The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1889-05-03

| An explosion occurred in the Bran.
cspsth colliery at Durham, Eng. Five
persons were killed.
The steamer Mnriposa, Captain Hay
ward, for San Francisco returned to
Auckland, N. T.. with the max in hel fore
hold on fire. The flames were quenched
and she proceeded ON her destination.
THE case of Mr.. Parnell against the
London Times for libel has been expunged
from the list Of cases awaiting trial before
the exchequer division Of her Majesty'a
High Court Of Justice in Ireland.
ALL the Vanderbilt roads east of Chica-
go will abandon a great proportion Of
their Sunday freight trains.
QUEEN VICTORIA has presented q cup
to the Royal Cork Yacht Club to be COM
peted for at Queenstown on June 10. A
large number Of entries are expected, and
it Is certain that the Valkyrie will be one
of the competitors.
THE Thingvalla line will pay for the
cargo jettisoned by the steamer Missouri
when rescuing the passengers and crew Of
the Danmark.
W. F. DELNAGE, Crown land inspector
at Rat Portage, Man., has disappeared,
leaving q shortage Of $50, 900 in his &C.
counts.
VIcE-PRRsIDENr ROBINSON. of the Santa
Fe system, denies emphatically the charge
made BY anonymous writer's that Santa
Fe officials took any part in the scramble
Tor land at Guthrie.
DISPATCHES from West Africa say that
British squadron has destroyed the chief
town of the Wendb tribe on the Sulieman
river and released 1900 slaves.
KING CHARLrs. of Roumania, has
formally announced that his nephew.
Prince Ferdinand. has been selected az
his heir to the throne.
The Grand Trunk railway has Joined in
the Sunday rest movement as regards
freight trains
NJ. HENRI RocHEFoRr's departure from
Brussels was due to q request from the
Belgian Government that he leave the
country.
Mr.. PENDLEroN, United States Minister,
will take no part in the conference on Sa.
moan affairs. He has presented his let
tiers of recall to Emperor William and will
leave Berlin.
The Emperor Of Austria has paid the
late Crown Princes debts, which amounted
to y, 100000
ALL the crops in a district of Silesia,
Germany, have been destroyed by
storm and five persons killed by light.
ming.
The SEVENTEEN anniversary of Odd
Fellowship was celebrated on the Goth.
L. U. REAvIs, q we'll known writer, au-
thor Of the expression the Future Great"
with reference to St Louis being the Ma.
tional Capital, died recently. He was
born in Illinois in 1881.
The Wabash purchasing committee has
decided to issue enough new bonds to pay
Of dissenting bondholders and carry out
the original purpose Of the reorganization
plan. The amount to be issded has not
been definitely decided upon, but is es,i-
mated at between S., DOC, 600 and 50, 600 600.
THE Pope recently summoned Father
Ayostiuo, the famous preacher of Rome,
and reproved him for his recent sermon in
which he invoked the Divine blessing upon
King Humbert and the Italian army.
A DISPATCH from Auckland, N. q. SAYS
that the United States steamship N psio
was again disabled while being lowed IN
Apia harbor.
The steamer Australia and schooner
George went ashore in q binding snow
storm on Michigan island. near Duluth,
Mimi, recently. They were scutrled in
order to save them from pounding to
pieces on the rocks. There was no loss Of
life
VISCoUNT VAUDEVILLE was charged in
a London police court the other day with
obtaining eos. The magis.
trate did not enter the case upon the court
record and the hearing was adjourned.
a DRUNKEN tinsmith recently assembled
the steeple of church in Hungary by
means of the lightning rod and stood up.
right on the top Of the cross, which swayed
under his weight. After standing there
fifteen minutes haranguing the Mortified
crowd who gathered beneath he calmly
descended as he had gone up and reached
The ground unframed.
SEVERAL houses in the town of Alham-
BRA, Spain, were destroyed by an EARTH
quake shock the other day. No lives were
ost.
THE King of Holland proposes to resume
he reins of government
The Spanish Government, it is said, will
'ell at auction 100000 worth of state
woodlands in order to cover the financial
deficiency, make public improvements and
establish rural loan banks.
The provisional directors of the Comp.
oir d'Escompte of Paris have signed a
Iced creating a new company.
SEVERAL priests and many other per.
IONS have been arrested for participation
n the riots in the State Of Guiana iuato,
Mexico, recently.