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Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-03-05
THE LEGISLATURE.
Special to Commercial Herald.
SENATE.

JACKSON, Miss, March Passed
acts-To create board Of pilot COM
missioneFs Of Pascagoula Bay; TO aid
county boards Of health and quarantine
In counties Of Harrison and Hancock.
to incorporate the city Of Greenyille:
for the relief Of Margaret Shankle; to
incorporate the town Of BrooksviIle.
Bills Referred To amend section
l047 and 1048 and 1850 Of the code il
relation to running trains through
incorporated cities and towns; to
require telegraph companies to deliver
messages within reasonable time; to
protect sheep raisers; to protect sure
ties on railroads; to authorize juries to
fix the punishment in criminal cases;
act granting relief from the penalties
imposed and to render enforcible GER
tain convicts under section $50.
Pending consideration over the re-
port Of the committee on an act to
equalize taxes among the several coun-
ties and property holders Of the State,
adjourned.
Bills for the relief Of individuals
were indefinitely postponed IN large
numbers.
About $50 house bills were taken up
and referred, and otherwise disposed
of.
The house passed the educational
bill with amendments by a vote Of 50
to 80.
Act to submit to the qualified electors
Of Coahoma county, the question Of
the removal and location anew Of the
county site, passed.
Act granting relief from the penal
ties imposed and render enforcible in
certain contracts and section 289 Of the
code, passed.
To amend chapter 38 Of the code in
relation to insurance companies, passed.
HoUsE-EvENINo SESSION.
Resolution calling on the governor
to report to the legislature an accurate
account Of all disbursements made Of
the executive contingent fund for the
years 1884 and 1885; tabled subject to
call.
Act to amend section 1904 Of the
code in relation to the attachment for
rent in certain cases, passed.
Act to give keepers Of livery stables
lien in certain cases, indefinitely post
poned.
To regulate the sale Of property
under mortgage and decree Of courts,
passed.
Act for relief Of Hon. J. w. G..
Watson was called up and Mr.. Watson
made most elaborate appeal to the
house The act was considered in
committee Of the whole. The senate
amendments raising the pay 70 $4,000.
was disagreed to. This leaves the
amount fixed at 5000 as the house
first proposed.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-03-05
The Minority Report on the Dustin
Resolution,

WASHINGTON, March 1.-The minor
ity report of the senate judiciary COM
mittee, on the Dustin case, is three or
four times as long as the majority re-
port. 1t embodies no resolutions. Mr..
Pugh asked that the report be printed
and placed on the calendar. 1t was
not read in the senate. The report
says: When President Cleveland came
into office he found about ninety-fve
per cent. of the offices filed by Repub-
licans, appointed as reward for party
service. The party whom the presi-
dent owed his nomination and election
has been exiled from all participation
in the civil administration of the goy-
ernment for nearly quarter of a CEN
tury. The friends and supporters of
the president made application for a
redistribution of the public trusts.
Notwithstanding those facts, the
six hundred and fifty nominations sent
to the senate in the suspension cases
had been allowed to remain before the
committee without consideration and
final disposition,
Dustin has made no complaint to the
judiciary committee, the president or
the attorney general, that he was
wronged by the suspension.
The committee was fully informed
that Burnett was recommended to the
president by all the members of con-
gress from Alabama from personal
knowledge of his character. Stripped
to the naked truth, without any
special pleading, the case was made
for the senate on their resolution, and
the answer of the attorney general is
whether the senate has the right to
demand of the attorney general their
transmission, against the order OF the
president, papers or documents of the
description mentioned in the resolu-
ton, when that paper OR document is
stated in the refusal to relate exclu-
sively to the removal of Dustin by the
president. For that reason alone it is
not transmitted.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-03-05
From creenvine.
Special to Commercial Herald.


GREENvILLE, Miss, March 3.-Yes-
terday evening, at Burdette station,
Mr.. Louis Stern, of Greenville, had
some business transactions with a ne
gro named Hobbard. The amount in
question was about fifty cents. Accu-
rate details cannot be obtained. It
seems that Stern shot at Hobbard sew
eral times without effect. The negro
in the meantime procured pistol
from some Of his friends and opened
fire on Stern, The first shot entered
Stern's back'and is said to be Of a very
dangerous and perhaps fatal nature.
The victim was brought to town to-day
and from last accounts is resting easy
at his fathers house.
Some weeks ago three negroes took
a contract from Mrs. Urquhart to pick
out certain cotton crop on her place.
The job was completed yesterday and
this morning a SETTLEMENT was made.
Galloway, one Of the negroes, was ac-
cused by the other two that he re-
ceived too much for his portion, when
Galloway denounced them, which
brought things down to row. When
the excitement reigned supreme Gallo
way was shot in the head and Instant
ly killed. The two other partners are
now in Jail.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-03-05
The Chinese Must Go.

PORTLAND, OREGON, March BE
tween midnight and two O'Clock this
morning mob of zoo masked men
divided into squads Of twenty each,
visited the Chinese working back OF
East Portland and Albany, eastern su'
burbs of this city, and drove them out.
There were 1870 Chinese in all, and all
Of them were engaged in wood-chop-
ping and grubbing on land lying one
to three miles back of the towns men
toned. Some of the men were mask
ed. others had their face blackened,
and others wore sacks over their heads
with holes for eyes; all were armed.
They went to the camps where
the Chinese were asleep, routed them
out, displayed revolvers and ordered
them to pack up and leave at once.
The chinese offered no resistance and
allowed themselves to be driven to a
ferry boat and taken to this city. The
mob worked with great secrecy The
nighc was dark and the officers OF the
law knew nothing of its action until
the Chinese arrived here and were
marching up the street from the ferry
at two o, lock in the morning.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-03-05
A Bare Knuckle Fight.

PITTsBURG, March 8. - A bare
knuckle fight, for s75, took place last
night at Whitehead, Pa, near hear,
between Bill Clapp, Of Youngstown,
o., and Bolen, alias Bull Newcomer,
of Uniontown, Pa. Both men fought
desperately, and 1t was nip and tuck
up to the seventh round, when Clapp
got in a blow thai stretched New
conner out on the floor in an insensible
condition. He was picked up, re-
stored to consciousness, and the fight
given to Clapp. Only twenty persons
present.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-03-05
supreme court pecIsIons.

Special to Commercial Herald.
JACKSON, March l Martin vs..
Nalty, Mead Bros. vs. Strong, Pfeifer
g. Dfeyfus VS.. hartman, Barney VS..
Mcdowell, Moody VS.. Gallagher & Son,
Heyman W.. billiard, Ferrill VS.. Dick
erson, Beal VS.. Sharp, Moody VS.. Nc
Lehany and two cases of Moody VS..
Eldridge g. Morris, were affirmed.
King VS.. State, Joor VS.. Elder, Handy
VS.. State and Scharff VS.. Lisso were
reversed and remanded.
Tyler and wife VS.. Wheeler was re-
versed and decree entered here.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-03-05
The Lien Law Repealed.

JACKSON, March 2. The agricultu'
raj lien law has been repealed by the
legislature. It's Objectionable feature
was that it authorized implanted or
growing crops to be mortgaged. the
law was made in 1870 and to it is at,
tributed the present poor financial
condition of farmers generally VINO
have had to mortgage their crops to
obtain supplies, paying a heavy prem
INN
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-03-05
Democratic Caucus.

WASHINGTON, March about
forty Democratic members of the
house met in caucus tonight to ar
range for the selection Of a Democratic
congressional campaign committee.
A resolution was adopted instructing
the State delegations to select one Of
their number from each State to con-
stitute the campaign committee. The
committee so selected is charged to
meet within week and choose Eve Of
their number to act with a similar
number chosen by the Democratic
senators to act as a joint executive
committee.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-03-05
From Rolling Fork.
Special to Commercial Herald.

ROLLING Fork, MISS, March g.
The chancery court convened here to.
day. No cases Of Importance has
come up as yet. R. F. Lowry, a tai
ented son Of Col. w. L. Lowry, late Of
Johnsonville, Miss. and nephew Of
Gov. Lowry, applied for license to.
practice law, and after standing lirst-
class examination, being examined By
Judge p. j. McGarr and Gen. a. L.
Neal and Walter McLaurin, Of this
place, was admitted.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-03-05
Killed hv Eleotrloity,

EVANSVILLE, March Erwin Oil
yer was killed last night at the Brush
electric light station, where he had
been employed more than two years.
He was adjusting a screw in one of
the dynamos with the right hand and
accidentally touched the left hand to
the machine, receiving the full cur
rent. He was twenty-five years old
and unmarried.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-03-05
A Negro -ynched--Assassinatlon
An Exhaustive Statement.

WAsHINGlDN, March 2.-The letter
of the secrehry of the State to the
Chinese minister referred to in the
presidents Message is an exhaustive
statement of he whole Chinese ques-
ton and its main points is fully COW
cred In the massage.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-03-05
rha ohio Contested case.

WASHINGTON, March 2.-The house
committee on elections will on Thurs
dav take a final vote on the contested
election case Of HuTd VS. Rameis, from
the tenth Ohio district.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-03-05
indians Enroute to Washington.

DEVILS LAKE, OAK, March, l.
Red Bear, Koshpa, Little Bull and
Black Cloud, accompanying Joseph
Bole, the Indian interpreter, are en-
route for Washington to plead the
cause Of the Turtle Mountain Chip
pewa band of Indians to the DEVILS
Lake land district. They will ask that
the government pay them for the title
which ex-Secretary Teller extin-
guished,
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-03-05
An Answer to the Bland Resolu-
tiOns

WASHINGTON, March 2.-The secre-
tary of the treasury to-day sent the
sneaker of the house an answer to the
Bland resolution calling for informa.
ton in regard to the future policy of
the treasury department on the silver
question. 1t is a document OF forty
paqes and contains a vast amount of
correspondence and statistical informa-
ton, In it the secretary declares that
he has used his utmost efforts to get
silver into coinage. He has already
given his opinion as to the propriety
Of expressing his views concerning the
past and future policy of the depart
ment upon the subject.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-03-05
Sudden and Wholesale Discharge
of Several Hundred Men.

SPRINGFIELD, o., March 3-There is
much excitement here caused by the
action Of the East Street Champion
Reaper works last night. 1t was a
sudden and wholesale discharge of
several hundred employees, known to
belong to the Kaights of Labor, or
other trades union organizations.
Mr.. Whitley, president of the COM
pany, says: 1--WE are compelled to take
this course in the couse Of human lib
erty. So far as we have observed the
operation of this organization in other
cities, it has been one of terror, intim-
idation and violence, and it seems to
be question whether a factory shall
have all or none of its employees men,
bers Of an organization. We prefer
to have all our men independent of all
organizations, and believe such a
course will be for the good of the com.
munity."
They are advertising for men to Gil
the places Of the discharged workmen.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-03-05
wOman's Day at tho Exposition.

Woman's Day at the Exposition.
New ORLEANS, March 2.--This has
been great day for the American
Exposition. More than twenty thou.
sand people joined in celebrating wo-
mans day. After two hours Of Kin
dergarten exercises In Music Hall, be-
fore an immense audience, the regular
ceremonies began with an overture by
the French Marine band and an ad.
dress of welcome by Maj. E. A. Burke.
Poems by Mrs. Mary Ashley Towns
end and Mrs. Mollie Moore Davis were
read and a fine grafton delivered by
Judge Z. G. Fenner Mile. Rhea, who
was present, was forbidden by her
physician to give the recitation she
had promised and rendered her apol-
ogy. Messages of sympathy and con.
graduation were received from Miss
Rose Elizabeth Cleveland, Abby Nor
ton Di@, of Boston; Clara B. Colby,
editor Of the Woman's Tribune, Mrs.
d. G. Cloly (Jennie June) Miss Fran
els Willard, Doctor Julia Holmes
Smith, Alice Freeman and Frank Les
lie.
Miss Cleveland said accept from
me heartfelt expressions of sympathy,
congratllation and affectioDate re-
spect."
Alice Freeman said "Best wishes
of Wellelby College to women of the
South"
Frank Leslie said 81 shall be with
you in spirit and in purpose every mo-
ment, locking to the elevation and en-
couragement of the sphere Of woman
as an active factor in moral, social and
industrial enterprises of the world. 1t
commands my heartiest sympathy and
co-operati,n."
Miss Kate Field said 81 hope that
good may be evolved from woman's
day and that the time may not be far
away wher every woman's day may be
mans day md vice versa"
A Negro ASSASSINATION
CHARLESTON, S. G., March 2.-Abe
Thompson, the negro who outraged
Mrs. Lancaster, near Glenn Springs.
Friday last, was lynched at Spartans.
burg yesterday afternoon. lie con-
fessed the cline.
d. HarvyWheeler, a prominent citi-
zon of Prosperity, was waylaid and
murdered BY George McNeary yester-
day.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-03-05
Mrs, Weaver Returns to Indlanap-
oils,

MRS, weaver Returns to Indlanap-
oils.
INDIANAPOLIS, March 2.-Mrs.
Weaver, who went to Atlanta, Ga, to
obtain the body of her husband, whom
she believes was killed there a few
weeks ago, under the name Of Pierce,
has returned home, utterly broken
down physically, having failed to sat-
isfy the authorities that Pierce was
Weaver. She is positive that Weaver,
if alive, has plenty of means, and if
dead, he left considerable estate.
She is sure ne is not now living with
Mrs. Eden, in Texas, as stated since he
has been gone. Weaver has kept up
correspondence with friends and rela
tives in Indiana, and nothing has been
heard of him since the accident. Mrs.
Weaver also thinks that after he was
hurt in the accident Weaver gave
81 900 to some person to send to her,
and his card and papers, but that only
the latter were sent to her. She thinks
that possible part of this money is
the 5000 which is now in the hands of
an administrator.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-03-05
Cotton Seed OIL Syndicate,

ST. LOUIS, March 1.-Some two or
more years ago, J. V. Lewis, an extern
siVe manufacturer of cotton seed oil,
Of Cincinnati, Ohio, conceived the idea
of forming pool, intended to control
the price of the commodity and has
since that time been quietly, but zeal
ously at work with several other large
manufacturers to put into execution
his plan. 1t is now stated his efforts
have succeeded and there has been
formed a corporation known as the
Cotton Oil Trust Company, which con-
trolls every desirable mill west of the
Mississippi river and 60 per cent of
the mills of the entire country. The
capital stock of the company is placed
at $2,000,000, of which about $780,
0OO has been issued to mills bought by
pools. The plan of procedure is as
follows: If the officers of the company
decide that certain factory should be
subject to pool control, the owner is
approached and invited to sell his
property. If it is unencumbered and
in good working order he is given GER
tilicates to amount to three times the
value of his mill. For less valuable
property less is paid. If the mill thus
bought can be operated with profit the
trust company places in superintend-
ent of its own and takes possession of
the property. From that time on the
mill is run as the best interest of the
company dictates, the output being
regulated by the current price of the
cotton seed produced. Instead of en-
countering opposition from mill own
ers, the pool has been besieged by ap-
plications for admission to the syndi
cate, and it now finds itself almost
completely master of the situation.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-03-05
A Treaty Of Peace Signed.

VIENNA, March "A treaty Of
peace between Servia and Bulgaria
was signed at Eucharist to-day.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-03-05
The Union Telephone Company


Declines All New Business.
CHICAGO, March 2-The Central
Union Telephone company to day is
sued the following;
ITO our patrons in Indiana:
"This company announces. with re-
gret, that in view of the recent decision
of the supreme court of Indiana sus.
tanning the validity of the law regu-
lating telephone rentals and toll.line
charges, it has voted to decline all new
business in the larger cities, where it
is impossible to furnish service under
the law without loss, TO forthwith give
notice of termination, at the earliest
possible date, Of the contracts of all
subscribers in such places; to make
the continuance of exchange business
in smaller places dependent upon the
possibility of continuing under the law
without loss, and to appeal TO the su-
preme court Of the United States. This
conclusion has been reached after a
careful and thorough revision of the
estimates which were submitted to the
committee Of the senate and the gov
ernor of the State, and upon which the
oaths of its officers in the impending
litigation were based showing that the
company could not proftably carry on
its business under the present law.
Much time has been spent in an effort
to devise some plans by which all of
its exchange and toll-lines could be
continued, but to no purpose. In con-
clusion, the company desires to express
to all of its subscribers its thanks for
their patronage, and especially to the
majority, who have felt in common
with its officers the inexpediency and
injustice of the law"
The President Sends a Message to
the Senate on the Chinese Ques-
ton.
WASHINGTON, March 2.-The presi-
dent to-day sent message to the senate
on the Chinese question. He says the
condition of the Chinese in the West
ern States and Territories is far from
being satisfactory, and all the power of
the government should be exerted to
maintain the amplest good faith to-
wards China in the treatment of these
men and the inhexible sternness of the
law of bringing wrong does to justice
should be insisted upon. Every effort
has been made by the government to
prevent violent outbreaks, and the
president says he is prepared to give
earnest consideration to any further
remedial measures within treaty limits
which the wisdom Of congress may de-
sire.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-03-05
THE LEGISLATURE.
Special to Commercial Herald.
HOUSE.

HOUSE
JACKSON. March 2-Act to provide
for the election of a public cotton
weigher for the city of Grenada, pass
ed.
act to pay the Capital Light Guards
for active militia service, referred to
committee on military affairs.
Act to provide for the blind of the
colored race in this State. Referred to
committee on benevolent institutions.
Joint resolution to hold joint session
to elect the superintendent of the
State penitentiary on Thursday even
ing next, at 7:90, adopted.
Act to amend section 463 of the
code in relation to assessors, referred.
Act to preserve the archives of the
auditor of public accounts, passed.
Act to incorporate the Vicksburg,
Yazoo Delta & Northeastern railroad
company, passed.
The house has been engaged the
most of the day in discussing the bill
in relation to public schools, and is
still engaged. A resolution regulating
time of debate was tabled on motion
of Mr.. Reynolds.
A resolution fixing the time of meet
ing at $50 am. was adopted.
Act to provide for the election of
members and to create a State board of
equalization was made the special or
der for tomorrow.
Mr.. Boone offered a majority and
minority reports of the senate com
mittee on penitentiary and prisons,
which recommended the appointment
of special committee to complete
the Investigation.
The senate amended the house reso-
lHtion to elect superintendent of the
State penitentiary, and made the night
of the 9th inst. the date. Adjourned.
A Lively Scene Before an ,Investl-
eating Committee.
Special to the Commercial Herald.
HOLLY SPRINGS, MISS, March q
The committee appointed by the legis-
lature to investigate charges against
the State Normal School, colored, was
in session all day examining witness
es. During the testimony of High
gate, the principal, he alluded to GER
tain article published in the Marshall
County Register as villainous. when Its
editor, who wrote the article, seized q
two pound iron paper weight ant
threw it at Highgate, passing directly
over Senator Harvey's head, and was
lodged by Highgate, who rose from
his seat and said protect me or l will
protect myself" A second weight
was prevented from being thrown by
other parties interfering. Bad feeling
exists between the white people and
colored students of this place, and the
excitement is at its highest pitch. The
end is nigh.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1886-04-12
18th day Of April, 1885,

to decide by the votes of such voters whether the
site upon which to erect the new schoolhouse
shall be fixed upon block forty-nine (49), or upon
bleck ninety-six &c., except 80 feet off from the
east half of said block %, taken by right of way
for Railroad or the east half of block twenty two
l22), or block seven ~ consisting of a half a
block, all located in the town of HALEY in said
school district, and that the board be authorized
to purchase the site so selected for tie use and
benefit of said school district.
The above-described blocks are offered for the
purposes aforesaid for the following sums tc. wit
Block 40 for $1,000 block &c. except 80 feet Of from
the east side thereof, for So5l east halt of block
y was dedicated to school purposes and block 7
is offered as gift to the school district by c. p
Croy.
4 he form of the ballot to be used by those vot-
ing for block No. 40 shall be Block 49," and for
block 96 shall be "Bleck &c." and for block "a
shall be Block 49," and for block 7 shall be
Block l."
The polls will be kept open from O'Clock D IN.
nll5 O'Clock p. IN. of said 18th day of April 1886
By order of the Board of Trustees of School Dis.
trict No. 7, Alturas County, Idaho Territory
I. N. SULLIVAN,
Clerk of said Board.
Dated HALEY, Idaho, April 3, 1856