The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1876-03-02

nouncement of the result III the Babcock
case. Another form of indirect move upon
him is the attempt to remove Bluford VII
son, Solicitor of the Treasury.
THE following are interesting figures con-
corning Government receipts: Internal
/ Revenue-Saturday 18th, $287, 66O.19;
February to date, s., So, O63 GO; fiscal year,
/ from July / to date, So, 709, 21340. Gus
toms-Saturday, 10th, 1919, 098.27; February
to date, IS, OO4, 72764; fiscal year to date,
/ sos, rs, 57306.
FOREIGN.
THE steamship Switzerland, from New
York Jan 50, while steaming up the chan
mel at Antwerp, ran down the brigantine
Hero, and four of the crew of the latter were
drowned.
! THE following is the composition of the
new French Cabinet: Dufaure, minister OF
Justice; Pathnan, minister OF marine; Cast
mer Perriere or Renault, minister OF interior
i Gen. Cissey, minister of war, will probably
retain his portfolio, also the Due de Cazes,
minister of foreign affairs; WALTON, minister
! of public instruction, and Caillaux, minister
of public works The minister of agriculture
is undetermined
/ THE cause of Don Carlos in Spain is I'M
mistakably "lost" The Alphonsists are
victorious everywhere and the pretender
with an army of 100000 men, without IA
tons, is fleeing before his conquerors.
THE Sultan of Turkey has granted amnes-
ty to all insurgents who return to their
1 homes within month. The Government
announces it will have all their houses and
churches rebuilt at its own cost, and will
furnish the insurgents means of resuming
their usual ayOcations.
THE revolution in Hayti is increasing.
/ The revolutionists have purchased a steamer,
and sailed from Jamaica for Port au Prince.
All Cuban refugees had been ordered to quit
the island within 80 hours, on pain of being
delivered to the Spanish gunboats.
NJ. THEIRS has been elected to the French
Senate by 1000 majority.
THE Turkish minister of war has issued
an order calling out all men between the
ages of 20 and 80 to serve in the army.
INTELLIGENCE has been received from Cor
don's African expedition, to December 15
Gordon has established several military sta
tons, and considers his work two-thirds
done.
GARIBALDI has given his adhesion to the
Italian Cremation Society. I" To be burnt
after death, remarks the Papal organ at
Rome is sign of civilization in the eyes
of the modern Pagans."
/ CABLE dispatches confirm the reports of
recent important victories by the Alphonsist
forces, and denote an early close of field OPP
eratiOns. The routed Carlists have fled in
large numbers across the French border, and
have been interned by the authorities.
SPANISH news of the Dist inst, is as fol-
lows: The Alfonsists continue their sue
cessful progress. Gen. Primo Di Rivera has
occupied the Carlist forts in Navarro, and
the greater portion of the Carlist artillery
all at Estella was captured. a portion was
thrown over pretipice before the royalists
arrived. 1t is reported that Don Carlos has
fled into France The Carlist resistance at
TOtOra is expected to be short, on account of
the dlocouragement now prevalent. Alfonso
has gone to AzcOitia.
CRIME.
r. b. IRWIN, formerly subsidy agent of the
Pacific Mail Steamship Company, at Wash
ingtOn has been arrested i'll New York on a
charge of embezzling $3.50, 900 from the com
pany.
AT saloon in Chicago, a few nights ago
two men named Geo. Cameron and Fred
Schneider entered, and while they were
standing at the bar, Cameron, apparently
without any provocation, drew a revolver
and holding it to Scheider's head, fired He
then shot himself Both men died almost
instantly. There is a suspicion that the two
men had prearranged this mode of dying
THE cashier of the Farmers and Traders
Bank, of St Louis, has abscOnded, and there
is deficiency Of $4,000. The rascal's
name is Rudolph a. Dyer, and he is the son
of a most respected citizen of that city
Ar Thornton, Ind, young man named
Wallace Boner shot and killed Ben Quinn
for an alleged insult and persecution of his
nocent, and great excitement exists in the
vicinity. Boner has escaped.
THE trial of Michael Finnel, for the killing
of the Irish Giant" Ned O'Baldwin, the
pugilist, resulted in a disagreement of the
ury.
THREE murderers-Sicilians of unpro-
nOunceable names-were hanged at St.
Louis a few days ago, in expiation of the
murder of an Italian in that city some
months ago.
MISCELLANEOUS
AT St. Louis on the oath, the jury in the
Babcock case returned a verdict of not
guilty The General is said to have spent
his entire fortune of $50, 600 in feeling his
counsel
THE National Democratic Central Com
nittee has selected ST. Louis as the place for
holding the National Convention, and Tues
day, June q, the day.
THE annual reunion of the Army of the
Potomac will be held at Philadelphia June
9th
Gov. HENDRICKS, of Indiana, and party
of friends were in Nashville on the 23d.
The Governor and other state officers. men,
bers of the Supreme Court, and other prom
inent citizens called on the governor, and
extended the cOurtesies of the day
On the 23d inst, Gen. John Rodman,
formerly Attorney General of Kentucky,
accompanied by two of his sons, met Capt
Harry J. Todd, just in front of the State
House at Frankfort. Gen. Rodman stepped
up to Todd, and, denOuncing in strong Ian
guage certain statements made by that gen