The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-02-19
NEW YORK CITY.

NEW YORK, FeDruary 17.-The RelieI
Committee has at last taken steps to reor.
ganize and raise funds TO assist France to
pay its war indemnities, 1ig
1t Is now asserted that the Legislative
Committee Is TO examine tho corruption
in the election Of Mr.. Tweed, and make
their statement to the Senate.
The Working Mems Union last night
determined 10 issue o circular to the yari-
oustrades societies Of this city, calling upon
them to prepare to take steps for the en-.
iorcement Of the eight hour law, begin.
ming April 1st. A meeting Of delegates
was called to dermine as TO the propriety
Of the strike.
The German Republican Committee Of
this city last evening passed resolution
that, while adhering to the national nom.
nations o. the Republican party, they will
act in municipal affairs with any party
honestly working for reform. =
C.7R Dillon, o prominent chemist Of
Philadelphia, was found sick and dying
in the street yesterday by the police, who
conveyed him to the Tombs prison, where
he died this morning.
Henry Stepner, who recently shot his
son and then attempted to commit suicide,
died from his injuries to-day ai 14iiS
The lately exploded Bowling Green
Savings Bank was adjudicated q bank.
rupt to-day. III \
I Judge d. P. Daley, Of the Common
Pleas Court, will be ready TO try the in.
dictments against Mayor Hall on Febru.
ary .26th, to which time the case is ad-
journed. 1t Is understood that Attorney
General Barlow will assist the District
Attorney in the prosecution.
Smallpox is decreasingsowing 10 the
very general vaccination that has taken
place. The cases now occurring are
mostly varioloid. Six deaths are report.
cd to-day, and twenty-five for the week.
The circumstances Of the death OF the
Philadelphia chemist, Dugganor Dillon,
reflect discreditably on the police officials,
who, It seems, instead Of taking the de.
ceased to the hospital, took him TO the
'Tombs prison. iE's
Conking, the absconding Secretary of
the Market Savings Bank, Is reported 10
be in Nevada, working in the mines. ih
NEW YoRR, Feb. 19.-The Amcricus
Club last night elected VIM. M. Tweed
President, and Henry Smith Vice Presi!
dent. Tweed made speech, saying that
he looked forward to the time when he
would be absolved from politics and liti.
CATIONS, when he could devote his whole
attention to the welfare Of the Club,
The challenge Of the Atlantas for a
four.oared skull race on the Thames has
boen accepted the London Rowing Club.
Six men arc II. be taken to England by the
New Workers. ,., ...
Henry Cleys has offered TO undertake
TO furnish funds for the Central Under
ground Railroad Company, If the charter
be so amended as to give the right to con.
struct tunnel under Broadway from the
Battery to Union Square. II Is stated
that all the opposing interests except
one have been coalesced with the Central
scheme, and that funds have already been
secured for the construction and equip
ment Of the road.
1t is reported that Archbishop McClos
ky succeeds to the Primateship vacated
by the death Of Mr. Spaulding, and that
Bishop Lynch, ol =. O., will be Archbish-
op of New York.
A forged check for $500, purporting
to be drawn by Nourse & Brooks on tho
Fourth National Bank, passed through the.
clearing house Friday. ~ a17
Twenty.seven orphans were removed
from the Catholic Asylum, on Fifth Ave
nue., to-day, in consequence Of being at.
tackled by smallpox. -5s
The great case under the landlord and
tenant act comes up before Judge Lane
tomorrow, involving the possession OF the
Teutonia Assembly Rooms valued at
100000, on a claim for unpaid ground
rent. = ~ '>7'.' ,s' 5e 4a'l y
Capt. Leonard Henning, Of Elizabeth,
New Jersey, was accidentally shot Fri.
day, by his son, II years old, probably
fatally. rrB .s, @-st
Seven persons were plunged in the wa
ters Of Black Lake, Sullivan county, a few
days ago, by the breaking of the ice. All
were saved, but nearly exhausted.
The HerGlTS Washington special re-
ports that the President has ordered in
structions to be sent to the New York
District Attorney to commence criminal
proceedings against oil persons shown by
testimony before the Custom House In
vestigating Committee to have paid or
received bribes
It is stated that several warehouses for
unclaimed goods will be designated by
Collector Anthony, OF New York, as part
of the radical change in the general order
of business. na.sg u
New YoRK, February 19.-The Judi
ciary Committee, which begins tomorrow
an investigation Of the charges against
Judges Cardozo, Barnard, Ingraham and
McCunn, have agreed upon a specific and
tolerably decisive programme as to how
the investigation Is to be conducted.
1t seems to have been in the first
place the desire Of the Bar Association
to omit the name~ot Judge AIcCunn
from the list Of the accused In order to use
him as States evidence against the others.
The opposition Of many Of the Bar Asso.
citation became, however, so strong that
this intention was abandoned and Judge
McCunn is to be included among the ac-
cused, one oil the charges against him be.
ing when acting as Recorder in the Binin.
ger bankruptcy case, he used money in his
charge to the amount Of $4,000 in put.
ting up building.
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