Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-11-27
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Of State, stating that \ mob which collected
in front Of the American Legation was
Promptly dispersed by the Government.
The. is no doubt in Washington, in official
circles, that the authorities ut Madrid arc fully
able to prevent any outbreak. The position
Of Minister Sickics is very uncomfortable, but
it is not beloved that violence will be offered,
as Slckles teiegrapl,s that the Spanish officials
arc equal to the emergency. Minister Slcklcs
is hourly in communication with the State
Department., and his dispxtches indicate
very strong feeling against the United States.
a second dispatch received ut Washington
says that an attempt has been made t" assas-
sinate General Sickles, aud that he has been
wounded. Tho report is net credited in Off
ciAl circles. although outside of offcia circles
it is generally credited.
The Secretary Of state has received the fol-
lowing despatch from our Consul at Havana,
dated Nov. 18: "The Consulate at Santiago
reports under date eff the 18th, that tho total
number ef executions Of persons from the
Vlrginius was tifty-thrce. and that there had
been no executions since the 8th inst. The
statements published here on the 14th re.
spectiag tifty.seven additional executions
prove untrue.'
EVIDENCE accumulates that the Cuban mat
tiers will require much correspondence and
nent quarters that no complication need be
] fo, l1~ ~, 1s~so
clear, and W lie war will be averted probably
Cuba will be free.
TIE remains Of Mrs. Stanton, widow of the
late Secretary, have been taken to Washing
ton and deposited in Oak Hill Cemetery with
those OF her husband.
LETTER has been received at Washington
from Gen. LoDgstreet offering the services of
an army of q, 600 men should . necessity arise
| therefor.
The money stringency, tho Cuban compli-
cation, the back-pay question. the promised
investigations, and other matters. promise to
give the country one Of the most memorable
and exciting sessions since the late civil war,
and as such it is eagerly looked for, and Wash
ington is already Rapidly filling up with the
usual influx ofa floating population.
The chief, OF the bureau sf statistics states,
with reference to tho omission of the steamer
Virginus from the list Of lost merchant yes.
sells Of the United States. that she is entered
on that list on page 2is a. Virginia, paddle
steamer, tonnage Al aud e4-1o0, homo Of port
New York. Official number 20.651 was award
! ed Feb. 81, 1872.
PosTaIAsTER GENERAL CREsswELL will issue
an order reducing the registration fee for do.
mestic letters and packages to eight cents.
He has finished his reports. He renews his
recommendation OF postal kilograms, and
forces his views in favor of postoffice saw
| irgs bank, somc time ago given to the public.
| He makes recommendation Of subsidy to
steamship lines for carrying tho mails.
Foreign.
Don ALPHoNso, brother OF Don Carlos, has
tcen appointed Generalissimo of the Carlist
forces.
INTELLIGENCE has been received that four
hundred Republicans in the province OF Al
menia were all killed or captured by the Car
lists.
IT is rumored that the insurgents Of Carta.
gena intend to surrender. This would re-
lease the vessels now in their possession, and
render the whole iron clad fleet available in
case OF trouble with the United States.
AN explosion took place in colliery at
Weigan on Friday. Twenty-Five miners were
killed and injured.
GENERAL S1cKLEs had been making prepara-
tions to leave Madrid, but in consequence OF
| the steps taken by Layard, the British Minis
ter, he has postponed leaving for the present.
CHARLES LIVINGSTONE, brother Of DR.. Liv-
| ings.one, the African explorer. is dead.
IT is officially announced that the efiec-
! tive Spanish force in Cuta numbers 400
men.
The members OF the French Cabinet have
| rendered their designations. Tho President
refused to accept them. and begged them to
retain their Offices until the new Cabinet is
formed.
The Neva is frozen over at st. Petersburg.
There has been heavy snow in that section Of
Russia.
A AcoMMrrEE Of tho Cotton Brokers Asso-
ciatloa Of London, will meet daily to officially
give tho number OF bales sold on the market
and the quotations.,
TIE government at the Hague has received
intelligence that the Dutch expedition has
left Batavia for Atcheen.
Or the six passengers arrested on the
steamer City Of 'ew York, at Havana, three
were women and niece Of Aldama. Exten-
sive correspondence was found secretod about
their clothing. BY this correspondence many
persons on the island, hitherto unsuspected,
we're implicated, and Is tho Moro Castle left
Havana they were being shot without mercy.
1t was estimated that about forty patriots in
various portions OF the island had met this
! fate.
f. IT is asserted thattwenty OF the passengers
Of the steamer VirgiDius, were converted to
Catholicism previous to their execution.
The re port is current that Thomas Barring,
I founder OF the banking house of Barring Broth
! ers, is dead.
GRAND ull.6ght was given at Havana in
honor Of the officers and crew Of tho Tornado.
The Spanish colors were displayed in several
streets OF Havana on account Of tho arrival Of
the new so-called nations steamer Virginius
at that port.
! The Voce do Cuba publishes rumor that
seventeen prisoners have bsen shot at HOl.
qu;n, on account Of . recently discovered con-
spiracy to cooperate with the Cubans on the
Virginius. There is no official confirmation
of the report.
ADv1cEs from Santiago do Cuba, dated the
18th, say that on that day the Captain Of the
| British steamer Niobe, and the British Con-
| sui, were in the prison, and had interviews
with the captives who remained alive. It was
expected ut Santiago that the United States
steamer Wyoming would reach there on the
18th inst.
The Voce de Cuba expresses sorrow that oil
hostile enterprises against Spain find favor
with majority Of the American press. When
| young Crittenden was executed the American
papers took the same course as now, and en-
dcavored to work upon public passions and
mercenary motives. It has no fears of any
serious questions arising between the two
countries, there being no just grounds there.
for. The fact that American war vessels have
been ordered to Havana implies nothing. II,
unfortunately, such should be the case. and II
unjustly intimidated by superior strength, in
that case. above all others. Spanish honor
still command every sacrifice rom her sons.
The Diaro SAYS "We are strong in our
right and firm in the resolve to c0mp0rt our.
selves well, and have sufficient coolncss to
hear the American press without returning
insult for insult. Only again stating their
threats in nowisV intimidates US, because We
repeat to-day what We said fivc years ago to
the supreme government, save tho honor OF