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' \ . : - . ' " ; ^ fflkt WIwHittg Ull 1ntfllirtfit ctr "Established august24, 1852. wheeling, w. ya.,Monday, Februarys,i89i. yolume xxxix-yumber 145 ' The Sequel TO A WHEELING SEISJTIOI. The Career ot fl'lle Paula de Uranco in this City Recalled. SHE PARTS FROM HEB HUSBAID loder Seusiitlonal Circumstances at Springfield, Ohio. Society Shocked by the Development. Hht Telegraphs from Sen York to b? Taken Back?Her Eomantic Storjas Published in the Intelligencer Four Years Ago. facial PUpaleh lo Ifu JnUflfoencer. SrgiaomLD, 0,, Feb. 8.?Sr. Levis E. Kite, formerly for a few months a prominent physician of Wheeling, but who baa been living In thia city for , tome time,and his wife have just parted under extremely sensational clrcnm ( nxu. stories have been afloat ior , some time that the couple bare noU>een j living happily togother. The wife , claimed abuse on the part of the bus- , hand. Last week society was shocked f by a Btory that Miles had put his wife j out of the house in the rain and refused to let her return. Shortly after this J Mrs. Nile) was driven to the depot in a I close carriugo and her hnaband bought 1 her a ticket for New \'ork. What she will do there cannot lie imagined, asabe , has no friends or relatives there, so far . ? known, and speaks English luiper- t fectly. ( Nilea's friends gave tbe following veraion of the story. j siLm'e storv. s Sr. Nilca arrived from Cleveland last ' week at 3 o'clock one afternoon, and his J wife came into the dlnining room and u aaid, excitedly: a "I am a Spaniard and will have revenge," claiming that he had been ac- b companied by a woman. a Alter dinner she went to the front S door, locked it, went into a frantic rage, S repeated the exclamation given above, a and grabbed htm by the coat, knocked & ?tf hiH ailk bat, gave him a regular tirade r nf ahnse and attempted to puil out his i be.'rd. 1 He worked his way to tbe front door, I. hoping .'i escape, even bare-headed. u She threat bereelf between him aud e the door. Ho finally unlocked tho door and pushed her out on tbe stoop, re- * locked the door, a.id while the went ii at/earning around the bouse rescued his ti list and hurried down to wn. The neighbors claim th.^t Nilea once gave his wife a black eye; tbi?' he once ,, choked her roughly; that he twit'^d her that he had married bernot for love tat ai for money, etc. a Nilea' friends claim that the woman b iaaddicted te drink; that she becomes si Intoxicated, and that her temper Is so ri fierce and unreasonable that her hilB- |f band's life Is made a hell on earth. p IISB ROMANTIC IU8T0BT. 0 It teems that Mrs. Nllea la of noble ' birth. Her maiden name was Paula de c' ?raaco,and shs claimed to come of a a family of noble Spaniah dons. Her bus- e hand married her nnder romantic clr- i cumstsnces. He met her at Wheeling a first, wueu bug was in a aemist a cumr, ?< having teeth extracted. She was under the inllaence ol laughing gas and told him her romantic history. He became interested In the orphan girl, who was at the time a French teacher at Sit. De Chantal. Correspondence followed and the doctor Anally married her, ahe running away from the school for the purpose. wants to jurruRX. Niiea'a friends claim that the woman became intoxicated on her wedding journey and attempted to jnmp onto! a third-story window. Society is all torn op over the affair and public opinion is divided in the matter. Or. Nilos has Jnst received the following telegram front his wife, who is alone and friendless in New York: "Am wild with grief. Cannot stay , away. Please answer promptly." A KuJIANTlU KTUKl'. The Career of Paul* da Branoo In Wheal* Ins and Her Lire Before That?Her IntW ' maoy With MU?s. I Suortly after Paula de Branco mar- , tied Dr. Niles the Iktxi.liox.ncsb pub- ] ilshed her history from entirely authen- I tic sources, and the story surpassed in ' sensational features a novel of Dumaa's ( or a play of Sirdou's. i She was the child of a French couple who were'ltvlugin Braiilatthe time of I her birth. Her father, Rodriguere d' i Ollverra de Branco, waa one of tha wealthiest men in Braall, hot suffering reverses leturned to France to preserve 1he remnants of his splendid fortune. To recover his lott estates hs entered i extensively into the gambling operations of Monaco, and there lost all he bad no* parted with in Brazil. Like many another (Offerer from the aame cause, de Branco took his life rather than return and face the family bis reckleasnraa had rendered penniless. This family consisted of tiui wife, Gabriella de Branco, aa older daughter and a son, beatdw Pauls, then a little girl of seven yean. They were livloig in considerable nyie in toolouse. Willi the few remaining francs left her, and by the sale of her jewdry and coetly eflects, Madame de Bunco managed to make her wiy to Geneva, Switzerland, when she took humble lodging!, her elder daughter aiding in the support of the family by singing on the vaudeville stage. Here aba met a roving player who won her affections, and with him she eloped, leaving ber mother alone to battle with the world, her son, a young man, being a worthless, shiftless character, giving to gaming whenever he could scrape together a few ooinr. In this strait, Madame da Branco formed a discreditable alliance with ? member of the French legation at Geneva, a man of whom her husband bad lieen auspicious in bia life. To this man the yoang Paula took aucb a dislike that lier mother, with the sld of a Catbolle priest, induced a wealthy and philanthropic Englishman, resident at St. Julien, in Savoy, not far from Geneva, to care for the child. The boy abont this time cams to an untimely end. UCLA COM IS TO AMSX1C1. The Knglehman referred to, Mr. Trafford, se.it Paula to the St. JuJien Convent School and bore tha expenses of her maintensntt and education there. Concerning this gentleman's connection with Paula's affairs thero h a difference of opinion. She herself a???-?nd there is no resson to question her sinoarity and honesty in making the statement?that Mr. Trallord was ner guardian. M. Henri Blanc, ol Gallipolis, Ohio, who claimed to be the executor and re?idairy legatee of Mr. Trafford, uld ?lw?y? that the latter wu only led to do wbat be did on tbegirl'e behalf, through bia goodness of heart. In 1877. M. Blanc says, Mr. Trafford Informed him of his intentlona toward him, and when, in 187S, Trafford died be found that be had been named in tho will as testamentary executor! and residuary legatee. By thia will Trafford left Paula de Branco an annuity of 4,200 francs ($240) to be paid by Blanc yearly. When the latter reached St. Jullen in reaponse to a cablegram which reached liirn at Gallipolis, announcing Traiford'a death, be found that a man callloft himself Francis Qillaume Trafford had set up a claim to Trafford's estate, alleging that be waa bis son. The estate was for a long time locked up, owing to the litigation, which was very tedious, many vexed questions of international law having entered into the case. There were dark hints at foul play at the death o( Trafford, but these nave nothing to do with the present story. Paula being left without resources, was obliged to leave the costly school at St. Jullen. M. Blanc, moved, as he saya, by her helpless condition, offered her a home beneath bis roof at Gallipolls, and abe accepted. IaJ88l shecame to America with blm. Bho herself asserted that ebe was kept in seclusion lor several months at Gallipolla, and finally escaped to the house of Louis Bier, a neighbor. This story, however, M. Blanc ridicules, and the real truth can Doly be conjectured. BI1?C MJ(TO WUEtttXU. M'lle de Branco went to Detroitatone Jme, where she taught French in a 3atholic school. Afterward! ahe was in inmate of the family of Congressnan Hopkins, of Pittsburgh, acting as [overneas and companion to his dangh- 1 er. Prom there she returned to Gal- ' ipolis. A lady at Gallipolla became intenalod n the young lady, who la said to have 1 >een of a singularly gullelesi, frank and 1 rinning disposition, and to make frjends 1 vherever she went. Through ttie iu- , trumpntality of this lady, who waa also , i Catholic, M'lle de Branoo secured a pillion 4S teacher oi French at Mt. d? ' Jbantal, and she came here early in 1885 1 ir late in 1884 She made a favorable Impression atthe fount, being highly educated and poa- I eased of a peculiar faculty for winning be friendship of the pupils. Shu was pparently content, ami the Sisters of s he Visitation were disposed to congratilate themselves that they had secured . prize in the new French teacher. M'lle de Branco expressed a desire to P iave some dental work douo one day, ii nd she was recommended to visit Dr. \ lorrison, then a dentist in this city, be did so, and there asked that an pieithetlc be administered. Tbis Dr. 11 lorrison refused to do without the tl resence of a physician, and with the 1 atlent'a consent called lu Dr. I. K v hits, whose office adjoined bis in Mo- c din's block. Tho aniestbetic was ad- v ilnlstered auccesefully and the neces- t srv work done. s Hare the paths of tho two persous d bose eventful histories now eutereil ti ito one channel, crossod for the first a .me, I)R. L. MILKS. ' Dr. Nllca himself bad only baen in * Cbeeling a few months. He came here, j| i some readers will recollect, even ' ?? 't,n?n n( limp. in Decern- t er, 1884, and openeiTatr anatomical iuu- '' urn in the old Reilly block, where lie 0 imained probably a mouth. He then * ift Wheeling, but before long returned. ' acked his anatomical museum away ami I1 pened an office an a physician in Mc- ' iilo'a block. Ilia methods wore Napo- ? ionic, lie departed widely (roiu the ' ode ol the regular practicing pbysicianr, ' dvertialng largely, and makingaeptbial F (Tort to secure certain classes of patients. c le waa rather dutinguc in aphearancr, ' rearing a full blonde beaid, was carejl about hla apparel, a smooth, flaunt ilker, and apparently well educated, i le claimed to be a New Englander >y birth and a graduate of Dartmouth lollege. He aeemed to enter into a good s ractlce.and made a favorable impression n the large class ol people whoae opin- . ana are mainly formed and affected by ' ppearancee. 1 fir. Niles left Wheeling late in 1885, 1 saving a number of unpaid debt*. He i lwaya declared hia intention to return, c owever, and aent a former employe I tack to collect accounta due him and ' latlle np the bills, which, however, I le never did. He had been ill for I i time before his departure, and was an I nmateofthe North Wheeling hospital. When lie left, lie took with hint the ' anatomical mnaeum. Shortly after a i nan from Erie, Pa., visited Wheeling, i who claimed that this museum, wbicli s-as of value, waa sot the property of Dr. Nllea. Ill* WUHL1KO HIf TORT. In thia brief summary of Dr. Wiles' lareer In Wheeling reference haa baen Knitted to his acquaintance with Mile. ieBranco. When the young'lady was recovering from the effects of the ac.-eithetic in the dentiat'a office abe made jomo incoherent remarks referring to lacta in her paat which excited the curljaity of her two auditors, and they questioned her. This resulted in h?r telling them that she wu thS rightful be|re?8 to immense estate! in France, and that iba waa kept from tbem by her guardian, M. Blanc, of Qallipolls. Inquiry led to tbe; employment of Detective Alf. Burnett, of Charleston, to investigate the exact state of the youuit lady's afraira and of Blanc's connection with thom. B?fore Captain Burnett would accept this work, be exacted a contract from Mile. Paula, wiring tbe entire right and authority to aettle Iter business with Blanc to him. Captain Burnett secured from Blanc the admission that the young lady waa to receive it small annnity. He argued list it vas strange that Mr. Traffoid, after supporting bet in a life of ea-e and luxury and ndijiutini tier as a lady, should cnt her off with a mere bagatolin in his will. 49 intimacy grew up between Dr. NHea and Wile Paula, and one evening -t_ _ I.,. 1 f?' .nt Mama in t>,n filtV. BDIJ IPIIi ll?D Mutfuv tffu )**- *< -w oetenalbly to remain uver pialit vftt) one of the pupils. IaiUad of tills, she vent to Dr. Nile*' ofllce, iearing her oomuanIod, the pupil referred to, In the urug tore belo?. where she wailed nntil her Satleoce ?*s ej ht#ittd. dhe then vent ome tod informed her father, who very nomineudsbly canaqj tho totals to be communicated to liisbop Ratautn raou tin ornca. In tba meantime Dr. Nllea had registered hia lair piajtyr at the McLure Houie, hat after alie was assjmjed a room ajje again left the hotel with Dr. Miles. At a late bonr that night liiahop Kaiu, accompanied br a prominent Catholic gentleman of the city, Waited Dr. Miles' office and remonstrated with both upon thfjrlodUcretloo. The young lady profeeeed to reali?i her folly, and want with the Bishop to the St. James hotel, where abe remained until morning. Of conrse her return to Mt. de nhantal was impoaaible. The next day she Itjl for Plttaburgh, ostensibly to yisit Mr. Hopkins'? family. A week 01 so later she returned uti boarded at Un-. Patteraon's, on Main street. tier conduct there waa more than circumspect, and she impressed all by her ladylike drportmeqt and almost .ohild-like simplicity of ehsnotsr. from bore she again deputed, going to. New Ooraerstown, Ohio, and from there to Uhtlchsgllle, at bc!h of which placea shewaa flatted bpr J);, Nile*. From the latter plice gbe vent to Pittsburgh, where Blie wu married by Rev. Dr. Kevin Woodaide, one Hnnday night it the stroke of twelve, to Dr. Mies. Dr. Nlles attempted to bribe a Catholic clergyman from hern to go to Pittsburgh and marry him, bat bla offer was rejected with indignation and acorn. This u the strange story of which i sequel appears In the special dispatch from Springfield, 0., which precedes it. Perhaps after such a lapse of months, the whole truth is coming out. uts. utiyp in 'bahiunutom. H? Talks About the Trmmary portfolio. Don't Wan't It Himself* Sfxcial Dispatch to the JnU.ttioencer. Washikotos, D. 0., Feb. 8.?General Nathan Golf arrived here last night, accompanied by his wife. He says he has been on a business trip to Philadelphia and Baltimore and is on his way boms, and that bis visit to Waahington has no political significance. Friends, in conversing with him, expressed the hope that he might be selected for * place in President Harrison's Cabinet, but the General said he ia practicing law now and for the present is out of politics. Be discussed tbo names and chances of the several gentlemen named as possibilities to fill the vacancy causeu by the death of Secretary Windom and thought any of them would be accept aoie. tie was especially complimentary in his allusions to Senator Spooner, who retires on the 4th of next month. It was noticed, however, that when any one suggested the General himself, be modestly declared tjiat there was nothing in the talk about himself, and loon changed the conversation to other channels. When asked if he expected to call at the White Honse before he left for home, he said that he did. He in* tends calling on tho President to-morrow and leave for Olarksbnre to-morrow night. The presence of the distinguished IVest Virginian, who ia very popular in Washington, provoked the use of his iame in the speculations in connection vith the vacant Cabinet portfolio. DttAWIM TO A Ci.OSR *roapeoU of Gontlououa Seaalona of Both Houaea or Coot'eM From Now Till the 4th of March. pccial Dupalch to the InUlllqcnccr. Washington, D. 0., Feb. 8.?After this reek the * Bession of Congress will be iractically continuous until the close at oon on March 4, three weeks from next Wednesday. o The Senate will immediacy begiu ight sessions, and it is expected that g tie Honse will follow the example. ^ >uring the last week of the session the q rork will be continuous. It has been t; ustomary to bold the session of the last e ret-k right through 8uuday and all of 0 tie davs and nights without intermiB- p Ion of more than a few minutes each a ay for adjournment in order to make w he journal shofr legislative days. The ppropriation bills are reported aa well u p to date as in past sessions but the a art stands nevertheless that it will take p bout two weeks of solid work to com* t( ilete the appropriation bills alone, and [ there is to be anything done in the c ray of general legislation it will be seen q bat almost continuous sessions must be y ,ad. The great waste of time upon n loture and the election bilfin the Ken- j to haa thrnmn thfl work far hflhind in _ bat body, but if there are no political p impositions put forward which will lead ? bo Democrats to flllibuster the Senate an do ihree times as much work as the Iousp. It is conceded, however, that c he Republicans in both houses are radically at the mercy of the Demo- p rats and can accomplish little without J he consent of the minority. J PJiUCKiMl I'll K FKUIT3. (elegntlon* from Maaufaotarlaf Comma* j nltlet Seeking laformatloa Coucerulug the Drulltna Treaty. pedal DUtxitch to the LiUUljenccr. Wasuikoto*, D. 0., Feb. 8.?The leadng manufacturing cities are beginning . 0 take steps to wards aecaring new inar- ' :eta in Brazil as a result o 1 the favorable 'greoment with that country just con- 0 iluded by Secrotary Blaine. A delega- t ion of Cincinnati men headed by N. D. r ^oorheea and William H. Allen, two of be wealthiest men of that place,, are ( >ere for tbe purpose of ascertaining bow r 3incinuatl can improve her markets In ? Brazil and othir southern countries, , rhry called upon the President yester- t lay and discussed the subject in a gen- t aril way.. They have an appointment with Secretary Blaine, when the matter a will be more fully gone Into. Other j manufacturing localities are expected to | take similar action, for now that the | treaty with Brazil opens tbe door to , many of the products of this country, | tbe merchants and manufacturers are j expected to quickly vail themselves of j the new in&rkets. Delegations from Cleveland, Boston and other points are | expected within a lew d'?e. I Vnt VlrflnU t*.qMan?f # Spaial Dimteh Id the IMiUtgnetr. Washington, D. g., Feb. fW-West Virginia pensions have been granted as < follows: Original?Silas J. Hall, Dola; 1 Ira D. Cook, Green Hiil; Reuben Cal- I boun, Bowlesburgj Wilbelm Peter. Wheeling) H. K. Core, Tunneltnn t Ell Metcalf, Kanawha Station: Stephen Thacker, White's Creek | William De? I lany, Muses Bottom; Carrollne, widow | 01 W. Peter, Wheeling. Increase?John .V. Jones, Wyatt; Andrew J. Evans, Smith field; George W. Burrows, Blpley; i William L Stokey, Wheeling. Mexi- 1 can war?Harriet J., widow of Milton Cloud, Shepherds towq. i Prohibitionists Um Djnumlt*. Fikdlay, 0, Feb. 8.?Yesterday a < saloon was opened in the village of Ben too UuJae, bIbhi miles weai 01 mis cit;, by Eiaiiop WTlllunppn, sgalpst tbe proteat of the citisens. 11 at evly bocr thia morning some unknown peraon antared tbe room where tbe saloon wu located and poured oot tbe liquor and destroyed all the fixtures. An uheucceaaipl attempt f?g then made to blov up tbe l)ulldi?'g, which made a report tint v? he#rd )n this cjky. Th? Cbembvrtbnrg Pulliir*. Ouiubikibubo, Feb. 8.?The failure pftlie Taylor Manufacturing Company yesterday turned Oft more aerlouatban It at first appeared. Including a' mortgage of $100,000 placed on tbe pianVt'wo years ago to aecure tho floating debt, the Ogmnany owes about $1(0,000. Tbe stock o( fiSO.Uiw will fie entirely wiped out. Executiona amounting to (90.000 were iaaued against one of the leading directors to-day. Slxfin adiftf mutap. Nkw York, Fob. 8.?the new Norwegian fruit ablp Simon Dumola, which left tiila port on Wednesday nftemoofl for Matansas, Cuba, Ilea In fifteen fathoma of water o8 Absecom.N. J. She met disaster probably between two and 4 o'clock Thursday morning. She had a crew of alxteen men, all Norwegians, bone of whom has been heard from. Pilot Frank Kelley brought to this rlty to-day the flrkt Bqwa of tBe wreck. Rhuukjiiuk ia like aapd In the bearinga of machinery. Hood'a fiftjapariila la tiie great lubricator which cone the disease. IE STATE Mil The Statesmen Pass a Quiet Sunday at Charleston. [VERY BlbY WEfcK IS AHEAD, However?The Australian Ballot Bill Greatly Altered ? Wheeling'* Klectrlo Bill to Come Up Tueatiny?Sal urdaj'4 Routine. Sftaial DUpatch to tU InUUtoautr. Chaeleston, W. Va , Feb. 8.?The city presents a deserted appearance today, there being scarcely any of. the members of the Legislature to be seen anywhere. Many have gone to their homes and others are taking a vacation, strolling aronnd on the hills surrounding the city, being tempted by the beautiful spring-like weather. The House Judiciary Committee expects to devote to-morrow to considering measures of more or less importance, one of tbem being the bill to extend the corporate limits of Charleston, which will probably be reported Tuesday. A favorable report is expected, but the redoubtable Bill Dave Gosborn is lobbying against it for reasons best known to liiuiself. He gives several plansable reasons, but as "Bill Dave" does wot isually interest himself when "Bill I Dave" is not personally interested, it is lot thought that be bas expressed bis 1 eal reasons. He has been quite a } irominent figure at tne sessions almost < very day, and it Is not likely that be 1 iu allowed his Democratic friends to 1 orget the fast that be may be a candi- ' late (or Auditor in 1893. I The education sub committee has not ' irganized yet and members are very retcent as to what they expect to do and I vhere they expect to do it, bnt it is pre- < mined some action will be taken soon. Ml the Senate committees hope to finish ' beir work to-morrow and a favorable 1 eport on Australian ballot bill, as ' imended. Is expected Tuesday. "As .mended" means a great deal in tbls ase. Ez-Governor Wilson will not ecognizj much of his handiwork in the >111 that will be reported back. The Joint committee on redisricting ire making baste slowly and a report is lot expected for several days. The 1 mestion is a knotty one and tbe com- c dlttee realizes that fact. , The Wheeling Electric Light bill will ome np In the Senate Tuesday and T. . Riley, of Wheeling, is here looking af d nr it AneffortwillbninadebySenatoM I arnpbell and Whilaker to provide that t tie city snail purchase tbe plant now op- r rated by the Electrical Company, orao j luch of it as may be necessary for its tj urposea. Messrs. Hobbs and Sweeney t, re still here looking JJter their interst?. d Ex Senator Bob Carr, wbo has taken t p temporary residence in Ellljay, Ga., fi b manager of tbe Ellljay Land (Romany, is here and will probably remain t! ) tbe end of tbe session. a Tbe entire day to-morrow will be oc- c upied in arranging for tbe ball and ban- p net to be given by the officers of tbe si ITest Virginia National (iuard. Large f< ambersol visitors are expected. Gen. obn Hooe Russell will act as master of Bremoniea. Uapt. R. P. Camden, of 4 ancereourg, aua nun oommere, 01 llarksburg, are already here. j The World's Fair banquet committee as arranged with Tom Popp, of this Jj it;, to furnisbjthe wines and menu, and V Lie committee on toasts has almost com- * leted its work. Bob Oarr explains bis ' resence here by saying he came to it- * and the banquet. SATUHDU b JiUUllNB. f ?: fl mportant Haainets lu the Hunaa of Dele< a g*Uia?Sannte Procaedluga. pedal Di*p?tch to the Inhllvjcncn. Charleston, W, Ya., Feb. 8.?In the louse yesterday House bill 44, extend- * or and deflaing the corporate limits of E few Cumberland, and 22S, granting J ontrol of certain stone walls in Wells- $ urgto the Oity Council, were favorably | eported from Committee. The bill relating to the repair of the Cumberland road was, on its second , eading, amended by striking out 'Board of Public Works of the State" t ind inserting "Board of Commiesioners 1 if Ohio cpunty" as the body having au* 1 hority to issue bonds for said repairs. t The bill providing that county courts ihall not pay contractors for work on oads until the worlf is done was passed. T klr Corporan's bill prohibiting the emt >loymentof children in shops, factories, >tc, was passed. Also Mr. tiitppson's jill prohibiting corporations from water* 1 ng stock, Also Mr. Garden's bill fix* t ng the compensation ol assessors. t The vote passing the reassessment I Jill wss reconsidered and the bill was I ua^e the special order for next Wednes* t lay *t elevep o'clock. 1 |H TH? 8INAT? j Mr. Gall, of Barbour county, Intro. ' luced a bill la the Senate to-d?y pro- | riding that no deer shall be killed for i three years. The bill to ascsrtain the estate on 1 which a fieri facial is a lien was passed. 1 41,0 t||e bill malting it a misdemeanor ] 10 use toward ttnqther jn any public { place any insulting or abusive language. i The bill empowering the Elisabeth Board of Education to borrow money 1 and lasne bonda for the erection of a public school building was also passed. Also the bill admitting no one over 1 twenty-one yean of age to the Deaf, ' D'qtRb-apd B|ind Jnaliltttlon. Abo the bill extending the independent school district of West Union. Alto the bill , providing for appeal from the Police , Court ol Wheeling. Also the bill in- j creasing the tax on bankers and pad- , tilers. I The hill relating to the liens of me- , chanitf ana others vu laid on the table. The bill to prevdot County Qouru from transferring railroad and other county Btoclca without the conaent oi the votera and the bill to regulate charges (of hoomage on logs and lumber VerarvfegMil. ltofb housta adjourned until Tqesday. OlLLfUltUTm A. BUI to (Ulattli th* Tr*niport?ttoa of Petroleum bj Pipe Line Companies. &CUU Dispatch to the Inlelloenetr. Ch*bm?toj, W. Va., Feb. 8.?Honae bill, No. 03, now on it* aeaonU reading, ia a meaaure of intereat to oil producer!. It WJjnda the present atatnte and ia thought to be lair y> fU pipe liqes. while it affords producers such protection ??they think they should have. The bill woe introduced by Mr. Pritchard, of Marion, shoje ooptjty W Uaeg a front place In oil prodnctioq ant) bids fair to some further to the front. Thl* meaaure require* all oompaniea organ, laed (or tbe jrorpoee of transporting petroleum'to accept production! at tbe well*, when offered in merchantable quantlUe* of not lea than 2,000 gallons, and to traneport and deliver the aame at any of ita delivery stationa on the route 61 It*pipel|b*f that maybe designated b> the owner* of th? oil. All oil la to be Inspected, graded Ad manured 'at the expense of the pip* line company, . The ntea In IrvuporifDy heavy oil we low er than those In the present statute, bat the seme u the rate* now charged. The minimum rate is to be ten cents a barrel and the maximum twenty-fire cents for a distance not exceeding ibirtv miles. Tbe charge for carrying light oils is to b? tbe same aa at present In the ease ol loss of oil from prudential causes while in tbe custody of the pipe line company, tbe loss is to be pro rated by all tbe own era, but this provision Is not to apply to overflow of tanks, breakage of pipe lines or loss from similar causes. Flpa Line Gonnolldatlon. The Southwest Pipe Line and tbe Uacksbnrg Pipe Line have been sold to the Eureka Pipe Line Company. Tbe lines are in the hands of the Standard as before, only tbe name being changed and tbe immediate management consolidated. | A Biff One lu Marlon. The 8onth Penn has a big well, est!msted at 400 barrels, on the Jsmts Yost farm, Fairview. Marion county. Prop- ; ertyin the neighborhood is looked on aa gilt-edged. Wheeliog parties are , close on to tbe Jim Yost. H.SAACbxuaiiiyri"ii i or tlia Board or Lad? Managers of the 1 World1* Fnlr. , Sewinl Dluatch to Iht lntcUwcnctr. Mahtixsbdiio, W. Va., Peb. 8.?The J following ladies have been appointed ( members of tbo Finance Committee oi t the World's Fair: r Mrs. Isabella Beecber Hooker, Hart- ' ford, Conn!, chairman; Mrs. Mary A. ' Logsn, Washington, D. C.; Mrs. William \ H. Felton, Csrtersvills, Ga.; Mrs. Mary ? 3. Harrison, Washington. D; 0.; Mrs. u Margaret Blaine Salisbury, Salt Lake ti City; Mrs. Whiting S. Clark, DesMoines, t| Iowa; Mrs. D. F. Verdinal, New York 7 Jit;; Mies Charlotte Field Dailey, Prov- t] dence, K. I.; Miss Mary E. McCandlees, c Pittsburgh, Pa.; Mrs. Lily Rosecrans ? ?- ??- * ??__ _ K as? r% mom, neiena, aion.; mm. murtua x> q 3tevena, Hoboken, N. J.; Mrs. W. New- e ,ou Lincb, Martinaburg, vV. Va. fl Tbe committee will meet in Washing- p .on, D. 0., upou tbe call of Mr. Springer, B, sbatrman of the Houae Committee. & Mrs. Lincb, the member for West h Virginia, will be ia Charleaton this week p ooking after tbe intereata of the Ladlea' u department of the Fair. F LNST1TUTK PKUt> ?1)1X03. L In lotereillng Farmers' Meeting llold at j* Mnrtluibnrf. f. fpccial Dispatch to the InUUweneer. Mabtinsbubq, W. Va., Feb. 8.?The J Farmers' Institute hold their eecond re lay'a meeting in the Court Houae yeserday with a good attendance. The morning session waa devoted to a 1 iscussion of the "Uses arid Abuses of pertiHzera." Prof. A. D. Hopkins, of be Experiment Station at Morgantown, ead a very intereating paper on theanb* -ct, in which he expressed tbe belief bat manure waa anperior as a fertilizer K< 3 the manufactured phosphates. df, Tbe evening session waa devoted toa m iscussion of tbe road question, which rua participated in by a number of irmers. wi Resolutions were adopted requesting to be Legislature to appropriate money for * n experimental farm in thia State, to ompel manufacturers oi phosphates to rint the analysis of their goods on tbe icks, and to legislate in aome manner J" >r tbe improvement of the county roada. "j The Jordnn House llurned. hi peciat DUpatcn to the InteUioenecr. Kinowood, W. Va., Feb. 7.-The ordun house caught lire thia morning m bout 1 o'clock and burned down. No |a] asurauce. The orgiu of tbe fire ia un- g( nown, and when discovered tbe tire ?aa confined to a room unoccupied. lr. Charles Newman, of Oakland, a ueat of the hotel, waa the first to dia- Fl over it, ho being very near suflocated rhen ho awoke. Mr. J. E. Kiidow, urtnerly editor of tbe Argut, lost nearly m, 11 hia furniture and clothing. Twenty Ilorees Cremnted. huron, o. jj., Jan. o.?iiie liverv ja tarn of L. 0. Tread way was burned this j( aorning. Twenty horses and several dc arriages were consumed. Among the toraes were two stallions valaed at i* 1,000 and $2,000, respectively. Loss ? 12,000, ? rite Stor?? Burned. 'f Toledo, o., Feb. 8.?Early this morn- Ti ag four stores' barned in the central t0 tart of Perrysburg, ten miles south of ^ lere, in Wood county. Tho loss is es imated at $80,000, with insurance to f wo*thirdB the amount. ^ CUIJbtiBXbW YtAli. ^ :ii. Mongollntja HiIvIiik ? Klutuu. Tim. la is Frisco* pi 84K Fbakcisco, Feb. 8.?The Oblneae J xew Year vu ushered in lut night by ([ wo etabbing affrays In Chinatown, hi jam Binu was stabbed between the ribs tl jy Ab Kit, a fellow workman, who owed j, liiu money. In company with friends ai hey had taken dinner together and vers shaking dice lor drinks, when Ah 51 (it called Sing oqtside and ped bis ui mile. A lew minutes later Sam Kin was found lying covered with blood In a loorway. Be bad been cut in lonr T places and was badly hart. He bad ieen seeing the old year out with friends , tod In the midst of the festivities several a nembere of an opposition society buret p nto the room and demanded blackmail, [t was refused and a light ensued daring " which Kin was badly cut. None of bis d; usailaota have been captured. Considerable more trouble is feared as New Year festivities are in full blast and " the Highbinders are uuder the inlluence ' >f liquor. J The Chlneae Mew Year's. Vestsrday was the first day of the si 3hineae New Year, and the Chinese ei colony in Wheeling celebrated it In keep- p ing with all the other Mongolians. Tbe a lay is one of general jolincatlon, visit- ? Ing, eating and drinking, and it opens a d season of as great liberality as the Amer- ci lean Cbrlatmas. q Bllv.r Man Will Ho) pott ' Denver, Feb. 8 ?The following reso- y lution was inlrodaced in tbe Colorado si Legislature yesterday morning: " Wnsajtis, We have learned that 7j| ? memberfdf thA Chicigo Bo^rd of Trade g Unltecfs tales not to pass the bill known f! as tbe free coinage act; therefore bs it Raolttd, That the State of Colorado take no part in the World's Columbian Exposition to be beld in the city of Obi- 1 naio in 189.1. and we urge the cltiaena of Colorado to divert trade, no far u possible, to some Western city other than . Chicago, where some interest la manlfeated la the great interests'of the West. 1 The Bmdiloek ur.Her. Hilll Ahead* J Bripdoci, I1!., Feb. ? ?The only new , feature i;j the strike at tlje Braddojlf win mill yesterday waa an unaneceeafnl c effort on the part of the Arm to put the i rod department In operation. Several t sew men hat* arrived, bat the; art 1 novices In the way of rolling Iron rod, i ??-? I Th? War iDaucormtcd. j MiLWioiu, Wis, Feb. 8?The or- < sanitation here Of an American Catholic i Clerical Union, composed of the En?- I lish (petting priests.of the ililwsaiiee Proiflooe; 1| lpMfpMted as the fint step ' in what may pro ye a bitter contoat against the German supremacy, HEM'S EIC5 HARVEST. Two Pennsylvania Millionaires Pass Away. JOHN M'KEOWN, THE OIL MAN, AndVlooPresident J.N. McCulloob, of tbe l'cuu?)lv?nl? Com pan y West of Pirubnrgh, are Cue Down by tbeOrlm Ilenpor. PirrsuoKoii, Pa., Feb. 8.?j. N. McOnllougli, First Vice President of the Pennsylvania Company's lines West of Pittsburgh, and s central figure in railroad management lor thirty years, died at his residence in Allegheny Oity at 0:36 o'clock this morning of general debility. Three months ago Ur. McOullough ost the power of his lower limbs and vas confined to his home. The trouble :ould be ascribed, to no diBeoe, and the ibysiciana concluded it was the result >f too constant riding on the railroad :ars. It was expected to bo of Bhort inration, and Mr. McOnllough's rapid ecovery was confidently looked forward o. He grew worse instead of better. 1U - J /? 1 I luc uuu wud jjcuccxul buu i'vluouuy iainleBS. The deceased was born at ' fellow Greek, Jeiieison county, Ohio, a 1821. His early years were apent in leicantile pursuits, and in 1858 be enBred tbe railroad field an President of s lie Cleveland A Pittsburgh railroad, s 'be road was then at its lowest ebb and i; lie following year be was appointed re- , eiver. 0 Under bis economic and able manage- ,< leut the Cleveland & Pittsburgh road 0 merged from its difficulties and within L ve years became one of the best paying rl roperties in the country. In tbe i. ?ring of 1803 the Pittsburgh, Ft. Wayne : Chicago Railway Company offered im tbe General Sujierintendency of the t. Wayne road, which he accepted. In y 571 the Pennsylvania railroad leased t. Wayne road and Mr. McCullough cc as appointed General Manager, n ater, when the Pennsylvania Company T as formed ho was elected First Vice is resident of this company, and also of vi le Pittsburgh, Cincinnati & St. Louis, ? id all the other Pennsylvania linea est of Pittsburgh. These offices be italned until his death. His eatato is said to be worth more 81 lan $10,000,000 No arrangements have w ;en made lor the funeral. m JOHN M'KhOW W DEAD. , ? 10 Millionaire Oil Producer, of Wuhloff- ^ ton, Pa , Pmim Awsj. Pittsbuboii, Pa., Feb. 8.?John Mceown, the millionaire oil producer, ai ed at bis home in Washington, Pa., at di o'clock this morning, aged fifty-three tli are. He had been troubled for months "1 ith a difficulty in breathing, attributed !lf asthma. Thia morning he fell in a >u ipor, from which he never revived. He came to this country a poor man 'enty-six years ago and engaged as 10 iller in tbe upper oilfield. Later he sti ok an intereet in an oil well that prov- hi . a gusher, and at the time of hisdeath ar a wealth wbs estimated at $5,000,000. U! The deceased owned valusbleoil propty in Pennsylvania, West Virginia nud Ilio, real estate in New York, Balliore, Chicago and Washington, cattle * ads in the West and timber In the rath. He will be buried on Tuesday. UKKEKAIi KbW bfcMT FjK. -eeldent llnrrimtn 8?ld to Iateud to Offer tbe Treasury Portfolio to Him. New Yobk, Feb. 8.?A gentleman of * ore than local prominence, just return- j, 1 from Washington, said to-day: At 5 o'clock on Thursday afternoon st, President Harrison cabled Gen. h| ihn C. New, Consul General at Lon- di in, to come at once to Washington at fl' ice. When President Harrison was 1,1 aking up his Cabinet, General New as very anxious to be appointed the icretary of the Treasury. He had been tb rtasurer and Assistant Secretary of tbe hi reasury and his ambition impelled him T i seek the Secrotaryabip. The Consul-Generalship would cerinly yield him $25,000 annually and ve many legitimate opportunities for st icrcBting that. General New decided Is i accept tbe ConeulGeneralahip. Unas General New decides that tbe bandime income of the Oonsnl-Generalahlp better than the 8ecrot#rjBhip he will 1[ robably be the next Secretary of the 1 reasnry. It is known that General ew has atudied the British qneation om an International standpoint. As 6r B is a man of great discretion and caa- n on, and besides thoroughly American,. Is views will be of the greatest importice to Mr. Harrison. This fact alonte lakes Gsneral New tbe strongest possi- h le candidate (or Secretary of the Treao- 8 ry. n TUB 1'OliAKIA AKKIVJ& si it ho StMnuhlp Five Dnya Overdue?A, Tor- ^ rlble Experience, Hxw York, Feb. 8.?The Hamburg- g merfcan Packet Company's steamship ? olaria, regarding whose safety much >1 axiety has been felt, reached port to- J ay, Ave days overdue. Cap'.. George Bosch explained to * b umber of people who boarded the ves- " 1 the cause of her delay, and told what o narrow escape passengers and crew * ad from an ocean grave. h "We left Copenhagen on the 10th with iventy steerage passengers and a genral cargo. The 27th of January was a articularly stormy (lay. At 2:30 in tbe 5 (ternoon a gigantic wave struck us for- !' tard, and tons of water came rolling on ? eck. Tbe forward bulwarks bad been rried away, the stairs leading from the uarter deck to tbe main deck were none. ml the sheet iron end of the cabin com- " artment forward, had been burst In. , ?e pot oil hags oat on ?U aides of the " hip to calm the waters somewhat." The accident to tbe abip to which the aptain referred created a panic on board. 1 lo one, however, WM seriously injured. Qmethlng happened to tboengineeat be' New Fonndland banks, which de- t i;ed tbe vessel doming in. OFHCUIXv' DKNIBD. ? he Reported D?l of in* B. & o. for the 1 W? !t. V.? P Bond. 1 Philadelphia, Pa., Feb. 8?The j Vaa says: !^(0 rumor that tt)o West- , rn, New York & Pennsy vania railroad, I if gqme portion q( it, haq been legsed or a term of yean by the Baltimore A )biOi < officially denied. I 4n inquiry at the offices of the former | ompany in this city elicited the in fir- ; nation that not only has no inch lease g wen effected, bnt that no negotiations , ooking toward that end are in progress, ind tbe subject has not been even hougbt of. Mow, however, that tbe Baltimore A Ohio has secured poaaesoion i >fthe Pittsburgh & Wxatern, It is'not i unlikely that the-subject of a traffic J i'ennsjlyanU, which ootild be made to i the advantage ol both vompanles, will i be held under serious consideration. i TKRRIBLB8T0RM RAGING. Bltnard in th? Moiihwiii-Tbt Won Since 1888. St. Paci., Miun., Feb. 8.?At noon to day anow began (o fall in this city, am tbero baa been the promise of a blizzarc during the afternoon. The storm ii pretty general in the Northwest, al though North Dukota seems to have ea caped to a considerable extent. A bard storm waa reported at Minto, in the northern portion of that 8tate, laal night, bnt there is aald to be no storm at Grand Fargo or Bismarck. In 8outb Dakota the storm was raging at Bapld City, and has extended over the'entlre estate, Aberdeen, Huron, Pierre and other joints reporting a very severe The Pitmcer-l'rcu correspondent at Pierre sayi the wont blizzard since 1888 haa been ragiog there since last night, with little prospect of cessation. The thermometer went as low as twenty degress below this morning and it has been freezing all day. Bolt Snow Ml Auburn. Aububm, N. Y., Feb. 8.?A violent now storm soon loaded trees and wires ind the telephone and telegraph wires ire down in all directions, and large numbers ol trees were broken. The mow is frozen to the wires, which ueasure thirteen inches in circumfer >nce. Great damage hu been done to orchards. The Major ordered the eleoric light and railway dynamos stopped, eaving the city in darkness and without allroad facilities. Heavy Snow Storms in Nebraska. Ojiaha, Neb , Feb. 8.?a heavy snow torm here this morning nearly stopped treet car traffic. Reports from all porions ol the State show tnat the storm 'as Eevere. In the northwestern part f tbe Slate the blizzard has been raxing >r twelve hours, and the people dare ot. venture away from their homes. In le southern part pf the State anow is 'ported very heavy and drifted from rar to ten feet deep. A Straj n?w York XlUxxard. Pizbke, S. IX, Feb. 8.?A regular New ork blizzard struck here last night and mtlnues without abatement. There is 9 snow here to do much damages, rains will not be blocked onless there a good deal more snow east. It is ;ry cold, with the thermometer below iro all day. i Big of Bad Weather* Sioor Falls, 8. D., Feb. 8 ?Vigorous orma broke loose this morning. The Ind is howling fiercely. The ther- i ometer registere ten degrees belaw. { 11 trains have been delayed. Reporte 1 oin Maeison, Parker, Fiandreau and anton say a heavy storm iB raging. Blowing Furly SJIleB Hu Boar. Hueon, S. D., Feb. 8?A terrific wind i id snow Btorm has prevailed heresince lyllgbt The velocity of tbe wind is irtj-flva to forty miles an hour and is , most equal to tbe memorable blizzard January 12, 188S. Railway traffic is ierrupted. Albany, N. V., Qeti a Taste. Albany, N. Y., Feb. 8.?In this city 1 e telephone service is suBpsnded; the ; reels are in darkness^ the electric cars | ive suspended; tne are alarm circuits h down aad many telegraph wires are i lelees on account of the storm. Ten Below.aod Blowing. Aderdbim, 8. D., Feb. 8.?A severe ind storm from the northeast struck . sre last evening and is still rasing, with , ercury ten below zero. Clouds of , iow and dost fill the air. Worst Storm Since '88. Bakkton, 8. D., Fob. 8.?A heavy 1 iow storm is raging here with high inds. It is the nearest approach to a ' imrd since the great storm of '68. raffle will be delayed. The storm la Iowa. New Hampton, Ia, Feb. 8.?The Baviest snow of the season came to* ly. The wind is in the east and a ;rce storm is raging. A blockade is iticlpated. A Fout of Suow in Muhawk Valley. Tribes Hill, N. Y., Feb. 8.?More lbq a foot of anow has fallen in the Moawk Valley since six o'clock last night be snow plows are out. The Worec Storm of the Winter. MixcnsLL, 8. D., Feb. '8.?The worst orm of the winter is here. The snow beavy and will delay trains. The Thermomeur Hold* Up* Ann.<.M>, Wis., Feb. 8.?A heavy iow storm has been ranidft'lll day. be temperature ia not lowr-v" Fl.ro. Wind With ffoow. La Kit City, Minn., Feb. 8.?A beavy low is falling, accompanied by fierce ortbeist winda. Florence Goldaborough etlll Alive. Florence Gbidsborough, m woman who as wandered over this and neighboring tates (or twenty-five yeara attired aa a lan and going under a dozen allasea, la ow an officer in the 8alvatlon Army ationed at Toledo. Florence, alias Jack," or Mary, aa ahe waa usually tiled by Intimate acquaintances, haa a istory which is probably nnequaled. he has served terms in the Cleveland 'orkhouse. the Ohio penitentiary and :ie jail hero and penitentiary at [oandsville (or various forma oi larceny, ud her experiences would fill a highly iterating volume. She waa bom and red?rather just grew up without any raialng"?at Martin's Ferry, She was [inverted at Cleveland three yean ago. qu nas Been goou ever biuco, bo sue ?iiu er friends claim. At VUrk Hoak'i Offlco. Clerk Hook on Saturday admitted to scord a deed made February 4,1801, by luth H. Woods and others to Nannie 1. Peterson, for lot No. 8 on tbe plat of foodsdsle. Consideration, IS.320. A marriage license vuleaned to Jacob llliott, a native of Monroe county, a, (ted thirty-four, and Mary 0. Rosen* eta, a native of Wheeling, aged twentyinr. Tiie will of Sophia Schreiber, deceased, ras admitted to probate and ordered o be recorded. A Vliuut SurprUa* Friends of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Kress rndered them a surprise party at their lome on Saturday night. Twenty ouplea took part and whiled away several happy hoars. Cards and dancing rere tbe features ol the evening, reieved by several well rendered soois. iefrushments were served, and toe hoice viands wpre partaken of with eliah by all. Joe Kreidoffs string band Rruished the muslo. Biullt Concert, A concert and bill, for the benefit of lie whlow and children of tbe late Willam Znlanf, will be given to-night by tbe reutonla Amnaement and Sinning Society at tbeir ball on Jacob, near .birty-tbird atreet. A Big Calico Trni^f Lokdqn, Feb. An attempt ia being nade here to form a'hngo ring lor the !ontrol'of the calico printing uuelneia. Uiny of the largest bounce are already pledged to the eyadlcaw, and it ia anticipated half of the producing power if the oonntry will Join the ring. The nominal capital will be at leait fS.QOft100, . not dead, but me j Robert Ray Hamilton Said to b< i in New South Walee. i _____ : AN OLD SCHOOLMATE'S STORY. I i Ho bas Lett* from Hamilton?'Why ho Feigned Death?Ho Could Xot Face the Scandal--A u Interest* ing Story From a Frleud. FxtiLAiJSLi'HiA, Feb. 8.? Concerning Robert Ray Hiwilton, N. 0. Howard, doUI recently officer ot the coast survey, tod who wis his schoolmate, playmate and coliegemate, to-day said: "Bobert Ray Hamilton Is alive and In good health. He is in Sydney, New Sonth Wales. He is beginning life anew there under an assumed name. He has cast behind him the past, and is looking hopefully forward to the future." "I have here in my pockets," he said, producing a bundle of letters," several letters from my old friend Hamilton. They were written after he went West > me iaoi odd mat i received irom mm IB dated at San Francisco, Oal., Friday, October 3,1SD0. In thia letter Mr. Hamilton apprised me olhia Intention of goirin to Japan and thence to Sydney, New Sooth Wales. He la not in Australia, however, and if matters which aro ot vital importance to him move along in the groove which he baa marked out, he will return lo New York within three months. Hie. exact location I cannot make public. At leastsix oi his friends know where he is, and are in constant communication with him. My late visit to New York was to arrange some mattera of business ib which he ia interested. To explain why Hamilton feigned death and took an assumed name It will be neceseary for me to go back several rears, beginning with his drat acquaintance with thecunning and unscrupulous woman who, in a great measure, is responsible for his social, political and moral downfall. "I think I made the acquaintance of Eva Steele, Brill, Mann or Hamilton at about the time that Mr. Hamilton first met her. Hamilton seemed to be infatuated with ber and save her large sums oi money and paid all tho expanses oi ber European trip. At that time he was i member oi the New York Assembly, ind when that body was in session during the years 1887 and 1888 she accompanied bim to Albany. "Hamilton introduced her to bis legislative irlends, and their house was tbe resort of many of New York's loading itateamen. Much champagne was ilrnnk, and as men, when under the influence of liquor, say things which would otherwise remain unsaid, she hesame acquainted with many State sesrets, and, being a scheming woman, she boarded np this knbwledge to use lor ber advantage later on. "In bis legislative capacity ho posed is a reformer, and was considered by the peoDle oi New York as the embodiment il all that waapure in politics. He bad bis vulnerable points, however, and the *1 rm._ W- 1 - -> ? nuujau iuuuu tuuiu. mo KUUWlUUgO that she potsessed hersolt during thaw nights of social pleasure in Albany ahe .1 fit*d afterward to good advantage. "He was conscious of his weaknesses and he regretted tliem. When he found bow completely he was in the toils of Ills unscrupulous companion and listened to the threats that aho mado if be lid not acceed to her domanda, ia it any ' wonder that he forgot bis high social position snd made her his lawful wife? "It waa not altogether on his own account that be did this, for Eva Hamilton bad in her possession letters and documentary evidence which, if made public, would humble to the dust the heads of many New Yorkers who now stand before the world as the emblems of morality and virtne. "What these secrets are and whom tbey involve I am not at liberty to say, but many a man in New York breathed [reer when he heard that Bobert Kay Hamilton was dead. "On that fateful Monday in August, 1S89, when the Infuriated woman stabbed Nurse Donnelly, she and Hamilton had already been drinkiag heavily, and bad quarreled. Bhe bad threatened, he had ilefied her, and the result, had the Donnelly woman not Interfered, might bavo been fatal to him. No man knows how keenly be felt the disgrace that waa brought upon him, and it was to seek oblivion that he went to that lonely ranch in Neapercea county, Idaho. While he was tbere he was, of course, in constant communication with his . friends and with his attorney. "Through them he learned that Eva Hamilton had threatened to make things , hot for him. It was in a moment o! desperation that the simulation of death or an tliAHnkt r\t an/1 nsmiiiil ak( f\t S nw tiiuuguv ui nuu bameu uuki VI coarse his flriends and relatives were prepared for the thing before hand. He ww afraid that when brought face to face with Eva Hamilton in conrt ehe would either mako a startling revelation heraelf or have questions pnt to him when he ehould take the stand that would add furthor to hit known dis- 1 grace and bring disgrace npon others. It was not altogether a cowardly instinct < of self-preservation that prompted Ur. Hamilton to do what be did. He desired to save bis friends. He bas done ' 80, and they know it. I "It is probable now that the whole ! wretched scandal will die out. Arrange- ] munis have been made within the put few days which will eventnate in a set- 1 tlement of the difficulty to the satisfaction of all parties, It may be possible i that Mr. Hamilton will for BOine time | remain in his present hiding place. He ; may come back to New York, mingle i with hia friends and trait to time to live down the scandal.'1 , MUKDKKtl) HKK KATIIBI.', | Awful Deed of a High Tempered French ' Woman. Bums, France, Feb. 8.?In the pleis- , ant suburbof Villepoint there has lived ] for many years M. Frsncols Saule, a ' member oftheManlcip?IConncil,agen- j tleman of large fortune and high social ] standing. He had pissed his seventyeighth birthday. M.Ssulehsd for many ' years been a widower, and his children bad beceme more or lees estranged. His daughter Sidanie was gifted with rare beauty, of Spanish gypsy type, roucb vivacity and fundamental endowment)!, bnt they were all neutralised by an anbridled tamper. She rejected the lover her father hrored and married M. Victor Pensw), the reckless add dissipated son nf a bankrupt stove mannfwtnrer. Their marital life was embittered by the will full intemperance of the young woman. tier DOBDina 6 cnaractwr qttveiopeu loto that of a qalet, industrious mil sober citiien. an<r he upltlly Kr?W into favor alth his !nthoi-in-hn*. This embittered is wife, and an tier fsther'e advice M. fenaud obtained a divorce from her and har ohildron ware nieced in a convent. Urn*. Tentnd brooded for a week over bar fancied wrong*, visiting her married brothers and aiaMra ta stir them up against the([ fatUer, until at 6 o'clock yesterday morning she armed herself with a revolver, and, entering M. Sunle's residence, forced herself into bla room and shot him. The btll entered the , throat, proving fatal. The wretched woroau threw herself upon the body uid fired shot after ebot into the corpse. , She then calmly walked to the pollco itation and gave herself up. run mswita' 'i<\ cabinet, fMm< Minuter In Kuuii.i doooHd> In 0#ttiog Hloliters Togeftirr. Rome, Feb. 7.?It is semi-ofBclaily andounced that tho Marquis di Kudini has succeeded in forming the basis of he new Italian Cabinet. The following ro the names and portfolios decided upon: Marquis di Rudlnl, Premier and Minister of Foreign Affairs; Bignor Nicotera, Minister of the Interior; SiguorPelloux, Minister of War; 8ignor Branca, Minister of Finance or Public Works; 8lgoor Chimlrri, Minister of Agriculture; Siirnor Luzutti, Minister of the Treaaury. Tho natneu of the gentlemen who ire o fill the positions of Minister ol Jis'ice, Minister of Finance, Minister of Marine, Mlnistor of Agriculture, Minister of Posts and Telegraphs and other officers are, as yet, not dedd?d upon; Eleven Men Drowned, London, Feb. 8.?The steamer Oh.'iwick, bound from Cardiff to St. Nastire, with a cargo of coal, struck a sand bank off the Sicily Islands and sank. The captain and ten seamen were drowned. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Tn TffnsR MAS &V 1UVMU JUVVA1111U ? roil? Manufacturing SITES! The moat deeiiCble locations for tie nanufacture of wagons, stores, hoiee md male Blums, boiler plate, sheet iron, igricultural implements, furniture, or or foundries, machine shops, rolling nills, muck bar mills, nail works, gists forks, cotton or woolen mills, pipe oundrles, wrought iron . pipe workr, annerlcs or other manufacturing estatishmenta are to be found in Vfrginir, ilong the line of tbe Norfolk <St Western tailroad, from Norfolk, Va., or Hagercown, Md., to Bristol, Tennessee, and ipon ils Clinch Valley, Cripple Greek md Ohio extensions. Hard wood In ivery variety I Pig iron from the furcices at Lynchburg (2), Roanoke (3), 'ulaaka (1 in operation and 1 under onBtructlon), Ivanhou (I), Kadford (1 iow under construction), Salem (1), Jraham (1), Max Meadows and Crista! 1 at each point now under constrncion), Shenandoah (1), Bnena Vista (1); >ar iron from the rolling mills ut Itlctinoud, 8henaudoah (now under contrnction), Lynchburg, Roanoke and Sichlands (now under construction); oke and semi-bltuminons coal from the 'ocahontas coal and coke field; superior ran coals from mines on the Clinch 1'alley extension; giasa Bund near TuemiiandBuena Vieta; cotton from the narkete of tbe Southern Statea, and wool rom all tbe Weetern ami Southwestm Statea and Terrltoriea, at advantatrius freight ratea. Favorable freight atee made upon raw materials to an settles established uponitaline, as well a to points in the United States and Territories upon the manufactured sriclee. Tnose seeking new fields for manuficurinir establishments should not fail to nveatigate the wonderful development if iron, coal and coko industries that has teen made within the past five years ilong tbe line of the Norfolk A Western Jiilroad, and the advantages offered by he State of Virginia in the supply oi aw materials, by the Norfolk & Weate n iailroad Company in the matter of relght facilities and rates upon raw nateriais, and reaching home, far diiant and foreign markets, and by the ilties and towns along its line in the w?y >1 advantageous sites at moderate cott, tfany of the cities and towns exempt nanufacturiog establishments from taxation for a series of yean. For further information as to freight at?s and sources of supply of raw aaterlal, map*, pamphlet*, etc., apply o A. POPB, General Freight Agent, ?to CHAS. G. EDDY, Vice Frisldent, Jfl9 ROANOKE. VA. LANDSALE. Special Commissioner'* Male of Land oa tbe West Virginia Central Railway. A Valuable Property?Sale to be made at DavIs, Tucker County, W. Va., oa February ti, 1891. )ATld Gllohrtit and others, \ plaintiffs, vs. V In chancery. ;harles Bcswlck and olbors, [ defendant*. J Pursnant to the authority vested In na by a lecrcuof the Circuit tJourt ot 1 uokor County, VestVlrcluia, In theaboveentitled ctuse at the ?aremb?r tern. 1 W->. of ?ald Court, we yil\\ on he2-ttb day ox February. 1891.'between thw .. , louw of 10 o'clock a no. and 4 p.of that day, n lront of the Blarkwatcr Hotel. In Davis, rucker county. Weal Virginia, proce-dto sell be mod m said cause decreed to be aold. mid laud In known fti a part of "ouokwalcr Manor," aud thq par,t thereof which will be ioldlathe undivided acven-ttsntha ef one-hall if said treat. which tract m a whole coutalna in.ai3H acre* and the aeven tonUiB ot one-b?ir i&reoi, which It is proposed to sell. conTjTlu In are* about O.^JO ocrei. uidifided. TBitMH OF M\LB-ll*2,?to cash ou toe day of mle. and for tho residue upon a credit of one bad two years, taking iron the p irchaeer inter* r>t b<>ar(hk uu|iaforthe deferred InstallnrnU if purchase money,aud retaining the tlue as an tddlilonal security until the purchase none* no'ca have b-*e<i pud In full. Ihe West Virginia Oeutral Hallway rune through this land far sotno Ore or *Ut mil , between tne towns of Coketon and Uandnoka. md tho tract extends iron tho Dry Fork of Cheat rlrer to Pandit tin, near Davis, in a north md south dlrect'on. and from the lower end of Canaan to near lien- rick*, la an east and west Unction, and la renutwl to be one of tbe best timbered ttacu ol land iu West Virginia, wttb inch variation a? Bpraco, Hemlock, Aah, Cherry, BT?ne&eMQ( tho tract are underlaid with tbe same volns of (ml which are being a.? exteaslve* IT worked at Thomas and Concton by Senator i/avU and others, and lilt said upou wnatis believed to bo good authority, that there ate vast uoantltles if very rich Iron ore on tho tract. A ctr-fil'y prepced nwp of the trait can bo ttou by eallluu on tho undoraigned Cenml* ? oner, W. K. Maxwell, at bU offlje in BU ?ieur??. Tuower o muty. W. Vs.. whloh nap Will be oxhthito > at Davis on day of ?aie. Tbe title to this iao?i ?? *????? | * 21)* ?lo*riu ovcry |?*riiciil?r. wpcr HBOTlia tM paroiUHJT Object tn holtlintf thn p?ri ntmM Jua nuinii^ br him ?i i ToS! omicr wlm Itu p.,no. w?o own I hi mSSi (html, lis. ?t tr Hlni enmn ni hJHThi! fMUM off w l,lw lu KSffi.fgJ"} h i loU t?ro,MMraiiwto'iiMmlt. MuSf,. w.,11. M^VXWBLL. _8jwolni CamatBionm flTATr or W?t VlKflfin a, Cibcuit Oohktclmk*. urntiorltou> '^io.ty.to-wit: I, C. W. 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