Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-10-05

uens ss Phil2delphis took place on the
22l, at Fairnount Park. 10 the presence
Of 10000 specsssors.
There is great scarcity of fsc'nry help
in Massscn usests, caused in part by alarm
81 the smallpox. For mAny months iIe
mills in Lowell have been run Win only
sbou. three-fourfhs of their usual c9mpie-
ment
The new Maine Senate win stand %
Republicans to Democrats, and the
House ia Republicans TO - Democrats
and Independent
A New York dis5a.ch Of the 22d says
the missing vouchers, or q portion OF
them. had been found in heap of rub
Dish on the top floor Of the Court FL use
where the Haggerty family lived. The
bundles Of vouchers taken away la pill
low slip hal been traced to alderman MUIR
rays store. 1t was not known whether
tn. had been destroyed or preserved for
purposes Of blackmail.
At mass meeting held on the evening
OF the ed, . resolution was adopted, in
dorsing Tweed, and placing him In nom
ination for re election TO the State Senate
He made q speech in which be said he
"courted free, open and impartial inves-
tiga.ion into all the official and recorded
acts Of his life"
A New York dispatch Of the oath says
Mayor Hall had stated positively that he
could not recognize Deputy Comptroller
Green. In answer 70 those who spoke Of
the Mayors reeigning, he had caused a
placard to be put in conspicuous place In
the City Hall, bearing the following in
scription: Elected 1st January, 1871, for
two years, ending Dist December, 1872.
That Ia my answer"
A meeting Of workingmen held In New
York city on the evening Of the 23d de-
cided on q general strike in most Of the
trades throughout the United States and
Canada early next spring and measures
were adopted for permanent organiza-
ton to susts In and render it successful
Mrs. Hagerty, charged with being i'm
plicated with her husband In the voucher
robbery, was admitted to bail on the Odd,
by Judge Ledwith, in the sum Of 81, 600.
The smallpox has been prevailing to
considerable extent at Lowell, Mass. The
Board of Health reports eighty-three new
cases during the week ending September
23, and five deaths.
It was reported in New York on the
25th that Andy" Garvey, the celebrated
Tammany plasterer, had disappeared, and
left for parts unknown. The examination
Of Hagcrty and Balch, charged with
stealing vouchers from the Comptrollers
office, was resumed on the 25th. Mary
Conway was examined at length, but no
new developments. The case was ad-
journed until the 29th.
The Democratic elements opposed to
Tammany had meeting on the evening
of the 23d, and perfected arrangements to
inaugurate formal campaign against the
present system Of the city government.
The Chairman Of the meeting. Samuel G.
Courtney, In his address, declared that the
auspices under which the work had been
begun foreshadows its success.
A New York telegram Of the Goth says
the steamer Humboldt was detained al
quarantine, having, 1t is reported, q case OF
cholera on board.
At meeting Of the Tammany Society
at New York, on the evening Of the Goth
the present officers were re elected, includ
ing Tweed as President
There was terrible powder explosion
at Rand's powder mill, four miles west oil
Poughkeepsie, N. Y, on the morning OF
the Goth. One ton and half Of powder
was burned. One man, Augustus Schultz
was killed, his body being horribly man
gled. Several persons made miraculous
escapes The report was heard In POUCH.
keepsie, and in Rhinebeck, on the Hudson
In the former place, buildings were shaken
and doors slammed.
The Massachusetts, Republican State
Convention met at Worcester on the 9th
Congressman George X. Hoar was elected
permanent President A letter was read
from Governor Claflin, absolutely declin.
log to allow his name to be used for re-
nomination. Mr.. Loring, in q speech
| withdrew his name from the contest. The
vote on candidate for Governor resulted
In 643 ballots Tor William b. Washburr
and 464 for General Butler. General But
Ter is reported to have declared that h,
accepted the action Of the Convention anG
would abide the result
The New York Republican State Con
vention assembled at Syracuse on the 27th
Amid much confusion q temporary organ
ization was effected by the election Of An
drew ID. White as Chairman. The com
mittee on contested seats made majority
report, sustaining the action of the Stat,
Committee in recognizing the party II
New York city, declaring the organiza
ton which it has established the regula
and only Republican organization in thu
city, and directing the committee to per
feet and consolidate said organization; thu
majority report recommended, for the sake
| OF harmony, that both delegations from
New York be admitted to the conven
ton, with the right to cast half of ont
vote, and that each Of said dele