Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1874-12-17

| President of the Short Horn Association re-
Gently in session at Springfield, ILL.,; Secre
tary, s. F. Lockridge, and Treasurer, Claude
Matthews, both of Indiana. The next con.
| vention Is TO be held at Toronto, Canada, Dec
2, 1875
| The trial of David A. Gage, ex-Treasurer
of the city of Chicago, for misuse of the city
funds, terminated at Waukegan on the 4th In
verdict of !" not guilty.
In the Cheap Transportation Convention al
Richmond, Va, on the 4th, resolution was
unanimously adopted recognizing, in addi-
ton to the lines of transportation recon-
mended by the United States Senate Committee
on Transportation, the proposed Rock Island
a. Hennepin Canal, in Illinois, connecting the
Mississippi with the Illinois River and Canal
and the chain Of waterways to the
seaboard, as a project of great merit, and
urging upon Congress the necessity of speedy
! construction Of the work. The name OF the
| association was changed to "The American
| Board of Transportation and Commerce" and
Hon. Josiah Quincy, of Massachusetts, was
elected President for the ensuing year; F. B.
| Thurber, Of New York, Treasurer. and r. II.
Ferguson, of Troy, N. Y, Secretary. The
| next annual meeting is to be held in Chicago.
| King Kalakaua and his suite left San Fran
cisco for Washington ON the morning of the
5th in special palace cars.
Madison (Wis.) dispatch of the 18th says
the Supreme Court had denied the writ of
mandamus sought by McDilrs counsel to
award McDill the Congressional certificate
from the Eighth District
Reports reached New Orleans on the night
of the 9th that large bodies OF armed negroes
were on their way to Vieksburg to take pos
session Of the Court House. On the nth Gen.
Emory received dispatch that riot and
fighting began on that day. An Associated
Press dispatch of the same date says an
alarm was sounded at O'Clock in the morn
ing that the negroes were marching on the
town. The citizens gathered en- mdsse,
armed Immediately, and advanced to meet
the negroes on the Baldwin Ferry Road.
They were encountered on Grove street, just
outside of the city, about 200 strong. The
commander of the citizens warned the
negroes to dispense, but they re-
fused, and Immediately firing commenced on
both sides. The negroes retreated about a
mile, and again made stand in an old breast
work and house, but were soon routed. The
loss in this engagement was one citizen,
Oliver Brown, killed, and about twelve or ff-
teen negroes killed, several wounded, and
about twenty prisoners. On the Halls Ferry
road about $50 negroes were found and routed
after short engagement, with several killed
and wounded. The attack was made for the
Nf fha Shnr
Crosby. 1t was reported that the negroes
were burning cotton-g gins and dwellings in the
neighborhood
train on the Kansas Pacific Railway was
stopped by Instructions on the track at Mum
Gle, Mo-, on the 9Th, and five armed men en-
tered the express car, uncoupled it from The
train, and compelled the engineer TO haul it
away from the other cars, when they robbed
the safe of Wells Fargo 81 Co Of about
$50, 600. The passenger car was not entered
nor were the passengers disturbed. Some
| firing was INDUCED in, but no one was hurt
The news relating to the Vicksburg
| troubles received ON the 10th was to
the effect that the excitement was
subsiding and business generally had
been resumed. The Governors proc
| lamation denouncing the alleged riotous pro
ceedings and calling on all good citizens Il
aid in unfolding the laws of the State, ISSUED
on the 18th, was responded to by a proclama
ton by the Mayor of Vicksburg, who claimed
! that there had up to that time been no riot
Gus assemblage in that city; that the meeting
of the unarmed taxpayers who requested the
resignation of irresponsible officials who had
| failed to execute bonds was quiet and orderly
| etc