Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1874-04-16
General News Summary,
Washinxton News.

Warrington News
In accordance with the order Of The Prcsi-
dent requiring the appointment Of Board, TO
be composed Of seven persons. one person TO
be named by each Of the Executive Depart
ments which may have articles and materials
70 be exhibited 1T the Centennial Exhibition,
and also one person 10 be named IN
behalf of the Smithsonian Institute, and
one In behalf OF the Department OF Agricnl-
ture, which may have charge and decide upon
The articles TO be embraced In the collection,
the following have been named by the heads
Of departments: Treasury, Hon. r. N. Saw
yer; War, Col. 8. c. Lyford, U. s. A.; Navy,
Admiral r. A. Jenkins, U. B. n; Interior,
John Eaton. Eco; Posiofiice, DIR. Chase y.
Mcdonald; Agriculture, WIN. Saunders, Esq
Smithsonian Institute, Prof 8. Y. Baird. The
President has designated Col s. {. Lyford, U.
3. A., Chairman OF the Board.
The Treasury Department has prepared a.
complete list as possible Of casualties 90 the
reat lakes Of this country within the last ten
years, from which II appears that In that pc.
Rod the number Of vessels lost was 4,52s.
The loss OF life amounted TO l,ysl persons,
and the loss Of property aggregated ST.
y7u.oG2.
According TO Washington dispatch Of the
4th the Senate Committee on Transportation
would recommend ultimate Government aid
70 thlkour principal schemes Of internal Inn
provernent which have been urged The Fort
St. Philip Canal Improvement OF the Ohio
River: enlarged means OF intercommunics-
ton between the great lakes and the Atlantic
a Great wes,ern or james River 81 Kanawba
Canal. The estimated coat OF these improve
ments Is 800, 600 600.
Sanborn was before the Ways and Means
Committee in Washington on the 9th, and tes-
tifed that he talked his contracts over several
times with Secretary Richardson, and that he
has no doubt Mr. Richardson knew all about
them: and that he went 20 him (Richardson)
for information about them. Sanborn ayows
that none of the $3.50. 900 which be had TO pay
out of the $40 600 he received from the Govern
ment went 10 any internal revenue officer or to
any member Of Congress, directly or indirect
~. He had paid Gen. Butler no counsel fees.
He had subscribed to the fund for helping him
10 the Goyernorsbip Of Massachusetts,. Ac-
sording 10 Ssnborn's statements, his share OF
the money he had received was less than $780,
COO He declined TO state how he had spent
the sums he had 10 give for information.
The President has nominated John w. Allen
for Postmaster at Cleveland.
There WAS snow on the groundsto the depth
of foot In Washington on the morning Of
the 9th.
South Carolina Senators and Representa-.
tiyes, with delegates from the Republican
State Central Committee OF that State, called
On the President on the 7tk TO answer to the
charges made against them by the delegates
from the Tax. Payers Convention. The delega.
ton made long statement TO the effect that
the taxation was not 30 burdensome as had been
represented, and was imposed for the best In.
forests Of the people and the State. The
President expressed himself satisfled with
their explanation Of affairs In that state.
John ID. sanborn on the 7th was again be.
: fore the Committee OF Ways and Means, and
was cross-examined for several hours, but
without anything Of Importance being elected.
He still declined to give detailed statement
of his expenditures. All efforts failed to
make him admit anything that would connect
Gen. Butler or any other member Of Congress
with his contracts.
Solicitor Banfeld was examined In the San
born investigation on the Sth, and testified that
he had never drawn any contract, signed any
paper, written any letter or done any act In
connection with the sanborn business except
by the direct order OF the Secretary Of the Treas
ury. He said that he had never been con-
suited about any Of the contracts under
this law except the first, TO Kelsey, on which
nothing WAS collected. Everything else done
by him was under specific instructions from
the Secretary OF the Treasury. Gen. But
Ter came before the committee and complained
that witness had been examined in reference
TO his private affairs and that he had not been
notified to be present TO hear the testimony
and, II be deemed II proper, TO crossexamlne
the witnesses. He had much experience In
committees, and II had been his uniform
practice whenever witness made statement
involving member Of either house TO sus-
pend the examination and to send for the
member He simply asked for that measure
Of courtesy TO himself. He denied any con
nection with the Sanborn matter, except what
he would be glad to tell.
Foreign Intelligence.
A LONDON dispatch OF April says the Re
publican troops have taken no position hello
by the Carlis,s since March %. A three days
srmisticc, In which Bllboa was not included
had been agreed upon for the burial OF thu
dead In the meantime the bombardment ol
Bilboa continued.
The steamer Alaska arrived In San Fran
cisco on the Sd with Yokohama dates to Marcel
TO- The insurrection Ia the North had beer
queiled through the efforts Of OkuBo, Minis
ter Of the Interior.
A Bayonne dispatch Of the 9Th says actlv,
a., frs,,t Rihna ,yara r..,,,uad a,