Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1873-06-07
CURRENT NEWS.
Illness of the German Emperor
How the National Debt Can
be Speedily Liquidated
Mexican News.
The Difficulty with Ex-President
Thiers-Hanging at Wash
ingtOn City-Rail-
road News.
Important Circular from the
Treasury Department-Last
Notes from the Chicago
Musical Festival
Etc, Etc.

Etc, Etc.
Emperor William HI.
I LONDON, June GA special from Ber-
lin says Emperor William is seriously
sick, and his phi ,'sicians advise him not
to undertake the journey to Vienna.
ChicagO Lumber Market.
CHICAGO, June 6.-Lumber is in good
supply and the market dull; prices
I n sarly nominal at $40 for good joists
and scantling: S1l and SIC for strips
and boards; 50 for shingles; 81 25 and
S2 so for lath.
What They Call IL in Nashville.
NASHVILLE, June 5.-There has been
considerable excitement here about re-
ported cases of cholera. Physicians say
the disease is Spuriddic CD cholera, and
not epidemic. The excitement is sub
siding. -a
Death Sentence COmmuted 20 Imprts-
Onmenf for Life.
RALEIGH, n. c., June 6.-Griffin and
Mordecai, after dressing for the gallows
to-day, and while at their devetiOns, re-
ceived Communication of sentences to i'm
prisonment for life. A large crowd had
I gathered to witness the executions.
Funeral of Mt. WaIwOrth at Saratoga.
SARATOGA, n. Y, June 6.-The re-
mains of Mansfield Tracey Walworth
arrived here this evening, and were fol-
lowed to the grave by large portion of
the relatives of deceased. Mrs. Wal
worth and her son, with the father of
Clarence WalwOrth, occupied one of the
carriages.
Friendly Indians.
TORONTO, June ga dispatch from
Fort Garry, Manitaba, says a large and
friendly deputation of Sioux waited
upon the gOvernor-general yesterday, to
ask him for a reservation. A large
quantity of provisions, clothing and
trinkets was presented them, and after
a friendly talk they returned home.
Brutal Treatment of Women and a
Child.
HAZELTON, PENN, June 6.-Henry
Stauffenberg yesterday demanded some
money from a widow named Reilly,
which she refused him. He then beat
4 and stabbed her severely, also little
girl in the same house, and woman in
the neighbOrhood. He has not been ar
rested.
Duke de BrOgIie Explains.
/ PARIS, June 6.-Duke de Broglie,
minister of foreign affairs, has addressed
n circular letter to the representatives Of
I France abroad declaring that the differ
| ence between the majority in the assem-
/ bly and Thiers was on his domestic pol
! lev, which did not offer sufficient guar
! antees against the revolutionary policy.
The new government, he continues, will
be moderate at home and pacific abroad.
All attempts at revolution will be Wig
orously opposed without attacking eX-
isting institutions.
Why the CarIists Murdered their
Prisoners,
BAYONNE, July 6.-The attack on
Irun was made by the cure of Santa
Cruz. The Carlists announce that it has
been successful, and that the town is
now in their hands, The Carlists cap
tured and murdered tWeDty-seven car
bineers near Irun, and great Indignation
| is felt in Madrid at the atrOcity; but the
4 Carlists claim that these men first
hoisted the white flag and then poured
a volley into the Carlists as they ap-
preached. For this they were shot down
without mercy.
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WASHINGTON, June 6.-Tom Wright
was hanged to-day in the iail-yard for
! the murder of Rogerski. He appeared
quite uncOncerned, and mounted the
gaIows with a firm step, and smiling
/ the meanwhile until the black cap was
adjusted. At ten minutes past twelve
| the drop fell. Life was not extinct un-
/ til a lapse of seventeen minutes.
| His neck was not broken, the man being
choked to death. There were about
! four hundred persons in the jail-yard
and several thousand outside, many of
them on the hOusetOps and other high
! points where they could have full
view of the execution.
sale Of the New Orleans, Mobile and
Texas Railroad.
NEW ORLEANS, June EN- pursu-
ance Of a decree of the circuit court, in
! the case of Gardner and Butler Us. New
Orleans, Mobile and Texas railroad
company, said road from Mobile to New
| Orleans aud extension westward, in-
| Guiding all rights, franchises and appur-
! tenances, We're sold to-day by the United
States marshal to Hersey J. Gardner
and Peter Butler, of Massachusetts, for
six thousand six hundred and seventy
| five dollars, the purchasers assuming
! bonded Indebtedness of between seven
and eight millions. kellogg, acting as
/ trustee for the State, and Mayor Witt
for the city, protested against the sale.
! The State loses heavy.
And n He Lives Two Years He can Paw
the National Debt.
WASHINGTON, June 6.-An enter
prising individual writes to the govern
ment from Tiffin, Ohio, offering to pay
sixty thousand dollars for the privilege
of exhibiting Captain Jack throughout
the country during sixty days. The
Snowman promises to keep Jack secure
| ly, treat him well, and return him to
| the government at the expiration of
sixty dayssprovided he does not commit
suicide, in which case the government
is to receive only one thousand dollars per
! day for the time he remains in the show
mans hands alive. 1t Is proposed TO
pay thirty thousand upon the delivery
Of Jack at Chicago, and the remainder
at the close of two months.
Mexican News.
MATAMoRAs, June 5, ria. New Or
leans, June 6.-Generai CebaIlas, COM
mandiug in the State Of Jaliseo, an
lnOunces a complete victory over the in
sOrgent chieftain Laseda, in the Alica
mountains, near Topic, where he has,
! heretofore, deied national authority,
and routed and dispersed his followers,
capturing a number of cannon and a
| large amount OF ammunition, and de-
stFOying his mountain Notifications.
The city Of fTepic is occupied by the gov
eminent forces. Cebellas claims to have
paeified the State of Jalisco, and estab-
| fished the authority of the general gov
ernment in that section where it has not
been respected for years.
l Important 20 Cotton Claimants.
WASHINGTON, June 6.--The law d.
recting the secretary Of the treasury to
pay the net proceeds Of the cotton un-
lawfully seized on aud after June go
1866, was approved May Is, 1872, and
required that all the petitions should be
1 filed within six months thereafter, on
or before November s, 1872. Many peti-
tions which had been duly signed and
sworn, and placed In the mail before
| November 18th, did not reach Washing
| ton until after that date. They we're.
| however, sent TO. the secretary of the
! treasury and recorded as of date when
received. In reply 70 an inquiry and
argument of the point involved, Wheth-
er in two important esses 80 filed
the petitions would be regarded as
| Gled in time, the secretary has decid-
ed that no petition or claim under the act
| of congress which was not received in
the treasury department on or before the
eighteenth of November, lS72, can be
REGARDED as having been fled within
six months after the passage of the act,
and that any such claim received In the