Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-06-08
The East.

Gold closed in New York on the 3lst at
111X.
The Jury in the Foster murder case, in
New York city, on the 25th, returned
verdict of guilty of murder in the first de-
gree. with a recommendation to mercy.
When asked, on the Goth, why sentence
of death should not be passed upon him,
Foster replied, in clear voice: II had
been drinking good deal that day and
night, and did not know what was do
ing. had no intention of killing Put
nam, and am very sorry for it," He then
burst into tears The judge in passing
sentence said the prisoner had had pa
tient trial by an intelligent jury, mostly of
his own selection; but the case.was too
clear to come to any other conclusion than
the one arrived at. He couldlhold out no
hope whatever to him of q Communication
of sentence, and the prisoner should be
prepared to meet his awful doom. SEN
tencc was then passed that he should be
hung on the 18th of July next.
A game of base ball played in New York
City on the 26th, between the amateur
Stars, of Brooklyn, and Olympics, OF
Washington, resulted in the defeat OF the
Stars--21 to 20.
Judge Bowling, New York city, on the
9th, sentenced the prize-fighters Collins
and Edwards, who were recently captured
while engaging in fight on Long Island
TO twelve months imprisonment and fine
of 81 900 each. The umpire, Thomas Nc
Alpine, was sentenced to six months Inn
prisonment and fine of $500.
In New York city on the Goth, the Hay
makers, of Troy, defeated the Mutuals, Of
New York, in game Of base ball--25 tc
TO- On the Goth, the Chicago White
Stockings beat the Eckfords, Of Brooklyn
lie to 8.
Mrs. Rebecca Wells, mother of ex- Com
missioner of Internal Revenue David A
Wells, died at Springfield, Mass, on the
28th, aged "a years.
A terrible accident occurred at a Goa
mine at Pittston, Pa, on the 9th. A
breaker at the mouth of the shaft took
FIRE, and the mine was filed with gas and
smoke while thirty eight men were work
ing in it. 1t was some hours before any
thing could be done to rescue the work
men. At last all were taken out, eighteen
being dead by suffocation, and nearly all
the rest in state of unconsciousness. The
fire was caused by the friction of the wood
work of the breaker
The Grand Trunk express train from the
East ran off the track, on the 25th, neal
Newcastle, Ne. A lamp In the mail cal
overturned, and the car was burned, to-
gether with large portion of the mails
The Rhode Island General Assembly
met at Newport on the 30th, to organize &
State Government for the ensuing year
Walter B. Vincent was elected Clerk OF
the Senate; Charles B. Van Zandt was
elected Speaker of the House, andsJ. M
Alderman and Ira o. Seamens, Clerks
The Cauvassing Committee reported no
choice for Lieutenant Governor, and a
ballot was taken in joint convention, and
Pardon w. Stevens, of Newport, Repub-
lican candidate and present incumbent,
was chosen-82 to 81.
In game of baseball at Boston on the
29th, the Red Stockings of that city, de-
fested the Forest Citys, of Rockford, ILL.,
-25 to II. At Brooklyn, on the 9Oth. the
Chicago White Stockings defeated the
amateur Stars, Of New York city to l.
Several of the miners taken out of the
Pittston (Pa) mine alive, died on the Goth,
and many others were in critical state.
The Methodist Book Concern Commit
tee ON the a9th decided to suspend Rev.
DR.. Lanahan from che assistant agency OF
the Institution, and appointed June 8 for