The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1877-05-05
NO. 50 ESTABLISHED. iS4g
HurninE Of ire Steamer Ieo-GIn nu.,
Careless Stawinx the Cans.

''-- EfrHtA& tAe sNHNe
NEW YORK, May 1.-Two fIrem.,
who escaped from the burnt steamer
Leo, say that thirteen barrels Of gin
were csrelessly rolled between deck,
The men went below with IaIup I,
secure these barrels, which bumpe,
fear.ully during the storm. The vsuor
from the gin ignited, causing the dis.
aster.
what WiII be tin. TesIfmou, nj
f~eed= II Ihe Absorbing Ail,a.,
Question.
ALBANY, May l.-AttorIey General
aiTehi!i was examined before the
Woodin commission to-day. lie sgid
he had no confession OF William
iweed, ror any pap r signed uy lim.
/ lie said he had no CON nrnuui,ati,u
from Mn Townsend which informed
of what Tweed would testify To- in III.
case. He Was granted cerizin imtnu.
mites, hul declined 20 produce the .a-
per or tell what its contents were.
she tsHai Weekly Railroad Horror
rive iAtlled.
CHICAGO, May IA special Dis
patch to the Times from BLOOMINGTON
says that report was received there
late last night at the teIegraphic head
quarters Of the Chicago, Alton and ii
Louis railroad of terrible accident
near Chicago, about six O'Clock last
evening. y switch engine Of the Chi
cago, Danyille and Nincennes rsilros5
"as coming out OF Chicago, and when
at Iweniy-sixth street the engine
from some cause unknown, jumpe,
the track and completely overturned.
Eight or ten persons were on the en-
glHe. Five are reported killed, anu
Their bodies lying under the ponderous
locomotive. Two men escaped with
terrible injuries, having both legs
broken One man killed was flr.t.,t,
oi the engine, and another was Il C.f.
eago and Alton railroad t,legrapbi.
night operator at Danyilie, named
Fahey.
ntrike->~i8dIiHS- Failures.
BUFFALo, y. Y, May I.-Che-fer.
Morgan u Arend, carpet dealers. have
Jailed for quarter Of a million.
81. LOUIS, May 1t j. reported
that shryook d Rowland, commission
merchants, have failed.
PHILADELPHIA, May I.-James 4.
iilil' cashier OF the Union banking
company, is SS5,O0J short. The con-
eeFh has gone into Liquidation.
CINCINNATI, o., May -Four hum
d'ed miners at StTaitsville are on a
strike. They are marching from place
I" place, and trouble is apprehended.
hicHMoND, May l.-Burrougbs L
Wing, tobacco brokers, failed Liahili-
ties elOO,OOO. Assets mainly debts.
considerably short that figure. The
members of the firm formerly be-
IonSed to Atlanta, Georgia.
NEW BEDFORD, May 2.-One thou-
sand operators working in the Wam-
sutta mills struck to-day. The strikers
are quite.
Election OF Railroad Omeer.
CLEVELAND, May 2.-The annual
meeting Of the stockholders Of the
Lake Shore and Michigan Southern
railroad. which took place in this city
today, elected the following directors:
William III. Vanderbilt, Sam +. Ber-
ger, w. K. Vanderbilt, Augu-tus
Schell, Cornelius Vanderbilt. John f.
BuFrell and Francis II. Freeman. of
New York, Henry Il. Payne and A.
stone, otCleveland, Albert Keen. of
Chicago, William ;. Scott and Charles
y. Reed, Of Erie, Pennsylvani and
hasselas Brown, of Warren. P-nusyi-
vania. This election resulted in Add
ing three new men to the board. they
being Cornelius Vanderbilt. w. X
Vanderbilt and X. Brown, the first
two named being sons ofC. IL. Van
ceTbiIt- One vacancy WAS caused by
the death of Commodore Vanderbilt.
and the two others were made by drot..
ping the names of Robert l.. Cr.wford
OF New York, and Andrew w. White
Of Syracuse, New York.
Indiana Municipal EIectIop-Arr..,es
for selling Bogu- TIcLei--tarriaxe
Factory Burned.
Moon Associated ProsE RePori.I
lSDIASAPOLIs. May 2--Beprhlieans
elect their municipal ticket. Returns
from the state indicate little cf.ang,.
frum last falls election.
PHILADELPHIA, May Ten men
have been arrested for dealing in PAIL
adelphia, Wilmington and baltimore
round trip tickets not punched b. con-
ducior-.
I CINCINNATI, May . - Gerson 4
Fishers carriage factory burned last
night. Loss on stock aud machinery.
sixty thousand doilars. Insurance.
ihir,y-five thousaId dollars: builiI