The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1875-01-19
ST. PAUL AND RED WING, MINI
NEWS OF THE WEEK.

NEWS OF THE WEEK.
TUESDAY, Jan. l2.-The argument in
the Tilton- Beecher case was commenced
yesterday, JuSge Morris Of counsel for
Tilton onening the case. The Congress
s;onal committee on elections have decid-
ed to re port in favor Of the expulsion Of
Delegate Cannon of Utah for Polygamy.
''''An immense meeting was held at
Cooper Institute, N. Y, last night to pro-
test ags inst the recent military Interior
ence in Louisiana. Speeches were made
by Hon. VIM. NJ. Evarts, VIM. c. Bryant
and others, and series of resolutions de-
nouncing such use of the military adopted
to be forwarded to Congress. "A Wash
ington dispatch says that in consequence
of the falling off OF revenues there is no
prospect of reduction Of the poblic debt
for some months. i. Geo. Baker has been
nominated as minister to Russia. Chas.
Albert, brother-in-law OF Irwin, was
before the bar of the House, and
in answer to a question said he was ready
to tell to whom he paid the $l06,500
placed in his care for distribution in aid Of
the Pacific Mail subsidy. il SO ordered By
the House. The House so ordered, and
he WAS taken before the committee, when
he furnished the following list Of persons
and the amount Of money paid to each
Mcfarland, $4,000; w. B. Shaw, $lo,-
coo; A. w. Randall, $500. A. B. Cor
win, $500; J. NJ. Morris, $500; J. Ber-
rett, $1,000; H. G. Faunt, $4,000; Don
Piatt, $4,000. Mcfarland subsequently
testified that the S25 900 paid him was for
John w. Forney, to whom he delivered
the money. Reports from Washington
are that three of the Cabinet are not in &C.
cord with the President in his Louisiana
policy, and that if he persists in continu-
ing it, they will resign.
WEDNESDAY,, Jan. l3.-The New
Hampshire Republican State convention
yesterday nominated P. C. Cheney for
Governor. {. .Pinchback has been re-.
elected U. S. Senator by the Kellogg wing
Of the Louisiana Legislature. . Ex- Gov
Thomas 4. Bramlette of Ky, died at
Louisville yesterday. Dom Piatt claim,
that the $1,000 received by HIM from
Irwin was a personal loan. As proof of
this fact he cites the fact that he opposed
the subsidy from first to last .... Wendell
Phillips writes endorsing Sheridan. -.
Mason College, Quebec, was burned Mon
day. Loss 100000. The steamer
Mary from Odessa to Falmouth is reported
lost at sea, and 26 persons drowned. %.
The revolt at the Nebraska penitentiary
was suppressed by the :rops Tuesday with
cut loss of life. "A fire in the crockery
and glassware establishment of Jas. NJ.
Shaw, New York, damaged the stock
4l00, 000.. .Sharan, the man who gave
his daughter bridal present of million
Of dollars, has been elected to the U. S.
Senate from Nevada to succeed Stewart
the present millionaire incumbent. >.
Three teams nth four men crossing the
Missouri river opposite Omaha,
broke through the ice and
were drowned Several dis
astrous snow slides are reported from
Utah, carrying away men, teams, and
horses. In one Jas. Cox, John Trenbertl,
Jas. Gleason and Jas. Renfrey were Killed.
....At the Wisconsin Republican caucus
last night, Hon. II. D. Barron Of St. Croix
was nominated for President of the Seuate.
Carpenters friends claim fifty votes for
u. s. Senator on the first ballot, a. only
being necessary for a choice. 80. In the
Democratic caucus at Indianapolis
last night for candidate for
for q. s. Senator, the vote stood:
Mcdonald A, Holman IS. %. 1t is reported
that the detachment Of troops recently sent
to Dust the white miners in the Black Hills
country have been forced to return without
accomplishing their mission, the whole
command being badly frozen. .. The
resolution before the board of education of
Toledo to exclude the Bible from the pub
lilo schools, has been indefinitely post
pened.
THURSDAY, Jan. IA fight took place
in the Jail at Memphis resulting in the es.
cape Of nine prisoners. >. Both Houses of
tho Ohio Legislature have resolutions con-
demning the interference Of federal troops
in Louisiana. =. Gov. Garland of Arkan-
sas informs the President that he knows of
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