Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1873-10-16

! A Dispatch from Dscaeue, Iowa, says an
] examination just made into the Affairs OF the
! Merchants National BANK Of that city
had shown tbs. r. A Babbage, the
csslier. hae distracted from the bank by
means Of false entries sss7, 2so, and that the
President. Mr.. Sheffield, had distracted sl6l.
/ e-s- ssa
Cartain Jack and four Of his companions
wefe hung at Fort Klamath, Oregon, on The
Sd. The late hour al which the dispatch sss
wss received on the morning OF the 4ih pre-
vented the publication Of full particulars.
! Tn. sentence Of slotuck and Barncho had
I been committed 10 imprisonment for life on
! AIeairas leland, IA San Francisco Harbor.
A dispatch from Columbus, Ohio, Of the
Sd announced that Reekley's Bank, Of that
city, bad suspended.
The Chicago 7sn.ez Of the 9Th says that
during the week ending October 4, SIS, 4'5, 900
| In currency had been received by the three
express companies having Offices in that city.
This was, Of course, exclusive Of sums
| brought by individuals for investment. The
banks Of that city had begun 10 discount
sparingiy.
A Dubuque, Iowa, dispatch Of the 4th says
the feeling against the defaulting cashier,
Babbage, had become very bitter The an-
thorities had been compelled to guard his
house with band Of policemen TO prevent
acts OF violence from an outraged community
The Board OF Equalization for the State Of
Illinois had completed Its labors on the 18th.
The estimated value Of all lands in the State
Of Illinois, according to their opinion, was
q, PAS, 76O, 454.
An indianapolis dispatch Of the sth says that
all work on the Canada Southern Rail-
road, In Northern Indiana, had been
| stopped by the sherihs OF the several
counties through which 1t runs, taking pos
session Of all the company's property.
According to the Chicago Journal Of the Sth,
the Third National Bank of that city, had open
ed Its doors again.
A st. Louis dispatch OF the 9Th says that
finances in that city had not worked as salts
factorily as was anticipated The Union
Bank suspended on that day and had decided
| to go into liquidation.
The South.
| A dispatch from Memphis, Tennessee, says
| the yellow fever In that city had largely in
creased. The intcrments had reached forty
| one on the preceding day. An appeal had been
| issued for relief sos Sa3
A Galveston (Texas) dispatch OF the I'd says
that the town of Lampasas had been inundated
| recently by the sudden rise Of creek that ran
through the place. Twenty houses had been
carried away including the Post-Ofice and
| two stores. Six persons had been drowned.
1 go no, oil In, lie
and Shreveport, according to Press dispatches
Of the Sd, had largely increased. In the former
city, over 5000 people had left by the various
trains, many Of whom were i'll at the small
towns where they went. The Odd Fellows
had issued call for contributions from the
| Order throughout the United States. There
had been "a yellow fever interments on that
| day. In Shreveport there were II yellow fever
intcrments. The President had ordered 5000
! army rations TO be shipped to that place for
| the benefit of the sufferers. lil5t8
The virulence Of the yellow fever epidemic
at Memphis, according to telegram OF the
| 4th, had largely increased. Hundreds OF the
poorer classes were lying uncared for and dy-
! ing for want of attention. The interments on
that day In the Pottcrs Field alone, as re-
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| reached thirty In number. The whole num-
| Der Of yellow fever deaths for the day exceed
| ed forty. This included only paupers and
| those for whom collins had been obtained ut
| the undertakers.
A New Orleans dispatch Of the 9Th says the
| New Orleans National Bank had gone into
| liquidation. The house of Clavoroc had
| failed.
| A Memphis telegram of the 7th says that,
| on that day, more cases OF yellow fever had
been developed than ever before. Over 600
| persons were under treatment The
deaths numbered fortytwo. Among the
| latter was Rev. Father Carey, OF the Do
minican Priesthood. At Shreveport the
interments were less numerous, probably be-
cause tie material with which to operate was
less abundant. The town had become almost
depopulatcd.