The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1874-10-01

THE NEWS.
"a st. Petersburg telegram of the 22d
ys that the Emperor had consented to
Fant to the Mennonites exemption from
ilitary duty except as hospital atten-
Afits, in the hope that thus the exten-
We emigration of this sect might be
revented The efforts of Germany to
ecure the key to the Baltic through
Ee absorption of Denmark would be
gorously opposed by the Russian Gov
Inment.
The delegates from the United States
the International Postal Congress
= eached Berne, Switzerland, on the 22d.
The Treasury Department paid to the
representatives Of the British Govern
ent, on the 2lst, 1928, ,sls, being the
yard made by the American and British
liked Claims Commission
In accordance with an executive or
er issued by the President on the god,
he civilservicc rules have been ex-
nded over New York and Boston.
The Incomplete cofiicial-returns Of the
cent Maine election indicate that Ding
rs majority is about II 900.
The steamship companies plying be
s keen New York and Europe on the 22d
educed the price of steerage tickets to
fteen dollars.
The Catholic Total Abstinence Union
q America will meet in Chicago on the
4 th of October.
"a The recent reports of political out
ages in Alabama were contradicted on
he 22d, on the strength of dispatch
rom L. s. mmissioner Jones, of
darengo County
nd The following Congressional nomina-
Ions were made on the 22d Liberal
hird Wisconsin District, G. f. Thomp-
{ 6on Democratic - Sixth Wisconsin,
[Eabe Bouck; Ninth Missouri, David
Rca. Prohibition Fifth Michigan, J
-. Mckay. Republican-Twelfth Ohio,
David Taylor. Democratic and Liberal
Sixth Michigan, George H. Durand
q The New York Temperance men met
n State Convention at Utica on the 23d,
md, after adopting resolutions favoring
Prohibition, appointed committee to
conduct the fall campaign and then ad-
9ourned.
At the New York State Republican
Convention held at Utica on the 23d the
present State officers were renominated
,by acclamation. The platform adopted
|demands obedience to the laws and the
Hull protection of every citizen in the en-
joyment Of his rights against the assaults
of Ku-klux, assassins and drevolutionists;
declares that an armed attempt to sub
vert the recognized Government of
DE suppressed and the supremacy Of the
law maintained at every cost; that the
public faith must be preserved inviolate
and the public debt be paid in coin; OPP
and favors a speedy return to specie pay
ments; approves of the administrations
of President Grant and Gov. Dix.
On the 23d the Minnesota Democratic
and Liberal State Convention met at st
Paul, and nominated Wescott Willin
for Chief-Justice and William Lochren
en~ ssenciafe- Justica The resolutions
adopted denounce the carpetbag rule at
the South as being largely productive Of
the present disastrous condition of the
Southern States, and demand a just and
impartial policy toward the people of
the South; favor return to specie pay
ments as soon as the public interest will
allow, and tariff for revenue only; ad
yocate home rule and no Capitalization
declare that chartered corporations by
the State are always supervisable by the
State in the interests of the people
The Republicans of Missouri met in
State Convention at Jefferson City on
the 23d, and after adopting platform
without making nominations.
The resolutions adopted rciterate faith
in the principles of the Republican party
condemn all political organizations
founded upon race or nationality as det-
rimental to good government; indorse
the candidates of the Reform party in
the State, and declare it the part no less
of prudence than patriotism to adjourn
without nominating Republican candi-
dates.
The Congressional nominations on the |
23d were as follows: Republican,
Eighth Wisconsin District. A. S. McDill, |
emocratic-Twentieth |
Ohio, Henry B. Payne; First Arkansas
L. c. Ganse; Second Arkansas, w. f. |
Slemons. Reform - Fourth Wisconsin,
Samuel Rindskopf. Independent -
Twelfth Indiana, r. s. Taylor
The white and colored people of Terre |
Bonne Parish, La, have united upon a |
parish ticket to be supported at the en-
suing election, on which both classes
have equa representation.
Partisan newspapers of the Gath as
scrt that Prussian agents had been en-
gagged in tampering with Arabian tribes |
on the Algerian frontier.
The report of the intended absorption
of Denmark by Germany is emphatically
denied in Bismarck's organ. =
The boundary dispute between Swift
lerland and Italy has been decided in
favor of the latter power by the arbi-
traitor.
Members of the Austrian polar ex-
petition declare that explorations in the
of the north pole can never re-
suit satisfactorily and that the open polar
sea is snare and delusion.
According to Washington dispatches
Of the Gath information recently received
by the authorities confirms the opinion
Of Prof Winchell as to the entire absence
If gold in the Black Hills.
The Congressional nominations on the
.4th were as follows: Democratic
Third Kentucky District, c. w. Milliken,
Republican-Seventeen
Illinois, John j. Rinaker. Independent
3eform-Sixth Illinois, j. III. Elliott. |
Minnesota, E. Wilson.
Peoples Ticket-Seventh Missouri, Jas.
H. Lay. Democratic Liberal Seventh
Michigan, Enos NJ Goodrich. Reform