The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1874-01-08

OVO, OF which SW,OVu have been invested IL
Government bonds.
The President has appointed Caleb Gushing
Minister to Madrid, General Sickles' reSigna
ton having been accepted.
Foreign Intelligence.
A dispatch from Penang, on the Goth, an.
nounces that the Dutch troops had occupied
both banks Of the river running through
Aeheen, and the Sultan, seeing defeat inevita
bic, had given in his submission to the Dutch
commander.
From San Domingo, via Havana, it is re-
ported that Gene. al Ignaces Bousales has been
elected President of the Dominican Republic,
and it is announced that thu new administra.
ton will probably endeavor to annul the
SANTANA Bay lease.
A Berlin special of the 24th says rumors
were circulated in that city on the Esd that
the Emperor William was dead, which rumors
were undoubtedly false, though it was certain
that His Majesty was very i'll.
The London Times Of the Esd, abiding to
the report that Spain had made demand
upon the United States for the restoration OF
the steamship Nirsinius and the survivors
who were surrendered at Santiago dc
Cuba, says: "Such action on the par,
of Spain would be premature, despite the
opinion Of the Attorney General of the United
States that the Nirginius had no right to carry
the American flag. Spain must wait until a
United States Court has settled the case of the
vessel before proceeding further in the mat
ter
The Epoca (MadriD of the gath publishes a
letter from General Sickles, declaring that
early in the Virginius dispute the Intransi
gentes Of Madrid proposed to make demon
stration hostile to the United States The
~Epoca denies that there was any such inten-
ton, and regrets that General Sickles took
no pains to contradict the dispatch from
America reporting that such demonstration
had actually taken place.
A Berlin dispatch of the 9th announces
that the Emperor William was much better.
A Key West F'la.) telegram to the New
York Tribune of the 23d contains the follow
ing: "The Virginius prisoners, who were sur
rendered at Santiago de Cuba, say that when
the officers from the Tornado boarded the Vir-
ginius. one of them, in hauling down the flag
OF the United States, tore it into ribbons and
trampled on it, asserting, with an oath: This
is what have wanted The situation in San
tiaGo de Cuba is reported to be very serious.
Only week ago twenty-five citizens were ar
rested, and after mock trial, with
out any evidence being adduced against
them, they were told to go home.
On their way they were cruelty waylaid
and killed. Only one escaped, and he was
riddled with bullets. The Americans are con-
tinually in fear for their lives, and bitterly
complain that nothing has been done to re-
dress their wrongs. 1t is not safe for an
American officer to go ashore alone at Santi-
egg. All along the river line the Spaniards
are erecting new batteries"
A steamer called the Gypsy Queen, on the
River Tyne in England, struck sunken
wreck on the Goth, and went to the bottom in
five minutes. There were between fifty and
sixty workmen on board of the boat at the
time of the disaster, eighteen of whom were
drowned
A desperate conflict between band of Car
lists and Republican force occurred on the
18th before Bocayrente, in the province of Va
lencia, Spain. The insurgents were defeated
with heavy loss in killed and wounded
A Madrid dispatch of the 26th announces
that the resignation of General Sickles,
United States Minister, had been officially
accepted.
1t is said France has given satisfactory as
surances to Germany relative to the hostile
pastorals of the French Bishops.
The report was reiterated at Madrid on the
2sth that the Spanish Government would in
sist upon the return of the Virginius, and
the payment by the United States of an in
dcmnity.
The news Of the appointment of Gushing
as Minister to Spain was favorab!y received
at Havana.
The Madrid Government has not only re-
fused to accept the resignation of Captain
General Jovellar, but has granted him ex-
tended and extraordinary powers.
The Prize Court at Havana has condemned
the steamer Virginius as lawful prize.
Tie East.
Harry Genet, convicted member of the
Tweed ring" in New York, was to have
been sentenced on the 22d, but the Deputy
Sheriff who had him in charge had the day
before permitted him to visit his family, and
he had not been seen since. A reward of
5000 was offered for his recapture. An
order was given by the court on the goth for
the confinement of Genet in the Tombs until
sentence had been pronounced, which order
was entirely ignored by the Sheriff.
The wife of Alexander Agassiz, son of the
late Professor, died in Boston on the night of
the ed, of pneumonia, superinduced by IA
tigue in attending upon her er-in-law.
City Solicitor Healey, of Boston, has given
an opinion that women cannot legally serve
on the Boston School Committee. Four wo.
men were chosen to that position at the recent
election.
Complete official returns make the majority
for the new Pennsylvania State Constitution
145, $50.
There are seventeen subordinate Oranges of
the Patrons OF Husbandry in New Hampshire,
representatives from all of which took part in
organizing State Grange at Manchester, re-
Gently.
Ex-Mayor Oakley Hall, recently on trial for
completely in the Tweed robberies, has been
acquitted.
1t was stated by telegraph on the 27th that
all the Sprague cotton mills would be running
on full time in q few DAYS.