The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1874-03-26

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General News Summary,
WasAingtoa News.
President Grant issued . proclamation o.
the 9TH announcing the death Of ex-Ptesideai
Fillmore, and ordering that the Executive
Naneio0 and The several departments q
Warrington be draped IN mourning until TN
Close Of the day Of his funeral, and that bust
nsss should be suspended On that day.
Senator Charles Sumner died In Washinstos
% the afternoon Of the nth, 1t q quarter 4
three O'Clock. He passed away calmly an{
without struggle. Mr.. Sumner was in hi
sixty.fourth year. Congress adjourned out o.
respect to the deceased Senator, and feelinl
OF gloom at the sad event WAS cast over TIKI
entire country. Among his last utterancs,
was one to sx-Attosney- General Hoar. o.
Massachusetts,, to whom the dying
statesman said, "Take care Of my Civil Rightl
btll." A detailed account Of his last hour
win be found elsewhere. At meeting In
Waehington, on the evening Of the nth, Of the
Executive Committee Of the National Civil
Rights Council, It was resolved to recommend
to the colored people In every city and town
b the country to drape their houses and
churches In mourning.
The ceremonies over the remains Of Senator
Sumner took place in the Senate chamber In
Washington on the 18th. Nearly oil the
prominent o0icials Of Warrington, includ.
Ing the President, the Chief Justice
and Judges OF the Supreme Court,
the member OF the Cabinet, the mem.
bers OF Congress and the chiefs Of all the de.
paztments Il Government, the diplomatic rep.
resentatives Of foreign Gevernments, and q
large coneourse Of private citizens Of both
races, were In attendance. It IL estimated that
at least 5000 persons failed to gain admission
even to the corridors Of the Senate. At the
conclusion Of the services the remains were
conveyed to the depot, where they were placed
On special train, and, accompanied BY few
Of the intimate friends of the deceased and
the committees of both houses Of Congress
appointed to attend the funeral, were taken
to Boetou. All along the line there were
many demonstrations Of sincere sorow.
Crowds hocked to the depots, anxious to Oh
tain last look at the face Of the deceased
Statesman, but all were disappointed. At
Boston the demonstrations Of mourning were
universal. The entire city was drsped with
emblems OF grief. and, on the arrival Of the
train bearing the remains, thousands Of Gin.
eere mourners gathered to pay tribute tothe
worth Of the departed.
The Secretary Of the Interior at Washington
has asked that troops be sent to the Ute Res.
ervation in Colorado, with instructions to NO
tify al unauthorized white persons that no one
win be permitted to 90 upon the reservation,
and that those who are now trespassing mus,
abandon 1t Immediately or be forcibly re.
moved.
A Washington dispatch Of the 10th says the
receipts from customs for the week were moi
below the corresponding period last year. It Il
the opinion Of the Treasury officials that the
customs have recovered from the effects Of
the fall panic.
Eoreign Intelligence.
The London Daily Telegraph of the 10th
publishes long statement signed by Charles
Orion, in which the writer confesses that he
recognized the Tichborne claimant % hi,
brother the first time he raw him, and tina,
silence on his part was bought with Is paid
monthly, for . year, and the promise of thou
sand or two additional at the conclusion of the
trial.
A dispatch from Gen. Wo'seley, dated Feb.
Is, eaye the King Of the Ashantees had sent
him 10000 ounces of gold, the nrst install
ment of the indemnity, with . request for
peace. Three Of the six Kings tributary to
King Kofiee had given In their submission to
British supremacy. The terms Of peace were:
The King agreed to pay $1,000 ounces of gold;
to withdraw from the coast; to keep the road
free from Coomassie to the River Prah; to pro-
tect commerce, prohibit human sacrifices and
keep the peace forever.
The British losses in the Ashantee war were
sixteen killed and three hundred and sixty.
eight wounded.
Gen. Moriones ha wing resigned bis com
mand in the Spanish army Of the North, Mar.
shal serrano has assumed supreme control,
and, according to Madrid dispatch of the
18th, would thereafter conduct the campaign
against the Carlists.
Gen. Jovellar has been superseded % Can.
tain-General Of Cuba by Gen. Concha.
The Duke and Duchess Of Edinburgh made
their entry into London On the 18th, In the
midst Of binding snow-stogm. An immense
crowd witnessed the entry, and the throns
was 90 great that BY the breaking Of Q plat.
form ut Charfng Cross several persous were
killed and twenty-four injured. The storm
was unprecedented in some parts OF the Island
The Caledooian Railway WAS blockaded b,
snow and several trains were buried In drifts
In some cases the statiou.houses along tn,
line were covered, the chimneys only appear
Ing above the waste.
According to Madrid dispatch Of the 1911
the Governor Of Bilboa had informed Narsha]
serano that he had provisions SUFFICIENT t.
until last April. A determined attempt va,
soon to DO made to compel the Cariists to
raise the siege.
A heavy snow.stosm prevailed in CONSTANT.
nopie on the 18th, causing great distress
among the poor Of that city.
The London Liberal newspaper Of the 18th
contained highly eulogistic notices Of the Late
Charles Sumner.
At the semi-annual meeting Of the Director.
OF the Bank oe England, held on the 18th, 1,
was stated that the cost Of apprehendiug and
eonvictiDg the Bidwells and Mcdonald, th,
parties who committed the frauds upon th,
bank, was $4,000.
According to dispatch from Rome Of tn
18th the Pope had written to Austrian Bishope
urging them to use Ill their influence to pre
vent the passage Of the proposed ecclesiastical
laws.
A dispatch from Berlin On TIE 18th saya
the German Retchstag had defeated the Gov.
eminent proposition fixing Tie strsngth Of TIKI
army on an elective peace footing ct 4ol ,est
men. The National Liberals proposed to a
the minimum strength Of u srmv NJ 80 on