The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-11-29
A WEEKS NEWS.
Cleaned by Telegraph and Mail
WASHINGTON NOTES.

ACCORDING to the report of the Comp
troller Of the Currency, the highest amount
of the first issue of legal tenders outstand-
ing at any one time was $40, AGA. io2.
Amount outstanding November i, 1888,
S11,473,s55.
ADMIRAL PORTER, in his annual report,
favors the immediate construction of a
large number of swift vessels with power
full guns, and thinks we could build twenty
large ships in two years. Prompt atten-
ton to lake defences he considers of
prime Importance, and sees no reason why
we should not commence to build on the
lake shore two of the heaviest iron clads
with powerful guns and great speed.
SECRETARY TELLER has sustained the
decision of the Commissioner of the Land
Office in refusing permission of certain
citizens of Leadville, Colo, TO bring suit in
the name of the United States TO vacate
the place.
THE Masters of thirty eight State Oranges,
constituting the National Grange, Patrons
of Husbandry, met in Washington City on
the Goth, to remain in session ten days.
Hon. ]. j. Woodman, of Michigan, is Grand
Master.
THE Chinese Minister at Washington re-
Gently addressed note to the Secretary of
State in regard to the trouble between
France and China, in which he said If
France 'insists upon invading the north
ern part of AMMAN, where our troops are
stationed, it will indicate that she is deter
mined to break the friendly tie. and our
troops there cannot remain with folded
arms, but must meet them in the field"
EX-SENATOR GEORGE E. SPENCER, of Ala
bama, was arrested at Austin, New, re-
Gently, on an order of Attorney General
Brewster, for contempt of court in not ap-
pearing in the Star-Route cases. Spencer
denied eluding the officers. He left with
Deputy Marshal for Washington.
THE President has approved the sentence
of dismissal in the case of Medical Inspec-
tor Stephen d. Kennedy, charged with
drunkenness and absence without leave.
THE Secretary of the Treasury has au-
thorized the payment without rebate of
three per cent bonds, embraced in the one
hundred and twenty-second call, maturing
December 1. The amount outstanding is
about S14, 100000.
AT the request of Secretary Teller, the
Attorney General recently sent to the
District Attorney papers to be presented
70 the Grand Jury charging Mrs. Belva
Lockwood, the female attorney and claim
agent, with collecting and retaining moneys
due pensioners.
GENERAL GEORGE P. IHRIE, elected to
Congress from Alaska in 1870, has been re-
quested by numerously signed petitions of
citizens there to represent them at Wash
ington and endeavor to obtain some sort of
civil government for the Territory.
THE number of national banks in opera.
ton on November l was 2,522, the largest
number in operation at any one time.
THE EAST.
The opinio2 prevailed at Buffalo, N. Y,
that the schooner James Wade, from De
troit, October %, with the schooner Fl. F.
Merry, which went ashore near Silver
Greek, had foundered with all on board.
The vessel was loaded with 1900 bushels
of wheat for Buffalo.
GEORGE p. GRAFT, paying teller of the
Wall Street On. W National Bank, has
been indicted by the United States Grand
Jury. The charge against Graft was for
violation of the act of Congress, in certify
ing checks drawn by the firm of Creil,
Ward 6 Co., when they didnot have on de-
posit at the time an amount of money to
the amount specified in the checks, aggre-
eating $4,000.
A LATE fire in the Havermeyer Sugar
Refinery at Jersey City, n. j., damaged
She establishment to the extent of $4,000.
STICKNEY & PooR's four-story brick
spice mill, at Charleston Neck, Mass,
burned recently. Three firemen were seri-
ously injured by falling ROOF. Loss, &c.,
DOC; insurance, So, 900.
WILLIAM C. PHELAN, known in the West
during the war as bounty jumper and in
Philadelphia and Washington as forger
and blackmailer, was recently sentenced,
in Boston, to five years. Imprisonment for
passing counterfeit money. He established
''Bank Note Detector" in Boston, and by
this means obtained from the banks num-
bers of counterfeit notes for description,
and. it was believed, collected and passed
$4,000 in counterfeit money.
PATRICK BRADY, of Weekawin, N. j., a
pronounced burglar, was shot dead recent
ly by New York policeman, who was en-
deavoring to arrest him on a canal boat.
Ar Pittsburgh, Pa, the other day, George
Darrell and Godfrey Brand were arrested
for attempting TO wreck passenger train
on the Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Railroad.
The previous week they had dispute with
Conductor Davidson about fare, and since
then three attempts to wreck his train have
been made.
M1cHELs, FRIEDLANDER & Co., wholesale
dealers in furnishing goods, San Francisco
and New York, made an assignment re-
Gently in favor of creditors. The failure
was due to heavy endorsements for Hen
tein & Co., and s. Lautenbach, New York,
both of which firms recently failed. Liza
bilities $780, 900, of which half is New York
Indebtedness. Friedlander said the assets
are SS50,000, and every one will be paid in
full. The firm stood high, and had been in
existence thirty years.
JOHN CHISHOLM was hanged at Newark,
n. J., for the murder of his wife.
Mrs. MULLEN, an aged woman, was ia
tally injured by locomotive at Erie, Pa,
recently. A few weeks ago her son and sole
support was also killed by locomotive.
liz q late suit of Mary O'Connor against
Samuel ]. Kelley, a Monayunk (Pa.)
manufacturer, to recover damages for per-
sonal injuries, the plaintiff got a verdict of
$4,000. The girl was employed in the de-
PENDANTS mill, and, during fire a year
ago, in the absence of a fire escape jumped
trom the window and was crippled for life.
NEAR Erie, Pa, recently, the house of
James Lavery burned. He rushed in to
save his children and persisted in the
flames. The children were saved.
A VERDICT of $4,000 was given in the