Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1874-02-19
Foreign Intelligence.

The session OF the German Reichstag was
opened at Berlin on the 9th with o speech
from the throne, delivered by the Imperial
Commissioner The speech concludes with
the assurance that all the nations Of Europe
are resolved TO preserve peace.
Several more riots are reported at the cleo.
tions IN Great Britain on the 9th. At Willen-
hall several persons were fatally injured. AT
Handy one man was killed and many others
were wounded. At Askeaton, Limerick coun.
~, Ireland, firearms were freely used, and
three men were killed. Serious disturbances
occurred In other localities.
A dispatch was received In London on the 9TH
from the commander of the Ashantee expcdi-
ton, announcing that all the white prisoners
held by the Ashantees had been delivered 10
him, and that the King had accepted his terms
for q cessation Of hostilities, and had agreed
to pay an indemnity OF R200,000.
According TO Madrid telegram General
sickies took his final leave OF the Spanish
Government on the 9th, and placed Secretary
Adcc In charge Of the legation.
NJ. Buffet has been reelected President OF
the French Assembly.
A Tendon telegram Of the morning OF the
9Th gives a report that Gladstone, being as.
sured Of majority In Parliament against him,
had sent In his resignation TO the Queen.
The London papers OF the 7th unanimously
recognize the completeness Of the defeat OF
the Government In the Parliamentary cleo
tions. A cable telegram OF the Sth says Glad
stone would await the conclusion OF the cleo
IN. phat thn
Government must pursue.
A recent Berlin dispatch announces the
death Of David Friedrich Strauss, the eminent
German theologian.
A London telegram Of the 9th states that
the diplomatic representatives OF Spain ut
Brussels, Berlin and Lisbon had resigned
An unsuccessful attempt has been made at
Yeddo TO assassinate Iwakura, the head Of the
japanese delegation that recently visited
America.
A second decree has been Issued by the
japanese Government, this time peremptory
one, recalling all the students residing abroad
at the expense of the Government, except
those who have given the very highest proofs
OF advancement.
BY proclamations recently issued, Jovellar,
Captain. General OF Cuba, has declared the en-.
tire island In state Of siege, and ordered the
mobilization for active service Of four volun.
teers out Of every ten, this mobilization TO
begin Immediately and continue six months.
All persons between the ages OF twenty and
forty.five, not volunteers on the LIST OF Feb
ruary, are 10 be enrolled In the militia.
II was reported In Madrid on the 10th that
the Spanish Government had agreed to an ex-
change Of prisoners with the Carlists.
There was much rioting at Chesterfield and
Barnsley, England, on the 10th, and many
policemen were injured. Dlsraeli, in an adj
dress at Buckingham, congratulated his con-
stitnents on the result OF the elections, which
he declared justified the policy of the Con-
sentative party In introducing and carrying a
Reform Law when last II held power.
The Ministry tried 10 force an alteration In
the terms Of the Confederation through the
British Columbia House on the night OF the
9th. The people demanded submission of
the question 10 them, but the Ministry re-
fused. The people, 1000 strong, proceeded
to the Houses and broke up the sitting. In
tense excitement prevailed, and secession was
threatened.
A recent letter from Paris says: "The sus.
pension OF the greatest of French Catholic
papers, L'Univers, at the instance Of Prince
Bismarck, furnishes striking proof Of how
complete Ia the subserviency Of the French
Government TO German ORDERS"
Tho East.
Judge Alfred Conkling, father OF Senator
ConklIng, died suddenly at Utica, N. T., on
the 18th, aged eighty-fve years.
A mass convention of iron and steel man
ufacturers effected u permanent organization
In Philadelphia on the 9th by the election Of
w. j. Reeves, Of Philadelphia, President; X