The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1891-12-18

THE influenza victims of Berlin are
said to number 10000, but fatal cases
have been few. In Hamburg, how.
ever. the mortality has been great
KING GEORGE of Greece has been at
tackled by smallpox.
IN the French chamber of deputies O
radical deputy, speaking for the radical
deputies union, gave notice of a motion
demanding that the government intro
duce bill dealing with clerical asso-
Citations as prelude to the separation
of church and state.
The directors of the Bank of England
have reduced the bank rate of discount
from 4 to 81 per cent.
THE gross value of the late Mr.. Par
nell's property is sworn at $50, $50 and
the net value at S31, 200.
CHANCELLOR CAPRIvI, of Germany,
opened the debate in the reichstag on
the treaties of commerce. He explained
their tenor and discussed further ex-
tensions
DETAILS have been received of the
capture of the town of Telilme, China,
by rebels. Horrible barbarities were
perpetrated.
ALL the schools of Pesth have been
closed on account of a serious infantile
epidemic. Within the last three weeks
thirty-one children have been attacked
with scarlet fever and seventy-four
with diphtheria-
A NEW volcanic island, 500 meters in
length, has appeared southwark of the
IL - H.
ranean, near the submarine upheaval
of few months ago.
THE Malissori tribe from Albania
have raided, burned Poschaul and
Vrangevce, villages in Servia and
killed four of the inhabitants, plum
dered the houses of five hamlets and
killed seven persons.
CHINA has demanded the withdrawal
of the British posts at Nampoung. The
government has declined to accede, but
has instructed the commander to do his
utmost to avoid collision.
CHILL resented the reference to re-
cent matters in President Harrison's
message. A war like feeling was pro-
voked, according to New York World
report
IT is announced from Campos, Brazil,
that there was a revolt there against
the Peixotto government Ten were
killed and forty wounded in the con-
fiict with the government troops.
AUSTRALIAN influenza, similar to Ia
grippe, has made its appearance in
California In Oakland, Alameda and
other towns hundreds are afflicted aud
many deaths are resulting from the
disease.
A TERRIBLE explosion took place in
the Friekings- Hoffming pit at Henna-
dorf, in Silesia, Germany, killing twen-
ty miners and wounding a number OF
others.
SEVENTEEN British marine underwrit-
ers have withdrawn from the society of
Lloyds, London, within a few weeks
and the effect upon ship owners and
shippers is not at all reassuring.
Mr.. GLADSTONE made an address to
the liberal agricultural conference in
London. He pledged reform measures.
PARNELLITE leaders have begun suit
in London for the appointment of
new trustee for the Paris fund, Justin
Mccarthy not being agreeable.
IT is denied from Chilli that any prop
osition to suspend the Gillian legation
at Washington has ever been made to
the congress of Chilli
BRITISH officers and Sepoy troops
made an attack on tribesmen of India
and defeated them after hot fight.
THE president of Hayti has decided
to issue proclamation of general am
nesty to political offenders.
The clearing returns to Bradstreets
for the past week made better show
ing than recently.
r. G. Dun & Co.'s weekly trade re-
view is even more cheerful than usual.
Collections are improving and general
business is good.
LORD DUFFERIN has been appointed
British ambassador. to France in the
place of the late Lord Lytton.
OWING to the drought, the grain crops
have been lost over large areas in the
Madras presidency. Famine prices for
cereals prevail in four districts
A DISPATCH from Singapore states
that a severe gale prevailed at Hong
Kong December 4. A large number of
Chinese vessels were destroyed and
hundreds of Chinese sailors and labor
ers drowned. European vessels sus-
tanned little damage.