The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1871-10-17
NEW YORK CITY.
The Rumored Polish Conspiracy TO
AssRssinate Alexis.

poIlCu nave HO knOWleugc OF any sucn
conspiracy.
ENGLISH FUNDS FOR CHICAGO.
Rowland Il Aspinwall announce $500
sterling received as the first installment
from the corn trade Of London Tor chi
cagO.
A PROMISE TO PROSECUTE THE RING.
State Attorney General Champlain says
in letter that he will exert all the pow
ers OF his office to vigorously prosecute
every person implicated in the great
frauds in New York city, when he is
properly applied to to bring action against
them.
ADDRESS FROM GOV, BRoss, OF CHICAGO.
Gov. Bross, OF Chicago, addresses the
Relief Committee of the Chamber of
Commerce to-day.
RELIEF MOVEMENTS ON LONG ISLAND.
The towns and cities on Long Island,
outside OF Brooklyn, will raise nearly two
hundred thousand dollars for Chicago.
Ladies go round in teams among the vii.
lagos, collecting contributions,
THE MONETARY CRISIS.
The Herald to-day says that the none.
tary crisis can be averted only by extra
ordinary efforts.
PLYMOUTH CHURCH Contribution.
Five thousand dollars was raised in
Beecher's Church yesterday, for the Chi
Cago sufferers,
At a meeting of the Workingmen's
Committee last night, inducements were
made that city and county officers be
nominated for the Workingmen's candi
dates ....
Nearly all the yachts of the New York
club rcndezyouscd at Staten Island yes
terday, to be in readiness to accompany
the contestant with the Livonia, this
morning 1t is expected that the yacht
Columbia will be the American contest
ant to-day,
DIR. BELLOWS ON CHICAGO.
DR.. Bellows gave an eloquent sermon
yesterday on Chicago, after which u lib
eral collection was made. He said the
real Chicago Is not burned Mt all. Ten
years will not leave one Cinder mark on
her robes. Her wealth was visibly rep.
resented in her great warehouses, but her
real wealth is in the souls and breasts
and irreprcssible elOsticityOr her citizens,
She has gained stimulNnt in activity and
n name which will realize oil it has lost.
The great lesson which Chicago presents
is that humanity Is loosenGd from its sci.
ilshness and shocked into sense Of the
nobleness OF true riches. God has not
stirred Chicago for its sins; 1t Is now
punished for tho sins of the world. lIu-
manity Is always suffering.
George Vanderhoif the elocutionist, was
buried yesterday.
Two men were killed and two were
fatally burned by m explosion Of fire
damp in Beechwood colllery, Pennsylva.
MA, Saturday
Fourteen per cent of the fires here are
caused by kerosene oil, and the Fire Mar
shal urges tho citizens TO notify him Of
the dangerous use ofthat material.
VIM. j. SlaussOn, contractor OF the
Midland Railroad, in New Jersey, is miss.
ing, with $4,000 1t Is feared he has
been murdered.
The proprietors Of the Fifth Avenue
Hotel have sent $4,000 and $4,000 worth
worth Of carpets, clothing, bedding, &c,
TO Chicago.
A meeting Of Insurance Presidents TO.
day was attended by about fifty. Mr..
Miller, State Superintendent ot Insurance,
addressed them, saying, II any were com
PEELED to go into liQuidation he would do
the best he could to protect the interests
of insurers and stockholders, but would
make frank and candid statements oftheir
condition. lie thought the losses by the
Chicago fire would DO but small pers
centagc to the citizens of this State.
President Oakley stated that he had just
returned from Chicago, and considers the
losses there under.estimatcd. The Chi.
cagO companies could not pay more than
10 or 10 per cent of their liabilities. He
stated that all the New York companies
could pay their losses.
A Grand Jury was sworn In tO.day at
the Court of General Sessions, in place Of
the one discharged by Judge Barnard.
The members Of the bar contributed
1896 for the Chicago fund. The Amcri.
cans in London had collected over $4,000
up TO date. Clews, Habrecht IL Co., Of
London, give $4,000 Frankfort and Ger.
many had collected 10000 ilorins up to
Saturday last. The Baltic Lloyd Steam
ship Company at Shetland, Prussia. pre-.
senls by cable $4,000, with the request
that II be sent to the Mayor Of Chicago.
The Chamber of Commences appointed
working committee OF fifteen, formed to
attend the wants of the sufferers by the
late fire, have arrived in this city.
The London firm Of Jay Cooke " Go.
send Gl 600 Tor Chicago.
The Liverpool, London and Globe In.
suranCe Companies pay all their losses to
Chicago, amounting to near three quarters
OF million, and subscribe $4,000 TO the
relief fund.
Wm. II. Hill, for 22 years in tho en-
ploy Of the Weston Union Telegraph
Company and Chief clerk Of the delivery
department, died today Of organic disease
of the heart The funeral will take place
Wednesday
A telegram was received at the Post
Office Department today from the post
master ut Chicago, stating that one Of the
post office safes Of that city had been
reached and its contents found to be badly
scorched Thirty.fve hundred dollars
in money was recovered, and about $780,
600 worth Of postage stamps were in u
condition to be returned for exchange,
although not tit 10 BE- used. The cashiers
day.bOok and ledger were found to be in
condition to he read, but the cash book
was destroyed The safe of the money
order department, and that Of the stamp
ed envelope clerk were yet in the ruins.
The U. s. District Attorney at Chicago
lost all his papers.
The Board of Supervising Inspectors
Of Steamboats,, today after consultation
decided against the request Of the West.
ern steam tug owners to carry greater
pressure Of steam than the law prescribes
for steamers carrying passengers.
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