The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1874-02-18
NEW YORK CITY.
ADMITTED 10 PROBATE.

amount CeVlseQ- was about i've hundred
thousand dollars.
DIED FROM HIS INJURIES,
johnson, who, after shooting a man
Sunday evening, In Hobofen, wa
severely beaten BY the crowd, died lasI
night oil his injuries.
THE BREWERY BUILDING.
The Superintendent Of Buildings LEFT
for Philadelphia last evening to exam inG
Into the case Of the brewery which re-
Gently fell there and cost so many lives.
There are several large buildings In this
city erected on similar plans. ..
SUPPOSED STOCK cANARD,
The Stock Exchange was informed by
letters to-day Of o new issue oI $40 ,000, ,00(
Of stock in the Toledo, Wabash and Wes.
tern, and 100000 in the Western Union
Telegraph. The effect was decline Of
to St per cent, and q great depression IL
the entire list. The letters proved to be
forgeries.
FREEMAN TIE MURDERER.
The trial OF Jas. Freeman, charged
with the murder Of his mother at their
house in Hoboken q few weeks ago, was
called to-day IN the Hudson county,
New Jersey Court Of Oyer and Terminer
and postponed until March 9th.
The Superintendent Of the Blooming
dale Lunatic Asylum Is inquiring into
the mental condition Of Freeman and
made affidavit thath will not be able to
reach the conclusion before six weeks.
Witnesses for the defense are also wanted
from Wisconsin.
A FRAUD ATTEMPTRD AT THE STOCK Kx.
CHANGE.
A great fraud was perpetrated on the
Stock Exchange to-day, the greatest In
the history Of the institution. After the
second call an individual handed to one
Of the Pages Of the Board q letter ad-
dressed to Moses q. Wheelock, which the
Page delivered to the gentlemen named,
and he read the same to the Board, which
was as follows:
WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH Co.,
NEW York, Feb. II.
Moses RheelOck. Esq, Kite President NeIO
York Stock Erehduee.
"As required by the rules of the New
York Stock Exchange, you are hereby
informed that the Directors OF this Com
pany after mature deliberation and acting
as they believe in accordance with
ultimate best interests of the company,
have decided to increase the capital stock
Of this company from $11 ,073, 40 70 $780,
000 900, the proceeds of sales Of addition.
al stock, together with the proceeds OF
sales Of $7,295235 ot stock lately in pos
session OF the company, will be expended
In repairs and improvement Of present
lines, and the extension of the lines of the
company to nearly all postotFlces in the
United States, and for the establishment
Of line to California and Mexico. The
directors beg 10 state that while the es-
tablishment Of new lines may delay tor q
little while the expected dividends to
stockholders, they express q confident
hope that by taking possession Of the
whole field and eftectually establishing
rival companies, the ultimate value OF the
stock will in no way be diminished, and
reasonable dividends can be paid at no
distant day, Yours truly,
Tsignedl WIN. oRToN, President.
Hardly had the reading of this letter
been finished when one or the pages OF
the Board was handed another letter, ad-
dressed to the Vice President, which was
read by that gentleman, as follows:
TOLEDO, WABASH & WESTERN R. R., |
NEW YORK, February II. !
To the Vice President Of the Nep York
Stock Exchange.
"In accordance with the rules OF the
New York Stock Exchange you are here.
by notified that at the expiration OF thirty
days that this Committee will issue 100,-
600 shares OF additional capital stock, in
creasing the common stock OF the Com
pany from $15, ,000, 900 to $25 100000 The
proceeds oil such additional shares will be
used for the purchase Of rolling stock for
engines and for the repairs Of the present
rolling stock, TOR constructing new bridges,
for building additional double track, for
the purchase Of steel rails, for obtaining
improved terminal facilities, and for other
similar purposes ofthe company.
Very respectfully, ]. D. Cox.
The reading Of these letters caused
great excitement on Exchange, and i'm
mediately there was a general stampede
to sell stocks, and especially Western
Union and Wabash, amid general con-.
fusion. some oil the members Of the
Board had good sense enough to examine
the letters, and being familiar with the
signatures Of Messrs. Orion & Cox, pro.
nounced them lorgeries. The officers
Immediately sent letters to the officers Of
the Western Union Telegraph Company
and Wabash Railroad. The Wabash let
ter was returned with the following note
at the loot
"The above Is not genuine. Mr.. Cox
Is in Toledo. There has been no meeting.
Neither Is this Dir. Cox's signature. a
Signed P. w. BRIGas, = !
II Transfer Clerk"
Mr. orton sent the following reply on
behalf Of his Company:
"NEw YORK, February n.
10 0. P Chaplain, President o. Z. S.Es
Ihave Just learned that an announce
ment has been made In the Stock Ex-
change that tho directors OF the Western
Union Telegraph Company have recently
voted 10 increase the capital stock to fifty
million dollars. This announcement has
no foundation: In fact no meeting
Of the directorS has been held for several
months, nor has the matter OF increase OF
capital stock Of the escompauy been Q sub
ject OF consideration at any meeting Of
the Executive Committee. ~ aHl 20 :.
Respectfully, ~ -.u
a ~ WM oRToN, President.
Detectives ere already on the track Of
the perpetrators Of these forgeties. Il Is
expected that handsome reward will be
offered Tor the detection Of the forge,s.
The Vice President was blamed By some
Of the members for reading the letters
without first consulting the President Of
the Exchange, and It is stated that this
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