The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1878-05-30

ncnoOl building, the Globe and Wisconsin
Hotels and large number Of bushes
structures and private residences. Severn
persons were killed. and large number hurt
Similar disasters, though not as serious, ar'
rsportedfro other sections Of the country.
THE seventh annual meeting Of Ii,
Women's Baptist Missionary Society Of Ii
Northwest was recently in session at Indian
apolis, Ind. Encouraging reports Of worI
were made by the societies In Ohio, Indiana
Illinois, Michigan, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri
Wisconsin and Minnesota. Mrs. Rober
Harris, Of Chicago, was elected President 70
the ensuing year, with one vice-President To-
each State; Mrs. j. A Brayman, Of Chicago
was chosen Recording Secretary; Mrs. A
Bacon, Of Dundee, ILL.,, Corresponding eecre
tary, and Mrs. G. Blackall, Of Chicago, Treas
urer.
RERsONAL AND ROLIxzCAx.
4EssRs. SHEARER AND BENTLEY hav.
Ing declined the nominations Of the Pennsyi
vsnia Nationals for Lieutenant-G Governor and
Supreme Judge. respectively, the Executive
Committee have substituted I'm their stead
Daniel N. Steck for Lieutenant Governor and
Judge Daniel Agnew for Supreme Judge.
The State Convention of the Nation.
al Greenback Labor party Of Indiana met ii
indianapolis, on the 2ad, and nominateds For
Secretary Of State, Henry James; Auditor,
Jacob F. Bird; Treasurer. R. P. HIain; Attor-
ney-General, David Moss; Superintendent Of
Public Instruction, John Young. The plat
form declares for the abolition Of all bank 10
sues, the free and unlimited coinage Of gold and
silver, and the issuing by the Government Of
full legal-tender paper money receivable for
all dues, public and private; opposition to
any measure looking to the resumption of
specie payment; denounces the red nag
Communism, which asks for the equal distri
button Of property a. well as the communism
Of National Banks, Bond Syndicates and con-
solidated railroad corporations, which have
already, BY corrupt means, secured, and ara
enforcing, an unequal division Of property,
ETC., etc.
The National Democratic Committee
has passed resolution indorsing the action
OF the National House Of Representatives in
respect to the investigation Of the alleged
frauds in the late Presidential election.
p. MILTON SPEER, of Huntingdon,
has been chosen Chairman Of the Pennsylva-
MIA Democratic State Central Committee.
The Democrats of Pennsylvania, in
State Convention at Pittsburgh, on the 2Sd,
nominated: For Governor, Andrew Il. Dill;
Supreme Judge, II. P. Ross; Lieutenant Gov
ernor, John Ertig; Secretary Of Internal At
fairs, ]. Simpson. The resolutions declare
that the Republican party, its measures and ite
men are responsible for the financial distress,
misery and want that now exist; that its pres
ent hold upon the Federal power was secured
by fraud, perjury and forgery; against fur
ther contraction Of the volume Of United
States legal-tender notes; that thorough in
vestigati0n into the Electoral frauds Of 1876
should be made; fraud should be exposed,
truth vindicated and criminals punished, but
we oppose any attacks upon the Presidential
title as dangerous to our institutions and
fruitless In its results"
The Vermont Republican State Con-
vention was held at Burlington, on the 23d.
Col. Redfeld Proctor was nominated for Gov
ernor, E. P. Cotton for Lieutenant Governor,
and John A. Page, (present incumbent) for
State Treasurer. Resolutions were adopted
approving of the motives and general course
of President Hayes Administration, and re-
joicing il the belief that, though difference as
to policy may exist, both the Executive and the
Republicans in Congress are disposed to suffer
no divisions, observing that excellent
precept, 6 In essentials, unity; in non-essen-
tials, liberty; in all things, charity" con-
demning as "unfair, uncalled-for and revolu-
tionary, the measure of the Democratic House
Of Representatives to investigate part only
Of the facts pertaining to the Presidential
election;" recognizing the patriotic action
and devotion of those in the South who now
stand firm for the Union and the prosperity
Of good government.
B1sBoP McCosKRY reached Detroit,
Mich, on the 23d, and announced that he had
withdrawn his resignation, and would resume
his duties as Bishop Of Michigan. He said
little concerning the scandal with which his
name was recently coupled, but intimated his
intention to seek redress at the hands Of the
law.
A LARGE number of the manufacture
ers of Chicago and vicinity met in Chicago, on
the 23d, and perfected Manufacturers Asso-
citation for the Northwest. Resolutions were
adopted-calling upon managers Of raiiways
leading to the South, West and Northwest to
consider their schedules Of freight rates and
classification with view to correct some Of
the evils existing in the matter Of freight rates
between the East and points west Of Chicago;
declaring the identity Of the interests of labor
and capital; advocating aid to transportation
lines and railways under proper restrictions;
favoring the repeal Of the Bankrupt law; dep
recating the passage Of the Tariff bill pending
in Congress, ETC., etc
The Pennsylvania Legislature has
adjourned sine die.
The Chicago Board of Trade has
adopted resolution to memorialize Congress
to provide by law for the increase and main
tenance of the army to full 100 regiments Of
l 200 men each, to furnish adequate protec-
tion from any outside or internal demonstra-
tions Of violence which may arise in the fu-
ture.
CLARKsoN N. POTTER, Chairman Of
the committee to investigate into the alleged
frauds in the late Presidential election, in a
long letter to friend IN New York, says
President Hayes title TO tho Presidency rests
upon the decision Of the Electoral Tribunal,
everyone submitting to that determination.
!" II now It should appear that there was fraud,
which probably affected the Electoral vote,
and which the Commission did not notice, and
II legal remedy exists for correcting the
error, you cannot believe that such . pro-
ceeding under the law could lead to >
disturbance. It Is exactly because
this is not Mexico, and because the people
prefer determining questions BY Illegal methods,