The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-05-22

THb latest advtces from iceland show
the first reports. Of the April avalanche
were not exaggerated. Fifteen dwellings
with their inhabitants were swept into the
sea, and twenty persons were thul
drowned. The avalanche destroyed fifty
fishing boats.
A RECENT dispatch from Batouche re-
ports all the buildings except the church
and school house destroyed by Middleton's
artillery fire. The half-breed women and
children who had sought refuge in those
buildings had been notified to leave az
those buildings would also be destroyed.
THE Sultan of Zanzibar has protested
against German encroachments upon his
territory and has appealed to the treaty
powers in regard to the matter.
| COLONEL FRANCIS DEWINToN has been
] appointed Governor of the Congo State, and
not Henry NJ. Stanley as previously stated.
Colonel DeWinton will return to Europe in
1856, when Jansens win become the resi-
dent Governor of the Congo State.
| GENERAL MIDDLETON captured Batouche
on the 18th. The rebels were driven out OF
the rifle pits at the point of the bayonet.
| A REDUCED copy of the Bartholdi statue
of Liberty Enlightening the World was
formally presented by American residents
of the French capital to the municipality
of Paris on the 18th.
THE total values of the exports of domes-
| tic breadstuffs during the foar months
ended April 30, were S45,0tS,692. During
the ten months ended April 80 exports were
| $3.50, 043.3lS.
A RIOT occurred at Trafalgar Square,
| London, between the police and mob as
| sembled for the purpose of protesting
| against the increased duties on beer and
spirits. The mob drove the police off, but
| the latter returned with reinforcements and
| made many arrests.
Hon. GEORGE H. PENDLEToN, the new
United States Minister to Germany, ar
rived at Berlin on the 18th.
A DISPATCH from st. Petersburg of the
14th says: The basis of the Anglo-Rus-
sian agreement appears to consist in the
abolition of neutral zone in favor of di-
rect boundary between Russia and Afghan
istan. The Russian Government circles
think this will secure lasting peace, the
neutral zone having been constant cause
of discussion.
THE collection duties on cattle imported
into Cuba, which was suspended In Octe.
Der, 1882, will be again enforced after
July l..
IT was believed that the new Irish Crimes
act would abolish the right of search of
domiciles and that of special laws against
newspapers and public meetings.
AT the trial of the London dynamiters
on the Hth, Colonel Majendie, Chief In
spector of Explosives, acknowledged that
was different from those found at the ex-
plosions.
CHEF PoUNDMAKER captured a train of
provisions bound for Battleford. Thirty
one teams and twenty zone Transfers were
captured. Ten Transfers escaped. The
train was within thirteen miles of Battle
ford.
THE municipal authorities of Paris were
urging the Government to grant amnesty
to political prisoners.
SAN SALVADOR has demanded of Guate-
mala an indemnity of $l0,0O0,O0O for the
recent war, and will also insist on the dis
Oh tudb COuHlTN.
WILHELM HUFF, an anarchist, recently
Wrote to the Swiss Government, threaten
ing to blow up the federal palace at Gene
va. He was arrested, and refusing to
answer questions, was conveyed to prison,
where he hanged himself.
FATHER MOULIN, Parish Priest, was asked
as to the loss of the rebels in the fighting at
Batouche. H gave them as fifty lone killed
and 113 wounded.
THE German Reichstag closed its session
on the 18th.
The revised edition of the Old Tesla
ment was issued on the 18th. The Arch
bishop of Canterbury was the first person
to receive copy.
THE business failures for the week ended
May Il, were: United States, 203; Canada,
%; total of $50, as against 24S the week
previous. The casualties were pretty
evenly divided among the different Soc
tions.
A DISPATCH from Shanghai says: Ma
tive officials here received news from
Pekin that negotiations between France
and China for treaty of peace have come
to deadlock, France having made de-
mands which China is unable to concede.
THE British steamer Numidia was in col
lision off Durleston Head, Eng, recently,
with the steamer Messina. Ten of the lat
ter's crew were drowned. The Numidia's
bows We're stove in.