The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1869-06-07
NEWS SUMMARY.
By TELEGRAPH.

Charles Springer, the bond robber
who broke Jail at Schenectady, N. Y.
on Wednesday, returned Friday nigh
at midnight, and gave himself up to tn
sheriff.
"A submarine diver named Rober
Spencer, was drowned at the Southwes
Pass, Louisville, while wrecking th
steamship Pantheon. The glass OF hi
armor brok and ne became fastened
among the timbers, and 1t was impos
sible to haul him up. A man named
w. f. Buck descended in 25 feet OF wa
ter, without armor, and recovered tn
body.
&C. Maxson & Co.'S. planning mill a
Providence, r. l., was destroyed by fir
Friday night. Loss 5000: no insur.
ance.
Rust has appeared in the wheat II
! the vicinity OF Richmond, and the croI
will be shortened about one half.
Tho committee appointed to destroy
the old plate upon which the UntteC
completed the inventory, the work O
mutllating the metal took place las
Friday. There were twelve tons OF 1t
and it was all melted at once, at the
Navy Yard, by putting it into two fur
naces.
1t has been discovered that In The
bill passed by the New York Legisla'
ture giving Brooklyn paid fire depart
ment u clause was inserted by the Tam
many ring which places the New York
City Fire Department under the control
of the city authorities. Politicians are
much excited over the discovery.
"A conspiracy to flood the country
with counterfeit money, with head
quarters in Canada, has just been dis
covered. The plan was to scatter men
in all the principal cities OF the North
and West, and have the money put IN
circulation simultaneously. The fourth
OF July was the day fixed for the opera
ton, and the intention WAS to distribute
AS many spurious notes as possible be-
tween sunrise and midnight. One man
has been arrested for completely In the
affair, and has made partial confess
sion.
The uneasy feeling in the New
York money market has subsidized, and
the strong position of the banks Is such
as to check any attempt to make money
artlficially stringent. The amount OF
Government bonds Offering Is small but
thew find ready purchasers, the feeling
being in favor of higher prices in the
future. There appears to be little for
eign demand at present, the exports or
the past week having reached about
So 900 600.
The Indian troubles in Kansas
would appear 10 be of a more serious
character than generally supposed,
from the interest felt on the subject by
the Government and the citizens along
the frontier. The President received a
telegram from the Governor of Kansas
Thursday, requesting that orders might
4 Nf r.
ing ~ force of troops, sufficient for the
work, to be sent to Southern Kansas TO
protect tho Cherokee neutral lands,
which the Governor fears will be over
run with hostile bands. He also fears
an iusurrection among the settlers.
Officers of the State Department
deny the report that the contemplated
publication of the correspondence OF
the TWO Governments with reference to
the Alabama claims and other matters,
will fill sixtden volumes of seven hun
Ired pages each. Ii is now said that
there will be not exceeding ten volumes
of smaller dimensions than stated, and
the matter will be much that has al
ready been printed, but 1t will be most
ly composed OF compilations rom tne
British Blue Book, and some highly
Interesting facts not heretofore publish
ed in either country. The preparations
are rapidly going forward but the pub
licatiOn will not be finished for several
months.
An expose is threatened in Cincin-
natl showing that certain ex-member
of Council had received. when mem
Der, $500 for voting aye on particular
measure.
Tho order of the Government for
the employment of colored bricklayer 6
was enforced Friday in the Navy Yard
and resulted in q strike OF the Brick
LAYERS Union. There does not appear
to be any intention on the part OF the
Navy Department to accede to the
strike and turn out the colored laborars
Senator Sumner is in Washington
aud it Is reported that he has been very
busy for the last few days in endeavor~
ing to learn officially IL the newspaper
reports are true, that the Admintstra-
tion did not take for the basis of Mot
ley's instructions his speech on the AL
ALBANIA claims treaty. Thursday and
Friday Mr.. Sumner had interviews
with Secretary Fish, and feels quite sat
istied that the reports in question are
true, but he intimates that this Is jast
the reverse of what he had reason 10
believe Il few weeks ago.
The announcement that j. Russell
Jones has been appointed to Belgium,
in place of Mr.. Sanford, creates good
deal OF dissatisfaction among Mr.. San
ford's friends. They say the President
promised not to make any change un-
| ill after the meeting of Congress. EV-
| ery Senator in Washington, including
Summer, opposed Jones' appointment
Leonard Choate, the Newburyport
"fre bug" is under $1,000 bonds on
each of the indictments which charge
him with offences punishable by life
Imprisonment, and under $3 600 bonds
on each other offence, making toIal;oi
$62. 900.
Information from authentic sources
shows that thirteen expeditions In all
have lett the United States for Cuba.
Seven have gone from New York, three
from Baltimore, and three from Florl-
da. Three expeditions were on steam
ers, and the rest in schooners and brlgs'
The largest number of men carried was
four hundred and fifty, and the small
est twenty eight. There were five bat
teries of artillery, and arms for fourteen
thousand men. An ex-Major of the
| United States army Is about to leave
New York with another expedition
but the point of departure Is not yei
fixed. Nearly four million dollars have
been expended in New York in the
| Cuban interest, though 1t Is believed
that much of it has been appropriated
by the parties handling it.
"A servant girl at Newburg, New
York, was too much for a burglar las
week. She poured gallon of hot va
ter over him, and he left in q hurry.
In Brooklyn, near Cleveland. OF
Wednesday evening, Charles Nicholas
aged about eighteen, had the whole tor
of his head kicked off by horse. He ap
proached to catch the animal, when l
wheeled suddenly and struck him upoI