The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1889-03-01

KING OTro OF Bavaria, has been proved
beyond all doubt to be hoPsIessly insane
despite recent marked sigas OF improve.
ment
TIE knights Of Pythiss celebrated the
twenty fifth anniversary ef the founding
Of their order on the 1eth with demonstra-
tons in most of the cities of the country.
jar GOULD, on account Of i'll health, has
retired from the dictatorship Of the Della
ware, Lackawanna & Western.
THE Rothschilds propose to form linn
tied liability company in England to work
the great ruby mines In Burmah.
The Eiffel tower in Paris has reached Q
height of 935 feet and will be completed Ia
1000 feet in . fortnight
The report that Herr Brandeis, the ad.
wiser of King Tamasese of Samoa, has
been recalled to Berlin has been confirmed.
GLADSTONE left Cannes on the 10Th for
London with his health better than for Q
long time.
THE reception given to Sir r. d. Morier.
the British Ambassador. at ST. Petersburg
was attended by the Gar and CEarina,
who were accompanied by imposing suites.
Twenty Russian Grand Dukes and the
Grand Duke of Hesse were also present
PREMIER MACDONALD. OF Canada, de.
MES positively that there is any intention
to urge the British authorities to send q
member of the royal family to Canada
this summer to counteract the annexation
agitation.
IT is talk among railroad employees that
the Rock Island will soon change the runs
OF conductors, and continue to do SO at
least four times q year, to prevent their
becoming too well acquainted with the
travelling public.
The Germans in Samoa were reported
to be furious over the escape Of the Amer.
lean (Klein) to San Francisco. It Is
claimed in Berlin the white book contains
evidence enough to convict Klein of re.
peated acts of overt hostility to Germany
and the naval forces at Samoa
The British ship St Joseph, which left
England for New York October 8 last with
twenty-six men on board, has been given
up for lost.
LUKE w. EMERSON the Missouri horse
dealer who recently while drunk shot into
a crowd in London, Eng, and killed man
named Robinson, has been committed to
take his trial for murder.
GERMAN papers assert that Klein, the
American who is charged by Germany
with having led the Mataafaites in Samoa
when the Germans were repuised in De-
cember last, was born at Lair. and serve1
as sergeant IN the German army during
the Frauco-P russian war. He was, so it
is stated. subsequently compelled to leave
Germany and went to America.
THE Spanish mail steamer Isle de Cuba,
plying between Spain and Cuba, has been
wrecked off Corunna and is total loss.
All the officers, crew and passengers were
saved.
NJ. TIRARD has formed a new French
Cabinet, with De Freycinet for Minister of
War.
The British Parliament assembled on
the 2lst. The Queens speech contained
nothing of especial moment.
The much tallled-of Parnell letters were
produced in court by the witness, Richard
Pigott. on the 21st.
CARDINAL NEWMAN observed the eighty
eighth anniversary of his birth on the
22d by celebrating Pontifical high
mass.
JAMES C. FLOOD, the California million.
aire, died at Heidelberg, Germany, on the
22d
THE Austrian Government has expelled
II. Filion, the correspondent of the Havas
news agency, of Paris.
THE Emperor of Austria purposes to
grant general amnesty to political Of
tenders as a tribute to the late Crown
Prince Rudolph.
AvALANCHEs in Switzerland recently
destroyed many houses and caused
of deaths.
GENERAL MASTER WORKMAN PowDERLY,
Of the Knights of Labor, has issued his
second call within year for per capita
from members of the order.
FEBRUARY 9 a great fire broke out i'm
Japan, extending down streets
and destroying 100 houses, including
temples, schools and hospitals. On the
day fire at Yokosuka ruined 800
houses and burned to death three men.
On the same day ten houses were de-
,iroyed at Joshua and fifteen at Toxic.
The birthday of Washington was cele-
brated on the e2d by general cessation
IF business in financial quarters. At the
celebration at Chicago Henry w. Darling,
Of Toronto, advised against the agitation
Of any annexation scheme, but spoke ia.
vorably of unrestricted reciprocity.
Four German ironclads Mt Genoa have
been ordered TO sail for Samoa immedi.
ately.
MAX BERNSTEIN, a candidate for the
office Of Rabbi, has been sentenced in Ber-
in to imprisonment for three months for
irawing blood from a Christian boy.