The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-02-18


yves therein. All acts and parts of acts in
consistent herewith are hereby repealed.
Inc morning hour having been dispensed
WIN, the mouse AT $50 went into committee
ot the whole, Horr, of Michigan, in the
onair, upon the epriyata calendar.
me nrst olll --on the calendar was one au-
tnorlIihs the restoration of Thomas Little
70 tne army rank of captain. The report
shows that Little was court martioled on
the charge of conduct unbecominr an ofi-
GER anu gentleman; and on this ground Me
oook, OF New York, protested against his
restoration 10 the army. The house had
iast Friday passed bill restoring ID. I.
hiroY TO the army, and he wanted to raise
nus voice against the policy which was then
pursued.
upson, fTexas, supported the bill, The
charge upon which Captain Little had been
dismissed rom the service was ridiculous
and frivolous, and nothing more than the
operating OF prejudice against volunteer
othcer. The .charge was that he had been
seen on the public streets
with Il common woman. and
while he (Upsonl did not desire to lower The
high standard OF morality OF which the
army boosted, he would Ike to have some
one point out person who could cast the
hrst stone. There was no other charge
against the officer; though he bore scar de
rived in the service of his country, he was
dismissed from the army.
McCooE read extracts from the review of
Judge Advocate General Mckee Drum, of
the case OF Thomas Little, commenting Sc
yereiy upon the conduct of the of
hcer and recommending that the find
ing OF court-martial be confirmed.
lie then sent to the clerks desk to have
read an affidavit of Thomas Little, relative
to the charge made against him, and which
taken hn .Nf a
ment. The language of the affidavit was so
gross that many ladies left the galleries, and
the reading was stopped by objections from
Springer, OF Illinois, and Moore of Tennes-
see. on the ground that il was obscene, and
1t was stricken from the recorG.
The affidavit, however, had It's effect and
by an overwhelming vote the enacting
clause or the bill was stricken out, thus de.
feating the measure
The next bill was one authorizing the
president TO place William Z. Chambiss,
late major of the fourth cavalry, upon the
retired list. On this bull the democrats re-
trained from voting, leaving the committee
without quorum, whercupon the commit
tee rose and the recommendation of the
committee as to the bill relative to Thomas
Little was agreed to by the house, and the
enacting clause was stricken out.
Valentine, chairman of the committee on
preparation bill to the committee of the
whole. II appropriates 1892, $50, being
SlG6,I0 less than asked for, and Sll0,9S0
more than the appropriation for the cur
rent year.
The speaker laid before the house a mess
age from the president in further compli.
ance with the resolution calling for cores
pondence respecting the war between Chilli
and Peru, transmitting the report of the
] tnp of atn
= ments. Referred.
= The house then, after several roll calls.
at $50 p. m. adjourned.
COMBINATIONS.
The senate to-day confirmed Joseph l..
, Morphls as United States marshal for the
northern district of Mississippi; George b.
Patterson, as United States attorney for the
southern district of Florida. Austuem
Neubermer, as collector of customs al
Natchez, Mississippi.
NOMINATIONS.
The president nominated Henry +
! Herriott, to be collector of customs of th,
sixth district of Georgia; Mathew X. Misler
! to be postmaster at Grenada, Mississippi.
Explosion.
' CHESTER, Pa, February l7.-About
O'Clock this morning an explosion occurred
, at the pyrotechnic works of Professor Jack.
son, in this city. The building was badly
shattered, took fire and was totally con
sumed; at least fifteen, and probably
more, lives lost, and many dangerously in
Jured. The building was the old home
stead of Admiral Porter. A number o
colored families lived in the old Porter
mansion. il seems that it first took fire
and while the tiremen were playing on tn,
= flames and large crowd surrounded them,
the explosion occurred, scattering destruc
tion far and wide. The number killed i,
between fifteen and twenty; about twenty
dangerously and fifty, more or less, seri
0usly wounded. The dead are being laid
in the city hall, and the wounded cared for
IN various drug stores so that no accurate
list can be obtained now, The scene is one
ofgreat excitement.
:: The following is list of the killed aud
wounded
m mkilled-James Lolpugh, a boy OF Chester;
Thomas lien, aged - years, of Chester;
Thomas Anderson, of the city; Alexander
Phillips; John Pallerk, married man OF
the city; Joseph kester, son of Joseph
! kester, Ice dealer, of Chester; John Taylor,
OF Chester; Joseph Doughty, carpenter,
formerly OF Village Green; Ben Gartside,
of Chester, aged 25 L. Williams, a col.
: ored barber, of Chester William Wade, of
FRANKLIN county; (he was wounded about
the head and body, and died shortly after
his removal from the street,, John bacier,
of Chester, aged l3 I'D Shropshire, EN-.
ployed at Reaches ship yard. Total, II.
The fire had been in PROCESS over an hour
, when the explosion occurred, and great
crowd hung around to watch it. Three
men were killed $50 yards from the build
ing by the shower of stones. The wounded
ofall degrees, number twenty-five or thirty
seriously.
ATLANTA, GA, February lI.-Iust before
II o'cook this morning the boiler of the
} Georgia car words Mt Cartersville exploded,
killing instantly five negroes and injuring a
number of others. Some have since died
An engineer named Wood was injured 1t is
thought fatally. Superintendent Lucas of
the Lucas sleeping car works, was also hurt.
The damage to building is very great The
cause of the explosion is not yet ascer-
tained.
A Serious Afiair
NORFOLK, Va, February l7-Governor
W. L, Cameron arrived yesterday after
noon and ordered n company of the Nor.