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VOLIJMET FATRMOXT, "WEST YIEGI^^TUESDAY, MAY 17. 1004. " " " XUMiTER^S.
CABINET !
MAKERS I
ARE BUST
3N WASHINGTON TO-DAY AS SEC- j
RETARY CORTELYOU HAS
BEEN SELECTED AS
. CHAIRMAN OF THE NATIONAL REPUBLICAN
COMMITTEE?A
GENERAL REARRANGEMENT
MAY FOLLOW.
\YASHIXGTOK, D. C-. May 17.?
,^r_t" ^<xuhj.xzc uiauci o %^.x www.' v???^
morning and the sound o? the political
hammer and saw- can be heard in the
: land. The selection of Secretary Cor telyou,
of the Department of Commerce
and Labor to be chairman of
the Republican National Committee
has set the possips to speculating over
his successor. An entire rearrangement
of the President's official family
is not unlikely. Many of the
changes, however, will not take place
before the fourth day of next INI arch,
when President Roosevelt's present
term will expire, and if he is elected
to succeed himself, his term will be=-gin.
His new selections will be on revised
political economical and per
sonal views. From the most authentic
information at hand Secretary Cor
telyou's retirement from the Cabinet
will be but temporary. As soon as tbe'
battle of ballots is at an end, in November,
President Roosevelt will
mrohablv offer him the postoffice poit
folio. Henry C. Payne, of Wisconsin,
the present Postmaster General, wiil
lave tendered his resignation. Mr.
Payne has been anxious to retire fcr
a, year or more, on account of the precarious
state of his health. He would
undoubtedly hav^ severed his, connection
withi the department long ago had
it not been for the trouble that disturbed
the administration. To
leave while investigations were
igoing, on would have looked too much
like a retirement under fire.
Mr. Cortelyou is already well versed
in postal affairs. He was private secretary
to the fourth assistant postmaster
general under Cleveland, and
while in the Department became thor
oughtly conversant with the routine
in that important branch of the service.
As Secretary Cortelyou is a
comparatively / poor man, with nothing
but his salary to depend upon,
it is likely that before he accepts the
committee chairmanship, which is a
herth without remuneration, he will
receive assurances of "something
equally as good" as the place in the
Department of Commerce and Lahor.
, As chairman of the National Republican
Committee, Mr. cortelyou will be
thrown into close personal contact
"with numbers of influential business
men all over the country, a circumstance
that may have some weight
"with him. for he expects to enter active
commercial life after he leaves
"the public service.
Tf fipMptarv f!nrtelvoi! leaves the
'Cabinet, New York, liis native State,
-will demand recognition in the selection
of his successor, or at any rate
-will ask a place in the President's ottficial
family. Some of the wiseacres
believe that Governor Odell will go
into the Cabinet, one of these days.
The names of Nicholas Murray Butler,
ex-Governor Frank ' S. Black,
iFrancis V. Green, Cornelius N. Bliss,
and ex-Mayor Seth Low are frequently
mentioned as Cabinet possibilities,
because of their recognized ability
and their known "closeness" to the
^President. Other States will also
come forward with favorite sons for
cabinet preferment. Ex-Governor
. Murray Crane, of Massachusetts,
might take the place, his health permitting.
Governor Crane is one of the
.President's warmest personal friends
in all New England. Senator Lodge,
of the same State, Was been frequently
slated for the State portfolio in the
event of Secretary Hay's retirement.1
The West will offer many men to the
President.
Senators Spooner, of Wisconsin;
Fairbanks, of Indiana, and Cullom, of
Illinois; Ex-Governor Walcott, of Colorado;
Governor Durbin, of Indiana,
and Governor VanSant, of Minnesota,
are also prominent men of brains,
anyone of whom might make an admirable
official adviser for the head
of the national government.
In the meantime to take Mr. Cortelyou's
place as Secretary of Commerce
and Labor the names of Carroll
D.'Wright, Commissioner of La'bor;
and; James R. Garfield, Commissioner
of Corporations, are among
. rthose prominently mentioned.
Mr. Cortelyou this morning declined, |
,
THE KAISER
IS HAVING TROUBLES OP HIS OWN
AND IS DISPLEASED WITH
- SOME OF HIS MINISTERS.
BEKGIN, May 17.?It is learned that
the Kaiser will be greatly disappointed :
with the actions of some of his minis- i
ters, especially with regard to suppress-!
ing the Herroes uprising in German
Southwest Africa.
When His Majesty returned from
his Mediterranean trip lie showed his
displeasure with the ministerial blunders.
by issuing orders without consulting
either the Colonial or Marine
.Ministers.
General Trotha received modiflcation
of his appointment as Chief of the
troops in Southwest Africa iu a telegram
from the Kaiser himself, which
read:
"You are to go to Southwest Africa
as commander-in-chief.".
The ministers were not informed of
this until Trotha himself told them of
it.
When the Kaiser was leaving for
his tour of South and West Germany
he again gave expression to his feelings,
by remarking to Imperial Chancellor
Von Buelow:
"I wonder what stupid ties those
blockheads will perpetrate while I
am away this time."
The public is angry at the office
management of the campaign and
the rebellious Herroes and warmly applauds
the Kaiser for taking the affairs
into his own hands.
THREE
CHEERS
FOR SHERIFF JOLLIFFE?HE IS
NOT A PREACHER BUT HE
DOESN'T BELIEVE IN GAMBLING.
The cane rack is again out of business.
This time the county authorities
have taken a hand. Last evening
Sheriff Jolliffe went over and told the
man he could not run without county
license. He had none, and, as Sheriff
Xolliffe knew of no right whereby the
rack could he run. he ordered it closed,
which was done immediately.
The manager says that he did not
put any money on the canes to be
r>ivntx-rt -fV>r UTirl U'O G OCOTit llic; WOTf]
but he acknowledges that he did have
a revolver as a prize. AVe can not see
much difference, however, as it takes
money to buy revolvers, and they are
unlawful weapons anyway, and not
very good things for boys to have.
WEST LIBERTY
About Free From Smallpox?Professor
Fortney In the City.
WHEELING," May 1G.?Professor
Fortney, principal of the "West Liberty
Normal School, is in the city today,
the quarantine against West Liberty
being lifted. Professor Fortney
states that the cases of smallpox
which have prevailed in West Liberty
are almost entirely recovered. In
nearly every case the attack was very
light, and there seems to be no danger
at present of a recurrence of the
disease. The only person sick at present
is not a student.
The West I.ibc-rty Normal School
continued its work as usual during the
siege, but was of course badly ham
pered. The scnooi nas now neany
100 students and the enrollment for
the year will be about ISO. The commencement
this year occurs June 17th.
LEVI PJHORTON
Celebrated His Eightieth Birthday
Yesterday.
NEW YORK, May 17.?Levi P. Morton,
former Governor of New Y'ork
State, yesterday celebrated his eightieth
birthday. He is in Paris at the
present time, but his many Wall street
friends, as well as his political associates,
did not miss the opportunity to
extend him their hearty congratulations
and good wishes.
Cuthbert Osborne is in town to-day.
to discuss the matter of his selection
as National Chairman. It Is generally
believed,, however, that he will accept
the offer.
CHOATE I
AND EVANS
WERE PROMINENT AMERICAN Dl
REPRESENTATIVES AT THE
FUNERAL OF SIR HENRY
M. STANLEY.
IS
LOXDOX. May IT.?Tile funeral of
the late Sir Henry XI. Stanley, the
Afriran exnlorer. was held at West
minster Abbey to-day in the presence
of a crowd of notables.
King Kd ward and King Leopold, of ^
Beigium, were both represented at the
funeral. Among the many Americans
present -were Ambassador Choate and
H. Clay Evans. C. S. Consul General
at London. Tite procession entered
the Abbey at noon, anil marched 0D
down the aisle to the funeral march
played on trumpets and trombones.
The coffin was covered with jiurple
and placed in a catafalque surround ^
ed with hundreds of floral wreathes.
After the choral service the body was
taken "to the London Necropolis.
nc
GROUT \
nn
HAS BEEN DETERMINED UPON BY nf]
THE NEW YORK DEMOCRACY
FOR GOVERNOR. r0
ta
NEW YORK, May 17.?While poli- Ft
ticians are not shouting the news from ws
the house-tops, it is admitted in inner
circles to-day that at several confer- ?
ences held last night between David 11
B. Hitt, Senator NIcCarren, Comptrol- M
ler Grottt and former Lieut. Governor
Sheehan, it was agreed to stand committed
to candidacy of Grout for the
Democratic nomination for Governor
this fall. When Mr. Hill heard that
Mr. Grout had fallen out with Tain- T(
many and had aligned himself with
Senator McCarren he hurried to this
city. No one cared to discuss the conference
held last night but it was admitted
that If Judge Parlier is made
the Presidential nominee at St. Louis,
the comptroller will be the nominee of
the Hill-McCarren forces for Governor.
Meanwhile Tammany is continuing^
its fight to exterminate Senator lie
Carren and his organization in King's acounty.
gi
lir
BUCKEYE =
REPUBLICANS|
of
HAVE THEIR SLATE ALL MADE t)l
OUT UNLESS SOMETHING stl
UNEXPECTED HAP- br
PENS. wi
SENATOR DICK WILL LIKELY BE
CHAIRMAN OF THE OHIO
DELEGATION TO CHI- 'G
CAGO. ?
W(
COLUMBUS, Ohio, May 17.?The
Rermblican State convention does in
not open until 2 P. M. to-day. The fr<
probable ticket is as follows: an
Electors-at-Large?Noah A. Swayne, eo
Toledo; Charles P. Taft, Cincinnati. til
Secretary ot State?L. C. Layiin. th
Judge of Supreme Court?W. T. so
Spear. dr
Clerk of Supreme Court?Lawson ot
E. Emerson. th
Dairy and Food Commissioner?Hor- nu
ace N. Ankeny. ' fri
Joseph P. Bradbury, Aleigs county, te
entered the race i.-.s morning for the cu
nomination for Supreme Judge. He pr
served two terms on the bench, but as
was defeated for renomination two tu
years ago. st
Generally Senator Dick is free about fe;
giving information. This morning he t\v
was close as an oyster. He was al
around asking lor information instead to
of giving any. It is evident that the
leaders are endeavoring to create the th
impression that they are not attempt- m;
ins to dictate whether they will or ? <
not. i neu iiu s?iiu no uiu uul uu^h,
as yet, what the platform would bo. fit
It has been announced. to-day that
Dick will be a candidate for chairman
of the Ohio delegation at the Nation
al convention in Chicago next month. kC
Ui
Miss Grove Dead. T1
Edna Belle Grove, daughter of st:
David "W*. Grove, of Monongah, died nt
this morning of Blight's diease. She .01
was 20 years old, and had been sick ge
about a week. Her funeral will take m
-place to-morrow and the remains will at
be interred la the Shafer cemetery, sa
N ABOUT
SIV WFFIK
li H f T
RT WILL BEGIN TO FLY ON THE ;
FAIRMONT AND MANN1NGTON
STREET CAR LINE?THIS
A VERY COMMENDABLE ENTERPRISE
AND WILL PUT MONEY
IN CIRCULATION WHEN
WORK BEGINS.
Secretary Allison S. Fleming is auority
for the statement that tlnj
lirmoni ami Mannington Railway
tmpany will start construction, in i
out six weeks.
Th-rs certainly is good news to all '
is section of Marion county. not
i!y because of the large amount of
craey expended in the construction,
t chiefly on account of the closer i
lations between this city and Man
ngton and the intermediate (lis- ;
icts.
The line is going to cost more than
is anticipated at first but that will j
it delay the construction in the
ist.
A glance at the names of the stock- :
'luers and directors or this onterise
will corroborate the statement
at money will not be lacking.
The work will start within the aforeentioned
period and at three points,
.mely: At this end, Mannington and
some central point along the
ute. One of their efficient real este
men is in the neighborhood of
irmington today, taking up rights-ofiy
MOTHER
AND CHILD
J RN FROM AFFECTIONATE CARESSES
TO THE MERCILESS
WAVES OF THE SCIOTO
RIVER,
VJE OF THE MOST PATHETIC
INCIDENTS EVER WITNESSED?MOTHER
AND
CHILD DROWNED.
COLUMBUS, Ohio. May 17.?With
pretty little four-year-old blonde
rl bound to her body with hands of
len, a handsome woman, apparently
or 30 years old. was seen to leap
er the Rich street bridge into the
:ioto riv'er atS:30 this morning. L.
Harding, an Adams Express wagdriver,
Charles Sigman, driver of
. ice wagon, were approaching from
posite ends of the bridge. They
?re attracted by the demonstrations
affection between the woman and
e. child as the supposed mother
nod against the railing guarding the
idge sidewalk at the outer edge,
th the little girl in a sitting position
the rail. The woman was kissing
e child and the little girl's face was
aming with smiles as she chuckled
d nestled her little face and flaxen
rls' among the raven locks of the
jman.
Then there suddenly came a change
the expression on the woman's face
im smiles to fixed determination,
d as the shadow spread over her
untenance she, like a flash, mounted
e guard rail and threw herself and
e pinioned child into the waters,
me thirty-five feet - below. The
iver of the ice wagon and the driver
the transfer wagon leaped from
eir seats and rushed over an abut
3nt, plunged into the river and swan;
3m opposite shores toward the cenr
of the stream to attempt to rese
the woman and child. At .the apoach
of succor, the woman became
a tigress at bay and fought the
o men with apparent superhuman
rength. So ferocious was her dense
that to save their own lives, the
o men. had to put back to shore and
low the woman and child go down
death.
Their bodies were recovered from
e river a few minutes after the worn
and child were drowned. Both
iman and child were well dressed.
The bodies have not yet been identi:d.
The Markets At Noon.
NEW YORK, May 17.?London
iugh.t about 8,000 shares on balance,
nioa Pacific figuring prominently,
te general market looks thoroughly
rong, and there is more outside busiiss
than last week. The principal
Kjrations this morning consisted In
itting back the stocks sold when the
arket was suffering from the compa'rively
heavy- long-liquidation Total
.lea X7T.600 shares.
.
CONVENTION '
OF THE NATIONAL- MANUFACTURERS'
ASSOCIATION v1S NOW
IN SESSION AT PITTSBURG.
PITTS Til: RG, Ph.. May 17.?Before
the day is over. It is expected that
about six hundred members of the
National Association of Maimlnc in- ?
rers will te present at the annual
convention which opened at 9 (/clonic
this morning in Carnegie Music Hall.
At'this morning's session x>. C. li:,>ley
called the members to order, lu- ''
vocation was spoken hy Rev. K.
Yo;ms'. pastor of tlie Second Presbyterian
Church. City Solicitor Rodgors,
representing the'mayor, welcomed the
members to the city. Adjutant General
Thomas .1. Stewart, roprcsenreti !i
the governor of tlio State in a like ca- 11
parity, extending a cordial welcome, '
and Honorable J. \Y. Brown, speakir.g
for the local commercial orgaru- o:
-/.ations, and the city at large extend- ?'
ed a third welcome. The meeting was c<
then turned over to President D. J.I. ''
Parry, of the Association, who first
responded to the welcoming addresses *
and then read his annual report. O ^
er officers of the association also rem a:
deretl their record of the past year.
With the appointment of convention l'
committee by President Parry, the
morning session adjourned.
This afternoon reports of commit- nl
tees and introduction of resolutions ^
will be the order of business. The |
event this evening will be a hull at C?
Sclienley Hall. An elaborate program 'li
of entertainment litis been arrange,-:
Before the convention adjourns a
number of interesting addresses w "
be made. Judge Peter S. Grossctip
will read a paper on "Trusts anil Xsn- OJ
tional Incorporations," the Hon. Antliony
Ittner. of St. l.ouis. will speak
on "Industrial Education," the Hon. ni
Daniel Davenport. of Bridgeport. st
Conn., will speak oil behalf of the cc
American Anti-Boycott Association." ?'
"Fire Insurance for Manufacturers' v<
will be the subject of a talk by Jam-is x'
Inglls. of Detroit; C. N. Fay, of Chicago,
will talk on ?Jlciency of
Strike Insurance," and F- C. Nunaer- w
macner, of Douisville, will nave as h." t u
subject "1 ne Open buop." nl
Great expectancy was shown in the
thirty-first roll call, and every counly's
response was listened for.
Tlie thirty-first liallot resulted: w
Yates, 431; Lowden. 473; Dcneen, a'
3S2: Hamlin. 107; Sherman, 50; IVa el
iK-r, 32; Fierce, 22.
The, thirtd-second ballot was e.v
pected to show still further gains fo
1 owden, but they did not materialize,
and his vote is the same as on the
preceding vote. ^
NO CONTESTS
IN NEW HAMPSHIRE, CONSE- cc
QUENTLY, NOT A VERY v<
LARGE NUMBER ATTENDED b:
THE CONVENTION. gt
CONCORD, N. 11., May 17.?The Ite- sh
publican. State Convention held here
to-day was not very largely attended
as there were no contests in sight and
The program to be followed had been v>
arranged in advance by the leaders. m
.--a .. of
Delegates at large were eiecieu as
follows: v(
Senator Jacob H, Hallinger. Concord;
Senator Henry E- Burnham, 11 (
Manchester; Hon. Daniel C. Rcmich, ta
bittloton; Hon. Sumner Wallace,
Rochester. The platform opposes re- ciprocal
trade relations with any coua- '
try which involves the exchange of l'
competing commodities, congratu- ' lates
the country on the ratification of S1
the treaty with Panama, declares that :TI
in the field of diplomacy, the adminis- ?'
tration of McKinley and Roosevelt, 'a
surpass those of any other administration.
W. V. U. Team in Town. m
The University base hall team al
came in on 4G to-day and left for si
Morgantown at 2:10. Yesterday thev oi
lost their first game on the western y<
trip. Ohio State defeated them at Colubus
by the score of 2 to t>.
A dispatch from Morgantown says
that bands galore trill meet the Doys, g(
and they will be given a rousing re w
ception. ,j
Did Not Cut Salaries.
MORGANTOWN, May 1".? (Spe- ?
cial.)?The City Council did not cut
the salaries of the city officers as was
the latention. The question has been *5
up for some time, but It was decided *3
last night that, it was unconstitutional *3
to reduce the salaries after the officers *3
have been employed. "3
Senator Charles iV.^Swishor went to ^
'THEY ALL M
WITH ONE
CONSENT" .!
EGAN TO MAKE EXCUSE"?NONE' '
OF THE CANDIDATES FOR GOVERNOR
IN ILLINOIS WISHES
TO WITHDRAW.
r.-rz:e. ncwccN HAMLIN AND
LOW DEN ARE THE MOST
PROMINENT CANDIDATES.
ST-'lil.VLrVTKLD. 111., May 17?The; ,
opublicari State convention resumed . s
work this morning; at 10 o'clock. . ?
ho delegates tiled Into the hall pro- . ' T
uroit to nominate the governor. An mire
night was spoilt In a fruitless
ruleavor to reach an agreement or
>:nlunation that would bring about, a
None of the candidates -.considered "0
his duty to withdraw. Governor
ates contended that he is high man.
ad it is not the-place for the high?t
man to get out of the way for
te leaser strength. - J
Donecn claimed that lie received/a '
ajorlty of the Cook county votes
id Conk county wants a governor,
terefore he cannot leave the track.
homlen says that if the Republitns
In the State and Cook county
id had their way untrammeled by .. ?
,lse issues they would have chosen,
ini and that is liis reason for not .
ithdrawing. Hantlln, Warner and
iicrnmn expect a small block of delfates
and say that their strength ta - ,->ra|
If Dcnoen should attempt to nomiite
Yates many of his men would de;rt
him and the Loivden men would " > 4 "~
mceutrate on Hamlin, and in that , * . .v?
rent he would get some Dcneon
jtes and the Sherman and Pierce
There is an innumerable host o?
ossiblc combinations, all of them
elghteu wltii contingencies and ft:
irities that cannot be foretold, that
takes the situation here one ot the
eatest interest. The proposition to
j outside of the present, candidates
id take up a new man did not niest ;
ith approval for that would be eqniv- >
out to the withdrawal of the-pres- .
it candidates.
MOON
PLUCKY POLICEMAN, CLOSED
IN ON A DANGEROUS NEGRO
AND MADE HIM SURRENDER.
NEW CAS'lPa., May 17.?A
dored man who had drawn a rjjvoljr
on an ofllcer, was this mornlncj
idly wounded by a crowd of an t
ed business men who, armed wp 1
lotguns and revolvers, chased . him .
er the hills west of the town. He
icaped them, but later was captur.-i
- Ofllcer Moon, who discovered him
U living UlUIlg 11 laviliu. A AJ.VS -T...
an on hearing him, tamed, and the
ficer saw that the fellow helcl a redve-r
In each hand. Drawing his
vn weapon. Moon closed in and tha
_\gro surrendered. When, he was
ken back to Elwood City it. was
mud that he was bleeding .profusefrom
ugly shot wounds in the
lck, and that he; had been shot
iroueb the nose. He was one of .?
iree negroes who had been acting
tspicionsly about the town, and this
orning when ordered away by an
ilcer drew a revolver and fired at thef
iter. Then the chase followed.
Lilly Slapped Hirn.
Councilman George Lilly slapped a ' ."H
an to-day, but from what wo arcAc
to And'out ho ought to hay?
appert him twice. The man talked. ~'|1
: getting a warrant but it has not
Well, the cane rack man Is out of
asiness, but His Honor, the Mayor,
ot three dollars out of him, one of
hich goes to the official for issuing
te license; besides he was the reipient
of a handsome cane from the
srner of the Innocent looking gamji
The Weather.
> WASHINGTON, May 17.?For
? West Virginia: Rain to-night ?5?
j. and Wednesday. -I** . ..