The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-03-12
NEW YORK CITY.

Z 4NhM ApnhN GtAAANA tAlG IlluIl'
notice issued by Collector Arthur, OF tn
Custom House, making disposal Of thl
general order business, the stores ant
warehouses ofthe house Of Leet s. Stock
ing are omitted from the list. It.is statet
that chairmaker Ingersoll, plumber Key
ser, HennGssy, Cooke and Woodward will
turn States evidence. #aNrr
The indictments against Ingersoll have
been withheld by direction OF the Attor
ney General, andiwhen the Deputy Sher.
i'll had m opportunity to arrest him hi
was.prevented by the authorities. ..
Samuel ]. Hidden says that there are
five bushels ottestimony collected against
Tweed, and that but very little evidence
against the ring has been published.
Charles O'COnnor will give his profess.
ional aid TO the prosecution Of the ring
criminals when the trial Of the Jumel
will case has been concluded.
The Reform Committee Of Brooklyn rc.
port that in tho recent election in that
city in fifteen ofthe wards throwing a vote
OF 1913, nearly 1000 were fraudulent,
and 1,72O were doubtful, Frauds were
traced to Archive Bliss and others Of the
Water Board, and b. Mclaughlin and
others Of the Police Commissioners. A
sub b'committee OF the reiormers also
charge great extravaganza by the pros.
pect OF the Park Commissioners
Several rumors arc ailoat relative to
some expected legal raid upon tue Erie
Railway and its officials.
At a meeting of the Eric Railroad
stockholders to-day Gould and eight
directors were voted out and forcibly ex-
PEELED. The Presidents room and Eric
building is in the hands of several hun.
dred police. Intense excitement. The
directors subsequently elected General
Dix President OF the company. 9.a. i4
In the case Of Rev. DR.. Carter against
Emma Couch, on the charge Of black
mailing, the woman was reported by her
counsel as too sick to appear in court,
and Judge Bowling, accompanied by her
counsel, went to the hotel, where she
was formally examined and given into
the charge Of her father TO be taken to
Connecticut Her counsel moved for a
dismissal OF the complaint, in order that
she might have chance to reform, but
the prosecution would not consent, and
the case willIbe tried; she giving bail to
appear. ...... --
A juror in the Jumcl will case being
sick, it will be tried before eleven jury
men. H.... 4..r -
More developments connected with the
Harlem court house swindle are pub.
lished. Over $2GS,500 have been paid
from the county treasury for this building,
which has not reached above the founda.
ton walls yet. Among the items are bills
for black walnut and other timber for
floors. 81 -4 a.. q.'..
Ira Shafer one Of the counsel for Mayor
Hall, was to-day elected a member of the
Law Institute, despite the oppositson of
the Bar Association.
The Staten Island ferry boat Westfeld,
has been seized by the Sheriff of Kings
county, to satisfy judgment in favor Of
Mrs. Madden, whose husband was killed
by the explosion.
The widow Of Prof. Cherinier com.
menced to-day one Of q series of suits
against the owners of the Westield. She
lost her husband and four children, and
sustained personal injury.
The Petroleum Association have ap.
pointed acommittee to visit the oil regions
in order TO devise measures to counteract
the i'll effects resulting from the present
monopoly.
The World says extensive forgeries have
been perpetrated on the Russian Empire
by an organized band OF thieves, who
are notin the Empire. but disseminated
forgeries by agents in Russia. One OF the
gang was arrested with large amount OF
forged bank notes in his possession, tried
and convicted. The operations Of the
rogucs in bank notes, however, were but
trifing compared with their forgeries in
Russian Railway shares, over 100000
roublcs were forged in Moscow and st.
Petersburg.
There were 1O7 cases and AZ deaths
from smallpox in Broolyn last week.