The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-03-30
THE NEWS.

1rrCN Il,
,,ts to assassnate the Italian LIAM Gonsa h1 II
p r, servant. The natives wer
o.,a ~. excited at the disturbance, an
1s'a' : had to be called out to hold tn
ri 5%'1 in check and protect the Consulate
n- invitation of the American Ritl
,nD n shoot at the Centennial for til
I''., ,ionsbip of the world has been ac
.sn ',a{ by the Irish Rifle Association,
,,opnryG to a Vienna telegram of tn
a1 i negotiations for peace were pendinI
= ',repD the Turks and Herzegovinians.
ppr.rnESr GRANT has nominated Johl
Bentley, of Wisconsin, to be Commls
.a@of p'If'I Pensions, rice Mr.. Gill, resigned
r,rrp P MARSH appeared in Wash
1,n . mn the 22d, and testified befor
~ y iDresligsting committee concerning
4. A. RIsnsp affair, and stated that tn
:.,,I account of his former testimon,
=. correct His first payment was tt
n, Belknap; one-half the second to tn
e.,e,sry himself. He had made som,
..,msufs TO him in person, in bank notes
nj supposed he knew where the none.
sne from without any conversation Oh
he subject
rpp New York Republican State Con
,.,tion was held at Syracuse on the 22d
,,i 1sIppstes 10 the National Convention
,sre selected Resolutions were adopted
nnnendaOry of the present Nationa
ADMINISTRATION; advocating retrenchmen
md reform, and the unsparing pursuit
,r,o,ure and punishment of public frauds
nd official dishonesty; favoring sound
currency Of coin, or paper convertible into
NiD and presenting to the National Con
r,,ion the name of Roscoe Conkling as
NE choice of the New York Republicans
M President of the United States.
lyezplosiOn of "Jupiter" powder oc.
Crred in 8 powder mill in Washington,
vile. suburb of New York city, on the
~, and four men were literally blown to
giee. Six or seven other persons were
vgely injured. The mill was blown to
Dece., and buildings in its immediate vi
dity we're considerably shattered. The
uposion is thought to have resulted from
friction,
The Democratic State Convention of
Pennsylvania met at Lancaster on the
I'd Delegates to the National Conven-
t0l were selected, and a platform adopt
ei declaring that recent exposures of
fraud and corruption call for a thorough
li searching investigation into the con-
duet and condition Of every branch of
he public service; favoring a general
snnesty; declaring that it is impossible
the Government TO comply with the
hT orthe resumption Of specie payment
olihe la of January, 1879, and that gold
ili silver are the only true basis for the
currency Of the Republic, and that Con
gHa should take such steps for the re-
symptom ofspccie payments as will most
EaIy and speedily reach that result
'hout destroying the business interests
dae people,
BTeported from Fort Laramie that
several persons en- route for the Black
hills wandered off during late severe
Storms, got LOST and persisted.
IHE Wisconsin State Prohibition Con
'slion met at Oshkosh, on the 21st, and
appointed delegates to the National Con-
'slion to be held at Cleveland.
INTELLIGENCE reached Fort Laramie,
IVY I,on the night Of the 21st, of a fight
NI"een miners and Indians on Dead
Sool Creek, sixty miles north of Custer.
lie miners attacked the Indians and
hAe1 thirteen. One white man was
Ayel' lhe Indians had been running
/ Of stock.
AN MARSH appeared before the sub
11rIafy Committee On the 23d, and stated
4'' he had, as early as 1872, conversed with
ScTe'Fyof- Var Belknap concerning an
-"VF published in the New York Tribune
,ya'IoA 10 post-tradcrships at Fort Sill,
.l- .le payment by Evans to Marsh of
''''" i'T the place, etc. Witness said he
'1 70 canada because he feared indict-
-'D1 'of bribery. Testimony was given
! OAeF witnesses before the committee
'-1s'llhg assessments OF post-traders for
political purposes.
IHL Oil conterring the title of Empress
\ !, luus upon Queen Victoria passed the
no to 134 vi '''' S''
h. VILLAIN b, BEACH, a lawyer of Prov
rI mas been nominated on the Rhode
- -'aD1 Democratic ticket for Governor in
F''e o. ten. Cooke, declined.
Can at Hhode Island Republican State
..5 a,I''HIlon met at Providence on the 23d.
r-1 nsI 'vlomlnated thepresent State officers.
con ,.,,a.ts TO the Republican National
>,-''D'lon were also selected.
b. tat announcement was made from
!. ..'aeIphia on the 23d that Bayard Tav.
''s % be the Centennial poet.
,,oral I 'o'tfhor OF California has ap-
ns,, ns,9l a bill providing for the punish.
VIE -0ea'erS by public whipping.
,s w M lne morning of the Esd boiler in
/ T,,Dp1. r.Yn racine company's rolling-mill
,,acS; r;alnle City, Wy. T., exploded,
,,n,' hng The south half ofthe mill and in
,onns AiliIng four men and seriously
,Saa' ag ~ len others, one of the latter Of
o,or -''0 soon after the accident. The
M,%s,a was carried through the stone wall
j. sIs oalldlng and deposited on the prai-
II, quarter of mile away.
., Ass. r., CATHERINE LEHERr, of Chicago,
i n bai, burned while using kerosene
= Oolld fire, on the 22d.
,T, 1aL aeath of Chief.Justice Nicholson.
'+''S'see, was announced on the 9sd
=, I ,,,',' Sa,' Lake City, Utah, John Virgins
,,na ! sentenced TO be shot on the 23d
bs ~. i0f The murder of John Kramer
.oss o"ef ,h: was given the option, and
.Dyinn .'' mode of death in preference to
'us'lg Or decapitation.
,r;s n+sIEScE in the case of Lieut. Gov.
~, ,,1a,0 oi Mississippi, was formally pro-
sca wv On the 23d, being removal from
? "a, suu disqualification from holding
5ata 'is AZ; ol honor, trust or profit. The
.Suna,; ;''on'lnued proceedings against
tba bp.'in'endent of Education Cardozo,
, ~ls request of the House.
,rino JaAthPER p named Hedden, of the
sbsco"sk nsnk OF New York city, has late
,ks ea, ah and an examination of his
udod 'Ns mat the bank has been de-
eDsra, Dut y OF $3s,oo0. 1t appears that
X nenry Bode, customer of the
vorla 'rn, his handbook for deposit, He'd.