The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1874-05-23

Tic Wnds of iutiug loVu ih' hlIi'
'adrs md repairing md clcUnln5 The
state house will coat 90 lpH4i twenty
thousand dollars
SrmNdFiHLp, Mn8, May ~, -liwon.
~ Of the missing have boen dug from
the ruins OF buildings and SIND. Twen-
ty.flvc known 70 I've lost are still In the
debris.
a committee of the legislature find
the specifications were not fulfilled by
the contractors IN thcScontruction OF
the reservoir.
Fifty thousand dollars have been
contributed for the relief of the VIC
tins.
Itappears that the walls of the res
ervoir were required to be built three
feet below the ground. The contrac-
tors based them on the surface, max
ing the calamity mere question of
time.
The contractors will be hanged If
caught. The empty reservoir exposes
the vilIainy practiced by the contrac-
tors.
The bodies found yesterday were
nude and much disfgured.
1t will require week to find all the
missing. People are earning money
by searching for models aud brass.
Derricks have been erected to lift
the safes from the streams, most Of
which are intact. They were all locked
ut an early hour of the flood.
The streams are being diverted from
their natural channels to save the
spells of the flood.
The latest figures of the loss of life
make the total number one hundred
and forty-four, divided rs follows be-
tween the three places: Williamsburg
sixty, Leeds forty-nine, Haydenvillc
thirty-tive.
These figures only represent persons
whose loss is positively known, though
bodies of all are not yet recovered.
Bodies are constantly being found, ana
in ONE cases those persons who were
not supposed to be lost, SO that itseems
perfectly safe to say that the total loss
fife will exceed one hundred and
fifty, if it does not more nearly APP
proach two hundred.
NEW YORK, May ga large public
meeting of the societies of the Metro
politan Catholic total abstinence union
was held this evening in Cooper in
sititute. Rev. j. X. Mclean president.
Resolutions were adopted that the cru
sading excitement, legislative expert
ments and political agitation offered
poor hope for the completeness OF
permanency of .cform, the only thor
ough prohibitions being se!f-protection
among consumers, enforced by lndivid-
ual consciences rs schooled by God's
church.
TEYARKANA, May 20.-The railroad
transfer table at this place is coinplet'
ed. The table is of q. Il. Mutler's
make, and works splendidiy. Passen
gers can now go through to Saint Louis
without change.
The union depot at this place is fac
being completed.
WAsHINGToN, May 20.--The house
passed resolution to adjourn on thu
22d of June.
The senate mas the civil rights bill up
PARIS, May 20.-Prince Metternich''
seconds refuse to allow the duel will
Count Montebello to take place.
ST. PAUL, Mimi, May 2O.--Tht
ground is alive with grasshoppers il
southern Minnesota.
LITTLE Rock, May Exchanges o
an attempt to overthrow the state gov
eminent have been made against Sen
ators Clayton and Dorsey, and COM
mittee has been appointed by the leg
islature to investigate the matter.
A bill was introduced in the house
to-day, granting amnesty to all engaged
in the late emeutc.
PARIS, Texas, May 2l.-Bob. Ayres,
a young man Of this city, while out
gaming this afternoon, accidentally
shot himself, and it is thought the
wound will prove fatal.
Our city growing rapidly, and BUSH
ness is fair, considering the dull season
Of the year. A.
NEW YORK, May 2l.--The Times
editorial says it is only because the
courage of Governor Moses oozed out oil
him with marvellous rapidity that the
recent scenes in Arkansas are not to be
repeated i'm South Carolina. Having
been indicted for grand larceny, Moses
called out his militia to protect him
from arrest, but no sooner had his SOL
diers been posted about the state house
than he thought better of the matter,
and surrendered himself to the sheriff.
LONDON, May 2'.-The daily News
special from Paris says that cabinet
has been formed. It's principal men,
hers are Goulard, Decass, Loweregne,
Grivart aud Ceszanne, all of whom be-
long to the moderate section Of the
right and right center. The object of
the new government is to !conciliate
both eeuters in orderto carry the Sep
tennial constitution through the as
sembly.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala, May I.-The
Alabama press convention reelected
their former officers and concluded
routine business. They passed resolu-
ton of thanks to the authorities of
Birmingham and other cities for their
unbounded hospitality to themselves
and their New York guests; also to
various railroads and to the Western
Union telegraph company for the free
use of their line and adjourned. The
sassion was very harmonious