The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1875-11-25
THE NEWS.

81 hctveen Spain and the United States.
BERLIN dispatch of the 18th says the
crown Prince of Germany had not pro-
s. noscd to visit the United States during the
a centennial year
LATE Washington dispatch states
,ha, Secretary Bristow had contracted
with the syndicate for the whole of the
roraipder of the $500, 100000 5 per
aon,s The Secretary would take no ac-
tiop in regard to selling the and AZ
4 NOR cents. until Congress meets.
CouuIssIoNER SMITH has resigned his
a oh,rre of the Indian Bureau, and George
4 Jerome, cx-Collector of Customs at De
troit has been appointed as his sue
cesSOr.
TIVE commission appointed to negotiate
& ,,;th thc Sioux Nation for the Black Hills
rcriou have forwarded their report to the
secretary of the Interior. The failure of
tbe negotiations was caused by the pre-
noserous demands OF the Indians.
& CONSIDERABLE excitement existed in
Washington on the 18th over rumors of
serious complications with Spain. Orders
were issued for the sailing of three iron
rIads, but subsequently revoked, the latest
news being that the impending troubles
had been satisfactorily adjusted.
THE American Woman Suffrage Asso-
citation met in New York on the evening
Of the 18th. Bishop Gilbert Haven pre-
sided and made the opening address.
THE Committee of the Union League of
America, recently in session at New York,
have called meeting Of that body for
Dec. 8, in Philadelphia.
THE official returns of the election in
Wisconsin give the following results: For
Governor, Ludington has majority of
sol; for LieutenantGovernor, Parker's
4 majority is 1,011; Secretary of State,
Dcyle's majority is 621; Treasurer,
Kuchn's majority is 2,S04; Attorney Gen
cral Sloan's majority is 1911. There
were 800 scattering votes, mainly cast for
Prohibition candidates.
TIE monument to Edgar Allan Poe, at
Baltimore, was unveiled on the 18th, with
imposing ceremonies.
THE National Grange met in Louisville,
Kv., on the nth with full delegations
from nearly all the States and Territories.
The second annual convention of the
National Women's Temperance Union
met in Cincinnati on the 18th. Two
hundred delegates, representing nineteen
States, were in the convention.
ACCORDING to a special Berlin telegram
of the 18th the Prussan Government had
decided to bring before the Ecclesiastical
Court the Bishop Of Trcyes and the Arch
bishop of Cologne, with view 10 their
deposition.
A RANGoON telegram of the 18th says
conspiracy to seize the arsenal and burn
Rangoon had just been discovered. A
grcat many Burmese had been arrested.
AMADRID dispatch Of the 18th says an
order had been issued forbidding the ac-
ceptaucc of communications from Don
Carlos except the announcement of his
unconditional surrender.
4 WASHINGTON dispatch of the 18th
says the Spanish Minister had been ad-
visei from Madrid that his Government
has conceded the demands recently made
by the nitcd States Government concern
ing Americans captured in Cuba and tried
by cOurt-martial.
THE 5000 stolen from the Treasury
Department since Mr. New became Treas
urcr have been paid by Mr.. New himself
out of his private resources. 1t is stated
that he has not assessed the employees to
make the amount good.
IN his annual report the Postmaster
General states that the cost OF inland mail
transportation for the last fiscal year was
S15 ,3j3, 1863, an increase of S,776 miles in
the length of routes as compared with
1874, but decrease of $4S6SS in the cost
of the service.
The libel suit of Henry c. Bowen
against the Brooklyn Eagle for 100000
came up in the Brooklyn City Court on
the 18th and was put over for the term.
AT SALT LAKE CITY, on the 18th, Judge
White rendered decision releasing
Brigham Young from Imprisonment on a
writ of habeas corpus, and directed the
Marshal to pay the expenses of the proc
ess, amounting to $434. The Marshal
had also received notice of suit for false
Imprisonment.
On the 18th, at Pine House, Ga, train
OF empty freight cars ran into passenger
train on the Charlotte, Columbia & Au-
gusta Railroad, the enginetelescoping the
ladies' passcnger-car, and throwing it
and the smoking-car from the track. A
boy, one year old, was steamed to death
and several other persons were more or
less seriously injured.
A YOUNG Swedish girl named Caroline
hlang, of Indianapolis, Ind, was fatally
burned on the morning of the 18th by the
explosion of coal-oil lamp.
Two RECTIFIERs doing business at Mil
~aukee, Wis, were found guilty of whis-
KY revenue frauds on the 18th
HREAT excitement was caused in st.
Louis on the 18th by the developments
made in the trial of ex-Supervisor Melon
aid for conspiracy to defraud the Govern
ment revenues in whisky transactions.
The testimony against the accused was
strong and tended to implicate prominent
parties not previously suspected.
A MONTGOMERY (Ala.) special of the
lo'h says the majority for the new Consti
tuition Of that State would not be less than
$4,000.
A DENVER (Col. } dispatch of the 18th
announces the arrest of the last of the
seven men who murdered the four Italians
IN That city few weeks ago.
IHE number of German exhibitors ap-
plying for space at the Philadelphia Cen
'enial is 1,140.
CARDINAL PIETRo DI SILvEsTRI died in
RomC on the 10Th.
ACCORDING TO London dispatches of the
i''h the Ministry had telegraphed to the
rilhce OF Wales advising his immediate
return from India, in consequence of the
unsatisfactory attitude of the native
Princes.