Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-08-31

deaths.
At banquet given in Dublin on tie
evening of The 18th, 70 the French dep
tation, the Lord Mayor proposed the toas
of The Queen" which was received Wit!
storms of Kisses, which lasted severa
minutes.
An extensive fire occurred on the even
ing OF the 18th in Leicester, which is tn
principal wool manufacturing center L
England. Several persons were killeI
The dead bodies were so burned as TO b
beyond identification.
The Paris Potr1e Of the 18th says Russii
was making great military preparations
Prussia was also filing up her cadres, per
fecting her ornaments and collecting enor
nous quantities of stores. The P1trie be
lieves that the preparations Of the latte
power are aimed at Russia
The examination of witnesses in thu
court martial at Versailles was concluded
on the 10Th, and the argument for The
prosecution began on the 2lst
A London dispatch Of the goth an
nounces that Garibaldi had almost recov
cred from his recent severe illness.
A correspondent, writing from Constan
tinole, under date Of July "a, states thai
there was a probability of war between
Egypt and Turkey. and that the persona
relations of the Khedive of Egypt and tn.
Sultan of Turkey were far from being
| friendly
A dispatch from London on the 19tl
SAYS the famine in Persia is more terrible
than previously reported. Twenty sever
thousand deaths had taken place in Ipsa
han alone, from starvation. The condition
of the province Of Mozanderan was still
worse. The rice crop was complete fail
ure, and the cattle plague, small pox, ty
I plus fever and cholera prevailed.
| A dispatch was received in London OF
the 18th, from Gumbiunen, East Prussia
a town GO miles east of KonigsbeIg stating
that the cholera had appeared in severa
districts on the German side Of the Russian
| frontier.
The British Parliament was proroguet
on the 2lst
The potato blight has developed to al
alarming extent in Ireland. 1t is fearet
that the crop is almost ruined.
A London telegram of the 21st says
"The applications for the new per cent
| funded loan of the United States, sent il
from London and the Continent to ia,
Cooke, McCulloch & Co., bankers, of TIN
Syndicate, in advance of the opening o
the books tomorrow, already amount t.
more than one quarter of the who'll,
amount allotted to Europe. The bond
are active on the Stock Exchange, at 4
OH premium"
The Russian Imperial feet, with thu
Grand Duke Alexis, departed from Cron
stadt on the 21st, for New York.
A Berlin dispatch of the 22d says thu
cholera was spreading at Konigsberg, ant
had appeared at Dantzig and Stettin. TIL,
south of Prussia was still free from thu
disease.
A London telegram Of the 22d says
Subscriptions to the new loan to day ex
ceeded the whole amount offered TIL,
books will be closed tomorrow instead 0
Thursday, as has been advertised"
The italian Government has taken thu
most stringent precautionary measures
against the cholera.
The Mayor of Montreal has ordered the
strongest measures regarding city ceans
ing, in view of the approach of ch1lera
Lime and other disinfectants are supplied
gratuitously to the inhabitants.
In the court-martial at Versailles the
argument for the prosecution was cnclu.
ded on the 23d, and the counsel foi the
attempted to read printed defense in
which he declares he looks to the future
rehabilitation of France for vengeance.
He was called to order by the court, and
not permitted to proceed.
Private advicea received in New -ork
on the 23d report that the famine and
pestilence in Persia had destroyed over
800, 900 lives, and that, from the appear
duCeb, l,VVu,VNV uiust pciisH. AitIe
seemed no way of arresting the desruc.
ton.
In her speech to the British Pslia.
ment on the 21st the Queen gys
"With special satisfaction refer on thc,res
ent occasion to our relations with the Tilted
States. by the Treaty of Washington NOES OF
settlement have been hxed for several questions
which have long remained In dispute My ON
muncations with the American Government not
being without promise of advantage to other Gun.
tries the President has concurred with me In the
application OF that principle OF amcable refeence
which Ia proclaimed by the Treaty Of Paris, which
rejoice to have the opportunity Of Recommending
ton Of certain rules for guiding the mari line ION
duct OF neutrals which may, ! trust, ere bng
obtain teneral recognition, and form val
cable addition to the code Of international aw
/ place full reliance upon the disposition
Of tho Americans to carry forward with cordially
and zeal the subsidiary arrangements which have
been determined on for the execution OF the treay
| shall apprise the Parliament of Canada that DC
provisions which require Its consent are In ny
view hl hly conducive to the interests OF the DO
| minion On these provisions, however, that ar
lament will pass independent and final jutg
| ment."
The great boat race between England
and Canada, for the championship of the
world, came off at st. John, N. B., on the
23d. The boats started at 1875, and led
alternately for five minutes. At 33 the
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