Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1867-06-15
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BiSGuANpToS. y. y, June l4.-Wclls,
Lawr nee a Whitney saw mill at Conklin
was burned last night with 10000 feet Of
lumber. Loss $4,000. 30 insurance.
NFw YoNK. June u The mansion Of II
r tittiH, ii brooklyn. was pretty near
cl,aAca ont l'y burglars last night.
The p4Fiie charged with stealing 10000
Russian thalers from Prince Hipnc, OF
Germany, were before the Court to-day.
the charges was withdrawn and the parties
released They made a lee line for the
West.
Thomas Jones, William Davis and Will
liam Koffmever have been arrested as the
thieves who robbed bonded warehouse in
Greenw ich street last week Of $l2, GU0 worth
OF silks and vclvess. About half Of the
stolen property was recovered.
H. a. Bundy oi.ds a. KioChDer, commit
ted suicide last night, after trJ ing to kill his
wife by shooting. Bundy served in the
Mexican-W expedition and command
ed the Thirteenth New York Independent
Battery, and is said by his wife TO have
save the whole division by his admirable
handling Of his battery. The testimony Le'
fore Tie coroner brought out a letter in
which liz foresha,.owed suicide, and stating
his wife as the cause oi his ruin she was
formerly a pretty waiter girl, and latteily,
although he tried 10 reform her, has been
prostitute.
The colorcd people here are arranging ior
a mass meeting Ia take measures urging
upon the Constitutional Convention the
prophecy OF striking the negro property
qualification from the statute.
The Heyaid's money article ssys We
understand that the largest railway consaii
,iatiun ever attempted IN this country, j.
about TO be consnmmated II embraces i've
orr SIX computations whose lines run iron
this city 10 the extreme West. All the de
tails have been agreed on.
ALBANY, June 1i-In the Conyept;or
to-day, Il memorial was presented by Tia
Universal Peace Society, praying Tor amend
men,s TO the Constitution, removing th,
causes OF and abolishIng the provision 10
war. Referred The action OF yester
day was reconsldcrcd ana committee 81
canals ordered appointed Tie resolution {
) inquiry as 10 the policy OF the prohibition,
liquor law, was laid on the table and order
ecfprinled.
; New YoRK, june l5.-llerman Vierck
recovered 1870 damages from the Thir'
Avenue Railroad Go. yesterday. for dana
COS sustained in an accident.
The IieraIds New Orleans special tele
graphs u iestcr from QuerTetaIo published
in Matamoras on the I'd inst, which saw
the Government will Danish Maximillial
and the principal chiefs, reserving the IN
fiction Of the extreme penalties Tor thos
only whose crime demands it.
The latest news from the capital was tbs
Marquee attempted to come but Va
driven back by Daz.
The Times Washington SPECIAL says At
torney General Stanberry's forthcomin
opinion regarding the power Of the Miitsr
, Commander TO remove civil officers, vi
} assert in fact that they cannot be remove
without having previously been found guilt
OF impeding reconstruction, by . mlitar
commission.
Information from North Carolina m
nounce the, proceedings will tie institute
10 fore the Railroad of that State, in whic
the State has an interest, into bankruptcy
as they are insolvent, and in reality are onl
allowed to keep IN running order throul
I the suiicIaucc ii their creditors.