The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1876-01-06

act The woman has sister IN New
York-.--A- Labor ContsntisA ylAtsly In sss-
sion At Pittsburg appointed o National Com
mittee Of thirty-seven to issue 9 call for q
convention of representatives OF labor and
industry from. all parts OF the country, 20
be held in. Pittsburg April .pext-.......
On December 90, the officers of the govern
ment seized eight liquor establishments In
Chicago, together with the books and papers
found in the Offices at the time OF the seizure.
Those seized are the rectlfying establish
ments Of the Chicago Alcohol Works, the
rectifying house and distillery Of Dicken-
son, Able 4 Co, Chicago Alcohol Works
liam Cooper's Blackhawk Distillery, Matthias
Distillery, and Kelley q Kerwin's rectifying
Notes from Abroad.
The Political Correspondence newspaper, at
Vienna, reports the Sultan spending all his
available money in hastily arming his
forces on sea and land. Ships and can
non have been ordered. A conspiracy
against the Christians in Turkey has
been discovered, and thirtysix Turks
implicated : have been arrested ......
The Madrid Epocd says that when the Carlist
instruction is suppressed an efficient army
will be maintained in Cuba as O meas
ure of precaution, aud that heavy guns will
be placed on the coast. At the same time
Spain will propose to the United States q
new and eventually advantageous treaty of
commerce. Subscriptions have already been
opened to defray the cost OF manufacture.
ing heavy guns for the defense of Cuba......
In the French Assembly the other day the
electoral districts bill was under considera-
ton. An amendment prepared by the gov
eminent was adopted, by which Paris will
return to the Lower Chamber twenty Depu-
ties, instead of twenty-five, and, Lyons six,
instead Of eight, as at present. This reduc-
ton is effected by apportoning one deputy
to each 100000 of population III those cities
instesd of one deputy to each arrondisse.
ment containing under 100000 inhabitants,
aud two deputies to ACCOMPLISHMENTS con-
tanning more than the 100000, as in the rest
the Introduction and adoption of the am end.
ment = Al -
Ex.President Theirs has accepted the
invitation of the town OF Belfort to stand
for the Senate. He has received and de-
clined similar invitations from eleven de-
partments. Republican leaders are confident
that in general terms the partisans Of a
moderate republic will secure majority in
both houses Of the new Assembly..... A
special from Madrid announces that the
royal palace at Barcelona was almost de-
stroyed by fire on the Goth December.
The statue of Napoleon was replaced on
the newly finished Vendome column on the
eth December. A large crowd assembled
in the Place VendOme and Rue de La Paix,
and other streets adjacent, to witness the
proceeding. There was no ceremony.
Intelligence has been received from the
Philippine Islands giving the details of a
FIJI L,trr tbar xha OAth # No
vember. The storm was particularly severe
in the provinces Of Alban aud Camarines,
Island of Luzon. Two hundred and fifty
lives were lost and thirty-eight hundred
dwellings destroyed. Many cattle persisted,
and crops, in all directions, were ruined. 80.
Messrs. Russell & Sturgis, merchants of Ma.
lila, have suspended payment. The liabil.
tiles will be large. On the fact becoming
known in Manila a regular panic ensued
This state of things lasted some days, but the
day the last steamer left the panic had
passed away, although confidence was very
much shaken. The local liabilities will
range from So 10000 to $2,5O0,000. tits be-
leved in certain influential and interested
quarters that arrangements will be made
whereby the house will soon be able to re-
sumo business...... A dispatch from London
states that serious disturbances have oc
Cured at Bannsfoot, county Armagh, Ire
land, resulting from the marriage of !;
Protestant girl to a Catholic. A number OF
Protestants attacked the house where the
marriage took place, and completely wreck ed
the premises. During fight that followed
number were killed aud several badly
wounded......A Paris special reports thai
the Orleans Princes have decided not t.
take their seats in the Senate or Chamber Of
Deputies. The Duke d'Aumale has writer
letter declining nominations for either
house. .....H CrOnistG, the ministerial organ
at Madrid, states that the King will sign 1
decree ordering the general elections to bs
held January 20, and convcking the Corte
for Febru1y Is. v4,s
| A meeting was held in Berlin, attende,
by two hundred Americans, to give express
sion TO their adherence of the Bremerhaver
crime, and to protest against the unjus
comments of the Bremen press. A resolu
zion was adopted declaring that the act o
| Thomas, or Th0massen, is in no respect
| fruit of American civilization. 1t affect
| the honor of the human race, and not tina
of any particular nationality. The resolu
| ton protests against the unjust aspersion
on American character which have appeare,
in some German newspapers in connection
and testified to their cordial concurrence il
the proceedings....,A special from Vienn,
| says the Secretary OF State of the United
States has transmitted to every European
government circular asking an expression
| Of views regarding American Intervention
| in Cuba, in order to obtain data to be use,
| in the preparation of President Grants sup
| Elementary message to Congress. All gov
ernments have replied satisfactorily. Eng
land is ready to indorse Intervention at tn
present moment. The other nations express
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