The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-04-24

AT Montreal recently fire broke out II
the large tannery of ]. II. Mooney & Co.
when the men in the third story had tc
grope their. way to the stairs, and some
jumped from the windows upon piles of tar
bark and snow banks upon the street. Loss
on plant, building and stock estimated al
$780, 900; insurance, $40, 900.
| ALDERMAN FOWLER was elected Lord
Mayor of London to fill the vacancy caused
| by the death of Lord Mayor Nottage.
DEsERTERs from the Mahdi's army re-
port the rebels have evacuated Berti and
Metemneh, and that the garrisons of those
two places have gone respectively to Der.
| Der and Kbartoum. Members of the Bish-
areens were leaving Osman Digna's coun-
try and taking their families to Berber.
| AT cabinet council, held in London on
the 18th, it was agreed to accept frontier
delimitation in Afghanistan which coded q
portion of the disputed territory to Russia.
Peace was thought assured, as the only
matter to be adjusted was the attack on
Penjdeh, of which conflicting accounts had
been received.
THE Nationalist mob obtained possession
of the streets after the reception of the
Prince and Princess of Wales on the 18th.
The police were attacked and beaten, and
it was not until past midnight that order
was restored. The hospitals were full of
wounded rioters and police.
LORD DUFFERIN, Viceroy of India, was
received in grand style by tn. Maharajah
of Cashmere on the 18th. His reception by
the people was extremely cordial.
THE English Government proposes to
create volunteer reserve corps in India of
$1,000 natives.
PORE Leo was said to be considering the
ACCESSIBILITY of holding the next conclave
outside of Italy.
THE statement of the National banks
made March 10 shows that in three months
the amount of gold certificates held by
these institutions increased over So 900 900.
Treasury officials regard this as al indica-
ton of q purpose to hoard the precious
metal.
THE Car, on the 10th, sent dispatch to
London expressing his earnest hopes for a
peaceful settlement of the Afghanistan diff
ferences.
EDWARDS PIERREPoNT, Secretary of the
American Legation at Rome, died on the
10th. He was left in charge of Ameri-
can affairs in Italy by exMinister Astor
when he returned to this country.
A VARNA telegram states that Russia
has formally notified Turkey that she will
consider Turkish neutrality to imply the
use of force to block the passage of the
Bosphorus and Dardanellss.
Tur Roilro,J ra,cbaJ
Handoub on the 10th.
Mr.. GLADSTONE, in the House of COM
mons on the 10th, denied a number of sem
sational reports which had been published
regarding Afghan affairs. Nothing def
mite as to the boundary line had been ac-
complished, the matter being only in its
verbal phase.
A RECENT telegram from Egypt says:
One hundred and fifty tents were destroyed
by fire at Melig recently and fifty persons
burned to death.
\ BATTLEFoED dispatch OF the 10th,
stated that rumors existed of the capture
of Fort Pitt and massacre of the inhabit-
ants. The Indians were continuing their
work of destroying the property of set
tiers.
GENERAL koMARoFF recently reported
that the Afghans had reoccupied all the
frontier posts and the Russian outposts &C.
cupied their former position. The Ameer
was willing to cede Penjdeh in furtherance
of peace. The place had no vital import
ance.
A LARGE tenement house was burned at
Quebec recently, and three children per-
ished in the flames.
BUSINESS failures for the week ended
April l6, throughout the country were as
follows: United States, 204; Canada, Is;
total, a22, as against 2l2 last week and 23l
the week previous.
THE report of Sir Peter Lumsden regard
ing the affair on the Koosk River says that
Komaroff was aware OF the order not to
make any offensive movements, but that
the officer in command of the Russian de-
tachment disclaimed any knowledge of its
having been issued.
AT a large meeting of Americans in
Paris a committee Of twelve was appointed
to make arrangements for a compliment
tary banquet TO Mr.. Morton, the retiring
United States Minister.
1t was feared that fresh trouble would
arise between the French and Chinese Gov
ernments, in consequence of eE-Premier
Ferry's having tardily instructed Admiral
Courbet not to evacuate the island of For-
moSa.