Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1870-06-23

active service. TO be u.ds - e white
volunteers, If they can - oolnfned, and
II no.. negroes He 40 or6u11 the i'm
mediate enrolment Il - mEfkA with
Instructions 70 set apaxt spscf.l punbtr
Of minute men in escA reSemt for ufe
g reserve
FsreiG1 Inteulge1A
A Lonaon dispatch of lie 81 saAtes that
the alarm s.aong faxmexs, On asoDsnf Of the
continued dry vea.her. aime1 rnounted
10 . pa1ic-
The New York TrI5xafs don COZ
respondent confirms By seseNph, On the
stA. \ statement tha1 the ICED Ron
msnian hatchery was simply ssudenis
joke
In tie Spanish Cortea or the 9Th, .
motion tbs; the King be elected by direct
vote Of The people was negaSved, and .
proposition vas carried requiring that the
candidate receive . majority equal to haf
the whole number Of deputia This was
reg.-d>a :. .::>:: .y destroy ing inc chances
Of Ncnfpensier, - vel - IL other candi-
dkses 20 fas named.
A Consanfinople dispatch Of the 9th
says: The loss Of life By he oonaagra-
ton here was frightful Al some points
whole families we're hemmG In BY flames
and p.erishing in fun view Of spectators
who could NOT rescue then. The panic
among the people was terrible, and many
Loss ali presence Of mind and were IN
able 70 save themselvA Otherh in de-
spair, made no effort 70 ave themselves
and we're lose. 6one OF the Turks, in .
spirit of hsalim peculiar to their race
and religion, shut themselves up in their
burning houses, refused assistance and
met death without . n1rmer. Twenty
Eve hundred persons wen burned 70 death
or killed by falling WALL. Many more
sre missing"
Charles Dickens, tie great novelist
died At his residence II Gad's Hill, near
London, at SIS on the evening Of the stn.
of paralysis. He was 6fy-eight years OF
zge. He was apparently in good health
On the ssh, when he wroe several pages
OF bis novel, Edwin Dro,d." The sud
denness of the blow inte,sifes the grief
of his friends There wereunusual demon.
STATIONS of public grief il London and
other cities.
A cable dispatch Of the 9th says the
number Of lives lost in the 1cent conda-
grafton In Constantinople can be safely
oct down ~ 1000.
Queen Victoria, Immediately after the
ntelligence of Mr. Dickens death WIS
communicated at court, dispatched spe-
cial messenger of confidence to the cor
rowing members Of thefamily of the de.
ceased author. The public institutions in
the city suspended business Immediately
after hearing OF the melancholy event. In
his will Mr.. Dickens leaves All the Year
Round to his son, with many valuable
suggestions about it's Management.
A violent election riot occurred on the
Isle OF Wight, on the 11h; buildings were
sacked, and windows broken.
The last detachment d Canadian troops
comprising the Northwest expeditionary
force arrived at Collingvood on the 18th.
In the Spanish Cortes, on the 18th
General Prin said the government had
sought candidate for thu throne, but
thus far in vain. He felt Dnfldent, how.
ever, that within the. next three months
one would be found. He did not mean
Alfonzo. He did not apPehend any dis
orders.
The London Times, ,peakiDg OF the
death of Mr.. Dickens enjoys these eulo-
CYSTIC words: "The ordinary expressions
of regret are not cold ard conventional
Millions of people feel 1t @ personal be-
reavement. Statesmen, Swans and bene.
factors of the race, whei they die, can
leave no such void. They cannot, like
this great novelist, have been an inmate
Of every house."
The remains of Charles Dickens were
deposited in the poets Garner at West
Minister Abbey, on the 14ta. They were
placed at the foot Of Handel, and head Of
Sheridan, with Macauley and Cumberland
on either side. The usual towers were
strewn upon the bier. Dean Stanley read
the burial service, and the csffin was de-
posted in its final resting place. Upon
the coffin plate were inserted the words:
Charles Dickens. Borr February q,
1912; died June 8, 1870"
An earthquake at Yokohama, japan,
ON the 18th ut, caused slight damage and
much alarm. It was the most violent ex.
perienced since 1885. 1t Is reported that
several villages in the nsighborhood Of
vries were destroyed. The great volca.
no Asami, in the province of Sinchia, that
had been quiet for centuries, broke out in
violent eruption, accompanied by a shak-
ing of the earth. The people were terrified;
several villages in the vicinity were des-
troycd.
A cable dispatch, dated Rome, June Is,
p. m, says the majority In the Ecumen-
ical Council had voted the infallible dog.
ma, with the penalty attached Of anathema
against those who object 10 it's declaration.
Congressional.