The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1881-08-12
NEWS AND NOTES.

NEWS AND NOTES.
A Summary Of Important Events.
THE Ohio Prohibitionists convened at
Columbus on the 4th Endorsed the State
ticket recently nominated at Loveland.
Bishop HAVEN, of the Methodist
Episcopal Church, died at Salem, Oregon,
on the 1st, after brief Illness. He was six
ty years of age.
THE Land League will hold q National
Convention in Dublin on the 18th Of Sep
TENDER, "to consider the best means OF OBJ
tanning Irish land for Irishmen."
THE public debt statement for August
/ shows reduction in the debt for July OF
S10,07S, OPS; outstanding bonds, 81 ,621, ILL.,
600: legal tenders, s., 359, OILS; debt, less cash
in Treasury, 81, s3O, 520,7sS.
The City of Brooklyn, having post
poned its Fourth of July celebration ON ac-
count of the attempted assassination OF the
President, had grand gala day on the 4th
Of August, as token of rejoicing for the
Presidents convalescence.
A WASHINGTON dispatch of the LIST
says Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Up
ton has returned to his desk in the Depart
ment. He will not, it is now understood,
be removed from his place; nor will Mr..
Lamphere.
The Commissioner of Agriculture has
appointed Commission, consisting Of Prof.
Hilyard (colored), eX-Gov. Famaso, of Ne
braska, and T. C. Jones, of Ohio, to visit the
arid regions of the West and investigate
whether they can be made to have any mar
ketable value.
SHEIK MARMOUD, arrested by the
French Consul, and upon whose person were
found documents showing the existence of a
vast Moslem conspiracy against the French
in Africa, has been taken aboard a French
man-of-war and will be sent to France
charged with conspiracy against the public
peace in Algeria.
THE Kentucky State election, held on
the LIST, resulted in the reelection of ]. W.
Tate as Treasurer without opposition, and
j. H. Lewis. Appellate Judge, by large
majority. The election, except in few
places, was quiet one, and a small vote was
polled. Returns show Republican gains in
both Senators and Representatives.
In the House of Commons, on the LIST,
Parnell was ''named" for offensive language
and for disregarding the authority Of the
Chair, and Gladstone moved his suspension
for the remainder of the sitting. Parnell
rose and interrupted Gladstone, and said he
would not 60 through the farce of awaiting
the vote, as the Speaker interfered with the
freedom of discussion. He then quilted the
House. The motion for his suspension was
carried-173 to IA.
THE Virginia Conservative Democrats
met in convention at Richmond on the 18th.
John w. Daniel was nominated for Govern
or. The resolutions declare the mainte-
nance Of the public debt to be essential to the
prosperity of the State and condemn repu-
diation in every form; but pledge the party
to use all lawful efforts, consistent with
honor and integrity, to secure the settlement
of the outstanding debt, with the consent of
her creditors, upon as favorable terms as
possible. A resolution of sympathy with
President Garfield was adopted.
THERE was an exciting scene in the
British House of Commons, on the 18th,
caused by Bradlaugh's attempt to force an
entrance in spite Of the resistance of squad
Of policemen, commanded by DR.. Lyon
Playfair, Deputy Speaker of the Commons.
Bradlaugh failed, though not until he had
made desperate struggle, in which he was
utterly exhausted and his clothes torn. He
was removed from the lobby by the police
and escorted into the palace yard, where he
stood for some time with his arms folded,
three officers barring his way to the House.
In the House there was wordy war, quite
as exciting as the muscular war outside.
The Speaker decided that Bradlaugh had no
right to enter, and both Gladstone and Sir
Stafford Northcote Endorsed this decision.
Labouchere and Sir Wilfrid Lawson protest.
ed against the exclusion of BradIaugh, and
offered resolutions which, If passed,
would have the effect of permit
ting Bradlaugh to take his seat. The
Speaker refused to entertain Lawson's
resolutions, and both Labouchere and Law
Son while speaking were declared oft of or
der. Broadhurst, Joseph Cowen, and John
Bright also protested against the treatment
to which Bradlaugh was subjec' ed, and Mr..
Bright was called to order for irrelevancy.
Bradlaugh subsequently went to Bow Street
for summons against the police, which was
refused, but the magistrate urged him to file
Information for assault.
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PROF. BELLS electrical experiments
to determine the exact location of the bullet
in the Presidents body have been reason
ably successful. On the 1st two tests were
made, the first by Prof. Bell, and the second
by MIR. Tainier, his assistant. The tele-
phonic plate was passed over the surface of
the abdomen near the spot where the slight
discoloration of the skin was noticeable q
few days after the shooting, and in the re-
gion in which the doctors supposed the ball
to s.e. The presence Of the ball was indi-
Gated with exactness by both tests, both re-
sulting the same. 1t Is now certain that it is
loca ed at point within i've inches of the
surface, four and half inches to the right
and below the navel, and just above the groin.
The physicians claim that this undeniably
establishes the correctness of their Orivinal