American citizen., 1881-04-02
NEWS IN BRIEF.

NEWS IN BRIEF.
Compiled from Various Sources.
GEN. GONZALES ORTEGA. one OF the
most famous Of Mexican soldiers, died a few
days ago.
THE Spanish Ministry resigned On the
23d, on account Of a vote Of want Of conf
dence by the Upper House.
A WASHINGTON dispatch of the 25th
says the President has decided not to call a
special session Of Congress unless something
unlocked for happens.
The President has nominated Mr..
Robert r. Hit, of Illinois, (who has been
Secretary of Legation at Paris since 1sI4o to
succeed Col. John Hay as First Assistant
Secretary Of State.
The Rhode Island Democratic State
Convention nominated Horace NJ. Kimball
for Governor and w. L. Segar for Lieuten-
ant-Governor. The Republicans renom-
mated the incumbents.
GREAT excitement prevails in Madrid
on account of mysterious bomb explosions
occurring in the public streets. A bomb,
with fuse attached, has been found in front
of the Duke Ossuna's palace. The police are
Investigating.
TURKEY now agrees to make the ad-
ditional concessions to Greece in Thessaiy
and cede Crete instead Of Epirus. The En-
bassadors referred the proposal to their re-
spective Governments. 1t Is stated that sew
eral Persian tribes, under n Persian General,
crossed the frontier toward Bagdad and pill
laged several villages.
THE trial of young Kalloch in San
Francisco for the murder Of De Young,
of the Chronicle, resulted in o verdict OF not
guilty. The announcement Of the verdict
causcd intense excitement throughout the
city, the prevailing opinion being that Kali
loch's acquittal, which was based upon the
theory Of self-defense, was not justified by
the evidence in the case.
DUBLIN dispatches state that Laugh
lin, convicted of committing the outrage on
Saunders, at Cork, has been sentenced to
ten years. imprisonment. The Emergency
Committee have sent force Of Ulster labor
ers to the relief of O,Donnell (Catholic), OF
Balmallett. There are said to be about ten
thousand stand of arms In Ireland which
have been bought with Fenian money.
In making the New York nominations
the President is thought to have about
equally divided the important Offices between
the two Republican factions Of that State,
with the evident intention Of harmonizing
the party. Robertson's nomination for Col
lector is said to be especially obnoxious to
Senator Conkling, and it was current report
in Washington on the 23d that he would
vote asainst his confirmation.
THE Republican nominations for Sem
ate officers are: Secretary OF the Senate,
Geo. c. Gorham, of California; Sergeant-at-
Arms, Henry Riddelberger, of Virginia;
Principal Executive Clerk, James II. Young,
Of Pennsylvania; Chief Legislative Clerk
Charles w. johnson, Of Minnesota; Chap
lain, Rev. DIR. Byron Sunderland, of WASH
ington. Riddelberger is warm personal
and political friend of Senator Malone. He
Is now one Of the editors of the StauntOn
Valley Tirginian.
INDICTMENTS have been found against
NicoIai Roussakoff, Andrai Telejkoff, Timo-
fei Michaeloff, and woman named Hesse
Hoffman, for completely in the assassination
of the Gar. Another arrest has been made
of a female Nihilist named Sophie Pieoffsky,
the daughter of n Councillor of the Ministry
of Domains. She is reported to have con-
fessed giving the signal to Hartman for ex-
pIoding the mine under the imperial train
near Moscow, and also the signal to Roussa-
koff to throw the bomb which shattered the
Cars carriage. The Government has as
signed to the defense Of the prisoners able
counsel.
SECRETARY KIRKwooD has approved
the decision of the Commissioner of the
Land-office that lands embraced in the old
Cherokee Reservation so-cailed, near Dar-
daneIle, Ark, are not subject to entry and
not included in the grant to the Little Rock
& Fort Smith Railroad Company.
Congressional legislation to extinguish
the reservation IL suggested; also, the prior
ascertainment of any valid Indian claims,
and that actual settlers on the reservation be
protected in their homestead rights. Ques-
tions relative to this reservation have been
pending before the Interior Department
since 1923.
The Beers have accepted the British |
terms of peace. These provide for the ces- |
sation of hostilities, that all arms, munitions |
and other property captured by either side |
shall be restored; that the Transyaal shall |
be granted Independence subject to condi-
tions to be hereafter settled by the Royal |
Commission, and that the Boer Government |
shall commence after the commission shall |
have made report. Meanwhile British |
garrisons are to remain In the Transvaal |
without In abywise interfering with local af- |
fairs. The Boer forces will disperse forth |
with and Capt. EIliott's murderer is to be |
delivered up.
The President on the 23d sent anoth-
er long list Of nominations TO the Senate,
among the more important being the fol- |
lowing: VIM. H. Robertson, Collector of |
Customs, Port of New York; VIM. Walter
Phelps, Of New Jersey, Minister to Austria;
Edwin A. Merrill, of New York, Consul
General 70 London; Adam Badeau, of New |
York. Charge d'Afairs, Denmark; Lew
is Wallace, of Indiana, Charge d'Affairs, |
Paraguay and Uruguay; Michael J. Cramer, |
of Kentucky, Charge d'Affairs, Switzerland;
VIM. r. Chandler, of New Hampshire, soIic- |
itor General; Samuel F. Phillips, Of North |
Carolina, Judge Of the Court of Claims; L. |
A. sheldon, of Ohio, Governor Of New Mex