Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1874-02-12
Foreign Intelligence.

Africa, In letter to DIR. PetermanD, OF
Gotha, dated Zanzibar, says Livingstone died
on the 18th Of August. This date differs
from that OF The previous report, but all
doubt has been set at rest by an of3cil dis
patch received In London on the 27th from
Zanzibar This dispatch states circumstan-
TALLY that Livingstone died In Lobiaa, after
crossing the marshes, for hours wadng In deep
water. The suffcrings Of the whole party
were terrible, and ten OF them died in conse-
qucnce
Spanish reports from foreign papers received
in New York on the Goth state that Mt Soria
twenty.seven volunteers took refuge In a
tower, which the Carists burned, causing the
death Of the whole number
A Hamilton (Ont.) dispatch Of the 30tb ult
states that Of 2O6 members in the Commons
1876 had been returned 80 far as heard from.
or these the Administration had 1903, amajor-
ity OF the whole House. II was probable that
test vote by at least eighty or ninety In the
full House.
A dispatch from Cape Coast Castle, received
In London on the 1st states that twelve am
bassadors from the Ashantees had arrived In
the British camp suing for peace. Sir Garnet
Wolselcy replied that he would only treat with
the King himself at Coomassie.
A recent dispatch reports that cholera had
broken out In Acheen. IL was rumored that
the Sultan had died Of II, and that the war was
virtually over
There were ifty-six Parliamentary elections
In England during the week ending Jan. 3ist,
resulting In the return OF twenty-five Liberals
and thirty-one Conservatives. On the I'd inst.
twcnty-six Conservatives and thirteen Liberals
were elected. There has been considerable
rioting In various parts Of the Kingdom, par
ticularly In Sheffield The floor of factory
In Bury, Lancashire, where Liberal meeting
was being held, gave way on the I'd, and pre-
cipitated large number Of people 10 the story
below. Six persons were killed and large
number injured.
A Madrid dispatch Of the I'd says that Spain
had recalled her diplomatic representatives
from Berlin and other European capitals.
A special cable dispatch OF the Sd says Rus
sia refuses to send goods TO the exhibition In
Philadelphia, In 1876, on the ground that 1t Is
aprivate affair.
Archbishop Ledoehowski was arrested on
the 30 by order OF the German Government
and sent TO Ostrowa, In the province OF Posen,
there to be imprisoned, In accordance with
the sentence Of the court. His offense con-
sists In having, In the first place, refused TO
pay any heed to the laws passed last
May placing the ecclesiastics OF Germany
under the regulation Of the State. This disc.
bedicnce subjected him TO fine, and his refusal
TO pay the fine brought upon him the confisca-
ton Of all his property except his household
goods. in all these proceedings he was upheld
by the Pope, whom alone he recognized as his
superior. Finally the summons came for his
resignation of the Archbishopric and this he,
still acting under the orders Of his Papal chief,
also declined TO give.
The elections In England on the Sd resulted
In an average loss Of fifteen seats to the Lib
erals, the Conservatives thus acquiring thirty
votes In the House Of Commons. Gladstone
has been reelected In Greenwich. His vote
this year lie b,06s, against O. $3.50 In 1868. Fur
ther riotous proceedings are reported In differ
cnt localities.
A special from Berlin on the 4th says alarm
Ing reports were current concerning the rela.
lions between Germany and France.
N ECCcub i<VuuOu tCiSkiHIu nuuOunccb tue
death OF Professor Anderson, the well-known
conturcr.
The East.
The new Olympic Theater at Philadelphia
was totally destroyed by fire on the morning
Of the Goth. Incendiarism Is strongly suspect
ed By the falling Of the walls two fremer
were killed and several injured.
A steamboat Of the Boston and New York
lIne---the Giaucus--was burned at Boston q
few mornings ago. The weasel and cargo were
valued at nearly half million Of dollars. Nc
lives lost
A large meeting Of prominent Iron and nall
manufacturers was recently held In Pitts.
burgh, at which the selling rates for nails
were advanced 1211 cents per key.
A Middletown IN. ~ dispatch Of the I'd
SAYS one hundred employees Of the New York
n Oswego Railway had chained the locomo
tiyes to the track, spiked switches, and torn
mn the track at gummitville They declared