The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-09-07
WASHINGTON NOTES.

1HE movement OF the standard silver
dollars from the different minis and SUBJ
treasures to Washington for storage in
the new large silver vault in the treasury
building has begun. The shipments are
made in lots of 500, 900 day and will con-
tinue until the vault is filled. As it has a
capacity Of 500, 000, 900 in silver dollars, it
will take about six months to fill it at the
rate of shipments decided upon.
THE President has approved the act
giving an increase of pensions in cases of
deafness.
THE President on the 9th vetoed the
City, Iowa.
THE House Committee on Manufactures
has decided to begin the investigation of
the cotton bagging trust If the attendance
OF the necessary witnesses can be secured.
THE President on the 18th went on a fish
ing trip for a few days to the Blue Ridge
ADMIRAL PORTER was recently reported
quite sick.
SENATOR QuAY, chairman Of the National
Republican Committee, has made public a
letter from Charles H. Litchman. general
secretary of the Knights of Labor, in which
he argues at great length in favor of pro-
lection.
The statement of the Commissioner of
Internal Revenue for the month of July
shows that the collections amounted to
Sl0.1.S. 500 63, an increase of S., 299. 20 over
the corresponding period last year.
THE EAST.
recently two men were killed and SOW
eral others seriously injured by the ex-
rlosisn Of a threshing machine engine
boiler south Of Cory, Pa.
Hon. j. g. BLAINE spoke at Lewiston,
Me-, on the 25th on the fisheries question.
denounciIg President Cleveland's recent
move in retaliation.
HENRY GEORGE and William Lloyd Gar
rison advocated the Democratic National
ticket in ratification meeting at New
York on the 9th. The speeches were in
tensely free trade.
solutely rel liable information that Freder-
lick Gebhardt, the well known turfman and
chief Of Mrs. Langtry's admirers, is suffer.
an affection of the brain.
A GRANT union picnic Of the Brotherhood
of Engineers and Firemen was recently
held at Aileguippa near Pittsburgh, Pa.
Over nine thousand tickets were sold.
sauqua, n. Y, closed on the 9th with ad-
dresses by Ex-Governor Cumback, of In
diane, Robert Mcintyre, President Lewis
Miller. and Chancellor Vincent
THE International swimming match be-
tween johnson, of England, and Levy, of
Pittsburgh, was won BY johnson at Coney
Island. Levy was seized with cramps af-
ter making . mile and q half and was
fitted to the flag boat.
Mr. BI A1SH spoke ut Waterville, Me-. on
the 9th to an audience Of 1000. He was
suffering somewhat from hoarseness.
SAILORS Of the bark Gyfie appeared be-
fore the British Consul at New York re-
Gently and accused the captain and mate
of attempting to scuttle the ship.
A FLOAT with eight west-bound cars of
the Penns, ivania road sank in the North
river off New York City the other night.
Nc lives were lost.
NEW YORK Republicans met 1t Saratoga
on the 18th and nominated Hon. Warner
Miller for Governor.
THE boat Charley Wood, belonging to
Wood, Schneider q Co., Of Pittsburgh,
Pa, sank recently near New Orleans. The
boat was valued at $4,000.
THE steamers Lamprey and Eagle. ex.
cursion boats running between Lake Vii.
lage and Weirs to the veterans reunion,
near Laconia. n. H., collided on the 18th
and the latter's bow was terribly smashed.
Two or three persons on the Eagle were
injured, including Mrs. Frank French, of
LAc0nia.
TIE mother and sister Of Hugh N.
Brooks. alias Maxwell, who was recently
hanged in st. Louis for the Prelltr muir.
der, sailed from New York on Il 29th for
E1glapd.