The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1883-03-15


Sheridan. The action OF her majesty
government in pressing an abandonment
seems TO be Influenced by tho
weight and character Of the evidence
which IL may be possible u
furnish in support Of the request Tor extra
dition. There Is reason TO believe the mat
ter will not be pressed unless the brltlsl
government feels assured II can make OUT
case which will satisfy the state department
that extradition should be granted.
DAMAGE SUIT.
Thomas Worthingt)n, OF ONO, to-day
entered suit against IL. w. Knightly, third
auditor of the tr .asury for $4,000 dam
ages on account of what are described by
the complainant as Hundreds OF Ialse'
malicious, libeleous and groundless allega.
lions calculated and intended to preveni
the payment by the United
States government Of the plaintili's JUST
claims for army supplies furnished the VOL
unteer troops at Camp Dennison, ONO, IN
1861" The complaint sets forth tne aliega,
tions referred to were made by the thlru
auditor in various official reports ana IetI
tiers written by him in regard TO pialhitIliI
and addressed to President Hayes, 70 tne
assistant secretary of the treasury ana 10
| Congressman Butterworth.
DORSEY STILL GARRULoUs.
| Elk. Senator Dorsey furnishes the iolioW
| ing: A disp ltch from Denver states ehat
the so-called Beltord check was really gwen
to j. Il. Bissell, their initials being the
same. There seems to be a determlnatloIni
| 10 insist there was such check, ana blsseIi
| is selected, for the reason his Initials are j;
| B. B. If | ever saw Bissell, L don'G
remember it. | certainly never gave MN
check. | never played cards for money on
| the cars in my life with anybody. Ihere
never was q check issued by me on any ac-
count in my books in the name OF !. =. b.
| To be certain as to this fact, have had my
checks examined, running back 1or Ten
years.
AT WHOSE EXPENSE?
| General Sherman will take trip TINS
summer to California and the Paolhc coast
states and he will be accompanied by TWO
of his aids and several ladies.
NEW NAVAL VESSELS.
| Secretary Chandler instructed the naval
advisory board to proceed at once . anu pre- pre-
vessels provided for by congress,
consisting of three steel cruisers
and two torpedo boats, and also to arrange
| for the completion and repairs OF four I'M
finished monitors. The latter will be
worked upon first, and it is thought the
| first contract will be given out IN two
months.
SICK SECRETARY.
WASHINGTON, March 13.-Secretary Fol
ger was not at the treasury department to-
day. His health does not improve as rap
idly as expected. He will probably acduiesce
i'll his physician 's,advice, and take short
sea voyage in few days, in. order to recu;
perate. Assistant Secretary ,;frencn W., VIII
continue acting secretary OF the treasury
for some time. I%'N
PROMOTIONS.
BY the death of Colonel Will
liam II, Brown, 1st infantry, Major y. A.
Bartlett, 18th infantry, will be promoted to
the Internationally of the LIST infantry;
Captain James A. Snider, Sd infantry, to
major of the 18th infantry; First Lieutenant
Edmund Rice, 9th infantry, TO captain OF
the 9Th infantry, and Second Lieutenant j.
G. Tillson, 9th infantry, to first Lieutenant
of the 9th infantry.
THE srAE-RoUTE TRIAL.
The defense continued the presentation
of petitions and other papers in the star
route trial this morning. After about two
hours had been consumed in monotonous
reading, Ingersoll said his supply of papers
was exhausted, but he was hopeful of find
ing more for the afternoon session. Al
though the court seemed to attach small
importance to this kind of evidence, re-
marking that house full of them would
not weigh feather, Wilson procured n
fresh supply of papers, and continued read
ing.
NOT TOO PROUD To LEARN.
In directing Professors George L.. An
drews and Samuel e. Tillman, Of the
United States military academy, to visit
Harvard, Yale and other American col
leges, the secretary of war desires thorough
inquiry to be made into the course OF study
and methods of instruction at the leading
American universities and colleges. Speak
ing of the subject sto-day, General Dru m
said: "lhis may be considered a new de-
parture, but the world moves on and we
must keep abreast with the spirit of the
age. 1t is desirable that West Point should
avail itself of everything which is COM
mended and endorsed by the ripe expert
ence of our leading institutions OF learn
ing"
WANTS SLICE.
The Gulf g. Ship Island railroad was in
cluded in the list of land grant railroads
which the Judiciary committee of the
house, during the Forty-seventh congress,
reported upon, recommending that their
land grants be declared forfeited, for the
reason that the work of construction had
not been begun. No action, however, was
taken by congress, and it is now reported
that ex.Representative Manning, of Missis-
sippi, and other gentlemen, who have OBJ
tanned control of the charter, have gone to
New York for the purpose OF interesting
capitalists therein, forming q syndicate to
supply funds necessary 10 complete the
road. or some portion Of 1t, with the expec-
tation that the valuable lana grant can be
secured. IL is further reported that meet
ing will be held in Wall street to discuss
and mature the plan Of operations.
THE IABoRIHG MEMS SLOGAN. /,
The board Of directors appointed by the
central committee on labor legislation, or
ganized by authority ofthe last congress OF
national labor unions and the assembly OF
- L.. n.te aI ANota hau m lfoh ad N
manifesto headed with the string call:
$40 your tents o Israeli" The manifesto
denounces the majority OF the senate as
LAWYERS retained by federated capitalists;
demands an extra session Of congress as a
remedy for impending strikes, and advises
ali wage workmen 10 join their trade unions
or the knights Of Labor and present
an unbroken front: denounces the
abrupt suspension OF the senate investiga-
ton Of the relations between capital anc
labor and saws; This action, coupled
with later Broce eding inimicable TO the in
terests of wage workers, convinces the
board Of directors Of the insincerity and
hollow hypocrisy OF the professions Of a
majority OF the senators: Inc complete
mower mas never been more clearly demon
strated than by the recent tariff legislation
Of the Forty seventh congress. which
threatens 10 result in immediate and
distressing reduction Of wages In many OF
the great manufactures Of the country.
The attempt will naturally lead 10 strikes,
and consequent misery and want, and prob
ably riot and disorder will ensue, as usual,
20 be attached 70 the poor workman instead
Of the gay and festive Liars, hypocrites, Jug
Rlers and public pldnderers, who bssely
abuse the powers reposed in them
by a confiding people. The Psalmist says
an men Of high degree are Lars,
and ifhe had lived in Washington to-day
/ he would repeat the assertion with our sup
plementsry attachment, Human agencies
have undoubtedly devised schemes By
which the ieE have enslaved the many,
1pd human Dslnfs nust rectify the wrong.