The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1875-03-25
THE NEWS.

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Gen. Cabrera, a Carlist chieftain, hi
recently issued an address announcer
his recognition Of Alphonso as King
Spain. A Carlist proclamation has all
appeared denouncing Cabrera as
traitor.
An earthquake of more than usual s.
verity occurred in Northern Mexico Q
the night of Feb. II. The town of Sa
Cristobel was entirely destroyed, an
seventy dead bodies were taken from til
ruins.
A surveying party, in charge of
british Lieutenant and consisting OF 81,
ryti,ree Sepoys and coolies, has bee
Insssacred by the natives of Assam.
The official returns of the recent Ne
Hampshire State election are as follows
For Goperaor-cheney {Rep>, ae,aa5; Rober
qDem). 3g16s: White tPro.). "a
nor C0ggrtssHaea-First District = Jont
d1em.l. plurality, So. Second District-Be
tDemJ plurality. 147. Third District-Bla
(Rep), purafty,a ~.
On the 18th, in the Beecher suit, job
w. Harmon, Archibald Black an
Jackson S. Schultz testified, an
the deposition of J. H. Drake, nov
in Europe, was read. The two forme
testified to the effect that the charg
against Mr.. Beecher, as told them b,
Nr. Tilton, was that of impure propo
sails. The evidence of the two latter wa
in effect that Mr.. Moulton had deniet
that Mr.. Beechcr had violated the sew
enth commandment, and that he (Moul
tom had asserted on more than one oc
cason that Mr.. Beecher was pur,
man. Several witnesses were ex
amined on the 10th, who also testified
that Mr. Moulton had denied te
them the truth of the charge.
against the defendant. Mr.. Beach sale
it was not necessary to call so many
witnesses, as Mr.. Moulton did no
deny having used the alleged expressions
and Judge Nelson suggested that Mr.
shearman should limit his witnesses
which he promised to do. Thos. NJ
Cook, journalist, of Detroit, was sworn
and testified that he had several inter
views with Mrs Woodruff and Mr.. Til
ton prior to the publication of the Wood
hull story, and that Mrs. W. had, in the
presence of Mr. T., urged him to write UP
the Beecher scandal. On the cross-exam.
ination witness said he had corresponded
with Mr.. Shearman relating to the
trial, and had received $3.50 to eefray ex.
penses of two trips TO the city made in
connection with the suit. Mr.. Halliday
testified that in October, 1872, Mrs.
Mouton had stated to him, in answer to
a question, that she did not know why
her name was mentioned in connection
with the scandal She said Mr.. Beecher
was her pastor and she believed in him.
The Austin Powder Company's mills,
fire miles south of Cleveland, exploded
on the 10TH and the works were COM
pletely demolished Three of the work
men were killed. the rest escaping with
slight injuries Much damage was done
to houses in the nelghborhood, and build
ings in Cleveland were considerably
shaken, and many windows and large
plate-glas; fronts were shattered, the
damage in the city amounting to $25, 900
to $50, Goo
Don Alphonso, brother of Don Carlos,
has been extradited from Germany.
The King Of Burmah has occupied
certain disputed territory in India and
refuses to withdraw, and British troops
are moving upon British Burmah.
The yeas and nays in the Senate on
the resolution 10 postpone till the second
Monday OF December next the question
of the admission of p. B. S. Pinchback
as Senator from Louisiana were as fol-
lows:
FeoS--Acern, Allison, Boutwell,, Bruce Burn
side. Cameron Pal Cameron (Wisl CLAYTON.
1onoyer. tragin. Dawes. Dorsey, Ferry (Mich),
trelnshHysen, Hamilton, Hamlin. Harvey. Howe,
ingalls,, Jones NevA. Mcmillan. Mitchell, Nor
MI tNe.1. Morrill, VITA, Merton. oglesbv. Pad
does Patterson, Sargent, sherman, Spencer,
Ntst Nindam-3}.
Ngys-Bayard. Bogy, Booth, Caperton. Chris
u4hcy. Cockreil, Cooper, Davis. Eaton, Goldth-
waite, Gordon Hitchcock. Johnson, Johnston,
Janes tF,a.} Kelly, Herman, McCreery, Nc
Donald Maxev. Merrimon Norwood. Randolph
Kansom. salisbury Stephenson, Thurman Wal
la1e, White, Withers--36.
Serious disasters have been caused in
lhe East by floods and ice gorges. Nu-
meTous bridges on the Susquehanna, Della.
ware and other rivers have been carried
away, and property greatly damaged
AT Port Jeiyis, \ u, the lower portion
OF the city was inundated to the depth
OF ten feet, some houses being sub
merged up to the second stories. The
new railroad bridge across the SusQue-
hanna at Pittston, Pa, was carried away
about ten minutes after a passenger
llaln had passed. Several small houses
were destroyed at Germantown, Dan
Vile and Wilkesbarre, Pa, and other
towns IN that and adjoining States had
aso suffered severely.
The judiciary Committee of the New
1ork State Assembly have reported ad.
yefseiy on the bill to allow wives 10
testify against their husbands in civil
eases, and the report was adopted. thus
Killing the hill. 1t was intended. it is
supposed, to allow Mrs. Tilton to testify
lii the Beecher suit.
Inc man under arrest in Arizona ad.
mlts that he is John Bender, but saws he
ald not commit the Kansas murders with
which he is charged, but that his son
ana daughter, John and Kate, did.
Isaac G. Parker, of Missouri, has been
appointed by the President Chief-Justice
OF Utah Territory.
Inc herman lower house has adopted
.he main clauses of the bill withdraw
Ing state grants from the recalcitrant
Catholic Bishops.
Mr Halliday continued his evidence
- 'ne neecnei case on the 18th, and tes-
tined that Mr.. Tilton stated to him in
,ne presence of George Bell that the
woodruff scandal was entirely untrue,
ana that his wife was as pure as the
hsnt Mr. 7. spoke of Beecher's offense
as oeing trivial in its character. Mrs.
Lucy W. Mitchell, nurse, who had been
IA attendance upon Mrs. Tilton on differ
en-, "a, occasions, testified that while in Mr..
.nons household Mr. Beecher was .
neqaent visitor, and she had never seen
,oy lmproprleties between him and Mrs.
:. che was Mrs. T.'s nurse at the time Of
nsf Illness, when Mr.. Tilton and Mr..
.lou,'on were together in the house about
'ne Time the alleged letter of confession
= supposed to have been written, and on
..e evening when the letter of retrac-
tlOn was furnishad II, AZ.