The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1871-08-29
NEW YORK CITY.

IectioI Oller persons responsible, ~
deemed guilty Of manslaughter in III
third degree, II a boiler eNplodes and III
Is lost through gross negligence Of sue
officers; Section 10, by which every otho
in such killing, IL moi murder Il mar
slaughter in the fourth degree; and II III
! Inspector did his work negIigcntly h
shonld be indicted under the latter sec
llon. He also directed them that IL th
President or Superintendent had motto
OF mc0mpctency Of tho engineer on in
efficiency of the boiler, as 1t require,
greater care and q more rigid inspection
than was exercised. The grand iur,
should not inquire II these officials did no
contribute to tho result by culpable uegli
gOnCe. The first section would also apply
To the engineer. II common carrier
could be made responsible for accident
to passengers, u great and beneficial
example would be made, Will
the whole nation looking to thil
jury's judicials lsdeCision with reference L
this catastrophe, tho court, grand Jury
and prosecuting officials should give nc
room for alter reproaChes from any quar-,
ter The compRny's boats have been in
use eight years, three have been used nine
years, one Of them running eleven years
II was sworn by Il bOilGr maker at the
Westlleld investigation that boiler was
not safe after Il had been in use five years;
that alter that il was liable at anytime to
explode. ~ uG ..1H,.
Andrew Zimmerman, n wealthy resi-
dent Of Milwaukee, who had Just reached
BtWklyn from an European tour, drop.
ped dead in that city Saturday at tho res.
idcncc Oi u friend.
The French section of the Information.
al Society in this city resolved to accept
the invitation of the Workingmen's Union
to take part in the demonstration on tho
10Th o! September, provided the section
is allowed to carry red flags.
The Germans who have not served
out their time in the landwehr, met
yesterday to devise some means of Cscap.
ing the punishment TO which they will
be subject il they were TO return home.
The Stddts Zieiung declares the cable
dispatch published a few weeks ago, about
an extension of bonds In this city from
the Berlin Exchange, Is n lalsehood. 1t
says that neither German nor English
newspapers comprising the time when
that pretended measure would hRyG taken
place, which have arrived in tho mean.
while from Europe, contain not one word
about II.
A private cable dispatch announces
the death Of Charles SCribncr, the well
known book publisher. IIc died at Lu.
lyerne, Switzerland, on Saturday, Of ty
phold fever
II .is stated that when Grant leaves
IHJits Dtaas'I' biu WIN taltS sstFifs ~, Ohio,
to visthis father, from thence ilc will 20
through the oil regions of PENNSYLVANIA.
He expects to arrive ut Pottsville about
the 10Th Of September. The Board OF
Assistant Aldermen to-day COncurred with
the Board Of Aldermen In directing the
Mayor TO take immediate steps TO recover
possession oI the property known as the
old brick church property. There was
but one vote in the negative.
The Democratic Germans In this city
are beginning 10 t9ke action in reference
to the alleged lrNSds on the city treasury.
Yesterday the German Democratic Exec.
utiVe Committee met and adopted mo.
ton that they recommend the German
General Committee to adopt resolution
declaring themselves opposed to fraud,
corruption, and dishonesty in public Of.
6ce, and that II tho gentlemen accused do
not Immediately relieve themselves Of the
odium, and prove themselves innocent Of
these charges, that the German Demo.
Gratis no longer acknowledge them as
leaders or representatives Of the Demo.
cratic party. The committee meets at m
early day, and It's action upon this ques.
ton is awaited with great anxiety by the
ring and German citizens generally.
The Ilfbunc this morning exposes q
system of frauds in the sherifPs Office by
which tho deputies, assistants and other
politicians make enormous sums
out Of persons arrested, charging them
nXhorbitant fees for trilllng services. levy
Ing blaCkmail on others, and extorting
money In every possible manner. In.
stances are detailed where twenty-five |
dollars were, demanded and received for a
deputy 10 accompany the prisoner on the |
way 10 Jail; $40 for executing the Judges |
order to discharge. Another lot Of coun-
ty accounts arO published this morning.
Among the bills are $1t7,d0O for rents
md repairs Of armoriCs and drill rooms;
for the quarter ending May /, $72, ,245, 1897;
for county court house, and $4,000 to |
The New York Printing Company from
March 81 10 June 90 Tho bond accounts
show that the company has now $23, ,43O,- |
800 to pay. ...
Tho Convention Of the natives Of Italy
which has been In session here since their,
celebration, finally adjourned to-day,
having previously adopted n Constitution
more liberal in its scope than the one by
which they have hitherto been governed.
The mystery enveloping the case Of the
victim Of abortion, whose remains were
conveyed in q trunk to the Hudson River
Railroad Depot Saturday, Is clearing up. |
There is no reason to doubt that the prin.
cipal criminal Is now in the hands OF the |
police, and there IS every possibility that
all concerned In the chine will I've before |
morning under arrest. Ali day long the |
boy who saw the trunk brought up 10 the |
depot was scanning the city, aided by |
the best detective on the force.
AT hall.past two o'clock \ detective tele- 4
graphed Inspector Walling, II have the
truck; come 10 18Th precinct At three
o'clock 18th precinct telegraphed, 1--WE
have the iruckman." II appears that
lust before three o'clock, the owner, who
was also the driver, went to warden
Bremen nj Bellevue Hospital and told
him that he had taken the trunk mention.
ed in the papers as being found with n
dead body In II, md asked him II he
thought the police would lock him up II
he delivered himself at police head.
quarters On the warden assuring him
that they would not, the truckman, who
turns out to he VIM. Pickett, of 9Th
street and First avenue, instead of TIL,
went with Bremen TO the 18th ,sesli' ,asn,,