Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1873-11-20

| the passengers or crew of the Virginius. Thu
order was probably received on the evening Of
the 9Th or the morning Of the 9th, too late, al
1t appears, TO be respected.
The Canadian Parliament was prorogued on
the 9TH. The leading members OF the new
Cabinet are: Mackenzie, Premier and Mimic.
ter Of Public Works; Blake, without port
folio; Christie, Secretary OF State; Cart
wright, Minister Of Finance; and ID. A. Mac
| Donald, Postmatcr- General.
| A Toronto telegram Of the 7th say6 all
hope had been abandoned OF the safety Of the
fourteen persons who were left on board the
burning steamer Bayarian.
| The Paris Pres Of the 9th saye the Right
had not only agreed 10 limit MacMahon's term
OF Office to five years, but had consented that
he should be officially designated by the title,
| "President Of the Republic BY these con-
cessions the Right gained enough Republican
| members to give them majority In the com
mittee on the prolongation Of the Presidents
powers.
The following is the official announcement
of the shooting In Cuba OF the insurgent
leaders captured on board the steamer Vir-
ginius:
"sANTIAGo DE CuBA, Nov. a.
"TO His ExceIIcncy the Captain-General:
"At six O'Clock this morning were shot, In this
city, for being traitors TO their country and for be-
ing insurgent chiefs the following persons styling
themselves Patriot Generals" Bernebe Verona
allan Bembetta, General Of Division; Pedro Ces
pedes, Commanding General Of Cienfueg0s; Gen"
erai Jesus del BAL and Bhgadler-G General Washing
ton Ryan. The execution took place In the pres-
cnce OF the entire corps Of volunteers and the
force OF regular infantry and sailors from the fleet
An immense concourse OF people also witnessed
the act. The best OF order prevailed. The pris
ouers met their death with composnre.
BUggrEL"
A royal decree has been promulgated re-
lleving General Won Room of the Presidency
Of the PrussIan Ministry, and appointing
Prince Bismarck In his place, ana Herr Camp
hauser, Minister Of Finance, Vice President.
In Paris, on the 10th, Il committee repre-
scnting the French residents of San Francisco,
Cal, presented Theirs with an address. The
cx-President, in replying, said that The Mon
archists had suffered check, and that q con
seryative Republic was assured.
Mexico, on the 10TH celebrated the adop-
ton Of the additional articles to the National
Constitution, among which arc the abolition
OF peonage and the separation Of Church and
State.
IL was reported In New York on the 10th
that an engagement had occurred few days
before near Puerto Principe, Cuba, In which
the Insurgents were severely beaten, losing
twenty killed and eighty taken prisoners. The
report says the Spanish commander caused all
the prisoners TO be shot on the field Of battle.
A letter from Havana, dated the 5th, gives
- "A 4. IT.. 4.
Vrginius' prisoners at Santiago dc Cuba:
"Thc four prisoners were shot at place made
famous by previous executions, and In the usual
mountaineering close 10 the slaughterbouse wall.
All marched 10 the spot with hrmpess. Bambetta
and Ryan showed marked courage, although the
former was slightly affected toward the last Two
Others quite broke down before they were band
aged, but the rest up 10 the last never llnched a
moment and died without fear or regret. BAN
beta andRyan were killed at the fret discharge"
A letter has been published In Europe from
Bishop Won Kcttler, Of Mainz, addressed to
the German Emperor, in which the latter Is
challenged to prove the assertion against the
loyalty OF the German Catholics contained In
his reply to the Pope's letter. The London
Times of the 18th says 1t appears that there
is second letter from the Pope to the EN-
peror, which the latter had not published, and
which the Catholics say he was afraid to
publish.
A recent dispatch from Paris says II was
reported that IN extensive plot In favor OF the
Count dc Paris had been discovered In that
city, and the authorities were said TO be in
possession Of documents by which a number
of wcll-known politicians are compromised.
1t was reported at Bayonne on the 18th that
another battle had taken place between the
Cariists and the Republicans, in which the
former won great victory, the Republicans
losing 1900 men and the Carlis!s 200.
A Havana dispatch Of the 18th says that on
the 7th, the captain and thirty.six Of the crew
Of the steamer Virginius were executed at San
tiago de Cuba, and on the next day, twelve
more Of the Cuban volunteers on the vessel
were shot, among whom was Franchi Alfaro.
The Spanish say that Alfaro came to assume
the Presidency OF the so-called Cuban Repub-
lie. He offered the authorities 81 ,000, 900 IL
they would spare his life. Captain Joseph
Fry, commander OF the Virginius, was native
Of Florida, forty.six years Of age. He leaves
a wife and seven children In New Orleans.
Several passengers, both men and women,
by the steamer City OF New York, from New
York, on the 9th, which arrived at Havana on
the 18th, were arrested by the Spanish authori-
ties on landing. They were accused Of com
plicity with the insurgents.