The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1875-05-15

~ IIU IIliuu OUliiU lNNN lhlululN
ilul that they Wc u ilip wuy,
Gpnlempn from the south say that
the cotton prospects this year ARE more .
favorable than M any limo since the
Of the war The hcre- .
age In cotton, too, Is unusually large I
These indications cause hopeful out
tool, among commercial men ut the
south
A correspondent Of the Chicago In
tpr-OCpnn furnishes the following
items In regard to the removal Of Com
missioner Douglas. Secretary BrlstOw
called Douglas to his room, saying;
"Mr. Douglas, have u very unpleas-
ant duty to perform. The president
has rendered your Office to Senator
Pratt aud he has accepted It,"
Mr.. Douglns asked II there was any
dissatisfaction with his administration
or suspicious of his integrity; and
when assured there were none,
Every well, Mr.. Secretary" he re.
piled, ~ can write my resignation,
suppose"
ii was written and sent to the pres
anCe. Mr.. Douglas called on the pres
ldent this morning, and asked II there
were any reasons for his removal. The
president expressed himself fully salts
lied with Douglas official conduct, but
gave no reasons that could learn.
asked Douglas what they We're, and he
replied: "POlitical reasons" lie said
that he was never more surprised IN
his life, but accepted it rs his fate.
1t is said that Douglas will be APP
pointed circuit judge in the western
district Of Pennsylvania, vice Mcken-
nan, who will he retired on account of
age, but nothing of the sort had been
intimated to Douglas this afternoon.
Mr.. Douglas will continue in charge Of
/ the bureau until the end of the fiscal
year, July |.
/ TORONTO, Ont, May S.--Gravc fears
are entertained for the safety OF the
/ steamships Polynesian, dominion and
Lake Champaign, among the ice'iiclds
in the gulf. The government has sent
steamers from Halifax and Quebec to
find and assist them. The PUlynesian
has six hundred passengers.
QUEBEC, May S.-rhere is no new
rs yet of the steamship Polynesian and
other missing steamers. Ii IL stated
that the Polynesan has at all times
provisions enough OH hand TO last at
least two months, and no DOUBT the
other steamers are equally well pro-
visioned. The Polynesinu is stated to
have thirteen hundred passengers on
board.
MONTREAL, May S.-!The steamship
Prussian, from Liverpool, has arrived.
Her captain reports having steamed
through seventy miles of ice. He saw
two steamers, twenty-eight miles north
of Bird Rocks, steaming west. One is
supposed to be the Polynesian.
ST.. LOUIS, Mo-, May S.-A Kansas
City special to the Republican says dis
patches from Wallace " Co. state that
the Indians continue their attacks on
hunters and herdsmen. a gentleman
named Francis, with outfit and three
men, was driven in this morning after
Il sprightly skirmish near Landsman's
Fork, fifty miles north of Wallace. He
was shot at several times, and has Il
dozen bullet-holes in his clothes. His
escape wa miraculous. The report
says the Pawnees, Cheyennes and
Sioux are crossing the road and NOV
ing northward. The government has
ordered troops to protect the settlers.
SIOUX CITY, Ia, May l0.-A meeting
of those interested in forming an indie
pendent expedition to Big Horn or the
Black Hills country, was held here
last night, one hundred men being
present who were ready to join. An
other meeting is called for tonight, to
perfect the organization and decide
upon the time of starting. \. l..
Witcher, who had charge of the last
train out of here, put his son Eph in
charge at Creighton, and returned to
take charge of another train, which
leaves here in ten days, under the aus
pieces of the Sioux City and Black Hills
Transportation company. The pony
express communicates with the eXpe-
ditions now on the way. One in to-
day brings news that they are making
good time, find an abundance Of game,
no grass, and no military.
JEFFERsoNvILLE, May 10. -Bill Rod
ifer, one of the most noted convicts in
America, made another attempt to es
cape from the penitentiary with three
other prisoners ut three O'Clock this
morning. One Of the guards heard Il
noise as il some one was using heavy
implement on the walls of the cell. In
h I'"Tis "n nf G,'"I Iv tho 'ri,onnr
armed with revolver. The guard re-
treated for help. A further eXami-
nation proved that Roditer, in some
mysterious manner, secured the keys,
unlocked the cell doors and silently
seized the inside guard, disarmed aud
threw him into the cell, locking him
:. hnia IN ,ha Will Inr~a a,inu,h IN as
o,no Tn Ills bis atismnt foiied and
baf =, onnir inn,,ad ~, he r,,li
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CINCINNATI, May lO.-Attwo o'clock
this morning AN attempt was made to
roo lhe Adams rHpFess messenger on
We tram, oetweeh Lima anu fores',
ONO. Inc roooer sawed through me
emo OF the aoor Oh Ile express car, e.
leclllg an entrance ana ueiiiauue, tne
SURRENDER Oh liie messenger; MI. rice
refusing, the roooer Shol MN Twice.
once IN Ihe eheek anu once III the
siinuiuer. rrlce tiieh siioV ~, ahe fopper,
hliiluS nun lhs'an'ly me Ioooei
proved 10 pea recently alscnarseu con-
ductor OF an accommodation tram on
the IittsDurg ana fort wayne railroau.
Prlce's wounds are not Serious
ST.. LOUIS, No., MAY 1O.-The Re-
publican's special from Kansas City
says: General Nell, commander of
the troops at the Cheyenne Indian
agency, passed through there to-day
Ell route for Fort Ripley, where he will
preside over court-martial. He re-
ports that a large numberof Cheyennes
,,.l,. taI Il 1,aI
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