The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1873-11-21
NEW YORK CITY.

New YORK, Nov. 20.-The Aldermen
have voted the Departments OF Public
Works and Parks one million dollars eacl
to furnish work for unemployed labor
era. The recently elected members o
the Legislature have appointed COM
mittee TO confer with the heads Of depart
ments about work.
The police have thus lar failed 10 find
Sharkey, the convicted murderer, who
escaped from the Tombs, but have 60
cured tho woman who was bis daily vis-
itor.
Captain Manhenegero, OF the ArapelIes
has received orders from the home gov
ernment 10 get ready for sea at the earliest
moment possible and proceed to Cuba.
He expects his vessel to be out OF the dry
dock In thirty days, when nothing will
remain TO be done except TO take her
powder and armament. -'
OF the six passengers arrested ON the
steamer City Of New York at Havana,
three were women, and one neice oil
Almads. An extensive correspondence
was found secreted about their clothing.
By this correspondence many persons on
the Island, hitherto unsupported, were
implicated, and as the Moro Castle left
Havana they werc being shot without
mercy. II was estimated thst about 40
patriots on various portions OF the Island
ha1 met this fate .,.....
G. Warner, q Wall street broker, and a
druggist named Parker were arrested last
evening, charged with having In their
possession forty thousand dollars worth
Of stolen U. s fiyc.twGnties, which they
were offering for sale at twenty cents on
the dollar.
During the year just closing 152 lives
have been lost In the Gloucester fishery,
and "a vessels Of an aggregate tonnage Of
1887 and $4,000 in value have been
swallowed up by the waves.
The Associated Banks hold $3l $50. 600
in legal tenders an increase since ycster-
day OF 81 205 600. e55,000 In specie were
received at the Assay Office to-day.
The Clearing House Association is now
in session, having under consideration the
report of the committee oil nine. Few
seem to think the report will be adopted,
whatever other disposition may be made
of It. u SO. .'
The story that one Roman, a member Of
the 7th Regiment, New York Militia, has
been arrested al Havana and shot, was
enough to send gold up and stocks down.
Matters quieted soon, afterwards.
Commodore Vanderbilt declines TO re-
ceivc the delegation OF railroad engineers,
alleging that he cannot control the wages
OF employees, ..,s.
The wife of p. T. Barnum died las,
night Her husband Is now in Germany.
The Clearing House meeting to-day
lasted three hours, and the discussions
were quite warm. A motion was made
10 lay the report OF the committee Of nine
on the table, which was voted down by 80
ayes 10 IS nays Then 1t was moved that
the report be postponed 90 days, which
was rejected by avote Of 40 10 IS.
Mr.. Vail, Of the Bank Of Commerce,
then formally withdrew from the meet.
ing, and was followed by the representa-.
tives OF the Metropolitan, Grocers', and
State Of New York Banks.
..-Alloi tho above banks ore opposed to
reform measures, Afterwards the Fourth
National and Mercantile Banks lett the
meeting in consequence OF the business at
their respective banking houses. Then
each bank was called upon for an express
sion Of opinion.
A vote was taken on the report as o
whole The vote on this stood-nays II,
ayes 4S
The articles of the Association were
then taken up separately for amendment,
but from Nos. ! to 10 inclusive were
passed.
Article 30 was amended so as to road
as follows: No member Of the Clearing
House Association shall be allowed to re.
deem the checks Of any association. cor
poration, firm or individual, excepting
upon regularly incorporated banks, locat.
ed In the cities oil New York, Brooklyn,
Jersey City and Hoboken, which banks
shall be subject to an examination Of their
condition by committee Of the Clearing
House whenever deemed necessary.
Section Q OF article % was amended 10
read as follows: That 1t will not receive
upon deposit as cash from dealers checks
drawn otherwise'thsn upon banks which
are members Of this Association or upon
such regularly incorporated banks as here.
totore provided BY article 20.
A motion was made to allow three per
cent interest on deposits, which was vo-
ted down bya large majority. Article
No. 23 was stricken out, % the National
BANK law provides for q necessary re-
serve. The feeling was very strong against
the certiflcation Of checks and paying in
tercst on deposits. The banks will meet
again on Tuesday next, to finally dispose
Of the report
Benjamin Warner, q curbstone broker,
was to-day arrested for having 1915 600
Of United States bonds in his possession,
supposed to be a portion OF those stolen
two years ago from Loyazo, Treasurer OF
the Cuban junts. Warner states that he
received the bonds from one Andrew ].
Parker, who also has been arrested,
Is CINCINNATI.