Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1870-08-25


In reply 70 number Of members Of To
Georgia Legislature, who ssxed his view
mon the question Of m election In tbs
01ste. Attorney 0ensea1 AkRnan mAas
Snfng fhat there = sbsolu4e!y no powe'
csnssYred b. the constitution upon tn
IexislssuYe 70 extend the term OF 6tst
oGIesrrx their own, and thss the tact d
military supervision does NOT alter the
a Washington special OF the 11sh ssys
sComplaint sgasnss Roderick Butler
(cAasged with pension frauds Was lodged
Win the District Attorney, In due form,
today, b. the Pension Buresu, and n
vfll Be Immediately forwarded 70 the Dis
fria Court Of the United 6tstes for Ten
nsasse, from which cours warrant OF n.
1ese must issue. The trial win take place
heee, and the iadic4men. win be for for
cay."
The receipts Of the government fnclud-
tng balance In the Treasury, Tor three
nssGhs ending I=ze %. were t2Ss,Sll-
-.
According 70 the United States Treas
usy statement on the 18th, the currency
balance WAS ~, ia, sos.55 coin balance,
t1O2 O19,J0le0; coin certificates, t3J 49,
600 Internal revenue receipts for the
Ascal year 70 dsse, $51 ,219,e94.
Us. Treasurer Spinner had 20 far re.
covered thss he was attending TO his bust
ness on the 18th. he says there are no
coupterteia Of the new fifty cent cur
Yency.
The acting Judge Of the Police Court
ri Washington, on the 18th, On oath Of
Frederick ". Clark, Of the Special Ser
vice Pension Buresu, directed warrant
Ex the srres. Of Representative r. r.
Butler on charge Of forgery.
A number Of National Banks, organized
under the new Currency law, were
aufhorizsd On the 18th, by the Comptrol-
le1of the Currency, 10 commence business.
OF the number, seven are In Illinois, three
in Iowa, three In Michigan, three in Mis-
souri,, one In Wisconsin and two In Ken
tncky.
Acting Commissioner Douglass has de.
Odd that the law does not relieve pork
packers from manufacturer special tax,
or provide for refunding such taxes al.
ready paid.
The Secretary OF the Interior has ar.
rspged with the Indian Bureau to restore
the Indian agencies 70 civil control.
A neutrality proclamation has beer
prepared and submitted TO the President
Tor consideration.
The Pension Once at Washington Il
receiving many inquiries from soldier
desiring TO know II the time for making
spplicstions for pensions was extended b,
Congress. A bill for such an extension
failed, but one was passed extending tn
time for fling applications for additions
bounty until next December. Under th'
law In the case, all who served one yea
are entitle TO $50, and those who servet
two years, or longer, TO 500.
The East.
Gold closed In New York on the 1871
q llTX.
At the Nathan inquest on tho nth, tn
evidence OF William Kelly, the house
keepers son, failed TO furnish ground TO
suspicion Of his guilt.
The investigation in the Nathan murde
hos ended for the present. The jury wa
discharged by the Coroner on tho 18th
with statement that at some future da
they would again DO called together :
render verdict. Tho efforts Of the polio
20 and the murderer had 10 far been ur
successful.
Il was rumored In New York city c,
The 18th that young thief, name nc
given, had been arrested on . charge G
knowledge Of the Nathan murder.
Admiral Farragut died very PEACEFUL
Of Portsmouth, N. H., 1t II m. on th
1Ath, surrounded by his family an
friends.
The cotton mills at Fall River. Mass
we're stopped on the 18th. by strike q
the male spinners, and nearly 5000 labor
en- were out Of employment
A New York dispatch Of tho 10Th say
the story about the thief supposed to b
Implicated in the Nathan murder, ID pro
nounced false by the police.
Richard ]. Haldeman, Democrat, repre-
ssnting the Fifteenth Pennsylvania Dis
isict In Congress, has bssn nominated 70
reelection.
The Maine Democratic State Conven
ton on the 10th nominated Generi
Charles w. Roberts, Of Bangor, Tor Gov
0gnOr.
The New York State Temperance Cor
ventlon ct Syracuse, on the nth, nom
naaed full State ticket, headed by Myro
II. CLARK for Governor, and @. @. Leig
foe Lieutenant Governor.
The Massachusetts, State Prohibitor
Convention, ct Boston on the nth, adop
"a resolutions for the organization Of .
Independent political party. Quite
number OF members withdrew In cons,
uusuce. Wendell Phillips Wa nominate
for Governor by acclamation; Eliphals
Trask for Lieutenant Governor; Georg
8. Ball for Secretary Of State; John J