The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1874-02-14

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north NJ Chicago. All the cars wcfo
thrown ffom Tho track and smashed /
In pioccs. Tho passengers escaped W /
crawling through The windows AMI ,
Ihe wounded were rescued ~ tie Of |
forts of the unlurt passengers. Three |
cars, one sleeping cOncli and
one luggage car were burned aud oil |
of the baggage was lost. The express
car and cabOOsc cRr ut the end of the |
train only escaped destruction. ~ IL
to give tho names OF the
present. i
BERLIN, February 6.-1hc session Of
the Reichstag was opened to-day with
n speech from the throne, delivered by
the imperial commission. The cmpcr-
or regrets that he cannot attend the
opening in person. He cnumerates as
the principal measures To he submitted
during the session, bills relating to the
army, the press, trade unions ana
marine Jurisdiction. The speech con-
cludes with the assurance that all the
nations of Europe are resolved to pre-
serve peace. A-sf
VIENNA, February 6.--Three thou
sand unemployed worlimen in this
city havepetitioned the government for
relief. t
LONDON, February Cat Willen-
hall, three miles from Wolverhamp-
ton, there was a serious riot yesterday
during the election Several persons
were fatally injured. Trouble is also
reported nj Hastings and in Windsor.
The Liberals have gained one seat in
Southampton.
The Calcutta famine is increasing.
1t is estimated that 10000 natives are
already severely distressed.
PITTsBURG, February 6.-At the
morning session of the National Re-
form Association the committee on
Declaration of Principles presented the
following points which were adopted:
The country and its institutions were
| founded by christians, and should re-
main christian. Whether acknowl-
edged or not, Jesus Christ is the ruler
of the nations of the world, and Gods
moral law is the nations guide. a
tconstit,ltion fixes the status of a people;
if the constitution be christian the PEG.
pie will be christian. The objects of
the association are the perpetuation of
| Ille c1lllStDdll viz
of the Bible in public schools, Il proper
regard for the sanctity of marriage
relations, and the suppression OF intern
perance. DR.. BAR, of Pittsburg, spoke
of the patriotic features of the move
ment, and said if the laws of the coun-
try had no higher service than those OF
Harrisburg or Washington, they We're
without any binding force upon the
conscience of the people.
HAVANA, February G.-The com
plants against Consul General Hall
which have appeared in some of the
New York papers, are wholly ground
less. Hall simply certifies invoices ac
cording to law for the purpose of pro
tecting the revenue from fraudulent
practices. /. SE
The troubles of the italian Opera
have been settled, and Lucca consents
to singagniG. n
New Y'oRY, February Ga Herald
special from Berlin, says Arch bishop
Ledropsli will be tried on the III
inst. on no other charge except q re
fusaI to pay his fines. He may yet be
released if the fines arc paid. The
emperor has declined to intervene il
the case, notwithstanding the grea'
influence brought to bear in the arch
bishops favor. f
PHILADELPHIA, February 6.-Thii
evening two ballot dancers, Miss HOy'
land Miss Lee, attaches of Mortimer
variety theater, were badly burned
The former was in the green room be
fore the curtain arose, and her dress
; caught fire from the stove. She ran Oh
the stage, and the flames from hel
dress communicated to that of Miss
I Lee. Both were badly burned about
the bodies, although their injuries, il
is believed, will not prove fatal.
LONDON, February 6.-The fight was
general yesterday in the pottery dis
trict of Statiordshire. AtHantry there
was desperate fight between two
mobs. One man was killed and many
persons severely wounded Among
the injured are several special consta
bles and policemen. at Tnnstall the
authorities closed all the public houses
The mob seized the ballot boxes, which
were recaptured by the police. SINH
lar scenes were enacted ut Longton ant
Burslem. The mayor of Wolverhamp
ton and the magistrates of SouthaStaf
fordshire telegraphed for military aid
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all the available troops.
In ireland the feeling is high be
tween the clerical and national parties
especially in Limerick county. A
fight occurred yesterday between the
supporters of the rival candidates IL
Asketon, in which firearms were uset
and three men shot dead. Ashbury
and Shuttock were elected at Brighton
which was represented in the last Par
lament by Fawcett and White, adj
yanced Liberals. Fawcett yesterday
stood at the bottom of the poll.
The polls in 8lanchester.ye sterday
resulted in the election of two Conseyv'
atives, and the reelection Of Sin
Thomas Bailey, Liberal. Jacob Bright
stood at the bottom of the poll. The
Conservatives gained one seat and the
Liberals gained one seat at Blackburn,
and the Conservatives hold their own
at Solferd.
| EVANSVILLE, February 6.-Full par
ticulars of the burning of Chris Mehr's
house and the attending fatality show
that four persons were burned to death
and that several others were badly
burned. The details show the suffer
ipcs of the victims to have been hor-
rible. There were when the fire broke
out about ten persons in the house.
Mrs. Mehr seized two of the children
and rushed through the flames, and
her brother seized another of the chill
dren. Mr.. Mehr rushed out, and see
ing that some of his children were
missing, again ran into the house and
was not again seen alive. When found
he had clasped in his arms three chill
dren, who had been left behind. The
four bodies were burned almost to a
cinder. These four We're the only per-
sons burned to death. Most of the
Others were more or less burned. 80
CAIRO, February 6.--Yesterday after
noon Sheriff Irwin started for Carbon
dale with Charles Wyatt, the negro
charged with the murder of Mrs, Ryan,
bur learning that crowd was collec-
ting at Carbondale with the intention
of iynching his prisoner, irwin left the
cars below Carbondale and took Wyatt
10 Murphyston, the county seat of
Jackson county. Tonight a crowd of
four or five hundred men visited the
- - Nurnbxsto., took fOrciDle Dos