The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1876-05-04

Scheack was shown his original letter of |
as a direcsor in the Emma mine |
CON Eany; also copy of the same in |
Parks handwriting, and asked him TO ex-
plain Schenck SAID that the letter of |
resignation Was his own composition, With |
out nd from any one. DID not knew how
Park came To make a copy of it, but was
suFehe did hot copy the resignation from
draft made by Park. Schenck did not
think his letter OF resignation 10 Park WAS
examined. Schenck showed him \ letter
of resignation before sending il To the
company He made some suggestions to
Schsuck about 1t, but did not dictate
single word OF it Sohenck said that any
statsment that the Park letter exhibited was
the original draft was false.
WAsHISeToN. May "A World special
dispatch says President Grant has To-day
relieved Gen. Custer OF his command. As
is well known. Gen. Custer gave important
test moDy before the investigating commit
tee relative To post-tradership frauus, and
was subpPBei by the House managers as q
witness in the impeachment trial. When
the news came to Gen. Sherman and Secre-
tary Taft both went to the President and
protested that it would not do. By the
advice of Gen. Sherman and Secretary Taft,
Gen. Custer went TO call on the President,
but vas unsble to gain an audience.
DOMESTIC NEWS.
NEW York. May 2 "A dispatch from
PrOmontory Station, Utah, OF May /, says:
Dom Pedro is detained here by singu-
l.. i,rb& &c IF 81
track half mile west of Blue Creek. i
bull standing on the railroad overturned
the engine and eleven cars, which are
completely wrecked. Two tramp., who
were riding free, were immediately killed,
sad the fireman and brakeman severely
injured. The Imperial party endure the
delay with philosophical equanimity and are
making the best of what accommodation
this wayside station affords. The Imperial
party are we'll"
CLEVELAND, Ohio, May 2. - About two
o'clock this morning about forty masked
men appeared at the coal mines at North
Massillon, OHIO, seized and tied the watch
men, and sci the coal shaft on fire. The
Willow Bank mine and Rhodes & Co. s
mine are now burning. The fire depart
ment of Massillon have gone to the scene.
These mines were not being worked on
account of a strike and no one was in
them. The incendiaries were undoubtedly
strikers.
SAN Francisco May 2. The defalca-
lions of Charles II. Dorth, quartermaster'
clerk, reach several hundred thousand dol
lars.
The revenue agent has seized the Bay,
New Oriental, Cushing & Lauderlock's
distilleries, and Lanan's rectifying estab
lishment. AID Kales Il Olway and Lyman
& Co.'s wholesale liquor houses, for alleged
violation of the revenue laws.
The Chinese quarters of the town oil
Antioch We're burned to-day. No personal
| violence occurred.
HARRIsDURG, Pa, May 2.-E. ]. Petroff
member Of the Legislature from Philadel
phia, was expelled. He had negotiated
| with the lobby to get fourteen votes for tn,
boom bill, for $500 Petroff did not re
ceive the money, and asserts that his objec
but the House considered the negotiation
improper.
PHILADELPHIA, May 2.-The Presby
terrain Ministerial Association and the Meth
odist Episcopal Ministerial meeting passed
resolutions thanking the Centennial Com
missioners for action relative to Sunday.
New ORLEANS, May 2.-The Democrat
elected the mayor and five out of seve
councilmen. 1t was hot contest, and tn
first Democratic success since 1868.
CINCINNATI, May "A fire at Versailles
Kentucky, sunday, destroyed Harriso
Johnson's bonded warehouse and 1900 bal
rels of whisky, valued at seventy five do
lars and insured for thirty three dollars pc
barrel. The fire is attributed to lncendial
ism, as the building was of iron and stone
and an explosion as of gunpowder Occurre
Immediately before the flames broke out.
New YORK, May 2.-Large quantities c
arms are being shipped hence to Mexic
and Havana.
GALVESTON, May 2.-Tbe Prussau band
which arrived yesterday, have been Ell
gagged by the Naifest committee to play Of
Wednesday night at the Opera House, an
manager Greenwall has succeeded in sc
curing them for a farewell matinee an
concert on Thursday night, when they wi
leave for New Orleans.
BATON ROUGE, May AT the sixth mt
nicipal election held IN Plaquemine yei
terday, the entire Democratic ticket wa
elected by large majority.
, A. Clarke, the Governors private secrt
tary, received the following telegram TIL
! morning: ''Coushatta, May a Senate
and George King, his brotherin-law, kille
while crossing the river at Constants i
unknown parties. Signed L. T. Wenstel
Clerk of the Court of Red River parish.
!. Other dispatches state that au unknow
man rode through the town of Cuushatta
the river bank, and commenced firing wit
a a repeating rifle at Twitchell and Kin!
who were being ferried over the river, wit
q results as above stated. The negro ferr
: man was also wounded. Senator Twitche
n was one of the holding over Republics
U Senators.
J, FOREIGN NEWS.
a LONDON, May 2.-This mornings pape
! publish the following: The King of D
h honey, it is reported has invited Comm
Q Hewitt to come to Attorney and recei'
n payment for the fine imposed upC
4 him, for malireating British subj ct,
. powder and bullets, and the latter, it a
+ pears, has accepted Orders have be-
! given for the assembling of fleet at VIII
IS dale to take active proceedings if Il
amount of the fine be not forthcoming. A
: opportunity, however, will be given Il
II King to change his present attitude, an
n hostilities will be postponed until June
later.
Domestic Ma Kets.
New YORK. May 2.-Stocks active a
l. strong. Money 4 per cent Gold liz;
II Exchange-long ASH short 4.901a. Cover
r ments active and strong. State bonds quiz
n and lower for old and new Virginias; II
strong.
% Cotton dull; sales 401 bales; uplands 12s5s
i Orleans IL 1850.
IS New ORLEANS, April 2s-Gold 1871
~ Sight L; per cent. premium Sterling, ban
: 5.5112 =.
E. CoIton-demand demand fair; sales 36
bales; good ordinary 91S@94c; Il
E. middlin.s 1OalMllc: middling .l1AQ1: