The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1874-01-09
GENERAL.

GENERAL.
During the last eighteen months the
President has pardoned ffty-nine persons con-
yicted of Ku-Kluxism.
The statement that the strike of the loco
motive engineers had extended to the Chicago
and Northwestern and Illinois Central rail-
roads was premature.
The Erie canal is now completely closed,
locking up about 5000, 600 bushels Of grain,
which will have to remain all winter. In this
amount is included nearly ! 800. 900 bushels Of
wheat.
The survivors of the yirginius massacre
arrived at New York last week in the sloop-of-
war Juniata. United States District Attorney
Bliss at once commenced an examination of
the prisoners. Their statements go to show
that they were subjected to the most wretched
and barbsrous treatment during their impris-
onment at Santiago. They were all, nearly
900 in number, thrust into a low, dark, dirty,
poorly-ventilated dungeon. only go feet long
by Is feet wide, and here they were detained
until released. This dungeon was SO foul as
to be almost sitting, and the food supplied
was not nutritious, of poor quality, and in
sufficient in quantity,-so much 20. in fact,
thai when they were at length released, they
were sadly emaciated, and most of them were
covered with vermin.
A is customary at the close of navigation,
the managers of the great east and west trunk
lines, like the New York Central, Erie and
Pennsylvania roads, have met in New York
and raised their freight rates.
The strike of the locomotive engineers on
the lines operated by the Pennsylvania Cen
trail has met with a sudden check in the shape
of an official manifesto from the chief of the
Brotherhood Of Engineers, who announces
that the strike has been inaugurated in direct
and open violation of the rules, advises those
who have quit work to rusume again and pre-
vent others from stopping, and warns them
not to interfere with the operations Of the
railroads. The roads are gradually getting
into running order again, and the presence of
the militia at various points where the excite
ment is the greatest has had a good effect.
Beyond the throwing of a train from the track
near Cincinnati, one or two similar attempts in
Indiana, and the shooting of a non-union en-
cAhoOi NJ 4iheuoiinpoie. III cltOuS hAOltIlCt HAS l
been used by the strikers.
Stevens Point, Wis, was visited by a dis
astrous confagration on the 28th ult., which
WAS not checked until nineteen business
houses were destroyed, involving a loss of
about $50. 900. That persistent foe of prop
crty, a kerosene lamp, was the incendiary.
The Secretary of War recommends the
location nf tho pronnsc1 Nat;npa1 NT;l,to--
Prison at Leavenworth, Kansas.
A circular printed in red. containing the
words. Bread or Blood Reformation or
Revolution :" Reform or Rebellion >" Thur
der, Lightning, Earthquakes, War, Panic -
"Workingmen, Pay no Taxes :" Look out
for the Train-League, has been circulated ex-
t~ensively in Cincinnati by the Internationals.
The Eastern Division of the Pennsylvania
railroad has ordered q reduction in the wages
of all its officers and employees of ten per
cent.
1t is announced that all the mines worked
by the Philadelphia and Reading Coal and
Iron Company have suspended for the balance
of the year, and the presumption is that a
large number Of others will do the same.
as the orders on hand are generally supplied.
The strke Of the locomotive engineers on
the Western lines of the Pennsylvania Com
pany is ended, and the strikers are resuming
work.
An Associated Press telegram from WASH
ton says it is proposed to repeal the law of
1883 authorizing the President to appoint a
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. and to
leave the power to select a Chief Justice. un-
der the Constitution, with the members of the
courts. The feeling in favor of this change is
gaining ground in high official circles. and
Republican Senators and Representatives ex-
press themselves in favor of it.
Washington dispatches represent that all
the reduction that can be hoped for in the
Department estimates for the ensuing year
will be between twenty-five and thirty
millions Of dollars. l..
The returns for the year show a decrease
IN the arrivals Of immigrants at New York of
nearly 10000 compared with last year. =
-Ihere we're in Chicago, in 1873, $500 :
births and Q .551 deaths; $500 buildings were {
erected; 3O,419 arrests we're made by the po-
lice; there were 600 fires, which consumed =
1883, 500 worth Of property. Il
in-iuch eeeus 10 attcnd the Spanish :,
steamer Arapiles at every movement. For a i
long time she was blockaded in the BROOKLYN :.
dock by a sunken barge, which was removed y
the other day, and the steamer, while pro-
ceeding to another locality to prepare for sea. =
ran fast into the mud, where it is said she will :.
for some time to come. '
-Bradbury's piano mandatory in New p
York was turned on the I'd inst. LOIS q
:lCO, 900. Il
The Opera-House in Wilkesbarre. Pa, has IL
been Destroyed by fire. Loss, ss5, 900. IL
CRIMES And CASUALTIES. o
The President Of one Of the Philadelphia L
national banks. has been detected in heavy
II
The New York police the other day made p
descent on the Kentucky lottery Office,
'eized the effects, and arrested several per- %
onE. CT
"A man named Osier was hung at Penn -
roke, Canada, on the 9th ult., for outrsging |"
nd numbering an old woman of so. "
Lucy Tenny vas murdered in Grafton, -
Ie, on the oath nit, by her husband, a blind "
auper So years old. a 10
The steamer virginius foundered Off Cape
on the 26th Of December, during the te
Of a heavy gale. She had been m
aking badly ever since her surrender To tbe