The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1875-03-27

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Mnuuus, Tenn, Hudl 60 1'hc
river lu4 fHlluu rNirInutlF tU allow
lrniuH ~ p1a, Tho lnt train wont
through to-day.
BpoOgLYN, y. S. March 2l.- John
Canpion Force, II noted sporting man,
IL dead.
WAsnlNGToN, March 2j.--'l'ho no.
ton Of the senate In tabling Pardec's
nomination, places litigation In Lou
lslunu In an awkward position. The
district Judge alone has Jurisdiction In
bankruptcy aud admiralty cuses. Mel
ther Judge Wood Dor Judge Bradley
have any power in these branches Of
law. There IL now in the hands of the
registry Of the district court for distri-
button, by order of the district judge,
SI2,OOO. Other suits In bankruptcy,
involving over 500 900, are pending.
There is doubt of the presidents power
to appoint II judge ud interim.
It seems probable that all cases In
bankruptcy and admiralty must re-
main in allegiance until the next SEES
sion of congress. Judge Pardec has
Internationally withdrawn from the
'OutCst.
The attorney general has instructed
the district attorney to institute suits
against several of the Pacific railroads
for amounts certified 10y the secretary
of the treasury to be due the govern
ment for five per cent of their respec-
tive net earnings, provided for by the
act of July !, 1868, or 10y any other act
or acts in relation to- the respective
railroad companies. The following are
the railroad companies and the
amounts: Central Branch Union Pa
elite railroad, SIT, 1917; Sioux City and
Pacific railroad, S3l lO4 Union Pacific
railroad Sl,OlO,05G; Kansas Pacific
railroad sos, $50. The following are
points ut which suits will be brought:
Kansas Pacific and Central branch, in
Kansas; Union Pacific, at Boston;
Sioux City, in Iowa.
Major Cox, paymnster, has been as
signed to duty ut San Antonio.
The senate failed to confirm May
nard and llrCnnon, nominated by the
president rs paymasters.
The attorney general has written n
letter to the United States attorneys
having control of suits against parties
charged with fraud in connection with
the operations of the Freedmen's bu-
reau, requiring them to promptly and
thoroughly investigate all the alleged
frarGs and to institute proceedings in
all eases where they are satisfied frauds
have been committed, and to make
early report 10 the department of
Justice in detail, giving the name of
each and whatever action has been
taken.
Senator Robertson did not sever his
relations with the republican caucus,
but attended all its meetings. He only
refused to vote for the resolution recog-
nizing the legality OF the Kellogg leg
| stature but, voted for the resolution OPP
posing what was termed the presidents
protection of the people of Louisiana
| from domestic violence.
AUGUSTA, Ga, March 25.--The path
of the tornado was from two hundred
| to six hundred yards wide. The cy-
clone was of Il cylindrical shape, and
rotated with fearful velocity from
north to south. The front cloud was
h.ack rs night, and Il half mile high.
The rear was Illuminated by II bright
light. 1t Travelled nearly due east,
veering Il little to the north. After de-
vastatiug Carroll, the tornado seems to
have divided, one portion going east
by north, and one crossing the Savan-
nah river above and below Augusta,
both proving equally destructive, lay
ing waste everything in their track.
Huge trees were broken like reeds, and
in some instances carried three lourth5
of n mile. The tornado was preceded
by dull, heavy roaring, rs of artillery
in the distance. 1t spent its GREATEST
fury in about three minutes. An eye
witness says the senses were utterly
deadened and appalled,. There was Il
crash, roar, and the meeting OF a
hundred terrific and unearthly sounds,
Houses were demolished, and oaks
that had withstood the storms of Il
century We're snapped in twain.
New YORK, March 25.-The different
Irish national organinat ions are active
in preliminary preparation fora funeral
procession Sunday next.
MEMPHIS, March 25.--Nar0us Irlsh
societies ana large number of Amer
leans assembled Mt the theater tonight,
to express sorrow ut the death of John
Mitchell, and of sympathy with
HIS Itllll = va igpSSh' PiNSi'1''
Speeches were made by Hon. Cayce
Young, Judge Il. w. Brown and 9TH
ers, and appropriate resolutions were
adopted. y telegram iIom Hon. Jetier-
son Davis, now in New Orleans, was
read, regretting his inability to be
present, and saying, John MitchelPs
death was loss to mankind"
PHILADELPHIA, March pa meet
l.I Il.
demonstration in honor of the late
John Mitchell.
PHILADELPHIA, March 25.-The Phi
Sigma society is in session. The re-
ports show unprecedented prosperity.
The membership is now twenty-five
thousand. There is Il banquet tonight
ut the Continental.
TOPEKA, Ks March Pa dispatch
received to-day from SAN Francisco an
nounces the shipment of Il donation of
;. twelve car loads of seed grain for the
destitute farmers of Kansas. This
makes about fifteen thousand dollars
in money and supplies donated by Cal
ifornia TO the Kansas sufferers.
A party of surveyors has left here to
survey the line of the extension of the
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe rail-
road, from Granada to Las Animas.
The work of grading will commence
! in few weeks, and it is proposed to
have the line completed during the
summer.
| LITTLE Rock, March 25.-An I'M
! known man was killed this morning
| by the passenger train on the lnterna-
! tional railroad near TeXarkana.
! John McFadden shot and killed
Georg" d. BACKYARD, at Clarksville,
yesterday. BACKYARD was railroad
employee, and was shot for refusing to
pay one dollar won by McFadden.
| The murderer was arrested.
A man named Nichols, who had
passed a raised pension warrant for
$500, was shot and badly wounded, by
| Detective Woodward, while attempt
ing to escape.
New York, March 25.-The destruc-
ton of the coal railroad bridges
of New Jersey threaten coal famine.
The supply of some of the important
yards is exhausted and the yards
closed.
The steamer for Havana to-day took
nearly half a million Of dollars.
The Tilton scandal trial was adj
journed till Monday from alleged re-
spect for Good Friday.
CHARLESTON, s. G., March 25.-The
bill to repeal the law requiring insur-
ance companies doing business in this
state to make deposit of bonds as Sc
curity TO policy holders passed both
branches of the legislature and will
undoubtedly be signed by the COVER