The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1874-07-09

the 0saSe AanQ-Omce, M. k0darmal, OF
Story. Resolutions were adopted-indors-
ing the doctrine of the inviolability
Of State and individual rights, and
dencuncing the Administration In that It
had interfered In certain States with matters
with which It had no proper concern; CON-
demning the extravaganza and waste Of the
Government as now administered, and its
total incapacity to meet the vital questions Of
the day; declaring that the faith and credit of
the nation must be maintained inviolate,
that the public debt Of whatever, kind
should be paid in strict accordance with
the law under which 1t was contracted; in
sisting that tariffs should be imposed for
revenue only; that railroads should be sub.
servient to the public good, and demanding
such legislation as will secure the industrial
and producing interests Of the country
against all forms Of corporate monopoly
and extortion; deprecating any action cal
culated to retard railroad enterprises or work
injustice to these invaluable auxiliaries
to commerce and civilizations; favoring
the limitation of the Presidency to a single
| term and the election Of President, Vice. Pres
dent and Senators by direct popular vote; de-
manding modification of the Patent laws;
insisting that the personal liberty and social
righe of the citizens should not be abridged
or controlled by Legislative enactment, except
| SO far rs may be necessary to promote the
peace and welfare of society; favoring the
equalization of bounties to soldiers and sail
ors, and advocating such legislation as shall
grant to each one of them or to his widow and
children homestead of 16O acres of land.
A convention called by the Oshkosh (Wis.)
Board of Trade to consider the necessity of
prompt action on the part of Congress in the
improvement of the Fox and Wisconsin
Rivers met in that place on the oath, and was
well attended. Col. c. D. Robinson, of Green
Bay, was chosen President, with A. J. Turner,
Of Portage, and Curtis Reed, of Menasha,
Secretaries. A series of resolutions was
adopted urging the importance and necessity
OF the proposed improvement of said rivers.
A letter was read from Gov. Taylor, stat
ing that the objects of the convention had his
hearty approval. -....
The following is the official vote of Oregon
for the officers named: Congressman-La-
dow, Democrat, 9,642; Williams, Republican,
$40; Davenport, Independent, $3.50.
At Lincoln, Neb., a few evenings ago, Elvina
Blazier, woman nineteen years of age, at
tempted to light a fire with the aid of oil The
| can burst, throwing the contents over her,
the flames enveloping her body. Her mother
ran to the rescue and was severely burned on
the hands and arms. The young woman was
fearfully burned, and died the next morning.
| A recent Parsons (Kan.) dispatch says
important changes had taken place in the
| Ind -
Indians had been relieved, excepting ]. B.
Jones, agent of Cherokecs, and a central agcn-
cy had been established at Fort Gibson.
| Hon. James Wilson has been rcnominatcd
for Congress by the Republicans of the Fifth
Iowa District. Hon. j. w. McDin has also
been renominated by the Republicans of the
Eighth Iowa District.
The Attorney General of Iowa has given an
official opinion that the new State law for the
regulation of railway and passenger tariffs is
valid and its enforcement feasible.
The West Wisconsin Railway Company
officially denies recent report that they
had issued an order for trains not to stop at
Hammond, Wis.,, because the station agent
there had been fined for violating one of the
provisions of the Potter law.
Mary Maloney, of Chicago, is another vic.
tim of the careless practice of lighting fires
with Kerosene oil. She was in hurry for her
dinner and had recourse to the oil can The
| oil exploded, and set fire to her clothes, She
was fatally burned and died.
The Chicago Tribune of the 10Th publishes
reports of the condition of the crops at sta.
tions along the lines of the Michigan Southern
and Chicago & Northwestern Railroads. Ac-
cording to the reports the prospects for all
grains in Indiana and Michigan were excellent,
| but in Ohio wheat was in bad condition, vary.
ing from one-third to two-thirds of a crop.
There is not more than two-th of the aver
age yield Of hay in any of these States. Fruits
were doing remarkably well. Returns from
the country traversed by the Northwestern
Road in Wisconsin, Iowa and Illinois were to
the effect that the acreage of grain was large,
the prospects better than for many years past,
and the amount on hand at the stations small
| CONGREGATIONAL
In the Senate, on the 22d, the Tariff
bill was amended and passed, and a Conference
Committee was subsequently appointed on the
amendments, and their report at the evening ses-
| sion was agreed to-. The conference report on
| luc TOstOIuCe appropriation Dill was rejected and
new committee was appointed. /. The con:
bill wa. agreed to-. The House bill grant.
way Company was passed. "A Conference Com
mittee was ordered and appointed on the Senate
amendments to the Sundry Civil Appropriation
| bill "A resolution of the House extending the
session of Congress until four O'Clock D. m. on
| the I'D was agreed to.
In the House, on the 22d, several
of the Senate amendments to the Sundry Civil
Appropriation bill were non-concurred in and a
conference Committee was appointed. =. The
conference report on the Geneva Award bill was
Tariff bill were on-concnrred in and referred to
| a Conference Committee. ). "A concurrent resOlu-
ton was adopted extending the session until four
table were disposed of as follows: To prevent haz-
portion Of Mackinac Island, Mich, as a national
bounty land-warrants and lands obtained thereby
| from salc or execution; referred. For the better
organization Of the United States District Courts
| in Louisiana: left on the table.
In the Senate, on the Esd, message
was received from the House announcing the non
concurrence of that body in the report of the Con
ference Committee on the Tariff bill, and asking
new conference. motion to postpone the bill
III next December was agreed to. Among the
bills passed were: House bill authorizing and
requiring issuance Of patent for certain lands in
Scott County, Mo-; House bill to extend the time
for completing entries Of Usage Indian lands in
Kansas; in relation to courts and judicial
ments; providing for the sale of Kansas Indian
lands in kansas to actual settlers and for the dis
the Of the House bin
portion Of Their reservation in wyoming Ter.
and New MeRso into the Union
were laid aside, objection being made
to their consideration. The report Of the