The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-02-03

Convention is to be held at Topeka on tn,
oath of May.
! ACCORDING to a Vienna special of tn,
9th committees had been formed in sew
eral ServIan cities, including Belgrade
having for their avowed object the de
thronement of Prince Milan.
A DISPATCH from Cologne on the o7tl
says the Bavarian Minister of War hat
been admonished by the Berlin Govern
ment to discontinue the exemption from
conscripuon heretofore accorded to priests
and theological students.
THE London Datzy Neus of the 27th
says that writs had been served on Gen
Schenck, the American Minister, Albert
Grant and other promoters of the Emma
Mining Company.
THE Secretary of the Treasury on the
9th ordered the destruction of 1864, ,0S0 in
greenbacks, that amount being eighty per
cent of the new national bank currency
issued during the month. This leaves
the outstanding greenback circulation
s371 ,213, ,140.
THE eighth annual convention of the
National Woman's Suffrage Association
met in Washington On the 27th, Mrs. NJ.
j. Gage presiding, Rev, Olympia Brown
made the opening prayer and Fred Doug
lass delivered speech in favor of woman
! suffrage.
! ACCORDING to a Washington dispatch
of the 26th Senator Patterson, Of South
Carolina, had been advised that the Sec
retary of State had issued certificates to
| Moses and Whipper as Circuit Judges
| OF that State, and that they would be
sworn in under this certificate at the prop
er time. These are the persons whom
Gov. Chamberlain declined to commission
after their election by the Legislature.
THE Northampton Mass National
Bank was robbed by burglars on the night
| 5000, 900 were carried off The bank of
| fcers have offered a reward of $25 900 for
! the return Of the property and the capture
of the thieves.
A NUMBER of the parties indicted in
Milwaukee for whisky frauds withdrew
their pleas of not guilty, on the Goth, and
then plead guilty to the charges.
A FIGHT is reported to have occurred
between United States troops and Apache
Indians, about fifty miles southwest OF
Santa Fe, n. NJ, on the 17th of january
The troops were attacked by about 200
Indians. After fighting nearly half a day
they managed to get away with the loss
of one man and three badly wounded. At
least twenty Indians were slain.
ACCORDING to the official Turkish ac-
count of the engagement on the road be-
tween Trebigne and Ragusa, the insur-
gents, numbering from 1000 to 10000
men, were defeated by about 5000 Turks,
after five hours battle.
THE British Government has ordered
steamer to proceed to the station at Lsanda,
on the west coast of Africa, and bring
home Lieut.. Cameron and his party, who
have recently made the transit of tie Afri-
can continent.
A BERLIN dispatch of the 2Sth says
great agitation prevailed in Posen over
the proposed law to make the German
language compulsory in the public offices
and the courts of law, and serious disturb
ances were feared.
A BUDA (Pesth) special of the 2Sth an
nounces the decease Of NJ. Deak the dis
tinguished Hungarian statesman.
AT consistory held in Rome on the
2Sh, the Pope nominated twenty-five ad-
ditional Bishops.
In the Ontario Legislature, lately, the
bill giving women a right to vote at mu-
nicipal elections was defeated by small
majority.
AT meeting of the National Demo
cratic Executive Committee in Washing.
ton, on the evening of the 2Sth, Senator
Randolph was chosen Vice Chairman, W.
II. Barnum, of Connecticut, Treasurer,
and A. d. Banks, of Mississippi, Resident
Secretary.
Hon. HENRY II. STARKwEATHER, of
Connecticut, member of the National
House of Representatives, died in Wash
ington on the morning Of the 2Sth, of
pneumonia. He was nearly fifty years of
age.
ACCORDING to a Springfield (Mass.) dis
patch of the 2Sth il was believed that the
loss by the Northampton bank robbery
would be over 81 900, 900, nearly one-half
of which is negotiable.
AT the annual meeting of the National
Poultry Association, held in Chicago on
the 9th, Edward M. Teall, of that city,
was chosen President, and Charles z.
Willard, also of Chicago, Secretary and
Treasurer, for the ensuing year. The
next exhibition of the Association will be
held in Chicago from Feb. 3 to Feb. 10,
1877.
Four dcspcradoes, formerly employed
by the Lake Shore Railroad, l.. Ii. Hart
well Charles and H. Dwight and William
Emery, alias "Sophus," boarded the ex-
press train, bound East, on the Lake
Shore Road, near Toledo, Ohio, on the
night of the Goth, with the intention
of robbing the United States Express
Company's safe of its money pack
ages. They were captured while in the
very act by Toledo police officers and
United States detectives, who, getting
wind OF their intention, were on board
ready for them. They were taken to To
ledo and lodged in Jail on the morning of
the 9th. The express messenger had in
his charge in the car S15O,00o in currency
and $t5, 900 in bullion.
MADRID kilograms of the 29th ult. say
that the Carlists had abandoned the bonn
bardment of San Sebastian and removed
their siege artillery. The Spanish Bish-
ops had ordered that the bodies Of all
persons who died prior to Feb. 8, 1875,
and who were only married civilly, be cX-
humed and removed from consecrated bu-
rial places.
A RAGUsA telegram of the Goth ult. says
the insurgents were retreating, pursued by
the Turkish troops. They had burned
nine villages.
AVITToRIA SPAIN dispatch of the Both
ult. announces the capture Of Aregria by
Gen. Quesada.
The Senatorial elections were held by
the electoral colleges throughout France
on the Both ult Returns from all but two
districts show the following results: Mon
archists, 50; pure Bonapartists, 12; Re-