The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1875-05-22
TELEGRAPIIIC BREvITIEs
SATURDAY..

The Texas Press association vlste'
Galveston yesterday.
There IL no immediate danger o
the death of General Breckenridge.
An International Sunday schoo
convention Is In session In Baltimore
The Cincinnati Musical festival Ii
now In progress, and Is patronized by
immense audiences.
The Methodist conference at Calais
Me-, yesterday elected six Chinamer
to the office of deacon.
john p. King has been elected
president, and General Mcltea superin'
tendent Of the Georgia railroad.
The czar has expressed II desire tc
confer, unofiicially, with ex-Presidenl
Thiers in relation to European affairs.
The London Telegraph says Russia
has given England friendly and salts,
factory assurances in regard to Central
Asia.
The break at Black river, on the
Iron Mountain road, has not yet been
repaired, No through train or mail
has arrived Mt Little Rock since last
Sunday.
In his address to the Texas veter-
ans, Mr.. Davis eXh0rted them to be "as
loyal to the stars and stripes as they
were jealous and brave In defence OF
the lost flag"
AT the late meeting of the board OF
managers of the Adams Express com
pany, in Cincinnati, George VI. Price,
the messenger who killed the robDer
in his car on the Pittsburg ana Fort
Wayne road, short time since, was
voted one thousand dollars in gold.
While freight train was passing
through an arch at the Sing Sing
prison, New York, yesterday, four con-
victs jumped on the engine, presented
revolver ut the engineer, and COM
pelled him to get off, cut the engine
loose and started south, abandoning
the engine three miles north of Tarry-
town.
Agents from Bates county, Mo-,
have arrived in Kansas q ty, soliciting
aid for the destitute people. Loss OF
crops last fall by grasshoppers and the
drcuth and ravages this spring have
reduced many people to such want that
help from the outside is absolutely nee
essary. The destitution is represented
to be very great, the same situation, ex-
isting in Johnson county, Mo.
The four distilleries which have been
released by the court on special bonds
at Milwaukee, resumed operations yes,
terday. A dispatch was received
ordering the officers to stop them UNI
til they had given new bonds in place
of those given May l. The distillers
telegraphed to distillers at Chicago
and elsewhere, proposing to unite with
them in testing the constitutionality of
the internal revenue act. a favorable
reply was received from Chicago, and
the distillers have resolved to proceed.
They have retained ex-senator Car
penter to take the question into court
--O'Connor, who, OH the day OF
thanksgiving for the recovery of the
prince of Wales, attempted to shoot
the queen, has been again arrested.
The queen was holding a drawing
room reception at Buckingham palace,
and O'COnnor was found in the same
place in front of the railingr from
which he, on the former occasion, fired
pistol at the queen. He was arrested
quietly and sent to the Howard asy-
lum, by the order of Sir Thomas
Henry, chief magistrate of Bow street
police. on account of certificates of
physicians that O'COnnor is subject to
suicidal and homicidal impulses.
An important surgical operation
was performed upon General John Y.
Breckenridge, at his home in Lexing.,
ton, KY, Tuesday, by DIR. Gross, OF
Philadelphia, and DIR. Sayre, of New
York. His chest was penetrated by
tubes inserted between the ribs, and
some relief was afforded. The physi-
clans are of the opinion that the gen.
erals liver was injured by blow re-
ceived during the war from fragment
of q shell, and the present sufferings
are due entirely to that cause. The
physicians entertain hopes that the
operation will prove of permanent ad-
vantage to the sufferer.
"A number of protests against the re-
cent awards by the Indian commits
sioners of contracts for supplying to-
bacco have been made by the unsuc-
cessful bidders. Among the number
are the well known houses of L. lIoril-
lard & Co., the Pioneer tobacco com.
pany, and Doran, Carroll d Co., OF
| New York, and Doran u Taft, of Phil
adelphia. The persons who protest
claim that the inspector appoint d by
the commissioners, being a leaf in
spector, was incompetent to judge cor,
| rectly of the various conditions and
qualities of plug tobacco, and that the
inspector had taken out samples fol
consultation.
"A letter has been received al
Toreka, Kansas, from the secretary ol
the interior, stating that the papers In
| the matter of Governor OsbOrne's accu'
sations against Enoch Hoag, Indian
superiptendent, have been examined
by the president, and he declines t6
remove Hoag, as requested, or take
any action in the case at present. 1t Is
announced by authority that when
Governor Osborne returns from his
trip to California, he will immediately
file new charges against Hoag, and ask
for formal Investigation of them
These new charges, it Is understood
will allege official and personal dis
honesty against HOag, and will relate
mainly to the distribution of Indiar
annuities and supplies In Kansas ant
Indian Territory during the time that
Hoag has been acting as Indian super
intendent. -,
Secretary Bristow makes the fol
lowing reply to letter of inquiry II
regard TO the transfer of boilers from
old to new boats: "In answer to you
letter in which you ask to be informe,
If the inspector would be justified In
approving an old boiler, which yol
propose to put in a new boat nov
building, you are informed that II tn
boiler in question has been previously
used only on steam vessels, and II TN
inspectors records show 1t was In al
respects in conformity to the require
ments of the steamboat acts In force
the time it was built and first used, AM
is now in good condition, its use on
new boat may be permitted, with al
allowance Of its working pressure be
ing " thin the limits prescribed by tn
laws in force at the time OF its origina
inspection"
I'm an editorial on the recent crisis
the London Times says: "There coul
hardly have been a more critical sit
nation than existed at Berlin on tn
arrival of the emperor Of Russia. Tn
German government may be able 3
, declare that a hostile movement wa
never officially entertained, but fey
DAYS since there was serious DANCE
that warlike councils would prevail
J We may suppose Prince Gortschako
! courteously expressed his determir
J alton to treat as an enemy the fir'
! state disturbing the peace. In spite {
Epgland's attitude Of reserve we b
) lieye the government thought 1t a M