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Stevens County tribune. (Morris, Minn.) 1877-1880, 1878-06-13
THE INVITATION,


"The undersigned, ambassadors of the En-
peror of Germany, has the honor, by order of
his government, to convey to his excellency
the Marquis-of Salisbury, Secretary of State
for foreign affairs to her majesty the Queen of
Great Britain and Ireland and Empress of
India, the following communication in con-
formity with the initiatives taken by the Aus
tria- Hungarian cabinet. The government of
his majesty the Emperor has the honor to pro-
pose to the powers that are signatories of the
treaties of 1856 and 1871 to meet in congress at
Berlin to discuss their stipulations of the pre-
hminary treaty of San Stefano, concluded be.
tween Russia and Turkey The government
of his majesty, in giving this Invitation to the
government of her Britanic majesty, under
stands that in accepting it the government of
her Britanic majesty consents to admit free
discussion of the whole of the contents of the
treaty of San Stefano, and that it is ready to
participate therein. In the event of the ac-
ceptance OF all the powers invited, the gov
eminent of his majesty proposes to fix the
meeting of the congress for June Is. The
undersigned, in bringing the above to the
knowledge of his excellency, las the honor
tie ask him to be good enough to acquaint
him as soon as possible with the reply of the
British government.
Stevens County tribune. (Morris, Minn.) 1877-1880, 1878-06-13
THE ACCEPTANCE.

The following is Lord Salisbury's reply to
the foregoing: "The undersigned, her Maj
esty's principal secretary of state for foreign
affairs, has the honor to acknowledge
the receipt of his excellency's commuica-
tGn a Rrn @ Sa
cussion of the stipulations of the preliminary
treaty concluded at San Stefano between
Russia and Turkey. The undersigned, TAX
ng his excellency's verbal intimation that
1.-THE invitation had been sent in the same
terms TO other powers who are signatories
of the treaty of Paris, and understanding
that those powers assent to the invitation on
the terms stated in his excenency's note
has the honor to inform his excellency that
the government of her Majesty will be
ready to take part in congress at the date
mentioned
Stevens County tribune. (Morris, Minn.) 1877-1880, 1878-06-13

: HOUSE, June 8.-A joint resolution was
submit the subject of goloid coinage, with ex-
hibits explanatory thereof, to the information
al congress, proposed by the act of Feb. 20.
A reference cammittee was ordered upon the
Mexican award bill. The general deficiency
bill was passed after having been further
amended. Sessions we're ordered for every
night next week.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-12-26
WHAT LEONARD THINKS.
Hc Declares that the People Of the Red
River Country are In Open Rebellion.

New ORLEANS. Dec. 81 kilograms from Caddo
parish to tho United States District Attorney an
nounce that tho Rod River cou4try is In fever
OF excitement, and virtually in n condition Of
Rebellion against The laws of the United States.
Quite recently a deputy marshal In Caddo has
been suDunnHinR witnesses in prosecutions for
violation Of tho Federal election law. IIe
started with two coorcd men named Clark and
Bin White on tho steamer Danube for New Or
leans. A constable named jeff Cole boarded
the Danube and took them from the custody Of
the marshal. While at Jerry Boards planta-
tton. en- route back to Shreveport; he two men
We're attacked by mob and brutally murdered.
Information Of this was to day telegraphed to
the Attorney General Mt Washington. and Dis
trict Attorney Leonard now awaits instructions.
Your cOrree epondont has Just left Mr.. Leonard.
with whom he had a protraGted interview that
officer says the people Of the Red River country
are as crazy as they were In 1861 and any attem ut
to control them by marshals posse would be-
futile. He says that 1t will only be necessary to
have 1t known that n witness has been subpm.
naed before the Federal court to have that wit
ness killed, and that the fate OF tho witness
named Is only tho commencement Of a resist
ance which the government will never quell by
any civil process.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-12-26
A BOSTON SENSATION.
Murder of a Wife and suicide OF the
Highly Respectable Husband-A case
nf Jealousy,

RosToN Dec. 25.-Some time during Tuesday
evening most horrible crime was committed l .,t
N h5 Sudbury street. In this city, In whlcn Two
porsons a man and his wife. met thelr qea!h. u!
This morning while Superintendent ol Hollce
Adams was at his office at the City Hall, Two
pentlemen by name Char.es G. and Albert T.
wilson entered and stated that their lathef.
Ezra Wilson had shot his wife and then COM
mitted suicide at his store, s. sudbury street,
and that the bodies were lying there, ~
A detail Of police was sent 70 lnveStlRale % %llIo
case and upon arriving Mt the store Ipuha Il , ln,s
two sons awaiting them, and they all entered,
when on proceeding to he rear Of the store
horrible sight met their gaza. Upon tne LOOT
opposite the centre door and TO me er ~ ba I
batween two marble-tOp tables usgi ior foIilhg
candy. lay Mr. Wilson, in pool OF blood. Both
were dead The bodies We're taken 70 the
rl0l or Tuesday afternoon, being previous to the
holiday, business was evidently pFlsk anu coi1 7,
| siderable confectionery was made Charle9 y
! Wilson and his wife We're IN the rear room ',t
| which il used as a workshop. when aDou5I
O'Clock lady entered the front room I'M 9tt, -
said to his wife he thought that was MS latnel
4 Wife Soon after his father rushed lnLo ln9 ~
room and ii an excited tone SAID; wan t y3t
| to 90 home as quick as possible. DOH [ walt
mCharIes said, Father we are going to have a
| Christmas tree at the house to- night ana wan
you to come, as we have lots presells tot b,
! Mr. Wilson replied No, ana u5g9a thal u IiioS .s
leave Immediately. which they did. supDQslnR
that their father had some important business
to transact and know ng his eXcltaDle hatuf'
! tbey tb0uryhf best to do as he bid. They heart
Mrs wilson remark to her husband that sh
must take the $40 train, and as one leaves a
that time for Lawrence. it is thought she con
tempated passing Christmas at that pl4fi9e' All
! This was the last seen OF Mr wilson w I'm. Iai
morning. when both he and his vile were louh'
stjff and cold in deaths embrace
The motive for this terrible deed can Only ~ %
attributed to the age Of Mr.. Wilson ana TO tne . ~ na Il
IneinaTi9n that his wife wasn't as true to MIN z
! she should have been. 1t now appears that
well known phrenQoeist Is someThat lg o lmpfa y}lf
ted as it is ascertalned thqI tne 0i1 rar5 q ii
/ affairs ,-,,4 e
Mr.. Wilson was from Lawrence was was about NJ
wears old. highly respected and doing GOO
| bnainess Mrs Wilson was native OF to1eraf
Maine. and was a pure, noble minded woman
. devotedly attached to her husband, who5e on ~
fault was his doubts OF her constancy, Whlc
for sonle reason seemed uncontrollaple.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-12-26
Great Interest Manifested In the O'LeRry
Campana Contest-The Former
Fourteen Miles Ahead.

New YoRK Dec. 25-There was an immense
attendance at Gilmores Garden to- day to wit
ness the contest between the great pedestrians
y Leary and Campana or Snort. Both mon
OLeary appeared TO be in good condition
throughout. while his competitor seemed to be-
used up. At $50 this morning OLeary had
made l77 miles. Sport 1874; at 1920, O'Leary
1888, Sport 1T; nj $50, O'Leary 81 and 4 laps,
Sport ls1; at 2:17, U'Leary 1873 Sport 1s2-at this
O.Leary 1876. Sport 1s2-twelve thousand
present; ut 4p m. O'Leary 200. Sport 1877 ; at
455, OIeary 203, Sport 190-upWard of 25 900
present: Ut $3.50 y. m, 0'Leary 300. Sport 1876 and
laps. Sport went off the track at this time
and was apparently almost worn out. At 8
ahead
at about o'clock yesterday evening Sport
was about Y miles ahead of O'Leary, but from
that time to the present the champion has been
gaining steadily. At II :o3 last night O'Leary
lead. At midnight he, was three
f5a 1atgs sra ahead, at rs six miles ahead AZ
hours of a half mile per hour. p M m;
o'Leary 2l4 sport 300 and improving. me
champion reached his greatest distance aueaa
of Sport at 7 .45 this .. M lie was tneh ieauiuE
bv fourteen miles. the same Ms az 2, M, puC "
Campana is going faster now while y heary Is
going slower. , ,,fsoton IN
Gilmores Garden to-day up To p. M al aug y
large crowds have been going in since thitI
hour. The winner Of the walking match VII
eertainly make a great many thousand DOL
lars as he will get at least hree-fourths q the
Rnte money In addition 10 the pri2a OF sloVp
9:3O o. mol Leary has unexpectedly RalheCC
another mile on his competitor ana I nov ~ =,
miles III Campana COZ. About $1,000 people ar
| In the Garden at tho present time.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-12-26
THE MISSING WITNESSES.

Yesterday afternoon, on the arrival oil the
steamer Danube, which brought TO our port
number OF witnesses in the alleged Natchitoches
election frauds, Il reporter Of this paper boarded
her ia order TO CLEAN some details relative 10
the mysterious disappearance OF two OF the
witnesses. After Il visit 10 the boat Information
was obtained that on her last trip down she was
boarded mt Il point forty miles below shfeVe'
nort, known as Jerry Boards plantation, by two
nr three parties who claimed TO be acting under
the law. and two of the Witnesses who were 70
testify before the Federal grand Jury were car
ried ashore z... ,,,,,,,c, tlo
our informant. who was present during the
whole 0f the proceedings, states that ne saw no
Naturalization whatever on the part OF tho peo-
plo. and 50 far as he knows. there was holnlne nm
| rf0tOus In the affair. Few OF those VINO were
| on board Of tho boat knew anything Of the oc-
currence and the passengers did not learn o.
| It until some time afterwards,
one of the watehmen stated that he saw only
| two men come down the bank aud board thf
| boat There was no demonstration Whateyerr
/ and when the two colored men We're carried on
! there was no crowd gathered on the banks, &c
| far as he could see
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-12-26
TOO MUCH VIRTUE.
PECULIAR CHRISTMAS AND CHRIST.
MAS WORK AT ALPENA, MICH.
A Highly Moral Murder-An Unfortunate
and ErrIng Woman Driyen from the
Town to Die I'm a snow Drift.

New York. Dec 25-A dispatch from Alpena.
Mich. yesterday said that Eva Leroy, young
and once handsome woman. WAS found lying in
the road badly frozen. near Rogers City, Mich.
Monday night. She was brought to town and
the surgeons decided the amputatiOn of both
legs 10 be necessary, but she died during the
operation She was a woman of bad repute.
who had been driven out Of Alpena without
funds. Becoming exhausted she had fallen by
the roadside whore she was found. She was n
native Of Cleveland and went to Detroit. whore
o few years ago she created a sensation. but
sunk lower and lower until no one would give
her shelter.
Commenting on the doom or poor Eva tie
Herald says: Driven out Of Apenal This had
been done to Eva Leroy while all the world was
busy laying up stores OF Joy for the merry
Christmas times; Tragedy marches side by
side with comedy under the smile OF agony
She fell by the wayside in the bitter cold. and
lay there in the numb stuporof creeping death
just think Of 1t for a moment amid your pleas
ures. while little faces dmple with delight
and older faces beam with solteHed pleasure and
lights CLEAN and fro blaze, how that woman
wastes. laughter dying out on her ears, the
lights OF Alpena fading from her eyes even the
hard words and stern faces Of those that drove
her forth leaving but an tndistinet impress on
her brain SO piercing was the cold ann SO long
and dreary the road stretching out before her
At length the lights of another village cleaned
on her eyes, but she fell before she
reached them. she was young and
had been handsome, but she was, q
sinner, and now the penalty was laid upon her
with the dull savagery that man reserves for
erring woman alone. There are persons who
paint heaven Tor Lne R0Qly, Dut tnere WIS nOth-
ing short OF death for her They found her
where she fell. frozen and dying. and brought
her IN. Tee klatetS lat tSa The ehaliae of life was
the fragments under the fr@99j III S6g9 9Ri2t q
nnarr0w ND MIA despairiug You would pity dog
dying such a death. but a, woman Young win
the lines of her beauty still to be traced uh9or
har haggardness as God might trace the Mhile-
ness of lost purity under stains the SOU n stains
that they tell US can be washed away Was her t
death made better by the though lhas y mas u
~, ~
s9nr an apodf Of peace pea and good viii among men non on
earth she cannot ba recalled TO answer. lhe ~
bardaned men that drove her out cannot uhao
thntr deed bnt all who read her fate TO day may
make amends IN some form for humanity ~, ny
pityinR and helping one weighted sout tlaoHs @ az
the poor errinG and outcast' VINO afo &C. -
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-12-26
WASHINGTON.
THE ELECTION oNTRIALsrN CHARLESTON
investigation OF Jack wharton Blaine
and Thurman TO Respond to the Conn
mittee's Invitation

WASHINGTON, Dec, 25.-The trials Of election
eases ~ Charlesion. s. O., commence immedi-
ately after New Years. They viii be- among the
most important cnses hat have been up since
reconstruction. Chief Justice Wait q will sit In
these causes with Judge Bond. and tho govern =
ment has made careful preparations for the
prosecution. The Department Of Justice claims
to have important evidences
The Department Of Justice has dispatched n
special agent OF tho department to New Orleans
to investigate the charges made against United
I Stntes Marshal Jack Wharton.
The friends of Senator Blaine say he will
respond 10 the invitation of the committee un-
der his resolution. and will furnish tho names
of witnesses as tho authority on which he based
his statements Senator Thurman Is also hav-
ing prepared certain documentary evidence
and names OF witnesses which he will transmit
to the COMMITTEES. lt is also proposed to lay be-
fore the committee evidence OF extensive ballot
box stuiflng in Philadelphia at the recent elec-
ton.
To-day has been very generally observed as u
holiday, the churches being well attended.
An alteration occurred in the Marble Saloon.
corner OF Ninth street and Pennsylvania Ave-
nue. In which James Comes. an innocent by
stander, was shot and instantly killed by Samuel
Emery. who was acting In self-defense against
the assault Of four dsorderly characters
Emery was arrested and will have hearing to-
morrow,
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-12-26
SHERMAN'S FAy0RITISM.
The Government Deposits Placed IN
single Bank to the Amount OF $40
0OO .OOO-A Vague and Unsatisiac-
fnrv examination.
tory Explanati0.

New YoRK. Doc. 25-The Sun says: The letter
laiI before the House Of RapresentatlVeS ,py
John sherman IN reply TO the Hewitt reIolu-
tiou shows that so early as the first day ol June
last. when the total amount Of public money on
ienosit with all the banks ~ the unlted STATES
fell short of S22 O0U 600 more than ihfee-I9utIhs
nf the whole, or nearly tl6,0nO,Q0o. was IN the
First National Bank oi New York
The books Of the treasury disclose, luith9r'
that by the first day Of July the ba anee % the
credit III the First National Bank haq penh
swollen to motc than $33 coo 600, WhGn the sum
of the Federal deposits throughout the country
was only $40 GOO Ov0 From the last mentioned
date M to November the average balance lelt III
fhe control Of that bank was not less thil
s3s 900 900 while at one time. namely OCTOBER !;
fhe deposits reached the astonishing figuTe oL
s45 900 900; nor was there n single hour betWeeh
June and November when the amount 9l RoEg
ernment money entrusted TO this favored insti
tuition did not repre- ent more than tWO-ulitus
of MI the batances credited to the treasury Ii az
the banks of the United States.
What honest end. what puruose ot souhn po,
lev. could he served by conferring on one pan /
such Il m monopoly OF privilege ana opportunity
Not only does sherman fail to show any war
rant III the intent or even the wording o. NAY
law for his astonishing favor towards gtYel
institution but his statement as 10 tnr secufl!l
furnished hy that bank for lis huRe deposits !
deplorably vague. Congress ana the peopl
will exact from him very much clearer an,
more satisfactory account OF his stewardship
than he has given In the letter quoted.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-12-26

Yesterday afternoon the fortunate guests Of
the Giv Hotel were troatea 70 ~" ~ thes he,
may rest assured. For the benefit OF our
gourmets we give the bill In full;
soup-Green Turtle; Julienne. -. ~,
Reliahes-O Olives, Pickles. BAetS celery C1Iu
Saw, Horse Radishes Cheese. nm,
Fish-Baked Sheephcad q la Bou3ro; Boiled
Garoupa; Hollandaise Sauce. -, =,
OystrrE-RaW escauOpcd. baked, NOi-au-
''IIs Hot 'iii 'Reiliievcs-Tendoro Of Beef. larded.
Mushroom Sauce Turkey Poele y la lonlouse; ;
Westphalia Ham, Champagne Sauce CJrned "a
Leg Of Pork, with Turnlps houhd Oh beei "a
GoId IReIieves-Boar's Head Ia Russo, Daube
/ on BELLEVUE Broad OF Goose Liver. ornamentcd
| Hogs Head Cheese. with Jelly; Capon Truhle,
with Jelly; City Hotel Pressed oorned y beei !
| MnlIard Ducks, Pate PAmericaine; Boned
1 TURKEY with Jelly snipe Pate a la Ialleyranq
Ham Decorated chicken and Lobster salad
! turkey Trunlie; Tongue, Beef, Hutton; Ier-
KEY 2n3rees fa Chaudes. pigeons a la Royal Rs do
| Veau Pigue a In FinaHciere, Salmi de Ioule de
Prairie aux Olives: Chaftreuse DO Psrdrau& . .
| Marechal Rabe dc L4perauX PIque, Sauce
Poivrade; Filet de Bdut fiqne a Ia Perie4eu14
| Eniprame d'Agneau aux PetitS Pols, f!eds az
! Cochon Trufls Demt Glacee, lete de feau en-
Tortue. Punch la R2maine. p;,,oons Do
Entrees Froides-G4lanlue d3 4q, rlgeoh5 ss1c Dgr
dHutres la Pottugaisse, Ga antlae aeRiiap III 4
CaiIes en- Supreme. Aspic de ChCyrett9s May
| Incullus, Fromage d'Italie. MayonnalSe dt
Hamarfls Perdraux Trufes la Gelec.
Roast-Rib Of Beef. Saddle OF Mutton. PORK,
yeHi Turkey stuffed Chicken. Goose Apple
:. Sauro; Capon Stuffed Young PiE.
Vegetables Boiled Irish PotltoesS; masheC
Potatoes, sweet Potatoes, st7Wed Iomaloe7,
Rice Beets Turnips. Hominy, AspefEes a. a.
Beure, CAuIiflower. Celery. Lsttuco' frehcD
Game Roast Mallard Duck, Black Duck, Tea
Durk. Rnnst Grouse; Haunch Of Nenl5ou, VIII
, JnllV: Saddle of Antelope; Young Phtasahl
Roast Partridge: Wild Turkey. Cran9eff}
Sauce: Roast Quail; Snip on ,Ioast Plhtat t4
Duck; Blue Wing Duck; Saddle OF ha5Ritt
! PaiVrade Sauce; Kentucky Opossum' VIII
Pastry and Dessert-Engleh Plum Pudding
r Brandv Sauce; Mince Pies Peach PlGs, stray
j berry Pies, Cocoanut Pies; Nougat Pyramld
Riscnits Portugasse; Silver Cakes Jelly Rolls
Gateaux Duchesse; Fruit Cakes. dlacee' rem @
Fours Italienne; Sponge Drops herEiig y a. A.
Suisse; Coeoanut Tarteettes; Cr0quetes y I
daaux Ladies' Fingers: Nougat CANDY hlinon' y
: Pralinee: Boston Cream Cakes; ChaFioIru =
Russe; Lemon jelly. Kersche Jelly Fahlia lc
: oi9riir iFrnifs-Cream Nuts. Almonds, Pecans, I'll
/ berts Chestnuts, English WalnutS, AppP'
a Oranges Bananas. Grapes, Ral5lns, Figs fIhe
t apples.
We congratulate Messrs. Mumford Il Wat5ol
{ on their success and can, without hesitation
! recon mend their hoatelrie To our Vlsltors'
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-12-26
NEW YORK NOTES.
RECEPTION OF EXPELLED GERMAN
SOCIALISTS BY THE NEW
YORK SECTION.
A rackea MalI- speecn OF Iacon winner.

NEw Yong. Dec. 25-Tho large hall Of tho
ConcOrdta Assembly Rooms wnH fairly packed
this afternoon by Socialists and their friends
who had assembled to welcome Henry Feks
Florian Paul. Jacob Winner and f. Friedmann
four German Socialists, who had been expr lied
from Germany Tor taking an active part in the
Socialist movement in that country.
There was Il fair sprinkling of females in The
audience, all OF whom showed their sympathy
Tor tho extles by W airing red silk bows and
ribbons in their hair and bonues. A Urge red
Nag hung over the entrance to tho hall Robt
BarlOhlomo was elected chairman and John
Peter. ag MT Of the German section of this city
introduced the eXlles who we're received with
great cheering: Winner, who appeared to be
the most intelligent of the exiIes delivered an
address, In which he gave u long account Of the
tyranny practiced on tho workingmen
of Germany. He didn't deny that they
were reyolutiOnists, but they had never
sought a bloody revolution. but a revolution to
he achieved by the ballot and not by the bullet
They had always. he said. advised their patty
TO be law-abding citizens and on tho very day
they left Germany. when largo multitude Of
people gathered to see them off they issued II
proclamation asking their friends not to do
anything that would call for the Interference Of
the police or tho forty-six Socialists expelled
from Germany the apeaker said two were NOM
bers OF the German Pan lament. They intended
he said, to returnto Berlin on the reassembling
OF Parliament and take their seats.
The meeting also addressed by Messrs
Eeks Paul and friedman.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-12-26
THE SUGAR FRAUDS.
Result OF an Analysis by Eminent New
YORK Chemists.

New YORK. Dec. 23.-Prof. Chandler 4, end Ii RI
numheT of samples Of refined coffee and yell
low 5'l sugars. most of which We're taken from
original barrels. In several Oh these
nr0hahly muriatic and in two Of them aril-
hcial glucose. While the amount OF uh
and acid found in some WAS small, yet small
vlObule OF metal was ob aimed from two ounces
III sugar In any case there ~ no excuse Tor
the addition OF tin salts to sugars. They are
used solely for the purpose IA detrauding the
sUcar and while in some cases the quantity
aSSei NAV be too small to be injurious IN other
cases it may be sufficient 10 cause deranse-
The Board Of Health has directed the sanitary
sunariutendent TO cause analyses 20 ps maqe
from time Of the sugars ana sYrups SOFA Ia lnls
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-12-26

New Orleans to Mrs. Ellen Hoyt. ono of tho
nurses sent to Port Gibson. Miss
The testimonial comes from Mnior Uazio IIy-
Ing near Port Gibson. In whose family Mrs.
Iioyt was the devoted and sklllTul nurse who
waited on hem
In the form Of shield pendent from n bar
brooch the medal bears upon It's Sides in on
amel tho notices. Skiil ID votlon, Fidelity
Eegrayed upon It's centre Is the name OF the rs-
clpleht ana the ocaHsion Of it's giving.
Accompanying tho medal Is a letter from the
president oi the Port Gibson Howard AssOcta-
y9ad All moneyed price, and OF which she has
Just cause to feel proud.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-12-26
CHRISTMAS CELEBRATION AT ST.
AIMS CHURCH.

Christmas was celebrated with solemn cere-
monies at St. AIMS Church.
The officiating clergyman was arrayed IN
golden vestments, the atars were richly
adorned. and the music was OF the highest
order.
solemn high mass was offered 10 BY the Very
Rev. Hyacinrhe 1umoine, the esteemed and
venerable pastor.
The music was an artistic success. the choir
| lev. a brilliant light in the musical armament
| and a lady Of refinement and OF pleasing man
| ners She was supported by some Of the best solo
talent in the city.