The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-12-18
NEW YORK CITY.
The ItalIan 1mmlgrant EIephan,.

| NG " EVhA VA As
The Italian Immigrant Elephant.
New YORK, December 1.-THE BoArt
Of Emigration has now under It's carC
nearly . 900 Italian immigrants who Art
almost entirely destitute. 6Ometwo hun
dred Of them went yesterday as railroad
laborerS to Virginia. The capacity OF the
Aims House on Woods Island Is taxed tC
Its utmost, but it 10 expected that o ma
lority OF those cared Tor will be provided
with employment before tho middle ol
winter. If the immigration continues, the
project is to rent q large warehouse and
quarter the immigrants therein. II now
transplres that large number oi
Italian children are purchased from
their parents and brought 10 this
country TO earn o living for their owners
by begging and stealing. The statement
Is made upon the authority that regular
system Of traffic Is carried on by specu-
lating parties in these poor children, and
that agents go annually TO certain sec
tons 10 Italy and by Misrepresentation
succeed in procuring numbers ol the lit.
tie ones, whose parents at home are given
to the impression that they come to
America as 10 an EldoradO, where tabu.
lous wealth awaits them. ..,..
The committee appointed by the Italian
meeting Sunday, yesterday took meas
ures for bringing the state OF the desti-
tute immigrants here to the notice ot the
Italian residents.
At meeting of Joint Committee Of
Petroleum Producers aud Refners yes
terday,l for The purpose OF settling upon
the quantity and price OF the oil to be
furnished by the formerito the latter, (nO
definite resnlt was reached.
At meeting Of the directors Of the
Rrooklyn Bridge Co. yesterday, an inves.
tigatiDg committee made o report which
was very damaging to certain officials,
and the result OF which created very
exciting debate. The meeting took no
definite action on the subject.
Claude Mertange, Frenohnau,' form!
eriy Of San Francisco, suicided yesterday
by shooting himself in the mouth with q
pistol, i. .L - r'f sggCC
ROASTING A BABY.
Terrence Doloa was arrested last night,
charged with roasting an infant son to
death Ou red hot stove. -'F
At Fleetwood Park yesterday, the grey
msrc Jane beat the bay gelding Hymen,
in u trot Tor $3.50 o side. ~. -
Atsmeeting Of the Board of Emigration
to-day, communication was received
from Secretary Fish, stating that the
United States authorities in Italy would
be instructed to adopt measures to prevent
q repetition Of outrages upon emlgrants.
An annual meeting Of the New York
branch Of the American Colonization So.
Ciety was held this morning. The re-
ceipts Of the year were $18, 900, the whole
from this State. Bishop HAight Of Mass
was elected President in place of Prof
Morse, deceased; Hon. Thos. W. Elliott
OF Albany, Vice President in place ot
Erastus Corning, deceased Delegates
were appointed TO attend the meeting ot
the parent society, TO be held in Washing.
ton, on the third Tuesday in January.
The reported cause OF the dispute be.
tween Simmons and Duryea which led
to the murder Of the latter last night
was the failure OF Duryea to pay $4,000
borrowed from Simmons some time ago
Fourteen wounds were found on the body
Of DurYea, -s
Henry Green, Of Grand Rapids, Mich,
who was admitted to Park Hospital some
days ago, died Of apoplexy to-day, His
brother arrived here yesterday, and was
with him when he died:
In the trial of DR.. Irish to-day, several
witnesses testified for the defense, among
them Mrs. Brown, mother Of Mrs. An.
derson, testified that on one occasion Mr..
A., deceased, requested his, wife 10 get
some arsenic to kill cars with. Arsenic
was procured and usedfor this purpose.
Judge Sedgwick to-day decided that
Rose McCabe, known also as Sister Mary
Stsnislaus, was Insane but not incurable
and she will probably beleitin the custody
Of the keepers Of the asylum.
Commissioner Osborne to-day remand
ed Dennis Noonan, the alleged Irish .for.
ger, to await requisitioniby the British
authorities.
The late s. N. Pike isrreported to have
left property TO the value Of $S,000,000 in
New York, New jersey, Cincinnati, and
in the mines in Utah.
John Graham and Elbrl1ge T. Gerry
have been retained by Simmons, the
murderer Of Duryea, as his counsel.
The defense In the case OF King, for
tho murder Of 0'Neill,' will be insanity.
General Dix has declined the public
dinner rendered him by a'number ofthe
most influential citizens. #