The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1873-01-09
NEW YORK CITY.

mittee, will be presented 10 the LegtSla'
ture tomorrow. There Is a probability
that this charter will be adopted, although
many Of the fundamental principles re.
commended In the charter were proposed
by the Committee Of Seventy. It does
not comprise the provisions Of minority
representation for the municipal elections
in thespriDg, and one or two other points
which the Committee u Seventy had
adopted. Among the principal changes
proposed, are the following: Abolition Of
the Board Of Assistant Aldermen; assign.
ing the duties OF the Supervisors to the
Aldermen; preparation Of the tax levy Is
taken away from Albany, and IS confided
to city officers; heads Of all departments,
except those of finance, public works
and law docks, are reduced from
five to three persons, Aldermen are TO
go out by classes, instead OF in body. The
Mayor Is to nominate the Aldermen and
confirm all heads Of departments. The
Mayor may be removed by the Governor
in the same manner 0s sherittS. Heads Of
departments may be removed by the
Mayor, two.thirds ot the Aldermen con.
curing. Quarterly reports arc exacted Of
heads OF bureaus The Mayor may order
special reports at any time. The consoli.
dation OF sub divisions Of departments Is
permissible. The chief officer Of the
Finance Department Is to be known as
tho Comptroller. All payments by the
corporation shall be made through the
proper disbursing officer Of the Depart.
ment OF Finance, by means OF warrants
drawn on the Chamberlain by the Comp.
lroller Of the county, signed by the Mayor.
It cuts down the salaries Of heads OF de.
partments from $4S0000 to $4,000
per year. The greatest reductions arc
in the departments Of Police, Fire, Charl.
ties, and Correction. The pay Of the
boards oil Aldermen Is cut down from
100000 to one half that amount The
present officials are all turned adrift after
February 18th, except Comptroller Green,
Park Commissioner Van Mort, and the
newly appointed Corporation Counsel, E
Delaheld Smith. All feed officers are
abolished. A novel and striking feature
of the charter Is the strict police and
health surveillance established over every |
inhabitant oI the city.
The committee who drafted the char
ter, in an address which they publish, do
NOT at onceiremove from Office the four
heads OF the departments who have been |
appointed since the reform party gained |
the ascendency In this city. These off,
ces, however, with others are left with
the Mayor and Aldermen to be dealt with
hereafter.
Ex-Governor Hoffman sail today for
two years visit to Europe.
1t was discovered yesterday that Alr.
Kidd, a twine merchant In Murry street,
had trained a fuse, connecting his prem
ises with the adjoining property, where
by they could be set on fire. Kidd was
arrested, and his Office boy testified to see.
ing him making fuses. Three large ware
houses were involved In this attempt, and
but for the discovery, q heavy conaagrs.
grafton would have ensued, as the trains
Of fuses were nearly all laid In the upper
stories and from roof to roof.
Up to noon today four jurors had been
obtained for Tweed's trial.
In the Legislature al Albany odSy
bills were introduced Tor the abolition Of
the usury laws. The report Of the State
Comptroller shows that the expenses ol
the canals last year were $Sl4, 1888 ins ex-
cess OF the receipts. He recommends
prompt legislation ior enlarging the ca.
pscity OF the Erie canal In order to retain
the transportation OF western products
and to successfully compete with the
Canadian canals,
There were three offers to sell bonds to.
day, amounting to 81 500, at Ill 60s
l1i.80, The Government advertised to
buy ono million.
Seven jurors were obtained today In
the Tweed case, as follows: Louis Arm.
ham, 2,295, Third Avenue, clohier;
Henry Warren, 89, North Moore street,
clothing merchant; Micheal Peppard, 800,
East Sixteenth street stables; John D.
Hamlin, 100, West Thirty.third street,
auctioneer; John 8. Rockwell, 1877, 29h
street, liquor dealer; Henry Haselton,
3l6, West Filty.tllth street, plano mann.
iacturer; Thomas W. Roche, 1884, Eighth
Avenue, produce dealer.
Stokes was remanded to the custody ot
Sheriff Brennan to-day, and he immedi
ately placed deputies In charge Of the
prisoner, who may be removed 10 tho
well furnished cell occupied by him be.
fore his sentence,
Arumor was CURRENT to-day that Phelps,
Dodge s. Co., has been sued by the gov
ernment to recover 81 100000 due on
fraudulent invoices, and that the firm
offered TO compromise for $260,000. The
U. s. District Attorney, denies that there
Is any foundation for the rumor.
It Is generally reported that o. 8. Mar.
shall Sharpe, will be appointed Surveyor
VIM. ]. Healy, US. Navy Paymaster,
was arrested today, charged with de-
iraudiDg the government Of $40 OOO Com.
missioner Shields held him In $4,000
bail. He was arrested on affidavit Of an
alleged accomplicc.
The total mortality of the city last year,
was 82,047, an increase Of 5,07l over the
previous year.
An injunction was granted to-day on
the application Of Deputy Chamberlain
Palmer, restraining John Foley, the
Comptroller's appointee, from acting as
Deputy Chamberlain. 1t Is reported that
FoieyWLll present articles Of Impeachment
to alull bench Of the Court Of Common
Pleas.
james Sheppard testified in the hurry
street case to-day that Kidd came from
Charleston, 8. G., where his liquor store
was burned upon which he recovered
IS, 900 insurance, but there was some diff.
tculty about It's payment on the ground
that tho stock alleged to be in store was
not there. ....
The members Of the Board of Public
Works OF Jersey City Were placed on trial
TO day In the Hudson county Court Of
Sessions, before Judge Randolph, on an
indictment for mslIeasanco in office, the