The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1872-01-13
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SeilNte ukOA 80
int.
Tile ship Europe, from Glasgow +
New York. was abandoned at sea o.
the 23d nit. in a sinking condition. Th
captain and the crew of y men wcr
licked up by the ship Liverpool AM
carried to New York. where they ar
rived Oh the 2d instant.
Ex-Judge Alkcr hls been appointed
Public Administrator Of the city o
New York, vice A. j. Rogers, re
moved.
Two brokers, whose names are no
given, failed in New York Oh January
III on account Of being short $l,75O,
QUO gold.
For the first time within the knowl
elge of city officials in New York TIN
Controller has sent TO the Mayor
quarterly financial statement Of TIN
accounts.
On the 81 of January some Of tht
cd Board of Aldermen attempted tc
take possession OF their chamber, blll
were driven of by the police.
DR.. Kiese testified in the trial Of
Mrs. Wharton for the murder of Gen
Ketchum that the tests for antimony
by Professors Aiken and Toneys were
worthless, and that from the testimony
he believed the General died from rat
ural causes. Arigorous cross-examill-
alton failed to shake his testimony.
Hon. a. Croekcr, of Fiitchburg,
Mass, was elected to Congress in place
Of Washburn, resigned.
a London dispatch of the 81 inst.
says that the Prince of Wales contin-
nes to improve. Tie Queen has re-
turned to Windsor.
The Cologne Gazette asserts that the
United States claims for indemnity
are enormous, and contends that they
are 30 made in order that when deduc-
tions are made they may receive a
handsome sum. The Gtt.ette denounces
this as an unworthy trick, but con
graduates itself upon tie fact that the
only two nations which furnished sup
plies to France during the late Ger
man war are now set by the ears.
There il considerable talk in Lon
don Of transferring the control of tic
Atlantic cables TO the joint Govern
ment, of Great Britain and the United
States. The proposition is received
with favor.
January first, Victor Emanuel
sent an Ambassador to the Pep. with
his congratulations. The Pope refu;-
ed tos sec the Ambassador or receive
the congratulations.
A bill hls been introduced in the
New York Legislature to remove the
Mayor, Corporation Attorney and
Park Commissioners Of the city Of
New York.
At the Installation Of the Conserva-
tive Mayorof Limerick. January lst,
mob alternately hissed at the men-
ton Of tie name of the Prince OF
Wales and clleered for home rule.
A dispatch received at Paris, Jam
uary 2'l, from Algiers, reports victo-
ry over theRelIeis, in which five chiefs
and one hundred horsemeu were
killed.
A committee consisting of United
States Senators Bueking'am, Howe,
Stewart, Casscrly, Pratt and Bayard,
has been appointed to investigate
into the atflirs of the New York Gus
tom-housc.
O'Donovan Rosa contests Tweed's
seat in the New York Senate on the
ground that six thousand unlawful
votes were east for Tweed.
The New York Senate, January 81,
ratified the 18th Amendment BY q
tol.
German citizens of Lcndn have
pelitianel Bismarck to demand an
apology and indemnity from the
United States for supplies furnished
France during the late war.
The frigate Congress was expected
to sail from New York Oil tie 4th
instant for Havana, where she Is to re-
main until further or'crs. Other
vessels were to leave for the coast of
Cuba at an early day. Officers in COM
mand have received orders to give
special protection to such Americans
as have Incurred the displeasure Of the
Spanish Volunteers.
The riot at Rochester, n. Y, ap-
pears to have been much more serious
than at first reported. The militia
fired into the crowd without orders,
and are condemned by all parties. One
Of the men killed was a prominent
German named John Ettor. After
the shooting the crowd increased and
an attack was made OH the negro quar-
tiers. The eolored people fled from
their homes and were haying the city
for safety. The fire companies, militia
and police surrounded the jail and
stood guard until daylight of the 81
inst, at which time all fears of further
outbreak were ailayed.
The public debt statement for the
month of December shows q decrease
of debt during the month of S4,4l2,-
935. The coin balance in the Treasu-
ry is Sill, ,432, ,62i, and currency, $l5,-
8Gl, ,404.
General Gorloif, recently IN charge
Of the Russian legation at Washington, |
has by onlsr Of his Government
transferred the trust to yon Sclleroff,
Secretary Of the Legation.
A policeman named Doyle was shot
in the mouth in Washington on the lst
inst, by woman named Shea. whom
he was trying to arrest. He died in a
few minutes afterrceiying the wound.
A Chicago dispatch, dated Decem-
Der 3lst, states that the Grand Duke
Alexis, after leaving that city, will 90
on longbufIillo hunt. lie will be ac-
companied on his hunting expedition
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