The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1883-12-18


to luce u bill asking merely AN extension
al the bonded period tor two YEAR,, aud
clause referring 10 leakage h not tn bt
Inserted. Friends oi the proposed bill
urge "A consideration ut tho question ~
soon as possible. Secretary togrr Is NO
better and Is not expected ut the treasury
till the latter part Of the week
wFArufr REPORT.
MASurHGruN, II. g., December /, ..
For the westorn gulf states, warmer and
iHirer weather; follow ed by local rulns
IN the northern portions; increasing
southcrly winds; falling barometer
followed during Ihuesday by Il rising
barometer and winds shifting to
northerly.
CROW pnO RELEASED,
WAsmNGtoN, D,crmhrr 1.-THE an.
prcme couI ut the nltcd States h,us de
cided that the district court oi Dakota
had ro jurisdiction In the case OF the In
dian Crow Dog, tried and sentenced tn
death tor the murder OF spotted Fail and
that the Imprisonment ct Crow Dog Ia
illegal. The write OF huhcuS corpus and
Ccitiuuiri prayed tor will be granted.
IN MEMORY co. IERE BLACK.
WAsiuNGroN, December 1.-THE bar
Of the supreme court of tina nited States
and the officers ot tn. court met in the
court room Il the capitol this morning to
pay respect to the memory OF the late
Jriimhh ;. Black.
A committee ON resolutions was ap-
pointed u, follows. Richard T. McIuuk
Thomas +. Bayard, Philip Phillips, i.
Randolph rucker, George W Riddlc, T.
Is. Vance, j lluhly Ashton, William \.
Wallace and Walter II Smith
An adjournment WAS taken TN Tuesday
to await the report OF the committee.
IiUE ANp IoBHEuN
DarUol1.. December 1.-THE elegant
res dence u q. i. Crcasingcr burned
The lire is said to he the work ~ incen-
diaries. The coat OF the building Wa
S2l 900. and was neu ed for $4,000. lie
was also robbed IT tl,lOD cash.
SuUi BOWS.
LANCASTER. Pa, December I7-Thc
Pennsylvania iron works have shut down
unit after The holiday, throwing onr
hundred and sevrnt, five har ds out ~
employment. The men obj ctcd to
reduction being undo in their wages.
SURPRISE.
New York, Dee, mber II. The hang
ing Of O'Dounell WAS II surprise to his
compatriots here who somehow thought
that England would listen to the voice
from the United 5 tHtes an mitigate hi,
sentence.
RAILROAD RIOT.
NouSusr pwN. Ohio, December IL
The employees Of the New York, PeunRyl
wanna aud Ohio railroad at noon to-day
tore up the track Of the Plftsburg, Clevo-
land and Vol do railway ON Market
street In the evening two hundred
PIltsbuTg, Cleveland aud Toledo en-
uloyes arriv d and drove un the New
York, Pennsylvania and Ohio railway
men und rrlHid the tack. No one wn-
seriously injured during the riot. The
Pittsbnrg. Cleveland aud Toledo * u
new road being built 10y Chimney An
drews, from Akron, on @, & Now Cn--
ties Pennsylvania. II IL being fought
vigorously by the other ruud-, but wall
be completed tins week.
WILLARD EH-;GNFp.
NEW York. December Il. II IA OIL
clllly announced th Henry Willard hu-
resigned the prcstdcucy ui the Oucguu
Transp nriatiOn ~ Dugun railway and
Navigation companies and TINT ".
Eudccuit ir., OF Boston, viii succeed him
~ president at the Oregon 4 Trans
tOnli cntnl company. and I. Jefferson
COalrdgc, also OF H. st"n, VIII be president
Of the oregon railway aud NAY iYntiun
company COnlcdEc MISC enters tue
Oregon & Trlns.Coutincnti board OF di-
rectoTs. The reason Unsigned tor the res
ignation OF Willard IL that he became i'm
pressed with the conviction that It would
bc improper tor him to continue to be-
president OF all the companies whose man
ng, ment hc has heretofore directed. After
the completion OF the Northern Pacific,
Willard for some weeks urgently pressed
EndecOtt to accept the presidency oil the
Oregon q Transconta"ntal.
TRASsCOSTiN ENTAIL STOCKS.
New YoRK, December IA syudi
cate has taken part OF tho bonds offered
by the Oregon lranscontinental,a amount.
ing to between So,0OO00O and $1,000
900 This will ralense the company Of a
large part Of the debt OF lato 30 burden
some. The report Of tho Cond ton OF
the company will he male IN few days,
aud it IL positively asserted that the re-
pOr will how on hand an aggregate Of
stocks fully equal TO the amount held at
the time OF the last report in Juue.
VILLAGE BURNED.
GRASp RiPIDs, December l7.-AhDut
hall tho busines. portion Of the village
Of Rockford, twelve miles north Of this
city, was burned yesterday morning
The loss on bulldogs was about Sl5IOO
gu stocks ubout 100000. The total IN
surance il $4,000.
HRuCE HUNT KILLED.
ST. LouIs, December 1.-THE propric.
tor OF the Southern hotel, at this . "
has been requested by parties IN Durlngc
county 10 telegraph Ex-Governor a. A
Hunt that hIs son, Bruce Hunt. was killDr
there last night amt that his body Wi hl
shipped 70 Denver Tomorrow. Governor
Hunt passed through 81. Louis ten day,
ago going east sud ha. been tclrgrnphrt
Mt Boston, where lie Il supposed 10 be
Hunt Ia ex-governor OF Arizona AMI wa
formerly president Vi the Denver and n,
Grande railway.
AnRPT,
CntCAGo, December IA large tore nm,
att schooner was In view OF Evanston 1
short distance north Of this city, Tor tW6
hours today drifting helples,ly. Srvera
tugs, sent from here, huve been searching
for her without success the entire after
noon, aud II Is believed she has gnn,
down with all on hoard. She Il suppose,
to be the schooner North Cape, lumbs
laden, from MuskegOl Tor this port .wheri
she is owned. She has u crew OF dgh
men shipped at Milwaukee.
REDUCTION ACCEPTED.
PTTrsBuRG, December l7.-.The work
men OF Edgar Thomson sreel compan,
having accepted the reduction OF l3 pc
cent. OF their wages in preference I,
remaining idle, until trade improves
aud the mills are running as usua
to-day, and steady work IL promise,
| three hundred men through the winter
SUICIDE.
SwEETwATER. December II. - MI
John Lakewood, formerly from Baird
and brother.iE-law OF Jimes Carter, tn
/ cowman, was buried hare Yesterday II
died by his own hand by taking twenty
five cents worth OF morphine. Fieaucia
aud domestic troubles is supposed to b
l the CAUSE