The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1875-05-01

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liishup lmpllin returned ~ The MI
tur whore, after the customary Dom.
mus NUhsum aud Oromu-, hc pro-
ccrdcd ~ read the prayer. The deacon
nud suh-dcacon then prepared The st
cred vessels and the bread aud wine,
The Intermediates was then sung.
During this period u Collects was began,
aud they advanced with the censOrs,
aud the altar was inCenscd 10y the cell
pbrnnt, the archbishop and bishops
rising and removing their mtres; the
priests aud the entire congregation
also rose.
NEW ORLEANS, April 27.-The United
States steamboat inspectors ARE invos'
tigNting the conduct of the tugs during
the steamboat conllagratiun on Friday
last.
The civil court adjourned to-day out
of respect to Fergus Fusclier, n prom
incnt member OF the bar, who fell dead
/ this morning of apopleXy.
Tho Louisiana LcvCe company have
/ brought suit against Thomas a. Scott
| and II. =. McCOmb for two hundred
and cighty-twO thousand dollars fol
| violation Of contract IL II charged
| that Scott and McC0mb agreed Ia
| furnish all the capital necessary to ell
able the company ut all times to per-
form its contract with the state, but
failed to do so, consequently this suit.
OMAHA, April 27.-The river at this
/ point Is higher than 1t has been foi
many years. The bottoms are covered
with water on both sides of the river
rs far ~ the eye can reach. aud still II
is rising. The Union Pacific, b. and
NJ, and o. and n. w. freight depots
are entirely surrounded by water, aud
all the tracks, except the mains to the
Union Pacific shop yards, are covered
TO II depth of two to three feet of water.
\ heavy stream of water is pouring
over the bottom between the Union
Pacific shops and the Sand Hills. Con-
siderable anxiety Is felt for the safety
OF the shops and smelting-works. The
water Is also cutting away the great
fill ut the eastern approach to the
bride.
A large number of men are at work
endeavoring to stop it. The river Is at
n stand at Sioux City, with twelve feet
eight inches above low water mark.
KANSAS CITY, NO., April 27.-Depu-
ty Sheriff Shracer, of Wyandotte coun'
ty, in attempting the arrest of sup
posed horse thief to-day, got into a
fight with him, shooting the thief,
badly wounding and capturing him.
Alderman T.. III. Webster was arrest
ed this evening ut the depot, taking
the train for Chicago, charged with
embezzling 50 600 held by him rs treas
urer for the Mutual Home Building as
ISOLATION. He gave bail for his APP
pcarance Monday. The arrest was re-
markablc in some respects. The bond
is more than the sum alleged to be en-
bezzled. He is II prominent and popu-
lar insurance agent, and possesses n
considerable amount of means. He
may not have that amount of cash by
him, but undoubtedly could easily OBJ
tain it when wanted.
WALLACE Kansas, April 27.--Lieut-
cnant Henry arrived at Fort Wallace
yesterday, with number of soldiers in
an exhausted condition. -Four hun.
dred Indians were seen about fifty
miles from Wallace, near the Kansas
Pacific railroad track. The govern
ment is making preparations for sew
eral attacks on the Indians.
ST.. PAUL, April 27.-Navigation
through Lake Pepin is opened earlier
than was anticipated. The steamboat
James Means has passed through the
lake. The Mississippi river naviga-
ton is therefore open from st. Antho-
ny's Falls to the Gulf Of Mexico.
HAZLEroN, April 27.-There have
been no Disturbances since last Thurs
day. The man killed then was II dcs-
perado, Peter Munday, who was the
leader of the mob.
WASHINGTON, Apail 2S.-Judge
Pierrcpont, of New York, has ac-
ceptcd the position of attorney gen.
eral and will enter on the discharge of
his duties on May 18th, at which date
the resignation of attorney General
Williams will take effect.
The president to-day appointed
Major Robert McFully, now on the
staff of Lieutenant General Sheridan,
to be commissary general of subsist-
ancc, vice Shieras, deceased.
The court of claims has made de-
cree in accordance with the opinion
heretofore rendered in the Arkansas
Hot Springs case. The decree declares
that plaintiffs have no legal or equita-
BILE title to property, and that title rests
wholly and absolutely in the United
States. 1t directs that the property
be taken, held and possessed by re-
cciver to be appointed by the court of
claims, who shall take charge of and
rent out same for use, till congress shall
by law direct how the same shall be
disposed of. The receiver is not to be
appointed until final decree is rem
dered, and he is not to take possession
of the property until it has been adju-
dicated by the supreme court to be the
property of the United States.
The treasury department has decided
that where goods are imported under
the act of 1870, for transportation,
without appraisement, to an interior
port, they are liable to duty under the
tariff in force at the time of their first
arrival in this country, and not under
an act passed subsequent thereto, but
before their arrival mt the interior port.
This decision may involve change in
some important decisions heretofore
made under the act of 1870.
MADRID, April 2S.-Lord Hobart,
governor of the presidency of Madras,
is dead.
LONDON, April 2s.-Gilloy Higgatt
Puisne, baron OF the court of eXcheq-
uer, died to-day.
The ceremony of the installation of
the prince of Wales as grand master of
the united grand lodge of MasOns of
England, took place to-day in Royal
Albert hall, in presence of an immense
concOurse of Masons. Great enthusi-
asm was manifested.
PANAMA, April lG.-Advices from
Bolivia state that OH the Sth of March
last President Freias left Topaz for
Oruro, taking with him one-half of
battalion No. of the line, the other
half remaining in Viacha. The rebel
citizens of Topaz, when they thought
the president far enough away, broke
out in revolution. The council of min
listers and small force of young men
of good families shut themselves in the
palace, determined to re-
sist any armed attack of the people. A
terrible and unyielding struggle took |
place. The people, on their part, tried
to set fire to the palace. The women
even took part in the communicative
ferocity, and threw burning sheets,
dipped in kerosene, on the roofs. |
While this was going on messenger
set Off for Viacha and informed the
of the half battalion that
was there of what was taking place in
Topaz. Senior Juan Granuer, hechief
in command, passed his men over six