The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1873-07-12
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nent and best known here: John b.
Alley, Oaks and Oliver Aues, c. j.
Bushwe'l, Oliver Chsrlick, Sidney Dill
lon, John R. Duff. Thos. C. Durant,
George Opdyke, Henry Trowbridge,
George Francis Train, ]. J. Cisco d
Son, Dehaven & Bro, E. S. Scranton &
Co., John F. Tracy. Fourth National
Bank, ]. P. Hasssrd, II. B. Holiday.
Samuel Hopper & Co.. Legrand Lock.
wood & Co., H. S. McConbs, T. Lord,
T. w. Patterson & Co., James Phelps,
Iselim & Co, Thomas Rowley, Beard
& Cummings, and B. F. Ham.
The Liberal Republicans.
The Liberal Republican General
Committee met last night, when
| it was announced that the State
Committee would meet at Saratoga on
IJuly 3lst. General Cochran said that
letters received from distinguished gen
tlemen in all parts Of the State showed
that the liberal movement was as great
as ever. The future Of the Liberal par.
ty would probably be shaped by the
Convention to be called by the State
Committee.
News Items.
The management OF the new East
River bridge may be ssid to have as
sumed a new aspect yesterday.
The coaling OF the steamer Tigress
for her Arctic voyage is nearly finished
but she has yet to be provisioned.
! Many conflicting rumors are current
concerning Kate Stoddard arrested tor
the Goodrich murder. The latest is to
the effect that the police cannot now
believe their prisoner to be the mur-
dress OF Goodrich.
A special from Halifax to the Times
says tha. heavy swell from the south-
ward, yesterday morning, broke across
the bar where the City OF Washington
was lying, causing her to lift and surge
go much that at 9 A. NJ. she csreened
abstt the foremast and the forward part
Immediately sunk in fourteen feet OF
water, carrying one man down who
was rescued with difficulty. All the
spars went overheard except the mizzen
mast. The largest part OF the cargo
will be saved in a damaged condition.
Sherldens divers are at the wreck to
begin work at once.
| A Herald special from London gives
the details of General Kauffman's ad-
vance on the Khivan troops. Kaufman
crossed Oxus the first Of June, with
ten pieces OF artillery. The Russians
attacked Adamkierslsud, and Iepulsed
the famous Asiatic brigand Sudika
Vslta. Kaufman had skirmisbes with
the euemy continually during the last
twenty miles Of his march to Oxus. Oa
arriving there he charged Turcoman's
force, defeating them and capturing
eleven be ats used Tor transports. kautf-
man entered the territory OF Khanate
Pruper, and captured the army boats,
where he was met by the publication OF
| a proclamation OF friendship.
Last night Edward Turner Of the firm
OF Bradley g. Co., painters. was stand
ing before Fifth Avenue Hotel, when a
we'll dressed stranger asked him. is
your name WatsonY He replied in
the negative and the stranger left. At
q later hour Turner was going home
when he noticed the same stranger fol-
loving hir. The same question as to
bis name was asked and the same reply
ELECTED, when the stranger drew q
knife and stabbed Turner three times IN
the lett breast just over the heart The
would be assassin fled. Turner's
wounds on examination were found to
be serious but not mortal. The dagger
had passed each time through thick
leather covered pocket book and
through an envelope containing pho
togrspbs 10 one pocket of the book.
This alone, the doctors say, saved Iur-
rer from instant death.
Hudson the Forger.
A statement having appeared in
many papers tina: a man named j. q.
Feoutt, aliss Harry Hudson, of Hudson,
Son & Co., bankers, No. So Wall street,
New York, was arrested in Harrisburg,
Pa, charged with forgery, and confess
ed that he had frsudulently obtained
s2S, 900 from the Germania bank OF
New York. A reporter called on the
President of the Germsnis bank to
learn the true yersion OF the affair. His
statement was to the effect that there
was 10 truth whatever in the statements
OF the papers about losing 10000. Mr..
q. Feoutt, the father Of the parson ar
rested, has for come time kept his &C.
count with the Germ ania bank and his
son acted for him in the wire business
as agent. He was always bad boy,
aui constantly giving him trouble.
Some four weeks ago the
father missed his check book and
at once gave orders to the bank to stop
payment of all his checks. Short
iy after several checks, aggregating
probably $4,000, were presented by
other banks aud rejected, being forge
ries. They were no doubt issued by
the SON and he was probably engaged
in passing more ofthem when arrested
His mode ofoperstion was to 60 to the
banks to whom his father was in debt,
and presenting check for the amount
10 liouidste tie debt, then suddenly re-
membering that he was a little short,
produce another check and ask the
cash 70, it. OF course the game sue.
cee ded, as the check was . well execu'
ted forgery. There is no such firm as
| SO Wall street as Hudson, Son q Co,
| in fac. no such number in the street
| The Dana Label Suit.
| A Washington dispatch says that
several lawyers are engaged, directly