New Ulm weekly review., 1880-05-19

Turkish villages, killing the men and NAL
treating the women. sH
A HAVANA (Cuba) telegram Of the
11th reports the destruction Of the village of
San Luis by fire. Three hundred houses were
burned and seven persons perished in the
flames.
UP to the 18th the British training
ship Atalanta had been missing over one hun
dred days, and the Admiralty gave her up as
lost
The United States frigate Constella-
ton left Queenstown Harbor, Ireland, for the
United States on the afternoon of the 11th.
The Town of Baumbolder, twelve
miles from St. Wendell, in Prussia, was re-
Gently destroyed by fire. Upward of 5000
persons were rendered destitute.
LoR1LLARD's colt Iroquois won the
two-year-old plate at the Newmarket (En-
gland) race meeting on the 10Th.
On the 18th a fire broke out in u
bonded warehouse at Bordeaux, France, and
destroyed property valued at 100000
SERIOUS disturbances have broken
out in Salonica, and on tn, 18th state of
siege was proclaimed. ..s.. ....ss
Mr.. BRADLAUGH, the member of
Parliament from Nottingham, has by advice
of his constituents consented to waive his
scruples and take the oath required of mem.
bers Of the House of Commons.
DURING the week ending on the 18th
twenty-five steamers sailed from Brit :sh ports
for the United States with full loads of cmi-
grants on board. .:s ST.. 49, =
LATER NEWS.
PRESIDENT HAYES on the 18th nomi-
mated N. G. Ordway, Of New Hamrs ..re for
merry Scrgcant-at-Arlns of the House Of Rep.
rcsentatives, to be Governor of Dakota Ter
ritory. ~-.. .:..
A AWAsH1NGToN telegram of the 14th
states that Postmaster James, of New York,
had written letter declining to be q candi-
date for Postmaster-Gcneral.
ANY discharged soldier of the United
States who has not made application for
pension on account of wounds or disability
received while in the service must do SO
before July l, 1880. After that time pensions
will date only from the time of application.
The same is true regarding applications for
additional bounty yet claimed by many
soldiers.
The Crow Indians have agreed to
sell to the Government 2,GO0,00 acres of
their reservation in Montana for S3o,O per
year for twenty-five years, and the Shoshone
and BannOck Indians, of the Fort Hall ida
hoy Reservation, have signed an agreement
disposing of 4OO, 600 acres of their reservation
for $10 600 per year for twenty years. The
Indians willremain upon certain portions of
their reservations
SANFORD E. CHURCH, Chief-Justice
of the New York Court of Appeals, died sud-
denly at his residence in Albion, n. Y, on
the 18th, of aporlexy.
A FIRE broke out about noon on the
18th in railroad car factory at Milton, Pa.
Owing to the prevalence of a strong north
west wind, it was not got under control until
the entire business portion of the town was
destroyed. Among the buildings burned are
the principal hotels, the thcatcr, the banks,
the newspaper offices, the railroad depot, the
gas works and the Reformed, Baptist, Prcsby-
terian, Lutheran, Evangelical and Cath
olic Church buildings. Over 400 build
ings in all were destroyed and ESQ families
rendered homeless, many of them destitute.
Many persons are reported to have pcrished
LII Illc udulcS, several DdulJ -cuaTJeu DOulcS
having been recovered from the debris on the
day of the fire. The loss of property was
estimated at 81, 5000 and the insurance at
$Soo,0Oo. Governor Hoyt has appealed to the
Mayors of cities in Pennsylvania to solicit
subscriptions for the sufferers.
MEssRs. PENDLEToN and Cameron
(Wis.) spoke in the United States Senate on
the 14th in opposition to the Kellogg Spotford
resolutions, the former expressing himself as
utterly opposed to the unseating of Kellogg,
as contrary to law, precedent and justice.
The Senate adjourned to the 18th. The Leg
islativc, Executive and Judicial Appropria-
ton bill was passed in the House. 1t was
voted-l33 to 75-to consider the resolution
reported for a final adjournment on the 31st.
A motion by Mr. Mills til at the resolution be
recommitted, with ins tructions to the Com
mittee on Ways and Means not to report it
back IN til it had first reported the bill for
the free importation Of salt and printing pa
per, was defcated-9O to 1l6.