Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-06-01

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The Secretary of the Treasury has de-
e;ded. in relation to the redistribution OF
the ga, 900 900 National Bank circulation
ta.f the whole must be reserved for the
exclusive use Of the Southern and West.
en- States. The Secretary has accordingly
refnsed to authorize the starting OF new
hank In Boston.
The Congressional Ku-Klux Committee
on the 10Th adopted resolution for the
appointment Of subcommittee OF eight
70 proceed at once with the investiga
ton. and continue the same as long as II
deems expedient, with authority TO take
testimony whenever they consider 1t al
visable, by . subcommittee OF its OWE
members, and to report all testimony by Il
Obtained to the full committee, at meet
inx 70 be held on the Goth day OF Septem
ber next, or at such earlier time as the sub
committee shall notify the joint selec
committee to meet The following are thu
names of the subcommittee: Senate
Scott. Chairman; Senators Poole and
Blair; Representatives, Poland, CoDurn
Stevenson, Beck and Van Trump.
A War Department order was issued o.
the 18th, containing the Presidents IN
structions to officers in command OF troops
directing them how to act under the pro
Visions of the Ku-Klux act.
During the proceedings in the Senate o.
the ED, and near the close of the dayl
session. Vice-President Colfax was tso
suddenly i'll, and on his attemptK for
leave his seat became dizzy, and floor.
assistance would have fallen Men med.
He was conveyed to his roQ6ed, and the
ical aid was promptly u1Jnlied. giving
proper remedies weras was probably
much relief His sidosphere in the Sen.
caused by Inc cioSthe doors are closed
a.e chamber, asfve sessions.
during the EFT sent the following nomi-
The Pre6e Senate on the ED: Post
nationSA. P. Sullivan, Santa Fe, N. NJ;
mastc hubbuck, Gold Hill, New. Mark
ST, Pension Agent, Madison, Ind.
Among the nominations by the Presi
dent on the 23d were: John w. Fuller,
Collector of Internal Revenue Tenth Dis
trict of Ohio. Postmasters-B. w. Da-
vies, Richmond, Ind. J. T. Griffin. Omaha,
Neb.
The condition of Vice.P President Colfax
was reported by his physician to be much
better on the evening of the 23d, and he
was said to be out of all danger, though
30 weak that he could not probably be re-
moved from the Capitol for several days.
The International Convention of Young
Mems Christian Associations commenced
its session in Washington on the Gath.
The officers chosen are President, John
Wanamaker, of Philadelphia; vice-Pres-
idents, II. II. McBurney, New York; J.
Skinner, North Carolina; w. Brooks, Cal
iornia; II. H. Brown, Louisiana; L. Clax-
ton, Quebec; w. g. Crosby, Michigan; s.
II. Kendrick, Rhode Island M. X. Bar
nard, Indiana; g. Lloyd, Washington, d.
c.; G. B. Fish, Missouri; G. p. Palmer,
Prince Edwards Island; w. B. Simpson,
West Virginia Secretaries, T. H. r. Enos,
Indiana; w. II. Hobbs, Maine; II. J.
Cowles, Wisconsin.
The President, on the Gath, nominated
Leander Gerreard as Attorney for the Dis
trict of Nebraska; w. p. Wolf, Postmaster
at Wilmington, Ohio.
Tho East
Gold closed in New York on the Gath
Ut 1115a.
At Binghamton, N. Y, on the 18th, Ed
ward II. Rullof was executed, by hanging,
for the murder, in August last, of a clerk
engaged in defending his employers store
from robbery. Rullof had made frequent
applications for stay of execution, or q
Communication Of sentence, on the ground
that he was the only possessor of an i'm
portant secret relating TO the formation of
language.
A fearful nitro-glycerine explosion oc-
CURED about five miles from Titusville,
Pa, on the 10th. About four hundred
pounds of the compound were exploded
while being transported in wagon, and
the driver, Chas. q. Clark, as well a. the
horses and vehicle, was blown to atoms
and barn forty rods distant was de-,
molished. An excavation five feet deep
and twelve feet broad was made in the
roadway. The largest fragment Of Clark's
body which had been found is q portion
of his face. The horses shoes were strip
ped of and broken, and nothing was left
Of the wagon, but splinters Of wood and
iron were scattered broadcast for several
hundred yards. A woman was knocked
down by missile of some kind, which
entered the window Of her dwelling, near
~ quarter of mile distant.
In Q game of baseball at Boston on the
Goth, the Red StockingA of that city, de.
feated the Athletics, of philadelphia
to8. At Cleveland, the Olympics, Of
Washington, defeated the Cleveland For
est Citys-18 too.
The jury in the Foster Putnam murder
case, In New York city, was completed on
the 22d, and the evidence for the prosecu-
ton was concluded.
A Scranton, Pa, dispatch of the ed
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