Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1874-05-28


Considerable excitement has been caused In
Washington by the discovery that printed
copies OF the questions prepared for the sew
eral civilseryice examinations have become
a matter OF merchandise, and an investigation
has been begun to ascertain the persons who
are engaged In furnishing this kind OF litera-
ture.
Gen. A. B. Dyer, Of the United States Army,
died in Washington on the 10th.
Foreign Intelligence.
Gen. Juan Burricl, has published a card
In a Paris paper explaining his course at
Santiago in ordering the execution OF the
prisoners taken on the vjrginius. After
citing the laws and orders which he
claims gave warrant for his action Burriel
says: "Ff the laws Of Spain are too severe In
the Judgment OF foreigners l am not the one
called upon 10 arrest their action, and they are
ut liberty not TO tread the soil OF Spain
IL it's method Of ruling and govern
ing Itself does not suit thcmy their
protests in these extreme cases should
not be heard, for they only seek thereby
to hinder the action OF the law. Let their re.
spectiyc governments come with rcclamations,
and this is the way to modify these laws, IL 1t
be deemed necessary TO do so"
A Berlin special Of the 18th says 1t was
Prince Nicholas, one OF the Emperor's
nephewe, instead of the Grand Duke Nicholas,
who was recently arrested In st. Petersburg.
He had stolen bis mothers diamonds and
given them TO French actress, for which he
was arrested and would be punished like a
common thief.
The French Ministry were defeated on the
10th on the proposition to create an upper
chamber. They Immediately rendered their
designations. These the President accepted,
and on tine nth intrusted the formation Of
new Cabinet to NJ. Goulard, OF the Right
Center. A rumor prevailed In Paris that the
extreme Right intended to move the restora-
ton OF the monarchy, and, II the motion failed,
80 vote for dissolution.
The Spanish Government has called Into act
i've service forty battalions OF the reserves.
The leader Of the Saga rebellion in Japan
has been captured and decapitated.
The Carlists lately attacked an entrenching
party beyond Bilboa, but were driven of with
considerable loss.
A Constantinople dispatch OF the 10th says
that, on the preceding night, fire had destroyed
100 houses In Galata, Jewish suburb OF that
city.
A London dispatch says that, on the 10th,
Count Schouvaloff gave notice that ail exiled
Poles, with the exception Of two or three
known assassins, could return to their native
country.
A London dispatch OF the morning of the
2lst says that Cabinet had just been formed
In France, the principal members Of which
are Goulard, De CaZes, Lavcrgne, Grivart and
Cexanne, oil OF whom belong 10 the moderate
section Of the Right and Right Center.
The East.
In the Massachusetts Senate on the 14th a
resolution providing for an amendment to the
Constitution 10 secure the elective franchise
and the right to hold office TO women was re-
fused third reading--l4 yeas to ~ nays.
At a late meeting Of the posts OF the Grand
Army Of the Republic Of the Department OF
New York 1t was agreed that there should be
no distinction made on Decoration day be-
tween the graves of the Confederate and Union
dead.
The sixth annual convention Of the National
Woman Suffrage Association was begun In
New York city on the l4th, Susan B. Anthony
presiding.
The manufacturing towns Of Leeds, Hay.
dcnville and Williamsburg, in Western Massa.
ehusetts, have been almost completely swept
away by a flood occasioned by the bursting OF
great water reservoir erected for supplying
waterpower In dry seasons. Great loss OF
life and property resulted from this fearful
disaster, particulars Of which are given else
where.
Up TO the night OF the 18th ITO bodies of the
victims OF the food disaster In Massachusetts,
had been recovered. The latest revised lists
up to that time made tho total number cer-
tainly known to be lost LAB, which number
would probably be augmented as further re-
turns were received. Liberal contributions for
the surviving sufferers by the disaster were be-
ing raised In Boston and other Eastern cities.
The Farmers and Mechanics Bank, Of
Rochester, n Y, has suspended.
In the Connecticut Legislature, on the 10Th,
a vote was had for United States Senator. Of
twenty votes In the Senate w. w. Eaton
DemocraD received sixteen, and Of 227 In the
House Eaton received l32. Senator Bucking.
ham received four votes In the Senate and
seyenty-six In the House. David A. Wells re-
ceived one vote In the House, and Joseph X.
Hawley eleven.
Mass meetings in favor Of the Eight-Hour
law were held by the worlingmen in most OF
the principal Eastern cities on the 18th.
A Northampton (Mass.) dispatch OF the 10th
says the Legislative Committee had just re-
turned from visit 10 the scene OF the Mill
River disaster. An examination OF the reser-
voir showed that the disaster was ineyitablein
consequence of Its faulty construction. In
stead OF building the foundation three feet
below the bottom, as the contract specified, IT
was placed directly upon the bottom. Col.