The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1875-06-10
THE NEWS.

49,, or the Cd. Twelve Senators ap-
anred ss in the Senate and were qua,i
poa poS A formal protest against the rlsn'
heo ,,ors Priest and Proctor to
ol - coats was presented and ordered on
sls ]. W. sanborn was CHOSEN riusi p
l,s, n, nv seven Democratic votes, the ne
unblicaps u not voting. The five kepupn-
pu', Senators then withdrew and met IN
Can a,bsr room, where they effected tenn
anO Oa.v orrauizstion. In the House Chas'
p0l = Sanborn (Rep.) was elected speake"
L"ceiyipg D, 100 votes to 179 for -a.ch
lDem,)' y,onic
occurred in New Yor'. =. on the I'd, on the
s,ccasion of the dedication of the new
y Masonic Tc.mpIe at Twenty-third street
= and Si.[n avenue. Thousands of Knights
rTemp]u and members of other Masonic
nodies participated in the ceremonies.
THE Ohio Republican State Conven-
zion met ct Columb bus on the I'd and NOM
mated. For Governor, Rutherford B..
IHarss, of Sandusky; Lieutenant-Gov-
error Thomas L. Young, of Hamilton ;
,sunreme Judge, George W. McIlwaine;
Auditor, James Williams, of Franklin ;
Attorney General John Little, of Green /;
treasurer, J. Minor Millikcn, of Butler
member of the Board of Public Works,
Peter Thatcher, of Cuyahoga. Among
the resolutions adopted were one eulo-
gizng President Grants Administration
and another opposing third term.
Mr.. PHILIP WADswoRTH, Internal
Revenue Collector at Chicago, has re-
fused to resign his office at the request
of the Government, preferred through
rhe Commissioner of Internal Revenue,
nut insists that there shall be direct
charges made against him, and that he
shall be heard in sell. defense.
AFFAIRS between the British Govern
mu1ft ana Burmah are said to be in an
extremely critical condition.
SIXTY persons were lately drowned by
nhe capsizing of a lighter on the Tagus,
NEAR Lisbon.
IN Washington on the Sd a package
containing S47, 800 in greenbacks mys-
teriously disappeared from the Treasury
Department. No clew could be OBJ
tanned as to how or by whom it had been
taken.
THE President has issued proclama-
ton continuing the existence of the
Alabama Claims Commission for six
months from the 1st of June.
SECRETARY DELANo has suspended the
sale of Indian lands in Kansas till Jan. l,
1876.
CHARLES H. Lands, of Vineland, n.
j.. who shot and seriously wounded Car
ruin, the editor of the Journal, of that
place, some months ago, has been released
on $4,000 bail.
An outbreak occurred among the
miners at Mahanoy City, Pa, on the Sd.
Two thousand armed men assailed the
men at work in the collieries, compelling
them to quit work A Sheriff and posse
of men who attempted to disperse the
rioters were fired upon and general
scrmmage ensued, a few being killed
and several wounded on both sides. Mil
itary aid had been called for by the au-
thOTties
IN Boston, few days ago, a Mrs.
Thomas Banford took a pistol which
she thought was unloaded and playfully
pointed it at the head of young lady
friend of hers-Miss Belle Whittier--and
pulled the trigger The weapon proved
to be loaded, and the bullet penetrated
the y,ung lady's brain, causing imme-
diate death.
LIEUT.-GEN. SHERIDAN was married in
Chicago on the evening of the Sd to Miss
Irene Rucker, daughter of Bvt. Ma. Gen.
RICker.
A C0AL-HEAvERs' strike occurred in
Chicago on the 3d. The trouble grew
out of the refusal of the coal l-dealers to
pay last years prices-five dollars per
day for wheelers and seven dollars for
shovelers-the non-union men being at
work for three dollars. Force was used
by the strikers in many instances, and a
general riot was threatened.
The Emperor of Germany on the 4th
conferred the order of civil merit on
Heo. Bancroft, the historian, and III. W.
Longfellow the poet.
A VIOLENT hurricane passed over the
town of Macao, China, on the I'd, de-
stroying large portion of the property
On the island and causing the loss of sew
eral lives.
ACCORDING to Washington dispatches
Ol the 4th Postmaster Gen. Jewell was
ABOUT to start on tour of inspection,
visiting the principal cities of the West
In order to observe the workings of the
postal service.
IHE President and family arrived at
Long Branch on the 3D..
IHE Coroner's jury in the Holyoke dis
aster rendered a verdict on the 4th
lhey hnd that no blame is to be attached
4" any person IN immediate connection
WIN the fire, but they strongly con-
uemn the criminal carelessness shown
IN the construction of the CALLER.
Ut and smeans of cgress there.
tfom, and declare that the parties who
uuil' such a death-trap should receive
sne censure Of the community. They
Iufther find that the direct cause of the
nle' with its terrible sacrifice of human
mt was the trimmings about the altar
0hEAr damage was done by the recent
sesere wind and rain storms in Central
lnihois, Indiana and Kentucky.
iHE Indian delegation left Washing
.on 70. on the 9Th. All attempts to nego
uate for the transfer of the Black
Nus region to the Government have
lalled. Before they left Red Cloud de-
i'hueu compensation for the inter
pi''ers and other Indians who had &C.
.onpahled the regular delegates, which
", was with an exception or two, refused
~ demand for horses, equip
-n'n'S and guns Commissioner Smith
iepiied isp that he would net give them guns
II ne could, and as to horses and saddles
az would give them had he the power to
NJ 30 out he had not. An Associated
s:a, ie's aispatch of the following day says
uinicultles are apprehended between them
anu whites who may enter their country
W. y. 'ne purpose of seeking for gold
~ was estimated by the agents
slas the Sioux can muster from
o'vo TO 5000 warriors, half of whom
can be armed with r;f1.s ona +b,