The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1874-10-17
NEW YORK CITY.


| ri SHN6VmeIyb " ~, IeCtOt OF thl
Shnrch OF Incarnation, and formerly O
thlladelphia, dropped dead OF his resi-
dence this morning.
A WRIT OF ISSUE
was served today on the counsel O.
Henry Ward Beecher, In the Tilton libeI
SUIT. The case will be placed on the No
Vember calendar.
WENT OVERHEARD.
A stage containg four men went over.
board at the Astoria Ferry last evening.
Ihe men and horses were drowned.
HEAvY DEFALcATroN.
A letter from Havana dated October
lUih, says there is report afloAt Of de.
laIc9tton to the amount oi 81 1000 900 In
the Havana Custom House..
THE INDEMNITY SPAIN PAYS ENGLAND.
A London dispatch says the compen.
sation paid England by the Madrid gov.
ernment amounts TO $4,000, 100000 Of
which was paid on account Of tie Vir-
ginius butchery, and the remainder covers
outstanding claims. England would not
recognize the present government until
all her claims were admitted.
A CALL FROM THE FRENCH CONSUL
GENERAL.
The French Consul General at this port
Is calling on all male persons OF his ma.
tlonality under twenty years OF age to
register at the General Consulate, in con-
iormity with the circular OF tho French
Ministry in regard TO military services.
THR PEABODY BOARD OF TRUSTgE,.
The Board Of Trustees Of the Peabody
Educational Fund are In session. The
Board will consider the necessities OF
each State, and distribute the money In
their charge In such manner as thew
Judge would have best met the wishes Of
the late Mr.. Peabody.
PEAK, oPDYKE q cos CREDITORS.
The Bulletin says the committee of
creditors Of Peake, Opdyke 6 Co., who
suspended sometime ago, make report
that the firm have promptly paid 80 per
cent oil their Indebtedness with interest,
while there is not surplus enough to pay
the additional 20 per cent, and that the
amount which could be realized from the
rem aiming assets would depend greatly
upon the formation Of strong firm to
succeed 10 the business. The proposi-
tlon Of Mr. Peak for final adjustment of
the affairs Of the firm were adopted,
The basis are that sll debts incurred 10
1874 be paid promptly. That William ]
Peake place the entire assets of the firm
IN the new partnership beyond $50
applied 10 secure the release OF the
special and personal partners, and that
the entire estate Of VIM. ]. PeOke, real
aud personal, should at his death, after
the payment Of $50 900 10 his widow, be
devoted TO the payment OF the remaining
~ per cent interest, with the privilege OF
cascelling the whole Indebtedness at 90
cents and interest at any time during his
lite time or at SIT cents and interest at
any time before 1880.
PREPARING FOR A SETTLEMENT.
Mr. MygStt, Of the firm of Mygstt
Haveland Il Co, states that they are
making arrangements Tor settlement with
their creditors and would be prepared TO
oner proposition soon. Mygatt is oil
opinion that their embarrassment has been
in great measure precipitsted by care.
less and malicious reports. Valentine &
20. have made arrangements with their
creditors for q settlement at sixty cents
on the dollar.
A TEsT VOTR IN THg HOUSE OF BIsHoPJ.
The Tribune learns that in the vote of
the Episcopal House Of Bishops to day,
upon the matter considered as test vote
as 70 the confirmation Of Bishop Seymour
OF Illinois, ouly ten out Of forty voted In
the negative. One Bishop Is credited
with saying "He wished he was as sure
Of heaven as Prof. Seymour Of his con.
frmatiOn"
FEADoDY EDUCATIONAL FUND.
The Tribune says that al a meeting Of
the Trustees Of the Peabody Educational
Fund letter was read from the Non.
Robert q. Winthrop, President Of the
Board, dated al Berne, Swi,z srland, Sep
tember lst. DR.. Sears, general agent of
the Board, presented vOIuminous report
OF the work iOr the past fifteen months.
lie spoke OF the signal success oil the
Southern school system Of the Board.
Mixed schools have been tried with
success. The plan Of the agent has been
TO cooperate with the School Commits
sioners in each State, and only upon his
recommendation is money given from the
fund. Certain conditions have been
made necessary, and non compliance al
the end Of the year causes forfeiture by the
school OF the money that may have been
awarded it. These conditions are that
school must contain go many pupils,
and must have one teacher to fifty pupils,
SC. The report was unanimously adopt.
I'd. and Mr., Sears commended Tor the
able management OF his trust. The next
meeting OF the Board will probably take
place in June, 1915.
FAILURE OF THE oATs COMBINATION.
The Tribune says commercial circles
were excited to day by the announce.
ment Of the failure oil the combination
which had been formed for the purpose of
controlling the mWkGt Tor oats and for
spcculAtipg in other grains The well
known firm Of E s. L lgsr s Co, Of Bur.
lingtsn, Iowa, were tho principal movers
in tho combination, and their suspension
has embarrassed the firms Of J. K. Lalh-
rop & Co and Lsthrop & EnguS, Of this
city. They endorsed accommodation
paper for Edgar s Co., but the latter fall.
ing to make arrangements 10 take up this
paper they allowed it 10 90 to protest. In
all other respects the New York houses
claim TO be able to meet their engage.
mCnls.