The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1875-12-09

IHE Philadelphia navy-yard was sold
on the I'd for 81 100000 to the Pennsyl
vania Railroad Company.
At a grcenback mass meeting held in
| indianapolis on the 1st resolutions were
adopted demanding of Congress the repeal
of the Specie Resumption act, the retire
ment of all National Bank notes and the
substitution therefor of legal tender paper
money issued by the Government.
THE trial Of the Chicago whisky cases
has been set for the 18th of January next
THE Democrats of the Fourth Tcnnes-
| see District have nominated f. r. Riddle
for Congress, 10 succeed J. NJ. Head, late
| ly deceased.
| IL the Milwaukee whisky suits, OF The
ID, Taft and Wcimcr were found guilty
Of defraudmg the revenues. Louis Rinds-
tkop was semitic Jail for contempt of court
in refusing TO answer questions as to pay
mcnts to ring officials disclosed by the
check book.
IL the Avery trial at St. Louis the jury
found verdict on the Sd of not guilty on
the first, second and fourth counts of the
Indictment, but guilty on the third count.
He was taken TO Jail.
\ BARREL containing the remains of a
woman and child was recently delivered
by the driver Of an express wagon to the
United States Express office at Chicago,
ior Shipment to Iowa City The suspi-
Cluns of one Of the messengers being
aroused the barrel was opened and the
nature of the contents discovered An
investigation showed the corpscs to be
those of Mrs. Emma =. Adams and her
infant child, which had been buried in
GraccIand Cemetery and stolen from there
by rcsurrcctinnistS, for medical purposes.
Several OF the perpetrators of the outrage
were discovered and arrested. The ply
sician concerned had not been found up to
the morning Of the 4ih.
ACCORDING 10 Il Madrid dispatch of the
18th the operations Of the Spanish army in
the north had been greatly retarded by
the immense quantities of snow which
had fallen.
A LONDON dispatch of the 5th announces
that the French steamer Amcrique had
not been heard from for several days. She
had been spoken some time before in lati-
tudc Al 40, longitude Il, at which time
she was in a disabled condition. An En-
glish war steamer had been sent out to see
if anything could be learned of her fate.
II consequence of an explosion of fire
damp in the Powell Duttryn colliery,
near Trcdgcar, England, on the 9th,
twenty persons were killed and ten severe
ly injured.
APARIs telegram of the 9Th says United
States Minister Washburne had departed
for Turkey on three-months' leave Of
absence.
IL caucus of the Democratic members
of the House of Representatives held in
Washington on the afternoon Of the 4th,
NJ G. Kerr, of Indiana, was nominated
for Speaker The first ballot stood: Kerr,
II; Randall 50; Cox, 81; Saylor, l. Sec
ond ballot: Kerr, u; Randall, G3;
Cox, 81; Saylor, I. Third ballot:
Kerr, 80; Randall G3; Cox, :;
s,aylcr, Kerr receiving nine votes
more than enough to elect him
The other caucus nominations were: For
Clerk, Geo NJ. Adams, Of Kentucky;
Scrgeant-a Arms, John G. Thompson, of
Ohio; Doorkecpcr, L. II. Fitzhugh. OF
Texas; Postmaster, James Stuart, Of Eir-
ginia; Chaplain, Rev. l. /. Townsend
(Episcopaliany, Of Washington. The Re
publican members Caucuscd the same
day and nominated all the old members
of the House, including Mr. Blaine for
Speaker.
\ WASHINGTON dispatch Of the Sd
states that Commissioner Atkinson had
uncarthcd ring, composed of three
firms of claim agents in Philadelphia
which had succeeded in fraudulcntly get
ting through, during few years
past, many thousand pension cases,
involving The payment Of over 81,
900 900 annually. The ring includes one
Deputy Clerk at Philadelphia. \ large
number of persons, who appeared on the
rolls as pensioners, have made atlidavits
that they had no disabilities, but were
paid 50 much to sign blank papers pre-
scntcd 10 them by the above firms. The
evidence was fraudulent, but appeared
genuine. and pensions were allowed which
have been regularly drawn by the ring,
under powers of attorney.
PRESIDENT GRANT on the 4th designated
Gems. Sheridan, Hancock and Terry as a
military court of inquiry to investigate
the charges against Gen. Babcock, TO sit
in Chicago. Col Gardiner Professor Of
Law at West Point, was designated to act
as Judgc-Advocatc.
SUSAN DENIM, the actress, died at Bluff
ton, Ind, on the 4th, from injuries re-
ceiycd from fall while performing some
weeks ago on the stage at Indianapolis.
New YORK was greatly excited on the
evening of the 4th by the announcement
that Wm. NJ. e. Boss'O Tweed had es-
capped from the custody of Warden Dun
ham, of Ludlow Street Jail. The Warden
had accompanied the prisoner to the
residence of Mrs. Tweed, and while
there had acceded to his request for
private interview with his wife in
an upper apartment, nunham and his
deputy remaining below in company with
one of Twced's sons. After waiting ten
or fifteen minutes the Warden sent the son
to tell his father to come down at once,
and the Young man soon returned with the
statement that his father had disappeared.
The house was searched, but no trace of
the "Bossn could be found. The police
authorities were notified of the escape and
detectives were sent out and secured the
CITY in all directions. Sheriff Conner Of
fercd reward of S10,000 for the arrest of
the escaped prisoner Up to the morning
of The 9Th no clew to his whereabouts had
been found. Police Commissioner Mat
sell had no theory in regard TO the escape,
but in his opinion there was colluson
somewhere A New York special of the
jth says Gov Tilden had notified Sheriff
Conner that he should hold him personal
ly responsible for Tweed's escape.
A TERRIBLE explosion occurred on the
9Th at the Swarthmain coal al-mines, near
Barneslcy, in Yorkshire, England, in con-
sequence of which 140 lives were lost.
The explosion resulted from careless
blasting operations.
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