The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-08-17

tween Germany, Turkey, Italy and Hun.
gary will soon Be begun: also that the
meeting between II. De Giers, the Russian
Minister Of Foreign Affairs, and Prince
Bismarck will lead to the holding Of q
congress at Berlin, confined exclusively tc
settling the Bulgarian difficulty.
RAIN was reported falling in torrents In
Germany. Terrible damage has been done
to crops, and many head of cattle have
been lost at Konigsberg, Elbing and gan.
The Mexican Gable Company is making
arrangements to lay new cable because
of the increased business:
The latest reports from all parts of On.
taria, Can, are that rains have saved all
the crops but wheat, and the yields will be
above the average In quantity aud quality.
The cardroom workers In the wooden
mills at Blackburn, Eng, propose to strike
unless granted 10 per cent. advance In
wages. This will throw 5000 persons out
of work.
ALL the flint glass factories of the coun-
try are expected to resume work. Trade
In reported good and lively season is ex.
peeted.
TYPHOID fever in violent form has broken
out in the Carmellite convent at Hoche-
laga, near Montreal, and all the postulants
have been sAnt home to their parents.
AT q luncheon in Paris recently to n.
Viette, Minister OF Agriculture, the prohi-
bition Of the importation of American
meat was referred to by r. Land, when NJ.
Viette declared himself In favor of reci-
procity between France and America. He
said that America, by raising her tariff,
had forced France into the paths of pro.
lection.
STEPS are being taken in Canada to stop
the importation of pauper Italians.
The Emperor of Brazil sailed from Lis.
bon for Rio de Janeiro on the sth.
The bill providing for a commission to
inquire into the charges made by the Times
against Mr.. Parnell and other members Of
Parliament, passed its third reading i'm the
House Of Commons on the Sth by a vote Of
1SO to 81.
RIOTOUs crowds assembled at the funeral
Of General Endes, the Communist, who
dropped dead recently in Paris. Fifteen
persons were wounded and twenty five
arrests were made.
AT Birmingham, Eng, on the Sth, Tenn.
pie, of Chicago, won the half mile and ten.
mile bicycle championship races, defeating
the best English bicyclists and several
Americans.
The English High Court Of Foresters
reconsidered its action touching American
courts and has decided to readmit all those
courts which apply for admission, on con-
dition that their action meet the approval
Of the next high court.
A REVOLT broke out the other day
among the convicts in the prison at Hlava,
Hungary. The director of the prison,
against whom the conspiracy was aimed,
was mortally wounded and several assist
ants were badly injured.
THE North German Gazette blames
France for the present tension between
Italy and France regarding Massowah.
IT Is authOritatively stated that the
United States Express has acquired an ex-
elusive express contract for a long term
of years with the Chattanooga, Rome &
Columbus railroad. The acquisition opens
to the company an extremely valuable
from Chattanooga to Tallahassee,
Fla.
ADvICEs from Honolulu say that on July
"a by vote of Is to 10 the Legislative As
sembly Of Hawaii passed a Military bill
over the Kings veto. By this bill the
naval establishment is abolished and the
army reduced to sixty-fiv men exclusive
of the military band.
To avoid any possible complications
arising from their marriage in New York,
the Duke of Marlborough and his wife
went through the ceremony recently at
the London registry.
By treaty with the Sultan of Zanzibar
Italy has acquired vast tract of land on
the east coast of Africa.
BUSINESS failures (Dun's report) for the
seven days ended August . numbered for
the United States, 205; Canada. %: total.
sssS; compared with PIG the previous week
and 1SO the corresponding week of last
year.
THE strike of the navvies in Paris has
ended, the men accepting the terms Of
fered by their employers.
Ar least fourteen lives have been lost a.
= result Of tho floods in Germany.