The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1874-05-14


the States.
A Constantinople dispatch of The list says
that information had reached there that .
famine prevailed in Asia Minor, and it was
stated that in the town Of Angosa alone 100
deaths were occurring daily from starvation.
The report Of the departure Of Carlists be-
fore Bilboa was confirmed by official dispatch
es on the I'd. On the Sd dispatches from Car
list sources denied the correctness Of the re.
port. They stated that Portugalete was
occupied by serrano on the LIST, and that he
Immediately marched toward Bilboa. A des-
perate battle began on the morning Of the I'd,
the result Of which had not been ascertaiaed
on the Sd. A decree had been issued by the
Spanish lGovemment, calling for levy of all
persons liable to military duty over nineteen
years Of age.
A late Paris letter states that the Commune
Is organizing for another rising in that
country.
Madrid dispatches of the 4th announce the
occupation of Bilboa by Serrano on the Sd.
On the evening Of that day Madrid was brill
iantly illuminated in honor of the deliverance
of that city. The main body of the Carlists
were retreating in the direction of Guipuzcoa,
but detached commands were surrendering in
hopes of amnesty. An attempt was made by
an ineane priest on the 4th to assassinate
Senior ri y Margall.
A serious riot occurred in the French settle
ment ct Shanghae on the 4th. A mob Of
Chinese made an attack upon the residents Of
that quarter and sacked and burned several of
their buildings. The police fred on the
rioters, killing several. The Chinese assigned
as the reason for the attack that the French
were constructing road which interfered with
their cemetery.
The East.
At the request of the city authorities of
Rnaton, Gail seh,ars dolivorod sulogy on the
late Senator Sumner in that city on the Goth
ult., in the presence Of an immense audience.
The New York Legislature adjourned sine
die ON the 30th ult.
Senator-elect Washburn, Of Massachusetts,,
resigned the Governorship of the State on the
3Oth ult., and started for Washington.
The residence of Henry Pennington, at
Hautzville, Pa, was burned on the morning
of the 10Th ult., and three persons were con-
rism are suspected.
The house of John Hamnet, near Homestead,
Pa, was destroyed by fire On the morning
of the S0th ult., and the entire family
six persons in al.-were burned. 1t was
thought that they were first murdered and
that the house was then set on fire by Ernest
Love, the hired man, who Is missing.
Joseph Waltz, who murdered poor Albany
scissor-grinder on the night Of May 2, 1873,
was hung at Hudson, N. Y, on the 1st The
day before his execution he assaulted Charles
Ernst, his keeper, with an iron bar, and
wounded him SO seriously that he would
probably die.
The trades-unions of New York have de-
cided to resist any attempt to make ten hours
instead of eight days work.
The shop men Of the Allegheny Valley Rail-
road, in Pittsburgh, Pa, to the number of
100 struck work on the I'd to obtain four
months back pay due them.
Ernst Mintzing, alias Love, the murderer
of the Hamnet family near Pittsburgh, Pa,
who was arrestedsin Allegheny City on the
night of the Let. has made full confession
of the terrible crime, and says he murdered
the family with an Ak, the object being to OBJ
tain possession of Hamnet's money, he sup
posing that considerable sum was in the
house. He says he only got about fifteen
dollars.
On the evening of the I'd, as the employees
in large paper mill (Condit's) in the village
of shawangunk, N. T., were about leaving
that establishment for the day, large rotary
boiler exploded, nearly demolishing the build
ing. and burying many laborers in the ruins.
Seven persons were killed and three fatally
wounded. The explosion was terrific, the
boiler, weighing five tons, being thrown
600 feet. Intense excitement prevailed,
and mob threatened to lynch the superinten-
dent on account of alleged criminal careless
ness in using condemned boiler.
West and South.
A call has been issued for an Anti Monop-