The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1880-12-23
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hceD dispensed with, the House, al
FIX. went into committee OF the
wholr (Reagan III the chair) Oh the
,-Injli sty academy bill.
For e of Alabama made a short
explanation Of the bill, which appro-
PIRATES JS322,l25, after which il was
read ty- sections for amendment.
Tho committee, at i:i5, rose and
reported the bill TO the House, when
it was passed in. precisely the same
terms in which it had been reported
from the Committee OF Appropr;a-
fjons
The House then went into com
mitiee, OF the whole Gill OF Ohio
in .thc chair on the consular and
diplomatic appropriation bill.
Singleton OF Massachusetts pro-
ceeded to explain the provisions OF
the bill. Ii apprOpriates 81, l90,4 35,
an increase of $4,000 over the bill
of last year. On the diplomatic po-
Sition no change whatever has been
made from the law OF last year. In
regard TO the consular service the
Committee on Appropriations had
adopted some changes proposed by
the Secretary of State, composing
chiefly tho transfer Of consulates
from one class TO smother. 3.
After some debate the bill was
rcadtfoF amendment, but none being
offered the, committee rose and re-
ported the bill to the House, when q
vote was taken. resulting in a vote
of l40lyeas TO 2 nays,
, Tho House ut $50 iad journed and
the bill went over till Monday.
r PoUGHKBEPsIE, Il. Y, December
.lS.+-s4A stranger was arrested at Hud-
son this morning, who said his name
was John f. johnson, of Washing
ton, but letters found on him seem
TO Indicate. that his name is Fl. L.
Nelson, of Greenville, North Caro-
Alma, They contain intimations of u
crime of, some kind having been
committed ut Greenville, aud tend
ing teshow that he, Nelson, Is fugi-
tive. Tho authorities are holding
him Till they can hear from Green
vile. lie had q Smith 81 Wesson
revolver, IN his coat and two-ounce
bottle filed with morphine. l,.
ST. PAUL. December l8.-Infer-
nation has been received indicating
that the scout, Allison, on Saturday
sltetild have'left Woody Mountains
with theitwhole. of Sitting Bulls
camp for Fort Dulord, where they
will finally surrender. . -"es-'. j i'.,
5gWksHINGToN, December Asa
general order was issued to-day as
'eisaif9 Brigadier.G Gen. o. .. How
art 10 the command Of the depart
Inent OF West Point, and to duty as
superintendent of the military acad-
envy, Brigadier-Gen. Anger to COM
lpaud tho department OF Texas. Col.
Henry Iidiunt to temporary COM
mand 9of dhe department of the
Southern states OF Arkansas, Louisi-i
ana and the Indian Territory, to,
constitute a military department
,kneWn as, the department OF the Ar
kansas. with headquarters at Little
Rock. The departments OF Texas
'anl, Arkansas will constitute the
IuilHaryadiYision Of the Gulf, with
headquarters at New Orleans. Ma
joT7Gen. Schofield is assigned to this
'eommand until this division Is or
ganized, recommending the general
Of the depar tnients of Texas and
Arkansas will report to the lieuten-
ant!general, Brigadier-Gen. Miles is.
assigned to the department of Co
lumbia..
= lBePPAKe; N. Y, December IS
Further details in regard to last
nights fire is as follows; Of the
employees of Messrs. Berg all have
been accounted for with the eXcep-
ton of eight previously reported
missing, and seven since reported
killed. The total number of lives
now known to be lost Is fifteen. Two
bodies were recovered from the ru-
ina this morning. The total insur-
ance of Geo. w. Tiffet is $4,000,
principally IN Eastern companies.
John Il. Manning 4 Co. were in
sured for $4,000. Messrs. Berg
are insured for S6S,OOO. Berg g.
Son claim their loss will be $685.
90 and the total loss will not fall
short OF 100000.
NASHVILLE, December l6-Appli-
cation for writ of mandamus haV-
ing been made in the circuit court
to- compel the governor and secre-
tary of the state to issue certificate
ofelection to Mr.. Stewart, Democrat,
as member of the legislature from
Polk and Brady counties, it came
up. to-day, and it's consideration was
postponed until January %. The
postponeIuent OF this question has
the effect of giving the Republican
organization the control of the House
of Representatives.
~ NEW ,YoRK, December 19.-At u
meeting OF the creditors OF b. G. AR
mold Il Co., coffee importers, to- day,
Lawrence S. McKeever, assignee,
presented statement showing the
liabilities 90 be S2,157,914. of which
SS84,650 was unsecured. The tot0l
assets-a 1871, 1873.
MOBILE, December 18.-Strong
protestations against the conffnaa-
lion of ~. B. Woods to the L. S. Su-
prcniei Court have been forwarded
by the hdr of Mobile and the leading
commercial and financial citizens.
New ORLEANS, December 49,
The Judges of the civil district court
sitfimT on the bench in response to a
ciih Of Judge Henry Lazarus, sem
trneetl Eucien de Buyes; of the firm
of DrDuyes' 81 Ogden, TO pay fine
u $40 aud ten days IN the parish
prison. DeBuves' offense Yves max.
Ing tv'crfurcs 10 Judge Lazarus in
reference 10 the consolidated bond
Gases now pending in his court.
, LryERPoo1, December is-The
cotton market will close Thursday
nigt, the 23rd inst, and remain
closed until Tuesday.
: TORONTO, December 1s.-The fol-
lowing is the text of Gladstone's let
ter in answer TO that of Sir. Boycott
asking for government assistance:
2 Mr.. Charles Boycott: Sir Mr..
Gladstone has received your letter
of the 9Th instant. He desires me
to, cay that he is not sure ID, what
way he is to understand your re-
quest, for assistance from the govern
ment. 1t has been very largely at
forded you in the use. OF, the public
forces. Beyond this it Is the duty
of the government to use its best
efforts IN the enforcement of the ex-
isting law, which they are endeaYor-
ing to enforce through the courts,
aud by asking when the necessary
of the legislature TO amend
Or enlarge the law is q matter o;
much importance, on which you can.
of course, only receive information !
together with the public generally. |
SEYMOUR, Private Sec'y."
PARIS. December 1s.-It is re-
ported that an English banker, act
ing in the name of the Ex-Empress