The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1889-05-24

The French Royalist leaders have an
given BY President Carnot in honor Of the
opening of the Paris Exposition.
WILLIAM O'BRIEN, NJ. p, has obtained
writ against Lord Salisbury on the
charge of libel In speech at Walford
the Premier accused O'Brien of advocating
the murder and robbery of men taking
farms from which the tenants had been
evicted. 1t was for this speech that the
action was brought.
THERE are signs that the worst of the
trouble in the coal pits of Westphalia is
over Hundreds IF miners are returning
to work.
WHITELAw REID, Minister to France,
has arrived ut Paris.
The following roads are considered
guilty of manipulation of rates by the
board of managers of the Interstate
Railway Association: Chicago q North
western; Chicago. Milwaukee & St Paul;
Rock Isand and Wisconsin Central.
A COMBINATION of glass fruit jar cap
manufacturers has been formed and prices
materially advanced.
The subcommittee of the Samoan con-
ference has decided that the municipal
council of Apia shall comprise six MEM
bers, Germany, England and the United
States each appointing one, the other
three members to be elected by the resi-
dents of Apia. The decision displeases the
British Commissioners, who call it the
Phelps compromise.
The public prosecutor in Bilboa, Spain,
has instituted an inquiry into a recent
demonstration at the Jesuit university in
that city. 1t is stated that the Jesuits are
working actively in support of the cause
of Don Carlos.
A LARGE number of arrests were re.
ported to have been made at St Peters,
burg. Moscow and Cronstadt on the 10Th,
leading to the supposition that the author
tiles had discovered still another plot
against the life of the Car.
The mass meeting advertised to be held
at Vienna for the purpose of agitating
movements against the Jews has been for
hidden by Emperor Francis Joseph.
EMPEROR WILLIAM of Germany is suffer-
ing from a trouble in his head which has
made him partially deaf. and fears are
entertained that it will become serious.
The American Meat Company, recently
organized. of which ex-senator Warner
Miller is president, has agreed upon terms
with the officers OF the American Cattle
Trust by which the two corporations will
work in harmony.
EIGHT workmen were recently in ured,
three seriously, by a freight train on the
Pittsburgh, Virginia & Charleston rail-
road backing out from siding on which
Il work train was standing.
ST. SAUvEUR. a suburb of Quebec, was
seriously damaged by fire OH the night
Of the 18th, so frame buildings being de-
stroyed. Il demolishing buildings to
prevent the flames spreading, two soldiers
were killed by an EXPLOSION.
REFERRING to the report concerning the
abolition of the Viceroy ship of Ireland,
United Ireland says: 1.-The Niceroyship
although degraded must be maintained. as
it is sign of Ireland's separate nation
ality.o
The powder magazine of the fortress at
Konigstein, Saxony, was struck by light
ming the other day, which caused an ex-
plosion. The magazine contained thou
sands of shells, but nobody was hurt.
THE leading merchants and commercial
associations of Berlin are debating pre-
ject for the formation OF n society TO pro-
mote the settlement of German merchants
and manufacturers abroad.
The Berlin correspondent of the London
Times SAYS the American delegates must
refer to Washing ton the points of detail
but on the general principles all the dele
gates agree and that the next meeting
ought to conclude the Samoan conference.
The Teusa Central sugar grinding fac
tory at Manzanillo. Cuba, has been de-
stroyed by fire, causing a loss of 100000
THE British House of Commons by
vote of 90 to l6l has rejected Mr.. La
bouchere's motion to abolish hereditary
seating in the House of Lords.
MUCH damage has been done through
out Austria by storms. At BoSkowitz
| eight persons were killed and number of
| houses were burned.
! QUEEN MARY, of Bavaria, mother of
King O:to, died at Munich the other night
| of dropsy and cancer of the liver.
The Chinese Government has settled for
the Che Foo riots with both England and
| the United States and the flags of both
| countries have been restored and duly
saluted.
| IT is stated at Cettinje, the capital of
Montenegro, that the Christians are being
massacred by Turks on the Montenegrin
| frontier.
THE Pope was taken seriously i'll or the
| lTlh.
BUSINESS failures (Dun's report) for the
seven days ended May l6 numbered 252,
compared with 221 the previous week and
| 1873 the corresponding week last year.