Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1874-05-14
Foreign Intelli9ence.

| A Constantinople dispatch of the LIST says
| that information had reached there that
I famine prevailed In Asia Minor, and 1t was
stated that la the town Of Angora alone 100
deaths were occurring daily from starvation.
A late Paris letter states that the Commune
Is organizing for another rising In that
country.
| Madrid dispatches Of the 4th announce the
occupation Of Biiboa by Serrano on the I'd.
On the evening OF that day Madrid was brill
ianny illuminated In honor OF the dcliverance
Of that city. The main body Of the Carlists
were retreating In the direction OF Guipuzcoa,
but detached commands were surrendering In
hopes Of amnesty. An attempt was made BY
an insane priest on the 4th TO assassiaate
Senior ri Margall.
serious riot occurred In the French settle
ment at Shanghai ON the 4th. A mob OF
Chinese made an attack upon the residents Of
that quarter and sacked and burned several of
their buildings. The police fred on the
rioters, killing several. The Chinese assigned
as the reason for the attack that the French
were constructing road which interfered with
their cemetery.
4th, en- route for England
The American Oriental Typographical Corps,
according TO London dispatch OF the 9th,
have reached Jerusalem after making q sue
cessfui exploration In the vicinity Of Mount
Sinai
A Madrid dispatch Of the 9th says Gen. Clio
had arrested four Brigadier Generals In the
Carlist army on the charge Of treason. The
Republican army was marching on Durango.
A body Of Carlists bad been defeated In Va
lencia and forty OF their number killed.
Capt.-Gen. Concha, OF Cuba, on the
9th issued decree ordering the formation Of
eight battalions OF colored militia.
The East.
The New York Legislature adjourned sine
die on the 30th ult
senator-elect Washburn, Of Massachusetts,
resigned the Governorship Of the State ON the
Both ult., and started for Washington.
The residence OF Henry Pennington. at
Hautzvllc, Pa, was burned on the morning
Of the 2Sth uit., and three persons were con-
suned In the flames. Murder and incendia-
rism are suspected.
The house of John Hamnet, near Homestead,
Pa, was destroyed by fire on the morning
OF the 30th ult., and the entire family
six persons In all-were burned. 1t was
thought that they were, zasssst murdered and
that the house was then set on fire by Ernest
Love, the hired man, who Is missing.
Joseph Waltz, who murdered poor Albany
ssor-grindcr on the night Of May 2, 1873,
was hung at Hudson, N. T., on the LIST. The
day before bis execution he assaulted Charles
Ernst, his keeper, with an iron bar, and
wounded him SO seriously that he would
probably die.
The trades unions of New York have de-
cided to resist any attempt TO make ten hours
instead Of eight days work.
The shop men Of the Allegheny Valley Rail-
road, In Pittsburgh, Pa, TO the number Of
400 struck work on the I'd TO obtain four
months back pay due them.
Ernst Mintzing, alias Love, the Murderer
of the Hamnet family near Pittsburgh, Pa,
who was arrested In Allegheny City On Tire
| night Of the LIST, has made full confession
Of the terrible crime, and says he murdered
the family with mn AK the object being to OBJ
tain possession of Hamnet's money, he sup
posing that a considerable sum YVES In the
house. He says he only got about fifteen
dollars.
On the evening Of the I'd, as the employees
in large paper mill (Condit's) In the village
Of Shawangunk, N. Y, were about leaving
that establishment for the day, large rotary
boiler exploded, nearly demolishing the build
ing, and burying many laborers In the ruins.
Seven persons were killed and three fatally
wounded. The explosion was terrific, the
boiler, weighing five tons, being thrown
600 feet Intense excitement prevailed,
and mob threatened TO lynch the superlnten-
dent on account of alleged criminal careless
ness In using condemned boiler.
The New York Legislature at its recent
session passed Compulsory Education bill.
Municipal elections were held in several In
diana towns ON the 5th, and the returns on
the morning of the 9th indicated that the
| contemporaries tickets were elected In ma
jority OF the towns where the liquor question
| was at issue.
The Connecticut Legislature was organized
on the 9th by the election Of T. Il. Doolttie as
Speaker of the House. The Governors mes
| sage was read In joint convention. 1t dis.
| cusses the financial question at some length,
and says the veto by the President OF the Cur
| renoy bill Is q subject for congratulation, and
favors a return to specie payments; urges re-
form In the revenue system, and views with
apprehension the tendency toward centraliza-
| tion.
Gold sold as low rs lie In New York on the
6tr, and closed at li21I. The First Manhat
tan Cooperative Boot and Shoe Manufac-
turers' Association had failed.
West and South.
Milwaukee (Wis.) dispatch of the Both
ult. announces that Gov. Taylor has appoint
ed as Railroad Commissioners, under the law
Of last winter, j. III. Osborn, a Granger, for
three years. George II. Paul, OF the Milwaukee
Ne,us, for two years, and DR.. j. w. Hoyt, of
Madison, a scientist, for one year"
A letter written by Albert Keep, President
Of the Chicago.S Northwestern Railroad, and
an abstract Of a similar letter written by
Alexander Mitchell, President of the
Milwaukee ~ st. Paul Railway, TO
Gov. Taylor, have been published
giving the alleged reasons why their respect
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