The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1868-11-25
BY TELEGRAPH.
NEW YORK.


NEW YORK, November "a.
The fire this morning commenced In
the roof the Trinity building, No. Ill
Broadway. The building, which is a
very large one. was badly damaged,
the two upper floors being nearly all
burned out, the roof destroyed and the
remaining lower stories were very
badly injured by water. The upper
| floors were occupied by Hatch d Co.,
photographers, and the remainder of the
building was occupied by offices, the
principal of which were the Pacific
Company, Spring Mountain Company,
Blake. Mason d Co., Z. b. ELY & Co.,
and scores of others. The firemen are
at work upon the building at this hour,
s A. NJ, but the flames were extinguish-
ed. Two or three firemen were slightly
injured by the falling of ceiling. Loss
must be heavy, bat not yet known.
The loss by fire in Hickstreet. Brook
lyn. yesterday, p. NJ, was S24 600.
The roof of the new Bethel mission
was badly damaged, but the building
was saved. It was the work of an in
oendiary. E EttfsL
The Grand Jury OF the Circuit Court
for the Southern district of New York,
has found a bill of indictment of nine
Deputy, Alfred A. Belknap, Daniel G.
BirdsaIl aud Edward J. Windust, for
conspiracy against Revenue Collector,
Thomas Z. Smith, and of receiving
from him $40 600 under threat Of in
forming upon him as TO the offences
with which he was charged before Uni-
ted States Commissioner Osborn.
Instructions were also received from
the Attorney General Of the United
States directing the District Attorney to
proceed with the, trial pending in his
Court, of the Kentucky, Bourbon conn-
", and others, on charges of defraud-
ing the revenue. The trial was COM
menced yesterday afternoon.
Further correspondence is published
between Mr.. Washburne and the Para
guayan Government. Benitz, the Par
aguayan Minister of foreign affairs,
charges Mr.. Washburne with CORES
ponding with Caxias and forwarding
important information TO him under
the seal OF the Portuguese Consul, and
supports his charges by the affidavit of
DIR. CareeraS and Minister BeeFges.
Another more serious charge Is that he
carried drawings OF the Paraguayan
camp TO CRxias, received from Benigno
Lopez, one of the alleged conspirators,
SIG. .0O0, and afterwards $li0, 600 in cur.
rency, and promise of $500, 600 in
consideration of this act and also in
consideration of his binding himself to
recognize the success of the sllies.
The constitutional Union Convention
held another session last evening and
nominated Andrew w. Green, one of
tho park commissioners, for Mayor,
and Richard o. German for corporation
counsel.
The Mozart Hall Democrats, last
night, nominated Oakley Hall for
Mayor, and Richard Shea corporation
counsel.
An adjourned meeting of citizens was
held at the Fifth Avenue Hotel last
al M HI anIa W,l De- n
are said to have been present, 1t was
decided inexpedient TO run an indie
pendent candidate for mayor.
A we'll attended meeting OF the Work
ing Women's Association took place
last evening. Committees were appoint
ed to report upon the work and wages
of women in different pursuits, and adj
dresses were delivered by yseveralladies.
Mr.. McOnlloch has written Mr.. Van
Dyke that he shall not sell any more
bonds during this administration.
On Sunday morning the stables OF the
American House at Trenton, N. j., and
the stables of Twins & Mount, with nine
horses, seventeen new Bleighs, an i'm
meuse quantity of harness, hay, &C.,
were entirely destroyed by fire. Little
insurance. -fIa
A dispatch from Lowell says General
Butler is quite well,
The loss by the fire in Trinity Build
ing, No. Ill Broadway, is greater than
was fret reported. Hatch & Co., LlTh-
ographers, occupied No. 5S, top floor.
This floor, with It's contents, was en-
urely destroyed. They had one mill
lion pounds hthoRraph stones destroy
ed, involving a loss of over 500. 900;
their presses, and 5000 copies of De.
morest's Monthly colored fashion
plates were also destroyed. Total loss
about $3.50, 900, which is insured for
f60, 600 in the city companies The hre
was confined to the upper floor, but the
building 70 the basement was saturated
with water, causing, it is estimated. a
loss of$3OO coo. The bnilding was In
jured to the amount of SIC, 1000. 1t is
owned by the Trinity Church Corpora.
tion, and is fully insured. Among the
sufferers is General e. B. VIele, who
loses many valuable maps and en-
cheering works, among them his eIab-
crate original plans Tor the Central
Park; and the prospect is that the
Brooklyn Bank Occupants of the 9th
ioor) have sustained losses by water
ranging from 5000 or, $4,000 up to 5000.
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