The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1881-02-25

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IT is announced, apparently upon
good suthority, that Senator David Davis
will vote with the Democrats IN the organf-
xstionsf the new Senate. q 'ias 5"5 37l' p,
THERE was an immense anti coercion
meeting held I'm Hyde Park, London, on
Sunday, the 18th, which wss addressed'by
several prominent Home. Rulers. 35s
Gov. CULLoM and Senator Logan, of
Illinois, recently visited Mentor, their mis-
sion being, Is rumered, to urge the appoint
ment of Robert Lincoln to . Cabinet posi-
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As the result of Senator Conkling's
visit to Mentor, it is reported that Mr.. Levi
p. Morton will have place in President
Garfeld's Cabinet probably as Secretary Of
the Treasury. 7f'1.. 80 - a..
PRESIDENT HAYES has Withdrawn the
nomination of Mr.. Forster as United States
Attorney for the Southern District of New
York, and it is said will nominate man sat.
dsfactory to Mr.. Conkling. yHa -
TIE Texas Senate committee have
reported favorably on the bill proposing an
amendment to the Constitution prohibiting
the sale, manufacture and giving away of in.
toxicating liquors within the State. f1a 10
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The Sundry Civil Appropriation bill
contains allowances for public buildings as
follows: Kansas City, $4,000; Little Rock,
SIS, 200; Memphis, 500 900; Nashville, $780,
600; Topeka, $9O, 600; Chicago, 81, 900; Gin
cinnati, $3.50, 900. - .E-ai @iii'"5i pug -
A SERIOUS conflict has occurred at
Beyrout, Syria, between the Christians and
Turks, brought on tY Turk numbering a
Christian. Ten persons in all are reported
killed. The excitement was intense and all
business was suspended and the bazaars
were closed. ~ -ss j" ,a.a s.t ~ n.
EX-SENATOR DORSEY, of Arkansas,
was banqueted by number of prominent
Republicans, at Delmonico's, New York, the
other evening. Gen. Grant presided. A
number of speeches were made, in which
Mr. Dorsey's efforts in the late canvass were
highly eulogized. .lt g.etF $50 p3i
Hon. FERNANDO, WOOD, member Of
Congress from New York, died at Het
Springs, on the 18th, aged R9. He was first
elected to Congress in l841, and has served
altogether nine terms and was reelected for
the tenth. He also served rs Mayor Of New
York City for several years. adi 10 $50
The House Committee on Ways and
Means have elected j. Randolph Tucker, of
Virginia, Chairman, to succeed Fernando
Wood, deceased. Mr.. Tucker is Free
Trader, but the change, it is thought, will
make no material difference In the status Of
the COMMITTEES on the Tariff question. IT, -
The Michigan Greenbackers have
held State Convention and nominated
John B. Shipmsn, Of Coldwater, for Judge
Of the Supreme Court, and Charles G.. Will
lets, of Gratiot, and David Parsons, Of De.
troit, for Regents of the State University.
There was no talk Of o Democratic coalition.
KING, Reform candidate for Mayor of
Philadelphia, beats stokely, Republican, by
several thousand majority; and Hunter, OPP
position candidate for Receiver Of Taxes, Is
also successful. The minor Republican cam
didates are elected. Major Lyon, Citizens
candidate for Mayor of Pittsburgh, is also
elected. - 1.s' %, a. d"
GEN. HERMAN UHL, formerly mana
ger of the New York Stats Zeitxng, but
recently retired from business, fatally shot
himself, ON the 18th, while cleaning revol-
yer. He was prominent in social, business
and military affairs, having been a member
OF the Governors staff. He leaves a wife
and three children. pEG f- i. 81
The Emperor's speech at the opening
of the Reichrath refers pointedly to the
peaceful relations of Germany with neighbor-
cation of renewal of intimate relations with
Russia. The speech also announces q stamp
tax, brewing tax and workman's insurance
and trade guilds tax. d. iaa hRiga7Hl
THE ninetieth anniversary of the
birthday of Peter Cooper, the well-known
New York philanthropist, was appropriately
celebrated on the 18th in the large hall Of the
Cooper Union, which was crowded in every
part. A number Of addresses were made |
by eminent men, after which letter was |
read from Mr.. Cooper announcing additional
gifts by him to the various funds of the in |
stitution founded by him, sggregating about |
$110, 900. ..a F..gs,I
The Pension Appropriation bill, as
passed by the House, appropriates $6S, 49, |
3O6.6s, the largest sum ever set apart for,
pensions in any single bill in this country,
and It is said that it exceeds any pension
appropriation ever made by any Govern
mept. The Arresrages bill and the PEN
sioning Of the soldiers of the war of 1872
have caused the enormous increase In the
pension list. Over IS, 900 persons, including
the widows of soldiers, are on the roll as en-.
titled to pensions for services rendered IN
the war Of 1872. - -i'i3 - ~ ss9i E:ti3 =
The Mississippi River gets the follow
ing appropriations under the River and
Harbor bill: From Cairo to mouth of river,
500, 600; above Alexandria, Sc, 900; Cape
Girardeau, $40, 900; from Des Noines Rapids
to the mouth of the Illinois River, $1D,O O0;
between the mouth of the Illinois
and the Ohio, $00,8o0; bzr-oppos
Dubuque, TO $500; 4 Hannibal, y $a5,- i
900: Nstchez n and yidalis, $4,000;
above St. Anthony's Falls. $1,000; from St. 4