The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1873-11-07
WHEELING. w. FRIDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 1873
NEW YORK CITY.

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q NEW YoRK, Nov. 8-wm. Albrecht
age II, while in the Office Of his employer
Yesterday, attempted to kill himself BY
dischaTging Q revolver into his side. Tht
boy has been Incorporate for the pas
fortnight. He threatens 70 make another
attempt should herecoyer.a = q.
The amount contributed In Brooklyn o.
the polling places, Tuesday, for the Mem
phis sufferers was nearly $1,000.
The work Of getting jury In The
Tweed trial ID progressing. The counsel
for, the defence. asked that triers be ap=
pointed and witnesses sworn 70 give eyl!
d6ncet 10 the triers5 The request was de-
MED and exceptions taken.
The associated banks hold about $2lj :
000, 900 in legal tenders.
The total amount OF foreign gold re-
ceived OF the assay office from Oct. 9th Ia
date was el, ,s5f ,S25.
Joseph Costello was fatally shot this
morning by, Benjamin Mallory while the
two were quarreling in the Filth Ward.
70 John Force, aged IS years, shot dead
one Miller, Of Dover, N. j., while visiting
the wife OF the latter.
= In the General Sessions 10. day motion
was made 10 quash the indictments found
In 1871 against ex-C Comptroller Connolly,
on the ground that he was co-delendant
ID. tho trialno pending against Tweed.
The case was set down Tor the 10th inst.
In the Oyer and Terminer Court to-day,
Judge Davis sentenced James D. Center,
the 9Th Juror In the Stokes case, 10 thirty
days imprisonment and fine Of two hun.
dred and fifty dollars, for the too free use
OF his toDge while the trial was progress.
ing.
In the case Of Altman against exCol-
lector Murphy, TO recover alleged excess
i've duties, Judge Woodruff, OF the U. 8.
Court, has decided that under the act Of
1854, prospective protests regarding the
paymet Of duties on imported goods are
void and useless.
At a meeting Of the Chamber Of Com
merce this afternoon number Of tabular
statements, showing the amounts Of differ.
ent products Of the United States and the
necessity Of increased facilities for their
transportation, were presented by Mr..
Samuel Ruggles. The tables were ordered
to be printed and copies transmitted to the
Senatorial Committee on Transportation.
A paper on the late financial crisis and
present stripgency and want Of confidence
In financial circles was presented by A.
A. Low. In 1t he recommended that, In
view. Of the present situation and what
may follow, the Chamber would respect
fully ask, Congress, when 1t next convenes,
ifneed be, to cause the purchase OF United
States bonds 10 be stopped, and the appli.
cation Of the gold reserve to,the redemp.
ton Of Treasury notes, reservipg the
power Of reissue. = =.
DR.. Baltz, convicted Of sending obscene
matter through the mails sentenced to one
year in the penitentiary, made an unsuc.
ceasful attempt TO escape from the Lud:
low street Jail In women's clothes.
The proceedings in the Tweed case to.
day has been entirely without interest,
consisting only Of examination oil Jurors,
all whom 80 far have been excused.
henry @. DeRham, one oi the Oldest
foreign merchants Of this city, died sud.
denly this morning at his residence on
Fifth Avenue, aged 80 years. He was 10
1925 connected as an arbitrator with the
famous Greek Frigate Arbitration, In
which Messrs. Howiand and Bsyard were
concerned. Hytsar g ri
The bricklayers' strike still continues
with success, and probably in few days
will have concluded in favor Of the
strikers. Among the firms who refuse TO
make any important concessions are those
putting up the Western Union Telegraph
building, Tribune building, and DR.. Halls
church, corner 55th street and 9th avenue.
The Brooklyn Union states that none
Of the parties indicted by the Kings
county grand jury, including the New
York Tribune and Sun, have been ar.
raigned to plead to the indictments.
The investigation Of the recent collision
between two Erie Railroad ferry boats
before the local steamboat inspectors was
concluded to-day. No result Is announced
as yet. 81 i w ~ II
Laura Keene, the well known actress,
died in New Jersey today at an advanced
age. !:
Ehere was crowded meeting Of the
Tammany society tonight, all the great
guns of the party being present TO con-
slider the reports Of the committees TO
watch the elections. Col. Fellows, from
the committee appointed to watch the
frauds at police headquarters, in a lengthy
speech detailad how the, returns from
over two Senatorial districts, especially
that in which Judge Ledwith was running,
had been tampered with by the police;
the delivery ol the returns having been
systematically kept back, and orders hav.
ing been Issued about II O'clock at night
TO the Police Captain TO prevent the de-
livery Of the Associated Press returns TO
the Associated Press reporters, lest these
latter returns might interfere with the
changing Of figures on the police returns.
It is claimed that this action of the po.
lice was inspired by Commissioner Char
lick, and . resolution was adopted ex-
pelling the latter from membership In the
society," .. - : :. ...::...-.-- =. 49,
weather Report.
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