The evening light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1881-1883, 1882-06-30
TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.
WON'T EXTEND THE TIME ON QUARANTINE

New Orleans, June 29-The board of health,
in session tonight. resolved not to extend the
quarantine to twenty days, as recommended
by Governor McEnery, as ten days detention
would be sufficient.
VESSEL WITH YELLOW FEVER ON BOARD.
Washington, June 2o.-The national board
of health advised that the bark of Iris, which
arrived at Pensacola yesterday, from Havana,
with one case of yellow fever on board, be sent
to Ship Island.
BANK sUsPENDs.
Richmond, June 2e.-The Bank Of Com
merce suspended payment to dePositors to-
day. The cashier states that the bank owes
not over forty thousand dollars, and will be
able to paw fifty cents on the dollar. An ex-
hibit of the condition of the bank shows that
heavy losses have been sustained, during the
current year, on bonds and stock, which had
been greatly impaired. The stockholders of
the bank are now holding meeting.
THE QUESTION OF RE-DIsTRICTING.
Columbia, June 2o.-The legislature, in
open session, is dis,osing of several bills of
minor importance, the principal portion of the
time being devoted to caucusing on the differ
ent plans submitted for re-districting. What is
known as the Dibbell plan, being that prepared
by Hon. Samuel Dibbell, contestee in the
recent congressional case of Mackey VS.. Dib-
bellf was submitted last night, and is the one
which, it is thought, will be adopted, with
some notifications. 1t arranges districts with
out reference to county lines. The democrats
will probably control five of the districts under
the Dibbell plan. AS soon as the redis-
tricting is perfected, the legislature will
drop all other business and adjourn. The
registration law will be amended in various
ways so as to render the act more explicit.
One of the sections of the supplementary act
provides for fine of not less than one hun
bred dollars, nor more than $1,000; and i'm
prisopment of not less than six months, nor
more than two 'yeers, for any person who
shall interfere or obstruct supervisors IN the
discharge of heir duties. A bill to declare
the law ~ reference to the manner of forming
juries in Criminal cases, in the state, provides
that in all Criminal trials, except felonies, the
State is entitled, under the laws now in force,
only two oh Allenges, and is not entitled to de-
mand thai "a Juror shall stand aside, except on
peremptonE challenge on the part ftthe state,
or good cause shown.
Tbe d(emocratc state executive committee
have issl ued a circular notifying counties to
elect al double number of delegates to the
state convention as compared to the counties
reureA entation in the lower house assembly.
This is in response to general demand for a
largS convention.
A TERRIBLE RAILROAD ACCIDENT.
,ong Branch, June 29.-The express train
lch left for Long Branch, five minutes past
clock this morning, met with terrible ac-
IBID hr, e
Shrewsbury river, near Little Silver sta
/ The accident was, no doubt, caused by
spreading of the rails. Six cars, including
our ordinary passenger coaches, one smoking
car and the Pullman parlor car, Fenobia, left
he rails and ran over pier of the bridge,
caring them to splinters. The cars kept on
the bridge until the train was half way across,
when the six coaches went over with terrible
trash, into the water. The cars landed on
peir sides, in about four feet of water, and
lie scene that followed beggars description
In unknown man from Ocean Beach was
ken out dead.
he cars were filled with passengers, but the
lumber killed is unknown. About one hun
red were injured. Demorest of the firm of
|emorest & Co., was badly hurt and will die;
r. Garrison, son of Commodore Garrison,
Erible wound in the chest; Chas. w. Wood
lff, of Newark, and P. Michael, of Scranton,
9th badly wounded. 1t is impossible to get
,e names of any others present. Physicians
ON neighboring town have been summoned.
Later-Charles A. Foster, fireman on the
hgine pulled ex-President Grant out of the
moking car uninjured Robert Robertson,
ron merchant, of New York, badly injured;
rocer named Edison, crushed terribly; Amos
Brooks, of the firm of Brooks & Dickson, the
trical managers, collar bone broken; Morris
4. Brown, son of Thos. J. Brown, superin-
endent of the Erie railroad, severe blow on