The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1889-04-19

A CIRCULAR issued by General Manager
st. John, Of the Rock Island. announces
the appointment OF Mr.. John Sebastian 40
general ticket and passenger agent of the
entire consolidated Rock Island system,
with headquarters at Chicago. Mr.. Be.
bastian first entered railway service in
1869 as clerk in the general ticket Office Of
the Santa Fe and has steadily risen until
reaching his present position. He is q
thorough railroad man, who makes himself
popular with the travelling public
The Belgian Government has informally
warned General Boulanger to abstain
from political agitation, and has informed
him that il he complies with the wishes of
the Government in this respect he will not
be expelled from Belgium.
THE construction of the Tehuantepeo
railroad has been commenced in earnest,
and the contractors are using every effort
to push the work.
THE Government Of New South Wales,
Australia, proposes to abolish all specific
duties and impose direct taxation in their
stead.
MICHAEL EUGENE CHEvREUI. the famous
chemist and centenarian, died ut Paris on
the 9Th. He was born August 81, 1856.
WHOLESALE dealers in eggs have had a
very poor season. Many have lost much
money, and 1t is questionable whether any
have a profit out of their sales The
trouble seems to have been an over supply.
ARCHBISHOP PAUL Of Bogota, United
States Of Colombia, died suddenly Of heart
disease recently.
IT is officially denied that the Marquis
Of Londonderry intended to resign the
Lord Lieutenancy of Ireland
THE lower house of the Austrian Reich.
srath passed the Army bill with the
amendments made by the Hungarian Diet
A MESSENGER who has returned to
Suakim from Khartoum, brings letters
from Staten Bey and members Of the
Catholic mission. He also brings the sup
posed head of Rasalula, the Abyssinian
General, who is said to have been killed
in battle at Gallabat. The head was a
present from the Khalifa to the Governor
of Suakim.
SPRING emigration to the United States
has assumed large proportions. Four
thousand emigrants, mainly Germans and
Swedes, sailed on the 10th from Liverpool.
All available Storage space on several
steamers there and at continental ports
has been taken up for intending emil
grants.
PAsrEUR's Aicrobe rabbit exterminator
has been pronounced a failure in AUS
trala.
IT is announced that an agreement has
been reached between England, Germany
and the United States by which one war
vessel of each power will be located at
Samoa.
A TERRIBLE explosion occurred in the
colliery at Castrap, Westphalia, recently.
The men We're at work in the pit at the
time and twenty were killed.
The Berlin correspondent of the London
Daily News says that Germany has not
protested officially against the appoint
ment of Mr.. Bates as one of the American
Commissioners to the Samoan conference,
but that the Government would prefer to
have some one else appointed in his place.
SEVENTEEN Boulangists will be indicted
by the French Senate court
kELL & Co., wooden and plush manu-.
facturers at Bradford, England, with a
branch house at New York City, have
failed with $500, 900 liabilities.
THE bankers who were receiving sub.
scriptions to the stock of the American
Meat Company, the new dressed beef
trust, have Withdrawn from the scheme
and the amounts already subscribed will
be returned on application. The collapse
is said to be due to pressure from the
Armour syndicate, which is a large GUS
toner of the cotton oil trust.
EUROPEAN bourses were depressed on
the 18th because of extensive rumors OF
an attempt on the life of the Car, who
was said to have been wounded by a shell
at him at Gatchina.
The American bark c. D. Bryant has
been seized by the Hawaiian Government
for smuggling.
The French Chamber of Deputies has
adjourned until May II.
OWING to the scarcity of water the area
of cotton culture in Egypt is much re.
stricted.
1T is stated in London that the Prince OF
Wales is an admirer of Parnell and that q
conference between the two will be ar
ranged.
%" conspiracy trial on the 18th and the
case given to the jury.
The Pensacola HIS been locked, her
hull being injured, and the loss is placed
at $500.
The steamship City of Chester reported
at Queenstown Oh the 18th that four days
previously she had found the steamer
of the Thingvalla line, ADAM
doned and sinking. The Danmark had on
board about 80 passengers and crew and
grave fears were expressed Of their fate.