The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1892-06-10
THE WORLD AT LARGE.
Summary of the Daily News.
WASHINGTON NOTES.

WASHINGTON NOTES.
THE president and party have re-
turned to Washington.
Mr.. WILSON, of Cincinnati, chairman
of the bill of lading committee of the
national board of trade and transporta-
ton, urged the house to pass a bill re-
quiring railroads TO adopt a uniform
bill of lading and do away with all con-
ditions in bills of lading limiting the
common law liability of common car
riers.
REPRESENTATIVE ENGLISH, of New
Jersey, has reported from the commit
tee on Indian affairs a bill providing
that persons going or remaining upon
lands of the five civilized tribes without
authority of the United States or of the
Indian nation, shall be subject to fine
and imprisonment
The president directed the retirement
from active service on account of illness
OF Col B. Remey, NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
eTal of the navy, and Lieut. S. c. Lemly
is mentioned as his most likely sue
cessor.
The commissioner of internal revenue
reports the payment to date of 2,Si6
claims for sugar bounty amounting to
s7,271 ,O95, leaving unsettled els claims
involving s54,6S1.
SECRETARY ELKINs issued a general
order to the army announcing the re
tirement of Brigadier General d. S.
Stanley and paying high tribute to
his military services.
The house committee on territories
has reported favorably a bill making
three cents per mile the maximum rate
for carrying passengers in the Indian
territory The Missouri, Kansas &
Texas and St. Louis & San Francisco
roads have been charging five cents and
a number of petitions from wholesale
houses doing business in that country
have asked congress for relief.
SECRETARY FosTEE's wife and daugh-
ter and Secretary Rusk's daughter and
Mrs. Leland Stanford have sailed for
Europe on the City of Paris.
The public debt statement issued on
June 1 shows the aggregate of interest
and non-interest bearing debt 1863, $780,,
25S, a decrease of $3.50, $50. The aggre-
gate of debt, including certificates and
treasury notes, 81 Ices, $40, 97O. Cash bal
ance in the treasury s126, COS, SS5, de-
crease during the month of s5,512, 275.
Miss IDA CREAGAN, at present clerk
in the census bureau, stated before the
house committee recently that she had
at first been appointed for three months
She had received $50 month. For the
first two months she had paid to Miss
Conover, relative of Chief Clerk Childs,
S12.50 a month of her salary She had
done so because Miss Conover said that
she would endeavor to have her re
tanned.
SECRETARY BLAINE held a conference
with the Canadian commissioners. This
conference was in reference to alleged
discrimination at Montreal against
American merchants. There were pres
ent the British minister. Hon. George
E. Foster, Canadian minister of finance,
and Hon. Mckenzie Bowel, minister of
customs. This government was repre-
scented by Secretary Blaine and Gen. J.
w. Foster.
THE census bureau recently issued a
bulletin on assessed valuation of
property in the United States in 1890.
The bulletin shows that the assessed
valuation of all property, excluding
railroad property except in certain
specified states, has increased from Sl6.-
9O2, $685. 4S in 1850 to S24, 651, $50, 465 in
1890. an increase during the decade of
81, 74S, 591, gag or 1854 per cent,