The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1874-02-12
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While the express passenger train from Ed
inburg for Glasgow was running at great
speed on the morning of the eth, it came in
collision with another express train. Sixteen
persons were killed and a number were Sc
verely injured. Several coaches were demol-
ished.
The sudden dissolution of the British Par
lament, and the royal decree ordering new
elections for members Of the House of Com
mons, have precipitated England into
spirited political excitement, the contest be-
ing between the Tories and the Government
parties.
A Bayonne dispatch of the 2Sth says the re-
port that the Carlists had captured Santander
was denied, but another was current that the
corporation was negotiating to raise 1900, 600
piastres, which the Ca,lists demanded as the
price for abstaining from bombarding the
city.
Herr Bremen, the German explorer of
Africa, in a letter to DR.. Petermann, of
Gotha, dated Zanzibar, says Livingstone died
on the 18th of August. This date differs
from that of the previous report, but all
doubt has been set at rest by an official dis
patch received in London on the eth from
Zanzibar. This dispatch states circumstan-
tally that Livingstone died in Lobisa, after
crossing the marshes, for hours wading in deep
water The sufferings of the whole party
were terrible, aud ten Of them died in conse-
quence.
Spanish reports from foreign papers received
in New York on the 29th state that at Soria
twenty.seven volunteers took refuge in a
tower, which the Carlists burned, causing the
death of the whole number.
Hamilton (Ont.) dispatch of the 3Oth ult
states that of 2O6 members in the Commons,
135 had been returned SO far as heard from.
Of these the Administration had 1OS, major
ity of the whole House. II was probable that
the Government would be sustained on the
test vote by at least eighty or ninety in the
full House.
A dispatch from Cape Coast Castle, received
in London on the LIST, states that twelve am
bassadors from the Ashantees had arrived in
the British camp suing for peace. Sir Garnet
Wolseley replied that he would only treat with
the King himself at Coomassie.
recent dispatch reports that cholera had
broken out in Acheen. It was rumored that
the Sultan had died Of it, and that the war was
virtually over.
Riots continued at political meetings being
held in England on the 3lst ult. The London
Times Of that date states that previous to the
dissolution of Parliament notice of a writ was
served on Gladstone summoning him before
the Court Of Queens Bench for not standing
for reelection.
There were fifty-six Parliamentary elections
in E gland during the week ending JAM Sis t.,
resulting in the return of twenty-five Liberals
and thirty-one Conservatives. On the I'd inst.
twenty-six Conservatives and thirteen Liberals
were elected. There has been considerable
rioting in various parts of the Kingdom, par
ticularly in Sheffield. The floor of factory
in Bury, Lancashire, where Liberal meeting
was being held, gave way on the I'd, and pre-
cipitated large number of people to the story
below. Six persons were killed and a large
number injured.
Madrid dispatch of the I'd says that Spain
had recalled her diplomatic representatives
from Berlin and other European capitals.
The East.
DR.. Wyman reports that the cause Of Agas-
siz's death was disease and distractions of the
arteries of the brain. The greatest weight of
the brain is estimated at Sos avoirdupois
ounces.
The Boston School Committee declared, by
avote Of 46 to IS, that the seats of the women
who had been elected members were vacant.
The women whose seats were In question
stayed in their places and voted for their side
The lower portion Of Fulton, N. T., has
been inundated. On the evening of the 25th
about thirty families were obliged to leave
their homes. and many more were the next
morning carried from the second stories of
their homes by boats. Men were seen wading
In water to their waists, carrying the women
of their households on their backs to places
of safety. The damage to business interests
was great.
A Pottsville (Pa) dispatch says that from
reports received on the 9th from various
mining points in the Schuylkill region, it was
estimated that about one-third of the collier
les had resumed work since the settlement Of
the recent dihlculties.
Recent incendiary attempts in New York are
attributed to the Communists Of thatcity.
Ex-Chief Justice James Thompson, Of the
Supreme Court Of Pennsylvania, fell dead LII
the Supreme Court room IN Philadelphia on
the morning Of the 2eth, while engaged In
arguing tax-title case before the court.
The new Olympic Theater ct Philadelphia
was totally destroyed by Ore on the morning
of the 10Th. Incendiarism isstrongly suspect
ed. By the falling Of the walls two Aremen
were killed and several injured.
A steamboat Of the Boston and New York
line-the Giaucus-was burned Ut Boston .
few mornings ago. The vessel and cargo were
valued at nearly half million Of dollars. No
lives lost.
A large meeting Of prominent iron and nail
msupfactuFeu was recently held IN Pttts-
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