The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-05-04

the ground that the acti not within the Con-
stitutional power of the Legislature.
Osea Sander, the Cherokee Indian SEN
fenced to be hung at Fort Smith, Ark, on
the 21st of April, but who was respited
by the President, will be hung ON the second
of June by the direction Of the President
Foreign.
An explosion of powder during the opera
tons in the railway tunnel in the course of
construction near Meath, Glamorgan, South
Wales, caused the roof to fall. burying all
the workmen. Thirteen dead bodies and a
number of wounded have been recovered.
The search continued.
Second elections were held on April %
for members of the French Chamber of
Deputies, in the Thirteenth ACCOMPLISHMENT
and St Dennis. N. Cautagrel, Radical, was
elected in the former district, receiving $3.50
votes, against 1850 for N. Peron, Bonapart-
list. In St. Dennis N. Camille See, Repub-
lican, was successful, polling 6,Sos votes to
5,76S for N. Duyedier, Radical. General
WimpAer, Republican, who appeared as a
candidate at the first election, withdrew from
the contest. LIE Soir states that the Ministry
of Foreign Affairs is considering the basis
of q commercial treaty with the United
States. It is proposed to place French silks
and wines on an advantageous footing as to
tariff in the United States, while France, in
return, is to subject American cotton to only
a small import duty.
The Prince Of Wales and Prince Arthur
arrived at Madrid on the 18th of April, and
were received at the railway station by King
Alfonso and a guard of honor. The royal
party, escorted by the horse guards, entered
the city in seven carriages, each drawn by
four horses, and on arriving at the palace
were received by the grandees Of Spain.
Ministers, and court officials, the Royal
Band playing "God Save the Queen"
A dispatch dated Ragusa, April 26, says
that the garrison of Nicsic made a sortie, to
procure provisions from Paesjeka, but were
repulsed. 1t is stated that Nicsic is reduced
to e~xtremities, the garrison and inhabitants
subsisting on horse flesh
A Vienna dispatch says that the Porte
has been automatically warned against
arming the Mohammedan population in the
insurgent provinces, owing to the danger
Of the wholesale massacre of the Christians.
The theater at Rouen burned down on the
night of April %. About seventy-fve per
SONS were in the theater when the IRE broke
out, but the exact number Of victims is moi
yet ascertained. Eight corpses were found
during the night. The fire was caused by q
gas Jet igniting the curtain. In addition te
the victims whose bodies had been found
four persons died in the hospital and foul
soldiers are missing. Twelve houses ada
cent were destroyed. The total loss is est
mated at S4OO, 900.
In the British House of Commons, OF
April q, the Royal assent to the Royal Title
bill was announced. The announcement
was received in silence.
The representatives of some of the grea
powers were recently in conference at Rome
with several influential Cardinals, with tn
view of ascertaining the best means of bring
ing to an end the conflicts between tn
various States and the Church. The Card
nails unanimously declared that peace wa
impossible, unless the spiritual independ
ence Of the Church was acknowledged; tina
the alliance between the Church and Stat
was regulated by the concordat. withou
either party being made subordinate.
A special from Vienna says that the Port
has sent a circular note to his represents
tives at the various European courts, askin
for military assistance to suppress the insuI
r~ection, and citing as a precedent the SUI
preston of the Hungarian instruction b
Russia in 1874.
: There have been calamitous fires in n,
merous districts of Japan. On March
upward of three thousand houses were d.
stroyed in the town of Izuski. The sam
day one hundred and forty houses wei
burned in Matsomi, and on April 2 one hui
9 dred and twenty houses in Osaka.