The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1889-07-12

ton to the United States received its las,
news Hippoly,e had not attempted any ad.
vance on Port-au-Prince.
IT is announced that the German officers
in the Chinese service will soon resign.
THE Berliner Tagblatt says that En-.
gland, Germany. France, Portugal, Bel.
gium, the Congo State and Italy are max.
ing arrangements for a conference to set.
tie the limits of their respective settle.
ments in Africa.
THE worlds Sunday school convention
opened in Dr. Parker's temple. London
on the 81. Lord Kinnard delivered the
address of welcome.
A GERMAN army contractor named
Hagemaun has been sentenced to five
years imprisonment and TO be deprived
of his civil rights for five years more fol-
bribing raymasters. Another contractor
named Wallick has been sentenced tc
eighteen months Imprisonment for q
similar offense.
THE impartial, of Madrid, asserts that
the Governm mt. having received a ten
gram from the Vatican authorities inquir.
ing whether the Pope would be allowed q
place of refuge in Spain in the event OF
his being obliged to leave Rome, Premier
Queen and Ministry, replied in the affirm.
alive. granting the Pope an asylum in
Valencia
AMERICAN and European capitalists, il
is reported. have agreed to furnish all the
money needed for the building of new
railroad, which shall begin at Sioux Falls,
s. D., and extend across the western Dor.
ders Of Iowa, Missouri, Arkansas and
Louisiana to Morgan City, on the Gulf OF
Mexico.
THE Russian press declares that in the
event of war between Russia and Ger
many, Denmark, Russia's natural ally,
would range her forces against Germany
The Danish papers treat the subject very
gingerly, but protest in an exceedingly
cautious manner against Russia's assump-
tions.
COLONEL WoDEHoUsE and his Egyptian
troops defeated the Arabs near Wady
Halfa recently, killing and wounding
800 and taking as many more prisoners.
Egyptian loss, 20.
The loss of the Pacific mail steamer
Granada on the rocks at Punta Tejohan
Mexico, has been confirmed. The vessel
and cargo were worth 1925, 900.
The Nav statement of the Atchison,
Topeka & Santa Fe road, including leased
lines and roads in which the Atchison has
one-half interest shows gross earnings
-, 24S. 466: increase over the same month
last year, S253,00I; net earnings, S4S5. CSC;
increase, S101,4S0.
The English have removed the French
flag from the house of Sultan Bountonkon
at Grand Bassam, Upper Guinea. France
claims a protectorate over the Sultan's
territority. Negotiations are proceeding
between England and France.
AN awful colliery accident occurred al
st. Etienne, France, on the 3D.. Two
hundred lives were reported lost
CHAuNCEY NJ. DEPEw and family were
passengers on the steamer Adriatic, which
sailed for Liverpool on the Sd.
An excursion steamer was wrecked al
Winnipeg, Man., on the 4ih. No loss OF
life occurred.
THE German gunboat Wolf has been
dispatched to the Marshall islands to take
back King Malietoa to Samoa whom the
Germans carried off prisoner two years
ago.
THEODORE SCHMIDT, the Dutch Consul
at Hamburg, has failed. His liabilities
amount to Il, 600, 600 marks and his assets
to 8, 000, 900.
The Massachusetts, rifle team won an.
other victory in England on the 9th, this
time against the South London rifle team,
defeating them by total score of LOGS
against 1,025 for the three ranges.
A RECENT fire in the Commercial docks
London, caused a loss of 1900, 600.
THE midge-fy has made its appearance
in the fall wheat fields Of Ontario and
threatens to ruin what was before a prom
ising crop.
The statement of earnings and expenses
of the Chicago. Burlington & Quincy for
the month of May shows an increase in The
net earnings of 1914. 62 and a decrease
in the expenses for the same period OF
1918, Cos Sc. The first five months of the
wear show net increase of earnings OF
S2O4 LOG SO.
BUSINESS failures (Dun's report) for the
seven days ended July numbered 2o2
compared with 2l5 the previous week and
pa the corresponding week last year.
PsoTTA, the American amateur cham.
pion. was defeated by Nickalls, of En-
gland, in the final race for the diamond
SOULS at the Henley regatta.
THERE was such a tumult in the Spanish
Chamber of Deputies on the 9th that the
police were summoned to quell the dis
turbances.
PORTUGAL. it is stated, has agreed te
submit the Delagoa bay dispute to arbi.
tration.