Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-03-16

cKRAL NEWS SUMMARY.
Washingtsa News
The select Committee appointed by the
6euate TO investigate charge made against
Geuasor Sprague that he was engaged in
unlswful traffic with the enemy during the
lsae war submitted report on the Sd that
They he'd found no evidence sustaining the
charge
Henry D. Cooke, lately appointed Gov
ernor of the District of Columbia, has in
formed the President that he cannot ac-
cent the position for the reason that the
negotiation of the new Treasury bonds
win require his personal attention in
Europe for several months to come.
Up TO the 9Th, the Treasury Department
n Washington had been advised that a.
ISL 800 had been subscribed TO the new
loan.
Secretary Boutwell, has directed the As
sistant Treasurer at New York TO notify
holders of 8 per cent certificates Of March
2, 1867, and July 25, 1868, that all such
certificates bearing date from October 10,
1867, TO December 16, 1867, inclusive, OF
the denomination Of 5000 each, between
numbers ss1 and 1899, and the denomina-
ton Of $4,000, between numbers 1853 and
1910, will be paid at presentation at his
once, and that from and after the 18th Of
April, 1871, such certificates will cease to
bear interest, and will be no longer availa-
bic Is portion ofthe lawful reserve In pos.
session of any National Banking Associa.
ton
The Lincoln Monument Association at
Washington on the 9th reelected all It's
Officers. A resolution was adopted author
izine the President and Vice-President to
employ additional artists, If necessary, to
nd in the work.
President Grant on the 9th made the
following appointments of members OF the
6Outhern Claims Commission, as provided
for by the amendment to the Army APP
preparation bill. relative to the claims OF
Southern loyalists Judge Adds, Yer
mont; ex-senator Howell, of Iowa, and
ex-Reprcsentative Ferris, Of New York.
The East
Gold closed in New York On the It'll at
1111.
The Republican State Committee of
Pennsylvania has postponed the State
Convention from the 10th Of March to the
18th of May
Walter Brown, the famous oarsman
died at the residence of his mother, in
Newburg, N. Y, on the 3d.
A New York dispatch Of the 9Th says
The coal panic in that city had fully ended,
the opening of navigation on the Hudson
and connecting canals rendering available
Q supply sufficient TO last till mining is re-
Smed
At MI Carmel, Pa, tho night OF the
ID, . miner named Hoffman, who was
working outside of tie Workingmen's
Union, was shot in his bed. The end of
his house was afterward blown out with
powder.
An earthquake shock was felt in New
Hampshire on the evening of the 9th.
At Portland, Me-, on the 9th, Kingsbury,
Republican, was elected Mayor. At Saco,
Oliver Dicr, Democrat, was elected to that
position. At Rockland, Samuel Bryant,
Democrat, was elected Mayor by So
majority At. Lewiston, DR.. Alonzo
Garellon, Democrat, was elected Mayor by
IS majority. At Bath, Jas. A. Robinson,
Republican, was reelected Mayor by 121
majority.
At the recent charter election in Troy,
N. Y, the Democrats carried the city,
elccting Carroll, Mayor, by 2,G75 majority.
Elmira elects Republican Mayor At
Poughkeepsie, Professor II. G. Eastman,
Republican, was elected Mayor by 300
majority. Utica elects the entire Demo
cratic ticket Waterville is Democratic.
At Rome the Democratic ticket was elect
cd. New Hartford and New Bonneville
were carried by the Republicans.
Rochester went Republican by large
majority. At Oswego, A. @. Page, Dem.
ocrss, was reelected Mayor by 250 ma
jority.
At a meeting of the stockholders, held
in Boston on the 9Th, q new Board of Di-
reetefs of the Union Pacific Railroad
Company was chosen, and Thomas A.
Scott, of Pennsylvania, was elected Presi-
dent.
The Mount Carmel, Pa, District
Miners and Laborers' Beneficial Associa-
ton has offered $500 reward for the arrest
and conviction of the parties who caused
the death of Hoffman.
The west
The articles of impeachment against
Governor Butler were read before the
Nebraska Senate on the 4th, and he was
ordered to appear before the bar of the
Senate for trial. The impeachment Of
Gillespie, State Auditor, was partially
acted upon.
The recent Michigan State Woman Suf-
R.amo CnuveutiOn adOntad a memorial to