The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1875-04-15
THE NEWS.


at Rome, and it was with view 10 sucn
emergency that Archbishop McCloskey
was elevated to the Cardinalate.
Gov. Tilden, of New York, has par
ffoned James w. Ingersoll, sentenced in |
1873 to five years imprisonment for
forgery in the second degree. He was
connected with the Tweed frauds
Mr.. Reecher continued his denials of
the evidence of Messrs Tilton and Moul- |
ton on the 9th and 7th, and explained the
letters which passed between himself and
Mrs. Tilton, denying that they had any
meaning warranting the construction put
upon them by the prosecution, and claim
ing that they related mainly to Mrs. Til
toms domestic troubles and the defend
ants sympathy for her as pastor and
friend.
Remarkably cold weather, with light
fall of snow, prevailed in Central Cali
fornia on the jth which was thought to
have imperiled the safety Of the fruit
crop.
At the election in Wisconsin on the
9th Edward G. Ryan was chosen Chief
Justice of the Supreme Court without
opposition.
PIT. Barnum, the great Snowman, was
elected Mayor of Bridgeport on the 5th
!Joln Robinson, the well-known circus
nexn, was defeated on the same day for
.tne same office in Cincinnati.
An investigation into the Ouch esne
plot for the assassination of Prince Bis
marck has been commenced at Liege,
Brussels.
A bill giving to unmarried women the
right to vote for members of Parliament
was refused second reading in the
British House OF Commons on the 7th,
by vote of 152 to 1877.
The Court of Claims has recently de-
cided that the power given to the Presi-
dent to pardon crimes does not author
ize hun to restore forfeited or conGscated
property.
On the sti, the President suspended
w Ringgold, Postmaster at New Or
leans, under the Tenure-of- Office act,
and appointed John NJ. G. Parker in his
PLACE.
Washington dispatches report the dis
covery of numerous frauds upon the
lPostoffice Department in connection with
mailroute bids.
The Rhode Island State election was
held on the 7th. There was no choice
for Governor and Lieutenant-G Governor
The remainder of the Republican ticket
for State officers is elected by between
1000 and 10000 majority. The choice
for Governor will depend upon the COM
plexion of the Assembly, and will be be-
tween Hazard and Lippitt.
On the 9th the passenger rates from
the East to Western points were general
yreduced.
Under a recent act of the New York
Legislature new suit has been brought
against William NJ. Tweed, to recover
50, ,1As ,957 which was paid out under the
Rasrd of Audit Of 1870.
More strikes in the Pennsylvania min
4 ling regions were reported on the 7th, and
y others were expected. Troops had been
called on to assist in putting down any
putDIt tiidb tthC lJIdCC.
The municipal election in st. Louis on
the 9th resulted in the election of the
4 Democratic candidate (Barrett) for May
or by a plurality of about 700. The bal
. ance of the Democratic ticket was also
elected.
A large quantity of giant powder
stored in San Francisco exploded on the
7th, blowing up number Of buildings
and causing the complete destruction of
bonded warehouse in the vicinity,
Several lives are reported lost
ACCORDING to Berlin dispatches of the
Sth, Herr Sigl editor of the ultramontane
paper TaterlaRd, recently sentenced in
co1tumaeiam for publishing an article of
fensive to Bismarck, had been arrested
by the Austrian authorities on the appli
sent to Berlin. The Bishop of Breslau
4 had declined to resign his see, and pro-
ceedings had been instituted to enforce
compliance with the order of the court.
4 The Government had announced its de-
termination to prosecute the German
subscribers to the Carlist fund, on the
ground that they were fomenting re-
bellion against friendly power.
Rumors prevailed in Berlin, Vienna,
Paris and Rome on the 9Th, which Ber-
lin Ministerial journal of that date says
signifed war against Germany.
Spain has decided to send Is. 900 more
troops to Cuba. The professors of the
Madrid University who had protested
against the recent reactionary educa-
tional laws have been arrested.
Congressman Wheeler reached Wash
4 ington on the 9Th, en- route for New Or
leans, to carry out the terms of the Louis
lana compromise.
The strike of puddlers at Pittsburgh,
Pa, which was inaugurated last fall,
virtually ended on the 18th, in favor of the
workingmen. Two mills resumed opera
tions on that day anu others would soon
follow.
Il Count Marefaschi arrived in New York
on the 7th from Europe, and announced
officially to Archbishop McCloskey that
y the Holy Father had been pleased to con-
ltl vi Hiil 9uO bltlI dlu ClCNdbC Aliu w
& the rank of a Cardinal of the Roman
8 Church. @
r In his direct examination on the 8th
81 Mr.. Beecher continued his explicit de-
malls of the statements of the prosecu-
n tion involving criminality on his part.
IL Regarding Mrs. Moulton, he says he was
Il frequent visitor at her house, where he |
always met with cordial and lady y-lke
II reception. He asserted that he was not
n at her house on the I'd or 81 of June, 1872, |
81 nor did he ever make confession to
q Mrs Moulton of criminal conduct such
q as charged in her testimony. Witness
q testified that at one of the interviews be-
\ tween him and Mr.. Moulton at the house
Fl of the latter, in January, 1871, when Mr..
Il Tilton was threatening to publish card
relating to the scandal Mrs. Moulton said
to witness that she did not believe the
stories they were telling about him, and
that she believed he was good man. To
this remark witness responded that he
was good man. she might be sure.
A tornado passed over Edinburgh, ILL.,,
on tie evening of the 9Th. One church |