Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1875-06-03


drawn, which supplies might be with
drawn at any moment without any vio-
lation of the treaty. He did not ask the
Indians to leave without their consent,
but there was territory south of their
reservation where they could much bet
ter support themselves. lie wished the
delegation to think over what he had
said.
The Pennsylvania Republican State
Convention met at Lancaster on the
Goth, and organized by the election of
Gen. Harry White as President and G.
D. Elliott as Secretary. Gov Hartranft
was renominated by reclamation, and III.
w. Rawle was nominated for State Treas
urer. Among the principles enumerated
in the platform which was adopted were:
Equality of all men before the law; the
harmony of the Federal and State Gov
ernments; the unity of the nation; in
favor Of civil rights; adherence to the
unwritten law Of the country limiting
the Presidency to two terms; protection
to home industries; protection to labor;
cheap transportation; free banking, and
Endorsement of Hartranft's and Grants
administrations, and favoring a general
system of laws regulating municipal
governments.
On the evening of the Goth, in Boston,
a terrific explosion occurred in a drug
store on the corner of Washington and
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wrecked the building, in which were
about twenty-five people, nearly all of
whom were more or less injured, six be-
ing killed. The cause of the explosion
was unknown at last accounts The
building was four-story brick. The al
Joining buildings were considerably in
jured by the shock.
A FIRE occurred in Lexington, KY, on
the 24th, which destroyed about thirty
buildings in the most valuable portion of
the city, involving loss of from 100000
to 100000.
On the 9th Secretary Delano made
speech to the Indian delegation at Wash
ington, in which he sought to convey the
wish of the Government to do that which
was for the best for both whites and In
dams, and also that it could not stop the
whites from settling in the Black
Hills. He spoke of the advantages
Of the territory further south, and
mentioned to them the inducements
to change their location Spotted Tail
replied He said he was not the man to
break a treaty; he desired to remain in
the reservation; he knew it to be good
country; he respected the treaty which
had been made, and if white men invaded
the Black Hills it was not the fault ofthe
Indians.
A HORRIBLE accident occurred at Hol-
yoke, Mass, on the evening of the 9th.
During the evening service which was
being held in the French Catholic Church,
the draperies of the altar caught ire
from candle and the building was soon
on fire. The audience numbered about
700 people in the body of the
church, who escaped, but on the
stairway leading from the gallery
human beings were packed in
dense mass. AS the flames rushed
toward them many .leaped to the floor
beneath, and were trampled to death.
The gallery skirted both sides of the
building, with only one entrance from
the front. The scene was fearful
while it lasted. Sixty-six men, women
and children were either burned or
trampled to death, and the fatally
wounded would make the loss of life
fully seventy-five. One family of
four were in the church and all killed.
Many were pulled out by the arms and
feet so badly burned that they lived but
few hours, the flesh peeling off on be-
ing touched. Some were taken out with
scarcely any flesh remaining on their
bones.
JUDGE PORTER concluded his argumen.
for the defense in the Beecher suit on
the Goth, and on the 9th Mr.. Evarts COM
menced his summing up.
THE Grand Lodge of the Good Temp
lars of the World, recently in session in
Bloomington, Ill, elected the following
officers for the ensuing year: r. w. G.
L., Col J. J. Hickman, of Kentucky;
R. w. G. c., Joseph Mains, of
England; R. W. G. V. T., Amanda
Lane, of Massachusetts; R. W. G.
S., W. S. Williams, of Canada; R.
w. G. T., r. R. Scott, of Missouri;
Superintendent of Cold Water Templars,
Mrs. NJ. B. O'Donnell, of New York
Louisville, KY, was fixed upon as the
place for the next session. A change
was made in the constitution which pro-
vides that Grand Lodges may be char
tered in States where Grand Lodges al
ready exist, upon the petition of existing
Grand Lodges,
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