The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1878-06-13

Land Office. T. 8. Barlwcll; Judge of the Su-
prcme Court, J. G. Knapp; Clerk of the Su.
preme Court. NJ. v. Cannon; Reporter of the
Supreme Court, j. B. Elliott; Attorney Gen.
eral, John Gibbons. The resolutions favor q
tariff for revenue only; denounce the
Republican party, lis measures and it,
men as responsible for the fnan-
cial distress, the misery and the want
which now atiiict the Nation; dcprecatc the
funding Of the non-intercst bearing debt, and
insist that the bonded debt be refunded ut {
rate of interest not exceeding per cent.
favor the equal recognition of gold, silver and
United States notes in the discharge Of public
| and private obligations, except when other
wise provided by contract, and to that end
favor the unconditional repeal of the Rcsump
ton act, and the coinage Of silver on equal
conditions with gold; oppose any further re-
tirement Of United States notes, and favor the
substitution of Treasury notes for National
Bank bills; declare that q thorough invcsti
cation into the election frauds of 1876 should be
made; that It is the duty of the General Gov
crnment to take immediate steps to improve
the great Western rivers, ETC., etc.
The Turner's of the United States,
lately in session at Cleveland, Ohio, adopted
platform in which they demanded the aboli
ton of the Senate and Executive Department
of the Government and the concentration Of
power in the hands of the House Of Repre-
sentativcs; the establishment of Bureau OF
Labor Statistics; Governmental supervision
Of laborcrs; free schools; abolition of land
grants; taxation of incomes; abolition Of ali
monopOlies; abolition Of direct taxation, etc.
ETC., etc.
A ConstantinOple dispatch of the 3Oth
ult. says the MOhammctlan insurgents mum
Der 10000, arc well armed and imprcgnably
located.
Great excitement was caused, in Gin.
cincinnati, ON the 3Oth ult., bv the discovery
Of the body Of Hon. J. Scott Harrison, who
was buried the day before, in the family
vault Mt North Bend, in the dissccting rooms
IF the Ohio Medical College. A son of Mr.
Harrison, accompanied by friend, was In
search of another body which had been stolen,
y few days previous, from the same locality,
when they came across the corpse Of Mr.. II.
1t had not before been known that the body
had been stolen. The Janitor of the College
was arrested. There was great excitement al
North Bend, where deceased, who was son
of the late President Harrison, resided.
The well-known and venerable editor
and poet, VIM. Cullen Bryant, tainted and fell
down the stone steps rs he was about to enter
the residence Of friend in New York, on the
afternoon Of the 29th ult., and was quite
seriously injured. He had on that day been
# fhss nIur in, trn1 POI
occasion of unwilling the bust of Mazzini, and
became quite fatigued.
In letter to the Washington Post,
on the 29th ult., Alexander H. Stephens, of
Georgia, replies tn certain criticisms by Clark
son N. Potter upon his action in opposing the
investigation resolution in the House. He
charactcrizes Mr.. POtter's statements in this
connection As being untrue, and says he looks
upon the whole Of the investigation proceed
ings, Connected as it was, conducted as it has
been, as most unwisc, most unfortunate and
turb the peace, harmony and quiet of the
country. Neither Mr.. Potter nor anyone else
can prevent it."
The German iron-clad Grosser Kur-
furst collided with the iron-clad Koenig VIII
helm in the British Channel, three miles from
Folkestonc, near Dover, Eng, ON the morn
ing of the 3lst ult. The Grosscr Kurfurst
sank almost Immediately, and her boilers ex-
ploded as she went down. Between 800 and
400 persous persisted.
At Mansfield, Ohio, on the Slst ult.
Edward Webb suffered the extreme penalty OF
the law for murder. \ large crowd, variously
estimated ut from 5000 to $4,000, broke down
the Jail Enclosure, and, despite the efforts OF
the guard and the Sheriff, witnessed the hang.
ing. John Henry Robinson, a colored man,
was also hung at Caroline Courthouse, Va,
for killing Eliza Roy, his sweetheart, and
Fred Robinson, also colorcd, at Groesbeck,
Tex, for a fclonious assault upon white
woman named Mrs. Lena Whatley.
The steamer Idaho, which sailed from
New York on the 3lst of May for Liverpool,
struck a rock and foundered on the Irish
Coast on the night Of the LIST. The passengers
were saved.
About four o'clock, on the afternoon
Of the LIST, terrific cyclone passed over the
Town of Richmond, Mo-, destroying over 100
houses and causing money loss of about
$2D,OOO. Fifteen persons were known to have
persisted, up to the morning of the I'd, and it
was feared that other fatal casualties would
be reported. About fifty others were seriously