Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-09-14

Island OF st. Thomas, in the West Indies
Hundreds Of dwellings were swept away,
and not house was left standing undis-
turbed IN the Island. Some nix thousand
persons were left houseless and destitute,
and nearly hundred and fifty were killed
and mapgled, OF disabled BY houses blown
down or bricks and tiles flying thickly all
around during the hurricane. The island
of st. Kits IL said TO be also in ruins
The trial in Paris Of six females charged
with completely in the incendiary acts OF
the Commune, was concluded On the 9TH.
-Four of them were sentenced to death,
one to imprisonment in fortress, and one
TO ten years solitary imprisonment
A dispatch from Dublin, on the 9TH,
says that the prisoners taken during the
recent riots were cheered by the people,
while the officers of the law were Kissed.
The rioters were assisted by large num-
Der of women in their as ,sult upon the
police.
DR.. Karl Marx, q leading spint of the
International Society, died in London on
the 9Th, in his SD year.
A Madrid journal, received in New
York on the 9Th, contains statement
that at meeting of the Central Commit
tee Of Internationals, held in London, it
was resolved to shrink before no obstacle
in order to carry to success the principles
of the Internationals. In consideration
that the greatest If these obstacles are N
Theirs, the Kings of Belgium, Italy,
Spain, and Portugal, it was resolved that
they be assassinated, and it was also re-
solved to Get fire to all the workshops,
factories, and establishments, to compel
the hungry, unemployed workmen to take
part in the social war. Felix Pya.t, Ber-
geret, and other refugee members of the
Commune, took part in the discussion.
Advices from Egypt, received in New
York city on the Sth, state that 1t Is re-
ported that the Viceroy had dismissed all
Americans in his service, both in the army
and civil departments. This step had
been taken in consequence of the i'll feel
ing and jealousy displayed toward Ameri-
cans by numerous Turkish officials high
in standing and influence.
1t was reported in London on the 9th
that the Marquis Of Lorne had been ap-
pointed Governor General of India. The
Marquis of Lansdowne would succeed
Earl Spence as Lord Lieutenant Of Ire
land.
A case of cholera was reported in Liv
erpool on the 9th.
A terrible explosion occurred in coal
mine near Wigan, Lancashire, on the
morning Of the 9th. The number killed
is stated at sixty nine. The scenes around
the mouth of the mine we're heart rend-
ing. A dispatch from London on the at
ternoon of the 9th says there had been
two more explosions in the mine at
Wigan, aud the shaft had been bricked up.
The Emperor of Germany, accompanied
by Prince Bismark, arrived at Salzburg on
the night of the 9th. He was received by
the Emperor of Austria, who was at
tended by brilliant suite. The sover-
eigns conversed together for quarter of
an hour.
A correspondent of London paper,
writing from Shiraz under date Of June
90, says: "The famine in Persia may now
be said to have almost come to an END, but
the distress caused by it will continue for
yet long time. The price Of bread has
fallen considerably, but all the property of
the poorer classes, excepting only the
most necessary clothes, has long since been
sold or exchanged for bread. and it is bit
too evident that starvation will be the fate
of great many more"
A st. Petersburg special, received in
New York on the 9th, reports cholera still
raging in the interior of Russia, In some
places the proportion of deaths was very
high.
Advices from San Domingo, received on
the 9th, report the arrival there of COM
missioner from Hayti, the object Of whose
visit, it is said, IL the negotiation of some
treaty securing the independence of that