The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1877-07-19

and Cen. Devin had had ! conference. !.
which they had NO diflculty In comma. 70 :,
agreement In relation to suppressino rsIds
They were Of opinion that they could reude
the passage OF troops from one side to IL,
other unnecessary BY dlscharging their re
specttve duties. Gen. Canales thought th,
publication of an order Of such importanc,
- that OF the Secretary Of War to Gen. Orr
Without notice to Mexico was disrespectfu
to the Diaz Government, but he waived tina
and would cooperate with our authoritie,
In any measures necessary to insure peac,
and to secvyc the preservation Of order on
both banks If the Rio Grande.
TIE Ina~rance Commissioner Of Con.
neeascN made an application for the an
pointment Of . receiver for the Charter Oal
Life Insurance Comp.nY ON the 18th,
NEWS was received at San Francisco
on the 14th. to the effect that Chief Josepf
and his band, ON the 10th, surprised ! party
OF thirty-one Cinnamon who were comino
down the Clearwater in canoes, and, for mere
pastme and recreation, inhumanely killed
the whole party but one, who managed tc
elude them and escape. An official tele.
gram from Gen. Howard states that, on the
18th, he came across the Indians, about SOC
strong, in deep canyon, near the mouth Of
the Cottonwood, near the south fork Of the
Clearwater, and fight ensued, which lasted
during the day, the enemy being driven from
some OF their positions. The next day the
Indians gave way, and at last accounts were
In full fight westward. They lost thirteen
Killed and quite number wounded. OF the
whites, Capt Bancroft, Lieut.. williams and
eleven enlisted men were killed, and twenty.
four Others wounded.
PERSONAL.
The Bliss monument was dedicated at
Rome, Pa, on the 10th, in the presence Of
lo,0OO people. Messrs. Moody and Sankey
took part in the exercises, and the dedica-
tory address was delivered by DR.. Pierson, Of
Detroit.
The National Christian Temperance
Camp Meeting Association began its West
ern session at Lake Bluff, ILL.,, few miles
north Of Chicago, ON the 11th, under the lead
OF DR.. H. A. Reynolds.
A BISMARCK ID. T. dispatch Of the 11tt
says the steamer Fletcher had just arrived
from the Little Big Horn, bringing the re
mains OF Gen. Custer and other Q -hcers mas
sacred with him June 25, 1876. They would
be taken to Fort Lincoln for the present.
PoINDExTER EDMoNDsoN was hanged
at Bloomfield, Mo-, on the 18th, for the mur-
der Of VIM. Shaw, in October OF last year.
On his trial his mother and two sisters swore
that he was in bed and asleep at the time of
the homicide, but the jury convicted him.
An idiotic brother Of the prisoner subse-
quently died. and the rest Of the family
swore that on his death-bed he confessed to
the murder of Shaw, exculpating Poindexter.
Upon this statement respite was granted.
But the death-bed statement could not be
substantiated to the satisfaction of the au-
thorilies, and the sentence was carried out.
The condemned man maintained his inno
ccnce to the last
POLITICAL.
COMPLETE returns of the vote In Min
ncsota, at the special election held June 10,
on the old railroad-bond question, officially
canvassed on the 10th, show the entire vote
cast was 76,5OO, of which 59,176 were noes
and 1884 ayes. Majority against the pro-
posed plan of settlement, Al, $50.
BEFORE the Grover Investigating Com
mirrce, at gortIanu, 0re., on the IUJn, y wiz
ness namel Straight testified that, while he
could not I've positive that none of those who,
like himself, changed from Nesmith to
Grover received any money for SO doing, he,
nevertheless, from the circumstances of the
case, did not believe that either of them re-
ceived cent.
THE Iowa Greenback State Convention
met at DesMoines, on the 11th, and nomi-
mated the following ticket by acclamation:
For Governor, Daniel P. Stubbs, Of Jeffer-
son County; Lieutenant-G Governor, A. H.
McCready, of Woodbury.; Supreme Judge,
John Porter, of Hardin; Superintendent of
County. The platform adopted demands the
unconditional repeal of the Specie-Resump-
ton act Of Jan. IA, 1875; the abolition of
National Banks and the issue OF legal-tender
paper money by the Government, receivable
for all dues public and private; the remone-
tization of the silver dollar, making 1t full
legal tender; the repeal of all class legis-
lation; that all legal means be exhausted to
eradicate the traffic in alcoholic beverages
and the statement Of the evils of intemper
ance, etc.
The Georgia Constitutional Convention
met at Atlanta on the 11th. Chas. j. Jen-
kins was chosen President, and in his ad-
dress said it was unnecessary to caution the
Convention against doing anything that
would infringe upon the rights Of the negro
race.
A CHARLESTON Is. C.) dispatch OF the
18th says meeting of white and black eiti-
zens of the region known as the scene of the
Ellenton riot last fall was held on the 18th,
with view to restore peace and harmony.
Resolutions were unanimously adopted
looking to cessation of race trouble and
to the dropping Of pending prosecutions in
the State and Federal Courts.
THE State elections to be held this year
are as follows: Alabama, Aug 8, Legisla-
tive; Kentucky, Aug. 6, Legislative and
County; California, sept.5, Legislative; vel-
mont, Sept. 5, full ticket; Maine, Sept. 10,
full ticket; Colorado, Oct. 2, Legislative;
Iowa, Oct. 2, full ticket; Ohio, Oct 2, full
ticket; Louisiana, Nov. 8, Legislative; Mas
sachusetts, Nov 8, full ticket. Minnesota,
Nov. 6, full ticket; Mississippi, Nov. 6, Leg
islative; Nevada, Nov. 6, full ticket; New
Jersey, Nov. 9, Legislative and County; New
York, Nov. 8, Legislative and State; Penn
sylvania, Nov 6, Legislative; South Caroli-
ma, Nov. 8, Legislative; Tennessee, Nov. 8,
full ticket; Texas. Nov 8, full ticket; Vir-
ginia, Nov 8, full ticket; Wisconsin, Nov. 8,
full ticket.
IT has been recently announced that the
President has decided that those members Of