The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1881-03-18
NEWS AND NOTES.

NEWS AND NOTES.
A Summary of Important Events.
The Pennsylvania Railroad Company
has purchased the Philadelphia, Wilmington
& Baltimore Road.
WILLIAM P. FRYE has received the
Republican nomination for Senator from
Maine, to succeed Blaine.
JUDGE BANCROFT DAVIS, Assistant
Secretary of State to Hamilton Fish, has been
rendered and has accepted the same position
under the present Administration.
The pedestrian contest for the
O'Leary belt, which terminated at New
York on the 9Th, was won by Panchat, who
made 541 miles S25 yards in 142 hours.
ABRAM S. HEWITT has addressed q
letter to ex.Gov. Jewell, inclosing 500 to
defray the expenses of hunting down the
rascal who forged the Morey letter." and
promising more il necessary.
Mrs. FRANCES E. WILLARD, heading
. committee of Temperance ladies, on the
9Th visited the White House and presented
to President Garfield an oil portrait Of Mrs.
Hayes, which was designed and subscribed
for in commemoration of her determined
stand for Temperance. President Garfield
accepted the gift, on behalf Of the Nation, in
q few well chosen words.
GEN. GRANT arrived in Washington
on the It'll, and was reported to be in close
conference with Logan, Cameron and Conk-
ling, the event causing no little speculation
in political circles. The Globe Democrats
special is authority for the statement that
the Stalwarts are anything but pleased with
some of the Cabinet appointments, that of
McVeigh being particularly obnoxious.
JAMES w. MCDILL, of Alton, Union
County, Iowa, has been appointed by the
Governor of Iowa United States Senator to
fill the vacancy caused by the
resignation of Senator kirkwood. Mr..
McDill was born in Ohio in 1884, removed
to Iowa in 1877, served several terms as Cir.
cult and District Judge, and was member
of the Forty-third and rty-fourth Con-
crosses. He has never taken any very active
part in politics.
The Democratic Senatorial Caucus,
held on the 18th, resolved to at once organize
the Senate, maintaining the old committees
as far as practicable. The.Republican eau
Gus protested against organizing until the
Senatorial vacancies are filled, and it was
given out that should the Democrats insist
on doing so the Republicans would reorgan-
ize as soon as they could secure majority.
There was also some talk of the special ses-
sion of Congress being held.
UP to the 10th of March about fifty
Coercion law. The most conspicuous per-
sons so far arrested are Joseph B. Walsh,
an extensive merchant in the Town of Cas-
tlebar, in the west part Of the island, rela-
tive of Michael Davitt; Cornelius Keogh, a
farmer living at Cahirconlish, in the
County of Limerick, and Michael
B. Boyton. The latter is
a brother to Paul Boyton, the swimmer. He
claims to be an American citizen, having
lived several years in Baltimore. Walsh,
Keogh and Boyton are confined in Kilmain-
ham Jail, near Dublin. The Land League
intends to investigate every arrest carefully
and place the particulars before the British
public.
SECRETARY BLAINE has sent q note
to the British Legation on the subject Of the
false reports sent by the Acting British
Of SloA aln 10 i,, 4 e.,
alence of disease among swine of the West
ern States. The Secretary reiterates
the statements made in Evarts's
note of the 7th of March, that all means
of information at the recourse of the De-
partment concur in showing the late pub
lished report as wholly without foundation,
and sends copies of resolutions of the Mer-
chants Exchange of St. Louis and Chamber
Of Commerce of Cincinnati, explicitly deny.
ing the report Of disease among swine, and
showing the condition of the stock in the
States of Ohio and Illinois is exceptionally
healthy.
The Congressional Committee of the
National Greenback party has issued an adj
dress to the people Of the United States. The
national banks and railroad and telegraph
companies as at present controlled are de-
clared to be inimical to the rights of the peo-
pie, and no redress for existing grievances
can be looked for from either Of the old par
ties. The Committee therefore earnestly
advises the formation of clubs in every city,
village and town in the United States, with
q view to a thorough organization and
final triumph of the National party.
Thomas j. Durant, Lee Crandall, Edward
Daniels and Eperitus Howe, members of the
Executive Committee of the Greenback Con-
gressional Committee, have addressed q let
ter to Thompson H. Murch, Chairman Of the
committee, in which they decline to attend
the meeting called by Murch in New York.
They also inform him his resignation as
Chairman Of the committee is accepted, and
they will call the entire National Committee
together soon to elect his successor.
The following are the important
changes agreed upon in the Chairmanships
Of the Senate Committees: Johnston, of Vir-
ginia, in place of Eaton, Chairman of For
eign Relations: Williams, of Kentucky,
Chairman of Manufactures, in place Of
Grover, who succeeds Randolph as Chair