The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1892-02-12

| THE Afghans are reported beside
themselves with Joy over the defeat of
the English tobacco monopoly in Per-
sia In most of the Afghan cities anti
English demonstrations followed the
reading of the news in the pulpits
SIR MoRELL MACKENZIE, the distiu-
guished London physician, died on the
Sd of bronchitis.
THE czarina has recovered from the
attack of influenza from which she has
been suffering for some time past
THE yacht belonging to Adm. St
George foundered at her mooriugs in
Queenstown harbor during n gaic.
The Paris bourse was excited on the
4th by rumors of trouble in large
banking house and the arrest of two
directors.
italian government contemplates the
immediate establishment of full
diplomatic relations with the United
States are discredited in official circles
in Washington.
ADvICEs from China show that all
the Monaghan mandarins who aided
in the recent outbreak in northeastern
China have been dismissed from office.
The government is paying ali the in
IDENTITIES demanded for the killing or
injuring of foreigners and for the de-
struction of their property.
THIRTY barges were torn from their
moorings by drift ice at Breslau, Ger
many. Several of the barges sank and
it is reported that forty persons were
drowned, including many women and
children.
IN letter to John Patterson, lead
ing manufacturer of Hamilton, Ont,
Andrew Carnegie the Pittsburgh, Pa,
iron millionaire, earnestly advocates
political union between Canada and
the United States similar to that be-
tween England and Scot and. He de-
clares that there is only one way by
which Canada can ever achieve a des-
tiny worthy of her and that is political
union with her own race upon this
continent
GERMAN salvage divers reported that
the Elders bottom was badly damaged
and that it would be impossible to float
her. The steamer ran aground off the
Isle of Wight
BUSINESS failures (Dun's review for
the seven days ended February num-
bered $40, compared with 297 the previ-
Gus week and 500 the corresponding
week of last year.
GENERAL MANAGER ROBERTSON, of
the Monterey & Mexican Gulf railroad,
denies that there are any signs of revo-
luton in Mexico.
ONLY two of the first twenty bust
ness centers of America show decreases
in clearings for the week ended the 4th-
THE business situation is reported by
Dun & Co. as brighter because of heavy
demands from the west
CONSIDERABLE damage was recently
done by revolt of the students in one
of the principal schools in Paris.
JUDGE OF CRIMES FOSTER of Valpa-
raise, has sentenced the three Chilians
arrested for attacks on the Baltimore's
sailors to brief terms of imprisonment.
Guards are still maintained about Min
lister Egan's house.
ENIN PAsHA, writing from Msua,
Africa, confirms the stories of cruelties
practiced by slave hunters He says
that he pursued one hunter for six
days, during which he counted fifty
one bodies of slaves recently killed.
They were worn to skeletons and the
skulls of thirty-nine had been beaten
in.
A PORTUGUESE decree has been issued
Pieto Carvalho the admins
of customs, from office
He is one of the most important officers
in Portugal and the decree created a
sensation.
THE queen of England's speech to be
read at the opening of parliament on
the 10th inst will allude to the death of
the khedive as not altering British re-
lations with Egypt; refer to the con-
tinued prosperity of the country; say
that there is no reason to fear that En-
gland will be ultimately affected by
foreign tariff legislation, and congratu-
late the country upon the prospect of
an early settlement of the Behring sea
dispute and upon the pacific aspect of
foreign affairs generally. The speech
will also mention the Irish local gov
eminent and educational bills as add
ing completeness to a series of meas
ures for securing order in and the well
fare of Ireland.