Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1870-06-02

WaShlngten News.

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Washington News.
General Jordan, Of Cuban notoriety,
was comforting with members Of the Sem
re and House Foreign A6airs Committee
oathe IN, concerning Cuban afEaira
The Commissioner Of Internal Revenue
hss decided that, 70 faf - beer stamps are
concerned, theao med beno other method
CfcsncelIstion 60 than hitherto prac.
tased.
a delegation .of leading Mormons was
N Washington on the 2ta, urging Con,
sress not 70 pass the bin abolishing polyg-
any.
The P.essden. sent the fcllcwino Acmi-
na4iops to the Senate on the 2Sd: Henry
A. Bodham, Consul General, ompico;
Fostmasters Henry B. Jaggea Hudson,
VIA; b. p. Strong, Beloit, Va
The President has nomins1d Gilman
1larston Governor Of IdahVj Charles G.
Grove, Of Alabama, Secr4By Of Utah;
James B. Mexican, Of Nev York, Chief
Justice Of Utah. ~
President Grant issued proclamation
on the oath, setting forth that It had come
70 his knowledge that sundry illegal mill
tary enterprises and expeditions were be-
Ing set on foot within the territory and
jurisdiction of the United States, with
view to carry on the same from such ter.
r1t1ry and jurisdiction against the people
and district of the dominion Of Canada,
aad sdmonishing "sll COED citizens Of the
United States and all persons within the
military jurisdiction Of the United States.
against aiding, countenancing. abetting or
taking part in such unlawful proceedings,
and do hereby warn al persons that by
committing such Illegal acts they will for.
fett Ill rights to the protection Of tho gov
sSnment, or it, interference In their behalf
20 rescue them from the consequences OF
their own acts; and do hereby enjoin all
Officers in the service Of the United States
to employ al their lawful authority and
power 80 Pseyesss s.-s s-S-~s a.. sfnsesnid
unlawful proceedings, and to arrest and
pring 70 justice al persons who may be
engaged therein" s..
epotted Tail, Swift Bear, and other
Chiefs oftke friendly Sioux Indians, who
recently arrived In Washington, smoked
pipe with the Commissioner Of Indian At
fairs on the 25th, who made brief speech
10 them, with which they were apparently
pleased.
Tho East.
Gold closed in New York on the oath
n 1141.
The Maine Republican State Conven'
zion will BE held on June Is.
A New York dispatch Of the 10th says;
"The latest returns leave no doubt that
Hon. Charles j. Folger ID one of two Re-
publicans elected Justices Of our new
State Court Of Appeals. The other Is
probably Charles Andrews, Mayor Of
6ysuUl5ts Uutys sGssy be Hon. QhAeaceSMs-
con, Of Madison county IT,
The following nominations were sent to
The Senate on the Goth: Jabob F. Stock,
of Minnesota, Principal Clerk Of Private
Land Claims In the General Land Office;
Andrew Akin, of Kansas, Register Of the
Land Office for Arkansas. District Of
Kansas; w. A. Shannon, Receiver Of
Public Moneys for the same district
The Revolution newspaper has been
sold 10 Mrs. Billiard, At Boston. Mrs.
Croly is to be the working editor, and
Nears Tilton and Studwell, stockholders.
Large numbers of Fenians were report
Cd on the Esd as congregating 1t Buffalo
Il was rumored In New York city on the
3Sd, that force Of over twenty thousand
IN Brooklyn the night before for Canada.
Two hundred, II WAS stated, had LEFT Alba.
NJ for the West. Five car loads of sup.
posed Fenians from Buffalo passed
through Rochester on the night of the
33d, bound East. A detachment also len
Auburn, bound for the East
!. Counterfeit tens ON the Central Nation
Il Bank, Of Rome, N. ", were in circula.
tion In New York city on the Esd.
The house Of John Allen, the wicked
iest Man." In Water street, New York city,
n being demolished, TO make way for the
Howard Mission.
The Fenian activity 1t the East con.
tinued on tho Path, and large numbers
we're gathering In the different cities A
Rutland, VT, dispatch Of the Gath says
"vermont ID again all excitement over a
protected Fenian raid on Canada. The
excitement runs higher than 1t any time
since the general raid Of 1896. Irishmen
In various paSts Of the State are active,
and ars proceeding In large numbers to
81. Adams, where their numbers are being
aarrsntsd by hnndrAda- fsnm the EAst
ma West, and especially from towns along
he ahore o. Lake Champlain, in New
York" l& a
In . game Of baseball at Troy, n. Y,
q the 28d, between tho Rockford Forest
City Club and the HaymakerA the former
were victorious scoring u 70 8 for the
HAymakers.
Weston completed the task Of walking
100 miles in twenty-five hours, at New
York. on tho evening Of the s6th, twenty
minutes inside Of time. Sl
The New York Msthodist of q recent