The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-09-28

negroes upon the whites. The white
farmers had their wives and children In
cotton-gin houses, and were holding guard
over them. Hundreds Of farmers had pur.
chased arms and ammunition, and the
negroes, 1t was reported, had received
Winchester rifles BY express. The trouble
was said to have been brought about BY q
few disrcputable negroes, who had been
making speeches and stirring up their race.
to acts of violence, and that the better
class Of negroes were in as much fear as
the whites. tE
The Maryland Democratic State Conven.
ton nominated Robert NJ. McLane, for
Governor; Charles B. Roberts, for Attorney
General, and J. Frank Turner, for Comp
troller.
The New Orleans National Bank having
made arrangements to have money orders
intended for the Louisiana Lottery Com
pany sent to the bank las the Postoffice De
partment had forbidden their being paid to
the lottery company, the Postmaster Gen
eral recently issued an order to the post
master at New Orleans not to hereafter
"deliver to the New Orleans National Bank
any registered letters, nor redeem any
money orders payable to it, but deal with
the same as directed by the Department
November ID, 1879. This order wtll be re-
voked whenever the bank gives satisfactory
evidence that it has abandoned the above
scheme"
CADET j. r. TUGGLE, of Kentucky, for
hazing, has been dismissed from the Naval
Academy.
THE Sheriff of Cass County, Neb., re-
Gently returned from Texas with B. A. Nc.
Kee, of Geneva, Neb., whom he arrested al
Galveston, Tex, on charge of forgery.
Mckee had been a lawyer and money loan.
ing agent at Geneva for several years.
LARRY RUSSELL, mail carrier between
lockwood and Kings Creek, Tenn, was
recently arrested for robbing the mails.
GENERAL.
O'DoNNELL, the slayer of the informer
Carey, reached London on the 18th, in
charge of officers, and was committed to
Jail. He will be tried in November.
EXTENSIVE preparations are being made
at Rome for the reception of the American
bishops at the vatican, in November.
There will be series of reunions, at which
Cardinal Simons will preside, and at which
questions concerning the influence of the
Catholic Church in America will be dis.
cussed.
THE military commander of Ahace-
Lorraine, has issued a decree proclaiming
that the use of the German language by the
judicial and municipal authorities of Metz
and Thionville shall be compulsory after
the first of January, 1884, as the use of the
French language has been used to excite
agitation for the restoration of Alsace-
Lorraine to France.
CAPTAIN GAssToN, of the bark Britannia,
which was wrecked off the coast of New
Foundland, the 18th, told a story of fearful
suffering. They were on the wreck from
Monday until Tuesday afternoon, during
which time a gale was blowing, and all
hand were compelled to remain on deck,
exposed to the fury of the storm.
They finally took to small raft.
Hardly had the people got on this
when a heavy sea washed off every
soul, and the Captain and eight men were
the only ones who regained it. During the
were washed off in similar manner, leav.
ing only four survivors, who were rescued
by boat from the shore. Thirteen per.
ished, including the wife and four children
of Captain CASTOR. Two of the Captains
children were picked up, but died in a few
moments.
THE largest match manufacturing estab.
lishment in the country recently made
sweeping reduction upon the wholesale
price of matches-over fifty per cent. The
conclusion was that the great match COM
bination had been broken.
The Prime Minister of British Columbia,
in response to toast at an entertainment
given the Willard party at Vancouver, re.
Gently, said the annexation of any part of
British Columbia to the United States was
impossible, but that time would reverse the
case, and see the annexation of part of the
Pacific coast section of the United States
to British Columbia. He predicted disso.
luton Of the Union, because the elements
of population in this country were too
varied, and when it went to pieces British
Columbia would stand ready to receive her
part of the fragments. As he was guest
of the party, his speech was considered i'll
timed.
THE failures throughout the United
States and Canada for the week ended
September 81, were 1sS, compared with 17s
for the previous week.
THE LATEST.
IT has been decided by the Treasury De-
partment that hemlock bark is not dutiable
under the provisions of the Tariff act,
which fixes the rate of duty for extract of
hemlock and other bark used for tanning,
but is free of duty under the provisions of
the free list.
THE President of the New Orleans Nation
al Bank, against whom Postmaster General
Gresham's recent order in relation to the
lottery company's mail matter was directed,
subsequently had an interview with the
Secretary of the Treasury ON the subject.
Secretary Folger told him the question Of
delivery of mail to banks was one over
which he had no direct control, that being
under the jurisdiction of the Postoffice De-
partment-
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