The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1877-03-22
EPITOME OF THE WEEK.
CONDENSED rElEsRAPn,c NEWS.

Condensed TElE6RAPnlC NEWS.
| A CoNsrANTlNor1s telegram of the It'll
says the Porte had decided to make no con-
cession which would directly or indirectly
interfere with its integrity and iudcpend-
ence, but would, of its own accord, carry
our larger reforms throughout the entire
Turkish Empire than the Powers at the late
Conference demanded for certain Provinces
The dispatch further adds that the Porte
would 60 to war rather than submit to an
indefinite prolongation Of the suspense. A
circular had been forwarded to representa-
tives Of Turkey abroad, declaring that the
| insurrection in Bosnia had been instigated
by Russia.
THE President nominated his Cabinet MS
follows: William NJ. E,arts. for Secretary Of
State; John Sherman, for Secretary of the
Treasury; Carl Schurz. for Secretary of the
Interior; Richard w. Thompson, for Sec.
rotary of the Navy; George w. McCrary.
for Secretary of War; Charles Devens, for
Attorney General; ID. NJ. Key, for Postmas.
ter-Gcneral.
In the Second District Court, at Beaver,
Utah, on the It'll, Judge Boreman sentenced
John ID. Lee, the Mountain Meadows MUIR
derer, to be executed on the Esd. Lee seemed
unmoved. but was quite feeble and weak
AT the Michigan State Republican Con-
ven ion, held at Lansing, on the eth, Judge
Thomas NJ. Cooley was renom'nated by &C.
clamation for Judge of the Supreme Court.
Victor II. Collier and George L. Maltz were
nominated for University Regents. Resolu-
tions were adopted approving the course
indicated by President Hayes.
THE Rhode Island State Democratic Con-
vcntion, held ut Providence, on the eth,
nominated J. b. Barnaby for Governor; DIR.
A. Ballou for Lieutcnant.GO Governor; w. Il.
Hallett for Secretary Of State; ". X. Pierce
for Attorney General, and VIM. P. COngdOn
for Treasurer.
ACCORDING TO late Winnipeg (MauitO.
BAY dispatch, information had been re-
ceived there Of the arrival of Sitting Bull
at Wood Mountains, in the British Posses
sions. He had a large number of horses
and mules, captured from the United States
forces. A force had been sent to interview
him.
The Rhode.Island Republican State Con.
vention, lately held ut Providence, nomi-
mated Gen. Van Zandt for Governor, A. e.
Howard for Lieutenant Governor, and the
present iucumbents for Secretary of State,
Attorney General aud Treasurer.
The Coroner's Jury which for some
months has been Investigating the Ashta-
bula disaster, on the Sth, rendered verdict,
censuring the Railroad Company, and charg
ing that the bridge fell in consequence of
defects and errors in design and construc-
ton.
A LATE London dispatch declares that
Affairs, had told her representative that
Turkey could not expect help from England
in case of war.
AN alarm Of fire in the Roman Catholic
Church of St. Francis Xavier, on Sixteenth
street, near Fifth avenue, in New York, on
the night of the Sth, caused stampede
from the galleries, and, in the rush that fol-
lowed, six women and one boy were trampled
under foot and killed. No one else was
very seriously hurt.
A MASS MEETING of business men was held
in front Of the Treasury Building in Wall
street, New York City, on the Sth, to protest
against any attempt on the part of the Sem
ate to abridge the Cons itutional rights of
the President, his proposed policy of pacif-
cation in the South, and reform in the pub
lie service. Resolutions were adopted de-
claIing that the policy indicated 10 the in
augural message in favor of the permanent
paciication of the South, with equal pro-
lection to all citizens, of thorough reform in
the civil service, and of an early return to
specie payments, commends itself to the
country as entitled to the fairest trial.
A MEETING of the st. Louis Merchants
and Cotton Exchange was held on the 9th,
and resolution adopted heartily approving
the course thus far marked out by the Pres
ident, and urging Missouri Senators to rise
above all party feeling and give him gen.
crous and patriotic support. The Leavcn-
worth (kan.) Board of Trade met on the
same day, and adopted resolutions indors-
ing President Hayes Cabinet appointments.
On the 9th, the Turkish Minister of For
eign Affairs published the reforms which
Turkey proposed to inaugurate throughout
the Ottoman Empire. A Bucharest dispatch
of the same date says Roumania would ally
herself to Russis, in the event of war, unless
the European Powers would guarantee her
neutrality.
A PERA correspondent of the London
Times of recent date says Turkey, under
Sultan Abdul Hamid, was fast relapsing into
anarchy. The Palace issued orders without
consulting the Porte, and the Porte trans
acted business without guidance from or
communication with the Sultan.
AT the Rhode Island Prohibition State
Convention, recently held in Providence,
Charles &. Van Zandt was nominated for
Governor; A. G. Howard for Lieutenant
Governor; J. NJ. Alderman for Secretary of
State; W. r. Pierce for Attorney. General,
and Samuel Clark for Treasurer-the Repub-
lican nominees with the exception of Pierce.
PRESIDENT HAYES new Cabinet was
sworn into Office on the 18th, and assumed
charge of the several departments of the
Government. All took the irOn-clad oath
except PostmasterGeneral Key, who took
the oath in the modified form.
A LONDON telegram of the 18th reports
the appearance of the rinderpest near G,ims-
by, Lincolnshire, and the foot and mouth dis
ease in Cheshire, Somerset. hire and Flint
shire.
The Nichols Louisiana Legislature has
adopted resolution accepting the dec
laration of non-interferencc with the affairs
of the State by the President as a happy
augury for the future, and declaring that
this General Assembly will earnestly CO.
operate with President Hayes in every ef-
fort to restore confidence and fraternal rela.
tions among the whole people of this great
country" Gov. Packard stated to a report.
er, on the 18th, that he had full confidence
in the final success of his Government, but
that he was "annoyed at the persistence
with which the most glaring misetatements
are repeated, even by journals usually well
informed"
SIMON CAMERON resigned the Uuited
States Senatorship from Pennsylvania, on
the 18th, and Gov. Hartranft at once noti-
fed the State Legislature of the fact. The
resignation of John Sherman as Senator
from Ohio was received by Gov. Young,
and sent to the General Assembly, on the