The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1875-07-29
THE NEWS.

pouERoY, the Massachusetts, boy mur-
hos rctracted his former confession,
"a - y denies his guilt With regard to the
"a =" .,h Of Katie Curran, he says he made
~, oonfession that his mother and
I nor who had been arrested for the
3purIer and whom he knew to be inno-
Arept, might escape.
u rup snbstance of John d. Lees con-
.,ion concerning the Mountain Meadows
81 ',aoro is that the deed was done under
rIors from the leaders of the Mormon
z!Shnrcb that he took the news of the
4. ossscre to Brigham Young, who deplored
IT, transaction and said it would bring
sslissstcr on the Mormon people.
Il THIRTEEN miners and four wagons were
!, ,ntured forty five miles north of Fort
4, Ina,,,io m route to the Black Hills, on
Abe 10Th, and paroled.
= Ox the Goth the Mississippi Jettles had
oon rpn out 3 900 feet, and were progress
~ ot the rate of eco feet daily. -Four
hundred men are employed.
y PETITION has been filed in Cincin-
at court for the impeachment OF Mayor
S1obnson. Among the charges made
roinst him is one that he endeavored to
x,ortroI the labOrs of the police contrary to
IT. law when he was a candidate for re-
Election,
4 A1rx,SDER AND WILLIAM CALLIE, o
,be firm which recently suspended, were ar
,osted in London on the 21st, upon the
,barac of obtaining several million dollars
supder false pretenses. They were held to
snsiI in the sum of $4,000 each.
4 MAI. FULTON, of the American rifle
steam, won the American cup at Wimble-
ston on the 2lst
4 HEAVY rains and inundations occurred
.t Leicester, Greenfield, Forest Of Dean,
&Godmanchester and elsewhere in England
4 Eon the DIST. Crops were destroyed over
slarre section Of the country.
i ACCORDING to Madrid dispatch of the
e1s over 1000 Carlists had been captured
since July l. The Carlists deny that Gen.
=Dorregaray had been forced to take refuge
bin France.
HERR SIGT and Baron Lee, Ultramon-
staRe leaders, have been sentenced to ten
snonths' imprisonment by a German court
dor reasonable speeches and writings.
THE Connecticut lower house on the
21st yoted-102 to S2-to postpone the bill
Irving woman the right to vote in Presi-
'dcntial election indefinitely.
A BosroY dispatch of the 2lst says that
IJessc PomcToy, the boy murderer, had
been surprised in cunning and desper-
|atc attempt to cut his way out Of Charles
Street Jail His arrangements were made
Ifor escape on the evening Of that day.
THE Democratic campaign in Ohio was
sopened at Gallipolis on the 21st, Geo. H
,Pendleton and Gov Allen being the prin-
eipa speakers.
THE Nebraska Republican State Con
Ncntion will meet at Kearney on the 18th
bf September.
il the British House Of Commons on the
22d q notable scene occurred. Mr.. Disraeli
bad given notice that the Government had
abandoned the Merchant Shipping bill for
the session, when Mr. Plimsoll, the human
ftarian, arose in his seat and with violent
gestures and insulting speech declared that
such a course would be the destruction of
thousands of human lives. Being called
f. order he repeated his remarks, and de-
cIared that certain members engaged in the
shipping interests were villains. He was
ordered from the House and retired shak
ing his fists at the Government benches.
ACCORDING to Washington dispatches
Of the 22d, at a Cabinet meeting held the
day before the subject Of Dist. Atty Fish
er's official conduct was under discussion,
and the conclusion was reached that he
be requested to resign after he had been
allowed sufficient time to complete the
business then pending in his office. The
charges against the Interior Department
were fully discussed, the President ex-
pressing his confidence in Secretary Della
nos capacity, integrity and faithfulness as
an officer, and assuring the Cabinet that
be would not allow the attacks on Delano
10 injure him the least in his opinion until |
Ihe charges Of his dishonesty should be
fully proven.
AT the Bankers Convention recently |
held at Saratoga, n. Y. resolutions were
immediate specie re
calling for a repeal of the war
lax on banks; urging the issue of coupon
bonds in exchange for registered bonds;
demanding the abolishment of the two
Gent stamp tax on checks and vouchers ; |
Iayorlng permanent organization of ma
Nonal bankers; opposing the Usury law.
THE Maryland Democratic State Con
'cntlon met at Baltimore on the 22d and |
dominated John Lee Carroll for Governor.
lhe resolutions oppose high protective |
larlll; protest against any increase of the |
currency; demand that Con
gFess shall provide for the speedy resump-
hon Of specie payments.
lHE Democrats of the First Mississippi |
District have, by acclamation, renomi- |
nated L. Q. G. Lamarfor Congress.
The confession of John D. Lee. of
elountain Meadows massacre notoriety,
pot being satisfactory TO the Prosecuting
Auofney' he was, on the 2lst, placed on
lrlai under the old and three new 1ndict-
'leh'S' A jury was impaneled next day,
composed OF eight MOrmons and four
Genties.
lhE constitution adopted by the Pres
pyterlan Council was published in London
Pl 'he morning of the 23d The name
gwen the new union is the Alliance of
.ne reformed Church Throughout the
world All churches are included which
noid to the Presbyterian belief and creed
DIR FRANCIS BOND HEAD, formerly
|. Lieu'enant-Governor of Upper Canada,
fled on the 23d.
ABOUT 800 German manufacturers have
announced their intention to exhibit their
sood8 at the Philadelphia Centennial.
EIGHT THOUSAND acres iathe vicinity
Earth, Denburgh and Whittlesev, En-
land, were flooded on the 23d, and !, 900
Eatle deprived of pasturage.
CDeE FISHER, Attorney of the District
Columbia, resigned on the 23d.