The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1890-10-10
GENERAL.

THE Pope is reported to have decided
that Cardinal Rampolla shall be the last
Papal Secretary of State, there being
no need Of such an Office now.
JAPANESE are INDUCING in threats
against foreigners because of a provision
which permits foreign offenders to be
tried by foreign judges
The wages of iron and steel workers
in the Midland district of England have
been reduced FIVE per cent There are
but sixty furnaces now in blast in Scot
land. as against eighty-four at this time
last year.
A RIOT occurred among Russian and
Persian laborers in the harbor Of Nivo
Rossisk on the Black sea- The military
were called into service and repressed
the outbreak with such merciless sever
ity that seventeen of the rioters were
killed or wounded.
The Emperor of Germany arrived at
Vienna on the LIST
THE sergeant and corporal who were
sentenced to death for numbering the
commander of the custom-house guard
were shot at the City of Mexico in view
of the whole garrison. The former bore
up bravely, but the latter showed signs
of weakening as he was led to his doom.
THE Reichsanzeiger says that Sir f.
De Winton, Governor of the British
East African Company, has censured
Mr. Thomson. the company's official,
who insulted the German flag when TAX
ing possession of Vitu. and has apollo
gized to Germany. The apology has
been accepted.
THE differences between the South
ern Pacific Railway Company and the
engineers are to be settled by arbitra-
ton.
THE Paris Rappel says that the ques-
ton of prosecuting the Boulangists will
be raised in the Chamber of Deputies.
WHITECHAPEL police have received
warning from Jack the Ripper" that
he will soon have another victim.
SILVER took another upward move
ment on the 1st having previously
steadily declined. Many persons were
reported manipulating the market
JEAN BAPTIsTE ALPHoNso KARR, the
noted French author, is dead.
THE great Chicago dry goods firm Of
j. v. Farwell & Co. has decided to in
corporate January next with IS. 600, 600
capital
THE Congress of the United States of
Colombia has approved the information
al railway conference and three COM
missioners have been appointed
A BRUSSELS carpet trust has been
formed Prices will go up IS to 80 cents
per yard.
RESOLUTIONS were adopted by the
International Undertakers' Association,
declaring all contracts between the as
ISOLATION and the National Burial Case
Association cancelled by reason of the
Antitrust bill
THE monthly statement of the public
debt shows a decrease in the debt for
September of 81, 5S7, 907.
GENERAL BoULANGER will spend the
winter in Malta
THE British dockmen's congress has
opened at London with sixty delegates
present
I A FIRE at Sydney, n. S. w., destroyed
property worth 81, 100000.
A DISPATCH from Athens says that the
Sultan has issued an trade confirming
the religious immunity and privileges
of the Armenians.
A BULL fighter named Mascareno has
been expelled from Guatemala for
shouting for Ezeta of San Salvador. and
German has been driven out for pay
ing attentions to Barrundia's daughter
IT is reported from Vienna that Rus
STA and Turkey have come to an UNDER
standing in regard to the Armenian
question.
A TREATY has been signed by Ger
many and Zanzibar relative to the
coasting trade along the East coast of
Africa The German Government pays
| the Sultan of Zanzibar 4, 200, 600 marks
for the concession.
CHOLERA has reappeared in Toledo,
Spain. -Four cases, one fatal, have been
| reported.