The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1873-12-25

PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY.
REDWOOD FALLS. MINNESOTA.
General News Summary. |
Washington News.
Vice-President Wilson gave notice in the |
Senate on the 9th that he would be absent |
for several weeks, his health not permitting |
him to continue his duties as presiding officer
Senator Carpenter was selected by the Repub- |
lican caucus a. President pro tenn. The Demo- |
cratic caucus resolved to support Senator
Thurman.
The Secretary Of the Navy was before the
Committee on Appropriations on the 9th, and
stated that he did not think there would be
war between the United States and Spain, al
though 1t was necessary to strengthen the
navy as the best method Of preserving peace
and protecting American interests.
TheUnited States Supreme Court has recent
ly made avery important decision, On theaues.
ton as to the right OF State To control the
charges Of railroads. The case was that of
Fuller ~. the Chicago & Northwestern rail.
road, and the court held that it was compe-
tent Tor the State Of Iowa to regulate railroad
freights, because such law il within tho
power of the State to protect Its citizens from
imposition. The road was charged with i'm
posing double rates nom Chicago to Marshall
town, Iowa.
The National Colored Convention organized
Ia Washington on the 1Othrby the election of
Ex-Governor Pinchbacksas President The
Louisiana delegation called on the President,
who, in response to an address thanking him
for the care and attention which he had given
10 the toiorcd people of Louisiana, said that
he would always endeavor to secure to the
ccecred man all the rights which should accom-
pany his acknowledgment.
Alexander H. Stephens, of Georgia, who
was the Nicc.President Of the Southern Con-
federacy, and is now . member Of Cungfess
from Georgia, made speech en- the floor of
the House on the 18th, on the Salary bill, and
attracted much attention, and Was listened to
with marked interest. He advocated high
salaries.
A late Washington dispatch says the Presi-
dent had received the resignation of Minister
Sickles, but declined to accept it.
1t is stated that trustworthy information
has been received in Washington showing that
the Spanish Government was procuring per-
jured afiidavits, in New York, to prove that
the Nirginius was a Cuban vessel, and her
crew enlisted Cuban sailors.
The United States Supreme Court ut Wash:
ington has sustained the right of the
State of Nebraska to tax the propcrty
OF the Union Pacific Railway within the boun.
diaries of said State.
Foreign Intelligonco,
London was visited by a very heavy fog on
the 9th. At half-past three p m. the density
of the fog was almost without precedent, and
all traffic ceased as 1t was impossible to trans
act business. The streets were filled with
men and boys bearing torches to light pedes-
TRANS on their way.
The Chief Director of the Transatlantic
Steamship Company telegraphs concerning
he lost steamship Vile du Havre disaster:
''The report of the crew Of the Loeb Ernc is
absolutely false. The steamer unanswered
correctly, and the officers and crew fully and
nobly discharged all their duties, Captain |
surmont especially. The Loeb Erne only |
was in fault"
Paris dispatch Of the 9th says the resig- |
nation of Minister. sickles was based on the |
fact of the Washington Government negotiat- |
ing directly with Spain, and overlooking him. |
He claims that the Government failed to pro- |
tect him.
The trial Of Marshal Bazaine before a mill |
tary tribunal was concluded at Versailles on |
the 10th. After a long deliberation, the |
judges declared Bazaine guilty of the charges |
of the capitulation of Metz, and of the army
in the open field, without doing all that was
prescribed by honor and duty to avoid sur
render, and unanimously condemned him to |
death, and to be degraded from his rank pre-
vious to his execution. After judgment had |
been rendered, all the members of the court |
signed an appeal for mercy, which Duke d. |
Aumale Immediately conveyed in person to |
President MacMahon. Bazaine was greatly |
agitated when he heard the decision of the
court,
In proclamation issued on the 10th, the |
Captain General of Cuba announces his belief
that amicable relations will remain unin. |
terrupted between Spain and the United |
States.
The dense fog at London, which 'set in on |
the 9th, continued on the 18th, seriously at |
fecting the business of the city and the navi.
CATION of the Thames. No vessels had arrived |
in two days. The fog had caused the cattle |
show in Agricultural Hall to be failure.
Some of the animals had died, and their own
crs were Withdrawing others. The fog cover
ed an area of fifty square miles, London being
the center.
A special from Paris to the London Dailv
Nt,rs Of the 18th states that President Mac.
Mahon intended to commute the sentence of
Marshal Bazaine to twenty years. seclusion.
On the evening of the 18th, Captain General |
Jovellar issued an address to the inhabitants |
of Cuba, in which he said:
The moment . treaty is signed between the |
Governments Of Spain and the United States. INV
faithfully with is terms. For this have received
would produce war, and war with great power, |
without the aid Of Spain. In the meanwhile, obey
the law Of necessity and the orders Of the Govern
the virginius and the survivors Of her passengers
and crew. / have faith in the nobieness Of Your |
procedures f n compliance With my word:
A dispatch recently received in London says
that, as Baron Reuter- had not begun internal |
Improvements In Persia within the time fixed,
the Shah had declared the contract void.
The island of sainte Marguerite, OF Cannes,
has been selected as the place Of confinement
for Marshal Bazaine. In letter to his coun-
sci the Marshal says he SHOULD not appeal |
against the sentence, not wishing to prolong |
in the ears Of the world the spectacle Of such |
painful struggle. My conscience reproaches |
me with nothing. confidently await the JUS
tihcatiou which will come with the lapse of |
time and the subsistence of party passions"
A special from Berlin, received in London
on the 18th, says that the commander Of one |
of the German vessels that were seized by a |
Spanish man.of-war in the Sooloo Archipelago |
and carried to Manila, writes home that him |
self and the crew were sent to prison and kept |