The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1882-03-31


THE lola REGISTER.
Published Every Friday.
CURRENT TOPICS.
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.
The President has rendered to Senator
Teller the Secretaryship Of the Interior.
KAISER WILHELM's birthday (March
22) was celebrated in royal style In Ger
many.
THE Pacific Mills, Lawrence, Mass,
closed on the 21st. Some 1, 800 employees
are idle.
The appointment of Judge Blatchford
rs Associate Justice of the Supreme Court
has been confirmed by the Senate.
GEN. GRANT and his wife have been
entertained at dinners given BY Secretary
Frelinghuysen. President Arthur, George
Bancroft, Gen. Edward Beale, and Bancroft
Davis.
THE Garfield monument committee
of Cleveland announces contributions Of
$1O6, 900, Of which $4,000 were raised at
home. A new appeal is made to swell the
sum to $96o,Oo
The Minnesota Senate, by . vote of
30 to 8, found Judge Cox guilty Of the Of.
fenses charged against him. The verdict
deposes him from the bench and disqualiffes
him from holding office for three years.
The Secretary of War has ordered
700 rations to be issued at New Orleans
for the benefit of Louisiana; 200, 900 at Mem.
phis for Mississippi; $4,000 at Helena for
Arkansas, and 1900 each at Charleston,
New Madrid and Gayoso for Missouri.
A TORNADO passed over the northern
portion Of Lexington, KY, on the 10th, un-
roofing many houses and demolishing the
round house of the Louisville & Nashville
Railroad. One man In the house was Sc
verely, if not fatally, injured. There was
great destruction to farm property In the
track of the storm.
THE central organization of the United
Trades and Labor Unions of New York City
have denounced Minister Lowell for declin.
ing to interfere on behalf Of American citi.
zens in English prisons, and ask his recall.
The German and English socialistic labor
party celebrated, March 10Th, the eleventh
anniversary Of the Paris Commune.
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THE Ohio River at Cincinnati rose IA
feet on the 2lst. Four coal barges and
large number of raft-logs were swept away.
The wind was so high Is to practically sus.
pend navigation. Nearly all railroads in
Southern Ohio have suffered from washouts.
The streams in Central and Southern Ohio |
have risen to an unprecedented extent, and
the loss to farmers will be great.
IT is rumored In New York that the |
Mutual Union Telegraph Company has in.
formally agreed to transfer its wires to the |
Western Union, and that the Baltimore & |
Ohio line will also be handed over to the |
monster enterprise, part Of the consideration
being majority of the directors of the New
Jersey Central Road lin order that the Balti.
more and Residing roads may have easy &C.
cess to New York.
THE Indian Agent at the Cheyenne
and Arrapahoe Agency, Indian Territory,
telegraphs that the reduction of rations or
dered would probably cause an outbreak.
The Indians refuse to enroll for beef rations
on the proposed basis. Commissioner Price
replied that the instructions must be obeyed,
rs Congress had failed to make the necessary
appropriation for full rations.
COLLECTOR ROBERTSON, of New
York, says: CT have read the testimony
given by Shipherd before the House Com
mittee, and so far as that testimony relates |
to me, Shipherd has stated facts tersely and |
fairly. was employed by the Peruvian
Company to examine questions affecting the |
company and to give legal opinion. This !
did, and was paid for it, and that COM