The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1882-04-21

Published Every Friday.
CURRENT TOPICS.
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.
THE Bosnian instruction has been
suppressed.
TIE royal family Of Brazil have been
robbed Of $l0O. 900 worth Of jewels.
A Hove KoNa silk house has just
been exposed In half-million fraud.
PARNELL has been released from Kill
mainhan and has gone to England on pa.
role.
TIE Mormon conference at Independ-
sece No.. has adjourned to meet next year
ct Lamont, Iowa.
PROCEEDINGS have been instituted in
Pennsylvania to make 313 insurance compa-
mics show cause why their charters should
not be surrendered. 80 KY
FRUIT has been serious injured BY
the frost in Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky and
Illinois. Apples, peaches and Strawberries
will show short crop in many sections.
PRESIDENT ARrHUR's reception to
the officers Of the army and navy. the other
night, was Q brilliant AFFAIR. He was as.
sisted by Mrs. Frelinghuysen and Miss Fol-
ger.
A PARTY of 400 Italians at work on
the West Shore Railway at Fort Plain, N.
T., stoned and fired 1t the residence Of the
contractor because they were not paid their
wages.
The Central Bank of Indianapolis,
with capital stock Of $10O, 600, has closed its
doors, on account of defalcation of 5000
by teller named Arthur Mueller. The de.
posts aggregate sos, 900.
THE President will not act in the case
of Sergeant Mason until the Supreme Court
decides on the legality Of the sentence. The
Secretary Of War sustains the Judge Advo.
cate General in pronouncing invalid the
proceedings of the court-martial.
JUDGE WYLIE has decided the star
route indictments good and sufficient, the
evidence presented being strong enough to
<Io - - lopo
The recognizance Of Stephen w. Dorsey was
declared forfeited and his arrest ordered.
SIXTEEN afidavits in behalf of DR..
Lamson, convicted of murder in London,
have been forwarded, and Secretary FIRE.
linghuysen has telegraphed an epitome of
their contents to Minister Lowell, with in.
structions to call the attention of Lord Gran
vile 10 the matter at once.
On the ground that it should have been
presented to the Probate Court of Chicago,
Judge LOOMS has refused to consider the
petition of Mrs. Seville for the appointment
of q conservator for the estate of Charles j,
Guiteau, and quashed . summons Thought
lessly issued by deputy clerk.
THE convention of the National Land
League sitting at Washington adopted reso-
buttons urging continuance of the policy of
passive resistance in Ireland. James Mooney
Of Buffalo was elected president for the en-
suing year. The total Land League receipts
in this country since the Buffalo convention
were nearly 100000.
The charge is brought against the
Commissioner of the General Land Once
that company Of sportsmen has been given
att own price tract Of five thousand acres
Of swamp land lying on Lake Erie, twelve
miles outside Of Toledo, Notwithstanding the
efforts OF settlers in the vicinity to bid off
portion at market prices. Property worth
$50 per acre went of at 81. % through collu.
sion at Washington.
The following Presidential nomina-
lions have been confirmed by the Senate:
W. E. Chandler, of New Hampshire, Score.
tary of the Navy; W. n. Hunt, Louis.
lana, Minister to Russia; j. r. Partridge.
Maryland, Minister to Peru; John n,
Smythe, North Carolina, Minister to Libe.
ria; VIM. Williams, Indiana. Charge DAT.
fairs to Paraguay and Uruguay; John j.
Knox, Minnesota, Comptroller of Currency.
The Club National, of Montreal, COM
posed Of French Canadians, had its annual
banquet the other day, at which $50 persons
were present. President Scallon said they
hoped to found q republic and o Canadian
nationality. Mr.. Mercier announced that
he had reached the conclusion that it was
his duty to advocate Independence. Hon
G. w. Stephens said 1t was no crime to talk
Of the freedom Of Canada.
TIE Ysnkton Oak. } grand jury have
adopted resolutions severely censuring Gov.
Ordway for haste in organizing Douglass
County, about . wear ago. The county OIL
GERS appointed through him issued s., 900 in
fraudulent warrants. The Jury cite the fact
that in the organization Of other counties
the Governor waited for months to know
that the officers created were of the right
sort. whereas Douglass County was organ.
f0As1 S~s oh - IA ~