The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1877-06-07
According to an Associated Pre.. di..

According 10 an Associated Press dis
patch Of the 18th. secret meeting was held
In Washington the night before to organix,
National party In the interest Of Senator
Blaine. About $50 persone from different
States were present Those from the Nortl
expressed themselves ~ strongly opposed K
the course Of the President and Cabinet. III,
representatives from the South declared thai
the States which elected him had been dis
caraed BY the President aud the Offices given
to the enemies Of the party. Resolutioui
were adopted organizing the meeting into {
National joint body. Permanent officers were
elected, with power to institute branches
throughout the country, with headquarters
at Washington.
On the 96th. two Russian officers ex.
ploded torpedoes under the bow of Turkish
monitor, causing her to sink, with all on
board.
According to Vienna telegram of the
9th, the commander Of the Turkish forces al
ErEeroum had notified the Porte that he
would have to abandon that position, Is the
Russians had appeared ON his Aanks and
were likely to capture his army il he re.
manned.
A Constantinople dispatch Of the 28th
reports the recapture Of Arabian by the
Turks. A council of war had asked Mukhtar
Pasha what his plans were. He replied that
. scheme was In progress which was certain
to insure success, and begged to be let alone
The Ministerial crisis continued, and the
abdication of the Sultan was expected.
ten. Grant and party arrived safely at
Liverpool, Eng, on the 2sth. The American
Consul eneral at London, and other promi-
neut citizens of the United States, gave him
q suitable reception.
While . lighter laden with oil was be
ing unloaded in the North River, in New
York, on the afternoon Of the 18th, terrible
explosion occurred, and in an instant the
whole body of oil was in flames. When the
flames were extinguishcd it was found that
three men had been burned to death and an
other fatally injured.
News was received at Bismarck, D. T.,
on the 18th that, ON the afternoon of the It'll.
Gen. Miles with four companies of mounted
men had attacked an Indian village on Little
Muddy Creek, ninety miles from the mouth
of Tongue River. The Indians abandoned
their village aud took to the hills, where a
brief stand was made and where Gen. Miles
attacked them. Fourteen dead Indians were
found on the field and many others were
known to have been killed. A herd of 45O
ponies was captured and an abundance OF
agency goods. The band belonged to the
MinnecOnjous, and were led by the Chiefs
Lame Deer and Iron Star, of whom the
former was killed. The troops lost four
killed and eight wounded.
Notice was given, on the 2Sth, by Sec-
Rotary Sherman, that the principal and &C.
crued interest Of $iO,00O,OOO additional cou-
pom bonds If 1855 "a, OO0, 600 registered) will
be paid on the 18th of August next, interest
to cease on that day. The Secretary also
gave instructions that on the close of the
month May an amount of greenbacks
should be added to the special fund, under
the joint resolution for the issue of silver
coin, VT ich, with the $6,O0O,OOO already set
apart, would bring the fund up to the amount
called for at this time-about $7,6OO, 900
that being the legal tenders received in ex-
change for the silver held for the redemption
Of fractional currency.