The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1874-11-28

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MAbmp November 2l-'fho odllots
ofln Pres. londondcrn nnd Espennl
newspapers hpyo been arrested aud
cont to prison ior Violating tho prcss
law established under u state ~ scigo.
San FEASuscp, November y. Tho
lrot for II purse Of six thousand dollars,
mile heats, best three In i've, TO w0g-
ON, postponed from November eth,
took place to-day at the Golden Gate
Driving park, the contestants being
Occidcnt, Judge Fullerton and sam
Purdy. Occldent had the call in bet
ting until this morning, when Fuller
ton became the favorite at slight odds,
and Sam Purdy last choice. The
weather was fair, and the attendance
immense. Fullerton won the first in
2;23l also the second in 2:233, and the
third heat and the racein 2:2l J.
WASHINGTON, November 2l.--prob-
abilites--For the gulf states, Ten
nessee and the Ohio valley, partly
cloudy and warmer weather with
southerly winds; slight changes in
pressure and slight rain in western
gulf states aud the Mississippi valley.
New ORLEANS, November 2l.-Hhe
following bodies have been recovered
from the Empire wreck; Johnnie,
aged twelve; Ida, aged two, children
of Captain Jeanfreau; Mamie, aged
eleven, daughter of Paul Williams, of
Plaquemine parish, together with q
colored deck-sweep and Il white man,
making ten bodies so far recovered.
The grand jury of Plaquemine parish
have indicted the following persons:
Henry Mahoney, colored, eX-member
of the house of representatives, for
embezzling $500 as treasurer of the
board of education; Edward Butler,
colored, ex-state senator fer receiving a
bride of 81 500; w. NJ. Prescott, parish
judge since 1868, for bribery and corrup-
ton in Office and subordination of per-
jury; Nicholas Rivan, colored, for shoot
ing with intent to kill, blackmailingand
obtaining money under false pretenses
by intimidation and threats Frank
White, colored, jailor and deputy sher-
riff, for conniving at the escape ofpris-
in,lpli,,r IafatlIttnu nc al n Ia
tax collector. The grand jury consist
ed of four whites and twelve blacks.
CINCINNATI, November 2l.-At
Frankfort, KY, about midnight last
night, the whisky warehouse of Robert
P. Pepper, situated on the Kentucky
river one mile above the city, and
containing about 200 barrels of
whisky, was destroyed by fire, with its
contents.
WASHINGTON, November 2l.-Judge
Poland, chairman of the congressional
committee to investigate the Arkan-
sas troubles, arrived here this MORN
ing and had conference with Attor-
ncy General Williams prior to the
meeting of the cabinet. He will have
an audience with the President to-
morrow and leave for his home in
Vermont tomorrow afternoon. Judge
Poland states that the report Of the
committee will not be prepared till
after the meeting of coLgress, as all
the testimony taken at different times
by various members of the committee
has not been received and examined
by the full committee, and the whole
testimony must be carefully looked
into before report can be prepared.
Mr.. Allen, minister to this country
from the Sandwich island, who has
been on visit to his former home for
several months past, has returned
here, and this morning called on the
president to pay his respects. He was
accompanied by Mr.. Carter, who has
been commissioned by the govern
ment ofthe, Hawaiian isles to negotiate
commercial treaty with the United
States. Secretary Fish was also pres
ent during the interview. Mr.. Allen
rendered to the president the friendly
considerations of his majesty, the
king, and stated that he was to leave
Honululu on the 18th for this country.
LAWRENCE, o., November 2l.-A
boiler explosion here to-day killed two
persons.
Boston, November 21.--The project
of the new and direct railroad from
Boston to the west is receiving gen.
eral attention from the business men
here. The route proposed is via Will
limantic, Hartford, iPoughkeepsie and
crossing the Hudson river where but a
distance of eighteen miles from the
river connections can be made with
the Pennsylvania and Erie roads to the
west and Washington and the south.
WASHINGTON, Novembe 2l.-Repre-
Wiltshire, of Arkansas, had
an interview to-day with Attorney
General Williams, with reference to
affairs in that state, and says it was of
a satisfactory character. Wiltshire is
satisfied that, If any action at all
be taken in the matter, it will be by
congress, and not by the executive de-
partment. The attorney general in
formed him that, in his dispatch to
Judge Poland at Little Rock, he did
notsuggest or indicate that Representa-
tive Ward, of The house special COM
mittee, should remain there, but mere
ly requested Poland to come to WASH
ington on his way home, as the attor-
ney general desired information in re-
latlon TO Arkansas affairs, Judge po-
land, among other things, said to him
that there was no disturbance or ex-
element whstever in Arkansas, aud
that that state was universally quiet.
1t is the purpose of representative
Wiltshire and Governor Law to pre-
pare this week, and file with the at
torney general, a statement refuting