The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1876-04-07

venus, III winch Ild EMPEROR sailed, white
steaming up the harbor of Rio Janeiro,
came in collision with a Brazilian transport
No damage committed.
THE weekly statement of the Imperial
Bank of Germany shows an increase of
), 1921 900 marks
DETAILS have just been received in Lon
don Of the loss of the Strathmore (emigrant
ship in the South Pacific Oh the list of
July. Forty persons were drowned. The
captain of the American whaler Young
Phoenix rescued the survivors, supplied
them with clothing, and treated them with
great kindness.
THE dykes protecting Herzozonbusch in
Holland, have been swept away by the
floods. A hundred houses have disappear
ed, and G, 900 persons are homeless.
FERDINAND FREILEGRATH the poet, was
buried near Stuttgart on the Oath of March
A VERA CRUZ dispatch says the revolution
lists captured Jalapa on the 18th. The state
Of Vera Cruz was, on March Is, declared in
a state of siege.
WASHINGTON.
THE silver bill has been ordered to a third
reading in the House. and the vote was 100
to 80.
THE Committee on Expenditures in the
War Department., on the 31st prox exam
ined c. s. Bell, whose testimony was to the
effect that the President wishing to satisfy
himself of the guilt or innocence of Gen
Babcock, sent him to st. Louis to ascertain
what he could on the subject. Babcock and
Luckey knowing he was going to St. Louis
on that errand, wanted him to steal the eyi-
dence out of the District Attorneys office
in st. Louis This he did not do, but re-
lated BabcOck's and LuCkey's proposition to
Mr.. Myers
THE articles of Impeachment against Bel
KNAPP, containing five points, presented by
Mr.. Knott. chairman of the Judiciary COM
mittee, to be afterwards considered by the
Senate, were recQmmitted and ordered
printed, and will be called up on Saturday
next.
The counts in the impeachment articles
have been reduced to five, from twenty-five.
as follows: The first charges Belknap with
receiving money cOrruptly while in office
The second charges bribery as defined by
stadute. The third charges the payment of
money to Belknap for continuing corrupt
persons in office. The fourth charges him
with receiving gifts while in office to infu-
ence him corruptly. The fifth charges Bel
KNAPP with taking money corruptly for the
use of himself and others.
The close of the document is a call in be-
half Of the House of Representatives to put
the Secretary upon trial. The committee
report the following resolution:
ReSoiged That seven managers be appoint
ed by ballot to conduct the impeachment
exhibited against William w. Belknap, late
secretary of war, of the United States.
GEN. ScHENcK appeared before the
House Committee on Foreign Affairs, and
made an explanation of his connection
with the Emma Mine Company, while
Minister to England. He absolutely denies
that he was corruptly interested in selling
worthless mine to English capitalists, and
brings evidence to support his assertion
that he bought and paid for the shares he
holds, because led to believe them very
valuable; that he has sustained a serious
loss tromthe investment; that the failure of
the mine was owing to mismanagement.
and that, properly worked, it is as valuable
in proportion as it was originally represent
ed to be-
w. ID. d. BARNARD denies the truth of ].
b. Barrows testimony intimating that he
Barnard used his influence with Gen. Grant
to secure permit for Barrow, for a valua-
bic consideration.
THE secretary of the treasury has directed
the retirement Of $1S8, IA, that being so per
centum of the new national bank circula-
ton issued the present month.
The President has been sick for few
days, and receives no visitors.
The Commercials MarysvilIe, KY spe-
clal says Isaac Reeves has made an affidavit
IN regard to the Bristow hog story, in which
ne says that he told the story while intoxi- |
Gated.
IT becomes more and more probable that |
Dana cannot be confirmed.
GRIMES AND CASUALTIES.
A MAN named H. Ferry, white dismount-
ing from his horse at Sugar Lake, Ohio, the |.
other day, accidentally discharged double
barrel shotgun loaded with buckshot, the |
contents striking young lady named Went |
worth, IN the heart, and her cousin, a little |
boy aged6 who was looking out of win |
''o''' INA11iAiS bOII VI IiIell instantly.
AN engine on the Tyrone and CIearfeld !
Railroad exploded near Sand Ridge Three
men named Miller, Campbell and Shannon
were killed, and another, named Harvey
Waters, was fatally injured.
Four OF the sixteen boilers of the Fletcher /
Mills, Providence, exploded on the 31st,
killing two men and wounding more or less
seriously number of others. The loss to /
the mill owners is $4,000
AT Paris, H., Carrie Johnson, charged .
with the murder of Stephen J. Redman,
was found guilty, and the punishment fixed |
at death by hanging.
HE failure Of the Thames Wooden Com |
pany' n Y, some time ago appears to have
been caused by frauds. The treasurer, Mr..
Strong, is charged with making eighteen
fraudulent drafts for 800, 900. and misapplied
the money.
WHILE washout on the Concord Rail
road was being repaired on the 24th, a
freight train, waiting to cross. was run iuto