Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1877-01-04
EpITOME OF THE WEEK
CONDENSED TELEGRAPHEC NEWS,

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consultation with prominent members
of the party in that State. An address to
the people of the State was issued, in
which they recite their views as to the
rights and duties of Congress in the pres
ent political crisis. They declare their
belief that g Samuel j. Tilden and
Thomas A. Hendricks were, on the 7th
| day of November last, elected President
and Vice President of the United States, -
and call upon the members of both Houses
of Congress to adopt such lawful means as
may lead to the official declaration of
such result.
THE Supreme Court of the State of
Florida, on the 22d, sustained the Drew
| demurrer to the answer of the Canvassing
Board, and granted a peremptory order to
the Board to recanvass from the face of
the returns. The counsel for the Board
gave notice of a motion to answer.
THE Sultan of Turkey was reported to
be seriously i'll, on the 22d, and his con-
dition was causing uneasiness.
THE new Constitution of Turke was
officially published by the Porte, on the
| 23d, and prOclaims the indivisibility of
the Turkish Empire; guarantees the free
exercise of religious belief and worship
| provides for two legislative bodies, and,
in other respects, resembles the constitu-
tions of monarchical Europe.
ANOTHER revolution has broken out in
the Island of San Domingo President
| Gonzalez, who acceded to power on the
deposition of President Espaillat, relin-
quished his office on the 9th and en-
barked for Porto Rico. Ex-President
Baez had been called to the presidency
Commerce was entirely PROSTATE.
In an interview with Lord Salisbury,
the British representative to the Turkish
Conference, on the 25th, Midhat Pasha
utterly refused to accept the proposition
for an international commission to super
intend the proposed reforms. Lord Sails
bury Immediately telegraped for steamer
to take him to Athens, in case the Turk
ish Government remained unyielding.
THE investigation into the alleged tam
pering with the mails in the New York
Postoffice was commenced in that city on
the 23d. Abram S. Hewitt, being sworn,
stated that he had no knowledge that his
letters were tampered with in that office;
received an anonymous letter, purporting
to come from clerk in the New York
PostofIice, stating that" Little Tea Kettle''
was at work on his letters, and he had
better look out; watched and found them
tampered with; found the flaps of some
of them wrinkled, as if exposed to steam
and opened showed such letters to vari-
Gus persons, who invariably said they had
been opened; showed one of them to
Parke Goodwin, who said he would see
Col. James about the matter.
ADyICEs from Constantinople, on the
Goth, were to the effect that the Porte had
decided to annul the decree reducing the
Ottoman debt one-half. The Ministry
had decided to reject certain of the pro-
posals of the Conference, and in the
event of war, had resolved to arm the Ar
menian, Greek, Bulgarian and Christian
subjects Of Turkey. 4 i
On the Goth, Speaker Randall replied to
the letter of President Orton, of the West
ern Union Telegraph Company, in which
the latter asked to be excused from ap-
pearing before the Morrison Investigating
Committee and produce certain papers
and kilograms. The Speaker, in the
course of a conversation, said he had no
power to excuse. 1t was for the House to
determine what action should be taken.
IT was reported on the 9th that Aus
tria had prepared to mobilize an army of
$4,000 troops in Croatia, Pennsylvania
and Dalmatia. The Russian fleet had been
ordered to rendezvous at Otschakoff, to be
in readiness to repel an apprehended Of
fensive movement by the Turkish fleet
Gen. Nikitin, the Russian General, had
assumed command of the Servian army.
A WASHINGTON dispatch of the 9th
says Cronin, the Tilden Elector of Ore
gon, had delivered the Electoral vote OF
that State to Vice-President Ferry, who
declined to give receipt on account of
two returns from the State, as in the case
of Florida. s7
IN obedience to the orders of the Florida
State Supreme Court, Att'y-Gen. Cooke
made a canvass of the vote on the 27th,
| after the other members of the Board
refused to canvass. This gave Drew
497, and Tlden 94, majority. This
canvass he filed in the Clerks
Office, in obedience to the order of the
Court. Subsequently the other members
! of the Board agreed to re-canvass, and the
full Board met, concluded their canvass
and gave Drew majority of 1875 and the
Hayes Electors 206. Cooke files a pro-
test.