The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1874-07-06
NEW YORK CITY.
MAYOR HAvEARYRn TO BE PROSECUTE

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New YoRK, July 4.-Hon. John Kelly
Chairman Of the TammAny Hall Commis
sion, and Alderman Oswald Ottendorier
with q council including Republican,
OF the Council Of Political Reform. an or
ganizstlon composed Of Republicans and
Democrats, are preparing the ground
work tor action against Mayor uaye-
meyer and The recently convicted and 70.
appointed Police Commissioners, Oliver
Charllck and Hugh Gardner. The At
torney General has been asked BY tele-
graph to direct Assistant Attorney Cen
eral Fairchild to assist In the proposed
prosecutions. He was engaged In the
trial Of Gardner and Charlick, and Ia con.
versant with the details OF the case. Il
was decided at the consultation to ask the
Governor 10 remove Mayor Havemeyer
on tho specific charges and to suspend
him from Office during the investigation.
Inc charges against the Mayor are that
he has appointed 10 Office men who are
ineligible BY reason Of their conviction OF
msdemeanor, and that even II they are
eligible, their appointment Is an out
rage on the public, since they have
been convicted, and have similar indict.
mens hanging over them. The papers
10 the case are being rapidly prepared.
application will also be made 10 the
Grand Jury for the finding Of additional
Indictments against Police Commissioners
Gardner and Charlick. The charges are
analogous TO those Of the old indictments,
but are said to be Of grayer nature,
Counsel has also been directed to prepare
an application to the Civil Court for other
means OF relief. Should Mayor Have
meyer be removed or suspended from
ONCE, his successor for the unexpired
term will be President Vance, OF the
Board ol Aldermen. This and different
organizations represented 10 the prosecu-
ton 1t Is claimed show that It Is not a
political one; meantime the Police Board
is unorganized. Commissioners Bisbecker
and Duryee balance Charlick and Gard
ner, and the former, 1t is said, refuse to
recognize the latter as lawfully appointed
Commissioners.
HoYr, sPRAaUR q co.
The affairs Of Hoyt, Sprague & Co.
have been placed in the hands oil re.
ceiver on petition OF the executors Of the
estate OF Edwin Hoyt. Receiver Au.
gustus Jugliard has been connected with
the firm for several years, and has had
confidential relations with Hoyt, who re.
commended his appointment II q receiver
should become necessary. The receiver has
taken possession Of the assets Of the firm,
which amount to several million dollars.
The appointment Is understood to have
oeen satisfactory to all interested. There
has been no official discontinuance Of the
18th.
A LIFE RRTRosPEcT. t..
Henry Ward Beecher, in a PRAYER
meeting in Plymouth Church last even.
ing, gave retrospect Of his lie, closing
as follows: II have had many experiences
such as all men have had, OF sorrow and
defeat. TO my public life. Not one too
many, when looked at from the other
side; but ot one thing my dearly beloved, |
pc fully assured, my greatest Joy shall
0e assured when in the presence oi
the revealed God, you come up,
and we shall all shake hands In |
eternal blessed reunion. l shall ever
be by the side oi my loved Savior,
whose servant l have been. am con-
scious OF devoting to my ministry nv
best strength and best mind. have
worked with single eye 10 the advance.
ment Of the knowledge Of Christ's grace
among men, and no man shall take this
honor from me. What u for the
future, | care not; 1t is In the
hands oi our universal pastor. I can
leave everything in the hands of the
Lord. Living or dying, let US take again
the staff of work and gird up anew our
loins, md the Savior will lead US forward
I'LL We meet in the kingdom Of the future.
CONCERNING A LARGE EsTATE.
The decision Of Surrogate Hulchings
setting aside the will and codicil OF Fred.
erick Rallwayen, disposes OF an estate OF
several millions oil dollars. The case is
remarkable for the amount involved and
the length and bitterness Of the litigation.
The decision OF the surrogate virtually
declares the will 10 have been manuiac.
tured and the infant claimant not
to have been the child ol tho decedent
VAN HOFFMAN EXPLAINS.
MIR. Van Hoffman states that the rea-
son why his house withdrew their offer
lor the new five per cent bonds was that
there was SO much delay in the negotia-
lions that they apprehended loss from
The transactions In view Of the possible
fluctuations in the value Of exchange.
LIQUOR DEALERS INDICTED.
The Excise Board have procured an
Indictment against sixty unlicensed liquor
dealers. In June last year 8 ,9s7 licenses
were issued, against only 1,4O0 in May
and June Of the present year.