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Alluding to the passage in the Senate of the bill to enforce the Fifteenth Amendment the Washington Chronicle of the 27th ult., refers to Senator Casserly’s position with regard to the clause which protects Chinamen from outrage as follows :
KIHIKIHI, 20th May.
The southern boundary of the territory mentioned in Rewi’s proposals as from Taupo to Pukehau is undefined, as many of the places laid down in proposals are unknown to Government and Europeans — in fact the whole of the boundaries are only tentatively given. In the northern portion of the reserve the King is reported to have some interest. The boundaries of this block will have to be surveyed.
It will be noticed that by the action of the Government the original proposal at Hikurangi to make Tawhiao a kind of independent princelet in this territory is now abandoned.
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Tragic Feats of a Heroine—A Female Pitched Battle—Sanguinary Results of Jealousy.
The Nashville Union of Saturday last tells the following extraordinary story:
One of the most sanguinary deeds growing out of jealousy, and one of the highest exhibitions of female courage we have seen any account of for many a day, occurred a few days since near the Last Tennessee line in the edge of North Carolina, bordering on Blount county. The account which we abbreviate from the several reports seems miraculous. The parties represented are creditable and respectable.
It appears that the wife of James Davenport became jealous of a young girl named Kate Jackson, represented as being quite handsome and lovable. Quarrels and contentions were fierce and frequent between the two ladies.
Call Conference for Monday, After Noticing Other Firms Increasing Wages.
Fall River, March 29. With the cotton manufacturers elsewhere falling Into line of wage advances set by the woolen mills the Fall River Cotton Manufacturers association today arranged a conference with the textile council on the wage question for next Monday. This action unexpected was accepted In the city generally as an indication of partial retreat by the mill owners from the position that they would shut down their plants rather than grant an increase.