The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1880-09-30
GENERAL NEWS.

The Presbyterian Council is in session i'm Phila-
delphia.
During last week, 64O,992 standard dollars were
paid out of the L. :. Treasury.
1t seems probable that Randall will be defeated
for Speaker of the House this Fall
Jas G. Fair announces his Willingness to repre-
sent Nevada in the United States Senate.
Barricklo's window-shade factory, in Brooklyn,
has been destroyed by fire. Loss 100000.
Americans have again been interfered with
while cod-fishing in Newfoundland waters
General Grant delivered an address to audi
ence of 1900 at Warren, Ohio, on Tuesday.
Three-fourths of the "adult males of the Ute-
have signed the agreement, which Is sufficient TO
secure its ratification.
During the ten years ending June 30 1850,
2Sl2, Ia immigrants arrived in the United States,
145,Sl9 landing at Pacific ports.
General Grant, as Commander-in-Chief Of the
Union Veterans, has issued a call for convention
at indianapolis on next Thursday, the eth proX.
Prof +. /. Patton, of the Chicago Theological
Seminary, has accepted the Presidency of the
Princeton Theological Seminary endowed by y.
I. Stewart.
The hundredth anniversary of the capture Of
Major Andre was celebrated at Tarrytown, y. "
on the 23d a bronze statue Of Patriotism was
unveiled.
Howgate's vessel, the Cunare, was seriously
damaged by gale in the North Atlantic, and
will return 10 New York. She viii sail again
next Spring.
A locomotive ana lenNef O1 a Eocra fnentO train
jumped the track at the Oakland wharf on the
26th and went overheard into the bay. The engi-
neer was drowned.
Jessie Raymond's case against senator Ben
Hill, for $4,000 damages for seduction, has been
dismissed by the Chief Justice Of the Supreme
Court of the District of Columbia.
On last Saturday, at Santa Barbara, Clarence
Gray murdered Theodore Clancy, of the Press,
because of the publication of an offensive article.
The victim was unarmed and 80 informed Gray,
who has been held for his crime without bail.
The Greenbackers and the Democrats of Maine
have nominated an electoral ticket, consisting of
four Weaver and three Hancock candidates.
Quite faction of the Greenbackers bOlted the ar
rangement and nominated a straight ticket.
Weaver endorses their Independence
CelsO Cesar Moreno, late Prime Minister TO
King Kalakaua, has arrived i'm Washington and
insists on the recall of Minister Comfy. He at
tributes the troubles in the Sandwich Islands 90
the presence of missionaries, who, he SAYS, ''pEv
on sunday and on week days take everything
they can get their hands on"
The Irish-Amercan Republican Convention was
held at Saratoga, New York, on the 9th. In its
platform, strong appeal is made to Irish-Ameri-
cans TO support the party that has, by protecting
American industry, kept American workmen
from competing with the ill-fcd, haf-clad and
poorly-paid labOrers Of Europe.
The Schwatka expedition 10 discover the fate Of
the Franklin party and secure the records has de-
velOped the fact that number Of his officers died
OF hunger and cold, though the fate of the leader
is unknown. The records Of the expedition We're
with the officers, and were destroyed by the ma
tlYes- who considered them Of no value.
French correspondent Of a Paris gaDer attrib-
utes the ill-treatment of the Chinese Embassy I'm
New York to their 'overbcaring and stuck-up''
conduct, and the fact that they treat and regard
Americans as far beneath them The subordinate
members visit the lowest dens i'm the city under
pretense Of studying the manners of the country
General Weaver commands great respect by hi.
independence in discOuntenancng fusion 10y the
Greenbackers with any party. In a circular tC
his supporters dated September 9th, he urges tn,
necessity of distributing by thousands the speecl
of Senator Bayard i'm which it is said that Han
cock ami English and the Democratic party are il
favor of destroying greenbacks, and will carry ou
the policy, and ''brands as an Infamous trato
any man, without regard 10 his former standin,
in the Greenback party, who attempts to transfe
votes to either of the old parties"
FATHERS AND MOTHERS LTEENTION.