The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1874-08-27
under oath in one, instance what is fatty

ing the controversy in detail the report
sums up the whole matter pro and con,
showing on one hand man standing
before all the world with q great
reputation for spotless purity, Christian
character and moral worth; on the
other a man Of proven bad and Grim
inal character, the latter making accusa-
tions against the former. The one with
nothing to prove his story except per-
sonal allegation, proven in part to be
perjury, and supported by some letters
which may mean dozen things but the
one meaning given to them. The story
is denied by all having any connection
with the matter but one. The circum-
stances as well as the burden of proof
are all on one side, the other unsup-
ported by anything but bad character
The committee finds that Henry Ward
Beecher is not guilty of the charges pre-
fcrrcd against him." The Herald says:
at is possible that a short paragraph.
may be added TO -the report nutfCfng
briefly the failure of Frank Moulton to
bring any new evidence to bear upon the
subject which can in the slightest alter
the conclusions the committee have come
to-"
Just before her death Mary Pomeroy,
of Jersey City, N. j., made an ante
mortem statement charging that the Rev.
John S. Glendenning, prominent Pres
byterian minister, had been the cause of
her downfall from virtue. Mr. Glenden-
ming says he has documents that will
clear him from the charge, but it is
claimed these documents were obtained
by force and threats from Miss Pomeroy
Daniel OLcary, an amateur Chicago
pedestrian, recently walked 105 miles in
twenty-three hours seventeen minutes
and twenty-eight seconds.
The Usage land cases have been de-
cided in favor of the settlers.
Five men were hung at Assumption,
La, on the 21st, for the murder of
flatboatman in April last
The Alabama Republican State Con-
vention has renominated Alexander
White and c. G. Sheats for congressman
atLarge. A full State ticket was also
nominated The resolutions adopted de
clare unshaken confidence and unaltera-
bic devotion to the great prin-
ciples of human liberty, viz: the
civil and political equality of all
men, without distinction of race
or color; disavow all claim or desire
for the social equality of the different
races, and reject the issue of race
against race rendered by the Demo
cratic party, and which, if persisted in
by that party, will plunge us again into
war with the Government of the United
States only equal advantages for the
colored race are asked for in matters of
public and common rights.
According to Louisville Ky) dis
patches of the 23d open war was being
waged between the whites and blacks of
Lancaster, Ky. Several had been killed
on both sides. At last accounts, on the
cath, the militia from the neighboring
towns had reached Lancaster and cap
tured from thirty to forty colored men.
Mr.. Moulton has given to the public
his full statement, originally prepared to
Committee A synopsis of and extracts
from this statement will be found else
where in this paper
In consequence of the contscation of
the property Of Carlists, Don Alfonzo,
brother of Don Carlos, has instructed his
troops to confiscate the property of Re-
publicans. According to Bayonne dis
patches of the cath the Carlists had ex-
tinguished all the lights on the Spanish
coast between San Sebastian and Bilboa.
A Ministerial crisis was imminent in
Madrid, in consequence of the unpopu-
larity of the new conscription. Sweden
had announced her formal recognition of
the Spanish Republic.
The latest estimates in regard to the
famine in India place the number of
those receiving aid from the Government
at 100000.
Washington dispatches Of the Oath say
that Spain had demanded of the United
States indemnity for the filibustering
expeditions which had been allowed to
leave this country for Cuba.
In the Brooklyn Eagle of the 22d was
published the testimony of Tilton's
adopted daughter before the Investigate
ing Committee of Plymouth Church.
Among other things the witness said she
had seen Susan B. Anthony sitting in
Tilton's lap, whereupon the injured
maiden in the newspapers of the gath in
dignantly denied the story, declaring it
to be too absurd for credence.
On the 24th while at Concord, n. H.,
Mr.. Beecher signed his sworn answer to
the declaration of Mr.. Tilton in the suit
lately brought by the latter against him.
Every substantial allegation of the CON-
plant is denied under oath.
Hon. j. W. Barnes, the candidate of
the Iowa Anti Monopolists for State
Treasurer, has published letter declin-
ing the candidacy, because his private
and personal affairs demand his entire
attention. He promises to support the
ticket and whoever may be selected as
his successor on it.
The editor Of the indianapolis Sunday
Herald, Geo. c. Harding, recently shot
Joel Moritz, prominent merchant of
that city, for the alleged seduction Of his
daughter. The latter had just committed
suicide. AS the wounds of Moritz
were not Immediately fatal Harding was
placed under $4,000 bonds to await the
result of the attack.
Studebaker Bros. large wagon man.
ufactory at South Bend, Ind, was
burned on the morning of the Gath. Loss
$500, 900.
According to a Madison (Wis.) dis
patch Of the gath, the Judges Of the Su-
preme Court of Wisconsin had postponed
the decision of the railway-injunction
case for about ten days from that date.
Gov. Furnas, of Nebraska, according
to an Omaha dispatch of the gath, had
published a circular in which he states
that the information from various coun-
ties warranted the assertion that while
the crops are shorter than for several
years there is by no means failure.
Small grains show an average; corn from
one-h half to no crop; roots very short;
fruit more in quantity and inferior in
quality. No cases Of immediate need