The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1874-12-18
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DOMESTIC NEWS.
The Centennial to be Celebrated by q
Horse Race.

Ine SentennIaI 10 De SeieUTuteu uy q
Horse Race.
New YORK, December 1.-THE man
ayers OF the Monmouth Park Association,
have resolved to celebrate the Centen-
pial of Independence, by the offer of a
purse Of So 600, for all ages, in race OF
four mile heats, and have sent special
notice to all great horse owners in the
country that entries will have
to be made on or before January Isl,
1875, year and half in advance Of the
time set for the race.
The Longshoremcn's Union has au-
thOriZed its members to accept 30 cents
N hour for day work, and 40 cents for
night work These are the rates propos-
ed by ship owners three weeks ago, when
the Longshoremen struck.
The Tweed HabeaS Corpus Case.
William NJ. Tweed was taken from
prison to the Oyer and Tcrminer court,
on IL habeas corpus, this morning, and
the wardens return was traVersed rs to
sentence having expired, illegality ofthe
subsequent sentences imposed, the want
of jurisdiction of the court which tried
him and that the jury were not empan-
neled according 10 law. The counsel
suggested that they be allowed to state
what their proofs were and then hand
them in and have the court pass upon
them, and have certiorari Oh the 23d and
get the case TO the Court of Appeals by
the first Monday in January. The case
was adjourned until Tuesday next, to
give the district attorney time to consid-
cr whether he would dcmur or Join issue,
and Tweed was rrnandcd to prison.
Another Chicago Fire.
CHICAGO, December ia fire about
o'clock this morning destroyed block
of six wooden stores with dwellings, on
the Flats above the corner Of West Mad
iSon and Throcp streets, and comprising
Nos. 426 to 436 West Madison. The
building was old, and the shops Were
generally small establishments. The
total loss is probably $4,000, with very
light insurance.
The loss by the fire is estimated ut
$4,000 but the estimate is doubtless eI-
agGcratcd.
The brewery Of lIass n Powell at
Riverside. WAS burned this morning;
loss, $1,000; insurance unknown.
Tenn essec Physicians Investigating
Cholera.
NAsnvILLE, December 1.-THE ply
siciags OF Nashville met in convention
last evening at the Board of Health
rooms, to receive Surgeon +. Mcclellan,
of the United States army, who is in the
city for the purpose of investigation OF
the initial causes Of the cholera epidemic
of 1873.
DIR. Mcclellan stated that in his invcs-
tigations he had discovered that the
cholera had passed from New Orleans
and Nickshurg hence to Shreveport and
Memphis, where it was scattered north,
south, east and west until it reached the
confines of Missouri. The disease had
generally originated after the arrival
of cmigrunts from infected ports and the
unpackinc Of their baggage; the disease
being confined to their clothing; tlat
cholera, small poX, yellow fever, and
other contagious diseases could be rapid
" and etirctually distributed by com-
mon carriers; that close railroad cars and
private closets were the means Of spread
inr the diseases as they passed through
the cities on the line of the railroad.
In answer to the question by DIR. BUST,
why Louisville. although connected by
railroads with Chicago, Cincinnati,
Memphis and Nashville, was not affected
while Nashville was So severely scourg-
ed, it was stated that the question opened
up wide field for argument; that It was
we'll known that cholera might be i'm
ported into one city, and again die out,
and bc revived by some local cause.
Louisiana Election.
WASuIHGroN, December IL Gen
tlcmen of the provinces of Louisiana,
who arrived here last night, say tMt the
Conservative party, to which they are
attached. clearly elected majority of
the legislature and others of the candi-
dates ut the recent election; that the Con-
servatives are anxiousiy awaiting the re-
port of the Returning Board, which they
dis,rust. and such is the feeling among
them. that should the Board reject any
of the returns with view solely of Civ
inc aScendeucy to the Republican party,
the Conservatives would undertake 10
right themselves by force of arms,
Governor Aliens Position ON the
Presidency.
CoLUMBUS, December l1.-lntlmate
friends of Governor Allen says his posi-
tion on the Presidency, is this: HE
neither seeks nor would decline the
honor of nomination. His friends must
settle that. but he will not allow himself
to be used as a catspaw for the interest OF
any other candidate
. Pacific Mail Investigations.
WAsHlNGrnx, December 1.-The
! Wavs and Means Committee held nd
meeting this morning, but the sub-com-
mittcc are ut Irwin lodgings continuing
! his examination.
/ Jas. J. Smith, the only member of the
. Stockwell Board Of Directors now con-
uected with the Pacific Mail management
has been summoned. Its given out that
he will testify that the resolution author
izing the payment of the necessary eH-
penscs in Washington, was adopted BY
! The Board of Directors, on motion o'
President Stockwcll, without any inten'
ton or expectation that improper means
would be employed to influence legisla'
;ion. and that the Board supposed thI:
resolution WAS designed 10 cover only
nrrhars. a few thousand dollar. Of legi;i
mate expenses. Smith, it i said, vii
also swear that he believes that the lars'
sums alleged to have been expended II
washington were really used in stocl
opcrstions.i
CmStoIss Receipts.
WAsuINGroN. December 1.-The Gus
toms receipts for the werk ending Deccm
her 18th, were ns follows: New York
/ 81 SOL. 900: Boston, Sl99;N9i; Philadel
phia, SlSS,6s6; Baltimore, s66,9l0; 70
the week ending December 5ih, New
Orleans, SI7,9i2; San Francisco, Sl66,
SIS.
Ocean Steamers