The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1880-04-29

This 10 about one-tenth Of the aggregate mile
age Of the railroads In the United States.
FIFTY members of the cadet corps Al
West Point were examined by the Whitaker
Board Of Inquiry ON the 20th. Some Of them
admitted that they had left the grounds a
various times with citixens' clothes under
their regimentals.
The Massachusetts, State Prohibition
Convention was held In Boston ON the 10th
Delegates ct Large to the National Conven
ton were chosen. Three q the districts chose
women IS delegates.
The Connecticut Prohibitionists met
in State Convention at Hartford on the 2lst
and nominated q full State ticket, headed BY
George p. Rodgers as candidate for Gov
ernor.
A HEART.RENDING accident occurred
on the evening of the 21st at the Madison
Square Garden in New York City. The
building was occupied by fair for the benefit
of the Hahnemann Hospital, and . large
number Of people were in attendance. Al
the portion fronting on Madison avenue 9
dancing hall and art gallery had been
arranged, and It was here that the
disaster occurred. The Madison avenue wal
fell outward into the street, and that portion
of the roof was at once precipitated upon the
heads of the dancers and the occupants Of the
art-gallery, burying many people beneath the
ruins. At . late hour on the night Of the
accident It was known that four persons were
killed outright, aud it was feared tina. further
search In the ruins would disclose other
fatalities. Over . dozen persons were in
jured, some of them seriously.
A BREAK occurred in the Erie Canal
at Utica, N. Y, on the H2d, causing much
damage by the overflow that resulted. The
break is q very serious one, and will interrupt
canal navigation for three or four weeks.
On the 22d the Vermont Democratic
State Convention met at Montpelier, elected
delegates to the Cincinnati Convention favor
able to the nomination of General Hancock
for President, and instructed them to sustain
the two-thirds rule and to vote - . unit
West and South.
On the 18th seven of the strikers at
the Vulcan Steel Works in st. Louis were ar
rested for conspiracy to injure the business
and reputation of the concern by promoting
. strike.
DENIS KEARNEY, the Sand-Lot agi-
tator, was locked up in the San Francisco
House OF Correction on the 10th, in accord
ance with the terms of his recent sentence.
His head was shaved and he was compelled to
wear the regulation stripes.
REPORTS from Marshfeld, Mo-, re-
ceived on the 10th, place the deaths caused
by the late cyclone at eighty.one. Only fiji
teen houses in the village had been left unin-
jured, $50 families had been rendered home
less, and the business portion of the town and
all the stock in trade had been completely
ruined. There was great restitution among
the unfortunate people who escaped with
their lives. Charitable people in neighboring
cities were doing everything in their power to
alleviate the suffering
SOME weeks ago the Utah Territorial
Republican Committee appointed delegates
to the Chicago Convention who were reported
to favor the nomination of Mr.. Blaine to the
Presidency. This action was repudiated by
some members of the party, and Territorial
Convention was called. This Convention met
at Salt Lake on the 10th and selected dele
gates favorable to the nomination of General
Grant.
The Greenbackers of Illinois met in
State Convention at Springfield on the 21st.
The following delegates-at-large to the Ma
tional Convention were chosen: Alexander
Campbell, o. j. Smith, Jesse Harper, A. P.
Forsythe. District delegates were selected
by the members of the several districts, and
Presidential Electors were nominated. A. J..
Streeter was nominated for Governor; An
drew B. Adair, for Lieutenant-Governo j.
NJ. Thomson, for Secretary of State; w. T..
urer, and H. G. Whitlock, for Attorney
General
On the goth the Texas Democratic
State Convention met at Galveston, and aft er
a two days session nominated delegates to
the Cincinnati Convention. Resolutions
were adopted favoring the nomination Of
General Hancock as President, but the dele
gates were not specifi cally instructed to vote
for him.
GENERAL GRANT reached Galena on
the evening of the 10th. He and Mrs.
Grant will remain there for two or three weeks,
when they expect to leave on a short trip to
Colorado.
An LEE, q Chinaman, was hanged
for murder at Portland, Oregon, on the 21st.
ACCORDING to advices received from
Texas County, Mo-, ON the 2lst the town of
Licking was entirely destroyed, excepting
three houses, by the storm on the night of the
18th. Three hundred persons were homeless.
One life was lost and seventeen persons were
wounded, five of them seriously. The tor
nado did immense injury to all kinds of
property in the county.
ON the night of the Goth q Moberly
(Mo.) mob lynched two negroes charged with
the murder of man of their own color.
GENERAL HATCH recently concen-
trated his forces and surrounded, captured
and dissrmed the whole band OF Mescale-o
Apaches, in New Mexico, numbering 400 per-
sons just as the soldiers we're preparing to
escort their prisoners to q place of safety
about thirty Of the savages made break for
liberty. but a well-directed volley brought
down fourteen Of them, on y sixteen making
their escape.
On the goth the Virginia Republican
State Convention met in Richmond and,
after three days session, elected delegates
to the National Convention, instructing them
to vote for Grant. They also passed resolu-
lions expressive of their desire that Senator
Blaine should accept the nomination for
Vice-President.
A CALL has been issued by the lead
ers Of the woman suffragists of the United
States for mass-meeting of all the women
who want to VOTE" to be held at Farwell
Hall, Chicago, June 2 They desire an amend
ment to the National Constitution, giving
women the right to vote, and propose to bring
q pressure upon the political party National
Conventions to espouse their cause. On the
25th and 26th Of May National Woman Suf.
frage Convention will be held at Indianapolis.
WHILE the recent swamp fires in
North Carolina were raging, . man named
Owens, employed in collecting shingles from
the sWamDs of the Alligator River periahed