Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1880-02-14

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In the case of Major Reno, the Sec
'etary of War has approved the sentence
# the court-martial of dismissal from
he service, and it is understood the Pres
lent will not interfere, being of opinion
Reno has no claim upon executive Glenn
sncy.
SENATOR BURNsIDE's bill, providing
that the net proceeds of public land sales
and of the Patent Office shall be annual
ly distributed to the states as an educa-
tiOnal fund, it is reported in a Washing
ton telegram will be favorably reported
by the committee to which it was re-
ferred.
THE speech of Queen Victoria at the
opening of Parliament, ignores all ques-
tons of reform underlying the distress
in Ireland. 1t contains no reference to
the system of land tenures, nor to any
reform in the administration, and the
only mention of Ireland is in a common
place statement that, in view of the i'm
pending famine, some public action
should be taken to avert it.
WHETHER the present duty on iron
and rails excludes foreign competition
is disclosed by cablegram from London,
which states that four vessels, with over
five thousand tons Ofpig metal and rails,
sailed from Leith for New York; that
thirteen more vessels are under charter
to fetch iron to this country, and that
unprecedented activity in the English
iron market is OccasiOned by the Ameri-
can demand.
FROM the report submitted to Congress
by the Secretary OF War it appears that
the organized strength of the militia
force of the different states consists of
lbs general officers, 1905 regimental,
field and staff officers, 6,198 company
officers, and 117,O37 non-commissioned
officers, musicians and privates. The
unOrganized force, or number of men
available for military duty, is put down
at 6,516,758.
SECRETARY SCHURz appointed Hayt as
Commissioner of Indian affairs, man
whom his predecessor, Secretary Chan
dler, turned out Of office. Time has vim
Dictated Mr.. Chambers judgment of the
man, and Schurz had finally to acknOwl-
edge his mistake and dismiss Hayt. who
was an official of the Pecksniff Order-a
man too pure to be politician, but not
too good to defraud the Indian whose in
terests he had sworn to protect.
AN authentic dispatch from Berlin to
Paris, France, says that Germany is pre-
pairing to send an army of 10000 men to
the Dutch frontier. Much speculation
and excitement is caused in Paris by
this news. The object of the movement
is alleged to be the prevention of SNUG
Cling, but this is ridiculed there, and
the opinion is general that this is the
first step in series of operations for the
seizure of Holland and the ultimate &C.
QUESTION of Belgium.
THE number of bodies recovered from
the Firth of Tay is thirty-six. A novel
attempt was made to ascertain where
bodies of the deceased persons were lying
in the river. A lady was taken out in a
yacht and messmerized. She pointed
out the place where body was lying
deeply imbedded in the sand, and when
grapnels were used the collar of an over.
coat was brought up. The clairvoyant
afterward declared that twenty bodies
lay underneath the Orders.
THE testimony in the Florida election
case is overwhelmingly in favor of Bis.
bee, the Republican claimant of the seat
in Congress now occupied by Hull. The
Democrats admit the justice of Bisbee's
claim, but they show no disposition to
give him his seat. Undoubtedly the rea.
son for their course is that his admission
would make the Florida vote tie in
the House. 1t is now Democratic, and
they want that advantage in case the
Presidential election should 90 to the
House.
The decadence of Ireland under the
present system of land-tenures and alb
sentee landlords is exhibited with apall.
ing distinctness in the statistics cited
by Sir Stafford Northc0te in speech in