The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1881-11-25
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

PERSONAL AND 0ENRRAL.
OSCAR w. HARPEL, well-known
Cincinnati printer, author Of several books
pertaining to the i" art preservative," died
quite suddenly at Louisville, KY, where he
was visiting friends.
NEAR Wilmington, DEL, 4-year-old
child of John Fox, farmer, was killed by .
large dog belonging to neighbor. The an.
imal seized the child by the throat, mang-
ling it horribly and causing almost instant
death.
TELEGRAMs from Dublin state that
the large reduction of rent by the sub-com.
missions under the Land act is causing an
out.cry on the part Of the landlords, and q
| demand for Government compensation.
The Monaghan Land Commission rendered
| q decision in all pending cases, granting in
nearly every instance a reduction of 10 to 20
per cent in rent. Up to the 18th the num-
Der of cases before the Land Commission
| was nearly $4,000.
The Illinois State Board of Health
has addressed communication to Superin-
| tendents of railroads throughout Illinois,
calling their attention to the alarming prev
| alence OF smallpox, and requesting them
to take certain precautions regarding the
train hands, and particularly those oficiat-
| ing on emigrant trains, on which it is be-
lieved the disease is more apt to be brought
| and communicated to the public through
railroad men, who are likely to suffer con.
tagion in the ordinary pursuit of their v0ca-
| ton.
MARY FRANCES MCVICKER, wife of
Edwin Booth, died in New York City on the
18th, of consumption.
THE various departments at Wash
ington have completed the estimates for the
next fiscal year. Nearly every department
will ask for an increase over the amount
voted last year. The Secretary of War will
ask for s., OOO, 900 on account of the increase
in the price of supplies. The Interior De-
partment will ask for 500, 1000 for pen.
sions, of which $65, 0OO, 900 are for "accrued'
pensions, and the Navy Department will ask
for $31, OOO, 900 for new ships. The Post Office
Department is nearly self-sustaining,an and no
demands will be made on Congress for any
large appropriation.
The officers of the Irish National
Land League of America have issued call
for Convention to be held at Chicago, be-
ginning on Nov. 80. The Convention will
be in the widest sense National one, rep
resentation being invited from societies Of
whatever name who are friendly to the Irish
cause.
DIR. JOHN M. LEONARD, for forty
years practicing physician of Burlington
Township, Calhoun County, Mich, has
pleaded guilty to having made and circu-
lated bogus silver coins and stands commit
ted to await trial. In bis possession was
found trunk full of dies and apparatus for
making counterfeit coins of every descrip-
ton from a nickel to 81. Leonard is "a
years old.
GREAT suffering exists at Woodstock,
New Brunswick, on account Of the recent
confagration. Great difficulty is expert
enced in finding shelter for the homeless.
The Mayor has provided accommodation for
large number in the Town Hall.
The public schools at Niagara, Ont,
are temporarily closed, owing to the preva-
lence Of diphtheria. There is large num-
Der sick. The deaths so far are confined to
children.
The Biddle Market Savings Bank at
st. Louis was cleverly robbed the other
day of package of money containing be-
tween S., 900 and s., 900, by an adroit sneak
thief who managed to get the Cashier and
Teller engaged in conversation with two
supposed confederates while he reached
over and seized the valuable package from
behind the counter. The loss was not dis
covered until the thieves had gotten of safe
ly with their booty.
POSTMASTER HADLEY, of Little Rock,
has been removed under the Tenure-o
fee act, and the Office placed in charge Of
Inspector Cameron until new appointment
shall be made. The order is based upon a
special agents report alleging that POST
master Hadley has taken vouchers from
clerks in his Office for more than he paid
them.
A BERLIN dispatch says: In conse-
quence of the desire of the Emperor, Bis
marck will remain in office. A special mod.
with view Of obtaining Government ma
JOrlIy In the helcnSCaS ny al arrangement
with the party Of the Center.
The annual report of the Secretary of
the Interior is largely devoted to a fresh dis
cussion of the Indian question. He strongly
recommends that liberal provision be made
by Congress for teaching the Indian youth
our language; that upon just terms to the
Indians the number and area of existing res
ervations be greatly reduced; that in such
reservations as are not well adapted to farm.
ing without. irrigation efforts be made to
teach the Indians to become herlsmen in
stead of endeavoring TO try to make them
farmers; that Indian titles to reduced res
ervations be individualized and thoroughly
protected by law; and that the more civil
lied reservation Indians be encouraged to
abandon their tribal relations by setting up
experimental forms of local government
among them, as nearly alike as may be to
the system Of county government prevailing
in the States or Territories in which the res
ervations are respectively located.
THE body of girl named Ellen Hen
nier was found lying near the corner of
Seventy seventh street and Wentworth ave-