The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-01-05
WARRINGTON NOTES.

Porter bill was then taken up and discussed
until adjournment. The House was not in
session.
WARRINGTON NOTES.
The unpublished correspondence between
Che Attorney General and the District Attor.
ney, on the subject of ex-Marshal Henry's dis
missal aud copy of Henry's letter to the
President protesting against his removal and
inviting rigid investigation of his acts, were
sent to the Senate the 2Sd. The Attorney
General reiterates the charges against Mr..
Henry, and insists that be merited the punish
ment he received.
The nomination of George NJ. Lamson as
United States District Attorney for Nebraska,
has been withdrawn by the President.
Secretary Chandler says it is not true that
he has decided to close one or more of the
Navy Yards. However plans for reducing
the expenditures in the civil departments of
the Navy Yards will be announced at an early
day.
The President has issued an executive order
setting apart certain lands in Dakota Terri
tory for the Turtle Mountain band of Chip
pewa Indians, and such other Indians of the
Chippewa tribe as the Secretary Of the Inte-
rior may see fit to settle thereon
Secretary Teller declines to approve or affirm
certain large leases of land in the Indian Ter
retory that have been made by the Cherokee
Indians to the Standard Oil Company for
grazing purposes.
A bill has been introduced in the Senate
granting to witnesses in the Star Route prose-
cution in the criminal court of the District of
Columbia living west of the Mississippi river,
per diem of $3.50 and mileage at the rate of
seven cents per mile coming and going.
The Commissioner Of Agriculture has pre-
pared areyised table showing the grain product
of the country for the year ending December
i, to be: Corn, 1,635, 900 900 bushels; Wheat,
bl0,cO0, 900 bushels; Oats, $1,000 600 bushels;
Barley, $50, 10000 bushels; Rye, 10000, 600
bushels; Buckwheat, II 0O0, 600 bushels. To-
tai grain product of the country, 2,602, 900 900
bushels. So
The Senate on the 2sth discussed the Po-
iitical Assessments bill, and finally BY Q vote
of q to GO took up the bill for the relief of
Fl John Porter. The House was not in SEES
sion.
Postmaster General Howe addressed COM
munication to the Chairman of the Senate APP
preparations Committee, calling his attention
to the fact that growers of seeds and bulbs in
the States along the Canadian border forward
their goods to Canada and have them sent
through the mails to persons in the
United States, thus obtaining the benefits
of cheaper Canadian postage rates on
such matter. The Postmaster General
after referring to the fact that the United
States charges twice as much per ounce for
carrying producers seeds as it does for car
H. ol,~r
cludes his letter by asking whether We cannot
afford to transport for eight cents per pound
seeds which the farmer buys, as well as to
transport seeds for nothing which the Govern
ment buys, and if We cannot afford to carry
seeds for one cent for two ounces paid into
our treasury as well as carry them for the
same price paid into the Canadian treasury.
The proceeds of the recent sale of articles
accumulated in the Dead Letter Office amount
ed to 81, 49,, which sum has been deposited in
the Treasuryto the credit of the Postoffice
Department.
Ist THE EAST.
In an alteration lately at Uniontown, Pa,
between A. c. Nuts cashier of the State
treasury and n. L. Dukes, q member elect of
the Pennsylvania Legislature the former was
shot and killed by the latter.
Merriam A. Montgomery, about twenty
eight years old, shot his two little children at
Packardyille, near Amherst, Mass, recently,
Instantly killing George, six years old, and
probably fatally wounding Eva, four years old.
He had. not lived with his wife for eight
months, leaving her through jealousy. He
called to see her on the morning Of the tragedy
and asked her IL she would live with him, and
she refused. He immediately went out to where
the children we're playing and shot them. He
then tried to shoot his wife and her father,
but was oyerpowered BY the latter and kept in
the houte TIL the Sheriff came and took him
70 prison.
The extensive nickel works of j. Wharton,
Of North Camden, n. j., suspends operations.
The alleged cause is inability to compete with
foreign manufactures.
At Hartwellville, Mass, while Fred. WI
1isms and Marshall Mason were looking at an
engine, the boiler exploded and they we're in
stantly killed.
Lillian Spencer WAS accidently shot and
severely injured BY one of her company at the
Academy of Music, Rochester, N. T., one
might recently. -
The viii of Edward Clark, Of Otsego Coun-
tgs new 1OIh, Ucqucaeib W uic AACIe vA,ocoi
900. There Is considerabie Of the property in
New York City and elsewhere, including the
Fernleigh mansion and thirty-fve acres of
land in the village OF Fernleigh, on the Sus-
quehanna- He also bequeaths $50. 600 to the
general fund of Williams College, and requests
his SON, John H., TO have sufficient interest in
the Singer Manufacturing Company As to be
elected Director to watch over and protect the
family interest in that concern.
"A conference of the, sugar refners and Inn
porters Of Boston and vicinity was held re-
Gently. Every house was represented The
meeting was called specially to present the
views Of the trade to members of Congress
who were present, viz, Bowman, Gambler,
Morse, Ranney and Russell, and to agree to
some arrangement for the assessment of
duties on sugar. It was intimsted b. the
Congressmen that the differences among
sugar importers and refners had hitherto
prevented action, and IL plan could be
united upon there was hope Of securing .
material reduction In the tariff
4 party of Buffalo, On. Y.,) capitalists have