The Newtown bee., 1880-01-14

At San Francisco, Cal, the two-story frame dwelling occupied by Daniel Hoskins, his wife and five children, caught fire during the absence of MT. Hoskins, and before the flames could be subdued Mrs. Hoskins, Annie, aged eighteen, Eddie, aged tour, and infant daughter were burned to death.
 From Washington.
 Senator Cameron, chairman of the national Republican committee, has issued the follow ing call: A national convention of the Re- publican party will meet at Chicago on Wednesday, the second day ot June next, at twelve o'clock noon, tor the nomination ot candidates to be supported for President and Vice-President at the next election. Repub- hcans, and all who will cooperate with them in supporting the nominees ot the party, are invited to choose two delegates from each congressional district, four at large from each State, two il om each territory, and two from the District of Columbia, to represent them in the convention.
 The reception at the White House on New Years day was largely attended by members of the diplomat tic corps, army and navy off, cers and others. During the reception Col onel De Alma, ex-collector of customs for Sitka, Alaska, approached the President and denounced him as a despot, saying: "For eighteen months you have denied me justice" While the colonel was talking the police pushed him into anothor room and the recep- ton went on.
 During December the various United States hints coined 590,860 gold pieces, worth $6,4 ,oOo; 2,3S4 200 silver pieces, worth $2,358,032 50, and 3,103,250 minor coins worth $31 ,433.50 Total coinage-6,0 ,078, BIC pieces, worth $8 8,876, 466.
 The public debt was decreased $4, ,251, ,217.9t during December. On January l, 1880, there was cash in the Treasury, $207, ,983 1903. 92 and the national debt, less cash in the Treasury. was $2,0ll, ,798,5 ,504.87. The United States consul-general at Mon- 1 treal reports to the State department that Canadian trade with Great Britain has de- creased while with the United States it has increased nearly $2,o00,o00 during the last year. The effect oi the new tariff, in the opinion of the Canadian authorities, will be to reverse the above results.
 Foreign News.
 Ten more Afghan prisoners have beer sentenced to death by the British military commission at Cabul for participating in the massacre of the British embassy.
 Five men were lost overheard from the British bark W. H. Jenkins, while on her last voyage from Philadelphia to Hamburg.
 The country between the Volga and Dor rivers in Russia is famine stricken, and many persons have starved to death.
 Quiet has been restored in Cabul since its .eoccupation by the English forces. Two young Americans-George Green o1 Texas, and Frank Senter, of Bost"n-were in l the mail coach recently near Guanajuato | Mexico, when it was attacked by a band oi | thirty robbers, armed with repeating rifles The young men fought the whole band, kill, | ing five, wounding several and compelling the remainder to retreat MT. Green was slightly | wounded.
 1 A dispatch from Cabul, Afghanistan, says | there is much excite tement in the neighborhood as the Cabulese are besieged by the country l rL,o r<,,r, fvo1l cfra have also killed fifty capalrymen who wers out on foraging expedition.
 Don Nicolas PierolC has been proclaimec | dictator of Peru, and the late President Trade has fled to Panama. The Peruvian army ane navy have accepted Pierola's government.
 Eleven persons have been drowned a Lobau, Austria, by the overflowing of the river Danube.
 ~ Immense damage has been done to D, opert, in the vicinity of Paris by the rise in the rivel | Seine.
 that while number of bailiffs were proceed
 ing with the work of serving ejectment pa pers upon several tenants of the district, unde l the rotection of detachment of constabu l ary, a large company ot tenantry assembled l and finally attacked the bailiifs. alter givin! | them notice ot their purpose to do so unless | they cease1 attempting to serve the papers | The bail ifs ca8ed for help upon the constabu
 
 1 then charged upon them with fixed bayonets | wOunding large number, some of them, Ii | believed, fatally. The crowd retreated, bu | continued throwing missiles and firing scat 1 tering shots at ihe constabulary from behlnt l casual defe.nses by the hedges. Great excite 1 ment prevailed throughout the district, an further dis urhances were feared l The survey tor De Lesseps canal across tn
 Isthmus of Panama has been commenced 1 Only one American engineer will be em 1 ployed on it- The press of Panama is quit | defiant in tone to~ora tiaa U.4iso-' Stntes 1 The Panama Star and Heraid, in articl | on the action of the United States Cohgres concerning the canal, says that there are onl. | two things to be considered in connection with the enterprise-the money to build tn | canal and the local consent of the governmen | of New Grenada, and that the assumption o l any control over the matter by the Unite | States is arrogant and outrageous. Mean | while it is said that General Grant has ex
 pressed his warmest sympathles with In
 movement looking toward the building ot { canal across Ncaragua--the route favored b, | Americans.
 Advices from Southern Russia report al
 epidemic of diphtheria in several provinces | In the province of Pultava about Fl 900 per | sons have died of the disease in the last thre. | years.
 President Daza, of Bolivia, has been de
 posed and has fled.
 Russia is reported to be making great mil
 tary preparations on the German frontier, at
 her movements in that direction are regardst
 as significant ot 8 coming war with Gernang