The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-10-23

ADIsAsfRous 6re occurred at fredsrick.
ton, n. B., recently, resulting In the Dc.
struction Of NoErison's sawmill, twelve
adjoining tenement houses and 100000
feet Of lumber. Thirteen families were LETT
homeless. The total loss was 500, 700.
DEMONSTRATIONS In favor Of war were
being held throughout Greece on the 18th.
The army was being rapidly mobilfsed.
Tho King called out the reserves to the
number Of 10000 men.
TEE Spanish expedition from Fernando
Pc, an island ON the West Coast Of Africa,
has entered the Naha River and declared
Spanish sovereignty ON both banks Of the
river.
A DEPLoRABLE state Of anarchy was re-
pottcd prevailing in Peru.
TaE hopes entertained Of the peaceful
settlement Of the Roumelian question have
been shattered by the receipt Of . dis.
patch from Coastantinople, stating tho
conference has formally declared that tho
Porte has disavowed the Bulgaro. Rou.
melian union. Further news was awaited
with considerable anxiety.
An ultimatum has been sent to King
Theebaw, Of Burmah. ordering him to re-
duce the claim against the Bombay Trad.
ing Company, to remove the restrictions
against English traders and accept Brit.
ish resident at Mandelay. Gunboats have
been ordered to Rangoon to await orders
to enforce the Governments demand by a
demonstration at Mandelay.
COUNT Won HATzFELDr has been gazet.
ted as German Ambassador to London to
succeed Count Won Munster, who goes to
Paris in place of Prince Hohenlohe, re.
Gently appointed Governor General of
Alsace- Lorraine.
IT was recently reported that the Sultan
of Zanzibar had coded Dar.Es.Salaam to
the German African Association. OAR
Es-Salaam is seaport, twenty-five miles
south of Zanzibar and has a good harbor.
The statement prepared by the Montreal
Health Department showed $50 persons
died from smallpox during the week
ended October 8. OF these 26S were French
Canadians. The French Canadian popu.
lation of Montreal is about two thirds, and
the figures exhibited are a significant dis
proportion with the deaths of the people of
English descent.
Ar Bombay recently a house fell, killing
sixteen persons and injuring many others.
1t was understood in London that the
sentence of death passed on Louis Riel,
the leader of the half-breed rebellion in
Canada, would be committed to lifelong
servitude.
A RUMOR was current in Athens on the
18th that Prince Alexander, at tho head Of
an army, was marching from Philippopo.
lis toward Adrianople.
A HEAVY earthquake shock was felt in
Palermo, Sicily, on the 18th. The disturb
ance caused a three-story house to fall,
burying its occupants beneath the debris.
Eight corpses were recovered from the
ruins.
THE Liverpool Chamber of Commerce re-
ports to the royal commission that there
has been gradual decline in trade during
the past ten years. The Chamber approves
Of free trade and urges foreign countries
to abandon the bounty system.
A RECENT dispatch says there are at
lenst twenty cases Of smallpox at Mari
nette, Wis.,, the disease having been
brought there by Montreal citizen. Four
deaths had already occurred and many
persons had been exposed.
AS an outcome of the conference at Con.
the Powers have sent note to
Prince Alexander urging him to pacify
and warning him that other
wise he would run the risk of losing the
union. At any event he must recognize
the suzeraiutv of the Sultan
BUSINESS failures for the seven days
ended the 10th were: United States, 139;
Canada, q; total, 1G6; compared with 207
the week previous. Failures were below
the average in all sections of the country.
THE Serviaps were rer orted to have
crossed the Bulgarian frontier near
Charko. They were advancing toward
Sofia uy way of the Dragoman pass.
King Milan was in command. A panic
prevailed at Sofia.
FIVE Cinnamon were killed the other
lay in shaft at the Wellington Colliery,
near Victoria, B. c. They were descend.
Jug, when a car on top of the shaft rolled
Down and crushed them to death. Three
others in the cage escaped.
a MASS for the cessation of the small.
oox epidemic WIS celebrated by the Roman
Catholic Bishop in Notre Dame Church,
on the 10th.
L. CARLEY. of Montreal, large dry
goods dealer, has sued the Bradstreet
Commercial Agency for 100000 damages
'or injuring his credit by giving out false
in regard to his financial con.
iition.