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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-05-31
CRIMES AND CASUALTTES-BY TELEGRAPI

KILLED ON THE RAILWAY TRACK,
ALLENTOWN, Penn, May 3O.-RORer Snyder was
Killed At yesterday while Jumping from railway
train
A RAILROAD SAFE ROBBED. =.
ST LOUIS May 30.-lhe Kansas Paclhe Railroad
depot Ot KAN was broken INTO on faAT hkut anu
safe therein robbed OF 5000
ANCHORED TO THE BOTTOM OF THE RIVER.
SPRINGFIELD, Mass, May 30.-InC body OF IN un-
known found sunk m Little River AZ Westheld 20
day with twenty-five pounds OF railroad iron tea arOand his
Wast He mad apparently been IN the water month.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-05-31

ceased"
Rangoon dispatch TO The Daily Eews the insur-
rectiOn IN Burmah is making little head.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-05-31
WHITAKER To BE HEARD.
THE CASE NOT YET ENDED.

PROFESSOR GREENER Te REPLY TO THE ARGUMENTS
OF RECORDER SEARS BEFORE ACTION is TAKEN
BY THE SECRETARY OF Wharf.-The INQUIRY
DENOUNCED AS A STAR CHAMBER PROCEEDING
Professor Greener, who has been in attend
ance at the West Point Court of Inquiry, has
obtained a promise from the Secretary of
War that he shall be heard in Whittakers
defence before action is taken upon the re-
port of the Court. The Professor criticises
the course pursued by the Court and declares
that the purpose of the officers Of the Acad-
emy from the start was to vindicate the in
stitution by the conviction of the colored ca
det; with this view, evidence was manufac-
tured and testimony was distorted. He is
firmly convinced that Whitaker Is guiltless
and that his innocence will be made manifest.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-05-31
PREPARING AT CHICAGO.
AN ANTI-THTRD.TERN VICTORY.

AN ANTI-THIRD-TERw VICTORY.
THE ANTI-GRANT MEN ACTING IN AcCoRD-THEIR
POWER RESPECTED BY SENATOR coNKLING, WHO
PRACTICALLY GIVES UP THE UNIT RULE IN
oRGANIZING-THE COLoRED DELEGATES CHANG
ING.
In Chicago yesterday the anti-Grant
men achieved their first victory. Acting
under the guidance of General Gar
field, several ant-Grant men held
conference and decided to call on SEN
ator Conkling and his friends to reuOunce the
unit rule in organizing the Convention. Subse-
quently they had an interview with the Senator,
and at his instance they submitted names for
the temporary Craftsmanship. Senator Cameron
has become less defiant The colored dele
gates are changing sides.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-05-31
OBITUARY.
LANES ROBINSON PLANCHE.

LONDON, May 9O.-James Robinson PlanchG,
the famous playwriter, is dead.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-05-31
ADVANCE OF THE GILLIAN TROOPS.

CAPTURE OF TACNA-ARICA THREATENED
RIO DE JANEIRo. May 3O.-The Chilians have
take Tacna and are rapidly marching on africa.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1880-02-20
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.

In the House of Commons, the other
day. Sir Stafford Northcote denied that the
Government had been dilatory in its efforts
to prevent a famine in Ireland. He detailed
the relief measures taken, and expressed
confidence that they would be found suf-
ficient.
PARNELL and Dillon Zone or both)
will speak in Dubuque and Clinton, Iowa,
February 2S; Des Moines, March,; Peoria
and Bloomington, Ill.,, March .: Springfield
and Joliet, March g.; st. Louis, March 4.
Further Western appointments will be
made later.
BREvET MAJOR-GENERAL SYKES,
Colonel Twentieth U. S. Infantry, for some
years past commanding the District of the
Rio Grande, died recently at Brownsville,
Texas.
MIR. F. E. FOWLER has resigned his
position as General Passenger Agent of the
Missouri Pacific Railroad and is succeeded
by MIR. C. c. Cobb.
CAPT. ASHLEY BROWN, Cashier of
the Internal Revenue Office at Dayton, o.,
is defaulter to the amount of $40, 900 or
over, and has fled the country.
GEN. SHERMAN announces through
the Associated Press that no proceedings for
SANDER have been commenced against him
by Gen. Boynton, either in a civil or mill
tary court.
THE Iowa House of Representatives,
by a vote of 81 to 81, has adopted resolu-
ton for submitting a constitutional amend
ment to the people making women eligible
to the Legislature.
THE House Committee on Military
Affairs have agreed to report favorably to
the House Representative Frost's bill do
mating four bronze and eight iron cannon for
the proposed statue at st. Louis of General
Francis p. Blair.
GEN. JOHN BRIsBIN, formerly men,
Der of Congress from the Luzerne District,
Pennsylvania, is dead. He was an extensive
coal operator and left large fortune, over
$3.50, 900 of which is to be distributed among
various charitable institutions.
JAS. w. CLAYTON, for IA years Clerk
in the House of Representatives, and for two
years past occupying the same position in
the United States Senate, died at Baltimore
on the Sth.
The President has nominated George
Baldry for Register of the Land-office at
New Orleans; VIM. NJ. Burwell, Receiver Of
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1880-02-20
FORTY-SXTH CONGRESS.

FEB. 9.-Sendte- Resolutions of the Lou
isiana Legislature, declaring that kellogg
was not elected Senator, and that SpofforG
was and should have his seat. were ordered
printed and referred. After the introduction
OF number of reports, memorials ETC., the
of Commissioners of Alabama Claims
was taken up, and Mr.. Davis of I'LL
bill. Brief speeches were also made t bv
Messrs. Edmunds and Blaine in opposition to
the bill. House-A large number of bills
were introduced, among them the following:
on iron and steel; by Mr.. Rice (R., Mass. ITO
establish Board of Commissioners of Inter-
stats th by t Mr. ausch hi o.
of Chief Supervisors of Election shall be
two years; also. prohibiting the arrest of
election officers on election day; by Mr..
into the cause and for the prevention of con-
tagious diseases among domestic animals; by
M: Ward Or, Pa.)-Authorizing the Secretary
sci to carry contributions to Ireland
t;a59 anp Prevent general iegsIa
Phillips d., Me.)-Conferring on the Court
of Claims jurisdiction over claims now pros
ecuted before the Quartermaster- General,
aso for rySic bn dnd Third MI
City. Mr.: Ryan (R., Kans.) from the Com
mittee on Public Lands, moved to suspend
s the rules and pass the bin creating an
ern) in Kansas. Agreed to, and the bill
passed.
FEB. O.-Sendte-Mr. Burnside, from
the Committee on Education and Labor, re-
ported a bill to establish an educational fund
and apply portion of the proceeds of public
lands to public education, and provide for a
more complete endowment and support of
national colleges for the advancement
OF scientific and industrial educa-
ton. Placed on the calendar. The
bill to authorize the Secretary of the
Treasury to ascertain the amount of land To-
Gated on military warrants in certain States
was taken up and discussed. The bill au-
thoriZing the Secretary of the Interior to de.
post Indian trust funds in the Treasury of
the United States, and to draw the inter-
by law, in lieu of investment passed.
H0use-Mr. COnger (R-, Mich.), from the Com
mittee on Ways and Means, reported back
the bill for the relief of colOred emierants.
Passed. 1t provides that all charitable con-
tributions imported for the relief of colored
persons who have emigrated from their homes
to other States shall be admitted free of din
ties, the act to take effect immediately.
and to remain in force until February 1. 1881.
The bill to remit the appraisements on the
discussion, by a vote of i25 to l2l. Mr.. Beltz
hoover 3D., Pa.) introduced a BILL which was
referred, providing for general amnesty. It
provides that all political disabilities of ali
third section of the Fourteenth Amendment
of the Constitution shall be forever removed
and discharged upon such persons fling with
the Attorney General of the United States n
request in writing for relief from such disabili
ties.
FEB. n.-iSendte- Hill of Colorado.
from the Committee on Public Lands, reported
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1880-02-20

favorably on the bill for the reclamation of
arid and waste lands. Placed on the
calendar. Mr.. Morrill, from the Com
mittee on Public Buildings and
Grounds, reported bill tor the
resolution offered BY Mr.. Eaton, December 4,
requesting the President TO transmit copies
of all correspondence with foreign Govern
to the inter-oceanic canal, passed......
Hoxse-Mr. Price (R., IOwa) submitted the re-
port of the Committee on Banking and Cur.
as oa
mittee the principal cause Of failure was that
the Directors utterly failed in their duty. The
committee recommends that the Naaionai
or. to a strict accountability and PROVIDE
that stockholders whose duty it is to
elect directors shall in no n case be
to creditors of their bank until they have
paid, not only the amount of stock held by
them, but also an additional sum equal to said
stock. The report was ordered printed and
laid on the table. The House then went into
Committee upon revision of the rules.
FEB. 12.-Nenate-M Saunders intro
duced bill to abolish all duties on the i'm
portation of salt. The bill for the ascertain
ment of the amount of land located on
Of 5 per cent. Of it's its Value to the va.
rOus States named was taken up and
Mr.. Mcdonald spoke in favor of the bill.
Mr UarlanU introduced q Dill 10 eXtciu lOT
ten years the time for the completion OF the
Texas and Pacific Railroad. Mr.. Hereford,
from the Committee on Commerce, re-
ported, with amendment, the House bill
for the construction of q marine hospital
at Memphis Placed on the calendar......
House-Mr. Stephens d., GAY, from the Com
Mittee on Coinage, Weights and Measures,
reported back the bill in reference to the me-
trio system of coinage. Ordered printed and
referred. After the disposal of some miscel-
laneous business, the Revision of the Rules
was further considered in Committee of the
Whole.
FEB. 13.-Sendte-Not in session........
Rouse-Mr. Wells 3D., Mo.), from the Com
mittee on Appropriations, reported back
the bill making an additional appropriation
of $l35 900 for the support of certain Indian
tribes for the present fiscal year, and it pass
ed. Mr.. Frye (R., Me.l, from the
Committee on Inter-Oceanic Canal, re-
ported a resolution calling on the Secre
tary of the Navy for all Information and
correspondence touching the International
Canal now in possession of his department
and not heretofore published. Adopted.
Committee reports of private nature were
then called. The bill for the relief of FitZ
John Porter being the regular orter, Mr..
Bright 3D., Tenn.) raised q question of con-
sideratiOn against the bill, and the House re-
fused-ayes Al, nays not cOunted-tO consider
the bill. The House then went into committee
on private calendar.
FEB. 14.-6ndte-NOti in session. House
"A brief session was held, for debate only.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1880-02-20

Public Moneys, New Orleans; Charles G..
Belknap, Indian Agent, Tule River Agency,
California; VIM. Whiting, Illinois, Indian
Agent at Ponca Agency, Indian Territory.
PRESIDENT HAYES has, with the ap-
proval Of the Cabinet, directed that Major
Reno, recently court-martialed and sem
fenced to dismissal, be permitted to resign
his commission in the Army.
ANDREW SMITH, for ~ years Treas
urer of the town of North Andover, Mass,
is in jail, having confessed to misappropri-
ating funds. The amount of the defalcation
is not known. Smith was also Postmaster
of the town since the second administration
of President Lincoln, and has filed various
important trusts.
F. II. MASON, who has been nomi
mated by President Hayes as Consul to Basic,
Switzerland, has for - years past been man
aging editor of the Cleveland Leader.
GEN. GRANT and party sailed from
Havana for Vera Cruz on the 18th.
S. S. BRUMMETr, editor of the Enter
prise, was shot and fatally wounded by G.
w. Carlton, editor of the Telegraph, at Hol-
lister, CAL, on the 10Th.
GOVERNOR CORNELL of New York
has signed the bill permitting women to
vote for school officers.
A "JOHN SHERMAN CLUB" has been
organized in New York City, for the purpose
of furthering Mr.. Sherman's Presidential
prospects.
The Chicago Inter- Ocean, by authori-
ty of the Hon. E. b. Washburne, announces
that he is not candidate for the Presidency,
but is "for Gen. Grant, first, last, and all
the time"
The House Committee on Elections,
in the case of Curtin VS.. Yocum, Twentieth
District of Pennsylvania, will report in favor
the district for new election.
GEN. GRANT has been made the con-
ditional legatee of SIC, 900 by the will of the
late Mr.. Borie of Philadelphia. The entire
property is bequeathed to Mrs. Borie, but
attached to the will is list oflegacies which
the testator desired to be paid in the event
that his wife should make no other DISPOSE
ton Of the property. Gen. Grant is put
down for SIC, 900 in this schedule.
MAJ. JAMES D. THOMPSON, on the
retired list of the regular army for number
of years, died at Newport, KY, on the 18th.
GEN. ANTONIO CANALEs has been
elected Governor of the State of Tamauli-
pas, Mexico.
SAMUEL J. ARNOLD, formerly Lieu.
tenant Governor of Rhode Island, for a
short time United States Senator from that
State, and the author Of history of Rhode
Island, died on the 14th. aa.
Rev. F. NJ. KENNEDY, editor of the
Southern Christian Adrocate, and PROM
inent citizen of Macon, Ga, died on the 18th,
of apoplexy, aged forty seven.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1880-02-20

killed his wife's step-father, Jacob Frye,
well known cattle dealer. Mrs. Mckinney
was prosecuting suit for divorce, on the
grounds Of i'll treatment, and Mr.. Frye had
warmly espoused her case, which brought
upon him the enmity of Mckinney. The
shooting took place in the street and was
without any immediate provocation. After
Mckinney had twice fired, Frye drew his re-
volver and got in two shots in return, but
without effect. The murderer was arrested.
Mardi Gras was publicly celebrated,
with more or less display, at New Orleans.
Mobile, Galveston, Little Rock, and many
other cities and towns of the South and
West.
The California State Normal School
building at San Jose burned to the ground
on the morning of the 10th. 1t cost $780,
600 and was insured for 900.
Burglars visited Westport, Conn.,, on
the night Of the 10th, gagged the village
Waterman, carried him to the National
Bank, the doors of which were forced, and
locked him in closet. They then blew open
the door of the vault, but the explosion was
so violent that the plate-glass front of the
bank was blown into the street. The viii
layers were aroused and the burglars fed
with s., 800 cash.
A company of the Tenth Cavalry re-
Gently had sharp brush near Fort Keogh,
Mont, with party of Sioux Indians, sup
posed to belong to Sitting Bulbs band. One
soldier was killed and one wounded, and
two Indians were killed and three taken
prisoners.
Douglas & Stewards new elevator
Chicago, was completely wrecked on the
morning Of the 18th by the heavy weight Of
grain contained in it-about $4,000 bushels
of wheat. The loss is estimated at from $50,
600 to $4,000.
Nashville, Tenn, was visited by a ter
rife hurricane about midnight on the 18th.
The spires of the First COlored Baptist, st.
Johns Colored, and st. Paul's Colored
Churches were blown down; the inside
molished, and number of buildings I'M
rooted.
1t is said that an entire family of nine,
women and children, whose house stood
upon the bank of Mayfield Creek, near May
field, KY, were drowned during freshet
on the 18th. The house was washed away.
The Empire Storage Warehouse, 19S-
2O4 South Market Street, Chicago, burned
on the night Of the 18th, with all its valua-
BILE contents, consisting of liquors, dry
goods, fruits, etc., vauled at 1900, most
of which was covered by insurance.
Rev. Andrew Andreen, for ten years
past pastor of Swedish Lutheran Churches
at Berlin and Swedana, Henry County, ILL.,,
hung himself at Rock Island on the 18th,
while temporarily insane.
A Tucson (Nev.) dispatch of the 9th
says that Captain Rucker, of the Ninth Cav
airy, commanding one of the columns pur-
suing the hostile Indians, had been routed
by the latter and forced to retreat, with the
loss of several men and horses and all his ra-
tions.
At Syracuse, N. Y, on the night of
the 18th, Amelia Mantz shot and killed her
cousin and lover, julius G. Mantz, a well
known musician, and then committed sui
eide. The parties had maintained an illicit
relationship for some years, and the shoot
Ing was in consequence of the mans refusal
to marry the woman whom he had ruined
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1880-02-20
Mr.. Fort, inasmuch as it includes paper
sized and unsized.


TIE German Reichstag was opened
on the 18th. Count Won Stalberg
Wernigerode read the Emperor's
speech. It states that the relations of
the Government with foreign powers are
peaceful and friendly, and that conf
dence is felt in the maintenance of peace
through the labors of the Ber-
lin Congress, which has been
upheld and the stipulations of the
treaty of Berlin executed in
nearly all their points. The principal
measures for legislation announced in
the speech are: A bill for establishing
biennial budgets; a new military law,
and prolongation of the law against So
cialists.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1880-02-20
LATE NEWS ITEMS.

At Londonderry, N. H., on the 7th,
Mrs. Sarah Dillingham;, aged 80, wife of E.
n. Dillingham;, a respectable farmer, was
horribly murdered bye Frank Dillingham;,
aged 20, nephew of the husband. The lat
was thought would survive. There is no
doubt the murder was committed to conceal
another crime, equally atrocious. The
young man says he shot his aunt accidental
| ly. while cleaning his revolver, but does not
undertake to explain other circumstances.
Jack and Sowerwick, who accom-
panied Gen. Adams from Washington to Los
Pinos, have gone to Grand River to endeavor
to effect the surrender of the prisoners de-
manded. Orders have been sent out by
Chief Sapovancy for all the different bands to
rendezvous near the Agency, and a grand
pow-wow is anticipated. Douglass has not
been to the Agency since he made his de-
mand for rations on the 18th ult., and was
refused. ...t.
At Las Vegas, N. Mex, on the 9th.
Jim West, John Dorsey and Tom Henry, i'm
plicated in the shooting of Carson, City Mar
shall, two weeks previously, were dragged
from their cells by a mob of % armed men,
who broke into the jailor's room and forced
him to give up the keys. The three men
were dragged to the Central Plaza, where
West was hauled up and strangled. The
impatient mob then began firing, and in .
short time Dorsey and Henry were riddled
with bullets. There was no resistance to the
mob. s
The Theater Royal, Dublin, was COM
pletely destroyed by fire on the 9th, by which
six lives were lost. The fire was caused by
the ignition of the curtains Of the state-boX
of the Duke and Duchess of Marlborough,
who were to have attended pantomime
performance in the afternoon. The proper
ty loss is placed at nearly 81 ,OOO, 900.
On Feb. 9 the last spike necessary to
complete the branch of the Atchison, To-
peka and Santa Fe Railroad to Santa Fe was
driven by Gov. Wallace, of New Mexico.
Gen. Hatch and staff, the members of the
Legislature and other nOtables attended.
There was much rejoicing at Santa Fe.
Talbott's Block, corner of Market and
Pennsylvania Streets, indianapolis, was par
TALLY destroyed by fire OH the morning of the
10th. The Indiana Medical College and the
Knights of Pythias Hall were completely
burned out.
A later report from Dublin says one
woman and seven men were killed and IL
workmen and firemen seriously injured by
the burning of the Theater Royal.
The City-hall at Albany, N. Y, was
burned on the morning of the 10th, together
with a large number of records and other
valuable papers. Seven firemen were
crushed by the falling dome, one of whom
died within short time, and two or three
others were thought to be fatally injured.
Two men were killed and three others
probably fatally injured by an explosion in
the Canada Paper Company's Mill at Wind
sor, Quebec, on the 10th.
At Peoria, ILL.,, on the 10th, Luther B.
Mckinney twice shot and almost instantly
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1880-02-20

A MEETING of the National Demo-
cratic Committee has been called for
Monday, February %, at Washington,
for the purpose of fixing the time and
place of holding the next Democratic
National Convention.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1880-02-20
The Invasion of the Indian Territory.
A PRoc1AxAr1oN By THE PRESIDENT.

Whereas, 1t has become known to me that
certain evil disposed persons have, within the
territory and jurisdiction of the United States,
begun and set on foot preparations for an Or
ganized and forcibie possession of and settle
ment upon lands of what is known as the In
dian Territory, west of the State of Arkansas,
which Territory is designated. recognized and
described by the treaties and laws of the Unit
ed States, and by the Executive authorities,
as the Indian Country, and as such is only
subject to occupation by Indian tribes, OFF,
GERS OF the Indian Department, military posts,
and such persons as may be privileged to re-
side and trade therein. under the laws of the
United States; and
Whereas, Those laws provide for the re-
mOval of all persons residing and trading
therein without express permission of the In
dian Department and Agents, and also of all
persons whom such Agents may deem to be
improper persons to reside in the Indian
Country; and,
Whereas, In aid and support of such organ
lied movement it has been represented that
no further action will be taken by the Gov
eminent to prevent persons from going into
said Territory and settling therein; but such
Now, therefore, for the purpose of properly
protecting the interest OF the Indian nations
and tribes, as well as the United States, in said
Indian Territory, and OF duly enforcing the
laws governing the same, /, Rutherford B.
Hayes, President of the United States, do ad-
mOnish and warn all such persons so intend
ing or preparing to remove upon said lands
or into said Territory, without permission of
the proper Agent of the Indian Department.,
against any attempt to remove or settle on
the lands of said Territory; and do further
warn any and all such persons who may so Of
fend, that they WILDE speedily and immediate
ly removed therefrOm by the Agent, according
to the laws made, and that no efforts will
be spared to prevent invasion of said Terrific
ry, rllmOrs spread by evil disposed persons to
the contrary Notwithstanding; and, if neces-
sary, the aid and assistance of the military
forces of the United States will be invoked to
carry into proper execution the laws of the
United States herein referred to.
In testimony whereof / hereunto set my
hand and caused the seal of the United States
to be fixed.
Done at the City of Washington on this 18th
day of February, in the year of our Lord 1880,
and of the independence of the United States
the 10th. [signed] r. b. HAYES,
By the President:
WIN. NJ. EvARTs. Secretary Of State.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1880-02-20

THE Senate Subcommittee on Ter
ritories have reported to the full Com
mittee measure providing for the or
ganization of territorial form of gov
eminent in the Indian Territory.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1880-02-20

BUTTER SPONGE CAKE.-Fourteen
eggs, their weight in sugar, weight of
eight in flour, weight of six in butter,
and the rind and juice of two lemons.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1880-02-20

REPRESENTATIVE BUCKNER of Mis-
souri, has introduced bill for the re-
duction of duty on paper, which is lit
tie more comprehensive than that
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1880-02-20

The St. Louis Merchants Exchange
are raising fund to purchase ship
load of food and other supplies for the
destitute in Ireland.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1880-02-20

The President, on the 18th, issued a
proclamation warning all persons
against an unauthorized and illegal in
vasion of the Indian Territory.