Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1875-12-30
YongIGN GsTgLLIGENCg.

TH0MAssgg, the man arrested upon the
charge Of causing the late dynamite explo.
zion on the Bremen Haven docks, died from
his repeated seIfinhicted Injuries on the
morning OF the 18TH. Before his death he
said his true name was William King Thomp.
con, and that he was native Of the city Of
Brooklyn, N. Y. During the late war he had
followed the fortunes Of the COnfederacy and
commanded a noted blockade-runner. He
had resided 10 Germany since the
war ended, and had s0ught 10 repair
his shattered fortunes by securing In
surance upon suppositiiious merchandise
shipped by ocean steamers To secure the
benefit Of this he had constructed an Internal
machine operated by elock.work, 80 arranged
that al the end Of week the explosive ma
terial would be struck with thirty.pound
hammer, when vessel aud cargo would be
sent TO the bottom In mid-oce The care
less handling Of the package on the dock
had preclpitated and anticipated the catastro.
phe.
ACCORDING TO London dispatch OF the
morning OF the 18th Peru had made default
In the payment Of the Interest Of her pubic
debt
ACCORDING TO Ragusa dispatch Of the
18th, at n conference Of the united Christian
representatives OF Bosnia, IL was unanimous
ly resolved 10 continue the conflict with
Turkey until every Turk had been expelled
from the country, An agent had been APP.
pointed 10 visit he yarions capitals and ask
the powers 10 accord beiligerent recognition
70 the Hcrzegoyinians.
A ROME tItaly) telegram OF the 18th says
over 600 persons 10 that Kingdom had made
| application for space at the Philadelphia Cen.
tennial Exposition.
| OVER l 900 mechanics and laboring men at
| Montreal, Canada, who have been recently
thrown out Of employment turned out In q
public demonstration on the nth, demand.
| Ing means OF support for themselves and fam.
lilies. Some riotous doings were INDUCED In,
| and the police were called upon TO quell the
| disturbance, and several arrests were made,
| -Four Of the rioters were, on the 18th, sen
| fenced TO four month"; imprisonment at hard
labor. A strong force OF police continued on
guard Arrangements had been made 10 give
| a considerable number OF the poor laborers
employment.
| LAwTos Il HEAD, London and Liverpool
| shipping merchants, failed on the 10Th with
| liabilities estimated at 100000.
A DISPATCH from southampton, England,
OF the 10Th says the agents OF the steamer
saller had been unable 10 lind In the cargo
any Internal machine, as indicated In Thomp
sons confession. neither had they been able
10 discover that suspicious insurance had
been effected upon the cargo OF the Moscl.
| The town Of Arccibo, Porto Rico, was near.
/, ly destroyed by an earthquake on the sth Of
December.
| GKs JovKLIAR, the Spanish Minister OF
| War, has been appointed Captain General
| OF Cuba.
| A NAPLES dispatch OF the olst says Mount
| vcsuyius showed gradual increase OF fire
and smoke, and Prof. Palmieri had predicted
long period OF eruption.
| A LIsBos special OF the 2lst says Portu.
guese gunboat had been ordered to the
Island Of 81. Thomas, In the Gulf Of Guinea,
TO put down an alleged instruction of the
negroes.
| Up 10 the 21st inst. the election OF French
Senators had resulted In the choice Of thir.
teen Legitimate, four Orleanists, one Bona.
partist and fifty lave Republicans.
HENRY WAINWRIGHT, who was convicted
| Of the murder OF Harriet Lane In White.
| chapel road, London, In September last, was
hanged at Newgate on the 2lst. lie left a
| written statement acknowledging the justice
OF his sentence.
| A SPECIAL from Berlin TO the London
Times Of the e2d says IL had been aseertained
| that the total number killed by the dynamite
explosion at Bremen Haven was 2s: wound
cd, 50; ~ OF the injured were hopelessly
maimed, and there were Is widows and 1876
orphans OF victims Of the disaster, for whose
benefit II was proposed to raise subscription
fund OF $4,000.