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New-York tribune., 1874-08-25
GENERAL POLITICAL NEVIS.
THE Pennsylvania DEMOCRATIC oONvENTIO

THE Pennsylvania DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION.
PITTSBURGH, Aug. 24.-AbOut 100 OF the 25O
delegates to the Democratic State Convention are now
here. DR.. Nebnger, Chairman of the State Committee
is here, and q is being held tonight at the
MonOngahela House. The Hon. Heister Clymer VIII
probably Chairman of the Convention as he is here
with large retinue from tho part of the State
Tonight it Is thought that the Hon. George NJ Dallas
OF Philadelphia will be nominated for Supreme Judge.
ana Col James p Barr OF The Posi- for Auditor General
There is no interest regarding the other onicers
PHILADELPHIA, Aug 24.-The delegates to the Demo-
cratic from this city leave Tonight Tor Pitts
burgh and will hold caucus at the hionongahela
Tuesday evening" preparatory to tue meeting 0f
the Cony yentIon Wednesday.
New-York tribune., 1874-08-25
Suspicious OF FOUL PLAY.

CONCORD. n. H.. Aug. PA week ago Sat-
urday uigh Sidney Felch OF weare drowned while
fishing in a boat with Ira Harvey pond in weuni-
ker Suspicious OF foul play are entertained and the
selectmen OF Henniker have made application to tne
coroner OF this city TO hold inquest Tue body which
was buried In weare, will be exhumed tomorrow.
post -aOrem examination will be made and iaQues
held
New-York tribune., 1874-08-25
ARREST OF A MISSISSIPPI OFFICIAL

VrCKsBURG, Aug. PAL. w. CardozO (cOl-
ored) State Superintendent Of ucaton. arrested
In Jackson yesterday, affidavit made by g. B. Oar
ter charging Csrdoso with fraudulenty issuing Jury
and witness certificate while Circuit Clerk OF Warren
County. He brought here thIs morning and taken
before Justice Of the POHce. He waived AN exanina
ton and falling to give the required bonds oil 5000 was
nont q tAl
New-York tribune., 1874-08-25
pprAK oF A LoG-BOOM IN TIE MISSISSIPPI

ST. PAUL, Aug. 24.-In consequence OF the
% IN tbe Mississippi River cansed BY the recent heavy
rains the boom OF the st. Anthony Boom Company,
above the Falls OF st. Anthony. broke last night and
600 feet of logs went over the falls Tue loss Is
n, 40 no. The yer this point s now full OF logs.
pS ~ - thnught another break has occurred. Consid
hie damage 10 the dams the falls has been doae by
thal lnps
New-York tribune., 1874-08-25
AN IMPORTANT LAWSUIT DECIDED.

PORTLAND, Me-, Aug. M.-Judge Clifford, IN
the United states Circuit Court has sustained the ae
cslon of Judge Fox the District Court In au inpor
t,nt case. Mr. Wells OF Portsmouth sued the Maine
steamship Company the value OF liquors brought Nv
them from New-York to be sent 70 him n portsmouth
hin ware seizad by the sheriff under the Maine law
and DESTROYED The decision was IN favor oi the CON-
many aud tue owner has no recourse
New-York tribune., 1874-08-25
THE BRUSSELS CONGRESS.

LEAD IN TIE DELIBERATIONS TAKEN BY GERMANY.
LONDON, Tuesday, Aug. IS, 1874.
La RepuJHqu6 Franeaise has.an account of the pro-
ceedings of the International Congress at Brussels
which is considered trustworthy.
Ii shows that the German delegate took the lead
in the deliberations and the representative of Great
Britain was silent the most of the time.
New-York tribune., 1874-08-25
THE FAMINE IN INDIA.

CALCUTTA, Monday, Aug. "a, 1874
The latest estimates in regard to the extent
and effects of the famine show that 100000 natives
still dependent on charitable relief
Further distress threatened in Tr boot where the
weather has been excessively dry. Unless rain falls
soou the harvest will prove q faiure.l
New-York tribune., 1874-08-25
CoLLIERY EXPLOSION IN ENGLAND.


An explosion occurred in a cOlliery near
Haney Staordshire this morning, causing the instant
death OF eight miners AS is generally the
Monday, the number of men at work small. Had
the full force been hand doubt many more would
have been killed
New-York tribune., 1874-08-25
THE RECENT ELECTION IN UTAH.

SALT LAKE CITY, Aug. H.-The County
Treasurer OF Toocle County, having refused to file the
bonds of the Mormon Probate Judge elect the case
has brought before the District Court to compel
action. No decision has yet been rendered The FUR
ther hearing In the will he had on Aug. 20.
Major Wells was discharged by Commissioner Toohey
to-day the complaint or undue interference in the
last election.
New-York tribune., 1874-08-25

BATON ROUGE, Aug. A.-The Conservative
State Convention met at Gen. Alexander DE
Clout was elected temporary chairman Every parish
in the State but three represented Harmony ana
good feeling prevailed
LATER.-The State Convention has organized. r. H.
MAR was elected Permanent President committee OF
q was appointed to report platform; also to report
bill for the Peoples Party. The Convention will proDa
bly, adjourn tomorrow or Wednesday
New-York tribune., 1874-08-25
TIE ARKANSAS GOvERNORsHIP.

LITTLE Rock Aug. A.-Returns from Demo-
cratic county conventions for nearly half the counties
in tue State show election Of delegates instructed TO
vote Baker Governor at the approaching Con-
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1874-01-08
General News Summary.
Washington News.

A recent Washington dispatch says our
Government will enforce its demand on Spain
for naturalization to the families OF Ameri-
can citizens slain at Santiago de Cuba, as soon
as 1t can procure the necessary evidence to
sustain the demand.
According 10 the report Of the Executive
Committee of the National Grange that organ
kation has raised 100000 during the year,
has paid Its debts, and has surplus of $780,
600, Of which $4,000 have been invested In
Government bonds
The President has appointed Caleb Gushing
Minister 10 Madrid, General sickles' resigna-
ton having been accepted
A Washington Associated Press dispatch OF
the Goth says the report that the Spanish Gov
eminent had asked o. the United States the
restoration OF the virginius, and the payment
of an indemnity, was not believed In official
quarters, no authentic information having
been received to that effect, and beside such
requisition would be contrary TO the terms OF
the protocol betu cen the two nations.
The President has lately pardoned RiDgold,
Young, Neil, and Harkns, of Alabama, who
were serving out terms of imprisonment for
Ku Klux outrages. During eighteen months
past, ffty-nine persons who were convicted OF
such outrages have been pardoncd.
The Secretary Of the Navy received dis
patch, on the Both, from the Commander OF
the Ossipee, announcing that the Virginius
sunk on the night OF the Goth, of Whining
ton.
A Washington dispatch Of the 30th states
that Mr.. Gushing bad been instructed, after
his arrival at Madrid, to give his attention
towards securing, upon the part Of Spain,
policy Of political and administrative reforms
(among which Is the abolition OF slavery,
which shall tend towards the restoration OF
peace In Cuba.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1874-01-08

say they are not willing to stand
idle and see their good name furnished by
the base representations of those arrayed
against them that many acts Of violence had
been perpetrated which they emphatically
deprecated no matter ay whom committed;
that they had endeayored to discover the
perpetrators, and could not. The perpetrators
do not belong to the Brotherhood, and II was
believed the outrages were committed by men
hired TO bIacken the good name Of the mem
bers of the Brotherhood and weaken their
cause by carrying them on and charging them
TO the strikers.
The steamer Virginius foundered of the
North Carolina coast on the Goth, during the
prevalence of heavy gale. 1t seems the Os-
sipee, with the Virginius In tow, left the Dry
Tortugas on the 18th. On the 10th strong
gale commenced, and the Virginius began
leaking badly On Christmas Day her
condition was so critical that the Os-
sipee put into Frying Pan Shoals,
off Cape Fear with her charge and came TO
anchor. The next morning the Virginius sig
nailed the Ossipee she was sinking The crew
were at once transferred to the latter, the
hawser was cut, and the virginius went TO the
bottom, leaving only a portion of her main
mast above water.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1874-01-08
Who Can Explain !

THE Creeping" of railroads has attract
ed some attention of late, and while we
do not attempt to explain it, we offer a
point on the fact that, on lines running
north and south, the western rail "creeps"
faster than the eastern rail that is, this
strange movement of the rail toward the
south is more marked in one rail than in
the other on the same track. Further
more, it has been noticed that on such a
line the eastern rail wears out the fastest.
Both of these points, we think, can be ex-
plalned by the motion of the earth as it
turns from the west toward the east. Ev-
erything that has free motion is dragged
after the whirling globe; every wind that
blows and every tide that moves feels the
influence, and our train going north or
south is pulled over toward the east and
naturally presses the eastern rail most
heavily The western rail, being relieved
of its share of weight, "creeps more fire.
quently and quickly" 1t is also noticed
that the wheels that run on the eastern
rail wear out the fastest, and we can but
think that this earth motion is the true
cause. The practical side of this is that
the east rail and wheels should be stronger.
Scientific american.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1874-01-08
Postal Telegraph.

The President of the Western Union
Telegraph Company, in letter to New
York paper, SAYS: 1.-THE Herald is proba-
bly, correct in assuming that further re-
duction of rates will not be made by the
companies now doing the telegraph bust
ness, for some time to come" The West
ern Union Company have adopted some
uniformity in their charges within a few
years past, and made a few other reduc-
tons in their rates, TO the great benefit of
the public and the company; but the
public are under no obligations
to the company for making these
reductions; for President Orion, in
his annual report, informs his stockhold-
ers that they were forced upon them from
the competition of opposition companies.
They have recently purchased the princi-
pal opposition lines, and have reduced
their rates so low that the remaining COM
panies are unable TO make any money.
Now that this great monopoly is free
from all fear of competition, they an
nounce that they will make no further
concessions in rates.
That the company are able to make
further reductions is shown by the facts
given in the annual reports. From these
| Il appears that the rates have been reduc-
ed nearly one-third in six years, yet the
cost of doing the business is so much less,
in consequence of its great increase, that
the net profits are greater at the lower
than at the higher rates. Mr.. Orion has
SO often reiterated the proposition that
the expenses increase in nearly as rapid
a ratio as the business, and, therefore, re-
duction in rates cannot be made, that he
has persuaded himself of its truth, and is
unable TO appreciate the force of the facts
which we have given.
Mr.. Orton truly says that the telegraph
is only in its infancy. The growth of its
business is much more rapid than that of
the express or postoffice, and at the same
ratio Of increase the number of kilograms
that will be annually sent ten years hence
is larger than the number of letters
sent when the postage was reduced
TO five cents. The immediate
increase in the correspondence that fol-
lowed upon the use OF the five and three
cent postage stamp was enormous, rap
idly increasing from 50,000,000 TO 500.
OOJ. 900. There will be the same increase
in the telegraphic correspondence if the
same relative reductions in rates are
made, for the same causes would operate
to produce like effects. The people can
not hope for such reductions from the
Western Union Telegraph Company, be-
cause there is now no reason to induce 1T
to make them, and because the loss OF net
revenues from the great reductions in
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1874-01-08

rates necessary to populariZe the teie-
graph would be greater than the saving
of expenses on each telegram from the
great increase in the business. Such re
auctions can be made under the postal
telegraph system, for that will save nearly
one-Quarter of the present expense, ana
would therefore authorize reduction In
rates of nearly forty per cent, and yet
leave sufficient profit on the greatly IN
creased business.
The Postmaster-General will ask Con-
gress to purchase all existing lines OF tel.
egraph, and build the new ones required
for the business. The expense OF pur-
chasing these lines has been estimated by
committees of Congress at from 10000
600 to $70,OOO,000 1t is not likely Con-
gress will feel disposed, in the presen
condition of our finances, to authorize
such an expenditure, especially as the OBJ
ject sought can be accomplished without
any expense to the Government.
The postoffice Department will furnish
the offices and the Postal Telegraph Com
pany will transmit the messages at rates
fixed by Congress.
If the people desire to have a cheap
telegraph, and to have the news furnished
to the press at low rates, they must sup
port the postal telegraph system, and
urge Congress to pass the bill authorizing
the Postmaster-G General to contract as he
now contracts for the carriage of the
mails. If on the other hand, they desire
to perpetuate an over-grown monopoly,
which is every day growing more pow
erful, then let them continue the present
system, by which single private corpo-
ration controls the Geographic cores
pondence Of a nation, and has the power
to give or withhold news to the press, and
to mold public opinion in its own
interest. Such power is too great for
any private company to hold, and should
be in the hands of the people, to be used
only for their benefit.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1874-01-08
Sensation OF Starving.

For the first two days through which a
strong and healthy man is doomed to ex-
list upon nothing, his sufferings are, per-
haps, more acute than in the remaining
states-he feels an inordinate, unspeaka-
BILE craving at the stomach, night and day.
The mind runs upon beef, bread, and 9TH
er substantials, but still, in great mea-
sure, the body retains its strength. On
the third and fourth days, but especially
on the fourth, this incessant craving gives
place to sinking and weakness of the
stomach, accompanied by nausea. The
unfortunate sufferer still desires food, but
with loss of strength he loses that eager
craving which is felt in the earlier stages
Should he chance to obtain morsel or
two of food, he swallows il with wolfish
avidity, but five minutes afterward his
sufierings are more intense than ever. He
feels as If he had swallowed living lob
ster, which is clawing and feeding upon
the very foundation of his existence. On
the fifth day his cheeks suddenly appear
hollow and sunken, his body attenuaied !;
his color is ashy pale, and his eye wild,
CLASSY. cannibalish. The different parts
of the system now war with each other.
The stomach calls upon the legs to go
with it in quest of food; the legs, from
very weakness, refuse. The sixth day
brings with it increased suffering,
although the pangs of hunger are lost in
an overpowering languor and sickness.
The head becomes giddy-the ghosts of
well.remembered dinners pass in hideous
professions through the mind The
seventh day comes, bringing increased
lassitude-and further prostration of
strength. The arms hang lifelessly, the
legs drag heavily. The desire for food is
still left, to degree, but it must be
brought, not sought The miserable rem
nant of life which still hangs TO the suf-
ferer is burden almost too grevious to
be borne; yet his inherent love of exis-
tence induces desire still to preserve it,
If il can be saved without a tax upon bod
ily exertion. The mind wanders. At
one moment he thinks his weary limbs
cannot sustain him mile, the next he is
endowed with unnatural strength, and if
there be certainty of relief before him,
dashes bravely and strongly forward.
wondering whence proceeds his new and
sudden impulse.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1874-01-08

tracts be abrogated, and that the city let the
public works directly to the applicants.
The New Hampshire State Grange OF the
Patrons Of Husbandry, recently organized al
Manchester, adopted resolutions-agalnst
special privileges asking more for themselves
than they are willing to grant for other IN
dustries; announcing trickery, bribery and
corruption in elections; favoring equal and
just taxation; calling upon the state TO give
its children moral and liberal education; ac-
knowledging the rights Of woman by admit
ting her as an equal In the Order; demanding
justice and economy in public affairs, and rec
ommending the Order as a bond of union
stronger than armies.
II was announced on the 2Sth that the Erie
Canal was completely closed for the season,
locking up about 5000, 600 bushels OF grain,
which will have to remain all winter. In this
amount is included nearly 500, 600 bushels OF
wheat.
The United States steamer Juniata reached
the Brooklyn Navy-Yard on the evening OF
the 2Sth, having on board the 102 persons re-
Gently prisoners at Santiago de Cuba.
A New York dispatch of the morning OF the
Both announces The arrival at that port OF the
United States steamer Ossipee, without the
yirginius, and IL was rumored that the latter
vessel had sunk.
John f. Patterson, OF New York, has sent
a letter to Secretary Fish, dated December
Goth, declaring that he is the registered owner
OF the steamer Virginius. He protests against
The opinion of the Attorney General by which
he and the vessel were condemned on e1 parte
testimony furnished by Spain. He states that
the Solicitor of the Treasury gave him bill
of sale Of the steamer and thereupon he
Patterson truly swore that he was owner,
and the Government gave her an American
register, which has ever since protected her.
ANY testimony charging perjury on his part is
false.
All the factories at Fall River, Mass, COM
mcnced operations on the Goth, and nearly all
the other large manufacturing establishments
in the New England States, which had either
closed or reduced their forces, had resumed or
were about to resume on full time and with
full forces.
The trunk lines Of railways between the
East and West have issued a new freight
schedule, advancing the tariff on all classes Of
freight.
An order was issued on the 30th ult., for a
rduction Of the wages of the engineers and
others employed in running trains on the
Pennsylvania Railway.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1874-01-08
The East.

City Solicitor Heaiey, of Boston, has given
an opinion that women cannot legally serve
on the Boston School Committee. Four wo-
men were chosen to that position at the recent
election.
Complete official returns make the majority
for the new Pennsylvania State Constitution
l45, 15O.
There are seventeen subordinate Oranges Of
the Patrons OF Husbandry In New Hampshire,
representatives from oil Of which took part in
organizing State Grange at Manchester, re-
Gently.
Ex-Mayor Oakley Hall, recently on trial for
completely In the Tweed robberies, has been
acquitted.
A Committee of Safety appointedby the I'M
employed workmen Of New York, made de-
mand on the 10th upon the City Government
for work. They also demanded that all con-
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1874-01-08

THE attention of our many readers is called
to the attractive advertisement of j. N. Harris
q Co., advertising their great and valuable
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Balsam has been before the public for ten
years. Notwithstanding this long period, it
has never lost one whit of its popularity, or
shown the least sign of becoming unpopular,
but, on the contrary, the call for it has been
constantly increasing, and at no previous time
has the demand been so great, or the quantity
made been so large, as at this day. We earn
estly recommend its trial by any one who may
be afflicted with cough or cold, and we war
rant it to cure if directions are followed. II
is sold by all our city druggists.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1874-01-08

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and Colds.

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Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1874-01-08

THE ILLUSTRATED ] JOURNAL for January
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The table Of contents embraces very rich and
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NEWMAN, Room 27, Tribune building, Chicago. I.
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THE LITTLE CoRpoR.r,-Tha nrn,l

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