The Iola register., 1889-08-23
GENERAL.

| The water of the upper Mississippi river
| 10 lower than for years and navigation Is
seriously interfered with.
The gross earnings of the Atchison.
Topeka & Santa Fe railroad for July were
s., ,S7S 399: decrease from same month last
wear, S170. 13S. Gross earnings of the rail-
roads i'm which Atchison has a half in
terest. S109, ,496; decrease, S12,5
The members of the French Ministry
have requested Mr. Gladstone to postpone
| his visit to the Paris Exposition until the
President and all the Cabinet can meet
him.
An international convention has been
| called to meet in Madrid, April. 1890, to
| devise means for the protection of in
dustrial interests. The object is to amend
the international law relating to trade
marks and affording greater protection to
manufacturers.
The Emperor of Austria visited the EN-
peror OF Germany on the 18th
The vote by which General Boulanger
was found guilty Of conspiracy was 206 to
g. The High Court also found him guilty
of high treason by a vote of 19S to 10.
Rev. Mr.. CRosETT, an independent mis-.
sionary in China, whose life work was
grand in self sacrifices, died recently in
that country.
ACCORDING to United States Consul
Falkenbach, of Bremen, Germany, 10, 652
children under fourteen years of age are
employed in the factories of Saxony and
"a, Ill in all the large establishments of
Germany.
The condition of the King of Bavaria
grows continually worse. All nourish.
ment is administered to him artifically.
FRAU SCHULZ, the popular actress Of the
Fuerst Theater. Vienna, shot herself the
other night on the stage Immediately after
the fall of the curtain. An unhappy love
affair was supposed to be the cause of the
suicide.
WHILE on a visit the other day to the
town of Remscheide. Westphalia. the
venerable Archbishop of Cologne was in
suited and stoned by a crowd of anti.
Catholics
The French High Court has sentenced
General Boulanger. Count Dillon and
Henri Rochefort to be deported to a FORTH
fed place.
TIE London coroner's jury in the case
of Alice Mackenzie, the last victim of the
Whitechapel fiend, has returned a verdict
of murder by an unknown person.
THE Mexican Government has refused
point blank to grant concessions for negro
immigration.
IT is rumored that an important agree.
ment has been entered into between En-
gland and the Shah by which the passage
of British troops through Persia will be
permitted.
IT is alleged that NJ Waddington.
French Ambassador to England, has been
instructed'to sound the English Govern
ment on the question of extraditing
Boulanger, Count Dillon and Rochefort.
The new steamship Friesland was
launched on the Clyde recently. 1t will
run in the Red Star line from Antwerp to
New York.
The Monon railroad has made a cut in
Grand Army rates to Milwaukee to one
cent a mile
The health of the Pore is causing con-
siderable uneas asine-s in Europe.
1T is reported from London that Miss
Anderson, the actress, is recovering her
health.
BUSINESS failures (Dun's report) for the
seven days ended August Is numbered
213 compared with 2D1 the previous week
and 219 the corresponding week of last
year.
A MANIFESTO signed bv General Bou-
LANCER, Count D.llon and Henri Rochefort
is published. Ii calls the action of the
Senate court an orgie Of arbitrary rules,
calumny and mendacity, and declares
that in spite of fresh coups d'etat prepar-
ing in the dark the signers have continued
confidence in the electorate of France.
The British Government has Withdrawn
the Titbes bill