Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1873-07-17

A heavy storm passed over portion OF
| Preble County, Ohio, on the morning OF the
/ I'd, doing considerable damage to the wheat
| crop. At Camden, that county, 1t assumed
| the proportion Of tornado. 1t was fifty feet
| in width and came from a southwesterly direc-
| ton. Houses, stables, trees and fences were
demolished.
Neosho County, Kansas, was visited by an
other destructive tornado on the night OF the
| 1st A fearful storm prevailed, the heavens
being filed with fame, while the rain fell in
torrents. The tornado came from the south
west II first struck the stone house OF Mr..
| Giddens, half a mile south OF Gaesburg,
| blowing It down and burying three children
! and Mrs. Giddens in the ruins. The children,
| aged fourteen, twelve, and ten years, were in
! stantly killed, and Mrs. Giddens seri-
/ ousIy injured The gale next
| struck Mr. Rogers house, southeast OF
the town, and demolished It, Mr.. Rogers
was badly injured and his wife fatally. Mr..
Jones' house, west Of the town, was moved
| fifty Yards. Andrew Rhodes house, east OF
the town, was moved from its foundation.
The tornado did not strike the town Of Gales
burg. 1t was narrow belt and swept every
lntHR III Tic udCh-uouEtEJ lSh'Sb, uDSS a'a
crops-ccan as the mowers scythes. Much
damage has been done to the wheat and corn
| crops.
The Military Commission appointed to try
the case Of Captain Jack and company met at
Fort Klamath on the LIST. Major Curtis,
| Judge Advocate, announced that he was not
ready to proceed with the trial, and that Mrs.
Bob Riddle, Of Interpreter fame, was by the
| bedside Of an ailing relative, whereupon the
Commission adjourned until the 9Th.
Prof La Montaine Of Brooklyn, Mich, was
| instantly killed at Ionia on the afternoon OF
the Fourth, by falling from balloon. He had
assembled 500 or 600 feet when the balloon
collapsed. The ropes passed from under the
basket and the Professor came down 100 feet
| from where he assembled to the horror OF ten
or twelve thousand spectators.
| On the morning Of the Fourth pic nicparty
| went out on Green Lake, Wis, in small
yacht, on fishing excursion, and had proceed
ed but short distance when squall struck
the boat, capsizing 1t. The following persons
were thrown into the water and drowned:
| Mrs A. Z. Carman, Mrs. George Harding, Mrs.
Jennie Ola, Mrs. M. g. Russell and child, VIM.
Bloxham, wife and child, Mrs. John Baird,
and a child OF the Rev. Mr.. Allen.
Elizabeth McWay, at Noblesville, Ind, used
the kerosene can TO hurry up the fire few
days ago, and was burned to crisp from the
neck down She lived but short time
The news from the Indian country on the
| 7th was that a band OF 200 Arizona Indians
| had crossed the line and entered Chihuahua to
spoil the Mexicans. Captain Jack and his
companions In confinement were reported to
be growing wan and weak from the effects Of
| their Imprisonment. The number of Modoc
| captives had been increased by the surrender
| Of three more braves, with their women and
| children.
A Des Moines dispatch OF the It'll
says 'the anti-monopoly party in Iowa are
| going forward to make nominations for State
and County officers"
A dispatch from SANKEY'S Yellowstone ex-
| petition, dated Scamp, seventy miles west Of
Bismarck, Dakota, June 90" states that the
| health Of the whole command was good. The
| Indians were offering no serious resistance to
the location Of the railway through their hunt
| ing grounds. Abundant coal Of good quality
was found twenty-seve miles west of the
Missouri River, on the surveyed line of the
road, and the country thus far traversed by
the expeditionary force is an excellent one,
well grassed aad watercd.
General Brinkerhon, Chairman of the Ohio
| Liberal Republican State Central Committee,
has issued call for Peoples Convention to
be held at Columbus on the Both of July.
The ravages by the recent storms in Illinois,
| Iowa, Indiana, Ohio, Wisconsin and Missouri
were immense, great damage being done to the
crops In many sections buildings, orchards,
| railroad bridges, etc, were destroyed, and
railroad travel was greatly impeded. Many
| lives were lost by drowning lightning and
| falling buildings.
A Des Moincs Qowa) telegram Of the Sth
says Governor Carpenter had decided not to
call the Convention Of Governors on the trans
portation question until next fall.
| At Red Rock, Iowa, few days ago, little
| girl Of eleven years, named Efile Robertson,
| was visiting Mt the house Of Mr. Gilbert Barr
| The children being left alone in the house,
they attempted TO fill a lighted lamp with ker
osenc. An explosion resulted, and the house
was burned to ashes, all escaping save Miss
Efie who was burned in the house.
| The Military Commission met at Fort Klam-
ath, Oregon, on the 9Th, and proceeded to the
trial Of Captain Jack, Schonchin, Boston Char
ley, Black Jim, Slotuck and Barncho, who at
the present time are implicated in the Candy
massacre. The charge is, first, murder and
violation of the laws of war; second, assault
with intent to kill A. B. Meacham and L. D.
| Dyer.
The Railroad and Warehouse Commission
ers Of Illinois were in session at Springfield on
the 9th, and had under consideration numer-
GUS complaints in writing from various Sec
tions of the State, in which the writers charge
that the railroads had raised their freight
tariffs one hundred per cent in some places, and
| the evidence contained in the communications
went to show that the rates had been increased
an average of thirty per cent So far as the
Commissioners had compared the new with the
old schedules, they agree with the complaints
that have been made, that there has been q
general increase In the rates. They propose,
SO soon as 1t can be done, to show exactly
what the amount of the increase in detail Is on
each road In the State.
As an evidence of the force and effect Of the
great storm at Fond du Lac Wis, and vicini-
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