Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1872-12-20
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The proprietora of the Fifth Avenue Hotel
have published a card saying that they viii
bear all the costs Of the funerals of the vic
tins of the late fire, and will reimburse the
relatives of the girls for the expenses that
they have incurred.
1t has recently come to light that two
runaway boys from Kenosha, Wis, named
Christmann and Hayes, were crushed TO
death in wrecked freight train near Peoria,
H., some days ago. 1t appears that they
had gone to Chicago, and there stole ride
to Peoria in o freight train, which was
crushed in collision. On clearing away
the debris of the wreck, the crushed, dead
bodies of the boys were found. They left
Kenosha for parts unknown, several weeks
ago, and their parents had been trying ever
since to learn of their whereabouts.
The Board of State Canyassers in Florida
have finished their count. They give the
official majority of Hart, Republican, at
1896. The Republicans elect both members
of Congress and Lieutenant-Governor |;
and claim majority in the House of six
and in the Senate of ten.
The Mechanics Institute Legislative Board
of Managers, at New Orleans, on the 14th,
submitted articles of impeachment against
Governor Warmoth. Among the accusations
is one to the effect that he had offered q
bribe of $4,000 and the dispensation of
patronage to Lietenant-Governor Pinchbeck
if he would organize the Senate to suit the
purposes of the accused. zl
General w. HI. Smith, United States Army,
and Lieutenants Hays and King, of General
Emory's staff of infantry, went to the State
Arsenal held by Warmoth's State Militia,
on the 14th, stating that they had instruc-
tions from Washington to take charge.
The militia at once surrendered the proper
ty and vacated the premises. The officers
retained their side arms, which were person
al property.
The President sent the following nomina-
tions on the 10th: A. w. Hawkins, Collec-
tor of Internal Revenue, Seventh District OF
Tennessee. Postmasters: H. X. W. Bent,
Los Angeles, Cal; H. j. Waldron, at the
Dalles, Oregon; j. NJ. Bacon, Oregon City,
Oregon; L. H. Wakefield, Portland, Oregon;
d. Eaton, Albert Lea, MINI; j. ID. Anter,
Webster City, Iowa; A. HI. Wilson, Pcll",
Iowa; D. H. Frost, Belle Plain, Iowa; A. b.
G. Hitchcock, Sidney, Ohio; G. r. Eldridge,
Cuba, N. Y.;H Grant, Stephens Point, Wis.,;
G. Stewart, st. Joseph, Mich; 7. e. Clapp,
White Pigeon, Mich. j. r. Huggins, Fax
myra, Mo-; w. X. Hull, Columbus, Ky;
Mrs. T. HI. H&s&ins, KY.
A Washington dispatch of the 10Th gives
the following statement of Attorney General
Williams relative to affairs in Louisiana
According to the laws of Louisiana, Governor
Wamoth, Lieutenant Governor PlnchDeck, .oecte- ere
tary of State Heron and Messrs. Lynch and An
derson, constituted, at the late election IN mat
State, the Returning Board, with power TO canvass
the votes for Presidential Electors. members OF
Congress- State officers, and members OF the Legls-
lature Pinchbeck and Anderson were canuluates
upon the Republican ticket, and Therefore resigned
their seats upon the Board, and to fill the vacancies
so created Longstreet and Hawkins were edected
by the remaining members as PROVIDED Dy Jaw.
Warmoth then pretended to remove the secretary
of State from the office, and appointed ID ms pace
a fellow by the name of Jack Wharton. war
moth and Wharton then repudiated the elec,
tion of Longstreet and Hawkins; anu
appointed, in their places. Hatch and D9:epon1t. ~
This Board, so constituted, were proceeelDg ~
canvass the votes when, upon due appncaIl0n,
their proceedings were perpstualy enJolheu Dy
the Judge of the Eighth District State Court,
toned. Warmoth thereupOn forcibly elected
the Judge granting said injunction from his ONCE,
and installed in his place, before the votes
were canyassed or it, was Legally enSwh foy JTdeeshiS
in that district at that election. Proceeangs
were then had in the Supreme Court Oh ING
State, in which the validity OF TINS @ change pt "
Judges was brought in question, and the Court
held it invalid, and in effect decided that war
moths Board of Canvassers was lnegal, ana its
acts void. These decisions OF tne otate . CouL'
were treated by Warmoth with perfect contempt
Suit was commenced on the equity slde OF the
United States District Court, in which an lnJuhG.
ton was asked and obtained against the " armour
Board of Canyassers and this Injunction was also
treated by Warmoth's Board with contempt. IN
structions were then given to the Marshal to en-
force the orders of this Court, and troops were
while. the Board Of Canvassers organized
according to law, or majority oA
them, canvassed the votes and returned that the
Republican candidates for Preadenn rto;n
persons were elected to the Legislature. Warmolh
having called an extraordinary session OF Ihe LEI
islature, the persons retnrneu as 4n y" d
after organization, made formal requlsltlon,
under Section q, Article a. OF the ConstitutIon VI
the United States, upon the President 10 proIecSs
the State from domestic violence. Resolutions oI
impeachment were also preferred by th1s Douy
AGAINST Warmoth, and under the constitution ol
the State the ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS became Ac'ihs
"Another body assembled at the Lyceum Hal,
in New Orleans claiming to be the Legislature OF
the State, and was recognized by Warmoth. Two tio
organizations were thus made, promising osniing
t fhe State but discord and anarchy. Not uouDtlhg
that irregularities had occurred on ooIh sues W,
believing that the Republican ticket had recelVeu
majority of the votes OF Louisiana, anu poard nf
conformity to the returns of the regular b0aru ol
Canyassers and decisions of the State and federai
Courts the President decided to answer the reso-
luton Of the State House Leglsiatufe, ny IeoVS
niZino the organization with which II Is conhecte
as the lawful Government OF the state
Fiftv.one shares of the capital stock OF the
New York Tribune Association, constituting
a majority, were sold to Wm. Orton, on the
10th. The parties going out besides Mr'
Sinclair and the representatives OF me
estates of the dead proprietors, are george
Ripley, Whitelaw Reid, John Hay, Thomas
N. Rocker, Philip Fitzpatrick fatrlck
O'Rourke and j. G. Aver.
At Des Moines, iowa, the liquor case o,
Mrs. Priestly against HERB has been settleo
by HERB giving her a homestead valued aC
e1 5oo as damages for selling liquor to her
husband.
Arnold. one of the alleged originators
of+be Arizona diamond frauds, writes to the
7 IouisviIle Courier that he did not salt the
mines. that he has not swindled his partners
and the public, and that he has discovered
silver mines in Kentucky worth OO,OOO,.
600. and has bought all the lands around
them for SO, 900.
The Supreme Court of Tennessee has de-
cided that the law of the State prohibiting
the sale of ''spirituous liquors. on Sunday,
does not apply TO beer or other fermentea
liquors.
A New Orleans telegram of the 10th states
that B. L. Lynch, Republican, had been III.
stalled as Judge of the Fourth Distrie
Court. Bonner, Fusionist, being forcio'y
elected. Bonner had commission non'
Governor Warmoth. LyRch holds coinnlo,
sion from acting Governor PinchoecN' upOH
the return of the Bovee Board.