The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1889-07-05

DURING q gala performance at the Der.
lin Opera House in honor of the wedding
OF Prince Frederick Leopold and Princess
Louise, the costume of the premier dan.
seuse caught fire and sine was seriously
burned.
The Russian army is to be equipped with
new rifles of small caliber manufactured
in Germany.
COMMISSIONER RICH, of the Western
Colorado and Southwestern Railway As
sociations, has rendered his resignation.
THE efforts to place the Egyptian loan
in London have been unsuccessful, En-
gland having declined to enter into the
necessary compact
TIE Bombay Gazette says that a Brig.
adler General of the British army sta
toned in Madras has been attacked by
leprosy. The name of the officer is not
given.
The executive board of the Interstate
Commerce Railroad Associat on has de.
MED the application Of the St Joseph &
Grand Island road for permission to make
the same rates on grain from points in
Nebraska to st. Paul by way of st.
Joseph. No., as are in force by the Free
mont, Elkhorn & Missouri Valley road,
via Sioux City.
The Paris Figaro says that at the re.
quest Of the Senate committee which
made an investigation into the charges
against General Boulanger the payment
of his pension has been stopped. He will
bring suit against the Government to
compel payment
IT is announced that the Gear of Russia
will visit the Emperor Of Germany on the
latter's return from England.
A CONVENTION Of Grand Army com.
manders has been called to meet at Chi.
cago July 9 to consider the increased rate
made by the railroads to the National En-.
campment
The police OF London broke up a Saliva
ton Army parade the other night, de-
stroyei their instruments and made sew.
veral arrests.
The story that Mgr. Persico. in his re.
port to the Pope on the result of his inves.
tigation of Irish affairs, had asserted that
the Irish Nationalists had formed a p OF
to kill him If he returned to Ireland is
pronounced purely imaginary.
Mr.. CHAMBERLAIN has written letter
to a member of the Baptist Church. in
which he says that neither party can gain
profit or honor by bargain with Mr..
Gladstone binding him to advocate the
disestabilshment of the church in Wales
in return for Nonconformist support of
his home rule scheme.
HERR REICHHoLz. German Consul at
Newcastle, England, has committed sui.
eide.
The immense oil stores of Tietgan &
Robertson, at Hamburg. have been de-
stroyed by fire. The loss was estimated at
$500, 600
The inspection of the pictures of NJ.
Speitan. which are to be offered for sale at
Paris, began on the 9th. The parlors
were crowded with aristocrats. Among
| those present was the Due d'Aumale. 1t
is understood that Mr.. Vanderbilt has Of
fered 81 6O0, 600 for the collection. One of
the Rothschilds is prepared to give high
figure for the Angeles.
PRINCESS LOUISE, aged twenty-five
years, daughter of the Prince of Wales,
has been betrothed to the Earl of Fife,
her fathers bosom friend and the Queens
neghbor at Balmoral Castle. The Earl is
past forty years of age.
e. PIMPLE. a farmer of Manitoba, has
sued the Canadian Government for 81 0OO
damages for Selling two threshing ma.
hines made by Minnesota convicts.
The Canadian Government has reduced
the export duty on pine logs 80 cents per
/, 600 feet, board measurement.
IT is not thought likely that there will
be a yacht contest this year for the Amer
lea cup, owing to disagreement over
the new rules.
THE recent unexpected rise in the price
of iron caused great rejoicing among the
iron men, who look forward to an I'M
mediate revival of busi ness and period
of prosperity. The demand for rails,
wrought iron pipes, sheet and bar iron has
experienced q marked increase in the past
ten days.
QUEEN CHRISTINA assembled 100 feet in
an air balloon at Madrid on the 2Sth. II
was her first ascent. The balloon was
christened Maria Christina"
MURRAY's MAGAZINE announces that
Prince Albert Victor, oldest son of the
Prince of Wales, has been affianced to
| Prince Victoria, of Prussia, a sister oil
the Emperor of Germany.
GERMANY has bought a majority of the
shares Of the Swiss Western railway, and
has replaced the French by German di.
rectors.
BUSINESS failures (Dun's report) for the
seven days ended June q numbered 215
compared with 90 the previous week aud
POI the corresponding week of last year.
CARLorTA PATTI sister of Adelina, died
on the 2sth. She was a singer of consid'
cradle repute.