The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-03-30

TIE Marx Lave Express, in its issue OF the
; 10Th, reported the British and foreign
: grain trade rs stagnant and uuimproved
, TIE commission clause in tho British
Funds Conversion bill has been adopted In
! the British House Of Commons by vote Of
! 249 to liz. THIS division carries the
J scheme.
A DISPATCH from Vienna Of the 2lst SAYS;
, The Ice In the Danube is breaking up.
There il an enormous inundation In Gal.
icia and Hungary. In the LemberR distric,
many villages have been ruined. Two
hundred houses have been wrecked at
Ssottmar. Some Of the streets Of Buda are
submerged.
The vacant Knighthood Of TIE Garter
has been conferred upon the Marquis of
Londonderry, the Lord Lieutenant Of Ire.
land.
COLONEL GONZALES, with q
force under his command, had battle with
band Of Yaqui Indians in the Latuio
mountains. Mexico, recently, in which two
Indians were killed and several wounded.
On the same day at point called Aqua de
Los Burros, the same officer encountered
another band OF Indians and had quite q
fight, In which he succeeded in routing
them.
REPoRrs are being received Of great SUI.
fering among the people in the rural dis
tricts Of Spain owing to the severe wealth
er. Many peasants persisted in the snow,
and cattle ana sheep were lost in the drifts.
Thaws have caused serious floods in the
Ebro. Douro and Tagus valleys.
MARoNI Bros, builders and contractors,
Il - Al. R~.l-
were 22,OOO,OOO.
tated at being placed on the retired list
| will commence an active POLITICAL campaign
| against the French Government.
ADvICEs from Bagdad say that the Ham.
avend nomadics have raided the dis
trict around that city, burning and pillag-
ing several villages and numbering many
Kurdish peasants. The Porte has dis.
patched lsmail Pasha to the scene OF
trouble.
The British House Of Commons rejected
Parnelps Arrears of Rent bill by vote of
S2S to 24a
A SHOCKING loss Of life occurred at the
destruction by fire of a theater at Oporto,
Portugal, recently. Eighty bodies were
taken from the ruins the following day and
more were expected to be found.
ADvICEs from Rangoon say that the town
Of Myingyan, an important military post in
Upper Burmah, has been destroyed by fire.
Thousands OF persons were left without
homes, and an immense quantity of grain,
hides and other property was destroyed.
IT was thought that the victims by the
recent theater fire At Oporto numbered at
least one hundred and twenty. 1t was
believed that some English and American
visitors persisted in the disaster.
A LOCAL branch of the National League
in Dublin has passed a resolution condemn.
ing Mayor Hewitt Of New York for refusing
to allow the Irish flag to be hoisted over
the City Hall on st. Patrick's day, and de-
claring that such refusal was an insult to
the Irish race throughout the world.
ALL the countries represented at the
recent sugar bounties conference. with the
exception Of France, having sent replies to
the British Government favorable to the
abolition Of sugar bountles.
TIE Moscow Gazette in an article discuss
ing the subject Of imminent international
combinations, again urges the necessity
OF England joining Russia and France.
The Inhabitants Of Padas have revolted |
against the British Borneo Company, und !
have murdered four policemen and burned |
the town Of Batu. They also attempted to |
destroy Mambakuk, but were prevented by |
the interference Of the British man-o f-war |
Rambler. The company recently acquired |
Padaa, and the Inhabitants have since been |
discontented.
A SPECIAL freight train going south and |
freight train going north collided few
miles south Of Gravehurst, Ont, recently. |
Five men were instantly killed and three
seriously injured.
THE Ir7sh Times says: 1.-THE Government
meditates introducing bill in the House of
Commons erasing arrears of rent the
measure to be antedated two years.
Estates on which the plan of campaign was
adopted will be specially exempted from the
benefit of the act Tenants will be sub
jected to simple bankruptcy for the legal
moiety Of their arrears. Other creditors
will share equally with landlords
AN imperial decree has been issued au-
Crown Prince William to repre-
sent the Emperor in the transaction Of
official business in the event OF Emperor
Frederick's inability.
THE switchmen on the Burlington sys-
tenn struck at midnight on the I'D and the
road was again tied up. The reason al
legged was that their lives were placed in
jeopardy by the inexperienced engineers
employed by the company.
BUSINESS failures (DaI's rcport) for the
seven days ended March % numbered for
the United States, 2l2; Canada, 81; total.
s43, compared with DDS the previous week
and 25J the corresponding week of last
year.
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