The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-02-10

% anu 'iul DoH Carlos ilad taken refuge il
~ French territory.
y On the evening of the 4th, MIR. Henr,
Z Z. Bowen sent lengthy letter to tn
, Examining Committee of Plymouth
Q church, IN reply to the complaints O
: Mr. 5. V. White, a member of said com
0 mittee. In this letter Mr.. Bowen AN
1 nounces his belief in the guilt of Mr.
Beecher, as charged by Messrs. Tiltor
and Moulton, and challenges Plymouth
! Church to appoint its committee to in
vesIgate openly and vigorously hi
tBowen's) words and deeds, either in o.
out OF church, from the day of his birtl
to the present hour. The committee pre-
pared letter to Mr.. Bowen, summon
. ing him to appear before them on the
evening of the Sth to give proof of his as
sertions.
JUDGE BLoDGETT, of the United States
District Court, in Chicago, has refused tc
grant a motion to quash the revenue fraud
indictments against Messrs Hesing, Rehm
and Hoyt, and their trial has been set for
March 7.
The Rialto paper mills. at Port Union,
Ohio, were burned few mornings ago.
Loss stated at $25O,OOO.
The investigation conducted by the
British authorities to ascertain the cause
OF the loss of the steamer Deutschland as
cribes the wreck to an error in the reckon
ing, the captains disregard of the force
and direction of the tide, bad discipline
on the vessel and the improper conduct of
the officers.
A FIRE-DAMP explosion occurred in the
.Jabin coal mines in Belgium, on the 4th
Up to the morning of the 9th only fifty of
the PIG men known to have been in the
mine had been rescued alive
AN Antwerp telegram of the 5th says
seven packages of gunpowder had been
lately discovered among the Goals of an
Antwerp steamer, having on board $50
| persons.
| A CoNsTANTINoPLE telegram of the 9th
says the Porte had that day dispatched to
his ambassadors at the courts of the six
guaranteeing powers reply to Count An
drassy's note. He says the Turkish Gov
! ernment had resolved to apply to the in
surgent districts the i've leading points of
Andrassy's scheme.
A VIENNA dispatch of the 9th says Rou-
mania had threatened TO renounce her al
legiance to Turkey.
THE Secretary of the Southern Histor-
ical Society, in answer to Secretary Bel
knap's letter, says: "The people of the
South are not only willing but anxious
that the whole of their official records
should be given to the world, and that
nifty of Judging them in the light of these
records. Be assured, then, of our hearty
cooperation in supplying your depart
ment with missing Confederate documents.
We will have furnished you properly
authenticated copies of such as are in our
possession, and will assist you in procur-
ing others, it being understood, of course,
that your department will afford us sim
liar facilities in the prosecution of our
work"
THE President has approved the act late
ly passed by Congress to amend the re-
vised statutes relating to naturalization.
A CALL has been issued for Greenback
Convention to meet at New Haven, Conn,
on the 22d inst. Its object is stated to be
" to take such steps as may be necessary
to force both political organizations Of the
States to recognize the voice of the people
in the coming campaign"
THE jury in the case Of Lands, for the
murder at Vineland, N. j., of the editor
Carruth, rendered verdict on the night
of the 9TH of mot guilty on account OF
insanity"
JEFFERSON DAVIS has recently written
a letter to Judge Lyons, of Richmond,
Va, in which he denies that Union pris-
oners at the South during the war were
treated with premeditated neglect and
cruelty. He says: at is admitted that
the prisoners in our hands were not as
well provided for as we would like to
have had them Can the other side say
as muchg" etc. With regard to the ques-
ton of amnesty he says he has no view
of the future which makes it desirable to
him to be included in an amnesty bill, |
and adds: Viewed in the abstract, or as
general question, l would be glad to see !
the repeal of all laws intiicting the penal |
tv of political disabilities on classes OF |
people; that it might, as prescribed by
the Constitution, be left to the courts TO
hear and decide the cause, and to atfix the |
penalties according to prs-existing legis-
lation."
A SHOCKING calamity occurred In
Cincinnati Opera house on the afternoon
of the 5th, caused by false alarm of fire.
An immense throng of ladies and chill
dren had gathered to witness an enter
tainnent called the Allegory of the Great
Republic" Just as the performance
was about to begin some one in the bal
cony raised the cry of fire." when the
crowd in the gallery rushed for the doors.
-Four women and five children lost their
lives in the scramble for exit by being
either trampled to death or injured in
some other manner, and several others
were seriously hurt.
THE residence of George Heindle, near
the village of Hollowayville, Bureau
County. ILL.,, was destroyed by fire on the
night Of the 4th, and Mr.. and Mrs. Helm
die and two young children perished in
the flames. The Oldest daughter, about
nineteen years of age, made her escape by
leaping from the roof of the house, but
saved nothing but the night-clothes she
had on.
Two FEMALE pedestrians-Miss Won
Hillern "a German woman), and Mrs.
Marshall, of Chicago-completed six
days walking match in Chicago, on the
evening of the 5th, the latter winning the
contest by about two miles. The distance
accomplished by the winner was 233 9-10
miles to 2311a by her opponent. Both
women were well exhausted by their
lengthy tramp, the winner being, if any
thing, the worse used up of the two.
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.
On the let, in the Senate an adverse report