The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1889-02-08

to1x n. CLArroH, brother Of Powell
Clayton, and one Of the most prominsnt
Republican leaders In tie Southwest, was
Assassinatsd recently Ct his boarding
house In Plummersville. Ark.
On. CHARLRs P. BuRHs. Of Baxter, Ark,
we'll known in the southern part of the
State, was shot and killed the other night
by Deputy Sheriff Childers, who had gone
10 the Doctors house to arrest him on .
warrant The doctor had resisted arrest
and drew pistol on the officer.
TIE warehouse Of the Graniteville q. C.)
Manufacturing Company, containing 2, l38
bales Of cotton. was destroyed BY IRE
recently. Loss 500. 900. insurance $40 0O0
R H JACKSON. president Of the Farm.
ers' Alliance of Georgia and leading
candidate for Governor, has been forced
to resign because Of charges of usurpation
Of power.
TEE cattlemen Of Western Texas have
formed an organization to oppose the
Mills bill and to endeavor TO secure pro.
lection for live stock, hides and pelts
against foreign competition.
0ENHRAI.
WILLIAM O'BRIEN was arrested at Man.
chester on the 18th after breakfasting with
the mayor.
TIE leading lard refiners have resolved
to brand their product in future as ''com.
pound" lard because of the criticisms con.
corning the branding Of it as 'refined.".
The Chinese imperial astrologers declare
that the recent fire in the Emperor's palace
at Pekin was an evil omen intended as .
warning against the approach Of Western
inventions. As the result of this declara-
ton an imperial decree has been issued
prohibiting the further extension of the
Tien.Tsin railway.
SIR CHARLES TUPPRR visited the Paris
Exhibition building recently. He ex.
pressed regret that there were no Canadian
exhibitions.
SAMOA advices received from Auckland,
N. T., on the 30;h, say that the Germans
have declared war against Mataafn, and
that probably all the Samoans will Join
against the Germans.
FIVE of the crew of the British ship Sir
Walter Raleigh were drowned of Bou-
logne, France, recently, by the wrecking
of the vessel.
The Paris correspondent OF the London
Times says he is amazed at the number Of
people who were formerly waverers, who
are now proclaimng themselves boldly as
Boulangists. This fact dominates all
others and must be faced boldly and be
theoretically grappled with.
The Neue Freie Presse, of Vienna, has
been confiscated for circulating the report
that the Crown Prince was shot at Mier.
ling. The death Of Crown Prince Rudolph
was caused by a rupture of the cardiac
walls, with an effusion into the pericar.
dunn.
ACCORDING to the latest reports from
Hayti, President Legitime's forces have
captured five insurgent towns.
TWENTY steamers are now detained at
Glasgow, Scotland. by the strike of the
seamen and firemen.
The National Committee appointed to
inquire into the late British naval
maneuvers state that the ships, with few
exceptions, are unsuitable for modern
warfare-indeed defcient-aud that the
existing feet is unfit to command the seas
against an enemy.
1t is stated in Paris that the Austrian
Crown Prince was shot by the husband of
lady who was staying at the Mierling
chateau.
THE French Chamber Of Deputies passed
q vote Of confidence in the Floquet Minis.
try on the 3lst by 800 to 200.
IT is officially announced that negotia-
tions are nearly completed by which the
east bound business Of the Gould South
western system will be directed over roads
operated by the Richmond Terminal Com.
pany.
The National District Assembly of ma.
chinery constructors, molders, pattern
makers, and boiler makers have decided to
withdraw from the Knights of Labor.
DURING riots at Tipperary, Ireland, on
the LIST, nine civilians and thirteen police.
men were injured.
BUSINESS failures (Duu's report) for the
332, compared with 342 the previous week
and 2I9 the corresponding week of last
year.
IT was officially announced in Vienna
on the LIST that the late Crown Prince Ru.
dolph had committed suicide by shooting
himself through the head. One Of the
reported causes Of the act was that, hav.
ing seduced the sister Of one of the Aus.
trian Princes, he had been given the
alternative of fighting q duel or commit.
ting suicide.
The express war which had brought
rates in many cases below the actual cost
of transportation, is ended, an agreement
having been signed by the presidents of
the several companies by which the rates
existing in all competitive business pre-.
vlous to May l, 1885, are re-established.
THE LATEST.
IT is said in Washington that President