Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1873-06-26
General News Summary.
WashinxtOn News

Recent crop reports from Washington state
that accounts were In from enough OF the
wheat gro wing States TO show that the crop
OF this year will, in all probability, be less
than half what It was last year. In western
New York, and In fact along the entire lake
region OF the country, winter wheat Is, as
might have been expected from the unusual
severity Of the past season, almost to'Ai
failure. Other crops have also been severely
injured by the late spring. The crops IN Iowa
were suffering greatly from the long continued
wet weather. There was every reason TO be-
jeye that, with the exception Of the fruit
crops. all others will be very short, the de-
8cicnsy being especially heavy In cereals. In
fact. says the dispatch, 1873 Will probably be
the worst year we have had since the begin
ming OF the war.
A Washington special Of the 18th says:
"Thc most important change In the rules rec
commended BY the Civil-Service Advisory Board
Is In relation TO the examination OF candidates
for offices in various parts Of the coun-
try. 80 as not TO subject them to the expense
OF travelling to Washington. For this purpose
II Ia recommended that the country be divided
into four or more districts, each to have a
Chief Examiner, and he TO have associated
with him certain officials, or others qualified
for the work"
The Secretary Of the Navy does not hesitate
10 say, in advance Of his official report, that
the testimony elected shows that Captain
Hall died natural death, and that the separa-
ton OF those on the ice-foc from the Polaris
was accidental lie Is DESTROYS, however, u
hearing the story Of Captain Buddington and
his party, that both sides may be fully known
A vessel Is 10 be sent by the Navy Depart
mcnt TO Greenland, In quest OF information
concerning the missing Polaris and the Bud
dlngton party. Should its officers fail 10 learn
anything OF their whereabouts from the Danes
or Esquimaux Of the island, vessel thorough
ly equipped for an Arctic voyage will be dis
patched in search Of them.
The Mexican Border Investigating Com.
mittec, who have been engaged since January
last In taking evidence, have returned TO Wash
ington to prepare their report They In
ycstigatcd some four hundred cases, and re-
ceived, In addition, thirteen hundred RI parte
afiidayts The Comancbes are said TO be
mainly engaged IN the business Of stealing
and selling the children and women Of the
white settlers, while the Kickapoos and Ii
pans land Mcxicans disguised us such) chiefly
confne themselves TO cattle stealing The
raids Of these people are 80 frequent that
stock raising within 200 miles OF the Rio
Grandc has been wcll-nigh abandoned.
Commander Green has been ordered TO the
command Of the vessel to be dispatched for
the discovery and relief Of the Polaris, with
Lieutenant Commander White as Executive
Officer. Efforts are being made to start the
expedition early in July.
The President has appointed, under the
Civil-Service rules, the Board Of Examiners
for the Treasury Department, as follows;
Stephen j. w. Tabor. Fourth Auditor; Will
lam II. Armstrong, Internal Revenue Bureau;
and Charles Lyon, Secretary office.
Colonel Mackenzie's report OF his attack,
recently, upon the Kickapoo and Lipan Indians
has reached the War Department General
Sheridan, in his Endorsement on the report,
says he does not believe that any boundai y ex-
lists when such merciless banditti are being
pursued He thinks there can be no just cause
for dissension IL the lawful forces Of either
the United States or Mexico pursue them for
the purpose Of capturing them or ending their
deeds Of violence.
The total amount Of back pay returned TO
the United States Treasury up 10 June II was
$is2,0l7. The number Of Senators and Rep
resentatves who had declined to receive II was
forty-six.
The President has ordered the pardon OF
Rev. John Ezel, Baptist minister, who was
tried and sentenced eighteen months ago, in
South Carolina, TO the Albany Pcntcntiary as
an alleged ku-Klux leader.