The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1881-06-09
THE NEWS.
Compiled from Latest Dispatches.
From Washington.

OVApAAou 1IUm AaCeSL UlSpaCCQ6Ss
From Washington.
AT . recent conference between Secretary
Blaine aud Sir Edward Thornton, the British
Minister at Washington, in reference to the
outragcs on American fishermen in Fortune
Bay and the claims growing out of them,
Secretary Blaine claimed S1o3OOO on behalf
of the American fishermen. The conference
resulted in an agreement BY the British Min
lister on the part of his Government to pay
&l5,COJ Something over S75,OOO) in gold
coin, the United States Government to give q
receipt in full. The money will be distrib-
uted among the fishermen whose interests
suffered, most of whom are residents Of
Gloucester, Mass.
The appeal Of Joseph N. Perche, Catholic
Archbishop OF New Orleans, for $500 for
property destroyed by General Butler during
the war, has been rejected by the Franco
American Claims Commission, on the ground
that the Archbishop admitted that he had
been naturalized.
NATIONAL BANK NOTES to the amount of
1884 90 were issued during May, and 81, )
S45 919 worth were surrendered and destroyed,
showing an increase of circulation during the
month of 81, 500, Isl; net increase of National
Bank notes for the year ended June l, 1851,
$9,2l6. go; decrease of legal-tender n0tes on
deposit during May for the purpose Of retir-
ing National Bank circulation, S73O, All; in
crease during the year ended June l, Els, ia
1856; amount on deposit for this purpose,
notes outstanding June l. 1851, sass, 05a,-
49a the largest amount ever issued.
Trrr 81 80 LIT A..
ult. that the Union Pacific Railroad Compa-
ny, like al other railroads furnishing postal
cars. is subject to the limited rates prescribed
by the Revised Statutes, and cannot recover
at higher rates because it was incorporated
by an act of Congress. This decision is adj
verse to the claim of the company for extra
compensation.
IT was announced on the 3lst ult. that Mrs.
Garfield had been entirely free from fever
since the 2Sth. and was rapidly convalescing.
The President would soon remove his family
to the Soldiers Home for the summer.
The publ c-debt statement for May shows
the following: Total debt Gncluding inter-
es), g, O9S, 4lS,059. Cash in Treasury, $685..
4a6,0SS. Debt, less amount in Treasury, ST.
So2,9I,911. Decrease during the month,
I'll, 15O, 12l. Decrease since June 80, 1889,
sS9.25o,3sa
The amount Of money coined at the vari-
Gus United States minis dur ng May was
$r2, 2aS, $50 of which g, 800, 700 was in silver
dollars.
AN Associated Press dispatch from Wash
ington on the LIST says: "Star-route light
ming has struck two more officials. Score tary
Window to-day sent for McGrew, Sixth
IF fho Troa &.
the Pos,-office DEPARTING mt, and whose duties
are all connected with that Department.
Window demanded McGrew's resignation
Immediately. McGrew was astonished, as
he believed he had avoided the star-route
danger, and he asked Window for ten days
time. Secretary Window replied that he
cou not give any time, as the Postmaster
General and Attorney-General had asked for
the immediate removal of McGrew and his
deputy, Llley. They believe that the in
vestigation of the star-route frauds will be
fac litated by having these men out of Official
positions. McGrew resigned Immediately,
and L Ley, his deputy, was removed forth
with"
ACCORDING to late decision Of the Post.
office Department samples Of flour or other
powdered substances, unless in transparent
bags and tightly sealed, are unavailable.
A CIRCULAR has been recently issued by
the United States Treasury Department to
inspectors of steamboats,, containing strin-
gent rules for their guidance in inspecting
excursion steamers.
OK the I'd Sir Edward Thornton, the
British Minister to the United States, gave
Secretary Blaine draft on London for $75,-
600 to pay the Fortune Bay Fishery claims.
ON the I'd Colonel W. A. Crook, one of
the special counsel employed by the Gov.
eminent to prosecute the parties implicated
In the 60 star-route' frauds, took the oath
Of office, and went into an examination Of
the evidence so far gathered by the investi.
cation under Postmaster General James.
The East.
The Reformed Episcopal Council, at its
recent session in New York, elected Bishop
Nicholson as presiding Bishop. and selected
Baltimore as the place of meeting next year.
MEMBERS Of the League of American
Vince men, to the number of about so, as
sembled in Boston on the Both ult., and
paraded through the principal streets of that
city on bicycles.
WHILE number of young ladies' were re-
Gently Wis ting Eagle Rock, near Oran e, N.
j., Miss Ella Dean fell over aprecipice eighty
feet high Her companions were horriied,
and two of them tainted believing she was
killed. Miss Dean, however, soon stood up
and shouted she was all right. In tallin. she
had struck on her head on the earth, twenty
five feet below the spot where she had been
sitting. Then she rolled over and fell as
many feet further, aud finally landed on the
base of a rock. A cash four inches long was
cut On her heal and she sustained several
bruises on her limbs and body, but it was
thought she would recover.
MARIE VARIAN, the mistress of New York
City lager-beer saloon recently deliberately
fired the bui ding, in which twenty persons
we're sleeping, to secure g. 500 insurance.
She has beep held to answer to the charge
of arson.
A DISPATCH was received in New York on
the 3lst ult stating that the steamer Faraday
had paid out over nine hundred miles of the
newest American cable, buoyel the end, and
sailed for London.
On the 31st ult- the Presbyterian General
Assembly, in session at Buffalo, adjourned to
meet at Springfield, ILL.,, on the third Thurs
day of May, 1884,
On the 3lst uls eight lady physicians were
graduated from the New York Women's Med.
ical College.
BALLOTS for United States Senators to sue
coed Messrs. Conklng and Plat were taken
in the two hou ses of the New York Leyisla-
ture at noon on the 3lst ult For successor
to Mr.. rlatt the Senate voted as follows:
Thomas c. PIatt, g.; Chauncey NJ. Depew, 1;
Francis Herman (Dem.), q; Warner Miller,
2; Sherman 8. Rogers, L; Eldridge Lapham,
2; Joseph H. Choate, l; Judge Noah Davis,
2; William A. Wheeler, 1; George II. Sharpe,
l. For successor to Mr.. Conkling: Roscoe
Conkling, 9; Sherman 8. Rogers, s; John c.
Jacobs (Dem.), 8; George B. Bradley, 1; Chas.
J. Folger. 2; Governor Cornell, 8; William A.
WhPelRr A. w MI POmQr0Y Tho