The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1873-12-04

On The 29d, represent that recent interviews
between Minister Sickles and the Spanish au-
thoEities were Of . stormy character Mr..
sickles barely escaped mobbing by the crowd
which congregated In front OF his residence.
In consequence Of these demonstrations, he
to leave Madrid, but the Govern
meut having dispersed the mob, and having
since maintained peace, he resolved to remain
In the city.
An immense demonstration In favor of home
rule took place In Dublin, ireland, on the Esd.
It Is estimated that 10000 persons took part
IN the procession and the mass meeting which
followed.
A Madrid telegram of the evening of the
asd pronounces false the reports that violence
had been offered by the Madrid populace to
General sickles. A long conference between
President CASTELAR, and Ledyard, Briteh Minis
tinuance of good relations. The idea Of sub.
hitting the case of the Virginius to arbitra-
ton is much talked Of In Madrid. Should this
course be agreedto, the German Emperor was
indicated a. the probable arbitrator.
Tho East,
A State Grange Of the Patrons of Husbandry
was recently organized at Syracuse, N. Y. A
full list of officers was inaugurated.
The Republican candidates for State Comp
troller and State Prison Inspector in New York
were elected at the recent election in that
State.
NJ n pr e4.n%or ,rsao,,, - n.y. ooovo&o,u,
Of War Stanton, died at Chestnut Hill, near
Philadelphia, on the 18th.
The National Trust Company of Pittsburgh
has suspended.
A statement Is contained In q letter from
Havana, recently received in New York
that on the night Of the It'll inst, when the
news of the capture of the virginius reached
Santiago, the Spanish volunteers, in their
fendish ex1ltation over their triumph, visited
the widows of the Masons who were shot in
1868, and brutally outraged the helpless wo-
u>e., aaa In the struggle ut Is stated) four Of
the women were killed, seven had since died,
and several were in such . dangerous condi-
ton that they could not possibly recover. A
petition was being circulated in New York
City, and being signed generally by the Masters
of the Masonic Lodges in New York and Past
Masters of Lodges residing in the city, calling
for an emergent session of the Grand Lodge Of
the State to take such action a. might be nec-
essary in the case. Similar action on the part
of the Masonic fraternity was being taken in
New Jersey and Massachusetts.
A Dover IN. H. dispatch of the 10th an
nounces the death of Hon. John p. Hale.
Tho S,pvr, fn %ho
found verdict Of equity" on all counts
two hundred and four. The defense took ex.
ception to any verdict except general verdict
on all counts, but the jury were discharged.
The 22d was fixed for an argument on the
question Of arrest Of judgment on the ground
of want of jurisdiction In the court. Tweed
obtained leave to attend to some private bust
ness, and left the Sherih's office in a close
carriage, accompanied by two Deputy SherifFs.
According to New York telegram of the
10th, Captain Montingro, Of the new Spanish
iron-clad war vessel, the Arapides, had re-
ceived orders from his home Government to
get ready for sea at the earliest moment posi-
BILE, and proceed to Cuba. He expected his
vessel to be out of the dry-dock in twenty
days, when nothing will remain to be done
except to take her powder and armament.
The Aldermen of New York City have voted
to give the Departments of Public Works and
Parks 81, 100000 each, to furnish work for
unemployed laborers.
A Cuban gentleman living and doing bust
ness in New York City, who arrived there from
Cuba on the 10th, declares that the statement
that more than one hundred Of the crew of the
Virginius were executed was true, as he saw
1t so stated by Spanish official reports in
Havana.
Four hundred and sixty thousand immi-
grants arrived in the United States for the
year ending in June last. This shows an in.
crease OF 10000 over any previous year. OF
these 1900 were from Ireland, $1,000 from
England, and $780, 900 from Germany.
John T. Irving, the San Francisco burglar,
has implicated Cole Cunning, well-known
New York burglar, and Daniel Kelly, in the
Nathan murder, by stating that the former
killed Nathan while he and Kelley were wait
ing in the house.
A general strike recently occurred among
the Union newspaper compositors of Pitts
burgh, Pa, because Of proposed reduction in
pay. Charges of conspiracy were preferred
against several Of the printers, and some of
them were arrested and held for examination.
William NJ. Tweed was brought before the
New York Court of Oyer and Terminer on the
22d, when q motion for arrest of judgment
was argued and denied. Judge Davis then
sentenced the prisoner to twelve years i'm
prisonment in the county Jail and fine of
$12, $50. After unavailing efforts on the part
OF his counsel to obtain stay of proceedings,
at ten minutes past one on the morning of the
2Sd Sunday Tweed was taken to the Tombs
and the gates were closed behind him.
The West.
Out of thirty-ave ladies who were nomi-
mated for Superintendents of Public Schools
In Illinois this fall, ten were elected.
Hon. Richard J. Oglesby, United States
Senator from Illinois, was married at Elkhart,
ILL.,, on the 10th, to Mrs. Emma Reyes.
The Indiana GRIND Lodge, I. q. o. f., met
at Indianapolis on the 10th. There was full
attendance. The Grand officers reports show
large increase In membership during the past
year. The total number of Lodges in the
State, November l, was 500; the number Of
contributing members, 22,6O0; total receipts
for the year, 200; surplus funds on hand
belonging to the Lodges, nearly $780, 100;
amount paid for the relief Of brothers during
the year, $4,000.
A jacksonville (m.) dispatch of the 9Oth re.
ports'that some hend or fends in human shape
had recently gone into the corn-aelds of four
farmers near Virden, named Coultar, Crane,
Burns and Ryan, End, lifting the husks from
ears of corn, placed strychnine between the
husks and the grains. Several valuable steers
belonging to these men died of eating poison.
ed corn before the villainy was discovered.
The Official returns Of the recent election
in Wisconsin are a. follows: Total vote fos
Governor, 1889; Lieutenant Governor, 147,.
40; Secretary, 147,e4e; Treasurer, IA, 1923;
Attorney General, 1915; Superintendent,
l47,264; Commissioner, 147,154. Taylor'a
majority, 15,41l: Parker 13.OO4: Dovle. n ,