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' V - ^ ~ ~(f ±<SS£.4V.*£.*l+L4HLmZ*t1V.G&4SL4H.» •’ KEEP l«0* ETES #PEI,: $ JL | PRINTER'S IKK DOES WONDERS! | <! II l'^^ ||r 4y Tae merchant wao want* to -y HOLIDAY BUYERS r> \M MS II i —Bl'SH HIS BUSINESS— |i - * ‘ . -c \ art!*#0" the ^ -i Theta days whan many buyer* ara Jjj •\ y. abroad, mutt put hi* “ad" In tht REG- * ■ j|| ISTER. Everybody refer* to It. jjj M„ •>. _ WHEELING, W. VA., FRIDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 12, 1890. _ NO-ir> \\\ AIR’S BOMBSHELL .IPUBLiCAHS ARB MilNTAlN N IN ABSURD POBWK'S • Pw a B.ll to Mak< X«gro« m ~ T.« Betan Hocatiag Tbom. •. ;.i- « of Passia? tt« Ferro g. Rasidly Dwsadliag. „ >. It lift* S ’ ,N i*. c.. December 11.— '' ' |*,.;, ;bii an< are going to N - force bill is uot ^ . || ..!• ami his t*lique of _• ;.ar«l against drop ■ t e\ do not seem to vv.,i :u whipping the ,ui' nU* line. It - " • tin- Kepublieans -* " days. un . f,,t the adoption’ . t|,0 M ate, but it is at*' ‘UP* »*i«*vo A . . • e,d if It IS ^ . as ; • ieve the bill | " f. sver every day. • . break is expected in • which will give the bill ’ ■ 'peeeh on the «iues vas by s. nator ltlair. | . re. That cranky | I t.. »>f his remarks »l y praised his own . itional bill, unex :l and told his J . hr ri that they were v,.' in an absurd posi .. > a bill Intended to make .. . ;r"v,.' vote before they hail "1M n. gr.«-s that they , ally. Vue n '' »* :rv, Mr. K air declar' d iu • ' ct, h|, f discharge th< duties of ■ a' ’ - -a- ' • • •> - l";,' j. ,;V, ji,. should do was ;o take j .. lie 1* ; a >-di. attoaal bi'i ■ • ,r ;!!, and prepare the ne- j ,1, t l».-v lie good fill* ]; Air,.«eh • an --d *piite a '!;r 111 v and w;i' not listeu' d l" witii : a> • bv rh>- Uepublicaii'. t i.i\ki.% »s ... se..»lr trjr %%..ut* .» Ha'ot.el llfhlml Kvery llallot ft'%»IUN*.ToN December 11.—In the v .-.lay, Mr. Plumb - all. .1 up hi> . . wh" h provides that hereafter • shall meet a 10 a. m..COB .. .. on •'>: I>- »>.. recess ■ 1 adjourn at 11 p. m. krell thought that the hour of k would be preferable to 10 Mr. r nub thought it best to ir named u hi> re sol ution „r* : then proceeded to'hoW . d u-usiy the business >.f the s. ■. .. transacted during toe last . .. ■ wh.-n the hour of meeting was Mr. Piumb hoped the resolu* l .*aud as present’ d. Mr lb .ig in charged that the object resolution was to cholic off dc . on the El* cliou b and to pre t it. lie the); pi eded a' • llgtll SO ..ml out what lie i* riii* 1 tin revulu r> liarai: r • f th I :n*u bill. 1 tr: stiy pr-’test. 1 Mg.iinst the -.f the res..:iit;>i!i a- un.'Ust to Aif rican pe ople. \ g n.ite followed, times during • E. . lion bill was denounced •i.ocratie sjicakcrs. Mr. llar : remark which drew applause : i: ■ gallcr - s. Mr Hoar charged • • debate bad been accompanied •jcellonnble applause in the gal .-r.es and h*- wished to give notice that fitshould be coniiuued le- would ex ercise h - right to have the gallerle cleared. 'l'lie Vice President ga\. note that i .•utinuauce of demonstrations of ap provat or disapproval in the gallerie would 1m* met by ati order to clear then and it might as well be understood lir * last. Mr. Vest maintained that person •in galleries had been permitted t; • I during discussions which tool . ,| .ring the !:i*t session, to wliicl . s-the Vice President took cxcep saving that applause ha«l nevei : • r-'.itled while h*- occupied tin x-:. v.*t continued his remarks . onto th. resolution until - p - d.-ration of th*’ Election; I . ,. d and Mr. Wilson, ol I »i the s.-nate in advocacy the r ppc,' I"! JU'iil ' ■ s .iitb Carolina, with a vot< >■ t 11 member* to th<-House -• illative*, while luwa. willi a -• .'anon ..f “*3.*< «t but 11 lie hoped that an earnest ef ■' a .'lid bo made to remedy this lla t injustice. The people of the itry would not believe that the •■'e of Mi*- 'Si j-p : .d >■■ ut!. Carolina I' free to use the ballot a* the ..f luwa. No more important sub ■ now commanded the attention of p< ople of the Republic. Mr Frye said that the pending bill •» one-tenth part strong enough— ■ ; part drastic enough in it* If. in order to secure the American citizen to freely ut and have it counted as ' neecssary to put a bayo very tialhit, he would put u ’ hind it. tMingled applausi s in the galleries which wa ■ \ suppressed by tin \ io1 I re*i hauiel eomniented upon Mr s declaration as l<* associating a • in* t with every ballot, and that suf gi-s should 1m- deposit} d at the muzzle .Ms That, he said, wa? the Senator's. Frye's, conception of a republic—a > iet and a hallo' side by side. M. Frye—“I -aid if it was necessary -• ire a free ballot." M- I'anie!— “Thi* hill ha?got a bay ' a -h < very voter, if the Supervisor on* house* to put it there. • eiitivc '• s-ioii. the S-nat* rued. _ hi- Italians Becoming SuIihiImIv*. 5' l» c., December II. Geu i- s .1 to-dav received a very favur froui (leneral Miles about ’M.itioii. The presence of the i. sition Inis bad a deiuoralix ,jh.u the Indians, and those ' a.- ■ were detlaut and warlike e\ idence of submission. fth lufautrv has returned aking with him Hump, excellent service with me . V - IVi-m-s eauipaiglis l - - ■ I use of him in bringing in Itrooks reports that the •“ V. into Kiver have turned ' ■ s amt were coming in. -rt* quit* a large number ■ vicinity who arc willing ■ is These belong to 15ig and others located about v part of the Cheyenne virLt-jni'i luurr.il. . ,' "1> C. December It.—The Washington McLean took It was a quiet, simple — ' - slightest display. There i"'-r< is. and only a few car ■ 1 ■! -“.ou* services were con • .giass. rector of St. — - Kp.„ ,.pai church. At their con ' ' • remains. accompanied solely by - wi-re transferred to Rock Creek iU?t back'd the Soldiers' Home , “il *‘d iu a vault. This is to be their I — ■ e for a short time onlv. as the 7 is decided upon their tinid inter a '- ;..'inuati, Ohio. I'"-! master* Appoiuird. j. •' -n. 1). C., iXx ember 11.—The appointed the following post 1, V , I'b A. Thomson. .M»?liu. I*a ; ii i) “ ffrles- West Grove, Ha.; Fruik .. , Curry. Fa : Jerry Crarv. Shon I * and Thaddeus W. Fancher, ATKINSON’S HILL To Present Frauds at Klecti.nn Tasse* the House W ithout Opposition. •S). ■•';(£ Ttlrgram to th* Rr<jitt‘r. Washington, D. C., December 11.— Congressman Atkinson succeeded in get ting up in the Hons? and having passed to-day the bill he introduced last ses sion to punish tampering with election ‘ returns after they have been made up bv and passed out of the hands of the election officers into those of the clerks or courts or other persons charged with their -afe keeping. This bill, it will he remembered, grew out of the Atkin- , 'on-lVndlcton contest. Mr. Atkinson alleged that his name had been scratch- ( ed from twenty-eight ballots cast for . him in Wetzel county, while the elec- j ( tion returns were in the Clerk's office of that county. Without cutering into j the merits of this eiaiui, which the readers of the ID i.i' i t:u are familiar with, it may be said that the bill which I. Mr. Atkinson drew up to meet similar ' eases in the future, seemed to meet a ith’general approval in the House, and there was noob e> tion to its passage j to-day. IVntocralic members asked questions ' about it and these were answered by Mr. Atkinsontotheirsatisfaction. The . bill was called for by the discovery that L while the I'nited Sutes statutes pro- ; \ ide severe penalti* - for frauds at Con- j j gressional elections up to the iinal . counting of the vote by the election offi- 11 eers, nothing i- 'aid of frauds which may be committed after the returns have | been turned over to the court or other | officers charged with the Iinal custody of them. The Atkinson bill Is lnteuded ( to cover this omission in the statutes . and makes the offense alluded to a fel- ( ouy, punishable by line and imprison ment. The bill has not yet been intro- | du ’ed in the Senate, but its author ex- , pects to get it through that body with ■ no more difficulty than "as experieueed , in the House. i, An Appeal to l'o»igre»». \V \'Iiino vox. D« comber 11.—The Xa-j< tiotint Executive Silver Committee to-day i —. .,-a the following address to Congress: ;< The Xatioual Executive Silver Commit- | tec. oelievingahat the present monev string- 1 iicvisdue mainly, if not entirely, to the; attempt to conduct the world's growing b ness ou the narrowing basis of gold as >itij,:e money standard, again appeals • . i :;gress to delay no longer the restrie ■:. • -,!ver to unlimited use as money, j A attempts to relieve the present 1 -trained condition by increasing the volume of erxslit currency, or multiplying credit, expedients can at best , afford but temporary relief. The supply ! ge : is dee reus ng What is needed is a ...der basis of primary money, constant and adequate in supply. To secure this, u.meta ;sin m :st be reestablished and the ' it empt to stretch the single gold standard i over the world be abandoned. With free coinage of silver, everybody can have sil - ver metal converted into coin, free of cost. Silver enough must be coined to give u> fu;i m -ides the <t-V.uwO.wu .-eld The people «*f the country demand , their constitutional rtght to have recourse j to both gold and silver for money. financial l.rgislatlou. W v'IIim tox, December 11.—In accord-j umv with the instructions of the Republi-; can Senatorial can ■ Id last night, Sm* Senal Plumb. Hale. Mit. hell. McMillan and Power as members of the caucus commit- I ! tee to act with the Republican members of the Finance Committee iu framing a! i scheme of financial legislation to he sub- ; I mitted to the caucus. UKINKKN IN U1ANS Alarm settlers iu Washington Petalls of the Cole Murder. Sfuh VNK Fai.I.. Wash.. December 11. j Specials received here report great I j mu u.-iue-- auiong the settlers uear the 1 ! Colville Indian reservation. Renegades from the reservation, who ar.. supplied with whisky bv the whites, i arc becoming very ipiarrelsome and in solent A few day- ago a small band f>dl to lighting among themselves and one Indian wa- killed and a number .were injured. , \t la-t particulars have been learned l of the killing of Freighter Cole, whose • murderer was -iiot by Deputy Sheriff Iv,-s several day> ago. As reported in . these dispatces Indian John and a com i1 panion rode up to Cole s camp ami ask : j ed fur a chew of tobacco, which was re ! fijM“d. John drew his pistol and order 1 ej his companion to kill Cole, which he ! did, shooting him in the side and stom j arh. They then i arried the body three ■ or four miles and bid it. The friendly ! Indians and whites are now searching | for the remains. These troubles are in . j no wav connected with the Messiah | craze. _ Does Not t ear aa^Out break. Buiukk, X. i>. December 11. Major McLaughlin. agent at the Standing Kock Indian Agency, is in town to-day. He says , ! there is no danger of an outbreak, and there ! never has been. Sitting Bull and his fcl-i lowers are still keeping up the ghost dance j on Grand river but their wild enthusiasm is rupidlv abating. The Major thinks u ; week more of eold weather will wind u|> the * 1.lueing. He says he oiu arrest Sitting 15 ill without any trouble, but (there is cno , occasion for taking him into custody. In formation ruraes from l’ine Kidge that the report of a cattle stampede bv the Indians I and an exchange of shots neor Buffalo Gap : is a canard. No cattle has been run off by the Indians except their own stock. The special correspondents of the Eastern pa pers exaggerated their stories fearfully. More Ghost Dancer* Arre ted. l»ir.RKE, S. L> . December ll.-Capt. ! Piers, of the Seventh Infantry, was de- | i tailed here from Texas last week by Gen. j Miles for sp«* al work. Word was receiv 1 «sl last night that he had just returned ; i from the Cherry Creek dams', bringing j with him several chiefs who have been | 1 causing trouble in the Cheyenne Agency.. There are continued reports of depreda ! datlous in the Bad Lands country, and the I cattle men are -aid to be getting ready to | I ready to take the warpath against the In-j 1 dians. Ii>K»lt9’ Chances Growlug Stim. Topeka, Kin., Decemberll.- The Farm ,-rs' Alliance has decided to take the eleo , tion of a C. S. Senator into its own hands. Sub Alliances throughout the State are adoptiug rA*solutions demanding that the President of the Farmers' Alliance call a i special delegate convention to meet in To rn ka Monday. January M, to place iu nom , ination a candidate for l'. S Senator. '1 his i move is taken to bring the influence of the i State Alliance to bear directly upon the l ! members of the Alliance, and to strengthen those wavering between the luguils aud 1 anti-Ingalls forces. The large number of Alliance Senatorial candidates that have ! sprung up aiuce the election has imperilled tin* success of the Alliums* iu the light, and it is to prevent division in the party [ that the convention will be called. The Citizens' AUiam-e w . ! hold a Suite conven tieti January £t, when action will be taken ; looking to eo operation with the Fanners' Alliance. Must Go to ,Ih1I. Can urn, December 11.—Judge Gresham this morning decided the petitions for its corpus presented on behalf of Charles j Counselmau. the Board id Trade man, and Jasf Peasley, Treasurer of the Chicago. Burlington anii Quincy Railroad Company, and held in both cases that the orders of the District Court ail judging both gentlemen in , mtempt aud that they should be fined and imprisoned was authorized. Mr. Counsel man aud Mr. Peaslev were remanded to , the Marshal aud the opinions in the case . ex [da.n the entire matter. llail a Lottery "AL" Leavenworth, K v-. December 11 — ') Postmaster liitchcy rejected the issue of Leavenworth Tim(* on account of the pub lication of an alleged lottery advertisuieut. It bad been run irregularly in the paper lor , some time. Postmaster Ritchey had in- | closed a I'opv of the pa[>er to the Poatmas- [ ter General at WashingtoUj and iu reject- 4 ingtheedition.it is believed, acted on Mr. ( Wanamaker's ordei-s. , Stole Stveutern Thousand Doliats. Boston, December 11— Henry B. Blue, a • mpl-.yed bv Thom H Perkins ,v Co . stock brokers, was arrested this after- l uoon charged with the embezzlement of i ♦1T.UU0 from his employers. The money, t it is alleged, has been takeu at various i times since May, 1S88. • t V JOB DISCOVERED S THE PROPOSED SALE OF GOVERNMENT LAND IN OHIO. 'be Manner of Advertising the Traci Not Satisfac tory —'t is Valuable for Oil and Gas Pur P -ses. and Some Startling Devel opments are Expected. special Telegram to the Reyieler. Coi.omrs O., December 11.—An in estigation as to what title the State ia> to a tract of land in Auglaize couII S’ has been going on for some weeks, md may result iu a sensational develop ment. The land in nuestiou was section even, consisting of about acres: and ormiug a part of St. Mary’s reservoir, i’he State Canal Commission had taken hargeof the land and appraised it at he very low figures of *1 and ,-jg per ere. Before t he fact was known that t was exceptionally valuable for oil md gtv- purposes. Senator Mellshaw, vho has been acting as the attorney for he syndicate, went to Washington to earn whether the title of the land was •et vested in the general government. Phe general government decided that it leld the title. Within the last few days t has been diseovered that the laud lias ►ecu advertised for sale in the usual ourse by the general government, and iad been inserted in a paper nearest the oeation of the land. The paper is ob cure, and it Is charged that an at empt was made to keep the nforination from the public. Ono of the uembers of the canal commission states hat offers of -lo.uoo and •'5.*»0,000 have ieen made, simply for a lease of one •< ar. It is estimated that for specula te purposes the land in i(uestiou is vorth about *1,000,000. It is probable hut an Investigation of the entire trans action will be made and some important levelopments are among the probabili ies, for the >ale has been postponed by irder of the Secretary of the Interior lending investigation. I Hack Diamond Railroad Incorporated. , ioecial Tele pram to the IleeiitUr. , Com mu: s, O., December 11. -Col. A. E. i Joone, Henry Cassell. W. 1*. Robinson. G. Axline anil James C. Kobo to-day iucor- ' wrated the Ohio, Black Diamond and Michigan railroad company. The road is o run from Belpre, opposite Parkersburg, »V. Va., to a point on the Michigan line in 1 iVilliains county, passing through the coun- i ,ies of Williun.s. Fulton, Henry. Wood, r’utnam, Hancock. Wyandot, t'rawford, , Morrow, Richland, Knox, Licking, ' loshocton, M isk ngu a, M »r ran ana Washington. A branch line will also be sinstructed from near the mouth of j syinmes creek, in Muskingum county, to a »>iut copposite Woodland. West \ irgima. \ second branch will be run from Moatr ."ouierv’s Station. in Muskingum couutv, :o a point near West Carlisle, Coshocton ,-ounty. A third branch will be construct 'd from near Shackville, Washington coun- j : v, to Struitsviile, Perry county. Another branch will tie established from Frederick- , town, Knox county, to Findlay, Hancock •ounty. The present slock is only $10,000. •• relegram” Company Incorporated. Special Telepram to the Repifter. Cu vrlbston, W. V v. December 11.—The 1 Clarksburg Telegram Company was char-! tried to-day by Secretary of State Ohlcv. ; Its purposes are the priutiug of a newspaper . and the carrying on of a general publishing, printing and binding business. -1 he capi tal subs< nix'd is $3,500. * The shares are #loo each, five of which arc held by each ol the following persona, all of Clarksburg: Edwin Maxwell, It T. Lowndes, X. A. Shuttieworth, S I'. Reed, F. A. Robinson. X CotTand Luther Haroiond. Tan Paw Coal and Coke Company. Special Tel'UrJM to the Ifiyistir. Cuvtti.K'rox, December 11.—The l‘a\v Raw Coal und Coke Company, of Fairmont, j was chartered to-day with a capital of j #140.000. of which #14.iioo has been paid in. : s M< Creatb. of Harrisburg, Ra., holds 400 share's id the stock, while four other, parties f Harrisburg and Thos. W. Flem-! ing. of Fairmont, hold 300 shares each. Will Experiment With Koch's I.ympli. Special Telegram to the Jiegiat»r. Chai;lE"T»a*. W. V\m Deremb^r 11.—I)r. J W. Davis, of Coal Valley, has received word from his brother-in-law, who is an "in turn'' at King's College Hospital, London, that a bottle of Koch's lymph has been sent by him to Dr. Davis. Upon its arrival ex periments will lx' made in this vicinity. Irby Elected Senator. Com vbi\, S. C. December II.—The: tlcucral Assembly on the second ballot to- i day cast iwing vote for Called States Senator to succeed Senator Hump ton Irby ' Farmer's movement) *50; Don-1 uldsou (Alliance man) 53; Hampton 37; Hemphill 1. No choice. Hampton and Hemphill arc classed as straight-outs. On fourth ballot J. L. M Irby was elect ed United States Senator to succor'd Wade Hampton. The vote stood: Irby, 105; Donaldson, 10; Hampton, 43. Hon. John Lacreus ManuingIrby was j born at Laurens, S. C., September 10, ls54. j H'' attended the University of Virginia and j afterwards Princeton. Leaving there he ; read law for the three years under Judge j Mdver, but practiced his profession only , two year;. Since then he has resided on his plantation and fanned successfully near j Laurens. He took part in tho memorable Hampton campaign of TO. He espoused j the cause of the farmers’ movement at its j inception, aud was an ardent admirer of I Captain K. B. Tillman. Conductor* and Brmkeineti Strike. LrAnvil.1.1:. Coi.., December 11.—Eleven ! crews of thirty-three men, comprising ( freight brakemen and conductors on tile | second division of the Colorado Midland railway running between I.eadville and tJruud'Junction went out on a strike late last evening. Several days ago the con ductors asked for a raise fromflla to $1-3. and the freight brakemen from $73 to iPK) per month. Siting action was not likely to bt* taken in their demand, they conclud ed to strike, and as the consequence all freight trains on that division arc tied up. Not Guilty. Mu- LAxntMi, N. J, Ihvetnhcr 11.— The jury in case of Joseph F. Young, of Philadelphia, on trial for the murder of his wife in a hotel at Atlantic City, by shooting her on the discovery of what he believed to lie convincing evidence of her unfaithfulness, returned a verdict of not; guilty at IIo'clock this morning. The j jury had been out since -1 o'clock yesterday aftcruuou. Oue Thousand Men Strike. Aii, lhs-euil)cr 11.- All the] employes of the Foiled States Uolling i Stock ('ouip.my, in this city, struck yester Jay. About l.iwu men are out. The com- j puny has not paid any of its employes for ' i ft.ur weeks, uud I'oulii give them no satis- ; tupticn as to when they could pay. A pub lic meeting of the strikers was held to- j Jay. Traveling Man Suicides, Cun \«o, December 11.-—M. Stconbaek, a traveling salesman for A. M. Blatiken [ berg, of Philadelphia, was found dead in lis bed iu his room iu the Palmer House ; ate last night. The room was locked and ( j irrcii, the windows closed and both gas , ets turned on full. It is supposed he com- J nittod suicide. There was no note or com nunieaticn of any kind. ltriuii Out by Fire. Qui v.December 11.- Nine families ] md a queenstvare tirm were* driven into |, he streets bv lire at Twenty first street . md Wabash avenue last evening. No one ', vas fatallv injured, though several women , vere overcome bv smoke and fright and . md to be carried out of the building. The iuancial loss was about $10,000. The Cherokee Strip. Sr. Lot is. December 11.—The latest ad- [ ■iics from the Cherokee uation are that ( 'hie! Mat es has received a telegram from . he Lucas Cattle Compary. of Colorado, , sking if he will entertain a bid of ^.ooo.- . 00 for the Cherokee strip. It isnotknown rhat, if any, reply Chief Mayes had made o the offer! _ __ Given a Year's Extension. Philadelfoi.a, December IF-Assiguee s Idler, of Barker Bros. ,v Co., stated this „ turning that the most important creditors t f the susia'tided firm have signed a paper iving the firm a year's extension m which ( b meet their indebtedness. i1 WASHINGTON KRI.1CS. A Sale oT Some of the General's Kt>- i't« at Philadelphia. Phil adki.phia, December ! .—The >a!e of a valuable and extraordinary col lection of the effects of General George Washington and of his executors and nephew Lawrence, grandnephew Lor enzo Lewis, was begun here last night by order of H. L. Lewis, administrator of the estate of Mrs. Lorenzo Lewis, embracing Washington’s private ac count books, letters, documents and personal effects kept by his relatives as mementoes. The collection includes a number of books from Washington’s library, and that of his mother. Mary Washington, Martha Washington’s fam ily Bible and her fan, the latter com posed of ivory, steel and lace. The music books and miscellaneous books owned by Nelly Custis, Washington’s adopted daughter, and the library of Lawrence Lewis, who was Washington's favorite nephew, will also be sold as well. Washington’s fam ous letter to General Leo. rt Give to the capture of Benedict Arnold, uid Benja min Franklin’s letter written in the market to his “friend Jimmy” (James Reed.) A letter from Washington to Lewis was bought by Mr. Aldrich for §.uo. after spirited bidding. The same purchaser paid §700, the highest price of the evening, for the last memoran dum book of Washington, which the General wrote in up to December .'t, 18%, a few days before his death. A letter from Washington advocating the aboli tion of slavery, brought §-180. A small er private memorandum book brought §400. Six tickets of the Delaware lot tery, purchased by Washington and a memorandum bearing their numbers in Washington's handwriting, brought §200. Altogether 1.10 articles were sold, the total sum realized being §8,841. I KDKKATION OK LAKOR. I'lie Alabama Miners’ Strike Considered. Uirralnghani OlHeials Denounced. Dktisoit, Mn ii., December 11.—The irocccdings of the American Federa ion of Labor opened this morning by he reading of a telegram from itir ningham. Alabama, saying that the Ex ■eutive Hoard there had been released m bail, and adding that in that city here was freedom of speech for or >ani/.od labor. Chairman Gouipers ap tointed a committee to formulate tlie icws of the Federation on the eight lour day. It was decided to elect ofli ■ors to-morrow. Immediately after the ‘lection of ollicors the Convention will -elect the next place of meeting. Dele rate Morgan offered a resolution which iet forth that occasion was taken dur t.g the Philadelphia Centennial >y employers to llood Europe ,vith advertisements that there va- plenty of work In this •ountry, when there were thousands of die men, and that the country was in urn Wooded with tin needed labor. The vsolution asked action by the Federa :ion to head off such possible immigra ;ion during the Chicago World's Fair. It was concurred in. Morgan’s resolu tion asking the Federation to support woman's suffrage was reported favora bly. The convention resolved toextend sympathy to the Alabama eoal tu'ner> in the strike, whose Executive, Hoard was jailed in Hirmiiighatu: and it was resolved to-pare no pains toextend en couragement to them. '1 hose who took part in the incarceration of the commit tec were denounced. A resolution look ing to more discreet use of the boycott was passed. _ CINCINNATI SCANDAL. The Invt-Htlg»tlon Into III* Hoard of rub lb- Improvement. Cincinnati. <»., December 11.—Hon. John F. Follctt was the first witness be fore the investigating committee. He had been at Columbus at his own ex jH-nse. T. .). Mulvehill would not be lieve Kellv’s statement that Heemelin hail demanded money for an appoint ment. Mr. George Moerleln denied that Heemelin’s father or Heemelin asked him for money to fight the bill for the Hoard of City Affairs. Mr. Frank Hooker, upon whose talk Mr. Montgomery gave out the story when lie was on tin* stand thatGox. Campbell had broken a promise lo secure the Congressional nomination for I». ,|. Seorg, of Middletown, and there after Seorg had called in a loan to Campbell of $oo,oTm), and that the money was furnished Campbell by the Cincin nati Gas Company, was called to testify, lie said the story was told to him by A. .1. Walburg, a clerk in the postolliee, whose brother is a brother-in-law of Mr. Seorg. Christ. Leser and Win. l.usby were examined with reference to the means taken to secure the authority to build the Lick run sewer. The last named was president of a citizens' committee in charge of the improve ment. He said they employed the Hon. John A. Caldwell, then Judge of the police court, who had just been elected to Congress to draw the bill and to as sist in securing its passage. For this tliev agreed to pay him $000 and $3,non more, if the sewer was obtained. He >ides the fee to Mr. Caldwell, tin* com mittee expended >100 in wine for the Legislature and other sums for hack hire, hotel and traveling expenses for members of the committee, amounting in all to about a thousand dollars. WANTED TO FIGHT. Trouble Between Premier Morcler ami n Member or the Opposition. tJrKiiKc, December 11.—A disgraceful scene was enacted in the Legislature yesterday before the doors were opened. .Mr. Merrier, the Premier, made some remarks about a private document which had been presented to him by the oppo sition. it is remarks were so eminently personal that Mr. LeBlanche rose and isked whether he was referred to. ■The Premier acknowledged that he referred to Mr. LeBlanche, and the inarrel between tlie two became hot. Mr. LeBlanche, in reply, referred to an occasion when the Premier was charged by a certain newspaper with being tin ier the influence of liquor. This mad lened Mr. Merrier, who sprang to his feet and offered to go outside and settle the matter. Mr. LeBlanche stepped forward ;i' if ;o meet the Premier in the middle of lie floor, but some of his friends inter ejed and restrained him. When the loors were finally opened the members vere so excited that no business could >e done. Wilt Change to Coni. Pittsbi'ko.December 11 Tho shut down it the five mills run by the Oliver Bros., mnounccd yesterday, is caused by tue •hanging of" the furnaces from the use ot ras as fuel to coal, as the gas in their prt rate lines is exhausted. The work or •hanging the furnaces is going ou rapidly md by Monday they will ail be in opera ion. __ Worsted Goods Firm Fails. New Yor.K, December 11.—JacobTarlow md Berthold Hutchings, comprising the irmot Tarlow .v Hutchings, dealers in vorsted goods at :U Walker street, made n assignment to-dav to Marcus Beliner, x-ith preferences of $3,000 on promissory lotos and $4,Mi'. to Johanna Hucliings on udgments. _ Charged With Kinbenaleineut. Chicago, December 11— K. 0. Scod-1 urd was arrested to-night on a warrant barging embezzlement. Seoddard is ac used of embezzling bonds of the Chicago nd Arkansas Construction Company yal- j ed at ->100,000. Seoddard was released ou | ti.OOO bail. _ _ Health Notes—Statistics prov. "..it t'v.mjy vc per c ut. «.f the deaths .u >;ur Urge citi^ r,- caused l.v consumption. and when «< r. • -t It.;.! tl.i- terrible disease {" ittI*M}!*rl.* ill rea l.lv vic’d to a boltleof Dr. Bu,l » Cough vrup .costing* cents) shall «<■ condemn th ufferers for their negligence, or pity them for Heir ignorance? There arc few things any sweeter than ease ft. r a racking pain, and this is only sing Salvation Oil. Trice ‘i.ets. at all d. al< r. WITH A CROWBAR. PARNELL AGAIN IN POSSESSION OF TBE UNITED IRELAND OFFICE. He Effect an Entrance and Barricades the Doors and Windows—Gladstone Says Liberals Can not Work for Home Rule With Parnell as Leader of the Irish Party. Di'iii.in, December 11.—The struggle for possession of I’nitcd Ireland assumed a new phase this morning, and again Mr. l’arnell is in possession of the otlieesof the company. When tin* op ponents of Mr. Parnell, who succeeded last night in forcing an entrance to the ollice and in destroying all the leaders that had been prepared by Mr. Lcamy. who was appointed yesterday to succeed Mr. ltodkin, wiio was acting editor during the absence of Mr. Win. O’Brien, took their departure, they left a guard in possession witli orders to resist any at tempt of Mr. Parnell or his friends to enter the building. This morning Mr. Parnell proceeded to the ollice and with the assistance of a crowd of his support ers he forced ope the doors and took possession. The police witnessed the affair, but did m interfere in any way. After he had succeeded iu recapturing the office Mr. Parnell went to the win dow and addressed the crowd outside. To guard against any further attempt on the part of Mr. Parnell's opponents to recapture the office, no one was al lowed to enter and the doors and win dows were closely bolted and barred. Mr. Parnell was accompanied by the stuff of editors lie. appointed yesterday, and when the office was secured against intruders all conversation witli outsiders was carried on through a keyhole. When Mr. Parnell made the assault on the office this morning he himself was armed witli a crowbar, which Ik? used in foreiug the front door, in the after iigou Mr. Parnell started for Cork. A large crowd was at the Kingsbridge de pot and when bo made his appearance to take the train he was loudly cheered. Mr. Parnell lias ordered that all per sons shall be treated fairly in the col umns of I'niled Ireland, and that abuse shall bo abstained from. EDITOR O'HKIKN TALKS Al.oul tlic Seizure of ••l.'iilteil Irelaml " Some Interesting Statement*. X K\v Y<»i:k. December 11.—Mr. O'Brien spoke of the seizure «.f the I'niletl Ireland to-day. He said: “There are some misstatements in the newspa pers which I must correct. It is stated that the edition which Mr. l’arnell at tempted to suppress hy force was to con tain bitter personal attacks upon him self. 1 cannot believe that to be true, uules- my specific orders were disre garded. When the controversy arose I ouhhd the following instructions to the manager, Mr. Donnelly: “If party decides in favor of Mr. Par nell, hand over the establishment to any authorized agent of Mr. Parnell. If party decides against his leadership support our views moderately hut stren uously, avoiding all unkind language of Mr. Parnell, personally, and permit no body to interfere. “i received a reply: “Message received. Your iiistrue-. tions will be strictly obeyed.” It is stated that Mr. Purnell acted by virtue or his authority as director of the company who owned I’nitcd Ireland, \ and that he owns the great majority of the shares. Both these statements are unfounded. Th • shares which stand I nominally in h - name are less than I half the share capital of the company. | Mr. Parnell is not, and lias not been for nearly five years past, a director of the company. He ceased to he <«* at Ills own desire about five years ago, for the express purpose of guarding himself from all pecuniary or criminal responsi bility for the paper. That responsibility I have myself borne wholly throughout all these years. I entirely concurred in the wisdom of Mr. Parnell's course in that respect. “As to the recapture, which is re ported to have followed, I can only sur mise that some kind people of Dublin, who had not altogether forgotten me in my absence, and who liail not forgotten tin* record of I'ailed Ireland, allowed their natural feelings to outrun their forbearance. 1 spent the best years of my life in founding I’nUrd Ire land. For ten years it lias often almost single-handed borne tin* brunt of three consecutive coercion acts. But I am quite willing and eager to forget tin’s and all other personal considerations if by any possible,; honorable means patri otic men on both sides can even yet suc ceed in staying the present fatal strife in Ireland.” GLADSTONE'S SPEECH On the Irish Situation-The Policy of the Liberal Party. London, December 11.—Mr. Glad stone upon arriving at Red ford, ad dressed a meeting of 2.000 persons. He said he had anticipated that the Irish members by their action would settle the present difficulty. The continuance of Mr. Parnell in the leadership would bo fatal to Home Rule in Ireland, Scot land and Wales. Parnell was no longer the leader of ihe Irish Nationalists, j who had separated themselves from him. He (Gladstone) admitted that the Irish party ought to be independent, and that the consideration and settle ment of this question ought to be left to them, but there was something beyond all considerations in Irish politics, namely the great cause of liberalism in England, Ireland and Scotland. The trouble respecting the Irish lead ership. he said, was an additional rea son for the granting of Home Rule. Why should English and Scotch and Welsh politics depend upon the choice of an Irish leader? The confidential communications between the Liberal and Home Rule parties, and his conver sation w ith Mr. Parnell at Hnwardcn in November. ISti'.*, lie said were fully sat Isfactory to both parties. That fact was proved not by himself, because lie had no reason publicly to speak about it. tint by the other party. Ho believed that the O'Shea divorce proceedings would entirely destroy the moral force milled in Ireland for anyone who would l.e the leading champion of the National cause. The Liberals felt that in granting Home Rule they constituted the Irish leaders. The Liberals were unwilling after what had appeared in the divorce court relative to the report ed conduct of Mr. Parnell, to make him the constitutional Governor of Ireland. It was absolutely untrue that Mr. Mor lev had suggested that Mr. Parnell hold office under the British croyyu before Home Rule was concejed. 1 he Liberal party's work in Parliament was to re sist coercion in Ireland, and that work was as sacred and as urgent now as It j had ever been, no matter who might be the leader of the Irish party. Mr Gladstone subsequently addressed an audience of 5,000 persons at Work sop lie counseled his hearers not to abandon Ireland on account of anything tj,at had happened to an individual. The determination of the Liberals was irre vocable- they could not undertake to support effectually the cause of home rule at the next election In .-011110011011 with one particular name. Rough on the Irish. London, December 11.—The Executive Committee of the Liberal-Unionists has is sued u lonjr ixiunifosto which concludes us follows: ... . , Parnell and the Parnellites have always been an untrustworthy body upon whose pledges no reliance could be placed. No distinction can be made between Parnell and Iiis adherents and the majority of his party who seek to depose him. The latter con doned his delinquencies and accepted his policy and now make sacrifice of him as a means of extorting fresh terms from their lilies. Any scheme for Home Rule based upon other Irish declarations is and always lias been illusory. Parnell's Trip to Cork. Dublin, December 11.—Mr. Parnell started for Cork to-day. When the train reached Mallow station, a majori ty of the assembled crowd hooted and jeered, only a few cheers being raised for Parnell. At Cork an immense erowd had gathered, and the arrival of the train was the signal for an extraordi nary outburst of enthusiasm. llefore the train departed the crowd at Mallow became very violent, and made repeated attempts to enter Mr. Parnell’s carriage. The mob flourished sticks in the air in a menacing manner, and shouted, “down with the black guard,’' “down with the libertine,” and similar cries. A banner bearing a por trait of William O’Rrien was carried by the crowd. CottK, December 11.—Mr. Parnell’s reception in tills city was similar to that accorded to him in Dublin. Mr. Parnell continued in the vein that marked his Dublin speicii. lledeclared that never in (Hadstonh’s palmiest days had he dismissed the idea for a single instant that Ireland and Gladstone might yet again be in conflict. Winning All Along the Line. Deni.in, December II —The large and enthusiastic meeting held in the rotunda last night, and the speech made by Mr. Parnell has already had the effect of in fluencing public opinion in favor of Mr. Parnell throughout Ireland and the num ber of his adherents is growing rapidly. His supporters in Limerick arc making preparations for a great popular display in iiis honor upon Iiis arrival there. His con stituents in Cork are also preparing to re ceive him, and they will give him an en thusiastic welcome. Mr. Loamy has sent a private despatch to a friend in London stating that Mr. Parnell is winning all along the line. Opposed to l'aruell. Cokk, December 11.—At a meeting here last night, over which the High Sheriff presided, a parliamentary committee was appointed to oppose Mr. l’arnell. The chairman said he hoped that the discon tent in the Irish party would be brief, and announced that twentv-ono Nationalist members of the Cork Municipal Council were opposed to Mr. Parnell’s remaining at the head of the party. Kilkenny Rescinds Her Vol e of Confidence. Drnt.tv, December 11.—A meeting of the municipal council of Kilkenny was held to day, at which a resolution was adopted re scinding the vote of confidence in Mr. Par nell recently adopted by the council. The Workers' Club of Kilkenny arc making ar rangements for a torchlight procession in honor of Mr. Parnell, and they will give an enthusiastic welcome when he arrives. Farting Words of Irish Knvoys. Nk« Yoiik, December 11.—The Irish Parliamentarians issued a manifesto to night. In part it says: • When we reached this country, six weeks ago, the Irish cause was marching to certain victory. Our deep conviction is that Mr. Parnell’s deplorable imputations of mutiny on the part of his colleagues and treachery on the part of Mr. Gladstone are absolutely baseless, und unreal side issues raised for the purpose of divert ing the judgment of impulsive Irishmen from the real issue. That issue is whether it is humanly possible to win the general election under Mr. Parnell’s leadership. With Mr. Gladstone gone, his party irrevo cably estranged from the Irish, and the whole British people angered by insults by the leaders, we are lost. Some Good Advice to America. London, December 11.—The Tfnio^says: The whole monetary system in the United States is in a muddle. This condition of affairs is due to piecemeal legislation by un principled legislators. I ufortuuately, in stead of their being signs of amendment, it looks like! v that further attempts will be made to legislate in favor of particular classes. The most ominous of these at tempts is the demand of the Farmers’ Alli ance for more currency, and that the na tional banks shall he compelled to lend money’ on the security of real estate, i f the latter demand is ever granted America will Ik* launched on the dangerous path which the Argentine Republic has trod since the evil day the first cedula was issued. The present crisis is of an ordinary character, but is made worse by foolish monetary ar rangements. The only’ safe euro for it is liquidation. A Steamship Stranded. London, December 11.—A dispatch from Plymouth received this afternoon says the Peninsular and Oriental mail steamer N'apaul. which stranded last night, is com pletely submerged. The specie, baggage and despatch bags were saved. The cargo consisted oj 1.300 chests of tea, 1.500 hags o! wheat, l.otxi bags of rice and a quantity of indigo, jute and other merchandise. It is thought all will Ih> lost. It is insured in the Lloyds for f 100,000. The N’apaul was bound from Calcutta and Marseilles for London. Did Not Keault Favorably. Beui.iv, December II.—Dr. Behren writes that thus ftr his experiments look ing for a cure for diotheria have not re sulted favorably, lle'announccs, however, that he will continue them. To Conciliate Sugar Manufacturer*. Paris, December 11.—Xlio government proposes to reduce the i xoise duty on bed roots to conclliliate the sugar manufactures of the country. May Core Leprosy. Vikn'N'a, December 11. Prof. Biclroth declares that the use of the Kwh lymph lias produced a marked effect In cases of leprosy. AGAINST T1IK STANDARD. Western Pennsylvania Oil Producer* Meet , Success i, Doubtful. PlTTsM'lMi, December 11.—A sei ret conference of oil producers of western and northern Pennsylvania was held at tin* Monongabela House, in this city, last night. Prominent Independent producers were present front Bradford, Warren, Oil City, Butler, Washington, and this city. The object of the meet ing is not known, but it is surmise^, that It was to form a producers’ alliance to act in unison against the Standard Oil Company. Due of the largest oil producers in Pennsylvania to-day said: ‘*1 was not 1 present at the meeting held last night, Imt I know some who were there. 1 have little hope that any good can come 1 to the independent producers by a com bination and an attempt to build pipe ( Hues and refineries. This lias been so often attempted that 1 despair of ever reaching any result than that always attained—a sell out to the Standard. •‘At every meeting of producers there ^ have always been men charged with be ing standard sympathizers, and the re sult lias been the Standard lias come out . on top. At the meeting last night 1 , know there was present at least one , man who i> said to be a Standard man, iml I believe the result of the meeting ivill be, as it always has been in the end, i a Standard gain. 1 sincerely regret i this 1 feel so. but in my long cxperi •m c I have never seen any other result. I hope I am wrong, but fear not. Ministers Suspended. Pirrsm.R0, December 11.—After a long and sensational trial, the Pittsburg 1 resby- : terv suspended the five ministers of that leiiomination for heresy by a rote of *> to i The names of the suspended.ministers are Rev. W. L. C. Sampson. Mckees port; Rev- H. W. Temple, Tarentum; Lv u \V. Iiecd, Tarentum; Rev. H. W. ] Reed, Youngstown, Ohio; Rev. O. B* Mil* < Ilian: of Parnassus; Rev. E. M. MtUlmn. if Pittsburg. The cases of Rea. J. R. Mil ligan aud Rev- W. R. McClurken were liostponed until January 13. Wife Stayer Found Guilty. CiN‘ iNNvTi. December 11.—Chas. Craig, the wife slayer, was declared guilty of murder iu the first degree by Judges Max well and Sliroeder Ibis morning. He will be sentenced Saturday. TERRIBLE TRAGEDY ?IVE PERSONS KILLED. AND THE MURDERER COMMITS SUICIDE. rhe Affair Occurs Near Port Smith, Arkansas—The Villain's Victims Are a Man. His Wife and Daughter, an Uxknown Man and a Physician—The Cause. Foist Smith, Akk., December 11.— .'buries .Joplin shot and killed five per sons to-day at the .lenity Lind mine, 12 miles from here, and then committed suicide by shooting himself. Those be killed were John Miller, bis wife, ills grown daughter, Lou Miller, Hr. Stewart, a prominent physician, and a man whose name is not knowu. The shooting occurred late in the day and details arc meagre. The only clew to the cause of the killing lies in a re port that Dr. Stewart intimated that Joplin was the cause of Miss Miller's trouble. Itig Fire at Sandusky. Svsiu sky, O., December 11.—The Big Four elevator was destroyed by fire this afternoon. Loss, #40,(XXI; insured for $30, xxl. Its capacity was 225,000 bushels. The Bre extended to the lumber of the Sandus ky Box Company, destroying three million feet, valued at #50,000 to #00,000. The fire is still raging, but it is believed to l»c under control. The wind is blowing strong from the northwest, carrying sparks over the i-ity, requiring constant watching to save other property. Hard oil Aliens. Halifax, N. S.. December 11.—Advices from Bermuda report that the people of those Islands are greatly exorcised over the recent refusal of the imperial govern ment, in defiance of colonial laws which have existed for a third of a century, to al low aliens, even when naturalized, to own real estate. The Bermuda Legislature lias idopted a memorial to the Queen protest ng against this action. McKinley nud Silver Hills. Mixnkafoi.Is, Minn., December 11.— Henry Villard spent to day in Minneapolis ind St. Paul, looking after his properties. In an interview, he said he did not think he Wall street panic was as near over as ius been represented, its cause, he gives is the McKinley bill and the silver bill. A Coni Murderer. Sr. Pai l, Minn., December 11.—Patrick itegan, a laborer, employed at the North ern Pacific shops, shot his wife this after loou and then walked to the police station md guve himself up. H is wife commenced livoree proceedings against him yesterday. THE MINERS' STRIKE. IVImt Mr. M. F. Moran Say* of Hie I Mononcuh Dilllrnlty. 7b the Editor of the Regie!'r. In the Daily Register of December 10th there is what purports to be an in terview with Gen. Spellman, general manager of the Monongah Coal and lokc Company. His statement in re gard to the wages earned by live of his miners is very deceptive, and is calcu lated to mislead the general public who are not posted In regard to mining coal. He quotes I). C. Jones as earning s!20.ti9, but does not say what amount of help or expenses Mr. Jones incurred I will give your readers the actual facts in the matter, so as to give the miners of Monongah credit for not being any ways extortionate in the present dif ficulty. Mr. D. C. Jones, the man re ferred to as making 8120.1W, had two hands employed. I me at *1 fO |M-r Jay .♦'* Due at *1 per Jay. UJ I’ou jcr cost him. L> <•« Oil. W Klastim: paper. ' **• 8 Bars soap.... i Pick. 2 8 Handles. » l Short I . 1 1 Ilex fquiltS. . Total. W7 T5 Leaving balance to Mr. Jones of $32.1)4 for his wages for the month above re ferred to. Mr. Spillman shows what the wages for Mr. Jones would be if he accepted the reduction of live and a half cents per ton. He puts it at the reduction at $108.70. Taking the expenses of the month’s work out of this and Mr. Jones would have $10.1*3 for his wages. 1 he other miners referred to on a compari son with this miner, and in read the in terview one would think that the miners or Monongah were living In paradise. They pay for their living at that place as high as most of mining towns. Kent ranges from $3.00 to $8.00 per month. Coal delivered is $1.2.3 per ton, and tin necessaries of life will compare favora bly with other places, and are not much below the conditions at other mines. The miners offered to arbitrate the ques tion of wages on Wednesday, but the management refused to accept their proposition, and the strike continues. M. F. Molt ax. AIMU’T PEOPLE. Dully Chronicle of the Movement* of In. dividual*. H. It. Howard, of Pt. Pleasant, was in the city yesterday. Charles I, Bevanl, of Cadi/. O . i* stop ping at the McLure. Mr Kdw. Pierre, of Pittsburg. Kansas, 1 is registered at the Windsor. Miss May Derore, of Clariugton, O . is Lhe guest of friends on the Island. J C i >rr. of Wheeling, was in town on a business visit ir<i»Mnpf«in <g>«<rw. K. M Holliday, of the firm of J. A. Hoi- J liduy .v Son, isi'n Michigan buying lumber. \V. it Park hurst, stenographer of Courts h»r several counties of the State, is in the city. Hon. Alfred It Caldwell, of Wheeling, Lvas In Court Tuesday. St. Cliilr*rillc <ia .fttf. H F. Dunham, civil engineer, lias re urned to the city after an absence of sev •rai days. W. W. Wood, of the firm of Wood Bros., eft for New Martinsville yesterday on business. Win. Duffy, the popular B. & O. eugi ieer. left yesterday on » business trip to Baltimore. Mr. and Mrs. W. B. McMechen returned ; his morning from a California trip of sev- j sral weeks. C. •! Blake, of Cincinnati, and G. <i. spencer, of Chicago, prominent iron men, us? stopping at the McLure. C. B. Squire, of Cleveland, O . General \gent of the American Casualty Iusurauco is stopping at the Bchler. Charles Mevran, President of the Pitts jurg. Canonsburg and State Line Rail •oad. is registered at the McLure. C. D. Teeters, of Alliance, came to the •itv last night to take in the Bachelor Club iop. He registered at the McLure. Thomas Ilornbrook, of New Martinsville, itulJ. Armstrong and wife, of Arbuckle. | ,vere among the arrivals at the Stamm last light. C. Lee Coen, who has been lying at the , •esidence of his father for the last week, leriously ill with a bilious attack, is im iroving. J. S. Jones and wife, of Kavenswood; { Koout/, of New Martinsville, and W. 2. Guater, and W. C. Kenshavv, of Man lington, were the West Virginia people vgistered at the Windsor last night. W. S. Wilson, formerly a merchant at | Burnersvillc, Barbour county, tins State, ias accepted a i»osition as traveling sales nan with L. S. Delaplain, Son & Co . uud s now in the city helping with their annual nventory of stock. J. Ashbv Cunningham, formerly the topular chief clerk at the Windsor, has uc •epted a similar iiosition at the Seventh Vvcitue Hotel in Pittsburg. He has been ! vorking at the U. S. Hotel, in Steuben-; rille, for some time. \mong the West Virginia people regis ered at 'the Behler last night were the fol owing- H- H Osborn, of Sistersville; iVilliam O’Brien, of New Cumberland, ind John Slemaker, of Sistersville: Wil iam Volger, of Weston, agent of the Key- ; nauu Brewing Company, is in the city on msiness. TDK P.. C. * ST. L. GRANT. President Charles Meyran. of Pittsburg, In the City Yesterday, As is well undarstood by our citizens, the Board of County Commissioners will meet in special session Monday uext, at which time consideration will be re sumed of the proposition to submit to the people of this county the question of whether or not the county shall sub scribe $100,000 to the capital stock of the Pittsburg, Canonsburg and State Line Railroad Company. Yesterday many citizens received copies of a circu lar letter, signed by President Meyran, wherein the advantages of the proposed new road to this city were pointed out. Among other things, the circular said: “The Pittsburg, Cauousburg & State Line Railroad means an independent short line from Pittsburg and eventually from the coke region to Wheeling. It means to begin with an expenditure in your county ulone of not less than £100.000 during the construction of the road, and as a result of this expenditure, it means that the county will secure the taxable valuation of eight miles more railroad, which would very soon be equivalent to the interest value on a $100,000 subscription,without considering that you will receive the full amount back in stock. “The more roads, the more competition, and consequently more roads mean more business, no matter how many you now have, increasing also the suburban facili ties. “Some of your citizens while they recog nize the value and need of an independent line into your city, have suggested that in semiring lhe same by this subscription, that the present workers in the enterprise should at once establish a lower rate for coke to Wheeling. That this will tie ac complished eveutually when the road is finished, there can be no doubt, but it is impossible for the promoters of liiis road to make a guarantee of this before the road is built. • In conclusion we beg to remind you that if the county subscribe the $loo,uuu asked of it, that not one cent of debt is created in order to do this until there is reasonable as surance that the entire road will be built, and uutil about fifteen miles of the same is actually constructed and enters the city of Wheeliug. C. Mevkan, “President.” President Meyran came down to the city yesterday, on general business con nected with his road, and among other tilings lie made inquiry as to whether it was feasible to have the loan proposi tion submitted to the people of this county at the same time they voted upon a Senator to till the vacancy occasioned by the death of the late Senator Smith. Mr. Meyran visited the Court House, and after consultation witli a number of gentlemen, concluded such a thing could be done, provided the Governor did not issue his warrant for the Sena torial election before the Board of Com missioners took action, as thirty days’ notice would be required in each case. It was determined to ask (Governor Fleming, by wire, to delay his warrant for the special Senatorial elec tion until after Monday, so that, if the Board should see lit to submit the loan proposition to the people, both matters could be acted on at one and the same time, and the expense of a special elec tion on the loan be thereby saved. INDUSTRIAL ITEMS. Notes of Interest (lathered In the Mill* ami Factories. Wood Bros, planing mill is furnishing lumber (or a new ehurch being erected at Klin drove. The Laughliti mill. In Martin’s Ferry, will increase its capacity by the addition of twenty-five nail machines to Its equip ment. The foundation lias been built for the new two-story frame dwelling, for Thomas Owens, at Jacob and Fortieth streets. Marsdcu I.. Colvig. the Main street milliner, will shortly build a three-story addition to his store room, to extern! back to the alley. A strike has been ordered at Troll's coal mines in Bellalre, and a number of miners are now out of employment. It is the screen question. A 29x4.r> ft. addition to the puddling department, Is underway at the l.a Bclle mill. The nail plate shears will be placed in the new shed. The new electric powerhouso at Thirty-sixth and Mct'olloch streets. Is rapidly nearing completion. The walls have all been built, and workmen are now engaged on the roof. Commencing to-night Bloch Bros. Tobacco factory will work every even ing until 10:30 o’clock. This move was found necessary. In order to keep pace with the orders. In view of the fact that on and after Jan. 1st, there will be a rebate of two cents upon the tax upon each pound of tobacco, the large de mand at this time Is remarkable. The strike of the steel haulers at the l.a Belle mill has been settled. The experiment of putting laboring hands at the work was tried, but It proved a failure, It requiring six men to do the work of three. The men were given the advance demanded. The strike in the pickling department is still on. Charles Doan had the contract for pick ling the iron for the tack factory, and emploped two assistants. Tin y were asked to work at the rale of '.«• cents per ton. I>ut refused, demanding 9l.2n Their places were tilhsf hy other men, but It is stated that the latter are dis satisfied. a* they cannot make enough out of ft. NOT KM OK TIIK Kit FK. New* About the Boat* mill Boatmen on the Ohio. The Scotia got awav for Pittsburg last night. The new Congo will leave about noon for Pittsburg. The Hudson departed for Cincinnati yesterday morning at ten o'clock. There are a large number of coal fleets at Pittsburg awaiting a rise !n the river. The Bachelor is scheduled to leave for Cincinnati about eight o’clock this morning. Then- was seven feet two inches of water on the landing last night, and the river was stationary. The new steamer I.exington just com pleted at I ronton for the Big Sandy river trade is said to be fast. Workmen were arranging yesterday to resume work Ibis morning on tin west channel pier of the new bridge. Capt. Sam Spencer is making a trip at the wheel of the Hudson In place of his son. Capt. Spencer is one our oldest pilots. The Iron Duke struck a bar at Davis’ Island Dam Thursday night, k a hole in one of her barges, and scat tcring her tow. “Capt.” Life (liffen, who has been working for Gray's Irou Line, passed through the city yesterday on his way from Pittsburg to Memphis. The Princess came down from New Cumberland Wednesday night. Y** terday her steam pipes were repaired, and a new yawl, built by C. H. Miller, was added to her equipment. Work on the Appalacbee Is progress ing rapidly. The Texas has been fin ished, and the workmen ar*- now en gaged on the pilot house. It Is the in tention to get up Steam in about a week. Capt. Bob Carr accompanied by a num ber of his old Virginia friends, I* here taking in the coal and lumber situation. The distinguished State Senator from West Virginia is the guest of his child hood mountain friend, Col. Bob Bal lurd. Senator Carr still sports the blooming red rose on his manly bosom. —Cincinnati Commercial-Gazette. The marks from above were: l'ittsbutg, Pa.—River 4 feet ‘J inejies and falling slowly; cloudy, mild. Morgantown, W. \ a.—River •• feet inches and rising; cloudy. Brownsville, Pa.—RiverO feet 0 inch* es and rising; cloudy, pleasant. Warren, Pa.—River 1 feet 2-to inch and stationary; cloudy, mild. MONEY LOCKED IT. C3AUNCEY M. DEPEW TALKS ON THB FINAN CIAL SITUATION. Millions of Dollar) Hoardtd bj Capitalists—He Suggests as a Remedy the Postponement of the Collection of the Foreign Import Tax Until Next July. Chicago, December 11.—Cornelius Vanderbilt, Cliauncey M. Depew, Dr. Webb, C. F. Cox and II. It. I.edyard ar rived in the city last night, after a tour of Inspection of the Vanderbilt system of roads. In an Interview regarding the exist ing financial stringency Mr. Depew said the business enterprises of this steam and electric age of manufactured values and commercial exchanges made the currency of the country utterly in capable of meeting the demands of legitimate trade. X’ot only do the people lock It up, but the Government also does it in times of a general scare by buying bonds. At present tbt* importer and the wholesale dealer are so apprehensive about the ultimate results of the Mc Kinley bill that they are keeping their money actually out ot circulation be cause of the payment of these dues next February, lie thought that a postpone ment of the collection of the foreign im port tax till next July would very ma terially help to restore confidance and actually stimulate trade. Willi such a sum as$10,000,000 postponed until next July, things would right themselves, the scare would be quieted, the public would have the goods and the gov* rn rnent would have its money. Mr. Depew added that In* did not have much belief iii a paternal government, lie thought that if it were at all pat* ru al it ought to be generally ><>; that the benefits of government assistance might be enjoyed by the greatest number pus siblc. The government should put it* money where most needed, and he fa vored the deposit of national money in national banks which had a surplus equal to their capital, so that the people could have tin* benefit of it in tiui< > of emergency and financial stringency. “We are now in a scml-panicky condi tion,” said Mr. Depew, “and it would not exist except for distrust, and the fact scents apparent that no one is able to dispel that distrust. Vet we should eotno out all right If Congress or the Government did no'.hlng, for the general conditions of the country materially were never better than to-day. Tit • fact is that the country is generally prosperous and Its business is upon .t sound basis.” Speaking about railroad business Mr. Depew said be looked for an immediate clearing up of all difficulties, for the fact was that railroad properties were quoted at much below actual value. The party returns to X'cw York to-day. TIIK FINANCIAL 1*1 //I F. Meeting of the House Committer on I tank lug mill Currency. WasIIISi.TiiX, I). December II. The House Committee on Hanking ami Currency met this morning ami there was a general discussion of the linanci.il situation. There was considerable difference of opinion manifested. Several memlieis thought that the tgreai need was a it storatlou of public confidence, and that with this secured, financial alfairs would right themselves. Mr. Walker and one or two other members of tin* eommlltee were in favor of additional legislation in tlie interests of the National banks, and Mr. Walker will draft a bill to moot ht* view* of what should he done to pormanetly bet* ter financial institutions. The result of tin* discussion was the adoption of a resolution to request the House to set apart a day for consul)'ra tion and disposition of Chairman Dor sey’s bill to reduce to $10,1100 the mini mum amount of ( lilted Statics bonds which National banks shall he required to keep on deposit, and to permit the issue of circulating notes by National hanks to tin1 full amount of the par val ue of bonds de|»ositi'd. This would, it was said lneroa*e the amount of money in circulation most immediately by s1s.ooo.imni. and would result in a freer Issue of national hank notes by making the loss on circulation insignificant or perhaps nothing at all. When till- bill COIIII-S lip ill tin* House Chairman Ikirsey, in behalf of the un hi it tee, will move an amendment to pro vide for the issue of greenhai k- when ever the national hunk • irciilatloii fails below *|Sa,tHHJ,000 ANIISKMt.m vi ti.oit; viiti ilic11 To-Nl>.il r. Maggie Mitchell's engagement at tin i Ip era House to-night and Saturday ev> uing uud Kuturduy matiins-, promise* to la- one of the most successful of any this |*>pular actress hasever playeit ln*re ,,lt*y,'’ which will lie produced at the tint two inform unces, is one of those bright plays aucti us Maggie Mitchell always excels in. and in which she has won her reputation ' l.ittlo Harefoot, is a play of the a me It t,.1 He served seals are now on sale ut House's Music Store. THK HO* TOSI* V - “Kobin Hood," which will Ik- produced ut the Opera House, Monday evening, by the llostouians, is a good,wholesome, holm made argument wherewith to lin'd auit convincingly cudgel that class who do mund a foreign trade mark on all forms I of art before it can either win their on .lit or commendation. The opera is a work in a higher Held of romance, following the truer tread of comic 0|«cru in its > mh .ivur to csca|M'the limitation that lies dangero is ly near the domain of burlesque. Several hearings of “Kobin llood" have si eved to demonstrate its superiority over the pn coding work of its coinposvr and librettist, and emphasize the effect t»f our or . m.i. ■ s timate, Showing in all Its parts unm -taka bio improvement and progress (III.HKKT Ol'KH* eOMI'ASr. The engagement of the Gilbert 0|«* ia Company will o|*;n at the Grand Opera Hous** on Monday, D'itmist l-'>lh lids will la.- the first time this mu-n al organua • perhaps one of the best popular pruid .it trai'tlous en route The first n|»cru t>< produced will b<* "I.a Mascotte, ' not that it is produced a whit better tbnn any one of the other operas, but it gives opportunity for all the principals to introduce them selves to tin' public tu the roles that will lit their own liidividunltH In this pro dueliou alone will appear Mai Sylvester, Kila Booth, Hiuel Cleveland, l.«oiia Car donna, Kobt II Kane, George l*)ke, liar rv Leonard, Guy Woodward and II II I lioMaril What an array of talent' Did ! ever a better eisst appear in I'omie opera m Wheeling’ MU KST.tTK W.tKKKT. I»*«'U of Transfer LetI for Ktssril tralrr The following transfers of real estate were left for record at Clerk Hook's offlee yesterday: Ihssl niaaie December #, lsj», bv Geo. G. H“imff tad Jr., and wife, to Caroline Norton, for the north Si feet of lot No IW, ,n Ch.tpliue ami KofTs addition Consideration. M.UOO. Heed made November Is'jp, by Fred I erick Bchwertfega r and wife to 'l'homas | Glasscock. for lot No. s, on the plat of tho subdivision laid out by Frederick Sehwcrt ■ I • / i ■ . ' ' lion, frtui Deed madu November 2s. I'jj, by Fred erick Schwcrtfeger and wife to Harriet Glasscock, wife of Thomas Glasscock, for lots Nos. t» and in, ou the plat laid out bv Frederick Szhvertfeger, in D. Zone’s ad dition. Consideration, Deed made December ft, 1*‘J0, by William V. Hoge to S. O. Burdats, for lots No*. 33, :H, .'55, a*i and 37 ou the plat of Kdgington Consideration, Deed made Decembers, H90, by W. V, Hoge to James H. Kiddle, Jr , for iots Nos. *2i and 23 in the plat of Kdgington. Con sideration, ftoo. Deed made December t5, ls<k), by W. V. Hoge to Herman B. Grimm, for lots Nos. 11 and 12 in the plat of Kdgington. Cou shleration, (825.