The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-07-06

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C0RPoRAL IRwix TUC44R, company d
Thirteonih United Dtatee Infantry WAS &C.
cjdsntaily shot and killed recently during
target practice By man Of his company q
Blue Grass, in No.Nsn's-Laud.
RUMBLE BsY counrms the report OF the
arrival Of white PAshs in the Bahr-el-0s
rel province Of the Soudsn and says that
the Calf ID sending force to oppose the
Pasha's advance.
Tns steamer Vera, which won't ashore
ct Dungeuess recently, on her way from
Bremen to New York, has been hauled Oh.
ALL the lines in the Central Trafac A..
sociation. with the exception Of the Grand
Trunk, put into effect on the 18th the new
rate on dressed beef from Chicago to oea-
board pointA which was adopted BY the
Vanderbilt lines. This 10 reduction from
IS to 461S cents per 100 pounds. Stimuli.
taneously with this reduction, livestock
rates, which were alresdy down to Is ceIts.
dropped to 1914 cents per 100 pounds.
{ DISPATCHES from Mexico report L 500
lives lost by the recent floods at Leon and
Silao. Tho houses were made Of adobe and
the soaking rains caused over 1900 OF them
to fall, which was the principal cause Of
the loss Of life. The damage amounted "a
q OO0, 600 and the distress was extreme.
TIE motion Of ceusure of the Salisbury
Government for its action under the Crimes
act in ireland was defeated in the British
House OF Commons on the 18th by $3.50 70
273.
A VESSEL, supposed to have been On emf
grant ship. foundercd IN Q storm OF he
Cape Of Good Hope on June4. All on board
we're lost.
FoREsr fires near the Gulf OF Bothnia.
Sweden. were reported to have destroyed
s5,O00ON worth Of property. An extended
drought was the cause Of the fires.
DEFAULrER PITCHER OF the Union Bank
of Providence, r l., was arrested ut Mont
real ON the 10Th. He had bought ticket
on the Allan line, and had intended to leave
for England. He was taken to his room
and cash notes amounting to $sOO, 900 were
found on him. He took his arrest cOOlly.
TEMPLE, the American bicyclist, met
with serious accident while practicing at
Amsterdam, Holland. recently. He was
going at top speed, when ne fell from his
bicycle, striking the ground heavily. He
lay insensible four hours. He vomited and
was delrious. No bones were broken. but
he was fearfully bruised.
1HE NOTtu w 0t-
"a, from Bremen for New York, which
recently went ashore at Dungeness, but
was assisted of and taken toSOuthamptOn
and placed in dry dock. after being exam
med and found all right, sailed for New
York.
JOHN /. ROGERS, secretary of the joint
commit, ee on base. bali rules, announces
that the committee has unanimously voted
80 AalxA hns hall nrHn
column. The base on balls will remain as
q factor in the earned runs.
NINE Government officials OF Seoul,
Corea, have been behesded in the streets
by the populace. Foreigners have taken
ATTRIBUTED to Chinese instigation.
THR Chilcat Indians Of Alaska are re-
ported insolent and troublesome. In row
with q party OF prospectors the chief was
killed, when his followers demanded the
life of Chief George. OF the Sitka Indians.
who was escorting the prospectors. The
Chilcats finally killed George and tho
whites were fearing massacre.
THE recent Presidential election in Mex
leo exhibited no opposition worth men,
tioning to the present incumbent, General
Diaz.
The monsoon rains Of India are fort
night overdue owing to the DETECTION of
the current to Burmah, where heavy rain
has fallen for ten days. The crop prospects
in Bengal, especially as regards rice, arc
extremely serious on account OF the
drought. Prices are rising.
THE Mexican freight depot and adjoining
buildings in Paso del NOrtc were burned the
other night. About seventy freight cars
were also destroyed, a large amount If
freight be ng burned. Loss about 200 VN.
PRINCE FERDINAND has RENTED tn. sen.
feuce of Imprisonment imposed upon Major
Popoff, who was convicted Of completely in
the frauds in the Bulgarian War Office.
The London Daily Ne'cs says that the
French Government has purchased Max
inns new repeating gun, which fires sixty
rounds minute.
A DISPATCH from Kronstadt, Transvl-
vania, says that mob comprising GO per-
sion which was engaged in amllgamai ing
small agricultural holdings in Fondvar,
twelve miles north Of Kronstadt. A judge
and a notary were wounded. The members
of the commission made their escape with
difficulty. A bvstander was killed.
JOCKEY WoOD in his suit for libel got
one farthing damages at London recently.
He was accused Of pulling Sir George
Chetwynd's horses by the Licensed IIicfMai.
erx' Gazette.
RoBERr H. CowDREY. Union Labor can.
didaie for the Presidency, has issued his
letter Of acceptance.