The Iola register., 1888-11-02

IHE lnman line steamer Clty Oh + aris,
sister ship to the City of New York. bulls
by the Messrs. Thompson, OF Clydebank,
was launched on the 23d.
The Berlin Post declares that Russia's
relations with Germany have continued of
an entirely satisfactory nature ever since
the Emperor's recent visit to st Peters,
burg.
In a riot at Moy, Ireland, recently
between Orangemen and Nationalists the
police charged the mobs with bayonets
and several were injured by thrown stones.
SEVERAL thousand miners of Yorkshire,
England, have struck and many more ars
expected to follow. Coal, in consequence,
has advanced from thirty to forty per cent.
in price.
The Neueste Ndchnchten publishes .
sensational article in relation to Wurtem-
burg court scandals. 1t denounces the
favoritism shown by the King of Wurtem-
burg to three Americans. who, it says, By
means of spiritualism, have gained an
enormous influence over the invalid
monarch, which they are using for black
mailing purposes.
TIE Swiss Socialists are circulating q
petition for q revision of the Federal Con-
stitution.
1HE peOpl6 OI tlCtOTid, d. S.> udNo en-
tered complaint with the Canadian De-
partment of State Of poor mail service be-
tween Victoria and San Francisco.
DISPATCHES from Wady Halfa state that
the White Pasha with q large force is still
in the Bahr-el-Gazelle, and that troops
from Omdurman are marching to oppose
him.
TEN cases Of smallpox have been re-
4 s.~k H.
northern part of York County, Ont. The
place has been quarantined.
TIE colliery owners Of Lancashire, Eng,
have begun to yield to the demands of
their men.
IT is stated that the three Americans by
whom the King of Wurtemburg has re.
Gently been greatly influenced are Jesuits
and that the King has become a Catholic,
the ceremony Of baptism having been per-
formed secretly.
NJ. DE GIERs, the Russian Foreign Minis
ter, celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of
his entrance into public life on the e5th, at
st. Petersburg.
Two beautiful daughters of a game
keeper have been found in q forest near
Leskau, Moravia. The breasts of one of
the girls was severed, while the other
was pinned to the ground with a spike
driven through the abdomen. The motive
of the crime was supposed to have been
jealousy.
A CLUB house in Moscow, Russia, col
lapsed the other day, and a large number
of inmates perished beneath the ruins.
Sixteen dead bodies were recovered.
Much resentment was reported as being
felt in Servia against King Milan, who
had obtained a divorce from Queen
Natalie. 1t was thought the ex-Queen
would be a guest of the Czarina at st.
Petersburg.
THE o-Chinese commercial conven-
tion passed its first reading in the French
Chamber of Deputies without debate.
GERMAN courts have declared illegal the
embargo on DIR. Mackenzie's book. 1t was
said the Emperor himself was in favor Of
the book circulating in Germany.
FIRE in Chatham, Ont, the other morn
ing destroyed a planning mill and car
riage and harness shop, causing S62, 900
loss.
The Emperor of Germany sent a per-
sonal telegram to NJ. de Giers, the Russian
Minister, congratulating him on the fif-
tieth anniversary Of his entry into public
life.
HoHNBuRG, the retired German officer
who was arrested at Nice while mailing a
Lebel cartridge on the charge of being a
spy, has been sentenced to imprisonment
for five years and the payment of fine of
81 900, and he will not be allowed to stop
in France for ten years from the expira-
tion of his sentence.
BUSINESS failures Dun's report) for
the seven days ended October % numbered
254, as against 224 the previous week and
sl6 the corresponding week last year.
The schooner Caldwell, of New York, is
reported lost in the Caribbean sea, with
probably the loss of nineteen lives.
IT is stated that several lines of Amer
ican goods have been boycotted i'm China,
petroleum and flour being the principal
articles. The Chinese Times contains a
letter from Pekin officials threatening re-
taliation for the passage of the Exclusion
act.
THE new English salt trust has put the
price of common salt from GO cents to -. 25
per ton and lump from 500 to S3.15.
THE Babylonian exploring expedition of
the University of Pennsylvania, which
left Philadelphia last summer, has been
wrecked in the Grecian Archipelago. None
of the scientists were lost or hurt.
THE Russian papers denounce the di-
vorce procured by King Milan, of Servia,
as illegal, and all uphold Queen Natalie's
protests.
THE LATEST.
CLEARING house returns for week ended
October - showed an average increase of
10, compared with the corresponding
week of last year. In New York the in
crease was 5.4.
REPORTS of illegal registration at New
York were supplemented by few arrests.
Justice Welde held William Z. Coulter a
car driver, in 5000 bail for registering
twice. Michael Duane was held on the
same charge. He had only lived nine days
in the place from which he registered.
THE Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific rail-
way has been completed to Colorado
Springs. The event was celebrated by
grand banquet.
SEVENTEEN thousand were said to be in
line at the business mems parade at New
York on the 9th, which was reviewed by
President Cleveland. The demonstration
was greatly marred by a drenching rain.
The German Admiral has re-established
a naval garrison at Baggymio, Zanzibar.
Three German messengers sent to the
Mpwepta settlers have been murdered on
the coast.
A CoSSACK has been arrested near Tifiis, |
Russia. He has disguised as an officer and |
had bombs and poison on his person. He |
was awaiting the arrival of the Cars |
tram when arrested.
The Faraday carbon works and an axle |
factory at Pittsburgh, Pa, were de- |
stroyed by fire the other night. Loss,
SO, 900.
THE schooner Makah, Of Astoria, Ore,
was wrecked near the entrance to Tilla-
nook bay recently. As the hull of the
vessel was bottom side up and no signs of
life Were visible, it was supposed that all