The National tribune., 1882-08-12


will be numbered and opened by lot. 1t is ex-
pected that all the preliminaries will be ar
ranged by the Goth instant, when the work of
awarding the numbers of the new bonds will
be hnonn Many of the surrendered bonds
nave .e returned because they were mailed
. proper time, and others because they
roperly assigned and certified. Some
r .i ia lding bonds assigned in blank by
'5rwer lers, have filled up assignments by
l-sr Secretary of the Treasury for eX-
change to three per cent. bonds" This is
the assignment does not ante-date
al of the authorizing act but many
) already been thrown out and the
.enr rned on account of old blank assign
m.. ing been filled up. The assignment
.a..l lted not earlier than July IL last.
AaE ference between the two Houses of
'. m the legislative, executive, and ju-
e.yu have been disposed of and the bill
81. g G President, who has signed it. The
p.acln5 hitch was in regard to the occupancy
. the urth story of the State Department
.v.- by the additional clerks, who are to
he lted to hurry up the thousands of
pes ases under the arrears of pension act.
tac er was compromised by leaving it to
FL. ina nent of the Secretary of War. As
soon G bill was signed Secretary Teller made
he ntment of 400 of the 500 additional
.a 0vided for, and the remainder will be
1naug l in few days. For these places there
We're over 2400 applications. The task of max
ing the appointments was a tremendous one.
Nt8r very one of the ex-census Office clerks
aeh1 e removed in March last, were among
aa au' licants for these positions. The ap-
aJnu hts are made for six months the Com
Gissiennr of Pensions having been granted the
privilege of reappointing those who prove to
he "o.a letent, and discharging those who fail
go rl,aa a certain record during the six months
p. pro. tion The letters of Endorsement, rec
I'd other papers that accompanied the
p ions will fill large express wagon.
gE RIDAY. the 4th inst, a train of seven
eu rs, heavily loaded with coal, became
.geable while descending a steep grade
81. le Cranberry road near Pittsburg Pa, and
r@I away. The wreck was strewn promiscu-
u..o., long the track for two miles, and at the
end of that distance the engine plunged into
some cars standing on the track and created
great havoc. The following were Instantly
killed: Albert Vally, Robert McGinly, George
Mersing, David Morgan, Conductor Charley
McGinly, and John Costello. Thirteen others,
most Of them miners, were injured, several of
whom will die. The track was torn up and
the debris was scattered over the road.
As ANTICIPATED in the last issue of THE
NATIONAL TRIBUNE the Hon. J. Warren
Keifer, Speaker of the House of Representa-
tives, has been nominated unanimously for
Congress by the Republican convention repre-
senting the Eighth Ohio district. There is no
doubt whatever of his election, and the proba-
bilities are that at the expiration of his term
as Speaker he will be honored by reelection to
the post he has filled with such distinguished
ability and credit both to himself and his con-
stituency.
THE Princess Roland Bonaparte, whose
death was announced by cable few days ago,
was the second daughter of the late Francois
Blanc, proprietor of the Monte Carlo gambling
house at Monaco, who left a fortune of some
$25 100000 to his son and two daughters The
eldest daughter married Prince Constantine
Radzivil, and the youngest married Prince
Roland Bonaparte, son OF the late Prince Pierre
Bonaparte. The gossips say she hesitated for
while, because of the host of INDECENT rela-
tives of her lover whom she would be obliged.
under the peculiar French law, to support:
but the pecuniary arrangements were finally
made to the satisfaction of all concerned, and
the wedding took place on November II, 1850.
She brought to her husband at the start an
income of $4,000 per year, and her mothers
wedding present was the famous palace of San
Donato, formerly the property of the Russian
collector and spendthrift, Prince DeInidotf for
which Nine. Blanc paid S160,000 1t is not long
since the cable announced that the Princess,
who has just died, at the age of twenty, had
become the mother of a daughter
THE Chinese laundrymen have gained very
important point in decision rendered by JUS
tice Field, of the United States Supreme Court,
and Judge Sawyer, of the United States Circuit
Court at San Francisco, who held the McKew
Laundry ordinance to be unconstitutional
This ordinance prevented any person from
running a laundry within prescribed limits of
the city unless twelve citizens and taxpayers
sign Il petition III favor of the applicant. and
that the written consent of the Board of Super-
visors was also obtained and a violation of
the ordinance subjected offenders to 81 900 fine
or six months imprisonment or both. The
petitioner was subject of the Empire of
China, who had paid the license tax and car
ried on business for eight years. and was still
willing to pay the tax. He set forth that the
citizens were SO prejudiced against his race
that q combination had been formed to drive
those belonging to it from the country, and the
petitioner could not obtain the necessary sigma
lures that were required for carrying on his
business He was arrested and deprived of his
liberty. The judges held that licenses could
not be required that would prohibit any of the
avocations of life where they are not injurious
to public morals nor dangerous to the public
health and safety, but only in special cases