The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1874-07-23
THE NEWS.

Prince Bismarck was waited on by
arge crowd of people on the evening 9
he 18th to congratulate him on his es
cape from the hand Of the assassin. TIL
lsscmblage was addressed by the Char
s cellOr, who, after thanking them for tn
demonstration, said the attempt on hi
life was not aimed at his person but a
the cause he represents. Apriest nance
Hunthulter had been arrested a
Schweinfurth on suspicion Of being i'm
# plicated in the attempt.
An extensive fire occurred in Oshkosh
: Wis, on the 18th, burning over an are,
two by one mile in extent Half of th,
business portion. of the city was laid ii
ashes, together with quarter of the res
idence portion. Loss estimated at 5000
1000 to 81 100000.
A fire broke out on the afternoon O
) the 14th in Chicago, in row of wooder
buildings on the east side of Clark neal
Twelfth street, which burned over sixty
hcres before it could be stayed. Over
900 houses were burned and 5000 per
IONS rendered homeless. A brisk south
vest wind was blowing, which carried
he burning brands and cinders severa
/ blocks, and rendered the efforts of the
re department well-nigh useless The
4 eonfiagration ragged for ten hours before
was got under control. Among
Dome of the notable structures burned
.erc: The Olivet Baptist Church (col-
prcd); the First Baptist Church; Adelphi
heater; Michigan Avenue, st. James
M Continental and Woods Hotels; the
q ostoflicc; two Jewish synagogues; Of
y ces of Our Fireside Friend, Ne,c CoUenant
md the North, h,cestern Lumbe,mon the
ones School building; Inter- Oceanic
buildings, and a large number of
Inc business establishments. The
Dtal loss is variously estimated at from
,O0O, 900 to $7,OO0,0OO Three steamers
rere burned and several lives lost. The
Ire is said TO have been the work of an
hccndiary
|sg The town of Iowa Falls, Iowa, was
isited by destructive conflagration on
be afternoon of the 18th, by which forty
We buildings were burned, inflicting a
bss of about $500, 900.
s AT the intercollegiate regatta, held on
he 10Th at Saratoga, the siX-oared race
Fas won by the crew from Princeton
khile the single-scull race was won by
he Yale boat.
# The aggregate loss sustained by the
Aarious insurance companies by the fire
"a Chicago on the 14th is reported to be
,3SI, 400
S& Another fire broke out in the West Di-
{ision of Chicago on the 10Th, at the cor
I Ter of Milwaukee avenue and Morgan
treet, which burned over about a block.
Joss probably not over $50, 900.
M The Democrats of Indiana held their
tate nominating convention at Indian
polis on the 10Th. The convention was
organized by the election of Gov. Hen
ricks as President and J. w. Nichols as
4 ecretary, with two assistants. The
president in taking the chair was
|3eceived with cheers and spoke at
considerable length upon the prin
iple les and prospects of the party. Reso-
utions were adopted-favoring the re-
Exemption Of the $50 bonds in green
backs; favoring the repeal Of the law of
XMarch, 1869, which construed the law SO
as to make such bonds payable in gold;
favoring the repeal of the National Bank
ing law; favoring return to specie pay
hents as soon as the business interests of
|8he country will permit; favoring
8he adjustment of the volume of
currency to the commercial and industrial
wants of the country; opposing mixed
schools, but favoring liberal system of
Education for all, black and white; con-
emning what is known as the Civil
Rights bill and arraigning Senators Nor
ION and Pratt for their votes in favor of
4he measure; favoring the repeal of the
Baxter law and the enactment of suit
|3blc license law which shall protect So
Giety and increase the school fund
4avoring retrenchment and the re-
fuction of taxes; denouncing the
Increase of State taxes by the
4ast Republican Legislature; demand
ing such change in the laws as shall
prohibit the use of public money for pri-
bate gain; opposing grants Of land or
money to railroad or other corporations;
4avoring the abolition of the office of
county Superintendent of Schools and
3he restoration Of the former law
in relation to the appraisemcnt OF
ZEAL estate for purposes Of taxation;
Demanding that the remaining public
ands shall be held for the benefit
>f actual settlers under the Homestead |
avs, and demanding the equalization OF
bounties to soldiers and sailors. The |
following nominations Of candidates for |
State offices were made: For Secretary |
pf State, J. E. Neff, Of Randolph County; |
Auditor Of State, f. Henderson, of Nor |
gan County; Treasurer, B. G. Shaw, OF |
Marion County; Superintendent of Pub
ic Instruction, ]. II. Smart Of Allen |
County; Acknowledgement, c. A. Buskirk,
|bf Gibson County; Judge of the Supreme
Court, Horace p Biddle, of Cass County.
The financial plans of M. Magne,
French Finance Minister, having been |
defeated, he resigned on the 10th.
According to Madrid dispatches of the |
n6th, England, Germany and Russia had !
concluded to recognize the Spanish Re-
public. The Carlists had ordered one
Republican to be shot for every shell
fired at them by the fleet at Bilboa. The
Siege of Puycerda had been abandoned
|by the Carlists The latter had occupied
houses in the suburbs of Cuenca, and |
were energetically prosecuting the siege |
against that city.
According to San Domingo advices OF |
a recent day three Cubans were captured |
soon after landing on the coast of CANA
quay from vessel in the old Bahama
channel, and executed on the Spanish |
gunboat Neptune, in which they were
being conveyed from Nuevitas to Havana.
A Constantinople dispatch Of the 10th
says that an extensive fire was raging in
Galatea, one of the suburbs of the city,
and that many buildings had been de-
stroyed.
The Third National Chess Congress
closed its session in Chicago on the night
OF the 10th. The first, second and third
prizes were won by Capt. G. H. McKen-
zie of New York, H. Hosmer Of Chica-
90 and Nav Tudd 80 CT Tonic racrocf