New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1880-04-14

attached to passenger train on the Bellaire
& Southwestern Railway jumped the track
on trestle eighteen miles from Bellalre,
Ohio and fell fifteen feet to the ground.
Four or five persons were seriously injured,
one Of them fatally. ~ *
Personal and Political.
Ar meeting of the Woman's Suf-
frage Association, National wing, held in st.
Louis on the evening of the 5th, twenty dele
gates were elected to the National Convention,
to be held in Indianapolis on the 26th of May,
and committees were appointed to visit both
the Democratic and Republican State Con-
ventions Of the State and secure, If possible,
the introduction of woman's suffrage plank
into their platforms. ".
MUNICIPAL elections were held In
many Western cities on the 5th. In Indiana
the amendments to the Constitution were
adopted by large majority. ~
REAR ADMIRAL THATCHER, of the
United States navy, died in Boston on the
5th, aged seventy-four. T..
WIEN1AWsKI, a celebrated violinist
who, some years ago, made a professional
tour of the United States, died on the 9Th.
AT the dinner party recently given
by John Jacob Aston and wife to President
and Mrs. Hayes, in New York, the viands
were served upon golden dishes worth
S25,0OO. 60:
A REPORT that Mr.. Tilden had, on
the advice Of his physicians, concluded to re-
tire from the Presidential canvass caused
something of q sensation at New York, but
was reported on the 9th to be without foun-
dalton. To an intimate friend who called on
him Mr. Tilden declared that he had not been
examined by any doctor, that there had not
been any conference between him and his
political associates, and that he had not said
to any one that he was not a candidate.
The San Francisco Board of Super
visors on the evening of the 9th adopted q
resolution that the peace of the city had been
seriously imperiled by the alleged incendiary
speeches of Mayor Kalloch, and authorized
the Judiciary Committee to investigate the
matter and report. It was said this was the
first step toward impeaching the Mayor.
AT the local election in Chicago on
the 9th the Republicans carried their tickets
in the South and West Towns, and the
Democrats in the North Town. The Repub-
licans elected nine Aldermen and the Demo
Gratis and Socialists nine. In Milwaukee,
Wis, the Republicans carried every ward but
one, and elected the entire municipal ticket,
except Clerk of the Municipal Court, by
majorities ranging from 1000 to $500. In
Cincinnati the Republicans elected their can
didate for City Comptroller by about 1900
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by majorities ranging from 200 to 1900.
AT the late election in Fond du Lac,
Wis, Sing Yam, a Chinaman, took out his
naturalization papers and voted.
The Iowa Democratic State Convent
ton was held at Burlington on the 7th and
delegates were selected to represent the
State in the Cincinnati Convention No in
structions were given, but the. sentiment Of
the Convention Enthusiastically favored Tilden.
THERE was no choice for Governor
and Lieutenant Governor at the election In
Rhode Island on the 9TH, the Republican can
didates not receiving q majority of all the
votes cast. The Legislature, however, is
largely Republican. s
PRESIDENT HAYES on the 9TH nomi-
mated WilliamA. Newell, Of New York, to be
Governor Of Washington Territory
The Connecticut State Republican
Convention met at New Haven on the 9TH and
elected delegates to the Chicago Convention.
The delegation was said to be divided be-
tween Blaine, Edmunds and Washburne.
IGNAT1Us DoNNELLY has written
letter to the Committee on Elections of the
National House Of Representatives, asking
that the allegation that friend Of his wrote
an anonymous letter to Mr.. Springer, of ILL.,
nois, making corrupt proposition, be fully
investigated.
The widow of Daniel S. Dickinson
died in New York on the morning of the 9Th.
HE State Democratic Convention of
Oregon was held at Portland on the 9Th
Candidates for District Judges and District
Attorneys were nominated. The platform
adopted advocates economy in public affairs,
uniform taxation, equal protection to capital
and labor, regulation by legislative acts of
rates OF common carriers, maintenance
OF public schools, free elections, with
out interference by military: condemns
keeping alive the bitterness of the late
war; censures President Hayes for
vetoing the Chinese bill; declares the
recent decisions Of the United States Supreme
Court in relation to the Election laws as
favoring the Republican party; pledges sup
port to all laws favoring untrammeled suf-
frage; opposes protective tariff, and de-
nounces the third-term movement
The Republican State Convention Of
Nebraska for the selection Of delegates to the
National Convention will be held at Columbus
on the 10th Of May.
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