The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1892-05-13
GENERAL,

A SPANISH sailing vessel bound for
Albucemas, small island fortress and
prison settlement in the Mediterranean,
belonging to Spain, while off the coast
of Morocco, became becalmed and
drifted shorewards A number of
pirates, seeing her condition, boarded
and looted her. While the pirates were
landing their spoils breeze sprang up
and the captain clapped on all sails and
headed for Gibraltar, where he arrived
safely.
THE French authorities had intended
to transfer Ravachol to Mont Brison
but abandoned the idea on learning
that the anarchists of st. Etienne had
organized demonstration to rescue the
prisoner. 1t was decided to keep him
in Paris until the opening of the assizes
in June.
THE alarming reports concerning
Gen. J. S. Clarkson's health have been
greatly exaggerated.
AT Wilma, Russia, six Jews and jew
esses were convicted of numbering
babies that had been entrusted to their
charge, and were sentenced to from six
to twenty years penal servitude. The
first clew to this wholesale conspirac V
to murder was obtained in April. 1890,
when some one discovered in a cesspool
of a wretched hovel in Wilma the bodies
of six small children. This led to fur
Their searches and the remains of sixty
five infants were found.
LACHINE canal is now open for navi-
cation and large number of steamers
have passed through.
FOURTEEN kilogrammes more of ex-
plosives have been stolen at Brussels,
and fresh outrages are expected.
BARON MoHRENHEDI, the Russian en-
bassador. has congratulated President
Carnot upon the observance of May day.
INFORMATION from the north coast of
Newfoundland depicts a wretched state
of affairs there. Owing to the epidemic
of la grippe last year the miserable in
habitants were unable to gather their
usual catch of fish. Just before naviga-
ton closed the government sent the
people of Flower Cove sixty barrels of
flour to save them from perishing during
the winter. For five months they have
been cut off from the outside world by
ice. Early in February the people
watched with horror the consumption
of the last handful of flour. Whole
families had not n crust of bread. There
is not a barrel of flour on the whole
coast between Bonnie Bay and St An
thony. Some people have persisted
from starvation and at last advices,
March &c, a terrible condition of affairs
existed.
PRESIDENT R. R. CABLE, of the Rock
Island road, says that he is not at all
anxious to retire from active business,
and has no intention of resigning his
office.
CUNNINGHAM GRAHAM, socialist men,
Der of the house of commons for East
Fifeshire, has been suspended for re-
fusing to come TO order at the request
of the speaker.
Work on the Hennepin canal has
been commenced. The right of way is
being cleared for grading. Bids for ma
terial will be let shortly and work
commenced by June.
THE Russian government grain COM
mission has decided to permit the ex-
portation of maize and oats from Riga,
Liban and Revel
The lockout in the Lancashire cot
ton trade has been settled, both masters
and workingmen having agreed to re-
sumo operations.
A SPARK from a locomotive caused
S40,0 600 fire in Waterloo, Quebec.
JAY GOULD was quite i'll in his private
car at Albuquerque, n. NJ, the other
day.