The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1881-06-23

| THE inquest into the Victoria disaster at
London, Ont, closed on the 18th. Captain
Rankin and Manager Parish were arrested
on = charge of msnslaughter, on complaint
Of Postmaster Jones, Of Kensington, who LOST
a daughter by the calamity.
THE young Emperor Of China is suffering
from the ravages of smallpox.
GENERAL BUTLER, Wendell Phillips and
others are said to have secured from Mexico
concession for q railroad from Piedraa
Negras to Topolovampo, with subsidy Of
| $1,000 per kilometer.
A LABoRING MAN who was recently in.
jured on the Canada Pacific Railway. and
taken to the hospital at Winnipeg, claimed
to be the lost Sir Roger Tichborne.
A CONsrANTINOPLE dispatch of the 18th
| says Midhat Pasha had confessed that hi
helped to depose Abdul Axiz, but that b.
had no hand in his murder. He was anxious
for his deposition because he had offered to
cede Constantinople to Russia and wished
to set aside the regular succession to the
Sultanate.
Mr.. FORSTER stated in the British House
of Commons on the 18th that most of the
evictions in Ireland were of tenants who
were able to pay rent but would not.
IT was stated at Berlin on the 18th that
forming bimetallic union.
A FEW days ago some Matamoras Next
cans terribly beat the editor of the Browns
vile (Texas) Cosmopolitan, who had made a
temporary visit to the former city, because
they were offended at the tone of some of
the articles in his paper.
THE French troops under General Detrie
had battle with party of Algerian insur-
gents ON the 18th, in which fifty of the latter
were killed.
THE Dublin Land-League received only
800 from the United States during the
week ended on the 18th.
AZ new ocean steamer was being
launched at Barrow, Eng, on the 14th the
boiler Of a small engine on the deck explod-
ed, killing three and injuring ten persons.
THE announcement is made that Chang
Tsan Yu, prominent Revenue official in
China, has been selected to succeed Chan
Ian Pin as Minister to the United States.
A ROME Italy) dispatch Of the 14th says
the italian Premier had announced that the
Government would not extend the franchise
below class which had received a standard
elementary education.
ACCORDING to late St. Petersburg dis
patch Russian peasants were emigratfng
from the Government Of Tomsk to that of
Siberia in vast multitudes, the cause being
the failure Of the crops and their consequent
poverty.
NOLAN, Home-Rule member for Galway,
has been granted leave to introduce in the
evictions in ireland for a limited period, on
payment Of six months rent.
THE gate receipts at the late Grand Prix
race in Paris were nearly $50, 200.
THE London (Ont.) jury which investi-
gated the steamer Victoria disaster has rem
dered q verdict to the effect that the vessel
capsized on account of water in the hold and
striking snag or rock in the river. They
blame the engineer, Captain, manager and
the Government Inspector.
On the 14th the Prince of Wales stake at
the Ascot (EnglandD races was won by the
American horse Iroquois.
ONE HUNDRED AND TEN persons had been
arrested in Ireland under the provisions OF
TIC NOcIClOu dCt up " tuc Jtus
1T is stated that Russian Socialist recent.
~ escaped from Siberia and has arrived in
Switzerland-the second event of the kind
in history.
KEOGH, the first man arrested at LINER
lick under the Coercion act, was released on
the 18th, and on the same day the Secretary
of the Loughrea branch of the Land League
was arrested.
THE proposition for woman suffrage re.
ceived one vote in the italian Chamber Of
Deputies on the 18th. On the question Of
universal suffrage the vote was 314 nays to 80
yeas.
A GAS explosion occurred in the office Of
the English Loan Company at London, Ont,
on the 18th. Secretary Elliott was hurled
through window and Severely burned.
ACCORDING to the official statement 842
houses were destroyed by the recent great
fire in Quebec; 1911 families were rendered
homeless, and of the 5000 sufferers two.
thirds lost their all, and were uninsured.
Ten per cent. of the subscription paid to the
Relief Committee would be given to the
Protestant Committee.
TIE President of the City of Tunis has
for many years been buffoon to the Bey.
AN Algerian insurgent band was recently
annihilated by native troops, who capture
fifteen hundred camels and found sixty.
dead men.
A FEW days ago an attempt was made to
blow up the statue of Theirs at st. German,
France.
DISPATCHES were received from Panama
on the 10th to the effect that the canal sta.
lions had been abandoned, workmen had
been discharged, and many engineers had
returned to Paris.
THE American racer 1roquois won the
st. James Palace stakes at the Ascot races
on the 10th.
A DUBLIN dispatch Of the 10th says that
the South Dublin Guardians of the Poor had
resolved to ship to the United States thirty.
seven able-bodied paupers, who had been
in the work-house from three to twenty-five
years. 49,,