The anti-monopolist., 1876-06-15
CURRENT NEWS OF THE WEEK.

CURRENT NEWS OF THE WEEK,
The receipts at the Centennial for
twenty days have been $4,000, 1896, 80.
E.P. Kingston, English essaylst and
author Of the life OF Artemus Ward, died
Friday.
1t is reported that Albert Grant,
(Schenk's London friendly sold hisnews-
paper. The Echo.
The United States senate had barely a
quorum present yesterday morning and
adjourned till Thursday.
The failure is reported Of a cotton firm
owning factories near Waterford, Ireland,
with liabilities OF f6OO,OOO.
The house passed yesterday the Joint
resolution proposing modification OF
the treaty with China 80 as to restrict
immigration.
The Berlin memorandum which was
recently submitted to the Porte has been
withdrawn. The powers have agreed
not to exercise undue pressure upon
Turkey.
The number of magnificent steamships
lying idle in the Liverpool and Birken
head docks is unparalleled in the his
tory of commerce, and the probabi lity is
that the number will increase.
The army ap preparation bill was again
reported to the House yesterday with the
estimates reduced ten millions and Sec
tions reducing the force of tho army and
pay OF officers.
The Wisconsin Democratic State Con-
vention, held at Milwaukee, was cap
tured by the railroad monopolists of the
State, and of course majority of the
delegates are for Tilden.
The marriage of r. 8. Mccormick and
Miss Katharine V. Medill, 'of Chicago,
was solemnized Thursday evening at the
residence of the brides father, Joseph
Medill, editor of the Chicago Tribune.
Fitzhugh, the late Doorkeeper of the
House, says that if the Democrats expect
to carry Kentucky and Texas they must
be little more generous to the citizens
of those States.
If the Democracy of Ohio and Indians
bolt against the hard money platform O
, the st. Louis Convention, and set up &
, candidate of their own, very good they
have a right to do it.-New York Sun
Good Democratic authority.
The Committee on Indian Affairs hav,
authorized Representative Page to re-
/; port to the House, with a recommends
: ton that it pass, joint resolution de
claring the Black Hills country open t
exploration aud settlement.
MIR. Blaine will now have to play i'm
, itator of Governor Tilden. He should
forthwith get his self-exonoration stereo
: typed and have it sent to all the rura
J press through Bates & Locke's adver
T tising agency.-C. Cd.
The bank superintendent has begul
proceedings for the appointment of re
ceiver to wind up the Merchant 4
. Traders savings institution. of New York
: 1t has become embarrassed by deprecia
ton of its southern securieties.
The Women's International Temper
ance Union met at Philadelphia yester
day. A letter from Queen Victoyia wa
read. declining to send an English rep
1esentative, and saying she must leav
|, the subject to the public of England.
St. Augustine's church, built by andf
!. the colored Catholics. of Washington
was solemnly dedicated Sunday by Arch
bishop Bailey. The music was rendere'
q by choir of one hundred voices accom-
= panied by an orchestra and organ.
The Chicago Tribune says: Othe
!. men besides Blaine have been bold
!, brilliant. and audacious. Clay and Doug
Il las were certainly his equals in this re
= spect; but they found their Waterloos
!, although they had no private busin es
5 letters to read to the public.
: The liberal movement in Spain meet
: . with decided opposition from the clergy
> During the debate in the Senate on tn
|. new constitution, the other day, th
!. Bishop of Salamanca said the Spauis
I, prelat-s would always be opposed t
!, religious toleration as incompatible wit
!, Catholicism.
Ia Boss Shepard aud Fred Douglass wer
!" elected delegates to the Cincinnati Cor
vention by "A bolting set of Washingto
Republicans last evening. The "regul
]. ar" crowd elected delegates in Marc
D last who are supposed to favor Blaine
:, The boss and Fred are tor Conklins
% the ''trully good favorite Of Grant.
: How tar does that account for n,
$ Blaine's trick in dishonesty capturin
: those Is letters Did Mulligan's reiigio
= have anything to do with Baine's refu.
) ing to let the committee see those letter!
7 after he grabbed thems And the fact
y that Mnlligan is = good pr-sbyterias
r, and no Catholic II Ill.
= Ar. Blaine Was unqueseioaably corTe<
!. in his position, that outside o. c1imins
: 'psosscsfion, 10 psrson whaesyer had g