The tribune. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1876-04-05
SUMMARY OF NEWS.

Spanish people, declaring that he win never
sign compromise, but win wait for an op or
tunity to redeem his cause. :. The Porte has
notified the guaranteeing powers that It will
rennit tithes for one year and all other taxes
for two years to all refugees who return to
their homes "A hand-to-hand conflict 90
curred between Spanish and Cuban army in
Cuba, In which the Cubans were put % fight.
..... The reyolutionists in Mexico have been
defested at several points. :. !. Tho Sable
iron works, owned by zug 4 Co., at Pitts
burgh, Pa, have suspended, with liabilities
amounting to s5s0,000. It is claimed that the
sssets win fully cover that amount. An
Italian bark bound for Baltimore went ashore
on the North Carolina coast and nine of her
Grew were drowned. A life boat from a station
nearby went to the rescue, but the boat was
swamped and its occupants all drowned
Mrs. Plum, OF bridgeport, Vt, poisoned her
seven-year-old boy with corrosive sublimate,
and then took dose herself, but the prompt
mess OF physicians probably saved her life.
Her husbands desertion was the cause for the
crime. :. The House committee, which inyes-
tgated Secretary Belkuap's case, appeared be-
fore the Senate and demanded his impeach-
ment by that body. The President directed
Attorney General Pierrepont to take imme-
diate steps toward the criminal prosecution of
Belknsp, Marsh and others concerned.
The large dry goods house Of Wood, Marsh
d Co., at Philadelphia, was DESTROYED by fire.
and number Of their neighbors badly dam
aged. The loss amounts to S25O, 900.
A three-nasted schooner, drawing thirteen
and one-hslf feet Of water, passed through
the new government jetties at the mouth of
the mississippi the first merchantmen
through. 49, On learning that eI-Secretary
Belknap was preparing to leave the country,
Attorney General Pierrepont had writ issued
against him, and he was arrested. Permission
was given him to remain In his own house.
under guard of officers.... Dartmouth COL
lege viii send q crew to the college association
race. Piper. convicted OF the murder of
little Mabel Young in the bell tower in Boston.
has secured new trial.. The plague has ap-
peared on tho banks of the Euphrates.
By bursting in the door OF feather bed store.
and then outing through q partition wall,
burglars effected an entrance into the ievelrv
store of Marsters d Clawson, in New York. and
succeeded in, extracting $50, 900 worth of
1eweiry from the SAFE which they adroitly
pried open.
Tho recent elections in France gave Re-
publican majority in the assembly, the figures
standing Republicans, 27o; Bonapsrtists, 90;
Liberal Conservatives, So; Radicals, 60 ; Le-
gitimists, 36.....EvanJ position as post-trader
ut Fort Sill has been taken from him
Richard II. Dana, Jr., Of Boston, author of
Two Years Before the Mast" has been
appointed minister to England, in place of
Cen Schenck, resigned :. The annual report
OF the Pennsylvania railroad for 1875 shows
the gross earnings to have been $5s, ,096. s65 81.
and the expenses, including rentals, interest.
dividends, etc., $S6, 574, lao. 81 the net earn
ings were 2l,622, ,72A95. 49,. n. Ryder, chair
man OF the board Of selectnen OF Dunbarton.
N. H., altar disposing OF all his personal
property, has abscondsd, leaving the town
finances In q bad condition. The expendi.
lures upon the bridge between New York and
brooklyn have thus far reached $5, 969, ,725. 6I.
...... j. ID. Pitts, collector of Hickon county,
NO. has run away with $4,000. Albert
Grant. the noted English finsncier, will testify
before the House committee ON foreign affairs.
In regard to the Emma mine scandal.
Some OF the suburbs Of Pesth have been sub
merged for twelve days by the Danube.
The Mexican revolutioniets under Porfirio
Diaz are rapidly gaining strength, and have
been successful ina few unimportant engage
mants with the authorities. Lieut. -Col.
Fred Grant has been ordered from the White
House to take his place on sheridan's star for
service on the plains.
The Home for the Aged, in BROOKLYN. N. Y.
Al 60 ha
the morning, and before an alarm could be
given the entire north wing, occupied exclu
sively by aged men, was wrapped in flames.
Two or three Of the inmates in their fright
jumped from the third story windows and re-
oeived terrible injuries, from which thew died
shortly after. Many others ascended to the
root, from whence they were rescued by the
police and fremen and hurried or to be proper-
~ clothed and cared for. Thus it was i'm
possible to tell whether all the inmates were
saved, although 1t was thought that they were.
BY strenuous exertions, the iremen confined
the flames to the north wing, thus saving the
portion occupied by the old women. On the
suosidence OF the fire, men reached the upper
stories by ladders and found the charred ra.
mains OF feventeen of the male inmates
stretched on their iron bedsteads, which were
resting on the beams, the flooring having been
burned The unfortunate men had been suf
located In their sleep, and were dead long
before the flames reached them It is copieo-
tured that others were likewise burned and
that their remains fell with the flooring. The
loss amounted to $4,000, covered by insur
ahce. The institution was under the charge
OF the Little Sisters Of the Poor, and contained
seventy-two old women and an equal number
OF men, whose ages ranged from sixty-eight to
1o6 years. The cause of the 6re lis unknown.
The inhabitants Of the westmanna islands.