St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1886-05-15
TOPICS OF THE DAY.
News from Everywhere.
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.

PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.
"ON the 2Sth the remains of Wendell Phil
lips were removed from the family tomb
in the old Granary burying ground at Bos-
ton, were they were inferred at the time of
his death, and with those of his wife, who
died recently, were inferred at Milton,
where they have found tn cir last resting
place.
On the 2Sth a pastoral letter was re-
celved at Montreal from Cardinal Tasche-
reau condemning the Knights of Labor as
a secret organization, inimical to the in
terests of religion and good morals.
SUPERINTENDENT JOHNSTON of the Pitts
burgh & Western railroad has settled the
question Of runs and wages with the COM
mittee of engineers and firemen. He re-
adjusted the runs and arranged to pay the
men by the mile, between three and four
cents a mile for engineers and two cents a
mile for firemen.
Ex-senator CoNKLING made an elab-
crate argument on the 2Sth before Acting
Secretary Fairchild against reopening of
the old contest over the admission of Apol-
linaris water free of duty. Congressman
Collins and Messrs. Brooks and Water
bury appeared to ask reconsideration of
the decision admitting such water free of
duty.
GENERAL JOHN MosBY has bad an ex-
ceptional experience with the Government
accounting officers. He was recently Off
cially informed that on auditing his ac-
counts as United States Consul at Hong
Kong, China, at the Treasury Department,
a considerable balance was placed to his
credit, he having inadvertently turned over
consular fees to the Government that I'M
der the law he was entitled to retain him
self. The amount to be returned to him is
several thousand dollars.
On the Goth Edhem Pasha, special
Turkish envoy, had an audience with the
Gar at Yalta, in the Crimea.
THE personal estate of the late John Nc
Cullough has been inventoried at $751;
747.49.
THE Pope, it is said, in the event of the
establishment of diplomatic relations with
China, will appoint a French prelate to be
papal nuncio at Pekin.
On the 10Th Harry Brown was captured
at Omaha, Neb., and taken back to New
York on charge of robbery.
On the goth Governor Hill of New York
signed Mr.. Cantor's Saturday Half-H oil
day bill. The Standard Gas bill became a
law without the Governors signature, the
time having expired.
BROADER GENERAL THOMAS H. RUGER
has been assigned to the command of the
Department of Dakota and Brigadier-Gen-
eral J. Fl. Porter to the command of the
Department of the Missouri.
On the Goth Rev. DR.. A. Leonard, rector
of st. Johns Episcopal Church at Wash
ington, was summoned to New York to see
ex-President Arthur. General Arthur al
ways attended old st. Johns church when
President, and held by DR.. Leonard in high
esteem.
ACTING SECRETARY FAIRCHILD has de-
cided that Chinese seamen do not fall
within the propostory provisions of the
Chinese restrictions and therefore may be
allowed to land temporarily in the ordi-
nary pursuit of their calling for the pur-
pose of shipping on return voyage as
soon as possible.
THE new Chinese Minister was formally
presented to the President on the Goth by
the Secretary of State. He was attired in
full court costume, and was accompanied
by three of his suite and an interpreter.
THE President has vetoed the bill extend
act in relation to immediate transporta-
tion of dutiable goods.
THE reception rendered jeff Davis on
his arrival in Atlanta, Ca, on the 30th
took the character of an ovation. The
city was literally decorated with flags
and bunting, in which the Stars and Bars
We're particularly conspicuous, and six
thousand school children supplied with
flowers literally carpeted the pathway of
the carriage bearing the visitor with the
choice treasures of spring.
A PETITION is in cir culation in New York
asking for the pardon of James D. Fish.
GLADSTONE denies the story that he has
decided to join the Roman Catholic Church.
FRIENDS of Edwin Booth attribute his
recent fall on the stage at New York to an
attack of vertigo.
The Pope in an autograph letter to En-
peror William thanks him cordially for his
recent gift of gold cross.
Rev. w. A. LEONARD, in an interview
on the 30th, declared that ex-President
Arthur was rapidly recovering and was in
no immediate danger. He denied the re-
port that he had been specially sent for by
Mr.. Arthur or any of his family.
THE Vienna Frenadenblatt says the alb
sence of Baron Won Schaeffer from Wash
ington is on account of i'll health, and not
as retaliation for the Kelly affair.
GRIMES AND CASUALTIES.
THE Chinaman, Aug Tai Duck, who MUIR
dered Captain and Mrs. Wickersham in
Sonoma County, CAL, and fled to China,
committed suicide by hanging in Jail at
uopor Kono