The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1871-08-07
NEW YORK CITY.
WestheId Explosion Investigation.


, Anderson, u practical engineer testifll
that 90 pounds Of steam would not har
sundered the boiler.
Levi i, Smiths testimony created gre
amusement ho believed the expl0siC
was caused by igulting gases ia the boile
ne believed that steam Is gas; when askC
what other gas was In the boiler, Il
answered It might have been oxygen ga
Elsaesser and Otto Grummet who wer
wounded by the explosion, did this mOh
ing, making the number Of deaths 90.
r. II. Thurston, Professor OF Mechau
les and Engineering, at Stevens Institute
llobOken, accounted for the explosion b.
internal growing, caused by theoxydatioi
of the sheet.
Robt Crosson, the fireman who escape,
testified that they tried water.coCks AM
found them all right; then the sheet fur
mace door; fire being on ordinary one
WhenShe noticed steam bursting out anC
ran for his life The witness here wa.
rapidly 0ss.eXamined with u view L
discovering whether any drink was kept
on board for the use Of himself or crew
lie added that the lager beer men coming
across in the ferry boat with loads ol
beer, sometimes tap q kCg Tor themselves
They wOnld occasional give some TO the
crew.
Charles w. Copeland, stated he was
mechanical engineer; he said 10 his
mind the cause of the explosion was per.
iectly plain, In fact his impression was
that II was not the explosion at all. He
said, from the examination he had made,
that the pressure was too much for the
strength Of the boiler. In his opinion
neither the engineer nor the inspector
we're to blame. lie stated that the explO-
lion originated In cracks that the inspec.
or could not get at. The crack on the
over side of the boiler and that on the
'ther side were equally disguised from his
observation during his inspection. The
witness said he was acquainted with Mat.
hews for thirty years, and that he knew
lin to be an excellent mechanic and ex-
'ert engineer. Adjourned till Monday.
The steamship George Washington ar.
ived to-day, bringing the first bale ofnCw
otton from New Orleans.
TAMMANY. GETTING NERVOUS.
Mayor Hall and Comptroller Connolly
ave addressed q letter TO the President
1 the Chamber Of Commerce requesting |
hat large and influential committee Of |
1ell known and upright citizens be ap-
ointed by that body TO make full and
examination Of the public nc.
Ounts and condition of the public debt,
nd then report the result when compile.
ID to the people Of the city. Tho wri-
RS requests that in case there Is no regu.
II meeting Of the Chamber within few
nys, n special meeting may be convened
Sprcssly for the purpose indicated.
A FRIEND OF TAMMANY IN TROUBLE.
BrOdCrick, one Of the worst Of tho New
ork futllans, and captain Of a gang Of
yer thieves, was taken before Justice
ogan yesterday on u charge OF felonious
sault, and held In default Of $4,000 bail.
is expected that he willget twenty-five
'nrs In the State Prison, and he dc.
rvCs IT,
GERMAN FESTIVAL
The great German festival Of the North r
ncrlCan Turnlest will be opened by \
isic and procession In Brooklyn this 1
ening. The Society will assemble al i
i'm Hall and march thence to the foot of r
oadway to meet the visiting members G
IN New York. From thence they will
TO the Hall, where Mayor Kalbneish
II welcome them with speech. Mon.
will he spent Nt Myrtle avenue park,
l there will be grand parade through
principal streets Of the Eastern Dis.
i In the evening. Delegations will he
sent from the principal cities ol the &
ion. r.
THE CUSTOM HOUSE, REPuBLICANs. d
The Republican Central Committee nj
cd 10 organize yesterday, owing to the "
ence OF Mr.. Schultz and Mr.. Orton, the Ia
or Of whom is seriously III. Resolu- q
IS COndOling with Mr.. Orion in bis III. u
4, md providing that Hon A. b. Con. Y
should he made acquainted with the B
ses Incident thereto, were adOdted. pt
he work Of placing the caisson for ev
East River bridge will probably begin q
nday. Di
aron Won OstcnsaCken, Russian Con. cl'
General, sailed for Bremen today. N
he Ewning Post disapproves In the co
INCEST terms OF the Mayor and Con. vi
lers appeal to The Chamber of Com. Of
'Ce, which II says IL mere triling, and II
when the Chamber cannot In common de
dcncc listen. The Chamber Of Com TIL
'cc took no action respecting the invi.
m OF the Mayor TO investigate the
accounts. II IL understood n call
be made Monday for u special meet.
AS the rules provide, In the absence
lodge, who Is in Europe, Opdyke will he
Lsked to convene The meeting. so,
he Italians desire the Mayor to review W
procession Oi the 25th. The Com. IN,
eH not finding the Mayor, left writ.
for him. ,b,
lie local organization of Germans, last iao
II, had meeting with view Of pre-
ing trlisly candidates fhr the Tiegisla- ian
and contemplate extending Organi. inC
IN throughout the city. mo-
he first official statement of the CITY nI;
county dtbt, which Mayor Hall an. riv
ices will hereafter appear regularly Tho
no ilrst OF every month, Is published crO
morning. II shows the funded debt
e city since July 21st, to have been
13l ,70S, and ofthe county $24, ,791 $50,
which, delucting the sinking fund Mr.
1880, ,G81, there remains MS the net h
ed debt Of the city and county $GO,- !
0G. The temporary debt recovera-
by assessments on property for i'm y
ement, which the debt incurred, Is .,o,
'24, 500; revenue bonds to be paid from s,,l SIol
! Of the current year, $22, ,709, ,00G the TUui Uai,
incurred for expenses growing out H. H.
. late war Is l2,bS3OOO. Among the i've h,.
expenditures during July are $3I ,427 SSS 4,
advertising, $i0,SOl for stationary, ua, uoS
,559 for salaries, $67740 for street r., vu
ling, and $4,000 Tor contingencies. y,' ~
ng this county expenses are $6,S59 for WY "os'
.rics and drill rooms, and $97,933 for Mn n,Si
les. Whi
Ve German Consulates OF this city are s,..
consolidated into one, under the S"'
Of Consulate General Of tho German "