The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-12-19
NEW YORK CITY.

NEW YORK, December 18.-Mr. Eng
land, Of the Sun, has abandoned his puf-
pose Of raising funds for q Greeley statue
and offers u return Of the money to thu
subscribers. .s..
Stokes told a reporter yesterday that 10
the new trial he will prove that Fisk was
armed on the day Of the murder, and also
satisfactorily prove what was done with
his pistol subsequent 10 the shooting.
Father Burke last night delivered q
lecture in reply to the last words oI
Froude before an immensely crowded
audience in the Brooklyn Academy Of
Music.
A snow storm commenced here this
morning.
Tho Tammany Society last evening
installed q number Of new members, and
new Sachems were installed In place Of
Chas. 0'Conor and Oswald Ottcnderler,
these gentlemen not having presented
themselves since their election.
Numerous bleinquircs were received
here yesterday from London, concerning
the report that the Erie Go. Is about to
declare dividend upon its preferred
stock It is given out, however, that tho
meeting Of the directors OF Erie Yesterday
decided not to declare q dividend,
Bestrsnd and Cook, the lawyers who
were arrested at Hoboken on the charge
OF fraudulent real estate transactions,
have been released upon consent oil the
party who originally made the charge
against them.
The Italian Consul here publishes q
communication on the immigration OF his
coHnrymen to America, In which he
says he thinks the temporary expense OF
supporting the Italians here good in.
veslment, as the average capital of each
immigrant will more than counter
balance it. The Consul suggests that il
this country does not want the immigrants
here It had better give notice in Italy OF
the hardships incident 10 coming here,
This advice, he says, would be respected,
where, as coming from the Italian gov.
eminent, It would be suspected. The
President Of the Commissioners OF I'm
migration said, at the meeting yesterday,
that the immigrants were honest people,
and not brigands.
The Systematic series Of theIts from the
Pennsylvania railroad, at Jersey CITY, has
been broken up by the arrest Of the pill.
ferers.
From an interview with the City Cham.
bcrlain, published to-day, 1t appears that
not q dollar OF interest had been paid
upon the monies deposited in various
banks to the credit OF the city since De-
cember last. Four per cent on these de-
pNsits would have realized 100000.
AninQuest was commenced to-day BY
the cOroners over the bodies Of The wc-
men sufocated and burned by the fire In
the Fifth Avenue Hotel, on the night Of
tho 9lh inst.
Fire Marshal Mc5peedon testified: The
employees Of the hotel must have been
endeayoring to extinguish the flames 10
minutes before the public alarm was
given.
James McGregor, Superintendent Of
Buildings, said, in his opinion, that suiIo-
cation was the cause OF the death OF the
girls, and if they had time to reach
the window they could have escaped
by the door.
Capt&in Burden, Commaudant Of Po-
lice Precinct, said he went to the hotel
Immediately on the alarm Of fire being
rendered, but he did not learn of the
death Of the girls until 2 or 81 o'clock.
Mary Groves, said she saw the flames
entering her room, J07, and the fro did
not originate IN that room, as frequently
stated.
The funeral of JOHN F. Kensett took
place today from the First Presbyterian
Church. 1t was numerously attended by
the friends and associate artists
Three Jurors have been obtained in the
Stokes case.
Judge Ingraham today denied q stay of
proceedings III the case Of King, the mur.
derer Of 0'Niel, but granted q commits.
sion to procure testimony in England.
Kings trial follows that OF Stokes.
The defense Of Sinemons for tho mur-
der Of Duryea will be that he was in o
paraxysm Of insanity when he committed
the act, having been excited to . frenzy,
by Duryea's taunts and knowledge Of his
straitened monetary condition.
The Consul Of Denmark, in this city,
acknowledges the receipt Of 1854 for
the reliet OF the sufferers by the recent
inundation in Denmark. Six thousand
dollars have thus lar been RENTED by
mail. Reports indicate the suffering
greater than has been stated, and future
contributions are solicited.
The proposition to settle the claims of
the Erie Railway against Jay Gould by
bis paying 100000 to the company,
will be discussed at special meeting OF
the Board Of Directors to morrow.