The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-01-27
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TEE Pope lately received several irish
Bishops and priesta, whom he questioned
concerning the condition OF ireland. After
hearing their replies the Pope exhorted
them to use their influence to restore quiet
ness and respect for the law in ireland, and
told them that the Irish people could not
obtain what they asked by violence.
SEVERAL Italian officers were In Berlin
recently consulting with the German mill
tary officers. 1t was reported that their
mission was In connection with Italy's un-
dertaking to send tx, COO troops to Galicis
in event OF war.
SALKRI, o bull fighter, was killed in
Pueblo, Mex, recently. He was vaulting
over q bull in the arena when his pole
slipped and he fell on the horns Of the in
furiated animal.
FIRE at Thompson's auction rooms, Mont
real, on the 18th destroyed sl5O,OOO worth
Of property.
PREMIER TrRARp, Of France, declares the
deficit Of 5000. OOO francs is caused by the
bounty paid to sugar refiners.
The steamer Toronto. Captain Bouchett,
from Portland, January for Liverpool,
arrived in the Mersey on the 18th. She re-
ported that during fog of Skerrier, Ire
land, she collided with and sank the Nor
wegian bark Freidas, Captain Larsen, from
Liverpool for Savannah, and that thirteen
Of the bark's crew were drowned. Only
on man was saved.
The Bulletin, of the American Iron and
Steel Association, says the total projuc-
ton Of pig iron in the United States in 1857
was 6,4l7,14S gross tons, and was much the
Il. to- kn h, IF ho .ho
next largest production was in 1856, when
5.GS3.3 29 gross tons were produced. Only
3Ol,4 A gross tons remained unsold in the
hands OF the makers or their agents at the
close Of December last.
THE trial of Cunningham Graham, men,
Der OF Parliament for Lanarkshire, and
Burns, the Socialist leader, for participa-
ton in the riots near Trafalgar square.
London. ended January IS, when the pris-
oners were declared not guilty OF the
charges of rioting and of assault, but
guilty OF the charge Of taking part in an
unlawful assemblage and both were SEN
fenced to SIX weeks Imprisonment without
hard labor.
ROBERT ORME, a farmer living near
Lucan, Ont, was murdered and robbed by
unknown highwaymen recently.
The new Manitoba Ministry headed by
Greenway took the oath of Office on tho
18th.
TIE first Of a new line of vessels to carry
petroleum alone from the United States to
Europe has been launched at Greenock,
Scotland.
The troubles among the miners in Bel
GUM are being renewed, hundreds striking
without notice.
The Crown Prince of Germany is con-
fined to his rooms at San Reno by cold.
FATHER RYAN, on his release from i'm
prlsonment at Limerick. was received with
immense enthusiasm. His speech was bel
ligerent, spiritually and temporarily.
A CONVOY of prisoners while being taken
from South Russia to the Caucasus recently
mutinied and attacked the engine driver.
The train was stopped and a desperate
fight ensued in which eight soldiers, two
genIarmes and thirty-one prisoners were
killed. Twenty-one prisoners escaped.
A CRISIS between France and Italy was
reported existing on the 10Th. The French
Consul at Florence had placed his Official
seal on certain Russian documents which
the local authorities claimed they had a
right TO open. Paris newspapers demanded
an apology for the alleged Insult.
s. c. KANADAY 4 Co., lumber dealers of
Toronto, Ont, have failed with $4,000 LA
bil,,ies.
POLISH landowners are in despair over
the rapid depreciation in the value of their
estates. They complain that the Govern
ment avoids buying army supplies in PO-
land, preferring to buy elsewhere at Gu
HANGED prices.
FOURTEEN Cinnamon were drowned re-
Gently by their boat upsetting while they
were trying to smuggle themselves into
this country from British Columbia.
The sanitary condition OF the Russian
troops massed along the Galician borders
is reported to be bad, principally from
typhus fever. Much privation existed from
the cold weather.
Four thousand workmen were engulfed
recently while constructing breakwater
on the Hoang Ho, China. caused by n sud
den rush Of water. Only few escaped.
BUSINESS failures for the seven days
ended January 10 numbered for the United
States, 21S: Canada, s.: total, 3l6, conf
pared with 2SS the previous week and 3O1
the corresponding week of last year.
THE Tri6una, of Rome. announces that
the Florence incident has been settled.
The Italian prae:or will be reduced to tho
fourth grade and the French Consul will be
reproved by his Government.
THE Did. OF Madrid, asserts that the Unit
ed States Government claims heavy COM
pensation from Spain for the alleged i'll
treatment Of DR.. Nadal by the authorities
in Porto Rico.