The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1874-11-21

ltth, saya The smnllpox exists hero IN
very bad form, The physicians gaJ
II ~ almost epidemic. FIVE clildrei
died Nv one fhnily after u short illnesH
Drs. COninl, Whitehead aud Melton
waited on Mayor Parker to-day nnt
will meet the city council tonight M
rclat on thereto. This disease has been
very fatal In Roma, killing hundred
mostly children, out Of population Of
seven hundred.
Two droves ofstolen cattle have beer
crossed into Mexico within the las
twenty four hours. They were crossed
within the corporate limits Of Browns
vile. Deputy inspector Rock went tt
the other side to-day and waited upon
alcalde Fuertes He sent three police
men with Rock. They met three arm
ed thieves at the edge of Matamoras
driving twenty-three beeves. They
ran Off on their horses and the stolei
cattle were captured. Eighteen beeve'
were bagged at the crossing, making ;
total of forty-one in that drove. The
animals are in possession OF the MeXi
can authorities, also the other drove
The beeves were crossed near II party
of Mexican soldiers, who said they hac
no orders TO interfere with them.
A Galveston News Washington spe'
cial says: The chief engineer Of the
army in his annual report, says of the
work i'm Galveston harbor that the APP
preparation of June %, 1874, will be ex'
pended in accordance with the recon-
mendations of the Board of Engineers
but only SO far as to test the merits OF
the plan. 1t is hoped that the result
may be presented early at next session
of congress, when estimates1>fOr the
prosecution of the work will be submit
ted. Major Howell in his report on
Red Fish bar says, it is deemed advis
able to await the result of the present
experiment before recommending an
other.
He also recommends an appropria
| ton of three hundred and seventy-twc
thousand five hundred dollars to he ex.
pended the coming year for the i'm
provement of Rip Raps bayou, and the
construction of dams and dredging al
the foot of Soda Lake, Texas and Lou
| isiana.
The attention of the attorney gene
raj has been called to the numerOusly
signed petitions printed in the News
for the retention of Marshal Ochiltree
Williams remarked that the he never
knew any reason for Ochiltree's orig
inal appointment. Once in office he
knew of no reason for his removal anC
now he is out he (Williams) cannot
imagine why he should be reinstated
He added that the change was deter.
mined on not on account of any spe.
citic charge against Ochiltree, but be.
cause the special agents reported in
favor of the change.
WASHINGTON, November II. - A
Haraid sneciaI saws . ."There is appa.
rentIv a well rfo,Juded rumor in circu.
IntioH that on Thursday the president
sent y Iisnatcb TO Washburn. request.
ing his presence in Washington at the
earliest nossible moment. 1t is under.
stood that Wnshburn's advice is to be
taken as TO the time and method OF
the nroposed new departure of the adj
noinietra ion which the recent cam
vasa randers necessary
The medical officers nt the Pensacola
navy ward renort TO the navy depart.
mont 'that ali danger from yellow fever
a. that Mace has nnssed.
Nav OnLrANs' November l7.-The
reg,,Iar lower consi packet uEinpire. y
cantnin Ia,niraou sunk to her ton.
most state.rnoms about J. O'clock this
morning ut her landing Mt the foot OF
Can't Street The Epnpire arrived
about half-past twelve o'clock this
morning, neaVlly iadeh WIN sugar,
molasses, rice, etc. oeVefal passen'
gers left tDe oo"t upon hef arrival,
otherwise the loss OF Ire Wouio nave
been very large; as IL is fourteen pas
sengers ana many OF the crew are oe-
lieved to be drowned. hive Doaies
have been recovered, lhcilulhs Ine
captains daugnter, a1ouI seVen.ee ei,
years OF age, anu MI. rrlesoie,a wen
known plantatioh engineer C'ptalli
Jeanfreau losG lour chiiuren' lie saVeu
his VIE anu papy, VINO WIN mn ma
were sleeping III the teNas. III.
vet, passenger VINO eschpeu rom tne
sinking steamer, gives IL as MS opln,,
ion that the boat was 0Verioaueu ana
parted III the cehtre. me umpire was
built at Anglers ABOUT tiree years ago
and was owned py the umpire parish
packet company ana Valueu az uoo oo
S3O,o0O. she hau on poaru ABOUT 100
hogsheads OF sugar, oesiaes large
L.. Il, - al n
mum per VI oa!reiS ui l'i9 .,;t CIV -. q
quantity OF rice; Ii IS Impossible AT
present 70 get the actuai hunioer o u
lives lost, as the BOOKS ana papers vi
the boat are under the texas.
LATER.
Contian Jeanfrau state that. the EN-
pire had only faircargo, was not over
tnadad and that the guards were well
ahove water ot the time of sinking.
He was awakened by the great noise
.an1 confIsinn and caught one of his
nhiIdrnn and swan with it to the shore.
He saw his wife standing Oh deck
with her babe in her arms as the boat
went down. She chung to the Wheel
house of the Bradish johnson, which
stood along side. but violent shock
wrenched from her grasp her child,
who fell i'm the wateraud was drowned.
Holm Dublin saws: al am mate of
the Empire. We arrived last night
about twelve O'Clock and tied up, aud
I went TO nv room and almost inme-
diatelv went to sleep. Between four
aud five O'Clock | heard tremendous
crash. Thinking we had been run in
TO. I rushed on deck and seeing she
was sinking. shouted for everybody to
get life .preservers.
/ rushed along forward shouting to
awake nil I could. intending TO run into
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