The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-04-30
GENERA

OwING to family pressure, Ludwig, King
Of Bavaria, has stopped the building of pal
aces and is retrenching in every way. He
will pay his debts in yearly installments Of
955O,OOO.
A DISPATCH from Mandalay says that
April 20, being the Burmese New Year, fifty
followers of the Myingzaing prince set fire
to the city in several places. Hundreds Of
houses were burned, and the treasury, post
Office and the smaller buildings within the
palace enclosure were destroyed, and one
third of the walled city has been ruined.
A DISPATCH from Mandalay Of the 21st
states there has been more fighting and a
serious defeat of the British troops near tho
Burmese capital.
The Land Development Association Qim-
ited) of London, has failed with 500, 600 liza.
bilities.
LORD ORMATHwAITHE, owning property
near Listowel, County Kerry, Ireland, has
been boycottsd.
A NUMBER Of workmen were buried last
fall by land slide at the quarries near
Boulogne, France. It was thought all per-
ished at the time, but recent investigations
show that the unfortunate men were en-
tombed alive and that they lived upon the
bodies Of one another until all finally died
of starvation
ANOTHER wolf-bitten Russian, under
treatment by Pasteur, has died in Paris of
hydrophobia.
THE French Chamber of Deputies, by a
vote of $50 to Isl, adopted the Exhibition
bill without the proposed amendment re-
quiring exhibitors to pay for their space,
and excluding foreign labor and material.
AN ultimatum was dispatched to Greece
on the 2lst intimating that the Powers
were in perfect accord in fixing a limit to
the time within which Greece must dis
arm, and that otherwise serious steps would
be taken to enforce their demands.
ONLY $500 was raised by the newspapers
of Vienna for the Strv sufferers by the re-
cent great fire. The damage at that place
aggregated saa,5OO,OOO.
A TOWN hall in Cornwall, England, was
destroyed by fire recently, and two pris-
oners confined in the jail were burned to
death.
The directors of the Pacific Mail Steam
ship Company have decided to pass the
next dividend, as the net earnings for the
quoi chucu <hdICu 81 "ciS OuIy IuIcC>
fourths Of per cent.
HAYES wharf, in Tooley street, London,
was destroyed by fire ON the 2lst The
losses were very heavy.
ALL the employees of Lord Ormthwaite's
estates in Ireland have Joined the boycott
against him and quit work.
The Liverpool court of inquiry into the
loss of the steamship Oregon has decided
in favor Of the owners and officers of the
vessel in all questions submitted.
THE American Consul-General at Bres
lau, Germany, reports that hereafter a
rigid inspection of all emigrants to the
United States will be made in Silesia, to
prevent the emigration of paupers to
America.
DYNAMITE was exploded on the altar Of
the San Luis Church at Madrid, Spain, on
Good Friday, being concealed in one of the
enormous candles The explosion occurred
before the congregation arrived and there
fore no lives were lost, but the edifice was
much damaged.
BUSINESS failures for the seven days
ended April % numbered for United States,
1863; Canada, %; total 1914, compared with
q total of 1S2 the week previous.