The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1875-02-27

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compel Tie pcnnsy lynnln Rad ~ re-
Open ~ Getaways " commerce ~ HE
people NJ Philadelphia aud New iUk
/ for The Baltimore aud ONO rOnd aud
/ IT. connections, orders have hCen giv
en- by the Baltimore and ONO railroad
for nn immense reduction Of passchpe.
rates between Washington, Baltimore
and philadelphia, aud leading west
ern cities, viz. Between Chicago and
Baltimore aud Washington, from SO
TO so; between Cincinnati and Balti-
more and Washington, from SIG To 500
betwee 81. Louis and Baltimore aud
Washington, S23 to SO; between Louis
Vile and Washington, from S1
to $40; between Pltisbnrg aud Balti-
more and Washington, from IS 81 tn
50. A similar reduction has also been
made between Philadelphia and Chi
cago, Cincinnati, st Louis, Louisville
and Pittsburg. These reductions take
effect ut once. IL Is understood the
Baltimore and Ohio company Is ar.
ranging for line of first class steam
ships for the conveyance of freight
between New York and Baltimore.
All its western connections have tele-
graphed to the Baltimore and Ohio
company that they will cheerfully co
operate in its policy throughout, rs
long as the Pennsylvania road contin-
ues to obstruct its business to Philadcl-
phia and New York.
BALTIMORE, February 19.-There
were no new developments IN the rail
road war at this point to-day, except
the following reductions by the Balti-
more and Ohio in passenger fares:
From Baltimore to Kansas City the
fare is reduced from sd to S26; Mem
phis, from S34 % to SO %; Nashville,
from S27 4G to $40 so; New Orleans,
from SAG to $3S;Omaha, from S35 to 500;
st. Joseph, from $34 to S26; st. Paul,
from S33 to S24, which has been met
by corresponding reduction by the
Pennsylvania railroad. The rates for
western freights are nominal, shippers
in many cases naming their terms.
PHILADELPHIA, February l9.-The
train east bound from Columbus at 6:25
last evening encountered broken rail
near Steubenville at three o'clock this
morning.
A special car with the vice president
and general freight agent of the Penn
sylvania railroad company was ditched
and burned. The vice president and
agent were slightly burnt.
PITTsBURG, February 19.-No lives
were lost at Steubenville. Vice presi-
dent Mccullough had his legs broken.
Quite number of persons were injured
and number of cars burned.
New YORK, February 10. - Mrs.
Moulton was Oh the stand to-day, and
| 4, ,, 70 houn on nulu lnnk
for Beecher. 1t appears Beecher made
a confident of Mrs. Moulton. All the
details were exposed
NEW YORK, February 19.-In the
case of the government against George
Hughes q Co., for one hun dred thous-
and dollars, gold. for differentiation
of linen and linen thread, the jury re-
turned verdict for the defendants.
MONTGOMERY. Ala, February 10
Ed. Smith, negro, on the jury of the
city court, was put Oh the city chain
gang for one hundred days for stealing
hogs, night before last His place on
the jury is vacant.
PHILADELPHIA, February 10, AT a
special meeting of the board of direct
of the Pennsylvania railroad company
the position assumed by President
Scott was endorsed, and will be snp-
ported.
ST.. PAUL, February l9.-S. J. r. Nc
MILAN was to-day elected United
States senator. He is at present chief
justice of the state.
WASHINGTON, February 20.-Matt
Carpenter occupied his seat in the SEN
ate to-day.
The Indian appropriation bill is
being considered.
A Washington special to the Bal
| timOre Sun says the house COM
mittee will make two reports, one in
favor of seating the members expelled
by the military and the other recog-
nizing Kellogg.
| Senator Andrew JOhnson's creden-
tials were presented to the senate to-
day.
A resolution appointing u committee
| of five to sit during recess and examine
| the various branches of the civil SER
vice and report by bill or otherwise,
with view to its reorganization, was
introduced.
| A resolution giving wounded SOL
! diers, and the widows and orphans of
those who died in the line duty prefer
ence in civil offices, was passed by u
vote of one hundred and thirty-six to
eight.
Mr.. Alcorn introduced bill for the
relief of the overfiOwed Mississippi
river land.
The Indian appropriation bill was
then taken up but gave way to eul0-
gies. The debate in the house to-day
was on the motion made by Mr.. Bur-
ola rA ne Illtnntc Tn of Il a nlIf nf tho
tariff bill the fifth section, which pro-
vides for the restoration of the ten per
cent reduction OH manufactured goods.
Nearly all of the Pennsylvania MEM
bers, democrats as well AZ republicans,
spoke i'm favor of retaining this
section. The single exception was in
the case of Mr.. Storm, Pennsylvania
democrat, who to the amazement and
chagrin of all his colleagues, supported
the motion to strike out the section
and avowed himself unqualiiiedly a
free trader. The motion TO strike out
was lost by vote of eighty-siX to
ninety-eight, and then without finish
ing the bill, il was laid aside and eulo-
gies were pronounced on the four re-
Gently deceased members of the house,
Messrs. Croker and Hooper, of Mas
sachutts, Hersy, of Maine, and Rice,
of Illinois.
The treasury received four millions
dollars In bonds from Europe to-day
for redemption and exchange.
The senate caucussed this morning
on the order of business. There was a
slim attendance. The civil rights bill
was considered but no conclusion was
reached upon any subject