The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1875-03-25
.fEpIToME OF THE WEEK, |,
tdndeSsed fteu Iels1ans Of Accompanying bates

IrysDAT, March 16-Immense crowd
are attending the revival meetings in Londo
~ .:s5x Msssrs. sioody and Sankey, the Chicag
reVav@nts. ~On one night recently there wer
Do'ooo people present, and thousands wer
tarnedsssyz. .Dake 'Andifret Pasquier ia
been elected Pres itt-rlt of the French Assernrl
3 Z ~ IEepty-two young men Of Cuban birth
residents Of cienfuegos, were recently arrest
~ ea in their homes In that city by vol
unteers and shot outside the walls, with
out even the form of trial -. Tn,
sccretary OF State, on the 18th, commu
nicaied TO the Senate the correspondence,
between the United States and spanisr
Governments relative to the claim for in
demnity Tor the execution at Santiago do
Cuba Of Americans who were on board the
Nirginius. This correspondence shows that
the British claim was originally e5OO for
each white and 600 for each coIored man
being total Of 81, 100, which was finally re.
c'eed to EG,1Oo The original claim of the
United States was $500 for each Of
'Ae crew slain, regardless of color,
and larger sum for each officer killed. The
= claim was strenuously pressed until Spain
agreed to pay $4,000 in gold, unconditional
Iy, the money TO be distributed by the United
states without any accountability to Spain
for sums not claimed by individuals, as was
stipulated in the case of Great Britain
80 zen sherman has recently stated that ex.
pcdluons to the Black Hills country will be
skFfeFated from entering that region, or If
any get IN they will be driven out as soon "a
lhe weather viii permit. A recent Washing
I : instoni dispatch says the Government win
ehdeaYor 10 eXtinguish the Indian title at the
eaile5t practicable moment, but until that is
cone al persons viii be prohibited from 90
ing there, and those now there will be re.
1---1iaired to remove. The anti.lfquor crusade
was begun again in Chicago on the evening
I OF the l4th, several ladies visiting bill
( = lard and liquor saloon and engaging in sing
- Ing and prayer The proprietor was
u appealed to to abandon the traffic The
crusaders were treated with re-
spect by the proprietor and large number
Of spectators present but no conversion is re-
Ported....The Grand Jury of Cook County,
Ill, have recently found four criminal indict
nents against Mr.. Storey, OF the Chicago
Times, three Of them for the libel of indiyidu-
ais ana one for the publication of an alleged
obscene article.
WEDNESDAY, March 17-Gen. Cabrera,
Carlisi chieftain Of considerable prom
lnencc, mas issued his address announcing
his reco sntion of Alphonso as King of Spain.
- Se'iAA7t ANN iliLidt4ou has dlsO appeared Qe-
nouncing CaSrera as a traitor On the night
- Of the llth ult an earthquake of more
- than usual severity occurred in North
- Ssrn Mexico. The little town of San
Cristobel was almost entirely DESTROYED, and
seventy dead bodies were taken from the
ruins. AN English surveying party, COM
manded by British Lieutenant and con- |
sisting Of sixty-three sepoys and coolies, has |
bfpu Tuassacrpd ~ ha Of
For Governor of New Hampshire, Cheney |
(Rep) received 80, ,225 votes; Roberts (Dem.) |
39,l6S; White (Pro1 754. No choice by the
people, but the Legislature viii elect |
Cheney. In the First Congressional District |
Jones (Dem.) is elected by plurality of 1856; |
IN The Second, Bell (Dem.), by a plurality of
IA; and in the Third, Blair (Rep) by a plu- |
raflty OF 2OT.. In the Beecher suit on the |
10th, John Harmon, Archibald Black and |
jackson 8 Schultz testified, and the depos- |
rrad o% The two '''EG former testified r to the
effect that the original charge against
Mr.. Beeeher, as told them by Mr.. Til
ton. was that of improper proposals. The
evidel &c of the two latter went to show that
Mr. Moulton had denied that Mr. Beecher
had violated the seventh commandment and
that he (Noulton) had asserted on more
than one occasion that Mr.. Beecher
was pure man. Several witnesses
were examined on the 10th, who also testified
that Mr.. Moulton had denied to them the
truth OF the charges against the defendant
Mr. Beach said it was not necessary to cal
20 many witnesses, as Mr.. Moulton did not
deny having used the alleged expressions,
and Judge Nelson suggested that Mr.. Shear
man should limit his witnesses, which he
promised to do. Thos. NJ. Cook, journal
ist, of Detroit, sworn, and testified
that he had several interviews with Mrs.
Woodruff and Mr. Tilton prior to the publi-
cati.n Of the Woodruff story, and that Mrs
W. had, in the presence of Mr.. l. urged
him to write up the Beecher scandal On the
- eros $ examination witness said he had cor
responded with Mr. Shearman relating to the
trial, and had received $50 to defray the ex-
pense Of two trips to the city made in connec-
tion with the suit, and that he had been en-
gagged as a sensational writer for New York
papers Samuel P. Halliday testified that in
October, 1872, Mrs. Moulton had stated to
him, in answer to question, that she did
not know why her name was men
toned in connection with the scandal. She
said Mr. Beecher her pastor and she be-
leved in him By an explosion at the Austin
= pewdermills, five miles south OF Cleveland, on
the 18TH, the works, composed OF ten or twelve
buildings, were completely demolished
OF the eight ten men at work IN
aud about the mills at tie time of the acci-
dent three were Killed, the rest eseap-
ing with slight injuries. Much damage was
done to houses in the immediate neighbor-
hood of the explosion, and buildings in Cleye
land were considerably shaken; people
rushed into the streets, horses were fright
cted, and many windows and large plate
s. s,Aass fronts we're shattered, the damage il
the city amounting to S25,OoO to $4,000.
T1frrsDAY, March 1S.-In compliance
with the demand OF King .Alphonso, Don Al
phonso, Brother of. Don Carlos has been ex
tradited from Germany. :. Difficulties hav
arisen between the Indian Government ant
81 the King of Burmah in relation t
~ boundaries and the latter's claim to soy
ereignty over several independent State:
The King has occupied the disputed territor
and refuses, to withdraw, and British troop
are moving upon British Burmah. Grea
disasters have been caused in some portion
Of the East by spring floods and ice gorge
Several bridges on the Susquehanna, Del;
ware and other rivers have been carrie
a1vay, and much damage to property is r.
ported. Before the gorge broke at Port Je
Wis, y. Y, the lower portion of the city Wi
inundated to the depth of ten feet, son
houses being submerged up TO the secor
stories No lives lost. The new al
magnificent railroad bridge crossing q
susquehauna at Pittston, Pa was ca
ricd away about ten minutes after 4
passing over of passenger train. At Ge
mantewn several small houses were
stroyed Danville and Wilkesbarre, Pa, al
. other towns in that and adjoining States 81
ss~ frrcd severely by the floods. The Judicia
> yCommfttee OF the New York State Assemt
have reported adversely on the bill to allC
wives TO testify against their husbands
civil cases, and the report "
adopted, thus killing the bill, which "
Intended, it is supposed, TO allow Mrs. Tilt
to testify in the Beeeher suit. ...old m
Bender, under arrest at Florence, Arizoi
admits his identity, but says he did not CO
init the Kansas murders with which h'
- charged, but that his son and laughter, Jc
and Kate, did. He declines 10 state
r. ss.-=T ty,7x-