Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1873-07-24

l on board the recently wrecked steamship Suy
OF Washington, the loss OF the steamer duc
10 the criminal carclcssncss OF the ofhcers ana
crew. II Is almost certain that had the acci-
dent occurred at night at least one hundred
lives would have been lost.
/ Madrid adyices Of the 18th give particu-
| lars Of an international insurrecuoh Ia
! Alcoy. The Mayor and the Collector
| were assassfnntcd, and the bodies drag
ged through the town by NE moD.
Five cotton factories were burned. The peo-
| ME OF Malaga had also riscn against the munl-
/ cinaljty and assasslnated several councilmen
/ TIE Governor Of Malaga had resigned. The
! rcportcd defeat and death Of Cabrinety IL COLI
| frmcd General yclardc, with. seven bat
| talions, arrived before Alcoy on the 18TH lie
1 was Obliged to arrest thirty OF his own men foF
Decentralization on the march. II was rumor'
ed that the Internationalists had risen In Car
| thaoena and made themselves masters OF the
town. the forts, the telegraph and the railway.
The marines remained faithful to the Govern
ment, and held the maynard.
| Recent dispatches from Khlya give the iol-
loving account Of events subsequent 10 inc
| capture Of the city The Khan voluntarily
| entered the Russian camp and gave 10 his sub
mission. formally declaring himself vassal OF
| Russia. Gen Kaufman then restored him 10
the throne, and appointed council OF admin
| jstratiop TO assist him in the Government dur
ing the occupation OF the khanite by the
Russian forces The Khan, In token OF graft
| tude. issued on the oath OF June, decree for
ever abofshing slavery within his domnions.
Gen. Kaufman has sent dispatches to Tehe-
| ran notifying the Persian Government to make
preparations for the reception of 10000 natives
OF Persia released from slavery by the khan's
decree.
Madrid dispatch states that the abolition
OF slavery in Cuba is to be realized by special
law.
The italian Parliament was prorogucd on
the 18th
A heavy rain storm, accompanied by light
ming, swept over Yorkshire, England, on the
18th. The crops were greatly damaged and
several persons were killed.
report was current in London, since the
departure Of the Shah that there had been
wclI.orpanized and deliberately planned scheme
arranged Tor the robbery OF the Shah OF his
Jewels, but which was accidentally discovered
and frustrated before the plot reached cul-
ninating point.
| President MacMahon, in recent converse
ton with correspondent, Is reported to have
! said: "Thcre Is no reason why the present
! regime. I'm It's amended constitutional form,
| with military executive who should reign
| over the country and rule over the army,
| should not become established in France.
| When the words empire and republic be-
come synonymous with discipline, every citi-
zen a soldier, and every soldier the servant Of
tho Republic there will be as little strife in
the country as to who shall be Minister as
there IL Mt present as to who shall be
Marshal"
Madrid dispatch OF the 14th says that the
successes Of the CarIists and the outbreak and
atrocities at Alcoy had awakened strong
| feeling against the insurgents. War meetings
| were being held In the provinces. The Gov
ernmcnt troops had rcoccupied Alcoy. Ad-
| vices from Carllst sources ON the l4th state
| thai the supporters Of Don Carlos were gain
inu ground with such rapidity, and their Num-
beers were go steadily OH the increase, that
there was general cry from oil the Republ-
! can commanders in the North for reinforce
mcnts, In order 10 hold their ground.
The Spanish Government has promulgated
decree annulling all cdicts Of sequcstration
placed upon the property OF the rebels and
rebel syrnpathizers in Cuba.
| By an order OF the Educational Department
of Japan, in future all foreign teachers Will be
obliged to procure license, and no teacher OF
| the Christian religion shall be employed.
| By recent accident on the Caledonian Rail
way England, two persons were killed out
right and thirty injurcd-some fatally.
| A Madrid telegram OF the 18th says that the
| Government sti found it necessary to main
| tain strong precautionary force In Barcelona,
! 10 nullify the efforts Of the Carlists to create
disturbances which might enable them TO
seize the city. Arrests OF Carlist agents and
sympathizcrs continued Bayonnc advices OF
the 10Th state that the Carists had occupied
the town of Bcrga fifty miles from Barcelona
| The garrison Of 800 surrendered as prisoners
| Of war.
A London dispatch OF the 18th says tele-
grams from the Continent, where the cholera
had been prevalent, represent that the disease
| was everywhere abating
The German Government on the l4th bought
an auulllonal S~,VuO,VVV III Spi'so S'"'S' oo'i"'
| In London.
| The rndcrpest is said to be so general and
| destructive among the herds of Russia that
| the German authorities have deemed II neces-
sary to prohibit oil importations OF cattle from
| Russian ports.
| Don Carlos rc-entcred Spain on the night OF
| the 18TH lie issued proclamation invoking
the help of tho God Of Armies, declaring thai,
listening to the voice Of suffering Spain, he
comes to fight for God and his country, and
concluding with the exhortation, VOLUNTEERS,
forward and save dying Spain" The Carlists
claimed to have 10000 men under arms. Three
members Of the Spanish Ministry resigned on
| the 10th In order to facilitate the formation of
u homogeneous Cabinet. All the workmen In
the factories at Barcelona had struck, and the
shops were closed
| The French Government has instructed the
Projects of the occupied departments to inter-
diet public rejoicings on the occasion Of the
evacuation Of the territory by the German
troops.
| The earthquake In Italy on June q was OK
traordinary. The solid earth seemed for a
! time converted into liquid one, and houses