The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1874-05-07
General News Summary.


A Washington special Of the 2lst says In
timations had been received there, besides
Alexander Mitchell's declaration, that the
Milwaukee 4 ct. Paul and other Western
railroads will decline to run trains through
Wisconsin when the new State Railroad Law
goes into effect. The dispatch says: "In such
an event, 1t is almost certain that the United
States Government, making use Of its right to
declare those roads post roads, will cause
mails to be run over those roads by at least q
locomotive and hail car"
The United States Commissioner Of Inter
nal Revenue has given notice that unless par.
ties liable to the payment of special tax license
under the Internal Revenue laws make the re.
turn ON Form II before the S1st Of May they
will be liable to penalty of SO per cent
President Grant sent . message to the Sen
ate on the 22d vetoing the Currency bill. This
message will re found in another column.
The prosecution rested it's case In the How.
ard court Of inquiry on the oath. Gen. How
ard expected to occupy about . week In his
defense.
According to Washington specials OF the
cath the Western Representatives were very
decided in their purpose to adhere to their pre-
vious actions upon the Finance bill. A Repub-
lican Senatorial conference had decided to
draw up an address to the country on the SUBJ
ject of the veto, and appointed Senators Nor
ton, Carpenter, Logan, Ferry of Michigan, and
West to draft it. At q conference of Republi-
can Representatives, called to consider the
feasibility OF the passage Of q free banking
bill, with redemption clause, 1t was con-
cluded that such plan was feasible. Senator
Sherman is represented as believing that some
measure could be devised which would be
agreeable to both sections of the country, and
Senator Morton is also said to be Of the opin.
ion that compromise would yet be agreed
upon which would be acceptable to nearly all
parties. He thought the debate ON the veto
would be of considerable length. One special
telegram says: "Some Of the more prominent
Eastern members this morning manifested
much anxiety to secure some compromise, in
order to restore harmony in the party. They
express willingness to cooperate in all
proper ways to secure such q compromise.
and think that the West is entitled to more
than it has received. One Of the suggested
means of compromise is the passage of the
House Free Banking bill with something
like the Foster amendment" This amend.
ment, which was rejected in the House bv a
vote of los yeas to 1873 nays, provides that,
whenever the National Bank note circulation
shall exceed $40O, O0O, 900, legal-tender notes
shall be redeemed and Cancelled to the extent
of IS per cent. Of such excess until the ont.
standing and unpaid legal.tender notes shall
be reduced to ssOO, 0OO, 600.
A Washington Associated Press dispatch of
the 10Th says it was thought BY many couserv-
alive Congressman thata bill could be framed
by the Senate Finance Committee which, wou,d
be acceptable to the Senate, combining the
feature of redemption proposed in the House
Finance bill with the right to issue additional
bank notes, on condition that certain propor-
ton OF legal-tender notes shall be withdrawn
at the same time, and many were of the opin-
ion that II such bill was reported from the
Senate committee with provision authorix.
Ing free banking it would pass the Senate and
the House and receive the approval of
the President. A telegram of the
oath says the President had informed Gen.
Garfield that he would approve q bill which
provided for free banking, with further pro-
vision that, as new bank-notes were issued,
greenbacks to the extent Of 50 per cent. of the
amount of the new issue should be retired.
this process to continue until the volume Of
greenback circulation Is reduced to $500. O0O.-
600.
According to recent letter from st. Peters.
burg the priests Of twenty.six parishes in
Sledler, Russia. had been thrown into prison
Tor refusing to obey the orders of the Russo
Greek Church. The peasants had refused to
recognize the Russian priests or attend the
churches, whereupon they were sent there by
force In some places the peasantry stoned
the priests, and during the disturbances sew
erai OF the former were killed by the soldiery.
Besides the arrests which were made, the in.
habitants of the troubled districts were sen.
fenced to be beaten-the men with fifty blows
and the women with twenty-five, while chill
dren received ten blows each, without dis.
tinction of age or sex. Some of the women
who we're violent in their language received
as many as $50 blows.
A Biyonne dispatch of the 9th says that
the Carlist Gen. Palacios Wales, with 5000
men, had entered and taken possession of
the town of Chelva.
Foreign Intellieence.
A Madrid dispatch Of the 2lst says vigor-
GUS cannonade Of the Carlists on the positions
about Bilboa had compelled the abandonment
OF some OF them. 1t was reported that the
Carlists were subsisting mainly on horsenesh.
1t was reported in Havana on the 2lst that
the authorities of San Domingo had removed
the flag Of the SANTANA Bay Company and
resumed possess ion Of the bay and surrounding
territory.