Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1873-12-25
General News Summary.

General News Summary.
Washington News
Alexander II. Stephens, Of Georgia, who {
was the Vice President of the Southern Con- 8
fcderacy, and IL now member Of Congress
from Georgia, made . speech on the floor Of 4
the House ON the 18th, on the Salary bill, and 2
attracted much attention, and was listened TO I
with marked interest He advocated high /
salaries.
late Washington dispatch says the Presi- :
dent had received the resignation Of Minister I
Sickles, but declined to accept 1t.
1t is stated that trustworthy information
has been received In Washington showing that
the Spanish Government was procuring per- /.
jured afiidsvits, In New York, to prove that ,
the yirginius was = Cuban vessel, and her ,
crew enlisted Cuban sailors
The United States Supreme Court at Wash !
ington has sustained the right of tn
State of Nebraska to tax the prope -
Of the Union Pacific Railway within the Ns
daries Of said State.
Colonel Frederick Dent, the father
President Grant, died at Washingt VI m,s.
night Of the 18th, aged eighty-eigb' ss. Ua WIG
Foreign Intellige -.
The dense fog at London. .s,,-,
the 9th, continued on the ,;,s,. ., ~. -
fecting the business OF T. 'ssn, se,ou'r,
N.,ap a,.,. Th.,ne. n city and the navi-
sAnon =. VIC raa o., Govessels had asrived
- wv =, AvrIcuItu. 4 had caused the cattle
SUI" H,-. IN Hall To be failure
some OF ~. an Ain,d died, and their own
e.s WEI ", y. a. fling others. The fog cover.
"a ah a.'A - ABsplarc miles, London being
the center.
special rom Paris 10 the London z,a,,e
Ee,os ., a 18th states that President Mac
Manon' Isended to commute the sentence Of
hsisn AlsAxaise TO twenty years. recluson.
vi me evening Of the 18th, Captain General
JOY <hzr issued an address 10 the inhabitants
OF C,toa, in'which he said:
s'rhe msrent treaty h stgnrd between the
EIoycnmeuts Of Spain and the Gated STATES, my
duty although painful II may pc Is TO comply
nnnal orders. Failure To comply with the same
would produce war, and war with great power,
without the aid Of Spain In the meanwhile, obey
ment ~ the spanish Republic Let deliver up
The, virgnius and the survivors Of her passengers
and crew. ! have faith In the nobleness Of your
(Sgned) Joaquin JovELLAR."
A dispatch recently received in London says
that, rs Baron Reuter- had not begun internal
improvements in Persia within the time fixed,
the Shah had declared the contract void.
The island Of sante Marguerite, OF Cannes,
has been selected as the tplace OF confinement
for Marshal Baxaine. In letter to his coun-
sci the Marshal says he ''should not appeal
against the sentence, not wishing to prolong
In the cars Of the world the spectacle OF such
apainful struggle. My conscience reproaches
me with nothing confidently await the JUS
tiication which will come with the lapse Of
time and the subsistence OF party passions"
A special from Ber1G, received In London
on the 18th, says that the commander Of one
OF the German vessels that were seized byiA
Spanish man Of war h the Soooo Archipelago
and carried to Manila, writes home that him
self and the crew were sent to prison and kept
there for two months, receiving very harsh
treatment at the hands Of the Spanish officials.
The dispatch also says that tho public feeling
In Germany was much excited over the seizure
of the vessels, and that the fullest satisfac-
ton for the insult 10 the German flag wasde-
manded.
Many persons were drowned in the London
docks, and several other fatal accidents oc-
Cured during the veccnt three days fog In
that city.
According to Havana dispatch OF the 14tk
the steamer Virginlus and her surviving pas
sengers had been sent to Bahia Honda, har-
Dor ON the northern coast Of Cuba, about
sixty miles southwest Of Havana, where the
surrender would take place.
On the night VI the 18th several hundred
men marched, cheering and shouting, to the
Plaza de Armes, Ia Havana, and, gathering In
front Of the Captain Generals palace, gave
noisy expression to their dissatisfaction at the
departure Of the Virginius, and their disap-
proval Of the course OF the prominent persons
who favored the delivery Of the vessel. The
crowd fingered around the palace till mid
night, when Captain. General Jovellar ad-
dressed them, and,prevailed upon them TO go
TO their homes.
Havana was tranquil on the l4th. The ring
leaders Of the demonstration on the night Of
the 18th had been arrested, and would be tried
by court-martial.
In the French Assembly, on the 18th, M.
Dahierel, Of the extreme Right, presented a
petition for the restoration of the Monarchy,
with 10000 signatures.
Elizabeth, the Queen Dowagcr Of Prussia, Is
dead, aged seventy-two years.
The bombardment.of Cartagena was opened
again on the 18th with increased vigor
DR.. G. Schenck assbeen elected President,
and DIR. 4. w. Elite, ViccPresident, of the
Swiss Confederation.
frightful hurricane swept over the north
OF England and far into Scotland on the 10th.
Very serious damage was done to property in
Sheffield, Halifax, Nottingham, Leeds, Glas-
gov, and other cities Sheffield Is said to look
as II 1t had been boGibarded. Many people
were killed, and many more seriously, and
some fatally wounded
A dispatch from Madrid says CASTELAR, made
an official call on General Sickles on the 10TH
accompanied by the Secretary Of state, and
made formal announcement Of the surren-
der of the virginius and the prisoners. The
utmost cordially was shown on both Sides
The so-called Cuban House of Representa-
fiyes have formally denosed Caenad.o from,