text: Che Sullenberger St. Ik, 1 V I ^ 1 AA JL a 1 g a A AAA. ^ A. Ai< I?*??" * A ^ s???i Sketches from 8MM1 ^ntrtuntnrrc,'*=:?i I _ -.-^r--.--. 0.,,,,,t,,.TV At ay 5 iqnn PRICE TWO CENTS.{kvbcin%. VOLUME XLYIII-N UMBER 219. WHEELING. W. YA., SATURDAY, MAY 5. 1900. THE BRAXTON STORY UNTRUE SAYS DOVENER gents the Charges Made in Democratic Papers With Feeling. Will Let People Decide. CROSS PERVERSION OF TRUTH Is the Statement That the Opposition Did Not Have Fair Play?Will Answer In Person. Special patch to the Intelligencer. WASHINGTON, D. C., May 4.?Rep r:uaiivc Davener referred tonight with considerable feeling, to the t!;i, - made In Democratic papers and commented on by o; i,;iperi, concerning the manner in which the Democratic committee had been conducted. He referred particularly to the report from Democrats of the proceedings in Braxton C-.-:.ty, where, it is charged, unfair advantage was taken in order to secure the endorsement. ment of his candidacy by the Republican convention. As heretofore stated to the Intelligencer, said Mr. Dovener, "I am, and have been, perfectly willing to permit the people to decide whether or not, that return to Congress. I have done my duty, as I have been permitted to understand it, and have no hesitancy in saying that the citizens for whom I have labored have a right to say whether or not I have met their expectations. Gross Perversion of Truth. "Ordinarily, I do not reply to aspersions. But the statement recently published in a Democratic paper, questioning the fairness of my friends in Braxton County, is so gross a perversion of the truth that I am obliged to say. The statement was untrue to the Republicans of the county willingly attest. I shall only say, in addition, that I am in Fairmont on the occasion of my duty to meet and refute the charges of unfairness and of failure to do my duty, not only by documentary proof but by the word of those who know the facts connected with the Braxton content, and who will be in Fairmont on the occasion named. I shall soon thereafter be in Moundsville, where the charge, if not made, has been insinuated that my friends in Braxton were unfair, and I shall also be in Wheeling, ready on both occasions to disprove the accusations. Speaks Before a Post. Captain Dovener said he was obliged to dismiss the subject with this statement, as at the time of speaking a committee was in waiting to convey him to the Soldiers' Home, near this city, where he is to deliver, by invitation, an address before Henry Wilson post, the O. A. R. He will, tomorrow, accompany the rivers and harbors committee to Baltimore, to inspect the harbor there. The sundry civil bill, making appropriations for governmental expenses for the year ending June 30, 1901, now before the house contains the following Items, of Interest to West Virginia: "For containing construction of dams numbered 2, 3, 4 and 5, between Davit Island dam and dam numbered C. 1595,000. Continuing Improvement of Bls Sandy river by the construction of two locks, and dams between Louisa and the mouth of the river, 1280,000. For Improvement of Monongahela. Improving Monongahela river, completing improvement at lock number 1 and G, by the construction of a floating plant, as authorized March 3, 1885, 135. The Ohio River for continuing construction of dams numbered 13 and 18, 1470. The project for the improvement of the Ohio River along the West Virginia front, according to the survey from Pittsburgh to Marietta. The letter was in response to Mr. D. B. Inquiry. It demonstrates that the total cost of improvement will be $110,200,000. The appropriation of $100,000 for the preliminary work of commencing the excavation of dams 13 and 18, and also the letting of contracts for the dams, which are located, respectively Wheeling and Marietta. Very much needed. Mr. Wilson, chief of engineers, has completed surveys for locations at the numerous boring for the necessary boring for the necessary boring for these two local and dams. The survey has been completed, and the attorney general has instructed the United States attorney in the prosecution of the construction of the Monongahela dam. In annual import, General Wilson Tod an increase of $470,000 in In the year, profitably exceeding In the works in the fiscal year The same year, he says, in his On the river front, In error, and of the Dam of the next continent In March and May In localized on the West It. The project continues More than a year, within the West Virginia. The work is Just as rapidly as now Prospect work permits." An Important Treaty. TON, D.C., May 6 - The Futile session today ratified A treaty negotiated with all the Maritime nations of the world, extending the Geneva conference regulations to naval warfare. These regulations have long applied to war on land and under the treaty hospital ships will be under the name protection as hospital tents and buildings on land. REORGANIZATION BILL Passes the Senate?Military Circles Consider it the Most Important of the Session?Miles to be a Lieutenant General. WASHINGTON, D.C., May 4.-T0. Day's session of the senate was rendered especially noticeable by the passage, after a debate lasting only three hours, of the army reorganization bill. In military circles, the measure is regarded as one of the most important of the present session. It practically revolutionizes the present staff arrangements of the army. It proposes to change the present system of permanent appropriations in certain staff corps to one of detail by a gradual process, as the officers now in those corps go out of active service. As vacancies occur in department of the adjutant general, the inspector general, quartermaster general, and commissary general, they are to be filled by details from the line, the details to be temporary and not to exceed four years. The new system is not applied to the corps of engineers, medical department, pay department or judge advocate general's department. Artillery Corps Established. The bill discontinues the regimental organization of the army and the artillery corps of two branches, viz: 120 batteries of coast artillery and 18 batteries of field artillery, with a total of 17,448 men. It provides for an increase of one hundred in the corps of cadets at West Point, two at large from each state and ten more to the present number of twenty from the United States at large. The rank of the commanding general of the army is raised to that of lieutenant general and that of the adjutant general to major general, the latter being during the incumbency of the present adjutant general, General Corbin. The President is empowered to place on the retired list any officer who has been suspended from duty by sentence of court martial, or by executive order in mitigation of such sentence, for a period extending to or within one year of the time of his compulsory retirement for age. This is well understood to apply to Commissary General Eagan. An amendment creating a veterinary surgeon and thirty-five other commissioned officers, was attached to the bill after a spirited debate, the amendment being, adopted by a vote of twenty-five to twenty-three. Sundry Civil Appropriation Bill. WASHINGTON, D. C., May 19—The house made fair progress today with the sundry civil appropriation bill, completing seventy-three of the 132 pages of the bill. Much of the time today was consumed in an effort of the members of the naval committee to cripple the coast and geodetic survey in retaliation for the refusal of the house to agree to their recommendation when the naval bill was before the house to make the survey of the waters of our insular possessions in the hands of the navy. SALVAGE SEQUEL To the Marriage of Miss Porterfield to Judge Mackey?Will be Sent Government Insane Asylum. Special Dispatch to the Intelligencer. WASHINGTON, D.C., May 4.?A sad sequel to the marriage not long ago of the brilliant Miss Porterfield, of Charles Town, West Virginia, and ex-Judge Mackey, of South Carolina, was developed today in the supreme court of the District of Columbia, when, upon the formal application of the authorities, proceedings were instituted to have Mrs. Mackey sent to St. Elizabeth's, the government asylum for the insane. The application was made upon the motion of Mrs. Mackey's father, Col. Porterfield. Judge and Mrs. Mackey have been residing in this city. According to reports, he was arrested and indicted upon a charge of bigamy. It is said the charge against him has been abandoned, and it is also rumored that he contemplates proceedings for a divorce from the wife of the deceased. It is believed that he contemplates proceedings for a divorce from the wife, believing that he is insane. Senator Scott, went to Philadelphia today, to assist the sub-committee of which he is a member, in perfecting the preliminaries for the big Republican convention to be held there next month. England Will Meet the Complaint. WASHINGTON, D.C., May 4.?In view of the fact that the Justness of the complaint of the captain of the Sea Witch against the British naval officers, who boarded his vessel off that coast of Portuguese East Africa, can be determined only by an inquiry made upon the scene where the boarding took place, it is said at the state department, that some time must elapse before the facts can be known here. The officials have not the least doubt that the British government will meet the complaint in the proper spirit and strictly observe the requirements of International law respecting boarding rights. Postmasters Confirmed. WASHINGTON. May 4. — The Senate today confirmed the following nomination of Ohio postmasters: P. I. (ousel. Shrove: T. O. Moore, Farmville; P. F. Chance, Jr., Emmood. Kanawha & Michigan Advances. "I was now in New York today to account for the three point advance in Kansas and Michigan. The stock was bought up by Philadelphia bankers today, and generally advanced on the buying. The majority of the stock is held by the Toledo & Ohio Central, only about 27,000 shares having been held by outsiders. THE SECOND SURRENDER OF OUR ADMIRAL This Time He Lowers His Colors to Ten Thousand People of St Louis. NOT OLD ENOUGH TO BE UNCLE Inspiring Scene When the Vast Audience, With Waving Flogs, Sang "The Bed, White and Blue." ST. LOUIS, May 4. — Ten thousand Sunday school children waving American flags cheered and sang sacred and patriotic songs in honor of Admiral Dewey, at the public reception at the exposition building today. The song service, which was the last of a series of functions that occupied the time of Admiral and Mrs. Dewey from early in the day, took place late this afternoon. In Minnesota, the building in which four years ago President McKinley was nominated, and was attended by an audience that packed the edifice almost to suffocation. The two days' celebration in honor of Admiral Dewey began this morning with a short informal reception on the floor of the Merchants' Exchange, trading being entirely suspended in the pits during the visit of the distinguished guests. This reception was limited to members of the exchange and their families, but the big hall and the galleries around it were packed when a wild cheer announced the arrival of Admiral and Mrs. Dewey and the members of the admiral's party. Escorted by President Whittelaw, of the Merchants' Exchange, the admiral ascended the rostrum, and after a few brief remarks by President Whittelaw, Mayor Ziegfeld made a characteristic speech, bidding the admiral warm welcome to St. Louis. The admiral replied thanking the citizens of St. Louis for his reception. Not Ready to be Called "Uncle." "I'm not ready to be called "Uncle" George Dewey, of America," as the mayor suggests," said he with a smile. "At least not yet. I'm not old enough." Immediately after the reception at the exchange, the party took carriages and were driven along the boulevards and private driveways leading through the beautiful residence district of the West End and thence to Forest Park. Near the entrance to the park, just opposite the Blair monument, the admiral's carriage was stopped for a moment, while a hundred girl students of Forest Park University presented him with an immense bunch of American beauty roses and gave their college yell in response to his call. Thanks. The drive along the park boulevards was a continuous ovation for the admiral. During the three-quarters of an hour spent by the party in driving through the park, the races were followed by hurrying. Dreds of vehicles laden with enthusiastic people, and by the time the admiral reached the exit of the park, the procession of vehicles, horsemen and bicyclists on each side and behind was miles long. At 1 p.m. the party was driven to the University Club for lunch, and an informal reception and shortly after 3 the carriages were driven to the exposition building, for the public reception. The Crowd Waited Patiently. For hours a crowd inside the building numbering fully 20,000, including the Sunday school children, had waited patiently for the coming of the admiral, while thousands of others, denied admission, filled for blocks the streets leading to the building. The admiral was greeted with wild cheering by the crowd outside, but his real Reception came when the children inside the building saw him walking down the steps leading to the section reserved for the admiral's party. In an instant every person in the building was standing up, shouting and cheering, while in the hands of the frantic children the waving flags looked like a sea of the national colors. Then, led by the band, 10,000 childish voices started "The Red, White and Blue," the children at the same time waving their flags. The song was at once taken up by nearly every person in the building, even the admiral standing and holding a small flag in his hand, joining. Every One Joined in "America." Then "America" was sung. In this, too, everybody joined, and, as the grand words of the national anthem rang out in a tremendous volume of music, the admiral, visibly agitated, bowed his acknowledgements right and left. At the conclusion of the song, Chairman W. H. McClain, leading two little children, pressed through the crowd: "In behalf of the children of St. Louis," he said, "I wish to present to you this silk flag, and to Mrs. Dewey those songs." Then the youngsters flushed and smiling, stepped forward and gave to the admiral a silk flag with the words and music of "On Land and Sea" printed thereon and to Mrs. Dewey a portfolio of the songs of the children printed on white silk. Then the admiral surrendered. Taking the children in his arms, he kissed them heartily and thanked them, while the thousands of less fortunate children looked on and in shrill voices, while their delight. Two more songs "Columbia" and "Dixie" brought the admiral to attention and made him the charmer again. At their conclusion, the admiral and party were driven to the Planter's hotel and from then until 8 o'clock, Admiral and Mrs. Dewey remained in their apartments. NEW CREED NEEDED. Rev. Pollock Says No One Believes in the doctrine of Predestination. Divorced people have no right to be-marry. Special Dispatch to the Intelligencer. BUCKHANNON, W. Va., May 4. — Buckhannon pastors this week stirred their congregations with sermons along unusual lines. Rev. Pollock, of the Presbyterian church, preached on the revision of the creed of that church and said that this was house cleaning time and the Presbyterian church had dragged its antique furniture to the front veranda, and, as usual, had gotten the wrong side to the public. He is in favor of a revision of the confession of faith or a short French creed, and said that the doctrine of predestination could well be omitted, as no one believed it and no minister preached it. Mr. Pollock said it was not so much a revision of creed the church needed, as a revision of life. Ques After Divorced People. Dr. Lane, of the U. B. church, took for the subject of his discourse, "What does the New Testament say of divorces and divorced people remarrying?" The doctor condemned divorces and said that the remarrying of divorced people was a crime against God and man, and that the minister who sanctioned these ceremonies were deliberate violators of God's command and with a word cast a shadow upon purity. He termed the practice a "blot from hell," and gave as the remedy that the ministers refuse to officiate at the ceremonies where one of the parties is a divorced person and that the people cause to be enacted a uniform divorce law, which will be a safeguard to the home and purity of the nation. Both sermons have caused no little comment. Dwelling Houses Burn. Special Dispatch to the Int. Elegant. BITCKHANNON, W. Va., May 4. Fire destroyed the dwelling house occupied by M. E. Bennett, a section hand, and owned by A. M. Poundstone, this morning. It originated in the attic from a defective flue, and was discovered in time by the neighbors who assisted Mr. Bennett in saving his effects. Loss, about $500; Insurance $250. Special Dispatch to the Intelligencer. PARKERBURG, W. Va., May 4. Samuel Walden, a wealthy merchant of Coolville, Ohio, near here, was instantly killed this afternoon, while constructing a private telephone line from his home to his store. Mr. Walden, who was at the top of a twenty-five foot pole, lost his hold and fell to the ground, breaking his back. TERSE TELEGRAMS. Emperor Francis Joseph of Austria has appointed Emperor William Field marshal general of the Austrian army. Secretary Root has recovered sufficiently from his recent indisposition to enable him to resume his official duties. Congressman Henry S. Boutell was Friday renominated by acclamation in the Sixth district (Ill.) Republican convention. The striking car repairers, Inspectors, reported for duty, and work is progressing as usual. Col. M. H. Day, prominent in the business and politics of the Black Hills since 1878, died yesterday of Appendicitis, at Deadwood, S. D. The taking of testimony in the Court Alene investigation closed last night, after having continued uninterruptedly. Since February 10, a period of nearly three months. The navy department has received from Captain Chadwick the acknowledgment of the receipt by him of the department's letter of reprimand, which he was directed to return. The Kansas India relief committee has instructed Secretary Anderson to order the purchase of 20,000 bushels of corn in New York, to be loaded in a relief ship which sails next week for Bombay. The strike of the employees of the Big Consolidated street railway company, which has been much rioting during its progress last summer, has just been formally declared off by the union. The prohibition of the importation of cattle from South America has caused consternation among shippers and butchers at Glasgow. The prices of cattle and sheep have advanced to the highest quotations since 1832. Cardinal Richard, the archbishop of Paris, yesterday performed the ceremony of the dedication of the chapel in the Rue Joan Choujon, erected to the memory of the charity bazaar victims, by Count and Countess Castellane. The British steamer Montpelier, of the Elder-Dempster line of Liverpool, from Cardiff, April 7, and Las Palmas, April 20, for Montreal, while bound up the St. Lawrence, went ashore last night in a dense fog at Duck Island. The funeral of the late Edward O. Leech, vice president of the National Bank of Commerce, and former director of the mint, who died Tuesday night from pneumonia, occurred yesterday at All Souls church, New York. The body was sent on to Washington for interment. At a meeting of the municipality of Havana, it was charged that the secret police were a demoralized body and that the municipal police were not much better. It was further alleged that degrading outrages and abuses were being committed by the secret police. The City National Bank, one of the oldest and best known financial institutions in Philadelphia, has decided to merge with the Philadelphia National Bank, and beginning to serve. Day, all accounts Incident to the City National bank will be transferred to the Philadelphia National bank. Oliver L. Stewart, secretary of the Laird Mining Company, of Huntington, Pa., was instantly killed yesterday, by the shooting of an emery wheel at the company's works. A piece of the wheel penetrated his heart. Mr. Stewart, with the Huntingdon county Republican choice for state senator in the Huntingdon and Frank district, George F. Considine, manager of the Broadway Athletic Club, New York, and Jimmy Hayward and Kid Thomas, pugilists, were discharged from custody yesterday, after having been arraigned in police court on the charge of attempting to conduct a boxing contest without a license. The magistrate held that under the Morton law, an license was necessary. MERCENARY TENDENCIES OF BISHOPS. An international conference takes action to check the expense accounts of these officers. WET WITH INDIGNANT LOOKS. Question of Amusements Subject of Reform Proposals? Stormy Scenes on the Floor. CHICAGO, May 4.?Struggling under an avalanche of memorials and resolutions, the Methodist general conference began today the real business of its long session. With excited debate, it took action to check alleged mercenary tendencies of some of its bishops. Then it appointed committees to make special investigations of some of the great departments of the church work. Hardly a great reform which has been agitated by Methodists in the past four years but was proposed under one aspect or another in the memorials that were submitted. The question of amusements and the time limit for the ministers were both the subject of reform proposals, but these, as well as other questions of deeper importance, were submitted to the standing committees of the conference for thorough consideration. The scene on the conference floor was even more animated than that of the opening morning, when the provisional delegates were admitted to seats. Half a hundred delegates might be seen on their feet at once, clamoring for the recognition of the chairman, Bishop Warren, and the debates were sharp, quick. WARM DEBATES Some Contend the Church has not Changed Front? Others Take Opposite Views. CHICAGO, May 4.?At today's session of the Methodist conference, the hours were lightened by some vigorous debates. Dr. Henry Brown, Columbia River conference, brought the amendment question to the forefront by offering a Resolution which in substance was that the conference should by proper action show the world that the church had not changed front on the amusement question. He asked, to forestall action by those in favor "ut greater liberality in this matter, that rule 248 of the Book of Discipline be, for the next quadrennial, left substantially unchanged. Hot Debate Ensued. A sharp debate followed, with the result that the resolution was referred to the committee on the state of the church. Dr. A. N. Craft, East Ohio conference, secured the passage of a resolution calling for a committee composed of one member of each conference district to inquire into the condition of the Methodist Theological Seminaries. A committee of fifty was appointed to inquire into the matter of the deaconess societies. Dr. William G. Wilson, of Iowa, introduced a resolution, the first part of which was voted stricken out, but this left matter sufficient to cause the most active and vigorous debate of the session. The resolution, after being amended, read as follows: "Resolved, that no bishop or general conference officer shall receive anything above actual expenses for services in the dedication and reopening of churches, attending commencement of Methodist educational institutions, or for any similar services which he might render the church." Insinuation Accepted by Bishops. The Insinuation in the resolutions that the bishops had asked for more than actual expenses in instances was received with indignant looks by the bishops themselves and caused half a dozen gentlemen to clamor for recognition. Dr. Buckley opposed the first part of the resolution, which calling for "liberal support of bishops and general conference officers," was later stricken out, but declared in favor of the amendment. He spoke of a scale of salaries in keeping with the duties of the officers. Dr. J. H. Potts, editor of the Michigan Christian Advocate, supported the amended resolution, while Dr. Hardin, presiding elder of the Rock River conference, and Dr. Harrigan, of Newark, opposed it. The amended resolution was adopted. It was resolved to request every Protestant organ in the United States to read to their congregations the bishop's address delivered to the conference. Yesterday and containing 15,000 words. At 1 p.m., an adjournment was taken. Brazil Celebrating Her Discovery. RIO JANEIRO, May 4. — The celebration of the fourth centennial of the discovery of Brazil, which began yesterday, is in progress today, amid great popular enthusiasm. Yesterday the president, Dr. Campos Salles, unveiled at Bahia a monument in honor of Pedro Alvarez de Cabral. Congratulations have been received by the government from Emperor William, King Humbert and the pope. Today the president went on board the visiting Portuguese and Italian cruisers. Do 71 to the Freezing Point. PITTSBURGH, May 4. — There was a heavy frost in this section last night and another tonight. Reports of damage to the fruit crop, vegetables and flowers are coming in from all directions, but just what devastation was wrought, cannot yet be estimated. Last night the mercury dropped to the freezing point and lingered there for quite a while. LAID TO REST Funeral of Ex-Senator Waltman T. Willey Largely Attended Dr. Leech Paid an Eloquent Tribute to His Life. Special Dispatch to the Intelligencer. MOBGANTOWN, W. Va., May 4. — The funeral of ex-Senator Waltman T. Willey was largely attended by many hundreds of people, there was a general request that the town be permitted to make the funeral to partake of a public character, but the family refused because of the Like of the distinguished dead for display of this kind. Notwithstanding this, the public schools and University suspended instruction for the day and most of the business houses of the town were closed during the exercises. A number of well-known men from Afferent parts of the state came for the occasion. The exercises were held at the Willey home on Chancery Hill, and were conducted by Rev. Dr. S. V. C. Creech, the pastor of Mr. Willey's church, assisted by Rev. Dr. H. B. Reynolds, of the University, and Rev. Dr. A. M. Buchanan, of the Presbyterian church. Dr. Leech paid an eloquent tribute to the life and public services of the deceased. The pall-bearers were from members of the bar as follows: Active pall-bearers, Frank Cox, Edward B. Stewart, James C. Frazer, Edward O. Donley, W. E. Glasscock, S. F. Glasscock, Col. R. E. Fast and Clarice B. Dille. Honorary pall-bearers, John John W. Mason and A. S. Hayden, in Fairmont; Joseph Moreland, Judge E. L. Berkshire, R. M. G. Brown, Major John J. Brown, Judge Okey John Johnson and George C. Sturgis. Arrested for Swindling. Special Dispatch to the Intelligencer. PARIS, W. Va., May 4.?A. M. Collins, salesman for the Chicago picture company, of Pittsburgh, was arrested here this afternoon, charged with swindling H. C. Craig, of Marietta, out of a considerable sum of money. Money answering the description of the stolen from Craig was found on Collins. He was taken to Marietta this afternoon for examination. Collins gives his home as Baltimore. Fruit Suffers by Prost. 11 Trial to the Injured PARKERSBURG, W. Va., May 4.? The coldest on record for May, the temperature falling to thirty degrees. Early vegetables, canelopes, and watermelons will be a total loss, and poaches, plums, and other fruits are reported badly damaged. The financial loss to truck farmers and fruit growers through out the entire valley is very heavy. Caught Between Box Cars. Special Dispatch to the Intelligences CLARKSBURG, W. Va., May 4.? Chancey Henderson, an employee of the Clarksburg high grade shale brick company, while attempting to cross the tracks near the old Baltimore & Ohio depot here, was caught between two cars, and instantly killed. He was a single man, and about thirty-five years of age. Mining and Trading Company. Special Dispatch to the Intelligencer. CHARLESTON, W. Va., May 4.-The Virginia Mining and Trading Company, principal office at Wheeling, capital stock of $8,000, of which $800 is paid in, has Incorporated today. The incorporators are: Charles J. Rawling, Harry I. Schmidt, Sam Hugh Brockum, H. F. Behrens and Edward A. Stifel, all of Wheeling. Taken to a Sanitarium. Special Dispatch to the Intelligencer. CHARLESTON, W. Va., May 4.? The father of the child, Edward Smith, has been taken to the Sanitarium for treatment for tuberculosis. His mental condition is very critical. Withdraws From the Suit. PITTSBURGH, May 4. The executive board of the window glass workers as a result of a resolution withdrawing as party to the suits entered against certain glass firms in Indiana for alleged violation of the state anti-trust laws. This practically means that three suits will be discontinued and that the American Glass Company can do business in Indiana without opposition from the glassworkers' association. American Sheet Metal Company, Pittsburgh, May 4. A combination to be known as the American Sheet Metal Company, is being organized with a capital of $50,000,000, and a meeting will be held in Canton, Ohio, Monday to complete the organization. The combination takes in twenty-nine plants throughout the country. The total number being thirty-five, with a membership of twenty-five. Manufacturers of Glass Meet. PITTSBURGH, May 4. The national association of manufacturers of pressed and blown glass ware in session here, elected the following officers: President, James Gulden, Philadelphia; vice president, W. S. Brady, Moundsville; treasurer, J. D. Wilson, Tarehamp, Pa.; secretary, W. A. B. Dalzell, of Indlay, Ohio. The Chess Tournament. LONDON, May 4. The masters' and mate chess tournament was concluded tonight at the City of London. C chess club. Lee drew his adjourned game with Tachenburg, and Ward and Mason disposed of Jones. The prizes were awarded to Alfred, second; Tachmann, first; Guns- El Gard and Mason divided second and Tr Tird, and Ward took the fourth. FP; Peasant Uprising Quelled. SOFIA, Bulgaria, May 4.?The peasant riding at Hustchuk has been quelled by the troops. The ring-lenders have no ed to Roumaula. The objective point or the English? Lately Extending in Every Direction. EN. KITCHENER AT BRANDFORT French's Cavalry Sweeping the Country Northward? London Is Greatly Cheered. LONDON, May 6, 4:05 a. m.?The mounted infantry with Lord Roberts, among whom are the Canadians, have checked their horses on the south bank of the Vott river, eighteen miles north of Brandfort. The head of Lord Roberts' column has thus advanced thirty-two miles from Karee Siding in two days, or fifty-three miles north of Blovmfontel. Little power was apparent. The British artillery was hard marching, the Boers were preparing out of the reach of the British. The correspondents supplement Lord Roberts' plain statements with a few details. As General Hutton, with the first mounted infantry brigade, drew near Brandfort, he saw a khaki-clad body of troops ahead of him. He was surprised, but thought they must be the British. Soon, however, they opened fire on the British, who replied heavily, they were the Irish-American brigade from Lourenso Marquez and it is reported that the Irish lost heavily. Gave up the Key to the English. The Boer flag was flying over Brandfort as the British entered the town. Several British wounded were found in the hospital. The Boer postmaster gave the keys of the public business to Captain Boss. General Kitchener arrived at Brandfort at noon and Lord Roberts at dusk. General Franch's cavalry are sweeping the country northward. The expectation is that the Infantry advance will continue toward Kroonstad immediately. Although no prisoners were taken and although no hot pursuit was attempted, the news greatly cheers London. Nevertheless, it has been received with the fine rapture that attended the first successes of Lord Roberts. General Hunter's crossing: the Vaal at Ridgewood brings the relief of failing, 195 miles beyond, almost within calculable interval. It is now regarded as quite possible that Mafeking may be succored before the queen's birthday. Has Injured the Government. The debate in parliament on the Spanish op dispatches prove a disappointment to the supporters of the government, the ministerial papers confess to a certain amount of inconsistency and weakness in the statements of the jokesmen of the government. On the other hand, as the Standard points out, the opposition profess to be well satisfied with the debate as they believe it is injured the government and has undertaken Lord Lansdowne's continuance at the war office difficult. Wepener is to be garrisoned with a strong force from General Charmside's vision, commanded by Lord Castleton. Henry W. Lucy, writing in the Daily News, says he has ascertained that Sir Fred Milner's letter against ladies sitting South Africa was written as a result of an intimation from Queen Victoria. Caused the Boers to Retreat. WARRENTON, Cape Colony. May 4. A British six-inch wire gun opened expectedly on the Boer lager yesterday, at a distance of seven and one-half miles, throwing hundreds of pounds with wonderful accuracy, using a hasty rereat of the Boers, the bombardment continued today at points by howitzers and field guns, supported by two companies of the unsterred regiment, the Do ers being given from shelter and their guns beg put out of action. Roberts Moving North. LONDON, May 4.-11:10 p. m.?The ir office this afternoon Issued the folding from Lord Roberts dated and font, Friday, May 4: 'The mounted infantry have gone on the Vet river. The rest of the force II march there tomorrow. The railly has been repaired to this point. Hunter reports very satisfactory results that the passage of the naval has carried at Windover without opposition." Companies Seized With Panic. LONDON, May 4.?The Gazette tonight contains General French's report that the disaster to the Suffolk regiment, on January 5, which he attributes entirely to the fact that a majority of the four companies of the regiment engaged were seized with panic, and retired. He says high tribute to the officers of the regiment, and the men who remained with them. Scrap in House of Lords. LONDON, May 4.?In the house of Lords today, the Earl of Portsmouth, the Tory Unionist, called attention to the publication of Spong Kop dispatches which, he said, had aroused a depth of strength and feeling difficult to expect. The secretary for war, the organs of Lansdowne, in defending the publication of the dispatches, said that was the only course open to the government. Long Tom Posted. LADYSMITH, May 4?The Doors have shifted their guns on the range hills facing the British in front of the castle, and have posted a long line on the hill in the direction of Weal's Nek. Brabant's Good Position. BRABANT'S CAMPAIGN, Tuesday (by announcement)?Brabant's division is occupied a strong position on a ridge of hills on the Ladybrand road, about twenty miles from Weensch. The troops are confronted by a large force of Boers, who recently occupied. Weponer, and who have now been located in the mountain known in the area. REACTION NECESSARY From the Abnormal Excitement and Expansion of Prices to Continued Prosperity? Large Exports of Breadstuffs. NEW YORK. May 4. — R. O. Dun & Company's Weekly Review of Trade will say tomorrow: Failure returns for April are especially valuable because they show that there does not exist in the most important branches of business the conditions which threaten disaster. They call attention to one line in which some curtailment had seemed from previous returns to be in progress and has been hastened by extensive strikes in the building trades. The state of business has been represented to fit and used to support several industries. The wisdom of the situation is that some reaction from the abnormal excitement and expansion and rise of prices last year was necessary to continue prosperity. Its duration may therefore be expected to depend on the promptness with which production and prices adjust themselves to actual demands. Much progress in that adjustment has been made during the past week, with increased activity already resulting. Strikes springing from disputes about the terms of work and wages for the coming year have also made distinct progress toward settlement. Action Brings New Business. The reduction in prices of iron and steel and their products has gone far enough to bring out much new business. At the end of last week, the nailers were reduced by forty-five cents per keg and in plates and bars somewhat lower prices have been reported. Prices for sheets have not yet been named, but in pipes and tubes there is some yielding. With larger business in fence and other wire since the reduction. Not a sales of Bessemer pig is reported, the association still asking $24.90, while eastern pig is offered at Pittsburgh below $19.75. Chicago local coke has declined 50 cents and southern also. Eastern markets are irregular with growing belief that an output exceeding consumption will reduce prices until the demand again expands. There are large foreign contracts for pig pending and important sales of finished products for export have been made. It helps toward better adjustment that coke is quoted at $1 per ton lower than a month ago, and anthracite coal has also declined. Market for Goods Unsettled. The close of the wool year has come without the scarcity which some expected, but with the average of quotations by Coates & Bros., reduced in April about one cent. Sales have been small and yet in excess of purchases for consumption. Manufacturers have so far refrained as to show that they were much better supplied, six months or a year ago, than dealers are willing to believe. The market for goods excepting the most favored staples, has been so far unsettled and irregular as to give small encouragement for buying wool at current prices. Inferior holders are still strong, hoping that the end of the season brings the end of the manufacturers' stocks. Cotton goods have also shown similar weakness in transactions for future delivery and new business is narrow. Until prospects for the new crop are more settled, the pressure of English spinners for supplies tends strongly to hold up prices here, though foreign mill supplies are scarce. stocks are now heavy. Movements of Wheat Large. April exports of breadstuffs have been decreasing, due to the passing of last year's record. Atlantic exports of wheat in five weeks, flour included, have reached 11,080,903 bushels, against 10,744,798 last year. Pacific exports 3,163,250 bushels, against 2,090,717 last year, and corn exports 15,571,311 against 2,090,737 last year. In spite of conflicting stories, the movement of wheat from the farms continues larger than a year ago. The price closed as it opened, while corn declined 2c. All exports from New York in four weeks have been 33.4 percent or over $11,000,000 larger than last year, and with the gain of $15,000,000 in cotton from other ports, the month's aggregate for merchandise should rise above a hundred millions. Imports show a small gain, but will hardly exceed seventy millions. Failures for the week have been 501 in the United States against 158 last year and 27 in Canada against 23 last years. Otis Sails Hay 0. WASHINGTON, May 4,-At the cabinet meeting today, the resolution was consumed in discussing the new, Hawaiian and Porto Rico acts. Secretary Root read a letter from General Otis, in which he stated that he would sail for the United States May 5. Movements of Steamships. HAMBURG?Arrived: Pretoria, from New York, via Plymouth and Cherbourg. VRE?Arrived: La Touraine, from New York. NAPLES?Arrived: Kaiser Wilhelm II., from New York, for Genoa, and proceeded. Movement of Steamships NEW YORK?Arrived: Norge, 9 ponhagen. Weather Forecast for Today. For Western Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and Ohio: Fair and warmer Saturday and Sunday; winds shifting to fresh southerly. Local Temperature. The temperature yesterday was observed by C. Schnepf, druggist, corner of Market and Fourteenth streets, as follows: 7 a.m., 3 p.m., 88 9 a.m., 4 p.m., 7 p.m. 12 m., 12 m., Weather, cloudy. 