Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-03-12


The trial in London of the Tichborne
claimant, on the charge of perjury, which
lasted $50 days, has resulted in his conviction
on all the charges, and he has been sentenced
to fourteen years. penal servitude The jury
was only out a short time. There was great
excitement in London over the verdict.
A Madrid dispatch of the 28th ult. an
nounces that Count Serrano had been de-
cIared President of the Republic, and General
Zabala, the Minister of War, was appointed
President of the Council of Ministers. Gen
eraI Morionez had failed to relieve Bilboa, and it
was reported that his army had been defeated
by the Carlists, with a loss of 5000 men,
killed and wounded. A Bayonne telegram of
the LIST says the Carlist forces had occupied
the city of Tolosa, in Guipuzcoa, and An
dodn, a small town in Biscay, near San Sc
bastian.
A terrible accident occurred on the Great
Western Railway in Canada on the night of
the 2Sth ult. A passenger coach attached to
the Sarnh accommodation train took fire when
seven miles out of London, the fire being
caused, it is supposed, by the fall
ing of a lamp. The fire was not dis
covered until the interior of the saloon was
completely filled with flames, which spread
through the coach almost instantly. The pas
sengers were compelled to jump from the rear
platform and through the windows. The tra.s
was stopped as quickly as possible, but before
they could be extinguished eight persons were
suffocated or burned to death. Several others
were injured, some of them seriously.
The Carlst Junta at Bayonne received a
dispatch on the Cd inst. to the effect that
Bilboa had surrendered to Don Carlos, and
that the Carlists had met the Republican
army near SOmorrostra and defeated it, in
fiicting a loss of 5000 in killed, wounded and
prisoners.
Dispatches received in London on the ID,
from India, state that over 100000 people
were starving to death in the ADMINISTRATION
districts of India.
A boiler exploded in Blackburn, England,
on the I'd, killing twenty persons and wound
ing thirty, some of them fatally.
British journals generally approve the YER
dict in the Tichborne case A dispatch of the
I'd says that his counsel had entered motion
for new trial, and in the event of the failure
of the motion would appeal to the House of
Lords.
Later adyices from Nagasaki, Japan, say
that the insurgent forces, which according to
previous accounts were marching upon the
city, had been totally defeated by the Govern
ment forces.
According to a Bayonne dispatch of the 5th
Don Carlos had been proclaimed King of
Spain, and the coronation would take place at
Bilboa.
A Madrid telegram of the 4th says that the
recent successes of the Carlists had aroused
the national spirit of the people, who were
coming to the aid of the Government in its
efforts to crush the instruction. Contribu-
tions of money and clothing were being re-
ceived from the provincial authorities.
A Havana dispatch of the 4th reports the
killing of ex-President Cespedes, and his
burial at Santiago de Cuba.
According to dispatches from Calcutta
received in London on the 5th the distress
among the famine stricken people in Eastern
Tishost was increasing. In one village alone
there had been eighteen deaths from starva-
ton in four days. The number of applicants
for relief had increased from Is, 900 to sc, 600
within week.
Dispatches reached London on the 5th from
the Gold Coast fully confirming the previous
reports of a victory, and dispelling the fears
which had been entertained for the safety of
the expedition. The Ashantee King had sur
rendered himself and was prisoner at Gen.
Wolseley's headquarters.
The British House of Commons assembled
on the 9Th and elected Henry Bouverie Brand
Speaker. Mr.. Brand was the Speaker of the
last House.
Jean Luie, one of the witnesses in the Itch
borne case, has been fully committed to an
swer to the charge of perjury.
According to late reports from Eastern
Poland serious riots have occurred in conse
quence of the closing of the churches by order
of the Government. At one place the disorder
was so great that the military was called ou
and fired on the rioters, killing and woundins
seventy persons.
Constantinople dispatches received on tn,
9th say diplomatic dispute had arisen be
tween Turkey and England in consequence O
the arrest of British subject by Turks il
Label. There had been an extensive confia
grafton in Salonica. An immense amount o
property was destroyed, and eleven persons
burned to death.
A London dispatch of the 9th SAYS that Ger
tain inhabitants of the island of Fayal ha,
addressed petition to President Grant, pray
ing for the establishment of protectorate b,
the United States over the Azores Tn
President had declined to favor the PROPOSE
ton.