The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1878-05-09
EPITOME OF THE WEEK.

EPITOME Of THE WEEK.
CURRENT PARAGRAPHS.
The son of Mr.. Evarts, the Secretary
Of State, died at Washington, on the 18th, of
consumption.
The Indiana State Republican Con-
vcntion has beer called to meet at lndianapo-
lis, on the 5th of June
The Republican Congressional Com
mittee has organized by electing Hon. Geo.
&. Gorham, Of California, Secretary.
The property and franchises of the
Erie Railroad were sold to ex. Gov. Morgan, of
New York City, on the Gath, for $6,OOOOOO.
George +. Smith has been nominated
to be Collector of the Port of New Orleans.
Ha has represented Louisiana in the House Of
Representatives.
Pope Leo has issued an Encyclical
confirming and renewing the protest of Pope
Plus against tho encroachments on the civil
authority of the Church.
A fire in the Detroit Free Press build
ing, caueed by gas explosion few mornings
ago, did considerable damage to the printing
material belonging to that paper.
On the 23d, the Senate, in Executive
session, reconeidered the vote refusing to con-
firm Justice Colburn as Consul General to
Mexico, and voted to confirm by large ma.
tority.
At Catasauqua. Pa. the other day, a
tight-rope performer, while walking back
ward over rope, missed his footing and fell
TO the ground, distance of fifty feet. He
was fatally injured.
A State Prohibitory Convention has
been called to meet at Decatur, ILL.,, on the
9th Of June, to nominate State candidates for
State officers, and, generally, to serve the in
terests of temperance.
tits announced that Bishop Nice oskrey,
of Michigan, instead of going to Europe, as he
at first intended. has decided to return at once
toDetroit and insist on an investigation of the
charges of immortality, which he denounces as
utterly false.
A new and very dangerous counter.
felt Sl0O-bill of the issue Of the Merchants
National Bank, of New Bedford, Mass, was
detected at the st. Louis Postofiice on the 29th
ult. The general appearance of the bill is
said to be good, though the seal is poorly
executed.
Washington kilograms of the 2Sth
say that the amount of United States notes re-
tired during April, in consequence of the issue
Of National Bank notes, was about 81, 200, 900.
The Secretary Of the Treasury had ordered
this amount to be replaced by silver dollars to
be paid out in the course Of business. The
sum would be distributed among the various
sub-Treasuries and public repositories, SO that
to this extent the silver dollar will be paid out
for currency obligations. This will not, it is
stated, interfere with the exchange of the
silver dollar at par for gold coin at any time.
THE EASTERN CONTROVERSY.
A St. Petersburg telegram of the 23d
says that sixty-ive officers of the Russian Navy
had sailed for the United States. In the event
of war with Great Britain, these would take
command of vessels purchased in and crews re-
cruited from the United States.
A Paris dispatch of the 23d SAYS all
the European Powers except England had de-
clared their readiness to accept the invitation
to the Congress unreservedly. England alone
insisted that all questions relating to the East
should be treated as European, and not merely
Turco-Russian.
A st. Petersburg telegram of the 24th
announces the serious and dangerous illness
Of Prince Gortschakoff, the Russian Premier
A rumor prevailed in London. on
the 2Sth that the Government had rejected the
scheme Cor simultaneous withdrawal of the
Russian army and the British fleet. on the
ground that the British acceptance of the
scheme would be practical admission of
the correctness of the limits assigned by Rus
Ella to New Bulgaria. The impression pre-
vailed at Berlin, Vienna, St. Petersburg. Paris
and Constantinople that the differences be-
tween Russia and England were irreconcilable
and that war was inevitable.
Prince Charles, of Roumania, has re-
fused the demand of Russia for the dismissal
of his Cabinet.
The Porte has peremptorily ordered
the evacuation of Ratoum.
A st. Petersburg dispatch of the 26th
says England and Russia had agreed upon a
direct exchange of views in respect to the
Eastern question previous to the meeting of
the Congress. AUSTRIA Germany and Italy
also favored this course, and had invited En-
gland to state her views
A Constantinople telegram of the
a6th says seditious meetings were held night
ly in that city, and popular rising was feared
1t was stated that ex-Sultan Murad had fully
recovered his health and was constantly
watched and closely guarded
There were exciting rumors in Lon.
don, on the evening of the 2Sth, to the effect
that the Russian and English troops before
Constantinople had come into collision.
Constantinople kilograms of the 18th
represent the insurrectionary movement in
Koumelia as assuming large proportions. The
Turkish irregulars were pouring into the dis.
affected districts, and Russian troops in large
numbers had been ordered to the front.
The insurgcnt commander had met the
Russians and withdrawn after a bloody en-
counter. force of Russians passing through
a defile in the mountains had suffered heavily
from the fire of insurgents in ambush. At
PhilippOpolis 1000 Russians had been taken
prisoners, and great quantities of guns and
military stores captured. About 10000 irreg-
ulars held Batoum, on the Black Sea, and re-
fused to surrender
Germany is seeking to secure the
naturalization of the Baltic in the event of
war.
A Bucharest dispatch of the 9th
says the Russians had threatened to occupy
hat city, on the pretext that it was neces-
sary act of precaution to maintain order.
A Constantinople telegram of the
Goth ult. says the Turks had refused to eyacu-
ate Shumla and Varna.
The Grand Duke Nicholas has been
promoted to be Field-Marshal of the Empire,
and relieved BY Gen. Todleben. The object
Of the Grand Dukes recall is said to be to
lessen the friction and diminish the danger OF
collision.
GENERAL.
A Manchester (kng.) dispatch of the
tha~o on