The Iola register., 1885-02-20

unsold january 1, 1885, 6ss,ooo tcnss
against 5ss, 600 tons January 1, 1884.
IT was understood that orders had been
| given for the dispatch Of ten thousand
English troops for the Soudan.
| TIE French Government denied that q
| mutiny occurred aboard any vessel in the
French fleet at Metson, and that Admiral
! Courbet had twelve mutineers shot.
/ The Spanish Government forbade the
holding of banquets and other manifes-
tations on the 11th inst, in celebration of
the anniversary of the Republic of 1872.
1 DIR. NACHTIGALL, the German Special
Commissioner, on October 2S placed Beth
any, West Africa, under German protec-
ton.
CANON FARRAR will visit the United
States next autumn.
| THE Berlin Socialist journals, WanchRer
Ertrablat and RdE=er Post, have been
seized and their publication prohibited.
AMERICAN capitalists at Montreal were
arranging for the formation of an abattoir
company with a capital of $l,0G0,O00, for
the slaughter of American hogs in Canada,
and thus avoid German prohibition.
| COLONEL WILSON'S party, recently
stranded in the Nile after its retreat from
khartoum, was successfully rescued by an
expedition under Lord Charles Beresford.
THE Reichstag at Berlin discussed the
Custom Tariff bill. Bismarck spoke in
favor Of the measure, stating that the pro-
posed tax on timber was intended for the
protection of German forests and in the
interest of forestry.
| CARDINAL MCCADE died at Kingston,
| Ireland, on the 10th, OF inflammation of the
| bowels.
Tue murderer OF the Vicar General of
| Gibraltar was madman.
| Two feet of snow fell at Quebec on the
! 10th.
DURING ball recently OF the town of
| Witkowitz III Bohemia, dynamite cart
ridge was exploded in the basement of the
| building. The staircase was demolished,
and several persons injured, but no one
was killed.
THIRTEEN men were killed in a coal mine
explosion at Westville, Nova Scotia, on the
10th. Seven others were injured, some
| badly. The explosion was caused by
striking pocket of gas.
THE Chinese Government intends to
make a claim for indemnity on behalf of
the Chinese expelled recently from Eureka,
Cal
TIE Amalgamated Association of Iron
Workers has issued circular TO members
asking for an expression of views on ten
por cent. reduction of the scale for the
coming year.
MARTIAL law was proclaimed in Panama
on the 1lth. The Assembly sits with
closed doors. Communication with the in
terror is interrupted. President Villa will
shortly assume command of the National
troops to deal with the iusurrec;ionists.
DeLesseps declares the canal success.
A DESPERATE battle was fought near
Dulka Island between General Earle's
forces and the Arabs. In bayonet charge
which Earle was leading, at the moment
of victory, he was shot dead. The COM
mand then fell upon General Brackenbury,
who ordered the remaining positions to be
stormed, which was successfully accom-
plished, the Arabs being driven into the
Nile. In addition TO the loss of General
Earle the English lost three officers and
eight men killed and thirty-five wounded
TIE bark ''Crinna, !" from New York Jam
uary Il for Antwrep. has been passed at
sea dismasted, abandoned and on fire.
GENERAL WoLsELEY, in a telegram to
the English Government, dated korti,
February l., stated that no reliable reports
had been received of Gordon's fate. The
reports had been based entirely on rumors.
THE Swiss police report that two thou
sand Anarchists reside in Switzerland, and
| they are chiefly Of foreign birth.
EVA MACKET. daughter of John W.
Maclley, the California millionaire, was
married to Prince Colonna, at Paris, on the
18th.
THE failures throughout the country for
the week ended February u numbered:
United States. 2a9; Canada, 81; total, go;
as compared with a total of 3i6 last week;
345 the previous. The large decrease is
probably more apparent than real, as rail-
road and telegraphic communication in the
West and Northwest were SO interrupted
that doubtless many failures in remote cor
ners were not reported.
THE Holland Government was reported
negotiating with the American State De-
partnnent for the reduction Of duties on
sugar imported in the United States.
COMMITTEES representing the National
Protective Tariff League and the American
Protective Tariff Association have decided
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