The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1880-11-05
TOPICS OF THE DAY.
News from Everywhere.

News from Everywhere.
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.
Robert s. JOHNSON, for twenty-five
wears editor of the Michigan Farmer, and
widely known throughout the State, died
suddenly at his home in Detroit few days
ago.
RICHARD P. BUEL, formerly editor OF
newspaper at Gainesville, Ark, but who
had assumed the role Of a private detective
on the lookout for some criminal in the
neighborhood Of Fort Worth, Texas, was re-
Gently murdered by some party unknown.
HEALY, secretary to Parnen and
member of the Land League, was arrested at
Bantry on the 26th, at the instance of the
Attorney General, on q charge of libeling q
landlord in one of his speeches. Other AT.
rests are to follow.
CONSIDERABLE political excitement
was created at New Orleans by the arrest,
on the 9th, under United States process, of
Charles Cavanac, State Supervisor Of Regis
tration, and his clerks, upon the charge of
illegally registering voters. Acting under
the orders of Governor Wilt after
legal advice, Supervisor Cavanac de-
cided to keep the registration Of
fee open until October 80. The
Republicans contend that the registration
books should under the law be closed ten
days prior to election. The parties were
brought before United States Commissioner
Lane and held under $500 bail each to ap-
pear before the United States Court. The
work of registration was meanwhile contin.
ued.
PROF. WOODWARD, of Washington
University, has been appointed to supervise
the taking of the new census in st. Louis.
THE total registration of New York
City this year is 216,974, an increase Of near
ly 81, 200 since 1876.
KENwARD PHILIP, one Of the edi-
tors of the New York Truth, was arrested
on the 9th in Brooklyn, upon a warrant
issued by Judge Noah Davis, of the Supreme
Court, charged with having published a
criminal libel on James A. Garfield,
said alleged libel being the. celebrated
Gen. Roger A. Pryor, of counsel for de-
PENDANT, waived an examination on behalf of
his client and demanded an early trial. The
examination was adjourned until the follow
ing day, Philip giving 5000 bail for his ap-
pearance.
The examination of Kenward Philip,
Of the New York Truth, charged with GRIM
inal libel in connection with the publication
of the alleged Garfield Chinese letter, began
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Truth, produced the original of the alleged
letter written by Garfield from which
the printed copies were photographed.
A number of witnesses on behalf of
the prosecution swore that in their opinion
the handwriting in the letter in question
was not Garfield's, and one witness gave his
opinion that the handwriting more closely
resembled Philips than it did Garfield's.
The envelope having been placed in the
hands of microscopists for examination, two
of them testified that it bore evil
dence of erasures and substitution of
new writing. Employees of the New York
POST Office testified that in their opinion the
envelope bore evidence Of having been
stamped with the receiving stamp of the
New York Post Office. The examination
was continued.
FULL and official returns from the o.
t0ber election in Indiana show the total vote
to be 40, 7SS, of which Porter received 231,-
400, and Landers 90, 452; Porter's plurality,
6,953. Hawn, for State Secretary, 229,553;
Shanklin, 224, 6l9; Hawn's plurality, 5,134.
Grigg, Greenback candidate for Governor,
received IA ,sS1 votes.
A SPECIAL from Richmond, Va, to
the st. Louis Globe Democrat, 9th, says
that the Republican National Com
mittee had sent properly accredited agents
to that State, urging Republican voters to
support the Readjuster National ticket and
also their Congressional ticket in all districts
except Norfolk and Petersburg, where the
Republican candidates are thought to have q
chance of being elected.
SARAH BERNHARDr, the famous
French actress, has arrived in New York.
E. D. MANSFIELD, veteran newspa-
per writer, died at his home near Morrow,
o., on the 9th.
BISHOP D. S. DAGaErT, of the M. E.
Church, died at Richmond, Va, on the 9th.
The official canvass of the vote in
Ohio at the October election gives McIlvaine
(Rep.) for Judge Of Supreme Court, 364 ,045;
Follett (Dem.), BAG, 1893; Landon (Greenb.),
6,SJe; Ross (Prohib.), ass Total vote,
ia, 100. Republican plurality, 23,047.
Townsend's majority over Lang for Secre-
tary Of State was 1905.
'APoRTLAND( Me. )dispatch of the 28th
said that Neal Dow, Prohibition candidate
for President, had publicly announced his
intention Of supporting Garfield for Presi-
dent.
: MRS. LINCOLN, widow of the late
President Lincoln, who has just returned
from abroad, on the 18th was lying danger
ously i'll In New York City.
COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY.