The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1873-09-25

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that State. Resolutions were adopted con
demning the conduct of Warmoth and sane
tioning that of Kellogg, Judge Durell ant
President Grant, and calling ON the coloret
race North and South to support Grants Ad
ministration.
The Massachusetts, Republican State Con
vention met at Worcester on the 10th. Owe,
one thousand delegates were present. Tn,
vote on preliminary questions showed thai
General Buffers friends were in a minority II
the Convention, and at the evening session h,
stated he was satisfied that majority of tn,
delegates were in favor Of the nomination o,
Governor Washburn, and that he did not car,
to delay the business of the Conyeu
ton by resort to parliamcntar,
tactics. He declares anew his fealt1
to the party, and said that HI
did not want to do anything to cause
discussion in its ranks. He consequent,
withdrew his narne, and said that he saw nc
| cause to run Independent. Governor Wash
burn was then renominated by reclamation
The other nominations are: For Lieutenant.
Governor, Thomas Talbot; Acknowledgement
Charles X. Train; Secretary of State. Oliver
''N'h>A , >AeAAsoAS NhA iCS CuulCOlLs treasurer,
Charles Adams, Jr. The resolutions condemn
the action of those members of the last Con.
gress "who availed themselves of the occasion
OF an increase of salary Of the President and
Of the Judges Of the Supreme Court and of
members OF the Cabinet, supposed to be Just
and necessary for the future, to secure to
themselves disproportionate and extravagaut
compensation for the past as well as future
services; declare that no person holding
a public office has right to seek to
influence the action Of his subordipates bv
exciting their fear of loss of place IL their
opinions and actions shall diner frum HE own
that the adoption Of policy which shall so
reduce frcights on railways that the raw ina
rial. food, and coal OF the West and South
shall be exchanged at the least possible cost
Tor the manufactures of New England inter.
ests the whole country, and that Congress has
Jurisdiction on this subject; and that Congress
and the State Legislature ought to exercise
all their power over railways and all such
monopolies, and, without injustice reduce
trelghts and fares to proper rates.
"A large mass meeting was held Mt Cooper
Institute, New York City, on the evening of
the 10Th, in FAVOR of cheap transportation. The
call for the meeting was signed by majority
of the heaviest business firms of the city, AT.
ter abiding to the rapid increase in the agri.
cultural and manufactured produce of the
country, the resolutions set forth that the pol.
icy of the Government should be to protec,
the producing interest and commerce from
corporations and mouopolies which tend to
subvert the rights of the people. Double
track railways, exclusively for freight, are
pronounced absolutely necessary, and reform
in the management of railways is demanded
The frequent and arbitrary changes in freish,
rates are denounced aud uniform, rates are de.
nanded.
The Liberal Republican State Executive
Committee, OF New York have issued a call
for State Convention, to meet at Elmira on
the Sth of October.
1t was reported in New York CITY on the
10th that Wise and Donaldson, the aeronauts,
have had serious quarrel regarding the con.
temrlated balloon trip to Europe.
The authorities Of New York have decided
to bring Irving from San Francisco to see
what he knows of the Nathan murder,
The recent American Pomolouical Exb;bi.
ton at Boston was great success. The Ne.
braska fruits, which attracted marked atten.
uon, were awarded the first premium, and
were divided up to be taken by the delegates
from Maine. New Hampshire, Vermont, New
York and New Jersey, for exhibition in their
respective States,
An immense crowd visited the Capitoline
grounds in Brooklyn on the afternoon of the
l2th, to witness the departure of the big bal
loon for Europe. The process of imitation
commenced at an early hour in the morning,
and continued steadily until ten minutes past
four, when the balloon suddenly swayed to
the north, ripped half way around with great
tearing sound, and fell fiat upon the ground.
The immense volume of gas which had been
pumped into it, nearly 400, 900 feet, escaped a,
the same moment, nearly suffocating those
who stood on the inside. The crowd made 9
general rush over the ropes with the intention
OF tearing up the canvas into small pieces and
carrying them off as mementoes, but tht
strong force Of police on the ground charged
and drove them back. Mr.. Stiner, who haG
contracted to fill the balloon, said that il
would be all folly to attempt another imitation
as the bag was not made Of the proper mate
rial. So the enterprise is abandoned for thu
present.
Kenyon, Cox & Co., bankers and brokers il
Wall street, New York City, suspended on the
18th. Daniel Drew was a special partner il
the house, it is said, and rumor has it thai
the difficulties Of the firm were caused BY
operations in the interest of Drew.
Professor Wise has published card defend
ing his theory of an eastern air-current, ant
announcing his readiness to start for Europ,
at any time in gas-tight silk balloon. H,
also censures the attempts to turn a great
scientific experiment Into an enterprise fo
money getting. Meantime the Graphic peopl,
are arranging for the construction of silk bal
loon for Professor Donaldson, while the Phila
delphia Herald announces a balloon enterpris,
in that city on an entirely new plan of imitation
and construction, with no charge to the pub
lie. So says New York dispatch of the 18th
Another car-hook murder was perpetratet
in New York on the 18th. Walter Bray, who
was riding on the front platform of Thirt
avenue street car, struck street-sweeper OF
the head with car-hook because he did mo-
get out of the way as promptly as the drivel
wished.
Ex-City Treasurer sprague, Of Brooklyn
has been arrested for malfcasance in office.
The railway bond forgers of Wall street
johnson and Yates, have been admitted to bail
the former in $50, 1000, and the latter ir
$4,000.
The New York Express announces the fail
ure of the Eclectic Life Insurance Company
with deficiency of nearly 100000.
On the recent voyage to New York of the
steamship City of Brooklyn, woman who
was steerige passenger, insane from sick
ness, threw her little boy, four years old
overheard, and then, with her babe in hel
arms, jumped into the sea. She was rescued
but the children were drowned.
The San Francisco Bulletin of the 9th gives
the following as the composition of the next
California State Legislature: Republicans, A.
Independent. 36; Democrats, 40. Sixty-one
will be required to elect a Senator. The In
dependents and Republicans together would
cast 80 votes. Assuming that some hold-ovel
Republicans will vote for Booth, his strength
at the outset would he greater than anv Other