The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1875-06-10
General News Summary.
FROM WASHINGTON.

FROM WASHINGTON.
IN an address to the Sioux Indian dclega
ton on the Doth President Grant said he had
always been friend of the Indians and was
anxious to do what he thought was bes
for their good. He said they must be awar,
that the country where they now live is no
capable Of supporting them should the Gov
crnmcnt supplies be withdrawn, which sup
plies are gratuity, and might be withdrawn
at any moment without any violation
of the treaty. The whites arc incrcas
ing SO rapidly in the territory that il
will soon be impossible to prevent them
going where they will. The President did
not propose to ask the Indians to leave their
present location without their consent, but
said there is territory south of where they
now live in which they can much better sup.
port thcmsclvcs-thc game being more abun.
dant, grazing much better, etc. He wished
the delegation to think over what he had said
SECRETARY DELANo made a speech to the
Indian delegation on the 9th, in which he
sought to impress on the minds of the saw.
ages the wish Of the Government to do that
which was for the best for both the whites
and the Indians, and also the fact that it can
not stop the whites from settling in the
Black Hills. He spoke of the advantages to
the Indians of the territory farther south, and
held out to them the inducements which
would be rendered them to change their To-
cation. Spotted Tail responded. He said he
was not the man to break a treaty; he de.
sired to remain in the Sioux Reservations; he
knew it to be a good productive country. He
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made, and if white men invaded the Black
Hills it was not the fault of the Indians, who
were in no hurry to dissolve the treaty.
THE Secretary of the United States Treas
ury has directed the retirement of 1881, 76O
from the currency balance of the Treasury,
the same being 50 per cent. of additional cir
culation issued to banks during the month.
Until further directions the amount of United
States notes outstanding to be used as cir
culatinS medium shall not exceed $317, O64 =
u55.
THE Secretary of the Treasury has directed
the sale Of 100000 in gold each Thursday
during the month Of June.
a LETTER from President Grant to the
Chairman of the recent Pennsylvania Rcpub-
lican State Convention, written under date of
May 90, has been published, in which he dis
claims all desire for a denomination; says in
the first place he never sought the office for a
second, nor even for first nomination, and
as for the third term he does not want
it any more than he did the first.
lie says: II am not nor have I ever been
q candidate for a denomination. would not
accept 4 nomination if it were rendered, un-
less it should come under such circumstances
as to make it an imperative duty-circum-
stances not likely to arise"
TIE Court Of Claims at Washington has
given Judgment against the Government
and in favor of the Union Pacific Rail-
road in a suit to recover onc-half of
the amount earned from the Government
transportation, but which was withheld by
the Government to pay the interest in ad-
vance of the time when the subsidy bonds
mature. The judgment is for 900, and
the court ordered that the counter claim of
the Government for sl2,0OO,0oO for the pay
nent of interest OH bonds be dismissed. An
appeal was taken.
PHILIP a. WADsvORTH, Collector of In
tcrnal Revenue at Chicago, received letter
from Commissioner Pratt, on the 31st ult, re-
Gu;stns his resignation.
THE EAST.
TIE Pennsylvania Republican State Con-
vcntion was held at Lancaster on the 26th,
and organized by the election of Gen Harry
White rs President and c. D. Elliott as Sec
rotary. GOV. Hartranft was rcnominatcd by
acclamation, and H. w. Rawle, Mayor of Erie,
was nominated for State Treasurer. Among
the subjects of the platform adopted were:
Equality of all men before the law; the harmo-
ny of the Federal and State Governments; the
unity of the nation; in favor of civil rights
adherence to the unwritten law of the coun-
try limiting the Presidency to two terms; pro-
ttctlonto home industries protection to labor;
cheap transportation; free banking, and in
dorscment Of Ilartranfts and Grants ad-
ministrations, and favoring general system
OF laws regulating municipal governments.
IL Boston, on the evening of the 18th, a
terrific explosion occurred in drug store
on the corner OF Washington and Lagrange
streets, completely wrccking the building, in
which were about twenty-five people at the
time, nearly all Of whom were more or less
injured, six being killed. The cause of the
explosion was unknown at the time. The
building was a four-story brick. Adjoining
buildings were considerably injured by the
shock, which rcsemblcd that of an Garth
quake.
TERRIBLE accident occurred at South
Holyokc, Mass, on the evening of the 9th.
While the evening service was being held in
the French Catholic Church in that place the
drapcrics of the altar caught fire from can
dc and the building was soon on fire. The
audience numbered about 700 people in the
body of the church, who escaped, but OH
the stairway leading from the gallery
human beings were packed in dense
mass, struggling to reach the floor.
AS the flames rushed toward them many
lcapcd to the floor beneath, and were tramplcd
to death. The gallery skirtcd both sides of
the building, with only one entrance from the
front. The scene was fearful while it lasted,
for the whole was over in twenty minutes.
SlNty-siX men, women and children were
either burned or tramplcd to death, and the
fatally wounded would make the loss of life
fully sevcnty-five. The priests cxertions to
keep order were fruitless. The screams of the
living and means of the dying made a deaf
ching tumult above the orders of the pastor,
who worked most heroically, and was per-
sonally instrumental in saving great many
lives. 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 pceling of
on being touched. Some were taken out
with scarcely any flesh remaining on their
bones.
JUDGE PORTER finished his argument for
the defense in the Becchcr suit on the Goth,
and on the 9th Mr.. Eyarts commenced his
summing up, also i'll behalf of the defendant.
The latest accounts up to the morning of
the 10Th place the number of the dead by the
holyoke (Mass) disaster at seventy one; fatal
ly burned, twenty-five; otherwise burned and
wounded, twcnty-seven. OF the dead, fifty
five were females and sixteen males.
FORTY buildings, including a number of
business blocks, in Sprinpfield Mass vcrc