The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1874-08-20

description Of Charlie Ross. He answered .
number Of questions dictated from Philadel-
phia correctly, and the woman and child were
detained in custody. The boy said he had
two names-Charlie Ross and Charles Angus.
tus Hamilton.
Frank Moulton was before the Beecher In.
v.stigating Committee about an hour on the
10th. His statement and the documents SUBJ
mitted by him will not be made public until
eleven O'Clock on the morning of the 18th.
West and SoAth.
The Mayor, Chief of Police and many other
officials Of Salt Lake have been recently ar
rested by the United States Marshal for vio-
lation Of the Election law.
The Chicago Times says that at an important
council of Western railroad managers, held In
that city on the 4th, it had been resolved,
after considerable discussion, to restore ante
panic rates for the transportation of grain
from the interior to Chicago. This is an in.
crease of from 10 to Is per cent. over exist
ing rates.
A dispatch from Omaha Of the 4th says in
telligence had been received at military head
quarters that Clusters Black Hills expedition
was returning, having fulfilled its orders.
An election was held at Vicksburg, Miss,
on the 4th, and the whites elected their entire
ticket by $50 majority. There was no dis
turbance of any kind. Both whites and
blacks polled their full registered strength.
About forty colorcd men voted the white tick
ct and four whites voted with the blacks.
A st. Joseph NO. dispatch of the 4th says
1.-THE grasshoppcrs have entirely destroyed
ka. 1t is doubtful if 1000 bushels of corn
will be raised in Kansas or Nebraska west of
a line passing from the Platte river, in
Nebraska, through the towns of Hum
boldt, Seneca and Manhattan to Wichi-
Ia, ON the Arkansas River. Hun
dreds Of new settlers in Western Kansas
and Nebraska are selling their
cattle and household goods for whatever they
will bring, and preparing to leave the country.
As there is y good crop Of wheat and other
small grain there will be no starvation, but a
great drawback on the business of the
country. The hoppers' are Us thick as bees in
swarms, devouring every green thing in their
path, and slowly moving to the south and
east. 1t is feared they will destroy all the
corn west of the Missouri River"
The Hon. John A. Kasson has been renom-
mated for Congress by the Republicans Of
the Seventh Iowa District.
The Executive Committee of the Wisconsin
State Grange has issued an address to the
Oranges of the State, warning them that an
attempt will be made in the next Legislature
to secure the repeal Of the Railroad law, and
urging them to resist the effort.
On the 5th the steamboat Pat Rogers, run.
ming on the Ohio River in the Louisville Mail
Line, when near Aurora, Ind, caught fire and
burned to the waters edge. The fire was
caused by careless smokers dropping their
cigars upon cotton bales. 1t is said that
three cool-headed MN might have saved the
boat and her passengers, but the officers and
crew were completely demoralized by fear
and left the helpless women and children to
their horrible fate. Between twenty and thir.
ty lives were lost and several persons were
injured.
Congressional nominations were made on
the 9th as follows: Colorado
Territory, II. r. H. Bromwcll; Sixth Ohio
District, A. NJ. Pratt, of Williams County
Sixth Indiana, Milton 8. Robinson, of Madi
son County; Tenth Indiana, Mai. Calkins, Of
Laporte. Anti-Monopoly-First Iowa, Hon
Edward Campbell, of jefferson County. Dem
ocratic-Fourth Missouri, r. A. Hatcher, re-
nominated.
The recent Reform State Convention of Kan.
sas nominated: For Governor, j. C. Cusey;
Lieutenant Governor, E. H. Ewington; Sccrc.
tary of State, Nelson Abbott; Treasurer
Charles F. Rooster; Auditor, G. P. Smith
Superintendent of Public Instruction, H. B
Norton; Attorney General, J. r. Hallowell
Assistant-Justice of the Supreme Court, w
p. Donthitt. The following are the main
features of the platform adopted: Maintain
ing the inviolability of the right of the State
to control its own domestic institutions; con
demning the present Administration for it.
bold defiance of public sentiment and disre
gard of the public good; insisting that tn,
public debt shall be paid in strict compliance
with the law under which it was contracted
demanding the repeal of the National Banking
law, and the issue of legal tenders inter
changeable for Government bonds bearing Q
low rate of interest; favoring the repeal of the
tariff on lumber and on the necessities Of
common life; demanding such legislation in
regard to railroads as will secure the indus
trial interests of the country against monop
oily and extortion; denouncing the Poland
law of the last Congress as an outrage against
the liberty of the press and the individual
protesting against the Indian policy of the
Administration, and favoring the election Of
President, Vice-Prcsident and Senators by q
direct vote of the people.
The election in North Carolina for Super.
intendent of Public instruction, Congress.
men, Judges and Solicitors, members of the
General Assembly and county officers took
place on the 9th. A Raleigh dispatch of that
date says the election passed off quietly as
far as heard from. Democratic gains were re.
ported in every section, and it was considered
certain the State had gone Democratic by q
vote variously estimated at from 5000 to TO-.
OOO, with seven Democratic Congressman out
Of eight.
The county elections in Tennessee ON the
9th resulted generally in Conservative and
Democratic victories.
A State Reform Convention was held at
Lansing, Mich, on the 9Th, at which series
Of resolutions was adopted-favoring the
organization of q National Reform party; in
favor of currency that shall not be sus-
ceptible to such contraction or imitation as
shall result in injury to the business interests
Of the country" advocating the maintenance
inviolate Of the rights of the States; in
favor Of the one-term principle for Pres
ident; declaring that the State Legi.la-
ture has the right to regulate the
fares and freight upon railroads SO far rs to
protect the public against unreasonable
charges, and that it is the duty Of the Legisla-
ture at once to SO change the rate and mode
OF taxing railroads that they shall bear equal
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