Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1873-07-31

the iron-clads and the screw frigate being
among the finest vessels In the Spanish navy.
A Paris dispatch Of the ed says the French
Government had refused TO accord the Cariists
the beiligerent rights for which they hsd
sought formal recognition, and had forbidden
Spanish Republicans in France TO send their
countrymen any aid.
The Carllsts claimed, on the ed, that their
effective force in Spain numbered o0Voo
men.
Alta council of Generals In Madrid on the
ed, President Salmeron was advised to sum
mon into active service 900 men OF the re-
serves.
On the evening 0f the 22d, the German
troops evacuated Merzieres, in the Department
Of Ardenncs, and the town Of Charicyille, on
the opposite side Of the river. The garrison
remained at Nancy. When 1t is Withdrawn
from that city, Verdun will be the only place
in France occupied by German troops.
The East.
Gold closed Ia New York On the 23d at
I15M.
In their verdict In the Goodrich case, the
Coronor's jury declared their conviction that
the Coronor's jury, as an institution for the
discovery OF crime or the detection OF indi-
yduals, has outlived the period OF Its neccs-
sity or usefulness. They urge that, In cases
where the causes Of death are uncertain and
an Investigation is necessary, the latter could
be more efficiently conducted by some legally
constituted criminal or health authorities, or
by both combined, than under the present
system.
A CHASTITY horror has been unearthed In New
York City, by the finding OF the mutilated re-
mains Of wealthy and eccentric woman In
her house where she resided alone. The body
had been almost entirely devoured by rats,
and II IL thought the woman when found had
been dead three or four weeks. She was a
maiden lady by the name Of Willetts.
The announcement Is made that the New
York Custom officers, in their recent invcsti-
cations, have discovered such evidences OF
fraud on the part Of well-known importing
house as to compel the payment OF about
$500, 900 as n penalty TO the Government, and
the imprisonment OF at least one member OF
the firm.
While initiating balloon at Philadelphia the
other evening, the canvas took fire and the
aeronaut was badly burned.
Ex-Governor Colby, Of New Hampshire,
died In Concord on the 2lst.
r. y. Mills, President Of the Brooklyn
Trust Company, was recently drowned at
Coney Island, and 1t has since been discov-
cred that he had everdrawn his account about
$4,000, and had also accepted OF worthless
securities 10 the amount Of about $500, 900. II
Is strongly suspected that he committed sui
eide, though many Of his friends think his
death was purely accidental.
A recent New York dispatch says the state
mcnt that there Is TO be no investigation by
the Deacons and Trustees Of Plymouth Church
relative to the Bowen Tilton scandal Is untrue.
The trial has only been postponed on account
Of the absence OF Mr.. Beccher and number
Of the committee. In the fall charges will be
flied against Bowen and Tilton, and be fully
Investigated. The sessions will probably be
held with closed doors.
The American Cheap transportation Asso-
citation OF New York City perfected its organ
Ization on the evening Of the 2ist, and adopt
ed resolutions setting forth that the unjust
and extortionate rates charged by the various
railroads Of the country are detrimental To the
industries and interests OF the nation, and con-
dcmning the action Of the railroad companies
in briblng Legislatures, and dcfying Judges
and Executives.
Isaac b. King, father Of Lizzie l.. King, alias
Kate Stoddard, arrived In Brooklyn on the ed,
and visited his daughter at the Raymond
Street Jail. He had not seen her before for six
years, and said she was very much changed.
The Hon. John r. Hale broke his hip bone
by fall at Dover on the I'D, and his case was
considered critical on the 23d.
An Italian named Glionc has been examined
at New Haven, on a charge Of keeping Italian
boys In n condition Of servtudc, TO profit by
their earnings He was held In bonds of
$4,000 for trial in october, and Twas committed
~ jail for want Of bail