The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1878-07-11

for actual settlers, and the maintenance and
protection OF the common school system;
that, while the decision of the Forty-fourth
Congress Is to the Presidential controversy
was final, that decision ought not to
preclude authentic investigation and ex-
posture of all frauds connected with that
election; that the commercial and industrial
stagnation, and the consequent widespread
want and suffering throughout the country,
are due to the pernicious financial legislation
of the Republican party; demanding the re-
peal of the Resumption act; the free coinage
of silver; the gradual substitution of legal
tender paper for National Bank notes, and its
permanent re-establishment Is the sole paper
money of the country, receivable for all Gov
crnmeut dues; the gradual extinction of the
public debt, etc., etc. David +. Page was
nominated for Secretary Of State. and A. F.
Hume for Supreme Judge.
1t was reported. on the 9th. that
Greece had concluded loan in Paris of $1O;~
100000. An Athens dispatch says fighting
had been going on for three days at Apo
corona.
A dispatch, received in London on
the morning of the 2Sth, from Therapis, re-
ports that about twenty obscure persons had
been arrested, suspected of completely in q
conspiracy in favor of ex-Sul:an Murad. The
party opposed to the present Sultan appeared
to be gaining strength, and Il, 600 fresh troops
had been summoned to Constantinople.
According to Silver City telegram
of the eth, the recent attack upon the In
dams at Curry Creek resulted in q victory
over the hostilcs, several of whom were killed,
the remainder fleeing in dismay. The hos
tiles numbered about 1,5OO, the assailants
about 500. Further fighting was expected.
Gen. Howard haG arrived on the ground.
The passenger train going north on
the Chicago Il Northwestern Railroad was
thrown from the track just north of Necnah,
Wis, on the morning OF the 18th, and the en-
ginecr, James Davis, was fatally, and the fire.
men, A. L. Cate, seriously, injured. The en-
gine and one car were totally wrecked. 1t is
thought body of tramps had loosened rail
by drawing the spikes, thus causing the dis
aster.
A Berlin dispatch of the 3Oth nit.
says the Emperor William had fully decided
to abdicate.
For several months past the Metro
politan police force at East st. Louis, ILL.,,
which had been disbanded by an edict of the
Mayor, have maintained their position. hold
ing possession of an engine-house as their
headquarters. On the 3Oth ult., Mayor Bow
mans force of City Marshals attempted to
surprise and capture the building, but were
fired upon by the Metropolitans cntrcuched
therein, and Deputy Marshals Neville and
O'Conncr were instantly killed and Jas. Doyle
was wounded. The Marshals then retired. Sher-
if Weber was sent for by the Mayor and arrested
two of the Metropolitans-Wa and Glcyrc.
The law under which the Metropolitans
claimed to act as the police of the city has
been declared unconstitutional by the Su-
premc Court, but the force has some way
managed to exist. and conflicts, more or less
serious, have been Of almost daily occurrence,
for long time, between them and the force
organized by the Mayor, under the city ordi-
nance.
The Centennial celebration of the
Revolutionary Battle of Monmouth took place
at Freehold, N. j., on the 18th ult. The cor
ner stone for a granite shaft, to bear the
names of New Jersey soldiers killed in the
Revolutionary War, was laid.