Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-01-15

Recent dispatches announce that famine
was prevailing in five districts of the Russian
province of Samara
In the Spanish Cortes, on the Sd, the Depu-
ties, on two votes, gave majority of twenty
against President CASTELAR,. AS soon as the
result was announced, General Pavia sent an
officer to the Chamber with letter demand
ing the dissolution of the Cortes. Senior Sal
meron and others urged CASTELAR, to continue
in power, but their prayer was refused. A
company OF the Municipal Guard then entered
the palace of the Cortes and expelled the
Deputies. General Pavia, with his staff, held
a position outside, with cannon pointed at the
building. General Pavia was subsequently
arrested, and his forces disarmed. A new
government was then formed, as follows:
President, Serrano; Minister of Foreign AT
fairs, Sagasta; Minister of War, Zavala; Min
fster of Justice, Figuerola; Minister of
Agriculture, Becerra; Minister of Finance,
Echegarray; Minister of the Interior, Garcia
Ruiz; Minister of Marine, Topete.
In the case OF the sinking of the Vile du
Havre the French Admiralty Court has pro-
nounced judgment, declaring the management
of the steamer Vile du Havre to have been
blameless, and holding the management of
the Loeb Erne as the cause of the disaster.
The court eulogized Captain Surmont.
According to Madrid dispatch of the night
of the 5th Senior CASTELAR,, in a letter addressed
to the country, says he must protest with all
his energy against the recent brutal coup
IL etat. He concludes: ''My conscience will
not permit me to associate with demagogues,
to accept a situation created by bayonets."
Several members of the majority which voted
against CASTELAR, had since approved of the
position he had taken. The national militia
in Madrid had been quietly disarmed. The
force which was besieging Cartagena had
given in their adhesion to the new Govern
ment.
The people of Havana had favorably re-
ceived the news of the overthrow of the Cas-
telar Ministry. The Imperial Spanish coat
of-arms had been placed on the palace of the
Captain General.
According to London dispatch the Metro
politan Car Works, at Birmingham, England,
were burned a few nights ago. Loss estimat-
ed at about $3.50, goo. Four hundred persons
were thrown out of employment.
Home Government had granted, without re-
striction, the extraordinary powers demanded
by Captain General Jovellar.
The Bank of England has fixed the rate of
discount at four per cent
According to Madrid advices of the 18th Senior
Ruiz, the Minister of the Interior, had issued
a circular to the provincial authorities stating
that the principal object of the Government is
to re-establish order and show its compatibility
with the Republic and liberty. To secure this
object it will employ the most energetic meas
ures. The InguilidiGd newspaper had been
seized by Government officials, and Generals
Hidalgo and Rapall had been placed under ar
rest. The province Of Valencia had been de-
clared in state of siege. CASTELAR, had re-
jected the overtures of Figueras, Salmeron
and Pi Margall, asking him to cooperate
with them in reorganizing the Federal Repub-
lcans.
In the French Assembly on the Sth, a motion
to postpone the bill concerning the nomina-
ton of Mayors, after violent debate, was
carried against the Government by majority
of forty-two votes. The Cabinet afterward
rendered their resignation in consequence of
the absence from the Assembly of a large
number of their supporters, which resulted in
the defeat of the Government. President
MacMahon begged the Ministers not to retire,
but to await vote of confidence.
The Spanish Ministry have issued a long
manifesto, addressed to the nation, declaring
their objects TO be identical with those of the
revolution of 1868. A decree was promul-
gated on the 9th, dissolving the Cortes, and
announcing that elections for the new body
would be held as soon as order was rendered
secure, and freedom and universal suffrage
were unhindered. A decree has also been Is
sued calling out the entire reserve of 1874 fol
active service. The suppressed Carlist jour
mails have been permitted to resume on certain
conditions.
cable dispatch of the 9th states that Ste
phen Raymond, the fugitive forger of New
York Central Railway bonds, had been arrest
ed IN London, and was held for extradtion.
Two miles of the tunnel of the Great West
ern Railway, between Merthyen and Aberdeen
Scotland, caved in on the 9th.