The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1877-07-26
General News summary.

General News Summary,
A KusTRNDJT telegram OF The 1oth an
nounccs the evacuation Of that post by tn
Turks and-its occupation BY the Russians.
6AFvEr PAsHA. the Turkish Ministc
Of Foreign Affairs, has resigned and accepte,
the portfolio Of Public Works. His successo
in the Foreign Officc y Aaril Pasha, . mem
Der Of the old Turkish party, and vehement
ly opposed to the entertainment Of peac
propositions.
TIE elections in Servia have resultet
in the election Of the Government candi
dates, giving the Government majority o
los In the Sknptschina.
ACCORDING to Pesth (Hungary) tele
gram Of the 18th, the passage Of the Bal
kans BY the Russians had occasioned erea
CONSERVATION there, and the Hungaria,
journals were loudly demaading the immc
diate action Of Austro-H Hungary axains
Russia.
An Erzeroum dispatch of the 18th saw,
the Russisn Gen. Melikof had hanged twen
ty-three members Of leading Kurdish familie,
In Russian territory, because of their activ,
sympathy with Turkey.
REDrr PAsHA. Turkish Minister o1
War, was dismissed, on the 10th, and order,
were given to Hobert Pasha, the Turkish
Admiral, to lombard all places Of impor.
tance ON the Russian coast of the Black Sea,
A NIKoPoLIs special of the 10th saws
$4,000 Russians were advancing upon Widin
from Nikopolis, and that the bombardment
from Kalafat by the Roumanians had recon-
menced.
On the 18th, Abdul Kerim tclepraphed
to the Porte that he would be able to cut of
the retreat of the Russians who had crossed
the Balkans as soon as reinforcements ar.
rived. The Government sent 10000 troops
from Constantinople to Adrianople, and tb en-
ordered the dismissal Of Abdul Kerim, and
appointed Mehamet Ali his successor. The
latter moved from Adrianople on the 18th,
intending to force battle with the Russians.
ACCORDING to Constantinople dispatches
of the 20th, levy en- naasse had been ordered
in the Province of Adrianoplc. The Cossacks
had burned several villages in the vicinity Of
Kasanlik, captured that place and were rap
idly advancing upon Philippopolis. The
statement was publicly made In Constanti
nople that the Sultan had offered 10 abdicate
in favor of Toussef Izzeddin, son of the late
Sultan Abdul Aziz.
On the Goth, the Town Council of Glas.
gov, Scotland, formally rendered the freedom
Of the city to ex-President Grant,
ACCORDING to London telegrams of the
22d, England had decided to dispatch troops
to Gibraltar and Malta, to be in readiness for
Turkish contingencies. The ministerial or
gan had stated that Russia would not be al
lowed to occupy Constantinople A report
had been received from Berlin that the Ger
man Government had also ordered its feet
to rendezvous in some port in the vicinity OF
the Bosphorus, to watch England's action
and take advantage Of the progress of affairs
between Russia and Turkey.
A TIRNovA official telegram, published
on the 22d, announces the capture of the
Schipka Pass of the Balkans. The Russian
loss was about 3O0
TELEGRAMs, received in London on the
21st. state that an attempt had lately been
ing an outpost near one of the captured
positions on the Danube, some one fred
shot, and an officer of his staff was danger
ously wounded.
ACCORDING to Tif1is telegram, re-
ceived ON the 21st, the Russians had re.
sumed the bombardment of Kars. They
were throwing into the fort an average OF
2,c00 shells per day. During the preceding |
twenty days the Turks had thrown $4,000 |
shells. w
LONDON dispatch of the 21st says the |
Pope, wishing to place the American Church
on an equality with the Church in Europe,
had expressed desire that the Church in
the United States should be directly subject |
to the Pontiff. instead of being governed
through the intermediary Of Cardinal Pre-
feet of Propaganda. Cardinal Simeoni was
understood to have taken steps in this direc-
tion, and coDcordats were stated to have
been concluded and Papal Nuncios ap-
pointed.
RAGUsA kilograms of the 22d say the
Montenegrins, taking advantage of the de-
parture of the bulk Of the Turkish troops,
had recommended the bombardment of Mic
sizes.
THE whale boat New Bedford, manned
by Capt. Crapo and his wife, which left New
Bedford, Mass, a few weeks ago, reached the
British coast ON the I'D. Capt. Crapo expe-
rienced three gales during the trip, and was
Obliged to lay to for fifteen days.
ACCORDING 10 Berlin kilograms of the
2Sd, the officials at the Russian Embassy in
that city had threateningly declared that
England's open support Of Turkey would
release the Czar from the disinterested
promises made at Sivadia, and enable him
to dictate his own terms of peace.
Orders were issued by the Press Bu-
reau, at Constantinople, on the 2Sd, prohib-
idng the publication Of war news, favorable
Or unfayorable.
A PEsrH dispatch Of the 23d saws
Austria regarded the departure of the Italian
neet for Tarranto with suspicion, and great
ly mistrusted her pretenses OF neutrality.
austria herself was about to send fleet 10 |
some post adjacent to the Bosphorus, to
watch the outcome Of the Russian military
movements and be prepared to take advan-
tage Of circumstances.
The Turkish troops recrossed the
Montenegrin frontier on the 2Sd. with the ,
object OF preventing the expected attack on /
Nicsics.
DOmESTlC.
TIE total assessed value of property in I.
the State Of Iowa for 1877 Is 1894 ,243, ,140-a ,
decrease of 81 10000 since 1875.
PRESIDENT HAYES received q dispatch }
from Coy. Matthews, Of West Virginia, on !
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