The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-07-15
LATEST FOREIGN NEWSl
sPAINs POSITION TOWARDS CUBA
The Disaster at Vincennes +! /!
DESTRUCTION OF BUILDINGS, &c. /!


| saEs General News. e ~ 4
ARSENAL AT RIO JANEIRo BURNED
CHANGING OF RAILROAD GUAGEs-
l. SEIZURE OF LOTTERY MACHINERY.
Washington, July l5.-The arsenal at
Rio Janeiro has been burned. Loss, $780,
600.
The g,iage Of the Louisville branch Of the
Ohio and Mississippi railroad from six to
four feet eight inches, will be made next
Sunday. The entire road from Cincinnati
to st. Louis will be changed the following
Sunday when it is stated that the control
of the road will be transferred to the New
York Central. s, ha 9sas :. sass
The lottery machinery and other appli-
appliances at ,Covington, KY, have been
siezed, and the managers arrested, on the
ground that the charters have expired by
90 From Washington. 49,
THE-KU-KLUK BILL TO BE ENFORCED
RIGIDLY.
Washington, July l5.-Thc Attorney
General at Washington instructs District
Attorneys, to make extraordinary cxertion
in the execution of the Ku-klux Bill.
Whenever they hear of outrages, they shall
procure warrants from the Federal Commits
sioners arrest parties accused, and have
them bound over, or committed until the
ensuing term ofthc Federal court.
Vigil s. Ilusk, has been appointed special
Assistant District-Attorney, to push the
harsh features Of the law in North Carolina,
with Federal troops at his call. ssH
The Chronicle in concluding an editorial
on the subject says: This action onthe part
Con llt to extteeGme esxttteeGmeY sG General displays DISPOSE
and shows that the administration is evl-
IDENTIFY determined that it shall be rigidly
executed to the very letter. "s5s s
fss An Abortiomist Convicted.
& Washington, July 15.--Dr. Shunan's
trial for murder, under an effort to procure
abortion, is concluded and the accused con-
victed of manslaughter. A motion for a
new trial is pending. ~.
Bowen has departed for Charleston.
Great Destruction Of shipping by Fire..
Ne,c York, July l5.--Dispatchcs from
Riga. report a fire raging among the ship
ping, Thirty barks have. been destroyed,
half loaded with corn and hemp. The
I American bark Helen is burned.
| spain's Position Towards Cuba--The Revolu-
| ~ sess tion to be Crushed Forthwith.
Nacl York, July l5.--The HeTahPs Mad
rid dispatch says there has been a stormy
debate in the Cortes over Cuba. The gov
ernmcnt explained that it could not abolish
slavery until the suppression of the msur-
rection. The discussion resulted in a gem
eral concurrence as to the necessity of
crushing the revolution forthwith. A pro-
position was made to send 30,006 men to
Cuba.
1Mmhid, July 15.-The Cortes has ap-
proved bill continuing the tobaecomonop-
oily. M 6sis s
From France.
THE DISASTER AT yINCENNES-DE
sTRUCTION OF BUILDINGS, sc.
Paris, July lott is impossible to OBJ
| tain details of the disaster at VmccImes.-
Explosions continue, and it is dangerous to
approach the scene of confusion and calam-
ity. Many persons are struck by bullets
at great distance from the factory of St.
Maur. The buildings and stores used in
the manufacture of projectiles are entirely
/ destroyed. 8
The accident occurred from the unload
ing Of some powder carts IN too close
proximity to the machinery tsel ii the
preparation of projectiles. it,s A