The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1881-05-27

lola. =. KANSAS.
NEWS AND NOTES
A Summary Of Important Events.
MAY Is was generally observed
throughout the South by decorating the
graves of the Confederate dead.
In q collision between the Marine
Brigade and the people at Killarney, Ire
land, on the 18th, several of the latter were
wounded.
ADvICEs from Tunis report ten
hours battle at Soukelarba. Both the ma
tives and French lost heavily in killed and
wounded.
A LONDON telegram announced that
on the 18th copy of the revised version Of
the Scriptures was presented to the Queen,
and Immediately thereafter it was placed in
general circulation.
STANLEY MATHEWS appeared at the
Office of the Clerk of the Supreme Court on
the 18th, accompanied by Chief-Justice
Waite, and took the oath of Office. The
Chief-Ju ordered the commission of
Justice Matthews to be entered on the
record.
THERE is extreme agitation through
out Italy in consequence of the King having
intrusted Signor Sella with the formation of
a Cabinet. There were unfavorable demon
STATIONS at Naples, Florence and Pisa, as well
as Milan, where the military charged a mob
and number of persons were wounded.
COUNT Won ARNIM, the Prussian d.
plomatist, is dead. He was German EN-
bassador at Paris, and was subsequently
found guilty by the High Court Of State on
charges of betraying his country, offending
the Emperor and insulting Bismarck and the
Foreign Office, and sentenced to five years.
penal seryitude.
In letter from U. S. Grant to Sena-
tor Jones, of Nevada, the Presidents APP
pointment of Mr.. Robertson is referred to
as follows: "When it comes to filling the
most influential Office in their State without
consulting these Senators it is a great slight.
When he selects the most offensive man to
be found, it becomes an insult, and ought to
be resented to the bitter end"
The Chicago Tribune is informed
that ex-senator Dorsey has settled the claim
of Wilcox for services rendered in Oregon
nd ;v,
with the star mail.route contracts, and that
the suit begun at Denver has been discon-
tinued and all the original correspondence
surrendered. 1t says, however, that certi-
fed copies or photographs exist of many of
the documents, which will be used in the
coming Government prosecutions.
A DISPATCH from Albany, N. Y, says
the election for Senators will not take place
till the 31st inst. The Administration Re.
publicans feel perfectly able to defeat the
return of Conkling or Plat unless the DEM
ocrats go with the other side. The Conk.
lingites are strongly in favor Of going into an
election as soon as possible, and say that
Conkling will not be a candidate. The Dem
ocrats are opposed to an election, claiming
pie.
Col. GEORGE WILLIAMS, q we'll
known colored man of Ohio, member of the
present State Legislature, who is reported
to have recently come into possession of a
large property, is now prospecting in New
Mexico and Arizona for suitable location
for large negro colony. President Garfield
and other leading men have pledged the
Colonel to assist him in his scheme, which
if carried out will be q great inducement for
the colored men of America to settle in the
Territories and build up cities Of their own.
The rumor current some months ago
that st. Petersburg was undermined in sew
eral places is being in a measure confirmed
by other circumstances. Besides the mine
in Sadowa Street and bags of dynamite found
in Catharina Canal, the police are now drag
ging the krukoff Canal. The Journal de
st. Petersburg, in reporting the arrest of
several naval officers charged with implica-
ton in Nihilistic plots, expresses hope that
the heart Of the revolutionary hydra has at
last been discovered. Nabokof, Minister of
Justice, has resigned, and Pobsdonostziff
has been appointed to succeed him.
ACCOMPANYING the official tender of
their designations as United States Senators
to Governor Cornell, of New York, Messrs.
Conkiing and Plat transmitted long COM
munication setting forth in detail their al
legged grievances at the hands of President
Garfield in the matter of the Robertson
nomination. and justifying their action in
surrendering their offices. The New York
Legislature being now in session, an election
to fill the vacancies will be held, under the
law, on Tuesday, the 31st inst. While it is
understood that both Messrs. Conkling and
Platt feel assured of their reelection, in
vindication Of their action in the Senate, it is
said the friends of the Administration,
headed by Judge Robertson, will seriously
contest their election. and it is not deemed