The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1873-05-19
NEW YORK.
Workipgmen's Meeting.

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New YORK, May 1.-THE mass
meeting of the workipgmen was held at
Cooper Institute tonight. The attend
auce was small Several speeches were
made and resolutions adopted dencunc-
ing railroad and other monopolies, and
advocating the rapid transit, cheap
homes and fair compensation for labor,
and expressing their opinions that
these objects will never be attained
until the city and government assume
control OF such matters.
The annual meeting of the society
Of preventing cruelty to animals was
held tonight, Henry Bergh presiding.
President Bergh gave an interesting
history Of the society in its work in
gaining the passage OF the bill creating
it.
Nixon's FuueraI.
Michael Nixo1, the murderer OF
Pfeifer, who was hanged on Friday,
was buried this afternoon. A large
number of male friends OF Nixon form
ed IN procession and marched behind
the uearse to the burying ground. The
remains were inferred iu Calvary Gene
terry.
The ship joiners Of this city are pre-
pairing to strike. A meetirg was held
last night for organization.
Deceuts were made by the police last
night, upon some Of the most infamous
dens in the Tenth ward, and also in
some Of the lowest quarters OF the
Fourth ward. Over thirty females were
arrested, and large numbers OF males.
Wholesale Poisoning.
The Herald to-day publishes an &C"
count OF a case OF wholesale poisoning
in this city. which, through the pre-
valence Of other parties, have never
reached the ears Of the authorities nor
been properly investigated. 1t appears
that a young son Of Mrs. Motfit, Of
l47 West Twenty-eighth street, who
was employed in house up town in
some domestic capacity, was poisoned
BY arsenic administered in tea and is
low in dying state. On inquiry being
made it was found that six persons were
poisoned in the same manner and in
the same house up town. Suspicion
was attached to an old domestic en-
ployed in the family as butler, but no
reason could be assigned for the pols-
ouing. Mrs. Moffit declines to state
any facts to the press, and it is suppos-
ed thst she has been paid by certain
wealthy and influential parties TO keep
silent about the subject. II is not
known whether any OF the other per-
sons poisoned have died, and it is be.
lieved that the authorities will invesI-
gate the mystery.
DoubIs Murder.
NRw YoRL, May 1.-THE officers
here were Informed to-day that at No.
440 Sullivan street, in a negro lance
house, the body OF negro had
been found in an out house, lying in a
pool OF blood, and that traces OF blood
had been found leading through the
house and out into the street On fol
lowing the track the officers went TO
No. ITO Thompson street, where they
found the body Of Mary Jane Sullivan,
white woman and the mistress OF
James Jackson,a a colored white washer.
The body was found on the bed A
broken ax-handle WAS near her. Her
body was marked with cuts, and over
one eve was a wound, caused by blunt
instrument. which had penetrated to
her brain. The body had been wash
ed. In the came room with the corpse,
were Lottie Armstrong and Kate Jack
con, both white, the latter & former
mistress OF Jackson. Both these wo-
men denied any knowledge Of murder.
They were arrested, and the police are
after Jackson, who has fled. Before
leaving, be got his bank book and took
a number Of articles with him. The
police believe there is no connection
between the bloody razor and death OF
the woman Sullivan. They believe two
murders have been committed. The
place on Sullivan street is two blocks
from the one on Thompson street, but
in trying to unrsyel the mystery OF the
razor, they stumbled a womaD's body.
The wounds on her face were all ev-
identity indicted by blunt instrument.
Modoc Victim.
The remains OF Captain Evan Them
as who was killed by the hotoca, ar.
rived last night aud were taken to the
residence OF his father, General Thomas,
The funeral services took place there
this afternoon and was attended By
Secretary Belknap and nearly all the
army officers in the city, including Gen.
Sherman. Myers, Townsend and others.
The services were conducted by Rev. ].
V. Lewis, rector OF the ST.. johns P Z
Church. There was no military dis
play.
Smallpox.
Eight new cases Of small pox occarr-
ed here yesterday aud to-day, and the
diseass seems to be on the Increase.
The present year being the anniver.
sary o, the death OF Philip EmburT.
founder OF Methodism in thle conntry,
the National Association Of local pa
pers are raising fuuds to erect a moDu-
ment over his remains, inferred al