The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1871-04-28
NEW YORK.
Yacht Club Meeting,

was held last evening, and officers were
elected for the ensuing year, and reports
Of committees received.
Abseonding Pension Agent.
No tidings have been received re-
garding the whereabouts OF General
Lawrence, the Acknowledgements agent
for this city, who disappeared March IL.
Telegrams have been sent to Paris and
London. but no information regarding
him has been received by his family.
His deficiencies, it is said, are not over
fifty thousand dollars. His bondsmen
have signifed their intention to pay. The
government claim, and no proceedings
will be instituted by the Government
An Assault.
A man named Putnam, a merchant
doing business in College Place, last
evening while engaged in quarrel with
man on the front platform Of Broad
way car, was struck on the head by his
opponent with blunt instrument just as
he turned to leave the car His skull was
fractured, and he was removed to the
hospital in a dangerous condition. HIS
assailant escaped.
The Fenians.
The Fenian Brotherhood last night
elected a Central, Executive. Financial
and Judiciary committee to form the
head of the Brotherhood, there being
no President. The committee consists
of John Savage, Col. P. Leonard and
A. A. Griffith.
Charges Against a Life Insurance
Company.
Very serious charges have been made
against the officers Of the Knicker-
booker Life Insurance Company, and
the stock and policy holders have in
stituted an investigation into the affairs
Of the company and the manner Of con-
ducting the business.
Railroad Convention.
Delegates representing the New York
Central and the Boston & Albany rail-
roads and their numerous branches met
Yesterday at the st. Nicholas Hotel to
discuss the reorganization Of last freight
lines and 10 promote greater efficiency
in railroad management. After a gen.
eral discussion the subjects were refer
red TO committee authorized to report
at future meeting.
The Pennsylvania Coal Troubles.
Special dispatches confirm the state
ment that all compromises have been
rejected by the coal miners in Pennsyl-
vania. There is no probability Of the
early resumption Of work, and further
troubles are imminent
A rain storm set in about seven
o'clock this morning and still continues.
Governor OF Canada to Resign.
A special dispatch states that Sir
John Young is reported about to resign
the position OF Governor General Of
Canada. His successor is likely to be
the Marquis OF Lorne or young Prince
Arthur.
shipment OF Coin TO China.
The steamship Wisconsin took from
this port, on her last trip to Liverpool,
over sixty-fve tons, or about two mil
lions of dollars, in silver coin, princi-
pally Spanish and Mexican dollars
This hard cash is probably intended for
the Chinese market, the merchants
there requiring silver in all their com
mercial transactions.
The steamship England, from Liver
pool, has arrived
Bounty Frauds.
Some time since claim for back pay
and bounty on behalf Of the father Of a
deceased soldier, Emiel Ling, was re-
ceiyed at Washington and referred to-
the Second Auditors office for settle
ment. Here it was found that similar
claim had already been filed by the
mother OF the deceased, signed by nine
witnesses. who swore that the father
died in Germany in 1856 The case
was then placed in the hands OF Abner
H. Newcomb, OF Colonel Whitley's
staff, to work up. Frederick W.
Schmidt, the claim agent for the money.
who was a Captain in the l03d New
York Volunteers. through whom the
fathers claim had been presented, was
first arrested. Upon promising to point
out the party who signed the fraudulent
claims, Schmidt was admitted TO bail
in the sum Of 5000. After causing
the arrest Of an innocent man, Schmidt
Jumped his bail and was only re-arrest-
ej day or two since, and his bail was
increased to ten thousand. Schmidt
finally gave information about a regu-
larly organized ring Of bounty frauds,
comprising army officers, claim agents
and notarles public. Thirteen arrests
have already been made, and a number
OF warrants for the arrest OF other sus-
pected parties are still out Each one
are invariably held in ten thousand dol
lars bail. Most Of them are OF highly
respectable connections. The entire
amount OF FRAUDULENT claims presented by
this ring. and now in the Second Au-
ditor's office, will reach over 100000.
In consequence of this discovery the
payment Of all claims have been sus-
pended.
The Erie Case.
In the Erie case to-day Judge Blan-
chard granted motion for an order re-
quiring Jay Gould to show the cause
why he should not produce the books
and convertible bonds he has been or
dered to produce BY Commissioner
White Unless returns 20 this order
satisfactorily TO the counsel OF the Eng
lish stockholders is made, motion will