Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1874-11-26
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L NEw ORLEANs, Nov. l9-- The IRE
turnipg Board found the St. James
Parish returns correct until reaching
poll seven which showed 100 more
svCt . for Bovee, independent Republic
'sau for the Senate and others, than ac-
creilited ,tl,em by the tally list In the
heuds of. The Conservative Committee.
The latter protested against the count
being received On the ground Of frsnd-
cheney A memberlo OF the committeo
presented . statement In writing show
,ing that he could prove the returns
from ST James had been taken out OF
the hands Of the Secretary 0f the State,
after the riainal@<1elivery. Hc dis
.slAimed any intention charging 4fha
Secretary of State knowingly cOmmit-
ting any wrong, but could prove the
fstutns had been s6 removed Goa
stderab bic excitement ensued when .
second, return from the same poll was
ment kept by the Conservatives, this
VTVVIUB Inc Ectufub uuu UCcu tWAsbP0t-
"a with The latter returns werecen-
aected by the Board and athe protest
withdrawn. s .afs "a
Divers were at work on yesterday
avening removing the fteikht from the
wreck or the Empire, whenftlRe csban
beekk slooss and thA botaissioontaiAed
Ia il iMereI dOnbtless swept away.
Amepg these were the Keeper family
End other women, The cabin boys, pan.
fryheh, di5d Wtitert. Fss'sia s7is Isslsf
I'll Afls iaveetigation was held 1efore
IaspeetOr Apdst hpt nothing definite
was arrived ct % to the real. Cause Of
the sinking A diver, who went down
into the hull, reports that IL Was much
broken, ahe hog -chaiss being wrsnch-
ed completely out Of the boat, leaving
. large. hole, which must hare been
under water and caused The vessel,
with her heavy freight, 10 sitSk hln10ss
Immediately The boat Il said to hlvs
been bumped during the night by In
coming hoats, causing . great strain.
Dks MoSisss, Nov. fs.-rn the case
OF Isaac Brandt. indicted for enbcz-
slement while Deputy State Treasurer
Judge Msxwell, of the District Court,
to-day, overruled the demurrers ofths
defense, which were to the effect that
Brandt being Deputy was mot An
otAeial in the proper sense of the term
and that the indictments were faulty
inasmuch rs they do mot name the
parties to whom Brandt loaned public
monies, nor give . descriptions OF the
money so loaned. This decision brings
the case to trial On Its merits. 1t 10
probable, however, that II will not bt
reached this term. o1li
WAsHlNeToS, Nov. 19.-Admiral
Aivy reports that the o. s. steamer
Saranac remains 1t Lapaz, Mexico, 10
protect American citizens and their
interests, ~ many robberies and mur-
ders are being committed, and the
authorities taking no steps to arrest
tho culprits. IL
/ Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Douglass gives the receipts for the last
1scal yssrat &l02, GA, ,747, or &2,644,747
above the estimate. The estimate for
the current year Is $lO7, ,0O0.0O0; re-
ceipts for the fiscal year Of 1874 from
distillsd spirits, 440,444, ,O90, q decrease
0f over two and half millions. No
spirits were exported for drawbacks.
Thsfeceipts from special taxes ON
on rsctifiers and dealers shows an, In
increase of $599, 600. !, sasgfss .14g
Seizures amounted to &476 900 annu-
IL receipts from III sources relating to
|'fermented liquors for the year, $9;304,-
670. receipts from tobacco over s$33,-
OQ0,OOO; other, reseipts--bank depos-
its, ejaculation. ETC., 1887 ,l00; adhe.
I've stamps, $6, 1856 ,844 penalties, $780,
600. The Commissioner extols the
Abolishing of assessorships, leaving
\ tho whole matter with collectOrs,as se-
curing prompter and larger payments.
PIrTssuRa, Nov. 2o-A Chronicle
special. from Brookville, Jefferson Go.
Pa, ssys . fire broke, out there this
morning in Scott & Spyders livery
stable and spread to and entirely con-
sumed Oak Hall Hotel, owned by Mr..
Bell. two 'dweiiinge, owned by r Ar
| thur. Nicholsen's large building, oecu-
| pied on tine first floor by G. l.. Irwin,
merchant, Long Il Pearsail, Hardware,
| second floor used as Town Hall, third
l fioor by the Masonic order, Franklin
Honse, owned by j.. S. King. II. IL.
Blooa'a buildings occupied on first
hoor by K. I. Bioods druggist, and
John Mills, Greer Il Kenady general
| merchandise secosd floor occupied by
the RepuAticoa printing office and %.
Il. Brown undertaken. third floor by
| the Odd Fellows Lodge, Sy Tryers
1 store and dwelling, A. >. .Scribners
dwelling occupied by 5. u. Smith,
Mrs. Clemsnts dwelling, J. u Chr
rolls STORE and dwelling. w. ]. Nc
knights; three bnildings, The total
loss is estimated at $2OOOO0. Insnr-
ancs about one-half.
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LoSDOS, Noy. W-Tom Hood. edi-
tor Of the Sun, died to-day. ,
Aterrible explosion occurred in the
coiilerys % Warrenvale, orkshire,
to-day. Fonrteen miners are known
TO have bseni killed. hea g
/. ...en "a ,ef,ss --7---.,,
PHit.ADELfHA, Nov. N.-A large
fro 10 raging at Brookyilie. Jeherson
Il c0Onfv ThnrA Ara Uo nnrtjculGrA.s