The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-03-25

TepfcsUhlhI iNff. iu hlNlfhM Is eet hphlt JOY
Dlstflet II C1lumbia hlllneRi. The dlH.
trict c0mmittaa. uowevor, eill have moth.
ing OF general interrat % bring forward
and their mCasurts VIII 10 disposed ci
early m the day DifouSsion ofthe bonded
whisky bill viii be continued. Friends 0i
this measure expect % reach vote Tues
day On the evening % mat day q demo
cratic caucus on the tarin question will be
held. The Indian And pension hppropra-
ton bills are ready, and either OF them
may be taken up IN the house alter Tues.
day. Privileged matters haye occupied
the greater part OF the pes
ent session IN the house The adyo.
Gates OF lesisla,lon on special enbjec's
express themselves appfehensiye that the
remainder OF the Befgon will be occuC'0d Ia
the same manner In the consideration of
appropriation bill, aud revenue measures,
appropriation committee have number OF
bills IN an advanced siege OF preparation
which can be reported on short notice. The
sundry civil and legislative, executive aud
tudiclsl auprOpriation bills, two ofthe Inost
important measures are almost completed.
The Blair educational bill is unfinished
busi..ess ia the senate, and neither its
friends nor iis opponents are willing to
make predictions rs 10 its fate or the tine
which will bo required 10 dispose Oft. Sem
ator Blair Is slll hopeful 81
will pass. An attempt 10 set aside
for the consideration of the plpurO-
pneumonia bill and aucther TO send IL back
10 the committee Tor revision, which, fsuc-
cessiul, will be equivalent 20 its defeat Tor
the present session, will propably be- made
Monday, or " the owl 30 NOT earlier digpos
ed or Tuesday. There teama TO DO q major.
it, 10 avor of come Kind Of a natiousl ed
uclti0unl oil, and u il among he possible
itics thai the friends Of the Blair bill may
accept the emendmen a, smoothing away
the features which arc Objectionable 20
son senator's aud TINS secure sho passage
OF a measure which VIII at least recognize
az general principle hat the government
has duty 20 perform ~ connection
with the education OF freedmen, hop.
ing to accomplish more 20 future
congress snouid the fruits Of the hrst meas.
ure De satisfactory. Tho bankruptcy Dill,
tRe pleuropneumoniab bill and the bill to
regulate practice IA patont suits still stand
AZ suecial orders on the calendar, and viii
require more time for consideration than
that norton OF the week remaining after
the educational bill has been disposed OF.
The appropriation committee hos under
consideration the naval qua postc flee ap-
probable that either will bs reported in
time for action by the senate this week.
READY TO STRIKE.
TORONTO, March % The Grand Trunk
empioyes he'd private meeting here this
afternoon for the discussion Of tue proposed
reduction Of wages. The strong and unsn-
imous feeling ia In favor OF striking il the
reduct or is insisted upon.
KAfsON WfiHFLN'H BIRTHDAY.
BERLIN. March % --BismaTcg gave a dir
nsr o. thn diplomatic corps Saturday ~
honor oil tho empe'or's birthday. sargent
was present Lord Ampthill, the British
ambassador. proposed the health OF the
emperor Bsmarck proposed toasl ID the
s1vereig1s and nations. The day was Oh
served ihTcughout Germany wish
psrldes, baDque's, festivals, performances
~ theatres. schools and Oarrdckl. AZ the
banquet 80 5'uttoueart "a toast 20 the en-
peror Was proposed ny Queen Olga. A.
Darn tldt The trOoes wore royieWes by
Grand Duke Ludwig. At StrGsburg the
foundation stone Of al imperial palace was
laid.
wHoPPER.
LONDON, March % The steamer City OF
Montreal Wnich arrived CT Queenstown
yesterday, reports having on the passage
passed an iceberg 200 feet high and 400 feet
long
TO DE SENT TO MADAGASCAR.
IlPABIs, March 23.-Prime Minister Ferry
proposes TO send 10 Madagascar G, 900 Of the
French troops in Tonquin.
TROUBLE IN SENEGAL.
PARIS, March 23.-Gnulois reports &C.
rious outbreak in Senegal. The Maures
have broken tho treaty OF alliance aud are
pllag n the villages. Several persons have
been murdered. The fontss are making
preparations TO rise under Abdoul Babon-
kar.
NEW ORLEANS March % Tho Picsyune
Baton Rouge special says: "Since daylight
this morning IL has rnined continuously.
The river Is now ut the high water mark of
1882 Mllstto Point crevasse has been
abandoned. No further effort will be made
10 close tha opening. The force at that
poiut mas been distributed AZ adjacent
weaker threatened points. West Baton
Rouge suffers several hundred thousand
dollars. There 70 much unessines5 con-
corning the leyees in this section
The rise will doubtless continue
during the night, and the river eurely adj
vance several inches. The general impress
sion is there viii be trouble in this neigh
horhood within the next twenty four hours.
General compliant 10 Iuaos sAst Tho ~ stg
run the boats too near the shore causing
damage to the levees. The break At Mu-
latto Point IL now 900 feet vide and fully
twelve feet deep. Medina levee 10 reported
gone. Back water is steadily encroaohins
upon the front. There is now but narrow
strip Of dry land left. Plantations never
before overlooked are now under water.
GALVESTON GRIsT.
GALVESTON March % Mrs. Miranda NJ.
Rogers, wife OF Captain j. J, Rogers, died
here this afternoon. She was sister OF
Major II. A. Burke, of the Times Dem
Hon. J. NJ. Moore, member Of the eigh.
teenth legislature from Esstland county,
who was married Tuesday last IL spending,
his honeymoon in Galveston.
ARRESTS IN RUSSIA.
ST. PETERSBURG, March 23.-A number OF
important nihilist arreFts were made at
KienL One gensdarme was MORALLY woun-
red while assisting in making the arrests.
II IL rumored that DeGsiif. leader OF the
party who murdered Sudeikin, Is among
the prisoners.
DRIVER Meroh % Wilson Edmundson,
for number Of years conductor on the
Central Pacific, committed suicide here al
midnight by tski0g morphine. Cau.e, Ill
health. His folks live at Galesburg, Ill
IN THE eoUDAN-oRDERED TO RETURN.
LONDON, March 23.-Suakim Is unhealthy.
II is proposed to leave 400 British soldiers
there, TO be relieved every fortnight and
station the remainder OF the troops nj
healthier points. Hewitt is sanguine OF
being sols 10 open the Bsrber route. He
proposes 10 divide the road into sections
and make the tribes answerable for their
respective divisions. Troops will advance
Wednesday TO form CAMPS around Tams-
Dieb and fttempt TO surround Osman
Dlgns.
Tsene, the Chinese ambassador, has been
ordered to return to Paris
cRBArros OF CARDINALS AND BISHOPS.
Ronk, March 23.-At the coDsistory to-
morrow the pope will create two cardinals
and twenty-one bisops.
LIVELY rIMEs AHEAD.
WHEELING, w. Va, March 23.-Special
States Marshal Atkinson came down from
Point Pleasant this afternoon md reports
that be with four deputies, before daylight
this morning. ARES ed twenty emoloyes OF
The Keystone Bridge COMPANY, including
Guperintendent Barro, and took possession
of the bridge. which was bsrricaded at
both ends The men were taken by sur