Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1873-10-30

though not officially. The returns had elect
| ed Allen by sS2 majority. The ofaciai returns
are likely to vary this total somewhat. II
was thought that the remainder Of the Repub
lican ticket had been elected, as Noyes ran be
hind his ticket ia several strong Republican
| counties.
| Parsons, Kansas, dispatch Of the 18th
| saws the colored esidents Of the Indian Terri
| tory. 10, merry slaves of the Choctaws, Chicka.
saws. Creeks, Seminoles and Chcrokees had
| recently held convention at Armstrong
Academy, at which they adopted memorial
TO Congress asking for equal rights In the
Territory with the Indians, and to secure and
protect them In such rights. They asked for
the sectionizing Of lands and organization Of Q
Territorial government such as the Indians
conceded in the treaty Of 1866, and was advo-
Gated by Colonel Boudinot. delegation wss
amounted TO visit Washington TO carry
| ont the views Of the convention. The col0red
people claimed to number 1900 out Of the
| 80. 600 producing population Of the Indian
| Territory, and TO raise by their labor eight
| tenths OF the productions OF the Territory.
Ast. Louis dispatch OF the nth says the st.
LOUIS DaUkb iad ccStste y" 'SD"'N~ NN-''~A'Sy
payments Oh the 9th.
A Dubuque, Iowa, dispatch OF the nth an
| nounces that Richmond, Radcliffe q Co.,
wholesale miliners, had failed and number
| Of failures had been reported OF dealers ID
| other portions Of the State.
A Keokuk, Iowa, dispatch OF the 18th says
| that the convention Of the Executive Commit
| tee OF the State Oranges OF the Patrons
Of Husbandry, representing the states OF
the Mississippi Valley, which had been In
| session In that city for several days preceding,
had adjourned sine die The following were
among the resolutions adopted:
WuEgEAs, We regard complete and accurate
agricultural statistics the foundation OF our con-
troll Of the business Of agriculture by which we may
! obtain suitable and just reward for our LAHORE,
and allow the law Of supply and demand to operate
freely ia the regulation OF prices to the benens Of
both producer and consumer; therefore
| Resoioed, That use our best efforts to esfab-
lish. cause TO be established, In each ana every
State IN our Union system Of agricultural Stats
tics by which we can get exact Information OF the
acreage Of the principal cropr, the amount OF live
stock in the country. the quantity OF produce, ana
/ the number OF animals Of each kind for market.
A prize fight occurred on the morning of
October IS, at Robertsdale, near the Indiana
State line, about thirteen miles from Chicago,
between William Madden and James Taylor.
Fifty-fve rounds had been fought with little
damage on either side, when the CRY was raised,
| "The Cops are on u.s. and hundred police
men from Chicago broke through the bushes
and captured the entire party, including the
two principals.
The Democratic and Republican Central
Committees Of Chicago, on the 18th, coalesced
| .,,I al fuI tinkaf IN he annnprtad al
the ensuing municipal election. twas thought
there would be several other tickets placed
in the field.
The St. Louis Dispatch of the 10Th says that
Gratz Brown, OF that State, had taken the
field as Democratic candidate for the United
States Senate, in place of Senator Schurz
whose term will soon expire.
| A Columbus, Ohio, dispatch OF the l0th
says that both parties had conceded the cleo
| ton OF Allen in Ohio, by from GOO to 700 ma
| jority. The remainder of the Republican
| State ticket had been elected.
At Salt Lake, Utah, on the Goth, the horse
Granger trotted ten miles in thirty minutes and
four and quarter seconds, being the best
| time on half mile track ever made In
America.
A Springfield dispatch Of the 2lst says the
Chicago, Alton IL 81. Louis Railroad Company
had dismissed the suits brought against Myers
4 and Creary some months since, for refusing tC
pay more than three cents per mile for passage
over the road.
The commission OF United States engineer,
appointed by the War Department some time
ago to examine and ascertain whether the
bridge now in process OF construction across
the Mississippi River at st. Louis will, wheI
finished, obstructnavigation have made very
elaborate report. They find that the bridge
as at present designed, will prove very seri
Gus obstruction TO navigation, and as 1t Ii
| impracticable to change the plans OF tht
bridge, or to raise it, except at an enormous
cost, they recommend a canal, or open cut
behind the eastern abutment Of the bridge
12O feet wide, extending from point 500 fee
above the bridge to 300 feet below IL, with {
draw Of the same width. They also recon-
mend that arch trusses like those of thil
bridge, be In future prohibited In plans fol
bridges over navigable streams.
A st. Louis dispatch of the 2lst says til,
Attorney General had commenced proceeding
In the Circuit Cont against the st. Louis Mu
tuai Life Insurance Company in behalf Of /:
Mr.. Cottrell, a policy holder. The petition
charges that the charter Of the company ha
been forfeited for several years by reason O
sundry acts Of malfeasance and usurpatlon
The court ordered writ Of quo 1po,ranto t,
issue, rcturnable on the first day Of the De
cember term, and notice to that effect to b,
served on the company Immediately.
A Yankton, Dakota, dispatch Of the 22t
says the Grand Jury Of the Territorial Court
after being in session for week, had returne.
| an indictment against r. z. Wintermutc fo
the murder of Secretary McCook, charging
him with manslaughter only.
The United States Grand Jury, at Spring
field, Illinois, on the I'D, returned bills agains
ex-Collector John T. Harper for embezzlinl
$4,6l9. A prisoner confined In the Springfield
jail had offered to reveal and secure the con
viction of the murderer Of the late Hon
Sharon Tyndale, once Secretary OF State, pro
| vided he can be assured Of pardon for tn,
| offense for which he is now confined.
On the 22d, Goldsmith Maid trotted agains
time over the Dexter Park track, at Chicago
for a purse of 5000. She took the purse il
| 2:17la. This was the best time ever made IN
| that city