The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-07-02
LATER NEWS ITEMS.

Eighteen miners were killed by an
explosion of nre-damp in colliery near
Saarbruck, I'm Rhenish Prussia.
The rebellion against Chinese rule in
Chinese Toorkistan is spreading. AT Kash-
gar the insurgents killed all the Chinese and
native overseers, and cut OF communication
with the interior OF China.
jSmalley says that the new British
Cabinet is the result of compromise be-
tween the Marquis of Salisbury and Lord
Randolph Churchill. Tho formers party in
the House Of Commons is weakened by the
transfer of Sir Stafford Northcote and Mr..
Gibson 10 the House of Lords.--Earl spen-
GERS departure from Dublin was witnessed
by great crowds of people. He knighted
| Secretary Kavc and Commissioner Greene
for their work In making the visit of the
Prince and Princess OF Wales n success.
John Mccullough the tragedian, has
been placed in the bloomingdale (N. " In
sane Asylum.
At Boston w. A Rowe, of Lynn,
lowered the fifty mile bicycle record to three
hours ffty-three minutes and twenty-five
seconds.
James ID. Fish, the convicted Presi-
dent of the late Marine Bank OF New York,
has been sentenced to ten years imprison-
ment In the State Prison at Auburn. Fish
showed little agitation when sentence was
passed.
The New York, Philadelphia, and
Boston banks are still accommodating sur
plus Of money. Lorin Blodgett says that the
banks are mistaken in thinking that the
business of the country cannot go on with
out this money, and that IL commission
was appointed to report on the subject II
would say that whether this reserve was
used wisely or not used ut all, is not supreme
to the great interests of actual production
and of legitimate exchange.
In o riot at the Polish Catholic
Church in Toledo two men were killed and
several injured. The trouble grew out of a
long-existing feud between two factions in
the congregation.
John Martin, one of the two escaped
negroes implicated in the outrage and muir
der OF Mrs. HAZEL, ut Ekhart, Texas, was
taken out of the Grayson County Jail and
lynchcd. This makes six victims OF Judge
Lynch for the murder Of Mrs. HAZEL.
The President last week suspended
Horatio c. Burchard. OF Illinois, as Director
of the Mint, and appointed as his successor
DR.. James p. Kimball, Professor OF Economic
Geology I'm the Lehigh University at Bethle-
hem, Pa. Following is the text of the letter
of Mr.. Burchard to Sccretory Manning de-
clining to resign when requested to do so:
Respectfully acknowledging your request for
! my resignation communicated 10 me on the
10Th inst, have the honor TO state that after
| careful consideration, i am not satisfied that
duty or propriety requires me at this time to
resign my Office. Were any malfeasance or
misconduct alleged or believed 10 exist. / an
sure you would have done me the justice to
have had an impartial examination, and given
| n full opportunity of defense before demand
| ing my resignation Nor do i understand
reason, but IL Is because you deem the rell-
tions of my office TO be So intimately connecte ed
| with your administration of the Treasury De-
partment that You should have the rivilege of
| selecting the officer to be In charge OF this
| bureau. Were this the case, and the intention of
| the law. II might be proper and becoming for
me TO place the tenure of my service at your
| immediate command, or. perhaps. TO have done
so when you became head OF the department.
| But permit me to say that such has not
been my understanding Of the purpose OF
| the coinage act In providing that the Di-
rector OF the Mint shall hold his office for the
term OF five years, unless sooner removed by the
President, upon reasons to be communicated
by him to the Senate The length OF the term
five years-the conditions upon which re-
moval il authorized, and the discussions and
explanation preceding the passage OF the act
indicate the intent that the Office OF Direct or
of the Mint should not be changed on account
! of a change OF administration, or in the head
OF the department., or for personal or pOlit-
zeal reasons. My predecessor, appointed by
I President Grant, although of opposite politics,
continued in Office under five successive Secre-
taries of tn Treasury until his ceath As 10
myself. having served with acceptance for a full
term, and upon reappointment and confirmation
q part OF another, am conscious OF no reason
why an exception to the policy of the law
should now be made, or why / ought not to con-
tinue the performance OF official duty until the
expiration of my commission.