The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1889-03-08

TEE marriage of the Emperor of China
| was celebrated on the 10Th with imposing
splendor.
| Ii is predicted in Berlin that the open.
| ing of spring will witness the most gigan.
tic combination of workingmen's strikes
| that Germany has seen in many years.
| TWENTY-FIVE Protestant young lady
boarders at the Notre Dame convent
school at Toronto, Ont. have left because
of the efforts of the nuns to proselytixe
one of their number.
LETTERS from missionaries dated Zanzi-
bar. January "a, have been received in
London. They give details Of a third re.
| volt in Uganda and the murder of mis-
sionary named Brooks.
| IT is calculated that seventy lives were
lost in the recent gale in the North sea-
By the breaking of piston rod recently
an express train on the Grand Trunk was
| wrecked near St George, Ont, and Pull
man car was precipi ated over a bridge
100 feet high. Nine persons were killed
and thirty others injured, many seriously.
The German Government has received
information from Washington that there
| is no prospect of the United States COM
plying with the demand for the prosecu-
| ton and punishment of Klein.
A BOY employed in a printing office in
Vienna has been sentenced to six months
| Imprisonment at hard labor for repeating
| stories concerning the death of Crown
Prince Rudolph at variance with the ofiic-
| ial announcements.
The preliminary statement Of the Union
| Pacific Railroad Company for January
shows earnings to be 81. 91s. OOO-an in
crease over January, 1883, O.20O; ex.
penses, 81 397 C0eincrease, $4,000; sur.
plus. 1921. 000-increase, $4,000.
A BILL has been introduced in the Ca.
| madam Parliament giving he Government
authority to hand over refugee criminals
to their respective countries, treaty or no
treaty.
IT is reported that General Desbordes,
the French commander, has been MUIR
dered in Tonquin. No confi,matory adj
vices have been received by the Govern
ment.
THE German Government has forbidden
the issue in Germany of any part of the
Bulgarian loan, on the ground that Blu.
garia has no recognized government
THE London Times of the 2Sth published
an apology for the forged Parnell letters.
The apology also included the letters at
tributed to Egan. Davilt and O'Kelly.
The Sultan of Morocco is arranging to
send mission to Queen Victoria.
The business portion of the village Of
Lostant, five miles north of Wenona, Ill,
| was destroyed by fire early the other
morning entailing loss of $4,000. There
was no insurance.
AT Kewatin, Manitoba, recently, an
Indian boy, fifteen years of age, was fed
with whisky until he refused TO drink any
| more. He was then laid on his back en-
the floor and the liquor poured into him.
He was found dead on the following MORN
ing. evidently choked to death.
A BOLD move to break up Boulangism
was made by the French Ministry on the
2Sih by the suppression of the Patriotic
League and the arrest of its leaders.
THE Italian Ministry, under Premier
Crispi, has resigned.
THE report of the Milwaukee & st Paul
shows disbursement of s., $50 703 over
The gross earnings. 1t was the most un-
favorable exhibit Of any Western road.
IT is reported that the Gar is scandal
lied by the irreg liar life of his brothers
and has ordered Grand Duke Vladimir to
resign the commandership of the guards.
1t is rumored that the Minister of War and
the Minister of Justice will resign.
The report of Sir Julian Pauncefote's
appointment as British Minister to the
United States is semi officially confirmed.
A DEsERTER from Wady Halfa reports
that Emin Pasha has again vanquished
the dervishes with heavy loss in the Bahr
| ell Gael Province.
RICHARD PIGoTT, the forger and per-
jurer, committed suicide Immediately
after his arrest in Madrid after flying
from Paris. Asking his captor permission
to obtain his cloak he seized the opportun-
| ity to blow his brains out.
BUSINESS failures (Dun's report) for the
seven days ended February % mum bered
232, compared with go the previous week
and pa the corresponding week of last
year.
A DISPATCH from st. Petersburg says:
| The Afghan forces are advancing from
Herat, and the Emir of Bokhara is prepar-
| ing to attack them The Russian papers
| all adopt a warlike tone in commenting
upon the situation.
IT is stated at Ottawa, Ont, that Sir
John Macdonald will soon retire from the
| Premiership of Canada, and Sir Charles
Upper will form a new Cabinet.
GENERAL GEORGE B. WILLIAMS, of In
diana, at one time Minister to Japan and
| later organizer of a financial system for
that country, has been decorated by the
Emperor Of Japan with the order of the
| Rising Sun