The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-12-07

TIE British ship Douglas, Captain Belts,
from Martins Island June %, for Ham.
burg, has foundered of the Island Of Tex.
el, in the North Sea. Two Of the crew
were drowned.
HENRY GEORGE lectured in London on
the 9th. He said that the grasping for
land in America was rapidly making that
country similar to England. He wanted
to utterly abolish lsndlordisT.
The village Of Vaubecourt, near Nancy,
France, has been totally destroyed by fire.
Thousands Of persons were without shell.
ter.
The report that a second Papal rescript
had been sent to the Irish Bishops is con.
fImed.
A LIFEBoAr was upset of Whitby, En-.
gland, during the recent gales and twelve
persons were drowned.
JOHN BRIGHT, the noted English states.
man who has been critically i'll recently,
was reported better.
IT is feared that nine fishermen have
starved to death OFF the Donegal coast,
Ireland, the recent heavy weather having
prevented their return to the mainland.
BARON HIRscH, Of Vienna, has made .
donation Of S.. OOO. 900 for schools for Jews
in Galicia and Bukovina.
The report that lifeboat had been up.
set off Whitby. Eng, and twelve persons
drowned proves to be untrue, the boat
having reached shore in safety.
CoUNr BENoMAR, late Spanish Minister
to Germany, is to be called to strict &C.
count for his actions after his recall.
IT is reported that the Russion Govern.
ment has decided upon another great loan.
THE Italian Senate has rejected the bill
for the extension Of political suffrage to
women.
THIRrY-FTvK foreign Jews who failed to
leave Kieff, Russia. after the general edict
of expulsion, have been arrested. Tho
charge against them was that they demor-
allied the townspeople.
The prescription ware and flint bottle
manufacturers are working to get up q
syndicate or pool similar to that Of the
window glass manufacturers.
The high price of butter is rumored in
certain quarters to be due to a combine to
force the sale of oleomargarine.
NEWSPAPERS in the Cuban sugar dis
tricts report that the prevailing drought is
injuring the cane. The anticipated crop,
it is expected, under the circumstances
will be decreased considerably.
The steamer Nova Scotian reported q
stormy passage from Liverpool to Halifax.
THE Canadian Parliament will meet
January 81 next.
THE British House of Commons has
passed the Ashbourne Extension act by q
vote of 202 to 14l.
The French steamship Panama reports
an unknown vessel lost one hundred miles
off the Delaware coast during the recent
gales.
AFTER a conference with Cardinal Ram.
polla and the Russian envoy, the Pope
proposes to establish diplomatic relations
with Russia, a Russian Minister being
sent to the Vatican, but no Nuncio to St
Petersburg.
AT a recent council meeting Of the Brit
ish Medical Society resolution was passed
deprecating the publication Of the de.
tails of the late Emperor Frederick's sick
ness as violation Of professional conf
dence. In consequence OF this resolution
Sir Morell Mackenzie sent in his resigna-
ton.
w. E. OWENS, the well known horse
trainer, died at Toronto, Ont. recently OF
inflammation of the lungs. His name was
familiar on every race course in America.
r. G. DAVIS, member Of the British Par
Lament for Remington, London, has been
arrested for administration of his
uncle's estate.
THE strike of the coal miners in various
districts of Belgium has ended.
The Russian Government is about to
create a department Of railways to fix tar
ifs and classify freights.
THE prosecution of Deputy Numa Gilly
for libelling members Of the French Budget
Committee has been authorized by a com.
mittee of the Chamber of Deputies.
IT is said that the Emperor Frederick's
original diary is in the possession of Queen
Victoria.
THE Spanish Cortes was opened on the
Both by Premier Sagasta. There was no
speech from the throne.
IT is rumored in Berlin that the New
Guinea Company has offered to sell its
territory to the German Government
for 1900. 900 marks.
BUSINESS failures Dun's report) for the
seven days ended November 90 numbered
23a. compared with 296 the previous week
and IA the corresponding week last year.
JAY GOULD recently endeavored to in
duce President Cable, of the Rock Island,
to enter the railroad trust which he was
forming. Mr.. Cable said he was afraid
the trust would fail of the object intended
and possibly might provoke another out
burst of animosity against the roads. He,
however, promised to give tie matter
further consideration.