The Iola register., 1889-05-17

FIRE in Winnipeg. Man., the other morn.
ing destroyed six stores, two hotels and
the Jewish synagogue, causing $36 0O(
losses.
THIRTY persons, engaged in selling q
Socialistic pamphlet have been arrested
In Hamburg.
The vossische Zeitung. Of Berlin, says
! that the American Commissioners to the
Samoan conference are instructed by
their Government to demand the neutral.
ity Of the islands and the administration
of Samoan affairs by Samoans and to urge
the right to establish q coaling station at
Pago.Pago.
The United States cruiser. Charleston,
left on her trial trip on the 7th, under
command of Captain Charles Gooda I. Jr.,
of the Pacific Coast Steamship Company.
AT the annual meeting of the National
Liberal Club Mr.. Parnell was elected Q
life member by a large majority.
JACK HICKEY. the pugilist, recently be-
came engaged in q dispute with a Cork
(Ireland) 'jarvey," or jaunting car driver.
which ended in a fight. Hickey struck
the driver powerful blow in the face,
breaking his jaw and inflicting other in.
juries from the effects of which the driver
died Hickey was arrested on a charge of
manslaughter.
The italian press complain in plain
terms of the speeches made by ciericals in
the Catholic congress in session at Madrid.
THE anti.slave conference will meet at
Brussels in August
SIR CHARLES dixie is making an i'm.
portant series of speeches in Gloucester
shire, advocating radical views, but all
the London papers boycott him.
The CouUt Tolstoi, Russian Minister Of
the Interior, who died recently, was Q
brother of the celebrated author.
The steamship City Of Paris of the In.
man line, which arrived at Sandy Hook
on the Sth. has broken all records from
Queenstown. Her corrected time was 8
days % hours and minutes. The best
previous time on record, which was made
by the Etruria, was 6 days, hour and SO
minutes.
A CONFLICT has occurred between the
strikers and the military at Essen, Ger.
many. The soldiers fired upon the strikers,
killing three men and wounding five
others.
AMERICAN artists complain bitterly of
the treatment accorded them by officials
Of the Paris Exposition in regard to space.
IT is reported that Sir Charles Russell's
fee for acting as counsel for the Parnell.
ties is fl0,0O0
The games of the international chess
tournament resulted as follows: Mason
beat Blackburn; Delmar beat Judd; Del.
mar beat Mason; Lipschutz beat Tauben-
haus; Burn beat Burrille; Showalter beat
Gossip; Martinez beat Pollock; j. W.
Baird drew with Hanham. Drawn games
only were played.
The commander of the British cruiser
Rapid has hoisted the British flag over the
Suwarrow islands, i'm the Southern Pacific
Ocean.
THERE is complaint from all quarters
that lake business is dull beyond every
expectation.
THE British House of Lords has again
rejected the Deceased Wife's Sister bill
The Prince of Wales voted with the minor.
ity. The vote was 147 to 100
FATHER DAMIEN, the famous leper
priest of the Sandwich islands, died April
10. He gave up all to Christianize the
lepers.
FIFTY thousand miners have struck in
the Dortmund Germany mining district,
causing all iron furnaces to shut down.
The stock of F. Giroux & Co., perfume,
patent medicine and wine importers Of
Montreal, Can, has been seized by the
Canadian custom officers On charges of un.
JAPANESE papers Of April 20 state that
fears are expressed at Chez Foo, China,
for the safety of the United States steamer
Palos, which wintered at Tientsin, and
when the port opened in the spring left
for Chez Foo. Though long overdue moth.
ing has been seen of the Palos by any
vessel that made the trip between the two
ports up to the 26th.
AT Yeko, Corea, on the 18th of April
four hundred people surrounded a house
occupied by one BCku, dragged him out
and beat him to death. The Corean Gov
ernment had imposed a tax on the towns
people which they were unable to pay.
The enraged townspeople arose en- masse
and attacked the constables. killing many
and wounding the survivors. The mill
tary were dispatched to the scene and
quelled the riot
THE net earnings of the Burlington,
Cedar Rapids & Northern railroad during
the year 1888 were S771. .446.
THE Window Glass Workers Associa-
tion has issued an order boycotting and
all foreign glass workers who
come to this country hereafter.
DURING a conflict at Bochum West.
phalia, between military and striking
miners, the other day, two men were killed
by the troops.