New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1879-04-09
THE NEW WORLD.

TIE fremont House at Claremont,
n. H., was burned on the Goth nit, and five
persons women and one man-perishe6
in the flames. Two men and one woman were
severely injured by leaping from the windows
Or the 81, 661, 274 silver dollars
coined, It is stated that only 6 405. 078 are in
circulation.
A WASHINGTON dispatch Of the 29th
ult. says the Honest Money League had ar
ranged to make canvass Of the States Of
Ohio, Wisconsin and Iowa.
The Ohio State Democratic Central
Committee have called Democratic State
Nominating Convention to meet in Columbus,
on the 18th Of June. The Greenback State
Convention has also been called to meet on
the same day and at the same place.
A DEADwooD dispatch of the goth
ult. says Little Wolf and his band OF Chcy-
ennes, numbering thirty-fve lodges with $50
ponies, had been captured on Box-Elder
Greek, near the Yellowstone River, by Lieut..
Clark, Of the Second Cavalry, four days be-
fore.
Ex-CoNGREssMAN RIDDLE, of Leban-
on, Tenn, committed suicide on the 10Th ult. by
shooting himeelf through the head with a re-
volver. Cause, i'll health and financial embar-
rassment.
A FORMAL council with the band of
Ponca Indians at Omaha was held by Gen.
Crook, on the 3lst ult., In the presence Of
several officers and nine Indians "Standing
Bear'' and Buffalo Chips' made very pa
thetic speeches, setting forth the wrongs
which they had suffered, and detailing the
hardships, sickness and death which their
tribe had encountered In the Indian Territory
towhich they had been driven by the encroach.
ments Of the whites. They knew they must
submit to the command to return to the Indian
country, but protested all the same, predicting
that many Of their number would die by the
way, and asking for money to pay the necessary
expenses to be incurred in taking care of the
sick and dead on the journey. Gen. Crook
told them that all he could do was to give
them rations on the way down. They would
be permitted to take all their stock, and
could 90 slowly. It was q disagreeable duty
to send them down there, but he must obey
the orders which he had received from Wash
ington. They had all the facts in Washing
ton relating to the case, and 1t would do no
good for him to intercede.
The Indiana Legislature adjourned
sine die at noon, on the 31st ult
A New YORK dispatch of the 31st
ult says experiments mads in the composing
room of one of the daily newspapers had
demonstrated the inadaptability of the cleo
trio light for type-setting.
THERE were forty failures in New
York City during the month of March, In
which the total assets reached s2l1, 754, and
the total liabilities, s4S0,449 During March,
1878, the failures numbered eighty-fvc, and
the total liabilities were $8,4s0,O00.
A YANKToN dispatch of the 31st ult.
says prairie fires were devastating portions Of
Southern Dakota. A great number of houses
and vast quantity of hay, corn and wheat
had been burned. A Mrs. Drossack and son,
in trying to save their property, were caught
in the flames and burned to crisp.
SERIOUS riots occurred during the
progress of the election at Elatbush, l.. l., on
the LIST, and half of the Brooklyn police were
summoned to the scene of conflict.
The total coinage of the minis for
March was $5,577,0s6. The total coinage Of
standard silver dollars to April /, 1879, was
e2S, 77495O.
AT the recent municipal election in
Chicago ex.Congressman Carter H. Harrison
(Dem.) was elected Mayor, by plurality of
about 1000. The remainder of the Demo-
cratic ticket was also elected by about the
same vote. OF the eighteen Aldermen chosen,
eight are Democrats, seven Republicans and
three Socialists. The vote for Mayor stood
about as follows: Harrison, 25,415; Wright
(Rcp.), 2O,256; Schmidt (Socialist), ISIS.
In the Oliver Cameron breach-of-
promise case, in Washington, the jury, on tho
LIST, rendered verdict for the defendant.
The first vote stood three for plaintiff to nine
for defendant; the second, one to eleven. A
new trial would be: applied for, and, If re-
fused, the case would be carried to the court
in banc upon exceptions.
The public-debt statement for March
makes the following exhibit: Total debt Tin.
Guiding interest), $2,447, SS7,723. Cash in
Treasury, $42O, 7S7, 45S. Debt less amount in
Treasury, $2,027, 100, 1885, Increase during the
month, &S92,7S4. Decrease since June 80
1878, $s,6s6,575
The returns of the Wisconsin cleo
ton, SO far as they had been received up to
the morning of the 2d, indicated the re-elec.
ton of Judge Cole, Republican candidate for
Supreme Judge, by from 5000 to 10000 ma.
jority. The Cities of Milwaukee and Madison
each elected Republican Common Council
GEN. DANIEL CAMERON. an old and
respected citizen of Cook County, ILL.,, died of
consumption in Chicago, on the I'd. Gen.
Cameron was one of the early journalists of
Chicago, raised the Sixty-fifth Regiment OF
Illinois Infantry during the War, and has held
several positions Of trust and influence.
GEORGE L. SMITH, Collector of tho
Port of New Orleans, recently indicted by the
Grand Jury tor alleged fraud upon the Gov.
eminent by carrying on the Custom House
rolls the names Of parties not performing any
services, was tried on the 2d and honorably
acquitted.
AMONG the combinations by the
United States Senate, on the LIST, was that OF
Francis A. Walker, as Superintendent of the
Census. On the Cd, the nominations of An
drew D. White, of New York, as Minister to
Germany, and of G. A. Logan, of Illinois, as
Minister-Resident to the Genital American
States, were also confirmed.
Z In caucus held on the I'd, the
Democratic United States Senators unani-
mously agreed that the Senate should per-
manently retain Capt. Isaac Bassett, as AS
sistant Doorkeeper, and William John, as
Keeper of the Main Door of the Senate, both
OF whom have been in the service of the SEN
ate for forty years or more-and Amzi Smith,
Superintendent Of the Document Room, to-
gether with two Of the Acting Assistant
Doorkeepers who are crippled Union SOL
dters. It was also decided that the Secretary
ind Sergeant-atrA Arms Of the Senate should
'xercise their own judgment and discretion
CONCERNING the nersnnnel 0f THAR ofRcaa