The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1883-09-15

The yellow fever at Pensacola is on
thedecrease.
Beecher has had very slim houses at
his lectures in San Francisco.
| The Manitoba railroad bridge across
the Mississippi river was destroyed by
fire September 9TH.
Ex-commlssioner Raum estimates that
the revenue from spirits and beer will
amount to S1OO, ,0O0, 900 year.
The democratic legislature of Penn
sylvanla has decided to remain in session
until the mandates of the constitution
are carried out.
j. Proctor Knott was inaugurated gov
ernor of Kentucky, Sept. 9Th. Fully
10, 900 people were in Frankfort to wit.
ness the ceremonies.
Willard and some of the excursionists
participated in the laying of the corner
stone for the capitol building of Dakota,
at Bismark, Sept. 9th.
At Minneapolis, Sept 9Th, the Tyn-
dale hotel, where President Willard s
guests were banqueted by the city, was
partially destroyed by fire.
Mormon elders are having hard time
of it in the state of Georgia. At recent
meeting two elders were treated to a
shower of rotten eggs and driven away.
A sister of Captain Webb, recently
drowned iu an attempt to swim the Nj
agara rapids, became insane when she
heard of her brothers death and has
been found in the river at Lady Smith,
Natal.
The Dutch steamer Handam, Captain
| Chevalier, from Amsterdam for New
York, was damaged by collision with
the steamer Claudius, which was run
down and sunk off Adra, Spain, recently.
The crew were saved.
| Willard and party were rendered q
grand reception at Minneapolis on the
4th. The streets were gaily decorated,
and about AZ, 900 people were in the city,
the largest turnout and the most event.
full day in the history of the city.
! A disease known as splenetic fever has
attacked the cattle of Lancaster county,
Pa, and is raging with great violence.
| A large number of cases have already
proven fatal. The disease is apparently
! on the increase and is occasioning great
alarm among stoekmen.
| A st. John. N. F., dispatch of Sept b
says the Gamma struck in dense fog.
A heavy sea was running. The psssen-
gers and crew had to leap for life. and
savsl nothir 6. The ship sank without
| giving time to procure provisions. Cal :
tain Farquhar exhibited great skill and
GOODNESS, and the safety and lives of the
passengers aud crew are due to him.
The Queen of the Pacific stranded on
| Clapsop spit at p. NJ. Sept 4th. The
| passengers were all taken to Astoria
safely, except Mrs. Bosworth, of Oak
land, CAL, who had her leg broken. The
steamer was towed off the following day
by four tug boats, after throwing 700
tons of freight overheard to tighten her.
Cause of the accident was the thick fog
and smoke that prevailed at the time.
At the opening of the general meeting
of the American Social Science associa-
tion at Saratoga, recently, Prof. Way
land, of the Yale law school, delivered
an address on capital punishment. He
disapproved of hanging, and favored
perpetual imprisonment. He suggested
a constitutional provision, making re-
lease from confinement impossible until
the court before which the prison was
convicted shall make it appear that he
was innocent.
The San Francisco wheat market is in
an unsettled condition, owing to the dull
ness of the Liverpool markets and to the
indisposition of shipping agents to take
offers OF shippers. In the face of this it
is reported that orders from buyers to
purchase freely have been sent into the
interior. The large number of wheat
vessels now in port has caused q decline
41, l%1Hs 90 al
lower rates will be accepted during the
month.
A parade of labor organizations of
New York, Brooklyn, jersey City and ad-
iacent cities came Off In the former place,
Sept. 9th. About 10000 men were in
line. representing almost every branch
of labor. Crowds gathered along the
route of the procession, which was re-
viewed by prominent labor agitators.
After the procession mum bers went to a
park on the outskirts of the city, where
games and other amusements were en-.
gagged in.
At Richmond, September 5th, de-
cision of the utmost importance was
made by the United States court, con.
cerning the state debt. Judge Bond
| holds, first, that the tender of coupons
for taxes is legal tender; that all con-
sequences from any other legal tender
flow from this, and that it is the effect OF
the supreme court decisions. Second
that officers of the state will be enjoined
from levying upon Taxpayers sproperty
after tender of coupons. Third, that
as the questions in these suits depend
upon the constitutionality of the states
legislature, the suits arise under consti-
tutions, and the circuit court of the
United States has jurisdiction over them
without regard to citizenship or parties
IF the decision stands it would seem the
state can collect no more revenue unit
she provides for her coupons.
The New York Public of Sept. 5tl
says: Exchanges the last week and fol
the month of August show that embar
rassment and hesitation have not beer
one branch OF business. At the sam,
time they show that the volume of bust
ness is larger on the whole than ever be
fore, at abont half of the cities of New
, York. Transactions here have beer
affected by large speculation in stocks
, Nevertheless the fall is much below tina
, of last year-nearly 20 per cent for th
J month and Is per cent. for last week
but after deduction of the market valu
at 2.54 per cent. for the montl
and 345 per cent. for the week
: real speculation in almost every branci
} is larger now than it was a year ago. O
| the large cities Philadelphia. Cincinnati
. Pittsburg. Louisville and New Orlean
raoork 1arOar avchanoes than a wear aor