The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1890-03-07
GENERAL.

By the explosion Of barrel of powder
in suburb of Havana, Cuba, thirty
workmen were more or less injured.
A DISPATCH from Warsaw, Poland,
stated that seventy murdered bodies Of
infants were found on the premises OF
Skoshki, whose house was recently
burned.
THREE fishermen of the schooner
Marion Grimes were washed overheard
on the 21st and drowned of Newfound-
land.
The Canadian House of Commons re-
Gently defeated resolution to place on
the free list all grains and seeds not
grown in Canada
News comes from Paris that Dom Pc
dro was unwilling to dismiss his imperial
suite, and had resolved to endeavor to
come to terms with the Brazilian Gov
ernment to renounce the crown and to
return to Brazil and live as private
citizen.
INFLUENZA was lately reported as
ravaging Eastern Syria, while the
cholera had abated in Persia
IT has been learned, upon authority
beyond dispute, that as part of the
recent abortive plot against the life of
Prince Ferdinand, at Sofia, Russian
General was stationed at Roni, at the
confluence of the Pruth and the Danube
in Bessarabia, awaiting the successful
result of the conspiracy to assume the
supreme military command in Bulgaria.
The French Government has accepted
the invitation of Germany to take part
in the Berlin labor conference.
The Russian Government has taken
vigorous measures to prevent the spread
of cholera into the Empire. 1t was
feared that the reported cessation of
cholera in Messopotamia, if indeed the
disease had abated there, was merely
temporary.
PRINCE BISMARCK has refused to sane
ton the sale of any part of the German
West African Company's possessions.
DROUGHT in Cuba is interfering great
ly with the sugar making, while large
quantity of cane has been burned re-
Gently.
HENRY NJ. STANLEY, expects to arrive
in London April Is. He will then re-
ceive the address of the corporation of
London.
THE Newfoundland Government has
sent protest to Canada against re-
newal of the modus vivendi for licenses
to American fishing vessels.
CANADA is reported about to increase
its protective duties on flour, beef and
pork with lower duties on wheat and
corn.
The Rome Riforma declares that En-
gland and Italy are in perfect harmony
on African affairs.
AUSTRIA, Italy, Holland, Switzerland,
Denmark and Sweden have accepted the
invitations to the Berlin conference.
Neither Prince Bismarck nor Count
Herbert Bismarck will attend.
REPORTS of the death of Minister Lin
coins son at Paris on the 27th proved to
be unfounded. .....H
LABoUCHERE introduced his motion in
the British House of Commons for an
inquiry into the Cleveland street scam
dals. 1t was voted down and Labouchere
was suspended for doubling the veracity
of Government officials.
BUSINESS failures (Dun's report for
the seven days ended February 81 num-
bered 301, compared with 270 the previ-
GUS week. Business was less satisfac-
tory.
WALTON, the Pacific Express thief,
was discharged at St Johns, n. B., the
prosecution acknowledging that the war
rant for his arrest was insufficient
SIR MoRELL MACKENZIE, Emperor
Frederick's physician, won his libel suits
against the St. James Gazette and the
Times, of London. The Gazette was to
pay him s., 500 and the Times e15O.
COMMANDER MCCALLA, of the Enter
prise, has published denial of the al
legged inhuman acts during the cruise Of
the vessel of which he has been accused.
THE LATEST.
ARMED factions were disputing the
possession of the Greek Church build.
ing at Shenandoah. Pa, on the I'd. A
riot was prevented by the police.
CLEARING house returns for the week