Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1874-04-02


State TO send seed to their suffering brethren
| IN Northwestern Iowa Seed wheat and oats
are particularly called for, and, If sent to the
Spencer Relief Committee, Storm Lake, lows,
| their proper distribution ID vouched for by
/ Mr.. Colder.
An extensive fire occurred at Indianap oils
on the I'D. Twenty stores, many OF them
new, were destroyed. The loss was estimated
at between 500, 900 and 100000.
| horrible murder was recently perpetrated
| near CentreyilIe, Ill The victims were Fritz
stiitzenriter, aged about eighty; his son and
| daughter-in-law, aud two small children, enc
an infant The threats Of the two men were
cut, and the skulls Of the women and chill
| dren crushed. The murdered family lived on
| farm three miles south OF Centreville.
Joseph Booth fell under the cars at Vir-
ginia, New. few days ago, and both his legs
| were cut off young man who witnessed
| the accident tainted, and his hair, which was
| let black, turned instantly gray. Both men
would probably die.
| A white House IN CO. dispatch Of the morn
| ing OF the 23d says the reports OF terrific rum
bIings and roaring noises at Bald Mountain
were confirmed Scientists direct from the scene
| said there was no doubt Of volcanic action
| going on. Shocks were hourly felt, the
crockery In some residences being thrown
| from the shelves. The citizens were fleeing.
| Religious meetings were held night and day.
The savants thought volcanic eruption very
| probable.
On the morning Of the 23d the town OF
| EIgin, ILL.,, was visited by destructive con-
Migration. More than two squares In the
business portion Of the city were burned over,
causing loss of over 100000; insured for
| $4,000
Aspecial dispatch TO the Chicago Inter Ocean,
dated March %, says that Detectives Sinner
and Baldwin had fight with James Younger,
near st. Catherine, Mo-, on the 2lst, and that
Younger and Baldwin were both wounded,
Younger getting away as usual.
All the Union printers OF New Orleans
struck on the 23d against reduction OF wages.
The proprietors offered fifty cents per 1000,
while the printers demanded sixty.
A proposed Compulsory Education" law
has been defeated In the Illinois Senate.
The Governor Of Iowa has offered reward
| Of 5000 for the arrest and conviction OF the
murderer of Mrs. Algoi, In Clinton County,
two years ago
The Northwestern Transportation Con-
yentlon met at Rock Island, ILL.,, on the oath
Nearly 800 persons were in attendance. Mr..
j. NJ. Allen, OF Geneseo, was chosen Chairman.
After several speeches were made res
olutions were adopted advocating an
equal system OF internal improvement by
the Government; the construction OF the
| canal from Hennepin to Rock Island
| which will connect the Mississippi
| with the lakes, and the opening Of the mouth
OF the Mississippi by ship canal IL necessary.
A committee Of thirteen, with Mr.. Allen at
their head, was appointed tomemorialize Con-
gress In favor OF the canal, and the State OF
Illinois was advised 10 cedc the control OF the
Illinois River and the Illinois ~ Michigan
Canal as nayigable highways TO the Federal
Government IL, in return, 1t would assume
the construction Of this new waterway.
The tow-boat Crescent City, from New
Orleans for st. Louis, blew up at the foot Of
Montezuma Island, near Helena, Ark, on the
morning Of the oath. Every part OF the boat
was blown into atoms and she sunk In three
minutes. The tow, consisting of seven
barges, was utterly consumed. The lost were:
Capt James Dawson, Mate Henry Gessler,
| Pilot John Ostrander and wife, Pilot William
| Mundy, Waterman Dan Matte, cahin.hoy nH-
| known and three colored hremen.
| For several days previous To the Gath there
had been riotous demonstrations on the Grand
| Flat and Rogue Rivers, Michigan, on the part
OF the employees Of rival boom companies,
| and several dams had been destroyed. The
| Governor, al the solicitation of interested
parties, ordered company of troops to the
| region Of the disturbance and on the oath
concluded to withdraw them, leaving the
parties to fight 1t out between themselves.
The printers strike continued In New
Orleans ON the oath, and had assumed a very
stubborn character. No papers were issued
| from the offices OF the Times and Picayune,
and those from the offices of the Bee and Re
publican appeared in an emaciated condition.
| In recent fight with the Missouri outlaws,
| John w. Whicher, detective who had traced
| the James brothers to their hiding place In
| Clay County, was led into the public highway
| and brutally murdered. On the same day
three detectives encountered the Younger
| brothers, In st. Clair County, and shooting
match followed, In which John Younger was
killed and Jim Younger badly wounded In the
breast. The casualties on the part Of the de-
tectivcs were, one man killed, one seriously
| wounded and one escaped. On the Sd Gov.
| Woodson sent message to the Legislature de-
failing the facts In relation TO the outlaws, so
far as known, and calling upon that body to
appropriate money to enable him to extermi-
nate them.
| The Indians made an attack on a rancho ut
| scott's Bluffs, Neb., on the Gath, killing one
man and running or horses. The Sioux at
| Fort Laramie, and the various Sioux agencies
are reported very sullen and discontinued. 1t
was thought they meditated immediate hos
| tilities. Red Cloud and Spotted Tail were
among those declared unfriendly.
The printers strike at New Orleans ended
on the 25th, the union men resuming work on
the Picayune, Republican, and Tunes at sixty
cents per 1900 The Bee had full compile
ment OF non.union men, and would probably
retain them.
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