The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1873-07-26

! tho stockholders Of the BrOOkllH lfUst
Company, 10 devise the best means Of
dlsposing Of the Georgia bonds held hy
The bank, was held to-day. They VIII
be able 10 pay depositors 30 per cent.
Mr.. CARMEL, pa, July M.--A fire
burnt the telegraph office and fifteen
buildings. Loss, SIO,OO0. Thirteen
families rendered houscless.
Notwithstanding the legal proceed
ings taken by the butchers, poultry
men and fruitmen, to avert the threat
ened demolition Of their stalls and
booths at the Washington market, the
work of destruction was renewed M
carly as seven o'clock this morning. In
! the presence of II large number of po-
1 lice and about two thousand spccta-
tors. The Board of Health had Sc
cured the services of one hundred and
fifty special men, and at eight o'clock
hardly a booth was left standing. The
( owners of the booths showed no oppo-
sition whatever, and the removal of
the debris Is being continued in n
peaceablc manner.
Mr.. Lees, of Lees Il Waller Is dead.
The legal questions regarding the re-
moval of the booths around Washing
ton market will he argued before the
Supreme Court on Tuesday.
The government sold 81 100000 of
gold to-day.
a collision took place last night at
an uptown garden, known rs Leon
Park A military organization called
the knights of Columbus were holding
II picnic. The programme of dancing
was exhausted, and the band hired for
the occasion refused to play more with
out further pay. The picnickers in
sisted on compelling them to play, and
an angry alteration ensued. Captain
Mcdonald and the police ifiterfered to
preserve order, and were assailed by
the Knights with dubbed musllets.
The police used their clubs. Five of
the Knights received scalp wounds,
and were taken to the station. Cap
tain Mcdonald received II severe con-
fusion ON the leg from dubbed mus
! ket. The fight was renewed on the
cars, and one riOtrr attempted to stab
an officer with his bayonet, but was
disarmed and arrested.
NEW YORK, July 24.-Stated ncgotin-
lions for $1,000, 900 loan by the Pacific
Mail Steamship Company in San Fran
cisco has failed.
A letter from Africa states that the
English burned the town Of Elmin on
July first, on account of the inhabitants
furnishing arms and ammunition to
the Ashanties The town of Cape
Coast il full of refugees to the num-
Der of 10000, driven in by the 4Aslan-
ties, who now command the interior to
within mile of the coast. Dysentery
il quite prevalent among the British
fAces on account of the scarcity of
water.
Rumors of trouble In another Brook
Ign bank prevails.
At n meeting of coal operators and
miners in Pittsburg, yesterday, rates
were determined upon which will
probably result in another strike next
week and another advance in coal.
There were two yellow fever deaths
on the schooner Dinsmore from Ha-
vana to New York. The Captain and
one man are now down.
WASHINGTON, July PA delegation
of prominent officials from South Car
DINA, consisting of Hon, w. ID, Porter,
General j, b. Kershaw, X. NJ. Sims,
and S. A. Durham, accompanied by
Assistant Secretary Sawyer, of the
Treasury, this morning, waited on
Attorney General Williams, request
ing that all proceedings in that State
with reference to the Outrages of the
Kuklux be suspended, and urging the
pardon of those already confined in
the Albany prison. They represent
that, as an organization, the Kukluy
Khan has ceased to exist In the State,
and that lenicnt policy on the part OF
the government will tend to restore
peace and order. Attorney General
Williams informed them that it was
the policy of the government to prose
cute only aggravated eases, orders hav-
ing already been given to that effect,
, and that rs soon as the President was
fully satisfied that peaceablc citizens
would be protected in their property
; and life, a general suspension of prose
: BUTTONS would he desirable. He also
: informed the delegation that many
Kuklux prisoners had been pardoned
, and pardons would be issued to the
! others, the most aggravated eases be-
) ing detained until the last. The dele
|, CATION was much pleased with the ell
enlargement given by the Attorney
General, and will have an Interview
with President Grant.
New ORLEANS via MatamOra, July
24.-The Federal District Court here
has pronounced an important decision
favorable to importers of merchandise
from foreign countries, in denying the
right of the government to collect q
duty of onc-half cent pound Oh goods
imported into-Jura Libre. This de-
cision is based on the provisions of the
new tariff, and made OH q protest OF
MatamOras merchants against the ex-
action of this duty by the customs Of
ficials, who had persisted in collecting
it, although the former tariff, under
which 1t was previously imposed, had
been repealed. The effect of the de-
cision will be to extend the privilege
to Jura Libra, and it is applicable
throughout the free belt.
HAVANA, July 23.-The Spanish Con-
seryatives of Havana have sent to
Madrid, by the last mail steamer, a pc
tition to the Cortes, in which they pray
that so long as single armed rebel re-
mains who cries, "peath to the Span
iards,n and until sufficient time has
elapsed for the complete restoration OF
tranquility i'm Cuba, no reforms be in
troduced such as are likely to produce
disturbances, which would only be
favorable to the rebels.
The petition is signed mostly by
wealthy Spaniarls and shareholders.
The Republican committee sailed
to-day for Spain to lay the matter be-
fore the Cortes, and ask for reforms
and practical enjoyment of a repub.
lican form of government, here as well
as i'm Spain.
MADRID, July 9.-A meeting which
was attended by all the members OF
the Cabinet, and large majority OF
the Cortes was held last evening, to
discuss the measures to be adopted to
secure the overthrow of insurrectionary
movements in the country, and to re-
store order.
The Cortes approved bill imposing
extraordinary war taxes. Persons
known TO be Carlist sympathizers will
be taxed heavier than the loyal popu-
lation. The minority of the Cortes
lave issued a manifesto condemning
this act OF the majority.
LONDON, July S.-The weather con-
tinues very hot. At 1890 p. NJ, the
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