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The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1876-12-31
Conflict Of Authority Between Massa-
chusetS and Tennessee In the
Dickinson Cotton Case.
The Grand Trunk Railroad
Locked by Formidable
Engineer Strike.
A Sixty thousand Dollar Flro In tho Fu.
turo Great City Beware Of Counter.
fell Fifty Cent Pieces Marine
Disasters with the Usual
narrowing Details.
aon.ono rlrn

Sr, LOUIS Drceniter 30 The wnre-
house OF the 81 Louis Drug Company
has been destroyed by Are, Luss.
500, 900 "
Countcrfcu Half Dollars.
WASHINGTON, Decen ber 80. --Coun.
terfeit half dollars, supposed to have
been cast from dies captured from the
New Orleans mint, have reached here
from the South. r
iAorribie Railroad AcctdePG
AsHrABULA, o., December SlS--A
terrible railroad accident ocdurredton
the Lake Shore aud Michigan South
ern Railroad last night. The details
are narrowing aud the scene ghastly.
There are one hundred and twenty
niue missing The dead are dlsiigured
beyond all recognition. All the oars
are burned to oluuers. age
witncss &c in ths Watts. Cronin Case.
SAN FRANciso0, December S0.--A
Portland, Oregon. dspatch Gays; a. Il.
Wheeler aud J. NJ. Johns are sub.
loeuaed by the Congressional Com
mittec to testify In the Watts Cronin
case. they leave tomorrow for
Washington.
Goal OH lamp ExpioSion with tho
Usua. Trimmings.
COLUMBUS, o., December 80. Mrs.
Joseph Kelley was fataIiy burned this
morning ny the explosion OF a coal Oh
iamp, which she was lighting Sue
died after few hours, portions OF her
oody being burned 10 n crisp. ha
more swipdIipg.
Boston, December 10. - Ia 1879,
Henry Z. Thatcher, u cotton broker Of
tuis city, paid 50, $40 IN drafts madt by
Dickinsou Bros ,oi Memphio, Tenn,
un Ills ui iadiDg attached. The drafts
were, IL 10 alleged, fictitious, aud
Thstchci had The Dlckinsons arrested
Ny Boston detectives on u acquisition
Issued 10y Governor II ee, of Mnssaebu-
setts. The governor OF Teupessee now
releases the Dickinsons, On the ground
that they cannot be tried IN Mnssapbu-
selts for MI otleuse committed in
Iennessee, .-..-...
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ss.si;uskip 'DssGsssr

New YoRKi-.Deeemben. 3os-Ths
! Steamship Circassian went aahors. of
Long island to-day and has gone 70
pfeses. Twenty mine livs Icw9e :,
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We. ta@ : ~ ystyr Q aaw sso sol &
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1876-12-31

The mayoralty may then he consl-
dered ms hereafter an Office Of more
houor than profit aud, consequently,
the demand for IL will he less aud the
election less exciting than heretofore.
The business men will certainly put
forward candidate, while some 1.-THE
former incumbehts and several popular
gentlemen may DO entered for the
race by their friends. There seems to
be q dcslre 10 select the mayor from
the representative business men OF the
city In order that the services and
capacity Of such an one may be- avail.
able. lHia nFetA
tits not known positively whether
ex-Mayors CAbeIl, Ervay and Kerfoot
will run or not Col. &. q. McLure's
name has been mentioned 10 oopnec-
ton with the raoe, aud there IL a.giow.
Ing desire ON the part Of The many
friends OF w. g. Connor. Esq, q prem
inent merchant and the efficient Chief
ofthe Fire Departmsntsto Induce him
TO consent to become, a candidate. He
has never taks6 any part In politics,
however, The demands Of a.layge busi-
|, meas, several public works and the iire
department having pretty well occu-
MED MS time. PIE HERALD Ia not
sdvised as to Mr., Copnoirs views, I. Is
! probable he has not given the subject
thought II issafe to say, however,
that u more public.spihtcd, capable
and energetic man could not,bs chosen
sox thv position n '. \
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VT LYrG. ..,. ,.. J,p, MURPHY.
REAL ESTATE AGENTS
roR - ALp.

improved and unimproyed properly !
farntini lands In Dallas and other oountie
Nor reut--Dwellinps and business houses u
tina civ OF Dailus. special attention paid T.
nbstracting and perfectins titles ma estht
teIt.. notes and accounts. by
'e"''' W.F.LYTE q CO..
Real Eetate Agents, No. 10y Damar street
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Closing Out Bargains:

OvercOatS, Business Suits, Dress Suits, Walking
Suits. Boys and Children Suits at an immense
Sacrifice In Order to Close Out. Mems and YOuth'S
Wo'sted Prince Albert FrOcks from $40 to $50.
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NAIINNAL LINE NF STEAaERS

t,onsis,lng OF twelve fnc large steamship
one of the hest and certainly the chchpsN
iuin and Europe. Steerage and cabin, win
mi road iiysste, either way, from ara W
Dailas, or round trip ucNelH, gpou lof Que
var, for sails by tue undertignrd, For pay
ilcuars, and 10 see plan 81 tue steamers oAp'
ina. On LAT our Office 20. l01 l.amarrt.
Il w.F, LYTE 4 %, ARens,
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Gents Business Suits:

Mems good all wool Cashmere Suits
for $40; New all wool Plaid Cheviot
Suits $3.50; the Most Fashionable
Plaids for Is, Is, Is and 20 dollars;
English and French Plaids for %,
Is, %, and 80 dollars.
, 1876-03-11

shs took Glsoooooo 1000 int susr snd pre-
Esusby that money IL not ypt sl spnnt, yet tho ony
indication Of borrowed capital which tho buEce Rivea
IL contained In tho lion, "E1traordlnsry Expendi.
surc." amounting to only cf,c}o.ooo $780, ooo} II
Tho OF last years. loan Ia a1seady gono to that
small baaucs, tho run.nrs fosr thRt nussis will
shossfy b In The markes for further advanoa to
considerable AMOUNT would sean, 10 be wotfounded,
for without great deal mora borrowed udonsy Il
would 10 impossible to c1ocuto tho great railway
rrutoctt which foot for extending military
Lines In Asia westward anti southwark.
Tho point Of nil tlta Is tho fact TINT ii is n
red-hos slot frol at Russiat and hitting
worry vital point by her Jealous rIvnl. 1t isn n
cayeat against ler coming into thd English
1oan market mug longer until sllo las COM
nlcucod paying up what she already owos.
It Is warning to hor TINT sho must rest
awhile before going any Deeper into dobt, and
that il Bho docs not stop borrowing sho
must soon ho plunged into commercial col
lapse TINT will permanently ntToot her credit.
Itremains now to bo scen whnt dofonBo tho
nussfan Journals, which nso nevor slow to
reply to The Euglish, will mike to this orih-
cism upon their national finances.
, 1876-03-11

President. Ho haa from time to time, how.
ever, como before tho public In disroputa,
bla political wny, and has boon hnnginR On
tho outakirts Of political jobbory by ths
throad Of relationship betwoon him and hin
brother the President. Wo should say from
l'is testimony relative to tho roat-tradorahlps,
from his position Of "solioitor to 1rm of
contractors at $500 month, aud from his
previous appearances on tho surfaee, ,that this
11r. Onv1LhE docs not hositnsa to represent
that his relationship to the President givcs
him peculiar influence In official oiroles, Thiu
may DO truo as far as officials Of tho chasac.
ter Of BEnKNAr nro concerned. hut tho fact
that Brother Ony1I1R's career Is mainly mol.
able for failures and chronic impccunios.y
ought to suffice al evidence TINT his influence
with tho President Is in inverse proportion to
hls relationship. OF course his roappearnnes
at this time will furnish q new prote1t for
bowling ut tho President but candid people
will bo moro inclined to sympathizo with
Gen. GnAsT in tho sore afl!iction Of such 4
brother than to blano him for tho misfor.
tune,
, 1876-03-11

tho orontcst 1oasca of rcven,,o VAN inon1rot1.
nut vitho,,t storn;ro II co,,s;,o- .,,o w.
snoct;vo ,nerika NJ tia nortiaan d,scnssion ~,
either ei1c, tho no;nt vo t,ca,ro to mako IL,
lint +ho to,,, n ooo,,rn Al xroc 80, - ,,,oco
Tho sonnta il essentiallv n ca1m. ;e1borato
hof1v. comnoaol ~ ol1 eror.hooJs1 man.
mf,ch furtbor removed th,n ,ho Houso from
a.. ..:.. =. y, ,,,.
, 1876-03-11

It now goea upon record that Alr. Bass, Of
No" York, one Of tho RopuhH can members
OF tho Committee on Expenditures in the
War Department, strenufa.sly protested
aeainst the discharge OF KiAnsu and tho op-
portunlty afforded that Important witness to
abscond. He was oy arulsd BY H,xsrEn
O1znxn, who, lacked by Tho Democrats on
the Committee, IN aninously discharged
HA1sH, aud, "a though fearful lest he might
not be able to mako tracks for Cansla before
Etsps could 10 takon to secure his detention,
tes Chairman A1dly volunteered to 60 with
him and got his fees, or /: necessary
70 send than by mail, together with
tho documentary evidence to be left bohlnd.
In thu statement Of the case Mr. Bass waz
supported by Mr. DARroRp, his Republican
colleague, and Ill The eyaslons aud equirm
ings OF oLxstka and BLACKBURN will not wipe
out the fact that the Republican members oI
tns uomnittee were kept In total Ignorance
OF tho meeting and Of tho investigation until
Altar AAasu had Anishsd hla testimony, and
that tho witnass WAS hustled out Of reach BY
o1Sxxa, BLACKBURN, and tho rest.
, 1876-03-11

Tho Post and 1fai' Ia not satisfied with Tua
TntDuSE's explanation Of Its present viowa as to
tho legality of certificates Of indebtedness
lssuod undar tho now charter, and protesting to
30 issnod nndor the provisions Of tho old char
tor, which arc dofunct. but 1t Ia not expected
to bo satisfied With what Tng TR1DuHE saya. It's
rolo Ia lint Of an irroconcilaolo. 8til, for pru-
dential REASONS, 1t might be we'll for It to look
over tho opinions Of tho eminons lawyers who
!ndorsod tbs viows Of tho Comptroller in Aug
ust. 1875, aud sec whether any Of thom expressed
tho beliof that those certificates could DO issued
undor the provisions Of tho new charter or
vhothsr thsy advised the Comptroller t!las tho
conflicting prohibitions of tho new charter gavo
way boforo tho, psrmIsaivo provisions Of tho old
ono !; or whether It is proper to set forth on til,
face OF tho certificates Of Indebtedness thai
thoy woro issued by virtue OF the provis!oua Of
tho old chartor OF 1865 and tho atnendmenta
made thereto in 1860. Aa tho old charter ia dead,
and lis debt tcrosting provisions aro null and
void. IrE Ta1puN1 is puzzled 10 undeEatani
how certificates Of indebtedness can .soto be 1a-
galy Issued which got forth Tint they arc created
By virtue OF those dotunot aeottons OF tho old
charter. Will tho Pos. and Mall please az.
plAlu it
, 1876-03-11

AIf. Il1E8TEn CLYMER, EhAirrnnt Of tho
Committee which permitted MAnsu To escape
before DELKxAp could bo indicted OF i'm
pcachcd, is now exhibiting great energy in
s,,rnmoning Newspaper correspondents who
have boen instrumental in giving currency to
tho report shnt he waa informed Of PESpLE-
TuH's relations with tho DrLnsArs relative
to tho allowance Of claim, and neg
leoted to investigate it on account
~ In sr{,, flint Tnirht n+,q,n n,
, 1876-03-11

The Cherokee .1Irocate is national nowg-
paper, inasm,.ch as 1t is published by tho
Cherokee Nation and by virtue Of national
law ia rather novel proceeding, and It ia
dattering to tho guild to hnvo National
Council, oven il it bo an Indan Nation,
acknowledge in its statute-books TINT the
press is IN important means Of education.
At tho ea,ne time 1t is significant Of the dam
ger incident to national control Of tho press
that tho editorial rooms Of tho Ghcroked Id
cocato azu locnted by law In the upper Htory
OF the jail building. As eolace for this un-
natural association, however, $4,000 was
voted for material to sot up the establish
mont, and $500 for "contingeat expenses I"
during tho ensuing year. Thore Is many
newspaper, wo are Inclined to be-
liovo, that would ocoupy tho samo quar-
rera On tho same ter1na. Tho Aduocate
is published partly in the Chorokoo and part
" in the English languagc, but oil to tho
honor and glory OF tho Chorokea Nation.
There Is q subscription prico Of 81 for those
who can Eead English, but tho paper il fur
nishod grntuitously to all Cherokeos who can-
not read English; whothor this was intended
to encourage or discourage English reading
We are at loss to dotoEmine. It Is pleasant
to note, however,, that all tho Judges Of tho
Nation aro furnished with q number Of the
newspapers gratuitously, both for their own
edi1cation aud for distribution. This Ia q
| sort Of compulsory nawspaper-reading, aince
it is required by law. The Chorokcea aro q
- $r u, -.
, 1876-03-11
RUSSIAN FYNANCEN.

The London 1tnes of Jan. 81, in ita 1nan-
cial column, roproduces the substance Of the
lust Russian budget, which shows somo very
remarkable exhibits OF tho financial oondi-
ton Of this great Empire, md an outlook for
tho future which Is not encouraging, to aay
tho least, Since 1870, the statement Of In
come and oxpsnditurus is aa follows:
Ieceip.s. Expenditures.
33!o $50 100
lMl.....................3 311.l2s.ooo sG9 ~, o09
iss11ss. Observation-Disclosures. o7stoS so7iss.SSo
The debt at the end Of 1876 was 91,775,-
1000. and tho charges thereon $7G, 1856. 900,
to which also should be added $780, Of
irredeemable paper money, circulating at q
discount. Commenting upon these figures,
tho IsMes Gays:
ons wond naturally expect that tbs nfalihls tess Of
tfus prosperity, an improvement La trads conmenau-
rata With this additional outlay 10 Visible In such
Russian traao returns ~ are To be had. Th!g, how
evor, il not ths case, Ruts!Aa trAaa haz oersatny
grown rapidly IN recent years. but tho total Of Imports
and exports together for 1871 about Et09 900 0U
{s5a1 900 oao, aganst Ea3 09o t2G5 000 o0) In
lS9o sud Tho importa exceeded sho exports thso aud
etnoe no far as L yot KNOWN proy1ng that to csttstn
extent this trae dts to borFotetd po4sy. Al thu
boss tho gain to NnaIa has bosn nothing oomneasu-
zass with tho outay Aad increased burdens; II u NOT
surprising therefocs to ind that tsads beginning
sudor from ths strain. Tho reoplss who !nhAbit
uuaaiA suda aud poor not barbaroua .hsir sols
dependence IL upon Tho -on their ctopa and doota
sud hstls. .and shor condition n noa thersfore
calculated Ia boar the sudden pfsssnrs Of burdens
multiplied Il pscs those bulge. figures rsssal with.
out suffering mors or lsasaotan1s.
Examining tho "details Of the budget for
1876, al it Is estimated, and making tho
4 $-n I.
, 1876-03-11

Tho COMMITTEE on Appropriations In the
House Of Representatives at Washington
have reported what is known ns the Lcg;sla-
two md Executive Appropriation bill, and in
it provide for u reduction from last years. ap-
propriation Of 900 to 81, ,799, GOO.
In this reduction all The members OF tho Com.
,nittco, Of both parties, concur.
But tho Committee provide, also, for tho
transfer Of the Indian Bureau from the Into
rior Department to the War Department,
which will allow reduction Of 81 900, 600 in
the Indian Appropriation bill, md m csti-
mated reduction Of $500, 600 in tho Army
Appropriation bill. Further provision waa
made for tho transfer Of tho Pension Bureau
to tho Wnr Department, by which tho ser-
vices of no less than 300 persons will bo dis
pensed with.
There is no measure in which tho country
will moro cordially rejoice than in the total
breaking up Of tho thoroughly corrupt Indi-
I'll BUREAU. Tho country is weary OF the uni
versal testimony Of prolonged, gystenlatic,
md Wholesale corruption Of tho Indian ser-
vice, with the attendant robbery Of hoTreaa-
my and Of tho Indians. Tho surprise il not
thnt tho Indinu Service is to bo transferred 10
+1,o ,vor nonor+r,or+ hit That !, h,a M
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, 1876-03-11

Wo have rooelvol pamphlet copy of 4
memorial addressed to tho Finance COMMITTEES
Of Congress. enbodylng IA sorioa Of moaausoa
to regulate tue finances and soouro stable
curronoy." Those measures provide ~ that tho
amount Of currency In tho United States shall
be fixed at $500, 600, to DO Increased With
tho incroasc Of population at tho ratio OF go
pot head (2) all paper monoy to bo isauod BY
tho Treasury; (9) that gold.ntereat coupons bo
receivable at the Cuatom-uousoa Ia payment Of
dutloB; (4) 10 prohibit tho expectation Of gold
or bullion by duty On exports thereof {5)
nuch m Increase Of duIlos on all imported goods
aa will prohibit importationB to auch an o1tont
a. 10 secure ba'anco Of trado in onr favor
Tho fourth and fifth measures to continue until
thore Ia gold enough In tho country to resume
specio-paymonss. Accompanying those PAM
pilots is a noto (auonymoua) Which states that
rlloro is "an organization composed Of mem.
bors, Bomo Of ~hoso political antocodonts would
toud to defeae thoso meaaurea IL known, but
who have tho tuoaus. influence, aud position u
advocate publicly and privately, aa may beat
facilitate tho prompt adoption Of the1n." Wo
hardly think thoso Is occnBon for any mystery
about the advocacy Of such softes Of nbBurdl-
tics as ia proposed by this eecros organization,
unloss It DO the unviIllngnaas Of any sane man
to DO known as giving tAom tho least couute-
nance.
, 1876-03-11

dor tho nov Constitution las Just been put
in operation. After centuries Of all manner
Of Governments, France Is now organized
with Government having National Legis-
lature chosen by the people, composed Of
two bodice, oaoh having veto on the other,
and viii, Responsible Ministry.
This plan Of Government Is ~ near that
Of the American model as the territorial and
political divisions Of Franco will permit. 10
this has been added tho English featu1o OF
Ministry responsible TO Parliament It Ia
question how far tho two systems can DO
harmonioualy operated, and tho operation Of
the blended aystema will bo watched with
anxiety.
Tho creation Of sonato which will be
elective, and at the san,o time conservative,
has beon always problem In Franco. The
American method was not practicable, be-
cause Franco had no political organizations
equivalent to our stata Legislatures. But
systom was devised to meot the emergency.
The people within tho respective districts
met at the polls and choae a body Of SEMI
torial electors; theso electors thus appointed
directly by the people chose tho Sonatora.
This waa as near tho American plan as was
possible in Franco. To thin Senate was
elected the ables:t and most eminent men In
France, aud all parties and factions were
represented. At last Franco had Senate
which was something moro than M enlarged
council Of tho Executive; 1t was an inds-
pendent branch OF the Government, "a co-or.
dinate branch Of the National Legislature,
Having occurred this body, tho nation pro-
coded TO eloct by popular aui1rngo O repre-
sentative body of somo six hundred mon, and
the popular choice included men Of oil fac
| uons,-Republipans, Radicals, Conservatives,
Moderates, Oloricals, Monarchista, and Bona
partists. But tho Republicans wore In the
minority In both tho sonate and tho Assem-.
bly,.
Tho Executive Of Franco comes down from
! tho provisional and temporary Government
following the war. The President holda
Office during the Eouaindor Of the seven
years for which hs was originally appointed
70 him Is delegated the power Of appointing
the Cabinet, which Cabinet In turn is respon-
aible to tho Assembly. AH In England, thts
Cabinet must be supported by tho Assembly
| OF it must leave Office.
10 those who aro familiar with the history
OF French Assemblies, this hnd Of Govern
mont in Franco will suggest doubts as to
whether It will be permanent. For tho frat
time FroncA Assembly eleoted by the peo-
pie has . restraint and q veto upon its action
by the Senate, aiso representative ~ we'll
az conservative branch OF the Government.
It will ut once present a soyero teat OF French
| natianca md patriotism unlae rostrotnts