New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1880-04-28

dancers and the occupants Of the artgallery,
burying many people beneath the ruins. At
lie hour on the night Of the accident it
was known that four persons were killed out
right and It was feared that further search
in the ruins would disclose other fatalities.
Over dozen persons were injured, some Of
them seriously.
BY break in the Erie Canal at Utica,
N. T., on the I'D, much damage was done
BY the overflow that resulted. The break is
very serious one, and will interrupt canal
navigation for three or four weeks.
DURING recent swamp fires in North
Carolina q man named Owens, employed in
collecting shingles from the swamps Of the
Alligator River, persisted in the flames with
served the fire when it was nearly mile dis
tant and tried to make his escape.
WHILE young man named Graham
Ormsby, his mother, sister and lady friend
were driving over the ferry fiat at Week.-Mrs.
Landing, on the Kentucky River, on the 21st,
the horses became FESTIVE and manageable
and plunged into the river. The ladies were
drowned, the young man alone escaping.
THREE men were killed on the morn
ing Of the ed by the explosion of boiler in .
mill near Memphis, Mo. ~
Personal and Political.
DENIS KEARNEY was locked up in
the san Francisco House of Correction on
the 10Th, in accordance with the terms of his
recent sentence. ..s-~ /"
IT is reported that Jay Gould now
controls, either directly or indirectly, 7,774
miles of railroad, to be soon increased to {, O7S
miles. This is about one-tenth of the aggre-
gate mileage Of the railroads in the United
States.
Born branches of the New York De-
mocracy held conventions at Syracuse on the
10th. Tho T1lden body elected delegates
favorable to the nomination of Mr.. 'cilden,
and declared In favor Of the two-thirds rule.
The platform adopted expresses the utmost
confidence in Mr.. Tilden; commends him to
the consideration Of the party in other States;
condemns the alleged frauds by which he was
deprived of the fruits Of his victory four years
ago, aud urges Democrats everywhere to see to
It that "the great crime then committed Is
not permitted to pass unrebuked." The DEL
egates we're uninstructed, and the proceed.
ings were harmonious A proposition from
the Kelly wing for q reconciliation was re-
turned with q courteous answer, substantially
declining the proposition. Amasa j. Parker
presided over the Kelly body. This Conven-
ton adopted several resolutions protesting
against the 0ne-man power as undemocratic,
and stigmatizing Tilden's political career as
selfish, treacherous and dishOnorable, and,
after electing delegates to Cincinnati, ad-
journed.
SOME time since tho Utah Territorial
Republican Committee appointed delegates
to the Chicago Convention who were sup
posed to favor the nomination Of Mr.. Blaine.
This action was repudiated by some members
of the party, who called Territorial Con-
vention. This Convention met at Salt Lake
on the 10th and selected delegates favorable
to the nomination of ex-President Grant.
The Illinois State Greenback Con-
vention met in Springfield on the 21st. The
following deleyates-at-large to the National
Convention were chosen: Alexander Camp
bell, o. j. Smith. Jesse Harper, A. P. For
sythe. District delegates were selected by
the members OF the several districts. Presi.
uCuC1AA ClCCCOIo "CIC AISO uOuluotCus a. -
streeter was nominated for Governor; Andrew
B. Adair, for Lieutenant Governor; j. NJ.
Thomson, for Secretary of State; w. +.
Ingram, for Auditor; G. W. Evans, for Treas
urer, and H. G. Whitlock, for Attorney
General.
The Texas Democratic State Conven-
ton met at Galveston on the Goth, aud after
two days session nominated delegates to
the Cincinnati Convention A resolution
was adopted favoring the nomination of Gen.
eral Hancock, but the delegates were not
specifically instru cted to vote for him.
The Connecticut State Prohibition
Convention met in Hartford on the 2lst and
nominated full State ticket, headed by
George P. Rodgers as the candidate for Gov
ernOr.
GENERAL GRANT arrived at his home
in Galena on the evening of the 10Th, where
he and Mrs. Grant will remain for two or
three weeks, when they expect to leave on .
short trip to Colorado.
PRESIDENT HAYES on the 22d nomi-
mated Edgar NJ. Marble, of Michigan, to be
United States Commissioner Of Patents, vice
General H. E. Paine, resigned, and Joseph X.
McCammon, of Pennsylvania, to be Assistant
Attorney General, vice Marble.
The heirs of Thomas Jefferson ten
dered to Congress on the 22d the desk on
which the Declaration of Independence was
written. It was exhibited in both houses,
and attracted considerable attention. After
speeches by Senators Dawes and Johnston
and Representatives Grape and Tucker, reso-
lutions accepting the gift and thanking the
donors we're unanimously adopted. The ia
nous relic will be placed in the State Depart
ment beside Washington's sword and Frank
Inns cane.
The Virginia Republican State Con-
vention met in Richmond on the 2Oth, and,
after three-days' session, elected delegates
to the National Convention, and instructed
them to vote for Grant. They also passed
resolutions expressive of their desire that
Senator Blaine should accept the nomination
for Vice. President
The leaders of the woman suffraqists
of the United States have issued call for .
''mass-meeting of all the women who want
to VOTE" to be held at Farwell Hall, Chicago,
June 2. They demand an amendment
to the National Constitution, giving
women the right to vote, and pro-
pose to bring pressure upon the
political party National Conventions to
espouse their cause. On the 25th and 18th of
May q National Woman Suffrage Convention
will be held at Indianapolis.
The Vermont Democratic State Con-
vention met at Montpelier on the 22d and
elected delegates to the Cincinnati Conven-
es< H. -
Hancock for President They were instruct
ed to sustain the two thirds rule and TO vote
as unit. -.-..l -.-