The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1875-01-14
THE NEWS.


persons.
IheNew Hampshire State Democrat
Convention, which met at Concord on tn
otn. nominated Hiram r. Roberts, o
hoihnsford, for Governor.
Ihe Wisco nsin State Grange met a
Madison on the 5th, $50 delegates beinI
present. He commended, in warn
'erins, the efforts making to improve tn
navigation of the Mississippi, Fex an,
wisconsin Rivers, as tending towar,
cneaper transportation. The position
taken BY the Order in regard to railroad
transportation he thought should b,
maintained. He urged the sending O
help to the brethren in Kansas and Ne
braska, and the formation of perma
nent fund for the purpose of engagine
IN Inc qanufacture of agricultural imple
ments.t
IheiDwas considerable excitement in
New Oneans on the 9Th over the dis
patch Of Gen. Sheridan to Secretary
Belknap, representing the State of Lou
lslanato be in state of, or bordering
on, anszchy. AT meetings Of the Cotton
Exchange, the Merchants Exchange and
other gatherings resolutions were adopted
denouncing the statementsof Gen. Sheri-
dan asfalse in point of fact and calculated
TO convey wrong impression to the peo-
pie IN other sections. John McEnery
sent aprotest to President Grant against
the acts Of the United States forces in
the State House on the 5th. Some talk
was hadof compromise of some sort in
regard tothe Legislature. Gen. Sheridan
had sent another telegram to the Secre-
tary OF War, in which he expressed the
opinion that 1.-THE terrorism now exist
ing in Louisiana, Mississippi and Arkan-
sas could be entirely removed and
confidence and fair-dealing established
by the arrest and !. tnal.--of $ the
ringleadeB of the armed White
Leagues He suggests that if Congress
would pass bill declaring them ban
ditti they could be tried by military
commission. Among the witnesses be-
fore the Congressional Investigation
COMMITTEES on the 5th were Gov. Hahn
md Gov. Kellogg. In the course of his
tatement tbe latter said he did not think
the State Government could support
Itself without the United States forces,
he claiming that the great bulk of his
s'pporters are in the country, while
large element opposed to his admins
alton reside in the city.
A Washington dispatch of the 9th says
that the Secretary of War had tele-
graphed tolGUa. Sheridan the approval
of the President and the Cabinet of his
course sofar Another dispatch of the
same date says the President will not
issue theploclamation suggested in Sher-
idan's disp4tch of the day before.
The New York Assembly was organ
II ed on thel 5th by the election of Jere-
q lah McGpire as Speaker and Hiram
Y atkins aaClerk. The message Of tho
Governor showed the fund debt of the
d tate to b $50, ,000, 900; reduction last
II year So, ,OOOpOO; balance in the Treasury
n S7,OOO,000
a Gen. Shelidan telegraphed on the 9th
III hat NewQleans was quiet. Threats
y lad been 1de to assassinate him but he
y thought the m idle and would not be pre-
vented her{by from enforcing all or
ders. The Chairman of the Committee
of Seventy lad issued card calling on
Z his fel.owcfizens to avoid by all means
Y The troops stnt into their midst, as their
u sleliverance from political bondage de-
D ended on their prudence and forbcar-
tnce, anda conflict with the soldiers or
d authorities would bring ruin to their
4 hopes.
The French Ministers have rendered
their resignations, but the President has
refused to accept them until he could
0rm Cabinet from the new majority in
the Assembly.
Gov. William CASTOR, of Massachu-
sets, was inaugurated on the 7th.
The Michigan Legislature organized
on the 9th. John P. Hoyt was elected
Speaker OF the House.
There are sos Oranges in Wisconsin,
against 3O4 last year.
Gov Allen on the 7th sent a special
message 10 the Ohio Legislature protest
ing against the work of the Federal
troops in Louisiana.
r. g. Boone has been elected Speaker
of the Missouri House of Representa-
tives.
Both houses of the Louisiana State
Legislature we're in session on the 7th.
The Conservatives remained in caucus.
The pastors of six of the Little Rock
(Ark.) churches have published card
denying Gen. Sheridan's statement that
terrorism existed in that State, claiming
that no such terrorism had existence |
there, and that there was no repression
of public opinion or private action ex-
cept that imposed by an ordinary code
of laws.
Instructions have been issued to the |
German Imperial Bank to purchase gold
at an advanced rate in order to compete
successfully with the American Govern
mcnt and attract gold to Germany. This
action is taken in view of the contem-
plated resumption Of specie payments
by the United States.
According to Washington dispatches
of the 9Th the Administration was await
ing official information prior to the time
at which Gen. Sheridan took command
Of the department before deciding def.
nitely upon report to Congress.
On the sth A. A. Glenn (Dem.) was |
elected President Of the Illinois Senate,
on the twenty-ninth ballot, by a vote of |
26 to % for MI Nrly.
DIR. Coleman, oil oledo, Ohio, has been
elected Bishopd he newly-formed Epis-
conal Diocese II Wisconsin.
King Alphonse cached Barcelona on
his way to MadndPn the 9TH.
Representatiye chumaker has told all
about that x27Sgo check. He had the
check broken % Ito smaller amounts,
and distributed i but $4,000 of it to
other parties. Hs3av the greater part
to a railroad attM by, Lyman Elmore,
and to Gen. Moy L. Smith, lately de-
ceased. Mr.. Sc ker had no informa-
ton to which hss ID swear positively
that any portioa1 he $275, 1000 went or
was directed tor 10 any member or
officer Of the Fos cond Congress and
had no inform1 that any clerk or