Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-11-30
Foreign Intelligence.

Foreign Intelligence.
A London dispatch Of the i4'h says a
4 statement that the Pope had been request
! ed to take UP his residence in France was
untrue
Goulard has been appointed Ambassa-
dor for France to Italy. Picard. late Min
/ lister Of the Interior, has been appointed
/ Minister to Belgium.
Recon, letters from Constantinople rep
/ resent that the cholera was spreading in
that city, and that the number OF deaths
/ increased daily.
| The fire i'm Geneva, Switzerland, on the
| 18th DESTROYED two blocks Of houses.
! The quay and Hotel Couronne were de-
stroycd.
Mail advices from Africa, received in
New York ON the 18th, say that on the
west coast the people we're dying OF
the smallpox like rotten sheep. The
deaths were over twelve per cent. of those
attacked The Jujumen priests were
very busy instlling into the minds Of the
/ ignorant natives the idea that the disease
4 was judgment of their .Juju, or gods, on
! the people for so many OF them embracing
! Christianity.
A tremendous explosion occurred in the
colliery at Wigan, England, on the 10th,
which was heard in the country for
several miles around Fortunately the
disaster occurred after the working gangs
had Withdrawn, or the loss of life would
have been appalling. Six men were known
to be killed, and possibly one or two
more would be found.
A dispatch from Constantinople reports
that there we're $50 cholera deaths there
during the week ending November #.
Lord Tenterdcn, formerly Chief Secre-
tary of the Joint High Commission at
Washington, has received the appointment
of Agent Of the British Government for the
presentation of claims Of British Subjects
before the tribunal Of arbitration shortly 10
assemble at Geneva.
A recent dispatch from Rome states that
the Pope consents to The conservation OF
the Church of St Suare, which he had
hitherto refused because the church was
the private property Of King Victor En-
anucl
The trial in Paris Of parties accused of
the assassination of Generals Thomas and
Lecompte has ended. Nineteen prisoners
were pronounced guilty. Verdeguirc and
seven others were sentenced to suaer
death, one to imprisonment for life at
hard labor, and ten to various terms Of
confinement.
A New York dispatch of the 18th says
London advices show that the nine hour
movement was making great progress
among the working people throughout the
country. in some of the counties masters
had conceded TO the nine hours, and it was
probable that the arrangement would be
come general.
John Grille, Secretary of the Total Alb
stinencc Society OF BriXhan, England, has
publicly accused the Queen Of intoxica.
ton The charge caused great uproar,
and the local authorities commenced legal
proceedings against the man who made it,
1t is expected in Paris that before the
end of January, 1872, France will have
ten army corps completely organized and
fully supplied with improved arms, posted
at the great military centres of the coun-
try.
King Victor Emanual made his entry
into Rome on the 2lst. He was met at
the gates by the heir apparent, Prince
Humbert, the Ministers of the Crown
and large body of the National Guards of
the city The populace filled the streets
in immense numbers, and greeted the
King with earnest enthusiasm during his
progress to the Quirinal, where he has
taken up his residence.
A special dispatch from Versailles to
the London Standard Of the 21st says the
Commission for the arbitration of the AL
ALBANIA claims will assemble in Geneva on
the Gath of December and that the sit
| tings will continue all winter. About
five hundred eases will be presented to
the consideration of the Commission.
Dispatches from Constantinople on the
21st report that cool, clear weather pre-
vailed there and the cholera was decreas-
ing daily
DR.. Mcleod who has been Queen Vic
toria's physician for thirteen years, de-
clares that she is in perfectly sound mind.
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