The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1874-01-29

REDWOOD FALLS, MINNESOTA
General News Summary.
Washfngton News.
The Chaplain Of the United States Senate, Ii
his opening prayer on the 18th returned thanks
to Divine Providence for the deed Of the do,
before, the repeal of the Salary bill, and tina
the will Of the people had been accomplished
In regard thereto.
The following Is the vote In the Senate o,
the repeal Of the Salary bill:
YeGsSAli,on; Anthony, Bayard, Bogy, Bore
Chandler. Clayton, Conkling, Crozier, Davis, Dor
sey. Edmnnds, Fenton, Ferry (Mich. J. Frelinghuy
s saa GSl Sr Hamilton Md asm!in hitch
Mitchell, Morrill, lMe.s Morrill, VIZ Morton
SSglesny' patterson, Pratt, Ramsey, Robertson
Wsaieish, Wsss Window ssaa wr sSs-Sn sumner
NGys-Brownlow, Conover: Flanagan, Gordon
Lewis. Norwood, sprague. Tpton-s.
Cragin, who would have voted for the bill, and he
Na Ioliag~Aieorn. Ames. Dennis, Ferry
(Conn.l. Gilbert, Hamilton (Texasl, Johnston
Jones, Kelly. Ransom, Stewart, Thurman-ls.
In the House, the votes in the negative were
as follows: z-.. 49,
Albert Atcrin: Barry. clymer. Cox, Grassland
Hays. Hines. Kelly. Kendall, Lamison. Moore
k roaa %se WS1sS
Williams Indl
The following is the text Of the bill as II
passed both Houses of Congress:
BE il enacted. ETC.. That 20 much Of the act OF
March g. 1874 entitled IAN act making appropria.
ton for legislative. executive. and judicial expens
18Th" as provides for the compensation Of public
Officers and employees, whether Members Of Con.
gre.s Delegates or others. except President Of the
be snd the same hereby IL repealed, and the sala.
res. compensation. and allowances Of all said per.
in 81 saa s
prorided. that mileage shall be allowed for the
frst session Of the Forty-thrd Congress; that all
Of the Fortysecond Congress, in excess Of mileage
and allowances fixed by law at the commence.
meni OF said Congress. and which shall not have
lively. or which. havin" been drawn, have been
returned in any form the United States are here
by covered into the Treasury Of the United states,
absolutely the same as Il they had never been an.
proprlated a. aforesaid. -
A Washington special on the morning of
the l4th states that at the caucus of Repub.
lican Senators the day before, evidence was
produced showing that Mr.. Gushing, daring
The war, was in communication with JEFF. Da.
Wis, while Al the same time he was holding
confidential relations with the Federal Gov.
ernment 1t was therefore determined to re.
quest the President to withdrew his nomina
ton to be Chief-Justice
The National Cheap Transportation Con.
vention met in Washington on the 18th. The
Committee on Credentials reported qualified
de- 4
Columbia. The Hon: Josiah Quincy presided,
and in his address he declared that the indus
trial interests Of all sections were SO closely
connected that no one could suffer without
the other, which sentiment ELECTED great an.
plause.
In compliance with the request Of the Sen.
atorial Republican caucus, and Of Mr., Cush.
ing himself, the President on the 18th with
drew the nomination of the former to the
Enthusiastically.
The National Womau's Suffrage Association
commenced its session at Washington on the
io1h, Susan B. Anthony presiding.
The Patent-Rights Convention met at Wash
lngton on the 18th, and clectedJ. NJ Thatcher.
of that city, President.
The Cheap Transportation Convention, in
session in Washington, adjourned sine die on
the 18th, the next session to be held at Rich.
mond at time to be fixed by the Executive
Committee. Before adjournment Josiah
quincy was elected President, with Vice.
President from each State, and X. H. Fergu.
son, Secretary. The majority report of the
Conmittee On Railways was adopted, declar-
ing in substance:
That relief must come from legislation. BY which
proved. and by competition. which will complete.
~ carry out the reform which legislation must In.
.aEura'e; recommending national law providing
ora Bureau Of Commerce and Transportation,
tc,; tina, members Of the association ehall en-.
eavor to obtain the passage OF certain laws In
heis respective States. including q law prohibit.
excessive determinations against places which
are not competing points, and q law obliging
ali railway companies 10 transport the oars Of
other companies, or Of individuals for Inst and
impartial compensation, with the same dispatch as
Tor cars belonging exclusively to said roads: call
ing Tor legislation making it penal odensc for a
railway company. and prohibiting railway com.
panies from granting passes 10 other than en-
as sSbs, dse,aiTng against the grant
mending that railway. and canals be constructor
oy the National Government, the manner Of con.
TGIassng railways to be By contract to the lowest
Tor the transportation OF Government property,
and when not required for Government use, ali CHI.
gems are to have the right to plac cars and iocomo-
yves theteon. ana to operate the same, subject to
msnt they paying toll therefor sufficient to main.
tain the roadway.
Resolutions were also adopted: :, = RI. s,fz
That the convention ask of Congress, . means
OF the Erie C4naf and lake route, the eniarsement
and extension Of the Illinois & Michigan Canal to
With ihe Rys II, Rock together
River: the improvement Of the Mississippi River
ana the tennessee River route. the latter being
Known th a.. the Atlantic i Great Western Canal;
inc extension Of the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal
from Cumberland. Nd. to some point on the Ohio
ginis. .ElrE7 g W"
The President, on the 10th, nominated Nor.
rlson r. Waite. Of Ohio, for Chief-Justicc of
the Supreme Court. Mr. Waite is resident
% loiedo' Ohio, and is sixty years Of age.
Foreign Intelligence.
A Madrid telegram of the 18th announces
the surrender Of Cartagena, and the place was
then occ pied by the Government troops. nm
ger General Dcminiquez. A Paris dispatch OF
the same date says the iron-clad Numancia
had arrived at Mers eli Keber, Algeria, with
@,oOO Cartagenian refugees on board. In es-
Gaping from Cartagena she passed five Gov
eminent men-of-w war at the mouth of the
harbor. The refugees, on their arrival, sur
rendered themselves to the French authorities.
Among them were Generals Contreras and
Ialvez and the other members of the insur-
gent junta. They declare that the city fell
through the treachery Of the commanding
officer of the principal fort.
The returns received on the 14th from all
parts of the German Rmpire show definitely
that 100 Ultramontanes and go Ministerial
Liberals have been elected to the Reichstag.
AT meeting In Madrid on the 18th, Of Dep.
ties, constituting a majority of the late
Cortes, vote Of confidence in Senior CASTELAR,
Xas adnnte6 and 10 ,raa zor.,so.4.,a A $1,000.