The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1890-09-19

MucH interest has been excited IN
Paris by the announcement that Mrs.
Langtry is to appear in ''As You Like
tt in that city.
THE Alaska Commercial Company has
received a. 600 sealskins at San Fran
cisco from Siberia. Eighteen thousand
more are expected soon.
OK the expiration of the French
treaties of commerce. customs bill
will be introduced in the Chambers fix
ing simple general tariff and giving
the Government the right to increase
the duties on goods from countries that
refuse to grant France economic adj
vantages
AN Indian near Paso del Norte fast
ened his two children in a box to keep
them from stealing fruit They died.
AN order has been issued providing
for uniform for the sailors of the Ger
man navy similar to that worn by the
British seamen.
The Jewish firms in London have re-
sponded to the Lord Mayors appeal for
the sufferers by the great fire in Salon
lea, Turkey.
The Western Union directors have de-
clared the regular quarterly dividend Of
N per cent
The murderer of the Servian Consul
at Pristina, Roumelia, has been con-
demned to death. His accom- plices were
sentenced to imprisonment
PETIT, the tennis champion, has re-
signed his laurels business requiring
his attention.
FOREST fires are doing enormous dam
age in the Caucasus Large detach-
ments of troops are being hurried to
the scene by the Russian Government
to aid the local authorities in stopping
the spread of the conflagration.
IT is learned that the recent burning
of brewery in Frankfort Germany,
with serious loss of life was the work Of
a discharged workman. After setting
fire to the building he opened the
valves allowing 5000 barrels of liquor
to flood the place.
HERR KRUPP, SON of the German gun
maker, is at Ottawa, Ont, testing the
quality and quantity of ore produced by
Sudbury nickel and copper mines west
of that city. He is in search of nickel
to be used in the manufacture of new
gun metal. -
A REVOLUTION has broken out in one
Of the Cantons of Switzerland over re-
vision of the Constitution.
THE hosting of an American flag at
the Toronto, Can, Exposition caused
some trouble. The matter was referred
to the directors.
THE Westinghouse and Pullman in
terests are to be consolidated.
A GERMAN tourist and two guides have
been blown over precipice on the Mat
terhorn.
The crew of the steamship State Of
Georgia deserted the vessel just as she
was about to sail from England for New
York. The cause of their action was
that the baker employed on board was
a non-union man and request for his
discharge had been refused
The arbitrators selected to settle the
Delagoa Bay dispute between England
and Portugal, are NJ. Blaesi, Judge of
the Federal Tribunal of Switzerland; NJ.
Henslon, professor of law in the Uni
versity at Basic. and M. Soldau, Coun-
cillor of State of Lausanne. M. Blaesi
will be president of the board.
DIR. KOCH, of Berlin, proposes to try
his incubation cure for consumption on
several sick persons at once.
THE Bulgarian Government claims
that Russia's bill for arms and amuni-
ton 1rnished Bulgarians during the
TurkfA war is 100, 600 roubles too high.
THE Federal Council of Switzerland
has decided to recognize the Republic of
Brazil
GENERAL EZETA has been elected
President of Salvador.
The situation in the provinces of the
Argentine Republic is reported again
serious and extra troops have been sent
out
BUSINESS failures (Dun's report for
the seven days ended September IL num-
bered 1913. compared with 203 the previ-
Gus week and 1893 the corresponding
week of last year. The only disturbing
element in trade observable was the
tightness of the money market.
By an explosion in mine at Laedr-
burg, Germany, twenty miners were en-
tombed.
IT is stated that the peace alliance
among the Powers has been extended
until 1897.