The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-03-25

Smith appeared in the convention a7d
accepted The unanimous cal made I'D
on him.
Arizona citizens, without regard -
party. denounce the veDality and or.
travagance OF their legislature. wbicb
adjourned Saturday after having -
over 81. Oo0. 900 for 7erv 1pes.
tionable subsidies, and an effort Ia n
be made TO stop the payment Of the
corrupt bills.
Secretary Baysrd, in resigninr the
senatorshlp from Delaware. Cava fIs
Legislature 70 understand that his snc-
cessOr should be Attorney General
Gray. The Salisbury family hoyvay.s,-1
are pushing Representative lore for
the vacancy, ana the struggle grows in
interest daily.
John ". Walters. OF Detroit. reach
ed his lO6th birthday Tuesday ~
has long been unable to leave lis ha5
and his death Is liable 10 occur at aDT
time. AbOut q year ago his SIGHT ~
came renewed TO the fullest 8ayrss
He was an officer III the Irish i6snr'
recuOn OF 11So-
Fifty citizens in the vicinity Of Fair.
field, Nebras Aa. captured and hangad
Mrs. Taylor and her brother TO a hri3gs
over the Little Blue river, early IN
Sunday morning, on suspicion of com
plicity in the murder Of q farmer nam
ed Roberts. A son Of the woman is in
Jail for the killing.
Half dollars, believed to have lee,
| recolned from trade dollars, being iden.
| teal in size, weight, and c0mD6sition
| with those issued from the mints. sra
| quite frequently detected in Boston by
means OF an accidental mark. The
| profit on this venture 10y counterfeiters
Is S2450 per hundred.
Immense damage has been caused nv
the lce-g0rge overflow al Wayerly.
No. y resCuing party found Mrs
Judge Thomas on hill, where She
had been for two DAYS without Shelter
The Van Meter family We're rescued
from the second story OF their house in
a starving condition.
| Thomas Simpson. an Englishman of
liberal education, belonging TO q lead
ing family of Birmingham, was sent
to the United States 70 check his in,
temperate habits. He worked Tor a
time at youngstown. Ohio, as coach
man, but III Respondent moment kill
ed himself with morphine
| The school committee of Lewiston
Maine, comprising eight Catholics and
! six Professionals, has taken ST. Josepb's
parochial school into the public svs-
TEN, with the stipulation bv Father
, Wallace that no time outside the usual
fifteen minutes viii be devoted 10
special religious instruction.
4 decision was rendered in tina
, United States Circuit Court at Boston
Saturday in the suits against the stock
, holders of the defunct Pacific National
bank requiring the defendants TO paw
second assessment of 100 per cent on
, their stock. The loss of the stockhold-
: ers by this decision is S2O0Q00.
: The freight blockade on the Missouri
Pacific was raised Monday afternoon
: by orders from the headquarters of the
strikers at Sedaiia. IllTtY-iiYe engines
= were released at Atchison. and The
tracks are now almost blocked with
freight trains. The general manager
of the Wabash has restored wages 10
, | the old figure.
a newspaper from Jackson county.
| West Virginia, reports the organize
ton OF destitute farmers IN The yicini-
| ity of Stats Mil TO compel an equal
| division Of what food remains in the
! region, in order TO save the lives of
: people and stock. The committee Of
public safety took fifty bushels of
wheat from some barns for distribu-
ton.
"a lHANul-ii IN ness q .aaaa ''ai Cue IrAdS
= Pacific road was wrecked Sunday, on a
bridge at Village creek, near Fort
Worth. The fireman was killed. the
engineer was fatally injured, and two
: | postal clerks were seriously hrU sed. A
: | large number of strikers at Marshall
and Dallas manned q WrgCAing train
. and went out TO repair the bridge and
/ track.
n An official of a Western railway.
while travelling on pass ON q road in
u New \ oTk. purchased a seat in q draw
ing-rOom-Car. where De was seriously
: injured by collision. lie has been
e | awarded damages, on The concurrence
1 of three Judges, " hO admitted that the
n acceptance Of the pass was a contract
with the railway to reiinquIah Compen-
p, sation for injuries.
= About twenty Oklahoma boomers
e were brought 10 Wichita, kas., and
were arTaigned before Commissioner
Sherman. They all gave bail IN 1905
I | each for their appearance at The sep
: | TENDER term Of the United States Court
5 ! They at once returned to Arkansas
2 | CITY, where the boomers are C0nceR-
trating their forces. Another lot Of
= | warrants has been issued by The Com
: missioner.
a Employees Of the Missouri Pacific
: road at St. Louis, on Thursday were
informed officially that, in consequence
{ of their loyalty and good behavior, the
: company has determined to restore e
q them the wages in force October /
r This is equivalent to an advance Of Il
per cent. The Sedalia strikers threat
en- that, unless q settlement is made by
q Friday noon, the engineers and nremeI
( will join them.
e a party of 80 revOluti0Dists, headed
by General VIZpura. made an atiaci
!, on the city of Panama, Monday, aul
6 | firing was kept mp for hours. Tit
i ! president Of the Central American
o Cable company telegraphed to- Secre
tary Bayard, Monday, Chat Nud,e
= malan vessel had gone out TO cut tlt
: wires. Secretary Whitney has ordere,
: the Yantic to sail from New Orlean
I Tor Guatemala and protect American
|. inter sts.
+ The Iowa Supreme Court has ren
a dered a dee sion affirming the clustitu
J, tOnality oil the new pr1hDl0y Law
a and prov ~ ing for its speedy enforce
: ment. lie court virtually declared
that saloons may be eui8iued a. nu
$ sances, and any citizen is practical!
q given the power to close mp a salool
d without trial by jury. II q saloon
a be punished with a fine of ST GOO aui
SIX months imprisonment. PT0hi
s bltlonists claim that they can clos
II every saloon in the State.
/ A sensational scene occurred in tn
b Indiana House Iuesday John "
+ Goar, trustee Of the knightst0Hu Sol
dlers Orphans Home, who was inres
tlgated by legislative committee 70
, having, as was alleged. seduead one O.
the female wards OF the institution
and concerning whom a report wa
? made confirming the truth of th
charges. visited the House. That bod
unanimously passed q resolution Te
/ citing his infamous conduct and re
| questing him not to iudicl his presenc
on the legislature. The obuOxiUu
| trustee accordingly withdrew.
The strikers on the Gould railroad
in the southwest have been successfu
and the railroads have been forced L
yield to their demands. As q result
OF the conference held Sunday at s.
Louis between the officials of Kansas
and Missouri and the managers Of Tx
Gould system, the latter published ar
Official circular restoring wages TO the
figures IN force before Sept. J., 1854, tht
date OF the first cut. and retaining aL
the strikers IN their positions. Iht
railroads promise to give thirty days
notice before any further reduction u
wages is made, and guarantee one and
one-haf the regular rates for extra
z work
A report on the condition Of winter
wheat in Indiana and Illinois says IN
Southern Indiana the plants have sur
: tered severely from the alternating
: thawlng and freezing. In eleven
counties in Indiana and four counties
: in Illinois not even q fair crop is eX-
pected, but the reports FROM eight Ill
nols and two Indiana counties Indicate
that the crop is uninjusd Even tho
most disoouTaging dispatches do not
indicate any great injury to the roofs
ana the farmers hope that few weeks
OF good GROWING Xvaafhlr Viii rpOaT