The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1881-05-06
NEWS AND ] NOTES,

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NEWS AND NOTES.
A Summary Of Important Events.
EMILE DE GIRARD1N, the French
journalist and statesman, is dead. aged %.
GOVERNOR AUSTIN has issued . proc
lamation declaring quarantine on the Texas
coast, beginning May1. -s~
THE completely of the Grand Duke
Nicholas in the plots of the Nihilists having
been made clear, he has been sentenced by
decree of the Emperor Of Russia to impris-
onment for life. us Hg
TIE funeral of Beacons6eld took place
at Hughenden on the Goth. The Prince Of
Wales represented the Queen, and other
members of the royal family and large
number Of the nobility were in attendance
THE breaking of the Sny Levee at the
head of Sand Slough, just above Hannibal,
Mo-, on the 18th, caused the inundation OF
large section of the fertile bottom lands adj
jacent. Several ice-houses were carried
away. yag ~
BRADLAUGH presented himself at the
Speakers table in the House of Commons
and claimed the right to take the oath. He
was called upon by the Speaker to withdraw
and was removed to the bar by the Sergeant
alarms. saigt I ,gst Ia
The President has appointed John X.
Boles, of Hudson, Mich, and William Nc
Michael, of Philadelphia members of the
Board of Indian Commissioners. Col S. D.
Sturgis and Lieut.. Col. j. S. Mason, have
been detailed respectively as Governor and
Lieutenant Governor of the Washington
Soldiers Home.
T. l.. FRENCH, Chief Clerk in the
Contract Office, Post-oftice Department, has
been removed after refusing to tender his
resignation. He was Mr.. Brady's right
hand man. Henry D. Lyman, who for sew
eral years filed the position, has been ap-
pointed to succeed Mr.. French, and he will
be for the present acting Second Assistant
Postmaster-G General.
SECRETARY K1RKwooD has tele-
graphed j. Milton Turner, of st. Louis, Pres
ident of the Freedmen's Oklahoma Associa-
ton, that the question of the right of colored
people to settle upon lands of Indian Terri
tory would be submitted to the highest au-
thority, and if Turner desires to be heard he
should come to Washington at once. Mean
time no attempt must be made to enter the
Territory. . ''' !, ~
An American company has been
formed to build line of railroad in Mexico,
to be called the Sinaloa and Durango Rail-
road. 1t is to extend from Altata, on the
Gulf of California, 120 miles north of Mazat-
Ian, to the city of Durango, in the State of
the same name, distance of about 220 miles.
At Durango it will connect with the Mexican
Central Railroad, which will extend from
the City Of Mexico to the American frontier
at Ell Paso. t1 "a
OFFICIAL figures furnished by the
Post-ofice Department show the annual pay
on ninety three 'sstar' routes out Of 1925
was raised between lettings of 1878 and JAN
uary 1, 1880, from .$727, ITO to $3.50 PA.
The regular appropriation for the star-route
service for the year ending June 80, 1880,
was S., 900, 900. OF this amount $2,S02, PA
was absorbed by the ninety three routes
noted, leaving s., O97, 1856 for the remaining
9,1S2 routes. $40 S."o51~3s9tTt12L,Nl
VENNoR predicts for May: Snow-falls
in the lower provinces of Canada about the
9Th and 9Th; about the Sd frosts are probable
in Central and Southern Illinois, with rain
and snow prevailing in some localities.
After the 10th, however, hot weather
may be expected. Between the Goth and
25th there will probably be cloudy weather
with rains, and vegetation will have adj
vanced considerably by the 24th of the month.
Between the Goth and 18th the weather will
probably be cool. The month will end hot
and sultry.
The Farragpt statue was unveiled at
Washington, d. c., on the 18th, with i'm.
posing ceremonies. The Executive mansion
and buildings on Pennsylvania Avenue were
decorated with bunting. A large procession
marched through the principal streets, made
up mainly of naval Cadets veterans, and
members of the GA. r. A salute of II guns
having been fired, Secretary Hunt intro
duced President Garfield, who accepted the
statue in the name of the country, after
which observation-disclosures Maynard re-
counted the services of the dead Admiral
and paid tribute to the officers of the navy.
Hon. D. w. voorhees, made the closing ad-
dress.
THE completion of the Atchison, To-
peka & Santa Fe Road to Las Cruces, N. NJ,
was celebrated with imposing ceremonies.
Speeches We're made by Don Miguel Otero,
ern Pacific, for the railroad company, and
Hon. j. B. Newcomb and A. J. Fountain
for the people of Las Cruces. After the
speaking the road was formally baptized
with pure native. wine, the product of the