The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1877-01-04

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A WASHINGTON dispatch of the 26tl,
tys the Speaker had replied to the letter
of President Orion, of the Western Union
Telegraph Company, asking to be excused
from appearing before the Morrison In,
vestigating Committee with certain papers
and telegrams. Mr. Randall said he had
no power to excuse. 1t was for the
House TO determine what action should be
taken. gr-ss & a,fts5EtE --a5tgss5
OK the 27th, Cronin, the Tilden Elec-
" from Oregon, delivered the Electoral
vote of that State to Vice-PresidentFer Ferry,
who declined to give receipt on account
of two returns from the State.
A TALLAHASSEE (Fla) dispatch of the
9th says that, in obedience to the orders
of the State Supreme Court, Atty. Gen.
Cooke had made a canvass of the vote on
It day after the other members had re-
L to canvass. His recount gave Drew
and Tilden o. ma ajority This he filed
-. ne Clerks Office, in obedience to the
order If the Court. Subsequently the
other members of the Board agreed to re-
canvass, and the full Board met, con.
cluded their canvass and gave Drew u
majority of 1875 and the Hayes Electors
2o6. Cooke files a protest
THE silver disbursements from the
United States Treasury to the 2Sth aggre-
gated $25, ,511 500, of which SIS, ,395, ,512
was for the redemption of fractional cur
rency, and $40. lis 1896 was silver paid in
lieu of notes and checks. The Assistant
Treasurer in New York paid out 81, $780,
607; Boston, S2,537 ,030; Philadelphia,
SO, 164 ,430; ST. Louis, 81, ATS ,0S2; Cincin-
natl, 50, sS0, ,251; Chicago, S2,63s, ,977 Bal
timore, 1901 ,012.
Otis d. SWAN, New York broker,
absconded recently, taking with him
large amount of trust funds His en-
bezzlements are estimated at between
$500, 0,o00 and 100000. err "a --a =
Hon. r. A DUELL, Commissioner of
Patents, rendered his resignation on the
2Sth. 1t was accepted. .r o..
EX-SENATOR JAMES w. NYE, of Ne
vada, died at White Plains, N. Y, on the
25th.
On the 29th ult., Gen. Hampton, of
s. Carolina, sent letters to Cows
Til en- and Hayes, inclosing a copy of
Hampton's recent inaugural as Governor,
and declaring that profound peace pre-
vailed throughout his State. He an
nounced his intention of relying for his
vindication upon the proper legal tri-
bunals of the State and country.
A COLUMBIA, S.. c., Associated Press
dispatch, of the 28th ult., says the House
Investigating Committee had concluded
its labors and, adjourned sine die. The
subcommittee, after careful eXamina-
ton, had reported that the Hayes Electors
received an average majority of 900, and
Hampton and his State officers majorities
ranging from l, 100 downward.
A TERRIBLE railroad accident occurred
near Ashtabula, Ohio, on the evening of
III 9th ult. The Western bound Pacific
ess train on the Lake Shore &
hkchigan Southern. Road reached Ashta-
'uufa River, just. west of that station, a
llltle aItbr seven O'CLOCK y. H., IWO
hours behind time. When crossing the iron
bridge over the river, severe and blind
ing snow storm prevailing at the time, the
train ran off the track, probably on
account of the drifts of snow, when the
bridge, an iron truss of about 100 feet
span, gave way. Two engines were at
tached to the train, the forward one of
which passed safely over the bridge,
but the coupling connecting it with
the second engine broke. and the rest
of the train-consisting of two first-clhe
X" ehes, one smoking car, one drawing
IN car, three sleeping cars, four
I'D ress and baggage cars and one
ne-was precipitated into the river, a
8 ince of about seventy feet below. The
were, of course, completely wrecked,
a} Immediately took fire, and of the 175
3 sengers in them at the time of the ac-
q ent, it was believed fully 100 perished,
either by burning, freezing or, drowning.
EOf the remainder, fifty or sixty were more
70 Ness severely injured.