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

GENERAL
IT is said by the Mark Lane Express
that receipts of Russian wheat have un-
dermined prices.
THE new French press bill empowers
the government to seize foreign papers
either printed in France or abroad
THE loss of the whaling bark Platina,
with her captain and entire crew of
thirteen men, is believed to be certain.
The action of the trunk line commits
sioners in reviving pooling appears to
have been suggested, or furthered, by
the interstate commerce commission
ers-
The socialist congress has unanimous
ly passed a resolution condemning anti
Semitic prosecutions.
AN authoritative denial comes from
Rome regarding the pope's health. His
health is good
The French troops under Gen. Dodds
have conquered Dahomey and are now
in the capital, King Behanzin having
fled
THE wreck of the Inman liner City of
Chicago, off the coast of Ireland, broke
up in recent storm.
STEVE BRoDIE, the bridge jumper, is
being sued by his wife for absolute di-
vorce. 1t looks compromising for Steve.
THE papers at Prague that reproduced
the recent article from New York pa
per on overtaxation in Bohemia. have
been seized by the police.
OK the arrival of the steamer Saale,
from Bremen, a case of smallpox was
found among her steerage passengers.
A WILD rumor. said to have been heard
in London recently to the effect that
William Waldorf Astor had while in
sane sent the dispatch announcing his
own death, has been authoritatively
denied
THE first chamber of the French
court of appeals has handed down its
decision in the Deacon case Judgment
was for Mrs. Deacon, and it was ordered
that the child, Gladys, be returned to q
convent where both parents should be
allowed to visit her.
The wheat harvest of the colony of
South Australia promises to be excel
lent both in yield and quality. There
will be a large surplus available for eX-
port.
WILLIAM NAGLE has been forbidden
landing in America. He was concerned
in the Phoenix park murders in Dublin
and was recently released from prison.
He claims the right to land as the crime
was political and the case will go to
the courts.
HERR LAsKER did not finish his series
II A. IL Al.
Montreal Chess club until 1 o'clock in
the morning. Out of twenty-four games
he won twenty-one He lost one to II.
Bertrand, and those with z. Barry and
II. G. Putnam were drawn.
BLACK diphtheria is epidemic in the
Madawaska district, Ontario.
A BILL has been introduced in the
reichstag to compel Germans who in
tend to emigrate to give three weeks
public notice before leaving the coun-
try. The object of the bill is to pre-
vent breaches of contract
WILLIAM OCoNNoR, champion oars
man of America, died at Toronto. Ont,
of typhoid fever. O'Connor held the
American championship from 1883, when
he defeated John Teemer. He was de-
feated for the worlds championship by
Searle, the Australian, in 1889.
The St James Gazette, of London,
Gays that number of workmen who
meet at Tower hill boast of the posses
sion of firearms and declare that they
are trained in their use.
CLEARING house returns for the week
ended November % showed an average
increase of Q. l compared with the CORE
spending week of last year. In New
York the increase was 81
SIR JOHN ABBoTT's resignation as
premier of Canada has been accepted by
the governor-gencraL Sir John Thomp-
son was called upon to form new
ministry.
Mr. STEPHEN, the ship builder of
Glasgow, has received an order to build
for a new company three steamers of
5000 tons each that are to ply between
London and New York.
KAISER WILLIAM has had a chill.
RUSSIA has requested a large draft from
Berlin bankers, which will cause
drain of gold from London.
CHARLES +. CHURCH. drummer, per-
ished in a blizzard near Mcleod, Man.
FERDINAND BLAYN, well known
French painter, committed suicide in
Paris