The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1890-07-04
GENERAL.

OCoNNoR, the oarsman, who was
beaten by Stansbury at Sydney. N. s.
W., has protested against the payment
of the stakes to the latter. O'Connor
claims the race on the ground that
Stansbury took his water quarter of a
mile from the start and that a foul en-
sued. The umpires deny that there was
foul.
A DISPATCH from Buenos Ayres says
that revolutionary agitation has started
in Entire Rios, a province of the Argen-
tine Republic, and is increasing.
NINE. WADDINGToN, wife of the French
Ambassador to the court of St. James,
formerly Miss King, of New York, was
nearly killed in Hyde Park, London,
while riding. Another horse came
against hers and both were thrown to
the ground. She was taken home sense
less.
THE Volksraad of the South African
Republic has passed bill providing
that the Legislature of the Republic
shall consist of two chambers instead Of
only one, the Volksraad, as at present
HUNDREDS of bales of Afghan cotton
have been shipped to Russia
HERR MIGUEL, the new Finance Min
lister of Germany, favors an increase of
the income tax and corn duties His
appointment has produced an excellent
impression in political, financial and
business circles.
EDWARD HANLAN, the oarsman, has
reported to the police at Toronto, Ont,
the theft of the massive gold medal
presented to him by Lord Dufferin in
honor of the formers victory over
Courtney at Lachine in 1873
The branches and tributaries of the
Oder river in Prussian Silesia have over
flowed their banks in consequence of
the recent heavy rains and flooded an
enormous section of country.
SEVERE gales have prevailed on the
coast of Ireland and fears for several
fishing vessels are felt
CARDINAL LAvIGERIE has heartily in
dersed the French project for trans
Saharan railway.
A FooTBRIDGE at St Jean, near
Brest, France, collapsed recently, pre-
cipitating hundreds of people into the
sea. Many were drowned.
Two men were killed, a third fatally
injured and five badly hurt by boiler
explosion on farm near Colchester,
Can.
An outbreak of cholera is reported in
four different places in France.
ARCHIBALD WOODBURY. McCLELLAND,
Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia, is
dead.
The editor of the Volksstimme, So
cialist paper published at Geestemunde,
Hanover, has absconded with q large
amount of money of which he was the
trusted custodian.
The strike on the Illinois Central
ended in the surrender of the men to
the terms of the company, Superintend-
ent Russell being retained.
TURKISH soldiers recently invaded an
Armenian church at Erzeroum. A fight
followed and abouta dozen persons were
killed.
THE Dutch steamer Prinz Frederick,
from Amsterdam for Java, was sunk on
the night of June 25 in collision in
dense fog, with the British steamer Nor
pessa, from Iaguaroy Tor Dunklrk. Six
lives were lost in the collision.
BUSINESS failures (Dun's report) for
the seven days ended June 20 numbered
202, compared with 1879 the previous
week and 215 the corresponding week of
last year. Business prospects were not
SO encouraging. .....
By the recent gales on the Scotch
coast nine vessels were wrecked and
thirty-five persons were drowned.
THE Sultan has consented to cede the
Zanzibar coast to Germany.