Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-08-20
NEWS BUDGET.
A Summary Of Events Domestic And
Foreign.
WASHINGTON.

THE president has pardoned all the
West Point cadets engaged in the late
hazing affair, says a dispatch of Aug,
18th.
SAYS "a special of Aug. 18th A board
of officers TO consist of Lieut. Z.
Ii. Sheridan, Brig. Gen. Crook, and Col.
j. G. Davis, have been ordered to con-
vene in Chicago for the purpose of con-
sidering and correcting the differences of
opinion relative to the actual position
aud movements of troops engaged in the
battle of Chickamauga.
IT is authoritatively stated here, says
Washington special of Aug. 18th, that
Secretary McCrary will not leave the
cabinet until December, if then. Judge
Dillon, however, will go out of Office on
Ihe 1st prox., and, unless an arrangement
can be made whereby one of the supreme
court justices can take the bench in
Judge billions district, the business Of
that court viii have 10 be delayed until
next winter, when Secretary McCrary will
be nominated for the vacancy.
The department Of state, says dis
patch of Aug. l4th, has in press, and
will soon issue, volume of 200 pages
or more, giving a verbatim report of the
proceedings of the international none
tary congress that was held in Paris last
year, with some valuable data and stat,
isics relative to the monetary circula-
ton of foreign countries, which was col
lected in Europe by the United States
commissioners
A DISPATCH OF Aug. 14th says Mr.
George Walker, of New York, II gentle
man of financial education, sailed last
month for Europe by direction of Sec
rotary Eyarts, as a soecial agent Of the
state department, with detailed instruc-
tons to visit the various capitals of
Europe, ana bring about an understand
ing with the governments there with ref
erence to the silver question, in order to
secure by another International congress,
or in some other way, the establishment
of an arbitrary uniform value of silver
the world over
A WASHINGTON dispatch Of Aug. 18th
says the adminisu alton has decided to
commence an active warfare against the
MOrmons, and Secretary Evarts' circu-
lar to foreign governments, warning
people against emigrating to this coun-
try TO join the Mormons. is but
n preliminary step. 1t is con
sidered necessary as a notice to the
W orld that Mormonism is hereafter to
be prosecuted as n crime in the United
States. The attorney general has been
in consultation with the district attorney
of Utah. who will commence prosecu-
tions under the Roland law this fall.
A CoNsTANTINoPLE cablegram of Aug.
IA says there are now in Thessaly,
Epirus, and Macedonia 10000 Turkish
troops, exclusive cfartillery and cavalry.
These, together with the forces at Adri-
anope and Constantinople, make an
army of 100000 men in European Tur-
key, lnore than would be required 10
deal with Greece in the event of war.
But the probable consequences OF rup-
ture are not to be estimated by the num-
Der of troops. Information from Mace
donia shows that Bulgarian rising may
be easily produced there, which would
cause dangerous movement in Eastern
Roumelia and Bulgaria.
A WASHINGTON dispatch of Aug. 18Th
says: Sprague, American consul at Gil
braltar, in dispatch to the department
of state, reports he has received third
ANONYMOUS letter from a party trying to
extract money from him. n person has
been arrested suspected of completely in
the plot but the man asserts he is entire
" innocent AT the same time the con
spira.ors withdraw protessedly wholly
from an attempt TO blackmail, abandon
all demands for money, and disclaim
their former threats of personal injury
to the consul or family Sprague'S fam
lily and relatives reside in IA secluded
place in the country outside of the city.
He has been consulate TO Gibraltar 81
years.