The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1875-06-03
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Several coIliers have resumed work in the
coal mines at Mahanoy City, Pa, at 20 per
cent reduction on the basis OF 1874.
F1rly resumption Of work in the en-
tire anthracite regions is expected.
The Rhode Island General Assembly has
elected Henry Lippett Governor and Henry T.
sisson Acknowledgement regular Re-
publican candidates at the late election in
that State. "A heavy rain has put an end to
the extensive forest fires raging in the lum-
Der region of Pennsylvania in the vicinity Of
Mauch Chunk and adjacent country.
THURSDAY, May 27-The Court of
Common Pleas, to which the appeal in the
case Of the Tipperary election was referred,
has unanimously decided that the late John
Mitchell was disqualified and that his oppo-
nent, Mr.. Moore is entitled to the seat.
In an address TO the Sioux Indian delega-
ton on the 2Gth President Grant said he had
all a n ba Ind
anxious 10 do what he thought was best
for their good He said they must be aware
that the country where they now live is not
capable of supporting them should the Gov
ernment supplies be withdrawn, which sup
plies are gratuity, and might be with
drawn at any moment without any vio-
lation of the treaty. The President did
not propose to ask the Indians to leave their
present location without their consent, but
said there ID q territory south Of where they
now live in which they can much better sup
port themselyes-the game being more abun-
dant, grazing much better, etc. He wished
the delegation to think over what he had said
THE Pennsylvania Republican State Con-
yention was held at Lancaster on the 26th,
and organized by the election Of Gen. Harry
White as President and c. d. Elliott as Sec
retary. Gov. Hartranft was renominated by
acclamation, and II. 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-
lection to home industries; protection to
labor; cheap transportation; free banking, and
Endorsement of Hartranft's and Grants ad
ministrations, and favOring a general system
oflaws reg ulating municipal government.
In Boston, on the evening of the 26th,
terrific explosion occurred in a drug store
on the corner Of Washington and Lagrange
streets, completely wreckiug the building, in
which were about twenty-five people at the
time, nearly all of whom were more or less in
iured, six being killed. The cause of the ex-
plosiOn was unknown at the time. The build
ing was four-story brick. Adjoining build
ings were considerably injured by the shock,
which resembled that of an earthquake.
FRIDAY, May 2S.--In a speech to the
Sioux Indian delegation on the 27th Secretary
Delano sought to impress on the minds of the
saya%es the wish of the Government TO do
that which was for the best for both the
whites and the Indians, aud also the fact that
it cannot stop the whites from settling in the
Black Hills. He spoke of the advantages to
the Indians Of the territory further south, and
held out 10 them the inducements which
would be rendered them to change their loca-
ton. Spotted Tai responded. He said he
was not the man to break a treaty; he de-
sired to remain in the Sioux Reservation; he
knew it TO be a good productive country.
He said he respected he treaty which had
been made, and if viii men invaded the
Black Hills it was not the fault of the In
dians, who were in no hurry to dissolve the
treaty =. just before the close of the services
in the French Catholic Church in South
Holyoke, Mass, on the evening of the 27th,
the draperies of the altar caught fire from a
candle and the building was soon in flames
The audience numbered about 100 people
in the body Of the church, who escaped,
but ON the stairway leading from the gal
iery human beings were packed in dense
mass, struggling TO reach the floor. 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, for the whole was over in twenty min.
utes. 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. The priests eXertions to
keep order were fruitless. The screams of the
living and moans Of the dying made deafGn-
ing tumult above the orders of the pastor,
who worked most heroicaly and was person
ally instrumental in saving a 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 peeling of ON being
touched. Some were taken out with scarcely
any flesh remaining their bones.
Judge Porter finished his argument for the
defense in the Beecher suit on the 26th, and
on the 9th Mr.. Eyarts commenced his sum
ming up, also in behalf of the defendant -.
The Grand Lodge of the Good Templars of
the World, recently in session in Blooming
ton, H., elected the following officers for the
ensuing year; Il. W. G. l., Col. j. j. Hick-
man, Of Kentucky; Il. W. e. c., Joseph
Mains of England; K. W. q v. T., Amanda
Lane, Of Massachusetts,; T. W. G. s., W. S.
Williams, of Canada; T, w. G. T, r. x 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.
SATURDAY, May ga series of terri
ble earthquake shocks occurred at the be-
ginning Of May in the province Of Broussa, in
Asia Minor. Several villages were de-
stroyed and 1900 persons lost their lives
The Cortes of the Kingdom of Portu-
sai have passed an act granting unconditional
freedom 10 remaining Portuguese slaves
known as apprentices or freedmen. The
Secretary of the United States Treasury
has directed the retirement of S9S7, ,160 from
the currency balance of the Treasury, the
same being 50 per cent OF additional circula-
uun issued to banks during the month
Until further directions the amount of United
States notes outstanding TO be used as
circulating medium shall not exceed S377,-
Ooi ,oo5., The latest accounts place the num-
Der OF the dead by the Holyoke Mass dis
aster at seventy y-one: fatally buried, twenty
two; otherwise burned and wounded,
twenty seven. OF the dead, fifty-five were
females and sixteen males The Chi
cago Journal of the 2Sth says the
reports from the grasshopper-iniicte re-
glons of the West indicate that the first re-
ports were greatly exaggerated, even in West
ern Missouri, where the pests were worse
than anywhere else. Dr.J H. Eccleston has