The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1874-12-17

made for the purchase and repairs of
property at Rachue, Mexico and the
Rev. VIM. Butler was granted the power
of attorney to acquire title for the So
ciety, Very large appropriations were
made for domestic missions, particularly
for the relief Of the districts devastated
by the grasshopper plague. Money was
also appropriated for an increase of sala-
ries, chiefly in the district of Rome and
Italy.
COurtesies Exchanged.
WASHINGTON, December 16.-The
President and Cabinet to-day returned
the visit Of King Kalakaua. Mr.. Shcr-
man, who arrived here to-day, ACCOM-
panied the party, and spent some time
in conversation with the King Card
re, options and other official courtcsies
will be commenced Tomorrow
More FRAUDS OF Magnitude"
BOsToS, December l6.-Tbe Herald
says that frauds of magnitude have been
discovered in the Charlestown Navy
Yard, and that the officials concerned
have been suspending the pending in
vestigation at Washington.
The Boston Fire.
BosToN, December l6.-The losses by
the Plymyston and Warham street fire
aggregated 100000. The insurance, as
far as known, is $l4l,0O0.
The losses by the Charlestown fire ag-
gregatcd $l45, 700; insurance $60600.
StockhoIders' Meeting of the CoIum.
u,aA
Railroad.
NEW YORK, December 16.-An ad-
journed meeting of the stockholders Of
the Columbus, Chicago and Indiana Cen
tral Railroad was held to-day. The
business consisted largely of complaints
against the Pittsburgh Convention of the
st. Louis and Pennsylvania Central, and
a resolution adopted by the stockholders
Of this company at meeting in Column
bus, October oath. Thos. A. Scott, Mr..
Smith, President of the Indiana Central
Railroad, and others, made addresses.
The report of the Board of Directors
was ordered to be submitted to the stock
holders.
A long discussion took place in regard
to the guarantee on the bonds Of the
Columbus, Chicago and Indiana Central.
Amended Civil Rights Bill.
WASHINGTON, December l6.-The
House Committee on Judiciary, to-day,
agreed upon the supplementary civil
rights bill, taking that which last year
passed the Senate and now pending be-
fore the House, rs foundation for it. The
only alterations made are the omission Of
cemeteries and the Insertion ofprovision.
for separate schools for whites and blacks
with equipments and provisions for in
s.ruction in all respects equal, the APP
preparation Of the school funds to be pro
rata between the races. An alteration is
also made in the matter of punishment
for the violation of the law; instead of
the penalties being cumulative, the House
Committee make them either civil or
criminal. The chairman of the COM
mittee has been instructed to report the
bill rs a substitute for the Senate bill,
with the understanding that Mr.. White
of the Committee shall offer his bill rs
substitute. The latter does not prohibit
separate accommodations in schools,
railroads, inns, &c, for the two races,
provided the accommodations are of an
equal kind.
King Kalakua.
WHsuINGToN, December licking
Kalakua will visit Congress Friday.
Pacific Mail Investigation.l
WASHINGTON, December 15.-The
Wsys and Means Committee resumed
the Pacific Mail investigation this morn
ing. The books were examined, and
thew show that on the oath Of May, 1872
S640, 900 was loaned by the Company To
a firm of New York brokers, that on the
7th Of September following, the firm re-
turned $500, 900 Of this loan, and that on
the same day President Stockwell drew
$500. 900 out of the bank and charged 1t
to Oliver Eldridge and n. b. Irwin,
agents at San Francisco.
The physicians attending Irwin, stated
that though he is still i'll, he may be able
TO come to the Capitol to-day, or be in
terrogated by the committee in his room,
if they consider his immediate eXamlna-
ton absolutely necessary. A su6-com-
m,ttee we're appointed and took Twins
testimony at his room. 1t will not be
made public until after the close OF the
investigation.
Irwin,s Te-,irisny
The substance of the testimony of Mr..
Irwin, was this: -. =, E,
He was employed 10y the Pacific Mail
Steamship Company is various capacities,
from 1864 to December 81, lS'2, and
during the last portion of the time as a
member of the firm Of Eldridge " Irwin,
accents of the company at San Francisco.
In the winter of 1872 he was employed
as the agent of the company for the pur-
nose Of procuring subsidy for the China
mail The contract was most ot II IN
letters from the company to hlm, oy
which he was to receive certain sums oil
money in full of the expenses in obtain:
ing subsidy. The amount to be paiu
was not to be finally hquidated until tne
entire service was performed, as the eA.
penses could not be ascertained until tha'
time.
Aid for Nebraska Sufferers.
OMAHA, December l6.-The NebraskS
State Relief Society haqe been informed
that the express companie. leading int'
New York and the Erie, Lake Shore
Pennsylvania, Kankakee and Burhnstor
Missouri railroad companies have grant
ed tree transportation to the society @ye' ',
their lines, from New York and fh'ia
delphia to Chicago and Omaha.
Another Fire.
HAKrroRD, December l6,-The isrg'
mill in the Warehouse Point, occupiec
hy the Leonard Silk Company ant
Chaplin and Barber Silk Company, wa wa
Ssstroyed BY FIRE this evening. The ma
cbinery was very valuable. The los
wa, total, and will probably be owe
half million dollars. ltis believed tina
the fire was the work of an incendiary
The % cas- works of the factory supplies
the a' village also, and the fire left the in in
bsbitants in darkness Two hunare'