Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1875-11-18
wEsr AND sOUTH.

WEST AND SOUTH.
Asr. PAUL dispatch Of the sih says Pills
| bury (Rep.) for Governor OF Minnesota would
have about 1900 majority. nsender Rep
for Treasurer ran behind his ticket, but was
| probably elected. Legislature Republican.
DAVID ROBINSON, living near Kokomo,
| ind, on the night OF the ID shot two OF bis
children with a revolver and then cut their
| throats from ear 10 ear. His wife and one
son escaped by running, he firing two shots
| nj them, wounding the son. His friends claim
he vas temporarily insane. His dead body
was found the next morning fourteen miles
south Of Kokomo. 1t Ia supposed he Jumped
or fell from freight train on which he was
making his escape.
THE United States Grand Jury In Chicago
| on the 9Th reported large number q indict.
menb against persons alleged 70 be guilty Of
| violations OF the Revenue laws.
The Atchison (Kan.) Daily Champion OF
| the 5tl has returns from eighty.nin ~ the
| 1903 Representative districts In Kansas,
showing the election Of afty-eight regular
Republicans, eight Independent Republicans,
eleven Democrats and twelve elected on Peo-
Piles and Reform tickets. This indicates a
less number Of Opposition Representatives
than last year. The only State senatorial
vacancy 10 filed by the election Of kspub-
lican, and Of the three District Judges 10 be
chosen the Republicans had elected two.
BIT. LOUIS special Of the 4th says the
Grand Jnr, In the United States Court at st.
| \ haA t,xAt al We f.fs he
proprietors OF the GIobe. Deusocrat, and Con-
stantine Mcguire, late Revenue Collector,
for conspiracy TO defraud the Government Of
It's revenue In connection With the whisky
tax.
The Congressmen elected on the ID are:
First Massachusetts District, WIN. W. Grape
| fReD); First Mississippi, Lucius q. G. Lamar
| tDem.) reelected; Second, g. Wiley Wells
(Rop]; Third, II. b. Money (Dcm.); Fourth,
| o. X. Singleton (Dem.): Fifth, C. ". Hooker
| Dem, J; Sixth, Rocsrick Beal DEM; Thirty.
third New York, Nelson l. Norton (Rep.);
Oregon, Henry Warren tRep).
The official count Of the election returns In
Colorado shows that the Territorial Legis-
latnrc will be composed as follows: Council
Republicans, 4; Democrats, .. House
Republicans, 10; Democrats, 10.
ACCORDING 10 Milwaukee Telegram OF
the 7th Ludington's (Rcp,) majority for Gov.
ernor Of Wisconsin would be about 1000.
Kuehn Dem.) for State Treasurer was prob.
ably elected. The Republicans have n ma.
jority Of seven In the State Senate and one
| In the House.
| NEWS was received at San Francisco on the
sth OF the total loss by laundering at sea Of
the steamship Pacific, running between Port
land, Oregon, and San Francisco. OF 1863
persons on board only one WINS known
| 10 have escaped. The suryiyor--Henry
| l.. Jelly--was picked up by the Amer.
lean ship Messenger after having foated on
| the pilothouse from eight O'Clock on the
morning Of the 4th until ten O'Clock on the
boats were launched from the lost vessel, tut
| all we're swamped.
THE steamship City Of Waco, which ar
rived a. Galveston, Tex, on the sih from
New York, loaded with oil, anchored out.
| side the hsrbor and was discovered To be
| on IRE nj one o'clock on the morning Of the
9th. There were for,y-eight persons on board
| the vessel, eight OF whom were cabin and
| twelve Storage passengers. There was a
heavy wind at the time Of the lire, and the
weasel was soon burned 10 the waters edge
and sank. Great uncertainty existed ON the
9th as 10 the fate Of those on board, some re-
ports being 10 the effect that they had taken
10 the boats fnd drifted olt into the gulf, q
heavy gale prevailing ut the time; but dis.
patch from Galveston on the morning Of the
10th says the impression was gaining ground
that they had all perishcd on the Inflated
vossel,
| A SEVERE earthquake. shock was felt In
| portions Of Missouri and Kansas early on the
morning OF the 10th. At Independence, Mo-,
several brick buildings sustained considerable
injury. and dishes were thrown from shelves,
the citizens being aroused from sound Slum-
Der. thinking their houses were falling. The
shock felt at Topeka aud elsewhere In Kan
sas was equally severe.
| ANOTHER survivor OF the crew Of the
steamer Pacific was picked up ut three o'clock
on the morning Of the sth, thirty miles inside
the Straits Of Fuca He was floating on u
raft. from which he says Capt. Howell had
been washed of and drowned. The name OF
the rescued man In Oliver Wolcott. lie says
the Pacific was struck by a vessel under full
sail. Two boats got away from the wreck.
Five dead bodies had a,so been recovered up
| To the 9Th.
In Chicago. on the 10th, spring wheat, No.
., was weak. cloaing At si.07,SGD Lo7si cash,
Cash corn dull; closing at 52hc for No. .
and 5ixe for rejected. Cash oats, No. 2, sold
At 3O493ie; December options were sold
at 32Ac. Rye, No. 2, e5tf65,fc. Barley, No.
Q, s76ssc. Cash mess pork closed ut
go 75Qt2l.0o. Lard, si22oai2.25 Good To
choice bcevcs brought t+50Cs6, 90; medium
grades, s4.oode45O; butchers stock, s2.b0te
3.75; scalawags, etc, e20o@2.2o. Hogs
brought s7.250e7 s5for good to extra Sheep
sold nj o. 25Ctf475 for good 10 choice.
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