The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1877-10-11
pleased with the treatment they received atthc
hands Of the President Sec'y Schurz, etc,
while at the National Capital.


hands Of the President, Sec'y Schurz, etc,
while at the National Capital.
A TREMENDOUS rain and wndstorm
prevailed in the Atlantic States, on the night
Of the 4th, which caused great damage to the
various railroads and caused numerous wrecks
An excursion train on the Pickering Valley
(Pa.) Railroad was wrecked near Phgnixville,
Pa, killing twelve persons and seriously in
juring fifty more. One train was washed into
the Delaware River and three persons were
drowned. The steamer Massachusetts went
ashore near Horizons Point, but no lives were
lost
THERE were twcnty-sevcn cases OF
yellow fever at Port Royal, 8. c., on the 5th-
twenty -onc whites and six colored--in popu-
lation of 94 whites and 137 negroes. The peo-
pie were suffering because Of q scarcity Of
medicine, nurses and physicians.
A WASHINGTON dispatch of the 7th
states that pensioners Of the late Civil War
deprived Of their pensions from March 3, 1855,
to june 6, 1896, had appointed commission to
enforce their claims upon Congress.
ELEVEN new cases Of yellow fever
were reported at Fcrnandina, Fla, on the 9th.
The Mayor had issued an appeal to the Mayors
of Northern cities, earnestly imploring immc-
diate help in behalf Of the smitten community.
News was received at Galveston,
Tex, on the 9Th, to the effect that Mexican
mob, 400 strong, had taken possession of the
Towns of Ysleta and San Elizario Tex, and
hadtakcn the FL Paso County officials prisoners.
Tho crv was !. Death N the f,r,npos,, u merit
cans, and {. Viva Mcxico,,, n was also stated
that noss;ble massacre WAS Imminent. AS there
were no troops on the frontier. Judge Charles
Fl. Howard was among the prisoners. and was
bound with rones According to the Chicago
naners of the IN. Cen. sheridan denied that
there had been any Invasion of Mexicans Init
said the trouble was between Americans, and
over disputed salt-claim.
A DISPATCH was received by Gen.
Terry. AT st. Paul. ON the evening of the
7tb. from Cen. Miles. dated at Comn. near thu
Rear Paw Mountains ON the I'd. stating that
tho latter With his command had overtakcp
and surnrised the camns of the hostile Neg
Perces. on the morning of the aOth nit. and
had captured the larger mart Of their herd.
about fo(l horses. mules, and popics. The en-.
paoemcnt was a very sever.. one the Indians
1OsinO spyppfapn killed jUrludiOp Looking
c,.es srd rb;of fIoso,b,s hrothor and throo
other Chiefs. and forty wounded. OF the
whites, twenty-three were killed, including
eight officers, and forty-two wounded; two
friendly Indians were also wounded. Gen.
Miles says Joseph gave his solemn pledge on
the I'd that he would surrender, but had failed
to do so and was evidently waiting for aid
from other Indians. They were closely in
vested in some deep ravines and kept under
fire, and might be eventually worn out and
compelled to give up. They fought with more
desperation than any other Indians Gen. Miles
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IHE board OF inquiry appointed Dy