Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1873-08-07

James NJ. Mcdonald, yicc-Prcsident OF the
Pacific Bank, is the Democratic candidate Tor
Mayor Of San Francisco.
An adjourned meeting OF Railroad Man.
ayers. superintcndents, and ticket and pas
senger agents, to consider commissions, free
masses. etc. was held In St. Louis on the oath.
After considerable discussion, resolutions were
adopted declaring that no more free passes or
hall. fare tickets shall be issued after August
l. excep, TO officers, agents and employees OF
roads. Twenty-one roads were represented,
two-thirds of which are west Of the Mis-
sissippi River.
A Minneapolis telegram OF the 25th says 1t
then seemed to be generally conceded by par
ties on both sides OF the boundary that the
rccapture Of Gordon was effected on American
soil.
Ast. Louis dispatch OF the 25th says the
police Of that city, from facts which had
come to their knowledge, believe that the
robbers Of the Iowa railroad train are the
same that robbed the bank In st. Genevicve,
No, last May, the Russellville (Ky.) bank two
years ago, and the Gallatin (Mo.) bank, and
also committed several other bold robberies.
In noticing the reports In some sections Of
the country that the cholera was prevailing
In Chicago, the city papers OF the 18th en-
phatically deny the statement The Times
says: "The simple fact il that there has not
been case Of cholera In this city, and that
the health Of the city IL quite as good as
usual at this season Of the year."
Int oc<s
Of Rafferty,, the engineer killed on the wrecked
railroad train, Is that he came TO his death by
reason of the train on the C. X. ]. ~ T. X. K,
''being thrown from the track, l&tween Anita
and Adair, Iowa, without any negligence on
the part Of said Company, by the misplace
ment OF the rail, with fconious intent, by q
certain number Of masked men to US I'M
known; and we further find that the said John
Rafferty, refused To abandon his train when
appraised Of danger, and died manfully at his
post"
An ordinance TO prohibit the sale Of liquor
on Sunday was successfully enforced In Cleve-
land on the 9th.
Judge Vinton, Of the Tippecanoe 1Dd.)
Circuit Court, has rendered an elaborate de-
cision, In which he concludes that the railway
act passed at the special session OF the State
Legislature, requiring railroad companies TO
issue stock paid for by corporations to tax
payers, etc., Is unconstitutional, and Is there
fore null and void. He holds that the stock
Is the property Of the whole people, and Is
held In trust by the County Commissioners.
An appeal will be taken to the Supreme
Court.
At GAINESVILLE, Wis, a few days ago, Johanna
Welsh, aged nine years, was building fire
with kerosene, and was fatally burned. A
simler accident recently occurred at Auburn,
Ind, to twelve year old girl named Culver,
who laid the foundation for a fire by pouring
coal oil on the ashes. Live Goals concealed In
the ashes communicated fire to the can, which
exploded with great violence, covering the
poor girl with u sheet Of flames. She was
burned nearly to crisp, and died In few
minutes.
An indianapolis Qnd.) dispatch OF the 9th
says the cholera had made its appearance In
that city. Three fatal cases occurred in one
family; no other fatal cases reported. There
were twenty-onc cholera deaths in St. Louis
during the week ending on the Goth. The en-
tire mortality for the week was 253; decrease
of 80 from the previous week.
At meeting held at Brownsville, Minneso-
Ia, on the 2dth, under the auspices Of the Pa
irons of Husbandry, resolutions were adopted
denounclng the increased salary bill and all
Credit Mobilier transactions; declaring a loss
of confidence In the honesty of the present
political parties, and IN favor of new organi-
cation; demanding greater economy In county,
State, and National administration; dcnounc-
ing the present system Of railroad manage
ment, and calling for State ss-convention
Of all who agree with the principles set forth
in the resolutions, said Convention to be held
at Owatonna, on the I'd of September next.
A letter is published from the Hon. w. s.
Grocsbeck, of Cincinnati, in which he en-
phatically declares he will not accept nomina
ton for State Governor. He favors an aban-
donnlent Of the old party organization, and
the formation Of a new party In opposition to
the present party In power, and suggests that
the new party be called the Liberal Democ-
racy.
Bail has been refused in the case of the
Gordon captors, and the prisoners will have to
lie In British Jail until their trial In October
next.
The complaint and afiidavits In the case Of
Ann Eliza Webb, seventeenth wife Of Brigham
Young, were filed on the 2Sth, In the Clerks
Office of the Third District Court OF Utah.
The complainant sues for 100000 damages,
alimony, and pending the suit $1,000 per
month, and $4,000 for counsel fees.
The second annual convention Of the Catho-
lie Total Abstinence Union of Illinois met ut
Bloomington on the 2Sth. About one hun
dred delegates were present.
Two additional deaths from cholera were
reported In Indianapolis on the 2Sth But
seven deaths in all had SO far occurred, five of
which were the children Of one family.
Merriam, the only one Of the Minneapolis
party whom the Manitoban Judge decided
bailable, was released Oh the 2Sth, two of the
wealthiest and most respected citizens Of
Manitoba becoming his sureties.. Attorney
General Clarke refused TO deliver up $25 900
taken from two Of the Americans, although
the Court had ordered him TO do SO.
John q. Page, who began an action to re-
cover $1,000 paid into the Kansas Legislature
by A. NJ. York, dismissed the case on the 2Sth
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