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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.