The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-08-24

TN latest reports from Haselton, n. ".
r. are that the hostile Indians are keep.
inr rather quiet and no massacre 10 now
expected.
4 pIsPArcn from Port-au-P Prince, Hayti,
savs that the revolution has been success.
full, and that the Government has been
overthrow. The President took refuge on
an English frigate.
GENERAL BOULAxGER's arrival At
Amiens on the 18th resulted in several
conflicts between rival political parties.
During the fighting several persons were
wounded and q number Of arrests were
made.
Two thousand mill hands at Blackburn,
Eng, have gone on a strike for ten per
cent. advance in wages.
The Spanish Government is trying to
inSuce the United States Government to
reduce or abandon altogether its claim for
indemnity of $1,000, 600, which Signor
Moret granted to American citizens on &C.
count of losses during the Cuban war.
A CRISIS is said to exist in Turkey between
the Sultan and his Ministers, due to the
refusal of the Sultan to sanction the Grand
Vizier's proposal to borrow 6. SOC, 900 from
Turkish banks, which amount was de-
manded by the Ministers Of War and Of
Marine to purchase goods and to pay
soldiers and seamen's wages, which are
long over due.
Ar a great Liberal demonstration at
Toronto, Ont, recently the speakers de-
nounced the financial policy of the Cana.
dian Government and advocated recipro.
city with the United States.
IT was reported in London that the
Times would demand the dismissal Of
Parnell's suit in the Scotch courts on the
ground that it owns no property and its
proprietors do not reside in Scotland.
The Turkish Government forbade all
displays in honor of the opening Of the
through line from Constantinople to Paris.
TIE worlds convention of Y. NJ. c. A.
opened at Stockholm, Sweden, on tho
18th. The officers reported an astonish.
ing growth of the association.
A DISPATCH from Rome of the 10th says:
The Pope continues unwell. The utmost
secresy prevails regarding his condition.
ADvIcEs from Suakim indicate that the
''White Pasha" is really Stanley, who had
gathered an immense host of natives
sworn to capture Khartoum.
The steamships Geiser and Thingvalla,
of the Thingvalla steamship line. were in
collision of Sable Island on the morning
of the 18th. The Geiser sank almost inn
mediately after the collision. A number
of the passengers and crew were picked up
by boats from the Thingvalla, but over one
hundred persisted. The Geiser was on its
way from New York to Stettin, the Thing
valla going in the opposite direction. A
heavy fog prevailed at the time. and the re.
sponsibility for the disaster was unknown.
REPORTS to the Nesc England Homestead
from 134 correspondents, covering the fruit
growing regions Of New England, New
York and Michigan, show an enormous
yield Of grapes in all sections, a remark
ably short crop of pears of all varieties, q
full crop Of peaches in Delaware, Michigan
and other sections.
vile on the 10th and went to the cemetery
the tomb Of Admiral Courbet. He was ac-
at the entrance to the cemetery would not
allow them to 60 in with the General and
he was compelled to enter alone. Upon
leaving the cemetery he addressed the
crowd which had gathered. A row fol.
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rioters.
The business portion of the town of Cay
enne, French Guiana, has been destroyed
by fire. Loss, 5000 900.
The Governor of Queensland, in opening
Parliament recently, announced that he
would support the Canadian Pacific cable.
The Sultan of Morocco recently lost a
detachment of 200 soldiers, who were am
pushed by rebels. The Sultan had pre-
viously treacherously murdered a deputa-
ton sent by the rebels to treat with him.
The wheelhouse of the powder mill at
Windsor. Province of Quebec. Can, was
blown up the other day and two men
killed.
THE strike of the navvies of Paris has
collapsed for lack of funds.
The business failures (Dun's report)
for the seven DAYS ended August 16 mum.
bered for the United States, 1s7; Canada,
%; total, 219; compared with 233 the pre-.
vious week and 1G1 the corresponding
week of last year.
EMPEROR WILLIAMS recent warlike
speech at Frankfort caused depression on
the European bourses. German newspa.
pe-s of all shades Of opinion expressed ap.
prevail of the speech.
A TERRIFIC hurricane has occurred in
Upper Austria. Seventy houses are re-
ported to have been struck by lightning,
killing a woman and two children in the
Ischl district. An immense amount OF
damage to crops was inflicted.