The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1878-08-22

The journeymen shoemakers, of Chi.
cago, struck, on the 9Th. for higher wages
They demanded an increase from % . week
to $l2. The employers offered el0.50, which
they would not accept, and therefore struck,
Joseph Nimmo, Jr., Acting Chief Ol
the Government Bureau OF Statistics, hsa
completed = comparative statement of the inn
ports and cxports OF the United States for th<
years 1877 and 1873, ending June 80, showing
the following results, specie values: Export,
Of merchandise in 1878, domestic, $3.50, 6SS,.
s9S; foreign, 4l4, 100, AZ; total, D604, So, 400;
imports, $437, O5l ,533; excess of exports, $257,
So, 665. In 1877, exports, domestic, $5S9. 60.
IA; foreign, *12, SA, 1856; imports, S451 ,32s3
l2s; excess Of exports, t15l, l5a,O8 Exports
of gold and silver In 1878. $3S, 53s 225; i'm
ports, Ss9, $40, Sl3; excess of exports, $3,9l1,.
9l2. In 1877, exports, sd, l62, go; imports
$40, IA; excess of exports, $15, 3S7 SOB
The total excess of exports over imports in
1875 was ss6l, 744,5 $40; in 1877. el66, 5S9,9l7.
On the afternoon of the 7th, an ex.
plosion occurred in coal mine at Scremcrs-
ton, near Berwick, Eng. There were thirty.
five men in the mine, only two Of whom bad
been rescued up to the morning of the Sth,
and they were badly burned.
A Bismarck Cd. T. telegram of the
eth says the grasshoppers were doing much
damage to the crops in that region. They
were slowly moving eastwarlly.
A demand was made, on the 9Th, BY
the United States Marshal upon the Sheriff at
Greenville, 8. C., for the surrender to the
,f no
three Internal Revenue Oflicers-Kaue, Dur
ham and Moore-under indictment for the
killing of an employe of an illicit-distiller,
who, it is said, was Offering resistance to the
officers when in the discharge of their duties.
The Sheriff refused to release the prisoners
himself, but quietly permitted the Marshal to
secure the keys. The latter thereupon re-
leased the prisoners and At once locked them
up again. thus satisfying the writ of habeas
cO'pws and placing the prisoners in the juris-
diction Of the Federal Court.
The dory Nautilus, from Beverly.
Mass. reached Havre. on the Sth, having
made the passage in fifty-six days.
The announcement was made, on the
Sth, that the Prince Imperial, of France, had
been betrOthed tn Princess Thyra, of Denmark.
sister Of the Princess of Wales, of England.
BY the explosion of Russian pow
der magazine at Fratesti, in Roumania, ON
the Sth, fifty-five persons were killed and thir-
ty-one Others more or less seriously injured.
The Colorado Republican State Con-
vention, which met at Denver, on the Sth, re-
nominated James B. Bedford, for Congress;
T. W. Pitkin. for Governor; H. A. w. Tabor,
for ACKNOWLEDGEMENT; N. H. Medium,
for Secretary IT State; NJ. g. Culver, for
Treasurer and Z. w. Wright, for Attorney
General. The platform adopted condemns
the seating Of Patterson by Congress; favors
q currency OF gold, silver and paper equal in
value; approves the Resumption act, etc., etc
The South Carolina State Republican
Convention met at Columbia, on the Sth. The
ninth article Of the platform which was adopt
ell reads as follows: 1--WE deem it inexpe-
dent to nominate candidates for Governor
aud other State officers because, owing to the
condition OF affairs in this State, occasiOned
by r;he-club rule and two years of Democratic
it is impossible for Republican
voters in many counties-withOut mourning
great personal danger-to organize for the CAM
paign or to vote at the election when held"
Letters were published in London,
on the 9th, stating that the russians were
busily fortifying the coast, and that British
officers in the Gulf of SarOs did not expect
permanent peace.
Since the opening of the United
States Court in Grcenville, s. e., 267 cases Of
illicit distilling had been disposed Of, up to
the 9th. A number marched in on that day
and pleaded guilty, and 100 more were expect
cd within few days.
On the 9th, the Internal Revenue Of
ficers seized the McIntire Distillcry, at Pekin,
ILL.,, for alleged crookedness, said to have
been practiced anterior to the Bristow CAM
paign against the crooks.
A terrific storm of wind and rain
passed over wide extent of country in the
Eastern States on the evening of the 9th. At
Conn.,, q brick school house,
Catholic Church, forty dwellings, and large
number of barns were demolished by the wind,
and thirty persons were either killed outright
or fatally wounded, and number of others
were more or less injured. The damage to
property was estimated at 100000. Severe
uS WOsC CAIVItCuCCN NdTNbuS
points in Massachusetts, and many persons
were killed by lightning. The storm extend
ed throughout portions of New York, New
Hampshire, ETC., doing great damage to build
ings, fences and stock.
On the occasion of the Nihilist trials
at Odessa. Russia, the populace fired on the
troops. The fire was returned and several
rioters were killed.
A Vienna telegram of the 18th says
that in the battle fought with the insurgents.
on the Sth, the Bosnians lost 500 killed and
wounded and 200 prisoners. 1t was stated
that the opponents Of the Austrian occcupa-
ton, including Bosnians. Albanians, Here.
govinans, etc., numbered over 100000 men.
A Constantinople telegram of the 18th
says the Porte had resolved to grant large con-
cessions to Crete, but would refuse the de-
mands Of Greece.
The International Monetary Confer
ence opened at Paris, on the 10th, and organ
lied under the Presidency of NJ. Leon Say
The Conference adjourned for several days, to
await the arrival of other member.
A Constantinople dispatch of the
A~tu o"y VaV Auu0UaO0utO VI O0tUutu U8u uOLI.
fed the British Minister, Ledyard. that they
considered themselves under British protec-
ton, and would hoist the British flag upon the
attempt Of the Russians to occupy the city.
A Russian torpedo-cutter exploded in
the harbor of Nicolaieif, on the 18th. Thirty
four persons were killed.
An uprising Of Mohammedan fanat-
les has occurred in Herzegovina. The Turk
ish cOmmandant was killed, and common
cause was made with the insurgents opposing
the Austrian occupation of Bosnia.
The machinists, blacksmiths and
bsiler-makers employed BY the Chicago, Mil
waukee d st. Paul Railroad Company, at Mil
waukee. were emphstically locked out, on the
18th, in consequence Of their expressed dieiu-
clinatiOn to accept of substantial reduction
in the rate Of wares. They subsequently had
consultation with the manager = the road
and substantially agreed to resume work.
The st. Louis Eue,s;,sg Post of the
18th publishes . statement to the effect that
the State Treasurer had, during his whole
term OF Office, carried among his assets q