The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1874-03-26
TELEG RAPHIC.
The Cheap transportation Con.
VentlOn- Destructive Fire.
Boiler Explosion Eleven Per-
sons Killed.
The Matt. Gaines Case q Little
Mlxed-Judge COOper's
Case.
Special dispatch to The Dallas Herald.l

Special dispatch TO the Dallas Herald,l
Rock ISLAND, ILLINOIS, March o.
The cheap transportation convention
met to-day. j. Nj. Allen was elected
president. There are nine hundred
delegates present, The speakers de-
velop wide diversity of views.
Among the resolutions of general
character is one specifically favoring a
ship canal at the mouth Of the Mssis-
sippi river.
BOSTON, March 25.-Oliver Ditson's
music store was burned to-day. Loss
$4,000.
MEMPHIS, March 25.-The tow boat
Crescent City, from New Orleans for
st, Louis, with five sugar and cotton
barges, exploded her, boilers to-day,
and the barges were burned, Eleven
were killed and several hurt. The
Crescent City was valued at 5000.
AT the time of the explosion she had
one hundred and forty pounds ofsteam,
with the water flush, five minutes be-
fore the explosion. The engineer in
charge at the time was aft and cannot
account for the explosion. The barges
in tow had five hundred tons of coal,
six hundred tons of sugar and two
hundred tons of queensware, all of
which were lost.
WASHINGTON, March 25.-In the
senate, Mr.. Fenton, from the finance
committee, reported favorably.on a bill
to refund custom duties to certain par
ties in New Orleans. The report was
placed Oh the calendar
CINCINNATI, March 25.-In June,
1872, Belle Secor, young girl, aged
thirteen, was outraged and murdered
in Mercer county, Ohio, and two men,
named Mcleod and Kimmel, suspected
of the crime were lynched by the in.
furiated citizens. A few days ago
Thomas B. Douglas, of Fort Wayne,
Ind, on his death bed confessed that
he committed the outrages and after
wards participated in the hanging of
the two innocent men.
g. GALVESTON, March 25.-The New
special from Austin says: The senate
met and the committee on privileges
elections through Mr.. billiard, made a
very voluminous report concerning the
seat of the senator for the sixteenth
district They state, first, that Matt.
Gaines was ineligible for various rea-
sons. Second, that Shepard is entitled
to it, and recommended he be seat
ed.
Senator Flanagan here presented a
memorial from B. Francis, claiming the
seat and stating that Shepard was
himself, Ineligible This not hav-
ing been before the committee and af-
ter unanimous vote on the first part,
that Gaines was ineligible, the further
consideration was postponed till to-
morrow.
The senate after returning from the
joint session, postponed the vote on
the address against Judge Cooper till
tomorrow.
Even if all the senators vote to ad-
dress him out it will not carry, since 1t
takes eighty votes to remove.
The speaker appointed Senator
Joseph on the following committees:
Judiciary, internal improvements, edu-
cation and constitutional amendments,
and Senator Burton on roads, bridges
and ferries.
Senator Westfall called up the house
bill, an act making an appropriation
to pay costs due sheriffs, clerks and
attorneys in felony cases in district
courts for 1873 and previous years, and
to pay the fees of justices of the peace
and other peace officers in criminal
prosecutions for 1872 and previous
years, and to pay justices of the peace
for assessing the taxes for 1878, with
amendments offered by himself, which
passed.