The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1874-04-04
TEL.EG RAPHIC.
The Texas Legislature The Leg
lslatnre Hard At Work.
Panic In q SchO0lhOuSe Four
Persons Badly Injured.
Alaska 10 be Investigated An.
other Mississippi River
Bridge.
POIsOned-Dealh OF Prominent
Citizens.
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special dispatch 70 the Dallas Ieruld.l
MILWAUKEE, April S.-'rhere was u
panic IN n schoolhouse here from Il
lamp explosion, Throe hundred per-
sons We're present, -Four were injured
by the rush seriously.
LONDON, April Sit Is the marquis,
and not the duke of Dcyonshire who,
is dead.
NEW YORK, April 3.--rhree men
have been arrested for advertising
tickets for an alleged lottery, for the
benefit Of the Virginia masonic relief
association, TO be drawn at Norfolk,
Virginia,
WASHINGTON, April 3,--rhc house
has passed u bill to senda special agent
and naval officer to Alaska to report on
the fur trade. Also, n bill authorizing
II pontoon bridge across the Missis-
sippi ut Prairie du CHEN.
Boston, April a-Nesterday about
twenty sailors Of the crew Oh the
steamer Roman became i'll, exhibiting
symptoms Of poison. A physician was
called promptly, and with stomach
pump soon relieved the men, and
placed them out Of danger. An an0ly-
sis of the food of which the crew had
partaken, revealed the presence of ar
scnic in n dish of plum duff 1t is be-
lieved the poisoning was accidental, as
the cook was among the victims.
New ORLEANS, April 3,-'fhe death
of the following prominent citizens
has been announced in the past TWEEN
ty-four hours: II, X Finley, Charles
Briggs and Colonel James Wingiield.
BRYAN, Texas, April 80. f.. Boren,
a noten horse thief made his escape
out of jail here last night by cutting
through the floor with knife or some
other instrument. lie had been cut
ting on it week, but had ii covered
with his bedding.
AUSTIN, April 3.--In the house the
following bills We're passed;
The joint resolution to investigate
bribery and corruption which have
been committed since 1868; an act linn
ting the amount of taxation in cities
and towns of less than fifteen thousand
inhabitants; an act regulating elec-
tions of aldermen in incorporated cities
and towns, an act repeating an act i'll
cooperating Cranberry, Hood county;
an act defining and establishing the
boundary of the counties of Cameron,
Hidalgo, Starr, Inpata, Webb, Encinal,
Duval and Neuces; an act preventing
the leaving of dead animals in the
highways and in the streets of cities;
an act to pay the members Of Lieutenant
Engin's company of minute men Of
Coleman county; an act defining the
northwest boundary of San Jacinto
county; an act providing for the sale
of the lands belonging to the different
state asylums; an act approprating fif-
teen thousand dollars for the contn-
gent expenses of the fourteenth legis-
lature; and an act authorizing the
Judge of the sixth district to hold an eX-
ira term of his court on Monday next
in Harrison county.
Mr.. Hays introduced bill appropri-
= ing five hundred thousand dollars to
pay the battalion to be raised for from
tier defense.
The house discussed at length the
motion to adjourn Oil certain days, but
postponed it. There seems to be dis
position to adjourn during this month,
but they want to get all important bu-
siness through before they do adjourn,
and from the rapidity with which they
worked yesterday andt day, they may
reasonably expect to adjourn ABOUT the
first of May.
The following bills were killed:
An act for the relief of Goggan d
Bro. This act WAS topay for that noted
Davis, Newcomb and Goggan piano.
The bill creating the county OF Coke;
the bill creating the county of Lee out
of portions of the counties of Fayette,
Bastrop, Washington and Burleson.
In the senate, the following petit
tions. memorials and bills were intro
duced:
BY Mr.. Davenport: A memorial OF
large number of citizens of Bell
county regarding railroad communica-
ton.
By Mr.. Ball: a petition of citizens
of Marshall asking the reduction ofthe
city limits.
BY Mr.. Morris: An act fixing the
per diem ofmembers of the fourteenth
legislature. This act provides, after this
session, the per diem shall be at six
dallars per day and fifteen cents mile
age.
BY Mr.. Flanagan: An act author
izing the judge of the sixth judicial
district to hold special term of his
court, to commence on the second
Monday of April aud continue four
weeks; which was passed under sus-
pension of the rules.
BY Mr.. Shepherd: An act to carry
into effect section twenty-four of arti-