The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1875-12-17
RECENT EVENTS.

It is said to be the intention of
Speaker Kerr to announce the standing
committees on Tuesday, 2lst, and that
next day the two houses will take the
usual holiday recess.
Lanes bill to pay Modoc war claims,
appropriates Sl31, 200 for Oregon, and
$4,000 for citizens of California. All
will be referred tc appropriate commit
tees when formed.
The steamer "Deutchland" ran a
ground in the North Sea on the sth, and
before succOr could arrive her passen-
gers, to the number of IS, perished from
exposure to the intense cold.
Bishop Simpson has denied the state
ment that he had expressed an opinion
on the subject of third term. He de-
preciates any attempt to connect the
church with political nominations or
elections.
Post offices have been established at
Antler, Chewaucan, Silver Lake, Sum-
mer Lake and White Hill, all in Lake
county, Oregon. Miss Clarissa Woods
has been appointed postmistress at
Willoughby, Wasco county.
The Secretary of the Interior holds in
trust for certain Indians stocks aud
bonds, of which the par value is about
S., 100000. He says it seems to him the
United States Treasury should be the
custodian of this property, and sends to
Congress the draft of bill providing
for such custody.
At a meeting of Methodist ministers
in Salt Lake City, on the 9th inst, res
olutions were adopted protesting against
the action of Bishop Haven and the
Methodist preachers Of Boston in nomi-
mating Grant for third term, and de-
nouncing the course pursued by the
President as regards Utah Territory.
A private letter from Leghorn states
that the marble statue of Colonel Baker,
who was killed at Balls Bluff, was
shipped on the 10Th of November for the
United States. This was the last work
of DR.. Stone, who recently died in Italy.
Congress appropriated $4,000 for the
statue, which is to be placed in the old
hall of representatives.
Luttrell and Lane intend, coujointly,
to move for an investigation of the al
| legged abuses of the Russo-American
citizens in Alaska by the military,
under orders from General Howard.
The charges are unjust arrests and de-
tentiOn for illegal periods, and harsh,
cruel treatment generally, amounting
to military despOtism. Affidavits prov
ing them will be submitted to the War
Department.
A package of dynamite was placed on
board the steamer "MoselIe" when
nearly ready to depart from Bremen
Haven for New York, on the 18th,
which exploded and killed 81 persons
and wounded a number of others. The
man who delivered the box had planned
that the explosion should take place at
sea. 1t is asserted that he confessed an
intention of destroying the steamship
Tor the insurance he held. His name is
Thomas, and he is said to be an Ameri-
can.
The annual report of Plymouth
Church shows an increase of one hund-
red members during the past year. OF
the entire membership, 1875 are
women, and 915 are men. The Sunday
School contains 2,S44 pupils, and 255
teachers. 1t is further reported that,
notwithstanding the church's unpar =
alleled difficulties, its inward prosperi ty
has remained unchanged. The unity
and harmony of the church was un-
changed, and the feeling between the
pastor and the church had been
strengthened.