Caldwell, Kansas, lost night, Joel L. Tracy, * brakeman on the Sock Island road, was shot and Instantly killed by William Brooks. Tracy hAl been intlnute with Mrs. Brooks. A PERSONAL PMILEGB. Senator Ferguson Denies the Gerrymander Story. IS OPPOSED TO THE SCHEME. Col. St. Clair Comes Co the lteseuo? The School Book Question Slumbering?Important Measures Before the Legislature. Bpccial Dwalch to the InUlUocnccr. Ciiablkston, W. Va., Jan. 10.?Today has been rather an uneventful ouc. A number of bills of more or less importance were introduced in both Senate and House at tbeir short sessions and ^ committees have generally been hard at work. In the House this morning 2 Judge Ferguson rose to a question ol ! privilege and asked the clerk to read an J extract Irom the Intblmuenckk in regard to the Judiciary Committee being ti hard at work on a redisricting bill. He *said that no such bill was <n prepara- ? tion in the committee to bis knowledge, p and bo, being chairman of the commit- u tee, would be likely to know if there . was. He was getting tired of his name " being used in connection with an alleged P gerrymandering bill, particularly be- " cause be was opposed .to any such mens- u ure and always had been. ^ A LITTLE STORY. |a The Judge mfldo this statement during the campaign and it was frequently -f quoted in bis favor, but people do not ^ always believe what they hear during a campaign and look upou the J udge with r some suspicion yet. In connection with c< bis denial be told a little Btory of his boyhood days, saying that at onetime al bis mistress, to whom he was appren- g, ticed, accusid bim of stealing ciierry preserves. He denied it bitterly, but j( she continued ber accusations until be 0j concluded that as Bhe would believe bim guilty anyhow be might as well have the r preserves and got them, Whether he jj will apply the same principle in the present instance remains to be seen. A NEAT MOVE. Col. St. Clair this afternoon introduced A a resolution providing for >a committee of live from the Senate to act with a like 4 committee of the Mouse to consider the matter of redisricting the State. The ff resolution will probably be adopted, nnil j, this, at least, will relievo the Judiciary Committee and Judge Ferguson of the nl responsibility of fathering ttie bill, uu- n less the Judire is appointed on this com mittee. ~ TIIE SCHOOL HOOK QUK8TI0N. 4? House bill 00, introduced by Mr. Shaw to-day, creating a State school w board to purchase school books is pre* cicely the oame bill as that introduced jo by him at the lost session and he seems A to take considerable pride in it. There T; seems to have been little attention paid ra so far to the question of renewing the 11 present contract with Van Antwerp, ni Bragg Co., and instead of a diversity of opinion there seems to be a wonderful bi dearth of opinion in regard to it. Mr. p< Shaw thinks that an elfort will be made to Hg'iin to have the books printed by the State and furnished to the people at h cost and says he tlynks that the best plan if "jobs" can be kept out of it. ce Whatever has been done iu this matter so far has been done very quietly, m However, there seems to be a strong ni Bantiment Against changing from our in present series of books, particularly among members representing rural dis- ic trier*, who say their constituents are so almost solidly opposed to it, AKOTIIBlt OLD BILL. i? House bill No. 88 by Mr. Stone is also Jj an old measure, having been introduced by that gentleman Uo-years ago. It Sf provides that the Oounty Oourt of each re county shall employ competent teachers ei at least four months in each year to in- p< struct youths betweon 0 and 10 yeard in county infirmaries and shall proyide tfc necessary books and stationery) that primary branches shall be taught and at tcachers pay due regard to tho religious ic and moral character of children. The /Inm.nlltaa mill ?nnrf tcnnroKln nnnn Ir. VUUHUJMW niii - uiuuij U|JWU i? it and there seems to be little doubt of ol its passage. tc lillS STATU SHUTS). "1 ? A Largs S unjber of IflllN nud Resolution* SI [ittro(iot'0(J. Uptcliil DupatcMo U* IMtlHttuctr. W OuABtssio.v, W. Va., Jan. JO.?Tbo . Senate met at 10 a. m. Prayer by Rev. jj Torrance, of tbe Kanawha Presbyterian church. ci A communication from the House an- " nounced Its adoption of House joint P resolutions 3 and 4. The liouu was " notified of the Senate's concurrence in . both. Chairman Knott, of the Finance 11 CQUjniitteej reported hack Senate bill 3, " recommending its passage. Also the P reaolntion to employ A. W. Ward to a: look after tbo Senate furniture at $1 60 per day was recommended to not pais. rl Communication from tbo Honse an- & nounced the adoption of House joint e) resolution 5, o; Ti,? following bills, resolutions and " petition's vviiio introduced and properly referred: ' ? By Mr. ParkB, Berkeley, Senate bill = No. 12, providing that juries may ho summoned for Bpeclal terms of Circuit {! oourtu without requiring a lapso of thirty ' days. u By Mr. Hardman, Calhoun, No. 13, to ? create an independent school district at ? West Union. By Mr. Lowther, Wirt, No. U, pro- " yidlng that property of a married woman a: owned by her at the time' of marriage, and rente, profits and issuos thoreof ci shall not be subnet to her husband's . debts. b By Mr, Parke. No. 15, Berkeley, au* v thorizing Berkeley count? to refund at a lover rate of interest $105,000 of its jj bonds. ? By Mr. Arbackle, Greenbrier, No. Ill, J 0 prouiuic ine 6?iu 01 cignrv, cigarettes, opium tcjj narcotics to minora under ~ eighteen yean. aUo No. 17, by request, amending the Code relating to ro- ?. location of county seats. J JJy Mr. Shepherd, fxigan, No. 1.S, tame aa house BUI 85. 1 By Mr. Watts, ol Kanavtia, No. |9, to amend the Oodo providing that a mar- s risd woman way luo or b? sued without joining with her husband when the ac >nn concerns her aspirate property. 1' Also, by leanest, No. 2U, providing that C railroad corpora^?"" Bball begin work ? and o*ps?<} at least ten per cent. Capital p stock within'three years altar the date li J of the charter, and oouipluto uuj oner- b ate the road witl)in ten yean, or forfeit t the charter. I By Mr. Worley, Prcaton, No. 21, to 1 amend section 1 chapter 123 of the Code, 1 soucerning the county in which snils t are commenced, Also No. 22, to amend I the Code, providing that railroads shall a give warning of approach' of trains at b crossings and junctions, to give police at telegraph stations whether or not p trains are on time. B By Mr. Walts, Kanawha, No. 23, to t amenv the Code in regard 13 the recovery I of damages for injcries sustained on 1 public roads, bridges, streets, Mdevalka, 1 alleys, by either being ont ol repair. i By Mr, Cunningham, Pendleton, ton- a lotion directing committee on taxation and tinance to inquire into and reporl upon the best plan to secure an assess ment at its value of whisky in bonded warehouses. By Mr. Gilkeson, Hampshire, resolution directing the Judiciary Committee to inquire into the matter of criminal sharges, which appear excessively large, ;o the end that some mw.ns may be demised whereby the evil may be corrected f possible. By Mr. Hardman, Calhoun, resolution he Committee on Koads and Internal Navigation to ascertain and report if the harter of the Little Kanawha River Navigation Company has not been for* eited. President McCreery announced the ppointment of Walter Corder as cloak oom page. Mr. Davis, of Taylor, introduced a res* lution asking for a apeclal committee of hree to draft resolutions concerning the leath of Senator Smith. Adopted. The committee conbidta of Davis, Worey and Arbuckle. By Mr. Campbell, Jackson, Senate bill 4, empowering the independent school listrict of Rinlev to borrow money and jnuii bonds for erection and completion f the public School building. By Mr. Gilkeson, Hampshire, No. 25, o amend section 30 of chapter 45 of the 'ode?the school law. By Mr. Lowther, Wirt, No. 20, to mend section 58, chapter45 of thoOode, rescribing what class books shall be sed in public schools. By Mr. Arbuckle, Greenbrier, No. 27, y request, to amend Acts 81,82,83, conjrniog what a physician may furnish is patients, what drugs any merchant lay sell. By Mr. Wiley, Mason, No. 28, to nend the Code defining the amount ol .ml corporations may own. By Mr. Garrison, Monongahela, No. >, to prevent the waste of natural gas, y providing for plugging abandoned ellB. By Mr. St. Clair, Fayette, Senate Joint esolution No. 2, providing that a joint miraittee of five from each house be ^pointed to consider the redisricting id reapportionment of the State. Laid rar. By Mr. Worley, Preston, Senate Bill ), concerning separate property rights : married women. By Mr. St. Clair, Fayette, petition of . H. Boone, Sheriff ot Fayette county, eferred. Adjourned at 3:15. . HOUSE OF DMifcUATES. notlier Flood of (till*?tfeiuures Fu> thtitr First ltandlog. rtc/aj Dltpateh to the InU'llycnccr. Chablbston, W. Va., Jan. 19.?The ou8e met at 10 a m. Prayer by Kev. >hnson of the Baptist church. The Committee on Taxation and Fiioce reported back House bill No. 55, quoting that it be referred to Judici y. The Judiciary Committee rccom,ended the passage of bills Nos. 1,10, i, 40 and 77. The following bills and resofulions erG introduced aud referred to the roper committees: By Mr. Gibson, Jtffferson, House int resolution No. 5, authorizing the uditor to issue warrants upon the reaaurer for per diem and mileage of embers, ofllcers and attaches of both ouses. Adopted and tho Senate jtified. By Mr. Dandridge, Jefferson, House 11 No. 81, a bill conferring additional >wers to the Council of Shepherdswn, regarding its indebtedness. By Mr. White, Ohio, No. 82, concern* og the validity of wills and testaments. By Mr. Morgan, Wetzel, No. 83, con- , irning regulations respecting licueoH. , By Mr. Havermale, Morgan, No. 84 aking sale of intoxicants to drunkards id minors a misdemeanor and providg penalties. By Mr. White. Logan, No. 25, confirmg title to purchasers of land hetofore >ld as waste or unappropriated. , By Mr. Young, Upshur, No. 80, amend- , g the Code rolatiug to State licenses id injuries arising from the illegal sole intoxicating drinko. By Mr. Dyer, Kanawha county, No. I, providing against injury or damace 'suiting from the operation of stationy engines or boilers by incompetent rsons. By Mr. Stone, Wood, No. 88, to amend te Code concerning the poor. I$y Mr. Morgan, Marion, No. 89. ere- , ing penalties for interference with or ijary to oil or gad lines or Hells. By Mr. Welch, Mineral, No. PQ, amendig tin Code relating to the preservation : certain useful animals. Also No. 01. i amend the Code concerning the sale of jple or peach brandy made from fruit rown in the State. Also No. 02, to mend the Code concerning tolls. By Mr. Prichard, Marion, No. 03. to siend chapter 145 of the acts of 1870. By Mr. J?ihloy,*Tuclcer, No. 03, amendig acts concerning thfc construction of ooms. By Mr. Randall, Harrison, No. d5, con?rning execution of sentence to penijntiary or of death upon prisoners proounced by tho Circuit Courts, defining le duties of the clerk. By Mr. Sbaw, Barbour, No. 05, creatig a State School Board to secure books >r use in the schools, defining the owere of certain oilicers therein named od providing penalties. By Mr. Young, Upshur. House ioint 'solution No. 0. instructing our Bena>rs and Representatives in Congress to Qdeavfr to secure pensions to members f our Stato troops for tbtir service in le war. Laid over. Communications from the Senate were jcelved announcing the concurrence in [ouue joint resolutions 3 and 4. Mr. Arnold, of Gilmer, introduced a ^solution direatim? the flmnmitlflu on IJucatinn to inquire into and report pon the expediency ot aboiisblofr the Diet- o( County Superintendent ot ehools. Bills Nob. 6, s, 20, 2", 2n and 04 passed leir first roading without objections ad were ordered to second readme. The Speaker announced additional smmittfleo as follows; Labor?Corcoran, Thompson, l-iinert, Priobard, Good, Carle, Kiser, Linille, Hovermale, Cook, Austin. Iiumigration and Agriculture?Lamon, larden, Arnold, Thomas, Uandridge. arver, Brown, 8tnmp, Krwin, Miller, of ackson, Laird, Randall, Holle. Additional uiembera ol the Jndiciary -Oarle, Johnston, Bryte. Mr. Smith, ol Tyler, asked to be exused from sorting on any committee, lot granted. On motion the Hoqse adjourned till p a. mi Tqwltv. Charter* lutied* pedal DUixitch to tU htidlloinctr, Charleston, W. Va., Jan. id.?Char. ward tllllflH tn.rlat* fn ilia Vninfa* - B nwv I?g?v? ?V >*UJ Irv buu i utliBA loal and Coke Company, of Pirdmont, fitli a capital stock of $300,000. Ten ?r cent is paid in with tbe privilege of acraasing to a million. Tbe works will a ia 0 rant and Tucker conntica and on b? vWm of the north branch of tbe 'otomac rlybr. 'ibe gbarep are $100; ,348 are held by H. G. Davis; SflS'by ', B. Davis; 748 by 8. B. Klkint and hree each by 11. If. Buxton and T. H. .andatreet. Operations will beitln I an early day and the enterprise will i? one of the largest in the State, '4fso tbe {Cramer Oil and (las Coraiany, o( Wheeling, with a capital of (000, II paid in, and privilege of tbcreailub o fi.so.Oun. The stockholders are fc. J. Cramer, Lewis Husotuan, F. J. Norton, iVheeiing; August Briedenstein, Wiliam Briedenateln and Conrad Rum>auch, of Bellaire. They have one ihare eacb. jiffmm Democrats in Congress at Their Old Tricks for Delay. LIVELY TIME IN THE HOUSE, In Which Speaker Heed and Major McKinlcjr HcoroaPoint or Two. Tho Schcmo to Defeat tho Elections BUI. Washington, D. C., Jan. 19.?The intention ol the Democrat* of the iiouee to resort to obstructive tactics until tbo fate of the Elections bill is decided in the Senato was again manifested to-day A light is being made over tbo approval of the journal and tbe i Speaker and Mr. Springer are making ' things interesting for each other. Mr. Springer, of Illinois, took the , floor under the rule allowing forty i minutes debate after thf ordering of the 1 previous question. , The House was in a good deal of con- j fusion, and Mr. Rogers, of Arkansas, railing the attention of the chair to tbe fact, the Speaker (while rapping his j desk vigorously) dryly suggested that when tbe House understood that the , gentleman frum Illinois was speaking it would be silent. Tbe chair hoped the ' House would listen to tbe debate. 1 Mr. Springer replied with mock po- 1 litenesa that ue would bu much obliged 1 if tbe Speaker would preserve order 1 when he wts talking upon a measure o! t such importance, aa that to which he S wished to call the attention of the v House. t Continuing, be said that never before o the session of this Congress had a mo- S tion to reconsider?a privileged mo- \ lion?been denied by tbe presiding offl ii cer. In the last election (he was pleased d to say) the honorable Speaker had recognized the great principle of the right of the people to rule. The Speaker bad 3 said, in a speech in New York, that this waa a government "of the people, by D the people, and for the people," etc. Thu Mnuulrnli llnnnrl ll.ul ll.i ? *ue vj/eniioi uupvu tuav IUD gtjjiii;man would give tiie House the benefit * of the "etc." 1< Mr. Springer replied that he would ' print the Speaker's remarks in the V Record. f Mr. Springer said that during the campaign this was "a government of the people, by the people and for the peo pie" and he would abide by the decision f ol the people. The Speaker had put ? before the people as a question to be considered his conduct in making his ? rulings, which he lmd denominated as , the turning aside of the precedents ol a . hundred years, but which ho hoped would bo the making of precedents for [he next hundred years. c Mr. Springer uanilcsted his willing- P ness to yield live minutes of his time to ? the Speaker, If the Speaker desired to eay anything. Alter remarks by Mr. Bland, the ? Speaker said (ironically) that as the gen " tleman from Illinois (Mr. Springer) " bad been good enongh to " yield him some time he would J have read some decisions made " by Speaker Randall. He then had read several extracts Irom the journal showing that Mr. Randall had refused to entertain appeals from his decisions. Mr. Springer Baid that Speaker Ranilall had been governed bv law, while tu the present Speaker was governed by ,r nielli. ![ Mr. McKinley?Nobody would deny that the motion made by Mr. Mills was g pamy uuaiory. it oiuac ue maaiiesi i. lo tho country and manifest to every k, gentleman on the floor that 'or tbe last u Bix weeks the whole effort of the other c) Bide had been to obstruct the public bus 3 mess. [Republican applause.] There a| was not a geutlemau on the other side p who would not declare, if he was truth- }!, ful, that the whole purpose of the lilibuHtering tactics was that it shoufil be impoesible, if the Senate should pasa tho Elections bill, to pass that bill through u the House. Mr. Flower, of New York?We accept that issuo and stand upon it. [Democratic applause ] Mr. Mclvinley~I am glad the gentle- 11 man makes an open confession. G Mr. Flower?X do, r< Mr. McKinley?And I want to say to the gentleman from New York that this issue will not down. P Mr. Flower?It downed the R^pub- w lican party. [Democratic laughter.] J Mr. McKinley?You, gentlemen, se- " cured power in the House of Represent- 0 atives by the suppression of tho votes of *< thousands and i^ndreds of thousand? ?, of citizens. Vou may have a temporary a victory now and then [derisive Demo- u cratic laughtor] but tho party, which ? Btando against an honest ballot and an \ honest count cannot long and perma- rI nently hold power in this country. 81 [Applause.] v After further discussion tho journal n was approved yeas 237, nays 101. P TUtlELfciCilUiNS HILL q Mr. (iaorga Deliruri a Action " on tho Meiuurn. Washington, D. U, Jaa.JO.?Atone ? o'clock the Elections bill wan taken up ti by the Senator, and'Mr. George epoke P in opposition. Alter a statement of the action of several Stat ej on the subject of t] negro sutfrage alter it hail been imposed o on the South, Mr. Georgo remarked that r in Michigan, Ohio, Illinois and Wiacon- ^ sin the iiueetion had been submitted to '' the people and had been njectcd by 5 large majorities?thus showing Uiat while the peoplo of those northern P States would not have.it for themselves, " it was good enough for the southern Slates, where there were 10,20 or 1U0 nexroea for every negro in the northern States. He asserted thst the constitu- h tion of Oregon adopted in 1357 contained e pruvuiuHS probtbiung the immigration > of negroes and their settlement in the ? State, forbidding contracts to bu made r with them and to fact outlawing them i and he asked Mr. Dulph whether those , provisions had been changed. Mr. George yielded to Mr. Hoar who ? moved that the adjournment to-diy.be < till 12 o'clock to-morrow in order to give _ Senators who desired to attend the , funeral of Mr. Bancroft from St. John's , Gbjirph at 11 au opportunity to do so. , The motion wqs agrpda to. ' j Mr. triorge then resumed his speech i, ?? i.. I,ia ..; . i i .. 1 i/Ufa Nltuuut 1.VUV<<4U<UKI uu /IC'MCU IVi L a motion to po into extcutive suasion ; and the Senate goon adjourned, UE6L1UEU DXWXfTIIDIIUXAL Tlie Virginia Drewtl Itaif Law u Inter- ' ferance With Intar-StftU Commerce. 8 Wjwuihotoh, D. 0., Jan. 19.?The 1 United State" Supreme Court today S handed down" an opinion attirmlng the | Judgment ol the Circuit Court o( the I United Statu, lor the Eutern District oi Virginia, directing that a writ ot J haUai corput be gianted to William Eeb- t man, convicted in Korlolb ol violation i oiiheStalo n?e?t UeRootlop lav.' Thlo t &QM of whft are knd?n aa the dreped t el oaaea, ariaing oat of State leglalation having lor ita object reatrictlon ol the aale of meata bv flrma located outalde 1 the State in which the meata are offered 1 lor aale. The itatutca ol Virginia make | it an offense to offer for sale fresh meats slaughtered more than 100 miles from the place of sale, unless first inspected. The compensation to the inspector to he one cent a pound. It was contended that this law was an interference with inter-State commerce, and therefore unconstitutional and void. Tho court, in an opinion by Justice Harlan, sustaine this contention and affirms the judgment of the lower court ordering Rebman's release. Wr?t Virginia Matters. facial Dtnalch la the luMlaauer. Washington, D. 0., Jan. 39.?Mr. W. B.McMechen and wife, of Wheeling, are in the city. Representative Atkinson introduced a bill providing for a pension for Rev. Hyatt J. Boatman, formerly of tbo West Virginia conference hut now a member of the Illinois conference. He was a West Virginia soldier during the war. Representative Smith presented a numerously signed petition from exinlrltnianf IVoct Ulrninit fnr ilia nnivaott 9UIUIUIOUI IKBt ? "h""" mu at the bill recently introduced by bim providing lor the muster ol the West Virginia uiliitia who served during the irur, and making them eligible for penlions and other rights now enjoyed by regular volunteers. Among the nominations sent to the Senate to-day was that ol H. L. Sims to ]e Postmaster at East Liverpool, 0. West Vlrgtiiln Penalotig. ffKtinl Dispatch to the LiUUtocnccr. , Washington, D. 0., Jan. 10.?West Virginia pensions were issued to-day as ollows: Original?George Carmuree, Jridgeport; Jos. Kirlipatrick, (iuinn's .milice; Johu Reynolds, Fairmont; i Elizabeth, mother ol Wm. Oman, Wheel- , ng; Johanna, widow of August Eck- | iart,Wheeiinjt; Rebecca, Widow of John , il. Nelson, WellBburg; Magduiena, vidow of John A. Lloyd, t'alatine; Eliza- i letb, widow of Amos Wolf, Grafton; ; oinors of T. 0. Ford, Berlin. Increase? | larnuei White, St. Marys; Wm. J. Teel, i Vhite Creek; John B blmuson,Huntrrgton. Re ieoae ? Samuel Weaver, pring Hill. Kotmh-Claw euitmuun. ptctal DUiuUdt to the JtUeUUjencer. Washington, D. 0., Jan. 19 ?Post- ' aastera appointed to-day: G. Mmkin, , ice M. W. Pendry, resigned, Goal River t larshes, Raleigh county; G. T. Barns- i >r, vice 0. II. Cingess, reBicned, 1 )itfces9, Logan county; A. L.Wood, i ice 11. M. Wood, resigned, Wood, I 'ayotte county. 1 The ltnum Investigation. ( Washington, D. 0., Jan. 10.?The f Laum investigation was rammed this lorning. Assistant Secretary Buesey, f the Interior Department, testified that I e did not now, and never had auy in- t arest in the Refrigerating Company, c rreen B. Raum, jr., was asked by Mr. f Jooper the name of the man who took are of his horses. He replied that his amo wasO'Donnell, and when asked if tie man was in the pension office said: ] That's none of your business." ? The committee admitted the questions a ad Mr. Kaum stated thatO'Douneil was messenger in the pension oflice at $70 month, lie had been appointed by * itncss' father. O'-Donnell did liis doty, t ad attended to witness' two riding orses after office hours, for which witess paid him. From the Emperor of Gerinau j*. > Washington, Jan. 10.?This morning tr. J. 0. Bancroft received tlio following legram from the Emperor of Germany, 11 ansmitted through the German lega- l' on in this city: a Sm:?Ilia Majesty, the Emperor and a log, remembering the relatione of p iendahip which for many years existed etweeu His Majesty, the late Emperor u William and the late Hon. George Ban- u oftaa Minister of the United Statee to r' erlin, has directed me to exprcBS to you < jd to yourfamlly hia most sincere oym- f1 nthy with the great loss which baa 11 illen upon yoa and npon your country. ? MOT IK OUlOlUO c c ettraea a Party ot Oeet-Uii and Americana, fc A lllood; Fight* A Uuicago, J012. i'.?.?uuring a email not t hich took placo at an oarlv hour this J lorningat the corner of Harrison and j( llinton Blreete, two youna men, Law- u unoe Casey and Kichard Caekens, re- t aived injuries from which they will \ robably die, and over a dozen others j ere badly hurt. Casey and Oaakens l ore driving along Harrison street in a 8 ugjry when they encountered a crowd t f Greeks near the corner of Clinton t treet. The Greeks reittfed:; to get out f the road of tbo horse, and a violent Itercation ensued. The Greeks jumped p into the buggy and attacaed the a oung men with knives. Caakens and lasoy drow their revolvers and fired ight and left. The Greeks, however, i ucceeded in wresting away their revol; f era and it b*gan to look as if the young <len wonld be killed outright, whan the I atrol wagon loaded with police dashed a pon the scene. > When tho infuriated and drunken i reeks beheld the approach oi the police t bey rushed into a house on the corner v nd barricaded the door. Oaukens and a lasey, each having a dozen wounds, c rere picked up by the polico and Bent to be hospital, while Lieutenant Vosgrove 1 repared to storm the dwelling in which a tie Greeks had cntrenched themselves. 8 l heavy scantling waa securod, aud amid lie howlo and yells oi the Greeka tho > Moera battered down tho door. A tor- > ible handto-liaud struggle then took 1 lace iu the hall. It took just ten tnin- c tea, however, to clean out the crowd, 1 nd when the melee was over eighteen t ireeke, stuuned una bioeaing iroui tuo j ollce club-*, were thrown into the patrol [ rayon and taken off to the station. 1 Au Am/jiinTni([?Mlj\ I UAVAjq SrutNas, A. T ,"Jan. lfl.?Hoi- S rook, a thumbing little city jast vest J ( here, wa? the scone of a shootjug af- e ray last nfcht, in which Iiobort Bjylo, a i ow-lioy, was instantly killed by J. F. v Letchendea, foreman of tho I'leaaant v 'alloy cattle ranch. The killing was r lie "result of an altercation over the setletr.ent of wages duo Boyle. The men aet on the street, and as both had gnus a their hands, the firing was simulta- B leons. Boyle fell atthe first shot, ills , irother Bill, who was near, opened r ire upon Kotcherideo. Tba latter re; 1 urned the Ore as he hnrrjed his horse ' [own the eHreer.diooting an ho went, I mt without effect on cither side. ' Cotcherides gave himself up to an 1 Ulcer. J SvRACi'ftK, N. Y., January 10.?John i tarkersbot bis wife, a teacher in Baaett'a school In this city thig morning. ;hey had lived unhappily together, and | short time afjoehoseparsted from him. . ri?is ijiorploK ne went to the b'onee nf lisr sister, and taking his 10 months old paby in his arms proceeded to the schooltouse and in the presence oi the cbilIren lired live ahots, all of which Owt W; tucn jumped out a window j tot into a cutter and drove rapidly to- , rani the south. ?he woman is still ilivd. The police are In close parsult of he murderer, "Listed," as tbs brokers say, at "100 Dosrs One Dollar." Hood's Sarsapariila always a fair equivalent tor the price, 4 % OflCEIHTED COM). Remarkable Weather Prevails Throughout Europe. ITALIAN RIVERS ICE GORGED. People Free/0 to Death In Naples? Extraordinary Weather In Franco ?A Bold Bobbery- Other Foreign XewH. Berlin, Jan. 19.?Reports from all pirta show that the thermometer touched many degrees below zero, but that the cold 1b bearable in the absence of wind. The ice here is eighteen Inches thick. The sea between Strateund and Rugen, live miles in width, is alive with skaters and sleighs. In Holland and Belgium the severity of the enow fall um put a oi<j|/ iu luima/ auu uuuiira/ traflic. Thousands ol tnen are engaged in cleaning the roads. On the coast of Holland the sea is frozen lor a great distance, and thore is a bank of ice on the shoro of extremo beauty. Only the harbors of Rotterdam and Flushing are accessible to vessota. Advices from Naples report the death of two persons from the cold. The Italian rivers are oncumbered with ice. The reform schoql for boys at San Deraetry gave way beneath its harden of enow and ice and ihewhol?,mafs went crashing into the school room below. Twenty-two of the pupils were more or less seriously injur;d. On the frontier near Geneva a man iras found frozen to death. (Several vesiels have been wrecked in tho Bay of Biscay and a number of lives have been ,oa'.. The gales throughout Europe are ;he severest in thirty years. UxtrMurdluarji cold in France. Paris, Jan. 19.?Dnring Saturday find yesterday the most intense cold of the winter was experienced throughout France. Yesterday an aged man was ound frozen to death in his lodgings in his cltv. The thormometer yeaurday .ouched seven degrees below at Macon, line degrees here, twelvo degrees at I'onlouse. Wells are frozen at Perplglun, where a man has been found frozen ;o death in the street. A woman has jeen fouud frozen to death in bed nt Spinal, where tho thermometer indi?te fuur degrees below zero. Slight inow falls are reported from liiveria. The Cold |Q Austria. Vienna, Jan. 19 ?Nearly all the roads ind railroads throughout Austria are noro or less blocked with snow, causing < :onsiderable delay in passenger and reight tralllc everywhere. The Poor Buffer. London, Jan. 19.?The severity of the realher recently experienced in Great , iritain is increasing. There is much , uU'eriug among the poorer classes. , Tim HaUlo Sen I'roion. IlAJiBuno, Jan. 19? A dispatch from ' Ciel s.i) s that the Baltic sea as far as can e eeeu from Iiuel lighthouse, is covered ' rith ice. TUB BfcUtUlUN IX Cllllil!. io Improvement lu tlio tsltnntlon?Protection to llrltUh Subjects. London, Jan. 19.?The latest advices f t?ceived lie re from Child show that < lere is no improvement in the state of i flairs in that disturbed Republic. It j Ibo seems possible that a portion of the i iritish fleet in the South Pacific ocean j lay soon be investigating the disturb* J nee. The action of tbe insurgents has sndered impossible the loading and ischarging of vessels in Chilean ports, i hereby already causing considerable ; 360 to foreign merchants. In view of < epresentations made to the British for* ign oilicc, and as a result of .a series Of j ommuulcattons wuicu nave oeen ex- : hauled during the past few days be* 3 ween the foreign office and theadmirIty, it was aunounced to-day that a pQr- 1 ion of the British 6outh Pacific quadran, under Iho admiral in com* ; uand of that fleet, has boon ordered to eave Panama for Chilean waters withmt delay. It is also understood that ! he admiral has received instructions to ; ake all the steps he may consider necsaary in order to protect the interests of iritish subjects in Chile, and, according j 0 report, lie will not allow the war ves- i els in the hands of the insurgents to in* erfero with tho loading or unloading of he British vessels in Chilean ports. 6LNSATUhNAl! KOBBLUy. 1 Denperata Thlof llubna Ticket Oflioe and Murders a I'olleeraau. Pabis, January 10.?A decided sensa* ion was ono of the features of Sunday at /ourcelles. A desperate man who had teen seen during the day hovering round the booking office of the railroad lept at Oourcelles suddenly crept up to he office wiudow, where a woman clerk ras the only person on duty. The man, ifter assuring himself that there was lobody iu his immediate vicinity, i [iiickly thrust his hand through the i icket window, seized a handful of cash nil uartea away ueiore lue cornier uaj i ufliciently recovered (roin her conster- ' lalion lo be able to raise an alarm. Viit'ii the cashier finally recovered ber oice, she used it to such Rood purpose u shouting "(Stop thief," that a police' uan was B3on in pursuit pud ho caught ip to the rascal and threw hiui upon ' lie ground. A llorco struggle between he policeman Had Ids prisoner foiowed, during which the latter managed o pull a long sbarp, pointed i;ni(e add 1 ilunged it intq the policeman's breast .'ho policeman sank fainting to the ;round and the thief and murderer aade another attempt to escape. The ! rowd of people surrounded the wound- ' id officer, seized the tblef and held him ' intil other policemen arrived, when lie . cos handou into tlieir custody. The rounded policeman is not expected to ecover. A Solemn Faroe. London, Jan. 10.?The Daily Kexn ays that in view of the fact Mr. fdllou , s liable to imprisonment, his election u esiier of the Irish party would be'a lo'.emn farce. In regard to Mr. Farnell, he h'nti cays: Ills offer to retire if tlr. Gladstone will bring forward A "big" loine rule measure i? meaningless, be?nsc, although be admitted at the time hat ibo noma rule din 01 ibsu waa a big" one, he now says that 1? "did not neanlt." _ BtMmera Wrecked bjr let. Bbrli!!, Jan. 10.?Several hWumera in the Ice yockadu on the river Elbe bave oat their propollora by daihlog against ce Hjcb. A number ol veasels bave parted their anchor chains and are drifting helplessly in the stream. The itrongest tugs cannot leave Co harbor >f Cuxhaveo cc tu&ouni of the ice, and ihey are aulellng the military to blast tb? ice with melinite. flat Mia Mllm'i Wives* ' f AniB, Jan. 19.?Advlcea from Senegal, In Went Africa/ state that Commander Archlnard, at the head of the French troops, baa roated the remnant of the Sultan of Abmadoua' forces, Thefrepghi it la ascertained, have taken 1,000 prie onera, among them are all the Suitai of Ahmadous' wives. mmcuib-rmiT. Attempt to Diatroy Kcildfooei of WmIUi] People bj l>jrunmlto. Paris, Jan. 10.?Private telegrams of s most alarming natare have been received here from Leghorn, it being understood that the regular press means 01 communication have passed into the control of the police authorities of that city for the present. According to the messages referred to, several dynamite cartridges were exploded almost simultaneously on Saturday in the immediate vicinity of the various residences of a number of wealthy residents of Leghorn. Further details aro not obtainable at present, bot it is said that thi Italian police attribute the outrage to a well planned Anarchist plot which war to have led to a riot and the sicking oi the portion of tho city where the explosion occurred. A Diplomat's Suicide. Vienna, Jan. 19.?Sadullah Pacha, the Turkish embassador to Austria, who on Thursday last attempted to commit auiclde in this city, died yeaterday from his self-inflicted injuries. He retired to bis bathroom and first tried to strangle mwBeir, dui iaiung in ims ne siopptu up all apertures and turned on the gas. fie was nearly dead when found. IS 11'AOomilbtilON? The Kloctrlo Light Hoard Dlacuaao* some Preliminary Propositions. A meeting of what was supposed to be the Electric Street Light Commission was held last night, but since the meeting it is not so sure whether it is a commission. Those prosent were: Messrs. Kenney, Fturell, Hamilton, Bchultze. Shaffer, Franzheim, Craig and Tracy, Secretary Franxtieim read the resolution under which the commission was appointed, and the question at once 1 arose as to whether the commission has any right to exist under thecircum- I stances. Mr. Farrell and Mr. Tracy held that the resolution as worded and understood in the First Branch meant thaMhe Committee on Lights as at prosont constituted should only remain a part of the commisfiin until the new Council takes bold, and that the new committee shall take its place. Under that view, Mr. Tracy did not caro to take any part in the proceedings, preferring to allow the new committee to start ill unhampered by anything the existing committee might do. The other members understood the resolution to mean that the Trusters aie personally specified as a commission, and when Mr. Tracy moved to refer the resolution back to Council with a request to be more specific,it was defeated, ,.?i? - .i,,.' uui; ICUCIIIU^ IUICU vukoi Mr. FarrelJ moved that Mr. Franzheim correspond with olectrical engineers, with the viow to employing eome one cot in the employ of any electrical company nor having auy prejudice in favor of any system, to draw plans and specifications for a plant suitable for the needs of the city. Mr. Farreli's motion prevailed, and the meeting adjourned. TUB TOKft'KKS1 BNTKRTAIKMKNT it their Dull lost Kvnilug a Gratifying flucceta Throughout. The entertainment offered at the rurner hall last evening was of the most ?njoyable character. Turning exercises, uusic and dancing made up the protram me, and tho auditorium was well Sited. The entire programme was well rendered, especially the baDjo dueta by Messrs. Bchrader and Myer. mOOKAXMK. PART I. L. Overture-',lu?l?pler\- ^.Olarabs , ( a. CdllNthexilca with Music-...!. Hoy's dan (b. March.......... and 11. Girls' Class 1. Two fide hone* U. Boy'* Chun PART II. I. Mwlley?"Waddy UroR*n"?. Drunham I. Faucy dierw 11. Olrls' Claw 1. Horizontal liar with Hope Active Tumors PART III. I. "luvinoiblo Guard March" ?..IianJo Duott Lout* K. eclirader aud Fred. C. M.^or. 1. Tactic* .....~..Boyif of the 11. and 111. Clan 1. ladlau Club Swiuging F. Miller PART IV. I. Wal!K-"Ilaunting Eye#" Tobias Z. Sluglu Stick FcntTug... .. C. Scbambia and D. M. F. Krugh 3. Kxercfse on Three l'ar?lell liars ....Active Member* aud Boys oi tao 111. Claim After the programme was finished, the floor was cleared and dancing began, to the strains of the Opera House Orchestra. Drive Whist Last Kvenlug. The drive whsst party giveu tot 1 evening by Mrs. Kflle Unssoil at htr I pleasant boine, opposito Wheeling Park, was a brilliant affair, anil one which will not soon be forgotten by tlioso who . were present. The parlors were hand* somely draped with bangingaof different designs. Twelve tables were need lor playing drive whist, and the game was enthusiastically contested and the prizes, , wbicb were handsome, were won in the , following order: First prizss, Mr. Platoll Zano and Mrs. Raoil Baird; sec- 1 ond prizes. Mr. ?. 0. Flsccus and Mrs. I Ollie Wilde. , An elegant repast was served, and the i gunts returned home on a special motor I at midnight. The party was given In bonor of Mrs. Bernard Peters and ber ; daughter. Mra. JatntsSperry, of Brook- ] lyn, N. Y., who are visiting Mrs. James < B. Taney. Tim Wheeling Jfc Kiutern Utllroad. J Unlonloun, P<L, standard. Oar Waynesburgexchanges i\re much elated over what tboy believe to be reliable information from Wheeling thct tbe Wheoling & Eastern railroad will be 1 built. Ttila will ran from Wheeling i through Ohio and Marshall counties, W. Va, and take Waynesburg and < Uniontown. making the distance from , Uniontown to Wheeling nine milei , shorter than from Piltsourghto Wheel- i ing. Connection with quo of tbo pro. posed West Virginia roads I s also projected np the Monongabela and Cheat, we hope souio of the numerous rc:.ds , that have been built on paper j8 w jn. tcr will be put under actual construction ' in the sprint* < - rr**- I II WM Wot smallpox. Another esse of a sick man put off a i steamboat esused some excitement at i the Oity Hall yesterday. Nobody would have anything to do with the man, and he crawled in by tbe furnace in the basement Finally two physicians were indaeed to examine bun, and tbey foaud , be bad a loathsomo contagious disease, but not smallpox. lie was sent to the < niMintw hntnitnl fn? wt... UUUHkj ??t IIOBVUICtlb iil? I physicians thought he wu probably In , no incurable <*jadMo?. *M AmrrKiu UUua Work! Bold. Tbe American Glass Works at Ander?on, Ind.t built by Meaara. Miller, Gotta cbaik, Tallman and others about two yeara am, wore sold oa Saturday to Obarlea L. Hen*y, ol Anderaon, at $40,000. 7UU may not aettlo tbe question df the removal ol tbe Central, however. A Glri'? aid Vu\i. 6alu<Ai Kab, Jan. 19?Yesterday morning the dead body of Mollis Wood.i, who bore an nnaavory reputation, was found near an abandoned coal ahaft south of the Gulf railroad. Thero were two ballet holea entirely through iter head, one in tbe (qU Wmple and the other juat under tlie left eye. There is uo cine to the murderer. ; BIB BANK FAILURE, American National, at Kansas City, Goes Under. LIABILITIES IN MILLIONS. United Btalcit Hank Kxaminer In Charffo of (ho Jnstltntlon?Tho Exoitetnont Causes a Run on Other Ranks?Tho Details. Kansas City, Mo., January 18,?The imcrican National Bank, of this city, ?as taken charge o( this morning by F. F. Marshal, National Bank Examiner fcr the State of Missouri. The capital strck of the bank 1b $1,250,000. No statement of the liabilities or assots can be obtained. To the Associated Press correspondent, Examiner Marshal said this morning: "There is absolutely nothing to. say except that the bank is in my charge." During the early part of iaat week it ueuiiue itugwa tu uie memocrs 01 mo Kansas City Olearini; House Association that tbe American National Bank was in need ol assistance. A meeting of tho association was called, at which a resolution was adopted assuring the American National Bank that upon a' proper showing assistance would be rendered to the amoaut of $1,000,000 or more. A committee, consisting of Messrs. Witten McDonald, President of the Midland National Bank; Dr. W.8. Woods, President of the National Bank of Commerce, and F. P. Neal, Vice President ol tho Union National Biuk, were appoint e.l to be in readiness to act for the association Friday evening, Mr. H. P. ti.impsonPresident of the American National Bank, requested a conference with tl.o committee. Tho conference resulted in i recommendation that tin association render the Amorican National Bank assistance. At a meeting of tho Clearing House Association Saturday evening the committee was instructed to examine tho gecurito offered by tho American NitionalBank and ascertain tbe amoaut c f money needed. Yesterday (he committee, calling to its n?siatanca National Bank Examiner Marshall, examined thn sollaterals oSerod as securities for ore million dollars or more which tho As*oelation agreed to loan. The committee reported to a meeting of the Aesociati> n last night that tbe collaterals offered I y uiio auiHiwiu iiaiiuum noto uuii BUCU i\H the banks ol the Association would accept. Tfjia decision of the Association made the failure of the bank inevitable, ind the National Bank Examiner thereupon assumed charge of the bank's flairs. As a result of the failure a great deal >f uneasiness has been created among the depositors o[ the Kansas City Sain ind Savings Deposit Bank, which is in .be same building with the American Bank, and is supposed by many to be connected with it, and :t,ere hi a tremenjouB run on that institution. The sidoiralk is blocked and tho doors of the sank are crowded with depositors mixoat to recover their hard-earned sor- * ngs. The bank is paying all depositors promptly, and the officials claim that ;bey can meet all obligations. Tho bank s in no way connected with the A inert;an National. It is the largest savings bank in the State, and its officers are the most careful and conservative business neu of tho city. The deposits ol the bank are about M,200,000; since October 1 last the delimits have decreased from over $4,000,KHI to the present amount. It is ascertained that the bank owes over SSOO,OOtt borrowed money. A gentleman who is in a position to know the condition of . the other National Banks of this cily lays this morning that they are in un unusually good condition, and would not be mateiially affected by the failure. No statement of tbe amounts of liabilities and assets of the bank has been mailn. ThfcV analimnlo.l of fto nCA/m* "J ? HV liabilities and $3,000,000 nominal assets, BtAtnmeuiattlie Trwuiury. Wabiiinotos, Jan. 10.?Mr. Lacey, Comptroller ot the Ottrroncy, received a telegram tbis morning tram Bank Examiner Marshal announcing the suspension of the American National Bank, of Kansas City, Mo. lie said that be received word from the examiner that there bad been a very heavy ran on tho bank and that the situation looked serione. He added, however, that bci did not think tho bank's liabilities exceeded ?100i?00, which is $280,000 lees thai its dapiial stock. Kt,UVni> IM)U.\A riio Trouble Not V?l uver-.Oen?ral Miles Uarnjj, Fine Hidoe Aowcy, B. D., Jan. IB.? TUere is increasing; nervousness noticeable among the Indians tbis morning, scoaiioned by the difficulty the Indians experienced in agreeing upon the question ol turning cvor their arms, submitting to the degradation of the several tribes and the manner in which they aio being treated by the government. Tint Rosebud Indians lour to leave thin Igfncy lest thoy be set upon and killed. t,y the soldiers. About thirty, lioweri r, #ill go to Itose'uud to-day. (Jenerul Miles is greatly annoyed and has put oil" nilufinitnlv <lia ilnt' lv. ?..w -??*? ? ??a ucpariaro Irorn this pUco. A Town Deatroyml. Ciucaho, Jan. 10.?A. Bparidl diapaich from Denver states tliat '.'no City of Alt' nosj has boen aim jst ilcitryml by Are. Moat o! tho buildings In tho town are cf a'ooiI) and when tbu Urn started a hith " wind was blowing. Tho (lamei sprtad rapidly, anil swept Main atre?t from end*. 10 end. The loss is v?ry heavy. llurmut iu IJnuili. Cincinnati! JaD. 10.?A. Durnin, Ky., lispatob says tbat Mrs. L.icy Oook, wile >f the Rev. Stratler Cook, was burned to leatb in her ho,no- yesterday, Sho /ell isleep bvfore an open tire. A newspaper which the l.ad been reading caught Hie rod ipnitcd her clothing. Hho was sirjaty yoars old. The Kurt of a Kautl. Hot fipiiistis, Akk., Jin. 19.?Jobs PrichnrJ, an ex-Deputy Sheriff, was shot and killed at hi* place, ei^ht miles west n! this city, by liis brother-in-law. Green Carpenter. Tho renewal o! mi old leud in supposed to have been the cause. Cnp'. MeUowa's of tlieNnvy, Dnwl. Ei.ixanttu. N. J , Jan. l'J ?Cf.pt John Mcliowan, U. S. N , died lae.c night at his residence in this city. Be was SO years of age. , DIMD. rtEAHUIfllir?On fiunJay. fttuu?r? ia *-? - 12 o'ciucK m.. ?t liU n?ld*nco on Poriy Ulib ?trt<-i. ?vim.ia* 11. SKAimuuir, oldest Km of o. W. 8?4bhs>>t, a ?<1 H yours, 3 month* an?l 21 day?. Funeral Irou the rcMdonto of H* father, corner Main an 1 Twontr*coayir.trc?etj, at 'i o'clock p. in. ou VVcdncv^v, the 21st last. Fcrvicu v {3mmnn&m) KncH*li) at '/.lor.'t Lutheran* (,'hmrcU. Tlio icrvicea at &> residence. prl v*t? and at the chutca public. Inwrmout aS Mi. Zlon DUKN-Ou Mon4?y *tr?nJai, January 19, 1?M, at lu:J0 o'ctHJb. Nancy Dunn. wd 01 year*. f unjial no'.loc hcrwiter.