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LIFE TERMS FOR
GUILTY COUPLE
Wife of Wealthy Contractor
and Paramour Confess to
Murder of Husband.
BEOKI-EY, Jan. 30?Mrs. Graz
ziee Scogllo, wife of iiominice Scog
lio, un Italian railroad contractor,
who wag murdered at Wichham oil
January 2, and l'etro /Hroglio, her
paramour, confessed In tho Ilalelgh
county criminal court to having
Riven fha poi'son which caused tho
death of the contractor.
Judge Aft-GlnnIs sentenced the two
prisoners to life imprisonment, as
their counscl advised them to enter
a plea of guilty and throw them
selves on the mercy of the court.
While i(i a friendly game of cards
with his wlfe'B lover, Mrs. Scogllo
offered refreshments,, and in the
glass given to her husband was a
large quantity of strychnine. The
?husband expired in a short time
and after an investigation by the
coroner, Mrs. Scoglio and ber para
mour were arrested. Scogllo was
Quite wealthy and his wife expected
to Inherit his large estate. In her
confession she said she was madly
infatuated with Broglio and It was
their plan to marry as soon as her
husband was out of the way.
On Gamblers is Declared by
the Mayor of City of
Parkersburg.
PARJCBR8HURG, Jan. 30?War
on gamblers and gambling in this
city was declared yesterday after
noon by .Mayor Murdoch. At a ses
sion of the city council the mayor
stated that reports were being cir
culated to the effect that the city
administration was allowing a cer
tain trust ' of gamblers to continue
in business while stopping others.
He said there had been intimations
of graft In this connection. The
mayor stated he had been trying to
eliminate gambling without noto
riety or play to the galleries, but
nnounced he would at once issue
warrants for every gambler in the
city and keep after them until they
had qnlt business. He staled ho
would IT necessary request Judge
McGregor of the criminal court to
call a special grand jury. The
mayor stated he did not propose to
let the ganVblers mm the city. The
statement caused a sensation.
Are Being Made for the An
nual State Sunday School
Convention.
WIHBHIjING, Jan. 30?The pri
mary arrangements for the big Sun
day school convention which is to
l>e held in this during the last part
of the month of April and the first
of the month of May, were in
augurated yesterday when the com
mittee which is to have complete
charge of the affair was selected.
1 he members of the committee are
the Rev. Charles H. McDonald, the
Rev. J. B. Workman and the Rev.
I*-. Hininstool. These three men
are well adapted to make a success
of the affair and as soon as time
Will permit, the selection of the
Other committees will be made and
deflinte arrangements decided upon.
Committees will he appointed
from tho various churches to take
charge of the music, decorations,
speaking, and other features and the
chairman from each of tfiese will be
selected to act on the central com
mittee.
BIG SUM
Is Offered by Former Bethany
Students for Paving of
Streets There. j
WEJU-SBURG, Jan. 30?Senator1'
George Oliver, of Pittsburg, and
w- Oglebay, of Wheeling havel
donated $10,000 to the town of'
Bethany, to be expended in improve-:
menu to it3 streets and sewers. |
ijie gift, however, carries with it)
the stipulation that the municipal
ity shall have bonds Issued for S I
OHO, which will make $20,000 in ail|
tor the new improvements. It is
Proposed to pavo Main street.
An election has been called for
February 5 at which time the free-'
"holders will vote for or aKa'lnst the
bond issue. Messrs. Oliver and
Ogchay are graduates of Bethanyi
College and members of the alumni:
of that institution.
Used in Public Places Are
| 'Regulated: by Wireless
Energy Now.
I ?EIUXVll, Germany, Jan. 29?
iThn regulation of all the pifbiic
clocks by wireless energy Is the pro
I gressive and ambitious plan adopted
by the secretary of the Imperial
, I'ostolllce Department.
According to the project of the In
! ventor, an electrician named Ferdi
nand Schneider, whlcli has received
! ihe support or the military and naval
i authorities, a central -station will be
i erected near Fulda, centrally situated
'for fee whole empire. It will have a
j tower 32.* feet high from the top of
! which the electric waves will be dis
charged at one minute intervals, af
< fectlng the hands of all the clocks In
i Ihe system. Three clocks will be
employed in the central station,
?switching In interchangeably f,
guarantee absolute accuracy.
| It Is planned (o have only one re
ceiving clock In each town, other
I timepieces In the same place being
connected with It on the ordinary
t electric circuit now In use.
| Preparatory steps have already
i1 been taken toward erecting the cen
tral establishment at Fulda. The In
ventor guarantees that the system
will work with absolute accuracy and
that the waves cannot be interfered
with by those of other wireleBS sta
j tions. The service, it is thought
| owing to the great number of clocks
j which can be controlled from the one
j station, will be comparatively inex
pensive and the obvious advantage ol
absolutely uniform time throughout
the country has also, It Is undcrstoo.1,
appealed to the postoSlce authorities
negHleo
On Charge of Stabbing Peter
and John McNeal in a
Saloon Fight.
Charles Black, a negro, Is in jail
awaiting a hearing before Justic G-.
111. Gordon on a charge of attempt
ing to murder Peter McNeal, pro
prietor of a saloon on Third street,
and McNeal and ills brother, John,
are suffering from knife wounds as
the result of a stabbing affray 'Sat
urday night In a hallway of their
saloon. Officers are hunting an
other negro who is also accused of
taking part in the affray.
| Peter McNeal received two stabs
jin the abdomen and had to be taken
to St. Mary's hospital for treatment
?while John received a stab in hl?
left side. Neither was seriously cut
and their early recovery is expected.
According to statements made to
the justice, three or four negriis
|became disorderly in the hallway
I and the McNeale went there to quiet
them or throw thom out. ' if tor the
stabbing the negroes ran away.
Hlaek was arrested later In the East
j End by city policemen.
Of Three States Are to Hold
a Meeting in Wheeling in
Near Future.
j '1 he Tri-State Wool Growers' and
Sheep Breeders' Association will
i hold its annual meetin in Wheeling,
1 February 11 and 15, at the Board
or Trade rooms beginning at 11
; a. m.
I The success of this meeting can
not be delegated to a few, but de
pends largely on every sheep man
being there.
Speakers of national reputation
gill t(?V how lo keep two sheep on
a hat we now feed one. Men whose
work in the past shows their ability
?will tell us how to obtain a fair
[share of legislation. Men who have
bred some of the best and sold them
[at profitable prices will tell how to
breed and sell.
I The cost of producing a pound of
wool will roceive sotno attention
and minor matters of importance to
the association will come up.
Keep the ilate of the meeting or
1!> 12 in mind, and arrango to go,
sure.
FRUIT (JKOH ERS OHOANlZK.
CHARLES TOWN, Jan. 30.?'Th"
Jefferson County Fruit Growers' As
sociation has elected the following
officers for the ensuing year: Pres
dents. H. C. Mnrshnll, \V. T McDon
ald and E. E. Allen: secretary and
treasurer, Milton Burr.
David A. Godfrey was here Monday
from Hlchwood.
Ml !
Orders Are Entered by the
Circuit Court at Fri
day's Session. j
At the end of the session of the
i circuit court Friday forenoon, ad
journment was taken until Monday
morning.
An order of dismissal was en
tered in the suit of the Southern
I'Ine Lumber Company against Rob
ert I., Bro-wn et al.
Final report w.ia made and ap
proved In the cause of M. J. Fran
cis, administrator et al, against
Garland 0. Townsend et al.
An rder was entered filing an
swers in the In the suit of William
VV. Carr against R. ?. Davis et al.
iDecree of sale was made in the
cause of Omer l?. Hall against John
M. Orr et als.
The suit of C. A. Oslborn against
the Byron Coal Company was dla
i missed.
Final order was entered in the
? cause of Jaqueline Lancaster
? against Lloyd 1J. Lancaster.
: .Answers were filed In the cause
? of Joseph C. Lawson, executor,
against Rachel II. Marple et al.
.Abraham Carper, Joshua Smitt
. and Lloyd Stout were appointed
. partition commissioners in the suit
i of Daniel Stout against Hezekiah
I 3tout.
I Special Receiver .P. M. Long's rc
. port in the suit of David L. Hall
et al against J. R. Adams et al was
. approved.
Answer of plaintilf to the defend
ant's crossbill was filed in the cause
. of Monroe Stutler agalnal Eii'i
, Stutler.
Comissioner's report was con
firmed and a decree of sale wav
made in the cause of Homer A..
I.ooman against Besslo Bunnell
et al.
Answers were filed in the cause
of Jelferaon 1) Bassel, administra
tor, against Cree M. Hartlctit et al..
Judgment for $I30.'jr, was given
? the Hornor-Gaylord Company against
Minnie Holler.
Judge Charles W. Lynch in the
circuit court Monday sustained the
demurrer of tlio defendant hoard
in the suit of Thomas Hlaymoml and
others against the Clarksburg Board
of Education relating to the recent
authorization of school funds at a
special election and the plaintiffs
were igiven ten days in which to file
an amended bill, if they so desire.
Judgment for $110 was given
Mary R. Cofiindaffer against the
, Hope Natural Gas Company.
In the cause of Jasper S. Kyle
against S. R. Griffin, a decree was
directed* referring the cause to a
<-omimissioner to scertain certain
interest of parties in certain coal
sale profits.
J. Philip Clifford, guardian, was
authorized to sell oil and gas of his
wards.
Eva Martin, guardian of (Hazel
Grae.e Martin, was authorized to sell
wis rights of her ward.
Sheridan R. Griffin's motion to
dissolve an Injunction in the cause
nf c. S. Parr et al against the Blue
Ridge Coal Company was denied.
Judgment for $92G.S0 was given
the parr Lumber and Planing Mill
' Company against A. E- Zinn.
I 'An order filing answer was made
in the suit of Domlnick Serrao
lagalnst Antoslo Curcio et al.
By Committee on the Wiley
Hughes Contest for Sev
eral Days Yet.
, WASHINGTON, ,D. C? Jan. 30?
Col. George S. Wallace, of Hunting
| ton, former Itepresentative J. H.
|Gaines, of Charleston, and John II.
"Meek, of Huntington, who have been
here as counsel in the Wiley-Jlughes
. contested election case arc still here
and expect to remain a few days.
Mr. Wiley, who is making the con
test, also expects to remain for sev-|
oral days, and of course if he should
be seated by the House as a result
of his contest he will remain for the
rest of the session. No report is ex- j
i'Pceted, however, from the committee!
in the contest caso for several days '
and It may be several weeks before!
the matter is brought to tho atten-'
tton of the House in a formal man
ner.
SMALL
l*umpcr Is Drilled In on tile William
Hickman rami.
The Independent Oil Company has'
j now completed and shot its second
; to*t on the William Hick-man farm on
Indian *un, Tcinmile district, and will
not have better than a Ave-barrel
pumper in the Gordon sand. On
Cherry Camp run, in the same district
the M i in oil and Oas Company is
due in the Gordon ra.nd at its second
te.?t on the j. \V. Hosier farm.
DENIAL IS MADE
BY STEEL TRUST
But Admits Entering into Cer- j
tain Indenture with a
Mining Company.
AN IRON ORE LEASE
Is Admitted But Action is
Only as a Lessor for Cer
tain Purposes.
TRENTON. X. J.. Jail. 29.?Walter
I J. Hill, Louis W. Hill, James N. Hill,
; and Edward T. Nicholas who, as trus
' tecs of mining Interests, were named
I with other defendants in the antl
trust action of the government against
I the United States Steel Corporation
'and subsidiary cflncerns, Hied their
answer in the United States district
court here today.
They deny that they have engaged
n any confederacy In restrain o?
trade contrary to law.
The defendants admit that on Jan
uary 2, ISO", the West Misso.be Liund
Company, limited, and certain of the
other defendants ehtercd into a cer
tain Indenture with the Great Western
Mining Company of Minnesota, which
lease covered certain pieces of land
containing or supposed to contain
large tonnages of Iron ore.j They avor
that they became parties to the leaso
solely as the agents of the lessors for
certain particular purposes specified.
They deny that the defendant, J. H.
Gruber, joined In the leaso as trustee
ur otherwise. They admit that the
performance of tho stipulations of the
lease by the Great Western Mining
Company was guaranteed by tlie
United States Steel Corporation. They
ndtnlt that the lessee agreed to mine
the ore upon the terms of the lease
and ship it over the GTeat Northern
j Hallway, paying therefore a royalty
'and that It was provided that the
lease might be surrendered on Janu
ary 1. 1915, on giving at least two
years previous notice In writing.
The defendants deny that tliey lie
came parties to the lease with the in
tent of preventing the ore from being
mined and sold to Independents or to
prevent the ore from being utilized
to build up a new and dangerous
competitor to the United States Steel
Corporation in the Iron and steel bus
iness. They deny knowledge whether
the United States Steel Corporation
had any such purpose In view. They
deny that the practical "effect of the
lea=e was to forestall ctm-potUion or
I to increase to any undue or improper
I extent the United States Steel Cor
! Partition's control n? resources
|?r the country or to destroy or fore
Lall competition In Iron ore. They;
deny that the royalty agreed to be
i paid was unprecedentedly large or n
I any wise in excess of the true value,
' ?f the considerations granted by the
! " 'n,ev admit that by the execution of
1 the lease the position of the United
' states Steel Corporation was ctrength
I ened but they deny that they became
! parties to the lease with any intention
l,o strengthen the dominating or other
1 position Of 'the United States Steel
! corporation or for any purpose other
I than the desire to turn to account in
I a legal and proper manner the propv
ertles and assets owned and eon
I trolled by the lesser company Tliey
' deny any intent to shut off competl
! tlon by preventing the establishment
I of a competitor to the United States
'steel Corporation or to secure to that
! corporation nn undue power over the
steel business by controlling t e
'source of supply of ore by taking It
lout of the market or otherwise, or to
I restrolli trade or commerce or to,
i create a monopolization within the
: moaning of the Anti-Trust Act or
I otherwise.
I The defendants aver that whatever,
the effect of the lease may be, or be
considered to he, the defendant com
panies were Innocent parties thereto,,
were not .participants in any gulltj or.
Illegal purpose or intent Of ? j
purpose or intent existed), which the
rriited States Steel Corporation or
the Great Western Mining Company
entertained or may have enterW 1.
Thcv deny that any system of In
?erlaclng or Interlocking of dlrecto
ates exlsts or ever has existed where-j
iv nnv of the defendant cornpanles
were parties to the lease, are or have
l-een officers or Erectors of the
United States Steel Corporation or of
any other constituent. siibsUllary^o
controlled companies or ^
of the officers or directors of the St
Corporation or allied companies be
came or are onicers or directors of
any of the lesser companies.
They deny that any of the defend
ants have at any time participated at
any meetings under the auspices ofj
the United States Steel -Corporation
or otherwise, or of representatives or.
any percentage or portion of the Iron
or steel trade l<i the United States:;
and they likewise deny that in any,
direct or indirect way they have par
ticipated In any such meetings or In
any exchange of Information, rom-,
moii understanding or expressions of
opinion or concerted action or de
claration of Intention or policy laid
out, <?r concensus of opinion or agree
ment or Combination or conspiracy j
of i)ny nature whatsoever cither with
reference to changing or controlling
prices of commodities or of any prop
erty whatsoever or as to output or as;
to any other matter or thing whatso
ever. They deny that by means of,
any pools or agreennenU they have atj
any time combined or conspired in
restrain of trade or commerce among
tbe several stales or with foreign na
tions within the meaning of section 1
<?f the Anti-Trust Act or to monopo
lize any part of the trade or com
merce among tho several states or
with foreign nations within the mean
| ing of Section 2 of the Anti-Trust Act.
WALTER DENIES GUILT
In a Statement Written by
Him Three Hours before
Put to Death.
| SAYS HE IS A VICTIM
.....
Of Circumstantial Evidence
and Prays for Punish
ment of Guilty One.
OSSIMMG, N. Y? Jan 29?Albert
Wolter was electrocuted In tlio Sing
Sine prison soon after 5 o'clock tills
morning for the murder of fifteen
year-old .Rutli Wheeler, whoso body
, was found In a sack on a fire escape
,at his rooming house in New York.
'He left a statement with Warden
Kennedy denying that he had com
mitted the crime.
In the statement, written at 2
o'clock this morning, lie declared
that he had been a victim of circum
stantial evidence, and prayed that
the person who had brought him to
Mb death might be brought to jus
lice.
I Elect Officers, Hold Social
] Session and Organize a
Big Bond.
i Local, No. 580, American Federa
tion of Musicians, elected officers :it
1:. meeting in the Hoffman hall Sunday
afternoon as follows:
I John A. Shinn president. Leland
, Davis vice president, K. Raspilliare
secretary-treasurer and B. Ledoux,
, \V. O. Davis and H. Woolard. all of
i Clarksburg. G. Beumarck, of Salem,
C. Farnsworth, ot Weston, and John
IIIHcary, of Huekltannon, dlre?tors.
' A social session was held and a
band of forty pieces was organized
for tho occasion.
TWEHTY-EIGHT
Unite vvith Bread Oaks Meth
odist Church at Sun
day Services.
j Twenty-eight persons united with
'the Ash Chapel Methodist Kplscopat
congregation Sunday, which was the
greatest day yet ot the revival series
1 being held there.
Large congregations were present
at both morning and evening ser
vices. The Sunday school was the
largest in the history oT the church.
A beautiful and fitting cliniax to the
splendid work of tho day was
reached when the twenty-eight per
sons presented themselves before
the chancel for church membership.
The interst in the great revival is
still increasing. Last night eight
persons, more than half of whom
were men, sought tho Lord at the
altar of prayer. . The deepest con
cern is being awakened in the minds
and hearts of many and all things
point to this coming week's "witness,
lug the greatest number of conver
sions than any previous week of the
meeting.
iAsh Chapel lias a band of as loyal,
consecrated workers as can be found
anywhere and in this revival cam
paign they are tloing most excellent
work.
TWO KILLED
At Akron When Their Wagon
is Struck, by a
Train.
AKRON. O , Jan. 30.?A wagon oc
cupied by .William T. Ferguson and
llarry Smoad was struck by a train
here today and bolli were killed.
SEW ( AMUKit.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 27.?Harrison
Fclton has been appointed rural ma'l
carrier out of Kov.ieaburg in place of |
Stanley II. Lipscomb. I
Dana Young, city clerk of Wos
on va? looking after business af-;
airs here Monday.
TRADE WITH CUBA
GROWS VERY FAST
Since Reciprocal Relations
Were Established with
That Country.
WIAEMILVGTOX, Jan. 27?Trade
of the United States with Cuba In tho
year Just ended aggregated ICS mil
lion dollars, having more than doubl
ed during the reciprocity period. The
exports to tho island, according to
the figures of the Bureau of Statistics,
?Department of Commerce and Labor,
were about sixty-two million dollars
in value, having trebled under reci
| proelt.v period. The reciprocity
; agreement with Culm went into cfTect
! December 27, 1903, the exports from
| the United States to that island in
| that year having been twenty-three
i and one-half million dollars, against
i sixty-two million in 1911. and the
Imports therefrom fifty-seven and one
qSirter million dollars, against 100
million in 1911.
The increase in imports from Cuba
during the decade has occured chiefly
In sugar and leaf tobacco though In
tho case of sugar a shortage in the
crop of last year caused a material
decline in the imports when compared
with the immediately preceding year.
In 1910 sugar from Cuba totaled
3,073 million pounds with a value of
over 100 million dollars; in 1911,
about 3,1 f?2 million pounds, valued at
a little over seventy-six million dol
lars; in 1903, lust prior to the reci
procity period, t'le total was 1,994
million pounds, valued at thirty-seven
and one-half million dollars. Leaf to
bacco other than that used for cigar
wrappers shows a steady growth.
Trom ten million dollars in 1903 to
twelve nnd two-thirds million In 1910
and sixteen million in 1911. Of
cigars, cigarettes, etc., a total of four
and one-quarter million dollars value
was imported in 1911, against a little
! less than four million In 1907. Im
ports of Cuban Iron ore have doubled
since 1903, the totnl for that year
having been one nnd one-half million
dollars, compared with three million
in the year just ended. Bananaa,
cabinet wood, pineapples, molasses,
and copper ore are the items next In
importance, with importations rang
? ing from one million clown to a half
million dollars annually.
On the export side, our trade with
Cuba covers a much larger range of
articles, chiefly manufactures and
various food products, such as flour
and other breadstuff's, meals, lard and
lard compound, eggs, and coffee. Iron
and steel manufactures head the lis',
having grown from two and one-half
million dollars in 1903 to eight-mil
lion in 1907 and approximately twelve
! million in the year just ended. Under
this head nre included locomotives
and other machinery, wire, pipes and
fittings, steel rails, builders' hardware
and numerous other articles. Hoots
and shoes have sextupled In value of
exports since 1903, having risen froti
| one-half million dollars' value in that
I year to three and one-quarter million
] in 1911. On passenger and freight
' cars the exports are also increasing,
| having practically doubled in five
(years. In 1903 our exports of cotton
I cloths to Cuba were but little more
I than a quarter million dollars, while
< last year they were valued\at one and
two-thirds million. Of lard the ex
ports to Cuba have increased from
one and one-lialf to four million dol
j lars In the period 1903-19L}; of flour,!
from two to four million dollars; of I
corn, from two-thirds million to one
'and one-half million dollars; of veg
etables, from a half million to one
, and one-half million dollars; pickled
or salted pork, from one-quarter to
three-quarter million dollnrs; and bl-j
tuminous coal, from one nnd one
fourth to two and three-quarter mil
lion dollars. The foregoing are but
representatives of the growth which
hns occured in many other articles,
such as milk, chemicals and medi
cines. fertilizers, furniture, paper
manufacturers, mineral oils, and
scientific instruments, the exports of
which In 1903 had not, In some cases,
a'ttained sufficient importance to war
rant. their separate enumeration In
the monthly summary of the Bureau
of Elallstlcs.
Not only is the United States In
creasing Its trade with Cuba, but it
is supplying a larger share of the
commerce of that Island than ever
before. In the calendar year 1910,
according to the official figures of that
Island, the United States supplied!
.ri2."> per cent of the imports, compared
with r,3.S per cent in 1900, nnd 41.t
per cent in 1903. the year immediately
preceding reciprocity; nnd of the ex
ports from Cubn in 1910 85.8 percent'
were sent to the United States, ns!
against sixty-eight per cent In 19U0
nnd 77 9 per cent in 1903. Meantime
both Spain nnd the United Kingdom
have lost In the share which they
supply of the imports Into Cuba and
arc also taking a smaller share of
the exports from that Island. Of
the total imports Into Cuba, the share
| of the United Kingdom was, in 1900,
| 15.7 per cent; in 1903, 16.1 per cent;
| in 1910, 11.9 per cent: Spain, in 190'J,
j 14.G per cent. In 1903, 14.3 per cent,
' in 1910, S.4 per cent; Germany, In
1900, 4.5 per cent, In 1903, 5.9 per cent,
in 1910, C.3 per cent; and France, in
1900. 4.9 per cent, in .1903, C.fi p-<r
cent, in 1910, 5.3 per cent. Of the ox
ports from Cuba, there was exported
| to the United Kingdom, 11.1 per 6eni
in 1900, 8.4 per cent In 1903 and 7 1
per cent in 1910; to Spain, 1.7 per
cent in 1900, 1.9 per cent in 1903, and
! 0.5 per cent In 1910; to Germnnj,
I 11.3 per cent in 1900, 0.8 per cent in
i 1903, and 2.4 per cent in 1910; and to
i France, 2.G per cent in 1900, 1.5 per
| cent In 1903, and one per cent in 1910.
From the foregoing It would appear
I (hat every leading country except tho
| United States had in 1910 a smaller
I part in the foreign trade of Cuba than
In 1900, while during the same period
a marked Increase occured both In
the share which we supplied of the
total imports into, and shnre which
| we took of the exports from Cuba.
IMPOSTOR
Gets Subscription Money for
Dougherty Family and
Keeps It.
Earl Dougherty, an employe of the
Anchor Hour mills, whose dwelling
and Its contents were destroyed re
cently by fire and whose little son
was fatally burned at the time, has
been informed that some unscrupu
lous person has been falsely obtain
ing money subscriptions under his
name and pocketing the money.
A subscription paper for the benefit
of Mr. Dougherty and his family la
being circulated In efforts to aid
thom but only he and Will Steele, of
(he Anchor mills, have circulated It
and money from friends should be
given to them alone. Mr. Dougherly
Lays anyone else who asks for money
in his' behalf is an Impostor and
should be treated accordingly.
'Are Now Available for Locks
and Dams in Ohio River
Near Huntington.
?WASHINGTON. D. C.. Jan. 29?
That there are no funds allotted at
present for the beginning of work
on lock and dam No. 27 In the Ohio
river near Huntington, and that no
work can be done there till after the
passage of another river and har
bor bill is the statement from th?
office of tho chief engineers, United
States Army, In a letter to Senator
Watson, who had taken up with the
chief engineers the matter of getting
the work under way soon.
Surveys have lieen made, plan*
have been completed aud negotia
tions are under way for the pur
chase of the site for N'o. 27, accord
ing to the chief of engineers, but
the time when the work will be be
gun will dopend upon the passage of
another appropriation by Congress.
The completion of No. '27 and the
other dams already under way
would give a continuous stage of
nine feet or more from the mouth
of i he Kanawha river to a point
near Ironton, a distance of some
sixty miles. The completion of these
loci s would be of Immense value to
the coal shippers from the Kanawha
valley aud give them an advantage
over the Pittsburg competitors by
reason ol 'boing able to get to mar
ltot sooner with coal, because of the.
dams which would do away with the
necessity for waiting for a coal rise
in the Ohio river.
IMPERIAL DEFEAT.
LONDON", .Tan. 29.?ChlneBe revolu
tionists have crushlngly defeated p.n
imperial force commanded by Gen
eral Chang llsun at Ku Cheng, 125
miles north of Nanking, according to
pre: 8 dispatches received' here today.
DELEGATE OI KS DEAD.
BUCKHANNON. .Tan. 30.?H. F.
Ours, a member of the House of Del
egates from Upshur comity, is dead
>f typhoid-pneumonia, at his home
here. He was recently elected mayor
Df Buckhannon and was formerly
sheriff of the county.