Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-04-27

KnOxvules Iowa.
@RM NEWS SUMMARY.
Washingten News. ,a,9
A statement was telegraphed from
Warrington on the 18th purpofting to be
the basis agreed upon by the High Com.
mission for the settlement Of the Alabama
claims. A Warrington dispatch of the
10th says this statement was regarded
there - erroneous. "The expressions Of
members of the Commission do not war
rant the belief that an agreement has
been reached" l.f.ee
The Supreme Court Of the United
States have recently decided that the Con-
hscation act passed by Congress during
the war d strictly constitutional.
Chief Justice Chase was present in the
Supreme Court at Washington on the 18th,
and presided over the proceedings there
for the first time since his illness.
Vice.President Colfax and family left
Warrington on the 18th for their home in
the West. - f'a'1tfh/.i ~ ~ iati
A Washington dispatch of the 18th
says an application, had been received at
the Treasury Department from st. Peters
burg for an agency Tor the negotiation Of
the new loan TO be established in that city.
The application was accompanied by the
subscription Of $1OO00O00 10 the loan
By the house applying for the agency.
A Washington dispatch of the 18th says
the dispatches Of the Associated Press re-
garding Indian hostilides in New Mexico,
and . collision between troops from Fort
Bayard and Mexican soldiers, were then
entirely discredited, as they were doubted
from the first. s,aa 90 llys9fl.g sHa
The nominations sent To, the Senate on
the 18th were: E. T. Sheppard, of Ohio,
Consul at Mentsin, China; Jesse Taylor,
Collector Of Internal Revenue, Sixth Dis
trict OF Tennessee; Joseph Nimms, Dr.,
Supervising Inspector General of Steam
boats; r. n. Smith, Indian Agent for
Michigan; David Blakely, Pension Agent
ct Chicago. Postmasters-C.L L. Madison,
Cambridge, O.; E. Y. McMartin, Toledo,
O.; H. Spark, Henderson, KY; Terrence
Moore, Marquette, Mich. ~ ''''5' : 8
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The East sts., - II E1t
Gold closed in New York on the 10th Ct
1i1K. $50. -
Anti Income Tax Associations have been
formed in different cities at the East and
also in some of the Western cities; with 9
view of testing the constitutionality Of the
income tax. tia jaJt ~ jhdi iti
The Female Seminary at North Gran.
vile, N. Y, was entirely destroyed by fire
on the 18th. Loss, $4,000; insurance,
$4,000. - iig ~" 'i ~ ~ -, -
A Pottsville Pa) dispatch Of the ,17th
says: "A well-informed and prominent,
coal operator here, stated, tonight, that
the coal difficulty was, about ended, apd
that the speedy resumption Of mining
would follow" gasa II .iAnonta 4YafH
One thousand colored people were in
Now York city on the 18th, awaiting trans.
nortafiOn tn Liberia. iatt - HFtf ESQ ~
TIE West. d, l@,a
General Ebenezer Dumont, ex.member
of Congress, and but lately appointed
Governor of Idaho, died at his residence
near indianapolis on the morning Of the
10th. III, ,'.,..
The Illinois Legislature adjourned on
the 18th to the 10Th of November, when
1t will meet in Chicago. 9a'] HlIa}|
The State Insane Asylum at Lincoln,
Neb., was destroyed by fire on the morn.
ing of the 18th. The inmates were reS
cued with considerable difficulty, About
forty patients were occupying one, wing
of the asylum. Two Of them persisted in
the flames, one being . raying maniac,
chained In his room. i'fnai}gtli.na, j
The Union Hotel at Galesbxg, IN. and
m adjoining three-story brick block were
destroyed by fire on the 18th, inHicting q
total loss of about 100000 Two persons
were badly burned-E. w. EKubitz and
Fred. Sunderland others injured
One or two persons are reported TO have
been caught by the debris and burned 70
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The South. az 81 Nn!j ~
A terrific hail storm passed over Jack.
son, Miss, on the night Of the 18th. Hail
fell for fifteen minutes. Many stones
measuring six inches In circumference
were found. Several thousand window
lights were broken, and sheet. iron roofing
perforated. The gardens, fields, crops and
fruit were seriously damaged, fruit trees
stripped Of their foliage, and hundreds Of
birds killed. ~
On the 18TH. Deputy. United States
Narshals John Burke and John. Arm,
strong attempted to arrest two Illicit dis
tiilers, named Limerell, Lying near Sparta,
In White County, Tenn. They resisted,
disarmed the Msrshals, beat them over the
head with their own pistols frscturipg
Armstrong; skull in three and Burke's In
two places. They were not expected to
.rrvive @IG b elfiN 90 I ignS